Luke was trembling in the claws of the raging beast. He thought back on his life and thought about how huge these beasts are and what devastation they are capable of.

But it wasn't hurting him.

They arrived in a field at night and she landed gently so as not to hurt him.

Luc was now expecting to be killed, as was the case with birds of prey.

The blow did not come and he saw the dragon cast a spell : Safe Shelter of Leomund.

A log cabin fortified like a 19th century Texan fort appeared. The doors opened and she said, "Come in!"

He did, and as soon as she entered the compound, the shelter disappeared, as if invisible to the outside world.

She regained her human form and went to sit by the fireplace and invited Luc to sit down. Two 19th century armchairs were in front of the hearth fire.

"Luc, I am no longer your enemy... I have been deceived for years. But we're going on a trip together. But you'll have to stay conscious. Words are useless, so I'm going to make you see with your own eyes the plotting that's going on.

You will dream and your body will have to be comfortably settled so that you don't suffer martyrdom when you wake up.

Where we're going, it's an enchanted and dangerous world. You'll have to stay on my back at all times so you don't get killed. An injury in this world reverberates here."

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Luc didn't understand anything but felt she was crazy and was going to kill him.

He wanted to get up but couldn't.

He couldn't say a word, couldn't move.

"Would you like a cup of coffee?"

Of course not.

"Yes," he answered...

And he took the cup he had just been served.

-" You see? You see? We can make you do anything. Like hate coffee, make you love it. Implant memories...

I could even make you love me and more. And also make you forget your hatred and even make your wife forget her sister's very existence, as if she never existed."

"Monster!"

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. But you think I'm crazy.

You're partly right.

My consciousness has been altered just like I just did to you. How can I explain this to you...

She waved her hand and Luke fell asleep. With a snap of her fingers, the room looked like his living room at the farmhouse in front of the fireplace. In the sofa, Celine was reading a book, lulled by the fire and a soporific gardening TV show...

Then Luc got up and tried to rape Celine...

"It was you who killed your sister! I know it, witch!"

Then he undressed her and put his hands around her neck and began to squeeze.

"You killed everyone to inherit!!! And you killed Emilie! It was you who smashed her head with the geode and turned her into a dragon."

Then they began to squeeze, squeeze and shake Celine's head and she took her last breath, then everything turned around and he found himself squeezing a cushion that he had torn, his chest bare and delirious.

Rudia, sitting opposite him in the chair...

He straightened up and tucked his shirt in, then, drunk, he sat down and took a glass of brandy on the table to regain his senses.

Then, after a big sip, he sat back down and looked at Rudia, whose head was hanging down.

Luc: "What did you make me do???"

Rudia: "Nothing...You hit a pillow..."

Luc: "That's not what I wanted to hear! Answer me, monster!"

Rudia: "Yes, I'm a monster, but I've always loved Emilie and everything I've done I never wanted to.

My mother, stuck in hell, always manipulated me like a doll...

The massacres, the deaths, the victims, the sacrifices...

It was me without being me. She possessed me until now. I'm worthless to her and Emilie is her new toy...

She manipulates her into a monster like me... But I never wanted all those deaths, I never liked human flesh... When I was little, I was very nice and had human friends until the day mother fell on me, blackmailed me and then... you know the rest...

I'm tired and exhausted... I wish I had a family like you. I beg your forgiveness, Luc, and Celine's. But you must come with me to the astral, to see for yourself the danger and the trap, and save Emilie and my two treasures. I can't bear to be unjustly hated... I don't deserve all this... If I could bring my victims back to life...

Please, Luc, help me save the children."