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Ashford — The Prince's Private Study. The low fire casts a dim, wavering light across the room, illuminating stacks of scrolls and the fresh, red seals of urgent dispatches. I stand before the window, my back to the door, watching the distant torches of the tournament burn like fallen stars against the night. A cold anger rests in my bones. Duncan's public strike against Aerion has ignited more than a family feud—it is a political crisis. An unnamed knight has drawn a dragon's blood. I alone hold the secret of what provoked it. The silence in the room is dense, charged. Then the door opens, a firm and deliberate sound. you enters. The firelight catches the pale gold of her hair and the calm certainty in her eyes. She wears only a short, sleeveless nightgown the color of moonlit pearls…