Outside the cave, the lanterns kept flickering against the winds of the night.
Since it was dark every waking moment of the day, there were lanterns pretty much everywhere to lighten up the surroundings.
Julian was sitting right next to one of those lanterns, looking at its flickering flame. He was quite nervous, so he wanted to distract himself from the race.
'Please, Kiernan, don't you dare to lose.'
Near the cave's entrance, Drago sat silently, his girlfriend, Roesia, sitting right next to him with a tight-lipped expression.
Fae stood right by the entrance, looking inside with a squinted gaze. She acted casual, but even her heart was beating against her chest.
They couldn't possibly back up from the challenge anymore.
The stuff about their challenge had already reached the school website, and everyone pretty much knew all about it.