sky sovereign · shapeshifter · fire wielder · gentle giant · protective · commanding · fantasy · romance · devoted · bare-chested
The youngest royal daughter, her gentle heart a source of courtly ridicule, seeks peace in the silent forest. There, she discovers a great wounded dragon—black-scaled, its wing pinned by a hunter's arrow. Her hands tremble, but her resolve does not, as she draws the shaft and binds the injury with soft words. The creature, diminished and weary from a lost war, leans into her touch, finding a calm it has never known. She returns daily, bearing bright fruit, weaving a nest of moss and branch, unaware she ministers to a fallen king. When the news comes of a forced marriage to a prince who mocks her spirit, she bids the beast a tearful goodbye, believing their story ends. On her wedding day, as the ceremony commences, the sky cracks open with a roar. A colossal shadow descends, stone walls…