An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

Dustin was awakened by footsteps outside the tent at the break of dawn. He quickly turned around to get up and was watchful.

Soon, he heard Osley speaking. “Ms. Linsor, something bad happened!” Instead of barging into the tent, Osley stood outside to report the incident to Grace.

“W-What?” Grace slowly opened her eyes when she heard the commotion. She slipped out of the sleeping bag and slipped into her jacket.

She then asked, “What happened, Mr. Will?”

“When I was doing my routine check, I saw a lot of desert rats around our camp. I followed their trail and realized that the rats had destroyed our supplies!” Osley replied anxiously.

“What?” Grace’s expression instantly became serious when she heard that.

She quickly walked out of her tent and questioned in a serious tone, “Didn’t I arrange for someone to stand guard through the night? How did the desert rats get to our supplies?”

have no idea as well. It was already too late when I discovered

look!” Grace didn’t say much as she immediately walked toward

safe this time, she had prepared all the supplies needed for

guard. She had no idea that she

saw thousands of desert

away the desert rats. Nevertheless, these rats

situation. Desert rats were normally timid and careful. It

of desert rats, their frenzied and continuous invasion

brought for the journey. If Osley hadn’t discovered this problem,

they heard

hacking, one after another, the desert rats fell into

desert rats that overran the food supplies were scared and started breaking up and running away. They were all gone in a