thaopixelpoet's 100-word story for June 20, 2025

thaopixelpoet wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Last of her kind, named “Eliogathe.” Her species possess extraordinary superstrength, being able to lift objects fifteen times their own weight. Their distinctive black horns showcase assertiveness and stubbornness. Their teeth are white and sharp, with fangs much like vampires. Black blood fills their veins. Other than that, they can look a lot like humans. Eli was mistaken for one, actually. A traveling couple was driving through Arizona at night when they spotted “a lost-looking woman.” They stopped to offer help, but her horns alarmed them. They shot her and she stared at them with the most haunting mossy eyes.

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