Book 4: He’s Up to Something

Maddox

Leo makes quick work of crossing the river. He has the roughest go of it with no one on the other side to throw him the anchor to help pull him across. Plus, he has Trinity on his back, clutching him for dear life.

I can’t hear what they’re saying to each other, but based on the calm on Leo’s face as he turns his head to speak to her over the roar of the river below, I know he must be trying to encourage her. His finger’s are white with the strain of their weight as he shimmies along the taut rope, legs swinging in the air as he pushes them further across the wild water.

But soon, his feet graze solid ground, and above us on the hill shouts and applause rain down on us.

Seth is next, and it only takes him a minute to cross after catching the loose rope and anchor . Leo has thrown to him. Antony too makes quick use of it once he catches the rope, which takes a moment. Leo has to throw it three times before Antony is able to catch it, se