Vienna knew Liam was telling the truth. She had seen him change into a dragon; then she had been having dreams of her mother; the book she had discovered; and the message written on the inside of the book. The parts of the book she had flipped through and read stuck with her and made what Liam said seem very much possible. "You are all shape-shifting dragons?" Clover asked, looking at Stuart then lowering her eyes when he looked at her. Stuart paused for a moment before finally replying, "No, my brother and I are were-panthers. We shift into panthers." "So you are trying to tell us that some shape-shifting dragons are after Vienna and her sisters to become stronger, and you are just here to... protect them out of sheer goodness in your hearts?" Brian asked, not even trying to keep the

