Step into a mesmerizing world where dragons soar high into the vast skies and legends become reality. " Dragon Savior: A New Beginning " is a captivating fantasy novel that follows the adventure of Starfania, a young girl destined to find her true p...
Rather than diffusing the tension, Starfania's careful words only seemed to strike tinder against flint. Cesar's patience is like a whip, his voice booming across the study. " I sent word to the school this morning! You were not meant to be there at all!"
The force of his rage jolted through her chest, but Starfania steadied her voice even as irritation burned beneath her skin. " If that's true, why didn't you tell me earlier? You know before the soldier got there—or why didn't the school mention anything when I arrived."
His reply came sharply, dismissively. " I told you before I left, but you never listen. You always twist things to suit yourself. If your teachers failed to act, then they are just as careless as you."
Starfania's jaw clenched, her resolve trembling. " That's not true, Father. The only thing you said was, to train. Nothing about skipping school. If I had known, I wouldn't have gone. Why is it so hard for you to hear me? To even consider my perspective for once?"
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
His face flushed crimson, the veins in his neck tightening.
" Your perspective?" His words struck like blows. " You dare put your perspective above the honor of this family? Above the duty you owe your mother's name? You are someday meant to be a leader, not waste hours on frivolous lessons!"
Her restraints shattered.
" Frivolous? Education is not frivolous!" she burst out, her voice trembling between fury and heartbreak. " It's what shapes me, what gives me an understanding of the world outside these walls. You can't keep dictating my life without my voice in it!"
The silence that followed was anything but calm. The room seemed to thrum with raw tension, thick with years of unspoken grief. Cesar's tone dropped, heavy and cold. " Everything I do, I do for you. For us. You carry the blood of this house, the weight of this kingdom. If you cannot accept that, then perhaps you are not ready to carry this name."
Her chest heaved, her reply sharp as glass. " And perhaps you've forgotten what carrying a family's name truly means. It isn't just about duty or legacy. It's about love. Understanding. Respect. But you buried all of that the moment Mother died. Since then, all you see is the kingdom—not your daughter."
Cesar's hand slammed against the desk, rattling the inkwell. His voice broke through, defensive now, desperate.
" I had no choice! I held VulcanFire together after that night while you...you were still a child. Someone had to be strong. Someone had to be responsible. And you—" his words faltered with venom he barely controlled—" you can't even follow a simple order."
The word hung heavy between them, heavier than the silence that followed. Cesar's eyes hardened, but beneath his muttering—" acting like a child"—was the faintest quiver of a man who had lost far more than he ever admitted.
The words lingered in the air, thick and suffocating. Starfania stood frozen, her heart pounding like a drumbeat inside her chest. For a moment she had hoped—foolishly—that her father might soften, that he might see her not as a soldier-in-training or a piece of the kingdom's legacy, but simply as his daughter. But when the muttered insult left his lips, acting like a child, it shattered something inside her. Her voice rose before she could stop it, sharp and trembling with years of buried grief. " Is that all I'll ever be to you? A child? No matter what I do, no matter how hard I try—I'll never be good enough, will I?"
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Cesar's mouth tightened, his silence pressing down on her like a blade.
" You put this entire kingdom above me," she cried, her voice breaking as tears threatened at the edges of her eyes. " All I ever wanted was a father who would console me, who would help me through losing her. But all I got was a king who only sees me as an asset. A tool to be sharpened for the future."
Cesar's face flinched—just barely—but he did not move, did not reach for her. Something snapped inside her. The words slipped free before she even realised she'd spoken them. " I wish you weren't my father."
The silence that followed was deafening. Cesar stiffened, the color draining from his face, though he tried to mask it with the cold steel of authority. Starfania could no longer bear his gaze. Her throat tightened as she turned sharply, her footsteps echoing across the stone floor. Without another word, she walked away, her vision blurred by unshed tears. For the first time, she no longer felt like a daughter of VulcanFire's king–only a girl abandoned by the one person she had needed the most.
