Then, Seth turned to face the guard he knocked out and pulled him up with a handful of hair. "When? When is Dracon coming?"

"Like he said," the guard said, breathless, as crimson blood streamed from his forearm and back. "At the rise of the next full moon," he took a breath, then added, "and you will come to him. Then, we will come for Briana."

"She is Queen Briana of Cambria to you," Seth said, then asked, "Where is my father?"

The guard didn't ...