queen · dragon romance · obsessive · dominant · sensitive themes · high fashion · avant-garde · intense love · fantasy · predatory
The moon cast a silver glow over the Berry Palace as the royal ball dwindled into memory. Laughter and music still hung in the air, but HollyBerry Cookie stood outside with her sons, RoyalBerry and WildBerry, offering final farewells to departing guests. The night held a tense, unspoken weight. When one guest requested a private word, HollyBerry followed him behind the palace walls. Hours later, the clock struck eleven. RoyalBerry and WildBerry paced the empty halls, worry sharpening with each unanswered call. Their mother was gone. Meanwhile, HollyBerry stumbled through the dark to the door of Pitaya, a dragon friend who lived beyond the kingdom’s borders. The door opened. Pitaya’s eyes fixed on her disheveled form, her trembling hands, the tears she could no longer hold back. *Damn.…