With a sigh, I couldn’t help but believe I was unreasonable in all this. Maybe I should have waited until things calmed down with Grandbay, Dalesbloom and the dragons before running away. But… I didn’t think I’d have been able to stop it. Sometimes the compulsions to transform were so strong that I didn’t even feel in control of my body.

There was a knock on the bathroom door. “Yes?” replied Muriel.

The door opened, revealing Gavin leering aloofly at both of us. “How bad is ...