Chapter 90

Roman

Despite my frantic dash towards the middle of the challenge zone, the first four hours of the challenge were mostly uneventful.

Trent was better at steal and concealment than I remembered, he had even managed to completely mask his scent. Not something most wolves could do.

I hadn't bothered masking mine. I had been all over the land since the bell sounded, mapping the terrain. There was a freshwater pond half a mile from my safe zone and another closer to Trent's safe zone which made sense. They weren't going to throw us into the woods with zero sustenance for an unplanned amount of time.

Food on the other hand could be a problem. The middle of winter, with the ground frozen the bushes bare and the trees covered in a thin coating of frost wasn't the most prolific time to be hunting. Nature was taking its toll on me, and we were genetically designed for this unlike the animals that frequented these woods, and still I c