Lily crawled faster.
The vent ended in a drop.
She twisted, grabbed the edge, and lowered herself into another passage.
Her boots landed in cold water.
An electric-blue glow rippled around her ankles.
Lily went still.
Do not touch any water that glows.
Too late.
She stood in it.
The water was shallow, just over her boot soles, but the glow moved like it had nerves.
Blue-green light streamed across the cavern floor in thin branching lines.
Not like reflected light.
Like veins.
Lily stepped onto a dry stone shelf
