a startlingly selfish breath / longing, drowning, hurting / a careless breath that lost everything / with every regret, the pain constricts me (Sio x Adam); sexual themes and strong language, mature content in chapters 10 and 12.

The Dragon's Beast is a man with scales riding a fatal dragon. He is the only reason Astrid is alive. She is to wed and then kill the beast that has beset Berk for 99 years. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock has felt like less of a human with every passing year. Just one more year until that's true. For neither will this be an expected turn. But this is life. Forevermore.