Sisters of the Dawn's Early Light (Mystical Slayers Heritage Book 2) by Michael W. Huard

Author:Michael W. Huard [Huard, Michael W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard Company
Published: 2018-05-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Coming off the main road, Lucinda and Zaey made their way through a thicker forest region. It was there they came to the turn that Lucinda had warned Zaey about, that being an ancient Native American burial ground. The trail was decorated with poles, totems, and skulls with various colored tassels hanging from the trees. A few more skulls dangled from nooses tied to the tree limbs.

But the ladies couldn't see any of the dead walking about, or as Lucinda had put it, the undead. Nothing rose from any of the graves or land mounds scattered about here and there on the sides of the trail as the two rode on.

The young Mystical Slayer lawyer could not figure out what might have happened to cause such a legend. She had come to Wyoming in hopes of helping this community out.

Corporation strongholds in the inner-city were always expanding, but it was almost too late. All she could do was try to offer the remaining people a glimmer of hope in a world of madness. Zaey took a long breath as they rode on; thinking, always thinking.

That's when the giant cats sprung down from the above trees and knocked both riders off their horses. In the high elevation, deep in the woods of a vast territory, were the creatures; part jaguar, part eagle and with moose-like heads. They were certainly a species badly affected by war, chemicals, and cloning.

The guide had already drawn a long knife from her side and was trying to fend off the moose-cats now looming over her with salivating maws open wide and sharp claws reaching out at her.

The impact had taken a lot out of the elder women, but she was in full defense mode for sure. The young Mystical Slayer had rolled with the hit, and even though she fell hard too, she kept the motion in her fall by turning and landing further away from her guide companion.

Another of the big black cats jumped at her. She kicked out at it but failed to slow the beast down. It bit her in the leg, and she cried out in pain.

The panther then sprung back as it prepared another jump at Zaey. She acted like she would face it head on but as the thing leapt at her, she suddenly ducked left and spun around to take the large creature's back. She wrapped her arms around its throat in an attempt to strangle the beast, but the animal went crazy, jumping up and down while shaking about to get the woman off of its back.

Unable to hang on, she decided to let go of the berserk beast before it drove either itself or her into one of the many sharp tree branches surrounding the area. She tumbled off and rolled away, just as she'd been taught during her lessons in martial arts.

By a shear stroke of luck, she reached out and grabbed her laser pistol from her now visible pack on the ground nearby.

The monster

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