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00:00My fiancé brought his pregnant mistress to her mating ceremony and told me I would raise their child.
00:04He didn't say it in private.
00:05Damon said it on the altar where he was supposed to claim me.
00:08In front of the entire pack, Lyra stood beside him in pale gold silk, one hand resting on her belly.
00:13Lyra, my friend from the Omega Quarters, the girl who had slept two beds away from me for years, on
00:17her wrist was my silver bracelet.
00:19Last winter, Damon had given it to me after three young alphas mocked my Omega blood.
00:23He promised no one would ever make me bow again.
00:25A week ago, a servant came and asked me to send it back for the ceremony.
00:28I didn't question it.
00:30Now I understood.
00:30Lyra saw me looking.
00:31She touched the bracelet gently, like it might break.
00:34He wanted me to have it.
00:35I hope you don't mind.
00:36She knew I did.
00:37Damon didn't stop her.
00:38He only looked at me cold.
00:40I won't bond with you, Serafina.
00:41The elders care about your silver blood.
00:44They think it can crown the next Alpha King.
00:47He pulled Lyra closer.
00:48But Lyra is carrying my air.
00:49My throat burned.
00:50That bracelet was mine.
00:51Lyra flinched behind Damon's arm, as if I had hurt her.
00:54Damon glanced at the bracelet, then back at me.
00:56It was a promise to a girl who needed protecting.
00:59His hand covered Lyra's stomach.
01:00She gives me a future.
01:01Lyra looked at me from behind him, tears shining in her eyes.
01:04Small.
01:04Fragile.
01:05Victorious.
01:06Then Damon turned to the entire hall.
01:07When my pup is born, Serafina will raise it as her own.
01:11For one second, I thought I had misheard him.
01:13Then Damon made it worse.
01:15You'll serve Lyra through the pregnancy.
01:17Nurse her through recovery.
01:18Raise my air as your own.
01:20He said it like he was assigning chores to the lowest wolf in the room.
01:23Maybe he was.
01:23I was Serafina, the only silver blood air silvercrest had seen in a thousand years.
01:28The prophecy said whoever completed a bond with me could awaken true alpha power and claim
01:32the alpha king's throne.
01:33But I was also an omega, the rank everyone stepped on until they needed something.
01:37Damon had decided my blood was useful, but I was not.
01:39Lyra gave a soft gasp beside him.
01:41Damon, don't say it like that.
01:43Serafina has always been so good at taking care of people.
01:46In the omega quarters, she helped everyone.
01:49I'm sure she won't punish an innocent pup just because she's hurt.
01:52The hall went silent.
01:53Every stare landed on me, waiting for me to cry, to beg, to bow like a good little omega.
01:57My eyes burned, not because Damon had rejected me, because Lyra knew every soft place I kept
02:02hidden and still chose to press her hand against it.
02:04The claim was never sealed.
02:06No blood oath.
02:07No mark.
02:08Under the old laws, it can still be revoked.
02:10One elder exchanged a look with another.
02:12That is technically true.
02:14I looked at Damon.
02:15I may be an omega, but I am not her servant.
02:20And I will not raise the child you made with her.
02:24I revoke the claim.
02:25If any wolf here is willing to claim me tonight, I accept.
02:30The whispers came fast.
02:31Silver blood.
02:32Did Damon just throw away the prophecy?
02:34If someone claims her now.
02:36I could see it in their faces.
02:37Shock.
02:38Hunger.
02:38Calculation.
02:39For one second, I thought someone might actually step forward.
02:42Then Damon's voice cut through.
02:43Your name is still written into the royal reet.
02:45The room froze.
02:46Until the elders formally dissolve this ceremony, anyone who steps forward is openly defying the
02:51crown.
02:52No one moved.
02:53That had been his plan.
02:54Not to bond me.
02:54Not to free me.
02:55To keep me trapped under the royal reet until the elders could turn me into something quieter.
02:59Something useful.
03:00Lyra's servant.
03:01His heir's caretaker.
03:02A silver blood omega no other man would dare touch.
03:04Damon stepped close enough for only me to hear.
03:06Sarah.
03:07My chest twisted.
03:08That name used to be soft in his mouth.
03:10Tonight, it was a blade.
03:11Don't embarrass yourself.
03:12Then he turned to the hall.
03:13No one wants you badly enough to start a war.
03:15For one terrible second, I thought he was right.
03:17Not because I wasn't valuable, but because every wolf in that room wanted my blood more than
03:21they wanted to save me.
03:22Then the doors at the far end of the hall swung open.
03:24But before anyone could see who had entered, Moira arrived first.
03:28Moira, Damon's mother, the Luna matriarch, swept into the hall like a storm in silk.
03:32She took one look at Lyra behind Damon and slapped her across the face.
03:35The crack echoed off every wall.
03:37Shameless omega.
03:38You dare turn a royal treat into a spectacle?
03:40Lyra fell to the floor, clutching her cheek.
03:42Tears already spilling.
03:43Damon lunged forward and shielded her.
03:45She's under my protection.
03:46Moira stared at him like she was seeing him clearly for the first time.
03:49Then she turned to me.
03:50Her voice softened.
03:51Serafana dear, Damon has humiliated you.
03:53I will deal with him.
03:55But you must not act rashly.
03:56Let me close this ceremony quietly.
03:59The crown will keep you protected until we decide where you belong.
04:02Where I belonged.
04:03Not what I wanted.
04:04Not who I chose.
04:05I pulled my hand free.
04:06You bound me to Damon from my blood.
04:08Then he brought her here with his heir and told me to raise their child.
04:12My voice shook.
04:13But I did not stop.
04:13I will not be their servant.
04:15The hall went silent.
04:16I will not nurse his mistress through pregnancy.
04:19And I will not raise another woman's child because Damon thinks an omega should be grateful
04:23for scraps.
04:24Moira's eyes hardened.
04:25Careful, girl.
04:26You are still standing inside a royal treat.
04:29Your blood belongs to Silverrest before it belongs to you.
04:32My stomach went cold.
04:33There it was.
04:33Damon wanted me useful.
04:35Lyra wanted me beneath her.
04:36Moira wanted me own.
04:37If no one claims you tonight, the elders will decide your future.
04:40Damon smiled again.
04:41For the first time that night, I felt truly trapped.
04:43Then a low voice cut through the hall.
04:45Does her offer still stand?
04:46Every head turned.
04:47Kale stood at the far end of the hall.
04:49Tall.
04:49Dressed in black.
04:50Pale as winter.
04:51Aldrich's firstborn.
04:52Damon's older half-brother.
04:53The true alpha heir by blood.
04:55And the cursed one who still couldn't shift.
04:57He took one step forward.
04:58Then stopped.
04:59Just for half a second.
05:00His hand touched the doorframe.
05:01Everyone saw it.
05:02The cursed heir could barely stand.
05:04Damon laughed under his breath.
05:06Careful, brother.
05:06If she chooses you, she won't be a bride by sunrise.
05:10A few wolves laughed.
05:11Moira's face went white.
05:12Kale, don't be stupid.
05:13You know what silver blood does to a cursed wolf.
05:16It could kill you.
05:17Kale ignored her.
05:18His gray eyes stayed on me.
05:19What you just said, does it still stand?
05:22My throat tightened.
05:23Before I could answer, Damon stepped in.
05:25No.
05:25The whole hall froze.
05:26Damon's smile sharpened.
05:27She said any wolf.
05:29Not a dead one pretending he still has a claim.
05:31Kale's face did not change.
05:33Damon moved closer to me.
05:34Look at him, Sarah.
05:35He can't protect you.
05:37He can't shift.
05:38He can barely stand.
05:40If you choose him, this wedding becomes a funeral before sunrise.
05:44Lyra's eyes widened, soft and wet.
05:46Don't do this to yourself, Serafina.
05:48You don't have to ruin yourself just because you're hurt.
05:50Moira seized the silence.
05:51If no suitable wolf claims you tonight, the elders will decide your future.
05:56The room closed around me again.
05:58Damon held out his hand.
05:59Not like a lover.
06:00Like a leash.
06:01Last chance, Sarah.
06:02His smile was cold.
06:04Stand down.
06:04For one second.
06:05The whole hall waited.
06:06They all thought I would break.
06:08I looked past his hand.
06:09At Kale.
06:09Thin as paper.
06:10Pale as death.
06:11A cursed heir the entire pack had already buried.
06:14And still.
06:14He was the only man in that room who had asked for my answer.
06:17Not my blood.
06:18Not my obedience.
06:19Not my usefulness.
06:20My answer.
06:21So I stepped around Damon's hand.
06:22His smile vanished.
06:24Lyra's face changed.
06:25The hall went silent.
06:26I walked toward Kale.
06:27Every step felt like I was cutting a rope around my throat.
06:29Damon's voice snapped behind me.
06:31Serafina.
06:32I didn't stop.
06:33Girl, think carefully.
06:34I did.
06:35For the first time all night.
06:36I did.
06:37Then I stopped in front of Kale.
06:38He looked down at me.
06:39Gray eyes steady.
06:40What you said.
06:41Does it still stand?
06:42My hands were still shaking.
06:44But my answer did not.
06:45Yes.
06:46The hall exploded.
06:47Kale did not look at Damon.
06:48Did not look at Moira.
06:49Only me.
06:50Then I claim her.
06:51A few elders half froze.
06:52Then froze.
06:53Because a claim spoken and accepted before the right could not be taken back.
06:57Damon laughed.
06:57Loud enough for the whole hall to hear.
06:59Go on, brother.
07:00Take her hand.
07:02Are you done making a scene, Sarah?
07:03If you stop now, Lila and I might still forgive you.
07:06You can still stay where you belong.
07:08He looked me up and down.
07:09Lyra leaned into him.
07:10Worry flickering across her face like another part of the performance.
07:13The hall went dead silent.
07:15Kale held out his hand.
07:16At the same time, I reached for him.
07:18Our fingers locked.
07:19The ritual lines blazed white.
07:20Then black marks burst from beneath Kale's sleeve.
07:23They weren't veins.
07:24They were his curse.
07:24Black marks tore up Kale's arm, coiled around his throat, and climbed toward his face like
07:29something alive.
07:30The hall gasped.
07:31For one second, the gray in his eyes vanished, replaced by molten gold.
07:34Something caged.
07:35Something feral.
07:36The curse is activating.
07:38He can't hold it.
07:39Stop the ceremony.
07:40The elders surged forward, but the ritual lines had already locked around our wrists.
07:44Once a bond began, no one outside it could break it.
07:47Kale's hand tightened around mine.
07:48Too tight.
07:49His knees buckled.
07:50He hit the altar hard, blood spilling from his mouth onto the silver stone.
07:54The hall went silent.
07:55Kale looked up at me, gold flickering through the gray.
07:57Let go.
07:58If you stop now, you'll still make it out.
08:01He meant it.
08:02Even half dying in front of the entire pack, he was still trying to give me a way out.
08:06Damon stepped forward.
08:07Are you insane?
08:08I already told you, Sarah.
08:10If you stop this now, Lyra and I can still forgive you.
08:14I didn't look at him.
08:15Damon's tone sharpened.
08:16Don't throw your life away just to prove a point.
08:18Still, I did not look at him.
08:19My fingers tightened around Kale's.
08:21The curse burned black between us.
08:23Every wolf in that hall was waiting for me to let go.
08:25Instead, I leaned closer.
08:27Kale, get me.
08:28Then, without looking away from him, I reached for the silver edge of the altar.
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