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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.
07:21Black silver flame tore across the ceiling. The bed frame split. 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
07:34the 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
07:55or 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 the mate fly him 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
08:27had
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
08:40tower before noon cailin was sparring when a servant ran in your highness draven moore's mate flame
08:46answered freya last night cailin stopped mid-swing the whole northern sky lit up
08:51gold fire burst from cailin's palm training post shattered he thought the wedding would humiliate
08:57me instead all of royal citadel was talking about how draven moore's dragon blood had chosen a human bride
09:02princess anja walked in so it's true she looked at the burn post they say freya looked more like a
09:09duchess than a widow careful cailin people might think you're the one who got left behind
09:16that afternoon cailin called his steward the ashborough war records we archived move them
09:20to the sealed vault and send a message to the royal pharmacy any requests from dreven moore go through my
09:25office first
09:40you
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 Seliva Lavaz's house, and I am not her guest.
10:37Gareth stood behind me.
10:38He 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.
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'd 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 Vos waited outside my chamber door.
12:00He smelled of wine.
12:01Lady 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.
12:22My 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 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.
12:53And Crown Tower knows she knows.
13:21With him.
13:50Whoめて her son.
13:50She knew he's not where her son.
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.
14:26Selina 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.
14:44The 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.
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 Caelan, a royal medical delegation will be dispatched to Dragan
15:19Moore Keep to 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.
15:35He was using his nephew's health as the excuse. Then we have three days.
16:06Four days.
16:35He was working in prison like online.
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19:35crown tower sent word. The delegation was leaving one day early. I locked the chamber door and sat
19:40beside Lucian. 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
19:51need 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
20:02in 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 Onmor'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.
20:37So, as you again do know during the door.
20:38Caelan stood up. It's very confident.
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20:42It's very 꿀� for you.
20:42It's known during the eve of 3 před � meteors.
20:43It's an Customer Army Ste takich 45 minutes.
20:45So, in drag stuff out!
20:45We're going to click on you.
20:46What's happening?Salim
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21:01specifically is not getting fresh. The Chief
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23:21The royal medical delegation arrived before noon.
23:25They expected a sleeping Duke.
23:26They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main hall.
23:29He leaned on a cane.
23:30His face was pale, but black-silver pressure filled the room so hard the candles 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.
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.
23:56The delegation left before sunset.
23:58Caelan 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.
24:08I 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.
24:46I had heard from the peace where I'm ready.
24:50I can't believe.
24:52I've got the relationship with the champagne.
24:53And he was to ask you of my friend.
24:54I don't believe them, but I have never won.
24:54I can't believe them.
24:55I'll keep up with them.
25:01I've got a situation right now and there are not in my heart.
25:01I can't believe them.
25:06I have both in my opinion.
25:06I'm very interested in feeding the items.
25:06I'm very interested in getting the information in the room.
25:06You don't know that I can't believe you.
25:07You can hear that.
25:11I don't know that I can be scared of a couple of you.
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26:05At dawn, Lucien ordered the ledgers sealed. Gareth brought iron boxes from Selene's office. Taxbooks, supply lists, military payment rolls.
26:13By 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.
26:34Lucien 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.
27:11Then 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.
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34:35the report once then gold fire burst from his hand half the desk burned before the guards could move
34:40he threw out my delegation the messenger shook yes your highness lady selena has been confined
34:45rowan voss is in the dungeon cailin's eyes went gold freya did this lucian did this freya gave
34:52him the knife later queen marian called house marian into her private chamber if lucian speaks
34:57of the northern war front every old wound opens a lord leaned close then we strike first at court
35:03accuse him of hiding troops ignoring royal summons and using illness to build power in the north at
35:07the same time cailin went to king alaric father uncle lucian just woke from a curse he should
35:12return to the royal citadel for treatment you sound very concerned cailin's mouth tightened he is family
35:17across the hall princess anya heard enough that night she found edric ravenshade near the chapel
35:22your cousin is walking into a trap which cousin the one freya married try to keep up edric's face
35:29changed send word to dravenmore tell lady dravenmore the queen is moving first
36:00dad you're closing it up to theionevers in the wilderness and this is where it's not
36:19going to be there for a minute you're moving first of the world i can see in the world
36:19and for some reason why you're like on the real side of the world and this one
36:19says what i think are you doing i've got 14 of the world i mean right now
36:29and i think it's gonna be more like the size of the world that's gonna be it
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
37:05My 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 and nearly fell
37:13It's a scratch
37:14I 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
37:24He 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
37:57He was speaking as my husband
37:57I used tountze
38:03For the first time he was talking as a duke
38:03But he began to meet me
38:03He was speaking as a duke
38:06I took my head
38:07He was speaking as a duke
38:07I was singing as a duke
38:11His thumb brushed my bandage
38:11He was speaking as a duke
38:11He was talking as a duke
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39:51.
39:59.
40:02.
40:03.
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.
41:04I'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.
41:15Caelan 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 sucker?
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 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.
42:58The letter O'Hare, Rachel.っ
43:27.
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.
44:18Caelan sat in the Prince's seat,
44:19gold 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,
44:42tax ledgers records for Sir Nervos 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.
44:55No 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.
45:14For once, Caelan had no answer.
45:34No, I'm sorry.
45:40Because of the King.
45:41But the King hasn't done anything,
45:47And here, this is the King's blood.
45:47I'm sorry.
45:49I'm sorry, too.
45:49I'm sorry.
45:49I'm sorry.
45:50Oddly found him out.
45:55So there was a couple of your questions.
45:55.
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.
47:00Lucien stopped beside me.
47:02You told me Ashborough girls didn't cry over water.
47:06I turned.
47:07That 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.
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.
47:52I looked at Lucien.
47:53For the first time, I understood.
47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference.
47:59It had been restraint.
48:44Anya's warning was real.
48:46Edric checked the Royal Archive records for me.
48:49Three nights.
48:50Three visits.
48:52Madam Corvin entered the sealed wing each time with a Marion clerk.
48:56The exit list is wrong.
48:57Files went in.
48:58Fewer came out.
48:59Which files?
49:00Northern Warfront.
49:01Ashpington 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.
49:40One 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 Marion.
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.
50:04His face changed as he read.
50:07Because now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:22Shit, having a good time.
50:23Seems like.
50:28I strategies that sell her back on him.
50:28Some friends.
50:28Iquez, though.
50:29Give up for your name.
50:32That's what he says?
50:32What is he...
50:34This is the end, the between...
50:38My memory, he said in a secret mom.
50:39Iは some family of mine.
50:39Let me know what's going there.
50:44But next noche...
50:49.
51:37Don't yell. I know it looks stupid.
51:40She pulled the cloth aside.
51:42Three copies.
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