Page 205 of The Spider Queen
I towered over him because I was now a beast.
I walked on eight legs, gliding across the sand with ease. The sun warmed my back, but it wasn’t blistering.
You are stunning.
My many eyes saw the world from a different vantage point, and I felt the low vibrations of the land, which I couldn’t sense when I was human.
I’m so much more in tune with everything.
Yes. We miss things in our human bodies.
Some things are pretty good in our human bodies.
You do realize you can’t smile as a spider? Right now, all you’re showing me are your massive fangs.
Jealous?
Thane morphed. His arms and legs elongated, an extra pair of appendages sprouted out of the sides of his chest, and then he grew.
And grew and grew and grew.
Now he was the one looming over me.
He was beautiful and sleek, black shiny body, the same black eyes.
You were saying?
Arrogance makes your fangs look small.
I heard a rumble across our connection.
It’s weird, though. Trying to reconcile this form, with my mental faculties.
It will come more easily the more you do it.
Practice, practice, practice.
We walked side by side. I only came up to the middle of his thorax, but we were both black.
You have a mark on your back.
What kind of mark?
It’s black, the same color as your body, but it shimmers. It has a sheen. So when it catches the light, it glows.
I glow! Do you glow?
No. Only females glow.
We eclipsed the sand. Our shadows were terrifying, and I had to remind myself not to be afraid of myself. Dunes shifted as we walked, and yet, it didn’t faze me.
Okay, that’s enough.
Thane changed and once again was in his human form.
I’m not ready to come back.
Poppy, you must.
