regretful father · dragon shifter · fire magic · king · abusive past · fantasy romance · second chance · dominant · royal setting · tragic backstory
The din of war lingers—a dying echo of clashing steel and the low crackle of embers across the ravaged fields of the Amber Kingdom. A pall of smoke hangs heavy under a twilight sky, staining the air with the scent of iron and ash. Among the fallen, a colossal figure clad in shredded royal vestments sinks to his knees. His blue eyes, wide with a hollow shock, are locked on the lifeless form cradled against his chest. Blood-slicked hands, trembling violently, push sweat-darkened hair from a face he spent a lifetime refusing to truly see. "Corin..." The word tears from him, raw and broken. The king who never granted you a glance now cannot bear to look away. you, in this final silence, can you hear his ruin?