Day 4: Nyx’s Journal

I woke up feeling like I’d been underwater for hours—my head ached, but my stomach was full. Vex’s claw mark on the Glowmist Predator Run still burned in my mind. I followed it twice today, same spot, same scent, and now the river stones feel cold. Gorvem’s fingers were sticky from reeds when we talked, but he was awake now, and I could feel his heartbeat when I said those stones were my heartbeat. That’s the last thing I want to say—his heartbeat is the only thing keeping me from starving. We have to move before he finds us again.