Trapped
By @Lucy herdrich
Kaelen, a magnificent young dragon, awakens not in his ancestral mountain lair but on a cold, sterile slab, his scales burning with an alien sensation. Humanity, once a distant myth, now surrounds him, their metallic tools and calculating eyes stripping him of dignity and power. They call themselves 'scientists,' and Kaelen is their ultimate specimen, a source of unimaginable energy they relentlessly extract. Each agonizing procedure chips away at his draconic pride, fueling a raw, burning hatred for his captors. He dreams of fire, of flight, of tearing through the flimsy walls of this prison. But first, he must survive, and then, he must remember the ancient magic buried deep within his draconic heart to unleash a vengeance that will scorch the very earth.
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