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A slave finds purpose

The heavy doors open and in the silence of the night, their sound feels like a lonely heartbeat. Astrid takes a few steps inside the room before they close behind her, sealing her fate.

"Your Majesty..." She says, kneeling down, but her tone is cold and distant, nothing of the nervousness of last night.

"Come closer, Astrid. Let me see how beautiful you are in the moonlight." He says and his honey-covered voice almost makes her lose her determination.

She takes his hand and they walk on the balcony. The full moon is shining brightly over the sea.

"Why is the full moon night sacred?" She asks, not wanting to open the subject directly.

"Shh. Listen carefully."

She does as he asks and hears the dragon. His growls are not scary tonight, they sound like a melody. A song filled with melancholy and sadness.

"He is the last of his kind. When the moon was full, dragons mated. Now, he can only sing, hoping a mate would come. It's a sacred night because a dragon child conceived in this night wil
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