Elias kicked closer, angling his torch downward. The beam vanished into nothing. The chain continued, dropping straight off the edge of an underwater cliff. It descended into a blackness so complete it seemed to swallow the light whole.
For a long moment, neither of them moved. Elias could feel the weight of the sea pressing against his chest, hear the thud of his own pulse in his ears. He turned toward Edwin. Their eyes met through the glass. Both of them knew what the other was thinking. Whatever waited down there wasn’t meant to be found.