Alana jolted awake to something nibbling on her right hand. She flinched in horror as she saw a creature that looked like a spider. Instead of a hairy body and legs, it was equipped with spiky red stones segmenting it's small abdomen and clawed stony legs.
As Alana came to from her stagnant brain, she realised this thing was what had bitten her hand. She trembled in fear as she watched it glow red after consuming her blood.
Alana shivered as if a thousand of spiders were now crawling all over her body, she flinched and stood up quickly from the ground.
She studied her surroundings. It was dark, the only light source was from the red glowing spider below her. She was caged in what seemed to be a rocky cave-like room with fragmented huge bones for bars. Alana tried not to think about where these bones were sourced from. However, they looked strangely identical to human bones.
Another shudder coursed through her and she tensed suddenly at the impending danger. Instantly becoming alert as warning signals screamed for her to leave this place.
I'm going to be fine! I'm not dead yet! I'm going to be fine!
She repeated this mantra over and over, however her kidnapper's voice wrung inside her head taunting her.
"...Maybe I'll stew you up and gobble you up later..."
Alana had no time to question exactly what sort of creature that man that transformed into flames was. She couldn't get past the feeling of terror she was currently in.
Don't be such a damsel in distress! She told herself. You have to fight! Find a way out of here!
She had to fight for her life. Wasting away and doing nothing meant accepting her fate. She still had things to do; a business to established and places to visit.
Alana ran quickly toward the bony bars, cringing internally before she touched them.
Don't think about it!
She wrung the bony bars, shaking them to test their durance and was surprised to find how sturdy they were. How was such a thing was possible? She couldn't even imagine.
She couldn't give up. This will not discourage her. Looking around she only saw rocks and stones around her. She grabbed a heavy stone with both hands and flung it toward the bars. A clashing sound resonated throughout the cave. The sound echoed all around her, telling her of the open space that would be her freedom.
Alana grabbed another heavy stone, however, before she could throw this one too—
"A-Alana?" An echoey voice called out to her.
Alana stopped her moments, the stone falling on the ground next to her feet. "K-Karla? Is that you?"
"Alana? Oh thank God you're alive! Alana listen to me, do not make any noise! Just stay put. He's coming soon to save us?"
"Who's coming?" Alana asked desperately. "Where are we? What happened? All I remember is seeing a man turn into flames, he said that I wasn't his target but he'll take me as well to eat me!"
A shudder ran through her as she remembered her last moments before she fainted.
"Listen to me, don't make any noise otherwise he'll get impatient, his kind are known to lose their temper quickly!" Karla told her.
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IMMORTAL LOVE | one
Viễn tưởng[ BOOK ONE of The Immortal Series] Alana has always felt there was something about the dreams she had that were different from normal. That's why she tried so hard to paint them...maybe getting them out there will keep these nightmarish monsters and...
