Chapter 31: Rekindled Hostility

Avery couldn’t move much with how fast the manticore was hauling him through the meadow. Despite having the manticore’s spiny tail hostilely bound around him he no longer felt any ache from the puncture in his torso. He mentally kept count of how long he had been dragged and what was around him when the manticore turned. He knew that as long as he followed the bended grass they left behind he could find his way back home and to the safety of the others, but it never hurt to have too much information. The grass around him was growing taller. He couldn’t see anything past the abundant blades. The different shades of greens from the pastures were becoming nothing but a blur to him. Any other time he would have already been wielding his throwing knives and attacking. It was hard to pull them out with the monster’s tail wrapped over it. The blurred greens came to an abrupt halt. He felt the tail slither away from his body and disappear into the tall grass.