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00:00My fiancé brought his pregnant mistress to our mating ceremony and told me I would raise their child. He didn't
00:05say it in private. Damon said it on the altar where he was supposed to claim me. In front of
00:09the entire pack, Lyra stood beside him in pale gold silk, one hand resting on her belly. Lyra, my friend
00:14from the Omega Quarters, the girl who had slept two beds away from me for years, on her wrist was
00:18my silver bracelet. Last winter, Damon had given it to me after three young alphas mocked my Omega blood. He
00:24promised no one would ever make me bow again. A week ago, a servant came and asked me to send
00:28it back for the ceremony.
00:29I didn't question it. Now I understood. Lyra saw me looking. She touched the bracelet gently, like it might break.
00:35He wanted me to have it. I hope you don't mind. She knew I did. Damon didn't stop her. He
00:39only looked at me, cold. I won't bond with you, Serafina. The elders care about your silver blood. They think
00:45it can crown the next Alpha King. He pulled Lyra closer. But Lyra is carrying my air. My throat burned.
00:51That bracelet was mine. Lyra flinched behind Damon's arm, as if I had hurt her. Damon glanced at the bracelet,
00:56then back at me.
00:57It was a promise to a girl who needed protecting. His hand covered Lyra's stomach. She gives me a future.
01:02Lyra looked at me from behind him, tears shining in her eyes. Small. Fragile. Victorious. Then Damon turned to the
01:07entire hall. When my pup is born, Serafina will raise it as her own.
01:13For one second, I thought I had misheard him. Then Damon made it worse. You'll serve Lyra through the pregnancy.
01:19Nurse her through recovery. Raise my air as your own.
01:22He said it like he was assigning chores to the lowest wolf in the room. Maybe he was. I was
01:26Serafina. The only silver blood air Silvercrest had seen in a thousand years. The prophecy said whoever completed a bond
01:32with me could awaken true Alpha power and claim the Alpha King's throne. But I was also an Omega. The
01:36rank everyone stepped on until they needed something. Damon had decided my blood was useful. But I was not. Lyra
01:42gave a soft gasp beside him.
01:43Damon, don't say it like that. Serafina has always been so good at taking care of people. In the Omega
01:49quarters, she helped everyone. I'm sure she won't punish an innocent pup just because she's hurt.
01:54The hall went silent. Every stare landed on me. Waiting for me to cry. To beg. To bow like a
01:59good little Omega. My eyes burned. Not because Damon had rejected me. Because Lyra knew every soft place I kept
02:04hidden. And still chose to press her hand against it.
02:06The claim was never sealed. No blood oath. No mark. Under the old laws, it can still be revoked. One
02:12elder exchanged a look with another. That is technically true. I looked at Damon.
02:17I may be an Omega, but I am not her servant. And I will not raise the child you made
02:24with her. I revoked the claim. If any wolf here is willing to claim me tonight, I accept.
02:33The whispers came fast. Silver blood. Did Damon just throw away the prophecy? If someone claims her now. I could
02:40see it in their faces. Shock. Hunger. Calculation. For one second, I thought someone might actually step forward. Then Damon's
02:46voice cut through. Your name is still written into the royal reet. The room froze. Until the elders formally dissolve
02:51this ceremony, anyone who steps forward is openly defying the crown. No one moved.
02:56That had been his plan. Not to bond me. Not to free me. To keep me trapped under the royal
03:00reet until the elders could turn me into something quieter. Something useful. Lyra's servant. His heir's caretaker. A silver blood
03:06Omega no other man would dare touch. Damon stepped close enough for only me to hear.
03:10Sarah. My chest twisted. That name used to be soft in his mouth. Tonight, it was a blade. Don't embarrass
03:15yourself. Then he turned to the hall.
03:17No one wants you badly enough to start a war. For one terrible second, I thought he was right. Not
03:21because I wasn't valuable. But because every wolf in that room wanted my blood more than they wanted to save
03:26me.
03:26Then the doors at the far end of the hall swung open. But before anyone could see who had entered,
03:30Moira arrived first.
03:32Moira, Damon's mother, the Luna matriarch, swept into the hall like a storm in silk. She took one look at
03:37Lyra behind Damon and slapped her across the face. The crack echoed off every wall.
03:42Shameless Omega. You dare turn a royal treat into a spectacle?
03:45Lyra fell to the floor, clutching her cheek. Tears already spilling. Damon lunged forward and shielded her.
03:50She's under my protection.
03:51Moira stared at him like she was seeing him clearly for the first time. Then she turned to me. Her
03:55voice softened.
03:56Serafana, dear. Damon has humiliated you. I will deal with him. But you must not act rashly. Let me close
04:02this ceremony quietly. The crown will keep you protected until we decide where you belong.
04:07Where I belonged. Not what I wanted. Not who I chose. I pulled my hand free.
04:11You bound me to Damon for my blood.
04:13Then he brought her here with his heir and told me to raise their child.
04:17My voice shut. But I did not stop.
04:18I will not be their servant.
04:20The hall went silent.
04:21I will not nurse his mistress through pregnancy. And I will not raise another woman's child because Damon thinks an
04:27Omega should be grateful for scraps.
04:29Moira's eyes hardened.
04:30Careful, girl.
04:31You are still standing inside a royal treat. Your blood belongs to Silverhrest before it belongs to you.
04:37My stomach went cold. There it was. Damon wanted me useful. Lyra wanted me beneath her. Moira wanted me on.
04:42If no one claims you tonight, the elders will decide your future.
04:45Damon smiled again.
04:46For the first time that night, I felt truly trapped. Then a low voice cut through the hall.
04:50Does her offer still stand?
04:52Every head turned. Hale stood at the far end of the hall. Tall. Dressed in black. Pale as winter.
04:57Aldrich's firstborn. Damon's older half-brother. The true alpha heir by blood. And the cursed one who still couldn't shift.
05:03He took one step forward. Then stopped. Just for half a second. His hand touched the doorframe.
05:08Everyone saw it. The cursed heir could barely stand. Damon laughed under his breath.
05:12Careful, brother. If she chooses you, she won't be a bride by sunrise.
05:16A few wolves laughed. Moira's face went white.
05:19Kale, don't be stupid. You know what silver blood does to a cursed wolf. It could kill you.
05:23Kale ignored her. His gray eyes stayed on me.
05:25What you just said. Does it still stand?
05:28My throat tightened. Before I could answer, Damon stepped in.
05:31No.
05:32The whole hall froze. Damon's smile sharpened.
05:34She said any wolf. Not a dead one pretending he still has a claim.
05:38Kale's face did not change. Damon moved closer to me.
05:41Look at him, Sarah. He can't protect you. He can't shift. He can barely stand.
05:46If you choose him, this wedding becomes a funeral before sunrise.
05:51Lyra's eyes widened, soft and wet.
05:52Don't do this to yourself, Serafina. You don't have to ruin yourself just because you're hurt.
05:57Moira seized the silence.
05:58If no suitable wolf claims you tonight, the elders will decide your future.
06:03The room closed around me again. Damon held out his hand. Not like a lover, like a leash.
06:07Last chance, Sarah.
06:09His smile was cold. Stand down.
06:12For one second. The whole hall waited.
06:14They all thought I would break.
06:16I looked past his hand. At Kale. Thin as paper.
06:18Pale as death. A cursed heir the entire pack had already buried.
06:22And still. He was the only man in that room who had asked for my answer.
06:25Not my blood. Not my obedience.
06:27Not my usefulness.
06:28My answer.
06:29So I stepped around Damon's hand.
06:30His smile vanished.
06:32Lyra's face changed.
06:33The hall went silent.
06:34I walked toward Kale. Every step felt like I was cutting a rope around my throat.
06:38Damon's voice snapped behind me.
06:39Serafina!
06:40I didn't stop.
06:41Girl, think carefully.
06:42I did. For the first time all night, I did.
06:45Then I stopped in front of Kale. He looked down at me, gray eyes steady.
06:48What you said. Does it still stand?
06:50My hands were still shaking. But my answer did not.
06:53Yes.
06:54The hall exploded.
06:55Kale did not look at Damon. Did not look at Moira.
06:57Only me.
06:58Then I claim her.
06:59A few elders half rose. Then froze. Because a claim spoken and accepted before the right could not be taken
07:04back.
07:05Damon laughed. Loud enough for the whole hall to hear.
07:07Go on, brother. Take her hand. Are you done making a scene, Sera? If you stop now, Lila and I
07:13might still forgive you.
07:14You can still stay where you belong.
07:16He looked me up and down. Lyra leaned into him. Worry flickering across her face like another part of the
07:20performance.
07:21The hall went dead silent. Kale held out his hand. At the same time, I reached for him.
07:26Our fingers locked. The ritual lines blazed white. Then black marks burst from beneath Kale's sleeve.
07:32They weren't veins. They were his curse. Black marks tore up Kale's arm, coiled around his throat, and climbed toward
07:37his face like something alive.
07:39The hall gasped. For one second, the gray in his eyes vanished. Replaced by molten gold. Something caged. Something feral.
07:45The curse is activating. He can't hold it.
07:48Stop the ceremony.
07:50The elders surged forward, but the ritual lines had already locked around our wrists.
07:53Once a bond began, no one outside it could break it. Kale's hand tightened around mine. Too tight. His knees
07:59buckled.
07:59He hit the altar hard, blood spilling from his mouth onto the silver stone. The hall went silent.
08:04Kale looked up at me, gold flickering through the gray.
08:06Let go. If you stop now, you'll still make it out.
08:10He meant it. Even half dying in front of the entire pack, he was still trying to give me a
08:14way out.
08:15Damon stepped forward.
08:16Are you insane?
08:18I already told you, Sarah. If you stop this now, Lyra and I can still forgive you.
08:23I didn't look at him. Damon's tone sharpened.
08:25Don't throw your life away just to prove a point.
08:27Still, I did not look at him. My fingers tightened around Kale's. The curse burned black between us.
08:32Every wolf in that hall was waiting for me to let go. Instead, I leaned closer.
08:36Kale, get me.
08:37Then, without looking away from him, I reached for the silver edge of the altar.
08:42I didn't let go. With Kale's eyes locked on mine, I dragged my palm across the altar's silver edge.
08:47Pain cut sharp. Silver blood spilled over my skin. The entire hall gasped.
08:51Before anyone could stop me, I pressed my bleeding hand against the darkest knot of curse marks on Kale's wrist.
08:57Light exploded between us, cold and blinding, violent enough to shake the altar beneath us.
09:01Kale's body arched, and a broken sound tore from his throat.
09:04The curse fought back under my palm, black marks twisting up his skin, fighting to reach his throat again.
09:09So I pressed harder.
09:10Stay with me.
09:11The black marks stopped. Then slowly, unwillingly, they began to retreat.
09:15The ritual lines beneath our feet blazed white hot, spiraling around our joined wrists until a pale silver mark burned
09:21itself into both our skin.
09:22The bond didn't fail. It held.
09:24Kale collapsed to one knee, blood still on his lips. But the gold was leaving his eyes.
09:28Gray was coming back. He was alive.
09:30The oldest elder stared at our wrists.
09:32The bond is sealed. By old law, Seraphina of Silver Blood is now claimed by Kale, firstborn heir of Silvercrest.
09:40A sharp crack split the altar stone. The royal right mark that had held Damon's name beside mine burned black,
09:46then vanished.
09:46In its place, a new name carved itself into the silver light. Kale, Damon's face went white. He forced out
09:52a laugh.
09:52He's still cursed. You think your blood makes him stronger than me?
09:56Before I could answer, the silver mark on my wrist flared again. So did Kale's. The ritual light shifted. It
10:02no longer circled me alone. It moved around him. The elder's face drained of color.
10:06The blood accepted him.
10:07The hall went silent. Damon stopped breathing. The prophecy had not died. It had moved on.
10:13The hall stayed silent. Kale was still on one knee. Blood on his lips. One hand braced against the altar.
10:18But his grip on me never loosened.
10:19The silver mark on my wrist pulsed once. His answered. Damon finally found his voice.
10:24This isn't over.
10:25The oldest elder looked at the burned royal right mark, then at our joint hands. Damon's face hardened.
10:29He can barely stand.
10:30Kale slowly lifted his head. Through the bond. I felt the pain he was hiding. Sharp enough to cut through
10:35bone. Then he rose. Not easily. Not steadily. But he rose.
10:38Then watch me.
10:39No one laughed this time. Moira stepped forward at once.
10:42Kale! You need healers. Seraphina will remain here until the council decides what happens next.
10:47Kale looked at her. No. One word. Low and final. The hall froze. Moira's expression tightened.
10:52This is not the time for pride. No one decides for my mate. A shiver moved through the room. For
10:5713 years, they had spoken around him like he was already dead.
11:00Tonight, he did not raise his voice. But every wolf in that hall heard the command beneath it.
11:04Move. The wolves blocking the aisle stepped aside. Damon stared at me like he still expected me to look back.
11:09Lyra's fingers dug into his sleeve. I did not turn. Kale led me out of the hall. Each step costing
11:13him more than he let anyone see.
11:15Only when the doors closed behind us did his hand tighten around mine. His voice dropped.
11:19Now ask me what you really want to ask.
11:23Kale had said it outside the hall. His hand still wrapped around mine. For one second, the question almost escaped
11:28me right there.
11:29But then he swayed. Just once. Pain cut through his grip. So I swallowed the words and followed him to
11:33the north tower.
11:34No one stopped us. No one dared. His quarters were cold and almost bare.
11:37A narrow bed. A heavy desk. Maps pinned neatly to the walls. No flowers. No servants. Nothing prepared for a
11:43bride.
11:43But everything was clean. The bed was made sharp. The books were lined straight.
11:47Even the medicine bottles stood in order. Kale had been forgotten here.
11:50But he had not let himself fall apart. For the first time that night, no one was watching.
11:54No elders. No pack. No Damon. No Lyra. Just me and the cursed heir who had become my mate.
11:59Kale removed his black outer robe and set it aside. Without it, he looked even thinner.
12:02Too pale. Too tired. A man the curse had been eating alive for years.
12:06He leaned one hand against the desk.
12:07Ask.
12:07Ask. My fingers curled into my sleeves.
12:10Did you know that my blood could help you?
12:13Did you claim me because you wanted me? Or because my blood can keep you alive?
12:18Kale went very still. For one breath. I thought he would deny it.
12:20Then he looked at me.
12:21I don't want to lie to you.
12:23And suddenly, I knew. Whatever came next was going to hurt.
12:26Kale did not look away. That was how I knew the answer before he said it.
12:30Yes, I knew your silver blood might hold back my curse.
12:32For a moment, I could not speak. Damon wanted an heir. The elders wanted a prophecy. And Kale wanted a
12:37cure.
12:38I stepped back before I could stop myself. Kale saw it, but he did not follow.
12:41If I only wanted your blood, I could have asked for you years ago.
12:44Maybe you waited until I had nowhere else to go.
12:46The words came out smaller than I wanted. His face changed. Not anger. Something worse.
12:50Because he knew I had the right to think it.
12:52Maybe I deserve that.
12:53The fire cracked between us. I hated that he sounded honest. I hated that honesty still hurt.
12:58Then why tonight?
12:59Because Damon made you stand alone. And I know what that feels like.
13:02My fingers twisted in my sleeves. For a second, I forgot how to answer.
13:06Because he wasn't asking me to pity him. He was telling me he had seen me.
13:09If I stay, it won't be because you need me.
13:11I know.
13:13If I help you, it doesn't mean you get to use me.
13:16No. Never.
13:18The room went quiet. I looked at the place beneath his shirt.
13:20Where the curse had almost killed him in front of everyone.
13:22My hands were still shaking. But my voice came out clear.
13:25You claimed me before the whole pack. So show me.
13:29Seraphinda.
13:30Show me the curse.
13:32Hale did not move for a long moment.
13:34Then he loosened the ties of his shirt.
13:36The fabric fell open.
13:37The curse mark sat at the center of his chest.
13:39Dark red against bone pale skin.
13:41Coiled like something alive beneath his flesh.
13:43I had seen blood on him.
13:44I had seen him collapse at the altar.
13:46But this was worse.
13:47The curse was not just sealing his wolf.
13:48It was feeding on him.
13:49My fingers curled once before I forced them still.
13:52I need to touch it.
13:53Seraphina.
13:54You claimed me before the whole pack.
13:56Do not hide from me now.
13:58For one beat.
13:58I thought he would refuse.
13:59Then he gave a single nod.
14:01I pressed my palm flat against the mark.
14:03His whole body locked.
14:03Heat slammed into my hand.
14:05Sharp and violent.
14:06Not mine.
14:06His.
14:06My silver blood answered instantly.
14:08And something inside him answered back.
14:09I felt it hit the seal.
14:11Once.
14:11Twice.
14:12A wolf trapped behind iron.
14:13Throwing itself against the dark.
14:14Kale's breath broke.
14:15Gold flashed through his gray eyes.
14:17Your wolf is still there.
14:18His chest rose hard beneath my hand.
14:20It's not gone.
14:21I feel it every day.
14:22Gold bled through his eyes again.
14:24Like fire under ice.
14:25Then his grip tightened.
14:26And this time.
14:27When he said my name.
14:28It did not sound entirely human.
14:31I didn't even see him move.
14:32One second.
14:33I was standing in front of him.
14:34My palm pressed to his chest.
14:36The next.
14:36My back hit the bed.
14:37Kale was above me.
14:38One hand braced by my ear.
14:39The other locking around my wrist.
14:41Breathing like he'd been dragged up from deep water.
14:43The curse mark glazed under my palm.
14:45Its edges lit up.
14:45Spreading outward like cracks in burning glass.
14:48His eyes were wrong.
14:48I could feel his wolf pressing against the bond.
14:50Like it wanted to tear through his skin to reach me.
14:52His pupils narrowed.
14:53Jaw clenched so hard I could hear his teeth grind.
14:56Stop touching me.
14:57If you keep going.
14:59He didn't finish.
14:59Because the bond pulsed.
15:00I felt it.
15:01His wolf.
15:02Trapped behind that seal.
15:03Slamming toward my hand with everything it had.
15:05Kale stared down at me.
15:06Half broken.
15:07Half feral.
15:07Every muscle in his body was locked tight.
15:09Holding himself back.
15:10Even like this.
15:11He still wasn't hurting me.
15:12Then Kale kissed me.
15:13Not softly.
15:14Not carefully.
15:14Like the bond had finally pulled too hard for either of us to pretend it was only a ritual.
15:18The mark beneath my palm flared white gold.
15:20Kale's body locked.
15:21His eyes flashed full gold.
15:22For one terrifying second.
15:24I saw what had been trapped inside him for 13 years.
15:26Not the cursed prince.
15:28The wolf.
15:28Then the room burst into light.
15:31When the light faded.
15:32Kale was on the floor beside the bed.
15:34Unconscious.
15:34The curse mark on his chest had split straight down the center.
15:37For one terrified moment.
15:38I thought I had killed him.
15:40Then I felt it through the bond.
15:41A pulse.
15:42Weak.
15:42But there.
15:43I stayed beside him until his breathing steadied.
15:45Sometime before dawn.
15:46I must have fallen asleep.
15:47I woke to sunlight and the scratch of a pen.
15:49Kale was already at the desk.
15:51Writing like he had not collapsed in front of me hours ago.
15:53He still looked too thin.
15:54Too pale.
15:55But the hollowed out look was not as sharp as before.
15:57There was more color in his face.
15:59His hand no longer trembled around the pen.
16:01Small things.
16:02Impossible things.
16:03He noticed me watching and set the pen down.
16:05His eyes dropped to my bandaged palm.
16:07You reopened it last night.
16:08I looked at my hand.
16:09The cut from the altar had split again.
16:11I'm fine.
16:12No.
16:13You're bleeding for me.
16:15There's a medicine stall in the eastern market.
16:16Their salves are better than anything kept in this tower.
16:19I almost laughed.
16:20After everything that happened you want to buy me medicine?
16:23I want to do one useful thing before you decide I'm only good at nearly dying.
16:27Before I could answer, a knock sounded.
16:28My lord, the eastern market opened early.
16:30A rare medicine shipment just arrived.
16:32Kale looked at my palm, then reached for his cloak.
16:34We go now.
16:36The market was loud and crowded.
16:38At the south stall, I heard Damon's voice.
16:40Damon's voice.
16:41The strongest prenatal tynener, my chosen mate, carries the future heir.
16:44He stood at the next stall with Lyra on his arm.
16:46When he saw me, his eyes dropped to my bandaged palm, then to the silver mark on my wrist.
16:50Already bleeding for him, Sarah?
16:52Sarah, how was the first night?
16:53Or did the curse ruin that too?
16:55Serafina always had a habit of saving people who didn't choose her first.
16:59You used to call that kindness when you needed it from me.
17:02Sarah, I didn't mean...
17:03You mean everything.
17:04That's always been the problem.
17:06I turned to the shelf.
17:07Moonshade root.
17:08Exactly what could weaken a soul-level curse?
17:10My fingers closed around at first.
17:12Lyra's hand landed over mine.
17:13Eyes already wet.
17:14Serafina, please.
17:16I need this.
17:17I didn't let go.
17:18Lyra's lip trembled.
17:19She turned to Damon.
17:20Voice barely a whisper.
17:21She won't even let me have medicine for our pup.
17:24Damon's face darkened instantly.
17:25He held out his hand.
17:27Give it to her.
17:29I picked it up first.
17:30Damon's smile died.
17:31Before he could speak, Kale stepped forward.
17:33The air shifted.
17:34Glass jars trembled on the shelf.
17:36She's my mate.
17:37Say one more word to her.
17:38Damon stepped back half a step.
17:40Instinct, not choice.
17:41Then something ugly settled in his face.
17:43He stopped looking at me.
17:44Do you remember that night, brother?
17:46The night you were cursed.
17:47You were six.
17:48You screamed for father for hours.
17:50He didn't come.
17:51Damon.
17:51I stepped in front of him.
17:53He blinked.
17:54Surprised.
17:55You talk about broken things a lot for someone whose mate moves you like a puppet with a single tear.
18:00Lyra's face went white.
18:02Damon's jaw tightened.
18:03I looked him up and down.
18:04At least Kale's curse has a cure.
18:06What's yours?
18:07Damon's mouth opened.
18:08Before he could answer, Kale's pressure slammed through the stall.
18:11He stepped back.
18:11Everyone saw it.
18:13Kale took the moonshade root from my hand and placed coins on the counter.
18:16This belongs to my mate.
18:17This isn't over.
18:19No.
18:19That's the problem.
18:21Damon dragged Lyra away before his wolf could betray him again.
18:24Only when they were gone did I see the blood at the corner of Kale's mouth.
18:27His curse had heard him act like an alpha.
18:29And it was punishing him for it.
18:31I made him sit down.
18:33Kale tried to say he was fine.
18:34Then blood touched his lip again.
18:36I stared at him.
18:37No more pretending.
18:38The bond cracked the curse.
18:40But not enough.
18:42If I want to break it, I have to work on it directly.
18:45How?
18:46My blood.
18:47My hand on the mark.
18:49Every night.
18:50That will hurt you.
18:52It's my blood.
18:53I choose where it goes.
18:55For a moment, he said nothing.
18:56Then he sat on the bed and opened his shirt.
18:58The curse mark looked darker than before.
19:00Angrier.
19:01The moment my palm touched it, his whole body locked.
19:03The seal fought back.
19:04So did the wolf trapped beneath it.
19:06The first night, I kept my eyes on the mark.
19:08By the third, I could no longer ignore the way his breathing changed.
19:11When the curse pushed back.
19:12The way his jaw clenched.
19:14The way he stared at the ceiling like counting stones was the only thing keeping him still.
19:18Does it hurt?
19:19No.
19:19By the fifth night, it had become routine.
19:22Touch the mark.
19:22Hold the pressure.
19:23Wait until the seal stopped fighting.
19:25Then pull away.
19:26So I pulled away like always.
19:27Kale caught my wrist.
19:28Not hard.
19:29Just fast enough to stop me.
19:31The bond snapped tight between us.
19:32My breath caught.
19:33His eyes lifted to mine.
19:35Dark in the firelight.
19:36Don't pull away like that.
19:37Why?
19:38Because when you do, the wolf wants to follow.
19:42I woke to a sound that didn't belong to any human throat.
19:44The bed beside me was empty.
19:46Kale was in the corner, on his knees.
19:48Body shaking so hard it looked painful to watch.
19:50His nails had turned to claws.
19:52They dragged across the stone, leaving deep white marks.
19:55Then he looked up.
19:56Gold eyes.
19:56Slit pupils.
19:57Too much wolf.
19:58Not enough man.
19:59Go.
20:00When you're close.
20:01The bond makes it worse.
20:02I got out of bed anyway.
20:03He hit the wall trying to get away from me.
20:05Serafina, don't.
20:06I knelt in front of him and pressed my hand to his chest.
20:09Silver light burst between us.
20:10The curse mark split.
20:12Kale threw his head back with a sound that was half hell, half relief.
20:15Then he looked at me again, breathing hard.
20:17Half man, half wolf.
20:18And said my name like it was the only thing keeping him from breaking apart.
20:21Tell me to stop.
20:23Say it now.
20:24And I still can.
20:26I'm not going anywhere, Kale.
20:29I didn't run.
20:30Kale stared at me, gold burning through gray.
20:32Then his hand caught my waist and the other came to the back of my neck.
20:35This was the wolf.
20:36The curse mark flared between us, silver and black light crashing together.
20:40Every touch cracked the seal wider.
20:41I let my blood answer.
20:43Let it flood every fracture.
20:44His claws drove into the stone beside me hard enough to split it.
20:47But he never hurt me.
20:48And the moment I understood that, the last piece of the seal gave way.
20:51The curse shattered.
20:52When the light died, the mark on his chest had faded to almost nothing.
20:55He looked different.
20:57Stronger.
20:57Warmer.
20:58More like the man he should have been all along.
20:59You should have run.
21:02You keep saying that.
21:04You never listen.
21:05Get used to it.
21:06Then he laughed, low, rough, real.
21:09Lifted his hand to the back of my neck.
21:10And kissed me.
21:11Not like the almost kiss the curse had stolen from us.
21:14This one didn't stop.
21:15His claws were gone.
21:16His hands were human again.
21:17Steady, warm, and everywhere.
21:19Nothing interrupted us.
21:20Nothing pulled him away.
21:21When I woke hours later, the moon had crossed the entire sky.
21:24Kale's arm was around my waist.
21:26His breathing slow and deep against the back of my neck.
21:29The man pressed against me felt nothing like the one I had married.
21:31Broader.
21:32Warmer.
21:32Solid in a way that made me close my eyes.
21:34And stay exactly where I was.
21:37Sunlight hit my face before I opened my eyes.
21:40The space beside me was empty, but still warm.
21:42Then I heard water running.
21:44Kale stood by the basin.
21:45Splashing water over his face.
21:46And I froze.
21:47Because the man standing there did not look like the one I had married.
21:50The hollow frame was gone.
21:51The sharp bones had softened under lean muscle.
21:54His shoulders were broader now.
21:55For 13 years, the curse had been feeding on him.
21:58Now his body was taking everything back.
22:00What?
22:01Nothing.
22:02You look like you could actually win a fight now.
22:04His mouth twitched.
22:06I mean nothing nothing.
22:07I could always win a fight.
22:09You couldn't survive a stair race two weeks ago.
22:11Then he lowered his head and kissed me.
22:13When he pulled back, something pulsed beneath my palm.
22:15I hadn't realized my hand was on his chest.
22:18His wolf hit the broken seal like a battering ram.
22:20Kale doubled over.
22:21Black lines flared across the faded curse mark.
22:23Blood dripped from his nose onto the floor.
22:25Kale!
22:26The curse cracked.
22:28But the wolf was waking too fast.
22:31I looked at the mark.
22:32Half faded.
22:33Half burning.
22:33How long?
22:34Days.
22:36Not weeks.
22:37Kale wiped the blood away and reached for his coat.
22:39Then we move fast.
22:41Because Damon won't wait either.
22:44Kale's change was impossible to hide.
22:46The hollow look was fading from his face.
22:48His shoulders had filled out.
22:49He no longer looked like a man the stairs could kill.
22:52The first time Eldrick saw him cross the council hall without leaning on anything.
22:56The old alpha king stopped mid-sentence.
22:58So did half the elders.
22:59For one breath, they all stared.
23:01Then the moment passed.
23:02Eldrick looked back at the reports.
23:03An elder cleared his throat.
23:05A patrol captain lowered his eyes.
23:07Strength had returned to Kale's body, but not to his name.
23:09Thirteen years of being treated like a dead heir did not disappear because he could stand straight.
23:14Kale knew that better than anyone.
23:15So he stopped waiting for them to remember who he was.
23:18He worked.
23:18Border routes.
23:19Missing supplies.
23:20Patrol gaps.
23:21Old complaints no one had touched in years.
23:23He read everything.
23:24Checked everything.
23:25Corrected everything.
23:26At first, the captains ignored him.
23:28Then one of his warnings saved a patrol from walking into an ambush.
23:31By the next council, two warriors stood behind his chair without being ordered.
23:35By the fifth day, a dispute over Northern Territory reached the council table.
23:38No one had an answer.
23:40Eldrick's eyes moved across the room and, for the first time in 13 years, stopped on Kale.
23:44What do you think?
23:45The room went quiet.
23:46Kale answered like he had been waiting 13 years to be asked.
23:49By sunset, the news had reached Damon.
23:51That night, a patrol wolf came to the North Tower with a message.
23:54He wouldn't meet Kale's eyes.
23:56Damon says, the wolf swallowed.
24:00Enjoy pretending to be heir while you can.
24:02Kale looked up from the border map.
24:03Tell him pretending was his mistake.
24:05The messenger froze.
24:06I'm done pretending.
24:09Lyra noticed it before Damon did.
24:11Every time someone said my name, Damon looked away too late.
24:14At first, Lyra pretended not to see it.
24:16Then she couldn't.
24:17That night, she found him alone.
24:19Am I not enough?
24:20Don't start.
24:21Her eyes filled.
24:22She reached for his hand.
24:23He pulled it away.
24:24I gave up everything for you.
24:26My friends.
24:27My place.
24:28I chose you over everyone.
24:30Our child is right here, Damon.
24:32He looked down at her hand, then removed it.
24:35Lyra's composure cracked.
24:36She doesn't love you.
24:37She chose the cursed one.
24:39She let you go without looking back.
24:41I'm the one who stayed.
24:42I'm the one carrying your heir.
24:44Why isn't that enough?
24:45Because she's standing next to an alpha.
24:48The whole pack is starting to follow.
24:50And you're standing here crying.
24:52I'm carrying your-
24:53Then do it quietly.
24:55He walked out.
24:55Lyra knelt on the floor, tears running, hands on her belly, with no one left to perform for.
25:00The next afternoon, Damon found me alone.
25:03Sarah.
25:05Don't call me that.
25:06His jaw tightened.
25:07Then he smiled.
25:08You don't have to keep punishing me.
25:09Pretending you don't still love me must be exhausting.
25:12You were hurt.
25:13I understand.
25:15Lyra was scared.
25:17You two were friends once.
25:18Be generous.
25:19You want me to forgive her?
25:21I want you to stop embarrassing yourself.
25:24His eyes dropped to the silver mark on my wrist.
25:26Stop wasting your blood on him.
25:28That curse has been eating him for 13 years.
25:30You really think you can turn a ruined wolf into an alpha?
25:33Give your blood to me.
25:34I went still.
25:35Damon saw it and mistook it for hope.
25:37When I become alpha king, I can be generous too.
25:39Lyra gave me an heir.
25:40But you?
25:41You could still stand beside me.
25:43Maybe even as my Luna, if you learn your place.
25:46For one second, I could only look at him.
25:48You don't want me, Damon.
25:50You want my blood, my forgiveness, and my silence.
25:53I pulled my wrist away before he could touch the mark.
25:56And you don't get any of them.
25:57Fine.
25:58I'll break him in front of the whole pack.
26:00And when he falls, Sarah, don't come asking for mercy.
26:04By then you won't have a choice anymore.
26:07Hale came back after sunset.
26:09Mud on his boots.
26:10Blood on his sleeve.
26:11But the first thing he looked at was my wrist.
26:13His eyes narrowed.
26:14Damon came here.
26:15He found me near the border tents.
26:16Did he touch you?
26:17My silence answered too quickly.
26:19Gold flashed through his eyes.
26:20What did he say?
26:21He said I was wasting my blood on you.
26:23That when you fall, I won't have a choice left.
26:26Hale went still.
26:27Then the room changed.
26:28Hot.
26:28Sharp.
26:29His claws slid out against the table edge.
26:31I can take anything he says about me.
26:33But when he talks about you like something to win back.
26:37It wants out.
26:39Hale.
26:39If you come closer tonight.
26:41I don't know if I can stay human.
26:43I stopped.
26:44Not because I was afraid.
26:45Because I understood the trap.
26:47He wants this.
26:48He wants your wolf loose before you're ready.
26:50Hale's breathing was ragged.
26:52Then a horn sounded from the courtyard below.
26:54A challenge horn.
26:55Hale looked toward the window.
26:56And smiled without warmth.
26:59Then let him watch me choose not to bite.
27:02Hale moved before the challenge horn finished sounding.
27:05I followed him down the tower stairs.
27:07His eyes were still gold.
27:08His claws had not fully gone back.
27:10Every wolf we passed stepped aside.
27:11But when we reached the great hall.
27:13It was not a fight waiting for us.
27:15It was a trial.
27:16Every elder was already seated.
27:17Aldric sat on the high chair.
27:19Face dark.
27:19Damon stood in the center of the council floor.
27:21Theron on his left.
27:22Basile on his right.
27:23All three dressed for judgment.
27:25Not battle.
27:26Damon looked up at Hale.
27:27And smiled.
27:28Did you think I was gonna challenge you with my fists brother?
27:30The hall went silent.
27:31Hale stopped at the entrance.
27:32For one second.
27:33I felt the wolf and him pull hard toward Damon.
27:35Then Hale forced it still.
27:37Hale saw the struggle.
27:38So did the elders.
27:39That was the trap.
27:40Hale has been questioning patrol captains without rank.
27:42He accessed sealed border reports without authority.
27:45And every change began after Serafina started bleeding for him.
27:50Every eye turned to me.
27:51Damon did not raise his voice.
27:52He didn't need to.
27:53A cursed wolf who cannot shift suddenly looks strong.
27:56A forgotten heir suddenly gives orders.
27:59Are we supposed to call that recovery?
28:01I call it blood manipulation.
28:03I call it a threat.
28:04Hale.
28:05What do you have to say?
28:07What do you have to say?
28:09Every elder stared at Hale.
28:11Damon stood in the center.
28:12Certain he had won.
28:13Hale's eyes were still touched with gold.
28:15Have the scribe write down every charge.
28:17What?
28:18Every word.
28:19This is not a game.
28:20No.
28:21It's a record.
28:22The hall stirred.
28:23Damon stepped forward.
28:24Strip his claim before that Omega's blood puts a monster on the throne.
28:28My blood is not evidence against him.
28:31It is mine.
28:32And I choose where it goes.
28:34Damon's face hardened.
28:35Hale finally looked at him.
28:36You accused me of checking patrol reports.
28:38You accused me of questioning captains.
28:40I checked them.
28:42And I found out why you were so afraid I would.
28:44A patrol captain stepped forward and placed three sealed reports on the council table.
28:48Kale did not touch them.
28:49Theron sold patrol routes to Iron Flag.
28:52Basile buried complaints from wolves he punished off record.
28:54Basile stepped back.
28:55Then Kale looked at Damon.
28:57And Damon held back winter supplies from the northern border.
28:59Paid captains to stay quiet and prepared to blame the unrest on me.
29:03Damon's face went white.
29:04For the first time, the chamber looked at him.
29:07Even Eldrick.
29:07The old alpha king stared at his son like he was seeing a stranger.
29:12Check the seals.
29:13The scribes moved at once.
29:14One report.
29:15Then another.
29:16Then the third.
29:16The longer they read, the quieter the hall became.
29:19Finally, the oldest scribe lifted his head.
29:21Authentic.
29:22Aldrick descended from the high seat.
29:24Damon took one step back.
29:25Father.
29:26The slap cracked through the hall.
29:27Aldrick seized his hand and ripped the earring from his finger.
29:30Stripped of succession.
29:32Damon stared at his bare hand.
29:33A prince with no ring.
29:34An alpha with no claim.
29:36A son his father would not protect.
29:38Confined under Elder Guard.
29:39Kale's claim stands.
29:41Damon looked around the room like someone would save him.
29:43No one did.
29:44Under the old ancient reet.
29:45A stripped heir may issue one formal challenge before the next full moon.
29:50Damon's eyes left dead.
29:51Slowly, he looked at Kale.
29:53Next full moon.
29:55I'll take that title off you myself.
29:57His gaze led to me.
29:58And when you're kneeling, brother, I'll take back the woman you stole from me too.
30:04Damon didn't waste a single day.
30:06By the second morning, half the border had heard his promise.
30:08He would take back the title.
30:10Then he would take back the woman Kale stole.
30:12From outside the inner stronghold, he worked through Moira.
30:14She still had loyalists.
30:16Messages moved again.
30:17Gold changed hands.
30:18Lyra heard the rumors by noon.
30:19By sunset, she was in his doorway, shaking.
30:22Take her back.
30:24After everything I did for you?
30:26You told me her prophecy was fake.
30:29You said her blood was worthless.
30:31You whispered it every night until I believed you.
30:34And I threw her away on that altar because of it.
30:38She broke a 13-year curse.
30:41She turned a dying wolf into something the whole pack kneels for.
30:47That power was supposed to be mine.
30:50Your head.
30:51And you told me it was a lie.
30:53I'm carrying your heir.
30:54That's the only reason you're still here.
30:57He walked out.
30:58Lyra's knees hit the floor.
30:59As the full moon drew closer, I could feel Kale's wolf changing through the bond.
31:03The pain was gone.
31:04What remained felt sharper, hungrier.
31:06Like something ancient had stopped dying and started waiting.
31:09On the 11th night, I pressed my hand to his chest.
31:11The curse mark was barely there now.
31:13One more push and it's done.
31:17Not yet.
31:18I wanted to break where everyone can see.
31:22The full moon rose over Silvercrest like a blade.
31:25The whole pack was already in the square.
31:27They had not come to watch a ceremony.
31:29They had come to watch a verdict.
31:30Damon stood at the center in black armor.
31:32Border wolves at his back.
31:33I invoke the ancient route.
31:35Shift.
31:36Or step aside.
31:37And if you can't, brother, you don't get the title.
31:40You don't get her either.
31:42Kale walked forward.
31:43Damon struck first.
31:45Fast.
31:45Brutal.
31:46No warning.
31:46Kale took the hit.
31:47Staggered.
31:48Then came back harder.
31:49For three vicious exchanges.
31:50They were matched.
31:51The square erupted.
31:52Then Damon whistled.
31:53The wolves behind him spread out.
31:55Not retreating.
31:56Surrounding us.
31:57The elders surged to their feet.
31:58This violates the right.
32:00The right is for alphas.
32:01He hasn't shifted.
32:02He hasn't proven he is one.
32:04Three wolves lunged at Kale at once.
32:06He dropped the first.
32:07Broke the second's charge.
32:08The third drove him to one knee.
32:10I moved toward him.
32:11Damon saw.
32:11His eyes dropped to the silver mark on my wrist.
32:14Then he understood.
32:14Keep her away from him.
32:15The wolves turned toward me.
32:17My blood went cold.
32:18Damon wasn't trying to beat Kale anymore.
32:20He was trying to cut off the one thing still holding him together.
32:23Kale lifted his head.
32:24Gold burning through his eyes.
32:25The wolves moved to block me.
32:26I didn't stop.
32:27I broke through the gap before they could close it.
32:29Stop her!
32:30Too late.
32:31But by the time his wolves moved.
32:32I was already at Kale's side.
32:34I reached Kale as he hit one knee.
32:35My palm slammed against his chest.
32:37Silver light exploded between us.
32:42Silver light burst from my hand and tore through the last of the curse.
32:45Kale's head snapped back.
32:46And what came out of him was not a scream.
32:48It was a howl that shook the whole square.
32:50Under the full moon.
32:51His body changed.
32:52Bone widened.
32:52Muscle surged.
32:53And silver gray fur broke through beneath the moonlight.
32:56In the space of one breath.
32:57The man was gone.
32:58A wolf stood where he had been.
33:00Massive.
33:00Silver gray.
33:01With moonlight sliding over his fur like metal.
33:03But the eyes were still his.
33:04Deep gray.
33:05Steady.
33:06Unmistakable.
33:07The silver wolf.
33:08Silver crest had not seen that form in a thousand years.
33:10The wolves who had surrounded us furs first.
33:12Then, one by one, they dropped to their knees.
33:15Not because they wanted to.
33:16Because something older in their blood knew exactly what stood before them.
33:19The crowd followed.
33:20Warriors.
33:21Elders.
33:22Patrol captains.
33:23All kneeling.
33:23Damon's face went white.
33:25His wolf knew before he did.
33:26His knees bent.
33:27And he fought it with everything he had.
33:29Pride.
33:29Rage.
33:30Denial.
33:30None of it was stronger than instinct.
33:32His wolf was trying to submit.
33:33No.
33:35No!
33:36Attack!
33:37No one moved.
33:38They were already on the ground.
33:39And Damon finally understood.
33:41They could betray him.
33:42They could cheat for him.
33:43They could lie for him.
33:44But they could not rise against Kale.
33:46Then his eyes found me.
33:47The woman he had rejected.
33:48The woman who had run to Kale instead.
33:50The woman whose blood had made the whole pack kneel.
33:52Something in Damon snapped.
33:53If he could not take the title.
33:55If he could not command the wolves.
33:56Then he would take back the one thing that had crowned his brother.
33:59Me.
33:59He lunged.
34:01The silver wolf moved before I saw it.
34:03One second Damon was lunging.
34:05The next.
34:06Kale stood between us.
34:07And the snarl that hit the square dropped every wolf still standing.
34:10Damon's knee slammed into the dirt.
34:11Not his choice.
34:12His wolf's.
34:13Kale shifted back.
34:14Bare chested.
34:15Eyes still burning gold.
34:16Look at her like she belongs to you again.
34:18And I'll remind your wolf why it nepped.
34:20Damon forced his head up.
34:21Found me.
34:22The rage was gone.
34:23The pride was gone.
34:24Tara!
34:24She was mine first.
34:26I should have chosen her!
34:27He tried to crawl forward.
34:28Kale moved once.
34:29Damon stopped.
34:30It was Lyra.
34:33She lied to me.
34:34Told me the prophecy was fake.
34:36That your blood was worthless.
34:37I believed her.
34:39I'll get rid of her.
34:40Tonight.
34:41The child.
34:42The bond.
34:42All of it.
34:43Gone.
34:43Just come back.
34:44He let me.
34:45Because this part was mine.
34:47You lost me the moment you put my bracelet on her wrist.
34:51I was stupid.
34:52I was proud.
34:54I was.
34:55You were cruel.
34:56And you're still blaming everyone but yourself.
34:59Keep Lyra.
35:00Keep the child.
35:02Keep your excuses.
35:04I have an alpha king to stand beside.
35:07Damon folded.
35:08Kale didn't look away from him.
35:09Drag him out.
35:13Three days later.
35:14Aldric announced he would step down.
35:16The coronation would be held at dawn.
35:17Moira was arrested that same night.
35:19Kale didn't have her executed.
35:21He stripped her of title, guards, rooms, jewels, and every loyalist she had left.
35:25Then he sent her out of Silvercrest for good.
35:27Not as Luna Matriarch.
35:28Not as Kingmaker.
35:29Just Moira.
35:30Damon was sealed in the deepest hold beneath the stronghold.
35:33No light.
35:33No visitors.
35:34No title.
35:35No airing.
35:36At first, he demanded to see me.
35:37Then he begged the guards to tell me he was wrong.
35:40When no answer came, he finally broke.
35:42They said he went mad in that cell.
35:43One moment cursing Kale.
35:45The next crying my name.
35:46Over and over.
35:47He said the same things.
35:48That I had loved him first.
35:50That I should have been his Luna.
35:51That my blood should have made him king.
35:53That he should have chosen me.
35:54Then the final news reached the hold.
35:56Kale would take the mantle at dawn.
35:57And I would stand beside him as his Luna queen.
35:59Damon's last hope shattered.
36:01He had lost the throne.
36:02The pack.
36:03The prophecy.
36:03And the woman who could have given him everything.
36:05They said he held in despair until his voice broke.
36:08But no one came for him.
36:09No one answered.
36:10No one even listened anymore.
36:12Lyra fell fastest of all.
36:14Damon's name was gone.
36:15Moira's protection was gone.
36:17The child would be kept.
36:18Lyra would not.
36:19Her room had been reassigned.
36:20Her jewels catalogued.
36:21Even the bracelet she once wore like a crown had been taken back.
36:24On the morning she was escorted out.
36:26The coronation procession passed.
36:28Silver banners.
36:29White cloaks.
36:30Drums rolling through the road.
36:31Lyra stood barefoot in the dirt and watched me walk beside Kale.
36:34Sarah.
36:35I stopped.
36:36Lyra's eyes failed.
36:37We were friends once.
36:39No.
36:40You were never my friend.
36:42You were the girl who knew every promise Damon made me.
36:45The girl who knew I believed in him.
36:47And the girl who whispered in his ear that my prophecy was a lie.
36:51You told him my blood was worthless.
36:55That choosing me would make him look weak.
36:57You didn't steal Damon because you loved him.
37:00You stole him because you couldn't stand that an Omega like me had something you never would.
37:06I was scared.
37:09No.
37:09You were jealous.
37:11She had no answer.
37:12Behind her, the guards waited.
37:13I turned back to Kale.
37:14Not my place.
37:15Not my future.
37:16Not even my pity.
37:18The coronation was held at dawn.
37:20Kale shifted into the silver wolf for the right.
37:22His fur blazing in the first light like forged metal.
37:25When he returned to human form, Aldrich placed the mantle across his shoulders.
37:29I stood beside him in silver and white.
37:30When the pack knelt, Kale reached for my hand.
37:33His palm was warm.
37:34His grip was steady.
37:35Nothing like the cold, fragile fingers I had held on that altar weeks ago.
37:39For a moment, I was back there again.
37:40The white dress.
37:41The silent pack.
37:42Damon standing beside Lyra like I had already been erased.
37:45Then the doors opened.
37:46Kale had walked in half dead, cursed, and barely able to stand.
37:49No one thought he would survive the night.
37:51Maybe part of me didn't either.
37:53But he looked at me when everyone else looked at my blood.
37:55He asked for my answer when everyone else wanted my obedience.
37:58That was why I chose him.
37:59Not because the prophecy told me to.
38:01Not because I needed revenge.
38:03Because he saw me standing alone and decided that was enough reason to risk his life.
38:06My blood broke the curse.
38:08But it did not make him worthy.
38:09That part had always been his.
38:11Damon had everything and threw it away because he thought I was replaceable.
38:14Kale had almost nothing.
38:15And still chose me like I mattered.
38:17The prophecy said my blood would crown an alpha king.
38:19It was right.
38:20But it was my choice that decided which man deserved it.
38:23Kale turned to me.
38:23For a second, I saw the same question in his eyes.
38:26Does it still stand?
38:27I laced my fingers through his.
38:29Below us, the whole pack remained on their knees.
38:31Yes, it still stands.
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