Nyte Shade... What's a Nyte Shade???

"Did you bring the book with you?" asked Awena after listening to the Baron and the Dowager. 

They had just finished telling her about their adventure getting the book and all that they knew about the tablet the Borrower had found too.

​"No, I am sorry," answered Griselda.  "It was too heavy to carry all of this way and we decided it was best to see you as soon as possible."

"It is no matter.  From your description we probably have a copy of it here in our library," smiled Awena.

Neither of her guest knew about the long years Awena, as a novice, had spent reading the scrolls and tablets in the library of the Sleeping Sisters.  Plus few even knew about the Sister's library or how enormous it was.  ​The Sleeping Sisters' home looked small from the outside, but the tree they lived in had very far reaching roots, much like an iceberg, with only a small portion seen above as most being below the surface.

"Come, I will take you to the library."  Rising smoothly from the cushion, Awena and the Dowager started towards the door. ​

​"Hummm... Don't worry about me," grumbled under his breath the Baron as he struggled to rise from the floor.   He wasn't going to let two "old ladies" beat him to the door.

Soon they stood before an ornately decorated entranceway with no door.  "Aren't you worried about someone getting in here with all of these books and scrolls," asked the Baron thinking about how even Atian had a lock on his door.  Awena just smiled and said that "they are well protected".  What that meant, the Baron did not know, but after thinking about the power the Sisters had, decided it was probably better if he didn't.

Awena lead them through many rooms and passageways filled with books, scrolls, tablets, bottles, crystals, and mirrors.  There was one mirror that several other Sisters were staring into and when the Baron stopped to see what they were looking at, he realized that he did not see himself in the mirror but a bridge spanning a mountain gorge with several trolls pointing at him... quickly he hurried on to catch up with his mother and Awena.

Finally the Sister stopped in front of a large bookshelf and asked the Dowager if anything looked familiar.  "We try to copy everything exactly the same from other books to include the cover and binding," she explained.  "Anything look familiar?"

Slowly Griselda pulled back a portion of her sleeve, revealing her dragon tattoo and started to approach the bookshelves.  All at once, a book started to glow!  "It looks like we found it," the Baron grinned as he pulled the book from the shelf.

As the Baron turned to the others he realized that Awena was no longer smiling.  Catching his mother's eye, he gestured toward the Sister and then Griselda saw it too.  "Is there something wrong?" she asked her friend.  "What is it?" 

Finally Awena answered.  "How did you open the book?  It has a magical enchantment on it and you should never have been able to open it."  It was then Awena saw Griselda's tattoo and that it was glowing.  "Of course, you are of the Dragon Clan!  That explains much.  So then you must know about the Nyte Shades?"

Griselda glanced at her son who just shook his head negatively and shrugged his shoulders before turning her attention back to the Sleeping Sister.  

​"What are Nyte Shades and what connection do they have to the Dragons?"