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I’m going to make it, I thought, just before something huge and heavy plowed into me. A giant serpent’s tail. It tossed me into the air several feet, and I let out a surprised cry and clenched down hard on the Void key as I went flying and landed awkwardly on my left side. Ow. That was definitely no baby basilisk. Somehow I’d gotten the attention of the mom. Or dad? I had no idea, and didn’t really care, as pain lanced through me. I scrambled up, trying to find my bearings, but then I was dragged down once again. Something sharp pricked at my thigh, and then set it on fire. I screamed at the feel of hot venom pulsing through my veins and heard Belial shouting as well. Some instinct made me shift back into human form, and the change in my size let me slip out of the basilisk’s grasp, thoug
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