Chapter 5:
Phoebe’s scream woke Helena. Her eyes opened in a flash. She immediately recognized the glade where she initially awoke in the land of the immortals. Phoebe gripped Helena’s hand tight enough she couldn’t shake free. She leaned on her elbow with her free hand on Phoebe’s shoulder, and that was when she encountered the green snake constricting around her friend’s body.
The snake body’s diameter matched Helena’s waist. The thing was huge. Helena grabbed the snake’s head while Phoebe struggled to remove the reptile from her body. The three of them began rolling about the meadow, wrestling to free Phoebe from the crushing grip. Helena could hear her friend’s breathing as it grew labored as the creature tightened the grip on her midsection.
Memories came flowing back to Helena. In
