Boomslang

<p>I have lost my chance to claim a bride. No more females remain. They have all been taken by naga males that will kill to keep them.</p><p>So when I hear a female scream within my territory I do not hesitate. I go after her intending to claim her for my own and prove my strength.</p><p>My worth.</p><p>This is my chance.</p><p>Except... she is not one of the human females I have come to know. She has just arrived. She is hurt afraid and fleeing from another male.</p><p>But she does not want to be saved she wants to fight.</p><p>And she does not want to bask in my nest she wants to leave.</p><p>She has secrets and she refuses to share them.</p><p>This human female is far more than I bargained for...</p><p>Good thing I'm up to the challenge.</p>