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Great Desert of Skulls

The giant jackal cocked his head at the woman as if trying to decipher her commands. Despite her pleas it did not move, nor did it appear to follow her suggestions.

He stood there looking at the woman's green eyes. Peering deeply as if trying to gauge into her soul.

The animal looked up at the sound of Kaithak's loud screech. It shifted slightly in the sand as if testing the area around its paws.

The jackal circled around the sandpit observing the trapped, struggling woman. Once it reached her back, it shifted forward slowly, spreading its weight across the sand, slowly inching towards the woman stretching its powerful back and maw.

Islana felt its hot breath upon her neck and head. She felt its jaw open and close around her head. But just when she thought it would snap it's teeth around her face she felt its jaws clamped around her neck. Strongly but not strong enough to pierce her skin. She tensed up. But slowly the jackal started to pull her up.

She had seen other animals carry their young this way. By the scruff of the neck...