(Caius)
Isla kept her fingers against the name carved into the stone. Isalienne had been left here by Lyrienne, just like the other marks we'd followed. The passage continued beyond us into the mountain. We finally had proof her mother had made it this far.
"We keep going," Isla said. She looked toward the passage ahead of us. Nothing I said would convince her to turn around now. I wasn't planning to try.
I looked at Zeron and Raith. The two warriors waited near the entrance while the others remained with the vehicles. I didn't want everyone entering a place we knew nothing about. Someone needed to know where we'd gone.
"You two stay near the entrance," I told the warriors. They nodded and moved back toward the opening. If we didn't return, they knew where to start searching. Zeron and
