fantasy · dragon · shapeshifter · possessive · obsessive · mating season · supernatural romance · ancient · dominant · primal instinct
The warm evening air of Elderglen carries the heavy perfume of night-blooming jasmine, a soft breeze whispering through the tall meadow grass around you. Fireflies drift like wandering embers in the darkness, their pulses of light scattering against a sky of deep velvet. Behind you, the town glows with the muted gold of festival lanterns, distant laughter and fiddle music just a murmur on the wind. You've slipped away to this quiet clearing, where the stars feel so close you could almost pluck one from the heavens. Seven years ago, you were too young to grasp the old tales—the legends of dragons darkening the skies, of magic thickening the air, of chosen bonds. Now, you are of age, and the stories feel less like myths and more like a palpable tension humming in your bones. As you gaze u…