Two dragons cling to the hope of a prophecy. A short story from before the Dragon Aster Trilogy. Approximately 3000 words.

Sybl has endured the first years of being a teenager both unloved and forgotten. When an Awl takes her from Earth to the realm of Aster, she will discover a place where fantasy is the reality. A world of dragons. But that will not be all that she finds. Still distraught from having lost his best friend, Cirrus has tried to move on with his life. His world is falling apart, and it is a fight the High Guard cannot win. All that remains is a Prophecy from the ghostly memories of those he loved. A Prophecy that a Fay would return to Aster, restoring the balance of life and death. For without her, his kind will side with the forces of war. An onslaught of destruction would follow, and he is a dragon tired of death. When he finds Sybl, he takes it on himself to become her protector. Within her memories, she holds one from the friend he lost. She may be the last hope that the Prophecy has yet to come about. But he will have to outfly the shadows from his past first, for the demon who is after them does not fear a death it can weave. Wake to a world tangled in the Threads of Fate. Dream back the memories that can save it.

It is three hundred years after the Last War, where the chimera and the Feharin armies battled for supremacy over the Torian Continent. The gods, by right of their own immortal memories, have been reborn onto the world of Aster. They wake not to a world of peace, but to one with a new war on the horizon. When the Phoenix and Moon collided within the Sylvan Aur, few escaped the explosion and rain of fire that destroyed the magnificent Sylvan City and its light in a single night. Now Aster is once again threatened to be destroyed by fire, with much of the world already succumbed to the cold, maddening sickness of the Aeger. Aster’s dragons will rise to face a war they could not see the first time. For now, they have the one they have been waiting for to guide them. As do their enemies.

The Threads of Fate are nearing their shattering point. The Aeger continues to spread across all three continents and consume all it touches with despair, and death. The two Aurs grow dimmer as Aragmoth closes his eyes, paralyzing much of Aster in snow and ice. Sybl, Cirrus, and Kas must scramble to take out an army of Eminor under Damek's control, pitting dreams and nightmares against the demon’s pull towards war. A war held at bay by the light Sybl holds within her. Time is running out, and the calamity of ruin that only dragons can bring is here.

Nafury has spent all his years fleeing from Fate. Banishment from his home for the last ten has proven to be the least of his worries. After almost destroying the world of Aster, he should be dead. But a promising hope given to him from his sister continues to pull him forward. Armed with only his sword and haphazard miracles, his enemies have never been more scared of him. When Nafury stumbles on an unlikely ally inches from death, he finds a lead to the answers he needs. Only a more dangerous enemy has found him in turn. With the world’s wounds still open, he must work fast to stop the coming devastation. If he fails, the dream and nightmare Threads that make Aster will become nothing more than a memory. Sequel to the Dragon Aster Trilogy.

When an Awl takes Sybl to the realm of Aster, she will discover a place where fantasy is the reality. A world of dragons and creatures only dreams and nightmares could conjure. Until now. A dragon’s faith in a Prophecy that a Fay would return to restore the balance of life and death leads Cirrus to Sybl. They will be pitted against a demon’s vengeful pull towards a war against Earth. A war held at bay by a hope for peace that was nearly extinguished three hundred years ago. The Threads of Fate will unfurl to their shattering point, and be held together by the wings of limitless love as the Dragon Aster Trilogy comes together, unabridged and complete with a glossary and map.