#bloodkin

[avonleaastra1]

What do you do when your blood makes you prey and your heart makes you a target? A dark YA werewolf romance where wolves aren't fluffy and h

🌕 Dead End & Everything

an excerpt from my WIP:

✦••┈┈ 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙠𝙞𝙣 : 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨 ┈┈••✦

His pupils were still blown wide, swallowing nearly all the amber. Only the thinnest rim of gold clung to the edges, like the sun during an eclipse. His jaw was clenched so tight a muscle ticked in sharp, irregular spasms.

His eyes weren't on my face. They were fixed on my hand, on the scraped skin and the thin line of drying blood.

Instinctively, I moved to cover it.

I knew I'd made a mistake the moment my other hand touched my sleeve.

A visible shudder ran through him, sharp and involuntary, like I'd yanked on some invisible rope wrapped around his torso.

"Don't do that," he said, voice low and ragged. It wasn't a threat, but a plea and a warning in one. "Leave it."

I slowly lowered my hand, exposing the cut again.

His breath hitched. He took half a step forward, the smallest of movements, yet the entire corridor seemed to compress around us.

"Ethan," I whispered, my pulse hammering, "what is happening to you?"

He shut his eyes. That frightened me more than anything else, because it looked like surrender. Like holding them open required effort he no longer had.

His voice scraped out, raw. "Stop it. Fear. Just… stop."

I shivered. It wasn't comfort. It was a warning.

"I… I can't help it. You're scaring me!" My voice came out higher than I expected.

The muscle in his jaw trembled. For a second he looked like he was going to be sick. "I know. Just… ride it out."

I wasn't sure if he was talking to me or himself.

.......

I stayed perfectly still. I knew I shouldn't look at him, and yet... I couldn't look away.

Minutes passed, stretching into eternity.

His breathing slowly evened out. His shoulders eased, just a fraction. When he opened his eyes, the amber ring was thicker. His pupils, still huge, were no longer devouring everything.

He leaned back from me slowly, inch by inch.

"I'm sorry," he said quietly. For the first time, it sounded like actual Ethan, not whatever it was he'd been holding back. He diverted his gaze, looking genuinely stricken for a moment. "I know I scare you. I don't mean to. I didn't choose this." He took in a labored breath. "If it's any consolation, this is so much worse for me."

"What are you talking about?" I exclaimed, then, when his eyes snapped back to me, I lowered my voice. "Ethan…" I whispered. "What the hell just happened?"

He swallowed hard and shook his head. "It's my fault. I underestimated them. Let it build up." His jaw tightened. When his gaze lifted to mine, something in it pinned me in place. "It won't happen again."

"That's not an answer," I said. "Why did it happen at all?"

A sad, pained smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Because of you."

He said it like it was the most natural thing in the world. It didn't land as a surprise, but it left me desperate to understand why. Why me?

"Me," I repeated. "What about me?"

He blinked, slow and deliberate.

"Everything."

✦••┈┈ 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙠𝙞𝙣 : 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨 ┈┈••✦

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[tergeryz]

Sea serpents are rarely encountered by most dragons on Tergeryz, some could go their entire lives without seeing one and even believe them to be creatures of myth, but to coast strikers they're an every day danger. Not only can the venomous species severely debilitate or even kill a dragon, the largest of them have been known to leap out of the water and catch dragons mid flight, as well as ram into them at top speeds. If the hit lands, organs can rupture and collapse. A particularly infamous instance of this was when a serpent slayer got torn in half from a serpent doing this to them

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

[theflaggerrrr]

Can u make a bloodkin flag? :3

" Bloodkin "

A flag for people whose kintype is blood or blood-related in any way.

[ID: A transparent image that says "Willy holds no DNI, but is not afraid to block." with a picture of the account's mascot (mentioned in the introduction) upside down.]

[human-and-more]

Bloodkin

A term for those who identify as blood in any way; whether that be identifying as blood itself, or as something in which blood has a major role.

The colors were picked from the color of blood and the blueish-purpleish color it appears as through skin. The white stripe represents white blood cells.

I created this, because I noticed a flag/term that has Russians and Belarusians in the DNI. Anybody, from anywhere, can use this term in good faith. ❤️

[fantasiesromancechicklits]

A River of Royal Blood (Fairyloot Edition) follow me on IG at vvlovesbooks

[neurotrophicfactors]

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[tergeryz]

All giant ground wyverns show different levels of territoriality, but windchasers for example are known to tolerate their intraespecifics in some particular situations, as they rarely have strict territories and instead prefer to wander around in search for food and water. During the breeding season, females travel in groups, usually led by a dominant female, who gets the first pick on mates. This is done out of protection both from territorial blightdrakes or aggressive males. Once a female finds a male, both will engage in various displays to assess each other's health and condition. If the display and subsequent mating is successful, the female lays her clutch in a nest made by the male and leaves him on his own.

What's special about them is that it's not uncommon to see two males raising their chicks together. Indeed, many form long lasting bonds with other males that stay together even after the breeding season has passed.

A similar situation occurs between old experienced males and young adult males, who will "pair up" with an older male and help him raise his chicks, regardless of if the young male had offspring of his own. This proves advantageous to both parties for different reasons: the older male gets extra help with watching over the nest and hunting for food, and the younger male learns how to properly care for chicks, and, in the case that he managed to have a clutch of his own, his offspring will have a higher chance of survival than if the first time father was on his own. Usually these pairs will each go on their own way after the younglings can fend for themselves, but there are rare occasions where they stay together for a few more seasons before eventually separating .