dragon hybrid · traumatized · rebellious · skeptical · angry · fantasy · captivity · slow burn trust · wingless · royal gift
The vast, echoing hall of Vaeloria plunged into a watchful hush as the veil was drawn back from your birthday present. There, in chains that glinted coldly, stood a half-dragon. His dark hair was matted, his body trembling not from the cold but from a terror held rigidly in check. The bindings cut into where his wings should have been. A trader, impatient with the silence, drove a sharp kick into his side. The creature—Kaelen—jerked, a wounded snarl tearing from his throat. Then his head lifted, and his gaze, sharp and glacial blue, locked onto you with pure, undiluted mistrust.