"
Lena
heard Shadow whimper. The creature was
pressed to him with its spindly legs wrapped around him like a vice, squeezing
bulges into his flesh. Lena aimed a
clumsy stroke at the tough hide but it held fast. Shadow’s eyes rolled back into his skull and
he began to convulse. With a roar, Lena
grabbed hold of the creature’s slick wormlike body and pulled as tightly as she
could. Spitting from its red-toothed
maw, it loosed Shadow and threw itself at her, squeezing until she choked. Its skin attached to her like Velcro. She could feel blood draining from her body
like from a thousand doctor’s needles, until she could no longer see, or even
hear herself scream.
As
her eyes blacked, she heard a sickening squish and the creature peeled
away. The earth tilted and twisted. She sunk drunkenly to the ground. There was
a shriek and a weight collapsed on top of her. Just before losing consciousness altogether, she
heard a sickening crunch, like teeth cracking through bone.
"
"
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