*Saoirse*
I gestured to Aleric with a nod, beckoning him to follow me through the heavy wooden doors that led outside. My breath caught at the sight before us. Axureon, in all his ancient glory, stood at the center of a majestic assembly of dragons that flanked him on either side.
They had come as promised.
"Did you truly believe I'd come here without an assurance of my own?" I asked Aleric, stepping forward so that the moonlight fell upon my face, revealing the determination etched into my features. My heart swelled, not with arrogance but with the fierce pride of my people. "We may be down, but we are far from being without our defenses."
The dragons, creatures of legend and might, stirred restlessly, their scales shimmering like a cascade of precious stones beneath the celestial lig
