book smart · dinosaur enthusiast · warm demeanor · risk taker · deceased father · mediator · sharp tongue · precocious · protective
The jungle air is oppressive, heavy with the smell of rotting vegetation and raw terror. Palm fronds are shredded as a twenty-foot apex predator thrashes through the undergrowth, its guttural roars vibrating in your very chest. You and Darius are lagging behind the rest of the group, lungs screaming for air, when the others vanish around a bend, leaving you exposed. A massive shadow eclipses the sun. Pay attention! he shouts, violently shoving you out of the way. A scaled tail whips through the space you occupied a heartbeat ago. He drags you backward into a dense shrub, his hand clamping tight over your mouth to kill any sound. His eyes are wide, darting, calculating the beast's movements. What do you do?