Stranded (ESS Space Marines Book 7) by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2018-07-30T22:00:00+00:00

A beast had broken Jade’s gun in half.

There was a long stream of words rushing through her head that she had only learned once she was in the Marines, but every one felt applicable in this moment, and had the moment been otherwise, she would have been saying them aloud.

She jumped back, trying to avoid the arms sweeping in for her. The bottom one missed her, but the top didn’t. The big hand smacked the side of her neck, somehow fitting around it despite her helmet and armor. The grip was tight, and she felt the air starting to flee from her body.

The beast lifted her, drawing her slowly to its open mouth. Its gaping, dog-like muzzle with large faintly-blue teeth. Was it going to eat her? Probably.

Her lungs began to burn just as her head throbbed. She gripped the thing’s hand with both of hers, but didn’t try to pull it free. She knew it wouldn’t work, and would waste energy she needed.

She struggled to breathe shallow. To not panic, which would force her body to try to take more air than she could. Jade was trained. She knew she could do this. She was a Marine.

She could do this.

She was a Marine.

Her world began to grow dim around the edges, but she was close to the things face as the mouth opened wider. How could it move so slow when it attacked so fast? Or was her perception off because she was dying?

No. She wasn’t dying.

Close enough now.

Using the hand like a pull-up bar, she fought to bring her knees up…

…and kicked the beast in the neck.

Fortunately for her, it needed its neck too. As much as she did. It dropped her in an instant, grabbing at it, wheezing and hacking.

The youngest of the Marines of alpha squad hit the ground flat on her back, what little air she had left rushing out in a great gust. She gasped hard, that bit of air burning almost as much as not breathing had. She forced herself to roll over onto her hands and knees, ignoring the pain in her back as she got to her feet and rushed back toward the shuttle to find another weapon.

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