Smolder lifted his muzzle to the sky. Sunlight streamed over his scales, and the muscles that rippled beneath them. His barbed tail swept from side to side, kicking up sand that landed on his serrated claws. he closed his lightning yellow eyes and absorbed the warmth, bringing his chest up with a great breath of relief. Smolder felt the fire in him grow, flickering at the corners of his mouth, and sending a thin stream of smoke out his nose.
