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00:04this world has three rounds the heavens ruled by the pure moon goddess
00:11the mortal realm 12 wolf packs ruled by the alpha king
00:17and below it all lies hell the infernal pack ruled by three demon lords triplet werewolf demons
00:26the wolves of hell are merciless
00:31to keep the peace the mortal realm began three years ago offering a royal bride every year
00:40every year no bride has come back alive
00:45instead she is found hanged outside her own palace
00:51no one knows how she was tortured three brides three princesses of alpha blood
00:58not one lived past a year this year the alpha king chose my pack
01:03i was blindfolded and delivered to the bed of the demon triplets
01:12kisses and hands roamed over my body
01:15i had no choice i was arranged like a doll for them
01:20other hands moved up along my thighs every inch searching inward
01:26i tried to close my legs i couldn't
01:31why do princess
01:33a mouth pressed against my chest burning full of hunger
01:39i felt warm and wet
01:42but i am not an alpha princess
01:46i am the forgotten omega of the royal house
01:52my name is xanthia
01:54today is the anniversary of my mother's death
01:57it is also my 23rd birthday
02:00she died not long after giving birth to me
02:05my father is alpha valdemir virgo
02:08i am the proof of his affair
02:10a bastard daughter
02:15he brought me to the palace and raised me
02:19the luna and my step-siblings bullied me
02:22treated me as a maid
02:24filthy bastard
02:26kneel
02:27useless trap
02:29you only deserve to sleep in the storage closet
02:36if you don't finish scrubbing the palace floors today
02:39you don't eat
02:43she broke a plate
02:44drag her down
02:45lock her up for three days
02:50they never let me own anything
02:53but one thing was mine
02:55my mother's house
02:58and her diaries
02:59her flowers
03:01her dreams
03:02she was a gardener
03:04a healer
03:05she knew herbs that had no names even in books
03:09i studied every word she ever wrote
03:12tomorrow i take the international medical entrance exam
03:15if i pass
03:17i can leave this pack forever
03:20it's the only dream i have left
03:22i just need to survive today
03:28a grey car pulled up beside me
03:30it was my half-brother nikolai
03:33the crown prince
03:34get in
03:36my stepsister nathalia laughed from the window
03:39look at that ugly face
03:41someone should run her over
03:42there's a drift race tonight
03:44this road belongs to them
03:45nikolai grabbed my arm and dragged me into the passenger seat
03:48be a good little doll
03:51you know what happens if you disobey me
03:54the car sped off
03:56he drifted it through the pack of racers
03:59i heard you signed up for the royal medical academy exam
04:02stop the car and let me out
04:07refusing to answer
04:09you just want out
04:11then let me help you
04:14he unbuckled my seatbelt and shoved me out of the speeding car
04:17the ground tore my skin open
04:19my arm broke
04:21nikolai reversed the car to the end of the road
04:23a bastard worthy of the royal academy
04:26he fixed the headlights on my eyes
04:27let's play a game little sister
04:29let's see how good my brakes are
04:33he hit the gas
04:34the car surged toward me
04:38at the very last second
04:40three unknown cars cut sideways between me and nikolai
04:48i didn't die
04:51i don't know who they were
04:53i took the chance and ran
04:59the exam was the next afternoon
05:03i got through it on painkillers writing with a broken hand
05:08one hour left
05:10the proctor leaned down toward me
05:16you have to leave
05:17you're no longer eligible for this exam
05:19i froze
05:20the door opened
05:23nikolai walked in smiling
05:27trying to run again sister
05:30he grabbed my broken hand and dragged me out
05:36mother wants you home tonight
05:37we have very important guests
05:42if you dare tell father about your hand
05:44be warned
05:45i'll break the rest of you too
05:47back at the palace
05:48the maids removed the cast from my hand
05:52they wrapped it in bandages so it wouldn't show
05:55they dressed me in a long white gown
05:59a wedding dress
06:02i stared at myself in the mirror
06:05a pretty bride doll
06:07the only thing i've ever been allowed to be
06:10but no one told me why
06:13my father came to my room
06:16in 23 years this was only our third time face to face
06:19he was never cruel to me
06:21nor was he ever warm
06:23we were strangers who shared blood
06:25you're being married off tonight
06:27to the demon triplet alphas of the infernal pack
06:32as their shared bride
06:38my world collapsed
06:40the demon lords
06:42alpha triplets
06:43it was a tradition that began three years ago
06:46every year the mortal packs offer hell a royal bride
06:50in exchange for peace
06:55but in three years three brides
06:58not one came back alive
07:01they died horribly
07:05their bodies were hung at the pack's gate
07:11nathalia is too young
07:13the fate of our pack rests in your hands
07:19as your father
07:20i never imagined it would come to you could have just sent a servant to tell me
07:27that's what you always do
07:29i had never spoken to him like that
07:32i was terrified
07:34my hand was shaking
07:35the bandit showed
07:38he saw it
07:39his face changed
07:44how did this happen
07:48before i could answer
07:50luna burst in
07:53she smiled like sugar smeared on a blade
07:56sweetheart
07:57how did you get hurt
07:59i stared at the floor
08:04i fell down the stairs
08:07the doctor confirmed the fracture
08:09my father stood up
08:13she can't marry the triplets like this
08:15get nathalia ready
08:16mother please
08:17i don't want to
08:18nathalia started screaming
08:20i had hated her my whole life
08:22but fear made us the same kind of creature
08:27they're here
08:28nikolai ran into the room
08:30his face
08:31has the alpha king come to collect her
08:32no
08:33nikolai shook his head
08:39and the demon lords didn't send anyone either
08:43they came themselves
08:48no one had ever seen anything like it
08:51the demon lords coming in person to collect their bride
08:54the whole palace froze
08:59nathalia sobbed in her room
09:01draped in diamonds and white lace
09:03then she said something i never expected
09:06it's my fault
09:07i broke her hand
09:09it was my idea
09:10this is calm
09:12the clock struck midnight
09:15the air turned heavy
09:17thick
09:17like a hand closing around the whole palace
09:20they had arrived
09:33nathalia ran back to her room
09:35and locked the door
09:38nikolai kicked the door open
09:39and dragged her out
09:45she had stopped screaming
09:47she couldn't even cry anymore
09:48and i
09:49hidden behind the wall
09:50watched it all
09:51i thought of my mother
09:52you can live with regret
09:54but guilt kills you a little
09:56every day you're alive
09:58i had nothing left
10:00no dreams
10:01no exam
10:02no future
10:03no one would cry over my death
10:07if i died it would be no one's loss
10:10but if nathalia died
10:12i would carry it for the rest of my life
10:15i lifted my skirts
10:17and ran on a sprained ankle
10:19down the empty corridor
10:20i reached the ballroom doors
10:23the entire pack was gathered inside
10:30i pushed through the crowd
10:32to where my father and nathalia stood
10:34nikolai blocked me
10:35come to watch us suffer
10:36you're the only one who finds joy
10:38in other people's pain
10:40i won't
10:42i walked past him
10:43and stood before my father
10:48i offer myself to the demon lords
10:51let nathalia go
10:54the crowd gasped as one
10:57nathalia stared at me
10:58stunned
10:59she pushed the bouquet of forget-me-nots
11:01back into my hands
11:03i pulled the veil down over my face
11:06i placed my hand in the crook
11:08of my father's arm
11:09he didn't say a word
11:11we walked down the red carpet
11:14my father could only walk me this far
11:16the rest of the way
11:18i have to walk alone
11:21halfway there my steps stopped
11:24the forget-me-nots in my hands
11:26withered
11:27they twisted into a bundle of red spider lilies
11:30flowers of death
11:32a stain of black crept up my white gown
11:34from the hem
11:36to the bodice
11:37to the sleeves
11:38even the veil covering my face turned black
11:42i steadied myself and kept walking
11:48three figures stood above me
11:53slowly
11:54the three of them turned together to look at me
12:04three alphas stood on the platform
12:06a violent wind tore through the hall
12:08ripping the veil from my face
12:09a whisper brushed past my ear
12:11it wasn't the wind
12:13so sweet
12:14i looked up
12:16i looked up
12:17three men
12:17tall
12:18dark
12:20impossibly handsome
12:21suits of gray and black
12:22their eyes
12:23cold
12:24black
12:25ancient
12:25the first had brown eyes
12:27his hair tied in a long ponytail
12:29he looked at me
12:30as if i were beneath him
12:32the second had deep blue eyes
12:33he wore a playful
12:35dangerous smile
12:36the third had gray eyes
12:38his hair unkempt
12:39he simply watched me
12:40weighing me in silence
12:42their power pressed down on me
12:44until i felt like nothing
12:45a hooded sorcerer stepped forward
12:48there was no priest at this wedding
12:57we are gathered to witness the soul bond
13:01a wedding to a demon lord is not a wedding
13:03they didn't just want my body
13:05they wanted to bind my soul to theirs
13:06alpha raven ziffur
13:08step forward
13:09the sorcerer raised a double-edged dagger between us
13:18look into my eyes
13:20i didn't want to look
13:21but my body moved on its own
13:23some unseen force was controlling it
13:26we each cut a finger on the blade
13:27a gem drank in our blood
13:29agony tore through my chest
13:30like a heart attack
13:31do you give your body
13:33blood
13:34and soul to raven ziffur
13:37i
13:38i do
13:40alpha ezra ziffur
13:41step forward
13:43the blue-eyed one
13:45he smiled at me
13:46as if he couldn't see my tears
13:47he forced my hand onto the blade
13:49do you ezra
13:51bind your soul to hers
13:54i do
13:57alpha asher ziffur
13:59the gray-eyed one
14:01he didn't force me
14:02he waited
14:03he let me cut my own finger
14:10i do
14:11he said quietly
14:12his eyes locked on mine
14:13i declare their souls bound
14:15the dagger twisted in the air
14:17it reshaped into a crown of thorns
14:19set with jewels of flowing blood
14:21the three of them placed it on my head together
14:23the thorns pierced my scalp
14:25blood ran down my face
14:27the crown grew heavier
14:29my soul felt like it was being torn in two
14:31the whole room began to spin
14:34my knees gave out
14:36raven caught my arm
14:37ezra steadied my shoulder
14:39asher wrapped his arm around my waist
14:41my back against his chest
14:44ezra leaned close to my ear
14:45you can't afford to be weak
14:47our wife
14:51tonight you have three husbands to attend to
15:01this world has three realms
15:04the heavens
15:05ruled by the pure moon goddess
15:08the mortal realm
15:1012 wolf packs ruled by the alpha king
15:14and below it all lies hell
15:16the infernal pack
15:18ruled by three demon lords
15:20triplet werewolf demons
15:24the wolves of hell are merciless
15:28to keep the peace
15:30the mortal realm began
15:32three years ago
15:33offering a royal bride every year
15:37every year
15:38no bride has come back alive
15:43instead
15:43she is found hanged
15:45outside her own palace
15:48no one knows how she was tortured
15:50three brides
15:52three princesses of alpha blood
15:55not one lived past a year
15:58this year
15:58the alpha king chose my pack
16:00i was blindfolded and delivered to the bed of the demon triplets
16:09kisses and hands roamed over my body
16:12i had no choice
16:15i was arranged like a doll for them
16:18other hands moved up along my thighs
16:20every inch
16:22searching inward
16:24i tried to close my legs
16:26i couldn't
16:27wider princess
16:30a mouth pressed against my chest
16:32burning
16:33full of hunger
16:36i felt warm and wet
16:39but i am not an alpha princess
16:43i am the forgotten omega of the royal house
16:49my name is xanthia
16:51today is the anniversary of my mother's death
16:54it is also my 23rd birthday
16:57she died not long after giving birth to me
17:02my father is alpha valdemir virgo
17:05i am the proof of his affair
17:07a bastard daughter
17:12he brought me to the palace and raised me
17:16the luna and my step-siblings bullied me
17:19treated me as a maid
17:22filthy bastard
17:23kneel
17:24useless trap
17:26you only deserve to sleep in the storage closet
17:33if you don't finish scrubbing the palace floors today
17:37you don't eat
17:40she broke a plate
17:41drag her down
17:43lock her up for three days
17:47they never let me own anything
17:50but one thing was mine
17:52my mother's house
17:55and her diaries
17:57her flowers
17:58her dreams
18:00she was a gardener
18:01a healer
18:03she knew herbs that had no names even in books
18:06i studied every word she ever wrote
18:09tomorrow i take the international medical entrance exam
18:12if i pass
18:14i can leave this pack forever
18:18it's the only dream i have left
18:20i just need to survive today
18:25a gray car pulled up beside me
18:28it was my half-brother nikolai
18:30the crown prince
18:31get in
18:33my stepsister nathalia laughed from the window
18:36look at that ugly face
18:38someone should run her over
18:39there's a drift race tonight
18:41this road belongs to them
18:42nikolai grabbed my arm and dragged me into the passenger seat
18:46be a good little doll
18:48you know what happens if you disobey me
18:51the car sped off
18:53he drifted it through the pack of racers
18:56i heard you signed up for the royal medical academy exam
18:59stop the car and let me out
19:04refusing to answer
19:06you just want out
19:08then let me help you
19:11he unbuckled my seatbelt and shoved me out of the speeding car
19:14the ground tore my skin open
19:16my arm broke
19:18nikolai reversed the car to the end of the road
19:20a bastard worthy of the royal academy
19:23he fixed the headlights on my eyes
19:24let's play a game little sister
19:26let's see how good my brakes are
19:30he hit the gas
19:31the car surged toward me
19:35at the very last second
19:37three unknown cars cut sideways between me and nikolai
19:45i didn't die
19:48i don't know who they were
19:50i took the chance and ran
19:56the exam was the next afternoon
20:00i got through it on painkillers writing with a broken hand
20:05one hour left
20:07the proctor leaned down toward me
20:13you have to leave
20:14you're no longer eligible for this exam
20:16i froze
20:17the door opened
20:20nikolai walked in smiling
20:24trying to run again sister
20:27he grabbed my broken hand and dragged me out
20:33mother wants you home tonight
20:35we have very important guests
20:39if you dare tell father about your hand
20:41be warned
20:43i'll break the rest of you too
20:44back at the palace
20:46the maids removed the cast from my hand
20:49they wrapped it in bandages so it wouldn't show
20:52they dressed me in a long white gown
20:56a wedding dress
20:59i stared at myself in the mirror
21:02a pretty bride doll
21:04the only thing i've ever been allowed to be
21:07but no one told me why
21:10my father came to my room
21:13in 23 years this was only our third time face to face
21:16he was never cruel to me
21:18nor was he ever warm
21:20we were strangers who shared blood
21:22you're being married off tonight
21:24to the demon triplet alphas of the infernal pack
21:28as their shared bride
21:35my world collapsed
21:37the demon lords
21:39alpha triplets
21:40it was a tradition that began three years ago
21:43every year the mortal packs offer hell a royal bride
21:47in exchange for peace
21:53but in three years three brides
21:55not one came back alive
21:58they died horrible
22:03their bodies were hung at the pack's gate
22:08nathalia is too young
22:10the fate of our pack rests in your hands
22:16as your father
22:17i never imagined it would come to
22:19you could have just sent a servant to tell me
22:24that's what you always do
22:27i had never spoken to him like that
22:29i was terrified
22:31my hand was shaking
22:33the bandit showed
22:35he saw it
22:37his face changed
22:41how did this happen
22:46before i could answer
22:47luna burst in
22:50she smiled like sugar
22:52smeared on a blade
22:54sweetheart
22:54how did you get hurt
22:56i stared at that luna
23:01i fell
23:02down the stairs
23:04the doctor confirmed the fracture
23:07my father stood up
23:10she can't marry the triplets like this
23:12get nathalia ready
23:14mother please
23:15i don't want to
23:15nathalia started screaming
23:17i had hated her my whole life
23:19but fear made us the same kind of creature
23:25they're here
23:25nikolai ran into the room
23:27his face
23:28has the alpha king come to collect her
23:29no
23:30nikolai shook his head
23:36and the demon lords didn't send anyone either
23:40they came themselves
23:46no one had ever seen anything like it
23:48the demon lords coming in person
23:50to collect their bride
23:51the whole palace froze
23:56nathalia sobbed in her room
23:58draped in diamonds and white lace
24:00then she said something i never expected
24:03it's my fault
24:05i broke her hand
24:06it was my idea
24:07this is calm
24:09the clock struck midnight
24:12the air turned heavy
24:14thick
24:14like a hand closing around the whole palace
24:17they had arrived
24:30nathalia ran back to her room
24:32and locked the door
24:35nikolai kicked the door open
24:36and dragged her out
24:42she had stopped screaming
24:44she couldn't even cry anymore
24:45and i
24:46hidden behind the wall
24:47watched it all
24:48i thought of my mother
24:49you can live with regret
24:51but guilt kills you a little
24:53every day you're alive
24:55i had nothing left
24:57no dreams
24:58no exam
24:59no future
25:01no one would cry over my death
25:04if i died
25:05it would be no one's loss
25:08but if nathalia died
25:09i would carry it for the rest of my life
25:12i lifted my skirts
25:14and ran on a sprained ankle
25:16down the empty corridor
25:18i reached the ballroom doors
25:20the entire pack was gathered inside
25:27i pushed through the crowd to where my father and nathalia stood
25:31nikolai blocked me
25:32come to watch us suffer
25:34you're the only one who finds joy in other people's pain
25:37i walked past him
25:40and stood before my father
25:45i offer myself to the demon lords
25:48let nathalia go
25:51the crowd gasped as one
25:54nathalia stared at me
25:55stunned
25:57she pushed the bouquet of forget-me-nots back into my hands
26:00i pulled the veil down over my face
26:03i placed my hand in the crook of my father's arm
26:06he didn't say a word
26:08we walked down the red carpet
26:11my father could only walk me this far
26:13the rest of the way
26:15i have to walk alone
26:18halfway there my steps stopped
26:21the forget-me-nots in my hands
26:23withered
26:24they twisted into a bundle of red spider lilies
26:27flowers of death
26:28a stain of black crept up my white gown
26:31from the hem
26:33to the bodice
26:34to the sleeves
26:35even the veil covering my face turned black
26:39i steadied myself and kept walking
26:45three figures stood above me
26:50slowly
26:52the three of them turned together to look at me
27:01three alphas stood on the platform
27:03a violent wind tore through the hall
27:05ripping the veil from my face
27:06a whisper brushed past my ear
27:08it wasn't the wind
27:10so sweet
27:12i looked up
27:13three men
27:14tall
27:15dark
27:16impossibly handsome
27:18suits of gray and black
27:19their eyes
27:21cold
27:21black
27:22ancient
27:23the first had brown eyes
27:25his hair tied in a long ponytail
27:26he looked at me
27:27as if i were beneath him
27:29the second had deep blue eyes
27:31he wore a playful
27:32dangerous smile
27:33the third had gray eyes
27:35his hair unkempt
27:36he simply watched me
27:38weighing me in silence
27:39their power pressed down on me
27:41until i felt like nothing
27:42a hooded sorcerer stepped forward
27:45there was no priest at this wedding
27:54we are gathered to witness the soul bond
27:58a wedding to a demon lord is not a wedding
28:00they didn't just want my body
28:02they wanted to bind my soul to theirs
28:03alpha raven ziffer
28:05step forward
28:06the sorcerer raised a double-edged dagger between us
28:15look into my eyes
28:17i didn't want to look
28:18but my body moved on its own
28:20some unseen force was controlling it
28:23we each cut a finger on the blade
28:24a gem drank in our blood
28:26agony tore through my chest
28:27like a heart attack
28:29do you give your body
28:30blood and soul to raven ziffer
28:34i
28:35i do
28:36alpha ezra ziffer
28:38step forward
28:40the blue-eyed one
28:42he smiled at me
28:43as if he couldn't see my tears
28:44he forced my hand onto the blade
28:46do you ezra
28:48bind your soul to hers
28:51i do
28:54alpha asher ziffer
28:56the gray-eyed one
28:58he didn't force me
28:59he waited
29:00he let me cut my own finger
29:07i do
29:08he said quietly
29:09his eyes locked on mine
29:10i declare their souls bound
29:12the dagger twisted in the air
29:14it reshaped into a crown of thorns
29:16set with jewels of flowing blood
29:18the three of them placed it on my head together
29:20the thorns pierced my scalp
29:22blood ran down my face
29:24the crown grew heavier
29:26my soul felt like it was being torn in two
29:29the whole room began to spin
29:31my knees gave out
29:33raven caught my arm
29:34ezra steadied my shoulder
29:36asher wrapped his arm around my waist
29:38my back against his chest
29:41ezra leaned close to my ear
29:43you can't afford to be weak
29:44our wife
29:48tonight you have three husbands to attend to
29:59this world has three realms
30:01the heavens
30:02ruled by the pure moon goddess
30:05the mortal realm
30:07twelve wolf packs ruled by the alpha king
30:11and below it all lies hell
30:13the infernal pack
30:15ruled by three demon lords
30:17triplet werewolf demons
30:21the wolves of hell are merciless
30:26to keep the peace
30:27the mortal realm began
30:29three years ago
30:30offering a royal bride
30:32every year
30:34every year
30:35no bride has come back alive
30:40instead
30:40she is found hanged
30:42outside her own palace
30:45no one knows how she was tortured
30:48three brides
30:49three princesses of alpha blood
30:52not one lived past a year
30:55this year
30:56the alpha king chose my pack
30:57i was blindfolded
30:59and delivered to the bed
31:00of the demon triplets
31:06kisses and hands
31:08roamed over my body
31:09i had no choice
31:11i was arranged like a doll for them
31:14other hands moved up along my thighs
31:17every inch
31:19searching inward
31:20i tried to close my legs
31:23i couldn't
31:25why do princess
31:27a mouth pressed against my chest
31:29burning full of hunger
31:33i felt warm and wet
31:36but i am not an alpha princess
31:40i am the forgotten omega
31:42of the royal house
31:46my name is xanthia
31:48today is the anniversary
31:50of my mother's death
31:51it is also my 23rd birthday
31:55she died not long after giving birth to me
31:59my father is alpha valdemir virgo
32:03i am the proof of his affair
32:04a bastard daughter
32:09he brought me to the palace
32:11and raised me
32:13the luna and my step-siblings
32:15bullied me
32:16treated me as a maid
32:19filthy bastard
32:20kneel
32:21useless trash
32:23you only deserve to sleep
32:25in the storage closet
32:30if you don't finish scrubbing the palace floors today
32:34you don't eat
32:37she broke a plate
32:38drag her down
32:40lock her up for three days
32:44they never let me own anything
32:47but one thing was mine
32:50my mother's house
32:52and her diaries
32:54her flowers
32:55her dreams
32:56she was a gardener
32:58a healer
32:59she knew herbs that had no names
33:02even in books
33:03i studied every word she ever wrote
33:06tomorrow i take the international medical entrance exam
33:09if i pass
33:11i can leave this pack forever
33:14it's the only dream i have left
33:17i just need to survive today
33:23a grey car pulled up beside me
33:25it was my half-brother nikolai
33:27the crown prince
33:28get in
33:30my stepsister nathalia laughed from the window
33:33look at that ugly face
33:35someone should run her over
33:37there's a drift race tonight
33:38this road belongs to them
33:39nikolai grabbed my arm
33:41and dragged me into the passenger seat
33:43be a good little doll
33:45you know what happens if you disobey me
33:48the car sped off
33:50he drifted it through the pack of racers
33:53i heard you signed up for the royal medical academy exam
33:56stop the car and let me out
34:01refusing to answer
34:03you just want out
34:05then let me help you
34:08he unbuckled my seatbelt
34:10and shoved me out of the speeding car
34:11the ground tore my skin open
34:14my arm broke
34:15nikolai reversed the car to the end of the road
34:18a bastard worthy of the royal academy
34:20he fixed the headlights on my eyes
34:22let's play a game little sister
34:23let's see how good my brakes are
34:27he hit the gas
34:28the car surged toward me
34:32at the very last second
34:34three unknown cars cut sideways
34:36between me and nikolai
34:42i didn't die
34:45i don't know who they were
34:48i took the chance and ran
34:53the exam was the next afternoon
34:57i got through it on painkillers
34:59writing with a broken hand
35:02one hour left
35:04the proctor leaned down toward me
35:10you have to leave
35:12you're no longer eligible for this exam
35:13i froze
35:14the door opened
35:17nikolai walked in smiling
35:21trying to run again sister
35:24he grabbed my broken hand and dragged me out
35:30mother wants you home tonight
35:32we have very important guests
35:36if you dare tell father about your hand
35:38be warned
35:40i'll break the rest of you too
35:41back at the palace
35:43the maids removed the cast from my hand
35:46they wrapped it in bandages
35:47so it wouldn't show
35:49they dressed me in a long white gown
35:53a wedding dress
35:57i stared at myself in the mirror
35:59a pretty bride doll
36:01the only thing i've ever been allowed to be
36:04but no one told me why
36:07my father came to my room
36:10in 23 years this was only our third time face to face
36:14he was never cruel to me
36:15nor was he ever warm
36:17we were strangers who shared blood
36:19you're being married off tonight
36:21to the demon triplet alphas of the infernal pack
36:26as their shared bride
36:33my world collapsed
36:34the demon lords
36:36alpha triplets
36:37it was a tradition that began three years ago
36:40every year the mortal packs offer hell
36:43a royal bride
36:44in exchange for peace
36:50but in three years
36:51three brides
36:52not one came back alive
36:55they died horribly
37:00their bodies were hung at the pack's gate
37:05nathalia is too young
37:08the fate of our pack rests in your hands
37:13as your father i never imagined it would come to you
37:16you could have just sent a servant to tell me
37:21that's what you always do
37:24i had never spoken to him like that
37:26i was terrified
37:28my hand was shaking
37:30the bandit showed
37:32he saw it
37:34his face changed
37:38how did this happen
37:43before i could answer
37:44luna burst in
37:47she smiled like sugar smeared on a blade
37:51sweetheart
37:51how did you get hurt
37:53i stared at the floor
37:58i fell
37:59down the stairs
38:01the doctor confirmed the fracture
38:04my father stood up
38:07she can't marry the triplets like this
38:09get nathalia ready
38:10mother please
38:12i don't want to
38:12nathalia started screaming
38:14i had hated her my whole life
38:16but fear made us the same kind of creature
38:22they're here
38:22nikolai ran into the room
38:24his face
38:25has the alpha king come to collect her
38:26no
38:27nikolai shook his head
38:33and the demon lords didn't send anyone either
38:37they came themselves
38:43no one had ever seen anything like it
38:45the demon lords coming in person to collect their bride
38:48the whole palace froze
38:53nathalia sobbed in her room
38:55draped in diamonds and white lace
38:57then she said something i never expected
39:00it's my fault
39:02i broke her hand
39:04it was my idea
39:04this is calm
39:06the clock struck midnight
39:09the air turned heavy
39:11thick
39:11like a hand closing around the whole palace
39:14they had arrived
39:27nathalia ran back to her room and locked the door
39:32nikolai kicked the door open and dragged her out
39:39she had stopped screaming
39:41she couldn't even cry anymore
39:42and i hidden behind the wall watched it all
39:45i thought of my mother
39:47you can live with regret
39:48but guilt kills you a little every day you're alive
39:52i had nothing left
39:55no dreams
39:55no exam
39:57no future
39:58no one would cry over my death
40:01if i died it would be no one's loss
40:05but if nathalia died
40:06i would carry it for the rest of my life
40:09i lifted my skirts
40:11and ran on a sprained ankle down the empty corridor
40:15i reached the ballroom doors
40:17the entire pack was gathered inside
40:24i pushed through the crowd to where my father and nathalia stood
40:28nikolai blocked me
40:30come to watch us suffer
40:31you're the only one who finds joy in other people's pain
40:34i won't
40:36i walked past him
40:37and stood before my father
40:42i offer myself to the demon lords
40:46let nathalia go
40:48the crowd gasped as one
40:51nathalia stared at me
40:52stunned
40:54she pushed the bouquet of forget-me-nots back into my hands
40:57i pulled the veil down over my face
41:00i placed my hand in the crook of my father's arm
41:04he didn't say a word
41:05we walked down the red carpet
41:08my father could only walk me this far
41:11the rest of the way i have to walk alone
41:15halfway there my steps stopped
41:18the forget-me-nots in my hands
41:20withered
41:21they twisted into a bundle of red spider lilies
41:24flowers of death
41:26a stain of black crept up my white gown
41:28from the hem
41:30to the bodice
41:31to the sleeves
41:32even the veil covering my face turned black
41:36i steadied myself and kept walking
41:42three figures stood above me
41:47slowly
41:49the three of them turned together to look at me
41:58three alphas stood on the platform
42:00a violent wind tore through the hall
42:02ripping the veil from my face
42:04a whisper brushed past my ear
42:05it wasn't the wind
42:08so sweet
42:09i looked up
42:10three men
42:11tall
42:12dark
42:14impossibly handsome
42:15suits of grey and black
42:17their eyes
42:18cold
42:18black
42:19ancient
42:20the first had brown eyes
42:22his hair tied in a long ponytail
42:23he looked at me
42:25as if i were beneath him
42:26the second had deep blue eyes
42:28he wore a playful
42:29dangerous smile
42:30the third had grey eyes
42:32his hair unkempt
42:33he simply watched me
42:35weighing me in silence
42:36their power pressed down on me
42:38until i felt like nothing
42:39a hooded sorcerer stepped forward
42:42there was no priest at this wedding
42:51we are gathered to witness the soul bond
42:55a wedding to a demon lord is not a wedding
42:57they didn't just want my body
42:59they wanted to bind my soul to theirs
43:01alpha raven zifford
43:02step forward
43:03the sorcerer raised a double-edged dagger
43:06between us
43:12look into my eyes
43:14i didn't want to look
43:15but my body moved on its own
43:18some unseen force was controlling it
43:20we each cut a finger on the blade
43:21a gem drank in our blood
43:23agony tore through my chest
43:25like a heart attack
43:26do you give your body
43:27blood
43:28and soul
43:29to raven zifford
43:31i
43:32i do
43:34alpha ezra zifford
43:35step forward
43:37the blue-eyed one
43:39he smiled at me
43:40as if he couldn't see my tears
43:41he forced my hand onto the blade
43:43do you ezra
43:45bind your soul to hers
43:48i do
43:51alpha asher zifford
43:53the grey-eyed one
43:55he didn't force me
43:56he waited
43:57he let me cut my own finger
44:04i do
44:05he said quietly
44:06his eyes locked on mine
44:08i declare their souls bound
44:09the dagger twisted in the air
44:11it reshaped into a crown of thorns
44:13set with jewels of flowing blood
44:15the three of them placed it on my head together
44:17the thorns pierced my scalp
44:19blood ran down my face
44:21the crown grew heavier
44:23my soul felt like it was being torn in two
44:25the whole room began to spin
44:28my knees gave out
44:30raven caught my arm
44:32ezra steadied my shoulder
44:33asher wrapped his arm around my waist
44:35my back against his chest
44:38ezra leaned close to my ear
44:40you can't afford to be weak
44:41our wife
44:45tonight you have three husbands to attend to
44:50you can't afford me
44:52you
44:54you
44:54you
44:54you
44:56you

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