Alpha Nox
She must’ve had some kind of secondary memory ability, because there was no way she’d know what my mother looked like.
Aniya’s hands bounced off my body, and somewhere in the back of my mind I knew she wasn’t trying to hurt me, but it changed nothing. I was an animal fighting death itself, and I could not lose.
“Lilac—Lilac, please…I tried to say…she wouldn’t let me—” Her words were cut off as my hands slipped around her throat.
My knee’s sank into the sand, making it hard to gain purchase, but already Aniya’s strength was waning. Her pulse fluttered, creating a tempo that was once frantic, but now slow and calm.