Alone: A Collection Of Short Stories - Plot & Excerpts
Aeva had barely lowered herself into a squat in the undergrowth when she heard the shuffling nearby. She held her trusty, sharp blade in her right hand, keeping her wrist poised and ready to react the moment that it was needed. She shifted position slightly, twisting to her left and leaning back into the gnarled old tree trunk behind her. The sound grew closer, stopping suddenly a few feet away. Aeva didn’t think, spotting her chance and taking a single deep breath she twisted her body in a single practised, smooth movement. Her arm extended, she slammed the blade into the soil as her back scraped across the bark of the trunk. The movement and power of her action was automatic, just as it always was, and she knew instantly by the force she encountered against her hand, that she had made her target. The creature hadn’t had time to react or make a sound before its life ended. Aeva lifted its lifeless body from the ground. A rat; she stared at the dirty, rough fur in disgust, pulling her blade from the corpse and wiping the blood on her leg.
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