I resist the urge to pull my arm from hers, but I’m acutely aware of everyone watching. What she’s saying isn’t so different from what Liana said just moments ago, but it feels a world apart. Liana told me to act stupid; Dragonsbane is treating me like I am stupid.
“Of course, Aunt,” I say with a saccharine smile. After all, there’s no reason playing stupid shouldn’t extend to Dragonsbane as well. I can’t imagine that her underestimating me won’t end up coming in handy.
As we draw closer, I get a better look at the Sta’Criverans. Though their clothing is similar, the people are all strikingly different from each other. Unlike Kalovaxians, who are uniformly fair-haired and pale-skinned, or SteelTownns, who are tawny-skinned with dark brown and black shades of hair, Sta’Criverans have a va
