Chapter 50: The Enemy Within

Taurian detected Dena near him, but he couldn't reach her. Darkness surrounded him. His body was weightless and shifting from Renjerian to human faster than possible. He wanted to be with Dena. He couldn't make out her words exactly, but their meaning was clear. She was crying over him.

He yearned to comfort her and tell her everything was okay. Except, it wasn't. He couldn't even work out where he was. Had he teleported to another planet?

He shook his head. No, the last thing he remembered was shielding Dena from the explosion when he had released his dragonfire.

Was Dena okay? He felt around for her, but only found a void.

If he died and she wasn't with him then that meant that she survived. Elation filled his heart. He'd done it! He'd protected her from the blast and if that much power had killed him, then the scorpions should be destroyed as well. He would be reborn as lava in the great southern mountains of Renjer.