Kyra went back to the towers. While she was walking down the hall, she heard someone crying in one of the rooms. She got close to the half open door and saw Angelina sitting on the floor.

"Miss Angelina, what happened?" asked Kyra and helped her to get up and sat on the bed.

"No…" was the only thing that Angelina whispered.

"Are you ok?" asked Kyra, unsure what to do.

"…Angelina…" Kyra heard someone's voice behind her back. She turned around to see who that was but on her surprise she couldn't see anyone. Angelina just looked at the door for a second, while tears were still going down her face.

"Please, Miss Angelina, calm down." said Kyra "Please, tell me what happened."

"No…he…oh, no…" said Angelina and screamed "No! Go away!"

"Miss Angelina, please, you're scaring me…" said Kyra worried.

"Kyra, please leave me alone." whispered Angelina.

"Are you sure?" asked Kyra.

"Yes…I'll be fine." said Angelina "Oh and be careful."

"Ok." said Kyra surprised and went to her room. She sat on her bed, thinking for some moments. It felt horrible to be alone, especially if Angelina went crazy too. Kyra immediately looked for papers under her bed but she was shocked because they were gone. She looked around the room, searching for them but she found nothing.

"Oh, no!" said Kyra nervously "Galbatorix is going to kill me."

She ran down the hall, hoping to find the servants who might threw the papers while cleaning her room. Suddenly she saw someone standing in the dark corner. She stopped for a moment and looked better at the dark but she couldn't recognize the person. Actually she wasn't even sure is someone really standing there, because it wasn't weird to see things in Galbatorix's crazy towers. Finally Kyra decided to walk away but then she heard something moved in the dark.

"Looking for these?" said the voice from the dark and waved with the papers.

Kyra gasped, trying to recognize the voice but she was too afraid to do something. Even now she wasn't sure is she just seeing things or it's real.

"You're even more beautiful than I thought." said the voice.

"Who…are…you?" managed to say Kyra but her voice sounded more like a whisper.

"You even smell like her." suddenly said the voice behind her back. Kyra gasped when she felt someone's hands on her back and neck. She was so scared that she couldn't even move.

"Let go of me." said Kyra, still shivering.

"Fine." finally said the voice and she turned around immediately but once again she couldn't see anyone.

"I'm here." laughed the voice from another side but when Kyra looked in that direction she couldn't see anyone.

"See you later." said the voice and Kyra was looking around confused. Suddenly she saw one of the servants and hurried to get to her.

"Do you need anything, Miss Kyra?" asked the woman.

"Umm, not really. But I wanted to ask you something." said Kyra, still looking around nervously.

"Yes?" the woman smiled.

"Do you know maybe why Miss Angelina is so upset?" said Kyra "Oh, and did the king invite some guests? Magicians or something?"

"I'm sorry, Miss. I can't tell you." said the woman and looked at the floor.

"Why?" Kyra asked surprised.

"King's order." said the woman quietly.

"I guess I'll have to ask him then." said Kyra, not really liking that idea. After some thinking she decided to really do that. But when she got closer to the throne room she saw the door are half opened. She looked inside and saw a man, completely dressed in black, standing in front of Galbatorix. They seemed both happy and Galbatorix was laughing like she never heard before. Suddenly Galbatorix said the man's name and Kyra gasped in shock.

"Can't be." gasped Kyra surprised and realized that they heard her. She felt some strange power pulling her into the throne room. Finally she hit the wall and fell down. The king was smiling at her.

"Kyra, Kyra, Kyra…didn't your father tell you that it's impolite to listen to other people's conversations?" laughed the king.

"I'm sorry, my king." said Kyra, getting up slowly "I wasn't listening…I just got here."

"Beautiful liar." smiled the man.

"Yes." laughed Galbatorix and Kyra realized they were reading her mind.

"Should I tell her what she wants to know?" laughed Galbatorix and looked at the man.

"As you want, my king." said the man with a huge smile on his face and looked at Kyra.

"Oh…" gasped Kyra when she saw his face.

"What? Surprised?" smiled the man "But you know who am I, right?"

"…Morzan…" whispered Kyra "But you're…"

"Correction. I was dead. As you see I'm not anymore." he laughed.

"Oh." gasped Kyra again, feeling like she's going to faint.

"That beautiful stone of life and death brought me back." smiled Morzan "Isn't that great?"

"Huh." said Kyra and whispered more to herself "Why?"

"I have great plans for me and my loyal friend." smiled Galbatorix "But that's none of your business."

"Can I go now, my king?" asked Kyra shocked, hoping to get as fast as she could to her room.

"Go if you want to run away from here." laughed Galbatorix.

"I'm going with you." said Morzan.

"What?" asked Kyra shocked.

"Just to make sure you come safe to your room." smiled Morzan and Galbatorix nodded.

"I'm dead." thought Kyra nervously and hurried to her room. Morzan followed her.

"What are you?" suddenly asked Kyra, realizing she doesn't have anything to loose.

"I'm a Shade." said Morzan and Kyra could see the shine in his eyes.

"Oh." said Kyra surprised "Did you know my mother?"

"What's this? So many questions?" laughed Morzan "You're a brave girl. Just like your mother was."

"Was…" gasped Kyra in shock and looked at him.

"Yes, princess. Your mother was in love with me." he laughed "She left you and your poor daddy because of me. Ah, how beautiful she was…so passionate."

"Did you…" Kyra was in shock, trying to stop the tears she felt are coming to her eyes.

"She was getting too annoying. She wanted me to be only with her…she actually believed me!" he laughed.

"You killed my mom!" yelled Kyra, while tears were going down her face.

"I never said that." smiled Morzan "You'll have to prove that."

"No…" whispered Kyra "How is this possible? You're dead!"

"Still don't believe it's me?" he smiled "Well, too bad for you because it is me. I was dead but Galbatorix saved my body with magic until the moment he woke me up again."

"Why now?" whispered Kyra.

"It was the only chance. It's not easy to bring someone back to life, you should know that. There were many things that needed to be completed." said Morzan.

"If I prove you killed my mother, I'm going to kill you." whispered Kyra.

"You're so brave…but that didn't help you mother either." he whispered "Being so brave on words puts you in lot of danger. She would tell you that if she could."

"…why now…" whispered Kyra to herself, afraid of what will happen.

"Don't you get it?" Morzan looked at her "Everyone had to be away so I can come."

"But why?" asked Kyra "Are you afraid they would kill you?"

"You're funny." laughed Morzan "But it's true my power is not the strongest at the moment. By the time they get back…I will be as strong as Galbatorix."

"Let go of me." said Kyra when Morzan placed his hand on her face.

"You're so much like her…it's unbelievable." he whispered with some strange excitement in his voice "It doesn't surprise me that Murtagh fell in love with you."

"What?" gasped Kyra "How do you…?"

"I saw everything." he gave her an evil smile "His strength helped to bring me back to life so with that some of his memories got into my mind."

"No." whispered Kyra shocked "Why this had to happen to me?"

"You're survive, sweetie." laughed Morzan "I hope. You seem to be very valuable to the king. And if he knew you let passion to rule you!"

Kyra looked shocked and finally entered her room, sitting down on the floor.

"Don't worry…I won't tell him…yet!" Morzan smiled evilly.

"What do you want?" asked Kyra, staring at the wall.

"Nothing yet." said Morzan "You'll find out on time."

Kyra watched him walk away and close the door. Finally she took a deep breath and stopped the tears from coming.

"My dad was right." she said to herself "He did kill my mother!"

After four days of traveling, Todd finally came to the town. First he went to get that papers Galbatorix asked for. It took him some time to remember where the tower was.

"Hey, Todd!" said the old man who was keeping the tower "Nice to see you!"

"Hey, Rick!" smiled Todd "Do you guess why I came?"

"Huh, probably the king wants something." Rick rolled his eyes and laughed.

"How did you know?" laughed Todd as they were entering the tower.

"I knew you well, my friend." said Rick "You would never leave her alone during a war. How is she anyway?"

"Oh, Kyra's fine." said Todd "Just it's hard to keep her safe there."

"When I heard she became a princess, I wanted to congratulate to you and her but it was safer not to send anything." said Rick.

"Yeah, sure. Thanks." smiled Todd when they entered in the room with that papers "Wow, nothing changed since the last time."

"Well, of course it didn't! I keep it!" smiled Rick, while Todd was looking around.

"Now it will take me some time to find the right books!" said Todd watching at the huge collection of all kinds of books.

"Don't worry. Just tell me what you need." smiled Rick "I know this room like my pocket!"

"Sure you do, my friend!" laughed Todd "But I also need to ask you for a favor."

"Anything you want!" said Rick "If I can do it, of course!"

"I have to check some old documents." said Todd seriously "But you have to promise me you won't tell anyone, especially not to the king's men."

"No problem." said Rick.

"Thanks." said Todd "It's very important for me. This is the last place that left."

"What are you looking for?" asked Rick curiously "If I can know…"

"I need proves for something." said Todd "Something that is killing me for years."

"Let me guess…" said Rick "It's about your wife?"

"Yes." said Todd "I know he killed her! I know he took her away from me! I just need proves for that!"

"Todd, what's the point? Even if you prove that, nothing will change." said Rick "You're torturing yourself for nothing."

"It's not for nothing!" said Todd "If I don't clear out what happened to her, I will never be calm! I will feel like I betrayed her!"

"But Todd, she betrayed you when she left with him!" said Rick "She doesn't deserve all your love."

"Maybe he forced her! Put a spell on her!" said Todd desperately.

"Why do you think there are proves for that?" asked Rick.

"Someone has to know something about her! Maybe some letters, documents…anything." said Todd.

"It can take forever…and there still might be nothing." said Rick, worried about Todd.

"I know! But I have to know." said Todd "You don't know how it feels for me! I simply have to know."

"Ok, I'll help you." finally said Rick "But I can't promise you anything. I saw here some old love letters and things but I never read them. It's a private stuff, you know?"

"I'll do anything." said Todd "I just want the truth. I don't want to die before explaining to my daughter what really happened. I don't want her to have wrong image about her mother. That's why I need to know what really happened."

"You're lucky to have Kyra." said Rick with a sad look in his eyes "My wife left me alone."

"Yes…but he tried to take her away from me too." said Todd angrily.

"What are you talking about?" asked Rick surprised.

"Morzan's son kissed her." said Todd "And when I remember how I was the one who had to teach him how to use magic…I'm afraid he did something to her…"

"Do you think he fell in love with her?" asked Rick.

"No. She was probably just fun for him. He was trying to do anything to annoy me." said Todd.

"So he's the same as his father?" asked Rick.

"It's hard to say actually. In some things he is a little bit different but I don't want him near my daughter." said Todd.

"And what does she think about him?" asked Rick.

"Well she almost decided not to marry Adrian because of him! I guess he managed to confuse her a bit." said Todd.

"So you would never let her be with him, even they love each other?" asked Rick.

"Never!" said Todd "But that won't happen, so let's just look for the papers."

"But you know this will take us some days." said Rick.

"No problem. I'm leaving only if Kyra is in danger." said Todd.

Adrian was walking through the dark woods. He actually wasn't sure where he is going but kept going forward. His only hope was to find an elf and finish this as fast as he could. The only worry he had on his mind was what will happen to Kyra and did someone told her the truth that he's probably not coming for a longer time than he said. He already passed near some towns to get some food and drink. The worst thing was that he had to hide and dress weird so no one would recognize him. While being in one town he heard people talking about his father and Eragon. He had to do his best not to react on some evil comments about him. Of course he knew that wasn't true but it upset him that people say things like that. Because if he wanted to be a king someday, it was impossible that people think bad about him. But being the evil king's son didn't really help. Adrian realized that he was never going on big trips alone. He wanted that someone goes with him but Galbatorix thought the plan will work the best if he goes alone. But on the other hand Adrian thought that no one is that crazy to run away alone. Adrian got tired again from walking and sat under one tree. He wasn't used to sleeping in the woods but tonight he didn't want to go to the town to find a place where to sleep. Probably because the town was too far and he didn't stay in the last one on his way because it was too early to stop.

"I'm probably the craziest person in this country." thought Adrian "I can't even do anything to stop my crazy father. Maybe I should have taken Kyra with me…running away with her wouldn't have been the best idea but better than this! Someone can kill me so easily that I don't want to even think about it! Why the damn egg just didn't hatch? And no one can make sure the egg will hatch for me if an elf uses magic on it. Why I didn't run away with Kyra when she wanted? Before that stupid Rider appeared. We would be out of the country, away from everyone…Ah, what's the point anyway? I'm here now and I can't change anything. Now if I could find the elves, actually one would be enough…but they won't run into me just like that. Seems like no one really wants to see me. I wonder how long will it take for them to realize that they could use me against the king. The last thing I want now is that they hide away from me."

Some days passed and the tension in Galbatorix's towers was growing. Kyra was getting more and more nervous and only thing she could do was talk to Angelina.

"I can't do this anymore." said Kyra while walking around in her room.

"Kyra, everything will be fine." said Angelina who was sitting in the room.

"I'm going away from here." whispered Kyra "I'm going after Adrian."

"Kyra, you can't." said Angelina "Galbatorix won't let you go."

"I have a plan. I'm running away this night." said Kyra.

"Honey, you can't do that! They will kill you!" said Angelina upset.

"I have to…I can't be here anymore like this." said Kyra nervously.

"What are you going to do?" said Angelina "You don't have where to go! And think that you're putting many people in danger!"

"I can't be here alone! Love was the only thing that kept me normal here! Without him I'm lost." said Kyra with a sad look in her eyes.

"Buthe is coming back soon." said Angelina.

"Yes, but that can take months!" said Kyra nervously.

"Not him." said Angelina with a mysterious smile on her face.

"What?" Kyra looked at her surprised.

"You know what I'm talking about." said Angelina "You can't deny you feel something for him."

"How can you say that? I'm married with your son!" said Kyra shocked.

"Oh, Adrian is like his father…never knew what a woman wants." said Angelina "Do you want to put us all in danger? If you need love, fun or whatever…you can have a Dragon Rider."

"Is that the best advice you can give me?" asked Kyra angrily "Do you hate your son that much?"

"I don't hate him!" said Angelina nervously "But he reminds me every day on my mistake! Oh, I wish I had a daughter like you…"

"But you can't think like that!" yelled Kyra.

"And you can't live with a man you don't love completely!" said Angelina "You will destroy your and his life! Yes, you do love him but I can see it…there is no passion between you two…"

"And what should I do? Love I have for Adrian is enough for a happy life." said Kyra "You don't know what you're talking about."

"You already cheated on my son!" suddenly yelled Angelina.

"What?" Kyra looked at her shocked.

"I know everything!" said Angelina "Morzan told me!"

"But I wasn't married then!" said Kyra.

"So what? You were my son's girlfriend and you were with another man! That's not cheating?" said Angelina and laughed.

"It is…" whispered Kyra "But that was a mistake! And you're trying to make me do it again…even worse!"

"No, I'm trying to open your eyes!" said Angelina "You're making mistake by mistake."

"No…I can't!" said Kyra and tears appeared in her eyes.

"Do what you want." finally said Angelina "But everything you do will be just your fault."

"Miss Kyra, Miss Angelina!" suddenly yelled the woman who entered the room.

"What?" Kyra looked surprised.

"You have to come!" said the woman "The king is…"

Kyra and Angelina didn't wait any longer. They all immediately ran to the throne room. When they got there, they could see Galbatorix throwing things around. The room was completely destroyed.

"Wait here." whispered Angelina to Kyra and slowly entered the room.

"I can't believe it!" yelled Galbatorix angrily.

"What happened?" asked Angelina quietly.

"They failed!" yelled Galbatorix and crashed more things in the room.

"Calm down…my love." said Angelina quietly. Galbatorix looked at her for a moment and a crazy smile appeared on his face.

"Oh, Angelina, you came!" Galbatorix smiled and hugged her. Angelina just gave a sign behind his back to Kyra that she should leave. Kyra immediately closed the door and left them there. When she turned around to go back to her room, she saw Morzan.

"Don't go there." said Kyra "It's not the best moment."

"Really?" laughed Morzan.

"Galbatorix will wish you're dead if you go there now." smiled Kyra.

"Why do you say that?" Morzan looked at her suspiciously.

"Because his plan failed." laughed Kyra.

"What?" Morzan looked shocked.

"Oh, you don't know? Where were you?" asked Kyra surprised.

"You're annoying." he said and pushed her against the wall.

"Eww." she said "You've been drinking. I didn't know a Shade can do that."

"Shut up!" he said and threw her on the floor. Kyra fell down unconscious.