Chapter 4
The following day, Taar reported the attack to the village elders, describing in detail the creature’s preternatural speed, its lust for blood, and his suspicions of the creature’s other powers. With one death and an attack, an immediate meeting was called. There was only one solution and that would be to capture the culprit. But how?
After nearly the whole morning spent in debate, it was decided that Taar would lure the creature into the clearing by the river while a group of men waited nearby with nets, and bows and arrows. It was a simple plan, but would have to be executed with careful attention to detail. They couldn’t risk the creature discovering their trap.
Late that afternoon, when the sun was no more than a glow behind the horizon and the sky a palette of pinks, purp
