The wagon arrived as she commanded. At Alexis’s request, Nikiti accompanied Rhi’ana to help with their care while she remained to take charge of their belongings. They removed the packs, took off the saddles and piled them in the wagon. Only the armor remained on the dragons. Looking at it closely, she didn’t see any straps that would allow it to be released.
‘Leave the armor, Your Highness,’ Her Ladyship warned. ‘Removing it will only harm the dragons.’
“Will they live?”
‘They are battle-weary and exhausted, but their heartstones are strong.’
“What kind of dragons are they? They seem very different from you.”
‘Indeed, they are the Gilded Dragons of the North.’
“Father told me of the Dragon-Knights of the Northern Continent.”
‘These are one and the same. When the mortal race wa
