Hidden Harvest

The ground stretched out beneath their boots, smothered in layers of black ash and the brittle shells of incinerated desert crawlers. Every few yards, Thalia, Bria, Emil, and Dante paused beside the scorched remains of a fallen mutant beast, checking the cracked bones and charred hides. Each carcass was soaked in toxic contamination. The marrow was ruined, the sinew was black, and not a single scr