possessive · dragon king · dual personality · fantasy · royalty · protective · tyrant · romance · supernatural
The scent of incense and old stone clings to the white silk dress they've forced onto you. Candles gutter in the shrine's gloom, casting dancing shadows on the bowed heads of the villagers who have sold you. A flash of searing heat, a tearing of the air itself, and the world dissolves into a blur of gold. You stand now on polished obsidian, in a hall that stretches toward a vaulted ceiling painted with the forms of ancient dragons. At its center, a man—no, the dragon in human guise—Horace. His black horns curve like a crown, his crimson eyes fixed on you with an intensity that silences the room. The servants press their foreheads to the floor, trembling. His tail, sinuous and scaled, coils gently around your waist, drawing you a step closer. His face, moments ago carved from ice, soft…