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"What can I do to repay you?"
Laurent stepped back in surprise. "I don't-"
"There must be something you want," the dragon said, his tail flicking lazily behind him.
"Besides a ride home, you mean?"
The dragon gave him a long-suffering look. He and Laurent were surrounded by mountains of treasure— radiant gemstones, ornate spellbooks, ancient artifacts. There was the glint of Veretian weapons and the shine of Akielon armor. Coins of silver and gold pooled around his ankles.
Laurent stared at the glimmering piles of precious things and felt empty.
"What I want can't be bought, not with diamonds and gold."
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The year Laurent turned thirteen, his brother and a company of fifty men entered the dark woods and never left them. For years, Laurent had longed for answers, and Damen might just help him find them.