by Nina Kiriki Hoffman The dragon wanted to raise a toast at her first meeting with our coven, and what the dragon wanted, the dragon got. She held up a golden goblet in her claw and glared at the rest of us until we held up our mugs, teacups, and glasses. I glanced at the other eleven members of the coven. We had gathered in the biggest room of my house’s basement, since that was a room that could accommodate a dragon. It was lit only by candlelight, so it was full of shadows. Everyone had brought stumps of candles, though, so there were lots of flickering flames, and a…