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00:00Everyone thought he brought bad luck, but I still looked after him for 10 years.
00:05Elle, I'm yours. I'll never betray you.
00:07I believed every word. I really thought I was the only light in his darkness.
00:11But when it mattered most, he chose Lillian Marely, my dad's illegitimate daughter.
00:15He took a bullet for her and left me behind in an enemy warehouse.
00:19I was locked in that place for three days, suffering every kind of abuse.
00:25After barely escaping, I wandered across the rocky wasteland.
00:30I died there alone, covered in mud and flilf.
00:33Fate gives me a second chance.
00:35I'm back on the day my father forces me to marry in Lillian's place.
00:38The groom is Cian, the Burfin Mafia boss, rumored to have been crippled in a shootout and lived like a
00:42hermit.
00:43This time, I agree to marry him in five days.
00:48In the dim apartment, a man's low, intimate breaths drift through the door.
00:52Between them, he whispers Lillian's name over and over.
00:55Lillian.
00:55After what feels like an eternity, Zach finally emerges.
00:58A bundle of women's clothing draped over his arm.
01:01Until my very last breath in my past life, I still hoped he would come, but he never did.
01:06In this life, I won't repeat the same mistakes.
01:08Not ever.
01:09I turn and walk into the study.
01:13I'll marry Cian.
01:14In exchange, I want every Westside asset and my mother's trust fund.
01:17In my name.
01:18You really mean that?
01:20Seeing him like that, I feel even sadder and hollow inside.
01:23After my mom died, my dad brought Lillian home.
01:26From then on, I lost my place as his prized daughter.
01:30All he cared about was Lillian.
01:32Every treasure or novelty, she got first.
01:35Even this wedding.
01:36Lillian refused to marry a cripple so the burden fell on me.
01:39In my past life, I refused.
01:41Lillian was ambushed while fooling the wedding.
01:44Zach saved her and left me to rot in hell.
01:47Naturally.
01:48Zach stands in the doorway, dark-faced, eyes burning with rage.
01:51I have no idea how long he's been listening.
01:54Lillian, what exactly did you just agree to?
01:56I look at him, feeling nothing but a stranger's distance and a hint of amusement.
02:03For the family's reputation, keep this quiet for now, dad.
02:06Or, do you want people thinking you favor a mistress' daughter?
02:08Over me, your rightful one.
02:10Fine.
02:11But don't go back on your promise.
02:13I simply hum in response, then walk past Zach without even looking at him.
02:17It is the first time I've ever ignored him.
02:20Um, Elowen, what did you just say?
02:24Lillian's already had it hard.
02:25Why are you still going after her?
02:27So that's why he was rushing.
02:28He thought I'd go after Lillian.
02:29He knows very well we never get along, yet he still protects her.
02:32Then I remember it.
02:33In my past life, he took a bullet for Lillian and I cried, asking why.
02:37She's not like you, Elowen.
02:38Lillian can't handle pain.
02:41Maybe I look too pale then.
02:42He noticed it and promised he'd come for me soon.
02:45Now I see.
02:47It was just a lie he threw out to shut me up.
02:52Did I spoil you or what?
02:54How dare you walk in on me and dad like that?
02:57Zach's head snaps to the side.
02:59He stares at me, stunned, silent for a long moment.
03:01He must be surprised.
03:03After all, I used to love him that much.
03:04I'd hold his hand and tell him he was the only one I trusted.
03:07I'd curl up in his arms and say we'd never let each other down.
03:10If he got hurt, I'd cry and panic.
03:12I was wrong.
03:13I look at him with his head down, yet there's no pleasure in revenge.
03:16In the tense standoff, someone suddenly rushes over.
03:20What did he do wrong, Elowen?
03:22Why are you doing this to him?
03:23If it's my fault, I'll say sorry for him.
03:25Just leave Zach alone.
03:27It's okay.
03:28Don't worry about me, Lillian.
03:29They look all lovey-doovy.
03:31And I?
03:31Just like the bad guy.
03:32I try to speak, but my throat feels blocked and my chest hurts.
03:36Zach is mine.
03:37Who are you to apologize for him?
03:39Elephant.
03:39I know you've never liked me, but Zach doesn't belong to anyone.
03:42He's free.
03:43Don't say that anymore.
03:45You think so, too?
03:46She didn't do anything.
03:47Leave her alone, Oan, Elowen.
03:50I close my eyes in mockery, turning away without another word.
03:55Zach still follows me.
03:56He kneels in front of my bed.
03:58He's about to speak, but his expression suddenly shifts.
04:04Elowen.
04:06Through the soft soul, I feel something get hard.
04:09Right there against the bottom of my foot, bold as anything.
04:12I stare at his face, increasing the pressure beneath my foot.
04:16Then I lift my foot and tip Zach's chin up with the tip of my shoe.
04:20Unhasty.
04:20Almost vicious.
04:21What?
04:22Trying to stay pure for someone else?
04:23Think I'm humiliating you?
04:25Too bad.
04:26Even under my foot, you still react.
04:28I don't know what you mean.
04:29This has nothing to do with Lillian.
04:31Humiliate me if you want, but she-
04:32Enough!
04:33Even now, he's still thinking about Lillian.
04:35Get out.
04:39I sit for a moment, then get up and follow him from a distance.
04:42And sure enough, he goes into Lillian's room.
04:46Zach, she didn't do anything to you, right?
04:48It's my fault.
04:49I made her angry.
04:50And now this is happening to you.
04:51It's not your business, Lillian.
04:53Elwin's always been harsh.
04:54I'm used to it.
04:55I don't mind as long as she doesn't hurt you.
04:59Lillian.
05:00Stay away.
05:01I'm dirty.
05:02I stagger a step and knock over a VAR.
05:04Zach bursts out, gun aimed at my chest.
05:07Blood stains my shoulder instantly.
05:10I freeze, staring at Zach, who appeared out of nowhere.
05:13I try to speak, but blood rushes into my mouth, cutting off my words.
05:16Pain hits me.
05:17My face goes white, and I stumble a few steps, weak.
05:20Elwin!
05:23Zach, I'm scared.
05:25Why is she hiding, Zach?
05:26Is she going to hurt me again?
05:30Elwin, you scared Lillian.
05:31I'll settle her first, then come I'll call a doctor.
05:34I see the scene replaying from before, my heart hurting worse than the gunshot.
05:39What did you say?
05:40Are you serious?
05:42You want to give Zach to Lillian?
05:43But aren't you crazy about him?
05:45Like you went against so many people just to save him.
05:47I'm getting married.
05:48It doesn't make sense to keep some outside around.
05:51Lillian likes him too, right?
05:52Give him to her, she'll be happy.
05:54My dad knows Lillian well.
05:55He thinks about it for a second, then agrees.
05:57For once, there's a little guilt in his eyes.
05:59He says my name, real quiet.
06:01Elwin, this marriage to Sheen, it's on me.
06:03I don't let him finish.
06:04I stand up and walk out slowly.
06:06Five days later, Sheen's people deliver my wedding dress.
06:10Tomorrow's my wedding, but I hardly look at the dress.
06:14I just turn to Zach Zach and speak calmly.
06:19Lillian's heading to the suburban villa tomorrow.
06:21Go with her.
06:22Protect her.
06:25Zach jerks his head up, a rare crack appearing in his cold expression.
06:29I never liked him getting close to Lillian.
06:32But now, I push him towards her myself.
06:35A weird sense of panic hits him out of nowhere.
06:38Like he's about to lose something that really matters.
06:41He can only stare at me.
06:44I sit at my vanity and catch his eyes in the mirror.
06:48Having second thoughts?
06:51Zach hesitates.
06:52He seems to sense something is wrong.
06:54Then Lillian crosses his mind and he gives in.
06:55No.
06:56I'll go.
06:57I don't know why, but I laugh.
06:59Then go.
07:00Zach pauses, a lump forming in his throat.
07:04Isn't it tomorrow?
07:05Instead of answering, I take off the necklace he gave me, then drop it onto the table.
07:09Like ending a chapter.
07:12He gave it to me on my coming of age day.
07:15I treasured it and never took it off.
07:17He sees what I'm doing.
07:19Panic flashes across his face.
07:20I ignore it and turn away.
07:23Just go.
07:26He balls his hands into fists, yet leaves without a word.
07:30The next day, the wedding car arrives.
07:32In my wedding dress, I walk out of the Morrini estate without looking back.
07:36Zach, this is goodbye forever.
07:38As I leave, Zach, who's with Lillian at the villa, feels a sharp pang in his chest instinctively.
07:44He looks back toward the estate.
07:46Zach?
07:47What's got your attention?
07:51Elowen finally gave you to me.
07:52Aren't you happy?
07:53He feels repressed against him, but his mind is elsewhere.
07:56Suddenly, something clicks.
07:58Wait, what did you say?
08:01Elowen gave me to you?
08:03Shion was the most powerful mafia boss in the North.
08:05Someone like Lillian, an illegitimate daughter, was never meant to wed him.
08:09Yet my dad used me to put Lillian in that position.
08:15Then, half a month ago, rumor spread.
08:17He'd been crippled in a shootout.
08:19His family was gone.
08:20He was all that remained.
08:22Don't you know?
08:23Elowen's getting married to Sian.
08:26The thought makes Zach race back to New York, only to see the wedding car already gone.
08:31The wedding car rolls into Sian's northern estate.
08:35Elowen, I am Sian.
08:37I place my hand in his, warm, strong, and steady.
08:40Through the veil I see a faint figure.
08:42I pause, then slip my hand into his palm.
08:44I'm taken into the estate.
08:48Since Sian's family is gone, there's no big wedding.
08:51Just a simple ceremony.
08:53As you can see, I can't give you a normal life.
08:55I'll set you free in time.
08:56No need.
08:57He's strikingly handsome.
08:58Sharp features.
08:59Intense vibe.
08:59Even seated, he carries pressure.
09:01And after his whole family is gone, he's all alone.
09:03So similar to that Zach I once knew.
09:05I chose to marry you, so don't belittle yourself.
09:08Sian pauses.
09:09A faint ripple in his gaze.
09:11Then it quickly fades.
09:12But how could?
09:13In my condition, I can't even be a real husband.
09:15Do you like anyone?
09:16No.
09:19The next morning, he came to me with a dark look on his face.
09:22Who was that man?
09:23And asked who the man was.
09:24What's the rush?
09:25I couldn't even be bothered to look at him.
09:28Aren't you only interested in that woman, Lily?
09:31That shut him up completely.
09:33He slammed the door and stole.
09:36War and I had been together for ten years.
09:39I helped him seize territory from rival claims and build everything he had.
09:44And yet, after all that, he broke his promise to marry me and chose another woman instead.
09:51Mara fought beside you for every inch of this coast.
09:54So what happened?
09:54A woman with blood on her hands gives me chills.
09:57Lily's different.
09:58She's innocent.
09:59But if Mara betrays you, we're finished.
10:01The entire Serpent Coast belongs to me.
10:03She's only one person.
10:04He had no idea I was standing in the hallway.
10:07I threw the ointment I'd brought him into the cache, then sent a text to his biggest rival.
10:13Kor's territory.
10:15Kor's life.
10:16Want them?
10:17They're yours.
10:18I was making plans to leave when Kor came looking for me.
10:23A shipment's arriving in two days.
10:25You'll pick it up personally and clear out your room.
10:27I need it.
10:28His tone was cold and commanding, but all I felt was amusement.
10:32The shipment was probably for the wedding, and my room was obviously being prepared for Lily.
10:37What are you sulking about now?
10:38I already told you I can't make our relationship public because the situation's unstable.
10:42Again?
10:43Back then, I believed every word he said.
10:46Whenever he needed weapons, I became a dragon.
10:49Whenever he needed soldiers, I took human form and fought for him.
10:53Now I realized it had all been lies.
10:56I slid the signed clearance pass toward him between stacks of purchase lists.
11:00I'm just used to it.
11:02He barely glanced at it before signing hard across the page.
11:06Everything on this island belongs to me.
11:08Including you.
11:09So quit giving me that attitude.
11:11He mistook my silence for submission.
11:14I didn't correct him.
11:15I walked outside, looked at the open sea beyond the docks, and smiled.
11:20That evening, Lily appeared at the docks in a white dress, glowing and delicate exactly the way Kor liked.
11:26Behind her, crate after crate of luggage was carried ashore.
11:30As she passed me, she stopped deliberately.
11:34Mara, you work so hard for Kor.
11:36I'm sure he'll promote you eventually.
11:39As for me, Kor can't wait to marry me.
11:43I tightened my grip on the knife in my hand to stop myself from driving it straight through her.
11:49Move.
11:50I shot her a cold glance and started to walk away.
11:53You can see.
11:56Kor writes in this whenever he misses me.
11:59Could you throw it away from me?
12:03Then she strutted off.
12:05I stood at the edge of the cliff, my hands trembling as I opened the diary.
12:10April 12th.
12:12That was the day I covered Kor during a gunfight while Zane's men broke through the line.
12:16If I make it back alive, I'm going to treat you right.
12:20August 5th.
12:22Kor got shot.
12:23I stormed into Zane's pants alone, changing direction while running to draw fire, and dragged him back out.
12:30That same day, he wrote...
12:31God, baby.
12:32You looked beautiful today.
12:34January 24th.
12:36He'd been captured by a hostile tribe.
12:38I volunteered to take his place.
12:40He wrote...
12:42If it were you, I'd never let you go through something like that.
12:45While I was risking my life for him, he was rejecting my feelings and writing love notes to another woman.
12:51God, baby. You're going to be beautiful today.
12:52The more I read, the harder I broke apart inside.
12:56Finally, I hurled the diary onto the ground.
12:59Right then, a message from Zane came through.
13:01We should talk about your offer.
13:03After settling the details with Zane, I headed back and overheard Kor talking to his crew.
13:08Lord, the wedding dress we bought at auction, the one worth billions, has arrived.
13:13Should we send it to Lily now?
13:15Yeah.
13:16The wedding's tomorrow.
13:18I won't allow any interference.
13:21If anyone leaks this to Mara,
13:24they die.
13:25I'd already decided to leave,
13:27but hearing Kor talk about me like I was some threat that needed controlling still hurt.
13:32I went back to my room to pack,
13:34only to realize I owned almost nothing besides weapons.
13:38Of course, Kor had never given me anything else.
13:41The one time I asked, he told me,
13:43Even if you wear dresses and earrings, you still don't look like a woman.
13:46Don't embarrass yourself.
13:48The memory hollowed me out all over again.
13:52Meanwhile, Lily's luggage was overflowing with jewelry,
13:55beautiful clothes, and expensive accessories.
13:58I dug out the red dress I'd hidden away years ago,
14:00put it on, applied makeup,
14:02and watched the last traces of silver shimmer fade from my skin.
14:06Just then, Lily walked in without knocking.
14:09Mara, you read the diary, didn't you?
14:13Coarse feelings for me.
14:15Her voice stopped abruptly.
14:16She stared at me in stunned silence,
14:18shocked by how beautiful I looked dressed up.
14:21You know he doesn't want you,
14:23and you're still trying to seduce him?
14:26Tear you!
14:27I'll tear you apart!
14:29Before she even got clothes,
14:31I punched her straight in the face.
14:41You hit me?
14:43Kor's going to destroy you!
14:45You attacked me first.
14:50Cut out those pathetic little tricks of yours.
14:53But the moment the words left my mouth,
14:55she suddenly dropped to her knees and started slapping herself.
14:58I'm sorry!
15:02Just then, a flying kick came at me.
15:05Mara!
15:05How dare you lay a hand on her!
15:08Kor's boot carried the full strength of dragon blood.
15:11If I'd been hit by it,
15:13it probably would have crippled me.
15:15I twisted a side just in time,
15:17but I landed badly and rolled my ankle.
15:19Fighting through the pain,
15:20I looked up at him.
15:21He didn't even notice me at first.
15:23He went straight to Lily
15:25and pulled her to her feet.
15:26When he finally turned back toward me,
15:28I saw the shock in his eyes.
15:31Maybe he'd never imagined
15:32I could look this beautiful.
15:35No matter how pretty you make yourself,
15:37you're not even half of what Lily is to me.
15:40Mara kept pressuring me about the wedding.
15:43And I accidentally let it slip.
15:45Just minutes ago,
15:46people had been threatened with death
15:48for leaking the news.
15:49Now suddenly,
15:50none of it mattered.
15:52They die.
15:54So you're really marrying her?
15:57Yes.
15:58He frowned slightly.
15:59Tomorrow.
16:01Come if you want.
16:02Just don't cause trouble.
16:04Hearing him say it out loud
16:05felt like something tearing through my chest.
16:08Lily peeked out from behind his arm.
16:10I want Mara to be my witness at the wedding.
16:12Kor's expression softened instantly.
16:14Being a witness isn't a big deal.
16:16You don't mind, do you?
16:19Get out.
16:20Silver light crawled up my arms.
16:22Rage spread through me like wildfire.
16:25Both of you.
16:26Get out!
16:30I slammed them out the door with dragon force,
16:32then collapsed onto the floor.
16:34Only after my hands finally looked human again
16:37did I start to cry.
16:38Right then, my phone lit up.
16:40A message from Zane.
16:42Look by the window.
16:43Confused,
16:44I turned my head and found a small package
16:47floating outside the window.
16:49I pulled it toward me and opened it.
16:51Inside was a bottle of ointment.
16:54Kor had always believed this island
16:56was hidden from the world.
16:58Turns out everything here
16:59had been under Zane's watch the whole time.
17:02That alone proved I'd chosen the right ally.
17:05I'd just finished applying the ointment
17:07and was about to sleep when Kor came back.
17:10He lifted me into his arms,
17:12carried me to the bed,
17:13and applied his own medicine to my ankle.
17:21He was soaked through.
17:23Beneath the wet fabric of his shirt,
17:25faint traces of scales showed along his shoulders
17:27where the cold had brought them to the surface.
17:30I used to be terrified of pain.
17:33Whenever I got hurt,
17:34Kor would press his forehead against mine
17:36and comfort me.
17:38Those years were hard,
17:39but with him beside me,
17:41I always felt safe.
17:43Then one day,
17:44he stopped showing up.
17:46So I learned to sit alone in the infirmary
17:49and heal by myself.
17:51After all these years,
17:52I thought I'd stopped being afraid of pain.
17:55So why now?
17:56What was he trying to do?
17:58You've gotten thinner.
17:59I haven't taken care of you properly.
18:01I'm sorry.
18:02Lily saved my life.
18:04I have no choice.
18:06Once I deal with Zane,
18:08I'll end all this and come back to you.
18:10I stared at the ring on his finger.
18:12A pale, white scale from Lily
18:14had been set into the silver band.
18:16Did you ever really love me?
18:18Yes.
18:19Only you.
18:20It's always been you.
18:24Then he handed me a glass of milk.
18:26The moment I drank it,
18:27I tasted the sedative.
18:29My throat tightened instantly.
18:31So in the end,
18:32he was still lying to me.
18:35I finished the milk anyway.
18:37Kor smiled that bright, familiar smile,
18:39then watched as I closed my eyes.
18:42What he didn't know
18:43was that after enduring
18:44so many injuries over the years,
18:46sedatives no longer worked on me.
18:48A while later,
18:49Lily's voice drifted into the room.
18:51Will that really keep her asleep for a whole day?
18:52Of course.
18:56Perfect timing, sweetheart.
19:02He pulled Lily into his arms
19:03and they immediately started making out.
19:06Every sound tore at me,
19:07but I had no choice except pretend to sleep.
19:10They carried on for two hours
19:12before finally leaving.
19:13The second the door closed,
19:15I shot upright.
19:16I am the Luna
19:17chosen by the Moon Goddess for my Alpha.
19:19But Damien is desperately in love
19:21with my sister, Sophia.
19:22He resented me for five years.
19:25When I went into labor,
19:27he wasn't there.
19:28I lost too much blood.
19:30The last thing I heard
19:31before the darkness took me
19:32was Damien's voice low and harsh
19:34like the words cost him something.
19:35If I could do this over,
19:37I would wish you were never my Luna.
19:41When I opened my eyes again,
19:42I was back.
19:43Back to the moment
19:44the Moon Goddess marked me as his.
19:46Damien's hand was around my throat
19:47since I was looking for.
19:48Same fury,
19:49same cold gold eyes.
19:50Why would the Moon Goddess
19:51choose you as my Luna?
19:52I looked up at him, calm.
19:55Don't worry.
19:56I'll break the bond myself.
19:57Damien went still for a moment.
19:59Then he laughed.
20:00Short and contemptuous.
20:02Don't play games with me.
20:04The Moon Goddess
20:05only pairs a wolf once.
20:06Break the bond and that's it.
20:07No second mate.
20:09Ever.
20:11Unless
20:12Crawl, you're planning to crawl
20:13to that freak from the Snowfield Pack?
20:15The Snowfield Pack.
20:16They were new,
20:17but no one called them small anymore.
20:18In the span of a few years,
20:19they had risen from nothing,
20:20expanding fast and ruthlessly
20:21across the northern tundra
20:22until every established pack
20:23had been forced to take notice.
20:24But their alpha was a man named Ethan,
20:26and the story that followed his name
20:27was one wolves told in lowered voices.
20:29On the day he came of age,
20:30the Moon Goddess had given him nothing.
20:31No bond, no Luna, no mate.
20:33And now his pack had arrived at our territory
20:34without warning, passed over,
20:35bearing gifts no one could ignore
20:36and a single request.
20:37They wanted a mate for their alpha.
20:38The problem was simple.
20:39The Snowfield Territory
20:40was exactly what its name promised.
20:42Ite.
20:42No wolf raised in the warmth of the forest
20:44wanted to go there.
20:44I looked at Damien's face
20:45like I was something he knows.
20:46That easy contempt.
20:47The pain of it moved through me,
20:48sharp and familiar,
20:49stealing the air from my lungs.
20:50I let myself feel it.
20:51Then I let it go.
20:53Just wait.
20:54I'll make sure you end up
20:56with Sophia.
21:04I went deep into the forest,
21:06past the place where the trees
21:07stopped letting in light.
21:08The witch found me before I found her.
21:09She listened to what I wanted.
21:10When I was done,
21:11she looked at me the way
21:12you look at something wounded.
21:13I can break the bond between you and Damien,
21:14but the pain will be unlike anything
21:15you've felt before.
21:16Bad enough to make you wish
21:17you hadn't survived it.
21:18I laughed.
21:19A small, tired sound.
21:21Nothing could hurt more than staying.
21:23Please.
21:24The witch was quiet for a long moment.
21:25Help me.
21:26Then she reached into the folds of her cloak
21:28and produced a ring.
21:29Plain, dark, old looking.
21:31One drop of blood
21:32from each wolf you love most.
21:34Yours and his.
21:35When the ring has both,
21:36the bond will break.
21:37The wolf I loved most was Damien.
21:39The wolf Damien loved most was Sophia.
21:41If I hurt Sophia to get her blood,
21:43Damien might actually kill me.
21:45I rode back to the pack anyway.
21:46I found Damien and held the ring out
21:48before he could speak.
21:49All you have to do is give me a drop
21:50of your blood and Sophia's.
21:52Then the bond,
21:53he knocked it out of my hand.
21:54I watched it arc through the air
21:55and disappear into the lake.
21:56The water closed over it without a sound.
21:58Are you ever gonna stop?
21:59His voice was sharp enough to cut.
22:01Heart's blood?
22:01Seriously, Iris?
22:02Why not just ask us both to die
22:03and be done with it?
22:04Something inside my chest
22:05looked very cold.
22:06My hands dropped to my sides.
22:07I couldn't feel them anymore
22:08because the ring needs blood
22:09from whoever each of us loves most.
22:10I love you.
22:11You love Sophia.
22:14Absurd excuse.
22:16Damien didn't believe a word.
22:18I didn't try to make him
22:19believe me anymore.
22:20I turned and jumped into the lake.
22:25The water was a wall of cold.
22:27I forced my eyes open beneath it,
22:29searching the black stone lake bed
22:30until my fingers finally hit
22:31something small and hard.
22:32The ring.
22:33Before I could surface on my own,
22:35hands caught me.
22:35Fury's strong chest was heaving.
22:37He looked at me like
22:37I was something unrecognizable.
22:39What is wrong with you?
22:40Have you truly lost your mind?
22:41There it was again.
22:42He always did this.
22:43This exact thing that confused me.
22:45His actions looked like he cared.
22:46Like I was still something worth saving.
22:48And every time at the wandering stop
22:49the moment Sophia existed,
22:50I opened my hand.
22:52The ring lay in my palm,
22:53still cold from the lake.
22:54I started crying.
22:55I couldn't tell if it was pain or relief.
22:56Maybe both.
22:57Damien stared at me like
22:58I was a question he couldn't answer.
22:59Then he turned and walked away.
23:00That left me with one choice.
23:02I went to find Sophia.
23:03Soph and I had never made sense together.
23:04Not in this life.
23:04Not in the last one.
23:05When we walked in me,
23:06sharper room together,
23:06every eye found her first.
23:07Nobody ever had to think about it.
23:08But when I came to her room,
23:10she didn't look up.
23:10I can make you Damien's Luna,
23:12but I need something from you first.
23:14That got her attention.
23:15Barely.
23:16What?
23:17Your blood.
23:18She went still.
23:19Then she laughed.
23:20Well, just ask not warmly.
23:21I'm not trying to hurt you.
23:22Damien and I have a bond.
23:23If I break it,
23:24he's free.
23:24You'd be free to be with him properly.
23:26No bond between us in the way.
23:27She finally looked at me.
23:28Her eyes were sharp.
23:29Why would you do that?
23:30Everyone in this pack knows
23:30we've been in love with Damien
23:31since we were children.
23:32So why would you just
23:33give him up?
23:34Give him to me?
23:36I didn't have a good answer.
23:39Then Sophia only lifted one hand.
23:43Fine.
23:43I'll call the healer.
23:45Don't try anything stupid.
23:47The healer came.
23:49The needle was ready.
23:50Then the door exploded off its hinges.
23:52Damien.
23:53It took him half a second
23:54to understand what he thought
23:55he was seeing.
23:56Sophia, the healer,
23:58the needle hovering near her heart.
23:59The look on his face
24:00was one I had never seen before.
24:01Like something inside him
24:03had cracked open.
24:08Sophia, are you alright?
24:10Did she hurt you?
24:15You shouldn't have come.
24:16How could I not?
24:17Do you truly believe her?
24:19You could have died, Sophia.
24:21Do you understand that?
24:22If it means being with you,
24:23then it was worth trying.
24:24She smiled when she said it,
24:26soft and tired and so certain.
24:27One tear slipped down her cheek.
24:29Only one.
24:30But it was enough.
24:31I had never seen him love someone.
24:33Not like that.
24:34Not with his whole body,
24:35his whole chest
24:36as if nothing else in the room existed.
24:37And I was still standing in the corner.
24:39I didn't move.
24:40I didn't speak.
24:41For a long moment,
24:42I didn't even breathe properly.
24:43The room seemed to shrink around me.
24:45Then Damien looked at me.
24:46He crossed the room
24:47and shoved me hard.
24:48My back hit the pillar.
24:50I went down,
24:50pain bursting between my ribs.
24:52He crouched,
24:53grabbing the front of my dress.
24:54Come at me if you need someone to punish.
24:57Don't touch Sophia.
24:58I knew that voice.
25:00I knew those words.
25:01He used to say them to others.
25:03To anyone who hurt me,
25:04anyone who got too close.
25:05He used to step in front of me
25:06and said the exact same thing.
25:07And now,
25:08I was the someone else.
25:13I blinked back the tears,
25:14pried his fingers off my shirt
25:16one by one.
25:16I wouldn't believe me.
25:18Just once.
25:19The witch told me how to do this.
25:21It has to be Sophia's blood
25:22because the ring needs blood
25:23from whoever each of us loves most.
25:25That's the rule, not mine.
25:28How am I supposed to believe
25:29anything you say?
25:29His eyes were hard.
25:31The bond is between us,
25:32so why does Sophia
25:33have anything to do with it?
25:34Stop.
25:34I'm done listening.
25:35I exhaled,
25:36pressed my fist against my side.
25:38There was nothing left to say
25:39that he would hear.
25:40But I looked up.
25:41Sophia was watching me
25:42from across the room
25:43and she was smiling,
25:44not warmly,
25:45the kind of smile
25:46that means I win.
25:47She'd done it on purpose,
25:48called him here
25:49knowing exactly what would happen,
25:51and I had trusted her.
25:52I wouldn't make that mistake again.
25:53I moved.
25:54I was across the room
25:56before anyone could react,
25:57knife out,
25:58laid at Sophia's throat.
26:00Damien froze.
26:02Iris.
26:03She is your sister.
26:05Put it down.
26:07No.
26:08Sophia's eyes was on me.
26:09Sharp.
26:10Furious.
26:11Something underneath
26:12that might have been-
26:12You hate me that much?
26:13I didn't answer her.
26:16Your blood.
26:17Give me your blood
26:18and I'll let her go.
26:19He looked at me
26:19for one long moment.
26:21Fine.
26:21The pack healer
26:22drew the heart's blood.
26:24Dark red moved slowly
26:25through the hollow tube.
26:26I turned away.
26:27I couldn't watch it.
26:28Once the bond broke,
26:29he would have everything
26:30he wanted,
26:30and we would have nothing
26:31left between us at all.
26:36Now let her go.
26:39I looked away,
26:41picked up the needle
26:41from the table
26:42and pressed it
26:43to Sophia's chest.
26:45Iris!
26:46I'm your sister!
26:48Damien, help me!
26:49Damien's control snapped.
26:50Stop!
26:51You touch her again
26:52and I will never-
26:53Do you hear me?
26:54Never be with you.
26:56Not in this life.
26:57Blood fell onto the ring.
27:00I let Sophia go,
27:01added Damien's blood,
27:03and stepped back.
27:04He was already at her side,
27:06arms around her,
27:07not looking at me.
27:08Sophia,
27:08are you alright?
27:10Let me see.
27:10She cried quietly
27:12against his chest.
27:13Why would you do this to me?
27:15Damien turned.
27:17His claws came out.
27:20He drove his claws
27:21into my chest.
27:22The pain was huge
27:24and bright and complete,
27:25erasing everything else
27:26for one clean second.
27:28Blood spilled out,
27:29far more than Sophia had lost.
27:31He didn't look at me.
27:32You deserve that.
27:33Heal Sophia first!
27:35Every wound,
27:36every mark.
27:37I don't want a scar left on her.
27:40I walked out of the room
27:42and that was as far as I got.
27:43The pain came without warning,
27:45not from the wound in my chest,
27:46but from somewhere deeper,
27:47somewhere the witch
27:47had warned me about.
27:48Every nerve in my body
27:49lit up at once.
27:50I felt something black
27:51rose in my throat
27:52and I couldn't stop it.
27:53Black blood.
27:53The bond was breaking.
27:54The ground,
27:55the ground vanished.
27:56Before I understood
27:57what was happening,
27:59I was in the lake.
28:00The cold swallowed me whole.
28:02I tried to scream,
28:04but no sound came out.
28:05The water stole it
28:07before it left my throat.
28:08I felt my body flowing.
28:11I felt the edges of everything
28:13go soft and dark.
28:15Then something caught my wrist.
28:18Hard.
28:19Steady.
28:19Like he had no intention
28:21of letting go.
28:22He pulled me up
28:22from the bottom of the lake
28:23as if I weighed nothing.
28:24I had never seen him before.
28:25He was taller than Damien.
28:26Broader, too.
28:27The kind of body
28:28built by surviving cruel places.
28:30Before I could understand
28:30any of it,
28:31he had me in his arms,
28:32both hands pressed over my wound.
28:33How did you let yourself
28:34get like this?
28:35And he was not calm.
28:36If I hadn't come,
28:37you would have died down there.
28:38Do you understand?
28:40But you came.
28:45Ethan.
28:46My name is Ethan.
29:03Ethan stayed.
29:04I don't know if I asked him to
29:06or if he simply decided.
29:08Either way,
29:09he was there when I woke,
29:10and the day after
29:11and the day after that
29:12until the wound closed
29:13and the bond sickness passed
29:14and I could breathe
29:15without it hurting.
29:16On the morning,
29:17I finally felt like myself again.
29:18Damien came.
29:19He brought a thermos of soup,
29:21my favorite,
29:22the kind I only ever wanted
29:23when I was sick.
29:23He sat beside the bed
29:24and picked up the spoon
29:25the way he used to,
29:26back when things between us
29:27were different.
29:29I didn't open my mouth.
29:30The bond is broken.
29:32I was wrong about you.
29:35Sophia hasn't gotten out of bed
29:36since that day.
29:37She's still shaken.
29:38Now that you're better,
29:39go apologize to her.
29:44And if I don't?
29:45Then you're not welcome
29:46in this pack anymore.
29:48The snowfield alpha
29:49is looking for a luna.
29:50If you won't apologize,
29:52go be his.
29:53You've both been left behind
29:54by the moon goddess.
29:56You'd make a perfect pair.
29:57Something shifted in my chest.
29:59Not breaking.
29:59Something quieter than that.
30:00The last small thing
30:01I'd been holding in the-
30:02I had known, of course,
30:02that Ben Reade of somebody
30:03was chosen.
30:04It didn't.
30:05All right.
30:05I'll go.
30:06Well done if to do is to do is
30:07for the rest of all
30:07as that was leaving
30:08wanted against me like this.
30:09You see, it meant going north
30:10meant becoming Ethan's luna.
30:19By the will of dragon god Tython,
30:22Roland Moorheart
30:23and Aurelia Winter
30:24are named the reigning
30:25king and queen of Lyrion.
30:28This is our greatest honor,
30:30Lord Tython.
30:43Aurelia, bird in hell.
30:46Lilith, we're sisters.
30:48Why?
30:52We're all dragon princesses.
30:54Why should some bitch
30:55like you get so lucky
30:56drawing the marriage contract
30:57with Prince Roland
30:58and becoming queen
30:59while I'm forced to wed
31:01a lowly feathered snake?
31:02Lucky, marrying Roland
31:03was the biggest regret of me.
31:05If I could live again,
31:07I'd never go near that bastard.
31:19Today's your choosing day.
31:21These two fate dragon eggs
31:22hold the matches
31:23your late grandfather set.
31:25Aurelia,
31:26which of the two betrothals
31:27will you pick?
31:29Choosing a husband?
31:30I've gone back ten years.
31:32This was the very day
31:33I picked the golden dragon egg
31:34to wed Roland
31:35while Lilith took the black one
31:37and married the feathered snake.
31:54Aurelia,
31:55I picked Roland first.
31:56He belongs to me.
32:01Exactly.
32:02I never knew
32:02Princess Lilith was this hot.
32:04I'm gonna marry her.
32:05Wait,
32:06could it be
32:06Lilith was also reborn?
32:09Dad,
32:10Prince Roland
32:10has agreed to marry me.
32:12So,
32:12my sister has to pick
32:14the leftover fiancé.
32:15Verde Scale
32:16is the richest
32:16dragon realm there is.
32:18Whichever daughter he marries
32:20will be a great honor
32:20for our Lycian kingdom.
32:22Aurelia,
32:22crack open your dragon egg
32:23and see who your future husband is.
32:25I'll take everything
32:27you had in your past life.
32:28Soon enough,
32:29you'll swap places with me
32:30and marry that
32:31humble feathered snake instead.
32:39Why is there
32:39a feathered snake in there?
32:41Feathered snakes
32:42are the lowest
32:42of all dragon heart.
32:47It's this wretched
32:48feathered snake.
32:49I got paired with him
32:50in my past life
32:51and wound up exiled.
32:52Now it's Aurelia's turn
32:54to endure my pain.
32:55It's him.
32:56Why did father arrange
32:57another betrothal
32:58to a feathered snake?
33:13Your Highness Typhoon,
33:15you're due to honor
33:15your betrothal
33:16with Lyran's princess.
33:17We'll be late if you tear it.
33:18Dragons take one mate for life
33:20and I, Typhus,
33:21shall wed only the woman I love.
33:24I want no part
33:25in this loveless political marriage.
33:26You're the progetaner
33:27of all monsters
33:28and every creature
33:29bows to you.
33:30Yet this betrothal
33:31was set by your grandmother
33:32Nex, goddess of night.
33:33You cannot break it.
33:39Once that princess
33:40sees me like this,
33:41she'll beg to end our betrothal.
33:45Your Hidus Princess,
33:47I've come to honor
33:47our betrothal.
33:50Your Hidus Princess,
33:52I've come to honor
33:52our betrothal.
33:53Aurelia,
33:54grandfather's betrothal
33:54can't be broken.
33:55I've chosen Prince Rolvind,
33:56so you must marry
33:57this feathered snake.
33:58Don't get why
33:59that old fool
33:59left behind such a betrothal.
34:01What benefits could
34:02this inferior feathered snake
34:04possibly bring us?
34:05Aurelia,
34:06you ought to wed
34:06the elder of
34:07Verdcredge Kingdom.
34:08He's elderly,
34:09yet immensely wealthy.
34:10This filthy feathered snake,
34:11good for nothing but the sewers,
34:12has nothing to give you.
34:14If the princess wishes
34:15to marry another,
34:16we may break this betrothal.
34:18In my past life,
34:20I married the wealthiest prince,
34:22and he tortured me every day.
34:24This time,
34:25I care nothing for rank or status,
34:27only genuine love.
34:28I'd marry you even if you're
34:30a feathered snake.
34:31I'm just a lowlife feathered snake,
34:32no money,
34:33no status.
34:34Marrying me means you might not
34:35even have enough to eat.
34:36Are you really sure?
34:37So what if we have no money?
34:39I'm good with needlework and crafting,
34:41it will be enough to keep us fed.
34:42From this day forward,
34:43we stand by each other
34:44and trust one another completely.
34:47Such honesty and purity.
34:49It's rare.
34:50This is interesting.
34:51This is humiliating!
34:52If you're dead set on marrying
34:54this revolting,
34:54scaleless,
34:55feathered snake,
34:55you are no longer my daughter!
34:57I have made my decision,
34:58and you cannot stop me, Dad.
35:00You!
35:02I, Aurelia Winnell,
35:04do solemnly declare
35:05that I will uphold this betrothal
35:07and take him as my husband.
35:09Aurelia,
35:10don't say I didn't warn you.
35:11Marry a feathered snake,
35:12and I'll step on you
35:13for the rest of your life.
35:15Lilith has no clue.
35:16Back in our past life,
35:17Roland only wed me
35:18to snatch my dragon pearl
35:19and cash it in.
35:21Bitch!
35:22Cough up that dragon pearl at once!
35:31Lilith,
35:33you do better
35:33to take care of yourself first.
35:35Life in the verdscale court
35:36is not as easy as you think.
35:37We'll see about that!
35:43Let's go.
35:47We...
35:47It's a pleasure to meet you.
35:48I'm Aurelia Wint.
35:49What's your name?
35:50I'm T...
35:51Tyvon Dusk.
35:52So,
35:53Tyvon,
35:54in three days,
35:55don't forget to come
35:56pick me up for our wedding.
36:03Your Highness,
36:04Princess Aurelia didn't reject you
36:05for being at a snake
36:06and calling off the betrothal.
36:07Are you still planning
36:08to keep your godly identity hidden?
36:10Let me see her true feelings for me.
36:12You've truly surprised me, Aurelia.
36:13Could you be the dragon god's bride
36:15I've been waiting for,
36:16the one I'll cherish all my life?
36:19Look at Princess Lillan's dowry,
36:20it's so precious!
36:21But Princess Aurora has nothing!
36:23They're both princesses,
36:24but the difference is huge.
36:26You're marrying a feathered snake.
36:27You'd better get used to living
36:28like the lower class.
36:34Prince Roland,
36:35we are so honoured
36:35that you value Kalemia so much.
36:37It's truly a privilege
36:38for our small kingdom.
36:39Aurelia,
36:40where's your feathered snake husband?
36:41Don't tell me he didn't want
36:42to marry you and ran away.
36:47Your Majesty,
36:51I've come for you,
36:52my dear wife.
36:55Is this feathered snake
36:56here to beg or to marry,
36:57showing up dressed like that
36:59is utterly humiliating.
37:00Compared to Prince Roland,
37:02it's like heaven and earth.
37:03What are you wearing?
37:04You deliberately embarrassed me
37:06in front of all the nobles!
37:07Aurelia,
37:07isn't your husband just
37:08a little low-brawn?
37:09It's your wedding day,
37:10don't you feel ashamed?
37:11Marriage is a lifelong bond.
37:12What matters is true heart,
37:14not appearances.
37:15The man I have chosen
37:16cannot be shaken
37:17by the words of others.
37:22Lord Typhon.
37:27Congratulations,
37:28your Majesty.
37:28I never imagined your family
37:29would secure
37:30such an extraordinary marriage.
37:34Damned feathered snake!
37:35Where is your wedding procession?
37:37You expect the bride
37:38to walk back with you?
37:39Exactly.
37:40Look at my husband.
37:41He came to pick me up
37:42with the most luxurious
37:43carriage procession
37:44in the entire dragon clan.
37:50Wait for me!
37:52Ignore them.
37:52My princess,
37:53let me take you home.
38:01Just a moment!
38:03I've found a place to stay.
38:05Please, follow me.
38:16This is the temporary lodging
38:17you found for me?
38:18You expect me to live here?
38:19I was just trying
38:20not to blow your clav
38:21or your rhinos.
38:27I'm sorry you have to stay
38:28in such a shabby place with me.
38:29You deserve better.
38:30It's alright.
38:31I think it's perfect.
38:32We can build our home together.
38:35Our home.
38:37I never imagined
38:38she truly doesn't care
38:39that I'm a feathered snake.
38:40I must make it up to her.
38:42Come with me.
38:53What's happening?
38:57Maybe all creatures
38:58crave to see our nuptials.
39:00Auraria,
39:01you're exactly
39:01who I was meant to meet.
39:04This is the only thing
39:05my father left me.
39:07I have never taken it off before.
39:09Now,
39:09I give it to you.
39:17By the will of dragon god Tython,
39:19Roland Morehart
39:20and Auralia Winter
39:21are named the reigning king
39:23and queen of Lyrian.
39:25This is our greatest honor,
39:27Lord Tython.
39:40Aurelia,
39:41I'm in hell.
39:43Lilith,
39:44we're sisters.
39:45Why?
39:46Why?
39:47Why?
39:50We're all dragon princesses.
39:51Why should some bitch
39:52like you get so lucky
39:53Drawing the marriage contract with Prince Roland, and becoming queen, while I'm forced to wed a lowly feathered snake.
39:59Lucky, marrying Roland was the biggest regret of me.
40:03If I could live again, I'd never go near that bastard.
40:17Today's your choosing day. These two fate dragon eggs hold the matches your late grandfather set.
40:22Aurelia, which of the two betrothals will you pick?
40:26Choosing a husband? I've gone back ten years.
40:29This was the very day I picked the golden dragon egg to wed Roland, while Lilith took the black one
40:34and married the feathered snake.
40:51Aurelia, I picked Roland first. He belongs to me.
40:58Exactly. I never knew Princess Lilith was this hot. I'm gonna marry her.
41:02Wait, could it be? Lilith was also reborn?
41:06Dad, Prince Roland has agreed to marry me. So, my sister has to pick the leftover fiancé.
41:13Verde Scale is the richest dragon realm there is. Whichever daughter he marries will be a great honor for our
41:18Lycian kingdom.
41:19Aurelia, crack open your dragon egg and see who your future husband is.
41:23I'll take everything you had in your past life. Soon enough, you'll swap places with me and marry that humble
41:28feathered snake instead.
41:36Why is there a feathered snake in there?
41:38Feathered snakes are the lowest that all dragon hide.
41:43I was born blonde. The divine blood in me never awakened. I'm a world where divine blood is the only
41:49currency.
41:50A daughter without a blessing is less than the dirt beneath their boots.
41:53I was the house of Ashford's greatest shame. No power. No bloodline form. Not even the healing spark in every
42:00noble vein.
42:00A pure blood, cut by a blade, healed in minutes. A paper cut leaves me bleeding for three days.
42:06But I hid a secret no one knew. My world was black. And I could see the true color of
42:11every soul.
42:12Envy burns green. Hatred burns black. Love glows pink. The deeper the truth, the richer the stain.
42:19With these eyes, I dragged Lysander from a forgotten fifth son all the way to the crown. And how did
42:24he repay me?
42:25The day my sister Cascio was sent to the underworld.
42:29One hand crushed my jaw. The other poured Hecate's venom down my throat. Flowers plucked from the earth by the
42:35goddess herself. Her poison. Her gift.
42:38I should never have chosen a blind girl. It was Kassler I wanted. If not for you, that monster, Marcus,
42:44would never have broken her.
42:46I crossed the river Styx. No funeral.
42:49He gave Cascio the title of queen and buried her with full honors.
42:53I was cast out beyond the borders of the estate, thrown to the pros. Hatred tore me open.
43:01And my eyes finally saw.
43:04Seventeen years old. Lysander moves first. Straight to Cascio. Claims her before the entire court.
43:09He came back too. He is terrified. I'll choose him again.
43:13I turned my head. In all those rotting souls, one heart burned clean.
43:18Gold. The man in the wheelchair. The true light of Apollo.
43:25I claim Cascio Ashford as my mate. My one and only queen.
43:30As soon as he finished speaking, all eyes turned to me.
43:32Anul. Anul. She's blind.
43:34Her bloodline never even answered.
43:36Why is she even here?
43:37Let them talk. I am a daughter of the house of Ashford. Born in the dark.
43:41On my day of ascension, nothing rises from my blood.
43:44No power. No gift.
43:46In a world of divine blood. A blind girl is a joke. A Null with no power. That is the
43:51punchline.
43:52Cascio is different.
43:53Pure blood.
43:55Sorens now.
43:56Her voice could see unlobal divine blood.
43:59To our family, she is a treasure. To them, I am a stain.
44:03Lysander drops to one knee.
44:05Bind your fate to mine. I will make you the most powerful woman in the realm.
44:11Then he looks at me, not with pity, with disgust. A warning. He thinks he can reach the throne without
44:16me this time.
44:17He is wrong. My bloodline never rose. But I got something far more terrifying. The eyes of Hakate.
44:24Envy burns green. Hatred burns black. Love glows pink.
44:30In my last life, these eyes saved him from a dozen assassins. I built every alliance. I gave him the
44:36crown. This life. He can have her. I just hope he doesn't end up crawling to my feet to beg.
44:45I'm just a blind girl. Lysander is far too good for me. He and Cascio are a perfect match. Lysander
44:50gave a cold laugh.
44:51At least you know your place. A Null like you, even if you crawled to me on your knees, I
44:55still wouldn't choose you.
44:56My mother Milena nearly screamed my secret out loud.
45:00Anand looked at me. She stopped. I let my gaze sweep across the entire hall.
45:05Marcus, a cool, ashen black. The other airs greed, lust, filth. Not one clean soul in the room.
45:14Last life. I chose Lysander because his soul looked the cleanest. I was wrong. He was just the best liar.
45:22It wasn't until Cascio's burial that I finally saw his true color. Deep. Rotten. Purple black. He hated me down
45:29to his bones.
45:30Last life. It wasn't just my eyes that were blind. This time. I won't walk that road again.
45:37Cascio drifted over. Wearing that warm, sisterly smile.
45:43Thea. You choose first. Whoever you want. I'll step aside. Her soul churned with a sick, writhing green. Envy. Lysander
45:51cooperated in the act.
45:53No one's going to claim you. But if you beg, I might let you serve as Cascio's personal maid. That's
46:00all an all is good for, anyway.
46:01I didn't bother to answer. Not one air in this hall was worth a second glance.
46:06Then, the sound of wheels rolling over stone ground.
46:10Kale Ravencroft. No one invited him. He came on his own. Bound to that chair.
46:17Yet every nerve in my body screamed. Danger. He was hiding something. But his soul is pure.
46:23Lys. A blinding gold light. The mark of a man chosen by Apollo's.
46:32One loud noise could kill me. But a single tear could destroy the world.
46:36I was the lunar oracle. Born so fragile, I slept most of my life away.
46:40Yet so dangerous. The Lycan king built a forbidden tower just to hide me.
46:43No wolves allowed. No speaking above a whisper. For years, I lived in delicate, absolute silence.
46:48Until today, angry shouting shattered it. I opened my eyes.
46:50Silver lady, you can't go in there. The king gave strict orders. The moon goddess will curse us.
46:55Oracle, please. She's playing you for fools. She's just a lazy brat living off the pack.
47:00I'm going to expose this little fraud.
47:02My door flew open. A woman stormed inside, marching right up to my bed.
47:05She slapped me hard across the face. A normal shifter would have blocked it.
47:07But I was a wolf-less omega. I had zero reflexes.
47:10I took the hit. The room fell silent.
47:12I sniffed. Tears spilled down my face.
47:19A second later, the ground began to quake.
47:21The chandelier above my head shook. Then it crashed down.
47:26Glass and jewels scattered everywhere. The maids dropped to their knees.
47:29Oracle, please. Have mercy. Apologize to her, or we're all doomed.
47:34My cheek throbbed. I didn't want to cry. But she hit me. No one had ever dared to touch me.
47:40Everyone knew the rules. If I broke down, the world broke with me. But this woman didn't care.
47:45I saw the glowing necklace on her chest. It radiated the Lycan king's power. That was her shield.
47:49She stumbled, but kept her chin up. It's just an earthquake. Look at you cowards.
47:53It's called tectonic plates. It has nothing to do with her.
47:56I stared at her through my tears. Her name was Viola. She had arrived at the palace three days
48:01ago. The king named her the Silver Lady. She was just a human, but there was nothing normal about
48:05her. She claimed she was from another world. A modern world. A place of science, democracy,
48:09and logic. She called our people backward. Our faith blind superstition. Since the day she arrived,
48:14she preached equality. She called the PAC system toxic. She said omegas and slaves should rule
48:18alongside alphas. And me? She called me a parasite. A freeloader who slept all day while others worked.
48:24That's why she broke into my tower. She wanted to expose me. It hurt. My tears fell faster.
48:29Boom. A crash echoed outside. The floor jolted. A maid screamed.
48:34The mountain! The rock face is collapsing! Protect the oracle!
48:37Viola's face went pale. She stared at me, looking for a trick. Impossible. This defies logic.
48:44It's just a coincidence. You hit me. That set her off. Her eyes turned vicious.
48:50So what if I did? You're a fraud! You deserve it! Do you know how many people are starving
48:56out there? While you just lie in bed and get pampered?
48:59She shoved a finger in my face. I am sick of entitled brats like you!
49:04Lightning tore through the sky. Thunder shook the walls. A freezing wind blasted into the room.
49:10The wolves dropped to the floor, trembling in tear. Everyone but her.
49:14It's just static discharge! Get off your knees!
49:17Silver lady, please! Stop!
49:18Viola sneered.
49:19I won't stop. I'm going to prove there are no gods!
49:21She marched toward me again. A guard stepped up to stop her.
49:27The magic from her necklace blasted him backward.
49:31Looking smug, she yanked me out of bed. My legs gave out.
49:36I almost hit the floor.
49:37She rolled her eyes. Stop acting so pathetic.
49:43You're the oracle, right? Show everyone what you can really do.
49:48I'm sick. I can't help it.
49:51She snotted. She didn't buy a word of it. I resisted. But she was stronger.
49:57She grabbed my hair and dragged me. A line of wolf guards blocked the way.
50:02The oracle stays in the tower. The king gave strict orders.
50:05Viola just laughed. She flicked the necklace on her chest.
50:09A wave of power shoved the guards aside.
50:11The lichen king gave me this. He said I could go anywhere.
50:14She let go of the pendant.
50:16Don't use the king to scare me. I've cursed out kings, prime ministers, and bishops.
50:21In my world? You think I'm scared of an alpha?
50:25She looked down at me. Her smile was pure evil.
50:28Let's go, princess.
50:31Let's see if you're actually powerful or just a crybaby.
50:34I was too tired to walk.
50:36Watch closely.
50:37She yelled at the cowering crowd.
50:39There is no moon goddess. There's only this fake oracle.
50:41Disasters are just nature. She doesn't cause them by crying.
50:44And look at you people.
50:45She pointed at the pack members.
50:47Acting like literal slaves. You drop to your knees for nothing.
50:49Do you even know what freedom is? What democracy is?
50:51You have no backbone. You deserve to be slaves.
50:53No one dared to speak. I was barefoot.
50:55My feet scraped against the rough stone. It was agonizing.
50:57It hurts. Can you please let me go?
50:59You hurt? Did you care if anyone else was hurting while you lived in luxury?
51:03You want to be worshipped? Then face the public.
51:05I didn't understand her buzzwords. I just knew she was bullying me.
51:08I wanted to explain. I didn't eat much. I just slept all day.
51:10I didn't wear fancy clothes, so I spoke up.
51:12That's not true.
51:13Her eyes went wide with rage.
51:14She slapped me again.
51:16My ears rang. Tears spilled down my cheeks.
51:18The wind howled like a Devon.
51:19The ground shook so hard Viola lost her balance.
51:20Flying debris sliced across her cheek.
51:22She cried out in pain and shoved me hard.
51:24I knew my tears caused disasters.
51:26So I fiercely wiped my eyes. I forced back my tears.
51:29The wind died down.
51:31Viola looked victorious.
51:32See? It's just the weather.
51:33She dragged me straight to the moon temple.
51:35Panic squeezed my chest.
51:36I almost never left my tower.
51:37I wasn't used to crowds.
51:38Dozens of betas were gathered for a council.
51:40Stop that woman! Now!
51:41Viola didn't flinch.
51:41She shook me forward.
51:42I tripped and fell hard onto the cold floor.
51:44Look at her!
51:45This is the girl you worship!
51:47She's just a weak, pathetic Omega!
51:53The hall fell silent.
51:54A hundred pairs of eyes locked onto me.
51:56Fear. Doubt. Disgust.
51:58I wrapped my arms around myself.
52:00Viola loved the attention.
52:01She grabbed my chin and yanked my head up.
52:03Does she look divine to you?
52:04She bleeds.
52:05She cries.
52:06She's just like us.
52:07Blasphrimony!
52:07How dare you humiliate the Oracle!
52:10Humiliate?
52:10I'm giving you the truth!
52:11You shifters are brainwashed.
52:13You don't think for yourselves.
52:14Why is she untouchable?
52:15Because she lives in a tower?
52:17She's just a tool the king uses to control you.
52:19And I hate frauds.
52:21Who wants to try me?
52:28This is a gun.
52:29It's a modern weapon.
52:30It beats your shifter healing and your strength.
52:32Whoever steps up gets a lesson in physics.
52:35Don't worry, my holy Oracle.
52:37Just admit you're a fake and I'll let you go.
52:39I sniffed.
52:40I looked up to keep the tears in.
52:41I never lied.
52:43The ground lurked.
52:45Viola crashed into a pillar.
52:46She barely kept her balance.
52:59The council had gathered for the king.
53:01But Viola turned the meeting into my trial.
53:03She threw me down again.
53:05My head hit the floor.
53:06Blood dripped down my face.
53:07Stop this!
53:08I thought she was all powerful.
53:12Didn't you say the mountains collapse when she cries?
53:16Let's test that theory.
53:17She yanked my hair again.
53:19She slapped my face.
53:20Over and over.
53:24Cry.
53:27Come on!
53:28Come on!
53:28Cry for them!
53:29I was shaking.
53:31The whispers.
53:32The heavy breathing.
53:34The hostility.
53:36It gave me a splitting headache.
53:39Let me go.
53:40Let you go?
53:41I begged weakly.
53:44Why should I?
53:50You've enjoyed your privilege long enough.
53:52It's time.
53:53To pay.
53:55She turned to the crowd.
53:56Like she was giving a speech.
53:58Look at her!
53:59While normal werewolves break their backs working.
54:02She sits in a tower.
54:04You give her your gold.
54:06You pray to her.
54:07Why?
54:08Some of the wolves looked away.
54:09Viola saw their hesitation.
54:11She doubled down.
54:13Because you're ignorant.
54:15You blame bad weather on the gods.
54:18Earthquakes are just shifting plates.
54:21Storms are just weather.
54:23She's not a god.
54:26She's a parasite feeding off your fear.
54:30My mind went blank.
54:31No one had ever spoken to me like this.
54:33Silver lady, please!
54:35A maid begged from the door.
54:36The king will kill us!
54:38Shut up!
54:40The king this.
54:41The king that.
54:42You're terrified of one man?
54:44It's called Darwinism.
54:46He inherited his title.
54:48Viola?
54:50Does he even deserve it?
54:51She pulled up a chair and sat right in front of me like an interrogator.
54:57Tell them how you do it.
54:58I couldn't speak.
55:00I was in too much pain.
55:01My silence made her furious.
55:03She kicked me hard in the ribs.
55:05I collapsed.
55:06She planted her boot right on the side of my face.
55:09She pinned my head to the floor.
55:11I asked you a question!
55:13The room was paralyzed.
55:15No one moved.
55:16She thought she was a savior from a better world.
55:19She thought she was untouchable.
55:20And I was just dirt beneath her shoe.
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