slab of meat toward Eleanor's face. The outside was charr

lood and unrendered fat made her gag. She pressed herself

e edge of the bed. He tore a piece of the meat off

face, down to the rapid rise and fall of her chest beneath the

at. He tossed the r

r could blink

d. Eleanor screamed as she was dragged flat onto her back, sli

from his skin sank into her bones. His hea

He didn't know how zippers worked. He simply

n tore with a

e!" Eleano

med the tactical flashlight directly into Jace's f

t erupted in the dark cave. The strobe funct

ark cave, took the full, unfiltered blast of the tactical strobe. He dropp

light with both hands. She aimed the jagged, c

ery ounce of adre

ashed into Jace's tem

s massive body swayed for a second before collapsi

ng in jagged breaths. She stared at his motionless body

rty seconds. H

y she almost fell. She grabbed the flashlight, clic

m her ruined jacket, and wrapped it tightly around her b

to the cav

st of the tribe was asleep. The two guards at the bottom of th

all. She slid down the path, placing her bo

side. Eleanor froze, her blood turning to ice. She he

shadows cast by the fires. The moment her boots hit the so

k woods, running until her lung

ugh the canopy. Within twenty minutes

rickets stopped chirping. A foul, mu

nd came from t

stoppe

ly green eyes opened. Then another pair

iant prehistoric wolves, their lips curled back to expose