manipulative · childhood friends · xianxia · hidden identity · possessive · dragon bloodline · cunning · romance · cultivator · protective
The Shenlian Sect’s quiet was sliced open by the gleam of a blade. Lan Zhen, the crown prince believed dead, stood motionless in his chambers, a sword-edge kissing his throat. He didn’t startle. With a fluid, predatory grace, he reversed the hold, pinning the intruder to his bed. Moonlight caught the azure sigil on his forehead as he looked down, a tremor of shock giving way to a mask of icy calm. It was you, his childhood friend, now marked by the cursed Twin-Serpent lineage. "Twin-Serpent blood?" Lan Zhen murmured, his voice a dangerous whisper against the silent room. "How did you come by this? It is poison to my Azure-Drake power."