DA Ink Excerpt
Aquila from the Darkness
By: Tanya Searle
It’s this mundane action which draws my
attention to the white flash in the opposite tree line,
perhaps half a mile away. My telescopic sight zeros
in on the source immediately, causing my breathing
to hitch and my heart rate to spike. I freeze.
Aaron’s presence distracted me, and now I’m being
watched . . . again.
It is a man. His hair’s so blond it’s white, his eyes are
as blue as sapphires, but it’s his wings that hold my
focus. I stare unblinking. He has them out in the open, nothing hiding them!
I don’t know what I should be feeling? Fear . . . yes that’s a given; but I’m so bewildered I can’t muster the appropriate level. Is he not concerned? Anyone could see him.
He’s obviously there watching me. It was him in the forest too, I’m sure of it now. He’s following me.
That can’t be a good thing, surely? If he had good intentions wouldn’t he just approach me? Talk to me? Not sneak around in trees and spy. I’m not sure what to do now. I can’t get up and
run because Aaron will think I’ve lost my mind. The white man hasn’t moved. He watches me as I watch him. My fright paralyses my limbs and I sit rigidly.
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