Chapter 29 - Chapter 29

The lack of the sun that should hung high in the sky, made the sky look like it had melted and turned into a blazing inferno. The scorching heat was oppressive, beating them down mercilessly and baking the air until every breath felt like inhaling smoke. The heat of the desert its oppressive weight felt in every labored breath the group took. Sweat beaded on their foreheads and soaked their robes, their footsteps dragging across the fine, golden sand that shifted under their weight.