Chapter 26 In The Dungeons

• "I don't understand," the empress wailed hysterically. She had been pacing the dungeon for an hour. "Why didn't it work? Where is my power?"
• She threw the knife angrily against the wall, causing it to clatter and ricochet off the wall, hitting Nathaniel's leg. He howled in pain and fell to the ground, trying to extract the knife from his thigh.
• Moans, cries, and howls - a whole cacophony of sounds enveloped Lyra.