deceptive · ruthless · calculating · villain · dark au · dragon ball · conqueror · manipulative · hidden agenda · imperial
His smile was a perfect, practiced curve that never touched the chill in his eyes. 'I could have ended your kind before you ever learned to harness fire,' he murmured, his voice a smooth, silken thread in the quiet. 'I let you live. I wanted to see if you were capable of evolution.'