A Monster's Light (Kadrixan Mates #5)

I shoved wildly at the boulder as the beast leaped again, its claws loosening yet another hail of gravel and sand on itself. Aided by its bionic limbs, it could leap a ridiculous height. If it hadn’t been for the lip at the very edge and the lack of purchase for its claws on the slick, crumbling rocks, the robohound would’ve made it up already.

My lungs were burning, and my eyes stung from the dust and sand, but I had to keep pushing. We’d been completely blindsided when the second one showed up. I was super lucky that this one wasn’t particularly bright.

It kept trying to scale the vertical wall despite the much easier way up just around the corner. Every time it paused in its efforts, all I had to do was stick my head over the edge, and it would see me and start climbing again.

As I heaved again, something round and shiny zoomed into my peripheral vision. Shit! A surveillance drone.