Derek's brother stood and started walking toward the door while flames still flickered around his hands.
The lackey lay on the floor breathing hard and thinking he might survive because Derek's brother was leaving.
Then Derek's brother stopped without turning fully around.
He fired a concentrated flame blast back into the room. The fire hit the man before he could move, and he screamed as the flames consumed him while the apartment filled with smoke.
Derek's brother left the building while the man burned behind him without calling his father yet because he wanted to face James first and find out why Derek had been looking for him. If James was connected to Dock 7's destruction, then Derek's brother wanted to hear it from James's mouth before reporting anything to their father.
