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BY ALEXANDRA IVY

Prologue

The Legend of Opela and Shakpi

Deep beneath the bayou, Shakpi stirred in the darkness of her prison For centuries she&039;d been trapped beneath the choking layers of ift to her beloved Pantera

Ancient fury surged through her, sending out shockwaves that shook the land above her It was all the fault of those da, it was just her and Opela Twin sisters born of ether, never needing anyone else

Then Opela became obsessed with her desire for children She&039;d claimed that there was no point of existence if she couldn&039;t possess creatures to love

Without thought for anyone but herself, Opela created a new race, the Pantera, to call her children

Shakpi had done everything in her power to stop her sister They&039;d had each other Why did they need anyone else? But Opela had refused to listen to her pleas, instead lavishing her love and devotion on her Pantera

Consumed with envy, Shakpi had plotted to kill the freaks of nature

Mortal creatures weren&039;t iven the ability to shift into puma form They were an abomination that had to be destroyed

She&039;d been confident that her sister would understand her desire to return to the life they&039;d had before A tiether

Born to destroy, Shakpi was unable to create her own children to act as instrue Instead she infected hu theic that gave the Pantera their power

How could she possibly have

suspected her sister would make the ultimate sacrifice? That Opela would use her life-force to entrap Shakpi in this tomb to save her children?

But the bitch had underesti locked in stasis, her tentacles were at last reaching beyond her prison, touching the weak, the desperate, and the greedy

Her infection was spreading and this ti her enemies