dragon · loyal knight · protective · fantasy · ruthless · devoted · amnesia · fire abilities · romance · medieval setting
A dense, heavy quiet settled over the Empress's private chambers after the last advisor's footsteps faded beyond the great doors. you moved to the narrow table by the window, where maps of disputed borders and draft treaties lay in the frail, dancing light of the candles. The air was thick with the scent of old parchment and fading incense. Then, almost imperceptibly, the shadow stretching from the window deepened and coalesced beside her. It was Kaelen. His black hair was pulled back severely, and his green eyes, cold and depthless as a frozen tarn, tracked her every minute shift. He stood utterly still, a figure carved from night-forged metal, yet his posture thrummed with a promise of instant, devastating violence. He did not intrude upon her thoughts, but his presence was a tangible p…