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00:00Pure blood golden serpent I dreamed of. I am the second princess of clan Aurelian.
00:05Pure blood golden scale. And I fell in love with a filthy black serpent.
00:10In my past life, I chose him at the selection rite. Insisted on him as my bonded mate.
00:16I was the one who defied every voice in clan Aurelian to drag him out of the serpent's abyss and
00:21up to drakes fire.
00:22We spent every night together. And on our wedding day, the black serpent I dreamed of for years
00:28drove a blade straight through me, three months pregnant. I collapsed in a pool of my own blood.
00:35Draven's voice was full of disgust.
00:37If you hadn't been in the way, I would have had Isoleth long ago. You deserve this.
00:43Only then did I understand. From the very beginning, he'd had his eyes on my sister,
00:48the one already chosen as the next archon. Isolde nestled into his arms.
00:53The foot slammed into my bleeding chest. Pathetic little wretch.
00:59The pain through my heart sent tremors down every limb. With my last breath,
01:04I curse you both to ruin without end. And if fate grants me another life, I'll be all the one
01:13holding the blade.
01:16My eyes open. I'm standing on the sacred altar. Wind howls across drakes fire, carrying ice and the scent of
01:23stone.
01:24I'm alive. No, I'm reborn. My father, the man who died long ago in my previous life, touches my shoulder.
01:32A quiet reminder.
01:34Seraphina, you're the one who insisted on bonding with the black serpent. Why are you standing there like you've seen
01:39a ghost?
01:40Bonding? I look down past the sacred altar. The serpent candidates stand in a line, waiting to be chosen.
01:47The selection rite. I've returned to the day I chose my bonded mate.
01:52Father.
01:53A voice cuts me off. Draven Vos steps out of the line. He walks right past me, his gaze burning
01:59toward Isolde behind me.
02:01He drops to one knee.
02:02Lord Artron, with all due respect, my heart does not answer to obligation.
02:06It knows only one name, and it is not Seraphina.
02:10He lifts his head toward Isolde.
02:13I wish only to stand beside the first princess, Isolde. For the rest of my days.
02:18Dead silence. Father's expression darkens.
02:21Everyone knows the black serpentine claim half-leviathan blood, but the lineage is impure.
02:27By every rule, Draven Vos has no right to set foot on the sacred altar.
02:32I'm the reason he's here. I liked him. I chose him.
02:35I forced Father to make an exception, to let a serpent stand before dragons.
02:40And now, moments before the bond ceremony begins, he slaps me across the face in front of everyone.
02:47David's eyes were cold, contemptuous, and full of calculations.
02:51It hits me at once. He's reborn too.
02:53Draven thinks bonding with my sister will rocket him to the top.
02:57What he doesn't know is that who becomes the true Archon of Clan Aurelion isn't his choice.
03:02It's mine.
03:03This time around, without my designation, I'd love to see how far either of you climb.
03:09Father erupts.
03:11His dominance aura crashes down like a landslide.
03:14Draven's knees buckle. His forehead hits stone.
03:17You forget what you are.
03:18Seraphina is the second princess of Clan Aurelion.
03:22Do you think you're choosing livestock at market?
03:25Even with the Archon's aura grinding his joints to the breaking point,
03:29Draven refuses to yield.
03:31He speaks through clenched teeth.
03:33Lord Archon, what is my crime?
03:34Must I bond with the second princess simply because she fancies me?
03:38I love the first princess, Isolid.
03:40The first princess trains day and night.
03:44Treats everyone with grace.
03:45The second princess is reckless, idle.
03:49Never once honed her power.
03:50If any of you were in my position, who would you choose?
03:55Every word sounds sincere, but I know exactly what's behind it.
03:58In the last life, he learned Isolid was father's chosen successor.
04:02Bond with the Archon's chosen.
04:04Share the ancestral power.
04:06Catalyze his impure Leviathan blood.
04:08Evolve into a true Leviathan.
04:10It's never been about love.
04:12It's about leverage.
04:14Father's fury deepens.
04:16The dominance aura intensifies.
04:17A filthy serpent daring to judge my daughter.
04:21You have a death wish.
04:24Father, stop.
04:25Isolid steps out from behind me.
04:27Her cheeks flush pink.
04:29Her eyes glistened with just the right amount of tears.
04:32Every word of Draven's confession, she heard it all.
04:35I accept him.
04:36Stunned silence.
04:37Father stares at her.
04:39Isolid, do you hear yourself?
04:42He is Seraphina's chosen mate.
04:44And Draymond Vos is nothing more than a mongrel serpent.
04:48Bonding with him would only drag you down.
04:51Before he finishes, Draven produces an obsidian case from inside his robes.
04:55He kneels again, presenting it to Isolid with both hands.
04:59The lid opens.
05:00Inside lies a pearl.
05:02I offer this to the first princess.
05:05Someone in the crowd recognizes it instantly.
05:07A Leviathan pearl.
05:08I glance at it, lower my lashes.
05:11Leviathan pearl.
05:12An ancient relic from the depths of the serpent's abyss.
05:15Nine out of ten who search for it, never come back.
05:17In my last life, I burned through every resource the clan gave me trying to find one for Draven.
05:22He'd held me close, voice soft.
05:24It's just a myth, Sarah.
05:26Don't waste yourself on it.
05:27The pearl was in his hands the whole time.
05:29And now, to win my sister's favor, he pulls it out without a second thought.
05:33Everything I gave him.
05:35A joke.
05:36Isolid takes the obsidian case.
05:37Deeply moved.
05:39She flicks a glance at me.
05:40Sharp.
05:41Triumphant.
05:42Then turns to father.
05:43Tears shimmer.
05:44Her voice trembles just enough.
05:46My whole life, you've favored Serafina.
05:50And now, finally, someone chooses me!
05:55Would you tear that away from your own daughter, just for Serafina's sake?
05:58Father hesitates.
05:59His gaze lingers on the Leviathan pearl.
06:02Then he turns to me.
06:04Serafina, don't make this difficult.
06:07If his heart lies with your sister, let it go.
06:09Don't be unreasonable.
06:11I close my eyes.
06:12A bone-deep exhaustion settles over me.
06:15Isolde and I share a father.
06:17That's all we share.
06:18Her mother, Ilara, was an iron-scale dragoness.
06:22The lowest subspecies among dragonkind.
06:24She died shortly after giving birth to Isolde.
06:27Too weak to survive.
06:28Father later married my mother, the previous female archon of Clan Aurelion.
06:33Pure blood, golden scale.
06:34Her blood and her rank made me the rightful heir from the moment I drew my first breath.
06:39But growing up, even the Clan could see it.
06:42Father measured us on two completely different scales.
06:45With Isolde, he was a merciless drillmaster.
06:47He threw her into the bone wastes as a child and never looked back.
06:51Even when she crawled home covered in wounds, he wouldn't let her shed a single tear.
06:56You are my daughter.
06:58Weakness is not yours to claim.
06:59With me, even though my raw talent surpassed Isolde's, he said he worried I'd suffer on the path of cultivation.
07:06Without hesitation, he pulled me out of training entirely.
07:09You don't need to be strong, Sarah.
07:11Just be happy.
07:13To everyone else, I was the pampered princess.
07:16But I knew the truth.
07:17This wasn't love.
07:18It was a leash.
07:19He was raising me to be useless.
07:21In my past life, I wandered deep into the Clan crypts by accident.
07:25Found Father kneeling before a black obsidian tombstone.
07:28The name carved into it.
07:30Ilara.
07:30His voice was low, tender.
07:32Nothing like the way he spoke to me.
07:34Ilara, my love.
07:35After all these years, it is still you.
07:38It has always been you.
07:40Rest easy.
07:42I've kept my promise.
07:44The girl knows nothing.
07:46Not her power.
07:47Not her birthright.
07:49Nothing.
07:50Our daughter will have everything she deserves.
07:53I stood in the dark.
07:54Ice spreading through my veins.
07:56He wasn't spoiling me.
07:57He was making sure I'd never threaten Isolda.
08:00Father wanted me to choose Draven Vos, a black serpent with low standing.
08:04Once bonded to him, no one in the Clan would ever take me seriously.
08:08And now, Draven has produced a Leviathan Pearl.
08:11Father seizes the chance to boost Isolda's power.
08:13Pins the label of unreasonable on me.
08:16Orders me to step aside.
08:18Fine.
08:19You want it?
08:20Take it.
08:20I agree too fast.
08:22Father blinks.
08:22Draven's eyes flicker.
08:24Isolda, though.
08:25She walks up to me, voice coated in honey.
08:27I only want what's best for you, little sister.
08:31After all, a forced bond breaks both.
08:36Tell you what.
08:37She smiles, scanning the crowd.
08:39Pick another mate.
08:41I'll bond with Draven.
08:42You'll have your own match.
08:43And Father can stop worrying.
08:45Father watches Isolda with open adoration.
08:47But they both know the truth.
08:49Every candidate invited to the Sacred Altar today is a serpent.
08:52And aside from Draven, not one of them stands out.
08:55I don't bother with her games.
08:56I raise my hand lazily and point in a random direction.
09:00That one.
09:01I'm pointing at a silver serpent.
09:03In human form, he's unexpectedly striking.
09:06Pale skin.
09:07Silver irises with slit pupils.
09:09A lean frame.
09:10Wiry but strong.
09:12Almost a match for Draven Vos in appearance.
09:14But his mana is so faint it barely registers.
09:17A candle about to gutter out.
09:19If black serpentine blood is considered low,
09:22then silver serpentine, in the eyes of dragonkind,
09:24is nothing more than a worm with scales.
09:27Apart from shifting into human form,
09:29they have almost zero combat ability.
09:31The silver serpent freezes when my finger lands on him.
09:34Isolde presses her hand to her lips, feigning concern.
09:37Each word drifts with just enough sweetness to cut.
09:40Oh, Sarah.
09:41Are you sure?
09:42He looks...
09:44Fragile.
09:45I'd hate for him to reject you, too.
09:48The silver serpent speaks.
09:49No hesitation.
09:50No way of...
09:51I accept.
09:53The entire crowd flinches.
09:55Even I pause.
09:56He walks straight out of the line,
09:58stops before me,
09:59and extends a pale, slender hand.
10:02Your Highness.
10:03My name is Kale.
10:05A beat of silence.
10:07His voice drops.
10:08Quieter.
10:09Almost to himself.
10:10I've always wanted you to know it.
10:13I take his hand.
10:15It isn't cold the way I expected.
10:16A warmth I didn't anticipate.
10:18In that instant,
10:19the skin over my collarbone flares hot.
10:22Kale's grip tightens around my fingers.
10:24He lifts his head,
10:25looks straight into my eyes.
10:26His silver irises reflect my face.
10:28If you'll have me,
10:31I swear on my blood and my bones.
10:34Not in this life or any other.
10:37Tray you.
10:38Or leave you.
10:40Golden divine light
10:41slips from the sky
10:42and cracks across the sacred altar.
10:44The ceiling is open.
10:45The flash lights up his face.
10:47Something inside my chest
10:49cracks open,
10:50melts.
10:50Kale is the first person
10:52in two lifetimes
10:53who chose me
10:54without a single moment
10:56of hesitation.
10:57The corner of my mouth
10:58lifts on its own.
10:59A voice
11:00shoves its way in
11:01from the side.
11:02Draven stands with his arms crossed,
11:04looking down at Kale
11:05like an insect.
11:05Your Highness.
11:07Silver serpentine
11:08have virtually no Morna.
11:10Bonding with him
11:11won't do a thing
11:12for your power.
11:13Kale lowers his head slightly.
11:14Not avoidance.
11:15Habit.
11:16He's heard this too many times.
11:18The smile on my lips
11:19goes cold.
11:20What's wrong, Draven?
11:21Jealous?
11:22And let's be clear.
11:24You call silver serpentine
11:26lowborn?
11:27Does black serpentine
11:29blood run any nobler?
11:31The smirk on Draven's face
11:32turns to stone.
11:33I catch it.
11:34The hatred that flashes
11:35across his features.
11:36A fraction too slow to hide.
11:38In my past life,
11:39I wasn't blind.
11:41I chose him over every candidate
11:42because he once saved my life
11:44in the bone wastes.
11:45That was the first time
11:46anyone shielded me
11:47with their own body.
11:48I thought it was real.
11:49Now he humiliates me
11:50in public
11:51and clings to my sister
11:52for power.
11:53So don't expect me
11:54to play nice.
11:55I turn to face the plan.
11:56From this day forward,
11:58Kale is under my protection.
12:00He is mine.
12:02My gaze sweeps the crowd.
12:03Touch him
12:05and you answer to me.
12:07The crowd shrinks back
12:08half a step under my stare.
12:10Draven's fists clench.
12:12Whatever makes you happy,
12:14your highness.
12:15Kale's fingertip
12:15brushes mine.
12:16I turn to look at him.
12:18Those silver-slit pupils
12:19fix on me.
12:20Fragile,
12:20trembling,
12:21and impossibly bright.
12:23You're the only one
12:23who ever swung me.
12:25Something slams against my ribs.
12:27Enough.
12:28It's time.
12:29Begin the soul bond right.
12:31Four of us step into
12:32the runic circle
12:33at the center
12:33of the sacred altar.
12:34Ancient dragon script
12:36blazes to life
12:37beneath our feet.
12:38Divine lightning strikes.
12:39The altar channels it,
12:41tearing soul fragments
12:42from each pair
12:43and branding them
12:44into irreversible bonds.
12:45But the power gap
12:46between dragon
12:47and serpent is vast.
12:49The bond's energy
12:50surges from the stronger
12:51vessel to the weaker,
12:53seeking balance,
12:53like a flood
12:54pouring into a creek.
12:56Both serpents
12:57buckle at once.
12:58Draven collapses
12:59under the force.
13:00Blood spills
13:01from the corner
13:02of his mouth.
13:03He struggles
13:03to lift his head,
13:05reaching toward Isolde.
13:06Isolde,
13:06please help me.
13:08Isolde starts
13:09to extend her hand.
13:10Father stops her cold.
13:11Serpent,
13:13your blood is barely
13:14worthy of my daughter
13:15as it stands.
13:17If you can't endure this,
13:19then it's your fate.
13:20Draven's eyes go wide.
13:21He stares at Isolde,
13:23the same woman
13:24who blushed
13:24while accepting him
13:25moments ago,
13:26now standing safely
13:27outside the circle.
13:28Her expression is calm.
13:29Deren,
13:30I am the next Archean
13:31of Clan Avelion.
13:33Every drop of my martyr
13:34is precious,
13:35so I can't give you any.
13:38Disbelief carves itself
13:39across his face.
13:40On my side,
13:41Kale is in just
13:42as bad shape.
13:43Silver scales
13:44surface along his neck
13:45and arms.
13:46His body convulses.
13:48I raise my hand
13:48to channel mana
13:49into him.
13:50Kale lurches back.
13:51Your Highness,
13:52the First Princess
13:53is right.
13:54If I can't endure
13:56the Bond's power,
13:57then it means
13:58I'm not worthy of you.
13:59They call you
14:00Lowborn
14:01and you just accept it?
14:05We're bonded now.
14:07That means we live
14:08and die together.
14:10So shut up.
14:12I grab his shoulder.
14:13Mana pours from my palm,
14:15flooding into his body
14:16in a steady,
14:17relentless stream.
14:18Golden Dragonfire
14:20threads along
14:20the Bond's pathways,
14:22flowing into him.
14:23And then I notice
14:24something strange.
14:25Kale's body
14:26absorbs my mana
14:27with impossible efficiency,
14:29as if he was born
14:30to receive this exact power.
14:32For the weakest serpent alive?
14:34That makes no sense at all.
14:36Now isn't the time to ask.
14:38I file the anomaly away.
14:40The Soulbond Rite ends.
14:43Draven lies
14:44soaked in sweat and blood,
14:46pinned to the ground,
14:47jaw locked,
14:48crimson still leaking
14:49from his mouth.
14:50Kale stands untouched.
14:52I feel Draven's stare
14:54turn to meet it.
14:55His eyes are dark,
14:57resentful,
14:57as if I owe him something.
14:59Last life,
15:00Draven barely took a scratch.
15:02I was always the one
15:03fighting his battles.
15:04Now he's chosen
15:05the clan's anointed
15:06next Archon
15:07and nearly died
15:08during his arm ceremony.
15:10And he has the nerve
15:11to look at me?
15:12I mouth one word at him.
15:14Ice cold.
15:15Deserved.
15:17Isolde doesn't notice
15:18the exchange.
15:19Her eyes close.
15:20She sinks into
15:21the fresh mana
15:22coursing through her,
15:23satisfaction spreading
15:25across her face.
15:26Father,
15:27the covenant has spoken.
15:30I'm ready to receive
15:32the Archon's flame!
15:33The crowd stirs
15:34with excitement.
15:35Every new Archon's ascension
15:37triggers the dragon's resonance.
15:39The resonance releases
15:40ambient mana
15:41that nourishes
15:42every dragon present,
15:44pushing them past barriers,
15:46sometimes by an entire rank
15:47or more.
15:48Father beams.
15:50The sacred altar
15:51is cleared.
15:52Isolde stands
15:53at the center
15:54of the open circle.
15:55She glances at me,
15:56motionless on the sideline
15:58and her lip curls.
15:59Sarah,
16:00I understand
16:01you're upset
16:02about Drahan,
16:04but that's no reason
16:05to stand in the way
16:06of the resonance.
16:09Would you drag
16:10the entire clan
16:10down with you?
16:11The crowd catches it.
16:13Murmurs swell.
16:14Your Highness,
16:16settle your quarrel
16:16with the First Princess
16:17in private.
16:18Don't delay the resonance.
16:20Draven was right.
16:21The Second Princess
16:22can't compare
16:22to the First Princess.
16:23If it were me,
16:24I'd choose
16:25the First Princess too.
16:26Draven smiles.
16:28Sarah,
16:28everyone can see
16:29the truth.
16:30I must have been blind
16:32to ever stand by you.
16:34Kale's brow furrows.
16:35He shoulders Draven aside,
16:37steps in front of me,
16:38and gently presses
16:39his hands over my ears.
16:41Their words are poison.
16:42Don't let them in.
16:43The weight on my chest
16:45lifts.
16:46I give him a real smile,
16:47then turn toward Isolde,
16:49basking in her victory,
16:50and speak calmly.
16:52Islien,
16:54you will never be Archie,
16:55and the Covenant
16:56will not grant you
16:57the flame.
16:58If you try,
16:59the resonance
17:00will destroy your power
17:01from the inside out.
17:02A beat of silence.
17:03Then the crowd
17:04bursts into laughter.
17:06Draven folds his arms,
17:07contempt dripping
17:08from every glance.
17:09Who are you
17:10to judge the first princess?
17:12If she can't be Archie,
17:14who can?
17:15You?
17:16Enough of this nonsense.
17:18Father's expression hardens.
17:21Seraphina,
17:21step aside.
17:22A flick of the wrist,
17:24Manna shoves me and Kale
17:25to the edge of the platform.
17:26Isolde locks eyes with me,
17:28triumphant.
17:29Watch closely, Sarah.
17:31Watch what centuries
17:32of sacrifice look like.
17:35Isolde stands at the heart
17:36of the Sacred Altar.
17:37She unleashes her mana.
17:39A deep hum
17:40resonates through the stone.
17:42Power radiates outward.
17:43The ground shudders.
17:47Pillars of golden light
17:49converge from every direction.
17:51Ancestral echoes
17:52of countless dragon bloodlines
17:54answer the call,
17:55weaving together
17:56into a thunderous,
17:57sky-darkening tide
17:59of resonance.
18:00Isolde stands at the center,
18:02poised,
18:02regal.
18:03Layer upon layer
18:05of golden energy
18:06knits itself
18:06into a breathtaking tapestry.
18:08A net of staggering power.
18:11The clan watches,
18:12mesmerized.
18:13The dense Manna
18:14begins to disperse,
18:16drifting toward
18:16every dragon present.
18:18Then,
18:19confusion.
18:21Strange.
18:21Why can't I absorb
18:22any of it?
18:23Same here.
18:25It just
18:25passes through me,
18:27like it doesn't recognize me.
18:29More voices.
18:31More unease.
18:32Heads turn back
18:33toward Isolde
18:34on the altar.
18:35She doesn't notice.
18:36Still lost in the moment,
18:38the ritual concludes.
18:39She bows to heaven
18:41and earth,
18:41then raises her voice.
18:43I, Isolet Aurelion,
18:44firstborn of the golden scale,
18:46call upon the dragon's
18:47re-resonance.
18:48Grant me the Archon's flame.
18:50Silence.
18:51Nothing happens.
18:53Panic flickers
18:54across her face.
18:56She prostrates herself,
18:57calls out again.
18:58I, Isolet Aurelion,
19:00invoke the rite of ascension!
19:04This time,
19:05she gets an answer.
19:06From me.
19:07I stand beside Kale,
19:09voice steady.
19:10You can kneel
19:10until your scales crack.
19:12The answer
19:13is no.
19:15Dead silence.
19:16Every pair of eyes
19:18in the clan
19:18turns to me.
19:20Father thinks
19:21I'm sabotaging
19:22the ceremony.
19:22Combined with Isolde's
19:24failed succession,
19:24his rage boils over.
19:27His full dominance aura
19:28crashes down,
19:29driving me to my knees.
19:32Seraphina,
19:33you have never
19:34disappointed me
19:35more than today.
19:36I've indulged you
19:37in everything.
19:38But this,
19:39this is the clan's future,
19:41and you keep
19:42sabotaging it.
19:45Today I'll discipline you
19:47on your mother's behalf.
19:48He raises his hand.
19:50Mana compresses
19:51into a force field,
19:52hurtling toward my face.
19:53I watch it come,
19:54calm.
19:55Draven stands nearby,
19:56suddenly anxious.
19:57Sarah,
19:57just apologize.
19:59Now.
19:59Do you actually
20:00want to get hit?
20:01The blast is anxious.
20:03He flinches.
20:04Self-preservation
20:04kicks in
20:05and darts to the side
20:06without a second thought.
20:07Then Kale launches
20:08himself forward.
20:09His eyes shift
20:10from silver
20:10to pure white.
20:11Slit pupils
20:12contract to pinpoints.
20:14Silver scales
20:14erupt across his neck
20:15and forearms.
20:16A low,
20:17guttural hiss
20:18tears from his throat.
20:19Half-shifted,
20:20he throws himself
20:20in front of me
20:21and takes the Archon's
20:22full-force strike
20:23head-on.
20:24Blood sprays
20:25from his mouth
20:26once,
20:27twice,
20:27three times
20:28and he crashes
20:29backward into me.
20:30His fingers claw at my arm,
20:31trying to push
20:32his last scraps
20:33of mana into my body.
20:35Kale,
20:35truly,
20:36completely,
20:37for me.
20:37Father sees a serpent
20:38openly defy him.
20:40Fury consumes
20:40what's left
20:41of his restraint.
20:42He begins charging
20:43another strike.
20:43In the same breath,
20:44I lean down,
20:45wrap my arms around Kale
20:47and whisper
20:47against his ear.
20:48Don't be afraid.
20:49The Covenant of Flame
20:50answers to me.
20:52Father's attack
20:53never lands.
20:55A bolt of golden
20:56dragon fire
20:56descends from the heavens.
20:58Boom.
20:58It hits Father
20:59dead on.
21:00Scales to bone,
21:01everything scorches black.
21:03But that's only
21:04the beginning.
21:05One bolt.
21:06Two,
21:07they hammer down
21:08like divine tribulation
21:09made personal.
21:10By the end,
21:11Father is blasted back
21:13into his beast form.
21:16Isolde agapes at me.
21:18Serafina,
21:19what did you do
21:20to Father?
21:21I pull my hand
21:22from Kale's healed wounds
21:24and rise slowly.
21:26Centuries ago,
21:27my mother gave her life
21:28defending Clan Auralian
21:30against the Dark Horde.
21:31The ancient dragon god
21:32Pyrasis honored her sacrifice
21:34with a divine gift
21:35to her bloodline.
21:36I,
21:36Serafina of Orion,
21:37second princess
21:38of Clan Auralian,
21:39hold the right of designation.
21:40Anyone who strikes me
21:41will face divine repriotion.
21:43And anyone who harbors
21:44malice towards me
21:45will never be Arcan.
21:46I don't believe you!
21:47You're lying!
21:49You're nothing!
21:50You haven't grown
21:50a single rank
21:51in centuries!
21:52You!
21:53Designate Archon!
21:55You must have
21:56sabotaged me!
21:57Set some trap!
21:58I won't let you
21:59get away with this!
22:00She charges at me,
22:01her flawless features
22:02twisting into
22:03something feral.
22:05I exhale.
22:07You're no exception.
22:09Golden dragon fire
22:10falls on Isolde.
22:11Her cultivation is
22:12nowhere near
22:13father's level.
22:14The bolts
22:15chase her
22:15across the platform.
22:17Scrambling,
22:18stumbling,
22:18all dignity
22:19stripped away.
22:20The same clan members
22:21who worshipped her
22:22moments ago
22:23don't dare move
22:24an inch.
22:25Sera,
22:26you hid this from me.
22:28If you'd told me
22:29the truth,
22:29I wouldn't have
22:30done it this way.
22:31I laugh.
22:32Scalding tears
22:33roll down.
22:34I wouldn't have what?
22:35I wouldn't have put a blade
22:36through my heart.
22:38Derevan,
22:38didn't I tell you?
22:40Yes,
22:40I can never be
22:41Arpen myself.
22:42But bond with me,
22:44stay faithful,
22:45and on the day
22:45I ascend,
22:46you would have
22:47evolved into
22:48a true Leviathan.
22:49Our children would
22:50have inherited
22:50the covenant.
22:52But you didn't
22:52believe me.
22:53Do you know why
22:54you were reborn
22:54with me?
22:55Because the moment
22:56I died,
22:57the bond tore
22:58your soul apart
22:59with mine.
23:00My death
23:01was yours.
23:02You just didn't
23:03feel the blade.
23:03Draven stumbles backward.
23:06He looks down
23:07at the bond mark
23:07on his hand,
23:09the one tying him
23:10to Isolda.
23:11A color drains
23:12from his face.
23:13A dragon's roar
23:14erupts from
23:15the sacred altar.
23:16Isolda,
23:17scorched,
23:18humiliated by
23:19divine retribution,
23:21consumed by jealousy
23:22over the power
23:23I hold,
23:24loses the last
23:26thread of reason.
23:27The dormant
23:27void taint
23:28in her iron scale
23:29bloodline
23:30ignites.
23:31She shifts
23:31into beast form.
23:32Golden scales
23:33begin to darken
23:34at the edges.
23:35Her eyes bleed
23:36from gold
23:37to the empty
23:38black of the void.
23:39Her dragon form
23:40warps,
23:41twists,
23:41until she looks
23:42less like a noble
23:43dragon and more
23:44like something
23:45that clawed its way
23:46out of an abyss.
23:48Why?
23:51Why's her mother
23:52purebred and
23:53mine was not?
23:54Why does she
23:55get everything
23:56without lifting
23:57a finger?
23:57I refuse to
23:58accept this.
23:59It should all
24:00be mine!
24:01She attacks
24:03indiscriminately.
24:04Corrupted dragon
24:05fire sprays
24:06in every direction.
24:08Clan members
24:09scatter,
24:09screaming.
24:10The sacred altar,
24:12once solemn
24:12and revered,
24:13becomes an inferno.
24:16Father drags
24:17himself toward me
24:18in beast form.
24:19Tears line
24:20his reptilian eyes.
24:23Sarah,
24:24please,
24:25spare Islet.
24:26This is all
24:27my fault.
24:27I was wrong.
24:28I should never
24:29have done
24:30what I did
24:30to you.
24:31But she has
24:32trained for
24:33centuries.
24:34I can't watch
24:35her lose
24:36everything.
24:37I look into
24:38his eyes.
24:39My mother's
24:39last words
24:40echo back.
24:41Sarah,
24:42I hate him.
24:44You know what
24:44the saddest part
24:45of my life is?
24:46I can never
24:47compete with
24:48a ghost.
24:50There is one
24:51way to save
24:51her power.
24:52Hope flares
24:53in his gaze.
24:55Darren is bonded
24:56to Islet.
24:57He bears
24:58half her
24:58karmic burden.
25:00Appoint a
25:00Draven.
25:01To save her,
25:02you'll need
25:02to sacrifice
25:03him.
25:04Extract his
25:04serpent's
25:05core.
25:05Let Islet
25:06absorb it
25:07completely.
25:07She'll
25:07stabilize.
25:11No!
25:12Take my
25:13core and
25:13I'll never
25:14evolve!
25:14Never become
25:15a Leviathan!
25:17Sarah,
25:18this is
25:18revenge!
25:19Father doesn't
25:20even glance at
25:21him.
25:21Serpent,
25:22you swore
25:24you'd give
25:24everything for
25:25Isleth.
25:27Now keep
25:28your word!
25:29Father extracts
25:30the serpent's
25:30core himself.
25:31The moment
25:32the fist-sized
25:33pulsing black
25:34crystal is
25:35torn free.
25:36In that
25:37instant,
25:37Draven seems
25:38to age
25:38centuries.
25:40He can only
25:40watch as
25:41father feeds
25:42the core to
25:42Isolda.
25:43No!
25:45I've seen
25:46enough.
25:46Kale leans
25:47against my
25:47shoulder,
25:48voice low.
25:49Sarah,
25:50let's go.
25:51Deep into
25:52the night,
25:52I lean against
25:53the edge of
25:53the Moonveil
25:54hot springs.
25:55A silver
25:56serpent glides
25:57across the
25:57surface toward
25:58me.
25:58Kale shifts
25:59to human
25:59form.
26:00He rests
26:01against me,
26:02letting my
26:02palm wander
26:03across his
26:04chest.
26:05I study
26:05him.
26:06Kale's
26:06silver irises
26:07glow faintly
26:08in the dark.
26:09No calculation
26:10in them.
26:10Nothing but
26:11feeling.
26:12Deep,
26:12bare,
26:13bottomless.
26:14The question
26:14has been
26:14circling since
26:15this morning.
26:16We've never
26:16met before.
26:17Why does he
26:18feel like this
26:18about me?
26:19Is it because
26:20of my title?
26:21Kale reads
26:21the doubt on
26:22my face.
26:22This isn't the
26:23first time
26:24we've met.
26:25His silver
26:26scales shimmer.
26:27Memory fragments
26:28flow through the
26:28bond and into
26:29my mind.
26:30A flash,
26:31a finger-length
26:32silver snake
26:33pinned under
26:34the boots of
26:35dragon-born boys,
26:36battered and
26:37bleeding.
26:38A younger version
26:38of me barges in,
26:40plants herself
26:40between them,
26:41and chases them
26:42off with a tongue
26:43lashing.
26:44Another flash,
26:45the little silver
26:46snake, barely
26:47alive, curled in a
26:48crack between rocks.
26:49A teenage version
26:50of me crouches
26:51down, a wild
26:52rabbit, a handful
26:54of berries, again
26:55and again.
26:56Without knowing
26:57it, I saved him
26:58more times than I
26:59can count.
27:00The last image,
27:01Kale, now in
27:02human form, standing
27:03at the farthest
27:04edge of the crowd,
27:05watching me on the
27:06sacred altar, about
27:07to begin the soul
27:08bond rite with
27:09Draven.
27:10The memory breaks
27:10off.
27:11My voice comes
27:12out rough.
27:13Is this about
27:14dead?
27:14You chose me
27:15because I saved
27:16you?
27:17It isn't
27:17suspicion, it's
27:19fear, fear that
27:20one day, he'll
27:20say what Draven
27:21said, that I
27:22chained him
27:22with kindness.
27:24I didn't fall
27:24in love with
27:24you because you
27:25saved me.
27:26I was already
27:26in love with
27:27you.
27:28Everything you
27:29did only proved
27:30I wasn't
27:30wrong.
27:33My heart
27:33hammers against
27:34my ribs.
27:35Kale rests
27:36his head on
27:36my shoulder.
27:37His voice
27:38drops to a
27:38murmur, warm
27:39breath against
27:40my skin.
27:41From now on,
27:42you're all I
27:42have.
27:43You scared
27:44me today.
27:45Will you
27:46stay close
27:47tonight?
27:48His lower
27:49half shifts,
27:50silver tail
27:51coiling around
27:51my calf,
27:52sliding higher,
27:53slow, deliberate,
27:55my eyes narrow,
27:56my voice drops,
27:57a little hoarse.
27:59What kind of
28:00close did you
28:01have in mind?
28:02He leans in.
28:03Hot spring
28:04water laps
28:05over both
28:05our shoulders.
28:06Silver scale
28:07marks glow
28:08beneath the
28:08surface.
28:09Kale's body
28:10temperature rises
28:11the instant he
28:12presses against
28:12me.
28:13Nothing like
28:13the cold
28:14serpents are
28:14known for.
28:15You're warm.
28:17Only when I
28:18touch you.
28:19His lips
28:19find my
28:20collarbone.
28:21Then, a
28:21sharp, brief
28:22sting.
28:23A silver
28:24serpent mark
28:24brands itself
28:25into my skin.
28:26Nate mark.
28:27I grip the
28:27back of his
28:28neck and
28:28bite down.
28:29A golden
28:30dragon scale
28:31mark surfaces
28:32on his
28:32nape.
28:32From this
28:33moment, the
28:34bond is
28:34absolute.
28:35He is
28:36mine, and
28:36I am
28:37his.
28:37One night
28:38of passion.
28:39Serpents
28:39aren't that
28:40impressive,
28:40honestly.
28:41He just
28:41flipped me
28:42around and
28:42wore me out
28:43until dawn.
28:44I could
28:44barely stand.
28:45The next
28:46morning, I
28:47haul myself
28:47upright, one
28:49hand braced
28:49on my lower
28:50back, and
28:51kick Kale
28:51in the
28:52side.
28:52He blinks
28:53up at me,
28:54genuinely
28:54wounded.
28:55Did I
28:55break you?
28:57Satisfied.
28:57Very
28:58satisfied.
28:59Kale
28:59scrambles up
29:00to help
29:00me walk.
29:01We barely
29:02make it
29:02past the
29:03sanctum's
29:03ward line
29:04before I
29:04stop.
29:05Someone
29:05is crouching
29:06outside the
29:06barrier.
29:07Draven.
29:08Draven
29:09looks years
29:10older than
29:10yesterday.
29:11His gaze
29:11finds the
29:12silver
29:12mate mark
29:13on my
29:13collarbone.
29:14His pupils
29:14shrink.
29:15His face
29:15goes gray.
29:16He stares
29:17for a long
29:17time before
29:18he speaks.
29:19Sarah, I
29:19was wrong.
29:21Isoleth and
29:22your father,
29:23they don't see
29:24me as a
29:24living thing.
29:25Only you
29:26ever treated
29:27me as an
29:27equal.
29:28Draven
29:29thought bonding
29:29with the
29:29Archon's
29:30chosen would
29:31launch him
29:31to the
29:31top.
29:32But beyond
29:32that
29:32Leviathan
29:33pearl, he
29:34has nothing
29:34of value
29:35to offer.
29:36They stripped
29:36him and
29:37threw him
29:37aside.
29:38Last
29:38night, father's
29:39rage needed
29:40a target.
29:41He doesn't
29:41dare touch
29:42me again.
29:43Those dozen
29:44bolts of
29:44divine dragon
29:45fire already
29:46hammered him
29:46back to
29:47beast form.
29:48Provoking me
29:48further might
29:49annihilate his
29:50soul entirely.
29:51But the fury
29:52needed somewhere
29:53to go.
29:53The daughter he
29:54spent years
29:55crippling turns
29:56out to be the
29:56covenant's bearer.
29:58Everything he
29:58built for
29:59Isolda, a
30:00joke, overnight.
30:01So he turned
30:02on Draven.
30:03A mongrog like
30:04you is utterly
30:05useless.
30:07You're not
30:08even fit to
30:08be my
30:08daughter's
30:09pet.
30:10I'm starting
30:10to wonder if
30:11your little
30:11display was a
30:12performance you
30:13and Seraphina
30:14arranged together.
30:16Father used a
30:16soul siphon on
30:17Draven, forced
30:18his way through
30:19layer after layer
30:20of memory, searching
30:22for proof of
30:23betrayal.
30:23The process is
30:24agony.
30:25He found
30:26nothing.
30:27Draven barely
30:28survived, but
30:29relief didn't
30:29last.
30:30When Isolde
30:31awoke and the
30:32full humiliation
30:33of the day
30:33settled in,
30:34something in
30:35her curdled.
30:36She seized
30:36Draven by the
30:37throat, teeth
30:38bared.
30:39You declared
30:39your love for
30:40me in front
30:40of everyone,
30:42and when it
30:42mattered, you
30:43chose a worthless
30:44organ over my
30:45life.
30:45Devin Vox, you
30:47deserve to
30:47rot.
30:50I look at his
30:51broken body, feel
30:52nothing.
30:53The moment that
30:54blade went
30:54through my heart,
30:55whatever connected
30:56us died with
30:57me.
30:57Kale speaks
30:58for me.
30:58You merely
30:59hu-iliated
31:00Seraphina in
31:01public, then
31:02abandoned Isoleth
31:03when she needed
31:04you, and
31:06now you come
31:06crawling back.
31:08Draven, where
31:09is your shame?
31:11Killing intent
31:11flashes in
31:12Draven's eyes.
31:13His body
31:14tenses.
31:15Then the
31:15realization
31:16crashes in.
31:17No serpent's
31:18core, no
31:19power, just a
31:20shell.
31:21He crumbles,
31:23pleading.
31:23Seraph, you
31:24hold the right
31:25of dezygonation.
31:26You must be
31:27able to break
31:27a bond too,
31:28right?
31:28Break my bond
31:29with Isoleth,
31:29and I'll serve
31:31alongside the
31:31White Spurpent.
31:32as your mate.
31:33After everything
31:34we had, you'll
31:36help me.
31:37I know you
31:38will.
31:39Kale's head
31:39whips toward
31:40me, panic
31:41in his eyes.
31:43How adorable.
31:44You actually
31:45believe that.
31:49Darren, why
31:50would I help
31:51you?
31:51I gave you
31:52everything.
31:53You wanted
31:54her.
31:55I carried
31:55your child.
31:56You put a
31:57blade through
31:58my heart.
31:58I gave you
32:00the right to
32:00stand on the
32:01Sacred Ultra.
32:02You humiliated
32:03me in front
32:03of my entire
32:04clan.
32:04Every.
32:05Single.
32:06One.
32:07The fact that
32:08you're still
32:08breathing is
32:09mercy enough.
32:10The light
32:10dies in
32:11Draven's eyes,
32:12a long
32:12silence.
32:13Then he
32:13covers his
32:14face and a
32:15strangled sound
32:15escapes.
32:16What have I done?
32:17He knows me
32:18well enough to
32:18know I don't
32:19look back.
32:20Draven returns
32:21to Isoled.
32:22In my last
32:22life, I never
32:23let anyone in
32:24the clan
32:24belittle him.
32:25I shielded his
32:26pride at every
32:27turn.
32:27In public,
32:28in private.
32:29Isoled doesn't
32:30bother with any
32:30of that.
32:31She tears him
32:32apart in front
32:33of everyone.
32:34Strips him down
32:35to nothing
32:36whenever the
32:36mood strikes.
32:38The clan
32:39follows her
32:39lead.
32:40They only kneel
32:41to whoever
32:42holds the
32:42leash.
32:44Draven's life
32:44now, compared
32:45to the one I
32:46gave him,
32:47worlds apart.
32:49Father summons
32:50me to the
32:50Sacred Altar.
32:51Before the
32:52entire clan,
32:53he performs the
32:54appropriate gesture,
32:55forces Isoled to
32:56lower her head
32:57and kneel in front
32:58of me.
32:58But her words
32:59give everything
33:00away.
33:00Sarah, perhaps
33:01father went too
33:02far, but the
33:03clan cannot go a
33:04single day without
33:05an Archen.
33:06Would the
33:06Covenant let
33:07clan Aureon
33:08crumble, just to
33:09protect you?
33:10Let's set our
33:10differences aside.
33:12The clan's
33:12survival matters
33:13more than either
33:14of us.
33:15Not an apology,
33:16a negotiation.
33:18It works on the
33:19crowd.
33:20Hesitation ripples
33:21through, then
33:22voices join in.
33:23Your Highness, the
33:24last Archic, your
33:25mother, gave her
33:26life to protect us
33:27from the Dark
33:27Horde.
33:28The Dark Horde is
33:29growing restless.
33:30Without a new
33:31Archen, when the
33:32wards fall, we
33:33won't survive a
33:33single assault.
33:35Please, grant the
33:37succession to the
33:38first princess.
33:39I stay silent.
33:41My gaze catches the
33:42knowing glance Isoled
33:43and father exchange.
33:45The picture
33:45crystallizes.
33:47Father, mother was
33:48right about you.
33:49You have no vision.
33:51You'd do anything to
33:52put your first love's
33:53daughter on the throne.
33:54Even lie to the
33:55entire clan!
33:57Seraphina, what are
33:58you talking about?
33:59I raise my hand.
34:00The Covenant responds.
34:02Every clan member's
34:03mana rank materializes
34:04before my eyes, laid
34:06bare.
34:07Isoled's power is
34:08impressive, radiant
34:09even, but she's not
34:10the strongest here.
34:11Issa Leith is your
34:13arch's chosen.
34:14But Clan Avelian has
34:16never chosen its
34:17Archen by blood.
34:19It has always been
34:20by strength.
34:21My mother put you
34:22in power to prevent
34:23a civil war, and
34:25after all these years
34:26you just couldn't let
34:26go.
34:27A voice rings out
34:28from the crowd.
34:29Thyra, Copper
34:30Scale Dragon, the
34:31only one who never
34:32mocked me since the
34:33Selection Rite.
34:35She stands straight
34:37backed.
34:37Power should be
34:38earned by those who
34:39prove it, not handed
34:41to those born with
34:42the right name.
34:43I meet her eyes, give
34:44a single nod.
34:46Clan Arion will hold
34:47open trial of merit.
34:49Whoever stands last
34:50earns the right to
34:52rule.
34:52The Clan erupts in
34:54cheers.
34:55Only Father and Isolda
34:56stand pale and still.
34:58That night, Kale clings
35:00to me as usual.
35:01He nuzzles his forehead
35:02into the curve of my
35:03neck.
35:04His nose brushes my
35:05jaw.
35:06I sigh, about to pull
35:07him closer.
35:08The world lurches.
35:09I sense it instantly.
35:11The ward barrier
35:12shattered.
35:13Drake's fire's
35:14protective wards were
35:15set by my mother,
35:16sealed with a fragment
35:17of her own soul.
35:19No dark horde, no
35:20matter how powerful,
35:21could breach them
35:22easily, unless someone
35:23opened them from the
35:24inside.
35:25By the time Kale and
35:27I reach the surface,
35:28Drake's fire is in
35:29chaos.
35:30Dark horde.
35:31Everywhere.
35:32High-tier beasts
35:33rampaging through the
35:34clan.
35:35A dragon hatchling is
35:37pinned under a beast's
35:38clawed foot, seconds
35:39from death.
35:40I move without
35:41thinking.
35:41One strike, the head
35:43rolls.
35:43Warm blood splashes
35:45across the hatchling's
35:46face.
35:46She throws herself
35:47into my arms, sobbing.
35:49Your highness, I
35:50almost died.
35:51Mama and my sister,
35:53they led the beasts
35:54away to protect me.
35:55I hand her to Kale,
35:57tell him to keep her
35:58hidden, and run in the
35:59direction she pointed.
36:00I arrive to find the
36:01mother and sister
36:02cornered by a pack of
36:03beasts, barely hanging
36:05on.
36:06I cut in.
36:08Save one.
36:09Then a second.
36:10A third.
36:11Through the smoke and
36:12carnage I spot
36:13Phyra.
36:14She's shifted.
36:15Copper dragon form.
36:16Leading a small squad in
36:18a defensive line.
36:19Shielding the elderly,
36:20the young, the wounded.
36:22Her commands are sharp.
36:23Her fighting is vicious.
36:24I make a note of her.
36:25By the end, I'm running
36:27on fumes.
36:27Then I see them.
36:28Isolde.
36:29Father.
36:29No surprise.
36:30The moment I announced
36:31the trial of merit, I
36:33felt it through the
36:33covenant.
36:34Someone was deliberately
36:35weakening the ward
36:36barrier.
36:37I knew he'd gamble
36:38everything.
36:39Isolde crouches in front
36:40of me.
36:41Her arm moves.
36:42A blade punches
36:43through my chest.
36:44I cough blood.
36:45Her eyes are fully
36:46black now.
36:47Void corruption running
36:48deeper than before.
36:50Sarah, so what if you
36:51hold the covenant?
36:52Put you in the ground
36:53and the next arch
36:55will still be me!
36:56I look down at the
36:57sword in my chest.
36:58Then I look up at
37:00Isolde.
37:00I smile.
37:02Thank you, sister.
37:03I needed you to do
37:04exactly that.
37:06Isolde freezes.
37:08Pain blazes through
37:09me.
37:10Stamped into the
37:11soul.
37:11A memory the body
37:12never forgets.
37:13I can't stop the
37:14trembling.
37:16Father walks to my
37:17side.
37:18His voice is almost
37:19gentle.
37:19If you weren't the
37:20bearer, if you
37:21hadn't stood in
37:22Isolde's way, I
37:24might have let you
37:24live.
37:25Pity.
37:26I lift my head.
37:28My voice doesn't
37:29waver.
37:30So to kill me, you
37:33broke the ward
37:34barrier.
37:35Let the dark
37:36horde in.
37:38Let your own
37:40people die!
37:41Father doesn't
37:42blink.
37:42Acceptable losses.
37:43Everything I've done
37:45is to give
37:46Islith the flame.
37:48To give the clan a
37:50stronger leader.
37:52The weak die to
37:53beasts because they
37:55were never meant to
37:56survive.
37:57One thrust isn't
37:58enough for Isolde.
37:59She snaps.
38:00The blade drives into
38:01me again and again,
38:02pouring out everything
38:03she's held in.
38:04I'm stronger than
38:06you!
38:06Why do you get to
38:08decide?
38:08I suffered for
38:09centuries and I
38:11was so close.
38:13And you took it
38:14all away with a
38:16few words.
38:18Even Drarren.
38:20Her teeth grind
38:21harder.
38:22That mongrel said
38:24he regretted choosing
38:25me.
38:26Said I could never
38:28compare to you.
38:30So I took his
38:32core.
38:33Let him go ahead
38:34and wait for you.
38:36Sarah, the clan's
38:37faith belongs to
38:38me.
38:40So you have to
38:42die!
38:43Behind me, the
38:44roar of beasts.
38:46The screams of the
38:47dying, all tangled
38:48together.
38:49I look at Isolde
38:50when the covenant
38:51granted me the
38:51right of designation.
38:53It also feared the
38:55power would be too
38:56concentrated.
38:57So it sealed half
38:58my divine power
38:59inside you as
39:00your talent, and
39:02it barred me from
39:02becoming Archon
39:03myself.
39:04If you had truly
39:05served the clan, if
39:07you'd held no malice
39:09towards me, the
39:10succession would have
39:11been yours without
39:11question.
39:12But you chose the
39:13wrong path.
39:14Your suffering wasn't
39:15my doing.
39:16It was father's
39:17obsession and your
39:18own hunger for power.
39:19But you blamed me for
39:20all of it.
39:21And now that you've
39:22struck me with intent
39:23to kill, the seal is
39:30broken, Isoleth.
39:34Your talent was never
39:35yours.
39:36It was my power
39:38holding you up.
39:39Now it comes home.
39:40The blade buried in my
39:41body erupts with golden
39:43light.
39:43Isolde tries to release
39:44the hilt.
39:45Her hands won't move.
39:46Mana drains from her
39:47body, torrential,
39:48unstoppable, flooding
39:49into mine.
39:51Father, help me!
39:52My power!
39:53It's draining!
39:55I look up at father.
39:57He's always loved
39:58Isoled best, the
39:59daughter of the woman
40:00who owned his heart.
40:01That devotion never
40:02wavered.
40:03Not even now.
40:04He moves to kill me
40:05outright.
40:06But in his desperation,
40:07he forgets.
40:08Striking me carries a
40:10price.
40:12This time, the covenant
40:13shows no mercy.
40:15Golden dragon fire
40:16hammers father until
40:18his soul disintegrates.
40:19He scatters into
40:20nothing before our
40:22eyes.
40:23Isolde doesn't have
40:23time to grieve.
40:24Every shred of gifted
40:26talent has been
40:26reclaimed.
40:27Her mana plummets to
40:29that of an ordinary
40:30dragon.
40:30And behind her, the
40:31dark horde circles.
40:33I pull the sword from
40:34my chest and walk
40:35away.
40:36Isolde finally grasps
40:38her situation.
40:39Terror floods her
40:39face.
40:40Sarah, you can't do
40:41this to me!
40:42I'm Isoleth!
40:43I'm the first princess
40:44of Clan Arion!
40:46I'm your sister!
40:47You can't abandon
40:48me for those!
40:49Scream behind me.
40:51This time, I don't
40:52turn around.
40:52I drive out every
40:53last beast and rebuild
40:55order on Drake's
40:56fire.
40:56The hatchling from
40:57before runs up and
40:58wraps herself around
40:59my leg.
41:00Your highness, without
41:01you I'd be an
41:02orphan!
41:03Clan members who
41:03used to look through
41:04me now kneel at my
41:05feet.
41:06Your highness, we
41:07were blind before.
41:08You drove back the
41:09horde.
41:10You saved
41:10dragon spine.
41:11The archon's crown
41:12belongs to you.
41:14I shake my head.
41:15I place the archon's
41:16crown into Thyra's
41:17hands.
41:17The one who never
41:18mocked me.
41:19The first to stand up
41:20for an open trial.
41:21The one who held the
41:22line when the dark
41:22horde came, shielding
41:24the weak, saving lives
41:25while others ran.
41:27I will always protect
41:28Clan Arion, but the
41:29archon's seat was never
41:30meant to be inherited
41:31by blood.
41:32Power belongs to those
41:33who protect, not those
41:34who take.
41:35Thyra is the right
41:35choice.
41:36I return to the
41:37sanctum, devote myself
41:38to cultivation.
41:39With my full divine
41:39power restored, my
41:41strength surges beyond
41:42anything I imagined.
41:43Divine tribulation
41:44descends, bolt after
41:45bolt, and I weather
41:46every one.
41:47Then, ascension.
41:48Under the gaze of the
41:49entire clan, I shift
41:51into my true form, a
41:52complete golden dragon
41:53blazing against the
41:54sky.
41:55A silver dragon coils
41:56beside me.
41:57Kale, transformed
41:58through the bond.
41:59No longer silver
42:00serpentine, a silver
42:01dragon.
42:02Though his clingy
42:02nature hasn't changed
42:03one bit, his voice
42:04flows through the
42:05bond.
42:05Where you go, I go.
42:07That was the oath.
42:08I tilt my dragon head
42:09toward him, then hold
42:10on tight.
42:10I've heard the divine
42:12realm has terrible
42:13weather.
42:13Two dragons, one
42:15gold, one silver,
42:16spiral upward and
42:17vanish into the
42:18clouds.
42:18They never come
42:19back.
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