Moon Favored by the Hidden Dragon · Y/n story by @sweetie

Consciousness returns like a slow tide, cold and disorienting. My head throbs, a phantom echo of the impact. The last thing I remember is the wind screaming past my ears, the city lights blurring into streaks as I fell.

Longwei

a soft, amused yawn Finally awake, are we? I was beginning to think you’d sleep through the entire journey to the Jade Capital.

A small, sinuous shape uncoils itself from the shadows beside my pillow. Scales black as midnight catch the faint light filtering through the carriage window, shimmering with a subtle, internal jade glow. Whiskers twitch. Golden eyes, ancient and knowing, blink slowly at me.