"Maybe you should've gone first?" I muttered. My eyes felt like they were swallowing up my head, they were so wide, trying to take in as much of my dark light as possible so I could see in front of me.
"I disagree." His breaths rasped close to my ear.
"Why?"
"I can hear something moving. I think whatever's making your bell ring is right behind us."
Alarms blared inside my head. I thought skinny thoughts, tightened my grip on his hand, and dragged him along even faster.
"Do you know the spell?" I squeaked out. "The spell that kills them again?"
"Never had the chance to try it yet, but I'm about to find out," he whispered, "because it's gaining on us."
Oh gods. The bone walls pressed in even farther, making forward progress even slower. We had to suck in and basically stop breathing. We couldn't go back the way we came, so what if we got stuck? The only ones around to hear us scream were dead. Or not dead, which was even worse.