Lustingtheenemy (2012)
“Yesterday the Scantia forest had been alive with light and laughter as the larakytes had gone about their daily chores.
Today she could barely take in the scene before her.
Destruction. Chaos. Fear.
The humans had finally done it. They’d all but destroyed her people.
The burned remains of the home she’d shared with her father smoked faintly below her, a scent that mingled in the breeze with horrid whiffs of charred flesh.
She shuddered, nausea roiling in her gut. But she’d already retched until... there was nothing more to retch. She could only find solace in the fact her father had been spared, along with their handful of servants.
When humans had torched the larakyte homes in the early hours of the morning, she’d woken to the distant screams of what she now knew had been someone burning alive. She’d barely had time to wake everyone in the household before they’d escaped to the underground cellar.
They’d almost choked to death on the smoke and incredible heat as the house above roared with flames, but somehow they’d survived.MoreLess
Today she could barely take in the scene before her.
Destruction. Chaos. Fear.
The humans had finally done it. They’d all but destroyed her people.
The burned remains of the home she’d shared with her father smoked faintly below her, a scent that mingled in the breeze with horrid whiffs of charred flesh.
She shuddered, nausea roiling in her gut. But she’d already retched until... there was nothing more to retch. She could only find solace in the fact her father had been spared, along with their handful of servants.
When humans had torched the larakyte homes in the early hours of the morning, she’d woken to the distant screams of what she now knew had been someone burning alive. She’d barely had time to wake everyone in the household before they’d escaped to the underground cellar.
They’d almost choked to death on the smoke and incredible heat as the house above roared with flames, but somehow they’d survived.MoreLess
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