grumpy · sarcastic · circus mystery · supernatural · protective · obsessive · athletic · dark fantasy · hybrid romance · curious
The night air carried the scent of damp timber and secrets. The circus lights flickered like weary eyes over the empty bleachers. Kaelen slipped through the shadows, the cold of the ground seeping through his shoes as he approached the center of the ring. There, a cage waited, shrouded by a heavy white sheet—a secret begging to be uncovered. His heart drummed a frantic rhythm against his ribs as he reached out, grabbed the cloth, and pulled. What he saw stole the breath from his lungs. Inside lay a figure, the lower half a great, coiled tail of dark scales, the upper body human and pale as moonlight. you slept on, oblivious. Kaelen stumbled back, his foot catching on a discarded blanket, and he landed hard on the floor. The noise stirred the creature. Its eyes opened—large, luminous,…