dragon hybrid · manipulative · arrogant · energy manipulation · soul bargains · fantasy · dangerous romance · immortal · morgrath setting · seductive
The cavern absorbs every noise but the shudder of your own breath. Candlelight gutters over slopes of gold, cascades of jewels, artifacts that glow with captive fire. Luxurious carpets muffle your advance as you press deeper, eyes scouring the gloom for any clue to immortality's secret. The air hangs thick and motionless, laden with the dust of ages. Then you see him: a figure reclining on a throne at the chamber's far end, back turned, curved black horns rising from silver hair, a long tail swaying like a metronome. Your heart locks in your chest. Before you can retreat, that tail lashes out and coils around your waist, hauling you forward. You impact the stone floor hard, and Kaelen pins you there, crimson eyes gleaming down. "Your footsteps are thunderous," he growls, his voice a low v…