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00:03I gave birth to dragons.
00:06Then a week later, a royal carriage pulled up to my cottage.
00:09Silver armoured guards at my door.
00:11He told me they were his heirs.
00:12Ten months ago, I dragged a half-dead stranger out of a ditch.
00:16I nursed him.
00:17I married him.
00:18I got pregnant.
00:20Then he disappeared without a word.
00:21Look, everyone says don't take in strangers.
00:23But you didn't see this man.
00:25Jawline like a statue.
00:26Abs you could grate cheese on.
00:28So, I took him home.
00:31His name was Tristan.
00:32Covered in blood.
00:33Total amnesia.
00:34I patched him up.
00:35Fed him soup.
00:35Changed his bandages.
00:37Three months later, we were falling hard.
00:40One white dress.
00:41Two silver candles.
00:42My mum crying in the corner.
00:43That was our wedding.
00:44Then I got pregnant.
00:45And the second I hit three months,
00:50his memory came back.
00:52No goodbye.
00:52Just a note on my pillow.
00:54Important business.
00:55I'll come back for you.
00:56Yeah, right.
00:58I knew what that note really meant.
01:00He'd remembered who he was.
01:01And whoever he was,
01:03a broke country girl with a baby bump
01:04didn't fit the picture anymore.
01:06He wasn't coming back.
01:07He was running.
01:09Everyone warned me labor would be hell.
01:11Nine months of dread for nothing.
01:14When the day came,
01:15two pushes, done.
01:16No screaming baby.
01:17No crying.
01:18Just my mom.
01:19Screaming like she'd seen the devil.
01:21Something cold slid down my leg.
01:23Something slimsy.
01:24I sat up.
01:25And there they were.
01:27Two baby dragons curled on my blooded sheets.
01:29Tiny wings folded against their backs.
01:32Looking right at me.
01:33Blinking.
01:33Seven days later, I was still in shock.
01:36Then I heard hooves.
01:37Dozens of them.
01:38A royal carriage pulled up to my cottage.
01:40Silver armored guards at my door.
01:42A letter.
01:42Sealed in gold wax.
01:44Handwriting I'd recognize anywhere.
01:46From Tristan.
01:47The captain knelt.
01:49By order.
01:49Of his majesty,
01:50the king requests his queen.
01:53And your child,
01:53by royal decree,
01:55is to be named heir to the throne.
01:56The king.
01:57The bleeding stranger I pulled out of a ditch.
02:00The man who left note on my pillow and ran.
02:03He was the king.
02:04I looked down at the royal decree in my hand.
02:06Then over at the two dragon cubs
02:07napping on my pillow.
02:09One of them yawned.
02:10Showed me his tiny fangs.
02:12Hey, you two.
02:13You think you're ready to rule a kingdom?
02:17These two dragons?
02:18Absolutely beautiful.
02:20Bright colored scales.
02:21Silky as silk.
02:22Tiny perfect fangs.
02:24Just like if dragons also had a beauty pageant,
02:26my dragon would sure win the championship.
02:28But that's the problem.
02:29They're not human.
02:30I turned to my mom,
02:31my whole body going stiff.
02:33Mom, be honest with me.
02:34Do we have shifter blood in the family?
02:36Werewolf ancestors?
02:37Some kind of cursed great grandma?
02:39She looked like she'd just been slapped.
02:41What is wrong with you, Willa?
02:42Our family has been honest farmers for generations.
02:46There's no monsters in our blood.
02:47Those stories are just old whiv's tales.
02:50I pointed at the bed.
02:51Then how do you explain those?
02:53Mom looked at me,
02:54looked back at me.
02:55Her face went sheet white.
02:56A human giving birth to things like this?
02:59Willa, this is a dark omen.
03:01A curse.
03:01If anyone in this village finds out,
03:04they'll drag you to the woods.
03:06They'll tie you to a stake.
03:08They'll burn you alive.
03:10Before I could react,
03:11she grabbed a rough cloth off the table.
03:13She scooped both snakes up
03:15and started bundling them tight.
03:17She was going to dump them on the mountain.
03:19Feed them to the wolves.
03:20The babies had no idea.
03:22One of them stretched,
03:23yawned,
03:24and then...
03:25Those big golden brown eyes
03:27locked on mine.
03:28Just looking at me,
03:30and something inside me broke.
03:31Mom, stop!
03:32I carried them for nine months.
03:34I felt them move inside me.
03:36They are mine,
03:37and I am not letting you
03:38throw my babies to the wolves.
03:40Willa,
03:41if anyone sees them...
03:43Then no one sees them.
03:44We tell the village I had a stillbirth.
03:46We already buried it.
03:48These two?
03:48Pets.
03:49The dragon I found in the garden.
03:51Nobody has to know.
03:52And just like that,
03:53they stayed.
03:54I figured this was my life now.
03:56Disgraced country girl.
03:57Single mom.
03:59Two skelly sons on the pillow.
04:00I was done with men.
04:01Tristan broke my heart.
04:03I was fine.
04:04Never seeing him again.
04:06I'd raise these little weirdos
04:08in the woods.
04:09Forever.
04:10That was the plan.
04:11Until day seven.
04:13I opened my door,
04:14and the captain,
04:14stepping forward,
04:16bowing deep.
04:16By order of his majesty,
04:18we are here to escort
04:19Lady Willa to the palace.
04:20You are to be crowned queen.
04:22His majesty mentioned
04:23you were heavily pregnant
04:24when you departed.
04:25So, where is the royal heir?
04:26I instinctively glanced
04:28back at the house,
04:29but my mom answered
04:30before I could.
04:31Seven days ago,
04:33Willa delivered a stillborn.
04:34We've already handled it.
04:37She pulled me inside.
04:39Lowered her voice.
04:40Willa, listen to me.
04:41The Cap'n Kingdom
04:42is obsessed with witch hunts.
04:44If anyone finds out
04:45you gave birth to two creatures,
04:48they'll burn you.
04:49The stake is a sacrifice.
04:51You go to the palace.
04:52Be the queen.
04:54These two?
04:54I'll keep them here.
04:56I'll take care of them.
04:58If I had known that man
04:59was the king
05:00of the Cap'n Kingdom,
05:01I never would have been
05:02reckless enough
05:02to flirt with him.
05:03Not in a million years.
05:05But a royal command
05:06isn't a request.
05:07Whether I wanted it or not,
05:09I was going to that palace.
05:10I wiped my tears,
05:11said goodbye
05:12to my two skilly babies,
05:13and climbed into the carriage.
05:17Two weeks,
05:18bumpy roads later,
05:19we finally reached the palace.
05:24A maid led me
05:25to a guest chamber.
05:26She said the king
05:27would be with me shortly.
05:28The room was stunning.
05:29Gold-trimmed ceilings,
05:31jade ornaments,
05:32marble floors.
05:33A country girl like me
05:34had never seen wealth like this,
05:36and I didn't care about any of it.
05:38The longer I'd been away from home,
05:40the more I missed
05:40those two baby dragons.
05:42I had no idea
05:42if they were okay.
05:43Maybe I was missing them too much.
05:45Because suddenly,
05:46I was hallucinating.
05:47I saw two little dragons
05:49scaling the palace walls,
05:51slipping through my window,
05:52right in front of me,
05:54until they opened their mouths.
05:56Mommy,
05:56we finally found you.
05:58Mommy,
05:59why did you leave me
06:00and Big Brother behind?
06:02My whole body went numb.
06:03I hit the floor.
06:04I stared at them,
06:05my voice shaking.
06:06You too?
06:07Are you dragons, demon?
06:09When I was little,
06:10I used to hear storytellers
06:12talk about this.
06:13Animals that cultivated
06:14their spiritual power
06:15could borrow
06:16a pregnant woman's womb.
06:18They'd be reborn,
06:19but as humans.
06:20Looking at these two,
06:21clearly the cultivation
06:22didn't quite stick.
06:23That's why they came out of me,
06:25still in snake form.
06:26The two of them
06:27slithered up to me,
06:28nuzzling against my dress,
06:30like puppies.
06:31We're not snake demons,
06:32Mommy.
06:32We're dragons.
06:34We're your babies.
06:35Mommy,
06:36I'm so hungry.
06:37We followed your scent
06:38for days.
06:39We crawled the whole way.
06:41We don't have any strength left.
06:44And just like that,
06:45they collapsed against my side.
06:47From Rowan Village
06:47to this palace
06:48was hundreds of miles.
06:49These two weren't even
06:50a month old,
06:51and they'd crawled
06:52the entire way,
06:53day and night,
06:54without stopping.
06:55I figured they were just
06:56delirious from exhaustion,
06:57babies babbling nonsense,
06:59two little snakes,
07:00dragons.
07:01Yeah, right.
07:01My heart broke for them.
07:02I scooped both of them
07:03into my arms
07:04and called for a maid.
07:06Fresh goat's milk.
07:07Now.
07:09They drank
07:09till their little bellies
07:11were round,
07:11then curled up in my lap
07:13and fell into a deep sleep.
07:14I sat there,
07:15gently stroking their scales,
07:16my mind spinning.
07:18What the hell
07:18am I supposed to do now
07:19if I just told the king
07:20the truth?
07:21These snakes are our sons.
07:22He'd probably drag me out
07:24and behead me on the spot.
07:25Not everyone has my tolerance
07:26for the weird,
07:27and even if he somehow
07:28accepted it,
07:29he's the king of the KP kingdom.
07:30The court would never allow it.
07:32The people would never allow it.
07:34Two snakes as the royal heirs?
07:36No chance in hell.
07:36I was deep in my own head,
07:39spiraling.
07:40When the guards outside announced,
07:42His majesty has arrived.
07:45I moved fast,
07:47shoved both babies
07:48under the blankets,
07:49smoothed out my dress,
07:50and went to greet him.
07:51This humble girl,
07:52Willa,
07:52greets your majesty.
07:54Tristan was in full royal regala.
07:56Gold crown,
07:57velvet brobes,
07:58that untouchable era of power.
08:00Combined with that gorgeous face,
08:02he was even more devastating
08:03than I remembered.
08:04That face was the whole reason
08:06I got into this mess.
08:07One look at him bleeding
08:08on the side of the road,
08:09and I ignored my mum completely.
08:11I have to save him.
08:12Look at him.
08:14Yeah,
08:14lesson learned.
08:15Tristan reached down
08:16and lifted me to my feet,
08:18a teasing smile
08:19playing on his lips.
08:20Such formality.
08:21This isn't like you,
08:22Willa.
08:22I kept my eyes down,
08:24my voice small.
08:25I didn't know you were the king
08:26before.
08:26I was out of line.
08:28He squeezed my hand.
08:29King or not,
08:30I'm still your husband.
08:31I prefer the lively,
08:32mouthed Willa I fell for.
08:34Yeah, sure.
08:35Whatever you say.
08:36But I'm not that girl anymore.
08:38Not when one wrong word
08:39from a king
08:39means rivers of blood.
08:41That's not a joke.
08:41Tristan's gaze dropped
08:42to my stomach.
08:43His eyes filled with grief.
08:45I heard about the baby.
08:46It was my fault.
08:47If I had brought you here sooner,
08:49maybe things would have been different.
08:51The second the words
08:51left his mouth,
08:54a muffled cry
08:55came from the bed.
08:57Tristan's head
08:57snapped toward the sound.
08:58What was that?
09:00It's, it's, it's cats.
09:02I got bored on the road,
09:03so I,
09:03I picked up two cats
09:05to keep me company.
09:05He started walking
09:06towards the bed.
09:07I didn't know you liked cats.
09:09I remember you hating cats.
09:10What kind of cats
09:11could win you over?
09:12Let me see them.
09:13I lunged in front of him,
09:14arms out.
09:15No!
09:16Why not?
09:17Unless,
09:18what's under there
09:19isn't a cat.
09:20It is!
09:21It's cats!
09:23It's just,
09:24these two are skittish.
09:27They might scratch
09:28your majesty.
09:30Tristan laughed
09:31and pulled me
09:31into his arms.
09:32Don't worry.
09:33There's no wound
09:34I haven't survived.
09:35What harm could
09:35two little kittens
09:36possibly do?
09:37His hand reached
09:38for the blanket.
09:39His fingers gripped
09:40the edge.
09:40I was this close
09:41to confessing everything.
09:43Then suddenly,
09:44a maid rushed in.
09:45Your majesty!
09:46Miss Lancaster
09:47has collapsed!
09:48She's calling out for you!
09:49Tristan's hand froze.
09:51Then he pulled away.
09:52I need to go check on Rosie.
09:53I'll come back to you later.
09:55I watched him
09:55walk out the door.
09:56Part of me exhaled,
09:57crisis averted,
09:58but another part of me
09:59felt a bitter little sting
10:01I couldn't explain.
10:02Who's Rosie?
10:03Is she that important to him?
10:05I didn't have to wait long
10:06for an answer.
10:07The next day,
10:07I was in my chamber,
10:08feeding the two little snakes.
10:10The doors burst open.
10:11Rosie sailed in,
10:13dripping in silk.
10:14A trail of maids
10:15behind her.
10:15She looked me up and down,
10:17like I was dirt on her shoe.
10:18So you're the country girl
10:20who saved his majesty.
10:21I met her eyes,
10:22calm, steady.
10:23That would be me.
10:24She stepped closer.
10:25Her voice dropped to a warning.
10:27I grew up with his majesty.
10:28I know him better than anyone.
10:30He only brought you here
10:31to repay a debt.
10:33That's all.
10:34If you dare set your sights
10:35on a position
10:36that isn't yours,
10:37you'll pay the price.
10:39I let a small smile
10:40tug at my lips.
10:43If Miss Lacaffa
10:44truly has that kind of pull,
10:45go convince his majesty
10:46to take it back.
10:48Threatening me here
10:49is a waste of breath.
10:49The queen's seat
10:51was offered to me
10:52by the king himself.
10:53His favor is law.
10:55Who am I to refuse?
10:56Rosie's face went red.
10:58Her hands trembled with rage.
10:59You sharp-tongued
11:01little peasant.
11:02How dare you use
11:04the king against me?
11:05You just wait.
11:07I will personally make sure.
11:09He throws you
11:10out of this palace!
11:11She stormed out,
11:13her maids scurrying after her.
11:15I didn't take Rosie's
11:16threats seriously.
11:17But for the first time
11:18since I arrived,
11:19I started thinking
11:20about leaving the palace.
11:22I knew Tristan
11:23had feelings for me.
11:24He wouldn't have sent for me
11:25all the way from Roban Village
11:27or offered me a crown
11:28if he didn't.
11:29But I also knew
11:30how kings worked.
11:31I was the girl from the woods
11:32who saved his life.
11:35But he had a whole empire
11:37to rule
11:38and a palace
11:39full of beautiful women.
11:40Once the spark fades,
11:42I'd be just another
11:43forgotten face
11:43in a golden cage,
11:45locked away
11:45until the day I died.
11:47And then there were the baby.
11:48They were a ticking time bomb.
11:51They were getting bigger
11:52every day
11:53and their appetites
11:54were growing even faster.
11:55If anyone ever heard them talk,
11:58they'd be slaughtered.
11:59I had to choose.
12:01My freedom
12:02and their lives
12:03over a man
12:04who might stop loving me
12:05by next year.
12:06I decided to run.
12:08Three days later,
12:08I waited until Tristan
12:09was supposedly
12:10out of the palace on business.
12:12I piled up
12:13the silk curtains,
12:14knocked over a candle
12:15and watched
12:16the flames take hold.
12:21In the chaos of the fire,
12:23we managed to scale
12:25the outer palace wall.
12:26I stood in the shadows,
12:28looking back at the smoke
12:29rising into the night sky.
12:32Goodbye, Tristan.
12:34It hurt more
12:35than I wanted to admit,
12:36but I had to be strong.
12:37The two little snakes
12:38rubbed against my ankles,
12:40their golden eyes
12:41glowing in the dark.
12:42Mom, come on.
12:44Let's just go.
12:46I knelt down
12:48and scooped them both
12:49into my arms.
12:52All right.
12:53Let's go.
12:55Somewhere far away
12:56where we can just be us.
12:58I turned around
12:58to head for the woods
12:59and my heart stopped.
13:01Tristan was standing there.
13:02He wasn't away on business.
13:04He was right in front of me,
13:05backed by a dozen armed guards
13:07with torches.
13:08He didn't look angry.
13:09He looked cold.
13:11He stared at me.
13:12Then his eyes dropped
13:14to the two snakes
13:15I was clutching to my chest.
13:17He started walking.
13:19Willa.
13:19Walking towards me.
13:20Don't you think
13:21you owe me an explanation?
13:23I hugged my babies
13:24as tight as I could,
13:25backing away.
13:26If I told you
13:28that these are your children,
13:30would you even believe me?
13:33Tristan's pupils blew wide.
13:34He stared at the two
13:36black creatures in my arms,
13:37his knuckles turning white
13:38as he gripped the hilt
13:39of his sword.
13:40His throat moved
13:40as he struggled
13:41to find his voice.
13:42How is that even possible?
13:44Rosie didn't miss a beat.
13:45She jumped forward,
13:47pointing a trembling finger
13:49at me.
13:49You shameless little peasant!
13:53How dare you try
13:54to smear the king's name
13:55like that!
13:56His majesty
13:57is the ruler of this realm.
13:59There is no way on earth
14:00he is the father
14:01of these...
14:03these animals!
14:05Your majesty,
14:06look at them!
14:07They're demons!
14:08She's obviously
14:10practicing,
14:10practicing dark magic.
14:12For the safety
14:13of the entire kingdom,
14:14you have to act!
14:16Kill the witch
14:16and those monsters
14:18before they curse us all!
14:20The two little snakes
14:21felt her hatred.
14:23They bared their tiny fangs,
14:25hissing and snapping at her.
14:28Evil woman!
14:30You hurt our mom!
14:31And we'll kill you!
14:34Rosie scrambled back,
14:35nearly tripping.
14:37I slammed my hand
14:38over their mouths.
14:40Stop!
14:41You can't talk
14:42in front of them!
14:44Even Tristan
14:45looked stunned
14:46for a second.
14:47You heard them,
14:48Tristan!
14:49They talk!
14:50They're unholy!
14:51Kill them now!
14:53Do your duty!
14:55Tristan drew his sword.
14:57The cold steel
14:58glinted dangerously
14:59in the torchlight
15:00as he pointed the tip
15:02right at my babies.
15:03Willa,
15:05I know you.
15:06You're a good person.
15:08These creatures
15:09must have put a spell
15:10on you.
15:10They're using you.
15:11They're clouding your mind.
15:13He took a step closer.
15:15The edge of the blade
15:16inches from my chest.
15:17Give them to me.
15:19Hand them over.
15:21Right now.
15:22And I'll forgive everything.
15:24I'll pretend
15:25this never happened.
15:26I shook my head.
15:27No, Tristan.
15:29I'm their mother.
15:30I'm spoting
15:30at their mother.
15:32I will never
15:32let you touch them.
15:34Not as long
15:35as I'm breathing.
15:36You've lost your mind.
15:37He didn't wait
15:38for another word.
15:39My babies
15:39didn't hesitate either.
15:41They flew out
15:41of my arms.
15:42Small black blurs
15:43through the air.
15:44Trying to bite him.
15:45But Tristan
15:46was a seasoned warrior.
15:47He was too fast.
15:48Too strong.
15:50He kicked one aside.
15:51Then the other
15:52sending them skidding
15:54across the dirt
15:54like stones.
15:55He didn't give them
15:56a chance to recover.
15:57He raised his sword
15:58high over his head
15:59ready to bring it down
16:00for the kill.
16:01I didn't think.
16:02I just threw my body
16:03over them
16:04shielding them
16:05with my own back.
16:06Tristan saw me.
16:07Pulled his strike
16:08at the last second
16:09but the tip of his sword
16:10still tore through my dress.
16:11He looked at me
16:12furious and shaken
16:13all at once.
16:14Willa
16:15have you lost your mind?
16:17You're going to die
16:18for these
16:18these animals?
16:20I looked at him
16:21tears streaming
16:22down my face.
16:23I can't explain
16:24why they look like this
16:25Tristan.
16:25I don't know why
16:26but they came from me.
16:28They are my flesh and blood
16:29and they are yours.
16:32If you want them dead
16:33you'll have to step
16:34over my body first.
16:36The standoff
16:36held for a long moment.
16:38Then Tithra
16:38threw the sword
16:39to the ground.
16:40He turned to his guards.
16:41Take the queen
16:41back to the palace.
16:43Do not harm her
16:44or those two creatures.
16:46Not a scratch.
16:46And just like that
16:47I was hauled
16:49back to the palace.
16:50I reached down
16:51and gently rubbed
16:52the little bellies
16:52of my two snakes.
16:53Are you okay?
16:55Does anything hurt?
16:57Are your tummies sore?
16:58Both of them
16:58nuzzled their cheeks
16:59against my palm.
17:00Mummy's hand
17:01is so warm.
17:02We're not hurt at all.
17:03Mummy
17:04when we grow up
17:05we're going to bite
17:07every bad person
17:08who ever hurt you.
17:10No!
17:11You may not be human.
17:12But you cannot
17:12just hurt people.
17:14And the man
17:14who tried to hurt you today
17:16he's your father.
17:18Both of them
17:18blinked up at me
17:19those big golden brown eyes
17:21confused.
17:22He wanted to kill us.
17:23We don't want a daddy
17:24like that.
17:25We just want you mummy.
17:27Only you.
17:28I laughed softly
17:28and stroked their heads.
17:30Alright, alright
17:31just mummy.
17:32Once I'd lulled
17:33them both to sleep
17:35I looked out the window.
17:38Armed guards everywhere
17:40stationed around
17:41the entire chamber
17:42my heart sank.
17:43What is Tristan
17:44going to do with us?
17:47This palace
17:48was never going to be safe.
17:50I could protect them
17:51for now
17:52but not forever.
17:55Three days passed.
17:57The babies and I
17:58locked away.
17:59Then
17:59on the third day
18:01Tristan finally sent for us.
18:02I scooped both little cords
18:04into my arms
18:04and followed the guards
18:06to the royal study.
18:09The moment I stepped
18:10through the door
18:11I saw my mother
18:14on her knees.
18:15The second my mum saw me
18:17she started laying into me.
18:20Willa!
18:21What on earth
18:22did you do?
18:23Do you have any idea
18:24what it's like
18:24for a woman my age
18:25to be hauled away
18:27by guards
18:28and forced onto a horse?
18:29I thought I was
18:30going to die
18:31on the road
18:31and her voice
18:32died in her throat.
18:33She stared
18:34at the two snakes
18:35I was holding.
18:37How
18:38how are they here?
18:39They vanished
18:40the day after
18:41you left
18:42for the palace.
18:44I thought they'd run
18:45off into the woods.
18:47I looked for them
18:47for days
18:49but I never imagined
18:50they'd find their way
18:51to...
18:52Wait
18:53his majesty
18:54brought me here
18:56because of them?
18:57I let out a soft sigh
18:59and nodded.
19:00Tristan sat on his throne
19:01that untouchable aura
19:03back in full motion.
19:04He looked down
19:05at my mother.
19:06The truth.
19:07My mother dropped
19:07to her knees
19:08and she told him
19:10everything.
19:11The birth
19:12the snakes
19:13the wings
19:15all of it.
19:17Tristan exploded.
19:18What the punishment
19:19is for lying
19:20to your king
19:23my mother trembled
19:24head to toe.
19:27I wouldn't dare.
19:28Every word I spoke
19:29is the truth.
19:30His expression
19:32complicated.
19:35I dropped
19:35to my knees
19:36in front of him.
19:37Your majesty
19:38I know this is
19:39impossible to believe
19:40but it's the truth.
19:42From this day on
19:42I'll take them
19:43as far from you
19:44as possible.
19:45You will never
19:46see us again.
19:47The court would
19:48never accept it.
19:49The people would
19:49never accept it.
19:50A king naming
19:52two snakes
19:52as his sons.
19:54Impossible.
19:55That was the only
19:55way out
19:56but Tristan
19:57refused.
19:59Willa
20:00you said you
20:01want to take
20:01them and disappear
20:03far away from me.
20:05Did you ever
20:06stop to think
20:06about how I feel?
20:08Is the throne
20:09of my entire kingdom
20:10queen of the
20:11Kapox kingdom
20:12not enough to make
20:13you stay?
20:14I shook my head.
20:15I grew up in the
20:15countryside.
20:17If you really
20:17made me queen
20:18I'd be the laughing
20:19stock of the entire
20:20kingdom.
20:21Anyone who laughs
20:22I take their head.
20:24I want a marriage
20:25not a competition.
20:28You'll have a
20:29harem of women
20:30a palace full of
20:31mistresses.
20:32I'm not interested
20:33in fighting for a
20:34fraction of your heart.
20:35What if I gave
20:36them all up?
20:36What if I promised
20:38never another woman?
20:38Only you.
20:40For the rest of my
20:41life.
20:41I have to admit it.
20:43His words moved me.
20:44The most powerful
20:45most beautiful man
20:46in the kingdom
20:47telling me I was
20:48his beloved.
20:49Telling me I'd be
20:50the only one.
20:51There isn't a woman
20:52in this world who
20:52wouldn't melt at
20:53those words.
20:54But after the rush
20:55came clarity.
20:57Because everything
20:58he was offering
20:59he could take back
21:00at any moment.
21:02When I loved him
21:03most he left a
21:04single note on my
21:05pillow and
21:06disappeared.
21:07I waited.
21:08Three months
21:09pregnant.
21:10Day after day.
21:12Holding that
21:12letter.
21:15I'm not doing
21:16it again.
21:17I can't give him
21:18my whole heart
21:19twice.
21:20That endless
21:21waiting.
21:22That torture.
21:23I'm done with it.
21:25I pressed my
21:26forehead to the
21:27floor.
21:28Your majesty.
21:29I do not wish
21:30to be trapped
21:31behind the walls
21:32of this palace.
21:33Please.
21:34Let me go.
21:35Tristan wanted
21:36me to stay.
21:37I wanted to
21:38leave.
21:38Neither of us
21:39would back
21:39down.
21:40Not an inch.
21:41In the end
21:42Tristan gave me
21:42seven days to
21:43reconsider.
21:44If after seven
21:45days I still
21:45chose to leave
21:47he'd let me
21:48and my two
21:48little snakes
21:49go free.
21:52For the next
21:52seven days
21:53my mum stayed
21:54with me in the
21:55palace.
21:55She spent half
21:56her time just
21:56staring at the
21:57gold leafed
21:58walls and the
22:00emerald encrusted
22:00vases.
22:01Willa are you
22:02really going to
22:02walk away from
22:03all of this?
22:05for those two
22:06little things?
22:08If you didn't
22:09you wouldn't
22:10have kept the
22:10pregnancy when
22:12you thought he'd
22:12abandoned you.
22:15The king loves
22:16you.
22:17I can see it in
22:18his eyes and I
22:20know you still
22:20love him too.
22:21If it's them
22:22you're worried
22:23about leave them
22:24with me.
22:25I'll take them
22:26far away and
22:26raise them in
22:27secret.
22:28You stay here.
22:29Be the queen.
22:31Live the life you
22:31deserve.
22:32I looked at
22:33my mother and
22:33shook my head.
22:34Mum he's a
22:35king.
22:35He owns an
22:36entire country.
22:37He'll never be
22:38the man who
22:38lived in our
22:39cottage again.
22:39I'd rather be
22:40free in the
22:41woods.
22:41Fine.
22:42Whatever you
22:43decide.
22:44I'm with you.
22:46I leaned into
22:47her resting my
22:48head on her
22:49shoulder.
22:49Thanks mum.
22:52I don't know
22:53what I'd do
22:53without you.
22:56The seven days
22:57flew by.
22:58Tristan saw that
22:58I wasn't going
22:59to change my
23:00mind and
23:00finally he gave
23:05in.
23:06He walked us
23:07to the palace
23:08gate since
23:08himself.
23:09His eyes
23:10lingering on me
23:11with a look of
23:11pure heartbreak.
23:13Willa, if you
23:14ever change your
23:15mind, the gates
23:16of this kingdom
23:17will always be
23:17open to you.
23:19I bowed one
23:20last time, ready
23:21to walk away
23:22with my mother
23:23and my babies.
23:24I thought we
23:24were finally free.
23:25But before I
23:26could take a
23:27single step, a
23:28flood of soldiers
23:29came charging
23:29out, surrounding
23:31us on all
23:31sides, and a
23:33line of senior
23:34court officials
23:34on horseback.
23:37Tristan's face
23:38went white with
23:39fury.
23:40What the hell
23:40is this?
23:41Who gave you
23:42permission to
23:43move my troops?
23:44This is treason!
23:45The council members
23:46scrambled off their
23:47horses and dropped
23:47to their knees.
23:48forgive us, your
23:49majesty, but we
23:50cannot let a
23:51threat like this
23:53just walk out
23:53of our gates.
23:54That woman and
23:55the creatures in
23:55her arms are
23:56unholy.
23:58For the peace
23:59of the kingdom,
24:00for the safety
24:01of every man,
24:03woman, and
24:04child, we
24:05beg you, execute
24:07the witch!
24:08Death to the
24:09witch!
24:10Kill the
24:11monster!
24:11Tristan drew
24:11his sword, the
24:12metal singing, as
24:13it left the
24:14scabble.
24:15Willa is not
24:16a witch!
24:17If any of you
24:18say that word
24:19again, I'll
24:19take your head
24:20myself.
24:22Rosie didn't
24:22back down.
24:23She looked at
24:24Tristan, tears
24:25welling in her
24:26eyes.
24:27Tristan, please!
24:28Look at her!
24:30Those things
24:31talk!
24:31They speak like
24:32humans, but they
24:33have scales and
24:34fangs!
24:34If that isn't
24:35black magic, then
24:36what is?
24:37I clutched my
24:38babies tighter, my
24:40heart pounding
24:40against my ribs.
24:42I looked Rosie
24:43right in the eye.
24:44You call me a
24:44witch?
24:45Tell me.
24:46What have I
24:47actually done?
24:48Have I hurt
24:48anyone?
24:50Have I brought
24:51a plague?
24:53I'm just a
24:54mother trying to
24:54protect my
24:55children.
24:56Rosie sneered, her
24:58mask slipping.
25:01Maybe they
25:01haven't hurt anyone
25:02yet because they're
25:03still small.
25:04But what happens
25:05when they grow
25:05up?
25:06They'll be
25:06monsters.
25:08Burn our
25:08cities and eat
25:09our people!
25:10We have to end
25:11this now!
25:12Before it's
25:13too late!
25:14My babies
25:15felt the
25:16danger closing
25:16in.
25:17They popped
25:18their heads
25:19out from
25:20under my
25:20arms, their
25:21golden eyes
25:22glowing with
25:23a terrifying
25:23light.
25:24You're a
25:24bad lady!
25:26We aren't
25:26monsters!
25:27Leave us
25:28alone!
25:29Good adieu!
25:31Stroud!
25:32Nad!
25:33Leave us to
25:34Toyingahal!
25:35Did you hear
25:35that?
25:36They're talking
25:36again!
25:37The demons
25:38are speaking!
25:38The minister's
25:40eyes locked
25:40onto my
25:41arms.
25:42Pure terror
25:43on every
25:44face.
25:44Tristan's jaw
25:45clenched.
25:46His eyes darted
25:47between me and
25:48the minister's.
25:48They're just
25:49babies.
25:50Do you really
25:50need to blow
25:51this out of
25:51proportion?
25:52The minister's
25:53buzzed with
25:54panic.
25:54A beast
25:55speaks in
25:56human tongue?
25:56This is a
25:57dark omen!
25:58It's a warning
25:59from the heavens
26:01themselves!
26:02The ancient
26:03texts say it
26:04clearly.
26:05When the
26:06heavens send
26:07such a sign,
26:08the creature
26:09must be
26:10killed.
26:10Its blood
26:11must be
26:11offered up
26:12to calm
26:13the god's
26:13wrath.
26:14The witch
26:15and the
26:15monsters must
26:16be executed
26:17immediately,
26:18hung from
26:18the city
26:19walls,
26:20drained of
26:20every drop
26:21of blood,
26:22but Tim
26:23seals the
26:24plight,
26:25to beg the
26:26heavens for
26:27forgiveness.
26:28Tristan's face
26:29turned darker
26:29by the second,
26:31rage burning
26:31behind his
26:32eyes, but
26:33the pressure
26:33from his
26:34court was
26:34crushing him.
26:35His knuckles
26:36went bone
26:36white,
26:37my mother
26:38dropped to
26:38her knees,
26:39begging.
26:40Willa isn't
26:41a witch,
26:41she's my
26:42daughter.
26:43If you need
26:43a blood
26:44sacrifice,
26:45take me,
26:46just spare
26:47her life.
26:47I reached
26:48down and
26:48pulled her
26:49back up.
26:50Mum,
26:51don't beg
26:52them.
26:53The world
26:54is full of
26:54strange things.
26:56You don't
26:56understand it,
26:57so you fear
26:58it.
26:58You call it
26:59a dark omen,
27:00that's absurd.
27:01I'm standing
27:02right here.
27:03If you want
27:04my life,
27:05come and
27:05take it.
27:07one of
27:07them gave
27:08the order
27:08immediately.
27:09Move!
27:10Execute the
27:11monsters,
27:11now!
27:12Soldiers
27:12raised their
27:13swords,
27:14charged at
27:14me.
27:15In a flash,
27:16Tristan had
27:17his blade
27:17pressed against
27:18the throat
27:18of the
27:19general who
27:19gave the
27:19order.
27:20Are you
27:20committing
27:20treason?
27:21Stand
27:22down.
27:23I am
27:24still your
27:24king.
27:24The
27:25soldiers
27:25froze,
27:26caught
27:27between
27:27two
27:27commands.
27:28The
27:29general
27:29didn't
27:29flinch,
27:30stared
27:31Tristan
27:31down.
27:32Your
27:32majesty,
27:33even if
27:34you kill
27:34me here
27:35today,
27:35for the
27:36safety of
27:36the
27:36Capite
27:37kingdom,
27:37the
27:38monsters
27:38must die.
27:39Then,
27:39right in
27:40front of
27:40everyone,
27:41the two
27:42little
27:42snakes in
27:42my arms
27:43jumped
27:43to the
27:44ground.
27:45And in
27:46plain sight
27:47of the
27:48entire
27:48court,
27:49they
27:50transformed
27:50into
27:51two
27:51perfect
27:54porcelain
27:54skin
27:54children.
27:55Everyone
27:56was stunned.
27:57Tristan's
27:57eyes widened
27:58so hard
27:59it looked
27:59like he
27:59forgot how
28:00to breathe.
28:01I'd
28:01always
28:02thought
28:02they
28:02were
28:02two
28:02boys.
28:04But
28:04they
28:04weren't.
28:05One
28:05was a
28:06boy,
28:06one
28:06was
28:07a
28:07girl.
28:07I
28:07dropped
28:08into
28:08a
28:08crouch
28:08and
28:09stared
28:09at
28:09them
28:09in
28:09shock.
28:10You
28:10two,
28:11did
28:11you
28:11actually
28:12turn
28:12human?
28:12My
28:13little
28:13snakes,
28:13please,
28:14do
28:14some
28:14magic,
28:15get
28:15me
28:15and
28:15grandma
28:15out
28:15of
28:16here.
28:16If
28:16we
28:16stay
28:17any
28:17longer,
28:17we're
28:18dead.
28:18The
28:19two
28:19little
28:19kids
28:19wrapped
28:20themselves
28:20around
28:20my
28:21legs.
28:22Mom,
28:22we
28:23don't
28:23know
28:23any
28:23magic.
28:24Mom,
28:25we're
28:25your
28:25children.
28:26I
28:26let
28:27out
28:27a
28:27quiet
28:27sigh.
28:28So
28:28first
28:28you
28:29spoke
28:29like
28:29humans,
28:30then
28:30you
28:31turned
28:31into
28:31humans
28:31in
28:32front
28:32of
28:32everyone,
28:33made
28:33the
28:33biggest
28:33possible
28:34scene,
28:35got
28:35the
28:35whole
28:36court
28:36convinced
28:36we
28:37were
28:37monsters.
28:38And
28:38after
28:38all
28:38that,
28:39you
28:39two
28:39can't
28:40do
28:40anything?
28:41Then
28:41some
28:41of
28:42the
28:42older
28:42ministers
28:42started
28:43pointing
28:43at
28:43the
28:43little
28:44boy.
28:45Look
28:45at
28:46him.
28:46He
28:46looks
28:47exactly
28:47like
28:48his
28:48majesty
28:48did
28:48as
28:49a
28:49child.
28:49He
28:50really
28:50does.
28:51It's
28:52uncanny.
28:53Could
28:53they
28:53actually
28:54be
28:54the
28:54king's
28:54children?
28:55Bit
28:55by
28:56bit,
28:56the
28:56mood
28:56in
28:57the
28:57room
28:57started
28:58to
28:58shift.
28:58Then
28:59Rosie
28:59snapped.
29:00Have
29:00you
29:00all
29:01lost
29:01your
29:01minds?
29:02They're
29:03monsters!
29:04Of
29:05course
29:05they
29:05can
29:05change
29:05how
29:05they
29:06look.
29:06He
29:07made
29:07himself
29:07resemble
29:08the
29:08king
29:08on
29:08purpose.
29:09If
29:09we
29:10hadn't
29:10exposed
29:11this
29:11today,
29:12one
29:12of
29:12these
29:13creatures
29:13could
29:13have
29:13stolen
29:14the
29:14throne.
29:17And
29:17then
29:17the
29:18whole
29:18Kappa
29:18kingdom
29:19would
29:19have
29:19fallen
29:20because
29:20of
29:20us!
29:21The
29:22second
29:22she
29:22said
29:22that,
29:23the
29:23court
29:23seemed
29:23to
29:23wake
29:24back
29:24up.
29:25The
29:25ministers
29:25turned
29:26to
29:26Tristan
29:27one
29:27after
29:27another.
29:28Your
29:28majesty,
29:29you
29:29cannot
29:29hesitate
29:30any
29:30longer.
29:31These
29:31creatures
29:32must
29:32be
29:32killed
29:32at
29:32once.
29:33I
29:33pulled
29:34my
29:34children
29:34tight
29:34against
29:35me
29:35and
29:35looked
29:35at
29:36Tristan.
29:36I
29:37don't
29:37even
29:37know
29:37how
29:37to
29:37explain
29:38what
29:38you're
29:38seeing.
29:39But
29:39Tristan,
29:40please
29:40believe
29:41me.
29:41They
29:42really
29:42are
29:43your
29:43children.
29:44They
29:44are
29:45not
29:45monsters.
29:46Tristan
29:46walked
29:46toward
29:47us
29:47and
29:47looked
29:47down
29:48at
29:48the
29:48two
29:48beautiful
29:48little
29:49children.
29:50Something
29:50in his
29:51expression
29:51softened,
29:52like
29:52even
29:53he
29:53couldn't
29:53understand
29:54why.
29:54He
29:55started
29:55to reach
29:55out
29:55to
29:56touch
29:56them,
29:56but
29:57both
29:57children
29:57pulled
29:58back,
29:58watching
29:59him
29:59warily.
30:00Willa,
30:00I
30:00believe
30:01you.
30:03As
30:04long as
30:04I'm
30:04here
30:04today,
30:05no one
30:05will
30:05harm
30:06them.
30:06Then
30:07Tristan
30:07drew
30:07his
30:07sword
30:08across
30:08his
30:08body
30:08and
30:09stepped
30:09in
30:09front
30:10of
30:10me
30:10and
30:11the
30:11children.
30:12At
30:13once,
30:13he
30:14stood
30:14locked
30:14in a
30:15standoff
30:15against
30:15the
30:16entire
30:16court.
30:17They
30:17were
30:17all
30:17claiming
30:18to
30:18destroy
30:18monsters
30:18and
30:19protect
30:19the
30:19Capos
30:19kingdom,
30:20not
30:20stage
30:20a
30:20rebellion,
30:21so
30:21no
30:21one
30:21actually
30:22dared
30:22lay
30:22a
30:22hand
30:22on
30:23Tristan.
30:23Then
30:23suddenly
30:24someone
30:24shouted
30:25from
30:25outside,
30:26His
30:26majesty,
30:26the
30:26former
30:27king
30:27has
30:27arrived!
30:28Gifting
30:28the
30:28throne
30:28to
30:28Tristan,
30:29his
30:29father
30:30had
30:30left
30:30the
30:30capital
30:31and
30:31gone
30:31to
30:31a
30:31mountain
30:32abbey
30:32to
30:32live
30:32in
30:32seclusion.
30:33Some
30:33of
30:33the
30:33ministers
30:34had
30:34clearly
30:34guessed
30:35Tristan
30:35would
30:35protect
30:36the
30:36so-called
30:36witch
30:37today
30:37and
30:37that
30:37the
30:37whole
30:38court
30:38would
30:38end
30:38up
30:39deadlocked.
30:39So
30:39they'd
30:40already
30:40sent
30:40word
30:52of
30:52kindness.
30:53Then
30:53he
30:53turned
30:53to
30:53the
30:53court
30:54and
30:54said,
30:54These
30:55two
30:55children
30:55are
30:56indeed
30:56of
30:56the
30:56royal
30:56bloodline.
30:57The
30:57ministers
30:57looked
30:58so
30:58shocked.
30:59Your
30:59majesty,
30:59those
30:59children
31:00are
31:00monsters.
31:00They
31:00transformed
31:01right
31:01in front
31:01of
31:02all
31:02of
31:02us.
31:02We
31:02saw
31:02it
31:02with
31:03our
31:03own
31:03eyes.
31:03How
31:03could
31:03they
31:04possibly
31:04be
31:04royal
31:04blood?
31:05Rosie
31:05suddenly
31:05pointed at
31:06my
31:06children.
31:06I
31:07know
31:07what
31:07this
31:07is.
31:08Their
31:08magic
31:08must
31:08be
31:08clouding
31:09people's
31:09minds.
31:10That's
31:10why
31:10everyone
31:10is
31:11speaking
31:11for
31:11them.
31:12The
31:12first
31:12thing
31:12we
31:12have
31:13to
31:13do
31:13is
31:13kill.
31:14She
31:14snatched
31:14a sword
31:15from one
31:15of the
31:15guards.
31:15Lunged
31:16straight
31:16at
31:16us.
31:17But
31:17one
31:17of
31:17the
31:17former
31:17king's
31:18guards
31:18battled the
31:18blade
31:19aside
31:19and
31:19dropped
31:19her
31:19with
31:20a
31:20brutal
31:20kick.
31:21With
31:21both
31:21his
31:21majesty
31:22and
31:22the
31:22former
31:22king
31:23standing
31:23here,
31:23how
31:24dare
31:24you
31:24act
31:39was
31:39stronger
31:40and
31:40swifter
31:40than
31:40ordinary
31:41men.
31:41He
31:41also
31:41had
31:42a
31:42natural
31:42instinct
31:42for
31:43danger.
31:43Time
31:43after
31:43time
31:44he
31:44led
31:44people
31:44away
31:45from
31:45disaster
31:45before
31:46it
31:46struck.
31:46And
31:46over
31:46the
31:47years
31:47capable
31:47men
31:48gathered
31:48around
31:49him.
31:49That
31:49was
31:49how
31:49the
31:50Kapat
31:50kingdom
31:50was
31:51founded.
31:51Later,
31:52our
31:52ancestor
31:52married
31:53a
31:53common
31:53born
31:53woman.
31:54The
31:54dragon
31:54blood
31:55thinned
31:55out
31:55until
31:55it
31:56became
31:56no
31:56different
31:56from
31:57any
31:57other
31:57royal
31:57line.
31:58These
31:58two
31:58children
31:58are
31:58simply
31:59a
31:59rare
32:00return
32:00of
32:00that
32:01blood.
32:01The
32:01old
32:02king
32:02needed
32:02proof.
32:03He
32:03produced
32:03the
32:03royal
32:03scrolls,
32:04the
32:04sacred
32:05legacy
32:05of
32:05the
32:06Kapat
32:06line.
32:06There
32:06was
32:07a
32:07prophecy
32:07written
32:07in
32:07them.
32:08It
32:08said
32:08that
32:08when
32:08the
32:09dragon
32:09blood
32:09vanished
32:10completely,
32:10the
32:10Kapat
32:11kingdom
32:11would
32:11fall.
32:12When
32:12I
32:12was
32:12king,
32:12I
32:13brought
32:13many
32:13fertile
32:14women
32:14into
32:14the
32:14palace.
32:15I
32:15hoped
32:15one
32:15of
32:16them
32:16would
32:16bear
32:16a
32:16child
32:16with
32:17dragon
32:17blood,
32:17but
32:17of
32:17all
32:18my
32:18children
32:18only
32:19Tristan
32:19survived
32:19to
32:20adulthood,
32:20and
32:20even
32:20he
32:21showed
32:21no
32:21sign
32:23of
32:23the
32:23blood
32:23at
32:23all.
32:24I
32:24thought
32:24our
32:24family's
32:24fortune
32:25had
32:25already
32:25run
32:25out.
32:26I
32:26didn't
32:26want
32:26Tristan
32:26trapped
32:27by
32:27that
32:27burden
32:27the
32:27way
32:27I
32:28was.
32:28So
32:28I
32:28never
32:28told
32:29him
32:29any
32:30of
32:30this.
32:30Then
32:30the
32:30former
32:31king
32:31looked
32:31at
32:31my
32:31children,
32:32his
32:32eyes
32:32shining
32:32with
32:33hope.
32:33Never
32:33did
32:33I
32:33dream
32:34Tristan
32:34would
32:34spire
32:35two
32:35heirs
32:35of
32:36such
32:36pure
32:36blood.
32:37With
32:37them,
32:37the
32:37Kappar
32:38kingdom
32:38will
32:39flourish
32:39for
32:39an
32:39age.
32:40Every
32:40question
32:40Tristan
32:41had
32:41been
32:41carrying
32:41seemed
32:42to
32:42break
32:42apart
32:43all
32:43at
32:43once.
32:43What
32:43replaced
32:44it
32:44was
32:44pure
32:44shock
32:45and
32:45excitement.
32:46For
32:46me,
32:46it
32:46was
32:46the
32:46same.
32:47That
32:47was
32:47the
32:47moment
32:47I
32:48truly
32:48understood
32:48it.
32:49My
32:49children
32:49were
32:49never
32:49just
32:50little
32:50black
32:50snakes.
32:51They
32:51were
32:51dragons.
32:52So
32:52dragons
32:52are
32:53real.
32:53I
32:53always
32:53thought
32:54that
32:54was
32:54just
32:54a
32:54story
32:55about
32:55our
32:55ancestors.
32:56And
32:56these
32:56two
32:56little
32:57royals
32:57aren't
32:57monsters
32:57at
32:58all.
32:59They're
32:59a
32:59blessing
32:59on
33:00the
33:00kingdom.
33:00Just
33:00look
33:00at
33:01them.
33:01So
33:01young
33:01and
33:01already
33:02so
33:02noble.
33:02And
33:03in
33:03the
33:03end
33:03they
33:03had
33:03only
33:03acted
33:04out
33:04of
33:04loyalty
33:04to
33:04the
33:05kingdom.
33:05So
33:05Tristan
33:05couldn't
33:06punish
33:06them
33:06too
33:06harshly.
33:07He
33:07docked
33:07each
33:07of
33:07them
33:07half
33:07a
33:08year's
33:08pay.
33:08But
33:10this
33:10time
33:10we
33:11weren't
33:11prisoners
33:11we
33:12belonged
33:12there.
33:12Tristan
33:13couldn't
33:13stop
33:13staring
33:14at
33:14his
33:14children.
33:14He
33:15was
33:15completely
33:15smitten
33:15and
33:16stepped
33:16forward
33:16trying
33:17to
33:17pick
33:17them
33:17up.
33:17But
33:17the
33:18two
33:18little
33:18ones
33:18still
33:18remembered
33:19that
33:19he
33:19had
33:19kicked
33:20each
33:20of
33:20them
33:20before.
33:22So
33:22they
33:22both
33:22dove
33:23straight
33:23into
33:23my
33:23arms.
33:24Father
33:24is
33:24a
33:24mean
33:24man.
33:25He
33:25kicked
33:25us.
33:26We
33:26don't
33:26like
33:27him.
33:27Mom
33:27make
33:28him
33:28leave.
33:29Tristan
33:29looked
33:29at
33:29me
33:40he
33:40didn't
33:41understand.
33:41gave
33:41them
33:41a
33:42small
33:42smile.
33:42But
33:42you
33:43two
33:43are
33:43the
33:43smartest
33:43bravest
33:44kids
33:44I
33:44know.
33:44Can
33:44you
33:45find
33:45it
33:45in
33:45your
33:45hearts
33:45to
33:45forgive
33:46him?
33:46Just
33:46this
33:46once?
33:47The
33:47two
33:47little
33:47ones
33:47looked
33:48at
33:48me.
33:48Then
33:48at
33:48Tristan.
33:49They
33:49weren't
33:49stupid.
33:50They
33:50remembered
33:50how
33:50Tristan
33:51had
33:51stood
33:51in
33:51front
33:51of
33:52them
33:52with
33:52his
33:52sword
33:52drawn.
33:53Against
33:53the
33:53entire
33:54army.
33:54They
33:54reached
33:54out
33:55their
33:55tiny
33:55hands
33:55looking
33:56very
33:56serious.
33:57Fine
33:57but
33:57you
33:57have
33:57to
33:58be
33:58as
33:58nice
33:58to
33:58us
33:58as
33:59mum
33:59is.
33:59No
34:00more
34:00hitting.
34:00Tristan
34:01let out
34:01a breath
34:01he'd
34:02been
34:02holding
34:02for
34:02a
34:02lifetime.
34:03He
34:03scooped
34:03them
34:03both
34:03up
34:04into
34:04a
34:04massive
34:04hug
34:05kissing
34:05their
34:05foreheads
34:06over
34:06and
34:06over.
34:07I
34:07promise.
34:08He
34:08whispered.
34:08His
34:08eyes
34:09wet.
34:09He
34:09looked
34:09over
34:10at
34:10me.
34:10His
34:10gaze
34:10full
34:10of
34:11a
34:11raw
34:11deep
34:11heat.
34:12Willa.
34:12I
34:12felt
34:12my
34:12face
34:13heat
34:13up.
34:13You
34:13and
34:13these
34:14children
34:14are
34:14all
34:14I'll
34:14ever
34:15need.
34:15But I
34:15wasn't
34:15going
34:15to let
34:16him
34:16off
34:16that
34:16easy.
34:17Don't
34:17start
34:17with the
34:17smooth talk
34:18Tristan.
34:18I
34:18haven't
34:19forgotten
34:19how
34:19you ran off
34:20to
34:20check on
34:20Rosie
34:20and
34:20left
34:21me
34:21standing
34:21there.
34:22Willa.
34:22I
34:22swear
34:22it's
34:23not
34:23what
34:23you
34:23think.
34:23Rosie took a
34:24blow
34:24meant
34:24for me
34:24years
34:25ago.
34:25He
34:27continued to
34:27explain
34:28and
34:28I
34:42true.
34:43Three
34:43months
34:43later
34:44the
34:44entire
34:44kingdom
34:45gathered
34:45for the
34:45most
34:45lavish
34:46coronation
34:46in
34:46history.
34:47I
34:47was
34:47crowned
34:48queen
34:48and
34:48for
34:48the
34:48first
34:48time
34:49in
34:49centuries
34:49the
34:50people
34:50cheered
34:50for
34:50their
34:51dragon
34:51princess.
34:52The
34:52years
34:52flew
34:52by
34:52like
34:53a
34:53dream.
34:53For
34:5315
34:54years
34:54Tristan
34:54kept
34:55every
34:55single
34:55promise
34:56he
34:56made.
34:56Our
34:56love
34:57became
34:57a
34:57legend.
34:58The
34:58king
34:58and
34:58queen
34:58who
34:59only
34:59had
34:59eyes
34:59for
34:59each
35:00other.
35:00When
35:00Tristan
35:00turned
35:0050 he
35:12valley
35:12in
35:13the
35:13kingdom
35:13we
35:13were
35:13finally
35:14just
35:14Willa
35:14and
35:15Tristan
35:15again.
35:16Our
35:16children
35:16grew
35:16up
35:17into
35:17everything
35:17we
35:18hoped
35:18they'd
35:18be.
35:18Arthur
35:19took
35:19the
35:19throne
35:19with
35:20a
35:20steady
35:20hand.
35:20A
35:21king
35:21who
35:21ruled
35:21with
35:21both
35:22strength
35:22and
35:23heart.
35:23And
35:23our
35:23daughter
35:24Ella
35:24the
35:24princess
35:24of
35:25the
35:25dragon
35:25soul
35:25was
35:25as
35:25brave
35:26and
35:26sharp
35:26as
35:26a
35:26blade.
35:42We
35:42to
35:45a
35:45a
35:45A
35:45B
35:46B
35:46A
35:47B
35:47A
36:04B
36:05Even
36:05A
36:05B
36:06A
36:07B
36:08B
36:08B
36:09B
36:09B
36:10B
36:11B
36:12A
36:12B
36:12You
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