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00:00I have three alpha fiancés.
00:02My father was the godfather of every werewolf crime family on the East Coast to prove their loyalty.
00:07Three sworn families sent their alpha heirs to grow up beside me.
00:10Riven.
00:11Finn.
00:12Ash.
00:13They spoiled me rotten.
00:14Protected me like I was sacred.
00:16Made the whole pack believe no one could touch me.
00:18On his deathbed, my father entrusted me to three alphas.
00:21Don't let anyone hurt Serena.
00:23Ash dropped to one knee.
00:25Every blackthorn law will protect her.
00:26Anyone who touches her dies.
00:28Don't be scared, Serena.
00:30From now on, we're your family.
00:31After my father was buried, they turned me into the most spoiled princess in the entire pack.
00:35If I frowned, Ash canceled meetings.
00:37If I said I was cold, Riven threw his coat over my shoulders.
00:40If I couldn't sleep, Finn stayed with me until dawn.
00:43Everyone said I was lucky.
00:44Shortly after that, they called me spoiled.
00:47Impossible to please.
00:48And just to make a pretty widow and her son happy, they sold me to the auction house of our
00:52sworn enemy, the Voss family.
00:54They said Alpha K.L. Voss hated women who reeked of another Alpha.
00:57So once he smelled all three of them on me, he would humiliate me, break my pride, then send me
01:01crawling back to Blackthorn.
01:03By then, I would know how to kneel before them, how to lower my head, how to obey, how to
01:08stop being impossible.
01:09The day Arya appeared, it was raining.
01:11She knelt outside Blackthorn's iron gates, holding a feverish little boy in her arms.
01:15Please, I can work.
01:17Just give Leo a bed.
01:19The guards tried to turn her away.
01:21Finn was the first to walk over.
01:23Riven threw his coat over her shoulders.
01:24Let her in.
01:25From that day on, Blackthorn had a new woman.
01:28Obedient, gentle, pitiful.
01:29A widow who knew exactly how to make men feel needed.
01:32And I became the joke.
01:33The spoiled, jealous girl who couldn't survive without her alphas.
01:36That night, I stood outside the study door.
01:38Serena needs to learn what it feels like to lose something.
01:41She's too spoiled.
01:42She's nothing like Arya.
01:44Then send her to the Vos forced marriage auction.
01:46Let her learn some manners.
01:48It's just to scare her.
01:49The Vos family was the one enemy Blackthorn had never been able to bring to heel.
01:53They controlled the northern courts, the weapons routes, the underground auctions.
01:57Blackthorn ruled the east coast by law.
01:59But up north, the night answered to Vos gunfire.
02:01And Kael Vos was the youngest, most dangerous alpha the Vos family had ever produced.
02:06They said he was cold-blooded.
02:08They said he had snapped the throats of traitor wolves with his bare hands.
02:11And they said he hated nothing more than a wolf girl sent to him reeking of another alpha.
02:15I stepped back on instinct.
02:16I needed to run.
02:17Then I turned and saw Arya holding a candlestick.
02:20The next second, everything went black.
02:22Don't blame me.
02:24They stopped wanting you a long time ago.
02:26The next morning, I woke up tied down to the daved in my father's study.
02:30Arya came in with coffee.
02:31Serena, don't blame them.
02:34Men get tired.
02:36No one can spend his whole life revolving around a spoiled little princess.
02:40So you're here to teach me how to be a good girl for them?
02:43That's not what I meant.
02:44The door flew open.
02:49Are you picking on her again?
02:50I didn't.
02:51You are becoming nothing like your father.
02:53And the three of you are becoming nothing like the men you were before he died.
02:56Now that my father is gone and Blackthor belongs to you, you can't wait to start breaking me?
03:00Vos won't keep you.
03:01He hates women who reek of another alpha.
03:04Riven toss stocks down.
03:05Sign it.
03:06If you don't, you don't eat.
03:07I looked down.
03:08It was a consent form transferring me to the forced marriage auction.
03:12Lot Serena Blackthorne.
03:13Serena, once you learn to behave, they'll bring you home.
03:17What if I don't come home?
03:18What if Kale makes me his Luna?
03:20Don't be ridiculous.
03:21You're covered in all three of our scents.
03:23No powerful alpha would ever allow his woman to smell like other alphas.
03:27Exactly.
03:28The three of them smiled.
03:29I bit my lip until I tasted blood.
03:32Three days later, starving and humiliated, I gave in.
03:35I signed.
03:36The day before the auction, they sent me a white dress.
03:39The fabric was thin.
03:40So thin that if I stood too close to anyone, everyone nearby would smell all three alphas on me.
03:45In the past, they called that protection.
03:47Any wolf daring to touch me must wonder, can he cross three alphas?
03:50Now they've become weapons to slut shame me.
03:52Mommy, is the bad alpha going to buy her?
03:55I turned to Aria, stood there with Leo in her arms.
03:58My cashmere shawl was draped over her shoulders.
04:00The one Ash had bought for me at an Italian auction last year.
04:03Now it was on her.
04:04Aria quickly covered Leo's mouth.
04:06He doesn't know what he's saying.
04:07No.
04:09He knows exactly what he's saying.
04:11You taught him well.
04:13Serena, don't scare the child.
04:14So all three of you have been warming her bed too?
04:17Serena, don't be vulgar.
04:18Aria lost her mate.
04:20Her wolf loses control at night.
04:21She needs alpha scent to calm her down.
04:24I looked at Aria.
04:25There was an old mate mark on the side of her neck.
04:27But over that faded scar, I could smell Ash, Riven fin, one layered over the next.
04:31As if they had done it on purpose.
04:32As if they were trying to bury the last trace of her dead mate.
04:35Suddenly, I laughed.
04:37How convenient.
04:38A grieving widow.
04:39Heartbroken.
04:40And every night, her wolf just happens to fall apart so badly that she needs three different alphas to soothe
04:46her.
04:46Enough!
04:47Rivened, don't talk to Serena like that.
04:49She's just upset.
04:51Serena, don't be scared.
04:52Mr. Voss probably won't even want to touch you.
04:54Once he sends you back, you'll finally learn how to be a good girl.
04:57Good luck.
04:58Good luck to you too.
05:00Stolen alphas only matter if they choose to stay.
05:05Serena Blackthorne of the Blackthorne Pack.
05:07Only daughter of the late Pack Lord.
05:10Still carrying the scent of three alphas.
05:12Has Blackthorne lost its mind?
05:14They brought a girl like that to auction?
05:15Kale Voss hates anything another man has touched.
05:17I heard the last girl sent to Voss was thrown straight into the sea.
05:20I stood in the center of the platform.
05:22My fingers clenched around the silver crest.
05:24My father had left me.
05:25My father once told me.
05:26Serena, a true Pack Lord never lowers her head in front of a crowd.
05:30Not even when she's afraid.
05:32So I straightened my spine.
05:34If the Voss family refuses to accept the lot, Blackstone may reclaim her.
05:39Being rejected by Voss is worse than dying, isn't it?
05:42Wasn't she Blackstone's little princess?
05:44The one everyone treated like glass?
05:46She used to have three alphas protecting her.
05:48Now her father's dead and Blackthorne belongs to them.
05:50No one protects a spoiled little heiress forever.
05:53Those three alphas are probably waiting for her to crawl back crying.
05:55I looked down Dot Ash.
05:57Riven and Finn sat below, staring at me like I was a joke.
06:00Then, the chapel doors burst open.
06:02Rain flooded the hall.
06:03Every candle shook violently.
06:05Every wolf went silent.
06:07A second later, military boots struck step by step, echoing all over the chapel.
06:11Kale Voss is here.
06:12A man walked in from the storm.
06:14His eyes are deep icy blue cold as winter's sea.
06:16I heard someone below the stage laugh under their breath.
06:19They were waiting for me to be humiliated.
06:21Waiting for the Blackthorne princess to be rejected by Kale Voss.
06:24But Kale only removed his gloves, then leaned down toward me.
06:28His frigid scent swept over me instantly.
06:30My knees almost gave out.
06:32Heat rushed through me.
06:32I bit my lip hard, refusing to make a sound.
06:35Three alpha scents on you?
06:36And they still dared to put you in front of me?
06:38Good.
06:38When I'm done, no one will smell Blackthorne on you again.
06:41Mr. Voss, are you certain you wish to bid?
06:42She carries the scent of three Blackthorne alpha.
06:44To any alpha, that is a direct profication.
06:46And the Blackthorne contract states that if you refuse delivery, did I say I refused?
06:51Opening bid, five million.
06:54Five million for a girl carrying three alpha scents?
06:56Who would be insane enough to bid?
06:58Ten million.
06:59The entire chapel went silent.
07:01Ash's expression changed.
07:02Riven clenched his jaw.
07:04Finn froze where he stood.
07:05Ten million once.
07:07Eleven million.
07:07Looks like someone wants to embarrass Voss.
07:10Twenty million.
07:11Twenty million once.
07:13Twenty-one million.
07:15Thirty million.
07:16Thirty million for her?
07:17Has Kale Vossed his mind?
07:19She reeks of three alphas.
07:20Voss!
07:21What the hell are you trying to do?
07:23Bidding.
07:24You brought her here to be sold, didn't you?
07:26Serena, stop him.
07:28Why?
07:29Isn't this what you wanted?
07:31You wanted me humiliated.
07:33Now the price is too high and suddenly it hurts?
07:35Thirty million once.
07:37Thirty million twice.
07:39Forty million.
07:40My head snapped toward Ash.
07:41For one second, I could not believe it.
07:43He was willing to spend forty million just to buy me back.
07:46She belongs to Blackthorne.
07:48Kale laughed.
07:49Fifty million.
07:50Sixty million.
07:51Eighty million.
07:52Dead silence fell over the chapel.
07:54At that price, this was no longer a purchase.
07:56It was a public slap in Blackthorne's face.
07:59Ash, enough!
08:00Ash!
08:01Ash, we can't afford this.
08:02What's wrong?
08:04You sold her.
08:06D-did you really think she'd be cheap?
08:08No one dared to bid against Kale anymore, but as if he were only amusing himself.
08:13One hundred million.
08:14The chapel went completely still.
08:15Even the auctioneer forgot how to speak.
08:17Continue.
08:19One hundred million once.
08:22Ash did not raise his paddle again.
08:24Riven's hand rested on his gun, but he did not draw.
08:26Finn's eyes were red.
08:28Serena.
08:29One hundred million three times.
08:31Serena Blackstone is sold to Kale Vos.
08:35Is he insane?
08:36Kale Vos actually wants her?
08:37An orphaned wolf girl covered in three alpha cents?
08:39For one hundred million?
08:41I object.
08:41She is just an unwanted Blackthorne orphan.
08:44How could she possibly be worth one hundred million?
08:46Then remember this.
08:47The girl you threw away, I bought her for one hundred million.
08:50Now, it's our turn to teach them what it feels like to lose.
09:03The Vos car pulled away from the underground chapel.
09:05I was still wearing that white dress.
09:07So thin, it could barely hide the three alpha cents on my skin.
09:10Why did you buy me?
09:12I don't know.
09:13You know I'm covered in three on alpha cents.
09:16Call it love at first sight.
09:18You thought those cents meant they loved you?
09:20They were territory markers.
09:21A cage they left on your skin.
09:23I don't want them on me.
09:25I can erase them for you.
09:27But it will hurt.
09:29Do you still want that?
09:30Yes.
09:31When the first scent Riven sent Beegan to burn away,
09:34pain shot through me so sharply that I grabbed the car door.
09:38Don't run.
09:40The more you fight it, the longer they stay.
09:42When the second scent cracked apart under his,
09:44I remembered what Riven once told me.
09:46Anyone who touches you dies by my hand.
09:49Ladder, he was the one who sent me to Vos.
09:51The third scent belonged to Finn, the faintest.
09:54And somehow, the one that hurt the most.
09:56You can cry.
09:59But not for them.
10:00When the last scent finally faded,
10:02a thin silver pattern surfaced along my neck.
10:05What is this?
10:07A moon mark.
10:08A blessing from the moon goddess.
10:10Only your true fated alpha can awaken it.
10:12Ash, Riven.
10:13And Finn had been by my side for years.
10:15Not once had they made it glow.
10:17But Kale touched me once Dot and it woke.
10:19You're the Luna the moon goddess gave me.
10:21You're the alpha the moon goddess gave me.
10:23The car drove into the Vos estate.
10:25Serena, don't let him touch you!
10:28Too late.
10:29Starting tonight, every inch of Serena will carry my scent.
10:32Only when he carried me into the bathroom did I realize something.
10:35This alpha's way of marking what was his was not gentle.
10:38Steam rose around us.
10:39The white dress soaked through, clinging to my skin.
10:41I instinctively tried to step back.
10:44I'm scared now.
10:46When they sent you to me, did they not teach you how to beg me to stop?
10:51Serena, you are my faded Luna.
10:53I don't care how many men's scents were on you before.
10:56From now on, your body will know only mine.
11:00The Vos estate had none of the horrors people whispered about.
11:03No blood-soaked banquets.
11:05No wolf girls chained in basements.
11:07Only black marble, cold fragrance, sea fog, and Vos guards who lowered their heads the
11:11moment they saw Kale.
11:12A maid saw the rope marks on my wrists.
11:14She asked only one thing.
11:16Who did this?
11:17Blackthorn.
11:18The maid immediately went for medicine.
11:20No blame.
11:21No suspicion.
11:22No demand for me to explain myself.
11:23My nose suddenly burned.
11:25So this was what it felt like to be believed.
11:28Boss.
11:29We found the real inheritance documents left by the late Pack Lord.
11:33The heirs were not Ash, Riven, and Finn.
11:35It was Miss Serena.
11:38That easily.
11:39I thought my father had left me in their hands.
11:41But what he had truly left to me was all of Blackthorn.
11:44Blackthorn has also sent notice.
11:45They demand Miss Serena returns tomorrow night to sign away her inheritance rights.
11:49I looked at the document.
11:51Then I laughed.
11:52They still didn't know.
11:53I was awake now.
11:53Still want to make them regret it?
11:55Regret?
11:56That's nowhere near enough.
11:58I want those four Aversaipes to spit out everything they stole from me.
12:02I thought Kale would take his men and storm Blackthorn.
12:05Instead, the next day, he threw a black training suit at me.
12:08Put it on.
12:09For what?
12:10Shouldn't we be going to Blackthorn?
12:12You're not ready.
12:12I'm teaching you how to win.
12:14Stab me.
12:18You can't even touch someone you hate.
12:20What makes you think you're ready to walk back into Blackthorn?
12:24I lunged at him.
12:25The next second, he caught my wrist and pinned me against the wall.
12:28His knee pressed between my legs.
12:30He was so close I could smell sea salt on him.
12:32When you struck at me just now, who were you thinking about?
12:36Ash?
12:37Riven?
12:38Finn?
12:38You already washed their scents off me.
12:41I'm not talking about scent.
12:43I'm talking about habit.
12:49They taught you to wait.
12:52Wait for them to comfort you.
12:53Wait for them to believe you.
12:54Wait for them to regret it.
12:57Starting today, you don't wait.
12:59You take.
13:03Blackthorn has also sent notice.
13:05They demand Miss Serena returns tomorrow night to sign away her inheritance rights.
13:09I looked at the document.
13:10Then I laughed.
13:11They still didn't know.
13:12I was awake now.
13:13Still want to make them regret it?
13:15Regret?
13:16That's nowhere near enough.
13:17I want those four Aversapes to spit out everything they stole from me.
13:21I thought Kyle would take his men and storm Blackthorn.
13:24Instead, the next day, he threw a black training suit at me.
13:27Put it on.
13:28For what?
13:30Shouldn't we be going to Blackthorn?
13:31You're not ready.
13:32I'm teaching you how to win.
13:34Stab me.
13:38You can't even touch someone you hate.
13:40What makes you think you're ready to walk back into Blackthorn?
13:43I lunged at him.
13:44The next second, he caught my wrist and pinned me against the wall.
13:48His knee pressed between my legs.
13:49He was so close I could smell sea salt on him.
13:52When you struck at me just now, who were you thinking about?
13:56Ash?
13:57Riven?
13:57Finn?
13:58You already washed their scents off me.
14:01I'm not talking about scent.
14:03I'm talking about habit.
14:08They taught you to wait.
14:11Wait for them to comfort you.
14:13Wait for them to believe you.
14:14Wait for them to regret it.
14:16Starting today, you don't wait.
14:19You take.
14:22That afternoon, he taught me how to read accounts.
14:25That night, he taught me how to read contracts.
14:27I was so sleepy, I nearly collapsed over the desk.
14:30He stood behind me, both hands braced on the tabletop, trapping me between his body and the ledger.
14:35Do you understand this clause?
14:38You're standing too close.
14:39Your enemies won't step back just because you're embarrassed.
14:42I lowered my head and followed Kale's finger to an anonymous transfer.
14:45That money had paid off the gambling debt left by Arya's dead husband.
14:48The recipient belonged to a Voss underground casino.
14:51She didn't come to Blackhorn by accident.
14:55Now you're starting to sound like an heir.
14:58Arya is here.
14:59She says she wants to return your shawl in person.
15:04When Arya came to the Voss estate, she was holding the cashmere shawl.
15:08Ash, Riven, and Finn came with her.
15:10The moment they saw me, their faces changed.
15:12My scent was completely Voss now.
15:15Serena, how could you-
15:17You washed us off?
15:19Serena, do you understand what it means for all three of our scents to be gone?
15:23It means I'm finally clean.
15:26Serena, I thought about it.
15:28This shawl was yours to begin with.
15:30I'm giving it back.
15:32I looked at that shawl.
15:33Anse, I had treasured it.
15:35Now, it only looked dirty.
15:37I don't want it.
15:38She's already lowered her head.
15:39She came here to apologize.
15:40So I'm required to forgive her?
15:42It's just a shoal.
15:43Yes.
15:44Just a shoal.
15:46But when you gave it to me, you said it meant Blackthorn would always protect me.
15:50Now that it's been on her shoulders, suddenly it's just a shoal.
15:53Kale raised his hand.
15:54The housekeeper brought over a black fox fur cloak, dark as midnight.
15:58With sharp silver clasps, Kale draped it over my shoulders himself.
16:01His thumb brushed my collarbone as he slowly fastened the first clasp.
16:05My breathing caught.
16:06He acted as if he hadn't noticed.
16:07Cold?
16:10No.
16:12Liar.
16:12He pulled the fur tighter around me.
16:15Then, in front of everyone, he bent down and kissed my collarbone.
16:22Look closely.
16:24She wears Vos now.
16:27And the only mark left on her body will be mine.
16:30The entire sitting room went dead silent.
16:32Aria stared at the fresh red mark on my collarbone.
16:35The jealousy in her eyes was impossible to hide.
16:37I looked at Aria.
16:38When you wore my shoal, that was theft.
16:41When he put this fur on me, that was being chosen.
16:45That's the difference.
16:46Aria's face turned white.
16:47Then, suddenly, she laughed.
16:49Serena, are you really going to pretend you didn't get close to Kale Vox just to hurt them?
16:54You don't like Kale.
16:56You only want Ash, Rev, and Finn to regret.
16:59The old me would have rushed to explain.
17:00This time, I didn't.
17:01I only turned to Kale.
17:02She says I don't like you.
17:05Do you?
17:05I walked up to Kale, grabbed his tie, and pulled him down.
17:08I rose onto my toes.
17:09My lips did not touch his.
17:11They only brushed his jaw.
17:12Close enough for everyone to see our breath mix.
17:14I do now.
17:14Kale went still for two seconds.
17:16Then, he smiled.
17:17You learned fast.
17:18I leaned into Kale's arms and looked at the jealousy-twisting Aria's face.
17:21For the first time, she looked pathetic.
17:23You leaned on them to steal my place.
17:25I leaned on him to take my place back.
17:27We are not the same.
17:28Serena, you never used to be like this.
17:30I also never used to get sold by the people I trusted.
17:33Just then, a Vosguard hurried in.
17:35Boss, Blackthorn Family Cemetery has trouble.
17:39Someone dug up that Pak Lord's grave.
17:41My blood turned cold.
17:42At last, I understood.
17:43The four of them weren't just trying to drag me back.
17:45They wanted to use my father's relics to force me home.
17:48Kale held my waist.
17:49His voice was cold enough to cut.
17:50Do you want me to kill them?
17:51By the time I reached the Blackthorn Cemetery, rain was pouring down.
17:55In front of my father's headstone, the soil had been dug open.
17:58The Pak Lord crest was gone.
17:59My father had worn that crest for 20 years.
18:01It was the one relic I had never dared to touch.
18:04Now, it was clenched in Riven's hand.
18:06Ash and Finn stood behind him.
18:08Aria held Leo in her arms, hiding in the rain.
18:10She was already forcing tears.
18:11Serena, they just wanted you to come home.
18:14You dug up my father's grave?
18:16Sign the inheritance waiver.
18:17I'll give the crest back.
18:19We won't damage it.
18:19You have been influenced by Voss too deeply.
18:21Blackthorn cannot be handed to you.
18:23Kale stood behind me, holding the umbrella over my head.
18:26Rain soaked half his shoulder.
18:27Kill them?
18:28No.
18:29I walked toward Riven.
18:30He tightened his grip on the crest.
18:31Don't come any closer!
18:33Kneel.
18:33Kale's guards drew their guns.
18:35Red dots landed on Riven's chest.
18:37She told you to kneel.
18:38Riven's knees bent little by little.
18:39Then he dropped into the mud.
18:41I looked at Ash.
18:42Kneel too.
18:43Finn was last.
18:44He knelt the fastest and looked the most pathetic.
18:47Serena, I'm sorry.
18:48I took the crest back from Riven.
18:50I did not cry.
18:51I only turned to Kale.
18:52I want to hold the inheritance meeting.
18:54Right now?
18:55Right now.
18:55I looked down at the three men kneeling in the mud.
18:57Regret is too light.
18:59I want them to lose everything they have now.
19:01The inheritance council was held in Blackthorne's main hall.
19:04My father's portrait hung at the highest point of the room.
19:06I stood beneath it.
19:07Ash, Riven, and Finn stood in the center of the hall.
19:10They looked humiliated.
19:11But they had not lost yet.
19:12Because Ash quickly took out a document.
19:14Serena, sign the inheritance waiver.
19:15You can still stay in Blackthorne.
19:17Otherwise, your relationship with Vos will bring shame to the entire pack.
19:22Serena, just sign it.
19:23We can start over.
19:25Aria held Leo.
19:26Her eyes red.
19:27Serena, I know you hate me.
19:28But you can't destroy the entire Blackthorne just for revenge.
19:32Many people in the hall began to waver.
19:34They were afraid of Vos.
19:35Afraid Blackthorne would fall under the control of an enemy alpha.
19:38They did not care whether I had been hurt.
19:40They only cared whether the pack would be humiliated.
19:42I picked up the document, turned it page by page.
19:44Ash's expression relaxed.
19:46He thought I was scared.
19:47Aria could barely hide her smile.
19:48She thought I would sign.
19:49I turned to the final page.
19:51It stated that once signed, all funds, properties, and the pack seat under my name would be transferred
19:55to the joint control of my three temporary guardians.
19:58So, you don't just want me to give up the inheritance.
20:01You want to take everything my father left me.
20:04Okay.
20:05What?
20:05I can sign it.
20:06But before I do, I want to show everyone something.
20:09The screen lit up.
20:10In the first video, Aria was wearing my shawl.
20:12When Vos sends you back, you'll know how to bow your head.
20:15The second file was the transfer contract from the Vos auction house.
20:18Ash's signature.
20:19Riven's witness seal.
20:21Finn's consent record.
20:22The third was the auction recording.
20:23The auctioneer read my name in public.
20:25Only daughter of the late Blackthorn Pack Lord, still carrying the scent of three alphas.
20:29The crowd laughed at me.
20:30In the shadows on the second floor, Ash, Riven, and Finn watched everything.
20:35The fourth video showed the cemetery.
20:36Riven held my father's crest in his hand and forced me to sign away my inheritance.
20:40The elders' faces changed completely.
20:42Maybe they did not pity me, but they knew one thing.
20:44Sending the late Pack Lord's only daughter to the Vos auction house was a scandal for all
20:48of Blackthorn.
20:49Those are just internal disciplinary actions.
20:51Internal disdisciplinary actions need Vos family auctioneers.
20:55We just wanted to teach you a lesson.
20:57With my body?
20:58With my reputation?
21:00With my father's badge?
21:01Serena, I was wrong.
21:03I really thought you would come back.
21:04Yeah.
21:05You thought I would be sent back, crying and coming back, kneeling and begging you to take
21:10me back again.
21:11The head housekeeper projected the ledger onto the screen.
21:14Every expense Aria had run up over the past three years.
21:17Dresses, jewelry, private tutors for Leo, medical bills, a seaside villa.
21:21All of it paid from my trust.
21:23Aria had not only tried to steal three alphas.
21:25She wanted my men, my seat, my house, my money, everything that was mine.
21:29Now, I formally claim the inheritance of Blackthorn.
21:33The chairman of the Elders' Council stood.
21:35Serena Blackthorn, can you prove that Ash, Riven, and Finn are only temporary guardians?
21:39Serena, stop being ridiculous.
21:41Without us, you are nothing.
21:44Really?
21:45Kale's lawyer stepped forward and placed my father's real will before the Council.
21:49The document was clear.
21:50I was the heir to Blackthorn.
21:52Ash, Riven, and Finn were only temporary guardians.
21:55The moment I claimed my inheritance, their authority would automatically expire.
21:58She is the real heir?
22:00Those three alphas were only in charge?
22:03Are we about to have our first Luna godmother?
22:05At last, Ash, Riven, and Finn's faces changed.
22:08Impossible.
22:09When did you find out?
22:10A little later than you, but a little smarter than you.
22:14I picked up the pen and signed the first order.
22:16Not an inheritance waiver.
22:17A removal order for the three temporary guardians.
22:20Freeze Ash's financial authority.
22:22Second, remove Riven from armed command.
22:25Third, relial Finn's control over household and medical resources.
22:28Fourth, investigate every expense tied to the area and her son.
22:32Serena, you can't do this!
22:33When you wore my shoal, did you wonder whether I could?
22:35The Elders voted.
22:36The motion passed by majority.
22:38For the first time, the three alphas who had once stood above everyone lost their power in the middle of
22:42Blackthorn Hall.
22:43I sat down in the main seat.
22:44Now?
22:46Eying invite the three former guardians to explain.
22:49Why did you send me to the Vos auction block?
22:54Kael stood behind me and laughed softly.
22:56Now you're starting to look like the owner.
22:58Ash still tried to steady the room.
23:00Serena Vos is using you.
23:01He is the sworn enemy of every wolf family under Blackthorn.
23:04We were only afraid he would deceive you.
23:06For I could answer.
23:07Kael laughed under his breath.
23:09You sold her to me.
23:10And now you're worried I'll deceive her?
23:12No one in the hall dared to respond.
23:13I looked at Arya.
23:15And you?
23:16Do you also think he deceived me?
23:18Arya cried.
23:19Serena, I only wanted to survive.
23:21I never wanted to take your place.
23:23I raised my hand.
23:24The fifth piece of evidence appeared.
23:26Before Arya ever entered Blackthorn, she already knew I was the heir.
23:30The sixth was the record of her dead husband's gambling debt.
23:33The seventh was the payment Finn had made for my trust.
23:36Finn's face went white.
23:38Arya panicked.
23:38She turned to Finn.
23:40You said you would protect me!
23:41You said it was for medical bills!
23:43If you weren't willing, how could I have gotten the money?
23:46Then she pointed at Ash.
23:47And you?
23:48You were the one who said Serena didn't know how to manage anything.
23:51And you were the leading Ennyswick.
23:53You said the money was wasted on her.
23:56Arya.
23:57Don't pretend you're innocent either!
23:59You were the one who said she needed to learn obedience.
24:02You said to send her to Vos.
24:04Kael said to find Rowan.
24:05And once he threw her Helene's back, she'd never dare fight me again!
24:10Z the hall erupted.
24:11Kael Vos already touched her!
24:14She carries Vos scent!
24:15How could she be fit to rule Blackthorn?
24:17A girl bought by an enemy alpha has no right to judge us!
24:20Ash spoke.
24:21Serena's too deeply tied to Vos now.
24:23Before I could say anything, Kael walked up behind me.
24:26His fingers gently brushed the hair away from the back of my neck.
24:29The entire hall saw the silver mate mark.
24:31Clean.
24:32Clear.
24:33A silver pattern blessed by the moon goddess herself.
24:35She is the luna the moon goddess gave me.
24:38I would never hurt her.
24:40And I would never harm the family that belongs to her.
24:42The entire hall sucked in a breath.
24:44Kael bent down.
24:45His lips hovered almost against the silver mark.
24:47Then, in front of everyone, he bit lightly beside it.
24:51Heat shot through the back of my neck.
24:52Ash went rigid.
24:53Riven's breathing turned heavy.
24:55Finn's eyes reddened in a terrifying way.
24:58As for my scent, that is protection.
25:01But Serena, I love-
25:04Enough!
25:05I looked toward the Elder's Council.
25:07Arya and her son are expelled from Blackthorn.
25:09All stolen funds will be recovered.
25:12They will never again receive protection under the Blackthorn name.
25:14You can't do this!
25:16She can.
25:17Because she is Serena Blackthorn.
25:19And you are just the woman who stole her shawl.
25:22You think I did all this alone?
25:24I wasn't the one who wanted Serena gone the most!
25:27Arya was dragged back.
25:28The shawl fell to the floor.
25:30I did not rush to have her taken away.
25:32Talk.
25:33She looked at Ash, Riven, and Finn.
25:36Then she looked at the Branch Elders in the hall.
25:38It was them.
25:39They never wanted Serena to inherit.
25:41After the late Pak Lord died,
25:44everyone said she was just a spoiled little princesses.
25:46They were afraid she would lead Blackthrone.
25:50Afraid she would choose an outsider as her mate.
25:52Afraid she would take Blackthrone away from them.
25:54Several Branch Elders went pale.
25:56I looked at them.
25:57So this was never just Arya's ambition.
25:59It was not only the betrayal of three alphas.
26:01It was Blackthorn's old order itself.
26:04None of them wanted me awake.
26:05I had the housekeeper release the final set of evidence.
26:09Messages between Arya and the Branch Elders.
26:11They taught her how to get close to Finn.
26:14How to provoke me.
26:15How to make the three alphas lose faith in me.
26:17How to get me sent to Vos.
26:18Then wait for me to be returned.
26:20The hall descended into chaos.
26:22I stood.
26:22Everyone involved will be stripped of their Elder Seat.
26:25All assets under their names will be audited.
26:27Like Arya and her son, they are expelled from Blackthorn's circle.
26:30Serena, this will throw Blackthorn into chaos.
26:32No, you are the chaos, not Blackthorn.
26:34Now you're not just taking Blackthorn back.
26:37You're rewriting it.
26:37The first to be dealt with was Ash.
26:40Anse, I trusted his judgment the most.
26:42He controlled Blackthorn's laws.
26:43And he controlled my ignorance.
26:45I placed the audit order in front of him.
26:47From today on, you will no longer handle any Blackthrone legal documents.
26:50All approval authority under your name is frozen.
26:53Serena, everything I did was for the stability of the pack.
26:55No.
26:56You were afraid I would grow up.
26:58Afraid I would learn how to read what you had done.
27:00His face went completely white.
27:01The second was Riven.
27:02I had someone take away his armed division badge.
27:05Without me, the ports will fall into disorder.
27:07Behind me.
27:08Kale laughed once.
27:09Vos can guard them for her.
27:10Riven snapped his gaze toward him, eyes full of fury.
27:13I raised my hand, signaling Kale not to speak.
27:15This is Blackthorn.
27:16I will handle the ports myself.
27:18You once said anyone who touched me would die by your hand.
27:21Later, you handed me to someone else yourself.
27:23From today on, you're assigned to the lowest patrol unit.
27:26You will guard the outer wall.
27:28When you learn how to protect instead of control, you may come see me again.
27:33Serena.
27:34I did not soften.
27:35He had no soldiers now.
27:36Ash had no authority.
27:38For the first time.
27:39They realized I was not throwing a tantrum.
27:41I was dismantling their throne.
27:43Finally, I looked at Finn.
27:44His face was white as death.
27:46Because he knew.
27:46Of the three of them, he was the one I had been least willing to let go.
27:49Finn stood in the center of the hall.
27:51His eyes frighteningly red.
27:52In the past, whenever he looked at me like that, I softened.
27:55Because he had always been the gentle one.
27:57He stayed with me when I couldn't sleep.
27:58He stood outside my door when my wolf instincts became unstable.
28:01When I cried, he would say,
28:03Don't be scared, Serena.
28:04That was why his betrayal hurt the most.
28:06I placed the household medical and wolf instinct care records in front of him.
28:10From today on, you no longer manage Blackthorn's household, medical care, or any wolf instinct care resources.
28:16Serena, don't do this.
28:17I was only trying to take care of everyone.
28:19I laughed softly.
28:21Everyone?
28:22Or Aria?
28:23He went silent.
28:24I turned the pages one by one for him to see.
28:27Every care session Aria received.
28:29Every dose of medicine.
28:30Every time she was too weak.
28:32All of it came from my trust.
28:34Your tenderness towards her?
28:36It was carved out of me.
28:37Finn's tears fell.
28:39I was wrong.
28:41I really know I was wrong.
28:43Can you give me one more chance?
28:44I looked at him for a long time.
28:46I remembered him staying with me until dawn.
28:48Remembered him wiping away my tears.
28:50Remembered him telling me that from then on...
28:51Don't be scared, Serena.
28:53From now on, we're your family.
28:55Then, I remembered him standing in front of Aria and saying to me...
28:58Enough, Serena.
28:59At last, I understood.
29:01The gentlest person can also be the cruelest.
29:03Because when he hurts you, he still makes you feel like you are the unreasonable one.
29:07Finn, I will not give you another chance.
29:10Because every chance you gave Aria was stolen from me.
29:13Finn dropped to his knees.
29:14I did not help him up.
29:16I did not look back.
29:17Serena, you won.
29:18But are you really going to abandon all three of us for Vos?
29:21Finn stood in the center of the hall, his eyes frighteningly red.
29:24In the past, whenever he looked at me like that, I softened.
29:26Because he had always been the gentle one.
29:28He stayed with me when I couldn't sleep.
29:30He stood outside my door when my wolf instincts became unstable.
29:33When I cried, he would say...
29:35Don't be scared, Serena.
29:36That was why his betrayal hurt the most.
29:38I placed the household medical and wolf instinct care records in front of him.
29:42From today on, you no longer manage Blackthorne's household, medical care, or any wolf instinct care resources.
29:47Serena, don't do this.
29:48I was only trying to take care of everyone.
29:50I laughed softly.
29:52Everyone?
29:53Or Aria?
29:54He went silent.
29:56I turned the pages one by one for him to see.
29:58Every care session Aria received.
30:00Every dose of medicine.
30:02Every time she was too weak.
30:04All of it came from my trust.
30:06Your tenderness towards her?
30:07It was carved out of me.
30:09Finn's tears fell.
30:10I was wrong.
30:12I really know I was wrong.
30:14Can you give me one more chance?
30:16I looked at him for a long time.
30:17I remembered him staying with me until dawn.
30:19Remembered him wiping away my tears.
30:21Remembered him telling me that from then on...
30:23Don't be scared, Serena.
30:24From now on, we're your family.
30:26Then, I remembered him standing in front of Aria and saying to me...
30:29Enough, Serena.
30:31At last, I understood.
30:32The gentlest person can also be the cruelest.
30:34Because when he hurts you, he still makes you feel like you were the unreasonable one.
30:39Finn, I will not give you another chance because every chance you gave Aria was stolen from me.
30:44Finn dropped to his knees.
30:46I did not help him up.
30:47I did not look back.
30:49Serena, you won.
30:50But are you really going to abandon all three of us for Voss?
30:52I did not want to abandon all three of us.
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