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Claimed By The Dragon
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00:00and screamed as she threw herself into the pond behind her.
00:04Imogen!
00:08Edmund pulled her up immediately.
00:11Imogen curled up in his arms, trembling.
00:15I only wanted to pray for God's wedding blessing for Isabella, but she...
00:22Isabella!
00:23Spread your legs wider!
00:25The guests are waiting!
00:27Isabella, wake up!
00:30You're not that blessed holy mistress anymore.
00:32Now you're nothing but a slutty dog.
00:34Keep practicing, or I'll strip you naked and throw you out.
00:37Older daughter of Earl Ashwood, blessed by God to bring good luck to my partner.
00:41By the Pope's order, the day my adopted sister Imogen and I turned 18,
00:45we had to draw straws to let God choose our husbands.
00:48I was chosen to marry Edmund, a young rookie knight.
00:50Imogen was going to marry Sebastian Black, the cursed, brutal black duke.
00:55Imogen begged me to swap with her, but I refused to disobey God's will.
00:59Then, she jumped into a lake and ended her own life.
01:02Edmund never said anything about it.
01:04He was incredibly gentle with me, brushing my hair every single day and taking me on walks.
01:09But the very day he became the knight commander, he turned into a monster.
01:12He framed my family as heretics.
01:1427 lives, all being burned to ashes, leaving me in total despair.
01:18A sharp pain snapped me back to reality.
01:20The whip tore right through the skin on my shoulder.
01:23I made up my mind, snatched the dagger from the guard's waist and slunged it straight into my own heart.
01:28I died filled with pure hatred and regret.
01:33When I opened my eyes again,
01:35I found myself back three days before the wedding,
01:38the exact day we were going to draw straws to decide our fates.
01:42The meeting hall was packed.
01:44My father sat in his velvet chair,
01:46with a wooden box holding two copper coins right in front of him.
01:51Edmund stood to the side, staring at me, looking nervous.
01:55The life-changing moment was the same in my past life.
01:59Sebastian Black, the black duke, was cursed and totally brutal.
02:04Everyone said he wouldn't even survive this winter,
02:07and whoever married him would only suffer.
02:09I looked past those two coins of fate and looked at Edmund.
02:12He seemed to be mouthing the words to me.
02:13Imogen is too lonely by herself.
02:15You all owe her, and you should all go keep her company.
02:18Isabella!
02:19Isabella!
02:20My father's voice suddenly snapped me out of my thoughts.
02:23I looked up fast, took a step forward, and said in a firm, steady voice,
02:27No need to draw.
02:28I will be the black duke's bride.
02:31The second I finished talking, Edmund snapped his head up,
02:34his amber eyes suddenly lighting up with joy.
02:37He almost threw himself in front of my father.
02:39In that case, Count Ashwood, I am more than willing to marry Lady Imogen.
02:44His voice was full of desperation and rush, making the shunnel crowd shock.
02:47But in my past life, Edmund did not act like this at all.
02:50Back then, before the results were even out, he thought I was chosen for the duke.
02:54He dropped to his knees, begging me not to leave him.
02:56He swore to protect me with his life.
02:59My father was moved by him, and he used our family's reputation to help Edmund become the knight commander.
03:04I narrowed my eyes, looking at Edmund, who was so desperate to marry Imogen now.
03:08His reaction was totally off.
03:10Unless he remembers the past life, too.
03:13My father slammed his hand on the table, knocking out his silver wine cup.
03:17When you begged me to adopt you, you promised to marry Isabella!
03:20The Pope needed a girl from the Ashwood family to calm down the cursed wrath of Duke Black.
03:24To save me from going, my father adopted Edmund, an orphan back then,
03:28training him to be a gentleman and helping him join the knights.
03:31But in the past life, Edmund threw my father into a dungeon,
03:35nailed his ten fingers to the wall with iron, and burned him to death.
03:38He used that brutal cruelty to get revenge because my father stopped him from being with Imogen.
03:43The thing about my father's horrific end in the past life,
03:45I walked up, held his shame down, and gently shook my head.
03:49Edmund was only a member of the knights, given a holy sword by the Pope himself.
03:53We couldn't cross him just yet.
03:57Count Ashwood, I'm not that pathetic little loser anymore.
04:00Some promises shouldn't be taken seriously.
04:03I looked at him, trying my best to stay calm.
04:05Edmund, don't worry, I will marry the Black Duke.
04:07Edmund froze for a second, but his eyes quickly turned and scary.
04:10Isabella, you better really mean that.
04:13He walked right up to me and whispered.
04:16Otherwise, I'll show you that the fire from our past life can easily burn again.
04:21I just nodded.
04:23Edmund frowned, surprised that I didn't react.
04:25He nut, grabbed Imogen's hand, and stormed out of the hall.
04:28I took a deep breath and forced my anger down.
04:31I am the blessed holy Maddiston.
04:33I can bring good luck to my partner and even break the curse.
04:36This is exactly why I dare to marry Duke Black,
04:39and Edmund was stupid enough to think I'm the same naive girl who loved him in the past life.
04:44Just three days later, I will be the Duchess,
04:47and I will make him pay back every single bit of pain I suffered in my past life!
04:51Two days before the wedding, Duke Black sent someone to bring me a diamond ring.
04:55Lady Isabella, the Duke is deeply grateful that you are willing to be his bride.
04:59He promised he would give you a perfect wedding.
05:02After saying thank you, I carefully tucked the ring away and walked alone to St. Mary's convent.
05:08The old nun handed me a sapphire necklace and drew a cross on my forehead.
05:12God bless you, my poor Isabella.
05:16Your mother held this necklace and knelt before the Holy Mother,
05:20praying for three days, just for you to have a happy marriage.
05:24I gripped the necklace tight, my eyes burning with tears.
05:27After saying goodbye to the nun, I walked out of the convent,
05:30only to run straight into Imogen and Edmund.
05:33Sister, your necklace is so pretty.
05:36Anyway, you won't live long after marrying the Black Duke.
05:38Why don't you just give me the necklace?
05:41Absolutely no.
05:43I promised Mother to wear it at my wedding.
05:45Edmund stared at the necklace in my hands.
05:48He knew exactly how much it meant to me.
05:50But Imogen wouldn't stop whining.
05:53Edmund!
05:53I want it!
05:57Isabella,
05:58hand it over.
06:00Edmund, this is the wedding blessing my mother prayed for me!
06:02How dare you!
06:03Lady Isabella,
06:04you are so obsessed with wedding vows.
06:06Are you still dreaming about marrying me?
06:08The moment he finished talking,
06:09Imogen lunged forward to grab it.
06:11She pulled it with a hard yank,
06:12and the necklace broke.
06:14The blue saffrons were scattered all over the ground.
06:17The day before the wedding,
06:18my father looked worried.
06:20Duke Black is cursed,
06:22and totally brutal.
06:24Are you sure you want to marry him?
06:28I had no other choice.
06:29So he looked issued.
06:30Father,
06:31the Ashwood family needs to bring back our honour,
06:34and we cannot disobey the Pope.
06:39My father didn't say a word.
06:42He just let out a deep sigh.
06:45Right after leaving my father's study,
06:47Imogen blocked my way,
06:48grabbing my hand with a nasty smirk on her face.
06:51Sister,
06:52stop dreaming
06:52about Edmund,
06:54and just go be your obedient little duchess.
06:58Looking at how paranoid she was acting,
07:00I just found it hilarious.
07:03Let go.
07:06I coldly shook her off,
07:08barely using any strength.
07:12But she gave me a wicked smile,
07:15turned around,
07:16and screamed as she threw herself
07:18into the pond behind her.
07:20Imogen!
07:25Edmund pulled her up immediately.
07:27Imogen curled up in his arms,
07:29trembling.
07:31I only wanted to pray
07:33for God's wedding blessing for Isabella,
07:35but she...
07:38Isabella!
07:40How can you be so evil?
07:46Before I could even speak,
07:48he shoved me straight into the lake.
07:53I struggled with my life,
07:55but he just carried Imogen
07:56and walked away without looking back.
07:58By the time I crawled out
08:00shivering and soaking wet...
08:06You already owe her a life,
08:09but...
08:10for the sake of our past,
08:12I can save you.
08:15He tossed the vash right at me and said,
08:17Drink this potion tomorrow night
08:18and you will be fake dead.
08:19I'll have someone sneak you out.
08:22All you have to do
08:23is agree to be my secret lover.
08:27I raised my hand
08:28and threw the vial
08:29straight into the deep water.
08:32You don't deserve it.
08:35Once tomorrow comes,
08:36I will have absolutely nothing
08:37to do with this traitor ever again.
08:39My half-sister and I
08:40both chose a shifter mate.
08:41In our previous life,
08:42she picked first
08:43and chose the Hawk Clan heir
08:44with the perfect looks
08:45and powerful family background.
08:47She left me
08:48the lowly serpent.
08:49Three years into her marriage,
08:51the Hawk Shifter's mistress
08:52and illegitimate son
08:53knelt before my sister
08:54and humiliated her completely.
08:57Meanwhile,
08:57I took control
08:58of the entire serpent clan
08:59and earned my husband's devotion.
09:01She pushed me off a cliff
09:02out of jealousy.
09:04When I opened my eyes,
09:05I was back on the day
09:05we chose our mates.
09:06My sister barely concealed
09:08the excitement in her voice
09:09as she rushed to wrap her arms
09:10around the serpent's tail.
09:12I knew then
09:12that she had been reborn too.
09:14The serpent clan
09:15are lustful by nature.
09:16I wonder how long she'll last.
09:17When Victoria threw her arms
09:19around that serpent tail,
09:20face flushed with open adoration,
09:22even Lady Hargrove went still.
09:24Everyone knew the serpent clan
09:26was considered the lowest
09:27of the shifter races,
09:28cold-blooded in every sense.
09:30The Hawk clan, by contrast,
09:32mated for life.
09:33One wife,
09:33no exceptions.
09:34Loyalty written into their bones.
09:36And the Hawk male,
09:37standing in the room today,
09:38was the future clan leader.
09:40Sharp-eyed,
09:41broad-shouldered,
09:42the kind of man
09:42every woman in the room
09:43had been silently hoping to catch.
09:45Victoria still wouldn't let go
09:47of that tail.
09:48Lady Hargrove's expression curdled.
09:49She'd brought the serpent here
09:50specifically to humiliate me.
09:52She hadn't planned
09:53on her own daughter
09:54falling for it.
09:55Are you sure about this?
09:56Mother,
09:57he's the only one
09:58I'll ever marry.
09:59Even the serpent
10:00turned to look at her.
10:01His tail coiled hard
10:02around her waist,
10:03pulling her tight
10:04against his chest.
10:05That was what a serpent did
10:06when he felt something.
10:07The beginning of desire.
10:08Victoria's face went scarlet,
10:10her resolve locked into place.
10:11Lady Hargrove pressed her lips
10:12together and gave in.
10:14With that settled,
10:14the hawk male,
10:16Adrian Ashford,
10:16turned to me.
10:17He dipped his head
10:18in a slight,
10:19unhurried bow.
10:20Then it's you,
10:21Miss Alara.
10:22I'll send the betrothal gifts tomorrow.
10:24In my past life,
10:25it was Victoria
10:25who had chosen Adrian.
10:27She'd walked into
10:28the Ashford estate
10:28as its new mistress,
10:30draped in the prestige
10:30of the most powerful
10:32hawk family in the region.
10:33He seemed devoted
10:34on the surface.
10:35Three years
10:35of polished appearances.
10:37Then a woman appeared
10:38at the gate
10:38with his ten-year-old son.
10:39Victoria came apart.
10:41She ran home to her mother,
10:42dignity in pieces.
10:43But Adrian had spent years
10:45building his reputation carefully.
10:47He brought the woman
10:47and boy home
10:48under the excuse
10:49of a drunken mistake.
10:50And to protect
10:50the hawk clan's tradition
10:51against taking a second wife,
10:53he divorced Victoria outright.
10:54Lady Hargrove marched back
10:56to the Ashford estate
10:57to demand answers.
10:58The mistress met them
10:59at the door.
10:59Chin lifted.
11:00I'm Mrs. Ashford now.
11:01My son has awakened
11:03his abilities.
11:04What exactly are you
11:04going to do about that?
11:06Give it time.
11:07I'll be the clan leader's wife,
11:08then his mother.
11:09They were thrown out publicly.
11:10After that,
11:11Victoria unraveled.
11:13She sat in the courtyard
11:14every day,
11:14vacant and muttering.
11:16When someone passed close enough,
11:17she grabbed their leg
11:18with both hands,
11:19her face twisting.
11:20I'm the clan leader's wife!
11:22I am!
11:23I am!
11:24She never came back from it.
11:25My serpent husband,
11:26by contrast,
11:27had been born into nothing.
11:28But he dismissed
11:29every one of his kept women.
11:31He trained relentlessly
11:32and built his clan up
11:33from scraps.
11:34People said I'd made
11:35the better choice after all.
11:36Even Lady Hargrove,
11:37who had never bothered
11:38to hide her contempt for me,
11:40started showing up at my door
11:41with smiles she didn't mean,
11:43asking me to visit.
11:44Then,
11:45Victoria had one of her lucid moments.
11:47She lured me
11:48to the edge of the cliff.
11:49I'll drag you down
11:50to hell with me.
11:51Her eyes burned her hatred
11:52as she shoved me over.
11:54Now she's chosen
11:55my husband instead.
11:56I wonder if she can handle
11:58the serpent's
11:59excessive affection.
12:00The Ashford betrothal gifts
12:01arrived quickly.
12:02They filled half the courtyard.
12:04Victoria didn't spare a glance
12:05for the serpent clan's
12:06meager offering.
12:07She sweet-talked Lady Hargrove
12:08into patting her trousseau
12:10until it groaned.
12:11Ivy told me that Victoria
12:12and her serpent
12:13had been meeting in secret.
12:14Someone had spotted them
12:15coming out of an alley together.
12:17Clothes barely clinging to them,
12:18her face still flushed.
12:20Half the street had seen it.
12:21She came to me
12:22the same afternoon,
12:23brimming.
12:24My fiancé loves me!
12:25What does that have
12:26to do with you?
12:27This is just how
12:28he shows his love for me!
12:30And if you say
12:31a single word to Mother
12:32about any of it,
12:34I'll make your life miserable.
12:35I just watched her go.
12:37She looked nothing
12:38like the girl she used to be.
12:39The softness was gone.
12:41Whatever innocence
12:41had been in her face
12:42had been thoroughly used up.
12:44On our wedding day,
12:45two wedding horse carriage
12:46left the estate together.
12:47Drums, horns,
12:48the whole performance.
12:49Adrian Ashford sat high
12:51on a pale horse
12:52in his wedding white,
12:53all clean lines
12:54and devastating bone structure,
12:56looking exactly like
12:56someone who knew it.
12:57I knew why he'd gone
12:58through with this.
12:59The matriarch once said to him,
13:00You are the only heir.
13:02You must marry a noble woman
13:03to continue the bloodline.
13:04That was the only condition
13:05for me to inherit
13:06the clan leadership.
13:07But his mistress
13:08was low-born,
13:09ineligible.
13:10He needed a proper wife.
13:11If she gave him a son first,
13:12better.
13:13Either way,
13:13he didn't lose.
13:14I set down my wedding bouquet.
13:15Two familiar figures
13:16had appeared
13:17at the side of the road.
13:18Father!
13:19The boy lunged
13:19toward Adrian's horse.
13:20The word was barely out
13:21before a beautiful woman
13:22yanked him back
13:23and smothered his mouth
13:24with her hand.
13:25Forgive us, everyone.
13:26My son
13:26misses his father.
13:28He got confused.
13:28He didn't mean anything by it.
13:30Adrian pulled his reins top.
13:32He exhaled once.
13:33Today is my wedding.
13:34Can't you keep your child in hand?
13:36If he'd startled the horse carriage,
13:38I'd have had all your heads.
13:39Get them out of here.
13:40The woman's face went white.
13:41She bit her lip
13:42and stepped back.
13:43I'm so sorry.
13:44We're leaving.
13:45I wasn't about to let this
13:47dissolve quietly.
13:48Husband,
13:49don't be so hard on them.
13:50The child didn't mean any harm.
13:52And today is a happy occasion.
13:54Why not do a good deed?
13:55I actually need another servant woman
13:56as my side.
13:57If she's willing,
13:58she could come along with us.
14:00This woman had one obsession.
14:01Becoming Mrs. Ashford.
14:03Now that Adrian had taken a wife,
14:04she was already fraying at the edges.
14:06One of my people
14:06needed barely three sentences
14:08to maneuver her
14:09into showing up here today.
14:10If I offered her a door
14:11to the estate,
14:12she'd walk through it
14:13without thinking.
14:13She hesitated for half a breath,
14:15then looked away
14:15from Adrian's sharp,
14:17warning stare.
14:18Thank you, ma'am.
14:18The carriage rolled on.
14:19She followed behind,
14:21boy in hand.
14:21The crowd murmured
14:22approvingly along the route.
14:24The new Mrs. Ashford
14:25is something else.
14:26Even after that scene,
14:27she finds them a position.
14:29Must run in the family.
14:30The Ashfords are good people.
14:32It's a good weekend
14:33over the centuries.
14:34Dragon heirs were too weak
14:35to survive the dragonfire trial
14:37and could not awaken
14:38their dragon forms.
14:39Only my blood
14:40can strengthen their power
14:41and help them become
14:43the true dragon.
14:44No one knew these truths
14:45except the dragon king.
14:47I was the only
14:48phoenix princess Serena.
14:49The dragon king
14:50asked me to choose
14:51any of his kin
14:52as my mate.
14:53He decreed whoever I chose
14:54would become
14:55the next dragon king.
14:56In my past life,
14:57I chose the dragon prince
14:59I had loved
14:59for ten years.
15:00I used my phoenix blood
15:02to guide him
15:02through the dragonfire trial,
15:04helping him become
15:05a true dragon
15:05and claim the throne.
15:07He repaid me
15:08by locking me on the altar,
15:09slitting my veins,
15:10and feeding my blood
15:11to my nightingale stepsister.
15:13I never loved you.
15:14I can become
15:15a true dragon without you.
15:17Your blood can make
15:18Leora a phoenix.
15:19That's your final worth.
15:21He drained me dry,
15:22carved my eyes
15:23into a crown,
15:24and turned my bones
15:25into a sword.
15:26I fell into a pool
15:27of my own blood,
15:28Leora.
15:29When I opened my eyes again,
15:30I was back at the mating hall,
15:32the day of choosing.
15:33Cassius was on one knee
15:34in front of me,
15:35the same arrogant look.
15:36Serena,
15:37which man will you choose
15:38to be your mate?
15:39The lineage of the dragon
15:40had returned over the centuries.
15:42Dragon heirs were too weak
15:44to survive the dragonfire trial
15:45and could not awaken
15:46their dragon forms.
15:48Only my blood
15:48can strengthen their power
15:50and help them become
15:51the true dragon.
15:52No one knew these truths,
15:53except the dragon king.
15:56Father,
15:56I know Serena loves me,
15:58but my soul belongs to Leora.
16:00I have bound myself
16:01to her with a blood oath.
16:02If I fail,
16:03may dragonfire burn me to ashes!
16:05He asked for bonding
16:07with my stepsister.
16:08This hadn't happened
16:08in my last life.
16:10In that single look between us,
16:11I knew.
16:12Cassius had been reborn too.
16:14The court erupted.
16:16The dragon king's face
16:17changed at once.
16:18The air sharpened.
16:20The other princes
16:21leaned forward hungry.
16:22Everyone knew
16:23that marrying me
16:24was to take the throne.
16:25To refuse me
16:26was to throw the crown
16:27into the dirt.
16:28Father,
16:29I know Serena
16:30cannot live without me.
16:31I'll take her
16:32as secondary consort.
16:33I'll care for her
16:33all her days.
16:34Then,
16:35I understood.
16:36He was reborn with memory,
16:37convincing that I loved him
16:38so much
16:39that I would answer
16:40any of his demands.
16:41Even it meant to be
16:42his secondary consort.
16:46Father,
16:46I know Serena loves me,
16:48but my soul
16:49belongs to Leora.
16:51I have bound myself
16:52to her with a blood oath.
16:53If I fail,
16:55may dragon fire
16:56burn me to ashes.
16:57How dare you?
16:58Leora is a lowborn
16:59and alive by Serena's mercy alone.
17:01She is not fit to sit
17:02with the real phoenix.
17:03A blood oath?
17:03Let me kill her.
17:04The vow dies with her!
17:06Cassius flinched.
17:07A flash of hatred
17:08crossed his face.
17:09What's the matter?
17:11You've always been
17:12desperate to marry me.
17:13I'm giving you the chance.
17:15Don't try my patience.
17:17You stole so much
17:18from Leora.
17:19It's only because
17:20she's too kind
17:20that I let you be my consort.
17:22His words almost
17:23made me laugh.
17:24Leora was just
17:25a nightingale spirit,
17:26the daughter of a slave.
17:28Before I was born,
17:29House Phoenix was attacked.
17:30Every egg in our hatching
17:32hall was lost
17:33or scattered.
17:34The survivor found
17:35a similar egg
17:35and mistook her for me.
17:37They raised her
17:38like a princess for years.
17:39A hundred years later,
17:40when we could first
17:41take our true forms,
17:42my mother and father
17:43saw the truth.
17:44But mother was kind.
17:45She kept Leora
17:46in the phoenix halls.
17:48She let her live
17:48with all the privileges
17:49of a phoenix princess.
17:51But Leora was never satisfied.
17:53The king's hand
17:54cracked across Cassius' face.
17:57Serena!
17:57This Weiss is a fool!
17:59Whatever you decide,
18:01his life is in your hands!
18:03Everyone here knew
18:04that marrying me
18:05would make them a king.
18:06But no one,
18:07not even Cassius,
18:08knew that only my blood
18:09could make them
18:10true dragons.
18:11Your majesty,
18:13I have chosen.
18:14Every eye in the hall
18:16fell on me,
18:17Cassius' most of all.
18:20I wrote the name
18:21into the dragon king's palm
18:22and leaned in
18:23to whisper my plan.
18:24The king paused,
18:25then nodded.
18:26If this is truly your wish,
18:28so be it.
18:29I'll see it done.
18:30You!
18:31Confine yourself
18:31to your chamber.
18:32Reflect on what you've done.
18:33Do not embarrass yourself
18:34again before the wedding.
18:35A flicker of triumph
18:36crossed Cassius'
18:37normally cold face,
18:39as if he had expected
18:40I would agree.
18:40I did not give him
18:41the satisfaction.
18:42My eyes fell
18:43to the far corner
18:44of the hall.
18:44A young man stood there,
18:46dressed in rags,
18:47but carried himself
18:47with quiet grace.
18:49A small,
18:49black scale ridge
18:50ran along his temple.
18:52Early form of a dragon horn.
18:53He was nothing like
18:54the man I had once known.
18:56Outside the hall,
18:57Cassius had not gone.
18:58Beside him stood Leora,
18:59dressed in soft white,
19:01exactly an innocent,
19:02fragile girl.
19:03He saw me
19:03and pulled her forward.
19:04Serena,
19:05thank you,
19:06truly,
19:06for stepping aside
19:07and letting us be.
19:08If my parents were here
19:09to see your kindness,
19:10they would weep with joy.
19:12Her fingers lingered
19:13too long on her dry eyes,
19:14making sure everyone
19:15saw she had cried.
19:17Cassius' face
19:17softened at once.
19:19Stop it.
19:19You don't owe her a thing.
19:21I choose you.
19:22If anything,
19:23she should be thanking you
19:24for your generosity.
19:25If you hadn't agreed,
19:26I would never have made her
19:27my second consort.
19:29Leora's parents died
19:30for your sake.
19:31The least you could do
19:32is make amends
19:33for your debts.
19:34Leora's parents
19:35had been nightingale spirits,
19:36a kind pair
19:37who had taken me in
19:38as their own.
19:38They had been hunted down
19:39by beasts during a journey.
19:41It was their deaths
19:42that had ignited
19:42my phoenix flame
19:43and brought house phoenix
19:44to my door.
19:45In my last life,
19:46I had let Leora
19:47take everything from me
19:48out of guilt.
19:49Only on the day I died
19:51did I learn
19:51it was Leora
19:52who had led the beasts
19:53to her parents.
19:54She had murdered
19:55her own mother and father
19:56to be rid of me.
19:57I said nothing.
19:58I just stared.
19:59Cassius continued
20:00without even blinking.
20:01To make it up to Leora,
20:02I want your essence blood
20:03to make her a real phoenix.
20:08Alpha, I didn't mean to.
20:10I just want to be with you.
20:13On the day of my wedding
20:14to the Lycan prince,
20:15his childhood sweetheart,
20:17the wet nurse's daughter Rui,
20:18The wet made some gold coins
20:19for her retirement.
20:20Bury Rui properly.
20:21Then he went back
20:22to completing
20:22the blood covenant ritual
20:23with me
20:24as if nothing had happened.
20:26Five years later,
20:27the night before
20:27Cain's coronation
20:28as Lycan king,
20:29the elders examined me
20:30and declared I was barren,
20:31would never bear children.
20:34He had his warriors
20:35drag me to the stone quarry
20:36behind the royal grounds,
20:37made me pave
20:38a road of atonement,
20:39said I could never
20:40return to court.
20:43She was carrying my pup
20:44when she died.
20:45Your Stormfang tribe
20:45weren't so powerful.
20:46Why would I have married you?
20:47Rui would still be alive
20:47and so would my child.
20:48You don't deserve
20:49to have offspring.
20:50Spend the rest of your life
20:51moving stones,
20:52atoned for Rui and her pup.
20:55Within a year,
20:56my father and brother
20:57were framed for colluding
20:58with vampires.
20:59The entire Stormfang tribe
21:00was slaughtered.
21:03I coughed up blood
21:04and died.
21:06Then I opened my eyes.
21:08I was back,
21:09the day I was marrying
21:09into the royal court.
21:13Outside,
21:13the wolves were howling
21:14at the moon.
21:15The sound of Alpha Cain
21:16kicking the wedding carriage axel
21:17snapped me fully awake.
21:20I was reborn.
21:21I clenched my fists.
21:22My heart pounded.
21:23If the moon goddess
21:24was giving me a second chance,
21:25I wasn't going to waste it.
21:26The Stormfang tribe
21:27wouldn't die in vain.
21:28I would live this time.
21:29And I would make Cain pay
21:30for every drop of blood
21:31he spilled in my past life.
21:33Cain led me into the ritual circle.
21:34Freya, my handmaiden,
21:35steadied my arm.
21:36As she leaned in,
21:37I whispered a few quick words.
21:38She slipped away without a sound.
21:40She was a warrior
21:41raised by the Stormfang tribe.
21:43She'd been by my side
21:44since childhood.
21:45Handmaiden in name,
21:46bodyguard in truth.
21:47I trusted her completely.
21:49The wedding between Alpha Cain
21:51and the daughter of Stormfang,
21:52every chieftain in the Northern Territories
21:54had come with their mates.
21:55It was the biggest union
21:56the North had seen in years.
21:57The daughter of Stormfang
21:58was about to become
21:59the luna of the royal court.
22:01In the name of the moon goddess,
22:03bind by blood.
22:04Then a young servant
22:05from Rue's room
22:05came running in.
22:06Alpha!
22:07Rue tried to kill herself!
22:10Tears streaming down her face,
22:11she dropped to her knees,
22:12forehead hitting the ground.
22:14Alpha!
22:14Rue tried to kill herself!
22:16Rue grew up with the Alpha!
22:17Please, Alpha, save her!
22:19Why would she do
22:20something so stupid?
22:22I told her I'd give her
22:24a title after the wedding.
22:25He turned to run.
22:26Nearly tripped on the
22:27ritual circle steps,
22:28remembered it was his wedding day.
22:29He turned to run.
22:30Nearly tripped on the
22:31ritual circle steps,
22:32remembered it was his wedding day.
22:34So he stopped,
22:34looked at me.
22:36Leora, I need to check on Rue.
22:37I'll come back and finish
22:38the blood covenant.
22:39The wedding's set,
22:40what's the hurry?
22:41Alpha, this is a matter
22:42of life and death.
22:43Why don't I come with you?
22:44Aluna should handle
22:45household affairs after all.
22:47Yes, yes, of course.
22:49So the Alpha and his bride-to-be
22:50left the ritual circle
22:51halfway through the ceremony
22:52to visit a wet nurse's daughter.
22:54The crowd whispered behind us,
22:55they couldn't believe it.
22:56Inside the wooden house,
22:57Rue was wearing a moonlight gown,
22:59the kind a bride was supposed
23:00to wear for the blood covenant.
23:03She'd dyed cheap burlap white herself.
23:05The stitches were crooked.
23:07Her half-shifted claws
23:08were pressed against her own throat.
23:10Her fingertips had already
23:11broken skin.
23:11Blood trickled down her neck.
23:14She saw Cain walk in,
23:15burst into tears,
23:16threw herself at him.
23:19Alpha, I didn't mean to.
23:20I just want to be with you.
23:21I know I'm Lohan.
23:22I can never be your Luna,
23:23but I wanted just once
23:25to wear a moonlight gown
23:26and complete the blood covenant.
23:30Be your mate
23:31since we were children.
23:35Why are you so stupid?
23:36I told you I'd give you a title
23:38after the Luna moved in.
23:39Why would you do this?
23:41If anything happened to you,
23:42how could I go on?
23:43Are you trying to rip my heart out?
23:45Rue took his hand,
23:46placed it gently over her stomach.
23:50Alpha, the healer,
23:51came a few days ago.
23:52I'm carrying your pup.
23:53Two months.
23:55I didn't want my child
23:56to be born low-lid,
23:58to be mocked and called bastard.
23:59That's why I...
24:01Really?
24:02You're carrying my pup?
24:06Yes, Alpha.
24:08We're having a child.
24:10They held each other.
24:11Everyone else just stared.
24:12Everyone else just stared.
24:14No way.
24:15The Alpha knocked up
24:16a wetmaid's daughter?
24:16On his wedding day
24:17and she chose today
24:18to make a scene?
24:19Look at them.
24:19This is bad.
24:20Leora must be devastated.
24:21She's the future Luna.
24:22This is a slap in Stormhand's face.
24:24I let my face go pale,
24:26let the betrothal wolf fang
24:27slip from my fingers.
24:28It hit the ground
24:29with a clatter.
24:30I staggered back
24:31into my old nurse's arms.
24:36Alpha Cain.
24:37I thought she was just a servant.
24:39Now you're telling me
24:40she's pregnant with your pup?
24:41Cain looked at me,
24:42uncomfortable.
24:43Leora, she's my wet nurse's daughter.
24:45We grew up together.
24:47She's the woman I love.
24:49So you're in love?
24:50You've been meeting in secret
24:52and now there's a child?
24:53Question after question.
24:54He didn't answer any of them.
24:56Rue scrambled off the bed,
24:57dropped to the floor
24:58in a full submission kneel,
24:59forehead to the ground,
25:00hands spread wide,
25:01throat bared.
25:03Luna, it's not the Alpha's fault.
25:04It's mine.
25:05I couldn't control myself.
25:07I wanted to give the Alpha a pup.
25:09He drank too much that night.
25:10He thought I was you.
25:13My palm connected with her cheek.
25:18How dare you?
25:19I'm the legitimate daughter
25:20of Stormfung.
25:21I was raised with discipline.
25:23I will not be slander.
25:26I met the Alpha two times
25:27before the engagement,
25:28always with elders present,
25:29never alone.
25:30So don't drag my name
25:31through the mud
25:32just to make yourself
25:33look less disgusting.
25:35It's my fault, Luna.
25:39Forgive me.
25:40Then she half shifted
25:41and dragged her own claws
25:42down her face.
25:43Three gashes from forehead to cheek.
25:45Stop!
25:50This isn't Rue's fault.
25:51She wasn't born powerful.
25:53You were.
25:54That's the only difference.
25:56Without your father's wolves,
25:58would I want you as Luna?
25:59Rue tried to kill herself today
26:01because of you.
26:02She's carrying my pup.
26:05Now you're married in.
26:07Rue is my consort.
26:09I won't leave her
26:10or my child
26:11without a title.
26:13Luna?
26:14The Lycan King himself
26:15had approved this match.
26:16If it weren't for this engagement,
26:18Cain wouldn't even be
26:18sitting in the Alpha's seat.
26:20The Luna position
26:21was granted
26:21by the Lycan King himself.
26:23How you've behaved today,
26:25on our wedding day,
26:26insults not only Stormfig
26:28but also the King.
26:30Then I turned to Rue.
26:32And you.
26:34You've known about the pregnancy.
26:36You wait until wedding day
26:37to make a scene.
26:38Are you really not doing this
26:40on purpose?
26:41Past life.
26:42Sister gave me cursed
26:44witch necklace.
26:45Stole my strength.
26:46Stole my health.
26:49Three days from now,
26:51Moon God alter.
26:52Her position's yours.
26:57Last of all,
26:58they wanted my life.
26:59Rafe!
27:00You will regret this!
27:02The Moon Goddess
27:03will punish your betrayal!
27:08I'll watch you from the abyss
27:09forever, Rafe.
27:16Don't worry,
27:16Your Highness.
27:17I'll help you.
27:24Every time I was in danger,
27:25he was there for me.
27:27I thought he was the one.
27:33Me too.
27:35I...
27:37worry.
27:38I...
27:38I...
27:38I...
27:43I...
27:44I...
27:56I...
28:00Today we gather to witness the union of Princess Cleo of Mycenae and Achilles, son of Peleos.
28:07From this moment on, their fates shall be bound as one.
28:10Princess, you may present the tiara.
28:13I spent the entire day making this for him.
28:25Oh!
28:28You abused your power to force Norena into a political marriage with Thoses in Troy.
28:33And now you expect me to marry you, Cleo. I will never love you.
28:41Achilles, get back here!
28:45We've then become enemies. He hated me for tearing him away from my stepsister, and I hated him for never
28:52letting her go.
28:56No! Let me go!
28:59The woman he couldn't forget was dead within days of arriving in Troy, sacrificed for breaking their sacred law.
29:34She died because of you!
29:37For eight years, all we had for each other was hatred.
29:56He waited eight years for this war. Eight years to avenge her.
30:00No!
30:05Yes!
30:07Oh!
30:09Yes!
30:15Yeah!buster!
30:26But it take more than one Achilles to win the war.
30:29The land was soon covered by the corpses of our men.
30:54What are you doing?
30:55I'm paving you a path out with my life.
31:03The invincible man chose to die for me.
31:32Achilles!
31:38If there's a next life, leave me.
31:44Be with Norena.
31:48Even in death, all he wants is to be with Norena.
31:50If there is another life, I will never chase after you again.
31:58Wait. I'm actually back to ten years ago.
32:01This is the day I begged my father to marry Achilles.
32:05Troy's messenger arrived this morning.
32:06I have to send a daughter marriage, or face war.
32:10Tell me, Clairo, do you still insist on marrying Achilles?
32:15Father, I've changed my mind.
32:18I will go to Troy.
32:19For peace.
32:20And I will leave Achilles to Norena.
32:28Clairo, haven't you always wanted to marry Achilles?
32:31What changed your mind?
32:32You are giving him to me.
32:34Just like that?
32:35What is the catch?
32:36Relax.
32:37There's no catch.
32:38But I do have one condition.
32:41Of course.
32:42What is it?
32:42Keep this between us until the wedding.
32:46That's it.
32:47Deal.
32:48Good.
32:49Five days from now, both marriages will be held together.
32:52I'll have everything prepared at once.
33:00Father is so happy that I was the one going away.
33:03Of course.
33:04He's always favored my stepsister.
33:17There he is.
33:24Your Majesty.
33:25I beg you.
33:26Do not send Norena to Troy.
33:28Take him away.
33:38Just like before, still on his knees, begging for her.
33:43What do you want?
33:44Did it ever occur to you?
33:47If Norela doesn't go to Troy, I will.
33:51As long as I can still hold a spear, and as long as you stay out of it, no princess
33:56will
33:57have to be traded for peace.
33:59Then I hope you get what you wish for.
34:05When you find out your bride is Norena instead of me, I hope you'll be happy.
34:10You saved my life once, and this is my repayment.
34:14Now, we are clear.
34:21She's different today.
34:23She always makes a scene when she sees me fighting for Norena.
34:25Why is she so calm?
34:28Is she planning something?
34:39Mycelia and Troy are enemies for centuries.
34:42Norena was sacrificed on the day of arrival, which triggered the war that destroyed everything.
34:46If I can stop the Trojan Prince may be the inevitable.
34:52But how?
35:06Why did you have to send Norena to Troy to get rid of her?
35:09You just want her dead so badly, don't you?
35:11Achilles, let go!
35:12You're hurting me!
35:13Do you really think that you can bend my will to marry you with an order from your father?
35:17A jealous, vicious woman like you, you don't deserve love.
35:21You are not worthy to be the princess of Mycenae.
35:27Son of Peleus, mind your place.
35:42I'm sorry, Your Highness.
35:44I was drunk.
35:45You'll get what you want on the wedding day.
35:47Now leave.
35:52That's going to bruise.
35:54Let me treat it.
36:05Relax, Your Highness.
36:06I got you.
36:08I got you.
36:10I got you.
36:13I got you.
36:14I got you.
36:16I got you.
36:17I got you.
36:18I got you.
36:18I got you.
36:43Don't worry, Your Highness.
36:44I'll help you.
36:45I got you.
36:51Every time I was in danger, he was there for me.
36:54I thought he was the one.
37:17Achilles!
37:18It's not what it looks like!
37:24Achilles, it's not what it looks like!
37:25No love, just repayment for what my mother did for him, and I held on to it, for far too
37:30long.
37:30It's time to let go.
37:33No thanks.
37:34I can take care of myself.
37:39She's never looked at me like that before.
37:42What happened?
37:43Achilles!
37:53Achilles, where's the ivory carving you promised me?
37:56Here it is.
37:59Aww, it's so gorgeous!
38:01Is it a little rabbit?
38:04You're so perfect.
38:05I bet all the girls in my cellie would die for your favor.
38:08I only carve for the ones I love.
38:15He learned from my mother.
38:17When she was alive, she carved these for me.
38:21After she died, he inherited her kit so that he could carve for me.
38:25But everything changed after Narina entered our life.
38:39No!
38:40You are not carving for her!
38:42Enough, Cleo!
38:43This is so childish, even for you!
38:49Have you forgotten Achilles?
38:52My mother died because of hers.
38:55She never cared about those carvings.
38:56She's just trying to provoke me.
39:02Why did Cleo leave?
39:04Is she... upset with me?
39:06No.
39:11So this is how much you hate me, Achilles.
39:14Fine.
39:15In three days, I will be gone for good.
39:22After tonight, you'll be on your way, Troy, and married to that barbaric prince.
39:25And still, your sister is too busy chasing after Achilles to care.
39:30This is ridiculous!
39:33You actually care about the kingdom while she only cares about herself.
39:37We'll miss you so much, Narina.
39:44I am a princess of my seer.
39:46I should put the people first.
39:48If my marriage, my personal feelings must submit to my duty.
39:51Well said, your highness.
39:53You truly understand what it means to be a princess, unlike Cleo, who couldn't even bother to show up tonight.
40:02Who told you I wasn't coming?
40:05And since when did any of you earn the right to speak for me?
40:09I rarely attend these things.
40:11And since she never planned on actually going, Roy, she knew I wouldn't be here to stop her performance.
40:31But in two days, I'll be leaving for Troy.
40:34I'll take the testament you gave me.
40:37Give me courage, mother.
40:42Where is it?
40:45No.
40:46Cleo.
40:49You took it, didn't you? Give it back to me!
40:51What are you talking about?
40:53Are you still mad at me because I made that little speech at the party?
40:55The talisman my mother left me.
40:57Do you have it?
41:05Help!
41:08Help!
41:09Achilles!
41:09Stop!
41:26I thought you were just selfish.
41:29Now I see you are just evil to attack her in front of your own mother's statue.
41:34If your mother could see you now, she'd be ashamed of you!
41:40Leave my mother out of this!
41:42And you, give it back!
41:44But I will be sent to throw tomorrow!
41:46I just wanted something to remind me of home!
41:49Please don't be mad, sister!
41:56It's just a talisman!
41:57Are you serious?
41:58I can carve you another one!
41:59Achilles!
42:01Were you the one who took it from me?
42:04I sealed that pouch with a spell.
42:06He's the only one who knows how to open it.
42:11Nerina is being going to Troy because of you.
42:13Does she not even deserve a single talisman?
42:16No, don't fight because of me.
42:18I'll give it back.
42:19Here.
42:36Cleo!
42:38I'm sorry.
42:40That talisman...
42:42My mother made it for me.
42:46Cleo!
42:47Cleo!
42:48Cleo!
42:54Achilles!
43:08Why are you still here?
43:10I lost my temper.
43:11I'm sorry.
43:14Here.
43:16I made you a new one.
43:18I don't need it anymore.
43:20Leave.
43:35Soon, you'll marry the only woman you've ever loved.
43:39And I won't have to feel anything for you.
43:41Ever.
43:44Captain gathered every unmaided male and told me and sister to choose.
43:50Snail shifters are ranked A, B, or C.
43:55My sister Lyra chose the clan's only a rank wolf shifter.
43:58She bore him five litters, every single one B rank.
44:01He raged to cast her out.
44:03Tore the bond like it was nothing.
44:06And me.
44:06I chose a B rank snake shifter, one litter, ten cubs, every single one B rank.
44:13The whole clan named me the Sacred Daughter.
44:18My mate inherited the chieftain's seat.
44:22Lyra couldn't stand it.
44:24She poisoned all ten of my children.
44:25Then she pushed me off a cliff.
44:29When I opened my eyes again, we were back, back to the day of choosing.
44:33I came back to myself just as Lyra pressed her body against the snake shifter's side.
44:37Chieftain.
44:38I choose Vos.
44:40She said it, and then she looked at me.
44:41The kind that said, I've already won.
44:43I understood she'd been reborn too.
44:45But this time, I absolutely won't let her control everything.
44:51Male shifters are born ranked S, A, B, or C.
44:54The higher the rank, the more valuable the males.
44:56C rank males were everywhere.
44:58B rank was considered a prize.
44:59A rank was rare enough to cause a stir.
45:01As for S rank, even the elderly chieftain had never seen one.
45:04Females in the beastlands were fewer than males.
45:06Their social standing was higher, which standing on the children they bore.
45:09The higher the rank of your cubs, the higher you climbed.
45:13In our last life, Lyra had wanted to be the top female in the clan.
45:16She'd gone straight for the only a rank wolf shifter without blinking.
45:21She'd told me to choose Vos, the snake shifter.
45:23Snakes have two, you know.
45:26But they lay eggs.
45:27Hatching eggs is so much easier than live birth.
45:30I'd listened.
45:31I'd chosen Vos.
45:33Well pregnant quickly.
45:34One clutch, ten cubs, every single one a rank.
45:37This clan had existed for over a century.
45:39Among clans, they'd never had more than five a rank shifters total.
45:43The chieftain declared Vos a successor on the spot.
45:53Lyra had conceived around the same time I had.
45:56She gave birth to a B rank cub.
45:58Then another.
46:01Then another five pregnancies total.
46:03Nothing above B.
46:04Nothing below C.
46:05She decided the problem was the wolf's bloodline.
46:08One night she crept into Vos.
46:10Vos threw her out of bed.
46:13Then called the entire clan to witness his innocence before dawn.
46:16The wolf shifter found out.
46:19He dissolved their bond and drove her out along with her children.
46:22Within a month, Lyra's cubs had all starved.
46:25She offered.
46:26They wouldn't bond with her.
46:27When Lyra was close to starving, I'd brought her back to mine.
46:30Given her meat for my own stores.
46:34She repaid me by destroying me.
46:39The chieftain nodded at me now, signaling it was my turn to choose.
46:42I scanned the remaining males.
46:44Then I pointed at the wolf shifter.
46:46I'd like to choose.
46:47A crack split the air.
46:48A hand connected with my face.
46:53The female who hit me belonged to Drac.
46:55The black tiger shifter.
46:56She demanding to know how I dared steal her mail.
46:59I have nothing going on with Drac.
47:01Still denying it.
47:02I found this on my bed.
47:03That's your fur, isn't it?
47:07My shifted form was a white rabbit.
47:09The fur on the ground was rabbit fur.
47:11But that proved nothing.
47:13I wasn't the only rabbit in this clan.
47:15I opened my mouth to say exactly that.
47:18Lyra stepped forward.
47:19Her eyes went wide and shocked.
47:23Oh, sister.
47:25That night I saw you walking with Drac.
47:28I had no idea that's what you were doing.
47:31How could you go after a bonded male?
47:39Don't worry, your highness.
47:40I'll help you.
47:47Every time I was in danger, he was there for me.
47:50I thought he was the one.
48:24Today we gather to witness the union of Princess Cleo of Mycenae and Achilles, son of Peleos.
48:30From this moment on, their fates shall be bound as one.
48:33Princess, you may present the tiara.
48:36I spent the entire day making this for him.
48:51You abused your power to force Norena into a political marriage with Doses in Troy.
48:56And now you expect me to marry you, Cleo.
48:59I will never love you.
49:04Achilles, get back here!
49:09We've then become enemies.
49:10He hated me for tearing him away from my stepsister.
49:13And I hated him for never letting her go.
49:22The woman he couldn't forget was dead within days of arriving in Troy, sacrificed for breaking
49:29their sacred law.
49:57She died because of your death.
50:00For eight years, all we had for each other was hatred.
50:19He waited eight years for this war, eight years to avenge her.
50:49But it take more than one Achilles to win the war. The land was soon covered by the corpses of
50:54our men.
51:17What are you doing?
51:18I'm paving you a path out with my life.
51:26The invincible man chose to die for me.
51:36What are you doing?
51:42What are you doing?
51:44No.
51:45Noooooooo!
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