Chapter 4, The Spy:
The pair found a small cave to shelter from the rain. It was evident the place had been used by humans in the past, as there remained a fire ring of stones with long-dead charcoal left behind.
It didn’t take long to gather fuel for the fire. With the forest close at hand, there was plenty of dead wood lying about. With a fire at the mouth, the stone walls warmed quickly. Like bread in an oven, the man and Della Villa dried out, steaming slightly in the warm, dry air provided by the fire.
He worried about the young girl he had rescued. She’d remained silent except for chattering teeth since he started carrying her down the hill.
The man wished they had more time to search for the bodies. They could have used extra clothes for her and weapons, but the monsters that lu
