TeBeautySlayer-1

    Themsunhadjustpeekedoverthehorizonwheirredawake.Risingearlywasahabitingrainedinhersincechildhood.Oneshecouldn''''''''tshake,evenafterfourteenyearslivingamonghumans.

    AsMoxihadooldher,somethichedintoherverygenes.Ungeable.

    Whatwasthatwain?

    Ah,right.Instinct.

    Reya''''''''searliestmemaditch.

    Backthen,shedidn''''''''tevenhaveaname.ReyawaswhatLutergaveher.

    Whenhereyesfirstopeheworldwasablur.Herfrailbodywascoatedinawarm,stickyfluidthatgunfortablytoherskin.Thesurroundingswerequiet,serehswayingshadowsoftrees.Notfaraale,human-shapedsilhouetteymotionlessinthegrass.