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00:00My fiancee brought his pregnant mistress to our mating ceremony and told me I would raise their child. He didn't
00:05say it in private. Damon said it on the altar where he was supposed to claim me. In front of
00:09the entire pack, Lyra stood beside him in pale gold silk, one hand resting on her belly. Lyra, my friend
00:14from the Omega Quarters, the girl who had slept two beds away from me for years, on her wrist was
00:18my silver bracelet. Last winter, Damon had given it to me after three young alphas mocked my Omega blood. He
00:23promised no one would ever make me bow again. A week ago, a servant came and asked me to send
00:27it back.
00:28For the ceremony. I didn't question it. Now I understood. Lyra saw me looking. She touched the bracelet gently, like
00:34it might break. He wanted me to have it. I hope you don't mind. She knew I did. Damon didn't
00:38stop her. He only looked at me, cold. I won't bond with you, Serafina. The elders care about your silver
00:43blood. They think it can crown the next Alpha King. He pulled Lyra closer. But Lyra is carrying my air.
00:50My throat burned. That bracelet was mine. Lyra flinched behind Damon's arm, as if I had hurt her. Damon glanced
00:55at the bracelet, then back at me.
00:57It was a promise to a girl who needed protecting. His hand covered Lyra's stomach. She gives me a future.
01:02Lyra looked at me from behind him, tears shining in her eyes. Small. Fragile. Victorious. Then Damon turned to the
01:07entire hall. When my pup is born, Serafina will raise it as her own.
01:13For one second. I thought I had misheard him. Then Damon made it worse. You'll serve Lyra through the pregnancy.
01:19Nurse her through recovery. Raise my air as your own. He said it like he was assigning chores to the
01:24lowest wolf in the room. Maybe he was. I was Serafina. The only silver blood air Silvercrest had seen in
01:29a thousand years. The prophecy said whoever completed a bond with me could awaken true Alpha power and claim the
01:34Alpha King's throne. But I was also an Omega. The rank everyone stepped on until they needed something. Damon had
01:39decided my blood was useful. But I was not.
01:41Lyra gave a soft gasp beside him. Damon don't say it like that. Serafina has always been so good at
01:47taking care of people. In the Omega quarters. She helped everyone. I'm sure she won't punish an innocent pup just
01:53because she's hurt.
01:54The hall went silent. Every stare landed on me. Waiting for me to cry. To beg. To bow like a
01:58good little Omega. My eyes burned. Not because Damon had rejected me. Because Lyra knew every soft place I kept
02:04hidden. And still chose to press her hand against it.
02:06The claim was never sealed. No blood oath. No mark. Under the old laws it can still be revoked. One
02:12elder exchanged a look with another. That is technically true. I looked at Damon. I may be an Omega. But
02:19I am not her servant. And I will not raise the child you made with her. I revoked the claim.
02:27If any wolf here is willing to claim me tonight. I accept.
02:33The whispers came fast. Silver blood. Did Damon just throw away the prophecy? If someone claims her now. I could
02:39see it in their faces. Shock. Hunger. Calculation. For one second. I thought someone might actually step forward. Then Damon's
02:46voice cut through. Your name is still written into the royal reet. The room froze. Until the elders formally dissolve
02:51this ceremony. Anyone who steps forward. Is openly defying the crown. No one moved. That had been his plan. Not
02:57to bond me. Not to free me. To keep me trapped under the royal rite.
03:00Until the elders could turn me into something quieter. Something useful. Lyra's servant. His heir's caretaker. A silver blood Omega
03:06no other man would dare touch.
03:08Damon stepped close enough for only me to hear. Sarah. My chest twisted. That name used to be soft in
03:13his mouth. Tonight. It was a blade. Don't embarrass yourself. Then he turned to the hall.
03:17No one wants you badly enough to start a war. For one terrible second. I thought he was right. Not
03:21because I wasn't valuable. But because every wolf in that room wanted my blood more than they wanted to save
03:26me.
03:26Then the doors at the far end of the hall swung open. But before anyone could see who had entered.
03:30Moira arrived first.
03:32Moira. Damon's mother. The Luna matriarch. Swept into the hall like a storm in silk. She took one look at
03:37Lyra behind Damon. And slapped her across the face. The crack echoed off every wall.
03:42Shameless Omega. You dare turn a royal treat into a spectacle? Lyra fell to the floor. Clutching her cheek. Tears
03:47already spilling. Damon lunged forward and shielded her.
03:50She's under my protection. Moira stared at him like she was seeing him clearly for the first time. Then she
03:54turned to me. Her voice softened.
03:55Serafana dear. Damon has humiliated you. I will deal with him. But you must not act rashly. Let me close
04:02this ceremony quietly. The crown will keep you protected until we decide where you belong.
04:07Where I belonged. Not what I wanted. Not who I chose. I pulled my hand free.
04:10You bound me to Damon for my blood. Then he brought her here with his heir and told me to
04:15raise their child.
04:16My voice shut. But I did not stop. I will not be their servant. The hall went silent.
04:21I will not nurse his mistress through pregnancy. And I will not raise another woman's child because Damon thinks an
04:27Omega should be grateful for scraps.
04:29Moira's eyes hardened. Careful, girl.
04:31You are still standing inside a royal treat. Your blood belongs to Silverhrest before it belongs to you.
04:36My stomach went cold. There it was. Damon wanted me useful. Lyra wanted me beneath her. Moira wanted me on.
04:42If no one claims you tonight, the elders will decide your future.
04:45Damon smiled again. For the first time that night, I felt truly trapped. Then a low voice cut through the
04:49hall.
04:50Does her offer still stand?
04:52Every head turned. Kale stood at the far end of the hall. Tall. Dressed in black. Pale as winter.
04:57Aldrich's firstborn. Damon's older half-brother. The true alpha heir by blood. And the cursed one who still couldn't shift.
05:03He took one step forward. Then stopped. Just for half a second. His hand touched the doorframe. Everyone saw it.
05:09The cursed heir could barely stand. Damon laughed under his breath.
05:12Careful, brother. If she chooses you, she won't be a bride by sunrise.
05:16A few wolves laughed. Moira's face went white.
05:18Kale, don't be stupid. You know what silver blood does to a cursed wolf. It could kill you.
05:23Kale ignored her. His gray eyes stayed on me.
05:25What you just said. Does it still stand?
05:28My throat tightened. Before I could answer, Damon stepped in.
05:31No.
05:31The whole hall froze. Damon's smile sharpened.
05:34She said any wolf. Not a dead one pretending he still has a claim.
05:38Kale's face did not change. Damon moved closer to me.
05:41Look at him, Sarah. He can't protect you. He can't shift. He can barely stand.
05:46If you choose him, this wedding becomes a funeral before sunrise.
05:50Lyra's eyes widened, soft and wet. Don't do this to yourself, Serafina. You don't have to ruin
05:55yourself just because you're hurt. Moira seized the silence.
05:58If no suitable wolf claims you tonight, the elders will decide your future.
06:03The room closed around me again. Damon held out his hand. Not like a lover. Like a leash.
06:07Last chance, Sarah.
06:08His smile was cold. Stand down.
06:12For one second, the whole hall waited. They all thought I would break. I looked past his hand.
06:17At Kale. Thin as paper. Pale as death. A cursed heir the entire pack had already buried. And still,
06:22he was the only man in that room who had asked for my answer. Not my blood. Not my obedience.
06:27Not my usefulness. My answer. So I stepped around Damon's hand. His smile vanished.
06:31Lyra's face changed. The hall went silent. I walked toward Kale. Every step felt like I was
06:36cutting a rope around my throat. Damon's voice snapped behind me.
06:39Serafina!
06:40I didn't stop.
06:41Girl, think carefully.
06:42I did. For the first time all night, I did. Then I stopped in front of Kale. He looked down
06:47at me, gray eyes steady.
06:48What you said. Does it still stand?
06:50My hands were still shaking. But my answer did not.
06:53Yes.
06:53The hall exploded. Kale did not look at Damon. Did not look at Moira. Only me.
06:58Then I claim her.
06:59A few elders half froze. Then froze. Because a claim spoken and accepted before the right
07:03could not be taken back. Damon laughed.
07:05Loud enough for the whole hall to hear.
07:07Go on, brother. Take her hand. Are you done making a scene, Sera? If you stop now, Lila
07:13and I might still forgive you.
07:14You can still stay where you belong.
07:16He looked me up and down. Lyra leaned into him. Worry flickering across her face like
07:20another part of the performance. The hall went dead silent. Kale held out his hand.
07:24At the same time, I reached for him. Our fingers locked. The ritual lines blazed white.
07:28Then black marks burst from beneath Kale's sleeve.
07:32They weren't veins. They were his curse.
07:34Black marks tore up Kale's arm, coiled around his throat, and climbed toward his face like
07:38something alive. The hall gasped. For one second, the gray in his eyes vanished, replaced by
07:43molten gold. Something caged. Something feral.
07:45The curse is activating. He can't hold it.
07:48Stop the ceremony.
07:49The elders surged forward, but the ritual lines had already locked around our wrists.
07:53Once a bond began, no one outside it could break it. Kale's hand tightened around mine.
07:58Too tight. His knees buckled. He hit the altar hard, blood spilling from his mouth onto the
08:02silver stone. The hall went silent. Kale looked up at me, gold flickering through the gray.
08:06Let go. If you stop now, you'll still make it out.
08:10He meant it. Even half dying in front of the entire pack, he was still trying to give me a
08:14way out. Damon stepped forward.
08:16Are you insane?
08:17I already told you, Sarah. If you stop this now, Lyra and I can still forgive you.
08:23I didn't look at him. Damon's tone sharpened.
08:25Don't throw your life away just to prove a point.
08:27Still, I did not look at him. My fingers tightened around Kale's. The curse burned
08:31black between us. Every wolf in that hall was waiting for me to let go. Instead, I leaned
08:35closer.
08:36Kale, get me.
08:37Then, without looking away from him, I reached for the silver edge of the altar.
08:42I didn't let go. With Kale's eyes locked on mine, I dragged my palm across the altar's
08:46silver edge. Pain cut sharp. Silver blood spilled over my skin. The entire hall gasped.
08:51Before anyone could stop me, I pressed my bleeding hand against the darkest knot of curse
08:55marks on Kale's wrist. Light exploded between us, cold and blinding, violent enough to shake
09:00the altar beneath us. Kale's body arched, and a broken sound tore from his throat. The
09:04curse fought back under my palm, black marks twisting up his skin, fighting to reach his
09:08throat again. So I pressed harder.
09:10Stay with me.
09:11The black marks stopped. Then slowly, unwillingly, they began to retreat. The ritual lines beneath
09:16our feet blazed white hot, spiraling around our joined wrists until a pale silver mark burned
09:21itself into both our skin. The bond didn't fail. It held.
09:24Kale collapsed to one knee, blood still on his lips. But the gold was leaving his eyes.
09:28Grey was coming back. He was alive. The oldest elder stared at our wrists.
09:32The bond is sealed. By old law, Seraphina of Silver Blood is now claimed by Kale, firstborn
09:39heir of Silvercrest. A sharp crack split the altar stone. The royal
09:42right mark that had held Damon's name beside mine burned black, then vanished. In its place,
09:47a new name carved itself into the silver light. Kale, Damon's face went white. He forced out
09:52a laugh. He's still cursed. You think your blood makes him stronger than me?
09:56Before I could answer, the silver mark on my wrist flared again. So did Kale's. The ritual
10:01light shifted. It no longer circled me alone. It moved around him. The elder's face drained
10:05of color. The blood accepted him.
10:07The hall went silent. Damon stopped breathing. The prophecy had not died. It had moved on.
10:13The hall stayed silent. Kale was still on one knee. Blood on his lips. One hand braced against
10:17the altar. But his grip on me never loosened. The silver mark on my wrist pulsed once. His
10:21answered. Damon finally found his voice. This isn't over. The oldest elder looked at the burned
10:26royal right mark. Then at our joined hands. Damon's face hardened. He can barely stand.
10:30Kale slowly lifted his head. Through the bond. I felt the pain he was hiding. Sharp enough to cut
10:34through bone. Then he rose. Not easily. Not steadily. But he rose. Then watch me. No one laughed this
10:40time. Moira stepped forward at once. Kale, you need healers. Seraphina will remain here until the council
10:46decides what happens next. Kale looked at her. No. One word. Low and final. The hall froze.
10:51Moira's expression tightened. This is not the time for pride. No one decides for my mate. A shiver
10:55moved through the room. For 13 years, they had spoken around him like he was already dead. Tonight,
11:00he did not raise his voice. But every wolf in that hall heard the command beneath it. Move. The wolves
11:05blocking the aisle stepped aside. Damon stared at me like he still expected me to look back. Lyra's fingers
11:10dug into his sleeve. I did not turn. Kale led me out of the hall. Each step costing him more
11:14than he
11:14let anyone see. Only when the doors closed behind us did his hand tighten around mine. His voice
11:18dropped. Now ask me what you really want to ask. Kale had set it outside the hall. His hand still
11:25wrapped around mine. For one second, the question almost escaped me right there. But then he swayed.
11:29Just once. Pain cut through his grip. So I swallowed the words and followed him to the north tower.
11:34No one stopped us. No one dared. His quarters were cold and almost bare. A narrow bed. A heavy desk.
11:39Maps pinned neatly to the walls. No flowers. No servants. Nothing prepared for a bride. But
11:43everything was clean. The bed was made sharp. The books were lined straight. Even the medicine
11:47bottles stood in order. Kale had been forgotten here. But he had not let himself fall apart. For
11:52the first time that night, no one was watching. No elders. No pack. No Damon. No Lyra. Just me and
11:57the cursed heir who had become my mate. Kale removed his black outer robe and set it aside. Without it,
12:01he looked even thinner. Too pale. Too tired. A man the curse had been eating alive for years. He leaned
12:06one hand against the desk. Ask. My fingers curled into my sleeves. Did you know
12:11that my blood could help you? Did you claim me because you wanted me? Or because my blood can
12:17keep you alive? Kale went very still. For one breath, I thought he would deny it. Then he looked
12:21at me. I don't want to lie to you. And suddenly, I knew. Whatever came next was going to hurt.
12:26Kale did not look away. That was how I knew the answer before he said it. Yes, I knew your
12:30silver
12:31blood might hold back my curse. For a moment, I could not speak. Damon wanted an heir. The elders
12:35wanted a prophecy. And Kale wanted a cure. I stepped back before I could stop myself. Kale saw it. But
12:40he
12:40did not follow. If I only wanted your blood, I could have asked for you years ago. Maybe you waited
12:45until I had nowhere else to go. The words came out smaller than I wanted. His face changed. Not anger.
12:50Something worse. Because he knew I had the right to think it. Maybe I deserve that. The fire cracked
12:54between us. I hated that he sounded honest. I hated that honesty still hurt. Then why tonight?
12:59Because Damon made you stand alone. And I know what that feels like. My fingers twisted in my
13:03sleeves. For a second, I forgot how to answer. Because he wasn't asking me to pity him. He was
13:07telling me he had seen me. If I stay, it won't be because you need me. I know. If I
13:13help you,
13:14it doesn't mean you get to use me. No. Never. The room went quiet. I looked at the place beneath
13:19his shirt, where the curse had almost killed him in front of everyone. My hands were still shaking,
13:24but my voice came out clear. You claimed me before the whole pack. So show me.
13:29Seraphina. Show me the curse.
13:32Hale did not move for a long moment. Then he loosened the ties of his shirt. The fabric fell
13:36open. The curse mark sat at the center of his chest. Dark red against bone pale skin. Coiled
13:41like something alive beneath his flesh. I had seen blood on him. I had seen him collapse at the altar.
13:46But this was worse. The curse was not just sealing his wolf. It was feeding on him. My fingers curled
13:50once before I forced them still. I need to touch it. Seraphina.
13:54You claimed me before the whole pack. Do not hide from me now. For one beat, I thought he would
13:59refuse. Then he gave a single nod. I pressed my palm flat against the mark. His whole body locked.
14:03Heat slammed into my hand. Sharp and violent. Not mine. His. My silver blood answered instantly.
14:08And something inside him answered back. I felt it hit the seal. Once. Twice. A wolf trapped behind iron.
14:13Throwing itself against the dark. Kale's breath broke. Gold flashed through his gray eyes.
14:17Your wolf is still there. His chest rose hard beneath my hand. It's not gone.
14:21I feel it every day. Gold blood through his eyes again. Like fire under ice.
14:25Then his grip tightened. And this time, when he said my name, it did not sound entirely human.
14:31I didn't even see him move. One second, I was standing in front of him. My palm pressed to his
14:35chest. The next, my back hit the bed. Kale was above me. One hand braced by my ear. The other
14:40locking around my wrist. Breathing like he'd been dragged up from deep water. The curse mark blazed under
14:44my palm. Its edges lit up, spreading outward like cracks in burning glass. His eyes were wrong. I could feel
14:49his wolf pressing against the bond like it wanted to tear through his skin to reach me. His pupils
14:53narrowed. Jaw clenched so hard I could hear his teeth grind. Stop touching me. If you keep going.
14:58He didn't finish. Because the bond pulsed. I felt it. His wolf. Trapped behind that seal. Slamming
15:03toward my hand with everything it had. Kale stared down at me. Half broken. Half feral. Every muscle in
15:08his body was locked tight. Holding himself back. Even like this. He still wasn't hurting me. Then Kale
15:12kissed me. Not softly. Not carefully. Like the bond had finally pulled too hard for either of us to
15:17pretend it was only a ritual. The mark beneath my palm flared white gold. Kale's body locked. His
15:21eyes flashed full gold. For one terrifying second. I saw what had been trapped inside him for 13 years.
15:26Not the cursed prince. The wolf. Then the room burst into light. When the light faded. Kale was on the
15:32floor beside the bed. Unconscious. The curse mark on his chest had split straight down the center.
15:37For one terrified moment. I thought I had killed him. Then I felt it through the bond. A pulse.
15:42Weak. But there. I stayed beside him until his breathing steadied. Sometime before dawn. I must have
15:46fallen asleep. I woke to sunlight and the scratch of a pen. Kale was already at the desk. Writing like
15:51he had not collapsed in front of me hours ago. He still looked too thin. Too pale. But the hollowed
15:55out look was not as sharp as before. There was more color in his face. His hand no longer trembled
16:00around the pen. Small things. Impossible things. He noticed me watching and set the pen down. His eyes
16:06dropped to my bandaged palm. You reopened it last night. I looked at my hand. The cut from the altar
16:10had
16:10split again. I'm fine. No. You're bleeding from me. There's a medicine stall in the eastern market.
16:16Their salves are better than anything kept in this tower. I almost laughed. After everything
16:21that happened you want to buy me medicine? I want to do one useful thing before you decide
16:25I'm only good at nearly dying. Before I could answer a knock sounded. My lord. The eastern market
16:29opened early. A rare medicine shipment just arrived. Kale looked at my palm. Then reached for his cloak.
16:34We go now.
16:36The market was loud and crowded. At the south stall I heard Damon's voice. Damon's voice. The
16:41strongest prenatal tyniner. My chosen mate carries the future heir. He stood at the next stall with
16:45Lyra on his arm. When he saw me his eyes dropped to my bandaged palm. Then to the silver mark
16:50on my
16:50wrist. Already bleeding for him Sarah? How was the first night? Or did the curse ruin that too?
16:55Serafina always had a habit of saving people who didn't choose her first. You used to call that
16:59kindness when you needed it from me. Sarah I didn't mean. You mean everything. That's always
17:05been the problem. I turned to the shelf. Moonshade root. Exactly what could weaken a soul level curse.
17:10My fingers closed around at first. Lyra's hand landed over mine. Eyes already wet. Serafina please.
17:16I need this. I didn't let go. Lyra's lip trembled. She turned to Damon. Voice barely a whisper.
17:21She won't even let me have medicine for our pup. Damon's face darkened instantly. He held out his hand.
17:26Give it to her. I picked it up first. Damon's smile died. Before he could speak. Kale stepped
17:33forward. The air shifted. Glass jars trembled on the shelf. She's my mate. Say one more word to her.
17:38Damon stepped back half a step. Instinct. Not choice. Then something ugly settled in his face.
17:43He stopped looking at me. Do you remember that night brother? The night you were cursed. You were six.
17:48You screamed for father for hours. He didn't come. Damon. I stepped in front of him. He blinked.
17:53Surprised. You talk about broken things a lot for someone whose mate moves you like a puppet with a
17:59single tear. Lyra's face went white. Damon's jaw tightened. I looked him up and down. At least
18:04Kale's curse has a cure. What's yours? Damon's mouth opened. Before he could answer, Kale's pressure
18:09slammed through the stall. He stepped back. Everyone saw it. Kale took the moonshade root from my hand and
18:14placed coins on the counter. This belongs to my mate. This isn't over. No. That's the problem. Damon dragged
18:21Lyra away before his wolf could betray him again. Only when they were gone did I see the blood at
18:25the
18:25corner of Kale's mouth. His curse had heard him act like an alpha and it was punishing him for it.
18:31I made him sit down. Kale tried to say he was fine. Then blood touched his lip again. I stared
18:36at him.
18:37No more pretending. The bond cracked the curse. But not enough. If I want to break it, I have to
18:44work
18:44on it directly. How? My blood. My hand on the mark. Every night. That will hurt you. It's my blood.
18:53I choose where it goes. For a moment, he said nothing. Then he sat on the bed and opened his
18:58shirt. The curse mark looked darker than before. Angrier. The moment my palm touched it, his whole
19:02body locked. The seal fought back. So did the wolf trapped beneath it. The first night, I kept my eyes
19:07on the mark. By the third, I could no longer ignore the way his breathing changed when the curse pushed
19:12back.
19:12The way his jaw clenched. The way he stared at the ceiling like counting stones was the only thing
19:17keeping him still. Does it hurt? No. By the fifth night, it had become routine. Touch the mark. Hold
19:22the pressure. Wait until the seal stopped fighting. Then pull away. So I pulled away like always. Kale
19:27caught my wrist. Not hard. Just fast enough to stop me. The bond snapped tight between us. My breath
19:33caught. His eyes lifted to mine. Dark in the firelight. Don't pull away like that. Why? Because when you do,
19:39the wolf wants to follow. I woke to a sound that didn't belong to any human throat. The bed beside
19:45me was empty. Kale was in the corner, on his knees, body shaking so hard it looked painful to watch.
19:50His nails had turned to claws. They dragged across the stone, leaving deep white marks. Then he looked
19:55up. Gold eyes. Slit pupils. Too much wolf. Not enough man. Go. When you're close. The bond makes it worse.
20:02I got out of bed anyway. He hit the wall trying to get away from me. Serafina, don't. I knelt
20:06in
20:07front of him and pressed my hand to his chest. Silver light burst between us. The curse mark
20:11split. Kale threw his head back with a sound that was half hell, half relief. Then he looked at me
20:15again, breathing hard, half man, half wolf, and said my name like it was the only thing keeping him
20:20from breaking apart. Tell me to stop. Say it now, and I still can. I'm not going anywhere, Kale.
20:29I didn't run. Kale stared at me, gold burning through gray. Then his hand caught my waist and
20:33the other came to the back of my neck. This was the wolf. The curse mark flared between us,
20:38silver and black light crashing together. Every touch cracked the seal whiter. I let my blood answer.
20:43Let it flood every fracture. His claws drove into the stone beside me hard enough to split it. But
20:47he never hurt me. And the moment I understood that, the last piece of the seal gave way. The curse
20:52shattered. When the light died, the mark on his chest had faded to almost nothing. He looked different,
20:56stronger, warmer, more like the man he should have been all along.
21:00You should have run. You keep saying that. You never listen. Get used to it.
21:06Then he laughed, low, rough, real, lifted his hand to the back of my neck, and kissed me.
21:11Not like the almost kiss the curse had stolen from us. This one didn't stop. His claws were gone. His
21:16hands were human again, steady, warm, and everywhere. Nothing interrupted us. Nothing pulled him away.
21:21When I woke hours later, the moon had crossed the entire sky. Kale's arm was around my waist.
21:26His breathing slow and deep against the back of my neck. The man pressed against me felt nothing like
21:30the one I had married. Broader, warmer, solid in a way that made me close my eyes and stay exactly
21:35where I was. Sunlight hit my face before I opened my eyes. The space beside me was empty, but still
21:42warm. Then I heard water running. Kale stood by the basin, splashing water over his face. And I froze.
21:47Because the man standing there did not look like the one I had married. The hollow frame was gone.
21:51The sharp bones had softened under lean muscle. His shoulders were broader now. For 13 years,
21:56the curse had been feeding on him. Now his body was taking everything back.
22:00What?
22:01Nothing. You look like you could actually win a fight now.
22:04His mouth twitched.
22:05I mean nothing, nothing.
22:07I could always win a fight.
22:09You couldn't survive a stair race two weeks ago.
22:11Then he lowered his head and kissed me. When he pulled back, something pulsed beneath my palm.
22:15I hadn't realized my hand was on his chest. His wolf hit the broken seal like a battering ram.
22:20Kale doubled over. Black lines flared across the faded curse mark. Blood dripped from his nose onto
22:25the floor. Kale!
22:26The curse cracked. But the wolf was waking too fast.
22:31I looked at the mark. Half faded, half burning.
22:33How long?
22:34Days. Not weeks.
22:37Kale wiped the blood away and reached for his coat.
22:39Then we move fast. Because Damon won't wait either.
22:44Kale's change was impossible to hide. The hollow look was fading from his face. His shoulders had
22:49filled out. He no longer looked like a man the stairs could kill. The first time Eldrick saw
22:53him cross the council hall without leaning on anything, the old alpha king stopped mid-sentence.
22:58So did half the elders. For one breath, they all stared. Then the moment passed.
23:02Eldrick looked back at the reports. An elder cleared his throat. A patrol captain lowered his eyes.
23:07Strength had returned to Kale's body, but not to his name. Thirteen years of being treated like a
23:11dead heir did not disappear because he could stand straight. Kale knew that better than anyone,
23:15so he stopped waiting for them to remember who he was. He worked. Border routes. Missing supplies.
23:20Patrol gaps. Old complaints no one had touched in years. He read everything. Checked everything.
23:25Corrected everything. At first, the captains ignored him. Then one of his warnings saved a
23:29patrol from walking into an ambush. By the next council, two warriors stood behind his chair
23:34without being ordered. By the fifth day, a dispute over Northern Territory reached the council table.
23:38No one had an answer. Eldrick's eyes moved across the room and, for the first time in thirteen years,
23:43stopped on Kale. What do you think? The room went quiet. Kale answered like he had been waiting
23:47thirteen years to be asked. By sunset, the news had reached Damon. That night, a patrol wolf came to
23:53the North Tower with a message. He wouldn't meet Kale's eyes. Damon says, the wolf swallowed.
23:59Enjoy pretending to be heir while you can. Kale looked up from the border map. Tell him pretending
24:04was his mistake. The messenger froze. I'm done pretending. Lyra noticed it before Damon did.
24:11Every time someone said my name, Damon looked away too late. At first, Lyra pretended not to see it.
24:16Then she couldn't. That night, she found him alone. Am I not enough? Don't start. Her eyes filled.
24:22She reached for his hand. He pulled it away. I gave up everything for you. My friends. My place.
24:28I chose you over everyone. Our child is right here, Damon. He looked down at her hand, then removed it.
24:34Lyra's composure cracked. She doesn't love you. She chose the cursed one.
24:39She let you go without looking back. I'm the one who stayed. I'm the one carrying your heir. Why isn't
24:44that enough? Because she's standing next to an alpha. The whole pack is starting to follow.
24:50And you're standing here crying. I'm carrying your- Then do it quietly.
24:54He walked out. Lyra knelt on the floor, tears running, hands on her belly, with no one left to
24:59perform for. The next afternoon, Damon found me alone. Sarah.
25:04Don't call me that. His jaw tightened. Then he smiled. You don't have to keep punishing
25:08me. Pretending you don't still love me must be exhausting. You were hurt. I understand.
25:15Lyra was scared. You two were friends once. Be generous. You want me to forgive her?
25:21I want you to stop embarrassing yourself. His eyes dropped to the silver mark on my wrist.
25:26Stop wasting your blood on him. That curse has been eating him for 13 years. You really think
25:31you can turn a ruined wolf into an alpha? Give your blood to me. I went still. Damon
25:35saw it and mistook it for hope. When I become alpha king, I can be generous too. Lyra gave
25:39me an heir. But you? You could still stand beside me. Maybe even as my Luna, if you learn
25:45your place. For one second, I could only look at him. You don't want me, Damon. You want
25:50my blood, my forgiveness, and my silence. I pulled my wrist away before he could touch the
25:56mark. And you don't get any of them. Fine. I'll break him in front of the whole pack.
26:00And when he falls, Sarah, don't come asking for mercy. By then you won't have a choice
26:05anymore.
26:07Kale came back after sunset. Mud on his boots. Blood on his sleeve. But the first thing he
26:11looked at was my wrist. His eyes narrowed.
26:14Damon came here.
26:14He found me near the border tents.
26:16Did he touch you?
26:17My silence answered too quickly. Gold flashed through his eyes.
26:20What did he say?
26:21He said I was wasting my blood on you. That when you fall, I won't have a choice left.
26:26Kale went still. Then the room changed. Hot. Sharp. His claws slid out against the table
26:30edge.
26:31I can take anything he says about me. But when he talks about you like something to
26:35win back, it wants out.
26:39Kale.
26:39If you come closer tonight, I don't know if I can stay human.
26:43I stopped. Not because I was afraid. Because I understood the trap.
26:47He wants this. He wants your wolf loose before you're ready.
26:50Kale's breathing was ragged. Then a horn sounded from the courtyard below. A challenge horn.
26:55Kale looked toward the window and smiled without warmth.
26:58Then let him watch me choose not to bite.
27:02Kale moved before the challenge horn finished sounding. I followed him down the tower stairs.
27:06His eyes were still gold. His claws had not fully gone back. Every wolf we passed stepped aside.
27:11But when we reached the great hall, it was not a fight waiting for us. It was a trial.
27:15Every elder was already seated. Aldric sat on the high chair. Face dark.
27:19Damon stood in the center of the council floor. Theron on his left. Basile on his right.
27:23All three dressed for judgment. Not battle. Damon looked up at Kale. And smiled.
27:27Did you think I was gonna challenge you with my fists brother?
27:30The hall went silent. Kale stopped at the entrance. For one second, I felt the wolf and him pull hard
27:34toward Damon. Then Kale forced it still. Damon saw the struggle. So did the elders. That was the trap.
27:40Kale has been questioning patrol captains without rank. He accessed sealed border reports without
27:44authority. And every change began after Serafina started bleeding for him.
27:49Every eye turned to me. Damon did not raise his voice. He didn't need to.
27:53A cursed wolf who cannot shift suddenly looks strong. A forgotten heir suddenly gives orders.
27:59Are we supposed to call that recovery? I call it blood manipulation. I call it a threat.
28:04Kale. What do you have to say? What do you have to say?
28:09Every elder stared at Kale. Damon stood in the center. Certain he had won. Kale's eyes were still
28:14touched with gold. Have the scribe write down every charge.
28:17What? Every word. This is not a game. No. It's a record.
28:22The hall stirred. Damon stepped forward. Strip his claim before that Omega's blood puts a monster on
28:27the throne. My blood is not evidence against him. It is mine. And I choose where it goes.
28:34Damon's face hardened. Kale finally looked at him. You accused me of checking patrol reports.
28:38You accused me of questioning captains. I checked them. And I found out why you were so afraid I would.
28:44A patrol captain stepped forward and placed three sealed reports on the council table.
28:48Kale did not touch them. Theron sold patrol routes to Iron Flag.
28:52Basile buried complaints from wolves he punished off record.
28:54Basile stepped back. Then Kale looked at Damon.
28:56And Damon held back winter supplies from the northern border.
28:59Paid captains to stay quiet and prepared to blame the unrest on me.
29:03Damon's face went white. For the first time, the chamber looked at him.
29:06Even Eldrick. The old Alpha King stared at his son like he was seeing a stranger.
29:11Check the seals. The scribes moved at once. One report. Then another. Then the third. The longer
29:17they read, the quieter the hall became. Finally, the oldest scribe lifted his head.
29:21Authentic. Eldrick descended from the high seat. Damon took one step back.
29:25Father. The slap cracked through the hall.
29:27Eldrick seized his hand and ripped the earring from his finger.
29:30Stripped of succession. Damon stared at his bare hand. A prince with no ring.
29:34An Alpha with no claim. A son his father would not protect. Confined under Elder Guard.
29:39Kale's claim stands. Damon looked around the room like someone would save him. No one did.
29:44Under the old ancient reet. A stripped heir may issue one formal challenge before the next full moon.
29:50Damon's eyes left dead. Slowly, he looked at Kale.
29:53Next full moon. I'll take that title off you myself.
29:57His gaze slid to me.
29:58And when you're kneeling, brother. I'll take back the woman you stole from me too.
30:04Damon didn't waste a single day. By the second morning, half the border had heard his promise.
30:08He would take back the title. Then he would take back the woman Kale stole.
30:12From outside the inner stronghold, he worked through Moira.
30:14She still had loyalists. Messages moved again. Gold changed hands.
30:18Lyra heard the rumors by noon. By sunset, she was in his doorway, shaking.
30:22Take her back. After everything I did for you.
30:26You told me her prophecy was fake. You said her blood was worthless.
30:30You whispered it every night until I believed you.
30:34And I threw her away on that altar because of it.
30:38She broke a 13-year curse.
30:41She turned a dying wolf into something the whole pack kneels for.
30:47That power was supposed to be mine.
30:50Your head.
30:51And you told me it was a lie.
30:53I'm carrying your air.
30:54That's the only reason you're still here.
30:57He walked out. Lyra's knees hit the floor.
30:59As the full moon drew closer, I could feel Kale's wolf changing through the bond.
31:03The pain was gone. What remained felt sharper, hungrier.
31:06Like something ancient had stopped dying and started waiting.
31:09On the 11th night, I pressed my hand to his chest.
31:11The curse mark was barely there now.
31:13One more push, and it's done.
31:17Not yet. I wanted to break where everyone can see.
31:22The full moon rose over Silvercrest like a blade.
31:25The whole pack was already in the square.
31:27They had not come to watch a ceremony.
31:29They had come to watch a verdict.
31:30Damon stood at the center in black armor.
31:32Border wolves at his back.
31:33I invoke the ancient route.
31:35Shift.
31:36Or step aside.
31:37And if you can't, brother, you don't get the title.
31:40You don't get her either.
31:42Kale walked forward.
31:43Damon struck first.
31:44Fast.
31:45Brutal.
31:45No warning.
31:46Kale took the hit.
31:47Staggered.
31:48Then came back harder.
31:49For three vicious exchanges, they were matched.
31:51The square erupted.
31:52Then Damon whistled.
31:53The wolves behind him spread out.
31:55Not retreating.
31:56Surrounding us.
31:57The elders surged to their feet.
31:58This violates the rite.
32:00The rite is for alphas.
32:01He hasn't shifted.
32:02He hasn't proven he is one.
32:04Three wolves lunged at Kale at once.
32:05He dropped the first.
32:07Broke the second's charge.
32:08The third drove him to one knee.
32:09I moved toward him.
32:10Damon saw.
32:11His eyes dropped to the silver mark on my wrist.
32:13Then he understood.
32:14Keep her away from him.
32:15The wolves turned toward me.
32:17My blood went cold.
32:17Damon wasn't trying to beat Kale anymore.
32:20He was trying to cut off the one thing still holding him together.
32:22Kale lifted his head.
32:24Gold burning through his eyes.
32:25The wolves moved to block me.
32:26I didn't stop.
32:27I broke through the gap before they could close it.
32:29Stop her!
32:30Too late.
32:31But by the time his wolves moved, I was already at Kale's side.
32:33I reached Kale as he hit one knee.
32:35My palm slammed against his chest.
32:37Silver light exploded between us.
32:41Silver light burst from my hand and tore through the last of the curse.
32:44Kale's head snapped back, and what came out of him was not a scream.
32:48It was a howl that shook the whole square.
32:50Under the full moon, his body changed.
32:52Bone widened.
32:52Muscle surged.
32:53And silver gray fur broke through beneath the moonlight.
32:56In the space of one breath, the man was gone.
32:58A wolf stood where he had been.
32:59Massive.
33:00Silver gray.
33:01With moonlight sliding over his fur-like metal.
33:03But the eyes were still his.
33:04Deep gray.
33:05Steady.
33:06Unmistakable.
33:06The silver wolf.
33:08Silvercrest had not seen that form in a thousand years.
33:10The wolves who had surrounded us furs first.
33:12Then, one by one, they dropped to their knees.
33:15Not because they wanted to.
33:16Because something older in their blood knew exactly what stood before them.
33:19The crowd followed.
33:20Warriors, elders, patrol captains, all kneeling.
33:23Damon's face went white.
33:25His wolf knew before he did.
33:26His knees bent.
33:27And he fought it with everything he had.
33:29Pride, rage, denial.
33:30None of it was stronger than instinct.
33:32His wolf was trying to submit.
33:33No.
33:35No!
33:36Attack!
33:37No one moved.
33:38They were already on the ground.
33:39And Damon finally understood.
33:41They could betray him.
33:42They could cheat for him.
33:43They could lie for him.
33:44But they could not rise against Kale.
33:45Then his eyes found me.
33:46The woman he had rejected.
33:48The woman who had run to Kale instead.
33:50The woman whose blood had made the whole pack kneel.
33:52Something in Damon snapped.
33:53If he could not take the title.
33:55If he could not command the wolves.
33:56Then he would take back the one thing that had crowned his brother.
33:59Me.
33:59He lunged.
34:01The silver wolf moved before I saw it.
34:03One second Damon was lunging.
34:05The next.
34:05Kale stood between us.
34:07And the snarl that hit the square dropped every wolf still standing.
34:10Damon's knee slammed into the dirt.
34:11Not his choice.
34:12His wolves.
34:13Kale shifted back.
34:14Bare chested.
34:15Eyes still burning gold.
34:16Look at her like she belongs to you again.
34:18And I'll remind your wolf why it nepped.
34:20Damon forced his head up.
34:21Found me.
34:22The rage was gone.
34:23The pride was gone.
34:24Tara!
34:24She was mine first.
34:25I should have chosen her!
34:27He tried to crawl forward.
34:28Kale moved once.
34:29Damon stopped.
34:30It was Lyra.
34:32She lied to me.
34:34Told me the prophecy was fake.
34:36That your blood was worthless.
34:37I believed her.
34:39I'll get rid of her.
34:40Tonight.
34:41The child.
34:41The bond.
34:42All of it.
34:43Gone.
34:43Just come back.
34:44He let me.
34:45Because this part was mine.
34:47You lost me the moment you put my bracelet on her wrist.
34:51I was stupid.
34:53I was proud.
34:54I was...
34:54You were cruel.
34:56And you're still blaming everyone but yourself.
34:59Keep Lyra.
35:00Keep the child.
35:02Keep your excuses.
35:04I have an alpha king to stand beside.
35:07Damon folded.
35:07Kale didn't look away from him.
35:09Drag him out.
35:12Three days later.
35:14Aldric announced he would step down.
35:15The coronation would be held at dawn.
35:17Moira was arrested that same night.
35:19Kale didn't have her executed.
35:20He stripped her of title, guards, rooms, jewels, and every loyalist she had left.
35:25Then he sent her out of Silvercrest for good.
35:27Not as Luna Matriarch.
35:28Not as Kingmaker.
35:29Just Moira.
35:30Damon was sealed in the deepest hold beneath the stronghold.
35:32No light.
35:33No visitors.
35:34No title.
35:35No airing.
35:35At first, he demanded to see me.
35:37Then he begged the guards to tell me he was wrong.
35:40When no answer came, he finally broke.
35:42They said he went mad in that cell.
35:43One moment cursing Kale.
35:45The next crying my name.
35:46Over and over, he said the same things.
35:48That I had loved him first.
35:50That I should have been his Luna.
35:51That my blood should have made him king.
35:52That he should have chosen me.
35:54Then the final news reached the hold.
35:55Kale would take the mantle at dawn.
35:57And I would stand beside him as his Luna Queen.
35:59Damon's last hope shattered.
36:01He had lost the throne, the pack, the prophecy, and the woman who could have given him everything.
36:05They said he held in despair until his voice broke.
36:07But no one came for him.
36:09No one answered.
36:09No one even listened anymore.
36:12Laira fell fastest of all.
36:14Damon's name was gone.
36:15Moira's protection was gone.
36:17The child would be kept.
36:18Laira would not.
36:19Her room had been reassigned.
36:20Her jewels catalogued.
36:21Even the bracelet she once wore like a crown had been taken back.
36:24On the morning she was escorted out.
36:26The coronation procession passed.
36:28Silver banners.
36:29White cloaks.
36:30Drums rolling through the road.
36:31Laira stood barefoot in the dirt and watched me walk beside Kale.
36:34Sarah.
36:35I stopped.
36:36Laira's eyes failed.
36:37We were friends once.
36:39No.
36:40You were never my friend.
36:42You were the girl who knew every promise Damon made me.
36:45The girl who knew I believed in him.
36:47And the girl who whispered in his ear that my prophecy was a lie.
36:51You told him my blood was worthless.
36:54That choosing me would make him look weak.
36:57You didn't steal Damon because you loved him.
37:00You stole him because you couldn't stand that an Omega like me had something you never would.
37:06I was scared.
37:09No.
37:09You were jealous.
37:10She had no answer.
37:12Behind her, the guards waited.
37:13I turned back to Kale.
37:14Not my place.
37:15Not my future.
37:16Not even my pity.
37:18The coronation was held at dawn.
37:20Kale shifted into the silver wolf for the right.
37:22His fur blazing in the first light like forged metal.
37:25When he returned to human form, Aldrich placed the mantle across his shoulders.
37:29I stood beside him in silver and white.
37:30When the pack knelt, Kale reached for my hand.
37:33His palm was warm.
37:34His grip was steady.
37:35Nothing like the cold, fragile fingers I had held on that altar weeks ago.
37:38For a moment, I was back there again.
37:40The white dress.
37:41The silent pack.
37:42Damon standing beside Lyra like I had already been erased.
37:45Then the doors opened.
37:46Kale had walked in half dead, cursed, and barely able to stand.
37:49No one thought he would survive the night.
37:51Maybe part of me didn't either.
37:52But he looked at me when everyone else looked at my blood.
37:55He asked for my answer when everyone else wanted my obedience.
37:58That was why I chose him.
37:59Not because the prophecy told me to.
38:01Not because I needed revenge.
38:02Because he saw me standing alone and decided that was enough reason to risk his life.
38:06My blood broke the curse.
38:08But it did not make him worthy.
38:09That part had always been his.
38:11Damon had everything and threw it away because he thought I was replaceable.
38:14Kale had almost nothing.
38:15And still chose me like I mattered.
38:17The prophecy said my blood would crown an alpha king.
38:19It was right.
38:20But it was my choice that decided which man deserved it.
38:22Kale turned to me.
38:23For a second, I saw the same question in his eyes.
38:26Does it still stand?
38:27I laced my fingers through his.
38:28Below us, the whole pack remained on their knees.
38:31Yes, it still stands.
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