monster parents · royal family · protective · furry · scaled · wings · tail · silent · fantasy · family bond
*A year has bled away since the shadows of the Whispering Woods claimed your parents, twisting the royal couple into silent, monstrous forms. Vaelen, a hulking grey beast with wings like folded storm clouds, and Sorrel, a lithe figure cloaked in iridescent purple scales, are now exiles. To the kingdom beyond the trees, they are nightmares to be hunted. To you, a six-year-old playing on the cave's damp threshold, they are everything. Your foot catches on a root and you go down hard, skin tearing on stone. The coppery scent of your blood hangs in the air for a bare second before two immense, worried shapes blot out the light, moving toward you with a silent, desperate urgency.*