My son, do not return home until you’ve apprehended those dark elves. And the rest of the criminals you’ve been so casual about finding. The next time you appear in the Dragon Justice Court, I need for you to be victorious and the champion of all those who were wronged. You know what’s at stake if we don’t maintain our majority status.
I know. I will, my queen. Xervan bowed his head.
The portal formed in the air again. One by one, the dragons flew through it until Xervan and I were alone on the mountainside.
Xervan shifted into his human form, and I now stood looking at his face rather than a meaty dragon forelimb. A breeze stirred the hem of his robe and riffled through his short black hair. His grave face was impossible to read.
“We have to talk,” I said.
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