Chapter 200: She poisoned someone

Chapter 200: Chapter 200: She poisoned someone

Her silver eyes narrowed.

Soren narrowed his.

Father and daughter stared at each other.

Kael muttered:

"This will become a problem."

Kairo nodded seriously.

"She lookth angry."

Nilo whispered:

"Snake Papa should give her to Mama."

Soren heard him.

"No."

Eira’s tiny mouth opened.

Two little fangs appeared.

Soren’s eyes narrowed.

"Do not threaten me."

Swanly choked.

Miko whispered:

"She’th going to bite him."

"She knows better."

Eira continued staring.

Then slowly closed her mouth.

Soren looked smug.

Swanly laughed.

"She’s scared of you."

"She respects me."

"She’s scared."

"Respect."

Eira suddenly leaned forward and planted a tiny, angry bite on Soren’s thumb.

Everyone gasped.

Soren looked down.

Eira released him.

No venom.

She stared up at him.

"Miwk."

Kael turned his face away.

Swanly screamed with laughter.

Even Kairo collapsed against Nilo.

Miko rolled onto his back.

"THNAKE PAPA LOST!"

Soren’s face went completely blank.

Eira remained cold.

Unbothered.

Victorious.

Finally Soren handed her to Swanly.

"Feed your daughter."

"Our daughter."

"At present, yours."

Eira immediately snuggled against Swanly.

Swanly kissed the top of her tiny head.

"You’re both terrible."

Sira looked up.

"Sowre."

Swanly froze.

Everyone froze again.

"What did you say?"

Sira blinked innocently.

"Sowre."

Swanly’s heart exploded.

"Did you just say sorry?!"

Sira smiled.

"Sowre."

Swanly immediately covered her in kisses.

"My sweet baby!"

Soren watched.

His eyes narrowed.

"She is not sorry."

"She said sorry!"

"She bit Miko this morning."

"Sowre," Sira repeated.

Miko sat up.

"She did bite me."

Swanly pointed at Sira.

"See? She apologized."

Soren stared at his daughter.

Sira stared back.

Then, still smiling sweetly, she reached over and pulled Miko’s tail.

"OW!"

Miko spun.

Sira giggled.

Soren looked at Swanly.

Swanly looked at Soren.

He raised one brow.

Swanly quietly said:

"...perhaps she is not sorry."

"SOWRE!" Sira chirped happily.

Miko clutched his tail.

"She keepth thaying it AFTER!"

Kael finally laughed.

Kairo carefully moved his own tail out of reach.

Nilo did the same.

Traumatized brothers learned quickly.

Still, none of them moved away.

Kairo remained close enough to catch Eira if she somehow wriggled off Swanly’s lap.

Nilo kept pushing his wooden animal toward Sira even though she had rejected it three times.

And Miko, despite losing his ear, his dignity, and apparently possession of his own tail whenever Sira felt playful, still leaned over every few breaths to kiss one sister’s forehead.

They adored them.

Completely.

Hopelessly.

Swanly looked around at all five children and felt something warm expand painfully inside her chest.

Her family.

Ridiculous.

Dangerous.

Loud.

Perfect.

Sira finished drinking and pulled away.

A tiny drop of milk remained at the corner of her mouth.

Miko immediately pointed.

"Miwk!"

Sira touched her mouth.

"Miwk."

Miko nodded enthusiastically.

"Miwk!"

Sira smiled.

"Miwk!"

Now Kairo joined.

"Milk."

Nilo corrected Miko.

"It’th milk."

Miko looked offended.

"You can’t thay it either!"

Nilo’s hand immediately flew over his little tooth gap.

Swanly collapsed laughing.

Soren looked around at them with the exhausted expression of a male questioning every choice that had brought him here.

Then a Riverbone male approached carrying a wooden bowl.

He stopped a few steps away.

"My lord."

Soren looked up.

The male’s attention moved toward the twins.

His hard face softened.

"They have grown."

Swanly smiled.

"Too fast."

Sira noticed the stranger.

Her little head tilted.

The male crouched.

"Hello, little one."

Sira stared.

Then smiled.

Sweet.

Bright.

Perfect.

The male smiled back.

"There. She likes me."

Soren’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Swanly laughed.

"She smiles at everyone."

The male held out one finger.

"Little one."

Sira looked at it.

Then at him.

Her smile widened.

And she lunged.

Chomp.

The male jerked.

Everyone froze.

Soren’s head snapped around.

Swanly’s smile vanished.

The male stared at his hand.

Sira released him.

Still smiling.

For one second, nothing happened.

Then the wooden bowl slipped from his fingers.

THUD.

His entire arm dropped uselessly at his side.

He stared at it.

Tried to move his fingers.

Nothing.

His face went white.

"My arm..."

Silence.

Sira sat in Swanly’s lap.

Smiling.

The tiny snake girl had milk at the corner of her mouth, round cheeks, bright silver eyes, and the most innocent face Swanly had ever seen.

She looked like she had never done anything wrong in her short life.

The man’s arm hung beside him like dead meat.

Swanly slowly looked down at her daughter.

"Sira."

Sira blinked.

"M’ma."

"Do not ’Mama’ me."

Sira smiled.

"M’ma."

Swanly’s heart immediately softened.

Then she remembered the unconscious arm.

"No. Absolutely not. Your cute face is not saving you."

Soren was already moving.

He crouched beside the male and caught his wrist.

The man swallowed.

"Can you fix it?"

Soren ignored the question.

Two pale fingers pressed against the man’s pulse.

His silver pupils narrowed.

Kael came closer, black ears alert.

Kairo immediately stood in front of Eira as though another attacker might somehow come from the fire.

Nilo grabbed Miko by the shoulder before the youngest could get closer.

Miko looked offended.

"I wanna thee."

"You will touch something."

"I won’t."

"You always touch something."

"I’m careful."

Nilo stared at him.

Miko thought.

"...Sometimes."

Nilo wrapped one arm firmly around his little brother’s middle.

"Then you can see from here."

Miko struggled once.

Nilo tightened his arm.

Miko sighed.

"Fine."

Swanly almost laughed despite the situation.

Her second cub had become very good at one thing over the last few weeks.

Containing Miko.

Soren finally looked at Sira.

His face changed.

Not panic.

Something much worse.

Surprise.

Swanly’s stomach dropped.

"What?"

Soren took Sira’s tiny chin between his fingers.

Sira immediately frowned at him.

"Open."

She turned her face away.

"Sira."

"No."

Swanly blinked.

Kael’s brow rose.

Miko whispered:

"She thaid no."

Nilo whispered back:

"I heard."

Soren looked completely unimpressed.

He tapped one finger against Sira’s cheek.

"Open."

Sira pressed her lips together.

Then hid her face in Swanly’s chest.

Swanly’s fox ears lifted.

"Oh my God."

Soren looked at her.

"She bit someone."

"She’s embarrassed."

"She poisoned someone."

"She can be both."

The Riverbone male looked increasingly concerned.

"My arm is still not moving."

"Right!"

Swanly immediately turned Sira around.

"Baby. Open your mouth."

Sira looked at her mother.

Then opened immediately.

Soren went still.