Cursed Boa Riverson_Legends of Shadear by Elina Vale

Author:Elina Vale [Vale, Elina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elina Vale
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 5

“There, look!” Eavan said, pointing forward, Boa followed her finger with his eyes. A figure vanished behind the hill at the meadow beside the town. Eavan Firestone jogged forward. Clearly, the hit in the head hadn’t been that bad after all.

“Earthmaidens,” she exclaimed while running, “though extremely lethal and dangerous, are actually pretty easy to predict. They are completely driven by their instincts and act almost every time as assumed. Men often are unsuccessful in killing them, as they see the creatures as ‘her’. When they should strike, the pheromones will freeze them.” She grinned at Boa, who frowned at her. She paused for a while but continued, “The men will become intoxicated and can only see the beautiful woman instead of a vicious monster.”

Eavan rubbed the scar on her cheek. “I know this all, believe me. The death came very close when I confronted a certain earthmaiden not so long ago. You should understand something about them, Boa,” she said and climbed on top of an underground cellar roof. Boa followed her and kneeled down beside her. The roof was growing moss, now covered in snow. It was soft under his knee.

“They use men to have a cub. You know how it works... “ She rolled her eyes as Boa grinned. “And, no, it’s not something the men enjoy. The men die after. Luckily, earthmaidens are fertile only once in a decade. What they do to women…that’s just pure, brutal fun.”

Eavan quieted down and Boa studied her silently. What a weird senatai. Nothing like he had expected, indeed. Her eyes had had a glimpse of something, maybe fear, when she had talked about women and earthmaidens, but it was soon hidden again.

“How did you survive it?” Boa asked, and lightly swiped the red gash from her cheek, now healed.

She startled at Boa’s touch and shrugged. “It was a lucky coincidence that I’m alive. Thanks to the salted steel. If you would use regular, non-salted steel, the earthmaiden gets wounded, but it won’t die. The healing capabilities are amazing with these creatures, and injury must be really severe to even slow it down. There!”

She jumped down from the roof and started running toward the forest. Boa cursed and jumped down after her. He reached her and they jogged side by side. The excitement of the hunt made Boa’s heart race. He gave a glimpse at Eavan by his side, joy glimmered in her eyes. She jogged softly, almost completely silent on the snow-covered meadow, her black hair fluttering behind her, her lips curving into a soft smile.

Soon, the forest came near and they began walking. Trees’ long trunks reflected against the dark, gray sky. They stopped behind a pine tree, scouting for the monster, letting their breathing slow down. The air was colder again, and white puffs of their breaths vanished in the night. They shouldn’t rush straight into earthmaiden’s nest. There could be more than one of them, Eavan thought, though unlikely, and if there were, neither of them or the innkeeper would have any chance of survival at all.

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