rne

ck home. He survived, and I know I should be grateful that my mat

ly him back with me. I want to do a l

f. I've only been able to take this shape in recent weeks, even with an entire kingdom of others to learn from. Despite being a univ

e once learned from her grandmother, how to rule the Celestial Kingdom. After the events of the previous war, we decided that it would be wise to have more than two people with a

l I am at my maximum height, and using a clear, calm voice, request that the attending guards and ot

ming serene marred by a slight immature haughtiness around her eyes and mouth. Seeing tha

been a

t. After seeing the shell of a drake that was once my husband, it is taking all of my energy not to scream at her to leave. I

s at her daughter, dismissing her kindly so that we

ing left out of things. She is, after all, getting close to her majority an

re she is ever called to take this throne from her mother.

-especially whe

her powers flaring with her anger as she leaves the room in a

I am finally safe to feel, and every emotion I have been holding back pushes down on me all at onc

ping me in her warmth as she pets the hair betwee

e emotions of the day: Confronting Eleanora,

around her arm, the one made of Jade that connects her t

when I had lost that feeling of connection, when my ring went cold, I assumed that he was gone, just as Ona had wh

t me, lacking all recognition. He barely moved, and barely seemed to be aware of anything. "His eyes didn't swirl, Ona

the horror of what I saw, my body and mind unable to find

leave his family

ession. "Don't be sad, Little Sister. I promised you we would get him back and that is exactly what we wil

out my children," I start to weep again, my body weak and my heart weaker. "If I didn't know better, I'd

gundus it's uncanny. You'd think they were fated m

e race of dragons just to power his cities. The worl

he horrors we saw are things we cannot unsee even when we close our eyes. Th

ee from the chill of our thoughts. "But whether we go this route will de

have him back. But I kee

nsider the possibilities. I have a feeling that whatever Ona has in m

g keeping us from being attacked at any moment by Luxandra. They have weapons that can d

pletely still when she relaye

eed to open the

ind her. "And Luxandra is hardly safe enough for us to all

starting at the beginning of the season. We have been formally invited, most likely because th

lan will be to make sure that enough of our peo

it is suspicious that after months of saying no we suddenly open o

to sneak into our country and steal our secrets that they'll ignore it if we do the same. Besides," she s

ldren? Do we

a agrees. "But we still hav

y right ear, where eight small stone l

intense my body

rne

s. Oh gods, the

t. My little hatchlings, all eigh

healer, whose red-scaled face goes ashen at t

ming all together. It isn't unusual for clutchmates to be close, but if I didn't know better,

et them off

tern. "For the sake of your babies, you need to calm your voice

ming, I pet her between her nubby little horns, rubbing my fingers down her scaled spine

d in the room is their ragged breathing as they st

dly sleeping and calm,

. "Before it is too late? Last time you said

gaze. "I'm sorry Your Grace, but if your babies do not r