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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 and grabbed Crown Prince Caelan between his pants.
00:15This little whore could be a clingy breeder in the future.
00:20He 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.
00:31Freya, 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, 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. Dragonborn ladies spat in my food,
01:06ripped my gowns and called me a barren human leech. Caelan 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.
01:48Your 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.
01:57My heart only belongs to dragon crook Lufician Drayenmore. If I couldn't marry him, I'd go finish myself.
02:03The court exploded. I had refused Valeria's golden prince and chosen his uncle. The cursed black silver dragon.
02:10The most fierce dragon who destroyed wild dragonkins for 200 years.
02:20Lucian Drayenmore fell coma since a year ago on the northern war front.
02:24Hurt 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. Lucian Drayenmore 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.
02:57Your majesty, I swore before the old gods. It is Lucian Drayenmore 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.
03:33Let him burn. I would never choose him again.
03:36Lucian is way better than Caelan. Last life, though he's still weak, he's nice to me.
03:40I'll save him this time. We'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.
03:51The queen commands your presence at the royal citadel tonight.
03:55My blood went cold.
03:57At dusk, Madam Corvin led me through the royal corridors.
04:01Dragonflowers scented the stone.
04:03Then she stopped and bowed.
04:05Your Highness, Crown Prince.
04:07I lifted my head. It's Caelan.
04:20Caelan stepped into the lamplight.
04:22He looked exactly like a future king.
04:24Proud and untouchable.
04:25Beautiful in the cruel Valorian way.
04:28Your Highness.
04:29He looked me over from crown to shoes,
04:30as if searching for the girl who used to chase him through these halls.
04:33That's all?
04:34In my last life, I knew his every habit.
04:36I baked honey cakes for him.
04:38I waited outside Crown Tower just to hand them over.
04:40He always tossed them to the palace drakes.
04:43Stop this pathetic chase, Freya.
04:45You are marrying my uncle now.
04:47Try to have some dignity.
04:49You disgust me.
04:50I am not chasing anyone.
04:52I was only telling the truth to your king father.
04:54I do not love you.
04:55Then you wandered into the royal family's private wing by accident?
04:58The queen summoned me.
05:00Ask Madam Corvin.
05:01His gold fire flared.
05:02So it was true.
05:03I had not come for him.
05:05My uncle is a corpse with a title.
05:07You 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.
05:32And before I had even finished my audience with her, my wedding to Lucian Dravenmore was set for one week
05:39later.
05:40Dravenmore'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.
05:51Some 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.
06:03Lucian Dravenmore lay on the bed, pale and silent.
06:06But 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
06:13like a sleeping dragon.
06:15My lady, I prepared another room for you.
06:17I looked at Lucian, my heart steady despite the tension.
06:19No.
06:20He is my husband now.
06:22I'll stay here.
06:23The room went silent.
06:24After they left, I sat beside him.
06:26The air itself seemed to hold its breath.
06:28I 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.
06:37His lips were warm.
06:38For a heartbeat, nothing happened.
06:40Then the air broke open.
06:41Dark pressure slammed through the room.
06:43Black, silver scales erupted along his neck.
06:46Windows cracked.
06:47His hand shot up and caught my throat.
06:49Not gentle, not soft.
06:50Dragon fire exploded from his body, scorching the ceiling and bed frame.
06:54I gasped, gripping his wrist.
06:56Lucian.
06:57His fingers burned against my skin, yet he didn't push me away.
07:14It's me.
07:15Queen Marianne heard me out in silence.
07:18His eyes were still closed, but his grip was tightening.
07:21Black, silver flame tore across the ceiling.
07:24The bed frame split.
07:25I grabbed his wrist.
07:27It's me.
07:29It's Freya.
07:30His fingers burned against my skin, then the fire pulled back.
07:33His hand dropped.
07:34The room went dark.
07:36Outside, Draven Moor Keep erupted.
07:38Shouts, running boots.
07:39Dragon flame lighting up the sky.
07:41Gareth broke through the door.
07:43My lady.
07:44I touched my neck.
07:45It was bruised.
07:46Lucian lay still again, but his breathing had changed.
07:49Deeper, stronger.
07:50The curse had cracked, but whatever was underneath was not gentle.
07:53I didn't know if I had started to wake him up, or started something worse.
07:57By dawn, healers filled the hall.
07:59Gareth locked down the entire floor.
08:11No one tells the royal citadel what happened last night.
08:14The mate, Flyam, responded to the marriage bond.
08:17That's all anyone needs to know.
08:18The bruise on my neck was already dark.
08:20A healer offered to treat it.
08:22Leave it.
08:22I went back to Lucian's room.
08:24He was still.
08:25Leave it.
08:25But the black, silver scales on his hand had not faded.
08:28His dragon blood was fighting something.
08:29The curse, the medicine, maybe both.
08:32I sat beside him.
08:33I don't know if you can hear me, but I'm not leaving.
08:37His fingers moved, barely.
08:39The news reached Crown Tower before noon.
08:41Caelan was sparring when a servant ran in.
08:43Your Highness, Dravenmore's mate flame answered Freya last night.
08:47Caelan stopped mid-swing.
08:48The whole northern sky lit up.
08:51Goldfire burst from Caelan's palm.
08:54The training post shattered.
08:55He thought the wedding would humiliate me.
08:57Instead, all of Royal Citadel was talking about how Dravenmore's dragon blood had chosen
09:01a human bride.
09:03Princess Anya walked in.
09:04So it's true.
09:05She looked at the burned post.
09:07They say Freya looked more like a duchess than a widow.
09:10Careful, Caelan.
09:12People 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
09:22to the Royal Pharmacy.
09:23Any requests from Dravenmore go through my office first.
09:27She looked at the citadel one.
09:33If she saw forever and get himself unnatress, what are the ones who invented it?
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10:23put on Dravenmoor black and silver and walked straight into the main hall. Selene's
10:27housekeeper stepped in front of me. Lady Selene is waiting in the west parlor. Then she can come
10:32here. The servants froze. Davinmoor keep is not Seleneva Lavasse's house, and I am not her guest.
10:37Gareth stood behind me. He said nothing. Every servant in the hall understood it. Gareth supported
10:42me as Lady Dravenmoor. Bring me Lucien's healer records, medicine ledgers, and night watch lists
10:46now. Selene arrived with a soft smile. Freya, you were married yesterday. Leave the household
10:51matters to me. This isn't household business. This is my husband's life. Selene kept smiling,
10:55but her eyes didn't. By sunset, I found the first problem in the medicine logs. Some herbs were not
11:00healing Lucien. They were suppressing his dragon blood. He wasn't too weak to wake. Someone was
11:05keeping him asleep. I needed the source records. Where the herbs came from. Who ordered them? The
11:09trail pointed to the royal pharmacy. I sent a rider to request the purchase records. The rider came
11:14back empty-handed. Crown Tower denied the request. They said all pharmaceutical inquiries from
11:18Dravenmoor require approval from the Crown Prince's office. I understood. Selene's confidence
11:22didn't come from Dravenmoor. It came from Crown Tower. That night, Selene heard I had found the
11:27local records. For the first time, she stopped smiling. Send Rowan. Let my son teach her what
11:31happens to lonely wives in this house.
11:57Rowan Vos waited outside my chamber door. He smelled of wine.
12:01Lady Dravenmoor. I stopped. Come on. Your husband can't even open his eyes. Don't waste your youth on a
12:08sleeping man. He stepped closer. Selene runs this keep. I am her son. You are just the human bride
12:15they sent to warm Lucien's bed. Then I slapped him. Servants rushed over. No one dared speak.
12:20Rowan wiped blood from his lip. My mother will hear about this. Good. Tell Lady Selene I saved her
12:26the trouble. His face twisted. My mother! Your mother failed to raise you. That makes it my problem
12:32now. I turned to the hall. Freya. Gareth. Put him in the lower water cell. By morning, maybe he'll
12:38remember whose keep this is. The guards moved toward Rowan. That was when the whole keep understood.
12:44I was Lady Dravenmoor. Below the keep, Rowan shook in freezing water. My mother knows about Lucien's
12:50medicine. He looked up, shaking. She knows who kept him asleep. And Crown Tower knows she knows.
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13:28time. I think it's on that kind of court. Always be even more kurators.
13:29That's a toughish kid that they'll ask for you for them. Didn't
14:03At dawn, Gareth brought me Rowan's confession.
14:05He was drunk, but he said the medicine was switched, and he said Crown Tower was involved.
14:10I looked at Lucian. The black silver scales on his hand had faded, but his fingers were warmer than before.
14:15Bring me every medicine log from the last year. 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.
14:39Then 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 stepped 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.
15:04Lucian's eyes were still closed, but his hand had crushed the bed rail.
15:08That evening, a sealed letter arrived from Crown Tower. Not a personal note. An official order with the royal stamp.
15:13Gareth read it aloud.
15:14By the authority of Crown Prince Kaelin, a royal medical delegation will be dispatched to Dragan Moore Keep to evaluate
15:20Duke Lucian's condition and review all medical arrangements currently in place.
15:23The room went quiet.
15:24When?
15:26Three days.
15:27I looked at the letter. If Kaelin's doctors walked in here, they would take over Lucian's treatment, reverse everything I
15:32had changed, put Selene's people back in charge, and I couldn't refuse. He was using his nephew's health as the
15:37excuse.
15:38Then we have three days.
16:17A gust and then we can get over.
16:18If he did it, I really wanted to investigate through the street.
16:18Gu palm 들어가.
16:18So I was choosing doctors for my personal history.
16:18No time لا pollution.
16:19That wasn't somebody who?
16:19When can we see him poorly in the numerous carouser heads probably the mass Harmonists, then...
16:27$1 to $2 to $adas!
16:37For us to enjoy it and go to access what we did for a special guest.
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19:36sent word. The delegation was leaving one day early. I locked the chamber door and sat beside
19:41Lucian. I can handle Selina. I can handle the servants and the whispers, but I can't fight
19:46your nephew and the crown at the same time. Not alone. His hand was warm. The scales pulsed. I
19:50need you to wake up. Silence. Then his fingers closed around mine. Freya. His dark gold eyes
19:56opened. Who came into my keep and thought he could question my wife for protecting me. Lucian sat up
20:01in bed. Black silver flame tore through the room. He looked at the bruise on my neck. Who did this?
20:07You. When your dragon blood broke through. He touched the bruise. Black silver light wrapped
20:12around my neck. It faded under his hand. Outside, every dragon torch in Dravenmore keep lit at once.
20:17The whole northern sky burned silver. In Crown Tower, a rider burst through the gate.
20:24Your Highness, Dragon Onmore's fire just lit the northern line. All of it.
20:27Caelan stood up. The Duke is awake. Caelan's cup shattered in his hand.
20:33For the Duke is awake. Caelan stood up. himself aajower
20:37in the back of his hand. Yes.
20:45You. He stayed still. All of it.
20:46Caelan stood up. Yes.
20:47Your daughter is awake. Yes.
20:47So I think the baby was awake. Yes.
20:51You.
20:51My father was awake. Thank you.
20:51My dad was awake.
20:51I know. Yes.
20:53What a woman.
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23:21The Royal Medical delegation arrived before noon.
23:24They expected a sleeping Duke.
23:26They 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
23:34the candles bent sideways. The late physician swallowed.
23:37Your Grace, Crown Prince Caelan sent us to review your treatment.
23:40Lucien 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.
23:48My wife kept me alive while your prince tried to take control of my be-medicine.
23:53From today on, Dreyrenmore's healers answer to me and Lady Deryrenmore, no one else.
23:56The delegation left before sunset. Caelan 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. I could stop him, but I didn't.
24:08I want to see who will answer. Later, Lucien 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.
24:34This is a special thing.
24:3510 years after let you install your patron,
24:35you can hire him to play an Racing diagnosis in a long distance.
24:56The coding Nordic, this is an interesting program.
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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 eight 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.
26:33Lucien looked at her.
26:34You 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!
26:49Selene 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.
27:19They were kneeling because I had won.
27:59that you should do six footepinions.
28:00And the traffic is locked.
28:02You're stuck.
28:02I shared there is a hole.
28:02You used to be married as a dog ج 아ưa teacher.
28:02You said you would be right, they Principals Mounteduk.
28:02If not your charol gen of life.
28:03You are so bad.
28:03You mournnessyïsburg.
28:06I missed the people to be married place.
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35:12He 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.
35:20That night, she found Edric Ravenshade near the chapel.
35:23Your cousin is walking into a trap.
35:25Which cousin?
35:26The one Freya married.
35:28Try to keep up.
35:28Edric's face changed.
35:30Send word to Dravenmore.
35:31Tell Lady Dravenmore the Queen is moving first.
37:12and nearly fell. It's a scratch. I hurt you. The curse hurt me, not you. Do not make this sound
37:20easy. I wrapped cloth around my arm. I knew what I was choosing when I married you. He stared at
37:25me for a long second. You should not only be ready to suffer. His thumb brushed my bandage. You should
37:31be treated well. I stopped breathing. For the first time, he wasn't speaking as a duke. He was speaking
37:36as my husband.
40:45I wasốn myself.
40:46Selene's ledgers.
40:47The medicine logs.
40:49The payment trail to the Royal Pharmacy.
40:51Every page that tied Dravenmoor's sickness to Crown Tower and the Royal Citadel.
40:55Mira 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.
41:04I'm not going back as that girl.
41:08Before dawn, I found Lucien on the tower.
41:11Royal Citadel was far beyond the dark hills
41:15Kaelin will be there
41:16So will the queen
41:19And me
41:19He offered his hand
41:21I took it
41:21This time, I was not walking into Crown Tower alone
41:39We returned to the Royal Citadel under black silver banners
41:42The 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
42:01That hurt him more
42:02Queen Marianne held a welcome feast that night
42:05Duke Lucian, Valeria is relieved to see you awake
42:08Relieved enough to send a resuccan?
42:10Her smile tightened
42:11The king missed his brother
42:12Then we are happy to answer his majesty
42:14We brought everything he needs to see
42:16Her eyes moved to the locked case beside my chair
42:18How thoughtful
42:19After dinner, Princess Anya caught my sleeve near the corridor
42:22Madame 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
42:39Can we get it?
42:41Only the king can open that vault
42:46Then we make him want to
42:56Want to keep up
43:21League right?
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44:05The autumn court filled the royal hall by sunrise, dragon lords, human nobles, crown loyalists. Lucian entered with a cane.
44:12The 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 Lucian has been absent from court for a year. His private dragon riders remain under northern command.
44:28Valeria needs a royal oversea her in Drevenmore.
44:30The hall stirred. So that was their move. Call Lucian weak. Call his army dangerous. Put crown tower inside our
44:36key. Lucian 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.
44:44King Alaric read in silence. Reports can be dressed up. So can treason. The lord froze. King Alaric lowered the
44:51report.
44:52The north appears better managed than half the estates in this room. No oversaw will be sent.
44:58Caelan's jaw tightened. After court, he blocked me on the stone steps.
45:02Did you come back just to parade him in front of me? No.
45:06Then why are you here? To speak to the king.
45:09I stepped around him. This has nothing to do with you.
45:13For once, Caelan had no answer.
45:35He came back.
45:36Let's rule him in front of me.
46:05He got theцию right.
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46:47The next day, the court gathered in the rose dragon garden.
46:50I 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.
47:00Lucien 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.
47:17Then Queen Marion's voice cut through the garden.
47:19How charming.
47:20A human duchess among dragonhounds.
47:23Valeria is becoming very generous.
47:25The noble ladies went quiet.
47:27Caelan looked at me.
47:28I did not speak.
47:29Lucien did.
47:30House Ashbird bled for Valeria before half these dragonhouses learned how to hold a border.
47:35Queen Marion's smile cracked.
47:38Freer'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.
47:51I looked at Lucien.
47:53For the first time, I understood.
47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference.
47:58It had been restraint.
48:44Anya's warning was real.
48:46Edric checked the Royal Archive records for me.
48:48Three nights.
48:50Three visits.
48:52Madame Corvin entered the sealed wing each time with a Marianne clerk.
48:55The exit list is wrong.
48:57Files went in.
48:58Fewer came out.
48:59Which files?
49:00Northern Warfront.
49:01Ashbington 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.
49:11I sent Edric to the old Archive clerk who had served my father.
49:16By midnight, Mira came to my room carrying a basket of white roses.
49:31Don't yell.
49:32I know it looks stupid.
49:34She pulled the cloth aside.
49:36Three copied letters lay under the flowers.
49:38My hands went cold.
49:39One letter marked my father's route through the northern pass.
49:42One 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.
49:52I closed the letters.
49:55Not just her family.
49:58Lucien entered before dawn.
49:59The King agreed to open the vault tomorrow.
50:01I handed him the copies.
50:03Good.
50:04His face changed as he read.
50:07Because now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:09The King's family.
50:10The King's family.
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