00:00On the road to my wedding, my parents killed me.
00:02All because my father once made a blood pact with the Fae King.
00:05After 16 years, he must send a daughter into the deep woods for the consummation rite.
00:10My sister had somehow glimpsed the Fae King's true face,
00:13and she threatened to die rather than let anyone else marry him.
00:16But none of them knew.
00:17I was the one the Fae E. King had searched for across 500 years.
00:21I floated in midair, looking down at my own body sprawled across the ground.
00:26The moon silk gown spread open around me, like a blood-soaked flower.
00:29The black blood at the corner of my lips drew no one's attention.
00:33My parents were too busy pulling the gown from my limbs so they could dress my sister, Lyra Voss.
00:38They were quietly relieved.
00:40Lyra slid into the gown that had always been mine.
00:43She stood in the moonlight.
00:44Crimson silk, snow-pale skin, radiant as a goddess descended from the Elysian realm.
00:50Her cheeks flushed, trembling with excited anticipation.
00:53Father, mother, am I more beautiful than sister?
00:57Will the Fae King love me?
00:58My mother stepped forward and patted her hand with a tenderness I had never once received.
01:03Lyra has a plain face and a stutter.
01:05She cannot compare to you by half.
01:07My mother sighed with exaggerated pity.
01:10Though the Fae King is said to be a great lord, he cannot escape his bloodthirsty nature.
01:15We were always going to send your sister to satisfy the monster's pleasures.
01:19Whatever happened to her, whether she lived or died, it was never our concern.
01:23But you, my darling, why would you throw away all the fine young lords of Valor City to chase a
01:30Fae King?
01:31Lyra's pretty brow creased in displeasure.
01:33Mother, you simply don't understand.
01:35Lord Valen is devastatingly beautiful, gentle, and refined.
01:39No mortal man could ever compare to him.
01:41Noblin.
01:42No
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