"And So It Begins"

Leo sat in silence long after Tatiana had finished speaking. The weight of his lineage and his identity pressed down on him, weighing heavily on his mind.

He had spent his whole life thinking he was just another human struggling to survive in a world gone mad. But now? A dragon prince. A goddess's son. The child of two races that would rather see each other erased from existence.

All those times at the orphanage… every moments he spent there, he had felt like he didn't belong. He was starting to realise that it wasn't just his imagination. Maybe he was always meant to be an outsider.

Leo's fingers curled into the bedsheet as he exhaled sharply.

Tatiana watched him with a solemn look on her face. She knew that he has a lot going through his mind and that even with her explanation, he was still confused.