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00:00I was born with a blood scent that could make dragon lords lose control.
00:04Pure breeding blood, the rarest kind in 300 years.
00:08At my mating ceremony, I crawled past the sacred gold offerings and grabbed crown prince Caelan between his pants.
00:15This little whore could be a clingy breeder in the future.
00:20He was wrong. Caelan and I became enemies.
00:23For 10 years, I watched his dragon eyes learn to hate my scent.
00:27On my 18th birthday feast, the king called me before the throne.
00:31Freya, choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.
00:36Before I could answer, Caelan's voice cut across the hall.
00:39I would rather be torn apart by wild dragon knees than mate her.
00:43Something inside me broke. Good. Then make him choke on it.
00:47Then I will leave his fate to the gods. Pay for the price, crown prince Caelan.
00:51I thought he didn't mean it. Our betrothal ceremony was beautiful, but Caelan never gave me a glance.
00:58Your scent makes me sick.
01:00Years passed. I gave him no air. The court stopped bowing.
01:04Dragonborn ladies spat in my food, ripped my gowns and called me a barren human leech.
01:09Caelan only smiled. Then I heard him say it.
01:12She forced this marriage. She deserves karma.
01:16No one should pity her.
01:18One week later, he threw me into the velvet quarter.
01:20A useless breeder belongs in a pleasure house.
01:24I died there, bloody and left like rotten meat. His figure was the last thing I saw. He never looked
01:30back.
01:30Then light split open. I woke on cold marble, gasping. I was reborn at my mating ceremony.
01:37Freya, choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.
01:42The royal citadel. The feast. I would not risk my life on Caelan again. I took a deep breath.
01:48Your majesty. I respect the crown prince as someone I grew up with. Like a brother.
01:53I never wanted him. Not as a man. Not as a husband.
01:57My heart only belongs to dragon crook Lufician Dranmore. If I couldn't marry him, I'd go finish myself.
02:03The court exploded. I had refused Valeria's golden prince and chosen his uncle.
02:08The cursed black silver dragon. The most fierce dragon who destroyed wild dragonkins for 200 years.
02:20Lucian Dravenmore fell coma since year ago on the northern warfront.
02:24Hurt by an unseen blade with curse, the healers said he would never wake. I knew they were wrong.
02:30In my last life, Lucian woke during my third year in hellish marriage.
02:34When dragonborn ladies had cornered me in the kitchens, they laughed, tore my sleeves, and called me a barren human
02:40leech.
02:41Then a broken dragon rose from his wheeled chair.
02:44Lucian Dravenmore stood between us. Half crippled, but still terrifying. Back to now.
02:50Little one, marrying Lucian would waste your gift. Choose another lord, someone who can speak to you.
02:55I kept my forehead against the marble floor.
02:57Your majesty, I swore before the old gods. It is Lucian Dravenmore or no one.
03:02I hit my forehead on the floor. Once and once again. The court went quiet. Only left the sound of
03:08my bones crack.
03:09Queen Marianne smiled like she had been handed a gift.
03:12If the human girl wants a sleeping dragon, let her have him.
03:15So be it. Your bloodline is gone. Lucian cannot answer for himself. My queen will arrange the wedding for you
03:23two.
03:23I rose my bloody forehead and crumbling stood up. I am humbled beyond speech.
03:29I did not look at Caelan. I only felt his gold fire burning behind me. Let him burn. I would
03:35never choose him again.
03:36Lucian is way better than Caelan. Last life, though he's still weak, he's nice to me. I'll save him this
03:41time.
03:42We'll claw our way out of this shithole. Together.
03:44For three days, I slept like someone freed from a cage.
03:49Then came the knock at Ashbourne Hall.
03:51The queen commands your presence at the royal citadel tonight.
03:55My blood went cold.
03:56At dusk, Madam Corvin led me through the royal corridors.
04:01Dragonflowers scented the stone. Then she stopped and bowed.
04:05Your highness, crown prince.
04:07I lifted my head. It's Caelan.
04:20Caelan stepped into the lamplight. He looked exactly like a future king. Proud and untouchable. Beautiful in the cruel Valorian
04:27way.
04:27Your highness.
04:28He looked me over from crown to shoes, as if searching for the girl who used to chase him through
04:32these halls.
04:33That's all?
04:34In my last life, I knew his every habit. I baked honey cakes for him. I waited outside Crown Tower
04:39just to hand them over. He always tossed them to the palace drakes.
04:43Stop this pathetic chase, Freya. You are marrying my uncle now. Try to have some dignity.
04:49You disgust me.
04:50I am not chasing anyone. I was only telling the truth to your king father. I do not love you.
04:55Then you wandered into the royal family's private wing by accident?
04:58The queen summoned me. Ask Madam Corvin.
05:00His gold fire flared. So it was true. I had not come for him.
05:05My uncle is a corpse with a title. You may be a widow before your wedding bed even cools.
05:10Then I will be the happiest widow in Valoria.
05:14His pupils narrowed, then went black.
05:30Queen Marianne heard me out in silence. And before I had even finished my audience with her, my wedding to
05:36Lucien Dravenmore was set for one week later.
05:40Dravenmore's black silver banners stretched across the road as Gareth Thorne bowed before me.
05:44Lady Ashborough, Darrenmore receives you with honor.
05:48In my last life, Crown Tower never gave me this much respect. Some nobles called it widowhood with a title.
05:54I ignored them.
05:55Dravenmore had already given me more honor than Crown Tower ever did.
05:58When I reached Dravenmore keep, Gareth Thorne led me straight to the bridal chamber.
06:03Lucien Dravenmore lay on the bed, pale and silent. But even unconscious, he did not look weak.
06:08His sharp features, silver black hair and quiet dragon pressure, made him seem less like a dying man and more
06:13like a sleeping dragon.
06:14My lady, I prepared another room for you.
06:16I looked at Lucien, my heart steady despite the tension.
06:19No. He is my husband now. I'll stay here.
06:23The room went silent. After they left, I sat beside him. The air itself seemed to hold its breath.
06:28I leaned closer, feeling the subtle warmth of his body beneath the thin sheets.
06:33You're asleep anyway, so this doesn't count.
06:35I lowered my head and kissed him. His lips were warm. For a heartbeat, nothing happened.
06:39Then the air broke open. Dark pressure slammed through the room.
06:43Black, silver scales erupted along his neck.
06:46Windows cracked. His hand shot up and caught my throat. Not gentle, not soft.
06:50Dragon fire exploded from his body, scorching the ceiling and bed frame.
06:54I gasped, gripping his wrist.
06:55Lucien!
06:56His fingers burned against my skin, yet he didn't push me away.
07:18His eyes were still closed, but his grip was tightening. Black, silver flame tore across the ceiling.
07:24The bed frame split. I grabbed his wrist.
07:27It's me. It's Freya.
07:30His fingers burned against my skin, then the fire pulled back. His hand dropped.
07:34The room went dark. Outside, Dravenmore Keep erupted.
07:37Shouts. Running boots. Dragon flame lighting up the sky.
07:41Gareth broke through the door.
07:43My lady.
07:44I touched my neck. It was bruised.
07:46Lucien lay still again, but his breathing had changed.
07:49Deeper. Stronger.
07:50The curse had cracked, but whatever was underneath was not gentle.
07:53I didn't know if I had started to wake him up, or started something worse.
07:57By dawn, healers filled the hall.
07:59Gareth locked down the entire floor.
08:10No one tells the Royal Citadel what happened last night.
08:14The mate Flyme responded to the marriage bond.
08:16That's all anyone needs to know.
08:18The bruise on my neck was already dark.
08:20A healer offered to treat it.
08:22Leave it.
08:22I went back to Lucien's room.
08:24He was still.
08:25But the black, silver scales on his hand had not faded.
08:27His dragon blood was fighting something.
08:29The curse.
08:30The medicine.
08:31Maybe both.
08:32I sat beside him.
08:33I don't know if you can hear me, but I'm not leaving.
08:37His fingers moved. Barely.
08:39The news reached Crown Tower before noon.
08:41Caelan was sparring when a servant ran in.
08:43Your Highness, Dravenmore's mate, Flame, answered Freya last night.
08:47Caelan stopped mid-swing.
08:48The whole northern sky lit up.
08:51Goldfire burst from Caelan's palm.
08:53The training post shattered.
08:55He thought the wedding would humiliate me.
08:57Instead, all of Royal Citadel was talking about how Dravenmore's dragon blood had chosen a human bride.
09:02Princess Anya walked in.
09:04So it's true.
09:05She looked at the burned post.
09:07They say Freya looked more like a duchess than a widow.
09:10Careful, Caelan.
09:11People might think you're the one who got left behind.
09:15That afternoon, Caelan called his steward.
09:18The Ashborough war records we archived move them to the sealed vault and send a message to the Royal Pharmacy.
09:23Any requests from Dravenmore go through my office first.
09:42We're going to pray for you.
10:23I put on Dravenmoor black and silver and walked straight into the main hall.
10:27Celine's housekeeper stepped in front of me.
10:29Lady Selina is waiting in the west parlor.
10:31Then she can come here.
10:32The servants froze.
10:33Davinmoor Keep is not Seliva Lavas' house, and I am not her guest.
10:37Gareth stood behind me.
10:38He said nothing.
10:39Every servant in the hall understood it.
10:41Gareth supported me as Lady Dravenmoor.
10:43Bring me Lucian's healer records, medicine ledgers, and nightwatch lists now.
10:46Selina arrived with a soft smile.
10:48Freya, you were married yesterday.
10:50Leave the household matters to me.
10:52This isn't household business.
10:53This is my husband's life.
10:54Selina kept smiling, but her eyes didn't.
10:56By sunset, I found the first problem in the medicine logs.
10:59Some herbs were not healing Lucian.
11:01They were suppressing his dragon blood.
11:03He wasn't too weak to wake.
11:04Someone was keeping him asleep.
11:06I needed the source records.
11:07Where the herbs came from.
11:08Who ordered them?
11:09The trail pointed to the royal pharmacy.
11:11I sent a rider to request the purchase records.
11:13The rider came back empty-handed.
11:15Crown Tower denied the request.
11:16They said all pharmaceutical inquiries from Dravenmoor require approval from the Crown Prince's office.
11:20I understood.
11:21Selina's confidence didn't come from Dravenmoor.
11:23It came from Crown Tower.
11:25That night, Selina heard I had found the local records.
11:28For the first time, she stopped smiling.
11:29Send Rowan.
11:30Let my son teach her what happens to lonely wives in this house.
11:57Rowan Vos waited outside my chamber door.
11:59He smelled of wine.
12:01Lady Dravenmoor.
12:02I stopped.
12:03Come on.
12:04Your husband can't even open his eyes.
12:06Don't waste your youth on a sleeping man.
12:09He stepped closer.
12:10Selina runs this keep.
12:12I am her son.
12:13You are just the human bride they sent to warm Lucian's bed.
12:16Then I slapped him.
12:17Servants rushed over.
12:18No one dared speak.
12:19Rowan wiped blood from his lip.
12:21My mother will hear about this.
12:23Good.
12:24Tell Lady Selina I saved her the trouble.
12:26His face twisted.
12:28My mother!
12:28Your mother failed to raise you.
12:31That makes it my problem now.
12:32I turned to the hall.
12:34Freya.
12:34Gareth.
12:35Put him in the lower water cell.
12:37By morning, maybe he'll remember whose keep this is.
12:40The guards moved toward Rowan.
12:42That was when the whole keep understood.
12:44I was Lady Dravenmoor.
12:46Below the keep, Rowan shook in freezing water.
12:48My mother knows about Lucian's medicine.
12:50He looked up, shaking.
12:52She knows who kept him asleep.
12:53And Crown Tower knows she knows.
13:21I guess this as at the nĂŁo.
13:21fruitively late in the morning.
13:28I guess he's kind of going to die.
13:28I just Undyed then the No.
13:28See you now.
13:29He stopped sitting down rope now.
13:29I got my old Troxswand when I choose to turn on灍 distributor.
13:29Very good.
13:29And when I was on there, I felt like the no.
13:29I wasn't getting mad.
13:29In theĂŞtre of the time he never looked over nine.
13:30The Tying says, I can tell him,
14:03At dawn, Gareth brought me Rowan's confession.
14:05He was drunk, but he said the medicine was switched and he said Crown Tower was involved.
14:10I looked at Lucian. The black silver scales on his hand had faded, but his fingers were warmer than before.
14:14Bring me every medicine log from the last year, and find me a healer who doesn't answer to Salona or
14:20the Royal Pharmacy.
14:22By breakfast, the hall was full. Servants stood with their heads down.
14:26Selina sat at the high table, calm as ever.
14:28Freya, you locked my son in a water cell over drunken words. Now you want to accuse me too?
14:33I want records. Household records are not toys for a new bride.
14:37I placed the medicine book on the table.
14:39Then explain this.
14:41Her smile stopped.
14:42Lucian's dose changed three months ago. The healer's seal is missing. The delivery mark belongs to your steward.
14:47Gareth, step beside me.
14:49From today on, no one touches Lucian's food, wine, or medicine unless I see it first.
14:53You think you can run, Darren Moore?
14:56No. I already am.
14:58A crash came from Lucian's chamber. We ran back. The medicine bowl had split in half.
15:02Black silver fire burned across the floor. Lucian's eyes were still closed, but his hand had crushed the bed rail.
15:07That evening, a sealed letter arrived from Crown Tower. Not a personal note. An official order with the royal stamp.
15:13Gareth read it aloud.
15:14By the authority of Crown Prince Caelan, a royal medical delegation will be dispatched to Dragonmore Keep
15:19to evaluate Duke Lucian's condition and review all medical arrangements currently in place.
15:23The room went quiet.
15:24When?
15:26Three days.
15:27I looked at the letter. If Caelan's doctors walked in here, they would take over Lucian's treatment,
15:31reverse everything I had changed, put Celine's people back in charge, and I couldn't refuse.
15:35He was using his nephew's health as the excuse.
15:38Then we have three days.
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19:41I can handle Selina. I can handle the servants and the whispers, but I can't fight your nephew and the
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19:48His hand was warm. The scales pulsed.
19:50I need you to wake up.
19:51Silence. Then his fingers closed around mine.
19:54Freya.
19:55His dark gold eyes opened.
19:56Who came into my keep and thought he could question my wife for protecting me?
20:01Lucian sat up in bed. Black silver flame tore through the room. He looked at the bruise on my neck.
20:05Who did this?
20:07You. When your dragon blood broke through.
20:09He touched the bruise. Black silver light wrapped around my neck.
20:13It faded under his hand. Outside, every dragon torch in Dravenmore keep lit at once.
20:17The whole northern sky burned silver. In Crown Tower, a rider burst through the gate.
20:24Your highness, Dragon Onmore's fire just lit the northern line. All of it.
20:27Caelan stood up.
20:28The duke is awake.
20:29Caelan's cup shattered in his hand.
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21:09It's not apton day.
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23:21The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon.
23:24They expected a sleeping duke.
23:26They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main hall.
23:29He leaned on a cane.
23:30His face was pale, but black-silver pressure filled the room so hard the candles bent sideways.
23:35The late physician swallowed.
23:36Your Grace, Crown Prince Caelan sent us to review your treatment.
23:40Lucian looked at him.
23:41My nephew sends doctors into my keep without asking me?
23:44No one answered.
23:45The Crown is concerned for your health.
23:48My wife kept me alive while your prince tried to take control of my be-medicine.
23:53From today on, Dravenmore's healers answer to me and Lady Davenmore, no one else.
23:56The delegation left before sunset.
23:58Selene watched from the upper hall, white-faced.
24:01That night, she sent a servant through the east gate with a sealed message.
24:04I watched him disappear into the dark road.
24:06I could stop him, but I didn't.
24:08I want to see who will answer.
24:09Later, Lucian found me by the chamber fire.
24:12How much did they make you carry alone?
24:14His jaw tightened.
24:17I'll start carrying it with you.
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26:05At dawn, Lucien ordered the ledgers sealed. Gareth brought iron boxes from Selene's office,
26:10tax books, supply lists, military payment rolls. By noon, the truth was on the table.
26:15Northern Rider pay was cut for eight months. Wintergrain was marked as delivered, but the storehouses never received it.
26:21He placed another page down.
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26:50Selene did not look at him.
26:51Lucien tapped the ledger.
26:53Rowan Vos goes to the dungeon until I decide his sentence.
26:56You can't do this to family!
26:57Family does not touch my wife, steal from my riders, or poison my house.
27:02The guards took him away.
27:05Selene Vox is removed from all household authority.
27:08She will remain under guard in the East Wing.
27:10Then he turned to me.
27:12The accounts are yours now.
27:13Every servant in the hall dropped to one knee.
27:16For the first time they were not kneeling because Lucien had woken.
27:19They were kneeling because I had won.
27:46We will have been 13 years old in mid 2022.
27:47But if you don't have a eanlora or monetary prison...!
27:52Then, I would say,
27:52That's all he said for the second to go.
28:00That's what you say for parents and disabled people.
28:00The one that was screaming him for pĂĄginas.
28:01Like Imperfeito, Daniel!
28:05so be a woreck in the hands of the Silver and down...
35:14You sound very concerned.
35:16Caelan's mouth tightened.
35:17He is family.
35:18Across the hall, Princess Anya heard enough.
35:20That night, she found Edric Ravenshade near the chapel.
35:23Your cousin is walking into a trap.
35:25Which cousin?
35:26The one Freya married.
35:27Try to keep up.
35:28Edric's face changed.
35:30Send word to Dravenmore.
35:31Tell Lady Dravenmore the Queen is moving first.
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36:46Lucian could stand now, not long, not without pain.
36:49His dragon blood had broken the curse, but the damage stayed in his legs.
36:52Some nights, his fire turned wild.
36:54One burst split the bedpost.
36:56Another cracked the stone wall.
36:58I worked his legs every morning, mixed the new medicine myself.
37:01On the fourth night, the flame surged before I could move.
37:04The force threw me against the floor.
37:05My arm hit broken stone.
37:07Blood ran to my wrist.
37:08Lucian froze.
37:09The fire died at once.
37:11He tried to stand too fast and nearly fell.
37:13It's a scratch.
37:15I hurt you.
37:16The curse hurt me, not you.
37:19Do not make this sound easy.
37:20I wrapped cloth around my arm.
37:22I knew what I was choosing when I married you.
37:24He stared at me for a long second.
37:26You should not only be ready to suffer.
37:29His thumb brushed my bandage.
37:30You should be treated well.
37:32I stopped breathing.
37:33For the first time, he wasn't speaking as a duke.
37:35He was speaking as my husband.
37:53I was opening the cloud for a long second.
37:53He used to speaking as a duke.
37:54He easily turned the source into the process Emotors.
37:54In my head, the fire setting with the fire set where I can't control them.
37:57He'd put women on the surface a crack.
37:57Tell me how many can feel I am.
37:57He should come my head at the potting side in Rodino.
37:58It's a hollow, we'll play red piece out with his hand.
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40:15The summons arrived three days later.
40:16King Alaric's seal.
40:18Royal parchment.
40:19No room to refuse.
40:21Gareth read it in the hall.
40:22Dragon Duke Lucian Dravenmore and Lady Freya Davenmore are commanded to attend the Royal Citadel.
40:27The servants looked at me.
40:29Lucian took the letter.
40:30So they finally want us in the open.
40:32It could be a trap.
40:33It is a trap.
40:35Then we should not go.
40:36If I refuse, they call it rebellion.
40:38If I go, they have to face me in front of the king.
40:40He looked at me.
40:41And I have things to show my brother.
40:43That night, I packed the evidence myself.
40:46Selene's ledgers.
40:47The medicine logs.
40:49The payment trail to the Royal Pharmacy.
40:51Every page that tied Dravenmore's sickness to Crown Tower and the Royal Citadel.
40:55Mira tied the case shut.
40:57Are you afraid?
40:58I looked at the Royal seal.
41:00I died in that city once.
41:03Mira went quiet.
41:04I'm not going back as that girl.
41:08Before dawn, I found Lucian on the tower.
41:11Royal Citadel was far beyond the dark hills.
41:15Kaelin will be there.
41:16So will the queen.
41:19And me.
41:20He offered his hand.
41:21I took it.
41:22This time, I was not walking into Crown Tower alone.
41:39We returned to the Royal Citadel under black silver banners.
41:43The streets went quiet first.
41:44Then everyone started whispering.
41:46Lucian Dravenmore was not dead.
41:47And I was not the ruined girl Crown Tower once threw away.
41:50Northern dragon riders rode on both sides of our carriage.
41:53Gareth led them with one hand on his sword.
41:55At the palace gate, Kaelin stood above the steps.
41:57He looked at Lucian's cane.
41:59Then he looked at me.
42:00I looked past him.
42:01That hurt him more.
42:03Queen Marianne held a welcome feast that night.
42:05Duke Lucian.
42:06Valeria is relieved to see you awake.
42:08Relieved enough to send her a suckon.
42:10Her smile tightened.
42:11The king missed his brother.
42:12Then we are happy to answer his majesty.
42:14We brought everything he needs to see.
42:16Her eyes moved to the locked case beside my chair.
42:19How thoughtful.
42:20After dinner, Princess Anya caught my sleeve near the corridor.
42:23Madame Corvik has been going to the Royal Archive every night.
42:26I stopped.
42:27Whatever you brought, she may be trying to burn the matching half.
42:31That night, Lucian closed our chamber door.
42:35Edric confirmed it.
42:36The original letter about your father's march is still sealed in the Archive.
42:40Can we get it?
42:41Only the king can open that vault.
42:46Then we make him want to.
43:13ple forever.
43:17With you
43:18Placing back to the hill.
43:22Can we get anything we need?
43:39forgive you.It
43:39literally dropped off as first. We're
43:40still the crsp anchor and the camera weます.
44:05The Autumn Court filled the royal hall by sunrise, dragon lords, human nobles, crown loyalists.
44:11Lucian entered with a cane. The room still bowed. Black silver pressure rolled over the floor.
44:15Even House Marianne's men stopped smiling.
44:18Caelan sat in the prince's seat, gold fire flickering under his skin.
44:21A Marianne lord stepped forward first.
44:23Your Majesty, Duke Lucian has been absent from court for a year.
44:26His private dragon riders remain under northern command.
44:28Valeria needs a royal oversee her in Drevenmore.
44:30The hall stirred. So that was their move.
44:32Call Lucian weak. Call his army dangerous.
44:34Put crown tower inside our key.
44:36Lucian handed Gareth's sealed report to the king's steward.
44:38Current rider count, grain stores, border patrols, tax ledgers, records for Sir Nervos and her son.
44:45King Alaric read in silence.
44:46Reports can be dressed up. So can treason.
44:49The Lord froze. King Alaric lowered the report.
44:52The North appears better managed than half the estates in this room. No oversaw will be sent.
44:58Caelan's jaw tightened.
44:59After court, he blocked me on the stone steps.
45:02Did you come back just to parade him in front of me?
45:04No.
45:06Then why are you here?
45:07To speak to the king.
45:09I stepped around him.
45:11This has nothing to do with you.
45:13For once, Caelan had no answer.
45:36I loved this guy.
45:37got a knifed or called rollerball one.
45:40That stopped.
45:40I guess he stopped being thrown at the bottom.
45:41I got a knifed away.
45:55I got one more, everybody.
45:55Anything else does that?
45:58I did, I take one more question,
46:04D,황命 called physical damage.
46:05.
46:47The next day, the court gathered in the rose dragon garden.
46:50I found the old pool behind the rose wall.
46:53I had fallen in there as a child.
46:55I remembered cold water, small hands, then a black cloak around my shoulders.
47:00Lucian stopped beside me.
47:01You told me Ashborough girls didn't cry over water.
47:05I turned.
47:07That was you?
47:08You were ten, soaked through, furious at the pond.
47:13And you remembered that?
47:14I remembered you.
47:15For a second, the court noise faded.
47:17Then Queen Marion's voice cut through the garden.
47:19How charming.
47:20A human duchess among dragonhounds.
47:23Valeria is becoming very generous.
47:25The noble ladies went quiet.
47:27Caelan looked at me.
47:27I did not speak.
47:28Lucian did.
47:29House Ashbird bled for Valeria before half these dragonhouses learned how to hold a border.
47:34Queen Marion's smile cracked.
47:38Freer's bloodline has earned its place here.
47:40A Marion lady muttered.
47:41Human blood is still human blood.
47:45Lucian turned his dark gold eyes on her.
47:47Then pray you never need human soldiers to die for your comfort again.
47:50No one laughed.
47:51I looked at Lucian.
47:53For the first time, I understood.
47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference.
47:58It had been restraint.
48:44Anya's warning was real.
48:46Edric checked the Royal Archive records for me.
48:48Three nights.
48:50Three visits.
48:52Madame Corvin entered the sealed wing each time with a Marianne clerk.
48:55The exit list is wrong.
48:57Files went in.
48:58Fewer came out.
48:59Which files?
49:00Northern Warfront.
49:01Ashbington marching routes.
49:03Dragonblood curse reports.
49:04Lucian's hand tightened on his cane.
49:06They are destroying the trail.
49:08Then we split it.
49:09Lucian went to request royal access from King Alaric.
49:11I sent Edric to the old Archive clerk who had served my father.
49:16By midnight, Mira came to my room carrying a basket of white roses.
49:31Don't yell.
49:32I know it looks stupid.
49:34She pulled the cloth aside.
49:36Three copied letters lay under the flowers.
49:38My hands went cold.
49:39One letter marked my father's route through the northern pass.
49:42One confirmed the route had been sent before the ambush.
49:45The last carried a red wax seal.
49:47House Marion.
49:49My lady, that's the queen's family.
49:52I closed the letters.
49:55Not just her family.
49:58Lucian entered before dawn.
49:59The king agreed to open the vault tomorrow.
50:01I handed him the copies.
50:03Good.
50:04His face changed as he read.
50:07Because now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:27He'll be meeting with them.
50:28It's all that he'll try to do when all the time송ers synchized.
50:28But I know what I was trying to do before.
50:28So, you know what he said is it's important to me.
50:29Can I see in the name?
50:29The king agreed to meet meanwhile it's name,
50:29said Laval Schott.
50:29And that's it, RoseanneYN said ус mornings.
50:45Here's his face.
50:45Her daughter would not appear anything in the empty house,
50:47her daughter, who had been written off beforelas.
50:47.
51:37Don't yell. I know it looks stupid.
51:40She pulled the cloth aside.
51:41Three copies.
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