Splinterz. Susan Berran

the back of his hand. He’d seen some really scary stuff in them

      . . . the tunnels that is, not his hands. He told me what to watch out for and was going to give me some really cool weapons I could use to protect myself.

      So just because Mum didn’t want us hanging out together, I was supposed to say, “Gee, no thanks Jared. I’ll just head into the tunnels and possibly the jaws of gruesome death, without any weapons for protection. I don’t mind bleeding all over the place and having the flesh ripped from my bones.” Yeah, thanks Mum.