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00:00I have three alpha fiancés.
00:02My father was the godfather of every werewolf crime family on the East Coast to prove their loyalty.
00:07Three sworn families sent their alpha heirs to grow up beside me.
00:10Riven, Finn, Ash.
00:13They spoiled me rotten, protected me like I was sacred, made the whole pack believe no one could touch me.
00:18On his deathbed, my father entrusted me to three alphas.
00:21Don't let anyone hurt Serena.
00:23Ash dropped to one knee.
00:25Every blackthorn law will protect her.
00:26Anyone who touches her dies.
00:28Don't be scared, Serena.
00:30From now on, we're your family.
00:31After my father was buried, they turned me into the most spoiled princess in the entire pack.
00:35If I frowned, Ash canceled meetings.
00:37If I said I was cold, Riven threw his coat over my shoulders.
00:40If I couldn't sleep, Finn stayed with me until dawn.
00:43Everyone said I was lucky.
00:44Shortly after that, they called me spoiled, impossible to please.
00:48And just to make a pretty widow and her son happy, they sold me to the auction house of our
00:52sworn enemy, the Voss family.
00:54They said Alpha K.L. Voss hated women who reeked of another Alpha.
00:57So once he smelled all three of them on me, he would humiliate me, break my pride, then send me
01:01crawling back to Blackthorn.
01:03By then, I would know how to kneel before them, how to lower my head, how to obey, how to
01:08stop being impossible.
01:09The day Arya appeared, it was raining.
01:11She knelt outside Blackthorn's iron gates, holding a feverish little boy in her arms.
01:15Please, I can work.
01:17Just give Leo a bed.
01:19The guards tried to turn her away.
01:21Finn was the first to walk over.
01:23Riven threw his coat over her shoulders.
01:25Let her in.
01:25From that day on, Blackthorn had a new woman.
01:28Obedient, gentle, pitiful.
01:29A widow who knew exactly how to make men feel needed.
01:32And I became the joke.
01:33The spoiled, jealous girl who couldn't survive without her alphas.
01:36That night, I stood outside the study door.
01:38Serena needs to learn what it feels like to lose something.
01:41She's too spoiled.
01:42She's nothing like Arya.
01:44Then send her to the Vos forced marriage auction.
01:46Let her learn some manners.
01:48It's just to scare her.
01:49The Vos family was the one enemy Blackthorn had never been able to bring to heel.
01:53They controlled the northern courts, the weapons routes, the underground auctions.
01:57Blackthorn ruled the east coast by law.
01:59But up north, the night answered to Vos gunfire.
02:01And Kale Vos was the youngest, most dangerous alpha the Vos family had ever produced.
02:06They said he was cold-blooded.
02:08They said he had snapped the throats of traitor wolves with his bare hands.
02:11And they said he hated nothing more than a wolf girl sent to him reeking of another alpha.
02:15I stepped back on instinct.
02:16I needed to run.
02:17Then I turned and saw Arya holding a candlestick.
02:20The next second, everything went black.
02:22Don't blame me.
02:24They stopped wanting you a long time ago.
02:26The next morning, I woke up tied down to the dabed in my father's study.
02:30Arya came in with coffee.
02:31Serena, don't blame them.
02:34Men get tired.
02:36No one can spend his whole life revolving around a spoiled little princess.
02:40So you're here to teach me how to be a good girl for them?
02:43That's not what I meant.
02:44The door flew open.
02:49Are you picking on her again?
02:51I didn't.
02:51You are becoming nothing like your father.
02:53And the three of you are becoming nothing like the men you were before he died.
02:56Now that my father is gone and Blackthor belongs to you, you can't wait to start breaking me?
03:00Vos won't keep you.
03:01He hates women who reek of another alpha.
03:04Riven Toss docks down.
03:05Sign it.
03:06If you don't, you don't eat.
03:07I looked down.
03:08It was a consent form transferring me to the forced marriage auction.
03:12Lot Serena Blackthorne.
03:13Serena, once you learn to behave, they'll bring you home.
03:17What if I don't come home?
03:18What if Kale makes me his Luna?
03:20Don't be ridiculous.
03:21You're covered in all three of our scents.
03:23No powerful alpha would ever allow his woman to smell like other alphas.
03:27Exactly.
03:28The three of them smiled.
03:29I bit my lip until I tasted blood.
03:31Three days later, starving and humiliated, I gave in.
03:35I signed.
03:36The day before the auction, they sent me a white dress.
03:39The fabric was thin.
03:40So thin that if I stood too close to anyone, everyone nearby would smell all three alphas on me.
03:45In the past, they called that protection.
03:47Any wolf daring to touch me must wonder, can he cross three alphas?
03:50Now they've become weapons to slut shame me.
03:52Mommy, is the bad alpha going to buy her?
03:55I turned to Aria, stood there with Leo in her arms.
03:58My cashmere shawl was draped over her shoulders.
04:00The one Ash had bought for me at an Italian auction last year.
04:03Now it was on her.
04:04Aria quickly covered Leo's mouth.
04:06He doesn't know what he's saying.
04:07No.
04:09He knows exactly what he's saying.
04:11You taught him well.
04:13Serena, don't scare the child.
04:14So all three of you have been warming her bed too?
04:17Serena, don't be vulgar.
04:18Aria lost her mate.
04:20Her wolf loses control at night.
04:22She needs alpha scent to calm her down.
04:24I looked at Aria.
04:25There was an old mate mark on the side of her neck.
04:27But over that faded scar, I could smell Ash, Riven Finn, one layered over the next.
04:31As if they had done it on purpose.
04:33As if they were trying to bury the last trace of her dead mate.
04:35Suddenly, I laughed.
04:37How convenient.
04:38A grieving widow.
04:39Heartbroken.
04:40And every night, her wolf just happens to fall apart so badly that she needs three different alphas to soothe
04:46her.
04:46Enough!
04:47Riven, don't talk to Serena like that.
04:49She's just upset.
04:51Serena, don't be scared.
04:52Mr. Voss probably won't even want to touch you.
04:54Once he sends you back, you'll finally learn how to be a good girl.
04:57Good luck.
04:58Good luck to you too.
05:00Stolen alphas only matter if they choose to stay.
05:05Serena Blackthorn of the Blackthorn Pack.
05:07Only daughter of the late Pack Lord.
05:10Still carrying the scent of three alphas.
05:12Has Blackthorn lost its mind?
05:14They brought a girl like that to auction?
05:15Kale Voss hates anything another man has touched.
05:17I heard the last girl sent to Voss was thrown straight into the sea.
05:20I stood in the center of the platform, my fingers clenched around the silver crest.
05:24My father had left me.
05:25My father once told me.
05:26Serena, a true Pack Lord never lowers her head in front of a crowd.
05:30Not even when she's afraid.
05:32So I straightened my spine.
05:34If the Voss family refuses to accept the lot, Blackstone may reclaim her.
05:39Being rejected by Voss is worse than dying, isn't it?
05:42Wasn't she Blackstone's little princess?
05:44The one everyone treated like glass?
05:46She used to have three alphas protecting her.
05:48Now her father's dead, and Blackthorn belongs to them.
05:50No one protects a spoiled little heiress forever.
05:53Those three alphas are probably waiting for her to crawl back crying.
05:56I looked down Dot Ash.
05:57Riven and Finn sat below, staring at me like I was a joke.
06:00Then, the chapel doors burst open.
06:02Rain flooded the hall.
06:03Every candle shook violently.
06:05Every wolf went silent.
06:07A second later, military boots struck step by step, echoing all over the chapel.
06:11Kale Voss is here.
06:12A man walked in from the storm.
06:14His eyes are deep icy blue cold as winter's sea.
06:16I heard someone below the stage laugh under their breath.
06:19They were waiting for me to be humiliated.
06:21Waiting for the Blackthorn princess to be rejected by Kale Voss.
06:24But Kale only removed his gloves.
06:27Then leaned down toward me.
06:28His frigid scent swept over me instantly.
06:30My knees almost gave out.
06:31Heat rushed through me.
06:32I bit my lip hard, refusing to make a sound.
06:35Three alpha scents on you?
06:36And they still dared to put you in front of me?
06:38Good.
06:38When I'm done, no one will smell Blackthorn on you again.
06:41Mr. Voss, are you certain you wish to bid?
06:42She carries the scent of three Blackthorn alpha.
06:44To any alpha, that is a direct provocation.
06:46And the Blackthorn contract states that if you refuse delivery, did I say I refused?
06:51Opening bid?
06:53Five million.
06:54Five million for a girl carrying three alpha scents?
06:56Who would be insane enough to bid?
06:58Ten million.
06:59The entire chapel went silent.
07:01Ash's expression changed.
07:02Riven clenched his jaw.
07:04Finn froze where he stood.
07:05Ten million once.
07:07Eleven million.
07:07Looks like someone wants to embarrass Voss.
07:10Twenty million.
07:11Twenty million once.
07:12Twenty-one million.
07:15Thirty million.
07:16Thirty million for her?
07:17Has Kale Vossed his mind?
07:19She reeks of three alphas.
07:20Voss!
07:21What the hell are you trying to do?
07:23Bidding.
07:24You brought her here to be sold, didn't you?
07:26Serena, stop him.
07:28Why?
07:29Isn't this what you wanted?
07:31You wanted me humiliated.
07:33Now the price is too high and suddenly it hurts?
07:35Thirty million once.
07:37Thirty million twice.
07:39Forty million.
07:40My head snapped toward Ash.
07:41For one second, I could not believe it.
07:43He was willing to spend forty million just to buy me back.
07:46She belongs to Blackthorne.
07:48Kale laughed.
07:49Fifty million.
07:50Sixty million.
07:51Eighty million.
07:52Dead silence fell over the chapel.
07:54At that price, this was no longer a purchase.
07:56It was a public slap in Blackthorne's face.
07:59Ash, enough!
08:00Ash!
08:01Ash, we can't afford this.
08:02What's wrong?
08:04You sold her.
08:06Did you really think she'd be cheap?
08:07No one dared to bid against Kale anymore, but as if he were only amusing himself.
08:12One hundred million.
08:14The chapel went completely still.
08:15Even the auctioneer forgot how to speak.
08:17Continue.
08:19One hundred million once.
08:21Ash did not raise his paddle again.
08:24Riven's hand rested on his gun, but he did not draw.
08:26Finn's eyes were red.
08:28Serena.
08:29One hundred million three times.
08:31Serena Blackstone is sold to Kale Vos.
08:35Is he insane?
08:36Kale Vos actually wants her?
08:37An orphaned wolf girl covered in three alpha cents?
08:39For one hundred million?
08:41I object.
08:41She is just an unwanted Blackthorne orphan.
08:44How could she possibly be worth one hundred million?
08:46Then remember this.
08:47The girl you threw away, I bought her for one hundred million.
08:50Now, it's our turn to teach them what it feels like to lose.
09:03The Vos car pulled away from the underground chapel.
09:05I was still wearing that white dress, so thin it could barely hide the three alpha cents on my skin.
09:10Why did you buy me?
09:12I don't know.
09:13You know I'm covered in three on alpha cents.
09:16Call it love at first sight.
09:18You thought those cents meant they loved you?
09:20They were territory markers.
09:21A cage they left on your skin.
09:23I don't want them on me.
09:25I can erase them for you, but it will hurt.
09:29Do you still want that?
09:30Yes.
09:31When the first scent Riven sent Beegan to burn away, pain shot through me so sharply that I grabbed the
09:36car door.
09:38Don't run.
09:40The more you fight it, the longer they stay.
09:42When the second scent cracked apart under his, I remembered what Riven once told me.
09:46Anyone who touches you dies by my hand.
09:49Ladder, he was the one who sent me to Vos.
09:51The third scent belonged to Finn.
09:53The faintest.
09:54And somehow, the one that hurt the most.
09:56You can cry.
09:59But not for them.
10:00When the last scent finally faded, a thin silver pattern surfaced along my neck.
10:05What is this?
10:07A moon mark.
10:08A blessing from the moon goddess.
10:10Only your true fated alpha can awaken it.
10:13Ash, Riven.
10:13And Finn had been by my side for years.
10:15Not once had they made it glow.
10:17But Kale touched me once, Dot, and it woke.
10:19You're the Luna the moon goddess gave me?
10:21You're the alpha the moon goddess gave me?
10:23The car drove into the Vos estate.
10:25Serena, don't let him touch you!
10:28Too late.
10:29Starting tonight, every inch of Serena will carry my scent.
10:32Only when he carried me into the bathroom did I realize something.
10:35This alpha's way of marking what was his was not gentle.
10:38Steam rose around us.
10:39The white dress soaked through, clinging to my skin.
10:41I instinctively tried to step back.
10:44Scared now.
10:46When they sent you to me, did they not teach you how to beg me to stop?
10:51Serena, you are my fated Luna.
10:53I don't care how many men's scents were on you before.
10:56From now on, your body will know only mine.
11:00The Vos estate had none of the horrors people whispered about.
11:03No blood-soaked banquets.
11:05No wolf girls chained in basements.
11:07Only black marble, cold fragrance, sea fog,
11:09and Vos guards who lowered their heads the moment they saw Kale.
11:12A maid saw the rope marks on my wrists.
11:14She asked only one thing.
11:16Who did this?
11:17Blackthorn.
11:18The maid immediately went for medicine.
11:20No blame.
11:21No suspicion.
11:22No demand for me to explain myself.
11:23My nose suddenly burned.
11:25So this was what it felt like to be believed.
11:28Boss.
11:29We found the real inheritance documents left by the late Pack Lord.
11:33The heirs were not Ash, Riven, and Finn.
11:35It was Miss Serena.
11:38That easily.
11:38I thought my father had left me in their hands.
11:41But what he had truly left to me was all of Blackthorn.
11:44Blackthorn has also sent notice.
11:45They demand Miss Serena returns tomorrow night to sign away her inheritance rights.
11:49I looked at the document.
11:51Then I laughed.
11:52They still didn't know.
11:53I was awake now.
11:54Still want to make them regret it?
11:55Regret?
11:56That's nowhere near enough.
11:58I want those four Aversapes to spit out everything they stole from me.
12:02I thought Kale would take his men and storm Blackthorn.
12:05Instead, the next day, he threw a black training suit at me.
12:08Put it on.
12:09For what?
12:10Shouldn't we be going to Blackthorn?
12:12You're not ready.
12:13I'm teaching you how to win.
12:14Stab me.
12:18You can't even touch someone you hate.
12:20What makes you think you're ready to walk back into Blackthorn?
12:24I lunged at him.
12:25The next second, he caught my wrist and pinned me against the wall.
12:28His knee pressed between my legs.
12:30He was so close I could smell sea salt on him.
12:32When you struck at me just now, who were you thinking about?
12:36Ash?
12:37Riven?
12:38Finn?
12:38You already washed their scents off me.
12:41I'm not talking about scent.
12:43I'm talking about habit.
12:49They taught you to wait.
12:52Wait for them to comfort you.
12:53Wait for them to believe you.
12:54Wait for them to regret it.
12:57Starting today, you don't wait.
12:59You take.
13:03That afternoon, he taught me how to read accounts.
13:06That night, he taught me how to read contracts.
13:08I was so sleepy, I nearly collapsed over the desk.
13:11He stood behind me, both hands braced on the tabletop,
13:14trapping me between his body and the ledger.
13:16Do you understand this clause?
13:18You're standing too close.
13:20Your enemies won't step back just because you're embarrassed.
13:22I lowered my head and followed Kale's finger to an anonymous transfer.
13:26That money had paid off the gambling debt left by Aria's dead husband.
13:29The recipient belonged to a Voss underground casino.
13:32She didn't come to Blackhorn by accident.
13:36Now you're starting to sound like an heir.
13:38Aria is here.
13:40She says she wants to return your shawl in person.
13:44When Aria came to the Voss estate, she was holding the cashmere shawl.
13:48Ash, Riven, and Finn came with her.
13:50The moment they saw me, their faces changed.
13:52My scent was completely Voss now.
13:56Serena, how could you-
13:57You washed us off?
13:59Serena, do you understand what it means for all three of our scents to be gone?
14:03It means I'm finally clean.
14:07Serena, I thought about it.
14:09This shawl was yours to begin with.
14:11I'm giving it back.
14:12I looked at that shawl.
14:14Anse, I had treasured it.
14:15Now, it only looked dirty.
14:17I don't want it.
14:18She's already lowered her head.
14:19She came here to apologize.
14:21So I'm required to forgive her?
14:22It's just a shawl.
14:24Yes.
14:25Just a shawl.
14:26But when you gave it to me, you said it meant Blackthorn would always protect me.
14:30Now that it's been on her shoulders, suddenly it's just a shawl.
14:33Kale raised his hand.
14:34The housekeeper brought over a black fox fur cloak.
14:37Dark as midnight.
14:38With sharp silver clasps, Kale draped it over my shoulders himself.
14:41His thumb brushed my collarbone as he slowly fastened the first clasp.
14:45My breathing caught.
14:46He acted as if he hadn't noticed.
14:48Cold?
14:50No.
14:52Liar.
14:53He pulled the fur tighter around me.
14:55Then, in front of everyone, he bent down.
14:57And kissed my collarbone.
15:03Look closely.
15:05She wears Vos now.
15:07And the only mark left on her body will be mine.
15:10The entire sitting room went dead silent.
15:13Aria stared at the fresh red mark on my collarbone.
15:15The jealousy in her eyes was impossible to hide.
15:18I looked at Aria.
15:19When you wore my shawl, that was theft.
15:21When he put this fur on me, that was being chosen.
15:25That's the difference.
15:26Aria's face turned white.
15:28Then, suddenly, she laughed.
15:29Serena, are you really going to pretend you didn't get close to Kale Vox just to hurt them?
15:34You don't like Kale.
15:36You only want Ash, Rev, and Finn to regret.
15:39The old me would have rushed to explain.
15:41This time, I didn't.
15:42I only turned to Kale.
15:43She says I don't like you.
15:45Do you?
15:46I walked up to Kale, grabbed his tie, and pulled him down.
15:49I rose onto my toes.
15:50My lips did not touch his.
15:51They only brushed his jaw.
15:52Close enough for everyone to see our breath mix.
15:54I do now.
15:55Kale went still for two seconds.
15:57Then he smiled.
15:57You learn fast.
15:58I leaned into Kale's arms and looked at the jealousy twisting Aria's face.
16:02For the first time, she looked pathetic.
16:04You leaned on them to steal my place.
16:06I leaned on him to take my place back.
16:08We are not the same.
16:09Serena, you never used to be like this.
16:11I also never used to get sold by the people I trusted.
16:14Just then, a Vosguard hurried in.
16:15Boss, Blackthorn Family Cemetery has trouble.
16:19Someone dug up that Packlord's grave.
16:21My blood turned cold.
16:23At last, I understood.
16:24The four of them weren't just trying to drag me back.
16:26They wanted to use my father's relics to force me home.
16:28Kale held my waist.
16:29His voice was cold enough to cut.
16:31Do you want me to kill them?
16:32By the time I reached the Blackthorn Cemetery, rain was pouring down.
16:35In front of my father's headstone, the soil had been dug open.
16:38The Packlord crest was gone.
16:39My father had worn that crest for 20 years.
16:42It was the one relic I had never dared to touch.
16:44Now, it was clenched in Riven's hand.
16:46Ash and Finn stood behind him.
16:48Aria held Leo in her arms, hiding in the rain.
16:50She was already forcing tears.
16:52Serena, they just wanted you to come home.
16:54You dug up my father's grave?
16:56Sign the inheritance waiver.
16:58I'll give the crest back.
16:59We won't damage it.
17:00You have been influenced by Vos too deeply.
17:02Blackthorn cannot be handed to you.
17:04Kale stood behind me, holding the umbrella over my head.
17:06Rain soaked half his shoulder.
17:08Kill them?
17:08No.
17:09I walked toward Riven.
17:10He tightened his grip on the crest.
17:12Don't come any closer!
17:13Kneel.
17:13Kale's guards drew their guns.
17:15Red dots landed on Riven's chest.
17:17She told you to kneel.
17:18Riven's knees bent little by little.
17:20Then he dropped into the mud.
17:21I looked at Ash.
17:22Kneel, too.
17:23Finn was last.
17:24He knelt the fastest and looked the most pathetic.
17:27Serena, I'm sorry.
17:28I took the crest back from Riven.
17:30I did not cry.
17:31I only turned to Kale.
17:33I want to hold the inheritance meeting.
17:34Right now?
17:35Right now.
17:36I looked down at the three men kneeling in the mud.
17:38Regret is too light.
17:39I want them to lose everything they have now.
17:41The inheritance council was held in Blackthorn's main hall.
17:44My father's portrait hung at the highest point of the room.
17:47I stood beneath it.
17:47Ash, Riven, and Finn stood in the center of the hall.
17:50They looked humiliated.
17:51But they had not lost yet.
17:52Because Ash quickly took out a document.
17:54Serena, sign the inheritance waiver.
17:56You can still stay in Blackthorn.
17:58Otherwise, your relationship with Vos will bring shame to the entire pack.
18:02Serena, just sign it.
18:04We can start over.
18:05Aria held Leo.
18:06Her eyes red.
18:07Serena, I know you hate me.
18:09But you can't destroy the entire Blackthorn just for revenge.
18:13Many people in the hall began to waver.
18:14They were afraid of Vos.
18:16Afraid Blackthorn would fall under the control of an enemy alpha.
18:18They did not care whether I had been hurt.
18:20They only cared whether the pack would be humiliated.
18:22I picked up the document, turned it page by page.
18:25Ash's expression relaxed.
18:26He thought I was scared.
18:27Aria could barely hide her smile.
18:29She thought I would sign.
18:30I turned to the final page.
18:31It stated that once signed, all funds, properties, and the pack seat under my name would be transferred
18:36to the joint control of my three temporary guardians.
18:39So, you don't just want me to give up the inheritance.
18:42You want to take everything my father left me.
18:44Okay.
18:45What?
18:45I can sign it.
18:46But before I do, I want to show everyone something.
18:49The screen lit up.
18:50In the first video, Aria was wearing my shawl.
18:53When Vos sends you back, you'll know how to bow your head.
18:56The second file was the transfer contract from the Vos auction house.
18:59Ash's signature.
19:00Riven's witness seal.
19:01Finn's consent record.
19:02The third was the auction recording.
19:04The auctioneer read my name in public.
19:06Only daughter of the late Blackthorn pack lord, still carrying the scent of three alphas.
19:10The crowd laughed at me.
19:11In the shadows on the second floor, Ash, Riven, and Finn watched everything.
19:15The fourth video showed the cemetery.
19:17Riven held my father's crest in his hand and forced me to sign away my inheritance.
19:21The elders' faces changed completely.
19:23Maybe they did not pity me, but they knew one thing.
19:25Sending the late pack lord's only daughter to the Vos auction house was a scandal for
19:28all of Blackthorn.
19:29Those are just internal disciplinary actions.
19:32Internal disdisciplinary actions need Vos family auctioneers?
19:36We just wanted to teach you a lesson.
19:38With my body?
19:38With my reputation?
19:40With my father's badge?
19:42Serena, I was wrong.
19:43I really thought you would come back.
19:44You thought I would be sent back, crying and coming back, kneeling and begging you to
19:50take me back again.
19:52The head housekeeper projected the ledger onto the screen.
19:54Every expense Aria had run up over the past three years.
19:57Dresses, jewelry, private tutors for Leo, medical bills, a seaside villa.
20:02All of it paid from my trust.
20:03Aria had not only tried to steal three alphas.
20:05She wanted my men, my seat, my house, my money, everything that was mine.
20:09Now, I formally claim the inheritance of Blackthorn.
20:13The chairman of the Elders Council stood.
20:15Serena Blackthorn, can you prove that Ash, Riven, and Finn are only temporary guardians?
20:20Serena, stop being ridiculous.
20:22Without us, you are nothing.
20:25Really?
20:25Kale's lawyer stepped forward and placed my father's real will before the council.
20:29The document was clear.
20:30I was the heir to Blackthorn.
20:32Ash, Riven, and Finn were only temporary guardians.
20:35The moment I claimed my inheritance, their authority would automatically expire.
20:38She is the real heir?
20:40Those three alphas were only in charge?
20:43Are we about to have our first Luna godmother?
20:46At last, Ash, Riven, and Finn's faces changed.
20:49Impossible.
20:50When did you find out?
20:51A little later than you, but a little smarter than you.
20:54I picked up the pen and signed the first order.
20:56Not an inheritance waiver.
20:58A removal order for the three temporary guardians.
21:00Freeze Ash's financial authority.
21:03Second, remove Riven from armed command.
21:05Third, relial Finn's control over household and medical resources.
21:09Fourth, investigate every expense tied to the area and her son.
21:12Serena, you can't do this!
21:13When you wore my shoal, did you wonder whether I could?
21:16The elders voted.
21:17The motion passed by majority.
21:18For the first time, the three alphas who had once stood above everyone lost their power in the middle of
21:23Blackthorn Hall.
21:23I sat down in the main seat.
21:25Now?
21:26Eying invite the three former guardians to explain.
21:29Why did you send me to the Vos auction block?
21:34Kaol stood behind me and laughed softly.
21:37Now you're starting to look like the owner.
21:38Ash still tried to steady the room.
21:40Serena Vos is using you.
21:42He is the sworn enemy of every wolf family under Blackthorn.
21:45We were only afraid he would deceive you.
21:47For I could answer.
21:48Kaol laughed under his breath.
21:49You sold her to me.
21:50And now you're worried I'll deceive her?
21:52No one in the hall dared to respond.
21:54I looked at Arya.
21:55And you?
21:56Do you also think he deceived me?
21:58Arya cried.
22:00Serena, I only wanted to survive.
22:02I never wanted to take your place.
22:04I raised my hand.
22:05The fifth piece of evidence appeared.
22:07Before Arya ever entered Blackthorn, she already knew I was the heir.
22:11The sixth was the record of her dead husband's gambling debt.
22:14The seventh was the payment Finn had made for my trust.
22:17Finn's face went white.
22:18Arya panicked.
22:19She turned to Finn.
22:20You said you would protect me!
22:22You said it was for medical bills!
22:23If you weren't willing, how could I have gotten the money?
22:26Then she pointed at Ash.
22:27And you?
22:28You were the one who said Serena didn't know how to manage anything.
22:32And you were the leading Ennyswick.
22:34You said the money was wasted on her.
22:37Arya.
22:37Don't pretend you're innocent either!
22:39You were the one who said she needed to learn obedience.
22:42You said to send her to Vos.
22:44Could have said to find Rowan.
22:45And once he threw her to Lindsay back, she'd never dare fight me again!
22:50Z the hall erupted.
22:51Kale Vos already touched her!
22:54She carries Vos scent!
22:56How could she be fit to rule Blackthorn?
22:58A girl bought by an enemy alpha has no right to judge us!
23:01Ash spoke.
23:02Serena's too deeply tied to Vos now.
23:04Before I could say anything, Kale walked up behind me.
23:06His fingers gently brushed the hair away from the back of my neck.
23:09The entire hall saw the silver mate mark.
23:12Clean.
23:12Clear.
23:13A silver pattern blessed by the moon goddess herself.
23:16She is the luna the moon goddess gave me.
23:19I would never hurt her.
23:20And I would never harm the family that belongs to her.
23:23The entire hall sucked in a breath.
23:24Kale bent down.
23:25His lips hovered almost against the silver mark.
23:28Then, in front of everyone, he bit lightly beside it.
23:31Heat shot through the back of my neck.
23:33Ash went rigid.
23:34Riven's breathing turned heavy.
23:36Finn's eyes reddened in a terrifying way.
23:38As for my scent, that is protection.
23:41But Serena, I love-
23:44Enough!
23:45I looked toward the Elder's Council.
23:47Aria and her son are expelled from Blackthorn.
23:50All stolen funds will be recovered.
23:52They will never again receive protection under the Blackthorn name.
23:55You can't do this!
23:56She can.
23:58Because she is Serena Blackthorn.
23:59And you are just the woman who stole her shoal.
24:03You think I did all this alone?
24:04I wasn't the one who wanted Serena gone the most!
24:07Aria was dragged back.
24:09The shawl fell to the floor.
24:10I did not rush to have her taken away.
24:13Talk.
24:14She looked at Ash, Riven, and Finn.
24:16Then she looked at the Branch Elders in the hall.
24:18It was them.
24:20They never wanted Serena to inherit.
24:22After the late Pack Lord died,
24:24everyone said she was just a spoiled little princesses.
24:27They were afraid she would lead Blackthrone.
24:31Afraid she would choose an outsider as her mate.
24:33Afraid she would take Blackthrone away from them.
24:34Several Branch Elders went pale.
24:36I looked at them.
24:37So this was never just Aria's ambition.
24:39It was not only the betrayal of three Alphas.
24:42It was Blackthorn's old order itself.
24:44None of them wanted me awake.
24:46I had the housekeeper release the final set of evidence.
24:49Messages between Aria and the Branch Elders.
24:52They taught her how to get close to Finn.
24:54How to provoke me.
24:55How to make the three Alphas lose faith in me.
24:57How to get me sent to Vos.
24:59Then wait for me to be returned.
25:01The hall descended into chaos.
25:02I stood.
25:03Everyone involved will be stripped of their Elder Seat.
25:05All assets under their names will be audited.
25:07Like Aria and her son, they are expelled from Blackthorn's circle.
25:10Serena, this will throw Blackthorn into chaos.
25:12No, you are the chaos, not Blackthorn.
25:15Now you're not just taking Blackthorn back.
25:17You're rewriting it.
25:18The first to be dealt with was Ash.
25:20Anse, I trusted his judgment the most.
25:22He controlled Blackthorn's laws.
25:24And he controlled my ignorance.
25:25I placed the audit order in front of him.
25:27From today on, you will no longer handle any Blackthrone legal documents.
25:31All approval authority under your name is frozen.
25:33Serena, everything I did was for the stability of the pack.
25:36No.
25:37You were afraid I would grow up.
25:38Afraid I would learn how to read what you had done.
25:40His face went completely white.
25:42The second was Riven.
25:43I had someone take away his armed division badge.
25:45Without me, the ports will fall into disorder.
25:47Behind me, Kale laughed once.
25:49Vos can guard them for her.
25:51Riven snapped his gaze toward him, eyes full of fury.
25:53I raised my hand, signaling Kale not to speak.
25:56This is Blackthorn.
25:57I will handle the ports myself.
25:58You once said anyone who touched me would die by your hand.
26:01Later, you handed me to someone else yourself.
26:03From today on, you're assigned to the lowest patrol unit.
26:06You will guard the outer wall.
26:09When you learn how to protect instead of control, you may come see me again.
26:13Serena.
26:14I did not soften.
26:16He had no soldiers now.
26:17Ash had no authority.
26:19For the first time, they realized I was not throwing a tantrum.
26:22I was dismantling their throne.
26:23Finally, I looked at Finn.
26:25His face was white as death, because he knew.
26:27Of the three of them, he was the one I had been least willing to let go.
26:30Finn stood in the center of the hall, his eyes frighteningly red.
26:33In the past, whenever he looked at me like that, I softened.
26:35Because he had always been the gentle one.
26:37He stayed with me when I couldn't sleep.
26:39He stood outside my door when my wolf instincts became unstable.
26:42When I cried, he would say,
26:43Don't be scared, Serena.
26:45That was why his betrayal hurt the most.
26:47I placed the household medical and wolf instinct care records in front of him.
26:51From today on, you no longer manage Blackthorne's household, medical care, or any wolf instinct care resources.
26:56Serena, don't do this.
26:57I was only trying to take care of everyone.
27:00I laughed softly.
27:01Everyone?
27:02Or Aria?
27:03He went silent.
27:05I turned the pages one by one for him to see.
27:07Every care session Aria received.
27:09Every dose of medicine.
27:10Every time she was too weak.
27:13All of it came from my trust.
27:15Your tenderness towards her?
27:16It was carved out of me.
27:18Finn's tears fell.
27:19I was wrong.
27:21I really know I was wrong.
27:23Can you give me one more chance?
27:24I looked at him for a long time.
27:26I remembered him staying with me until dawn.
27:28Remembered him wiping away my tears.
27:30Remembered him telling me that from then on...
27:32Don't be scared, Serena.
27:33From now on, we're your family.
27:35Then, I remembered him standing in front of Aria and saying to me...
27:38Enough, Serena.
27:40At last, I understood.
27:41The gentlest person can also be the cruelest.
27:43Because when he hurts you, he still makes you feel like you were the unreasonable one.
27:48Finn, I will not give you another chance.
27:50Because every chance you gave Aria was stolen from me.
27:53Finn dropped to his knees.
27:55I did not help him up.
27:56I did not look back.
27:58Serena, you won.
27:59But are you really going to abandon all three of us for Vos?
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