A Kobolds Embassador - A Space Odyssey Sidestory
But she didn't even have a material hoard; she was a modern dragon, one that loved her mammalian form and one that didn't gather items. keeping a hoard was what old folks did, brooding on piles of gold. she couldn't afford that anyways.
Old Friends
He might be disguised as a civilised lizard but he was still a dragon inside and this act always seemed to aggravate his normally well suppressed hoarding instinct.
Sons of winter chapter 8: Aleks of Nothing, Son of No One
It must have been her hoarding instinct, or at the very least a technique to guard her food from competition. she but had to stretch her wings over possessions, and nobody could claim otherwise.
The Ryan Story Part VI
Not that he really minded her cleaning his room, it was just that those items, and they changed periodically, fell under his hoarding instinct. ryan would "hide" things and she knew most of his spots and respected them.
Shared Blood - Act 2
Yogoloth had divided his mother's hoard up and moved it many years ago, once he'd realised she wasn't coming back. every now and then, the young hybrid would be reminded of his strong gryphon instincts or his strong dragon instincts.
Mine
Dragons can sometimes have more interesting hoards than just gold and jewels. what happens when a dragon gets the hoarding instinct for boys who can carry his children? well a young fox tod is about to find out...
Embers of Dawn: Chapter 14: The Glen Between Shadows
The hoarding instinct ran strong in dragons, no matter the parentage. not even lyndis’s influence had dulled it. “how would you like it,” axton asked slowly, “if someone scooped you up and took you from your home?” the little dragon tilted his head.
Commission: Bride of the Hyper
There was plenty of truth to draconic hoarding instincts that made them excellent in the financial sector when the point was 'make the big pile of money even bigger'.
Cookie
Although, embarrassingly, the concept of being a shiny felt like it might satisfy her hoarding instincts. best not indulge too much.
Whitewillow, the Scaled Courtesan ~ Part 2
The temptation to fly off with a barge's worth of valuables was ever-present for a species infamous for their hoarding instincts.