Outrun the Wind

Harper was constantly reminding Declan to check the time on his watch.

By five in the afternoon, the whole group had been walking and running nonstop for ten hours straight.

The experts and the crew looked like they'd been dragged through the mud, faces and bodies scraped up, clothes drenched in sweat. One could literally wring out a puddle from their shirts.

The crackling of the flames grew faint