Two twilight dragons rushed at Alexstrasza from opposite directions. So intent was she on finding the source of the voice that she almost failed to notice them in time. With only a tail's width remaining, she folded her wings and dropped like a stone, twisting her body as she fell. Directly above her, the two twilight dragons shifted into shadow form an instant before colliding, passing harmlessly through each other.
The Twilight Father's shrill, triumphant laughter surrounded her. "The great Life-Binder is nothing more than a foolish little girl. Watching you smash into chunks of pulp will be such fun."
Alexstrasza heard a deafening roar as a red dragon fell in battle. His enormous red wings still tried to carry him upward, even though one had been torn to shreds. Pain pierced Alexstrasza's heart, and she dived at her comrade's killers, roaring as she breathed fire. One of the dragons immediately shifted out of his corporeal form, evading the flames.
The other twilight dragon-whether braver or more foolish was hard to say-turned and hurled sharp daggers of dark magic at Alexstrasza, then began to change forms.
In terms of fighting ability alone, twilight dragons were indeed among the finest of the dragonflights, but that confidence cost this twilight dragon his life. Alexstrasza opened her jaws wide and unleashed a torrent of flame large enough to engulf his entire body. It was fiercer than an ordinary red dragon's breath, and because red dragons commanded the power of life, their breath could dissolve life just as it could bestow life upon other creatures. Before the twilight dragon could finish changing forms, the flames already seemed on the verge of melting his blood-darkened scales.
The dragon's scales curled, and the flesh beneath burned away to the bone. When the Life-Binder cursed life, the