Chapter FourteenThey walked for hours, eventually collapsing from exhaustion next to a large gorge with a log cabin nestled next to the sheer cliffs. As the sun began its descent, Wilf and Emma ate some of their rations before continuing through Monks Passage, keeping as close to the shadows as possible. They seemed to lose track of time and days as they stopped to rest at the fringes of Mantz forest, Emma's eyes trying to find a way through the densely packed trees. “Jesus! Is it like that all the way through?”
“Yes,” the old man responded. “We fought the Cravens many moons ago, this was their lair.”
“The Cravens?” an icy finger running down her spine.
“Heathens, preying on anything that came across their path. We won out, destroying their leader and most of the clan. Any stragglers wo
