Page 27 of Sohut's Protection

Only, his gaze wasn’t on the little birds.

As a matter of fact, it didn’t seem as if he even saw the animals.

Something about the way he was standing, unmoving, made every hair on the back of her neck grow legs and stand up to look at him too.

That was all the warning she got before he spun and looked right in her direction.

What the actual fu—

Even from so far away, she could see his eyes were a brilliant, captivating green.

Fuck.

She was far enough away that he shouldn’t be able to see her.

Yet, there was not a doubt in her mind that he wasn’t looking directly at the clump of

bushes in which she hid.

The alien’s eyes widened perceptibly and for a second, she didn’t dare to move.

She saw his lips move as he murmured something she couldn’t hear and then he took a step forward.

Her heart stopped.

FUCK!

She moved so fast, she didn’t wait to see if he was in pursuit or not.

Ducking behind the bushes, she ran.

Shit.

Heart in her throat, she backtracked as fast as she could.

This wasn’t going to plan.

This wasn’t going to plan at all.

She couldn’t allow herself to get caught.

As she ran, it felt as if her world was imploding.

Suddenly, everything seemed temporary. Too temporary.

Her life…her existence.

Problem was, for the first time in a long while, she didn’t know what the fuck she was going to do.

She was out of plans and now she had to rely entirely on what fate had in store.

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The teru bird had caught him completely off guard.

He’d smelled the thing, but he hadn’t expected it to go into a rage and attack him.

They were usually peaceful creatures that kept to the trees and often they went on long migratory flights across the continent.

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