Vows of convenience Hearts in Collision
“Up here. We can gain the upper level and maybe just maybe get a better angle.”
I climbed after him, muscles burning, heart racing, feeling the raw fear that had become our constant companion.
We emerged onto a narrow catwalk, suspended above the main corridor. The creature below had stopped, its sensors sweeping the maze. Its glowing red eyes scanned, searching, calculating.
“Now,” Caelum whispered. He moved with lethal precision, taking aim at one of the beast’s joints with a makeshift launcher he had rigged in seconds. The projectile struck, sparks flying, and the creature roared a metallic, unholy sound that shook me to my core.
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