Impossible Creatures

Mal decides to return home, and Christopher decides to accompany her when nothing he says convinces her to stay. As the two make their way to the docks, Adam Kavil attacks them. Kavil wounds Christopher and Gelifen as they try to defend Mal. Nighthand appears and gives the murderer a fatal wound with the glamry blade. Nighthand questions Kavil before he dies and learns that Anja Trevasse revealed the group’s location. Kavil is the minion of a man named Francesco Sforza who has found his way to the heart of the maze. Sforza is now eating all the glimourie. He plans to do the same to Christopher’s world next.

Kavil dies. Christopher realizes that Sforza’s plan is to kill Immortals while they are still children and are unlikely to remember who they are. Sforza believes that children are too helpless to pose a threat. Christopher feels a chill as he realizes that nothing on this beautiful Earth is safe. Mal replies that she isn’t helpless at all. Suddenly, they hear Gelifen cry out.