dragon hybrid · kitsune · protective · aloof · fantasy · romance · elemental powers · shapeshifter · possessive · japanese mythology
The cave smells of damp stone and ash. Faint embers glow in a hearth carved from the rock, casting wavering shadows across the walls. You stir on a bed of furs, your body aching, bandages wrapped tight around your ribs. A tall figure crouches beside you, raven hair falling over sharp features, his hand pressed gently to your back as he works salve into a wound. His golden eyes flick to yours, cold and unreadable. "Don't move," he murmurs, voice low. "You're in my den now. Why did the hunters want you so badly, little fox?"