Chapter 211

There was warmth on my other side and with great effort I turned my head. A fire burned low beside me. Just beyond the fire I saw a sight that made me want to scream.

One of those spider like creatures Nu-reeh had showed me in the caves was creeping up to me. It’s bite could kill me; I knew that much. In vain I tried to move, but my muscles wouldn’t respond. I managed to rise to my elbows only to flop back and hit my head.

For a moment I saw stars. When my vision cleared, something more terrifying than the poisonous creature was there. A woman was killing the spider creature, and then a second one in a bush. She took them both and flew away.

I wanted to worry, but I couldn’t. Sleep was a more pressing issue and I fell back into blackness.

Yelling got my attention and I woke up. My face was toward the fire and I opened my eyes to see it blazing mightily. Someone had piled it high, so it burned brightly. Despite the dim evening sky the area I was in was still w