Tunnel Rat - Chapter 53: Solutions, not problems

... had smelled him. It was much stronger now. The stench of the ancient enemy was all about him. Was he stealing from them too? Pilfering the long dead bones of her foes? It didn't matter. She would kill him for being a thief.

He had dared to attack her as she built her nest! And the thief had been stealing the ore infused with her own blood. Worse, he took it away to somewhere beyond her reach. She had delighted in killing him. Moreso when she found he was somehow connected to her ancient ...