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00:01battlefield in ruins the ground trembles lava cracks open after the war i was the one who
00:07kept the frost wing alive the frost wing shifts into a man and the first thing he did was choose
00:12her seraphina in his arms they kiss seraphina ss.my jr the ground splits lava surges she smiled
00:21at me thank you senior for raising him for me he turns back into a beast lifting her onto his
00:27back
00:28he didn't even look at me he lowers his head lifts the heroin in his jaws and somehow i thought
00:34he'd
00:34save me he lets go i falls into lava 10 years just to raise someone else's mate i snap open
00:41no bright
00:43hall crowd murmuring banners sigils the binding royal this place the gray marsh binding right
00:50my name is rowan ashford top of my class the headmaster's ward the academy's brightest prodigy
00:56the frost wing was the center of the hall perched on a golden stand his blue green feathers glinting
01:01like ice the bird's cold eyes passed over me as if i were nothing then seraphina stepped forward
01:06in her arms lay a half-dead black sea serpent tears trembled on her lashes and the frost wing
01:11lowered his head to her just like that i became the villain professor hargrove frowned seraphina
01:17your arcane vessel is too weak you can't handle a creature like that rowan i was was never trying
01:23to compete with you i just then i'll take this one since the frost wing likes her so much she
01:29can have
01:29him has rowan lost her mind i ignored them in my last life i ignored them in my last life
01:38i gave that
01:39bird everything in the end he made me die so this time seraphina he's all yours good luck raising that
01:45greedy beast professor hargrove couldn't talk me out of it but he looked sick to his stomach handing a
01:51legendary pureblood frost wing to a rookie transfer student with zero foundation it was a criminal waste
01:56of potential but the frost wing acted like he was drugged clinging to seraphina as if he couldn't
02:01live without her afraid to hurt the bird the professor sighed and activated the right a soul bond is a
02:07leash once the contract is sealed the familiar is bound to the caster's will if it ever dares to harm
02:13its owner the magical backlash is lethal the ritual array flared to life runes pulsing with raw power
02:19the sudden surge of magic terrified the sea serpent with its last bit of strength it coiled tightly
02:25around my wrist desperate as if afraid i'd change my mind and throw it back into the trash in the
02:30opposite circle seraphina basked in her moment of triumph she looked at me and smirked you and that
02:36snake really are a perfect match rowan i didn't even have to open my mouth my classmates did it for
02:42me
02:43what's your tongue boss if rowan hadn't handed him to you on a silver platter you wouldn't even be
02:49allowed to touch a frost wings feather if i were you i'd be kneeling in gratitude seeing seraphina get
02:55picked on the frost wing grew frantic trying to shield her but he failed there was a problem after a
03:01bond a familiar shares its master's mana and seraphina she's a total amateur what magic could she possibly
03:08give him get used to it buddy life with a weak binder is a long slow crawl i looked down
03:14at the
03:14little serpent on my wrist finally sure that i wouldn't abandon it it went limp and passed out in
03:19back at my house i started studying my new familiar he was tiny by the looks of it he had
03:28just reached
03:29maturity but he wasn't like any sea serpent i'd ever seen his tail was flat with a sleek fin more
03:34like a
03:34fish most likely he's a hybrid part sea serpent part siren my yard had a natural magic spring the
03:42second i put him in the little guy came back to life splashing around and greedily absorbing the
03:47mana from the water you've got some nerve aren't you worried i'll poison you just to trade up for
03:52something better he froze staring at me with his tiny bead-like eyes then he spat water right in my
03:59face
04:01i gave his head a playful flick fine just focus on healing i raised a frost wing one little snake
04:09won't
04:09be a problem the next morning i opened my eyes and immediately froze a man was in my bed sun
04:16-kissed
04:16skin dark lashes fluttering like butterfly wings i shrank into the corner who are you
04:23this is gray moff academy don't even think about trying anything he sat up lazily
04:34the sea serpent rude i have a name it's ness
04:42apparently he'd been on the run from something trouble and somehow he ran straight into my uncle
04:46percy you know percy the man has a gift for picking up treasures off the street broken clocks
04:51her strings apparently dying snakes included nix had disguised himself as one half dead barely
04:57breathing just to get help and percy he brought him home like he just hit the jackpot the problem is
05:03nix isn't just anything he can already manifest which means his power is off the charts and if
05:09he's this strong then whatever's plenty here yeah monsters great just great tell me something your
05:19enemies aren't going to track you here right nix stepped closer his golden eyes locked onto mine
05:24pinning me against the wall like i had nowhere else to go he smiled we're bound now a contract
05:30excuse me you're the owner and i'm your guardian he leaned in voice lowering so master
05:38you better start training try not to hold me back
05:45nix actually had some tricks up his sleeve my magical essence was water-based which perfectly
05:50complements his nature he taught me an ancient spell weaving from the sea clans to draw magic
05:55directly from the water the results were incredible even the headmaster noticed my rapid progress
06:00my new daily routine was simple i'd soak in the magic spring to train while nix watched over me from
06:06the
06:06branches of the cherry tree under the sunlight his bronze skin gleamed his collar hanging open to
06:12reveal sharp collarbones with his eyes narrowed in a lazy nap he looked dangerously beautiful the man was
06:18a total heartbreaker but before i could enjoy the view someone had to ruin the mood seraphina poked her
06:24head through the gate rowan i rose from the spring nix flipped down from the tree in one smooth motion
06:30casually draping my cloak over my shoulders the moment seraphina saw him she froze
06:36what are you doing here she didn't answer she was too busy staring at nix
06:40who is he i took nix's hand and gave her a thin smile you remember him the pathetic little black
06:49serpent from the right didn't you say he and i were a perfect match annoyance flashed in her eyes
06:55out with it what do you want she hemmed and hawed i want you to help me raise the frost
07:02wing
07:03i felt nix's grip on my hand tighten i looked back met his displeased gaze and gave him a reassuring
07:09smile before turning back to her if you can't afford him figure it out yourself i don't owe you a
07:14thing
07:14what do you mean you don't owe me seraphina snapped her victim act finally slipping six months ago
07:20you took my serpent and shoved that frost wing onto me you don't get to just walk away from this
07:25the audacity was breathtaking it had been six months and she finally realized the academy's standard
07:31rations were a drop in the bucket for a pure blood beast she'd spent all her own potions on him
07:36and
07:37now her own arcane progress had stalled while everyone else in her year had surpassed her
07:41he is your responsibility if a divine beast can't evolve it's a loss for the whole academy
07:47i didn't wait for her to finish with a flick of my wrist a surge of mana swept her off
07:52her feet
07:52and sent her tumbling out the gate don't treat everyone like a fool seraphina
07:58i called out as the gate slammed shut kind of martyr spend 10 years doing the heavy lifting just
08:04so you can reap the rewards if you can't afford him cut him loose and stop hogging the spotlight
08:11in just a few months i transcended the senior ranks and was ordained as an arcanist right around then
08:16the headmaster spent two top-tier artifacts to trade for a rare spirit wolf from the alchemy guild
08:21he sent professor whitmore and me to escort the beast back to the academy when we arrived she suddenly
08:27giggled little rowan your serpent certainly is a clingy one i didn't catch her meaning until i headed up the
08:33mountain and saw a figure leaning against a tree by the path nikes he didn't move then he grabbed me
08:39fingers locking at the back of my neck forcing me to look at him golden eyes burning rowan ashford
08:46have i not treated you well his grip tightened what are you talking about that woman came by again today
08:52she said you left me to her are you regretting our bond already you're replacing me with another mate
08:57just because you've ascended nix's pupils narrowed into thin lines he bent down
09:02burying his face in the crook of my neck and gave the skin a slow deliberate lick then bared his
09:07fangs
09:07his voice a low growl against my ear the scent of a spirit wolf your new mate nikes listen no
09:13need
09:14once i devour a faint smile you won't have a choice you'll keep me
09:25you hit me over her that's the headmaster's spirit wolf you idiot it's an academy asset
09:31ness stopped throwing a fit and followed me like a loyal shadow the dorm area was quiet
09:35a few lower years told me seraphina had taken the frost wing to the back mountain turns out
09:39they were having a lover's back
09:43look off your face i've done nothing wrong do you know how many potions i've wasted on you i have
09:49nothing left for my own training i gave you everything and you're still not satisfied you
09:55want me to risk my life outside the academy for materials you're insane if you want me dead just
09:59say it rowan c refflin has already shifted and look at you you can't even speak stop scratching
10:09words in the dirt i'm done reading your pathetic notes in my last life i spent 10 years begging for
10:16a single glance from that bird now he was literally scratching love letters in the mud just to get
10:21seraphina to look at him the irony was delicious seraphina i've been looking for you the frost wing
10:27immediately scrambled to claw over the words on the ground when seraphina saw me with ness her face
10:32went pale then tight with forced calm what do you want rowan i patted ness's arm he let out a
10:37low
10:37amused chuckle dropped to one knee and let me sit on his leg his hand steady and possessive on my
10:42waist
10:42seraphina bit her lip her eyes glued to ness she completely forgot about the bird beside her i'm here
10:48to ask why you've been stalking my familiar the frost wing's feathers flared in a jealous rage
10:52seraphina panicked no you've got it all wrong i was looking for you she's lying master she told
10:59me you snatched me away from her claimed i was rightfully hers ness rested his chin on my shoulder
11:05acting like a kicked puppy i kissed his cheek a little pat as a reward then looked at seraphina
11:10beside her the frost wings pressed exploded he was livid finally seraphina realized what was happening
11:15you're trying to drive a wedge between us you started this game seraphina don't cry when i'm
11:21the one who finishes it if you touch my famil again i'll see you at the tribunal on the way
11:26back i was
11:27in a great mood ness however was strangely quiet as we entered the yard he grabbed my arm you know
11:33that
11:33bird don't you well we have a history a miserable one want to hear it no i'm ten thousand times
11:40better
11:40than that trash bird you're never bonding with anyone else period don't worry i'm a one venison
11:46kind of mage you gave me your loyalty i'll give you my word
11:5910 years vanished in a flash i climbed the ranks rising from a lowly neophyte to an elite arcanist
12:06then the former head of the beast taming hall suddenly went on a trip and the position
12:10fell into my lap professor whitmore told me we thought the frost wing would raise graymorrow's
12:20strength to a new level but even now there's no sign of him achieving his human form the faculty
12:28even tried pooling resources to fuel his evolution it's not enough side cut in gray marsh was small
12:34we didn't have the deep pockets of the top magic academies or the alchemy guild
12:37raising magical creatures took massive amounts of time and resources there was never a surplus
12:43but more importantly the frost wing couldn't be allowed to manifest i remembered the blood bath from
12:48my last life i'd avoided that bird at all costs but i knew his kind a divine beast with a
12:54dark heart
12:54is a walking apocalypse i thought about killing him but every time i tried to warn nix or the headmaster
12:59about the future it was as if an invisible wall blocked my voice they couldn't hear a thing i said
13:04about my past life i could only watch him suppress him after all in my last life i didn't survive
13:12past
13:12this year i was so busy i barely had time for nix so he went off to find his own
13:19fun that evening
13:20before i even reached my front door the world spun nix had slung me over his shoulder like a sack
13:26of
13:26grain what are you doing now come on i'm taking you to see a show
13:36the show was seraphina and the frost wing arguing well more like a one-sided screaming match a loud
13:42speaker yelling at a mute don't you dare blame me i didn't took her that stick grayman did it right
13:50odd you fundy of late march i didn't force you to come to gray mark you said it was a
13:55good place to
13:56hone your magic if it weren't for you i'd be at the alchemy guild by now instead i'm stuck in
14:03this
14:03pathetic broke academy
14:11do you think i knew the monthly rations would be this meager professor hardhack tried to give you
14:16to rowan but you had to be arrogant you feel as the now she's the headmaster's golden child she has
14:24everything if you'd stayed with her you'd have ascended ages ago i clenched my fists so that was it
14:32i always wondered why the frost wing chose seraphina they'd known each other all along
14:36in my last life if i hadn't been the pool who bled for them it would have been someone else
14:41gray marsh was never a home to them it was a stepping stone the more i thought the colder my
14:47blood ran there are only two ways to break the soul bond the caster willingly severs it or the caster
14:52dies
14:57so i must die
15:01the frost wing was lurking outside my gate glaring at nicks as he soaked in the spring nicks was being
15:06his usual petty self shifting into human form just to mock the bird i didn't give the frost wing a
15:10second glance you're familiar aren't you why aren't you with seraphina while she trains nicks followed
15:17my lead dripping wet and leaning against me yeah my mistress actually cares about me so she lets me
15:25rest why aren't you with yours he's decades older than me yet he says master like it's candy on his
15:30tongue i walked into the yard and glanced at the spring at least that girl's manipulative aura hadn't
15:35tainted my spring nicks pressed closer his damp skin radiating heat i just wanted that bird to know
15:40there's no vacancy in this house or our relationship and what relationship is that his
15:45golden pupils shimmered with mischief we are whatever you desire us to be master something
15:50shifted behind us i went to turn but nicks caught my face in his hands don't bother the trash
15:56bird flew away i need to know why he was here that bird is rotten to the core he's regretting
16:01his
16:02choices obviously he realizes he's stuck with a loser novice and wants back in your good graces
16:07i looked at the empty gate my gut told me it was more than that in this life i'd gone
16:11out of my way
16:12to avoid him if he wanted a new master he could have asked the faculty unless he's reborn too
16:17the thought sent a chill down my spine i teleported to the back mountain instantly the seal was intact
16:23thank god but then i saw them blue green feathers scattered near the array he'd been here he's too
16:29weak to break the seal now but he knows it exists only a handful of people knew about the abyssal
16:34monster
16:34sealed here my parents died protecting this place and in my last life i'd only ever shared that secret
16:41with one person the frost wing why was he here he hasn't even manifested yet there's no way he could
16:47survive letting the monsters out i'll have to watch him like a hawk this just got a lot more dangerous
16:54rumors started flying through the academy mostly about seraphina what annoyed me was that i got
17:00dragged into the crossfire anyone with eyes could see that seraphina and her familiar had hit a wall
17:05the frost wing was a high profile beast and at first seraphina lived for the attention he brought
17:11her now he refused to even enter her room and openly defied her commands she'd already made a fool of
17:16herself on the training grounds more than once the reason i was involved was simple while the frost
17:21wing rejected seraphina he started obsessively hovering around me every time i appeared he'd
17:26follow me like a lost puppy if looks could kill seraphina would have left me dead in a ditch a
17:31thousand
17:31times over little roba doesn't that bird remind you of the kind of guy who dumps you then realizes
17:37you were totally out of his lage and comes crawling back he ignored you when you were beneath him and
17:42now he can't get enough nix was currently coiled around my neck in his serpent form if i hadn't
17:47ripped him in time the professor's unicorn would have been his lunch the professor clutched her
17:52unicorn saying how terrifying though her eyes were twinkling with mischief since that girl can't
17:58afford to raise him anyway why don't i talk to her we'll find her a more suitable pet and just
18:04transfer the frost wing to you professor dawn the unicorn's human form a cute little girl finally had
18:09enough she clamped her hands over whitmore's mouth looking miserable please stop talking i patted nix
18:16to calm him down i'll pass i'd rather stay far away from the tribunal besides nikes is all i need
18:22besides nix is all i need whitmore looked disappointed but the bird clinging to you like
18:28this isn't a long-term solution a familiar estranged from its partner is worthless to the academy
18:33he's just a drain on seraphina she hasn't progressed past the novice stage in 10 years
18:38the faculty is discussing sending her and the bird down the mountain for field training
18:42i knew exactly what the headmaster and the professors were doing they were protecting me
18:46they had also officially given up on the frost wing this was largely thanks to the terrifying combat
18:51power nix displayed the leviathan clan is born for war together he and i could even hold our own against
18:56high-level professors when seraphina heard the academy wanted her to leave for field training she burst into
19:04tears on the spot gray marsh might not be rich but it never mistreats its students she'd finally found
19:08a place that offered protection there was no way she was going back to a life on the road she
19:12even
19:13managed to convince herself this was all my idea in her head i was trying to drive her out just
19:17so i
19:17could claim the frost wing for myself in front of the professor she wept like her world was ending
19:22refusing to budge an inch if rowan wants the frost wing she only have to ask she's an upperclassman of
19:29course i'd say yes but if she takes my bird shouldn't she give me necks in return trading a mutt
19:36serpent
19:37for a pure blood frost wing no matter how you look at it she'd be getting the better end of
19:41the bargain
19:42the headmaster shut her down instantly uh miss vos
19:48let's just focus on you and your bird shall we we won't be entertaining any
19:55creative trades today all of this was relayed to me later while they were dealing with seraphina's drama
20:00i was at the beast taming hall investigating a series of strange disappearances any magical
20:05creature that was unbonded or too wild to tame was kept here but yesterday two kelpies and a unicorn had
20:10vanished into thin air the warden looked ready to break down i reinforced the wards myself if
20:15anything had tampered with the locks i would have felt it but last night nothing not a single ripple
20:24in the manor it wasn't abyss and monsters i don't smell their filth here i don't smell their filth here
20:30the beast taming hall is carved directly into the mountain the rock itself is enchanted with heavy
20:34anti-magic wards teleportation and phasing spells are useless here only those carrying the academy's
20:39sigil can pass through to steal three large creatures without a sound the thief had to be
20:43someone who knew gray martian side and out i was still running through the list of suspects when
20:47i heard the curator using a high-pitched baby voice to comfort a trembling pixie don't be scared
20:52big brother nikes only looks fierce he won't eat you i promise that one sentence made everything click
20:59professor do magical creatures ever kill their own kind what a terrifying thing to say
21:07these creatures are sentient they would never oh it's okay pixie it's okay humans kill their own
21:14kind magical creatures are no different there's a type of forbib and sorry do you want to hear the
21:19details wild magical creatures don't have potions to rely on they want to ascend the ultimate shortcut is
21:24magic train essence ten years ago nikes nearly died at the hands of one of those monsters the higher
21:30the rank of the target the swifter the dark wizard gains power once they get a taste for it they
21:34never
21:34stop that night we set an ambush at the beast hang hall but the night passed in silence nothing happened
21:44a student came running toward us rowan something's happened at the dorms his face pale as a ghost
21:53nick shifted into a serpent form
21:58and carried me straight there his pupils narrowed into sharp slits i smell blood we heard the gut
22:04wrenching sobs it was one of the first years i'd been coaching he'd come to gray morph with a tiny
22:09kitten familia now he was cradling a blood-soaked clump of fur wailing in a voice that broke my heart
22:13you were right it was a professional hit gutted for its core and killed in a single strike it
22:17didn't even have time to scream the kid only ran out after he felt the soul bond snap but by
22:21then it
22:21was too late my heart tightened with a cold fury instinctively my eyes searched for the frost wing
22:28he was standing obediently beside seraphina my vision blurred with rage don't look it was him
22:35how can you be so sure i know the stench of a dark wizard that bird reeks of it
22:42i reported everything to the headmaster he listened in grim silence then finally looked up
22:47we can't alert him yet we need to catch him red-handed keep a close watch on him and wait
22:51for his next
22:52move but from that day on the bird went silent not a single creature went missing for two long years
23:00but nex could still smell the stench of a dark sorcerer on that bird night fell and i was meditating
23:06inside suddenly a pair of blood-red eyes flashed past my window a chill raced down my spine i rushed
23:12outside into the silence the moon was thin the spring was calm but where was nice i ran to the
23:18water's edge a single blue-green feather floated on the surface it was an invitation find me and maybe
23:24i'll give him back i focused sensing the bond the back mountain the seal what the hell was that bird
23:30trying to do the moment i teleported in a violent shock wave of mana nearly knocked me off my feet
23:36nox and the frost wing were locked in a vicious duel i froze when had the bird attained his human
23:41form
23:41he stood there in robes of teal dodging nox's strikes with effortless grace and beside the
23:47ceiling array sat seraphina she looked like a discarded marionette i stepped closer horror clawing at my
23:53throat she was bleeding from every orasis her eyes wide with a lingering frozen terror
23:58her abdomen had been gutted her magical essence ripped out and stolen
24:02nox get back here stay away from him nox faltered the second he heard my voice
24:07taking a direct hit from the bird he stumbled back to me clutching his shoulder and looking at me with
24:14those damn puppy dog eyes the frost wing hissed in rage you did that on purpose nex bared his fangs
24:20on purpose you're the one who's rotten to the core killing your own binder wasn't enough you had to
24:26come after mine too if i hadn't followed your trail she'd be dead by now so those red eyes at
24:32my window had been his he ignored nix and turned to me his gaze burning rowan you were reborn too
24:38weren't you i stared back at him cold as the abbess what do you really want let me guess
24:46you came back on the day of the right that's why you rejected me tell me rowan what gave you
24:51the
24:51nerve to choose that snake over me his face twisted into something monstrous fine if we can't have
24:58this life we'll try the next i'll break the seal let the monsters out and we can restart this whole
25:03nightmare together but next time i won't give that snake a chance save your fake devotion
25:13the frost wing smiled too late i'm only one step away his hand moved rooms flaring behind his back
25:20the mountain groaned the abyssal monsters sensed the array loosening the ground groaned and trembled
25:25under their growing agitation at that moment a massive bolt of lightning tore through the clouds
25:30gathering right above the bird's head beams of light erupted from the peaks of gray marsh
25:34as the academy's defense systems flared to life the headmaster's voice cut through it
25:41hold the line i'll reseal the breach lightning above a tide of monsters below and yet the frost
25:50wing showed no fear rowan it's over you can't stop it just come with me to the next life i
25:57died here
25:57once same sky same beard i couldn't breathe i promise this time i'll give you everything
26:07taking her try nick stepped in behind me lifting it just slight like this
26:17steadying the wand adjusting the angle focus his voice dropped low steady don't fight it
26:25the tremor in my hand slowed say it the wand flickered his grip tightened i guess
26:31and then his voice dropped over mine the wand flared light burst from the tip
26:38blinding violent a barrier surged outward tearing through the air
26:45the barrier held his hand still over mine i didn't pull away then the ground cracked again
26:51something below slammed against the barrier harder this time my grip tightened instinctively
26:57no his fingers pressed tighter over mine guiding the wand forward we're not done the fight's just
27:03starting stay with me nick shifted into his massive serpent form and launched his attack
27:09i immediately wove my seals to cast a heavy shield over him every familiar has its own nature and a
27:14mage must adapt to match a leviathan is built for war so the caster must master defense a spirit fox
27:21is
27:21built for deception requiring mastery of illusions a frost wing is built for speed it needs a partner
27:27who can keep up in my last life my skills were wasted i was a shield maiden trying to catch
27:32a bird that
27:33didn't want to be caught but now fighting alongside mix i finally understood that a binder and their
27:38familiar are more than just owner and servant they are partners someone you can trust with your life
27:44a traitorous beast who kills its own kin would never understand that nix pressed forward with
27:49cooler efficiency herding the frost wing directly into the strike zone divine lightning coiled in the
27:54sky like a massive silver dragon ready to descend at first the frost wing relied on his pure blood
28:00arrogance assuming a mutt like nix could never defeat him but a hundred strikes later his face went pale
28:06nix was hitting every vital point with lethal precision while the bird couldn't even put a dent in
28:11nix's shield he finally realized the truth i wasn't going to die in a monster's jaws today like he'd
28:16planned he completely snapped no this is wrong you're supposed to die we're supposed to die together
28:23i stopped weaving my seals nick slashed back to my side in a heartbeat looking down at the bird with
28:29a
28:29mocking grin the frost wing froze realizing he was standing alone in the center of the array i raised my
28:35hand and pointed to the heavens i gave him one last smile see you never a pillar of lightning thick
28:41as
28:41a wall roared down and struck him dead center he didn't even have time to scream before he was
28:45erased from existence just like that he was nothing but ash in the wind
28:51with the frost wing gone the real nightmare began the monsters in the back mountain were on another
28:57level they couldn't be killed only seal especially the abyssal dragon the previous headmaster gave his
29:03soul to anchor the seal and even then he barely managed to cage her she's been stewing in her own
29:08rage
29:08for a century the second she breaks free she'll level this academy to the ground the current headmaster
29:14and the professors were working frantically but the seal was cracking faster than they could repair
29:18it the freezing chill of the abyss was already crawling under my skin nix was leaning against a tree
29:23teasing me about his reward for the fight when he suddenly froze he stared into the heart of the
29:28forbidden forest his eyes sharp and predatory what is that he asked the abyssal dragon i replied my
29:36voice trembling his face turned grave wait for me out here i have to go in i caught his hand
29:41before
29:41he could move i'm going with you he frowned rowan it's a death trap in there i know i said
29:47looking him
29:48dead in the eye in my last life i died right here i watched the frost wing shield seraphina and
29:54fly away
29:54leaving me to be torn apart by the monsters i tightened my grip on his hand i'm not letting history
30:00repeat
30:00itself i'm not leaving you nix and i charged headlong into the shattered seal the forbidden
30:08forest was a graveyard of toxic mist thousands of eyes tracked our every move from the shadows hungry
30:13and cold nix was no longer the little snake on my wrist he had shifted into his true form a
30:18massive
30:19lethal serpent the abyssal monsters had lost their minds to the darkness but instinct still screamed at
30:24them to keep their distance from him i clung to his back whispering what exactly are we looking for
30:29his voice rumbled through his massive chest the dragon i nearly lost it i followed him straight
30:37into the jaws of death without even asking for the itinerary then he added softly rowan i can smell my
30:44mother here i'd always assumed he was just a hybrid part sea serpent part siren he never spoke of his
30:50past and i never pushed now i knew the truth he had sea serpent blood yes but his mother was
30:56a literal
30:56ancient dragon no wonder he fights like a god and seems like a dying toad he told me his mother
31:02wasn't always a monster two centuries ago a dark mage ripped the magical essence from his father's chest
31:08consumed by grief and vengeance she lost herself to the darkness and fell into the abyss i didn't have
31:14the words to comfort him all i could do was lean forward and press a hand to his scales but
31:18there was
31:19no time for heart to hearts the monsters around us were starting to close in their patience wearing thin
31:24nick set me down shifting back into human form we stood back to back a circle of two against the
31:30dark rowan he said his voice tight if things go south i'm going to throw you out of here don't
31:36look
31:36back just run in that moment the fear vanished i looked at the horde and felt a strange calm
31:42if the frost wing was right and i can just start my life after i die maybe that wouldn't be
31:47so bad i
31:48felt him stiffen i leaned my head against his shoulder but you told me i can only ever have one
31:53family max i took that seriously if you don't want to watch me get eaten alive then you'd better fight
31:59like hell to keep me standing the abyssal monsters had been warped by the void for too long they were
32:07barely recognizable anymore just walking piles of teeth and homicidal instinct they swarmed us in a frenzy
32:14forcing us onto a desperate defense nax batted away a spray of toxic venom his voice thick with regret
32:22this is on me i let my heart get in the way i just wanted to see her one last
32:28time suddenly i went
32:30turdy nax whipped around his face pale with alarm thinking i'd been hit but then he saw it too
32:37the monsters that had been clawing at us just seconds ago vanished in an instant the silence
32:43was deafening through the shifting fog two blood red beacons ignited she was a mountain of scales
32:50and rage every breath she exhaled it tore through the fog like a hurricane beneath the scales a woman's
32:57face a horrific mask the second she caught our scent she lunged her massive jaws open to swallow the world
33:04i wanted to scream to run but my limbs were lead in two lifetimes i had never stood before a
33:12true
33:12god this wasn't just fear it was a primal dread etched into my very soul but the killing blow never
33:20came nick stepped in front of me shielding me with his body mother stop don't hurt her
33:28it's me it's ness ness the crimson in her eyes flickered little nine end this kill me the dragon
33:38exhaled the magical essence a shimmering pulsing orb of pure power and motioned for nix to shatter it
33:44he caught the crystal those hands strong enough to crush mountains were now trembling unable to break a
33:50single fragile stone he looked at his mother with pleading in his eyes the dragon was fighting for
33:58every second of control her body jerking as the darkness tried to pull her back under dot
34:04the core slipped from nix's shaking hands and floated toward me good child
34:10you do it i caught the crystal my heart racing the course power slammed into me a bolt of pure
34:16lightning
34:17raw energy began tearing through my veins like wildfire a warm hand covered mine i looked up and
34:22saw tears streaming down nix's face the first time i had ever seen him cry he looked at the dragon
34:27one
34:27last time his grip on my hand tightening with resolve goodbye mother with a sharp crystal and crack
34:34the core shattered in my palm the dragon let out a long final breath at last i can sleep
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