MILLENNIUM (Descendants Saga) by Somers James

Author:Somers, James [Somers, James]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Grace Publishing
Published: 2013-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

Equine

I had decided that I would remain in the trees for the time being, rather than getting caught by some predator on the ground. The Realm of Abominations had turned out to be the perfect place for trying out new animal forms. I was knocking the rust off of my transformational skills and then some.

An orange, hairy orangutan was the perfect animal for this environment. Long powerful arms allowed me to move from branch to branch with relative ease. Truth be told, this swinging through the trees would have been fun under any other circumstance.

However, I remained keenly aware that, at any moment, some killing machine would come for me. The more I thought about it, the more terrified for the children I became. The thought of my daughter in the clutches of one of those vicious mermaids turned my stomach.

After nearly one hour of roaming through the forest, I paused on a branch nearly thirty feet off of the ground. I scanned the trees and the ground around me. Nothing. I was beginning to feel almost disappointed by the serenity of my journey. Where were the abominable creatures of this realm?

I only heard a whisper of wind before the arrow struck me in my left thigh. Pain shot through my leg and up my spine. Immediately, I moved up higher into the tree, using those strong arms to propel me, despite my wound. I hadn’t seen anyone below, but they had clearly spotted me.

Every branch and leaf brushing the arrow, forced me to cringe at the pain. I knew already that I wouldn’t make it very far like this. I gritted my teeth and pulled the arrow out of my leg. It didn’t bleed as badly as it could have. Apparently, it had missed my important arteries.

I now heard strange sounds coming from the forest floor below. Clicks and grunts and the sounds of horses. Suddenly, the odd communication stopped and a hail of arrows pierced the canopy.

I hid behind the trunk of the tree. Arrows sank into it, as well as branches all around me. Many more flew on, hitting only the leaves.

Turning, I saw a creature similar to a drawing I had seen in a book of mythology. The beast had the lower body of a horse and the upper body of a man. However, its face was a mixture of horse and man. A long jaw and equine ears mingled with a man’s nose and eyes.

He drew back on his bow and let loose as quick as a heartbeat. I leaped away from the tree just before the arrow struck where I had been sitting. Falling through the branches of an adjacent tree, I reached for any purchase I could find. My big orangutan hands finally caught hold on a sturdy branch. I swung up to another and back behind the trunk as more arrows flew past.

Below me, the cacophony of hoof beats was multiplying fast. When one found me, they all came to take their shot.

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