"This fight is not over!"

They begin to duel again. Leo, more furious than ever, cuts Drago deeply across the chest, ripping his shirt open. On his bare chest, the Palioxis ruby, embedded in his skin, surrounded by large bulging veins and muscles is revealed. A Marquise cut gemstone. It looked as though it was shoved into him, and his body attached itself to it.

Kip's last arrow finds its way straight through Drago's eye and escapes the back of his head. Drago ...