Ezme bit her nails as she paced back and forth inside her bedroom. She shut herself off from teleportation, preventing her brother and mother from contacting her through their telepathic bond, but her curiosity was overwhelming her now. The dragon appeared at Ezekiel's palace, and it only proved one thing…
[Brother,] she called out to Nikolai.
[Finally, what is it that you want now, you brat?] Nikolai answered her.
[The dragon appeared here. Are you aware of it? Is it true that Ezekiel is controlling the dragon? Is he the dragon? Is that why you keep holding me off from attacking it because it's what your wife wants?] she fired off without a pause.
[Yes,] Nikolai plainly answered.
[What?! But that is the golden dragon! That is Vulcan who killed our father]" Ezme fumed, feeling like all the blood in her body was rising.
