"Drystan..." Tears welled up in Seraphina's eyes as she stared at the dragon king with nothing but sheer confusion. "Sera, you have to hear me out first, please." He whispered, standing up from his place. He couldn't even bring himself to be mad at Ilaria for revealing this piece of information in front of her at the worst time. Right now, all he wanted was to explain everything in front of his wife. "Ilaria, was that absolutely necessary?" Emyr muttered, pinching the bridge of his nose with angst. "Someone had to tell her the bloody truth!" Ilaria snapped, "war is coming and if she is going to be fighting with us then you can't be coddling her and hiding the gravity of the situation from her." What Ilaria did not say was that along with all of those things, she did enjoy the sadn

