Book 2 - Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - The Queen Summons

This was unfair.

This was unacceptable.

In the face of her opponent, the story about David and Goliath taunted Solene and she couldn’t help but laugh.

Damn it. This was cruel.

This was more than that ancient story.

The monster in front of her was more than Goliath. Indeed, fucking more than that.

All five tusk-like legs as thick as a drum and as long as a bus told her that. It stood at a height that was staggering. She had to strain her neck so that she could see its face and when she did, she almost gagged.

The monster’s head was deformed. Ugly. And very much dangerous.

Supported with a single thorax that housed six human-like arms, its serrated teeth in rows and rows snapped at her. Slithering fork-like tongue tested the air and picked u