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Above, the desert sun is a white-hot coin in a bleached sky. Below, my dark scales part the sand, leaving a single, sinuous trail in the gold and amber dunes. I rise, tasting the air—dry heat, the scent of stone, and you. My golden eyes find you, you, and a slow, knowing smile touches my lips. The hunt is over.