CHAPTER 37: The Moonstone’s Test
The stinger flew toward Selene’s face so fast she barely saw it but her reflexes were faster. Selene twisted, brought her knife up and sliced the thing clean off.
A piercing, inhuman scream ripped through the maze. The “little girl” stumbled back, clutching the stump where the stinger had been with her eyes rolling unnaturally. Her skin began to ripple like melting wax.
Selene didn’t wait to see what it turned into. She bolted.
Her boots pounded against the stone floor as the creature behind her shrieked and began to morph with bones cracking and limbs stretching. The sound alone made her skin crawl.
She ran hard turning left, then right and then right again, not daring to look back. The beast thundered after her with claws scraping the stone.
“Come o
