Chapter 7
Jossey hadn't expected such quick movement. She slid to the ground as she dodged underneath the claws and found herself looking straight into a pair of green almost-flames for the second time in her life.
The creature hissed, barely balancing with its bad leg, and stabbed downward with its enormous claws. She jerked her whole body to the side, felt them jab into the ground beside her. She could hear Perkins' horrified voice, Caspar shouting, others she didn't know.
She scrabbled for the flare, felt it sear into her hand as she wrapped her fingers around it, just below the flame.
Then she thrust it upward toward the creature's face as it leapt on her.
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Science FictionAn underground city, built centuries ago to ride out the devastating heat. A society under attack. And a young solar engineer whose skills may be the key to saving her city...if she doesn't get herself killed first. When Jossey was ten, the creatu...
