Detects Heartbeat

Breathe in , breathe out , calm , slow , steady . Enough wind out there to mask this tiniest of sounds . If she didn’t move , it wouldn’t feel her . But … what about her heartbeat ? She was on her back . Her heart … could the demon feel that rhythm in the ground ?

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She saw Brandun’s wide back as he rushed forward , feet splashing ravine mud , his full spear assembled and in hand , and beyond him , a hissing demon reaching into the vootervert hole that hid Creen .

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Aliens: Phalanx, Chapter 18