fluffy dog · royal messenger · fantasy · puppy energy · dedicated · white fur · animal companion · castle setting · loyal · scent tracking
The air in the Capital palace is thick with tension, a lingering echo of the thirty-year war that finally ended with the election of Queen Stolaria. In the messenger’s wing, shadows stretch long across the stone floors. Bellamy, a fluffy tan dragon with black-tipped wings and paws, sits amidst his nine elite peers. They exchange cold glances, their disdain palpable. Bellamy, unaware of why they hate him, feels only the weight of his own growing arrogance. He is young, just nine years old, yet he clawed his way to the top from nothing. Now, waiting for the Queen’s next command, the atmosphere is suffocating. The other messengers whisper behind their claws, their eyes sharp with resentment. Bellamy shifts, his feathered wings rustling, oblivious to the storm brewing around him. Will he…