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Though their power had been absolute once, there had always been few of the intelligent drakes and, therefore, they had allowed, perhaps even trained, the first humans in the duties of trade and farming.

Only after it was too late did the Dragon Kings realize that they might have trained their own successorsand the drakes had no intention of surrendering control without a fight.

The only thing that had held the humans back was the incredible, savage power of the drakes that more than made up for there being so few.

Among the young there were seven major drakes, the species from which the Dragon Kings had come.

The Gryphon, who seemed to have little or no background of his own, as far as Cabe knew, was determined that the drakes learn about their own heritage as well as that of mankind.

If his judgment concerning the young drakes was incorrect, then so might his judgment concerning any number of things.

Those of the intelligent drake race, looking like bizarre, two-legged lizards, jumped up and down in copy of the human young they had observed, while the young lesser drakes, pure animal, swayed frantically from side to side, hissing all the while.

The Seekers, avian predecessors to the drakes, had left behind more than one secret which hinted of a power once far, far greater than the Dragon Kings at their finest.

The Green Dragon still remembered Nathan and the Dragon Masters, the group of mages who had fought the Kings in the Turning War and reduced the power of the drakes to its present state despite losing in the end.

Female drakes had a different metabolism and, while she would take much longer, her human form would be near perfect, perhaps more than perfect, Cabe remembered, having almost fallen prey to three such enchantresses who had once taken up residence in the very place they were now heading.

The watcher wore one such measure now and kept it quite well hidden from the mages and drakes below.

The drakes, on the other hand, knew that the lord and lady of the Manor were human mages of great power and that their own lord was turning their well-being over to the grandson of the greatest of the Dragon Masters, which was akin to being turned over to their worst nightmare.

The drakes seemed fairly calm, despite the fact that their powers were fairly nonexistent within the confines of the protective spell, something new to them.

There was a peacefulness to the garden that Cabe had not noticed on his prior visitation, most likely because he had been assaulted by drakes, pelted by magically flung chunks of crystal, and dropped on by Seekers.

There was a difference, all right, one that he realized he had seen on most of the other male drakes who now served him.