If the sudden realization that someone had broken through our gates and managed to somehow evade detection of the more than dozen armed men patrolling the grounds was supposed to scare me, I don’t even flinch.
After all earlier today a dragon had greeted me in the connecting forestry. So the idea that something—possibly non-human—could sneak in is entirely believable. In fact, I wonder why I didn’t think this would happen next.
Kaden had warned me face to face, get away from his brother. Now he sent insurance.
“Well, what are we going to do?” I ask pushing past my own fear. Father is looking more peeved than afraid and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why.
His piles and piles of well-spent money will protect him obviously. The guards are being paid to protect us,
