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AABN:  40599
Title: a book titled "Secrets of the Dragon Emperor"

You turn to the last page of book four of the Nocturne Saga.

Upon a throne beside the Dragon Emperor sat Roxie. He gazed at her
possessively as she shifted in her seat, unable to meet his gaze.  Roxie
was dressed in a fine robe of golden silk embroidered with dozens of
dragons in a kaleidoscope of colors over a white underdress. Her hair had
been pulled back with jeweled clips of wyverns in flight, matching those
upon her robe.

The Emperor finally looked away from her, turning his head to look upon his
prisoners. Roxie turned her head as the lanterns lining the throne room
caught the jewels of her hairclips, making flashes of emerald, crimson, and
azure like fireworks. She gazed at the pair chained on the ground before
the throne as a look of fear bloomed upon her face. 

The Emperor took a puff of his beefwood pipe and smoke billowed from his
nostrils. He spoke in a voice that was regal yet condescending to Kristoff
first, "So you have come for your betrothed after all.  I did not think you
would be so foolish. No one can overcome my terracotta army.  If you think
you have wealth, power, and privilege to offer Lady Roxie, you need only
look around to this room to know that I have infinitely more. And I can
offer her a life with moonlight and sunlight. Can you, vampire?"

And without another glance he turned his face towards Conall and spoke once
again. this time his tone harsh with an edge of laughter, "As for you,
werewolf. You are a shepherd in wolves' clothing. You are no great warrior.
You speak of peace and of love between nations. You will die in this place
if you attempt any sort of force. My Dragon Samurai will simply cut you
down like the feral beast that you are. 

Conall growled and bared his teeth at the Emperor, "I'd love to see them
try. At the very least, I'm sure I could kill you before they stopped me."

Kristoff smiled grimly, "As much as I hate this beast beside me. I will
help him destroy you and free Roxie from your wicked plans."

The Emperor laughed heartly and it echoed in the throne room, "But I
haven't told you, my greatest secret yet. I once visited Kordan and fell in
love with a beautiful young daughter of a count, Kassandra. I won her
heart, but her father forbade our love as well as feared what came as
result of it. So, he had her executed after giving birth to her son. Count
Crimson, I believe your mother's name was Kassandra, was it not?

"And Coyote Canyon is such a beautiful place to nurse a broken heart, is it
not Conall? Especially in the arms of a woman as beautiful as Accalia. But
alas, birth is hard for women of the tribes of the canyon for the wolfen
male often kills his mother with its beastly nature."


Conall's voice came out in a whisper, "My mother's name is Accalia." as he
turned to face Kristoff who merely nodded to confirm what they both already
knew.

And the pair spoke the words in unison that they both knew in their hearts,
"That would mean we are...brothers."

Roxie screamed and clutched her pregnant belly as the first pains began.
The Emperor laughed again and called out, "Send in Anne. Do not worry, my
dear. We have an excellent mid-wife in our palace." 

A voice came from the hallway, a voice eerily familiar to Conall, Kristoff,
and Roxie, "You called for me, Emperor. I am here and ready to serve." As
the young woman stepped from the shadows into the room, trio gasped. Her
face was revealed, a mirror image of Roxie's

The Emperor ignored this outburst and merely smiled wider, "Good. Roseanne,
meet your twin sister Roxanne. She needs your help. She been a very wicked
girl." 

Roxie cried out again and her vision went spotty, gray, and then finally
blissfully black.