Dragon: The Embers Core Book - MrGone's Character Sheets

you actually were his daughter, but I made a promise. If anyone deserves to take my legacy, it’s
you.”
The sun was up. Sunday morning, new week. The police would come for the alarm soon.
In fact, it was odd that they hadn’t already. “You want me to eat this, your heart. And that will
end your life.”
“Yes.”
“Won’t that turn me into… you know, something big mean and scaly?” Ivan let a waft of
smoke escape his nostrils.
“It’s not so bad. You get to breathe fire and fly without an airplane.”
“I’m afraid of heights.”
“Ah, that won’t last. You’ll get used to it in no time.”
Cameron took the heart from Ivan’s claws. Looking it over top to bottom, the only
response she could muster was “Will it hurt?”
“What?”
“When you die, will it hurt?”
“If I said yes, would that stop you?”
“It might.”
“Well I don’t think it will.” Lub-dub. The heartbeat quickened. “Please, Cameron.”
Thump
THUMP
THUMP
She lowered her mouth to the soft flesh.
The sound rang in her head as she sank her teeth in.
And for a moment, silence. She felt a burning down her throat that crawled into her chest.
Time stopped, and she could feel her entire body light up with an intense heat. She felt…
different. She felt empowered. She felt GOOD.
She took another bite, and then another, and as she ate the room shrank around her.
THUMP
In her chest now. Where the sound belonged. Where it had always intended to go. Ivan
sat lifeless on the floor a man again. He looked… comfortable; Cameron justified herself with
the notion that she’d brought him peace.
The police would be there soon. When they came, she would greet them with fire.