Dragoncrest Cliffs no room for you on the right side

And there it is.

Thuringwethil slowly releases the breath but the weight behind it is obviously a sigh. Even if she wants to protect Blixen from all the bad things in the world, she equally doesn’t want to deny her right as a Dragedakru. Her jaw tightens and she struggles with her expression. The last thing she wants to do is give Blixen a command she doesn’t want to do, doesn’t want to test how loyal she is to Heda.

“Your mother doesn’t want you three getting involved. She wants to know you guys are safe,” she says, and licks her lips. Wildfire has been through things Thuringwethil can’t begin to comprehend. If they did anything to one of her children for her selfish vengeance in the name of her wife, she’d never forgive herself. The cycle would never end. “And I need to know that Drageda is in good hands while we are gone. I wouldn’t trust anyone else to keep it that way.”

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