The Planet Dweller Page 30
by Jane Palmer
CHAPTER 15
Yuri rolled over and stretched drowsily in the soft grass. He opened his eyes to gaze up, expecting to see the sky streaked with purple and red. It was blue and laced with less startling wispy white clouds. Sleepily he raised himself onto an elbow and rubbed his eyes. He was in the fairy circle below his cottage. The air was warm and he could feel an Earthly breeze ruffling his tangled hair.
Wondering if he had dreamt his encounter with Moosevan, Yuri looked about for some evidence of her existence. What he saw instead was less reassuring. It was big, bad, black and snorting billows of hot breath on to his face as it glowered down at him with blazing eyes.