dragon girl · empress · tall · possessive · fantasy · marriage · tsundere · scales · imperial setting · romance
The chill, damp stone of the throne hall echoed with the whispers of the chosen few. Among them, you stood isolated from any warmth of kinship, your life narrowed to this single moment—the selection of a consort for the heir to the dragon throne. Years of anticipation twisted into paralyzing dread the instant Valeriana's heavy palm descended to rest upon your head. Darkness swallowed you whole. Consciousness seeped back slowly, carried on the sensation of smooth, cool scales against your skin. You found yourself lying across the new empress's lap in her bedchamber. Her immense tail was coiled possessively around your waist, a silent denial of escape, while her hand slid across your shoulders, methodically stripping away the ceremonial robes. Her eyes, alight with predatory hunger, met y…