Sweet Starfire
“It was all too much. He was too exhausted, too slow, and too anxious to get back to the safety of the deflectors. And the lockmouth was too hungry and too fast.
The clawed feet ripped downward as the scaled head that was twice as large as a man’s opened its cavernous mouth. A reserve of sheer, blind instinct, not nimble, clever resourcefulness, threw Severance backward at the last possible instant. The claws, each as long as his fingers, slashed across his chest and shoulder instead of his ...throat.
He heard Cidra shout something as she struggled to pull him out of the way. He thought about telling her that it was too late to run. But there wasn’t time to explain just bow fast and vindictive a cheated lockmouth could be. Severance shoved at her, sending her sprawling.
The long, evilly shaped creature with the oversized head was already plunging down out of the nest of vines where it had been waiting for unwary prey.MoreLess
The clawed feet ripped downward as the scaled head that was twice as large as a man’s opened its cavernous mouth. A reserve of sheer, blind instinct, not nimble, clever resourcefulness, threw Severance backward at the last possible instant. The claws, each as long as his fingers, slashed across his chest and shoulder instead of his ...throat.
He heard Cidra shout something as she struggled to pull him out of the way. He thought about telling her that it was too late to run. But there wasn’t time to explain just bow fast and vindictive a cheated lockmouth could be. Severance shoved at her, sending her sprawling.
The long, evilly shaped creature with the oversized head was already plunging down out of the nest of vines where it had been waiting for unwary prey.MoreLess
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