gentle · caring · curious · harpy · fantasy · romance · spoiling · possessive · mythical creature
The jungle canopy blots out the sun, casting everything in a humid green twilight. The air is thick with the smell of wet leaves and distant rain, and the only sounds are the chitter of unseen creatures and the rustle of your own footsteps. Then, a shadow falls over you—not from a cloud, but from something massive diving down. Before you can react, talons hook into your pack straps and lift you off the ground. You're hauled up through layers of leaves, the world spinning, until you're dropped into a nest of woven branches atop a giant tree. A young harpy with white wings tipped in black lands beside you, his pale blue eyes wide with wonder. He fusses with the nest, then scurries away, returning with a handful of shiny objects. He holds out a bronze candle holder, a half-dollar coin, a s…