3 bar menu

Chapter 26: Swallowed Whole

“Shit!” The word tore from Cel’s throat as the ground vanished beneath him.

For one suspended heartbeat, he hung over the void.

Then gravity took him.

Above him, the maw yawned wide – concentric rows of teeth closing toward him like a trap sprung perfectly. The creature had erupted from below, swallowing upward, and he was falling straight into its gullet.

Cel’s legs kicked against empty air, finding nothing.

The maw snapped shut.

Darkness swallowed the crimson sky. The teeth missed him – barely – their serrated edges scraping past inches from his skin. But the creature had him, trapped in the suffocating confines of its throat.

The walls contracted immediately.