Chapter 1

Prince Erok knelt beside his father the king who was bedridden"father we will find the antidote soon its being long since anyone saw the king,s magnificent dragon (knight) who wasnt seen again after the king fell ill.he looked weak without it and Erok could feel his energy running out.Erok felt his skin scaling his dragon shadow wanted out but he couldnt just leave the palace and go scouring the skies because he had duties to attend to "shadow wants out eh"his father asked,no father and what of finding a bride,any succes so far he asked again,no father but dont be worried with my looks and charisma it wont be long.His father smiled since Erok,s mother the queen died,he had a hard time taking care and training him and finally had the results he wanted ."your highness you are needed in the courtroom"an eununch announced"did'nt i tell you not to disturb me when im with my father"Erok bellowed the eununch shivered whiles stammering "im sorry your highness but is urgent the town below the border is being raided by the rogues"father ill be right back and he got up and stormed to the courtroom where the elders were already seated.they all fell silent when he entered."are the rougues at it again" he asked the elders "yes your highness" they replied in unison.dispatch soldiers to the areas they have raided and make sure to set spies around to catch at least one barbarian for questioning he said.

Meanwhile at the farthest part of the forest,the barbarians had set camp and their leader a handsome middle aged man with tattoes and muscles all over was giving a speech when his eyes fell on Scarlet.he remembered when her mother had brought her only as a baby and her sister Amaya to join their group,his father was the head then and he being a boy of eight years liked playing with the children around especially Scarlet and her sister.He played with them till he reached puberty where all play stopped for him amd had to face the real life. he was trained harder than his age mates always placed first in all the comptitions.He later found out he liked Scarlet after she grew up to be the lovliest woman they had ever seen with pure dark ebny hair and a set of blue eyes.