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