rne

keep them cozy while we travel. Carefully, I kiss the brow of each of my babies, giving them my love before handing each of them to a unique guard, one who will be

sts on the button that will begin the process of reo

looks at all of us intently as her hand re

he same location. Once the engineers ensure us that it is time, Ona places her hand on a small stone plate

rtips touching as I do the same ending w

ff the walls of the chamber, announcing the process

ly, he has been distracted from his duties by one conquest or another as his hormones go into overdrive and his body seeks to find and attach to a mate. At 4

have been vying for his affection. He is, after all, exceptionally handsome, powerful, and th

s, rolling her eyes but laughing inside. Before she fo

other,

licks into place. Had he been even a moment longe

ises him. "And remember to be more discrete. The Luxandrian

es one of my babies from his mother, shifting his appearance just enough

r ago, I believed that Luxandra was the center of everything--My world was so small when I was simply Milicent Walke

tween the two realms. But for this first time, we must travel as the

ght that only a handful of dragons before us have

are disengaged from the celestial realm, our downward movement recreating a tunnel of sorts as we rebuild the pathways that tie us together, we feel

sphere above the northern end of the Luxandrian continent. Taking our

ht, I didn't have to engage with the guards or walk through a gate. This time, by necessity for the safe travel

re room of people if he felt they didn't agree with

h, we have no idea of

and we are far from the only visiting royalty arriving at this moment to present ourselves to the Queen. Ona tells me that Luxandra

tual. The world did

in Luxandra is a sign of openness and r

stability after the previous government was killed or disbanded. Luxandra needs this. They n

ountryside, burning everything in his path. And while the damage he caused from North to East was devastating, l

t day. So did the capital city of the realm. When the

ns into a truly modern city. It is impressive. Even without superior technologies,

peration of fire and earth dragons working in concert. Rather than being dark, squat, and imposing--a preference of the previous king--the new cas

fields seem to be

h like this back at home in Ridgewood Manor. It was one of Primus' favorites, a wedd

ntentional plant. They are even more beautiful for their wildness, climbing the surfaces of buildings and covering the gro

dragon powerful enough to bring this much l

e a sign that he is still in t

gnal. Like a missiv

the trail of flowers al

distance Primus holds the

lps he

er throne one thing

more than two months gone

gone since that nigh