Chapters tagged snake

by DiveInstructorPlaya

Chapter 3

I woke to the sound of steel against stone—a rhythmic, hungry scraping that spoke of edges and appetite. My eyes opened to soft lamplight and the crackling promise of a fire being kindled. I was reclined on a soft sofa deep enough to swallow me whole, wrapped in a bathrobe of wh...

by DiveInstructorPlaya

Chapter 4

I woke up again to the warmth of the fire and the sensation of smoothness—too smooth. I sat up, legs spreading wide on the sofa, and my hands found my thighs. The hair of my legs was gone. All of it. My legs were bare as a swimmer's, pale and exposed. I touched my arms, my armpit...