A purple sun rose over a paradise, radiant and prideful over an army of angels.
The shadows danced, shaking to the tunes of the radiant heaven.
On a speck of dust in the middle of nothing, two dragons glared at each other.
The fight didn't start. That moment never came.
In the mortal world, a black egg vibrated, shrinking slowly beneath the cool shadows of the dense forest. When the egg shattered, Arad appeared in its place. A newborn with a whole world awaiting him. A vestige of his mother spoke inside his head, drawing his attention, locking his senses forward.
Because he didn't need to see the woman emerging from his shadow behind his back.
The woman was tall, beautiful, and with black and white hair, glaring at him with bored, red, glowing eyes. Her sharp black nails were a foot long, ready to swing down at Arad's neck.
