Chapter 27
‘Jeff?’ Mia coughed and spat dirt. The blast had knocked her backwards and her ears were ringing. Her voice sounded muffled to her own ears.
She crawled out of the side tunnel into the main thoroughfare and went left, but the air was still thick with dust and the light from the exit Jeff had been headed for was gone.
‘Jeff,’ she coughed again.
Using her lighter she went back and had another look at the false door and this time was able to locate another torch clipped to the reverse side of the hidden door, which explained why Jeff didn’t find it earlier. She switched it on and particles danced in the beam.
There was no answer.
Mia stumbled along, the beam from her torch barely able to penetrate the cloud she found herself in. Very soon she met a wall of broken concrete, ea
