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to making notes of their meetings, was writing in his neat script as Millinith began with a quick recap of the nahual examination.
    Master Canneth, the Caer’s Master Zoologist, head of its Animal Craft Hall, and the other leader of the investigative team, asked a few questions.
    Not much new was revealed, though the fact that this beast, too, was female, was noteworthy. When there were no more questions, they moved on to the real purpose of the meeting.
    “Flying back last night,” Master Doronal said as he looked around the table, “Aeron brought up an important point. He and Anaya can only sense nahual in a ten mile radius. If we want to keep the region around Caer Baronel safe from the evil things, we will need more dragonlinked, more dragons.” He then looked at the Animal Craft master and smiled. “Something which Lord Baronel, Master Canneth and myself have been aware of for some time.”
    Aeron raised his brows and looked at Willem, then Sharrah and Cheddar. All his friends looked similarly surprised.
    “While we do have great plans for the future, we must start small. We simply do not know quite enough about dragons as of yet. But we will continue to remedy that.”
    He rested his elbows on the table and clasped his hands together near his mouth, tapping his two forefingers against his lips. “One of the first things we learned, and one of the most remarkable, is that bond-mates are linked extremely tightly, down to their very spirits. Due to this, Master Canneth and I suspect that a bonded dragon’s mate selection will be heavily influenced, even if unintentionally, by his or her bond-mate.”
    Everyone glanced at Aeron, and cheeks warming, he cleared his throat. Sharrah was nodding a little to herself as she stared at him.
    “As such,” Master Doronal continued, “we think that Willem will be the best choice for the next dragonlinked. Because as much as others would like to be bonded with a dragon, we must think of the future of dragonlinked and our need to increase the number of dragons we have for bonding.” He spread his hands. “To put it bluntly, we need dragon breeding pairs.”
    Cheddar sighed loudly. “You’re right, of course, Master Doronal, much as I hate to admit it.” He turned to Willem, a wry smile on his face, and said, “Congratulations.”
    Willem, looking nervous, nodded.
    “One of the things we are not sure of,” Master Canneth said, “is exactly how to procure dragon young for bonding. From what we learned from Anaya, dragons have rarely, if ever, traveled as far as her mother to clutch. It was sheer luck that Aeron came across Anaya.”
    We could always ask at House Yaot.
    That’s a great idea. Do you think you could fly us there?
    “Does anyone have any ideas about this?” Master Doronal looked around the table.
    I do. I remember my mother’s flight here, well. I can even try to show you my memory of it, so we might be able to use a portal.
    Aeron raised his brows. Would that work? “Anaya thinks we could ask the dragons at House Yaot,” he said. “She remembers how to get there, and she says she can try to show the location to me, through the link, from her memories. It might then be possible to open a portal for it.”
    “Can you do that?” Willem asked. “Portal to somewhere you’ve only seen from one of her memories?”
    “I don’t know,” Aeron replied. “But we can try, assuming the idea is approved.”
    “If it were possible to learn a location from a dragon memory,” Master Doronal said, “that could have any number of uses. But putting that aside for now, House Yaot may actually be our best plan. Since her mother is from there, Anaya can meet with them as one of their own, perhaps even convince her mother to help recruit.”
    “And,” Sharrah said, “with her maternal memories, she knows everything about the place.”
    Master Canneth nodded. “House politics and history, the standing of the various members and families  . . . yes. This