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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBut Ash did not stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vharax lowered its enormous head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its burning eyes locked onto him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then Ash\u2019s own eyes ignited gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entire plaza fell silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A royal mage stumbled backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDragon Eyes\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dragon froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly, impossibly, Vharax bowed its head before the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gasps spread through the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that was when Ash saw him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A man chained across the dragon\u2019s armored back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silver hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iron restraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wounded, but alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash\u2019s breath vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFather\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The word broke inside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For three years, everyone had told him his father was dead. Lost beyond the northern mountains. Devoured by war. Forgotten by the throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there he was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chained to the back of the last dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash\u2019s small fists clenched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The golden fire in his eyes blazed brighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGive my father back!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No one moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not the soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not the mages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not even the king watching from the shattered balcony above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then Vharax opened its massive jaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crowd screamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But no fire came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only a voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ancient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe is not your father\u2019s prisoner, child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vharax\u2019s burning eyes shifted upward toward the royal balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe is mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The king\u2019s face went pale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash turned slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The storm roared around him, but suddenly he heard nothing except the quiet rattle of the chains on his father\u2019s body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His father lifted his head weakly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAsh\u2026\u201d he whispered. \u201cDon\u2019t trust the crown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The king stepped forward, gripping the balcony rail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKill the dragon!\u201d he shouted. \u201cNow!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mages raised their staffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue fire gathered above the plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Ash moved first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He ran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not away from the dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Toward it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAsh!\u201d his father cried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first spell struck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vharax roared as magic exploded against its wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash fell hard into the snow, but the pendant on his chest flashed silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dragon\u2019s head snapped toward him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For one moment, Ash saw something in the beast\u2019s eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not rage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same pain he had seen in his own reflection every night since his father disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash stood again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mages prepared another spell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then Ash shouted with everything inside him\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSTOP!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Golden light erupted from his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The snow rose from the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fire bent backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every spell in the plaza shattered into sparks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The soldiers stared in terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The king whispered, \u201cImpossible\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash turned to Vharax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy is my father chained to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dragon lowered its head until its voice shook the stones beneath Ash\u2019s feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause he chained himself there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash\u2019s heart stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His father shut his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vharax continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThree years ago, your father discovered the truth beneath Ashkar. The throne was never protected by dragons. It was built on them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plaza fell silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dragon\u2019s claws dug into the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour kings stole our fire. Our blood. Our names. They used dragon hearts to power their walls, their weapons, their magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash looked up at the royal balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The king\u2019s expression had changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No fear now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only hatred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His father\u2019s voice trembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI tried to expose him. I tried to bring proof back to the people. But the king found out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash shook his head slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo\u2026 they said you died.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey needed you to believe that,\u201d his father said. \u201cBecause you were born with Dragon Eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pendant on Ash\u2019s chest pulsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vharax breathed softly, and the fire around him dimmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are not merely human, little one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash\u2019s body went cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The king screamed, \u201cEnough!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Behind him, royal guards dragged someone onto the balcony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A woman in torn traveling clothes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash\u2019s eyes widened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMother?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His mother looked down at him with tears on her face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAsh, listen to me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A blade appeared at her throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The king\u2019s voice echoed across the plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCome here, boy. Now. Or she dies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash could not breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His father strained against the chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The king smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou see, Ash? Monsters have wings. But kings have hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The crowd stared upward in horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first time, the people of Ashkar saw their ruler clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not as a protector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But as a man willing to threaten a mother in front of her child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash\u2019s golden eyes flickered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vharax lowered his head beside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere is one way,\u201d the dragon said quietly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash looked at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat way?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe pendant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ash touched the silver dragon around his neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His mother had given it to him when he was little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She had always said, When you are afraid, hold this. It remembers what you are.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Vharax whispered, \u201cIt is not jewelry. It is the last dragon egg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash stared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pendant cracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Silver light spilled between his fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The king screamed, \u201cTake it from him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soldiers charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash closed his hand around the pendant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the world disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a heartbeat, he stood in darkness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then he heard wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thousands of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He saw dragons filling the skies of Ashkar, not attacking, but protecting. He saw the first kings kneeling before them. He saw a promise carved in fire and snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Human and dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crown and wing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then he saw the betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kings cutting dragon hearts from the mountain temples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mages binding dragon souls into weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And finally\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n His father kneeling before Vharax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBind me to you,\u201d his father had said. \u201cIf I cannot save my son as a man, let me protect him as a prisoner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash gasped as the vision ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pendant shattered completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A tiny silver dragon emerged from the light, no larger than a kitten, with golden eyes exactly like Ash\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The plaza froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The baby dragon climbed onto Ash\u2019s shoulder and pressed its head against his cheek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash began to cry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not from fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vharax was not the last dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had been guarding the next one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The king backed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash looked up at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou lied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His voice was small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the storm listened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou lied about my father.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The snow stopped falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou lied about the dragons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fires lowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou lied about everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The baby dragon opened its wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vharax rose behind Ash, enormous and terrible, but no longer alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The people of Ashkar began stepping away from the king\u2019s soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then the royal guards on the balcony lowered their swords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The captain looked at Ash\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then at the king.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And removed the blade from her throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The king turned in disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou serve me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The captain\u2019s voice shook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo. We served Ashkar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash\u2019s mother broke free and ran down the palace steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash ran too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They met in the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She fell to her knees and wrapped him in her arms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the first time in three years, Ash felt warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His father\u2019s chains cracked as Vharax lowered himself to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The baby dragon chirped softly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash touched the iron restraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Golden light flowed from his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One chain broke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His father fell forward, and Ash caught him as best as a child could.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The silver-haired warrior laughed weakly through tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou got taller.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash sobbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou got older.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His father pulled him close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI tried to come home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI know,\u201d Ash whispered. \u201cI saw.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Behind them, the king tried to flee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Vharax\u2019s tail slammed down before the palace gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The king collapsed into the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash turned toward him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone waited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They expected fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They expected revenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But Ash only looked at the baby dragon on his shoulder, then at his father, then at his mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo more burning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vharax bowed his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The king was taken away in chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not by dragons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By his own people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By the kingdom he had betrayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When morning finally came, the storm was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunlight touched Ashkar for the first time in days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vharax stood on the highest tower, his black wings folded against the pale sky. Beside him, the tiny silver dragon sneezed a puff of smoke and nearly fell off the stone ledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His father stood beside him, wrapped in a healer\u2019s cloak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His mother held his hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a long moment, none of them spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then Ash looked up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWas I supposed to be king?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His father smiled gently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash blinked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n His mother brushed snow from his hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou were supposed to be something better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vharax lowered his massive head until one burning eye faced the boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash looked from the dragon to the people gathering below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All staring not with fear anymore\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n but hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The baby dragon curled around Ash\u2019s shoulders like a silver scarf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ash held his father\u2019s hand tighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And for the first time in his life, he did not feel like a lost boy chasing a ghost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had found his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He had found the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And somewhere above Ashkar, where fire and snow finally rested together in the morning sky\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n the dragons began to return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first scream came from the sky. 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