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My Dragon Ex Kneels Too Late HD
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00:01After the war between Dragon Court and Green Faction, my sister's husband returned safely while mine fell in battle.
00:08Everyone pitied me, but I knew the truth.
00:10The man who came back was not my brother-in-law.
00:13It was my husband, Kaylin.
00:15He and Lucian were twin brothers, near equal in power.
00:18No one suspected a thing.
00:20Kaylin pulled me aside to explain.
00:22Lyra, I did this for the greater good.
00:25Lucian is the crown prince of the Dragon Court.
00:28If the clan hears the crown prince died in battle, chaos follows.
00:32Your sister is gentle.
00:34She cannot bear that loss.
00:36I am only keeping watch over her.
00:40Once things have settled, I will return to your side.
00:43I believed every word, until Kaylin had me executed, on charges of conspiring with the Demon Clan.
00:49Watching him hold my sister close, I finally understood.
00:52Every last thing had been his design.
00:55When I opened my eyes again, I was back.
00:56The day the Dragon Court celebrated their great victory.
01:00The day the news arrived that my husband had fallen in battle.
01:03Kaylin stood with my sister, holding her in silence, while the clan cast pitying glances my way.
01:09Without a moment's hesitation, I chose to remarry.
01:12Kaylin thought taking the crown prince's place meant power.
01:16He had no idea.
01:18Walking away from me meant losing his only path to the throne.
01:21Lyra.
01:23Saylin is… he's gone.
01:25It was the Dragon King who spoke.
01:28He had two sons.
01:29One had become crown prince and had taken my sister as his princess.
01:32The other was my husband, Kaylin.
01:34He sat on the throne, staring at his brother's coffin.
01:37Grief painted perfectly across his face.
01:39Before I could speak, my sister's voice cut through the silence.
01:42Her voice is soft, but performative.
01:44Little sister, I know how much pain you're in.
01:49She looked down at me, eyes full of practiced sorrow.
01:51It's alright to cry.
01:53I lifted my gaze, not to her, but to the man at her side.
01:56My husband, wearing his dead brother's name.
01:59Kaylin's fingers interlaced with my sister's.
02:01He felt my stare, turned his head.
02:03Something flickered across his face that looked almost like shock.
02:06I nearly laughed.
02:07Kaylin's performance was as flawless as ever.
02:10Last life, it took me months to believe the man beside my sister was really him.
02:14This time, I already knew.
02:16A whale split the air.
02:17The Dragon Queen threw herself across the coffin, tears streaking her face.
02:22My son!
02:24Then she spun and pointed at me.
02:26It's you!
02:27You cursed him!
02:28You killed my boy!
02:30She never wanted me for her son.
02:32I had once brought my doubts to Kaylin, and he had sworn to me with absolute certainty.
02:36No matter what, I will always take your side.
02:39His mother slapped me without warning.
02:41Her palm cracked across my cheek so hard the hall went still.
02:44She raised her hand again.
02:45The Dragon King barked at his guards to intervene.
02:48Enough!
02:51The hall erupted into chaos.
02:54Through all of it, Kaylin stood quietly at my sister's side, holding her hand.
02:58He reached into his coat and produced a small, glimmering stone.
03:01A water spirit stone, pale blue, luminous.
03:04He held it out to my sister like an offering.
03:06He murmured, low and tender.
03:11Sarah, I brought this back for you.
03:13I smiled without warmth.
03:15I had always wanted a water spirit stone.
03:17In my last life, I had asked Kaylin for one, begged him.
03:21Every time he left for war, he always said yes, but I never received it.
03:25Now I understood.
03:27He had in short and forgotten to look.
03:29He had simply never intended to give it to me.
03:31My sister noticed me watching.
03:33Her expression cooled.
03:34She stepped slightly in front of Kaylin, shielding him.
03:37She said,
03:37Why do you keep staring at my husband?
03:40The Dragon King exhaled slowly.
03:43Lyia, by the laws of our house, when a spouse falls in battle, the surviving partner must remain
03:50in mourning for a hundred years.
03:52I won't force you, but I need to know.
03:55What will you do?
03:56I shook my head.
03:57I choose the second path.
03:59I'll remarry.
04:01Silence.
04:02The entire hall went motionless.
04:05Kaylin spoke first.
04:07Absurd!
04:08His voice was tight.
04:09Lyra, you can't marry someone else.
04:12The Dragon King and my sister exchanged a glance, both suddenly alert.
04:18The King, confused but measured, turned to Kaylin.
04:21Lucian, this is your brother's widow's private matter.
04:25It isn't your place.
04:27Kaylin went silent.
04:28His jaw worked.
04:29His eyes stayed fixed on me.
04:32My sister stepped forward, her voice sharp with accusation.
04:36Lyia, your husband just died.
04:38His body is barely cold.
04:41And you're already talking about remarrying?
04:44The Dragon Queen's voice was poisoned.
04:46If Kaylin hadn't insisted on marrying you, I never would have let a woman like you through
04:52our doors.
04:54I kept my voice level.
04:56Kaylin loved me deeply.
04:58I know he wouldn't want me to waste a hundred years grieving.
05:03I'm remarrying.
05:05Lyra!
05:06The Dragon King raised his hand, cutting him off.
05:08Enough.
05:09If Lyia has decided, we honor it.
05:13One condition.
05:15By ancient law, your new husband must be a man of House Draconess.
05:21I turned to face the hall.
05:22Hundreds of faces stared back at me.
05:24Is there any man here willing to take me as his wife?
05:28Silence.
05:29One man shifted forward, then was yanked back by his family.
05:33Another met my eyes and looked away as if I were something dangerous.
05:37I felt the weight of it settle over me.
05:39Two paths.
05:41That was all fate had ever given me.
05:43Mourn or remarry?
05:44Was there truly no third option?
05:47Kaylin watched from across the hall and a smile touched his mouth.
05:50Lyra.
05:51He said.
05:52No man here will take you.
05:54Mourn properly.
05:55He said it like it was already decided.
05:58My stomach turned.
06:00Then a shadow fell from above, a figure dropped down, landing clean at the center of the hall.
06:05I will.
06:06I looked up.
06:07It was Dracian, the dragon warlord.
06:09The man they called the God of Slaughter.
06:16He dropped to one knee before the dragon king, his voice unwavering.
06:19My king, I will marry Lyra.
06:23Draxian, this has nothing to do with you.
06:25Let me give you some advice.
06:26My brother just died.
06:28Lyra is already running to remarry.
06:30Aren't you afraid she'll be the death of you too?
06:32Dracian stood.
06:33He stepped between us, his back to Kaylin, his eyes on me alone.
06:38Your highness.
06:39He said, voice quiet and cold.
06:42Lyra is your brother's widow.
06:44You should be protecting her.
06:46Instead, you're building a case against her.
06:48Kaylin's jaw tightened.
06:49I'm only speaking the truth.
06:51Dracian ignored him.
06:52He turned to me fully.
06:53Lyra.
06:54His voice dropped.
06:55Will you marry me?
06:56I will be faithful to you.
06:58I will never leave your side.
07:00Let the heavens witness this.
07:02If I break this oath, may my soul be destroyed.
07:05Something shifted in my chest.
07:07I looked into his eyes.
07:08There was nothing there but certainty.
07:10I nodded.
07:11Yes.
07:12There was nothing left for Kaylin to say.
07:14Dracian and I sealed the bond right there in the hall.
07:17The dragon king watched us, then waved a tired hand.
07:19Go.
07:20He turned to address the gathered court.
07:22I am old.
07:23I have lost a son.
07:24I no longer have the heart to rule.
07:28In three days, I will pass the crown to Lucian.
07:33Lucian was my brother-in-law's name.
07:35The real crown prince.
07:37Now, worn by Kaylin like a stolen coat.
07:39I turned it over in my mind.
07:42In my last life, the dragon king never passed the throne to Kaylin.
07:46Not even after I was dead.
07:47So why was it happening earlier this time?
07:50I didn't get to think long.
07:52As the crowd dispersed, Kaylin drifted past me.
07:55I heard him clearly.
07:56Pathetic girl.
07:58You'll regret this.
08:00That night, I moved out of Kaylin's quarters and into Dracian's territory.
08:04The servants whispered the moment we were out of earshot.
08:07The warlord has everything going for him.
08:09Shame about his judgment.
08:11The prince isn't even called yet, and she's already jumping into someone else's bed.
08:15The dragon queen said she's cursed, didn't she?
08:17I really hope she doesn't get the warlord killed too.
08:19I listened through the window with a faint smile.
08:26I glanced at Dracian and said dryly,
08:29One marriage in and I've already ruined your reputation.
08:32Dracian frowned.
08:33Don't say that.
08:35Lyra, give me half a day.
08:37They won't say another word about you behind your back.
08:41I sighed.
08:42I don't actually care.
08:44Last life, I mourned a living man, swallowed every humiliation,
08:48and died screaming in front of a crowd.
08:50This life, Dracian gave me warm rooms, fine clothes, and the best the dragon court had to offer.
08:56He had made sure of it without being asked.
08:59I was more than satisfied.
09:01Before he blew out the lamp, I heard him mutter under his breath,
09:04Reputation doesn't matter.
09:06As long as I have you, that's enough.
09:09I lay awake for a long time.
09:11Not long after, Sarah summoned me to the palace.
09:13She was to be the next dragon queen.
09:15The maids were bringing in heavy, ornate, ceremonial robes.
09:19She held the crown up to her head and turned it this way and that, then looked at me.
09:24Lyra, honestly, who do you think looks better in this?
09:27Me or the current dragon queen?
09:29I said nothing.
09:30She kept going, pleasant and self-satisfied.
09:33Sometimes in life, you just have to accept the way things are.
09:37You were always the clever one.
09:39And yet here I am, becoming dragon queen.
09:43She had been like this since we were children, always needing to be ahead of me.
09:47My eyes drifted to the cluttered table and landed on the water spirit stone Kaylin had given her.
09:53A thought clicked into place.
09:56When Sarah was young, she had been dragged into water by a river spirit during a training exercise.
10:00She had barely survived.
10:02She hated water spirit stones.
10:04My real brother-in-law, the true crown prince, remembered that.
10:08He had kept it in mind for years.
10:10But Kaylin had given her one anyway, because Kaylin wasn't him.
10:14I spoke quietly.
10:15Do you really not know that the man beside you isn't your husband?
10:19Sarah's hand went still.
10:24She had known all along.
10:25She had watched Kaylin steal her own husband's identity
10:28and watched me walk toward my death without a word.
10:31All for a crown.
10:32Tears filled my eyes before I could stop them.
10:35You knew the whole time.
10:36I said.
10:38Did any part of you see me as your sister?
10:40She laughed.
10:41Short and cold.
10:42What's Sisterhood actually worth?
10:44I'll be honest with you.
10:46As long as he carries the title, and I become dragon queen.
10:50She met my eyes without flinching.
10:51I don't care which brother he is.
10:53Her eyes narrowed.
10:54As for you, stay quiet.
10:57Mourn properly.
10:59If you behave, I'll take care of you once I'm queen.
11:02But if you open your mouth about any of this,
11:05I will not let you walk away.
11:07The cold move blew me and waved.
11:09Word for word, the same thing Kaylin had said to me in my last life.
11:12And in the end, neither of them had let me walk away.
11:15Before I could respond, the door opened.
11:17Kaylin entered with his mother and the Dragon King by his side.
11:20When he saw me, he stopped.
11:22His eyes sharpened.
11:24Guilty.
11:24Liar.
11:25What are you doing here?
11:27The Dragon Queen curled her lip.
11:29Why aren't you with your new husband?
11:30What brings you to the palace?
11:33Sarah manufactured two tears and leaned into Kaylin's side.
11:36She's just in pain from losing Kaylin.
11:39She didn't know what she was doing.
11:41Kaylin put an arm around her, then he looked at me.
11:43Voice full of cold contempt.
11:45Nobody wanted my brother dead.
11:47But you wouldn't mourn him.
11:48You ran straight to another man.
11:50His voice dropped.
11:51And now you're taking your frustration out on your own sister.
11:54Get out!
11:58I looked at him for a long moment, then I smiled.
12:03Fine.
12:03The reckoning would come.
12:05Just not today.
12:06The next day, Drayshin and I were invited to Kaylin's coronation.
12:09Kaylin had assumed his brother's identity and been named the Dragon King's heir.
12:13He still needed the blessing of the blood pack to complete the coronation.
12:16But in everyone's eyes, including his own, it was already settled.
12:21He stood at the top of the steps in silver armor, Sarah on his arm, smiling like the crown was
12:26already his.
12:26I watched him and thought about his last life.
12:29The Dragon King had once asked Kaylin directly,
12:33Your twin brother has been named Crown Princeant.
12:36Does that make you resentful?
12:37And Kaylin answered without hesitation,
12:40My brother is stronger and more capable than I am.
12:42He deserves to be Crown Princeant.
12:44I have nothing but respect for him.
12:47And then he stole everything.
12:48I shook my head.
12:50I had spent a whole lifetime failing to see through him.
12:52Kaylin brought Sarah over to where we were standing.
12:55He glanced at Drayshin.
12:56Something dark moved through his eyes.
12:58Then he turned to me with a smooth smile.
13:01Laia,
13:03I know you still have feelings for Kaylin,
13:05but you choose to remarry.
13:07Try to focus on your new life.
13:09Before I could answer,
13:10Drayshin said easily,
13:11No need for the Crown Prince's concern.
13:15Lyra treats me very well.
13:17Warmth moved through me.
13:18I looked at the two of them standing there so pleased with themselves.
13:22Crown Prince,
13:23I said mildly,
13:24Are you absolutely certain the coronation will go smoothly today?
13:28Sarah's brows snapped together.
13:30What does that mean?
13:32Lyra,
13:32are you putting a curse on us?
13:37Kaylin's gaze turned sharp with fury,
13:40but with the whole hall watching it,
13:42all he did was take Sarah's arm and murmur,
13:44Don't bother with her.
13:45Let's go.
13:51The coronation began.
13:53Kaylin climbed the steps and fixed his eyes on the crown in his father's hands.
13:57Pure hunger.
13:59Nothing else.
14:00The High Cleric raised his staff.
14:02Call upon the blood pact.
14:04Let the inheritance descend.
14:06Thunder rolled through the sky.
14:08Just as the phoenix bloodline must burn and rise,
14:12every dragon king must survive the thunder trial.
14:16If the ancient pact accepts the air,
14:18the lightning causes no harm.
14:20Kaylin gripped Sarah's hand and stood at the center of the altar.
14:24The first bolt of lightning fell.
14:27I watched from the crowd.
14:28The color drained from both their faces.
14:31The second bolt?
14:32The third.
14:33Sarah choked and spat blood.
14:34Her knees hit the ground.
14:36Kaylin's face had gone white.
14:37The dragon king rose to his feet in shock.
14:40Murmurs rippled through the hall.
14:42When the previous dragon king received the crown,
14:44it was nothing like this.
14:46Does this mean the crown prince and princess aren't accepted by the pact?
14:5181 strikes in total.
14:53He once a blessing for the true heir.
14:55Now nothing but torture.
14:57By the tenth bolt, Kaylin was on his knees too.
15:00In desperation, the dragon king threw up a barrier with his own power,
15:04barely holding the bolts at bay.
15:06But that made the coronation meaningless.
15:08The hall fell into silence.
15:11Everyone stared at Kaylin and Sarah and waited for an explanation.
15:15Kaylin dragged himself upright.
15:17He looked at the dragon king with a face full of forced calm.
15:21Father, there must have been an error in the ritual.
15:24I'm willing to try again.
15:26The dragon king hesitated.
15:27I exhaled slowly and spoke into silence.
15:31It won't work.
15:33Stop struggling.
15:34They're both impostors.
15:36Why would the blood pact ever accept them?
15:38The hall went utterly still.
15:41Only my voice hung in the air.
15:43Dracian looked down at me, startled.
15:44But there was no doubt in his expression.
15:47Only confusion.
15:48Kaylin stared at me, fury and guilt fighting in his eyes.
15:51Sarah wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth.
15:54She started crying and pointed at me.
15:56It's Lila.
15:57She's jealous that I'm becoming dragon queen.
16:00She's lying to destroy us.
16:03The dragon king turned to me with a grave expression.
16:08Lila.
16:10I understand you have grievances.
16:13But this isn't the day for it.
16:16Your sister Sarah is the crown princess.
16:20Lucian is the heir I designated.
16:22How could they possibly be impostors?
16:25The dragon queen stepped forward, already furious.
16:27Enough talking!
16:29What's the point?
16:30Kaylin married her and died.
16:32Now Lucian steps up for the crown and she's here ruining everything.
16:37She's nothing but a curse.
16:38Remove her.
16:40She ordered the guards forward.
16:41Dracian moved in front of me before they took a step.
16:44His eyes were eyed.
16:47Draxian.
16:48Touch her and find out what happens.
16:53I took his hand and looked past him to the dragon king.
16:56Your majesty, do you remember the two conditions for the coronation contract?
17:01The dragon king, bewildered but still listening, answered slowly.
17:04The heir must hold a legitimate claim to the throne.
17:08Or their bonded partner must carry royal blood.
17:14One condition is enough for the blood pact to accept.
17:17Two faces in the crowd went rigid at the same moment.
17:20Kaylin stared at the dragon king in disbelief.
17:25Father, why did you never tell me that?
17:27The dragon king's expression hardened.
17:30What do you mean I never told you?
17:31When I named you crown prince, I passed on every secret of the dragon bloodline.
17:38Lucian, you were always careful.
17:40How could you forget something this important?
17:42Kaylin opened and closed his mouth.
17:45I, I...
17:48I answered for him.
17:49Your majesty.
17:52Can't you see it yet?
17:54This isn't crown prince Lucian.
17:56This is his twin brother Kaylin.
17:59Your second son.
18:00The hall exploded.
18:02The dragon king's eyes went wide.
18:04The dragon queen surged to her feet.
18:06How dare you?
18:07You took one son from me.
18:10Now you want to destroy the other's name too?
18:12I walked onto the altar.
18:14I moved toward Kaylin slowly and steadily.
18:17He backed away like he'd seen a ghost.
18:19What do you think you're doing?
18:21Ten years ago, Kaylin saved my life.
18:24A sea spirit's venom burned through his chest.
18:27He almost died.
18:29That scar is fused to the soul.
18:32No magic can erase it.
18:35That was why I believed him for so long in my last life.
18:38Who would have thought the man who once nearly died for me would one day sentence me to death?
18:42I reached for the front of his armor.
18:44He kept backing up.
18:45He wouldn't even let Sarah come closer.
18:47He shouted at me, voice cracking.
18:48Liar, have you lost your mind?
18:51I am your brother-in-law.
18:54The dragon king had heard enough.
18:56He signaled two guards.
18:58Kaylin fought them.
18:59It didn't matter.
18:59When they pulled back his armor, the hall went silent.
19:02Right there on his chest.
19:04A scar like a tear burned into pale skin.
19:06White and permanent and impossible to fake.
19:10Unmistakable.
19:11Undeniable.
19:11The dragon queen pointed at Kaylin, couldn't find words, and collapsed.
19:16The dragon king coughed up black blood and dropped to one knee.
19:19Your majesty!
19:20The high cleric and the elders rushed to catch him.
19:24Kaylin didn't look at his father once.
19:26His eyes were already on me.
19:28Liar.
19:30How did you know?
19:31Then he caught himself.
19:32No, it's impossible.
19:33I was careful.
19:34Everyone who knew the truth is gone.
19:35I bit down hard and held back the tears.
19:39How could I not recognize you?
19:41He was my husband.
19:42We have known each other since childhood.
19:44The dragon king himself had once joked that no one knew Kaylin better than I did.
19:49I had loved him completely.
19:51The dragon king's grief curdled into rage.
19:54Kaylin.
19:55He was your brother.
19:57Your own blood.
19:58Kaylin exploded.
19:59So what?
20:02My whole life, all anyone ever talked about was how brilliant he was.
20:06When my brother died, I took his place.
20:09And none of you even noticed.
20:11Our power was identical.
20:13Why was it always him and never me?
20:15The high cleric stepped forward.
20:17Your power was never identical.
20:20Karian's far exalted yours.
20:22I ran the bloodline trial myself.
20:24He was the most gifted heir I had seen in a thousand years.
20:29Kaylin went still.
20:30That's a lie.
20:31If he was stronger, why couldn't I feel it?
20:33The high cleric sighed helplessly.
20:35Because he hid it.
20:36Every single day.
20:38He didn't want you to feel lesser.
20:40Which is also why, when you took his place, we couldn't tell the difference.
20:45I already knew this.
20:46Years ago, a sea spirit ambushed us.
20:48Kaylin went down fast.
20:50I held the creature off alone, wounded.
20:52Then Lucian arrived.
20:54One strike.
20:55The sea spirit was dead.
20:57Kaylin had fought that same spirit for over an hour and never landed a blow.
21:01Afterward, Kaylin complained to me about it.
21:05If I hadn't been caught off guard, that thing never would have touched me.
21:08I never told Kaylin the truth.
21:09He had believed that lie for years.
21:11Now he sank to the ground, hollow-eyed, murmuring to himself.
21:15I had you wrong.
21:16All this time.
21:18The high cleric frowned.
21:20There's still something that doesn't add up.
21:24Even with an imposter on the throne, the crown prince carries legitimate dragon royal blood.
21:29The crown princess is phoenix clan by birth.
21:32The blood pack shouldn't have punished them this severely.
21:36Unless.
21:37I glanced at Sarah, who had been quietly shrinking toward the back of the crowd.
21:41I smiled.
21:43Unless the crown princess was never legitimate phoenix blood to begin with.
21:47Sarah was shaking.
21:49Liar!
21:49You liar!
21:50I'm your sister!
21:51If I'm not legitimate, what does that make you?
21:55I'm your sister!
21:56She crawled to the dragon king.
21:57Your majesty!
21:58I knew nothing of Kaylin's impersonation!
22:01The punishment is his alone!
22:02Kaylin looked up at her in disbelief.
22:04I laughed to myself.
22:05Last life, I hadn't found out until I was already dying.
22:11Kaylin had been in love with Sarah long before any of this.
22:14Two glimpses of her at a clan banquet and he was gone.
22:17After he took the crown, he had poured every rare treasure he could find into her hands,
22:21desperate to please her.
22:22And she had discarded him the moment things went wrong.
22:25The dragon king forced himself upright and looked at me.
22:27Lila.
22:28Sarah is your sister.
22:30Same father.
22:31How can you call her an imposter?
22:33Same father, different mother.
22:38My mother died not long after I was born.
22:42By the time I could remember anything, Sarah was already there.
22:45Already my older sister.
22:46My father told me to respect her.
22:48So I did.
22:48Until my last life, when I caught Sarah alone at a memorial altar.
22:53Your father hid you under another woman's name your whole life.
22:56When I become dragon queen, you were my real mother.
23:00I never got to tell anyone what I heard.
23:02Kaylin had me executed first.
23:04I look at Sarah.
23:05Your mother and my father were lovers for years.
23:08But he thought her bloodline was too low, so he buried it.
23:11After my mother died, he claimed she'd delivered twins and brought you in.
23:16Yours was a pheasant spirit.
23:18You were never legitimate.
23:20Before Sarah could speak, Kaylin lunged and locked both hands around her throat.
23:24The dragon king shouted for the guards.
23:26Kaylin broke.
23:27He locked both hands around Sarah's throat.
23:30Everything.
23:31I planned everything.
23:32And it was all for nothing.
23:33You lied to me.
23:35You let me believe you were worth all of it.
23:37And you're better?
23:38Lyra is the real heir.
23:40You had her and threw her away.
23:42You're the fool here.
23:44Not me.
23:46That landed.
23:47Kaylin released her.
23:48Let her crumble to the ground.
23:50Then he turned and dropped to his knees at my feet.
23:52His face was wrecked.
23:53Lyra, I had reasons.
23:55I swear I did.
23:58I was going to take the throne, fix everything, then come back to you.
24:02I never knew Sarah wasn't legitimate.
24:04Lyra, I was wrong.
24:06Come back to me.
24:07Anything you want, I'll do it.
24:08I tilted my head and looked down at him.
24:11Anything?
24:12He nodded frantically.
24:13I knew exactly what he was thinking.
24:15Under dragon clan law, impersonating the crown prince meant losing everything.
24:19But the clan needed a dragon king, and my bloodline could still satisfy the blood pack.
24:24If I went back to him, he could still take the throne.
24:26Why would I ever give him that?
24:28I looked him in the eye.
24:30I want you dead.
24:31His face went white.
24:33Every humiliation he had put me through came flooding back.
24:36I hated him to the bone.
24:37I met his eyes.
24:39Every word is cold and deliberate.
24:41Honestly, I want you to suffer every second of it.
24:44Kaylin's face twisted into a snarl.
24:47You ungrateful little...
24:49Lyra, let's go.
24:54The dragon court fractured.
24:55The crown prince dead.
24:57The second prince exposed.
24:59The clan's faith in the throne had never been more fragile.
25:03Some called for Kaylin's immediate execution.
25:06Others argued he was the last of the royal bloodline and had to be kept alive.
25:10But none of that concerned me anymore.
25:12I lay flat on my back, both feet pressed against Dracian's chest, pushing with everything I had.
25:21No more, I mean it.
25:24He hadn't stopped for an entire day.
25:26He didn't budge, just leaned close to my ear.
25:29Lyra, who's better?
25:31Me or Kaylin?
25:33I blinked.
25:34Then it hit me.
25:35Since the coronation, Dracian hadn't asked me a single question.
25:37Not about the truth.
25:39Not about the chaos outside.
25:41He just pulled me to bed and stayed there.
25:43Was he jealous?
25:44When I didn't answer, his hand tightened at my waist.
25:46He went quiet for a moment, then sulking.
25:50So you still can't forget him?
25:55You're right.
25:56I can't forget him.
25:57Dracian's eyes went wounded immediately.
25:59The fearsome dragon warlord.
26:00The god of slaughter.
26:01Is it because I haven't been good to you?
26:03I couldn't hold it in.
26:04I laughed.
26:05Dracian looked at me, confused.
26:07I reached up and pinched his cheeks.
26:09Who forgets their enemy?
26:10I had feelings for Kaylin once.
26:13Past tense.
26:15Right now, I'd be happy to watch him die.
26:17The light came back into Dracian's eyes, but I kept going.
26:21But I never understood.
26:23That day, when I asked if anyone would have of me,
26:26why did you step forward?
26:28Then he told me.
26:29Dracian had not always been the warlord.
26:31He carried royal blood, but his parents died early and no one thought much of him.
26:35He started at the bottom.
26:37A common foot soldier, proving himself one battle at a time.
26:40Three hundred years ago, he walked into an ambush on the border.
26:44Every defensive line had been pulled back.
26:46His unit was cut off.
26:47He thought he was going to die.
26:49He sat there and waited for it.
26:50Then a girl appeared above the edge of the pit.
26:54Wait.
26:54Your dragon clan.
26:56How did you end up down here?
26:59Don't be scared.
27:00I'll get you home.
27:02Dracian's voice was soft when he said it.
27:06Liar.
27:07I fell for you right then.
27:08But when we got back, I found out you were already promised to Caelan.
27:11I told myself to let it go.
27:13I couldn't.
27:14So I fought.
27:15Until they called me warlord.
27:16I just wanted you to know my name.
27:19That's all.
27:20Then you lost your husband.
27:22You stood up in that hall and asked if anyone would have you.
27:24I was so stunned I almost missed my moment.
27:27The rest you know.
27:28I stared at him.
27:30I brought my hand up and held his face.
27:32Two lifetimes of chaos and pain.
27:34And it was settling now.
27:39Caelan had thrown me away without looking back.
27:43Dracian had spent 300 years working his way toward me.
27:47You idiot.
27:49Then a servant knocked.
27:50Looked deeply uncomfortable.
27:52The visitor is the crown princess.
27:55Sarah was waiting at the door.
27:57When her identity was exposed, the dragon queen had thrown her out of the palace.
28:01Word traveled fast back to Phoenix territory.
28:04Our father had been dead for years.
28:06His cousin led the clan out.
28:07A man Sarah had bullied relentlessly when they were children.
28:11He heard the news and issued one sentence.
28:13The Phoenix clan has only one princess.
28:15And her name is Lyra.
28:18Sarah had nowhere to go.
28:19She had been camping outside my door ever since.
28:21When she saw me, her face lit up.
28:25Lyra.
28:26Lyra.
28:26Young lady.
28:27Maybe it was the band.
28:28You just can
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