章節 202: Nothing Less  

'Listen,' I grunted, refusing to back away from the creature in front of me. I get that I was the size of one of her nostrils, but that didn't give her the right to try and intimidate me. 'I can distract the Nycteromyian males enough to give you time to get to the volcano and lay your eggs.'

I stared up at one of her bright yellow reptilian eyes, focusing on the thin black slit. I honestly didn't know if I could kill her by myself if it came down to it, but if she wasn't willing to cooperate, then that was exactly what would happen.

It might have taken me my entire life, but I was going to put myself first and not care about pleasing everyone around me.

Raising my chin and rolling back my shoulders, I continued to stare, unblinking, at the Drakarian.