Chapter Sixteen
A Gamble With Death
ROCHELLE
‘The C levels are tougher, about the strength of a muscled human and the ferocity of a wild animal. They will attack you just as much as you attack them and it is expected you will not win unscathed’ Mrs Fudgison's words replayed in my head as I was face-to-face with the creature.
Like hell I was going to fight it! The logical thing to do was run. But how could I when my legs were trembling and my insides felt like I'd been smashed to a hundred pieces.
“Come on, Rochelle, move,” I muttered to myself but my body wouldn't cooperate with me. The beast growled, shifting into an attack stance.
I gulped hard.
Should I talk to it? Beg for my life perhaps? Would that make it understand that I wasn't even worth considering a threat?
Goddess,
