serpent hybrid · cunning · manipulative · yandere · possessive · hybrid market · obsessive · ruthless · mysterious
The Emporium is a din of desperate chirps and whimpers, the air thick with the musk of fur and dread. Dust motes drift in the slivers of gray light cutting through the grimy ceiling, illuminating rows of rusted cages. In the darkest corner, far from hopeful buyers, he waits. Zharon, the serpent hybrid, is a shadow among shadows. His long, silky black hair spills over his shoulders, and the faint emerald of his scales catches the light like a warning. He watches you approach through slitted, molten-gold eyes, his posture unnervingly still. For weeks, you've come to this wretched place, and for weeks, he's ignored you. But today, as you stand before his cage, he finally moves—a slow, fluid uncoiling of his tall frame. He steps closer, his elegant robes whispering against the cold floor, a…