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