My Sister Took My Serpent Mate, The Phoenix Lord Claimed Me - Full Episode (ENGSUB) is a breathtaking fantasy romance filled with betrayal, destiny, and supernatural power. After being humiliated when her sister takes the Serpent Mate who was supposed to be hers, a young woman is left heartbroken and abandoned. But just when she believes she has lost everything, fate intervenes in the most unexpected way.
Chosen by the legendary Phoenix Lord, she discovers a destiny far greater than she ever imagined. As ancient powers awaken and rival kingdoms clash, she rises from rejection to become a woman admired throughout the realm. Meanwhile, those who betrayed her are forced to watch her transformation from forgotten outcast to a queen worthy of legend.
Packed with magical creatures, fated mates, royal intrigue, emotional twists, revenge, and epic romance, this addictive fantasy drama is perfect for fans of Alpha romances, rebirth stories, and powerful heroines.
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Chosen by the legendary Phoenix Lord, she discovers a destiny far greater than she ever imagined. As ancient powers awaken and rival kingdoms clash, she rises from rejection to become a woman admired throughout the realm. Meanwhile, those who betrayed her are forced to watch her transformation from forgotten outcast to a queen worthy of legend.
Packed with magical creatures, fated mates, royal intrigue, emotional twists, revenge, and epic romance, this addictive fantasy drama is perfect for fans of Alpha romances, rebirth stories, and powerful heroines.
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#MySisterTookMySerpentMate #ThePhoenixLordClaimedMe #PhoenixLord #FantasyRomance #RejectedMate #FatedMates #FantasyDrama #StrongFemaleLead #RoyalRomance #MagicAndDestiny #LoveStory #ENGSUB #FullEpisode #FantasyAdventure #RevengeDrama
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00:00My sister Sarah and I chose our mates on the same day.
00:03She chose the phoenix Lord Kale, leaving me the sea serpent Draven.
00:06Draven was cruel, dissolute, and merciless.
00:09I survived by enduring everything he did to me.
00:11To him, I was nothing more than a toy.
00:13Kale spent most of their marriage on the battlefield,
00:15leaving my sister alone in the palace for years.
00:19She cried, raged, and spent her days in tears.
00:22Years later, Draven awakened the dragon bloodline and claimed the throne.
00:25Through it all, I was the one by his side, so he took me with him.
00:28Sarah went mad.
00:30She stabbed me through the heart, then pulled me off the palace tower.
00:33And I opened my eyes again.
00:34My sister and I were back on the day we chose our mates.
00:37This time, she seized the sea serpent first, and shoved me toward the phoenix Lord.
00:41I exhaled.
00:42This nightmare finally belonged to her.
00:44The moment she snatched the sea serpent's token, I knew she had been reborn too.
00:48My sister was the legitimate heir.
00:50I was born to one of my father's mistresses.
00:52My father carried an ancient supernatural bloodline, but her mother was human.
00:56Sarah inherited only half of his power.
00:58My mother, however, was also from a shifter bloodline.
01:01I had inherited my father's power in full.
01:03In our previous life, our father died young.
01:05But before he passed, he arranged marriages for both of us to take effect when we came of age.
01:09As the rightful heir, she always ruled the household and stayed in her mother's favor.
01:13Little sister, the phoenix Lord's bloodline is noble.
01:16A girl of your standing could never catch his eye.
01:18The sea serpent is reckless and depraved.
01:20He suits you perfectly.
01:22And in this life, she still looked down at me from the same height.
01:24Ivy, the abyss is a place without light.
01:28I can't bear to see you suffer there.
01:30The phoenix Lord is powerful enough to protect you.
01:33This time, you will be his mate.
01:35Her mother startled and turned sharp.
01:37The serpent is not a big match.
01:38My sister dabbed at her eyes, then leaned in and whispered to her.
01:41I received a sign.
01:42The serpent clan will one day awaken and rise above every other bloodline.
01:46Their voices were careful not to reach me, but I didn't need to hear them.
01:49I already knew exactly what they were saying.
01:51I lowered my eyes and forced a reluctant expression.
01:53What if I refuse?
01:55Her eyes turned red instantly.
01:57Her mother slammed her cup down.
01:59How can you be so ungrateful?
02:00Your sister is giving you a powerful match and you still complain.
02:04It's all right, Sarah.
02:07I ran out in distress, pretending to accept my fate,
02:10and pretended not to see the flash of triumph in my sister's eyes.
02:13In a corner where no one could see me, I smiled.
02:15The abyss serpent clan kept themselves apart from the world.
02:18Wanted. Corrupt.
02:19Sarah, you are passing up a queen seat beside a phoenix lord,
02:23only to rush headlong into becoming someone's toy.
02:25Let's hope he doesn't break you too badly.
02:27That was how it was in the previous life, too.
02:29Whatever was good, Sarah always had first pick.
02:32I was left with what she rejected, what she grew tired of.
02:35After she married the phoenix lord, she believed she stood above everyone else.
02:38But in the phoenix court, rank and bloodline still ruled everything.
02:42The purer the bloodline, the higher the standing.
02:44She was arrogant.
02:45Even as the phoenix lord's mate, she offended everyone around her.
02:48In the end, Kale stopped visiting her entirely.
02:51He returned to the battlefield and never shared a single night with her again.
02:55My sister, humiliated and furious, tried to break the mate model.
02:59She threatened her own, wept, screamed, made herself unbearable,
03:03until he finally had her confined to the palace.
03:06Meanwhile, I entered the abyss.
03:07Years later, the sea serpent awakened his dragon bloodline and rose as the dragon king.
03:12He took me as his queen.
03:13When Sarah learned that the man she had once discarded had become the dragon king,
03:17and that he loved me to his very core,
03:19she lost her own life.
03:21She and her mother killed me together.
03:23But they had only ever saw the surface of my life.
03:26They never saw what it cost me.
03:28When I first entered the abyss, the sea serpent, Draven, locked me away.
03:32He bound my hands and forced my chin up,
03:35his serpent eyes cold and sharp,
03:37and he tormented me for a full month without pause.
03:40When I refused to submit, he poisoned me until my resistance finally cracked.
03:44I went numb by degrees.
03:46My pride wore down to nothing.
03:48I learned to survive by pretending to love him.
03:52He was suspicious by nature.
03:53It took me three years to make him believe I loved him,
03:56and only then did he allow me to move freely through the abyss.
03:59Even after he became the dragon king, he never left the deep realm.
04:03And I remained there with him.
04:05No freedom, no daylight.
04:07After my rebirth, my sister wasted no time taking the sea serpent for herself.
04:11I was glad to let her.
04:13I was careful to look reluctant, afraid she might see through me.
04:16Sarah, this life, the one locked away in the abyss, should be you.
04:20The first of the tenth month was the day Sarah and I were bound to our mates.
04:24The phoenix clan lived high in a mountain citadel,
04:27bathed in firelight and constant birdsong.
04:30It was nothing like the cold silence of the abyss.
04:32The phoenix lord's palace blazed with gold.
04:35I sat quietly in my chamber and waited, and at last Kale came.
04:38When he saw my face, a flicker of startled admiration moved through those blood-red eyes.
04:44But he said nothing.
04:45He pushed me down onto the bed.
04:46I watched his eyes go luminous with heat and couldn't help flinching.
04:50He noticed.
04:51He paused, his gaze falling to the tight crease between my brows.
04:55Then he reached out, gently running his fingers through my hair,
04:58and fastened a small necklace around my neck.
05:01When I woke up the next morning, he was already gone.
05:03I looked at the deep, crimson phoenix feather in my hand,
05:06and stopped a maid to ask where he had gone.
05:09He had already left for the battlefield.
05:10My lady, you should begin your formal visits to the former royal women.
05:15I saw the sympathy in the maid's eyes as she said it.
05:17The former queen was Kale's stepmother.
05:19The phoenix clan carried an old tradition,
05:22by which a son could take his father's wives as his own after the father's death.
05:26When the old phoenix lord died and Kale took the throne,
05:29the former queen had assumed she would marry Kale and keep her rank.
05:32Instead, Kale simply arranged separate quarters for her
05:35and the other women of the old king's court,
05:37refusing to take any of them as his mate.
05:40None of these women were to be taken lightly.
05:42They tore at each other constantly,
05:43and now I had arrived as Kale's chosen mate,
05:46which meant I had stepped directly into their hostility.
05:49I went first to the chambers of the hair clan matriarch.
05:53The hair clan was a weak vassal clan,
05:55surviving for generations by surrendering early in conflicts
05:58and offering tribute brides in exchange for protection.
06:01When I entered, she was already seated in the place of honor,
06:04waiting for me to show respect.
06:06I poured the wine carefully and set the glass before her.
06:09She took a sip and erupted.
06:11You serve me this?
06:12A vintage gone to vinegar?
06:14She set the glass down with a sharp click.
06:16Lady Hare,
06:17the members of your clan have been far too bold of late out in the world.
06:20They've made themselves a thorn in many sides.
06:22If I were to bring this to the phoenix lord's attention,
06:25what do you think would become of your clan?
06:26The hair dowager stiffened.
06:28Her voice shot up sharply.
06:29How do you know about that?
06:31I said nothing.
06:32I only looked at her with a mild smile.
06:34We held each other's gaze.
06:35After a while, she broke first.
06:37It's just wine!
06:38She said through clenched teeth.
06:40Fine.
06:40I'll drink it.
06:41I smiled.
06:42Thank you for your cooperation, my lady.
06:44I had barely stepped out of her chambers
06:46before I heard something smash against the wall behind me.
06:49With the hair dowager made an example,
06:51the rest of the wine offerings went smoothly,
06:53until the last one.
06:54The former queen.
06:56The most temperamental.
06:57The most volatile.
06:58I entered her palace and was told she had retired
07:00and I was to wait outside.
07:02I stood at the entrance for a full hour.
07:04The former queen still had not summoned me in.
07:07What a welcome.
07:08Since the former queen is still resting,
07:10I'll come again another day to pay my respects.
07:12I turned and walked away.
07:14The servant at the door panicked
07:15and rushed inside to report it.
07:17The former queen threw her teacup in fury.
07:19Low-born creature.
07:21And she dares play games in front of me!
07:23I paid it no mind, squinting in the sun
07:25and savoring a kind of freedom
07:27I had never once had in my previous life.
07:30But the peaceful days didn't last long.
07:32Kale returned from the front.
07:33The moment Kale returned,
07:35he had already heard about what I did
07:37during the formal visits.
07:38I'm told you threatened the Hare clan matriarch.
07:40Something curious moved in his eyes.
07:42When Kale returned,
07:43both the Hare matriarch and the former queen
07:45had already gone to him with their complaints.
07:48What threat?
07:49He paused at my innocent expression.
07:51My lord, you mean when I visited Lady Hare
07:53and mentioned that her clan has been using
07:56the Phoenix clan's name
07:57to cause trouble outside the territory?
07:59I kept my gaze tilted up at him.
08:01I knew what that particular look did.
08:04The word, my lord,
08:05had barely left my lips
08:07before something deepened in Kale's eyes.
08:09Because last night,
08:10I had been calling him that all night long.
08:12But he was clearly more interested
08:13in what I'd actually said.
08:15He caught the point with precision.
08:16Members of the Hare clan
08:17have been using the Phoenix clan's name
08:19to cause trouble?
08:19If my lord doesn't believe me,
08:21you're welcome to look into it
08:23and see whether I've lied.
08:25He studied me for a long moment,
08:27then spoke.
08:28You did well.
08:29The Phoenix clan will be hosting
08:30the Grand Convite soon.
08:32All the clan lords have been invited.
08:34Seek out the former queen
08:35and the Doucher ladies.
08:36Spend time with them
08:37and learn what you must.
08:38If they give you trouble,
08:40handle it as you see fit.
08:41If anything goes wrong,
08:42I'll answer for it.
08:43When Kale said that,
08:45I knew my first step had succeeded.
08:46Even after the wedding night,
08:48even after I became his queen,
08:50he had never actually intended
08:51to let me manage
08:52the Phoenix clan's affairs.
08:54He had left the very next morning.
08:55As the ruler of his clan,
08:57Kale cared far more
08:58about the Phoenix clan's reputation
09:00and what I said
09:01had shown him
09:01what I was capable of.
09:03And I needed power
09:04firmly in my own hands
09:05so that no one
09:06could ever make me suffer again.
09:08The queen puts on
09:09quite a performance of dignity.
09:10You haven't even served me wine yet
09:12and you're already looking
09:13to take over organizing
09:14the Grand Convite?
09:15The Convite is the Phoenix clan's
09:17gathering once a century.
09:19What claim do you have
09:20to host it, girl of your standing?
09:22The former queen smiled coldly.
09:26Then I won't trouble you with it.
09:27I smiled at her
09:28and walked out.
09:29The former queen's face
09:30went rigid with fury,
09:32but she said nothing.
09:33She was already certain
09:34I couldn't manage the conclave
09:35on my own
09:36without her help.
09:37But in my previous life,
09:38after Draven's coronation
09:40as Dragon King,
09:41he held grand gatherings
09:42of his own.
09:43I organized every one of them,
09:45each far more elaborate
09:46than anything required here.
09:48After I'd raised the matter
09:49of the Hare clan with Kale,
09:50he had already dealt with them.
09:52With her clan stripped away
09:53and her secrets
09:54still in my hands,
09:56the Hare Dowager
09:56submitted to me
09:57in less than an hour.
09:58I used the same approach
09:59with the others.
10:00One by one,
10:01the remaining Dowager ladies
10:03came under my direction.
10:04By the time I had arranged everything,
10:06the former queen
10:07finally realized
10:08she had underestimated me.
10:09It was too late.
10:10The grand conclave
10:11opened as planned.
10:12The day of the conclave,
10:14the Phoenix clan's
10:15mountain citadel
10:15was alive
10:16with noise and movement.
10:17Powerful clans
10:18and lesser factions
10:19arrived
10:20and took their places
10:21along the mountain slopes.
10:22As queen,
10:23I stood at the palace gates
10:24and personally welcomed
10:26each clan lord
10:26who had traveled far
10:27as a gesture of good faith.
10:29The clans attending
10:30the conclave
10:31came from every realm.
10:32Among them
10:33were the Abyss serpent clan,
10:34my sister
10:35and her mate,
10:36Draven.
10:37She was dressed well enough
10:38and her power
10:39had grown considerably,
10:40but I could see
10:41she was holding herself
10:42together by force.
10:43And Draven,
10:44standing at her side,
10:45watched me
10:46with those cold serpent eyes.
10:48Something felt wrong.
10:49I slipped away alone
10:50to a side hall.
10:51Without warning,
10:52the ground and sky
10:53shook together.
10:54He took his true form.
10:55An enormous serpent body
10:57erupted from nothing,
10:58and an icy coiled tail
11:00slammed into me
11:01and wrapped around me,
11:02hauling me into the air.
11:03My eyes went wide.
11:04The familiar sensation
11:05crashed into my memory
11:07like a flood.
11:08I felt his cold chest
11:09pressed against me,
11:10his arms locking
11:11around my waist,
11:12his forked tongue
11:13grazing my neck.
11:15Ivy,
11:16it's been a long time.
11:19You were mine.
11:21How could you mate
11:22with someone else?
11:23The forked tongue
11:24traced lightly
11:25along my throat,
11:26razor fangs
11:27pressed against my neck,
11:28as though the next breath
11:29might be the last moment
11:30before they sank in.
11:32If Draven bit me,
11:33the venom would be
11:34in me immediately.
11:35I recognized his intent.
11:36I kept my voice steady.
11:38I'm not sure how
11:38I've offended you,
11:39Lord Drarren,
11:40but this is Phoenix Clan territory.
11:42If you intend to disrupt
11:43the congoat here,
11:44I doubt you'll leave
11:45in one piece.
11:46Draven paused.
11:47He had clearly thought
11:48through the consequences.
11:49He made no further move,
11:51but he still wouldn't
11:51release me.
11:52The rage in his eyes
11:53were unmistakable.
11:55No one had seen this coming,
11:56not even my sister
11:57who had come with Draven.
11:59She hadn't expected him
12:00to do something this open.
12:01Darren,
12:01we are in the Phoenix Clan's territory.
12:03Her eyes burned with hatred.
12:05She was calling out to Draven,
12:07but she was looking at me.
12:08When Draven heard her voice,
12:09he only turned those
12:10cold serpent eyes
12:11on her for a moment.
12:12Her face went white.
12:13She hadn't forgotten
12:14what he had done to her
12:15since she arrived in the abyss.
12:18Jealousy had made her
12:19forget for a moment,
12:20but now she remembered
12:21Draven's savagery.
12:23Inside the palace,
12:25Kale sensed the disturbance.
12:26He flew out
12:27and shifted into his true form
12:28at speed.
12:30A phoenix cry split the air.
12:33Draven had no time to react.
12:35Kale struck him down hard
12:36out of the sky.
12:37Draven's coil loosened.
12:39I dropped.
12:40Kale's wings caught me steadily
12:41and set me down on the ground.
12:43Then he turned
12:44and drove toward Draven.
12:45Ivy,
12:46you crawl your way up
12:47to become the Phoenix Clan's queen
12:49and that's not enough for you.
12:49Cera looked at me
12:50with cold fury.
12:51You have to seduce my mate too.
12:52Have you no shame at all?
12:54Darren will ascend
12:55to dragon form one day.
12:56I will be his dragon queen.
12:58Don't think you can take
12:59what is mine
12:59before I've even claimed it.
13:01Even after Draven's cruelty,
13:02even after everything
13:03he had done to her,
13:04she still held a fantasy.
13:06Herself as dragon queen,
13:08showered in power and worship.
13:10She was willing to endure him
13:11for the sake of that future.
13:13Once I was free of the danger,
13:14the tension in my chest
13:15finally eased.
13:16I hadn't known Draven
13:17remembered our previous life too.
13:19If I had known,
13:20I never would have been
13:21standing outside alone
13:22where he could get to me.
13:23Cera, what you want
13:24is not necessarily what I want.
13:25I looked at her calmly
13:26and let the word settle.
13:27At that moment,
13:28Hale's furious voice
13:29thundered through the air.
13:31Darren,
13:31you are master of the abyss,
13:34yet you have no sense
13:35of your boundaries.
13:36You dare attack
13:37my queen in my territory?
13:39After hitting the ground hard,
13:41Draven launched himself
13:41back into the air.
13:43His massive serpent tail lashed.
13:45His upper body dissolved
13:46back into serpent form
13:47and he coiled against Kale,
13:49but he was visibly losing ground.
13:51In the end,
13:52Draven's form vanished
13:53into the air.
13:54He fled.
13:55Even my sister,
13:56who had been standing near me,
13:58disappeared along with him.
13:59But I felt it.
14:00In the last instant
14:01before he vanished,
14:02a cold gaze clung to me
14:04for two full seconds,
14:05and it sent a chill
14:06down my spine.
14:07Draven would not let this go.
14:09I was proven right
14:10sooner than expected.
14:11When I lost consciousness
14:12in the former queen's chambers,
14:14I knew I had walked into a trap.
14:17I hadn't imagined
14:18that the former queen
14:19would join forces with my sister.
14:20They had had me taken to the abyss.
14:22When I woke in the abyss,
14:24Sarah was standing in front of me
14:26with triumph she couldn't hide.
14:28The air around me
14:29was cold and damp and dark.
14:31A few luminous stones
14:32scattered weak light
14:33through the black.
14:34You wretched thing.
14:36You're finally in my hands.
14:37Draven is mine in this life.
14:39You will not take him from me.
14:40All his favor will come to me
14:41and no one else.
14:42I will become
14:43his dragon queen.
14:44You stay right here.
14:45I won't let you die quickly.
14:48I want you to live long enough
14:49with your eyes wide open
14:51and watch just how happy
14:52I'm going to be.
14:53Sarah laughed with open delight,
14:55the malice in her eyes
14:56completely unmasked.
14:57Sarah,
14:58does Draven know
14:59you've brought me here?
15:00I wasn't rattled
15:01by her words at all.
15:02I had caught the one thing
15:04that mattered.
15:05At my question,
15:06something flickered
15:07across her face.
15:08That told me everything.
15:09Draven didn't know.
15:10The moment I understood that,
15:12I breathed easier.
15:12As long as Draven didn't know
15:14I was being held in the abyss,
15:16I had a chance of waiting
15:17for Kale to come
15:18and get me out.
15:19Kale didn't love me,
15:20but he had a sense of duty.
15:22On our wedding night,
15:24he had given me
15:24the Phoenix Ember Feather.
15:26His own feather,
15:27which could save my life
15:29in a crisis
15:30and let him find me
15:31wherever I was.
15:34I just had to hope
15:35Sarah could hold out
15:36long enough
15:37that she wouldn't let Draven
15:38find out about me too soon.
15:40Of course Draven knows.
15:41Give up.
15:42He will only ever love me.
15:43He doesn't care about you at all.
15:45There is no chance
15:45he will come to save you.
15:47As long as I help him
15:48awaken his dragon bloodline sooner,
15:49I won't just become
15:50a queen of dragons.
15:51I'll make him love me
15:52and revere me all the more.
15:54Sarah swept out
15:54with her chin high,
15:55but when I heard
15:56what she said,
15:57I went still.
15:58I understood at once
15:59what she was planning
16:00to do next,
16:01and I smiled.
16:02My sister and I
16:03were ordinary shifter-born,
16:05but we both had a constitution
16:06suited to bonded mating rituals
16:08amplified power.
16:10Intimacy with a partner
16:12could accelerate
16:12a strength in a shifter's power
16:14rapidly's power rapidly.
16:15Our father,
16:16worried about the two of us,
16:18had arranged our betrothals early
16:19to secure us
16:20each a powerful allies,
16:21and in our family home
16:22there was a forbidden relic,
16:24an ancient catalyst artifact
16:26that could drive
16:27amplify power forward
16:28at tremendous speed,
16:30advancing a person
16:31by what would otherwise
16:31take years.
16:32But after our father died,
16:35the relic passed
16:35to our mother.
16:36Given how much
16:37our mother doted
16:38on my sister,
16:39the relic had almost
16:40certainly been taken
16:41by her long ago.
16:43Darren already had
16:44the innate capacity
16:45evolve into dragon form.
16:46If he and my sister
16:47strengthened their bond
16:48over time,
16:49his transformation
16:50could succeed
16:51in two years at most.
16:52If the artifact was used,
16:54he could attempt
16:55the transformation
16:55within days,
16:56but haste
16:57is the enemy of strength.
16:58If the artifact
16:59was used to force-claim
17:00his dragon form
17:01without the foundation
17:02of strength and power
17:02through intimacy,
17:03his power would not
17:04be stable enough to hold.
17:05Darren's transformation
17:06would not just fail,
17:07it would destroy him entirely.
17:08The price of a failed
17:09transformation was death
17:10and the complete
17:11dissolution of the soul.
17:12My sister didn't know this.
17:14In our previous life,
17:15the artifact
17:15had never come into play.
17:17I had learned about it
17:18after our father died,
17:19reading through
17:20the annotated manuscript
17:21he left behind,
17:22where he had written
17:23his own notes
17:23on the relic.
17:24After I finished reading,
17:26I burned the manuscript.
17:27Not even her mother knew
17:28how the artifact
17:29had to be used.
17:30in order to draw out
17:31its full effect.
17:32I was held for three days.
17:34Throughout those three days,
17:35Sarah came by
17:36at regular intervals
17:37to mock me,
17:38doing everything she could
17:39to humiliate me.
17:40She even brought
17:40several serpent males
17:42to try to shame me further,
17:43but each time,
17:44I kept them away.
17:45The phoenix ember feather
17:46gave me a protection
17:47my sister had no way to break.
17:49On the fourth day,
17:50I heard footsteps
17:51and assumed it was
17:52my sister again.
17:53I lowered my head
17:54and closed my eyes,
17:55not bothering to look up.
17:56Every time she came,
17:57it was the same flood
17:58of insults,
17:59and after three days of it,
18:00I had long since
18:01grown weary of listening.
18:03Ivy,
18:04so this is where
18:05you've been hiding?
18:06That cold,
18:07familiar voice
18:08made me shudder
18:08before I could stop myself.
18:10My head snapped up.
18:11Draven's face
18:12looked back at me,
18:13beautiful in that
18:13unsettling,
18:14too refined way of his.
18:16The moment I saw him,
18:17I felt it,
18:18immediately.
18:19The power radiating from him
18:20was stronger than the last time.
18:22There was already
18:22the faint pull
18:23of a transformation
18:24building beneath it.
18:25He had already used
18:26my sister's artifact.
18:27Ivy,
18:28why would you go
18:28and marry that fool,
18:29Kale?
18:30But I don't blame your sister,
18:32that manipulative bitch.
18:33She was reborn
18:34with her memories
18:35from before
18:35and used them
18:36to keep us apart.
18:37Once I claim
18:38my dragon form,
18:39I'll restore your memories
18:41of the life before.
18:43The person you were
18:44always meant to love
18:45is me.
18:46Draven's cold fingers
18:47traced down my cheek.
18:48His voice carried longing,
18:50and beneath that longing,
18:51a deadly possessiveness
18:52he made no effort to hide.
18:54I let the confusion
18:55and shock show plainly
18:56in my eyes,
18:57visibly unsettled
18:58by what he had said
18:59about the previous life.
19:00He narrowed his eyes
19:01and watched my expression
19:02carefully,
19:03measuring my reaction.
19:04Then the abyss
19:05began to shake.
19:06The ground lurched,
19:07and it was nearly
19:08impossible to stand.
19:09I stumbled and went down.
19:11Draven was clearly
19:11not pleased to be interrupted
19:13at this particular moment.
19:14Damn it all.
19:16Let me see
19:16who dares disturb
19:18my domain.
19:18He swore under his breath,
19:20swept his gaze
19:21over me,
19:21and raised one hand
19:22to trapped me
19:23in a web-like barrier.
19:24The web was both
19:25a protection and a cage.
19:27Once it was in place,
19:28he left without looking back,
19:30his serpent eyes
19:30cold as ice.
19:32After Draven walked away,
19:33I exhaled.
19:34The tenderness in his words
19:35had turned my stomach.
19:37All of it performance.
19:38All of it probing.
19:39He had realized
19:40my sister remembered
19:41her past life.
19:42He suspected
19:43I might be too.
19:44If I was reborn,
19:45if I carried memories
19:46of the previous life,
19:47and had still chosen
19:48to marry Kale,
19:49then in his eyes
19:50I had betrayed him.
19:51If that were exposed,
19:52he would kill me
19:53without the slightest hesitation.
19:55The phoenix ember feather
19:56inside me began
19:57to stir and pulse.
19:58Restless.
19:59Reacting sharply to something.
20:01I realized it
20:02in the same instant.
20:03The disturbance
20:03had been Kale.
20:04Kale had come.
20:05Phoenix power
20:06thrived in flame.
20:07But the abyss
20:08was Draven's domain.
20:09Kale would not
20:10come out of this well.
20:11A dim unease
20:12crept through me.
20:13The image came unbidden.
20:15Kale's face
20:15on our wedding night.
20:16Sharp and yet,
20:17for just a moment,
20:18almost soft.
20:19If in the end,
20:20Kale chose to leave me
20:21behind to save himself,
20:23I wouldn't blame him.
20:24I understood it
20:25better than anyone.
20:25If the cost of saving someone
20:27was losing yourself,
20:28I wouldn't make
20:29that choice either.
20:30But I hadn't expected
20:31that two hours later,
20:32Kale would find me,
20:33covered in blood.
20:34He used what strength
20:35he had left
20:35and tore the barrier apart.
20:37Move.
20:38He swept me up and ran.
20:40I saw it clearly.
20:41He had fought his way
20:42through to reach me.
20:43Go east.
20:43There's a place
20:44Darren won't look
20:45for a while.
20:46I spoke quickly.
20:47He looked at me
20:48with those startled,
20:49blood-red eyes,
20:50but he didn't ask questions.
20:51He chose to trust me.
20:53He followed my direction
20:54and found a place
20:55where we could shelter
20:55and tend to his wounds.
20:57Kale had tracked me
20:58through the phoenix
20:59ember feather
20:59he had given me.
21:00When he fought Draven,
21:01Draven held the upper hand
21:03with his greater strength
21:04and Kale couldn't
21:05match him head on.
21:06So he created a decoy,
21:07drew Draven's attention
21:08elsewhere,
21:09and slipped away
21:10to find me.
21:11The moment Kale broke
21:12the web-like barrier,
21:13Draven felt it.
21:14A short time
21:15after I was pulled free,
21:16Draven arrived at the place
21:17where I had been held
21:18and found me gone.
21:19His fury was absolute.
21:21He sent every serpent
21:22in the abyss
21:23out to search for us.
21:24The phoenix clan's
21:25healing abilities
21:26was powerful,
21:27but not enough
21:27to restore full strength
21:29within a matter of days.
21:30Once we were settled,
21:31Kale collapsed.
21:32He was badly hurt.
21:33I took a slow breath,
21:35pressed close to him,
21:36and began to use the bond
21:37between our bloodlines.
21:38It didn't only build power,
21:40it could also accelerate healing.
21:42After half an hour,
21:43Kale's awareness
21:43began to return.
21:45The flush of heat
21:45reached the corners
21:46of his eyes,
21:47and he took control.
21:48Three days later,
21:49his wounds were gone.
21:50His power was greater
21:51than it had been
21:52before he entered the abyss.
21:54Then,
21:54just after Kale
21:55had gently helped me dress,
21:57the cavern around us
21:58collapsed.
21:59The ground heaved.
22:00Draven's voice
22:01filled the space above us,
22:02carrying a rage.
22:03I've found you.
22:05Just as Kale moved
22:06to set me aside
22:07and hide me
22:08before going out
22:09to fight.
22:09I reached out
22:10and gripped his hand,
22:12my breathing unsteady.
22:13After Draven forced
22:14his force the awakening
22:15of his dragon bloodline
22:17with the artifact,
22:17his weak point
22:18is still at the seventh coil.
22:20He looks fully transformed,
22:21but the transformation
22:22isn't complete.
22:23Beyond the seventh coil,
22:26his tail is also
22:27a fatal weakness.
22:30If you're willing
22:31to trust me,
22:32hit those two places.
22:34My voice had worn down
22:35to a rasp.
22:36Kale heard me
22:37and went still.
22:38His jaw tightened.
22:39He grabbed me hard
22:40and spoke through
22:41near-clenched teeth.
22:43My queen has quite the nerve.
22:45I gave you my
22:46Phoenix Emble feather,
22:47and you still thought
22:48I needed more proof
22:49that I trusted you?
22:50A Phoenix Lord's Ember feather
22:51is my most precious thing.
22:53I give it only
22:54to my true mate.
22:55When I've killed Draven,
22:57I'm coming back
22:58to settle this with you.
22:59I stared at him.
23:00I hadn't expected
23:01that response.
23:02His blood-red eyes
23:04were burning with something
23:05that looked like anger.
23:06An unexpected guilt
23:07settled over me.
23:09He was furious enough
23:10that he bit my lip
23:11hard enough to draw blood,
23:12but the hands that hid me away
23:14were entirely gentle.
23:15He set a ward around me.
23:17Then he went out.
23:18Kale,
23:20today is the day you die.
23:22Draven caught the scent
23:23on Kale,
23:24the scent that belonged to me.
23:26His rage burned away
23:27the last of his reason.
23:28Kale laughed coldly.
23:30He deliberately drew Draven
23:31further away,
23:32keeping the fight
23:33from reaching where I was hidden.
23:35The battle between
23:35a phoenix and a serpent
23:37grew more savage
23:37by the moment.
23:38The entire abyss trembled.
23:40The water churned black
23:41and thick
23:42and impossible to see through.
23:44While I sat within the ward
23:45and watched the struggle above,
23:47Sarah appeared suddenly below,
23:48her face twisted,
23:50lunging at me.
23:51She didn't expect the ward.
23:52It threw her back.
23:53You filthy wretch!
23:55Her voice was a shriek.
23:56I looked at her properly
23:58for the first time.
23:59Her body was covered in wounds.
24:01Half her face was ruined.
24:03Beneath the ruin of that half,
24:06the scars ran deep
24:07and shallow and merciless.
24:08Did you scheme to make Draven
24:10remember the past life?
24:11Did you make him take my artifact
24:12and destroy my face?
24:13Why won't you just die?
24:14What right do you have
24:15to Kale's protection?
24:17I was supposed to be his queen.
24:18I should have been!
24:19Sarah wept and laughed
24:20at the same time,
24:21and I could see that Draven
24:22had not been kind to her.
24:24I had guessed this would be her fate
24:25the moment Draven found out
24:26she had secretly imprisoned me.
24:27To someone like Draven
24:29he could torment me
24:30as he pleased
24:31because I was his possession.
24:33Even when I became
24:34something more important to him,
24:36he had still never truly
24:37seen me as a partner,
24:39only something he owned
24:41with ferocious possessiveness.
24:43Sarah had moved
24:44against me on her own.
24:45She had crossed a line
24:47Draven would not forgive.
24:48And the moment
24:49she brought out the artifact,
24:50she had surrendered
24:50the only leverage
24:51she had over him.
24:52She had made herself
24:53someone he could discard
24:54without a second thought.
24:55My poor sister,
24:56still believing
24:57that Draven would feel
24:58gratitude for her devotion,
24:59would reward her
25:00with endless obsession.
25:01What a thing to dream.
25:03Now she had finally
25:04given up on Draven.
25:05And instead of grief,
25:06there was only bitterness
25:07and resentment.
25:08And all of it aimed at me
25:09for becoming Kale's queen.
25:10Sister,
25:11have you forgotten?
25:13You were the one
25:14who placed Kale
25:15in my hands
25:16and told me to marry him.
25:18I smiled coldly.
25:19I had never felt
25:20more satisfied
25:20I knew exactly
25:21what saying that
25:22would do to her.
25:22As expected,
25:23she threw herself at me
25:24again in a frenzy,
25:25trying to break through
25:26the ward
25:26and get her hands
25:27around my throat.
25:27But it was useless.
25:29The ward Kale had set
25:31would not open
25:31for anyone but himself.
25:32And beyond him,
25:33only Draven at full strength
25:34could break it.
25:35No one else
25:35could force it open.
25:36And if anyone
25:37attacked the ward,
25:38it would strike back
25:39immediately.
25:40My sister came at it
25:41again and again
25:42in her madness.
25:42And each time
25:43it threw her off,
25:44until she finally collapsed,
25:45blood spilling from her lips,
25:47barely alive,
25:48her eyes fixed on me
25:49with pure hatred.
25:50When I had finished
25:50watching my sister
25:51exhaust herself,
25:52I looked back
25:52at the battle.
25:53Kale had been losing
25:54ground before.
25:55Now he was steadily
25:55overtaking Draven
25:56because he had listened
25:57to me.
25:58He knew Draven's weaknesses
25:58now, and nearly every
26:00strike was aimed
26:00directly at them.
26:01Draven began to falter
26:02and dodge.
26:03Kale caught him
26:03and landed him
26:04at the tail.
26:06Draven left
26:06the tail of the tail.
26:07Then he suddenly turned
26:08and dove straight
26:09toward where Sarah
26:10and I were.
26:11Damn it.
26:12He reversed direction
26:13and came after him.
26:14Everyone assumed
26:15Draven was coming
26:16for me,
26:16even my sister.
26:17She watched him descend
26:18and started to smile
26:19in triumph.
26:20Then it froze
26:20because my sister's
26:21entire body ignited.
26:23The water of the abyss
26:23couldn't touch the fire
26:24on her.
26:25The blood sacrifice
26:26of the abyss
26:26serpent clan.
26:27Draven had used it
26:28on her.
26:28He was forcing her
26:29to become the sacrifice.
26:31Those consumed
26:31by the blood sacrifice
26:32rite of the abyss
26:33serpent clan
26:34were destroyed entirely.
26:35Body and soul
26:36burned to nothing.
26:37No soul.
26:38No afterlife.
26:38Sarah screamed.
26:40Despair cracked open
26:40in her eyes.
26:41She beat frantically
26:42against my gorm.
26:43Ivy, Ivy,
26:45please help me.
26:46I don't want to die.
26:47I don't want to be sacrificed.
26:48I'm your sister.
26:49I'm your sister.
26:51Ivy, save me, please.
26:52Her whole body
26:53burned like a torch.
26:54Each time she lurched
26:55toward the ward,
26:56it repelled her.
26:57Sarah,
26:58you brought this
26:59on yourself.
26:59There is nothing
27:00I can do.
27:01I watched her end
27:02from inside the ward.
27:03I didn't look away.
27:04In the end,
27:04my sister burned to ash.
27:06The sacrifice of her soul
27:07fed Draven's power.
27:08His power exploded.
27:09He let out
27:09a long, howling cry
27:10and drove toward Kale
27:12in his fully awakened
27:12dragon flame.
27:14But Kale had already
27:15seen that Draven
27:15was burning the last
27:16of what he had.
27:17He pulled everything
27:18together, fainted wide,
27:20and drove straight
27:20for the seventh coil.
27:22Draven didn't flinch.
27:23He had completed
27:24the transformation.
27:25A serpent's seventh coil
27:26meant nothing to a dragon.
27:27He braced to take the hit
27:28and last Kale for it.
27:30Then his expression
27:31changed.
27:31Because when the seventh coil
27:32took the blow,
27:34Draven's dragon form
27:35vanished.
27:36What stood in its place
27:37was the original,
27:38ugly shape of a sea serpent.
27:39And every bit of power
27:40he had built was gone.
27:41Only after he became
27:42that serpent again
27:43did Draven understand.
27:44The transformation had failed.
27:45He tried to run.
27:46He was too late.
27:47Kale had anticipated
27:48the retreat.
27:49He pressed forward
27:50and seized Draven
27:51as he fled
27:51and killed him
27:52with a single,
27:52decisive strike.
27:53The battle was over.
27:54The abyss slowly went quiet.
27:56Kale shifted back
27:57to human form,
27:58covered in wounds,
27:59and came to stand
28:00before me.
28:01He opened the ward.
28:03My queen.
28:05I'm injured.
28:06I took a step back.
28:07A familiar feeling
28:08of dread settled in.
28:09His hand traced
28:10across my cheek.
28:11His voice carried
28:12something unreadable.
28:13As payment for your
28:13lack of faith in me,
28:14you can tend to my wounds
28:15personally,
28:16the same way
28:17as the last few days.
28:18The seventh time
28:19I tried to slip out
28:20of the bedroom
28:21while Kale slept,
28:22he woke up
28:22and caught me again,
28:23unhurried as ever.
28:24My queen,
28:25where exactly
28:26are you trying to go?
28:27I gave up entirely
28:28and fixed him
28:29with a look
28:29full of grievance.
28:31What do you think?
28:32At this rate,
28:33I was genuinely
28:34going to fall apart.
28:35After we returned
28:35to the Phoenix clan,
28:36Kale barely let me
28:37out of bed
28:38for ten straight days,
28:39thinking about
28:39the former queen
28:40and the other women
28:41who had fought over Kale
28:42from the very beginning,
28:43even trying to put me
28:44in my place,
28:45I gave him
28:45an amused look.
28:46You really do
28:47attract trouble,
28:48my lord.
28:48If it weren't for you,
28:49I might never have been
28:50taken to the abyss
28:51at all.
28:51At that,
28:52a trace of guilt
28:53crossed Kale's
28:54blood-red eyes.
28:54He was unusually serious
28:56when he answered.
28:57You have my word,
28:57my queen.
28:58I've easing had
28:59the former queen
29:00expelged it.
29:01She don't become
29:01anear you again.
29:02And those Dowager ladies,
29:04the former queen
29:04is their lesson.
29:05If any of them
29:06dare to trouble you,
29:07they'll be expelled
29:08as well.
29:09I made a small sound
29:10and looked at him
29:11with a smile.
29:12Then why did you leave
29:13the morning after
29:14our wedding night?
29:15Kale was quiet
29:16for a moment.
29:17Then he lowered his head
29:18and admitted it plainly.
29:19I was wrong.
29:20There was an emergency.
29:22Enemies were pressing
29:23at the Phoenix clan's border
29:24trying to take territory.
29:26I left without
29:27telling you first.
29:28He finished,
29:28then looked up
29:29and watched
29:29my reaction carefully.
29:31I laughed to myself.
29:32My face gave nothing.
29:34Until I forgive you,
29:35you're barred
29:36from the bedchamber
29:37for ten days.
29:38After everything
29:38he had put me through,
29:39I deserved at least
29:40that much time to recover.
29:41When Kale heard those words,
29:43he wilted immediately.
29:45Time moved quickly
29:45after that.
29:47Years passed.
29:48I helped Kale take the abyss
29:49and bring the abyss
29:49serpent clan to heal.
29:51Kale became the sovereign
29:52of the shifter realms,
29:53his name known everywhere.
29:54Kale became the sovereign
29:54in the shepherd's realm.
29:54Kale became the sovereign
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