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soil. 
    Vron led her to a small cave off from the main cavern they were walking through, and came to a halt.
    “Here,” he said softly, pulling out a large rucksack from a hidden cranny and opening it.  “Put this on.”
    He pulled out a dark robe of a scratchy feeling fabric and a pair of walking boots that looked a couple of sizes too large for her.  Maya grimaced at the clothing but slipped the robe over her current clothing, ignoring the discomfort the robe had on her bare skin.
    “You want to tell me what this is all about?” she asked as she pulled on the boots.  “What’s with all the macho hero stuff?”
    Vron frowned at her, looking completely baffled.
    “Why are you beating up your own men and running off in the dead of night?” Maya clarified.  “Not that I’m not grateful to be out of that place, but it’s all very confusing.”
    “The Prince Consort has received a vision,” Vron said, checking through the rucksack before closing it up and strapping it to his broad back.  “He has seen you kill him, so he has ordered that you be sacrificed.  I am rescuing you.”
    “That’s very good of you,” Maya drawled, “but I’m guessing you’ve just pissed the Prince Consort off now, so you’re going to get sacrificed too I shouldn’t wonder.”
    Vron secured the pack and heading back into the main cavern space.  “That doesn’t matter now.  Keep close and don’t wander off.”
    Exasperated, Maya went after him.  It didn’t look like he was going to answer her questions properly, and she wasn’t exactly sure she could trust him, but right now he was her only friend on this planet. 
    Vron sharked through the caverns coming to another opening into a passage that climbed upwards.  Signalling Maya to stay quiet, they headed up the passage for what seemed like forever, until they came to another cavern mouth at the other end.
    The musty air and claustrophobia of the subterranean world abruptly gave way to cool fresh air and the vast expanse of star studded darkness.  Vron stopped and his large hand took her smaller one.  She found it a warm, comforting presence. 
    “This way,” he whispered, pointing to the dark swell of the jungle rising up before them.  “Stay silent and we might just survive.”
    Maya didn’t like the words ‘might just’, but it was better than nothing and being with Vron was better than being alone.  In fact, being with him was the best feeling in the world right now, if she ignored the abject fear she was experiencing. 
    At least, she couldn’t say life was boring since she’d met him.  Squeezing his hand tightly, they slipped into the undergrowth together and went to meet their fate.    
                            
     

 
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 5: A Secret Shrine
     
     
    The celestial rays of the morning sun reached out across the sky and bathed the rainforest in fresh new light and blazing glory.  Maya gazed out onto grandiose, green clad mountains, breathing in the myriad scents of multi-coloured jungle flowers.  Birdsong drifted lazily into the hazy air and a cool morning breeze lapped over her skin and through her hair.
    Maya smiled to herself, enjoying this moment of exquisite respite from the frantic escape of the night before.  After wading through the undergrowth in the dark for several hours, with her feet aching and her body pushed past the point of exhaustion, they finally climbed up a steep ridge overlooking a wide valley and rested in a dilapidated wooden building that had once been a hunter’s cabin. 
    Maya had snatched a couple of hours fitful sleep until Vron woke her up and brusquely announced he was going down to a nearby village to get some more supplies to see them through for the next part of the journey. 
    He emphatically ordered her to stay inside the stinking hovel he’d brought her to and then left.  Maya waited until he was gone and went outside to watch the sun go up.
    She knew it was a risk as the