Galbatorix was furious. He angrily paced back and forth in his room at his palace in Urubaen. He punched the wall with all his might, not even scathing a single knuckle. One sentence raced through his mind worming in the way of all other thoughts, How did she escape?

It had been two days since the guards had found her missing. He was still furious, because that had been the second one to fall out of his hands. He had known that this one was stronger than the last one, but she shouldn't have been able to escape.

Galbatorix knew that she had hidden things from his view in her mind when she had been taken before him. He hadn't found out where the elf haven was, only that for some reason she had gone to the Spine. But he had found out her name. It was a very peculiar name for a girl. It meant that she had much promise. Her name was Skulblaka, or Dragon.

Galbatorix continued pacing, getting madder by the second. He called to his dragon, Shruikan, and told him, How can I find her? I need to find out where the elf haven is !

Shruikan said casually, Why not scry her? I know that you can't see her surroundings, but you could spy on her to figure out what she is doing.

Galbatorix thought about it, and a devilish grin spread across his wicked face. He went over to his water basin. "Draumr kopa." he said. It took a while, but soon, Galbatorix saw what he wanted to see.

An elf was riddled out in the basin. She had long, midnight black hair, which she held back with a piece of leather. Her eyes were as blue as sapphires, and the twinkled in the light A few stray locks of her fell across her beautiful face. The elf rode a majestic snow white mare. They were riding at a fast pace, across some far -off land, it seemed.

Galbatorix broke contact. He had more urgent matters to do. He went out of his room, followed by Shruikan, and went down the hallway. He made many sharp turns, and went down flights of stairs. Finally, he came to the chamber where he held the dragon eggs. He looked, and let out an anguished cry. One of the eggs...was gone.