THE BURNT FACE LUNA
She was terrified, her breath coming in shallow hitches that made my chest tighten with a protective fury I could barely contain.
I looked at the figures standing over us. In the dim, misty gray of the pre-dawn light, I realized these weren't the mindless, oily shadow creatures Clarence had been throwing at us. These men were half-human, half-beast, their powerful equine lower bodies shifting restlessly in the dirt. Centaurs. They were rare, elusive, and usually preferred to let the forest swallow any traveler who lost their way, but here they were, surrounding our camp with their long, wicked spears leveled at our throats.
They must have seen the fire. Even worse, the smell of the roasted f