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Book Five: Save Yourself — 10.
Overview
In Tana’s living room, Gwen and Allie begin confessing their past, while Robin corroborates the existence of a dragon that nearly destroyed their plane. Tana resists until Allie manifests a living dragon tattoo, forcing belief. The chapter moves the confrontation from suspicion to partial disclosure, raising stakes around the dragon’s identity.
Summary
Gwen hosts Tana, Allie, and Robin for tea as Tana demands the truth about past crimes tied to her sister, Jayne Nighswander, and Ronnie Volpe. Gwen warns Tana off, but Tana insists she can handle it, recounting her abuse and survival, and crediting Gwen and AA with saving her.
Pressed about Jayne’s death, Gwen denies being present but doesn’t refute involvement. Tana speculates the group hired dangerous people. Gwen counters that it wasn’t people, and Robin interjects: the culprit was a dragon. Robin describes the dragon that nearly tore apart their plane, linking it to Van and Allie.
Tana rejects the idea as impossible, preferring a human arsonist explanation. To compel belief, Allie reveals a supernatural sign: she unbuttons her blouse and, with a gesture, causes ink to rise on her skin, forming a twisting dragon tattoo that fades when she drops her hand.
The display shocks Tana and confirms Robin’s account. Gwen explains it is one way they can call “him.” When Robin asks the dragon’s name, Gwen and Allie exchange a look, and Gwen admits he has a name—implying a deeper, dangerous truth still to come.
Who Appears
- GwenReluctantly begins to reveal the group’s involvement and confirms the threat is a dragon they can call.
- TanaDemands the truth about her sister’s death; skeptical until Allie manifests a living dragon tattoo.
- AllieSupports Gwen’s admission and proves it by summoning a dragon tattoo on her skin.
- RobinCorroborates the dragon’s reality, recounting the near-disaster on the plane with Allie and Van.