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00:01I was born with a blood scent that could make dragon lords lose control.

00:04Pure breeding blood, the rarest kind in 300 years.

00:08At my mating ceremony, I crawled past the sacred gold offerings

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 ten years, I watched his dragon eyes learn to hate my scent.

00:27On my 18th birthday feast, the king called me before the throne.

00:31Freya, choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.

00:36Before I could answer, Caelan's voice cut across the hall.

00:39I would rather be torn apart by wild dragon knees than mate her.

00:44Something 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.

00:55But 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.

01:27His figure was the last thing I saw. He never looked back.

01:31Then lights split open. I woke on cold marble, gasping.

01:35I 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.

02:01If I couldn't marry him, I'd go finish myself.

02:03The court exploded. I had refused Valeria's golden prince and chosen his uncle.

02:08The cursed black silver dragon. The most fierce dragon who destroyed wild dragonkins for 200 years.

02:20Lucian Dravenmore fell coma since a year ago on the northern war front.

02:25Hurt by an unseen blade with curse, the healers said he would never wake. I knew they were wrong.

02:30In my last life, Lucian woke during my third year in hellish marriage.

02:34When dragonborn ladies had cornered me in the kitchens, they laughed, tore my sleeves and called me a barren human

02:40leech.

02:41Then a broken dragon rose from his wheeled chair.

02:44Lucian Dravenmore stood between us, half crippled.

02:47But, still terrifying. Back to now.

02:50Little one. Marrying Lucian would waste your gift. Choose another lord. Someone who can speak to you.

02:56I kept my forehead against the marble floor.

02:58Your 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.

03:05The court went quiet. Only left the sound of my 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.

03:21My queen will arrange the wedding for you too.

03:23I rose my bloody forehead and crumbling stood up.

03:26I 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.

03:38Last life, though he's still weak, he's nice to me. I'll save him this time.

03:42We'll claw our way out of this shithole. Together.

03:44For three days, I slept like someone freed from a cage.

03:49Then came the knock at Ashbourne Hall.

03:52The 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.

04:01Dragonflowers scented the stone. Then she stopped and bowed.

04:05Your highness, Crown Prince.

04:08I lifted my head. It's Caelan.

04:20Caelan stepped into the lamplight. He looked exactly like a future king. Proud and untouchable. Beautiful in the cruel Valorian

04:27way.

04:28Your 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. He always tossed them to the palace drakes.

04:43Stop this pathetic chase, Freya. You are marrying my uncle now. Try to have some dignity. You 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 Valoria.

05:14His pupils narrowed, then went black.

05:30Queen Marianne heard me out in silence. And before I had even finished my audience with her, my wedding to

05:37Lucien 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, Darrenmore receives you with honour.

05:48In my last life, Crown Tower never gave me this much respect. Some nobles called it widowhood with a title.

05:54I ignored them.

05:55Dravenmore had already given me more honour than Crown Tower ever did. When I reached Dravenmore keep, Gareth Thorne led

06:01me 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.

06:17I 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. Then the air broke

06:41open. Dark pressure slammed through the room.

06:43Black silver scales erupted along his neck. Windows cracked. His hand shot up and caught my throat. Not gentle, not

06:49soft.

06:50Dragon fire exploded from his body, scorching the ceiling and bed frame. I gasped, gripping his wrist.

06:56Lucien!

06:57His fingers burned against my skin, yet he didn't push me away.

07:15His hand and cold feet were my eyes.

07:15He killed me. His eyes and light candles!

07:19His 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, dragon flame lighting up the sky. Gareth broke

07:42through the door.

07:43My lady.

07:44I touched my neck. It was bruised. Lucien lay still again, but his breathing had changed. Deeper, stronger. The curse

07:51had 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. By dawn, healers filled the

07:59hall. Gareth locked down the entire floor.

08:11No one tells the Royal Citadel what happened last night. The mate Flyam responded to the marriage bond. That's all

08:17anyone needs to know.

08:18The bruise on my neck was already dark. A healer offered to treat it. Leave it.

08:23I went back to Lucien's room. He was still. But the black silver scales on his hand had not faded.

08:28His 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.

08:37His fingers moved. Barely. The 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.

08:52Goldfire 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.

09:04So it's true.

09:06She looked at the burned post.

09:07They say Freya looked more like a duchess than a widow.

09:11Careful, Caelan. People might think you're the one who got left behind.

09:16That afternoon, Caelan called his steward.

09:18The Ashborough war records we archived move them to the sealed vault and send a message to the Royal Pharmacy.

09:23Any requests from Draven Moor go through my office first.

10:07Have a wonderful day.

10:07See you next week.

10:07Bye.

10:08Bye.

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 parlour.

10:31Then she can come here.

10:32The servants froze.

10:33Davenmoor Keep is not Selene Villavas's house, and I am not her guest.

10:37Gareth stood behind me.

10:39He said nothing.

10:39Every servant in the hall understood it.

10:41Gareth supported me as Lady Dravenmoor.

10:43Bring me Lucian's healer records, medicine ledgers, and night watch lists now.

10:47Selene arrived with a soft smile.

10:48Freya, you were married yesterday.

10:50Leave the household matters to me.

10:52This isn't household business.

10:53This is my husband's life.

10:54Selene kept smiling, but her eyes didn't.

10:57By sunset, I found the first problem in the medicine logs.

11:00Some herbs were not healing Lucian.

11:01They were suppressing his dragon blood.

11:03He wasn't too weak to wake.

11:04Someone was keeping him asleep.

11:06I needed the source records, where the herbs came from, who ordered them.

11:09The trail pointed to the royal pharmacy.

11:11I sent a rider to request the purchase records.

11:14The 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.

11:21I understood.

11:22Selene'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.

11:30Send Rowan.

11:30Let my son teach her what happens to lonely wives in this house.

11:57Rowan Voss waited outside my chamber door.

12:00He smelled of wine.

12:02Lady Dravenmoor.

12:03I stopped.

12:04Come on.

12:04Your husband can't even open his eyes.

12:07Don'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 Lucian's bed.

12:16Then I slapped him.

12:17Servants rushed over.

12:19No one dared speak.

12:20Rowan wiped blood from his lip.

12:21My mother will hear about this.

12:24Good.

12:24Tell Lady Selene I saved her the trouble.

12:27His face twisted.

12:28My mother!

12:28Your mother failed to raise you.

12:31That makes it my problem now.

12:33I 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.

12:41The 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.

12:49My mother knows about Lucian's medicine.

12:51He looked up, shaking.

12:52She knows who kept him asleep.

12:54And Crown Tower knows she knows.

12:55I wasn't...

13:25I was...

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14:03At dawn, Gareth brought me Rowan's confession.

14:06He 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, and find me a healer who doesn't answer to Salona or

14:20the Royal Pharmacy.

14:22By breakfast, the hall was full. Servants stood with their heads down.

14:26Salona 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'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.

14:54You 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.

15:25When?

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. He was using his nephew's health as the

15:37excuse.

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16:35Yes.

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19:34Gareth's contact in Crown Tower sent word.

19:37The delegation was leaving one day early.

19:39I locked the chamber door and sat beside Lucian.

19:41I can handle Selina.

19:42I can handle the servants and the whispers.

19:45But I can't fight your nephew and the Crown at the same time.

19:47Not alone.

19:48His hand was warm.

19:49The scales pulsed.

19:50I need you to wake up.

19:52Silence.

19:52Then his fingers closed around mine.

19:55Freya.

19:55His dark gold eyes opened.

19:57Who came into my keep and thought he could question my wife for protecting me.

20:01Lucian sat up in bed.

20:02Black silver flame tore through the room.

20:04He looked at the bruise on my neck.

20:06Who did this?

20:07You.

20:08When your dragon blood broke through.

20:10He touched the bruise.

20:11Black silver light wrapped around my neck.

20:13It faded under his hand.

20:14Outside, every dragon torch in Dravenmore keep lit at once.

20:17The whole northern sky burned silver.

20:19In Crown Tower, a rider burst through the gate.

20:24Your highness, Dragon Onmore's fire just lit the northern line.

20:27All of it.

20:27Caelan stood up.

20:28The duke is awake.

20:29Caelan's cup shattered in his hand.

20:44Caelan's cup shattered in his hand.

20:45That was aReal.

20:46Caelan's cup gördense into him.

20:50Caelan's cup truly stewards of state, Blue, Civility.

20:51First of all, Caelan's sty lead.

21:00Caelan's cupbearer.

21:01comparison Grie.

21:02Caelan's cupbearer.

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23:22The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon.

23:25They expected a sleeping Duke. They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main hall.

23:29He leaned on a cane. His face was pale, but black-silver pressure filled the room so hard the candles

23:34bent sideways.

23:35The late physician swallowed.

23:37Your Grace, Crown Prince Caelan sent us to review your treatment.

23:40Lucian looked at him.

23:41My nephew sends doctors into my keep without asking me?

23:44No one answered.

23:46The Crown is concerned for your health.

23:48My wife kept me alive while your prince tried to take control of my be-medicine.

23:53From today on, Dravenmore's healers answer to me and Lady Davenmore, no one else.

23:57The delegation left before sunset.

23:59Caelan watched from the upper hall, white-faced.

24:01That night, she sent a servant through the east gate with a sealed message.

24:04I watched him disappear into the dark road.

24:06I could stop him, but I didn't. I want to see who will answer.

24:09Later, Lucian found me by the chamber fire.

24:12How much did they make you carry alone?

24:14His jaw tightened.

24:17I'll start carrying it with you.

24:40The Hots of Health was trained by the

24:41The Hots of Health.

24:43What do they need?

24:46They were dangerous as a nurse.

24:46The Hots of Health.

24:51What do they need?

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26:05At dawn, Lucien ordered the ledgers sealed. Gareth brought iron boxes from Selene's office, tax books, supply lists, military payment

26:13rolls. By noon, the truth was on the table.

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26:21He placed another page down.

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26:25Rowan's name was written beside the account. Selene gripped her sleeve.

26:28My husband died for this house. I raised my son here. I made sacrifices.

26:34Lucien looked at her.

26:35You sold my soldiers food and called it sacrifice?

26:38I protected Drevenmore while you slept.

26:40No. You fed off it.

26:43The hall went silent. Rowan was dragged in, bruised and terrified.

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. She will remain under guard in the east wing.

27:10Then he turned to me.

27:12The accounts are yours now.

27:13Every servant in the hall dropped to one knee.

27:16For the first time, they were not kneeling because Lucien had woken.

27:20They were kneeling because I had won.

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34:32The news reached Crown Tower by nightfall, Kaelin read the report once, then gold fire

34:37burst from his hand. Half the death burned before the guards could move. He threw out my delegation?

34:42The messenger shook. Yes, your highness. Lady Selina has been confined. Rowan Vos is in the dungeon.

34:47Kaelin's eyes went gold. Freya did this. Lucien did this. Freya gave him the knife. Later, Queen

34:54Marion called House Marion into her private chamber. If Lucien speaks of the northern war front,

34:58every old wound opens. A lord leaned close. Then we strike first. At court, accuse him of hiding

35:04troops, ignoring royal summons and using illness to build power in the north. At the same time,

35:08Kaelin went to King Alaric. Father, Uncle Lucien just woke from a curse. He should return to the

35:13royal citadel for treatment. You sound very concerned. Kaelin's mouth tightened. He is family.

35:18Across the hall, Princess Anya heard enough. That night, she found Edric Ravenshade near the chapel.

35:23Your cousin is walking into a trap. Which cousin? The one Freya married. Try to keep up.

35:29Edric's face changed. Send word to Dravenmore. Tell Lady Dravenmore the queen is moving first.

35:37The one Freya married. Tell Lady Dravenmore the queen is moving first.

36:04Tell Texad.

36:06Tell Lady Dravenmore. Tell Lady Dravenmore the queen married. Yousse well.

36:23Tell Lady Dravencore the queen looks up to you, and she Mandes bond.

36:24Tell Lady Dravenmore the queen is moving first. In an eye of the queen.

36:25She is raising Moira. She speaks to her demons in the house and my family.

36:25She says, a Crowley who would do not work for her and she said that she was

36:27So this kind of Ol passes the name. She destroyed her name it all

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

36:59Mixed 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

37:12And nearly fell

37:13It's a scratch

37:14I hurt you

37:16The curse hurt me

37:17Not 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

37:59He stoppedACH

37:59I forgot my rope

38:04He ayuded at me for like, oh

38:05Yeah, but he wasn't being yoke

38:23So before you

38:24Yeah, he was lying

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38:28He took his mouth

38:28I was expressing my mind

38:28I was trying to defend

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40:29Lucian took the letter.

40:31So 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.

40:48The 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.

40:56Meera tied the case shut.

40:57Are you afraid?

40:58I looked at the royal seal.

41:00I died in that city once.

41:03Meera went quiet.

41:05I'm not going back as that girl.

41:09Before dawn, I found Lucian on the tower.

41:12Royal 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.

42:02That 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 suckin'?

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.

42:19After dinner, Princess Anya caught my sleeve near the corridor.

42:23Madam Corvig 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.

42:50I want to.

43:19Every woman or another.

43:19That it's a no.

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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.

44:16Even House Marianne's men stopped smiling.

44:17Caelan 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 Overseer in Drevenmoor.

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 Ledger's Records for Sinervas 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.

45:43He has not the answer.

45:44He has not the answer.

45:46Contains of the strain.

45:49Now let's go to the King's.

45:50The King's.

45:53The King's.

45:57This has nothing.

46:02The King's.

46:06So can't even use the Firestore.

46:07To dress, he has nothing to do with you.

46:07Because they are on the side.

46:07So the King's.

46:11He has nothing to do with you.

46:11.

46:41.

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?

47:08You 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. Then Queen Marianne's voice cut through the garden.

47:19How charming. A human duchess among dragonhounds. Valeria is becoming very generous.

47:25The noble ladies went quiet. Caelan looked at me. I did not speak. Lucian did.

47:30House Ashbird bled for Valeria before half these dragonhouses learned how to hold a border.

47:35Queen Marianne's smile cracked.

47:38Freya's bloodline has earned its place here.

47:40A Marianne lady muttered.

47:42Human 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. For the first time, I understood.

47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference. It had been restraint.

48:00His darkness that was being studied.

48:01his same you had never been indoctrised.

48:08He laid off the table.

48:09He laid off the table.

48:12He laid off the table.

48:15He laid off the table.

48:44Anya's warning was real.

48:46Edric checked the Royal Archive records for me.

48:49Three 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.

49:01Ashmington Marching Routes.

49:03Dragonblood Curse Reports.

49:04Lucien's hand tightened on his cane.

49:06They are destroying the trail.

49:08Then we split it.

49:09Lucien went to request Royal Access from King Alaric.

49:12I 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.

49:50My lady.

49:51That's the queen's family.

49:52I closed the letters.

49:55Not just her family.

49:58Lucien 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.

50:40He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:41He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:42He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:44He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:45He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:46He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:47He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:49He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:51He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:54He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:56He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:58He's been sent to the old Archive.

50:59.

51:30.

51:31.

51:38.

51:39.

51:40.

51:41.

51:42.

51:42three copies.

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