The Opposite of Defeating

Tyla would do anything to escape the valley, but the only exit is guarded by a beast that can never be defeated. This short story is part of the "Break Bites" Series: Stories short enough to read when you get a break from your everyday activities. Now with *bonus* chapters from the novel Obligations of a Cobalt Hue! Tyla would do anything to escape the valley, but the only exit is guarded by a beast that can never be defeated. This short story is part of the "Break Bites" Series: Stories short enough to read when you get a break from your everyday activities. Now with *bonus* chapters from the novel Obligations of a Cobalt Hue! About the Author: Amber D. Sistla was born in Oklahoma and now lives in the Pacific Northwest. She has a degree in computer science and has six U.S. and E.U. patents. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Nature, Jim Baen's Universe, Postcripts, Cosmos, Bull Spec, and Daily Science Fiction. She is an active member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. Photography credit to Stanislav Perov from Dreamstime.