What kind of competition was this where the participants were subjected to this kind of survival apart from battling against each other? Dmitri's blood drained from his face and he slumped in his chair. Howard could understand his anxiety. He offered him his packet of chips and asked Liam and Fleur to sit next to him.
Inside the desert Adrianna was sheltered against the hot sand particles during the storm that were bouncing around the rocks around her. She could see those animals that had crept under the rocks. They looked disturbed. She mentally communicated to them to calm down. She was only protecting all of them. There were desert spiders, lizards and a few ground squirrels. They all looked at her with anticipation and appreciation. They waited calmly.