THE GATEKEEPER

Chapter 26

“Easy, easy, Vinzgar!” Bastian soothed, placing his hand on Vinzgar’s shoulder once more to calm him down. “None of us here believe that statement; for that matter, Zero, Boreta, and I know you far too well to even consider this a possibility from you.”

Drake had his hand on his chin, deep in thought as Bastian calmed down Vinegar. He then looked up at Bastian.

“There’s three possible answers that I can think of, Bastian,” he said. All the dragons turned to look at him. “One, Vinegar is lying. I can’t say much about him since I hardly know Vinzgar, but if you trust him, that’s a good enough reason to rule that possibility out.”

Bastian and several others nodded at this.

“Two, there’s the chance that Vinzgar was somehow controlled against his will when that order was placed and has no memory of it.”

“That’s nearly impossible,” Boreta interjected, shaking her head. “Magic might not be the Killing family’s strong point, but Vinzgar has an exceptionally high amount for his family. And bra