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00:00they threw my sister into a great basin filled with pearls her massive tail glowed blue in the
00:04dark the soldiers potted her body with filthy hands blue scales scattered everywhere they did
00:10not stop not until they cut open her belly not until they reached inside her not until they
00:15tore out the glowing tide pearl hidden within her only then were they satisfied because high
00:20consort celine had heard a rumor that in the southern sea lived the tide born and that every
00:24tide saint carried a legendary tide pearl inside her body a pearl that if embedded within one's
00:29own flesh would grant a beauty that never fades after hearing that celine could think of nothing
00:34else so emperor lucian sent soldiers to slaughter my people just to make her smile they dragged my
00:39sister out cut her open and stole her pearl that day the sea turned red everywhere i looked my people
00:47were floating in the water their bodies split open i hid beneath a reef shaking in silence blood stung my
00:53eyes my tears fell as pearls each one read with hatred and in my ear i could still hear my
00:59sister's
00:59last words mira live the world was told a lie they thought the sea only birthed one heart for my
01:06people they didn't know about me the shadow the spare but they were wrong this generation had two
01:12and one of them was me the one born with a body made to ruin men the one whose flesh
01:17and blood could
01:18raise a thousand brood curses i crawled onto the shore enduring pain so savage it felt like my bones
01:23were being torn apart then i used forbidden blood craft to split my tail into legs i offered my own
01:29flesh and blood as tribute and raised brood curse after brood curse venomous things worms spiders serpents
01:36all feeding on me until one black snake slithered over my wrist its tongue bright red it devoured every
01:43other creature i had raised thousands of them and became the brood king its name was shade from that
01:49moment on i trained without mercy three months later my broodcraft was complete then i made my way to the
01:56capital alone half starved still alive i disguised myself as a court dancer and entered the palace
02:03and with a pouch of blood stained pearls made from my own tears i bought the one thing i needed
02:08most
02:09information on emperor lucian's whereabouts that night moonlight spilled across the lake like silver
02:14i stepped onto the water and danced each touch of my toes sent ripples of pale light across the surface
02:21my scent drifted into the night air sweet soft impossible to ignore soon butterflies came in
02:28swarms drawn to me as if enchanted they circled my body fluttering around me refusing to leave
02:35and emperor lucian stood there watching watching for so long he forgot to hide it when the dance
02:41ended i turned by chance and met his eyes i froze then quickly bent down to put on my shoes
02:47pretending
02:48i had only just noticed him i was about to leave when his voice stopped me you're one of the
02:53palace
02:54dancers that dance was remarkable and yet i've never seen it before i lowered my eyes and answered as if
03:00i did
03:01not know who he was it is a dance from my homeland very few have ever seen it it was
03:07early spring the
03:08wind off the lake was cold my body trembled lightly in the night air he noticed of course he noticed
03:14so
03:15he removed his pale silver robe and draped it over my shoulders himself gently for a moment i looked up
03:21at him in surprise heat rose to my face a blush where he could see it my scent deepened between
03:27us
03:27turning the silence softer warmer more dangerous and i saw it then that flash in his eyes wonder
03:34desire he steadied himself before speaking again selena loves dance her birthday is approaching
03:41you will perform this dance for her i dropped to my knees at once letting fear flood my face i
03:47did
03:47not know it was your majesty please forgive me he waved the apology aside rise you are forgiven
03:53just do not disappoint me i bowed my head and accepted the command but as i watched him walk
04:00away i moved one finger just once a tiny broodling slipped through the air landed against his skin
04:06and burrowed inside by the next morning the whole inner court had heard the story the emperor had
04:12encountered a dancer by the lake and he had not forgotten her then came a knock at my door when
04:17i opened it
04:18an older palace matron stood outside a stranger and i knew at once someone had already come for me
04:24they brought me before high consort selene inside her palace hall she sat alone on a raised dais
04:30draped in silk and jewels shining like a woman who believed the world belonged to her it was her the
04:36woman who had destroyed my people for a single tide pearl the woman who had my sister cut open the
04:42moment she saw me disgust twisted across her face she let out a soft mocking laugh and covered her
04:48mouth with lacquered fingers this ugly thing and you expect her to dance for me before coming here i had
04:55covered my face in dark blotches spots imperfections a mask made of ugliness selene was viciously jealous
05:02if she had seen my real face now i would not have walked out alive so i knelt in the
05:07center of the hall
05:08my fingers digging into my palms forcing down the hatred clawing up my throat your grace
05:13i will dance with a veil over my face i will not offend your eyes she gave me a lazy
05:19wave oh enough
05:21with a face like that i doubt you could stir trouble even if you tried but since this was his
05:25majesty's
05:26idea i'll allow it the palace matron beside her led me out at once and just as i stepped through
05:32the
05:32doors i saw emperor lucian approaching our eyes met for only a moment only a glance but the
05:38face he saw now was nothing like the one he had seen by the lake still my scent gave me
05:43away it
05:44always would he knew at once this disguise was a way to stay alive because if selene had seen my
05:49face
05:49the woman leaving this hall would have been a corpse at that thought lucian's expression darkened
05:55he frowned and for one of the few times in his life real irritation towards selene stirred in him
06:00i smiled faintly to myself that was enough a single seed of displeasure was all i needed
06:06once planted it would take root in his heart it would grow quietly slowly until it became something
06:13vast enough to swallow all this old devotion and when that day came what would all her favor matter
06:19then the higher selene stood the harder i would make her fall back in my chamber i watched the false
06:25blotches from my face and looked at myself in the mirror selene you wanted a beauty that would never
06:30fade you wanted a body born to seduce you wanted to possess what should never have been yours so i
06:36will make sure everything you wanted everything you stole everything you still cling to turns to
06:42nothing then shape slid soundlessly around my wrist his red tongue flicking against the air
06:47i stroked his small black head and whispered even in death i will find you i will hunt you down
06:56selene's birthday was celebrated with extravagant splendor overnight the imperial lake bloomed with
07:01lotus flowers thousands of them the court called it a blessing an omen of favor from the heavens
07:08at the lakeside lucian stood hand in hand with selene
07:13your majesty promised me a birthday gift when will you show it to me lucian gave a slight nod the
07:20music
07:21began and i stepped onto the lake onto lotus leaves as if the flowers were blooming beneath my feet
07:29my scent rose again into the air and the butterflies came back in waves they swarmed around me dancing with
07:37me beneath the moonlit sky everyone watching fell silent no one except selene her fingers digging hard
07:44into her own palm then as i turned the veil slipped from my face and my true face was revealed
07:50i looked
07:51straight at selene just once i saw it in her eyes at once jealousy so sharp by the time the
07:58dance ended
07:59no one had recovered enough to speak i walked forward and knelt before lucian
08:05my name is mira i offer my wishes to high consort selena on her birthday may your majesty and your
08:11grace remain devoted to each other until your hair turns white and may the auric empire flourish without
08:16end rise
08:21you did not disappoint me selene nearly cracked a tooth from smiling too hard your majesty's gift
08:28i like it very much i'm glad
08:34that tiny broodling i had planted in him by the lake was working now quietly twisting his moods
08:39i curled one finger ready to draw it back your majesty why not grant this beauty to me as a
08:48gift
08:48between our two kingdoms that is the crown prince of vair the man stepped forward through the crowd
08:54he carried himself like someone used to being obeyed he saluted lucian with the ease of an equal
08:59i greet your majesty i am prince cassian of vair then his gaze settled on me openly without shame
09:08if your majesty is willing to give this beauty to me i swear our two kingdoms will not see war
09:15for a hundred years the moment he said it the whole court seemed to draw in the breath a century
09:21of
09:21peace in exchange for one palace dancer one woman to everyone watching it was an impossible bargain to
09:28refuse your majesty for a girl like her to be sent to vair as a prince's consort would already be
09:35a
09:35splendid fate lucian said nothing but i could see it in his face he understood the trade sacrifice one
09:42insignificant woman and two kingdoms stay at peace any ruler should have taken it any ruler would have
09:48taken it so why i lifted my face and looked at him quietly i had painted a floral marking at
09:55the
09:55corner of my eyes it made me look softer lucian's expression shifted like something sharp had gone through
10:01him then he said it you're late prince she's already been claimed she belongs to my bed and my throne
10:08selene turned to him so fast it was almost violent your majesty she could barely believe what she had
10:14heard cashen looked at me for one long moment regret flashed across his face then he gave a faint
10:20disappointed smile and stepped back the matter was over for everyone else not for me by then my back was
10:28already damp with cold sweat too close far too close thank the sea i had not pulled the broodling out
10:34of lucian yet if i had there was every chance i would have been handed over tonight because peace bought
10:40that easily without a single soldier marching without a single blade drawn is the kind of peace no emperor
10:46refuses except this one did in broad daylight before the whole court lucian declared that i already belong to
10:53him and that very night the imperial decree arrived i was officially raised to consort i left the small
10:59quarters where palace dancers were kept and looked back only once at the dim roof the narrow door the
11:06life i had entered under a false name and a hidden face then i swore to myself in silence that
11:12everything
11:12done to my sister and everything done to my people would be repaid a hundredfold when i reached the
11:18palace chambers that had just been assigned to me celine was already there waiting her eyes traveled
11:25over my face slowly then she smiled a poisonous smile so you dared lie to me i met her gaze
11:33if i
11:34hadn't lied to you do you really think i would have lived long enough to dance today celine let out
11:39a
11:39soft laugh she stroked the cat in her arms as if nothing in the world could disturb her so you
11:45do
11:45understand me then perhaps you also understand this even if his majesty has seen your face even if he's
11:53given you a title i can still kill you whenever i please i just looked at her so have you
12:00already
12:00chosen how i die yes a fire in the palace consort mirror trapped inside a tragic accident she tilted her
12:10head i have been with the emperor since we were young my father and brother have shed blood for his
12:15throne for a single life like yours he will not blame me her people moved before i could answer
12:23they seized my arms bound my wrists bound my ankles then threw me to the floor oil was splashed all
12:30around
12:30me across the walls across the drapes across the threshold i could smell it instantly celine stood over me
12:38watching waiting then the first spark fell as the flames caught she laughed his majesty is drunk tonight
12:46there is no one in this palace who can save you then she turned and walked away i watched her
12:51go
12:51without a flicker on my face no fear no pleading nothing only stillness then the fire rose and the guards
13:00outside began clawing at their throats one by one they dropped blood pouring from their mouths their
13:06eyes their noses dead before they hit the ground i stepped out through the flames with shade coiled in
13:12my arms at my feet the insects on the ground shifted and swarmed guiding me so i ran through the
13:19smoke
13:20through the heat following their path until i slammed straight into someone's chest i looked up at the man i
13:26had
13:26crashed into it was lucian there was still fear in my eyes real enough to be seen my lashes were
13:32wet
13:33my tears trembled there but i would not let them fall lucian pulled me into his arms at once
13:38held me tight then he looked past me toward the blaze raging in the distance who dared set a fire
13:45inside
13:45my palace find out now i stayed curled against his chest and said nothing because he was not a fool
13:53he knew exactly who had done it this outrage this fury this order to investigate it was a performance
14:00nothing more celine had been with him since youth their bond ran deep and behind her stood house
14:06varon with soldiers power and years of service to the throne why would an emperor truly punish a woman
14:12like that for the sake of a dancer he had only just taken notice of he wouldn't not yet so
14:18i leaned
14:19into him harder and made myself small in his arms your majesty i'm frightened lucian really had been
14:27drinking his face was faintly flushed his breath carried the warmth of wine and i was exactly the
14:33kind of woman a drunken man should never hold too close i had been born with a body that unraveled
14:38restraint and with the broodling still working inside him the desire in his eyes began to change
14:43slowly then all at once it caught fire without another word he swept me up into his arms and
14:50carried me back to his private chambers i rested against him and said nothing but in my mind i was
14:57already waiting for the next move because once word reached celine that i had escaped the fire and been
15:02carried into lucian's bedchamber she would never let it pass quietly i knew her too well and i was right
15:08i had not been in his chambers long before celine's chief eunuch dropped to his knees outside your
15:14majesty high consort selena is unwell she's in distress she says she wants to see you at once
15:21by then i was dressed in gauze so sheer it had almost nothing i looked at lucian through half-lidded
15:27eyes
15:28and asked in a soft voice your majesty are you going to high consort selena tonight his gaze was no
15:35longer
15:35clear no longer steady he stared at me like a man already half lost with you here beside me why
15:41would i think of anyone else i covered my mouth and let out a quiet laugh there were only two
15:46of us in
15:47the chamber just him and me lucian kept staring at me spellbound his breath was hot against my throat
15:54damp and heavy with wine then without warning his body gave in and he sank in to sleep on his
16:01forehead
16:01a small fleshy pink broodling was still wriggling deeper beneath the skin i pushed him gently back
16:07onto the bed and pulled the covers over him careful almost tender i've woven you a beautiful dream enjoy
16:15it then i slid the hairpin from my hair and drove the tip into my fingertip a bright bead of
16:20blood welled
16:21up at once i let some of it stain a handkerchief every drop that remained i fed to lucian none
16:27of this
16:27poisoned blood should go to waste not when i made it with my own body not when even a harmless
16:32dose
16:32taken once could become a death sentence over time a little tonight would do nothing a little tomorrow
16:38would do nothing but enough of it day after day and it would kill him slowly quietly perfectly and the
16:46cure there was only one person in this world who could give it me the moon had crossed high overhead
16:52by then silver light spilled through the window and spread across the floor i sat there and counted
16:58the time waiting for selene to make her move then i heard it a faint skittering at the window i
17:04turned
17:04a spider no bigger than a fingernail crouched on the ledge one of many one of the countless little eyes
17:10i had scattered throughout the palace so she was coming i rose at once smoothed out my robe and walked
17:17toward the door selene was already waiting outside the hall not alone behind her stood a wall of eunuchs
17:22and palace mates packed so tightly it barely looked like a midnight visit at all this was not a jealous
17:28woman coming to reclaim a drunken emperor this looked like a siege i stepped out to meet her and
17:34deliberately swept my hair to one side bearing the fresh red marks along my neck moonlight washed over
17:39the stone steps i stood above her looked down and smiled softly his majesty is asleep
17:47you should come back tomorrow the look she gave me was pure venom her face twisted
17:52whore i'll kill you i let my gaze drop to her stomach then i spoke very gently your grace
18:03careful you might upset the baby that stopped her cold for one full second selene forgot how to
18:09breathe lucien had once promised her this bear him the first prince and he would give her the empress's
18:15crown but five years had passed five years of marriage five years of waiting and her womb had
18:21stayed empty every remedy had been tried every physician every secret healer dragged in from the
18:27streets and still nothing no child no heir no crown if she could not produce the emperor's first son soon
18:35the throne beside him would never be hers seize her drag this bitch away and beat her to death because
18:44i
18:44had done the one thing no one else dared do i had named the wound she lived with named it
18:48in front of
18:49everyone and a woman like selene could forgive almost anything except humiliation the eunuchs
18:55lunged for me i shook them off before they could get a proper hold then i looked straight at her
19:00and said
19:01your grace don't be so hasty why not summon the imperial physicians i let the silence stretch
19:06then i gave her the knife one more thing if there really is a child to protect i'm the only
19:13one who
19:13can keep it alive selene was reclining in a side chamber half draped across a cushioned chaise
19:17while several imperial physicians knelt before her she rested her head against one hand her eyes
19:23were heavy with exhaustion when she spoke impatience sharpened every word well am i pregnant or not
19:29the physicians lowered themselves even further your grace your pulse clearly indicates pregnancy
19:37for a moment selene did not move then she rose too quickly from the chaise all disbelief gone from
19:43her face there were tears in her eyes actual tears truly her voice trembled when she said it careful
19:50fragile as if she were afraid even hope might hear her and disappear i watched her quietly and thought
19:57so this is what she looks like this woman who always stood above everyone else who moved through the
20:02palace as if the world owed her obedience even she could become this cautious this desperate then she
20:09looked at me remembering what i had said outside and asked the question she wanted answered most
20:14is the child stable one physician bowed low and replied at once from the pulse alone there is no sign
20:20of
20:21danger that made her smile but the moment her eyes shifted back to me the smile turned murderous i'm
20:28carrying an air now i should avoid bloodshed but you offend my eyes and i would sleep better if you
20:35were dead
20:37with one command the eunuchs at her side rushed forward and seized my arms hard enough to bruise
20:43they started dragging me away i moved one fingertip that was all
20:47and celine suddenly clutched her stomach and cried out in pain the room froze the physicians
20:53lunged forward at once and took her pulse again this time their faces changed one after another
20:59their brows nodded then all of them dropped to their knees your grace spare us these are signs of
21:05miscarriage that was when panic finally broke through celine's face drained white she had waited
21:11years for this child years and she had only just heard the words she wanted most pregnant
21:16how could she be losing it already how at last she looked at me and through clenched teeth she said
21:23two
21:24words you come here if you cannot save this child i will wipe out your entire bloodline
21:34i looked at her twisted vicious face and dug my nails hard into my palm my entire bloodline she really
21:41had
21:41no idea my people were already dead slaughtered every last one of them i was the only one who crawled
21:47back out of that hell alive the only one left to come for her i stepped forward and inserted a
21:53few
21:54needles into her body carefully one point then another celine's breathing began to slow the strain
22:00in her face eased little by little when the physicians checked her pulse again they found it calm
22:05steady the child was safe at least that was what they believed the truth i knew nothing about medicine
22:13and celine was not pregnant not at all that night she came to burn me alive i had planted a
22:19brood
22:19curse inside her quietly without her noticing that broodling could mimic the pulse of pregnancy perfectly
22:25it could fool physicians fool the court fool even the mother carrying it in the later stages it would
22:32do even more make her swear she could feel a child turning inside her while she smiled and dreamed of
22:37an air the thing inside her would be feeding draining her taking what it needed from her body day and
22:42night
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