The Tea Party - Part 7

Of course, listening to that, Oliver thought that such an interpretation wasn't true at all. It was not a lack of fear that drove him to respond to confrontation so strongly – it was the irritation that came with it. His whole body urged to fight with the power that he had accumulated, and it could hardly run from those moments now.

The lack of control that he had experienced in weeks past seemed to be waning, but the drive to dominate was still there, like a cold stake through the heart.

"My, Verdant," Asabel said, "you make him sound a wild animal."

"If he is, then he would be the strongest of beasts," Verdant said.

"My father would say that the dragon is the strongest of beasts," Asabel said thoughtfully. "Could it be that Oliver is secretly a Pendragon?"

"My Lady!" Lancelot said incredulously.