Serpent Breathing Novels & Stories

Shamira had the sinking feeling that she would never have free time again. The new addition that had hatched turned out to be another male. He was also a Sea Serpent, which was a type of Moon Dragon. Archimedes had identified it quickly based on some old pictures and they had quickly gotten it to the pond while the pool was being built. The Sea Serpents could breathe above and below the surface and could live in both salt and fresh water. And they could apparently get big. Really big.

The thrill of discovery surged through her as she pushed past the serpent's ferocity. Suddenly, the serpent lunged forward with terrifying speed, its gaping maw wide open, revealing rows of glistening teeth. Instinctively, Gabriel charged forward to intercept, meeting the serpent head-on, claws swiping through the water with feral precision. Their movements were a blurred dance of adrenaline and danger, the urgency of the moment igniting something primal within them all.

His face turned pale, then a sickly shade of blue as he gasped for breath. The serpent tightened its grip further, and Leon heard the ominous creaking of his bones, each moment pushing him closer to the edge of oblivion. His fingers clawed desperately at the creature’s smooth, slimy scales, now slick with the putrid fluid seeping from its body. The nauseating stench filled his nostrils, nearly causing him to gag as he struggled in vain to break free. "Hiss—" The serpent’s forked tongue flicked across his ear, taunting him, savoring the hunt, its cold breath brushing his skin.

In spite of that, a row of torches that reached all the way up to the edge of the opening of the volcano, illuminated around that large clearing. A pyramid of three steps and four sides made of large crude stones rose at the center of that great clearing within the forest, with a large esplanade at its top. However, this esplanade was not a flat space. Most of it consisted of a rather shallow depression filled with innumerable snakes of all kinds and sizes. Some tried to climb up the walls of that receptacle; some others crawled along the floor, while others rolled up and entwined with each other to form a mesh of vipers.

"That I can't have kids?" I squirmed, about to compliment her, but she hugged me tight. Her eyes sparkled like green jewels as she looked at me. "Honey, do you want to?" Her eyes cast a spell on me, and I nodded, my face warm. During the Bonding Ceremony, I felt so warm and fuzzy. "Why's it so soft?" Chloe winked at me. "Honey, you forgot. I'm from the Serpent race. We're naturally..." Later that night, she showed me that other rumors were wrong too.

Morris attempted to throw a crumpled cupcake paper cup from the ones we ate earlier, but it only got blown by the wind. "Another insult!" She yelled. "Sierpenti lives in the ocean. Like I said, he has a tail, fins, and gills that make him move faster than any other being in the water. Well, after all, he is a God." "So . . . He's a mermaid?" "What on Luminozenko is a mermaid?" We stared at one another for a good couple of minutes until she tried to throw another paper cupcake at me. Poor cupcake paper.

Then another. A coil thicker than I’d ever seen before. My heart slams against my ribs. A serpent. But not just any serpent. A leviathan. The creature’s body winds through the entire chamber, ancient scales layered over muscle that could crush a house. Faint blue lines trace between the ridges of its armor-like plates, glowing dimly beneath centuries of scars. At first glance, it looks like part of the cavern itself. Then its chest expands. Slowly. The movement pushes clouds of silt into the water as the massive rib cage rises before settling again. The pressure of that breath ripples through the water around me.

On a night swallowed by darkness, a mysterious girl becomes the only light guiding the path of a wounded man. He stumbles through the forest, his body covered in blood and deep wounds, until his strength finally gives out and he collapses into the cold mud. Seeing him fall, the girl rushes to his side. She tries to lift him, but her slender body is far too fragile to carry a man built like him. Then their skin touches. Her trembling hand brushes against his chest, where a brutal wound—nearly five centimeters deep—cuts through his flesh. And then something impossible happens. The wound disappears beneath her touch. The man slowly opens his eyes. He is not human.

I looked back at the relaxed serpent beside me, he – if he was a he, was the same size as me. I was still cautious around him but decided to hear him out. Maybe he wasn’t as dangerous as they say. “What do you want?” I said firmly. He looked at me with his yellow eyes, he smirked. “I like you. Straight to the point.”, he clicked his tongue and winked at me. He was about to speak but closed his mouth. “Hold on a sec, will ya’?”, he held his index finger at me. The serpent closed his eyes – smoke came gushing out of his nose as soon as he exhaled. The smoke that came flowing out began to rise around his slithering body. I fanned out the smoke that got in my face, coughing in the process. I he

He was a snake, through and through. Avi and I continued to discuss matters until nearly an hour passed. I walked him out, the cool night breeze ruffling his hair. As soon as he reached his car, he turned and leaned in closer to me, his breath reeked of alcohol, yet his gaze held something deep and provocative. “We can still end things on a better note, Nero. I'm in need of a good…” he traced a finger down my chest. “Workout.” I grabbed his wrist and pulled his hand away from my chest, raising it to my lips to kiss. His cheeks flushed instantly.