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Drake and Gavin's Death
Niccolo discovers that Drake is a dragon. He tells Spike, but Spike no longer has interest in chasing the dragon stones, so though he's upset that the secret was just under his nose all this time, he doesn't pay much attention to it. William, however, overhears this conversation. That night he sneaks into the room below deck Gavin and Drake are sharing. There he tries to kill Drake, but Drake wakes up and begins to fight him off. He gets cut in the arm, which wakes up Gavin and he follows the two out of the room, trying to stop the fight. But William is determined to get this dragon stone. Knowing he can't fight off the expert killer as a human, Drake leads William above deck and changes into his dragon form for a better chance. The battle long and hard, both sustaining major injuries before a bunch of guys are able to pull William away from the fight. Drake, exhausted and fatally wounded, falls back into his human form. Lying several yards away, his head cradled in Elan's lap, is Gavin, who is also dying. Drake manages to get himself over to them. He puts a hand on Gavin's chest and apologizes, then swallows the pain as he reached into a wound William made in his chest. He ignores Gavin's screams and his own searing pain long enough to find and remove a tiny stone, which he puts in Elan's hand. He tells the secret of the stones. A good dragon's stone holds great power while an evil dragon's stone dies and is useless. And a stone freely given will give the wisher the best of whatever is wished, but a stone stolen will given the wisher the worst possibly imagined. He orders her to wish for the curse to be broken between himself and Gavin. He will die and Gavin will be free to live on. Elan wants to do as he says but she can't let one of her friends die, so instead she wishes for Gavin's health. The stone reacts and the wish works, not only restoring Gavin to complete health but also, as an affect, Drake. The two men hug, happy to be alive and happy the other is alive. And then they hug Elan and thank her, but again Drake is left hurt and jealous in the background when Gavin surprises even himself by kissing Elan. Later he asks her to marry him and she says yes.
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