Kneel

He was never meant to kneel.

Once called the Harbinger of the Flood, he was strength, wings, fire — until surrender made him kneel at another man’s feet. Breaking a Warlord is a story about how power bends into ownership, how pride breaks into obedience, and how loyalty becomes a leash you wear around your throat.

He kneels when told, flies when ordered, stays silent when handled like a prize. But the tragedy isn’t the collar, it’s what he’ll do to keep it on, because sometimes being a pet is the only way left to survive.