Cobalt watched Jasper scurry away and marveled at what he had stumbled across. The missing former Crown Prince was a dragoness? That was what Cobalt had detected in her scent; she was once a male human. It didn't take a genius to connect the dots after that. He wasn't surprised that none of the other dragons knew. He was only able to detect the scent signature because he himself was a former human.
In the coup, many were taken hostage and transformed. The head of the Prince's Guard, Gareth, was one such man. The new King ordered his transformation into a male dragon of powerful force, to be used in war. Gareth escaped after being transformed, however. He fled to the mountains known to harbor dragons and decided to leave his human life behind. He had even taken a new name to hide his past. It was a shock to be confronted with that same past.
Cobalt still felt loyal to the former Prince, but he had no choice in dominating her. She was his concubine now, after all. Some part of Cobalt felt amused by this change in fortunes. He was in charge now. Prince Jasper, now dragoness Jasper, was a member of his harem and would bear him many children.
Cobalt set off to find his other concubines, as he needed to dominate them as well to properly claim them. As he walked, he thought about how to handle the Jasper situation. Part of him wanted to tell her his true identity, but part of him wanted to keep it a secret.