Dawlya’s Dragon
she said softly, dangerously, “you will tell us what you felt.”
The seven-lined woman’s throat bobbed. She did not look afraid she looked… resigned. “I felt,” she said, “a Circle that is no longer Dawlya alone.” A ripple of horror moved through the ring. “It is dragon-touched,” the woman continued, voice tightening. “Born magic braided into learned magic. It is… wider. Hotter. Cleaner. Less cruel.”
“Impossible,” someone breathed.
The woman shook her head. “That is why we cannot take it from her. Not with ritual. Not with binding. If we try… it will burn us from the inside.”
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