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Chapter 11

Nathanel looked up when he heard a twig snap behind him. Turning around he saw Aiden coming towards him.

"Hey there kiddo. What was up with all that screeching earlier?"

"The dragon demons declared war...but my sister went with them as a peace treaty." Nathanel's mouth dropped open and he stood up.

"What? Why?"

"I don't fully understand her reasonings at the moment. But I have to pay more attention to how I'm going to deal with being a DragonRider."

"So an egg hatched for you?"

"Yeah. A male dragon who I named Malakai."

"Hm...I tried a few years ago for an egg to hatch for me. It never did." Aiden lowered his eyes.

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be. I'm happy how my life is ending up so far. My brother being the king of an entire race-"

"He's dead."

"What?"

"The main reason the dragon demons declared war...was because Mordecai is dead. Nicolae killed him." Nathanel stumbled backwards.

"But...but that's impossible! Mordecai has always been some what weak when it came to how his body was, but he's never died easily!" Aiden's heart started beating faster.

"He hasn't come back yet...so I'm assuming that would mean he is dead." Nathanel pictured his twin and couldn't help but remember when he had first shown up in the back of his mind. How he had slowly taken control, instead of taking over like a complete brute, how he had aided him, how he had helped him, and how he gave him two wonderful niece and nephew.

"If my brother is in fact dead, what are the dragon demons going to do about a new king?"

"I don't know. I think that's why they wanted Alliane." Nathanel froze.

"You mean they're going to make her have tons of babies? That's wrong!" Aiden stomped his foot, but with his eyes narrowed to the point where they were almost slitted, he looked exactly like Mordecai.

"There's nothing we can do either! Uncle Nathanel, you're my fathers twin! Maybe you can somehow figure out if he's still alive!" Nathanel took an uneasy breath and put his hands on Aiden's shoulders.

"Aiden...listen to me. Just because I am Mordecai's twin, doesn't mean that I can track him. If the dragon demons were like the dragons, then I would say go talk to his rider. But they aren't meant to be rode. Sure...your mother rode your father once when we went to war against Mardonio, but that was the only time she flew on his back. Personally, I've never tried it...nor would I want to based on what your mother told me."

"What?"

"She described it as trying to ride about 50 horses at once...and all 50 of them are at a full gallop." Aiden's eyes had widened drastically, but Nathanel's mind was else where now. With his brother dead, how would they defeat Nicolae? Mordecai had helped Sapphire killed Mardonio years ago, and he just couldn't convince himself that he wouldn't be here for this battle.

~Somewhere near Ellesmera~

Falling to his knees once again, Mordecai kept his hand on his side in an attempt to stop the bleeding. When Alliane had pushed him off the cliff he had gone straight into the water, but somehow Nicolae had created an ambush for him after that. But little did Nicolae know, was that he had slit someone's throat and threw them into the water. Standing up slowly, and groaning while doing so, Mordecai turned into his demon form and hissed when he felt the blood slowly trickle out of the wound. 'Why aren't I healing?' Jumping into the air, Mordecai flew the rest of the way there. 'I'm almost there...I just have to keep going until I know for sure that Alliane has forgiven me and herself for what she did.'

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