Greetings, and welcome to Week 3 of Last Line First!

This week’s last line prompt is from The Last of the Battle Queens by Nat Newman. I picked it as my favourite because when used as a first line, it begs a question – and that’s a great way to start a story.

As always, you have until midnight (GMT) on Sunday to comment on this post with your ≤200 word flash-fictions. Remember, you can tweak the last line however you see fit. For a full run-down of the rules and easy access to previous challenges and their stories visit this page.

So, here’s your new first line:

They will never, ever learn that lesson until it is too late.

I’m looking forward to reading what you come up with this week.

Now, my pretties … fly … fly … fly …

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