Location: Dark Forest, Cave Sanctuary → Mid Ring → Forest Edge | Lower Realm (Doha)
Time: 28 Frostforge - 18 Voidmarch, 9938 AZI | Days 489-509/187-207
Realm: Lower Realm
The first week was agony.
Not physical pain—Jayde's Refined Constitution handled the bloodline integration better than Green had expected. But control? That was something else entirely.
"Again," Green said, her fractured emerald eyes watching with clinical precision as Jayde tried to summon dragon scales without her pupils elongating. "Conscious activation only. No emotional triggers."
Jayde focused, reaching for the dragon heritage that hummed beneath her skin. The scales wanted to manifest everywhere at once—full-body armor that'd make her look more beast than human. She needed them localized. Controlled. Chosen.
Her left forearm shimmered. Microscopic scales emerged, catching morning light with prismatic beauty. Gold-edged. Harder than steel. Perfectly positioned.
And her eyes stayed amber. Normal. Human.
