Humans

As the beast of burden lumbered forward, its massive frame shifting with each ponderous step, the travelers trembled to their core. Their faces were ashen, drained of warmth, their haunted gazes dim and hollow—ghostlights flickering in the storm of fear.

Roma felt just as terrified, but unlike the others, she locked the terror deep within her gut, a caged beast scratching at her ribs.

Her eyes remained steadfast, a golden ember refusing to be snuffed out. Though faint flickers of fear could be seen if one dared to look deeper, she kept it all contained, the weight of control resting on her fragile shoulders.

"What the hell are you doing, young lady?! Can't this thing move faster?!"

The shout shattered the tense silence. A man, his voice raw and cracking mid-speech, finally broke under the weight of fear.