The Dragon Brothers
Chapter 56 - It’s better to Say Nothing At All

* The Castle at Drakor; The Capital of the Chromos * Wolf POV

Tomorrow is the day we march to Queen Maeve's Castle so this evening is our last meeting to tie up all loose ends. We're all about to sit down at the large wooden table when a maid comes running in saying that two people from Queen Maeve's castle are here. We all get up with our hands on swords to go see these visitors.

"Greetings, I'm Gabe and obviously from my wings you can tell I'm an angel. I've been instructed to ask for Prince Wolf. Is he here?" Gabe says smiling. He has blonde hair and tan skin but his clothes are dirty and tattered. "I'm Prince Wolf." I'm shaking because I'm wondering if he has news about Emily. I can only hope that he's at least seen and talked to her. Then from behind him hidden by his large wings walks out a timid girl. She has long blonde hair and great big blue eyes. Her clothes, much like the angel's, are dirty and tattered but there's no mistaking the love of my life, my Emily. I'm frozen in place for a brief second while tears fill my eyes. I think of all the lovesick poems I've been writing and collecting for her since she's been gone. She runs to me and I pick her up and twirl her around in my arms. My love is safe and in my arms again. Today could not be a better day. This has to be the best day of my life. I start peppering kisses all over her face as I'm so happy to see her.

"Do you need food, water, hot baths, or clothing? I asked her and the angel looking at them back and forth.

"Yes to all." Gabe says laughing. Emilly nods her head in response.

"I'll help Emily get a bath and get dressed and one of you guys can help Gabe." Viola offers.

"Sure, you can wear some of my clothes. Then we can all reconvene in the dining hall." Lucian says, putting his arm around Gabe's shoulders.

After everyone is cleaned up and dressed we meet again in the dining hall. "So Emily, tell us about your experience at Maeve's dungeon." Lucian asks the first question not knowing about or the rape.

"I would rather not talk about it if that's okay." She looks down and starts to play with her food a bit. I take her hand in mine and kiss the top of her head. I don't know what happened but whatever it is I couldn't love her any less and I'll do whatever it is to help her through it.

"What I would like to know is why." Gabe said out of the blue. "Why take such an innocent creature like Emily and torture her for thier own selfish pleasure? The only person she ever talked about she said was supposed to be dead. That's all I know. I won't say anymore. It's her story to tell." The look on his face was utter disgust and it sent chills down my spine.

"To get back at me. She wants to pick people that are around me and hurt the people I love or make the people I love hurt and she's looking for the easiest way to do that. Unfortunately, Emily was easy prey, even though Wolf had her protected, she didn't stand a chance against demons. So far none of the other women have left the castles without one of us as a guardian or in groups." Cyprian explained.

We finished dinner and the people that are fighting asked the angel if he would come to their meeting to see if he could tell of any defense tactics that Maeve had, castle layout, and what they may expect during war. Molle, Viola, and Emily separated into a different group to go have tea in the eastern gardens. Molle said she would be there in just a few minutes and went up to her room to freshen up. Lord Garbg POV

I feel like we are always a step behind that damn angel and Emily. We find a cave and it's like they just left it, we pick up their scent and then it disappears, or I think I spot them through the bushes but when there they're gone. It's almost like they have some kind of disappearing trick. Then I get my breakthrough as I watch them being led by a soldier through the gates at Castle at Drakor to the front doors then a maid leads them inside. I finally know where they are and they can't hide from me now. But I don't need to worry about them anymore. I need to focus on Molle and I know she's here too. They led me straight to her.

I walk around the castle and I have to drop down below the bushes because I hear Emily's voice talking about how good the tea tastes. I walk past her and keep making my way around the castle and find a girl standing on the terrace on the southern side of the castle as she's brushing her beautiful red hair. She is exactly how Molle was described to me. This has to be her. She turns on her heel and goes back to her bedroom. I start climbing up the trellis beneath the terrace and make it on top. The door to the terrace is still open. I take a closer look at this girl and she is so tiny she'll be easy to take.Molle.

As I step inside the room I notice a heavy crystal pitcher sitting on top of the dresser. I pick it up and while the girl's back is still turned to me I smack it as hard as I can over her head. She falls to the floor unconscious as I dig into my pocket for a handful of sand that I sprinkle in a circle around us but as I'm doing so a large man walks into the room and both of his eyes go black so I know he must be one of the dragon brothers. I quickly call out the incantation as I pick her up and just before he gets to us we disappear.

Cyprian POV

As soon as they disappear I run downstairs and back into the meeting room.

"They took Molle. That crazy bitch has my Molle. We need to leave now for the castle and get set up to attack in the morning."

"Woah! Hold on. What do you mean they took Molle. Who's they? How do you know Maeve has her?" Lucian asks, trying to calm me down.

"A man was standing in my room dressed in a black suit with a red shirt and he had Molle in his arms unconscious. He grabbed some sand from his pocket and sprinkled it around them in a circle and just before I got to them he said words that I couldn't understand, an incantation maybe, and then they disappeared." I said visibling shaking as I ran my fingers through my hair.

"Everyone, we need to get to Molle before they torture her to death. Get your gear together and we leave in one hour." Lucian announced as I breathed a sigh of relief knowing he's taking this seriously and we're leaving now. * Queen Maeve's Dungeon *

Molle POV

I wake up in a dark dungeon-like place. I'm not sure how else to describe it. The wall behind me is solid rock, there are bars to my right and to my left, and there is a dirt floor. On the floor there is a thin, dirty, and worn out mattress along with a thin and dirty blanket. This kind of reminds me of being a slave except for the bars. You only got thrown into cells if you got into trouble and that was only if your master was wealthy enough to have a dungeon in the first place. To my right are stairs and I hear someone walking down them. Three people walked down the stairs and stopped in front of my cell: a woman and two men.

The woman was dressed in a red shimmering dress, it hugged her curves, and had a deep V cut in the front that came well past her cleavage and almost to her navel. Her nails were painted red, were long, and were curled almost like a corkscrew. She wore a black crown with rubies on it. She had black horns protruding from her head in the middle of her crown and her eyes were completely red without any white at all.

The man was dressed in a black suit with a red shirt. His eyes were completely black without any white at all and he had black horns protruding from his head as well. Both of their horns were shiny like they were made from rhinestones. The third man was a little bit shorter than the first man. He also wore a black suit with a red shirt. His eyes were not completely black and still had the white in them. He had horns but they were so tiny you could barely see them. "You may address me as Queen Maeve, she points to the second man you may address him as King Henry Annora, and then she points to the third man you may address him as Lord Garbg." Queen Maeve states.

"Now that we have introductions out of the way, are you ready to find out what pain feels like, little one?" Queen Maeve asks.

I don't know what to say so from my years as a slave taught me it's better to say nothing at all.

"Lord Garbg, the practice of the exercise will be so that Cyprian no longer wants her." She turns to me. "Do you understand that little one when I'm done with you no man will ever want you again especially Prince Cyprian?" She just smiles and starts laughing maniacally.

Now I'm scared. What are they going to do to me?

"Lord Garbg, start by stripping her. She has no right to wear clothes here. The rest I'll leave to you.

Lord Garbg walks over to me with a large grin on his face as he starts ripping my clothes off of me. He doesn't even give me the chance to undress myself; he just rips them off with his hands.

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