CHAPTER SEVEN
Yusumi crept through the forest, spreading her weight evenly with each step as Jidan had shown her. She’d fashioned herself a knife from a shard of sharp rock, holding it close to her body so that she wouldn’t have to fiddle with undoing any straps when she needed to use it. The less noise she made, the better.
There, on the other side of the trees, was a deer; young and inexperienced as she was. But deer moved quickly, and if she startled it, she’d lose her chance. Easing into a stoop, she picked up a heavy rock from the ground and crept closer, preparing to leap out and club it around the head.
She gripped the rock tighter, steadying herself, and then leapt forwards as energetically as she could, aiming for her target. With a hard c***k and a sudden searing pain in her f
