Nadia Vorns, The Reborn Drake

Nadia ceased breathing as The End arrived and began to play with her again, tormenting her. The air in her lungs whimpered out, she was suffocating under the pressure...

Then the light came. The darkness that had covered her and clouded her vision and thoughts since her mistaken Pact with Death had been made cleared, and she felt alive again. The End let her fall. As she fell, her chain shirt seemed to flicker and dissolve into her skin, replacing itself with shining brass scales. She alighted on the ground in the Garden, her wings now blazing with white light once more, and looked over at Kestal. Then she charged the Child, grabbing her up in a massive embrace.
Thank you! You've freed me!