Private Chambers

A fierce, black dragon appeared from out of nowhere, catching them just twenty feet before they were to hit the ground, and they were off to safety.

***

Now he stood here, in his private chambers, at dusk with the red and orange ombre sky as a backdrop, looking at her, after just delivering the horrible news of her mother’s death. He could see she was about to fall apart. He saw the unshed tears of sadness welling up in her big gray eyes. A telling trait of her innocence. No one could act this good, he thought. She looked so lost and confused to him.

Her voice was quiet but regal. He wondered if she even noticed it. He felt like an ass.

"My mother is dead? And I..." She couldn't say the words.

"Committed the crime." He