Writing prompt: The attack …

Join in my daily writing prompt! I don’t promise to respond to them all myself, but will try my best! Here is my response to the latest prompt.

The attack was over in seconds …

The attack was over in seconds, the attackers merging into the winter shadows as silently as they had come.

Sides heaving, she lay dazed but conscious, among rain-wet leaves growing wetter with blood. Pain scythed her shoulder. She lifted her head, eyes glazed, wide with terror. A scent on the icy air, familiar.

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