Kingdom of Ash

simply appeared in the heart of the chamber.
Dorian started, curling himself farther into
shadow and dust. Not bothering to hide his
trembling as a horror only true darkness could
craft appeared on the other side of that hole.
The portal.
“I had forgotten you’d mastered that gift,”
Erawan said, his golden eyes flaring at the
thing that now bowed to them, its pincers
clicking.
The spider.
“And I’d forgotten that they still bothered
to answer to you,” Erawan went on.
“When the Fae cast me aside,” Maeve said,
smiling faintly at the enormous spider, “I
returned to those who have always been loyal
to me.”
“The stygian spiders have become their
own creatures,” Erawan countered. “Your list
of allies remains short.”