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00:00In the eyes of the world, I am the softest and gentlest princess of the deep-sea kingdom,
00:05Marina, the mermaid princess whose very tears turn into pearls.
00:09Cyrus, on the other hand, is the alpha king of the werewolf pack,
00:12cold-blooded, ruthless, decisive in killing, the perfect embodiment of hatred.
00:17To prevent the merfolk from being slaughtered,
00:19I decided to go ashore and seduce my childhood friend Cyrus, who had become the alpha king.
00:23He still loved me deeply, and we spent three passionate days and nights together in bed,
00:27waking up from a haze of pleasure. I hadn't even had the chance to rejoice
00:31before a corrosive elixir was dunked over my head.
00:34Listening to my pained wails, Cyrus Merv.
00:37So even an immortal mermaid can feel pain, too?
00:40Well, this is just a taste of what's to come if you don't tell me where my parents are.
00:44Yes, he was convinced that the merfolk were behind his parents' disappearance.
00:48From then on, I was forced to watch him flirt with his mistress, Emily.
00:52Had to extract my mermaid pearl to help heal her body.
00:55Was forced to dance barefoot to entertain Emily so that she could sleep.
00:58Cyrus hated every fiber of my being, yet always held me tenderly in his arms,
01:02whenever I was on the brink of death, carefully feeding me medicine.
01:06Sometimes, he was cruel.
01:07Do you think I'll go easy just because I love you?
01:09Quick, continue torturing her.
01:11Sometimes, he was gentle.
01:13Can't you be good and tell me where my parents are?
01:15Silently, I endured his twisted love without a word.
01:18Soon, however, these days would come to an end,
01:20and I wouldn't have to keep that secret any longer.
01:23After all, a mermaid who did not return to the sea after three years on land would turn into seafoam.
01:29And now, there were only three days until my time was up.
01:33The moment we reunited, passion exploded between us.
01:37For three full days and nights, we barely left the bed.
01:41Cyrus' powerful body slammed me deep into the mattress,
01:44his weight crushing me deliciously as he pinned me beneath him.
01:47His hands grift my waist with bruising force,
01:51fingers digging hard into my soft flesh,
01:53while our sweat-slicked skin slid and slapped together with every violent thrust.
01:58He devoured my mouth in savage kisses,
02:02tongue plunging deep,
02:03teeth biting my lower lip until it swelled.
02:06When he pinned my wrists above my head with one hand,
02:09his other palm roughly kneaded my breasts,
02:12pinching and rolling my sensitive peaks until I cried out.
02:15His hips pounded against mine in a relentless,
02:18deep, rhythm-hard, fast, and possessive,
02:21making my whole body jolt and arch violently beneath him.
02:25I moaned shamelessly,
02:27legs wrapping tightly around his waist,
02:29as my nails raked bloody trails down his broad back.
02:32He growled against my neck,
02:34sinking his teeth into my shoulder,
02:36sucking hard enough to leave dark marks,
02:38while his body continued slamming into me without mercy.
02:42Over and over, he drove me to the edge,
02:44until my voice grew hoarse from screaming his name,
02:47and my body shook uncontrollably in overwhelming pleasure.
02:51Those three days were nothing but sweat,
02:53moans, tangled limbs,
02:55and raw, animalistic desire.
02:58Waking up from that haze of pleasure,
03:00I hadn't even had the chance to rejoice
03:02before a corrosive elixir was dunked over my head.
03:05So even an immortal mermaid can feel pain, too.
03:11This is just a taste of what's to come,
03:14if you don't tell me where my parents are.
03:17Late at night,
03:18the doors to the basement were kicked open harshly.
03:21In came a tall werewolf,
03:24anking me up from the floor,
03:25by my hair,
03:26and slapping my face until I woke up.
03:29Ignoring my pained groans,
03:30he grabbed my legs and dragged me out of the basement,
03:33cursing as he did.
03:36How dare you sleep so comfortably,
03:39when Emily's hurt!
03:41My body was dragged roughly upon the coarse gravel road,
03:45leaving behind a trail of blood.
03:47Eventually,
03:49I was drabbed to Saras' feet.
03:52Emily's hurt.
03:53He furrowed his brows when he saw my bloodied state,
03:56as if he was about to say something,
03:58but seemed to decide against it.
04:00Heal her with your mermaid's pearl.
04:02I looked up,
04:04my gaze falling on Emily,
04:05who was resting on the bed.
04:07Her lower belly slightly protruded.
04:11I immediately lowered my head,
04:13the slap stinging bitterly on my face.
04:16Where do you think you're looking at?
04:18How dare you lay your eyes on Emily?
04:20I'm here,
04:21so don't you even think of hurting anyone again.
04:26I'm sorry.
04:29Slowly,
04:30I crawled towards the bed,
04:31and observed the wounds on Emily's hand.
04:34Clearly,
04:34she'd been teasing a starving mermaid with food
04:36and got bitten as a result.
04:38After more than two years of torture,
04:40I was already familiar with how to heal Emily
04:42and treat her wounds.
04:43Get out,
04:44all of you!
04:45I didn't really understand why he did so,
04:46but I'd long since given up on trying to understand his intentions.
04:50I continued,
04:51piercing my chest with my sharp nails,
04:52and extracting the mermaid pearl from within,
04:54trembling from the intense pain that came as a result.
04:56Marina,
04:58don't you think you can make me go easy on you by acting pitiful?
05:02My blood had already run out of its healing properties
05:05because as I'd become too weak.
05:08Besides,
05:09I never intentionally acted to garner any pity from him.
05:13That was Emily's fort,
05:14not mine.
05:16Are you alright?
05:17Does it still hurt?
05:19It doesn't hurt anymore,
05:20but the scent of blood is making me nauseous.
05:26So can you get her out of here,
05:28pretty please?
05:30Are you deaf?
05:31Get lost!
05:33I crawled out using my arm.
05:36Emily,
05:37don't ever go close to those ugly,
05:39evil mermaids ever again.
05:41They'll only hurt you.
05:43My heart,
05:44already numb with pain,
05:46was stabbed with another knife.
05:48The pain going to places I never imagined.
05:50Suddenly,
05:52a bucket of ice-cold water splashed onto me.
05:54It was a maid,
05:55looking down at me with disdain.
05:56You disgusting monster.
05:58Aren't you supposed to be immortal?
06:00Why are you bleeding all over the floor
06:03instead of healing your wounds quickly?
06:05A dirty rag was thrown onto my face,
06:07and I was already too weak to even dodge.
06:09Wipe the floor clean.
06:13Or I'll tell the Alpha King to punish you.
06:16I started wiping the floor,
06:18but it was a never-ending task.
06:20The wound won't stop bleeding.
06:23I spent an entire night wiping the floor,
06:27listening to the obscene sounds of passion
06:29spilling from the bedroom.
06:32Emily's loud moans,
06:34the wet slap of skin against skin,
06:36and the heavy, rhythmic creaking of the bed.
06:40Unwanted memories flooded my mind,
06:42those three days after I came ashore.
06:45When Cyrus had thrown me onto the bed
06:47and immediately climbed over me,
06:49he ripped my clothes off with impatient hands,
06:52his scorching body fully against mine.
06:54His mouth attacked,
06:56my neck and breasts sucking and biting hard enough
06:58to leave dark bruises
07:00while his hips slammed into me with brutal force.
07:02Every deep, punishing thrust made,
07:05my back arch off the mattress,
07:07my legs shaking as rod.
07:08They lucked around him.
07:09He growled my name like a beast,
07:11nahend trooking my throat lightly
07:13while the other pinched my nipples
07:15until I screamed in pleasure and pain.
07:17Sweat poured down our bodies
07:19as he fucked me senseless,
07:21fast, hard, and relentless
07:24until I came apart beneath him
07:26over and over again,
07:28my voice breaking as I begged and moaned his name.
07:34As Cyrus's disgusted expression appeared in my mind,
07:37I thought,
07:39very soon I would finally be free.
07:41Even mermaids,
07:43with their legendary immortality,
07:44would still die.
07:45I was finally reaching the last three days of my life.
07:49As I cleaned the final drop of blood on the floor,
07:52the wound on my chest healed thoroughly.
07:55At the same time,
07:57a new day dawned for the moonshadow pack.
08:00Cyrus emerged from the bedroom,
08:02carrying Emily's scent,
08:04and saw the rag soaked in dark red blood.
08:07He frowned.
08:08Why is there so much blood?
08:11I didn't explain,
08:13only lowering my head.
08:15I'm sorry,
08:16I'll deal with this dirty thing immediately.
08:18Outside the window,
08:18a maid was watering the garden
08:20and she deliberately raised her voice.
08:22That monster asked me how to please a werewolf
08:25and what gifts to give to a werewolf mate
08:27before goodness is she trying to seduce the Alpha King?
08:30Goodness,
08:31she actually thinks a witch like her
08:33can be with the Alpha King.
08:34Doesn't she know that those dirty merfish
08:36are the reason why the Alpha King's parents disappeared?
08:40She should be spending her entire life repenting.
08:42Hearing those words,
08:44I immediately sensed danger
08:46and tried to retreat back to the basement,
08:48but Cyrus moved faster.
08:50He dragged me straight to the interrogation room,
08:53pressing me down on the chair
08:54that was carved with lightning runes.
08:56With a mana stone that could activate the runes in hand,
09:00he looked down at me darkly.
09:01I just remembered
09:03that it was time for me to interrogate you.
09:06Now talk.
09:07Where did you bring my parents?
09:10I closed my eyes.
09:13Flashes of excruciating pain that I experienced
09:16end in this very chair
09:17flashing through my center.
09:19Shuddering,
09:20I replied,
09:21I don't know.
09:24The moment I finished speaking,
09:26strong electrical currents surged through me,
09:28making me scream in agony.
09:30My entire body convulsed violently,
09:32and the wounds that had scabbed over
09:34split open once more.
09:36When it ended,
09:36I was so weak that I could barely even breathe.
09:42Cyrus' breaths became heavy.
09:45He leaned in to press his ear on my chest,
09:48confirming that my heart was indeed still beating.
09:56Just tell me!
09:57Why won't you tell me?
09:59His voice was on the brink of breaking down,
10:02as if he was experiencing excruciating pain as well.
10:06I just want to know where my parents are.
10:10Marina!
10:11If you tell me,
10:12I'll let you go.
10:13Blood flowed from the edge of my lips,
10:14every fiber of my being screaming in pain.
10:17I won't tell you.
10:19I could never let anyone know where Cyrus' parents were.
10:22This was a matter of their safety.
10:26We'll be that way.
10:27Cyrus stared at me for a very long while,
10:29before scoffing and ordering for his underlings
10:31to bring the mermaid pearls that I thought I'd kept hidden.
10:33My eyes went wide,
10:35and I struggled in the chair.
10:37What are you doing?
10:38You can't do that!
10:44Of course I can.
10:46I can do whatever I want to a criminal like you.
10:48Then,
10:49he threw a mermaid pearl to the floor
10:51and crushed it underfoot.
10:53As I let out a heart-wrenching scream,
10:55he continued.
10:58I hear that mermaid pearls contain the souls of you, Merfolk,
11:02and that you'll never be able to revive them ever again
11:05if their mermaid pearls were destroyed.
11:08So,
11:09does this pearl belong to your father
11:12or your mother?
11:14Are you willing to let your family die because of you?
11:20My fingernails dug into my hands,
11:22already bloodied.
11:26Tears streamed down my cheeks,
11:29falling to the floor
11:30and turning into blood-steamed pearls.
11:32I hate you, Cyrus.
11:34In response,
11:35I got a kiss that was so fierce,
11:38I couldn't breathe.
11:39Cyrus growled,
11:41You hate me.
11:43What right do you have to hate me?
11:46His mouth crashed violently against mine.
11:52His tongue forced its way in,
11:54cleaming me with brutal hunger
11:55while one hand gripped my hair painfully
11:58and the other squeezed my breast.
12:03For a dizzying moment,
12:05the kiss turned into something darker,
12:07his body pressing me hard against the cold chair,
12:09hips grinding against me
12:11with the same possessive rhythm from our past.
12:15I could almost feel it again,
12:17the way he used to pin me down
12:18and fuck me senseless.
12:22His heavy body slamming into mine
12:24over and over.
12:28Sweat dripping from his chest onto my skin
12:30as he bit my neck and drove me to the brink
12:33with deep, punishing strokes.
12:36I didn't speak,
12:38his kiss making me dizzy and confused.
12:40These days,
12:41I was less and less conscious and aware,
12:43to the point where I almost forgot
12:45how in love we were in the past.
12:47Mermaids had always had the custom
12:48of taking human form
12:49and going ashore to look for their true love.
12:53I was three years old
12:54when I first met Cyrus.
12:57The year I turned 15,
12:58I would sneak back to land
12:59just to see him.
13:02One hidden night by the cove,
13:03after our confession,
13:05Cyrus had pushed me down
13:06onto the soft sand.
13:11He tore my clothes open
13:13and covered my body with his.
13:16Mouth sucking greedily on my breasts
13:18while his hand slid between my thighs.
13:24Fingers stroking me
13:25until I was soaking and trembling.
13:28When he finally pushed inside me,
13:30it was slow at first,
13:32then deep and urgent,
13:33his hips rolling powerfully
13:35as I moaned and clutched at his shoulders.
13:42Our bodies moving together
13:43under the moonlight
13:44until pleasure tore through me.
13:49Later on,
13:50the merfolk and werewolves
13:51were involved in a deal.
13:54The representatives for the werewolves
13:56were Cyrus' parents,
13:58but they ended up going missing
13:59as a result.
14:03I was the princess of the merfolk,
14:04so I was naturally
14:05one of the greatest suspects.
14:09Many years later,
14:10Cyrus became the Offa King,
14:12and I had to approach him again
14:13for the safety of my people.
14:16Those three days of reunion
14:17were even more intense.
14:19He would throw me onto the bed,
14:21spread my legs wide,
14:22and fuck me like a starving beast,
14:24hard, fast,
14:26and without restraint.
14:28His hands held my hips
14:29in a bruising grip
14:30as he pounded into me,
14:32my breasts bouncing
14:33with every violent thrust.
14:37I screamed his name,
14:38back arching sharply,
14:40nails digging deep into his flesh,
14:42while wave after wave
14:43of blinding pleasure
14:44ripped through my body.
14:45I had two days left.
14:49Cyrus tried to lift me
14:50from the chair,
14:51only to find his arms
14:52soaked in my blood.
14:55He paused and looked
14:56at my ruptured wounds.
14:59It's dirty, isn't it?
15:01But it's fine.
15:02I'm going to die.
15:05I gave him a weak, bitter smile.
15:08I was telling the truth,
15:09but Cyrus acted as if I'd said
15:11something incredibly taboo,
15:13and he started
15:15pouring healing elixirs
15:16into my mouth
15:16in a crazed frenzy.
15:17The elixirs barely worked.
15:21You can't die.
15:22Not without my permission.
15:24His voice was icy,
15:25but beneath the frost
15:26was sheer panic.
15:28Undoing the shackles
15:29on my ankles,
15:29he plunged me into a pool
15:30of healing elixir.
15:31I coughed and choked,
15:33and the wounds on my body
15:34stopped bleeding.
15:36However,
15:37I felt that there was
15:38something wrong
15:38with the healing elixir
15:39that I was plunged into.
15:41My body was temporarily healed,
15:43for sure,
15:44but the side effects
15:45were going to leave
15:46irreparable damage
15:47on my body.
15:48Looking up,
15:48I caught sight of Emily
15:50hiding behind the door.
15:52Meeting my gaze,
15:53she gave me a twisted,
15:54malicious smile.
15:56Her red lips moved silently,
15:58wording the words
15:59she wanted to say to me.
16:00Marina,
16:02I want you dead.
16:04In my days,
16:05I felt someone hold me close,
16:07caressing my hair gently.
16:09Hot tears spilled
16:11onto my cheeks,
16:12making my heart shudder.
16:13Marina,
16:14if all of this
16:15never happened,
16:17if only things
16:18were as they were.
16:21Was that Cyrus,
16:22was he crying?
16:26It took an eternity
16:27for me to open my eyes,
16:29but Ceres was no longer there,
16:31only a guard
16:32that dragged me
16:32to the courtyard.
16:35The scorching sunlight
16:36beat down on me
16:37relentlessly,
16:38and I quickly
16:39felt dehydrated.
16:40Cyrus and Emily
16:41were there
16:42in the courtyard,
16:43and seeing me,
16:44Emily made a show
16:45of looking concerned.
16:46You haven't eaten
16:47in a long time,
16:48right?
16:50Are you hungry?
16:53My throat was dry,
16:54and it hurt
16:55to even draw
16:55on a single breath,
16:56so I couldn't respond
16:57to her immediately.
16:59At Emily's signal,
17:00a guard kicked me hard.
17:02The kick landed
17:03right on an unhealed wound,
17:04and fresh blood
17:05stained my clothes again.
17:06Cyrus seemed irritated.
17:08He frowned
17:09and threw his coat
17:10over me.
17:13Enough!
17:14Heal your wound
17:15and stop playing
17:16the victim.
17:18You know that Emily
17:19faints at the sight
17:20of blood.
17:20A devious glint
17:22flashed through
17:22Emily's eyes
17:23as she threw
17:24dirty meat and vegetables
17:25onto the ground
17:26in front of me.
17:27You must be hungry.
17:29Eat up.
17:30I turned to look
17:31at Cyrus,
17:31who only averted
17:32his gaze,
17:33as if he didn't
17:34want to look at me
17:34for one second longer
17:36than was necessary.
17:37From the looks of it,
17:39that moment earlier,
17:40with him holding me
17:41and crying,
17:42must have been a dream.
17:44How could he possibly
17:45still hold any feelings
17:46toward me?
17:47I slowly lowered my head
17:48and reached for the food
17:50on the ground,
17:51pitifully eating
17:51like a disgraced mutt.
17:54Suddenly,
17:55Emily's voice,
17:56underlined with malice,
17:58rang in my ears.
17:59Why aren't you
18:00eating the meat,
18:01Marina?
18:02I'm sure you need
18:03the nutrition,
18:04right?
18:05Numbly,
18:06I placed the meat
18:07into my mouth.
18:08My sense of taste
18:09had long since
18:10been dulled
18:10from all the pain
18:11I suffered.
18:12So all I could feel
18:13was that the meat
18:14was slightly different
18:15from anything
18:16I'd ever eaten before.
18:19Is it good?
18:20They're always
18:21in seawater.
18:23Emily smiled brightly.
18:25So I'm sure
18:26mermaid flesh
18:26is pretty tender,
18:28right?
18:29A piece of meat
18:30dropped from my mouth
18:31as I raised my head
18:32in shock,
18:32looking at Emily
18:33as if I was processing
18:35what she'd just told me.
18:36Her smile only grew wider,
18:38relishing in my pain.
18:39A wave of nausea rose up
18:40and I collapsed
18:41to the ground.
18:45God, my shoes!
18:47I had thrown up
18:48all over Emily's heels.
18:49Without waiting for orders,
18:51the guards grabbed me
18:51by the hair
18:52and dragged me away,
18:54stuffing a rock
18:54into my mouth.
18:56Cyrus held Emily
18:56in his arms,
18:57threw away her
18:58soiled shoes
18:59and ordered a servant
19:00to fetch her a new pair.
19:01He's to treat me
19:02like that too.
19:03In the past,
19:05pulling me close
19:06after passion,
19:07kissing my forehead
19:08tenderly,
19:09while our bodies
19:10were still entangled
19:12and slick with sweat.
19:13Now all he had
19:14for me was hatred.
19:16What's wrong, Marina?
19:17You should have expected
19:18this when you
19:19Murphix heard us werewolves,
19:21since you don't want to eat.
19:23Just throw the meat
19:24into the rubbish.
19:25Emily wore a new pair
19:26of shoes
19:27and kicked the meat away
19:28before turning
19:29to look at Cyrus.
19:30Alpha King,
19:31don't blame Marina.
19:32She's just not hungry,
19:34that's all.
19:35How about you
19:36let her keep me company
19:37while I paint
19:38to make up for it?
19:39Cyrus shook his head
19:40helplessly.
19:41You're too kind, Emily.
19:43Then,
19:44he took the rock
19:45from my mouth,
19:46wiped away the dirt
19:47on my face,
19:48and gripped my chin.
19:50Hear that?
19:51You upset Emily,
19:53and now she's giving you
19:55the chance to make up for it.
19:57Keep her company,
19:58and don't make her unhappy.
19:59What else could I do
20:00but not?
20:01Cyrus' grip on my chin
20:03became tighter,
20:04and he seemed
20:05to want to say something,
20:06but he was interrupted
20:07by an incoming call.
20:09He stood up
20:10and bid farewell
20:12to Emily,
20:13before leaning down
20:14and kissing
20:15her pregnant belly.
20:17Watching them,
20:18I couldn't help
20:19but feel a wave
20:19of sadness
20:20washing over me.
20:21After Cyrus left,
20:23Emily didn't bother
20:24keeping up the act
20:24any longer,
20:25only rolling her eyes
20:26at me.
20:27I don't like being watched
20:28while I paint.
20:29Go sit by the trash can.
20:31I quietly moved
20:32to sit by the trash can.
20:33The sun was far too bright
20:34for me today,
20:35and there was at least
20:36some shade by the trash can.
20:39A few moments later,
20:41Emily's maid came over
20:42with a bucket.
20:43Pinching her nose
20:43into stain,
20:44she looked down at me,
20:45both literally
20:46and figuratively.
20:47Hey, monster,
20:48Emily needs red paint
20:49for her drawing.
20:50The prettiest red
20:51is the color of blood,
20:52so extract a bucket
20:53of your blood for her.
20:54Hey, monster,
20:55I need red paint
20:56for my drawing.
20:57The prettiest red
20:58is the color of blood.
21:02Use this.
21:03I hesitated, Marina,
21:05but it's rusted.
21:06Do you think
21:07you're still a princess?
21:10Don't be so picky
21:11and cut yourself already,
21:12or I'm not going
21:13to go easy on you.
21:15All I could do
21:16was take the dagger
21:16and slit my wrist,
21:18allowing the blood
21:19to drip into the bucket.
21:22I only stopped
21:23when my lips turned purple,
21:24and I was close
21:25to passing out
21:26when the bucket
21:27was finally full.
21:28Emily's paintings
21:29are just gorgeous.
21:31It's a bit how difficult
21:32it is for her
21:33to get the materials
21:34she needs for her paints.
21:35Did you know
21:36that you get
21:37a tiny bottle
21:37of pearl powder
21:38after killing
21:39several murphage?
21:44The color drained
21:45from my already
21:46pale face,
21:47and I stood up,
21:48clinging to the wall.
21:50Shrill cries
21:50echoed faintly
21:51in my ears,
21:52and I prayed
21:53to whoever was listening
21:54for it to not
21:54be what I thought.
21:55The closer I got
21:56to Emily,
21:57the clearer
21:58the cries became,
21:59and that's when
21:59I saw it.
22:00The pile of mermaid
22:01corpses around
22:02Emily's feet.
22:03When I got there,
22:05she had her hand
22:05around the throat
22:06of a mermaid,
22:07her knife stabbing
22:08into their chest
22:09with precision,
22:10digging out
22:10their mermaid pearl
22:11and crushing it
22:12in one fluid motion.
22:14Wiping the blood
22:15on her hands,
22:16she turned
22:17to look at me.
22:17Marina,
22:18I didn't know
22:19that you murphish
22:20had differently
22:20colored pearls.
22:22I just want
22:22white ones.
22:23I hear only royalty
22:25has pearls
22:25of that color,
22:26right?
22:27So you must know
22:28who's royalty,
22:29right?
22:29Could you help me
22:30get their white pearls
22:31pretty please?
22:33There,
22:33locked in a tank
22:34of water,
22:35was my younger brother.
22:36He was only ten,
22:38and no one
22:38had the chance
22:39to teach him
22:40how to take
22:40human form,
22:41so he still
22:42had his fishtail.
22:44Fish,
22:45fish,
22:45save me!
22:46He banked
22:47on the glass,
22:48crying and begging
22:49for me to save him.
22:50Seeing this,
22:51Emily smiled
22:52interestedly.
22:54Ah,
22:54so he's your brother.
22:56How cute.
22:59I'll go with him
23:00next then.
23:03By her orders,
23:04two guards dragged
23:05my little brother
23:06out from the tank
23:06and held his chest
23:07up to Emily's knife.
23:12I couldn't take
23:13watching it any longer,
23:14kneeling on the ground
23:15and knocking my head
23:17over and over again
23:18on the ground,
23:18begging.
23:23Please,
23:23Emily,
23:24let him go.
23:25He was adopted,
23:26so he isn't royalty.
23:27My pearl is white,
23:28so use mine.
23:30Even as I begged,
23:31Emily pressed her blade down,
23:33drawing blood
23:33from my brother's chest.
23:38But you're a filthy
23:40little liar,
23:40so who knows
23:41if you're lying now,
23:43too.
23:43In any case,
23:44I'll know once I see it.
23:46Little boy,
23:46I'll take your pearl.
23:48Then Marina's awe,
23:49you brat,
23:49how dare you?
23:50My brother shook himself
23:52free of the guards
23:53and bit Emily's hand
23:54as hard as he could.
23:56My brother shook himself
23:57free of the guards
23:58and bit Emily's hand
23:59as hard as he could.
24:01Don't hurt Marina!
24:03The next second,
24:05he was sent flying
24:06by none other
24:06than Cyrus,
24:08who'd rushed
24:08to the scene.
24:09My brother's teeth
24:11knocked out of his mouth,
24:12and he fell right next to me.
24:14Cyrus cradled
24:15Emily in his arms,
24:16his eyes burning
24:17with rage.
24:18Marina!
24:19You already hurt
24:21my parents,
24:21so are you gonna
24:22do the same to Emily?
24:24I shielded my brother
24:25and shook my head
24:26through my tears.
24:27Please,
24:28let him go.
24:29I'll take the punishment,
24:31so take me instead.
24:33Cyrus was so angry
24:34that he laughed.
24:35Shut up!
24:37Don't make me
24:38repeat myself
24:39over and over again!
24:40If you let me know
24:42where my parents are,
24:43I'll let go
24:44of both him
24:45and you.
24:46There was again.
24:49I lost all the strength
24:50in my body,
24:51and I glared at Cyrus
24:53with hatred
24:53for the very first time.
24:56You don't know
24:56a damn thing!
24:57I already told you
24:58that you would know
24:59where your parents were
25:00when the time was right!
25:03Why did you have
25:04to torture me
25:04time and time again
25:05and even hurt my family?
25:08I hate you, Cyrus!
25:10Cyrus wouldn't listen.
25:12He turned his head away,
25:14refusing to meet my eyes.
25:15Since you won't talk,
25:17fine.
25:21Let your brother
25:22atone your place.
25:24Everything happened
25:25so fast.
25:26A sharp dagger
25:28plunged into
25:28my brother's heart.
25:29I heard the sound
25:30of a pearl shattering.
25:32My brother's body
25:33quickly turned cold
25:34and stiff.
25:35His soul destroyed.
25:36He was truly gone.
25:38I sat there
25:39on the ground,
25:40my mind blank.
25:41I had completely
25:42lost my ability
25:43to think.
25:44Amelie pretended
25:45to help me up,
25:46but just as she got close,
25:47she threw herself
25:48to the floor.
25:49Clutching her stomach,
25:50she cried and accused me.
25:52Marina,
25:53why did you push me?
25:55I was just joking.
25:56And your brother
25:57tried to bite my hand off.
25:59Now you're trying
26:00to kill my baby too?
26:02I felt like there was
26:03a hole in my hollow heart,
26:04letting the cold wind
26:05blow right through.
26:06I didn't know what to say,
26:07because I knew that
26:08whatever I said,
26:09Cyrus would never believe me.
26:10So I replied
26:11with a hazy voice.
26:12Yes, I want to kill
26:13all of you.
26:14Kill me.
26:15Cyrus ground his teeth
26:16in fury.
26:18He wanted to punish me,
26:19but at that moment,
26:21Emily went into labor.
26:24Sending a withering glare
26:25at me, he said,
26:26Once Emily's pup comes,
26:28you'll pay the price.
26:29Watching him anxiously
26:31leave with Emily,
26:32I chucked bitterly.
26:34That day would never come.
26:36I was about to die,
26:37after all.
26:38Once more,
26:39I was dragged
26:39into the dark
26:40and gloomy basement.
26:42Right above me
26:43was the temporary
26:44delivery room,
26:45where Emily
26:46was giving birth.
26:47She spent an entire day
26:49and night giving birth,
26:50while I was locked
26:51in the basement
26:52for the same amount of time.
26:54At first,
26:55I could still hear
26:56the pained cries
26:57Emily let out,
26:58but soon enough,
26:59I couldn't hear
27:00anything anymore.
27:01I'd lost all of my senses,
27:04and I could feel
27:05my body become
27:05lighter and lighter.
27:07Finally,
27:08Emily gave birth safely,
27:10and Cyrus breathed
27:11a sigh of relief.
27:12Suddenly,
27:13a guard rushed
27:14into the room.
27:14Alpha King,
27:15your parents have returned.
27:17Cyrus rushed
27:18to the entrance
27:18of the pack
27:19in disbelief,
27:20only to see
27:20that his parents
27:21were there.
27:21His parents' faces
27:22were anxious,
27:23and the first thing
27:24they said upon
27:24seeing Sarah's was,
27:26Where's Marina?
27:27Did she come see you?
27:28Quick,
27:29take her to the sea.
27:30If she doesn't have water,
27:31she'll die.
27:32Sirius's breath
27:33hitched as panic
27:34filled his heart,
27:35but he still tried
27:36to put on a brave front,
27:37replying nonchalantly,
27:39Stop joking, Dad.
27:40Murphid can't die.
27:42She hurt Emily just now,
27:43so I locked her
27:44in the basement.
27:46Cyrus' father
27:47was furious,
27:48immediately sending
27:49a slap across his face.
27:51You idiot!
27:52Enough talk!
27:52Bring us to the basement now!
27:54Thinking of my attitude
27:55for the past few days,
27:56Cyrus suddenly
27:57had a bad feeling.
27:58As they reached
27:59the basement door,
28:00he slowed down
28:00and took a few deep breaths,
28:02stiffly pushing
28:03the basement door open.
28:04Mom, Dad,
28:06look,
28:06she's fine, see?
28:10With a single glance
28:12in the door,
28:13both of his parents
28:13burst out in tears.
28:16Whipping his head around,
28:18Cyrus saw
28:20that half of my face
28:22had already turned
28:23into sea foam.
28:24In the next moment,
28:25Cyrus fell to his knees,
28:27trembling as he
28:27cruddled me in his arms.
28:31He had never knelt
28:32to anyone before,
28:33but now he seemed
28:34to care about nothing else.
28:35All he could see
28:36was me,
28:37gradually fading away.
28:39His arms trembled
28:40as he tightened
28:40his embrace,
28:41trying to hold on to me.
28:43Marina,
28:43you're just pretending
28:44to be pitiful again,
28:46right?
28:46You're not really hurt,
28:48are you?
28:48I wanted to reply
28:49to him,
28:50but I couldn't.
28:51My mouth had already
28:52disappeared,
28:53and my shoulders
28:53would soon be gone too,
28:55so he couldn't hold
28:56on to me anymore either.
28:57Shaking his head
28:58in pain,
28:59he screamed,
29:00Don't die,
29:01Marina,
29:02you're not allowed!
29:03I haven't had the chance
29:04to see you
29:05in a wedding dress.
29:06Nor tell the world
29:07that you were my Luna.
29:08We haven't told each other
29:09we loved each other yet.
29:10Speak, Marina.
29:12Tell me everything,
29:13and I'll believe you.
29:14Tears slowed down
29:15Cyrus' cheeks.
29:16He turned to his father,
29:17clinging to a final shred
29:19of hope.
29:19Dad,
29:20you said to put her
29:21in seawater.
29:22His father looked at me
29:23with a pained expression,
29:24nodding heavily.
29:25Go get her to seawater,
29:26right now!
29:27Cyrus dashed out
29:28with my broken body
29:29in his arms.
29:30The pack had a research lab
29:31connected to the ocean,
29:33but it was already
29:34too late.
29:35I could no longer
29:36be saved.
29:38Cyrus' was trembling,
29:39as if he were on the verge
29:40of a breakdown.
29:42Don't scare me, Marina.
29:43Why are you becoming
29:44so light?
29:45You still haven't told me
29:46the truth,
29:47so don't leave.
29:49I couldn't hear
29:50anything beyond that.
29:52My consciousness
29:53fading into nothingness.
29:57Cyrus placed me
29:58into the research lab's
29:59water tank,
30:00watching me float
30:01on the water.
30:02My death was already
30:03inevitable,
30:04so even if I was placed
30:05into seawater,
30:06it only slowed down
30:07the speed of me
30:07dissolving into foam.
30:08I floated there,
30:10my soul drifting
30:11out of my body.
30:12I knew that in a few days,
30:14my soul would disappear too.
30:16Hovering above,
30:17I looked down at Cyrus
30:19screaming in anguish
30:20in front of the water tank.
30:21He was the proud
30:22Alpha King,
30:23yet now he could do
30:24nothing about my death.
30:26It took Cyrus a long time
30:28to recover from
30:29the overwhelming pain.
30:30Mom, Dad,
30:32where did the Mirko
30:33take you?
30:35Didn't they kidnap you?
30:36Were you hurt?
30:37Cyrus' mother
30:38had always loved
30:39him like her own dog.
30:43So she couldn't
30:44stop crying
30:44as she watched
30:45on a pitiful end.
30:46She raised her hand
30:48and slapped Cyrus' face
30:49as hard as she could.
30:51So you tortured
30:52Marina like this,
30:53without even
30:54knowing the truth.
30:55Your forefather
30:56and I have never
30:57taught you to be like this.
30:58The Murphig
30:59didn't hurt us.
31:00In fact,
31:01they're the saviors
31:02of our pack.
31:03Marina even
31:04saved you too.
31:06Barrett was dumbfounded,
31:07as if he'd been
31:08struck by lightning.
31:08But I saw the Murphish
31:10take you away back then.
31:12Cyrus' mother
31:12replied gravely,
31:14That was just
31:15an act we put on.
31:17One that we decided
31:18on together
31:19with the Murphish.
31:21Cyrus,
31:21our ancestors
31:22had once offended
31:23a powerful dark sorcerer
31:24and so we were cursed.
31:25From then on,
31:26all the werewolves
31:26in our pack
31:27would have genetic defects.
31:28The Murphish
31:29are the only ones
31:29who can help
31:30to resolve this.
31:30The fact that we have
31:31genetic defects
31:32can't be known
31:32by outsiders
31:33or our enemies
31:34would exploit it
31:35as a weakness.
31:35That's why
31:36it's always been
31:36kept under lock and key
31:37and our research
31:38had always been
31:39held in secret.
31:40Because we once
31:41helped Marina's parents,
31:42they agreed to aid
31:43our tribe
31:43in curing the genetic illness.
31:45On top of that,
31:45the one who healed
31:46your genetic illness
31:47was Marina,
31:48using her own
31:49flesh and blood.
31:49We already owe
31:50the Murphish too much
31:51and look what you've done.
31:54Why didn't she
31:54tell me the truth?
31:56After all this time?
31:57Cyrus' mother
31:58replied gravely,
32:04The research lab
32:05was plunged into silence,
32:06leaving only the light
32:07sound of popping bubbles
32:08coming from my body.
32:10Cyrus arranged for his parents
32:12to go rest
32:12while he came to the basement
32:14that I lived in
32:15all this time.
32:16There were no lights installed,
32:17so he walked in
32:18with a lamp in hand.
32:19The moment he pushed
32:20the door open,
32:21the overwhelming scent
32:22of dampness and mold
32:23came flooding out
32:24in waves
32:25and his expression
32:25immediately darkened.
32:27Earlier,
32:27in his rush
32:28to save me,
32:29he'd completely ignored
32:30the smell of the basement.
32:31Now looking around,
32:32he realized
32:33Moat grew all over
32:34the damp wooden floors
32:35and that this place
32:36was in no condition
32:37for anyone to live in.
32:38I never had my own room before,
32:39only living in
32:40Syroff's wardrobe at night.
32:43Later on,
32:44I was kicked out
32:45because Emily
32:45didn't want me to sleep
32:46in the same room as Cyrus.
32:47With fake pity,
32:49she had the maids
32:49arranged for me
32:50to stay in the basement instead.
32:53There wasn't any furniture
32:55or any blankets
32:55in the room,
32:56so Cyrus laid on the floor
32:57to imagine the kind
32:58of life I had endured.
33:02Meanwhile,
33:02Emily had just woken up
33:03after giving birth
33:04and was demanding
33:05to see Cyrus.
33:08A maid searched
33:09the entirety of the estate
33:10before finding him
33:11in the dark,
33:12narrow basement.
33:16Brightened out of her mind,
33:17she kneeled immediately.
33:19Why are you in this place,
33:21Alpha King?
33:22Emily wants to see you.
33:25Cyrus looked up at her,
33:27his eyes dark
33:28and filled with cold intensity.
33:31Were you the one
33:32who put Marina
33:32in this place?
33:38The maid was so terrified
33:39that she could barely breathe.
33:41Emily said that a dark
33:42and damp place like this
33:43suited Murfolk.
33:44Her voice became
33:45lower and lower,
33:46feeling the rage
33:47radiating off the werewolf
33:48in front of him.
33:49Cyrus' presence as an elf
33:51oppressed heavily on her
33:52like a giant rock.
33:53And she couldn't even
33:54maintain a kneeling position
33:55in front of him,
33:56groveling on the ground
33:57in fear.
33:58Cyrus pushed himself
33:59off the floor,
34:00his hands covered
34:00in moss and mold.
34:01A glint of murderous rage
34:03flickered in his eyes
34:04and he let out
34:04a chilling laugh.
34:05So this is how Emily
34:06secretly tortured Marina
34:08behind my back.
34:09How?
34:10Kind of her.
34:11My soul floated
34:12in mid-air,
34:13my emotions no longer
34:14stirred by anything
34:15Cyrus did.
34:16In the past few years,
34:18Cyrus had been
34:18nothing but obedient
34:19to Emily.
34:19But now that I was dead,
34:21his attitude towards her
34:22became cold again.
34:23What in the world
34:24was going through his mind?
34:25Emily,
34:26having just given birth,
34:28wanted to lean
34:29on Cyrus' shoulder,
34:30but he avoided
34:31her advances immediately.
34:33Cyrus felt like
34:34he still had my presence
34:35lingering in his arms,
34:36so he didn't want
34:37anyone to disturb it.
34:39Emily chuckled awkwardly,
34:41acting like nothing happened.
34:42Cyrus,
34:43I heard that
34:44your parents returned.
34:45Is that true?
34:47Inspecting Emily's
34:48expression carefully
34:49as he did,
34:49It is.
34:50My parents returned,
34:52and they said that
34:53we've misunderstood
34:53her all these years,
34:55and that they left
34:56because of a deal
34:57they made.
34:58I listened to him
34:59explain,
35:00but quickly realized
35:01that he didn't bring up
35:02a single word
35:03about the traitor.
35:04Emily covered her mouth,
35:05fading surprise.
35:07A deal?
35:08Why didn't I know
35:09about it?
35:10She seemed to want
35:10Cyrus to elaborate more,
35:12but Cyrus cut
35:12the conversation short.
35:13Marina's not doing well,
35:15so I need to go
35:16take care of her.
35:20Sleep by yourself
35:21tonight.
35:22He'd never acted
35:23so coldly toward Emily
35:24before,
35:24so I was quite shocked.
35:25After Cyrus left the room,
35:27Emily's expression twisted,
35:28and she smashed everything
35:30on the table to bits.
35:32Cyrus had gathered
35:33all the mages in the pack
35:34to discuss how to
35:35resurrect me,
35:36and they looked at each
35:37other debulantly,
35:38knowing that I was
35:39far beyond saving.
35:40One mage who was
35:41most straightforward
35:41with his words spoke.
35:42You should know
35:42that death
35:44is an irreversible journey.
35:46Marina's mermaid pearl
35:47is almost fully
35:48sea foam,
35:49so there is no way
35:50to resurrect her.
35:52At this point,
35:52it would be simpler
35:53to find her a place
35:54to rest.
35:55Not able to control
35:56his emotions,
35:57Cyrus punched the mage
35:58to the ground.
35:59Useless.
36:00All of you.
36:01I didn't spend
36:02so much money hiring you
36:03to hear you
36:04blabber excuses.
36:06You can't cure Marina,
36:07then you will be
36:08laid to rest with her.
36:09The mages wanted
36:09to speak up in resistance,
36:11but cowered at the sight
36:11of Cyrus's sharp claws.
36:13Seeing that bloodshed
36:13was about to break out,
36:14Cyrus's beta stood
36:15in front of him
36:16and spoke his mind.
36:17Alpha King,
36:18what's the use of doing
36:19all this after all this time?
36:21You're the one
36:21who tortured Marina
36:22for all these years
36:23and the source
36:24of all her pain.
36:26What's the point
36:26of making yourself
36:27look like a heartbroken fool
36:28now when she's already gone?
36:30Finally,
36:31someone put to words
36:31what had been bothering me
36:32during this entire exchange.
36:34Cyrus treated me
36:34like the dirt under his feet
36:36while I was still alive,
36:37yet acted repentant.
36:38After I was dead,
36:40what was the point?
36:40Hearing the beta's words,
36:41Cyrus stormed out the door
36:42in a useless fit of rage
36:43and the entire pack
36:44was thrown into chaos.
36:45It was night
36:45and things had finally
36:46quieted down.
36:47While everyone was too
36:48preoccupied with what had happened,
36:49Emily sneaked into
36:50the research lab,
36:51holding a silver dagger
36:52tightly in her hand.
36:53Seeing me,
36:53she smirked,
36:54her red lips glinting
36:55like blood.
36:56It's alright Marina,
36:59let me end your life
37:00for you.
37:02If I wasn't already dead,
37:03I would probably be scared
37:05witless by how Emily
37:06was acting.
37:06But now,
37:07I was too tired to care.
37:09Emily stepped closer.
37:11Her sharp,
37:12silver dagger,
37:13glinting,
37:13as she moved.
37:14Seeing that a majority
37:15of my body
37:16had already turned to sea foam,
37:17made her laugh with glee,
37:19and she reached
37:19to scoop me out of the water.
37:21The moment my body
37:22came into contact
37:22with the air,
37:23I started dissolving
37:24even faster.
37:25The dagger lashed out
37:26at my heart
37:26like a venomous snake,
37:27but before it did,
37:28it was caught mid-air.
37:30The dagger sliced the hand
37:31of the person who caught it,
37:32dripping blood into the tank
37:34and dyeing the seawater red.
37:35Emily hadn't reacted
37:36before she was kicked
37:37to the ground.
37:39Cyrus' eyes filled with sorrow
37:40when he saw the state
37:41of my body,
37:42which quickly turned
37:43into fury and hatred
37:44when directed at Emily.
37:45Emily,
37:46why did you want
37:47to kill Marina?
37:48She's never done
37:49a thing to you.
37:50Emily sobbed.
37:52I did it to help you.
37:53I know you hate her,
37:55so I killed her for you,
37:57so you didn't need
37:58to dirty your hands.
38:00Besides,
38:01she's nothing but a monster,
38:02so she should have died
38:04ages ago.
38:05I was only doing
38:07the right thing.
38:08Cyrus scoffed,
38:10looking down at Emily
38:10in the same manner
38:11as he looked at me
38:12in the past.
38:13You did it to help me.
38:15Then what about
38:16when you locked her up
38:17in that narrow basement
38:18and used her blood
38:20as her feet?
38:21You're just a venomous witch
38:23who's jealous of Marina!
38:24I chuckled bitterly
38:26about Cyrus.
38:27Finally found out
38:27about what Emily
38:28had been doing to me,
38:29but it was already
38:30dead after all.
38:31So what was the use
38:31of punishing Emily
38:32at this point?
38:34Emily's eyes widened
38:35in disbelief,
38:36and she shrieked.
38:37I'm venomous!
38:38How dare you!
38:39If I'm venomous,
38:40then what are you?
38:41Did you forget
38:42that you've tortured her
38:43not less than I did?
38:44Did you ever try
38:45helping her,
38:46even once,
38:47when she was in pain?
38:48Did you forget
38:49that you've tortured her
38:50not less than I did?
38:51Did you ever try
38:51helping her even once
38:53when she was in pain?
38:54She's already dead now,
38:55so she can't see
38:55anything you do.
38:56Cyrus,
38:57I'll only love you
38:58from now on,
38:58so can't we live
38:59happily together?
39:00Don't finish talking
39:00before Cyrus' parents
39:02came in with guards,
39:02cuffing her up in shackles.
39:04Emily was stunned
39:05for a moment
39:05before she struggled
39:06against her bounds
39:07as hard as she could.
39:08How dare you do this to me!
39:10I'm the future Luna Queen!
39:12Cyrus immediately
39:13slapped her across her face
39:14before throwing
39:16a stack of parchment
39:16at her.
39:17Are you mad?
39:19Marina's my Luna Queen!
39:20Besides,
39:21you're nothing but a traitor
39:22who betrayed the pack!
39:23Emily was pinned to the ground,
39:25her once-dainly face
39:26becoming smudged with dirt.
39:27Even when she saw the apartment,
39:28she didn't think
39:29that she did anything wrong.
39:30Fine,
39:30you can call me a traitor.
39:31So what?
39:32Those merfish are monsters!
39:33They're not from the same race as us,
39:35so they'd never help us
39:36out of the goodness
39:36of their hearts!
39:37You can't let them trick you!
39:38Alpha King,
39:39are you going to punish me
39:40because of those monsters?
39:41All these years,
39:43he'd stubbornly hurt the one
39:44who truly loved
39:45and cared for him,
39:46all while treating
39:47the vicious witch
39:47in front of him so well.
39:49He really messed up.
39:50Emily,
39:51you're actually the descendant
39:53of the Dark Sorcerer,
39:54and you infiltrated
39:56the Moonshadow Pack
39:57so that our deal
39:58with the merfish,
39:59the merfish,
40:00would never come to fruition!
40:03How could you know that?
40:04Who told you?
40:06Everyone looked at Emily
40:07in shock,
40:08now seeing her
40:08as the monster
40:09she truly was.
40:09Cyrus' father
40:10patted his shoulder gently.
40:12Believe me now, son,
40:15Emily did all this
40:16because of her plans.
40:19But I really do
40:20want it to be with Cyrus!
40:22I do!
40:23Emily cried loudly,
40:25but Cyrus only looked
40:26down at her
40:27like she was
40:27nothing more but trash.
40:29With a sudden burst
40:29of strength,
40:30she shook herself free
40:31from the werewolf
40:31that held her down
40:32and activated black magic
40:33toward the water table
40:34where I was held.
40:35Here's what you get
40:36for not loving me, Cyrus!
40:38No, don't!
40:39My body was
40:40immediately turned
40:41to shreds
40:41by the magic,
40:42to the point where
40:43one couldn't even tell
40:44that it was me anymore.
40:47Here's what you get
40:48for not loving me, Cyrus!
40:50No, don't!
40:53Marina,
40:54how dare you!
40:57Don't stop me!
40:58Cyrus wanted to jump
41:00into the water tank
41:00to save me,
41:01but he was held back
41:02by the guards.
41:03It was common knowledge,
41:05after all,
41:06that touching dark magic
41:07was tantamount
41:08to a death sentence.
41:10Cyrus still screamed
41:11and roared in agony.
41:13How dare you stop me!
41:16Look!
41:17Now her body's gone!
41:19No one dared to speak.
41:21At that moment,
41:22Cyrus looked up,
41:24and his eyes precisely met
41:25where my soul was floating.
41:27I was surprised.
41:28Could he see me?
41:30Eyes reddened in anguish,
41:31he begged me
41:32for the first time
41:33in his life.
41:33Please,
41:34please don't go.
41:36Stay with me.
41:38I shook my head.
41:39Perhaps it was because
41:40my body was completely destroyed,
41:41but my soul had started
41:43to become lighter and lighter,
41:44as if I was about
41:45to fade out of existence.
41:47Cyrus wanted to grab my hand,
41:49but each time
41:50he reached for me,
41:51he missed.
41:52In the end,
41:53I was completely out of reach.
41:55As the Alpha came,
41:57he had always faced
41:58everything with composure.
41:59Marina,
42:00please just give me
42:00another chance.
42:02So can't you stay?
42:05I've only just realized
42:06that the only one
42:07I've ever loved
42:08was you.
42:09Please don't leave me.
42:10I didn't reply,
42:11only closing my eyes silently,
42:13and then,
42:13my soul vanished.
42:14From then on,
42:15the mermaid Marina
42:16ceased to exist.
42:19Cyrus locked himself
42:21in the laboratory
42:21for a week.
42:22He didn't eat,
42:24didn't drink,
42:24and ignore anyone
42:25who came to see him.
42:26When he finally reappeared,
42:28the aura of an Alpha King
42:29was gone.
42:30He looked haggard,
42:31his steps faltering,
42:33leaning on a servant's arm.
42:34I need to atone
42:35for what I did.
42:36The gene elixir
42:37that the merfolk have researched
42:38was finally released
42:39to the public,
42:40saving the lives
42:41of the Moonshadow Peck.
42:42As the person
42:43who almost ruined
42:44everything,
42:45Emily was sentenced
42:46with the death penalty.
42:47Afterward,
42:48Cyrus devoted himself
42:49to helping the merfolk,
42:51returning those still suffering
42:52from cruel experiments
42:53back to the ocean.
42:55In front of everyone else,
42:56he was still the calm,
42:57collected,
42:58and reliable Cyrus.
43:00But in private,
43:01away from the public eye,
43:03Cyrus was consumed
43:04with regret
43:04and desperation.
43:07For Marina
43:07didn't even leave him
43:08a single thing
43:09to remember her by.
43:11After everything was settled,
43:12Cyrus sat on a sailboat
43:13and went out to sea.
43:14He sailed all the way
43:16to the waters belonging
43:17to the merfolk,
43:18where Marina belonged.
43:27Then he opened
43:28his arms wide
43:29and closed his eyes
43:30before plunging
43:31into the sea.
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