Nia turned to me with a triumphant smile, her hand resting on the Lunalynx's fur.
"Now it's your turn," she said, stepping aside with a warm, encouraging look. "Let's see what kind of beast chooses you."
I grinned, cracking my knuckles. "Perfect. Where do I start?"
The words had barely left my mouth when something cold and slick coiled around my legs like a serpent.
Before I could react, a thick, black slime surged upward like a rising tide, wrapping around my waist, my arms, then my neck.
"What the—!"
With a wet, slurping sound, the slime swallowed me whole, dragging me off my feet.
My shout was cut off as it covered my mouth and eyes, encasing me in a suffocating cocoon of pitch-black ooze
I could feel the slime's viscous body pressing against me, its acidic surface sizzling against my skin.
My breath caught in my throat from surprise buy I didn't panic. I was rather calm.
Outside, Raven's voice pierced through the muffled silence.
