Authors note
⚠️ This version is currently being rewritten.
A new, improved version of The Dragon and the Kitsune is in progress with major changes to character development, pacing, and story structure.
You can still read this version, but please note it is no longer the final version of the story.
Author's Note and Content Warning
This is a work of fiction. While the story includes characters involved in criminal organizations and explores themes such as violence, family loyalty, and moral ambiguity, it is not intended to glorify or romanticize criminal behavior.
My goal in writing this story is to show the complex emotional lives of people caught in difficult circumstances—to explore their humanity, their flaws, and the consequences of their choices. These characters are not meant to be role models but reflections of the many shades of gray that exist in the real world.
Please understand that this book is a narrative exploration of identity, trauma, love, and redemption, set against a backdrop of crime—not a celebration of it.
Thank you for joining me on this journey.
⚠️ Content Warning
Do not read if you are sensitive to:
• Childhood sexual abuse by a biological sibling
• Unconscious victim sexual assault (graphic witness perspective in Ch. 13.5)
• Family-enforced sexual exploitation
• Trauma-triggered migraines & dissociation during intimacy
• Institutional threats to emotional support animals
• Conditional parental acceptance with lethal threats
Chapter-specific warnings follow each title.
