Chapter 11: In the Governor’s PalaceThe mighty Conn took his people and set to the sea in rafts. He ruled with might and wisdom, but those did not defeat the dragons. Ara gained him foothold on Anara’s shore. His descendants owe her homage forever.
– From a temple teaching text
Darna didn’t find Anara that afternoon. The dragon wasn’t by the harbor and she wasn’t by the castle and she felt stupid for even talking to Iola and Myril about it. Why had Iola said that the dragons didn’t see the Cerean ship?
She wished she could ask Anara herself about that, but she wasn’t anywhere, at least, not for her. Even if Anara did appear, Darna wasn’t Iola, chatting with dragons as if they were people. The palace was the least dragon-loving place in all of Anamat. It couldn’t mean anything, so why wa
