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Peril lunged toward Scarlet, her talons outstretched, reaching for the former queen's face. Scarlet screamed and let go of Magma.
"Mom?" Magma asked.
"GO!" Peril yelled. The dragonet flew off.
"Now," Peril said to Scarlet. "I'm going to make your face symmetrical again."
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A group of SandWings screamed as frostbreath hit their scales. Winter leaped forward and bashed a couple of them with his tail.
Vulture thudded down on the sand and launched himself at Thorn, talons reaching for her neck.
"THORN!" Qibli yelled.
"The Eye of Onyx is finally mine!" Vulture yelled. He had managed to pull the necklace off of the SandWing Queen's neck.
The Eye crackled orange and began sparking. Qibli knew exactly what was going to happen to Vulture. He'd only seen the Eye crackle like this once, and it was when Blister died.
The Eye crackled faster and faster. Every dragon in the courtyard stopped fighting, watching the Eye. Orange lightning engulfed Vulture.
And then Qibli's grandfather exploded into dust.
Thorn got up, and picked up the Eye. It crackled purple, then stopped.
Qibli had never felt so relieved.
"That's Vulture down," Thorn said. "Now where are the evil queens?"

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