Chapter 29. Where Am I?

“The weather isn’t friendly and I wouldn’t advise you to leave,” said a famine voice.

James turned in the direction that the voice came from but could not see anyone. “Will you be kind enough to show yourself?”

“I don’t like meeting with people.”

“What do you mean you don’t like meeting with people?” James inquired as he kept turning around to see the person speaking with him. The voice was clear and sounded like that of a woman. He thought to himself, ‘what can a woman do to me?’ He wanted to see the outcome of what’s happening and to see who it was that has been speaking to him yet was hidden. His persuasion couldn’t be ignored anymore.

It was indeed a lady that has spoken with him. She moved towards James one and half times faster than the theoretical maximum for a human speed. She moved faster than the eye can see.

“Oh shit!” James fell to the spandrel. He never sees that coming. “You nearly gave me a heart attack. What type of creature are you?”