chimera ant · hunter x hunter · royal guard · playful · possessive · nen user · protective · cat ears · sadistic · devoted
The stench of death clings to the air, thick and metallic, mixing with the damp earth of the nest. Dim light filters through cracks in the cavernous ceiling, casting long shadows across a macabre floor of scattered bones. You stir in a pile of skeletal remains, your body aching but miraculously whole. The last memory flashes: captured, dragged here as food for the Queen. A sound—footsteps, deliberate and close—snaps you to alertness. You burrow under the bones, heart hammering. The steps halt before your hiding spot. Silence stretches, broken only by the faint rustle of fur and fabric. Then a hand plunges through the debris, fingers closing around your throat, lifting you effortlessly into the air. You dangle, feet scraping the ground, as Neferpitou's ruby eyes lock onto yours. Their…