Chapter Thirty-One
Trapped
stumbled into the tent to grab her bow and quiver of arrows. Outside, the unmistakable sounds of war assailed her ears as the soldiers fought the creatures swooping down on them. Cries for help came from all around her. Cries that faded into the distance as some of the men were carried away in the animals’ grasps.
Grotesque shadows moved outside the tent’s walls. Silhouetted by the campfires, she could see men slashing at legs and wings that descended on them from above. As she stared at the fight going on less than a dozen feet away, she watched as one bat open its mouth to reveal protruding fangs, and sink them into the soldier. Giving a shake of its head, it took off with its prize. The heavy flapping wings created strong gusts, almost blowing down the ten
