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00:00My eyes found Silas instantly, cowering at the very back of the holding tank.
00:05A merman's greatest pride is his tail.
00:07Every other tail in that water prison shimmered, rippling like silk ribbons in a dark current.
00:12Silas's tail was stripped nearly bare, scales shed down to raw, ragged flesh.
00:17Serafina, pack heiress and eldest daughter, exactly as she had in our last life,
00:23gestured lazily toward the two mermen at the back.
00:30Alara, let's just take those, too, shall we?
00:34Side fast before someone else snaps up the good one.
00:38In my last life, I had believed every word.
00:42Mermen didn't come cheap, and I had assumed even Serafina wouldn't deliberately choose the most broken creature in the tank.
00:49But she had. She had actually purchased the barely breathing Silas.
00:53Our father had erupted in fury over it.
00:57Father, Alara picked him herself, you know how she is.
01:00I only paid.
01:02I chose the strong one.
01:04I'm taking mine now.
01:06And just like that, the half-dead wreck called Silas had been handed to me.
01:10This life, I would not fall for a single word, and called my bid before she could speak.
01:14Take what you want, Serafina.
01:17I pointed at the stone-faced merman in the corner.
01:19I want that one.
01:27It didn't matter who I chose.
01:28If I'd turned the broken, helpless Silas into a Siren King, I could do it with anyone.
01:33Every creature in this tank would surpass him with the right hand guiding them.
01:37This time, I just wanted one who would be loyal.
01:39Serafina's smile thinned when she realized the hook hadn't landed.
01:42Alara, you gave us a fixed amount.
01:44If you use it all, what's left for me?
01:45I gave her a single flat look.
01:47How had I spent an entire lifetime missing how well she could perform?
01:50She had engineered this from the start.
01:52Push the broken merman onto me.
01:53Keep me weak.
01:54Keep herself on top.
01:55Her trap had been set the moment we walked through these auction doors.
01:58I stared straight at Silas, who was pressing himself against the tank wall,
02:02performing desperately for any buyer.
02:04That one doesn't look bad.
02:06Feed him right, and he might amount to something.
02:07If you really can't afford your pick, buy him.
02:11Serafina laughed, sharp and incredulous.
02:13I wouldn't want him to warm my bed.
02:15I smiled, but there was nothing warm in it.
02:17Poor Silas.
02:17In our last life, he had actually believed I was the one who separated them.
02:21He had never known that Serafina wouldn't have had him on a bet.
02:23As in our last life, Serafina claimed her merman Jace without hesitation.
02:28But as I walked out with my merman Kaelin,
02:30something slammed against the walls of the holding tank.
02:32Silas, thrashing.
02:34Is he trying to get someone's attention?
02:35Broken thing like that.
02:36I glanced at Silas' frantic movement.
02:39Then at Serafina, who had gone very still.
02:41Had Silas also been reborn?
02:44His panic made sense.
02:45The woman he had spent his whole life loving had just walked away without him.
02:49I caught the fractured blue of his eyes through the water and smiled.
02:52When a dream you've chased for a lifetime shatters in an instant, that has to hurt.
02:56This life, no one punished me for leaving Silas behind.
02:59Kaelin stood before me, his tail slapping the floor in slow, rhythmic strikes.
03:03Can you shift to human form?
03:05He pressed his lips together and pulled the tail in, obedient but clearly reluctant.
03:12Unlike the others, there was no relief on his face, no gratitude for being purchased.
03:17Looking closer, his blue eyes held something else entirely.
03:20Cold detachment and a pride that hadn't been broken yet.
03:23You don't want to come home with me?
03:24Kaelin glanced at me once and said nothing.
03:26As far as I know, the holding tanks run on hierarchy.
03:29Without a buyer, you fight every day just to hold your rank.
03:32I can protect that rank, right now.
03:34He moved to the chair farthest from me and sat.
03:37I'm not the wreck who got his tail beaten to pieces.
03:39One sentence and I was already smiling.
03:42He was right.
03:42For a merman to have his tail destroyed like that, what was that, if not useless?
03:46If you don't want to stay, the door is open.
03:52Something flickered in Kaelin's blue eyes.
03:54He was tempted.
03:54I could see it.
03:55Before he could act on it, I stood up.
03:58What are you doing?
04:00Since you don't want to be here, I'll go select a different merman.
04:03I'm building a Siren King.
04:05I have no room for someone with a divided heart.
04:07In my peripheral vision, Kaelin looked at me with something new on his face.
04:11Becoming the Siren King was every merman's deepest ambition.
04:14He had the raw power, but raw power could be cultivated in anyone.
04:18A backstabber like Silas wasn't worth the investment.
04:20The auction is over!
04:21I turned and smiled at him.
04:23A family that can afford a merman a senelmest in the first place?
04:27You think we worry about finding another one?
04:31The next several days, I left early and returned late.
04:34Kaelin hadn't left, but I needed my own contingency plans.
04:38What I didn't expect.
04:40The moment I stepped onto the street that afternoon,
04:42Silas came staggering toward me.
04:45Lara!
04:47Why didn't you take me?
04:49He threw his arms around my legs.
04:51Take me with you, please.
04:53You were always supposed to choose me.
04:55My heartbeat stuttered exactly once.
04:58What did you just say?
05:00Lara, look at me.
05:02Are you really not choosing me?
05:04Silas gripped my legs tightly with both hands.
05:07That confirmed it.
05:08Silas had been reborn too.
05:10But if he got a second life, why was he coming to me instead of running straight to Serafina?
05:14I shook him off without expression.
05:16What are you rambling about?
05:17Who is your owner?
05:19Don't come grabbing at strangers in the street.
05:21I turned to walk away, but Silas chased after me recklessly, following closely in haste.
05:27I was half a second from losing my composure.
05:30Then I caught sight of Kaelin, following at a distance behind me.
05:33My eyes shifted, calculating.
05:41Your tail is badly damaged.
05:44Did the other mare shifters in the tank do this to you?
05:48Silas blinked, then nodded quickly.
05:51In my peripheral vision, Kaelin had drawn several steps closer.
05:55I ran my fingers along Silas' damaged tail, the same way I had in our last life.
05:59Every wound on his body had been healed by my hand.
06:02I knew exactly where the pressure felt good, and where it burned.
06:05So when I pressed just right, a shudder rolled through Silas' entire body.
06:09He kept leaning into me, breathless.
06:11Master, will you take me home?
06:15I curved my lips.
06:16Of course, I...
06:19Before I could finish, Kaelin launched forward, smashed Silas away with its tail.
06:23He slammed him violently onto the street, five meters away.
06:26He planted himself in front of me, jaw set.
06:29I haven't left yet.
06:30Silas hit the pavement and couldn't get back up.
06:34Several failed attempts, then stillness.
06:38I blinked at Kaelin with wide eyes.
06:42Was that really necessary?
06:46Didn't you say you were leaving?
06:48Why stop me from finding another merman?
06:51The hands hanging at Kaelin's sides curled into slow fists.
06:54I'm not leaving.
06:56Satisfaction curved my mouth upward.
06:58Mermen had their own will.
07:00Every one of them needed to be won, not forced.
07:03He had taken the first step.
07:04I would accept the olive branch.
07:07As for Silas, he dragged himself upright and crept forward again.
07:13Master, you agreed just now.
07:17You were going to take me.
07:19I slung my arm over Kaelin's shoulder and gave Silas a bright little wave.
07:23Sorry.
07:24I changed my mind.
07:26Silas opened his mouth to protest and moved one step forward.
07:29Kaelin's tail cracked down onto the pavement directly in front of him.
07:33One more step and the next thing that breaks will be your bones.
07:37When the tail lifted, I looked at the cracked stone beneath it.
07:40Kaelin was, without question, in another league from Silas.
07:43To prevent another betrayal, I forced Kaelin through the blood bond ritual.
07:46You can actually make me Siren King?
07:48I said nothing.
07:49A master speaks.
07:50She doesn't explain herself.
07:52In my last life, I had poured everything into making Silas a king
07:55and forgotten to make myself stronger first.
07:57If Kaelin performed, the title was his.
08:00If he showed one flicker of divided loyalty,
08:02he would spend this lifetime as nothing but a bed warmer.
08:04If you don't want to walk out, then don't.
08:07I turned to leave, but before I'd taken a single step,
08:09Kaelin drew a blade across his own tail and pressed the blood from it.
08:13I'll do it.
08:15After the bond sealed, Kaelin stood beside me, stiff and stilted.
08:18I'm your merman now.
08:20Up close, a faint flush had crept across his pale face.
08:25Oddly endearing, I tilted my chin toward the bed.
08:27Go lie down.
08:28Just to watch his reaction.
08:32Kaelin's face went a deeper red.
08:34He shuffled to the bed, one careful step at a time,
08:36and let his bleeding tail hang off the edge so it wouldn't stay in the sheets.
08:40What are you doing?
08:41The crimson flooding his face nearly made me laugh.
08:43All that menace, and this was what was underneath it?
08:46I ran a deliberate hand along his tail.
08:48You know the custom, when our family brings home a mermond, there's a mate claim,
08:52which means, technically, you're my husband now.
08:55Kaelin said nothing, but the moment my fingers made contact,
08:58his tail gave a small, involuntary shiver.
09:00Our eyes met, and something in his expression shifted,
09:03a quiet resignation, and he closed his eyes.
09:05A soft laugh escaped me, as I turned and reached for the medical kit.
09:10With his eyes still shut, I leaned in and blew a gentle breath across his bleeding wound.
09:14Does it hurt?
09:16What?
09:16Kaelin's tail began to sway side to side in small, helpless arcs.
09:20In merman body language, that meant only one thing, pleasure.
09:23I packed the wound and settled back into my chair.
09:26Stay out of water for a few days.
09:27It'll heal.
09:28Less painful now?
09:29The flush hadn't left Kaelin's face.
09:31He darted one glance at me, and turned to look pointedly at the wall.
09:34Hyrus doesn't belong on my tail.
09:36Hmm.
09:37Then why was it still swaying?
09:39Once his tail healed, we fell into a daily training rhythm.
09:42Unlike my last life, this time I trained too.
09:45What kind of woman builds a siren king, and leaves herself defenseless?
09:49We hadn't been at it long when Serafina arrived with her merman, Jace.
09:52My little sister, so committed you've thrown yourself into the sparring too.
09:55You spent so long choosing at the auction I expected something impressive,
09:58but honestly, he's not even half of what my Jace is.
10:00I stopped, and looked at Serafina and Jace without expression.
10:04Jace was built impressively, yes.
10:06But in our last life, he had been thoroughly ordinary, and Serafina was no handler.
10:10After her mate claim, our father had handed house authority to me instead.
10:13I said nothing, but Kaelin stepped in front of me.
10:16Ha!
10:16A mermane?
10:18Challenging me?
10:19Let me make this clear.
10:20I am this family's pack heiress.
10:23And when the time comes, I run this house.
10:26Jace, teach him.
10:28Jace lunged.
10:29Kaelin moved without urgency.
10:31He even had time to guide me to a clear position before turning to face the attack.
10:35Good.
10:36I wanted to see what he could actually do.
10:38The two of them clashed hard, but within a handful of exchanges, it was obvious Jace was
10:43losing ground.
10:44Serafina, who had opened with absolute confidence.
10:47Kill him!
10:48Just kill him!
10:49Why are you holding back?
10:50Finish him, and I'll take the blame!
10:51Jace showed no visible improvement, but Kaelin had stopped pulling his strikes.
10:55He was half a second away from crushing Jace's shoulder completely.
10:58He nodded.
10:59Serafina screamed.
11:00How dare you!
11:01Allara!
11:02Look at what your pet did to my immersion!
11:04I smiled.
11:06Serafina, weren't you the one who let Jake start it?
11:08You were screaming at him to kill Kaelin.
11:10Everyone present heard you.
11:11Serafina couldn't win the argument, so she crossed the floor and put herself in my face.
11:16If Jace is injured, I will have father come down on you so hard!
11:18You cost a fortune.
11:19I held her gaze for a long moment, then told Kaelin to let Jace go.
11:24Smart girl.
11:25Eldest is eldest.
11:27No matter what, this house will never be yours to run.
11:29She snatched Jace by the arm and swept out, hurling curses the entire way.
11:33I should have finished him.
11:35What's the rush?
11:36Serafina had taken her first loss.
11:37She would come back with real hatred now.
11:39Let her rage.
11:40Let her spiral.
11:41The one who goes mad first loses everything.
11:44Serafina began watching me the way a predator watches an open wound.
11:47I had expected her to undermine me in front of our father.
11:50What I hadn't expected.
11:52She had brought Silas home and put into work as a house servant.
11:55The moment he blocked my path in the corridor and begged, my step stuttered.
11:59How are you here?
12:00Serafina stepped out from around the corner, smiling, with our father right behind her.
12:05So the rumors are true.
12:06I stared at her.
12:09What rumors?
12:10Father's expression was stoned.
12:12Elora, you already have a mate claim.
12:14Why are you still tangled up with him?
12:16Your sister was fortunate enough to run into him today.
12:18She brought him here to keep him quiet.
12:19Otherwise, your reputation would be ruined.
12:21I had no words.
12:24Serafina strolled toward me with pure delight on her face, hooking Silas' chin up with the
12:28toe of her shoe.
12:29Little sister, he's been asking around outside, trying every connection he has to get through
12:32our gates to reach you.
12:34You should have said something.
12:35If there was something between you two, you could have just bought him at the auction.
12:39Why bother bringing Kaylin home?
12:41The more she talked, the darker father's face became.
12:44Elora, clean this up or get out of this house.
12:48He turned and left without another word.
12:50Serafina beamed at me.
12:51My capable little sister.
12:54Take your time sorting it out.
13:00Silas knelt half on the floor, his face tilted up toward mine, his eyes full of naked wanting.
13:06You love being near me that much?
13:09Then stay.
13:10Better to keep him where I could watch him than to throw him out blind.
13:13In this life, without my heart essence, Silas surviving it all was already uncertain.
13:17He started drifting through every room I occupied.
13:20Kaylin, on the other hand, had gone cold on me again.
13:22When I cornered him in the back garden one morning.
13:24You're coming to me right now?
13:26Shouldn't you be with that pathetic Silas?
13:28That whole scene on the street was staged.
13:30You two tricked me into the blood bond.
13:32Kaylin's tail hit the ground in sharp, irritated slaps.
13:35I watched him with genuine interest.
13:37You already bonded.
13:38There's no running from that.
13:40The real question is,
13:42Do you still want to be Siren King?
13:45He gave me a flat, suspicious look, like I was setting another trap.
13:48There's a Merman tournament in two months.
13:50Whether you become Siren King depends entirely on what you do with that time.
13:54Really?
13:55There's truly nothing between you and that Merman?
13:58I was half a breath from swearing on it.
14:00Kaylin finally let out a grudging huff and fell into step beside me.
14:03We drilled repeatedly in the draining field, while Silas kept finding reasons to wander past.
14:09Let me break his tail.
14:11See how he walks after that.
14:13Kaylin!
14:17All that heart essence I'd fed him in our last life was not going to be wasted.
14:21He walked right up to us.
14:23What happened next was on him.
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