Chapter 169
Blair's POV
Red moon pack.
It was dry and hot deep in the bowels of the constricted valley. We had spent the last few hours crossing an arid desert mountain range. The trails we had followed had been narrow and rocky and very dangerous, ascending steep inclines, again and again. At times we had attained dizzying heights. Too often, one slip would be anyone's last, into deep, bottomless gorges that snaked alongside us, granite cliffs soaring over us on the other side. It had taken hours, and it had been equally treacherous, slippery, and rocky. The going was dusty and got worse as the altitude lessened. It had been hot up in the mountains when we were trapped between giant cliffs that blocked any breeze and sucked in the heat, but at other times, on an open mountainside, it
