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00:00we were supposed to complete our blood bonding ceremony my mate rylan had the clan sentinels
00:05drag me out of the sacred hall he walked in with his childhood sweetheart instead
00:10lila's baby needs a father on paper once we divorce i'll marry you everyone thought i'd
00:16swallow my pride and wait another month after all i'd already waited seven years but that night i
00:23accepted my family's arranged alliance and left the abyssal reach entirely i disappeared from
00:29rylan's world completely three years later i returned to abyss reach with my mate for a clan
00:34ancestral right my mate had a work emergency so he had his people to collect me at the border
00:40crossing i walked out and froze that person was rylan my ex the arrival clearing i spotted a scout
00:48holding a marker carved with my name my formal alliance name hella and walked over rylan was
00:55holding it he had lyra with him plus a few of his clansmen all craning their necks toward the
01:01tree line hey isn't that ryan's obsessed ex isn't that ivara rylan looks surprised to see me he
01:08covered it fast told you she'd come crawling back ivara vanished without a trace now she sees rylan is
01:15in a higher rank she probably cries herself to sleep every night ivara if you're gonna fake a random
01:22run-in why show up like this couldn't you at least put on some makeup without rylan you can't even
01:29buy a
01:29nice outfit look pathetic it was true i used to make myself perfect every time i knew i'd be near
01:37rylan
01:37sharpest claws finest scales on display best version of me not anymore no point because i'm carrying and
01:46my mate refused to let me be uncomfortable he had this soft traveling wrap custom tailored for me
01:52listening to them mock me it suddenly clicked they only knew my alliance name they had no idea the one
01:59they were here to collect was me ivara hey it's good you're back rylan's been asking after me for years
02:05yeah our son is entering the young training cohort soon now i'm in charge of the drop off he was
02:09still
02:09so incredibly arrogant but i wasn't that naive girl anymore i didn't want to waste another second on
02:15them i was just about to tell them exactly who i was i am please don't blame rylan he's just
02:21trying
02:21to take care of you you disappeared for three years who knows what kind of shady stuff you had to
02:26do to
02:26survive don't worry caring for my son is a respectable role no one will look down at you rylan caught
02:33my
02:33expression and thought i was jealous something flickered in his eyes all right ivara drop the
02:39attitude you clearly can't survive out there so stop throwing tantrums take care of the kid and learn
02:45your place damn ivara look how good raylin is to you he's giving you free room and board isn't
02:52babysitting better than whatever trashy life you're living now hurry up and say thank you don't worry dear
02:58if my son acts up i'll handle him myself you won't be mistreated why would she be mistreated
03:06she ran away over a tiny little misunderstanding if she hit rock bottom out in the wilds a little
03:11humility is good for her my heart actually skipped a beat three years had passed and he still thought
03:17it was a small matter to dump me and married lyra the rylan who used to love me was truly
03:22gone he wasn't
03:23the young warrior who'd carried me wounded crossed three territory borders in the dead of a moonless
03:29night but whatever it was all in the past none of it mattered anymore besides i was about to carry
03:36my second patchling anyway i looked at rylan calmly and said aren't you here to pick me up let's go
03:41silence fell over the clearing then someone left pick you up please read it carefully we are here for
03:51hayla do you even know who that is hella is the mate bonded consort of the frost ridge line she
03:58is
03:58blood bonded to lord kale is a living legend coldest dragon alive in the field but completely devoted to
04:07his wife rumor has it he refused all alliances for years just waiting for hayla everyone knows the rule
04:15if you want kale's favor go through hella she is his entire world listening to them gossip about my
04:22marriage i couldn't help it a genuine happy smile spread across my face we had been married for three
04:29years kale's reputation as a fiercely devoted husband had spread everywhere to claim hella as his
04:36kale went to the ancient exchange and paid down a legendary artifact the eternal fang bracelet just to give to
04:42hila she's the most envied female in every territory
04:51that bracelet that's it it's a pretty good fake which a lowborn clansman bought you that buying you a
05:00cheap imitation absolute trash
05:05wow it really is high quality for a fake way better than the replica i had made but i'd never
05:10actually wear
05:11mine in public these outer territory indications though the craftsmanship is something else the weight
05:17actually feels real
05:21or what evora are you gonna tell us you're hella are you lord kale's bonded mate
05:29of course they did it was absurd to them
05:32kale was a living legend across all territories cold absolute untouchable and three years ago i was just
05:41the girl rylan had left standing outside the sacred hall there was no version of reality where those two
05:48things connected
05:51just give it to me a bar i'll pay double whatever you traded for
05:56give it back kale gave me that
06:02shut your mouth rylan looked furious
06:06evora do you have any idea what you're saying you think you can just casually invoke lord keel's name
06:13are you trying to get me killed his clansmen piled on immediately do you know how hard we fought for
06:18this pickup assignment get on a trine for this pickup a season kale absorbed rylan's clan faction last season
06:23our entire livelihood depends on him now are you two trying to ruin rylan entirely i wiped the blood
06:29from my lip slowly turned back to rylan whatever he saw in my eyes made him flinch lyra caught it
06:35she stepped forward and pointed a claw at my face you ungrateful snake rylan offered you a place and you
06:43throw it back at him i know you're still bitter about the past trying to sabotage his standing out of
06:47petty spite that's sick hearing her say that it felt exactly like three years ago no matter what i did
06:55lyra would twist it feed her poisonous version of the story to rylan in the early days he used to
07:01defend
07:02me by the end he always took her side just like now jealous for old time's sake i'll let this
07:10go
07:13take these get yourself proper clothes if you really don't want to tend lyra's hatchling i'll find you
07:18something tolerable next season don't worry ever since kale absorbed us this kind of thing cost me
07:23nothing no thank you i don't take things from strangers
07:34not three steps out rylan grabbed my arm you won't take what i'm offering
07:41what does that mean i'm a stranger to you i kept walking and said evenly we dissolved our bond
07:49better not to stay tangled in each other's lives others might get the wrong impression i was thinking
07:55of kale who had a very particular dislike of misunderstandings my faction is hosting a
08:01tribute feast for kale in three days i was going to bring you show you something real but you need
08:07to present yourself properly you can't embarrass me i'm fine but thank you fine i'll take lyra
08:14i won't let you down i didn't look back hope you're still this confident in three days
08:20fresh air i stood there for a moment breathing it in the nausea faded my mind flashed back to three
08:28years ago my family had arranged an alliance overseas i'd gone to rylan for the first seven
08:35years together i wanted to seal our bond before the journey force the decision he agreed but at the
08:41sacred hall it wasn't just rylan waiting her hatchling needs to be registered under my bloodline
08:48i'll dissolve her bond claim in a month then i'll bond with you this is just about hatchling i watched
08:55him take her inside that was the last thing i needed to see i crossed the border that night met
09:01kale
09:01bonded with him a month later had our son the year after now i was carrying it again and the
09:07only reason
09:08i was even back in the reach was to attend a clan ancestral rite with kale honestly if it wasn't
09:14for the
09:14right i never would have set foot back here and i definitely wouldn't have run into rylan three days
09:20later i painted on a light adornment threw on comfortable traveling leathers and made my way to
09:26the feast grounds alone the second rylan saw me enter the clearing his eyes lit up a smug smirk spread
09:33across his face you said you weren't coming but here you are listen if you want me back you need
09:40to at
09:40least present yourself properly to match my standing i walked past him without a word ivara i'm talking
09:45to you our circle is here where do you think you're going i pulled free and said simply that's your
09:52circle mine is up there he followed my gaze to the head circle the raised dais reserved for lords and
09:59their bonded mates his face went pale lyra spotted my bracelet from across the ground ivara how did she get
10:05in here she's here to cause chaos how dare she wear that pendant tonight of all nights tonight is the
10:13first time kale is bringing his bonded mate out publicly is she trying to humiliate hella she slipped
10:20past the sentinels she's trying to make us look disloyal in front of lord kale rylan is this female
10:27with you rylan straightened no take that bracelet off and get out i looked at her with a faint smile
10:33you sure you want me to leave lyra realized others were watching her eyes went vicious stop acting
10:41like you're something take it off now she lunged forward to rip it from my wrist i swatted her claw
10:47away and stepped back someone behind me tripped me i hit the ground hard lyra stepped on my arm and
10:54ripped the bracelet off my wrist treating this like it's something sacred trash my wrist was bleeding but i just
11:01sat there staring at the bracelet lying broken on the ground pick her up and throw her out a few
11:08sentinels moved toward me they reached for my arms stop i struggled i am kales lyra struck me across
11:16the face before i could finish are you going to start spreading rumors that your lord kales kept female
11:24you wish she struck me again when i came back to the reach i hadn't planned to make a scene
11:32it had felt
11:33beneath me but now she had made it worth it rylan crouched down in front of me reached for my
11:39wrist i pulled
11:41back instinctively are you done throwing your fit huh you show up wearing the bracelet dressed down on
11:49purpose you wanted me jealous just say it and i'll give you what you want i laughed short sharp rylan
11:58you're finished he frowned opened his mouth and then the clearing went dead silent guests began to
12:07straighten themselves drifting toward the entrance path kale is here behave yourself
12:17lyra and i have dissolved our bond by the way i stared at him i was cradling my nearly broken
12:23rest
12:24looking at the mail in front of me thinking how did i spend seven years on this person what did
12:30his
12:30dissolution have to do with me at that exact moment kale walked in with our son in his arms once
12:38they
12:38reached the feast grounds our son squirmed and climbed down he hit the stone path all soft cheeks
12:45and small clawed boots and every eye in the clearing went straight to him his guardian scrambled after him
12:52rylan hadn't noticed who the cub was yet if you stop being jealous of lyra i'll forgive you for
12:58disappearing three years i'll give you another chance carry my hatchling a real one ours just come back and
13:06tend to my son i'll get rid of lyra i didn't say a single word to him i just looked
13:12past him into the
13:13crowd trying to catch kale's and our son's eyes then it happened kale followed the cub's small clumsy steps
13:22straight to where i was the second my son saw me something broke open in his face he threw himself
13:29into
13:29my arms why is there so much blood one word mom every dragon in that clearing turned from the cub
13:43to me
13:44the ones who have watched me get knocked around without doing a thing all of them staring my son's
13:50warmth in my arms washed away everything that had been pressing down on me i crouched down to his level
13:55cuffed his cheek he took my hand they see something hurting someone they love and they just fall apart
14:06who did this to you protecting you is mom's job too
14:12before i could say anything more the air in the clearing changed a heavy suffocating stillness washed
14:18over the crowd kale was walking toward us that quiet controlled walk that made the air around him
14:24move different dragons moved aside without knowing why i felt him before i saw him i picked up our son
14:30and turned around the blood on my wrist looked stark against his white wrap our son looked up at kale
14:35immediately father someone hurt mother we have to make them pay kale stepped forward and very carefully
14:45lifted my arm his face was unreadable but his voice was quiet devara what happened i'm right here you're
14:55already hurt i can't take my eyes off you whoever did this
15:09looking at this cold absolute lord turn into a fiercely protective mate made my heart ache he was
15:16always like this a mosquito bite a bruise from sleep even just eating half a portion he'd be beside
15:23himself with worry the feast hall's ambient light was low and dim but our son felt something hard
15:29beneath his boot father isn't this the bracelet you gave mother kale took it from him turned it over
15:36saw the engraving then i looked at the shards scattered across the ground and at my wrist the nearest stone
15:42pillar cracked in his grip he drew me gently into the light bring every torch to the ground over here
15:48when our eyes met his pupils narrowed slightly what happened to your face they actually dared to do this
15:55to you i softened my voice i'm fine kale ivera i am your mate you never have to swallow this
16:04kind of
16:05treatment alone our son pressed close no one gets to hurt mother honestly i could have handled rylan and
16:14myra myself but perhaps it was pregnancy or perhaps it was just finally feeling safe my voice cracked
16:22all the weight i'd been holding for three days broke open you weren't here and they all came at me
16:29the feast grounds had gone dead silent rylan's scouts from the border crossing were somewhere in
16:35that clearing shaking hard enough that they needed the standing stones to hold themselves up they didn't
16:41expect it either the female they'd spent three days calling rylan's lovesick cast off was lord
16:47kale's bonded mate every single one of them was now looking for a way to disappear into the tree line
16:54but then lyra's companion a female named vessa who had arrived late strutted out from the crowd
17:01ivara where did you find these two their performance is impressive do you want liya to get them placed with
17:07the traveling troop not that you could afford the placement fee vessa threw her head back and laughed
17:13at her own words usually half the clearing would laugh with her but this time the entire grounds just
17:19stared at her like she had lost her mind vessa noticed the dead silence she doubled down she turned
17:26to kale and smirked you're actually quite striking if you ever want to leave her i wouldn't mind taking care
17:35of you my mouth twitched she was propositioning my mate in front of me vessa finally registered the
17:42clearing's energy she drifted toward lyra for backup lyra wanted nothing to do with her before vessa could
17:49even speak lyra spun around and struck her viciously across the face vesta are you insane you just insulted
17:58lord kail and his bonded mate do you don't banished do you want to be banished
18:07the forest healer
18:11i just told her mate i'd take care of him
18:16oh no then someone near the back of the clearing made a sound heads turned vessa had lost control of
18:24herself entirely her shift reflex had misfired in the most primal humiliating way a dragon can in public
18:32scales broke out down one side of her neck and arm in a panicked involuntary half shift the kind that
18:39happened to hatchlings who couldn't control their fear responses kale's jaw tightened slightly a sentinel
18:46materialized and quietly escorted her from the grounds lyra and rylan went scarlet the guests looked at
18:53them the way you look at those who have shamed themselves past the point of recovery meanwhile
18:58a healer kale had summoned was tending to my wrist nearby i hissed kale and our son both turned with
19:05the
19:05same expression can you perhaps be a little more careful the healer's hands started trembling i shot
19:11them both a look he's helping me stop they immediately turned identical wounded expressions on me
19:18father and son same face same pout
19:23okay i know
19:25i'm sorry keep going
19:28i told the healer he visibly relaxed when he finished he turned to kale
19:33my lord your mate is perfectly fine the unborn is safe the wrist is the worst of it
19:40i will source the best remedies available and do everything possible to ensure no scarring kale said
19:46nothing i knew exactly what that silence meant it was the one that came before something irreversible
19:53standing in the crowd rylan looked terrified but underneath the panic he burned with something else
20:00jealousy watching how close kale stayed beside me his old possessiveness was peaking but the survival of
20:08his faction was on the line so he had to bite it down kale stood beside me and surveyed the
20:13clearing
20:14with the kind of stillness that made everyone in it feel like they'd already been found guilty of
20:19something he looked almost cold almost lethal i actually found it a little endearing especially with
20:27our son standing right beside him like a tiny furious mirror image i want to know exactly what happened
20:36everything if you speak now perhaps you survive this if i have to find it out myself every single one
20:44of
20:44you goes down with it it was a naked threat these dragons had clawed for the chance to attend this
20:50feast
20:51none of them wanted to burn for rylan's sake rylan panicked he stepped forward lord kale
20:57there's been a misunderstanding as ivara's as her former bonded partner i was simply reconnecting with
21:06her things got out of hand he unexpectedly said former bonded partner with a particular emphasis god
21:14blessed him such an idiot the worst possible moment for it he actually thought i had spent three years
21:22keeping myself for him waiting for him to snap his fingers so i could come running back he completely
21:28missed the murderous stillness crossing kale's face i heard the stone goblet in kale's hand crack
21:35rylan kept going you likely know she was quite devoted to me before the disavolition
21:41reconnecting after years apart it's natural that emotions would the goblet shattered in kale's grip
21:48stone fragments fell blood ran down his fingers i pushed rylan out of my focus and reached for kale's
21:56hand stop stop trying to put yourself between us you had your chance and you threw it away
22:04don't flatter yourself i have loved exactly one person my entire life and it is you everyone here can
22:12hear me say it i grabbed a clean wrap and frantically began binding kale's bleeding hand
22:17rylan looked genuinely hurt ivora i know you're bitter but lyra and i have dissolved our bond
22:25her hatchling is ready to call you mother
22:29you only bonded with kale to wound me i understand i'm not angry just come back
22:34whatever he can give you i'll work twice as hard to match it just return and tend to my son
22:41if you don't want leia i'll make her disappear i honestly could not believe what i was hearing
22:48kale's blood was smearing onto my wraps but as i urgently pressed the binding to his palm he suddenly
22:54let out a low genuine laugh i looked up at him furious why are you laughing kale reached over with
23:01his
23:01uninjured hand and quietly rested it on top of my head ivora you just said i'm the one you love
23:08most
23:08our son made a face and looked away his cold fearsome father was currently acting like a
23:15lovesick hatchling all because i defended him the entire feast grounds went still half the guests were
23:21in shock the other half were dying of quiet and envy the whispers spread through the crowd like fire
23:27through dry grass the rumors are real he is completely different to his mate rylan stood there
23:34his knuckles white with humiliation but our son wasn't finished he looked rylan up and down with open
23:39disdain cub tender my mother is the most protected one in our den you think you deserve her mother only
23:47carries two cubs me and my sister you really think your unacknowledged hatchie gets to call her mother
23:58i know all about you
24:01you're the one who broke my mother's heart you're not as impressive as my father not as strong not as
24:08well formed he tilted his head studying rylan with the kind of cold disdain that was entirely
24:14too familiar on that small face and you smell like someone who peaked too early and never recovered
24:20it's making my eyes water is your hatchling gonna grow up leeching off others just like you
24:26the guests surrounding us erupted they couldn't help it rylan bit his lip hard enough to draw blood
24:32shaking with shame everyone in that clearing knew the truth he had coasted for years on lyra's family
24:39resources it was not a secret hearing all of this lyra had completely lost her grip on rational thought
24:46her hatchling was the most important thing in the world to her the most exceptional cub alive and this
24:55female was going to replace her rylan had essentially said so himself lyra grabbed a bone handled knife from
25:02the nearest table you little wretch i'll kill you i didn't think i let go of kale's hand and threw
25:09myself entirely over our son a blinding searing pain ripped through my back the color drained from my
25:16face i didn't finish the sentence everything went black i collapsed to the stone the last thing i saw
25:23before i lost consciousness was our son's face white with panic i wanted to tell him not to cry i
25:30didn't
25:30get the chance i woke to the sharp smell of healer's den dried herbs warm stone walls i stared at
25:37the
25:37ceiling for a moment disoriented my best friend sorin was in the chair beside me the second she saw my
25:44eyes open she grabbed my hands oh thank the ancient fires you're awake if you had stayed under any longer
25:51your mate and your son were going to tear this entire territory apart
25:56what she was definitely exaggerating sorin caught the look immediately i reached for my stomach on
26:04instinct you're both fine the healer said it was shock and pain that's why you went under
26:10the unborn is completely safe that lyra is something else going after a cub with a blade
26:17my chest tightened my son kale are they both fine physically completely fine slow down drink
26:27sorin handed me a cup of broth
26:31i drank the tightness eased a little
26:36you didn't need to throw yourself in front of him there were six sentinels in that clearing
26:40dre was never going to get touched that's dre i know i know he's your whole heart that terrifying
26:47little creature he doesn't need protecting he's more dangerous than most full-grown warriors
26:53i smiled despite myself where are they sorin's eyes lit up getting revenge i wanted to come along
27:00but your mate and your son are genuinely terrifying when they operate together so i volunteered to stay
27:06with you instead she settled in and began when i arrived you were already under from what i pieced
27:12together from the witnesses still standing your son watched you collapse and went completely still
27:17for about two seconds then he picked up the knife lyra had dropped and drove it straight through her hand
27:21into the stone beneath a cub i don't know where he gets that kind of strength
27:29kale found out about the strike at the border crossing three days ago
27:32and the bracelet and everything they said to you he had his sentinels hold riling down and they
27:38dealt with the hand he used to hit you i closed my eyes briefly lyra's face received the same
27:43treatment and then kale had a chest of gemstones brought into the clearing all the shards from your
27:48broken bracelet and he told lyra that since she loved taking things that belonged to you so much
27:52she had to swallow them
27:58you know what kale said
28:05you love taking what is hers so here i am giving you everything you wanted the stones and the mail
28:13she refused at first so kale had her hatchling brought in then she did it she swallowed a great
28:19many shards they worked her over until she was barely conscious then kale had her drop beyond
28:24the outer borders swallowed shards face first every dragon who stood around watching you get hurt
28:30every single one of them carries a mark on their wrists now just for doing nothing if you weren't
28:34my closest companion i'd probably have one too i gave her a flat look the clan records were updated
28:39but the only news that spread was about ryland's faction being absorbed and dissolved every allied
28:43group in that clearing with border exposure kale absorbed it some were disbanded entirely
28:47some are still bleeding out rayland was supposed to go the same way as lyra
28:53but lyra stopped it threw herself in front of the sentinel's bottom time to run
29:00i think she made a deal with him it wasn't hard to figure out the hatchling when a mother is
29:04running
29:04out of time the one thing she'll trade everything for is her child's safety rylan must have promised
29:10her something about the boy lyra had swallowed shards and stones for the chance that her son would be
29:15all right kale was precise and he was cold but every time i so much as bruised my arm he
29:21acted like he
29:21personally failed he was brutal because he was afraid not of losing power of losing me and dre my
29:28sweet sharp slightly terrifying cub had been shaped by that same love had been trying to counterbalance it
29:34clearly still working on it
29:40kale can you grab my ivara it's me his face was still swollen he'd managed to find a decent cloak
29:48the one
29:49i'd given him years ago the one he'd told me was plain and unworthy of his rank i stayed where
29:55i was
29:55last time i'd moved too fast it had cost me he seemed to read that i'm not going to hurt
30:01you i just needed to
30:05what
30:08i still love you his voice broke on it every time i think about you and i can't breathe
30:14i know it's too late i know what i did but i can't just raylin you were with another female
30:21while we were still bonded you let me humiliate myself you abandoned me and destroy me and then
30:28tonight when you had the chance to do literally anything else you stood in front of my mate and
30:33told him i was devoted to you you've had seven years and three more to figure out what you want
30:38what you want keeps shifting based on what you can reach that's not love rylan's jaw worked he wanted
30:44to argue i was always your contingency and you were never mine not really he looked at me for a
30:50long
30:50time then he looked at the cloak you gave me this for the winter solstice i told you it was
30:56plain
30:58i know
31:01i kept it i didn't say anything he left quietly kale came in with his hand newly wrapped dre right
31:09behind
31:09him they both stopped when they saw i was awake then they were both in front of me at the
31:12same time
31:13ivara kale's voice was unsteady you're up are you does anything hurt do you need father she was
31:21fine two minutes before you got here she was talking and everything kale ignored him are you okay
31:27tell me you're okay i'm okay you say that every time because it keeps being true dre tucked himself
31:33under my arm spoke very quietly mom are you upset that father raised his voice at me did he raise
31:41his
31:41voice at you i am fine he didn't yell dre said very firmly kale
31:49he was scared we both were he wasn't really yelling he was just loud i kissed the top of his
31:59head
32:00protecting you is also my job i'm not sorry
32:05i know i know mom
32:12soren eventually took dre to find food and it was just the two of us kale sat by the bedside
32:18not quite
32:19touching like he was still afraid something would break if he moved too fast he wanted to look at my
32:24wrist i let him i'll do better he said you won't be alone like that again kale this wasn't your
32:34fault
32:34you were alone and you got hurt i was in a clearing full of dragons and i got hurt that's
32:39not the same
32:40thing as being alone he looked up i'm not made of glass i'm also not leaving you understand that i'm
32:48here
32:48i chose this you chose it because your family arranged the alliance i chose to stay every
32:56single day for three years i chose to stay that's not an arrangement that's me he didn't answer but
33:03something in his face shifted i thought about the hidden chamber behind the clan tapestry his quiet
33:09years-long devotion that he'd never once spoken aloud the young unblooded dragon eating alone at the edge of
33:16the training grounds every day while i stuffed a pouch of resource tokens into his pack and told him
33:26he was my honorary younger clansman he'd loved me before he knew what to do with it before i even
33:32knew
33:32his name i reached over and took his uninjured hand you want to know what i was thinking every time
33:39things
33:40got hard and someone told me i'd bonded with the wrong dragon he waited that they'd never seen you
33:45bring me warp stones when the cold fever took me or stay awake beside me through three full nights
33:51because i was homesick and couldn't sleep or look at me the way you look at me when you think
33:56i'm not
33:57watching they were comparing you to whoever they assumed you were i know who you actually are
34:03kale didn't show weakness easily he was showing it now i don't need you to be fearless i just need
34:10you to stop assuming i'll leave i'm not going anywhere he brought my hand up and held it against his
34:18face
34:19didn't speak didn't need to they kept me in the healer's den two extra days the morning they finally
34:25let me return to our den i walked back through the entrance and stopped in front of the bonding tapestry
34:31we were both so young in it i lifted the tapestry and i found the wall behind it image after
34:39image
34:40after image etched in the old way dragon memory stone
34:48me at 19 me at 16 me at 14 in a clan corridor he'd loved me across a decade before
34:59i'd ever said his name
35:01i heard the den entrance behind me kale froze in the corridor
35:10ivira i can explain you noticed me first
35:15i gave you resource tokens at the training grounds because i thought you couldn't afford to eat
35:21i told you that you were my honorary younger clansman and i never even asked your name
35:28i didn't know it was you until i found these i'm a little upset it took us this long
35:35think about all the time you wasted you're not upset about the stones no i'm glad i'm glad you kept
35:57i'm not leaving i thought about it as long as it takes for you to actually believe me
36:08dray appeared in the den entrance took one look at us and silently backed away kale held on a little
36:15tighter outside the ancient forests of the abyssal reach kept moving wind through the canopy the
36:23distant sound of wings the slow pulse of a territory that had stood for 10 000 years
36:30and i stayed exactly where i was
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