Trapped among the shadows of a narrow canyon he was
unable to see his pursuer, but knew from the sounds of shuffling stone
that it was gaining on him rapidly. Moving to the craggy bluff upon his
right he began to climb, hoping his enemy would be unable do the same.
Unfortunately, he was wrong. Emerging from the darkness the nightmare
took a shape. Raising itself stiff and hunchbacked to the top of a
massive, sunlit boulder, it took flesh as an enormous reptilian
carnivore, like a tiny lizard slowed, and swelled to immense
proportions. Throwback to the rock-climbing monsters of an age long
forgotten, it moved among the lesser stones with terrifying grace.
Desperate beyond words, Kalus began searching wildly for shelter.
His efforts were not in vain. Coming to a crumpled shelf jutting out of
the rockface, he spied a small opening just ahead and to his right, and
with the giant reptile just a few short yards behind, rushed headlong
and breathless into the welcome shadows of a small cave.
But the danger was not yet passed. Though unable to fit the whole of
its body into the small enclosure, the lizard was not so easily
defeated. Forcing its head into the mouth of the cave it shot forth a
long, snake-like tongue, hoping to catch the man-beast as a frog might
capture a fly.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25