Epilogue
Two Days Later
“What are we doing out here?” Kirith asked, looking around at Hampstead Heath’s long expanse of rich green grass. “Is this some sort of weird initiation ceremony, now that we’ve both agreed to join the Guild?”
He and Luna were positioned on a sloping field among the members of the Dragons’ Guild, whose eyes, for some mysterious reason, were staring off into the distant sky to the north.
“Not exactly,” said Lumen without pulling his gaze away from the horizon. “Just wait for it. You’ll see in a moment what we’re doing here.”
“Look,” said Luna, grabbing Kirith’s hand and squeezing hard. She pointed into the distance, her keen eyes picking something up.
Kirith’s eyes followed the tip of her finger until he caught sight of the object of her fascination.
At first it looked like a vast black cloud, but after only a moment, he began to see the individual outlines of massive flying forms. A sea of winged creatures was moving rapidly through the sky towards them.
“The Guild is about to get some new blood. Quite a lot of it, in fact,” Lumen announced, turning to face their newest members. “Largely thanks to you, Kirith.”
“Me? What, they heard that there was a new arsehole in London and couldn’t wait to meet him?”
Lumen laughed and shook his head. “They heard about Ripper. About what he’d done to your family and to Luna’s. As you know, Dragons are rather protective, and they want to ensure that London’s shifter population doesn’t abuse its power in future. They’ve come to help us keep watch over the city. We also have some allies on the ground coming to help.”
He pointed to a distant row of trees, and Kirith could see that forms were emerging from there as well. Enormous creatures, some of them as tall as the smaller trees themselves.
“Grizzlies?” Luna asked.
Lumen shook his head. “Dire Wolves,” he replied. “From the Old Country. They’ve been our allies for centuries, as you well know.”
“Dire Wolves,” Luna murmured, smiling up at her mate. “That’s something, isn’t it?”
By now, the airborne tapestry of flying beasts was getting close. Some had already begun their descent onto the Heath, sweeping gracefully downward, their many-coloured scales glinting in the sunlight. The Dire Wolves joined them there, marching among them as friends.
There must have been a hundred or more of them, and Kirith’s heart surged with pride and awe at the sight. He missed the days when Dragons had ruled the skies and Dire Wolves had watched over the land.
He looked over at the members of the Guild, grateful to have been accepted into the fold. It seemed that he had a new family now, one that had invited him into their lives without judgment.
Two little shifters stood among their ranks: Lumen and Neko’s son, Kliev, who looked very much like his father, and Lyre and Trix’s new baby, a little girl named Iliana.
Amara, who stood next to Minach, had one hand on her belly. Kirith wondered if she, too, might be pregnant.
She pivoted to look at him and smiled, and he could tell that she was reading his thoughts again.
I know why they’ve come, he said silently, knowing that somehow she would hear him. I know it’s not just to fight rebellious Wolves.
Oh? her mind whispered to his. Why is it, then?
They’ve come to return the world to what it once was, for the sake of our children.
He put an arm around Luna and pulled her close, smiling as she rested her head on his shoulder.
The world was perfect. But somehow, it was going to get even better.
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