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“I Came to Steal Your Dragon, Not Save Your Empire!” — The Enemy Spy Climbed Onto the Emperor’s War Dragon as His Soldiers Raised Their Crossbows / Chapter 10 / 10

Chapter 10 - THE DRAGON’S PROMISE

The sun dipped low toward the western ocean, painting the sky in deep hues of violet, orange, and fiery gold—the exact colors of Kira’s magnificent scales.

The grand dragon landed softly on the highest peak of the Spine Mountains, the very cliff where Isra had first sat alone with a piece of stale bread six months before her world changed forever.

The wind was cool and fresh, carrying the scent of pine and ocean salt.

Dean dismounted first, offering his hand to Isra as she stepped down from the saddle. Kira stretched her massive body along the ridge, letting out a long, contented sigh as she curled her tail around the two of them, creating a warm, comfortable windbreak against the evening chill.

Isra walked to the edge of the cliff, looking out over the vast landscape. To the east lay the gleaming lights of Highspire; to the west lay the peaceful, fireside glows of Oakhaven and Renth. The two halves of the world were seamlessly woven together under the twilight sky.

Dean stepped up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and resting his chin softly on her shoulder.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked softly.

Isra smiled, leaning back against his chest, feeling the steady, reassuring beat of his heart.

"I was thinking about the day I climbed up here to steal your dragon," she murmured, watching the first evening stars twinkle into existence overhead. "I was so sure I was going to die. I thought I was walking into the mouth of a monster."

"And what did you find instead?" Dean asked gently.

Isra reached up, touching his cheek, then turned her head to look back at Kira, who opened one warm, violet eye to look at them both with quiet wisdom.

"I found that monsters are just stories made up by men who are too cowardly to understand each other," Isra said softly. "And I found that the greatest victories aren't the ones won with swords, but the ones built when you have the courage to listen."

Dean turned her gently in his arms, looking deeply into her dark, beautiful eyes. "I love you, Isra of Renth."

Isra smiled, her heart full, her soul finally at peace after years of grief and searching. "I love you, Emperor Dean of Kalith."

He leaned down and kissed her beneath the vast canopy of stars, on the highest peak in the world, surrounded by the warmth of the dragon that had brought them together.

Beside them, Kira let out a quiet, rhythmic rumble—a dragon’s promise of protection, peace, and love that would endure for generations to come.

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