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Auctioned to My Enemy, the Mafia Alpha
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00:02I have three alpha fiancés.
00:05My father was the godfather of every werewolf crime family on the East Coast to prove their loyalty.
00:10Three sworn families sent their alpha heirs to grow up beside me.
00:13Riven, Finn, Ash.
00:16They spoiled me rotten, protected me like I was sacred, made the whole pack believe no one could touch me.
00:21On his deathbed, my father entrusted me to three alphas.
00:24Don't let anyone hurt Serena.
00:26Ash dropped to one knee.
00:27Every Blackthorn law will protect her. Anyone who touches her dies.
00:31Don't be scared, Serena. From now on, we're your family.
00:34After my father was buried, they turned me into the most spoiled princess in the entire pack.
00:38If I frowned, Ash canceled meetings.
00:40If I said I was cold, Riven threw his coat over my shoulders.
00:43If I couldn't sleep, Finn stayed with me until dawn.
00:46Everyone said I was lucky.
00:47Shortly after that, they called me spoiled, impossible to please.
00:51And just to make a pretty widow and her son happy, they sold me to the auction house of our
00:55sworn enemy, the Vos family.
00:56They said Alpha K.L. Vos hated women who reeked of another Alpha.
01:00So once he smelled all three of them on me, he would humiliate me, break my pride, then send me
01:04crawling back to Blackthorn.
01:06By then, I would know how to kneel before them.
01:08How to lower my head.
01:09How to obey.
01:10How to stop being impossible.
01:12The day Arya appeared, it was raining.
01:14She knelt outside Blackthorn's iron gates, holding a feverish little boy in her arms.
01:18Please, I can work.
01:21Just give Leo a bed.
01:22The guards tried to turn her away.
01:24Finn was the first to walk over.
01:26Riven threw his coat over her shoulders.
01:28Let her in.
01:28From that day on, Blackthorn had a new woman.
01:31Obedient, gentle, pitiful.
01:32A widow who knew exactly how to make men feel needed.
01:35And I became the joke.
01:36The spoiled, jealous girl who couldn't survive without her alphas.
01:39That night, I stood outside the study door.
01:41Serena needs to learn what it feels like to lose something.
01:44She's too spoiled.
01:45She's nothing like Arya.
01:47Then send her to the Vos forced marriage auction.
01:49Let her learn some manners.
01:51It's just to scare her.
01:52The Vos family was the one enemy Blackthorn had never been able to bring to heel.
01:56They controlled the northern courts.
01:58The weapons routes.
01:59The underground auctions.
02:00Blackthorn ruled the east coast by law.
02:02But up north, the night answered to Vos gunfire.
02:04And Kale Vos was the youngest.
02:06Most dangerous alpha the Vos family had ever produced.
02:09They said he was cold-blooded.
02:11They said he had snapped the throats of traitor wolves with his bare hands.
02:14And they said he hated nothing more than a wolf girl sent to him reeking of another alpha.
02:18I stepped back on instinct.
02:19I needed to run.
02:20Then I turned and saw Arya holding a candlestick.
02:23The next second, everything went black.
02:25Don't blame me.
02:27They stopped wanting you a long time ago.
02:29The next morning, I woke up tied down to the daved in my father's study.
02:33Arya came in with coffee.
02:34Serena, don't blame them.
02:37Men get tired.
02:39No one can spend his whole life revolving around a spoiled little princess.
02:43So you're here to teach me how to be a good girl for them?
02:46That's not what I meant.
02:47The door flew open.
02:52Are you picking on her again?
02:54I didn't.
02:54You are becoming nothing like your father.
02:56And the three of you are becoming nothing like the men you were before he died.
02:59Now that my father is gone and Blackthorne belongs to you, you can't wait to start breaking me?
03:03Vos won't keep you.
03:05He hates women who reek of another alpha.
03:07Riven toss stocks down.
03:08Sign it.
03:09If you don't, you don't eat.
03:10I looked down.
03:11It was a consent form transferring me to the forced marriage auction.
03:15Lot Serena Blackthorne.
03:16Serena, once you learn to behave, they'll bring you home.
03:20What if I don't come home?
03:21What if Kale makes me his Luna?
03:23Don't be ridiculous.
03:24You're covered in all three of our scents.
03:26No powerful alpha would ever allow his woman to smell like other alphas.
03:30Exactly.
03:31The three of them smiled.
03:32I bit my lip until I tasted blood.
03:34Three days later, starving and humiliated, I gave in.
03:38I signed.
03:39The day before the auction, they sent me a white dress.
03:42The fabric was thin.
03:43So thin that if I stood too close to anyone, everyone nearby would smell all three alphas on me.
03:48In the past, they called that protection.
03:50Any wolf daring to touch me must wonder, can he cross three alphas?
03:53Now they've become weapons to slut shame me.
03:55Mommy, is the bad alpha going to buy her?
03:58I turned to Aria, stood there with Leo in her arms.
04:01My cashmere shawl was draped over her shoulders.
04:03The one Ash had bought for me at an Italian auction last year.
04:06Now it was on her.
04:07Aria quickly covered Leo's mouth.
04:09He doesn't know what he's saying.
04:11No.
04:12He knows exactly what he's saying.
04:14You taught him well.
04:16Serena, don't scare the child.
04:17So all three of you have been warming her bed too?
04:20Serena, don't be vulgar.
04:21Aria lost her mate.
04:23Her wolf loses control at night.
04:25She needs alpha scent to calm her down.
04:27I looked at Aria.
04:28There was an old mate mark on the side of her neck.
04:30But over that faded scar, I could smell Ash, Riven fin, one layered over the next.
04:34As if they had done it on purpose.
04:36As if they were trying to bury the last trace of her dead mate.
04:39Suddenly, I laughed.
04:40How convenient.
04:41A grieving widow.
04:42Heartbroken.
04:43And every night, her wolf just happens to fall apart so badly that she needs three different alphas to soothe
04:49her.
04:49Enough!
04:50Rivend, don't talk to Serena like that.
04:52She's just upset.
04:54Serena, don't be scared.
04:55Mr. Voss probably won't even want to touch you.
04:57Once he sends you back, you'll finally learn how to be a good girl.
05:00Good luck.
05:01Good luck to you too.
05:03Stolen alphas only matter if they choose to stay.
05:08Serena Blackthorne of the Blackthorne Pack.
05:10Only daughter of the late Pack Lord.
05:13Still carrying the scent of three alphas.
05:15Has Blackthorne lost its mind?
05:17They brought a girl like that to auction?
05:18Kale Voss hates anything another man has touched.
05:21I heard the last girl sent to Voss was thrown straight into the sea.
05:23I stood in the center of the platform.
05:25My fingers clenched around the silver crest.
05:27My father had left me.
05:28My father once told me.
05:29Serena, a true Pack Lord never lowers her head in front of a crowd.
05:33Not even when she's afraid.
05:35So I straightened my spine.
05:37If the Voss family refuses to accept the lot, Blackstone may reclaim her.
05:42Being rejected by Voss is worse than dying, isn't it?
05:45Wasn't she Blackstone's little princess?
05:47The one everyone treated like glass?
05:49She used to have three alphas protecting her.
05:51Now her father's dead and Blackthorne belongs to them.
05:54No one protects a spoiled little heiress forever.
05:56Those three alphas are probably waiting for her to crawl back crying.
05:58I looked down Dot Ash.
06:00Riven and Finn sat below, staring at me like I was a joke.
06:03Then, the chapel doors burst open.
06:05Rain flooded the hall.
06:06Every candle shook violently.
06:08Every wolf went silent.
06:10A second later, military boots struck step by step, echoing all over the chapel.
06:14Kale Voss is here.
06:15A man walked in from the storm.
06:17His eyes are deep icy blue cold as winter's sea.
06:20I heard someone below the stage laugh under their breath.
06:22They were waiting for me to be humiliated.
06:24Waiting for the Blackthorne princess to be rejected by Kale Voss.
06:27But Kale only removed his gloves.
06:30Then leaned down toward me.
06:31His frigid scent swept over me instantly.
06:33My knees almost gave out.
06:35Heat rushed through me.
06:36I bit my lip hard, refusing to make a sound.
06:38Three alpha scents on you?
06:39And they still dared to put you in front of me?
06:41Good.
06:41When I'm done, no one will smell Blackthorne on you again.
06:44Mr. Voss, are you certain you wish to bid?
06:45She carries the scent of three Blackthorne alpha.
06:47To any alpha, that is a direct profication.
06:49And the Blackthorne contract states that if you refuse delivery,
06:52did I say I refused?
06:54Opening bid?
06:56Five million.
06:57Five million for a girl carrying three alpha cents?
07:00Who would be insane enough to bid?
07:01Ten million.
07:02The entire chapel went silent.
07:04Ash's expression changed.
07:05Riven clenched his jaw.
07:07Finn froze where he stood.
07:08Ten million once.
07:10Eleven million.
07:11Looks like someone wants to embarrass Voss.
07:13Twenty million.
07:14Twenty million once.
07:16Twenty-one million.
07:18Thirty million.
07:19Thirty million for her?
07:21Has Kale Vossed his mind?
07:22She reeks of three alphas.
07:24Voss!
07:24What the hell are you trying to do?
07:26Bidding.
07:27You brought her here to be sold, didn't you?
07:29Serena, stop him.
07:31Why?
07:32Isn't this what you wanted?
07:34You wanted me humiliated.
07:36Now the price is too high and suddenly it hurts?
07:39Thirty million once.
07:40Thirty million twice.
07:42Forty million.
07:43My head snapped toward Ash.
07:45For one second, I could not believe it.
07:46He was willing to spend forty million just to buy me back.
07:49She belongs to Blackthorne.
07:51Kale laughed.
07:52Fifty million.
07:53Sixty million.
07:55Eighty million.
07:55Dead silence fell over the chapel.
07:57At that price, this was no longer a purchase.
08:00It was a public slap in Blackthorne's face.
08:02Ash, enough!
08:03Ash!
08:04Ash, we can't afford this.
08:06What's wrong?
08:07You sold her.
08:09Did you really think she'd be cheap?
08:11No one dared to bid against Kale anymore.
08:13But as if he were only amusing himself.
08:15One hundred million.
08:17The chapel went completely still.
08:19Even the auctioneer forgot how to speak.
08:21Continue.
08:23One hundred million once.
08:25Ash did not raise his paddle again.
08:27Riven's hand rested on his gun, but he did not draw.
08:30Finn's eyes were red.
08:31Serena.
08:32One hundred million three times.
08:34Serena Blackstone is sold to Kale Voss.
08:38Is he insane?
08:39Kale Voss actually wants her?
08:41An orphaned wolf girl covered in three alpha cents?
08:43For one hundred million?
08:44I object.
08:45She is just an unwanted Blackthorne orphan.
08:47How could she possibly be worth one hundred million?
08:49Then remember this.
08:50The girl you threw away, I bought her for one hundred million.
08:53Now, it's our turn to teach them what it feels like to lose.
09:06The Voss car pulled away from the underground chapel.
09:09I was still wearing that white dress.
09:10So thin, it could barely hide the three alpha cents on my skin.
09:14Why did you buy me?
09:15I don't know.
09:16You know I'm covered in three on alpha cents.
09:19Call it love at first sight.
09:21You thought those cents meant they loved you?
09:23They were territory markers.
09:25A cage they left on your skin.
09:27I don't want them on me.
09:28I can erase them for you.
09:30But it will hurt.
09:32Do you still want that?
09:34Yes.
09:34When the first cent Riven sent Beegan to burn away, pain shot through me so sharply that
09:39I grabbed the car door.
09:41Don't run.
09:43The more you fight it, the longer they stay.
09:45When the second cent cracked apart under his, I remembered what Riven once told me.
09:50Anyone who touches you dies by my hand.
09:53Ladder, he was the one who sent me to Voss.
09:55The third cent belonged to Finn, the faintest.
09:57And somehow, the one that hurt the most.
09:59You can cry, but not for them.
10:03When the last cent finally faded, a thin silver pattern surfaced along my neck.
10:09What is this?
10:10A moon mark.
10:11A blessing from the moon goddess.
10:13Only your true fated alpha can awaken it.
10:16Ash, Riven.
10:17And Finn had been by my side for years.
10:19Not once had they made it glow.
10:20But Kale touched me once, Dot, and it woke.
10:22You're the Luna the moon goddess gave me?
10:24You're the alpha the moon goddess gave me?
10:26The car drove into the Voss estate.
10:28Serena, don't let him touch you!
10:31Too late.
10:32Starting tonight, every inch of Serena will carry my scent.
10:36Only when he carried me into the bathroom did I realize something.
10:38This alpha's way of marking what was his was not gentle.
10:41Steam rose around us.
10:42The white dress soaked through, clinging to my skin.
10:45I instinctively tried to step back.
10:47Scared now?
10:49When they sent you to me, did they not teach you how to beg me to stop?
10:54Serena, you are my faded Luna.
10:57I don't care how many men's scents were on you before.
10:59From now on, your body will know only mine.
11:04The Voss estate had none of the horrors people whispered about.
11:07No blood-soaked banquets.
11:08No wolf girls chained in basements.
11:10Only black marble, cold fragrance, sea fog, and Voss guards who lowered their heads the
11:14moment they saw Kale.
11:15A maid saw the rope marks on my wrists.
11:18She asked only one thing.
11:19Who did this?
11:20Blackthorn.
11:21The maid immediately went for medicine.
11:23No blame.
11:24No suspicion.
11:25No demand for me to explain myself.
11:27My nose suddenly burned.
11:28So this was what it felt like to be believed.
11:31Boss.
11:32We found the real inheritance documents left by the late Pack Lord.
11:36The heirs were not Ash, Riven, and Finn.
11:38It was Miss Serena.
11:41That easily.
11:42I thought my father had left me in their hands.
11:44But what he had truly left to me was all of Blackthorn.
11:47Blackthorn has also sent notice.
11:49They demand Miss Serena returns tomorrow night to sign away her inheritance rights.
11:53I looked at the document.
11:54Then I laughed.
11:55They still didn't know.
11:56I was awake now.
11:57Still want to make them regret it?
11:58Regret?
11:59That's nowhere near enough.
12:01I want those four Aversapes to spit out everything they stole from me.
12:05I thought Kale would take his men and storm Blackthorn.
12:08Instead, the next day, he threw a black training suit at me.
12:11Put it on.
12:12For what?
12:13Shouldn't we be going to Blackthorn?
12:15You're not ready.
12:16I'm teaching you how to win.
12:18Stab me.
12:22You can't even touch someone you hate.
12:24What makes you think you're ready to walk back into Blackthorn?
12:27I lunged at him.
12:28The next second, he caught my wrist and pinned me against the wall.
12:31His knee pressed between my legs.
12:33He was so close I could smell sea salt on him.
12:36When you struck at me just now, who were you thinking about?
12:39Ash?
12:40Riven?
12:41Finn?
12:42You already washed their scents off me.
12:44I'm not talking about scent.
12:47I'm talking about habit.
12:52They taught you to wait.
12:55Wait for them to comfort you.
12:56Wait for them to believe you.
12:58Wait for them to regret it.
13:00Starting today, you don't wait.
13:02You take.
13:06That afternoon, he taught me how to read accounts.
13:09That night, he taught me how to read contracts.
13:11I was so sleepy, I nearly collapsed over the desk.
13:14He stood behind me, both hands braced on the tabletop, trapping me between his body and the ledger.
13:19Do you understand this clause?
13:21You're standing too close.
13:23Your enemies won't step back just because you're embarrassed.
13:26I lowered my head and followed Kale's finger to an anonymous transfer.
13:29That money had paid off the gambling debt left by Arya's dead husband.
13:32The recipient belonged to a Voss underground casino.
13:35She didn't come to Blackhorn by accident.
13:39Now you're starting to sound like an heir.
13:42Arya is here.
13:43She says she wants to return your shawl in person.
13:48When Arya came to the Voss estate, she was holding the cashmere shawl.
13:51Ash, Riven, and Finn came with her.
13:54The moment they saw me, their faces changed.
13:56My scent was completely Voss now.
13:59Serena, how could you-
14:00You washed us off?
14:03Serena, do you understand what it means for all three of our scents to be gone?
14:07It means I'm finally clean.
14:10Serena, I thought about it.
14:12This shawl was yours to begin with.
14:14I'm giving it back.
14:16I looked at that shawl.
14:17Anse, I had treasured it.
14:19Now, it only looked dirty.
14:20I don't want it.
14:21She's already lowered her head.
14:23She came here to apologize.
14:24So I'm required to forgive her?
14:26It's just a shoal.
14:27Yes.
14:28Just a shoal.
14:30But when you gave it to me, you said it meant Blackthorn would always protect me.
14:34Now that it's been on her shoulders, suddenly it's just a shoal.
14:37Kale raised his hand.
14:38The housekeeper brought over a black fox fur cloak.
14:40Dark as midnight.
14:41With sharp silver clasps, Kale draped it over my shoulders himself.
14:45His thumb brushed my collarbone as he slowly fastened the first clasp.
14:48My breathing caught.
14:49He acted as if he hadn't noticed.
14:51Cold?
14:54No.
14:56Liar.
14:56He pulled the fur tighter around me.
14:58Then, in front of everyone, he bent down.
15:00And kissed my collarbone.
15:06Look closely.
15:08She wears Vos now.
15:11And the only mark left on her body will be mine.
15:14The entire sitting room went dead silent.
15:16Arya stared at the fresh red mark on my collarbone.
15:19The jealousy in her eyes was impossible to hide.
15:21I looked at Arya.
15:22When you wore my shoal, that was theft.
15:25When he put this fur on me, that was being chosen.
15:29That's the difference.
15:30Arya's face turned white.
15:31Then, suddenly, she laughed.
15:33Serena, are you really gonna pretend you didn't get close to Kale Vox just to hurt them?
15:38You don't like Kale.
15:39You only want Ash, Rev, and Finn to regret.
15:42The old me would have rushed to explain.
15:44This time, I didn't.
15:45I only turned to Kale.
15:46She says I don't like you.
15:48Do you?
15:49I walked up to Kale, grabbed his tie, and pulled him down.
15:52I rose onto my toes.
15:53My lips did not touch his.
15:54They only brushed his jaw.
15:56Close enough for everyone to see our breath mix.
15:58I do now.
15:58Kale went still for two seconds.
16:00Then he smiled.
16:01You learned fast.
16:02I leaned into Kale's arms and looked at the jealousy twisting Arya's face.
16:05For the first time, she looked pathetic.
16:07You leaned on them to steal my place.
16:09I leaned on him to take my place back.
16:11We are not the same.
16:12Serena, you never used to be like this.
16:14I also never used to get sold by the people I trusted.
16:17Just then, a Vosguard hurried in.
16:19Boss, Blackthorn Family Cemetery has trouble.
16:23Someone dug up that Packlord's grave.
16:25My blood turned cold.
16:26At last, I understood.
16:27The four of them weren't just trying to drag me back.
16:29They wanted to use my father's relics to force me home.
16:32Kale held my waist.
16:33His voice was cold enough to cut.
16:34Do you want me to kill them?
16:35By the time I reached the Blackthorn Cemetery, rain was pouring down.
16:38In front of my father's headstone, the soil had been dug open.
16:41The Packlord crest was gone.
16:43My father had worn that crest for 20 years.
16:45It was the one relic I had never dared to touch.
16:47Now, it was clenched in Riven's hand.
16:50Ash and Finn stood behind him.
16:51Aria held Leo in her arms, hiding in the rain.
16:54She was already forcing tears.
16:56Serena, they just wanted you to come home.
16:58You dug up my father's grave?
17:00Sign the inheritance waiver.
17:01I'll give the crest back.
17:02We won't damage it.
17:03You have been influenced by Vos too deeply.
17:05Blackthorn cannot be handed to you.
17:07Kale stood behind me, holding the umbrella over my head.
17:10Rain soaked half his shoulder.
17:11Kill them?
17:12No.
17:12I walked toward Riven.
17:14He tightened his grip on the crest.
17:15Don't come any closer.
17:17Kneel.
17:17Kale's guards drew their guns.
17:19Red dots landed on Riven's chest.
17:21She told you to kneel.
17:22Riven's knees bent little by little.
17:24Then he dropped into the mud.
17:25I looked at Ash.
17:26Kneel too.
17:27Finn was last.
17:28He knelt the fastest and looked the most pathetic.
17:31Serena, I'm sorry.
17:32I took the crest back from Riven.
17:34I did not cry.
17:35I only turned to Kale.
17:36I want to hold the inheritance meeting.
17:38Right now?
17:38Right now.
17:39I looked down at the three men kneeling in the mud.
17:41Regret is too light.
17:43I want them to lose everything they have now.
17:45The inheritance council was held in Blackthorn's main hall.
17:48My father's portrait hung at the highest point of the room.
17:50I stood beneath it.
17:51Ash, Riven, and Finn stood in the center of the hall.
17:53They looked humiliated.
17:55But they had not lost yet.
17:56Because Ash quickly took out a document.
17:58Serena, sign the inheritance waiver.
17:59You can still stay in Blackthorn.
18:01Otherwise, your relationship with Vos will bring shame to the entire pack.
18:06Serena, just sign it.
18:07We can start over.
18:08Aria held Leo.
18:10Her eyes red.
18:11Serena, I know you hate me.
18:12But you can't destroy the entire Blackthorn just for revenge.
18:16Many people in the hall began to waver.
18:18They were afraid of Vos.
18:19Afraid Blackthorn would fall under the control of an enemy alpha.
18:22They did not care whether I had been hurt.
18:24They only cared whether the pack would be humiliated.
18:26I picked up the document, turned it page by page.
18:28Ash's expression relaxed.
18:29He thought I was scared.
18:31Aria could barely hide her smile.
18:32She thought I would sign.
18:33I turned to the final page.
18:35It stated that once signed, all funds, properties,
18:37and the pack seat under my name would be transferred to the joint control of my three temporary guardians.
18:42So, you don't just want me to give up the inheritance.
18:45You want to take everything my father left me.
18:48Okay.
18:49What?
18:49I can sign it.
18:50But before I do, I want to show everyone something.
18:53The screen lit up.
18:53In the first video, Aria was wearing my shawl.
18:56When Vos sends you back, you'll know how to bow your head.
18:59The second file was the transfer contract from the Vos auction house.
19:02Ash's signature.
19:03Riven's witness seal.
19:05Finn's consent record.
19:06The third was the auction recording.
19:07The auctioneer read my name in public.
19:09Only daughter of the late Blackthorn pack lord, still carrying the scent of three alphas.
19:13The crowd laughed at me.
19:14In the shadows on the second floor, Ash, Riven, and Finn watched everything.
19:19The fourth video showed the cemetery.
19:20Riven held my father's crest in his hand and forced me to sign away my inheritance.
19:24The elders' faces changed completely.
19:26Maybe they did not pity me, but they knew one thing.
19:28Sending the late pack lord's only daughter to the Vos auction house was a scandal for all of Blackthorn.
19:33Those are just internal disciplinary actions.
19:35Internal disdisciplinary actions need Vos family auctioneers.
19:39We just wanted to teach you a lesson.
19:41With my body, with my reputation, with my father's badge.
19:46Serena, I was wrong.
19:47I really thought you would come back.
19:48Yeah.
19:49You thought I would be sent back, crying and coming back, kneeling and begging you to take me back again.
19:55The head housekeeper projected the ledger onto the screen.
19:58Every expense Aria had run up over the past three years.
20:01Dresses, jewelry, private tutors for Leo, medical bills, a seaside villa.
20:05All of it paid from my trust.
20:06Aria had not only tried to steal three alphas, she wanted my men, my seat, my house, my money, everything
20:12that was mine.
20:13Now, I formally claim the inheritance of Blackthorn.
20:17The chairman of the elders' council stood.
20:19Serena Blackthorn, can you prove that Ash, Riven, and Finn are only temporary guardians?
20:23Serena, stop being ridiculous.
20:25Without us, you are nothing.
20:28Really?
20:29Kale's lawyer stepped forward and placed my father's real will before the council.
20:33The document was clear.
20:34I was the heir to Blackthorn.
20:36Ash, Riven, and Finn were only temporary guardians.
20:39The moment I claimed my inheritance, their authority would automatically expire.
20:42She is the real heir?
20:44Those three alphas were only in charge?
20:47Are we about to have our first Luna godmother?
20:49At last, Ash, Riven, and Finn's faces changed.
20:52Impossible.
20:53When did you find out?
20:54A little later than you, but a little smarter than you.
20:58I picked up the pen and signed the first order.
21:00Not an inheritance waiver.
21:01A removal order for the three temporary guardians.
21:04Freeze Ash's financial authority.
21:06Second, remove Riven from armed command.
21:09Third, relial Finn's control over household and medical resources.
21:12Fourth, investigate every expense tied to the area and her son.
21:16Serena, you can't do this!
21:17When you wore my shoal, did you wonder whether I could?
21:20The elders voted.
21:20The motion passed by majority.
21:22For the first time, the three alphas who had once stood above everyone lost their power in the middle of
21:26Blackthorn Hall.
21:27I sat down in the main seat.
21:28Now, Eying invite the three former guardians to explain.
21:33Why did you send me to the Vos auction block?
21:38Kael stood behind me and laughed softly.
21:40Now you're starting to look like the owner.
21:42Ash still tried to steady the room.
21:44Serena, Vos is using you.
21:45He is the sworn enemy of every wolf family under Blackthorn.
21:48We were only afraid he would deceive you.
21:50For I could answer.
21:52Kael laughed under his breath.
21:53You sold her to me.
21:54And now you're worried I'll deceive her?
21:55No one in the hall dared to respond.
21:58I looked at Aria.
21:59And you?
22:00Do you also think he deceived me?
22:02Aria cried.
22:03Serena, I only wanted to survive.
22:05I never wanted to take your place.
22:07I raised my hand.
22:09The fifth piece of evidence appeared.
22:11Before Aria ever entered Blackthorn, she already knew I was the heir.
22:14The sixth was the record of her dead husband's gambling debt.
22:17The seventh was the payment Finn had made for my trust.
22:20Finn's face went white.
22:22Aria panicked.
22:23She turned to Finn.
22:24You said you would protect me!
22:25You said it was for medical bills.
22:27If you weren't willing, how could I have gotten the money?
22:30Then she pointed at Ash.
22:31And you?
22:32You were the one who said Serena didn't know how to manage anything.
22:35And you were the leading Ennyswick.
22:37You said the money was wasted on her.
22:40Aria.
22:41Don't pretend you're innocent either!
22:43You were the one who said she needed to learn obedience.
22:46You said to send her to Vos.
22:48Could have said to find Rowling.
22:49And once he threw her Helene's back, she'd never dare fight me again!
22:54Z the hall erupted.
22:55Kale Vos already touched her!
22:58She carries Vos scent!
23:00How could she be fit to rule Blackthorn?
23:01A girl bought by an enemy alpha has no right to judge us!
23:05Ash spoke.
23:06Serena's too deeply tied to Vos now.
23:07Before I could say anything, Kale walked up behind me.
23:10His fingers gently brushed the hair away from the back of my neck.
23:13The entire hall saw the silver mate mark.
23:15Clean.
23:16Clear.
23:17A silver pattern blessed by the moon goddess herself.
23:19She is the luna the moon goddess gave me.
23:22I would never hurt her.
23:24And I would never harm the family that belongs to her.
23:26The entire hall sucked in a breath.
23:28Kale bent down.
23:29His lips hovered almost against the silver mark.
23:32Then, in front of everyone, he bit lightly beside it.
23:35Heat shot through the back of my neck.
23:36Ash went rigid.
23:37Riven's breathing turned heavy.
23:39Finn's eyes reddened in a terrifying way.
23:42As for my scent, that is protection.
23:45But Serena, I love-
23:48Enough!
23:49I looked toward the Elder's Council.
23:51Arya and her son are expelled from Blackthorn.
23:54All stolen funds will be recovered.
23:56They will never again receive protection under the Blackthorn name.
23:59You can't do this!
24:00She can.
24:01Because she is Serena Blackthorn.
24:03And you are just the woman who stole her shoal.
24:06You think I did all this alone?
24:08I wasn't the one who wanted Serena gone the most!
24:11Arya was dragged back.
24:12The shawl fell to the floor.
24:14I did not rush to have her taken away.
24:16Talk.
24:17She looked at Ash, Riven, and Finn.
24:20Then she looked at the Branch Elders in the hall.
24:22It was them.
24:23They never wanted Serena to inherit.
24:26After the late Pack Lord died, everyone said she was just a spoiled little princesses.
24:31They were afraid she would lead Blackthorn.
24:34Afraid she would choose an outsider as her mate.
24:36Afraid she would take Blackthorn away from them.
24:38Several Branch Elders went pale.
24:40I looked at them.
24:41So this was never just Arya's ambition.
24:43It was not only the betrayal of three alphas.
24:46It was Blackthorn's old order itself.
24:48None of them wanted me awake.
24:49I had the housekeeper release the final set of evidence.
24:53Messages between Arya and the Branch Elders.
24:55They taught her how to get close to Finn.
24:58How to provoke me.
24:59How to make the three alphas lose faith in me.
25:01How to get me sent to Vos.
25:03Then wait for me to be returned.
25:04The hall descended into chaos.
25:06I stood.
25:07Everyone involved will be stripped of their Elder Seat.
25:09All assets under their names will be audited.
25:11Like Arya and her son, they are expelled from Blackthorn's circle.
25:14Serena, this will throw Blackthorn into chaos.
25:16No.
25:16You are the chaos.
25:17Not Blackthorn.
25:18Now you're not just taking Blackthorn back.
25:21You're rewriting it.
25:22The first to be dealt with was Ash.
25:24Anse, I trusted his judgment the most.
25:26He controlled Blackthorn's laws.
25:28And he controlled my ignorance.
25:29I placed the audit order in front of him.
25:31From today on, you will no longer handle any Blackthrone legal documents.
25:34All approval authority under your name is frozen.
25:37Serena, everything I did was for the stability of the pack.
25:40No.
25:40You were afraid I would grow up.
25:42Afraid I would learn how to read what you had done.
25:44His face went completely white.
25:46The second was Riven.
25:47I had someone take away his armed division badge.
25:49Without me, the ports will fall into disorder.
25:51Behind me.
25:52Kale laughed once.
25:53Vos can guard them for her.
25:55Riven snapped his gaze toward him.
25:56Eyes full of fury.
25:57I raised my hand, signaling Kale not to speak.
26:00This is Blackthorn.
26:00I will handle the ports myself.
26:02You once said anyone who touched me would die by your hand.
26:05Later, you handed me to someone else yourself.
26:07From today on, you're assigned to the lowest patrol unit.
26:10You will guard the outer wall.
26:12When you learn how to protect instead of control, you may come see me again.
26:17Serena.
26:18I did not soften.
26:20He had no soldiers now.
26:21Ash had no authority.
26:22For the first time, they realized I was not throwing a tantrum.
26:25I was dismantling their throne.
26:27Finally, I looked at Finn.
26:28His face was white as death, because he knew.
26:31Of the three of them, he was the one I had been least willing to let go.
26:34Finn stood in the center of the hall, his eyes frighteningly red.
26:37In the past, whenever he looked at me like that, I softened.
26:39Because he had always been the gentle one.
26:41He stayed with me when I couldn't sleep.
26:43He stood outside my door when my wolf instincts became unstable.
26:45When I cried, he would say,
26:47Don't be scared, Serena.
26:49That was why his betrayal hurt the most.
26:51I placed the household medical and wolf instinct care records in front of him.
26:55From today on, you no longer manage Blackthorne's household, medical care, or any wolf instinct care resources.
27:00Serena, don't do this.
27:01I was only trying to take care of everyone.
27:03I laughed softly.
27:05Everyone?
27:06Or Aria?
27:07He went silent.
27:09I turned the pages one by one for him to see.
27:11Every care session Aria received.
27:13Every dose of medicine.
27:14Every time she was too weak.
27:17All of it came from my trust.
27:19Your tenderness towards her?
27:20It was carved out of me.
27:21Finn's tears fell.
27:23I was wrong.
27:25I really know I was wrong.
27:27Can you give me one more chance?
27:28I looked at him for a long time.
27:30I remembered him staying with me until dawn.
27:32Remembered him wiping away my tears.
27:34Remembered him telling me that from then on...
27:36Don't be scared, Serena.
27:37From now on, we're your family.
27:39Then, I remembered him standing in front of Aria and saying to me...
27:42Enough, Serena.
27:44At last, I understood.
27:45The gentlest person can also be the cruelest.
27:47Because when he hurts you, he still makes you feel like you were the unreasonable one.
27:52Finn, I will not give you another chance because every chance you gave Aria was stolen from me.
27:57Finn dropped to his knees.
27:59I did not help him up.
28:00I did not look back.
28:01Serena, you won.
28:02But are you really going to abandon all three of us for Voss?
28:05I will not give you a hug.
28:05Villain of me is the attention of Voss is a drag in his cheek and you will also be efecto
28:05in his rash.
28:05The one that you have and vice versa will take before the twist of an ear to an ear.
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