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y husband, Gideon Harrison. He had arrived late last night on a healer's stretcher, unconscious and hidden b

rayed with anxiety. The hope of the entire Ha

obes emerged. Healer Madsen, the most renowned he

anor said, her voice

"The situation is not good, My Lady. Lord Gid

was a detail from Roric's report that I had pushed to the back of my mind. The world knew Dragongold was the bane of dragons, a

up?" Eleanor's

s Dragon Soul has retreated into the deepest possible slumber to protect itself. It's like a locked door,

y shell. My newfound shield was not just

ed out to steady her arm. She leaned on m

led me to her private sitting room. She took my hands, her e

d intense. "Only you can save Gideon

Me? My Lady, I am a Dragonle

give Gideo

mach d

lood cannot be allowed to end. Even if he... never wak

She wanted me to have a child with a man in

ng on a gentler, almost maternal concern, though the determination in her eye

th child, you will be the mother of the future Lord of Black Fortress. All of Gideon'

nshakeable support. You will no longer be a girl from the border

Everything I needed to ensure I would never again

ering me a gilded cage in excha

he pitying looks, the utter helple

t go back

her eyes. We were the same, her and I. W

d, My Lady. For Gideon... and

oss Eleanor's face. "Good gi

ust made a deal with the devil. Mrs. Finch was w

y. "A warming tonic, to pr

it in one gulp. It burn