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Evie: A Wintry Ambush p2

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page 2 and vignette at the WordPress link

Evie scouts the northern woods for a troublesome ogre. But there are other creatures besides ogres lurking in the forest!

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The deeper into the valley I went, the colder it got.  I hadn’t been this far north in a long while, and I wasn’t quite dressed for it to be this chilly.  Worse, the sky was getting more overcast as the day went on.  It was going to be a long frigid hike back to the inn where I’d stashed my gear.  

I wished I’d at least worn some leggings and a warmer tunic.  And I wish I had my special Cryptae Ranger-issued overcoat.  Unfortunately, the last I had heard, another Ranger was wearing my coat when she infiltrated a fortress…and she came out of the fortress without it, so my coat was likely lost forever.

Besides the cold, I was tired, hungry, smeared with dirt and speckled with mud. I was discouraged and ready to head back to the nice warm inn and a long soak in a very hot tub.  

I’d found no signs of a large creature in the area–no large footprints, no droppings, no scattered bones.  Yet there were many many footprints of smaller creatures—ones who would stay away if there were a large predator in the area.

Maybe the reports of an ogre were inaccurate.  Misunderstandings, maybe, or a little hysteria.  Perhaps it was another kind of creature entirely that was harassing livestock and raiding homes.

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This is page 2 of a full Evie story in collaboration with ArtOfVenus.

If you enjoyed, go give ArtOfVenus a look on his DA page or other links, and he’s worthy of your subscription budget at Patreon and/or SubscribeStar.

And watch for more with Evie soon!

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Evie: A Wintry Ambush p1

Artwork by ArtOfVenus, vignette below!

page 1 and vignette at the link below

Evie scouts the northern woods for a troublesome ogre. But there are other creatures besides ogres lurking in the forest!

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Hunting for ogres is not an exact science—and can be downright dangerous.

In my years as a ranger, there are many things I’ve learned about ogres, most of them from trial and error…and error…and error.

There are lessons I won’t forget, mistakes I’ll never repeat.  Ogres were part of one of my most unforgettable lessons—specifically, a lesson learned from being trapped in a cave with three young and horny ones.  For several hours.  In the dark.  Unarmed.  Bound.  Naked.

Among the things I learned that day was to not meet them on their turf—or in their cave—where they have all the advantages.  It is much better to lure the ogre out and then spring a trap. 

Which is why, today, I was scouting this valley.  There had been numerous complaints of an ogre raiding farms and homes here in the far northern realm.  The sooner I located the ogre and tracked it to its den, the sooner I could determine the best way to draw it out and make it come to me!

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This is page 1 of a full Evie story in collaboration with ArtOfVenus.

If you enjoyed, go give ArtOfVenus a look on his DA page or other links, and he’s worthy of your subscription budget at Patreon and/or SubscribeStar.

And watch for more with Evie soon!

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