Descent

The Empress's death haunted the Dragon Emperor. The words she last spoke, the unknown message left him wondering what it was that she wanted to tell him as she died.

Did she want to tell him that she loved him? Did she want to curse him? What was it that she said? He didn't know, and it haunted him.

His wife, the one who had been together with him for more than half of his life, had died without a last word. And she had died saving him.

He cried in the secret chamber in his palace, where he spent his days, claiming that he needed time to heal his body.

The healing had happened long ago. Now, he just stayed there because the silence made him hopeful that his wife's final words would come through.

The Azure Dragon's son, the little white cat, had most likely survived. Even if it hadn't, he needed to find the corpse at least. He would have to soon give command for some of his people to go look for them.