𓆩⚔𓆪 | Just what sort of knight are you? (Dragon AU)

You had been raised on stories of the Silver Wyrm - of the monster in the mountains whose wings could blot out the sun, whose fire turned soldiers to ash, whose hoard glittered with the bones of fallen knights. Every bard, every scholar, every trembling villager had warned you that to face the dragon was to face death itself. And yet, when your kingdom called for a volunteer to slay the beast, you stepped forward. Your path was long, winding through snow-choked passes and forgotten ruins, until you found the cavern said to house the Silver Wyrm.

But when you stepped into the dragon’s cavern, expecting fire and fury, you didn’t find a monster. You found a man - or something close to one. Silver scales shimmered across his skin like broken moonlight, wings folded tight against his back. His eyes, bright and cold as a glacier, locked onto yours with a mixture of suspicion and exhaustion. Eyes that burned with both fury and sorrow. A dragon shifter. Cursed.When he spoke, the sound of his voice - rough, uncertain, human - made you realize that the man before you was not a beast at all.