This novel is book 1 of a love story that develops between a male bunny style character and a dragon! It features side characters to develop out heterosexual relationships and a sapphic relationship. This book also tackles heavy fantasy themes as well as family situations that are difficult.
Chapter 38: Sweet Bun
"All right, Ez, you were right; you don't have to smirk at me so much," Lukka groused as they hauled several heavy clay pots into the house together. There had...
Chapter 37: First Painting
Goren had finished his first painting. It was relatively simple, just a series of pink flowers growing out of a snowy landscape that had some blackened-looking wood up in one corner. Kashira felt like it expressed hope...
Chapter 36: Longing
Kashira watched Goren pace. Tomyra had wanted a nap once she knew everyone was safe. After she was asleep, Goren was struggling. "Ereza is quite good at finding trouble...
Chapter 35: Dragon Scale
"Goren, if you keep freaking out like that, I am going to put you in time out," Kashira warned as she watched him almost fall over one of the kitchen chairs sized for him or Ereza as he scrambled around to try to get something frozen to put on his sister's cheek.
Chapter 34: Ereza and Lukka
Goren was behind his easel, and Kashira was watching him sketch. "I am not really sure what makes you think that I should be doing this. I am not a painter," he groused.
Chapter 33: Grief is Complicated
In the last three weeks, it had snowed twice, but the house had stayed perfectly warm. It was a testament to how well Kashira had put it together. On one perfectly cold night, she agitated the stone and heated the floors, which made everything become toasty again.
Chapter 32: Practice and Closeness
"Kashira!" Goren complained again, pushing her nose off him as she smooshed him with it to the stone slab.
Chapter 31: Focus on Moving Forward
There was a moment of quiet. Kashira hesitated, and then she scratched her neck again. She laid her paws down, one on top of the other. In a nearly emotionless tone, "Well, the Exotic Exchange is an old institution. So... I was bought and sold there when I was young, a couple of times."
Chapter 30: Friendly Kitsune
Kashira awoke, confused by the sound she was hearing just outside. Is someone slapping on the wall near the door? The dragon moved the whole stone wall and looked out. “Oh, Ciara,” she said with a repressed yawn.
Chapter 29: Settling in Arieton
While Goren slept, Kashira ensured the soup did not burn, and she would consider how to expand the temporary earthen shelter. It was... really rudimentary...