After Cain’s accident, Sophie doubted for a long time whether it was appropriate or not to tell Nadia about it. After all, she was involved in an indirect way, as one of the dragons that could have attacked Cain was her own. There was definitely something fishy about that whole business, and Sophie would have been sorry if anything happened to her friend or the little dragon.

However, there was the issue of confidentiality: she didn’t like the idea of talking to Nadia about ...