avatarJ.C. Lovero

Free AI web copilot to create summaries, insights and extended knowledge, download it at here

1344

Abstract

, flinging you against the wall by an invisible force.</p><p id="53bc">Dark tendrils erupt from the earth, slithering — hissing — across your body like a nest of hungry snakes. Wisps of shadowy smoke restrain your arms, legs, and torso, suspending you several feet above the ground in a spectral jail.</p><p id="0b8a">“Any last words?”</p><h2 id="9877">What do you say?</h2><ol><li><a href="https://readmedium.com/punctuated-by-the-darkness-812cd9cadd49">“Give me another chance…” (click here.)</a></li><li><a href="https://readmedium.com/watch-your-manners-744e17fa0542">Say nothing and spit on his face. (click here.)</a></li></ol><blockquote id="175d"><p>This story is a collaborative effort. Please feel free to join in and add a chapter, furthering the story in any way you like.</p></blockquote><p id="325f"><b><i>If you enjoyed the story and would like to support me, make sure to:</i></b></p><ul><li>👏 <b>Clap (up to 50 times!) to help others find it</b></li><li><b>🔔 Follow me on <a href="https://medium.com/@jc_lovero/subscribe">Medium</a></b></li><li>📰 <b>View more content on my <a href="https://medium.com/@jc_lovero">Medium profile</a></b></li></ul><p id="1ae7"><b>Join the <a href="https://medium.com/@jc_lovero/membership">Medium membership program</a> for only $5 to get unlimited access to thousands of articles online. If

Options

you <a href="https://medium.com/@jc_lovero/membership">use my referral link</a>, I’ll receive a small portion of your membership fee at no extra cost to you.</b></p><p id="e2bd"><b>Thanks for reading!</b></p><div id="72fc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-few-cyoa-stories-to-adopt-87d138d25159"> <div> <div> <h2>A Few ‘CYOA’ Stories to Adopt</h2> <div><h3>Stories in need of some love and attention</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*W_M1EKiYvDwadDyoBJVIfw.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="ee54" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/bound-by-blood-cb4c5f4101a4"> <div> <div> <h2>Bound By Blood</h2> <div><h3>Every bargain has a price</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*lUWq00dor7eKcgckHar0Vg.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

DRABBLE STORY ARC #2: SEEK AND AVENGE

Last Words

Part of a ‘choose your own’ story — drabble edition.

A dark serpent — AI image using Lexica

This is a ‘choose your own’ fiction story, “drabble edition”. You can check out Chapter 1 of this story: The Burned Village. Find out how to contribute to the ongoing story here, or check the previous chapter: ‘Distant Echoes’, by J.C. Lovero.

Dirt and grit scrape under your nails as you claw toward him. A foggy sensation clouds your mind, the numbness almost narcotic.

No, not like this.

You lunge towards Lorenzo, your heart pounding in your ears like a war drum. Dagger in hand, you slash into his robe.

Lorenzo screams, flinging you against the wall by an invisible force.

Dark tendrils erupt from the earth, slithering — hissing — across your body like a nest of hungry snakes. Wisps of shadowy smoke restrain your arms, legs, and torso, suspending you several feet above the ground in a spectral jail.

“Any last words?”

What do you say?

  1. “Give me another chance…” (click here.)
  2. Say nothing and spit on his face. (click here.)

This story is a collaborative effort. Please feel free to join in and add a chapter, furthering the story in any way you like.

If you enjoyed the story and would like to support me, make sure to:

  • 👏 Clap (up to 50 times!) to help others find it
  • 🔔 Follow me on Medium
  • 📰 View more content on my Medium profile

Join the Medium membership program for only $5 to get unlimited access to thousands of articles online. If you use my referral link, I’ll receive a small portion of your membership fee at no extra cost to you.

Thanks for reading!

Fiction
Short Story
Fantasy
Choose Your Own Adventure
Drabble
Recommended from ReadMedium