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00:01I was born with a blood scent that could make dragon lords lose control.
00:05Pure breeding blood, the rarest kind in 300 years.
00:08At my mating ceremony, I crawled past the sacred gold offerings
00:12and grabbed Crown Prince Caelan between his pants.
00:15This little whore could be a clingy breeder in the future.
00:21He was wrong. Caelan and I became enemies.
00:24For 10 years, I watched his dragon eyes learn to hate my scent.
00:27On my 18th birthday feast, the king called me before the throne.
00:31Freya, 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.
01:31Then light split open. I woke on cold marble, gasping. I was reborn at my mating ceremony.
01:37Freya. Choose any dragon lord in Valeria. I will grant him to you.
01:42The royal citadel. The feast. I would not risk my life on Caelan again. I took a deep breath.
01:48Your majesty. I respect the crown prince as someone I grew up with. Like a brother. I never wanted him.
01:55Not as a man. Not as a husband.
01:58My heart only belongs to dragon crook Lufician Dravenmore. If I couldn't marry him, I'd go finish myself.
02:03The court exploded. I had refused Valeria's golden prince and chosen his uncle. The cursed black silver dragon.
02:10The most fierce dragon who destroyed wild dragonkins for 200 years.
02:20Lucian Dravenmore fell coma since year ago on the northern warfront. Hurt by an unseen blade with curse.
02:27The healers said he would never wake. I knew they were wrong.
02:30In my last life, Lucian woke during my third year in hellish marriage. When dragonborn ladies had cornered me in
02:36the kitchens.
02:37They laughed. Tore my sleeves. And called me a barren human leech. Then a broken dragon rose from his wheeled
02:44chair.
02:44Lucian Dravenmore stood between us. Half crippled. But still terrifying. Back to now.
02:50Little one. Marrying Lucian would waste your gift. Choose another lord. Someone who can speak to you.
02:55I kept my forehead against the marble floor. Your majesty, I swore before the old gods. It is Lucian Dravenmore
03:02or no one.
03:02I hit my forehead on the floor. Once and once again. The court went quiet. Only left the sound of
03:08my bones crack.
03:09Queen Marianne smiled like she had been handed a gift. If the human girl wants a sleeping dragon, let her
03:14have him.
03:16So be it. Your bloodline is gone. Lucian cannot answer for himself. My queen will arrange the wedding for you
03:23too.
03:23I rose my bloody forehead and crumbling stood up. I am humbled beyond speech.
03:29I did not look at Caelan. I only felt his gold fire burning behind me. Let him burn. I would
03:35never choose him again.
03:36Lucian is way better than Caelan. Last life, though he's still weak. He's nice to me. I'll save him this
03:41time.
03:42We'll claw our way out of this shithole. Together.
03:44For three days, I slept like someone freed from a cage. Then came the knock at Ashbourne Hall.
03:52The queen commands your presence at the royal citadel tonight. My blood went cold.
03:57At dusk, Madame Corvin led me through the royal corridors. Dragonflowers scented the stone. Then she stopped and bowed.
04:05Your highness, Crown Prince. I lifted my head. It's Caelan.
04:20Caelan stepped into the lamplight. He looked exactly like a future king. Proud and untouchable. Beautiful in the cruel Valorian
04:27way.
04:28Your highness.
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
04:40just 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?
04:59The 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.
05:10Then 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. Dravenmore's black silver banners stretched across the road as Gareth Thorne bowed
05:44before me.
05:45Lady Ashborough, Darrenmore 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. Dravenmore 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. Lucien Dravenmore lay on the bed,
06:05pale and silent. But even unconscious, he did not look weak. His sharp features, silver black hair and quiet dragon
06:11pressure made him seem less like a dying man and more like a sleeping dragon.
06:15My lady, I prepared another room for you. I looked at Lucien, my heart steady despite the tension.
06:20No. 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. Black silver scales erupted along his neck. Windows cracked. His hand shot up
06:48and caught my throat. Not gentle, not soft. Dragon fire exploded from his body, scorching the ceiling and bed frame.
06:54I gasped, gripping his wrist.
06:56Lucien!
06:57His fingers burned against my skin, yet he didn't push me away.
07:05What the hell was wrong with him?
07:06He used to break an airplane and tear my throat. What the hell was wrong with him?
07:15I was angry with him. It was so hard. I was angry with her. I had to lie before him.
07:19His eyes were still closed, but his grip was tightening. Black silver flame tore across the ceiling. The bed frame
07:25split. I grabbed his wrist.
07:28It's me. It's Freya.
07:30His fingers burned against my skin, then the fire pulled back. His hand dropped.
07:34The room went dark. Outside, Dravenmore Keep erupted. Shouts, running boots, dragon flame
07:40lighting up the sky. Gareth broke through the door. I touched my neck. It was bruised. Lucien
07:47lay still again, but his breathing had changed. Deeper. Stronger. The curse had cracked, but
07:52whatever was underneath was not gentle. I didn't know if I had started to wake him up, or started
07:56something worse. By dawn, healers filled the hall. Gareth locked down the entire floor.
08:11No one tells the Royal Citadel what happened last night. The mate Flyme responded to the
08:16marriage bond. That's all anyone needs to know. The bruise on my neck was already dark. A healer
08:21offered to treat it. Leave it. I went back to Lucien's room. He was still. But the black-silver
08:26scales on his hand had not faded. His dragon blood was fighting something. The curse. The
08:31medicine. Maybe both. I sat beside him. I don't know if you can hear me, but I'm not leaving.
08:37His fingers moved. Barely. The news reached Crown Tower before noon. Caelan was sparring
08:42when a servant ran in. Your Highness, Dravenmore's mate flame answered Freya last night. Caelan
08:47stopped mid-swing. The whole northern sky lit up. Goldfire burst from Caelan's palm. Training
08:54post shattered. He thought the wedding would humiliate me. Instead, all of Royal Citadel was talking
08:59about how Dravenmore's dragon blood had chosen a human bride. Princess Anya walked in.
09:04So it's true. She looked at the burned post. They say Freya looked more like a duchess than
09:09a widow. Careful, Caelan. People might think you're the one who got left behind.
09:16That afternoon, Caelan called his steward. The Ashborough war records we archived move them
09:20to the sealed vault and send a message to the Royal Pharmacy. Any requests from Dravenmore
09:24go through my office first.
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10:23I put on Dravenmoor black and silver and walked straight into the main hall.
10:27Selene's housekeeper stepped in front of me.
10:29Lady Selene is waiting in the west parlor.
10:31Then she can come here.
10:32The servants froze.
10:33Davenmoor keep is not Selene Velavas' house, and I am not her guest.
10:37Gareth stood behind me. He said nothing.
10:39Every servant in the hall understood it.
10:41Gareth supported me as Lady Dravenmoor.
10:43Bring me Lucien's healer records, medicine ledgers, and night watch lists now.
10:47Selene arrived with a soft smile.
10:49Freya, you were married yesterday. Leave the household matters to me.
10:52This isn't household business. This is my husband's life.
10:54Selene kept smiling, but her eyes didn't.
10:57By sunset, I found the first problem in the medicine logs.
11:00Some herbs were not healing Lucien. They were suppressing his dragon blood.
11:03He wasn't too weak to wake. Someone was keeping him asleep.
11:06I needed the source records, where the herbs came from, who ordered them.
11:09The trail pointed to the royal pharmacy.
11:11I sent a rider to request the purchase records.
11:14The rider came back empty handed.
11:15Crown Tower denied the request.
11:17They said all pharmaceutical inquiries from Dravenmoor require approval from the Crown Prince's office.
11:21I understood. Selene's confidence didn't come from Dravenmoor.
11:24It came from Crown Tower.
11:25That night, Selene heard I had found the local records.
11:28For the first time, she stopped smiling.
11:30Send Rowan. Let my son teach her what happens to lonely wives in this house.
12:02I stopped.
12:04Come on.
12:04Your husband can't even open his eyes.
12:07Don't waste your youth on a sleeping man.
12:09He stepped closer.
12:11Selene runs this keep.
12:12I am her son.
12:13You are just the human bride they sent to warm Lucien's bed.
12:17Then I slapped him.
12:17Servants rushed over.
12:19No one dared speak.
12:20Rowan wiped blood from his lip.
12:21My mother will hear about this.
12:24Good.
12:24Tell Lady Selene I saved her the trouble.
12:27His face twisted.
12:28My mother!
12:29Your mother failed to raise you.
12:31That makes it my problem now.
12:33I turned to the hall.
12:34Freya.
12:35Gareth.
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 Lucien's medicine.
12:51He looked up shaking.
12:52She knows who kept him asleep.
12:54And Crown Tower knows she knows.
13:19I was in BeimOut.
13:28I knew you were with the marijuana.
13:28I was in BeimTour.
13:28He was in the very end number of Daven.
13:29I did not we get my money.
13:29I'm in the Swan Tower.
13:31I do not Ondo.
13:31I am in the same way.
13:31I am about to theladers.
13:32I am in the same way.
13:38I can see you now.
13:38I am a bird.
13:38I am the one by Ranney's Game.
13:38I am a bird.
13:44I am a bird.
13:44He is a bird.
13:44I am a bird.
13:46I am a bird.
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.
14:18And find me a healer who doesn't answer to Salona or the Royal Pharmacy.
14:22By breakfast, the hall was full. Servants stood with their heads down.
14:26Selina sat at the high table, calm as ever.
14:28Freya, you locked my son in a water cell over drunken words. Now you want to accuse me too?
14:33I want records. Household records are not toys for a new bride.
14:38I placed the medicine book on the table.
14:40Then explain this.
14:41Her smile stopped.
14:42Lucian's dose changed three months ago. The healer seal is missing. The delivery mark belongs to your steward.
14:48Gareth stepped beside me.
14:49From today on, no one touches Lucian's food, wine, or medicine unless I see it first.
14:54You 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.
15:11Not a personal note. An official order with the royal stamp.
15:13Gareth read it aloud.
15:14By the authority of Crown Prince Caelan, a royal medical delegation will be dispatched to Dragonmore Keep
15:19to evaluate Duke Lucian's condition and review all medical arrangements currently in place.
15:24The room went quiet.
15:25When?
15:26Three days.
15:27I looked at the letter. If Caelan's doctors walked in here, they would take over Lucian's treatment,
15:31reverse everything I had changed, put Celine's people back in charge, and I couldn't refuse.
15:36He was using his nephew's health as the excuse.
15:38Then we have three days.
15:44Peace is a great day.
15:46Peace is a great day.
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19:34Gareth's contact in Crown Tower sent word,
19:37The delegation was leaving one day early.
19:39I locked the chamber door and sat beside Lucian.
19:41I can handle Selina.
19:43I can handle the servants and the whispers.
19:45But I can't fight your nephew and the Crown at the same time.
19:48Not 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.
19:55Freya.
19:55His dark gold eyes opened.
19:57Who came into my keep and thought he could question my wife for protecting me.
20:01Lucian sat up in bed.
20:02Black silver flame tore through the room.
20:04He looked at the bruise on my neck.
20:06Who did this?
20:07You.
20:08When your dragon blood broke through.
20:10He touched the bruise.
20:11Black silver light wrapped around my neck.
20:13It faded under his hand.
20:14Outside, every dragon torch in Dravenmore keep lit at once.
20:17The whole northern sky burned silver.
20:19In Crown Tower, a rider burst through the gate.
20:24Your Highness, Dragon Onmore's fire just lit the northern line.
20:27All of it.
20:27Kaylin stood up.
20:28The Duke is awake.
20:29Kaylin's cup shattered in his hand.
20:36The Duke'sérieur of the club.
20:38Life is a big time.
20:42The Duke is alive.
20:43The Duke is alive.
20:50Well, the tua man.
20:55Because you have a big músical turtle.
20:55The Duke isöl kn Villeney.
20:55Heck, Sheila Hill.
20:55The Duke is a schneien man.
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23:22The Royal Medical Delegation arrived before noon. They expected a sleeping Duke. They found Lucian Dravenmore seated in the main
23:29hall. He leaned on a cane. His face was pale, but black-silver pressure filled the room so hard the
23:34candles bent sideways.
23:35The late physician swallowed.
23:37Your Grace, Crown Prince Caelan sent us to review your treatment.
23:40Lucian looked at him.
23:41My nephew sends doctors into my keep without asking me?
23:44No one answered.
23:46The Crown is concerned for your health. My wife kept me alive while your prince tried to take control of
23:52my be-medicine. From today on, Dravenmore's healers answer to me and Lady Davenmore, no one else.
23:57The delegation left before sunset. Selene watched from the upper hall, white-faced. That night, she sent a servant through
24:03the east gate with a sealed message.
24:04I watched him disappear into the dark road. I could stop him, but I didn't. I want to see who
24:09will answer.
24:09Later, Lucian found me by the chamber fire.
24:12How much did they make you carry alone?
24:14His jaw tightened.
24:17I'll start carrying it with you.
24:18I'll see you later.
24:19I'll see you later.
24:19Bye.
24:23Bye.
24:24Bye.
24:30Bye.
24:49Bye.
24:50Bye.
25:19Bye.
25:20Bye.
25:48Bye.
25:50Bye.
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26:18months. Wintergrain was marked as delivered, but the storehouses never received it. He placed
26:22another page down. And this money went to the Gilded Den. Rowan's name was written beside the
26:27account. Selene gripped her sleeve. My husband died for this house. I raised my son here. I made
26:33sacrifices. Lucien looked at her. You sold my soldier's food and called it sacrifice? I protected
26:39Dravenmore while you slept. No. You fed off it. The hall went silent. Rowan was dragged in, bruised
26:47and terrified. Mother, say something. Selene did not look at him. Lucien tapped the ledger. Rowan
26:53Vos goes to the dungeon until I decide his sentence. You can't do this to family. Family does not touch
26:58my wife, steal from my riders, or poison my house. The guards took him away. Selene Vox is removed from
27:07all household authority. She will remain under guard in the east wing. Then he turned to me. The
27:12accounts are yours now. Every servant in the hall dropped to one knee. For the first time,
27:17they were not kneeling because Lucien had woken. They were kneeling because I had won.
27:52the second time, I will be pleased to hear you. This May be a shot. Thank you,
27:52wait for him and have a nice day. You do not wait for a long time. I will see you
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28:11way. We're just going to come here. Thank you, you're ready. We're just going to ask you to
35:12You should return to the royal citadel for treatment.
35:14You sound very concerned.
35:16Kaylin's mouth tightened.
35:17He is family.
35:18Across the hall, Princess Anya heard enough.
35:20That night, she found Edric Ravenshade near the chapel.
35:23Your cousin is walking into a trap.
35:25Which cousin?
35:26The one Freya married.
35:28Try to keep up.
35:29Edric's face changed.
35:30Send word to Dravenmore.
35:32Tell Lady Dravenmore the Queen is moving first.
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36:46Lucian could stand now, not long, not without pain.
36:49His dragon blood had broken the curse but the damage stayed in his legs.
36:53Some nights his fire turned wild.
36:54One burst split the bedpost.
36:56Another cracked the stone wall.
36:58I worked his legs every morning. Mixed 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. Blood ran to my wrist.
37:09Lucian froze. The fire died at once.
37:11He tried to stand too fast and nearly fell.
37:14It's a scratch.
37:15I hurt you.
37:16The curse hurt me. Not you.
37:19Do not make this sound easy.
37:21I wrapped cloth around my arm.
37:22I knew what I was choosing when I married you.
37:25He stared at me for a long second.
37:27You should not only be ready to suffer.
37:29His thumb brushed my bandage.
37:31You should be treated well.
37:32I stopped breathing. For the first time he wasn't speaking as a duke.
37:35He was speaking as my husband.
37:42He waited for a long time.
37:43He wouldn't have made this sound to the floor.
37:45With every woman.
38:00The first time he was broadcasting.
38:00He went and he died.
38:00He was listening to the F-ing factor.
38:00He went and he looked at the floor.
38:00The second step.
38:04He went and he said,
38:05I saw the question.
38:05I thought.
38:08He did he to take hands.
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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.
40:33It could be a trap.
40:34It is a trap.
40:35Then we should not go.
40:36If I refuse, they call it rebellion. If 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, the medicine logs, the payment trail to the royal pharmacy,
40:51every page that tied Dravenmore's sickness to Crown Tower and the royal citadel.
40:56Mira tied the case shut.
40:57Are you afraid?
40:58I looked at the royal seal.
41:00I died in that city once.
41:03Mira went quiet.
41:05I'm not going back as that girl.
41:09Before dawn, I found Lucien on the tower.
41:12Royal citadel was far beyond the dark hills.
41:15Caelan will be there.
41:16So will the queen.
41:19And me.
41:20He offered his hand. I took it.
41:22This time, I was not walking into Crown Tower alone.
41:39We returned to the royal citadel under black silver banners.
41:43The streets went quiet first.
41:44Then everyone started whispering.
41:46Lucien Dravenmore was not dead.
41:48And I was not the ruined girl Crown Tower once threw away.
41:50Northern dragon riders rode on both sides of our carriage.
41:53Gareth led them with one hand on his sword.
41:55At the palace gate, Caelan stood above the steps.
41:57He looked at Lucien's cane.
41:59Then he looked at me.
42:00I looked past him.
42:02That hurt him more.
42:03Queen Marianne held a welcome feast that night.
42:06Duke Lucien, Valeria is relieved to see you awake.
42:08Relieved enough to send her a sucker?
42:10Her smile tightened.
42:11The king missed his brother.
42:13Then we are happy to answer his majesty.
42:15We brought everything he needs to see.
42:16Her eyes moved to the locked case beside my chair.
42:19How thoughtful.
42:20After dinner, Princess Anya caught my sleeve near the corridor.
42:23Madam Corvik has been going to the royal archive every night.
42:26I stopped.
42:28Whatever you brought, she may be trying to burn the matching half.
42:31That night, Lucien 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.
43:10Let the courts confidence is still available.
43:13Let, go and allow him tolahc up free now.
43:20Let's just 2, let's win this box.
43:20All right.
43:23Let's come across today.
43:23Let's go on.
43:23Let's go on.
43:29Let's go.
43:29.
44:05The Autumn Court filled the royal hall by sunrise.
44:08Dragon lords, human nobles, crown loyalists.
44:11Lucian entered with a cane.
44:13The room still bowed.
44:14Black silver pressure rolled over the floor.
44:16Even House Marianne's men stopped smiling.
44:18Caelan sat in the prince's seat, 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 oversee her in Drevenmore.
44:30The hall stirred.
44:31So that was their move.
44:32Call Lucian weak.
44:33Call his army dangerous.
44:34Put crown tower inside our key.
44:36Lucian handed Gareth's sealed report to the king's steward.
44:39Current rider count, grain stores, border patrols, tax ledgers records for Sinervas and her son.
44:45King Alaric read in silence.
44:46Reports can be dressed up.
44:48So can treason.
44:49The lord froze.
44:50King Alaric lowered the report.
44:52The north appears better managed than half the estates in this room.
44:56No oversaw will be sent.
44:57Caelan's jaw tightened.
45:00After court, he blocked me on the stone steps.
45:02Did you come back just to parade him in front of me?
45:05No.
45:06Then why are you here?
45:08To speak to the king.
45:10I stepped around him.
45:11This has nothing to do with you.
45:14For once, Caelan had no answer.
45:56èmes are marked.
45:57There came that way.
45:57.
46:47The next day, the court gathered in the Rose Dragon Garden.
46:51I found the old pool behind the rose wall.
46:53I had fallen in there as a child.
46:56I remembered cold water.
46:57Small 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?
47:09You were ten, soaked through, furious at the pond.
47:13And you remembered that?
47:14I remembered you.
47:15For a second, the court noise faded.
47:17Then Queen Marion's voice cut through the garden.
47:19How charming.
47:20A human duchess among dragonhounds.
47:23Valeria is becoming very generous.
47:25The noble ladies went quiet.
47:27Caelan looked at me.
47:28I did not speak.
47:29Lucian did.
47:30House Ashbird bled for Valeria before half these dragonhouses learned how to hold a border.
47:35Queen Marion's smile cracked.
47:38Freya's bloodline has earned its place here.
47:40A Marion 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.
47:53For the first time, I understood.
47:55His silence all these years had never been indifference.
47:59It had been restraint.
48:44Ania's warning was real.
48:46Edric checked the Royal Archive records for me.
48:49Three nights.
48:50Three visits.
48:52Madame Corvin entered the sealed wing each time with a Marion clerk.
48:56The exit list is wrong.
48:57Files went in.
48:59Fewer came out.
48:59Which files?
49:00Northern Warfront.
49:01Ashpington Marching Routes.
49:03Dragonblood curse reports.
49:04Lucian's hand tightened on his cane.
49:06They are destroying the trail.
49:08Then we split it.
49:09Lucian went to request royal access from King Alaric.
49:11I sent Edric to the old archive clerk who had served my father.
49:16By midnight, Mira came to my room carrying a basket of white roses.
49:32Don't yell.
49:33I know it looks stupid.
49:34She pulled the cloth aside.
49:36Three copied letters lay under the flowers.
49:38My hands went cold.
49:39One letter marked my father's route through the northern pass.
49:43One confirmed the route had been sent before the ambush.
49:45The last carried a red wax seal.
49:47House Marriand.
49:48Mira stared at it.
49:50My lady.
49:51That's the queen's family.
49:53I closed the letters.
49:55Not just her family.
49:58Lucian entered before dawn.
50:00The king agreed to open the vault tomorrow.
50:02I handed him the copies.
50:03Good.
50:04His face changed as he read.
50:07Because now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:10But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:14But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:15But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:15But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:16But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:16But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:17But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:18But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:19But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:20But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:20But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:23But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:23But now we know what they'll try to hide.
50:34.
51:04.
51:34.
51:34.
51:34.
51:36.
51:37.
51:38.
51:38.
51:38.
51:38yell i know it looks stupid she pulled the cloth aside three copy
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