Monster Girl in the Shadows by Jamie Hawke

Author:Jamie Hawke [Hawke, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Double Down Press
Published: 2020-12-07T22:00:00+00:00

17

The first image that came to my head as the monkeys swung away was how much I couldn’t stand that scene from the fourth Indiana Jones movie, where they were swinging on vines. That wasn’t about to be me.

Still, we had to keep up, so I started running, working my way through the trees along the ground as best I could. Without a doubt, though, this wasn’t going to work. I kept getting caught on branches or stumbling over jagged rocks. Basty groaned from my shoulder to show his distaste. Jalee and Kinara took to the skies, while Ahlaksiz went into cougar form, pouncing from tree to tree. A glance back showed Milrae was having an even harder time than I, her skeletal wings catching on the trees. She growled, drew her sword, and cut off the nearest branches.

“No!” a voice said, and suddenly that guard from before was there, hanging from a nearby tree with her staff pointed at Milrae. “You do not harm our trees.”

“I can’t get through this place!” Milrae protested.

“Stay or figure something out, but you don’t keep the princess waiting.”

This was a different guard from before, one with almost blond hair, dark eyes, and wearing red and gold armor—where she wore armor. A lot of her skin was exposed, her breasts covered by gold cloth, gold strands along her cleavage. Her monkey tail even had a red and gold ornamental design at the tip. She noticed me looking, grunted, and said, “Get to it, before you lose your chance.”

In a flurry of quick movements, she was on her way.

“Fucking great,” Milrae said, glaring at me. “We’re in trouble here, and you’re busy checking out the new chick.”

“Hey!” I protested, but… she caught me. I gave her a regretful grimace, then said, “Wait, my druid power!”

Her face lit up, her annoyance gone. “Think you can make it work?”

“Oh, I’ll get us up.”

She seemed to have not gotten my stupid attempt at a joke, which was fine by me because we needed to be on the move.

“Hold on to me,” I said, holding out my hand and pulling her close. Once her arms were around me, I reached in deep to pull on those powers within, then stretched out for the nearest tree. Its response was instant, a small vibration telling me it was ready.

As it bent, I knew what we needed to do. Together, we ran up its side, teetering as we went, and it sprang up, tossing us into the air and to the tops of the trees. Branches moved out of our way, others catching us and propelling us forward. As we started to fall, more branches helped, so in a matter of seconds the two of us were up at the top, running along while the monkey people swung beneath.

God, this was almost worse than that vine-swinging shit from the movie! At least, if I’d been watching it in a theater. But running along treetops and having branches toss me when needed was one of the greatest thrills of my life.

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