Meanwhile, back at the nest, screams and grunts of frustration echoed through the marble halls like the cries of a beast caught in a trap.
"What is this insanity?!"
Smack!
The smuggled scroll she had been holding slammed to the floor, the sharp crack of parchment against polished stone reverberating like a slap to everyone's dignity.
The assistant, who had been standing nearby in the official "I am invisible" stance, reluctantly moved to retrieve it. He didn't need to read the thing—honestly, who in all of Eryndra hadn't heard the news by now? Even dragonlings confined at the nest were apparently gurgling about it.
But still, it was one thing to hear about Dragon Lord Kael Dravaryn's human mate in passing. It was another thing entirely to watch dragons lose their collective minds over it.
"How could anyone even insinuate such a thing?! A human?! What baseless accusation!"
