Choose One Of The Two Alpha
I felt incredibly small.
That was when I saw it. The dirt in the garden below was moving. A moment later, a weird, ugly, lizard-like creature with lumpy skin that matched the gravel path popped out. An Earth-Scale Newt. I’d heard of them. Southern packs used them for sending messages no one else could intercept.
It stopped right below my window. Tied to its back was a small metal tube, a sleek black credit chip, and a smooth, grey river stone.
My omen sense prickled, the same feeling I got when poison was near. This was trouble.