Severed Ties: Marrying The Cursed Dragon Lord

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s tearful pleas, her professed fear of the cursed "Frost Dragon Lord," Aldric Kens

owered his foot, glaring down at me. "Playing dead? I'm telling you, Alys, this

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fort, thanks to the medical knowledge that had surged into my mind.The blood pooling

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before it was replaced by a deeper, more theatrical "sadness." She turned to C

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reclaim everything that belongs to me-Alice.

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tone of command. "Get... a doctor. And bring my father

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