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