The Nexus could be many things, but one would never think of it as protective.

The dragon had been caught up within the magical vortex, but instead of dropping her as it usually did, it cradled her. shifting and churning. the magic floated around her, and she could have been lost within forever.

Until She opened her eyes. No longer within the swirling vortex, she was surrounded by ten eggs, but they were large. and she had to look up at them.

Jaws opened, and as she tried to speak, little came out but a pip. The call of a hatchling to it's mother. It would not take long before two heads had peered down into the nest at the dragonling there. It had left her with her son. Temeraire. and his mate, Dominion.

Another chance to live the life she never had within the past