Chapter 238

• [Carnelia]
• “I am no god,” I look from one face to the other. These dragons are asking me to rely on their wisdom and trust their judgment, but their actions and words speak of madness. “I am just a drakaina who misses her mate and wants to go home.”
• “You might not be a god,” my father admits, “but I think you’re becoming something very close to it. Look at what you’ve managed, Stella. Even threatened, very few dragons could rise the way you did, the way your mate did when he saw his mother’s death and feared for his wife and children. I was expecting you to find your way out, to finally take your mantle as my heir,” he looks at my hooded cloak and smiles, “I knew you were special when you were still nestled inside your mother. To see you evolve into something sublime is beyond my greatest expectations. I had no idea this is what would happen, but look,” he points to my brow, “you even wear the Crown of Shadows.”