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00:00:05The gold dragon I had raised with my own hands bit through my fingertip the moment it broke

00:00:09out of its shell. A heartbeat later, it turned away from me and flew straight to my sister

00:00:14Izalith, and curled tamely into her arms. She held the dragon that should have been

00:00:20mine, and sobbed in front of the entire kingdom.

00:00:23Seraphina! How could you steal my dragon egg?

00:00:28I did not steal it. I was the one who brought it to life from the egg.

00:00:33Murmurs swept through the noble stands like a storm. King Alaric slammed his seppler against

00:00:38the stone floor, and guards formed forward to pin my arms behind my hack.

00:00:44Izalith glided toward me through the chaos, but when she leaned close to my ear, her voice

00:00:50was cold and sharp, stripped of all pretend.

00:00:53Did you really think the dragon chose you? Newborn hatchlings are blind. They know their

00:00:58master only by the scent of blood on the egg. For three whole months, I snuck into your incubation

00:01:04chamber every midnight and dapped the shell with my own blood.

00:01:09Day and night you sat by me, but it never smelled me. All it knew was my sleep.

00:01:15She paused, her fingertips brushing the bite wound on my finger, and I flinched as a sting

00:01:20of burning pain shot through my hand.

00:01:22I brushed dragon repellent sap on your fingertips before the ceremony. That's why it bit you

00:01:28the moment it touched you to it. You reek of something loathsome.

00:01:35Why would you do this to me?

00:01:41Izalith laughed softly.

00:01:43Why?

00:01:44Because you were born first and the crown was handed to you without effort?

00:01:49A golden dragon is the omen of a rightful ruler.

00:01:53With it, I will take your throne, your title, everything that should have been mine.

00:01:58Just like that, I became a thief. My father stripped me of my claims into the throne and

00:02:05threw me into the dragon pit. The iron gate clashed shut behind me with a deafening boom.

00:02:11Starving lesser drakes tore at the hem of my gown. Hot, rancid breath rolled over my face

00:02:17and sharp claws scraped against my arms.

00:02:24Before I closed my eyes, my sister was holding the golden dragon and wearing my crown,

00:02:30basking in smug triumph. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my father gave us

00:02:36our dragon eggs. This time, I'd not kneel and beg anyone to believe me. If Izalith wanted to steal

00:02:42my dragon so badly, I'd give her the most dangerous one of all.

00:02:48King Alaric's voice rang out above me.

00:02:50Serafina, what are you waiting for?

00:02:52My head shot up. I was standing in the golden hall. Candlelight flickered over the marble marble

00:02:58floors. Nobles lined both sides of the chamber. Every pair of eyes fixed on me. Before the daisk

00:03:04stood two silver trays, each holding a dragon egg. One was pale, threaded with delicate gold veins.

00:03:10The other was dull and dark. Without shine at all. I had seen this scene before. No. I had lived

00:03:18it

00:03:18before. Back then, I was the crown princess of Valderria, the only daughter of the late queen.

00:03:24The kingdom called me, calm, disciplined, worthy of the throne. I had believed that, if I worked hard

00:03:32enough, if I became perfect enough, my father would finally see me. Later, I learned the truth.

00:03:38Some fathers don't need a reason to favor one child over another. The child he loved was Isolet.

00:03:43The daughter born to his second queen. It did not matter how many royal laws I memorized,

00:03:48how many court rituals I mastered, or how many noble sons I defeated's training.

00:03:53To him, I'd always be the elder daughter. He did not want to acknowledge.

00:03:58Alarac glanced at me. There was no warmth in his face.

00:04:03Valderria was once protected by dragons.

00:04:07After the Great War, almost every adult dragon died.

00:04:12Only a few eggs remain, sealed in the royal vaults.

00:04:17By our oldest law, the one who hatches a dragon will earn the right to inherit the throne.

00:04:25What he did not say was this. Valderria's nobles would never accept an heir without dragon.

00:04:30No matter how much he loved Isolet, he still needed her to receive a dragon in public.

00:04:35Only then would everyone keep quiet when she took the throne.

00:04:38I stared at the golden-veined egg. In my last life, I had reached for it first.

00:04:44My chest swelling with pride. I had thought it was a reward for my diligence.

00:04:49I had never guessed it was a trap laid from the very start.

00:04:52He lifted his hand, and a servant carried one of the eggs toward me.

00:04:56You and will each receive one.

00:04:59In one month, every noble and citizen will gather in the palace square to witness the hatching.

00:05:06When that day comes, the true heir will show herself.

00:05:18I reached out and took the egg.

00:05:21The shell was cold. Exactly as I remembered.

00:05:26A ripple of whispers moved through the hall.

00:05:31Isolde stood beside our father in a white gown, her golden hair falling over her shoulders.

00:05:37She looked soft.

00:05:39Innocent.

00:05:40Like a cherished little princess who had never done anything cruel in her life.

00:05:45But when she looked at me, a familiar flash of triumph crossed her eyes.

00:05:51It was the exact same look she had worn as she watched me fall into the dragon pit.

00:05:58Isolde came to my side.

00:06:00Her voice was soft enough that only the two of us could hear.

00:06:08You would definitely lose to me.

00:06:11In my last life, I had flushed with anger at this line.

00:06:16Arguing loudly that I would hatch the stronger dragon.

00:06:24The nobles had whispered that I was petty and unworthy of the crown.

00:06:29But this time, I only tightened my grip on the egg.

00:06:35We'll see about that.

00:06:37For a second, she froze.

00:06:38She had not expected me to be so calm.

00:06:41I held the dragon egg close.

00:06:44But inside,

00:06:45I went cold all the way through.

00:06:50In this life,

00:06:52I'd never again give my life just to earn my father's approval.

00:07:01After I returned to my old tower,

00:07:03I dismissed every maid.

00:07:07I placed the dragon egg on the table and stared at it.

00:07:14In my last life,

00:07:15this was the egg that hatched into the gold dragon.

00:07:19Before it broke open,

00:07:20it had answered my voice from within the shell.

00:07:29I drew a small knife and pressed the tip to my finger.

00:07:36If my blood touched the contract,

00:07:39the hatching would begin.

00:07:43My hand hovered there for a long time.

00:07:48Images of Isolda's smart face.

00:07:51The dragon pit's darkness.

00:07:53The drake's sharp teeth flashed before my eyes.

00:07:58In the end,

00:07:59I lowered the knife,

00:08:00pushed the egg into an iron box,

00:08:02and locked it.

00:08:05By the time I reached the palace,

00:08:07the hall outside the throne room

00:08:08was already packed with nobles.

00:08:10Everyone was whispering excitedly about Isolda.

00:08:13Who would have thought?

00:08:14Everyone assumed Princess Serafina had the stronger gift.

00:08:17But Princess Islaid is the one truly chosen by the dragons.

00:08:21A gold dragon.

00:08:22That is the symbol of royal power.

00:08:25The succession is practically settled.

00:08:28Princess Serafina has been hiding in that old tower, hasn't she?

00:08:31I heard her egg hasn't stirred at all.

00:08:34What a shame for the late queen.

00:08:35I walked through the crowd and entered the hall.

00:08:38Isolda stood before the throne with a gold dragon egg in her arms.

00:08:42Golden light wrapped around her like a halo,

00:08:44making her look like a saint anointed by the dragons.

00:08:47One glance was enough to turn my blood cold.

00:08:49It wasn't the egg hidden in my tower.

00:08:52But the gold markings,

00:08:53the cracks forming in the shell,

00:08:55even the heartbeat coming from inside it,

00:08:57everything matched the egg I had awakened with my own hands.

00:09:00A chill crept slowly up my spine.

00:09:02My egg was still in the hidden chamber beneath my tower.

00:09:05Martha had been guarding it without leaving her post.

00:09:08The windows were sealed.

00:09:10My own people watched the door.

00:09:12Not even a bird could get in.

00:09:14So maybe the problem was never that someone stole the physical egg.

00:09:17Perhaps something had been redirecting the results of my hatching to Isolda all along.

00:09:22Isolda saw me and her eyes lit up.

00:09:24She adjusted her hold on the egg,

00:09:26holding it higher as if displaying a trophy.

00:09:30Sister, you came.

00:09:33She carried the gold egg toward me, smiling sweetly.

00:09:37Sis, I didn't think you'd show up.

00:09:40It must hurt,

00:09:42watching your little sister hatch a gold dragon first.

00:09:45No matter how hard you try,

00:09:48the dragon always ends up mine.

00:09:51I did not smash the egg.

00:09:53I did not hurt the young life sleeping inside.

00:09:58The egg was not the one at fault.

00:10:00The people using it to trap me were.

00:10:03At the northern edge of the palace grounds stood an old dragon roost that had been sealed for years.

00:10:08My mother had told me of it when I was small.

00:10:11Her voice soft as she spoke of the gold egg she had hidden there.

00:10:15A gift left for me when I came of age.

00:10:18Under the cover of night,

00:10:19I slipped past the sleeping guards and pushed open the rusted iron gate.

00:10:26Ash swirled up around my boots,

00:10:28thick with the scent of burnt scales and old magic.

00:10:31At the very back of the roost,

00:10:33half buried in cold ash,

00:10:35I saw it.

00:10:36It was small,

00:10:37but the moment I drew close,

00:10:39it trembled.

00:10:40From that night on,

00:10:42I began hatching a dragon again.

00:10:45I snuck to the roost every midnight,

00:10:48sitting for hours with the egg pressed to my chest,

00:10:51whispering old dragon lullabies my mother had taught me.

00:10:54Day by day,

00:10:56the shell grew brighter,

00:10:57the gold veins glowing like molten sunlight.

00:10:59On the 20th night,

00:11:01I pressed my ear against it and heard a faint heartbeat from within.

00:11:05It was alive.

00:11:07It was mine.

00:11:09Then,

00:11:10at dawn on the 21st day,

00:11:12the palace bells began to ring.

00:11:17Martha hurried into my chamber,

00:11:19her face pale.

00:11:26Your highness,

00:11:27news has come from the palace.

00:11:30Princess Islote's dragon egg has turned gold.

00:11:34The king has announced that she may hatch a gold dragon.

00:11:41The cup slipped from my hand and shattered on the floor.

00:11:45Impossible.

00:11:47The gold dragon egg was right here with me.

00:11:51How could Islote's egg turn gold at the exact same moment my dragon awakened?

00:11:58Was this fate?

00:12:00Had I struggled so hard to change everything,

00:12:03only to walk right back into the same ending?

00:12:06I stared at the egg in her arms,

00:12:08my fingers going cold.

00:12:10My father sat on the throne,

00:12:12his satisfaction plain on his face.

00:12:19I looked up at him.

00:12:23He had spoken to me the same way in my last life.

00:12:26He had never given me a chance to explain.

00:12:28If Isolda shed a single tear,

00:12:30he could condemn me without hesitation.

00:12:33My egg has not hatched yet.

00:12:36Whispers burst through the hall.

00:12:38Isolda covered her mouth in exaggerated surprise,

00:12:41her eyes wide with false pity.

00:12:43How could that be?

00:12:45Sister, haven't you always worked the hardest?

00:12:49Are you saying you can't hatch a dragon at all?

00:12:52She shook her head softly as if grieving for me.

00:12:55Father, don't be angry with sister.

00:12:56I'm sure she tried her best.

00:12:58It's just...

00:13:00Maybe the dragons don't favor her.

00:13:02My father's face darkened.

00:13:05Useless.

00:13:06He seized the goblet beside him and hurled it at my feet.

00:13:09It shattered against the floor,

00:13:11shards scraping my hem,

00:13:12wine splashing over the tips of my shoes.

00:13:16Valdoria needs someone who can wake a dragon,

00:13:19not a failure who only knows how to look proud.

00:13:22I said nothing.

00:13:23Not because I was afraid.

00:13:25Because I had finally realized this was deeper than I had thought.

00:13:28The egg had not been stolen.

00:13:30Isolda had not been lucky.

00:13:32Something had been delivering my results to her from the very beginning.

00:13:36From this day forward,

00:13:38Serafina will remain in the old tower.

00:13:40She will not leave unless summoned.

00:13:43She will stay there until she hatches a dragon of her own.

00:13:47The nobles' eyes changed when they looked at me.

00:13:50In my first life they called me a thief.

00:13:54In this life they called me a failure.

00:13:56There was not much difference.

00:13:59When I left the hall,

00:14:01Isolda followed me.

00:14:02She waved a hand to dismiss her maids.

00:14:05And the soft, innocent mask fell from her face

00:14:08the moment they were out of sight.

00:14:10Sister,

00:14:11the look on your face just now was beautiful.

00:14:14I stopped walking.

00:14:17You can't understand it, can you?

00:14:21You hid your eggs so carefully.

00:14:24So,

00:14:26why do I have a gold egg too?

00:14:28The truth is,

00:14:30I don't even need to know what you did.

00:14:33The result will always be the same.

00:14:36She lifted a hand and patted my shoulder as if comforting a loser.

00:14:40You guard it.

00:14:42You feed it.

00:14:44You love it.

00:14:46But when it breaks out of its shell,

00:14:49it will still choose me.

00:14:52I grabbed her wrist.

00:14:54Pain flashed across her face,

00:14:56but she did not pull away.

00:14:58Instead,

00:14:59her smile widened.

00:15:01Angry?

00:15:02Then I must be right.

00:15:04She leaned in,

00:15:06her lips almost brushing my ear.

00:15:08Just like in your little incubation chamber.

00:15:11You thought you were raising a dragon for...

00:15:14yourself?

00:15:16You were raising it for me all along.

00:15:20I released her,

00:15:22Isolid.

00:15:24You had better pray you can keep winning.

00:15:27She smoothed her sleeve,

00:15:29her eyes full of contempt.

00:15:32I will.

00:15:33Father loves me.

00:15:35The kingdom expects me.

00:15:37Even the dragons choose me.

00:15:39What do you have?

00:15:41Sister?

00:15:41I watched her walk away

00:15:44and my mind became clearer

00:15:45than it had been all day.

00:15:47She was wrong.

00:15:49There was one thing I had

00:15:50that she did not.

00:15:52And I knew there was

00:15:53a second dragon growing

00:15:54in the old roost.

00:15:56One she would never see coming.

00:15:59On the third day of my confinement

00:16:01I began searching

00:16:02through my mother's belongings.

00:16:03At the top of the old tower

00:16:05was a small study.

00:16:06It had been locked for years.

00:16:08My father never came there.

00:16:10Isolid thought it too cold

00:16:11and dreary to set foot in.

00:16:13After my mother died

00:16:14her books, letters,

00:16:15and some old royal records

00:16:17had been piled inside

00:16:18like dust the whole palace

00:16:19wanted to forget.

00:16:20I sat on the floor

00:16:21and went through them

00:16:22one by one.

00:16:23Most of the books

00:16:24about dragon eggs

00:16:25had yellowed with age.

00:16:26They did not record

00:16:27mysterious legends.

00:16:28They recorded rules.

00:16:30Dragon eggs need warmth.

00:16:32Dragon eggs need quiet.

00:16:34Dragon eggs remember the contract.

00:16:36My hand froze.

00:16:38The contract.

00:16:39I read on quickly.

00:16:41Before a royal dragon egg

00:16:43could be hatched,

00:16:44the hatcher had to sign

00:16:45a magical contract.

00:16:46The contract bore the hatcher's name.

00:16:49When the dragon broke from its shell,

00:16:50it would recognize the name

00:16:52on the contract as its master.

00:16:54Worse, the contract did more

00:16:55than decide ownership.

00:16:57The blood, warmth, voice,

00:16:59and awakening power

00:16:59given by the hatcher

00:17:00would all be credited

00:17:01to the name that truly took effect.

00:17:03Then I saw a tiny note

00:17:05my mother had written

00:17:06in the margin.

00:17:07Queen's note.

00:17:08Beware the double ink.

00:17:10My heart clenched.

00:17:12Double ink was something

00:17:13royal mages used

00:17:14to hide secret orders.

00:17:15A line of writing

00:17:16appeared on the surface

00:17:17but beneath it.

00:17:18Another line

00:17:19the one that actually took effect

00:17:20could be concealed.

00:17:22Ordinary eyes

00:17:23could not see it.

00:17:24Only a revealing solution

00:17:25could expose it.

00:17:26At last I understood

00:17:28where the problem might be.

00:17:30That night I changed

00:17:31into a maid's dress

00:17:32slipped past the guards

00:17:33and broke into the royal archive.

00:17:35In my last life

00:17:36when I was desperate

00:17:37to prove my innocence

00:17:38I had knelt there

00:17:39and begged them

00:17:40to let me see the contracts.

00:17:41They did not open the door.

00:17:43They only shoved me

00:17:44down the steps

00:17:45and called me a lying thief.

00:17:46This time I did not beg.

00:17:49I used the sleeping powder

00:17:50Martha had given me

00:17:51to put the guards to sleep

00:17:52then took the keys

00:17:54from his belt.

00:17:55Who's there?

00:17:56The guard's voice faded

00:17:57before he could finish.

00:17:59He slid down

00:17:59against the wall asleep.

00:18:01The archive was cold.

00:18:02Rows of wooden cabinets

00:18:04stretched into the darkness.

00:18:05I found the contracts

00:18:06from the day

00:18:07of the egg ceremony by date.

00:18:09My fingers shaking so badly

00:18:10I could barely hold the papers.

00:18:12The first contract

00:18:13was Isolda's.

00:18:14On the surface

00:18:15it said Isolda.

00:18:16The second contract

00:18:17was mine.

00:18:18On the surface

00:18:19it said Serafina.

00:18:21I took out

00:18:21the revealing solution

00:18:22my mother had left behind

00:18:24and let a drop

00:18:24fall onto the page.

00:18:26At first nothing happened.

00:18:28Then the ink

00:18:28began to blur.

00:18:29The name Serafina faded.

00:18:32Beneath it

00:18:32another name rose

00:18:33to the surface.

00:18:35Isolda.

00:18:36I stared at that name

00:18:37ice flooding my veins.

00:18:39So that was it.

00:18:40My dragon

00:18:41had not betrayed me.

00:18:43Isolda had not

00:18:44truly beaten me

00:18:44with her own power.

00:18:46From the moment

00:18:47I signed my name

00:18:47on that paper

00:18:48my father had already

00:18:49replaced it with hers.

00:18:51Every drop of blood

00:18:52every hour of warmth

00:18:53every whisper

00:18:54I had breathed

00:18:55into that egg

00:18:55none of it had ever been mine.

00:18:57It had all belonged to her.

00:18:59The next morning

00:19:00I walked straight

00:19:02into the throne room.

00:19:03King Alaric

00:19:04with Islica

00:19:04examining her

00:19:06gold dragon egg.

00:19:08The shell

00:19:09was already

00:19:10crisscrossed

00:19:11with cracks

00:19:11and faint

00:19:13thin cries

00:19:14of a young dragon

00:19:15drifted from within.

00:19:19Isolette looked up

00:19:20at the sound

00:19:21of my footsteps.

00:19:22A sweet

00:19:23triumphant smile

00:19:24spreading across her face.

00:19:25Sister

00:19:26have you finally

00:19:28come to your senses?

00:19:29Are you here

00:19:30to apologize

00:19:31to father

00:19:32and beg

00:19:33to keep your place

00:19:34at my side?

00:19:35I did not look at her.

00:19:36I bowed

00:19:37to the man

00:19:38on the throne.

00:19:40Father

00:19:42I can't

00:19:43hatch a dragon.

00:19:45The hall

00:19:46went silent.

00:19:49What did you say?

00:19:51I said

00:19:52I am willing

00:19:53to withdraw

00:19:53from the succession

00:19:54trial.

00:19:56I am no match

00:19:57for Isolette.

00:19:59Since she has already

00:20:00hatched a gold dragon

00:20:01the throne

00:20:02should naturally

00:20:03belong for her.

00:20:07The smile

00:20:08frozen on Isolette's face.

00:20:10Her fingers

00:20:11tightened around

00:20:12the egg so hard

00:20:13her knuckles whited

00:20:14and a small piece

00:20:16of shell

00:20:16flaked off

00:20:17onto her skirt.

00:20:20My father

00:20:21did not look

00:20:22pleased either.

00:20:24Nonsense!

00:20:26I looked at him

00:20:28calmly.

00:20:29Of course

00:20:30he could not

00:20:31let me quit.

00:20:32Isolette

00:20:33had not truly

00:20:34hatched anything.

00:20:35The gold dragon

00:20:36egg in her arms

00:20:37depending on

00:20:38my contract

00:20:38within my blood.

00:20:40If I stopped

00:20:41hatching dragons

00:20:43she would have

00:20:44nothing left

00:20:44to steal.

00:20:46Alarith

00:20:46softened his voice

00:20:47trying on the

00:20:48mask of a gentle

00:20:49father.

00:20:49Seraphine

00:20:50you have

00:20:51always been

00:20:52a proud child.

00:20:54One failure

00:20:55means nothing.

00:20:56The kingdom

00:20:57needs you

00:20:58to keep

00:20:58trying.

00:20:59I almost

00:21:00laughed.

00:21:02In my first

00:21:03life

00:21:04when he stood

00:21:05over me

00:21:05in the dragon

00:21:06pit

00:21:06and condemned

00:21:07me to die

00:21:08he had never

00:21:09once said

00:21:10the kingdom

00:21:10needed me.

00:21:12The kinder

00:21:13he pretended

00:21:13to be

00:21:14the clearer

00:21:15the truth

00:21:16became.

00:21:19Isolette's

00:21:19golden dragon

00:21:20was nothing

00:21:21but a shadow

00:21:21of mine

00:21:22and without

00:21:23me

00:21:24it would die

00:21:25before it

00:21:26ever saw

00:21:26the sun.

00:21:29The answer

00:21:30was already

00:21:30in my hands

00:21:31as long as

00:21:32that hidden

00:21:32name remained

00:21:33every drop

00:21:34of blood

00:21:35I gave

00:21:35would become

00:21:36Isolette's

00:21:36claim.

00:21:38A small

00:21:38sound

00:21:39came from

00:21:39behind me.

00:21:41A soft

00:21:42rustle

00:21:42came from

00:21:43the archway

00:21:43behind me.

00:21:44I whirled

00:21:45dagger drawn

00:21:47and pressed

00:21:47to the intruder's

00:21:48throat

00:21:48before I

00:21:49saw her

00:21:49face.

00:21:50Martha

00:21:51stood in

00:21:51the doorway

00:21:52pale as

00:21:53a ghost.

00:21:54Your

00:21:55highness

00:21:55it's

00:21:56me.

00:21:57I saw

00:21:58you leave

00:21:58the tower

00:21:59and followed.

00:22:00I was

00:22:00afraid

00:22:01you'd

00:22:01be

00:22:01caught.

00:22:02Slowly

00:22:03I lowered

00:22:04the blade.

00:22:05She stepped

00:22:06inside

00:22:06and when

00:22:07her eyes

00:22:08fell on

00:22:08the glowing

00:22:08contract

00:22:09in my

00:22:09hand

00:22:10her lips

00:22:11trembled

00:22:11and tears

00:22:12spilled

00:22:12over at

00:22:13once.

00:22:14The

00:22:14queen

00:22:15suspected

00:22:15something

00:22:16like this

00:22:16would

00:22:17happen.

00:22:19The

00:22:19year

00:22:20the

00:22:20eggs

00:22:20were

00:22:20moved

00:22:21to

00:22:21the

00:22:21vault.

00:22:22She

00:22:23said

00:22:23the

00:22:23contracts

00:22:23felt

00:22:24wrong.

00:22:26But

00:22:26she

00:22:26was

00:22:27already

00:22:27too

00:22:27ill.

00:22:28She

00:22:29died

00:22:29before

00:22:29she

00:22:30could

00:22:30prove

00:22:30it.

00:22:31I

00:22:31closed

00:22:32my

00:22:32eyes.

00:22:33The

00:22:33weight

00:22:33of

00:22:33my

00:22:34mother's

00:22:34unfinished

00:22:34protection

00:22:35settled

00:22:35over

00:22:36me,

00:22:36warm

00:22:37and sharp

00:22:38all at

00:22:38once.

00:22:39My

00:22:39mother

00:22:39had not

00:22:40failed

00:22:40to

00:22:40protect

00:22:41me.

00:22:42She

00:22:42had

00:22:42simply

00:22:43ran

00:22:43out of

00:22:43time.

00:22:45your

00:22:46highnessed,

00:22:47what do

00:22:47we do

00:22:48now?

00:22:48We

00:22:49have

00:22:49proof.

00:22:51We

00:22:51can

00:22:51call

00:22:52the

00:22:52nobles

00:22:52at

00:22:53dawn.

00:22:54Show

00:22:54them

00:22:55the

00:22:55truth.

00:22:55We

00:22:56can

00:22:56clear

00:22:56your

00:22:57name

00:22:57and

00:22:57take

00:22:57everything

00:22:58back.

00:22:59I

00:22:59looked

00:23:00at

00:23:00the

00:23:00name

00:23:00on

00:23:00the

00:23:00page

00:23:01and

00:23:01suddenly

00:23:01laughed.

00:23:06No.

00:23:07Martha

00:23:07stared

00:23:07at me.

00:23:09They

00:23:10won't

00:23:10believe it.

00:23:11In my

00:23:11last life,

00:23:12I laid

00:23:12everything

00:23:12bare,

00:23:13and they

00:23:14still chose

00:23:14Isolette's

00:23:15tears.

00:23:15the

00:23:16nobles

00:23:16did not care

00:23:17about the

00:23:18truth.

00:23:18Neither

00:23:18did the

00:23:19people.

00:23:20They

00:23:20believed

00:23:21the

00:23:21winner.

00:23:22Truth

00:23:23doesn't win

00:23:23here.

00:23:24Winners

00:23:25write the

00:23:26truth.

00:23:27So this

00:23:27time,

00:23:28I'd make

00:23:29the winner

00:23:29confess she

00:23:30was a

00:23:30fraud.

00:23:31I rolled

00:23:31the contract

00:23:32back up

00:23:33and put

00:23:34it where

00:23:34I had

00:23:34found it.

00:23:36If

00:23:37father loves

00:23:38changing

00:23:38names so

00:23:39much,

00:23:40then let

00:23:40that name

00:23:41stay there.

00:23:44Isolette likes

00:23:45stealing my

00:23:46dragons,

00:23:47then I'll

00:23:47let her

00:23:48steal one.

00:23:49She stole

00:23:50my golden

00:23:51dragon,

00:23:51my crown,

00:23:52my life.

00:23:53This time,

00:23:54I will let

00:23:55her steal

00:23:55something else,

00:23:56something that

00:23:57will tear her

00:23:57lies apart

00:23:58from the

00:23:58inside out.

00:24:01The Royal

00:24:02Forbidden's

00:24:02Vault lay

00:24:03beneath the

00:24:03dragon pit.

00:24:06There were

00:24:06no gilded

00:24:07pillars there,

00:24:08no golden

00:24:09flames to

00:24:09symbolize

00:24:10royal power.

00:24:13Only a

00:24:14cold,

00:24:14damp staircase

00:24:15leading down

00:24:16into darkness,

00:24:17the walls

00:24:17scarred with

00:24:18black burn

00:24:18marks.

00:24:20After the

00:24:21war,

00:24:21the royal

00:24:22family had

00:24:23sealed the

00:24:23most dangerous

00:24:24dragon eggs

00:24:25here.

00:24:27Not because

00:24:28they were

00:24:28noble,

00:24:28because

00:24:29no one

00:24:30dared to

00:24:30hatch

00:24:30them.

00:24:38My

00:24:38mother's

00:24:39notes

00:24:39mentioned

00:24:39one egg

00:24:40in particular.

00:24:44A black

00:24:45dragon egg.

00:24:50Black

00:24:51dragons

00:24:51were

00:24:51powerful,

00:24:52savage,

00:24:53and almost

00:24:53impossible

00:24:54to tame.

00:24:59They were

00:25:00not like

00:25:00gold dragons,

00:25:02which symbolized

00:25:03the throne.

00:25:05They were

00:25:06not like

00:25:06red dragons,

00:25:07which burned

00:25:08for war.

00:25:09Black dragons

00:25:10devoured falsehood

00:25:11in a contract.

00:25:13They attacked

00:25:13those who

00:25:14deceived them.

00:25:17three kings

00:25:18had tried to

00:25:19bind black

00:25:19dragons to

00:25:20their will

00:25:20over three

00:25:21hundred years.

00:25:22All had

00:25:23paid a

00:25:23terrible price.

00:25:24The first

00:25:25lost an

00:25:26entire hand

00:25:26to dragon

00:25:27fire.

00:25:28The second

00:25:29went mad

00:25:29on the day

00:25:30the dragon

00:25:31hatched.

00:25:32The third

00:25:33managed to

00:25:33make the

00:25:34dragon

00:25:34open its

00:25:35eyes,

00:25:35but when

00:25:36he declared

00:25:36himself its

00:25:37master,

00:25:37it bit

00:25:38through his

00:25:38throat.

00:25:44after that,

00:25:45the black

00:25:46dragon

00:25:46egg was

00:25:47locked in

00:25:47the deepest

00:25:48part of

00:25:48the forbidden

00:25:49vault.

00:25:54In my

00:25:55first life,

00:25:56I died

00:25:56without ever

00:25:57knowing it

00:25:57existed.

00:25:58In this

00:25:59life,

00:26:00I opened

00:26:00the door.

00:26:02There was

00:26:03no light

00:26:04behind the

00:26:04iron door.

00:26:07I walked

00:26:07in with a

00:26:08torch and

00:26:08saw a

00:26:09jet black

00:26:09dragon

00:26:10egg resting

00:26:10silently on

00:26:11a stone

00:26:11platform.

00:26:12It was

00:26:13much larger

00:26:14than an

00:26:14ordinary

00:26:15egg.

00:26:15There were

00:26:16no markings

00:26:16on the

00:26:17shell.

00:26:17As I

00:26:18approached,

00:26:19the torch

00:26:19flame shrank

00:26:20and dimmed,

00:26:21as if the

00:26:21darkness itself

00:26:22was eating

00:26:22the light.

00:26:23The thing

00:26:24inside was

00:26:25awake.

00:26:25I know

00:26:26you're

00:26:26dangerous.

00:26:27The black

00:26:28egg did

00:26:29not respond.

00:26:30I also

00:26:31know you

00:26:32won't kneel

00:26:32tamely at

00:26:33anyone's

00:26:34feet.

00:26:35This

00:26:35time,

00:26:36the shell

00:26:36trembled

00:26:37lightly.

00:26:40Father,

00:26:41I'm

00:26:41tired.

00:26:43I accept

00:26:43that I

00:26:44am not

00:26:44as capable

00:26:44as

00:26:45Isoth.

00:26:47Please

00:26:48allow me

00:26:48to leave

00:26:48the tower

00:26:49and move

00:26:49to the

00:26:50estate

00:26:50outside

00:26:50the city.

00:26:52I will

00:26:52never touch

00:26:53another

00:26:53dragon

00:26:53egg.

00:26:55No!

00:26:57This

00:26:58time,

00:26:58it was

00:26:59Isolid

00:26:59who spoke.

00:27:01She

00:27:01flinched

00:27:02as soon

00:27:02as she

00:27:02said it,

00:27:03realizing

00:27:03she

00:27:04took

00:27:04motion to

00:27:04have

00:27:04broken

00:27:05her

00:27:05gentle

00:27:05ale

00:27:05mask

00:27:06in front

00:27:06of the

00:27:06nobles.

00:27:08Sister,

00:27:09I didn't

00:27:09mean it

00:27:09that way.

00:27:10I only

00:27:11think you

00:27:11shouldn't

00:27:12give up

00:27:12so easily.

00:27:15You are

00:27:16my sister.

00:27:28I want

00:27:29you to prove

00:27:29yourself

00:27:29too.

00:27:30I turned

00:27:31to her

00:27:31fully,

00:27:32taking one

00:27:32slow step

00:27:33forward.

00:27:35She

00:27:36stumbled

00:27:36back half a

00:27:37step before

00:27:37she caught

00:27:38herself.

00:27:40What good

00:27:41would that

00:27:41do you?

00:27:44Isolid's face

00:27:45went pale.

00:27:46Don't you

00:27:47already have

00:27:48a gold

00:27:48dragon?

00:27:49Aren't you

00:27:50about to

00:27:50become the

00:27:51heir?

00:27:52Why are

00:27:53you afraid

00:27:53I'll stop

00:27:54hatching

00:27:54dragons?

00:27:55Several

00:27:56nobles in

00:27:56the hall

00:27:56exchanged

00:27:57puzzled

00:27:57looks.

00:27:58Isolid bit

00:27:59down hard

00:27:59on her

00:28:00lip,

00:28:00tears

00:28:01rolling

00:28:01down

00:28:01her

00:28:01cheeks.

00:28:02Sister,

00:28:03how can

00:28:04you think

00:28:04that of

00:28:05me?

00:28:05I'm only

00:28:06worried

00:28:06about

00:28:07you.

00:28:09In

00:28:10my last

00:28:10life,

00:28:11I'd have

00:28:11rushed to

00:28:12defend myself

00:28:12and ended

00:28:13up looking

00:28:13cruel beside

00:28:14her tears.

00:28:17This

00:28:18time,

00:28:19I only

00:28:20smiled.

00:28:22Then

00:28:22thank you

00:28:23for your

00:28:23concern.

00:28:24I bowed

00:28:25to my

00:28:25father again.

00:28:35Father,

00:28:36since Isolid

00:28:37has won,

00:28:38there is no

00:28:38reason for

00:28:39me to

00:28:39remain here.

00:28:40Alaric

00:28:41stared at

00:28:41me.

00:28:42For the

00:28:42first time,

00:28:43I saw

00:28:43panic in

00:28:44his eyes.

00:28:46You must

00:28:47continue

00:28:48hatching

00:28:48dragon eggs.

00:28:51Why?

00:28:52He stopped.

00:28:53The words

00:28:54died on

00:28:55his tongue.

00:28:56He could

00:28:57not say

00:28:57the quiet

00:28:58part out

00:28:58loud.

00:28:59I lowered

00:29:00my voice,

00:29:01just loud

00:29:01enough for

00:29:02the front

00:29:02rows of

00:29:02nobles to

00:29:03hear.

00:29:04Surely it

00:29:05isn't because

00:29:06Isolid needs

00:29:06me to hatch

00:29:07them for

00:29:07her.

00:29:08The sentence

00:29:09cut through

00:29:10the false

00:29:10calm of

00:29:11the hall.

00:29:13Isolid's

00:29:13face changed

00:29:14completely.

00:29:15Alaric slammed

00:29:15his palm down

00:29:16on the arm

00:29:17of the throne

00:29:17so hard

00:29:18the goblets

00:29:18rattled.

00:29:20How dare

00:29:21you!

00:29:22I knelt

00:29:23slowly,

00:29:23my back

00:29:24straight.

00:29:24Forgive me,

00:29:25father.

00:29:26It was only

00:29:27a joke.

00:29:28But the

00:29:29joke had

00:29:29already sunk

00:29:30its teeth

00:29:30in.

00:29:31No one

00:29:32in that

00:29:32hall would

00:29:33forget the

00:29:33question,

00:29:33or the

00:29:34panic on

00:29:35Isolid's

00:29:35face.

00:29:36After I

00:29:36left the

00:29:37hall,

00:29:37Isolid

00:29:38followed

00:29:38me.

00:29:41She grabbed

00:29:42my wrist,

00:29:43her nails

00:29:44digging hard

00:29:45into my

00:29:45sleeve through

00:29:46the fabric.

00:29:49Serafina,

00:29:50what are you

00:29:50planning?

00:29:51I'm planning

00:29:52to give up.

00:29:53You're lying.

00:29:55You must have

00:29:56hidden another

00:29:56dragon egg

00:29:56somewhere.

00:29:57You think

00:29:57you can raise

00:29:58one in secret

00:29:59and take

00:30:00everything back?

00:30:01I pulled

00:30:01my wrist

00:30:02free,

00:30:03brushing off

00:30:03my sleeve

00:30:04as if I'd

00:30:04touched

00:30:05something dirty.

00:30:05Then take

00:30:07your time

00:30:07looking.

00:30:09Search every

00:30:10tower,

00:30:11every cellar,

00:30:11every corner

00:30:12of the palace.

00:30:13I won't

00:30:13stop you.

00:30:15Her chest

00:30:15unfell with

00:30:16anger.

00:30:17She leaned

00:30:18in,

00:30:18her voice

00:30:19low and

00:30:20vicious.

00:30:21Don't think

00:30:21you can

00:30:22threaten me.

00:30:23Father will

00:30:23stand with

00:30:24me.

00:30:24The nobles

00:30:25will stand

00:30:25with me.

00:30:26As long

00:30:27as I say

00:30:27you stole

00:30:28something

00:30:28from me.

00:30:28they will

00:30:29throw you

00:30:29into the

00:30:30dragon pit

00:30:31all over

00:30:32again.

00:30:33I know.

00:30:34My calm

00:30:35only stoked

00:30:36her panic.

00:30:37She had

00:30:38expected

00:30:38tears,

00:30:39rage,

00:30:40please,

00:30:42anything

00:30:42but this

00:30:43quiet

00:30:43certainty.

00:30:44That's why

00:30:45this time

00:30:46I'll give

00:30:47you something

00:30:47you won't

00:30:47be able

00:30:48to resist

00:30:48stealing.

00:30:50Something

00:30:50you will

00:30:51beg to

00:30:51take from

00:30:52me.

00:30:52She did

00:30:53not follow

00:30:54again.

00:30:56The bait

00:30:56was already

00:30:57set and

00:30:58I knew

00:30:59she would

00:30:59bite.

00:31:01I unfolded

00:31:02the crumpled

00:31:03copy of

00:31:03the altered

00:31:03contract I'd

00:31:04taken from

00:31:05the archive.

00:31:05On the

00:31:05surface,

00:31:06it said

00:31:07Seraphina.

00:31:07The name

00:31:08that truly

00:31:08took effect

00:31:09was Isolda.

00:31:09My father

00:31:10thought he

00:31:10had built

00:31:11a throne

00:31:11for Isolda.

00:31:12He did

00:31:12not realize

00:31:13the same

00:31:13forged

00:31:13contract

00:31:14he'd

00:31:14used

00:31:14to

00:31:14steal

00:31:14my

00:31:15dragon

00:31:15would

00:31:15also

00:31:15tie

00:31:16a

00:31:16ravenous

00:31:16noose

00:31:16tight

00:31:16around

00:31:17her

00:31:17neck.

00:31:17I

00:31:18cut

00:31:18my

00:31:18finger

00:31:18and let

00:31:18my

00:31:19blood

00:31:19fall

00:31:19onto

00:31:19the

00:31:19contract.

00:31:20The name

00:31:20on the

00:31:21page

00:31:21flared.

00:31:22On the

00:31:23stone

00:31:23platform,

00:31:24the black

00:31:24egg

00:31:24shook

00:31:24violently

00:31:25so hard

00:31:25it rattled

00:31:26against

00:31:26the

00:31:26rock.

00:31:27A low,

00:31:27rumbling

00:31:28growl rolled

00:31:28out from

00:31:29within

00:31:29the shell.

00:31:30Deep

00:31:30and guttural

00:31:30nothing like

00:31:31the soft,

00:31:32high chirp

00:31:32of a

00:31:33newborn

00:31:33gold

00:31:33dragon.

00:31:34Grow

00:31:34well.

00:31:36Soon

00:31:37enough,

00:31:37she will

00:31:38come to

00:31:38steal you.

00:31:39For the

00:31:39next ten

00:31:39days and

00:31:40ten

00:31:40nights,

00:31:41I did

00:31:41not step

00:31:41foot back

00:31:42in the

00:31:42old

00:31:42tower.

00:31:43I

00:31:43stayed

00:31:43in the

00:31:43damp,

00:31:44dark

00:31:44forbiddance

00:31:45vault,

00:31:45curled

00:31:46up beside

00:31:46the

00:31:46black

00:31:46egg

00:31:46through

00:31:47every

00:31:47hour.

00:31:47I

00:31:48gave

00:31:48it

00:31:48warmth.

00:31:48I

00:31:49gave

00:31:49it

00:31:49blood.

00:31:49I

00:31:50gave

00:31:50it

00:31:50silence.

00:31:51It

00:31:51was

00:31:51nothing

00:31:51like

00:31:51the

00:31:52gold

00:31:52dragon

00:31:52I'd

00:31:52raised

00:31:52in

00:31:53my

00:31:53last

00:31:53life.

00:31:54The

00:31:54gold

00:31:54dragon

00:31:54had

00:31:55answered

00:31:55my

00:31:55whispers

00:31:55with

00:31:55tiny

00:31:56soft

00:31:56taps

00:31:56from

00:31:57inside

00:31:57the

00:31:57shell.

00:31:58Gentle

00:31:58as

00:31:58an

00:31:58unborn

00:31:59child

00:31:59reaching

00:31:59for

00:32:00its

00:32:00mother.

00:32:00The

00:32:00black

00:32:01dragon

00:32:01never

00:32:01sought

00:32:02comfort.

00:32:02It

00:32:03never

00:32:03tapped

00:32:03back,

00:32:04never

00:32:04leaned

00:32:04into

00:32:04my

00:32:04palm.

00:32:05It

00:32:05only

00:32:05grew

00:32:05hotter

00:32:06and

00:32:06heavier

00:32:06with

00:32:06each

00:32:07passing

00:32:07day,

00:32:07the

00:32:07shell

00:32:08burning

00:32:08like

00:32:08forged

00:32:08iron.

00:32:09More

00:32:09than

00:32:09once,

00:32:10I

00:32:10felt

00:32:10as if

00:32:11it

00:32:11was

00:32:11watching

00:32:11me.

00:32:12On

00:32:12the

00:32:1211th

00:32:12day,

00:32:12the

00:32:13first

00:32:13crack

00:32:13appeared

00:32:13in

00:32:13the

00:32:14shell.

00:32:14Martha

00:32:14stood

00:32:15at

00:32:15the

00:32:15door,

00:32:15her

00:32:15face

00:32:16paler

00:32:16than

00:32:16the

00:32:16dust.

00:32:17Your

00:32:17highness,

00:32:18black

00:32:18dragons

00:32:19are

00:32:19untamable.

00:32:20Once

00:32:20it

00:32:20breaks

00:32:21free,

00:32:21people

00:32:21may

00:32:21truly

00:32:22die.

00:32:23Issa

00:32:23lead

00:32:23may

00:32:23die.

00:32:24And

00:32:24you

00:32:24still

00:32:25want

00:32:25to

00:32:25go

00:32:25through

00:32:25with

00:32:26this?

00:32:27There's

00:32:27no

00:32:27turning

00:32:28back

00:32:28once

00:32:28the

00:32:28shell

00:32:29breaks.

00:32:30I

00:32:30stared

00:32:30at

00:32:30the

00:32:30glowing

00:32:31crack

00:32:31on

00:32:31the

00:32:31black

00:32:31shell

00:32:32and

00:32:32the

00:32:32memories

00:32:32of

00:32:33my

00:32:33last

00:32:33life

00:32:33flashed

00:32:34before

00:32:34my

00:32:34eyes.

00:32:35The

00:32:35iron

00:32:35gate

00:32:35of

00:32:35the

00:32:35dragon

00:32:36pit

00:32:36were

00:32:36shut.

00:32:37Isolde's

00:32:38smug,

00:32:38tear streaked

00:32:39smile high

00:32:39above.

00:32:40My

00:32:40father's

00:32:40cold

00:32:41unforgiving

00:32:41eyes.

00:32:42The

00:32:42roar

00:32:42of the

00:32:43crowd

00:32:43screaming

00:32:43thief

00:32:44as I

00:32:44fell.

00:32:44They

00:32:45never

00:32:45gave

00:32:45me

00:32:45a

00:32:45way

00:32:45back.

00:32:46Yes,

00:32:47I

00:32:47continue.

00:32:48If

00:32:48it

00:32:48truly

00:32:48recognizes

00:32:49Iselech

00:32:50as

00:32:50its

00:32:50master,

00:32:50will

00:32:51she

00:32:51die?

00:32:51I

00:32:52did

00:32:52not

00:32:52answer

00:32:52right

00:32:52away.

00:32:53Death

00:32:53would

00:32:53be

00:32:54too

00:32:54easy

00:32:54for

00:32:54her.

00:32:56First,

00:32:57the

00:32:57black

00:32:57dragon

00:32:58will

00:32:58tear

00:32:58away

00:32:58every

00:32:59last

00:32:59one

00:32:59of

00:32:59her

00:32:59lies.

00:33:00It

00:33:00will

00:33:00make

00:33:01every

00:33:01person

00:33:01in

00:33:01this

00:33:02kingdom

00:33:02see

00:33:02exactly

00:33:03what

00:33:03she

00:33:03stole.

00:33:04The

00:33:05dragon,

00:33:05the

00:33:05crown,

00:33:06and

00:33:06my

00:33:07life.

00:33:07On

00:33:07the

00:33:07night

00:33:08before

00:33:08the

00:33:08succession

00:33:08ceremony,

00:33:09Isolde

00:33:10came to

00:33:10the

00:33:10entrance

00:33:10of

00:33:11the

00:33:11Forbidden

00:33:11Spault

00:33:11herself.

00:33:12She

00:33:12could

00:33:12not

00:33:13enter.

00:33:13She

00:33:14could

00:33:14only

00:33:14look

00:33:14at

00:33:14me

00:33:14through

00:33:14the

00:33:15iron

00:33:15gate.

00:33:16Sister,

00:33:17I

00:33:18knew

00:33:18it.

00:33:19You've

00:33:19been

00:33:19hiding

00:33:19something

00:33:20this

00:33:20whole

00:33:20time.

00:33:21I

00:33:21picked

00:33:21up

00:33:21the

00:33:21black

00:33:21egg

00:33:22and

00:33:22carried

00:33:22it

00:33:22to

00:33:22the

00:33:22iron

00:33:23gate,

00:33:23holding

00:33:23it

00:33:24up

00:33:24so

00:33:24the

00:33:24firelight

00:33:24fell

00:33:25full

00:33:25across

00:33:25its

00:33:25glossy

00:33:26black

00:33:26shell.

00:33:26Her

00:33:27eyes

00:33:27lit

00:33:27up

00:33:27at

00:33:27once,

00:33:28bright

00:33:28with

00:33:28naked

00:33:28greed,

00:33:29all

00:33:29pretence

00:33:29of

00:33:29gentleness

00:33:30vanishing

00:33:30in the

00:33:31dark.

00:33:31A

00:33:31black

00:33:32dragon

00:33:32egg,

00:33:33the

00:33:33most

00:33:33powerful

00:33:34dragon

00:33:34in

00:33:35all

00:33:35of

00:33:35Valdoria,

00:33:37stronger

00:33:37than

00:33:37any

00:33:38gold

00:33:38dragon.

00:33:39Isolde's

00:33:39throat

00:33:40bobbed

00:33:40hard

00:33:40as

00:33:40she

00:33:40swallowed.

00:33:41She

00:33:41could

00:33:42not

00:33:42look

00:33:42away

00:33:42from

00:33:42the

00:33:42egg.

00:33:43Tomorrow,

00:33:43at

00:33:43the

00:33:43ceremony

00:33:44in

00:33:44the

00:33:44square,

00:33:45you

00:33:45can

00:33:45stand

00:33:45in

00:33:45front

00:33:46of

00:33:46all

00:33:46the

00:33:46nobles

00:33:46and

00:33:47all

00:33:47the

00:33:57Serafina

00:33:57quietly

00:33:57to

00:33:58herself.

00:33:58Of

00:33:58course

00:33:59it

00:33:59will.

00:34:00On

00:34:01the

00:34:01day

00:34:01of

00:34:01the

00:34:01succession

00:34:02ceremony,

00:34:03the

00:34:03palace

00:34:03square

00:34:04was

00:34:04packed

00:34:04from

00:34:04end

00:34:04to

00:34:04end

00:34:05the

00:34:05crowd

00:34:05buzzing

00:34:06with

00:34:06excitement.

00:34:07Nobles

00:34:07stood

00:34:08on both

00:34:08sides

00:34:08of

00:34:08the

00:34:09high

00:34:09platform.

00:34:10Commoners

00:34:10crowded

00:34:11behind

00:34:11the

00:34:11iron

00:34:11railings.

00:34:12Everyone

00:34:12wanted

00:34:13to see

00:34:13the

00:34:13gold

00:34:13dragon

00:34:14hatch

00:34:14and

00:34:14witness

00:34:14Isolde

00:34:15become

00:34:15the

00:34:15next

00:34:15queen.

00:34:16Isolde

00:34:17stood

00:34:17at

00:34:17the

00:34:17center

00:34:17of

00:34:18the

00:34:18high

00:34:18platform

00:34:18in

00:34:18a

00:34:19snow

00:34:19white

00:34:19ceremonial

00:34:20gown,

00:34:20a

00:34:20delicate

00:34:21pearl

00:34:21crown

00:34:21perched

00:34:22on

00:34:22her

00:34:22golden

00:34:22hair.

00:34:23The

00:34:23gold

00:34:24dragon

00:34:24egg

00:34:24in

00:34:24her

00:34:24arms

00:34:25was

00:34:25crisscrossed

00:34:25with

00:34:26cracks,

00:34:26warm

00:34:27golden

00:34:27light

00:34:27seeping

00:34:28through

00:34:28every

00:34:28gap.

00:34:29And

00:34:29faint,

00:34:30soft

00:34:30chirps

00:34:30drifted

00:34:31out

00:34:31from

00:34:31within.

00:34:32King

00:34:32Alaric

00:34:33stood

00:34:33proudly

00:34:33at

00:34:34her

00:34:34side,

00:34:34his

00:34:34chest

00:34:35puffed

00:34:35out,

00:34:35every

00:34:36line

00:34:36of

00:34:36his

00:34:36face

00:34:37screaming

00:34:37satisfaction

00:34:38at

00:34:38the

00:34:38air

00:34:38he

00:34:38chosen.

00:34:39The

00:34:40sight

00:34:40burned

00:34:40into

00:34:40my

00:34:40eyes

00:34:41sharp

00:34:41with

00:34:41the

00:34:42pain

00:34:42of

00:34:42old

00:34:42memories.

00:34:43In

00:34:44my

00:34:44last

00:34:44life

00:34:44I

00:34:45had

00:34:45stood

00:34:45exactly

00:34:46where

00:34:46she

00:34:46was,

00:34:47holding

00:34:47that

00:34:47same

00:34:48glowing

00:34:48gold

00:34:48egg,

00:34:49believing

00:34:49my

00:34:49diligence

00:34:50had

00:34:50finally

00:34:50been

00:34:51rewarded.

00:34:51I

00:34:52had

00:34:52thought

00:34:52the

00:34:52world

00:34:52was

00:34:53fair,

00:34:53that

00:34:54the

00:34:54dragon

00:34:54would

00:34:54choose

00:34:54the

00:34:55one

00:34:55who

00:34:55raised

00:34:55it.

00:34:56But

00:34:56justice

00:34:57had

00:34:57always

00:34:57been

00:34:57a

00:34:57joke

00:34:58written

00:34:58by

00:34:58the

00:34:58winners.

00:34:59The

00:35:00real

00:35:00rules

00:35:00had

00:35:00been

00:35:00rewritten

00:35:01in

00:35:01secret

00:35:01long

00:35:02before

00:35:02I

00:35:02ever

00:35:02stepped

00:35:03into

00:35:03that

00:35:03hall.

00:35:04The

00:35:04master

00:35:04of

00:35:05ceremonies

00:35:05lifted

00:35:05his

00:35:06staff

00:35:06and

00:35:06his

00:35:06booming

00:35:07voice

00:35:07rolled

00:35:07across

00:35:08the

00:35:08square.

00:35:09By

00:35:09the

00:35:09ancient

00:35:10laws

00:35:10of

00:35:11Eldoria,

00:35:13let

00:35:13both

00:35:14princesses

00:35:16present

00:35:16their

00:35:17dragon

00:35:17eggs

00:35:18before

00:35:19the

00:35:19people.

00:35:20Isolde

00:35:21stepped

00:35:21forward

00:35:21first,

00:35:22her skirt

00:35:22trailing

00:35:23elegantly

00:35:23behind

00:35:23her.

00:35:24She

00:35:24set

00:35:25the

00:35:25gold

00:35:25dragon

00:35:25egg

00:35:26gently

00:35:26on

00:35:26the

00:35:26stone

00:35:26altar,

00:35:27and

00:35:27golden

00:35:28light

00:35:28burst

00:35:28forth

00:35:29drawing

00:35:29a wave

00:35:29of odd

00:35:30murmurs

00:35:30from

00:35:30the

00:35:30nobles.

00:35:47Beneath

00:35:48the

00:35:48hum

00:35:48of

00:35:48admiration,

00:35:49I

00:35:49stepped

00:35:49out

00:35:50from

00:35:50the

00:35:50shadow

00:35:50of

00:35:50the

00:35:50archway

00:35:51the

00:35:51black

00:35:51dragon

00:35:52egg

00:35:52held

00:35:52steady

00:35:52in

00:35:53my

00:35:53arms.

00:35:53In

00:35:54an

00:35:54instant

00:35:54every

00:35:55sound

00:35:55vanished.

00:35:56The

00:35:56black

00:35:57egg

00:35:57did

00:35:57not

00:35:57glow

00:35:57with

00:35:58warm

00:35:58brilliant

00:35:58light

00:35:59like

00:35:59the

00:35:59gold

00:35:59one.

00:36:00It

00:36:00drank

00:36:00in

00:36:00the

00:36:00light

00:36:01around

00:36:01it.

00:36:01Heavy

00:36:02and

00:36:02oppressive

00:36:03pressing

00:36:03down

00:36:03on

00:36:04every

00:36:04breath.

00:36:05Wherever

00:36:05it

00:36:05passed,

00:36:06the

00:36:06flames

00:36:06nearby

00:36:07bent

00:36:07low.

00:36:08A

00:36:09commoner

00:36:09in the

00:36:09front

00:36:10row

00:36:10breathed

00:36:10out

00:36:10the

00:36:10question.

00:36:12What

00:36:14is that

00:36:15thing?

00:36:15An elderly

00:36:16noble in

00:36:16the front

00:36:17row stood

00:36:17up abruptly,

00:36:18his hands

00:36:18shaking on

00:36:19the railing.

00:36:20A

00:36:20black

00:36:21dragon

00:36:21egg!

00:36:22That's

00:36:23a

00:36:23black

00:36:24dragon

00:36:24egg!

00:36:25Another

00:36:26noble

00:36:26leaned

00:36:26forward,

00:36:27his face

00:36:27pale with

00:36:28shock.

00:36:29Impossible!

00:36:30Wasn't

00:36:31that

00:36:31sealed

00:36:31deep in

00:36:32the

00:36:32forbidden

00:36:32vault

00:36:33generations

00:36:33ago?

00:36:34How did

00:36:35she get

00:36:35it?

00:36:35When

00:36:35Isolde saw

00:36:36the egg,

00:36:37all color

00:36:37drained from

00:36:38her face,

00:36:40Isolet drew a

00:36:41deep breath,

00:36:41lifting her chin

00:36:42and straightening her

00:36:42back,

00:36:43putting on all the

00:36:43dignity of a

00:36:44rightful heir.

00:36:44Yes, it belongs

00:36:45to me.

00:36:46It was sealed away

00:36:47for the royal heir,

00:36:47and I am the heir.

00:36:48I looked

00:36:49at her.

00:36:49And

00:36:50you are

00:36:50equally

00:36:50certain

00:36:51that

00:36:51when

00:36:51it

00:36:51breaks

00:36:51its

00:36:52shell,

00:36:52it

00:36:53will

00:36:53recognize

00:36:53you,

00:36:54and

00:36:54only

00:36:55you,

00:36:55as

00:36:56its

00:36:56master.

00:36:56Unease

00:36:57flickered in

00:36:57her eyes,

00:36:58but the

00:36:59thrill of

00:36:59victory

00:36:59quickly

00:37:00smothered

00:37:00it.

00:37:01Of

00:37:01course

00:37:01it

00:37:02will.

00:37:02Dragons

00:37:03know

00:37:03their

00:37:03true

00:37:04master.

00:37:05I

00:37:06stepped

00:37:06back

00:37:06slowly,

00:37:07putting

00:37:08distance

00:37:08between

00:37:08myself

00:37:09and

00:37:09the

00:37:09altar.

00:37:10Then

00:37:11go

00:37:11ahead.

00:37:13Prove

00:37:14it

00:37:14to

00:37:14everyone.

00:37:15Isolet

00:37:15had

00:37:16not

00:37:16expected

00:37:16me to

00:37:17yield

00:37:17so easily.

00:37:18She

00:37:18stared

00:37:18at

00:37:19me

00:37:19for

00:37:19a

00:37:19long

00:37:19time,

00:37:20as

00:37:20if

00:37:20searching

00:37:21for

00:37:21the

00:37:21trap.

00:37:22Every

00:37:22eye

00:37:22in

00:37:22the

00:37:22square

00:37:23was

00:37:23on

00:37:23her.

00:37:23Every

00:37:23noble,

00:37:24every

00:37:24commoner

00:37:24was

00:37:24waiting

00:37:25to

00:37:25see

00:37:25their

00:37:25future

00:37:25queen

00:37:25command

00:37:26her

00:37:26dragon.

00:37:26She

00:37:26had

00:37:27already

00:37:27declared

00:37:27the

00:37:27egg

00:37:27hers.

00:37:27If

00:37:28she

00:37:28hesitated

00:37:28now

00:37:28all

00:37:28her

00:37:28lies

00:37:29would

00:37:29crumble.

00:37:29So

00:37:29she

00:37:29squirmed

00:37:29flat

00:37:30against

00:37:30the

00:37:30cold

00:37:30black

00:37:30shell.

00:37:31In

00:37:31the

00:37:31name

00:37:31of

00:37:31Valdoria's

00:37:32future

00:37:32queen,

00:37:33I

00:37:33command

00:37:33you

00:37:34to

00:37:34break

00:37:34your

00:37:34shell

00:37:34and

00:37:35recognize

00:37:35your

00:37:35master.

00:37:36For

00:37:36one

00:37:36moment,

00:37:37the

00:37:37black

00:37:37egg

00:37:37was

00:37:37still.

00:37:38Then

00:37:38it

00:37:38cracked.

00:37:39A

00:37:39single

00:37:40razor

00:37:40sharp

00:37:40black

00:37:40line

00:37:41split

00:37:41the

00:37:41shell

00:37:41clean

00:37:42from

00:37:42top

00:37:42to

00:37:42bottom.

00:37:42Glowing

00:37:43with

00:37:43faint

00:37:43smoky

00:37:44light.

00:37:44The

00:37:44nobles

00:37:44closest

00:37:45to

00:37:45the

00:37:45altar

00:37:45stumbled

00:37:45back

00:37:46at

00:37:46once.

00:37:46Their

00:37:46faces

00:37:47white.

00:37:51Isolaid

00:37:51forced

00:37:52a proud

00:37:52smile

00:37:52onto her

00:37:53face.

00:37:53But

00:37:53her

00:37:53fingers

00:37:54were

00:37:54trembling

00:37:54so

00:37:54hard

00:37:55against

00:37:55the

00:37:55shell

00:37:55she

00:37:55could

00:37:55barely

00:37:56keep

00:37:56them

00:37:56still.

00:37:57should

00:37:57I?

00:37:57It

00:37:57is

00:37:57my

00:37:57dragon.

00:37:58will

00:37:58not

00:37:58hurt

00:37:58its

00:37:58own

00:37:59master.

00:38:05Before

00:38:05the

00:38:05crowd

00:38:06could

00:38:06finish

00:38:06whispering,

00:38:07Isavid

00:38:07suddenly

00:38:08stepped

00:38:08forward

00:38:08to the

00:38:09edge

00:38:09of

00:38:09the

00:38:09platform.

00:38:11Sister,

00:38:12why

00:38:12do

00:38:12you

00:38:12keep

00:38:13doing

00:38:13this?

00:38:13I

00:38:14stopped

00:38:14and

00:38:14looked

00:38:14at

00:38:14her.

00:38:15Tears

00:38:15filled

00:38:16her

00:38:16eyes

00:38:16right

00:38:16on

00:38:16Cuse.

00:38:17Was

00:38:17stealing

00:38:18my

00:38:18gold

00:38:18dragon

00:38:19egg

00:38:19not

00:38:19enough?

00:38:20Now

00:38:21you've

00:38:21snuck

00:38:22into

00:38:22the

00:38:22forbidden

00:38:22vault

00:38:23to

00:38:23steal

00:38:24my

00:38:24black

00:38:24dragon

00:38:25egg

00:38:25too?

00:38:26The

00:38:26square

00:38:26exploded

00:38:27into

00:38:27an

00:38:27uproar.

00:38:28Angry

00:38:29shouts

00:38:29and

00:38:30murmurs

00:38:30rolled

00:38:30over

00:38:31me

00:38:31like

00:38:31a

00:38:31wave.

00:38:32I

00:38:33heard

00:38:33the

00:38:33crowd

00:38:34call

00:38:34me

00:38:34greedy,

00:38:35shameless,

00:38:36a

00:38:36thief

00:38:36who

00:38:36would

00:38:37do

00:38:37anything

00:38:37for

00:38:37power.

00:38:38I

00:38:39heard

00:38:39them

00:38:39say

00:38:39I'd

00:38:39never

00:38:40change,

00:38:40that

00:38:41I'd

00:38:41always

00:38:41been

00:38:41jealous

00:38:42of

00:38:42my

00:38:42sister.

00:38:42I

00:38:43heard

00:38:43a

00:38:43woman's

00:38:44sharp

00:38:44voice

00:38:44yell

00:38:44that

00:38:45I

00:38:45was

00:38:45not

00:38:45worthy

00:38:46of

00:38:46being

00:38:46a

00:38:46princess,

00:38:47not

00:38:47worthy

00:38:48of

00:38:48the

00:38:48royal

00:38:48blood

00:38:48in

00:38:48my

00:38:49veins.

00:38:49On

00:38:49the

00:38:50throne,

00:38:50King

00:38:51Alaric

00:38:51rose

00:38:51slowly.

00:38:53Seraphina,

00:38:54hand over

00:38:54the

00:38:55black

00:38:55dragon

00:38:55egg

00:38:56at

00:38:56once.

00:38:56I

00:38:57did

00:38:57not

00:38:57move.

00:38:59On

00:38:59what

00:39:00grounds?

00:39:03His

00:39:03gaze

00:39:04cut

00:39:04through

00:39:04the

00:39:04noise.

00:39:05Isletha

00:39:06said

00:39:06it

00:39:06belongs

00:39:06to

00:39:07her.

00:39:07I

00:39:08laughed.

00:39:11So

00:39:12that's

00:39:12the

00:39:12law

00:39:12of

00:39:12the

00:39:13palace

00:39:13now?

00:39:14If

00:39:14she

00:39:15says

00:39:15it

00:39:15is

00:39:15hers,

00:39:17then

00:39:17it

00:39:17is

00:39:18hers.

00:39:19Isleth

00:39:19shook

00:39:19her

00:39:19head,

00:39:20tears

00:39:20spilling

00:39:21down

00:39:21her

00:39:21cheeks.

00:39:21Sister,

00:39:22know

00:39:22you

00:39:22hate

00:39:22me

00:39:22for

00:39:22being

00:39:22loved

00:39:22by

00:39:23father,

00:39:23but

00:39:23you

00:39:23can't

00:39:23steal

00:39:23from

00:39:24me

00:39:24again

00:39:24and

00:39:24again

00:39:24just

00:39:24because

00:39:24you

00:39:25want

00:39:25the

00:39:25throne.

00:39:25The

00:39:25gold

00:39:25dragon

00:39:26chose

00:39:26me

00:39:26and

00:39:26you

00:39:26refused

00:39:26to

00:39:27accept

00:39:27it.

00:39:27Now

00:39:27you've

00:39:27gone

00:39:27and

00:39:27stolen

00:39:28the

00:39:28black

00:39:28dragon

00:39:28too.

00:39:29What

00:39:29else

00:39:29do

00:39:29you

00:39:29want

00:39:29from

00:39:29me?

00:39:30Do

00:39:30you

00:39:30want

00:39:30my

00:39:30life?

00:39:31In

00:39:31my

00:39:31last

00:39:31life,

00:39:32I

00:39:32had

00:39:32lost

00:39:32everything

00:39:33to

00:39:33those

00:39:33tears.

00:39:34I'd

00:39:35shouted,

00:39:35I'd

00:39:36argued,

00:39:36I'd

00:39:36begged,

00:39:37and I'd

00:39:38still

00:39:38looked like

00:39:38a cruel

00:39:39bully

00:39:39beside her

00:39:40soft

00:39:40weeping

00:39:41figure.

00:39:42But

00:39:43this

00:39:43life,

00:39:44there's

00:39:45no

00:39:45intention

00:39:45of

00:39:45explaining

00:39:46myself.

00:39:48I

00:39:49would

00:39:49not

00:39:49beg.

00:39:50I

00:39:51would

00:39:51not

00:39:51yell.

00:39:52I

00:39:52stepped

00:39:53up

00:39:53onto

00:39:53the

00:39:53platform,

00:39:54walked

00:39:54to

00:39:55the

00:39:55altar,

00:39:55and

00:39:56set

00:39:56the

00:39:56black

00:39:56dragon

00:39:57egg

00:39:57down

00:39:57right

00:39:57beside

00:39:58the

00:39:58blowing

00:39:58gold

00:39:58one.

00:39:59Isalit,

00:39:59are you

00:40:00certain

00:40:00this

00:40:00black

00:40:00dragon

00:40:01egg

00:40:01belongs

00:40:01to

00:40:01you?

00:40:02In

00:40:02front

00:40:02of

00:40:02father,

00:40:03in

00:40:03front

00:40:03of

00:40:03every

00:40:03noble,

00:40:04every

00:40:04citizen

00:40:04standing

00:40:05in

00:40:05the

00:40:05square,

00:40:05are

00:40:05you

00:40:06certain

00:40:06you

00:40:06want

00:40:06to

00:40:06swear

00:40:06before

00:40:07all

00:40:07of

00:40:07them

00:40:07that

00:40:07this

00:40:07is

00:40:07your

00:40:08dragon

00:40:08egg

00:40:08Isalit's

00:40:09eyes

00:40:09darted

00:40:09to

00:40:10King

00:40:10Alaric,

00:40:10searching

00:40:11for

00:40:11reassurance.

00:40:13Alaric

00:40:13nodded

00:40:13almost

00:40:14imperceptibly.

00:40:15I

00:40:15saw

00:40:15it.

00:40:16Good.

00:40:17Just

00:40:17like

00:40:18last

00:40:18time,

00:40:18they

00:40:19had

00:40:19chosen

00:40:19greed

00:40:20over

00:40:20truth.

00:40:22The

00:40:22moment

00:40:23the

00:40:23second

00:40:23cloud

00:40:23split

00:40:24open,

00:40:24the

00:40:25sky

00:40:25above

00:40:25the

00:40:25square

00:40:25darkened.

00:40:26It

00:40:26was

00:40:26not

00:40:26that

00:40:27clouds

00:40:27had

00:40:27rolled

00:40:27in

00:40:27to

00:40:27cover

00:40:28the

00:40:28sun.

00:40:28It

00:40:29was

00:40:29as

00:40:29if

00:40:29something

00:40:29inside

00:40:30the

00:40:30shell

00:40:30had

00:40:30reached

00:40:30up

00:40:31and

00:40:31swallowed

00:40:31all

00:40:31the

00:40:31light

00:40:32in

00:40:32the

00:40:32air.

00:40:32One

00:40:33torch

00:40:33after

00:40:33another

00:40:34bent

00:40:34low,

00:40:34even

00:40:35the

00:40:35faint

00:40:35cries

00:40:35from

00:40:35the

00:40:35gold

00:40:36dragon

00:40:36egg

00:40:36suddenly

00:40:37stopped.

00:40:38Isolde's

00:40:38hands

00:40:38were still

00:40:39pressed

00:40:39tight

00:40:39to

00:40:39the

00:40:39black

00:40:40shell,

00:40:40but

00:40:41her

00:40:41knuckles

00:40:41had

00:40:41gone

00:40:42white.

00:40:42Her

00:40:43smile

00:40:43froze.

00:40:47The

00:40:53next

00:40:54second

00:40:54with

00:40:54a

00:40:54sound

00:40:55like

00:40:55shattering

00:40:55obsidian,

00:40:56the

00:40:56entire

00:40:57shell

00:40:57burst

00:40:57apart.

00:40:58A

00:40:59young

00:40:59black

00:40:59dragon

00:40:59crawled

00:41:00out.

00:41:00It

00:41:00was

00:41:01not

00:41:01large,

00:41:01but

00:41:02the

00:41:02entire

00:41:02square

00:41:03fell

00:41:03into

00:41:03dead

00:41:03silence.

00:41:04Its

00:41:05wet

00:41:05black

00:41:05scales

00:41:06clung

00:41:06to

00:41:06its

00:41:06body,

00:41:07but

00:41:07its

00:41:08eyes

00:41:08were

00:41:08already

00:41:08cold.

00:41:09It

00:41:09did

00:41:09not

00:41:09cry

00:41:10softly

00:41:10like

00:41:10a

00:41:11gold

00:41:11dragon.

00:41:11It

00:41:12did

00:41:12not

00:41:12nuzzle

00:41:12anyone's

00:41:13hand.

00:41:13It

00:41:13only

00:41:14lifted

00:41:14its

00:41:15head

00:41:15and

00:41:15looked

00:41:15at

00:41:15Isolde.

00:41:18Isolde

00:41:18took

00:41:18a step

00:41:19back

00:41:19before

00:41:19she

00:41:19could

00:41:20stop

00:41:20herself.

00:41:22Come

00:41:23here.

00:41:25I

00:41:26am

00:41:26your

00:41:26master.

00:41:27The

00:41:28black

00:41:28dragon

00:41:28tilted

00:41:29its

00:41:29head,

00:41:29then

00:41:29it

00:41:30lowered

00:41:30its

00:41:30snout

00:41:30and

00:41:31sniffed

00:41:31the

00:41:31contact.

00:41:32Paper

00:41:33on the

00:41:33altar

00:41:33black

00:41:34fire

00:41:34ignited

00:41:35across

00:41:35the

00:41:35page.

00:41:36The

00:41:36name

00:41:36hidden

00:41:37beneath

00:41:37the

00:41:37surface

00:41:37slowly

00:41:38appeared

00:41:38Isolde.

00:41:44Everyone

00:41:44saw it.

00:41:45Sharp

00:41:45breaths

00:41:46rose

00:41:46all

00:41:46around

00:41:46me.

00:41:48Isolde's

00:41:48face

00:41:49turned

00:41:49white.

00:41:50She

00:41:50whipped

00:41:50her head

00:41:51toward

00:41:51our

00:41:51father.

00:41:51Alaric

00:41:52had

00:41:52frozen

00:41:53to

00:41:53must

00:41:54not

00:41:54have

00:41:54expected

00:41:55the

00:41:55black

00:41:55dragon

00:41:55to

00:41:56burn

00:41:56the

00:41:56hidden

00:41:56name

00:41:56into

00:41:57the

00:41:57open.

00:42:02The

00:42:03black

00:42:03dragon

00:42:04took

00:42:04one

00:42:04slow

00:42:04deliberate

00:42:05step

00:42:05toward

00:42:06Isolde,

00:42:06its

00:42:07claws

00:42:07clicking

00:42:07sharp

00:42:08on

00:42:08the

00:42:08stone

00:42:08altar.

00:42:11At

00:42:11last,

00:42:12panic

00:42:13broke

00:42:13through

00:42:13her

00:42:14composure.

00:42:15No!

00:42:16No,

00:42:17it

00:42:17wasn't

00:42:17me!

00:42:17This

00:42:18is

00:42:18a

00:42:18trick!

00:42:18She

00:42:19backed

00:42:19away,

00:42:20her

00:42:20voice

00:42:20shaking.

00:42:21I

00:42:22didn't

00:42:22hatch

00:42:22you!

00:42:23She

00:42:23did!

00:42:24Seraphina

00:42:25hatched

00:42:25you!

00:42:26She's

00:42:26the

00:42:26one

00:42:26who

00:42:27sent

00:42:27you

00:42:27her

00:42:27blood!

00:42:30You

00:42:31just

00:42:31stood

00:42:31in front

00:42:32of this

00:42:32entire

00:42:33kingdom

00:42:33and

00:42:33swore

00:42:34it

00:42:34was

00:42:34yours.

00:42:35Issa

00:42:36led

00:42:36screamed,

00:42:37sharp

00:42:37and

00:42:37streal,

00:42:38her

00:42:39composure

00:42:39gone

00:42:39entirely.

00:42:40That

00:42:41isn't

00:42:41what

00:42:41I

00:42:42meant!

00:42:42You

00:42:43tricked

00:42:43me!

00:42:44You

00:42:44lured

00:42:44me

00:42:45into

00:42:45saying

00:42:45it!

00:42:46You

00:42:46said

00:42:46the

00:42:47gold

00:42:47dragon

00:42:47was

00:42:47yours

00:42:48and

00:42:48everyone

00:42:48believed

00:42:49you.

00:42:49No

00:42:50one

00:42:50tricked

00:42:50you

00:42:50then.

00:42:51You

00:42:51said

00:42:52the

00:42:52black

00:42:52dragon

00:42:52was

00:42:52yours

00:42:53and

00:42:53everyone

00:42:53believed

00:42:54that

00:42:54too.

00:42:54You

00:42:55reached

00:42:55for

00:42:55it

00:42:55gladly.

00:42:56You

00:42:56called

00:42:57it

00:42:57your

00:42:57birthright.

00:42:58I

00:42:58stopped

00:42:58just

00:42:59out

00:42:59of

00:42:59the

00:42:59dragon's

00:43:00reach,

00:43:00looking

00:43:00down

00:43:01at

00:43:01her

00:43:01cringing

00:43:01figure.

00:43:03Dear

00:43:03sisters,

00:43:05haven't

00:43:05you

00:43:05always

00:43:05loved

00:43:06stealing

00:43:06my

00:43:06dragons?

00:43:07This

00:43:08one

00:43:08is

00:43:08yours

00:43:08now.

00:43:09Keep

00:43:10it.

00:43:10The

00:43:10black

00:43:11dragon

00:43:11lunged

00:43:11without

00:43:12warning,

00:43:12a

00:43:13low

00:43:13snarl

00:43:13rumbling

00:43:14in

00:43:14its

00:43:20side

00:43:20with

00:43:21one

00:43:21flick

00:43:21of

00:43:21its

00:43:21tail,

00:43:22sending

00:43:22men

00:43:23and

00:43:23steel

00:43:23crashing

00:43:24into

00:43:24the

00:43:24stone

00:43:24steps.

00:43:25It

00:43:25did

00:43:26not

00:43:26kill

00:43:26her

00:43:26at

00:43:26once.

00:43:27It

00:43:27was

00:43:27toying

00:43:28with

00:43:28her,

00:43:28the

00:43:28way

00:43:28a

00:43:29cat

00:43:29toys

00:43:29with

00:43:29a

00:43:29mouse

00:43:30before

00:43:30the

00:43:30kill.

00:43:31It

00:43:31pinned

00:43:31her

00:43:31wrist

00:43:32beneath

00:43:32its

00:43:32claws,

00:43:33and

00:43:33black

00:43:33fire

00:43:34crawled

00:43:34up

00:43:34her

00:43:34skin.

00:43:36Isilad

00:43:36screamed.

00:43:38The

00:43:38golden

00:43:38contract

00:43:39marks

00:43:39on the

00:43:40back

00:43:40of

00:43:40her

00:43:40hand

00:43:40burned

00:43:41away

00:43:41inch

00:43:41by

00:43:42inch.

00:43:42it

00:43:42was

00:43:43not

00:43:43ordinary

00:43:43fire.

00:43:44It

00:43:45did

00:43:45not

00:43:45char

00:43:45her

00:43:45flesh.

00:43:46It

00:43:46burned

00:43:47the

00:43:47stolen

00:43:47contract

00:43:48out

00:43:48of

00:43:48her.

00:43:49Father!

00:43:52Save

00:43:53me!

00:43:54Please!

00:43:55She

00:43:56sobbed and

00:43:56shrieked

00:43:57toward

00:43:57Alaric,

00:43:58her body

00:43:58twisting

00:43:59uselessly

00:43:59beneath

00:44:00the

00:44:00dragon's

00:44:00claw.

00:44:01At

00:44:01last,

00:44:02Alaric

00:44:02could

00:44:02no

00:44:03longer

00:44:03stand

00:44:03still

00:44:04and

00:44:04watch.

00:44:05He

00:44:05stormed

00:44:06down

00:44:06from

00:44:06the

00:44:06throne

00:44:06platform.

00:44:07Stop

00:44:08it!

00:44:09Seraphina!

00:44:10Make

00:44:10it

00:44:10stop

00:44:11this

00:44:11instant!

00:44:13Why

00:44:14should

00:44:14I?

00:44:15Isn't

00:44:16it

00:44:16Isola's

00:44:16dragon?

00:44:17Shouldn't

00:44:18her own

00:44:18dragon

00:44:19obey

00:44:19her?

00:44:22His

00:44:22face

00:44:23went

00:44:23studged.

00:44:24The

00:44:24black

00:44:25dragon

00:44:25continued

00:44:26pressing

00:44:26in on

00:44:26Isolda.

00:44:27Black

00:44:28fire

00:44:28had

00:44:28already

00:44:28climbed

00:44:29to

00:44:29her

00:44:29throat.

00:44:35Her

00:44:36carefully

00:44:36arranged

00:44:37hair

00:44:37had

00:44:37fallen

00:44:38loose.

00:44:39Her

00:44:39pearl

00:44:40crown

00:44:40dropped

00:44:40to the

00:44:41ground

00:44:41and shattered

00:44:42beneath

00:44:42her

00:44:42own

00:44:43foot.

00:44:44She

00:44:44no

00:44:44longer

00:44:45looked

00:44:45like

00:44:45a

00:44:45noble

00:44:46princess.

00:44:47She

00:44:48looked

00:44:48like

00:44:48a

00:44:48fraud

00:44:49finally

00:44:49being

00:44:49exposed.

00:44:51Father!

00:44:52Tell them!

00:44:53Say it

00:44:54out loud!

00:44:56Or it

00:44:56will burn

00:44:57me alive!

00:44:58I don't

00:44:59want to

00:45:00die!

00:45:01Every

00:45:01eye in

00:45:02the square

00:45:02turned to

00:45:03the king.

00:45:04Curiosity,

00:45:05doubt,

00:45:05judgment,

00:45:06all of it

00:45:07landed on him

00:45:08at once.

00:45:08I walked

00:45:09toward him.

00:45:12Tell them

00:45:13what,

00:45:13Father?

00:45:14Alaric

00:45:14stared at

00:45:15me,

00:45:16hatred

00:45:16and fear

00:45:17warring in

00:45:17his eyes,

00:45:18his hands

00:45:19clenched

00:45:19at his

00:45:20sides.

00:45:21I

00:45:22lowered

00:45:22my

00:45:22voice.

00:45:24Father,

00:45:26don't you

00:45:26love

00:45:27Isoleth

00:45:27most?

00:45:29Saving

00:45:30her is

00:45:31simple.

00:45:32Tell

00:45:33everyone why

00:45:33every dragon

00:45:34I hatched.

00:45:36Every drop

00:45:37of Bly

00:45:37gave.

00:45:39All

00:45:40ended up

00:45:40recognizing

00:45:41her as

00:45:42their master.

00:45:44His lips

00:45:45trembled.

00:45:47Serafina,

00:45:48must you

00:45:49destroy the

00:45:49royal family?

00:45:51Must you

00:45:52humiliate us

00:45:52in front of

00:45:53every subject?

00:45:55I smiled.

00:45:57Didn't

00:45:58you already

00:45:58do that?

00:46:00The day

00:46:01you altered

00:46:02the contract,

00:46:03the day

00:46:04you threw

00:46:05your own

00:46:05daughter

00:46:05into

00:46:06the dragon

00:46:06pit.

00:46:08You

00:46:09destroyed

00:46:10the royal

00:46:10family's

00:46:11honor yourself.

00:46:14The

00:46:14black dragon

00:46:15growled

00:46:15again,

00:46:16and Isolde's

00:46:17scream

00:46:17tore

00:46:18through the

00:46:18square.

00:46:20Finally,

00:46:21Alaric

00:46:22closed his

00:46:22eyes.

00:46:25It

00:46:26was

00:46:26me.

00:46:30I

00:46:30changed

00:46:31the name

00:46:31on the

00:46:31contract.

00:46:35Wind

00:46:36swept

00:46:36across

00:46:37the

00:46:37altar,

00:46:37scattering

00:46:38the ashes

00:46:39of the

00:46:39burned

00:46:39contract

00:46:40into

00:46:40the

00:46:40air

00:46:41like

00:46:41black

00:46:41snow.

00:46:48Before

00:46:49any

00:46:50royal dragon

00:46:51egg

00:46:51can be

00:46:52hatched,

00:46:53a

00:46:54magical

00:46:54contract

00:46:55must be

00:46:55signed.

00:47:02end.

00:47:04When the

00:47:05dragon breaks

00:47:06from its

00:47:06shell,

00:47:07it

00:47:07recognizes

00:47:08the name

00:47:08on the

00:47:09contract

00:47:09as its

00:47:10master.

00:47:13I

00:47:14ordered

00:47:14the

00:47:14royal

00:47:15mages

00:47:15to use

00:47:16double

00:47:17ink

00:47:17on

00:47:18Seraphina's

00:47:19contract.

00:47:27contract.

00:47:29On the

00:47:30surface,

00:47:31Seraphina's

00:47:31contract

00:47:32bore her

00:47:33own name.

00:47:35But the

00:47:36name that

00:47:37truly took

00:47:37effect

00:47:38was

00:47:39Isolette.

00:47:49gasps

00:47:50erupted

00:47:50from the

00:47:51crowd.

00:47:54Isolde

00:47:54was crying

00:47:55so hard

00:47:56she could

00:47:56barely

00:47:56breathe,

00:47:57but she

00:47:57still shook

00:47:58her head

00:47:59wildly.

00:48:00No!

00:48:01No,

00:48:02it wasn't

00:48:03me!

00:48:04Father

00:48:04did it!

00:48:05I didn't

00:48:06know

00:48:06anything!

00:48:07I knew

00:48:07nothing!

00:48:13You

00:48:14knew

00:48:14nothing?

00:48:18I

00:48:19crouched

00:48:19down in

00:48:20front of

00:48:20her.

00:48:23Three

00:48:24whole

00:48:24months.

00:48:27Every

00:48:27midnight

00:48:28you snuck

00:48:29into my

00:48:29incubation

00:48:30chamber and

00:48:31dapped my

00:48:31egg with

00:48:32your

00:48:32blood.

00:48:34You

00:48:35knew

00:48:35nothing

00:48:35then

00:48:36either?

00:48:36Her

00:48:37eyes

00:48:37went

00:48:37wide.

00:48:38She

00:48:39had never

00:48:39told anyone

00:48:39about those

00:48:40midnight

00:48:40visits.

00:48:42Before

00:48:43the

00:48:43hatching

00:48:43ceremony,

00:48:45you

00:48:46brush

00:48:46dragon

00:48:46repellent

00:48:47sap on

00:48:47my

00:48:47fingertips

00:48:48so the

00:48:49gold

00:48:50dragon

00:48:50bite

00:48:50me.

00:48:53You

00:48:53knew

00:48:53nothing

00:48:54about

00:48:54that

00:48:54either?

00:48:55Of

00:48:55course,

00:48:56no one

00:48:56else in

00:48:57this

00:48:57life

00:48:57understood

00:48:58those

00:48:58words.

00:48:59But

00:49:00Isolde

00:49:00did.

00:49:01The

00:49:02fear on

00:49:02her face

00:49:03deepened,

00:49:04turning to

00:49:04something

00:49:05close to

00:49:05terror.

00:49:10You

00:49:11knew

00:49:11every

00:49:11time.

00:49:14Every

00:49:15time.

00:49:16You

00:49:16planned

00:49:17every

00:49:17step.

00:49:19You

00:49:20just

00:49:21thought

00:49:21you'd

00:49:21never

00:49:21get

00:49:21caught.

00:49:23You

00:49:23also

00:49:24knew

00:49:24that

00:49:24if

00:49:24you

00:49:25cried,

00:49:26father

00:49:27would

00:49:28always

00:49:28stand

00:49:28on

00:49:29your

00:49:29side.

00:49:31Isolde

00:49:32tried

00:49:32to

00:49:32answer,

00:49:33but

00:49:33the

00:49:33black

00:49:33dragon's

00:49:34claws

00:49:35pressed

00:49:35into

00:49:35her

00:49:35shoulder,

00:49:36and

00:49:37she

00:49:37could

00:49:37not

00:49:37form

00:49:38a

00:49:38single

00:49:38complete

00:49:39sentence.

00:49:40I

00:49:40stood

00:49:41and

00:49:41turned

00:49:41to

00:49:41the

00:49:41nobles.

00:49:45Do

00:49:45you

00:49:45still

00:49:46think

00:49:46I

00:49:46am

00:49:46a

00:49:46thief?

00:49:47No

00:49:47one

00:49:47answered.

00:49:48Those

00:49:49who

00:49:49had

00:49:49been

00:49:49so

00:49:49eager

00:49:49to

00:49:50insult

00:49:50me

00:49:50lowered

00:49:50their

00:49:50heads

00:49:51one

00:49:51by

00:49:51one.

00:49:52The

00:49:53hidden

00:49:53name

00:49:53has

00:49:54been

00:49:54burned

00:49:54into

00:49:54the

00:49:54open.

00:49:56The

00:49:57king

00:49:57has

00:49:58confessed

00:49:58with

00:49:58his

00:50:00the

00:50:01gold

00:50:01dragon,

00:50:02the

00:50:02black

00:50:02dragon,

00:50:03and

00:50:03every

00:50:04dragon

00:50:04Isilic

00:50:05ever

00:50:05claimed

00:50:05as

00:50:06hers

00:50:06were

00:50:07hatched

00:50:07by

00:50:07me.

00:50:08Some

00:50:09stepped

00:50:09back,

00:50:10others

00:50:10dropped

00:50:10their

00:50:10eyes,

00:50:11unable

00:50:11to

00:50:12meet

00:50:12my

00:50:12gaze.

00:50:13At

00:50:13last,

00:50:14they

00:50:14understood

00:50:14that

00:50:14the

00:50:15princess

00:50:15they

00:50:15had

00:50:15worshipped

00:50:16was

00:50:16not

00:50:16chosen

00:50:16by

00:50:16dragons.

00:50:17She

00:50:18was

00:50:18a

00:50:18fraud

00:50:18propped

00:50:19up

00:50:19by

00:50:19her

00:50:19father's

00:50:19cheating,

00:50:20and

00:50:20they

00:50:20had

00:50:20all

00:50:21been

00:50:21her

00:50:21willing

00:50:21audience.

00:50:22An

00:50:22elderly

00:50:23noble

00:50:23fell

00:50:23to

00:50:23his knees,

00:50:24his

00:50:25whole

00:50:25body

00:50:25trembling.

00:50:27Princess

00:50:28Seraphina,

00:50:28we were

00:50:29deceived.

00:50:32We did

00:50:33not know

00:50:34the truth.

00:50:35Forgive

00:50:36us.

00:50:37I looked

00:50:37at him.

00:50:40No.

00:50:41You

00:50:42were not

00:50:42deceived.

00:50:44You

00:50:45chose the

00:50:45more

00:50:45convenient

00:50:46lie.

00:50:47Because

00:50:47that

00:50:47lie

00:50:48did

00:50:48not

00:50:48require

00:50:48them

00:50:48to

00:50:49oppose

00:50:49the

00:50:49king.

00:50:50Because

00:50:50that

00:50:50lie

00:50:51let

00:50:51them

00:50:51stomp

00:50:51a

00:50:51disgraced

00:50:52princess

00:50:52into

00:50:52the

00:50:52mud.

00:50:53Because

00:50:54Isolde cried

00:50:54beautifully,

00:50:55and I

00:50:55refused

00:50:56to lower

00:50:56my

00:50:56head.

00:50:57They

00:50:57were

00:50:57not

00:50:58blind.

00:50:58They

00:50:59had

00:50:59simply

00:50:59decided

00:51:00the

00:51:00truth

00:51:00did

00:51:00not

00:51:00matter.

00:51:01Alaric

00:51:01suddenly

00:51:02spoke.

00:51:03Seraphina,

00:51:04this

00:51:04was

00:51:04my

00:51:04crime.

00:51:05Punish

00:51:05me,

00:51:06if you

00:51:06must.

00:51:07Isolette

00:51:08is

00:51:08innocent.

00:51:09I

00:51:09turned

00:51:09to

00:51:09him.

00:51:10Even

00:51:10now,

00:51:11he

00:51:11was

00:51:11still

00:51:12protecting

00:51:12her.

00:51:14Innocent?

00:51:15She

00:51:16just

00:51:16claimed

00:51:16the

00:51:16black

00:51:16dragon

00:51:17egg

00:51:17in

00:51:17front

00:51:17of

00:51:17the

00:51:17entire

00:51:18kingdom.

00:51:18Did

00:51:18you

00:51:18force

00:51:18her

00:51:19to

00:51:19do

00:51:19that

00:51:19too?

00:51:20Alaric

00:51:20had

00:51:20no

00:51:20answer.

00:51:21Isolde

00:51:22finally

00:51:22broke.

00:51:23I

00:51:24was

00:51:24wrong,

00:51:25sister.

00:51:25I

00:51:25was

00:51:26wrong,

00:51:26I

00:51:26swear.

00:51:27She

00:51:28tried

00:51:28to

00:51:28crawl

00:51:28toward

00:51:28my

00:51:29skirt,

00:51:29but

00:51:30the

00:51:30black

00:51:30dragon

00:51:30pinned

00:51:30her

00:51:31to

00:51:31the

00:51:31ground.

00:51:33I

00:51:33was

00:51:34just

00:51:34scared.

00:51:35I

00:51:36was

00:51:36afraid

00:51:36that

00:51:36once

00:51:37you

00:51:37inherited

00:51:37the

00:51:37throne

00:51:38we

00:51:38would

00:51:38have

00:51:38nothing.

00:51:39I

00:51:40only

00:51:40wanted

00:51:41a

00:51:41better

00:51:41life.

00:51:42You

00:51:43wanted

00:51:43a

00:51:43better

00:51:43life,

00:51:44so

00:51:44I

00:51:44deserve

00:51:44to

00:51:44die.

00:51:46You

00:51:47stole

00:51:47my

00:51:47dragons.

00:51:48You

00:51:48stole

00:51:49my

00:51:49throne.

00:51:50You

00:51:50stole

00:51:50my

00:51:51reputation.

00:51:52You

00:51:52let

00:51:52everyone

00:51:53call

00:51:53me

00:51:53a

00:51:53thief.

00:51:54You

00:51:55let

00:51:55father

00:51:55throw

00:51:56me

00:51:56into

00:51:56the

00:51:56dragon

00:51:57pit.

00:52:00She

00:52:00stared

00:52:00at

00:52:00me

00:52:01in

00:52:01horror,

00:52:01as

00:52:02if

00:52:02looking

00:52:02at

00:52:02someone

00:52:02who

00:52:02should

00:52:03not

00:52:03remember

00:52:03those

00:52:03things.

00:52:04I

00:52:04did

00:52:05not

00:52:05explain.

00:52:06I

00:52:06lifted

00:52:06my

00:52:06hand.

00:52:07The

00:52:07black

00:52:08dragon

00:52:08raised

00:52:08its

00:52:08head

00:52:09to

00:52:09look

00:52:09at

00:52:09me,

00:52:09its

00:52:10cold

00:52:10eyes

00:52:10softening

00:52:11for the

00:52:11first

00:52:11time.

00:52:13Enough.

00:52:14The

00:52:14black

00:52:14dragon

00:52:14released

00:52:15Isolde.

00:52:16She

00:52:16collapsed

00:52:16on the

00:52:17ground,

00:52:17trembling

00:52:18all over.

00:52:19The

00:52:19golden

00:52:19markings

00:52:20on her

00:52:20hand

00:52:20were

00:52:20gone.

00:52:21Only

00:52:21scorched

00:52:22black

00:52:22traces

00:52:22remained.

00:52:23She

00:52:24had

00:52:24lost

00:52:24every

00:52:24claim

00:52:24the

00:52:25stolen

00:52:25contracts

00:52:25had

00:52:26given

00:52:26her.

00:52:26From

00:52:27that

00:52:27moment

00:52:27on,

00:52:28no

00:52:28dragon

00:52:33on the

00:52:34day

00:52:34my

00:52:34father

00:52:34was

00:52:34deposed.

00:52:35After

00:52:36the

00:52:36hidden

00:52:36contract

00:52:36was

00:52:37exposed,

00:52:38the

00:52:38council

00:52:38had

00:52:38no

00:52:38choice

00:52:39but

00:52:39to

00:52:39strip

00:52:39Alaric

00:52:40of

00:52:40the

00:52:40crown

00:52:40before

00:52:41the

00:52:41entire

00:52:41court.

00:52:42I

00:52:42did

00:52:42not

00:52:42kill

00:52:43him.

00:52:43Death

00:52:44would

00:52:44have

00:52:44been

00:52:44to

00:52:44light.

00:52:45I

00:52:45had

00:52:45his

00:52:45crown

00:52:46removed

00:52:46and

00:52:46replaced

00:52:47with

00:52:47a

00:52:47crude

00:52:47iron

00:52:47circlet.

00:52:48It

00:52:49had

00:52:49no

00:52:49jewels,

00:52:49no

00:52:50gold

00:52:50designs,

00:52:51only

00:52:51cold

00:52:52weight.

00:52:52When

00:52:52the

00:52:53guards

00:52:53lifted

00:52:53the

00:52:53old

00:52:53crown

00:52:54away,

00:53:03his

00:53:03life,

00:53:04no

00:53:04one

00:53:04called

00:53:05him

00:53:05your

00:53:05majesty.

00:53:06He

00:53:06was

00:53:06imprisoned

00:53:07in

00:53:07the

00:53:07deepest

00:53:07dungeon

00:53:07beneath

00:53:08the

00:53:08throne

00:53:08room.

00:53:10There

00:53:10was

00:53:10a

00:53:10narrow

00:53:10window

00:53:11there,

00:53:11facing

00:53:12the

00:53:12great

00:53:12hall.

00:53:13He

00:53:13could

00:53:13not

00:53:13see

00:53:14the

00:53:14throne,

00:53:14but

00:53:15he

00:53:15could

00:53:15hear

00:53:15every

00:53:15word

00:53:16spoken

00:53:16above

00:53:16him.

00:53:17From

00:53:17then

00:53:17on,

00:53:18whenever

00:53:18the

00:53:18nobles

00:53:19swore

00:53:19loyalty

00:53:19to

00:53:20me,

00:53:20he

00:53:20heard

00:53:20it.

00:53:24Whenever

00:53:25the

00:53:25people shouted

00:53:26long

00:53:26live

00:53:26the

00:53:26queen,

00:53:27that

00:53:27sound

00:53:27would

00:53:28drift

00:53:28down

00:53:28through

00:53:28the

00:53:28stone

00:53:29and

00:53:29into

00:53:29his

00:53:29cell.

00:53:30The

00:53:30daughter

00:53:30he

00:53:31had

00:53:31despised,

00:53:31the

00:53:32one

00:53:32he'd

00:53:32thrown

00:53:32away

00:53:33like

00:53:33trash,

00:53:34sat

00:53:34on

00:53:34his

00:53:34throne.

00:53:35The

00:53:35daughter

00:53:35he'd

00:53:36loved

00:53:36most,

00:53:36the

00:53:37one

00:53:37he'd

00:53:37given

00:53:37everything

00:53:38to,

00:53:38had

00:53:39lost

00:53:39everything

00:53:39and

00:53:40been

00:53:40cast

00:53:40out

00:53:40of

00:53:40the

00:53:40palace

00:53:41in

00:53:41disgrace.

00:53:42That

00:53:42was

00:53:42the

00:53:42punishment

00:53:43I

00:53:43chose

00:53:43for

00:53:43him.

00:53:46Seraphina,

00:53:47you cannot

00:53:47do this.

00:53:49I am

00:53:50still your

00:53:50father.

00:53:51You

00:53:51cannot lock

00:53:52your

00:53:52own

00:53:53father

00:53:53in a

00:53:54dungeon.

00:53:54I

00:53:55stood

00:53:55outside

00:53:55the

00:53:56iron

00:53:56bars,

00:53:56looking

00:53:57at

00:53:57the

00:53:57iron

00:53:57circlet

00:53:58pressing

00:53:58into

00:53:58his

00:53:58graying

00:53:59hair.

00:53:59You

00:54:00only

00:54:00remembered

00:54:01you

00:54:01were

00:54:02my

00:54:02father

00:54:04after

00:54:04you

00:54:05lost

00:54:05your

00:54:05crown.

00:54:06The

00:54:06kingdom

00:54:07needs

00:54:07me.

00:54:08You're

00:54:08your

00:54:09young.

00:54:09You

00:54:10don't

00:54:10know

00:54:10how

00:54:10to

00:54:10rule.

00:54:11You'll

00:54:12tear

00:54:12it

00:54:12apart.

00:54:13No.

00:54:15And

00:54:16it

00:54:16will

00:54:16thrive

00:54:16without

00:54:17you.

00:54:18The

00:54:18guards

00:54:18closed

00:54:19the

00:54:19iron

00:54:19door.

00:54:21The

00:54:21sound

00:54:21echoed

00:54:21under

00:54:22the

00:54:22throne

00:54:22room.

00:54:22Alaric

00:54:23stood

00:54:23behind

00:54:24the

00:54:24bars,

00:54:24staring

00:54:25upward

00:54:25as

00:54:25the

00:54:26first

00:54:26voice

00:54:26from

00:54:26the

00:54:26great

00:54:27hall

00:54:27rang

00:54:27down.

00:54:28Long

00:54:29live

00:54:30Queen

00:54:31Seraphina!

00:54:33Then

00:54:34another,

00:54:34then a

00:54:35hundred,

00:54:35then a

00:54:36thousand,

00:54:36until the

00:54:37whole palace

00:54:38rang with

00:54:38it.

00:54:38His

00:54:39face

00:54:39twisted

00:54:39with rage

00:54:40and grief

00:54:40and humiliation.

00:54:42He

00:54:42couldn't

00:54:42cover his

00:54:43ears.

00:54:43From

00:54:44that

00:54:44day

00:54:44on,

00:54:44he

00:54:45would

00:54:45have

00:54:45to

00:54:45listen

00:54:45to

00:54:46it

00:54:46every

00:54:46single

00:54:46day

00:54:46until

00:54:47the

00:54:47day

00:54:47he

00:54:47died.

00:54:49As

00:54:50for

00:54:50Isolda,

00:54:51I did

00:54:53After

00:54:53the

00:54:53black

00:54:54dragon

00:54:54burned

00:54:54away

00:54:54the

00:54:55stolen

00:54:55contract,

00:54:56she

00:54:56was

00:54:56too

00:54:56weak

00:54:57to

00:54:57stand

00:54:57on

00:54:57her

00:54:57own.

00:54:58Half

00:54:58her

00:54:59hair

00:54:59had

00:54:59been

00:54:59scorched

00:54:59by

00:55:00black

00:55:00fire.

00:55:00The

00:55:01contract

00:55:01mark

00:55:01on her

00:55:01hand

00:55:02would

00:55:02never

00:55:02return.

00:55:03Nobles

00:55:03no longer

00:55:03called her

00:55:04princess.

00:55:05Maids

00:55:05no longer

00:55:05lowered

00:55:06their

00:55:06eyes

00:55:06when

00:55:06she

00:55:06passed.

00:55:07I

00:55:07stripped

00:55:08her

00:55:08of

00:55:08her

00:55:08title

00:55:08and

00:55:08sent

00:55:09her

00:55:09to

00:55:09the

00:55:09lowest

00:55:09level

00:55:09of

00:55:10the

00:55:10dragon

00:55:10pit.

00:55:10It

00:55:10was

00:55:11no

00:55:11longer

00:55:22baskets

00:55:22of

00:55:23charred

00:55:23bones

00:55:23and

00:55:24scrub

00:55:24rust

00:55:24and

00:55:24filth

00:55:24off

00:55:25the

00:55:25iron

00:55:25bars

00:55:25until

00:55:25her

00:55:26hands

00:55:26bled.

00:55:27Chains

00:55:27circled

00:55:27her wrists.

00:55:28Shackles

00:55:29clamped

00:55:29her ankles.

00:55:30Isolde

00:55:30would slam

00:55:31her fists

00:55:31against

00:55:31the bars,

00:55:32her voice

00:55:32hoarse

00:55:33and screaming.

00:55:35Isolde

00:55:36Take

00:55:36these

00:55:37chains

00:55:38off

00:55:38me!

00:55:39I am

00:55:40Princess

00:55:41Isoleth!

00:55:43You

00:55:44cannot

00:55:44do

00:55:45this

00:55:45to

00:55:45me!

00:55:46Guard

00:55:48There

00:55:49is no

00:55:49Princess

00:55:50Isoleth

00:55:50in

00:55:50Valdoria

00:55:51anymore.

00:55:52There

00:55:52is only

00:55:53a

00:55:53prisoner

00:55:53doing

00:55:53hard

00:55:54labor.

00:55:55Noble

00:55:55girls

00:55:56who

00:55:56had

00:55:56once

00:55:56clung

00:55:56to

00:55:56her

00:55:57skirts,

00:55:57flattering

00:55:58her

00:55:58every

00:55:58word,

00:55:58would

00:55:59come

00:55:59to

00:55:59the

00:55:59pit

00:55:59edge

00:56:00on

00:56:00fine

00:56:00days

00:56:00and

00:56:00look

00:56:00down

00:56:01at

00:56:01her

00:56:01through

00:56:01the

00:56:01bars.

00:56:02Noble

00:56:02girl

00:56:03one

00:56:07is

00:56:08that

00:56:08the

00:56:08former

00:56:09Princess

00:56:09Isoleth?

00:56:11The

00:56:11one

00:56:11who

00:56:11used

00:56:12to

00:56:12call

00:56:12us

00:56:12common

00:56:13and

00:56:13unworthy?

00:56:15Noble

00:56:15girl

00:56:15two

00:56:15she

00:56:16looks

00:56:16like

00:56:17any

00:56:17other

00:56:17servant

00:56:17now.

00:56:18Hard

00:56:18to

00:56:19believe

00:56:19she

00:56:19almost

00:56:20wore

00:56:20the

00:56:20crown.

00:56:20Noble

00:56:21girl

00:56:21three

00:56:21I

00:56:21heard

00:56:22she

00:56:22never

00:56:22hatched

00:56:23a

00:56:23single

00:56:23dragon

00:56:24egg

00:56:24herself.

00:56:26Every

00:56:26bit

00:56:26of

00:56:27it

00:56:27was

00:56:27stolen

00:56:27from

00:56:28the

00:56:28queen.

00:56:29Whenever

00:56:29she

00:56:29heard

00:56:29those

00:56:30words

00:56:30she

00:56:30would

00:56:31throw

00:56:31herself

00:56:31at

00:56:31the

00:56:31bars

00:56:31like

00:56:32a

00:56:32wild

00:56:32animal

00:56:32spitting

00:56:33and

00:56:33screaming

00:56:35Isolde.

00:56:36Liars!

00:56:36All of

00:56:37you

00:56:37are

00:56:37liars!

00:56:39I

00:56:39was

00:56:39chosen

00:56:40by

00:56:40the

00:56:41dragons!

00:56:42I

00:56:42was

00:56:42the

00:56:42rightful

00:56:42future

00:56:43queen!

00:56:44But

00:56:44no

00:56:44one

00:56:44was

00:56:44afraid

00:56:45of

00:56:45her

00:56:45now.

00:56:45She

00:56:46had

00:56:46lost

00:56:46my

00:56:46father's

00:56:46protection.

00:56:47She

00:56:48had

00:56:48lost

00:56:48her

00:56:49title.

00:56:49She

00:56:49had

00:56:50lost

00:56:50everyone's

00:56:50trust.

00:56:51The

00:56:51cruelest

00:56:52part

00:56:52of

00:56:52all

00:56:52was

00:56:52the

00:56:52black

00:56:52dragon.

00:56:53Sometimes

00:56:53it

00:56:54would

00:56:54circle

00:56:54high

00:56:54above

00:56:54the

00:56:55pit

00:56:55whenever

00:56:55its

00:56:56shadow

00:56:56fell

00:56:56over

00:56:56her.

00:56:57Isolde

00:56:57would

00:56:57scramble

00:56:58into

00:56:58the

00:56:58darkest

00:56:58corner,

00:56:59curling

00:56:59into

00:57:00a

00:57:00ball

00:57:00and

00:57:00covering

00:57:00her

00:57:00head.

00:57:01Because

00:57:01she

00:57:02knew

00:57:02that

00:57:02she

00:57:02had

00:57:02once

00:57:02claimed

00:57:03that

00:57:03dragon

00:57:03as

00:57:03her

00:57:03own.

00:57:04She

00:57:04had

00:57:04stolen

00:57:05every

00:57:05dragon.

00:57:06I

00:57:06raised

00:57:06the

00:57:06last

00:57:06one

00:57:07became

00:57:07the

00:57:07nightmare

00:57:07she

00:57:07would

00:57:08live

00:57:08with

00:57:08for

00:57:08the

00:57:08rest

00:57:08of

00:57:08her

00:57:08life.

00:57:10On

00:57:10the

00:57:10night

00:57:11before

00:57:11my

00:57:11coronation,

00:57:12Martha

00:57:12carried

00:57:12the

00:57:13gold

00:57:13egg

00:57:13from

00:57:13the

00:57:13tower

00:57:13to

00:57:14me.

00:57:26The

00:57:26power

00:57:27that

00:57:27had

00:57:27been

00:57:27diverted

00:57:27returned

00:57:27to

00:57:28it.

00:57:28The

00:57:28gold

00:57:28veins

00:57:29on

00:57:29the

00:57:29shell

00:57:29glowed

00:57:30once

00:57:30more,

00:57:30like

00:57:30a

00:57:30late

00:57:31sunrise.

00:57:32Martha,

00:57:32your

00:57:33majesty,

00:57:34it

00:57:34waited

00:57:35for

00:57:35you.

00:57:36I

00:57:36touched

00:57:36the

00:57:36shell

00:57:36with

00:57:36my

00:57:36fingertips.

00:57:38Seraphina,

00:57:40I

00:57:41made it

00:57:41wait

00:57:41too

00:57:41long.

00:57:42On

00:57:42the

00:57:42day

00:57:42I

00:57:42was

00:57:43crowned,

00:57:43the

00:57:43blood

00:57:44had

00:57:44already

00:57:44been

00:57:44washed

00:57:44from

00:57:45the

00:57:45square

00:57:45by

00:57:45rain.

00:57:46The

00:57:46gold

00:57:46dragon

00:57:46from

00:57:46my

00:57:47old

00:57:47tower

00:57:47finally

00:57:47hatched.

00:57:48It

00:57:48was

00:57:48small,

00:57:49its

00:57:49scales

00:57:49bright,

00:57:50its

00:57:50eyes

00:57:50clear.

00:57:51Now

00:57:51that

00:57:51the

00:57:51contract

00:57:52had

00:57:52been

00:57:52corrected,

00:57:53it

00:57:53walked

00:57:53me

00:57:53at

00:57:54last

00:57:54and

00:57:54rested

00:57:54its

00:57:54head

00:57:55gently

00:57:55against

00:57:55my

00:57:55palm.

00:57:56The

00:57:56entire

00:57:56square

00:57:57knelt.

00:57:59Crowd.

00:58:02Long

00:58:03live

00:58:03the

00:58:04queen.

00:58:04I

00:58:05looked

00:58:05down

00:58:05at

00:58:05the

00:58:05warm

00:58:05gold

00:58:06dragon

00:58:06in

00:58:06my

00:58:06hand,

00:58:07then

00:58:07lifted

00:58:07my

00:58:07gaze

00:58:08toward

00:58:08the

00:58:08highest

00:58:08tower.

00:58:09The

00:58:09black

00:58:09dragon

00:58:10perched

00:58:10there,

00:58:10silent.

00:58:13One

00:58:14symbolized

00:58:14the throne,

00:58:15the glory,

00:58:15the hope

00:58:16of the

00:58:16kingdom,

00:58:16one

00:58:17symbolized

00:58:17the price.

00:58:18The

00:58:18truth,

00:58:19the cost

00:58:19of every

00:58:19lie,

00:58:20Valdoria

00:58:20would no

00:58:21longer be

00:58:21ruled by

00:58:22lies.

00:58:22That

00:58:23same

00:58:23day,

00:58:23I

00:58:23abolished

00:58:24every

00:58:24clause

00:58:24in the

00:58:24old

00:58:25contracts

00:58:25that

00:58:25allowed

00:58:26a

00:58:26king

00:58:26to

00:58:26alter

00:58:26them

00:58:26in

00:58:27secret.

00:58:27From

00:58:28then

00:58:28on,

00:58:28every

00:58:28dragon

00:58:29egg

00:58:29contract

00:58:29had

00:58:29to

00:58:29be

00:58:30signed

00:58:30in

00:58:30the

00:58:30presence

00:58:30of

00:58:30the

00:58:30council.

00:58:31Noble

00:58:32witnesses

00:58:32and

00:58:33representatives

00:58:33of the

00:58:33people,

00:58:34no

00:58:34one

00:58:34would

00:58:34ever

00:58:34again

00:58:35use

00:58:35double

00:58:35ink

00:58:35to

00:58:36steal

00:58:36a

00:58:36name.

00:58:36I

00:58:37also

00:58:37opened

00:58:37the

00:58:37royal

00:58:38vaults

00:58:38and

00:58:38ordered

00:58:38every

00:58:39sleeping

00:58:39dragon

00:58:39egg

00:58:39to

00:58:40be

00:58:40registered

00:58:40again.

00:58:41Dragons

00:58:41would

00:58:41no

00:58:42longer

00:58:42be

00:58:42tools

00:58:42for

00:58:42a

00:58:42father

00:58:43to

00:58:43favor

00:58:43one

00:58:43daughter

00:58:43over

00:58:44another.

00:58:44They

00:58:44belong to

00:58:45the

00:58:45ones

00:58:46who

00:58:46truly

00:58:46awakened

00:58:46them.

00:58:48The

00:58:48first

00:58:48public

00:58:49dragon

00:58:49egg

00:58:49registration

00:58:50under

00:58:50the

00:58:50new

00:58:50law

00:58:51was

00:58:51held

00:58:51in

00:58:51the

00:58:51same

00:58:52square

00:58:52where

00:58:52Isolde

00:58:53had

00:58:53once

00:58:53lied.

00:58:54This

00:58:54time

00:58:54there

00:58:54was

00:58:54no

00:59:05your

00:59:05majesty

00:59:06may

00:59:06someone

00:59:07like

00:59:07me

00:59:07really

00:59:08try.

00:59:08I

00:59:08looked

00:59:09at

00:59:09the

00:59:09small

00:59:09copper

00:59:09colored

00:59:10egg

00:59:10resting

00:59:10before

00:59:10him.

00:59:11An

00:59:11egg

00:59:11once

00:59:12deemed

00:59:12unworthy

00:59:12of

00:59:13royal

00:59:13blood

00:59:13left

00:59:13to

00:59:14gather

00:59:14dust

00:59:14in

00:59:14the

00:59:14vaults.

00:59:15If

00:59:16you

00:59:16are

00:59:16willing

00:59:16to

00:59:17give

00:59:17it

00:59:17your

00:59:17blood

00:59:17your

00:59:19warmth

00:59:19and

00:59:19your

00:59:20patience

00:59:20then

00:59:21you

00:59:21may

00:59:21try.

00:59:22Dragons

00:59:23do

00:59:23not

00:59:23care

00:59:23about

00:59:24birth.

00:59:25They

00:59:25care

00:59:26about

00:59:26who

00:59:26wakes

00:59:26them.

00:59:28The

00:59:28boy

00:59:28lifted

00:59:28his

00:59:29head

00:59:29his

00:59:29eyes

00:59:29bright.

00:59:30He

00:59:30took

00:59:30a

00:59:30small

00:59:30knife

00:59:31cut

00:59:31his

00:59:31fingertip

00:59:32and

00:59:32signed

00:59:32his

00:59:32name

00:59:32clearly

00:59:33on

00:59:33the

00:59:33contract.

00:59:34The

00:59:34crowd

00:59:34murmured

00:59:34not

00:59:35in

00:59:35fear

00:59:35this

00:59:35time

00:59:35but

00:59:36wonder.

00:59:36At

00:59:36that

00:59:37moment

00:59:37a

00:59:37pair

00:59:37of

00:59:37guards

00:59:38led

00:59:38Isolde

00:59:38through

00:59:39the

00:59:39edge

00:59:39of

00:59:39the

00:59:39square

00:59:39on

00:59:40their

00:59:40way

00:59:40to

00:59:40deliver

00:59:40ash

00:59:41from

00:59:41the

00:59:41dragon

00:59:41pens.

00:59:42She

00:59:42was

00:59:42bent

00:59:43under

00:59:43the

00:59:43weight

00:59:43of

00:59:43a

00:59:43heavy

00:59:44basket

00:59:44chains

00:59:45clinking

00:59:45with

00:59:45every

00:59:45step.

00:59:59She

00:59:59baker's

01:00:00child

01:00:00with

01:00:00his

01:00:00own

01:00:01name

01:00:01on

01:00:01the

01:00:01contract

01:00:02than

01:00:02a

01:00:02princess

01:00:03who

01:00:03stole

01:00:03every

01:00:04name

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01:06:16that

01:06:17was

01:06:17enough

01:06:20years

01:06:21after my

01:06:21coronation

01:06:22one of

01:06:23Isolde's

01:06:23former

01:06:23flatterers

01:06:24came to

01:06:24the

01:06:24dragon

01:06:24pit

01:06:25at

01:06:25midnight

01:06:25the

01:06:26woman

01:06:26had

01:06:26once

01:06:26knelt

01:06:26beside

01:06:27Isolde's

01:06:27skirts

01:06:27praising

01:06:28her

01:06:29beauty

01:06:29her

01:06:29purity

01:06:30and

01:06:30her

01:06:30so-called

01:06:30destiny

01:06:31now she

01:06:32wore a

01:06:32dark

01:06:32cloak

01:06:32and

01:06:32carried

01:06:33a

01:06:33hidden

01:06:33key

01:06:33stolen

01:06:33from

01:06:34a

01:06:34drunk

01:06:34guard

01:06:35old

01:06:36noble

01:06:36woman

01:06:36Isolde

01:06:37be quiet

01:06:39and come

01:06:39with me

01:06:41Isolde lifted

01:06:42her head

01:06:42from beside

01:06:43the filthy

01:06:43stone

01:06:44trough

01:06:44for one

01:06:44impossible

01:06:45second

01:06:45light

01:06:46returned

01:06:46to her

01:06:47eyes

01:06:48Isolde

01:06:48I knew

01:06:49it

01:06:51I knew

01:06:52someone still

01:06:52remembered

01:06:53who I am

01:06:53old

01:06:54noble

01:06:54woman

01:06:57there are

01:06:58still people

01:06:59who hate

01:06:59the new

01:06:59queen

01:07:00if we get

01:07:01you outside

01:07:01the city

01:07:02they can

01:07:02use your

01:07:03name

01:07:03Isolde grabbed

01:07:04the bars

01:07:04with both

01:07:05hands

01:07:06Isolde

01:07:11lose my

01:07:11name

01:07:13no

01:07:14they will

01:07:15kneel to

01:07:15me

01:07:16I am

01:07:17the true

01:07:17princess

01:07:18a lesser

01:07:19drake raised

01:07:19its head

01:07:20and cried

01:07:20the guards

01:07:21appeared from

01:07:21both ends

01:07:22of the passage

01:07:22swords drawn

01:07:23guard

01:07:25step away

01:07:26from the

01:07:26prisoner

01:07:26the noble

01:07:27woman dropped

01:07:28the key

01:07:28it rang

01:07:29against the

01:07:29stone floor

01:07:29I walked

01:07:30down the

01:07:30stairs

01:07:30behind the

01:07:31guards

01:07:31my cloak

01:07:32untouched

01:07:32by the

01:07:33rain

01:07:33Isolde's

01:07:34face

01:07:34changed

01:07:34from joy

01:07:35to horror

01:07:36Serafina

01:07:37still trying

01:07:38to steal

01:07:39something

01:07:39that isn't

01:07:39yours

01:07:40Isolde

01:07:40you set

01:07:41this up

01:07:43you knew

01:07:44she would

01:07:44come

01:07:44no

01:07:46I let

01:07:47greed

01:07:47walk

01:07:47where it

01:07:48wanted

01:07:48the old

01:07:49noble

01:07:49woman

01:07:49collapsed

01:07:50to her

01:07:50knees

01:07:50old

01:07:51noble

01:07:51woman

01:07:52your

01:07:53majesty

01:07:53mercy

01:07:54I only

01:07:55thought

01:07:56the

01:07:56old

01:07:56bloodline

01:07:57Serafina

01:07:58the old

01:07:59bloodline

01:08:00nearly

01:08:00destroyed

01:08:01valdonia

01:08:02with forged

01:08:03contracts

01:08:04and stolen

01:08:05dragons

01:08:06I ordered

01:08:07the woman

01:08:07stripped of

01:08:08her remaining

01:08:08title and

01:08:08assigned to

01:08:09the dragon

01:08:09pit for

01:08:10one year

01:08:10then I

01:08:11looked at

01:08:11Isolde

01:08:12Serafina

01:08:13for encouraging

01:08:14escape

01:08:14your chains

01:08:16will be moved

01:08:16to the lower

01:08:17hands

01:08:19Isolde

01:08:22the lower

01:08:23pens housed

01:08:24the smallest

01:08:24drapes

01:08:25but they

01:08:25were the

01:08:25cruelest

01:08:26they snapped

01:08:27at ankles

01:08:27spat sparks

01:08:28and never

01:08:29slept quietly

01:08:29as the guards

01:08:30dragged her

01:08:31down the

01:08:31steps

01:08:31Isolde

01:08:32finally screamed

01:08:33without

01:08:33pretending

01:08:33to cry

01:08:34Serafina

01:08:35I am

01:08:36your sister

01:08:37I did

01:08:38not answer

01:08:38it's too

01:08:39late to

01:08:39awaken

01:08:39to family

01:08:40ties

01:08:40now

01:08:42the next

01:08:43morning

01:08:43Alarek

01:08:44heard the

01:08:44news

01:08:45before I

01:08:45went to

01:08:45him

01:08:46the dungeon

01:08:47carried

01:08:47sound

01:08:48strangely

01:08:49cheers

01:08:50from the

01:08:51throne

01:08:51room

01:08:51drifted

01:08:52down

01:08:53so did

01:08:53screams

01:08:54from the

01:08:54passages

01:08:55leading

01:08:55to the

01:08:55dragon

01:08:56pit

01:08:57Alaric

01:08:57ripped

01:08:58the

01:08:58bars

01:09:02that

01:09:03voice

01:09:05is

01:09:05a

01:09:06let

01:09:07the

01:09:08guard

01:09:08did

01:09:08not

01:09:08answer

01:09:10when

01:09:11I

01:09:11entered

01:09:11Alaric's

01:09:12eyes

01:09:12were

01:09:13bloodshot

01:09:16what

01:09:16have

01:09:16you

01:09:17done

01:09:17to

01:09:17her

01:09:18what

01:09:19she

01:09:19earned

01:09:19she

01:09:20is

01:09:21weak

01:09:21she

01:09:22was

01:09:22never

01:09:23meant

01:09:23for

01:09:23filth

01:09:24and

01:09:24chains

01:09:24I

01:09:25looked

01:09:25at

01:09:25the

01:09:25man

01:09:26who

01:09:26had

01:09:26once

01:09:26thrown

01:09:27me

01:09:27into

01:09:27the

01:09:27dragon

01:09:27pit

01:09:28without

01:09:28blinking

01:09:32neither

01:09:32was

01:09:32I

01:09:36for

01:09:36once

01:09:37he

01:09:38had

01:09:38no

01:09:38answer

01:09:39I

01:09:40ordered

01:09:40the

01:09:40guards

01:09:40to

01:09:41open

01:09:41the

01:09:41small

01:09:41passage

01:09:42window

01:09:42that

01:09:42faced

01:09:43the

01:09:43lower

01:09:43pens

01:09:43through

01:09:44the

01:09:44iron

01:09:44grate

01:09:46Alaric

01:09:46saw

01:09:47Isolde

01:09:47in

01:09:47the

01:09:47mud

01:09:48wrists

01:09:48chained

01:09:49above

01:09:49her

01:09:49head

01:09:49while

01:09:50a

01:09:50young

01:09:50drake

01:09:50snapped

01:09:51sparks

01:09:51near

01:09:51her

01:09:52feet

01:09:52her

01:09:53white

01:09:53dresses

01:09:54were

01:09:54long

01:09:54gone

01:09:54her

01:09:55hands

01:09:56were

01:09:56cracked

01:09:58her

01:09:58hair

01:09:59was

01:09:59uneven

01:10:04father

01:10:05father

01:10:06father

01:10:06tell

01:10:06them

01:10:07to

01:10:07stop

01:10:07Alaric

01:10:08staggered

01:10:08back

01:10:09as if

01:10:09the

01:10:09sight

01:10:09had

01:10:10struck

01:10:10him

01:10:11Serafina

01:10:12please

01:10:13whatever

01:10:14I did

01:10:14she should

01:10:15not

01:10:15suffer

01:10:16for

01:10:16it

01:10:16you

01:10:18still

01:10:18don't

01:10:18understand

01:10:19I

01:10:19stepped

01:10:20closer

01:10:20to

01:10:20the

01:10:20bars

01:10:23she

01:10:24did

01:10:24not

01:10:24suffer

01:10:24for

01:10:25your

01:10:25crime

01:10:25she

01:10:26suffers

01:10:27for

01:10:27her

01:10:27own

01:10:30she

01:10:31was

01:10:31young

01:10:32she

01:10:33was

01:10:33old

01:10:34enough

01:10:34to

01:10:34hold

01:10:34my

01:10:34dragon

01:10:35and

01:10:35call

01:10:35me

01:10:35a

01:10:36thief

01:10:36the

01:10:37words

01:10:37landed

01:10:37between

01:10:38us

01:10:38like

01:10:38a

01:10:38blade

01:10:39above

01:10:39us

01:10:39the

01:10:40morning

01:10:40council

01:10:40began

01:10:44the

01:10:45sound

01:10:45poured

01:10:46into

01:10:46the

01:10:46dungeon

01:10:46it

01:10:47also

01:10:47poured

01:10:48into

01:10:48the

01:10:48passage

01:10:48where

01:10:49a

01:10:49soldier

01:10:49was

01:10:49screaming

01:10:50for

01:10:51the

01:10:51first

01:10:51time

01:10:53father

01:10:53and

01:10:54daughter

01:10:54heard

01:10:54the

01:10:54same

01:10:54truth

01:10:55from

01:10:55opposite

01:10:55cages

01:10:58they

01:10:59had

01:10:59lost

01:10:59the

01:10:59kingdom

01:10:59they

01:11:00stole

01:11:04many

01:11:04years

01:11:04later

01:11:05a

01:11:05historian

01:11:06asked

01:11:06whether

01:11:06I

01:11:07regretted

01:11:07hatching

01:11:07the

01:11:08black

01:11:08dragon

01:11:08your

01:11:09majesty

01:11:10the

01:11:10black

01:11:11dragon

01:11:11changed

01:11:12the

01:11:12fate

01:11:12of

01:11:12valdoria

01:11:13did

01:11:14you

01:11:14never

01:11:14fear

01:11:14that

01:11:15it

01:11:15would

01:11:15destroy

01:11:15more

01:11:16than

01:11:16lies

01:11:16no

01:11:17without

01:11:18the

01:11:18black

01:11:19dragon

01:11:20I

01:11:21might

01:11:21still

01:11:21be

01:11:21explaining

01:11:22my

01:11:22innocence

01:11:22to

01:11:23people

01:11:23who

01:11:23had

01:11:23never

01:11:24wanted

01:11:24to

01:11:24hear

01:11:24the

01:11:24truth

01:11:26now

01:11:26they

01:11:26did

01:11:26not

01:11:27need

01:11:27to

01:11:27believe

01:11:27me

01:11:31they

01:11:31only

01:11:31needed

01:11:31to

01:11:32remember

01:11:32that

01:11:32day

01:11:32remember

01:11:33that

01:11:34Isolde

01:11:34had

01:11:34claimed

01:11:34the

01:11:35black

01:11:35dragon

01:11:35egg

01:11:36as

01:11:36hers

01:11:36with

01:11:36her

01:11:36own

01:11:37mouth

01:11:38remember

01:11:38that

01:11:39Alaric

01:11:39had

01:11:39confessed

01:11:40with

01:11:40his

01:11:40own

01:11:40mouth

01:11:40that

01:11:41he

01:11:41had

01:11:41changed

01:11:41the

01:11:41contract

01:11:44remember

01:11:44how

01:11:45the

01:11:45princess

01:11:45they

01:11:45called

01:11:46a

01:11:46thief

01:11:46and

01:11:46a

01:11:46failure

01:11:47shattered

01:11:48the

01:11:48lie

01:11:48beneath

01:11:49her

01:11:49feet

01:11:49and

01:11:49took

01:11:49the

01:11:50throne

01:11:55I was

01:11:56not

01:11:56born

01:11:56a

01:11:56queen

01:11:57I was

01:11:57made

01:11:58one

01:11:58by

01:11:58betrayal

01:11:59death

01:11:59and

01:12:00rebirth

01:12:00so

01:12:01what

01:12:02valdoria

01:12:02did not

01:12:02need a

01:12:03girl spoiled

01:12:03by her

01:12:04father's

01:12:04love

01:12:04it needed

01:12:05someone

01:12:05who could

01:12:06see a

01:12:06lie

01:12:06clearly

01:12:07and dare

01:12:07to burn

01:12:08it down

01:12:08with her

01:12:08own

01:12:09hands

01:12:11and

01:12:12I

01:12:12Serafina

01:12:13did

01:12:13exactly

01:12:14that

01:12:16Martha

01:12:17stood

01:12:17by

01:12:17the

01:12:17window

01:12:18watching

01:12:19the

01:12:19gold

01:12:19dragon

01:12:19circle

01:12:20over

01:12:20the

01:12:20capital

01:12:21your

01:12:21majesty

01:12:22the

01:12:22people

01:12:23are

01:12:23gathering

01:12:24again

01:12:24I

01:12:25looked

01:12:25down

01:12:25from

01:12:25the

01:12:26tower

01:12:26children

01:12:27were

01:12:27running

01:12:27through

01:12:28the

01:12:28streets

01:12:28beneath

01:12:28the

01:12:29dragon's

01:12:29shadow

01:12:30merchants

01:12:31paused

01:12:31their

01:12:31stalls

01:12:32soldiers

01:12:33lowered

01:12:33their

01:12:33spears

01:12:34in

01:12:34salute

01:12:34no

01:12:35one

01:12:35shouted

01:12:36thief

01:12:36no

01:12:36one

01:12:37shouted

01:12:37failure

01:12:37they

01:12:38shouted

01:12:38queen

01:12:39far

01:12:40below

01:12:40the

01:12:40palace

01:12:41Alaric

01:12:41could

01:12:42still

01:12:42hear

01:12:42them

01:12:42from

01:12:43his

01:12:43dungeon

01:12:44deeper

01:12:45still

01:12:45Isolde

01:12:46could

01:12:46hear

01:12:46them

01:12:47from

01:12:47the

01:12:47dragon

01:12:47pit

01:12:48that

01:12:49was

01:12:49the

01:12:49final

01:12:50justice

01:12:52they

01:12:52would

01:12:52live

01:12:53long

01:12:53enough

01:12:53to

01:12:53hear

01:12:56the

01:12:56name

01:12:56they

01:12:56tried

01:12:57to

01:12:57erase

01:12:57become

01:12:58the

01:12:58name

01:12:58the

01:12:58kingdom

01:12:58trusted

01:12:59most

01:13:01the

01:13:01black

01:13:02dragon

01:13:02opened

01:13:02its

01:13:03wings

01:13:03on

01:13:03the

01:13:03highest

01:13:04tower

01:13:06the

01:13:07gold

01:13:07dragon

01:13:07lowered

01:13:08its

01:13:08head

01:13:08beside

01:13:08me

01:13:09i

01:13:10placed

01:13:10my

01:13:10hand

01:13:11on

01:13:11the

01:13:11window

01:13:11ledge

01:13:11and

01:13:12looked

01:13:12over

01:13:12valdoria

01:13:13let

01:13:14the

01:13:14record

01:13:14show

01:13:14this

01:13:15clearly

01:13:15a

01:13:16stolen

01:13:16crown

01:13:17can

01:13:17be

01:13:17returned

01:13:17a

01:13:18stolen

01:13:19name

01:13:19can

01:13:19be

01:13:20burned

01:13:20clean

01:13:21but a

01:13:22queen

01:13:22who

01:13:22has

01:13:22died

01:13:23once

01:13:23will

01:13:24never

01:13:24kneel

01:13:24again

01:13:25a

01:13:25i

01:13:25or

01:13:27to

01:13:27have

01:13:27hear

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