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He Fed Me to the Serpents, So I Came Back to Ruin Him - Full
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00:00Late that night, Chester knocked on my door, holding a lantern with perfect servant deference.
00:04Lady Whitmere, the old madam asks if you will enter the hall again tomorrow.
00:07Eleanor, did the serpent send you, did she?
00:09Chester's expression stayed neutral.
00:11You're overthinking.
00:12I sealed the room with silver seals. Only Lucian and I remained with him.
00:16Chester finally looked up.
00:17The silver sight lives up to its name.
00:19How many years have you hidden in the Hargroves?
00:2143.
00:22He spoke calmly.
00:23The Hargroves think they can control the Serpent Gate, but those behind it have waited for them to walk into
00:27the trap.
00:27I asked about the silver arrow.
00:30You want the sacred relic.
00:32The Serpent Court wants it.
00:33Callum wants it to survive.
00:34Jenna wants it to open the gate.
00:36Everyone is waiting for you to act, Lady Whitmore.
00:39Callum, I just saw Chester enter Lady Rowena's room.
00:42Are they plotting something?
00:45Rowena, what exactly are you doing behind my back?
00:52Callum immediately accused me of colluding with the Serpent Court through Chester.
00:59I didn't deny seeking the arrow.
01:04It was my goal.
01:06He seized on it, turning everyone against me.
01:11You were never here to save us.
01:15You came for Hargrave possessions from the start.
01:18That relic belongs to Whitmore, not Hargrige.
01:23Jenna spoke softly.
01:26Callum.
01:27I've long felt Lady Rowena's hostility.
01:31I didn't dare say it before.
01:34I feared you'd think me petty.
01:36Her eyes reddened again.
01:39Callum's disgust towards me deepened.
01:42Hand over your silver seals.
01:46From now on, any ritual needs my approval.
01:50You want to control my power to manage the gate?
01:54This is my home!
01:56I have the right to know what you're doing.
02:00I summoned a wisp of Althea's white serpent shadow.
02:03It coiled around Callum's death mark.
02:07He cried out in pain, face paling.
02:10You have the right to know this, for example.
02:13You're still standing, only because I allow it.
02:17Jenna stumbled back in fear.
02:19Callum stared at me with a mix of rage and newfound terror.
02:23However, Lucian spoke quietly at my side.
02:26She saves you by choice, not obligation.
02:30Remember that.
02:37Eleanor called a family meeting, summoning all Hargroff branches.
02:44It was framed as discussing the gate, but clearly meant to force me to submit publicly.
02:51Many saw my scarred face for the first time.
02:54Whispers spread.
02:56How terrifying the scar was.
02:58How no wonder Callum preferred Jenna.
03:02I heard every word.
03:04In my past life, such talk would have crushed me.
03:08Now it was just noise.
03:11Eleanor sat at the head, voice heavy.
03:15Lady Whittemora, your power is great.
03:19But we've seen your emotions are unstable.
03:23For the family's safety, the sealing arts cannot remain solely in your hands.
03:30Callum didn't intervene.
03:33He sat silently, endorsing the ambush.
03:38Jenna added fuel.
03:42I'm only worried Lady Roeth might resent me.
03:45And take it out on the entire Hargroff family.
03:49All eyes turned to me.
03:51I stood and activated the silver sight.
03:54Behind every person, shadows of sacrificed women appeared.
03:58Maids, adopted daughters, wives offered as tribute.
04:02Those who had mocked my scar dropped to their knees in terror.
04:05You wanted to talk safety?
04:07Then look at how many lives you've trampled beneath your feet.
04:12Jenna's smile finally shattered.
04:18Chaos erupted after the ghosts appeared.
04:20Some begged me to withdraw the sight.
04:21Others accused Eleanor.
04:23She paled and instinctively protected the legacy book.
04:25I saw it.
04:26The sacrifice ledger is inside the book.
04:27Eleanor's hand froze.
04:28Callum tried to block me.
04:29Rowena, don't make this uglier.
04:31The ugly one is your family's centuries of blood debt.
04:33Jenna clutched her chest, collapsing into a chair.
04:36I can't breathe.
04:37Callum, I'm so scared.
04:39Callum moved to help her.
04:41But a white serpent shadow blocked him, staring coldly at Jenna.
04:45She stopped aggivating her sobs.
04:48I approached Eleanor.
04:50Give me the ledger.
04:51Eleanor forced a smile.
04:54Child, those are old matters.
04:55You already died once.
04:57Why keep pursuing?
04:59I leaned close.
05:02Because I died once.
05:04I know exactly what being chosen by you feels like.
05:08Callum watched with fleeting complexity before Jenna's sobs pulled him away again.
05:14My cold laugh deepened.
05:18He was never worth it.
05:20Callum tried a softer approach that evening, coming to my room with a gentler tone.
05:25Callum.
05:27Roland, we can cooperate.
05:29You want the silver arrow?
05:31I want the Hargroves to survive.
05:34Our goals...
05:35McLean.
05:36I knew what came next.
05:38The same fake, fake concern from my past life.
05:41I know some words hurt you before.
05:43But now isn't the time to dwell on it.
05:45Some words?
05:46I turned my face so he could see the scar clearly.
05:51You mocked my face.
05:53Protected Jenna as she harmed me.
05:55Demanded.
05:56My seals.
05:58And you call it some words?
06:00Callum frowned.
06:02You're too sensitive now.
06:03Lucian entered with medicine and overheard.
06:06She died once because of you all.
06:09And now you call her sensitive?
06:11Who do you think you are?
06:12Her servant?
06:14Guard?
06:14Or just the dog she keeps?
06:16Lucian remained calm.
06:18I can be anything she wants.
06:19But you?
06:20You're different.
06:21How?
06:22Even when she bleeds, you only ask why she didn't protect others.
06:26The room fell silent.
06:27I looked away.
06:29No longer wanting to hear Callum.
06:32Give me the key.
06:33Tomorrow we enter the underground chamber.
06:37Callum gritted his teeth.
06:39And placed the key on the table.
06:44The underground chamber lay behind Hargrok Hall.
06:47Dust and serpent energy rushed out as the door opened.
06:51Whitmore hunting tools.
06:52Silver blades.
06:53Short bows.
06:54Chains.
06:55Hung on the walls like trophies.
06:57My chest tightened.
06:58These belonged to my family.
07:00Displayed as Hargrok spoils.
07:02As I approached, the tools hummed in recognition.
07:06Several blades tilted toward me.
07:08Callum's eyes gleamed with greed.
07:11If these can suppress the gate, why not lend them to the Hargroves first?
07:16After stealing them for centuries, you still want to borrow more?
07:19Jenna followed us in.
07:21Seeing the tools respond to me, jealously flashed in her eyes.
07:25Impressive.
07:27Too bad it all came at the cost of your face.
07:30Lucian took a loosened silver blade from the wall and placed it in my hand.
07:34They recognize you, not because of your face, but because you are Whitmore.
07:40His words settled warmly in my heart.
07:43I gripped the blade.
07:44Silver light bloomed.
07:46All the tools vibrated in univine.
07:48Jenna's expression soured completely.
07:50What she hated most wasn't my strength.
07:52It was that even scarred, I still had someone standing by my side.
07:56Deepest in the chamber hung an old painting.
07:59The first Whitmore lunar huntress beside a golden-horned white deer.
08:03The deer shielded her from serpents.
08:06Its antlers wrapped in moonlight.
08:08Lucian's face changed when he saw it.
08:11He looked away too late.
08:12You've seen this painting?
08:14No.
08:14He answered too quickly.
08:16Callum noticed, his expression turning dangerous.
08:18Seems your servant knows quite a lot.
08:19I stepped in front of Lucian.
08:20None of your concern.
08:21Callum sneered.
08:22Rowena, you'd shield a mere servant from me?
08:24Lucian's eyes chilled.
08:25I spoke calmly without turning.
08:26He is not a mere servant.
08:27Lucian fell silent.
08:28My own heart stirred unexpectedly at the words.
08:31Jenna watched with a light laugh.
08:32Lady Rowena is so enviable.
08:35Face ruined, yet still so protected.
08:38How much of that protection is real, I wonder?
08:41At least more than what you stole.
08:43Her face darkened.
08:44Suddenly, her bracelet glowed.
08:47Serpent energy corrupted the tools.
08:49Turning them against me, Jenna cried out in fake alarm.
08:54Callum, watch out!
08:55The tools have gone out of control!
08:57But excitement burned in her eyes.
08:59The tools lunged at me.
09:03They heard their silver lament.
09:06They didn't want to harm their true owner.
09:09Jenna's serpent energy forced them.
09:11Callum's first instinct was to shield Jenna.
09:13Rowena, control them!
09:15Don't let them touch Jenna!
09:16I ignored him and summoned the moon's silver bow.
09:21Moonlight formed the string.
09:23I fired arrows, tearing serpent energy from the blades one by one.
09:30They fell obediently at my feet.
09:33Each shot burned my scar like a fresh blade cut.
09:35Pain seared through me.
09:36I grit my teeth and kept drawing.
09:38Lucian suddenly grabbed my hand.
09:40Enough!
09:41Not yet cleared!
09:42I said enough, you're hurting.
09:43Everyone else fixated on my scar.
09:44Fearing, hating, using it.
09:46Only Lucian cared if it hurt.
09:47This isn't the time for your intimacy.
09:49Rowena, continue.
09:50Lucian turned on him.
09:52Shut your mouth.
09:54Callum's face darkened.
09:57I released the bowstring, refusing his order for the first time.
10:01The rest can wait until I decide.
10:03Jenna looked furious.
10:04She had wanted to exhaust me.
10:06She never expected Lucian could make me stop.
10:09Or that I would choose to for him.
10:12I followed Jaina into the underground water chath.
10:15She stood on the stone steps before the outer serpent gate.
10:18Her innocent mask finally debardened.
10:20Do you know where the silver arrow really is?
10:22I remained silent, gripping the hilt of the silver blade.
10:25See the sound echoing coldly off the walls.
10:28It's not in the chamber.
10:29It's buried in Althea's heart.
10:31The first Hargroves used it to nail her into the earth vein.
10:35And create this gate.
10:37My fingers tightened painfully.
10:39The weight of generations of betrayal pressed down on me.
10:42Jenna stepped closer, her voice dripping venom.
10:45If you want Whitmore's relic back, you'll have to pull the arrow.
10:49But the moment you do, the gate opens.
10:52Everyone will blame you for destroying Hargrove Hall.
10:55Callum will hate you.
10:56Eleanor will hate you.
10:57They'll say you did it because no one could love your scarred face.
11:00The words stung, but not as deeply as they once would have.
11:03I met her gaze steadily.
11:05The lunar scar on my cheek pulsing with silver light.
11:07You still think I care what Callum's thinks of me?
11:10Jenna's smile faltered for a split second.
11:12I continued.
11:13My voice low but firm.
11:15You're wrong.
11:16I didn't come back to prove I'm worthy of love.
11:18I came to make sure all of you pay what you owe.
11:22Her expression turned ugly.
11:23She spat one last barb before leaping deeper into the waterway.
11:28You really think Lucian will keep protecting you?
11:31Men are all the same.
11:33Once he gets tired of looking at that face, he'll leave too.
11:36I stood there as her footsteps faded, the cold water lapping at my boots.
11:40Her words tried to burrow into old wounds, but Lucian's steady presence in my mind pushed
11:45them back.
11:45I turned and climbed back to the surface, the truth now clear in my heart.
11:49The silver arrow rested in Althea's chest.
11:53Back above ground, I found Lucian waiting in the shadows of the hall.
11:57His quiet strength grounded me as I told him what Jenna had revealed.
12:01He listened without interruption, his eyes never leaving mine.
12:04Will you pull it?
12:06I have to, but not recklessly.
12:09I'll use Callum's blood, Jenna's serpent contract, Chester's serpent court mark, and
12:14Eleanor's sacrifice ledger to form a new seal.
12:17Lucian studied me carefully, no fear in his gaze, only unwavering resolve.
12:22Then we do it.
12:23A small smile tugged at my lips despite everything.
12:26You won't ask if I'll turn into a monster?
12:28You won't.
12:30How can you be so sure?
12:32He paused, then stepped closer, and gently rewrapped the bandage on my palm.
12:38Because even when you could have let Callum die tonight, you still saved the entire estate.
12:43His words pierced through the armor I had built around my heart.
12:46I had hated them all so fiercely, yet I refused to become the destroyer they feared.
12:52Lucian saw that in me when no one else did.
12:54The scar on my face burned less fiercely in that moment.
12:57Tomorrow we go to Eleanor.
12:59Good.
12:59I lingered in his presence a moment longer, drawing quiet comfort from the way he stood
13:05guard beside me, unflinching.
13:08Eleanor refused to surrender the sacrifice's ledger.
13:11She sat in the main study, cradling her peach blossom tea.
13:14Her grandmotherly facade finally stripped away to reveal cold calculation.
13:18Rowena, you already know too much.
13:21A smart girl knows when to stop.
13:23The memories flooded back.
13:25Her smiles as she fed me poison.
13:28Her indifference as she watched me die.
13:30Anger surged through my veins.
13:32When you sent me into the serpent gate, in my past life,
13:36did you also think I should have stopped?
13:38Her hand trembled slightly on the teacup.
13:40Do you remember?
13:41I remember everything.
13:43Your sweet words.
13:44The poisoned tea, how you locked me inside, without a flicker of remorse.
13:50I sealed her teacup with a silver seal.
13:53The liquid inside turned black.
13:55Serpent shadows thrashing wildly.
13:58Lupien stood behind me.
14:00His presence a wall of silent fury.
14:03Eleanor's composure cracked.
14:05What do you want?
14:06The ledger.
14:08She resisted.
14:11I stepped forward and sealed her throat with silver light.
14:16Her mouth opened, but no sound emerged.
14:20You lied so many people to their deaths.
14:23This mouth of yours deserves rest.
14:25I retrieved the ledger from her hidden compartment.
14:28Page after page listed women's names.
14:30The final entry was my own.
14:32Rowena Whitmore.
14:33My fingers clenched until my knuckles whitened.
14:37This life, I would cross it out myself.
14:41Callum learned of the stolen ledger quickly.
14:44Instead of confronting Mimi directly, he lured Lupien away and trapped him in the old underground
14:50chapel beneath Hargrove Hall, an ancient altar etched with serpent arrays designed to suppress
14:55Lunarn Hunt blood.
14:56When I arrived, Lucien knelt in the center of the array, covered in wounds, yet his eyes glowed
15:01with a faint golden light.
15:02Callum stood outside the formation, a silver blade in hand.
15:04Don't come closer, Rowena.
15:05One more step and he dies for you.
15:07Eyes alight with vicious excitement.
15:09Lady Rowena, you're so powerful.
15:11Choose the silver arrow or him.
15:13Lucien looked at me through the pain and shook his head wiltly.
15:16Leave me.
15:17The plea tore at my chest.
15:19In my past life, I had told Callum the same thing, only for him to abandon me.
15:22I would not repeat his cruelty.
15:24Power erupted from my huntress mark.
15:26Silver light shattered the serpent array inch by inch.
15:29Callum paled.
15:30You're mad.
15:31The covenant will backlash.
15:33That's not for you to decide.
15:36I rushed into the formation, grabbed Lucien's hand, and dragged him free.
15:42His silver gold blood touched my pie palm, and the lingering dark energy recoiled as if
15:48burned.
15:51Lucien's blood was not red.
15:53It shimmered with faint silver gold light.
15:55The realization hit me as the serpent array's rainness fled from him.
15:58Who are you, really?
16:00Lucien remained silent for a long moment before answering softly.
16:03I promised to stay by the Whitmore heir's side.
16:05Promised whom?
16:07He didn't reply.
16:09But Callum had seen the blood.
16:11Greed twisted his features.
16:12So he's even more special than you.
16:14She laughed cruelly.
16:16Callum, if we use him as the new living lock, we won't need Rowena anymore.
16:20Callum didn't deny it.
16:22Cold fury settled in my chest.
16:24Touch him.
16:26And I will end the hog-rave bloodline tonight.
16:29You care about him that much?
16:32So even you can feel fear.
16:34I helped Lucien to his feet.
16:36My voice steady despite the storm inside.
16:40Yes, I fear.
16:42I fear him suffering the same fate I did.
16:45Being sacrificed by people like you who treat lives as disposable.
16:50Lucien glanced at me.
16:52Emotion flickering in his eyes.
16:54I avoided looking back.
16:56Afraid my own feelings would spill over.
17:01Callum and Jenna united against us.
17:04They spread rumors that Lucien's non-human aura was the true cause of the gate's instability.
17:11Jenna wept publicly, claiming she saw his golden blood and couldn't sleep from fear.
17:19Callum played the responsible family head.
17:21I don't want to hurt anyone, but for the Hargroves, I must uncover what he is.
17:27The hypocrisy made me want to laugh.
17:29This was their old game.
17:32One crying, the other forced to act.
17:35Only now, the knives were aimed elsewhere.
17:40I stepped in front of Lucien.
17:42Anyone who wants to investigate him goes through me first.
17:45Callum's face darkened.
17:47Rowena, you'd abandoned the entire Hargrove family's safety for him?
17:51I protected him.
17:54You don't deserve it.
17:55Lady Rowena, have you forgotten Lucien's just an outsider you picked up?
17:59An outsider cleaner than you'll ever be.
18:02Lucien spoke quietly behind me.
18:04You don't have to shield me like this.
18:06I want to.
18:09The words surprised even me.
18:12We retreated to the forest behind the hall.
18:15Serpent energy pursued us to the edge, but dared not enter.
18:20Moonlight filtered through the trees as I tended Lucien's wounds.
18:24Why do you remember the past life?
18:27He was quiet for a long time.
18:29Because when you died, I was there too.
18:32My hands stilled on the bandages.
18:34I was trapped in the formation.
18:36I heard you begging him to open the door.
18:38I couldn't break free.
18:40I could only watch it close.
18:42The memory of that freezing night crashed over me.
18:44Not everyone had abandoned me.
18:48Someone had tried.
18:51My throat tightened.
18:52I always thought if I were stronger, you wouldn't have died.
18:56That wasn't your fault.
18:58But I was still too late.
18:59I looked at him, the urge to embrace him nearly overwhelming.
19:03Instead, I whispered,
19:04This time, you weren't too late.
19:07Lucien met my eyes and smiled faintly for the first time.
19:11It was small, but it lit up the darkness around us like moonlight on water.
19:17My huntress mark began spiraling out of control.
19:22Visions of blood deeds and deaths flooded my silver sight.
19:28I saw Eleanor dragged by ghosts.
19:35Chester devoured by the serpent court.
19:39Jenna consumed by her own power.
19:43And Callum begging on his knees.
19:47Ardis' voice echoed in my mind,
19:51Commanding me to hunt those
19:56Who fed the serpents.
20:01I nearly summoned the oath arrow.
20:04Lucien seized my shoulders.
20:05Rowena, look at me.
20:07The silver light and blood blurted my vision.
20:10Pain tore through the scar on my face.
20:13Move!
20:13I need to kill them!
20:15Lucien held firm.
20:17You can take revenge.
20:20But don't give yourself to the covenant.
20:24He cut his own palm and pressed the silver-gold blood against my scar.
20:28The divine fury retreated.
20:30I could breathe again.
20:32You are not the goddess's blade.
20:34You are Rowena.
20:36Tears stung my eyes.
20:38He had shown me I could hurt, hate, and still remain myself.
20:43I closed my eyes.
20:45Don't let go.
20:48Don't let go.
20:49Chester stole the sacrifice ledger, hoping to trade it to the serpent court for freedom.
20:56We tracked him to an old underground room, where he knelt before a black serpent mirror.
21:03A pale hand reached out and took the ledger, offering no promise.
21:11Executors have no freedom.
21:14Only the next order.
21:17Chester protested his 43 years of service.
21:21The mirror cracked, and dark energy retaliated, rotting his brand.
21:33I didn't save him immediately.
21:36Lady Whitmore, save me!
21:39I can tell you how to close the gate!
21:44How many have you helped kill?
21:47Let him die.
21:49I stabilized the energy in Chester's body with a silver seal.
21:55You won't die yet.
21:58You'll watch what you served devour you.
22:03I reclaimed the ledger.
22:06The path to the silver arrow lay clear.
22:09The path to the silver arrow clear.
22:12Jenna publicly revealed the arrow's location in Althea's heart.
22:16She stood in the meeting hall, crying convincingly.
22:22If we get that arrow, can the Hargroves be saved?
22:26Callum, I don't want you to die.
22:34The branches went wild with desperation.
22:37Callum pretended to restrain them,
22:39but I saw his agent slipping toward the hall depths.
22:43I blocked the entrance.
22:45Call them back.
22:47Callum stayed silent.
22:49Jenna tried to soften it.
22:51Lady Rowena, why must you think the worst of Callum?
22:55He only wants to save his family.
22:58Shut your mouth.
23:00I faced Callum directly.
23:02Do you want to save your family, or steal my arrow?
23:06If it can save the Hargroves, it shouldn't belong only to Whitmore.
23:10His true nature stood bare.
23:12The man who once wore affection like a mask,
23:17now showed his greed openly.
23:21I descended into the Earthvein with Lucian,
23:24crossled as the strage,
23:25and several clansmen forced their way after us.
23:28Serpent energy parted before me,
23:30and recoiled even more from Lucian.
23:33At the core,
23:35Althea was pinned to the gate,
23:37the silver arrow buried in her heart.
23:40She lowered her head,
23:41exposing the wound,
23:43begging for release.
23:45I grasped the arrow's hilt.
23:47Lucian stepped protectively behind me.
23:50Careful.
23:52Callum pressed a silver blade to Lucian's throat.
23:55Pull the arrow, Rowena,
23:57or he dies.
24:00I held the hilt motionless.
24:02Blood, silver gold,
24:04trickled from Lucian's throat,
24:05exciting the gate further.
24:07Jenna's eyes lit with greed.
24:09Callum, his blood can replace hers.
24:12Use him as the new lock.
24:13Callum didn't deny it.
24:14Choose the arrow or his life.
24:17Don't mind me.
24:19The familiar cruelty broke something inside me.
24:22Why must everyone I cared for become their leverage?
24:25Do you know what disgustes me most about you?
24:27Callum frowned.
24:28You treat other people's sacrifices as natural rights?
24:32I released the arrow and slashed my plomb instead,
24:36spilling silver blood to summon the debts.
24:39Ghosts of sacrificed women rose,
24:42their eyes fixed on Callum.
24:44This time, judgment fell on the harbors.
24:48The ghosts surrounded Callum.
24:51They whispered their names.
24:52Wives, maids, daughters, and my past self.
24:57He stumbled back, the blade leaving Lucian's throat.
25:02I pulled Lucian behind me.
25:05Jenna lunged for the arrow.
25:08Serpent energy from the gate seized her instead,
25:12merging with her bracelet.
25:14Jenna laughed wildly as she began transforming.
25:19Finally, my turn.
25:21You knew it wanted your body?
25:23So what?
25:25At least I'll drag you all down with me!
25:28She yanked the arrow partially free.
25:31Althea screamed.
25:32The gate cracked.
25:34Jenna, stop!
25:35Now you're scared?
25:36You protected me only because I was youthful!
25:42Their mutual betrayal lay exposed.
25:44Only I had once believed in their false bond.
25:47Lucian took my hand.
25:48Rowena, don't watch them.
25:51Do what you must.
25:52I nodded, stealing myself.
25:55The gate's opening caused Hargro Hall to collapse.
25:59Black rail tents insurged from the ground.
26:02Claxertmen fled, only to be caught by their own ghosts.
26:06Eleanor was dragged before the fireplace,
26:09forced to confront the ledger.
26:12Rowena, save me!
26:13I was forced!
26:15It was all for the family!
26:17That's exactly what you said
26:19while watching you die last time.
26:23She trembled.
26:24I was wrong!
26:25You're not sorry.
26:28You're just afraid, afraid to die.
26:32The ghosts pulled her into silver flames.
26:35Chester was devoured by his own masters.
26:38I asked Lucian if I seemed cool.
26:40No.
26:41They owed you.
26:43His words erased my final hesitation.
26:46Callum seized the silver arrow
26:47and fled toward the main hall
26:49to reseal the gate.
26:51I chased him to the iron door.
26:54The same one from my past life.
26:56Move aside, Rowena, and I'll let you go.
26:59We can settle the past later.
27:01The past?
27:02You speak so lightly of it.
27:05Jenna screamed for rescue in the distance.
27:07Callum barely glanced at her before turning away.
27:10He activated the mechanism to crap Lucian and me.
27:14Inside, Lucian pushed me aside and shattered the door
27:18with explosive silver-gold light.
27:20A golden-horned white deer phantom appeared behind him.
27:23The serpents recoiled in fear.
27:25At last, I understood.
27:27Lucian was the sacred beast guardian of the Whitmores.
27:31Lucian knelt by the broken door,
27:33the deer phantom fading.
27:35Callum stared in shock.
27:36What are you?
27:39Something far cleaner than you.
27:42The serpent court envoydy emerged, terrified.
27:45Moon, dear guardian.
27:47You still live.
27:49Lupien looked at me with apology.
27:51I didn't mean to hide it.
27:53We'll settle accounts after we get out.
27:55He smiled.
27:57I grasped the silver arrow.
27:59The Huntress Covenant fully awakened.
28:03Artemis warned of the price.
28:05Use mine.
28:07No.
28:07I'm the guardian.
28:09I should pay for you.
28:12I already died for others once.
28:15This life...
28:18I pay for my own choices.
28:23The oath arrow formed in cold white light.
28:27Jenna, half-serpent, charged in hatred.
28:31Why can you still stand?
28:35Why do you still have someone protecting you like that?
28:39Because I never gave myself to you.
28:42Lucian shielded me as the deer phantom repelled the energy.
28:45Callum begged on his knees.
28:47Ro'er, save me!
28:49I was wrong!
28:49I was wrong!
28:50In the past life, I had no choice!
28:52You had choices.
28:54Every time, you chose to hurt me.
28:56I drew the bow.
28:58I drew the bow.
28:58Artemis demanded a span of lifespan.
29:01I accepted.
29:01Lupien cried out, but I reassured him with a glance.
29:05Don't worry.
29:06I still need to settle your secret with you.
29:08Then, I released the arrow.
29:11It pierced Jenna.
29:13The gate.
29:14The blood contracts.
29:15And buried deep into the earth vein.
29:18Silver light exploded.
29:21The serpent-tort passages collapsed.
29:24The gate sealed.
29:26Althira's wound healed.
29:31She placed a final white scale in my palm.
29:34Before dissolving into light.
29:36Finally free.
29:37Jenna lay dying.
29:39Her body rejecting the serpent energy.
29:42I'm not willing.
29:43Why did someone like you win?
29:45Because I lost once.
29:47And I refused to lose again.
29:49Her body was consumed.
29:51Leaving only shattered coral.
29:52Callum's death mark vanished.
29:54But so did his family's power.
29:57He knelt broken in the ruins.
30:01Rowena.
30:03Save me once more.
30:06For our past.
30:08In the past life.
30:09He told me to hold the serpents until I died.
30:13I left him there.
30:17To face his fate alone.
30:23As the hall fully collapsed.
30:25Callum chased after me one last time.
30:28Desperate.
30:29Rowish.
30:29I was deceived by Jenna.
30:32Now I see clearly.
30:34You weren't deceived.
30:36You chose convenient lies every single time.
30:39Lucien stepped forward.
30:40Blocking Callum's view of me.
30:42Don't look at her.
30:43You have no right.
30:46Callum froze.
30:47I allowed the protection.
30:49Embracing it fully this time.
30:54At dawn.
30:55Hargrove Hall sank completely into ruin.
30:59I stood.
31:01I stood.
31:01At a distance.
31:03Watching the last serpent's stench blow away on the wind.
31:08My huntress mark and scar remained.
31:12But so did my resolve.
31:19Lucien stood beside me.
31:21Does it still hurt?
31:25Why do you always ask that?
31:26Because you always pretend it doesn't.
31:29I laughed genuinely for the first time in ages.
31:32Lucien.
31:33How long have you guarded the Whitmans?
31:35Long enough.
31:36That I feared I'd always arrive too late.
31:38This time you didn't.
31:40Rowena.
31:41I never loved your face.
31:44His gaze held mine.
31:46Never wavering to the scar.
31:50I love that you crawled back from hell to claim your debts.
31:53And still chose to save the innocent.
32:00I took his hand willingly.
32:02Then don't be late again.
32:03I won't.
32:04We walked away from the ruins together into the morning light.
32:08This time...
32:11I didn't look back.
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