"Well, there was, give or take, a year of peace," Kael started.
But that was only after they had survived the elders' insanity.
Obviously, there had been an uproar. And the moment young Kael saw his parents' faces after saying such a thing, he realized it had been a mistake to correct and inform everyone else.
Sure enough, what followed was a flood of demands for him to hand over the egg.
The same egg that had suddenly gotten heavier in the dragonling's arms.
Thankfully, since the whole ordeal happened after the initial rite was over, Dragon Lord Karion managed to remind everyone that such a thing would be impossible for those who had just imprinted.
"Lady Seraphyne, you know yourself how that feels, don't you? Have you forgotten how you almost went insane when you were separated from your mate?" Karion's tone was calm but cutting.
"Then again, if everyone's goal was to push the heir to the Dragon Lord's seat to the brink of insanity, I suppose that would be understandable."
