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My 3 FiancéS Sold Me To The Elven King Who Hates Me - Ep - FULL ✅ (2026) - Eng Sub
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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.
00:07Decades ago, a plague swept across the land. Only my father's magic could cure it. Three elven courts survived because
00:13of him.
00:15To repay that debt, each sent their prince to my side. Aldric, Kaylorn, Theron.
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.
00:33Sailorne pressed his fist to his chest.
00:35Anyone who touches her dies.
00:37Don't be afraid, Serafina. From now on, we are your family.
00:41After father was buried, they turned me into the most pampered witch in Blackthorn.
00:45I frowned, and Aldric abandoned his entire court to come running.
00:49I felt cold, and Kaylorn wove a warmth word around me.
00:52I 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 unreasonable.
01:02Even to please her, they sold me to our sworn enemy, the court of Val.
01:06They said Sorn Val hated nothing more than having a woman who carried the scent of another elf brought
01:10before him.
01:11The moment he detected the triple scents on me, he would humiliate me.
01:14Destroy my pride.
01:16Make me crawl back to Blackthorn.
01:17And then I would learn how to kneel.
01:19How to bow.
01:20How to obey.
01:21The day Alera appeared, it was raining.
01:23She knelt outside Blackthorn's barrier gate, clutching a feverish little boy.
01:27Please.
01:30I can work.
01:32Just give Leo a bed.
01:33The guards moved to turn her away.
01:35Theron was the first to walk over.
01:37Kaylorn wove a warmth word and draped it over her shoulders.
01:41Aldric watched her for a long time.
01:43Let her in.
01:43From that day, Blackthorn had a meek, fragile widow.
01:47She knew exactly how to make a man feel needed.
01:49And I became the girl who couldn't survive without her elven princes.
01:53That night, I stood outside the study door.
01:56Serafina needs to learn what it feels like to lose something.
01:58She's too spoiled.
01:59She's nothing like Alara.
02:02Then send her to Vale's contract auction.
02:04Let her learn some manners.
02:06It'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.
02:15They ruled the Evernight Forest of the North.
02:17Controlled the Spiritstone Mines.
02:19Monopolized the underground contract auctions.
02:22And Sauron Vale was the youngest.
02:24Most dangerous elven king the court of Vale had ever known.
02:27They said he was cold-blooded and cruel.
02:30They said he had torn a traitor's soul apart with his bare hands.
02:33And 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.
02:48They stopped wanting you a long time ago.
02:51The next morning, I woke bound to a chair with runic chains.
02:54Serafina, don't blame them.
02:56Men get bored.
02:57No one can revolve around a spoiled little witch forever.
03:01So you're here to teach me how to be a good girl?
03:04That's not what I meant.
03:05The door slammed open.
03:07Kaeloran stormed in and grabbed my wrist.
03:11You bullied her again?
03:13I didn't!
03:14Theron 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, you couldn't wait to start tormenting me?
03:27Theron turned away.
03:29Sauron won't keep you.
03:30He despises women carrying other elves' scent.
03:34Sign it!
03:34Don't sign, don't eat!
03:36I looked down.
03:37It was a sole consent contract transferring me to the contract auction.
03:41Serafina, just learn your place and they'll bring you back.
03:44What if I can't come back?
03:45What if Sauron makes me his eternal mate?
03:48Don't be ridiculous.
03:49You're drenched in our three scents.
03:50No powerful elf and king would tolerate woman smelling of other elves.
03:53Exactly.
03:54He'll send you back.
03:55The three of them laughed.
03:56I bit my lip until I tasted blood.
03:58Three days later, starved, humiliated.
04:01I gave in.
04:01I signed.
04:02The night before the auction, Aldric came to my room.
04:05He raised his hand, and the concealment spell shattered.
04:08Before, no elf could detect the scent sealed inside me.
04:11Now he had stripped the ward away, any 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.
04:20What was once protection had become humiliation.
04:22Mama, is the bad elven king going to buy her?
04:27Alara stood there holding Leo.
04:29My 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.
04:36He doesn't know what he's saying.
04:37Just babbling.
04:39No.
04:40He knows exactly what he's saying.
04:42You taught him well.
04:43Seraphana, don't scare the child.
04:45So all three of you sleep in her bed every night?
04:47Don't be vulgar.
04:49Alara 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.
04:56I looked at Alara.
04:57But beneath that faded scar, I caught Aldric's scent on her.
05:00Sailor and Thera Pond Lair.
05:01As if done deliberately.
05:02As if they were trying to bury the last trace of her deadmate.
05:06How convenient.
05:07A grieving widow whose magic just happens to collapse every night.
05:11Who just happens to need three elven princes pressed against her skin.
05:14Each one leaving fresh scent.
05:17Stronger than her dead husband's.
05:18Enough!
05:19Kaelnon, don't speak to Seraphina like that.
05:22She'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.
05:36They'll torment me for you today.
05:38But will they abandon you for someone else tomorrow?
05:46Seraphina Blackthorn of the Covent of Blackthorn.
05:49Only daughter of the late High Priest.
05:51Still carrying the scent of three elfin princes.
05:54Has Blackthorn lost its mind?
05:56Soda Vale despises anything carrying another scent.
05:59I heard the last witch sent to Vale had her soul ripped apart.
06:02I stood at center stage.
06:03Fingers clenched tight around the silver family crest my father had left me.
06:07Father once told me,
06:08Seraphina, a true High Priest never lowers their head before a crowd.
06:14Even when afraid.
06:15So I straighten my spine.
06:17If the Court of Vile refuses the lot, Blackthorn may reclaim it.
06:21Being sent back by Vale, that's worse than death, isn't it?
06:23Wasn't she Blackthorn's little princess?
06:25Even with magic talent so poor it was almost embarrassing.
06:28She used to have three elfin princes protecting her.
06:30Those three princes are probably waiting for her to crawl back crying.
06:34Aldric 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.
06:44A moment later, steady footsteps struck the stone floor.
06:47One step.
06:47Then another.
06:48Sauron Vale is here.
06:50A man walked out of the storm.
06:52His eyes were a deep, cruel ice blue.
06:54I heard someone below laugh softly.
06:57They were waiting to watch the Blackthorn princess be rejected by Sauron Vale.
07:00He leaned down toward me.
07:02The next second, his power descended over me like frost, my knees nearly buckled.
07:07Heat rushed through my entire body.
07:09I bit my lip hard, refusing to make a sound.
07:12Triple elfin sense.
07:14And 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.
07:21Your Majesty, are you certain you wish to bid?
07:23She carries the scent of three Blackthorn elven princes.
07:26For any elven king, this is an open provocation.
07:28And the Blackthorn contract states that if you refuse to accept...
07:31Did I say I refused?
07:35Starting 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.
07:46Kaeloran clenched his jaw.
07:47Theron froze where he stood.
07:49The auctioneer blinked for several seconds before striking the first gavel.
07:52Ten million.
07:53Going once.
07:55Eleven million.
07:56Looks like someone wants to embarrass Vale.
07:59Twenty million.
07:59Twenty million once.
08:01Twenty-one million.
08:03Thirty million.
08:05Has thirty million Val lost his mind?
08:08She's carrying three elf's scent.
08:10Sauron!
08:11What are you doing?
08:12You're the ones who put her up for sale, aren't you?
08:15Serena, stop him.
08:16Why?
08:17Isn't this what you wanted?
08:19You wanted to watch me be humiliated now the price is too high and suddenly you care?
08:23Thirty million once.
08:26Thirty million twice.
08:28Forty million.
08:29I 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.
08:35She belongs to Blackthorn.
08:37Sauron laughed.
08:38A cold sound that made the entire hall tremble.
08:41Fifty million.
08:42Sixty million.
08:43Eighty million.
08:44A deathly silence fell over the cathedral.
08:46At this price.
08:47It was no longer a purchase.
08:48It was a public slap across Blackthorn's face.
08:51Aldric, enough.
08:52We can't afford this.
08:54What's wrong?
08:55You're the ones who sold her.
08:56Did you really think she'd come cheap?
08:57No one dared compete with Sauron anymore.
09:00But he seemed to be enjoying himself.
09:02He raised his hand one more time.
09:04One hundred million.
09:05The cathedral went completely still.
09:07Even the auctioneer forgot how to speak.
09:09Continue.
09:10One hundred million.
09:11Going once.
09:12Aldric didn't raise his paddle.
09:14Sailor's hand rested on his sword hilt.
09:16But he didn't draw.
09:17Theron's eyes were red.
09:18His voice came out hoarse.
09:20Serafina.
09:21One hundred million.
09:22Going twice.
09:24One hundred million.
09:24Going three times.
09:26Serafina Blacktail.
09:27Sold to Soren Vale.
09:29Has he gone mad actually once?
09:30Which orphan reeking of triple elves?
09:32One hundred million.
09:33I object.
09:34She is just an unwanted Blackthorn orphan.
09:36How could she possibly be worth one hundred million?
09:38And remember this.
09:39The girl you threw away I just paid one hundred million for.
09:42Now.
09:44It's our turn to teach them what it means to lose.
09:59The carriage pulled away from the auction house.
10:01I felt nothing anymore.
10:02Why did you buy me?
10:04You knew I carried three elves' scent.
10:06What do you want to hear?
10:06That I fell for you at first sight?
10:08Miss Serafina, I'll admit you're beautiful.
10:11But if I were moved by a face alone, that would be pathetically shallow.
10:14They put you in front of me to humiliate you.
10:16But I don't like being used as someone else's weapon.
10:18I can burn those three cents out of you.
10:20But it will hurt.
10:21How will you remove them?
10:23The same way they were left.
10:24I'll overwrite them.
10:25Then please.
10:27Remove them.
10:27Back at the Court of Veil, I lay in a soft bed.
10:30Sorin leaned over me.
10:31His thigh pressing between my legs, pulling the zipper at my waist down inch by inch.
10:35Miss Serafina, are you sure?
10:38I'm sure.
10:39Then I'll try to be gentle.
10:41When Sorin's scent began flooding into my body, I thought of the year I was fifteen.
10:45I was being chased by a dark creature.
10:47Aldric saved me with his own magic.
10:49Don't be scared.
10:50I'm here.
10:50I'll protect you from now on.
10:52My arms wrapped around Sorin's neck.
10:54Through the haze, Aldric's scent shattered.
10:56I straddled Sorin.
10:57I used to sit like this on Kaylorn's lap.
10:59At fourteen, 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.
11:08Kaylorn pushed through the crowd and seized my wrist.
11:10She's mine.
11:11Say one more word.
11:12I looked at Sorin.
11:13Tears fell.
11:14Kaylorn's scent gone.
11:15My face buried in the pillow.
11:17Sorin kissed down my spine.
11:18I thought of the days after father died.
11:20Theron sat beside me, holding me again and again, fingers pressing gently against my back.
11:25Serafina, I'll always be here.
11:28I'll be your family.
11:29My whole body shuddered.
11:30The last scent shattered.
11:32I lay in bed, whimpering.
11:33Sorin pulled me into his arms.
11:35While I was overriding them just now, who were you thinking about?
11:39Aldric?
11:40Kaleon?
11:40Theron?
11:41Or all three?
11:42My body went rigid.
11:43Sorin clearly had no intention of letting it go.
11:46You were in my arms the entire time.
11:47Couldn't you have focused on me?
11:49Just me?
11:50Never mind.
11:51If it's you, I suppose you can use me as a tool.
11:54After sleeping with Sorin, my body started changing.
11:56My breasts are bigger now.
11:58They bounce when I walk.
12:00My skin is smoother than before.
12:02Even my hair's gotten longer.
12:04I grabbed the doctor's hand and whispered.
12:06I was terrified.
12:07Doctor, am I pregnant?
12:10His sword, that potent.
12:12We 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.
12:19I couldn't have any weakness.
12:20Miss, there's no need to worry.
12:21The doctor pushed his glasses up awkwardly.
12:23His majesty's potency is expected.
12:25But according to the tests, you are not pregnant.
12:28The hair growth is simply a normal theological change.
12:30Nothing to do with pregnancy.
12:31But even my hips have gotten wider.
12:32If I used to be a girl, I feel like I've become a woman.
12:35How can I not be pregnant?
12:36Miss, you are not pregnant.
12:37Ever since those three scents were burned away, I couldn't sleep.
12:40Couldn't eat.
12:41The doctor said my body was perfectly fine, but I felt wrong all over.
12:44Two or three children ran past in the corridor and handed me a bouquet of roses.
12:48Miss, ever since you came to our court,
12:50His majesty Sorin seems happy every day.
12:53Thank you for keeping him company.
12:55The children stared at my face and slowly blushed.
12:57You're so pretty.
13:00But really, I should be the one thanking Sorin.
13:02He saved me.
13:04Before I finished speaking,
13:05I noticed the roses in my hand were withering at an impossible speed.
13:08I opened the door to Sorin's study.
13:10Sorin!
13:11Ever since I slept with you, my body's been acting strange.
13:14Even flowers wilt the moment I hold them.
13:16The instant I stepped into the room,
13:18the bookshelves began to shake violently.
13:19Sorin rushed over and pulled me into his arms.
13:22Several books slammed into his lower back.
13:25Are you okay?
13:27Why is this happening to me?
13:30Sorin, I'm losing my mind!
13:32Ever since father died, everything changed.
13:34They 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,
13:41but my magic has always been the worst in school.
13:42I can't even levitate a book.
13:44And now I can't even control my own body.
13:45Every day I feel off.
13:47A cold finger pressed against my lips.
13:49Sorin leaned down and kissed my tears away.
13:51Then whispered in my ear.
13:52Look around you.
13:53I opened my eyes.
13:54The withered bouquet in my hand had vanished.
13:57Lush.
13:57Vibrant roses had bloomed across every surface of the study.
14:01This is your magic.
14:03The first time I saw you, you were six.
14:06I was eight.
14:07My favorite dog had just died.
14:09Back then, the court of Vile and the coven of Blackthorne were not yet enemies.
14:13The Vile family was visiting Blackthorne's territory.
14:17Sorin's German shepherd ate a piece of chocolate on the road and died from poisoning.
14:20Sorin 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 and my dog came back to life.
14:28Your father said you were the most gifted witch on the continent.
14:31That your magic was even stronger than his.
14:34But when I saw you again at the auction, there wasn't a trace of magic on you.
14:37You didn't even seem to remember being a prodigy before age six.
14:40I never understood why.
14:42Until the moment I burnt those three cents out of you.
14:44I felt your magic.
14:47Immense.
14:47Overflowing.
14:48It had been sealed away this entire time.
14:50I'm a prodigy witch?
14:51That's impossible.
14:52And who could even seal someone's magic?
14:54My father?
14:55Why would he do that?
14:56I was confused too.
14:57Until I searched the ancient texts in this study.
15:00The records say that once every thousand years,
15:02the continent produces a witch capable of healing anything.
15:05Her power is so vast it causes chaos around her.
15:07The only thing that can suppress it is an elf's scent bonded deep into her body.
15:11So father brought Aldric, Caelan and Theron to bond their scent to me.
15:15To keep me from hurting myself?
15:17Did they know?
15:19No, if they'd known, they would never have stripped the concealment
15:21and let everyone smell their scent on me just to mock me.
15:25So, do you want to hide your magic again?
15:28At least keep it from spiraling out of control.
15:30I looked at Sauron.
15:31The tenderness in his eyes was nearly overflowing.
15:34I understood what he meant immediately.
15:35I tilted my head, smiling until my eyes curved.
15:39Sauron, you've had a crush on me since you were eight.
15:41Since I brought your dog back to life, haven't you?
15:44I wrapped my arms around his neck and tipped my face up to kiss him.
15:47In a sea of roses, Sauron let his scent sink into me.
15:51Deep, slow, and entirely his.
15:53After that day, Sauron began teaching me how to tame my magic power,
15:57so vast it could spiral out of control at any moment.
15:59I stood at the center of a magic circle, wand in hand.
16:03Sepafina, close your eyes.
16:07Feel the magic inside you.
16:10Don't resist it.
16:12Don'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.
16:17The next second, Sauron stood behind me.
16:19One hand settled over my lower abdomen.
16:22My body went rigid.
16:23Here, when magic awakens, it heats up here first.
16:27You...
16:28Don't move.
16:29If you tremble at this level of touch, what will you do on a battlefield?
16:31That's not the same thing.
16:33To me, it is.
16:34You need to get used to it.
16:36His breath burned against the shell of my ear.
16:38Now, 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.
16:49I can see it.
16:50My magic.
16:51Keep going.
16:52Don't let it scatter.
16:54The glow trembled on my wand, like a heart that had just begun to beat.
16:57Sauron retrieved a withered white rose from the table.
17:00The instant my wand touched its petals, the flower bloomed again.
17:03I actually did it.
17:06Hmm.
17:07You did.
17:08Before I could celebrate, he stood and walked to the far side of the training room.
17:12Several practice dummies stood there.
17:13Have you ever killed anyone?
17:15The wand slipped from my grip.
17:16I scrambled to pick it up.
17:17No.
17:17I've never killed anyone.
17:19Never even thought about it.
17:20Really?
17:21Then tell me, why are you training so hard?
17:23You said you wanted revenge on the three men who betrayed you.
17:26He walked to my side.
17:28A voice like a siren's murmured in my ear.
17:30What does your revenge actually look like?
17:34How far are you willing to go?
17:35He seized my chin, forcing my face up to meet his gaze.
17:39Showing mercy to your enemies is the most pathetic thing you can do.
17:42A deep, consuming kiss tangled between us.
17:44He bit my lip.
17:46Seraphina, hasn't there been a single moment where you've wanted to kill them?
17:49Aldric, Kaelon, Theron.
17:51How dare they do that to you?
17:53Your father was the High Priest.
17:54You are Blackthorn's princess.
17:56How dare they trample your dignity and call it teaching you manners?
17:59How dare they make you submit?
18:01Your father saved everyone in their three courts during the plague.
18:04They should be kneeling at your feet, begging for scraps.
18:07Don't you want to kill them?
18:09Did I want to kill the people who betrayed me?
18:11Sorin, how do you usually deal with the elves who betray you?
18:15Crush their souls.
18:16So all those rumors are true?
18:18They are not rumors.
18:20I swung my wand.
18:21A straw dummy exploded on impact.
18:23I'm going to take Blackthorn back.
18:25I'll drive Aldric, Kaelin, Khaeron, and Theron out of the north.
18:29But I won't kill them.
18:30Sorin's blue eyes flash to blood red.
18:33You still love them?
18:34Why else would you go soft?
18:36There's more to the world than love and hate.
18:38There's a shade of gray in between.
18:40I don't love them anymore.
18:42But I can't deny the years they spent protecting me, watching me grow up.
18:46At the very least, I can no longer be their lover, but I can't bring myself to be their mortal
18:51enemy either.
18:52Sorin's expression was all confusion and disapproval.
18:54I reached out and buried my face in his chest.
18:57Sorin, I swear, from the moment you bid on me at that auction, my heart, my body, and my soul
19:04belong only to you.
19:05I will love you the way you love me.
19:07Meanwhile, the coven of Blackthorn.
19:09Ilara rushed into the room, clutching her child.
19:11Aldric, Leo's been asleep for a full day and night.
19:15Nothing wakes him.
19:16His face is covered in red spots.
19:18The coffee cup in Kaelin's hand shattered the instant he saw Leo's face.
19:21Is that...
19:22The three exchanged a look.
19:24When they were young, they had seen this disease before.
19:26Entire elven clans were decimated.
19:28The plague from ten years ago.
19:29It looked like this.
19:30Kaelin, don't say that.
19:32The high priest eradicated it.
19:33How could Leo possibly have it?
19:35Your Highness!
19:37The town of Thornhaven in the south has suffered mass, unexplained deaths.
19:40Please send investigators immediately.
19:42That's where Leo and I used to live.
19:44Kaelin, what do we do if the plague really is back?
19:46The only person who could cure it, the high priest, is dead.
19:49And his only bloodline, Seraphina, we drove her away.
19:52The plague had come.
19:53Blackthorn southern border, 400 dead in three days.
19:56Sorin handed me the letter while I was making a lily bloom.
19:58High fever.
19:59Red square.
20:00Coma.
20:01The plague from ten years ago is back.
20:03A decade ago, my father poured his life's magic into eradicating it.
20:06Then he aged rapidly and died before 50.
20:08All these years I had selfishly thought.
20:10If only my father hadn't saved those elves.
20:12And now I faced his same choice.
20:14Sorin, I'm going back.
20:16Why?
20:16Your magic is still unstable.
20:18If you heal those people, you could end up like your father.
20:21Like my father?
20:22Dying young after saving thousands?
20:24Sorin, I used to think his choice was heartbreaking.
20:26But now that I have this power, all I feel is gratitude.
20:29Grateful that my life can be traded for thousands.
20:32Every life is equally precious.
20:34Just because I'm the high priest's bloodline, you're lover and powerful.
20:38Does that make my life noble enough to ignore thousands of ordinary people dying?
20:43Your father abandoned the court of Vale.
20:45He didn't save my people.
20:47What?
20:47That's why Var and Blackthorne went to war.
20:49That's why we became sworn enemies.
20:51I had always believed Vale was a brutal aggressor.
20:54I never imagined the truth was this.
20:56Impossible.
20:57My father would never do something like that.
20:59Sorin only looked at me for a long moment, then picked up his coat.
21:02I'll go with you.
21:03But you don't leave my sight.
21:04And you don't burn yourself out.
21:06Inside the Blackthorne court, a guard ran in.
21:08The town of Thornhurren.
21:10Two hundred dead in a single night.
21:12The people are saying it's divine punishment for driving away the high priest's daughter.
21:16Nonsense!
21:17What does this have to do with us sending Seraphana away?
21:20Even if she were here, she couldn't save anyone!
21:23Alara wept silently.
21:24Then suddenly, she realized Leo, in her arms, had stopped breathing.
21:28Blackthorne's border had become hell.
21:29I pulled my hood low and entered the plague zone.
21:31A five-year-old child was fading fast.
21:33I crouched down.
21:34My fingertips touched his forehead.
21:36Golden light spread.
21:37The rash faded.
21:38His breathing returned.
21:39The people around me stared in disbelief.
21:41How is that possible?
21:42Who is she?
21:44She healed my son.
21:46She's a divine witch.
21:48The news reached Blackthorne's court within a day.
21:50Aldric heard.
21:50Someone at the border can cure the plague?
21:53Prepare the horses!
21:54In a single night, I healed hundreds.
21:56I stared at the candlelight and noticed fine lines had appeared on the back of my hand.
22:00I was only 22.
22:01Sorin saw them too.
22:02Seraphina, you can't keep healing them.
22:04That's enough.
22:05I bought you.
22:06This is an order.
22:07Just then, a commotion broke out outside the tent.
22:09The three of us now hold power over Blackthorne.
22:12You only survive because of Blackthorne's relief rations.
22:14What does it matter that you've waited in line all day?
22:16Alara, cut the line!
22:18Alara burst into the tent and dropped to her knees, forehead pressed to the ground.
22:22Please, save my child.
22:24He's only three.
22:25Because you're nobility, you think you can cut the line?
22:27Alara's face went white.
22:29Aldric strode in and shoved the child sitting in the treatment chair aside.
22:33Can't you see our noble status?
22:35Move aside.
22:37Then he turned to me.
22:38I don't know who you are or where you come from,
22:40but the three of us were recognized by the high priest himself as Elfin nobility.
22:43This woman is our kin.
22:45It should be your honor to heal her.
22:47Be grateful.
22:48Without us, you'd never have any connection to the high priest.
22:50Please, just save this child quickly.
22:53He means everything to us.
22:54I slowly pulled back my hood.
22:55My hair fell loose.
22:56Seraphina.
22:57I am the high priest's daughter.
22:58Aldric, Caelian, Therion.
23:01I never realized you were the kind of people who'd use your status to tramper others.
23:05I will not heal Alara's child.
23:08Get in line.
23:09All three men went still.
23:10Theron spoke first.
23:11Seraphina, you've changed.
23:12You're so beautiful.
23:13You're like a completely different person.
23:16Alara, forget it.
23:17So the Divine Witch is just Seraphina.
23:19No one knows her better than me.
23:20She has no magic.
23:21She was chased by dark creatures and I had to save her.
23:24As Aldric turned and walked out, Caeloran and Theron hesitated, then followed.
23:27I helped the child who'd been thrown to the ground back into the chair.
23:30I raised my wand.
23:31Brilliant golden light burst from the child's body.
23:33Thank you, Divine Witch.
23:34All three turned back in disbelief.
23:37Can you really heal people?
23:38I can.
23:39But I won't heal Leo.
23:41Not until you wait in line like everyone else.
23:43Now, go Q.
23:45The four of them joined the end of the line.
23:47They waited from dawn until the next afternoon.
23:49Their once pristine noble garments were now filthy and disheveled.
23:52How did you get here?
23:53What did you bring?
23:54Medicine?
23:55Supplies?
23:56Silence from all three.
23:58Nothing.
23:59Hundreds of people are dying out there and you didn't bring a single bandage.
24:02I looked at the patients they had ignored, then at Leo and Alara's arms.
24:06You are not fit to rule this land.
24:07I raised my hand to heal Leo, but Sorin stopped me.
24:10Serafina, this child is already dead.
24:14Are you sure you want to do this?
24:15I knew what he meant.
24:16Bringing back the dead costs exponentially more magic and life than healing the living.
24:20Blood dripped from my nose.
24:21I raised my hand.
24:22Golden magic poured from my wand.
24:24Color slowly returned to Leo's face.
24:26Alara cow-toed again and again.
24:27I don't know how to thank you.
24:29I sincerely apologize for everything I've done.
24:32How do you have healing magic this powerful?
24:35Bringing back the dead, that's impossible.
24:37Not even the high priest could do that.
24:39Theron only stared at me and Sorin, eyes red.
24:42Serafina, is there still a chance for us?
24:44Every day since you left, I've thought about you.
24:47Maybe the person I truly loved was always you.
24:49Sorin dipped his head and kissed me, right in front of all three of them.
24:52Urgent, claiming.
24:53His tongue pushed past my lips, biting, devouring, like revenge made flesh.
24:57I tried to push him off.
24:58I couldn't.
24:59The plague spread to central Blackthorn.
25:01I hadn't rested in seven days straight.
25:03Theron followed me everywhere.
25:05Kalorn brewed medicines.
25:06Aldric had returned to the court.
25:07Sorin stayed behind me the entire time.
25:09Silent.
25:10Only catching me each time I swayed.
25:12That night, I sat outside the tent, gasping for air, and noticed my hair had begun turning
25:17white.
25:18Serafina, if you keep this up, you won't live five more years.
25:21So what?
25:22Even for my sake, can't you rest?
25:25I said nothing.
25:26The people of Blackthorn's south began gathering around me of their own will.
25:29Wherever the Divine Witch goes, we follow.
25:32Aldric sent soldiers to arrest me.
25:34The soldiers arrived.
25:35They saw me healing a child on the verge of death.
25:37Not one raised a hand.
25:39Divine Witch, we're staying.
25:42Two town mayors in central Blackthorn jointly petitioned the court, demanding the removal
25:46of Aldric, Kalorn, and Theron, and calling for me to be crowned the new ruler.
25:50They didn't know I was the High Priest's daughter.
25:52They only knew I had saved countless lives.
25:54But I could feel it.
25:55Even though my appearance aged slowly, my organs had deteriorated completely.
25:59I was going to die soon.
26:00Aldric mobilized the court's last military forces to suppress the people who wanted me
26:04as their new queen.
26:05She's saving lives and you want to kill her!
26:08She's lost your want to tell now.
26:09You've lost your mind.
26:10She's trying to take our power!
26:12You threw the people away yourself.
26:14Aldric led 300 Elven cavalry, Blackthorn's most elite force marching south.
26:18He was coming to kill me.
26:19When he arrived, the square was packed with civilians.
26:22Move.
26:23Move.
26:23No one moved.
26:24I said move!
26:26An old man stepped forward.
26:27In his arms, a baby I had just healed.
26:29My lord, if you want to kill our divine witch, step over my body first.
26:34More and more people stepped forward.
26:36Aldric's horse stamped nervously.
26:37Lord, we cannot bring ourselves to do this.
26:40Useless!
26:40All of you, useless!
26:42Aldric aimed an arrow, straight at me.
26:45You're the king of Vale.
26:46What gives you the right to kill on Blackthorn's soil?
26:49If you try to harm the woman Vale bought, then I have every right to retaliate.
26:52Before Sorin even exerted his full strength, an arrow from somewhere in the crowd struck
26:56Aldric through the heart.
26:57Alara knelt outside my tent, all night.
27:00Serafina, you saved my child!
27:02Can't you save my lover too?
27:04Months ago, Aldric had been my lover as well.
27:06I refused.
27:07I had no obligation to save a man who trampled his own people.
27:09On his last night, Aldric lay in an empty tent.
27:12He had once been Blackthorn's most brilliant nobleman.
27:14He'd had Alara's adoration and mine, the throne.
27:17Everything.
27:17Now he had nothing.
27:19On the sixth morning, a soldier came to report.
27:21Aldric is dead.
27:23Please be our queen.
27:25I looked at the crown.
27:26I remembered what it looked like on my father's head.
27:29His gentle hand running through my hair.
27:30His words, daddy will protect everyone.
27:33I took the crown.
27:34The entire square knelt.
27:35The moment I placed it on my head, I issued my first decree as the new queen.
27:39Kaelon, elfin noble of Blackthorn.
27:41Sentenced to exile, effective immediately.
27:43Leave Blackthorn lands, never to return.
27:45Serafina.
27:46You never held the blade yourself, but your signature is on the dotment sold me.
27:49You were never the worst of them, yet you were always a silent accomplice.
27:52Kaelern knelt in the crowd.
27:54Kaelern's tears fell.
27:55He pressed his forehead to the ground once.
27:57Said nothing.
27:58Rose and walked out of the crowd.
27:59At the edge of the square, he looked back at me once.
28:02I didn't look at him.
28:03Therion, your herbs have saved countless lives, so I will not esdral you.
28:06But your elfin noble title, all fieldons and privileges, are revoked effective immediately.
28:11From this day, you are merely a commoner.
28:13Serafina, this is worse than death.
28:15When you sold me, did you ever think how this would feel?
28:19Sauron stood outside the crowd, watching all of this.
28:21The plague across Blackthorn had been mostly contained.
28:24That evening, Sauron came to me with wine and food.
28:27Congratulations, Queen of Blackthorn.
28:28After the third drink, he moved closer.
28:32Sauron, why did you seek me out?
28:34Were we not meant to be mortal enemies?
28:35Ten years ago, why did Varl invade Blackthorn?
28:38What is it you truly want?
28:39Do you honestly expect me to believe in some lie of love at first sight?
28:42Ten years ago, when the plague hit, your father used his life's magic to save the entire continent.
28:48But his life force was Finanite.
28:50He had to choose.
28:52Save everyone and die immediately.
28:54Or abandon some and live a few more years to stay with you.
28:57He chose to abandon Vale, to watch you grow up until you turn 22 and his life finally burned out.
29:02But Vale lost 800 people.
29:04My mother, my sister.
29:06They both died in that plague.
29:09That is the blood feed between the court of Vale and the coven of Blackthorn.
29:12But before your father died, he came to me.
29:14He knelt before me.
29:15A dying man and signed a soul-death contract with me.
29:18He was afraid I'd retaliate against Blackthorn the moment he was gone.
29:20So he offered most of Blackthorn's mines and his last five years of life force as the price.
29:24In exchange for me giving you ten years to grow, I accepted.
29:27His last five years of life force?
29:29Impossible!
29:30My father would never have given up five years with me willingly!
29:33Sorin's expression went rigid.
29:35I dug my fingers into his shoulders.
29:37Tell me the truth.
29:38Your father originally intended to give me one year.
29:40I bargained it up to five.
29:42Seraphana.
29:43I couldn't help it.
29:44I truly hated your father back then.
29:45So you made my father die early.
29:48And why did you go to the auction?
29:50To watch me be humiliated?
29:52Yes.
29:53I wanted to watch Blackthorn's heir be sold by her own people.
29:56The perfect revenge for Vale.
29:58So you bought me.
29:59Not out of love.
30:00Out of hatred.
30:01No.
30:02Seraphina, let me explain.
30:03And that kiss?
30:04Kissing me in front of them, that was just possessiveness.
30:06Claiming your enemy's daughter must have felt good, right?
30:08Enough.
30:09The crown is on my head now.
30:11Per the agreement, Blackthorn's resources are yours.
30:13Take what's owed to you, then leave my territory.
30:17Between us, we're even.
30:24Soren returned to Vale.
30:26He sat on his throne alone.
30:28Three full days.
30:29Not a drop of water.
30:30Three days later, the first plague case appeared within Vale's borders.
30:34One week later, the death toll passed 100.
30:37His ministers filled the Great Hall on their knees.
30:39Your Majesty, the white-haired Divine Witch of Blackthorn is the only one who can cure this plague.
30:47We're not asking her.
30:50But our people!
30:52I said no.
30:54He deployed Vale's finest healers.
30:56Used every method available.
30:57Nothing worked.
30:58The death toll passed 300.
31:00Soren stopped sleeping.
31:01He entered the plague zone himself, carrying bodies, isolating patients.
31:05His attendant knelt before him.
31:06Your Majesty, you're contracted at this rate.
31:09Then let me catch it.
31:10Let me die.
31:12The attendant dared not speak again.
31:14Day 10.
31:15Soren hadn't slept in three days.
31:17He slumped against the wall of the plague zone.
31:19A messenger came racing in.
31:23Your Majesty!
31:24The plague source has been suppressed!
31:26What?
31:27They say a Divine Witch came!
31:29She's healing everyone!
31:30Soren stood.
31:32Ready, my horse.
31:34Your Majesty, your body!
31:35I said ready, my horse!
31:37Soren rode without rest.
31:38A three-day journey in a day and a half.
31:40One horse died beneath him.
31:42He switched to another and kept riding.
31:45When he arrived, dawn was just breaking.
31:48The square was packed.
31:49People kneeling everywhere.
31:51Everyone crying, his heart plummeted.
31:53He shoved through the crowd.
31:54Someone tried to stop him.
31:56Sir, you can't...
31:58He threw them aside and rushed toward the treatment tent.
32:01Inside, I lay on the bed.
32:03My hair had gone completely white.
32:06My skin was pale to the point of translucence.
32:08My body thin as paper.
32:10Soren walked toward me.
32:12One step.
32:12Two steps.
32:13Three.
32:14Each one like stepping on a blade.
32:15He dropped to his knees at my bedside.
32:18You came...
32:19He took my hand.
32:22Serafina, we said we were even.
32:24And why would you do something this foolish?
32:26My father made a mistake once.
32:28I didn't want to make it again.
32:29Tears slid from the corners of my eyes.
32:31And I didn't want to miss my chance with the man I love.
32:34I didn't want him to suffer.
32:36Saurian, I truly love you.
32:38May we not be enemies in the next life.
32:40My breathing stopped.
32:41Every plague patient across Vale survived.
32:44In that entire epidemic, only one person died.
32:46The elven king of Vale's beloved.
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