CHAPTER 45: ECHIDNA

"Echidna! That's impossible!" Isis gasped. She couldn't understand why such a powerful mythical being would be lurking in the backwoods of Serpents Valley. "Are you sure it's the ECHIDNA?"

"Yes, she showed up here a little over two centuries ago. She said she was placed here by her master," Gaylord explained.

"Her master? Echidna serves no one but herself unless she's serving a lover. She is known to worship her lovers," Isis scoffed.

"Echidna! I remember you taught me about her aunt Jules. It's the half-woman, half-snake, and she eats women and takes the form of the one she eats then she finds unfortunate men to mate with, so she can lay her eggs," Hazel recited.

"She's a very devious creature," Julia added.

"Gaylord, look!" One of the centaurs pointed to the peak of Snake Eye Mountain.

"What's that?" Zander asked as he saw two flashing yellow lights.

"She's awake!" Gaylord gulped. "She's been sleeping for almost a century. The stones atop the mountain glow yellow when she's a