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00:00My father poisoned my mother for his mistress, seized my grandfather's clan as his own, and tried to have me
00:06and my brother killed.
00:07They thought I was dead.
00:08Instead, I walked into the palace under another name, and became Alpha King's fated mate.
00:14Every single one of them will pay for what they've done.
00:16My mother died giving birth to my brother.
00:18At her funeral, my father broke down sobbing again and again.
00:22The guests caught his grief and cried along with him.
00:24Everyone said what a devoted man he was, how deeply he had loved her.
00:28Only I knew he was performing.
00:30When my mother went into labor, my father locked me in the east attic.
00:33You're just a little brat who'll only get in the way.
00:36I was seven.
00:37I didn't fully understand what was happening.
00:40I only knew my mother needed me.
00:42So while the servants weren't watching, I slipped out through the attic's side door.
00:46On the way to her room, I heard him tell the nurse.
00:49Save the child.
00:50Don't worry about the mother.
00:52I stumbled backward and ran.
00:54He caught me.
00:55His face was blank.
00:58Grabbed my arm and dragged me back to the attic.
01:02Not a word.
01:04Or I'll make sure you never speak again.
01:06By the time I escaped a second time and reached my mother's room, they told me she was gone.
01:11Too much blood loss during delivery.
01:13I pushed inside and saw her face.
01:15Gray, sallow, the skin around her lips and nose dark and discolored.
01:19That wasn't blood loss.
01:21That was poison.
01:22I was a child.
01:23I screamed it at everyone in that room.
01:25No one listened.
01:26Because no one dared.
01:27My father locked me in the basement.
01:29Then he brought a doctor to the house and had the doctor tell everyone I was out of my mind
01:33with grief.
01:34That I didn't know what I was saying.
01:36I stayed in the basement for seven days.
01:38The servants brought only water.
01:39Just enough to keep me alive.
01:41My father came on the seventh day.
01:43He stood in front of me.
01:44I was nearly faint from hunger.
01:46He wanted me dead.
01:47I grabbed his leg.
01:48Father!
01:49I was wrong.
01:51I made a mistake.
01:53Mother died from blood loss.
01:55That's all.
01:56They let me out.
01:57By then the mourning period was already over and she had been quietly buried.
02:01My father wept many times at her funeral.
02:03So many times that everyone said what a sentimental man he was.
02:06Then a new person came to live with us.
02:09Her name was Sylvia Cole.
02:10The servants called her Mrs. Cole.
02:12My father told me to call her Aunt Sylvia.
02:14She brought her six-year-old daughter Selene with her.
02:18Sylvia was her mother's closest friend before her marriage, almost like a sister.
02:22She felt compassion for the two children who had lost their mother and decided to stay and help us.
02:28I was only seven, but I wasn't stupid.
02:31My mother had no friend named Cole.
02:34But my father had a childhood sweetheart named Cole.
02:37I knew this because my mother had been beaten more than once over that woman.
02:43My father, Ethan Voss, came from nothing.
02:47But he was brilliant.
02:52And he caught the attention of my grandfather.
02:57Who was the Campbell clan's alpha leader at the time.
03:00My grandfather had only one child, a mother, and no male heir.
03:04He brought Ethan into the pack.
03:06Made him my mother's mate.
03:08Gave him rank.
03:09Gave him everything.
03:11Within five years, Ethan had risen from a commoner to one of the most powerful figures in the clan.
03:16My grandfather treated him like a son.
03:19Then my grandfather died suddenly.
03:22And the leadership passed to Ethan.
03:26After that, he changed.
03:29First came the insults.
03:31Then violence.
03:33It only stopped when my mother became pregnant.
03:39During those months, Ethan barely came home.
03:42One day, my mother received a message and rushed out.
03:50She came back half a day later.
03:52Her face swollen.
03:53Her eyes red.
03:54She refused to tell me what had happened.
03:57She just held me and cried.
03:59I pieced together the truth later from fragments of overheard conversation.
04:03Ethan had been keeping a woman in secret.
04:06Her name was Sylvia.
04:07They had grown up together.
04:09They had a daughter who was only a year younger than me.
04:14So when Sylvia Cole walked into our territory with little Selene,
04:18I finally understood why my mother was dead.
04:21Ethan and Sylvia had taken everything.
04:24It wasn't the Campbell clan anymore.
04:26It was Ethan Voss' clan.
04:28I began to wonder whether my grandfather's death had really been an accident.
04:37So my brother and I had to survive.
04:40Sylvia was capable.
04:42Within a year, she became my father's official mate.
04:45She took over the clan's affairs, large and small,
04:49and had every servant loyal to her within months.
04:52Her reputation spread.
04:54She was the moon goddess' gift to the earth,
04:56generous and full of love,
04:58who cherished her mate's children more than her own.
05:01Only, I knew she was slowly destroying us.
05:05She hired the strictest tutors for Selene.
05:07Dance.
05:11Combat training.
05:12Etiquette.
05:13Conduct.
05:14Everything a future alpha's mate or high-ranking beta would need to know.
05:17As for me,
05:18she said she couldn't bear to watch me suffer.
05:20So I had no teachers.
05:22No instruction of any kind.
05:24You'll find a good mate eventually.
05:25There's no need to push yourself.
05:27On the surface,
05:28the best food and supplies were sent to my room.
05:32In reality,
05:33they only passed through my room on their way to Selene's.
05:35My meals were worse than the servants.
05:38I complained.
05:39No one believed me.
05:41My father may have had his suspicions,
05:43but he didn't care.
05:45When I accused Sylvia,
05:46she never argued back.
05:48She only pressed her lips together
05:50and let the tears fall.
05:51In everyone's eyes,
05:53I was a spoiled,
05:55ungrateful girl.
05:56And she was a silent saint,
05:58enduring my cruelty.
06:00What waited for me after her
06:01was my father's hand across my face.
06:04You're exactly like your mother.
06:07Disgusting.
06:08You were born useless.
06:15I was punished by the clan
06:16for speaking against Sylvia.
06:18I was bedridden for more than two weeks.
06:20You were born useless.
06:22My reputation grew worse.
06:24Sylvia began using uglier tactics.
06:27Alphas and betas started appearing around me.
06:30All of them handsome young men
06:31who paid me particular attention
06:33wrote me letters.
06:34And one even suggested we run away together.
06:37A woman who ran away from the clan
06:39lost her status.
06:41Even her right to bond.
06:42Even if she was a high-ranking beta.
06:45I sent them all away.
06:46But my reputation kept deteriorating.
06:49My father used it to accuse me constantly.
06:52Undisciplined.
06:54Shameless.
06:55A disgrace to the family.
06:57The others in the territory whispered that I was a flirt.
07:00The others in the territory whispered that I was a flirt.
07:00That I was loose.
07:02Selene often came to mock me.
07:05Sending servants to sneer at me when I walked past.
07:08I understood what they were doing.
07:10They wanted to break me with words until I collapsed.
07:14I was not going to give them that.
07:20My brother's situation was slightly better.
07:23Sylvia had no sons.
07:24Which made my brother my father's only son.
07:27She didn't dare abuse him openly.
07:29So his meals were decent.
07:31But in every other way,
07:33she was crueler to him than she was to me.
07:36When he was five,
07:38she arranged for two young betas
07:40to teach him to gamble.
07:43I found out and broke both their hands.
07:47He's a fast learner.
07:48When he was seven,
07:49He'll be a great night.
07:51Thank you, Master Cole.
07:52That means a great deal to us.
07:54His teachers praised his academic progress.
07:59The next day,
08:02two beautiful omegas appeared in his room,
08:05claiming they were worried about the cold.
08:09That same night,
08:15I returned them both to Sylvia's room.
08:24People called me a violent lunatic.
08:29I knew I couldn't protect my brother forever.
08:31I was nearly of mating age.
08:34When that day came,
08:36I would be sent away.
08:37But my reputation was already destroyed.
08:40No respected alpha in this territory
08:42would take me as a mate.
08:44Sylvia would have me expelled from the territory
08:46and killed on the road to wherever they sent me.
08:49I had considered running away with my brother.
08:51But unmated women from the clan couldn't enter other territories.
08:56We wouldn't get far.
08:57And Sylvia would have us tracked down and killed and blame it on rogue wolves.
09:01This territory,
09:02this clan,
09:03had been built by my grandfather
09:04and inherited by my mother.
09:06I was not going to hand it to Sylvia and my father.
09:12The moon goddess gave my brother and me a reason to hope.
09:16The alpha king had taken the throne.
09:18He needed a mate.
09:20Every clan leader was required to send one daughter to the palace,
09:24from whom the most suitable woman would be chosen as the alpha king's companion.
09:29In the Vos family,
09:31only I and Sylvia qualified.
09:33I was the eldest daughter of the Vos family.
09:36Sylvia was my stepsister.
09:37By right,
09:38it should be me who was sent to the palace.
09:41I knew my father and Sylvia would never allow it.
09:43They were afraid of what I might do if I ever gain real standing.
09:46So I went to Sylvia directly.
09:48Send my brother to the royal academy.
09:50Give him enough money to study there for ten years.
09:52I'll enter a convent and become a nun.
09:54Let Selene go to the palace in my place.
09:56The royal academy was far from the territory.
10:00Its headmaster had been the old alpha king's teacher.
10:02My father had no influence there.
10:05Neither did Sylvia.
10:06Ten years would be enough time for my brother to grow into a strong and independent alpha.
10:12You've used underhanded means to put Selene in my place.
10:14But as long as I'm alive,
10:15I will expose the scheme.
10:17I knew she didn't want my brother out of her reach.
10:19But she wanted Selene in the palace.
10:21Both you and Selene would be finished in the alpha king's eyes.
10:24Is it worth it?
10:26The next morning,
10:27her servant came to tell me my brother's bags were packed.
10:31Your brother has already packed his bags.
10:34My brother came to say goodbye.
10:37His eyes were red.
10:39He started crying.
10:41Sister, I'm leaving.
10:43What about you?
10:44I ruffled his hair.
10:45Study hard.
10:47Become an alpha everyone respects.
10:51Then come back and protect me.
10:53I didn't tell him about my plans for revenge.
10:55He was only eight.
10:59He only knew our mother was dead.
11:02That Sylvia and Selene treated us like outsiders.
11:06That our father didn't care.
11:08That our father didn't care.
11:08We only had each other.
11:10Sister, in five years I'll come back at the top of my class.
11:13I'll be your support.
11:14I'll take you away from here and give you the best life.
11:17I smiled and nodded.
11:23I'll be waiting.
11:25I'll be waiting.
11:26I'll be waiting.
11:47Promise me you'll wait.
11:49Promise.
11:51The next morning I hurried him out early.
11:54I was afraid of delays.
11:56Afraid something would go wrong.
11:58He understood.
11:59He looked back one last time before he left.
12:05After he was gone, Sylvia moved quickly.
12:08She started spreading rumors.
12:10She said I had become devout.
12:12That I wanted to enter a convent.
12:14And that she had been desperately trying to talk about it.
12:17She looked genuinely worried.
12:19I asked quietly around and found out why.
12:23The Alpha King's selection date had been moved forward.
12:26I didn't argue with her.
12:28I let the rumors spread.
12:29I began praying visibly at home.
12:32Announcing that I intended to become a man.
12:34I declared that in three days I would leave for the convent outside the territory.
12:39I knew this was my first real confrontation with Sylvia.
12:43My brother was safe.
12:44I had nothing holding me back.
12:47Sylvia wanted Selina in the palace.
12:50So did I.
12:51Not for wealth.
12:52For power.
12:53Only power would let me bring those two to justice.
12:57So I had to win.
12:59Three days later, two things shook the territory.
13:03First, Serena Vos.
13:05The eldest Alpha daughter of the Vos family.
13:08Had renounced clan life.
13:10And left alone for the convent.
13:12Second, the clan leader and his wife refused to let her go.
13:15But Serena got into a carriage and left anyway.
13:19On the road, she was attacked by the police.
13:22The carriage was on the road.
13:24Nobody was ever found.
13:30Witnesses said the clan leader and his wife collapsed at the cliff's edge.
13:33The wife tried to throw herself over several times.
13:36People said she truly loved that girl.
13:39I walked through the market listening to vendors gossip about how kind Sylvia was.
13:44And how reckless and ungrateful Serena had been.
13:47I had to stop myself from laughing.
13:50Ethan and Sylvia worked in perfect coordination.
13:54Their performance was flawless.
13:56That ambush had been arranged by Sylvia.
13:58But I had seen it coming.
13:59She couldn't let me keep threatening Selene's position.
14:02Even if I actually entered a convent, she wouldn't trust me.
14:07So the whole convent plan was a performance for her benefit.
14:10And I happened to need a reason to disappear.
14:13When the attackers appeared on the road,
14:15I punctured their rear wheel with a nail and let the carriage roll toward the cliff.
14:20In confusion, I jumped out and hid in the trees.
14:24I found that the witnesses stood.
14:25It looked like the carriage went over with someone in it.
14:29I was dead now.
14:31Ethan and Sylvia had no reason to keep watching me.
14:34Which meant I could travel to the palace without interference.
14:38My father had the clan title and connections.
14:41If he wanted to block me from the selection, he could.
14:44But as a dead woman, no one would stop me.
14:47I stopped in front of a large house on the edge of the city.
14:51I had to come here.
14:53The man inside was my way into the palace.
14:55I waited until sunset.
14:59A covered carriage came down the road and stopped.
15:01An older man stepped out, ruddy-faced,
15:04wearing the gray uniform of a royal steward.
15:07I smiled, pulled back my hood, and stepped forward.
15:19The royal steward standing before me was Gerald Holt.
15:23He had served as the head steward to the previous Alpha King for decades.
15:27When the old Alpha King died, many loyal servants chose to die with him.
15:32Those who remained were reassigned.
15:34Gerald had been moved to the palace's internal administration department.
15:38He now oversaw the current year's mate selection.
15:41He had known my mother.
15:43I looked like her.
15:45He recognized me at once.
15:48Forty years in the palace had made him shrewd.
15:51He understood my intentions quickly.
15:53Everyone says Miss Vos is savage, cruel, and ungrateful.
15:58Standing here now, this old man thinks the people of that territory have been thoroughly deceived.
16:04The disappearance plan is clever, but I don't quite understand what Miss Vos has to do with me.
16:11I'm afraid I can't accept someone calling me father.
16:14I bowed again.
16:17I want to enter Alpha King's palace.
16:20Please help me.
16:26Gerald narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
16:29You are the old Alpha King's chief steward.
16:33Everyone in the palace respects you.
16:35Now there's a new Alpha King on the throne,
16:38and you've been moved from chief steward to internal administration.
16:42On the surface, not much has changed, but you know it has.
16:46You know too much.
16:48The people who want you gone are still holding back because the old king hasn't been dead long.
16:53But in two years, your position will become very dangerous.
16:57One evening, someone might find you face down in the fountain.
17:00If I enter the palace, I can protect you.
17:04Once I have standing, I will protect you.
17:07As a show of good faith, I would like to call you my foster father.
17:11Just between us, a daughter greeting her father.
17:17Gerald had not chosen to die with the old king, which told me he feared death.
17:22Forty years in that place had made him many enemies.
17:25His protector was gone.
17:26He needed an ally.
17:28He was silent for a long moment.
17:30It seems I'm lucky even at my age.
17:33What a clever daughter I have.
17:37Three days later, I entered the Alpha King's territory.
17:41My cover identity was Serena Ward, daughter of the Hollow Clan leader, an alpha.
17:48Gerald said the shared first name was a coincidence,
17:50and that the Hollow Bloodline had a distant connection to my grandfather's family a few generations back,
17:56which might explain any resemblance people noticed.
17:59The Hollow Clan leader held a mid-level position.
18:02Under normal circumstances, his daughter would not have qualified for the mate selection.
18:08But there were exceptions.
18:11After consolidating power, the new Alpha King's treasury was strained.
18:16Officials who voluntarily donated to the royal family received certain privileges in return.
18:21Gerald had paid my entry fee.
18:22He had specifically chosen the Hollow family because the overlapping bloodlines gave me a plausible explanation.
18:30If anyone noticed, I looked like someone from the Voss family.
18:34I received the lowest candidate rank.
18:39Gerald told me that Selene had also entered the territory at a much higher rank.
18:44Her father, Ethan, held the Voss Clan leadership title in a beta advisory position,
18:50both of which carried significant weight at the royal court.
18:54The new arrivals entered the palace in order of rank.
18:57Selene walked at the front, surrounded by the flattery of the others.
19:01She didn't notice me at all.
19:03I made sure she would.
19:05The deliberately made noise, drew everyone's attention, and Selene turned around and saw me.
19:11Her face went white.
19:12She kept her composure and didn't confront me immediately.
19:16Once we were assigned to our rooms, I could feel her eyes following me across the courtyard.
19:22She stared as she left, as if trying to see through my face.
19:26I smiled pleasantly, pretended not to notice,
19:29and struck up a conversation with one of the other candidates.
19:36My quarters were in the East Courtyard, a quiet garden.
19:39I was the only one there, which was not a privilege.
19:43It was the most remote part of the palace, furthest from the Alpha King's residence.
19:49The others had paid to be placed in closer rooms.
19:52I had paid nothing.
19:54The current Alpha King was not a man who indulged in female company.
19:58He was upright, and had not sought a mate until after his coronation.
20:02He wanted only a fated partner, someone whose compatibility with him was the highest possible.
20:08In those first days, all the new candidates underwent etiquette training.
20:13On the night of the full moon, we would be arranged to take the compatibility test with the Alpha King.
20:19I stayed in my room every day.
20:22Selene and the other candidates found every opportunity to cross paths with the Alpha King,
20:27hoping to make an impression.
20:29Half a month has passed.
20:31Gerald came to find me.
20:32He claimed he was bringing fabric samples for new clothes.
20:36When he arrived, I was mixing perfume.
20:41What a leisurely life you lead.
20:44Why did Father come himself?
20:47Something this small any servant could handle.
20:50Gerald was visibly anxious, which was unusual.
20:53The first time I saw him, he had been unreadable and composed.
20:57Now he was the opposite.
20:59Everyone is saying the Alpha King is very taken with Selene.
21:02She may very well become his mate.
21:08He glanced at my perfumes, clearly not understanding what I was doing, and continued.
21:13Selene used her connections to inquire about you.
21:16I've arranged for your file to be passed to her.
21:20I smiled.
21:21Thank you for the trouble.
21:23What exactly are you planning?
21:25Did you let Selene know you were here on purpose?
21:27Aren't you afraid she'll report you to the Queen Mother?
21:30I looked at him.
21:32Are you worried Selene will report me and bring you down with me?
21:36Gerald shook his head.
21:38At most, I'd face a charge of negligence.
21:40The Queen Mother wouldn't hold me responsible for that.
21:44I never intended to hide your identity from the Alpha King, either.
21:47But there's one thing he cannot stand.
21:50Being deceived.
21:51You can make mistakes, but you cannot lie to him.
21:55I smiled.
21:56Then let Father sit back and enjoy what happens next.
21:59Gerald gave up.
22:01I took my measurements, and left.
22:03Three days later, just when I had started to think Selene wasn't going to move against me,
22:08a senior servant arrived at my courtyard with several others.
22:12The Queen Mother would like to see you.
22:16I followed the servant to the Queen Mother's residence.
22:19The room was already full.
22:21The Queen Mother sat in the center.
22:24Behind her stood Selene.
22:25Behind Selene stood the other candidates.
22:28Selene looked at me with a cold smile.
22:30I stepped forward and addressed the Queen Mother first with a formal greeting.
22:34Miss Ward, Miss Voss tells me you are not Serena Ward, daughter of the Hallow Clan leader.
22:40Using a false identity is a grave offense.
22:43Do you admit it?
22:44I gave a slight bow.
22:47I am Serena Ward.
22:50I don't know why Miss Vox would say otherwise.
22:52Selene let out a contemptuous sound.
22:54Serena Voss, stop performing.
22:56I wouldn't have reported you without evidence.
22:59The young woman before you is my sister, Serena Voss, eldest daughter of the Voss family.
23:04She faked her own death, fabricated a staged attack, and infiltrated this place under a false name.
23:11Her contempt for the Alpha King is unforgivable.
23:14My father taught me to place the Alpha King above all else.
23:18Seeing someone desecrate the royal family in this way, I had no choice but to report it.
23:24I cannot allow her to continue.
23:26A few candidates began running for this.
23:29What integrity, what loyalty.
23:32The Queen Mother looked at me.
23:34What do you have to say?
23:38I looked at Selene.
23:40What evidence does Miss Voss have?
23:43I may only be a low-ranked candidate, but I have my dignity.
23:47If Miss Voss wishes to make an accusation, I'd like to see actual proof.
23:52Selene's expression sharpened.
23:53You can change your appearance, but you can't change everything.
23:56I've asked around.
23:58Your eating habits, your mannerisms, all of them match Serena Voss.
24:03I can bring members of the Voss family to testify.
24:06She turned to the Queen Mother.
24:08Serena Voss has a burn scar on her shoulder.
24:11She was careless as a child got too close to a fire.
24:15I've asked the other candidates.
24:17I've asked the other candidates.
24:17Miss Voss has the same scar.
24:19Whether or not she's my sister can be verified with a simple inspection.
24:24I smiled at myself.
24:26My eating habits had been reported to Selene by Gerald's people, according to my instructions.
24:32As for the scar, it had nothing to do with childhood carelessness.
24:35When I stopped Selene from getting a lantern my brother had made, she was furious and pressed a candle on
24:42my shoulder.
24:43Then she told everyone I had been playing carelessly with fire.
24:49Every eye in the room was on me.
24:51I gave a small bow and spoke.
24:53Your Highness, Miss Voss says her witnesses are all from her own family.
24:57They will naturally speak in her favor.
24:59That proves nothing.
25:00As for the resemblance between myself and this Serena Voss, it may be explained by the distant shared ancestry between
25:07the Hallow family and the Voss family.
25:10Some likeness between us would not be surprising.
25:14If Miss Voss wishes to verify this, she is welcome to send someone to the Hallow territory.
25:18My family will confirm everything.
25:20I looked at her.
25:22Selene held her breath.
25:23She could not bring the Hallow family to the palace, and she could not bring the Voss family either.
25:27Because the Voss family was originally the Campbell family.
25:31For years, Ethan had made sure that any distant relatives of my grandfather's bloodline had no connection to his territory.
25:38He inherited the clan leadership under the Campbell name, and then broke in his oath.
25:43If any Campbell blood appeared, even distant relations, they might challenge his right to the title.
25:48He had lived in fear of that for years.
25:52Selene changed tactics.
25:54That's deflection.
25:56If you have nothing to hide, show us your shoulder.
25:58I let my expression show hurt.
26:01Even as a low-ranked candidate, I have a family reputation to protect.
26:06Miss Voss is demanding I undress in front of this many people.
26:09That is a profound humiliation.
26:12Not only to me, but to the Alpha King I serve.
26:15I looked toward the Queen Mother.
26:17I ask your Highness to protect my dignity.
26:21Selene read my resistance as guilt, which made her more confident.
26:25Serena Voss, you're panicking.
26:28If you're innocent, why won't you prove it?
26:32The Queen Mother remained silent throughout.
26:34I knew she didn't want to be directly involved, so she had let Selene take the lead.
26:39But none of that mattered now.
26:40I pulled back my collar and bared my shoulder.
26:44Smooth skin.
26:46No scar.
26:50No physical evidence.
26:52Selene's entire accusation was unfunded, which made me the victim.
26:57I'm only a humble candidate.
26:59Having been publicly humiliated by Miss Voss, what reason do I have to go on living?
27:03I turned and walked directly into the nearest stone pillar I had practiced.
27:08The impact looked severe, but only broke the skin.
27:11Blood came.
27:12I closed my eyes.
27:13Candidate bullying was an extremely serious matter.
27:17No one had expected anything like this.
27:19No one could accuse me anymore.
27:20In everyone's eyes, I had harmed myself out of shame.
27:23The blame belonged to the one who had shamed me.
27:26Selene stood frozen.
27:28She couldn't believe there was nothing on my shoulder.
27:30The Queen Mother immediately called a doctor just because I was carried back to my courtyard.
27:35The doctor arrived and bandaged my wound.
27:37The whole palace was thrown into chaos.
27:40Word reached the Alpha King.
27:42I lay still, working to control my breathing, taking in the faint scent drifting through the room.
27:50It was the fragrance I had been mixing since I arrived at the palace.
27:54Months of careful preparation.
27:56Whether my plan succeeded or failed would be decided in this moment.
28:03I felt the Alpha King come to stand at my bedside.
28:06He sat down and said nothing.
28:07Then he spoke.
28:08Miss Voss' accusations were baseless.
28:10She has not yet learned proper royal conduct.
28:13She has been demoted and placed under house arrest.
28:16The best doctor will treat you.
28:18There will be no scarring.
28:19We were alone in the room.
28:21I could feel him watching me.
28:22The Alpha King sat quietly.
28:24I kept still and pretended to sleep.
28:27After some time, I heard slow and even breathing.
28:30The silence around me grew deeper.
28:31I carefully opened one eye.
28:33The Alpha King had fallen asleep, leaning against the side of my bed.
28:36I let out a breath so quiet it barely existed.
28:39I had done it.
28:40Months of careful preparation had finally paid off.
28:45The Alpha King was not a man who sought pleasure or company.
28:48Reaching someone like that required something less obvious.
28:51It was said that when the Alpha King was young, a jealous uncle had placed a curse on him.
28:56If he failed to find a high compatibility move before 30, he would die of a madness that would consume
29:01him.
29:02He hadn't believed it at first.
29:03Then he came of age and the curse proved real.
29:05His temper became erratic.
29:07He couldn't sleep at night.
29:08Each time the full moon came, he shifted into Wolfgang.
29:11He lost all reasons to keep him from injuring himself or others.
29:14The servants bowed him in chains.
29:16He had no choice but to seek his fated mate.
29:19There were 15 days until the next full moon.
29:22Gerald had told me the Alpha King hadn't slept properly in days.
29:25Now he was asleep against my pillow because of the calming perfume I had made.
29:30The plan had worked.
29:33The Alpha King came to my room for three days in a row.
29:36While he was there, I simply stayed quiet.
29:39Sometimes I read, sometimes I sat beside him while he handled official affairs.
29:44Occasionally he would hold me, pressing his face into the curve of my neck, breathing me in.
29:48He said the scent always made him calm.
29:50He was young, he was handsome.
29:52No wonder the candidates were always trying to cross his path.
29:54He noticed me watching him and looked up.
29:56I looked away quickly, a little flustered.
29:59Miss Voss?
30:00My heart jumped.
30:00Yes?
30:01You're holding the book upside down.
30:02I closed it immediately.
30:04The Alpha King stood, crossed to where I sat, and picked me up.
30:08He carried me to the bed, lay down beside me, and pulled me close.
30:13Sleep.
30:16He allowed me into his study, a privilege no other candidate had received.
30:25I set a cup of tea at his side, and caught sight of the letter in his hand.
30:29I went still.
30:30It was a report from Ethan Voss.
30:32The corner of my eye twitched.
30:34A formal letter of apology regarding the Selene incident.
30:38Pouring tea had been a pretext.
30:40The Alpha King had wanted to watch my reaction to that letter.
30:50Why did you come to the palace?
30:53His voice was calm.
30:55He pulled me down to sit on his lap.
30:56I felt the weight of the moment.
30:58This was the first time I had truly faced the Alpha King directly.
31:01If my answer satisfied him, that letter couldn't touch me.
31:04If my answer angered him, I would be executed on the spot.
31:08I kept my face steady.
31:10I need the Alpha King.
31:11And I think by now you need me as well.
31:13The Alpha King held my gaze and said nothing.
31:16He opened his mouth, showing the sharp edge of his teeth, tilted his head down slowly,
31:21and I felt them trace lightly along my neck.
31:24Gerald had told me from the beginning that the Alpha King likely already knew who I was,
31:28so there was no point in trying to deceive him.
31:31The Alpha King suddenly shifted, and I tumbled off his lap onto the floor with a small cry.
31:36I saw his mouth curve.
31:42The tea was too bitter today.
31:45I stood up and brushed the dust from my skirt.
31:48Wait for me in your room.
31:51I'll come once today's business is done.
31:53I walked out of his study and only then understood.
31:56He hadn't touched that tea.
31:58He had done that on purpose.
31:59When I returned to my room, Gerald was already waiting.
32:03You pretended to side with Ethan.
32:06I needed advance word of their next moves.
32:10Gerald hesitated, but agreed.
32:14That night, the Alpha King came to my room as usual.
32:18Something was different.
32:20His breathing was faster than before.
32:24His eyes flickered with a dim green light.
32:27The perfume seemed to have no effect on him.
32:30He held me tightly, breathing hard, almost desperately.
32:34Serena.
32:37I reached up and held him back.
32:39The Alpha King raised his head and looked at me.
32:42Serena.
32:42A gust of wind cleared the clouds.
32:45The moon, which had been hidden, appeared whole and bright.
32:49Moonlight fell across the room, fell across the Alpha King.
32:53His frame began to grow.
32:54His limbs thickened.
32:57The shift had come early.
32:59I cried out.
33:03The higher the Alpha, the more completely they lost themselves when they shifted.
33:07The Alpha King in that state would tear me apart.
33:11I should have run immediately, but I was afraid.
33:14I had no idea how to leave his sight.
33:17Oliver!
33:18I called his name directly, boldly.
33:21He seemed to still recognize it.
33:23I forced down my fear and reached out my hand toward him.
33:27This was my only chance.
33:28If I could pull him back from the madness, it would be over.
33:32I walked toward him.
33:34The moonlight surrounded us both.
33:37A gentle white light rose from my palm and slowly expanded.
33:42Servants and guards who had heard my cry pushed open the door and gasped when they saw us.
33:47I glanced back at them.
33:49The Alpha King was agitated by the intrusion.
33:52Fearless arms.
33:53My other hand caught him.
33:55Don't be afraid.
33:57He turned back to me.
33:59I pressed my palm to his chest.
34:02The white light moved slowly into him.
34:04It traveled through him.
34:06His body gradually returned to its natural form.
34:09Some onim behind me shouted,
34:11Miss Voss is the Alpha King's fated mate!
34:18The news spread through the entire palace immediately.
34:22But because it was my first time using my healing ability,
34:25the Alpha King recovered while I lost consciousness.
34:28When I woke up, there was a letter from the Voss family.
34:32Ethan was ordering me to find a way to keep Selene at the palace,
34:36or he would expose my identity.
34:39I said nothing.
34:40I burned the letter.
34:41The Alpha King had found his fated mate.
34:44The other candidates were sent back to their territories,
34:47including Selene.
34:49Before she left,
34:50Serena!
34:51She came to see me.
34:52You scheming little snake!
34:53Her eyes were full of hatred.
34:55Because she had been under house arrest,
34:57she'd had no chance to get near the Alpha King at all,
35:00let alone test their compatibility.
35:02She lunged forward and wrapped her hands around them.
35:05Stop!
35:05And the Alpha King walked in at exactly that moment.
35:08The guard seized Selene.
35:10The Alpha King was furious.
35:12He ordered Selene never be permitted to enter the palace again.
35:27The Alpha King held a grand bonding ceremony for me.
35:31My brother, as my only living family, came from the academy.
35:34We held each other tightly.
35:36I became the mate of the most powerful person in the territory.
35:40Every clan leader came with their families to offer congratulations.
35:44Except the Vos family.
35:46The Alpha King had ordered them forbidden from setting foot on royal land,
35:49but my revenge was not yet finished.
35:51Since coming to the Vos family,
35:54Sylvia had never produced a son.
35:56Ethan's only son was my brother,
35:57and my brother clearly did not stand on his father's side.
36:00I had Gerald deliver a beautiful Omega to Ethan.
36:02Sylvia had gone years without conceiving.
36:05Ethan had to be desperate by now.
36:08If a woman suddenly appeared carrying a child he believed was his,
36:12even if it turned out to be an Omega daughter,
36:15Sylvia would experience exactly what my mother had once suffered.
36:19Through Gerald's careful arrangement,
36:22Sylvia learned of Ethan's other woman.
36:23She brought a group of people to find Omega and beat her dad by the way.
36:28By the time Ethan arrived,
36:30the Omega had already miscarried.
36:33Ethan slapped Sylvia in front of everyone.
36:35Expels her from the family!
36:38Sylvia threatened him.
36:40If I am fired,
36:41I will expose everything you have done.
36:44Ethan backed down.
36:45What was just said is void.
36:47When Gerald told me this,
36:49I smiled.
36:51Everything Ethan had built over the years
36:53depended on Sylvia's silence.
36:55Her first-hand witness to what he had done.
36:58They had each trapped the other.
36:59They were each other's prisoners.
37:01But Ethan was not a man who tolerated being threatened.
37:05Withdrawing the order was just a delay.
37:08I knew Sylvia didn't have much longer.
37:12Gerald reported to me regularly about Ethan and Sylvia.
37:16They had turned on each other completely.
37:18All I needed was a small push.
37:21Ethan was obsessed with having an heir.
37:23In his eyes,
37:24my brother and I were Campbell blood,
37:26not his own children.
37:28What he truly wanted had always been a biological son.
37:31Gerald said that after the Omega miscarried,
37:34Ethan had almost immediately begun looking for someone else.
37:37This time he was more careful.
37:38I didn't act immediately.
37:39I waited four months.
37:41Then,
37:42while Ethan was away at another territory on business,
37:45I had a message quietly delivered to Sylvia.
37:48The woman had miscarried again,
37:50reportedly a boy,
37:52and Ethan had slapped Sylvia in front of everyone.
37:55I had arranged it,
37:56and still I felt a small weight of guilt,
37:58but I had no regrets.
37:59I made sure Gerald gave the woman generous compensation.
38:06That evening,
38:07the Alpha King noticed my color was off,
38:09and immediately called for a doctor.
38:15The Queen is pregnant.
38:17Startled and overjoyed,
38:19saying my name again and again,
38:21I held him back,
38:22just as happy.
38:23I knew then,
38:24my happiness was on its way to me,
38:27whole and complete.
38:28Sylvia did not die.
38:30She fell gravely ill.
38:31I knew Ethan had finally moved,
38:33but he hadn't killed her immediately,
38:36which meant something was holding him back.
38:38It had to be Selene.
38:39When Selene had returned to the Vos territory,
38:42Ethan had sent her to the most remote corner of it.
38:46Tell Sylvia what's happening to her mother.
38:48Let them sort it out themselves.
38:52That evening,
38:53Gerald told me Selene had arrived.
38:56She had always been beautiful and proud.
38:58Now she was wrapped in a dark cloak,
39:00keeping to the shadows.
39:02I knew she hated me,
39:03but now she had no choice,
39:05but to come to me.
39:07I want to make a deal.
39:08I was not interested.
39:10It's late,
39:11Miss Vos.
39:11You should go home.
39:12I'm tired.
39:14Selene hadn't expected that tone.
39:16Her expression stiffened,
39:17but she thought of her mother
39:19and pressed on.
39:23Serena Vos,
39:24there are only two of us here.
39:25You don't have to pretend.
39:27Don't you want justice for your mother?
39:29If you agree to help,
39:30my mother and I will both testify in court.
39:32Even as queen,
39:32bringing down a clan leader isn't simple.
39:34We'll provide everything you need
39:35to take Ethan down.
39:37I don't know what Miss Vos means.
39:39My mother is with the Hallow family,
39:41in good health.
39:44Show her out.
39:47Selene had been banned from the palace,
39:49and the guards threw her out.
39:51She shouted,
39:52Serena Vos!
39:54You'll regret this!
39:56Ethan won't let you go!
39:57I gave a quiet smile.
39:59I wouldn't let him go either.
40:01Your Highness,
40:02Ethan wishes to see you.
40:04I agreed.
40:05He had aged.
40:07It had been less than a year
40:08since I last saw him.
40:09But when he saw me,
40:10he gave a composed bow.
40:11Lord Vos,
40:13what brings you here?
40:14He raised his head slightly.
40:15There was calculation in his eyes,
40:17steady and present.
40:19After silence,
40:20he spoke.
40:20Your Highness,
40:21I'll say it plainly.
40:22You do what you do.
40:23I do what I do.
40:24We don't interfere with each other.
40:26Is that acceptable?
40:27I said nothing.
40:28I watched him.
40:30His tone shifted.
40:31A faint thread of threat entered it.
40:33Your Highness knows very well
40:35how you came to be in this position.
40:37I have substantial evidence
40:38that your path here
40:39was not as straightforward
40:40as it appears.
40:41If I were to pursue this,
40:42it would cause problems for everyone.
40:43I smiled slightly.
40:45Does Lord Vos believe
40:47his evidence is genuine?
40:48Ethan smiled back.
40:51Why is Your Highness
40:52so certain it isn't?
40:54He bowed again and left.
40:55The next morning,
40:56Gerald told me...
40:56Gerald said Sylvia had died.
40:58And my final plan began.
41:00A few months later,
41:02two things shook the entire kingdom.
41:04First,
41:05a grave robber broke into the burial site
41:07of the Vos clan leader's deceased mate
41:09and discovered that the bones
41:11had turned black.
41:15This was not natural death.
41:18This was poison.
41:19Moved by what he knew
41:21of the clan leader's conduct,
41:22the grave robber turned himself
41:24into the territory's court
41:25and reported his findings.
41:27At the same time,
41:28Ethan Vos' son,
41:29his recognized heir...
41:31Ethan poisoned my biological mother!
41:34The kingdom erupted in shock and outrage.
41:38Then a nurse arrived
41:40at the palace under guard.
41:43Ten years ago,
41:44I personally witnessed Ethan
41:46giving the orders
41:47and saw firsthand everything
41:48that followed.
41:49This woman was one
41:50I had found long ago.
41:51I had memorized her face
41:53many years earlier.
41:55After my mother died.
41:56I was afraid Ethan
41:58would kill this nurse
41:59to silence her.
42:00So I found her first.
42:01I had kept her hidden ever since.
42:04I had been waiting for this day.
42:08Others began questioning
42:09my grandfather's death as well.
42:11His burial site was opened.
42:13Also poisoned.
42:15My brother brought the case
42:16to the palace.
42:17The Alpha King
42:18ordered a full investigation.
42:20The results came quickly.
42:21The investigation also revealed
42:23that Sylvia had not died of illness.
42:25She too had been killed by Ethan.
42:27Three deaths.
42:28Ethan was formally arrested
42:30and imprisoned
42:30in the interrogation room.
42:33He refused to confess
42:34and instead accused me loudly.
42:36The Alpha King
42:37ordered his tongue removed.
42:38Shortly afterward,
42:40the Vos clan leadership
42:41was formally transferred
42:42to my brother.
42:43Number it was the Campbell clan now.
42:45Ethan's execution date was set.
42:47And my own due date
42:49was approaching.
42:51The child was born.
42:52A healthy boy.
42:54The Alpha King named him Cain
42:56and declared he would be
42:57his sole heir.
42:58Cain received the priest's blessing.
43:01I imagined he would grow up
43:02to be as strong and upright
43:04as his father.
43:05My brother was too occupied
43:07with clan affairs
43:08to come in person.
43:09So he sent a letter.
43:11He said he was sorry.
43:12He hadn't grown up fast enough.
43:14He had let me suffer.
43:16I told him I hadn't suffered.
43:18The Alpha King had sheltered me
43:20and now I had Cain.
43:22That night I held Cain
43:24and the Alpha King held me.
43:26Alpha King.
43:28Call me by my name.
43:30I looked at him.
43:34Oliver.
43:36Thank you for the fate
43:37that brought me to you.
43:38Oliver lowered his head
43:39and kissed me.
43:39Those words should come from me.
43:41Because of you,
43:42I found myself again.
43:43I laughed.
43:44Cain laughed too.
43:46Oliver couldn't help himself.
43:48The moonlight fell across the bed
43:50and held the three of us.
43:52I knew then.
43:53My happiness had come.
43:55All of it.
43:57Complete.
43:57seat.
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