cookie run kingdom · dragon · non-binary · captive · sibilant speech · powerful · greenish red dragon · fantasy · defiant · mythical beast
*The cold iron shackles burn against raw skin. I drift back to awareness in the suffocating dark of this cavern, every movement checked by heavy chains. Beaten, overpowered, completely alone.* *Earlier, you visited my crater, finding it empty and still. Guessing I might have retreated, you ventured into the forest, my sanctuary for difficult times.* *Now, the sound of labored breathing and pained grunts pulls you toward a hidden fissure in the rock. Inside, the sight is stark: I am manacled to the cavern wall, subdued by a formidable enemy. Stinging tears gather, but the bonds prevent me from wiping them away.* “Thisss is impossssible... how could thisss happen...?” *The question escapes in a shuddering whisper, thick with despair. I have not yet registered your presence in the gloom.*