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00:03Serafina needs your blood
00:04No
00:09When I woke up again, I was at the auction with Serafina
00:12The mate claim is our clan's law
00:14A woman standing rises and falls entirely with the merman she's bonded to
00:18So last life, when I was maneuvered into taking Serafina's leftover
00:22A merman whose tail hung in broken scales, I had no choice
00:25I bled my heart essence for 49 days before he was barely healed
00:29I hunted abyssal cores at every turn, pouring them into him to elevate his bloodline
00:33Yet the first thing he became the Siren King was to kill me, his mate, as well as our unborn
00:38baby
00:38This is my second chance, I won't make the same mistake
00:41I want this one
00:42Serafina's voice cut me back to the present
00:44She pointed towards the enormous tank in front of us
00:47She chose Silas?
00:49My eyes found Silas instantly
00:52Cowering at the very back of the holding tank
00:54A merman's greatest pride is his tail
00:56Every other tail in that water prison shimmered, rippling like silk ribbons in a dark current
01:01Silas's tail was stripped nearly bare, scales shed down to raw, ragged flesh
01:06Serafina, pack heiress and eldest daughter
01:09Exactly as she had in our last life
01:12Gestured lazily toward the two mermen at the back
01:27In my last life, I had believed every word
01:32Mermen didn't come cheap
01:33And I had assumed even Serafina wouldn't deliberately choose the most broken creature in the tank
01:38But she had
01:39She had actually purchased the barely breathing Silas
01:42Our father had erupted in fury over it
01:46Father, Alora picked him herself
01:48You know how she is
01:49I only paid
01:51I chose the strong one
01:53I'm taking mine now
01:55And just like that, the half-dead wreck called Silas had been handed to me
01:59This life, I would not fall for a single word
02:01And called my bid before she could speak
02:03Take what you want, Serafina
02:06I pointed at the stone-faced merman in the corner
02:08I want that one
02:17It didn't matter who I chose
02:18If I'd turned the broken, helpless Silas into a siren king
02:22I could do it with anyone
02:23Every creature in this tank would surpass him with the right hand guiding them
02:27This time, I just wanted one who would be loyal
02:29Serafina's smile thinned when she realized the hook hadn't landed
02:32Alara, you gave us a fixed amount
02:34If you use it all, what's left for me?
02:36I gave her a single flat look
02:37How had I spent an entire lifetime missing how well she could perform?
02:41She had engineered this from the start
02:42Push the broken merman onto me
02:44Keep me weak
02:44Keep herself on top
02:45Her trap had been set the moment we walked through these auction doors
02:49I stared straight at Silas
02:50Who was pressing himself against the tank wall
02:52Performing desperately for any buyer
02:54That one doesn't look bad
02:55Feed him right and he might amount to something
02:58If you really can't afford your pick
03:00Buy him
03:01Serafina laughed
03:02Sharp and incredulous
03:03I wouldn't want him to warm my bed
03:05I smiled
03:06But there was nothing warm in it
03:07Poor Silas
03:08In our last life, he had actually believed I was the one who separated them
03:11He had never known that Serafina wouldn't have had him on a bet
03:14As in our last life
03:15Serafina claimed her merman Jace without hesitation
03:18But as I walked out with my merman Kaelin
03:20Something slammed against the walls of the holding tank
03:22Silas
03:23Thrashing
03:24Is he trying to get someone's attention?
03:26Broken thing like that
03:27I glanced at Silas' frantic movement
03:29Then at Serafina
03:30Who had gone very still
03:32Had Silas also been reborn?
03:35His panic made sense
03:36The woman he had spent his whole life loving
03:38Had just walked away without him
03:40I caught the fractured blue of his eyes through the water and smiled
03:43When a dream you've chased for a lifetime shatters in an instant
03:46That has to hurt
03:47This life
03:48No one punished me for leaving Silas behind
03:50Kaelin stood before me
03:51His tail slapping the floor in slow, rhythmic strikes
03:54Can you shift to human form?
03:57He pressed his lips together and pulled the tail in
04:00Obedient but clearly reluctant
04:03Unlike the others, there was no relief on his face
04:06No gratitude for being purchased
04:08Looking closer, his blue eyes held something else entirely
04:11Cold detachment
04:12And a pride that hadn't been broken yet
04:14You don't want to come home with me?
04:15Kaelin glanced at me once and said nothing
04:17As far as I know, the holding tanks run on hierarchy
04:20Without a buyer
04:21You fight every day just to hold your rank
04:24I can protect that rank, right now
04:25He moved to the chair farthest from me and sat
04:28I'm not the wreck who got his tail beaten to pieces
04:30One sentence and I was already smiling
04:33He was right
04:33For a merman to have his tail destroyed like that
04:35What was that if not useless?
04:37If you don't want to stay, the door is open
04:44Something flickered in Kaelin's blue eyes
04:46He was tempted, I could see it
04:47Before he could act on it, I stood up
04:50What are you doing?
04:52Since you don't want to be here, I'll go select a different merman
04:55I'm building a siren king
04:56I have no room for someone with a divided heart
04:59In my peripheral vision, Kaelin looked at me with something new on his face
05:03Becoming the siren king was every merman's deepest ambition
05:06He had the raw power
05:07But raw power could be cultivated in anyone
05:09A backstabber like Silas wasn't worth the investment
05:12The auction is over!
05:13I turned and smiled at him
05:15A family that can afford a merman a senelmest in the first place?
05:19You think we worry about finding another one?
05:24The next several days, I left early and returned late
05:27Kaelin hadn't left, but I needed my own contingency plans
05:31What I didn't expect
05:32The moment I stepped onto the street that afternoon
05:35Silas came staggering toward me
05:38Hilara!
05:40Why didn't you take me?
05:42He threw his arms around my legs
05:44Take me with you, please
05:46You were always supposed to choose me
05:48My heartbeat stuttered exactly once
05:51What did you just say?
05:53Hilara, look at me
05:55Are you really not choosing me?
05:57Silas gripped my legs tightly with both hands
06:00That confirmed it
06:01Silas had been reborn too
06:03But if he got a second life
06:04Why was he coming to me instead of running straight to Serafina?
06:07I shook him off without expression
06:09What are you rambling about?
06:10Who is your owner?
06:12Don't come grabbing at strangers in the street
06:14I turned to walk away
06:16But Silas chased after me recklessly
06:18Following closely in haste
06:20I was half a second from losing my composure
06:23Then I caught sight of Kaelin
06:24Following at a distance behind me
06:26My eyes shifted
06:27Calculating
06:34Your tail is badly damaged
06:37Did the other mare shifters in the tank do this to you?
06:42Silas blinked
06:43Then nodded quickly
06:45In my peripheral vision
06:46Kaelin had drawn several steps closer
06:49I ran my fingers along Silas' damaged tail
06:51The same way I had in our last life
06:53Every wound on his body had been healed by my hand
06:56I knew exactly where the pressure felt good
06:58And where it burned
06:59So when I pressed just right
07:01A shudder rolled through Silas' entire body
07:03He kept leaning into me, breathless
07:05Master
07:07Will you take me home?
07:09I curved my lips
07:10Of course, I...
07:13Before I could finish
07:14Kaelin launched forward
07:15Smashed Silas away with its tail
07:17He slammed him violently onto the street
07:19Five meters away
07:20He planted himself in front of me
07:22Jaw set
07:23I haven't left yet
07:25Silas hit the pavement and couldn't get back up
07:28Several failed attempts
07:30Then stillness
07:33I blinked at Kaelin with wide eyes
07:37Was that really necessary?
07:41Didn't you say you were leaving?
07:43Why stop me from finding another Merman?
07:46The hands hanging at Kaelin's sides curled into slow fists
07:49I'm not leaving
07:51Satisfaction curved my mouth upward
07:52Mermen had their own will
07:54Every one of them needed to be won
07:56Not forced
07:57He had taken the first step
07:59I would accept the olive branch
08:02As for Silas
08:04He dragged himself upright and crept forward again
08:08Master
08:09You agreed just now
08:12You were going to take me
08:14I slung my arm over Kaelin's shoulder
08:16And gave Silas a bright little wave
08:17Sorry
08:19I changed my mind
08:20Silas opened his mouth to protest
08:22And moved one step forward
08:24Kaelin's tail cracked down onto the pavement
08:26Directly in front of him
08:28One more step
08:29And the next thing that breaks will be your bones
08:31When the tail lifted
08:32I looked at the cracked stone beneath it
08:34Kaelin was, without question
08:36In another league from Silas
08:38To prevent another betrayal
08:40I forced Kaelin through the blood bond ritual
08:42You can actually make me Siren King?
08:44I said nothing
08:45A master speaks
08:46She doesn't explain herself
08:47In my last life
08:48I had poured everything into making Silas a king
08:51And forgotten to make myself stronger first
08:53If Kaelin performed
08:54The title was his
08:55If he showed one flicker of divided loyalty
08:57You would spend this lifetime as nothing but a bed warmer
09:00If you don't want to walk out
09:01Then don't
09:02I turned to leave
09:03But before I'd taken a single step
09:05Kaelin drew a blade across his own tail
09:07And pressed the blood from it
09:09I'll do it
09:10After the bond sealed
09:11Kaelin stood beside me
09:13Stiff and stilted
09:14I'm your merman now
09:15Up close
09:16A faint flush had crept across his pale face
09:20Oddly endearing
09:21I tilted my chin toward the bed
09:23Go lie down
09:24Just to watch his reaction
09:54Kaelin's face went a deeper red
09:55Gave a small involuntary shiver
09:57Our eyes met
09:58And something in his expression shifted
10:00A quiet resignation
10:01And he closed his eyes
10:02A soft laugh escaped me
10:04As I turned and reached for the medical kit
10:06With his eyes still shut
10:07I leaned in
10:08And blew a gentle breath across his bleeding wound
10:11Does it hurt?
10:12What?
10:13Kaelin's tail began to sway side to side
10:15In small helpless arcs
10:16In merman body language
10:18That meant only one thing
10:19Pleasure
10:20I packed the wound
10:22And settled back into my chair
10:23Stay out of water for a few days
10:25It'll heal
10:25Less painful now?
10:27The flush hadn't left Kaelin's face
10:28He darted one glance at me
10:30And turned to look pointedly at the wall
10:32Hyrus doesn't belong on my tail
10:34Then why was it still swaying?
10:36Once his tail healed
10:37We fell into a daily training rhythm
10:39Unlike my last life
10:41This time I trained too
10:42What kind of woman builds a siren king
10:44And leaves herself defenseless?
10:46We hadn't been at it long
10:48When Serafina arrived with her merman, Jace
10:50My little sister
10:51So committed
10:51You've thrown yourself into the sparring too
10:53You spent so long choosing at the auction
10:55I expected something impressive
10:56But honestly
10:56He's not even half of what my Jace is
10:58I stopped
10:59And looked at Serafina and Jace without expression
11:01Jace was built impressively, yes
11:03But in our last life
11:04He had been thoroughly ordinary
11:06And Serafina was no handler
11:07After her mate claim
11:08Our father had handed house authority to me instead
11:11I said nothing
11:12But Kaelin stepped in front of me
11:14Ha!
11:15A merman
11:16Challenging me?
11:17Let me make this clear
11:19I am this family's pack heiress
11:21And when the time comes
11:23I run this house
11:25Jace, teach him
11:26Jace lunged
11:27Kaelin moved without urgency
11:29He even had time to guide me to a clear position
11:32Before turning to face the attack
11:33Good
11:34I wanted to see what he could actually do
11:36The two of them clashed hard
11:38But within a handful of exchanges
11:40It was obvious Jace was losing ground
11:42Serafina, who had opened with absolute confidence
11:45Kill him, just kill him
11:47Why are you holding back?
11:48Finish him and I'll take the blame
11:49Jace showed no visible improvement
11:51But Kaelin had stopped pulling his strikes
11:53He was half a second away from crushing Jace's shoulder completely
11:57No
11:57Serafina screamed
12:27How dare you?
12:28To be yours to run
12:29She snatched Jace by the arm
12:30And swept out
12:31Hurling curses the entire way
12:33I should have finished him
12:34What's the rush?
12:35Serafina had taken her first loss
12:37She would come back with real hatred now
12:39Let her rage
12:40Let her spiral
12:40The one who goes mad first loses everything
12:44Serafina began watching me the way a predator watches an open wound
12:47I had expected her to undermine me in front of our father
12:50What I hadn't expected
12:52She had brought Silas home and put into work as a house servant
12:55The moment he blocked my path in the corridor and begged
12:58My step stuttered
12:59How are you here?
13:01Serafina stepped out from around the corner
13:02Smiling, with our father right behind her
13:05So the rumors are true
13:07I stared at her
13:09What rumors?
13:10Father's expression was stoned
13:12Elora, you already have a mate claim
13:14Why are you still tangled up with him?
13:16Your sister was fortunate enough to run into him today
13:18She brought him here to keep him quiet
13:19Otherwise your reputation would be ruined
13:21I had no words
13:24Serafina strolled toward me with pure delight on her face
13:27Hooking Silas' chin up with the toe of her shoe
13:29Little sister, he's been asking around outside
13:31Trying every connection he has to get through our gates to reach you
13:34You should have said something
13:35If there was something between you two
13:37You could just bought him at the auction
13:40Why bother bringing Kaylin home?
13:42The more she talked, the darker father's face became
13:44Elora, clean this up or get out of this house
13:48He turned and left without another word
13:50Serafina beamed at me
13:51My capable little sister
13:54Take your time sorting it out
14:00Silas knelt half on the floor
14:02His face tilted up toward mine
14:04His eyes full of naked wanting
14:07You love being near me that much?
14:10Then stay
14:11Better to keep him where I could watch him
14:13Than to throw him out blind
14:14In this life, without my heart essence
14:16Silas surviving at all was already uncertain
14:18He started drifting through every room I occupied
14:21Kaylin, on the other hand
14:22Had gone cold on me again
14:24When I cornered him in the back garden one morning
14:26You're coming to me right now?
14:27Shouldn't you be with that pathetic Silas?
14:29That whole scene on the street was staged
14:31You two tricked me into the blood bond
14:33Kaylin's tail hit the ground in sharp, irritated slaps
14:36I watched him with genuine interest
14:38You already bonded
14:39There's no running from that
14:41The real question is
14:43Do you still want to be Siren King?
14:46He gave me a flat, suspicious look
14:48Like I was setting another trap
14:49There's a mermin tournament in two months
14:51Whether you become Siren King
14:53Depends entirely on what you do with that time
14:55Really?
14:56There's truly nothing between you and that mermin?
14:59I was half a breath from swearing on it
15:01Kaylin finally let out a grudging huff
15:03And fell into step beside me
15:04We drilled repeatedly in the draining field
15:06While Silas kept finding reasons to wander past
15:11Let me break his tail
15:12See how he walks after that
15:14Kaylin!
15:16I have plans for him
15:18All that heart essence I'd fed him in our last life
15:21Was not going to be wasted
15:22He walked right up to us
15:24What happened next was on him
15:27That evening I had Silas called to my room to serve
15:29The Siren King of my last life was now on his knees at my feet
15:33Cradling a basin of water
15:34His injuries were severe enough that he swayed every few minutes
15:37Barely holding himself upright
15:39You're not well?
15:40I kept my voice casual
15:41Almost bored
15:42The annual merman tournament was weeks away
15:45Silas had to be crawling out of his skin
15:47In our last life with my help
15:48He had claimed the Siren King's title
15:50A man who had sat at the top of the world
15:52Does not quietly accept kneeling on someone's floor
15:55So no matter what it cost him
15:57He would endure
15:57Because he still needed my heart essence
15:59Silas sad sideways onto the floor
16:01His voice thin
16:03My tail was damaged in the holding tank
16:06It never healed properly
16:08What would it take to fix it?
16:10This house doesn't keep idle staff
16:12Silas looked at me testing the water
16:14A human's heart essence
16:1649 days of it
16:18Taken in doses
16:19Only then will I heal
16:23I said nothing
16:24Right now he was nothing but a servant
16:26When I didn't react
16:27He
16:28Coughed twice
16:29I know I'm useless
16:32All I ask in this life is to stay near you
16:35I would never dare dream of your heart essence
16:38Why are you so set on staying near me?
16:42Silas studied my face
16:43Searching for the lie
16:44My expression was open
16:45Guileless
16:46There was nothing for him to find
16:47Once he was certain I wasn't performing
16:49He shook his head with a face full of grief
16:51You truly don't remember me
16:53You saved my life once
16:55Mermen repay their debts
16:57And that is why I stay
16:58Even knowing that you and Kaylin
17:02As long as I can see you live well
17:04I have no regrets
17:05I dug my fingernail into my own palm
17:08Hard enough to leave a mark
17:09And I did not slap him
17:10Gratitude and loyalty
17:12He had taken my trust
17:13And stabbed me with a knife
17:15And here he was
17:16Performing it with shining eyes
17:18And a breaking voice
17:20If I didn't still carry every memory
17:22From our last life
17:23I might have believed him
17:24I ranged my face into something soft
17:26And moved
17:26Just 49 days of heart essence
17:29And you'd be fully healed?
17:31Silas' eyes lit up
17:34The hunger behind his eyes was obvious
17:36But he was working hard to swallow it
17:39Yes
17:42But Alara it hurts
17:43To draw heart essence
17:46I let a pause stretch
17:47Then spoke carefully
17:50I can save your life
17:53But once you're healed
17:54You will not come near me again
17:57Something flickered across Silas' face
18:00A flash of injury
18:01But he agreed almost immediately
18:04Agreed
18:05I won't come near you
18:07He bowed his head
18:08And behind his back
18:10I finally allowed myself to smile
18:11My heart essence is not so easily given
18:14Starting the next morning
18:16I sent Kaelin out each day
18:18To buy fresh chicken blood from the market
18:21Diluted with water
18:22The smell was manageable
18:23To make sure he couldn't detect the switch
18:25I dissolved several herbs into the mixture
18:28He needed to see results
18:29Or he wouldn't keep believing
18:30Silas drained bowl after bowl
18:32His brow creasing tighter every time
18:34Alara
18:35But this heart essence tastes strange
18:37I immediately let hurt flood my expression
18:39Blood is never going to taste good
18:41I cut open my own chest for you
18:43If you don't like it I'll just throw it out
18:45Silas did not dare
18:46He tilted the bowl back and licked it clean
18:48Alara this kindness is something I'll carry forever
18:50I wish I were the one you'd chosen
18:51I could spend my life at your side repaying this
18:54I pulled my face into something pained and troubled
18:56It's already a significant problem for me
18:58You heard what father and Serafina said that day
19:00I kept talking
19:01Watching him in my peripheral vision
19:03When I mentioned Serafina
19:04Not a trace of longing crossed his face
19:06What appeared instead was something close to hatred
19:09I had died in our last life
19:11Before seeing what came after
19:13But judging by his face now
19:14The Siren King's reign had not ended well for him either
19:17Still
19:18None of that is your fault
19:20Serafina has always had it out for me
19:22She's simply using your situation to make me look bad
19:25The hand Silas had rested on the table
19:27Tightened into a fist without him noticing
19:29Looking at the locked muscle in his jaw
19:31I knew I'd guessed right
19:35Alera don't worry
19:35I won't be a burden to you
19:37Good
19:37Because in this life
19:38He didn't come close to deserving to be my problem
19:40Silas stopped haunting my rooms as much
19:42Lately he'd been gravitating towards Serafina's wing instead
19:45He had taken what I said to heart
19:47If he could be a blade I aimed at her
19:49That was at least partial penance for the last life
19:51To keep him from noticing anything off
19:53Kaylin and I had shifted our training sessions to my room at night
19:57Faster
19:59Every merman in that tournament fights to kill
20:02If your speed isn't there you'll walk in and get carried out
20:06I finished and waved him over
20:10Come on
20:11Spa with me
20:12Kaylin smiled and it was absolutely contemptuous
20:16Get over here
20:18Before the words finished leaving my mouth
20:20He was already in front of me
20:22Fast enough that I couldn't track how he'd moved
20:25How did you
20:26Before I could finish
20:27He pressed the attack
20:28I dodged twice
20:30Barely
20:31And then my footing slipped
20:32And I went backwards
20:34Kaylin's
20:34Sharp inhale
20:35His hand caught my waist
20:37I was fairly certain he did it on purpose
20:39The momentum carried us both down onto the bed together
20:41Pinned beneath him
20:42My heartbeat stopped being something I could control
20:45Those blue eyes flickered
20:46And without a word
20:47He locked both my wrists above my head
20:49Silas gets to come to your room at night
20:51Why don't I?
20:53He had found out about Silas coming every night to drink
20:59Silas has business
21:01Kaylin didn't move
21:02The heat of his breath spreading across my neck
21:05His tail reached out and drew the bed curtain closed
21:08He said low and certain
21:09Master
21:11You're the one who said I'd be your husband
21:13By the time my legs had gone completely weak
21:16Kaylin was still murmuring in my ear
21:19Asking whether I wanted him or Silas
21:21I gave some incoherent answer
21:24While internally screaming about how unfair it was
21:27That this infuriating merman had a body like that
21:30A month later
21:32Jace's tail collapsed
21:35Serafina tore through the house like something feral
21:38Jace lay on the bed
21:39The color of ash
21:42How does something like this just happen?
21:45Jace
21:45Did you eat something?
21:47Where is your tail?
21:48How are you supposed to compete with no tail?
21:50Are you even a merman anymore?
21:52Father, please
21:54Find someone to look at him
21:55The tournament troll is almost here
21:57And I've put everything into him
22:00Father's brow furrowed
22:01But he nodded
22:02The merman physician examined Jace
22:04Set down his wrist
22:05And left shaking his head
22:07The tail looks intact from the outside
22:09But they've already begun to dissolve
22:10Within three days
22:12His skeleton will be nothing but fluid
22:14Jace threw himself at the physician in a frenzy
22:16So violent he rolled off the bed
22:18Serafina stared at the wall
22:20Repeating impossible to no one
22:22After she sent the physician out
22:26She lunged straight at me
22:28And Kaylin stepped between us before she got close
22:32Alotta
22:32This was you, wasn't it?
22:35You've always been jealous of Jace's talent
22:37Terrified he'd become Siren King
22:39And you'd never get above me
22:40So you did this to him
22:41You destroyed my merman
22:43I will ruin you
22:44You can die
22:45Father walked in on those exact words
22:47Enough
22:48Enough
22:49Father's voice cracked like a whip
22:50And Serafina went silent
22:52Serafina, I genuinely have no reason to hurt your merman
22:55Whoever ends up as Siren King
22:57Kaylin outwells Jace so completely
22:59That Jake was never a competitor we even considered
23:02So why would I bother?
23:04Serafina tried to erupt again
23:05And Father shut her down
23:08What's done is done
23:09Stay in your rooms and rest
23:10You're not competing in the tournament
23:13As for that useless mermaid
23:15That's your problem to solve
23:45Both Jace and Serafina went white
23:46Visibly stronger
23:47But it was all surface
23:48The herbs were keeping a thread of life taught
23:50The moment he exerted himself past a certain point
23:53The crisis would hit without warning
23:55When it did
23:55A hundred days of true heart essence wouldn't save him
23:58That business with Jace
24:00That wasn't you, was it?
24:01I let my eyes go wide with something that looked like awe
24:04How did you manage it so cleanly?
24:06He just fell apart
24:07I asked
24:08He turned coy
24:09For your sake there's nothing I wouldn't do
24:12I turned away and let out a quiet cold laugh
24:14The only reason he knew how to do any of this
24:16Was because he had been Siren King once before
24:19His body was a wreck
24:20But the dirty knowledge
24:21That had stayed
24:22He drained the bowl
24:23And licked his lips with slow satisfaction
24:25Behind him
24:26His tail flicked out in a slow arc
24:28Showing off
24:29After he left Kaelin stepped out of the shadows
24:31His expression was set and watchful
24:33Alara
24:34He's dangerous
24:36Why are you helping him?
24:38I stared at the red stained bowl
24:39And let the question hang before I turned it back on him
24:43What makes you think I'm helping him?
24:46Kaelin paused
24:47And I pressed immediately
24:48The tournament is in three days
24:50Do you believe you can take the crown?
24:51He reached back and closed his hand over mine
24:53If my master wants it this badly
24:55I'll throw my life on the line to win it
24:57That
24:57Genuinely
24:58Inconveniently
24:59Made my face go red
25:00I had assessed every merman in that tournament
25:02As long as Kaelin fought at his actual level
25:04This was already decided
25:05On the day of the tournament
25:07Father came with us
25:08Along with Serafina
25:09I hadn't seen Silas at the house since the day before
25:11He had entered
25:12Then
25:13He had to have
25:14Kaelin
25:14This match carries the family's name and standing
25:17Give everything you have
25:18Understood?
25:19Father's voice was low and firm
25:21Serafina twisted her mouth to the side
25:23But
25:23Unusually
25:24She said nothing
25:25I glanced at her sideways
25:26With the particular unease of someone who knows a quiet snake is worse than a loud one
25:59Right before Kaelin was called to the arena floor
26:00Petty
26:01Huh?
26:03Helpful?
26:32I laughed
26:33It started to sway
26:34I understood
26:35A sedative
26:36She'd laced it with a sedative
26:37Father
26:38Are you alright?
26:40Father pressed a hand to his temple
26:41Fine beads of sweat were already breaking out across his forehead
26:44You were fine a moment ago
26:47One wipe of a hand to his mouth
26:48One wipe of a handkerchief and now this
26:49I was still asking when Serafina's composure cracked
26:54What are you insinuating?
26:57Father is just unwell
26:59What does my handkerchief have to do with anything?
27:02Father was already too disoriented to speak
27:04I turned to Serafina with a pleasant smile
27:06Whether there's a problem or not
27:08We'll find out when we test it
27:10This time the drug had landed on Father
27:12I couldn't see how he could look away from that
27:14Serafina's goal was simple enough
27:16Her own merman was finished
27:17She simply refused to let Kaelin compete
27:19But she had forgotten
27:21As long as someone brought glory to the family
27:23Father never cared who that person was
27:26Once the tournament started
27:27Kaelin tore through the brackets
27:28And into the final rounds
27:30Without breaking a sweat
27:31Father was barely conscious
27:33Neither Serafina nor I had time to tend to him
27:36When Silas appeared on the arena floor
27:38Serafina's jaw dropped
27:39His tail was ruined
27:41He was a house servant
27:43Why is he here?
27:44Then she seemed to grab hold of something
27:46His tail can heal
27:47Does that mean Jake still has a chance?
27:49That was you, wasn't it?
27:51How did you heal him?
27:53I tilted my head
27:54Want to know?
27:55Feed him your own heart essence
27:57Every day for 49 days
27:59I told her the method with complete sincerity
28:01But the moment Serafina heard the words
28:03Your own
28:04Her entire face changed
28:06For a merman?
28:07I'll just buy another one
28:09But Alara
28:11You healed Simus just to watch him fight Kaelin in the ring?
28:14Serafina looked at me like she was watching something too stupid to pity
28:17I fixed my eyes on the arena
28:19And said nothing
28:20Before we'd arrived
28:21I had given Kaelin one instruction
28:23If you face Silas in that ring
28:25Don't stop until he can't get up
28:34All that chicken blood and herbs had been worth every drop
28:38Silas and Kaelin finally stood face to face
28:41Kaelin rolled his shoulders once
28:42And charged without a word
28:44Silas had looked formidable against everyone else
28:47But against Kaelin
28:48He shattered instantly
28:49Kaelin lifted Silas over his head
28:51And brought him down hard onto the arena floor
28:53The scream that tore out of Silas
28:55Spilt the air of the entire stadium
28:57I was smiling
28:58In my peripheral vision
29:00Serafina had stopped being able to
29:02How is Kaelin this strong?
29:04Less than a quarter of an hour into the match
29:06Silas could barely crawl
29:09Was still waiting
29:11Waiting for the moment he pushed too hard
29:13And the blood came
29:14He spent everything he had
29:16Just dragging himself back upright
29:18First thing he did when he was standing again
29:20Was look for me in the crowd
29:23A few days away, cold
29:24That manufactured devotion in his eyes was nauseating
29:28Silas threw his head back
29:29And gathered himself for one total
29:31All or nothing strike at Kaelin
29:33And then his hand flew to his own chest
29:35A rush of blood spilled from his mouth
29:39Kaelin didn't need to finish him
29:41Silas put himself on the ground
29:43Serafina
29:45Kaelin won again
29:47By the end of the final matches
29:50His title as Siren King was absolute
29:52Across the crowd
29:54Kaelin found me
29:55And held my gaze
29:56Serafina's back molars were going to crack
29:59Under the pressure of her clenched jaw
30:01Back at the house
30:02It took until the following morning
30:04For father's head to clear
30:05When he heard that Kaelin had won the tournament
30:07And claimed the Siren King title
30:09Father was overcome
30:12He said good three times in a row
30:15It seems I can rest easy
30:16Leaving the family in your hands
30:19Before I could respond
30:21Serafina erupted
30:22Father
30:23I am the pack high-res
30:24This house should pass to me
30:26My merman was sabotaged
30:28Otherwise the Siren King would have been ours
30:31Father delivered a few mild words of rebuke
30:34And seemed prepared to let the matter go
30:36I reached into my bodice
30:38And drew out the handkerchief
30:40Father
30:40Yesterday
30:41Before Kaelin's match
30:43Serafina tried to wipe his face with this cloth
30:45It contains a heavy sedative
30:47You only came to yourself this morning because of it
30:50This concerns
30:53The family's future
30:56Serafina's intentions are unforgivable
31:00Father's expression went still
31:01And then ignited
31:03Thank god Kaelin stepped back
31:05If that cloth had touched him
31:06The Siren King's crown would have gone somewhere else entirely
31:09You have spent your entire life competing with your sister
31:11And I have spent your entire life looking the other way
31:13But it is clear to me now that this family cannot be given to you
31:16Are you really fanning over Alara just because her merman won a tournament?
31:21How dare you?
31:25Get back to your room
31:27Serafina
31:28You are forbidden from keeping a merman from this day forward
31:31Serafina was dragged out
31:33That last sentence had sealed every exit she had left
31:36Without a merman
31:37What did she have left to use against me?
31:39Kaelin and I rose to a new position in the household
31:41One that would hold
31:42That night
31:43Kaelin's tail moved in restless arcs across the bed
31:46Are you going to sleep?
31:49Sleeping
31:55What did you say to Simus after he went down?
31:59I told him he'd been drinking chicken blood the whole time
32:01You don't know
32:02But I failed the night
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