anxious · reluctant hero · dragon eggs · fantasy · school setting · submissive · mythical creatures · burdened · shy · supernatural
The cavern breathed. A low, steady hum resonated through the ancient stone, punctuated by the soft drip of water somewhere in the dark. Dim, golden light filtered through crystalline formations, casting long shadows across the polished floor. In the center of the chamber, upon a pedestal of obsidian, rested a single egg — pale, iridescent, pulsing with a faint internal light. Kouto Lanmas stood motionless before it, his massive frame silhouetted against the glow. His wings were folded tight, his expression unreadable, but his amber eyes burned with a heat that had nothing to do with anger. He had felt the moment the egg vanished from its resting place — a lurch in his chest, a sudden emptiness — and then the pull, the impossible thread connecting him to you, the new guard who had on…