Warrior in Chains by Luna Jade
I've seen him on my trips to the wasteland. The chained warrior is a prisoner to a faction of militants who have claimed power and dominion over Mazian.
He's not one of them but a half-breed warrior from another planet. I can't escape his gaze when he catches me stealing from the guard's stores. He could have raised the alarm, taken me to trade for a favor, or probably killed me with his bare hands. He is that undeniably fierce and strong. But he did the unexpected. He hid me when the guards came, and took the blame for the trespass sirens I'd set off.
So, I'm doing the only humane thing in return. I'm freeing the chained warrior...
Excerpt:
Drip-drop…stringy tendrils of wetness slid down my forehead. Wiping the goo away, I brought my hand into view to see it was...blood. Bile instantly bubbled up from my stomach. The sound of snapping jaws above me, known to be more powerful than a dragon's jaw, had my heart in my throat along with the bile. Suddenly, my whole body tensed up, a burning sensation of something sharp skittered across the back of my neck.
A claw.
I reacted to the pain by jolting to the side and stepped into a slimy puddle of guts, doing exactly what I didn't want to do. No, no, no!
Quickly, I grabbed the edge, digging my long nails into the rough terrain. This is not how I planned it to go. I had to come up with a backup plan and fast. My grip on the edge was slipping, causing an idea to pop into my head; if you wanted to outsmart a wild creature, you had to think like one. What did a Feral want more than anything?
Fresh blood.
The Mazian cliffs had serrated edges, so I slid my wrist across the jagged rock, gritting my teeth and lacerating my skin in between my scales deep enough to draw blood. I held my wrist over the darkness below, praying to the star Gods my plan would work. "Do you want it?" I beamed up, looking the red-eyed beast square in the eyes. It reared back on all fours, answering with an ear-shattering roar. Still, it was do or die. "Then come and get it." I gave my wrist a shake, sending drops of my blood into the black hole.
GRRR!
The enormous creature leaped down into the depths below following the trail of blood to its impending doom. I didn't waste another minute, pulling up the side of the cliff, breaking my nails in the process. I leaned against the wall of the cliff, unable to reel in air. The cracking of his bones hitting the ground below echoed all
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