Before Declan could move a muscle, her enormous eyes were already directly above him, staring down as her gigantic snake-like tail curled through the sand.
"You..."
The creature's voice carried a strange amusement.
"You really are the one."
Declan stared at her in disbelief.
Even after using the NanoPhoton Blaster and swimming at full speed, she had somehow reached the shore before him, as if she had simply swum faster than he could escape.
"Surprised?" she asked, clearly amused.
"I..."
Declan tried to respond, but he hadn't even found the words when he suddenly felt something coil around his legs.
In the next instant, he was lifted into the air, hanging upside down as her tail locked tightly around his ankles.
He frantically tried to react, but every movement came to a halt the moment he found those eyes directly before him.
He could see nothing else.
Only them.
They were purple, with pitch-black serpentine slits running through their centers.
