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00:00They threw my sister into a great basin filled with pearls
00:02Her massive tail glowed blue in the dark
00:04The soldiers potted her body with filthy hands
00:07Blue scales scattered everywhere
00:09They did not stop
00:10Not until they cut open her belly
00:12Not until they reached inside her
00:14Not until they tore out the glowing tide pearl hidden within her
00:17Only then were they satisfied
00:18Because High Consort Selene had heard a rumor
00:21That in the Southern Sea lived the Tideborn
00:23And that every Tide Saint carried a legendary Tide Pearl inside her body
00:26A pearl that, if embedded within one's own flesh
00:29Would grant a beauty that never fades
00:31After hearing that, Selene could think of nothing else
00:34So Emperor Lucian sent soldiers to slaughter my people
00:37Just to make her smile
00:38They dragged my sister out
00:40Cut her open
00:41And stole her pearl
00:42That day, the sea turned red
00:44Everywhere I looked
00:46My people were floating in the water
00:47Their bodies split open
00:49I hid beneath a reef
00:50Shaking in silence
00:52Blood stung my eyes
00:53My tears fell as pearls
00:55Each one red with hatred
00:56And in my ear
00:58I could still hear my sister's last words
01:00Mira
01:01Live
01:02The world was told a lie
01:03They thought the sea only birthed one heart for my people
01:06They didn't know about me
01:07The shadow
01:08The spare
01:09But they were wrong
01:10This generation had two
01:12And one of them was me
01:14The one born with a body made to ruin men
01:16The one whose flesh and blood could raise a thousand brood curses
01:19I crawled onto the shore
01:20Enduring pain so savage it felt like my bones were being torn apart
01:24Then I used forbidden blood craft
01:26To split my tail into legs
01:27I offered my own flesh and blood as tribute
01:30And raised brood curse after brood curse
01:32Venomous things
01:34Worms
01:34Spiders
01:36Serpents
01:36All feeding on me
01:38Until one black snake slithered over my wrist
01:40Its tongue bright red
01:42It devoured every other creature I had raised
01:44Thousands of them
01:45And became the brood king
01:47Its name was shade
01:48From that moment on
01:49I trained without mercy
01:51Three months later
01:52My brood craft was complete
01:54Then I made my way to the capital
01:56Alone
01:57Half starved
01:58Still alive
01:59I disguised myself as a court dancer
02:02And entered the palace
02:03And with a pouch of blood stained pearls
02:05Made from my own tears
02:07I bought the one thing I needed most
02:09Information on Emperor Lucian's whereabouts
02:11That night
02:12Moonlight spilled across the lake like silver
02:14I stepped onto the water
02:16And danced
02:17Each touch of my toes sent ripples of pale light
02:20Across the surface
02:21My scent drifted into the night air
02:23Sweet
02:24Soft
02:25Impossible to ignore
02:26Soon
02:27Butterflies came in swarms
02:29Drawn to me as if enchanted
02:31They circled my body
02:32Fluttering around me
02:33Refusing to leave
02:35And Emperor Lucian stood there watching
02:37Watching for so long
02:39He forgot to hide it
02:40When the dance ended
02:41I turned by chance
02:43And met his eyes
02:44I froze
02:45Then quickly bent down to put on my shoes
02:47Pretending I had only just noticed him
02:49I was about to leave
02:51When his voice stopped me
02:53You're one of the palace dancers?
02:54That dance was remarkable
02:56And yet I've never seen it before
02:58I lowered my eyes
02:59And answered as if I did not know who he was
03:01It is a dance from my homeland
03:04Very few have ever seen it
03:06It was early spring
03:08The wind off the lake was cold
03:09My body trembled lightly in the night air
03:11He noticed
03:12Of course he noticed
03:14So he removed his pale silver robe
03:16And draped it over my shoulders himself
03:18Gently
03:19For a moment
03:20I looked up at him in surprise
03:22Heat rose to my face
03:24A blush where he could see it
03:25My scent deepened between us
03:27Turning the silence softer
03:28Warmer
03:29More dangerous
03:30And I saw it then
03:32That flash in his eyes
03:33Wonder
03:34Desire
03:35He steadied himself before speaking again
03:38Selena loves dance
03:39Her birthday is approaching
03:41You will perform this dance for her
03:43I dropped to my knees at once
03:45Letting fear flood my face
03:46I did not know it was your majesty
03:48Please forgive me
03:50He waved the apology aside
03:52Rise
03:52You are forgiven
03:53Just do not disappoint me
03:55I bowed my head
03:56And accepted the command
03:58But as I watched him walk away
04:00I moved one finger
04:01Just once
04:02A tiny broodling slipped through the air
04:04Landed against his skin
04:06And burrowed inside
04:07By the next morning
04:09The whole inner court had heard the story
04:11The emperor had encountered a dancer by the lake
04:13And he had not forgotten her
04:15Then came a knock at my door
04:16When I opened it
04:18An older palace matron stood outside
04:20A stranger
04:21And I knew at once
04:22Someone had already come for me
04:24They brought me before High Consort Selene
04:26Inside her palace hall
04:28She sat alone on a raised dais
04:30Draped in silk and jewels
04:32Shining like a woman who believed the world belonged to her
04:34It was her
04:36The woman who had destroyed my people
04:37For a single tied pearl
04:39The woman who had my sister cut open
04:41The moment she saw me
04:43Disgust twisted across her face
04:45She let out a soft, mocking laugh
04:47And covered her mouth with lacquered fingers
04:49This ugly thing?
04:51And you expect her to dance for me?
04:53Before coming here
04:54I had covered my face in dark blotches
04:57Spots
04:58Imperfections
04:59A mask made of ugliness
05:00Selene was viciously jealous
05:02If she had seen my real face now
05:04I would not have walked out alive
05:06So I knelt in the center of the hall
05:08My fingers digging into my palms
05:10Forcing down the hatred clawing up my throat
05:12Your grace
05:13I will dance with a veil over my face
05:16I will not offend your eyes
05:18She gave me a lazy wave
05:20Oh enough
05:21With a face like that I doubt you could stir trouble even if you tried
05:24But since this was his majesty's idea
05:26I'll allow it
05:27The palace matron beside her led me out at once
05:30And just as I stepped through the doors
05:32I saw Emperor Lucien approaching
05:34Our eyes met for only a moment
05:36Only a glance
05:37But the face he saw now
05:39Was nothing like the one he had seen by the lake
05:41Still
05:42My scent gave me away
05:44It always would
05:45He knew at once this disguise was a way to stay alive
05:47Because if Selene had seen my true face
05:50The woman leaving this hall would have been a corpse
05:52At that thought
05:53Lucien's expression darkened
05:55He frowned
05:56And for one of the few times in his life
05:58Real irritation towards Selene stirred in him
06:00I smiled faintly to myself
06:02That was enough
06:03A single seed of displeasure was all I needed
06:06Once planted
06:07It would take root in his heart
06:09It would grow
06:10Quietly
06:11Slowly
06:11Until it became something vast enough
06:14To swallow all his old devotion
06:16And when that day came
06:17What would all her favor matter then
06:19The higher Selene stood
06:20The harder I would make her fall
06:22Back in my chamber
06:23I watched the false blotches from my face
06:26And looked at myself in the mirror
06:28Selene
06:28You wanted a beauty that would never fade
06:30You wanted a body born to seduce
06:33You wanted to possess what should never have been yours
06:35So I will make sure
06:37Everything you wanted
06:38Everything you stole
06:39Everything you still cling to
06:41Turns to nothing
06:42Then shade slid soundlessly around my wrist
06:45His red tongue flicking against the air
06:47I stroked his small black head
06:48And whispered
06:49Even in death I will find you
06:53I will hunt you down
06:55Selene's birthday was celebrated with extravagant splendor
06:58Overnight
06:59The imperial lake bloomed with lotus flowers
07:02Thousands of them
07:04The court called it a blessing
07:05An omen of favor from the heavens
07:07At the lakeside
07:09Lucien stood hand in hand with Selene
07:13Your majesty promised me a birthday gift
07:16When will you show it to me?
07:18Lucien gave a slight nod
07:20The music began
07:22And I stepped onto the lake
07:24Onto lotus leaves
07:25As if the flowers were blooming beneath my feet
07:28My scent rose again into the air
07:31And the butterflies came back
07:33In waves
07:34They swarmed around me
07:36Dancing with me beneath the moonlit sky
07:38Everyone watching fell silent
07:40No one except Selene
07:42Her fingers digging hard into her own palm
07:45Then, as I turned
07:46The veil slipped from my face
07:48And my true face was revealed
07:50I looked straight at Selene
07:52Just once
07:53I saw it in her eyes at once
07:55Jealousy so sharp
07:57By the time the dance ended
07:59No one had recovered enough to speak
08:01I walked forward
08:02And knelt before Lucien
08:05My name is Mira
08:06I offer my wishes to High Consort Selene on her birthday
08:10May your majesty and your grace remain devoted to each other
08:13Until your hair turns white
08:14And may the Auric Empire flourish without end
08:18Rise
08:21You did not disappoint me
08:23Selene nearly cracked a tooth from smiling too hard
08:26Your majesty's gift
08:27I like it very much
08:31I'm glad
08:34That tiny broodling I had planted in him by the lake
08:36Was working now
08:37Quietly
08:38Twisting his moods
08:39I curled one finger
08:40Ready to draw it back
08:42Your majesty
08:45Why not grant this beauty to me
08:47As a gift between our two kingdoms
08:50That is the crown prince of Veyr
08:52The man stepped forward through the crowd
08:54He carried himself like someone used to being obeyed
08:56He saluted Lucien with the ease of an equal
08:59I greet your majesty
09:01I am prince Cassian of Veyr
09:03Then his gaze settled on me
09:05Openly
09:06Without shame
09:08If your majesty is willing to give this beauty to me
09:12I swear our two kingdoms will not see war
09:15For a hundred years
09:16The moment he said it
09:18The whole court seemed to draw in the breath
09:20A century of peace
09:21In exchange for one palace dancer
09:23One woman
09:24To everyone watching
09:26It was an impossible bargain to refuse
09:28Your majesty
09:29Your majesty
09:30For a girl like her to be sent to Veyr as a prince's consort
09:33Would already be a splendid fate
09:35Lucien said nothing
09:37But I could see it in his face
09:39He understood the trade
09:40Sacrifice one insignificant woman
09:43And two kingdoms stay at peace
09:45Any ruler should have taken it
09:46Any ruler would have taken it
09:48So why
09:49I lifted my face
09:51And looked at him quietly
09:52I had painted a floral marking
09:54At the corner of my eyes
09:56It made me look softer
09:57Lucien's expression shifted
09:59Like something sharp had gone through him
10:01Then he said it
10:02You're late prince
10:03She's already been claimed
10:05She belongs to my bed
10:07And my throne
10:08Selene turned to him so fast it was almost violent
10:11Your majesty
10:12She could barely believe what she had heard
10:14Cassian looked at me for one long moment
10:17Regret flashed across his face
10:18Then he gave a faint disappointed smile
10:21And stepped back
10:22The matter was over
10:23For everyone else
10:25Not for me
10:26By then
10:27My back was already damp with cold sweat
10:29Too close
10:30Far too close
10:31Thank the sea
10:33I had not pulled the broodling out of Lucien yet
10:35If I had
10:36There was every chance I would have been handed over tonight
10:38Because peace bought that easily
10:40Without a single soldier marching
10:42Without a single blade drawn
10:44Is the kind of peace no emperor refuses
10:46Except this one did
10:48In broad daylight
10:49Before the whole court
10:50Lucien declared that I already belonged to him
10:53And that very night
10:54The imperial decree arrived
10:56I was officially raised to consort
10:58I left the small quarters where palace dancers were kept
11:01And looked back only once
11:03At the dim roof
11:04The narrow door
11:06The life I had entered under a false name and a hidden face
11:09Then I swore to myself
11:10In silence
11:11That everything done to my sister
11:13And everything done to my people
11:15Would be repaid a hundredfold
11:17When I reached the palace chambers
11:19That had just been assigned to me
11:21Selene was already there
11:23Waiting
11:23Her eyes traveled over my face
11:25Slowly
11:26Then she smiled
11:28A poisonous smile
11:30So
11:31You dared lie to me
11:32I met her gaze
11:33If I hadn't lied to you
11:35Do you really think I would have lived long enough to dance today?
11:38Selene let out a soft laugh
11:39She stroked the cat in her arms
11:41As if nothing in the world could disturb her
11:44So you do understand me
11:46Then perhaps you also understand this
11:49Even if his majesty has seen your face
11:52Even if he's given you a title
11:54I can still kill you whenever I please
11:56I just looked at her
11:58So have you already chosen how I die?
12:02Yes
12:03A fire in the palace
12:05Consort Mira trapped inside
12:07A tragic accident
12:08She tilted her head
12:10I have been with the emperor since we were young
12:12My father and brother have shed blood for his throne
12:17For a single life like yours
12:19He will not blame me
12:21Her people moved before I could answer
12:23They seized my arms
12:25Bound my wrists
12:26Bound my ankles
12:27Then threw me to the floor
12:29Oil was splashed all around me
12:31Across the walls
12:32Across the drapes
12:33Across the threshold
12:35I could smell it instantly
12:36Selene stood over me
12:38Watching
12:39Waiting
12:39Then the first spark fell
12:41As the flames caught
12:43She laughed
12:44His majesty is drunk tonight
12:46There is no one in this palace who can save you
12:48Then she turned and walked away
12:50I watched her go
12:51Without a flicker on my face
12:53No fear
12:54No pleading
12:55Nothing
12:56Only stillness
12:58Then the fire rose
12:59Then the fire rose
12:59And the guards outside began clawing at their throats
13:01One by one
13:03They dropped
13:04Blood pouring from their mouths
13:05Their eyes
13:06Their noses
13:08Dead before they hit the ground
13:09I stepped out through the flames
13:11With shade coiled in my arms
13:13At my feet
13:14The insects on the ground shifted and swarmed
13:16Guiding me
13:17So I ran
13:18Through the smoke
13:20Through the heat
13:21Following their path
13:22Until I slammed straight into someone's chest
13:24I looked up at the man I had crashed into
13:26It was Lucian
13:28There was still fear in my eyes
13:29Real enough to be seen
13:31My lashes were wet
13:32My tears trembled there
13:34But I would not let them fall
13:36Lucian pulled me into his arms at once
13:38Held me tight
13:39Then he looked past me
13:40Toward the blaze raging in the distance
13:43Who dared set a fire inside my palace
13:46Find out
13:47Now
13:48I stayed curled against his chest
13:50And said nothing
13:51Because he was not a fool
13:53He knew exactly who had done it
13:55This outrage
13:56This fury
13:57This order to investigate
13:58It was a performance
14:00Nothing more
14:01Selene had been with him since youth
14:03Their bond ran deep
14:05And behind her stood House Varen
14:06With soldiers
14:07Power
14:08And years of service to the throne
14:10Why would an emperor truly punish a woman like that
14:13For the sake of a dancer he had only just taken notice of
14:16He wouldn't
14:17Not yet
14:18So I leaned into him harder
14:19And made myself small in his arms
14:21Your majesty
14:24I'm frightened
14:26Lucian really had been drinking
14:28His face was faintly flushed
14:30His breath carried the warmth of wine
14:31And I was exactly the kind of woman
14:33A drunken man should never hold too close
14:36I had been born with a body that unraveled restraint
14:38And with the broodling still working inside him
14:41The desire in his eyes began to change
14:43Slowly
14:44Then all at once
14:45It caught fire
14:46Without another word
14:48He swept me up into his arms
14:50And carried me back to his private chambers
14:52I rested against him
14:53And said nothing
14:55But in my mind
14:56I was already waiting for the next move
14:58Because once word reached Selene
15:00That I had escaped the fire
15:02And been carried into Lucian's bedchamber
15:04She would never let it pass quietly
15:06I knew her too well
15:07And I was right
15:08I had not been in his chambers long
15:10Before Selene's chief eunuch dropped to his knees outside
15:13Your majesty
15:15High consort Selene is unwell
15:18She's in distress
15:19She says she wants to see you at once
15:21By then
15:22I was dressed in gauze so sheer
15:24It hit almost nothing
15:25I looked at Lucian through half-lidded eyes
15:28And asked in a soft voice
15:29Your majesty
15:31Are you going to high consort Selene tonight?
15:34His gaze was no longer clear
15:36No longer steady
15:37He stared at me like a man already half-lost
15:39With you here beside me
15:40Why would I think of anyone else?
15:42I covered my mouth
15:44And let out a quiet laugh
15:45There were only two of us in the chamber
15:47Just him
15:48And me
15:49Lucian kept staring at me
15:51Spellbound
15:52His breath was hot against my throat
15:54Damp and heavy with wine
15:55Then
15:56Without warning
15:57His body gave in
15:59And he sank in to sleep
16:00On his forehead
16:01A small fleshy pink broodling
16:03Was still wriggling deeper beneath the skin
16:05I pushed him gently back onto the bed
16:07And pulled the covers over him
16:09Careful
16:10Almost tender
16:12I've woven you a beautiful dream
16:15Enjoy it
16:16Then I slid the hairpin from my hair
16:17And drove the tip into my fingertip
16:19A bright bead of blood welled up at once
16:21I let some of it stain a handkerchief
16:23Every drop that remained
16:25I fed to Lucian
16:26None of this poisoned blood should go to waste
16:29Not when I made it with my own body
16:30Not when even a harmless dose
16:32Taken once
16:33Could become a death sentence over time
16:35A little tonight would do nothing
16:37A little tomorrow would do nothing
16:39But enough of it
16:40Day after day
16:41And it would kill him
16:42Slowly
16:44Quietly
16:45Perfectly
16:46And the cure?
16:47There was only one person in this world who could give it
16:49Me
16:50The moon had crossed high overhead by then
16:52Silver light spilled through the window
16:54And spread across the floor
16:56I sat there
16:57And counted the time
16:58Waiting for Selene to make her move
17:00Then I heard it
17:01A faint skittering at the window
17:03I turned
17:04A spider no bigger than a fingernail crouched on the ledge
17:07One of many
17:08One of the countless little eyes
17:10I had scattered throughout the palace
17:12So she was coming
17:13I rose at once
17:14Smoothed out my robe
17:16And walked toward the door
17:17Selene was already waiting outside the hall
17:20Not alone
17:21Behind her stood a wall of eunuchs and palace maids
17:23Packed so tightly it barely looked like a midnight visit at all
17:26This was not a jealous woman coming
17:28To reclaim a drunken emperor
17:30This looked like a siege
17:32I stepped out to meet her
17:33And deliberately swept my hair to one side
17:35Bearing the fresh red marks along my neck
17:38Moonlight washed over the stone steps
17:40I stood above her
17:41Looked down
17:42And smiled
17:44Softly
17:44His majesty is asleep
17:47You should come back tomorrow
17:48The look she gave me was pure venom
17:51Her face twisted
17:52Whore
17:54I'll kill you
17:55I let my gaze drop to her stomach
17:57Then I spoke very gently
17:58Your grace
18:01Careful
18:03You might upset the baby
18:05That stopped her cold
18:06For one full second
18:08Selene forgot how to breathe
18:10Lucien had once promised her this
18:12Bear him the first prince
18:13And he would give her the empress's crown
18:15But five years had passed
18:17Five years of marriage
18:18Five years of waiting
18:20And her womb had stayed empty
18:22Every remedy had been tried
18:23Every physician
18:25Every secret healer dragged in from the streets
18:27And still
18:28Nothing
18:29No child
18:30No heir
18:31No crown
18:32If she could not produce the emperor's first son soon
18:34The throne beside him would never be hers
18:37Seize her
18:39Drag this bitch away
18:41And beat her to death
18:43Because I had done the one thing no one else dared do
18:46I had named the wound she lived with
18:48Named it in front of everyone
18:49And a woman like Selene
18:51Could forgive almost anything
18:53Except humiliation
18:54The eunuchs lunged for me
18:56I shook them off before they could get a proper hold
18:58Then I looked straight at her
19:00And said
19:01Your grace don't be so hasty
19:03Why not summon the imperial physicians
19:05I let the silence stretch
19:06Then I gave her the knife
19:08One more thing
19:09If there really is a child to protect
19:12I'm the only one who can keep it alive
19:13Selene was reclining in a side chamber
19:15Half draped across a cushioned chaise
19:17While several imperial physicians knelt before her
19:20She rested her head against one hand
19:22Her eyes were heavy with exhaustion
19:24When she spoke
19:25Impatience sharpened every word
19:27Well am I pregnant or not?
19:29The physicians lowered themselves even further
19:31Your grace
19:33Your pulse clearly indicates pregnancy
19:37For a moment
19:38Selene did not move
19:39Then she rose too quickly from the chaise
19:41All disbelief gone from her face
19:43There were tears in her eyes
19:45Actual tears
19:47Truly
19:47Her voice trembled when she said it
19:49Careful
19:50Fragile
19:51As if she were afraid even hope might hear her
19:53And disappear
19:54I watched her quietly
19:56And thought
19:57So this is what she looks like
19:59This woman who always stood above everyone else
20:01Who moved through the palace
20:03As if the world owed her obedience
20:04Even she could become this cautious
20:06This desperate
20:08Then she looked at me
20:09Remembering what I had said outside
20:11And asked the question she wanted answered most
20:14Is the child stable?
20:16One physician bowed low and replied at once
20:18From the pulse alone
20:19There is no sign of danger
20:22That made her smile
20:23But the moment her eyes shifted back to me
20:25The smile turned murderous
20:27I'm carrying an air now
20:29I should avoid bloodshed
20:30But you offend my eyes
20:33And I would sleep better if you were dead
20:37With one command
20:38The eunuchs at her side rushed forward
20:40And seized my arms hard enough to bruise
20:42They started dragging me away
20:44I moved one fingertip
20:46That was all
20:47And Selene suddenly clutched her stomach
20:49And cried out in pain
20:50The room froze
20:52The physicians lunged forward at once
20:54And took her pulse again
20:55This time
20:56Their faces changed
20:58One after another
20:59Their brows nodded
21:00Then all of them dropped to their knees
21:02Your grace spare us
21:04These are signs of miscarriage
21:06That was when panic finally broke through
21:08Selene's face drained white
21:10She had waited years for this child
21:12Years
21:12And she had only just heard the words she wanted most
21:15Pregnant
21:16How could she be losing it already?
21:18How?
21:19At last
21:20She looked at me
21:21And through clenched teeth
21:23She said two words
21:26You come here
21:28If you cannot save this child
21:30I will wipe out your entire bloodline
21:34I looked at her twisted, vicious face
21:36And dug my nails hard into my palm
21:38My entire bloodline?
21:40She really had no idea
21:41My people were already dead
21:43Slaughtered
21:44Every last one of them
21:46I was the only one who crawled back out of that hell alive
21:48The only one left
21:50To come for her
21:51I stepped forward
21:52And inserted a few needles into her body
21:55Carefully
21:55One point
21:57Then another
21:58Selene's breathing began to slow
22:00The strain in her face eased little by little
22:02When the physicians checked her pulse again
22:04They found it calm
22:05Steady
22:06The child was safe
22:07At least
22:08That was what they believed
22:10The truth?
22:11I knew nothing about medicine
22:13And Selene was not pregnant
22:14Not at all
22:15That night she came to burn me alive
22:17I had planted a brood curse inside her
22:19Quietly
22:20Without her noticing
22:22That broodling could mimic the pulse of pregnancy perfectly
22:25It could fool physicians
22:26Fool the court
22:28Fool even the mother carrying it
22:30In the later stages
22:31It would do even more
22:32Make her swear she could feel a child turning inside her
22:35While she smiled and dreamed of an air
22:37The thing inside her would be feeding
22:39Draining her
22:40Taking what it needed from her body
22:42Day and night
22:43The other side was not
22:43Holy shit
22:43I'm smoking
22:43It's a song
22:43What's up
22:44I'm a son
22:44I'm a son
22:44I'm a son
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