In a panic, James’s hands shook as he pulled out his phone, desperately trying to turn on the flashlight. The darkness around him was thick, pressing in from all sides. With a click, a beam of light sliced through the dark, revealing the deep hidden spaces of the well below him.
His eyes went wide with fear as the light touched the corners of the abyss, and suddenly the strange noises he’d been hearing became clearer. He could hear the tiny skitterings and whispers of movement echoing off the stone walls. With a pounding heart, he pointed the flashlight towards the unsettling sounds, his breath catching in his throat.