ation pod grew solemn as Richard Star

before Lyra, raising his right hand as a brilli

rstellar Blood Oath," Richard declared, his

ld. Whoever harms her shall be hunted across the galaxy; whoe

f into the galactic legal grid before sinking into

ut binding the empire's full might to

heart full, before turning her attention

n Kaelen Vane from the past twelve hours," Aiden said, pus

n the air. On the screen, Kaelen looked haggard, his silver wolf pu

c bond during labor, his mental sea has falle

the medics, and when Sylvia Nova attempted to soothe him with A-grade swa

the sofa. "A defective beast thinking he

raph of Kaelen's agony, her ex

account yesterday as an insult," Lyra said,

sand coins of my old savings, and donate every si

nstant understanding. "Unde

der Kaelen Vane and his Legal Wife

ipt directly to the front

plied, his fingers fly

went viral across billions of galactic feeds, de

donates 1,050,000 star coins to starvin

n mistress on live broadcast, his legal wife was giving h

hearing scheduled for tomorrow morning at the Int

the notifications roll past, her

..

Iron Fang, Kaelen stood alone in

t sleep. His mental sea was burning like an untamed inferno, writhi

ral stabilizers an hour ago, Kaelen had thrown the

but the sickly-sweet scent had made his stomach churn with violent nausea.

holding out a trembling datapad. "

ending headline on the Star Network. It was the vir

tely that a public charity filing was permanent. Attempting to retract the

ychic shockwaves across the chamber. The central holotable coll

an incoming call from Sylvia. He hit the receiver, a

recker and a parasite!" Sylvia wailed through the link.

ll devouring his last shred of sanity. "I am managing

tting off the transmission and throw

ered over the keyboard. He typed out a furious demand for her to withdraw the f

terminal face down on the console, convincing himself that this

r ally in the stars. She would break before the ju

ed a sovereign; entirely unaware that the modest assistant was an apex dragon, the quiet