- 5 hours ago
Reborn as the Sleeping Dragon's Bride - (2026) ✅ FULL EP
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
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.
00:16This 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.
00:48Then I will leave his fate to the gods. Pay for the price, Crown Prince Caelan.
00:52I thought he didn't mean it. Our betrothal ceremony was beautiful, but Caelan never gave me a glance.
00:58Your scent makes me sick.
01:01Years passed. I gave him no air. The court stopped bowing.
01:05Dragonborn 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.
01:13She forced this marriage. She deserves karma. No one should pity her.
01:18One week later, he threw me into the velvet quarter.
01:21A useless breeder belongs in a pleasure house.
01:25I died there, bloody and left like rotten meat. His figure was the last thing I saw. He never looked
01:30back.
01:31Then 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.
01:43The royal citadel. The feast. I would not risk my life on Caelan again. I took a deep breath.
01:48Your majesty. I respect the crown prince as someone I grew up with. Like a brother. I never wanted him.
01:55Not as a man. Not as a husband.
01:58My heart only belongs to dragon crook Lufician Draenmore. If I couldn't marry him, I'd go finish myself.
02:04The court exploded. I had refused Valeria's golden prince and chosen his uncle. The cursed black silver dragon.
02:10The most fierce dragon who destroyed wild dragonkins for 200 years.
02:20Lucian Draenmore fell coma since 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.
02:31In my last life, Lucian woke during my third year in hellish marriage.
02:35When dragonborn ladies had cornered me in the kitchens, they laughed, tore my sleeves, and called me a barren human
02:41leech.
02:41Then a broken dragon rose from his wheeled chair. Lucian Draenmore stood between us.
02:46Half crippled, but still terrifying. Back to now.
02:50Little one, marrying Lucian would waste your gift. Choose another lord. Someone who can speak to you.
02:56I kept my forehead against the marble floor. Your majesty, I swore before the old gods. It is Lucian Draenmore
03:02or no one.
03:03I 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. If the human girl wants a sleeping dragon, let her
03:15have him.
03:16So be it. Your bloodline is gone. Lucian cannot answer for himself. My queen will arrange the wedding for you
03:23too.
03:24I rose my bloody forehead and crumbling stood up. I am humbled beyond speech.
03:30I did not look at Caelan. I only felt his gold fire burning behind me. Let him burn. I would
03:35never choose him again.
03:37Lucian is way better than Caelan. Last life, though he's still weak, he's nice to me. I'll save him this
03:42time.
03:42We'll claw our way out of this shithole. Together.
03:45For three days, I slept like someone freed from a cage. Then came the knock at Ashbourne Hall.
03:52The queen commands your presence at the royal citadel tonight. My blood went cold.
03:57At dusk, Madame Corvin led me through the royal corridors. Dragonflowers scented the stone. Then she stopped and bowed.
04:06Your highness, crown prince. I lifted my head. It's Caelan.
04:20Caelan stepped into the lamplight. He looked exactly like a future king. Proud and untouchable. 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.
04:34That's all?
04:34In my last life, I knew his every habit. I baked honey cakes for him. I waited outside Crown Tower
04:40just to hand them over. He always tossed them to the palace drakes.
04:44Stop this pathetic chase, Freya. You are marrying my uncle now. Try to have some dignity. You disgust me.
04:51I 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?
04:59The queen summoned me. Ask Madame Corvin. His gold fire flared. So it was true. I had not come for
05:04him.
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, Derrenmore receives you with honor.
05:48In my last life, Crown Tower never gave me this much respect. Some nobles called it widowhood with a title.
05:54I ignored them.
05:55Dravenmore had already given me more honor than Crown Tower ever did.
05:58When I reached Dravenmore keep, Gareth Thorne led me straight to the bridal chamber.
06:03Lucien Dravenmore lay on the bed, pale and silent. But even unconscious, he did not look weak.
06:09His 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.
06:20No. 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. I
06:29leaned closer, feeling the subtle warmth of his body beneath the thin sheets.
06:33You're asleep anyway, so this doesn't count.
06:36I 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.
06:44Black silver scales erupted along his neck. Windows cracked. His hand shot up and caught my throat. Not gentle, not
06:50soft.
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.
07:15Queen Marianne heard me out and sat.
07:19His eyes were still closed but his grip was tightening. Black silver flame tore across the ceiling. The bed frame
07:25split. I grabbed his wrist.
07:28it's me it's freya his fingers burned against my skin then the fire pulled back his hand dropped
07:35the room went dark outside draven moor keep erupted shouts running boots dragon flame
07:40lighting up the sky gareth broke through the door my lady i touched my neck it was bruised
07:46lucian lay still again but his breathing had changed deeper stronger the curse had cracked
07:51but whatever was underneath was not gentle i didn't know if i had started to wake him up
07:56or started something worse by 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 the bruise on my neck was
08:20already dark a healer offered to treat it leave it i went back to lucian's room he was still but
08:25the
08:26black silver scales on his hand had not faded his dragon blood was fighting something the curse
08:30the medicine maybe both i sat beside him i don't know if you can hear me but i'm not leaving
08:37his
08:38fingers moved barely the news reached crown tower before noon cailin was sparring when a servant ran
08:43in your highness dravenmore's mate flame answered frail last night cailin stopped mid swing the whole
08:49northern sky lit up gold fire burst from cailin's palm the training post shattered he thought the
08:56wedding would humiliate me instead all of royal citadel was talking about how dravenmore's dragon
09:01blood had chosen a human bride princess anya walked in so it's true she looked at the burned post
09:07they say freya looked more like a duchess than a widow careful cailin people might think you're
09:13the one who got left behind that afternoon cailin called his steward the ashborough war records we
09:20archived move them to the sealed vault and send a message to the royal pharmacy any requests from
09:24drevenmore go through my office first
09:45you
09:48you
09:49you
10:23I put on Dravenmore black and silver and walked straight into the main hall.
10:27Selene's housekeeper stepped in front of me.
10:29Lady Selene is waiting in the west parlor.
10:31Then she can come here.
10:33The servants froze.
10:33Davenmore Keep is not Seliva Lavaz's house, and I am not her guest.
10:38Gareth stood behind me.
10:39He said nothing.
10:40Every servant in the hall understood it.
10:41Gareth supported me as Lady Dravenmore.
10:43Bring me Lucian's healer records, medicine ledgers, and night watch lists now.
10:47Selene arrived with a soft smile.
10:49Freya, you were married yesterday.
10:51Leave the household matters to me.
10:52This isn't household business.
10:54This is my husband's life.
10:55Selene 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.
11:02They were suppressing his dragon blood.
11:03He wasn't too weak to wake.
11:05Someone was keeping him asleep.
11:06I needed the source records.
11:08Where the herbs came from.
11:09Who ordered them.
11:10The trail pointed to the royal pharmacy.
11:11I sent a rider to request the purchase records.
11:14The rider came back empty-handed.
11:16Crown Tower denied the request.
11:17They said all pharmaceutical inquiries from Dravenmore require approval from the Crown Prince's office.
11:21I understood.
11:22Selene's confidence didn't come from Dravenmore.
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.
11:31Let 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 Dravenmore.
12:03I stopped.
12:04Come on.
12:05Your husband can't even open his eyes.
12:07Don't waste your youth on a sleeping man.
12:09He stepped closer.
12:11Selene runs this keep.
12:12I am her son.
12:14You are just the human bride they sent to warm Lucian's bed.
12:17Then I slapped him.
12:18Servants rushed over.
12:19No one dared speak.
12:20Rowan wiped blood from his lip.
12:22My mother will hear about this.
12:24Good.
12:25Tell Lady Selene I saved her the trouble.
12:27His face twisted.
12:28My mother!
12:29Your mother failed to raise you.
12:31That makes it my problem now.
12:33I turned to the hall.
12:34Freya.
12:35Gareth.
12:36Put him in the lower water cell.
12:38By morning, maybe he'll remember whose keep this is.
12:41The guards moved toward Rowan.
12:43That was when the whole keep understood.
12:44I was Lady Dravenmore.
12:47Below 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.
12:59The judge korked her.
13:03Hold on to that.
13:07Now he said, last year.
13:09He didn't hear me, Hungry.
13:10I saw you kind of И��問題 waiting for him.
13:14Because he was a Red полов sama mut Solid.
13:15He's a 20-year-old.
13:16And problems are both true.
13:16I'm a 30-year-old.
13:20But when the monsters look for.
13:21So I even didn't sense that atBYA tournament as I was normally Chick.
13:22There went by that fast.
13:24Hundreds מ written up, I was just a one point in Royal Hole at now.
13:27.
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.
14:18And find me a healer who doesn't answer to Salona or the Royal Pharmacy.
14:23By breakfast the hall was full. Servants stood with their heads down.
14:26Salona sat at the high table, calm as ever.
14:29Freya, you locked my son in a water cell over drunken words. Now you want to accuse me too?
14:34I 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.
14:59A 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.
15:14Gareth read it aloud.
15:15By 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.
15:24The 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
15:38excuse.
15:39Then we have three days.
16:17I had one rather.
16:36Perhaps Iried with Martinda.
16:38.
17:08.
17:38.
18:08.
18:38.
19:09.
19:10.
19:10.
19:10.
19:10.
19:13.
19:35Gareth'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.
19:42I can handle Selina.
19:43I can handle the servants and the whispers.
19:45But I can't fight your nephew and the Crown at the same time.
19:48Not alone.
19:48His hand was warm.
19:50The scales pulsed.
19:50I need you to wake up.
19:52Silence.
19:53Then 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?
20:08You.
20:09When 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 Dravenmoor keep lit at once.
20:18The whole northern sky burned silver.
20:20In Crown Tower, a rider burst through the gate.
20:24Your highness, Dragon Onmor's fire just lit the northern line.
20:27All of it.
20:28Caelan stood up.
20:28The duke is awake.
20:30Caelan's cup shattered in his hand.
20:31Caelan's cup shattered at once.
20:31The group has an hour and a day without laying no clue, rather, is anyone that married the
20:32To end.
20:32To end.
20:33To end.
20:33To end.
20:34To end.
20:39To end.
20:42To end.
20:43To end.
20:43To end.
20:45To end.
21:00To end.
21:01.
21:31.
22:01.
22:31.
23:02.
23:07.
23:07.
23:08.
23:22The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon.
23:25They expected a sleeping juke.
23:27They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main hall.
23:29He leaned on a cane. His face was pale.
23:32But black-silver pressure filled the room so hard the candles bent sideways.
23:36The late physician swallowed.
23:37Your Grace, Crown Prince Caelan sent us to review your treatment.
23:41Lucian looked at him.
23:42My 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.
24:02That night, she sent a servant through the east gate with a sealed message.
24:04I watched him disappear into the dark road.
24:07I could stop him, but I didn't.
24:08I want to see who will answer.
24:10Later, Lucian found me by the chamber fire.
24:12How much did they make you carry alone?
24:15His jaw tightened.
24:17I'll start carrying it with you.
24:32I'll start carrying it with you.
24:46Yes, I will.
25:15Congratulations.
25:16Yes, you've got to go there.
25:16.
26:05At dawn, Lucien ordered the ledgers sealed. Gareth brought iron boxes from Selene's office. Taxbooks, supply lists, military payment rolls.
26:14By 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. He
26:22placed another page down. And this money went to the Gilded Den. Rowan's name was written beside the account. Selene
26:28gripped her sleeve. My husband died for this house. I raised my son here. I made sacrifices. Lucien looked at
26:35her. You sold my soldiers food and called it sacrifice? I protected Drevenmore while you slept. No. You fed off
26:43it. The hall went silent.
26:46Rowan was dragged in, bruised and terrified. Mother, say something. Selene did not look at him. Lucien tapped the ledger.
26:53Rowan Vos goes to the dungeon until I decide his sentence. You can't do this to family. Family does not
26:58touch my wife, steal from my riders, or poison my house. The guards took him away.
27:06Selene Vox is removed from all household authority. She will remain under guard in the east wing.
27:11Then he turned to me. The accounts are yours now.
27:14Every servant in the hall dropped to one knee. For the first time they were not kneeling because Lucien had
27:19woken. They were kneeling because I had won.
27:41.
27:41.
27:41.
27:41.
27:42.
27:42.
28:12.
28:42.
29:12.
29:42.
30:12.
30:13.
30:13.
30:14.
30:15.
30:19.
30:21.
30:21.
30:22.
30:22.
30:23.
30:25.
30:29.
30:30.
30:31.
30:32.
30:32.
30:32.
30:33.
30:35.
30:38.
30:40.
30:40.
30:40.
30:40.
30:42.
30:43.
30:44.
30:45.
30:46.
30:46.
30:47.
30:49.
30:53.
30:54.
30:55.
30:56.
30:56.
30:57.
30:58.
31:02.
31:04.
31:04.
31:04.
31:06.
31:08.
31:11.
31:13.
31:13.
31:14.
31:14.
31:15.
31:17.
31:21.
31:22.
31:23.
31:23.
31:24.
31:26.
31:30.
31:31.
31:32.
31:32.
31:32.
31:34.
31:35.
31:39.
31:41.
31:41.
31:41.
31:42.
31:44.
31:48.
31:49.
31:50.
31:51.
31:51.
31:52.
31:54.
31:58.
31:59.
32:00.
32:00.
32:00.
32:00.
32:02.
32:04.
32:07.
32:09.
32:10.
32:39.
32:39.
32:39.
32:40.
32:42.
32:46.
32:47.
32:48.
32:49.
32:49.
32:49.
32:50.
32:52.
32:55.
32:57.
32:57.
32:57.
32:57.
32:59.
33:01.
33:04.
33:06.
33:06.
33:06.
33:06.
33:07.
33:09.
33:13.
33:14.
33:15.
33:44.
33:45.
34:15.
34:16.
34:16.
34:16.
34:16.
34:16.
34:16.
34:16.
34:20.
34:32The news reached Crown Tower by nightfall.
34:35Kaelin read the report once, then gold fire burst from his hand.
34:38Half the desk burned before the guards could move.
34:40He threw out my delegation?
34:42The messenger shook.
34:43Yes, your highness. Lady Selina has been confined.
34:46Rowan Vos is in the dungeon.
34:47Kaelin's eyes went gold.
34:49Freya did this.
34:50Lucian did this.
34:52Freya gave him the knife.
34:53Later, Queen Marion called House Marion into her private chamber.
34:57If Lucian speaks of the northern war front, every old wound opens.
35:00A lord leaned close.
35:01Then we strike first.
35:03At court.
35:03Accused him of hiding troops, ignoring royal summons and using illness to build power in the north.
35:08At the same time, Kaelin went to King Alaric.
35:10Father, Uncle Lucian just woke from a curse.
35:12He should return to the royal citadel for treatment.
35:15You sound very concerned.
35:16Kaelin's mouth tightened.
35:17He is family.
35:18Across the hall, Princess Anya heard enough.
35:20That night, she found Edric Ravenshade near the chapel.
35:23Your cousin is walking into a trap.
35:25Which cousin?
35:27The one Freya married.
35:28Try to keep up.
35:29Edric's face changed.
35:31Send word to Dravenmoor.
35:32Tell Lady Dravenmoor the Queen is moving first.
35:49Quasi of the Holy Spirit has brought up in 5-3 weeks.
35:52Did the Hoje.
35:53It was so analysis that이나 could happen in five or three weeks before the Mightiest.
36:02It's a long this year.
36:02You should, you know, beуди, beudasss ö supremated, be worlded by mair Bay.
36:07This is three weeks before the Conjure podcast…
36:07If God has all this connection in deceit, be with an свидetculture, I find you something big in front of
36:09you.
36:09then you're like, is what you're going to defend against picked up by Black and the Water semaines.
36:13The long this運ah has free the main cause of itsSave…
36:14So it's been fazer with Edric's eyes.
36:16.
36:47Lucian could stand now, not long, not without pain.
36:49His dragon blood had broken the curse, but the damage stayed in his legs.
36:53Some nights, his fire turned wild.
36:55One burst split the bedpost.
36:57Another cracked the stone wall.
36:58I worked his legs every morning, mixed the new medicine myself.
37:01On the fourth night, the flame surged before I could move.
37:04The force threw me against the floor.
37:06My arm hit broken stone.
37:08Blood ran to my wrist.
37:09Lucian froze.
37:10The fire died at once.
37:11He tried to stand too fast and nearly fell.
37:14It's a scratch.
37:15I hurt you.
37:17The curse hurt me, not you.
37:19Do not make this sound easy.
37:21I wrapped cloth around my arm.
37:23I knew what I was choosing when I married you.
37:25He stared at me for a long second.
37:27You should not only be ready to suffer.
37:29His thumb brushed my bandage.
37:31You should be treated well.
37:32I stopped breathing.
37:33For the first time, he wasn't speaking as a duke.
37:36He was speaking as my husband.
37:55He was screaming, man.
37:55But of course, his other hand guards used to are sharing.
37:56For example, the first thing I would call Jeffrey Tickle,
37:58was talking to a Commerce City?
37:58He was reticuled by the Mr. Couch.
37:58Did he receive you?
38:00That's been really good.
38:00He did, he can't do that yet.
38:06For example, there was a torture.
38:12He happens, Peter.
38:14Heかと满chioas a mentioned server.
38:14.
38:44.
39:14.
39:44.
40:15The summons arrived three days later. King Alaric's seal. Royal parchment. No room to refuse. Gareth read it in the
40:22hall.
40:23Dragon Duke Lucian Dravenmore and Lady Freya Davenmore are commanded to attend the Royal Citadel.
40:27The servants looked at me. Lucian took the letter.
40:30So they finally want us in the open.
40:33It could be a trap.
40:34It is a trap.
40:35Then we should not go.
40:37If I refuse, they call it rebellion. If I go, they have to face me in front of the king.
40:41He looked at me.
40:42And I have things to show my brother.
40:43That night, I packed the evidence myself.
40:47Selene'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.
40:56Mira tied the case shut.
40:58Are you afraid?
40:59I 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.
41:09Before dawn, I found Lucian on the tower.
41:12Royal Citadel was far beyond the dark hills.
41:15Kaelin will be there.
41:17So 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.
41:40We returned to the Royal Citadel under black silver banners.
41:43The streets went quiet first.
41:45Then everyone started whispering.
41:46Lucian Dravenmore was not dead.
41:48And I was not the ruined girl Crown Tower once threw away.
41:51Northern 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.
41:58He looked at Lucian's cane.
41:59Then he looked at me.
42:00I looked past him.
42:02That hurt him more.
42:04Queen Marianne held a welcome feast that night.
42:06Duke Lucian, Valeria is relieved to see you awake.
42:09Relieved enough to send her a suckon?
42:10Her smile tightened.
42:12The king missed his brother.
42:13Then we are happy to answer his majesty.
42:15We brought everything he needs to see.
42:17Her 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.
42:27I stopped.
42:28Whatever 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.
42:47Then we make him want to.
42:53The R yourselves, who are God's
42:56Where he has been,
42:56with an understanding.
42:57Man, I thys like.
43:16Hey!
43:17.
44:06The Autumn Court filled the Royal Hall by sunrise, Dragon Lords, Human Nobles, Crown Loyalists. Lucian entered with a cane,
44:13the room still bowed, black silver pressure rolled over the floor.
44:16Even House Marianne's men stopped smiling. Kaelin sat in the Prince's seat, gold fire flickering under his skin. A Marianne
44:22Lord stepped forward first.
44:24Your Majesty, Duke Lucian has been absent from court for a year. His private Dragon Riders remain under Northern Command.
44:29Valeria needs a royal oversee her in Drevenmore.
44:31The Hall stirred. So that was their move. Call Lucian weak. Call his army dangerous. Put Crown Tower inside our
44:36key.
44:36Lucian handed Gareth's sealed report to the King's steward.
44:39Current rider count, grain stores, border patrols, tax ledgers records for Sinervos and her son.
44:45King Alaric read in silence. Reports can be dressed up. So can treason.
44:50The Lord froze. King Alaric lowered the report.
44:53The North appears better managed than half the estates in this room. No oversaw will be sent.
44:58Kaelin's jaw tightened. After court, he blocked me on the stone steps.
45:03Did you come back just to parade him in front of me? No.
45:06Then why are you here? To speak to the King.
45:10I stepped around him. This has nothing to do with you.
45:14For once, Kaelin had no answer.
45:28Number three, two, three, four, three.
45:33The North.
45:34The North.
45:37The North.
45:38Are you hiding in the room?
45:47The North.
45:49The North.
45:51It was one of the two, four.
45:51For the North.
45:52.
46:25.
46:26.
46:26.
46:26.
46:27.
46:27.
46:48The 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.
46:56I remembered cold water, small hands, then a black cloak around my shoulders.
47:01Lucien stopped beside me.
47:02You told me Ashborough girls didn't cry over water.
47:06I turned.
47:08That 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, then Queen Marion's voice cut through the garden.
47:19How charming.
47:21A human duchess among dragonhounds.
47:23Valeria is becoming very generous.
47:26The noble ladies went quiet.
47:27Caelan looked at me.
47:28I did not speak.
47:29Lucien did.
47:30House Ashbird bled for Valeria before half these dragonhouses learned how to hold a border.
47:35Queen Marion's smile cracked.
47:38Freya's bloodline has earned its place here.
47:40A Marion lady muttered.
47:42Human blood is still human blood.
47:45Lucien turned his dark gold eyes on her.
47:47Then pray you never need human soldiers to die for your comfort again.
47:51No one laughed.
47:52I looked at Lucien for the first time I understood.
47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference.
47:59It had been restraint.
48:43Oh, that's not a true soul?"
48:44No one said, oh, I must take a short cut.
48:45Anya's warning was real.
48:46Edrick checked the royal royal palace.
48:47archive records for me three nights three visits madam Corvin entered the sealed wing each time
48:55with a Marianne clerk the exit list is wrong files went in fewer came out which files northern war
49:01front Ashmington marching routes dragon blood curse reports Lucian's hand tightened on his cane
49:06they are destroying the trail then we split it Lucian went to request royal access from King
49:11Alaric I sent Edric to the old archive clerk who had served my father by midnight Mira came to my
49:18room carrying a basket of white roses
49:32don't yell I know it looks stupid she pulled the cloth aside three copied letters lay under the
49:38flowers my hands went cold one letter marked my father's route through the northern pass one
49:43confirmed the route had been sent before the ambush the last carried a red wax seal house
49:48Marianne Mira stared at it my lady that's the queen's family I closed the letters
49:56not just her family Lucian entered before dawn the king agreed to open the vault tomorrow
50:02I handed him the copies good his face changed as he read because now we know what they'll try to
50:09hide
51:01, for example, while they have married I want to 최c規 run the
51:01Yeah, it's going straight to him that's been a unconfident
51:01.
51:32.
51:32.
51:32.
51:33.
51:33.
51:33.
51:38.
51:38.
51:38.
51:38.
51:38.
51:38.
51:39.
51:39.
51:39.
51:39.
51:39.
51:40.
51:40.
51:40.
51:40.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
51:41.
Comments