Sure enough, Violet tries to do something stupid because of course she does but her waterlogged dragon‑seatbelt saves her from falling into the void. Thankfully, staying strapped in turns out to be the smarter move, letting Rhi fight while Violet fires off a crossbow shot and grabs her friend mid‑barrel roll like the world’s most chaotic aerial lifeguard.

Then things get feral. Poor Sawyer gets his leg gnawed off by a wyvern green‑goblin nightmare, and Violet goes full dragon‑sprinter to grab him before free‑falling through the sky. Tairn swoops in like the dramatic king he is, catches them, and drops them off with the menders so Sawyer can, you know…not die.

This is also when Violet realizes Andarna is a seventh breed of dragon, which explains why the ward failed because of course her baby dragon is secretly a magical glitch in the system. I lived Andarna’s hero moments. First when she goes toe‑to‑toe with Carr’s dragon, and then when she delivers that feral, fire‑breathing, head‑biting Venin kill.

Once the ward finally goes up, Violet walks out to Xaden and the dragons…and discovers he is now a Venin‑eyeballed, magic‑sucking monster. Love that for her.

Final thoughts: We learn Xaden doesn’t know his mother’s origins, which screams Venin hiding in plain sight. I’m convinced he’ll either be cured or learn to wield his new powers without going full murder‑goblin. And the Venin? They’re absolutely still coming for Violet. Also, I need to confirm whether Andarna is a wyvern/dragon hybrid or if she’s just the universe’s most dramatic seventh breed.