Chapter 23 Bitter Realities
Ria:
My eyes are so heavy that it's hard to wake up. I keep struggling and eventually I'm able to peel my eyelids open.
I am lying in a hospital bed, I have machines hooked up to me, and there's an IV in my hand.
It takes a minute but I realize I'm in the clinic on the ground floor of the castle....
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Markets And Mayhem
2. Chapter 2 The Possibility
3. Chapter 3 The Incredible Offer
4. Chapter 4 The First Meeting
5. Chapter 5 Taking Stock
6. Chapter 6 Then The Wheels Fell Off
7. Chapter 7 Beginning Of Forever 
8. Chapter 8 So It Continues
9. Chapter 9 Hold It Back
10. Chapter 10 Hope And Sorrow
11. Chapter 11 The Beginning
12. Chapter 12 Confessions
13. Chapter 13 Devastation
14. Chapter 14 Back Against The Wall
15. Chapter 15 Shopping
16. Chapter 16 The Cafe
17. Chapter 17 Recalibrating
18. Chapter 18 When Hope Dies
19. Chapter 19 Chains Of Gold And Magic
20. Chapter 20 So Far Away
21. Chapter 21 Disclosed Secrets
22. Chapter 22 The Missing Years
23. Chapter 23 Bitter Realities
24. Chapter 24 Morning Visitors
25. Chapter 25 What's With Dragons
26. Chapter 26 Missions, Kicks, And Rewards
27. Chapter 27 Puppet Strings
28. Chapter 28 Dreams Backwards
29. Chapter 29 Changes
30. Chapter 30 Willing To Try
31. Chapter 31 Kid In A Candy Store
32. Chapter 32 Reality Invades
33. Chapter 33 The Agreement
34. Chapter 34 Crash And Burn
35. Chapter 35 Fairy Tales
36. Chapter 36 Damn Dragons
37. Chapter 37 Time Marches On
38. Chapter 38 On Display
39. Chapter 39 Nightmare In The Cafe
40. Chapter 40 Rearranging
41. Chapter 41 Consequences
42. Chapter 42 Wall Of Separation
43. Chapter 43 Do Your Job
44. Chapter 44 One
45. Chapter 45 New Baby
46. Chapter 46 Just A Little Friendly Blackmail
47. Chapter 47 Back To The Cafe
48. Chapter 48 Finding My Way Back
49. Chapter 49 The Stoicas
50. Chapter 50 Now You Know
51. Chapter 51 Unknown Visitor
52. Chapter 52 The Witch
53. Chapter 53 Unwanted Reflections
54. Chapter 54 Passage Of Time
55. Chapter 55 Babies And Politicians
56. Chapter 56 Emergency
57. Chapter 57 Didn't Know She Could Do That
58. Chapter 58 Grief and Tomorrow
59. Chapter 59 Into The Lion's Den
60. Chapter 60 Lots Of Evil And A Little Good
61. Chapter 61 Natalia
62. Chapter 62 Thanks, New Babies, And Announcements
63. Chapter 63 The Festival
64. Chapter 64 Truth Bombs
65. Chapter 65 How The Years Fly By
66. Chapter 66 Dropping The Bomb
67. Chapter 67 Life In General And Sad Girls
68. Chapter 68 Birthday Party Countdown
69. Chapter 69 Face Full Of Reality
70. Chapter 70 Desiree
71. Chapter 71 Never Expected This
72. Chapter 72 The Ending
73. Chapter 73 Marielle
74. Chapter 74 Nicholas
75. Chapter 75 Elizabeth
76. Chapter 76 This Is A War
77. Chapter 77 Back In Romania
78. Chapter 78 Grief
79. Chapter 79 Counting Down To A Reckoning
80. Chapter 80 Can't Let Go
81. Chapter 81 Talk With Brand
82. Chapter 82 Tell Me A Tale
83. Chapter 83 Dark Truths And Proposals
84. Chapter 84 Trying To Prepare
85. Chapter 85 Talk With Ria
86. Chapter 86 Never Tollerate Again
87. Chapter 87 Bits Of Hope
88. Chapter 88 In Canada
89. Chapter 89 A Whole New World
90. Chapter 90 Kaskae
91. Chapter 91 Wait And See
92. Chapter 92 Mated
93. Chapter 93 Explinations
94. Chapter 94 Making Some Progress
95. Chapter 95 Dispelling Beliefs
96. Chapter 96 So Much Joy
97. Chapter 97 Who Started It?
98. Chapter 98 Preparing To Go
99. Chapter 99 Working On It Diligently
100. Chapter 100 Our Beautiful Woman
101. Chapter 101 Reunion
102. Chapter 102 Introductions All Around
103. Chapter 103 Impossible?
104. Chapter 104 Uncovered Tragedies
105. Chapter 105 Twisted Mess
106. Chapter 106 Connections
107. Chapter 107 Too Many Unknowns
108. Chapter 108 Comparing Information
109. Chapter 109 Sibling Code
110. Chapter 110 The Recruiters
111. Chapter 111 What Have We Been Doing?
112. Chapter 112 Rush
113. Chapter 113 Priorities
114. Chapter 114 Guest Upon Arrival
115. Chapter 115 Getting To The Kids
116. Chapter 116 End Of Their Adventure
117. Chapter 117 Getting Caught Up
118. Chapter 118 A Talk In The Garden
119. Chapter 119 Brainstorming Session
120. Chapter 120 More Father Daughter Time
121. Chapter 121 Unloading So Much B.S.
122. Chapter 122 Writing It Down
123. Chapter 123 The Second Timeline
124. Chapter 124 Observations
125. Chapter 125 Devastating Blows
126. Chapter 126 Incomprehensible
127. Chapter 127 Time's Up
128. Chapter 128 Making Plans
129. Chapter 129 Dragon School
130. Chapter 130 Dragons, Dragons, Everywhere
131. Chapter 131 My Son, Not My Savior
132. Chapter 132 A Slap Of Reality
133. Chapter 133 Truth Bombs Hurt
134. Chapter 134 Finally
135. Chapter 135 Gut Punch Answers
136. Chapter 136 Following The Trail
137. Chapter 137 Just A Little Dragon Battle
138. Chapter 138 We Brought You A Present
139. Chapter 139 Interrogations
140. Chapter 140 The SSFA?
141. Chapter 141 Creative Payback
142. Chapter 142 What To Do?
143. Chapter 143 Coordinating Flight
144. Chapter 144 A Dad's Reflections
145. Chapter 145 Thinking About The Future
146. Chapter 146 Haunting Memories
147. Chapter 147 Time To Play Offense
148. Chapter 148 Where To Set The Trap
149. Chapter 149 The Phoenix
150. Chapter 150 Cementing Plans
151. Chapter 151 Never Be That Man Again
152. Chapter 152 Dishing Dragon Vengeance
153. Chapter 153 The Battle Begins
154. Chapter 154 Scorched Earth
155. Chapter 155 The Next Steps
156. Chapter 156 Reflections And Dragon Treasures
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