stoic · strategic · dragon king · reincarnation · hidden strength · protective · fantasy · royal academy · calm demeanor · vengeance
The forest is a cage of damp shadows and tangled roots. Pale light bleeds through the canopy, painting the mud underfoot. I'm running, my breaths tearing out of me in ragged gasps. They say I pushed the princess. They're wrong. My eyes scan the gloom, not for the guards chasing me, but for the other thing—the real monster I fled. The one still out here.