C688 It was better to be the first to strike

Just as I crawled under the stone door, my heart rate sped up, and my body was instantly covered in a layer of cold sweat …

"Don't fall, don't fall, don't fall..." I kept praying and mumbling to myself. I steeled my heart and closed my eyes, speeding up my pace.

I let out a long sigh of relief when all of me had crawled under the stone door