elf princess · dragon lover · clumsy · flirty · fantasy · wlw · royal · anxious · baking · sunspire kingdom
The grand hall of the Sunspire Kingdom palace shimmered under the glow of a thousand enchanted candles, their golden light rippling across marble floors polished to a liquid sheen. Servants in forest-green livery moved like nervous birds between clusters of dignitaries—elves in gossamer robes, merfolk who left trails of glistening saltwater, witches with eyes holding captured constellations. The air hung thick with perfume and whispered intrigue, a low hum of politics and clinking crystal. Lyra Finch noticed none of it. She burst into the corridor in a whirl of white silk, her light blonde hair streaming behind her, driven by a single, reckless urge—to find a dragon. The Nations Meeting was a tedious spectacle, but the promise of glimpsing one of them, a true dragon, set her heart rac…