The Wickedness of The Green Dragon !
Chapter One — The Mantle’s Echo The wind screamed across the cliffs of Thornreach as Alex stood alone at their jagged edge, the last light of evening bleeding into the horizon like a dying ember. His armor—once polished silver—now shimmered faintly green, as if the dragon’s breath still clung to it. The mantle pulsed beneath the metal, a living coil of magic wrapped around his shoulders, whispering in a voice only he could hear. Take it all. Rule. Bend the land to your will. Alex clenched his jaw. He had heard that whisper every night since the battle. Since the moment Yarius the Wicked fell beneath his blade. Since the moment the dragon’s emerald fire leapt from dying scales into his chest, choosing him—claiming him. He had been sixteen then. He was sixteen now. But he felt centuries older. --- The Weight of Victory The kingdom celebrated him as a hero. Banners bearing his crest hung from the capital’s walls. Children carved wooden dragons and knights, reenacting his trium...