Tamara
I had been running for hours, keeping to the shadows and avoiding the main paths where other candidates might be hunting. Eve didn't tell me anything else after our last conversation. She just told me to stay low today and tomorrow if I could. I knew something was wrong. There was something everyone was hiding from me, and if the goddess let me survive this, I would find out before the end of the trials.
Finally, just as the light began to fail completely, I spotted what I was looking for.
Tucked away behind a thick wall of hanging leaves was a small, narrow cave-like opening in the side of a rocky ridge.
Even better, as I cautiously approached the entrance, I was lucky to spot a bag pack sitting half-hidden in the brush nearby.
I dragged it closer with my snout and held it i
