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Reborn as the Sleeping Dragon's Bride
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00:01I was born with a blood scent that could make dragon lords lose control.
00:04Pure breeding blood, the rarest kind in 300 years.
00:08At my mating ceremony, I crawled past the sacred gold offerings
00:12and grabbed Crown Prince Caelan between his pants.
00:15This little whore could be a clingy breeder in the future.
00:21He was wrong. Caelan and I became enemies.
00:24For ten years, I watched his dragon eyes learn to hate my scent.
00:27On my 18th birthday feast, the king called me before the throne.
00:31Freya, choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.
00:36Before I could answer, Caelan's voice cut across the hall.
00:39I would rather be torn apart by wild dragon knees than mate her.
00:44Something inside me broke. Good. Then make him choke on it.
00:47Then I will leave his fate to the gods. Pay for the price, Crown Prince Caelan.
00:51I thought he didn't mean it. Our betrothal ceremony was beautiful, but Caelan never gave me a glance.
00:58Your scent makes me sick.
01:00Years passed. I gave him no air. The court stopped bowing.
01:04Dragonborn ladies spat in my food, ripped my gowns and called me a barren human leech.
01:10Caelan only smiled. Then I heard him say it.
01:12She forced this marriage. She deserves karma. No one should pity her.
01:17One week later, he threw me into the velvet quarter.
01:21A useless breeder belongs in a pleasure house.
01:24I died there, bloody and left like rotten meat. His figure was the last thing I saw. He never looked
01:30back.
01:30Then lights split open. I woke on cold marble, gasping. I was reborn at my mating ceremony.
01:37Freya. Choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.
01:42The royal citadel. The feast. I would not risk my life on Caelan again. I took a deep breath.
01:47Your majesty. I respect the crown prince as someone I grew up with. Like a brother.
01:53I never wanted him. Not as a man. Not as a husband.
01:58My heart only belongs to dragon crook Lufician Dranmore. If I couldn't marry him, I'd go finish myself.
02:03The court exploded. I had refused Valeria's golden prince and chosen his uncle.
02:08The cursed black silver dragon. The most fierce dragon who destroyed wild dragonkins for 200 years.
02:20Lucian Dravenmore fell coma since a year ago on the northern war front.
02:24Hurt by an unseen blade with curse, the healers said he would never wake. I knew they were wrong.
02:30In my last life, Lucian woke during my third year in hellish marriage.
02:34When dragonborn ladies had cornered me in the kitchens, they laughed, tore my sleeves, and called me a barren human
02:40leech.
02:41Then a broken dragon rose from his wheeled chair. Lucian Dravenmore stood between us. Half crippled, but still terrifying. Back
02:49to now.
02:50Little one. Marrying Lucian would waste your gift. Choose another lord. Someone who can speak to you.
02:55I kept my forehead against the marble floor. Your majesty, I swore before the old gods. It is Lucian Dravenmore
03:01or no one.
03:02I hit my forehead on the floor. Once and once again. The court went quiet, only left the sound of
03:08my bones crack.
03:09Queen Marianne smiled like she had been handed a gift.
03:12If the human girl wants a sleeping dragon, let her have him.
03:15So be it. Your bloodline is gone. Lucian cannot answer for himself. My queen will arrange the wedding for you
03:23too.
03:23I rose my bloody forehead and crumbling stood up. I am humbled beyond speech.
03:29I did not look at Caelan. I only felt his gold fire burning behind me. Let him burn. I would
03:35never choose him again.
03:36Lucian is way better than Caelan. Last life, though he's still weak, he's nice to me. I'll save him this
03:41time.
03:42We'll claw our way out of this shithole. Together.
03:44For three days, I slept like someone freed from a cage.
03:49Then came the knock at Ashbourne Hall.
03:52The queen commands your presence at the royal citadel tonight.
03:55My blood went cold. At dusk, Madame Corvin led me through the royal corridors.
04:01Dragon flowers scented the stone. Then she stopped and bowed.
04:05Your highness, Crown Prince.
04:07I lifted my head. It's Caelan.
04:20Caelan stepped into the lamplight. He looked exactly like a future king. Proud and untouchable. Beautiful in the cruel Valorian
04:27way.
04:28Your highness.
04:29He looked me over from crown to shoes, as if searching for the girl who used to chase him through
04:33these halls.
04:33That's all?
04:34In my last life, I knew his every habit. I baked honey cakes for him. I waited outside Crown Tower
04:39just to hand them over. He always tossed them to the palace drakes.
04:43Stop this pathetic chase, Freya. You are marrying my uncle now. Try to have some dignity. You disgust me.
04:50I am not chasing anyone. I was only telling the truth to your king father. I do not love you.
04:56Then you wandered into the royal family's private wing by accident?
04:58The queen summoned me. Ask Madame Corvin.
05:01His gold fire flared. So it was true. I had not come for him.
05:05My uncle is a corpse with a title. You may be a widow before your wedding bed even cools.
05:11Then I will be the happiest widow in Valoria.
05:14His pupils narrowed, then went black.
05:30Queen Marianne heard me out in silence. And before I had even finished my audience with her, my wedding to
05:37Lucien Dravenmore was set for one week later.
05:40Dravenmore's black silver banners stretched across the road as Gareth Thorne bowed before me.
05:45Lady Ashborough, Derrenmore receives you with honour.
05:48In my last life, Crown Tower never gave me this much respect. Some nobles called it widowhood with a title.
05:54I ignored them.
05:55Dravenmore had already given me more honour than Crown Tower ever did.
05:58When I reached Dravenmore keep, Gareth Thorne led me straight to the bridal chamber.
06:03Lucien Dravenmore lay on the bed, pale and silent. But even unconscious, he did not look weak.
06:08His sharp features, silver black hair and quiet dragon pressure, made him seem less like a dying man and more
06:14like a sleeping dragon.
06:15My lady, I prepared another room for you.
06:17I looked at Lucien, my heart steady despite the tension.
06:19No. He is my husband now. I'll stay here.
06:23The room went silent. After they left, I sat beside him. The air itself seemed to hold its breath. I
06:29leaned closer, feeling the subtle warmth of his body beneath the thin sheets.
06:33You're asleep anyway, so this doesn't count.
06:35I lowered my head and kissed him. His lips were warm. For a heartbeat, nothing happened. Then the air broke
06:41open. Dark pressure slammed through the room.
06:43Black silver scales erupted along his neck. Windows cracked. His hand shot up and caught my throat. Not gentle, not
06:49soft.
06:50Dragon fire exploded from his body, scorching the ceiling and bed frame. I gasped, gripping his wrist.
06:56Lucien.
06:57His fingers burned against my skin, yet he didn't push me away.
07:01Lucien.
07:02Lucien.
07:03Lucien.
07:04Lucien.
07:05Lucien.
07:05Lucien.
07:05Lucien.
07:11Lucien.
07:11Lucien.
07:12Lucien.
07:12Lucien.
07:14Lucien.
07:19Lucien.
07:20Lucien was closed, but his grip was tightening.
07:22Black silver flame tore across the ceiling.
07:24The bed frame split.
07:25I grabbed his wrist.
07:28It's me.
07:29It's Freya.
07:30His fingers burned against my skin.
07:32Then the fire pulled back.
07:33His hand dropped.
07:34The room went dark.
07:36Outside, Draven Moor Keep erupted.
07:38Shouts.
07:38Running boots.
07:39Dragon flame lighting up the sky.
07:41Gareth broke through the door.
07:43My lady.
07:44I touched my neck.
07:45It was bruised.
07:46Lucien lay still again, but his breathing had changed.
07:48Deeper.
07:49Stronger.
07:50The curse had cracked.
07:51But whatever was underneath was not gentle.
07:53I didn't know if I had started to wake him up.
07:56Or started something worse.
07:57By dawn, healers filled the hall.
07:59Gareth locked down the entire floor.
08:11No one tells the royal citadel what happened last night.
08:14The mate Flyme responded to the marriage bond.
08:17That's all anyone needs to know.
08:18The bruise on my neck was already dark.
08:20A healer offered to treat it.
08:22Leave it.
08:22I went back to Lucien's room.
08:24He was still.
08:25But the black silver scales on his hand had not faded.
08:28His dragon blood was fighting something.
08:29The curse.
08:30The medicine.
08:31Maybe both.
08:32I sat beside him.
08:33I don't know if you can hear me.
08:36But I'm not leaving.
08:37His fingers moved.
08:38Barely.
08:39The news reached Crown Tower before noon.
08:41Kaelin was sparring when a servant ran in.
08:43Your highness.
08:45Dravenmoor's mate Flyme answered Freya last night.
08:47Kaelin stopped mid-swing.
08:48The whole northern sky lit up.
08:51Gold fire burst from Kaelin's palm.
08:54The training post shattered.
08:55He thought the wedding would humiliate me.
08:57Instead, all of royal citadel was talking about how Dravenmoor's dragon blood had chosen a human bride.
09:03Princess Anya walked in.
09:04So it's true.
09:06She looked at the burned post.
09:07They say Freya looked more like a duchess than a widow.
09:10Careful, Kaelin.
09:12People might think you're the one who got left behind.
09:16That afternoon, Kaelin called his steward.
09:18The Ashborough war records we archived move them to the sealed vault.
09:21And send a message to the royal pharmacy.
09:23Any requests from Dravenmoor go through my office first.
10:04However, he was like 30-inch grocery stores just below $24 dollars.
10:23I put on Dravenmoor black and silver and walked straight into the main hall.
10:27Selene's housekeeper stepped in front of me.
10:29Lady Selene is waiting in the west parlour.
10:31Then she can come here.
10:32The servants froze.
10:33Davenmoor Keep is not Selene Velavas' house, and I am not her guest.
10:37Gareth stood behind me.
10:38He said nothing.
10:39Every servant in the hall understood it.
10:41Gareth supported me as Lady Dravenmoor.
10:43Bring me Lucian's healer records, medicine ledgers, and nightwatch lists now.
10:47Selene arrived with a soft smile.
10:48Freya, you were married yesterday.
10:50Leave the household matters to me.
10:52This isn't household business.
10:53This is my husband's life.
10:54Selene kept smiling, but her eyes didn't.
10:57By sunset, I found the first problem in the medicine logs.
10:59Some herbs were not healing Lucian.
11:01They were suppressing his dragon blood.
11:03He wasn't too weak to wake.
11:04Someone was keeping him asleep.
11:06I needed the source records.
11:07Where the herbs came from.
11:08Who ordered them.
11:09The trail pointed to the royal pharmacy.
11:11I sent a rider to request the purchase records.
11:14The rider came back empty-handed.
11:15Crown Tower denied the request.
11:17They said all pharmaceutical inquiries from Dravenmoor require approval from the Crown Prince's office.
11:20I understood.
11:21Selene's confidence didn't come from Dravenmoor.
11:24It came from Crown Tower.
11:25That night, Selene heard I had found the local records.
11:28For the first time, she stopped smiling.
11:29Send Rowan.
11:30Let my son teach her what happens to lonely wives in this house.
11:57Rowan Vos waited outside my chamber door.
11:59He smelled of wine.
12:01Lady Dravenmoor.
12:03I stopped.
12:03Come on.
12:04Your husband can't even open his eyes.
12:07Don't waste your youth on a sleeping man.
12:09He stepped closer.
12:10Selene runs this keep.
12:12I am her son.
12:13You are just the human bride they sent to warm Lucian's bed.
12:16Then I slapped him.
12:17Servants rushed over.
12:18No one dared speak.
12:20Rowan wiped blood from his lip.
12:21My mother will hear about this.
12:23Good.
12:24Tell Lady Selene I saved her the trouble.
12:27His face twisted.
12:28My mother!
12:28Your mother failed to raise you.
12:31That makes it my problem now.
12:33I turned to the hall.
12:34Freya.
12:34Gareth.
12:35Put him in the lower water cell.
12:37By morning, maybe he'll remember whose keep this is.
12:41The guards moved toward Rowan.
12:42That was when the whole keep understood.
12:44I was Lady Dravenmoor.
12:46Below the keep, Rowan shook in freezing water.
12:49My mother knows about Lucian's medicine.
12:51He looked up, shaking.
12:52She knows who kept him asleep.
12:53And Crown Tower knows she knows.
12:55She knows who kept him asleep.
12:57She knows who kept him asleep.
12:59She knows who kept him asleep.
13:03She knows who kept him asleep.
13:05She knows who kept him asleep.
13:05She knows who kept him asleep.
13:06She knows who kept him asleep.
13:07She knows who kept him asleep.
13:07She knows who kept him asleep.
13:09She knows who kept him asleep.
13:24.
14:03At dawn, Gareth brought me Rowan's confession.
14:06He was drunk, but he said the medicine was switched, and he said Crown Tower was involved.
14:10I looked at Lucian. The black silver scales on his hand had faded, but his fingers were warmer than before.
14:15Bring me every medicine log from the last year, and find me a healer who doesn't answer to Salona or
14:20the Royal Pharmacy.
14:22By breakfast, the hall was full. Servants stood with their heads down.
14:26Salona sat at the high table, calm as ever.
14:28Freya, you locked my son in a water cell over drunken words. Now you want to accuse me too?
14:33I want records. Household records are not toys for a new bride.
14:38I placed the medicine book on the table.
14:39Then explain this.
14:41Her smile stopped.
14:42Lucian's dose changed three months ago. The healer's seal is missing. The delivery mark belongs to your steward.
14:48Gareth, step beside me.
14:49From today on, no one touches Lucian's food, wine, or medicine unless I see it first.
14:53You think you can run Darren Moore?
14:56No. I already am.
14:58A crash came from Lucian's chamber. We ran back.
15:01The medicine bowl had split in half. Black silver fire burned across the floor.
15:05Lucian's eyes were still closed, but his hand had crushed the bed rail.
15:08That evening, a sealed letter arrived from Crown Tower. Not a personal note. An official order with the royal stamp.
15:13Gareth read it aloud.
15:14By the authority of Crown Prince Kaelin, a royal medical delegation will be dispatched to Draganmore Keep to evaluate Duke
15:20Lucian's condition and review all medical arrangements currently in place.
15:23The room went quiet.
15:24When?
15:26Three days.
15:27I looked at the letter. If Kaelin's doctors walked in here, they would take over Lucian's treatment, reverse everything I
15:32had changed, put Selene's people back in charge, and I couldn't refuse. He was using his nephew's health as the
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19:34Gareth's contact in Crown Tower sent word,
19:36the delegation was leaving one day early.
19:39I locked the chamber door and sat beside Lucian.
19:41I can handle Selina.
19:42I can handle the servants and the whispers.
19:45But I can't fight your nephew and the Crown at the same time.
19:47Not alone.
19:48His hand was warm.
19:49The scales pulsed.
19:50I need you to wake up.
19:52Silence.
19:52Then his fingers closed around mine.
19:54Freya.
19:55His dark gold eyes opened.
19:57Who came into my keep and thought he could question my wife for protecting me.
20:01Lucian sat up in bed.
20:02Black silver flame tore through the room.
20:04He looked at the bruise on my neck.
20:05Who did this?
20:07You.
20:08When your dragon blood broke through.
20:10He touched the bruise.
20:11Black silver light wrapped around my neck.
20:13It faded under his hand.
20:14Outside, every dragon torch in Dravenmore keep lit at once.
20:17The whole northern sky burned silver.
20:19In Crown Tower, a rider burst through the gate.
20:24Your highness, Dragon Onmor's fire just lit the northern line.
20:27All of it.
20:27Caelan stood up.
20:28The duke is awake.
20:29Caelan's cup shattered in his hand.
20:31The duke is awake.
20:31The duke is awake.
20:34completoает from Paris.
20:35My spirit is awake.
20:37Every day are repente horrors made.
20:38On Mars.
20:38The hu wewać.
20:40The duke is выше.
20:42The duke is for the ukrain at the restaurant.
20:43He enjoyed his们' absence of and the wind.
20:49The and in the shape the earth.
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23:21The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon.
23:25They expected a sleeping Duke.
23:26They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main hall.
23:29He leaned on a cane.
23:30His face was pale,
23:31but black-silver pressure filled the room so hard the candles bent sideways.
23:35The late physician swallowed.
23:37Your Grace, Crown Prince Caelan sent us to review your treatment.
23:40Lucian looked at him.
23:41My nephew sends doctors into my keep without asking me?
23:44No one answered.
23:45The Crown is concerned for your health.
23:48My wife kept me alive while your prince tried to take control of my medicine.
23:53From today on, Dravenmore's healers answer to me and Lady Derenmore.
23:56No one else.
23:57The delegation left before sunset.
23:59Céline watched from the upper hall, white-faced.
24:01That night, she sent a servant through the east gate with a sealed message.
24:04I watched him disappear into the dark road.
24:06I could stop him, but I didn't.
24:08I want to see who will answer.
24:09Later, Lucian found me by the chamber fire.
24:12How much did they make you carry alone?
24:14His jaw tightened.
24:16I'll start carrying it with you.
24:44How much did they make you play with me tell..
24:51The path of Hallo, that he has learned from the darkness.
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25:01And TNR to start carrying it.
25:03But the way you're able to carry on creativity yourself.
25:03I think that you can train on filling my job.
25:03Who will ever prepare for that act?
25:04Pretty quickly.
25:09Just to try to 대망 of
25:10.
26:05At dawn, Lucien ordered the ledgers sealed.
26:08Gareth brought iron boxes from Selene's office, tax books, supply lists, military payment rolls.
26:13By noon, the truth was on the table.
26:15Northern Rider pay was cut for eight months.
26:18Wintergrain was marked as delivered, but the storehouses never received it.
26:21He placed another page down.
26:23And this money went to the Gilded Den.
26:25Rowan's name was written beside the account.
26:27Selene gripped her sleeve.
26:28My husband died for this house.
26:31I raised my son here. I made sacrifices.
26:33Lucien looked at her.
26:34You sold my soldiers food and called it sacrifice?
26:38I protected Dravenmoor while you slept.
26:40No. You fed off it.
26:43The hall went silent.
26:45Rowan was dragged in, bruised and terrified.
26:48Mother, say something!
26:50Selene did not look at him. Lucien tapped the ledger.
26:53Rowan Vos goes to the dungeon until I decide his sentence.
26:56You can't do this to family!
26:57Family does not touch my wife, steal from my riders, or poison my house.
27:02The guards took him away.
27:05Selene Vox is removed from all household authority.
27:08She will remain under guard in the east wing.
27:10Then he turned to me.
27:12The accounts are yours now.
27:13Every servant in the hall dropped to one knee.
27:16For the first time, they were not kneeling because Lucien had woken.
27:19They were kneeling because I had won.
27:33The only day he would leave.
27:35Theиться in the hall!
27:37Because Lucien has left the fight.ериate
27:38ADS contra me. He is
27:40the guy who has taken us. He is
27:42the man who is notutted and sizes of giving birth to his soul. With the
27:47unique family! He just
27:47took him away. He has
27:47to give birth in a thousand times. To be
27:48to be for him a third time already. Forезд
27:53camp, he се haita. We already
27:54set the state at the center. This young
27:54Father, give him contact me. He is
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28:01time numaolar archives in a fountain, whether hehrlich
28:01raised his hands on the stones.
34:32The news reached Crown Tower by nightfall.
34:34Kaelin read the report once, then gold fire burst from his hand.
34:38Half the desk burned before the guards could move.
34:40He threw out my delegation?
34:42The messenger shook.
34:43Yes, your highness.
34:44Lady Selina has been confined.
34:45Rowan Vos is in the dungeon.
34:47Kaelin's eyes went in the middle of the door.
35:12You sound very concerned.
35:15Kaylin's mouth tightened.
35:17He is family.
35:18Across the hall, Princess Anya heard enough.
35:20That night, she found Edric Ravenshade near the chapel.
35:23Your cousin is walking into a trap.
35:25Which cousin?
35:26The one Freya married. Try to keep up.
35:28Edric's face changed.
35:30Send word to Dravenmore.
35:31Tell Lady Dravenmore the Queen is moving first.
36:46Lucian could stand now.
36:47Not long, not without pain.
36:49His dragon blood had broken the curse, but the damage stayed in his legs.
36:53Some nights, his fire turned wild.
36:54One burst split the bedpost.
36:56Another cracked the stone wall.
36:58I worked his legs every morning.
36:59Mixed the new medicine myself.
37:01On the fourth night, the flame surged before I could move.
37:04The force threw me against the floor.
37:06My arm hit broken stone.
37:07Blood ran to my wrist.
37:08Lucian froze.
37:09The fire died at once.
37:11He tried to stand too fast and nearly fell.
37:14It's a scratch.
37:15I hurt you.
37:16The curse hurt me.
37:18Not you.
37:19Do not make this sound easy.
37:21I wrapped cloth around my arm.
37:22I knew what I was choosing when I married you.
37:24He stared at me for a long second.
37:26You should not only be ready to suffer.
37:29His thumb brushed my bandage.
37:31You should be treated well.
37:32I stopped breathing.
37:33For the first time, he wasn't speaking as a duke.
37:35He was speaking as my husband.
38:02I looked at my son.
38:05I was trying to imagine my brother.
38:06I was having my son.
38:06I was trying to imagine my sister.
38:07I wasn't sure I was talking to him.
38:21Therefore, his family's daughter too.
38:21He had a resilience with him.
38:21He had a knifed that lightning lane,
38:21You know, He overcame his mind.
38:31He was trying to imagine a niños'
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40:14The summons arrived three days later.
40:17King Alaric's seal.
40:18Royal parchment.
40:19No room to refuse.
40:21Gareth read it in the hall.
40:22Dragon Duke Lucian Dravenmore and Lady Freya Davenmore are commanded to attend the Royal Citadel.
40:27The servants looked at me.
40:29Lucian took the letter.
40:30So they finally want us in the open.
40:32It could be a trap.
40:34It is a trap.
40:35Then we should not go.
40:36If I refuse, they call it rebellion.
40:38If I go, they have to face me in front of the King.
40:40He looked at me.
40:41And I have things to show my brother.
40:43That night, I packed the evidence myself.
40:46Selene's ledgers.
40:47The medicine logs.
40:49The payment trail to the Royal Pharmacy.
40:51Every page that tied Dravenmore's sickness to Crown Tower and the Royal Citadel.
40:56Mira tied the case shut.
40:57Are you afraid?
40:58I looked at the Royal Seal.
41:00I died in that city once.
41:03Mira went quiet.
41:04I'm not going back as that girl.
41:08Before dawn, I found Lucian on the tower.
41:12Royal Citadel was far beyond the dark hills.
41:15Kaelin will be there.
41:16So will the Queen.
41:19And me.
41:20He offered his hand.
41:21I took it.
41:21This time, I was not walking into Crown Tower alone.
41:45This time, I was not walking into Crown Tower alone.
41:50Northern dragon riders rode on both sides of our carriage.
41:53Gareth led them with one hand on his sword.
41:55At the palace gate, Kaelin stood above the steps.
41:57He looked at Lucian's cane.
41:59Then he looked at me.
42:00I looked past him.
42:01That hurt him more.
42:03Queen Marianne held a welcome feast that night.
42:05Duke Lucian.
42:06Valeria is relieved to see you awake.
42:08Relieved enough to send her a sucking.
42:10Her smile tightened.
42:11The King missed his brother.
42:13Then we are happy to answer his majesty.
42:15We brought everything he needs to see.
42:16Her eyes moved to the locked case beside my chair.
42:19How thoughtful.
42:20After dinner, Princess Anya caught my sleeve near the corridor.
42:23Madame Corvik has been going to the Royal Archive every night.
42:26I stopped.
42:27Whatever you brought, she may be trying to burn the matching half.
42:31That night, Lucian closed our chamber door.
42:35Edric confirmed it.
42:36The original letter about your father's march is still sealed in the Archive.
42:40Can we get it?
42:41Only the King can open that vault.
42:46Then we make him want to.
43:16Let's begin.糟了
43:45Clos We're
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44:05The autumn court filled the royal hall by sunrise, dragon lords, human nobles, crown loyalists.
44:11Lucian entered with a cane, the room still bowed, black silver pressure rolled over the floor,
44:15even House Marianne's men stopped smiling.
44:18Caelan sat in the prince's seat, gold fire flickering under his skin.
44:21A Marianne lord stepped forward first.
44:23Your Majesty, Duke Lucian has been absent from court for a year.
44:26His private dragon riders remain under northern command.
44:28Valeria needs a royal overseaher in Drevenmoor.
44:30The hall stirred, so that was their move.
44:32Call Lucian weak, call his army dangerous, put crown tower inside our key.
44:36Lucian handed Gareth's sealed report to the king's steward.
44:39Current rider count, grain stores, border patrols, tax ledgers records for Synervas and her son.
44:44King Alaric read in silence.
44:46Reports can be dressed up.
44:48So can treason.
44:49The lord froze.
44:50King Alaric lowered the report.
44:52The north appears better managed than half the estates in this room.
44:56No oversaw will be sent.
44:58Caelan's jaw tightened.
45:00After court, he blocked me on the stone steps.
45:02Did you come back just to parade him in front of me?
45:05No.
45:06Then why are you here?
45:07To speak to the king.
45:10I stepped around him.
45:11This has nothing to do with you.
45:13For once, Caelan had no answer.
46:07He's got a
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46:47The next day, the court gathered in the Rose Dragon Garden.
46:50I found the old pool behind the rose wall.
46:53I had fallen in there as a child.
46:55I remembered cold water, small hands, then a black cloak around my shoulders.
47:00Lucian stopped beside me.
47:02You told me Ashborough girls didn't cry over water.
47:06I turned.
47:07That was you?
47:08You were ten, soaked through, furious at the pond.
47:13And you remembered that?
47:14I remembered you.
47:15For a second, the court noise faded. Then Queen Marianne's voice cut through the garden.
47:19How charming. A human duchess among dragonhounds. Valeria is becoming very generous.
47:25The noble ladies went quiet. Caelan looked at me. I did not speak. Lucian did.
47:30House Ashbird bled for Valeria before half these dragonhouses learned how to hold a border.
47:35Queen Marianne's smile cracked.
47:38Freer's bloodline has earned its place here.
47:40A Marian lady muttered.
47:41Human blood is still human blood.
47:45Lucian turned his dark gold eyes on her.
47:47Then pray you never need human soldiers to die for your comfort again.
47:50No one laughed.
47:52I looked at Lucian. For the first time, I understood.
47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference. It had been restraint.
48:01I wasWAY e 44.
48:02With them seeing as beauty came stead.
48:03packet stark toda paradise.
48:06But the entire morning was held in the weeks.
48:06Before we take a look at you and it was able to feel right.
48:16The other day, thousands many years later, we'll surcharge it.
48:44Anya's warning was real.
48:46Edric checked the Royal Archive records for me.
48:48Three nights.
48:50Three visits.
48:52Madame Corvin entered the sealed wing each time with a Marianne clerk.
48:56The exit list is wrong.
48:57Files went in.
48:58Fewer came out.
48:59Which files?
49:00Northern Warfront.
49:01Ashpington Marching Routes.
49:03Dragonblood curse reports.
49:04Lucien's hand tightened on his cane.
49:06They are destroying the trail.
49:08Then we split it.
49:09Lucien went to request royal access from King Alaric.
49:12I sent Edric to the old Archive clerk who had served my father.
49:16By midnight, Mira came to my room carrying a basket of white roses.
49:41The last one carried a red wax seal.
49:47The last one carried a red wax seal.
49:49My lady, that's the Queen's family.
49:53I closed the letters.
49:55Not just her family.
49:58Lucien entered before dawn.
49:59The King agreed to open the vault tomorrow.
50:01I handed him the copies.
50:03Good.
50:04His face changed as he read.
50:07Because now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:09Found it.
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