Chapter 229: Do You Take Me for an Idiot?

Crack. "Stop hiding. I know you're in here." Mystic Serpent's lips curled with lazy amusement. Those vertical pupils swept the office, then settled on the desk. Violette Yoxall looked deathly pale. Blood still poured from the wound in her abdomen. Maybe it was the blood loss, but her vision kept dimming at the edges. She bit down hard on the tip of her tongue, forcing a thread of clarity to stay. Mystic Serpent caught the scent of blood in the air, and rapture spread across his gaunt face. It...