Chapter 13 Kendrick's Plans

• The empress rose to her feet, her aura igniting with a silver light so intense it nearly blinded everyone in the room. This was a clear sign of her profound anger. Emperor Kendrick directed a furious glare at his father, who observed the unfolding drama in silence until he chose to act. With a swift gesture, he cast a bolt of lightning at his daughter-in-law's forehead, which seemed to pacify her instantly.
• Without another word, the old dragon vanished with Empress Zelda, leaving her husband, Emperor Kendrick, in stunned silence. He stood there, grappling with his thoughts, puzzled by his father's abrupt end to his retirement. It was peculiar timing indeed, considering Kendrick's own plans to forge a formidable alliance with the dragons who controlled the fifth element. His mother had mastered this element with such finesse that she wielded tremendous power.
• Although the power of the fifth element was his by inheritance, Emperor Kendrick had never honed it, primarily due to his mother's untimely demise and his own lackadaisical attitude as a youth who chose flight over study. Now, his son, Prince Erick, possessed a connection to the fifth element that surpassed even that of his grandmother. Who would instruct him in controlling such a volatile force? The answer lay with the princess of the fifth element clan, Etheri. Only by uniting Erick in marriage with her, as King Woodinkard of the fifth element clan had stipulated, could the prince hope to wield such formidable power.