Chapter 91: Blackmail Blooms in Frozen Soil
"A lot more than you think." Demond raised her brows as she smirked, her confidence in the ashen-eyed dragon’s knowledge not unfounded.
"Yasen," Adrei sighed as Yasen darted her gaze back and forth, unsure who to look at for ease. "If I recall correctly, Coriel once worked with us on the <Witch Formula>. Am I correct?"
"Ah, yes!" Yasen’s shoulder slackened, knowing her ’stalking behaviours’ were not put on a butcher’s platter. "I- we are sorry we couldn’t monitor Coriel for this behaviour, so the relationship between humans and dragons is..."
"I’m concerned about it, but let Alfina handle it. She would know what to do." Adrei seethed her teeth, unknowing she dumped another massive workload onto her kin alongside the news of a Dragon Elder’s betrayal.
A flicker of flame in her irises colasced back her calmness, as Adrei continued. "Be honest with me, however, you didn’t treat Coriel’s behaviour as a necessary ’betrayal’, did you Yasen?"
"...I...I did..." Yasen’s shoulders slackened, her head burrowing. Just as always, the Dragon Queen saw through all, and there was none to hide.
"If I am honest," Yasen gripped the robe tightly, the scale behind it reminding her of her true allegiance. "From the moment we let loose Coriel, big sister, we...we sorta expect something big might happen. Coriel did go too far, but...I am not slightly surprised that we ended up this way..."
"Which is why you were so damn silent when the Queen revealed Coriel is part of this deal, weren’t you?" The Witch groaned. "Honestly, I understand where you’re coming from, having to go against one of your few sisters like that."
"...mm..."
"Which is why..." Demond narrowed her eyes with a smile as she walked up to Yasen. "We’re going to offer a deal to her."
"Eh?!" Yasen’s eyes perked up, a deal was the last thing she expected coming from the Queen’s wife.