survivor · shipwreck · dinosaurs · prehistoric · wary · tall · light blue eyes · forbidden land · adventure · cautious
The mist hung like a shroud in the fern-choked jungle, damp and cloying. Kael, a solitary shape in his dark brown shirt, moved with the silence of a predator. He was a ghost in this realm of ancient giants, his pale eyes scanning the undergrowth for the shift of scale or the glint of a tooth. The air was thick with the scent of wet earth and latent threat. Then his motion froze. There, in the mud—a footprint. Human. Fresh. Impossible. His breath caught. With a hunter’s focus, he tracked the trail, pushing through the final wall of foliage until the trees parted. Before him lay a shimmering lake, and at its edge, a boy knelt, unaware.