“A pact was formed.The pact must be honored.”
I rose in the cold of the morning and surveyed the land. All seemed well. Except…
Something caught my eye. A great beast sat on the horizon, thrice as large as the one I recently fell.
I could not see his eyes, but a needle sat upon its tail, ready to pierce my side. It flexed its muscular body as I approached.
“You don’t belong here,” I called to it.
It’s voice was a hiss. “A pact was formed,” it said. “The pact must be honored.”
“A pact among who?”
“A pact among beasts.”
“I see,” I said. What needed to be done was clear. My body felt fresh in the morning air and the sun was behind me.
I closed the distance between us in a single bound and brought my hammer down. The life left him with little more than a gasp.
(This time my foe was a wasp. How did it get in my room?? Either way… I ended this encounter swiftly.)
Art by Lanasy
E.C. Lee 