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Rejected by the Vampire, Crowned by the Alpha King
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00:02in the year when i most longed for a handsome face i found an amnesiac man while gathering
00:07herbs on silvermoon mountain taking advantage of his injury and memory loss i persuaded him
00:12to marry me he agreed gladly on our wedding night candlelight flickered drunk and bleary-eyed i
00:19looked at him a faint blush rose on his cheeks when he lowered his head to kiss me raindrops
00:24began to fall softly outside the window in the second month after the wedding he suddenly regained
00:29his memory he said he was the heir of the blood moon family but his house controlled the blood
00:34crystal mines and asked me to go back with him i went with him to the capital but then i
00:39overheard
00:40a conversation between him and his mother and learned the truth three months earlier while
00:45gathering herbs i passed a stream in the forest and saw a man lying among the rocks a hideous sword
00:50wound on his back the water stained red with blood his skin was pale as moonlight and the silver threads
00:55on his robe gleamed coldly in the sun he was more beautiful than all the men i had ever seen
01:00put
01:00together i went up to check his breath he was alive so i carried him home on my back i
01:06tended him without
01:07rest for three days i made him a blood staunching broth a recipe my mother taught me but with the
01:13same herbs
01:14mine worked faster than others the villagers called me a born healer before she died my mother also said
01:21seren remember humans have the prophet's prophecy neither wolf nor vampire dare harm you
01:31but still be careful of them i didn't understand then i would later on the third morning he finally woke
01:38the first words he spoke were where is this who am i he had amnesia i thought about lying telling
01:46him i
01:47was his wife after all with a face like his it wouldn't be a bad deal to have him as
01:51a husband
01:55overjoyed i dug out the six gold coins my mother had left me from under the bed a simple wedding
02:00was
02:00enough the village priest held the ceremony and everyone came to the feast that night a little drunk i
02:07looked at him and said marrying you is the luckiest thing he cupped my face in his hands his light
02:12colored eyes reflecting the candle flames i feel the same nix looked at me and kissed me then the
02:18rain began to fall drops hitting the window by the bed his hand slid to my waist fingers grazing and
02:25i
02:25shivered not from cold the rain grew heavier covering our breaths when i woke the next morning i was not
02:32tired
02:32at all turning to look at him i saw the edges of the wounds on his back glowing faintly with
02:37a pale
02:37green light days passed quickly every day i went up the mountain to gather herbs then return to treat
02:43patients in the village or town he stayed home repairing the house i thought life would go on
02:49like that forever until one day when i came back from gathering herbs i saw two strangers in black robes
02:55standing in my yard their skin was pale their pupils reddish and thin swords hung at their belts
03:02my heart jumped i thought the men who had injured him had come for revenge he had already remembered
03:08his name dorian and was standing by the little table where we usually ate together the black-robed
03:13men knelt on one knee facing him what's going on i walked to dorian's side and lowered my voice
03:18are these people here to cause you trouble he looked at me with a complicated emotion in his
03:23light-colored eyes that i had never seen before sarin my memory has returned his memory had returned
03:29i thought of the first day we met the fine silver thread on his robes the faint ring mark on
03:34his
03:34finger the mark of a family crest worn for years he was no ordinary man what had he remembered did
03:41he
03:41already have a wife if his family was noble would they accept me as his wife flustered i asked then
03:49what will you do now will you come back with me to the capital before i didn't know who i
03:56was and i
03:57couldn't repay you for saving my life now that i remember come with me all right
04:05he remembered where he came from that he was not yet married and he said he wanted me as his
04:09wife
04:09i was more than willing dorian's full name was dorian blood moon the blood moon family the wealthiest vampire
04:16nobles on the continent who had controlled the blood crystal mines for generations his mother gave
04:21birth to him when she was over 400 years old he was cherished like a jewel spoiled since childhood
04:27during the two months he was missing the family spent fortunes hiring all manner of forces to find him
04:32listening to him tell me this i felt a little envious your family really loves you my mother had loved
04:39me
04:39very much too she had been the best healer in the village but she died when i was 12. before
04:45she fell
04:45ill she left me her medicine chest and a packet of seeds these are moon shadow flower seeds when they
04:52bloom you will know who you are i always thought it was just her ravings
04:59because dorian hadn't fully healed we spent several days on the road before reaching the capital one night
05:04we stopped in the wilderness moonlight flooded the plains dorian stood under the moon and from his back
05:10unfolded a pair of wings that like their membranes dark red in the moonlight he reached out his hand
05:15to me and i took it he lifted me into the night sky the wind roared in my ears as
05:20the sun sank below
05:21the horizon darkness fell and one by one the stars appeared half a day later the carriage stopped before a
05:27great manner looking at the gate carved with the blood moon crest i felt a sudden unease as soon as
05:33the
05:33carriage stopped an elderly woman came out followed by four servants her eyes filled with tears at the
05:39sight of dorian young lord you finally returned my lady has nearly wept her eyes out how thin you've
05:46become the crowd surrounded dorian as he walked inside i followed pushed to the back dorian didn't
05:53look back once once inside the manor dorian was taken to see his mother i was randomly placed in a
05:59secluded
05:59room and forgotten about half an hour later a servant called me miss my lady requests your
06:06presence at dinner i followed him into a hall ten times larger than my home
06:12on the main seat sat a strikingly beautiful woman who looked barely 30 vampires aged very slowly
06:18mother this is serene she saved my life i stepped forward and greeted her good day my lady her expression
06:25was cold her eyes scanned me from head to toe like she was appraising a worthless object sarin thank you
06:32for saving my son this meal is a token of thanks so please don't stand on ceremony not a family
06:38dinner
06:38a thank you i looked at dorian but he looked away dorian and i were married two months ago you
06:45needn't
06:45thank me a flicker of unease crossed lady bloodman's face then she forced a smile you jest in our clan
06:52marriage requires approval of the family council not to mention that my son had lost his memory even if
06:58he hadn't without the family's consent the union is invalid but he was willing our wedding was witnessed
07:07by a priest her false smile finally broke dorian has been betrothed since childhood to the crimson family
07:15one of the 12 noble bloodlines his fiance is evangeline crimson daughter of the council's chief
07:23how can a common herb grather like you compare to her but we i finished she lifted a crystal glass
07:31sifted a red liquid cut me off and rose to leave dorian glanced at me hesitated and chased after her
07:38i looked at the untouched feast on the table picked up a metal fork and began to eat
07:45in the evening dorian came to see me sarin what mother said today isn't true i only think of
07:52evangeline as a sister you really are betrothed to her it was arranged by the elders when we were
07:59children it doesn't count then will you break the engagement i dorian i was wrong to trick you into
08:09marrying you while you had amnesia but after you recovered you told me you weren't married now your
08:15mother doesn't like me and wants you to marry that crimson girl can't you decide your own marriage
08:21think it over and then come talk to me dorian left looking despondent the next three days i didn't see
08:30him but i heard from servants that evangeline had arrived i didn't want to court trouble
08:35so i stayed in my room yet she came to find me herself
08:41the beautiful richly dressed vampire girl opened her mouth so you're the one who saved dorian looking at
08:47her face i felt a pang of pity for such a pretty face when i didn't answer she got annoyed
08:53just as
08:54i thought a country bumpered with no manners at all and yet i am a married woman because of your
09:00dorian
09:00her face flushed from pale to red to say such things in broad daylight so this is how you seduce
09:08dorian
09:09if i didn't answer she was angry if i answered she was angrier these noble girls were impossible
09:15i simply turned and went back into my room staying out of sight should be safe right but she wouldn't
09:22let it go from outside my door she said she would go to lady blood moon for justice then stormed
09:27off
09:27i shrugged and popped a pastry into my mouth since dorian wouldn't come to me i went to find him
09:33in the
09:34evening on my way to his room i passed the study and heard voices his and his mother's i hadn't
09:40meant to
09:40eavesdrop but i caught words like crude there was probably only one person in this manner that those
09:45words could refer to dorian i tell you once more for the family's sake your wife must be evangeline
09:54crimson that woman you'll marry her only over my dead body mother you worry too much sarin is just an
10:04ordinary person i brought her back only because she saved my life just give her the status of a
10:09mistress and let her stay dorian's words struck me one by one i gripped my skirt tightly standing there
10:16i felt like i had fallen into an ice cave after a long moment i turned and walked back to
10:22my room
10:22for this trip to the capital dorian had said not to bring much so i packed only a cloth bundle
10:27a few
10:28changes of clothes my mother's medicine chest and the packet of moon shadow seeds i looked at the
10:34bundle so out of place in this luxurious room like me out of place in this manner taking a deep
10:39breath
10:40i went to lady bloodman's room under cover of night when she saw me her blood crystal glass paused mid
10:45lift what is it this late give me 500 gold coins and i'll leave tonight a flicker of contempt crossed
10:53her
10:53face then suspicion you're truly willing to leave dorian pretending not to see her scorn he wants me
11:00as his mistress and i refuse even a mistress of the blood moon family is better than a common nobleman's
11:06wife glorious so what my mother used to say being a mistress is no life for a woman taking the
11:16500 gold
11:16coins i hired a carriage and left the capital that same night back in the village my neighbor martha looked
11:22at me in surprise sarin child why are you back didn't you go to the capital for a good life
11:28with
11:28your husband he has a fiancee and i don't want to be his mistress so i came back too right
11:34being a
11:35mistress is awful good to be home see even the village women understand this truth why couldn't dorian i
11:44stuffed the bag of coins under my bed and went back to my daily routine of gathering herbs and tending
11:49patience in the first few days after returning i began having strange dreams in the dream there was
11:55a forest and at its center stood a giant tree whose crown touched the sky between its branches flowed a
12:00silver blue light on the trees limbs were built tree houses with warm golden light in their windows
12:06rope bridges and spiral staircases connected them all the way to the highest canopy a woman stood before
12:11the great tree reaching out to me she wore a silver robe and starlight swirled in her pupils she said
12:18come
12:19back child i always woke just before she could touch me my heart raced but the dream faded like water
12:29through my fingers leaving only a faint impression luna lay by my bed rubbing her head against my hand i
12:36touched her ear and whispered to myself just a dream luna was always with me pure white the sheep my
12:43mother had left me mother said she was special and her milk could aid healing when i went out to
12:48gather
12:48herbs she followed me when i prepared remedies she lay on the threshold and napped it was strange but i
12:54could always find the rarest herbs the mullein that others searched three days for i would spot at my feet
12:59in the forest the villagers said i had the blessing of the forest spirit i thought it was just luck
13:05once
13:06while crossing a valley where wolves often roamed i came face to face with a gray wolf instinctively i
13:12crouched and reached out my hand the wolf stared at me for a few seconds then whined lowered its head
13:18and ran off luna bleeded proudly i patted her head you're quite brave
13:27two months passed i only rarely thought of dorian now and when i did my heart no longer hurt as
13:33much
13:33i thought i might find a new husband my mother died early for years i had been alone all i
13:40ever wanted
13:40was to find a partner and make a family i took two silver coins from the bag and decided to
13:45go to the
13:46next village to seek a matchmaker's help the matchmaker lived far over a mountain i tucked two
13:52black loaves into my pocket strapped on my herb basket i could gather on the way and set off
13:56halfway up the mountain i felt uneasy when i reached the stream a wind carried the strong smell of rust
14:03i followed the scent and found a man lying by the water
14:09he was covered in wounds unconscious his injuries were far worse than dorian's cuts all over the
14:15stream stained red with blood i fought the urge to check on him forced myself to look away and kept
14:21walking no more picking up strangers hadn't i learned my lesson i was a healer i couldn't let
14:27someone die i crouched heaved him onto my back he was heavy i gritted my teeth one night if you're
14:35not
14:35awake by morning i'll throw you back into the mountains once home i saw how bad his wounds were
14:40hardly a patch of unbroken skin the worst was an arrow wound near his heart half an inch lower and
14:46he
14:46would have been dead luna came over sniffed him and whined she rubbed her head against his arm
14:52maybe her milk would help i fetched clean water carefully washed his wounds applied the ointment
14:58my mother had left and spooned a few mouthfuls of warm sheep's milk into him while cleaning him
15:02my fingers accidentally touched the deepest wound on his chest he shuddered and the wound's edge visibly
15:08began to close i felt heat in my fingertips it was as if some force was pulling the edges together
15:14luna bleated and lay down beside him refusing to move the rest was up to fate just before dawn
15:21the man woke the moment he opened his eyes they were sharp as knives like a wounded beast
15:26his gaze locked on me full of suspicion and killing intent
15:32who are you where is this i rubbed my head at the familiar question do you remember who you are
15:39his expression didn't change but i felt an inexplicable pressure what do you want so he
15:45did remember who he was good no amnesia i exhaled in relief you were hurt i was afraid you'd die
15:52by the
15:52stream so i brought you to here to heal now that you're awake leave once you can walk
15:58i have my own affairs and i can't keep you long he looked down at his bandaged wound his guard
16:04remained high but the killing intent had lessened you bandaged me who else thank you call me ash
16:13once i recover i'll repay you for saving my life i didn't want repayment i just wanted him
16:18gone quickly but things didn't go as planned on the third night as i was about to blow out the
16:26lamp
16:26and sleep a hand covered my mouth before i could struggle ash's low voice whispered don't make a
16:32sound someone's outside in the moonlight his ears seemed to twitch slightly as if tracking the faintest
16:38footsteps he pulled me behind a cabinet a knife already in his hand the men outside moved the door
16:45was silently forced open and a dark figure slashed at the bed finding it empty he turned and swung at
16:50the
16:50cabinet ash raised his arm to block the blow in that instant a silver light flared around him and
16:56behind him appeared the phantom of a huge wolf its green eyes locked on the enemy alongside his own
17:01after about a quarter of an hour the cabinet door opened from outside under the moonlight ashes already
17:07sharp face was streaked with blood giving him a wild otherworldly beauty he reached out a hand to me
17:13come out they're dealt with the air was thick with the smell of blood i looked at the motionless bodies
17:20on the ground my stomach churned and i bent over dry heaving they were my enemies it won't happen again
17:28i didn't answer i dragged my exhausted body to the bed clean the floor before you sleep
17:38after that nothing similar happened but a black raven began to visit my home often entirely black
17:44with a broad wingspan and something always tied to its leg it never landed anywhere but near ash i'd
17:51heard of such birds they carried messages ash must have been in contact with his people so i asked him
17:57when he would leave he gave me a pouch of gold coins and said he needed to stay a while
18:01longer i looked at
18:02the coins and thought for a moment you can stay but you have to help with the work gathering herbs
18:07drying them chopping wood he smiled the first smile i had seen on him in days and said all right
18:13he
18:14settled in with me for now much like dorian had i went up the mountain to gather herbs intended
18:18patience while he stayed home to tidy up and dry the herbs only he didn't need to do odd jobs
18:24for money
18:24and i didn't dare lose my heart again my instincts told me this man was far more dangerous than dorian
18:30still ash was an excellent cook he made anything taste good one day he used a spice i didn't
18:36recognize in a stew i asked what it was and he said bay leaves i was puzzled i had never
18:43planted bay
18:43later i found a small bay sapling growing in the corner of the yard though i was certain nothing had
18:49been there before i crouched down and touched its leaves the tiny seedling seemed to receive an infusion
18:54of life within moments it shot up a hand's length pale white light patterns appeared on the leaves
18:59flowing along the veins i pulled my hand back in fright
19:06during the time ash stayed he always had a meal ready when i came home he would slip two flatbreads
19:11into my pocket before i left and i would give him the biggest piece of meat at dinner we grew
19:17more
19:17comfortable with each other sometimes i thought it wouldn't be so bad to go on like this but he would
19:22have to leave eventually the matchmaker had news in the next village lived a hunter whose wife had
19:28recently died he wanted to remarry he didn't mind that i had been married before and asked if i'd meet
19:33him i thought about it why not i couldn't stay alone forever when ash learned of it he was sharpening
19:40his knife in the yard he paused and the blade scraped against the stone with a screech you're really
19:46going yes i went inside when will you leave he didn't answer he threw down the knife and went into
19:55his room
19:55i walked along the stream toward the next village the hunter's house wasn't far when he saw me he
20:02grinned so you're sarin not bad looking i frowned my wife died young a misfortune if you marry me you
20:12just
20:12cook and wash for me every day nothing else to worry about i didn't want to stay we're not a
20:20good match
20:21he got anxious and blocked my way you've been married before i didn't mind you and now you're
20:26turning me down before he finished speaking he reached for my arm a blade pressed against his throat
20:33don't touch her with your filthy hands it was ash who are you ash gave him a cold look and
20:40pulled me
20:41away i looked at my wrist in his grip why did you come to see what kind of man you'd
20:47marry i wasn't
20:49going to marry him then why did you come he stopped walking and took out a dark silver pendant from
20:56his
20:56chest a crescent moon ancient looking cool to the touch siren i have to go take this when i've had
21:06my
21:06revenge i'll come back for you revenge he was silent for a moment then his eyes darkened the vampires
21:13invaded our wolf lands and killed many of my people this war either they die or we do don't worry
21:21the human prophecy protects you no one will harm you in the moonlight his pupils narrowed to slits and
21:28his canines showed briefly then disappeared i wanted to ask more but he had already turned and
21:34walked into the night ash left the pendant looked too valuable and i didn't take it but a week later
21:43while cleaning the house i found it again in the bag of gold coins under my bed along with two
21:47more
21:47pouches of gold and a note the note had just three words wait for me i folded the note back
21:53into the bag
21:54i held the pendant for a long time in the moonlight the silver crescent glowed faintly as if alive life
22:01went on as usual herbs to pick patience to see the stove to light but at meals there was only
22:08one set
22:08of cutlery again luna lay on the threshold occasionally bleeding as if asking where's that man when winter
22:14came mountain herbs grew scarcer yet each time i went out i would run into a fine plant on my
22:20usual
22:21path as if waiting for me once i was certain the path had been bare the day before but overnight
22:26a
22:26clump of silver thread grass had sprouted from a crack child you true are blessed by the forest spirit
22:34i smiled but in my heart i felt something was off a month later news of war came i went
22:41to the town
22:41storyteller to ask fighting in the north i hear indeed wolves and vampires have been at it for hundreds of
22:49years this time the wolves have a young king named lucian he swore to drive the vampires out of the
22:56north
22:56and take back the wolves land and who's winning
23:03the wolves they say the old vampire nobles are no good at fighting though they have money but this wolf
23:10king is determined he's pushed all the way into vampire territory someone else chimed in but vampires
23:17have magic don't they the storyteller shook his head magic can't match wolf claws and the vampires
23:23aren't united you know the blood moon family once strong but centuries ago one of their ancestors lost
23:28control drink human blood killed a human that broke the prophet's curse and that branch has been greatly
23:34weakened now all they have are mines and gold useless in war my heart stirred the blood moon family dorian's
23:42family i raised my clay cup and took a sip saying nothing after war talk the storyteller changed the
23:49subject to private matters they say he still hasn't married not even a woman by his side maybe he's got
23:56some ailment you don't know i have a distant relative in the capital who serves in the palace
24:04and he says the king already has someone in his heart who what kind of woman
24:15a healer they say a village medic from a smill hamlet another jeer why would a king want a herb
24:24gatherer
24:25ah you don't understand she can bring the dying back to life my clay cup slipped spilling its contents
24:34down my front i brushed off my clothes and hurried out of the inn there were still herbs to gather
24:39today while gathering herbs i cut my hand that night after applying ointment i sat by the window
24:46moonlight fell on my hand and the skin around the wound glowed faintly with a pale green light
24:51the cut healed before my eyes i reached up and touched the small leaf-shaped birthmark on my
24:56upper ear my mother said it was our people's mark that night the first snow of the year fell
25:01sarin sarin come quick come see
25:09i walked out into the snow and saw a troop of riders at the village entrance the wind was strong
25:14and the
25:15banner flapped and curled the villagers all hid inside their homes i started back too my hand
25:20instinctively going to the cleaver at my waist the troop came closer they stopped right in front of
25:26my yard the man at the head in a black cloak he pushed open my gate and walked in through
25:31the snow
25:32one step two deep and heavy prints he stopped before me and pushed back the hood of his cloak
25:38in the wind and snow his face was thinner than it had been half a year ago the lines deeper
25:42i slowly
25:43loosened my grip on the cleaver my voice trembling you before i could finish he pulled me into his arms
25:50his chin rested on my head his voice muffled i'm home luna bleated from the threshold wagging her tail
25:56and rubbing against his leg
26:00i had guessed right he was the wolf king the war god they called the wolf of the north stood
26:05before
26:05me now still holding two flatbreads he had pressed them into my hand as he came through the door still
26:10warm he reached out and touched the pendant hanging around my neck his nostrils flaring slightly as if
26:16checking something and the corner of his mouth lifted you're wearing it i didn't answer i looked
26:21him in the eyes are you the wolf king yes lucian what my real name lucian the war lasted half
26:34a year
26:34all that time i missed you terribly will you come with me no he hadn't expected that surprised what
26:47no why i won't be a mistress i'm asking you to be my queen but he was silent after a
26:57long moment
26:58you don't want to marry me
27:03no though i hated to admit it i had fallen for him again i did love ash but ash wasn't
27:10lucian lucian was
27:11a king i remembered what lady blood moon had said to me you are the wolf king and now you
27:18have united
27:18this land your queen should be of noble birth so you can support each other in marriage
27:25he laughed a bold confident laugh nonsense i won this land with my own sword
27:34not through marriage alliances but i don't want to live in a palace
27:42no one would pick my herbs no one would see my patients after a long while he turned and left
27:49i
27:50thought he had gone for good but the next morning when i opened the door i saw soldiers busy in
27:55my
27:55yard moving tables leading chopping wood building a pavilion they had even brought a whole cart of herbs
28:01neatly stacked i was dumbfounded i grabbed a young soldier maybe 15 what are you doing
28:12your your majesty the queen his majesty says he will live here from now on and told us to fix
28:19up the yard
28:22he also said to build an extra room for a dispensary where is lucian now at the inn in town
28:30when i arrived
28:31lucian was reviewing documents the guards must have been told in advance for no one stopped me
28:38seren you're here what do you mean by this
28:43after i left yesterday i thought all night since you won't come to the palace i'll have to come live
28:49with you i've already started building the dispensary what kind would you like i looked at
28:54his roguish expression and gritted my teeth my humble hut can't hold a great man like you
29:01it's all right wherever seren likes i like he truly moved in again he slept in the same bed where
29:09he
29:09recovered sometimes made me the meals he used to make spent his days reviewing reports and practicing
29:14swordsmanship in the evenings he clumsily helped me sort herbs doing his best the black raven began
29:20visiting frequently again every time i frowned and urged him to go back to his palace the next meal
29:26would include a dish he cooked himself after a few times it felt like i was only trying to drive
29:31him
29:31away for the sake of the food i stopped asking him to leave if he wanted to stay let him
29:37stay
29:40one incident happened during this time i was out gathering herbs as usual when my neighbor martha came
29:45running sarin quick come home see who's here i followed her back it was dorian he knelt in my yard
29:53before lucian his head hung low his spine sagging a far cry from the elegant noble he once was luna
30:00stood
30:01to the side bleeding at him unpleasantly i heard him say please your majesty spare the blood moon family
30:09we will give you the blood crystal mines of course i want the mines but you have to ask someone
30:17besides me
30:23sarin why don't you come in dorian looked up at the voice and his body jolted sarin
30:30your majesty i looked at him in just one year his eyes were no longer clear and he had grown
30:36terribly
30:36finn what's going on he brushed a stray hair from my forehead dorian flinched lucian's lips curled the
30:44vampires fought me for years now they've lost and he comes to beg for mercy i looked at dorian his
30:53head
30:53bowed his whole body shaking what do you plan to do with the blood moon family
31:00by law death then execute them dorian's head snapped up sarin we were one husband and wife
31:12how can you be so heartless i looked at him and found it almost funny dorian i saved your life
31:20and you took me to the capital just to humiliate me how ridiculous his lips trembled i didn't
31:28that was all to appease my mother i already broke off the engagement with the crimson's
31:35i wanted to marry you it doesn't matter anymore what you did doesn't matter to me do as you see
31:42fit
31:43lucian however seemed in good spirits he personally helped dorian to his feet the blood moon family
31:50though thou defeated has offered their minds a contribution i'll spare their lives and exile
31:58them to the western border thank you your majesty the west is hard but you'll live i knew he was
32:06doing
32:07it for my sake that evening lucian cooked a whole table of dishes i sat watching him remembering how
32:15last winter he had stood by the same stove turning sour wild fruit into jam what are you looking at
32:22at you you look better cooking than holding a sword then i'll cook for you every day aren't you
32:30also a king kings have to eat too he put a piece of stewed meat on my plate taste it
32:38i braised it half
32:39an hour longer today looking at the meat in my bowl i finally couldn't help it lucian yes can your
32:46queen
32:47continue gathering herbs can she still see patience he paused for a heartbeat then his eyes lit up with
32:53surprise yes you can keep gathering herbs and you can keep seeing patience keep doing what you love
33:00i'll be with you i saw nothing but joy in his eyes he looked at me and kissed me the
33:06night grew light the
33:07moment our lips met his tongue entered and i clutched his hand my fingertips trembling our breathing grew
33:14tangled i couldn't tell whose was hotter he put one hand on my waist pulled me onto him and with
33:20the other
33:20touched my neck his thumb stroking my pulse i let out a faint whimper that he swallowed the night
33:26like water swallowed every sound leaving only intertwined breasts and the soft rustle of cloth
33:35on the day of the full moon i dug out the packet of moon shadow seeds from the bottom of
33:40my medicine
33:40chest the seeds my mother had left me somehow the cloth bag had torn a little and a few seeds
33:46had
33:47scattered onto the windowsill moonlight streamed through the window and fell on those seeds and then
33:52they bloomed silver white petals opened in the moonlight one after another like stars falling
33:58onto my windowsill a cool sweet fragrance filled the air seeping into my skin into my bones my body
34:05began to glow the small cartilage at the top of my ear had grown into a sharp point i touched
34:10it then ran
34:11to look in the mirror my face was the same but deep in my pupils a point of silver light
34:16swirled like
34:17two tiny moons memories flooded back like a tide the silver moon forest a stag of white gold phantom
34:24like bent its forelegs and bowed its head to me a voice spoke in my ear my mother's voice sarin
34:30last
34:31blood of the moon shadow elves your true name is sarin moon shadow when you remember who you are return
34:39to the
34:39silver moon forest lucian pushed open the door and saw the silver light filling the room in my pointed
34:44ears he froze then he smiled so my queen is an elven princess you you knew i guessed then why
34:54didn't
34:55you tell me because it doesn't matter who you are you are sarin that's enough
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