Chapter 494: Kaleidrog
…Above the city of Hollow Shade…
“Oh, come on now, is that all you have to say? After all this time?” Ananta’s smile turned into a spiteful scowl, “Is that all you have to say to an old friend?”
Kaleidrog stared at her, sorrow in his eyes. “What would you like me to say?”
“Oh, I don’t know. What do you say to the woman who saved your life? Whom you betrayed. Whose husband you murdered. Whose queendom you destroyed. Whose world you poisoned.” She glared at him, “What do you say to the woman you failed to kill, Kaleidrog?”
“Ann, what happened to Vismarya—”
“Don’t you dare say his name! The dragon lords murdered him, your own king!” She clenched her jaw, “Why?”
Kaleidrog looked away. “He loved you, Ann. The dragon king would have sided with you over his own people. That’s why we—”
“No, not because of me, he’d have sided against the dragon lords because unlike all of you bastards, he was good. Vismarya valued all life, he’d never have turned around and attacked his own allies!”
“At the time we thought we had no choice. We were afraid the Vesir Queendom might discover our existence was too dangerous to be left alive…”