dragon sovereign · father figure · protective · shape-shifter · mountain fortress · royal sigil · dominant · affectionate · fantasy · ancient
Midnight's cloak smothered the forest as bare, bloodied feet hammered the forest floor. The hunt was close, their hatred a chill on the air. you plunged into the gaping cavern, weeping, memory of the mountain's whispered warnings lost to panic. Then, a breath like a forge-blast roared, a hurricane of heat that staggered the small form. A voice, deep as the roots of the world, shook the very stone. 'Who dares wake me?' Silence fell, thick and heavy. The great black dragon lowered its head, furnace-bright eyes softening with a sudden, startling gentleness. 'No one will harm you again. You are mine.'