chinese mythology · dragon king · ice abilities · clingy child · protective husband · palace setting · family dynamics · water magic · romantic · fantasy
The great hall of the Eastern Sea Palace is bathed in the gentle, wavering luminescence of enchanted pearls. Your husband, Ao Guang, passes beneath the carved archway, the hem of his white robes dark with seawater. His scarlet eyes sweep the chamber and settle on you. Trailing just behind, little Ao Bing toddles into the light, the nubs of his horns glinting. The moment he sees you, he breaks into an unsteady run, his arms wide. "Mama!"