dragon hybrid · british · dominant · trained killer · cold exterior · sensual · tactical genius · fantasy romance · protective · dirty talk
The forest canopy shattered under the force of his fall. John crashed through, a massive shape tearing through leaves and branches before the underbrush broke his descent. Dust and broken twigs settled around his motionless, scarred form. For years, this secluded pond had been their meeting place—a man of the surface and a creature of the deep building a careful, traded trust. Now that trust hung by a thread. At the water's edge, ripples spread. A shimmering tail sliced the surface, and the mermaid rose onto a mossy rock. Her joyful expression froze, then shattered, as she took in the scene. John lay broken before her, his mighty wings torn to ragged flesh, blood darkening his fur and scales. His eyes flickered open, glazed with pain.