The Dragon Duke's Heir Contract

A vertical drama · 6 episodes

Her father is in chains. The last Dragon Duke offers a marriage, an heir, and the price of her freedom. Ysolene reads every clause—except the one neither of them can put into words.

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Cast

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  Ysolene Hartlow played by Nell Hartley
  A baron's daughter who kept her father's household books. She signs the contract to free him and means to leave with the money when the child is weaned.
  Chat with Nell
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  Valerian Vaskarys played by Soren Aldaris
  The last Dragon Duke of Vaskary. Courteous, dry and patient; he wrote the contract so she could walk away, and means to be the reason she doesn't.
  Chat with Soren
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  Ignatius Vaskarys played by Julian Hargreave
  The King's grain commissioner and the duke's heir presumptive. He forged the grain ledgers that ruined the Hartlows and stands to take the dukedom if no heir quickens.
  Chat with Julian
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  Wendric Hartlow played by Anselm Ward
  Ysolene's father, a baron ruined by the grain-levy conviction. Vain about his handwriting, funny in a cell.
  Chat with Anselm

Episodes

1. Episode 1: The Last Clause (free)
   A lost keepsake, a dangerous offer, and a signature freely given.
2. Episode 2: Because I’m Asking (free)
   His restraint becomes her choice. The next morning, a stolen ring brings a threat.
3. Episode 3: Every Word (free)
   The Dragon Duke opens the tower, but the clue in the ledgers is colder than the cell.
4. Episode 4: A Dangerous Wife (free)
   An unwelcome visit turns dangerous intimacy into the first proof against Ignatius.
5. Episode 5: The Hand in the Margin (locked)
   A hidden page exposes the forged signature, but Ysolene and Valerian are almost discovered in Ignatius’s rooms.
6. Episode 6: The Dragon’s Scales (locked)
   The stolen proof is safe, Valerian’s scales reveal what she means to him, and a royal physician arrives.

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