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I Married The Stone Egg My Fiance Gave Me Hd Vibeshort
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00:00Lady Nguyen, forgive the sudden summons, I just have one question.
00:05That egg, where did you get it?
00:07This? This is my son, Pebble.
00:10He blinks, repeats himself slower this time.
00:12Y-your son, you laid this?
00:16I was born with the power to breathe souls into every living thing, yet no one ever cared,
00:20because I'm the weakest beastkin in my family.
00:23A lovebird.
00:24My fiancé, Phoenix, gave me an iron egg to get out of our bonding contract.
00:28He said if I could hatch it, he'd go through with the bonding ceremony.
00:31But he has no clue this iron egg holds the Dragon King,
00:34and I'm destined to become the dragon's bride because of it.
00:38Lord Whitmore, you're aware the Vanguard retrieved void crystals from the Voidlands on their last expedition.
00:44Our research isn't finished.
00:46If Rint could help shoulder some of my workload, I'd certainly find time for the ceremony.
00:50My stepfather's eyes light up. He smells opportunity.
00:53Name your terms. She will comply.
00:56Neither of them asks me. I'm furniture.
00:59Avians are natural nesters, aren't they?
01:01Consider it playing to your strengths.
01:04Raynard opens his facial pouch and places an egg in my hands.
01:09If you manage to hatch it, I might even put your name in my next paper.
01:12Muffled laughter from the other beastkin at the table.
01:15I handed her a rock and called it a test.
01:17Avians are natural nesters, aren't they? Should be easy for her.
01:21Under the amused, pitying stares of every beast, kin in the room, I answer.
01:26Fine.
01:29But there's something I haven't told any of them.
01:31I am one of the rarest things in all of Aethermord, a soul mender.
01:35I turn and walk to my room.
01:37Why would I want a preening phoenix to be moved by me?
01:39But this egg is different.
01:41Aether flows from my core, wrapping the shell like a hot spring.
01:44Golden light soaks through.
01:46Gentle dents.
01:47Raynard mentioned the Academy's healers tried everything.
01:50Not a flicker of response.
01:51But right now, in my arms, the eggs shift.
01:55Trying to come out already?
01:56I poke it gently, as if it heard me.
01:58What should I call you?
02:00The egg goes perfectly still.
02:01Quiet.
02:02Obedient.
02:02Better behaved than any male I've ever met.
02:04I think for a long time.
02:06Then, testing the waters, Pebble, it rolls away.
02:09Actively trying to escape, I grab it.
02:11Listen, Pebble.
02:12I'm going to raise you right.
02:14And in return, you're going to look after me when I'm old and gray.
02:17Every night after that, I shift into beast form.
02:20Sing the old nesting song of the avian clans.
02:23And tuck the egg against my chest.
02:24Wings folded tight around it.
02:26Warm.
02:27Safe.
02:27That night, the servants are buzzing.
02:29Crown Prince Daemon, missing for half a month,
02:32has been recovered by the Imperial Guard.
02:34Battered.
02:34Covered in wounds.
02:35But conscious.
02:36However, the one who went into the Voidlands with him,
02:39Commander Castor Salnaris, is still missing.
02:41The moment the servants mention Castor's disappearance,
02:44the egg in my arms lurches.
02:45Violent.
02:46Frantic.
02:47I assume it's just the usual movement.
02:49But after I fall asleep on that shell,
02:50hard as iron for weeks, a hairline crack appears.
02:54Renit.
02:55Is this your weak little fiance?
02:59Utterly foolish.
03:00She's actually trying to incubate a rock.
03:03Remnod, how did you get her so wrapped around your talon?
03:06I walk past them without a glance.
03:10Reynard calls after me.
03:12Ryn.
03:13He tilts his head, almost wistful.
03:15I didn't realize you were this... devoted.
03:18It's almost touch.
03:20Move.
03:21Wynk, how about this?
03:22I can see you've been working hard.
03:24If that egg shows even a single crack, I'll agree to the ceremony.
03:28Are you deaf?
03:30Back off.
03:31Know your place, Wynk!
03:33You are bound to me!
03:35Lord Whitmore has clearly been far too lenient.
03:38That's the only explanation for your manners.
03:40He opens his mouth to continue.
03:42A carriage bearing the royal crest descends from the sky.
03:44Slow.
03:45Silent.
03:46Unmistakable.
03:47The onlookers exchange glances.
03:48Someone whistles.
03:49Revnot, that's got to be for you, right?
03:50Reynard laughs, broad, confident.
03:53He strides forward, ready to greet them with his most practiced charm.
03:57The crown does move fast.
03:58Two attendants in imperial livery step out.
04:01Walk right past him.
04:02Reynard freezes.
04:03They stop in front of me.
04:05Lady Rint, Crown Prince Daemon requests your presence.
04:08I'm brought to a private sitting room.
04:09The moment I push open the door and see Crown Prince Daemon...
04:12Lady Wynne, forgive the sudden summons.
04:15I just have one question.
04:17That egg, where did you get it?
04:19This?
04:20This is my son.
04:21Pebble.
04:22He blinks.
04:23Repeats himself slower this time.
04:25Your son?
04:27You laid this?
04:28Someone gave it to me.
04:29I've been caring for him for weeks.
04:31Close enough to count as mine.
04:33Here.
04:33Would your highness knit like to hold him?
04:34Daemon opens his mouth.
04:36Closes it.
04:36Swallows whatever he was about to say.
04:38He takes Pebble with both hands.
04:40Stiff.
04:41Terrified of dropping it.
04:43Pebble shakes harder in Daemon's arms.
04:45I snatch it back.
04:46Soothe it gently, Daemon watches.
04:48Expression unreadable.
04:49Do you know what this egg is?
04:51I tilt my head.
04:52Some kind of large bird, maybe?
04:55A knock at the door interrupts us.
04:57Your highness.
04:58Still no word on Commander Solaris.
05:00A night patrol has been dispatched to sweep the outer perimeter of the Voidlands.
05:03Call off the search.
05:04A slow breath.
05:05A quiet cough.
05:10I found him.
05:14I rush the egg to the healer's hall in the dead of night.
05:17My healer's token gets me past the door.
05:19The apprentice on night shift is half asleep at the desk.
05:22I slip Pebble into a healing cradle and activate the diagnostic runes before anyone notices.
05:27Private use of the hall's equipment is strictly forbidden.
05:29But formal admission means registering Pebble's information.
05:33That's not an option.
05:34This recovery room is tucked at the end of the corridor.
05:36Hardly anyone comes down here.
05:38I set Pebble into the cradle.
05:40Crack.
05:40I stop breathing.
05:44In the silent room, the fracturing grows sharper, faster.
05:47Then a small, ink-black creature wriggles out of the shell.
05:50It shakes its downy feathers.
05:51Looks up.
05:51We stare at each other.
05:52It's silence.
05:53My shoulders slump.
05:54Deep disappointment.
05:55All those weeks of incubation, and you're just a black chicken.
05:59Flaps its tiny rings.
06:00Can't speak yet.
06:01Newborn Pebble is frail, exhausted from the effort of breaking free.
06:04I sigh and channel soul energy into its small body.
06:07Golden warmth wraps around it.
06:09Pebble's eyes drift shut.
06:10It curls into a ball.
06:11Once it's asleep, my own eyelids grow heavy.
06:13Soul-mending drains everything.
06:15Even just those few minutes leave me barely functional.
06:18When I open my eyes again, sunlight floods the room.
06:21Someone draped a blanket over me.
06:23I jolt upright.
06:24A talon extends from beside me.
06:26A water cup hooked on the tip.
06:27I take it.
06:28Stare.
06:28A jet-black male bird sits in the chair watching me.
06:31Calm.
06:32Docile.
06:32Still juvenile.
06:33But far too large for something that hatched hours ago.
06:36Who are you?
06:37He points at the broken shell on the floor.
06:39My voice pitches up.
06:41Pebble?
06:41His body stiffens for a split second.
06:44I grab him.
06:45Turn him over.
06:45Examine every angle.
06:46He looks nothing like the black chickens I've seen one night.
06:49How did he grow this much in one night?
06:51Did someone slip you a growth taunet?
06:55I cup his face in both hands.
06:57Baby.
06:58Slow, patient.
06:59Say mama.
07:00Enunciating every syllable.
07:01He gazes at me gentle.
07:02Shakes his head.
07:03Come on.
07:04I refuse to give up.
07:05Repeat after me.
07:06Your name.
07:09Pebble.
07:10He turns away probably embarrassed.
07:12Pebble still can't speak.
07:13Stranger yet.
07:14I can't understand his calls either.
07:15The only option is a familiar stone for basic translation.
07:19But I'm broke.
07:19The stone's magic is almost drained.
07:21And it keeps glitching.
07:22Are you hungry?
07:23You want something to eat?
07:24He curves his beak into a gentle smile.
07:26Nods.
07:27My familiar stone translates.
07:30I stare at the stone.
07:31Familiar stones are masterwork artifacts.
07:33They can translate virtually every known beastkin language.
07:36What is Pebble if even a familiar stone can't process his speech?
07:39He might not exist in the empire's species registry at all.
07:42I send Demon a note via ink script.
07:44One word comes back.
07:46He's still handling affairs in the outer territories.
07:48One more day.
07:49Then he'll send someone for Pebble.
07:51The imperial patrol has been unusually active lately.
07:54I overhear Aldous telling the servants they're searching for humans.
07:57Remembering my conversation with Demon.
07:59It clicks.
07:59His condition can't wait.
08:01He needs to find a human to stay alive.
08:03For now.
08:03Pebble comes home with me.
08:05Hidden.
08:05He just finished eating.
08:07Nestled in my arms.
08:08Nuzzling against my downy feathers.
08:10Content.
08:11Pebble grows like he is fueled by wildfire.
08:13At this rate.
08:14He'll be speaking by tomorrow.
08:15I lay both hands on him for one last soul-mending session.
08:18Newborn hatchlings can't regulate their own soul energy.
08:21Bird types especially.
08:22Prone to volatile outbursts.
08:24All right.
08:25Sleep now.
08:25Maybe tomorrow you'll find your voice.
08:27He settles into the little nest I built for him.
08:30Lined with down feathers and a pink cotton blanket.
08:32Babies like cute things.
08:33I tuck the blanket around him.
08:35Kiss his forehead.
08:36His breathing quickens.
08:37From outside the room.
08:39My stepfather's voice.
08:46I hide Pebble.
08:47Open my door.
08:50Raynard stands in the main hall.
08:51Beside him, my stepfather's seething.
08:53Tessa and Aldous hover behind them.
08:55Complex expressions.
08:56Jealousy they can't quite hide.
08:58Win.
08:58So you've learned to lie now.
09:00You clearly know Crown Prince Daemon.
09:02Why did you tell us you didn't?
09:04You can't even do this one small thing for your brother.
09:06Well, what do you expect?
09:08Aldous isn't her real brother.
09:10Ryn's cozied up to the Crown Prince.
09:12She's probably eyeing the consort's seat.
09:14Why would she bother with little old House Whitmarm?
09:17Oh, absolutely.
09:18After all, this household's only notable exports are mediocrity and audacity.
09:22Tessa's eyes go wide.
09:23Did you just?
09:24She lunges.
09:26I don't flinch.
09:27I've been silent all these years because I called them family.
09:30Swallowed every insult, hoping the next time would be different.
09:32That if I just endured enough, they'd love me back.
09:34All I got was more.
09:35They were never my family.
09:36And I'm done shrinking so they can feel tall.
09:38There's no word for endure in a lovebird's dictionary.
09:41Besides, I have pebble now.
09:42Raynard catches Tessa's arm.
09:44Turns to my stepfather with a diplomatic smile.
09:46Lord Whitmore, it's really no issue.
09:49Mother actually sent me to ask, could we move the bonding ceremony up?
09:52The whiplash silences the room.
09:53To be honest, when Mother first arranged the contract, I was quite fond of Wynne.
09:57I was simply too busy to show it.
09:58He reaches for my hand.
09:59Intimate.
10:00Proprietary.
10:00But now I think we're ready to formalize things.
10:03And if the Academy needs me later, I'm sure Wynne could mention it to Crown Prince Damien.
10:07His Highness would be happy to make arrangements.
10:09That preening, insufferable phoenix.
10:11What utter nonsense.
10:12My stepfather is the only one beaming.
10:14His face flushes red with delight.
10:16Wonderful, wonderful.
10:17We were afraid you'd changed your mind.
10:19I pull my hand free.
10:20My voice is calm.
10:21I'm afraid the answer is no.
10:23I won't be bonding with you.
10:24Raynard's smile dies on his lips.
10:26Why?
10:27He forces his voice steady.
10:28Wynne, you don't seriously think you can marry Crown Prince Damien?
10:31This has nothing to do with Damien.
10:33I simply don't want to marry you.
10:35He reaches for me again.
10:39She said no.
10:41What part of that wasn't clear?
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