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The Serpent Lord's Substitute Bride Billionaire Romance
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00:04My Adopted Sister Dahlia Steals My Elixir And Wins The Alchemy Trials With It
00:09Never Guessing The Prize Is Marriage To The Heir Of House Vytheris
00:12A Man Rumored To Be Barren, Brutal, And Monstrous
00:15That Same Night
00:16House Vytheris Delivers A Bonding Contract Sealed With A Serpent Wax Crest
00:20They Want The Shifter Woman Who Crafted The Elixir As Their Heir's Bride
00:23My Betrothed, Edmund, Panics
00:25He Rushes Through A Bonding Ritual With Dahlia Overnight
00:28By Morning It Is Done
00:29Dahlia Sways Toward Me And Flashes The Silver Wolf Shaped Mating Mark
00:32Glowing On The Small Of Her Back
00:34Your Betrothed Belongs To Me Now
00:36His Mark Is On My Skin
00:38Whatever Will You Do, Sister?
00:40She Tilts Her Head, That Syrup Sweet Voice
00:42Your 25th Name Day Is Three Days Away
00:45The Crown Council Will Assign You To One Of Those Brutes From The Borderlands
00:49You Know What Those Men Are Like?
00:51She Is Wrong
00:52I Have Another Option
00:53I Find Father And Mother In The Great Hall
00:55Scrambling To Clean Up Dahlia's Mess
00:57If Dahlia Won't Marry The Heir Of House Vythus I Will
01:01Father's Hand Freezes Midair
01:03The Bonding Contract Trembling Between His Fingers
01:05Mother's Eyes Blow Wide
01:06Elevin, Have You Lost Your Mind?
01:08Lord Severin Is Rumored To Be Barren, Bloodthirsty, Savage
01:12They Say He Nearly Tore Out A Servant's Throat When He Went Feral
01:16Marrying Him Is Walking Into A Death Trap
01:18Before I Can Answer, Father Clears His Throat
01:21If She Doesn't Go, What About Dahlia?
01:22She's Already Bonded To The Grey Hollow Boy
01:25Something Shifts Behind Mother's Eyes
01:27A Flicker Of Conflict And Her Hand Slowly Releases Mine
01:30My Heart Goes Cold
01:31I Am Their Trueborn Daughter
01:32And Still Always They Choose The Girl Who Plays Helpless
01:35A Bitter Laugh Scrapes Out Of Me
01:38But I Have One Condition
01:39On The Day I Leave This House
01:42Dahlia Will Confess Before All The Houses That She Stole My Elixir
01:45Father Slams His Palm On The Table
01:47How Can You Be So Cruel?
01:49You Would Destroy Your Own Sister's Reputation
01:51Mother Stares At Me With The Same Disappointment
01:53As If I Am The Problem
01:54The Serpent Lord Wants The Alchemist Who Made That Era
01:58Your Precious Dahlia Can Keep The Credit
02:01Or Keep Her Comfortable Life
02:03She Can't Have Both
02:05They Cave For Dahlia
02:06Of Course They Do
02:07I Turn And Walk Out Without Hesitation
02:09And Nearly Collide With Edmund Stepping Out Of Dahlia's Chambers
02:12Red Marks Trail Down His Neck And Chest
02:14The Cloying Scent Of Dahlia's Rose Oil Clings To Him So Thick It Burns My Nostrils
02:18I Cover My Nose And Move To Pass Him
02:20He Scrambles To Block My Path
02:22El, I Know You're Angry
02:24But I Had No Choice
02:25The Serpent Court Is Possessive Beyond Reason
02:27Only A Completed Bond Could Make Him Abandon His Claim On Her
02:30There Was No Other Way
02:31A Bitter Smile Cuts Across My Lips
02:34And What About Me?
02:35We Were Supposed To Complete Our Bonding Ritual When I Turned 20
02:38But Every Time The Ceremony Drew Near
02:40Dahlia Found A Reason To Cry
02:41And Edmund Found A Reason To Postpone
02:43Again And Again
02:44I Am Nearly 25 Now
02:46And He Chose This Moment To Bond With Her
02:47Two Paths Stretch Before Me
02:49The Conscripted Match
02:50Or The Serpent Lord
02:51Nothing Else
02:52Guilt Flashes Across Edmund's Face
02:54He Seizes My Hand
02:55I Won't Let The Conscripted Match Take You
02:58Listen
02:58I Can Have A Thrallspan Put On You
03:00You'd Live In Grey Hollow Under My Protection
03:02You Wouldn't Have To Marry Anyone
03:04He Sees My Expression Change
03:06And Rushes To Add
03:07It Would Only Be In Name
03:09Once You're At Grey Hollow
03:10I Treat You The Same As Dahlia
03:12You Want For Nothing
03:13I Almost Laugh
03:14The Audacity
03:15Only Shifters Convicted Of Serious Crimes
03:18Those With Nowhere Left To Turn
03:19Except The Thrall Brand
03:20A Branded Person Can Be Sold By Their House At Will
03:23They Live Beneath Everyone
03:24And Their Children Inherit That Status Forever
03:26I Rip My Hand Free
03:28I Would Sooner Walk Into A Serpent's Jewels Than Wear Your Brand
03:32At Least The Serpent Doesn't Pretend To Love Me While He Devours Me
03:34Edmund's Face Darkens Wounded Pride Twisting Into Something Ugly
03:38Elowyn
03:39Don't You Love Me?
03:40Is Your Pride Really Worth More Than Being With Me?
03:42I Fire Back Without Missing A Beat
03:44Oh
03:45Then Why Don't You Make Dahlia The Thrall?
03:47That Would Save Her Just As Well
03:49Dahlia?
03:49A Thrall?
03:50She Couldn't Survive It
03:52She's Too Delicate
03:53Too Gentle
03:53She Deserves To Be Cherished
03:55Not Branded
03:56Years Of Swallowed Grief Surge Upward
03:58My Vision Blurs
03:59Because Dahlia Is Hairkin
04:01Soft
04:01Fragile
04:02Born Looking Like Something That Needs Protection
04:03And I Am The Last Nine-Tailed Fox Shifter In All Of Eldrath
04:07Strong
04:07Resilient
04:08Supernaturally Fast To Heal
04:10Carrying Nine Lives
04:11So Father And Mother Favor Her
04:12And My Own Betrothed Pities Her
04:14Every Hurt
04:15Every Sacrifice
04:16It All Falls On Me
04:17Because I Look Like I Can Take It
04:18Edmund Flinches At The Scorn In My Eyes
04:20Shame Curdles Into Anger
04:21And He Throws One Last Line Over His Shoulder As He Leaves
04:24Think It Over El
04:25You Know As Well As I Do
04:27You Have No Other Options
04:29After He Is Gone
04:30I Drift Downstairs In A Daze
04:32And Find A Delivery From House Vytheris Waiting For Me
04:34I Open The Box
04:35My Breath Catches
04:36A Moonstone Pendant
04:37The Exact One I Lost At Auction During The Last Merchants Gala
04:40Warmth Spreads Through My Chest
04:41Unbidden
04:42Maybe Marrying Lord Severin Isn't A Death Sentence After All
04:45The Next Day
04:46I Go To A Goldsmith's Workshop In Crown City
04:48To Choose A Return Gift For Severin
04:50His Beast Form Is A Green-Eyed Black Serpent
04:52I Pick A Cloak Pin Shaped Like A Coiled Snake
04:54Black Silver Base
04:55Two Emerald Eyes
04:56I Allow Myself A Grim Bit Of Humor
04:58At Least House Vytheris Commands More Wealth And Power
05:01Than Nearly Anyone In Eldrath
05:02What Exactly Do I Have To Complain About?
05:04Oh My
05:06How Duplecialess Of You Sister
05:09You Claim You'd Never Be Edmund's Thralth
05:11Yet Here You Are Spending A Fortune On His Name Day Gift
05:14Such Devotion I Could Never Be So Clever
05:17Dahlia Stands There With Edmund's Arm
05:19Linked Through Hers
05:20Wearing A Victor's Smile
05:21That Is When I Remember
05:22Today Is Edmund's Name Day
05:23They Think I Bought This For Him
05:25So Much For Your Pride
05:27You're Bending The Knee To Avoid The Conscripted Match After All
05:30That One Is Hideous
05:31Get Me A Wolf
05:33Silver
05:33With Grey Eyes
05:34Something Worthy Of My House
05:35This Is For My Betrothed
05:37It Has Nothing To Do With You
05:39Still Putting On A Brave Face?
05:41You're Nearly 25
05:42The Decree Takes Effect In Three Days
05:47Stop Pretending You Have Choices
05:49Push Me Further
05:50And I Won't Even Offer You The Brand
05:54Edmund Darling
05:55The Thrall's Hall Is Right There
05:57I Can't Bear Seeing My Poor Sister Living In Such Dread
06:01Why Don't We Take Care Of It Today
06:03You Really Are Too Kind Dahlia
06:06Well
06:08Go On
06:13Inside The Thrall Hall
06:14The Central Branding Forge Burns With An Eternal Flame
06:17Rows Of Branding Irons Hang On The Walls
06:19Each Etched With A Different Rank Symbol
06:20A Glowing Red Iron Presses Into A Shifter's Flesh
06:23Even The Strongest Male Shifter In The Room Screams Raw
06:26Animal Broken
06:27Edmund Flinches At The Sound
06:28But He Still Let's Dahlia Direct The House Guards To Drag Me Deeper Inside
06:31In That Moment
06:32The Edmund Who Shielded Me As A Child
06:34The Boy Who Never Let Anyone Lay A Finger On Me
06:36Feels Like Something I Imagined
06:38He Is 13
06:39Standing Between Me And Danger
06:40Eyes Bright And Fierce
06:42Touch Her Again
06:46Again
06:47And I'll Shift Right Here
06:49That Boy Doesn't Exist Anymore
06:50Dahlia's Grip Locks Around My Arm Like Iron
06:53Nothing Soft About Her Now
06:54Let Me Pick Out A Nice Brand For You Sister
06:56Her Gaze Sweeps The Wall
06:57It Lands On One Iron Etched With A Broken Chain
07:00The Lowest Rank
07:01It Means Never Free
07:02This One Suits You Best
07:03Don't You Think Sister?
07:05I Wrench Free From The Guards
07:07I Haven't Even Touched Dahlia
07:08But She Throws Herself Backward
07:10Acting As Though I Shoved Her
07:11The Branding Iron Clatters To The Floor
07:13A Single Spark Raises The Back Of Her Hand
07:15Not Even A Mark
07:16I Only Wanted To Help You Avoid The Conscripted Match
07:19And You Tried To Burn Me
07:24Before I Can React
07:25Edmund Charges In
07:26He Slams Into Me
07:27My Body Hits The Edge Of The Branding Forge
07:29My Palm Presses Flat Against Scorching Metal
07:32Pain Crashes Through Me Like A Wave
07:33I Can't Breathe
07:34I Tear My Hand Free From The Burning Surface
07:36And A New Pain Explodes Across My Face
07:39Edmund's Open Palm Full Force
07:40The Crack Echoes Through The Entire Thrall Hall
07:43How Could You Do This To Her?
07:44She Begged Me To Help You And This Is How You Repay Her?
07:48Apologize To Dalany
07:49Now!
07:51Edmund
07:52My Hand
07:53It Hurts So Much
07:58The Moment I See That Cloak
08:00My Heart Seizes
08:01A Foxtail Cloak
08:02Made From My Eight Severed Tails
08:05Before All This
08:07Dahlia Engineered Crisis After Crisis
08:09Slashing Her Own Skin
08:10Faking Collapse
08:11Performing Death's Door So Convincingly
08:13That Everyone Believed Only My Life Force Could Save Her
08:16And I Am A Nine-Tailed Fox
08:17Each Tail Holds One Life
08:19Under Edmund's Pressure
08:20I Severed Eight Tails
08:21Transferred My Life Force To Dahlia Eight Times
08:24Eight Lives
08:25It Still Wasn't Enough
08:26I Did Nothing Wrong
08:29And I Will Not Apologize
08:31Edmund's Pupils Contract
08:32Something In My Defiance Cuts Him Where He Doesn't Expect
08:37How Dare You
08:41Stop
08:46Who Dare Touch Her
08:54My Eyes Open
08:56Through The Narrow Slits Of The Mask
08:57A Pair Of Deep Emerald Eyes
08:59Vertical Pupils
09:00Unmistakably Serpent
09:01A Faint
09:02Otherworldly Gleam
09:03I Think Of The Emeralds On That Cloak Pin
09:05He Sets Me Down On A Stone Bench
09:07In A Nearby Courtyard
09:08Before I Can Speak
09:09He Vanishes Around The Corner
09:10I Look Down
09:11A Small Jar Of Healing Salve
09:12Sits In My Palm
09:13I Don't Know When He Placed It There
09:15Across The Street
09:15Edmund Tenderly Smooths Dahlia's Windswept Hair
09:18Murmuring Comfort
09:19A Cold Smile Tugs At My Lips
09:20I Reach For The Bonding Ring I've Carried At My Waist
09:23The One I'd Planned To Return To Him
09:24I Walk To The Edge Of The City Wall
09:26Without A Moment's Hesitation
09:27I Hurl It Into The Churning River Below
09:29Two Days Later
09:30I Put On The Bonding Gown Sent By House By Theorists
09:32I Stand In My Room Surrounded By A Dowry So Extravagant
09:35It Doesn't Feel Real Father And Mother Shuffle In
09:38They Ask Voices Halting
09:39Eyes Averted
09:40If Maybe Dahlia Doesn't Have To Confess Publicly
09:42Maybe They Could Call It A Misunderstanding
09:44Save Her Some Face
09:45For The Honor Of Our House
09:47Elynden
09:48The Last Illusion I Held About Them Shatters
09:50My Dowry
09:51I Prepared It Myself
09:52For Years I Made Excuses For Them
09:54They Forgot
09:54They Were Busy
09:55They'd Remember Eventually
09:56They Didn't Remember A Dowry For Their Own Daughter
09:58But They Remembered To Come Beg On Behalf Of Their Favorite
10:01No
10:01And If You Push Me Further
10:03I Won't Go Through With It At All
10:05Let's See How House Vyrian Responds To That
10:07You Wouldn't Dare
10:09A Commotion Erupts From The Great Hall Below
10:11I Descend The Stairs To Find Edmund Sprawled In The Great Hall's Main Chair
10:14Like It Is A Throne
10:15A Glowing Red Branding Iron Rests In His Hand
10:18Elevin
10:18The Conscripted Match Takes Effect In 30 Minutes
10:21But Since You're Here
10:22Perfect
10:23You Know The Rules For A Thrust
10:24Before The Brand Comes The Right
10:26Kneel
10:27Kiss Dahlia's Hand
10:28And Renounce Your Freedom Before Everyone In This Hall
10:31Do That
10:32And I'll Take You Into Grey Holland
10:34Edmund's Gaze Drops To My Bonding Gown
10:35He Freezes For Half A Second
10:37Then His Brow Furrows
10:38Why Are You Dressed Like That?
10:40You Think Putting On A Gown Makes You A Bride?
10:42Take It Off
10:42You're Embarrassing Yourself
10:43I Hold His Stair
10:44I Steady
10:45I'm Completing My Bonding Today Edmund
10:47To Someone Who Actually Wants Me
10:48You're Not Invited
10:49His Expression Shifts
10:50Then Snaps Back Into That Benefactor's Mask
10:53Every Second You Waste
10:54I Add Another Hour On Your Knees
10:56Time Is Running Out
10:57Elf
10:57I Don't Mind Having Someone Help You Down
11:01And If You Won't Kneel On Your Own
11:03Grey Hollow Retainers Step Out From Every Corner
11:05In Full View Of The Hall
11:06They Reach For My Bonding Gown
11:08Hands Closing Around My Arms To Force Me To My Knees
11:10No!
11:12Edmund I Told You!
11:13Today Is My Bonding!
11:16I'd Like To See Anyone In This Room Try To Make My Wife Kneel
11:22Edmund's Eyes Go Wide
11:23The Serpent-Shaped Cloak Pin Glints At Severin's Collar
11:26Bold, Unmistakable
11:27Edmund's Gaze Climbs To The Serpent-Patterned Mask
11:29Then To The Man Behind It
11:31The Branding Iron Slips From His Hand
11:33And Rings Against The Stone Floor
11:34You-You're The Heir Of House Vytheris?
11:36What Do You Mean?
11:37The Contract Was For Dahlia
11:39She's Already Bonded To Me
11:40What Are You Doing Here?
11:41Severin Reaches Up
11:42Peels The Mask Away
11:43The Face Beneath Has Never Been Shown In Public
11:45Sharp Striking
11:46Nothing Close To The Monster From The Rumors
11:48He Extends His Hand Toward Me
11:50Gently
11:51Dread Pools In Edmund's Gut
11:52I Place My Hand In Severin's Palm
11:54Our Fingers Lace Together
11:55Tight
11:56The Corner Of Severin's Mouth Lifts
11:58His Voice Measured Unhurried
12:00I Never Said I Wanted Dahlia
12:01It Was Always Elowan
12:02Elixir Was Always Hers
12:04As For Dahlia
12:06Only Fools Like You Would Fall For Someone That Pathetic
12:09The Color Drains From Edmund's Face
12:10He Doesn't Understand
12:12Whispers Ripple Through The Great Hall
12:14People Are Already Questioning Whether The Trial Elixir Was Really Dahlia's At All
12:18Dahlia Goes White
12:19Her Hand Drifts Toward Her Eyes On Instinct
12:21But I Speak First
12:22Turning To Father And Mother At The Foot Of The Stairs
12:25Father
12:25Mother
12:26Don't Forget What You Promised Me
12:28Mother Leans Close And Murmurs Something In Dahlia's Ear
12:31Dahlia Shrieks Like A Stepped On Cat
12:33No The Elixir Is Mine
12:35If The Serpent Court Wants To Cause Trouble
12:37And That's Your Problem
12:38I'm Bonded Now
12:39I What Happens To House Thornwood Is No Anger My Concern
12:41Father And Mother Stare At Her
12:43As If They're Seeing Her For The First Time
12:44A Cold Laugh Escapes Me
12:46Dahlia Has Always Been This Person
12:48They Were Just Too Blinded By Their Own Favoritism To Notice
12:51Severin Clicks His Tongue
12:52Lifts One Hand
12:53Ancient Runes Blaze To Life Across The Stone Floor
12:56Light Pours From The Cracks
12:57Tracing A Perfect Circle At Dahlia's Feet
12:59A Truth Circle
13:00Severin Speaks With The Full Authority Of The Vytheris Air
13:03Since This Lady Insists The Elixir Is Hers
13:06She Has Nothing To Fear
13:08Step Into The Circle And Prove It
13:10Every Drop Of Blood Leaves Dahlia's Face
13:12She Stumbles Back Half A Step
13:14She Can Refuse
13:15But In Eldrath
13:16Refusing A Truth Trial Is The Same As A Guilty Plea
13:19Every Eye In The Hall Is On Her
13:20Dahlia's Scream Dissolves Into Sobs
13:22Tears Pour Down
13:23The Picture Of Helplessness
13:25Edmund! Help Me! She's Going To Kill Me!
13:28Edmund Charges Forward
13:29Face Ashen
13:30But The Vytheris Guards Form A Wall Between Them
13:32Severin's Gaze Lands On Him
13:34Cold As Winter Stone
13:35If She's Innocent The Circle Will Prove It
13:39Unless You Already Know She Isn't
13:41Edmund's Feet Root To The Floor
13:42A Terrible Certainty Begins To Take Shape
13:44The Kind He Has Spent Years Refusing To Look At
13:47Dahlia Is Pushed Into The Truth Circle
13:49At First She Clamps Her Jaw Shut
13:51Fights It With Everything She Has
13:53But The Runes Glow Brighter
13:54Her Body Begins To Shake
13:56Words Rip Out Of Her Throat Like They're Being Dragged By Hooks
13:59Yes! Yes! Yes! I Stole Her Elixir!
14:02I Stole It And I Stood On That Stage And I Smiled While Everyone Applauded
14:06Her Voice Splinters
14:07The Circle's Power Drives Her On
14:09She Turns To Edmund
14:10Her Lips Twist Into Something Between A Sneer And A Snarl
14:13Did You True Believe I Loved You?
14:15You Were The Most Obedient Dog On My Leash
14:17I Said Jump
14:18You Asked How High
14:19I Pointed At Her Tails
14:20And You You Cuts Off Yourself
14:22Edmund's Temple Pulses
14:23His Whole Body Trembles
14:25But All He Does Is Step Back
14:26Like Someone Pulled The Bones Out Of Him
14:28You
14:29Everything
14:30All Of It Was
14:31He Can't Finish
14:32Dahlia's Venom Swings Toward Father And Mother
14:34And You Two Pathetic Old Fools
14:36Did You Really Think The Carriage Accident Was Just Bad Luck?
14:39I Cut The Reins
14:40I Watched The Carriage Go Off The Road
14:42Then I Ran Down The Hill Screaming For Help
14:44And You You Thanked Me!
14:45You Took Me In!
14:46The Carriage Accident
14:47Years Ago
14:47The Very Reason Father And Mother Adopted The Homeless
14:50Grateful Little Girl Named Dahlia
14:52All Of It Staged From The Start
14:53Father's Face Turns The Color Of Ash
14:55He Sways
14:56A Servant Catches Him
14:57Mother's Eyes Were Tenderness Lived Moments Ago
14:59Flood With Raw
15:00Consuming Hatred
15:01She Lunges Forward And Strikes Dahlia Across The Face
15:04Twice
15:04You Treacherous Ungrateful Wretch!
15:08The Hall Erupts Into Chaos
15:09I Watch It All
15:10The Truth Laid Bare At Last
15:12And Feel Nothing
15:13The Satisfaction I Expected Doesn't Come
15:15Severin Senses The Shift In Me
15:17His Hand Tightens Around Mine
15:19Come Home With Me, Elowyn
15:21I'll Be Your Family Now
15:25Okay
15:26I Step Toward The Carriage
15:27Edmund Crashes Through The Crowd Behind Me
15:29El, I Was Wrong
15:30Don't Go With Him
15:31Please!
15:32Eyes Wild And Red-Rimmed Pathetic
15:34I Love You
15:34I See It Now
15:35It Was Always You
15:36She Deceived Me
15:37His Regret Isn't Worth The Dirt On My Shoes
15:39My Gaze Drifts To The White Rabbit Mating Mark Visible On His Throat
15:42The Mark That Surfaced When His Bond With Dahlia Sealed
15:45My Voice Is Perfectly Flat
15:47I Think You Two Deserve Each Other
15:49May Your Bond Hold Forever
15:51His Face Grumbles
15:52His Face Grumbles
15:53I Don't Linger On It
15:53I Step Into The Carriage
15:55And Pull The Door Shut
15:55Edmund Lunges After Me
15:57By Theorist Guards Close Rank Around Him Like A Steel Curtain
15:59He Claws At The Mating Mark On His Neck
16:01Scratching, Tearing, And Screams After The Departing Carriage
16:04El, I Won't Give Up!
16:06I'll Do The Severin!
16:08I'll Break The Bond!
16:10I'll Come Back To You!
16:13Severin Holds The Bonding Ceremony
16:15At The Serpent's Reach Castle
16:17Grand Lavish
16:18Every Detail Curated
16:19I Am Allergic To Pollen
16:21But I Love Flowers
16:22The Entire Hall Blooms With Crystal Flowers Crafted By Alchemists
16:25Every Petal
16:26Every Stamen
16:27Impossibly Lifelike
16:29Not A Grain Of Pollen In The Air
16:30I Am Still Wondering How Severin Knows My Preferences
16:33When A Wolf Howl Pierces Through The Walls
16:35A Servant Reports
16:36A Massive Wolf In Feral Shift
16:38Is Clawing At The Castle's Iron Gate
16:40I Pause
16:40Shifters Only Trigger A Full Shift Under Extreme Duress
16:43Edmund Didn't Shift When He Learned The Truth About Dahlia
16:46He Shifted When He Saw My Bonding Ceremony
16:48Once
16:49I Might Have Read That As Proof He Cared More About Me
16:51Now
16:52I Just Find It Absurd
16:54You Don't Get To Go Mad Over Something You Threw Away
16:56Severin And I Exchange Bonding Vows Before The Gathered Witnesses
17:00The Moment His Hand Takes Mine
17:01The Serpent-Shaped Mating Mark On My Palm
17:04And The Nine-Tailed Fox Mark On His Shoulder Ignite
17:06Simultaneously
17:07Light Floods The Entire Hall
17:09Every Person In The Room Holds Their Breath
17:11A Faded Bond
17:12The Destined Contract
17:13Unseen In Eldrath For A Hundred Years
17:15After The Ceremony
17:17Or Carriage Rolls Toward The Main Castle Of Serpent's Reach
17:20As We Pass Through The Outer Gate
17:21I Glance Through The Carriage Window
17:23A Massive Silver Wolf Crouches Inside An Iron Cage
17:26For A Split Second
17:27I Think I See A Tear Slide From One Lupine Eye
17:30But The Wolf Can Only Watch
17:31Trapped
17:32As Our Carriage Disappears Down The Road
17:34Bonding Knight
17:35The Master Chamber
17:36Just The Two Of Us
17:38I Study His Face Without The Mask
17:40My Cheeks Flush Before I Can Stop It
17:42Every Rumor About You Is Wrong
17:44Severn Removes The Silver Pins And Gemstones From My Hair
17:47One By One
17:48His Fingers Move So Gently
17:49They Don't Belong To A Man Called Savage
17:51What Rumors?
17:53That You're Savage
17:55Hideous
17:56And
17:57A Soft Laugh
17:58Barren?
18:00Heat Rises To My Ears
18:01I Open My Mouth To Reassure Him
18:03And He Pulls Me Into His Arms
18:05Those Emerald Eyes Fix On Me
18:07The Vertical Pupils Dilate Slightly
18:09But He Holds Himself In Check
18:10Elevin
18:11Look At Me
18:12His Voice Drops Low
18:14We Stop Whenever You Say
18:15I Have Waited Seven Years
18:17I Can Wait Seven More
18:19Something In Those Eyes Undoes Me
18:21I Nod
18:22Shy And Breathless
18:23You Don't Have To Hold Back
18:25It Is Not Until The Bonding Ritual Begins
18:28That My Eyes Fly Open
18:29You Have Two?
18:31Severn's Voice Comes Out Rough
18:32Serpent Bloodline
18:34We Have Two
18:35If You Don't Want
18:36I Kiss Him To Shut Him Up
18:38By The Second Half Of The Night
18:39He Proves Thoroughly And Personally
18:41That The Baron Rumor Is Also A Lie
18:43At The Most Intimate Moment
18:44Our Mating Marks Blaze To Life In Unison
18:47A Massive Wave Of Emotion Crashes Into Me Not Mine
18:49His Pure Feeling
18:51Seven Years Of Solitude
18:52Seven Years Of Longing
18:53And One Moment Lying Half Dead In The Mud
18:56Barely Breathing
18:56When A Pair Of Warm Hands Lifted Him Up
18:58And His Whole World Shifted On Its Axis
19:01I Cry
19:01Severn Stops Immediately
19:03Alarm All Over His Face
19:04He Thinks He Hurt Me
19:05I Shake My Head
19:07I Felt You
19:08All Of It
19:10All Those Years
19:11It Takes Five Full Days For The Bond To Stabilize
19:14I Nearly Trigger A Full Shift
19:16My Ears And Tail Popping Out Uncontrollably
19:18Again And Again
19:19I Peel Myself Off The Bed
19:21Legs Shaking
19:22Lower Back Aching
19:23And Hear A Commotion Outside
19:24I Push Open The Window And Look Down
19:26Edmund Kneels At The Castle Gate
19:27A Massive Bouquet Of Roses Clutched To His Chest
19:30A Maid Sweeping The Corridor Tells Me He Has Been There For Five Days
19:33Two Rainstorms Hit During That Time
19:35He Knelt Through Both
19:36The Only Thing He Asked For Was Someone To Swap Out The Wilted Roses For Fresh Ones
19:40All I Feel Is Irritation
19:42Who Is This Performance For?
19:44I Have A New Life
19:44Edmund's Self-Righteous Penance Is Nothing But Noise
19:47I Reach For The Curtain
19:48And A Body With Cooler Than Normal Temperature Presses Against My Back
19:51What Are You Looking At?
19:53Severn Peers Over My Shoulder
19:55Sees The Scene Below His Brow Creases
19:57He Just Won't Go Away Will He?
19:59At That Exact Moment
20:00Edmund Looks Up
20:01As If He Senses Me
20:02The Instant He Sees My Face
20:04Something Reignites Behind His Dull Eyes
20:06And Dies The Next Second
20:07When Severn Tilts My Chin Up
20:09And Gives Me A Long Slow Kiss
20:10I Don't Resist
20:11I Wrap My Arms Around Him
20:13The Tenderness Of It
20:14Sears Into Edmund's Vision
20:16Roses Scatter From His Hands
20:17He Staggers To His Feet
20:19Mouth Opening To Shout
20:20To Stop It
20:21But Five Days Without Water
20:22Have Stolen His Voice
20:23Nothing Comes Out
20:24I Expect Edmund To Give Up
20:26Instead He Is At The Gate Again The Next Day
20:28And The Next
20:29I Can't Take It Anymore
20:30I Go Down To Face Him
20:32Edmund Has Lost Significant Weight
20:34Pale Dark Hollows Under His Eyes
20:35His Robes Hang Loose On A Frame
20:37That Used To Fill Them
20:38The Moment He Sees Me
20:39He Fumbles At His Collar
20:40Yanking It Aside To Bear The Back Of His Neck
20:42Where Dahlia's White Rabbit
20:44Mating Mark Used To Sit
20:45Now Only A Jagged Wound
20:46Raw
20:47Half Healed
20:48A Slab Of Flesh Carved Away
20:49He Forces A Desperate
20:50Eager Smile
20:51El
20:52I Did The Severing Ritual
20:54The Mark Is Gone
20:56I'm Clean Now
20:57We Can Start Over
20:59The Severing Ritual
21:00Is One Of Eldrath's Most Dangerous Rites
21:02It Tears The Bond From The Soul Itself
21:04The Pain Is Said To Rival Being Flayed Alive
21:06Three Out Of Ten Who Attempt It Die On The Ritual Table
21:09And The Mark Goes Deep
21:10Down To Muscle And Bone
21:11Removing It Completely Means Cutting Away An Entire Section Of Flesh
21:14I Look At The Mangled Mess Of His Neck
21:16Surprised He Went This Far
21:17But Only Surprised
21:18Nothing More
21:19My Silence Gives Him Hope
21:21He Pulls Out Two Severed Pieces Of Fur
21:24I Look Closer
21:25A Silver Gray Wolf Tail
21:27A White Rabbit Tail
21:28Anguish Contorts His Face
21:29I'm Sorry El
21:30I Was A Monster
21:32I Understand Now
21:34I Understand What You Went Through
21:35I Severed My Own Tail
21:37And Hers
21:38To Atone
21:40Forgive Me
21:41I'll Spend The Rest Of My Life Making It Up To You
21:44Nothing Stirs Inside Me
21:46Not A Ripple
21:46Their Tails Are Gone
21:47Do Mine Grow Back
21:48A Nine-Tailed Fox's Tails
21:50Once Severed
21:51Never Regenerate
21:52Ever
21:52Eight Lives
21:53Gone Forever
21:54Edmund
21:55If You Truly Want To Make Amends
21:56Stop Coming Here
21:57Stop Making Your Guilt
21:59My Burden To Carry
22:00I Am Bonded To Severin
22:02We Are Happy
22:03You're Lying
22:05How Could You Bond With Someone Else
22:08Edmund Runs To His Carriage
22:09And Hauls Out A Bouquet Of Roses
22:13El
22:14Look
22:15I Brought Your Favorite Roses
22:16Before He Can Get Within Arm's Reach
22:18A Boot Kicks The Bouquet Out Of His Hands
22:21Petals Explode Across The Cobblestones
22:23Severin Stands Between Us
22:25His Emerald Slit Pupils Have Contracted To Razor
22:27Thin Lines
22:28Edmund Snarls
22:29What Gives You The Right To Kick Away My Flowers
22:32Severin's Voice Cuts Like A Blade Dipped In Frost
22:34You Claim To Love Her Yet You Bring Her The One Thing That Makes Her Suffer
22:39How Very Consistent Of You
22:40The Blood Drains From Edmund's Face
22:44I'm Sorry El, I Didn't Mean To, I Thought You Like
22:47He Thought I Liked Roses
22:48The One Who Likes Roses Has Always Been Dahlia
22:51And Dahlia Doesn't Even Care About Them That Much
22:53She Just Enjoys Watching Me Break Out In Hives
22:55Every Time Dahlia Graciously Regifted Edmund's Roses To Me
22:58I Told Them, All Of Them
22:59I Am Allergic To Pollen
23:00Father, Mother, Edmund
23:02None Of Them Believed Me
23:03They Decided I Was Making It Up To Spite Dahlia
23:05I Spent Years Getting Dragged To The Healer's Ward
23:07Every Other Week Because Of Those Flowers
23:09I Look At Edmund
23:10I Look At Edmund, Hollowed Out, Unraveling And Feel Nothing Warm At All
23:13You Cut Eight Tails From My Body
23:15You Made A Cloak Of My Lives And Draped It Over The Woman Who Orchestrated Every Wound
23:20And Now You Stand Here With Flowers I'm Allergic To Asking Me To Forgive You
23:24Tell Me, Edmund
23:25In All Of That, Did You Ever Actually See Me?
23:27Edmund's Knees Buckle, He Barely Stays Upright
23:30I Take Severin's Arm And Turn To Leave
23:31Behind Us, A Rush Of Footsteps
23:33Severin Pivots To Shield Me
23:34But Edmund Isn't Charging At Us
23:36He Sprints Straight For The Serpent's Reach Training Yard
23:38And Rips The Sword From The Rack
23:39Severin Vytheris
23:41I Challenge Me To An Honor Duel
23:43For Elevan
23:44An Honor Duel
23:45In Eldrath
23:46When A Shifter Believes Another Has Taken His Mate
23:48He Has The Right To Demand A Duel Of Honor Dot
23:50Edmund Half Shifts
23:51Goes All Out, Lupine Fury, Raw Power
23:54Wolf Blood Is Built For Brute Force And Explosive Speed
23:58Severin Barely Tries To
23:59Severin Speed Erases Every Advantage The Wolf Has
24:01Each Of Edmund's Lunges Hits Empty Air
24:03Nothing But A Calm Side Step
24:10One Strike
24:11Severin Pins Him To The Ground
24:13Scales Ripple Across His Neck
24:15Those Cold Slit Peeples Stare Down
24:21Suffering For Her Doesn't Mean You Loved Her
24:24It Just Means You Only Know How To Think About Yourself
24:28Edmund Collapses
24:29Broken Ribs
24:30A Wolf Like Rasp Shudders Through His Chest
24:32He Lifts His Head Toward Me
24:34Now
24:34Now I Know What It Feels Like
24:36Does That
24:37Does That Count For Anything?
24:39I Give Him One Look
24:40Just One
24:41Then I Walk To Severin And Press My Fingers To The Scales That Have Surfaced Along His Neck
24:45Raised By Anger Hard As Armor Dot Under My Touch
24:48They Recede
24:49Smooth Skin Returns
24:50Inch By Inch
24:52Severin Goes Still
24:52Then He Bows His Head And Rest His Forehead Against My Palm
24:55I Take His Hand
24:57I Don't Look Back Dot Edmund Watches From The Ground
24:59The Way She Touches Severin's Face
25:01The Way Her Eyes Soften
25:02She Has Never Looked At Him Like That
25:04Not Once
25:05The Next I Hear Of Edmund Is Three Days Later
25:07After The Honor Duel He Was Carried To The Healer's Ward
25:10Unconscious For A Full Day And Night Before Waking
25:12This Time
25:13He Drops The Desperate Siege Tactics
25:15Instead He Starts Appearing At Every Place I Frequent
25:17Engineering Coincidences
25:19The Herb Market In Crown City
25:20The Alchemy Workshops
25:22Even The Small Towns Near Serpent's Reach
25:24Severin Seeds
25:25He Stays Glued To My Side
25:27And Every Time He Senses Edmund Nearby
25:29His Pupils Narrow To Vertical Slits
25:31A Clear
25:31Unmistakable Warning
25:33Until One Day
25:34Severin And I Attend The Gathering Of Houses
25:36The Annual Formal Assembly Of All The Blood Houses
25:39Severin Needs To Discuss Territory Matters With Allied House Representatives
25:42We Separate Briefly
25:43I Sit Alone At A Long Table In The Corner Of The Banquet Hall
25:46Picking At A Slice Of Cake
25:47When A Shadow Falls Over Me
25:49I Look Up
25:50Edmund Stands In Front Of Me
25:51I Have No Idea When He Got This Close
25:53I Stand To Leave
25:54How Did I Never Notice How Revolting He Is
25:56The Contempt In My Eyes Wounds Him
25:58He Calls Out
25:59Voice Shaking
25:59El
26:00I'm Not Here To Bother You
26:03I Just Thought You Should Know
26:05Severin Went Into The East Tower With A Woman Just Now
26:08My Step Falters
26:09I Glance Instinctively Toward Where Severin Was Sitting
26:12Only His Allied House Representative Remains
26:14Drinking Alone
26:15Edmund Moves Closer
26:16He Does This Right Under Your Nose
26:19And You're Still Going To Stay With Him?
26:22My Brow Furrows
26:22That's Between Me And My Husband
26:24It Has Nothing To Do With You
26:25Logic Tells Me Severin Would Never
26:27But The Unease Claws In Anyway
26:29Edmund Fans The Flames
26:30Already Climbing The Spiral Staircase Of The East Tower
26:33Top Of The East Tower
26:34See For Yourself
26:35I Follow I Follow Before I Realize I'm Doing It
26:38Barely Fifteen Minutes Of Climbing
26:40But It Feels Like An Eternity
26:41What If Severin Really?
26:43My Thoughts Tangle
26:44Before I Know It
26:45I'm Standing In Front Of The Tower Chamber Door
26:47Edmund's Face Is Alight
26:48He Reaches For The Handle
26:49The Door Opens From The Inside First
26:51Get Out!
26:52Whoever Sent You Tell Them I've Waited Seven Years For My Wife
26:55No One Is Taking That From Me
26:57A Scantily Dressed Shifter Woman Stumbles Out Of The Room
26:59Thrown
27:00Not Walking
27:01Severin Stands In The Doorway
27:02His Expression Is Dark Enough To Bruise
27:04His Clothes Are Perfectly Intact
27:06The Moment He Sees Me
27:07The Ice Cracks
27:08Gone In A Blink
27:09Elevin
27:10I Didn't Touch Her
27:11Someone Slipped A Lust Dresp Into My Mead
27:13I Saw Through It
27:14Serpent Blood Is Immune To Poisons
27:16I Played Along To Draw Them Out
27:18He Tugs His Collar Open
27:19You Don't Believe Me
27:21Check For Yourself
27:21There Isn't A Mark On Me That Isn't Yours
27:24I Catch His Hands Before He Can Strip Any Further
27:26A Laugh Escapes Me
27:28I Believe You
27:29Keep Your Clothes On For Now
27:31Edmund's Face Goes White
27:32I Turn The Full Weight Of My Contempt On Him
27:34Edmund
27:35Was That Woman You're Doing?
27:37You Disgust Me
27:38It Wasn't Me
27:39Elle How Could You Think That Of Me?
27:41I Don't Bother Responding
27:43Whether It Was Him Or Not Doesn't Matter Anymore
27:45Severin Notifies The Gathering's Organizers
27:47Then Takes My Arm To Leave
27:49Edmund Chases Us To The Door
27:50Mouth Open
27:51Still Scrambling For Words
27:52The Banquet Doors Explode Inward
27:54A Filthy, Disheveled Shifter Woman
27:56Barrels Through The Crowd
27:57And Hurls Herself Into Edmund's Arms
27:59Edmund!
28:00I'm Carrying Your Child!
28:02You Can't Throw Me Away!
28:03I Look Closer
28:04She Is Dahlia
28:05The Hall Drops Into Dead Silence
28:07Then The Whispers Begin
28:08Dahlia Doesn't Care About Appearances
28:10She Wails At Full Volume In Front Of Every Bloodhouse Representative In Eldra
28:14Spilling Everything
28:15This Is How I Learn What Happened After The Truth Trial
28:18Edmund Severed Dahlia's Tail
28:19Threw Her Out Of Grey Hollow
28:21Father And Mother Cut Her Off Entirely
28:23Bolted The Doors Of Thornfield Manor And Ignored Every Plea
28:26For Weeks, Dahlia Begged For Scraps At The Edges Of Market Towns
28:29Then Her Belly Started To Swell
28:31That Is When She Realized
28:32Edmund Tries To Pry Her Off
28:34She Locks Her Arms Around His Legs Like A Drowning Woman Gripping Driftwood
28:37This Child Is Her Only Leverage
28:39Her Only Way Back
28:40Every House Representative In The Room Watches The Spectacle With Open Amusement
28:44Grey Hollow's Disgrace Served Fresh
28:46Lord Grey Hollow The Elder Arrives, Face Carved From Stone
28:49To Salvage What Little Dignity Remains, He Forces The Issue
28:52For The Honor Of House Grey Holland, Take Her Home
28:55As They Drag Dahlia Out
28:57She Twists Around For One Last Look At Me
28:59The Jealousy And Bitterness In Her Eyes Warp Her Features Into Something Barely Human
29:03Back At Serpent's Reach
29:04Severin Draws A Hot Bath For Me
29:06His Fingertips Trace Along My Neck And Shoulders
29:09The Serpent Blood Runs Cool
29:10And Somehow That Coolness Unwinds Every Knot In My Muscles
29:15When You Threw That Woman Out
29:16You Said You'd
29:17You'd Waited Seven Years For Your Wife
29:19What Did You Mean?
29:21A Long Pause
29:22When He Speaks
29:23His Expression Is More Open Than I've Ever Seen It
29:25I've Been In Love With You For Seven Years
29:27Do You Remember
29:28Years Ago
29:28In The Deep Forest
29:29You Found A Small Black Serpent Half Dead In The Mud
29:31That Was Me
29:32My Enemies Had Hunted Me Down
29:34I Was Wounded
29:35Feral
29:36Trapped In My Beast Form
29:37You Saved Me With Your Elixirs
29:39I Was Dying
29:39And Then You Appeared
29:41You Didn't Flinch
29:42You Picked Up A Venosemza Serpent With Your Bare Hands
29:45And Poured Your Elixirs Into Its Mouth
29:46I Think
29:47I Think I Fell For You Before I Even Knew Your Name
29:49By The Time I Found You Again
29:51You Were Already Promised To Someone Else
29:53I Stare At Him Duck
29:54That Little Black Snake Was You
29:56All These Years
29:57I Thought It Was Just A Wild Serpent
29:59I Never Imagined I'd Accidentally Saved The Heir Of House Vithyrus
30:02A Thought Strikes Me
30:03The Man In The Serpent Mask
30:05At The Runaway Courage
30:06That Was You
30:08Severin Nod
30:08It Was Me
30:09I Was Late That Day
30:12I Should Have Been There Sooner
30:14I Couldn't Stop Them From Hurting Your Hand
30:16His Healing Salve Worked Flawlessly
30:19Not Even A Scar
30:20I Step Forward And Wrap My Arms Around Him
30:22Severin
30:22He Freezes
30:24Color Floods His Face
30:25Racing Down His Neck
30:26He Presses My Hand To His Cheek
30:28And Holds It There
30:29And The Light In His Eyes Is So Bright
30:31He Can Barely Contain It
30:32Again Please
30:34After That Confession
30:35Severin Becomes Impossibly Clingy
30:37He Cashes In Every Unused Rest Day
30:39He Has Accumulated Over The Years
30:41And Takes Me Across Eldra
30:42The Warm Coastline Near Serpent's Reach
30:44The Eastern Mountain Passes
30:46Hidden Valleys I've Only Read About In Books
30:48With No Sign Of Edmund For Once
30:51We Have The Sweetest Stretch Of Days I Can Remember
30:53One Winter Night
30:54I Find Severin Curled By The Fireplace
30:57Serpent Blood Runs Cold
30:58The Chill Hits Him Harder Than Most
31:00I Walk Over And Wrap My Single Remaining Tail Around Him
31:03He Stiffens
31:04You Don't Have To
31:05I Want To
31:07He Says Nothing More
31:08Just Buries His Face In The Fur And Let's His Breathing Slow
31:11That Tail Keeping Him Warm
31:12And The Eight Made Into A Cloak
31:14They're The Same Thing
31:15The Difference Is One Was Taken
31:16The Other Is Given
31:18Rumors About Grey Hollow Drift In From Time To Time
31:21Dahlia And Edmund Fight Constantly
31:23Two People Who Despise Each Other
31:24Chained Together By An Unborn Child
31:27A Kind Of Forever I Suppose
31:28I Think The Worst Is Behind Me
31:30That I Can Finally Have Peace
31:33I Am Wrong
31:34Dahlia And Edmund Argue On The Courtyard Steps At Grey Hollow
31:39Shuffing Turns To Stumble
31:40Dahlia Falls
31:41The Child Is Gone
31:43With Her Last Scrap Of Value Erased
31:45Lord Grey Hollow The Elder Expels Dahlia From The Estate
31:48And Edmund Once Again Appears At My Door
31:51His Eyes Carry Something New
31:53Something Unhinged
31:54El
31:55The Bond Is Severed
31:57The Child Is Gone
32:00There's Nothing Standing Between Us Now
32:02A Chill Crawls Up My Spine
32:04It's Not The Words
32:05It's The Way He Says Them Like
32:06The Baby's Death Is Just Another Obstacle Cleared From His Path
32:09I Open My Mouth To Respond
32:10And Dahlia Explodes From The Shadows Beside The Road
32:13The Wall Died
32:13A Dagger Clenched In Her Fist
32:15Aimed Straight At Me
32:16Elephant This Is Your Fault
32:18All Of It
32:21You Have One Life Left
32:23I Took Eight
32:24And I'll Take The Last
32:25Edmund's Pupils Shrink To Pinpoints
32:27He Throws Himself Between Us
32:29The Dagger Buries Itself In His Abdomen
32:31Edmund Clutches The Wound And Crumples
32:33Blood Spills From The Corner Of His Mouth
32:35That Blade
32:35The Healer Tells Him Later
32:36Has Permanently Destroyed His Ability To Sire Children
32:39Royal Guards Arrive And Sees Dahlia On The Spot
32:42While Edmund Recovers
32:43The Crown Council Launches An Investigation
32:45Dahlia's Testimony From The Truth Trial
32:47Is Formally Prosecuted
32:48Eight Counts Of Coercing Iloan Into Severing Her Tails
32:51Attempted Enslavement Of A Bonded Mate
32:53As Thrall
32:54And Years Of Systematic Abuse Against Iloan
32:56Edmund Is Stripped Of His Noble Title
32:57And Confined To The Royal Dungeon
32:59Three Years Later
33:00Through Relentless Work
33:01I Become The Most Respected Alchemist In Eldrath
33:03The Crown Council Awards Me The Title Of Master Alchemist
33:06Severin And I Have Twins
33:07Flower Daughter Inherits My Bloodline
33:09Nine Fluffy Little Tails
33:10A True Nine-Tailed Fox
33:12Flower Sun Inherits Severins
33:13A Pair Of Tiny Emerald Slit Pupils
33:15The Barren Heir Of House Vitheris Rumor Dies On Its Own
33:18A New One Takes Its Place
33:19Severin Vitheris Does Whatever His Wife Tells Him
33:21During This Time
33:22Father And Mother Send Messengers To Serpent's Reach Again And Again
33:25Requesting An Audience
33:26They Even Deliver A Dowry
33:27Years Too Late
33:28I Don't See Them
33:29Not Once
33:29My Life Is Full Now
33:30I Don't Need Their Discount Love Anymore
33:32On The Twins Naming Ceremony
33:33Nearly Every Bloodhouse Sends A Representative
33:36Gifts Arrive In An Endless Stream
33:37Severin And I Are Playing With The Children
33:39When A Servant Approaches Carrying An Enormous Gift Box
33:42From A Visitor Not On The Guest List
33:43He Delivered It And Left
33:45No Name
33:45We Open The Box
33:47Inside Rare Gemstones
33:49Enchanted Artifacts
33:50And A Document Exclusive Trade Rights
33:52To The Two Wealthiest Counties
33:53In Greyhallow Territory
33:54At The Very Bottom Beneath Everything
33:56Sits A Ring
33:57The Bonding Ring I Hurled From The City Wall
33:59Into The River
34:00He Found It
34:00Pulled It From The Riverbed Dot
34:02But The Ring Lost Its Meaning A Long Time Ago
34:04I Close The Box And Rewrap It
34:05Have A Rider Return This To Greyhover
34:08And Have Him Deliver A Message
34:10Tell Him I Bear Him No Hatred
34:12I Pause
34:13But We Are Done
34:14We Have Always Been Done
34:16After The Servant Leaves
34:18Severin Wraps His Arms Around Me From Behind
34:20His Chin Rests On My Shoulder
34:22Are You Alright?
34:24I'm Fine
34:25I Lean Back Into Him
34:28I've Been Fine For A Long Time
34:30That Night
34:31The Children Are Asleep
34:33I'm Holding My Daughter
34:34Pressing A Kiss To The Tiny Soft Ears On Her Forehead
34:37Her Nine Little Tails Twitch In Her Dreams
34:39A Faint Itch Prickles At The Small Of My Back
34:41I Look Down Next To My Single Remaining Tail
34:44A Tuft Of New Fur
34:45Pale As Spider Silk
34:46Almost Invisible
34:47I Go Still
34:48I Don't Tell Anyone
34:49I Just Smile
34:50And Hold My Daughter A Little Closer
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