It's often said that one shouldn't be too arrogant.
Seamus Zane, who had schemed and plotted for over a decade—outmaneuvering even the seasoned manipulator Lachlan Silverwood—was just about to gloat. But before he could finish his sentence, his heart was ripped out… simply because his laughter was too grating.
"That's him…" someone muttered, while the rest stood frozen in shock.
Gregory Hargrove had returned. No one even noticed when.
Atop the back of the monstrous creature he had summoned lay a fainted Melody and Grandmaster Quinn. Its claw clutched Samuel Wynn's leg.
Gregory skillfully steered the flying salamander, landing it beside Melinda and the others.
It turned out he hadn't escaped the Combat Arena before the barrier came down. Upon his return, he'd managed to catch the three who had been blasted off the high platform.
Matriarch Whitmore no longer contended with Lachlan Silverwood. She descended from the top of the statue.
