Tia stepped cautiously closer, reaching out and touching the larger female with the tips of her long green fingers. She smiled when the creature remained still. Feeling more confident, she moved a little closer.
Her heart pounded erratically when the female slowly raised one of her arms. She froze in fear, wondering if she could have been mistaken. As much as she was confident that this was the creature the stories told of, she was still unprepared for the size of it. Tia watched as the female slowly lowered one of her hands down onto the soft moss, palm upward. Tia looked back and forth between the palm and the creature’s eyes before making the decision to trust her instincts.
She took a tentative step forward, stopping when Tamblin hissed out again in alarm. Shaking her head at him, sh
