The HIDDENS
“But I don’t trust it.”
“Neither do I,” I said, scanning the clearing. The silence was deafening, as if the forest itself was holding its breath.
That’s when I saw it.
The ground beneath our feet began to shift, the dirt churning as if something massive was moving below us.
“Move!” I shouted, grabbing Althea’s arm and pulling her back.
We scattered just as the earth erupted, and a creature unlike anything I’d ever seen emerged.
A spider.
No—something worse than a spider. Its body was massive, its legs as thick as tree trunks, its many eyes glowing an eerie green. Webbing dripped from its fangs, which were long and razor-sharp.
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