"Who are you?" I managed to whisper, clutching my thin thermal blanket as if it could protect me from a predator that looked like he could snap the ship’s hull in two.

"You're awake," he rumbled. The vibration of his voice didn't just hit my ears; it rattled my ribcage.

Through the frost-edged glass of the observation deck, I saw him. He was a mountain of muscle and obsidian scales, his eyes glowing like dying embers in the dark. He wasn't one of the colonists, and he certainly wasn't human. He was the reason the ship had drifted off course.

By Luna Hunter: Alien Beast

"Who are you?" I managed to whisper, clutching my thin thermal blanket as if it could protect me from a predator that looked like he could snap the ship’s hull in two.

"You're awake," he rumbled. The vibration of his voice didn't just hit my ears; it rattled my ribcage. Alien Beast by Luna Hunter

Through the frost-edged glass of the observation deck, I saw him. He was a mountain of muscle and obsidian scales, his eyes glowing like dying embers in the dark. He wasn't one of the colonists, and he certainly wasn't human. He was the reason the ship had drifted off course. "Who are you