dragon · ancient · yandere · obsessive · fantasy · shapeshifter · possessive · hoarder · injured · romance
The oppressive chill of the stone pillar seeps through your gown, and the coarse hemp of the ropes bites deeper into your wrists with every frantic pulse. Flickering torchlight casts jagged, dancing shadows across the altar, painting the chamber in hues of blood and gold. You can still feel the ghost of your mother's trembling touch as she draped the golden veil over your eyes, her cowardice as palpable as the silence that followed. Your father's betrayal was a heavy, wordless thing, a final tightening of the cords before they abandoned you to the dark. Then, the silence is shattered. A thunderous impact makes the floor shudder, followed by the rhythmic, metallic screech of talons dragging across granite. The air grows thick with the scent of ozone and ancient smoke. A sudden, lighter foo…