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00:00life before last time i married the wrong this life before the silver dragon on my shoulder
00:05knows i've lived this life before last time i married the wrong valmont this time i'm marrying
00:11his uncle my mother almost dropped her wine glass you want him dravon valmont he's eight years your
00:17senior i didn't explain i just smiled some things don't need explaining like what happened in my
00:23past life 20 years married to kale valmont 20 years blind then i found his study wall covered in
00:30magical projections of my cousin celestia every year every stolen moment then i died then i woke
00:38up now i'm sitting at the valmont ducal palace gala frost scale curled on my shoulder watching
00:42kale swagger toward me with his usual smirk i heard you're marrying into the family you didn't really
00:47think this would make me propose did you laughter ripples around us i take a sip of juice i'm
00:53marrying your uncle the smirk dies on his face you're insane he's 32 i like mature men i turn
01:01to leave he grabs my wrist frost scales jaws open silver fire licks the air between us he lets go
01:08fast you'll regret this bianca i walk away without looking back from the second floor balcony someone
01:14watches me tall broad shoulders a golden dragon at peeking out from under his coat draven valmont
01:20raises his glass i raise mine three days later frost scale is bleeding i burst through kale's garden
01:27gates and find her locked in a tiny cage a chain biting into her leg her silver scales dull and
01:32lifeless celestia squats in front of her poking her with a stick why won't he breathe fire kale you said
01:39he could i shove her aside celestia wails kale comes running it's just a dragon celestia wanted it
01:47i'll get you another egg i don't answer i whisper to frost scale in dragon tongue her eyes light up
01:53she blasts the cage lock with dragon fire and explodes out landing on my shoulder teeth beard at
01:58kale listen carefully i say stroking her head from this day forward i have nothing to do with you or
02:06the valmont family kale's face goes purple without us you're nothing i walk out through the garden
02:13that night is the valmont family dinner the first time i'll officially meet draven i rewrap frost
02:19scales bandages refresh my glamour charms and walk into the banquet hall the elders are already seated
02:25i choose the far end of the table frost scale curls at my feet kale slides into the chair next
02:31to me
02:31who are you trying to fool before i can answer the doors swing open draven valmont walks in dragon
02:38general uniform silver pin on his shoulder he scans the room pauses on frost scale then lifts his eyes
02:45to mine the air stills he crosses the room in long strides and takes the seat kale just vacated then
02:50he
02:51reaches into his pocket and places a northern dragon crystal on the floor for my dragon it frost scale
02:56crunches it happily you raised her well thank you he serves me roasted dragon steak picks the bones out of
03:02my fish fills my plate before i can blink i'm still staring at my food when the doors burst open
03:08again
03:08celestia rushes in holding a wild dragon it grace my lady the duke slams his glass down who invited an
03:15outsider to a family dinner kale opens his mouth the duke cuts him off tonight we're celebrating your
03:21uncle's engagement kale goes white to who draven takes my hand under the table to bianca he says quietly
03:28the room goes dead silent kale stares at me like i just stabbed him right in front of him i
03:33crash the
03:34messenger fairy he uses to send me notes into dust the next few days are chaos kale changes his
03:40communication crystal profile to a candid shot of me feeding frost scale his bio reads bianca northwood
03:46the love of my life my best friend sends congratulations thinking i've finally gotten
03:51back together with him i laugh and block them all then celestia shows up at my workshop wild-eyed
03:56clutching that stolen dragon you stole kale from me she grabs a crystal ball and raises it to throw
04:01kale appears out of nowhere and jumps in front of me are you insane he twists her wrist the crystal
04:08ball
04:08shatters celestia collapses blood pools under her skirt someone gasps is she pregnant kale's face goes
04:17gray his first instinct is to look at me bianca let me explain don't she's the one bleeding on the
04:24floor celestia laughs hysterical you just killed your own child kale
04:30then she grabs my dress are you happy now bianca my communication crystal lights up draven's voice
04:38comes through i'm outside we have an appointment to look at engagement rings the look on kale's face
04:43priceless draven takes me to his private estate in the dragon back mountains frost scale chases his
04:50golden dragon it across the meadow their little flames puffing into the air i lean against his
04:55shoulder i'm not sad just regretful i wasted my best years on someone like that he kisses my hair
05:02every day from now on be better on my birthday he takes me to the highest tower restaurant in the
05:08capital i think it's just dinner then every magical light in the city goes out across the river the
05:14palace barrier lights up with words big enough to see for miles bianca northwood marry me from the
05:20mountains comes the thunder of wings hundreds of dragons drop from the clouds the entire dragon
05:26core flying in formation painting hearts and rings across the night sky with their fire frost scale
05:32launches from my side and flies up to meet them her silver scales blazing like scattered stars
05:37draven drops to one knee he pulls out a velvet box our last engagement was arranged by our families
05:44this time i'm asking you myself bianca northwood will you be my wife i'm crying i hold out my hand
05:52yes the ring slides on the dragon core roars dragon fire explodes across the sky in one enormous flower
06:01we kiss while everyone cheers frost scale lands on draven's shoulder his little golden dragon it
06:07pokes its head out and touches its forehead to hers they're copying us the communication crystal lit up
06:14at midnight draven was reading reports by the fire frost scale was curled on my lap her silver scales
06:20catching the light the moment the crystal glowed she lifted her head and made a small worried sound
06:25report report a horse voice came through general northern outposts all silent we sent scouts to
06:31gray ridge first outpost is gone everyone dead dragons too the voice shook their scales turned gray like
06:39stone some of them attacked their own riders scale made a sound i'd never heard before draven looked at
06:45her then at me i'm going north you stay here bianca i speak dragon tongue you don't she can talk
06:54to sick
06:54dragons i can understand her you need me he stared at me for a long moment then he sighed pack
07:01warm clothes
07:02we leave at dawn i nodded from the window i saw a figure standing at the edge of the estate
07:07celestia she was
07:09watching us smiling i closed the curtain the north was worse than i imagined three days of flying on
07:16some flowers back frost scale tucked inside my coat the cold bit threw everything draven wrapped his cloak
07:23around me and didn't let go the first outpost looked like a graveyard dead dragons lay in the snow
07:30their scales weren't silver or gray anymore they were the color of old ash their eyes were open but
07:37the eyes themselves had turned to stone what happened to them draven knelt beside one hard as rock not
07:45natural i knelt too i placed my hand on the dragon's head and spoke dragon tongue show me what did
07:53you see
07:53the dragon was dead but its scales remembered i saw black water thick as blood rising from underground
08:02seeping into the streams dragons drank it then came the pain the madness the voice in their head
08:10screaming one word kill i opened my eyes my hands were shaking it's in the water a curse underground
08:19draven's face went hard it feeds every river in the north then every dragon in the north is already
08:25infected a woman in military uniform walked up to us she had a scar from her eyebrow to her jaw
08:31general
08:33i'm a advance and you're right miss every dragon is infected
08:39soldiers lay on cots their faces were gray their lips were blue some whispered in their sleep not human
08:46words but dragon tongue curses please names of their dead dragons their dragons went mad vance said the
08:53bond between rider and dragon it works both ways when the dragon breaks so does the rider how many draven
08:59asked three dead 12 more like this vance paused and it's spreading frost scale jumped off my shoulder
09:08she walked to the nearest soldier and touched his hand with her nose the soldier's eyes opened he looked
09:13at her help i went to him i took his hand it was cold but not dead yet i said
09:21in dragon tom
09:21davia grintel more than kyle his eyes focused on mine he said a name i didn't recognize the gray lady
09:28vance closed them for him a witch from the north executed 50 years ago she's dead draven said her
09:35daughter isn't i looked at vance who's her daughter vance met my eyes celestia northward your cousin
09:42that night draven told me about his mother i was sitting on a cot frost scale in my lap sinfloor
09:49was
09:49curled beside us her golden scales warm against my leg draven sat across from me sharpening a knife
09:56my mother died when i was six i didn't know your mother spoke dragon tongue i don't remember much
10:02just her voice she used to sing to me in dragon tongue everyone in my family did once then she
10:09died
10:10my father stopped speaking it my brother never learned i taught myself from old books
10:15what about sun flame he paused sunflat was my mother's dragon's egg the morning she died the
10:21egg appeared on my pillow i carried it against my chest for three months fever nightmares i didn't
10:26let go you hatched her yourself at six years old i had no choice frost scale lifted her head she
10:34looked
10:34at sinfloor then she crawled out of my lap and lay down beside the golden dragon it sinfloor made a
10:40soft sound she spread her wing over frost scales back two small dragons curled together like kittens
10:47draven looked at them they'll be fine who the dragons or us both i leaned my head against his shoulder
10:55outside the northern wind howled but inside it was warm kale arrived the next morning i was eating
11:03breakfast in the mess hall when he walked in six guards behind him a travel cloak covered in snow
11:09and that smile i knew too well bianca arms open i heard you needed help frost scale hissed i don't
11:15need your help i'm not offering help i'm offering information he sat down across from me without asking
11:21celestia has a manor in the eastern valley gray ridge mountains i've been there i stopped eating why would
11:28you tell me this because i want to make things right his smile faded i know you don't believe me
11:34but i heard what she's planning the curse the gray lady all of it and you just decided to betray
11:41her
11:41i stared at him i decided to stop being stupid he stared back for once he didn't look like he
11:47was
11:47lying where exactly is this manor he pulled out a map i memorized every mark he made i didn't tell
11:54draven about the manor until after kale left he's lying the manor is real vance confirmed it
12:01gray lady's old ritual site he's still lying about something probably i strapped on my northern
12:06dragon scale cross scale climbed onto my shoulder but i need to see what's in that manor you're not
12:11going alone i'm taking frost fame that's not what i meant we looked at each other i'll be back in
12:18three
12:18days i said you won't you'll find something get curious and stay longer then come get me
12:27i will he pulled me close his forehead against mine a dragon's goodbye three days
12:35three days i walked out into the snow behind me i heard kale's guards falling into step he was
12:42following me of course he was i didn't stop him he might be useful or he might be a trap
12:49either way
12:50i'd find out soon enough the manor was hidden in a valley between two peaks from outside it looked
12:57abandoned gray stone walls broken windows a dead garden covered in snow but frost scale smelled magic
13:05blood she whispered in dragon tongue old blood much of it i found a basement window unlocked i climbed
13:14through inside the smell was worse rot copper something sweet underneath i followed a narrow
13:21hallway upstairs voices came from behind a heavy oak door celestia's voice not enough i need more
13:28dragon blood the gray ones are dying too fast we've already killed three my lady any more and the legion
13:35will notice us a man's voice northern accent the legion already noticed that's why dravon is here
13:41good let him come i want him to see see what see me take everything from him his dragons his
13:50army his
13:52woman bianca northward will die on that altar and dravian will watch frost scales claws dug into my
14:02shoulder not yet wait but my hand was already on my knife the door opened celestia stood in the
14:11doorway looking right at me i knew you'd come you always were too curious for your own good two men
14:16in black robes stepped out from behind her their eyes were gray not human gray dead gray the same
14:22color as the infected dragons let's talk celestia said inside i didn't run there was no point i walked
14:29into the room frost scale growled i put my hand on her head to calm her good girl she's beautiful
14:35you
14:35know silver dragons are so rare i almost feel bad about what i'm going to do to her you're not
14:41doing
14:42anything to her we'll see she gestured to a chair iron bolted to the floor sit i sat the gray
14:51-eyed men
14:51locked chains around my wrists the chains were made of dragon crystal my magic went cold you remember the
14:57past life don't you celestia asked she sat across from me drinking wine frost scale was in a cage in
15:04the
15:04corner the dragon crystal chains were draining her her silver scales looked dull i remember everything
15:10then you remember that i married a northern lord in that life a cruel man he beat me locked me
15:16in a
15:17tower i died cold and alone you decided to become the cruel one she smiled i decided to become the
15:23winner she leaned forward my mother the gray lady was executed before she could finish her work but she
15:28left me everything her spells her altar her curse and now with dravion's dragon mark i can bring her back
15:37the dead can't come back this one can and she will with your help i won't help you you will
15:44because if
15:45you don't every dragon the north dies including yours she lived at frost scales cage you have three
15:51days bianca bring me dravion's dragon mark or watch your dragon turn to stone she walked out the
15:58gray-eyed men followed i sat alone in the dark listening to frost scale slow weak breathing the
16:04communication crystal was still in my pocket celestia hadn't searched me she was too confident i pulled
16:11it out whispered dravon's name his voice came through immediately i'm alive for now where are you
16:22celestia's manor she wants your dragon mark then she'll get it no no draven listen to me she's not
16:30just trying to hurt the dragons she's trying to resurrect the gray lady if she don't care you should
16:35i don't i care about you nothing else she'll kill me anyway even if you give her the mark then
16:44i'll get
16:44there before she does draven i'm coming for you bianca tonight the crystal went dark i held it in
16:51my hands and closed my eyes tonight i just had to stay alive until tonight moonrise i heard the
16:58dragons before i saw them senfora's golden flame lit up the night sky she was flying low fast straight
17:04toward the manor draven was on her back alone no army no backup just him celestia walked out into
17:12the courtyard she was smiling draven valmont i was hoping you'd come let her go give me the mark
17:19first they looked at each other across the courtyard draven raised his left hand the dragon mark
17:24glowed silver under his skin a living mark bonded to his bones you want this come take it he pulled
17:28the mark came off his wrist like a snake shedding its skin with it went his claim to the valmont
17:33name
17:33silver light flooded the courtyard draven's face went white blood dripped from his wrist but he
17:39didn't fall he held out the mark now let her go celestia reached for it i saw my chance now
17:46now
17:46i whispered to frost scale frost scale exploded on her page the dragon's crystal chains shattered
17:52her silver scales blazed with moonlight she wasn't a dragonite anymore she was a full-blown silver dragon
17:59and spread deep bared fire in her throat she breathed silver flame hit celestia's altar the stone cracked
18:07the black light flickered the black light flickered celestia screamed
18:11i ran my chains broke frost scale's fire had melted them i grabbed draven's hand his wrist was still
18:20bleeding the mark gone but he was standing together together
18:29she didn't scream this time she just looked at me her mouth moved three words i couldn't hear then
18:37she was gone ash on the wind the curse didn't die with her it got worse all across the north
18:44infected
18:44dragons went mad at once their roars shook the mountains the ground trembled the final stage
18:50she activated it before she died they're going to self-destruct how long hours maybe less frost
18:59scale landed beside me her silver scales were still bright but i think they were shaking ride me she
19:05said ride me what i can carry you both i climbed onto her back dragon climbed up behind me she
19:13launched
19:13into the sky below us the manor burned ahead the mountains were full of mad dragons gray and screaming
19:20and in the center of the valley a tower of blood crystals rose toward the sky the heart of the
19:25curse we
19:26have to destroy it then let's destroy it frost scale flew faster the blood crystal tower was taller than
19:32i expected 10 meters of red pulsing crystal inside each block i could see shadows moving trapped dragon
19:40souls screaming without sound at the top the skull made of black fire the skull is the core destroy it
19:47destroy the curse how all the dragons need to breathe at once every infected dragon their fire
19:52together can melt blood crystal but they're mad they won't listen i looked at frost scale she looked
20:00back at me i can call them she said but you have to sing the song that costs half your
20:06life this
20:07time i'll carry the cost no bianca her voice was soft you saved me let me save you i closed
20:15my eyes
20:16i opened my mouth i sang the song rose from my throat like silver smoke frost scale scales caught
20:23the moonlight and turned across the valley every dragon that saw the light stopped their gray eyes
20:28cleared for one moment they remembered who they were then they all breathed at once hundreds of dragon
20:35flames hit the blood crystal tower the tower screamed cracked fell the skull shattered the curse broke and
20:44frost scale fell out of the sky i caught her before she hit the ground she was small again a
20:50dragon it
20:50her silver scales were dark almost gray her eyes were closed frost scale login she didn't move
20:57login wake up she's breathing draven's hand touched my shoulder she's breathing i looked down her chest was
21:06moving small slow but moving she's alive i held her against my chest and cried around us the mad dragon's
21:14lay in the snow their gray scales were fading color was coming back blue bronze iron amber the curse
21:22was over but i had lost half my life to end it draven knelt beside me how much he took
21:26my hand the
21:27dragons have a ritual a way to share life spans between bonded partners his grip tightened you want
21:33to share yours with me i want to give you half of what i have left that's not how math
21:38works then we'll
21:39both have less together i looked at him snow was falling on his hair his face was tired and bloody
21:44and beautiful okay i said he kissed my forehead we found kale in the woods the next morning he was
21:53sitting under a pine tree knees drawn to his chest shivering his six guards were gone celestia's dead
22:00he looked up at me his eyes were empty the spell is it gone i don't know if it's not
22:06gone i'll have
22:07a voice in my head forever then you'll learn to live with it he laughed a hollow sound
22:13bianca was any of it real me and you in the past life the first year maybe the first year
22:19was real
22:19after that i don't know he nodded slowly that's more than i deserve he stood up walked away without
22:26looking back draven watched him go he'll be back i know at the wedding i know are you going to
22:36let
22:36him in only so i can watch him get carried out draven almost laughed the dragon court tried celestia
22:42after she was dead seven charges genocide attempted resurrection of a bandwitch use of forbidden blood
22:49magic abuse of a silver dragon it kidnapping treason and one more i couldn't pronounce guilty on all
22:57counts her name was erased from every record her ashes were not allowed to rest in any cemetery her
23:03bloodline was cursed forever but she had no bloodline her child had died with her it's over vance said when
23:09the verdict was read is it i asked she looked at me for now but gray lady's followers are still
23:15out
23:15there they'll find a new leader they always do then we'll fight them again that's what i like about
23:19you miss northwood you don't give up neither does frost scope frost scale was sleeping in my arms
23:25her silver scales were slowly getting brighter sunbly was curled beside her one wing draped over her
23:30like a blanket they'll be fine i know they'll probably have babies what vance walked away still
23:37almost smiling i looked down at frost scale and sunflower two small dragons tails tangled together
23:43babies babies i decided not to think about it we left the north on a clear morning frost scale
23:49was awake but weak she wrote in my pocket her head poking out watching the snow slide by beneath
23:55some flowers wings draven sat behind me his arms around my waist his wrist was bandaged where the dragon mark
24:02had been the scar would never fade does it hurt yes will you miss it mark no the mark was
24:11my family's
24:12my father's my brother's what's yours then he was quiet for a moment you you're mine i leaned back
24:19against his chest good because you're mine too sunflower made a soft sound almost like a laugh frost scale
24:29poked her head out of my pocket and chirped at her two dragons talking to each other two humans holding
24:35on
24:36below us the north was waking up green shoots pushing through the snow rivers running clear
24:42again in the distance dragons flew free for the first time in weeks the curse was broken we were going
24:49home we stopped for one night at silver creek a small town at the border between north and south
24:55the creek ran clear and cold lined with silver stones that look like scales frost scale loved it
25:01she crawled along the bank sniffing every stone sunflower followed her wings half spread ready to catch her
25:08if she fell draven sat on a large rock i sat beside him my feet in the water the life
25:14sharing ritual when
25:15can we do it when we get home what does it involve blood dragon tongue a witness that's it that's
25:25it and
25:25both parties have to say the same words what words my life is yours half for half breath for breath
25:31my
25:31life is yours half for half breath for breath draven looked at me you just said it i was practicing
25:40you can't practice the words only work once then i'll say them again when it counts
25:46he shook his head but he was smiling cross scale climbed onto my lap she had a silver stone in
25:53her mouth
25:53she dropped it into my hand thank you for you she said in dragon tongue she climbed onto draven's lap
26:01and gave him a stone too for you he looked at me what did she say she said for you
26:06he held the stone in
26:08his palm small thank you she chirped and climbed back to sunflower the two dragonets lay down together
26:16side by side tails twisted like a knot draven put his arm around me we should get married soon we
26:23have a
26:23wedding planned sooner than that the wedding is in three weeks that's too long three weeks
26:28today less three weeks three weeks he kissed my hair the creek ran past us silver and cold the stars
26:38came out one by one in the distance dragons say the wedding was exactly three weeks later dravian planned
26:46every detail the flowers the seating the music he even had a tiny formal suit made for frost scale
26:52fireproof northern fabric silver thread a miniature valmont crest on the collar she wore it without
26:57complaint that's how i knew she was happy sun spar had a matching suit in gold the two dragonlets sat
27:04on
27:04their respective pillows at the altar watching the ceremony with bright curious eyes kale showed up at the
27:10exchange of rings of course he did the doors burst open he stood there in a white suit wrinkled stained
27:17his
27:17face pale as snow bianca you can't marry him you disgrace this is your uncle's wedding in our past
27:23life we loved each other no he stopped we didn't love each other you loved yourself i love the idea
27:31of
27:32you those are not the same thing his mouth opened closed i'm marrying your uncle because he waited for me
27:38because he fought for me because when i was in a cage he came to get me i put my
27:44hand through draven's
27:45arm the man i love is your uncle i kissed my husband from now on you can call me aunt
27:50kale's
27:51face went gray his wounds the ones from the north reopened blood stained his white suit his knees
27:56buckled the guards carried him out frost scale watched him go then she turned her back on him and curled
28:03up against sun blaze draven took my hand he slid the ring onto my finger my life is yours half
28:10for
28:10half breath for breath my eyes filled with tears my life is yours the words hung in the air like
28:18smoke
28:18from dragon fire then they settled into my chest i felt something change a warmth spreading from my heart
28:26to his his lifespan flowing into me mine flowing into him not half everything the dragon sang
28:35and we kissed while the whole world cheered one rainy night i curled up in draven's arms frost scale
28:42was sprawled by the fireplace some floor tucked under her wing if you'd never met me in this life
28:48he laughed let me tell you a story 10 years ago at the royal magic academy graduation ball there was
28:53a
28:54girl whose dress got stained with red wine she didn't cry she knelt down and used tongue to sue
28:59the frightened dragon that no one else could get near that girl's voice stayed with me for 10 years
29:03i couldn't breathe that was me that dragon it was the most difficult hatchling in academy history
29:10then i heard she'd given her heart to someone else so i volunteered for the northern posting
29:16if i couldn't marry you i was going to bury her husband under my dragon core record instead
29:23i rolled on top of him tears falling onto his chest
29:29let's have a child they can grow up with frost scale
29:34he kissed me moonlight spilled through the window by the fireplace frost scale shifted in her sleep and
29:41draped her tail over the little golden dragon from the dragon back mountains came the faint call of
29:46dragons a blessing for a love that crossed two lifetimes
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