Ebony jumped into the hole in the ground without hesitating, because if she gave herself more time to think, she'd find too many reasons not to—and none of them would help Veronica.
The fall was long and dark, with dirt walls brushing against her shoulders on both sides and the sound of wind rising from below as she descended. Her first thought wasn't the impact, but the small vials she carried, pressing her arm against her side to protect them during the fall. "(That bastard is way too strong for me… It doesn't matter if I die or not right now, I have to save Veronica.)"
The impact came without warning. Her feet hit the cave floor and the rock gave way beneath her, breaking into fragments that shot outward while her knees absorbed the fall with a resistance that would have shattered bones in any other body. She remained standing amid dust and debris, unharmed, looking at the destruction around her.
