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00:00In my past life, Serafina had the rogue blood curse.
00:04On the day of her forced mating ceremony,
00:07she pushed me into the consummation chamber with her mate.
00:10I bore a son and cured her curse.
00:14However, she accused me of shamelessly crawling into her mate's bed.
00:18She stole my son and threw me into the rogue slums.
00:23Don't look. Filth.
00:24Soon, I caught the curse too.
00:27When I opened my eyes again,
00:29I was back to the day Serafina pushed me toward the consummation chamber.
00:34This time, I went straight to her disabled brother-in-law's bed.
00:38He was the High King's secret bastard.
00:41It was the last full moon of autumn,
00:44Serafina's forced mating ceremony with Aldrich.
00:47Gloria! It burns! Bring the medicine now!
00:51Useless girl, move faster!
00:53If you ruin my mistress' ceremony timing,
00:55can you bear the consequences?
00:57I strained the medicated solution through cloth,
00:59soaked the compress,
01:01and rushed it to the bedside.
01:03Serafina spread her legs urgently.
01:09The burning itch faded quickly.
01:12She takes her medicines properly.
01:15How does this happen today of all days?
01:18I say it is that little troublemaker stirring things up,
01:21sabotaging my mistress' ceremony,
01:23always parading around like that.
01:26A she-wolf like that at my mistress' side
01:28is asking for trouble.
01:30Floria is not that sort.
01:32When I helped Serafina dress and prepare,
01:34Serafina seemed not to notice.
01:37She let Lana draw her brows precisely.
01:40Only when everything was perfect,
01:42did she let me rise.
01:43My arms had gone numb.
01:45Hold on her ceremony gown,
01:47and walked out on Lana's arm.
01:50At the door,
01:52Floria,
01:52your good fortune is still coming.
01:55That fortune.
01:56After all,
01:57this is how I died in my past life.
02:00The last life I served Serafina during the day,
02:03tended her curse,
02:05warmed Aldrich's bed at night.
02:06Although I did not want it,
02:08I had no choice.
02:10I had been born into a healer bloodline.
02:13Three generations of pack healers before me.
02:16Though I was female,
02:17and could not formally lead the healing house,
02:20I had the gift.
02:21My grandfather broke tradition and taught me.
02:24He allowed me to treat patients.
02:27But my cousin abandoned healing for pack politics.
02:30He entered the council,
02:31but stumbled into the disgraced beta purge.
02:34Our bloodline was condemned.
02:36From that day,
02:37I went from healer to pack omega.
02:40From saving lives to serving them.
02:42Aldrich was fond of my body.
02:44After the first night,
02:46he summoned me nearly every night.
02:48I fell pregnant quickly.
02:50Serafina lavished care on me.
02:52I truly believed then
02:54that she thought of me as kin.
02:56I worked harder and harder to cure her curse.
02:59Finally,
03:00after I delivered my son,
03:02her curse was healed.
03:03I did not expect that after three separate confirmations,
03:07the curse would not return.
03:09She called her guards to hold me down.
03:12My son cried until his small face went red.
03:19I was thrown into the filthiest corner of the rogue slums.
03:27A lamb dropped into a wolf den.
03:29Aldrich shook his head and covered Serafina's eyes.
03:33Don't look.
03:34Filth.
03:35Soon,
03:36I had the blood curse too.
03:38I crawled and crawled.
03:40One day,
03:41I dragged myself onto the main pack road
03:44and found Aldrich leaving the tavern.
03:47Floria,
03:48my mate treated you so well.
03:50You should not have repaid her like this.
03:52He called his omega to drag me away
03:54and throw me back into the rogue slums.
03:57I never came out again.
03:59Not until I died.
04:01Floria,
04:02tonight,
04:02you go and serve my alpha husband.
04:12His eyes drifting around the room.
04:14When his gaze passed over me,
04:16it stopped.
04:17I watched his expression shift to something slow and hungry.
04:21In my past life,
04:22he had worn that exact expression
04:24when he pulled me onto the bed.
04:26A young pack Omega
04:27came to summon Aldrich to the main hall.
04:30The guests were clamoring to pour drinks
04:32for the new mated alpha.
04:34The room held only Serafina,
04:37Lana,
04:37and me.
04:38No one spoke.
04:41Beautiful figure.
04:42Lovely face.
04:44Lana,
04:45wouldn't you agree?
04:46Shameless little Omega.
04:48My mistress just completed the bond
04:50and you dare seduce her mate?
04:52I saw your eyes all over him
04:55and those hands reaching toward him
04:58right in front of my mistress.
05:00Have you no shame?
05:02Lana,
05:03I did not.
05:05Still arguing!
05:06Kneel and beg my mistress forgiveness!
05:09It is fine.
05:11Floria,
05:11you have always been my personal maid.
05:14You will serve my mate from now on as well.
05:17As you know,
05:18my body is indisposed at present.
05:20Since you seem willing,
05:21perhaps tonight I will tell my mate
05:23to let you attend him?
05:24She was phrasing it as a question,
05:26but there was no room for refusal.
05:34Floria,
05:36the best is yet to come for you.
05:38Serafina claimed she wanted to leave Aldrich
05:41a strong first impression.
05:43One step past the gate,
05:44I did not stop.
05:46Rather than repeat the same fate,
05:48I would gamble everything.
05:50Aldrich's younger brother
05:51had no mate yet.
05:53I followed the memory of my past life
05:56and found the second son's quarters.
05:58But the entire courtyard
06:00had no guard at the entrance at all.
06:02I could not stop trembling.
06:04No warming brazier had been lit.
06:07The blankets were cold.
06:08So was my heart.
06:10I looked around the room.
06:11Wide door frames.
06:13Low bookshelves.
06:15I understood.
06:16Kale had been wounded
06:18by the rogue assassin
06:19three years ago.
06:20Both legs were paralyzed.
06:23He could only move in a wheelchair.
06:25In my past life,
06:26I had little contact with him.
06:28I only heard stories.
06:30A smiling wolf
06:31with a gentle surface
06:33and cruelty underneath.
06:35Dead pack servants
06:36were regularly carried
06:37out of his courtyard.
06:39No one in Ironmoon Manor
06:41dared get close to him.
06:43Not even Aldrich,
06:44his half-brother,
06:45who always yielded ground to him.
06:48They said Kale's mother
06:49had been Lord Ironmoon's true mate.
06:51She died a few years
06:53after Kale was born.
06:54Lord Ironmoon spoiled this son
06:56until a year ago
06:57when Lord Ironmoon fell in battle.
07:00Lady Ironmoon
07:01followed him into death.
07:03The High King granted
07:04a special dispensation.
07:06The Alpha Heir title
07:08of Ironmoon pack
07:09would be preserved
07:10until both sons came of age.
07:13Kale was not the firstborn,
07:14not the legitimate son.
07:16He could not inherit
07:17the Alpha Heir title.
07:19That would go to Aldrich.
07:20I knew better.
07:21He never cared about
07:22the Alpha Heir title
07:24because he was not
07:25Lord Ironmoon's son at all.
07:27He was the High King's bastard.
07:29He was also the one
07:30who took the throne
07:31in my past life.
07:32If I could earn his favor,
07:34my life would be safe.
07:36As for those rumors
07:37about his cruelty,
07:38I was afraid, yes.
07:40But I told myself
07:41they might not all be true.
07:43Even if they were,
07:44dying by his hand
07:45was cleaner and quicker
07:47than dying in the rogue slums.
07:49So many had died in this room.
07:51What if their spirits
07:53still wandered these walls?
07:55I might join them.
07:56In my past life,
07:59there had never been
07:59a woman near him.
08:01I did not know
08:02if he simply avoided females
08:04or if he used them
08:05and then,
08:06the more I thought,
08:07the colder my hands
08:09and feet went.
08:10Then,
08:10in the silence,
08:12I heard the sound
08:13of wheels on the floor,
08:15far away,
08:16growing closer.
08:18Who?
08:21Second young master.
08:23The first lady
08:24sent me to attend you.
08:25How thoughtful
08:26of the new Luna.
08:27Barely through
08:28her own mating ceremony
08:29and already filling
08:30her brother-in-law's bed.
08:34The first lady
08:35has just entered the pack
08:36as it's Luna.
08:38Naturally,
08:39she would be concerned
08:40about your well-being.
08:44Unfortunate.
08:45I don't want you.
09:01He pressed his fingers
09:02to his own leg,
09:03brow furrowing.
09:05What did you just do?
09:07I pressed a blocked
09:08nerve cluster in your thigh,
09:09but it only works together
09:11with the herbal scent I carry.
09:13Combined,
09:13they stimulate blood flow
09:14through paralyzed channels.
09:16Only then did he register
09:17that the scent I carried
09:19was not ordinary perfume.
09:20I had not come here
09:22with no plan.
09:23When Serafina's curse
09:24had flared
09:25and her rooms
09:26filled with her suffering,
09:27I had lit the medicinal herbs
09:29and let them saturate me thoroughly.
09:31I had made my choice.
09:33I would climb this branch
09:35and hold on.
09:36Three years of numbness
09:37cracking open
09:38into a deep ache.
09:40Kale's beautiful face
09:41gained a thread of curiosity.
09:43You know medicine.
09:44Second young master's legs.
09:47I can cure them.
09:49Bold claim.
09:50Your leg muscles haven't died.
09:51The paralysis
09:52is from blocked metrics.
09:53Disrupted circulation.
09:56The original injury
09:57introduced a toxin.
09:59In my past life,
10:00before he entered
10:01the royal keep,
10:02he had posted a large reward
10:04and received dozens of healers.
10:06In the end,
10:07a wandering pack doctor
10:08had cured his legs.
10:09That wandering healer
10:11had been my grandfather's apprentice.
10:13He recognized me in the manor
10:15and came to consult me eagerly
10:17about Kale's condition.
10:18The detoxification formula
10:20had been mine to complete.
10:21What's your name?
10:23Floria.
10:23What do you want?
10:24Only to stay at your side.
10:26To live.
10:27That was enough.
10:32Kale.
10:33You finally figured it out.
10:34Finding girls on your own now.
10:36At the same moment,
10:37I understood.
10:38Tonight the courtyard
10:39had been left unguarded
10:41because Kale was expecting this man.
10:43Caius.
10:44The future beta advisor.
10:46Right now,
10:47clearly Kale's chief strategist.
10:50Go settle in the next room.
10:51Tell Miles if you need anything.
10:52He was giving me a chance.
10:54That's not gonna work.
10:55You put a woman in your room
10:57in the middle of the night
10:59and she walks out the next morning
11:00from next door.
11:01Everyone will say
11:02you can't perform.
11:05Sleep here then.
11:06You did not have to rise
11:07to that second young master.
11:09At present,
11:10you genuinely cannot perform.
11:12I had underestimated
11:14the competitive stubbornness
11:16of a man's pride.
11:17Kale made it five.
11:18I worked the whole night through
11:20until I could not straighten my back.
11:22The herbal detox bath was brutal.
11:25The patient had to endure
11:26the sensation of needles
11:27stabbing through every inch of skin.
11:30When Caius lifted him out,
11:32I can feel pain in my legs.
11:34I felt lighter too.
11:36Now,
11:36I ought to be able to stay.
11:38The first young master
11:39and the first lady
11:40were calling everyone
11:42to morning meal.
11:43Kale dressed and went.
11:44He did not take me.
11:46I had thought to rest,
11:47but the medicinal paste
11:49I was mixing
11:50still needed one ingredient.
11:51I was turning to go back
11:53when I heard a familiar voice
11:54behind me.
11:55My mistress
11:56sent you to serve her mate
11:58last night
11:58and you ran,
11:59made him furious.
12:01You filthy little
12:02Omega.
12:03I don't know where you have been
12:05all night
12:06spreading yourself around.
12:08I will deal with you today.
12:10Floria,
12:11you have always been
12:12a clever girl.
12:13How did you do something
12:15so foolish
12:16last night?
12:17Letting you serve my mate
12:18was for your own good.
12:20Otherwise,
12:20what happens when you get older?
12:22You would only end up
12:23paired off with some low-rank Omega.
12:25I think of you
12:26as my own kin.
12:28Why won't you accept the gift?
12:30Your mate,
12:31my lady,
12:32is best attended by you.
12:34That preserves a true bond.
12:36It is also for your sake
12:38that I removed myself.
12:39I had no wish
12:40to become a thorn
12:41between you and your mate.
12:43So I plucked myself out first
12:45before you had to do it later.
12:50Who do you think you are
12:51comparing yourself
12:52to my mistress?
12:54Even if her mate wanted you,
12:56you would be nothing
12:57but a toy.
12:58You have the nerve
12:59to say you did it for her?
13:01If you hadn't run last night,
13:03why would her mate
13:03turn on her-
13:04Lana,
13:05that is enough.
13:07Even if last night's scene
13:09with Aldric
13:10had already traveled
13:11through the manor,
13:12it was still internal.
13:13Lana,
13:14Floria is unwell.
13:15Her mind has gone cloudy.
13:18Take her back
13:19and see to it
13:19that she is properly treated.
13:22Get away from me!
13:23I became Kales last night!
13:25You cannot take me!
13:31Brazen little Omega,
13:32you dare claim your Kales?
13:34You belong to
13:35my mistress' household.
13:37Running around like this
13:38disgraces her name.
13:41I truly am Kales!
13:43Ask him yourself
13:44and you will know.
13:46Poor child.
13:47You are not well.
13:48My mate and I
13:49just shared a meal
13:50with Kale.
13:51He never once
13:52mentioned you.
13:53Had I read it wrong?
13:54Did Kale only want me
13:56to heal him
13:57with no intention
13:58of keeping me?
14:01Told you she is
14:02a little she-wolf
14:03in heat.
14:03Strip her clothes
14:04and get the switch.
14:05I'll beat this fever
14:06out of her!
14:10Stop!
14:10Stop!
14:11Do this!
14:13You cannot do this!
14:14Just twenty lashes.
14:16Don't break her.
14:18As stripping someone
14:19in open daylight.
14:20This was deliberate humiliation.
14:22Rage and despair
14:24crashed through me.
14:25What is all this?
14:30She leaned close
14:32and murmured something.
14:33A new kind of interest
14:35sharpened in his eyes.
14:38I hear you have feelings
14:39for my younger brother.
14:41I would not have guessed
14:42you had such particular taste.
14:44Pity.
14:45Kale is not well.
14:47He would only disappoint you.
14:50Allow his elder brother
14:51to accept your attentions
14:52in his place.
14:55Bring the girl
14:56back to the courtyard.
14:59There is something appealing
15:00about this spot.
15:01Let it be here.
15:07The nauseating sound
15:08of his breath
15:09clung to me.
15:10A dozen people
15:11stood watching.
15:12Contempt.
15:13Spite.
15:14Scorn.
15:15Lust.
15:16Hatred surged up
15:17from somewhere deep
15:18beyond anything
15:19I could contain.
15:20I was reborn
15:21into this life.
15:23I would not be the prey
15:24on their table.
15:26You filthy little Omega!
15:28You want to die!
15:30At least this death
15:31is clean.
15:33Big Brother has been gone
15:34from the table
15:34a long while.
15:36I thought I would
15:37come and find you.
15:42Big Brother is hurt?
15:44She is wild.
15:46Needs to be broken.
15:48Brother is right.
15:49I'll see to her
15:50training myself.
15:51You?
15:52She is from my quarters
15:53after all.
15:53I should be the one
15:55to discipline her.
15:56And I owe my thanks
15:57to the First Lady.
15:58On her own mating night
15:59she still thought
16:00to send someone
16:01to look after me.
16:02Such care is truly touching.
16:04This girl?
16:05I am satisfied with her.
16:07With Kale's own voice
16:09as confirmation
16:09the story was now set.
16:12The First Lady
16:13out of jealousy
16:14over Aldrich's
16:15attention toward me
16:16had passed me off
16:17to his younger brother
16:18on the very night
16:19of her mating ceremony.
16:21Serafina's image
16:22as a gracious
16:23and virtuous Luna
16:24cracked apart
16:25in front of witnesses.
16:27She could not
16:27talk her way out of it.
16:29Since she is my brother's
16:31she should be returned whole.
16:36If you don't want to end up
16:38sold to the rogue slums
16:39keep your mouth shut.
16:41My servitude bond
16:42was still in her hands.
16:43If I revealed
16:44her blood curse
16:45she would not
16:46be cast out.
16:47Come here.
16:49Did you get the herb
16:50you needed?
16:51Then let us go back.
16:53He had known everything.
16:55He had watched
16:55from a distance.
16:57Waited until
16:57the last moment
16:58to appear.
16:59He did not trust me.
17:01He used this
17:02to observe
17:02whether I was a spy
17:04sent by Aldrich.
17:05At the same time
17:06he had forced
17:07a complete break
17:08between me
17:09and Serafina.
17:10Cut off my retreat.
17:11From this point forward
17:13I could only follow him.
17:15Do you still want
17:15to stay at my side?
17:17What do you want?
17:18Not glory or fame
17:20but at least
17:21to settle every score
17:22return every wound
17:24pay back
17:25every humiliation
17:26with interest.
17:28That was worth
17:28being reborn for.
17:30Revenge.
17:30Everyone knows
17:31my brother
17:32will inherit
17:32the alpha heir title.
17:34Following a cripple
17:35like me
17:35you will never
17:36get your revenge.
17:37With me here
17:38you will not
17:39be a cripple
17:40and the first
17:41young master
17:42may not get
17:43what he expects.
17:45Then I will
17:46watch and see.
17:48I formally became
17:49Kale's personal
17:50pack Omega.
17:51Days I prepared
17:52his medicines.
17:53Nights I ran
17:54his detox baths.
17:56His legs
17:57healed fast.
17:58Within one month
17:59not only did
18:00feeling return
18:01he could stand
18:02briefly for a breath
18:03or two at a time.
18:04Kale was pleased
18:05with me.
18:06Gifts came steadily.
18:07He was even
18:08tempered day to day
18:09more patient
18:10with me
18:11than with anyone
18:11else.
18:12Rumors spread
18:13through the manor
18:14soon enough.
18:15They said
18:15Kale was obsessed
18:16with me
18:17calling me
18:18to warm his bed
18:19every night.
18:20They said
18:20I had some
18:21power over him
18:22that I was born
18:23a natural seductress.
18:25Two pack omegas
18:26were gossiping
18:27about exactly this.
18:29When I was helping
18:29Kale practice
18:30standing behind
18:31the garden rocks
18:32I wanted to
18:33disappear
18:34into the ground.
18:35Kale listened
18:36with obvious
18:36enjoyment
18:44that Kale had
18:46decided to
18:46slim down
18:47and the whole
18:48courtyard would
18:49participate.
18:50In the collective
18:51lament
18:51that night
18:52during the bath
18:53I praised him.
18:55The legs.
18:56It's
18:56monage need
18:57nutrition
18:57for can.
18:58How can you
18:59diet?
19:00In the sudden
19:01darkness
19:01I felt Kale's
19:03body go rigid
19:04all at once.
19:05Don't go.
19:06When I had first
19:07come to serve Kale
19:08it was already
19:09deep autumn.
19:11The capital's
19:11winters were dry.
19:13Rain was rare.
19:14A storm like this
19:15was almost
19:16unheard of.
19:17so this was
19:18also the first
19:19time I learned
19:20that Kale
19:21was afraid
19:21of thunder.
19:35Tonight
19:36the moon
19:36was dark
19:37but his eyes
19:38were very bright
19:39carrying some
19:40wordless feeling
19:41I could not name.
19:50My heart groaned.
19:52I had been
19:53careless.
19:53For over a month
19:54to stimulate
19:55blood flow
19:56and nerve recovery
19:57I had been
19:58building tonics
19:59into both
20:00his baths
20:00and his meals.
20:01The doses
20:02were calibrated
20:03for an ordinary
20:04body at full health.
20:05The poison
20:06had blocked
20:07everything below
20:08his waist
20:09for three years
20:10including that
20:11part of him
20:12entirely.
20:13I had been
20:14focused on the legs.
20:15I had not
20:16accounted for this.
20:17Now
20:18as the poison
20:19gradually cleared
20:20that part of him
20:21had also awakened.
20:23Three years
20:24of dormancy
20:25erupting
20:26all at once
20:27like a volcano
20:28that had waited
20:29too long
20:30tonight would not
20:31end well.
20:32My mind worked.
20:33Kale's legs
20:34would be fully
20:35healed soon.
20:36Once that happened
20:37my usefulness
20:38had a clear
20:39expiration date.
20:40I did need
20:41to secure
20:42something more
20:43lasting.
20:43Something that
20:44would make him
20:45want to keep me.
20:46I made my choice.
20:53I worked quickly
20:54through my memory
20:55of every skill
20:56I had learned
20:57in my past life
20:58serving Aldrich.
21:03I knew what a man
21:05wanted.
21:05I knew what I had
21:06to offer.
21:07If I was going
21:08to give my body
21:09I could not let him
21:11treat me as something
21:12to be used
21:13and discarded.
21:14I needed him
21:15to crave it.
21:16To be unable
21:17to let it go.
21:18To think of nothing
21:19else afterward.
21:20That was the only way
21:22I could live
21:23long and well.
21:24That night
21:25I used everything
21:26I had
21:26for the young
21:27Kale
21:28I opened the
21:29first door
21:30he had never
21:30been through.
21:31I thought that
21:32long afterward
21:33he would not
21:34forget this night.
21:35He would not
21:36forget me.
21:38One reckless night
21:40I nearly broke
21:42my own spine.
21:43I was up
21:43before dawn
21:44at the hour
21:45I usually went
21:46to the garden
21:47to gather herbs.
21:48When I returned
21:49Kale was already
21:50awake
21:51reading in his room.
21:52I put a branch
21:53of beautifully
21:54bloomed camellia
21:55in a vase
21:56and set it
21:56on his writing
21:57desk.
21:58Floria
22:02Is there anything
22:03you want?
22:06Only to stay
22:07at your side.
22:11I knew now
22:12this time
22:13I had truly
22:14stayed.
22:15Kale was
22:16as I had
22:16predicted
22:17deeply drawn in.
22:18He wanted me
22:19near almost
22:20every day.
22:22His identity
22:23had to stay
22:23hidden
22:24and he had
22:25great work
22:25ahead of him.
22:26He met
22:27frequently
22:27in the sealed
22:28lower chamber
22:29with advisors
22:30who slipped
22:31into the manor
22:32without anyone
22:32knowing.
22:33Only now
22:34did I understand
22:35what those
22:36dead servants
22:36from my past
22:37life had actually
22:38been.
22:39Spies sent
22:40to listen.
22:40They were
22:41tortured and
22:42disposed of.
22:43I was happy
22:44to help cover
22:45for all of it.
22:46The rumors
22:46grew accordingly.
22:48They said
22:48Kale and I
22:49were indecent
22:50around the
22:51clock that
22:52this little
22:52seductress was
22:53draining a
22:54sickly man
22:55dry.
22:56You are
22:57indeed a
22:57natural-born
22:58temptra.
23:01Unlike our
23:02fiction,
23:03Serafina was
23:04genuinely suffering
23:05Aldric's
23:06disdain.
23:07After Kale
23:08had splashed
23:08blame onto her
23:09that day in
23:10the garden,
23:11her carefully
23:12built image
23:12of virtue
23:13collapsed.
23:14Aldric
23:15despised her
23:16for being
23:16fake and
23:17jealous.
23:17He called
23:18Lana to his
23:19bed every night
23:20and sometimes
23:21used her right
23:22inside Serafina's
23:23own rooms.
23:24Serafina
23:25sieved but
23:25panicked.
23:26She quietly
23:27sent for an
23:28outside healer
23:29to treat her
23:30blood curse,
23:31lying to
23:31Aldric that it
23:32was a pack
23:33doctor her
23:33family had
23:34always used.
23:35She had the
23:36healer installed
23:37in the manor
23:38as their
23:38physician.
23:39But the
23:40blood curse
23:40was stubborn.
23:41Serafina could
23:42only watch
23:43helplessly while
23:44Lana enjoyed
23:45everything that
23:46was supposed to
23:47be hers.
23:47And then Lana
23:48became pregnant.
23:50She was
23:50elevated to
23:51the rank
23:52of secondary
23:52mate,
23:53just as it
23:54had been in
23:54my past life
23:55when I was
23:56the one
23:56pregnant.
23:57Serafina
23:58lavished gifts
23:59on Lana.
24:00Even a
24:00fox skin
24:01wrap Serafina
24:02had worn
24:03for years
24:03was sent
24:04to Lana's
24:05rooms.
24:09Lana
24:10wept with
24:10gratitude
24:11and swore
24:12she would
24:12serve Serafina
24:13to the
24:14death.
24:14Her
24:15child would
24:15be Serafina's
24:16child.
24:17I was in
24:18my room
24:18trimming herb
24:19stalks when
24:20I heard about
24:20this.
24:21One clean
24:22cut,
24:22the branch
24:23fell.
24:24Lana was
24:25foolish,
24:25for the sake
24:26of old
24:26ties.
24:27I did
24:28not mind
24:28helping her.
24:30At the
24:30winter solstice,
24:32the high
24:32king held
24:33a royal feast.
24:34In a
24:35gesture of
24:35warmth,
24:36he summoned
24:37the two
24:37iron moon
24:38sons to
24:38the royal
24:39keep.
24:40Midway
24:40through the
24:41feast,
24:41the
24:42entertainment
24:42troop
24:43turned out
24:43to contain
24:44an
24:44assassin.
24:55The
24:56room
24:56realized
24:57only
24:57then
24:57that
24:58Kale's
24:58legs
24:59had
24:59healed
24:59enough
24:59to
25:00move.
25:00The
25:00high
25:01king
25:01was
25:01moved.
25:02He
25:02rewarded
25:03Kale
25:03generously
25:04and
25:04praised
25:05him
25:05for
25:05protecting
25:06the
25:06crown.
25:07Everyone
25:08offered
25:08their
25:08congratulations.
25:13Kale
25:13drifted
25:14back,
25:14unhurried.
25:15He had
25:16even
25:16smuggled
25:17out
25:17pastries
25:17from the
25:18royal feast
25:19and brought
25:19them to
25:20me in
25:20secret.
25:25I
25:26reminded
25:26him to
25:27watch
25:27Aldrich
25:27closely.
25:28From
25:28today
25:29forward,
25:30the
25:30alpha
25:30heir
25:31title
25:31of
25:31Iron
25:31Moon
25:32Pack
25:32was
25:32no
25:33longer
25:33Aldrich's
25:34certainty.
25:34A
25:35second
25:35son
25:36with
25:36a
25:36deed
25:36of
25:37protecting
25:37the
25:37crown
25:38had
25:38far
25:38more
25:39standing
25:39than
25:39a
25:40firstborn
25:40with
25:40nothing
25:41to
25:41his
25:41name.
25:42From
25:42what
25:42I
25:43knew
25:43of
25:43Aldrich,
25:44he
25:44would
25:44not
25:44sit
25:45still
25:45and
25:45accept
25:46this.
25:46Kale
25:47did
25:47not
25:47seem
25:48troubled.
25:49Is
25:49it
25:49good?
25:52Word
25:53came that
25:53Aldrich
25:54had thrown
25:54another
25:55fit in
25:55his
25:56rooms.
25:56Apparently
25:57Lana
25:57had
25:58carelessly
25:58let
25:59slip
25:59that
25:59I
25:59could
26:00heal.
26:02No,
26:03you
26:03have
26:03to
26:03listen
26:04to
26:04me.
26:07The
26:07next
26:08day,
26:09Serafina
26:09came to
26:10my
26:10courtyard.
26:11This
26:12was the
26:12first
26:13time
26:13we
26:13had
26:13faced
26:14each
26:14other
26:14in
26:14over
26:15a
26:15month.
26:15She
26:16had
26:16clearly
26:16been
26:16forced
26:17here
26:17by
26:17Aldrich
26:18to
26:18dig
26:18for
26:19information.
26:23I
26:24caught
26:24the
26:24underlying
26:25stench.
26:26My
26:26stomach
26:27lurched
26:27instantly.
26:28I
26:28pressed
26:29it
26:29down
26:29hard.
26:30I
26:30would
26:30need
26:31to
26:31dispose
26:31of
26:31that
26:31chair
26:32afterward.
26:34Flora,
26:34you
26:35seem
26:35well.
26:36Kale
26:36must
26:37treat
26:37you
26:37very
26:37kindly.
26:38Thanks
26:39to
26:39you,
26:39my
26:39lady.
26:40I
26:40manage.
26:43You
26:43have
26:43done
26:44remarkable
26:44work.
26:46Kale's
26:46legs
26:46were
26:47gone
26:47for
26:47three
26:47years
26:48and
26:48you
26:48healed
26:48them
26:48in
26:48two
26:48months.
26:49You
26:50truly
26:50are
26:50gifted.
26:53You
26:53always
26:54told
26:54me
26:54my
26:54good
26:54fortune
26:55was
26:55coming.
26:56For
26:56a
26:57long
26:57time
26:57I
26:57did
26:57not
26:57believe
26:58you.
26:58Now
26:59I
26:59do.
27:01Kale's
27:01fortune
27:02is
27:02my
27:02fortune.
27:06Of
27:07course,
27:08if
27:08Kale
27:09fully
27:09recovers
27:09that
27:10is
27:10good
27:10fortune
27:11for
27:11all
27:11of
27:11Iron
27:11Moon.
27:14But
27:15you
27:15have
27:16been
27:16at
27:16his
27:16side
27:16for
27:16some
27:17time
27:17now.
27:18No
27:18sign
27:18of
27:19progress?
27:20Let
27:20me
27:20speak
27:21plainly.
27:22Your
27:22origins
27:23are
27:23low.
27:24You
27:24have
27:25no
27:25standing.
27:26If
27:26you
27:27haven't
27:27secured
27:27a
27:27child,
27:28the
27:28moment
27:29a
27:29proper
27:29Luna
27:30comes
27:30in,
27:30she
27:31can
27:31sell
27:32you
27:32to
27:32the
27:32rogue
27:33slums
27:33without
27:34a
27:34second
27:34thought.
27:36Just
27:36like
27:37your
27:37cousin.
27:42My
27:42cousin?
27:43I
27:44was
27:44told
27:44she
27:44had
27:45been
27:45sold
27:45to
27:45a
27:45noble
27:46family
27:46as
27:47a
27:47house
27:47Omega.
27:48I
27:48thought
27:49back.
27:49A
27:50few
27:50weeks
27:50ago,
27:51Lady
27:51Whitecrest
27:52had
27:52attended
27:53a
27:53matchmaking
27:54gathering
27:54at the
27:54Silvermoon
27:55estate.
27:56They
27:56said
27:56a
27:57brazen
27:57Omega
27:58had
27:58tried
27:58to
27:58slip
27:59a
27:59scent
27:59pouch
28:00to
28:00the
28:00prospective
28:00groom
28:01and
28:01was
28:02sold
28:02on
28:02the
28:02spot.
28:03My
28:03cousin
28:04had
28:04been
28:04timid
28:05her
28:05whole
28:05life.
28:06She
28:06could
28:06barely
28:07speak
28:07to
28:07male
28:08guests.
28:08She
28:09would
28:09never
28:09do
28:09such
28:10a
28:10thing.
28:12People
28:12are
28:13born to
28:13a
28:13station,
28:14Floria,
28:15to make
28:15peace
28:16with it.
28:21It
28:22It was
28:22the
28:22pouch
28:22my
28:23grandmother
28:23had
28:23sewn
28:24for
28:24us,
28:24worn
28:25soft
28:25with
28:25years.
28:26The
28:26dye
28:27had
28:27faded
28:27long
28:28ago.
28:28My
28:29cousin
28:29would
28:29not
28:30use
28:30this
28:30to
28:30seduce
28:31anyone.
28:32It
28:32was
28:32one
28:32of
28:32the
28:33only
28:33things
28:33left
28:34from
28:34the
28:34family.
28:35She
28:35would
28:36have
28:36kept
28:36it
28:36close.
28:41This
28:41was
28:42Serafina.
28:42she
28:43had
28:43known
28:43enough
28:44to
28:44lure
28:44my
28:45cousin
28:45in
28:45and
28:46set
28:46her
28:46up.
28:46A
28:47warning
28:47for
28:47me.
28:53It
28:53is
28:53not
28:54easy
28:54to
28:54move
28:54forward
28:55when
28:55Kale's
28:56body
28:56still
28:56has
28:58you
29:01mean
29:03but
29:04you
29:04my
29:04lady
29:04should
29:05take
29:05care
29:06of
29:06yourself
29:06first.
29:07Heal
29:07soon.
29:09Lana
29:10carrying
29:10the
29:10child
29:10is a
29:11happy
29:11thing
29:11but
29:12it
29:12is
29:12not
29:12your
29:12blood
29:13and
29:14it
29:14is
29:14said
29:14in
29:14the
29:15packs
29:15that
29:16a
29:17secondary
29:17mate's
29:18child
29:18born
29:19before
29:19the
29:19lunas
29:20will
29:21always
29:21carry
29:21that
29:22shadow.
29:25I
29:26knew
29:26her
29:26perfectly.
29:27The
29:27Whitecrest
29:28name
29:28was
29:28everything.
29:30She
29:30would
29:30never
29:30allow
29:31a
29:31secondary
29:31mate's
29:32child
29:32to
29:33come
29:33before
29:33hers.
29:34Floria,
29:35you
29:36don't
29:36understand.
29:37Luna
29:38and
29:38secondary
29:38mate
29:38are
29:39different.
29:40As
29:40long as
29:41my
29:41mate
29:41is
29:41mine,
29:41all
29:43children
29:43are
29:43mine.
29:44As for
29:45the
29:45birth
29:45mother,
29:51some
29:52people
29:52simply
29:52don't
29:53need
29:53to
29:53exist.
30:00Do you
30:01believe me
30:01now?
30:06Lana had
30:07arrived that
30:08morning carrying
30:08a pot of
30:09autumn bloom
30:10flowers as
30:11a gift from
30:12Serafina.
30:13In my
30:13past life,
30:14those same
30:15flowers had
30:16killed a
30:16secondary
30:17mate named
30:17Yuna.
30:18Yuna had
30:19been taken
30:19in by
30:20Aldrich after
30:21my
30:21pregnancy.
30:23The next
30:24day,
30:25Yuna died
30:25from the
30:26bite.
30:26This time
30:27around,
30:27she had
30:28turned the
30:28trick on
30:29Hale.
30:29I had
30:30not
30:30expected
30:31Aldrich would
30:31be willing
30:32to murder
30:32his own
30:33brother for
30:34the alpha
30:34air title.
30:35I had
30:36Lana bound
30:36and seated
30:37behind the
30:38screen.
30:38I set
30:39the flower pot
30:40prominently in
30:41the window and
30:41invited Serafina
30:42in.
30:43I made sure
30:44Serafina knew
30:45the flowers had
30:46been delivered.
30:47Then I guided
30:48Serafina into
30:49revealing her true
30:50plan to be rid
30:51of Lana once
30:52the child was
30:53born.
30:53Lana was
30:54devastated.
30:55She swore
30:56through her
30:56tears she
30:57would go to
30:57Aldrich and
30:58expose Serafina's
30:59blood curse.
31:00Her family is
31:01white-hilled.
31:01Even if you
31:02tell him,
31:02the pack cannot
31:03cast her out.
31:04At most,
31:04Aldrich will
31:05despise her
31:05more.
31:06How is that
31:06different from
31:06now?
31:07In the end,
31:08Lana agreed to
31:09work with me
31:09and follow my
31:10lead.
31:11She wiped her
31:12eyes and
31:12left.
31:13Behind the
31:14door...
31:15Floria,
31:16who knew you
31:16had such a
31:17poisonous mind?
31:21I am a
31:22small woman with
31:23a small woman's
31:23pettiness.
31:25Does the
31:25second young
31:25daster disapprove?
31:27Last night,
31:27my grip was
31:28too rough.
31:29You went red
31:29in the face
31:30and swore you
31:31would bite me
31:31back.
31:33Floria,
31:35you said you
31:36would make it
31:37sting equally.
31:38No mercy
31:39allowed.
31:40Don't go
31:41soft on me.
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