As Xander ran he kept on hearing the loud roars of the manticore behind him.
As he reached his camping site he immediately dropped Hannah and then collapsed on the floor beside her.
Xander panted for breath. His heart was beating extremely fast and he clutched his chest and closed his eyes to calm down.
'I could feel how hot that fire was, it wasn't a normal flame at all... it must be using magic.' Xander thought as he felt his heartbeat slowing down.
'I can't believe that I was so scared.' He thought as he sat up and crawled towards his fire which went up.
He threw in some more dried monster skin and started a fire. As he turned around though, he saw the girl curled up while sobbing quietly.
"There must be a reason why you want to get out of here so bad. I also want to leave but taking risks is not an option." Xander said as he walked to her side.
Seeing the girl still crying quietly Xander didn't know what to do.
