It was a serpent. A massive serpent that wove through the air and the crowd, its body made of flames that ran together like water, sparks glinting as scales on its skin. It had no wings and no legs, but it moved uninhibited all the same. It lurched through the air in movements that were at once exquisitely graceful and wildly untamed, as if it, too, struggled to fully control its body. And yet, it was still so beautiful. Warmth and light and power surrounded by cold magic and deepening shadow. Its head turned toward me, and the realization hit me so hard that it took my breath away. Those
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