7 V
A few tense days passed. The school proceeded, but in a state of some disorder. I was conscious of Tynara and Dan in our midst, people who were loyal to Dwinal, and who must not learn of Nindrinat’s presence if we could possibly help it. This was not easy, with everyone housed in the same (admittedly large) building. We achieved it by assigning attic quarters to Nindrinat, in a disused chamber no one had any other cause to go into. But the necessity of secrecy, of tending to the draykon without alerting any more of our number to her presence, placed an extra strain on Ori, Avane, Tren, Nyden and me, one which we would have gladly done without.
We were all thinking similar things: were we now training our part-Lokant, part-draykon hybrids by order of Nindrinat’s tormenter? What exactl
