Demon’s Story
It’s 7 am, and JoJo transmutes from her serpent appearance into that of her human form. She dresses quickly into her canteen assistant’s uniform and makes her way into the kitchen at the back of her house. The sun is rising, causing the cacti in her backyard to imitate shadowy figures, which move
desultorily across the ground.
A transient shadow makes her stop what she’s doing. She lifts up the net curtain, to take a second look out of the window. She can’t see anything incongruous and she drops the window covering back into place.
She goes into the utility room to get her white leather clogs from the shoe rack. An indistinguishable figure flashes across the opaque glass of the door that leads to the yard. JoJo turns the key in the lock clockwise and then opens the door with some caution. There are no obvious visible signs of her having
uninvited company. But nevertheless, she steps out onto the paved path that circles the house and calls out,
“Hello, is there someone there?”
Only the crickets chirp a reply. She laughs raucously and turns to go
back inside. Bang, the clatter of a garbage can comes from the side of
the house. She moves towards the location of the noise gingerly.
“Grrr, grrr, grrr.” A male black bear appears from around the corner,
causing JoJo to jump back in surprise. The bear stands upright on its
long hind legs and begins to walk towards JoJo. Its broad skull and
large jaws seem disproportionate to its three and a half foot stature.
The curved claws of its leathery soled forepaws gouge at the air,
forcing JoJo to backtrack her steps speedily.
She goes back into the utility room, but she has no time to close the door as the bear is close behind. The black omnivore swipes at her, but misses his target. JoJo commences her mutation, but doing so lessens her ability to stay out of the bears reach. He catches hold of her shoulder, she squeals as the
razor-sharp claws dig deep into her flesh.
She frees herself from his clutches, she has only partially changed into her demon state. The bear aims a blow at JoJo’s twisting serpent like head. His sharp nails meet with their objective once again.
The demon is using up all her energy to fight for her existence, meaning that her full metamorphosis is being delayed. The black bear has the upper hand and JoJo’s powers are all but depleted. She has nowhere to go and nowhere to hide. She can only hope that her master can forgive her for her weakness.
Extract from SALVATION NO KISSING REQUIRED https://www.amazon.co.uk/Salvation-Kissing-Required-Christina-Rowell/dp/1608208567
https://www.amazon.com/Salvation-Kissing-Required-Christina-Rowell/dp/1608208567
This was first published on this here Dec/19/2016
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