He glared and then reached over and placed on hand on the heart. "Not good enough. This dragon may have been an ass, but he didn't deserve this. Especially not from a group that will only use that knowledge to assist in unmaking everything."<br/><br/>He wove his magics into the heart, not destroying it, but indicating she wasn't going to just get it. "What and why are you researching, and then you can have it. Unless you would rather just end up with me and mine focusing on you and yours. Not that hard to find, yours at least. You, on the other hand, are nearly as good at Niara as hiding. She is with me, now, and it is no longer your game any more. Fate is spinning things around, keeping the game interesting. Who knows who will be the next to die. Not me though, or Verdelet. And probably not Niara, too scared to leave my domain, working her own into mine. Which leaves, you, the blackguard, and Svala. Svala is even harder to find then you, and the blackguard has vanished entirely."