Chapter 53: Purpose

Gregory leapt into the dead dragon. The beast came to life a moment later. But it didn’t look right. It looked as though it had been pulled apart somehow.

All the same, it reared up, towering over the townspeople. They cowered as it prepared to belch fire across Gull’s Cove. Detrick wouldn’t make it in time. The demon bounded ahead, but the red dragon’s giant maw was already agape.

Something silver flashed by, and the dead dragon’s head slid free from its neck. A gout of flame shot out harmlessly into the air from the top of its neck.

Detrick could still see Gregory’s demonic form inside the red dragon with his eye. His demon made it to the Prime before Detrick.

He could see the battle that ensued between Gregory and his demon. The Prime was much more formidable than the escort the demon had forced into submission years before in the exact same place.