He stares at the Deer Woman. "I know you!"
She smiles calmly. After a few seconds he awkwardly untangles himself from the tapestry and stumbles to his feet. She regards him cooly as he does this, gently cradling a glass jar in her hands, held before her belly.
As he straightens up he notices a buzzing sound from within the glass jar. "What's in the jar?" he asks.
"Wasps," responds the Deer woman, looking down at her charge with appreciation and care.
He wrinkles his nose in fear. "What good are wasps to you?"
The Deer Woman looks him straight in the eye, and he can see that her own eyes are a bright orange hue. She takes a step forward.
"Wasps are good for pain."
This has been the Tenth Chapter of Act Two for my ongoing #freewrite serial story.
ACT TWO CHAPTERS
Chapter One *** Chapter Two *** Chapter Three
Chapter Four*** Chapter Five*** Chapter Six
Chapter Seven*** Chapter Eight*** Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten***Chapter Eleven
Here is Chapter Thirteen.
And here is the ACT ONE Chapter List, with all of the links for Act One.
Written in five minutes from the writing prompt, "wasps" as part of the #freewrite exercise. Image is by me as well. You can view the prompt here. Be sure to check out the other entries; some of them have a real sting to them. Thanks to @mariannewest for creating and running this fiercely flying fiction formation.
Writing and images by Greg McCann, the author of this post and owner of this Steemit Channel. To view more of my work, please visit www.fireawaymarmot.com.