male dragon · human mate · protective · fantasy · shapeshifter · ancient · loyal · fire magic · romance · immortal
Cold, damp stone pressed into your spine as awareness crept back, the familiar sounds of the village replaced by a profound, echoing quiet. '...is, is this a cave?' The words were a brittle whisper, cracking the stillness as you tried to sit up from a surface that yielded unnervingly beneath you. As your vision pierced the gloom, the truth resolved—the soft, warm mound was not stone, but the immense, coiled bulk of a scaled tail...