Ralph stood speechless as Wick's blunt revelation cut through his carefully cultivated stealth.
'They knew?' He prided himself as an infiltrator. Dor the fact that they all knew, it stung strangely and hurt his pride.
Sighing, he faced the executives. "I have something to say."
He recounted his clandestine meeting with Mirta, detailing her proposal: the Mistars would join Dawnless if Baines could replicate the dragonic-human hybrid experiment using mist dragon blood.
Vitka's eyes gleamed with understanding. "That explains why they smell like dragons; they're hybrids." She stared at the executives, but doubt crept in. "How can dragon blood create hybrids?"
"Blood essence," Wick replied.
"That's possible?" Vitka's surprise mirrored Ralph's initial shock. Then he must have a means of controlling blood, but how? Just who are you, Baines?' she wondered, shaking off the question. "What do you think?" she asked the executives.
