Seven Stones: Part Sixty-Seven
Previously on Seven Stones: Anessa and Kobb return the Tan-Sorda to the clearing where they met the shaman. Eaters in grotesque masks emerge from the trees. Anessa tries to explain the deal, but the Eaters attack, hitting her in the shoulder with a spear.
Anessa scrabbled for her crossbow. Her fingers slipped off. Creaking, angular voices shouted nearby. As she reached for the butt again, shadows flickered across her.
Her body curled tight as pain drove through her gut, flaring darker as her knee caught a spear shaft.
Teeth gritted, she wrapped her hands around it. Her little finger brushed binding. The spear wasn’t that deep; her jacket must have slowed it. Sweat trickled down her brow as she tugged.
Black spots blossomed as the point shifted. For a moment, she thought she it’d come out; then her body tilted. Icy needles stabbed the length of her right side, as the spear in her shoulder pressed on the ground.
The chopped up voices and movements around her shattered.
A wooden face gazed down at her from the moon.
The taste of ashes and metal flooded her mouth, as the clouds fell.
Everything seemed cold. Wind thrummed nearby, and the scent of grease and dry leaves tickled…
