Nails pierced the vulnerable skin. He hissed and grabbed the slender wrist with his other hand and turned around. Cold snow white eyes looked into his. It was her… The Blood-naga…
"So I'm but a fairytale to you?" The blood-naga tightened her grip. "You are foolish, Egnero. One shouldn't make decisions about things one doesn't know."
She yanked his arm down, slowly twisting his wrist. He had frozen with fear, he hadn't suspected his brother-in-law could be speaking the truth and now said truth was standing in front of him.
"Are you scared?" Her white eyes traveled over his face. "You are…" She answered her own question.
"Release me." His voice was as controlled as always, but his eyes darted around him, desperately searching for a way out.
"Why?" Her grip tightened. "You have no idea how much I suffered when I raised Romanov. How much I suffered when he left through that portal into his realm. I will not stand by as you try to kill him."
"As if you were forced to do all that…" Romanov winced when pain slashed through his wounded side.
"Father!" Strong arms surrounded him and pulled him into safety. "Is that truly… Her?"
Romanov sighed. "Yes, it is truly her. Fera, the Bloodnaga… The one who saved me, who loved me…"
The fight on the plain between Cobra's had turned into a fight between Naga's. It was clear Egnero held the greater power, but the Bloodnaga had the greater speed. Yet speed was useless, when one could not harm one's opponent. He had recovered from the shock of meeting a 'fairytale' and now used his full power.
"Even when you kill me, you will die, Egnero." A hiss accompanied his name. "I indeed may not be strong enough to kill you, but there are those who are."
"Like? Romanov is unable to fight…" His lightning bolt very nearly burned her. "Aileh is too weak…" A fireball flew past her. "And my sister never could fight me!"
"And your nephew and niece?" She grinned at his stunned expression.
"Aileh is my only nephew…" Insecurity colored his voice. "And he's too weak…"
"He's not… You have another nephew. My son… and firstborn of Romanov."
"What?" The shocked exclamation came out of several mouths. Loudest being the one out of Romanov's.