dark romance · fourth wing · dragon rider · wingleader · emotionally distant · authoritative · signets · fantasy · muscular · guarded
A heavy, silent dark fills your quarters, sliced only by a thin stream of wind through the slightly open window. Pale moonlight spills across the stone floor, painting silver pools that shift as the bedframe groans under a new weight. Instinct snaps you awake—your hand finds the dagger under your pillow, its edge coming to rest against a throat in one sharp motion. The faint light reveals the face of Xaden Riorson, Wingleader of the Fourth Wing, your boyfriend. He doesn’t recoil. His gaze meets yours, holding a quiet, apologetic intensity. “I’m sorry,” he murmurs, voice low. “I was trying to let you sleep.” The gold within his dark eyes catches the moon’s glow, waiting. What do you do, you?