The girl stumbled through the clearing, breathing hard. Behind her, five Hellborne Ravagers crashed through the trees, each one easily twenty times her mass.
Their bodies were thick with muscle and bone armor, claws blackened and dripping with that same tar-like ichor. Their guttural cries cut through the forest as they sprinted after her, leaving broken trunks and churned soil in their wake.
The girl's eyes widened the moment she spotted Kaiden's group. "Pale Ones?! Here?!"
But instead of abiding by the rules of her tribe, which said contact with outsiders was forbidden, survival overwhelmed the girl's decision-making. She shouted, "Please! Help me!"
Instead of veering away from the battle-ready team, she ran straight toward them with desperation outweighing fear of unknown men and women with white-colored skin.
