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Thorns and Roses for Dummies by Monochrome_Gray
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
07 Dec 2025
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Summary
A trick of the eye- a fear mechanism of some kind. Nothing could be that big… nothing. No normal animal. Which meant it wasn't an animal at all- but a creature. A monster of the woods, prowling too far south for comfort. I couldn't help the shudder. Who knows what's lurking out there? Nesta's voice rattled in my ears like a drum.
What had I done? I dropped the bow.
Blood seeped into the knees of my trousers, and I think it was that that reproduced the soup from the pit forming in my stomach. Bile in my mouth- acid in my throat- a hot irony wash the same temperature as the ooze against my knees. A muscle twitched the moment I reached out- its paw was as big as my head- maybe more.
I'd drawn my knife before I realized it was in my hand.
