THE LUNA WHO RUINED HER MATE.
And in the centre of the ring, sitting on one of the stones as if waiting for a meeting to begin, was the dragon.
It was smaller here, coiled tight, its scales the colour of tarnished silver and old moss. It was not the vast sky-snake of the night before, but a more compact, ancient form. Its eyes were open, slits of molten gold watching them approach.
Elidra stopped at the edge of the stone circle. Her legs trembled, but not from fear. The air here hummed with a quiet, potent energy. It felt clean.
The dragon did not move. It spoke, not with sound, but directly into their minds. Its voice was the grind of continental plates, the sigh of a deep forest.
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