Paul cursed as he pressed the accelerator as far as it would go on the skimmer. He could see the palace in the distance. His heart had frozen as the purple alien related what he had overheard. Paul could see the sky filled with dragons battling the invading force. He would let the boys handle it. He knew the children were safe. All he wanted to do was make sure the women, namely Morian, was safe inside the palace. He flew over the walls of the palace swerving around Abby, Cara and Trisha who were blowing streams of heated blue flames at the few skimmers that had broken formation and were attacking the palace walls. He jumped off the skimmer before it had even shut down and was running through the courtyard. One of the guards pulled the door open and he rolled through it just as laser fi

