20. Cassia: The Silver Pool

Summary

• Cassia and her mother, Queen Naccara Emberclaw of Vere Celene, create a magical window to the human world using a silver pool within the caves deep in Lady of Vere Celene in order to communicate with Everen, Cassia's brother.
• They warn Everen, who is now in a human form, that he must complete the bond process with a human by the Feast of Flowers or they risk losing everything.
• Everen is resentful of his mother's and sister's manipulation and control but eventually resigns to the fate that they have laid out for him.
• Cassia is yet to tell Everen about the prophecy she learned from the Seer, Miligrist, which foretells the imminent destruction of their dragon home, Vere Celene, by a volcanic eruption.
• The Seer also predicts in the prophecy that they would be able to reclaim their original homeland, Lumet, which is currently occupied by humans, after Vere Celene's destruction.
• To survive, the dragons must make the humans accept the incoming dragon invasion before Vere Celene is destroyed. This can only be achieved through Everen's bond with a human as he is the link between the dragons and humans.
• Cassia ends the chapter alone watching the sun set, hoping much relies on Everen’s success of the prophecy for their species' survival.