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00:00They bound my wrists with kelp and iron, dragging me toward the edge of the cliff,
00:07where the ocean roared like a beast waiting to be fed.
00:11The waves below churned black and silver under the moonlight, hungry and endless.
00:19I didn't scream. I wouldn't give the elders that satisfaction.
00:24Another sacrifice, I whispered to the wind.
00:28Another girl thrown away.
00:31But then the water rose unnaturally, impossibly,
00:36and a voice like thunder and silk spoke from the depths,
00:42This one I will keep.
00:45His eyes met mine through the spray, dark as the abyss and burning with something ancient, something possessive.
00:54My name is Naira, and I was born cursed.
01:00In our village, daughters like me, marked by silver hair and violet eyes,
01:06are considered blessed by the gods.
01:08But blessings, I learned, are just another word for doomed.
01:13Every twenty years, the Sea King demands a bride to keep the storms at bay,
01:20to protect our shores from his wrath.
01:23The elders call it honor.
01:25I call it murder.
01:27They chose me the moment I turned eighteen.
01:31No trial, no choice.
01:33Just cold hands dressing me in white silk and flowers that smelled like funerals.
01:39The Sea King, Vesper, is a legend whispered in fear.
01:45Some say he's a god.
01:47Others, a monster.
01:49All agree on one thing.
01:52No bride has ever returned.
01:55The ocean keeps them, swallows them whole.
01:59And the village sleeps soundly knowing they're safe for another generation.
02:03I thought I'd drown.
02:06I thought I'd become another ghost story.
02:09I was wrong.
02:11Because when the elders pushed me off that cliff,
02:15when the cold water closed over my head and salt filled my lungs,
02:20he caught me.
02:22Strong arms wrapped around my waist,
02:25pulling me down, down, down, into the dark.
02:30And I didn't die.
02:32I opened my eyes underwater and saw him.
02:37Vesper.
02:38He was beautiful in the way storms are beautiful.
02:42Dangerous.
02:44Overwhelming.
02:45Impossible to look away from.
02:47His skin glowed faintly in the deep,
02:50pale like moonlight on water.
02:53His eyes were black pearl,
02:56gleaming with ancient power and something darker.
03:00Hunger.
03:01His hair moved like living shadows around his face.
03:05And when he touched me,
03:07magic hummed under my skin,
03:10electric and terrifying.
03:12I should have been afraid.
03:14I was afraid.
03:15But I was also furious.
03:17I thrashed in his grip, bubbles escaping my lips as I fought uselessly against his strength.
03:25He only held me tighter, one hand spanning my waist, the other cupping the back of my neck with unbearable
03:34gentleness.
03:35Then he leaned close, his mouth hovering near my ear, and spoke directly into my mind.
03:43Breathe, little bride.
03:45The ocean will not harm you while I hold you.
03:49Suddenly, miraculously, I could breathe.
03:53Water filled my lungs, but it didn't burn.
03:56It felt like air, cool and sweet.
04:00My heartbeat stuttered in shock.
04:03What, what are you?
04:06I gasped, my voice strange and distorted underwater.
04:11His lips curved into something too sharp to be a smile.
04:15Your husband.
04:17Your king.
04:18Your fate.
04:19I didn't choose this, I snapped, shoving at his chest.
04:24It was like pushing marble.
04:26He didn't budge.
04:28Neither did I, he said softly, and there was something raw in his tone that made me pause.
04:35But here we are, bound by magic older than memory.
04:39You wear my mark now, Naira.
04:41I looked down and saw it, a silver pattern spreading across my wrist like frost, glowing faintly.
04:50A chain made of light and water.
04:54Vesper's palace was a cathedral of glass and coral.
04:58Vast chambers carved from shipwrecks and stone that glowed with bioluminescent light.
05:06It was hauntingly beautiful and utterly isolating.
05:10He gave me my own wing, a suite of rooms draped in silk and pearls, a bed that felt like
05:18sleeping
05:18on clouds.
05:20Everything was perfect.
05:22Everything was a cage.
05:25For days I saw him only at night.
05:28He would appear in my doorway without sound, watching me with those unreadable eyes, and
05:34then vanish before I could speak, like a ghost, like guilt.
05:38But on the fifth night, I found him in the throne room, sitting alone in the dark.
05:45Why?
05:46I asked, stepping into the cavernous space.
05:49My voice echoed.
05:51Why keep me here if you won't even speak to me?
05:55He didn't turn.
05:57Because if I speak to you, I will want more than words.
06:02My breath caught.
06:04What does that mean?
06:06Finally, he looked at me.
06:09The raw longing in his expression made my knees weak.
06:13You are dangerous, Naira.
06:15More dangerous than any storm I've ever commanded.
06:19I moved closer, despite every instinct screaming at me to run.
06:24I'm just a girl.
06:26A sacrifice.
06:28You are not just anything, he said fiercely, rising from his throne.
06:34He crossed the distance between us in three long strides, stopping just inches away.
06:41Magic hummed under my skin, reacting to his presence.
06:45You are descended from the first priestesses of the sea.
06:50Your blood sings with power you haven't even begun to understand.
06:54That's why they sent you.
06:56That's why I...
06:58He stopped, jaw clenching.
07:01Why you what?
07:03I whispered.
07:05His hand lifted, trembling slightly, and brushed a strand of silver hair from my face.
07:11His skin was cool, smooth, perfect.
07:15He shuddered under my touch, his hand coming up to capture my wrist,
07:20not roughly, but firmly, as if anchoring himself.
07:25Naira, he warned, his voice dropping to something dark and rough.
07:31Don't.
07:32Don't what?
07:33My heartbeat stuttered as his thumb stroked over my racing pulse.
07:39Don't make me hope.
07:41The words broke me.
07:43I understood then, he was as trapped as I was.
07:47Bound by duty, by magic, by centuries of loneliness.
07:52What if I want to?
07:54I whispered.
07:56His eyes snapped open, blazing.
07:59Then you are a fool.
08:01Maybe.
08:02He stepped closer, as if I belonged to him.
08:06Backing me against a pillar of coral, his body caging mine.
08:11The heat between us was unbearable, despite the cold water.
08:16If you stay, if you choose this, there's no escape, Naira.
08:21I will never let you leave.
08:23I will keep you here with me until the oceans dry and the stars fall.
08:28Do you understand?
08:30I should have been terrified.
08:32Instead, I felt alive.
08:34I understand, I said.
08:38His forehead dropped against mine.
08:41Gods save us both.
08:43Everything changed the night I found the graveyard.
08:46I'd been exploring the deeper parts of the palace, following the pull of magic that sang in my veins.
08:53The corridor led to a chamber I'd never seen before.
08:57A vast room filled with statues.
09:01Not statues.
09:02Women.
09:03Frozen in stone and ice.
09:06Their faces peaceful, their eyes closed.
09:09Dozens of them.
09:11Maybe hundreds.
09:13The brides.
09:14Horror flooded through me, cold and nauseating.
09:18I stumbled backward, bile rising in my throat, and crashed into something solid.
09:25Vesper.
09:26You weren't supposed to see this, he said quietly.
09:30I whirled on him, fury and betrayal exploding in my chest.
09:35What did you do to them?
09:38Nothing, he said.
09:40And the anguish in his voice stopped my rage, cold.
09:44I did nothing, Naira.
09:46That's the curse.
09:48What curse?
09:49I demanded, tears burning my eyes.
09:52He looked at the frozen brides with such profound grief that my heart cracked.
09:58The elders don't send you here to appease me.
10:01They send you here to trap me.
10:04Every bride they offer carries a sleeping curse.
10:08Magic designed to bind my power.
10:10To weaken me.
10:12When I accept a bride, when I try to break the spell protecting her,
10:16she freezes.
10:18Turns to stone.
10:19And I...
10:20His voice broke.
10:22I am forced to watch, powerless, as they die slowly over centuries.
10:28My mind reeled.
10:30So you never...
10:32You never killed them?
10:33No.
10:35His hands clenched into fists.
10:37I've been trying to save them.
10:39All of them.
10:40For 800 years.
10:43Why didn't you tell me?
10:46Because you wouldn't have believed me.
10:48Because I'm the monster in every story.
10:52He stepped closer.
10:53Desperate.
10:55But you.
10:56Naira.
10:57You're different.
10:59Your magic is stronger.
11:01I felt it the moment you touched the water.
11:04You might be able to break this.
11:07How?
11:08By choosing me.
11:10He said simply.
11:11Not because you were forced.
11:13Not because of duty.
11:15But because you want to.
11:17True choice breaks true curses.
11:20It's the oldest magic there is.
11:23My heart beats stuttered.
11:25And if it doesn't work?
11:27If I freeze like them?
11:29His jaw tightened.
11:31I will spend eternity trying to bring you back.
11:35The weight of it crushed me.
11:37His loneliness.
11:39His hope.
11:39His terrible love for women he couldn't save.
11:42And beneath it all.
11:44The terrifying realization.
11:46That I wanted to try.
11:48That I wanted him.
11:50Vesper.
11:52I'm afraid.
11:53So am I.
11:55He admitted.
11:56And pulled me against his chest.
11:58His arms wrapped around me.
12:00Like he could shield me from fate itself.
12:03But I'm more afraid of losing you.
12:06Without trying.
12:07The ritual required blood.
12:10And moonlight.
12:11And truth.
12:12We stood in the throne room as magic swirled around us.
12:17Ancient.
12:18And hungry.
12:19Vesper's hands held mine.
12:21His eyes locked on my face.
12:24As if memorizing every detail.
12:27Last chance.
12:28He said hoarsely.
12:29You can still run.
12:31I squeezed his hands.
12:33I choose this.
12:34I choose you.
12:36The words ignited something profound.
12:39Light exploded from where we touched.
12:42Silver and blue and blinding.
12:46Pain lanced through my chest as the curse fought back.
12:49Ice spreading across my skin.
12:52I gasped.
12:54Knees buckling.
12:55But Vesper caught me.
12:57No.
12:57He snarled.
12:58His power flooding through me like a tidal wave.
13:02You will not take her.
13:04Not this one.
13:05Never this one.
13:07His magic burned away the ice.
13:10His will stronger than centuries of dark spells.
13:13I felt the curse shatter inside me.
13:16Felt chains I didn't know I wore fall away.
13:20And then.
13:21Power.
13:23Raw.
13:24Limitless.
13:25Ancient power surged through my veins.
13:28My eyes snapped open.
13:30And I saw everything.
13:31The ocean's heartbeat.
13:33The pulse of magic in every living thing.
13:37The thread connecting me to Vesper like starlight.
13:40I can feel them.
13:42I gasped.
13:43The other brides.
13:45They're not dead, Vesper.
13:46They're sleeping.
13:48Waiting.
13:49His eyes widened.
13:50Can you wake them?
13:52I didn't answer with words.
13:54I simply raised my hands and let the magic pour out of me.
13:59Silver light cascading through the palace.
14:01Touching every frozen bride.
14:04Breaking every curse.
14:06One by one.
14:07They woke.
14:08When the light faded.
14:10When the last bride opened her eyes and breathed.
14:14Vesper pulled me into his arms.
14:16And kissed me like I was air and he'd been drowning.
14:19You did it, he whispered against my lips.
14:23You freed them.
14:24You freed me.
14:26But before I could respond, before I could sink into the victory, a voice echoed through
14:32the chamber.
14:33Ancient, furious, and very much awake.
14:38So, the little priestess broke my favorite curse.
14:42How delightful.
14:43We spun toward the darkness gathering in the corner of the throne room.
14:48A woman emerged from the shadows.
14:51Her smile sharp as knives.
14:53Her eyes gleaming with malice.
14:56Who?
14:57I started.
14:58The one who cursed him in the first place.
15:01Vesper growled.
15:02Moving protectively in front of me.
15:04His voice dropped to something lethal.
15:07Morvena.
15:08The woman.
15:10The witch.
15:11Laughed.
15:12Hello, darling.
15:13Miss me?
15:14Her gaze slid to me, hungry and calculating.
15:18And you must be the little bride who thinks she's won.
15:22How precious.
15:23She stepped closer.
15:25And magic hummed under my skin.
15:27Wrong magic.
15:29Dark magic.
15:30Let's see how strong you really are, priestess.
15:34To be continued.
15:36If you want to know what happens next, drop a comment below.
15:40Will Naira survive Morvena's wrath?
15:42Can she protect Vesper and the freed brides?
15:46Find out in the next episode.
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