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00:00:04The gold dragon I had raised with my own hands bit through my fingertip the moment it broke out of

00:00:09its shell.

00:00:10A heartbeat later, it turned away from me and flew straight to my sister Izalith, and curled tamely into her

00:00:16arms.

00:00:17She held the dragon that should have been mine, and sobbed in front of the entire kingdom.

00:00:24Seraphina, how could you steal my dragon egg?

00:00:27I did not steal it.

00:00:30I was the one who brought it to life from the egg.

00:00:33Murmurs swept through the noble stands like a storm.

00:00:36King Alaric slammed his seppler against the stone floor, and guards swarmed 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 was cold and

00:00:50sharp, stripped of all pretense.

00:00:52Did you really think the dragon chose you?

00:00:55Newborn hatchlings are blind. They know their master only by the scent of blood on the egg.

00:01:00For three whole months, I snuck into your incubation chamber every midnight and dapped the shell with my own blood.

00:01:08Day and night you sat by it, but it never smelled you. All it knew was my scent.

00:01:14She paused, her fingertips brushing the bite wound on my finger, and I flinched as a sting of burning pain

00:01:21shot through my hand.

00:01:22I brushed dragon-repellant sap on your fingertips before the ceremony.

00:01:26That's why it bit you the moment it touched you.

00:01:30To it, you reek of something loathsome.

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

00:01:40Izalith laughed softly.

00:01:42Why?

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

00:01:48A golden dragon is the omen of a rightful ruler.

00:01:52With it, I will take your throne, your title, everything that should have been mine.

00:01:58Just like that, I became a thief.

00:02:01My father stripped me of my claims into the throne and threw me into the dragon pit.

00:02:07The iron gate crashed shut behind me with a deafening boom.

00:02:11Starving lesser drakes tore at the hem of my gown.

00:02:14Hot, rancid breath rolled over my face and sharp claws scraped against my arms.

00:02:23Before I closed my eyes, my sister was holding the golden dragon and wearing my crown, basking in smug triumph.

00:02:31When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my father gave us our dragon eggs.

00:02:36This time, I'd not kneel and beg anyone to believe me.

00:02:40If Izalith wanted to steal my dragon so badly, I'd give her the most dangerous one of all.

00:02:47King Alaric's voice rang out above me.

00:02:49Serafina, what are you waiting for?

00:02:52My head shot up.

00:02:53I was standing in the golden hall.

00:02:55Candlelight flickered over the marble marble floors.

00:02:58Nobles lined both sides of the chamber.

00:03:00Every pair of eyes fixed on me.

00:03:02Before the daisk stood two silver trays, each holding a dragon egg.

00:03:07One was pale, threaded with delicate gold veins.

00:03:10The other was dull and dark, without shine at all.

00:03:14I had seen this scene before.

00:03:16No, I had lived it before.

00:03:19Back 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.

00:03:29I had believed that, if I worked hard enough if I became perfect enough, my father would finally see me.

00:03:35Later, I learned the truth.

00:03:37Some fathers don't need a reason to favor one child over another.

00:03:41The child he loved was Isolet, the daughter born to his second queen.

00:03:45It did not matter how many royal laws I memorized, how many court rituals I mastered, or how many noble

00:03:51sons I defeated's training.

00:03:52To him, I'd always be the elder daughter he did not want to acknowledge.

00:03:57Alarak glanced at me.

00:03:59There was no warmth in his face.

00:04:02Valderria 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.

00:04:16By our oldest law, the one who hatches a dragon will earn the right to inherit the throne.

00:04:24What he did not say was this.

00:04:27Valdoria'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.

00:04:40In my last life, I had reached for it first.

00:04:44My chest swelling with pride.

00:04:45I had thought it was a reward for my diligence.

00:04:48I had never guessed it was a trap laid from the very start.

00:04:52He lifted his hand.

00:04:53And a servant carried one of the eggs toward me.

00:04:56You and we'll each receive one.

00:04:58In one month, every noble and citizen will gather in the palace square to witness the hatching.

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

00:05:17I reached out and took the egg.

00:05:20The shell was cold.

00:05:22Exactly 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.

00:05:36She looked soft.

00:05:39Innocent.

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

00:05:44But when she looked at me.

00:05:47A 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.

00:05:57Isolde came to my side.

00:05:59Her voice was soft enough that only the two of us could hear.

00:06:07You will 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.

00:06:23The 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.

00:06:34We'll see about that.

00:06:36For a second, she froze.

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

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

00:06:43But inside, I went cold all the way through.

00:06:50In this life, I'd never again give my life just to earn my father's approval.

00:07:00After I returned to my old tower, I dismissed every maid.

00:07:06I placed the dragon egg on the table and stared at it.

00:07:13In my last life, this was the egg that hatched into the gold dragon.

00:07:18Before it broke open, it 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,

00:07:38the hatching would begin.

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

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

00:07:50The dragon pit's darkness.

00:07:52The drake's sharp teeth flashed before my eyes.

00:07:57In the end, I lowered the knife,

00:08:00pushed the egg into an iron box and locked it.

00:08:04By the time I reached the palace,

00:08:06the hall outside the throne room was already packed with nobles.

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

00:08:13Who would have thought?

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

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

00:08:20A gold dragon.

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

00:08:25The succession is practically settled.

00:08:27Princess Seraphina has been hiding in that old tower, hasn't she?

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

00:08:33What 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.

00:08:41Golden 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.

00:08:59A 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.

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

00:09:11Not even a bird could get in.

00:09:13So maybe the problem was never that someone stole the physical egg.

00:09:16Perhaps something had been redirecting the results of my hatching to Isolda all along.

00:09:21Isolda 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.

00:09:36Sis, I didn't think you'd show up.

00:09:40It must hurt,

00:09:41watching your little sister hatch a gold dragon first.

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

00:09:47the dragon always ends up mine.

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

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

00:09:57The egg was not the one at fault.

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

00:10:02At the northern edge of the palace grounds stood an old dragon roost that had been sealed for years.

00:10:07My mother had told me of it when I was small,

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

00:10:14A gift left for me when I came of age.

00:10:17Under the cover of night,

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

00:10:25Ash swirled up around my boots,

00:10:27thick 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,

00:10:34I 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,

00:10:41I began hatching a dragon again.

00:10:44I snuck to the roost every midnight,

00:10:47sitting for hours with the egg pressed to my chest,

00:10:50whispering old dragon lullabies my mother had taught me.

00:10:54Day by day,

00:10:55the shell grew brighter,

00:10:56the gold veins glowing like molten sunlight.

00:10:59On the 20th night,

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

00:11:05It was alive.

00:11:06It was mine.

00:11:08Then,

00:11:09at dawn on the 21st day,

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

00:11:16Martha hurried into my chamber,

00:11:18her face pale.

00:11:25Your Highness,

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

00:11:29Princess Islote's dragon egg has turned gold.

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

00:11:40The cup slipped from my hand

00:11:42and shattered on the floor.

00:11:45Impossible.

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

00:11:51How could Isolda's egg turn gold

00:11:53at the exact same moment my dragon awakened?

00:11:58Was this fate?

00:11:59Had I struggled so hard to change everything,

00:12:02only to walk right back into the same ending?

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

00:12:08my fingers going cold.

00:12:09My father sat on the throne,

00:12:11his satisfaction plain on his face.

00:12:15Serafina,

00:12:19bring out your egg too.

00:12:21I looked up at him.

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

00:12:25He had never given me a chance to explain.

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

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

00:12:32My egg has not hatched yet.

00:12:35Whispers burst through the hall.

00:12:37Isolda covered her mouth in exaggerated surprise,

00:12:40her eyes wide with false pity.

00:12:43How could that be?

00:12:45Sister,

00:12:46haven't you always worked the hardest?

00:12:48Are you saying you can't hatch a dragon at all?

00:12:51She shook her head softly,

00:12:53as if grieving for me.

00:12:54Father,

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

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

00:12:58It's just,

00:12:59maybe the dragons don't favor her.

00:13:01My father's face darkened.

00:13:04Useless.

00:13:05He seized the goblet beside him

00:13:07and hurled it at my feet.

00:13:08It shattered against the floor,

00:13:10shards scraping my hem,

00:13:11wine splashing over the tips of my shoes.

00:13:15Valdoria needs someone who can wake a dragon,

00:13:18not a failure who only knows how to look proud.

00:13:22I said nothing.

00:13:23Not because I was afraid.

00:13:24Because I had finally realized

00:13:26this 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

00:13:34from the very beginning.

00:13:36From this day forward,

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

00:13:39She will not leave unless summoned.

00:13:42She will stay there

00:13:43until she hatches a dragon of her own.

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

00:13:50In my first life,

00:13:51they called me a thief.

00:13:53In this life,

00:13:54they called me a failure.

00:13:56There was not much difference.

00:13:58When I left the hall,

00:14:00Isolda followed me.

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

00:14:04and the soft,

00:14:06innocent mask fell from her face

00:14:07the 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.

00:14:16You can't understand it, can you?

00:14:20You hid your eggs so carefully.

00:14:23So,

00:14:25why do I have a gold egg too?

00:14:28The truth is,

00:14:29I don't even need to know what you did.

00:14:32The result will always be the same.

00:14:35She lifted a hand and patted my shoulder

00:14:37as if comforting a loser.

00:14:39You guard it.

00:14:41You feed it.

00:14:43You love it.

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

00:14:49it will still choose me.

00:14:51I grabbed her wrist.

00:14:53Pain flashed across her face,

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

00:14:57Instead,

00:14:58her smile widened.

00:15:00Angry?

00:15:02Then I must be right.

00:15:04She leaned in,

00:15:05her lips almost brushing my ear.

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

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

00:15:13for

00:15:13yourself?

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

00:15:20I released her,

00:15:21Isolid.

00:15:23You had better pray you can keep winning.

00:15:27She smoothed her sleeve,

00:15:29her eyes full of contempt.

00:15:31I will.

00:15:33Father loves me.

00:15:34The kingdom expects me.

00:15:36Even the dragons choose me.

00:15:38What do you have?

00:15:40Sister?

00:15:41I watched her walk away

00:15:43and my mind became clearer

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

00:15:47She was wrong.

00:15:48There was one thing I had

00:15:50that she did not.

00:15:51And I knew there was

00:15:52a second dragon growing

00:15:54in the old roost.

00:15:55One she would never see coming.

00:15:58On the third day of my confinement,

00:16:00I began searching

00:16:01through my mother's belongings.

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

00:16:04was a small study.

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

00:16:07My father never came there.

00:16:09Isolde thought it too cold

00:16:10and dreary to set foot in.

00:16:12After my mother died,

00:16:14her books,

00:16:14letters,

00:16:15and some old royal records

00:16:16had been piled inside

00:16:17like dust the whole palace

00:16:18wanted to forget.

00:16:19I sat on the floor

00:16:21and went through them

00:16:21one by one.

00:16:22Most of the books

00:16:23about dragon eggs

00:16:24had yellowed with age.

00:16:25They did not record

00:16:26mysterious legends.

00:16:28They recorded rules.

00:16:30Dragon eggs need warmth.

00:16:31Dragon eggs need quiet.

00:16:33Dragon eggs remember the contract.

00:16:36My hand froze.

00:16:37The contract?

00:16:39I read on quickly.

00:16:41Before a royal dragon egg

00:16:42could be hatched,

00:16:43the hatcher had to sign

00:16:45a magical contract.

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

00:16:48When the dragon broke from its shell,

00:16:50it would recognize the name

00:16:51on the contract as its master.

00:16:53Worse,

00:16:54the contract did more than

00:16:55decide ownership.

00:16:56The blood,

00:16:57warmth,

00:16:58voice,

00:16:58and 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

00:17:04my mother had written

00:17:05in the margin.

00:17:07Queen's note.

00:17:08Beware the double ink.

00:17:09My heart clenched.

00:17:11Double ink was something

00:17:12royal mages used

00:17:13to 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

00:17:19took effect

00:17:20could be concealed.

00:17:21Ordinary eyes

00:17:22could not see it.

00:17:23Only a revealing solution

00:17:25could expose it.

00:17:26At last I understood

00:17:27where the problem might be.

00:17:29That night

00:17:30I changed into

00:17:31a maid's dress

00:17:32slipped past the guards

00:17:33and broke into

00:17:33the 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

00:17:39to let me see the contracts.

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

00:17:42They only shoved me

00:17:44down the steps

00:17:44and called me

00:17:45a lying thief.

00:17:46This time

00:17:47I did not beg.

00:17:48I used the sleeping powder

00:17:50Martha had given me

00:17:51to put the guards to sleep.

00:17:52Then took the keys

00:17:53from his belt.

00:17:55Who's there?

00:17:56The guard's voice faded

00:17:57before he could finish.

00:17:58He slid down

00:17:59against the wall asleep.

00:18:00The archive was cold.

00:18:02Rows of wooden cabinets

00:18:03stretched into the darkness.

00:18:05I found the contracts

00:18:06from the day

00:18:06of the egg ceremony

00:18:07by date.

00:18:08My fingers shaking

00:18:09so badly

00:18:10I could barely

00:18:10hold the papers.

00:18:11The first contract

00:18:12was 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.

00:18:20I took out

00:18:21the revealing solution

00:18:22my mother had left behind

00:18:23and let a drop

00:18:24fall onto the page.

00:18:25At first

00:18:26nothing happened.

00:18:27Then the ink

00:18:28began to blur.

00:18:29The name Serafina

00:18:30faded.

00:18:31Beneath it

00:18:32another name

00:18:33rose to the surface.

00:18:34Isolda.

00:18:35I stared at that name

00:18:37ice flooding my veins.

00:18:38So that was it.

00:18:40My dragon

00:18:41had not betrayed me.

00:18:42Isolda had not

00:18:43truly beaten me

00:18:44with her own power.

00:18:45From the moment

00:18:46I signed my name

00:18:47on that paper

00:18:47my 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

00:18:54into that egg

00:18:55none of it

00:18:55had ever been mine.

00:18:56It had all

00:18:57belonged to her.

00:18:59The next morning

00:19:00I walked straight

00:19:01into the throne room.

00:19:02King Alaric

00:19:03with Islica

00:19:04examining her

00:19:05gold dragon egg.

00:19:08The shell

00:19:09was already

00:19:09crisscrossed

00:19:10with cracks

00:19:11and faint

00:19:12thin cries

00:19:13of a young dragon

00:19:14drifted from within.

00:19:18Isolette looked up

00:19:19at the sound

00:19:20of my footsteps.

00:19:21A sweet

00:19:22triumphant smile

00:19:23spreading across her face.

00:19:25Sister

00:19:26have you finally

00:19:27come to your senses?

00:19:29Are you here

00:19:30to apologize

00:19:30to father

00:19:31and beg

00:19:32to keep your place

00:19:33at my side?

00:19:34I did not look at her.

00:19:35I bowed

00:19:37to the man

00:19:37on the throne.

00:19:39Father

00:19:41I can't

00:19:42hatch a dragon.

00:19:44The hole

00:19:45went silent.

00:19:48What did you say?

00:19:50I said

00:19:51I am willing

00:19:52to withdraw

00:19:53from the succession

00:19:54trial.

00:19:55I am no match

00:19:57for Isolette.

00:19:58Since she has

00:19:59already hatched

00:20:00a gold dragon

00:20:01the throne

00:20:02should naturally

00:20:02belong for her.

00:20:06The smile

00:20:07frozen on Isolette's

00:20:08face.

00:20:10Her fingers

00:20:11tightened around

00:20:11the egg so hard

00:20:12her knuckles

00:20:13whited

00:20:13and a small

00:20:15piece of shell

00:20:15flaked off

00:20:16onto her skirt.

00:20:20My father

00:20:21did not

00:20:21look pleased

00:20:22either.

00:20:24Nonsense!

00:20:26I looked

00:20:27at him

00:20:27calmly.

00:20:29Of course

00:20:29he could not

00:20:30let me quit.

00:20:32Isolette

00:20:32had not

00:20:33truly hatched

00:20:34anything.

00:20:34The gold

00:20:35dragon egg

00:20:36in her arms

00:20:36depending on

00:20:37my contract

00:20:38upon my blood.

00:20:40If I stopped

00:20:41hatching dragons

00:20:41she would have

00:20:43nothing left

00:20:44to steal.

00:20:44Alarith

00:20:45softened

00:20:46his voice

00:20:47trying on

00:20:47the mask

00:20:48of a gentle

00:20:48father.

00:20:49Seraphine

00:20:50you have

00:20:50always been

00:20:51a proud

00:20:52child.

00:20:53One failure

00:20:54means nothing.

00:20:56The kingdom

00:20:56needs you

00:20:57to keep

00:20:58trying.

00:20:59I almost

00:21:00laughed.

00:21:02In my

00:21:02first life

00:21:03when he

00:21:04stood over me

00:21:05in the dragon

00:21:05pit and

00:21:06condemned

00:21:06me to die

00:21:08he had

00:21:09never once

00:21:09said the

00:21:10kingdom

00:21:10needed me

00:21:11the kinder

00:21:12he pretended

00:21:13to be

00:21:13the clearer

00:21:15the truth

00:21:15became.

00:21:18Isolette's

00:21:19golden dragon

00:21:20was nothing

00:21:20but a shadow

00:21:21of mine

00:21:22and without

00:21:23me it would

00:21:24die before

00:21:25it ever

00:21:25saw the sun.

00:21:28The answer

00:21:29was already

00:21:30in my hands

00:21:30as long

00:21:31as that

00:21:32hidden name

00:21:32remained

00:21:33every drop

00:21:34of blood

00:21:34I gave

00:21:35would become

00:21:35Isolette's

00:21:36claim.

00:21:37A small

00:21:38sound came

00:21:39from behind

00:21:39me.

00:21:40A soft

00:21:41rustle came

00:21:42from the

00:21:42archway

00:21:43behind

00:21:43me.

00:21:44I whirled

00:21:45dagger

00:21:46drawn and

00:21:46pressed to

00:21:47the intruder's

00:21:47throat before

00:21:48I saw her

00:21:49face.

00:21:50Martha stood

00:21:51in the doorway

00:21:51pale as a

00:21:52ghost.

00:21:54Your

00:21:54highness

00:21:55it's me

00:21:56I saw

00:21:57you leave

00:21:58the tower

00:21:58and followed

00:21:59I was afraid

00:22:00you'd be

00:22:01caught.

00:22:02Slowly

00:22:02I lowered

00:22:03the blade

00:22:04she stepped

00:22:05inside

00:22:06and when

00:22:07her eyes

00:22:07fell on the

00:22:08glowing contract

00:22:08in my hand

00:22:09her lips

00:22:10trembled

00:22:11and tears

00:22:12spilled

00:22:12over at

00:22:12once.

00:22:14The queen

00:22:14suspected

00:22:15something like

00:22:16this would

00:22:16happen.

00:22:18The year

00:22:19the eggs

00:22:19were moved

00:22:20to the

00:22:20vault

00:22:21she said

00:22:22the contracts

00:22:23felt wrong

00:22:25but she

00:22:26was already

00:22:26too ill

00:22:27she died

00:22:29before she

00:22:29could prove

00:22:30it.

00:22:30I closed

00:22:31my eyes

00:22:32the weight

00:22:33of my mother's

00:22:33unfinished

00:22:34protection

00:22:35settled over

00:22:35me

00:22:36warm and

00:22:37sharp all

00:22:37at once.

00:22:38My mother

00:22:39had not

00:22:39failed to

00:22:40protect me

00:22:40she had

00:22:42simply

00:22:42ran out

00:22:43of time.

00:22:45Your

00:22:45highness

00:22:46what do

00:22:47we do

00:22:47now?

00:22:48We have

00:22:49proof

00:22:50we can

00:22:51call the

00:22:51nobles

00:22:52at dawn

00:22:53show them

00:22:54the truth

00:22:55we can

00:22:55clear your

00:22:56name

00:22:56and take

00:22:57everything

00:22:57back.

00:22:59I looked

00:22:59at the

00:22:59name on

00:23:00the page

00:23:00and suddenly

00:23:01laughed.

00:23:05No

00:23:06Martha

00:23:06stared at

00:23:07me

00:23:08they

00:23:09won't

00:23:09believe

00:23:10it

00:23:10in my

00:23:10last

00:23:11life

00:23:11I

00:23:11laid

00:23:11everything

00:23:12bare

00:23:12and

00:23:13they

00:23:13still

00:23:13chose

00:23:14Isolette's

00:23:14tears.

00:23:15The

00:23:15nobles

00:23:16did not

00:23:16care about

00:23:17the truth

00:23:17neither

00:23:18did the

00:23:18people

00:23:19they

00:23:20believed

00:23:20the

00:23:21winner

00:23:21truth

00:23:22doesn't

00:23:23win

00:23:23here

00:23:23winners

00:23:25write

00:23:25the

00:23:25truth

00:23:25so

00:23:27this

00:23:27time

00:23:27I'd

00:23:28make

00:23:28the

00:23:28winner

00:23:29confess

00:23:29she

00:23:29was

00:23:29a

00:23:30fraud

00:23:30I

00:23:31rolled

00:23:31the

00:23:31contract

00:23:31back

00:23:32up

00:23:32and

00:23:33put

00:23:33it

00:23:33where

00:23:33I

00:23:33had

00:23:34found

00:23:34it

00:23:36if

00:23:37father

00:23:37loves

00:23:37changing

00:23:38names

00:23:38so

00:23:38much

00:23:39then

00:23:39let

00:23:40that

00:23:40name

00:23:40stay

00:23:40there

00:23:44Isolette

00:23:45likes

00:23:45stealing

00:23:45my

00:23:46dragons

00:23:46then

00:23:47I'll

00:23:47let

00:23:47her

00:23:47steal

00:23:48one

00:23:48she

00:23:49stole

00:23:49my

00:23:50golden

00:23:50dragon

00:23:50my

00:23:51crown

00:23:51my

00:23:52life

00:23:52this

00:23:53time

00:23:53I

00:23:54will

00:23:54let

00:23:54her

00:23:54steal

00:23:55something

00:23:55else

00:23:55something

00:23:56that

00:23:56will

00:23:56tear

00:23:57her

00:23:57lies

00:23:57apart

00:23:58from

00:23:58the

00:23:58inside

00:23:58out

00:24:00the

00:24:01royal

00:24:01forbiddance

00:24:02vault

00:24:02lay

00:24:02beneath

00:24:03the

00:24:03dragon

00:24:03pit

00:24:05there

00:24:06were

00:24:06no

00:24:06gilded

00:24:06pillars

00:24:07there

00:24:07no

00:24:08golden

00:24:08flames

00:24:09to

00:24:09symbolize

00:24:09royal

00:24:10power

00:24:12only

00:24:13a

00:24:13cold

00:24:14damp

00:24:14staircase

00:24:14leading

00:24:15down

00:24:15into

00:24:15darkness

00:24:16the walls

00:24:17scarred

00:24:17with

00:24:17black

00:24:18burn

00:24:18marks

00:24:19after

00:24:20the

00:24:20war

00:24:21the

00:24:21royal

00:24:21family

00:24:22had

00:24:22sealed

00:24:22the

00:24:23most

00:24:23dangerous

00:24:23dragon

00:24:24eggs

00:24:24here

00:24:26not

00:24:27because

00:24:27they

00:24:27were

00:24:27noble

00:24:28because

00:24:29no

00:24:29one

00:24:29dared

00:24:29to

00:24:30hatch

00:24:30them

00:24:37my

00:24:38mother's

00:24:38notes

00:24:38mentioned

00:24:39one

00:24:39egg

00:24:40in

00:24:40particular

00:24:43a

00:24:44black

00:24:44dragon

00:24:45egg

00:24:49black

00:24:50dragons

00:24:51were

00:24:51powerful

00:24:51savage

00:24:52and

00:24:52almost

00:24:53impossible

00:24:53to

00:24:54tame

00:24:59they

00:24:59were

00:24:59not

00:25:00like

00:25:00gold

00:25:00dragons

00:25:01which

00:25:02symbolize

00:25:02the

00:25:02throne

00:25:04they

00:25:05were

00:25:05not

00:25:06like

00:25:06red

00:25:06dragons

00:25:06which

00:25:07burned

00:25:08for

00:25:08war

00:25:08black

00:25:09dragons

00:25:10devoured

00:25:10falsehood

00:25:11in a

00:25:11contract

00:25:12they

00:25:13attacked

00:25:13those

00:25:13who

00:25:13deceived

00:25:14them

00:25:17three

00:25:17kings

00:25:18had

00:25:18tried

00:25:18to

00:25:18bind

00:25:18black

00:25:19dragons

00:25:19to

00:25:19their

00:25:19will

00:25:20over

00:25:20three

00:25:20hundred

00:25:21years

00:25:21all

00:25:22had

00:25:22paid

00:25:22a

00:25:22terrible

00:25:23price

00:25:23the

00:25:24first

00:25:24lost

00:25:25an

00:25:25entire

00:25:25hand

00:25:26to

00:25:26dragon

00:25:26fire

00:25:27the

00:25:28second

00:25:28went

00:25:29mad

00:25:29on

00:25:29the

00:25:29day

00:25:29the

00:25:30dragon

00:25:30hatched

00:25:31the

00:25:32third

00:25:32the

00:25:33dragon

00:25:33open

00:25:34its

00:25:34eyes

00:25:34but

00:25:35when

00:25:35he

00:25:35declared

00:25:36himself

00:25:36its

00:25:36master

00:25:37it

00:25:37bit

00:25:37through

00:25:38his

00:25:38throat

00:25:44after

00:25:44that

00:25:45the

00:25:45black

00:25:45dragon

00:25:46egg

00:25:46was

00:25:46locked

00:25:47in

00:25:47the

00:25:47deepest

00:25:47part

00:25:47of

00:25:48the

00:25:48forbidden

00:25:48vault

00:25:53in

00:25:54my

00:25:54first

00:25:54life

00:25:55I

00:25:55died

00:25:56without

00:25:56ever

00:25:56knowing

00:25:57it

00:25:57existed

00:25:57in

00:25:58this

00:25:58life

00:25:59I

00:25:59opened

00:26:00the

00:26:00door

00:26:02there

00:26:02was

00:26:02no

00:26:03light

00:26:03behind

00:26:03the

00:26:03iron

00:26:04door

00:26:06I

00:26:07walked

00:26:07in

00:26:07with

00:26:07a

00:26:07torch

00:26:08and

00:26:08saw

00:26:08a

00:26:08jet

00:26:08black

00:26:09dragon

00:26:09egg

00:26:09resting

00:26:10silently

00:26:10on

00:26:10a

00:26:11stone

00:26:11platform

00:26:11it

00:26:12was

00:26:12much

00:26:13larger

00:26:13than

00:26:13an

00:26:14ordinary

00:26:14egg

00:26:15there

00:26:15were

00:26:15no

00:26:16markings

00:26:16on

00:26:16the

00:26:16shell

00:26:17as

00:26:17I

00:26:17approached

00:26:18the

00:26:18torch

00:26:19flame

00:26:19shrank

00:26:19and

00:26:20dimmed

00:26:20as

00:26:20if

00:26:20the

00:26:21darkness

00:26:21itself

00:26:21was

00:26:22eating

00:26:22the

00:26:22light

00:26:22the

00:26:23thing

00:26:23inside

00:26:24was

00:26:24awake

00:26:24I

00:26:25know

00:26:25you're

00:26:26dangerous

00:26:27the

00:26:27black

00:26:28egg

00:26:28did

00:26:28not

00:26:29respond

00:26:29I

00:26:30also

00:26:31know

00:26:31you

00:26:31won't

00:26:31kneel

00:26:32tamely

00:26:32at

00:26:33anyone's

00:26:33feet

00:26:34this

00:26:35time

00:26:35the

00:26:36shell

00:26:36trembled

00:26:36lightly

00:26:40father

00:26:40I'm

00:26:41tired

00:26:41I

00:26:43accept

00:26:43that

00:26:43I

00:26:43am

00:26:43not

00:26:43as

00:26:44capable

00:26:44as

00:26:44Isoth

00:26:47please

00:26:47allow

00:26:47me

00:26:48to

00:26:48leave

00:26:48the

00:26:48tower

00:26:48and

00:26:49move

00:26:49to

00:26:49the

00:26:49estate

00:26:49outside

00:26:50the

00:26:50city

00:26:50I

00:26:51will

00:26:52never

00:26:52touch

00:26:52another

00:26:53dragon

00:26:53egg

00:26:54no

00:26:57this

00:26:57time

00:26:57it

00:26:58was

00:26:58Isolid

00:26:59who

00:26:59spoke

00:27:00she

00:27:01flinched

00:27:01as

00:27:01soon

00:27:01as

00:27:01she

00:27:02said

00:27:02it

00:27:02realizing

00:27:03she

00:27:03took

00:27:03ocean

00:27:04to

00:27:04had

00:27:04broken

00:27:04her

00:27:04gentle

00:27:05ale

00:27:05mask

00:27:05in

00:27:05front

00:27:06of

00:27:06the

00:27:06nobles

00:27:08sister

00:27:08I

00:27:08didn't

00:27:09mean

00:27:09it

00:27:09that

00:27:09way

00:27:10I

00:27:10only

00:27:11think

00:27:11you

00:27:11shouldn't

00:27:11give

00:27:11up

00:27:12so

00:27:12easily

00:27:14you

00:27:15are

00:27:15my

00:27:15sister

00:27:17I

00:27:28want

00:27:28you

00:27:28to

00:27:28prove

00:27:29yourself

00:27:29too

00:27:29I

00:27:30turned

00:27:30to

00:27:31her

00:27:31fully

00:27:31taking

00:27:32one

00:27:32slow

00:27:32step

00:27:33forward

00:27:35she

00:27:35stumbled

00:27:36back

00:27:36half a

00:27:36step

00:27:37before

00:27:37she

00:27:37caught

00:27:37herself

00:27:40what

00:27:40good

00:27:40would

00:27:41that

00:27:41do

00:27:41you

00:27:44Isolidh's

00:27:44face

00:27:45went

00:27:45pale

00:27:46don't

00:27:46you

00:27:47already

00:27:47have

00:27:47a

00:27:47gold

00:27:47dragon

00:27:49aren't

00:27:49you

00:27:49about

00:27:50to

00:27:50become

00:27:50the

00:27:50heir

00:27:52why

00:27:52are

00:27:52you

00:27:52afraid

00:27:53I'll

00:27:53stop

00:27:53hatching

00:27:53dragons

00:27:55several

00:27:55nobles

00:27:55in the

00:27:56hall

00:27:59lip

00:27:59tears

00:28:00rolling

00:28:00down

00:28:01her

00:28:01cheeks

00:28:01sister

00:28:02how

00:28:03can

00:28:04you

00:28:04think

00:28:04that

00:28:04of

00:28:04me

00:28:04I'm

00:28:05only

00:28:05worried

00:28:06about

00:28:06you

00:28:09in

00:28:09my

00:28:09last

00:28:10life

00:28:10I'd

00:28:11have

00:28:11rushed

00:28:11to

00:28:11defend

00:28:12myself

00:28:12and

00:28:12ended

00:28:12up

00:28:13looking

00:28:13cruel

00:28:13beside

00:28:14her

00:28:14tears

00:28:17this

00:28:18time

00:28:19I

00:28:19only

00:28:20smiled

00:28:21then

00:28:22thank

00:28:22you

00:28:22for

00:28:22your

00:28:22concern

00:28:23I

00:28:24bowed

00:28:24to

00:28:24my

00:28:24father

00:28:25again

00:28:34father

00:28:35since

00:28:36Isilide

00:28:37has

00:28:37won

00:28:37there

00:28:38is

00:28:38no

00:28:38reason

00:28:38for

00:28:38me

00:28:38to

00:28:39remain

00:28:39here

00:28:39Alaric

00:28:40stared

00:28:40at

00:28:40me

00:28:41for

00:28:42the

00:28:42first

00:28:42time

00:28:42I

00:28:43saw

00:28:43panic

00:28:43in

00:28:43his

00:28:43eyes

00:28:46you

00:28:46must

00:28:47continue

00:28:47hatching

00:28:48dragon

00:28:48eggs

00:28:50why

00:28:51he

00:28:52stopped

00:28:53the

00:28:53words

00:28:54died

00:28:54on

00:28:54his

00:28:55tongue

00:28:56he

00:28:56could

00:28:56not

00:28:56say

00:28:57the

00:28:57quiet

00:28:57part

00:28:57out

00:28:58loud

00:28:59I

00:28:59lowered

00:28:59my

00:29:00voice

00:29:00just

00:29:00loud

00:29:01enough

00:29:01for

00:29:01the

00:29:01front

00:29:01rows

00:29:02of

00:29:02nobles

00:29:02to

00:29:02hear

00:29:04surely

00:29:04it

00:29:04isn't

00:29:05because

00:29:05Isileth

00:29:05needs

00:29:06me

00:29:06to

00:29:06hatch

00:29:06them

00:29:06for

00:29:07her

00:29:07the

00:29:08sentence

00:29:08cut

00:29:09through

00:29:09the

00:29:09false

00:29:10calm

00:29:10of

00:29:10the

00:29:10hall

00:29:12Isileth's

00:29:12face

00:29:13changed

00:29:13completely

00:29:14Alex

00:29:14slammed

00:29:15his

00:29:15palm

00:29:15down

00:29:15on

00:29:16the

00:29:16arm

00:29:16of

00:29:16the

00:29:16throne

00:29:16so

00:29:17hard

00:29:17the

00:29:17goblets

00:29:18rattled

00:29:19how

00:29:20dare

00:29:20you

00:29:21I

00:29:22knelt

00:29:22slowly

00:29:23my

00:29:23back

00:29:23straight

00:29:23forgive

00:29:24me

00:29:25father

00:29:25it

00:29:26was

00:29:26only

00:29:26a

00:29:27joke

00:29:27but

00:29:28the

00:29:28joke

00:29:28had

00:29:29already

00:29:29sunk

00:29:29its

00:29:30teeth

00:29:30in

00:29:30no

00:29:31one

00:29:31in

00:29:31that

00:29:32hall

00:29:32would

00:29:32forget

00:29:32the

00:29:32question

00:29:33or

00:29:34the

00:29:34panic

00:29:34on

00:29:34Isileth's

00:29:35after

00:29:36I

00:29:36left

00:29:36the

00:29:36hall

00:29:36Isileth

00:29:37followed

00:29:38me

00:29:41she

00:29:41grabbed

00:29:42my

00:29:42wrist

00:29:42her

00:29:43nails

00:29:43digging

00:29:44hard

00:29:44into

00:29:44my

00:29:45sleeve

00:29:45through

00:29:45the

00:29:45fabric

00:29:48Serafina

00:29:49what are

00:29:49you

00:29:49planning

00:29:51I'm

00:29:51planning

00:29:52to

00:29:52give

00:29:52up

00:29:52you're

00:29:53lying

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00:52:32it

00:52:32rained

00:52:33softly

00:52:33on

00:52:33the

00:52:33day

00:52:33my

00:52:33father

00:52:34was

00:52:34deposed

00:52:34after

00:52:35the

00:52:35hidden

00:52:36contract

00:52:36was

00:52:36exposed

00:52:37the

00:52:37council

00:52:38had

00:52:38no

00:52:38choice

00:52:38but

00:52:38to

00:52:39strip

00:52:39Alaric

00:52:39of

00:52:39the

00:52:39crown

00:52:40before

00:52:40the

00:52:40entire

00:52:40court

00:52:41I

00:52:42did

00:52:42not

00:52:42kill

00:52:42him

00:52:42death

00:52:43would

00:52:43have

00:52:43been

00:52:44to

00:52:44light

00:52:44I

00:52:45had

00:52:45his

00:52:45crown

00:52:45removed

00:52:46and

00:52:46replaced

00:52:46with

00:52:46a

00:52:46crude

00:52:47iron

00:52:47circlet

00:52:47it

00:52:48had

00:52:48no

00:52:48jewels

00:52:49no

00:52:49gold

00:52:50designs

00:52:50only

00:52:51cold

00:52:51weight

00:52:51when

00:52:52the

00:52:52guards

00:52:52lifted

00:52:53the

00:52:53old

00:52:53crown

00:52:53away

00:52:53Alaric

00:52:54reached

00:52:54for it

00:52:55by

00:52:55instinct

00:52:56former

00:52:57king

00:52:57Alaric

00:52:58lower

00:52:58your

00:52:59hand

00:52:59the

00:53:00title

00:53:00struck

00:53:01harder

00:53:01than

00:53:01a

00:53:01slap

00:53:01for

00:53:02the

00:53:02first

00:53:02time

00:53:03in

00:53:03his

00:53:03life

00:53:03no

00:53:04one

00:53:04called

00:53:04him

00:53:04your

00:53:04majesty

00:53:05he

00:53:06was

00:53:06imprisoned

00:53:06in

00:53:06the

00:53:06deepest

00:53:07dungeon

00:53:07beneath

00:53:07the

00:53:07throne

00:53:08room

00:53:09there

00:53:10was

00:53:15word

00:53:15spoken

00:53:15above

00:53:16him

00:53:16from

00:53:17then

00:53:17on

00:53:17whenever

00:53:18the

00:53:18nobles

00:53:18swore

00:53:18loyalty

00:53:19to

00:53:19me

00:53:19he

00:53:20heard

00:53:20it

00:53:24whenever

00:53:24the

00:53:25people

00:53:25shouted

00:53:25long

00:53:25live

00:53:26the

00:53:26queen

00:53:26that

00:53:27sound

00:53:27would

00:53:27drift

00:53:27down

00:53:28through

00:53:28the

00:53:28stone

00:53:28and

00:53:28into

00:53:29his

00:53:29cell

00:53:29the

00:53:30daughter

00:53:30he

00:53:30had

00:53:30despised

00:53:31the

00:53:31one

00:53:31he'd

00:53:32thrown

00:53:32away

00:53:32like

00:53:32trash

00:53:33sat

00:53:33on

00:53:34his

00:53:34throne

00:53:34the

00:53:35daughter

00:53:35he'd

00:53:35loved

00:53:35most

00:53:36the

00:53:36one

00:53:36he'd

00:53:37given

00:53:37everything

00:53:37to

00:53:37had

00:53:38lost

00:53:38everything

00:53:39and

00:53:39been

00:53:39cast

00:53:39out

00:53:40of

00:53:45seraphina

00:53:46you

00:53:46cannot

00:53:47do

00:53:47this

00:53:48i

00:53:49am

00:53:49still

00:53:49your

00:53:50father

00:53:50you

00:53:51cannot

00:53:51lock

00:53:51your

00:53:52own

00:53:52father

00:53:53in

00:53:53a

00:53:53dungeon

00:53:53i

00:53:54stood

00:53:55outside

00:53:55the

00:53:55iron

00:53:55bars

00:53:56looking

00:53:56at

00:53:56the

00:53:56iron

00:53:57circlet

00:53:57pressing

00:53:58into

00:53:58his

00:53:58greying

00:53:58hair

00:53:58you

00:53:59only

00:54:00remembered

00:54:00you

00:54:01were

00:54:01my

00:54:01father

00:54:03after

00:54:04you

00:54:04lost

00:54:04your

00:54:05crown

00:54:05the

00:54:06kingdom

00:54:06needs

00:54:07me

00:54:07you're

00:54:08your

00:54:08young

00:54:08you

00:54:09don't

00:54:09know

00:54:09how

00:54:10to

00:54:10rule

00:54:10you'll

00:54:11tear

00:54:11it

00:54:11apart

00:54:12no

00:54:14and

00:54:15it

00:54:15will

00:54:15thrive

00:54:16without

00:54:16you

00:54:17the

00:54:18guards

00:54:18closed

00:54:18the

00:54:18iron

00:54:18door

00:54:20the

00:54:20sound

00:54:21echoed

00:54:21under

00:54:21the

00:54:21throne

00:54:21room

00:54:22aleric

00:54:23stood

00:54:23behind

00:54:23the

00:54:23bars

00:54:24staring

00:54:24upward

00:54:25as

00:54:25the

00:54:25first

00:54:25voice

00:54:26from

00:54:26the

00:54:26great

00:54:26hall

00:54:26rang

00:54:27down

00:54:28long

00:54:28live

00:54:29queen

00:54:30seraphina

00:54:33then

00:54:33another

00:54:33then a hundred

00:54:34then a thousand

00:54:36until the

00:54:36whole palace

00:54:37rang with it

00:54:38his face

00:54:39twisted with

00:54:39rage and

00:54:40grief and

00:54:40humiliation

00:54:41he

00:54:41couldn't

00:54:42cover his

00:54:42ears

00:54:42from that

00:54:43day

00:54:43on

00:54:44he

00:54:44would

00:54:44have

00:54:44to

00:54:45listen

00:54:45to

00:54:45it

00:54:45every

00:54:45single

00:54:46day

00:54:46until

00:54:46the

00:54:46day

00:54:46he

00:54:46died

00:54:49as

00:54:49for

00:54:50isolda

00:54:50i did

00:54:51not let

00:54:51her die

00:54:51either

00:54:52after the

00:54:53black dragon

00:54:53burned away

00:54:54the stolen

00:54:54contract

00:54:55she was too

00:54:56weak to

00:54:56stand on

00:54:57her own

00:54:57half her

00:54:58hair had

00:54:58been scorched

00:54:59by black

00:54:59fire

00:55:00the contract

00:55:00mark on

00:55:01her hand

00:55:01would never

00:55:01return

00:55:02nobles

00:55:03no longer

00:55:03called her

00:55:03princess

00:55:04maids

00:55:04no longer

00:55:05lowered their

00:55:05eyes when

00:55:06she passed

00:55:06i stripped

00:55:07her of her

00:55:07title and

00:55:08sent her to

00:55:08the lowest

00:55:09level of

00:55:09the dragon

00:55:09pit

00:55:10it was

00:55:10no longer

00:55:10a place

00:55:11of quick

00:55:11execution

00:55:12now it

00:55:12housed the

00:55:13lesser drakes

00:55:13kept by

00:55:14the royal

00:55:14family

00:55:14filthy

00:55:15sharp-toothed

00:55:16things that

00:55:16ate scraps

00:55:17and charred

00:55:17bone

00:55:19every day

00:55:19she had to

00:55:20muck out

00:55:20their pens

00:55:21carry baskets

00:55:22of charred

00:55:22bones

00:55:23and scrub

00:55:23rust and

00:55:24filth off

00:55:24the iron

00:55:24bars until

00:55:25her hands

00:55:25bled

00:55:26chains

00:55:26circled her

00:55:27wrists

00:55:27shackles

00:55:28clamped

00:55:28her ankles

00:55:29isolda

00:55:30would slam

00:55:30her fists

00:55:30against the

00:55:31bars

00:55:31her voice

00:55:32hoarse

00:55:32from

00:55:32screaming

00:55:35isolda

00:55:35take these

00:55:37chains off

00:55:38me

00:55:39i am

00:55:40princess

00:55:40isoleth

00:55:43you cannot

00:55:44do this

00:55:44to me

00:55:45guard

00:55:48there is no

00:55:49princess isoleth

00:55:50in valdoria

00:55:50anymore

00:55:51there is only

00:55:52a prisoner

00:55:53doing hard

00:55:53labor

00:55:54noble girls

00:55:55who had once

00:55:55clung to her

00:55:56skirts

00:55:56flattering her

00:55:57every word

00:55:58would come to

00:55:59the pit edge

00:55:59on fine days

00:56:00and look down

00:56:00at her

00:56:00through the

00:56:01bars

00:56:01noble girl

00:56:02one

00:56:07is that the

00:56:08former princess

00:56:09isold

00:56:10the one who

00:56:11used to call

00:56:12us common

00:56:12and unworthy

00:56:14noble girl

00:56:15two

00:56:15she looks like

00:56:16any other

00:56:16servant now

00:56:17hard to believe

00:56:18she almost wore

00:56:19the crown

00:56:20noble girl

00:56:20three

00:56:21i heard she

00:56:21never hatched

00:56:22a single

00:56:23dragon egg

00:56:24herself

00:56:25every bit of

00:56:26it was stolen

00:56:27from the queen

00:56:28whenever she heard

00:56:29those words

00:56:29she would throw

00:56:30herself at the

00:56:31bars like a

00:56:31wild animal

00:56:32spitting and

00:56:33screaming

00:56:34isolda

00:56:35liar

00:56:36all of you

00:56:37are liars

00:56:38i was chosen

00:56:39by the dragons

00:56:40i was the

00:56:41rightful future

00:56:42queen

00:56:43but no one

00:56:44was afraid of

00:56:44her now

00:56:45she had lost

00:56:45my father's

00:56:46protection

00:56:46she had lost

00:56:48her title

00:56:48she had lost

00:56:49everyone's trust

00:56:50the cruelest part

00:56:51of all was

00:56:52the black dragon

00:56:52sometimes it

00:56:53would circle

00:56:53high above

00:56:54the pit

00:56:54whenever its

00:56:55shadow fell

00:56:56over her

00:56:56isolda would

00:56:57scramble into

00:56:57the darkest

00:56:58corner

00:56:58curling into

00:56:59a ball

00:56:59and covering

00:57:00her head

00:57:00because she

00:57:01knew that

00:57:01she had once

00:57:02claimed that

00:57:02dragon as

00:57:03her own

00:57:03she had stolen

00:57:04every dragon

00:57:05i raised the

00:57:06last one

00:57:06became the

00:57:06nightmare she

00:57:07would live

00:57:07with for the

00:57:08rest of her

00:57:08life

00:57:10on the night

00:57:10before my

00:57:10coronation

00:57:11martha carried

00:57:12the gold egg

00:57:12from the old

00:57:13tower to me

00:57:13she told me

00:57:14that when

00:57:15isolda's gold

00:57:15egg began to

00:57:16crack

00:57:16mine had

00:57:17gone dim

00:57:17as if every

00:57:18bit of life

00:57:19had been

00:57:19drained from

00:57:19it

00:57:19but it had

00:57:20not died

00:57:21after the

00:57:21black dragon

00:57:22burned away

00:57:22the false

00:57:23contract

00:57:23it warmed

00:57:24again

00:57:25little by

00:57:25little

00:57:25the power

00:57:26that had

00:57:26been diverted

00:57:27returned to

00:57:27it

00:57:27the gold

00:57:28veins on

00:57:28the shell

00:57:29glowed once

00:57:29more

00:57:29like a late

00:57:30sunrise

00:57:31martha

00:57:31your majesty

00:57:33it waited for

00:57:35you

00:57:35i touched the

00:57:36shell with my

00:57:36fingertips

00:57:37seraphina

00:57:40i made it

00:57:40wait too long

00:57:41on the day

00:57:42i was crowned

00:57:42the blood

00:57:43had already

00:57:43been washed

00:57:44from the

00:57:44square by

00:57:45rain

00:57:45the gold

00:57:45dragon

00:57:46from my

00:57:46old

00:57:46tower

00:57:46finally

00:57:47hatched

00:57:47it was

00:57:48small

00:57:48its scales

00:57:49bright

00:57:49its eyes

00:57:50clear

00:57:50now that

00:57:51the contract

00:57:51had been

00:57:52corrected

00:57:52it walked

00:57:53to me

00:57:53at last

00:57:53and rested

00:57:54its head

00:57:54gently

00:57:54against

00:57:55my

00:57:55palm

00:57:55the entire

00:57:56square

00:57:56knelt

00:57:58crowd

00:58:03i looked

00:58:04down at

00:58:05the warm

00:58:05gold

00:58:05dragon

00:58:05in my

00:58:06hand

00:58:06then lifted

00:58:07my gaze

00:58:07toward the

00:58:08highest

00:58:08tower

00:58:08the black

00:58:09dragon

00:58:09perched

00:58:09there

00:58:10silent

00:58:13one

00:58:13symbolized

00:58:14the throne

00:58:14the glory

00:58:15the hope

00:58:15of the

00:58:15kingdom

00:58:16one

00:58:16symbolized

00:58:17the price

00:58:17the truth

00:58:18the cost

00:58:18of every

00:58:19lie

00:58:19valdoria

00:58:20would no

00:58:20longer

00:58:20be ruled

00:58:21by lies

00:58:22that same

00:58:22day

00:58:23i abolished

00:58:23every clause

00:58:24in the old

00:58:24contracts

00:58:25that allowed

00:58:25a king

00:58:25to alter

00:58:26them

00:58:26in secret

00:58:26from then

00:58:27on

00:58:27every dragon

00:58:28egg

00:58:28contract

00:58:29had to be

00:58:29signed

00:58:29in the

00:58:29presence

00:58:30of the

00:58:30council

00:58:30noble

00:58:31witnesses

00:58:31and

00:58:32representatives

00:58:32of the

00:58:33people

00:58:33no one

00:58:34would ever

00:58:34again use

00:58:34double ink

00:58:35to steal

00:58:35a name

00:58:36i also

00:58:37opened the

00:58:37royal vaults

00:58:37and ordered

00:58:38every sleeping

00:58:38dragon egg

00:58:39to be

00:58:39registered

00:58:39again

00:58:40dragons

00:58:41would no

00:58:41longer be

00:58:41tools

00:58:42for a

00:58:42father

00:58:42to favor

00:58:42one

00:58:43daughter

00:58:43over

00:58:43another

00:58:43they

00:58:44belong to

00:58:45the ones

00:58:45who truly

00:58:46awakened

00:58:46them

00:58:47the first

00:58:48public dragon

00:58:49egg registration

00:58:49under the new

00:58:50law was held

00:58:51in the same

00:58:51square where

00:58:52Isolde had once

00:58:53lied

00:58:53this time

00:58:54there was no

00:58:54hidden ink

00:58:55the contract

00:58:55table stood

00:58:56in the open

00:58:56three counselors

00:58:57to noble

00:58:58witnesses

00:58:58and five

00:58:59representatives

00:58:59of the people

00:59:00watched every

00:59:01name written

00:59:01down

00:59:01a baker's

00:59:02son stepped

00:59:03forward

00:59:03with shaking

00:59:03hands

00:59:04your majesty

00:59:05may someone

00:59:06like me

00:59:07really try

00:59:07I looked at

00:59:08the small

00:59:08copper colored

00:59:09egg resting

00:59:10before him

00:59:10an egg once

00:59:11deemed unworthy

00:59:12of royal blood

00:59:13left to gather

00:59:13dust in the

00:59:14vaults

00:59:15if you are

00:59:16willing to

00:59:16give it

00:59:16your blood

00:59:18your warmth

00:59:18and your

00:59:19patience

00:59:20then you

00:59:20may try

00:59:22dragons do

00:59:22not care

00:59:23about birth

00:59:24they care

00:59:25about who

00:59:26wakes them

00:59:27the boy

00:59:28lifted his

00:59:28head

00:59:28his eyes

00:59:29bright

00:59:29he took

00:59:30a small

00:59:30knife

00:59:30cut his

00:59:31fingertip

00:59:31and signed

00:59:31his name

00:59:32clearly on

00:59:32the contract

00:59:33the crowd

00:59:33murmured

00:59:34not in fear

00:59:34this time

00:59:35but wonder

00:59:36at that moment

00:59:36a pair of guards

00:59:37led Isolde

00:59:38through the edge

00:59:38of the square

00:59:39on their way

00:59:39to deliver ash

00:59:40from the dragon

00:59:41pens

00:59:41she was bent

00:59:42under the weight

00:59:43of a heavy

00:59:43basket

00:59:44chains clinking

00:59:44with every step

00:59:45she stopped

00:59:46when she saw

00:59:46the boy

00:59:46at the contract

00:59:47table

00:59:47a baker's

00:59:49child

00:59:50you let

00:59:50a baker's

00:59:51child

00:59:51touch a

00:59:52dragon egg

00:59:53people turned

00:59:54to look at her

00:59:55people turned

00:59:55to look at her

00:59:56a laugh broke

00:59:56out first

00:59:57then another

00:59:58then more

00:59:58better a baker's

00:59:59child with his

01:00:00own name on

01:00:00the contract

01:00:01than a princess

01:00:02who stole

01:00:03every name

01:00:03she ever had

01:00:04Isolde lunged

01:00:05toward the table

01:00:06chains dragging

01:00:07across the stone

01:00:08dragons belong

01:00:09to royal blood

01:00:10the copper egg

01:00:11trembled

01:00:12a tiny crack

01:00:12appeared in the shell

01:00:13the boy gasped

01:00:14his hand flying

01:00:15to his mouth

01:00:15it moved

01:00:17the gold dragon

01:00:18beside me

01:00:18lowered its head

01:00:19calm and watchful

01:00:20the black dragon's

01:00:21shadow slid

01:00:22across the square

01:00:22from the high tower

01:00:23Isolde froze

01:00:24under that shadow

01:00:25I stepped

01:00:26between her

01:00:26and the table

01:00:27the guard

01:00:27pulled Isolde

01:00:28back toward the pit

01:00:29no

01:00:30dragons belong

01:00:31to the ones

01:00:32who truly awaken

01:00:33them

01:00:33she screamed

01:00:34and struggled

01:00:35until her voice

01:00:35cracked

01:00:36but no one

01:00:36looked at her

01:00:37anymore

01:00:37behind her

01:00:38the small

01:00:39copper dragon

01:00:40pushed its way

01:00:40out of the shell

01:00:41and crawled

01:00:42unsteadily

01:00:42toward the baker's

01:00:43son

01:00:43nuzzling his hand

01:00:45the crowd burst

01:00:45into cheers

01:00:46for a child

01:00:47Isolde would once

01:00:47have stepped over

01:00:48without a glance

01:00:49that sound hurt

01:00:50her more than

01:00:50chains

01:00:52the first winter

01:00:53of my reign

01:00:53was harsh

01:00:54not all the nobles

01:00:55king Alarig

01:00:56had left behind

01:00:56accepted me

01:00:57some swore loyalty

01:00:58to my face

01:00:59while secretly

01:00:59trying to support

01:01:00distant relatives

01:01:01for the throne

01:01:01I did not rush

01:01:02to kill them

01:01:02I let them

01:01:03expose themselves

01:01:04one duke

01:01:05tried to bribe

01:01:05a witness

01:01:06during a public

01:01:06dragon egg

01:01:07registration

01:01:07to have his

01:01:08son's name

01:01:09secretly added

01:01:09and the witness's

01:01:10testimony read

01:01:11aloud in the square

01:01:12then I stripped

01:01:13him of all his

01:01:13lands in front

01:01:14of his own family

01:01:15and his own people

01:01:16your majesty

01:01:16this is only a

01:01:17misdisunderstanding

01:01:18a servant acted

01:01:19without my knowledge

01:01:20then let this

01:01:21misunderstanding be

01:01:22clear to everyone

01:01:23from today on

01:01:24your lands return

01:01:24to the crown

01:01:25and your house

01:01:26will never again

01:01:26hold a dragon contract

01:01:27one bishop declared

01:01:28from his pulpit

01:01:29that a woman

01:01:30could not rule

01:01:30Valdoria

01:01:31that my reign

01:01:31was against

01:01:32the old gods

01:01:33the ledgers of

01:01:33bribes he had taken

01:01:34were nailed to the

01:01:35doors of his own

01:01:36cathedral

01:01:36this is an insult

01:01:37to the temple

01:01:38no

01:01:39taking gold

01:01:40from villages

01:01:41where children

01:01:42froze to death

01:01:43was the insult

01:01:44then there were

01:01:44those who tried

01:01:45to smuggle

01:01:46Isolde out

01:01:46of the dragon pit

01:01:47thinking they

01:01:48could raise

01:01:48a banner

01:01:48in her name

01:01:49I did not

01:01:49execute them

01:01:50I sentenced

01:01:51them to serve

01:01:51three months

01:01:52in the dragon pit

01:01:53themselves

01:01:53doing the same

01:01:54work she did

01:01:54when the three

01:01:55months ended

01:01:56the man who

01:01:57planned the escape

01:01:58knelt before me

01:01:58thin and shaking

01:01:59your majesty

01:02:01I beg forgiveness

01:02:02one week in that pit

01:02:04is worse than a year

01:02:05in exile

01:02:05I will never do

01:02:07anything so foolish

01:02:08again

01:02:09then remember

01:02:10where you tried

01:02:11to send your

01:02:11loyalty

01:02:12I was not merciful

01:02:13but I'd not

01:02:13destroy the laws

01:02:14of my own kingdom

01:02:15for selfish love

01:02:16the way my father

01:02:16had

01:02:17a year later

01:02:18valdoria was stable

01:02:19again

01:02:19the gold dragon

01:02:20had grown enough

01:02:21to carry me

01:02:21over the capital

01:02:22when the people

01:02:23looked up and saw it

01:02:24they took off

01:02:24their hats and bowed

01:02:25children chased its

01:02:26shadow through the

01:02:27streets shouting my name

01:02:28queen seraphina

01:02:30the gold dragon

01:02:31is coming

01:02:31for the first time

01:02:32their voices did not

01:02:33sound like judgment

01:02:34they sounded like a

01:02:35kingdom learning a

01:02:36new truth

01:02:39sometimes I visited

01:02:41Alarep in the dungeon

01:02:44he aged quickly in

01:02:45that dark cell

01:02:46the iron crown

01:02:48bent his neck

01:02:49the king who once

01:02:51sat above everyone

01:02:52now had only a

01:02:53damp stone bed

01:02:54and the sound of

01:02:56cheering from above

01:02:59seraphina

01:03:00he called once

01:03:01through the bars

01:03:02can you truly never

01:03:03forgive me

01:03:05I am your father

01:03:07I looked at him

01:03:08there was regret in

01:03:09his eyes yes

01:03:10but there was

01:03:11resentment too

01:03:12and pride

01:03:13and the bitter taste

01:03:14of having lost

01:03:15I knew then that he

01:03:17did not regret hurting

01:03:18me

01:03:18he regretted losing

01:03:22no

01:03:22his hands tightened

01:03:24on the bars

01:03:25his voice shook

01:03:26I am your father

01:03:28I gave you life

01:03:30you had many chances

01:03:31to remember that

01:03:33before the contract

01:03:35was altered

01:03:37before I was thrown

01:03:38to the drakes

01:03:40before you chose

01:03:41her over

01:03:42and over

01:03:43and over

01:03:44again

01:03:45I turned

01:03:46and left

01:03:49behind me

01:03:50I heard him crying

01:03:51quietly

01:03:52I did not look

01:03:53back

01:03:54later

01:03:54Martha asked me

01:03:56whether I ever

01:03:56felt lonely

01:03:57your majesty

01:03:58do you ever wish

01:04:00there was someone

01:04:00who could stand

01:04:01beside you

01:04:01without bowing

01:04:02without calling

01:04:03you majesty

01:04:04just someone

01:04:05who knew you

01:04:05before the throne

01:04:06I thought about it

01:04:08for a long time

01:04:09staring out the window

01:04:09at the black dragon's

01:04:11tower

01:04:12after taking the throne

01:04:13I was surrounded

01:04:14by ministers

01:04:15guards

01:04:16and people

01:04:17who bowed to me

01:04:18but there were

01:04:18very few people

01:04:19I could truly

01:04:20lower my guard

01:04:21around

01:04:21still

01:04:22that loneliness

01:04:24was far better

01:04:25than kneeling

01:04:26at someone else's

01:04:27feet

01:04:27and begging

01:04:28for fairness

01:04:29I'd rather stand

01:04:30alone on the throne

01:04:31than return

01:04:31to the girl

01:04:32who needed

01:04:32someone else's

01:04:33approval

01:04:33to exist

01:04:34Martha lowered

01:04:35her head

01:04:36her eyes red

01:04:38your majesty

01:04:40the queen

01:04:41would have been

01:04:41proud

01:04:47over the years

01:04:48dragons slowly

01:04:49returned to

01:04:50Valdoria

01:04:52not every egg

01:04:53hatched

01:04:54not everyone

01:04:55who tried

01:04:55succeeded

01:04:57but at least

01:04:58the new laws

01:04:59gave everyone

01:05:00a real chance

01:05:01Isolette remained

01:05:02alive

01:05:02deep in the dragon pit

01:05:04she was no longer

01:05:06beautiful

01:05:06no longer proud

01:05:08years of labor

01:05:09in the dragon pit

01:05:10roughened her hands

01:05:11and bent her back

01:05:12sometimes the new

01:05:14servants didn't

01:05:14recognize her

01:05:15and even asked

01:05:16whether she had

01:05:17once been a servant

01:05:18herself

01:05:18she would fly

01:05:19into a rage

01:05:20and scream

01:05:20that she had

01:05:20been a princess

01:05:21I am a princess

01:05:23I was Valdoria's

01:05:25future queen

01:05:26you dare speak

01:05:27to me like that

01:05:29then everyone

01:05:30would laugh

01:05:31a princess

01:05:32in the dragon pit

01:05:37what princess

01:05:38cleans dragon

01:05:39filth down here

01:05:42what she could not

01:05:43bear

01:05:43was not the hard

01:05:45work

01:05:46it was that no one

01:05:47believed in her

01:05:48nobility anymore

01:05:49the identity she had

01:05:50valued most had

01:05:51become the biggest

01:05:52joke of all

01:05:53as for the black

01:05:54dragon

01:05:55it never belonged

01:05:56to anyone

01:05:58it still lived

01:05:59on the highest

01:06:00black tower

01:06:00of the palace

01:06:01sometimes it

01:06:03landed outside

01:06:03my window

01:06:04and watched me

01:06:05with those cold

01:06:05eyes

01:06:06I knew it was

01:06:07not obedience

01:06:07it was not

01:06:09affection either

01:06:13it simply remembered

01:06:14that I had let it

01:06:15hatch

01:06:16that was enough

01:06:20years after my

01:06:21coronation

01:06:21one of Isolde's

01:06:22former flatterers

01:06:23came to the dragon

01:06:24pit at midnight

01:06:25the woman had once

01:06:26knelt beside Isolde's

01:06:27skirts

01:06:27praising her beauty

01:06:28her purity

01:06:29and her so-called

01:06:30destiny

01:06:30now she wore a dark

01:06:31cloak and carried

01:06:32a hidden key stolen

01:06:33from a drunk guard

01:06:35old noblewoman

01:06:41Isolde lifted her

01:06:42head from beside

01:06:42the filthy stone

01:06:43trough

01:06:43for one impossible

01:06:44second

01:06:45light returned to

01:06:46her eyes

01:06:47Isolde

01:06:47I knew it

01:06:50I knew someone

01:06:52still remembered

01:06:52who I am

01:06:53old noblewoman

01:06:57there are still

01:06:58people who hate

01:06:59the new queen

01:07:00if we get you

01:07:00outside the city

01:07:01they can use

01:07:02your name

01:07:03Isolde grabbed

01:07:03the bars with

01:07:04both hands

01:07:05Isolde

01:07:10Lose my name

01:07:11no

01:07:14they will kneel

01:07:15to me

01:07:16I am the

01:07:17true princess

01:07:17a lesser drake

01:07:19raised its head

01:07:19and cried

01:07:20the guards

01:07:20appeared from

01:07:21both ends

01:07:21of the passage

01:07:22swords drawn

01:07:23guard

01:07:24step away

01:07:25from the prisoner

01:07:26the noblewoman

01:07:27dropped the key

01:07:27it rang against

01:07:28the stone floor

01:07:29I walked down

01:07:29the stairs

01:07:30behind the guards

01:07:31my cloak

01:07:31untouched

01:07:32by the rain

01:07:32Isolde's face

01:07:33changed from

01:07:34joy to horror

01:07:35Serafina

01:07:37still trying to

01:07:38steal something

01:07:38that isn't yours

01:07:39Isolde

01:07:40you set this up

01:07:42you knew she

01:07:43would come

01:07:44no

01:07:45I let greed

01:07:47walk where it

01:07:47wanted

01:07:47the old noblewoman

01:07:49collapsed to her knees

01:07:50old noblewoman

01:07:52your majesty

01:07:53mercy

01:07:53I only thought

01:07:55the old bloodline

01:07:56Serafina

01:07:57the old bloodline

01:07:59nearly destroyed

01:08:00Valdonia

01:08:01with forged

01:08:02contracts

01:08:03and stolen dragons

01:08:06I ordered the woman

01:08:07stripped of her

01:08:07remaining title

01:08:08and assigned to

01:08:08the dragon pit

01:08:09for one year

01:08:09then I looked at

01:08:10Isolde

01:08:11Serafina

01:08:12for encouraging escape

01:08:14your chains

01:08:15will be moved

01:08:16to the lower pens

01:08:17Isolde

01:08:20no

01:08:21not there

01:08:22the lower pens

01:08:23housed the smallest

01:08:24drakes

01:08:24but they were

01:08:25the cruelest

01:08:25they snapped at

01:08:26ankles

01:08:27spat sparks

01:08:27and never slept

01:08:28quietly

01:08:29as the guards

01:08:30dragged her down

01:08:30the steps

01:08:31Isolde

01:08:31finally screamed

01:08:32without pretending

01:08:33to cry

01:08:34Serafina

01:08:34I am your sister

01:08:36I did not answer

01:08:38it's too late

01:08:38to awaken

01:08:39to family ties

01:08:40now

01:08:41the next morning

01:08:43Alaric heard

01:08:44the news

01:08:44before I went

01:08:45to him

01:08:45the dungeon

01:08:46carried sound

01:08:47strangely

01:08:49cheers

01:08:50from the throne

01:08:50room

01:08:51drifted down

01:08:52so did

01:08:53screams

01:08:53from the passages

01:08:54leading to

01:08:55the dragon pit

01:08:56Alaric

01:08:57ripped the bars

01:09:02that voice

01:09:04is a let

01:09:06the guard

01:09:07did not answer

01:09:10when I entered

01:09:11Alaric's eyes

01:09:12were bloodshot

01:09:15what have you

01:09:16done to her

01:09:18what she earned

01:09:19she is weak

01:09:21she was never

01:09:22meant for filth

01:09:23and chains

01:09:24I looked

01:09:25at the man

01:09:25who had once

01:09:26thrown me

01:09:26into the dragon pit

01:09:27without blinking

01:09:31neither was I

01:09:35for once

01:09:36he had no answer

01:09:38I ordered the guards

01:09:40to open the small

01:09:41passage window

01:09:41that faced the lower

01:09:42pens through the

01:09:43iron grate

01:09:45Alaric saw

01:09:46Isolde in the mud

01:09:47wrists chained

01:09:48above her head

01:09:49while a young drake

01:09:50snapped sparks

01:09:51near her feet

01:09:51her white dresses

01:09:53were long gone

01:09:54her hands

01:09:55were cracked

01:09:57her hair

01:09:58was uneven

01:10:03father

01:10:04father

01:10:05tell them

01:10:06to stop

01:10:07Alaric staggered

01:10:08back as if

01:10:09the sight

01:10:09had struck him

01:10:11Serafina

01:10:11please

01:10:12whatever I did

01:10:14she should not

01:10:15suffer for it

01:10:16you still

01:10:17don't understand

01:10:18I stepped

01:10:19closer to the

01:10:20bars

01:10:22she did not

01:10:23suffer for your

01:10:24crime

01:10:25she suffers

01:10:26for her own

01:10:29she was young

01:10:32she was old

01:10:33enough to hold

01:10:34my dragon

01:10:34and call me

01:10:35a thief

01:10:35the words

01:10:36landed between

01:10:37us like a blade

01:10:38above us

01:10:39the morning

01:10:39council began

01:10:40long live

01:10:42queen

01:10:42Serafina

01:10:44the sound

01:10:45poured into

01:10:45the dungeon

01:10:46it also poured

01:10:47into the passage

01:10:48where Isolde

01:10:49was screaming

01:10:49for the first

01:10:51time

01:10:52father and

01:10:53daughter heard

01:10:54the same

01:10:54truth from

01:10:55opposite cages

01:10:57they had

01:10:58lost the

01:10:59kingdom

01:10:59they stole

01:11:03many years

01:11:04later

01:11:04a historian

01:11:05asked whether

01:11:06I regretted

01:11:07hatching the

01:11:07black dragon

01:11:08your majesty

01:11:09the black dragon

01:11:11changed the fate

01:11:11of valdoria

01:11:12did you never

01:11:14fear that it

01:11:14would destroy

01:11:15more than

01:11:15lies

01:11:16no

01:11:17without the

01:11:18black dragon

01:11:20I might still

01:11:21be explaining my

01:11:22innocence to

01:11:22people who had

01:11:23never wanted to

01:11:24hear the truth

01:11:25now they did

01:11:26not need to

01:11:26believe me

01:11:30they only needed

01:11:31to remember

01:11:31that day

01:11:32remember that

01:11:33Isolde had

01:11:34claimed the

01:11:34black dragon

01:11:35egg as hers

01:11:35with her own

01:11:36mouth

01:11:37remember that

01:11:38Alaric had

01:11:39confessed with

01:11:39his own

01:11:40mouth that

01:11:40he had

01:11:40changed the

01:11:41contract

01:11:43remember how

01:11:44the princess

01:11:45they called

01:11:45a thief

01:11:46and a

01:11:46failure

01:11:47shattered

01:11:47the lie

01:11:48beneath her

01:11:48feet and

01:11:49took the

01:11:49throne

01:11:55I was

01:11:55not born

01:11:56a queen

01:11:56I was

01:11:57made one

01:11:57by betrayal

01:11:58death

01:11:59and rebirth

01:12:00so what

01:12:01valdoria did

01:12:02not need a

01:12:02girl spoiled

01:12:03by her

01:12:03father's

01:12:04love

01:12:04it needed

01:12:05someone who

01:12:05could see

01:12:06a lie

01:12:06clearly and

01:12:07dare to

01:12:07burn it

01:12:07down with

01:12:08her own

01:12:08hands

01:12:11and I

01:12:11Serafina

01:12:12did exactly

01:12:13that

01:12:16Martha

01:12:16stood by

01:12:17the window

01:12:17watching the

01:12:18gold dragon

01:12:19circle over

01:12:20the capital

01:12:20your majesty

01:12:21the people

01:12:22are gathering

01:12:23again

01:12:23I looked

01:12:24down from

01:12:25the tower

01:12:25children were

01:12:27running through

01:12:27the streets

01:12:28beneath the

01:12:28dragon's

01:12:29shadow

01:12:29merchants paused

01:12:30their stalls

01:12:31soldiers lowered

01:12:32their spears

01:12:33in salute

01:12:34no one shouted

01:12:35thief

01:12:35no one shouted

01:12:36failure

01:12:37they shouted

01:12:38queen

01:12:38far below

01:12:39the palace

01:12:40Alaric could

01:12:41still hear them

01:12:42from his dungeon

01:12:44deeper still

01:12:45Isolde could

01:12:46hear them

01:12:46from the

01:12:46dragon pit

01:12:48that was

01:12:49the final

01:12:49justice

01:12:51they would

01:12:52live long

01:12:52enough to

01:12:53hear

01:12:55the name

01:12:56they tried

01:12:56to erase

01:12:57become the

01:12:57name the

01:12:58kingdom

01:12:58trusted most

01:13:00the black

01:13:01dragon opened

01:13:02its wings on

01:13:03the highest

01:13:03tower

01:13:05the gold

01:13:06dragon lowered

01:13:07its head

01:13:07beside me

01:13:09I placed

01:13:10my hand

01:13:10on the

01:13:10window ledge

01:13:11and looked

01:13:11over

01:13:12valdoria

01:13:12let the

01:13:13record show

01:13:14this clearly

01:13:14a stolen

01:13:16crown can

01:13:16be returned

01:13:17a stolen

01:13:18name can

01:13:19be burned

01:13:19clean

01:13:20but a queen

01:13:21who has died

01:13:22once

01:13:22will never

01:13:24kneel again

01:13:24you

01:13:24no

01:13:24you

01:13:25you

01:13:25You

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