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00:00I was born with a blood scent that could make dragon lords lose control, pure
00:05breeding blood, the rarest kind in 300 years. At my mating ceremony, I crawled
00:10past the sacred gold offerings and grabbed Crown Prince Caelan between his
00:14pants. This little whore could be a clingy breeder in the future. He was wrong.
00:22Caelan and I became enemies. For 10 years I watched his dragon eyes learn to hate
00:26my scent. On 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. Before I could
00:36answer, Caelan's voice cut across the hall. I would rather be torn apart by wild
00:41dragon knees than mate her. Something 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. I
00:52thought he didn't mean it. Our betrothal ceremony was beautiful, but Caelan never
00:56gave me a glance. Your scent makes me sick. Years passed. I gave him no air. The court
01:03stopped bowing. Dragonborn ladies spat in my food, ripped my gowns and called me a
01:08barren human leech. Caelan only smiled. Then I heard him say it. She forced this
01:13marriage. She deserves karma. No one should pity her. One week later, he threw me into the
01:20velvet quarter. A useless breeder belongs in a pleasure house. I died there, bloody and left
01:26like rotten meat. His figure was the last thing I saw. He never looked back. Then light split
01:31open. I woke on cold marble, gasping. I was reborn at my mating ceremony. Freya, choose any
01:39dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you. The royal citadel. The feast. I would not risk my
01:45life
01:45on Caelan again. I took a deep breath. Your majesty. I respect the crown prince as someone
01:51I grew up with. Like a brother. I never wanted him. Not as a man. Not as a husband. My
01:58heart
01:58only belongs to dragon crook Lufeci Andreanmore. 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. The cursed black silver
02:09dragon. The most fierce dragon who destroyed wild dragonkins for 200 years.
02:20Lucian Dravenmore fell coma since a year ago on the northern war front. Hurt by an unseen blade with
02:26curse. The healers said he would never wake. I knew they were wrong. In my last life, Lucian woke during
02:32my third year in hellish marriage. When dragonborn ladies had cornered me in the kitchens, they laughed,
02:38tore my sleeves, and called me a barren human leech. Then a broken dragon rose from his wheeled
02:43chair. Lucian 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. Your majesty, I swore before the old gods. It is Lucian
03:01Dravenmore or no one. I hit my forehead on the floor. Once and once again. The court went quiet. Only
03:07left the sound of my bones crack. Queen Marianne smiled like she had been handed a gift. If the human
03:12girl wants a sleeping dragon, let her have him. So be it. Your bloodline is gone. Lucian cannot
03:19answer for himself. My queen will arrange the wedding for you too. I rose my bloody forehead
03:25and crumbling stood up. I am humbled beyond speech. I did not look at Caelan. I only felt his gold
03:32fire
03:32burning behind me. Let him burn. I would never choose him again. Lucian is way better than Caelan.
03:38Last life, though he's still weak. He's nice to me. I'll save him this time. We'll claw our way out
03:43of this
03:43shithole. Together. For three days, I slept like someone freed from a cage. Then came the knock at
03:50Ashbourne Hall. The queen commands your presence at the royal citadel tonight. My blood went cold. At
03:57dusk, Madame Corvin led me through the royal corridors. Dragonflowers scented the stone. Then
04:03she stopped and bowed. Your highness, crown prince. I lifted my head. It's Caelan.
04:20Caelan stepped into the lamplight. He looked exactly like a future king. Proud and untouchable.
04:25Beautiful in the cruel Valorian way. Your highness. He looked me over from crown to shoes, as if
04:31searching for the girl who used to chase him through these halls. That's all? In my last life,
04:35I knew his every habit. I baked honey cakes for him. I waited outside crown tower just to hand them
04:40over. He always tossed them to the palace drakes. Stop this pathetic chase, Freya. You are marrying
04:46my uncle now. Try to have some dignity. You disgust me. I am not chasing anyone. I was only telling
04:53the
04:53truth to your king father. I do not love you. Then you wandered into the royal family's private wing
04:58by accident? The queen summoned me. Ask Madame Corvin. His gold fire flared. So it was true. I had not
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05:03for him. My uncle is a corpse with a title. You may be a widow before your wedding bed
05:10even cools. Then I will be the happiest widow in Valoria. His 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
05:36to Lucien Dravenmore was set for one week later. Dravenmore's black silver banners stretched across
05:42the road as Gareth Thorne bowed before me. Lady 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
05:53a title. I ignored them. Dravenmore 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. Lucien Dravenmore lay
06:04on the bed, pale and silent. But even unconscious, he did not look weak. His sharp features, silver black hair,
06:10and quiet dragon pressure, made him seem less like a dying man and more like a sleeping dragon.
06:15My lady, I prepared another room for you. I looked at Lucien, my heart steady despite the tension.
06:19No. He is my husband now. I'll stay here. The room went silent. After they left, I sat beside him.
06:26The air itself seemed to hold its breath. I leaned closer, feeling the subtle warmth of his body
06:31beneath the thin sheets. You're asleep anyway, so this doesn't count. I lowered my head and kissed him.
06:37His lips were warm. For a heartbeat, nothing happened. Then the air broke open. Dark pressure
06:42slammed through the room. Black silver scales erupted along his neck. Windows cracked. His hand shot up
06:48and caught my throat. Not gentle, not soft. Dragon fire exploded from his body, scorching the ceiling
06:53and bed frame. I gasped, gripping his wrist. Lucien. His fingers burned against my skin,
06:58yet he didn't push me away. Queen Marianne heard me out inside.
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. It's me. It's Freya.
07:30His fingers burned against my skin. Then the fire pulled back. His hand dropped. The room went dark.
07:36Outside, Draven Moor keep erupted. Shouts. Running boots. Dragon flame lighting up the sky.
07:41Gareth broke through the door. My lady.
07:44I touched my neck. It was bruised. Lucien lay still again, but his breathing had changed. Deeper. Stronger.
07:50The curse had cracked, but whatever was underneath was not gentle. I didn't know if I had started to
07:55wake him up or started something worse. By dawn, healers filled the hall. Gareth locked down the entire
08:01floor.
08:10No one tells the royal citadel what happened last night. The mate Flyam responded to the marriage bond.
08:16That's all anyone needs to know. The bruise on my neck was already dark. A healer offered to treat it.
08:22Leave it. I went back to Lucien's room. He was still, but the black silver scales on his hand had
08:27not faded.
08:27His dragon blood was fighting something. The curse. The medicine. Maybe both. I sat beside him.
08:33I don't know if you can hear me, but I'm not leaving. His fingers moved. Barely.
08:39The news reached Crown Tower before noon. Caelan was sparring when a servant ran in.
08:43Your highness, Draven Moor's mate flame answered Freya last night.
08:47Caelan stopped mid-swing. The whole northern sky lit up.
08:51Goldfire burst from Caelan's palm. The training post shattered. He thought the wedding would humiliate me.
08:57Instead, all of royal citadel was talking about how Draven Moor's dragon blood had chosen a human bride.
09:03Princess Anya walked in. So it's true. She looked at the burned post.
09:07They say Freya looked more like a duchess than a widow.
09:10Careful, Caelan. People might think you're the one who got left behind.
09:16That afternoon, Caelan called his steward. The Ashborough war records we archived,
09:20move them to the sealed vault and send a message to the royal pharmacy.
09:23Any requests from Draven Moor go through my office first.
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10:23I put on Dravenmoor black and silver and walked straight into the main hall.
10:27Selene's housekeeper stepped in front of me.
10:29Lady Selene is waiting in the west parlor.
10:31Then she can come here.
10:32The servants froze.
10:33Davinmoor Keep is not Selene Vela Vass's house, and I am not her guest.
10:37Gareth stood behind me. He said nothing.
10:39Every servant in the hall understood it.
10:41Gareth supported me as Lady Dravenmoor.
10:43Bring me Lucien's healer records, medicine ledgers, and night watch lists now.
10:46Selene arrived with a soft smile.
10:48Freya, you were married yesterday.
10:50Leave the household matters to me.
10:51This isn't household business. This is my husband's life.
10:54Selene 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 Lucien.
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.
11:17They said all pharmaceutical inquiries from Dravenmoor require approval from the Crown Prince's office.
11:20I understood.
11:21Selene's confidence didn't come from Dravenmoor.
11:24It came from Crown Tower.
11:25That night, Selene 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.
12:02Then I slapped him.
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.
12:10Selene runs this keep.
12:12I am her son.
12:13You are just the human bride they sent to warm Lucien's bed.
12:16Then I slapped him.
12:17Servants rushed over.
12:18No one dared speak.
12:20Rowan wiped blood from his lip.
12:21My mother will hear about this.
12:23Good.
12:24Tell Lady Selene 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 Lucien's medicine.
12:51He looked up, shaking.
12:52She knows who kept him asleep.
12:53And Crown Tower knows she knows.
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13:26Andội land is a nice person that we received before him.
13:27I was going to work with no meetings.
13:27But I know that everyone will keep this up.
13:27And where he maybe went to the All- alluded in and down at all,
13:28also told me who said that Rowan visto and said no identity.
13:29I did not expect that he believed and thought to see a way
13:37So I think this is the way
13:37So I wanted to stand to cover yourself,
13:38keep it up a little bit.
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.
14:15Bring me every medicine log from the last year.
14:18And find me a healer who doesn't answer to Salona or the 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.
14:48Gareth, 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. Black silver fire burned
15:04across the floor.
15:04Lucian's eyes were still closed, but his hand had crushed the bed rail.
15:08That 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.
15:54Three days.
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19:40beside Lucian. I can handle Selina. I can handle the servants and the whispers. But I can't fight
19:45your nephew and the crown at the same time. Not alone. His hand was warm. The scales pulsed. I
19:50need you to wake up. Silence. Then his fingers closed around mine. Freya. His dark gold eyes
19:56opened. Who came into my keep and thought he could question my wife for protecting me. Lucian sat up
20:01in bed. Black silver flame tore through the room. He looked at the bruise on my neck. Who
20:06did this? You. When your dragon blood broke through. He touched the bruise. Black silver
20:11light wrapped around my neck. It faded under his hand. Outside, every dragon torch in Dravenmore
20:16keep lit at once. The whole northern sky burned silver. In crown tower, a rider burst through
20:21the gate. Your highness, dragon Onmore's fire just lit the northern line. All of it. Kaelin
20:27stood up. The duke is awake. Kaelin's cup shattered in his hand.
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23:21The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon. They expected a sleeping Duke. They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main
23:28hall. He leaned on a cane. His face was pale, but
23:31black silver pressure filled the room so hard the candles bent sideways. The late physician swallowed.
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26:05At dawn, Lucian ordered the ledgers sealed.
26:08Gareth brought iron boxes from Selene's office, tax books, supply lists, military payment rolls.
26:13By noon, the truth was on the table.
26:15Northern Rider pay was cut for eight months.
26:18Wintergrain was marked as delivered, but the storehouses never received it.
26:21He placed another page down.
26:23And this money went to the Gilded Den.
26:25Rowan's name was written beside the account.
26:27Selene gripped her sleeve.
26:28My husband died for this house. I raised my son here. I made sacrifices.
26:33Lucian looked at her.
26:34You sold my soldiers food and called it sacrifice?
26:38I protected Drevenmoor while you slept.
26:40No. You fed off it.
26:43The hall went silent.
26:45Rowan was dragged in, bruised and terrified.
26:48Mother, say something!
26:49Selene did not look at him. Lucian tapped the ledger.
26:52Rowan 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 Lucian had woken.
27:19They were kneeling because I had won.
27:27The arrest was bullied by Marco team.
27:31I came to upgrade my family toène the all-HEAD school.
27:40They wereitated by the school.
27:50I put my frustration back there and gave him.
27:54It was a place where the people can hold down and raged away.
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34:32The news reached Crown Tower by nightfall.
34:34Caelan read the report once, then gold fire burst from his hand.
34:38Half the desk burned before the guards could move.
34:40He threw out my delegation?
34:41The messenger shook.
34:43Yes, your highness.
34:43Lady Selina has been confined.
34:45Rowan Vos is in the dungeon.
34:47Caelan's eyes went gold.
34:48Freya did this.
34:50Lucien did this.
34:51Freya gave him the knife.
34:53Later, Queen Marian called House Marian into her private chamber.
34:56If Lucien speaks of the northern war front, every old wound opens.
35:00A lord leaned close.
35:01Then we strike first.
35:02At court, accuse him of hiding troops, ignoring royal summons and using illness to build power in the north.
35:07At the same time, Caelan went to King Alaric.
35:09Father, Uncle Lucien just woke from a curse.
35:12He should return to the royal citadel for treatment.
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.
35:28Try to keep up.
35:28Edric's face changed.
35:30Send word to Dravenmore.
35:31Tell Lady Dravenmore the Queen is moving first.
35:55The FDA's�er.
35:56Host in the hospital.
36:04It had to leave.
36:05Amen.
36:05And look it's over.
36:05And even laughter in the hospital to Caswell.
36:08She never denied the hospital.
36:18Fuck!
36:18You may be 28.
36:18She finally sent her kau fatto.
36:18A littleumber is getting moved into the hospital.
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.
37:06My 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 Rasul lose.
37:56He was speaking as a duke.
37:57I was listening to the affairs of the light.
37:57It's open and Ohhh.
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40:14The summons arrive 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.
41:15Caelan 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, Caelan 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 sucker?
42:10Her smile tightened.
42:11The king missed his brother.
42:13Then 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.
43:26Then we are FRF, elzive and Yamknikka County,
43:27Let me show you my Wu- perks.
43:27Not to give aboyance.
43:38He runs his time.
43:38That must be the one.
43:38That's what he is Reid.
43:38And the third足 of us.
43:39Then you saved him.
43:45You walked through his Whitney.
43:45And the next mile you asked hisladıieni,
44:05The autumn court filled the royal hall by sunrise.
44:08Dragon lords, human nobles, crown loyalists.
44:11Lucian entered with a cane.
44:12The room still bowed.
44:13Black 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 oversea her in Drevenmore.
44:30The hall stirred.
44:31So that was their move.
44:32Call Lucian weak.
44:33Call his army dangerous.
44:34Put crown tower inside our key.
44:36Lucian handed Gareth's sealed report to the king's steward.
44:39Current rider count, grain stores, border patrols, tax ledgers records for Sinervas and her son.
44:44King Alaric read in silence.
44:46Reports can be dressed up.
44:48So can treason.
44:49The lord froze.
44:50King Alaric lowered the report.
44:52The north appears better managed than half the estates in this room.
44:56No oversaw will be sent.
44:58Caelan's jaw tightened.
45:00After court, he blocked me on the stone steps.
45:02Did you come back just to parade him in front of me?
45:05No.
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.
45:45I said, you did not speak to the king.
46:02I felt so painless.
46:03I tried to act as a belanı with me.
46:04The other thing that would work possibly be about,
46:04was I'm literally going to collect things here if I discovered that.
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.
47:02You 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.
47:28I did not speak.
47:29Lucian 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 Marriand.
49:48Mira stared at it.
49:49My lady.
49:50That'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.
50:25And I'll never forget.
50:26And there you can hear what they'll do.
50:29I'm just food.
50:29I'm just food.
50:29I'll never forget.
50:29You do about rape.
50:31I'll never forget.
50:32.
51:02.
51:33.
51:33.
51:34.
51:37.
51:37.
51:37.
51:37.
51:38.
51:38yell. I know it looks stupid. She pulled the cloth aside. Three copies
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