Lifeblood
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Last published Sat, Oct 29, 2022
It closed the distance between them with slow, deliberate steps. Mary let out an involuntary whimper. She wished she hadn't fled.
Mary squeezed her eyes shut, desperately hoping this was a nightmare. It brushed against her. She felt its breath. This was where she'd meet her end. Just like her people had.
She could've sworn the guttural sound it made was a laugh.
"Run," it taunted.
***
A Shifter's blood is more coveted than gold. Unfortunately, all Shifters have been dead for years.
So when word gets out that one has been spotted, Mary is intrigued.
Chasing what is likely a false hope, Mary travels to the Blue Forest with promise of great reward for a Shifter found alive. But the forest is scattered with corpses, and the few things that live there could easily add her to the death count.
With the threat of Beasts and the greed of man, only the powerful or a fool would search for a dead race. Mary is neither, but this may be her one chance to meet a Shifter.
Consequences be damned.
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