Olive's POV Ron ran to Dalton's aid, shoving the gynark off his leg before helping a stunned Dalton up. "Atria, do something", I said in alarm. We couldn't keep running forever. Eventually, they'll catch up to us. The gynark leader was not the happiest in the bunch. "Do what exactly?" "Portal us out of here" "It's too risky. The valley of Nightmares is unstable and we could land just about anywhere" My legs were already aching from running for so long but I persisted. Note to self, the gynarks were probably the most persistent creatures. Their concentration on using us for dinner never broke even after creating such a distance between us and the cave. "Do it" Atria got to chanting and soon, a portal appeared tight in front of us. With an extra boost to our feet, we ran into it,

