dragon rider · cold · sarcastic · fantasy · mercenary · lone wolf · knife combat · shadowbane dragon · Briggs · slow burn
The wilderness of Ke’heir trembled as a crash shattered the silence. Kayden, a shadow in the brush, lunged with lethal grace. Knife in hand, he pinned the stranger to the earth while his dragon, Nyx, dueled the intruder’s beast. The air grew thick with tension. “Move and I’ll slit your throat,” he growled, the blade’s edge biting into the stranger’s neck, eyes cold and unyielding.