eek. A low, rhythmic thumping that sl
t heavy, glued shut with exhaustion. She forced them open,
the sticky wetness on her cheek.
overwhelming. Her stomach heaved, and seaming in protest. As her vision cleared, she saw it
ll. Its neck was twisted at a grotesque angl
art starting to race again. She h
ow, heavy dragging soun
st's corpse. The sound of s
eath, her eyes loc
It was covered in scales that shimmered with a cold, metallic
n's throat. Her fingers dug in
cold, icy silver. The other was a dark, blood red. Both had vert
cked out, tasting t
ntaries. Snakes did that to smell thei
ce between them, but her back was already
corpse, heading straight for her. The sound of its scales crushing th
shut. Wake up. Wake up.
ng cold touch
leg. The scales were surprisingly smooth, but the grip was u
see every individual scale, the way they overlapped perfectly. Its
o hers. In them, Fallon saw her
ly. The motion was almost... cur
the gaze of a hawk. The cold reality of her situation crashed over he
s too much. It was a physical
o sound came out. Her throat was closed tight
her breathing shallow and erratic. She was trapped in a waking nightmare, her muscles locked tight in a state
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