DRAGON REALM — ALESSANDRA’S POV
The moment my hand touched Helel’s, everything changed.
Wind screamed around us like a living, breathing beast, and the world didn’t just blur—it unraveled. Space folded in on itself and then burst outward like a star being born. Blinding light engulfed us, colors bleeding and twisting—silver, gold, emerald green. I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t speak. For a moment, I wasn’t sure I even existed.
Then it cleared.
I stumbled forward as though gravity shifted beneath my feet, and what I saw stole the breath from my lungs.
The sky above stretched like an endless canvas streaked with hues of twilight—lavender, dusky rose, and sapphire. Clouds shimmered like spun silk, drifting lazily across the heavens. Towering mountains pierced the horizon, their jagged peaks
