Chapter 31: Kaylani

“Hey, is everything okay?” I ask as Everett and Avani walk into the room. Avani gives me a look, but Everett comes up, touching my hip gently.

“Perfect. Is this everyone?” he asks, looking around.

“Everyone except for Ancalagon, but I feel him outside,” I tell him.

I take a seat beside Zephyr as Everett moves to the head of the table to address everyone.

“Good morning everyone, and thank you for taking time to meet this morning. I’m not sure what Kaylani told you…”

“Nothing,” Avani interrupts him.

“I didn’t have much to tell,” I say, scowling at him.

“It’s true,” Everett says, coming to my defense. “I haven’t had a chance to tell Kaylani yet what I found. But yesterday when I was testing the venom in the bite that Aspen obtained from the bad hybrid, I found eight strands of venom in addition to the venom of the Komodo dragon.”

“Eight?” Ishir asks, surprised.

“Yes, and Kaylani realized that there was something familiar about those venom strands, but only parts of them,” he says