Dragon Blood Curse (Emperor’s Assassin #4)

Four

Dinner was an awkward affair. Vostop, Commander Rede, and I managed to limp toward a conversation, discussing, alternately, the weather, the hunting, how far into the mountain range the dwarves would have to travel to find another mountain that could sustain them, how many of the mountains were occupied by existing villages, and how many could be made habitable.

I almost envied the new king the straightforwardness of his task.

Many of the mountains in Krustau already had small villages.