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028: Unexpected Reunion

Author: VictoryAnne Vice
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-25 07:34:06
[KORA]

[NOW]

That night, they had been waiting for us. I’m not sure how they knew, but I know why they took us. We’re too valuable to kill, but too dangerous to leave alone. Collared and shackled, we were transported to the shores of the Crystal Lake, to the center of the Kingdom’s eastern borders, several leagues north of what had once been the Luxandrian capital city. That city is gone, long gone, burned not just once but twice.

We were going to Skyfall.

Skyfall had been the seat of my uncle Segundus’ realm before he took the Luxandrian throne for himself. And now that he’s gone, it is where his wife, the False Queen Eleanora, rules the kingdom as regent for his unborn children. Except everyone knows they can’t be his children, he’s been dead for too long.

I’m not even sure they’re Primus’ children, even though she forced me to extract his seed and use it to fill her womb. The last attempt we made didn’t match up with the expected date of their hatching, based on the size of h
VictoryAnne Vice

I know it sounds wrong, but I really missed Eleanora. She's a true villian. Next chapters bring us back to Carnelia and her situation. Stay tuned. More updates coming this week!

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  • Redemption of The Dragon Prince   028: Unexpected Reunion

    [KORA][NOW] That night, they had been waiting for us. I’m not sure how they knew, but I know why they took us. We’re too valuable to kill, but too dangerous to leave alone. Collared and shackled, we were transported to the shores of the Crystal Lake, to the center of the Kingdom’s eastern borders, several leagues north of what had once been the Luxandrian capital city. That city is gone, long gone, burned not just once but twice. We were going to Skyfall. Skyfall had been the seat of my uncle Segundus’ realm before he took the Luxandrian throne for himself. And now that he’s gone, it is where his wife, the False Queen Eleanora, rules the kingdom as regent for his unborn children. Except everyone knows they can’t be his children, he’s been dead for too long. I’m not even sure they’re Primus’ children, even though she forced me to extract his seed and use it to fill her womb. The last attempt we made didn’t match up with the expected date of their hatching, based on the size of h

  • Redemption of The Dragon Prince   027: Mirrored Hearts

    [KORA] [TWO WEEKS LATER] [TWO and A HALF MONTHS FROM NOW] I feel like I'm fighting against the entire world. Two weeks of arguing, of battling against my own people, begging them as their queen to come to their senses and give me access to the troops and aid I need to bring my mate home. It should have been an easy ask, something they'd be eager to grant, but after two weeks, they are still deadlocked, unable to come to a decision. And my allies, the other nations who swore to fight by my side? None of them have the forces needed to face the Terrans directly, not with their dreadful queen carrying the heirs to the Luxandrian throne in her womb. With those eggs comes the support of the High Council, a shadow government of our elders responsible for maintaining balance across the continents. With them at her side, she has access to all of my father's technology developed over the decades, as well as the forces from any Terran nation she chooses. Even though the odds are against

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    [Kora][THREE MONTHS AGO] The tailor outdid herself this time. “This is perfect,” I praise as I admire the design of my new wedding robes. My family robes were lost when I walked the oceans in my father’s creation, sent to the bottom of the sea with what remained of my castle. “How long will it take to make?” “Your handmaidens are already on standby, waiting for your choice, My Queen,” the master tailor blushes, looking down at her scaled feet. “If it pleases you, with the hand embroidery and bead work, this piece should take approximately two months to finish.” Moving from my cushion, I clutch my belly tightly. “Too long,” I groan as I crawl to the fitted suit I’ve been wearing more and more these days. The membranes in my womb are not yet healed, and it is only the miracle of this contraption that is keeping them inside of me long enough to grow. “Tell them I’ll reward them all with topside villas if they can speed it along. I’d prefer to be married before I go broody.” “Yes,

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  • Redemption of The Dragon Prince   023: Explain Yourself

    [Carnelia] Springing from my nest, I jumped forward, my face twisting and my taloned hands extended in desperation and fear. My baby, my egg, seems to almost float within total darkness, taunting me just out of reach, disappearing deeper into the shadows as I race forward, my heart thumping. I'm so close to reclaiming her. Or I would be, if it weren't for him. If I didn't know to expect him, I wouldn't see him either, he is barely more than an outline and bright eyes of molten gold. "How dare you!" I snarl as I quickly lose control of my form, my tail slashing out behind me as my wings extend. A touch of fire radiates along my scales, like I'm the sun itself and not just a dragon who gets her power from our nearest star. "That is my egg! Give it back!" "Her," he repeats, certain he knows the gender of my child. "She needs you to calm down," the darkness demands, wrapping his arms like night itself around the delicate shell. "Please, Daughter, you're scaring your little one, and if

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