365 Days of Drabbles: Day Thirty-Two

[jeriendhal]

For rix_scaedu: "And behind the second door!"


"This is a trick question isn't it?"

"It's not that hard, sir," the acolyte said. "The first door has eternal paradise waiting for you, the other a horrible death made of muscle, fangs and claws."

"And what does the paradise consist of?"

"I don't know, sir. It's not my time to cross."

"And the horrible death?"

"Again, a troubling lack of details."

"Ah." A pause. "Screw it, I'm taking the second door."

"As you will." The door was opened, and he stepped through the portal.

The hunter rose to her feet. "Hello," she said

Ah, the lady is the tiger.