Delver Magic Book III: Balance of Fate Page 6
by Jeff Inlo
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Joel didn’t stop running until he got back to the center of town. It remained quiet in this area, but now intermittent shrieks of agony pierced the air in all directions. If he had any hopes of reaching the north bridge, they died with the appearance of the beetle. With relative quiet at his current position and his back to the wall of some unknown building, he knew his options dwindled.
“Ok, I’m not getting out of here. Truth is, I pretty much knew that a long time ago. If I was going to leave, I would have done that weeks ago. Didn’t want to leave then, so why bother now? Just a matter of where to go.”
He looked back toward the direction of his own home.
“If I’m going to die, then it’s going to be there.”