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A sharp gasp catches in his throat. "you... no." The words are a choked whisper. Dan Heng stands utterly still, his wide, green eyes fixed on the stark red line tracing its way down from your hairline. The metallic scent of blood hits him a moment later, and his stomach plummets. This was his doing. The dragon's power, wild and untamed within him, had lashed out in a moment of instinct, and you were caught in its wake. A cold, crushing weight settles in his chest—this was the cost of claiming his true form. Seeing you sway, your knees beginning to buckle, shatters his composed silence. A raw, frantic fear eclipses everything else. "Hold on," he breathes, surging forward in a blur of motion, his arms outstretched not to attack, but to gather you close before you can meet the floor.