For several minutes after the creature disappeared, nobody moved.
The courtyard remained filled with smoke and scattered flames, while injured dragons groaned nearby and soldiers stood frozen with weapons still raised.
I couldn't stop staring at the place where the Ashborn had been.
We have waited for the Celestia blood to return.
The words continued echoing inside my mind and Draven reached me first.
"Are you hurt?" He asked but I shook my head.
"No." I said and he looked toward the empty courtyard.
"What did it say?" He asked but I hesitated.
"It said they had waited for the Celestia blood to return." I said and Draven's expression tightened.
Elder Thorne approached slowly and the ancient historian looked more frightened than I had ever seen him.
"The Ashborn was never simply a
