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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

With Rachel distracted, Gabriel ran for the three Old Ones. Fort ran after him, not sure what the other boy intended, but it couldn’t be anything good. “Gabriel, what are you doing?” he shouted, but his roommate didn’t turn around.

“Stop him!” Rachel shouted. “Fort, he’s going to—”

Before she could finish, the dragon landed on the ground between Gabriel and the other Old Ones, roaring fire at the boy. Gabriel threw up a teleportation circle, but instead of using it to block the magic, he instead leaped through, emerging just past the dragon.

And that’s when Fort understood what Rachel had been warning him about.

“Gabriel, NO!” Fort shouted, and opened his own circle. He leaped through it to emerge at Gabriel’s side just as Gabriel opened another teleportation circle right below the three Old Ones, dropping them, himself, and Fort all through it.

They emerged in the now-empty cavern of the Dracsi, Fort’s momentum sending him crashing to the ground. He landed hard on his shoulder but quickly scrambled to his feet, a growing horror filling him as he turned toward the Old Ones.

All three were now moving, free from the dragon’s spell, thanks to Gabriel.

“There, you’re not paralyzed anymore!” Gabriel shouted at them. “Now return my brother. We had a deal!”

The Old Ones looked at him and laughed, the sound still so horrifying that Fort could barely comprehend it. “WE DID INDEED HAVE A BARGAIN,” D’vale said.

“WE WILL SHOW YOU WHERE YOUR BROTHER IS, AND ALLOW YOU TO USE YOUR SPACE MAGIC TO BRING HIM HERE,” said Q’baos.

Ketas raised his tentacles, and Gabriel shouted in pain as yellow light glowed around his head.

I HAVE GIVEN YOU AN IMAGE OF WHERE YOUR KIN IS, Ketas said in both their minds. BRING HIM HERE, AND LET HIM DECIDE WHAT HIS FUTURE SHALL BE. IF HE CHOOSES TO RETURN HOME WITH YOU, THEN HE SHALL. IF NOT, WE WILL DESTROY YOU AND THIS ONE. He pointed his tentacles at Fort.

“Deal,” Gabriel said, and opened a teleportation circle.

- FORTY-TWO -

FORT WATCHED HELPLESSLY, KNOWING he couldn’t attack the Old Ones, as they could take over his mind, steal his spirit, or even destroy him. And he couldn’t just pull Gabriel away, not when Gabriel was so close to getting his brother back.

But the other boy had betrayed them all and freed the Old Ones, not to mention revealing to them wherever the last dragon was. And if dragons really did come from magic, then the whole world truly could be doomed.