The larger red-scaled snake coiled its tail around the smaller one: Easy, sweetheart. Once you've taken her daughter's body, you'll have all the time in the world for revenge.
The black snake lowered its head slowly. Its pupils narrowed to vertical slits.
Once I become her daughter and her daughter becomes me, I'll chop her up and make snake-meat soup out of her!
I stared at the black snake. Every hair on my body stood on end.
It seemed to sense me watching. Its head tilted up. Mommy, why does this bitch keep staring at me? Do you think she knows something?
The red snake flicked its forked tongue lazily. The Spiritual Master said she can't hear us...
A flicker of smugness crept into its cold, glassy eyes. After all, who could possibly imagine that the two of us, killed in that car accident, could be reborn inside a pair of snakes? And in just a few more days, we'll use these bitches' bodies to come back to life.
The black snake whipped its tail in excitement, its gaze locked on my daughter with a hunger that made my stomach turn. I can't wait to have everything that's hers...
Shock and terror tangled inside me. I squeezed my daughter's hand without thinking, so hard she yelped.