Pilgrim by S.J. Bryant

Author:S.J. Bryant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: space opera, science fiction, action adventure, scifi thriller, fiction action adventure, female hero, scifi action adventure
Publisher: Saffron Bryant

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She couldn’t tell how long she had been out. When Nova woke up again, her mouth was parched and her arms ached ten times worse than they had before. She forced her head up to look around. In the semi-darkness she could make out a man in tattered clothes. A puckered scar ran along his left cheek and his brown hair was a knotted mess on top of his head.

She was almost relieved to see that her guard at least looked mostly human, more so than the creatures that had chased her the day before.

“Well look who’s woken up,” he said with a grin.

“Have you got that water?” she asked.

“Here you go,” he said, sauntering up to her and holding up a bottle of water.

“And how am I supposed to drink that?” she asked.

The man sighed and undid the rope anchor. He lowered her down a small distance, not all the way, then retied the rope. Nova’s feet were thirty centimetres from the cave floor and the tension on her legs had loosened.

“Open wide,” he said, splashing water up in the general direction of Nova’s face.

She opened her mouth and let some of the droplets fall in. They were refreshing on her tongue but her real focus was on the man below. As the water ran out, he stepped closer and closer in order to splash her.

He stepped to within half a metre and she took her chance. With an almighty swing of her whole body, she sent herself through the air and slammed her foot into the man’s face. He crumpled to the ground.

Her body swung back and forth on her rope. It went on for so long, she was sure she was going to be sick by the time it finally stopped.

The man on the ground was still out cold. She wasn’t surprised; it had been a hard kick straight to his head with her thick-soled boots.

She cast her eyes around. The main problem remained; she was strung up to the ceiling like a cow carcass. But at least she still had a knife strapped to her calf. She could feel the ties under her pants. Her guns were gone though, along with her bag of mushrooms and equipment.

Footsteps.

They pounded along the tunnel floor. The noise echoed around the cave and was joined by voices and shouts.

“… Of course…” Nova sighed as eight more of the possessed creatures poured out of the tunnel and surrounded her, their teeth gnashing.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

The bodies standing in a circle around Nova collapsed to the floor with flaming holes in their chests. The smell of burnt flesh wafted up her nostrils and she was helpless to stop it.

The ropes dug into her wrists and her shoulders ached from being held spread-eagled in mid-air. She glanced around the dark cave.

“Nova, you know if I have to keep saving your arse, I’m not going to let you go out on your own anymore.”

Nova breathed a sigh of relief at the familiar voice.

“Aart,” she said.

“Yep and don’t you forget it.

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