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King Aldric Vance agrees to surrender the dragon scale once his daughter's wedding concludes. He invites Lunara into the castle while Sir Cyrus looks on. Princess Isolde sees her father bow and feels humiliated. She rushes to Queen Helena, who calls for an ordeal of fire. In the grand hall, the queen demands that Lunara submit to Church law. Lunara mocks her and extends her hand toward a glowing branding iron.
King Aldric Vance walks alongside Lunara through the grounds. He agrees to give back her dragon scale right after the wedding feast ends. Sir Cyrus observes the encounter as attendants guide Lunara into the castle to rest.
Princess Isolde stands on the castle balcony dressed in her bridal gown. She stares down as her father personally accompanies the mysterious woman away in a carriage. Seeing the king bow to a nameless stranger fills the princess with deep resentment.
Isolde bursts into Queen Helena's bedchamber to voice her anger about the carriage passenger. Queen Helena refuses to tolerate any disrespect toward her family. She commands her maid to summon Father Aldous and fetch the trial iron immediately.
Queen Helena and Princess Isolde meet Lunara inside the palace grand hall. Lunara scoffs at Helena's intelligence. In response, the queen invokes Holy Church law and orders Lunara to undergo a trial by fire with a glowing branding iron.
“The dragon scale, the Kingdom of Vance is willing to return it.”
“She will soon think she can walk all over me if I don't humble her today.”
“Aldric's a clever man. I never took his wife for such a fool.”
“By the law of the Holy Church, any stranger of unknown origin entering royal domain must prove their innocence through trial by fire.”
Queen Helena and Princess Isolde stand back and wait for the intruder to suffer. Instead of shrinking away from the searing heat, Lunara calmly reaches out her gloved hand toward the glowing red-hot iron brand. Will the church's sacred fire burn her flesh, or will her true dragon power withstand the metal?