"Now, everyone knows about the baby and many will covet the secret of their blood." Tyris said. "One of us will always stay with you and make sure that nothing happens."
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Griffon Kingdom, Nestrar Region, Golden Griffon academy.
"Thank the gods I dodged a meteor on that one." The Mad Queen sat on her throne covered in a cold sweat.
The day had been terrible for her and her invasion plan.
First, the fortress city of Trephius had fallen in a rain of fire without Thrud even understanding what had just happened, and then Leegaain's firstborn, Gentor the Golden Dragon, had joined the Council's forces.
Together, they had pushed her troops back for kilometers before her generals had managed to stop the enemy's advance.
She firmly believed that things couldn't get any worse but she was wrong. When she heard what had happened in Verendi and to the envoys that its Council had sent to capture Kamila, she felt like the luckiest woman alive.