The Price Of Fate
Her horns had reshaped.
For one terrifying second, she looked like a replica of Lucian’s dragon. Except for the writing on her forehead. Golden markings burned there, bright and living, not black, not corrupted. They curved across her brow like ancient script made of sunlight, marking her as herself. Marking her as Nyra’s dragon. Seraphina, not Lucian. Gold without rot. Power without death. Her Phantom side had taken charge. The battlefield stared. Even Spiro went still. Lucian hovered above, and for the first time since arriving, his dragon recoiled. He had bitten her. He had tried to kill her. And somehow, he had taught her.