The room was silent after Uncle Win's announcement. They'd killed one of the males?
Without their male, the females might not stay there. They wouldn't be able to protect their nests. Without their male to run them off, other females could swoop in and eat their eggs and their young. That would cause females to fight each other, usually until one was dead. If the dead one had a nest the young would die without her.
The death of one of the big males in the colony meant many others would die after him naturally without the men having to try to kill them all themselves. At least some of the dragons would kill each other. This would cut down their numbers.
Delaney stared open-mouthed at Uncle Win, processing what he had just said. They'd done it. She turned to look at her friends. "His plan worked," she said softly, "Vincent's plan worked! They killed a male!"
