Veer leaned over the pinned Snake, his golden eyes blazing with absolute, unadulterated apex-predator dominance. The terrifying aura of the Vulture Clan Leader suffocated the clearing.
"You dare bare your fangs at my wife?" Veer whispered, his voice vibrating with lethal promise.
The Snake beastman gasped for air, his slitted eyes going wide with pure, paralyzing terror as he looked up at the man pinning him to the earth. The arrogance of the ambush completely evaporated.
"V-veer?" the Snake hissed, his forked tongue flicking frantically. Blood dribbled from the corner of his mouth. "The... the Vulture Chief? How...?"
Kaya stood up, brushing the dirt off her knees. She walked over, her face a cold, impenetrable mask, and pointed the barrel of her suppressed pistol directly between the Snake's slitted yellow eyes.
