“Yes, and it killed him,” Julius replied. “At that moment, the banging at the door stopped. Larenia, Corrodon, Zorian, and Alakin came bursting through, telling us that the humans had overrun the Sanctuary and were sending multiple waves of troops toward the fortress. My friends were horrified when they saw Xenala dead on the floor. Beldazon looked up at us, all with a distant gaze, like a feral animal. He told us that he had always resented humans but never wanted to break the peace. But one unforgivable act drove his hatred to the surface. Then, he told us that he would kill every last one of them. He said that he would never stop until every human ceased to draw breath or was his to enslave. We tried to explain to him that the humans who had stormed our Sanctuary were part of a radical
