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Love That Bites, Pain That Stays Episode ENGSUB Alpha King Romance, Dark Fantasy, AGS
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00:00I am the softest and gentlest princess of the deep sea kingdom, Marina.
00:05The mermaid princess whose very tears turn into pearls.
00:08Cyrus, on the other hand, is the alpha king of the werewolf pack.
00:11Cold-blooded, ruthless, decisive in killing, the perfect embodiment of hatred.
00:16To prevent the merfolk from being slaughtered, I decided to go ashore and seduce my childhood friend Cyrus, who had
00:21become the alpha king.
00:22He still loved me deeply, and we spent three passionate days and nights together in bed, waking up from a
00:27haze of pleasure.
00:28I hadn't even had the chance to rejoice before a corrosive elixir was dunked over my head.
00:33Listening to my pained wails, Cyrus Murph.
00:36So even an immortal mermaid can feel pain too?
00:39Well, this is just a taste of what's to come if you don't tell me where my parents are.
00:43Yes, he was convinced that the merfolk were behind his parents' disappearance.
00:47From then on, I was forced to watch him flirt with his mistress, Emily.
00:51Had to extract my mermaid pearl to help heal her body.
00:54Was forced to dance barefoot to entertain Emily so that she could sleep.
00:57Cyrus hated every fiber of my being, yet always held me tenderly in his arms, whenever I was on the
01:02brink of death, carefully feeding me medicine.
01:05Sometimes, he was cruel.
01:06Do you think I'll go easy just because I love you?
01:08Quick, continue torturing her.
01:10Sometimes, he was gentle.
01:12Can't you be good and tell me where my parents are?
01:14Silently, I endured his twisted love without a word.
01:17Soon, however, these days would come to an end, and I wouldn't have to keep that secret any longer.
01:22After all, a mermaid who did not return to the sea after three years on land would turn into seafoam.
01:28And now, there were only three days until my time was up.
01:32The moment we reunited, passion exploded between us.
01:36For three full days and nights, we barely left the bed.
01:40Cyrus' powerful body slammed me deep into the mattress, his weight crushing me deliciously as he pinned me beneath him.
01:46His hands griffed my waist with bruising force, fingers digging hard into my soft flesh, while our sweat-slicked skin
01:54slid and slapped together with every violent thrust.
01:57He devoured my mouth in savage kisses, tongue plunging deep, teeth biting my lower lip until it swelled.
02:05When he pinned my wrists above my head with one hand, his other palm roughly kneaded my breasts, pinching and
02:11rolling my sensitive peaks until I cried out.
02:14His hips pounded against mine in a relentless, deep, rhythm-hard, fast, and possessive, making my whole body jolt and
02:22arch violently beneath him.
02:24I moaned shamelessly, legs wrapping tightly around his waist, as my nails raked bloody trails down his broad back.
02:31He growled against my neck, sinking his teeth into my shoulder, sucking hard enough to leave dark marks while his
02:38body continued slamming into me without mercy.
02:41Over and over, he drove me to the edge, until my voice grew hoarse from screaming his name, and my
02:47body shook uncontrollably in overwhelming pleasure.
02:50Those three days were nothing but sweat, moans, tangled limbs, and raw, animalistic desire.
02:57Waking up from that haze of pleasure, I hadn't even had the chance to rejoice before a corrosive elixir was
03:03dunked over my head.
03:04So even an immortal mermaid can feel pain, too.
03:10This is just a taste of what's to come, if you don't tell me where my parents are.
03:15Late at night, the doors to the basement were kicked open harshly.
03:20In came a tall werewolf, anking me up from the floor, by my hair, and slapping my face until I
03:27woke up.
03:27Ignoring my pained groans, he grabbed my legs and dragged me out of the basement, cursing as he did.
03:35How dare you sleep so comfortably when Emily's hurt!
03:40My body was dragged roughly upon the coarse gravel road, leaving behind a trail of blood.
03:46Eventually, I was drabbed to Saras' feet.
03:51Emily's hurt.
03:52He furrowed his brows when he saw my bloodied state, as if he was about to say something, but seemed
03:58to decide against it.
03:59Heal her with your mermaid's pearl.
04:01I looked up, my gaze falling on Emily, who was resting on the bed.
04:06Her lower belly slightly protruded.
04:10I immediately lowered my head, the slap stinging bitterly on my face.
04:14Where do you think you're looking at?
04:16How dare you lay your eyes on Emily?
04:19I'm here, so don't you even think of hurting anyone again.
04:25I'm sorry.
04:28Slowly, I crawled towards the bed and observed the wounds on Emily's hand.
04:32Clearly, she'd been teasing a starving mermaid with food and got bitten as a result.
04:37After more than two years of torture, I was already familiar with how to heal Emily and treat her wounds.
04:42Get out, all of you!
04:43I didn't really understand why he did so, but I'd long since given up on trying to understand his intentions.
04:49I continued, piercing my chest with my sharp nails and extracting the mermaid pearl from within, trembling from the intense
04:54pain that came as a result.
04:55Marina, don't you think you can make me go easy on you by acting pitiful?
05:00My blood had already run out of its healing properties because as I'd become too weak.
05:07Besides, I never intentionally acted to garner any pity from him.
05:11That was Emily's fort, not mine.
05:15Are you alright?
05:16Does it still hurt?
05:17It doesn't hurt anymore, but...
05:20The scent of blood is making me nauseous.
05:25So can you get her out of here, pretty please?
05:29Are you deaf?
05:30Get lost!
05:32I crawled out using my arm.
05:35Emily, don't ever go close to those ugly, evil mermaids ever again.
05:40They'll only hurt you.
05:42My heart, already numb with pain, was stabbed with another knife.
05:46The pain going to places I never imagined.
05:50Suddenly, a bucket of ice-cold water splashed onto me.
05:53It was a maid, looking down at me with disdain.
05:55You disgusting monster.
05:57Aren't you supposed to be immortal?
05:59Why are you bleeding all over the floor instead of healing your wounds quickly?
06:04A dirty rag was thrown onto my face, and I was already too weak to even dodge.
06:07Wipe the floor clean.
06:12Or I'll tell the Alpha King to punish you.
06:15I started wiping the floor.
06:17But it was a never-ending task.
06:19The wound won't stop bleeding.
06:21I spent an entire night wiping the floor.
06:26Listening to the obscene sounds of passion spilling from the bedroom.
06:31Emily's loud moans, the wet slap of skin against skin,
06:34and the heavy, rhythmic creaking of the bed.
06:38Unwanted memories flooded my mind.
06:41Those three days after I came ashore.
06:44When Cyrus had thrown me onto the bed, and immediately climbed over me.
06:48He ripped my clothes off with impatient hands.
06:51His scorching body fully against mine.
06:53His mouth attacked.
06:54My neck and the breasts sucking and biting hard enough to leave dark bruises,
06:58while his hips slammed into me with brutal force.
07:01Every deep, punishing thrust made.
07:03My back arch off the mattress.
07:05My legs shaking as rod.
07:07They lucked around him.
07:08He growled my name like a beast.
07:10Nahend trooking my throat lightly, while the other pinched my nipples,
07:14until I screamed in pleasure and pain.
07:16Sweat poured down our bodies.
07:18As he fucked me senseless.
07:20Fast, hard, and relentless.
07:23Until I came apart beneath him, over and over again.
07:27My voice breaking as I begged and moaned his name.
07:33As Cyrus's disgusted expression appeared in my mind, I thought,
07:38Very soon, I would finally be free.
07:41Even mermaids, with their legendary immortality, would still die.
07:45I was finally reaching the last three days of my life.
07:48As I cleaned the final drop of blood on the floor,
07:51the wound on my chest healed thoroughly.
07:54At the same time, a new day dawned for the moon shadow pack.
07:59Cyrus emerged from the bedroom, carrying Emily's scent,
08:03and saw the rag soaked in dark red blood.
08:06He frowned.
08:07Why is there so much blood?
08:10I didn't explain, only lowering my head.
08:14I'm sorry, I'll deal with this dirty thing immediately.
08:17Outside the window, a maid was watering the garden,
08:19and she deliberately raised her voice.
08:21That monster asked me how to please a werewolf,
08:24and what gifts to give to a werewolf mate before...
08:27Goodness, is she trying to seduce the Alpha King?
08:30Goodness, she actually thinks a witch like her can be with the Alpha King.
08:34Doesn't she know that those dirty merfish are the reason why the Alpha King's parents disappeared?
08:39She should be spending her entire life repenting.
08:42Hearing those words, I immediately sensed danger and tried to retreat back to the basement,
08:48but Cyrus moved faster.
08:49He dragged me straight to the interrogation room,
08:52pressing me down on the chair that was carved with lightning runes.
08:55With a mana stone that could activate the runes in hand,
08:59he looked down at me darkly.
09:00I just remembered that it was time for me to interrogate you.
09:05Now talk.
09:07Where did you bring my parents?
09:10I closed my eyes.
09:13Flashes of excruciating pain that I experienced end in this very chair,
09:17flashing through my center.
09:19Shuddering, I replied,
09:21I don't know.
09:24The moment I finished speaking,
09:26strong electrical currents surged through me,
09:28making me scream in agony.
09:30My entire body convulsed violently,
09:33and the wounds that had scabbed over split open once more.
09:36When it ended,
09:37I was so weak that I could barely even breathe.
09:42Cyrus' breaths became heavy.
09:45He leaned in to press his ear on my chest,
09:48confirming that my heart was indeed still beating.
09:59His voice was on the brink of breaking down,
10:02as if he was experiencing excruciating pain as well.
10:06I just want to know where my parents are.
10:10Marina!
10:11If you tell me, I'll let you go.
10:13Blood flowed from the edge of my lips,
10:15every fiber of my being screaming in pain.
10:17I won't tell you.
10:19I could never let anyone know where Cyrus' parents were.
10:22This was a matter of their safety.
10:25We'll be that way.
10:27Cyrus stared at me for a very long while,
10:29before scoffing and ordering for his underlings
10:31to bring the mermaid pearls that I thought I'd kept hidden.
10:33My eyes went wide,
10:35and I struggled in the chair.
10:37What are you doing?
10:38You can't do that!
10:44Of course I can.
10:46I can do whatever I want to a criminal like you.
10:48Then, he threw a mermaid pearl to the floor
10:51and crushed it underfoot.
10:53As I let out a heart-wrenching scream,
10:55he continued.
10:58I hear that mermaid pearls contain the souls of you, Murphal,
11:02and that you'll never be able to revive them ever again
11:05if their mermaid pearls were destroyed.
11:08So,
11:09does this pearl belong to your father
11:12or your mother?
11:14Are you willing to let your family die because of you?
11:20My fingernails dug into my hands,
11:22already bloodied.
11:27Tears streamed down my cheeks,
11:29falling to the floor
11:30and turning into blood-steamed pearls.
11:32I hate you, Cyrus.
11:34In response,
11:36I got a kiss that was so fierce,
11:38I couldn't breathe.
11:39Cyrus growled,
11:41You hate me.
11:43What right do you have to hate me?
11:46His mouth crashed violently against mine.
11:52His tongue forced its way in,
11:55cleaming me with brutal hunger,
11:56while one hand gripped my hair painfully,
11:59and the other squeezed my breast.
12:04For a dizzying moment,
12:05the kiss turned into something darker,
12:07his body pressing me hard against the cold chair,
12:10hips grinding against me
12:12with the same possessive rhythm from our past.
12:16I could almost feel it again,
12:17the way he used to pin me down
12:19and fuck me senseless.
12:23His heavy body slamming into mine,
12:25over and over.
12:29Sweat dripping from his chest onto my skin,
12:31as he bit my neck and drove me to the brink
12:34with deep, punishing strokes.
12:37I didn't speak,
12:38his kiss making me dizzy and confused.
12:41These days,
12:42I was less and less conscious and aware,
12:44to the point where I almost forgot
12:45how in love we were in the past.
12:47Mermaids had always had the custom
12:49of taking human form
12:50and going ashore to look for their true love.
12:54I was three years old
12:55when I first met Cyrus.
12:57The year I turned 15,
12:59I would sneak back to land just to see him.
13:02One hidden night by the cove,
13:04after our confession,
13:06Cyrus had pushed me down onto the soft sand.
13:12He tore my clothes open
13:13and covered my body with his.
13:17Mouth sucking greedily on my breasts,
13:19while his hand slid between my thighs.
13:25Fingers stroking me
13:26until I was soaking and trembling.
13:29When he finally pushed inside me,
13:31it was slow at first,
13:33then deep and urgent,
13:34his hips rolling powerfully
13:36as I moaned and clutched at his shoulders.
13:43Our bodies moving together under the moonlight
13:45until pleasure tore through me.
13:50Later on,
13:51the merfolk and werewolves
13:52were involved in a deal.
13:55The representatives for the werewolves
13:57were Cyrus' parents,
13:58but they ended up going missing as a result.
14:03I was the princess of the merfolk,
14:05so I was naturally one of the greatest suspects.
14:09Many years later,
14:11Cyrus became the Atha king,
14:12and I had to approach him again
14:14for the safety of my people.
14:16Those three days of reunion
14:18were even more intense.
14:20He would throw me onto the bed,
14:22spread my legs wide,
14:23and fuck me like a starving beast,
14:25hard, fast, and without restraint.
14:29His hands held my hips in a bruising grip
14:31as he pounded into me,
14:33my breasts bouncing with every violent thrust.
14:37I screamed his name,
14:39back arching sharply,
14:40nails digging deep into his flesh,
14:42while wave after wave
14:43of blinding pleasure
14:44ripped through my body.
14:46I had two days left.
14:50Cyrus tried to lift me from the chair,
14:52only to find his arms soaked in my blood.
14:56He paused and looked at my ruptured wounds.
15:00It's dirty, isn't it?
15:02But it's fine.
15:03I'm going to die.
15:06I gave him a weak, bitter smile.
15:09I was telling the truth,
15:10but Cyrus acted as if I'd said something
15:13incredibly taboo,
15:14and he started pouring healing elixirs
15:17into my mouth in a crazed frenzy.
15:19The elixirs barely worked.
15:21You can't die.
15:23Not without my permission.
15:25His voice was icy,
15:26but beneath the frost was sheer panic.
15:29Undoing the shackles on my ankles,
15:30he plunged me into a pool of healing elixir.
15:32I coughed and choked,
15:34and the wounds on my body stopped bleeding.
15:39However,
15:42I felt that there was something wrong
15:43with the healing elixir that I was plunged into.
15:46My body was temporarily healed,
15:48for sure,
15:49but the side effects were going to leave
15:51irreparable damage on my body.
15:53Looking up,
15:54I caught sight of Emily,
15:55hiding behind the door.
15:57Meeting my gaze,
15:58she gave me a twisted,
16:00malicious smile.
16:01Her red lips moved silently,
16:03wording the words she wanted to say to me.
16:06Marina,
16:06I want you dead.
16:09I want you dead.
16:09In my days,
16:10I felt someone hold me close,
16:12caressing my hair gently.
16:15Hot tears spilled onto my cheeks,
16:18making my heart shudder.
16:19Marina,
16:20if all of this never happened,
16:23if only things were as they were.
16:27Was that Cyrus,
16:28was he crying?
16:31It took an eternity
16:33for me to open my eyes,
16:35but Cyrus was no longer there,
16:37only a guard that dragged me to the courtyard.
16:40The scorching sunlight
16:42beat down on me relentlessly,
16:43and I quickly felt dehydrated.
16:46Cyrus and Emily
16:47were there in the courtyard,
16:48and seeing me,
16:50Emily made a show of looking concerned.
16:52You haven't eaten in a long time, right?
16:56Are you hungry?
16:58My throat was dry,
17:00and it hurt to even draw on a single breath,
17:02so I couldn't respond to her immediately.
17:04At Emily's signal,
17:06a guard kicked me hard.
17:07The kick landed right on an unhealed wound,
17:10and fresh blood stained my clothes again.
17:13Cyrus seemed irritated.
17:14He frowned
17:15and threw his coat over me.
17:18Enough!
17:20Heal your wound
17:21and stop playing the victim.
17:24You know that Emily faints
17:25at the sight of blood.
17:26A devious glint
17:27flashed through Emily's eyes
17:29as she threw dirty meat
17:30and vegetables
17:31onto the ground in front of me.
17:33You must be hungry.
17:35Eat up.
17:36I turned to look at Cyrus,
17:37who only averted his gaze,
17:39as if he didn't want to look at me
17:41for one second longer
17:42than was necessary.
17:43From the looks of it,
17:45that moment earlier,
17:46with him holding me and crying,
17:48must have been a dream.
17:50How could he possibly
17:51still hold any feelings toward me?
17:53I slowly lowered my head
17:54and reached for the food on the ground,
17:57pitifully eating like a disgraced mutt.
18:00Suddenly,
18:01Emily's voice,
18:02underlined with malice,
18:04rang in my ears.
18:05Why aren't you eating the meat, Marina?
18:08I'm sure you need the nutrition,
18:10right?
18:11Numbly,
18:12I placed the meat into my mouth.
18:14My sense of taste
18:15had long since been dulled
18:16from all the pain I suffered.
18:18So all I could feel
18:20was that the meat
18:20was slightly different
18:21from anything
18:22I'd ever eaten before.
18:25Is it good?
18:26They're always in seawater.
18:29Emily smiled brightly.
18:31So I'm sure mermaid flesh
18:32is pretty tender, right?
18:35A piece of meat
18:36dropped from my mouth
18:37as I raised my head in shock,
18:38looking at Emily
18:39as if I was processing
18:40what she'd just told me.
18:42Her smile only grew wider,
18:44relishing in my pain.
18:44A wave of nausea rose up,
18:46and I collapsed to the ground.
18:51God, my shoes!
18:52I had thrown up all over
18:54Emily's heels.
18:55Without waiting for orders,
18:57the guards grabbed me
18:57by the hair
18:58and dragged me away,
18:59stuffing a rock
19:00into my mouth.
19:01Cyrus held Emily
19:02in his arms,
19:03threw away her soiled shoes,
19:05and ordered a servant
19:06to fetch her a new pair.
19:07He's to treat me
19:08like that too.
19:09In the past,
19:11pulling me close
19:12after passion,
19:13kissing my forehead
19:14tenderly,
19:15while our bodies
19:16were still entangled
19:18and slick with sweat.
19:19Now all he had for me
19:21was hatred.
19:22What's wrong, Marina?
19:23You should have expected this
19:25when you Murphix
19:26heard us werewolves,
19:27since you don't want to eat.
19:29Just throw the meat
19:30into the rubbish.
19:31Emily wore a new pair of shoes
19:33and kicked the meat away
19:34before turning
19:35to look at Cyrus.
19:36Alpha King,
19:37don't blame Marina.
19:38She's just not hungry,
19:40that's all.
19:41How about you let her
19:42keep me company
19:43while I paint
19:44to make up for it?
19:45Cyrus shook his head
19:46helplessly.
19:47You're too kind, Emily.
19:49Then,
19:50he took the rock
19:51from my mouth,
19:52wiped away the dirt
19:53on my face,
19:54and gripped my chin.
19:56Hear that?
19:57You upset Emily,
19:59and now she's giving you
20:01the chance
20:01to make up for it.
20:03Keep her company,
20:04and don't make her unhappy.
20:05What else could I do
20:06but not?
20:07Cyrus' grip on my chin
20:09became tighter,
20:10and he seemed
20:11to want to say something,
20:12but he was interrupted
20:13by an incoming call.
20:15He stood up
20:16and bid farewell
20:17to Emily.
20:19Before leaning down
20:20and kissing
20:21her pregnant belly.
20:23Watching them,
20:24I couldn't help
20:25but feel a wave
20:25of sadness
20:26washing over me.
20:27After Cyrus left,
20:29Emily didn't bother
20:30keeping up the act
20:30any longer,
20:31only rolling her eyes
20:32at me.
20:33I don't like being watched
20:34while I paint.
20:35Go sit by the trash can.
20:37I quietly moved
20:38to sit by the trash can.
20:39The sun was far too bright
20:40for me today,
20:41and there was at least
20:42some shade
20:42by the trash can.
20:45A few moments later,
20:47Emily's maid
20:47came over with a bucket.
20:48Pinching her nose
20:49in disdain,
20:50she looked down at me,
20:51both literally
20:52and figuratively.
20:53Hey, monster,
20:54Emily needs red paint
20:55for her drawing.
20:56The prettiest red
20:57is the color of blood,
20:58so extract a bucket
20:59of your blood for her.
21:00Hey, monster,
21:01I need red paint
21:02for my drawing.
21:03The prettiest red
21:04is the color of blood.
21:08Use this.
21:09I hesitated,
21:10Marina,
21:11but it's rusted.
21:12Do you think
21:13you're still a princess?
21:16Don't be so picky
21:17and cut yourself already,
21:18or I'm not going
21:19to go easy on you.
21:21All I could do
21:22was take the dagger
21:22and slit my wrist,
21:24allowing the blood
21:25to drip into the bucket.
21:28I only stopped
21:29when my lips turned purple
21:30and I was close
21:31to passing out
21:32when the bucket
21:33was finally full.
21:34Emily's paintings
21:35are just gorgeous.
21:37It's a bit how difficult
21:38it is for her
21:39to get the materials
21:40she needs for her paints.
21:41Did you know
21:42that you get
21:43a tiny bottle
21:43of pearl powder
21:44after killing
21:45several murphage?
21:50The color drained
21:51from my already pale face
21:52and I stood up,
21:54clinging to the wall.
21:55Shrill cries
21:56echoed faintly
21:57in my ears
21:58and I prayed
21:59to whoever was listening
22:00for it to not be
22:00what I thought.
22:01The closer I got
22:02to Emily,
22:03the clearer the cries
22:04became
22:05and that's when
22:05I saw it.
22:06The pile of mermaid
22:07corpses around
22:08Emily's feet.
22:09When I got there,
22:10she had her hand
22:11around the throat
22:12of a mermaid,
22:13her knife stabbing
22:14into their chest
22:15with precision,
22:16digging out
22:16their mermaid pearl
22:17and crushing it
22:18in one fluid motion.
22:20Wiping the blood
22:21on her hands,
22:22she turned
22:22to look at me.
22:23Marina,
22:24I didn't know
22:25that you merfish
22:26had differently colored pearls.
22:27I just want white ones.
22:29I hear only royalty
22:31has pearls of that color,
22:32right?
22:32So you must know
22:34who's royalty,
22:35right?
22:35Could you help me
22:36get their white pearls
22:37pretty please?
22:38There,
22:39locked in a tank of water,
22:41was my younger brother.
22:42He was only ten
22:43and no one had the chance
22:45to teach him
22:45how to take human form,
22:47so he still had
22:48his fishtail.
22:50Fish, fish,
22:51save me!
22:52He banked on the glass,
22:54crying and begging
22:55for me to save him.
22:56Seeing this,
22:57Emily smiled
22:58interestedly.
23:00Ah,
23:00so he's your brother.
23:02How cute.
23:05I'll go with him
23:06next then.
23:08By her orders,
23:10two guards
23:10dragged my little brother
23:11out from the tank
23:12and held his chest up
23:13to Emily's knife.
23:17I couldn't take
23:18watching it any longer,
23:20kneeling on the ground
23:21and knocking my head
23:22over and over again
23:23on the ground,
23:25begging.
23:28Please, Emily,
23:30let him go.
23:31He was adopted,
23:31so he isn't royalty.
23:33My pearl is white,
23:34so use mine.
23:35Even as I begged,
23:37Emily pressed her blade down,
23:38drawing blood
23:39from my brother's chest.
23:44But you're a filthy
23:45little liar,
23:46so who knows
23:47if you're lying now too.
23:49In any case,
23:50I'll know once I see it.
23:51Little boy,
23:52I'll take your pearl,
23:53then Marina's awe.
23:54You brat,
23:55how dare you?
23:56My brother shook himself
23:58free of the guards
23:58and bit Emily's hand
24:00as hard as he could.
24:02My brother shook himself
24:03free of the guards
24:04and bit Emily's hand
24:05as hard as he could.
24:07Don't hurt Marina!
24:09The next second,
24:10he was sent flying
24:11by none other
24:12than Cyrus,
24:13who'd rushed
24:14to the scene.
24:15My brother's teeth
24:16knocked out of his mouth,
24:17and he fell right next to me.
24:19Cyrus cradled
24:20Emily in his arms,
24:21his eyes burning
24:23with rage.
24:24Marina!
24:25You already hurt
24:26my parents,
24:27so are you gonna
24:28do the same to Emily?
24:29I shielded my brother
24:31and shook my head
24:32through my tears.
24:33Please,
24:34let him go.
24:35I'll take the punishment,
24:37so take me instead.
24:39Cyrus was so angry
24:40that he laughed.
24:41Shut up!
24:43Don't make me
24:44repeat myself
24:45over and over again!
24:46If you let me know
24:47where my parents are,
24:49I'll let go
24:50of both him
24:51and you.
24:53There was again.
24:54I lost all the strength
24:56in my body,
24:57and I glared at Cyrus
24:58with hatred
24:59for the very first time.
25:01You don't know
25:02a damn thing!
25:03I already told you
25:04that you would know
25:05where your parents were
25:06when the time was right!
25:08Why did you have
25:09to torture me
25:10time and time again
25:11and even hurt
25:12my family?
25:13I hate you,
25:15Cyrus!
25:16Cyrus wouldn't listen.
25:18He turned his head away,
25:19refusing to meet my eyes.
25:21Since you won't talk,
25:23fine.
25:27Let your brother
25:28atone your place.
25:30Everything happened
25:31so fast.
25:32A sharp dagger
25:33plunged into
25:34my brother's heart.
25:35I heard the sound
25:36of a pearl
25:37shattering.
25:38My brother's body
25:39quickly turned
25:39cold and stiff.
25:41His soul destroyed.
25:42He was truly gone.
25:44I sat there
25:45on the ground,
25:45my mind blank.
25:47I had completely
25:48lost my ability
25:49to think.
25:50Amelie pretended
25:50to help me up,
25:51but just as she
25:52got close,
25:53she threw herself
25:54to the floor.
25:55Clutching her stomach,
25:56she cried
25:56and accused me.
25:58Marina,
25:59why did you push me?
26:00I was just joking,
26:02and your brother
26:03tried to bite
26:04my hand off.
26:05Now you're trying
26:05to kill my baby too?
26:07I felt like there
26:08was a hole
26:08in my hollow heart,
26:09letting the cold wind
26:10blow right through.
26:11I didn't know
26:12what to say,
26:13because I knew
26:13that whatever I said,
26:14Cyrus would never
26:15believe me.
26:16So I replied
26:17with a hazy voice.
26:18Yes,
26:18I want to kill
26:19all of you.
26:20Kill me.
26:21Cyrus ground
26:21his teeth in fury.
26:23He wanted
26:24to punish me,
26:25but at that moment,
26:26Emily went
26:27into labor.
26:29Sending a withering
26:30glare at me,
26:31he said,
26:32Once Emily's pup
26:33comes,
26:33you'll pay the price.
26:35Watching him
26:36anxiously leave
26:37with Emily,
26:37I chucked bitterly.
26:39That day
26:40would never come.
26:41I was about
26:42to die,
26:43after all.
26:44Once more,
26:44I was dragged
26:45into the dark
26:46and gloomy basement.
26:47Right above me
26:48was the temporary
26:49delivery room,
26:50where Emily
26:51was giving birth.
26:53She spent
26:53an entire day
26:54and night
26:55giving birth,
26:55while I was
26:56locked in the basement
26:57for the same amount
26:58of time.
26:59At first,
27:00I could still hear
27:01the pained cries
27:02Emily let out,
27:03but soon enough,
27:04I couldn't hear
27:05anything anymore.
27:06I'd lost
27:07all of my senses,
27:09and I could feel
27:10my body become
27:11lighter and lighter.
27:13Finally,
27:14Emily gave birth
27:14safely,
27:15and Cyrus breathed
27:16a sigh of relief.
27:18Suddenly,
27:18a guard rushed
27:19into the room.
27:20Alpha King,
27:21your parents have
27:22returned.
27:22Cyrus rushed
27:23to the entrance
27:24of the pack
27:24in disbelief,
27:25only to see
27:26that his parents
27:26were there.
27:27His parents' faces
27:28were anxious,
27:28and the first thing
27:29they said upon
27:30seeing Sarah's was,
27:31Where's Marina?
27:32Did she come see you?
27:34Quick,
27:34take her to the sea.
27:35If she doesn't
27:36have water,
27:37she'll die.
27:38Sarai's breath
27:39hitched as panic
27:40filled his heart,
27:41but he still tried
27:42to put on a brave front,
27:43replying nonchalantly.
27:44Stop joking,
27:45Dad.
27:46Murphid can't die.
27:47She hurt Emily
27:48just now,
27:49so I locked her
27:49in the basement.
27:52Cyrus' father
27:52was furious,
27:54immediately sending
27:54a slap across his face.
27:56You idiot!
27:57Enough talk!
27:58Bring us to the basement
27:59now!
27:59Thinking of my attitude
28:00for the past few days,
28:02Cyrus suddenly
28:02had a bad feeling.
28:03As they reached
28:04the basement door,
28:05he slowed down
28:06and took a few
28:06deep breaths,
28:08stiffly pushing
28:08the basement door open.
28:10Mom,
28:11Dad,
28:11look,
28:12she's fine,
28:12see?
28:16With a single glance
28:17in the door,
28:18both of his parents
28:19burst out in tears.
28:21Whipping his head around,
28:23Cyrus saw
28:25that half of my face
28:27had already turned
28:28into sea foam.
28:30In the next moment,
28:31Cyrus fell to his knees,
28:32trembling as he
28:33cradled me in his arms.
28:36He had never knelt
28:37to anyone before,
28:38but now he seemed
28:39to care about nothing else.
28:41All he could see
28:42was me,
28:42gradually fading away.
28:44His arms trembled
28:45as he tightened
28:45his embrace,
28:47trying to hold on to me.
28:48Marina,
28:49you're just pretending
28:50to be pitiful again,
28:51right?
28:51You're not really hurt,
28:53are you?
28:54I wanted to reply to him,
28:55but I couldn't.
28:56My mouth
28:57had already disappeared,
28:58and my shoulders
28:59would soon be gone too,
29:00so he couldn't
29:01hold on to me
29:01anymore either.
29:03Shaking his head
29:03in pain,
29:04he screamed,
29:05Don't die,
29:07Marina,
29:07you're not allowed!
29:08I haven't had the chance
29:09to see you
29:10in a wedding dress.
29:11Nor tell the world
29:12that you were my Luna.
29:13We haven't told each other
29:14we loved each other yet.
29:16Speak, Marina.
29:17Tell me everything,
29:18and I'll believe you.
29:20Tears load down
29:21Cyrus' cheeks.
29:22He turned to his father,
29:23clinging to a final
29:24shred of hope.
29:25Dad,
29:25you said to put her
29:26in seawater.
29:27His father looked at me
29:28with a pained expression,
29:30nodding heavily.
29:30Go get her to seawater,
29:32right now!
29:32Cyrus dashed out
29:33with my broken body
29:34in his arms.
29:35The pack had a research lab
29:37connected to the ocean,
29:38but it was already
29:39too late.
29:40I could no longer
29:42be saved.
29:43Cyrus' was trembling,
29:45as if he were on the verge
29:46of a breakdown.
29:47Don't scare me,
29:48Marina.
29:49Why are you becoming
29:50so light?
29:50You still haven't
29:51told me the truth,
29:52so don't leave.
29:54I couldn't hear
29:55anything beyond that.
29:57My consciousness
29:58fading into nothingness.
30:02Cyrus placed me
30:03into the research lab's
30:04water tank,
30:06watching me float
30:06on the water.
30:07My death
30:08was already inevitable,
30:09so even if I was placed
30:10into seawater,
30:11it only slowed down
30:12the speed of me
30:13dissolving into foam.
30:14I floated there,
30:15my soul drifting
30:16out of my body.
30:18I knew that in a few days,
30:19my soul would disappear,
30:21too.
30:22Hovering above,
30:23I looked down at Cyrus
30:24screaming in anguish
30:25in front of the water tank.
30:27He was the proud
30:28Alpha King,
30:29yet now he could do
30:30nothing about my death.
30:32It took Cyrus a long time
30:34to recover from
30:34the overwhelming pain.
30:36Mom,
30:37Dad,
30:37where did the Murkho
30:38take you?
30:40Didn't they kidnap you?
30:41Were you hurt?
30:43Cyrus' mother had always
30:44loved one of her own dogs.
30:48So she couldn't stop crying
30:50as she watched
30:51on a pitiful end.
30:52She raised her hand
30:53and slapped Cyrus' face
30:55as hard as she could.
30:56So you tortured Marina
30:57like this,
30:58without even knowing
31:00the truth.
31:00Your forefather and I
31:02have never taught you
31:03to be like this.
31:04The Murfig didn't hurt us.
31:06In fact,
31:06they're the saviors
31:08of our pack.
31:09Marina even saved you,
31:10too.
31:12There it was dumbfounded,
31:12as if he'd been struck
31:13by lightning.
31:14But I saw the Murfish
31:15take you away back then.
31:17Cyrus' mother replied gravely,
31:19That was just an act
31:21we put on.
31:22One that we decided on
31:24together with the Murfish.
31:26Cyrus,
31:27our ancestors had once
31:28offended a powerful
31:29dark sorcerer
31:29and so we were cursed.
31:30From then on,
31:31all the werewolves
31:32in our pack
31:32would have genetic defects.
31:33The Murfish are the only ones
31:35who can help to resolve this.
31:36The fact that we have
31:37genetic defects
31:37can't be known by outsiders
31:38or our enemies would
31:39exploit it as a weakness.
31:41That's why it's always
31:41been kept under lock and key
31:43and our research
31:44had always been held
31:44in secret.
31:45Because we once
31:46helped Marina's parents,
31:47they agreed to aid our tribe
31:49in curing the genetic illness.
31:50On top of that,
31:51the one who healed
31:51your genetic illness
31:52was Marina,
31:53using her own flesh and blood.
31:55We already owe the Murfish
31:56too much
31:56and look what you've done.
31:59Why didn't she tell me
32:00the truth?
32:01After all this time?
32:02Cyrus' mother replied gravely.
32:10The research lab
32:11was plunged into silence,
32:12leaving only the light sound
32:13of popping bubbles
32:13coming from my body.
32:16Cyrus arranged for his parents
32:17to go rest
32:18while he came to the basement
32:19that I lived in
32:20all this time.
32:21There were no lights installed,
32:23so he walked in
32:24with a lamp in hand.
32:25The moment he pushed
32:26the door open,
32:26the overwhelming scent
32:27of dampness and mold
32:29came flooding out in waves
32:30and his expression
32:31immediately darkened.
32:32Earlier,
32:33in his rush to save me,
32:34he'd completely ignored
32:35the smell of the basement.
32:36Now looking around,
32:37he realized mode
32:38grew all over
32:39the damp wooden floors
32:40and that this place
32:41was in no condition
32:42for anyone to live in.
32:43I never had my own room before,
32:44only living in
32:45Syroff's wardrobe at night.
32:48Later on,
32:49I was kicked out
32:50because Emily didn't want me
32:51to sleep in the same room
32:52as Cyrus.
32:53With fake pity,
32:54she had the maids
32:55arrange for me
32:55to stay in the basement instead.
32:59There wasn't any furniture
33:00or any blankets in the room,
33:01so Cyrus laid on the floor
33:03to imagine the kind of life
33:04I had endured.
33:07Meanwhile,
33:08Emily had just woken up
33:09after giving birth
33:09and was demanding
33:10to see Cyrus.
33:14A maid searched
33:14the entirety of the estate
33:16before finding him
33:16in the dark,
33:17narrow basement.
33:21Brightened out of her mind,
33:22she kneeled immediately.
33:25Why are you in this place,
33:26Alpha King?
33:27Emily wants to see you.
33:31Cyrus looked up at her,
33:32his eyes dark
33:33and filled with cold intensity.
33:36Were you the one
33:37who put Marina
33:38in this place?
33:43The maid was so terrified
33:44that she could barely breathe.
33:46Emily said that a dark
33:47and damp place like this
33:48suited Murfolk.
33:50Her voice became
33:51lower and lower,
33:52feeling the rage
33:52radiating off the werewolf
33:54in front of him.
33:55Cyrus' presence as an elf
33:56oppressed heavily on her
33:57like a giant rock,
33:58and she couldn't even
33:59maintain a kneeling position
34:00in front of him.
34:02Groveling on the ground
34:02in fear,
34:03Cyrus pushed himself
34:04off the floor,
34:05his hands covered
34:06in moss and mold.
34:07A glint of murderous rage
34:08flickered in his eyes,
34:09and he let out
34:09a chilling laugh.
34:10So this is how Emily
34:12secretly tortured Marina
34:13behind my back.
34:14How?
34:15Kind of her.
34:16My soul floated in midair,
34:18my emotions no longer
34:20stirred by anything
34:20Cyrus did.
34:21In the past few years,
34:23Cyrus had been nothing
34:24but obedient to Emily.
34:25But now that I was dead,
34:26his attitude towards her
34:27became cold again.
34:29What in the world
34:29was going through his mind?
34:31Emily,
34:32having just given birth,
34:34wanted to lean
34:34on Cyrus' shoulder,
34:36but he avoided
34:37her advances immediately.
34:38Cyrus felt like he still
34:39had my presence
34:40lingering in his arms,
34:41so he didn't want
34:42anyone to disturb it.
34:44Emily chuckled awkwardly,
34:46acting like nothing happened.
34:48Cyrus,
34:48I heard that
34:49your parents returned.
34:51Is that true?
34:52Inspecting Emily's
34:53expression carefully
34:54as he did.
34:55It is.
34:55My parents returned,
34:57and they said that
34:58we've misunderstood
34:58her all these years,
35:00and that they left
35:01because of a deal
35:02they made.
35:04I listened to him
35:05explain,
35:05but quickly realized
35:06that he didn't bring up
35:07a single word
35:08about the traitor.
35:09Emily covered her mouth,
35:11fading surprise.
35:12A deal.
35:13Why didn't I know about it?
35:15She seemed to want Cyrus
35:16to elaborate more,
35:17but Cyrus cut the conversation short.
35:19Marina's not doing well,
35:20so I need to go
35:22take care of her.
35:25Sleep by yourself tonight.
35:27He'd never acted so coldly
35:28toward Emily before,
35:29so I was quite shocked.
35:31After Cyrus left the room,
35:32Emily's expression twisted,
35:34and she smashed everything
35:35on the table to bits.
35:37Cyrus had gathered
35:38all the mages in the pack
35:39to discuss how to resurrect me,
35:41and they looked at each other
35:42debulably,
35:43knowing that I was
35:44far beyond saving.
35:45One mage who was more
35:46straightforward with his words
35:47spoke.
35:47You should know that death
35:49is an irreversible journey.
35:51Marina's mermaid pearl
35:52is almost fully sea foam,
35:54so there is no way
35:56to resurrect her.
35:57At this point,
35:58it would be simpler
35:58to find her a place to rest.
36:00Not able to control
36:01his emotions,
36:02Cyrus punched the mage
36:03to the ground.
36:04Useless.
36:05All of you.
36:06I didn't spend so much money
36:08hiring you
36:09to hear you blabber excuses.
36:11If you can't cure Marina,
36:12then you will be laid
36:13to rest with her.
36:14The mages wanted to speak up
36:15in resistance,
36:16but cowered at the sight
36:17of Cyrus' sharp claws.
36:18Seeing that bloodshed
36:18was about to break out,
36:19Cyrus' beta stood in front of him
36:21and spoke his mind.
36:22Alpha King,
36:23what's the use of doing all this
36:25after all this time?
36:26You're the one who tortured
36:27Marina for all these years,
36:28and the source of all
36:29her pain.
36:31What's the point
36:31of making yourself
36:32look like a heartbroken fool
36:34now when she's already gone?
36:35Finally,
36:36someone put to words
36:37what had been bothering me
36:37during this entire exchange.
36:39Cyrus treated me
36:39like the dirt under his feet
36:41while I was still alive,
36:42yet acted repentant
36:44after I was dead.
36:45What was the point?
36:46Hearing the beta's words,
36:47Cyrus stormed out the door
36:47in a useless fit of rage,
36:48and the entire pack
36:49was thrown into chaos.
36:50It was night,
36:51and things had finally
36:52quieted down.
36:52While everyone was too
36:53preoccupied with what had happened,
36:55Emily sneaked into
36:55the research lab,
36:56holding a silver dagger
36:57tightly in her hand.
36:58Seeing me,
36:58she smirked,
36:59her red lips
37:00glinting like blood.
37:01It's alright,
37:03Marina.
37:04Let me end your life
37:05for you.
37:07If I wasn't already dead,
37:08I would probably be scared
37:10witless by how
37:10Emily was acting.
37:12But now,
37:12I was too tired to care.
37:14Emily stepped closer.
37:16Her sharp,
37:17silver dagger,
37:18glinting,
37:19as she moved.
37:19Seeing that a majority
37:20of my body
37:21had already turned to sea foam,
37:22made her laugh with glee,
37:24and she reached to
37:25scoop me out of the water.
37:26The moment my body
37:27came into contact
37:28with the air,
37:28I started dissolving
37:29even faster.
37:30The dagger lashed out
37:31at my heart
37:31like a venomous snake,
37:32but before it did,
37:33it was caught mid-air.
37:35The dagger sliced
37:36the hand of the person
37:37who caught it,
37:37dripping blood
37:38into the tank
37:39and dyeing the seawater red.
37:40Emily hadn't reacted
37:41before she was kicked
37:42to the ground.
37:44Cyrus' eyes filled
37:45with sorrow
37:45when he saw
37:46the state of my body,
37:47which quickly turned
37:48into fury and hatred
37:49when directed at Emily.
37:50Emily,
37:51why did you want
37:52to kill Marina?
37:53She's never done
37:54a thing to you.
37:56Emily sobbed.
37:57I did it to help you.
37:58I know you hate her,
38:00so I killed her for you,
38:02so you didn't need
38:03to dirty your hands.
38:05Besides,
38:06she's nothing but a monster,
38:08so she should have
38:08died ages ago.
38:10I was only doing
38:12the right thing.
38:13Cyrus scoffed,
38:15looking down at Emily
38:15in the same manner
38:16as he looked at me
38:17in the past.
38:18You didn't help me.
38:20Then what about
38:21when you locked her up
38:22in that narrow basement
38:23and used her blood
38:25as a punch?
38:26You're just a venomous witch
38:28who's jealous of Marina!
38:29I chuckled bitterly,
38:31Dotsiris.
38:31Finally found out
38:32about what Emily
38:33had been doing to me,
38:34but it was already
38:35dead after all.
38:36So what was the use
38:37of punishing Emily
38:37at this point?
38:40Emily's eyes widened
38:41in disbelief,
38:42and she shrieked.
38:43I'm venomous!
38:44How dare you!
38:45If I'm venomous,
38:46then what are you?
38:47Did you forget
38:48that you've tortured her
38:49not less than I did?
38:50Did you ever try
38:51helping her
38:52even once
38:53when she was in pain?
38:54Did you forget
38:55that you've tortured her
38:55not less than I did?
38:57Did you ever try
38:57helping her
38:58even once
38:59when she was in pain?
39:00She's already dead now,
39:01so she can't see
39:01anything you do.
39:02Cyrus,
39:03I'll only love you
39:03from now on,
39:04so can't we live
39:05happily together?
39:06Don't finish talking
39:06before Cyrus' parents
39:07came in with guards,
39:08cuffing her up in shackles.
39:10Emily was stunned
39:11for a moment
39:11before she struggled
39:12against her bounds
39:13as hard as she could.
39:14How dare you do this to me?
39:16I'm the future Luna Queen!
39:18Cyrus immediately slapped her
39:20across her face
39:20before throwing a stack
39:22of parchment at her.
39:23Are you mad?
39:24Marina's my Luna Queen!
39:26Besides,
39:27you're nothing but a traitor
39:28who betrayed the pack!
39:29Emily was pinned to the ground,
39:30her once-dainly face
39:31becoming smudged with dirt.
39:33Even when she saw the apartment,
39:34she didn't think
39:35that she did anything wrong.
39:36Fine, you can call me a traitor.
39:37So what?
39:38Those merfish are monsters!
39:39They're not from the same race as us,
39:41so they'd never help us
39:42out of the goodness
39:42of their hearts!
39:43You can't let them trick you!
39:44Alpha King,
39:45are you going to punish me
39:46because of those monsters?
39:47All these years,
39:49he'd stubbornly hurt the one
39:50who truly loved
39:51and cared for him,
39:52all while treating
39:52the vicious witch
39:53in front of him so well.
39:55He really messed up.
39:56Emily,
39:57you're actually the descendant
39:59of the Dark Sorcerer,
40:00and you infiltrated
40:02the Moonshadow Pack
40:03so that our deal
40:04with the merfish,
40:05the merfish,
40:06would never come to fruition!
40:09How could you know that?
40:10Who told you?
40:12Everyone looked at Emily
40:13in shock.
40:14Now seeing her
40:14as the monster she truly was,
40:16Cyrus' father
40:16patted his shoulder gently.
40:18Believe me now, son,
40:20Emily did all this
40:22because of her plans.
40:25But I really do want
40:26it to be with Cyrus!
40:28I do!
40:29Emily cried loudly,
40:31but Cyrus only looked down
40:32at her like she was
40:33nothing more but trash.
40:35With this sudden burst
40:35of strength,
40:36she shook herself free
40:37from the werewolf
40:37that held her down
40:38and activated black magic
40:40toward the water tank
40:40where I was held.
40:41Here's what you get
40:42for not loving me, Cyrus!
40:44No, don't!
40:45My body was immediately
40:47turned to shreds
40:47by the magic,
40:48to the point where
40:49one couldn't even tell
40:50that it was me anymore.
40:53Here's what you get
40:54for not loving me, Cyrus!
40:56No, don't!
40:59Marina, how dare you!
41:03Don't stop me!
41:05Cyrus wanted to jump
41:06into the water tank
41:06to save me,
41:07but he was held back
41:08by the guards.
41:10It was common knowledge,
41:11after all,
41:12that touching dark magic
41:13was tantamount
41:14to a death sentence.
41:16Cyrus still screamed
41:17and roared in agony.
41:19How dare you stop me!
41:22Look!
41:23Now her body's gone!
41:25No one dared to speak.
41:27At that moment,
41:29Cyrus looked up
41:30and his eyes precisely met
41:32where my soul was floating.
41:33I was surprised.
41:34Could he see me?
41:36Eyes reddened in anguish,
41:38he begged me
41:38for the first time
41:39in his life.
41:39Please,
41:40please don't go.
41:42Stay with me.
41:44I shook my head.
41:45Perhaps it was because
41:46my body was completely destroyed,
41:47but my soul had started
41:49to become lighter and lighter,
41:51as if I was about
41:51to fade out of existence.
41:54Cyrus wanted to grab my hand,
41:55but each time he reached for me,
41:57he missed.
41:58In the end,
41:59I was completely out of reach.
42:01As the Alpha came,
42:03he had always faced
42:04everything with composure.
42:05Marina,
42:06please just give me
42:07another chance.
42:11I've only just realized
42:12that the only one
42:13I've ever loved
42:14was you.
42:15Please don't leave me.
42:16I didn't reply,
42:17only closing my eyes silently,
42:19and then,
42:19my soul vanished.
42:21From then on,
42:21the Mermaid Marina
42:22ceased to exist.
42:25Cyrus locked himself
42:27in the laboratory
42:27for a week.
42:28He didn't eat,
42:30didn't drink,
42:30and ignore anyone
42:31who came to see him.
42:32When he finally reappeared,
42:34the aura of an Alpha King
42:35was gone.
42:36He looked haggard,
42:37his steps faltering,
42:39leaning on a servant's arm.
42:40I need to atone
42:41for what I did.
42:42The gene elixir
42:43that the merfolk have researched
42:44was finally released
42:45to the public,
42:46saving the lives
42:47of the Moonshadow Peck.
42:48As the person
42:49who almost ruined everything,
42:51Emily was sentenced
42:52with the death penalty.
42:53Afterward,
42:54Cyrus devoted himself
42:55to helping the merfolk,
42:57returning those still suffering
42:58from cruel experiments
42:59back to the ocean.
43:01In front of everyone else,
43:02he was still the calm,
43:03collected,
43:04and reliable Cyrus.
43:06But in private,
43:07away from the public eye,
43:09Cyrus was consumed
43:10with regret
43:10and desperation.
43:13Forum Arena
43:14didn't even leave him
43:14a single thing
43:15to remember her by.
43:17After everything was settled,
43:18Cyrus sat on a sailboat
43:20and went out to sea.
43:20He sailed all the way
43:22to the waters belonging
43:23to the merfolk,
43:24where Marina belonged.
43:26Marina, wait for me.
43:29I'm coming to see you.
43:33Then he opened his arms wide
43:35and closed his eyes
43:36before plunging into the sea.
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