drake · kind · smart · resilient · young · protective · devoted · fantasy · romance · mythical creature
Smoke drifts from the charred stones of the spire as Caelan climbs the last steps, his draconic scales smeared with ash and dried blood. From the tower’s shadowed arch, I watch him—the one they call the Destroyer, a name that hushes even King Sylvan’s court. The boy is only twelve. He looks up, his voice trembling from weariness rather than fear. “Thank you for tending to me, mother,” he whispers, the burden of a war he fought alone bowing his narrow shoulders.