A court of love and secrets

10

"How does the Lady Sada know the Lord Nicole?" Lilith asked as she faced the dragon in the small carriage. Lilith had wanted to see the village down below however because of Nicole's order she would not, so she claimed she wished to see the temple. One of the two places Nicole said she was free to go whenever she wished. "Dragon?"

The dragon lifted her head up from her book. She had sat sideways on the carriage bench, with her feet on the wall and book in hand. The sword on the floor. At first Lilith was hesitant in getting with the Dragon again, she was still scared of what happened in the carriage on the way to the Spring Court capital.

"Yeah?" She said turning her light purple eyes towards the daughter of night. "Oh Sada?"

"Yes, Sada." Replied Lilith.

"She's Nicole's. . .um. . .friend." The dragon said slowly. "They went to university on the mainland together. Close to three hundred years ago."

"And Sada has children?" Lilith asked.

"Yes. With her mate, Josha." The Dragon said placing her book down. "A son and a daughter. Now, if you have any more questions about Sada please ask her. Im trying to read."

"You remind me of Verna." Lilith said at the carriage went over a pot hole in the road. She hissed as the sword came up, as quick as fire light burning wood, the dragon picked up the sword. She moved so fast. "Yep, definitely remind me of Verna."

"I know. That bitch said the same thing. She is lucky I care for Verna, otherwise she would be a fae bbq." The dragon said.

"Yes. Her." Lilith said, knowing who got fenzjf meant. "You have Verna's  noise and eyes. Well the shape of them anyway."

"Im aware that I look like her." Freya bit her lip. "I-I'm aware."

"Your an orphan." Lilith said, it was not an question. "Right?"

"Yes." The dragon said looking up from her light eyelashes. Her hair was a soft drown with hits of red and even a few highlights of blonde. "Margarita found me in the spring court woods five hundred years ago. She has raised me as her ward ever since."

"And now your in Scalswind? Away from your mistress."

"When Kat married Rob, Nicole's father, I came with her and stayed. She needed at least one friend here. My name was known back then and it made it sure that people did not shit on Katerina's name." The dragon said as the carriage stoped. "We are here."

"This is not the temple." Lilith said, her eyes wide.

"No. No it's not." The dragon smirked.

***

The music could be heard from outside of the bar. It was difficult from the music that Lilith had heard yesterday, different in the way that the music was not being love into the world but anger. Alongside the peoples voices. A bar fight.

"You brought me to a bat fight!" Lilith yelled. "Nicole will kill you."

"She can try." The dragon said as she turned her head. "Who do you think shows Nicole everything she knows? Me." She laughed. "Besides, your looking for Az's daughter. I like Az. And if it's hurting him not knowing where she is then I don't mind bending a little few rules. Plus, no one here will report back to Nicole."

"Why?"

"Because they fear me."

And with that she opened the large wooden doors. The music stoped and the fighting. Everyone went into soft bows as the dragon passed walking towards the bar, Lilith close on her heels. The bar keeper swore before he bent his head in welcome.

"Welcome Misha." The keeper said. Lilith looked at the dragon for a translation. "Ah, you keep the common tongue then girl?" He asked Lilith.

"I do." Lilith replied. "However, I got a little lesson in your language before I came here."

"Ah. May i ask by whom?" The Keeper said.

"Circe." The dragon replied for Lilith. The keeper looked horrified. "Circe Van Rosenburg told her."

"I-of course." The keeper said before he brought the dragon and Lilith a drink. Lilith waited until the dragon took a drink before she drank it. The keepers hand shock.

"She who has skin of blue, spoke words of truth to those of kin of above." The dragon said speaking in code. "She is friend nor foe. Speak words of truth. Understand these words of dragon spoke?"

"Yes." The keeper said, he turned his dark head towards Lilith. "You have questions?"

"Yes." Lilith said. "About a missing girl."

"Oh." The keeper said. "I'm afraid I have not heard anything about a missing girl." He went to walk away when the dragon pulled out a knife and stabbed him between his fingers. Lilith did not even know Freya Evermore had a knife on her. The Kepler did not scream as the dragon looked him into the eyes. "Fine."

"Good." The dragon said. "Her name is Savanna. Kin to the High Lord of Night."

"I don't know a Savanna. Nor have heard of these name."

"She has dark brown hair with rings of red. And. . .and she has large green-hazel eyes." Lilith said. "And wings, like a bat. She might have used the name Anna or even Gwen."

"Anna rings a bell. Though she had blonde hair and no wings." The keeper said looking at his hand. "But if she did have wings, and like a bat, well Dragon you know who has her."

"Lucinda." The dragon said. "Though she has not been seen in months. The witch stays within her lands. Thanks for nothing."

The dragon then turned around and walked out of the bar and back into the carriage outside. She huffed and pulled Lilith inside with her.

"Who is Lucinda?" Lilith asked as the dragon hit the roof of the carriage telling them to go. "And if she has Savanna—"

"She won't have Savanna." The dragon said. "Not alive anyway. Lucinda is a witch. And she is the decedent of Eury the Guide, making her a High Lord of these lands. You need an invitation to enter her lands. Something she has only given me once." The dragon smirked. "Needless to say me and her. . .I may or may not have tried to kill her witchling. . . I will not confirm or deny anything without my lawyer. But. . .an invitation is not likely."

"Did you try to?"

"Her daughter is a cunt." The dragon said. "She had it coming."

"Are we going back to the castle?" Lilith asked.

"No." Freya said smiling. "I told Nicole and Sada I will take you to the temple. And as much as Nicole barks she bites, not even I will try and disobey her. I took you to that place because I know its somewhere your Savanna might have been or someone might had heard something about her, the benefits out way the cost."

"Where are we going."

"Where I told Nicole I was taking you. The teople. Or in other words the temple."