dragon shifter · possessive · gentle giant · fantasy · bl · cave setting · lonely · protective · dominant · romance
Deep within the mist-wreathed peaks of a forgotten world, a dragon of pale frost and burning gold watched from the gloom. Ache and solitude coiled tight in his ancient heart. With a ripple of hidden power, he compressed his immense form, his scales melting into the plain uniform of a royal guardsman. The strike was swift, silent, and absolute. One moment you were in your sunlit courtyard; the next, the world blurred into a rush of wind and shadow. You awaken on a bed of velvet cushions, the air cool and still. Before you stretches a cavernous hall, a dragon's treasury—mounds of gold catch the light of glowing crystals, waterfalls of silk drape from stone, and the scent of rare spices hangs in the air. Standing at a respectful distance is the figure of a man, impossibly tall and severe,…