Raavi watched the line of carriages moving away from the palace. Her heart clenches at the sight of it, feeling as if a part of her is being torn apart by the knowledge that the Dragons are leaving. It took a great deal of convincing for them to understand that the situation was dire and needed their cooperation. She could not give any evidence. What she only has is the word from the messenger Gunther Estrella.
“If we didn’t know any better, this may have been a way of concealing the King’s condition,” Eilua, the heir of House Ozdemir, even said. “You merely wish for us to leave because House Vlachos told you so.”
It was clear that there’s a rift between the Houses even before the King’s illness, and it was starting to become apparent now that there was no authority to come in between th
