Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Healing the Wounded
2. Chapter 2: Mending Wounds and Mincing Words
3. Chapter 3: A Knight in Shining Scales
4. Chapter 4: A Daring Rescue and An Intriguing Offer
5. Chapter 5: A New Life, A New Wife
6. Chapter 6: There's a First Time for Everything
7. Chapter 7: Just One More Minute
8. Chapter 8: Thrown Into the Midst
9. Chapter 9: A Prince with No Standing
10. Chapter 10: The Sisters' Twisted Plot
11. Chapter 11: A Dram Most Dangerous
12. Chapter 12: Caring for Her
13. Chapter 13: Secrets Told and Pasts Revealed
14. Chapter 14: An Icy Welcome
15. Chapter 15: War is Brewing
16. Chapter 16: A Pauper Princess and a Bumbling Prince
17. Chapter 17: The Body Between Them
18. Chapter 18: Something in the Shadows
19. Chapter 19: Making Camp
20. Chapter 20: War is Brewing
21. Chapter 21: In the Thick of It
22. Chapter 22: Helpless Against the Helpless
23. Chapter 23: A Princess Snared
24. Chapter 24: An Unseen Shift
25. Chapter 25: Fire and Stone
26. Chapter 26: Escaping the Ruins of War
27. Chapter 27: Turning a Hovel into a Home
28. Chapter 28: Passions Boil Over
29. Chapter 29: At Last
30. Chapter 30: Family Ties Come Unraveled
31. Chapter 31: Stealing into Town
32. Chapter 32: A Baron Spurned
33. Chapter 33: The Sweet Taste of Vengeance
34. Chapter 34: A Home at Last
35. Chapter 35: A Glimpse
36. Chapter 36: An Icy Welcome
37. Chapter 37: The Queen of Ice
38. Chapter 38: A Bargain is Made
39. Chapter 39: Trapped Beneath Scales
40. Chapter 40: Another Unwanted Proposal
41. Chapter 41: A Horrifying Revelation
42. Chapter 42: An Escape is Offered
43. Chapter 43: Two Paths Diverge
44. Chapter 44: The Rook and The Dragon Prince
45. Chapter 45: When Blood Comes Calling
46. Chapter 46: The Bluffs
47. Chapter 47: The Prophecy
48. Chapter 48: A Spell is Found
49. Chapter 49: An Army Gathers
50. Chapter 50: The New King
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Chapter 45: When Blood Comes Calling
“I feel ridiculous,” Elric grumbled, his thoughts tangled with embarrassment and frustration.
“It is the only way to keep her from slipping off. It is a long journey and I have a feeling that she would not appreciate dangling from your talons like a field mouse snatched up by an owl,” Æðelfr...
