"They feared it," Harlow corrected. "And prepared accordingly."
Maya stepped forward, placing her palm beside his on the scanner. "Maya Chen, Celestial High Dragon, daughter of Sarah Chen and James Radcliffe. I accept the terms of Protocol Ouroboros."
The scanner pulsed with golden light as it analysed her unique resonance pattern, confirming what no technological system had been designed to recognise, the authentic signature of a royal dragon bloodline.
"High Dragon authentication confirmed," the system announced, its voice shifting to something ancient and resonant. "Protocol Ouroboros initiated. The Wheel turns."
Through the Ley Line network, Maya felt the global response as the Order's infrastructure began its transformation, not destruction, but evolution. Suppression fields becom
