Chapter art for my Novel, Axis of Conflict. Chapter 3 : Into the Blight.

Kik-ik-ik-ik! Kik-ik-ik-ik!

The chittering becomes a beacon, sprinting through the forest using the high-pitched clicks and unsettling mirth as a measure for the beasts’ proximity and speed. They are gaining on her more intently, snapping with unseen jaws at the edges of her tail and just behind her boots and calves. They have not yet managed to sink a solid bite, perhaps due to her speed, or perhaps because they are as blind as she, or perhaps they are herding her toward a more odious fate. The notion of being steered; of racing blindly forward into the nothingness of the forest, adds a new tier of panic and indecision. She second-guesses her every movement. Am I still on track?

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