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00:00A great basin filled with pearls. Her massive tail glowed blue in the dark.
00:04The soldiers pawed at her body with filthy hands. Blue scales scattered everywhere.
00:08They did not stop. Not until they cut open her belly. Not until they reached inside her.
00:13Not until they tore out the glowing tide pearl hidden within her.
00:16Only then were they satisfied. Because High Consort Selene had heard a rumor.
00:20That in the Southern Sea lived the Tideborn. And that every Tide Saint carried a legendary
00:24tide pearl inside her body. A pearl that, if embedded within one's own flesh,
00:28would grant a beauty that never fades. After hearing that, Selene could think of nothing else.
00:33So Emperor Lucian sent soldiers to slaughter my people. Just to make her smile. They dragged my
00:38sister out. Cut her open. And stole her pearl. That day, the sea turned red. Everywhere I looked.
00:45My people were floating in the water. Their bodies split open. I hid beneath a reef. Shaking in silence.
00:51Blood stung my eyes. My tears fell as pearls. Each one red with hatred. And in my ear. I could
00:57still
00:58hear my sister's last words. Mira. Live. The world was told a lie. They thought the sea only birthed
01:04one heart for my people. They didn't know about me. The shadow. The spare. But they were wrong.
01:10This generation had two. And one of them was me. The one born with a body made to ruin men.
01:16The one whose flesh and blood could raise a thousand brood curses. I crawled onto the shore.
01:20Enduring pain so savage it felt like my bones were being torn apart.
01:23Then I used forbidden blood craft. To split my tail into legs. I offered my own flesh and blood
01:29as tribute. And raised brood curse after brood curse. Venomous things. Worms. Spiders. Serpents.
01:36All feeding on me. Until one black snake slithered over my wrist. Its tongue bright red. It devoured
01:42every other creature I had raised. Thousands of them. And became the brood king. Its name was Shade.
01:48From that moment on. I trained without mercy. Three months later. My broodcraft was complete.
01:54Then I made my way to the capital. Alone. Half starved. Still alive. I disguised myself as a
02:01court dancer. And entered the palace. And with a pouch of blood stained pearls. Made from my own tears.
02:07I bought the one thing I needed most. Information on Emperor Lucian's whereabouts. That night.
02:13Moonlight spilled across the lake like silver. I stepped onto the water. And danced.
02:17Each touch of my toes sent ripples of pale light. Across the surface. My scent drifted into the
02:23night air. Sweet. Soft. Impossible to ignore. Soon. Butterflies came in swarms. Drawn to me as if
02:30enchanted. They circled my body. Fluttering around me. Refusing to leave. And Emperor Lucian stood there
02:37watching. Watching for so long. He forgot to hide it. When the dance ended. I turned by chance.
02:43And met his eyes. I froze. Then quickly bent down to put on my shoes. Pretending I had only just
02:49noticed him. I was about to leave. When his voice stopped me. You're one of the palace dancers? That
02:55dance was remarkable. And yet I've never seen it before. I lowered my eyes. And answered as if I did
03:01not know who he was. It is a dance from my homeland. Very few have ever seen it. It was
03:08early spring.
03:09The wind off the lake was cold. My body trembled lightly in the night air. He noticed. Of course
03:14he noticed. So he removed his pale silver robe. And draped it over my shoulders himself. Gently.
03:20For a moment. I looked up at him in surprise. Heat rose to my face. A blush where he could
03:26see it.
03:26My scent deepened between us. Turning the silence softer. Warmer. More dangerous. And I saw it then.
03:33That flash in his eyes. Wonder. Desire. He steadied himself before speaking again.
03:39Selina loves dance. Her birthday is approaching. You will perform this dance for her.
03:44I dropped to my knees at once. Letting fear flood my face.
03:48I did not know it was your majesty. Please forgive me.
03:51He waved the apology aside.
03:53Rise. You are forgiven. Just do not disappoint me.
03:56I bowed my head. And accepted the command. But as I watched him walk away.
04:01I moved one finger. Just once. A tiny broodling slipped through the air.
04:06Landed against his skin. And burrowed inside.
04:09By the next morning. The whole inner court had heard the story.
04:12The emperor had encountered a dancer by the lake. And he had not forgotten her.
04:16Then came a knock at my door. When I opened it.
04:19An older palace matron stood outside. A stranger.
04:22And I knew at once. Someone had already come for me.
04:26They brought me before high consort Selina. Inside her palace hall.
04:30She sat alone on a raised dais. Draped in silk and jewels.
04:34Shining like a woman who believed the world belonged to her.
04:37It was her. The woman who had destroyed my people.
04:40For a single tide pearl. The woman who had my sister cut open.
04:43The moment she saw me. Disgust twisted across her face.
04:47She let out a soft, mocking laugh.
04:49And covered her mouth with lacquered fingers.
04:51This ugly thing? And you expect her to dance for me?
04:55Before coming here.
04:56I had covered my face in dark blotches.
05:00Spots. Imperfections.
05:01A mask made of ugliness.
05:03Selina was viciously jealous.
05:04If she had seen my real face now.
05:06I would not have walked out alive.
05:08So I knelt in the center of the hall.
05:10My fingers digging into my palms.
05:12Forcing down the hatred clawing up my throat.
05:14Your grace.
05:15I will dance with a veil over my face.
05:18I will not offend your eyes.
05:19She gave me a lazy wave.
05:22Oh enough.
05:23With a face like that I doubt you could stir trouble even if you tried.
05:26But since this was his majesty's idea.
05:28I'll allow it.
05:29The palace matron beside her led me out at once.
05:32And just as I stepped through the doors.
05:34I saw Emperor Lucien approaching.
05:37Our eyes met for only a moment.
05:39Only a glance.
05:40But the face he saw now.
05:42Was nothing like the one he had seen by the lake.
05:44Still.
05:45My scent gave me away.
05:47It always would.
05:48He knew at once this disguise was a way to stay alive.
05:50Because if Celine had seen my true face.
05:53The woman leaving this hall would have been a corpse.
05:55At that thought.
05:56Lucien's expression darkened.
05:58He frowned.
05:59And for one of the few times in his life.
06:01Real irritation towards Celine stirred in him.
06:03I smiled faintly to myself.
06:05That was enough.
06:06A single seed of displeasure was all I needed.
06:09Once planted.
06:10It would take root in his heart.
06:12It would grow.
06:13Quietly.
06:14Slowly.
06:14Until it became something vast enough.
06:17To swallow all his old devotion.
06:19And when that day came.
06:20What would all her favor matter then?
06:22The higher Celine stood.
06:23The harder I would make her fall.
06:25Back in my chamber.
06:26I watched the false blotches from my face.
06:29And looked at myself in the mirror.
06:31Celine.
06:31You wanted a beauty that would never fade.
06:33You wanted a body born to seduce.
06:36You wanted to possess what should never have been yours.
06:38So I will make sure.
06:40Everything you wanted.
06:41Everything you stole.
06:42Everything you still cling to.
06:44Turns to nothing.
06:45Then shade slid soundlessly around my wrist.
06:48His red tongue flicking against the air.
06:50I stroked his small black head.
06:51And whispered.
06:52Even in death I will find you.
06:55I will hunt you down.
06:59Celine's birthday was celebrated with extravagant splendor.
07:02Overnight.
07:03The imperial lake bloomed with lotus flowers.
07:06Thousands of them.
07:07The court called it a blessing.
07:09An omen of favor from the heavens.
07:11At the lakeside.
07:13Lucien stood hand in hand with Celine.
07:17Your majesty promised me a birthday gift.
07:20When will you show it to me?
07:22Lucien gave a slight nod.
07:24The music began.
07:26And I stepped onto the lake.
07:28Onto lotus leaves.
07:29As if the flowers were blooming beneath my feet.
07:32My scent rose again into the air.
07:35And the butterflies came back.
07:37In waves.
07:38They swarmed around me.
07:40Dancing with me beneath the moonlit sky.
07:42Everyone watching fell silent.
07:44No one except Celine.
07:46Her fingers digging hard into her own palm.
07:49Then.
07:49As I turned.
07:50The veil slipped from my face.
07:52And my true face was revealed.
07:55I looked straight at Celine.
07:57Just once.
07:58I saw it in her eyes at once.
08:00Jealousy so sharp.
08:02By the time the dance ended.
08:04No one had recovered enough to speak.
08:06I walked forward.
08:07And knelt before Lucien.
08:10My name is Mira.
08:11I offer my wishes to High Consort Selina on her birthday.
08:15May your majesty and your grace remain devoted to each other until your hair turns white.
08:18And may the Auric Empire flourish without end.
08:22Rise.
08:25You did not disappoint me.
08:28Selene nearly cracked a tooth from smiling too hard.
08:30Your majesty's gift.
08:32I like it very much.
08:35I'm glad.
08:38That tiny broodling I had planted in him by the lake.
08:41Was working now.
08:42Quietly.
08:43Twisting his moods.
08:44I curled one finger.
08:45Ready to draw it back.
08:46Your majesty.
08:49Why not grant this beauty to me.
08:52As a gift between our two kingdoms.
08:55That is the crown prince of Vare.
08:57The man stepped forward through the crowd.
08:59He carried himself like someone used to being obeyed.
09:02He saluted Lucien with the ease of an equal.
09:05I greet your majesty.
09:06I am Prince Cassian of Vare.
09:09Then his gaze settled on me.
09:10Openly.
09:11Without shame.
09:13If your majesty is willing to give this beauty to me.
09:17I swear our two kingdoms will not see war.
09:20For a hundred years.
09:22The moment he said it.
09:23The whole court seemed to draw in the breath.
09:25A century of peace.
09:26In exchange for one palace dancer.
09:29One woman.
09:30To everyone watching.
09:31It was an impossible bargain to refuse.
09:33Your majesty.
09:35For a girl like her to be sent to Vare as a prince's consort.
09:39Would already be a splendid fate.
09:41Lucien said nothing.
09:42But I could see it in his face.
09:44He understood the trade.
09:46Sacrifice one insignificant woman.
09:48And two kingdoms stay at peace.
09:50Any ruler should have taken it.
09:52Any ruler would have taken it.
09:54So why?
09:55I lifted my face.
09:57And looked at him quietly.
09:58I had painted a floral marking.
10:00At the corner of my eyes.
10:02It made me look softer.
10:04Lucien's expression shifted.
10:05Like something sharp had gone through him.
10:07Then he said it.
10:08You're late prince.
10:10She's already been claimed.
10:12She belongs to my bed.
10:13And my throne.
10:15Selene turned to him so fast it was almost violent.
10:17Your majesty.
10:18She could barely believe what she had heard.
10:21Cashin looked at me for one long moment.
10:23Regret flashed across his face.
10:25Then he gave a faint, disappointed smile.
10:27And stepped back.
10:28The matter was over.
10:30For everyone else.
10:31Not for me.
10:32By then.
10:33My back was already damp with cold sweat.
10:35Too close.
10:36Far too close.
10:38Thank the sea.
10:39I had not pulled the broodling out of Lucien yet.
10:41If I had.
10:42There was every chance I would have been handed over tonight.
10:45Because peace bought that easily.
10:47Without a single soldier marching.
10:48Without a single blade drawn.
10:50Is the kind of peace no emperor refuses.
10:52Except this one did.
10:54In broad daylight.
10:55Before the whole court.
10:57Lucien declared that I already belonged to him.
10:59And that very night.
11:00The imperial decree arrived.
11:02I was officially raised to consort.
11:04I left the small quarters where palace dancers were kept.
11:07And looked back only once.
11:09At the dim roof.
11:10The narrow door.
11:12The life I had entered under a false name and a hidden face.
11:15Then I swore to myself.
11:16In silence.
11:17That everything done to my sister.
11:19And everything done to my people.
11:21Would be repaid a hundredfold.
11:24When I reached the palace chambers.
11:26That had just been a sign to me.
11:28Selene was already there.
11:29Waiting.
11:30Her eyes traveled over my face.
11:32Slowly.
11:33Then she smiled.
11:34A poisonous smile.
11:36So.
11:37You dared lie to me.
11:39I met her gaze.
11:40If I hadn't lied to you do you really think I would have lived long enough to dance today?
11:44Selene let out a soft laugh.
11:46She stroked the cat in her arms.
11:48As if nothing in the world could disturb her.
11:50So you do understand me.
11:53Then perhaps you also understand this.
11:56Even if his majesty has seen your face.
11:58Yes.
11:58Even if he's given you a title.
12:01I can still kill you whenever I please.
12:04I just looked at her.
12:05So have you already chosen how I die?
12:08Yes.
12:10A fire in the palace.
12:12Consort Mira trapped inside.
12:15A tragic accident.
12:16She tilted her head.
12:17I have been with the emperor since we were young.
12:20My father and brother have shed blood for his throne.
12:24For a single life like yours.
12:27He will not blame me.
12:29Her people moved before I could answer.
12:31They seized my arms.
12:32Bound my wrists.
12:34Bound my ankles.
12:35Then threw me to the floor.
12:37Oil was splashed all around me.
12:38Across the walls.
12:40Across the drapes.
12:41Across the threshold.
12:42I could smell it instantly.
12:44Selene stood over me.
12:46Watching.
12:47Waiting.
12:47Then the first spark fell.
12:49As the flames caught.
12:50She laughed.
12:51His majesty is drunk tonight.
12:53There is no one in this palace who can save you.
12:56Then she turned and walked away.
12:58I watched her go.
12:59Without a flicker on my face.
13:01No fear.
13:02No pleading.
13:03Nothing.
13:04Only stillness.
13:05Then the fire rose.
13:07And the guards outside began clawing at their throats.
13:09One by one.
13:10They dropped.
13:11Blood pouring from their mouths.
13:13Their eyes.
13:14Their noses.
13:15Dead before they hit the ground.
13:17I stepped out through the flames.
13:19With shade coiled in my arms.
13:20At my feet.
13:21The insects on the ground shifted in swarm.
13:24Guiding me.
13:25So I ran.
13:26Through the smoke.
13:27Through the heat.
13:28Following their path.
13:30Until I slammed straight into someone's chest.
13:33I looked up at the man I had crashed into.
13:35It was Lucian.
13:36There was still fear in my eyes.
13:38Real enough to be seen.
13:39My lashes were wet.
13:41My tears trembled there.
13:42But I would not let them fall.
13:44Lucian pulled me into his arms at once.
13:46Held me tight.
13:47Then he looked past me.
13:49Toward the blaze raging in the distance.
13:52Who dared set a fire inside my palace.
13:54Find out.
13:56Now.
13:56I stayed curled against his chest.
13:58And said nothing.
14:00Because he was not a fool.
14:01He knew exactly who had done it.
14:03This outrage.
14:04This fury.
14:05This order to investigate.
14:07It was a performance.
14:08Nothing more.
14:10Selene had been with him since youth.
14:12Their bond ran deep.
14:13And behind her stood House Baron.
14:15With soldiers.
14:16Power.
14:17And years of service to the throne.
14:19Why would an emperor truly punish a woman like that?
14:21For the sake of a dancer he had only just taken notice of?
14:24He wouldn't.
14:25Not yet.
14:26So I leaned into him harder.
14:28And made myself small in his arms.
14:30Your majesty.
14:32I'm frightened.
14:34Lucian really had been drinking.
14:36His face was faintly flushed.
14:38His breath carried the warmth of wine.
14:40And I was exactly the kind of woman.
14:42A drunken man should never hold too close.
14:44I had been born with a body that unraveled restraint.
14:47And with the broodling still working inside him.
14:49The desire in his eyes began to change.
14:51Slowly.
14:52Then all at once.
14:54It caught fire.
14:55Without another word.
14:56He swept me up into his arms.
14:58And carried me back to his private chambers.
15:00I rested against him.
15:02And said nothing.
15:03But in my mind.
15:04I was already waiting for the next move.
15:07Because once word reached Selene.
15:08That I had escaped the fire.
15:10And been carried into Lucian's bedchamber.
15:12She would never let it pass quietly.
15:14I knew her too well.
15:16And I was right.
15:17I had not been in his chambers long.
15:19Before Selene's chief eunuch dropped to his knees outside.
15:22Your majesty.
15:23High consort Selene is unwell.
15:26She's in distress.
15:28She says she wants to see you at once.
15:30By then.
15:31I was dressed in gauze so sheer.
15:33It hit almost nothing.
15:35I looked at Lucian through half-lidded eyes.
15:37And asked in a soft voice.
15:39Your majesty.
15:40Are you going to high consort Selene tonight?
15:43His gaze was no longer clear.
15:45No longer steady.
15:46He stared at me like a man already half-lost.
15:48With you here beside me.
15:50Why would I think of anyone else?
15:51I covered my mouth.
15:53And let out a quiet laugh.
15:54There were only two of us in the chamber.
15:56Just him.
15:57And me.
15:58Lucian kept staring at me.
16:00Spellbound.
16:01His breath was hot against my throat.
16:03Damp and heavy with wine.
16:05Then.
16:05Without warning.
16:06His body gave in.
16:08And he sank in to sleep.
16:09On his forehead.
16:11A small fleshy pink broodling.
16:12Was still wriggling deeper beneath the skin.
16:15I pushed him gently back onto the bed.
16:17And pulled the covers over him.
16:18Careful.
16:19Almost tender.
16:21I've woven you a beautiful dream.
16:24Enjoy it.
16:25Then I slid the hairpin from my hair.
16:27And drove the tip into my fingertip.
16:29A bright bead of blood welled up at once.
16:31I let some of it stain a handkerchief.
16:33Every drop that remained.
16:35I fed to Lucian.
16:36None of this poisoned blood should go to waste.
16:39Not when I made it with my own body.
16:40Not when even a harmless dose.
16:42Taken once.
16:43Could become a death sentence over time.
16:45A little tonight would do nothing.
16:47A little tomorrow would do nothing.
16:49But enough of it.
16:50Day after day.
16:51And it would kill him.
16:52Slowly.
16:53Quietly.
16:55Perfectly.
16:55And the cure?
16:56There was only one person in this world who could give it.
16:59Me.
17:00The moon had crossed high overhead by then.
17:02Silver light spilled through the window.
17:04And spread across the floor.
17:05I sat there.
17:07And counted the time.
17:08Waiting for Selene to make her move.
17:10Then I heard it.
17:11A faint skittering at the window.
17:13I turned.
17:14A spider no bigger than a fingernail crouched on the ledge.
17:16One of many.
17:18One of the countless little eyes.
17:20I had scattered throughout the palace.
17:21So she was coming.
17:23I rose at once.
17:24Smoothed out my robe.
17:26And walked toward the door.
17:28Selene was already waiting outside the hall.
17:30Not alone.
17:31Behind her stood a wall of eunuchs and palace mates.
17:34Packed so tightly it barely looked like a midnight visit at all.
17:37This was not a jealous woman coming.
17:39To reclaim a drunken emperor.
17:41This looked like a siege.
17:42I stepped out to meet her.
17:44And deliberately swept my hair to one side.
17:46Bearing the fresh red marks along my neck.
17:48Moonlight washed over the stone steps.
17:50I stood above her.
17:52Looked down.
17:53And smiled.
17:54Softly.
17:55His majesty is asleep.
17:57You should come back tomorrow.
17:59The look she gave me was pure venom.
18:01Her face twisted.
18:03Whore!
18:04I'll kill you!
18:06I let my gaze drop to her stomach.
18:08Then I spoke very gently.
18:10Your grace.
18:12Careful.
18:14You might upset the baby.
18:17That stopped her cold.
18:18For one full second.
18:19Selene forgot how to breathe.
18:21Lucien had once promised her this.
18:23Bear him the first prince.
18:25And he would give her the empress's crown.
18:27But five years had passed.
18:28Five years of marriage.
18:30Five years of waiting.
18:31And her womb had stayed empty.
18:33Every remedy had been tried.
18:35Every physician.
18:36Every secret healer dragged in from the streets.
18:38And still.
18:39Nothing.
18:40No child.
18:41No heir.
18:42No crown.
18:43If she could not produce the emperor's first son soon.
18:46The throne beside him would never be hers.
18:49Seize her!
18:51Drag this bitch away!
18:52And beat her to death!
18:54Because I had done the one thing no one else dared do.
18:57I had named the wound she lived with.
18:59Named it in front of everyone.
19:01And a woman like Selene.
19:02Could forgive almost anything.
19:04Except humiliation.
19:06The eunuchs lunged for me.
19:07I shook them off before they could get a proper hold.
19:10Then I looked straight at her.
19:11And said.
19:12Your grace don't be so hasty.
19:14Why not summon the imperial physicians?
19:16I let the silence stretch.
19:18Then I gave her the knife.
19:19One more thing.
19:21If there really is a child to protect.
19:23I'm the only one who can keep it alive.
19:25Selene was reclining in a side chamber.
19:28Half draped across a cushioned chaise.
19:30While several imperial physicians knelt before her.
19:32She rested her head against one hand.
19:34Her eyes were heavy with exhaustion.
19:36When she spoke.
19:37Impatience sharpened every word.
19:39Well am I pregnant or not?
19:41The physicians lowered themselves even further.
19:44Your grace.
19:45Your pulse clearly indicates pregnancy.
19:49For a moment.
19:50Selene did not move.
19:52Then she rose too quickly from the chaise.
19:54All disbelief gone from her face.
19:56There were tears in her eyes.
19:57Actual tears.
19:59Truly.
20:00Her voice trembled when she said it.
20:01Careful.
20:02Fragile.
20:03As if she were afraid even hope might hear her.
20:05And disappear.
20:06I watched her quietly.
20:08And thought.
20:09So this is what she looks like.
20:11This woman who always stood above everyone else.
20:13Who moved through the palace.
20:15As if the world owed her obedience.
20:17Even she could become this cautious.
20:19This desperate.
20:20Then she looked at me.
20:21Remembering what I had said outside.
20:23And asked the question she wanted answered most.
20:26Is the child's table?
20:28One physician bowed low and replied at once.
20:30From the pulse alone.
20:31There is no sign of danger.
20:34That made her smile.
20:35But the moment her eyes shifted back to me.
20:38The smile turned murderous.
20:39I'm carrying an air now.
20:41I should avoid bloodshed.
20:42But you offend my eyes.
20:45And I would sleep better if you were dead.
20:50With one command.
20:51The eunuchs at her side rushed forward.
20:53And seized my arms hard enough to bruise.
20:55They started dragging me away.
20:57I moved one fingertip.
20:59That was all.
21:00And Selene suddenly clutched her stomach.
21:02And cried out in pain.
21:03The room froze.
21:04The physicians lunged forward at once.
21:07And took her pulse again.
21:08This time.
21:09Their faces changed.
21:11One after another.
21:12Their brows nodded.
21:13Then all of them dropped to their knees.
21:15Your grace spare us.
21:16These are signs of miscarriage.
21:19That was when panic finally broke through.
21:21Selene's face drained white.
21:23She had waited years for this child.
21:25Years.
21:26And she had only just heard the words she wanted most.
21:28Pregnant.
21:29How could she be losing it already?
21:31How?
21:32At last.
21:33She looked at me.
21:34And through clenched teeth.
21:35She said two words.
21:38You come here.
21:41If you cannot save this child.
21:43I will wipe out your entire bloodline.
21:47I looked at her twisted, vicious face.
21:50And dug my nails hard into my palm.
21:52My entire bloodline?
21:53She really had no idea.
21:55My people were already dead.
21:57Slaughtered.
21:58Every last one of them.
21:59I was the only one who crawled back out of that hell alive.
22:02The only one left.
22:03To come for her.
22:05I stepped forward.
22:06And inserted a few needles into her body.
22:08Carefully.
22:09One point.
22:10Then another.
22:11Selene's breathing began to slow.
22:13The strain in her face eased little by little.
22:15When the physicians checked her pulse again.
22:17They found it calm.
22:19Steady.
22:20The child was safe.
22:21At least.
22:22That was what they believed.
22:24The truth?
22:24I knew nothing about medicine.
22:26And Selene was not pregnant.
22:28Not at all.
22:29That night she came to burn me alive.
22:31I had planted a brood curse inside her.
22:33Quietly.
22:34Without her noticing.
22:36That broodling could mimic the pulse of pregnancy perfectly.
22:38It could fool physicians.
22:40Fool the court.
22:41Fool even the mother carrying it.
22:43In the later stages.
22:44It would do even more.
22:46Make her swear she could feel a child turning inside her.
22:49While she smiled and dreamed of an air.
22:50The thing inside her would be feeding.
22:52Draining her.
22:53Taking what it needed from her body.
22:55Day and night.
22:56Day and night.
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