The last chapter! Thank you to everyone who took the time to read this! You're all wonderful and I love all of you!

To whatsthisautumnsorcery: I hope this ending does your prompt justice! I'm sorry it's late!

o o o

"Come on love. Come on."

Tom shook Sybil's head, but it was dead weight in his arms. Her head was limp on her paws and rolled over slightly as he let go.

"Sybil!"

He hugged her around the neck, gently stroking the ashen scales of her nape. Tears welled up in his eyes as he felt her breath slow down even further.

"Well isn't that sweet? He gave it a name."

Eyes lined with red and cheeks stained with tears, Tom turned around and found two women standing side-by-side by one of the cave entrances from the sea. One had blonde hair, the other had red. He squinted his eyes to get a better look. It was the barmaid and another maid, both from the inn. They couldn't be here to kill Sybil. No, they couldn't.

The blonde one smiled nastily at Tom.

"Hello Tom. Remember me? Edna?"

She pouted her lips and batted her eyes. She shifted her weight onto one leg and brought a hand up to play with her hair.

"You didn't come back to the inn last night. I waited all night for you and you never came back. I was worried sick!"

Tom stepped in front of Sybil's head, shielding her from her two potential murderers.

"So, Sarah and I went to find you," she continued.

The petite red haired woman waved her fingers at Tom with a devious grin on her face. A chill instantly ran down his spine as he looked at the pair.

"What do you want?" he asked defensively.

Sarah stepped forward.

"We're trying to protect the village from your precious, what did you call it?" She tapped her fingers on her chin. "Your Sybil?"

Her mouth curled into a cruel smile.

"She's been burning the villager's homes you know," Sarah stated in a matter-of-fact tone.

Angry that these women were patronizing both him and Sybil, he shook his head and he could feel his blood pressure rise. Through clenched teeth, Tom growled at Edna and Sarah.

"It wasn't Sybil."

Both women laughed simultaneously and covered their fit of giggles behind their hands.

Edna caught her breath.

"Of course we know that."

Tom swallowed empty air and it sat heavy in his stomach.

"We've been setting the fires," Sarah said.

Tom's eyes widened. What could possible make them burn down innocent people's homes? What made them do this?

"But why?"

"Everyone loves a hero," Edna replied with a grin, "and everyone loves giving money to heroes."

Pure and simple greed. Tom shook his head and stood firmly in front of Sybil, ready and willing to give his life to protect her from the criminals in front of them.

"So you're going to frame Sybil for your crimes and steal everyone's money? I won't allow it."

Both drew the swords they carried on their backs. Edna pointed the sharp tip at Tom's face as Sarah leveled the edge of her blade to ensure that Sybil's death would be make in one swipe. Terrified, Tom backed into Sybil's muzzle as Edna and Sarah advanced on them.

With a wicked smile Edna countered.

"Good thing you'll be dead."

Before the sharp steel of their swords made contact with their intended targets, a flash of bright light illuminated the cave. Tom fell to the side and covered his eyes. He felt a faint flickering all over his body as he heard blood curling screams coming from the women in front of him. Tom slowly opened his eyes and saw the silhouettes of Edna and Sarah, just an arms reach away, collapse into millions of particles of ash.

The air swirled around and the flames danced on his skin. And just as quickly as the flames came, they were extinguished. Tom rubbed his eyes, trying to adjust to the relative darkness of the cave. He turned around and found Sybil laying in the middle of the cave, naked and covered in a light dusting of ash. Tom looked away for modesty's sake and took his shirt off. He draped the oversized shirt over Sybil's body and he gently placed the back of his hand on her cheek.

Warmth emanated from her face as he felt the gentle breeze of her inhales and exhales. His heart leaped in his chest as her eyes started to flutter open. Once she was fully conscious, she pushed herself up to her elbows and looked down at her hands. Her eyes darted to the cave opening, the sunlight streaming in. She turned her hands over and sat up.

Tom looked away as she blushed and buttoned his shirt and stood up.

"You can turn back around," she said in her husky tone.

Tom turned back and watched her push a few strands of her black curls behind her ear. Shocked that they were still both alive, he took three long strides and wrapped his arms tightly around her, making sure that she didn't dissolve into thin air.

She rubbed his bare back and buried her face into his chest. Tom pressed a kiss to the top of her head and kept his lips on the crown of her head.

"I thought I lost you," he said.

He pulled away and brought his hand to cup her cheek.

"I'm here," she whispered back.

Overjoyed with relief, Tom leaned in and captured her lips in his in a sweet and chaste kiss. It was nothing like he'd ever experienced before. His heart beat wildly in his chest and he thought of nothing but kissing her every day for the rest of his life. Tom pulled away and they smiled at each other, both panting and engrossed in the feel of each others arms around them.

Tom rubbed her cheek with his thumb and placed another soft kiss to her lips. He leaned his forehead on hers and they both closed their eyes.

"I promise to devote every waking moment to your happiness," Tom whispered with a smile.

Sybil replied by twining her arms around Tom's neck and pulling him down for another earth shattering kiss.


A/N: Just to be clear, dragon's blood has magical powers. Since Tom consumed dragon's blood in the last chapter, he was protected from Sybil's flames. And Sybil didn't burn because she had a little bit of dragon's blood in her veins which protected her. Unfortunately (more like fortunately) Edna and Sarah did not have dragon's blood in their systems so they perished.

Thank you for reading and I really really really hope you liked this story! XD