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Rejected By The Vampire, Crowned By The Alpha King - Ep
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00:03in the year when i most longed for a handsome face i found an amnesiac man while gathering
00:07herbs on silvermoon mountain taking advantage of his injury and memory loss i persuaded him
00:12to marry me he agreed gladly on our wedding night candlelight flickered drunk and bleary-eyed i
00:19looked at him a faint blush rose on his cheeks when he lowered his head to kiss me raindrops
00:24began to fall softly outside the window in the second month after the wedding he suddenly
00:29regained his memory he said he was the heir of the blood moon family but his house controlled the
00:34blood crystal mines and asked me to go back with him i went with him to the capital but then
00:39i
00:39overheard a conversation between him and his mother and learned the truth three months earlier while
00:45gathering herbs i passed a stream in the forest and saw a man lying among the rocks a hideous sword
00:50wound on his back the water stained red with blood his skin was pale as moonlight and the silver threads
00:55on his robe gleamed coldly in the sun he was more beautiful than all the men i had ever seen
01:00put
01:01together i went up to check his breath he was alive so i carried him home on my back i
01:07tended him without
01:07rest for three days i made him a blood staunching broth a recipe my mother taught me but with the
01:13same
01:13herbs mine worked faster than others the villagers called me a born healer before she died my mother also
01:21said sarin remember humans have the prophet's prophecy neither wolf nor vampire dare harm you
01:31but still be careful of them i didn't understand then i would later on the third morning he finally
01:38woke the first words he spoke were where is this who am i he had amnesia i thought about lying
01:46telling
01:47him i was his wife after all with a face like his it wouldn't be a bad deal to have
01:51him as a husband
01:55overjoyed i dug out the six gold coins my mother had left me from under the bed a simple wedding
02:00was
02:00enough the village priest held the ceremony and everyone came to the feast that night a little
02:06drunk i looked at him and said marrying you is the luckiest thing he cupped my face in his hands
02:12his light colored eyes reflecting the candle flames i feel the same nix looked at me and kissed me then
02:18the rain began to fall drops hitting the window by the bed his hand slid to my waist fingers grazing
02:25and
02:25i shivered not from cold the rain grew heavier covering our breaths when i woke the next morning
02:31i was not tired at all turning to look at him i saw the edges of the wounds on his
02:36back glowing
02:36faintly with a pale green light days passed quickly every day i went up the mountain to gather herbs
02:42then returned to treat patients in the village or town he stayed home repairing the house i thought
02:48life would go on like that forever until one day when i came back from gathering herbs i saw two
02:54strangers in black robes standing in my yard their skin was pale their pupils reddish and thin swords hung
03:02at their belts my heart jumped i thought the men who had injured him had come for revenge he had
03:07already remembered his name dorian and was standing by the little table where we usually ate together
03:12the black robed men knelt on one knee facing him what's going on i walked to dorian's side and lowered
03:18my voice are these people here to cause you trouble he looked at me with a complicated emotion
03:23in his light colored eyes that i had never seen before sarin my memory has returned his memory had
03:29returned i thought of the first day we met the fine silver thread on his robes the faint ring mark
03:34on
03:34his finger the mark of a family crest worn for years he was no ordinary man what had he remembered
03:40did
03:41he already have a wife if his family was noble would they accept me as his wife flustered i asked
03:47then
03:49what will you do now will you come back with me to the capital before i didn't know who i
03:56was
03:56and i couldn't repay you for saving my life now that i remember come with me all right
04:05he remembered where he came from that he was not yet married and he said he wanted me as his
04:09wife
04:10i was more than willing dorian's full name was dorian blood moon the blood moon family the wealthiest
04:16vampire nobles on the continent who had controlled the blood crystal mines for generations his mother gave
04:21birth to him when she was over 400 years old he was cherished like a jewel spoiled since childhood
04:27during the two months he was missing the family spent fortunes hiring all manner of forces to find him
04:32listening to him tell me this i felt a little envious your family really loves you my mother had loved
04:39me
04:39very much too she had been the best healer in the village but she died when i was 12. before
04:45she fell
04:45ill she left me her medicine chest and a packet of seeds these are moon shadow flower seeds when they
04:52bloom you will know who you are i always thought it was just her ravings
04:59because dorian hadn't fully healed we spent several days on the road before reaching the capital
05:04one night we stopped in the wilderness moonlight flooded the plains dorian stood under the moon and
05:09from his back unfolded a pair of wings bat like their membranes dark red in the moonlight
05:13he reached out his hand to me and i took it he lifted me into the night sky the wind
05:20roared in my
05:20ears as the sun sank below the horizon darkness fell and one by one the stars appeared half a day
05:25later
05:26the carriage stopped before a great manor looking at the gate carved with the blood moon crest i felt
05:31a sudden unease as soon as the carriage stopped an elderly woman came out followed by four servants
05:37her eyes filled with tears at the sight of dorian young lord you finally returned my lady has
05:43nearly wept her eyes out how thin you've become the crowd surrounded dorian as he walked inside
05:49i followed pushed to the back dorian didn't look back once once inside the manor dorian was taken
05:56to see his mother i was randomly placed in a secluded room and forgotten about half an hour
06:02later a servant called me miss my lady requests your presence at dinner i followed him into a hall
06:0810 times larger than my home on the main seat sat a strikingly beautiful woman who lived barely 30
06:16vampires aged very slowly mother this is seren she saved my life i stepped forward and greeted her
06:23good day my lady her expression was cold her eyes scanned me from head to toe like she was a
06:29praising a
06:29worthless object seren thank you for saving my son this meal is a token of thanks so please don't stand
06:36on
06:36ceremony not a family dinner a thank you i looked at dorian but he looked away dorian and i were
06:43married two months ago you needn't thank me a flicker of unease crossed lady bloodman's face
06:48then she forced a smile you jest in our clan marriage requires approval of the family council
06:55not to mention that my son had lost his memory even if he hadn't without the family's consent
07:01the union is invalid but he was willing our wedding was witnessed by a priest her false smile finally
07:10broke dorian has been betrothed since childhood to the crimson family one of the 12 noble bloodlines
07:18his fiance is evangeline crimson daughter of the council's chief how can a common herb grather like
07:25you compare to her but we i finished she lifted a crystal glass sipped a red liquid cut me off
07:33and
07:33rose to leave dorian glanced at me hesitated and chased after her i looked at the untouched feast on the
07:40table picked up a metal fork and began to eat in the evening dorian came to see me seren what
07:50mother
07:50said today isn't true i only think of evangeline as a sister you really are betrothed to her it was
07:58arranged by the elders when we were children it doesn't count then will you break the engagement
08:06i dorian i was wrong to trick you into marrying you while you had amnesia
08:12but after you recovered you told me you weren't married now your mother doesn't like me and wants
08:17you to marry that crimson girl can't you decide your own marriage think it over and then come
08:23talk to me dorian left looking despondent the next three days i didn't see him but i heard from
08:31servants that evangeline had arrived i didn't want to court trouble so i stayed in my room yet she came
08:38to find me herself the beautiful richly dressed vampire girl opened her mouth so you're the one who
08:46saved dorian looking at her face i felt a pang of pity for such a pretty face when i didn't
08:52answer
08:52she got annoyed just as i thought a country bumpered with no manners at all and yet i am a
08:59married woman
08:59because of your dorian her face flushed from pale to red to say such things in broad daylight so this
09:07is how you seduce dorian if i didn't answer she was angry if i answered she was angrier these noble
09:14girls
09:15were impossible i simply turned and went back into my room staying out of sight should be safe right
09:21but she wouldn't let it go from outside my door she said she would go to lady blood moon for
09:26justice
09:26then stormed off i shrugged and popped a pastry into my mouth since dorian wouldn't come to me i went
09:33to
09:33find him in the evening on my way to his room i passed the study and heard voices his and
09:38his mother's
09:39i hadn't meant to eavesdrop but i caught words like crude there was probably only one person in this manner
09:45that those words could refer to
09:49dorian i tell you once more for the family's sake your wife must be evangeline crimson that woman
09:56you'll marry her only over my dead body mother you worry too much
10:03sarin is just an ordinary person i brought her back only because she saved my life
10:08just give her the status of a mistress and let her stay dorian's words struck me one by one i
10:14gripped my
10:14skirt tightly standing there i felt like i had fallen into an ice cave after a long moment i turned
10:21and
10:21walked back to my room for this trip to the capital dorian had said not to bring much so i
10:26packed only a
10:27cloth bundle a few changes of clothes my mother's medicine chest and the packet of moon shadow seeds
10:33i looked at the bundle so out of place in this luxurious room like me out of place in this
10:38manner
10:38taking a deep breath i went to lady blood mom's room under cover of night when she saw me her
10:44blood
10:44crystal glass paused mid-lift what is it this late give me 500 gold coins and i'll leave tonight
10:51a flicker of contempt crossed her face then suspicion you're truly willing to leave dorian
10:57pretending not to see her scorn he wants me as his mistress and i refuse even a mistress of the
11:04blood moon family is better than a common nobleman's wife glorious so what my mother used to say being a
11:13mistress is no life for a woman taking the 500 gold coins i hired a carriage and left the capital
11:19that same
11:19night back in the village my neighbor martha looked at me in surprise sarin child why are you back
11:26didn't you go to the capital for a good life with your husband he has a fiance and i don't
11:31want to be
11:32his mistress so i came back too right being a mistress is awful good to be home see even the
11:41village women
11:42understand this truth why couldn't dorian i stuffed the bag of coins under my bed and went back to my
11:47daily
11:47routine of gabin herbs and tending patients in the first few days after returning i began having
11:53strange dreams in the dream there was a forest and at its center stood a giant tree whose crown touched
11:58the sky between its branches flowed a silver blue light on the trees limbs were built tree houses
12:03with warm golden light in their windows rope bridges and spiral staircases connected them all the
12:09way to the highest canopy a woman stood before the great tree reaching out to me she wore a silver
12:15robe and starlight swirled in her pupils she said come back child
12:23i always woke just before she could touch me my heart raced but the dream faded like water through
12:29my fingers leaving only a faint impression luna lay by my bed rubbing her head against my hand i touched
12:36her ear and whispered to myself just a dream luna was always with me pure white the sheep my mother
12:43had
12:43left me mother said she was special and her milk could aid healing when i went out to gather herbs
12:48she followed me when i prepared remedies she lay on the threshold and napped it was strange but i could
12:55always find the rarest herbs the mullein that others searched three days for i would spot at my feet in
12:59the forest the villagers said i had the blessing of the forest spirit i thought it was just luck
13:05once while crossing a valley where wolves often roamed i came face to face with a gray wolf instinctively
13:12i crouched and reached out my hand the wolf stared at me for a few seconds then whined lowered its
13:18head
13:18and ran off luna bleated proudly i patted her head you're quite brave
13:27two months passed i only rarely thought of dorian now and when i did my heart no longer hurt as
13:33much
13:33i thought i might find a new husband my mother died early for years i had been alone all i
13:40ever
13:40wanted was to find a partner and make a family i took two silver coins from the bag and decided
13:45to
13:45go to the next village to seek a matchmaker's help the matchmaker lived far over a mountain i tucked two
13:52black loaves into my pocket strapped on my herb basket i could gather on the way and set off
13:57halfway up the mountain i felt uneasy when i reached the stream a wind carried the strong smell of rust
14:03i followed the scent and found a man lying by the water
14:09he was covered in wounds unconscious his injuries were far worse than dorian's cuts all over the stream
14:15stained red with blood i fought the urge to check on him forced myself to look away and kept walking
14:21no more picking up strangers hadn't i learned my lesson i was a healer i couldn't let someone die
14:28i crouched heaved him onto my back he was heavy i gritted my teeth one night if you're not awake
14:35by
14:36morning i'll throw you back into the mountains once home i saw how bad his wounds were hardly a patch
14:41of
14:41unbroken skin the worst was an arrow wound near his heart half an inch lower and he would have been
14:46dead luna came over sniffed him and whined she rubbed her head against his arm maybe her milk
14:54would help i fetched clean water carefully washed his wounds applied the ointment my mother had left
14:59and spooned a few mouthfuls of warm sheep's milk into him while cleaning him my fingers accidentally
15:04touched the deepest wound on his chest he shuddered and the wound's edge visibly began to close i felt
15:10heat in my fingertips it was as if some force was pulling the edges together luna bleated and lay
15:16down beside him refusing to move the rest was up to fate just before dawn the man woke the moment
15:23he
15:23opened his eyes they were sharp as knives like a wounded beast his gaze locked on me full of suspicion
15:29and killing intent who are you where is this i rubbed my head at the familiar question do you
15:38remember who you are his expression didn't change but i felt an inexplicable pressure what do you want
15:44so he did remember who he was good no amnesia i exhaled in relief you were hurt i was afraid
15:52you'd die
15:52by the stream so i brought you to here to heal now that you're awake leave once you can walk
15:57i have
15:59my own affairs and i can't keep you long he looked down at his bandaged wound his guard remained high
16:05but the killing intent had lessened you bandaged me who else thank you call me ash once i recover
16:14i'll repay you for saving my life i didn't want repayment i just wanted him gone quickly but things
16:20didn't go as planned on the third night as i was about to blow out the lamp and sleep a
16:27hand covered
16:27my mouth before i could struggle ash's low voice whispered don't make a sound someone's outside in
16:35the moonlight his ears seemed to twitch slightly as if tracking the faintest footsteps he pulled me
16:40behind a cabinet a knife already in his hand the men outside moved the door was silently forced open
16:46and a dark figure slashed at the bed finding it empty he turned and swung at the cabinet
16:51ash raised his arm to block the blow in that instant a silver light flared around him and
16:56behind him appeared the phantom of a huge wolf its green eyes locked on the enemy alongside his own
17:01after about a quarter of an hour the cabinet door opened from outside under the moonlight ash's already
17:07sharp face was streaked with blood giving him a wild otherworldly beauty he reached out a hand to me
17:13come out they're dealt with the air was thick with the smell of blood i looked at the motionless bodies
17:20on the ground my stomach churned and i bent over dry heaving they were my enemies it won't happen again
17:28i didn't answer i dragged my exhausted body to the bed clean the floor before you sleep
17:38after that nothing similar happened but a black raven began to visit my home often entirely black
17:45with a broad wingspan and something always tied to its leg it never landed anywhere but near ash i'd
17:51heard of such birds they carried messages ash must have been in contact with his people so i asked him
17:57when he would leave he gave me a pouch of gold coins and said he needed to stay a while
18:01longer i looked
18:02at the coins and thought for a moment you can stay but you have to help with the work gathering
18:07herbs
18:08drying them chopping wood he smiled the first smile i had seen on him in days and said all right
18:13he
18:14settled in with me for now much like dorian had i went up the mountain to gather herbs intended
18:18patience while he stayed home to tidy up and dry the herbs only he didn't need to do odd jobs
18:24for money
18:24and i didn't dare lose my heart again my instincts told me this man was far more dangerous than dorian
18:30still ash was an excellent cook he made anything taste good one day he used a spice i didn't
18:36recognize in a stew i asked what it was and he said bay leaves i was puzzled i had never
18:43planted bay
18:43later i found a small bay sapling growing in the corner of the yard though i was certain nothing had
18:49been there before i crouched down and touched its leaves the tiny seedling seemed to receive an infusion
18:54of life within moments it shot up a hand's length pale white light patterns appeared on the leaves
19:00flowing along the veins i pulled my hand back in fright
19:06during the time ash stayed he always had a meal ready when i came home he would slip two flatbreads
19:12into my pocket before i left and i would give him the biggest piece of meat at dinner we grew
19:17more
19:17comfortable with each other sometimes i thought it wouldn't be so bad to go on like this but he would
19:22have to leave eventually the matchmaker had news in the next village lived a hunter whose wife had
19:28recently died he wanted to remarry he didn't mind that i had been married before and asked if i'd meet
19:34him
19:34i thought about it why not i couldn't stay alone forever when ash learned of it he was sharpening his
19:41knife in the yard he paused and the blade scraped against the stone with a screech you're really going
19:48yes i went inside when will you leave he didn't answer he threw down the knife and went into his
19:55room i walked along the stream toward the next village the hunter's house wasn't far when he saw me
20:02he grinned so you're sarin not bad looking i frowned
20:08my wife died young a misfortune if you marry me you just cook and wash for me every day
20:14nothing else to worry about i didn't want to stay we're not a good match he got anxious and blocked
20:22my
20:22way you've been married before i didn't mind you and now you're turning me down before he finished
20:28speaking he reached for my arm a blade pressed against his throat don't touch her with your filthy
20:35hands it was ash who are you ash gave him a cold look and pulled me away i looked at
20:42my wrist in his grip
20:43why did you come to see what kind of man you'd marry i wasn't going to marry him then why
20:52did you come
20:53he stopped walking and took out a dark silver pendant from his chest a crescent moon ancient looking
20:58cool to the touch siren i have to go take this when i've had my revenge i'll come back for
21:07you
21:08revenge he was silent for a moment then his eyes darkened the vampires invaded our wolf lands and
21:14killed many of my people this war either they die or we do don't worry the human prophecy protects you
21:24no one will harm you in the moonlight his pupils narrowed to slits and his canines showed briefly
21:29then disappeared i wanted to ask more but he had already turned and walked into the night
21:37ash left the pendant looked too valuable and i didn't take it but a week later while cleaning
21:43the house i found it again in the bag of gold coins under my bed along with two more pouches
21:48of gold and a note the note had just three words wait for me i folded the note back into
21:53the bag
21:54i held the pendant for a long time in the moonlight the silver crescent glowed faintly as if alive life
22:01went on as usual herbs to pick patience to see the stove to light but at meals there was only
22:08one set
22:08of cutlery again luna lay on the threshold occasionally bleeding as if asking where's that man when winter
22:14came mountain herbs grew scarcer yet each time i went out i would run into a fine plant on my
22:20usual
22:21path as if waiting for me once i was certain the path had been bare the day before but overnight
22:26a
22:26clump of silver thread grass had sprouted from a crack child you true are blessed by the forest spirit
22:34i smiled but in my heart i felt something was off a month later news of war came i went
22:41to the town
22:41storyteller to ask fighting in the north i hear indeed wolves and vampires have been at it for hundreds of
22:49years this time the wolves have a young king named lucian he swore to drive the vampires out of the
22:56north
22:56and take back the wolves land and who's winning
23:03the wolves they say the old vampire nobles are no good at fighting though they have money but this wolf
23:10king is determined he's pushed all the way into vampire territory someone else chimed in but vampires
23:17have magic don't they the storyteller shook his head magic can't match wolf claws and the vampires
23:23aren't united you know the blood moon family once strong but centuries ago one of their ancestors lost
23:28control drink human blood killed a human that broke the prophet's curse and that branch has been greatly
23:34weakened now all they have are mines and gold useless in war my heart stirred the blood moon family dorian's
23:42family i raised my clay cup and took a sip saying nothing after war talk the storyteller changed the
23:49subject to private matters they say he still hasn't married not even a woman by his side maybe he's got
23:56some ailment you don't know i have a distant relative in the capital who serves in the palace
24:04and he says the king already has someone in his heart who what kind of woman
24:15a healer they say a village medic from a smil hamlet another jeer why would a king want a herb
24:24gatherer
24:25ah you don't understand she can bring the dying back to life my clay cup slipped spilling its contents
24:34down my front i brushed off my clothes and hurried out of the inn there were still herbs to gather
24:40today while gathering herbs i cut my hand that night after applying ointment i sat by the window
24:46moonlight fell on my hand and the skin around the wound glowed faintly with a pale green light
24:51the cut healed before my eyes i reached up and touched the small leaf-shaped birthmark on my
24:56upper ear my mother said it was our people's mark that night the first snow of the year fell
25:02sarin sarin come quick come see
25:09i walked out into the snow and saw a troop of riders at the village entrance the wind was strong
25:14and the
25:15banner flapped and curled the villagers all hid inside their homes i started back to my hand in
25:21instinctively going to the cleaver at my waist the troop came closer they stopped right in front of
25:26my yard the man at the head in a black cloak he pushed open my gate and walked in through
25:31the snow
25:32one step two deep and heavy prints he stopped before me and pushed back the hood of his cloak
25:38in the wind and snow his face was thinner than it had been half a year ago the lines deeper
25:42i slowly
25:44loosened my grip on the cleaver my voice trembling you before i could finish he pulled me into his arms
25:50his chin rested on my head his voice muffled i'm home luna bleated from the threshold wagging her tail
25:56and rubbing against his leg
26:00i had guessed right he was the wolf king the war god they called the wolf of the north stood
26:05before
26:05me now still holding two flatbreads he had pressed them into my hand as he came through the door still
26:11warm he reached out and touched the pendant hanging around my neck his nostrils flaring slightly as if
26:16checking something and the corner of his mouth lifted you're wearing it i didn't answer i looked
26:21him in the eyes are you the wolf king yes lucian what my real name lucian the war lasted half
26:34a year
26:34all that time i missed you terribly will you come with me no he hadn't expected that surprised what
26:47no why i won't be a mistress i'm asking you to be my queen but he was silent after a
26:57long moment
26:58you don't want to marry me
27:03no though i hated to admit it i had fallen for him again i did love ash but ash wasn't
27:10lucian lucian was
27:12a king i remembered what lady blood moon had said to me you are the wolf king and now you
27:18have united
27:18this land your queen should be of noble birth so you can support each other in marriage he laughed a
27:27confident laugh nonsense i won this land with my own sword not through marriage alliances but i don't
27:38want to live in a palace no one would pick my herbs no one would see my patients after a
27:47long while
27:48he turned and left i thought he had gone for good but the next morning when i opened the door
27:53i saw
27:54soldiers busy in my yard moving tables weeding chopping wood building a pavilion they had even
28:00brought a whole cart of herbs neatly stacked i was dumbfounded i grabbed a young soldier maybe 15 what are
28:08you doing your your majesty the queen his majesty says he will live here from now on and told us
28:19to fix up
28:20the yard he also said to build an extra room for a dispensary where is lucian now
28:29at the inn in town when i arrived lucian was reviewing documents the guards must have been told in advance
28:35for no one stopped me sarin you're here what do you mean by this
28:43after i left yesterday i thought all night since you won't come to the palace i'll have to come live
28:50with you i've already started building the dispensary what kind would you like i looked at
28:54his roguish expression and gritted my teeth my humble hut can't hold a great man like you
29:02it's all right wherever sirin likes i like
29:06he truly moved in again he slept in the same bed where he recovered sometimes made me the meals he
29:11used to make spent his days reviewing reports and practicing swordsmanship in the evenings he
29:16clumsily helped me sort herbs doing his best the black raven began visiting frequently again every
29:22time i frowned and urged him to go back to his palace the next meal would include a dish he
29:27cooked
29:27himself after a few times it felt like i was only trying to drive him away for the sake of
29:32the food
29:32i stopped asking him to leave if he wanted to stay let him stay
29:39one incident happened during this time i was out gathering herbs as usual when my neighbor
29:45martha came running sarin quick come home see who's here i followed her back it was dorian he knelt in
29:53my yard before lucian his head hung low his spine sagging a far cry from the elegant noble he once
29:59was
30:00luna stood to the side bleeding at him unpleasantly i heard him say please your majesty
30:07spare the blood moon family we will give you the blood crystal mines of course i want the mines
30:15but you have to ask someone besides me
30:23saren why don't you come in dorian looked up at the voice and his body jolted saren
30:30your majesty i looked at him in just one year his eyes were no longer clear and he had grown
30:36terribly
30:36thin what's going on he brushed a stray hair from my forehead dorian flinched lucian's lips curled the
30:44vampires fought me for years now they've lost and he comes to beg for mercy i looked at dorian
30:52his head bowed his whole body shaking what do you plan to do with the blood moon family
31:00by law death then execute them dorian's head snapped up sarin we were one husband and wife
31:12how can you be so heartless i looked at him and found it almost funny dorian i saved your life
31:20and you took me to the capital just to humiliate me how ridiculous his lips trembled i didn't
31:28that was all to appease my mother i already broke off the engagement with the crimsons
31:35i wanted to marry you it doesn't matter anymore what you did doesn't matter to me do as you see
31:42fit
31:43lucian however seemed in good spirits he personally helped dorian to his feet the blood moon family
31:51though thou defeated has offered their minds a contribution i'll spare their lives and exile
31:58them to the western border thank you your majesty the west is hard but you'll live i knew he was
32:07doing
32:07it for my sake that evening lucian cooked a whole table of dishes i sat watching him remembering how
32:15last winter he had stood by the same stove turning sour wild fruit into jam what are you looking at
32:22at you you look better cooking than holding a sword then i'll cook for you every day aren't you
32:30also a king kings have to eat too he put a piece of stewed meat on my plate taste it
32:38i braised it half
32:39an hour longer today looking at the meat in my bowl i finally couldn't help it lucian yes can your
32:46queen
32:47continue gathering herbs can she still see patience he paused for a heartbeat then his eyes lit up with
32:53surprise yes you can keep gathering herbs and you can keep seeing patience keep doing what you love
33:01i'll be with you i saw nothing but joy in his eyes he looked at me and kissed me the
33:06night grew light the
33:07moment our lips met his tongue entered and i clutched his hand my fingertips trembling our breathing grew
33:14tangled i couldn't tell whose was hotter he put one hand on my waist pulled me onto him and with
33:20the other
33:20touched my neck his thumb stroking my pulse i let out a faint whimper that he swallowed the night
33:26like water swallowed every sound leaving only intertwined breaths and the soft rustle of cloth
33:35on the day of the full moon i dug out the packet of moon shadow seeds from the bottom of
33:40my medicine
33:41chest the seeds my mother had left me somehow the cloth bag had torn a little and a few seeds
33:47had
33:47scattered onto the windowsill moonlight streamed through the window and fell on those seeds and then
33:52they bloomed silver white petals opened in the moonlight one after another like stars falling
33:58onto my windowsill a cool sweet fragrance filled the air seeping into my skin into my bones my body
34:05began to glow the small cartilage at the top of my ear had grown into a sharp point i touched
34:11it then ran
34:12to look in the mirror my face was the same but deep in my pupils a point of silver light
34:16swirled like
34:17two tiny moons memories flooded back like a tide the silver moon forest a stag of white gold phantom
34:24like bent its forelegs and bowed its head to me a voice spoke in my ear my mother's voice sarin
34:30last
34:31blood of the moon shadow elves your true name is sarin moon shadow when you remember who you are
34:38return to the silver moon forest lucian pushed open the door and saw the silver light filling the
34:43room in my pointed ears he froze then he smiled so my queen is an elven princess you you knew
34:52i guessed
34:53then why didn't you tell me because it doesn't matter who you are you are sarin that's enough
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