EpilogueTen months later…
Ryu stared at Ruby the Regal—Liz insisted her name was Ruby and nothing more, but a dragon needed a good name. The flame of life was burning inside his chest. She would never change into a dragon, but she was part of Ryu’s family, and Ryu’s family were dragons.
Her small, chubby fingers curled around his forefinger as he gently rocked her in his arms.
“Are you gonna sit there all day?” Egil walked into the kitchen, a light flush on his cheeks from having jogged up the stairs.
“I’m considering it.” He looked at Ruby again.
Egil shook his head but bent to kiss him. Sometimes Ryu didn’t think Egil and Liz understood the miracle of a baby, a female baby. He had never believed he’d get to hold one, and never, not in a million years, had he believed he’d have one t
