So many things had happened already today - we had killed the Wizard Aganeth, Viper had discovered the means to find some of the 7 Wizards we were seeking, Viper was very ill and I feared for him, Jurak had killed two innocent tortured beasts (I still had to deal with that and would <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />) one in its sleep, jvb was becoming a dragon before he was ready to control it, and now LaShandra may become a blood starved demon without her bracelet to control her internal monster.
I looked into LaShandra's beautiful dark eyes and asked the question I think she most feared, "Will you be able to control your bloodlust?" She looked at me with her fathomless dark eyes and I read her thoughts as surely as if she had spoken them to me out loud. I nodded once, "Right, you stay with me and jvb, our 'dragon' blood seems to satisfy you quickly, with little or no pain for us." She smiled at me gratefully and tentatively held out her hand for me to grasp. I took it and smiled back, if anyone understood the beast that dwelled within, it was LaShandra.
I turned to Kiya and when I looked into her eyes we shared the same kind of intimate knowledge, What?? What did this mean? How could Kiya understand the beast? Then I thought about her sudden ability to fight with ferocity that rivaled a dragon, could this mean she had changed? I shook my head, only time would tell.
"Kiya, what do we do next? Find Nero? Find Rabaer? Or what about Aloicious from the prophesy?" Then I leaned over and whispered, "Something dreadful is wrong with Viper ... Do you know what it is?"
