Book 2: Chapter 118 (2/2)

“What is Nova’s grandson doing here?” Kondra asked, her face expressionless. “And why did he attack me?”

Vur’s body shrank as he returned to his human form. He placed his hands on his hips and glanced at Tafel, who waved at Kondra from Grimmy’s head. “You hurt my wife.”

Kondra stared at Tafel. Then her gaze swiveled back onto Vur. “I guess I did. Sorry.”

“Whoa!” Luke said and released the orange net in his hand out of surprise. It snapped back into place, smacking Kondra’s leg. “Mom apologized!”

“The world’s ending?” Leo asked, his eyes wide. “I’m not ready yet; I don’t even have a girlfriend!”

Leila smacked both of their heads. “Stop being ridiculous,” she said and helped Lulu free Kondra’s remaining leg and tail. “The loser’s in the wrong. Even Mom knows that.”

Kondra sighed and hung her head. “I lost,” she said. “What do you want from me? My territory? My religious foundation?”

Lindyss coughed. “He already took both of those.”

Kondra froze. “Huh?”

Vur glanced at Grimmy. “What do I want from her?”

Grimmy’s eyes lit up. “How about this?” he asked and lowered his head. He cupped his claw around his mouth and whispered into Vur’s ear. He drew back and chuckled. “Your grandpa would greatly appreciate it.”

Vur’s head tilted. “Would he really?”

“Of course, of course,” Grimmy said, waving his claw around. “He’ll love it. I guarantee it. What’s with that look? Do you think I’d try to trick you? I’m not a fairy.”

Vur grunted.

“Before you ask,” Kondra said. “Can you tell me how you resisted my purifying light?”

“Purifying light?” Vur asked. “Wasn’t that just a flash spell? Flash doesn’t hurt people.”

“N-no,” Kondra said. “They have a similar side effect, but purifying light cleanses the pure-hearted and purges everything else.”

Tafel’s hand smacked her forehead as Vur glanced down at himself. Vur nodded. “I do feel a bit cleaner. It worked.”

“Y-you’re pure-hearted!?” Kondra shouted. “That’s impossible! You, you, you looked like the personification of evil when you attacked me!”

Lindyss placed her hand on Vur’s head and ruffled his hair. “This boy has never told a single lie in his life.”

Vur puffed his chest out while Kondra planted her face into the ground. “I made a mistake.”

Vur nodded. “Uh-huh. Now for my request, you—”

Kondra yelped as a black blob hit her forehead. Like a droplet of ink landing in a puddle of water, darkness spread along her silver scales, crawling down her head and neck. Before anyone reacted, half of Kondra’s body and wings had already turned black. A booming laugh escaped from her mouth. “I, Breeze, have succeeded! In my last life, I was a dragon-slayer, but in this life, I’ve become a dragon!”