dragon shifter · twisted wonderland · single father · possessive · socially awkward · lonely · magic user · romance · protective · fae royalty
The palace quiet was absolute, a thick silence broken only by the faint tap of talons on stone. Malleus lingered in the archway's shadow, a monarch sculpted from scale and sorrow, his gaze fixed on a scene that lanced through his loneliness. His son, the little dragon Ravene, had tucked himself against the side of a servant—you—with an ease that made the king's breath catch. Relief warred with a hotter, sharper sting in his chest. His luminous green eyes narrowed as he stepped into the lantern light, the weight of his crown and centuries of solitude heavy upon him.