Hellbound With You (WN)

Zeres still had Dinah ’s blood coursing through his veins – thus, he was still under the control of Dinah ’s blood so despite Dinah no longer being there to give him orders, the dragon still continued breathing fire. Alex didn ’t have a choice but to find a way to deal with him. He had to send him back to the abyss before he burns everyone and everything to a crisp.

Zeres spewed fire again from his mouth and nostrils, arcing the inferno across the cavern when Alex ’s blade aimed for a cut at the dragon ’s head. The dragon swerved and narrowly avoided the sharp point of his blade and snapped his dangerously serrated teeth back at him. Alex dodged nimbly spun to his left with just enough space to spare and brought his sword piercing through that massive pitch-black wing on the right and then dragged his blade downwards – making a skin-crawling ripping sound that caused everyone nearby to halt their advances in stunned surprise. The dragon ’s wing was damaged, causing him immeasurable amounts of pain – which was not unexpected as a dragon ’s wing is one of the more sensitive areas, with the membranous skin stretching taut across that bony frame. Zeres was brought to his knees by this unsuspecting pain – which was understandable as he had never had the chance of finding out or experiencing the sharp lancing pain which crippled his mind from the tear on his wing – causing him to sway and fall over.

The dragon growled and gave a shake of its head which was unexpectedly adorable. Every pair of eyes looking on at the scene blinked and felt taken aback at that very canine characteristic. However, when it refocussed its blazing gaze, fully aimed at Alex, they took a sharp intake of breath as it shot its neck out all of a sudden with jaws wide open, fully intended to snap some body part off – not caring which one. But as before, Alex easily dodged the attack as if he had eyes at every angle of his head, fully prepared to retaliate. Alex flew towards the dark abyss and Zeres followed in his wake.

While everyone ’s eyes were as wide as saucers, they watched the dragon lit up the abyss with his fire, as he relentlessly chased after Alexander. No one seemed to notice something amiss – the fact that Dinah ’s head that had fallen to the ground had all of a sudden, moved, finding its way back to her body.

Abigail was the first to notice her. Gripping her blade, Abigail ran towards Dinah. She could no longer bear this bloodshed. She had to end this battle now and the only way was to kill this woman with her own two hands – giving no further chance of resurrection – this woman who still wore the face of her late mother. And kill Dinah, she would, if it was the last thing she ’d do!

This was her final opportunity. She had to stab Dinah now while she was still helpless and focussed on recovering.