Chapter Eight Hamulad MountainTerra explained the process of milking a spiderflax. It sounded dangerous, frightening and almost impossible. She had sketched the location of the spiderflax’s lair on a parchment and handed it to Mai for safekeeping. The lair could be found on Hamulad Mountain. Once they had the spiderflax’s venom it should be mixed with other ingredients and then poured into her sleeping brother’s mouth to wake him. Terra had given the ingredients to Mai. She had also packed a good amount of food, some water, and cloth soaked in oil to make torches for when they entered the lair.
As they walked away from the village, carrying the supplies Terra had provided, Mai wondered why she had been selected by the ministers. She’d always come last when competing in desert races and sh
