ora
the balcony
remained da
d behind me, wringing her hands. "Wh
n's ego is too big to imagine he could ever be cau
age finally rolled through th
Cassia s
ke a vine. Her movements were cheap and desperate,
tightening on the mother-stone. I waited until they disappea
e," I wh
ay, the Scrying Stone in the chandelier silently came
nd sounds fl
public personas. I h
old Dragonless girl, Aurora," Ethan p
hen I become the Lady of the Sawyer house, the first thing I w
ine. They planned how they would di
e cold, hard hatred
ed the conversation, her body trembl
d more than enough cl
larger, blank Memory Crystal. The crystal pulsed with a faint blue
e," I told Elara. "
tantly. "It is in three days at the Crimson Stag
d you to get me access to t
controlled by a complex network of Ancient Dragon Runes, us
mber is guarded by Royal Drake Guards. I can get you in the
pted, my fingertips tingling with an
e couldn't understand where I, a supposedly po
ret knowledge of Ancient Dragon
to escort me into the backstage area of the Crimson St
une-chamber door. Elara placed a si
center of the room, its surface covered in
and laid my hand fl
nd power surged up my arm, bringi
red in my mind like a map. I found the primary command line and wove in
of the Memory Crystal would be broadca
fted my hand, the light on the dais d
silently as
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