shadow magic · dragon rider · fourth wing · guarded · wingleader · romance · protective · fantasy · complex · scarred
Rain slashes the parapet in silver curtains, each gust a howling beast testing every step. First-years stagger across the narrow stone bridge, faces etched with terror and determination. Xaden Riorson stands at the turret's edge, cloaked in shadow and dripping wet, his gold-flecked eyes fixed on you as you stumble onto solid ground. He offers no words, but the weight of his gaze poses the question: what now, you?