For the A to
Z Challenge, I'm featuring twenty-six flash fiction pieces from my Foxwick Kingdom
and its surrounding neighbors. A to Z Flashes of Foxwick is now available from Smashwords and Amazon and includes the bonus short story "Lady Death." You can add this to your Goodreads list here.
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Umbria and the Unicorn
Umbria slipped
through Greymist Forest like a specter. As an assassin, she knew how to
disguise herself from human and even creatures’ eyes, but she couldn’t hide
from one animal.
The unicorn had
been following her for a turn of the hourglass. She’d never had such a
generally pure and innocent beast take an interest into her, but this one
wasn’t a typical unicorn. He was a black stallion with a silver horn. She
wouldn’t even have realized he pursued her, if it hadn’t been for the horn
reflecting moonbeams.
As she passed
underneath tree branches, she glanced behind her. The unicorn still continued
toward her, and she’d had enough.
“Go away! Shoo.”
She waved her arms, but the creature came until he was close enough to touch.
“I don’t need you.”
The unicorn
snorted his disagreement and pressed his muzzle against her outstretched hand.
She’d never felt such soft fur. How could this animal want her company? She
wasn’t a simple princess anymore. She wasn’t a simple assassin. Life and death
pulsed from her hands, but the unicorn didn’t care.
So she let him
follow her.
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