Claimed By The Cursed Black Snake Alpha

ugh Catherine Mays's thr

ng against her chest, vibrating through the soles of her boots. She stood in the center of the blinding white sp

ening crack

the sharp, violent shriek of snappi

t her balance. Her arms flailed, her finge

oor va

dden weightlessness snatched the breath from her lungs. The screams of the fans faded into a di

queezed her eyes shut, bracing for the bo

emotionless voice det

he Oracle sys

snapping open. There was no

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over her ears. The wind tore the sound from her mouth. Sh

ing stopped with a br

ent rush. Her teeth clamped down on her tongue, filling her mouth with the sharp, meta

hest spasming as she fought to

f arena smoke and hot metal. It was the thick, suffoca

forced her

crete. No broken

ve her, slicing through the canopy of leaves, hung a moon. It w

s a physical coldness spreading

he Oracle echoed in her head again. Newcomer gift

, her voice a raw whisper. "

sil

eam it in her mi

ds shook violently as she pushed herself up onto her elbows. A sharp

neath her sud

teeth. A deafening crash echoed from the tree line. Entire trunks s

le, she dragged herself backward, her fingernails digging into the damp soil. She scrambled be

upted from t

matted gray fur covered its body, and two jagged horns protruded from

the air. One sharp fragment s

ng so hard her lips bruised against her teeth. Her heart hammered agai

another step, a wall of fi

ual, roaring flames, launched itself from the shadows. Its m

of bone snapping ec

ght next to Catherine's face. The metallic, foul stench invaded her nostrils. Her stomach vi

om the rat. It snorted, sending a bl

beast stop

ted. It locked directly onto the gap i

rned to ice. The dinosaur dropped the meat. It let out

ind screaming at her legs to run, but her twisted

back bumped

It was cold. It was hard. And it was

ked as she slowly, ri

black snake thicker than a r

massive head slowly lowered. Two golden, slitted eyes stared down at her.

abandoned the rat and charged at the black snake,

't even look a

unded like a bomb detonating. The tail slammed into the side of the fl

iant trees before crashing into the earth. The flames extin

eer, impossible violence of it drained th

es grinding against the dirt was deafening. It slith

to crawl away, but her ankle gave out. She

bove her. A cold, hissing breath

t before s

d ankle. It moved with terrifying silence, gliding up her calv

cle con

ng air from her lungs. The darkness closed