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Chapter 31 – Satellite

Author: Jwgstout
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LYRIC

I think I’m going to make it, I know I can.

One little misstep and the spiked beam barrels at me. I turn, but not enough, and two of the spikes cut into me. A sharp excruciating pain shoots through my leg and arm before I feel the heavy hit of the beam swinging back and knocking me off the obstacle course.

All the breath wooshes from my lungs as I fall anticipating crashing hard onto the frozen ground.

Suddenly warm arms grasp me. Holding me tight. It feels like… comfort and protection. The sparks that travel over my skin ease the hot searing pain I feel in my leg and arm. But only for a moment.

How badly was I hit? I had never felt an agony like I did now.

I could still feel the sparks and tingles but they were being overridden by the thump of my heart and the burn where my wounds were bleeding. I think I got hit harder than I thought.

Everything wobbled and my eyes couldn’t hold focus. “I think I need medical attention.” It was the last thing I remember before passing ou
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To Golden Circle we return, to where Lamia was originally taken from. The home of the late Zane Noir.

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Jwgstout
I think they are left over from before the humans were almost erdicated
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Zeta
I wonder who these belongs to? Wud it be Shadow witches ploy? Things are getting more and more interesting with each chapter.
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Kristi Miller
Wow!!! Loving it…
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