The Eminarchs nodded solemnly. “Is there anything you’re allowed to tell me about this power?” she pressed. “Any answers you can give me before Necrovar returns and I have to face him again?” A rustle ran through the dragons. Keriya suspected they were using the hive-mind to have a silent symposium. “No,” Nordrion said after a few moments of silence. Keriya snorted. “I figured.” “But if you truly wished to find answers,” he continued unexpectedly, “you would seek the Dragon Empress.” Goosebumps erupted across Keriya’s skin. “She’s alive? Necrovar said she made her deal with Valemagic a hundred-thousand years ago.” “And as a consequence, she became the god and guardian of pure Valemagic on Selaras,” said Tolbrayth. “She is the other half of Necrovar’s power. A creature like that cann

