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High fantasy romance tension unfolds when a chaotic royal slave choice returns as the supreme dark lord to claim his master. #Fantasy

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00:00:01Elena, is this how Beg?

00:00:09Two years ago, I was the arrogant saintess, and he was the dragon slave I whipped at my whim.

00:00:17Two years later, he awakens the imperial dragon blood and returns to the imperial capital.

00:00:23As the giant dragon dives to the earth, he transforms into a king of extraordinary elegance.

00:00:31His dark gold dragon pupils are locked firmly onto me.

00:00:35Once his equal, now a disgraced slave of the clan, fallen into the abyss beneath the altar.

00:00:42To save my father, I was forced to kneel at his feet and let him tear away my white rose,

00:00:49the very symbol of my sanctity.

00:00:51He laughed coldly, demanding I pleasure him to repay the debts of those two years.

00:00:57He already has a perfect match by his side, yet he insists on taking me by force, trapping me in

00:01:04an eternal cage.

00:01:07I'll feel you, but I will never let your children become your prisoners.

00:01:12Watching the madness of his possessive gaze, I pressed my hand against my stomach, where a faint laconic sigil flickered,

00:01:20the marked pulsing of the rhythmic cadence of a heartbeat.

00:01:23It was this very secret that had driven me to orchestrate my own death, a scandalous escape that had shocked

00:01:30the world.

00:01:31A month ago, the Holy Kingdom fell under a sudden monster assault.

00:01:35I found myself cornered in the black forest, trapped, and suffocating under the weight of a dark malevolent curse.

00:01:42As my consciousness began to fracture, he appeared.

00:01:45He rode through the chaos.

00:01:48As he charged forward on horseback, I could have sworn I saw the spectral shimmer of dragon wings unfurl behind

00:01:54him.

00:01:55A broken sword in one hand, and a spear in the other, cutting a path to my side.

00:02:01In my blurred vision, he looked breathtaking.

00:02:05That night, amidst a frantic soul resonance, I let myself cross the forbidden line with him.

00:02:10I think I might have actually fallen for him.

00:02:13I thought of him the moment I opened my eyes.

00:02:15I banished him once more to the most remote, crumbling tower of the estate.

00:02:19Before sending him to the tower was a triumph of my power.

00:02:22Now I found myself sneaking toward it just to catch a glimpse of him.

00:02:26He was right there in my temple, yet I was dying of an incurable heartache.

00:02:31Today was his 22nd birthday.

00:02:33I had spent hours baking a lemon tart with my own hands, wanting to give him a surprise.

00:02:39I wanted to tell him that he was going to be a father.

00:02:43Shadow.

00:02:43Two years ago in the arena, I bestowed upon him the name Shadow.

00:02:47He was but a flicker of darkness, easily erased.

00:02:51Now, that name has become my only longing.

00:02:54I reach the tower only to find my world collapsing.

00:02:57My shadow was gone.

00:03:00A massive dragon shadow reared its head.

00:03:03Its wings sweeping across the ceiling.

00:03:05A blinding burst of molten gold erupted before my eyes.

00:03:08Before shrinking and condensing into the form of a noble man.

00:03:12The slave had vanished.

00:03:14Replaced by a prince radiating golden light.

00:03:17The rumors followed quickly.

00:03:19He already had a fiancé, a childhood match.

00:03:24Lady Isabella, the most brilliant woman in the empire.

00:03:27As soon as he returned to the capital, their grand wedding would begin.

00:03:33My sanctuary had been transformed into a cage, surrounded by the cold steel of the paladins.

00:03:40The moment they spotted me, skulking in the shadows like a common thief, a royal guard lunged forward, pressing the

00:03:47frigid edge of a heavy greatsword against my throat.

00:03:49Neil, daughter of a traitor.

00:03:51How dare you stand in the presence of Prince Arthur?

00:03:54I looked past the blade at the man in the center of the crowd.

00:03:56The ragged, homespun clothes were gone.

00:03:59In their place was a magnificent robe of blackened gold.

00:04:04Risking execution, I reached out with trembling fingers, desperately trying to catch his hand.

00:04:10A low, rhythmic vibration hummed in the air as glowing embers of dragon fire drifted from the golden poitery of

00:04:17his robes.

00:04:20You... are you truly the crown prince?

00:04:23Tell me, Miss Vivian, how do you plan to torture me today?

00:04:25Will it be the jeweled whip, or shall I feel the weight of your dancing shoes again?

00:04:30Once I return to the capital, I will send the official documents to sever our contract.

00:04:34A woman from this wretched holy kingdom has no place beside my throne.

00:04:38My eyes burned with unshed tears.

00:04:40I hadn't come to hurt him.

00:04:42I had come to celebrate his birth.

00:04:44To tell him that I was carrying his children.

00:04:47But even my touch was a stain to him now.

00:04:50I finally understood the brutal reality.

00:04:53He loathed me.

00:04:54He would never want me, and he would certainly never want the bastards in my womb.

00:04:59Even if they carried his own dragon blood.

00:05:02I shielded the faint yet searing spark of dragon blood within me.

00:05:06Standing amidst the hallowed ruins in utter despair.

00:05:09I wanted to tell him that I would give up everything.

00:05:12I would follow him to the capital as a lowly handmaid.

00:05:15Anything just to stay by his side.

00:05:17But to him, my very touch was a defilement.

00:05:20The deposition decree, sealed with the dragon crest, had severed our contract forever.

00:05:26At 18, I had fallen from the adored saintess to a prisoner abandoned by the gods.

00:05:31I finally woke up from the dream.

00:05:33Arthur hated me.

00:05:34He would go on to marry the pure-blooded Lady Isabella and father noble dragon heirs.

00:05:39To him.

00:05:40Do you have any final prayers, Miss Vivian?

00:05:44He looked down at me as if I were a speck of dust.

00:05:47I had wanted to beg him to taste the lemon tart I baked with my own hands.

00:05:51But seeing the frost in his eyes, I could only bite my lip and shake my head through a blur

00:05:56of tears.

00:05:57Golden scales erupted across his skin as the air ignited with his draconic aura.

00:06:02With a mocking smear, his body shifted and expanded in a blinded flash of light, transforming into a massive dragon.

00:06:10The gale from his wings slamming me violently into the snow.

00:06:14He vanished into the clouds without a single backward glance.

00:06:17I sat frozen in the ice until a sharp searing pain tore through my abdomen, nearly causing me to lose

00:06:24the child.

00:06:25Watching the fading silhouette in the sky, I clutched my stomach where a faint dragon mark pulsed, beating rhythmically like

00:06:31a second heart.

00:06:35Disaster struck three days after Arthur's departure.

00:06:39My father, the Holy Father was branded with the twin sins of treason and black magic.

00:06:44Then cast into the darkest depths of the abyss prison.

00:06:47I rushed to the capital desperate and breathless, only to be met with the death sentence.

00:06:52He was to face the trial of Holy Fire on the night of the next full moon.

00:06:56Inside the stench-ridden dungeon, my mother's withered hand gripped mine with terrifying strength.

00:07:02Elena, you must go to Prince Arthur.

00:07:06You must go to your shadow.

00:07:09You swore vows before the dragon god.

00:07:12You are high on only contract holder.

00:07:15He cannot simply watch us die.

00:07:18Her words cut through my leg acerated blood, but he couldn't find the voice to answer.

00:07:23How could I admit that during those two years of shadow, I had forced him into the freezing depths of

00:07:29the holy lake just to retrieve a lost jewel for my amusement.

00:07:33How could I confess that?

00:07:35In fits of rage, I had left scars upon his back that would never heal.

00:07:39He likely wanted to see my family reduced to ash more than anyone else in the world.

00:07:44But looking at the last flickering spark of hope in my mother's eyes, I forced myself to move.

00:07:49I picked up the ruby encrusted whip, the very symbol of my former tyranny, and dragged my trembling body to

00:07:56the crown prince's palace.

00:07:58There, before the towering obsidian iron gates, I fell to my knees and waited.

00:08:06Back in the Holy Kingdom, a single command from my lips was enough to make shadow crawl to my feet.

00:08:12If I wanted him to bow, he never dared to meet my eyes.

00:08:15But now, the tables had turned with a cruel irony.

00:08:19To see him for even a moment, I had to kneel in the teeth of a blizzard, begging a shred

00:08:24of mercy.

00:08:25I knelt until I lost all feeling in my legs, the ruby whip in my hands buried under a thick

00:08:30shroud of snow.

00:08:31Just as dawn threatened to break, a dragon's roar shattered the clouds.

00:08:35The black wings eclipsed the dawn as he dived, only to contract and transform the instant they struck the earth.

00:08:41From the heart of the erupting snow, Arthur emerged in human form, breaking through the mist.

00:08:47The crunch of his boots against the frozen ground echoed the frantic beating of my heart.

00:08:51His cold, indifferent gaze lingered for a moment on the whip I held.

00:08:54Tell me, Miss Vivian. Which hand was it? Which hand did you use to leave those scars on my body?

00:09:02His voice held no warmth. Only the crushing weight of a judge passing sent him.

00:09:07I was so frozen I could barely breathe. Before I could find my voice, my strength failed me.

00:09:12My knees buckled and I collapsed forward, falling directly into his arms.

00:09:16His chest was burning hot, a searing contrast to the ice.

00:09:20The heat instantly triggered the memory of our night of soul resonance.

00:09:23The way he had pinned me against the altar with predatory hunger.

00:09:27My eyes welled with bitter tears.

00:09:30Your highness please, save my father. I'm begging you.

00:09:36His pupils narrowed into golden vertical slits.

00:09:38And a faint rhythmic glow of molten fire pulsed beneath the skin of his throat.

00:09:44So you strip your defenses bare before me just to save that old man?

00:09:49Very well.

00:09:51I have been dying to see just how much the High and Holy Princess has learned about the art of

00:09:55submission.

00:09:55Before I could gasp, he hoisted me over his shoulder, ignoring my cry of protest.

00:10:01He strode ruthlessly through the gallery and hurled me onto the strong bed draped in black fox fur.

00:10:06The air ignited with the violent scent of the dragonkin.

00:10:10As my ornate cloak slid away, my skin shivered against the biting chill.

00:10:15Arthur descended like a predator, his massive frame pinning me down, swallowing me whole within his territory.

00:10:21One hand, cold as iron, clamped my wrists above my head.

00:10:26Elena, every agony you put me through over these last two years, I am going to repay it, inch by

00:10:32inch, upon this bed.

00:10:35Phantasmus wings spread wide, bathed in the womb in a suffocating golden bloom.

00:10:39The air crackled in the womb of ancient dragon fire, as the crushing weight of his aura sealed the room.

00:10:45I shielded my womb with a trembling hand, protecting the fragile life within as I sank into the darkness.

00:10:54Shadow.

00:10:56He threw me onto the black fox furs with such violence that a sharp pain flared through my lower back.

00:11:01Under the weight of his suffocating, draconic aura.

00:11:04I flashed off my old, haughty temper flared.

00:11:07My hand instinctively reached it for me, ruby-encrusted, disciplinary whip.

00:11:12In the next heartbeat, Arthur ruthlessly shredded my inner robes.

00:11:16He curled his lips into a mocking sneer.

00:11:19His eyes filled with the cold, unreachable detachment.

00:11:22Is this your idea of whips leaving this whiff?

00:11:24The whiff slipped from my numb fingers, clattering, uselessly, to the floor.

00:11:29His gaze was licking up, brosing well, threatening to turn me very soltois.

00:11:33For the thousandth time, virality crashed down upon me.

00:11:36He was no longer the slave I could trample at will.

00:11:39He was a dragon king who crushed my entire bloodline with the flick of his fingers.

00:11:43Pleasing me is your only task.

00:11:46If you can satisfy me, perhaps I will show mercy,

00:11:50and grant that old man, Bernard, a chance to live.

00:11:53Pleasing him, a wave of bitterness washed over me.

00:11:56I looked down at Miss Till, flat abdomen.

00:11:59My heart clenching in fear.

00:12:01Ever since, the day he claimed his throne, I had been spotting blood.

00:12:06The physician had warned me that the dragon bloodline was too powerful.

00:12:09My pregnancy was fragile.

00:12:11I was terrified of the bleeding.

00:12:13I was even more terrified of losing the tiny life already.

00:12:16Flickering with a dragon's breath inside me.

00:12:22Are you truly that unwilling?

00:12:24He let out a derisive snort, his eyes flickering with pure disdain.

00:12:29I have no interest in forcing anyone.

00:12:33Since the great saint despises her purity so highly,

00:12:37you can simply wait until the next full moon.

00:12:42Then you can collect Bernard's charred remains from the altar of holy fire.

00:12:48He tossed the shredded remnants of my sacred robes onto the floor like trash,

00:12:52and turned to leave.

00:12:54Throwing my pride to the wind,

00:12:56I lunged forward and threw my arms around him from behind.

00:13:00I had been spoiled my entire life.

00:13:02I had never bowed to anyone.

00:13:04I was terrified of losing the babies,

00:13:07but I was more terrified of my father's execution.

00:13:10I forced back my tears, my voice trembling.

00:13:15I...

00:13:16I will do it.

00:13:19I will please you.

00:13:20Arthur stood with his back to me,

00:13:22letting out a laugh that was bone chillingly cold.

00:13:26I couldn't see his face,

00:13:27but the frost radiating from him was suffocating.

00:13:30To save a life,

00:13:32I had to mimic the clumsy movements of a dancing girl.

00:13:36I reached out with shaking hands to touch him,

00:13:39eventually forcing myself onto my tiptoes

00:13:41to press a desperate, humiliating kiss against his lips.

00:13:46Hmph.

00:13:47Is this all the saintess is capable of?

00:13:50I wanted the floor to swallow me whole.

00:13:53My mind flashed back to that night of chaotic soul resonance.

00:13:57Back then, though he was wild,

00:13:59he had kissed away my tears and whispered gentle comforts into my ear.

00:14:04The Arthur standing here now didn't want to comfort me.

00:14:07He wanted to watch me break.

00:14:12Get away from me!

00:14:14He growled the command.

00:14:16The volatile temper and searing heat unique to the dragon race exploded in an instant,

00:14:22shattering his fragile self-control.

00:14:24I tried to recoil in fear,

00:14:27but instead of pushing me away,

00:14:29his arm clamped around my waist like an iron vice,

00:14:32pinning me ruthlessly against the edge of the bed.

00:14:35He seized control,

00:14:37his kiss so violent I thought he would crush my lips.

00:14:40I struggled for air as the kiss grew more feral,

00:14:44a desperate clash of hatred and hunger.

00:14:47My clothes were reduced to threads.

00:14:49I felt like a fallen leaf adrift on a violent sea,

00:14:53swaying and drowning in the tidal wave of his draconic lust.

00:14:57When the first light of dawn filtered through the windows,

00:15:00I drifted back to consciousness.

00:15:01Arthur was already fully dressed in his black and gold princely regalia,

00:15:04looking cold and peerless once more.

00:15:07Your Highness,

00:15:10last night I did what you asked.

00:15:13You'll save my father now, won't you?

00:15:16Arthur adjusted the dragon scale cufflinks at his wrists,

00:15:20offering a chilling laugh without even bothering to look back.

00:15:23When exactly did I say that sleeping with me once

00:15:27would guarantee a pardon for a traitor?

00:15:30My eyes snapped open.

00:15:32Every bone in my body felt as though it had been ground to dust,

00:15:35but the pain in my heart was far worse.

00:15:39You...

00:15:46Besides,

00:15:47do you really think a body as broken as yours is enough to satisfy me?

00:15:53I felt as though I had been plunged into an abyss of ice.

00:15:57He never intended to save anyone.

00:15:59This was nothing but cold-blooded retaliation,

00:16:02the cruelest way possible to humiliate me for the two years I spent trampling on his dignity.

00:16:07The air felt thin,

00:16:09the weight of his betrayal suffocating me.

00:16:12Arthur, I'm begging you!

00:16:13Please,

00:16:14save my father!

00:16:16He didn't spare me even a fleeting glance.

00:16:19Shrouded in a frost that cut like a blade,

00:16:21he strode away without looking back.

00:16:23Like a hollow shell of a human being,

00:16:25I numbly gathered the shredded remnants of my clothes

00:16:28and draped them over my battered body.

00:16:30I began the long, agonizing trek out of the palace.

00:16:34But as I reached the end of the corridor,

00:16:36I collided with a radiant procession.

00:16:38At the head of the group stood a woman in a vibrant imperial gown trimmed with gold,

00:16:43her elegance as sharp as her status.

00:16:46It was Isabella,

00:16:47the Duke's most beloved daughter.

00:16:49She was the woman Arthur had personally chosen as his crown princess upon his return to the throne.

00:16:54The Saintress?

00:16:57I must say,

00:16:59I never expected to find you in the prince's private chambers in such a state.

00:17:07It seems his highness's mercy hasn't taught you anything about dignity.

00:17:15I gripped my collar so hard my nails bit into my palms.

00:17:18I wanted to scream to fight back.

00:17:21But a sudden wave of weakness in my abdomen stopped me.

00:17:24If I collapsed here, my children, my only remaining secret would be lost forever.

00:17:33Isabella was breathtaking.

00:17:34She possessed an innate regal air that only comes from a lifetime spent at the pinnacle of power,

00:17:40making me feel a sudden stinging sense of inferiority.

00:17:43So you're that common girl Arthur used for diversion back in the Holy Kingdom?

00:17:49It wasn't a diversion.

00:17:51We exchanged the vows of the rose before the gods. He was my sworn knight.

00:18:02Vows?

00:18:03Those archaic rituals mean less than nothing to a crown prince.

00:18:08I've heard stories of how cruelly you treated him.

00:18:12Now that he's reclaimed his throne, you've come crawling back to beg for mercy.

00:18:17How could a man like Arthur ever truly want a woman with a heart as poisonous as yours?

00:18:24She stepped closer, her voice dripping with the arrogance of a benefactor.

00:18:30If you're truly that desperate to stay in the capital, I might allow him to keep you.

00:18:37After our wedding, as an unmarked mistress. A private pet with no name.

00:18:43The insult burned through my veins.

00:18:45But I didn't want to be anyone's secret pet.

00:18:48Even if my heart had begun to waver, I knew one thing for certain.

00:18:52If he chose to marry another, I would never linger for a single second.

00:18:59As I stepped out of the crown prince's estate, the scorching sun felt like a physical assault, making my eyes

00:19:05sting.

00:19:05The truth was a cold, hard weight in my chest.

00:19:09Arthur hated me.

00:19:11He had no intention of saving my father.

00:19:13He only wanted to watch me spiral into the abyss until there was nothing left of me.

00:19:20Miss Elena.

00:19:22I hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes, looking up to see Christopher.

00:19:26He had once been a common scholar sponsored by my father.

00:19:30Two years ago, during that fateful ceremony, he had been my first choice for a knight.

00:19:35But through a cruel twist of fate, I had chosen Arthur instead.

00:19:39Now, Christopher had climbed the ranks to become the chief executive of the Imperial Tribunal.

00:19:44Lord Christopher, my father was framed.

00:19:50Please, I'm begging you.

00:19:53Save him.

00:19:57It's been two years.

00:19:59You've grown even more.

00:20:02Breathstaking than I remembered.

00:20:06I have always admired you.

00:20:11Elena.

00:20:13I've always wanted you by my side.

00:20:16He stared at me with a fixed intensity that made my skin crawl.

00:20:20The naked greed in his eyes was nauseating.

00:20:23He had already secured his future by marrying the High Justice's daughter, carving a path to the heights of power.

00:20:30Now, he was looking at me as if I were a prize to be collected.

00:20:34A secret lover to be kept in the shadows of his perfect life.

00:20:42I will purchase a secluded manor for you.

00:20:45You will live there.

00:20:47And when the timing is right, I'll arrange for you to be appointed as a chamber attendant.

00:20:52It's the perfect way to keep you under my protection, without raising eyeballs.

00:20:57My father gave you everything.

00:21:00He funded your education and your rise to power.

00:21:03Is your sense of honor so easily swallowed by greed?

00:21:06I struggled to keep the fury from my voice.

00:21:09My body trembling with a mixture of rage and exhaustion.

00:21:13Christopher let out a sharp, derisive laugh, his eyes scanning me with a terrifying lack of shame.

00:21:19I have plenty of gold now.

00:21:21What I lack is a plaything like you, so holy, yet so utterly ruined.

00:21:25I know you spent two years with the crown prince, but his wedding is imminent.

00:21:29He's done with you.

00:21:30If you won't look Bernard to stay alive, you have no other choice.

00:21:32You belong to me now.

00:21:34I didn't even have the chance to retort.

00:21:36A sudden, violent wave of nausea surged from my stomach, and I doubled over, dry heaving

00:21:42right in front of him.

00:21:44Christopher's face instantly twisted into a blue shade of purple.

00:21:48He had expected tears, or perhaps a desperate surrender.

00:21:52He hadn't expected me to be so visibly repulsed by his touch that I would be sick on the spot.

00:22:01Christopher was clearly stunned by my physical repulsion.

00:22:04The mask of a refined gentleman shattered, leaving behind a gaze so dark and venomous,

00:22:10it chilled my blood.

00:22:12The fake warmth in his voice died instantly, replaced by a low, predatory snarl.

00:22:19Do not test my patience, Elena.

00:22:21I control the Imperial Tribunal now.

00:22:23If I want that old man dead, he won't even survive long enough to see the Holy Fire next month.

00:22:31I'll give you two days.

00:22:32If I don't see you at my manor on the south side of the city by then, you might as

00:22:37well

00:22:37start picking out a burial plot for your father.

00:22:39He turned on his heel, and stormed away in a fit of humiliated rage, leaving me to tremble

00:22:46alone in the biting wind.

00:22:48My heart felt like a lead weight sinking into an abyss.

00:22:52People always whispered that scholars were the most virtuous among us.

00:22:56But in reality, the most wretched souls are often those hidden behind tailored suits and

00:23:02polite smiles.

00:23:03My family was still wealthy.

00:23:05Even after spending a fortune to save my father, what remained could sustain us for generations.

00:23:11My mother had already secured a secluded safe house on the outskirts of the capital.

00:23:16I dragged my battered body, feeling as though it had been trampled by a carriage, and began

00:23:22the long, numb walk back to that hollow substitute for a home.

00:23:28I had a younger brother, Julian, who was two years my junior.

00:23:33Unlike me, who grew dizzy at the mere sight of ancient texts, he was a natural-born arcanist.

00:23:40By the age of five, he could already decipher forbidden runes.

00:23:45Upon hearing of our family's downfall, he had rushed from the Arcane Academy to the capital,

00:23:51his face pale with worry.

00:23:54Crushed and defeated, I dragged my feet down the endless corridor, and with a trembling,

00:24:00uncertain hand, pushed open the massive door.

00:24:04Elena!

00:24:05What did he say?

00:24:06Did Prince Arthur, did Shadow agree to save your father?

00:24:09My brother-in-law is the crown prince now!

00:24:11He'll help us, won't he?

00:24:12He has to!

00:24:13I looked at the flickering sparks of hope in their eyes, and my throat burned as if I

00:24:17had swallowed hot coals.

00:24:19Worse, I couldn't bring myself to describe the previous night.

00:24:23How Arthur had pinned me to those luxurious black fox furs, claiming my body with a brutal

00:24:29hunger.

00:24:30He wasn't our savior.

00:24:32He was a man who took pleasure in my ruin.

00:24:34A man who wanted to watch me drown in this hopeless mire, until the last breath left my lungs.

00:24:44I couldn't bear to shatter the fragile hope in my mother's and Julian's eyes.

00:24:48But with my father's life on the line, I didn't dare weave a lie.

00:24:55My voice cracked as the cold reality spilled out.

00:25:00He refused.

00:25:02Arthur hates me, more than you can imagine.

00:25:05Those two years of torment turned his heart into a block of ice.

00:25:10I've brought this upon our family.

00:25:12It's my fault that father is in that cage.

00:25:15My mother pulled me into a fierce, trembling embrace.

00:25:19Her scent of lavender and old books a brief comfort against the storm.

00:25:24You are the most precious jewel of the Vivian family.

00:25:26If this is truly Bernard's trial, then it is a judgment of fate itself.

00:25:30You will not chain yourself to a guilt that isn't yours to bear.

00:25:33She's right.

00:25:35You've done nothing wrong, Elena.

00:25:37It's that cold-blooded prince who is blind.

00:25:41You deserve the purest devotion this world has to offer.

00:25:45Not his cruelty.

00:25:48Listening to them, a wave of bitter sorrow washed over me.

00:25:52The House of Vivian had once been the glorious pillar of the Holy Kingdom.

00:25:57A name spoken with reverence and awe.

00:25:59Now the proud saintess had finally learned how to bow her head.

00:26:04I no longer prayed for glory or power.

00:26:07I only prayed that those I loved might survive the winter.

00:26:13Elena, mother told me you're pregnant.

00:26:16Go back to your room and rest.

00:26:18I'm 16 now.

00:26:19I can carry this family's weight.

00:26:21Trust me.

00:26:22I will bring father home.

00:26:23I looked at the young man standing before me.

00:26:26His shoulders broad and his gaze steady.

00:26:30The little boy who used to trail behind me, crying over scraped knees, had truly grown up.

00:26:37I offered a few soft words of caution before retreating to my room.

00:26:41But the dull, persistent ache in my womb kept me tossing and turning in a feverish unrest.

00:26:47Hours later, I stepped out into the hallway and froze.

00:26:52There stood Julian.

00:26:54But he was unrecognizable.

00:26:56He had changed into a garish flamboyant suit of shimmering silks,

00:27:01with an oversized ruby pendant dangling against his chest.

00:27:05Julian, what are you dressed like?

00:27:10I heard Duchess Audley has a weakness for collecting exquisite young men.

00:27:14I'm going to her estate to offer myself.

00:27:16If she takes me as her pet, even the crown prince will have to show her some respect.

00:27:21That's how I'll save father.

00:27:22My heart stopped.

00:27:24Julian was a once in a century genius at the Arcane Academy.

00:27:28I couldn't let him sell his soul.

00:27:31Panic surged through me as I tricked him into the wine cellar

00:27:34and slammed the heavy iron door, locking it tight.

00:27:40Let me out! I was born for this!

00:27:43If it saves father, what does it matter if I'm just a plaything?

00:27:49I couldn't let my brother destroy his future and his dignity.

00:27:52The thought of Julian, a brilliant prodigy,

00:27:55rotting away as a noblewoman's plaything was a nightmare I wouldn't allow to come true.

00:28:00Begging Arthur again was a dead end.

00:28:02It would only invite more humiliation and perhaps even ignite his lethal temper.

00:28:07That left Christopher, the hypocritical viper,

00:28:09as much as I loathed the idea of becoming his caged bird.

00:28:13It seemed the path had narrowed until there was nowhere left to run.

00:28:17As night fell, I carried a single flickering magic lamp

00:28:20and crept toward Christopher's secret villa on the south side of the city.

00:28:24I spent the entire journey numbing my mind,

00:28:26whispering to myself that this was merely a sacrifice.

00:28:29I told myself, it would be like being bitten by a wild beast.

00:28:33Painful, yes, but something I could endure if I just closed my eyes.

00:28:37The moment I stepped into that dim, oppressive bedroom

00:28:40and saw Christopher unfastening his outer robe,

00:28:43my stomach churned with violent revulsion.

00:28:45Miss Vivian, I have waited two long years for this day.

00:28:50He undid the silver clasps at his collar,

00:28:53his smile thick with a sticky predatory mouth.

00:28:55From this moment on, you are my private property.

00:28:58Now come here, help me undress.

00:29:01My body is rigid as stone.

00:29:03Not used to this yet?

00:29:04Don't worry, I'll spend the rest of the night teaching you exactly how to serve me.

00:29:10Christopher shed his hypocritical priestly robes,

00:29:13his eyes gleaming with a feverish light.

00:29:15Tonight, we finally celebrate our sacred union, two years late.

00:29:19He advanced toward me, one predatory step at a time.

00:29:22Despite the biting cold of the room,

00:29:23my palms were slit with a cold sweat.

00:29:25I realized in that moment that I couldn't endure his proximity.

00:29:28The sensation was visceral,

00:29:30like a slimy serpent slithering up my ankle.

00:29:32Cold and suffocating.

00:29:33A sickly, distorted desire burned in his gaze.

00:29:36He lunged forward,

00:29:37his hands clamping around my waist like iron shackles,

00:29:39as he tried to bury his face in the look of my neck.

00:29:42The scent of yours,

00:29:43it's enough to drive a man mad.

00:29:44Stop!

00:29:45Christopher, listen to me.

00:29:47I will give you every coin in the Vivian family vault.

00:29:49Just save my father and let me go!

00:29:52I don't want your filthy gold, Elena.

00:29:54I want you!

00:29:55His face twisted into a mask of pure malice,

00:29:57as he shoved me backward onto the black velvet shade.

00:29:59He began to tear up my sacred robes with a frantic, desperate violence.

00:30:03Go ahead, keep fighting me.

00:30:04If you do, I'll make sure Bernard is dead.

00:30:07Before the sun rises tomorrow!

00:30:09Arthur was a man of violence,

00:30:10but when he touched me,

00:30:12there was a part of my soul that didn't recoil.

00:30:14Here, pinned under Christopher,

00:30:16I felt only a bone-deep revulsion.

00:30:19Ever since I saw you standing so high above everyone two years ago,

00:30:22I've dreamt of dragging you into the mud.

00:30:25Tonight, I finally get what I've always deserved.

00:30:31I first met Christopher when I was still young.

00:30:34No one could have ever guessed that behind his gentle, refined demeanor

00:30:38hit a dark and twisted heart.

00:30:41He leaned close to my neck,

00:30:44his every word laced with chilling, hidden malice

00:30:47that sent shivers down my spine.

00:30:50To tell you the truth, Elena,

00:30:53I orchestrated everything.

00:30:56Bernard's downfall, the treason, the trial.

00:31:00It was all my design.

00:31:02My eyes snapped wide as the horror of his confession sank in.

00:31:06He funded your education.

00:31:08He gave you a future.

00:31:12How could you betray the man who saved you?

00:31:14If he hadn't gone to prison,

00:31:16would you be here now, kneeling and begging for my favor?

00:31:20No.

00:31:21So be a good girl, and please me.

00:31:23I have the power to make your father's life a living hell,

00:31:27and I can just as easily destroy your mother and Julian.

00:31:30The sheer cruelty of it left me gasping.

00:31:32I wanted nothing more than to kill him and myself in a single stroke of vengeance.

00:31:36He held my every weakness in his hand.

00:31:39No matter how much my soul screamed in protest,

00:31:41I was trapped, forced to shiver and endure beneath him.

00:31:45Now, kiss me.

00:31:47He ruthlessly tore open my inner robes.

00:31:50The sudden bite of the cold air stung my exposed skin.

00:31:52I couldn't stop shaking, and as his face descended toward mine,

00:31:55a wave of visceral, physical revulsion took hold.

00:31:58Every ounce of strength I had left, I shoved him away.

00:32:04Christopher's mask of civility shattered into a hundred jagged pieces.

00:32:08His patience had run dry,

00:32:10and he pinned me against the edge of the chaise with a terrifying heavy weight.

00:32:15Get off me! Don't touch me!

00:32:20Keep shouting, Elena.

00:32:22But for every word you scream,

00:32:24I'll have a piece of Bernard's flesh carved away.

00:32:26I went silent instantly, the sound of my own teeth grained together echoing in my skull.

00:32:30To save my father from the torture rack,

00:32:32I could only close my eyes in absolute despair,

00:32:34just as I prepared to bite my own tongue and end it all.

00:32:36The heavy oak doors of the bedchamber were obliterated,

00:32:39kicked inward with a force that shook the foundations of the villa.

00:32:44It was Arthur.

00:32:48Christopher stood paralyzed,

00:32:50his eyes wide with disbelief.

00:32:53He never imagined the crown prince would descend upon this secret sanctuary.

00:32:58Panicked, he scrambled to clutch his discarded robes,

00:33:02his face draining of color as the temperature in the room plummeted.

00:33:06Arthur approached with a terrifying, predatory calm.

00:33:13Your highness, I do not understand why you would strike me.

00:33:17Since when is it a crime to enjoy a midnight thrisk with one's own lover?

00:33:22Lover.

00:33:26Since when is it a crime to enjoy a midnight thrisk with one's own...

00:33:30Arthur rained down low after brutal low,

00:33:34until Christopher lay unconscious in an ever-widening pool of blood.

00:33:38I have not yet signed the decree of abdulation.

00:33:41Until I do, she belongs to me.

00:33:45You dared to touch what is mine,

00:33:47and for that you will die!

00:33:51Between the sheer terror of the night

00:33:54and the gnawing dread for my father's life,

00:33:56the fragile dam of my emotions finally broke.

00:34:00My pregnancy had made me volatile,

00:34:02and now, the tears fell in a relentless, silent torrent that I couldn't stop.

00:34:09Arthur reached out,

00:34:10his arms snaking around me like an iron band to haul me into his chest.

00:34:15Seeing my face streaked with tears,

00:34:18the darkness in his eyes didn't soften.

00:34:21Instead, his fury seemed to congeal into something even more lethal.

00:34:25Do you love him that much?

00:34:28Do you love him that much?

00:34:33Does it break your heart that I interrupted your little trisk?

00:34:37You actually degraded yourself to this point for a piece of filth like him!

00:34:42When had I ever shown an ounce of affection for Christopher?

00:34:46The man was a monster,

00:34:48yet here was Arthur,

00:34:50twisting my desperation into a betrayal.

00:34:52But I didn't dare fight back.

00:34:54I couldn't risk my father bearing the brunt of a crown prince's lightning strike rage.

00:34:59I could only bury my face against his chest,

00:35:02my body shaking with muffled, agonizing sobs.

00:35:07Is being with me such a miserable fate, Elena?

00:35:10Well, weep all you want, it doesn't change a thing.

00:35:13You're coming back to the palace with me,

00:35:15where you belong.

00:35:17Arthur tossed me into his massive war chariot,

00:35:20pulled by snarling drakes as if I were nothing more than a conquest claimed on a battlefield.

00:35:25I had no hope of escape.

00:35:28Within the hour, I was back in the palace,

00:35:31thrown once again onto the suffocating black fox furs of his bed.

00:35:35I curled into a ball, my eyes red and swollen,

00:35:39rubbing the small of my back where the impact had left a dull, throbbing ache.

00:35:46His voice was a low, terrifying rumble, cold as a mountain grave.

00:35:51He pressed his callous thumb against my lips,

00:35:54rubbing them with a punishing force that threatened to draw blood.

00:35:59Did he kiss you here?

00:36:03I won't stay.

00:36:07I won't be your secret pet.

00:36:12You think you're worthy of being my mistress?

00:36:15Don't flatter yourself.

00:36:17Let me make this clear, Elena.

00:36:20Until the day I choose to discard you,

00:36:22if you ever dare to shame me with another man again,

00:36:25I will personally ensure you never draw another breath.

00:36:37I stared at Arthur,

00:36:39my heart hammering against my ribs like a trapped bird.

00:36:43His heterochromatic eyes were threaded with dark red veins.

00:36:47And the draconic aura swirling around him was so suffocating,

00:36:51it felt as though he had just clawed his way out of the deepest pits of hell.

00:36:54Looking at the sheer madness in his expression,

00:36:56I knew, with terrifying certainty,

00:36:59if I admitted that Christopher's lips even brushed mine,

00:37:02he would cut my lips away without a second thought.

00:37:06In truth, Christopher hadn't touched me.

00:37:09I should have been paralyzed by fear,

00:37:11but every nerve in my body was screaming in pain and exhaustion.

00:37:15I couldn't help but lash out.

00:37:18It's none of your business!

00:37:21You're that desperate to escape me, Vivian.

00:37:26You torture me.

00:37:27You humiliate me.

00:37:30Isn't this exactly what you wanted?

00:37:33Take it!

00:37:34Whip me to death if that's what it takes!

00:37:36I stepped on your shoulders!

00:37:38I crushed your pride!

00:37:40So take my hands!

00:37:41Take my feet!

00:37:42Do whatever you want!

00:37:44Just save my father!

00:37:46If you promise to save him,

00:37:48I'll let you sacrifice me!

00:37:50On the altar right now!

00:37:55Arthur remained silent as he reached down to retrieve the heavy jewel-encrusted whip.

00:38:00I couldn't help the violent flinch that wracked my body.

00:38:02I had wielded this very weapon countless times, but I was naturally frail.

00:38:07My strikes had barely left a red mark on his skin.

00:38:10Arthur was different.

00:38:11He possessed the terrifying raw strength of the dragon race.

00:38:15If he struck me once with that whip, I would shatter.

00:38:17I forced my spine to straighten and close my eyes, waiting for the end.

00:38:24After I'm gone, would you place a bouquet of fresh roses on my grave?

00:38:33I'm afraid of the cold on the other side.

00:38:41A woman from this wretched holy kingdom has no place beside my throne.

00:38:49He didn't swing the whip.

00:38:51Instead, he lunged forward,

00:38:53his searing fingers clamping around my slender waist like iron bands.

00:38:57Is my touch really that repulsing to you?

00:39:01Hmph.

00:39:02Well, too bad.

00:39:03Tonight, I'm taking exactly what I want.

00:39:09His lips crashed against mine,

00:39:11fueled by a scorching, desperate rage.

00:39:13In the chaos of the kiss,

00:39:14a memory of my birthday last year surfaced.

00:39:16He was still my shadow then.

00:39:18He had spent weeks carving a wooden statuette of me,

00:39:21a perfect miniature saintess.

00:39:23When I saw the gift, my heart had hammered so wildly,

00:39:27I had accused him of placing a curse on me.

00:39:29I punished him, forcing him to kneel shirtless on the cold temple floor,

00:39:34while I used gold ink to paint a massive, ridiculous creature across his broad back.

00:39:39His ears had turned a deep, burning crimson.

00:39:42I thought it was humiliation, so I insolently grabbed his ear to make him turn around.

00:39:47But as he moved, I lost my balance and tumbled into his arms.

00:39:51Our lips met.

00:39:52That kiss had been clumsy, yet so tender.

00:39:56He had whispered broken pleas, begging me to let him kiss me just once more.

00:40:00My shadow had been so kind then.

00:40:03No matter how I shamed him, he would have handed me the entire world on a silver platter just to

00:40:07see me smile.

00:40:10But the Arthur of today only knew how to bully me, how to make me hurt.

00:40:15As he ruthlessly tore away my silk inner robes,

00:40:18the tears I had fought so hard to suppress finally broke through the dam once again.

00:40:23They cascaded down my cheeks, hot and bitter, splashing against the side of his face.

00:40:29Arthur's movements froze instantly.

00:40:31He remained motionless, his hands still white-knuckled around a shred of the ruined silk.

00:40:35Is my touch so unbearable?

00:40:38He let out a sharp, guttural sound of disgust, and shoved me aside like a discarded rag.

00:40:43Before I could even shiver, he grabbed a heavy black fox fur blanket and wrapped it around me.

00:40:48That piece of filth, Christopher, already has a wife, High Justice's own daughter.

00:40:55And yet here you are, playing the martyr, preserving your purity.

00:41:00To Venice's, your controls no purity for him.

00:41:04You really are a devoted fool, Miss Vivian.

00:41:08He stood up, his eyes flashing with a final, cutting spark of disdain.

00:41:12Don't flatter yourself.

00:41:15You aren't the only woman in the world.

00:41:18I don't need you.

00:41:19He turned and strode out of the chamber, the massive oak door slamming shut with a thunderous crash that echoed

00:41:25through the hollow silence of my heart.

00:41:27I wept until my throat was raw, and only then did the dull, throbbing ache in my womb begin to

00:41:33subside.

00:41:33I was desperate to go home, to save my father, to stop Julian from selling his soul for a scrap

00:41:40of influence.

00:41:41But the world outside had vanished.

00:41:43Arthur had placed me under house arrest.

00:41:45I knew his game.

00:41:47He wanted to break me slowly.

00:41:49He wanted to watch the once haughty saintess rot in a gilded cage, until there was nothing left of my

00:41:54pride.

00:41:54For seven days, Arthur never showed his face.

00:41:58Instead, he sent a flock of handmaids to tend to me.

00:42:01They were meticulously attentive, yet their voices were venomous.

00:42:08Did you really think he'd keep a broken doll?

00:42:12His Highness gifted Lady Isabella, the legendary Starry Night Necklace.

00:42:17The prince and the duke's daughter are inseparable at the royal hunting grounds.

00:42:22They look so perfect together.

00:42:25Every day they made sure I heard the rumors of Arthur's devotion to Isabella.

00:42:29Each word cut deeper than any whip.

00:42:31I loathed being a caged bird, but my true terror was the fear that the next time I saw my

00:42:36father, he would be a corpse.

00:42:38On the eighth day of my imprisonment, the heavy doors finally groaned open.

00:42:43A silhouette draped in black and gold stepped through the threshold, bringing with him a rush of winter air.

00:42:48Arthur had returned.

00:42:51Arthur, you bastard!

00:42:53The days of isolation had driven me to the brink of madness.

00:42:57Let me out! I have to see my mother! I have to save my father!

00:43:03Shadow, you are nothing but a cold-blooded beast!

00:43:07If you let my father die without me saying goodbye, I swore make you regret it for the rest of

00:43:13your life!

00:43:13I snatched out the ruby-encrusted whip trying to shield my vulnerability behind a pathetic empty threat.

00:43:19Bernard is still alive.

00:43:22The air rushed back into my lungs.

00:43:25My father was safe, at least for now.

00:43:28But as the panic receded, a different kind of poison took its place.

00:43:33I remembered the maid's whispers.

00:43:36Stories of how he had spent the last few nights locked away with Isabella,

00:43:41lost in a passion that lasted until dawn.

00:43:44The jealousy was a sudden, searing heat.

00:43:47When he had taken me, he hadn't shown half that much endurance.

00:43:51He was spending so much time entangled with that duke's daughter.

00:43:55I wondered if he was trying to drain every drop of his royal blood dry.

00:44:00Are you so desperate to run back to Christopher?

00:44:03To wallow in the dirt as his caged bird keep dreaming?

00:44:06I just refuse to stay near a man who belongs to Isabella!

00:44:09In a bit of blind rage, I lunged at him and sank my teeth into his shoulder.

00:44:14Vivian, stop!

00:44:17Are you truly in such a hurry to bury your father?

00:44:20I stopped struggling, but the air between us was thick with loathing.

00:44:25I backed away, slammed the door shut, and turned the lock with a definitive click.

00:44:30Then, staring him straight in the eyes, I began to uncask my sacred robes.

00:44:37Elaine, stop!

00:44:38Put your clothes back on!

00:44:40His breath hitched, but I wouldn't be swayed by his feigned restraint.

00:44:44You want your revenge? Then take it!

00:44:47Do to me exactly what I did to you two years ago.

00:44:51Press your boot into my shoulder.

00:44:54Draw those ridiculous, mocking creatures on my skin.

00:44:58Burn me with your humiliation!

00:45:00My voice broke into a pathetic, desperate sob as I looked at him through a blur of tears.

00:45:07I'm begging you, just finish your revenge and save my father.

00:45:11You swore an oath of loyalty to him before the altar.

00:45:15For the sake of that one vow, please help him.

00:45:19Arthur stood like a statue, his expression unreadable and frozen.

00:45:25The silence was deafening.

00:45:27I realized then that my words weren't enough.

00:45:30My tears weren't enough.

00:45:32I know what you want.

00:45:34You're still angry about that winter.

00:45:37About how I forced you into the frozen lake.

00:45:40Well, it's winter again.

00:45:42I'll go.

00:45:43I'll jump into the ice in the back garden.

00:45:46And catch every single one of those damn fish for you.

00:45:49I remembered that day vividly.

00:45:52The snow had been blinding.

00:45:54And he had been practicing his sword play in the courtyard.

00:45:57I had been in a foul mood.

00:45:59Agitated by the sight of his bare, powerful torso.

00:46:03I had mocked him.

00:46:05My voice dripping with disdain.

00:46:07If you're really as strong as you look.

00:46:11Why don't you dive into the lake?

00:46:13And bring me a snack.

00:46:15I hadn't expected him to do it.

00:46:17But without a word, he had plunged into the bone-chilling waters of the sacred lake.

00:46:24I spun around and bolted toward the door.

00:46:27Vivian! Have you lost your mind?

00:46:29Where do you think you're going dressed like that?

00:46:31Whether a filthy woman like me lives or dies.

00:46:36What is it to you?

00:46:41None of my business?

00:46:43Elena.

00:46:45I'm going to make sure you never forget exactly who I am!

00:46:50The predatory glint in his eyes was enough to devour me.

00:46:54I am Arthur.

00:46:56I am your sworn knight.

00:46:58He descended upon me like a wolf.

00:47:00And I am your lawful husband.

00:47:02His teeth raising my lips with a kiss that felt more like a claim of territory.

00:47:07You bastard!

00:47:09You aren't human!

00:47:10But the more I struggled, the more his possessiveness spiraled into a feverish madness.

00:47:16I hurled every curse I knew at him.

00:47:19Even as the world began to blur into a dizzying, unwanted pleasure.

00:47:22I wanted him to feel my hatred, even if my body was betraying me in his arms.

00:47:30I felt my life force draining away like sand through an hourglass.

00:47:34As he pinned me to the bed once more, claiming me with a desperate crushing intensity.

00:47:39A sharp, tearing agony exploded deep within my abdomen.

00:47:44It was as if a blade had been twisted inside me.

00:47:47I collapsed into the black fox furs.

00:47:49A rose severed from its stem.

00:47:52And the world dissolved into a hollow, silent void.

00:47:55Elena.

00:47:57Elena.

00:47:57Was that panic in his voice?

00:48:00It felt almost comedic.

00:48:02Didn't he want to cast this beautiful witch into the fires of purgatory?

00:48:05In the final second before the darkness swallowed me whole,

00:48:08I felt a pair of searing calloused hands trembling

00:48:11as they pulled me tight against a racing heart.

00:48:15When I finally drifted back to consciousness,

00:48:17the heavy velvet curtains had been drawn, sealing out the daylight.

00:48:21The chamber was thick with the bitter, cloying scent of medicinal herbs

00:48:26and the metallic tang of holy water.

00:48:29From beyond the veil of the bed curtains,

00:48:31I heard Arthur's voice.

00:48:33A low, dangerous growl vibrating with suppressed fury.

00:48:38Why isn't she awake yet?

00:48:46Your Highness, Miss Vivian's spirit was already fragile.

00:48:54After the physical trauma, she is showing signs of a miscarriage.

00:49:04If it weren't for the powerful dragon bloodline within the fetus,

00:49:10fighting to survive,

00:49:13the hatchling would have already been lost.

00:49:18A hatchling, signs of a miscarriage.

00:49:21A bitter, self-deprecating smile touched my lips.

00:49:24My little dragon was still there.

00:49:26It was far more resilient than I had imagined, but within seconds.

00:49:30A bone-chilling dread washed over me.

00:49:33Arthur knew.

00:49:34He knew that within me, a secret was growing.

00:49:38A secret the temple would never allow to exist.

00:49:41In an empire where blood purity was everything,

00:49:44the bastard of a fallen saintess would likely never be given the chance to draw his first breath.

00:49:52In a surge of sheer panic, my hand struck the wooden bed frame with a sharp crack.

00:49:57At the sound, Arthur pulled back the heavy velvet curtains.

00:49:59He sat beside me, his face a mask of cold stone.

00:50:03I instinctively recoiled into the corner of the bed, desperate for a shred of safety.

00:50:06I knew the protocol of the empire.

00:50:08If I hadn't woken up, I might have already ordered the priest to prepare a purification draft,

00:50:12to erase the evidence of my shame.

00:50:14Arthur gripped my hand with bruising force, his voice devoid of warmth.

00:50:18Are you still in pain?

00:50:19Mind race.

00:50:20Should I tell the truth?

00:50:21Physical ache had mostly subsided.

00:50:23I knew he lived for my suffering.

00:50:24If I told him I was in agony, perhaps his thirst for vengeance would be satisfied.

00:50:29Yes.

00:50:30It hurts.

00:50:31Terrified that he would force the draft down my throat right then,

00:50:34I scrambled to reassure him.

00:50:36Don't have to worry.

00:50:37I would never use this child to trap you or force you.

00:50:41Just let me go.

00:50:42Once I return to my family lands, I'll deal with it myself.

00:50:45I'll make sure it's gone.

00:50:48It was a lie that tasted like ash.

00:50:51I loved my little dragon already, but I needed him to believe I was no threat to his future.

00:50:57Deal with it?

00:51:01You're truly that eager to get rid of these two children?

00:51:04Two?

00:51:05I was stunned into silence.

00:51:08Dragon twins were a miracle, a rarity whispered up in legends.

00:51:12It meant I was carrying a double dragon pulse.

00:51:14My resolve to protect them hardened instantly, but I forced my voice to stay cold.

00:51:19Yes, I don't want them.

00:51:21I'd rather die than have them.

00:51:23I'll brew two bowls of the draft and wipe them from existence.

00:51:26I glanced at the priest standing in the shadows.

00:51:29They weren't moving to help.

00:51:31Instead, they were visibly trembling in terror.

00:51:34You really are heartless, Elena.

00:51:36He shoved my hand away and stormed out, his cloak swirling like a dark cloud.

00:51:41I shouted after him, my voice cracking with desperation.

00:51:44If two bowls aren't enough, I'll drink ten!

00:51:50Arthur vanished again for several days.

00:51:52I was forced to listen to the maids gossiping in the hallways, their whispers like jagged glass.

00:51:58They said he spent every waking and sleeping hour in Isabella's chambers.

00:52:04Rumor had it that once the dragon bloodline awakened, the host possessed a terrifying, near limitless stamina.

00:52:11He and the duke's daughter were reportedly lost in each other's embrace until the break of every dawn.

00:52:19A bitter wave of sorrow crashed over me.

00:52:23I assumed he found the idea of having children with a twisted woman, like me, repulsive, leading him to seek

00:52:30solace in someone pure.

00:52:32I pitied his burden.

00:52:35Yet the ache in my own chest only grew more hollow.

00:52:38To my absolute shock, a summons arrived.

00:52:42The emperor and empress demanded an audience with me.

00:52:45Before Arthur reclaimed his throne, the highest authority I had ever encountered was a local provincial lord.

00:52:52To be called before the absolute rulers of the empire was terrifying.

00:52:56I was certain they intended to put me on trial for the crime of desecrating the crown prince.

00:53:03The imperial couple was legendary for their sole covenant.

00:53:06The emperor had married a commoner when he was nothing more than a minor noble, and they had remained devoted

00:53:14to one another ever since.

00:53:15After Arthur disappeared at age six, the empress was so devastated by grief and injury that she could never bear

00:53:23another child.

00:53:24Their love for Arthur was boundless.

00:53:27And then there was me, the witch who had tormented their precious long lost son.

00:53:33I felt certain that if I wasn't sent straight to the pyre, it would be a miracle.

00:53:42The imperial palace was a fortress of limestone and gold, looming over me with a heavy sacred weight.

00:53:48Every footstep echoed against the marble, amplifying my dread.

00:53:52I kept my head bowed, trembling, until a pair of silk slippers appeared in my vision.

00:53:59When I looked up, I saw a woman of such timeless beauty.

00:54:03She looked less like Arthur's mother, and more like an elder sister.

00:54:08She reached out and personally helped me to my feet.

00:54:11I held my breath, my heart hammering against my ribs.

00:54:15Was she inspecting my skin to decide which torture would be most effective?

00:54:20Was she looking for the mark of the witch?

00:54:22You are breathtaking.

00:54:25Even more beautiful than the way Arthur described you.

00:54:30I heard that when he was a lost nine-year-old wandering the wilderness,

00:54:34you were the one who gave him the hope to keep living. Is that true?

00:54:41I froze, completely blindsided. I had no memory of saving a prince.

00:54:48When I was nine, I had slipped away from the temple to explore.

00:54:53I found a starving, filthy beggar boy collapsed by the roadside.

00:54:57I had simply tossed him a high-grade healing pill and a heavy pouch of gold coins.

00:55:03I only gave him the gold because the coins were weighing down my dress and I wanted to be rid

00:55:08of them.

00:55:09It was a casual gesture to a stranger.

00:55:11It wasn't until two years ago, in the stench of a blood-soaked gladiator pit,

00:55:16that I recognized those striking, mismatched eyes again.

00:55:20I bought him for a single gold coin just so I wouldn't have to watch him rot in the mud.

00:55:25I don't understand why they're making such a fuss.

00:55:28I only gave him some gold I was planning to throw away.

00:55:37Such a good child.

00:55:42Without another word, she carefully removed a shimmering mithril amulet from her own neck,

00:55:47an artifact pulsing with divine light,

00:55:50and placed it gently in my open.

00:55:57The Empress spent hours speaking with me,

00:55:59her voice a gentle lilt as she asked about my past with Arthur at the temple.

00:56:04Cold sweat trickled down my face.

00:56:05How could I possibly confess the truth?

00:56:08How could I tell her that I had once punished him?

00:56:10By making him kneel shirtless on freezing stone steps?

00:56:13Or that I had branded his chest with the word shadow?

00:56:16A title of absolute desecration.

00:56:19I could only offer pale, hollow lies, claiming we had lived as the closest of companions.

00:56:24When I returned to the Crown Prince's estate,

00:56:26I was greeted by an overwhelming display of favor.

00:56:29Cards filled with rare medicinal tonics,

00:56:31and bolts of the finest silk were being unloaded into my side hall.

00:56:35The Empress had even promised to visit me personally in the coming days.

00:56:38My mind was a whirlwind of confusion.

00:56:41Arthur loathed me.

00:56:43Why then had he told his parents I was his savior?

00:56:45But I ran out of time to wonder.

00:56:47The doors to the chambers were thrown open by Arthur's headguard.

00:56:50In his hands, he carried a porcelain bowl filled with a black steaming liquid that smelled of death.

00:56:56It was the purification draught.

00:56:58His Highness's orders.

00:57:00Miss Vivian is to drink this immediately.

00:57:03We cannot allow anything improper to stain the purity of the royal bloodline.

00:57:08The world turned to ice.

00:57:10He was finally coming for the life inside me.

00:57:13He wanted to personally destroy these twin dragon pulses.

00:57:15To burn away the last lingering evidence of our humiliating past.

00:57:19I looked at the black liquid, my hand instinctively dropping to cover my stomach.

00:57:23I could feel them.

00:57:24Tiny, flickering sparks of life.

00:57:26I have to run.

00:57:27I have to escape.

00:57:29The Emperor of the Empire was indeed a just and formidable ruler.

00:57:33When I knelt before him and begged for a thorough investigation into my father's wrongful imprisonment,

00:57:38he gave me his word that the case had been transferred to the High Tribunal.

00:57:41I finally felt a weight lift from my chest.

00:57:44I clung to the belief that once the truth was laid bare,

00:57:47the honor of the Vivian family would be restored to its former glory.

00:57:50Now, my only remaining weakness was the twin dragon pulses growing within me.

00:57:55The moment I returned from the palace,

00:57:56a maid entered my chambers carrying a bowl of liquid that shimmered with an eerie violet light.

00:58:01She called it a sacred essence supplement, claiming it was meant to bolster my strength.

00:58:05I wasn't a fool.

00:58:06I knew Arthur was incapable of such sudden mercy.

00:58:09I pretended to drink it with a grateful smile.

00:58:11But the second the doors were closed and the windows latched,

00:58:13I tipped the bowl into a pot of moonlight ivy.

00:58:16The magic plant, known for its incredible resilience, reacted instantly.

00:58:20The moment the liquid touched the soil, the lush leaves shriveled, turning into brittle blackened husks,

00:58:25as if scorched by dragon fire.

00:58:27My blood ran cold.

00:58:29It wasn't a supplement at all.

00:58:30It was a blood cleansing draught.

00:58:32A lethal poison, designed to starve my hatchlings of their magic and kill them in the womb.

00:58:38Gold can buy even the most depraved of souls.

00:58:41Using a priceless mithril hairpin as a bribe,

00:58:44I managed to smuggle a desperate message to Julian through a kitchen maid.

00:58:47I begged him for a vial of Draft of the Living Death,

00:58:51a forbidden alchemical concoction that could halt a heartbeat

00:58:54and mimic the cold stillness of the grave,

00:58:57all without harming the fragile dragon sprouts in my womb.

00:59:00When a person dies, their deaths are supposedly settled.

00:59:04If I were dead, Arthur would have no reason to force those cruel poisonous draughts down my throat.

00:59:09At worst, he would have my body tossed into a mass grave in the desolate barrens.

00:59:14Once the effects wore off, I could crawl out of the dirt and vanish into the night with my children

00:59:19to find my mother.

00:59:20My only terror was Arthur's depravity.

00:59:22I feared that even in death, he might plunge a blade into my chest, just to be certain.

00:59:28The potion took hold with terrifying speed.

00:59:30A bone-deep chill spread through my limbs, turning my blood to slush.

00:59:35My mind remained agonizingly sharp, yet I was a prisoner in my own skin.

00:59:40Unable to move a muscle, unable to flicker an eyelid.

00:59:44Until the heavy door's doors opened.

00:59:47Help! Someone help!

00:59:53Miss Vivian! She stopped breathing!

00:59:57The frantic scream echoed through the stone chamber,

01:00:00sounding more like a celebration of my freedom than a mourning of my life.

01:00:04I lay there, a hollow shell, waiting to see if my gambit would lead to the wilderness or the pyre.

01:00:12Before I heard the heavy rhythmic thud of leather boots against the stone floor,

01:00:18Arthur had arrived.

01:00:20He seemed unable to fathom that the witch, who had once tormented him so ruthlessly, could fall so easily.

01:00:28Who says she is dead?

01:00:30If you are mocking me again, I swear I will bury the entire Vivian family, along with you!

01:00:42But I was merely a corpse now, a silent witness to his descent into hysteria.

01:00:48I stayed frozen, locked in the icy grip of the draft.

01:00:53His voice grew softer, losing its edge, until it was filled with a frantic, staggering sense of panic I had

01:01:00never heard before.

01:01:01Why was he so shaken?

01:01:04Was he afraid my vengeful spirit would haunt him for the rest of his days?

01:01:09Or was he simply realizing that his favorite toy had finally broken beyond repair?

01:01:14Either way, I remained still, praying for the darkness of the burial grounds to come quickly.

01:01:23By now, he must have found the letter I left behind.

01:01:27In it, I wrote that I had finally reached my breaking point.

01:01:32That I had swallowed a lethal poison to end the humiliation.

01:01:36And that no one else was to blame.

01:01:38My only dying wish was for him to honor our old contract and return my remains to my family's ancestral

01:01:45lands.

01:01:46But his reaction after reading those words sent a fresh wave of horror through my frozen soul.

01:01:52Do you love Christopher that much?

01:01:54Do you love him so deeply that you would rather commit suicide?

01:02:00You want your bones returned home?

01:02:03Never.

01:02:04You will stay by my side.

01:02:07Even if you rot.

01:02:09You will do so in my arms!

01:02:12The living death only lasted 12 hours.

01:02:16If he didn't hurry up and bury me, I was going to resurrect right in front of him.

01:02:22Elena, please, open your eyes and look at me.

01:02:28Then, I felt it.

01:02:30A cold, trembling kiss pressed against my unresponsive lips.

01:02:37Time was running out.

01:02:40Outside, the night was dark and the wind was howling.

01:02:43The effects of the draft were finally beginning to wane.

01:02:47Arthur was on the jagged edge of a mental collapse, blinded by a grief I never expected.

01:02:53As the feeling returned to my limbs, my fingers brushed against the paralyzing silver needle Julian had hidden among my

01:03:00supplies.

01:03:00I waited, holding my breath, until Arthur slumped against my neck with a broken moan.

01:03:08With every ounce of strength I had regained, I lunged and drove the needle deep into the pressure point at

01:03:14the nape of his neck.

01:03:16Even a crown prince of the dragon line couldn't withstand a strike so precise and unexpected.

01:03:20I moved like a ghost.

01:03:22I snatched the dragon seal, the symbol of supreme authority, from his belt and threw on a nondescript maid's cloak.

01:03:30Keeping my head low, I slipped out of the chamber.

01:03:36I abandoned the memory-haunted north, seeking refuge in Emerald Harbor.

01:03:41The southern air was sweet and blooming with flowers, a place where I could finally fade away.

01:03:49The night I fled, Julian met me at the city gates, sobbing like a child.

01:03:54He pressed a mountain of mana crystal cards into my hands, begging to follow.

01:04:00It took hours to convince him to stay until my father was free.

01:04:04Julian had liquidated half of the Vivian family fortune for me.

01:04:08Even if I lived a life of absolute decadence, this wealth would last for lifetimes.

01:04:15I opened a boutique named Amber Eyes.

01:04:19While I loathed the dry imperial codes, I had a genius for alchemy.

01:04:24Distilling oils and crafting the eternal youth elixirs that once drove the capital's elite into a frenzy.

01:04:31But in the quiet moments, the ghosts returned.

01:04:36I saw my father's face, then Arthur's.

01:04:40I remembered the whispers of his nights with Isabella, and the steam rising from the poison he sent for my

01:04:46children.

01:04:47Whenever the pain flared, I drowned it in work.

01:04:50My little dragons were growing, and for them, I had to be strong.

01:04:57I found a few displaced, starving girls wandering the streets, and took them in.

01:05:03Under my care, their hollow cheeks filled out, and their fearful eyes began to spark with life.

01:05:10They became my loyal apprentices, learning the delicate secrets of my shop.

01:05:15But I wanted more for them.

01:05:16I used my fortune to establish a women's academy at the harbor.

01:05:21This world has always been cruel to women, demanding they be nothing more than ornaments or property.

01:05:27I don't harbor grand illusions of saving the world.

01:05:31But I want these girls to master weaving, commerce, or even basic arcana.

01:05:36I want them to have a trade and a voice.

01:05:39My business flourished beyond my wildest dreams.

01:05:42Within six months, Amber Eyes became the ultimate obsession for the noble women of the South.

01:05:49People often ask me if I fear bankruptcy, considering the academy charges no tuition.

01:05:55I simply offer a faint smile and say nothing.

01:05:59They have no idea I am the daughter of the wealthiest man in the Holy Kingdom.

01:06:03Besides, Julian still sends crates of mana crystals via secret caravans every month.

01:06:09In his eyes, I am likely still his reckless spendthrift sister, who might run out of pocket money at any

01:06:15moment.

01:06:17Letters from the capital arrived occasionally through secret channels, carrying whispers of a world I had left behind.

01:06:24Five months ago, my father, Bernard, was finally exonerated and released.

01:06:30The High Tribunal had uncovered everything.

01:06:33It was all a web of lies spun by Christopher.

01:06:36The shadow that had loomed over my family's honor was finally dispelled.

01:06:40According to Julian, Christopher's obsession had spiraled into madness.

01:06:45Desperate to replace me, he had kidnapped a girl who shared a passing resemblance to me and kept her imprisoned

01:06:52in a secret villa, calling her by a pet name.

01:06:55But his highborn wife, the daughter of the Lord Chief Justice, discovered his thwarted secret.

01:07:02In a fit of betrayed rage, she stormed the villa with her retainers.

01:07:07The innocent girl caught in the crossfire met a horrific end at the hands of a woman scorned.

01:07:14Christopher, the man who pretended to love me so deeply, didn't spare a single tear for his victim.

01:07:20He immediately turned on the dead girl, slandering her memory to save his own skin and his political career.

01:07:27He underestimated a woman's wrath.

01:07:31His wife stripped away his mask, exposing his embezzlement in treason.

01:07:36Now, he rots in a lightless dungeon, his limbs broken and his mind shattered.

01:07:42He is a pathetic creature.

01:07:44A far cry from the elegant scholar he once pretended to be.

01:07:48I felt no pity as I burned the letter.

01:07:51He earned every second of his agony.

01:07:54The Vivian family was unable to return to the Holy Kingdom.

01:07:58Julian's letters became increasingly frantic, claiming that Arthur had descended into a state of pure madness.

01:08:04The wedding between Arthur and Isabella never happened.

01:08:07Instead, in a shocking twist that paralyzed the capital, he personally escorted Isabella to the ghost tower.

01:08:14Arthur! Please! You can't do this!

01:08:17No one knew the reason.

01:08:18But I confess, a man like Arthur would never tolerate anyone who dared to touch his secrets or threaten his

01:08:25absolute control.

01:08:27Now Arthur spends his days scouring the capital for a ghost.

01:08:30He searches for any trace of my existence.

01:08:33And at night, he stands before my empty grave, screaming to the heavens that I am his only true crown

01:08:40princess.

01:08:41I felt nothing but cold disdain when I read those words.

01:08:44He had spent his nights lost in the arms of another woman.

01:08:47And now, he wants to play the role of the grieving, devoted husband.

01:08:52It was a pathetic performance.

01:08:54My only focus now is the safety of my two little dragons.

01:08:57The most experienced midwife in the south warned me that carrying twins, especially those of the dragon line, is a

01:09:04treacherous path.

01:09:05She told me that the day of their birth would be like walking along the precipice of the underworld.

01:09:10It is a gamble with death.

01:09:12A heavy fear has settled in my bones.

01:09:15I am terrified that I will never wake to see Julian become a grand archmage.

01:09:19And even more terrified that my children will enter this world only to find themselves motherless.

01:09:27A soft touch on my shoulder pulled me from my thoughts.

01:09:30I looked up to see Perrin standing before the counter, his usual modest expression colored by a hint of nerves.

01:09:36Perrin was a wandering scholar I had rescued three months ago after he collapsed outside my shop.

01:09:40He was handsome in a gentle, intellectual way.

01:09:44Possessing a quiet grace that persisted despite his poverty.

01:09:48The young girls who worked for me loved to whisper that he was hopelessly in love with me.

01:09:52I always dismissed it as childish gossip.

01:09:54Why would a brilliant young man with his whole life ahead of him want a woman like me?

01:09:59I was a widow with a swollen belly, living under a story that my husband had perished on some distant

01:10:04battlefield.

01:10:05Is something wrong, Mr. Perrin?

01:10:07His face flushed crimson, the heat spreading all the way to his ears.

01:10:12He hesitated for what felt like an eternity, fidgeting with his sleeves as in trying to summon every ounce of

01:10:17courage in his soul.

01:10:19Miss Vivian, I have admired you for a very long time.

01:10:22I don't care about your past, and I don't care about the rumors.

01:10:26I want to take care of you.

01:10:28If you would honor me by becoming my wife, I promise to love your children as if they were my

01:10:32own blood.

01:10:33I froze, my mind racing to find a kind way to reject him.

01:10:37Before I could speak, however, a voice like a sudden arctic gale tore through the room, turning the humid southern

01:10:43air to ice.

01:10:45Elena, you intend to take my children and marry this pathetic, lowly commoner?

01:10:52My body turned to stone.

01:10:54I turned my head slowly toward the doorway.

01:10:57There, framed against the dying rays of the sunset, stood the man who should have been a thousand miles away.

01:11:04Arthur's face was a mask of sheer murderous rage.

01:11:10The moment Perrin finished his confession, the air in the room shattered.

01:11:14A suffocating pressure, the raw, primal weight of a dragon's aura, exploded outward, pinning everyone to the spot.

01:11:22Arthur stepped into my workshop, clad in robes of deep obsidian and gold.

01:11:26His eyes were twin glaciers, harboring a frost cold enough to freeze the entire southern coast.

01:11:32He moved with a heavy, deliberate stride, and I knew instantly that the day of reckoning for my six-month

01:11:38escape had finally arrived.

01:11:40My legs turned to water.

01:11:42In a frantic, useless panic, I grabbed a handful of monocrystals and tried to bolt for the back exit, but

01:11:47it was already too late.

01:11:48The doorway was blocked by a wall of iron, a phalanx of paladins, their armor gleaming with an oppressive holy

01:11:55light.

01:11:55There was no escape.

01:11:57His eyes turned a violent, bloodshot crimson, his voice cracking with a shock that looked far too much like genuine

01:12:02pain.

01:12:03Faking your own death to deceive me?

01:12:06Elena, your audacity truly knows no bounds.

01:12:08You were the one who sent that bowl of poison!

01:12:12If I hadn't fled, my children would be nothing but a memory by now!

01:12:17Poison! I never gave such an order!

01:12:24Perrin stood paralyzed, the sheer weight of the crown prince's presence crushing the air from his lungs.

01:12:29He looked at me.

01:12:31You told me your husband had... that he had been marted on the northern front.

01:12:35Marted?

01:12:36Elena, are you so desperate for my death that you've already buried me in your stories?

01:12:40I couldn't look him in the eye.

01:12:42I hadn't wished for his death. It was quite the opposite.

01:12:44I had missed him so much that the only way to survive the silence was to bury his memory under

01:12:50a lie.

01:12:51Your highness, please, do not distress her. She is heavily pregnant. She cannot handle such a shock.

01:12:57Despite the visible trembling of his hands, Perrin stepped forward, shielding me with his own body.

01:13:02Get out of my way!

01:13:04He lunged forward, reaching to seize me.

01:13:06But before his fingers could brush my skin, a cataclysmic pain tore through my lower body.

01:13:11It felt as if my very soul was being ripped in two.

01:13:15It hurts.

01:13:16Arthur, something is wrong.

01:13:18The hatchlings, they're coming now!

01:13:20I doubled over.

01:13:21My breath pitching and strangled screams, the world began to tilt into darkness.

01:13:28The crown prince, who only moments ago had looked ready to tear the world apart, instantly lost his composure.

01:13:35Arthur gathered me into his arms.

01:13:37Those hands, usually so steady when gripping a sword or signing a death warrant, were now shifting uncontrollably.

01:13:44Don't be afraid, Elena.

01:13:47I've got you.

01:13:49I'm taking you home.

01:13:51He stayed right there, pacing the halls of the manor I had bought six months ago.

01:13:56The healers and midwives begged him to leave, citing ancient superstitions that a crown prince's presence in a birthing chamber

01:14:02would bring ruin to his divine love.

01:14:05Arthur didn't argue.

01:14:06He simply drew his sword and stood guard at the door as the hours bled into one another, and the

01:14:11labor became unbearable.

01:14:12I began to sob, the tears flowing freely.

01:14:15Every time I cried out, the cold, ruthless leader of the dragon line, the man who made the empire tremble,

01:14:21found his own eyes welling with moisture.

01:14:23Finally, two sharp piercing cries rang out.

01:14:26A boy and a girl had safely entered the world.

01:14:29The midwives whispered among themselves as they cleaned the infants.

01:14:32In all their years of delivering children, they had never seen a mother endure labor, while the father stood by

01:14:38and cried his eyes out.

01:14:40When I finally opened my eyes, the room was bathed in the golden dying light of the next day's twilight.

01:14:46Arthur was right there, sitting by the bed.

01:14:48But as soon as my mind cleared, the old bitterness flared up.

01:14:51Stop pretending to care!

01:14:52You never wanted us!

01:14:53The day you returned to the capital, you were so eager to have me disposed.

01:14:57You stayed in your chambers with Isabella for three days and three nights.

01:15:01They said you were lost in each other until dawn.

01:15:04That the priests had to change the holy water twenty times because of your pravity!

01:15:08I never touched Isabella.

01:15:10And I never, not for a single second, intended to depose you.

01:15:13When I returned, my father did push for an alliance.

01:15:16But I stood before the entire court and declared that I already had a wife by sacred contract.

01:15:20He urged me to bring you to the palace immediately.

01:15:23I thought your heart was still full of Christopher.

01:15:25I was so mad with pain that I delayed the official proclamation of your title.

01:15:31I was a fool, Elena, but I was never unfaithful.

01:15:37A deep flush crept up my neck.

01:15:39All those stories, the whispered nights of passion,

01:15:42were nothing more than illusions and rumors engineered by Isabella

01:15:45to drive me to the edge of insanity.

01:15:48I've uncovered the truth.

01:15:54It was Isabella.

01:15:56She bribed the priests in the side hall.

01:16:00To lace your medicine with a cursed powder.

01:16:03Designed to wither the dragon line.

01:16:06His voice turned cold and predatory.

01:16:08A low vibration of pure hatred.

01:16:12I've stripped her of her noble name.

01:16:14And condemned her the tower to eternal weights.

01:16:18For the rest of her life.

01:16:21Elena, thank God you were alert enough.

01:16:24To refuse that drast.

01:16:28If you hadn't.

01:16:29His arms began to shake violently.

01:16:31This powerful, terrifying crown prince looked suddenly, heartbreakingly fragile.

01:16:35The walls I had built around my heart crumbled in an instant.

01:16:38For the first time in two years, I reached out and wound my arms around his neck,

01:16:41leaning into him with a surge of pure, unadulterated longing.

01:16:45Since you never chose her, you aren't allowed to look at anyone else ever again.

01:16:50Arthur, if you ever dare to betray our contract, I will take our children and vanish into the Miscuit.

01:16:55I will hide so well that you could spend the rest of your life searching and never see my face

01:17:00again.

01:17:00What did you just say?

01:17:04You... you're willing to stay for me?

01:17:06He pulled back, his eyes searching mine with a look of frantic, overwhelming joy,

01:17:11as if he were a drowning man who had finally found the shore.

01:17:16I looked at his face, the face of a man so devastatingly handsome,

01:17:21yet currently twisted into an expression of clumsy, desperate anxiety.

01:17:26And I couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.

01:17:30I've always had a fondness for beasts, especially a dragon like you.

01:17:35Greedy, humble, and so utterly obsessed,

01:17:39that once you've chosen a master, you can never be shaken off.

01:17:45Arthur's gaze darkened instantly.

01:17:48That predatory glint returned to his mismatched eyes, dancing with a renewed fire.

01:17:54He crushed his lips against mine,

01:17:56kissing me with a ferocity that suggested he wanted to grind my very soul into his own.

01:18:03I am your shadow.

01:18:06I am your guardian dragon.

01:18:10You will never push me away again as long as you live.

01:18:13His kiss was beginning to wander, growing more fervent and hungry,

01:18:17until it was abruptly shattered by two loud synchronized wails.

01:18:24The babies! Arthur, stop! I haven't even seen our children yet!

01:18:29The dignified crown prince lowered his lashes in a fit of silent, brooding resentment.

01:18:34He looked exactly like a great dragon, who had just seen his most precious treasure stolen,

01:18:40yet lacked the heart to retaliate.

01:18:43With a resigned sigh, he reached into the bassinets and scooped up the two velvet-wrapped bundles.

01:18:52Elena, even with these two little things stealing your attention,

01:18:56you are not allowed to reduce the love you give me by a single inch.

01:19:02I gave a helpless, quiet laugh.

01:19:05My fingertips brushed against the faint, shimmering gold scales on the hatchlings' foreheads,

01:19:10the most sacred mark of the imperial line.

01:19:13Then, to be fair, I leaned up and pressed a lingering, reassuring kiss to the lips of their jealous father.

01:19:20The evening breeze of Emerald Harbor drifted through the window,

01:19:24carrying the scent of salt and blooming flowers.

01:19:27On this ancient continent of miracles and strong wine,

01:19:31we finally had our future.

01:19:34And for the first time, it was enough.

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