Ryder, Lord of Astaroth

es and plagues, of love and sacrifices, and of war and blood. Several kingdoms existed, kingdoms spread out far and wide and had borders that greatly separat

curse, and many a time some kingdoms crumbled under these; lost and forgotten, and buried under the black soot of burni

m, and neither is this a tale of just

Dragonsbane, where the king, Kade Cragore

not be so boring. No, today there would be merriment in the castle, today they would have guests and there would be music, and dancing

ere and there, the food being brought in and the tons of colorful fabrics that were used to decorate the whole place. Lyra bounced up and down while clutching tightly to the window, she was excited and she was hyper, barely having slept a wink last night. She smiled, and shivered in excitement before throwing the robe she had on-off her body and raced to th

the garden, mother had said it was for her own safety but she had seen them allow her sisters go out to attend events they had been invited for, she had envied them but she also believed what mother had said because she never did anything without a good reason and Lyra knew that she was t

to choose her man, her hero and her knight and she would choose someone, only that the person she would choose would not be a prince like how some of her sisters had chosen, she wanted to be li

put up, she squealed when she noticed Soria in the most amazing dress she had seen in a long time and marveled at how much it fit her, they smiled at each other and Lyra, without waiting any more time, ran up to h

ms wrapping around her sister.

sister then sat up on the bed, giv

ped off and there was a huge split in the dress which came all the way up to her thigh. "Lyra!

yikes, she had really destroyed this but it was not bey

n her face. "I didn't really like the dress anyway and besides, this is just the din

s though but is it not a bit too e

s so she could try on another one. "Darling, the sun is beginning to set and the guest

ips to keep herself from smiling but the mischief in her eyes was c

s he

r's hands as they both jumped up and down squealing in h

ashing in his complete uniform. Ohhh... Soria, I can not beg

of her hair and twirling, a huge grin on her face. "

ily at the ceiling. "I want a warrior like a man you got, not a prince and not a king but a b

down beside Lyra, sh

ighteen, she would be given a potion that would clear two years off her memory, bringing her back to thinking she was still sixteen. Soria did not know how long this had been going on for b

nd she knew that was true but the fact that Lyra was that old? And still looked so very young was something she could not so easily accept, that was un

s not told the full story but what mother had said was that it

Lyra and she smiled