Though Arveiaturace had already calculated the value of her mate and the two children who depended on her mate to survive, she forced her wandering thoughts back on track. "What about my juvenile White Dragons? If we all leave the ice fields, they won't survive on their own!"
Many adult dragons treated the young ones poorly, but when they had eaten their fill, they would still toss them scraps. They also let the young dragons stay in their territories to catch mice and gnaw on tundra moss.
But once the adults left, the White Dragons born in the Year of Thunder would give the young ones no quarter. They would drive every last one out of their territories. Even Arveiaturace had to admit that a White Dragon that had reached adolescence might still lose to an ice wolf.
She had been the White Dragon Queen for over a thousand years. She truly did not want to see young dragons reduced to eating maggots to survive.
Hill answered gently, "As long as they sign an agreement with me and follow Aglaia's rules while in the forest, I'll let the juvenile White Dragons live on the mountain behind Aglaia Territory. As it happens, I'm not particularly fond of Neverwinter, and I don't want its people coming into my territory over that mountain whenever they please.
"But those White Dragons must also promise to sign contracts with the Terrasil Elves in the future. I can't support them for free.
"I'll recover the cost from the Terrasil Elves eventually.
"They can live in Hidden Forest instead if they want. I'm especially willing to let in those whose parents have signed contracts with the Terrasil Elves.
"I'll let some livestock roam in both places, and they can hunt fish in the lake and sea as