Epilogue II

Kaelen

(One Year Later)

The fire is calm.

That’s the first thing I notice as I stand at the edge of the clearing—how steady it is inside me. Not restrained. Not coiled for battle. Just present, like it finally understands it doesn’t have to prove anything today.

The dragon realm stretches wide beneath my boots, ancient stone softened by moss and grass, the land no longer humming with tension but w