Chapter 4
The going was hard at first, Nati had needed to run backwards just to make progress. At first the chains refused to hold, the resistance of the sand around the container forcing a need for twice as many chains. Two tied to her waist and chest while her arms pulled on the others. The resistance, the sheer force needed to pull let alone create speed was enough to leave her gasping for air within the first few meters. Each step was less than a half step. The sand below her feet giving way before giving her fortitude a chance. With twice the work she was only a quarter the speed and a fraction of the distance.
Steam flowed out of her every pore but still she ran as though the devil were at her back. What surrounded them was what was beneath her feet, behind her path and upon the pa
