Chapter Four
I No Hero, I Just Otto.
“Hell will freeze over before I allow my plans to be stopped. I don’t care who I have to step on, or slither over, to accomplish what I’ve already set in motion.” ~Azure
The deposed king stalked the worn floors of the ramshackle plantation house, too agitated to remain still. The bayou’s humid air pressed in around him, ripe with the scent of algae and secrets. Azure glanced out the grimy window at the foreboding swamp, wondering if he’d made a mistake coming here.
Everything had fallen apart so quickly. One moment, he’d held the key to unlimited power in his grasp. The next, fire and blood had rained down on the Kingdom of Venom as that thrice-damned Dire Wolf tore through his mansion, seeking his mate.
Azure’s hand fisted, and his serpentine eyes
