Savage Lands by Stacey Marie Brown
Author:Stacey Marie Brown [Brown, Stacey Marie & Brown, Stacey Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-10-15T18:30:00+00:00
The guards escorted me to a healer for my leg wound, who cleaned it and gave me medicine before I headed to the showers where a fresh uniform waited for meâa perk for winning.
Under the spray of water, blood swirled pink around my feet, slipping toward the drain. The blood churned, Mioâs and mine together, before disappearing. My arms shook as I pressed my palms to the tile, trying to keep myself up, the ringing in my ears and buzz of adrenaline receding dramatically.
My body responded fully to the nightâs events, falling from the high, but my mind was still numb to the fact I murdered Mio. It was for survival. It could easily be her bleeding in this shower instead of me, but the idea of killing a fellow human to entertain crowds coiled my heart and stomach in disgust.
âTwo minutes!â A guard yelled at me, the same one who retrieved me from the hole. Scar Lip, I called him in my head. He seemed particularly fond of the shower shift. âCome on, fishy.â He leered at me. âNeed help getting dressed this time?â
Wrapping myself with my towel, I strolled assertively over to him, staring up without a hint of fear. He sucked in at my proximity, still trying to keep the smirk on his face. His eyes tracked down my figure, the water dripping and sliding over my bruised and broken skin.
âPiranha,â I said, leaning closer. âAnd you ever touch me again, I will tear the flesh from your bones and use them to pick your remains from my teeth.â
He blinked, shocked at my words, but quickly shoved it away, pressing in closer to me. âYou think because you killed one weak human, youâre invincible now?â His eyes ran down me again. âI could do anything I wanted to you right now, and not only could you not stop me, no one else would either.â
âYour deep insecurity about your manhood is showing,â I replied, ignoring the cold fear his words set in my bones. He was probably right about no one helping, but I would never show him he could break me. âGuess itâs not just a human male trait.â Comparing a fae to a human was a great insult. The fae believed themselves so far above such follies, but the longer the worlds mixed, the more each took on attributes of the other.
âYou bitch,â he seethed, lurching for me. My fist rammed into his Adamâs apple, his body stumbling back as he clawed at his windpipe.
âTsk. Tsk.â I clicked my tongue. âYou know the rules. You canât touch me.â It was something Tad told me. Once you were in the Games, no guard could rough you up. They wanted their fighters to be at their prime to put on the best show.
âNo fun watching a fighter whoâs already beaten to a pulp in the ring, giving no fight,â Tad had said. âThey want the prisoners so distracted by the spectacle to not think about the fact they are doing their dirty work for them.
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