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

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