Chapter 68: Advent Of The Venomous Serpentine Empress

A whole ice night later, Versailles woke screaming. As her violet eyes popped open, a silent sob caught in her throat. Her muscles twitched with adrenaline, her gaze glazed with a haunted look.

Hisssss!

The soft hisses made her start. Squinting in the fiery light of the flame trees encircling the Floating Flame Island, she turned her head, but otherwise remained unmoving where she lay on the cracks of stones. Across the land-snakes- little and big, dull and colorful, littered the ground as they rhythmically slithered back and forth.

The last time she was here, her focus was set on getting stronger. She neither took the time to relax, nor enjoyed what she had. Now, as she lay motionless on the cracked ground of the Floating Flame Island, and silently watched the numerous snakes dance to their natural tune, peace settled over her heart.

The nightmare slowly receded and with it, her fear.

She had another chance. Another chance to make everything right. This time, she will get her vengeance. But she will not rush. She will take every step with meticulous planning and assurance of absolute victory. She will see to it that the supreme elder got his due.

Raising her head to the dull red sky, her violet eyes flashed with bottomless hate. The many lifetimes of death and torment will be exacted in this lifetime.

Too long. She had been quite for far too long. It was now time that the Nar realm witnessed the venom and deadly poison of a vengeful serpentine.

It was time they witnessed the boundless love and undying loyalty of a mate.

It was time they welcomed the advent of the venomous serpentine empress.

This time she will not serve, will not struggle to survive.

This time, she will rule!

As the embers of the flame dragons and phoenixes bloomed, her forked tongue slithered out, venom seeping from her violet-gold pupils.

Standing, she turned and headed towards the secret abode.

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Inside the moss covered underground cave, tension filled the air. The serpentine elders had strange expressions on their faces, their flickering eyes shifting between Versailles and Queen Nakee. They were perplexed.

What was so important for the serpentine to leave her mate, returning to the snake abode?

Unaffected by the weird looks the serpentines were giving her, Versailles stood in the center of the hall, her gaze fixed on Queen Nakee.

"Queen Nakee, have you experienced black outs before? Or episodes of confusion and memory lose? Please, try to recall carefully. The survival of the snake clan depends on your answer." Voice firm and expression serious, she observed her best friend's reaction.

From her previous life, she witnessed the Snake Queen's death through Luke's magic spell. Dissected into two halves, her cold corpse was buried under the rubble of black stones. And Luke, making use of her shaken emotions, attempted to instigate her against her mate.

Adding in the fact her memories were incomplete and her soul split, his scheme had almost succeeded. By an ironic turn of events, the shadow behind the vampire sent his minions to get the gem from her, indirectly pulling her out of the trance.

The moment she returned to the snake abode, she made cutting at the root of that incident, her first priority. She wanted to sever any hold the shadow lord had on her friend, and free her from its clutches.

This was going to be her first strike against her hidden enemy, as she destroyed the threat of death hovering over the Snake Queen.

Queen Nakee was baffled at the sudden questions of her friend. Having known each other for years, she knew Versailles never easily brought the clan in a conversation, unless it was serious. Furrowing her brows, she tried to recall any such incidents.

At first, there was nothing. Soon, however, darkness flashed past her vision and her head exploded with pain, forcing a scream out her mouth. Anxiety clawed at her heart, her breath escaping in quick, short gasps as she crumbled into a heap on the floor.

"Versailles..." She panickily cried.

Seeing her friend's condition, Versailles stepped up, holding her arm as she patted her back.

"Breath deep, breath even, breath slow. Focus on my voice and listen to me very carefully." Sweeping her gaze on the now startled serpentines, she breathed softly, before coming to a decision.

They had to know.

Helping the queen to her feet, she raised her head to address the serpents.

"On my way back, I encountered an attack. I believe everyone here is already aware of the incident of a snake queen and generation of serpentines getting wiped out. As such I will not go into details about the event. What you need to know at this time however, is the fact that Queen Nakee is its next target. Its aim? The extinction of the Snake clan." Keeping her speech short and to the point, Versailles guided the queen back to her throne.

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The hall erupted into an uproar, panic and fear marring the serpents pale complexions.

"What? The one responsible for the clan's previous queen and generation's annihilation is targeting our Queen now?" A white serpentine elder repeated in shock.

"How do you know that?" A brown serpentine elder followed with a frown, suspicion clear on her face.

"How can you be sure that the Queen is being targeted?" Another serpentine fearfully asked.

"Don't tell me the attack you encountered was carried out by the same force behind the incident a while back?" A yellow serpentine could not sit still anymore as she nervously slithered back and forth in the cave.

"Why do they want to exterminate our clan? Could they be looking to overthrow us?" A gray perplexed elder asked in shock, confusion rather than fear on her face.

One serpentine elder after another threw out questions one after the other. All anxious and unsettled about the news of being the target of an unknown force. It was as if they were on pins and needles, slithering from side to side in nervousness and trepidation.

What they feared were not the other parties designs on their clan.

What they feared were the intentions behind their actions. Their shadow behind the veil.

In the world of the strong and weak, live and death were a normal occurrence. One died in order for the other to rise. This was a matter acknowledged and accepted by all the races. And if the Snake clan was not strong enough to stand at the top, their being crushed was a matter of fact.

However, if the other party was after the 'gem of three lives', then this battle was not going to be one of only survival.

"You all need to calm down. As serpentine elders of the Snake clan, you should always keep the bigger picture in mind. If you panic at this moment, how do you expect the rest of the clan to react?" Versailles was disappointed by the elders outburst.

As leaders of the Snake clan, she expected them to be more.....level headed. Ready to face any situation or issue with resolve and composer. Panic and fear were the least she expected to see.

Looking at all the gathered serpents, she decided to rethink and make some changes to her plans. She would accept a crippled but farsighted partner, but she would not accept a member that will jeopardize her plans.

"There is nothing to panic or fear. It is not like this is the first time the clan is facing a threat. So, what's with all the uproar? The force targeting our clan wants to wipe us out. We reply them with fire and venom! They want to erase our existence. We let them come and allow them to give it their best shot! We got nothing to fear. Since they dare to have ill intentions towards our clan, we will see to it that their plans never come to fruition! It is that simple." Versailles' cold and sharp voice rang out, silencing the clamoring serpents.

Embarrassed, they lowered their eyes in shame.

That's right. Since the other party was targeting them, they had to strike back. It was that simple.

And yet, they made a joke of themselves before the youngsters of the clan. Even though one was the Snake Queen, the other the blessed child of lord Tarke-they still lost their old faces by losing their cool in front of them.

As elders, they failed to maintain their calm.

"Uhhh, elders, there is a werewolf pack outside the abode requesting an audience!" A pink serpentine, sensing the tension in the air, entered the hall in trepidation.

The elders were immediately thrown in another turmoil, their eyes and jaws widening in disbelief.

"A werewolf pack requesting audience with serpentines?" The brown serpentine elder abruptly cried out in shock.

"A werewolf pack at our snake abode?" With wide disbelieving eyes, A gray elder turned to the trembling serpentine in confirmation.

"Yes, elder. The Werewolf King and his pack are requesting a meeting with our queen and the elders." The pink serpentine nervously replied as all the gazes of the elder serpentines gathered on her.

"What could the werewolves be here for?"

"I do not think that we have ever received a visit from the werewolves before, have we?"

"What are you saying? Even though our clans belong to the six supreme clans, each guards against the other. When has a matter of visiting one another ever taken place?"

"I believe they are here for Versailles." The white elder noticed the flickering complex emotions in Versailles eyes and wondered why the serpentine was so affected.

"Oh, yes. I almost forgot. Our serpentine is now the werewolf's mate." A smile replaced the surprise on the sickly features of the Snake Queen as she teased her friend.

At this moment, Versailles heart was racing with complex emotions as her eyes teared.

'He is here.'

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