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I felt like all we’d been doing was running

In no tio, except back

We all started to turn around, but Gabriel halted us

“This is the way,” he studied the marble wall “I know it is”

He ran his hand over thefor

He lowered hi at the stone “Aha!” He exclai the baby”

“What is it?” I asked

“Our way out,” he s at formations in the shape of hands drawn on the marble “Put your hand here,” he pointed to a medium sized handprint “Jonathon,” he pointed to another “And baby Makenna,” he took the baby from Jonathon’s arms “On the count of three, place your hands there Okay?”

We nodded

“But first, you’re going to have to cut yourselves…and Makenna There has to be a blood sacrifice,” he stared us down

“Hell no! We’re not cutting Makenna! Are you crazy?!” I glared at hi my head back and forth

“It’s the only way,” Gabriel said Before I could utter another word, a knife appeared in his hand and he was slicing the fleshy part of my hand, Jonathon’s, and Makenna’s “Remean to count “One Two Three—”

We put our hands against the imprints and Gabriel held Makenna’s hand to hers

With a an to move

It slid about three feet and e looked up we could see the twinkling of stars and smell fresh air