Chapter 125


    #125 The Throne Room


    Strangely, an awful noise was heard as the door finally moved. The sound of something incredibly


    massive and heavy resonated in the fault, and Cassandra had to protect her ears. Yet, had growled


    even more furiously, pulling the handle even more. The Golden Dragon was determined, and the door


    was still resisting, but it was almost done. Cassandra could finally see that opening. At her feet, Kian


    chirped excitedly and ran to jump on the golden dragon’s back. The little dragon escted the body at


    least ten times bigger than his, peaking at what was going on behind that door.


    He suddenly made another one of his high-pitched sounds, and in a split second, Cassandra saw him


    jump and fly away in the interstice.


    “Kian!” She called, but he had disappeared.


    Where had he gone to! Cassandra didn’t like losing her son’s dragon now, she was scared something


    would happen to him. She knew that door had to open up to somewhere behind the Emperor’s giant


    golden throne. However, soon enough, she heard another furious growling, and this time, it wasn’t


    even scarier, she could tell those weren’t Krai’s.


    She was terrified to go there, but even more terrified that something would have happened to the baby


    dragon. Running to the other side of had, she went to face the interstice, and almost immediately,


    stepped back, terrorized by what she had seen behind it. Red scales.


    The thought had crossed her mind while seeing where they were headed. She had heard the horn and


    seen had’s misery. She could only think of one scenario to exin all that, but she had been


    pushing those dark thoughts to the back of her mind until now. She just didn’t want to think about such


    a horrible oue, and yet…


    The growls of both dragons went louder and louder, and terrifying. The more had was pushing the


    door, struggling to open it, the more Vrehan’s dragon was trying to prevent him from going out. Despite


    the difference of strength between the two, had was somehow weaker than usual. Cassandra bit


    her lower lip. The Emperor’s state definitely had an effect on his Dragon…


    She couldn’t stay here though, not when she had lost sight of Kian. The interstice was now wide


    enough for her to slip through, actually, two men could have fit in, but not a full-grown dragon.


    Cassandra tried to position herself around the dragon, watching both creatures’ actions. This was


    extremely risky. Kian had quickly flown his way out, but she would have to make a run and pray. It


    would take only a second for the Red Dragon to notice her and kill her. Hopefully, she could escape


    him, and even perhaps make him distracted enough that had could finish opening that door and


    extract himself.


    Moreover, she was concerned about all the ruckus she could hear on the other side. Cassandra wasn’t


    familiar with battlefield, but the horrible sounds and screams she could hearing from behind the


    wall of red scales looked very much like a war was going on out there. What was happening in the


    Throne’s room, who was fighting who? Her heartbeat was elerating fast. If Kian had flown so


    confidently, he ought to know who was behind that door. And there weren’t many people the baby


    dragon would go to fly to…


    Raising her green eyes on the red Dragon, Cassandra took a deep breath and prepared herself to


    make a run for it. had was still struggling and growling furiously, and hopefully, the ruckus would


    hide her escape even more. The Red Dragon probably hadn’t even noticed her. She remembered she


    and Kian had worked together to make him blind, permanently perhaps. She took a deep breath, and


    started running.


    This short distance felt like miles away.


    Cassandra had no idea what she would find behind, but she couldn’t stay back and wait to be caught in


    a fight between two adult dragons. She just ran in a straight line, her eyes riveted on the little space


    where she could see an actual wall behind Vrehan’s Dragon. Her heartbeat went even crazier when


    she ran past the door. Just a bit more! She kept running, even stumbled on something, a rock or a


    w, and got back up to keep running again.


    Finally, Cassandra jumped over a red paw, and fell on all fours, next to the Emperor’s throne. Her eyes


    tried to


    grasp a hold of the situation as quickly as possible. Dozens of men were fighting in the Hall, but many


    of them were down on the ground already. The whole room had its soil covered in blood… It truly was a


    battlefield, all contained in one room. She looked up, trying to find who the assants were when she


    finally saw him. Kairen.


    She lost her breath for a second.


    He was standing there, a few meters away from her. As if he had felt her stare on him, his ck eyes


    rose up to look for hers too. For a couple of precious seconds, they found each other. She was


    shocked, her heart couldn’t even contain this much emotion at once. Tears appeared in her eyes. He


    really was there. Her War God, her Prince. Kairen was there, standing proudly, his body covered in


    scales and blood, but alive. She smiled, almost nervously, in such relief her mind couldn’t formte a


    thought strong enough. Kairen, Kairen, Kairen. She could barely believe it, but it was his obsidian eyes


    riveted on her.


    “Kai-…”


    She tried to call him when a wave of pain tore her scalp. Cassandra felt pulled back, as arge hand


    was holding on by her hair. She suddenly felt the cold metal of a de held on her throat, and she


    gasped in horror. She had almost forgotten every Dragon ought to have his master close. She tried to


    fight herself, but a sharp pain on her neck prevented her from trying any further.


    “Look, look, Kairen… Your precious little witch came right into my arms…”


    Cassandra’s heart went from relief to horror in a split second. After she had tried so hard to fight him,


    she had ended up in Vrehan’s hands! She wanted to scream in despair. She couldn’t believe it, all of


    this for nothing! She could hear the two dragons still struggling behind her, had fighting his way out,


    but this seemed like a detailpared to the fight between the brothers.


    Kairen’s face had gone white as soon as Vrehan touched Cassandra. She heard the second Prince


    body she was holding and red at Vrehan.


    “You rat face…”


    “Oh-oh, be careful Shareen, I killed one of them, I’ll happily make itst longer for the other one.”


    Cassandra’s blood went cold. Killed who? Who had he killed? She felt like she was missing an


    important piece of information, and her eyes searched through the room.


    She saw it. She hadn’t even seen it when she was so close. Missandra,ying in a pool of blood right


    at their feet. Cassandra immediately screamed in horror. No, no, not her younger sister, not Missandra.


    Not Mie. She couldn’t even stand that horrible vision. Her sister was lying, not moving, her body circled


    and covered in red. She couldn’t even see her face, as she was lying on her stomach, her face in the


    blood and covered by her hair. Cassandra couldn’t stop crying. She couldn’t even check if Missandra


    was really dead! She couldn’t even see if her sister wasn’t alive. She couldn’t stand it, she kept shaking


    her head and struggling against Vrehan.


    “Enough!”


    On her right, another figure appeared. Cassandra red as she had never red at anyone before.


    Lephys, with his neck perfectly fine. The fifth brother chuckled, amused by her re, and walked over.


    He pushed Missandra with his feet, looking bored.


    In horror, Cassandra saw her younger sister’s body roll down the stairs. She gasped and cried, fighting


    Vrehan to try and go see her. Across the room, Shareen was just as horrified.


    “Lephys, you son of a…”


    “Shut the fuck up, Shareen”, protested the fifth brother. “You are not in charge anymore, and if you


    don’t want that bitch of a witch dead yet, shut the fuck up for once.”


    The Princess red at him, but for once, she truly had no choice. Vrehan was holding Cassandra, a


    de clearly held against her throat, and they knew he wouldn’t have the slightest remorse killing her.


    Kairen was facing his worst nightmare. He was too far to do anything without risking Cassandra killed.


    From far away, they heard the furious growls of Krai adding to those of the two dragons already


    present. Kian, who had flown to Kairen prior, looked worried too, retreating behind Kairen’s legs but still


    growling a bit.


    This situation was a nightmare. Cassandra knew Kairen could kill his brother if she wasn’t there. It may


    even exin why her sister had been… like this already. She gasped, and struggied again, furious.


    “You won’t be emperor,” she hissed, her eyes full of tears and her voice hoarse.


    “Oh, I already am, little bitch. The council agreed to make me the Emperor just an hour ago.”


    “You are no Emperor,” she protested, “and you won’t be one. You’ll be dead. This Empire needs


    no Emperor. like you, no one would allow that. Not the Council, not the former Emperor, not your


    siblings, no one. The Gods themselves will punish you. You have no right but those of a cheater, a


    coward!”


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    “Shut up, damn witch!” Yelled Vrehan.


    Out of anger, he rose his de, and cut a long line on Cassandra’s back, making the young woman


    scream in pain. She had her tears in her eyes, butpared to everything she had undergone before,


    this was nothing. She couldn’t allow this.


    She hade here to make sure Vrehan wouldn’t be the Emperor. She knew this would mean her


    son’s death, Kairen’s death, and if she was the obstacle to their safety, Cassandra didn’t care.


    “I am the strongest Emperor! Kairen is nothing but an idiot!”


    “You’re about to die, you asshole…” Hissed Shareen.1


    “You can’t be Emperor when your Dragon is wicker,” added Cassandra. “Everyone will know the


    Emperor had the weakest Dragon out of his brothers. You can’t fight Krai, and you can’t fight Kairen!


    You even locked up the Emperor’s Dragon because you couldn’t see that!”


    Behind them, a horrible ruckus suddenly rose as had suddenly broke free from the Vault. The door


    exploded behind them, and everyone near the throne lost their ground. Cassandra pushed Vrehan and,


    instead of trying a run she could never make, she jumped to get down the stairs. Her body violently hit


    the stairs one after another, but finally, she found herself above Missandra just in time to protect her.


    The exploded door sent rocks raining on them, and she tried to protect her head. She felt suddenly


    vivid pains assaulting her body, but she tried to withstand it.


    It onlysted a few seconds, after which she found herself covered in dust and, more importantly,


    caught between the fight of two dragons. had, finally free, attacked the red dragon furiously despite


    the little space. She turned her head around, trying to spot Kairen in this mess. The first one she saw


    was Lephys, screaming something she couldn’t understand. His eyes were riveted on the two dragons


    fighting.


    Cassandra knew she had to make use of every second she had. She touched Missandra, and, much to


    her relief, her sister seemed alive. Barely, but the younger sister was still breathing weakly. Cassandra


    tried to stand up next, but a sharp pain kept her seat. She turned her eyes and realized her left leg was


    stuck under arge piece of rock. She couldn’t even move it! Howe she hadn’t even felt the pain


    earlier? She tried to stop her tears and looked around for help through the cloud of dust.


    “Kairen!” She yelled. “Shareen!”


    She called, again and again, even coughing when she breathed in too much dust. Cassandra was


    absolutely desperate. With the stones of the door exploding all ways and the dragons fighting, this


    room had gone from a war zone toplete chaos. She saw imperial guards running all directions,


    and she couldn’t stop Shareen or Kairen. She couldn’t move Missandra, but she searched her sister,


    checking all of her injuries and pockets.


    “You damn witch!”


    Cassandra reacted as soon as she heard the voiceing from behind her. Had he not yelled, he may


    have avoided this, but the young woman rose her dagger in a split second to protect herself.


    Vrehan screamed, covering his face and the blood that was flowing. Cassandra was satisfied she had


    injured him, but she was still stuck there, in front of that murderer.