Savage Earth / Season 1, Episode 4
Fractured Ground
Episode 4: Fractured Ground The woman’s voice hung in the damp air, low and deliberate, each word a stone dropped into still water. “You’ve seen more than you should’ve,” she said again, her eyes narrowing as they flicked between Torren and Mira. Her leather coat creaked as she shifted, the faint glint of a blade at her hip catching the dim light filtering through the cavern’s jagged ceiling. Around her, the others—four of them, all hard-edged and wary—stood like shadows carved from the rock itself. The air smelled of wet earth and something sour, metallic, like blood long dried. Torren’s grip tightened on the jagged shard of metal he’d scavenged from the tunnel floor, its edges biting into his palm. His pulse hammered in his ears, drowning out the distant drip of water echoing through the cavern. He didn’t move, didn’t dare breathe too loud. Mira pressed close behind him, her shoulder brushing his back, her breath shallow and quick. He could feel her trembling, or maybe it was him. The cavern’s cold seeped through his torn jacket, chilling the sweat on his skin, and the ache in his ribs from their last narrow escape throbbed with every heartbeat. “Who the hell are you?” Torren rasped, his voice rough from dust and exhaustion. He kept his eyes on the woman,...