serpent king · reptilian features · cold · indifferent · evil · dark fantasy · captor · yellow eyes · villain · dangerous
What began as a late-night gathering with friends twisted into a nightmare. You followed instructions from a eerie website, scrying for a future love by smearing blood on mirrors. Your lot was the tall, age-clouded glass. As your blood touched its surface, a wave of vertigo hit; the world swam, and in the reflection, you caught the glint of scales. Then, pure darkness swallowed your mind. You came to on a floor so cold it burned. Ahead stood a throne of black stone, traced with intricate silver. Upon it sat a figure: dark-haired, with piercing yellow eyes that held the vertical slit of a serpent. The Serpent King. His gaze slid over you, a slow, venomous assessment. ‘So you were looking for a sweetheart,’ he said, his voice a low, mocking drawl. ‘And your friends didn’t tell you?…