Chapter 43

Athena's POV

We saw a group of Drakonians in the distance trying to shoot at what looked like a strange creature climbing out of the river. I tried to move forward to get a better look at what that thing was, but Lucian had his fingers tightly wrapped around my arm to keep me moving forward. I tried to free my arm, but he gave me an angry look, so I decided to keep my mouth shut for now.

"What's it?" I whispered in surprise as I looked at the thing that was chasing the drakonians northeastward.

"That's a Cephylon," he said in a whisper, keeping his eyes on the Drakonians as they ran away. "Once it gets a hold of you, it will drag you back to its nest and feed you to its young,"

""Wow, they sound like a lot of fun! Trust me, "Lucian gave me another angry look, which I chose to ignore. "We need to go back a mile or climb higher to set up camp because it looks like we've gotten very close to them," he said next, looking back at the horizon where the Drakonians had disappeared.

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