Thea grabbed him in time and said in a soft voice, “I’m alright.”

Thomas did not leave. “It's possible that Thea has absorbed all of the blood's energy,” he said after pondering for a while. “That’s why she’s like this. There’s only one way to save her now. That is, to slay the dragon. Using the dragon’s blood…”

"You planned this a long time ago, didn't you?" James gave Thomas a cold stare while slowly saying, “You knew from the start that after Thea absorbed the blood's energy, her blood woul