Page 139 of Hekate: The Witch (Goddesses of the Underworld #1)

Before I Could Speak

I saw something move.

When I turned to look

at what it was, my body

turned entirely rigid.

At first glance it looked like

a strange rock on the hill,

but on closer inspection,

I realized that these

were the glittering scales

of not one but two serpents.

Terrifyingly large, they raised

their flat heads, split eyes

trained upon me and Hermes.

And then, slowly, they began

to glide their enormous

bodies down the hill

towards us, tongues flickering,

their massive fangs visible

even from this distance,

as Hermes waved to them.