“First and foremost, I think we all need to take this information with a grain of salt.”
Ava, of course. Who else would act so calm in the face of the potential destruction of her homeland?
“A grain of salt,” I repeat, speaking up for the first time. “And what, exactly, would that grain be due to?”
“Why, the person giving the warning, of course. I would think you, of all people, Lady Nell, would understand that sentiment. Did the Dragon Prince not leave you, too, when he left all of us?”
I wish I could scratch her eyes out. I wouldn’t even need my phoenix claws. My human ones would do.
“Apparently,” says Lana, “he left to collect information he considered crucial in protecting us.”
My jaw nearly drops.
It’s one thing for Lana to appear on my side in private, but here? In front of th
