25. Crowns and Allies

No one who wears a crown is ever safe.” ~ George R. R. Martin

(Mateo)

My mind was whirring as I walked out of my room with Vera.

I had been thinking about the crown for a while, but I thought maybe I could get the name from Vera. But whoever it was, he had been playing a very careful game.

The Royal council was made of the five important clans of Draconiá from powerful blood lineage, and I always had a feeling that most of them would so gladly stab us to our deaths and then conquer the throne. Dragons had always been a self-serving creatures, and their addiction to things they couldn’t have...

"Like our mate...” Shade said with an amused chuckle. I shook my head.

“With the power and magic of the crown always in side with us, they can’t come anywhere near us or our throne, and it must be frustrating for them.”

“It must be. Hence this show of power. They are trying to create a friction. Just a noise is enough...” Shade sounded worried, and that was proof enough that this was more seriou