 Before she is trapped, however, she discovers the spirits of the first set of Drakhaouls’ children who were also imprisoned by Nagazdiel, and the spirits of these children have found their living counterparts.The taxing strain of these spirits means that the living children are often sickly, much like Karila, who is Khezef’s child.Throughout this book, Eugene and Linnaius work to discover the location of the Serpent Gate, a gate that will loose the four other Drakhaouls into the mortal realm.