When he finally walked through it without getting hurt thanks to the golden shield around him, he saw a creature he had never seen before, standing in the center of this pillar of fire, keeping the fire a few meters away from him.
This creature had its back to him, but Liam knew deep down in his heart that it was Ian; it could only be him. He still had a human body, but now he had black dragon-like wings that were the length of his body, and at the base of his back was a long tail that fluttered frantically from side to side.
Liam thought back to Kevin's advice and called him by the nickname he hated so much, but he was also sure that he was the only one to call him like this, "My little one... It's me, it's Liam. I came to bring you back to our home."
Ian turned his head in his direction, his face impassive, and Liam could see that he had two burgundy-colored horns on each side of his head, and his eyes had turned completely black.
