Into the Depths: Investigating the Shimmering Shore Tunnels (Group 4)

Corbie's jaws closed on the worm, and her brief flash of triumph was washed away by the shock of the bitter flavor that flooded her mouth so horrifically. She gagged, salivating foamily as her body rejected the taste, but refused to let go. But suddenly the worm was moving violently, viciously, bucking in a way that she was suddenly airborne, ripped free and sent skidding along the cave floor. The boy was injured, it seemed (why didn't you run her mind groaned at them in an uncharacteristic fury, sure that if Venom and the stranger had run back down the tunnel they could have brought the boy with them) and Corbie growled deep in her chest, frustrated. Would they not just go? Leaping forward again Corbie sought to savage the worm's body, trying to get it's attention off the injured yearling. She could only hope that Venom would be fast enough to leap aside when the creature came after them, and that Wake and the stranger would take the opportunity to escape through the tunnel the worm had come out of. It was a long shot, but better than watching a young wolf die because they were too proud to run.