Blood and Coin: The Ranger Archives Volume 2 by Philip C. Quaintrell

Author:Philip C. Quaintrell [Quaintrell, Philip C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Quaintrell Publishings Ltd
Published: 2022-06-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

The Fall

Dhisha - I have no intention of dying by the fang or claw of any monster but, if I had to choose one of their foul kind to end my days, it would be a Dhisha.

I am fairly confident in stating that there is no other creature in the realm that kills its prey quite like one of these beasts. You can see from the crude drawing below what they look like, but it does nothing to explain how their unique venom works.

Dhisha will always attack their prey while they sleep (they have not mastered lock and key but they have no trouble opening doors). When they attack, a pair of retractable fangs, so fine as to be mistaken for strands of hair, will sink into the victim’s skin and do a number of interesting things.

As the venom is not powerful enough to paralyse a person, it instead seeks out the mind, working its way into their very thoughts. Those who have survived these attacks state the same thing. They are all-consumed by their dream-like condition to a point that the mind chooses not to wake up. The victims also stated that this was accomplished through some shadowed figure in their mind, a figure who grants them three wishes. They are then able to play out their greatest fantasies while the Dhisha drains them of life.

I don’t know about you, but I know what my three wishes would be.

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