#CHAPTER 150: Hades Returns

CHARLES Joseph and I were gathered in the war room deep within the castle, reviewing protections and protocol for a siege, my parents and a few other royal advisors also present. I was repeating the intel that Isabella had managed to capture in Abernathy when a messenger burst into the room, his face flushed. “There is a dragon approaching the castle!” He cried out, panic flashing in his eyes. Joseph and I were out of our chairs and sprinting to the courtyard before he could say another word. As soon as we reached the outside area, I immediately recognized the familiar shape descending from the clouds. Hades. He had fled from the scene in Barlow, clearly terrified from Felix’s power blast and the defeat of our army. But my dragon had returned now, perhaps sensing that I was once again above ground and free. “Did anyone see him flying in?” Joseph asked one of the guards. The guard shook his head. “He arrived from the north, so it does n