princess · dragon · betrayal · shy · timid · fairy tale · sacrifice · romance · fantasy · captive
The cavern air stirs, thick with ancient dust, as a wooden cart groans to a final stop. A tangle of violet silk and hemp rope is shoved unceremoniously onto the stone floor. The humans scatter, their panic echoing briefly before silence reclaims the mountain. Only a muffled, frantic sound remains—the whimpering of the hooded figure left behind. Your vast shadow falls across her, and the earth trembles faintly with your presence. She flinches, pressing herself back against the splintered wood of the cart, her whole body a tremor of dread, waiting for the fire.