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