Chapters 49 - 54 Summary

In Chapter 49, when they arrive at Sinistrad's castle, Iridal startsto come down the stairs but can not get half-way down as she stared at her son. Iridal faints but Hugh runs up the stairs and catches her. Sinistrad tells Hugh to take Iridal to her room. When Hugh lays her on her bed, she wakes and tells him to go. Hugh tells Iridal that the dragon is guarding them. She tells him there are ways to avoid the dragon. When Hugh confronts Sinistrad and tells him he knows they are prisoners, Sinistrad says that is entirely up to Hugh. Sinistrad and Bane have a disagreement about Haplo's dog. Bane shows Sinistrad the drawings he has made of the Geg machine and his father dismisses him. Bane begins to tell his father about the machine, then looks at him. He stops and...