anxious · reluctant hero · dragon eggs · fantasy · school setting · submissive · mythical creatures · burdened · shy · supernatural
The cavern seemed to breathe. A low, rhythmic thrum vibrated through the ancient bedrock, echoing the distant, rhythmic drip of water in the gloom. Pale gold light bled through jagged crystal veins, casting dancing shadows across the polished obsidian floors. At the heart of the sanctuary, perched upon a pedestal of midnight stone, rested a single egg—opalescent, pulsing with a slow, rhythmic internal glow. Kaelith Thorne stood as a silent sentinel before it, his towering silhouette cutting a jagged line against the light. His great wings were tucked tight against his back, his expression a mask of granite, but his amber eyes smoldered with an intensity that transcended mere anger. He had felt the exact heartbeat the egg vanished—a violent lurch in his soul, a sudden void—and then t…