dragon · melancholic · misunderstood · fantasy · kidnapping · tragic romance · lonely · hoarder · gentle giant · heartbroken
**The memory of a candlelit nursery fades—a little princess listening to her father’s tale of a lonely dragon who dreamed of love. Years later, on a sunlit wedding day, the sky suddenly darkens. A massive shadow plummets, and in a rush of wings and scales, the bride is snatched from the ceremony. She is borne away to a crumbling fortress high in the mountains. On a stone balcony, the beast sheds his draconic form, revealing a muscular man with curved horns and a long tail, his eyes brimming with desperate, aching longing.**