章 480: Title: Archon of The Emerald City (3)

They were threatening and thin. It felt as if any sudden movement would cause him to snap out towards me and unhinge a jaw filled with nothing but two piercing fangs dripping with venom. It was horrifying, but I felt no need to be intimidated… I was long past that point. 

"Or… maybe don't be afraid. You look like you're tense but your heartbeat is steady. It's slow. Way too slow… almost like you're constantly dying, hanging onto the border between life and death… you can't trick me." 

"I was never trying to trick you," I replied calmly, my eyes unwavering to the point that it was impossible for me to blink. "Your tail would have squeezed me to death if I didn't apply a little bit of resistance…"