Disclaimer: If I owned Eragon, it would not be half as predictable, nor would the movie producers have mangled it the way they did.
Bond of Brothers
Prologue
Selena had known of her husband's cruelty for many years. It was this that had prompted her to hide her first pregnancy from him two years ago; it was this that forced her to do so a second time. He never suspected a thing; never took the time to care if she were around or not. So when she had asked for his consent to visit her brother, he never thought she had a ulterior motive.
He thought her barren, she was sure. He was arrogant enough to believe that the love she felt for the man he had been carried over to the man he became. Either that or he believed her to afraid to defy him. It didn't really matter to her, but she would not bring a child into her husband's world. The child would either die from abuse or worse, become like his father.
She sighed in relief as she came upon her brother's small house. She would remain here until her child was born. 'Besides,' she thought, 'it gives me a chance to get to know my little Murtagh.'
Elsewhere
The self-styled king Galbatorix raged as the Shade delivered the news. Those imbeciles were useless! Not only had the Varden stolen from him, they had taken all three of last remaining eggs! And now this Shade wanted him to believe that everything had been done to recover them. It took him less than a second to draw his blade and stab the foul creature through the heart. Failure was not acceptable.
Tbc…
Hope you enjoyed! BTW, can anyone tell me the color of the third egg? I cannot remember for the life of me.