"It can't be true, young king. It simply can't! It's impossible! She would never do so! It simply can't be happening! It can't be true! It-"
If Daneel didn't have such a strong bond with the Ancient Dragon, he would definitely have asked it to keep quiet, as this was already at least the 100th time that Drakos was repeating what he was saying right now.
After the message from the system that had been accompanied by Drakos's exclamation, Daneel had needed a few seconds to process what was happening, but it was clear that the Dragon needed so much more in order to understand that his erstwhile partner, whom he had apparently just seen here and had a good time with a few days ago, was no longer present, and could even have allied with the enemies.
I have 4 chapters in stockpile, but like many people have suggested, I'll go for regular releases instead of occasional mass releases. Got home exhausted each day from searching for a venue, so the chapters kept getting postponed- this was the most pressing thing. Anyway, finally found something beautiful- lemme know in the comments if you wanna see it. Apart from that...I'll shut up and let the regular releases do the talking.