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00:00Everyone thought he brought bad luck, but I still looked after him for 10 years.
00:04Elle, I'm yours. I'll never betray you.
00:07I believed every word. I really thought I was the only light in his darkness.
00:11But when it mattered most, he chose Lillian Nguyen, my dad's illegitimate daughter.
00:15He took a bullet for her and left me behind in an enemy warehouse.
00:18I was locked in that place for three days, suffering every kind of abuse.
00:24After barely escaping, I wandered across the rocky wasteland.
00:30I died there alone, covered in mud and flilf.
00:33Fate gives me a second chance.
00:35I'm back on the day my father forces me to marry in Lillian's place.
00:38The groom is Sian, the Burfin Mafia boss, rumored to have been crippled in a shootout and lived like a
00:42hermit.
00:42This time, I agree to marry him in five days.
00:47In the dim apartment, a man's low, intimate breaths drift through the door.
00:52Between them, he whispers Lillian's name over and over.
00:55Lillian.
00:55After what feels like an eternity, Zach finally emerges.
00:58A bundle of women's clothing draped over his arm.
01:01Until my very last breath in my past life, I still hoped he would come, but he never did.
01:06In this life, I won't repeat the same mistakes.
01:08Not ever.
01:09I turn and walk into the study.
01:12I'll marry Sian.
01:14In exchange, I want every Westside asset and my mother's trust fund.
01:17In my name.
01:18You really mean that?
01:19Seeing him like that, I feel even sadder and hollow inside.
01:23After my mom died, my dad brought Lillian home.
01:26From then on, I lost my place as his prized daughter.
01:30All he cared about was Lillian.
01:32Every treasure or novelty, she got first.
01:34Even this wedding.
01:36Lillian refused to marry a cripple so the burden fell on me.
01:39In my past life, I refused.
01:41Lillian was ambushed while fooling the wedding.
01:44Zach saved her and left me to rot in hell.
01:47Naturally.
01:48Zach stands in the doorway, dark-faced, eyes burning with rage.
01:51I have no idea how long he's been listening.
01:54Lillian, what exactly did you just agree to?
01:56I look at him, feeling nothing but a stranger's distance and a hint of amusement.
02:03For the family's reputation, keep this quiet for now, dad.
02:06Or, do you want people thinking you favor a mistress' daughter?
02:08Over me, your rightful one.
02:10Fine.
02:11But don't go back on your promise.
02:13I simply hum in response, then walk past Zach without even looking at him.
02:17It is the first time I've ever ignored him.
02:20Um, Elowen, what did you just say?
02:23Lillian's already had it hard.
02:25Why are you still going after her?
02:26So that's why he was rushing.
02:28He thought I'd go after Lillian.
02:29He knows very well we never get along, yet he still protects her.
02:32Then I remember it.
02:33In my past life, he took a bullet for Lillian and I cried, asking why.
02:37She's not like you, Elowen.
02:38Lillian can't handle pain.
02:41Maybe I look too pale then.
02:42He noticed it and promised he'd come for me soon.
02:45Now I see.
02:46It was just a lie he threw out to shut me up.
02:52Did I spoil you or what?
02:54How dare you walk in on me and dad like that?
02:57Zach's head snaps to the side.
02:58He stares at me, stunned, silent for a long moment.
03:01He must be surprised.
03:03After all, I used to love him that much.
03:04I'd hold his hand and tell him he was the only one I trusted.
03:07I'd curl up in his arms and say we'd never let each other down.
03:10If he got hurt, I'd cry and panic.
03:12I was wrong.
03:13I look at him with his head down, yet there's no pleasure in revenge.
03:16In the tense standoff, someone suddenly rushes over.
03:20What did he do wrong, Elowen?
03:22Why are you doing this to him?
03:23If it's my fault, I'll say sorry for him.
03:25Just leave Zach alone.
03:27It's okay.
03:28Don't worry about me, Lillian.
03:29They look all lovey-doovy.
03:30And I?
03:31Just like the bad guy.
03:32I try to speak, but my throat feels blocked and my chest hurts.
03:36Zach is mine.
03:37Who are you to apologize for him?
03:39Elephant.
03:39I know you've never liked me, but Zach doesn't belong to anyone.
03:42He's free.
03:43Don't say that anymore.
03:45You think so, too?
03:46She didn't do anything.
03:47Leave her alone, Oan, Elowen.
03:50I close my eyes in mockery, turning away without another word.
03:55Zach still follows me.
03:56He kneels in front of my bed.
03:58He's about to speak, but his expression suddenly shifts.
04:04Elowen.
04:06Through the soft soul, I feel something get hard.
04:08Right there against the bottom of my foot, bold as anything.
04:12I stare at his face, increasing the pressure beneath my foot.
04:16Then I lift my foot and tip Zach's chin up with the tip of my shoe.
04:20Unhasty.
04:20Almost vicious.
04:21What?
04:22Trying to stay pure for someone else?
04:23Think I'm humiliating you?
04:25Too bad.
04:26Even under my foot, you still react.
04:28I don't know what you mean.
04:29This has nothing to do with Lillian.
04:30Humiliate me if you want, but she-
04:32Enough!
04:33Even now, he's still thinking about Lillian.
04:35Get out.
04:38I sit for a moment, then get up and follow him from a distance.
04:42And sure enough, he goes into Lillian's room.
04:46Zach, she didn't do anything to you, right?
04:48It's my fault.
04:48I made her angry.
04:50And now this is happening to you.
04:51It's not your business, Lillian.
04:53Lillian, Elowen's always been harsh.
04:54I'm used to it.
04:55I don't mind as long as she doesn't hurt you.
04:59Lillian, stay away.
05:01I'm dirty.
05:02I stagger a step and knock over a vah.
05:04Zach bursts out, gun aimed at my chest.
05:07Blood stains my shoulder instantly.
05:10I freeze, staring at Zach, who appeared out of nowhere.
05:13I try to speak, but blood rushes into my mouth, cutting off my words.
05:16Pain hits me.
05:17My face goes white, and I stumble a few steps, weak.
05:20Elowen!
05:23Zach, I'm scared.
05:24Why is she hiding, Zach?
05:26Is she going to hurt me again?
05:30Elowen, you scared Lillian.
05:31I'll settle her first, then come I'll call a doctor.
05:34I see the scene replaying from before, my heart hurting worse than the gunshot.
05:39What did you say?
05:40Are you serious?
05:41You want to give Zach to Lillian, but aren't you crazy about him?
05:44Like you went against so many people just to save him.
05:47I'm getting married.
05:48It doesn't make sense to keep some outside around.
05:50Lillian likes him too, right?
05:52Give him to her, she'll be happy.
05:54My dad knows Lillian well.
05:55He thinks about it for a second, then agrees.
05:57For once, there's a little guilt in his eyes.
05:59He says my name, real quiet.
06:01Elowen, this marriage to Sheen, it's on me.
06:03I don't let him finish.
06:04I stand up and walk out slowly.
06:06Five days later, Sheen's people deliver my wedding dress.
06:10Tomorrow's my wedding, but I hardly look at the dress.
06:14I just turn to Zaz, Zach, and speak calmly.
06:19Lillian's heading to the suburban villa tomorrow.
06:21Go with her.
06:22Protect her.
06:25Zach jerks his head up, a rare crack appearing in his cold expression.
06:29I never liked him getting close to Lillian.
06:32But now, I push him towards her myself.
06:35A weird sense of panic hits him out of nowhere.
06:37Like he's about to lose something that really matters.
06:41He can only stare at me.
06:44I sit at my vanity and catch his eyes in the mirror.
06:48Having second thoughts?
06:51Zach hesitates.
06:52He seems to sense something is wrong.
06:54Then Lillian crosses his mind and he gives in.
06:55No, I'll go.
06:56I don't know why, but I laugh.
06:59Then go.
07:00Zach pauses, a lump forming in his throat.
07:04Isn't it tomorrow?
07:05Instead of answering, I take off the necklace he gave me,
07:08then drop it onto the table.
07:09Like ending a chapter.
07:11He gave it to me on my coming of age day.
07:15I treasured it and never took it off.
07:17He sees what I'm doing.
07:19Panic flashes across his face.
07:20I ignore it and turn away.
07:23Just go.
07:26He balls his hands into fists, yet leaves without a word.
07:30The next day, the wedding car arrives,
07:31in my wedding dress,
07:33I walk out of the Marani estate without looking back.
07:35Zach, this is goodbye forever.
07:38As I leave, Zach, who's with Lillian at the villa,
07:41feels a sharp pang in his chest instinctively.
07:44He looks back toward the estate.
07:46Zach?
07:47What's got your attention?
07:51Elowen finally gave you to me.
07:52Aren't you happy?
07:53He feels repressed against him,
07:55but his mind is elsewhere.
07:56Suddenly, something clicks.
07:58Wait, what did you say?
08:01Elowen?
08:02Gave me to you?
08:03Xi'an was the most powerful mafia boss in the North.
08:05Someone like Lillian, an illegitimate daughter,
08:07was never meant to wed him.
08:09Yet my dad used me
08:12to put Lillian in that position.
08:15Then, half a month ago, rumors spread.
08:17He'd been crippled in a shootout.
08:19His family was gone.
08:20He was all that remained.
08:22Don't you know?
08:23Elowen's getting married to Xi'an.
08:26The thought makes Zach race back to New York,
08:28only to see the wedding car already gone.
08:31The wedding car rolls into Xi'an's northern estate.
08:35Elowen, I am Xi'an.
08:37I place my hand in his, warm, strong, and steady.
08:40Through the veil, I see a faint figure.
08:42I pause, then slip my hand into his palm.
08:44I'm taken into the estate.
08:48Since Xi'an's family is gone,
08:50there's no big wedding.
08:51Just a simple ceremony.
08:53As you can see,
08:54I can't give you a normal life.
08:55I'll set you free into life.
08:56No need.
08:57He's strikingly handsome.
08:58Sharp features.
08:59Intense vibe.
08:59Even seated, he carries pressure.
09:01And after his whole family is gone,
09:02he's all alone.
09:03So similar to that Zach I once knew.
09:05I chose to marry you, so
09:06don't belittle yourself.
09:08Xi'an pauses.
09:09A faint ripple in his gaze.
09:11Then it quickly fades.
09:12But how could?
09:12In my condition, I can't even be a real husband.
09:14Do you like anyone?
09:16No.
09:19The next morning,
09:20he came to me with a dark look on his face
09:22and asked who the man was.
09:24What's the rush?
09:25I couldn't even be bothered to look at him.
09:28Aren't you only interested in that woman, Lily?
09:31That shut him up completely.
09:33He slammed the door and stoned.
09:36War and I had been together for ten years.
09:39I helped him seize territory from rival claims
09:42and build everything he had.
09:44And yet, after all that,
09:47he broke his promise to marry me
09:49and chose another woman instead.
09:51Mara fought beside you for every inch of this coast,
09:53so what happened?
09:54A woman with blood on her hands gives me chills.
09:57Lily's different.
09:58She's innocent.
09:59But if Mara betrays you, we're finished.
10:01The entire Serpent Coast belongs to me.
10:03She's only one person.
10:04He had no idea I was standing in the hallway.
10:07I threw the ointment I'd brought him into the cache,
10:10then sent a text to his biggest rival.
10:13Kor's territory, Kor's life.
10:16Want them?
10:17They're yours.
10:18I was making plans to leave
10:20when Kor came looking for me.
10:23A shipment's arriving in two days.
10:25You'll pick it up personally
10:26and clear out your room.
10:27I need it.
10:28His tone was cold and commanding,
10:30but all I felt was amusement.
10:32The shipment was probably for the wedding,
10:34and my room was obviously being prepared for Lily.
10:37What are you sulking about now?
10:38I already told you I can't make our relationship public
10:41because the situation's unstable.
10:42Again?
10:43Back then, I believed every word he said.
10:46Whenever he needed weapons, I became a dragon.
10:49Whenever he needed soldiers,
10:50I took human form and fought for him.
10:53Now I realized it had all been lies.
10:55I slid the signed clearance pass toward him
10:58between stacks of purchase lists.
11:00I'm just used to it.
11:02He barely glanced at it before signing hard across the page.
11:06Everything on this island belongs to me.
11:08Including you.
11:09So quit giving me that attitude.
11:11He mistook my silence for submission.
11:13I didn't correct him.
11:15I walked outside,
11:16looked at the open sea beyond the docks,
11:18and smiled.
11:19That evening, Lily appeared at the docks in a white dress,
11:23glowing and delicate exactly the way Cor liked.
11:26Behind her, crate after crate of luggage was carried ashore.
11:30As she passed me, she stopped deliberately.
11:33Mara, you work so hard for Cor.
11:36I'm sure he'll promote you eventually.
11:39As for me, Cor can't wait to marry me.
11:43I tightened my grip on the knife in my hand
11:45to stop myself from driving it straight through her.
11:48Move.
11:50I shot her a cold glance and started to walk away.
11:53You can see.
11:55Cor writes in this whenever he misses me.
11:59Could you throw it away for me?
12:02Then she strutted off.
12:05I stood at the edge of the cliff,
12:07my hands trembling as I opened the diary.
12:10April 12th.
12:11That was the day I covered Cor during a gunfight
12:14while Zane's men broke through the line.
12:16If I make it back alive,
12:18I'm going to treat you right.
12:20August 5th.
12:22Cor got shot.
12:23I stormed into Zane's pants alone,
12:26changing direction while running to draw fire,
12:28and dragged him back out.
12:30That same day, he wrote,
12:31God, baby, you looked beautiful today.
12:34January 24th.
12:36He'd been captured by a hostile tribe.
12:38I volunteered to take his place.
12:40He wrote,
12:42If it were you,
12:43I'd never let you go through something like that.
12:45While I was risking my life for him,
12:47he was rejecting my feelings
12:49and writing love notes to another woman.
12:51God, baby, I'm beautiful today.
12:51The more I read,
12:53the harder I broke apart inside.
12:56Finally, I hurled the diary onto the ground.
12:59Right then, a message from Zane came through.
13:02We should talk about your offer.
13:03After settling the details with Zane,
13:05I headed back and overheard Cor talking to his crew.
13:07Lord, the wedding dress we bought at auction,
13:11the one worth billions, has arrived.
13:13Should we send it to Lily now?
13:15Yeah.
13:16The wedding's tomorrow.
13:18I won't allow any interference.
13:21If anyone leaks this to Mara,
13:24they die.
13:25I'd already decided to leave,
13:27but hearing Cor talk about me
13:28like I was some threat that needed controlling
13:30still hurt.
13:32I went back to my room to pack,
13:34only to realize I owned almost nothing besides weapons.
13:37Of course,
13:39Cor had never given me anything else.
13:41The one time I asked, he told me,
13:43Even if you wear dresses and earrings,
13:45you still don't look like a woman.
13:46Don't embarrass yourself.
13:48The memory hollowed me out all over again.
13:51Meanwhile,
13:52Lily's luggage was overflowing with jewelry,
13:55beautiful clothes,
13:56and expensive accessories.
13:57I dug out the red dress I'd hidden away years ago,
14:00put it on,
14:01applied makeup,
14:02and watched the last traces of silver shimmer
14:05fade from my skin.
14:06Just then,
14:07Lily walked in without knocking.
14:09Mara, you read the diary, didn't you?
14:13Coarse feelings for me.
14:15Her voice stopped abruptly.
14:16She stared at me in stunned silence,
14:18shocked by how beautiful I looked dressed up.
14:21You know he doesn't want you,
14:23and you're still trying to seduce him?
14:26Tear you!
14:27Unt!
14:27I'll tear you apart!
14:29Before she even got close,
14:30I punched her straight in the face.
14:40You hit me?
14:43Cor's going to destroy you!
14:45You attacked me first.
14:50Cut out those pathetic little tricks of yours.
14:53But the moment the words left my mouth,
14:55she suddenly dropped to her knees and started slapping herself.
14:58I'm sorry!
15:02Just then,
15:03a flying kick came at me.
15:04Mara!
15:05How dare you lay a hand on her!
15:08Cora's boot carried the full strength of dragon blood.
15:11If I'd been hit by it,
15:13it probably would have crippled me.
15:14I twisted aside just in time,
15:17but I landed badly and rolled my ankle.
15:19Fighting through the pain,
15:20I looked up at him.
15:21He didn't even notice me at first.
15:23He went straight to Lily and pulled her to her feet.
15:26When he finally turned back toward me,
15:28I saw the shock in his eyes.
15:31Maybe he'd never imagined I could look this beautiful.
15:35No matter how pretty you make yourself,
15:37you're not even half of what Lily is to me.
15:40Mara kept pressuring me about the wedding,
15:42and I accidentally let it slip.
15:45Just minutes ago,
15:46people had been threatened with death for leaking the news.
15:49Now suddenly, none of it mattered.
15:52They die.
15:54So you're really marrying her?
15:56Yes.
15:58He frowned slightly.
15:59Tomorrow.
16:01Come if you want.
16:02Just don't cause trouble.
16:04Hearing him say it out loud
16:05felt like something tearing through my chest.
16:08Lily peeked out from behind his arm.
16:10I want Mara to be my witness at the wedding.
16:12Cora's expression softened instantly.
16:14Being a witness isn't a big deal.
16:16You don't mind, do you?
16:19Get out.
16:20Silver light crawled up my arms.
16:22Rage spread through me like wildfire.
16:24Both of you.
16:25Get out!
16:52Get out!
16:54Cora had always believed this island was hidden from the world.
16:58Turns out everything here had been under Zane's watch the whole time.
17:02That alone proved I'd chosen the right ally.
17:05I'd just finished applying the ointment and was about to sleep when Cora came back.
17:09He lifted me into his arms, carried me to the bed, and applied his own medicine to my ankle.
17:20He was soaked through.
17:23Don't worry.
17:24It'll heal soon.
17:25Vaint traces of scales showed along his shoulders where the cold had brought them to the surface.
17:30I used to be terrified of pain.
17:32Whenever I got hurt, Cora would press his forehead against mine and comfort me.
17:38Those years were hard, but with him beside me, I always felt safe.
17:43Then one day, he stopped showing up.
17:46So I learned to sit alone in the infirmary and heal by myself.
17:51After all these years, I thought I'd stopped being afraid of pain.
17:55So why now?
17:56What was he trying to do?
17:58You've gotten thinner.
17:59I haven't taken care of you properly.
18:01I'm sorry.
18:02Lily saved my life.
18:04I have no choice.
18:06Once I deal with Zane, I'll end all this and come back to you.
18:10I stared at the ring on his finger.
18:12A pale white scale from Lily had been set into the silver band.
18:16Did you ever really love me?
18:18Yes.
18:19Only you.
18:20It's always been you.
18:23Then he handed me a glass of milk.
18:26The moment I drank it, I tasted the sedative.
18:29My throat tightened instantly.
18:31So in the end, he was still lying to me.
18:35I finished the milk anyway.
18:37Cor smiled that bright, familiar smile, then watched as I closed my eyes.
18:41What he didn't know was that after enduring so many injuries over the years, sedatives no longer worked on me.
18:48A while later, Lily's voice drifted into the room.
18:51Will that really keep her asleep for a whole day?
18:52Of course.
18:56Perfect timing, sweetheart.
19:01He pulled Lily into his arms and they immediately started making out.
19:05Every sound tore at me, but I had no choice except pretend to sleep.
19:10They carried on for two hours before finally leaving.
19:13The second the door closed, I shot upright.
19:16I am the Luna chosen by the moon goddess for my alpha.
19:19But Damien is desperately in love with my sister, Sophia.
19:22He resented me for five years.
19:25When I went into labor, he wasn't there.
19:28I lost too much blood.
19:30The last thing I heard before the darkness took me was Damien's voice, low and harsh, like the words cost
19:35him something.
19:35If I could do this over, I would wish you were never my Luna.
19:41When I opened my eyes again, I was back.
19:43Back to the moment the moon goddess marked me as his.
19:46Damien's hand was around my throat since before.
19:48Same fury, same cold gold eyes.
19:50Why would the moon goddess choose you as my Luna?
19:52I looked up at him, calm.
19:54Don't worry, I'll break the bond myself.
19:57Damien went still for a moment.
19:59Then he laughed, short and contemptuous.
20:02Don't play games with me.
20:04The moon goddess only pairs a wolf once.
20:06Break the bond and that's it.
20:07No second mate.
20:09Ever.
20:11Unless, crawl, you're planning to crawl to that freak from the snowfield pack?
20:15The snowfield pack.
20:16They were new, but no one called them small anymore.
20:18In the span of a few years, they had risen from nothing,
20:20expanding fast and ruthlessly across the northern tundra
20:22until every established pack had been forced to take notice.
20:24Their alpha was a man named Ethan,
20:26and the story that followed his name was one wolves told in lowered voices.
20:28On the day he came of age, the moon goddess had given him nothing.
20:31No bond, no Luna, no mate.
20:32And now his pack had arrived at our territory without warning, passed over,
20:35bearing gifts no one could ignore, and a single request.
20:37They wanted a mate for their alpha.
20:38The problem was simple.
20:39The snowfield territory was exactly what its name promised, Ite.
20:42No wolf raised in the warmth of the forest wanted to go there.
20:44I looked at Damien's face like I was something he knows, that easy contempt.
20:47The pain of it moved through me, sharp and familiar,
20:49stealing the air from my lungs.
20:50I let myself feel it, then I let it go.
20:52Just wait.
20:54I'll make sure you end up
20:56with Sophia.
21:04I went deep into the forest, past the place where the trees stopped letting in light.
21:07The witch found me before I found her.
21:09She listened to what I wanted.
21:10When I was done, she looked at me the way you look at something wounded.
21:12I can break the bond between you and Damien,
21:14but the pain will be unlike anything you've felt before.
21:16Bad enough to make you wish you hadn't survived it.
21:18I laughed.
21:19A small, tired sound.
21:21Nothing could hurt more than staying.
21:23Please.
21:23The witch was quiet for a long moment.
21:25Help me.
21:26Then she reached into the folds of her cloak and produced a ring.
21:29Plain, dark, old-looking.
21:31One drop of blood from each wolf you love most.
21:33Yours and his.
21:35When the ring has both, the bond will break.
21:37The wolf I loved most was Damien.
21:39The wolf Damien loved most was Sophia.
21:41If I hurt Sophia to get her blood, Damien might actually kill me.
21:44I rode back to the pack anyway.
21:46I found Damien and held the ring out before he could speak.
21:49All you have to do is give me a drop of your blood and Sophia's.
21:52Then the bond, he knocked it out of my hand.
21:54I watched it arc through the air and disappear into the lake.
21:56The water closed over it without a sound.
21:58Are you ever gonna stop?
21:59His voice was sharp enough to cut.
22:01Heart's blood?
22:01Seriously, Iris?
22:02Why not just ask us both to die and be done with it?
22:04Something inside my chest looked very cold.
22:06My hands dropped to my sides.
22:07I couldn't feel them anymore.
22:08Because the ring needs blood from whoever each of us loves most.
22:10I love you.
22:11You love Sophia.
22:14Absurd excuse.
22:16Damien didn't believe a word.
22:18I didn't try to make him believe me anymore.
22:20I turned and jumped into the lake.
22:25The water was a wall of cold.
22:27I forced my eyes open beneath it, searching the black stone lake bed until my fingers finally
22:31hit something small and hard.
22:32The ring.
22:33Before I could surface on my own, hands caught me.
22:35Fury, a strong chest was heaving.
22:37He looked at me like I was something unrecognizable.
22:39What is wrong with you?
22:40Have you truly lost your mind?
22:41There it was again.
22:42He always did this.
22:43This exact thing that confused me.
22:44His actions looked like he cared, like I was still something worth saving.
22:48And every time at the wandering stop the moment Sophia existed, I opened my hand.
22:51The ring lay in my palm, still cold from the lake.
22:54I started crying.
22:55I couldn't tell if it was pain or relief.
22:56Maybe both.
22:57Damien stared at me like I was a question he couldn't answer.
22:59Then he turned and walked away.
23:00That left me with one choice.
23:01I went to find Sophia.
23:02Soph and I had never made sense together.
23:04Not in this life.
23:04Not in the last one.
23:05When we walked in me, sharper room together, every eye found her first.
23:07Nobody ever had to think about it.
23:08But when I came to her room, she didn't look up.
23:10I can make you Damien's Luna, but I need something from you first.
23:14That got her attention.
23:15Barely.
23:16What?
23:17Your blood.
23:17She went still.
23:19Then she laughed.
23:19Well, just ask not warmly.
23:21I'm not trying to hurt you.
23:22Damien and I have a bond.
23:23If I break it, he's free.
23:24You'd be free to be with him properly.
23:26No bond between us in a way.
23:27She finally looked at me.
23:28Her eyes were sharp.
23:29Why would you do that?
23:29Everyone in this pack knows you've been in love with Damien since we were children.
23:32So why would you just give him up?
23:34Give him to me?
23:36I didn't have a good answer.
23:39Then Sophia only lifted one hand.
23:42Fine.
23:43I'll call the healer.
23:45Don't try anything stupid.
23:47The healer came.
23:48The needle was ready.
23:50Then the door exploded off its hinges.
23:52Damien.
23:53It took him half a second to understand what he thought he was seeing.
23:56Sophia, the healer, the needle hovering near her heart.
23:59The look on his face was one I had never seen before.
24:01Like something inside him had cracked open.
24:07Sophia, are you alright?
24:10Did she hurt you?
24:14You shouldn't have come.
24:16How could I not?
24:17Do you truly believe her?
24:19You could have died, Sophia.
24:21Do you understand that?
24:22If it means being with you, then it was worth trying.
24:24She smiled when she said it.
24:26Soft and tired and so certain.
24:27One tear slipped down her cheek.
24:29Only one.
24:30But it was enough.
24:31I had never seen him love someone.
24:33Not like that.
24:33Not with his whole body, his whole chest as if nothing else in the room existed.
24:37And I was still standing in the corner.
24:39I didn't move.
24:40I didn't speak.
24:41For a long moment I didn't even breathe properly.
24:43The room seemed to shrink around me.
24:45Then Damien looked at me.
24:46He crossed the room and shoved me hard.
24:48My back hit the pillar.
24:50I went down, pain bursting between my ribs.
24:52He crouched, grabbing the front of my dress.
24:54Come at me if you need someone to punish.
24:57Don't touch Sophia.
24:58I knew that voice.
25:00I knew those words.
25:01He used to say them to others.
25:02To anyone who hurt me.
25:04Anyone who got too close.
25:05He used to step in front of me and said the exact same thing.
25:07And now, I was the someone else.
25:12I blinked back the tears.
25:14Pried his fingers off my shirt one by one.
25:16I wouldn't believe me.
25:18Just once.
25:19The witch told me how to do this.
25:21It has to be Sophia's blood because the ring needs blood from whoever each of us loves most.
25:25That's the rule, not mine.
25:28How am I supposed to believe anything you say?
25:29His eyes were hard.
25:31The bond is between us.
25:32So why does Sophia have anything to do with it?
25:34Stop.
25:34I'm done listening.
25:35I exhaled.
25:36Pressed my fist against my side.
25:38There was nothing left to say that he would hear.
25:40I looked up.
25:41Sophia was watching me from across the room and she was smiling.
25:44Not warmly.
25:45The kind of smile that means I win.
25:47She'd done it on purpose.
25:48Called him here knowing exactly what would happen.
25:50And I had trusted her.
25:52I wouldn't make that mistake again.
25:53I moved.
25:54I was across the room before anyone could react.
25:57Knife out.
25:58Laid at Sophia's throat.
26:00Damien froze.
26:02Iris.
26:03She is your sister.
26:05Put it down.
26:06No.
26:08Sophia's eyes was on me.
26:09Sharp.
26:10Furious.
26:11Something underneath that might have been-
26:12You hate me that much?
26:13I didn't answer her.
26:16Your blood.
26:17Give me your blood and I'll let her go.
26:18He looked at me for one long moment.
26:20Fine.
26:21The pack healer drew the heart's blood.
26:23Dark red moved slowly through the hollow tube.
26:26I turned away.
26:27I couldn't watch it.
26:28Once the bond broke, he would have everything he wanted.
26:30And we would have nothing left between us at all.
26:36Now let her go.
26:39I looked away.
26:40Picked up the needle from the table and pressed it to Sophia's chest.
26:45Iris.
26:46Iris.
26:46I'm your sister.
26:48Damien, help me!
26:49Damien's control snapped.
26:50Stop!
26:51You touch her again and I will never-
26:53Do you hear me?
26:54Never be with you.
26:55Not in this life.
26:57Blood fell onto the ring.
26:59I let Sophia go, added Damien's blood, and stepped back.
27:04He was already at her side, arms around her, not looking at me.
27:07Sophia, are you alright?
27:09Let me see.
27:10She cried quietly against his chest.
27:13Why would you do this to me?
27:15Damien turned.
27:16His claws came out.
27:20He drove his claws into my chest.
27:22The pain was huge and bright and complete.
27:25Erasing everything else for one clean second.
27:28Blood spilled out, far more than Sophia had lost.
27:31He didn't look at me.
27:32You deserve that.
27:33Heal Sophia first!
27:35Every wound, every mark.
27:37I don't want a scar left on her.
27:40I walked out of the room, and that was as far as I got.
27:43The pain came without warning.
27:44Not from the wound in my chest, but from somewhere deeper.
27:46Somewhere the witch had warned me about.
27:48Every nerve in my body lit up at once.
27:50I felt something black rose in my throat, and I couldn't stop it.
27:53Black blood.
27:53The bond was breaking.
27:54The ground, the ground vanished.
27:56Before I understood what was happening, I was in the lake.
28:00The cold swallowed me whole.
28:02I tried to scream, but no sound came out.
28:05The water stole it before it left my throat.
28:08I felt my body flowing.
28:11I felt the edges of everything go soft and dark.
28:15Then something caught my wrist.
28:18Hard.
28:19Steady.
28:19Like he had no intention of letting go.
28:21He pulled me up from the bottom of the lake as if I weighed mehup.
28:24I had never seen him before.
28:25He was taller than Damien.
28:26Broader, too.
28:27The kind of body built by surviving cruel places.
28:29Before I could understand any of it, he had me in his arms, both hands pressed over my wound.
28:33How did you let yourself get like this?
28:34And he was not calm.
28:36If I hadn't come, you would have died down there.
28:38Do you understand?
28:39But you came.
28:44Ethan.
28:45My name is Ethan.
29:02Ethan stayed.
29:04I don't know if I asked him to or if he simply decided.
29:08Either way, he was there when I woke.
29:10And the day after and the day after that until the wound closed and the bond sickness passed
29:14and I could breathe without it hurting.
29:16On the morning I finally felt like myself again, Damien came.
29:19He brought a thermos of soup, my favorite.
29:21The kind I only ever wanted when I was sick.
29:23He sat beside the bed and picked up the spoon the way he used to,
29:26back when things between us were different.
29:28I didn't open my mouth.
29:30The bond is broken.
29:31I was wrong about you.
29:35Sophia hasn't gotten out of bed since that day.
29:37She's still shaken.
29:38Now that you're better, go apologize to her.
29:43And if I don't?
29:45Then you're not welcome in this pack anymore.
29:48The snowfield alpha is looking for a luna.
29:50If you won't apologize, go be his.
29:53You've both been left behind by the moon goddess.
29:55You'd make a perfect pair.
29:57Something shifted in my chest.
29:59Not breaking.
29:59Something quieter than that.
30:00The last small thing I'd been holding in.
30:02I had known, of course, that Ben Reed of Cymbalina was chosen.
30:04It didn't.
30:05All right, I'll go.
30:06Well done if to do is to do is for the rest of us.
30:07That was leaving wanted against me like this.
30:09You see, it meant going north meant becoming Ethan's Luna.
30:19By the will of Dragon God Tython, Roland Moorheart and Aurelia Winter are named the reigning king and queen of
30:26Lyrion.
30:28This is our greatest honor, Lord Tython.
30:52We're all dragon princesses.
30:54Why should some bitch like you get so lucky?
30:56Drawing the marriage contract with Prince Roland and becoming queen while I'm forced to wed a lowly feathered snake.
31:02Lucky, marrying Roland was the biggest regret of me.
31:05If I could live again, I'd never go near that bastard.
31:19Today's your choosing day.
31:21These two fate dragon eggs hold the matches your late grandfather set.
31:25Aurelia, which of the two betrothals will you pick?
31:29Choosing a husband?
31:30I've gone back ten years.
31:32This was the very day I picked the golden dragon egg to wed Roland, while Lilith took the black one
31:37and married the feathered snake.
31:54Aurelia, I picked Roland first.
31:56He belongs to me.
32:01Exactly.
32:02I never knew Princess Lilith was this hot.
32:03I'm gonna marry her.
32:05Wait.
32:05Could it be Lilith was also reborn?
32:09Dad, Prince Roland has agreed to marry me.
32:11So, my sister has to pick the leftover fiancé.
32:15Verde Scale is the richest dragon realm there is.
32:18Whichever daughter he marries will be a great honor for our Lycian kingdom.
32:22Aurelia, crack open your dragon egg and see who your future husband is.
32:25I'll take everything you had in your past life.
32:28Soon enough, you'll swap places with me and marry that humble feathered snake instead.
32:38Why is there a feathered snake in there?
32:41Feathered snakes are the lowest of all dragon hide.
32:47It's this wretched feathered snake.
32:49I got paired with him in my past life and wound up exiled.
32:52Now it's Aurelia's turn to endure my pain.
32:55It's him.
32:56Why did Father arrange another betrothal to a feathered snake?
33:13Your Highness Typhoon, you're due to honor your betrothal with Lyran's princess.
33:17We'll be late if you tarot.
33:18Dragons take one mate for life, and I, Typhus, shall wed only the woman I love.
33:24I want no part in this loveless political marriage.
33:26You're the progettenor of all monsters, and every creature bows to you.
33:30Yet this betrothal was set by your grandmother Nex, goddess of night.
33:33You cannot break it!
33:39Once that princess sees me like this, she'll beg to end our betrothal.
33:44Your Hidest Princess, I've come to honor our betrothal.
33:49Your Hidest Princess, I've come to honor our betrothal.
33:53Auraria, Grandfather's betrothal can't be broken.
33:55I've chosen Prince Rolvind, so you must marry this feathered snake.
33:58Don't get why that old fool left behind such a betrothal.
34:01What benefits could this inferior feathered snake possibly bring us?
34:05Auraria, you ought to wed the elder of Verdcredge Kingdom.
34:08He's elderly, yet immensely wealthy.
34:10This filthy feathered snake, good for nothing but the sewers, has nothing to give you.
34:14If the princess wishes to marry another, we may break this betrothal.
34:18In my past life, I married the wealthiest prince, and he tortured me every day.
34:24This time, I care nothing for rank or status, only genuine love.
34:28I'd marry you even if you're a feathered snake.
34:31I'm just a low-life feathered snake, no money, no status.
34:34Marrying me means you might not even have enough to eat.
34:36Are you really sure?
34:37So what if we have no money?
34:39I'm good with needlework and crafting, it will be enough to keep us fed.
34:42From this day forward, we stand by each other, and trust one another completely.
34:47Such honesty and purity, it's rare.
34:49This is interesting.
34:51This is humiliating!
34:52If you're dead set on marrying this revolting, scaleless feathered snake,
34:55you are no longer my daughter!
34:57I have made my decision, and you cannot stop me, Dad.
34:59You!
35:03I, Aurelia Winnell, do solemnly declare that I will uphold this betrothal and take him as my husband.
35:09Aurelia, don't say I didn't warn you.
35:11Marry a feathered snake, and I'll step on you for the rest of your life.
35:15Lilith has no clue.
35:16Back in our past life, Roland only wed me to snatch my dragon pearl and cash it in.
35:21Bitch, cough up that dragon pearl at once.
35:32Lilith, you do better to take care of yourself first.
35:35Life in the Verde Scale Court is not as easy as you think.
35:37We'll see about that!
35:43Let's go.
35:46We...
35:47It's a pleasure to meet you.
35:48I'm Aurelia Wint.
35:49What's your name?
35:50I'm T...
35:51Tyvon Dusk.
35:52So, Tyvon, in three days, don't forget to come pick me up for our wedding.
36:03Your Highness, Princess Aurelia didn't reject you for being at a snake and calling off the betrothal.
36:07Are you still planning to keep your godly identity hidden?
36:10Let me see her true feelings for me.
36:11You've truly surprised me, Aurelia.
36:13Could you be the dragon god's bride I've been waiting for, the one I'll cherish all my life?
36:18Look at Princess Lilith's dowry.
36:20It's so precious.
36:21But Princess Aurelia has nothing.
36:23They're both princesses, but the difference is huge.
36:26You're marrying a feathered snake.
36:27You'd better get used to living like the lower class.
36:33Prince Roland, we are so honoured that you value Kalemia so much.
36:37It's truly a privilege for our small kingdom.
36:39Aurelia, where's your feathered snake husband?
36:41Don't tell me he didn't want to marry you and ran away.
36:46Your Majesty.
36:51I've come for you, my dear wife.
36:55Is this feathered snake here to beg or to marry?
36:57Showing up dressed like that is utterly humiliating.
37:00Ha ha ha!
37:01Compared to Prince Roland, it's like heaven and earth.
37:03What are you wearing?
37:04You deliberately embarrassed me in front of all the nobles!
37:07Aurelia, isn't your husband just a little low-brawn?
37:09It's your wedding day, don't you feel ashamed?
37:10Marriage is a lifelong bond.
37:12What matters is true heart, not appearances.
37:15The man I have chosen cannot be shaken by the words of others.
37:22Lord Typhon.
37:27Congratulations, Your Majesty.
37:28I never imagined your family would secure such an extraordinary marriage.
37:33Ha ha!
37:34Damned feathered snake!
37:35Where is your wedding procession?
37:37You expect the bride to walk back with you?
37:39Exactly.
37:39Look at my husband.
37:41He came to pick me up with the most luxurious carriage procession in the entire dragon clan.
37:50Wait for me!
37:51Ignore them.
37:52My princess, let me take you home.
38:01Just a moment!
38:03I've found a place to stay.
38:04Please, follow me.
38:05Okay.
38:15This is the temporary lodging you found for me.
38:17You expect me to live here?
38:19I was just trying not to blow your clavah, your rhinus.
38:27I'm sorry you have to stay in such a shabby place with me.
38:29You deserve better.
38:30It's alright.
38:31I think it's perfect.
38:32We can build our home together.
38:35Our home.
38:36Our home.
38:36I never imagined she truly doesn't care that I'm a feathered snake.
38:40I must make it up to her.
38:42Come with me.
38:53What's happening?
38:57Maybe all creatures crave to see our nuptials.
39:00Auraria, you're exactly who I was meant to meet.
39:04This is the only thing my father left me.
39:07I have never taken it off before.
39:09Now, I give it to you.
39:17By the will of Dragon God Tython, Roland Moorheart and Auralia Winter are named the reigning king and queen of
39:23Lyrion.
39:25This is our greatest honor, Lord Tython.
39:50We're all dragon princesses.
39:51Why should some bitch like you get so lucky?
39:53Drawing the marriage contract with Prince Roland and becoming queen
39:57while I'm forced to wed a lowly feathered snake.
39:59Lucky, marrying Roland was the biggest regret of me.
40:02If I could live again, I'd never go near that bastard.
40:17Today's your choosing day.
40:18These two fate dragon eggs hold the matches your late grandfather set.
40:22Auraria, which of the two betrothals will you pick?
40:26Choosing a husband?
40:28I've gone back ten years.
40:29This was the very day I picked the golden dragon egg to wed Roland,
40:32while Lilith took the black one and married the feathered snake.
40:36Oh.
40:41Oh.
40:51Aurelia.
40:52I picked Roland first.
40:54He belongs to me.
40:58Exactly.
40:59I never knew Princess Lilith was this hot.
41:01I'm gonna marry her.
41:02Wait.
41:03Could it be?
41:03Lilith was also reborn?
41:06Dad, Prince Roland has agreed to marry me.
41:09So, my sister has to pick the leftover fiancé.
41:12Verde Scale is the richest dragon realm there is.
41:15Whichever daughter he marries will be a great honor for our Lycian kingdom.
41:19Aurelia, crack open your dragon egg and see who your future husband is.
41:23I'll take everything you had in your past life.
41:25Soon enough, you'll swap places with me and marry that humble feathered snake instead.
41:36Why is there a feathered snake in there?
41:38Feathered snakes are the lowest of all dragon height.
41:43I was born blonde.
41:45The divine blood in me never awakened.
41:47From a world where divine blood is the only currency.
41:50A daughter without a blessing is less than the dirt beneath their boots.
41:53I was the house of Ashford's greatest shame.
41:56No power.
41:57No bloodline form.
41:58Not even the healing spark in every noble vein.
42:00Of pure blood, cut by a blade.
42:02Healed in minutes.
42:03A paper cut leaves me bleeding for three days.
42:05But I hid a secret no one knew.
42:08My world was black.
42:09And I could see the true color of every soul.
42:12Envy burns green.
42:13Hatred burns black.
42:15Love glows pink.
42:16The deeper the truth, the richer the stain.
42:19With these eyes, I dragged Lysander from a forgotten fifth son all the way to the crown.
42:23And how did he repay me?
42:25The day my sister Cascio was sent to the underworld.
42:29One hand crushed my jaw.
42:31The other poured Hecate's venom down my throat.
42:34Flowers plucked from the earth by the goddess herself.
42:36Her poison.
42:37Her gift.
42:38I should never have chosen a blind girl.
42:40It was Kastla I wanted.
42:42If not for you, that monster, Marcus, would never have broken her.
42:46I crossed the river stakes.
42:48No funeral.
42:49He gave Cascio the title of queen and buried her with full honors.
42:54I was cast out beyond the borders of the estate thrown to the pros.
42:57Hatred tore me open.
43:01And my eyes finally saw.
43:03Seventeen years old.
43:05Lysander moves first.
43:06Straight to Cascio.
43:07Claims her before the entire court.
43:09He came back too.
43:10He is terrified.
43:12I'll choose him again.
43:13I turned my head.
43:14In all those rotting souls, one heartburned queen.
43:18Gold.
43:19The man in the wheelchair.
43:21The true light of Apollo.
43:25I claim Cascio Ashford as my mate.
43:28My one and only queen.
43:30As soon as he finished speaking, all eyes turned to me.
43:32Anul.
43:33Anul.
43:33She's blind.
43:34Her bloodline never even answered.
43:35Why is she even here?
43:36Let them talk.
43:37I am a daughter of the house of Ashford.
43:39Born in the dark.
43:41On my day of ascension, nothing rises from my blood.
43:44No power.
43:45No gift.
43:46In a world of divine blood, a blind girl is a joke.
43:49A null with no power.
43:50That is the punchline.
43:51Cascio is different.
43:53Pure blood.
43:54Silent snow.
43:56A voice of sweet and noble divine blood.
43:59To our family, she is a treasure.
44:01To them, I am a stain.
44:03Lysander drops to one knee.
44:05Bind your fate to mine.
44:07I will make you the most powerful woman in the realm.
44:10Then he looks at me.
44:12Not with pity.
44:13With disgust.
44:13A warning.
44:14He thinks he can reach the throne without me this time.
44:17He is wrong.
44:18My bloodline never rose.
44:20But I got something far more terrifying.
44:22The eyes of Hacate.
44:24Envy burns green.
44:25Hatred burns black.
44:27Love glows pink.
44:30In my last life, these eyes saved him from a dozen assassins.
44:34I built every alliance.
44:35I gave him the crown.
44:36This life.
44:37He can have her.
44:39I just hope he doesn't end up crawling to my feet to beg.
44:45I'm just a blind girl.
44:47Lysander is far too good for me.
44:48He and Cascio are a perfect match.
44:50Lysander gave a cold laugh.
44:51At least you know your place.
44:52A nul like you, even if you crawled to me on your knees, I still wouldn't choose you.
44:56My mother, Milena, nearly screamed my secret out loud.
44:59Anand looked at me.
45:01She stopped.
45:01I let my gaze sweep across the entire hall.
45:05Marcus, a cruel.
45:07Ashen black.
45:08The other airs, greed.
45:10Lust, filth.
45:11Not one clean soul in the room.
45:13Last life.
45:15I chose Lysander because his soul looked the cleanest.
45:18I was wrong.
45:20He was just the best liar.
45:22It wasn't until Cascio's burial that I finally saw his true color.
45:25Deep.
45:26Rotten.
45:27Purple-black.
45:28He hated me down to his bones.
45:30Last life, it wasn't just my eyes that were blind.
45:33This time, I won't walk that road again.
45:38Cascio drifted over, wearing that warm, sisterly smile.
45:43Thea, you choose first.
45:45Whoever you want.
45:46I'll step aside.
45:48Her soul churned with a sick, writhing green envy.
45:51Lysander cooperated in the act.
45:53No one's going to claim you.
45:54But if you beg, I might let you serve as Cascio's personal maid.
45:59That's all a null is good for, anyway.
46:01I didn't bother to answer.
46:03Not one air in this hall was worth a second glance.
46:06Then, the sound of wheels rolling over stone ground.
46:10Kale Ravencroft.
46:12No one invited him.
46:13He came on his own.
46:15Bound to that chair.
46:17Yet every nerve in my body screamed.
46:19Danger.
46:20He was hiding something.
46:21But his soul is pure.
46:23Lungs.
46:24A blinding gold light.
46:25The mark of a man chosen by Apollo's.
46:32One loud noise could kill me.
46:34But a single tear could destroy the world.
46:36I was the lunar oracle.
46:37Born so fragile, I slept most of my life away.
46:40Yet so dangerous.
46:41The Lycan king built a forbidden tower, just to hide me.
46:43No wolves allowed.
46:44No speaking above a whisper.
46:45For years, I lived in delicate, absolute silence.
46:48Until today.
46:48Angry shouting shattered it.
46:49I opened my eyes.
46:50Silver lady, you can't go in there.
46:52The king gave strict orders.
46:53The moon goddess will curse us.
46:55Oracle, please.
46:56She's playing you for fools.
46:58She's just a lazy brat living off the pack.
47:00I'm going to expose this little fraud.
47:02My door flew open.
47:03A woman stormed inside, marching right up to my bed.
47:05She slapped me hard across the face.
47:06A normal shifter would have blocked it.
47:07But I was a wolf-less omega.
47:09I had zero reflexes.
47:10I took the hit.
47:11The room fell silent.
47:12I sniffed.
47:13Tears spilled down my face.
47:19A second later, the ground began to quake.
47:21The chandelier above my head shook.
47:23Then it crashed down.
47:26Glass and jewels scattered everywhere.
47:28The maids dropped to their knees.
47:29Oracle, please!
47:30Have mercy!
47:32Apologize to her, or we're all doomed!
47:34My cheek throbbed.
47:36I didn't want to cry.
47:37But she hit me.
47:37No one had ever dared to touch me.
47:39Everyone knew the rules.
47:41If I broke down, the world broke with me.
47:43But this woman didn't care.
47:45I saw the glowing necklace on her chest.
47:47It radiated the lichen king's power.
47:48That was her shield.
47:49She stumbled, but kept her chin up.
47:50It's just an earthquake.
47:51Look at you cowards!
47:53It's called tectonic plates.
47:54It has nothing to do with her!
47:56I stared at her through my tears.
47:58Her name was Viola.
47:59She had arrived at the palace three days ago.
48:01The king named her the Silver Lady.
48:02She was just a human, but there was nothing normal about her.
48:05She claimed she was from another world.
48:07A modern world.
48:07A place of science, democracy, and logic.
48:10She called our people backward.
48:11Our faith blind superstition.
48:12Since the day she arrived, she preached equality.
48:15She called the PAX system toxic.
48:17She said omegas and slaves should rule alongside alphas.
48:19And me?
48:20She called me a parasite.
48:21A freeloader who slept all day while others worked.
48:24That's why she broke into my tower.
48:25She wanted to expose me.
48:26It hurt.
48:27My tears fell faster.
48:29Boom.
48:29A crash echoed outside.
48:31The floor jolted.
48:32A maid screamed.
48:33The mountain!
48:34The rock face is collapsing!
48:36Protect the oracle!
48:37Viola's face went pale.
48:38She stared at me, looking for a trick.
48:41Impossible.
48:42This defies logic.
48:44It's just a coincidence.
48:46You hit me.
48:47That set her off.
48:49Her eyes turned vicious.
48:50So what if I did?
48:52You're a fraud!
48:53You deserve it!
48:54Do you know how many people are starving out there?
48:56While you just lie in bed and get pampered?
48:59She shoved a finger in my face.
49:01I am sick of entitled brats like you!
49:04Lightning tore through the sky.
49:06Thunder shook the walls.
49:08A freezing wind blasted into the room.
49:10The wolves dropped to the floor, trembling in tear.
49:12Everyone but her.
49:14It's just static discharge!
49:16Get off your knees!
49:16Silver lady, please!
49:18Stop!
49:18Viola sneered.
49:19I won't stop.
49:19I'm going to prove there are no gods!
49:21She marched toward me again.
49:23A guard stepped up to stop her.
49:27The magic from her necklace blasted him backward.
49:31Looking smug, she yanked me out of bed.
49:34My legs gave out.
49:36I almost hit the floor.
49:37She rolled her eyes.
49:39Stop acting so pathetic.
49:42You're the oracle, right?
49:45Show everyone what you can really do.
49:48I'm sick.
49:49I can't help it.
49:51She snotted.
49:53She didn't buy a word of it.
49:54I resisted.
49:55But she was stronger.
49:57She grabbed my hair and dragged me.
49:59A line of wolf guards blocked the way.
50:02The oracle stays in the tower.
50:03The king gave strict orders.
50:06Viola just laughed.
50:07She flicked the necklace on her chest.
50:08A wave of power shoved the guards aside.
50:11The lichen king gave me this.
50:12He said I could go anywhere.
50:14She let go of the pendant.
50:16Don't use the king to scare me.
50:18I've cursed out kings, prime ministers, and bishops.
50:21In my world, you think I'm scared of an alpha?
50:24She looked down at me.
50:26Her smile was pure evil.
50:28Let's go, princess.
50:31Let's see if you're actually powerful or just a crybaby.
50:34I was too tired to walk.
50:36Watch closely.
50:37She yelled at the cowering crowd.
50:38There is no moon goddess.
50:40There's only this fake oracle.
50:41Disasters are just nature.
50:42She doesn't cause them by crying.
50:44And look at you people.
50:44She pointed at the pack members.
50:47Acting like literal slaves.
50:48You drop to your knees for nothing.
50:49Do you even know what freedom is?
50:50What democracy is?
50:51You have no backbone.
50:52You deserve to be slaves.
50:53No one dared to speak.
50:54I was barefoot.
50:55My feet scraped against the rough stone.
50:56It was agonizing.
50:57It hurts.
50:58Can you please let me go?
50:59You hurt?
51:00Did you care if anyone else was hurting while you lived in luxury?
51:03You want to be worshipped?
51:04Then face the public.
51:05I didn't understand her buzzwords.
51:06I just knew she was bullying me.
51:08I wanted to explain.
51:09I didn't eat much.
51:09I just slept all day.
51:10I didn't wear fancy clothes, so I spoke up.
51:12That's not true.
51:12Her eyes went with wide, with rage.
51:14She slapped me again.
51:16My ears rang.
51:16Tears spilled down my cheeks.
51:17The wind howled like a devon.
51:19The ground shook so hard Viola lost her balance.
51:20Flying debris sliced across her cheek.
51:22She cried out in pain and shoved me hard.
51:24I knew my tears caused disasters, so I fiercely wiped my eyes.
51:27I forced back my tears.
51:29The wind died down.
51:31Viola looked victorious.
51:32See?
51:32It's just the weather.
51:33She dragged me straight to the moon temple.
51:35Panic squeezed my chest.
51:36I almost never left my tower.
51:37I wasn't used to crowds.
51:38Dozens of betas were gathered for a council.
51:39Stop that woman.
51:40Now!
51:41Viola didn't flinch.
51:41She shook me forward.
51:42I tripped and fell hard onto the cold floor.
51:44Look at her!
51:45This is the girl you worship!
51:47She's just a weak, pathetic Omega.
51:53The hall fell silent.
51:54A hundred pairs of eyes locked onto me.
51:56Fear.
51:57Doubt.
51:57Disgust.
51:58I wrapped my arms around myself.
52:00Viola loved the attention.
52:01She grabbed my chin and yanked my head up.
52:03Does she look divine to you?
52:04She bleeds.
52:05She cries.
52:06She's just like us.
52:06Blasphemony!
52:07How dare you humiliate the Oracle!
52:10Humiliate?
52:10I'm giving you the truth.
52:11You shifters are brainwashed.
52:13You don't think for yourselves.
52:14Why is she untouchable?
52:15Because she lives in a tower?
52:17She's just a tool the king uses to control you.
52:19And I hate frauds.
52:21Who wants to try me?
52:28This is a gun.
52:29It's a modern weapon.
52:30It beats your shifter healing and your strength.
52:32Whoever steps up gets a lesson in physics.
52:35Don't worry, my holy Oracle.
52:37Just admit you're a fake and I'll let you go.
52:39I sniffed.
52:40I looked up to keep the tears in.
52:41I never lied.
52:43The ground lurked.
52:45Viola crashed into a pillar.
52:46She barely kept her balance.
52:48More cheap tricks.
52:59The council had gathered for the king.
53:01But Viola turned the meeting into my trial.
53:03She threw me down again.
53:05My head hit the floor.
53:06Blood dripped down my face.
53:07Stop this!
53:08I thought she was all powerful.
53:11Didn't you say the mountains collapse when she cries?
53:15Let's test that theory.
53:17She yanked my hair again.
53:19She slapped my face.
53:20Over and over.
53:24Cry.
53:27Come on!
53:28Cry for them!
53:29I was shaking.
53:31The whispers.
53:32The heavy breathing.
53:34The hostility.
53:36It gave me a splitting headache.
53:38Let me go.
53:40Let you go?
53:40I begged weekly.
53:43Why should I?
53:50You've enjoyed your privilege long enough.
53:52It's time to pay.
53:54She turned to the crowd like she was giving a speech.
53:58Look at her!
53:59While normal werewolves break their backs working, she sits in a tower.
54:03You give her your gold.
54:05You pray to her.
54:07Why?
54:08Some of the wolves looked away.
54:09Viola saw their hesitation.
54:11She doubled down.
54:13Because you're ignorant.
54:15You blame bad weather on the gods.
54:18Earthquakes are just shifting plates.
54:21Storms are just weather.
54:23She's not a god.
54:25She's a parasite feeding off your fear.
54:29My mind went blank.
54:31No one had ever spoken to me like this.
54:33Silver lady, please!
54:34A maid begged from the door.
54:36The king will kill us!
54:38Shut up!
54:39The king this.
54:41The king that.
54:42You're terrified of one man?
54:44It's called Darwinism.
54:46He inherited his title.
54:48Viola?
54:49Does he even deserve it?
54:51She pulled up a chair and sat right in front of me like an interrogator.
54:57Tell them how you do it.
54:58I couldn't speak.
55:00I was in too much pain.
55:01My silence made her furious.
55:03She kicked me hard in the ribs.
55:05I collapsed.
55:06She planted her boot right on the side of my face.
55:09She pinned my head to the floor.
55:11I asked you a question!
55:13The room was paralyzed.
55:15No one moved.
55:16She thought she was a savior from a better world.
55:18She thought she was untouchable.
55:20And I was just dirt beneath her shoe.
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