Chapter Ten The LairIt was dark, with the three torches only burning dimly now. Akra raced over to where Mai and Long sat crouched.
‘Just so you know. I’m not going anywhere near that,’ Long stated. ‘Look at it. It’s huge!’ He shrank closer to the ground, attempting to remove the chance of being spotted by the spiderflax. ‘I say we get out of here while we’re still alive.’
‘We’ve come all this way,’ whispered Mai. She produced that look she reserved only for when she wanted Long to do something. ‘I’m better at thoughtbanking than you.’
‘You don’t know the half of what could happen to us! Bitten. Eaten. Half dead, half alive.’
‘With me and Akra controlling it, you can milk it.’
‘I can’t do this,’ Long said uncomfortably.
‘I think there is dark magic here and it’s surrounding the spide
