Free Wicked Thing (C.O.A Series Book 2) by Kim Cormack Page B

even a sliver of light, just isolating darkness and the thundering clicks of what sounded like dozens of gigantic scorpions. Lexy wasn’t sure if the others were even here with her but she knew better than to call out for them. That would only tell the predators where she was. Lexy tightened her grip on the sword she was wielding and listened as she gingerly crept through the pitch black feeling in front of her for solid ground with each foot before trying to take a step. This was great! The light flashed on for a second. She was surrounded. In that instant she’d been able to deduce that there was no visible cliff or drop off in her sight line Lexy dove forward and slid across the smooth stone floor maneuvering her way through the clicking feet, driven forward by nothing but instinct, as she swung her sword and slid again, knowing if she took off a leg the enormous scorpion would probably teeter over and squish her underneath its enormous frame. Lexy remained in one spot just a second too long and felt the excruciating sting of being impaled as something large and sharp pierced her stomach. Her body was raised into the air and lurched around. She choked on her own warm blood as it spurted from between her lips. Whatever she’d been impaled upon broke off and she dropped with a thud to the ground. With sight not being one of her options all she had to guide her was instinct and the exhilaration of battle. Lexy was fed a welcome shot of adrenaline and she shivered with pleasure as her healing ability tried to kick in. She realized there was something inside of her blocking her ability to heal, she felt her stomach and yanked the object out of her mid drift causing a euphorically primitive response. Round one was almost over. She was going to bleed out. Lexy zigzagged away from her invisible assailant, knowing she had little to no time left in this round of her macabre little pastime. The Dragon swung her sword as the lights flashed on once again. Lexy was aiming for coordinated movement but teetered over as she attempted to skillfully maneuver her way between one of the abomination’s clicking legs. Her senses were working overtime to compensate for her lack of sight; she could hear everything from her blood pulsating through her veins to the whooshing sound of the scorpion’s tails as they gathered around her to finish her off. Something pierced her shoulder and then something else pierced her abdomen a moment later. They began to tug her in either direction and she felt like she was about to be torn in two. She sliced the appendage off of one of her assailants. A second later her body was tossed into the air and she landed on her back on a solid surface, knocking the wind out of her. At least one of the objects must have a stinger, she could tell by the burning of the venom as it seeped into her system. It was as though she’d been stung by a thousand wasps all at the same time. It felt like someone had doused her in gasoline, struck a match and tossed it on her. Lexy’s mind screamed as her entire body went up in flames. She could feel the carnal heat of her ability kick in as blood spurted from between her lips. That last wound had been the kill shot, but still always the Dragon, she endeavoured to crawl forward. The lights flickered on once more and this time her vision was to blurred to make sense of anything. She’d lost too much blood. Lexy was flung by one of the abominations and she slid across the ground as though she were in an ice rink, endeavouring to rise once she’d stopped moving. She felt woozy. A final rush of adrenaline urged her on. How am I still alive? Lexy struggled to her feet forgetting to check to see if there was in fact ground in front of her, she stepped forward. Sure enough, there was no ground beneath her feet and Lexy plummeted into the unknown. She raised her arms to either side, closed her eyes and smiled as the wind rippled behind her. Well, she’d been wrong about there being no