The world stopped. Above the forest, the dragon and phoenix soared in perfect harmony. The dragon was made entirely of golden light, its scales shimmering like captured sunlight. Beside it flew a magnificent phoenix of silver-violet fire, its wings trailing streams of starlight across the heavens. They circled one another once. Twice. Then rose together. No one spoke. No one moved. Thousands of dragons stared upward in stunned silence. Even the dead Dragon Kings had frozen. Elara and Verath stood at the center of the clearing, still holding each other’s hands. Neither had realized they were glowing. Golden light flowed around Verath. Silver-violet fire danced around Elara. The bond between them blazed brighter than ever before. Kael blinked. Then blinked again. Finally, he pointed upward. “I… I’m definitely seeing that, right?” No one answered him. The First King looked utterly astonished. Its ancient eyes widened. Then it laughed. A deep, joyful sound that echo
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