The dogs barked. They were getting closer.
“Dear God, please save me.” She clutched a small rock tied to a thong and prayed they not sniff her out. She’d stolen a crust of day old bread for her kid brother, but that was illegal. Draconian laws still demanded her hands be amputated for thievery.
She pulled herself further underneath the poplar’s roots. The dogs’ feet splashed in the creek as they sniffed and snorted.
“Hoh!” a man’s voice called. The dogs looked up and ran back to him, the hunt called off.
She waited until they left, then ran for the next county.
This was written for Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #132, Draconian.
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Good old Draco, an odd way true, yet he found his way into immortality.
I’ve often wondered about how we treat infamy such as Draco’s. Millions of people who died as a result of WWII will go unremembered, but that shitbag who was at the center of the entire dreadful thing will be remembered for eons to come.
One of a kind. Doesn’t matter whether he or she is good or bad, he or she will be remembered
Her sense of fear is palpable through your words. A sorry story of a situation too many will be familiar with.
Here’s my tale!
Thanks for reading! I’m glad the fear came through.
Scary, this is definitely based on draconian laws.
Yup! I couldn’t come to settle on a single time period or place, but I hoped to get the feeling of harshness through! Thanks for reading.
You certainly did accomplish that.
A crust of day old bread? If you’re going to possibly lose your hands for it, you might as well make it worth your while… 🙂
Nice story. I’m glad she escaped.
Well, maybe she hoped it wouldn’t be noticed?
Once growing up, our house was broken into, but we couldn’t figure out what they’d taken for WEEKS. Then, suddenly, my dad couldn’t find quarters in his change plate, and my mom realized they’d taken the plate – change and all – and replaced it with an empty bowl from a different shelf. Because my dad was crazy and never emptied his change plate, we estimated it was about $50 (about $107 New Zealand dollars today). So that was sad for us, but it’s funny now.