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00:01I was born with a blood scent that could make dragon lords lose control.
00:05Pure breeding blood, the rarest kind in 300 years.
00:08At my mating ceremony, I crawled past the sacred gold offerings
00:12and grabbed Crown Prince Caelan between his pants.
00:15This little whore could be a clingy breeder in the future.
00:21He was wrong. Caelan and I became enemies.
00:24For 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.
00:32Freya, 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.
00:44Something 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.
01:10Caelan only smiled. Then I heard him say it.
01:12She forced this marriage. She deserves karma. No one should pity her.
01:17One week later, he threw me into the velvet quarter.
01:21A 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 lights 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.
01:47Your 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.
01:58My heart only belongs to dragon crook Lufishi 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 dragon. The most
02:10fierce 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 curse.
02:27The 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. When dragonborn ladies had cornered me in
02:36the kitchens, they laughed, tore my sleeves, and called me a barren human leech.
02:41Then a broken dragon rose from his wheeled chair. Lucian Dravenmore stood between us. Half crippled, but still terrifying. Back
02:49to 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.
03:16So be it. Your bloodline is gone. Lucian cannot answer for himself. My queen will arrange the wedding for you
03:23too.
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.
03:45For three days, I slept like someone freed from a cage.
03:49Then came the knock at Ashbourne Hall.
03:52The queen commands your presence at the royal citadel tonight.
03:55My blood went cold.
03:57At dusk, Madame Corvin led me through the royal corridors.
04:01Dragon flowers 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 Velorean
04:27way.
04:28Your highness.
04:29He looked me over from crown to shoes, as if searching for the girl who used to chase him through
04:33these 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.
04:41He 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.
04:56Then you wandered into the royal family's private wing by accident?
04:58The queen summoned me. Ask Madame Corvin.
05:01His 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.
05:11Then I will be the happiest widow in Veloria.
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
05:37Lucien Dravenmore was set for one week later.
05:40Dravenmore's black silver banners stretched across the road as Gareth Thorne bowed before me.
05:45Lady Ashborough, Derrenmore receives you with honor.
05:48In my last life, Crown Tower never gave me this much respect.
05:51Some nobles called it widowhood with a title. I 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
06:14like a sleeping dragon.
06:15My 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.
06:29I 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.
06:40Then the air broke open. Dark pressure slammed through the room.
06:43Black silver scales erupted along his neck. Windows cracked.
06:47His hands 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.
06:56Lucien!
06:57His 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.
07:28It'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, Draven Moor Keep erupted. Shouts, running boots.
07:39Dragon flame lighting up the sky. Gareth 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. Deeper. 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. Gareth locked down the entire floor.
08:11No one tells the Royal Citadel what happened last night.
08:14The mate Flyme responded to the marriage bond. That's all anyone needs to know.
08:18The bruise on my neck was already dark. A healer offered to treat it.
08:22Leave it.
08:23I went back to Lucien's room. He was still.
08:25But the black silver scales on his hand had not faded.
08:28His dragon blood was fighting something. The curse. The medicine. Maybe 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.
08:41Kaelin was sparring when a servant ran in.
08:43Your Highness, Draven Moor's mate flame answered Freya last night.
08:47Kaelin stopped mid-swing.
08:48The whole northern sky lit up.
08:51Gold fire burst from Kaelin's palm.
08:53The 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.
09:04So it's true.
09:05She looked at the burned post.
09:07They say Freya looked more like a duchess than a widow.
09:11Careful, Kaelin. People might think you're the one who got left behind.
09:16That afternoon, Kaelin 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 Draven Moor go through my office first.
10:23Hello.
10:24more black and silver and walked straight into the main hall. Selene's housekeeper stepped in
10:29front of me. Lady Selene is waiting in the west parlor. Then she can come here. The servants
10:33froze. Davinmore keep is not Seleneva Lavaz's house and I am not her guest. Gareth stood behind
10:38me. He said nothing. Every servant in the hall understood it. Gareth supported me as Lady Draven
10:43Moore. Bring me Lucien's healer records, medicine ledgers and night watch lists now. Selene arrived
10:47with a soft smile. Freya, you were married yesterday. Leave the household matters to me.
10:52This isn't household business. This is my husband's life. Selene kept smiling but her
10:56eyes didn't. By sunset I found the first problem in the medicine logs. Some herbs were not healing
11:01Lucien. They were suppressing his dragon blood. He wasn't too weak to wake. Someone was keeping
11:05him asleep. I needed the source records. Where the herbs came from. Who ordered them? The trail
11:10pointed to the royal pharmacy. I sent a rider to request the purchase records. The rider came
11:14back empty-handed. Crown Tower denied the request. They said all pharmaceutical inquiries from
11:18Draven Moore require approval from the Crown Prince's office. I understood. Selene's confidence
11:22didn't come from Draven Moore. It came from Crown Tower. That night Selene heard I had found
11:27the local records. For the first time she stopped smiling. Send Rowan. Let my son teach her
11:31what happens to lonely wives in this house.
11:57Rowan Vos waited outside my chamber door. He smelled of wine.
12:01Lady Draven Moore. I stopped.
12:04Come on. Your husband can't even open his eyes. Don't waste your youth on a sleeping man.
12:09He stepped closer. Selene runs this keep. I am her son. You are just the human bride they sent to
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12:16Lucian's bed. Then I slapped him. Servants rushed over. No one dared speak. Rowan wiped blood from
12:21his lip. My mother will hear about this. Good. Tell Lady Selene I saved her the trouble. His face
12:27twisted. My mother! Your mother failed to raise you. That makes it my problem now. I turned to the
12:33hall. Freya. Gareth. Put him in the lower water cell. By morning maybe he'll remember whose keep this is.
12:41The guards moved toward Rowan. That was when the whole keep understood. I was Lady Draven
12:45Moore. Below the keep Rowan shook in freezing water. My mother knows about Lucian's medicine. He
12:51looked up shaking. She knows who kept him asleep. And Crown Tower knows she knows.
13:29And the whole way that comes to his face is a problem. It was a moralized
13:29course. The rest of the time is starting to appear. So you're at home and you're at home.
13:29You're at home. It's a hospital. You're at home. It's a hospital. You're at home.
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.
14:38I placed the medicine book on the table.
14:40Then explain this.
14:41Her smile stopped.
14:42Lucian's dose changed three months ago. The healer 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.
15:03Black silver fire burned across the floor. Lucian'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 Kaelin, a royal medical delegation will be dispatched to Dragan Moore Keep to evaluate
15:20Duke 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 Kaelin's doctors walked in here, they would take over Lucian's treatment, reverse everything I
15:32had changed, put Selene's people back in charge, and I couldn't refuse.
15:36He was using his nephew's health as the excuse.
15:38Then we have three days.
15:52He was using his nephew's health as the owner of Kaelin's family, and he was using his nephew's health as
15:52the owner of Kaelin's family, and he was using his nephew's health as the owner of Kaelin's family, and the
15:52owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of
15:52Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family,
15:53and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the
15:53owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of
15:53Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's family, and the owner of Kaelin's
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19:46your nephew and the crown at the same time. Not alone. His hand was warm. The scales pulsed.
19:50I need 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
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20:07You. When your dragon blood broke through. He touched the bruise. Black silver light wrapped
20:12around my neck. It 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 Onmor's fire just lit the northern line. All of it.
20:27Caelan stood up. The Duke is awake. Caelan's cup shattered in his hand.
20:33A virgin's cup of water. It's wild. It's a very clean water.
20:50The Duke is in the house.
20:51And this is the new festival.
20:51Do the Ryteean.
20:51The Shorts podcast has stopped.
20:51The New Jaypea Show has been the host of the population.
20:51And this is the dweltan on the lives of the world.
20:57The Duke of the World.
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23:22The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon. They expected a sleeping Duke. They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main
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23:32black silver pressure filled the room so hard the candles bent sideways. The late physician swallowed.
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23:42into my keep without asking me? No one answered. The crown is concerned for your
23:47health. My wife kept me alive while your prince tried to take control of my
23:52be-medicine. From today on, Dreyrenmor's healers answer to me and Lady Deryrenmor,
23:56no one else. The delegation left before sunset.
23:59Céline watched from the upper hall, white-faced. That night, she sent a
24:02servant through the East Gate with a sealed message. I watched him disappear
24:05into the dark road. I could stop him, but I didn't. I want to see who will answer.
24:09Later, Lucian found me by the chamber fire. How much did they make you carry alone?
24:14His jaw tightened. I'll start carrying it with you.
24:48You want to stop it, then you want to stop it, there.
24:50And so I finished the third-party card for me.
24:51And I'm not sure how high-risk the time it is.
24:51You can see.
24:52You want to stop falling, and you're not right.
24:52And so you have to stop falling.
24:55Right, you're right.
24:59Yeah, you're right.
25:00And so I got to leave this.
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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.
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26:48Mother, say something.
26:50Selene did not look at him. Lucien 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.
27:11Then 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.
27:20They were kneeling because I had won.
27:45I'll set you to do a second half.
28:14I won't go anywhere if I count this can.
28:15Captain, just 2, 3 p.m.
37:15hurt you. The curse hurt me, not you. Do not make this sound easy. I wrapped cloth around my arm.
37:22I
37:23knew what I was choosing when I married you. He stared at me for a long second. You should not
37:27only be ready to suffer. His thumb brushed my bandage. You should be treated well. I stopped
37:33breathing. For the first time, he wasn't speaking as a duke. He was speaking as my husband.
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40:14The summons arrived three days later.
40:17King Alaric's seal, royal 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.
40:34It 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.
40:56Mira 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.
41:05I'm not going back as that girl.
41:08Before dawn, I found Lucian on the tower.
41:12Royal citadel was far beyond the dark hills.
41:15Kaelin will be there.
41:16So will the queen.
41:19And me.
41:19He 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.
42:02That hurt him more.
42:03Queen Marianne held a welcome feast that night.
42:06Duke Lucian, Valeria is relieved to see you awake.
42:08Relieved enough to send her a suckon?
42:10Her smile tightened.
42:11The king missed his brother.
42:13Then we are happy to answer his majesty.
42:15We 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.
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44:05The autumn court filled the royal hall by sunrise.
44:08Dragon lords, human nobles, crown loyalists.
44:11Lucian entered with a cane.
44:13The room still bowed.
44:14Black 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 Cynervas and her son.
44:45King 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?
45:08To speak to the king.
45:10I stepped around him.
45:11This has nothing to do with you.
45:13For once, Caelan had no answer.
45:49You can nag
46:04To speak to the king.
46:04.
46:47The next day, the court gathered in the rose dragon garden.
46:51I 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.
47:06I turned.
47:07That was you?
47:09You 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 Ashborough bled for Valeria before half these dragonhouses learned how to hold a border.
47:35Queen 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.
47:52I 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.
48:56The exit list is wrong.
48:57Files went in.
48:58Fewer came out.
48:59Which files?
49:00Northern Warfront.
49:01Ashpington 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.
49:40One letter marked my father's route through the northern pass.
49:43One 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.
49:51That's the queen's family.
49:53I closed the letters.
49:55Not just her family.
49:58Lucian entered before dawn.
50:00The king agreed to open the vault tomorrow.
50:02I handed him the copies.
50:03Good.
50:04His face changed as he read.
50:07Because now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:30The love is certainly a vulnerable.
50:30He's right.
50:30That's part of the튼ical business.
50:30And I think the money will try to hide.
50:30But to be honest, if you don't play here,
50:31I love the fear out of No peace.
50:31Now something on my mind could try to focus on.
50:31Fair.
50:33После records,
50:33I knew you were going okay.
50:34Well, that's Lars Lars.
50:34You know, okay.
50:42I thought they were given you a good idea.
50:45But I know the anticipation,
50:47that's right, how they were miracles.
50:49.
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51:20.
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51:32.
51:37Don't yell. I know it looks stupid.
51:40She pulled the cloth aside.
51:42Three copies.
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