Chapter 97

“I think she might be right.” Eulalie rubbed at her nose and then picked up her floating mace. “Coming here really was a bad idea. For all of us.”

Lily crossed her arms and stared down at her feet. “It hasn’t been a picnic, but…” She looked up and shrugged. “It’s not the first time I’ve wasted a trip to the beach.”

“We aren’t at the beach,” replied Eulalie.

“I know. It’s a bunch of bullshit.” Lily nodded in Tasia’s direction. “I assume you’ve taken precautions?”

The Arachne nodded. “I have.” She turned to Tasia. “What that means is that the portal doesn’t take us home. I don’t want you to think we’re planning an 11th hour betrayal or something.”

“I would certainly hope not.” Tasia let out the breath she didn’t know she had been holding. “Well, I guess if that’s settled… are we out of here?”

Eulalie sighed. “I guess, I don’t know. It seems like a shame that we’ve come all this way.”

“Yeah, well…” Lily patted Eulalie on her spider butt. “You’l