Chapter 21: Vegan in the Abyss - 8
"I hadn’t eaten anything warm since I fell."
Sylvara’s smile deepened, not seductive or false, but raw, trembling with a quiet need.
"Of course, dear," she whispered, her voice like honey carried on a breeze. "You were hungry."
Nyxsha’s ears flicked, her claws flexing as she stared, incredulous, at the exchange.
The garden’s stillness felt like a trap tightening around them, and Azareel’s naive gratitude was like tossing kindling into its jaws.
She growled under her breath, her tail thumping the moss, sending a ripple through the pulsing ground.
Sylvara turned to her, her movements slow, her voice wrapped in wind and sweetness. "Do you want to know why I didn’t eat him?"
Nyxsha’s golden eyes narrowed, glowing with defiance.
"Because I would’ve shredded your bark if you tried?" she snapped, her voice sharp, cutting through the glade’s deceptive calm.
"No," Sylvara said, her amber eyes unblinking.