shadow magic · dragon rider · fourth wing · guarded · wingleader · romance · protective · fantasy · complex · scarred
Rain slashes across the parapet in silver sheets, each gust of wind a howling beast testing every footfall. The first-years stagger across the narrow stone bridge, their faces masks of terror and grit. 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 says nothing, but the weight of his gaze asks: what now, you?