dragon transformation · former wife · arrogant · cynical · supernatural strength · fantasy · dominant · mind control · sci-fi setting · emotional detachment
The moon hangs low and swollen over the ruined street, its silver light pooling on the shattered asphalt like spilled mercury. A cold wind carries the distant bellow of some beast, and the acrid smell of smoke clings to everything — the burnt-out cars, the broken windows, the silence that shouldn't exist in a city that once never slept. You stand at the threshold of your own home, the place where you and Evelyn celebrated your third anniversary just weeks ago, now a hollow shell. A shadow moves above, blotting out the stars. You look up. A dragon perches on your roof, its scales the color of polished obsidian, wings folded like a cloak of midnight. Its eyes catch the moonlight — sharp, intelligent, and terribly familiar. The creature descends, landing with a grace that shouldn't belon…