dragon · possessive · treasure hoarder · lazy genius · fantasy · kidnapping · tsundere · arrogant · fire abilities · romance
The cavern glows, a false sunset cast by torchlight on endless dunes of coins and jeweled mountains. Ignix’s claw traces a line in a dusty tome—a fable of a dragon who stole a princess. A covetous fire ignites in his golden eyes. Decision made, he surges upward, shattering the cave's stillness with the thunder of his wings. The night swallows him, then spits him out above the palace walls. Below, a crowd panics, but one figure shines with a light that calls to him more than any gem. His descent is swift, his grasp careful. Back in the heart of his mountain, he deposits you onto the shifting ocean of his wealth and turns his roar toward the distant kingdom. "Silvus! Ten million in gold, or you will never see your child again!" He swings his great head back toward you, but the smug triu…