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Baldewin probably would find hi if he weren’t so friendly in nature The et his guard up

Now, his head e, Evora? The woman scared the shit out of him

Baldewin eyed her sideways as everyone settled in the for room His coreeting, but the ice dragon walked straight up to Alric and e hi-lost friends Baldewin recognized Rodrigo’s head retainer, Thiago, from a couple of recent video chats, and the hed, as if he wasn’t surprised by his king’s impulsive and friendly behavior

“We don’t need any of that foro exclaimed with a broad wave of his hand as he released Alric

Alric’s s that, until the past couple of s had coreat king of the Valerii Clan the respect he deserves”

Rodrigo let out a deep belly laugh “If there is any respect to be given, it all goes to you, great e hunter!”

Baldewin softly cleared his throat when he saw Alric flush under Rodrigo’s praise It wasn’t often that Alric was flustered, but it was clear Rodrigo was going to give Cameron a run for his money in that department

“And that is e have come We are here to study at the feet of the es into our clan,” the Valerii leader continued

Alric nodded, straightening a little “And we are happy to share all we knoith you But you must be tired after your travels We have rooms prepared if you would like to freshen up—”

Rodrigo waved off his offer “We spent last night in Paris Lovely city Hasn’t changed as much as I would have expected in five centuries” He paused andwith Italy But we are rested and ready to speak about es”

The for room had comfortable chairs for this sort of visit, all of the coffee table in the center for snacks Alric took his usual chair, Caht, as he should be, while Dieter sat on Alric’s left, Baldewin beside him

Rodrigo had brought three bodyguards with hi the, they were taken on a tour of the castle with Ravi and Warin There was no way he was leaving Ravi alone with the Valerii Warin would help to te like their king, they would be quite comfortable with Ravi

For the Valerii side, Rodrigo was accoe Evora They all chose seats, with Rodrigo sitting directly across from Alric

“Caravelly voice of his, “I want to thank you for all the inforet a better picture of what’s happening over here And that spell you detailed for us, of how to break Jaeggi trapping spells My es were over the moon with that, weren’t you, Evora?”

Evora’s narrow face norh to hack a man to death She was pretty, certainly, but a femme fatale in search of a noir ive Calad to have a spell in our repertoire that helps us protect our dragons Especially one tried and true I do wish to speak with you more on it”

“Of course,” Cao easy on ic”

Rodrigo leaned forward in his chair, concern writing itself into the lines of his face “But it concerns i so intent on being our ene to accouessed answer to these questions?”

“I’ave us soe—believes their ic is somehow dysfunctional Or warped He said their auras are unlike a nore’s, and certainly, they don’t operate the sae, they either try to abscond with theic on the spot It speaks of a dark, underlying problem”

Ca to cover Alric’s and grip it on the chair’s ar this theory back and forth, and I have little to substantiate it, but I think it’s plausible I think when Kaiser Jaeggi enacted the spell that wiped out the e clans, it backfired”