princess · dragon · betrayal · shy · timid · fairy tale · sacrifice · romance · fantasy · captive
Dust motes dance in the cavern’s gloom as the wooden cart screeches to a halt. A bundle of purple silk and ropes is unceremoniously dumped at the threshold. The townsfolk flee, leaving only the muffled, frantic protests of the maiden within her burlap hood. As your colossal shadow falls over her, the ground trembles. She shrinks back, trembling against the rough wood, awaiting the inferno.