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The Cursed Heiress Verdict
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00:00My sister forced me to crawl to the healer to prove our wolf's pride
00:04While she stripped for a beta and called it love
00:07I died that winter
00:09Now I'm back and I'm walking straight into the arms of the cruelest prince
00:14In my past life, the day our mother was gasping her final breath
00:17A noblewoman tossed us a bowl of thick porridge
00:20We used to be royal! How could we take scraps from a lesser rank?
00:24I watched the light fade from my mother's sunken arms
00:27Her hand going forward and wide
00:29To survive, we entered the Lycan Palace as servant girls
00:33Lyra sold off what remained of our mother's belongings
00:36And bought herself a new set of clothes
00:39When the head matron came to select maids
00:42My sister's silk gown stood out among every head turned
00:46She only straightened her spine
00:47Alara, what have I always taught you?
00:51No matter the circumstance, dress with dignity
00:54Never let yourself appear lesser
00:57This servant carries herself well
01:00My sister curtsied, poised, neither fawning nor cold
01:04I was once taught by a tutor who said that no matter how harsh one's circumstances
01:08A wolf must always tend to her own dignity
01:12Wolf pride
01:13You'll serve in the real chamber
01:16The sister is composed and clean
01:19This one looks like she rolled through the mud
01:21Send her to the washing dens
01:23My sister claimed the better post
01:25The same as last time
01:26A duty is just a means of surviving
01:29Good or bad, they're all the same
01:31But the washing dens were brutal, exhausting
01:33And the man in charge of it was a disgusting creep
01:36Who simply can't take his eyes off young girls
01:39I had barely stepped into the washing dens
01:42Before Thorn set his sights on me
01:44His gaze crawled over my body like something rotting
01:48Demanding I warm his bed
01:49My defiance enraged him
01:51He buried me under every filthy, back-breaking task he could find
01:56Every day I drowned in laundry
01:58From before dawn until past midnight
02:01My hands swelled until I could barely close my fists
02:04My sister's hands, meanwhile, painted rune stones
02:08One night, I had just wrung out the last garment
02:11When something seized my sleeve
02:13And yanked me toward the dark tree line beside the path
02:16Thorn pressed his weight down on me
02:19Scream all you want
02:20No one is coming
02:22Beta Silas passed that way
02:24He heard my cry and pulled me from beneath Thorn
02:26What the fuck do you think you are doing in the royal palace?
02:30Throne staggered off, fleeing
02:32Silas turned to me
02:34I was disheveled, eyes burning red
02:36You looked like a frightened rabbit
02:38So cute
02:39He offered to take me as his mistress
02:41Come to my castle, I'll keep you safe
02:42I am not gonna lie
02:42I nearly wept with relief
02:44But then my sister arrived
02:46Lyra came to Silas' quarters that night
02:48Wearing only a thin shift
02:50Lyra, how can you sink so low as to become someone's mistress?
02:54Didn't we vow we would only accept a true mate bond?
02:57One soul?
02:58For life?
02:59I carry pride all my life
03:01How do I have a sister who would grovel and submit like a rogue with no pride left?
03:07How did I miss a prize like you in these pits?
03:16You've got fire in those eyes, I like that
03:18That night, my sister became Silas' chosen consort
03:24Didn't you say you didn't want to be a mistress?
03:26What would you know?
03:27Silas keeps me because he likes me
03:29What we have between us is real
03:30Lyra, you call me
03:31Lyra, a wolf stands on her own four paws
03:34I may be Vita mistress now, but you are still an Omega servant
03:37Your path is yours to carve
03:38Don't expect me to clear the way for you
03:44That is your fate
03:46I have a very low tolerance for noise
03:48And I find the screams of a woman particularly grating
03:50Alpha Kaelin ruined it
03:51He had Thorn killed
03:53But my hands were already rotting
03:55I sent word to my sister
03:56I begged her to summon a pack healer
03:59She sent back only this
04:00A wolf with pride does not beg
04:02Even if you must crawl
04:03Crawl yourself to the healers
04:05I dragged myself toward the healing den
04:07Ran out of strength and crashed to the earth
04:09In my fading vision, I thought I saw my mother
04:12During the famine, our mother had given us everything
04:15A noble wolf, seeing her near collapse, offered her a bowl of broth
04:20Our tutor taught us
04:21A wolf of worth does not eat what is thrown down in pity
04:24Our pack would rather starve than accept charity
04:27Our mother eventually passed away
04:29I died too, on the road
04:31When I woke up again, I found myself returning to the day Matron allocated us
04:36Where are your manners?
04:38Thank the Matron! Now!
04:41Alara! What are you doing?
04:46Alara, let go of me!
04:48You feral girl! What is this?
04:52Even if you're angry at the mate for sending you to the washing duns
04:55Don't take it out on me
04:58What a savage creature
04:59We cannot keep this one in the palace
05:01Send her to the rogue trader
05:03Alpha Kaelin appeared
05:04He stopped directly in front of me
05:06In my last life, he had passed this spot too
05:09But never looked at me
05:10This time, the prince drew a silk claw
05:12Don't sell her
05:14Send her to my chambers
05:15My sister's eyes went wide, disbelieving
05:18Your highness, surely you've made an error
05:20My sister is vulgar and base
05:21I am the one with true pride
05:23The prince gave her a single cold glance
05:25My gamble had worked
05:27In my last life, I had once witnessed two servants fighting
05:30Then chosen the one who struck harder to serve at his side
05:34So today, I had struck in front of everyone
05:37One reason, to lash out the anger buried in my chest
05:40The other, to make the prince notice me
05:43So my sister went to the rune chamber as before
05:45While I became Alpha Kaelin's personal attendant
05:48My monthly allowance exceeded hers
05:51But from the day she entered the palace
05:53She had also begun wearing earrings
05:55Bracelets that chimed at her wrists
05:57Every servant girl envied her
05:59Lyra only lifted her chin higher
06:02We live once
06:02Always shine
06:04Around the same time, the steward cataloged the rune chamber
06:08And found parchment and painting tools missing
06:11Like in palace stock
06:12Hey, it's empty
06:13Worth more than any servant's yearly wage
06:15Every quarter was searched
06:17Nothing turned up
06:18Then someone pointed at Lyra
06:20She's been in the rune chamber since day one
06:21And the way she dresses?
06:27Those are things I bought with my own savings
06:29Besides, a wolf with true pride does not steal
06:33That's fair
06:34Lyra has too much pride to steal palace for company
06:36She must have bought it with her own coin
06:37But where had she gotten coin?
06:39We arrived at the palace with nothing
06:41Our mother's possessions had barely covered one silk skirt
06:45I had no proof
06:46I couldn't accuse her
06:47Then one morning, I was hauled before the head matron without warning
06:51Do you know what you've done?
06:53Matron, what are you referring to?
06:55I knew from the day she attacked Lyra she's no good
06:58But who would have thought she'd be bold enough to steal from the palace itself?
07:01Thank the moon goddess Lyra has principles
07:04She turned her own sister in
07:06Otherwise this one would have walked free
07:08My sister exhaled a long, sorrowful breath
07:10Allora, last night when you came off duty
07:12I noticed you creeping around like you were hiding something
07:15I looked closer and you were clutching a piece of the ancestral wolf stone beneath your cloak
07:20She shook her head with theatrical disappointment
07:22Why steal?
07:23This is a grave offense
07:24Found it! Found it!
07:26A guard came sprinting in
07:29Under Alara's pillow
07:31Right here!
07:32He raised a small, smooth piece of runestone
07:34The head matron seized my shoulders and forced me to my knees
07:38What do you have to say for yourself?
07:41Before I could speak
07:42Matron, my sister has done something wrong and I will not plead for her
07:46But I failed to raise her properly
07:49Punished me alongside her
07:51You did the right thing by reporting it
07:53I should be rewarding you, not punishing you
07:56Then she turned back to me
07:58I'll report this to the prince
08:00Fifty strokes of the rod, then she gets sold
08:04That piece of wolf stone isn't mine
08:05It was
08:06I'm asking one thing
08:08Was it found under your pillow?
08:11Yes
08:12She didn't let me say another word
08:15My sister insisted on coming along
08:18She had dressed carefully today
08:20Alpha Kaelin was reading when we swept in
08:23He looked up with a slight furrow between his brows
08:26What has Alara done?
08:30Thank the moon goddess,
08:31Cinerea had the integrity to come forward to report her own sister
08:36My sister stepped up, smoothing a strand of hair behind her ear
08:39I don't play favorites
08:41Not even with my own blood, your highness
08:43Please punish my sister severely as a warning to others
08:46The prince didn't look at her
08:49Alara, you didn't explain yourself?
08:52They had already decided I was guilty
08:54They wouldn't listen
08:56When I gave you that piece of the ancestral wolf stone
09:00What did I say?
09:01You said that slamming someone's head against a wall is inelegant
09:04You suggested I simply throw the wolf stone at their skull directly
09:08My sister's face drained white
09:12Then I believe you can use it now
09:14I tore the wolf stone fragment from the guard's eyes
09:17She let out a sharp cry
09:18The head matron stumbled backward
09:20Oh, I see now
09:23The wolf stone was a gift from the prince to Alara
09:27I misunderstood
09:29I wrongly accused you
09:32It was you who stirred this
09:34You made me accuse Alara for nothing
09:36You are the head matron
09:37You took one side without investigation
09:39And let someone attack a member of my household on false claims
09:44You are dismissed
09:45The matron and my sister were removed together
09:48I retrieved the wolf stone from the floor
09:51A hairline fracture had split the surface
09:53Pity
09:55When I spotted a figure I knew too well on the side path near the washing den
09:59Thorn
10:00Walking and fastening his belt as he went
10:04No, didn't he?
10:05I waited until he disappeared
10:07Then moved deep into the shadows of the path
10:09There, half hidden in the dark, lay a young she-wolf
10:13Bruises and red marks covered her skin
10:16She was sobbing quietly
10:17She heard me approach, but didn't move
10:20Only stared up at the black sky with empty eyes
10:24I knew what had happened to her
10:26In my last life, it had happened to me too
10:29She scrambled suddenly to her feet
10:31Teeth clenched and ran
10:34I grabbed her wrist
10:36What are you doing?
10:37Her voice was barely a sound
10:38I can't go on living
10:41You'd end your life because that old bastard hurt you?
10:43You don't understand
10:45It isn't the first time
10:47He drags me into the dark whenever he wants
10:50He doesn't stop even when I'm bleeding from my moon cycle
10:55I truly cannot go on
10:57Something broke open in my chest
10:59I should have found Thorn sooner
11:01I knew what kind of wolf he was
11:03Even if it hadn't been me in his path
11:05He would have hunted someone else
11:07I had let this happen
11:09I pressed my hand to her shoulder
11:11And wiped the tears from her face
11:13Let me deal with him for you
11:14Would that help?
11:15She stared at me
11:17Is that...
11:18Possible?
11:20The next night
11:22The young she-wolf sent Thorn a message
11:24To meet her along the side path near the east courtyard
11:28Thorn came shuffling up the path
11:30Why all the secrecy?
11:31What surprise have you got for me tonight?
11:35Then he saw my face instead
11:38Who are you?
11:39I swallowed back my revulsion
11:42I only just arrived at the palace
11:44I have no one here
11:46I heard you're a man of standing
11:47And I thought
11:50I'd ask for your protection
11:52Thorn stared
11:54Genuinely thrown
11:55In all his years
11:56No she-wolf had ever come seeking him willingly
12:00Can you take me under your care?
12:03Thorn swallowed hard
12:04That little girl did me proud
12:05Going out to find me a new friend
12:08He started toward me
12:09Lust clouding every movement
12:11The stench of him hit me before he did
12:14Every brutal memory rose at once
12:18Oh she wants to play
12:22Come on
12:24Beg and resist all you want
12:26Then I spotted something on the path above
12:29Pale ship moving toward us through the dark
12:32Every evening at this hour
12:33Alpha Kaelin took his walk
12:35In my last life
12:37It was on one of these walks that he found me beneath Thorn
12:40And had the man put down
12:42So when Thorn's fingers reached for the laces at my waist
12:46Help me
12:47You lured me here just to play games?
12:50No
12:50I'll make you regret this before the night's over
12:54A lantern swung into view
12:56Alpha Kaelin had arrived
12:59Your highness
13:00Please
13:01He pulled me upright
13:03His eyes moving immediately to my loosened collar
13:06And understood everything without a word spoken
13:10Your highness
13:11This servant came to me herself
13:13She invited me out here
13:17Liar
13:18I am the prince's personal attendant
13:20Why would I lower myself to someone like you?
13:23You dare do this within palace wells?
13:26Your highness
13:27I swear it
13:30She arranged this meeting
13:32The girl sent for me herself
13:36She arranged it?
13:38Then show me proof
13:40Thorn had nothing
13:41He knew the young she-wolf and I would never betray each other
13:45Without testimony
13:46He stood naked of any evidence
13:49I can bear witness
13:50My sister arranged this meeting herself
13:52My sister was walking toward us through the moonlight
13:57I followed her after noticing her heading toward the east courtyard
14:00I was curious
14:02I heard it myself
14:03Yes
14:04My sister told him he was a man of standing here in the palace
14:07That she wanted his protection
14:08Yes
14:09Exactly as she says
14:10She summoned me
14:11Is that true?
14:13I considered denying it
14:14Allara
14:16I want the truth
14:17My pulse lurched
14:18He already suspected something
14:20Yes
14:21I arranged it
14:22He had been violating a young she-wolf in the dens repeatedly
14:25I couldn't continue to watch it happen
14:27I knew Eurydus walks here every evening
14:29I brought him to this spot so you would find him
14:31Sister
14:32You dared to use the prince this way
14:34That is unforgivable
14:35Thank the moon goddess I was here to witness everything your highness
14:39Otherwise you would have been deceived entirely
14:41The prince had thrown a dagger at my feet
14:44Alara
14:45This is the first time you've used me
14:47My sister stood in the moonlight
14:48Using people through these degrading schemes has no dignity
14:51The prince wants you dead
14:52Do it yourself
14:53But the prince nodded toward his guards and they pinned Thorn
14:58Kill him
14:59The prince saw my hesitation
15:02Too afraid
15:04Afraid?
15:05I closed my eyes and let the memories flood in
15:08The weight of him
15:09The shame
15:12My grip on the blade hardened
15:14A scream split the dark
15:16First cut
15:17I unmade him as a male
15:19Second cut
15:20Straight into his heart
15:30Where did this wolf do his work?
15:33The washing dens
15:34Since you testified so enthusiastically on his behalf and seem so fond of him
15:38You can go work in the dens yourself
15:40My sister was stripped of her post in the room chamber
15:43Just like past me
15:45She became a low rank omega
15:47Buried under mountains of soiled laundry every single day
15:51I went to see her
15:53Her hands were submerged in the wash basin
15:56Growing up
15:57She had never touched a household chore
16:00Too proud for that
16:01The scrubbing and the hauling fell to me and our mother
16:04So her hands had no calluses
16:07Now, only a few days in, they were already swollen
16:10Faster! There's another basket after this one
16:13She yanked her hands back, wincing hard
16:16These hands are meant for painting and
16:19You're in the washing dens now
16:20What writing?
16:22Let's see if I can beat some sense into you
16:24I walked past and glanced over
16:26That is my blood sister!
16:27She is Alpha Kaelin's personal attendant!
16:29She speaks for him!
16:30Sister, a wolf stands on her own four paws
16:33Your path is yours to carve
16:35Don't expect me to clear the way for you
16:39You heard her, didn't you?
16:41Your powerful little sister wants nothing to do with you!
16:44What?
16:44I left to the sound of her muffled crying
16:46And was still half lost in the echo of it
16:49When I walked straight through the prince's closed chamber door
16:53When Alpha Kaelin's door was closed
16:55No one entered without his explicit permission
17:00Then I noticed the hidden room door
17:03Open
17:03The prince was inside
17:05The prince was inside
17:06Holding a carving blade
17:15Elara, come here
17:16I crossed the threshold
17:18The man on the frame had barely any breath left in him
17:23Disturbing isn't it?
17:24He survived a boiling pull
17:26He survived fire
17:28He has survived everything
17:29Holding on to that last thread of life
17:32I've been teaching myself to carve
17:34Are you frightened, Elara?
17:36No
17:37I only want to ask, what did he do to deserve this?
17:40Years ago there was a rebellion
17:42My birth mother was separated from the palace and thrown to the outer wilds
17:46He was the leader of the rogues who found her
17:48They degraded her until she died of shame
17:50I killed every last one of them
17:52Except me, death would be a mercy for someone like him
17:56Shocked and afraid, aren't you?
17:57The prince who shines in public
18:00Rotten and cruel in private
18:02I smiled
18:03I picked up the carving blade
18:05A single word into the center of the man's forehead
18:08Beast
18:11I don't find you frightening, your highness
18:13A wolf who uses his brute strength against she-wolves deserves every cut he receives
18:20In my eyes, your highness still shines like the full moon
18:23Don't let creatures like this taint you
18:26Is that so?
18:27Yes
18:29Elara, I feel like you're flattering me
18:33You are my prince and I am your servant
18:36Keeping my prince in good spirits, isn't that simply my duty?
18:40And besides, I have plans that require you
18:44Honest enough, I suppose
18:47After that night, the prince stopped hiding himself from me
18:50He let me move freely in and out of his private quarters
18:53He began sharing things with me
18:55New methods he was testing
18:57Rare instruments of his dark craft
18:59It wasn't long before a rumor swept through the palace
19:03Beta Silas had spotted a servant girl in the washing dens
19:06And intended to take her as his mistress
19:09But sure enough, even from the dens
19:11She had found her way back to Silas
19:14Word was that Silas had passed by the washing dens
19:17When my sister was there alone
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