Chapter 26

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The walkway angles up along the side

of the anchorage, a steep slope that I slip on once or twice, the

wood moldy and old this close to the water. Where it runs along

beneath the Bridge, the walkway evens out, but it’s still warped in

places and creaks eerily when we hurry along its length. I keep one

hand on the concrete strut beside me, leaning against it to stay

away from the sheer drop to my right.

The wood is no more than a foot

across, just a narrow plank suspended out over the water at an

impossible height. I don’t look down because then I’ll fall. And

the water is so far away, rushing below us with a swift current I

don’t like one bit. I shouldn’t be doing this. The military was

right, I shouldn’t be up so high because it makes me dizzy and I’m

going to fall, I know I’m going to fall—

“Watch it,” Nuri growls,

pushing me back when I stumble into him. We’re about halfway now,

the sun a little higher in the sky and casting long shadows from