Chapter 61: Merethyl

I’m staring at the paper that Bajaro handed me. It’s a drawing of a dragon’s head and it shows how to insert what looks like an explosive device.

I look up and realize Kaylani’s hands have stopped moving. Avani has rolled his eye back to look at her and they are having a silent conversation.

“Show me.” I demand, my words sharp with my fear.

‘Merethyl, you need to calm down.’ Avani says in my head, but I ignore him.

I step up to Kaylani. “Show me.” I say again, this time with less snap in my voice.

She takes my hand and puts it where hers was a moment ago. There’s a place near what you would call his temple where a scale, not larger than the tip of my pointer finger, is soft rather than the hard covering I'm accustomed to. Soft like a human’s skin. Soft enough to inject an explosive device the size of a pill into his brain and kill him.

I push the fear of that thought away and walk to the other side.

‘What are you doing, Merethyl?” He asks me.

I look at him as I walk around his