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00:00My fiancee brought his pregnant mistress to our 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
01:00Lyra'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
01:21he was 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. Damon, don't say it
01:42like that. Serafina has always been so good at taking care of people. In the omega quarters.
01:48She helped everyone. I'm sure she won't punish an innocent pup just because she's hurt.
01:52The hall went silent. Every stare landed on me. Waiting for me to cry. To beg. To bow
01:56like a good little omega. My eyes burned. Not because Damon had rejected me. Because
02:00Lyra knew every soft place I kept hidden. And still chose to press her hand against it.
02:04The claim was never sealed. No blood oath. No mark. Under the old laws it can still be revoked.
02:10One elder exchanged a look with another. That is technically true. I looked at Damon.
02:15I may be an omega. But I am not her servant. And I will not raise the child you made
02:22with
02:23her. I revoke the claim. If any wolf here is willing to claim me tonight, I accept.
02:30The whispers came fast.
02:31Silver blood. Did Damon just throw away the prophecy? If someone claims her now.
02:36I could see it in their faces. Shock. Hunger. Calculation. For one second. I thought someone
02:40might actually step forward. Then Damon's voice cut through.
02:43Your name is still written into the royal reet. The room froze.
02:46Until the elders formally dissolve this ceremony, anyone who steps forward is openly defying
02:51the crown. No one moved. That had been his plan. Not to bond me. Not to free me. To keep
02:56me
02:56trapped under the royal right until the elders could turn me into something quieter. Something
03:00useful. Lyra's servant. His heir's caretaker. A silver blood omega no other man would dare touch.
03:04Damon stepped close enough for only me to hear. Sarah. My chest twisted. That name used to be
03:09soft in his mouth. Tonight it was a blade. Don't embarrass yourself. Then he turned to the
03:13hall. 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 see who had entered, Moira arrived first. Moira, Damon's mother, the Luna matriarch, swept
03:30into the hall like a storm in silk. She took one look at Lyra behind Damon and slapped her across
03:35the
03:35face. The 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 clearly for
03:48the first time. Then she turned to me. Her voice softened. Sarah Fauna dear. Damon has humiliated
03:53you. I will deal with him. But you must not act rashly. Let me close this ceremony quietly.
03:59The crown will keep you protected until we decide where you belong. Where I belonged. Not what I
04:03wanted. Not who I chose. I pulled my hand free. You bound me to Damon for my blood. Then he
04:08brought her
04:09here with his heir and told me to raise their child. My voice shut. But I did not stop. I
04:14will
04:14not be their servant. The hall went silent. I 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 for scraps.
04:24Moira's eyes hardened. Careful, girl. You are still standing inside a royal treat. Your blood belongs
04:30to Silverrest before it belongs to you. My stomach went cold. There it was. Damon wanted me useful.
04:35Lyra wanted me beneath her. Moira wanted me on. If no one claims you tonight,
04:38the elders will decide your future. Damon smiled again. For the first time that night,
04:43I felt truly trapped. Then a low voice cut through the hall. Does her offer still stay?
04:46Every head turned. Kale stood at the far end of the hall. Tall. Dressed in black. Pale as winter.
04:51Aldric'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 touched
05:01the doorframe. Everyone saw it. The cursed heir could barely stand. Damon laughed under his breath.
05:05Careful, brother. If she chooses you, she won't be a bride by sunrise.
05:10A few wolves laughed. Moira's face went white. Kale, don't be stupid. You know what silver blood
05:15does to a cursed wolf. It could kill you. Kale ignored her. His gray eyes stayed on me.
05:19What you just said. Does it still stand?
05:22My throat tightened. Before I could answer, Damon stepped in.
05:25No.
05:25The whole hall froze. Damon's smile sharpened.
05:28She said any wolf. Not a dead one pretending he still has a claim.
05:32Kale's face did not change. Damon moved closer to me.
05:34Look at him, Sarah. He can't protect you. He can't shift. He can barely stand. If you choose him,
05:41this wedding becomes a funeral before sunrise.
05:44Lyra's eyes widened, soft and wet. Don't do this to yourself, Serafina. You don't have to ruin
05:49yourself just because you're hurt. Moira seized the silence. If no suitable wolf claims you tonight,
05:54the elders will decide your future. The room closed around me again. Damon held out his hand.
05:59Not like a lover. Like a leash.
06:01Last chance, Sarah.
06:02His smile was cold. Stand down. For one second. The whole hall waited. They all thought I would
06:07break. I looked past his hand. At Kale. Thin as paper. Pale as death. A cursed air the entire pack
06:13had already buried. And still, he was the only man in that room who had asked for my answer.
06:17Not my blood. Not my obedience. Not my usefulness. My answer. So I stepped around Damon's hand.
06:23His smile vanished. Lyra's face changed. The hall went silent. I walked toward Kale. Every step felt like
06:28I was cutting a rope around my throat. Damon's voice snapped behind me.
06:32Serafina!
06:32I didn't stop.
06:33Girl, 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, gray eyes steady.
06:40What you said, does it still stand?
06:43My hands were still shaking. But my answer did not.
06:45Yes.
06:46The hall exploded. Kale did not look at Damon. Did not look at Moira.
06:49Only me.
06:50Then I claim her.
06:51A few elders half rose. Then froze. Because a claim spoken and accepted before the right
06:56could 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, Sera? If you stop now,
07:05Lila and I might still forgive you.
07:06You can still stay where you belong.
07:08He looked me up and down. Lyra leaned into him. Worry flickering across her face like another
07:12part of the performance. The hall went dead silent. Kale held out his hand. At the same time,
07:17I reached for him. Our fingers locked. The ritual lines blazed white. Then black marks burst from
07:22beneath Kale's sleeve. They weren't veins. They were his curse. Black marks tore up Kale's arm,
07:27coiled around his throat, and climbed toward his face like something alive. The hall gasped.
07:31For one second, the gray in his eyes vanished, replaced by molten gold. Something caged.
07:36Something feral.
07:36The curse is activating. He can't hold it.
07:39Stop the ceremony.
07:41The 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. Kale's hand tightened around mine.
07:49Too tight. His knees buckled. He hit the altar hard, blood spilling from his mouth onto the silver
07:53stone. The hall went silent. Kale looked up at me, gold flickering through the gray.
07:57Let go. If you stop now, you'll still make it out.
08:01He meant it. Even half dying in front of the entire pack,
08:04he was still trying to give me a way out. Damon stepped forward.
08:07Are you insane? I already told you, Sarah. If you stop this now, Lyra and I can still forgive you.
08:14I didn't look at him. Damon's tone sharpened.
08:16Don't throw your life away just to prove a point.
08:18Still, I did not look at him. My fingers tightened around Kale's. The curse burned black
08:22between us. Every wolf in that hall was waiting for me to let go. Instead, I leaned closer.
08:27Kale, get me.
08:28Then, without looking away from him, I reached for the silver edge of the altar.
08:32We'll see you later.
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