“AHHHHHH.”A loud, high-pitched scream echoed from somewhere to the right.
I tripped.
Drex barely caught me as he also stumbled.
Everyone stopped running.
We whipped our heads around.
The noise sounded again, much closer, like it was fast approaching.
“Titans!” Cassius yelled, and there was a long pause of horror, then everyone panicked.
Arms pumping, legs flying, the seven of us sprinted up the narrow mountain path as fast as we possibly could. Icy drops slammed against us, somewhere between ice and snow, as we neared the peak.
“I’m watching your back!” Nyx shouted. “Just concentrate on running. I’ll let you know if anything approaches.”
I grunted in acknowledgment and kept sprinting.
“Titans on the path!” Cassius yelled loudly when we finally saw Ryax waiting for us at the top, his albino crow circling in the air above his head.
Ryax’s eyes widened, and his crow cawed as it dove onto his shoulder. “I’ll alert the Assembly of Death.”
BOOM.
He leaped away.
Cassius stumbled, and for a second, the seven of us stopped and stared, disbelieving that he’d left us allaloneon the mountain without protection.
A Titan’s scream echoed loudly.
“I’ll try to get to the lake and alert Kharon!” Cassius yelled. Wings fluttered on his feet. Then he resumed sprinting, this time at an impossibly fast speed as he hovered over the ground.
He disappeared.
There were six of us left.
“FUCK,” Titus screamed, which was the most relatable thinghe’d done to date, as the six of us ran down the path where Cassius had disappeared.
Arms pumping.
Legs pounding.
We sprinted down icy rocks at full speed.
Mid-stride, Leo tripped over a boulder in front of me.
His leg cracked horribly as it bent at an awful angle, foot stuck beneath it.
He screamed as he fell.
I stumbled to a stop and reached for him.
Everyone else kept running.
“Shit, kid,” Nyx shouted. “It’s approaching behind you!”
I looked back and gasped.
