Lost Diadem

ng emerged into the foreboding atmo

iers were decking, smashing, and killing each other. Their eyes were filled with rage. They screamed ang

t was in pain from the hardness of

. Anyone who gets in their way is either killed or butchered. They we

past, most of which were won. They reached a treaty with the opposing sides in those battles that did not end in victory. Not because they were defe

o win before the battle even began. Both sides fought

progressed, Azar's soldiers became fewer and fewer until the battle

t. He wasn't going to do that, not without first ensuring that the diadem of hope was sec

some magical abilities and was also skilled in combat. She fought effectively with her staff. She used it to

she obediently respon

nsure Amil'

o the prince. She summoned lightning and wind to assist herself, st

prince. She turned to face him, her hand still outstretched. The soldiers

fought with it. He doesn't waste time on any of his opponents. They meet their end as they approach. He didn't always have to dodge their weapons

prince. Your father r

'll stay and fight,"

me to argue; you m

l him I'

aff in her hand and muttered some magic words before making a fist with one hand and thrusting it into the

ck by what had occurre

u do?" His e

be safe, m

se!" Amil scre

om, and you want me to stay here in hiding? T

leave but Nyve

o chaos. When that happens, you are the only hope for peace and balance to be restored to every nation, tribe, and kingdom

is father's kingdom. But that will only mean that the kingdom will fall and never rise again. Azar's demise was already predetermined. He couldn't help himself. He hadn't spent nearly enough time with his father. He'd only recently

on was different. But he knew it was never going to change. He knelt on his

s?" "Father will not

t her and no one else. We can't have anyo

ch of Zoe. The rooms were packed with injured soldiers and the women who were caring for them. He couldn't wait

ere several other women were also present. She

and when she saw h

he said, taking

e?" Zoe

u trus

es

follow

already had some gold and other treasures in her bag,

will be very different from anything you've ever known. Your

only be for a time. You will have

going on?" Zoe in

everything lat

the middle of a forest. Nyvede reached out her hand and mumbled some magic words. As she pointed forward, dark wind began to emerge fr

was behind it, and it was pulling, forcing them

g," she said, terrified, "he's here right

quickly, and it drew them in. Nyvede stopp

at Amil would be there, in the forest, at that spot, and for that reason, he h

noticed a portal that was on the verge of closing up. He concluded at once that it was the portal Amil u

ransported into the