The First Signs of a Love Triangle

Talanji was brimming with fighting spirit like a little princess.

Tonatiuh was in the garden of the Summer Palace, reclining on a custom-made wooden lounge chair with a glass of freshly squeezed juice in hand. Shandris leaned against him somewhat unwillingly.

A massive dark-red Ravasaur, over thirty feet tall and more than sixty feet long, lay on the lawn nearby.

This was the garden of the Summer Palace, perhaps also the palace within Zanchul with the most land devoted to gardens. Its previous owner was said to have been the queen of the Zandalari Empire before last.

That queen had loved plants and flowers. She had kept this private plot within the palace and planted it with all sorts of flowers, grasses, and trees. Now it benefited Tonatiuh instead. The moment the God-King moved into Zanchul, he had taken a liking to this place.

Of the four palaces in the Four Seasons Palace, the Warm Spring Palace was closest to The Great Seal, so he usually slept there. The Summer Palace had the most flowers and plants and the finest scenery, so he preferred it when handling routine affairs and receiving guests. The remaining Autumn Palace was the largest, while the Winter Palace was built in the Drakkari troll style. He had yet to find a use for it and had merely claimed a plot of land and left it there for now.

Shandris had left the Kaldorei camp at the mouth of the Broken River, on the border between Nazmir and Dazar'alor, and come to Zuldazar to find him.

She had brought Tyrande's letter. Its contents were nothing more than official matters: the Kaldorei navy would join the Golden Fleet on the expedition, the location where they would rendezvous at sea, and various precautions.

After the God-King finished reading