how long he carried her. Eventually, the dense trees began to thin. The sharp scent of
d out of th
was a sprawling camp built into the side of a rocky cliff, dott
stopped butchering an animal carcass. They let out loud, barking cheer
on. The entire tribe stopped what they were doing. Dozens
uried her face into the rough fur of Jace's loi
front. She wore a pristine white animal pelt and a necklace of
resting against Eleanor's collarbone. Her face went pale, then flus
anor couldn't understand the exact words, the venomous translation was clear from the crowd's gasps: "The C
t out a single, deafening roar th
p back. Greta froze, the color draining from her face. She clamp
ht through the center of the camp, heading toward t
cave. The air instantly cooled, sme
slab of stone covered in a thick, striped pelt t
clutched her tactical backpack to her chest, pressing her spine a
cave entrance. He grabbed a boulder the size of a mini-fridge and effortles
ed water into a crude wooden bowl, and walked ba
e dirty water, then at the dried blood still smear
l to his own lips and drained it in three
the wolf tooth on her neck, then thumped his
f the cave, his heavy foot
r muscles turned to jelly. She slumped again
d to g
h led straight down into the main camp. Two massive men with spears stood
sneaking out
as she pulled out her inventory: a multi-tool knife, two bottles of water, thr
t-grade aluminum, heavy and solid. She checked the
ding it inside the long sleeve of her winThe smell of searing fat and b
d her and pulled her knees to her chest, feigning absolute terror. But ins
e held a massive chunk of roasted meat, grease dripping do
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