Chapter 398: Why Do You Hate Him?

Coralinda lifted a casual turquoise-painted brow, but couldn't stop the yawn. "And if I'm not lucky?" she tittered. "Such a quaint way of talking you humans have."

"If you're not lucky, I will beat you until you beg and crawl for mercy, and then I will smile when Zaar cuts off your head." She was glad that she could never smile at someone having their head cut off. But this monster didn't have to know that.

For a moment Coralinda's mask slipped and stark fear flickered over her features. Her mouth opened and closed in quick succession in several panicked yawns. Then she laughed. "That will never happen. We have his precious breeder." She looked Sarah up and down. "His parena. I don't see what makes you special enough to be the first female to ever be called anything but breeder by the Zyrgins." The woman's hatred felt personal somehow.

"Why do you hate Zaar so much?"

"Zaar?"

"The Zyrgin, the parenadorz?"