BladeBites

    In the distance a crow screeched incessantly, startling Lucia from her slumber. Blinking back drowsiness, Lucia lifted her head, raking her gaze across the expanse of her surroundings in confusion. She was in the middle of a dense forest with no sign of civilization in close range. Tall tree trunks stretched upwards from the ground, reaching toward the grey cloudy sky with their pointy green fingertips. The earth was soft beneath her, covered in soggy pine needles. It must’ve rained while she was sleeping. But why was she out here in the first place?    She could smell the musky scent of rain soaked soil as well as the rapidly fad