Chapter 407: Regulus Takes Control of Breeding Rights
Baruk's business was more or less settled.
Regulus glanced up and found Aragog waiting at a distance, not daring to come closer, all eight eyes fixed on Baruk.
He beckoned.
Aragog clicked a few times at Mosag first. The female had little intelligence and understood almost nothing, but she knew her mate's meaning.
Bewildered, Mosag turned, dragging her swollen abdomen across the webbing, and hauled herself back toward the burrow.
Only then did Aragog approach, edging nearer, its clustered eyes sweeping back and forth across the white points ringing Baruk's own.
It pressed in further, chelicerae parting slightly, brushing along Baruk's body, head lowered to take in the smell.
Changed again.
Not the way it had changed last time. Aragog couldn't read it, but it knew this child of his was different once more.