Rosetta strode at the head of a ten person precession. She was not leading them, she was bait. The group she was volunteered to was hunting one of the most dangerous beasts out there: nagas. Rosetta was probably the most nervous of the group, as she was the only female. Thus she was the most likely target for either gender of naga, and she didn’t want to think of what would happen to her if the hunts behind her failed to kill their quarry.
What happened in the next few heartbeats would forever change Rosetta’s destiny. The naga struck from the sides, sinking it’s teeth into Rosetta’s shoulder. Seconds later Rosetta head the bows of the hunters twanging as the arrows shot at the naga. There was an anguished hiss of pain as the naga was wounded. Before Rosetta passed out she saw it had been a male naga that attacked her.
Barely conscious the next few moments, Rosetta heard one of the hunters exclaim that the naga had no fangs, and therefore no venom, which relieved Rosetta as she was hoisted up by two of the hunters then taken home.
Rosetta slept in her bed the rest of that day and through the night. She started to wake the next morning, feeling an itch in her lower body. When she reached to scratch it she felt something that she was sure wasn’t there before. She threw the blankets she slept under off and saw to her terrified shock…
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