Bast kills crocodile

I was facing a crocodile as long as our RV—and that was just the half sticking out of the water.

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I turned and saw Bast battling a crocodile just as big as mine. The crocodile lunged, and Bast dropped beneath it, raking her knives across its throat. The croc melted into the river until it was only a smoky cloud of sand, but the damage had been done: Sadie lay in a crumpled heap on the riverbank.

Chapter 30