Drayk lost track of his father, he was outside the palace inside a dark ally. It smelled like piss, and death. He rolled with his eyes, one other thing his father was not willing to tell him. The Dragon King just laid a hand on Morthia, his fiancée, the love of his life and his father was not willing to explain why he did not help them when the attack started. He wanted to scream in anger, but instead he turned around and wanted to walk back towards the palace. After what the Dragon King had done he was not letting Morthia alone in there.

"Hello soldier boy." Someone said behind him. He turned around and saw that it was Omega. He wanted to sigh and ask what she wanted. But maybe he could learn a thing or two from her.

"What do you know about the Cult of the Dragon?" He asked.

"Wow, not even a hello. Well I will not take it personally. Not after the Dark matter you have being through. Well it is a relative new organization and to be honest with you, we do not know much about them. Other than that we do not like them." She said and shrugged. "But it those not surprise me that they attacked the ball, not after you public announced that you wouldn't be the next Dragon King. Something that those not surprise me." He frowned how did she know about that? "Hello, lover boy the whole thing was live. Everyone in the empire saw it and I have to say that princess has a decent shot. More than decent." He nodded, she indeed had a decent shot. But that was not the point.

"I wonder why the rest of the guard didn't help use. My father told me that it was something I wouldn't understand, even when he explained it." Drayk said and Omega sighed.

"You are so smart and dumb at the same time. They have being ordered not to help you, he broke his orders when he tried to pull that man off the princess. But that was after you asked for his help." She said. "And it is difficult to explain when there is a gun pointed at the back from someone you love." Drayk frowned there was no gun pointed at his back when they were in Morthia's room. But there would have being some when he left that said room. He quickly looked over his shoulder. "Oh there is no one there at the moment, my men made sure about that. But we do not have much time, bring the princess to the old commander for more answers. We already have being in the process of smuggling the triplets out of the palace, so he can speak freely now." She gave him a key of some sorts. He looked at it, and recognized that it was the key towards the dungeons. "I need to go, but I have a feeling that we are going to see each other sooner then later." She said and she walked further into the ally. He didn't know what she meant by that, but there was no time for him to waste. He rushed back towards the palace, Morthia was sitting on her bed. Her throat was covered in a bandage, which was a good sign.

"I can't believe that he hurt me." She said, her hand went to her cheek. "I can't believe it." She whispered. He walked towards her and sat down.

"Follow me." He said, he took her by the hand and pulled her through the palace. He didn't stop, not even when she asked where the Dark matter they were going. He placed the key card against the pad and the door of the dungeon. Normally he wouldn't be allowed to enter, but this time he didn't care that he was breaking the rules. They, Morthia and he, needed answers. There was only one cell that was filled out, Micheal. Morthia looked at him confused. "Commander, your children are in safe hands. So speak freely." Micheal looked at them and sighed.

"Well here we go then. Let me start at the beginning. I met your father while we both were in the Dragon Guard, he considered me a friend, I considered him dangerous for everybody around him. He didn't cry when the news of his parents' death was announced, he just shrugged it off and went further with his life. That was all before he met your mother, I believe he told you about their marriage?" He asked, and Morthia nodded. "Well, they indeed had no choice in the matter, but it was not as rose colored as he told you. At least not for your mother. He beat her, abused her, and raped her. When she got pregnant with you, you would think he would be overjoyed. This however was not the case, he hit her and when she was down he made the point of telling her that if she dared to give life to a girl that he would kill the child." Morthia looked shocked, and Drayk felt his blood boil.

"So that is why she ran?" Drayk asked. Micheal nodded.

"That is why she came to me, she asked for my help and I gave it to her." He said. He looked at Morthia. "She ran to protect her unborn child. She ran to protect you." He sighed. "I can't say that I was overjoyed when you were born, yes you looked like your mother. But I feared that there would be some cruel traces of your father inside of you. That is why I treated you the way I did, so that those treats would never reach the surface." In Drayk's mind there fall some pieces of the puzzle on their place, not all of it but some.

"Do you think he wants to kill me now?" Morthia asked. Micheal shrugged.

"To be honest, I do not know. But I know one thing, he wanted to kill you, Morthia. And I know him well enough, to know that once he got something on his mind, he will not change it. The fact that you have spent some one on one time with him, and are still breathing surprises me." Micheal said and he then looked at Drayk. "I believe we got you to thank for that fact." Drayk lowered his head and breath in deeply.

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"What makes you think that we would believe you?" Drayk asked. He believed every word, but he knew that for Morthia it was something that was hard to hear.

"Your mother had a journal, she was not allowed to have one. So she hit it in one of her favorite books, but not the copy you have. This copy is inside the royal library. Drayk here knows where it is." Micheal said. Drayk nodded, he also knew that nobody was permitted to enter it. But that wouldn't stop them. "Morthia once you have the journal, please broadcast this. I do not know what your father is planning, but I know one thing, he can't be allowed to sit on that throne for much longer. Also make sure that your siblings are out of his reach." She nodded again and they left the dungeons.

"Bring me to the library." She said, he wanted to explain that it was off limits. But he did not bother.

"You are going in there alone, if your father is in there and he asks you why, you tell him that you heard from someone of the staff saying something about the library. And you as a bookworm, needed to see it for yourself." He said and nodded.

"I can say that I wanted to see if there were some history books, others then the once you showed me." She said. He stopped in front of the doors.

"It is here, I will see you back in your room. Be careful." He said, and she went in.

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The library was well light and she was amazed about how well stocked it was. But other than the rows, upon rows of books the room was empty. Her father was not there, so there was no time to waste. She walked towards, the first cabinet and started to look what contains it. She found a few history books, so she picked up two books. To make her lie a bit more believable, it took her a while before she found the book. She opened it, and saw that the seal was a bit peeled off. She closed the book and quickly hid it between the other books. The door of the library opened, and her father stepped in.

"What are you doing here?" He asked, calmly. "Don't you know that the library is off limits?" She shook her head.

"I heard some maid talk about the library after she saw my collection of books. And you know what kind of bookworm I am." She said. "Besides Crux let slip that he is going to quiz me the day after tomorrow about the history of the empire, so I wanted to see what I could find to read up on the topic. I am sorry if I broke a rule." She looked down. "I will place the books back." He walked towards her and looked at the books. She prayed to the Dragon that he wouldn't find the copy of Summer Star between them.

"Those topics are pretty deep, but that goes to show how clever you are." He said. There was no clue that he was on to something, He nodded and frowned. "You will blow that quiz out of the water." He said. "Next time just ask me." She nodded and she almost ran out of the library. Her heart was once again beating in her chest, was this because she lied to her father, or was this still the result of her now knowing the truth. She shot the door behind.

"And?" He asked, but she shook her head. She pointed towards the walls and then to her ears. He nodded, and smiled. "Where did you get those books?" She smiled.

"From the library, and you don't have to tell me that this it is off limits. Because daddy already told me." She said with a half grin, she was so nervous. Now that she had the journal, how was she able to get it to the public? She did not know.

"Hey this is a book about the ministry of News and Intelligence. That is very close by, if you want to know more about what they do there, I suggest a visit." Drayk said and she nodded, he just answered her question. She didn't have the chance to meet the ministers and the other members of the court, because of the attack. But that didn't mean that she couldn't visit their place of business. "But for now put those books away and come to bed. It is late and you had a long day." She nodded again, placed all the books on her desk, except for Summer Star she placed that one inside the cabinet and took her own out of the cabinet, and lay that one by the rest. So that if her father visits her room during the night, he wouldn't be able to take that one away from her. She changed into her night clothes and fall asleep as soon her head hit the pillow, Drayk's chest.

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Drayk was so relieved when she entered the room, meaning that she was safe for now. Tomorrow he would take her to the ministery, but before that they had a meeting with Omega. Something he had set up when she was inside the library, he wondered if Omega knew what Micheal was going to tell them. He also had checked the triplets room, they were gun and Madam Charlo had told him that they were at their grandparents house. Something he was relieved to hear, meaning that they were protected by Lady and Lord Hemera. But if they were going to pull this off they needed to be off the ship. All of them needed to be off the ship, outside the Dragon King's reach. He sighed, there was so much they needed to think about for doing this and he hoped that Omega would be willing to help them a bit more. For a right price of course. He smiled at that thought, of course Omega was willing to do almost everything for the right price, except turning herself in. Morthia lay a hand on his chest, right above his heart, he lay an arm around her. He didn't make himself any illusions. This was going to be dangerous and once they started there was no turning back. He was fully aware of this, like he was fully aware that he was going to give everything for her even his own life. She will never forgive him, when he died during this battle. But if this meant that she got to life, and rule... Yes he was willing to sacrifice himself. He closed his eyes and fall asleep.