Assistant to the Villain, #3
Accomplice to the Villain
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Contents
Chapter 64
Overview
Back at the manor, Becky frees Roland and orders him to use the memory plant’s starlight magic to wake the injured Blade. Marv reports Fluffy’s dangerous unrest after eating Morey, but Becky brushes him off and later breaks down. Lyssa quietly comforts her, underscoring the stakes around Blade and rising chaos.
Summary
At the manor, Blade lies unconscious in the healer’s quarters, burned by starlight magic. Nura Sage keeps watch while Becky resolves to seek help she’d rather avoid. Becky confronts her imprisoned brother, Roland, about the memory plant that harmed Blade.
Roland explains their mother sent the constantly screaming plant, believing it belonged with Nura’s children and not knowing Nura lived. Convinced by his sincerity and corroborating letters, Becky unlocks his cell. She demands Roland find a way to harness the plant’s starlight magic to heal Blade, turning his apology into a mission.
Marv rushes in, catching Becky freeing Roland. Roland flirts, flustering Marv, before Marv delivers alarming news: Fluffy is violently restless and has eaten Morey, the raven mail clerk. Overwhelmed, Becky snaps, ordering Marv to handle it and the guards to intervene. Marv, hurt but determined, vows to solve it and departs.
Regretting her outburst, Becky follows too late. Shaken, she reaches the kitchen and privately breaks down, grieving Blade’s condition and the spiraling situation. Lyssa quietly returns Becky’s childhood knit dragon and offers gentle wisdom that crying is bravery.
Buoyed by Lyssa’s comfort, Becky allows herself to weep openly, acknowledging her fear for Blade and the manor’s growing instability while Roland heads to attempt the starlight-based remedy.
Who Appears
- Becky ErringDrives the crisis response; frees Roland to heal Blade; snaps at Marv; later breaks down and accepts Lyssa’s comfort.
- Roland FortisBecky’s brother; explains the memory plant’s origin; tasked to use starlight magic to save Blade.
- BladeAlive but unconscious after starlight injury; central to Becky’s urgent plan to heal him.
- Marv HandsonGuard who reports Fluffy’s dangerous unrest and Morey’s death; hurt by Becky’s rebuff but resolves to act.
- LyssaChild who returns Becky’s knit dragon and reassures her, framing Becky’s tears as bravery.
- Nura SageKeeps watch over the injured Blade while Becky mobilizes help.
- FluffyManor dragon growing dangerously restless; eats Morey, signaling escalating instability.
- MoreyRaven mail clerk reportedly eaten by Fluffy, triggering Marv’s urgent warning.