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My 3 Fiancés Sold Me to the Elven King Who Hates Me
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00:00I have three elf prince fiancs. My father was the most revered high priest, ruling over the entire coven of
00:06Blackthorn.
00:06Decades ago, a plague swept across the land. Only my father's magic could cure it.
00:11Three elven courts survived because of him.
00:14To repay that debt, each sent their prince to my side.
00:18Aldric, Kaylorn, Farron.
00:21Even though my magic ranked dead last at the Witch Academy, they spoiled me rotten.
00:25On his deathbed, my father entrusted me to three prince.
00:28Protect Serafina.
00:30Every curse law of Blackthorn will shield her.
00:32Sailorne pressed his fist to his chest.
00:34Anyone who touches her dies.
00:36Don't be afraid, Serafina. From now on, we are your family.
00:40After father was buried, they turned me into the most pampered witch in Blackthorn.
00:44I frowned, and Aldric abandoned his entire court to come running.
00:48I felt cold, and Kaylorn wove a warmth word around me.
00:51I couldn't sleep, and Theron stood guard until dawn.
00:55Everyone said I was lucky.
00:56But then, because of a widow with a child, they started calling me spoiled, clingy, and
01:00unreasonable.
01:02Even to please her, they sold me to our sworn enemy, the court of Val.
01:05They said Sorn Val hated nothing more than having a woman who carried the scent of another
01:09elf brought before him.
01:10The moment he detected the triple scents on me, he would humiliate me, destroy my pride,
01:15make me crawl back to Blackthorn.
01:17And then I would learn how to kneel, how to bow, how to obey.
01:20The day Alera appeared, it was raining.
01:22She knelt outside Blackthorn's barrier gate, clutching a feverish little boy.
01:27Please.
01:29I can work.
01:31Just give Leo a bed.
01:33The guards moved to turn her away.
01:34Theron was the first to walk over.
01:37Caelorn wove a warmth word and draped it over her shoulders.
01:40Aldric watched her for a long time.
01:42Let her in.
01:43From that day, Blackthorn had a meek, fragile widow.
01:46She knew exactly how to make a man feel needed.
01:49And I became the girl who couldn't survive without her elven princes.
01:52That night, I stood outside the study door.
01:55Serafina needs to learn what it feels like to lose something.
01:58She's too spoiled.
01:59She's nothing like Alara.
02:01Then send her to Vale's contract auction.
02:04Let her learn some manners.
02:05It's just to scare her.
02:07Vale was the one enemy Blackthorn could never subdue.
02:10Every elven clan on the continent had bowed to my father.
02:13Only Vale refused.
02:14They ruled the Evernight Forest of the North.
02:17Controlled the Spiritstone Mines.
02:19Monopolized the underground contract auctions.
02:21And Sorin Vale was the youngest.
02:23Most dangerous elven king the court of Vale had ever known.
02:27They said he was cold-blooded and cruel.
02:29They said he had torn a traitor's soul apart with his bare hands.
02:32And they said what he despised most was a woman carrying another elf's scent being sent to him.
02:37I stepped back, ready to run.
02:39Then I saw Alara standing behind me.
02:41She leaned close to my ear and whispered a curse.
02:43Before I lost consciousness, I heard her say softly,
02:46Don't blame me.
02:47They stopped wanting you a long time ago.
02:50The next morning, I woke bound to a chair with runic chains.
02:54Serafina, don't blame them.
02:55Men get bored.
02:57No one can revolve around a spoiled little witch forever.
03:00So you're here to teach me how to be a good girl?
03:03That's not what I meant.
03:05The door slammed open.
03:06Kaelern stormed in and grabbed my wrist.
03:10You bullied her again?
03:12I didn't!
03:13Theron looked at me, his eyes full of disappointment.
03:16You're becoming less and less like your father.
03:18And you three are becoming less and less like you were before he died.
03:22The moment my father was gone and Blackthorn fell to you,
03:24you couldn't wait to start tormenting me!
03:27Theron turned away.
03:28Sauron won't keep you.
03:30He despises women carrying other elves' scent.
03:33Sign it!
03:34Don't sign, don't eat!
03:35I looked down.
03:36It was a sole consent contract transferring me to the contract auction.
03:40Serafina, just learn your place and they'll bring you back.
03:43What if I can't come back?
03:45What if Sauron makes me his eternal mate?
03:47Don't be ridiculous.
03:48You're drenched in our three scents.
03:50No powerful elf and king would tolerate woman smelling of other elves.
03:53Exactly.
03:53He'll send you back.
03:54The three of them laughed.
03:55I bit my lip until I tasted blood.
03:58Three days later, starved, humiliated, I gave in.
04:01I signed.
04:02The night before the auction, Aldric came to my room.
04:04He raised his hand, and the concealment spell shattered.
04:07Before, no elf could detect the scent sealed inside me.
04:11Now he had stripped the ward away.
04:12Any elf who came near me would smell it instantly.
04:15Three princes.
04:16A scent that spoke of years spent living under the same roof as them.
04:19What was once protection had become humiliation.
04:22Mama, is the bad elven king going to buy her?
04:26Alara stood there holding Leo.
04:28My moon silk shawl was draped over her shoulders.
04:31The one Aldric had bought me at an elven relic auction.
04:34Now it was on her.
04:35He doesn't know what he's saying.
04:37Just babbling.
04:38No.
04:39He knows exactly what he's saying.
04:41You taught him well.
04:42Seraphana, don't scare the child.
04:44So all three of you sleep in her bed every night?
04:47Don't be vulgar.
04:48Alara lost her elfin mate.
04:50Her magic destabilizes at night.
04:52The only way to ground her is skin contact channeling scent back into her body.
04:55I looked at Alara.
04:56But beneath that faded scar, I caught Aldric's scent on her.
04:59Sailorne's thera pawn layer.
05:01As if done deliberately.
05:02As if they were trying to bury the last trace of her deadmate.
05:05How convenient.
05:07A grieving widow whose magic just happens to collapse every night.
05:10Who just happens to need three elven princes pressed against her skin.
05:14Each one leaving fresh scent.
05:16Stronger than her dead husband's.
05:18Enough!
05:19Kaelnon, don't speak to Seraphina like that.
05:21She's just upset.
05:23Seraphina, don't worry.
05:24Sauron probably won't even bother touching you.
05:26Once he sends you back, you can finally learn how to be a good girl.
05:29Good luck.
05:30Good luck to you too, Alara.
05:32I hope the princes you stole truly belong to you.
05:35They'll torment me for you today.
05:37But will they abandon you for someone else tomorrow?
05:46Seraphina Blackthorn of the Covent of Blackthorn.
05:48Only daughter of the late high priest.
05:50Still carrying the scent of three elfin princes.
05:53Has Blackthorn lost its mind?
05:56Saur de Veil despises anything carrying another scent.
05:58I heard the last witch sent to Veil had her soul ripped apart.
06:01I stood at center stage.
06:02Fingers clenched tight around the silver family crest my father had left me.
06:06Father once told me.
06:08Seraphina, a true high priest never lowers their head before a crowd.
06:13Even when afraid.
06:15So I straighten my spine.
06:16If the court of Veil refuses the lot, Blackthorn may reclaim it.
06:20Being sent back by Veil, that's worse than death, isn't it?
06:23Wasn't she Blackthorn's little princess?
06:24Even with magic talent so poor it was almost embarrassing.
06:27She used to have three elfin princes protecting her.
06:30Those three princes are probably waiting for her to crawl back crying.
06:33Aldric Cullorn and Theron sat below, watching me like watching a joke.
06:38Then, the cathedral doors burst open.
06:40Rain flooded the hall.
06:41Every candle flame thrashed violently.
06:43A moment later, steady footsteps struck the stone floor.
06:46One step.
06:47Then another.
06:48Soren Veil is here.
06:50A man walked out of the storm.
06:51His eyes were a deep, cruel ice blue.
06:54I heard someone below laugh softly.
06:56They were waiting to watch the Blackthorn princess be rejected by Soren Veil.
07:00He leaned down toward me.
07:01The next second, his power descended over me like frost, my knees nearly buckled.
07:06Heat rushed through my entire body.
07:08I bit my lip hard, refusing to make a sound.
07:12Triple elfin scents?
07:13And they still dared put you in front of me?
07:16Good.
07:17After tonight, there won't be another elf's trace left on you.
07:20Your Majesty, are you certain you wish to bid?
07:23She carries the scent of three Blackthorn elfin princes.
07:25For any elfin king, this is an open provocation.
07:28And the Blackthorn contract states that if you refuse to accept...
07:31Did I say I refused?
07:34Starting bid, five million gold crowns.
07:38A witch drenched in three elf's scent is worth five million?
07:41Who'd be insane enough to bid?
07:42The entire cathedral went dead silent.
07:44Aldric's expression changed.
07:45Caelorn clenched his jaw.
07:47Theron froze where he stood.
07:48The auctioneer blinked for several seconds before striking the first gavel.
07:52Ten million.
07:53Going once.
07:54Eleven million.
07:55Looks like someone wants to embarrass Veil.
07:57Twenty million.
07:59Twenty million once.
08:01Twenty-one million.
08:02Thirty million.
08:05Has thirty million Val lost his mind?
08:07She's carrying three elf's scent.
08:10Sauron!
08:10What are you doing?
08:11You're the ones who put her up for sale, aren't you?
08:14Serena, stop him.
08:16Why?
08:17Isn't this what you wanted?
08:18You wanted to watch me be humiliated now the price is too high and suddenly you care?
08:22Thirty million once.
08:25Thirty million twice.
08:27Forty million.
08:28I whipped around toward Aldric.
08:30For one second, I almost couldn't believe it.
08:32He was willing to spend forty million to buy me back.
08:34She belongs to Blackthorne.
08:36Sauron laughed.
08:37A cold sound that made the entire hall tremble.
08:40Fifty million.
08:41Sixty million.
08:42Eighty million.
08:43A deathly silence fell over the cathedral.
08:45At this price.
08:46It was no longer a purchase.
08:47It was a public slap across Blackthorne's face.
08:51Aldric, enough.
08:52We can't afford this.
08:53What's wrong?
08:54You're the ones who sold her.
08:55Did you really think she'd come cheap?
08:57No one dared compete with Sauron anymore, but he seemed to be enjoying himself.
09:01He raised his hand one more time.
09:03One hundred million.
09:04The cathedral went completely still.
09:06Even the auctioneer forgot how to speak.
09:08Continue.
09:10One hundred million.
09:11Going once.
09:12Aldric didn't raise his paddle.
09:14Salern's hand rested on his sword hilt, but he didn't draw.
09:16Theron's eyes were red.
09:18His voice came out hoarse.
09:20Serafina.
09:21One hundred million.
09:22Going twice.
09:23One hundred million.
09:24Going three times.
09:25Serafina Blacktail.
09:27Sold to Soren Vale.
09:28Has he gone mad?
09:29Actually, what?
09:30Which orphan reeking of Triple Elf?
09:31One hundred million.
09:32I object.
09:33She is just an unwanted Blackthorne orphan.
09:35How could she possibly be worth one hundred million?
09:37And remember this.
09:38The girl you threw away, I just paid one hundred million for.
09:42Now, it's our turn to teach them what it means to lose.
09:58The carriage pulled away from the auction house.
10:01I felt nothing anymore.
10:02Why did you buy me?
10:03You knew I carried three elves' scent.
10:05What do you want to hear?
10:06That I fell for you at first sight?
10:08Miss Serafina, I'll admit you're beautiful.
10:10But if I were moved by a face alone, that would be pathetically shallow.
10:14They put you in front of me to humiliate you.
10:15But I don't like being used as someone else's weapon.
10:18I can burn those three scents out of you.
10:20But it will hurt.
10:21How will you remove them?
10:22The same way they were left.
10:24I'll overwrite them.
10:25Then please, remove them.
10:27Back at the court of Vale, I lay in a soft bed.
10:29Soren leaned over me.
10:30His thigh pressing between my legs, pulling the zipper at my waist down inch by inch.
10:34Miss Serafina, are you sure?
10:37I'm sure.
10:39Then I'll try to be gentle.
10:40When Soren's scent began flooding into my body, I thought of the year I was 15.
10:44I was being chased by a dark creature.
10:46Aldric saved me with his own magic.
10:48Don't be scared.
10:49I'm here.
10:50I'll protect you from now on.
10:52My arms wrapped around Soren's neck.
10:53Through the haze, Aldric's scent shattered.
10:55I straddled Soren.
10:57I used to sit like this on Kaylorn's lap.
10:59At 14, I failed a spell in front of the entire Witch Academy.
11:02Every elf and witch in the room laughed at me.
11:04She's the high priest's daughter and she can't even levitate a book.
11:07Kaylorn pushed through the crowd and seized my wrist.
11:09She's mine.
11:10Say one more word.
11:12I looked at Soren.
11:13Tears fell.
11:13Kaylorn's scent gone.
11:14My face buried in the pillow.
11:16Soren kissed down my spine.
11:17I thought of the days after father died.
11:20Theron sat beside me, holding me again and again, fingers pressing gently against my back.
11:24Serafina, I'll always be here.
11:27I'll be your family.
11:28My whole body shuddered.
11:30The last scent shattered.
11:31I lay in bed, whimpering.
11:33Soren pulled me into his arms.
11:34While I was overriding them just now, who were you thinking about?
11:39Aldric, Kaylorn, Theron, or all three?
11:41My body went rigid.
11:43Soren clearly had no intention of letting it go.
11:45You were in my arms the entire time.
11:47Couldn't you have focused on me?
11:48Just me?
11:49Never mind.
11:50If it's you, I suppose you can use me as a tool.
11:53After sleeping with Soren, my body started changing.
11:56My breasts are bigger now.
11:57They bounce when I walk.
11:59My skin is smoother than before.
12:02Even my hair's gotten longer.
12:03I grabbed the doctor's hand and whispered.
12:05I was terrified.
12:06Doctor, am I pregnant?
12:09Is Soren that potent?
12:11We only slept together once.
12:13Could I really be carrying his child?
12:15I couldn't be pregnant now.
12:16I hadn't taken my revenge on those three men yet.
12:18I couldn't have any weakness.
12:19Miss, there's no need to worry.
12:20The doctor pushed his glasses up awkwardly.
12:22His Majesty's potency is expected.
12:25But according to the tests, you are not pregnant.
12:27The hair growth is simply a normal theological change.
12:29Nothing to do with pregnancy.
12:30But even my hips have gotten wider.
12:32If I used to be a girl, I feel like I've become a woman.
12:34How can I not be pregnant?
12:35Miss, you are not pregnant!
12:37Ever since those three cents were burned away,
12:39I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat.
12:40The doctor said my body was perfectly fine,
12:42but I felt wrong all over.
12:43Two or three children ran past in the corridor
12:45and handed me a bouquet of roses.
12:47Miss, ever since you came to our court,
12:50His Majesty Soren seems happy every day.
12:52Thank you for keeping him company.
12:54The children stared at my face and slowly blushed.
12:56You're so pretty.
12:59But really, I should be the one thanking Soren.
13:01He saved me.
13:03Before I finished speaking,
13:05I noticed the roses in my hand were withering
13:06at an impossible speed.
13:07I opened the door to Soren's study.
13:09Soren!
13:10Ever since I slept with you,
13:12my body's been acting strange.
13:14Even flowers wilt the moment I hold them!
13:16The instant I stepped into the room,
13:17the bookshelves began to shake violently.
13:19Soren rushed over and pulled me into his arms.
13:21Several books slammed into his lower back.
13:25Are you okay?
13:26Why is this happening to me?
13:29Soren, I'm losing my mind!
13:31Ever since father died, everything changed.
13:33They fell in love with someone else.
13:35They tied me to a chair,
13:36starved me,
13:37sold me like merchandise just to teach me a lesson.
13:39I want to get back at them so badly,
13:40but my magic has always been the worst in school.
13:42I can't even levitate a book,
13:43and now I can't even control my own body.
13:45Every day I feel awful.
13:46A cold finger pressed against my lips.
13:48Soren leaned down and kissed my tears away,
13:50then whispered in my ear.
13:51Look around you.
13:53I opened my eyes,
13:54the withered bouquet in my hand had vanished.
13:56Lush, vibrant roses had bloomed
13:58across every surface of the study.
14:00This is your magic.
14:03The first time I saw you,
14:04you were six.
14:05I was eight.
14:07My favorite dog had just died.
14:09Back then,
14:10the court of Vile and the coven of Blackthorn
14:12were not yet enemies.
14:13The Vile family was visiting Blackthorn's territory.
14:16Soren's German shepherd ate a piece of chocolate
14:18on the road and died from poisoning.
14:20Soren held the body and cried for days.
14:22Then you appeared like a little god,
14:24lollipop in your mouth.
14:25You waved your wand,
14:26and my dog came back to life.
14:27Your father said you were the most gifted witch
14:29on the continent,
14:31that your magic was even stronger than his.
14:33But when I saw you again at the auction,
14:35there wasn't a trace of magic on you.
14:36You didn't even seem to remember
14:38being a prodigy before age six.
14:39I never understood why.
14:41Until the moment I burnt those three cents out of you,
14:44I felt your magic.
14:46Immense, overflowing.
14:47It had been sealed away this entire time.
14:49I'm a prodigy witch?
14:50That's impossible.
14:51And who could even seal someone's magic?
14:54My father?
14:54Why would he do that?
14:55I was confused too.
14:57Until I searched the ancient texts in this study.
14:59The records say that once every thousand years,
15:01the continent produces a witch
15:03capable of healing anything.
15:04Her power is so vast,
15:05it causes chaos around her.
15:07The only thing that can suppress it
15:08is an elf's scent bonded deep into her body.
15:11So father brought Aldric,
15:12Caelan, and Theron to bond their scent to me,
15:14to keep me from hurting myself?
15:17Did they know?
15:18No, if they'd known,
15:19they would never have stripped the concealment
15:20and let everyone smell their scent on me
15:22just to mock me.
15:25So, do you want to hide your magic again?
15:27At least keep it from spiraling out of control?
15:30I looked at Sorin.
15:31The tenderness in his eyes was nearly overflowing.
15:33I understood what he meant immediately.
15:35I tilted my head,
15:36smiling until my eyes curved.
15:38Sorin, you've had a crush on me since you were eight.
15:41Since I brought your dog back to life, haven't you?
15:43I wrapped my arms around his neck
15:45and tipped my face up to kiss him.
15:47In a sea of roses,
15:48Sorin let his scent sink into me.
15:50Deep, slow, and entirely his.
15:53After that day,
15:54Sorin began teaching me how to tame my magic power
15:56so vast it could spiral out of control at any moment.
15:59I stood at the center of a magic circle,
16:01wand in hand.
16:03Sepifina, close your eyes.
16:07Feel the magic inside you.
16:10Don't resist it.
16:11Don't fear it.
16:12But I don't even know how to tell it apart from anything else.
16:15A familiar cold scent drew close.
16:16The next second, Sorin stood behind me.
16:19One hand settled over my lower abdomen.
16:21My body went rigid.
16:23Here, when magic awakens,
16:25it heats up here first.
16:27You...
16:27Don't move.
16:28If you tremble at this level of touch,
16:30what will you do on a battlefield?
16:31That's not the same thing.
16:32To me, it is.
16:34You need to get used to it.
16:35His breath burned against the shell of my ear.
16:37Now, imagine a river inside you.
16:41Don't damn it.
16:42Let it flow to your fingertip.
16:43Soon, my palm grew hot.
16:45A faint thread of golden light leaked from the tip of my wand.
16:48I can see it.
16:49My magic.
16:51Keep going.
16:52Don't let it scatter.
16:53The glow trembled on my wand,
16:55like a heart that had just begun to beat.
16:57Sorin retrieved a withered white rose from the table.
16:59The instant my wand touched its petals,
17:01the flower bloomed again.
17:03I actually did it.
17:05Hmm.
17:06You did.
17:07Before I could celebrate,
17:09he stood and walked to the far side of the training room.
17:11Several practice dummies stood there.
17:13Have you ever killed anyone?
17:14The wand slipped from my grip.
17:15I scrambled to pick it up.
17:16No.
17:17I've never killed anyone.
17:18Never even thought about it.
17:19Really?
17:20Then tell me,
17:21why are you training so hard?
17:23You said you wanted revenge on the three men who betrayed you.
17:26He walked to my side.
17:27A voice like a siren's murmured in my ear.
17:29What does your revenge actually look like?
17:33How far are you willing to go?
17:35He seized my chin,
17:36forcing my face up to meet his gaze.
17:38Showing mercy to your enemies
17:39is the most pathetic thing you can do.
17:42A deep, consuming kiss tangled between us.
17:44He bit my lip.
17:45Seraphina,
17:46hasn't there been a single moment
17:47where you've wanted to kill them?
17:48Aldric,
17:49Caelon,
17:50Theron,
17:50how dare they do that to you?
17:52Your father was the High Priest.
17:54You are Blackthorn's princess.
17:55How dare they trample your dignity
17:57and call it teaching you manners?
17:58How dare they make you submit?
18:00Your father saved everyone
18:02in their three courts during the plague.
18:03They should be kneeling at your feet,
18:05begging for scraps.
18:06Don't you want to kill them?
18:08Did I want to kill the people who betrayed me?
18:10Sorin,
18:11how do you usually deal with the elves who betray you?
18:14Crush their souls.
18:16So all those rumors are true?
18:18They are not rumors.
18:19I swung my wand.
18:20A straw dummy exploded on impact.
18:22I'm going to take Blackthorn back.
18:24I'll drive Aldric,
18:25Caelan,
18:26Caelon,
18:26and Theron out of the north.
18:28But I won't kill them.
18:30Sorin's blue eyes flashed to blood red.
18:32You still love them?
18:34Why else would you go soft?
18:36There's more to the world than love and hate.
18:37There's a shade of gray in between.
18:39I don't love them anymore.
18:41But I can't deny the years they spent protecting me,
18:44watching me grow up.
18:45At the very least,
18:47I can no longer be their lover,
18:49but I can't bring myself to be their mortal enemy either.
18:51Sorin's expression was all confusion and disapproval.
18:54I reached out and buried my face in his chest.
18:56Sorin,
18:57I swear,
18:58from the moment you bid on me at that auction,
19:01my heart,
19:02my body,
19:03and my soul belong only to you.
19:05I will love you the way you love me.
19:07Meanwhile,
19:07the coven of Blackthorn.
19:09Ilara rushed into the room,
19:10clutching her child.
19:11Aldric,
19:12Leo's been asleep for a full day and night.
19:14Nothing wakes him.
19:15His face is covered in red spots.
19:17The coffee cup in Caelan's hand shattered the instant he saw Leo's face.
19:21Is that...
19:22The three exchanged a look.
19:23When they were young,
19:24they had seen this disease before.
19:26Entire elven clans were decimated.
19:28The plague from ten years ago.
19:29It looked like this.
19:30Caelan,
19:30don't say that.
19:31The high priest eradicated it.
19:33How could Leo possibly have it?
19:35Your Highness,
19:36the town of Thornhaven in the south
19:38has suffered mass unexplained deaths.
19:39Please send investigators immediately.
19:41That's where Leo and I used to live.
19:43Caelan,
19:44what do we do if the plague really is back?
19:46The only person who could cure it,
19:47the high priest is dead
19:48and his only bloodline,
19:50Seraphina,
19:50we drove her away.
19:51The plague had come.
19:52Blackthorn southern border,
19:54400 dead in three days.
19:55Sorin handed me the letter
19:56while I was making a lily bloom.
19:58High fever,
19:59red square,
20:00coma.
20:00The plague from ten years ago is back.
20:02A decade ago,
20:03my father poured his life's magic
20:04into eradicating it.
20:06Then he aged rapidly
20:07and died before 50.
20:08All these years,
20:09I had selfishly thought,
20:10if only my father
20:10hadn't saved those elves.
20:12And now I faced his same choice.
20:14Sorin,
20:14I'm going back.
20:15Why?
20:16Your magic is still unstable.
20:18If you heal those people,
20:19you could end up like your father.
20:20Like my father?
20:21Dying young after saving thousands?
20:24Sorin,
20:24I used to think his choice
20:25was heartbreaking.
20:26But now that I have this power,
20:27all I feel is gratitude.
20:29Grateful that my life
20:30can be traded for thousands.
20:31Every life is equally precious.
20:33Just because I'm
20:34the high priest's bloodline,
20:36you're lover and powerful.
20:37Does that make my life
20:39noble enough
20:40to ignore thousands
20:41of ordinary people dying?
20:42Your father abandoned
20:43the court of Vale.
20:44He didn't save my people.
20:46What?
20:47That's why Var and Blackthorne
20:48went to war.
20:49That's why we became
20:50sworn enemies.
20:51I had always believed
20:52Vale was a brutal aggressor.
20:53I never imagined
20:54the truth was this.
20:55Impossible.
20:56My father would never
20:57do something like that.
20:59Sorin only looked at me
21:00for a long moment,
21:00then picked up his coat.
21:01I'll go with you,
21:02but you don't leave my sight
21:03and you don't burn yourself out.
21:06Inside the Blackthorne court,
21:07a guard ran in.
21:08The town of Thornhurren,
21:09200 dead in a single night.
21:11The people are saying
21:12it's divine punishment
21:13for driving away
21:14the high priest's daughter.
21:15Nonsense!
21:17What does this have to do
21:18with us sending
21:18Seraphana away?
21:20Even if she were here,
21:21she couldn't save anyone!
21:22Alara wept silently.
21:23Then suddenly,
21:24she realized Leo,
21:25in her arms,
21:26had stopped breathing.
21:27Blackthorne's border
21:28had become hell.
21:29I pulled my hood low
21:30and entered the plague zone.
21:31A five-year-old child
21:32was fading fast.
21:33I crouched down.
21:34My fingertips
21:34touched his forehead.
21:35Golden light spread.
21:36The rash faded.
21:37His breathing returned.
21:38The people around me
21:39stared in disbelief.
21:40How is that possible?
21:42Who is she?
21:43She healed my son.
21:45She's a divine witch.
21:47The news reached
21:48Blackthorne's court
21:48within a day.
21:49Aldric heard.
21:50Someone at the border
21:51can cure the plague?
21:52Prepare the horses!
21:54In a single night,
21:54I healed hundreds.
21:55I stared at the candlelight
21:57and noticed fine lines
21:58had appeared
21:58on the back of my hand.
21:59I was only 22.
22:00Sorin saw them too.
22:02Seraphina,
22:02you can't keep healing them.
22:04That's enough.
22:04I bought you.
22:05This is an order.
22:06Just then,
22:07a commotion broke out
22:08outside the tent.
22:09The three of us
22:09now hold power
22:10over Blackthorne.
22:11You only survive
22:12because of Blackthorne's
22:13relief rations.
22:14What does it matter
22:14that you've waited
22:15in line all day?
22:16Alara,
22:16cut the line!
22:17Alara burst into the tent
22:18and dropped to her knees,
22:20forehead pressed to the ground.
22:21Please,
22:22save my child.
22:23He's only three.
22:24Because you're nobility,
22:25you think you can cut the line?
22:27Alara's face went white.
22:28Aldric strode in
22:29and shoved the child
22:30sitting in the treatment chair aside.
22:32Can't you see
22:33our noble status?
22:35Move aside.
22:36Then he turned to me.
22:37I don't know who you are
22:38or where you come from,
22:39but the three of us
22:40were recognized by the
22:41High Priest himself
22:42as Elfin nobility.
22:43This woman is our kin.
22:44It should be your honor
22:45to heal her.
22:46Be grateful.
22:48Without us,
22:48you'd never have any
22:49connection to the High Priest.
22:50Please,
22:51just save this child quickly.
22:52He means everything to us.
22:53I slowly pulled back my hood.
22:55My hair fell loose.
22:55Seraphina.
22:56I am the High Priest's daughter,
22:58Aldric,
22:58Caelian,
22:59Therion.
23:00I never realized
23:01you were the kind of people
23:02who'd use your status
23:03to tramper others.
23:05I will not heal
23:06Alara's child.
23:07Get in line.
23:08All three men went still.
23:09Theron spoke first.
23:11Seraphina,
23:11you've changed.
23:12You're so beautiful.
23:13You're like a completely
23:14different person.
23:15Alara,
23:15forget it.
23:16So the Divine Witch
23:17is just Seraphina.
23:18No one knows her better than me.
23:19She has no magic.
23:20She was chased by dark creatures
23:22and I had to save her.
23:23As Aldric turned
23:24and walked out,
23:24Caelorne and Theron hesitated,
23:26then followed.
23:26I helped the child
23:27who'd been thrown to the ground
23:28back into the chair.
23:29I raised my wand.
23:30Brilliant golden light
23:31burst from the child's body.
23:32Thank you, Divine Witch.
23:34All three turned back
23:35in disbelief.
23:36Can you really heal people?
23:38I can,
23:39but I won't heal Leo.
23:40Not until you wait in line
23:42like everyone else.
23:43Now,
23:44go Q.
23:44The four of them
23:45joined the end of the line.
23:46They waited from dawn
23:47until the next afternoon.
23:48Their once pristine noble garments
23:50were now filthy and disheveled.
23:51How did you get here?
23:53What did you bring?
23:54Medicine?
23:55Supplies?
23:55Silence from all three.
23:57Nothing.
23:58Hundreds of people
23:59are dying out there
24:00and you didn't bring
24:01a single bandage.
24:02I looked at the patients
24:03they had ignored,
24:04then at Leo in Alara's arms.
24:05You are not fit
24:06to rule this land.
24:07I raised my hand
24:07to heal Leo,
24:08but Sorin stopped me.
24:10Seraphina,
24:11this child is already dead.
24:13Are you sure
24:14you want to do this?
24:15I knew what he meant,
24:16bringing back the dead costs
24:17exponentially more magic
24:18and life than healing the living.
24:19Blood dripped from my nose.
24:20I raised my hand.
24:22Golden magic poured
24:22from my wand.
24:23Color slowly returned
24:24to Leo's face.
24:25Alara kowtowed again and again.
24:27I don't know how to thank you.
24:28I sincerely apologize
24:30for everything I've done.
24:31How do you have healing magic
24:33this powerful?
24:34Bringing back the dead,
24:35that's impossible.
24:36Not even the high priest
24:38could do that.
24:39Theron only stared at me
24:40and Sorin,
24:40eyes red.
24:41Seraphina,
24:42is there still a chance for us?
24:44Every day since you left,
24:45I've thought about you.
24:46Maybe the person I truly loved
24:47was always you.
24:48Sorin dipped his head
24:49and kissed me,
24:50right in front of all three of them.
24:51Urgent,
24:52claiming.
24:52His tongue pushed past my lips,
24:54biting,
24:55devouring,
24:55like revenge made flesh.
24:57I tried to push him off.
24:58I couldn't.
24:58The plague spread
24:59to central Blackthorn.
25:00I hadn't rested
25:01in seven days straight.
25:03Theron followed me everywhere.
25:04Kalorn brewed medicines.
25:05Aldrich had returned to the court.
25:07Sorin stayed behind me
25:08the entire time.
25:09Silent,
25:09only catching me
25:10each time I swayed.
25:12That night,
25:12I sat outside the tent
25:13gasping for air
25:14and noticed my hair
25:15had begun turning white.
25:17Seprophina,
25:18if you keep this up,
25:19you won't live five more years.
25:21So what?
25:22Even for my sake,
25:23can't you rest?
25:24I said nothing.
25:25The people of Blackthorn's South
25:26began gathering around me
25:28of their own will.
25:28Wherever the divine witch goes,
25:31we follow.
25:32Aldrich sent soldiers
25:32to arrest me.
25:33The soldiers arrived.
25:34They saw me healing a child
25:36on the verge of death.
25:37Not one raised a hand.
25:39Divine witch,
25:40we're staying.
25:41Two town mayors
25:42in central Blackthorn
25:43jointly petitioned the court
25:44demanding the removal
25:45of Aldrich,
25:46Kalorn,
25:47and Theron
25:47and calling for me
25:48to be crowned the new ruler.
25:49They didn't know
25:50I was the high priest's daughter.
25:51They only knew
25:52I had saved countless lives.
25:53But I could feel it.
25:54Even though my appearance
25:55aged slowly,
25:56my organs had deteriorated completely.
25:58I was going to die soon.
26:00Aldrich mobilized the court's
26:01last military forces
26:02to suppress the people
26:03who wanted me
26:03as their new queen.
26:05She's saving lives
26:06and you want to kill her!
26:07She's lost your one at Telna.
26:09You've lost your mind.
26:10She's trying to take our power!
26:11You threw the people away yourself.
26:13Aldrich led 300 elven cavalry,
26:16Blackthorn's most elite force
26:17marching south.
26:18He was coming to kill me
26:19when he arrived.
26:20The square was packed
26:20with civilians.
26:22Move.
26:22No one moved.
26:24I said move!
26:25An old man stepped forward.
26:27In his arms,
26:27a baby I had just healed.
26:28My lord,
26:30if you want to kill
26:30our divine witch,
26:31step over my body first.
26:34More and more people
26:34stepped forward.
26:35Aldrich's horse
26:36stamped nervously.
26:37Lord,
26:37we cannot bring ourselves
26:38to do this.
26:39Useless!
26:40All of you, useless!
26:41Aldrich aimed an arrow
26:42straight at me.
26:44You're the king of Vale.
26:45What gives you the right
26:46to kill on Blackthorn's soil?
26:48If you try to harm
26:49the woman Vale bought,
26:50then I have every right
26:51to retaliate!
26:52Before Sorin
26:52even exerted his full strength,
26:54an arrow from somewhere
26:55in the crowd
26:55struck Aldrich through the heart.
26:57Alara knelt outside my tent.
26:58All night.
26:59Serafina,
27:00you saved my child!
27:01Can't you save my lover too?
27:03Months ago,
27:04Aldrich had been my lover as well.
27:05I refused.
27:06I had no obligation
27:07to save a man
27:08who trampled his own people.
27:09On his last night,
27:10Aldrich lay in an empty tent.
27:11He had once been
27:12Blackthorn's most brilliant nobleman.
27:14He'd had Alara's adoration
27:15and mine,
27:16the throne.
27:16Everything.
27:17Now he had nothing.
27:18On the sixth morning,
27:19a soldier came to report.
27:21Aldrich is dead.
27:22Please be our queen.
27:25I looked at the crown.
27:26I remembered what it looked like
27:27on my father's head.
27:28His gentle hand
27:29running through my hair.
27:30His words,
27:31Daddy will protect everyone.
27:32I took the crown.
27:33The entire square knelt.
27:34The moment I placed it on my head,
27:36I issued my first decree
27:37as the new queen.
27:38Kaolon,
27:39Elfin noble of Blackthorn.
27:41Sentenced to exile,
27:42effective immediately.
27:43Leave Blackthorn lands,
27:44never to return.
27:45Seraphina.
27:45You never held the blade yourself,
27:46but your signature is on the dot
27:48that sold me.
27:49You were never the worst of them,
27:50yet you were always a silent accomplice.
27:52Kaelern knelt in the crowd.
27:53Kaelern's tears fell.
27:54He pressed his forehead
27:55to the ground once,
27:56said nothing,
27:57rose,
27:58and walked out of the crowd.
27:59At the edge of the square,
28:00he looked back at me once.
28:01I didn't look at him.
28:02Therion,
28:03your herbs have saved countless lives,
28:04so I will not Esdral you.
28:06But your elfin noble title,
28:08all fieldons and privileges,
28:09are revoked effective immediately.
28:11From this day,
28:11you are merely a commoner.
28:13Seraphina,
28:13this is worse than death.
28:15When you sold me,
28:16did you ever think
28:17how this would feel?
28:18Sorin stood outside the crowd,
28:20watching all of this.
28:21The plague across Blackthorn
28:22had been mostly contained.
28:23That evening,
28:24Sorin came to me
28:25with wine and food.
28:26Congratulations,
28:27Queen of Blackthorn.
28:28After the third drink,
28:29he moved closer.
28:31Sorin,
28:32why did you seek me out?
28:33Were we not meant
28:33to be mortal enemies?
28:35Ten years ago,
28:35why did Varl invade Blackthorn?
28:37What is it you truly want?
28:38Do you honestly expect me
28:40to believe in some lie
28:40of love at first sight?
28:42Ten years ago,
28:43when the plague hit,
28:44your father used his life's magic
28:46to save the entire continent.
28:48But his life force
28:49was Phinonite.
28:50He had to choose.
28:51Save everyone
28:52and die immediately,
28:53or abandon some
28:54and live a few more years
28:55to stay with you.
28:57He chose to abandon Vale,
28:58to watch you grow up
28:59until you turn 22
29:00and his life finally burned out.
29:02But Vale lost 800 people,
29:03my mother,
29:04my sister.
29:05They both died
29:06in that plague.
29:08That is the blood feed
29:09between the court of Vale
29:10and the coven of Blackthorn.
29:12But before your father died,
29:13he came to me.
29:14He knelt before me,
29:15a dying man,
29:15and signed a soul-death contract
29:17with me.
29:17He was afraid I'd retaliate
29:18against Blackthorn
29:19the moment he was gone.
29:20So he offered most
29:20of Blackthorn's mines
29:21and his last five years
29:22of life force as the price.
29:24In exchange for me giving you
29:25ten years to grow,
29:26I accepted.
29:27His last five years
29:28of life force?
29:28Impossible!
29:29My father would never
29:30have given up five years
29:31with me willingly.
29:32Soren's expression went rigid.
29:34I dug my fingers
29:35into his shoulders.
29:36Tell me the truth.
29:37Your father originally intended
29:39to give me one year.
29:40I bargained it up to five.
29:41Serifana.
29:42I couldn't help it.
29:43I truly hated
29:44your father back then.
29:45So you made my father
29:46die early.
29:47And why did you go
29:48to the auction?
29:50To watch me be humiliated?
29:51Yes.
29:52I wanted to watch
29:53Blackthorn's heir
29:54be sold by her own people.
29:55The perfect revenge for Vale.
29:57So you bought me.
29:58Not out of love.
30:00Out of hatred.
30:01No.
30:01Serifina, let me explain.
30:02And that kiss?
30:03Kissing me in front of them
30:04that was just possessiveness.
30:05Claiming your enemy's daughter
30:06must have felt good, right?
30:08Enough.
30:08The crown is on my head now.
30:10Per the agreement,
30:11Blackthorn's resources are yours.
30:12Take what's owed to you
30:13then leave my territory.
30:16Between us,
30:18we're even.
30:24Sorin returned to Vale.
30:25He sat on his throne alone.
30:27Three full days.
30:28Not a drop of water.
30:30Three days later,
30:31the first plague case
30:32appeared within Vale's borders.
30:33One week later,
30:34the death toll passed 100.
30:36His ministers filled
30:38the Great Hall on their knees.
30:39Your Majesty,
30:40the white-haired Divine Witch
30:42of Blackthorn
30:42is the only one
30:43who can cure this plague.
30:47We're not asking her.
30:50But our people!
30:51I said no.
30:53He deployed Vale's finest healers,
30:55used every method available.
30:57Nothing worked.
30:58The death toll passed 300.
30:59Sorin stopped sleeping.
31:01He entered the plague zone himself,
31:02carrying bodies,
31:03isolating patients.
31:04His attendant knelt before him.
31:06Your Majesty,
31:07you're contracted at this rate!
31:09Then let me catch it.
31:10Let me die!
31:11The attendant dared not speak again.
31:13Day 10.
31:14Sorin hadn't slept in three days.
31:16He slumped against
31:17the wall of the plague zone.
31:18A messenger came racing in.
31:22Your Majesty!
31:23The plague source
31:24has been suppressed!
31:26What?
31:27They say a Divine Witch came!
31:28She's healing everyone!
31:30Sorin stood.
31:32Ready my horse.
31:33Your Majesty,
31:34your body-
31:34I said ready my horse!
31:36Sorin rode without rest.
31:38A three-day journey
31:39in a day and a half.
31:40One horse died beneath him.
31:42He switched to another
31:43and kept riding.
31:45When he arrived,
31:46dawn was just breaking.
31:47The square was packed.
31:49People kneeling everywhere.
31:50Everyone crying,
31:51his heart plummeted.
31:52He shoved through the crowd.
31:54Someone tried to stop him.
31:55Sir, you can't-
31:57He threw them aside
31:58and rushed toward
31:59the treatment tent.
32:01Inside,
32:02I lay on the bed.
32:03My hair had gone
32:04completely white.
32:05My skin was pale
32:06to the point of translucence.
32:08My body thin as paper.
32:10Sorin walked toward me.
32:11One step.
32:11Two steps.
32:12Three.
32:13Each one like
32:14stepping on a blade.
32:15He dropped to his knees
32:16at my bedside.
32:17You came.
32:18He took my hand.
32:22Serafina,
32:22we said we were even.
32:24Why would you do
32:24something this foolish?
32:26My father made a mistake once.
32:27I didn't want to make it again.
32:28Tears slid from the
32:29corners of my eyes.
32:30And I didn't want to
32:31miss my chance
32:32with the man I love.
32:33I didn't want him to suffer.
32:35Sorin,
32:36I truly love you.
32:38May we not be enemies
32:39in the next life.
32:40My breathing stopped
32:41every plague patient
32:42across Vale survived.
32:43In that entire epidemic,
32:45only one person died.
32:46The elven king of Vale's beloved.
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