Lin Chen wasn't about to give it a chance to escape. He whipped a sharp military knife from his pocket, pinning its neck down with his left hand and holding it fast. With his right, he aimed the tip of the blade at its neck and plunged it in.
Almost instantly, the black-tailed deer arched its body and struggled violently for a few seconds before slowly collapsing, its movements growing weaker.
Without Lin Chen to support her, Erica's body slumped to the side, and she fell with a THUD at the entrance of the shelter.
Splattered with warm deer blood, her eyelids fluttered. Her long eyelashes trembled a few times before she slowly opened them.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Lin Chen kneeling on the ground, one hand pinning the neck of some creature while the other held a military knife plunged into it.
?
Erica thought she had to be dreaming. She blinked, pushed herself into a sitting position with her right hand, and finally got a clear look at the creature.
