Chapter 58

With Jenna’s gaze at the beast, she explained further. The creature looked like a dark, scaly half-snake half-woman; it has scaly arms and red, fiery eyes. The Lamia Aegeus has been ascribed serpentine qualities. In ancient legend, Lamia Aegeus was a woman of fantastic beauty until a god cursed her. Her once-glamorous visage was twisted to horrific ugliness to fit her newfound craving for children's blood, but she more or less kept a human form. She was, however, renowned for wearing a skirt of snakeskin that covered her legs. It has a foul odour coming from its mouth, and it has been pointed out that its blood could alter such power to cloak and disguise someone's true visage. Once its blood enters someone's bloodstream, someone could conjure any image of their choosing.

The offspring of the union between the sons of the serpent and the daughter of men were called Lamia. Lamia grew quickly in the womb and weakened the mother’s nutrition to a fatal level. Their incubation peri