But maybe he should have kept asking questions, because unbeknownst to the recovering aide, outside the dragon lord's room, Eryndra had actually been in an uproar.
Back in Silvara, and a few days before he woke up, the Queen—who had reached the limit of her patience—finally snapped.
After realizing that if Riley still hadn't returned, then either he had died or they had somehow broken free of her curse, she went mad with fury.
She threatened to call out the Ministry of Balance and Enforcement for their "dereliction of duty," furious that they had withdrawn before the Moonveil Codex could be found.
But what do you know?
In the middle of their sanctum preparations, they discovered something that froze every royal in place.
The Codex they had been keeping with them had gone missing.
