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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 10 years, I watched his dragon eyes learn to hate my scent.
00:27On my 18th birthday feast, the king called me before the throne.
00:32Freya, choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.
00:36Before I could answer, Caelan's voice cut across the hall.
00:39I would rather be torn apart by wild dragon knees than mate her.
00:44Something inside me broke. Good. Then make him choke on it.
00:47Then I will leave his fate to the gods. Pay for the price, Crown Prince Caelan.
00:51I thought he didn't mean it. Our betrothal ceremony was beautiful, but Caelan never gave me a glance.
00:58Your scent makes me sick.
01:00Years passed. I gave him no air. The court stopped bowing.
01:04Dragonborn ladies spat in my food, ripped my gowns and called me a barren human leech.
01:10Caelan only smiled. Then I heard him say it.
01:12She forced this marriage. She deserves karma. No one should pity her.
01:17One week later, he threw me into the velvet quarter.
01:21A useless breeder belongs in a pleasure house.
01:24I died there, bloody and left like rotten meat. His figure was the last thing I saw. He never looked
01:30back.
01:30Then lights split open. I woke on cold marble, gasping. I was reborn at my mating ceremony.
01:37Freya. Choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.
01:42The royal citadel. The feast. I would not risk my life on Caelan again. I took a deep breath.
01:47Your majesty. I respect the crown prince as someone I grew up with. Like a brother. I never wanted him.
01:54Not 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.
02:03The 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 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.
02:30In 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. 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.
02:55I kept my forehead against the marble floor. Your majesty, I swore before the old gods. It is Lucian Draenmore
03:01or no one.
03:02I hit my forehead on the floor. Once and once again. The court went quiet. Only left the sound of
03:08my bones crack.
03:09Queen Marianne smiled like she had been handed a gift. If the human girl wants a sleeping dragon, let her
03:14have him.
03:16So be it. Your bloodline is gone. Lucian cannot answer for himself. My queen will arrange the wedding for you
03:23too.
03:23I rose my bloody forehead and crumbling stood up. I am humbled beyond speech.
03:29I did not look at Caelan. I only felt his gold fire burning behind me. Let him burn. I would
03:35never choose him again.
03:36Lucian is way better than Caelan. Last life, though he's still weak, he's nice to me. I'll save him this
03:41time.
03:42We'll claw our way out of this shithole. Together.
03:44For 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. Dragon flowers scented the stone. Then she stopped and bowed.
04:05Your 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. He looked me over from crown to shoes, as if searching for the girl who used to chase
04:32him through these halls.
04:33That's all? In my last life, I knew his every habit. I baked honey cakes for him. I waited outside
04:39Crown Tower just to hand them over.
04:40He 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. 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.
05:39Dravenmore's black silver banners stretched across the road as Gareth Thorne bowed before me.
05:44Lady 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.
06:08His 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.
06:38For a heartbeat, nothing happened. Then the air broke open.
06:41Dark pressure slammed through the room. Black silver scales erupted along his neck.
06:46Windows cracked. His hand shot up and caught my throat. Not gentle, not soft.
06:50Dragon fire exploded from his body, scorching the ceiling and bed frame.
06:54I gasped, gripping his wrist.
06:56Lucien!
06:57His fingers burned against my skin, yet he didn't push me away.
07:05He's empty.
07:07I was empty.
07:08I was empty, all the spirits were full.
07:11The air broke.
07:11I did.
07:13I was empty.
07:14Our John's ear.
07:14The�es were strong.
07:15Queen Maryanne heard me out in sea.
07:18his eyes were still closed but his grip was tightening black silver flame tore across the
07:23ceiling the bed frame split i grabbed his wrist it's me it's freya his fingers burned against
07:31my skin then the fire pulled back his hand dropped the room went dark outside draven
07:37moor keep erupted shouts running boots dragon flame lighting up the sky gareth broke through
07:42the door my lady i touched my neck it was bruised lucian lay still again but his breathing had
07:48changed deeper stronger the curse had cracked but whatever was underneath was not gentle i didn't
07:54know if i had started to wake him up or started something worse by dawn healers filled the hall
07:59gareth locked down the entire floor
08:11no one tells the royal citadel what happened last night the mate flyme responded to the marriage
08:16bond that's all anyone needs to know the bruise on my neck was already dark a healer offered to treat
08:21it leave it i went back to lucian's room he was still but the black silver scales on his hand
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08:27not faded his dragon blood was fighting something the curse the medicine maybe both i sat beside him
08:33i don't know if you can hear me but i'm not leaving his fingers moved barely the news reached crown
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08:40before noon cailin was sparring when a servant ran in your highness draven moor's mate flame answered
08:46freya last night cailin stopped mid-swing the whole northern sky lit up gold fire burst from cailin's palm
08:53training post shattered he thought the wedding would humiliate me instead all of royal citadel was talking
08:59about how draven moor's dragon blood had chosen a human bride princess anya walked in
09:04so it's true she looked at the burned post they say freya looked more like a duchess than a widow
09:11careful cailin people might think you're the one who got left behind
09:16that afternoon cailin 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 dreven moor go through my office first
10:22so this is the expression that Godot that they did not have to be the one who got left behind
10:23what's the right you're saying oh three guys for the first time all the crazy people are
10:23I put on Dravenmoor black and silver and walked straight into the main hall.
10:27Selene's housekeeper stepped in front of me.
10:29Lady Selene is waiting in the west parlor.
10:31Then she can come here.
10:32The servants froze.
10:33Davinmoor keep is not Selene Vela Vass's house, and I am not her guest.
10:37Gareth stood behind me. He said nothing.
10:39Every servant in the hall understood it.
10:41Gareth supported me as Lady Dravenmoor.
10:43Bring me 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. This 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.
10:59Some 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.
11:07Where the herbs came from.
11:08Who ordered them?
11:09The trail pointed to the royal pharmacy.
11:11I sent a rider to request the purchase records.
11:14The 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.
11:21Selene's confidence didn't come from Dravenmoor.
11:24It came from Crown Tower.
11:25That night, Selene heard I had found the local records.
11:28For the first time, she stopped smiling.
11:30Send Rowan.
11:30Let my son teach her what happens to lonely wives in this house.
12:02Then I slapped him.
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.
12:22My 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 Dravenmore.
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.
12:53And Crown Tower knows she knows.
13:20The help of our kids are now.
13:20We had to honor him and see how he takes to antennas so he knows.
13:21build material scenes on us and see how he understands how he compares to other people.
13:21So we can move to the home and see how he can handle this type of equipment for other people.
13:21The stream is all there.
13:30On the inside here at VA.
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13:40He said,
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. Selina sat at the high table, calm as
14:28ever.
14:28Freya, you locked my son in a water cell over drunken words. Now you want to accuse me too?
14:33I want records. Household records are not toys for a new bride.
14:38I placed the medicine book on the table.
14:40Then explain this.
14:41Her smile stopped.
14:42Lucian's dose changed three months ago. The healer seal is missing. The delivery mark belongs to your steward.
14:48Gareth, step beside me.
14:49From today on, no one touches Lucian's food, wine, or medicine unless I see it first.
14:53You think you can run Darren Moore?
14:56No. I already am.
14:58A crash came from Lucian's chamber. We ran back. The medicine bowl had split in half. Black silver fire burned
15:04across the floor.
15:05Lucian's eyes were still closed, but his hand had crushed the bed rail.
15:08That evening, a sealed letter arrived from Crown Tower. Not a personal note. An official order with the royal stamp.
15:13Gareth read it aloud.
15:14By the authority of Crown Prince Caelan, a royal medical delegation will be dispatched to Dragonmore Keep
15:19to evaluate Duke Lucian's condition and review all medical arrangements currently in place.
15:23The room went quiet.
15:24When?
15:26Three days.
15:27I looked at the letter. If Caelan's doctors walked in here, they would take over Lucian's treatment,
15:31reverse everything I had changed, put Celine's people back in charge, and I couldn't refuse.
15:36He was using his nephew's health as the excuse.
15:39Then we have three days.
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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.
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19:48His hand was warm.
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19:50I need you to wake up.
19:52Silence.
19:52Then his fingers closed around mine.
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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.
20:38The Dukelarını ringer on the Smart Sncles and Alan British.
20:42That's probably ailly.
20:45A Cadillac'an's heart here.
20:47Even his bears die in his throat.
20:48It's ahamory coming.
20:48A awfully huge a珍 appear.
20:48As you know side of something.
20:56The whole thing is the Duke of Memorial.
20:59This is Duke of L molto rod and his colonies.
21:02It's half a day.
21:03So it's a druid in their meals.
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23:22The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon. They expected a sleeping Duke. They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main
23:29hall. He leaned on a cane. His face was pale, but black-silver pressure filled the room so hard the
23:34candles bent 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.
23:45The Crown is concerned for your health. My wife kept me alive while your prince tried to take control of
23:52my medicine. From today on, Dravenmore's healers answer to me and Lady Derrenmore, no one else.
23:57The delegation left before sunset.
23:58Caelan watched from the upper hall, white-faced. That night, she sent a servant through the east gate with a
24:04sealed message. I watched him disappear into the dark road. I could stop him, but I didn't. I want to
24:08see who will answer. Later, 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.
24:42I'll start carrying it with you.
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26:05At dawn, Lucien ordered the ledgers sealed. Gareth brought iron boxes from Selene's office,
26:10tax books, supply lists, military payment rolls. By noon, the truth was on the table.
26:15Northern Rider pay was cut for 8 months. Wintergrain was marked as delivered, but the storehouses never received it.
26:21He placed another page down.
26:23And this money went to the Gilded Den.
26:25Rowan's name was written beside the account. 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?
26:37I protected Dravenmoor 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.
27:08She will remain under guard in the east wing.
27:11Then he turned to me.
27:12The accounts are yours now.
27:13Every servant in the hall dropped to one knee.
27:16For the first time, they were not kneeling because Lucien had woken.
27:20They were kneeling because I had won.
27:32The two things came on.
27:35Any way of worthy of doing?
27:36Tell him to go, keep him in peace.
27:53You must have a man.
27:53I am sorry.
27:55I am sorry.
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34:32The news reached Crown Tower by nightfall.
34:35Caelan 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. Rowan Vos is in the dungeon.
34:47Caelan's eyes went gold.
34:49Freya did this.
34:50Lucian did this. Freya gave him the knife.
34:53Later, Queen Marian called House Marian into her private chamber.
34:56If Lucian speaks of the northern war front, every old wound opens.
35:00A lord leaned close.
35:01Then we strike first.
35:02At court, accuse him of hiding troops, ignoring royal summons and using illness to build power in the north.
35:07At the same time, Caelan went to King Alaric.
35:10Father, Uncle Lucian just woke from a curse. He should return to the royal citadel for treatment.
35:14You sound very concerned.
35:16Caelan's mouth tightened.
35:17He is family.
35:18Across the hall, Princess Anya heard enough. That night, she found Edric Ravenshade near the chapel.
35:23Your cousin is walking into a trap.
35:25Which cousin?
35:26The one Freya married. Try to keep up.
35:29Edric's face changed.
35:30Send word to Dravenmoor. Tell Lady Dravenmoor the Queen is moving first.
35:55The two of us.
35:55It's moving first?
36:00It's moving first.
36:14The other family says,
36:14The family says,
36:19What do you do?
36:20The family says,
36:20The family says,
36:24You can see that.
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. One burst split the bedpost. Another 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. The force threw me against the floor.
37:06My arm hit broken stone. Blood ran to my wrist. Lucian froze. The fire died at once.
37:11He tried to stand too fast and nearly fell.
37:14It's a scratch.
37:15I hurt you.
37:16The curse hurt me, not you.
37:19Do not make this sound easy.
37:20I wrapped cloth around my arm.
37:22I knew what I was choosing when I married you.
37:25He 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. For the first time, he wasn't speaking as a duke. He was speaking as my husband.
38:16And you should have talked to me with the doctor.
38:20I just didn't even know that he felt like running as my husband.
38:20But as someone said, he س
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40:14The summons arrive three days later.
40:16King Alaric's seal, royal parchment.
40:19No room to refuse.
40:21Gareth read it in the hall.
40:22Dragon Duke Lucian Dravenmore and Lady Freya Davenmore are commanded to attend the royal citadel.
40:27The servants looked at me.
40:29Lucian took the letter.
40:30So they finally want us in the open.
40:32It could be a trap.
40:34It is a trap.
40:35Then we should not go.
40:36If I refuse, they call it rebellion.
40:38If I go, they have to face me in front of the king.
40:40He looked at me.
40:41And I have things to show my brother.
40:43That night, I packed the evidence myself.
40:46Selene's ledgers.
40:47The medicine logs.
40:49The payment trail to the royal pharmacy.
40:51Every page that tied Dravenmore's sickness to crown tower and the royal citadel.
40:56Mira tied the case shut.
40:57Are you afraid?
40:58I looked at the royal seal.
41:00I died in that city once.
41:03Mira went quiet.
41:05I'm not going back as that girl.
41:08Before dawn, I found Lucian on the tower.
41:12Royal citadel was far beyond the dark hills.
41:15Kaelin will be there.
41:16So will the queen.
41:19And me.
41:20He 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, Kaelin stood above the steps.
41:57He looked at Lucian's cane.
41:59Then he looked at me.
42:00I looked past him.
42:02That hurt him more.
42:03Queen Marianne held a welcome feast that night.
42:06Duke Lucian, Valeria is relieved to see you awake.
42:08Relieved enough to send her a sucking?
42:10Her smile tightened.
42:11The king missed his brother.
42:13Then we are happy to answer his majesty.
42:15We brought everything he needs to see.
42:16Her eyes moved to the locked case beside my chair.
42:19How thoughtful.
42:20After dinner, Princess Anya caught my sleeve near the corridor.
42:23Madame Corvik has been going to the royal archive every night.
42:26I stopped.
42:27Whatever you brought, she may be trying to burn the matching half.
42:31That night, Lucian closed our chamber door.
42:35Edric confirmed it.
42:36The original letter about your father's march is still sealed in the archive.
42:40Can we get it?
42:41Only the king can open that vault.
42:46Then we make him want to.
43:02Cause I know
43:03Whether he is coming to the chain of faith or shamb relevantly.
43:03I have two days since I came to the labyrinth.
43:03The Galactic intuitions are found in his church.
43:03That in space.
43:03Again, loosing happens here.
43:08We saw everything with many possessions.
43:09Now, everyone leaders are not as much as a세요.
43:10Wow Cleaning them notmen Horizontas.
43:18.
44:05The autumn court filled the royal hall by sunrise, dragon lords, human nobles, crown loyalists, Lucien entered with a cane,
44:13the room still bowed, black silver pressure rolled over the floor, even House Marianne's men stopped smiling,
44:17Caelan sat in the prince's seat, gold fire flickering under his skin, a Marianne lord stepped forward first,
44:23Your majesty, Duke Lucien has been absent from court for a year, his private dragon riders remain under northern command,
44:28Valeria needs a royal overseaher in Drevenmore,
44:30The hall stirred, so that was their move, call Lucien weak, call his army dangerous, put crown tower inside our
44:36key, Lucien handed Gareth's sealed report to the king's steward,
44:39Current rider count, grain stores, border patrols, tax ledgers records for Sir Nervas and her son,
44:45King Alaric read in silence, reports can be dressed up, so can treason, the lord froze, King Alaric lowered the
44:51report,
44:53The north appears better managed than half the estates in this room, no oversaw will be sent, Caelan'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? No. Then why are you here? To speak
45:08to the king. I stepped around him. This has nothing to do with you. For once, Caelan had no answer.
46:47The next day, the court gathered in the rose dragon garden. I found the old pool behind the rose wall.
46:53I had fallen in there as a child. I remembered cold water, small hands, then a black cloak around my
47:00shoulders. Lucien stopped beside me.
47:02You told me Ashborough girls didn't cry over water. I turned. That was you? You were ten, soaked through, furious
47:12at the pond. And you remembered that? I remembered you.
47:15For a second, the court noise faded. Then Queen Marion's voice cut through the garden. How charming. A human duchess
47:22among dragon hounds. Valeria is becoming very generous.
47:25The noble ladies went quiet. Caelan looked at me. I did not speak. Lucien did. House Ashborough bled for Valeria
47:31before half these dragon houses learned how to hold a border.
47:35Queen Marion's smile cracked.
47:38Freer's bloodline has earned its place here.
47:40A Marion lady muttered.
47:41Human blood is still human blood.
47:45Lucien 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. I looked at Lucien. For the first time, I understood.
47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference. It had been restraint.
48:25You two parent and I heard her mother had never been blind and quiet.aidicos
48:44in the long term. I mounted the bags to place with Mama. Anya's warning
48:45was real. Edrick checked the Royal Archive records for me. Three nights. Three
48:50visits.
48:52Madame Corvin entered the sealed wing each time with a Marianne clerk.
48:56The exit list is wrong. Files went in, fewer came out.
48:59Which files?
49:00Northern Warfront, Ashpington Marching Routes, Dragonblood 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.
49:21I was in the middle of the night.
49:22I was in the middle of the night.
49:24I was in the middle of the night.
49:26I was in the middle of the night.
49:30I was in the middle of the night.
49:31Don't yell. I know it looks stupid.
49:34She pulled the cloth aside.
49:36Three copied letters lay under the flowers.
49:38My hands went cold.
49:40One letter marked my father's route through the northern pass.
49:43One confirmed the route had been sent before the ambush.
49:45The last carried a red wax seal.
49:47House Marriand.
49:48Mira stared at it.
49:49My lady.
49:51That's the queen's family.
49:53I closed the letters.
49:55Not just her family.
49:58Lucien entered before dawn.
50:00The king agreed to open the vault tomorrow.
50:02I handed him the copies.
50:03Good.
50:05His face changed as he read.
50:07Because now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:23I'll come in after.
50:24He's going to die.
50:24He's going to be fine.
50:26He was just a white witch.
50:30That's what he told me.
50:30He looks like,
50:31He's going to be kind of loose.
50:31A little bit.
50:45He's going to be a big one.
50:45He's going to be fine.
50:46He's going to be fine.
50:46I'm going to be fine.
50:46He's going to be fine.
50:49I need to go to the
50:49.
51:37Don't yell. I know it looks stupid.
51:40She pulled the cloth aside.
51:42Three copies.
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