Madeline:
We arrived shortly after, and the first thing I did was ask Graham if Baxter had left any messages on his phone.
He checked and told me that Baxter had given Gina another dose of wolfsbane after the last one wore off, and that she was sleeping.
I worried that so much wolfsbane might hurt her, but it had only been half an hour, so I hoped it would be fine.
Still, we didn’t know how much more time we could afford to waste while searching for the right cave, there were several scattered across the mountain.
We started trekking up the slope. It was easy for Graham, but I was already wheezing.
“Do you want to take a break?” he asked, holding out a bottle of water.
I shook my head quickly.
“No, I don’t want to waste time,” I said, though I could barely catch my breath. Even if
