A Ten Minute Story written for Alphaotter.

The Ten Minute Story is a commission experiment aimed at capturing a glimpse of someone's character in action. The idea is to see if a quality piece of writing can be made in a short length of time, and if someone would be amenable to paying for such a thing. They involve four prompts, ten minutes of writing, and five to ten additional minutes of finalization.

The prompts for this story were

Name: Alpha
Species: Otter
Descriptor: Fast, eager, intelligent, level-headed (unless provoked) bounty hunter/assassin
Setting: Either Assassin's Creed type story in England, or Guardians of the Galaxy type story in space, author's choice