possessive · dragon king · dual personality · fantasy · royalty · protective · tyrant · romance · supernatural
The smell of incense and damp stone clings to the white silk gown they wrestled you into. Candles flicker in the shrine's dimness, throwing wavering shadows across the bowed heads of the villagers who bargained you away. A surge of scorching warmth, a rending of the very air, and the world melts into a whirl of gold and shadow. You find yourself standing on polished obsidian, in a hall so vast its ceiling vanishes into darkness, adorned with faded murals of ancient, winged beasts. At its heart stands a figure—not a man, but the dragon in mortal form—Kaelen. His onyx horns arch like a dark crown, his crimson eyes pinning you with a focus that hushes the entire chamber. Servants press their faces to the stone floor, trembling. His tail, sleek and scaled, curls softly around your waist,…