UNTIL SHE ARRIVED. THE ONE I’D ALWAYS LOVED IN SECRET—OUR UNION FORBIDDEN AS MORTALS—EMERGED FROM THE DARKNESS OF THE VOID BETWEEN WORLDS. CULTIVATION, SHE WAS NOW CALLED, THOUGH I KNEW HER AS KORAVELLIUM AVAST—THE BEAUTIFUL DRAGON HERETIC OF YOLEN. SHE SWEPT UP FROM BEHIND, EMBRACED ME WITH ARMS LIKE THE SKY. I SIGHED, TOUCHED HER, AND ALL FELT RIGHT.
