Frina woke up. Dr. Blakk opened her cell door, and she realized the others were gone.
"There is something I need you to get from a marketer," he explained her mission. She was supposed to steal a rare slug from a slug merchant. "I'm assigning you a partner to make sure you don't run off."
"No, don't. If someone else comes with me, there's more of a chance that I'd get caught. Let me go alone."
"How do I know you won't run off?"
"I give you a Denekk's Word."
"Go get that slug now." Frina walked out the door. She walked north until she was out of sight of Blakk, and then sharply turned east towards Rasona. She whistled. Soon, a red dragon came and picked her up. Of course, Blakk had sent spies to watch her and reported to him. They flew to Rasona. Shenol, Eli and the others were waiting for her. Frina slid off the dragon's back. Blakk arrived there soon after.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk," he said. "I'm disappointed in you, Frina. You used to be so loyal."
"I am loyal, but only to the ones who deserve my loyalty. You, my friend, do not deserve it."
"But you gave me a Denekk's Word."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. You know very well that I would never do that. I gave a Denekk's Word to Eli and Trixie and such the night before."
"What?" Trixie said.
"If you give a Denekk's Word saying you'll do something and you already gave a Denekk's Word saying you wouldn't do that, and then the Word that came first is the true one."
"That's confusing."
"I agree," Blakk said. "Anyway, come back with
"We'll have to kill you."
"This again?" Frina complained. "You know you can't."
"You forgot something at my building." Blakk held up her tan belt with two sheaths on the sides- and the sheaths had two daggers in it. Frina's eyes widened.
"You have no honor," she muttered. Blakk threw both daggers at her. Frina dodged. Before she had time to recover, he fired a Ghoul and hit her square in the gut. The force knocked her into a house, which just happened to be Hevok's house. She rushed over to Frina.
"Frina?!" she exclaimed. Then she noticed Frina's necklace. "Oh, no."
"Hevok?" Frina said weakly.
"Yes, it's me," Hevok said. Frina's eyes suddenly became very heavy and closed. Hevok knew if she didn't do something soon, Frina's eyes wouldn't open again. Her breathing was very shallow and uneven, and Hevok's breathing began to match out of worry. She rushed upstairs and got three vials of thick liquids, one was yellow, one was white, and the last was red. She rushed to a pot and poured all three thick liquids and stirred it until it became blue. She poured it into a vial and poured it down Frina's throat and waited.
The liquid was sweet and warm compared to the cold Frina was experiencing. Her breathing slowed and stopped. I was too late, Hevok thought. Frina couldn't take a Ghoul for two reasons: one, she wasn't a Denekk anymore, and two, she was still very young. Three bitter words crossed Hevok's thoughts: I hate Blakk.