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