Chapter 48

Is This It?

SKYLA.

Then Sky fucking grab her and run!

But I know that I won’t outrun it… I’m barely standing…

The rain continues to pour down; the darkness becomes visible, almost like smoke and soon all I can see is just me and the snake in a cloud of darkness.

‘Daughter of Selene…

The voice seems to come from all around Chilling, powerful, and pure evil…

I scan the area.

Where is that voice coming from? My plum eyes snap back to the snake, my heart thudding loudly.

That intelligent look has returned, and I wonder…

Can it speak or is something controlling it?

My mind returns to Kataleya’s words.

Apophis…

I stare at the snake, avoiding looking at its bloody mutilated eye as its body flicker in and out of my vision.

I don’t know how it’s doing that disappearing act, but I should be more focused on the fact it can fucking speak and not that it’s got some wacky magician tricks.

“Servant of Apophis…” I counter, making sure to keep my voice strong and powerful.

I keep my gaze locked with his, challengingly.

The snake hisses, but it doesn’t move.

Its face stretches in what I have to admit is one fucking terrifying grin before it darts at

“The time is near….to fulfil my duty…’ It whispers as I jump to the side. It turns at the last moment, hissing as it opens his mouth, ready to impale me on its fangs.

He spits something, what I assume is venom at me and I fail to dodge, gasping when I feeling the burning pain rush through my neck.

I turn, falling to the muddy ground.

are many ways to die… but getting killed by a huge Death Noodle? Nope, that’s not one

I hiss, as I take cover under a tree as the huge snake breaks

Fuck, I need help.

fucking

meant to fight alone… come

Unleash the beast…

anger and

am a Rossi, and we never bow down

my eyes, taking deep steadying breaths before my eyes open,

won’t be

to shift once

Come to fucking Mama.

and back away, assessing the area without taking my

one last

it my all because I won’t

run at the

Sky. One. Fucking.

use an upturned tree for leverage and twist at the last moment and slam the sharp, jagged end of wood into his damaged eye. It roars in

as I hear the swish of its enormous tail come at me. I try to get out of the way, but I’m too slow, and it smashes into my

Fuck…

It hurts…

“Sky!”

I’m thrown up into the sky, the moment a bolt of lightning strikes the snake, but before I can even come down, the snake opens his mouth

Time seems to slow…

as I’m faced with those huge jaws and I twist my body; I’m going to become snake food? Really?

its jaw stretches impossibly wide before it clamps down around me. I twist my body, curling up and narrowly missing its huge fangs, holding my breath

Holy fuck!

sears through me. Whatever coats the inside of this motherfucker burns like a

begins to

thunder before suddenly I see a blinding light. My eyes widen as the snake is thrown to

that if my body wasn’t so damn

to the floor covered in blood and

out.

I’m meeting like Zeus or

Shouldn’t I meet Selene?

no… Hades cus you know I’ve committed many

Yes, that’s no Hades…

the head of the snake that now lies feet away from

Dead.

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