Lahat ng Kabanata ng Empress of the World: Kabanata 201 - Kabanata 210

"Wait, what?" Brinn chased after the Empress as she went back down from the parapet. "You cannot reason with them where a child is involved. You of all people know how irrational parents can be."Aurora ignored her insult. "Do the dragons speak ancient tongue?""Yes," Brinn responded."Good. You will be my translator." The Empress stated with authority."Great…" Brinn rolled her eyes."What are those?" Mairwen asked as they came into the tower's chamber. Zan and Gandr had joined them. The group was crowded around the tiny tower window peering at the approaching thunder."They are dragons," Aurora said quickly as she continued to descend past them."Dragons? Why are they coming?" Zan called as fell in line after his leader. The rest followed suit."Because Cafer had the Queen's egg hidden in the palace somewhere," Alaron offered. In everyone's haste, they had almost forgotten he was with them."That filthy fiend! We are doomed." Gandr cursed. He had only seen a dragon once, but knowled

Mairwen could tell without the translation that things were not going well with the dragons. Before the magical creatures attacked--for at this rate there was no doubt in her head that they would-- the humans needed to find the Dragon Heir. The Princess considered looking for the egg herself, but then she got an idea.Slipping past Junayd, who was arguing with Alaron, Mairwen tiptoed down the stairs to find a quiet, secluded spot. When she was alone, the beautiful girl stroked the Seeker around her neck. The fairy felt cool to her touch."I wish I could find the Queen's Egg." She whispered.The chain vibrated for a moment, but then nothing happened. The small pixie remained in place at the girl's neck."Perhaps the egg has hatched. Maybe I should try a different request. I wish I could find the baby dragon." For a second time, the chain seemed to register her plea but did not comply.That could only mean one thing. She was not ever meant to find the egg. Her countenance fell in disapp

A screech from below the bridge rang out. "Liar! Thief!" the Dragon Queen wailed.Aurora felt the stone crumble around her feet as Deragona attacked them from below. Thanks to Gandr's last minute tug, both she and Zan barely missed the razor sharp jaws of the ferocious beast.Unfortunately they were pulled away from the safety of the tower. The only thing waiting for them was air and the ground far below.The Empress looked desperately for her husband. She wanted him to be the last thing that she saw before death took her. Their eyes locked for a second and she managed to give him an encouraging smile. 'Take care of yourself!' the woman wanted to scream.As Aurora readied herself to be shattered on the earth back first, everything went dark. Instead of hitting her shoulders on the ground, gravity shifted such that her feet found purchase. But she was no longer at the base of the castle. At least, the Empress did not think she was."What happened?" Aurora asked."I do not know.""I thi

Nurlan knew he was out of time when he heard the first of the towers collapse. He could hear the rumbling that only the sound of collapsing stone could make. But he could not give up. Nurlan was determined to find the dragons' egg. After he had gathered a few other soldiers to help, they had looked systematically through the halls starting with the west wing, but the rooms were far too numerous.Although the general hoped that the egg would be obvious, it could just as easily be hidden beneath any blanket or basket. This made things far more difficult. It was worse than looking for a needle in a haystack. He was looking for an egg in a palace.Nurlan entered the hundredth room--give or take--and pulled open every cabinet and uncovered every bed. The Dragon Heir was not there. When the wall next to him crumbled away inside of an angry dragon's claws, Nurlan realized he needed a better tactic. "Where would that fiendish gnome plan to hide a treasure like an egg?" he mused.Of course! Th

Devrim and his band of servants, noblemen and soldiers pushed through the wall to escape the gnomic and dragon invasion. The grey-eyed man was second-guessing his decision to leave his son and the elven spymaster behind, but there was little time to lose. If Brinn and Alaron were unsuccessful at stalling the enemy, the gnomes would catch them very soon.Ahead of the humans was the Great River. It ran from the north, wound through the city of Valiant, and continued southward. Much of the world's trade came along that river, and so ships were often spotted in the current. But the ships that Devrim saw just now were not trade ships."Pirates!" Junayd screamed."Do not look at their leader!" Devrim ordered. He turned to Mairwen and Eira. "Do you both have your glasses?" he asked as he pulled out his own pair of orange-tinted lenses.Eira slipped on her pair while Mairwen groped for the pocket in her dress. She pulled out the frames and another wave of grief washed over her. Renat had made