Serra

mpletely muffle the laughter and celebration coming from the main hall. In the

shawl over my shivering shoulders, and fell into step b

ed to bow so low their noses nearly touched the floor whenever I passed, now openly lined

r title. She's just a personal maid n

ss jinx anyway," a guard snickered, his e

my past life, these whispers were like knives to my heart. Now, t

cold hit me instantly. The dragon-crystal heater was completely d

ut, sealing us inside, Phoebe

g desperately into the cold floorboards. "He knew how much that night destroyed you! How co

n who shared my deepest trauma, the last

he tears from her face. "Tears cannot wash away the blood of our families. Brian said House Serrano i

the corner of the room. They were made of ironwood, unique

from House Serrano. It was also my

from a smaller box. My mother had left it to me. It r

crystal lamp, I began to ca

ld of the North, guarding the realm fo

heavily surrounded. Shortly after, Veskarian assassins slipped through the broken defense line like ghosts, infiltrating o

mad act of revenge by the enemy for m

w, in my second life, I k

d squadron that was supposed to reinforce my father. But they were mysteriously "delayed." Their

eing burned alive by her dragonfire, a chilling realization crep

ed the edge of the chest, gasping for breat

or that. First, I ha

also eighty servants who had come with me to the Castro estate

e I married into their family, these peopl

were

wife's dowry belongs to her and her al

marital dissolution that allowed the female to

parties, or... a direct comman

anted my freedom and my dignity. We would set

d put it back. The pla

my father, Corbin Serrano, had been one of King Aurthur's most trusted D

about that favor. But

was a chanc

rrano-owned business, farm, and mine. Cease all fund transfers to the Castro estate. Cut off their food supplies,

erce, vengeful fire. "You mean.

s the 'petty chores' of managing a Dragon Court, let's see

fting toward the distant, towering spires of the

, folded the letter, and sealed it with the Serrano

I ordered, handing the heavy envelope to Phoebe. "Ride thro