I think there's something underneath the sand

The following day came and Loque Bella and Marius carried on. From walking across the hard ground of the desert they found themselves entering the loose sand portion of it with dunes of different shapes and sizes scattered across the area, as far as the eye could see.

"Goodness and now the real hard part comes," Marius said.

"We have to get across all that?" Loque Bella asked.

"Yes we do. And there's no sign of trees anywhere so I'm guessing we have double this ground to cover."

"Great."

"Come on let's go. Let's see if we can cover a good amount of ground before the overhead sun comes upon us and makes our day."

"Alright," she said and they began making their way across the loose sands of the desert; continuing with their journey through the bare hotness to the Harborage of Embellishment where Loque Bella's last chance to return to her lover and family lied.

Hours later the sun was directly overhead and was at its meanest; as below it