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00:01My sister was thrown into a basin filled with pearls.
00:05Her enormous tail glowed a faint, eerie blue.
00:08Their hands grabbed at her body without care.
00:10Shimmering blue scales scattered across the ground.
00:13They didn't stop until they cut open her abdomen.
00:15They reached inside and searched until they pulled out a single mermaid's pearl, pulsing with pale light.
00:21All because the Alpha's bonded mate had heard a rumor.
00:24Deep in the southern waters lived a clan of mermaids.
00:27The clan's sacred daughter carried a legendary pearl in her body.
00:30If it was placed inside a human woman, she would radiate natural allure.
00:35Her beauty would never fade.
00:36The bonded mate had become obsessed.
00:38The Alpha, Kaelin, ordered the slaughter of the entire mermaid clan just to make her smile.
00:43That day the sea turned red as far as my eyes could reach.
00:47I hid beneath a submerged rock.
00:49My eyes stung with rage and salt water.
00:51I wept.
00:52My tears turned to pearls, each one stained red.
00:55The last thing I heard before she hid me was my sister's gentle voice.
00:58Evelyn, live.
01:00The world knew only one thing about our clan.
01:02The mermaid's sacred daughter carried a pearl passed down through generations.
01:06No one knew that this generation had produced two sacred daughters.
01:10One of them was born with natural mermaid enchantment.
01:13But her blood and flesh could also feed tens of thousands of hexes.
01:17That one was me.
01:17I endured the bone deep agony and dragged myself to shore.
01:21I used an ancient mermaid rite to transform my tail into legs.
01:25Then I offered my own blood and marrow as a sacrifice to feed the hexes.
01:29Until a small black serpent flicked its crimson tongue and coiled around my wrist.
01:33It devoured thousands of venomous creatures.
01:35It became the hex king.
01:37Three months later, my dark magic was complete.
01:40I made my way to the Alpha's central pack lands.
01:42I disguised myself as a dancer and slipped inside his pack.
01:46Using a pouch of pearls formed from mermaid's tears, I bought information on the Alpha Caelan's movements.
01:51That night, moonlight spread across the bank.
01:54I danced on the surface of the forest lake, my toes skimming the water and sending ripples of silver light
01:59outward.
02:00A sweet fragrance drifted from my body.
02:03Thousands of colorful moths followed the scent and circled around me, unwilling to leave.
02:07Caelan stood there and stared for a long time.
02:10When my dance ended, I turned and met his gaze.
02:13My heart lurched.
02:14I quickly reached for my shoes and moved to leave.
02:16He called out and stopped me.
02:18You are one of the dancers?
02:19That dance was something.
02:20I have never seen it before.
02:22I kept my eyes down, pretending not to recognize him.
02:25It is a dance from my homeland.
02:27Few have ever seen it.
02:28It was early spring.
02:29The night wind was cool.
02:31My body trembled slightly from the cold.
02:33He seemed to notice.
02:34He pulled his coat and draped it gently over mine.
02:37I looked up at him with surprise.
02:39Warmth crept into my cheeks.
02:40I watched a flash of something stunned pass through Caelan's eyes.
02:44He composed himself.
02:45My bonded mate loves to dance.
02:47Her birthday celebration is coming soon.
02:49You will perform this dance for her.
02:51I dropped to one knee on the ground.
02:53Forgive me.
02:54I did not know I was speaking to the alpha.
02:57Caelan waved his hand.
02:58His gaze stayed on my face.
03:00Rise.
03:00You are forgiven.
03:01Do not disappoint me or my mate.
03:03I thanked him and accepted the task.
03:05I watched his back as he walked away.
03:07I moved my fingers slightly.
03:09A tiny dark hex creature burrowed beneath his skin.
03:12By the next day, the story of the alpha meeting a dancer at the moonlit grove had spread through the
03:17entire pack.
03:18Someone knocked on my door.
03:20It was an unfamiliar older woman I had not seen before.
03:23I was brought before the bonded mate, Seraphina.
03:26Inside her private room in the pack, she wore rich furs and gleaming jewelry, sitting alone on an elevated platform.
03:32She was the one wanted a mermaid's pearl and destroyed my entire clan.
03:36She killed my sister.
03:37When she looked at me, her face twisted with disgust.
03:40You look like that and you think you can dance for me?
03:43Before coming, I had used a mermaid trick to mark my face with dense, uneven spots.
03:48Seraphina was dangerously jealous.
03:50If my true face was exposed here, I would not survive.
03:53I knelt inside the room.
03:54I forced the hatred down.
03:56My lady.
03:57When I dance, I will keep a thin silver mask.
03:59I would never cause you distress.
04:01Fine.
04:02With that face of yours, you can't cause any real trouble anyway.
04:05Since it was the alpha's idea, I'll allow-
04:07Seraphina waved her hand.
04:09The older woman beside her led me out.
04:11The moment I stepped outside the room, I nearly collided with Kaylin arriving.
04:15He caught one glance at me.
04:16My face looked nothing like the woman he had seen the night before.
04:19He understood.
04:20If Seraphina had seen my real face, he would have found a corpse, not a dancer.
04:25Kaylin's brow furrowed.
04:26A rare flash of anger toward his bonded mate, I let the corner of my mouth curve slightly.
04:31I returned to my room and wiped away the markings on my face.
04:34Seraphina, you wanted natural beauty and endless allure, did you?
04:37No way.
04:39I was going to destroy you.
04:40The small black serpent slid silently up my wrist and flicked its tongue.
04:44I stroked its head gently and whispered,
04:46Soon, you will be the first one I send down to answer to my sister.
04:51The day of Seraphina's birthday.
04:53Kaylin walked beside Seraphina along the water's edge.
04:56You promised me a gift, Alpha.
04:58When will it arrive?
05:00Kaylin gave a signal.
05:02I dance on the lotus leaves.
05:04The fragrance rose again.
05:05Thousands of moths descended and danced around me.
05:08Everyone present went still.
05:10Eyes glazed with wonder.
05:11Only Seraphina looked very jealous.
05:13As I moved, the thin mask slipped from my face.
05:17I looked at Seraphina and smiled.
05:19The hatred in her eyes was so thick.
05:21When the dance ended.
05:23I offer my congratulations to our future Luna on her birthday celebration.
05:28May the Alpha and Luna love each other forever.
05:31Kaylin reached toward me and said softly,
05:34You did not disappoint me.
05:36My Alpha, I am very pleased with the gift you gave me.
05:41Kaylin replied coldly.
05:42Good.
05:43That night, the hex creature was working.
05:45It was shifting Kaylin's emotions.
05:47To avoid drawing attention, I moved my fingertip to call the hex creature back.
05:52Before I could, a man's voice cut through the crowd.
05:56Alpha, why not give this beauty to me as a gesture of goodwill between our packs?
06:02Kaylin looked toward the source of the voice.
06:04Who is speaking?
06:05Alpha, that is the Alpha of the Vyre Pack.
06:08Greetings, Alpha.
06:09I am Reich.
06:10If you are willing to give this woman to me, I will guarantee a hundred years of peace between our
06:16packs.
06:16Trading one dancer for lasting peace between packs was a bargain that looked good no matter how you looked at
06:22it.
06:22Alpha, surely being bonded into the Vyre Pack would be the best outcome for this little dancer.
06:29I pretended to be weak, my eyes filled with tears.
06:32Something in Kaylin's chest seemed to twist.
06:34You are too late.
06:35She is already my bonded mate.
06:38Serafina's face went white.
06:40Kaylin?
06:40What'd you say?
06:41I said...
06:43She is my Luna.
06:45Next day, a formal mate decree arrived at my door.
06:48When I arrived at my new room, Serafina was already waiting.
06:51She slapped me on the face in a vicious smile.
06:54You dare deceive me?
06:56You little slut!
06:57If I hadn't, would I have lived long enough to dance?
07:00You think that showing your face to the Alpha and being Luna means anything?
07:04I will still kill you.
07:06Oh?
07:07So you have already planned how I die?
07:09A fire in your room.
07:11You burn.
07:12How careless.
07:13He and I bonded young.
07:15My father and brother fought battles for him.
07:17He will not punish me over one worthless life.
07:20Serafina's people tied my hands and feet and threw me to the ground.
07:24They poured oil around me on all sides.
07:26As the sparks fell, Serafina laughed openly.
07:29The Alpha is drunk tonight.
07:31No one in this whole territory can save you.
07:34I watched her leave.
07:35I smiled wickedly.
07:36The fire caught.
07:37I killed every guard.
07:39Every guard at the door clutched his throat.
07:41Blood poured from their eyes and mouths as they collapsed.
07:44I walked out of the flames with the small black serpent in my arms.
07:48Following the path the crawling insects on the ground laid out.
07:51I ran until I crashed into someone.
07:53I looked up at the person I had run into.
07:56Shocked.
07:56He looked toward the fire burning not far away.
07:59Who dared set fire in my territory?
08:01Find them!
08:02He was not really ignorant of who had done it.
08:05He was performing, as Serafina had said.
08:07Her family had fought for his path.
08:09Kaylin was not going to genuinely punish Serafina over a dancer he had barely met.
08:14Kaylin.
08:15I am scared.
08:16Kaylin had truly been drinking.
08:18His face was flushed.
08:20His breath carried the warmth of it.
08:22I was a born mermaid with curves and big boobs.
08:25With the hex creature working on top of that, desire lit in Kaylin's eyes.
08:29He carried me back to his chambers.
08:31Word would reach Serafina quickly.
08:34Knowing her, she would not let it go.
08:36Sure enough, one of Serafina's attendants knelt outside.
08:40Alpha.
08:41Lady Serafina is unwell and asking for you.
08:44Sexily, my fingertips slowly traced across Kaylin's chest.
08:49Would you like to go to her, my alpha?
08:52He stared at me.
08:53With you beside me, I cannot think of anyone else.
08:57I smiled with smug.
08:58His warm breath falling against my neck.
09:00The next second, he sank into sleep.
09:02A small, pale pink hex creature was still slowly working its way into his skin at his brow.
09:07I have woven you a beautiful dream.
09:11Enjoy it.
09:11I nicked my finger.
09:13I let blood drip onto a cloth.
09:15The rest I fed drop by drop between Kaylin's lips.
09:18Don't waste a single drop of this poison.
09:20The dose now is too small to cause damage.
09:22But fed slowly, day after day, it will eventually kill you.
09:26And this poison only I can cure.
09:28I counted the time and waited for Serafina's arrival.
09:31A thumbnail-sized spider.
09:32One of 10,000 living watchers I had placed throughout the pack.
09:36I smoothed my robe and walked out.
09:38Serafina stood outside the door.
09:40Behind her trailed a crowd of pack omegas and attendants.
09:43I stood before her and deliberately let my hair fall to one side to show the mark on my neck.
09:48The alpha has retired for the night.
09:50Come back tomorrow.
09:51You worthless slit.
09:53I am going to kill you.
09:56Please calm yourself.
09:57You would not want to harm the child.
09:59Those words froze Serafina in place.
10:02Kaylin had promised her that if she bore the first heir, he would grant her the Luna title.
10:07Five years had passed.
10:08She had exhausted every remedy she could find.
10:11Healer after healer had come and gone.
10:13If she could not produce an heir, that title would never be hers.
10:17This was the wound she kept buried deepest inside her.
10:20Seize her. Beat her.
10:22I had just exposed it in front of everyone.
10:24No wonder she snapped.
10:26My lady!
10:27Please wait.
10:28Why not call a pack healer to examine you?
10:30I will say one more thing.
10:31That child in your womb, only I can protect it.
10:34Well, am I carrying?
10:36My lady, this is without question a pregnancy.
10:39Truly?
10:40I watched her face.
10:41I could not help thinking that even someone this ruthless could look this fragile.
10:46She cherished her child's life so much.
10:48Yet she cruelly killed my sister.
10:50Is the pregnancy stable?
10:52My lady, by the signs it is strong and steady.
10:55There is no cause for concern.
10:56Serafina smiled when she heard that.
10:58Now that I am carrying, I should not be around blood.
11:00But you irritate me so much that killing you would satisfy me.
11:04Serafina gave an order.
11:05The attendants nearby stepped forward and grabbed hard at my arms, dragging me toward the door.
11:10I moved my fingertips slightly.
11:12The next second, Serafina clutched her abdomen and cried out.
11:16The healer rushed to check her pulse.
11:18My lady, please spare us.
11:20These are signs of a failing pregnancy.
11:22Serafina panicked.
11:23Now her face had gone white.
11:25If this child is lost, I will destroy everyone connected to you.
11:28Everyone connected to me?
11:30She had no idea that every soul connected to me had already been killed.
11:34Only I had dragged myself back from the edge of death to find her.
11:38For revenge.
11:39I stepped forward and pressed a few points on her body.
11:42Serafina's color slowly improved.
11:44The healers checked again.
11:45The pregnancy appeared stable.
11:47The truth was, I knew nothing about healing.
11:50Serafina was never pregnant.
11:51The night she came to burn me alive, I had quietly placed a hex inside her.
11:56This particular hex could mimic pregnancy signs.
11:59In later stages, it would even produce the sensation of movement.
12:02But at the same time, it would torment her body day and night and drain her of nourishment.
12:08If I wanted her dead, she would die.
12:10But killing Serafina alone was not enough to satisfy what burned in me.
12:15The ones who had come to slaughter my clan that day?
12:17Her brother's thick hands had run over my sister's tail.
12:20Scales and blood fell to the ground.
12:22My sister had broken into a cold sweat from the pain and made no sound.
12:27I looked at Serafina's pleased face and let a cold smile form.
12:31Every pain you put my sister through, I will visit it on you a hundredfold.
12:37When I returned to Kaylin's chambers, he was still sleeping.
12:40I removed my outer layer and lay down beside him.
12:42I found myself wondering what expression he would make when he woke and heard that Serafina was pregnant.
12:48After all, he had long ago given her a tincture that would prevent her from ever-bearing children.
12:52Serafina's family had enormous power and controlled a large fighting force.
12:57If she actually produced an heir, her family's ambitions would be impossible to contain.
13:02Kaylin did feel something genuine for Serafina.
13:05But genuine feeling meant nothing when weighed against her with power and survival.
13:09Kaylin woke.
13:09Something in his eyes seemed to still be savoring the night.
13:13I stirred slowly under his gaze and smiled shyly.
13:15A man named Jonas knelt outside the door.
13:19Alpha, word came from Lady Serafina.
13:22The healer confirmed a pregnancy this morning.
13:24Has the news spread?
13:25My lord, Lady Serafina has already sent word to her father the Gamma.
13:30I tactfully rose to leave.
13:32Kaylin caught my hand.
13:33You wore yourself out last night.
13:36Rest here.
13:37I will have a better space prepared for you.
13:39I thanked him.
13:40I lay back on his bed and watched his back as he left.
13:43The game just began.
13:45Serafina's pregnancy had Kaylin balancing pack politics,
13:48while also trying to deal with whatever was growing inside her.
13:51No one had attention to spare for me.
13:54This was the perfect moment for revenge.
13:56The Alpha of the Veer pack from the celebration, Riker, was the blade I intended to use.
14:01I wanted more than just these few deaths.
14:03I want to bring your whole power structure down.
14:06I wrote a short message and let the Black Serpent carry it between his jaws.
14:09It followed scent until it reached Riker.
14:11The days of waiting moved quickly.
14:13One afternoon, an attendant from Serafina's wing knocked on my door.
14:17Lady Serafina is in severe pain.
14:19She is asking you to come and look at her.
14:21I stroked the Black Serpent, cut it into my pocket.
14:24Inside her room, the incense was overwhelming.
14:26It did not mask the smell of blood.
14:27Kaylin had made his move.
14:29Too bad there was no actual child inside her.
14:31No matter how strong the tincture, it only made Serafina suffer.
14:34There was nothing real to destroy.
14:36The night I had helped her with the pregnancy, I had kept that from Kaylin.
14:39I stood at Serafina's bedside, watching her face crumple with pain,
14:43and drew out a bottle of medicine.
14:45The hex creatures had not been affected.
14:47Inside Serafina, they continued to grow.
14:50Can my child survive?
14:51I checked her without concern, and told her,
14:54Yes, but you will have to endure some pain.
14:58She looked at me weakly.
14:59Evelyn, if you dare deceive me, my father and brother will make you pay.
15:05I grabbed her hand tightly.
15:06She was in agony, but could not cry out.
15:09She could only glare at me with red eyes.
15:11I was honestly curious how her father and brother planned to come after me.
15:16I had given Riker a handful of hex creatures, and told him to find a way to place them in
15:20the food and drink of Serafina's father and brother.
15:23They commanded a force posted at the pack's border.
15:26Once the hex took hold in the lead fighters, morale would collapse.
15:30Their entire fighting force would stop being beat.
15:33Serafina had already collapsed with exhaustion.
15:36I motioned to the entrance.
15:38Let the healer come in to check her.
15:40But the person who came in alongside the healer was Kaylin.
15:43The healer checked Serafina.
15:45Kaylin and I stood to one side.
15:47I was not aware you had this kind of skill.
15:50An old remedy from Homeland.
15:51I hope the alpha finds it amusing.
15:54I had ruined his plan.
15:56Punishment was likely.
15:57I was thinking through how to demonstrate my loyalty when the healer finished and spoke.
16:01Lady Serafina's child has been preserved.
16:04Kaylin's expression was terrible.
16:06But he composed himself, walked to the bedside, and took Serafina's hand.
16:11You have suffered.
16:12For you and for the child, it is nothing.
16:15I must also thank Evelyn for this.
16:17Her body was too fragile for any healer in the pack to have helped.
16:20Only I could.
16:22Kaylin's gaze moved to me.
16:23Evelyn.
16:24Do you know what you-
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