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Marry My Ex's Dragon Lord #FullMovie
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00:00The silver dragon on my shoulder knows I've lived this life before.
00:03Last time, I married the wrong Valmont.
00:06This time, I'm marrying his uncle.
00:08My mother almost dropped her wine glass.
00:10You want him?
00:11Dravon Valmont?
00:12He's 8 years your senior.
00:14I didn't explain.
00:15I just smiled.
00:17Some things don't need explaining.
00:19Like what happened in my past life.
00:2120 years married to Kale Valmont.
00:2320 years blind.
00:25Then I found his study wall, covered in magical projections of my cousin Celestia.
00:29Every year.
00:30Every stolen moment.
00:32Then I died.
00:33Then I woke up.
00:34Now I'm sitting at the Valmont Ducal Palace Gala, frost scale curled on my shoulder,
00:38watching Kale Swagger toward me with his usual smirk.
00:41I heard you're marrying into the family.
00:43You didn't really think this would make me propose, did you?
00:46Laughter ripples around us.
00:47I take a sip of juice.
00:49I'm marrying your uncle.
00:50The smirk dies on his face.
00:52You're insane.
00:52He's 32.
00:54I like mature men.
00:56I turn to leave.
00:57He grabs my wrist.
00:59Frost scale's jaws open.
01:00Silver fire licks the air between us.
01:03He lets go fast.
01:04You'll regret this, Bianca.
01:06I walk away without looking back.
01:08From the second floor balcony, someone watches me.
01:11Tall.
01:11Broad shoulders.
01:12A golden dragonet peeking out from under his coat.
01:15Draven Valmont raises his glass.
01:17I raise mine.
01:18Three days later, frost scale is bleeding.
01:21I burst through Kale's garden gates and find her locked in a tiny cage,
01:24a chain biting into her leg, her silver scale's dull and lifeless.
01:28Celestia squats in front of her, poking her with a stick.
01:31Why won't he breathe fire?
01:33Kale, you said he could.
01:35I shove her aside.
01:37Celestia wails.
01:38Kale comes running.
01:40It's just a dragon.
01:41Celestia wanted it.
01:42I'll get you another egg.
01:43I don't answer.
01:44I whisper to frost scale and dragon tongue.
01:47Her eyes light up.
01:49She blasts the cage lock with dragon fire and explodes out, landing on my shoulder, teeth
01:53bearded at Kale.
01:54Listen carefully.
01:55I say, stroking her head.
01:58From this day forward, I have nothing to do with you or the Valmont family.
02:02Kale's face goes purple.
02:04Without us, you're nothing!
02:05I walk out.
02:06Frost scale's wall goes through the garden.
02:08That night is the Valmont family dinner.
02:11The first time I'll officially meet Draven.
02:13I rewrap frost scale's bandages, refresh my glamour charms, and walk into the banquet
02:18hall.
02:18The elders are already seated.
02:20I choose the far end of the table.
02:22Frost scale curls at my feet.
02:24Kale slides into the chair next to me.
02:26Who are you trying to fool?
02:28Before I can answer, the doors swing open.
02:31Draven Valmont walks in.
02:33Dragon general uniform.
02:34Silver pin on his shoulder.
02:36He scans the room, pauses on frost scale, then lifts his eyes to mine.
02:40The air stills.
02:41He crosses the room in long strides and takes the seat Kale just vacated.
02:45Then he reaches into his pocket and places a northern dragon crystal on the floor for
02:49my dragonet.
02:50Frost scale crunches it happily.
02:52You raised her well.
02:54He serves me roasted dragon steak.
02:56Picks the bones out of my fish.
02:58Fills my plate before I can blink.
03:00I'm still staring at my food when the doors burst open again.
03:03Celestia rushes in, holding a wild dragonet.
03:06Grace!
03:07My lady!
03:07The duke slams his glass down.
03:09Who invited an outsider to a family dinner?
03:11Kale opens his mouth.
03:13The duke cuts him off.
03:14Tonight, we're celebrating your uncle's engagement.
03:17Kale goes white.
03:18To who?
03:19Draven takes my hand under the table.
03:21To Bianca.
03:22He says quietly.
03:23The room goes dead silent.
03:25Kale stares at me like I just stabbed him.
03:27Right in front of him, I crash the messenger fairy he uses to send me notes into dust.
03:31The next few days are chaos.
03:34Kale changes his communication crystal profile to a candid shot of me feeding Frost scale.
03:38His bio reads,
03:39Bianca Northwood, the love of my life.
03:42My best friend sends congratulations.
03:44Thinking I've finally gotten back together with him, I laugh and block them all.
03:48Then Celestia shows up at my workshop, wild-eyed, clutching that stolen dragon.
03:52You stole Kale from me?
03:53She grabs a crystal ball and raises it to throw.
03:56Kale appears out of nowhere and jumps in front of me.
03:59Are you insane?
04:00He twists her wrist.
04:02The crystal ball shatters.
04:04Celestia collapses.
04:06Blood pools under her skirt.
04:08Someone gasps.
04:09Is she pregnant?
04:10Kale's face goes gray.
04:12His first instinct is to look at me.
04:14Bianca, let me explain.
04:16Don't.
04:17She's the one bleeding on the floor.
04:19Celestia laughs.
04:20Hysterical.
04:21You just killed your own child, Kale!
04:25Then she grabs my dress.
04:27Are you happy now, Bianca?
04:28My communication crystal lights up.
04:31Draven's voice comes through.
04:33I'm outside.
04:34We have an appointment to look at engagement rings.
04:36The look on Kale's face?
04:38Priceless.
04:39Draven takes me to his private estate in the Dragonback Mountains.
04:43Frostscale chases his golden dragonet across the meadow.
04:46Their little flames puffing into the air.
04:48I lean against his shoulder.
04:50I'm not sad.
04:51Just regretful.
04:52I wasted my best years on someone like that.
04:54He kisses my hair.
04:56Every day from now on be better.
04:58On my birthday, he takes me to the highest tower restaurant in the capital.
05:02I think it's just dinner.
05:04Then every magical light in the city goes out.
05:07Across the river, the palace barrier lights up with words big enough to see for miles.
05:12Bianca Northwood, marry me.
05:14From the mountains comes the thunder of wings.
05:17Hundreds of dragons drop from the clouds.
05:19The entire dragon core, flying in formation, painting hearts and rings across the night sky with their fire.
05:25Frostscale launches from my side and flies up to meet them.
05:29Her silver scales blazing like scattered stars.
05:32Draven drops to one knee.
05:34He pulls out a velvet box.
05:36Our last engagement was arranged by our families.
05:38This time I'm asking you myself.
05:41Bianca Northwood, will you be my wife?
05:44I'm crying.
05:45I hold out my hand.
05:47Yes.
05:48The ring slides on.
05:49The dragon core roars.
05:51Dragon fire explodes across the sky in one enormous flower.
05:55We kiss while everyone cheers.
05:57Frostscale lands on Draven's shoulder.
06:00His little golden dragonet pokes its head out and touches its forehead to hers.
06:04They're copying us.
06:05The communication crystal lit up at midnight.
06:08Draven was reading reports by the fire.
06:10Frostscale was curled on my lap, her silver scales catching the light.
06:14The moment the crystal glowed, she lifted her head and made a small, worried sound.
06:19Report.
06:19A hoarse voice came through.
06:21General, northern outposts all silent.
06:24We sent scouts to Grey Ridge.
06:26First outpost is gone.
06:27Everyone dead.
06:28Dragons too.
06:29The voice shook.
06:31Their scales turned gray, like stone.
06:34Some of them attacked their own riders.
06:35Frostscale made a sound I'd never heard before.
06:38Draven looked at her, then at me.
06:39I'm going north.
06:40You stay here.
06:41No.
06:43Bianca.
06:44I speak dragon tongue.
06:46You don't.
06:47She can talk to sick dragons.
06:49I can understand her.
06:50You need me.
06:51He stared at me for a long moment.
06:53Then he sighed.
06:54Pack warm clothes.
06:56We leave at dawn.
06:57I nodded.
06:58From the window, I saw a figure standing at the edge of the estate.
07:01Celestia.
07:02She was watching us, smiling.
07:04I closed the curtain.
07:06The north was worse than I imagined.
07:08Three days of flying on some flowers back.
07:11Frostscale tucked inside my coat.
07:13The cold bit threw everything.
07:15Draven wrapped his cloak around me and didn't let go.
07:18The first outpost looked like a graveyard.
07:21Dead dragons lay in the snow.
07:23Their scales weren't silver or gray anymore.
07:26They were the color of old ash.
07:28Their eyes were open, but the eyes themselves had turned to stone.
07:32What happened to them?
07:34Draven knelt beside one.
07:36Hard as rock, not natural.
07:38I knelt too.
07:40I placed my hand on the dragon's head and spoke dragon tongue.
07:44Show me.
07:45What did you see?
07:47The dragon was dead, but its scales remembered.
07:50I saw black water, thick as blood, rising from underground, seeping into the streams.
07:57Dragons drank it.
07:59Then came the pain, the madness, the voice in their heads screaming one word, kill.
08:05I opened my eyes.
08:06My hands were shaking.
08:08It's in the water.
08:09A curse.
08:11Underground.
08:13Draven's face went hard.
08:14It feeds every river in the north.
08:16Then every dragon in the north is already infected.
08:18A woman in military uniform walked up to us.
08:21She had a scar from her eyebrow to her jaw.
08:24General, I'm A. Vance.
08:28And you're right, miss.
08:30Every dragon is infected.
08:32Soldiers lay on cots.
08:34Their faces were gray.
08:35Their lips were blue.
08:37Some whispered in their sleep.
08:38Not human words, but dragon tongue.
08:40Curses.
08:41Please.
08:42Names of their dead dragons.
08:44Their dragons went mad.
08:45Vance said.
08:46The bond between rider and dragon, it works both ways.
08:48When the dragon breaks, so does the rider.
08:51How many?
08:51Draven asked.
08:53Three dead.
08:55Twelve more like this.
08:57Vance paused.
08:58And it's spreading.
08:59Frost's scale jumped off my shoulder.
09:01She walked to the nearest soldier and touched his hand with her nose.
09:04The soldier's eyes opened.
09:05He looked at her.
09:07Help.
09:07I went to him.
09:09I took his hand.
09:10It was cold, but not dead yet.
09:13Kintal.
09:13I said in dragon tongue.
09:14Lavia.
09:15Kintal Morvenkairo.
09:16His eyes focused on mine.
09:18He said a name I didn't recognize.
09:20The gray lady.
09:21Vance closed them for him.
09:22A witch from the north.
09:24Executed 50 years ago.
09:26She's dead.
09:27Draven said.
09:28Her daughter isn't.
09:29I looked at Vance.
09:30Who's her daughter?
09:31Vance met my eyes.
09:32Celestia Northwood.
09:33Your cousin.
09:34That night, Draven told me about his mother.
09:37I was sitting on a cot.
09:39Frost's scale in my lap.
09:41Sinflar was curled beside us.
09:43Her golden scales warm against my leg.
09:45Draven sat across from me.
09:48Sharpening a knife.
09:49My mother died when I was six.
09:50I didn't know your mother spoke dragon tongue.
09:53I don't remember much.
09:54Just her voice.
09:56She used to sing to me in dragon tongue.
09:59Everyone in my family did.
10:01Once.
10:01Then she died.
10:03My father stopped speaking it.
10:04My brother never learned.
10:06I taught myself from old books.
10:08What about Sunflame?
10:09He paused.
10:11Sunflat was my mother's dragon's egg.
10:12The morning she died, the egg appeared on my pillow.
10:14I carried it against my chest for three months.
10:17Fever.
10:17Nightmares.
10:18I didn't let go.
10:19You hatched her yourself.
10:21At six years old.
10:22I had no choice.
10:24Frost's scale lifted her head.
10:26She looked at Sinflar.
10:28Then she crawled out of my lap and lay down beside the golden dragonet.
10:32Sinflar made a soft sound.
10:33She spread her wing over Frost's scale's back.
10:36Two small dragons curled together like kittens.
10:40Draven looked at them.
10:41They'll be fine.
10:42Who?
10:43The dragons or us?
10:45Both.
10:45I leaned my head against his shoulder.
10:48Outside, the northern wind howled.
10:51But inside, it was warm.
10:53Kale arrived the next morning.
10:54I was eating breakfast in the mess hall when he walked in.
10:57Six guards behind him.
10:59A travel clone covered in snow.
11:01And that smile I knew too well.
11:02Bianca.
11:03Arms open.
11:04I heard you needed help.
11:05Frost's scale hissed.
11:07I don't need your help.
11:08I'm not offering help.
11:10I'm offering information.
11:11He sat down across from me without asking.
11:14Celestia has a manor in the Eastern Valley.
11:16Gray Ridge Mountains.
11:17I've been there.
11:18I stopped eating.
11:19Why would you tell me this?
11:21Because I want to make things right.
11:23His smile faded.
11:24I know you don't believe me.
11:25But I heard what she's planning.
11:27The curse.
11:28The Grey Lady.
11:30All of it.
11:31And you just decided to betray her.
11:33I stared at him.
11:34I decided to stop being stupid.
11:36He stared back.
11:37For once, he didn't look like he was lying.
11:40Where exactly is this manor?
11:42He pulled out a map.
11:43I memorized every mark he made.
11:45I didn't tell Draven about the manor until after Kale left.
11:48He's lying.
11:50The manor is real.
11:51Vance confirmed it.
11:52Grey Lady's old ritual site.
11:54He's still lying about something.
11:55Probably.
11:56I strapped on my Northern Dragon scale.
11:58Frost's scale climbed onto my shoulder.
12:00But I need to see what's in that manor.
12:02You're not going alone.
12:03I'm taking Frost fame.
12:05That's not what I meant.
12:07We looked at each other.
12:08I'll be back in three days.
12:10I said.
12:11You won't.
12:12You'll find something, get curious, and stay longer.
12:15Then come get me.
12:18I will.
12:19He pulled me close.
12:21His forehead against mine.
12:23A dragon's goodbye.
12:24Three days.
12:26Three days.
12:28I walked out into the snow.
12:30Behind me, I heard Kale's guards falling into step.
12:33He was following me.
12:35Of course he was.
12:36I didn't stop him.
12:38He might be useful.
12:39Or he might be a trap.
12:41Either way, I'd find out soon enough.
12:43The manor was hidden in a valley between two peaks.
12:46From outside, it looked abandoned.
12:49Gray stone walls.
12:50Broken windows.
12:52A dead garden covered in snow.
12:54But Frost's scale smelled magic.
12:56Blood.
12:57She whispered in dragon tongue.
12:59Old blood.
13:00Much of it.
13:01I found a basement window.
13:03Unlocked.
13:04I climbed through.
13:05Inside, the smell was worse.
13:08Rot.
13:08Copper.
13:09Something sweet underneath.
13:11I followed a narrow hallway upstairs.
13:14Voices came from behind a heavy oak door.
13:17Celestia's voice.
13:18Not enough.
13:19I need more dragon blood.
13:20The grey ones are dying too fast.
13:22We've already killed three, my lady.
13:25Any more and the Legion will notice us.
13:27A man's voice.
13:29Northern accent.
13:30The Legion already noticed.
13:31That's why Dravon is here.
13:33Good.
13:34Let him come.
13:34I want him to see.
13:36See what?
13:37See me take everything from him.
13:39His dragons.
13:41His army.
13:42His woman.
13:45Bianca Northwood will die on that altar.
13:48And Dravian will watch.
13:51Frost's scale claws dug into my shoulder.
13:53Not yet.
13:55Wait.
13:57But my hand was already on my knife.
13:59The door opened.
14:00Celestia stood in the doorway, looking right at me.
14:03I knew you'd come.
14:04You always were too curious for your own good.
14:06Two men in black robes stepped out from behind her.
14:08Their eyes were grey.
14:10Not human grey.
14:11Dead grey.
14:12The same colour as the infected dragons.
14:14Let's talk.
14:15Celestia said.
14:16Inside.
14:16I didn't run.
14:17There was no point.
14:19I walked into the room.
14:20Frost's scale growled.
14:21I put my hand on her head to calm her.
14:24Good girl.
14:25She's beautiful, you know.
14:26Silver dragons are so rare.
14:29I almost feel bad about what I'm going to do to her.
14:31You're not doing anything to her.
14:34We'll see.
14:35She gestured to a chair.
14:37Iron.
14:38Bolted to the floor.
14:39Sit.
14:40I sat.
14:41The grey-eyed men locked chains around my wrists.
14:43The chains were made of dragon crystal.
14:45My magic went cold.
14:47You remember the past life, don't you?
14:49Celestia asked.
14:50She sat across from me, drinking wine.
14:52Frost's scale was in a cage in the corner.
14:54The dragon crystal chains were draining her.
14:57Her silver scales looked dull.
14:59I remember everything.
15:00Then you remember that I married a northern lord in that life.
15:03A cruel man.
15:04He beat me.
15:06Locked me in a tower.
15:07I died cold and alone.
15:09You decided to become the cruel one.
15:11She smiled.
15:12I decided to become the winner.
15:14She leaned forward.
15:15My mother, the grey lady, was executed before she could finish her work.
15:18But she left me everything.
15:20Her spells.
15:21Her altar.
15:22Her curse.
15:23And now, with Dra'vion's dragon mark, I can bring her back.
15:26The dead can't come back.
15:29This one can.
15:30And she will.
15:31With your help.
15:32I won't help you.
15:33You will.
15:34Because if you don't, every dragon in the north dies.
15:37Including yours.
15:38She looked at Frost's scale's cage.
15:40You have three days, Bianca.
15:42Bring me Dra'vion's dragon mark.
15:44Or watch your dragon turn to stone.
15:46She walked out.
15:47The grey-eyed men followed.
15:49I sat alone in the dark, listening to Frost's scale slow.
15:52Weak breathing.
15:53The communication crystal was still in my pocket.
15:56Celestia hadn't searched me.
15:58She was too confident.
16:00I pulled it out.
16:02Whispered Dra'vion's name.
16:04Bianca.
16:05His voice came through immediately.
16:07I'm alive.
16:09For now.
16:10Where are you?
16:12Celestia's manor.
16:14She wants your dragon mark.
16:15Then she'll get it.
16:16No.
16:17No.
16:18Dra'vion, listen to me.
16:19She's not just trying to hurt the dragons.
16:21She's trying to resurrect the Grey Lady if she succeeds.
16:23I don't care.
16:24You should.
16:25I don't.
16:26I care about you.
16:27Nothing else.
16:30She'll kill me anyway.
16:32Even if you give her the mark.
16:33Then I'll get there before she does.
16:35Dra'vion.
16:36I'm coming for you, Bianca.
16:38Tonight.
16:38The crystal went dark.
16:40I held it in my hands and closed my eyes.
16:43Tonight.
16:44I just had to stay alive until tonight.
16:46Moonrise.
16:47I heard the dragons before I saw them.
16:49Sinfor's golden flame lit up the night sky.
16:51She was flying low, fast, straight toward the manor.
16:55Dra'vion was on her back.
16:56Alone.
16:57No army.
16:58No backup.
16:59Just him.
17:00Celestia walked out into the courtyard.
17:02She was smiling.
17:03Dra'vion Valmont.
17:05I was hoping you'd come.
17:06Let her go.
17:07Give me the mark first.
17:09They looked at each other across the courtyard.
17:11Dra'vion raised his left hand.
17:12The dragon mark glowed silver under his skin.
17:14A living mark bonded to his bones.
17:16You want this?
17:16Come take it.
17:17He pulled.
17:18The mark came off his wrist like a snake shedding its skin.
17:21With it went his claim to the Valmont name.
17:23Silver light flooded the courtyard.
17:25Dra'vion's face went white.
17:26Blood dripped from his wrist.
17:28But he didn't fall.
17:29He held out the mark.
17:31Now let her go.
17:32Celestia reached for it.
17:34I saw my chance.
17:35Now.
17:35Now, I whispered to Frost Scale.
17:37Frost Scale exploded out of her cage.
17:39The dragon crystal chains shattered.
17:42Her silver scales blazed in moonlight.
17:44She wasn't a dragonite anymore.
17:46She was a full-blown silver dragon.
17:48Wind spread.
17:49Teeth bared.
17:50Fire in her throat.
17:51She breathed.
17:52Silver flame hit Celestia's altar.
17:55The stone cracked.
17:56The black light flickered.
17:58Celestia screamed.
18:00No!
18:02I ran.
18:03My chains broke.
18:04Frost Scale's fire had melted them.
18:06I grabbed Dra'vion's hand.
18:08His wrist was still bleeding.
18:09The mark gone.
18:10But he was standing.
18:11Together.
18:12Together.
18:14Frost Scale.
18:16The silver flame hit Celestia.
18:18She didn't scream this time.
18:20She just looked at me.
18:22Her mouth moved.
18:23Three words I couldn't hear.
18:25Then she was gone.
18:27Ash on the wind.
18:28The curse didn't die with her.
18:30It got worse.
18:31All across the north, infected dragons went mad at once.
18:34Their roars shook the mountains.
18:36The ground trembled.
18:38The final stage.
18:39She activated it before she died.
18:42They're going to self-destruct.
18:44How long?
18:46Hours.
18:46Maybe less.
18:47Frost Scale landed beside me.
18:49Her silver scales were still bright, but I could see her shaking.
18:52Ride me, she said.
18:54Ride me.
18:55What?
18:56I can carry evil.
18:58I climbed onto her back.
18:59Drago lined up behind me.
19:01She launched into the sky.
19:03Below us, the manor burned.
19:05Ahead, the mountains were full of mad dragons, gray and screaming.
19:08And in the center of the valley, a tower of blood crystals rose toward the sky.
19:13The heart of the curse.
19:14We have to destroy it.
19:15Then let's destroy it.
19:17Frost Scale flew faster.
19:18The blood crystal tower was taller than I expected.
19:21Ten meters of red, pulsing crystal.
19:24Inside each block, I could see shadows moving.
19:27Trapped dragon souls, screaming without sound.
19:30At the top, the skull made a black fire.
19:32The skull is the core.
19:34Destroy it.
19:35Destroy the curse.
19:36How?
19:36All the dragons need to breathe at once.
19:38Every infected dragon.
19:39Their fire.
19:40Together.
19:41Can melt blood crystal.
19:42But they're mad.
19:44They won't listen.
19:46I looked at Frost Scale.
19:48She looked back at me.
19:49I can call them, she said.
19:51But you have to sing.
19:53The song that costs half your life.
19:55This time, I'll carry the cost.
19:57No.
19:57Bianca.
19:58Her voice was soft.
19:59You saved me.
20:01Let me save you.
20:02I closed my eyes.
20:04I opened my mouth.
20:05I sang.
20:06The song rose from my throat like silver smoke.
20:09Frost Scale scales caught the moonlight and threw it across the valley.
20:12Every dragon that saw the light stopped.
20:15Their gray eyes cleared.
20:17For one moment, they remembered who they were.
20:20Then they all breathed at once.
20:22Hundreds of dragon flames hit the blood crystal tower.
20:25The tower screamed.
20:27Cracked.
20:28Fell.
20:28The skull shattered.
20:30The curse broke.
20:31And Frost Scale fell out of the sky.
20:33I caught her before she hit the ground.
20:35She was small again.
20:37A dragonite.
20:38Her silver scales were dark, almost gray.
20:40Her eyes were closed.
20:42Frost Scale, Lorkin.
20:44She didn't move.
20:45Lorkin.
20:46Wake up.
20:47She's breathing.
20:48Draven's hand touched my shoulder.
20:50She's breathing.
20:51I looked down.
20:52Her chest was moving.
20:54Small.
20:54Slow.
20:55But moving.
20:56She's alive.
20:57I held her against my chest and cried.
20:59Around us, the mad dragons lay in the snow.
21:02Their gray scales were fading.
21:04Color was coming back.
21:05Blue.
21:06Bronze.
21:07Iron.
21:08Amber.
21:08The curse was over.
21:10But I had lost half my life to end it.
21:12Draven knelt beside me.
21:13How much?
21:14He took my hand.
21:14Half.
21:15The dragons have a ritual.
21:16A way to share life's veins between bonded partners.
21:19His grip tightened.
21:20You want to share yours with me?
21:21I want to give you half of what I have left.
21:24That's not how math works.
21:26Then we'll both have less, together.
21:28I looked at him.
21:29Snow was falling on his hair.
21:30His face was tired and bloody and beautiful.
21:33Okay.
21:35I said.
21:36He kissed my forehead.
21:37We found Kale in the woods the next morning.
21:40He was sitting under a pine tree, knees drawn to his chest, shivering.
21:44His six guards were gone.
21:46Celestia's dead.
21:47He looked up at me.
21:48His eyes were empty.
21:50The spell, is it gone?
21:51I don't know.
21:53If it's not gone, I'll have a voice in my head forever.
21:55Then you'll learn to live with it.
21:57He laughed.
21:58A hollow sound.
22:00Bianca, was any of it real?
22:02Me and you?
22:03In the past life.
22:04The first year, maybe the first year was real after that.
22:07I don't know.
22:08He nodded slowly.
22:09That's more than I deserve.
22:11He stood up.
22:12Walked away without looking back.
22:14Draven watched him go.
22:16He'll be back.
22:17I know.
22:18At the wedding.
22:20I know.
22:22Are you going to let him in?
22:23Only so I can watch him get carried out.
22:25Draven almost laughed.
22:27The dragon court tried Celestia after she was dead.
22:30Seven charges.
22:31Genocide.
22:32Attempted resurrection of a bandwitch.
22:35Use of forbidden blood magic.
22:36Abuse of a silver dragonet.
22:39Kidnapping.
22:40Treason.
22:40And one more I couldn't pronounce.
22:42Guilty on all counts.
22:44Her name was erased from every record.
22:46Her ashes were not allowed to rest in any cemetery.
22:49Her bloodline was cursed forever.
22:51But she had no bloodline.
22:52Her child had died with her.
22:55It's over.
22:55Vance said when the verdict was read.
22:57Is it?
22:58I asked.
22:58She looked at me.
22:59For now.
23:00But Grey Lady's followers are still out there.
23:02They'll find a new leader.
23:03They always do.
23:04Then we'll fight them again.
23:05That's what I like about you, Miss Northwood.
23:07You don't give up.
23:08Neither does Frostscope.
23:09Frostscale was sleeping in my arms.
23:11Her silver scales were slowly getting brighter.
23:14Sunbly was curled beside her.
23:16One wing draped over her like a blanket.
23:18They'll be fine.
23:19I know.
23:20They'll probably have babies.
23:21What?
23:22Vance walked away, still almost smiling.
23:24I looked down at Frostscale and Zinflar.
23:27Two small dragons.
23:28Tails tangled together.
23:30Babies?
23:31I decided not to think about it.
23:33We left the north on a clear morning.
23:35Frostscale was awake but weak.
23:37She rode in my pocket, her head poking out, watching the snow slide by Benitz and Zinflar's wings.
23:42Draven sat behind me, his arms around my waist.
23:46His wrist was bandaged where the dragon mark had been.
23:49The scar would never fade.
23:50Does it hurt?
23:52Yes.
23:53Will you miss it?
23:55The mark?
23:55No.
23:56The mark was my family's, my father's, my brother's.
23:59What's yours then?
24:01He was quiet for a moment.
24:03You.
24:04You're mine.
24:05I leaned back against his chest.
24:07Good.
24:08Because you're mine too.
24:11Zinflar made a soft sound.
24:12Almost like a laugh.
24:14Frostscale poked her head out of my pocket and chirped at her.
24:17Two dragons, talking to each other.
24:20Two humans, holding on.
24:22Below us.
24:23The north was waking up.
24:25Green shoots pushing through the snow.
24:27Rivers running clear again.
24:28In the distance, dragons flew free for the first time in weeks.
24:32The curse was broken.
24:34We were going home.
24:36We stopped for one night at Silver Creek.
24:38A small town at the border between north and south.
24:41The creek ran clear and cold, lined with silver stones that looked like scales.
24:45Frostscale loved it.
24:47She crawled along the bank, sniffing every stone.
24:51Zinflar followed her, wings half spread, ready to catch her if she fell.
24:55Draven sat on a large rock.
24:57I sat beside him, my feet in the water.
24:59The life-sharing ritual.
25:01When can we do it?
25:02When we get home.
25:04What does it involve?
25:06Blood.
25:06Dragon tongue.
25:07A witness.
25:09That's it?
25:10That's it.
25:11And both parties have to say the same words.
25:13What words?
25:14My life is yours.
25:15Half for half.
25:16Breath for breath.
25:17My life is yours.
25:18Half for half.
25:19Breath for breath.
25:20Draven looked at me.
25:21You just said it.
25:24I was practicing.
25:25You can't practice.
25:27The words only work once.
25:29Then I'll say them again when it counts.
25:32He shook his head, but he was smiling.
25:35Frostscale climbed onto my lap.
25:37She had a silver stone in her mouth.
25:39She dropped it into my hand.
25:42For you, she said in dragon tongue.
25:45She climbed onto Draven's lap and gave him a stone too.
25:48For you.
25:49He looked at me.
25:50What did she say?
25:51She said for you.
25:52He held the stone in his palm.
25:54Small.
25:58She chirped and climbed back to Sinflar.
26:00The two dragonettes lay down together.
26:02Side by side.
26:03Tails twisted like a knot.
26:05Draven put his arm around me.
26:07We should get married soon.
26:08We have a wedding planned.
26:10Sooner than that.
26:10The wedding is in three weeks.
26:12That's too long.
26:13Three weeks.
26:14Not a day less.
26:15Three weeks.
26:18Three weeks.
26:19He kissed my hair.
26:20The creek ran past us.
26:22Silver and cold.
26:23The stars came out.
26:24One by one.
26:26In the distance.
26:27Dragons sang.
26:28The wedding was exactly three weeks later.
26:30Draven planned every detail.
26:32The flowers.
26:33The seating.
26:34The music.
26:34He even had a tiny formal suit made for frostgale.
26:37Fireproof northern fabric.
26:39Silver thread.
26:39A miniature Valmont crest on the collar.
26:41She wore it without complaint.
26:43That's how I knew she was happy.
26:45Sunspar had a matching suit in gold.
26:47The two dragonlets sat on their respective pillows at the altar.
26:51Watching the ceremony with bright, curious eyes.
26:54Kale showed up at the exchange of rings.
26:56Of course he did.
26:58The doors burst open.
26:59He stood there in a white suit.
27:01Wrinkled.
27:01Stained.
27:02His face pale as snow.
27:03Bianca.
27:04You can't marry him.
27:05You disgrace.
27:06This is your uncle's wedding.
27:08In our past life, we loved each other.
27:09No.
27:12He stopped.
27:13We didn't love each other.
27:15You loved yourself.
27:16I love the idea of you.
27:17Those are not the same thing.
27:18His mouth opened.
27:20Closed.
27:20I'm marrying your uncle.
27:22Because he waited for me.
27:23Because he fought for me.
27:25Because when I was in a cage, he came to get me.
27:28I put my hand through Draven's arm.
27:30The man I love is your uncle.
27:32I kissed my husband.
27:34From now on, you can call me aunt.
27:36Kale's face went gray.
27:37His wounds, the ones from the north, reopened.
27:40Blood stained his white suit.
27:41His knees buckled.
27:42The guards carried him out.
27:44Frostscale watched him go.
27:46Then she turned her back on him and curled up against sun blaze.
27:50Draven took my hand.
27:51He slid the ring onto my finger.
27:53My life is yours.
27:55Half for half.
27:56Breath for breath.
27:58My eyes filled with tears.
28:00My life is yours.
28:01The words hung in the air like smoke from dragon fire.
28:05Then they settled into my chest.
28:07I felt something change.
28:10A warmth spreading from my heart to his.
28:12His lifespan flowing into me.
28:14Mine flowing into him.
28:16Not half.
28:17Everything.
28:17The dragon sang.
28:20And we kissed while the whole world cheered.
28:23One rainy night, I curled up in Draven's arms.
28:26Frostscale was sprawled by the fireplace.
28:29Sinfar tucked under her wing.
28:30If you'd never met me in this life...
28:32He laughed.
28:34Let me tell you a story.
28:35Ten years ago, at the Royal Magic Academy graduation ball, there was a girl whose dress got stained with red
28:40wine.
28:40She didn't cry.
28:41She knelt down.
28:42And used tongue to soothe a frightened dragon that no one else could get near.
28:46That girl's voice stayed with me for ten years.
28:48I couldn't breathe.
28:50That was me.
28:51That dragon that was the most difficult hatchling in Academy history.
28:55Then I heard she'd given her heart to someone else.
28:57So I volunteered for the Northern Posting.
29:00If I couldn't marry you, I was going to bury her husband under my Dragon Corps record instead.
29:07I rolled on top of him, tears falling onto his chest.
29:14Let's have a child.
29:15They can grow up with Frostscale.
29:19He kissed me.
29:21Moonlight spilled through the window.
29:23By the fireplace.
29:24Frostscale shifted in her sleep and draped her tail over the little golden dragon.
29:28From the dragonback mountains came the famed call of dragons.
29:32A blessing for a love that crossed two lifetimes.
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