The dragon regarded his talons with elaborate casualness.
"And this concerns me because?"
The woman woman cast down her eyes so he couldn't see the flare of anger in their depths.
"It concerns you because you were supposed to be guarding her."
"She dismissed me," the dragon sounded defiant.
"And this concerns me because?" The woman’s voice was as cold and pointed as a steel blade.
He lifted his eyes and stared at his interlocutor.
“By what right does a human question a dragon?”
“The right of a child whose mother was murdered while her guard dragon slept.”
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