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It took one minute to find the Desert Monarch.
It wasn’t the easiest thing to lose.
It was perched upon the peak of the tallest sand dune but the details were hard to make out.
“Computer, switch to night vision,” I said.
The screen shifted, turning multiple shades of green, illuminating the scene in much clearer detail.
The Desert Monarch tossed a prison guard into its open maw and set to dragging the half a dozen or so others toward it.
I gauged each of the victims to ascertain if they were Agatha.
Most gleamed with the same polished armor that identified the guards.
But not that figure.
It was being dragged across the smooth surface toward the gaping maw.
The figure didn’t struggle.
Either the figure was dead and couldn’t move or they knew holding still was their best bet.
Please tell me it’s the latter.
Time would tell.
But not much time.
The snapping mouth swallowed another body and reached for the unmoving one…
I had to stop the monster.
I checked my surroundings for a weapon I could use, something I could drop in the monster’s mouth and blow it to hell.
But the merchants had already stripped it of its weapons.
There was nothing left.
Nothing except…
I peered through the windscreen at the unmoving figure, closer now to being consumed.
I could care less about the prison officers but that one small figure…
And I knew in my heart, I had no choice but to carry out my plan.
I’d done some crazy things in my life but nothing quite as mad as this.
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AGATHA
The creature snagged me with ease.
Despite my struggling breaths, I had tried to run.
I hadn’t gotten far.
