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