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Caine stood in darkness as the sound died sloay

And now, silence as well as darkness

Diana He would never save her now He ht survive, but for the first time in his life, Caine knew that his life, without Diana, would be unbearable

She had teased him Abused hihed at him

But she had stuck by him Even when he had threatened her

Could what they had really be described as love? He’d blurted it, that word But were either of them capable of that particular emotion?

Maybe

But no longer Not now Up above, up on the surface, she was dead or close to it Her blood seeping into the ground

“Diana,” he whispered

“Am I still alive?”

At first Caine thought it ht be her voice Impossible

“Light,” Caine said “I need light”

There was no light For what seeain

Caine sat in the dark, too beaten tohe was And Diana…

Quinn fought panic as he descended the irregular shaft Duck had cut The rope felt thin in his hands The walls of the vertical shaft scraped his back and sides as he descended Rocks kept falling on his head