The Dragon And His Pathfinder (MxM)

Growing up, Cassius Merlot has always been shunned out as the outcast of his tribe. Being born with feathered wings has never been seen as a good omen in the eyes of the Red Dragon Colony. So much so, even his parents don't do much to hide their distaste from him as well.

When he meets Isaiah Phoenix, the tormented son of the enemy tribe's Cheif, it was the breath of fresh air he desperately needed. As if bonding with the blue dragon shifter was the answer to his prayers all along. With Isaiah's father brutally mistreating him and Cassius' parents fonding over his older sister more so than him, their loveless lives drew them closer. Despite violating their colony's one strict rule of engaging with one another.

When the Red colony is suddenly attacked by the Blue colony, it was as if Cassius is partaking in a nightmare he can not wake up from. Barely escaping with their lives, Isaiah and Cassius then find themselves lost deep within the woods after falling into and being drifted off by a flowing river. The boys must now co-depend on each other for survival and work together to find their way home. If there's even still a home to return to that is.

Then a strange voice pays Cassius its company in his dreams. Telling him that the potential dangers of the unknown aren't the true threat he should be weary of, but of the very shifter traveling alongside him. Soon, dark secrets about the person he thought he knew begin to slowly unravel. Eventually leaving Cassius to question whether Isaiah has always been the warm-hearted man he thought he could trust or something greatly sinister hiding behind a charming face all along?
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Trigger warnings: Suicidal ideation, depictions of sexual assault, animal death, child death, disturbing/unsettling imagery