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00:00My half-sister and I both chose a Beastkin mate in our last life.
00:04She picked first and chose the Leopardkin Kaolin, with the perfect looks and powerful family background.
00:10I had no choice but to pick the lowly Elf King.
00:14Three years later, the Leopardkin's mistress and Barstar knelt before my sister and humiliated her completely.
00:20Meanwhile, I took control of the entire Elven court and earned my husband's devotion.
00:25She pushed me off a cliff out of jealousy.
00:36When I opened my eyes, I was back on the day we chose our mates.
00:40My sister barely concealed the excitement in her voice as she rushed to wrap her arms around the Elf King's
00:45arm.
00:46I knew then, that she had been reborn too.
00:49The Elf is lustful by nature.
00:51I wonder how long she'll last.
00:53When Helena threw her arms around Elf King, even her mom Lady Ashford went still.
00:57The Elf Clan was considered the lowest race.
01:00Cold-blooded.
01:01Unfaithful.
01:03In every sense, the Leopardkin, by contrast, made it.
01:06One wife, no exceptions.
01:08Loyalty written into their bones.
01:10And the Leopardkin male standing in the room today was the future clan leader.
01:14Sharp-eyed, broad-shouldered.
01:16The kind of man every woman in the room had been silently fascinated about.
01:20The Helena still wouldn't let go of that arm.
01:22Lady Ashford's expression curdled.
01:24She'd brought the Elf King here specifically to humiliate me.
01:27She hadn't planned on her own daughter falling for it.
01:30Are you sure about this?
01:32Mother, he's the only one I'll ever marry.
01:34Even the Elf King turned to look at her, his thumb slowly caressing her skin.
01:40Lady Ashford pressed her lips together and gave in.
01:43With that settled, the Leopardkin male, Caelan, turned to me.
01:47He dipped his head in a slight, unhurried bow.
01:50Then it's you.
01:52Miss Mara, I'll send the betrothal gifts tomorrow.
01:54In my past life, it was Helena who had chosen Caelan.
01:58She'd walked into House Ashvale as its new mistress,
02:02draped in the prestige of the most powerful Leopardkin family in the region.
02:06He seemed devoted to the surface three years of polished appearance.
02:10Then a woman appeared at the gate with his ten-year-old son.
02:17Helena came apart.
02:18She ran home to her mother, dignity in pieces.
02:22But Caelan had spent years building his reputation carefully.
02:25He brought the woman and boy home under the excuse of a drunken mistake.
02:29And to protect the Leopardkin tradition against taking a second wife,
02:33he divorced Helena outright.
02:35Lady Ashford marched back to House Ashvale to demand answers.
02:38The mistress met them at the door.
02:40I'm Lady Ashvale now.
02:41Your daughter aren't anymore.
02:43What exactly are you going to do about that?
02:46Give it time.
02:47I'll be the clan leader's wife.
02:49Then his mother.
02:50Helena unraveled.
02:51She sat in the courtyard every day vacant and muttering
02:54when someone passed close end.
02:55I'm the clan leader's wife.
02:57I am.
02:57I am.
02:58Both hands, her face twisting.
02:59My elf king husband, by contrast, had been born into nothing.
03:02But he dismissed every one of his kept women.
03:04He trained relentlessly and built his court up from scraps.
03:07People said I'd made the better choice after all.
03:09Even Lady Ashford, who had never bothered to hide her contempt for me,
03:13started showing up at my door with fake smiles,
03:15asking me to visit.
03:17Then Helena had one of her lucid moments.
03:19She lured me to the edge of the cliff.
03:21I'll drag you down to hell!
03:24Her eyes hatred as she shoved me over.
03:27Now she's chosen my husband instead.
03:29I wonder if she can handle the elf king's excessive affection.
03:36Three days later,
03:38my servant Lily told me that Helena and her elf king had been meeting in secret.
03:42Someone had spotted them coming out of an alley together,
03:45clothes barely clinging to them,
03:46her face flushed.
03:48Half the street had seen it.
03:49But we hadn't officially married into the family yet.
03:51This was not allowed.
03:53She came to me the same afternoon, brimming.
03:55Obviously.
03:56My fiancé loves me.
03:57This is just how he shows his love for me.
04:00Mind your own business.
04:01If you say a single word to mother about any of it,
04:04I'll make your life miserable.
04:05I just watched her go.
04:06She looked nothing like the girl she used to be.
04:09The softness was gone on our wedding day.
04:11Two wedding horse carriage left the estate together.
04:13I knew why he'd gone through this now.
04:15The matriarch once said to him,
04:17You are the only heir.
04:18You must marry a noble woman.
04:20To continue the bloodline,
04:22that was the only condition for me to inherit clan leadership.
04:26But his mistress was lowborn, ineligible.
04:28He needed a proper wife.
04:30If she gave him a son first, better either way.
04:32Raeva!
04:34Sorry, everyone.
04:35My son misses his father.
04:38His father?
04:39Was this his mistress?
04:44He got confused.
04:46He didn't mean anything by it.
04:50Today is my wedding.
04:51Can't you keep your child in hand?
04:53If he'd startled the horse carriage,
04:55I'd have had all your heads.
04:57Get them out of here!
04:58The woman's face went white.
05:00I'm so sorry.
05:01We're leaving.
05:04I wasn't about to let this dissolve quietly, husband.
05:07Don't be so hard on them.
05:09The child didn't mean any harm,
05:11and today is a happy occasion.
05:13I actually need another servant woman as my side if she's willing.
05:16She could come along with us.
05:18Actually, her appearance was arranged by me beforehand.
05:21I got my own plan.
05:22This woman had one obsession becoming Lady Ashvale now that Kaelin had taken a wife.
05:26She was already fraying at the edges.
05:28So if I offered her a door to the estate,
05:30she'd walk through it without thinking.
05:34She hesitated for half a breath,
05:35then looked away from Kaelin's sharp warning stare.
05:39Thank you, ma'am.
05:41The carriage rolled on.
05:42She followed behind, boy in hand.
05:44What my sister didn't know is that even if I were to live again,
05:47I would still be capable of solving any thorny problem.
05:50She would never be able to, and she would never know.
05:56He got confused.
05:57He didn't mean anything by it.
06:01Today is my wedding.
06:03Can't you keep your child in hand?
06:05If he'd startled the horse carriage,
06:07I'd have had all your heads.
06:08Get them out of here.
06:10The woman's face went white.
06:12I'm so sorry.
06:13We're leaving.
06:16I wasn't about to let this dissolve quietly, husband.
06:18Don't be so hard on them.
06:21The child didn't mean any harm,
06:22and today is a happy occasion.
06:24I actually need another servant woman as my side if she's willing.
06:28She could come along with us.
06:29Actually, her appearance was arranged by me beforehand.
06:32I got my own plan.
06:33This woman had one obsession becoming Lady Ashvale
06:36now that Kaelin had taken a wife.
06:38She was already fraying at the edges.
06:39So if I offered her a door to the estate,
06:42she'd walk through it without thinking.
06:45She hesitated for half a breath,
06:47then looked away from Kaelin's sharp warning stare.
06:50Thank you, ma'am.
06:52The carriage rolled on.
06:54She followed behind, boy in hand.
06:55What my sister didn't know was that
06:57even if I were to live again,
06:58I would still be capable of solving any thorny problem.
07:01She would never be able to,
07:03and she would never know.
07:07The crowd murmured approvingly along the route.
07:10The new Lady Ashvale is something else.
07:14After the ceremony,
07:15I sat at my vanity and began fixing my hair.
07:17My servant Lily dismissed the others and shut the door.
07:22Ma'am, the master just had a servant
07:24quietly move that woman and boy into the side courtyard.
07:27The leopardkin has rules against taking a second wife,
07:30and he's doing this on your wedding night.
07:31We could expose him right now.
07:33Go back to your family and end this before it starts.
07:36Calm down, I didn't come here to lose to a kept woman.
07:39I had no family worth running back to.
07:41No mother, no father who would take my side against the ash wheels.
07:44I'd walk through that gate as a piece on someone else's board.
07:47If I walked back out, I'd be spit on from every direction.
07:49I hadn't come all this way for nothing.
07:52What I wanted was House Ashwell itself.
07:55Kaelin could rot on the inside.
07:56I didn't need him to be good.
07:58I needed him to give me an air.
07:59A knock at the door.
08:00My leverage just arrived.
08:03Kaelin was drunk, but gracefully so.
08:05His steps wandered a little.
08:06It did nothing to make him less attractive.
08:09Lily moved to support him.
08:10I only want my wife.
08:12I swallowed contempt rising in my chest and sent Lily out.
08:16He played the part of a restrained gentleman, even when he was half gone.
08:19I had to admire consistency.
08:22I took his arm.
08:27You've had too much.
08:28Should I have the kitchen send sobering drink?
08:31The kitchen sat close to the side courtyard.
08:34At this hour, they'd probably be preparing food for his little family.
08:45In my past life, Kaelin used drunkenness as an excuse to avoid Helena's wedding bed entirely.
08:53She'd had to fight for three months before he relented.
08:58If this was going to happen eventually, I'd rather it happen on my terms and in my time.
09:03I let myself go still.
09:05Let my body stop resisting.
09:08Kaelin's voice dropped.
09:09Whatever restraint he'd been maintaining came loose.
09:15I was too exhausted to move a finger.
09:17I passed out where I lay.
09:18He was the one who cleaned me up afterward.
09:21We were late for the morning tea ceremony.
09:23The matriarch was good-natured about it.
09:25She directed her mild scolding at Kaelin.
09:27My fault entirely.
09:29We did that late.
09:30I kept her up.
09:31Don't blame her.
09:32My face burned.
09:33I knew I liked you the moment I saw you.
09:35I was half afraid they'd send that other girl.
09:38Luckily, she made a fool of herself so we could have a better bargain.
09:41You're the lady of this house now.
09:43These belong to you.
09:45There's no rush and nothing to be afraid of.
09:47If you need guidance, come to me.
09:49I kept my hands steady as I accepted them.
09:52With those keys, no one in this estate would question my standing.
09:55No one could use my birth against me.
09:57In my past life, as a wife in the elven court,
10:00I'd had to claw my way through sisters-in-law,
10:02who outranked me by blood and never.
10:04The matriarch saw my expression shift.
10:06She sighed softly and took the bracelet off her own wrist, placing it onto mine.
10:10You have suffered enough.
10:13Caelan, you treat her well from here on.
10:16On the way back from the matriarch's rooms,
10:18I walked half a step behind Caelan,
10:21already thinking through which accounts to look at first.
10:23Around what you planned to do about that woman and the boy?
10:26And tucked my hand into the crook of his arm.
10:29I didn't realize you were so concerned about them.
10:32Isn't that sweet of you?
10:33He avoided my eyes.
10:34I just feel sorry for them, a widow with a child.
10:38Perhaps they could work in the outer courtyard, do some light tasks.
10:43The outer courtyard was full of staff.
10:46No one would track a woman's particular history there.
10:49Caelan would find ways to meet with her in private.
10:51Use the crowd as cover.
10:53A pretty woman with a child alone, people might take advantage of it.
10:57You really haven't thought this through, have you?
10:59What if we put them somewhere quieter?
11:02Near the garden behind the study.
11:03Caelan's brow tightened almost imperceptibly.
11:05Good thinking.
11:07There's a small room off the study anyway.
11:09They can stay there.
11:10How thoughtful of you.
11:12I smiled.
11:12My nails were nearly through my palm.
11:14The study he'd have every excuse to be near her,
11:16and the boy he'd be able to teach him in private.
11:19In a few years when our child comes,
11:21I'll make sure they have the best of everything.
11:22I leaned against him.
11:23The passing maids whispered to each other.
11:25The master and mistress so in love.
11:27His mistress Reva heard it too.
11:30That same night, she went to find Caelan,
11:32and he turned her away at the door.
11:34Three nights in a row, he came to my room instead.
11:39The day we returned to visit my family home,
11:41Helena didn't arrive until almost noon.
11:43She swept into the room, glowing cheeks high with color,
11:46trailing a thick cloud of powder and perfume.
11:49Lady Ashford stared at her for a long moment.
11:51Don't fuss, mother.
11:52My husband spoils me very restorative herbs.
11:54I noticed that her figure had changed,
11:57filled out in a way that read less like health
11:58and more like something under strain.
12:01Your husband runs cold, I hear.
12:03He's distant with you, that's just how it goes.
12:05Don't take it personally.
12:07I said nothing.
12:08I took my time looking at her.
12:09She seemed bright on the surface,
12:11but her steps were unsteady.
12:12She kept touching her lower back without realizing it.
12:15That kind of bloom didn't come from nourishment.
12:17It came from the Elf King's greediness.
12:20Something dark moved through her.
12:23Helena's hand froze in midair.
12:25She stared at Kaelin in shock-stunned
12:27by how different he was from the man in our previous lives.
12:30How is this possible?
12:36Now that everyone's here,
12:38why don't we sit down for lunch?
12:41My mom was my father's mistress once,
12:43when my mother had a bad fever
12:44and I'd gone to beg for a doctor.
12:46I'd knelt in the courtyard in the snow.
12:48The snow piled up on my shoulders
12:50while Lady Ashford and Helena stayed warm inside,
12:52laughing at something about me.
12:54She finally came out when I nearly passed out.
12:56Get the doctor.
12:57Don't let her die in my yard.
12:58It's bad luck.
12:59The doctor came.
13:00He kept my mother alive a little longer.
13:02Keep going.
13:03I'm not to help.
13:04I never got to go back to her.
13:06By the time I was reborn,
13:07she was already gone.
13:09My master, let's eat.
13:12The table Helena and the Elf King fed each other
13:14and giggled like they were alone in the room.
13:16She shot me every few minutes,
13:18daring me to react.
13:19Lady Ashford was trying to remind Helena
13:21to behave properly,
13:22but Helena snapped back loud enough
13:24for the table to hear.
13:25My husband loves me.
13:26Am I supposed to be ashamed of that?
13:29Should I live like I'm already a widow?
13:34The moment the meal was done,
13:35she dragged the Elf King out the door.
13:37Kaelin and I didn't linger much longer.
13:39We returned to Ashfield soon after.
14:03Settled naturally with the matriarch
14:05into discussion of the household's recent affairs.
14:07At an important point,
14:08Nana White waved Reva out without a second glance.
14:11The look in Reva's eyes as she left was pure jealousy.
14:14Over the following days,
14:16Reva worked hard to endear herself
14:18to Granny White attending her morning and evening,
14:20massaging her shoulders,
14:21batting her back.
14:22The matriarch was charmed
14:23and gave her several valuable gifts.
14:25Kaelin quietly warned Reva multiple times to be careful.
14:28To keep a lower profile,
14:30it had no effect eventually.
14:31He gave up and stopped going to see her entirely.
14:34He even began handling his affairs from my room.
14:36I was busy.
14:37I was working through the full extent of Ashfield's assets.
14:40The shops, the properties, the land deeds.
14:42The estate was substantial.
14:44The accounts were tangled and deep.
14:46Once I had a clear picture,
14:47I summoned the heads of every major business.
14:49They arrived curious and uncertain.
14:51The moment they saw me,
14:53they understood.
14:54The new lady of the house was establishing authority.
14:59The moment the meal was done,
15:01she dragged the elf king out the door.
15:03Kaelin and I didn't linger much longer.
15:04We returned to Ashfield soon after.
15:08Reva, you have a gift for this.
15:10Come and do this for me every day.
15:12I hadn't realized she'd caught your eye.
15:15She came to the manor on our wedding day.
15:18A sad case.
15:19No family.
15:20I've tried to look out for her a little.
15:23You've got a good heart.
15:24I always knew it.
15:26Ashfield is lucky to have you.
15:28Settled naturally with the matriarch
15:30into discussion of the household's recent affairs.
15:33At an important point,
15:34Nana White waved Reva out without a second glance.
15:37The look in Reva's eyes as she left was pure jealousy.
15:40Over the following days,
15:41Reva worked hard to endear herself
15:43to Granny White attending her morning and evening,
15:45massaging her shoulders,
15:47spatting her back.
15:47The matriarch was charmed and gave her several valuable gifts.
15:51Kaelin quietly warned Reva multiple times to be careful.
15:54To keep a lower profile, it had no effect eventually.
15:57He gave up and stopped going to see her entirely.
15:59He even began handling his affairs from my room.
16:01I was busy.
16:02I was working through the full extent of Ashfield's assets.
16:05The shops, the properties, the land deeds.
16:08The estate was substantial.
16:09The accounts were tangled and deep.
16:11Once I had a clear picture,
16:13I summoned the heads of every major business.
16:15They arrived curious and uncertain.
16:17The moment they saw me,
16:18they understood.
16:19The new lady of the house was establishing authority.
16:25Understanding this,
16:26their manner took on a subtle edge of condescension.
16:28I didn't rush.
16:30I drank half a cup of coffee
16:31before I gestured for them to sit.
16:34Granny White has given me full responsibility
16:36for House Ashfield's affairs.
16:38Her trust deserves to be honored.
16:40These are the ledgers from each of your businesses
16:42over the past three months.
16:43The irregularities have already been noted.
16:46Lily set the ledgers on the table
16:48and shook out a small leather-bound book
16:49covered in my annotations.
16:51The men exchanged glances.
16:53Those with clean hands sat calmly.
16:55A few others had gone visibly pale and were sweating.
16:57I caught Lily's eye.
16:59Lily took the book and dropped it into the brazier.
17:01We have a new administration.
17:03The past stays in the past.
17:05But I do not tolerate dishonesty.
17:06I trust you all understand that.
17:08The men looked at each other and wiped their foreheads.
17:10Yes, my lady.
17:11Understood completely.
17:12Running the household was not enough.
17:14The shop managers looked unimportant on the surface.
17:17But they were the foundation of the Leopard Clan's wealth.
17:20To hold real power, I needed to hold this.
17:23I dealt with the end of the business
17:24and returned to the manor.
17:26I arrived to find Reva in the courtyard,
17:28face bright.
17:29The boy pressed against her side.
17:31Kaylin stood nearby,
17:32looking at them with a quiet smile.
17:34I paused for only half a breath.
17:37What's happening?
17:41He stiffened.
17:42The boy's gift has awakened.
17:44The smile froze in my mouth.
17:46In that other life,
17:46this child hadn't shown any talent
17:48until three years after entering the household.
17:51He was early by years.
17:52I bent down and patted the boy on the head with a smile.
17:55Clever boy.
17:56Awakening your gift this young.
17:58What a comfort you must be to your mother.
18:01You had better treat her well.
18:02The boy glared at me.
18:03Bad woman!
18:04You stole my father!
18:06My lady, I'm so sorry.
18:09I spoiled him terribly.
18:11He doesn't know what he's saying.
18:13He certainly has been spoiled.
18:15Speaking out of turn to your beaters is a serious breach.
18:18By the laws of this household,
18:20he will kneel in the courtyard for two hours.
18:23Reva went white.
18:24She looked instinctively toward Kaylin.
18:26Kaylin frowned.
18:27The child is young.
18:28Don't be so hard on him.
18:30When a child has no father to teach him,
18:32his mother must do it instead.
18:33I turned to Kaylin.
18:35Or are you saying I no longer have authority in my own household?
18:39That a servant matters more to you than your wife?
18:42He closed his mouth.
18:44Reva grabbed my sleeve.
18:45Tears were already falling.
18:49My lady, I'm nothing.
18:51But I'm supposed to a Granny White soon.
18:53If I'm late, she may be displeased.
18:55I gave a cold laugh and had a chair brought out to the courtyard.
18:58I sat down.
18:58How impressive.
18:59A servant who walked in from outside the gates,
19:02daring to correct her mistress.
19:04Someone asks Granny White if she wishes to discipline a servant
19:07who has spoken out of turn and uses her position to threaten her better.
19:11Lily was already moving.
19:13Kaylin finally lost his patience.
19:15Don't you think this has gone far enough?
19:17The boy didn't mean any harm.
19:19Reva hid behind him, fingers clutching his sleeve.
19:22Standing together like that, they looked like a family.
19:25I ignored them.
19:26I picked up my coffee and drank.
19:28Kaylin was shaking with suppressed anger.
19:31Lily's voice carried across the yard before they could.
19:34Granny White says let him kneel.
19:36Three hours.
19:37Then cut off their meals and confine them to the storage rooms.
19:41I smiled and looked at Kaylin frozen in place.
19:44Well, husband?
19:45Then I walked past them and left.
19:47Kaylin wouldn't openly defy the matriarch.
19:50Whatever his feelings, he had not yet inherited full control of House Ashevale.
19:54And the old patriarch.
19:56Cold and sharp and silent as a blade.
19:58Listened only to his wife in all things.
20:00And gave even his own son very little ground.
20:03I had known from the beginning that the matriarch was the key.
20:06I had made sure to earn her genuine affection.
20:11My lady, I'm nothing.
20:13But I'm supposed to a Granny White soon.
20:15If I'm late, she may be displeased.
20:16I gave a cold laugh and had a chair brought out to the courtyard.
20:19I sat down.
20:20How impressive.
20:22A servant who walked in from outside the gates, daring to correct her mistress.
20:26Samozan asks Granny White if she wishes to discipline a servant who has spoken out of turn and uses her
20:31position to threaten her betters.
20:33Lily was already moving.
20:35Kaylin finally lost his patience.
20:37Don't you think this has gone far enough?
20:39The boy didn't mean any harm.
20:40Rava hid behind him, fingers clutching his sleeve.
20:44Standing together like that, they looked like a family.
20:47I ignored them.
20:48I picked up my coffee and drank.
20:50Kaylin was shaking with suppressed anger.
20:53Lily's voice carried across the yard before they could.
20:56Granny White says let him kneel.
20:57Three hours.
20:59Then cut off their meals and confine them to the storage rooms.
21:02I smiled and looked at Kaylin frozen in place.
21:05Well, husband?
21:06Then I walked past them and left.
21:09Kaylin wouldn't openly defy the matriarch.
21:11Whatever his feelings, he had not yet inherited full control of House Ashvale.
21:16And the old patriarch, cold and sharp and silent as a blade, listened only to his wife in all things,
21:22and gave even his own son very little ground.
21:25I had known from the beginning that the matriarch was the key.
21:28I had made sure to earn her genuine affection.
21:33That night, Kaylin did not come back to her room.
21:35He sent a servant to say he was sleeping in his studies.
21:39Lily fumed.
21:39The study.
21:40Right.
21:41Gone to keep that woman and her boy company.
21:43I thought my lady had finally found something good.
21:46Now it turns out he's just another faithless beast.
21:48I sat at my desk, calm, working through the ledgers.
21:52Kaylin was a predator by nature.
21:53Then I would be the soft, charitable creature who absorbed everything he had, one quiet bite at a time.
21:59The following morning, the news was everywhere.
22:01Lord Kaylin of Ashvale kept a mistress.
22:04Her son was seven years old.
22:05No one knew where the rumor started, but the woman's name, her origins, her address, and a description of the
22:11boy himself had all been exposed in full.
22:13The reputation Kaylin had spent years carefully building was destroyed in a single morning.
22:17Within the leopard clan, the backlash was immediate.
22:20Helena sent word through a messenger.
22:22She said I would eventually be cast aside, and that when that happened, she shouldn't come crawling.
22:26But word had it that Helena was more entangled with the elf king than ever.
22:30She had passed out in bed several times already.
22:33Multiple physicians had told them plainly to stop.
22:36It made no difference.
22:38Helena was taking tonic after tonic, holding her body together through sheer stubbornness.
22:42The elf king, meanwhile, seemed sharper than ever.
22:46His power had grown considerably.
22:48I set the letter aside.
22:49Kaylin's voice came through the door, strained.
22:51My lady, please believe me.
22:54That boy has nothing to do with me.
22:59Lily swore at him.
23:00Several rounds of it.
23:02He knew he had no ground to stand on and didn't argue back.
23:05When Lily had finally worn herself out, I walked out slowly.
23:10My lady.
23:11His eyes lit up.
23:12He grabbed her sleeve.
23:13You believe me.
23:14Granny White came through the courtyard gate at the same moment, walking stick in hand.
23:19She brought it down on Kaylin's back without a word of warning.
23:22She stopped only when blood showed through the cloth.
23:25Then she turned to me with tears in her eyes.
23:27My child, this house owes you an apology.
23:32I know what you've endured, but the clan is calling for this fool to be stripped of his standing.
23:36My hands are tied.
23:38Write him a letter of dismissal.
23:40House Asheville will not leave you with nothing.
23:42My eyes went red at the rims.
23:44I dropped my chin, one hand resting against my stomach, voice unsteady.
23:48But I am carrying his child.
23:50Are you asking me to leave with it?
23:52Both Granny White and Kaylin went still.
23:55A long silence.
23:56Kaylin stared at my stomach.
23:58When he finally spoke, his voice was barely there.
24:01I have wronged you.
24:06Send that woman and her boy out of this house immediately.
24:09House Asheville has one lady.
24:11Her child will be the next head of this house.
24:13The only one.
24:15You're the only one who truly wants me here.
24:17I thought Asheville was going to turn me out.
24:19On the surface, I was overcome with gratitude.
24:22Inside, nothing moved at all.
24:24From this day forward, Kaylin had no path to the landlord's seat.
24:28Reva and the boy, without House Asheville behind them, amounted to nothing.
24:32All those careful months of maneuvering had come to this.
24:34In a corner where no one was watching, a trace of satisfaction surfaced in my eyes.
24:39Reva and the boy wept and screamed at the manor gates for half a day.
24:42They aired everything.
24:44Every promise Kaylin had ever made them.
24:46The passersby listened and shook their heads.
24:48Whatever remained of Kaylin's upright image was finished.
24:51I meanwhile, came out of everyone's mouths as the generous, gracious wife who had put
24:56up with far too much.
24:57Helena had been watching from the road, intending to laugh.
25:00She wandered into the front hall instead, looking dazed.
25:03To what do I owe the visit, sister?
25:05You came all this way yourself.
25:07Helena smiled.
25:08There was exhaustion underneath it.
25:10How did you manage it?
25:11When you have a better option available, why settle?
25:15Helena understood immediately.
25:16She stared at my stomach.
25:17You are simply lucky.
25:20Everything falls your way at exact the right moment.
25:22My smile faded.
25:23I took a sip of coffee.
25:27If I were truly lucky, my mother would not have died in front of me.
25:30I would not have spent years navigating House Asheville's undercurrents, bending and yielding,
25:35with no one's protection but my own cunning.
25:38Lucky was not the word for any of it.
25:39I hear you haven't been well, sister.
25:42You do look fragile.
25:46I am perfectly fine.
25:48My husband has dismissed every kept woman in his household and comes only to me.
25:52I run the house.
25:53No one dares challenge me.
25:56The elf king's concubines before the wedding had been in terrible condition, marked up and
26:00hollowed out.
26:01He had dismissed them not out of love, but to avoid scrutiny.
26:05When he came to Helena's room, it was not affection that drove him.
26:09It was appetite.
26:11Helena could endure it now.
26:13But the longer this continued, the more her body would fail.
26:18She was heading toward death in that bed.
26:21In that other life, I had stumbled onto what the concubines were suffering and been horrified.
26:26The elf king's power was sustained through physical intimacy.
26:29Without it, he could not focus on his training.
26:32That night, I barred my door.
26:34He went to a brothel instead.
26:37I had sat alone the whole night and reached a decision.
26:40I would poison him.
26:41Not enough to destroy his power.
26:43Just enough to end his appetite.
26:44It had taken careful thought.
26:46I found a physician I could trust, confirmed the dosage, and had the compound concealed
26:50inside a gift from the women who shared the household, then placed it on the elf king
26:54myself.
26:56When he discovered what I'd done, I wept until my face was ruined.
26:59They've always treated me like dirt.
27:02They brag that one of them will be the next clan leader's concord.
27:06And now they've decided to go after my husband.
27:10How will you survive this?
27:15If I were truly lucky, my mother would not have died in front of me.
27:18I would not have spent years navigating House Ashwheel's undercurrents, bending and yielding,
27:23with no one's protection but my own cunning.
27:25Lucky was not the word for any of it.
27:27I hear you haven't been well, sister.
27:29You do look fragile.
27:34I am perfectly fine.
27:36My husband has dismissed every kept woman in his household and comes only to me.
27:40I run the house.
27:41No one dares challenge me.
27:43The elf king's concubines before the wedding had been in terrible condition, marked up and
27:48hollowed out.
27:49He had dismissed them not out of love, but to avoid scrutiny.
27:53When he came to Helena's room, it was not affection that drove him.
27:57It was appetite.
27:59Helena could endure it now.
28:01But the longer this continued, the more her body would fail.
28:06She was heading toward death in that bed.
28:08In that other life, I had stumbled onto what the concubines were suffering and been horrified.
28:13The elf king's power was sustained through physical intimacy.
28:17Without it, he could not focus on his training.
28:20That night, I barred my door.
28:22He went to a brothel instead.
28:24I had sat alone the whole night and reached a decision.
28:27I would poison him.
28:28Not enough to destroy his power.
28:30Just enough to end his appetite.
28:32It had taken careful thought.
28:33I found a physician I could trust, confirmed the dosage, and had the compound concealed inside
28:38a gift from the women who shared the household, then placed it on the elf king myself.
28:43When he discovered what I'd done, I wept until my face was ruined.
28:47They've always treated me like dirt.
28:50They bragged that one of them will be the next clan leader's concord.
28:54And now they've decided to go after my husband.
28:57How will you survive this?
29:02The elf king's expression had gone cold.
29:05He sent someone to look into it and found she was telling the truth.
29:08He pulled her close, held her through her trembling, and for the first time began to
29:12truly keep to himself.
29:14His manner toward her slowly became kind.
29:16Helena would never know any of that.
29:18She had convinced herself the elf king genuinely loved her.
29:21She would hold that belief as long as she could.
29:24The only question was how long she would last.
29:26Helena was nearly at the door when she paused at the sight of Reva and her son was still
29:31out on the road.
29:31She turned and said something quiet to the maidservant behind her.
29:35Then the mother and boy were simply gone.
29:37The months of pregnancy passed without much difficulty.
29:40The child inside me was cooperative enough to let me keep working.
29:43I managed the shops, handled household affairs, stayed busy.
29:47Kaelan grew more attentive by the day.
29:49He trailed after me asking about my comfort and my health until I found it tiresome and went
29:54out simply to have some air.
29:57That was when news came to Ashevale.
30:01Helena had miscarried.
30:03I hadn't known she was pregnant.
30:05I went to see her myself.
30:06Standing beside the bed, I frowned.
30:08Under the heavy perfume, there was a deeper smell.
30:10Rotting sweetness.
30:13I told you before, you cannot continue like this.
30:16Why did neither of you listen?
30:18The elf king's expression drifted past him and left without looking back.
30:26You must be pleased.
30:27Before I could answer, Lady Ashford burst in through the door, tears already running.
30:32She reached for her daughter's hands and begged her to come home.
30:46She was growing louder, more agitated, but I had gone rigid.
30:50My lady, it is still too early.
30:52You are not due yet.
30:53The reaction she was having was too strong.
30:56I stopped thinking about Helena.
31:01Ashevale's midwife was already there when they arrived.
31:03The physician came at once when summoned.
31:06Outside the birthing room, I could hear Kaylin and Granny White talking in tight, anxious voices.
31:10If something goes wrong, save me.
31:14If I didn't make it, Kaylin would bring Reva's boy home and install him.
31:18She knew it.
31:19There was nothing protecting my child from that future except myself.
31:23Only if I survived did any of it have a chance.
31:27I lost consciousness entirely.
31:30When I came back to myself, a small warm shape was lying beside me on the bed.
31:34Congratulations, my lady.
31:36A daughter.
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