Shield Skin by F E Arliss

Author:F E Arliss [Arliss, F E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-19T22:00:00+00:00

In the dark, without a torch, she crept inch by inch along the trail under the waterfall and finally, slipping and sliding, made her way to the bat crevasse entrance. Halting to pray that they aid her and not fly, she moved as quietly as possible into the central passage and crumpled to the ground on the far side of the opening over which the wooden plank floated. She’d had enough of wells, thank you very much.

Her back dug into the cold side of the cave and it was then she realized how cold she was. Sinking onto her side, she wished for the silver emergency blanket that Dorothea had sent with her. A few tears slipped out onto the bat guano-covered floor. No sooner had she thought about the warmth of the blanket, than the first fuzzy little bat lit gently onto her shoulder. Within a few minutes, she had a living, breathing covering of warm little bats clinging to her skin, clothes and hair. Rather than find the small claws disquieting, Emery breathed a sigh of relief at the warmth and thanked them gently with wave after wave of loving feeling. The small claws tightened slightly, and contracting their bodies together, the bats covered her in a warm, gently-moving blanket of security. She slept.

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