AS VAL MOVED SHE STARTED seeing shapes out on the rocks. Whenever she stopped to look they froze. When she moved she heard them move and when she looked back they were ever closer. It was likely the twisted wolf like beasts she had fought before but in the open, alone she would easily get overwhelmed. Also, while she feared the sun, they most likely did not. Val started to run knowing that the predators at her heels were now quickening their pace. She saw ahead of her was a rocky hill, perhaps she could find somewhere to hide, somewhere to mount some sort of defence and protect herself from the sun. However, before she could get within twenty yards of the rocks she felt something strike her from behind. She fell with a roll but managed to get to face her attacker as it came in for a
