DRAGON REALM — ALESSANDRA’S POV
The ground beneath my bare feet hummed with life as I walked deeper into the heart of the realm. Every breath I took filled my lungs with energy that made my skin tingle and my senses sharpen. The deeper I moved into this world, the more my human body felt… foreign.
Helel walked beside me in silence, her red eyes glowing faintly in the twilight. She didn’t need to speak. She knew what was coming.
In the distance, I could see the ancient structure—a temple carved from living crystal, its spires twisting up toward the heavens, catching the light and refracting it in waves of gold and amethyst. A waterfall of liquid starlight poured down one side, the water glowing as though infused with the very breath of the realm itself.
As we approached, the pulse I’d b
