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00:00Send your most beautiful woman to my bed tonight.
00:03The day the notorious Lycan King came to ask for a bedmate in our pack,
00:07my own mate Alpha Daemon sent me to his bed instead of my stepsister.
00:10Celeste is too fragile for a beast like him.
00:14Go in her place, Fae.
00:16Just act like a desperate Omega in heat.
00:17Kilvan will be disgusted and kick you out, then I'll bring you home.
00:20He was a liar.
00:22One night of madness later, I limped out of the King's estate and returned to Daemon's study at dawn.
00:27Daemon rushed forward and checked my neck.
00:30My virginity was gone.
00:31I told you to pretend.
00:33Who said you could actually give yourself to him?
00:35Are you that desperate for a knot?
00:38Even from a monster who kills without blinking?
00:41Alpha Daemon, you misunderstand.
00:43The King was quite gentle, actually.
00:47Gentle?
00:48That beast has buried three fated maids and you're telling me he was gentle while he wrecked you?
00:52I sent you there for the pack's future, not to actually spread your legs for him.
00:56You're mine.
00:56How dare you let him touch you?
01:00Alpha Daemon, since the job's done, about the gold you promised.
01:04I stumbled back.
01:06He pulled a handkerchief from his pocket, wiped each finger methodically, then dropped the silk into the fireplace.
01:13Through the fire, my mind went back to that winter, when my little brother and I were kicked out off
01:18the Beta family.
01:19He'd knelt in the snow for three days, begging his father to take us as Omegas.
01:24I'll protect them forever, even without a title or bond.
01:29Now he'd shoved me into another man's bed and couldn't even pay me what he'd sworn.
01:33If the lion wasn't so powerful, if Salisa hadn't been terrified of Killian's reputation and refused the bond, I never
01:40would have sent you.
01:41Since you only want gold, here's your reward!
01:43You cheap, Omega!
01:46Take your money and scrub yourself clean.
01:48He turned to leave.
01:49I gripped the cabinet and slowly sank to my knees.
01:52Of course.
01:53A traitor's daughter, even blood money, smells sweet to you.
01:56It did smell sweet.
01:58Because this money would keep my little brother, Cain, alive.
02:02Ten years ago, my father brought home a witch.
02:04He disowned us.
02:05The day Mother was imprisoned for treason, I just turned six.
02:08From that day on, my heart went cold.
02:11Alpha Daemon, what about the contraceptive tea?
02:14What?
02:15Afraid you'll carry the king's pup?
02:17Relax, the healer said your body's too damaged from hard labor.
02:20You'll never bear pups.
02:21So stop worrying about things that'll never happen.
02:23I clutched the gold tight.
02:27I walked to the table, poured a cup of cold tea and swallowed it with the cheap painkiller from my
02:32pocket, tilting my head back.
02:34Bitterness spread through my throat.
02:36I didn't care what Daemon thought of me.
02:38As long as Cain survived, I'd serve as Killian's kept bedmate for as long as possible.
02:44Dawn hadn't broken when the servant dragged me from bed.
02:49Miss Faye, Alpha Daemon has ordered there's a palace banquet today.
02:54You'll go pretending to be Miss Celeste.
02:56I forced myself upright despite the ache between my legs.
03:00Alpha Killian had me over and over last night.
03:03I let them paint my face with powder and rouge.
03:06Celeste was the pack's precious beta princess.
03:09Daemon's obsession.
03:10Her delicate constitution couldn't handle the tedium of court functions.
03:15Daemon often made me wear her name to these events.
03:17We were similar enough in build.
03:19With an eye mask and careful silence, no one noticed the switch.
03:24Alpha Killian will be there today.
03:27Behave.
03:28If he sees through the act, you can collect your mother's corpse from the dungeon.
03:33Mother had been dead in that cell for two weeks.
03:35And Daemon knew it.
03:37I couldn't expose the lie.
03:39Cain still needed medicine money.
03:40I lowered my head.
03:42The banquet hall glittered with excess.
03:45I sat beside Daemon, eyes downcast, peeling grapes from the plate before me.
03:50A scorching gaze burned into my skin the entire time.
03:55Alpha Daemon, your pack do hold treasure.
03:59The beta girl may be frail, but that body...
04:02I find it hauntingly familiar.
04:06Quite intoxicating.
04:11But he could only force a smile and drain his cup.
04:16Useless thing.
04:17After the third round of drinks, Killian rose to leave.
04:22Passing our table, his steps slowed.
04:24An emerald pendant slipped from his sleeve, landing precisely at my feet.
04:29I bent instinctively to retrieve it.
04:31The moment my fingertips touched the crystal, warmth lingered.
04:36These hands are remarkably skilled.
04:39Your service was exceptional.
04:42Keep the pendant.
04:43Take it home and practice more.
04:48In the carriage home...
04:49Keep it here.
04:50My body flinched, but I didn't dare disobey.
04:54Daemon examined the crystal by lamplight, then released a derisive laugh.
04:58A Lyman pendant?
05:00Alpha Killian's certainly generous.
05:02Think this is some courting gift?
05:04It's just how he toys with women.
05:06Only someone as shallow and desperate as you would treat it like treasure.
05:10He flicked his wrist.
05:12No, that's...
05:14Shut up!
05:15It's a filthy rock.
05:16It was contaminating my carriage.
05:18I didn't care about dignity anymore.
05:21Remember this.
05:22You're just a replacement.
05:25Alpha Killian desires the Silvermoon Pax Beta Princess Celeste.
05:29Not you, Faye.
05:31The moment he got tired of you, you will return back to my palace.
05:35We reached the estate after midnight.
05:37Before I crossed the Omega Room's threshold,
05:39I heard muffled coughing from inside.
05:43Cain!
05:45My chest tightened.
05:47I pushed through the door.
05:50Sister, it hurts.
05:53The medicine I'd bought was gone.
05:55I searched every pocket.
05:57Besides the few coins Damon had thrown at me, I had nothing.
06:00I bit down hard and ran toward the main house.
06:06Alpha Damon, I beg your mercy.
06:09Cain can't hold on much longer.
06:10You promised before, if I went to Alpha Killian's bed as you asked, you'd keep Cain safe.
06:15Please, one ginseng root to save his life.
06:18I'll do anything you ask.
06:20Anything at all, without complaint.
06:25Finally, the door opened.
06:28My chest tightened.
06:29I pushed through.
06:35Faye, what hysterics now.
06:37Alpha Damon, my brother's critical.
06:39He needs ginseng to survive.
06:42Please, for everything I've done as Celeste's stand-up, save him.
06:47The storehouse does have several roots.
06:50Damon, the healer said my constitution requires ginseng tea.
06:54Your health comes first, Celeste.
06:56Those roots are meant for you.
06:58Cain's illness is a bottomless pulp.
07:00Ginseng won't save him, just delay the inevitable.
07:03Alpha Damon, Miss Celeste needs maintenance.
07:06But my brother is at death's dead.
07:09Celeste's life is precious beyond your worthless brother's comprehension.
07:14One root?
07:15Every herb in this state belongs to her if she needs it.
07:18Sister Faye, it's not that I won't help.
07:20But I truly can't go without my toner.
07:22How about this?
07:23I'll have the kitchen save the used roots for you.
07:26There'll still be some potency left.
07:30That won't be necessary.
07:31If the Silvermoon pack wouldn't give me a way to live, someone else would.
07:35But the next day, a snow fell in thick sheets.
07:38Cain had slipped into unconsciousness.
07:40His breathing barely stirred the air.
07:42I reached out to check his breath.
07:46No.
07:48No.
07:49No, you can't die.
07:54The lichen pendant Damon had thrown into the sewer, I'd searched half the night and found nothing.
08:00Now the 500 gold Damon had promised was Cain's only lifeline.
08:04He'd said if I successfully seduced Killian into breaking the bond, he'd pay me and let me go.
08:09For my brother's next breath, I'd abandoned shame entirely.
08:12Outside the study, I straightened my spine.
08:15Damon was painting Celeste.
08:17She was holding a vase in her hand.
08:19Alpha Damon.
08:20I need an advance.
08:22100 gold.
08:25100 gold?
08:26He set down his brush, wiping his hands with deliberate leisure.
08:30What do you need that much for?
08:31You promised me.
08:32500 gold after the job was done.
08:34I'm only asking for 100 now to save a life.
08:37After the job's done?
08:40Alpha Killian hasn't rejected the bond yet, Faye.
08:42You're counting your gold too early.
08:48Besides, take the money and go where exactly?
08:50Run off with your burden of a brother?
08:53Disappear somewhere I'll never find you?
08:54My heart lurched.
08:56I only want to save my brother.
09:00Celeste's eyes glittered.
09:01She snapped her fingers at a servant.
09:03Dump these two baskets of copper coins in the snow outside.
09:06The clatter of coins hitting snow rang sharp and cold.
09:10Thousands of copper pieces scattered across the white expanse.
09:14Go on then.
09:16Gather as many as you can.
09:18They're all yours.
09:20I looked at Damon.
09:21He didn't stop her.
09:22Waiting for me to break.
09:23Waiting for me to understand that without him I couldn't even survive.
09:27Faye, if you just stay at the estate obediently, be my...
09:30I'll make sure your brother gets his medicine.
09:33Why insist on this pointless gold?
09:35I didn't answer.
09:36I turned and plunged into the snow.
09:38Celeste descended the steps slowly.
09:41The toe of her embroidered slipper deliberately kicked several coins into a reeking mud puddle.
09:46Oh dear sister, the money's dirty now.
09:48Do you still want it?
09:49I didn't hesitate.
09:51Reached into the ice-cold filth and pulled them out.
09:55Faye!
09:56You were the capital's most prideful daughter.
09:59Now you're crawling in mud like a dog for pocket change.
10:02Where's your dignity?
10:04Just ask me.
10:05Just say the word.
10:06This gold is nothing.
10:08Why do you insist on degrading yourself to spife me?
10:11I ignored him.
10:13Dignity was worth nothing.
10:14If it saved Cain, I'd be more than a dog.
10:17I'd become a vengeful ghost gladly.
10:19Melt water soaked through my sleeves.
10:21My fingers turned crimson, then numb.
10:24But I couldn't stop.
10:25Every copper coin was another thread of hope for Cain's survival.
10:29Watching me scrabble desperately in the snow,
10:31Damon's knuckles went white against the railing.
10:34This wasn't what he wanted to see.
10:35He wanted me crying and begging.
10:37Not this, willing to endure any humiliation,
10:41just to scrape together enough gold to leave him.
10:44Just when my arms grew heavy with gathered coins,
10:47a dog's snarl erupted.
10:49Damon's vicious hound Blackfang came out of nowhere.
10:59The sound of fangs tearing flesh rang clear and wet,
11:02but only one thought filled my head.
11:04Even if this beast ripped me apart,
11:06I had to hold on to Cain's life.
11:08My coins!
11:09Get off!
11:11I protected the gold clutched to my chest.
11:14The sack tore.
11:15Coins I'd bled to collect scattered across the snow again.
11:19No, no, no.
11:20Malice flashed in Celeste's eyes.
11:24Blackfang!
11:25Stop!
11:25He moved down and kicked the dog away.
11:27Don't!
11:27The dog's gone mad!
11:28It'll hurt you!
11:29That single moment of hesitation,
11:31and the beast's fangs sank deep into my flesh.
11:34First time, panic flashed in his eyes.
11:37But when he met my desperate grip on the coin sack,
11:39that panic twisted into rage.
11:42Help me give back money.
11:44I sobbed, crawling through snow,
11:48trying to reach those rolling coins.
11:50Sister, why are you so stubborn?
11:53Daemon just wanted you to soften.
11:56But you'd rather fight dogs for beggar's change.
12:01Born with slave bones,
12:03you don't even know how to accept kindness.
12:06Pain dragged me toward darkness.
12:08Then sudden hoofbeats thundered outside the gate,
12:11the estate's main door.
12:12Someone had rammed it open.
12:14I forced my eyes open through a film of blood
12:17and saw black armored guards flood the courtyard,
12:19instantly controlling every servant.
12:21The man who dismounted wore a cloak that billowed like wings.
12:25Alpha Killian.
12:28I saw him.
12:29He ignored Daemon's ashen face,
12:31disregarded Celeste's shrieking retreat.
12:33He walked straight toward me.
12:34Those boots that never touched common ground
12:36stepped without hesitation into the muddy snow.
12:39King.
12:40Killian.
12:40Why are you here?
12:42Killian didn't spare him a glance.
12:44He bent and lifted me from the snow.
12:47I was covered in filth,
12:48but he didn't care.
12:50His elegant fingers caught a drop of my blood.
12:55For this pitness you tore yourself apart?
12:57Hmm?
12:58I shivered in his arms.
13:00He only tightened his hold.
13:02Killian!
13:03This is Silvermoon Pack business!
13:05She's my mate!
13:07I can treat her however I want!
13:08Your mate?
13:10When she was in my bed,
13:12she never mentioned belonging to you.
13:14The words dropped like stones into water.
13:16Silence crashed over the courtyard.
13:21Celeste's eyes went wide with horror.
13:23Daemon's face turned corpse pale.
13:25You...
13:26This is too far.
13:28Killian ignored him,
13:29carrying me toward the gate,
13:31passing the still-snarling hound.
13:33His eyes went arctic.
13:34Steel flashed.
13:36His guard's blood fell.
13:37The beast died instantly.
13:39Hot blood sprayed across Daemon and Celeste's snow-white robes.
13:42I buried my face against Killian's chest
13:44and finally let unconsciousness take me.
13:47When I woke,
13:48I lay in an impossibly soft bed.
13:50A roaring fire filled the room with warmth.
13:52I reached instinctively for my chest.
13:55Empty.
13:56I sat up in panic.
14:00My money!
14:03Don't move.
14:05Warm hands pressed me back down.
14:13Killian sat at the bedside,
14:14holding a bowl of black medicinal brew.
14:17He set it aside and pulled a silk purse from his sleeve.
14:20Five hundred gold potes.
14:21Enough?
14:22I stared blankly at the purse.
14:24Kane's already at the healing house,
14:25sustained with the finest ginseng.
14:28The healer says he's no longer critical.
14:30He seemed to know exactly what I feared,
14:33settling my heart with one sentence.
14:36No more crying.
14:38No one will dare hurt you again.
14:40I stayed in Killian's estate for three days recovering.
14:43Those three days,
14:44he treated me with impossible gentleness.
14:46So gentle I began to believe the delusion
14:48that I was someone he'd cherished for years.
14:51But I knew the truth.
14:52This was all temporary.
14:53He was the realm's most powerful Lycan king.
14:56I was a disgraced traitor's daughter.
14:58We lived in different worlds.
14:59On the fourth,
15:00I insisted on seeing Kane at the healing house.
15:03Killian couldn't refuse me.
15:04So he accompanied me.
15:06The carriage stopped outside the Springwood healing house.
15:08I jumped down before it fully stopped,
15:11rushing into the hall.
15:12Healer, my brother, how is he?
15:14Is he awake?
15:16Miss Faye,
15:18you...
15:20you...
15:21Dread pulled cold in my stomach.
15:25I ran to the back room.
15:26The bed was empty except for a rolled grass mat.
15:35Where's Kane?
15:36Where's my brother?
15:41He arrived too late.
15:43A thin coffin rested there.
15:46His body was already ruined.
15:49The shock that night,
15:51he passed before dawn.
15:54My vision blurred
15:55until only that coffin remained in focus.
15:58Kane lay still inside.
16:01Kane.
16:02I'm dead.
16:07How could he be dead?
16:11Killian said he was stable,
16:13out of danger.
16:14Reading my confusion,
16:15the healer sighed.
16:16Your brother was beyond saving when he arrived.
16:19Alpha Killian feared the shock would kill you too
16:21in your wounded state.
16:22He suppressed the news
16:23and told me to let you recover first.
16:25I turned to look at Killian.
16:27He stood in shadow and lamplight,
16:29offering no defense.
16:30I opened my mouth.
16:32Accusations caught in my throat,
16:33emerging as a broken sob instead.
16:36If Damon hadn't delayed,
16:37if Celeste hadn't set her dog on me,
16:40if not for that entire twisted farce,
16:42my Kane should have lived.
16:44Damon!
16:45Celeste!
16:46That night I kept vigil in the morning hall,
16:48refusing to leave.
16:50Killian stayed beside me the entire time,
16:52shielding me from wind and snow.
16:54The next morning,
16:55Damon came.
16:56Killian brought Celeste,
16:58followed by servants carrying boxes.
17:00Faye,
17:01I heard about your brother.
17:02I came to pay respects.
17:05Sister Faye,
17:06please accept our condolences.
17:08These boxes have gold and fabric,
17:10a small token of our sympathy.
17:13Sympathy?
17:15Once I'd begged like a dog for scraps.
17:18Now that my brother was dead,
17:19money came freely.
17:23What do you think you're doing?
17:24I pointed at the door.
17:26Get out!
17:27Take your filthy gold and get out!
17:31Celeste started.
17:32Faye,
17:32don't be ungrateful.
17:33Damon,
17:34Celeste,
17:35this blood debt,
17:36I see it.
17:36I remember it.
17:37As long as I breathe,
17:38we're not done.
17:40For the first time,
17:41a flicker of fear
17:42flashed before their eyes.
17:45Get
17:45the fuck out!
17:47Get the fuck out!
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