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00:03I had four fathers once, four SSS-level Alpha Kings who ruled the Four Kingdoms, the Dragon King, the Bear
00:11Emperor, the Nine-Tailed Fox, the Phoenix Lord.
00:15I grew up beloved by all of them. I inherited my mother's S-level calming power. I was the most
00:22envied female in the realm.
00:24Until Giselle arrived, the daughter of their former fated female. She said I cursed her. The Dragon King stitched my
00:33mouth shut. The Nine-Tailed Fox threw me into the Shadow Spider Cabin. Insects ate my left eye. The Bear
00:40Emperor threw me into the feral dens.
00:42Three years, I became a rut slave. Clawed. Bitten. Mounted bloody. I am your mother's guardian spirit. She is a
00:52traveler from another world. My poor child.
00:55Your mother, upon learning that you are still alive, longs to bring you back to her world.
00:59Elara, your mother has been desperate since learning you exist. Are you willing-
01:03I grabbed a rusted blade and pressed it to my throat. Yes. Mother was alive. I'd see her soon.
01:10Pure joy drowned my fear of death. Just as I slashed down, a Talon foot slammed the blade from my
01:17hand.
01:18Elara, you trying to kill yourself?
01:21Fourth Dad.
01:25Don't call me that! I severed our bond years ago.
01:30Don't call me that. I severed our bond years ago.
01:34When I was small, a feral warlord kidnapped me. Fourth Dad tracked me alone.
01:38He knelt to his worst enemy, and let his wings be torn apart.
01:42All to bring me home. Fourth Dad loved me most.
01:46Until four years ago, when Second Dad brought Giselle back from the borderlands.
01:50Evrione said my mother was the fated female of all four fathers.
01:54But the wedding ceremony, Giselle's mother Genevieve appeared, the moment all four shifted their love to her overnight.
02:00They said my mother went mad with jealousy.
02:02Genevieve, tormented Genevieve, drowned herself in the river.
02:06After mother died, Genevieve vanished too.
02:09Only when Giselle returned did the fathers learn the truth.
02:13Genevieve had left out of guilt.
02:15I never believed it.
02:17But fathers didn't trust me.
02:20So whenever Giselle and I clashed, they chose her.
02:24I went from the most treasured female in the realm, to a feral den slave.
02:29Fourth Dad picked up the fallen blade, looked at the cut on my throat, then flipped the blade and drove
02:35it toward me.
02:36I jerked back.
02:37The edge kissed my skin.
02:39Fresh blood welled up.
02:40If you want to die so badly, why dodge?
02:43You're just like your mother, Ilara.
02:45Pathetic.
02:46Both of you hurt yourselves for attention.
02:49She was smarter though.
02:50She did it in front of all four of us.
02:52You picked this shithole.
02:54Stupid.
02:56You picked this shithole.
02:58Stupid.
02:59I started to explain.
03:01Then I remembered.
03:02They never listened.
03:03I lowered my head.
03:05You're right, my lord.
03:07Did you come all this way just to watch me perform?
03:10Don't flatter yourself.
03:12Today is Giselle's birthday.
03:14She's being named Sacred Female.
03:16She says she'll forgive you.
03:17I'm here to bring you to her.
03:19Sacred Female.
03:21A title the forefathers had promised me since I was ten.
03:24Before, if anyone took what was mine, I'd tear the kingdom apart.
03:28Now I just said...
03:32I don't want to go!
03:34I don't want to go!
03:35That's not your choice.
03:37Had me washed and dressed.
03:39Then summoned his sky carriage.
03:41A gilded chariot drawn by two winged serpents on the way.
03:45Fourth dad wouldn't stop talking.
03:47Bear your throat when you see Giselle.
03:49Don't provoke her.
03:50Submit.
03:51My chest ached.
03:53Behind me flew.
03:55The louder mother's voice called in my head.
03:58I stood.
03:59Pushed open the carriage door.
04:01And jumped.
04:04The scream tore the air behind me.
04:07At this height, I'd surely die.
04:09But I landed in warm arms instead.
04:12Fourth dad had caught me.
04:14His wings folded around us.
04:16We crashed and rolled twice and again.
04:19His furious roar shook the air.
04:22Alara!
04:24Nakara!
04:24Have you lost your mind?
04:26Blood from a gash on his forehead dripped onto my face.
04:29I reached up to wipe it away.
04:32Stop playing games!
04:33You just want to see if I still care!
04:35I don't!
04:37I don't!
04:38I'd catch any falling creature on reflex.
04:40If I'd known it was you, I wouldn't have bothered.
04:42Next time you want to die, go ahead.
04:44I won't bother.
04:48Good.
04:49Remember that, Rowan.
04:59Fourth dad nearly drowned as a cub.
05:01Deep water was his greatest fear.
05:03He just said it himself.
05:04He wouldn't save me.
05:06The icy current flooded my lungs.
05:08I was happy.
05:09Finally.
05:10I was going home to mother.
05:12I don't know how long the darkness lasted.
05:15A hand cracked across my face.
05:18Third dad stood over me, furious.
05:21Selfish bitch.
05:23You know Rowan almost drowned, saving you.
05:26Of the four fathers, I'd been closest to him.
05:29He taught me to read scent trails.
05:32Identify herbs.
05:33He was always gentle.
05:35No matter what I did wrong, he never punished me.
05:39Until Giselle came back.
05:41She touched a venomous snake and got bitten.
05:44She planted it!
05:45Third dad's tail lashed my back.
05:47This is my fault, Alara.
05:50I didn't raise you right.
05:53Later, Giselle was poisoned again.
05:56Third dad threw me into the venom pit.
05:58The creatures burrowed into my flesh and burst out in blood.
06:02Even after third dad healed me, I'd lost my left eye.
06:06Seeing my silence now, he took it as admission.
06:08Calm down.
06:09Today is Giselle's naming reet.
06:12Alara probably can't handle it.
06:13She tried killing herself three times in front of me.
06:15You've been away from court too long.
06:17She's pulled this stunt dozens of times over four years.
06:20Just another grab for attention.
06:22So that's what this is.
06:25Alara, it's Giselle's birthday.
06:27Don't make a scene in front of first dad and second dad.
06:29You know how they are.
06:30Before he finished, I lunged for the medicine chest behind him.
06:34I grabbed the most poisonous one and swallowed it.
06:37The poison burned through my veins, but I smiled.
06:41Third dad once told me that-
06:42This toxin had no antidote.
06:44If I swallowed it, I would die.
06:46Third dad froze for two seconds
06:51and shoved his fingers down my throat.
06:54Are you insane?
06:56Do you know what you just swallowed?
06:57He forced me to vomit, then pressed his palm against my chest.
07:01Three of his tails wrapped around me.
07:04He pushed his spirit energy into my body, forcing the poison out.
07:08Black blood seeped from my pores.
07:10Finally, he sighed in relief.
07:13Alara, it's just a title.
07:15Is it really worth dying over?
07:17Alara, please stop this.
07:19Yesterday we spoke with Giselle.
07:20She's willing to forgive you.
07:21After today, you can return to court.
07:23First dad will name you Sacred Female too.
07:25I promise.
07:26Tears spilled down my face.
07:28Please.
07:29I'm begging you.
07:30Just let me die.
07:33Alara, do you not understand?
07:35I understand.
07:36But I don't want to go back.
07:38I want to go home.
07:40To mother.
07:42I told them the voice in my head.
07:44Mother being alive in another world.
07:46That all I had to do was die to reach her.
07:49Their faces shifted from confusion to something worse.
07:52Finally, third dad pulled me to my feet.
07:55Alara, listen to me.
07:59Your mother is dead.
08:03Mother drowned herself in the river.
08:05First dad pulled her out.
08:07But nothing worked.
08:08They watched her flesh decay.
08:10Third dad said the voice I was hearing was a delusion.
08:13I knew what I heard was real.
08:15But no matter what I said, they refused to believe me.
08:18Third dad sighed.
08:19If you can't bear to return to court, stay here with me.
08:23I was about to refuse.
08:24The ground shook.
08:26Heavy footsteps and a low rumbling growl echoed down the corridor.
08:29First dad and second dad burst in.
08:30Wild eye.
08:31Have you seen Gazelle?
08:32She's gone.
08:35Third dad and fourth dad froze.
08:38Second dad's voice cracked.
08:40This morning she...
08:41She asked where the feral dens were.
08:44Were.
08:44She wanted to bring Alara back herself.
08:47I refused.
08:49She must have gone anyway.
08:50All four turned to stare at me.
08:52I knew that look.
08:53Before they could speak, I was already shaking my head.
08:56No.
08:57It wasn't me.
08:59How could it not be you?
09:00Fourth dad's talons closed around my throat, slamming me against the wall.
09:06Now wonder you wanted to die this morning.
09:09Where did you hide her?
09:11His grip tightened.
09:12Tears streamed down my face, but I kept shaking my head.
09:16I don't know.
09:17I never saw her.
09:18Fourth dad's eyes blazed.
09:20Liar.
09:20He pinned me to the ground and unleashed his mental power.
09:24I couldn't breathe.
09:26My vision went white.
09:27He pulled back just before I blacked out.
09:31Last time.
09:32Where is Giselle?
09:35I know they won't believe me, so I smiled.
09:40I killed her.
09:42All four went still.
09:43First dad's voice draw to a growl.
09:44What did you just say?
09:47I laughed.
09:48I killed her.
09:49I let a pack of rogues ruin her first.
09:52You always said she was pure.
09:54Well now she's filthier than I ever was.
09:57So what are you waiting for?
09:59Kill me.
10:00Something inside them snapped.
10:02First dad shifted into his dragon form and pinned me down.
10:05Second dad's bear form erupted.
10:07Second dad's claws tore through my body.
10:10Tearing flesh from bone.
10:11They took turns.
10:13Claws.
10:14Fangs.
10:15Venom.
10:15Spirit pressure.
10:17At first I could still scream.
10:19Then even screaming left me.
10:21The more it hurt, the happier I became.
10:24Soon.
10:25I'd see mother soon.
10:26The forefathers turned to leave.
10:28They were desperate to find Giselle.
10:30Just as they stepped out, a young attendant arrived scrambling.
10:34My lord.
10:35The sacred female.
10:36She's been found.
10:38First dad seized him.
10:40Where?
10:40She's alive.
10:42She got lost on the way to the feral durns and is now coming back.
10:44Second dad choked out.
10:46She's alive.
10:47The attendant nodded, confused.
10:49Yes, my lord.
10:50All four faces went white.
10:53Then I screamed.
10:54They spun around and threw open the doors.
10:57They lifted a dagger and drove it through my heart.
11:03The pain was unbearable.
11:05I almost couldn't stop the tears.
11:08But this meant I could see mother.
11:10Through blurring vision, I saw the forefathers rushing toward me.
11:15First dad tore off his ceremonial pelt and pressed it against my chest.
11:20Second dad kicked the dagger away.
11:22Third dad shoved a spirit pill into my mouth.
11:25Fourth dad kept calling my name.
11:29Elara, Elara, don't close your eyes.
11:32The way they panicked reminded me of the time I got sick as a cub.
11:36It was the winter solstice.
11:38The forefathers celebrated with me.
11:40I played too long in the snow and got a fever.
11:43They crowded my bed, coaxing me softly.
11:46The forefathers used to be so good to me.
11:48Even after what they did for Giselle, I still remembered their goodness.
11:53I looked at each of their faces one last time.
11:55Then I closed my eyes.
11:57A moment later, the pain faded.
11:59When I woke again, I was lying in third dad's chamber.
12:03My wounds had been treated.
12:05The forefathers sat nearby, exhausted, looking like they hadn't slept in days.
12:11Giselle was at my bedside.
12:13She beamed when I opened my eyes.
12:15Sister's finally awake.
12:17Third dad read my spirit pulse and spoke coldly.
12:20The blade didn't fully pierce your heart.
12:23That and the revival pill is the only reason you survived.
12:26You've been unconscious for five days.
12:30Five days.
12:31Third dad had flown to his master's sanctuary to beg for that pill.
12:35I smiled bitterly.
12:37What a waste of something so precious.
12:39I still wanted to die.
12:41Second dad leaned in.
12:42Alara.
12:43If you didn't hurt Giselle, why didn't you just tell us the truth?
12:47Why go to such extremes and make everyone worry?
12:50The others nodded in agreement.
12:52They all blamed me for being reckless.
12:54The only one who defended me was Giselle.
12:57Please stop scolding her.
12:59It's all my fault.
13:00I got lost trying to buy Sister a gift.
13:03Her eyes turned red as she spoke.
13:05First, dad glared at me.
13:07Alara.
13:08Giselle was so worried about you she didn't even celebrate her own birthday.
13:12And this is how you repay her?
13:14Apologize.
13:15Now.
13:15I almost laughed.
13:18Apologize?
13:19For what?
13:20She's the one who got lost.
13:22How is any of that my fault?
13:23Third dad's brow furrowed.
13:25You're still this stubborn.
13:27What about everything you've done to her over the years?
13:29Don't you owe Gislin an apology for that?
13:31I owe her nothing.
13:32I never hit her.
13:34Never poisoned her.
13:35Never sent anyone after her.
13:36She framed me.
13:37Why do you always believe her?
13:39Why do you let her take everything that's mine?
13:44Years of pain came flooding out at once.
13:47Everyone in the room froze.
13:49Giselle's face twisted.
13:51She burst into tears.
13:53Sister, you've got it all wrong.
13:55I never wanted to take your things.
13:57I...
13:57I don't need to be sacred female.
14:00You can have it back.
14:01She clutched first dad's sleeve and sobbed.
14:06First dad, just send me back to the northern wastes.
14:10That's where I belong.
14:11While forefathers melted, they rushed to comfort her.
14:15Then they turned on me.
14:17First dad's face hardened.
14:18Alara, you're exactly like your dead mother.
14:22Always tormenting Giselle.
14:24I fired back.
14:25And she's exactly like her dead mother.
14:28Using these pathetic tricks to frame me!
14:31Enough!
14:32Third dad slapped me across the face.
14:33If your mother could see you now, she'd be ashamed.
14:35Tears poured down my face.
14:38What right do you have to mention my mother?
14:40She risked her life to save all four of you.
14:42She helped you reclaim your territories.
14:44She restored your bloodline's honor.
14:46And how did you repay her?
14:48You cast her aside for a female you barely knew.
14:51You swore you'd protect her for life.
14:53You drove her to her death!
14:55No one in the four kingdoms dared call them by their true names.
14:59Every one of them went pale.
15:01After mother died, first dad had banned anyone from speaking her name.
15:05He destroyed every portrait of her.
15:07Anyone who'd been close to her was sent away.
15:10Everyone said it was because the memories were too painful.
15:13Only I knew the truth.
15:15They were angry.
15:16Angry that mother's death drove Genevieve away.
15:19Because whenever they mentioned mother,
15:21their faces twisted with resentment.
15:28As a cub, I truly believed mother was evil.
15:32Until I found Lily, mother's personal handmaid.
15:35She lived in the abandoned wing.
15:37I'd fallen into that courtyard while climbing a tree.
15:40The moment Lily saw me, she knew whose child I was.
15:43You have her eyes.
15:44She touched my face, her eyes soft with longing.
15:47It was Lily who told me the truth.
15:50Mother wasn't the villain.
15:51She was the victim.
15:52She'd freed first dad from captivity.
15:55Healed second dad's wounds.
15:58Served as third dad's living remedy.
16:01Helped fourth dad find his lost flame.
16:03A female that good how could anyone not love her.
16:06So all four fathers fell for her.
16:08Lily said at first.
16:09Mother loved first dad.
16:11First dad promised to make her his bonded mate.
16:14But on the eve of their bonding ceremony, Genevieve appeared.
16:17He broke the bond.
16:19Made mother a laughingstock.
16:22Ladder.
16:22Mother was with fourth dad for a while.
16:24She was ready to leave with him.
16:26But she overheard fourth dad confessing to Genevieve.
16:30You're the one I truly want.
16:31But as long as she's here she'll only cause trouble for you and first brother.
16:35Let me take her away.
16:36Then you be free.
16:41Let me take her away.
16:42Then you be free.
16:44So fourth dad loved Genevieve too.
16:46Everything he'd said about running away with mother was just a leash to drag her along.
16:50After that, mother was imprisoned by second dad and third dad for a time.
16:55Then Genevieve framed her.
16:57The forefathers tormented her.
16:59She couldn't take it anymore.
17:01She drowned herself in the river.
17:04Lily said.
17:05Everyone says she jumped because she was heartbroken.
17:07But she was actually happy that day.
17:09She told me she was finally going home.
17:11I was confused.
17:13Wasn't this her home?
17:14Lily shook her head.
17:15She said her home was in another world.
17:18And that you could go there too.
17:20Another world.
17:21Back then, I didn't understand.
17:23But when the voice appeared, it all made sense.
17:29My home wasn't here either.
17:31Mother's world was my home.
17:33Perhaps because my words stirred old memories.
17:36The forefathers softened.
17:38When they spoke to me again, their voices were gentler.
17:41Fourth dad stepped forward and ruffled my hair like he used to.
17:46Alara, come with me.
17:48We'll leave court.
17:49Travel the free lands.
17:51Didn't you always say you wanted to be like me?
17:53His sudden warmth caught the others off guard.
17:55A flash of hatred crossed Giselle's face.
17:58But I saw right through him.
18:01Rowan, are you taking me away because you pity me?
18:05Or because you want me gone so I'll stop bothering Giselle?
18:08Panic flickered in his eyes.
18:09Alara, I'm doing this for your own good.
18:11As long as you're here, you'll keep thinking Giselle wronged you.
18:13If I separate you two, that jealousy will fade.
18:16You'll go back to normal.
18:17I laughed in disbelief.
18:18So he thought I was broken.
18:21Third dad stepped in.
18:22Rowan, don't take her.
18:23She's badly injured.
18:24She needs to heal.
18:25Give me some time.
18:25I'll bring her to the sanctuary.
18:27None of you should take her.
18:30Let her come back to the feral dens.
18:31She's been well behaved there for three years.
18:34I laughed coldly.
18:37Send me back to the dens?
18:39Maddox, haven't your beast destroyed me enough?
18:41Second dad stared at me and disappointed me.
18:42Alara, what are you talking about?
18:44I sent you there to do labor.
18:46Nothing more.
18:47What do you mean?
18:51Second dad wasn't the only one stunned.
18:54So was I.
18:55The day he threw me into the dens, he told the shifters to take good care of me.
19:01Shortly after, a group tore into my cell.
19:04They said the bear came weird.
19:06I was the new rut slave.
19:08From that night on, someone came every night.
19:11Sometimes three at once.
19:13But I dosed myself with barren root.
19:16I never bore a child.
19:18I told them everything.
19:19Their faces drained of color.
19:21Third dad's lips trembled.
19:23Barren root scrapes your bones hollow.
19:26How did you endure that?
19:28Still better than giving birth.
19:30Ford's dad grabbed second dad by the collar.
19:32You said the dens would toughen her up.
19:34This is what you call toughening up?
19:37He threw a punch.
19:38Second dad didn't dodge.
19:40I never gave that order.
19:41My pack would never do this.
19:43Could it be?
19:44Then Giselle spoke softly.
19:46Sister is lying.
19:47I knew it.
19:48Alara, isn't this too far even for attention?
19:53Alara, isn't this too far even for attention?
19:56Second dad relaxed instantly.
19:58I laughed.
20:00I can lie.
20:00A hundred of my words couldn't outweigh one of hers.
20:03Scars can't.
20:04I pulled off my clothes.
20:05The marks crisscrossed my body.
20:08Every excuse died on their tongues.
20:12Find out who gave that order in my name.
20:15Now!
20:16A flash of panic crossed Giselle's face.
20:18The forefathers begged me to come live with them.
20:20I pulled away.
20:22I want to find mother.
20:23The voice is a delusion.
20:24You're sick.
20:25You need to heal.
20:27Giselle spoke.
20:28Why don't I take sister in?
20:29My quarters are all female.
20:31After everything she's been through, she must be terrified of males.
20:33I was going to refuse.
20:35Then I saw the look in Giselle's eyes.
20:38Living with the fathers meant I couldn't die.
20:40But living with Giselle, I wouldn't survive.
20:46Giselle brought me to her quarters.
20:48What kind of furs you wanted for your bed?
20:51Which handymaids I preferred?
20:52One second.
20:53She was all smiles.
20:54The moment the forefathers left, the mask fell.
20:57Her attendants forced me to my knees.
21:01So you brought me here to torment me.
21:03What else?
21:04You think I actually wanted to pamper you, Alara?
21:07Your mother killed mine.
21:08I will have my revenge.
21:11Good.
21:13Then kill me.
21:15You think I won't?
21:17Do it, then!
21:18Your mother was a home-wrecking whore.
21:20A cheap slut who spread her legs for every alpha who'd look at her.
21:24Don't you dare talk about my mother!
21:26Giselle lunged at me, slapping me across the face.
21:28She drew a blade and pressed it to my throat.
21:31My mother was not some lowborn trash!
21:34She was actually, she was...
21:35My lady.
21:36Careful.
21:39Giselle blinked.
21:40Clarity returned.
21:41She laughed softly.
21:43You almost had me, Alara.
21:44You want to die so badly.
21:47Too bad.
21:48I won't let you.
21:52I want you healthy and breathing.
21:56So you can watch me take everything from you.
21:59She stood and clapped her hands.
22:01Several hulking males walked in.
22:09My heart stopped.
22:10They were the ones from the Feral Duns.
22:12I started trembling.
22:13Giselle couldn't possibly command the Bear King's pack.
22:15If they were here, that meant only one thing.
22:18These three years...
22:20Every male who came to my cell...
22:22They were yours!
22:23Giselle threw her head back.
22:25Took you long enough.
22:26I hand-picked every single one for you.
22:29Wasn't that sweet of me?
22:30She was revolting.
22:31But how had she done it?
22:33I tested her.
22:34Aren't you afraid the Bear King will find out?
22:37If I dared to do it, I made sure he never would.
22:40Worry about yourself.
22:43She clapped once.
22:44The male swarmed.
22:46My stomach turned inside out.
22:48Giselle wouldn't let me die.
22:50But she wouldn't let me live in peace either.
22:53Every day was pain.
22:54The moment my body weakened, she forced a healing pill down my throat.
22:59Half a month later, I was nothing but bones and hollow arms.
23:03Who'd ignored me for years.
23:05Suddenly started showing up.
23:07Giselle never let them see me.
23:08She told them I was too fragile.
23:10After being turned away several times, they grew suspicious.
23:14I must take her to the sanctuary.
23:16Before the meeting, Giselle hissed in my ear.
23:19You know what to say and what not to say.
23:21Don't forget, your precious fathers will always believe me over you.
23:26But the moment I saw them, I grabbed third dad's hand.
23:30Save me.
23:31The male's here.
23:32They're all Giselle's people.
23:33She's planning a coup.
23:34Giselle went white.
23:38Sister, what are you saying?
23:40Her delusion has gotten worse.
23:42She's been saying things like this for days.
23:44Silas, listen to me.
23:45This is-
23:46Enough!
23:47Elara, I thought being here would help you reflect.
23:50But you're still doing everything to slander, Giselle.
23:53I'm done.
23:54I won't be coming back.
23:55He turned and walked out without another word.
23:57The last shred of hope in me died.
24:00Giselle bent down and whispered in my ear.
24:02Elara, when are you going to learn?
24:04Giselle waved the males in.
24:06They carried new instruments I'd never seen before.
24:09She picked up a whip, dipped it in salt water and lashed my back.
24:12Her laughter was ugly.
24:13Go all out tonight.
24:15No one's coming for her anymore.
24:17Before, the males had held back to avoid leaving us.
24:21Now they didn't hold back at all.
24:22I closed my eyes in despair.
24:24A commotion erupted outside.
24:26The door was kicked open.
24:27The forefather stood in the doorway.
24:29They took one look at the scene inside, and their faces shifted.
24:32First, Dad walked in and kicked the male off me.
24:35Then he turned to Giselle.
24:36Giselle, what is this?
24:38The Bear Emperor's dominance made Giselle's legs buckle.
24:42Father!
24:43Let me explain.
24:44I was just playing with Sister.
24:46She's afraid of males, so I was helping her get over it.
24:49Even a feral mutt wouldn't buy that.
24:51That's playing.
24:53Then what about the pack you've been raising in the northern peaks?
24:57Second, Dad tossed something at her feet.
24:59It rolled across the floor and came to a stop.
25:02A severed head.
25:03Every drop of blood drained from Giselle's face.
25:06Only then did I understand.
25:07Third, Dad had believed me all along.
25:09After I grabbed his hand, he'd noticed the attendants around me.
25:13Their scent was wrong.
25:14Sharp, male, aggressive.
25:16Second, Dad scouts uncovered the truth.
25:18Giselle's mother, Genevieve, wasn't just some wandering female.
25:21She was the last heir of the old bloodlines the forefathers had overthrown.
25:26She'd spent years plotting revenge.
25:28She saw Mother was the bond holding the forefathers together.
25:31So she framed Mother, turned the fathers against her.
25:34When Mother tried to expose her, Genevieve killed her first.
25:38Mother didn't kill herself.
25:40Genevieve murdered her!
25:41Third, Dad held me still.
25:43We only just learned this ourselves.
25:45After Genevieve killed her, she fled.
25:47Then, Second, Dad found Giselle by chance and brought her home.
25:51Genevieve had spent years filling her with hatred.
25:54Giselle used every trick her mother had used on mine.
25:57And it worked.
25:58It was almost funny.
25:59Mother and I had suffered the same fate.
26:01And these four males had let it happen.
26:03Twice.
26:05Fathers!
26:06Listen to me!
26:08Giselle crawled toward First Dad, clutching his cloak.
26:11I'm your real daughter!
26:13You are not my daughter.
26:14I never claimed your mother.
26:16You are nothing but a stray.
26:18That word cut through Giselle.
26:19She shook her head wildly, then started laughing.
26:22I'm the stray.
26:23Alara's the stray to this day.
26:25None of you even know whose cup she is!
26:28You think those males were all I had?
26:30I have fighters in this very den!
26:32She released a burst of spirit energy.
26:34Feral shifters poured in from every shadow.
26:37The two sides clashed.
26:38I watched for a moment.
26:39Then I stood.
26:40I reached the outer walls and climbed to the highest ridge.
26:43Then I stood on top.
26:45The moon was full tonight.
26:46Enormous and bright.
26:47I was finally going home.
26:49I bent my knees.
26:50Ready to jump.
26:51A familiar voice came from behind.
26:53Alara, don't!
26:54I turned.
26:55The four fathers stood behind me.
26:57Each of them covered in blood.
26:59Faces twisted with terror.
27:00Alara, we were wrong.
27:02We misjudged you.
27:04Don't do this.
27:05First Dad will give your mother the title of bonded mate.
27:07The honor she deserved.
27:09Alara, please don't jump.
27:10We'll make it right.
27:11We promise.
27:12I looked at their anguished faces.
27:14I smiled softly and said,
27:15Too late.
27:17Then I jumped without hesitation.
27:19The wall was high.
27:20I saw the four fathers throw themselves after me.
27:25When I opened my eyes again,
27:27everything was bright.
27:29The door opened.
27:30A woman with short hair and strange clothes walked in.
27:33The moment she saw me,
27:34tears fell from her eyes.
27:36She whispered,
27:38That one word.
27:40I knew.
27:41She was my mother.
27:43We held each other and cried for a long time.
27:46Mother told me this was the modern world.
27:48The four fathers were characters in a story.
27:50She said many things I didn't understand.
27:53But it didn't matter.
27:54Mother's name was Serafina.
27:56She said she ran a small business and had a bit of money.
28:00She'd originally entered that world on a mission to save her family.
28:04The mission failed,
28:05but her family pulled through on their own.
28:07At the time,
28:08she'd asked the guardian spirit,
28:10As long as we both died,
28:12we could return together.
28:13She figured if she died,
28:14I wouldn't survive either.
28:16She never expected third dad's healing to be powerful enough to keep me alive.
28:20Later,
28:21she hired a tutor to teach me about this world.
28:24After a few months,
28:26I started high school.
28:27In this world,
28:28males and females were equal.
28:31My classmates respected me.
28:34Mom was gentle.
28:36For the first time,
28:37I felt warmth.
28:38I'd never known.
28:39Then the guardian spirit found me again.
28:42Your death broke the four fathers.
28:44Their rage is tearing that world apart.
28:46The people are suffering.
28:47They want to make it up to you.
28:49Will you go back?
28:53When I hesitated,
28:54the spirit pushed harder.
28:57You don't belong in this world.
28:58You're making things harder for your mom.
29:00She had someone who loved her,
29:02but after you showed up,
29:03they fought.
29:04Can you really stand to watch her grow old alone?
29:07My friends,
29:08I never knew mom had lost a chance at love because of me.
29:12Just as I wavered,
29:14a voice cut in.
29:17Fine.
29:18We'll go back.
29:20I looked up.
29:21Mom was smiling.
29:22I'm going with her.
29:24The four fathers were waiting in the halls where I used to live.
29:27Every one of them looked terrible.
29:29The moment the doors opened,
29:31all four rose.
29:42Alara!
29:42You really came back, Alara?
29:44Did you miss us?
29:45We made your favorite honey cakes.
29:46And the swing you loved as a cub,
29:48it's still there.
29:49They crowded around me.
29:50I didn't really come back!
29:50Just as one of them reached for me,
29:53an arm pulled me back.
29:54Don't touch me.
29:55All four fathers froze.
29:57The moment they saw mom,
29:59they were like starving beasts catching the scent.
30:02Serafina!
30:03Is that you?
30:04Is it really you?
30:05You're alive!
30:06You're actually alive!
30:10I never thought I'd see you again.
30:12Thank the gods.
30:17You really came back with Alara.
30:19Now we're a family again.
30:21We can finally live in peace!
30:22Each of them stepped forward,
30:24claiming to be my dear father.
30:26Live with me, please!
30:26Each invited mom and me to live with me.
30:28Live with me, please!
30:29Mom spoke.
30:30Who said we came back to living with you?
30:35All four went quiet.
30:37They stared at her, confused.
30:39Then why did you come back?
30:41Something appeared in mom's hand.
30:44A weapon none of them had ever seen.
30:46She pointed at the floor of them in the fire.
30:49One shot each.
30:51The guardian spirit shrieked like a boy in the head of it.
30:55Serafina!
30:56What are you doing?
30:58Revenge!
30:59Mom looked at them like dead meat.
31:01Tormenting me for Genevieve was one thing.
31:04But my child!
31:06You broke her too!
31:08She knew what the forefathers had done to me.
31:10If you kill them,
31:11this world will collapse!
31:14Then let it collapse.
31:17A world balanced by these four idiots
31:20doesn't deserve to exist.
31:23She walked toward the forefathers,
31:25step by step.
31:26Her presence was so overwhelming that...
31:30Serafina, calm down!
31:31Giselle manipulated us!
31:33We'll do anything to make it right!
31:35Please!
31:41They looked like they plucked the stars
31:43from the sky if she asked.
31:44Too bad Mom didn't want the stars.
31:47She wanted them dead.
31:49Don't beg me for chances.
31:51Beg whatever God is waiting for you on the other side.
31:55More shots rang out.
31:57The forefathers closed their eyes in despair.
32:00They only have one thought.
32:03Their mom is a fucking legend.
32:04These four deserve to die.
32:06The spirit screamed again.
32:08You killed all of them!
32:10What happens to this world now?
32:12Who will lead the four clans?
32:13The people will suffer!
32:15Shut up!
32:16Mom frowned.
32:17Then find new leaders.
32:19We stayed in that world for nearly a year.
32:22Mom found replacements for all four of them.
32:25Before we left,
32:26the spirit's words nagged at me.
32:28If Mom really lost her chance at love because of me.
32:32But she read my mind.
32:34She pulled me into her arms.
32:36Baby,
32:37men come and go.
32:39But you're my only family.
32:40I can't lose you.
32:42I whispered.
32:45But if I'm in the way,
32:46forget what that stupid spirit said.
32:49None of them are worth giving up anything for.
32:51Just before we stepped through the door,
32:53one last question lost my mind.
32:55I looked up.
32:58Mom, who is my real father?
33:00Mom smiled and said a name,
33:01softly.
33:03My eyes went wide.
33:04I couldn't believe it.
33:06How was that possible?
33:07How could it be him?
33:10When my mother had just arrived in this strange world,
33:14she was lying in a forest covered in wounds.
33:17Then she passed through a veil of silver mist.
33:20The world changed.
33:22Trees glowed with soft light.
33:25Flowers bloomed in colors that didn't exist.
33:28A figure appeared through the trees.
33:31Silver white hair.
33:32Elegant and tall.
33:34He found her collapsed by the water.
33:36You're hurt.
33:37He said gently.
33:39He knelt beside her.
33:41His horn glowed and warmth spread through her wounds.
33:45The pain faded.
33:46What's your name?
33:47Seraphina.
33:48I'm Lysiada.
33:49Welcome to the moonlit glade.
33:52As the days passed,
33:54they slowly fell in love.
33:55The unicorn clan lived hidden,
33:57at peace.
33:59Mom's eyes soft with memory.
34:00He was the first person who asked me what I wanted,
34:02not what I could do for them.
34:05I touched my chest,
34:06feeling something shift inside.
34:07So I'm half unicorn?
34:09You have his gift for healing,
34:11and his kind heart.
34:13I see him in you every day.
34:15I looked at my hands.
34:16All this time,
34:17I thought I was just broken,
34:19but maybe I was something else entirely.
34:23Then what happened?
34:24Why did you leave?
34:29My mom eventually grew curious
34:31about the world beyond the glade.
34:33With a small pack on her back,
34:35she told Lysander she wanted to leave for a while
34:37and see what lay outside.
34:40Lysander was saddened,
34:42but he did not stop her.
34:44He only pressed a moonstone pendant in her hand,
34:47telling her it would guide her home whenever she was.
34:51Before she left,
34:52he kissed her forehead
34:53and asked her to come back to him.
34:54My mom promised she would.
34:56Then she met them.
34:58Four exiled Alphys,
35:00battered and desperate.
35:01The dragon,
35:03the bear,
35:03the fox,
35:05the phoenix.
35:06She helped them overthrow the tyrants,
35:09rebuilt four kingdoms.
35:11Caelan promised her that once it was done,
35:13they'd bond.
35:14She'd be his queen.
35:15She believed him.
35:17On the wedding day,
35:18Genevieve appeared.
35:20Beautiful,
35:21delicate,
35:22helpless.
35:23Genevieve framed her,
35:24for everything.
35:26Poisoning,
35:27cursing,
35:28sabotage.
35:29A week later,
35:30she realized something.
35:32She was pregnant.
35:33She pressed a hand to her stomach.
35:35Tears in her eyes.
35:37She needed to go back,
35:38to tell my father.
35:40But the four kings believed every word of Genevieve.
35:43It's not the world.
35:44They locked my mother.
35:46They locked my mother.
35:47They tortured her.
35:47The moonstone was ripped from her neck.
35:50Genevieve took it.
35:52My mother searched for years.
35:54But without the stone,
35:56the glade wouldn't open.
35:57Now,
35:58mom looked at me.
36:00Tears streaming down her face.
36:02I failed him.
36:05I left when I was already carrying you.
36:07I never got to tell him.
36:09But my heart ached.
36:11I had a father out there.
36:13A father who'd loved me before I was born.
36:18The guardian spirit was opening the doorway.
36:21Light swirling before us.
36:23Just as we stepped forward.
36:24Lady Seraphina!
36:26Lady Alara!
36:27Wait!
36:29Orion,
36:30the new Fox King,
36:31was running toward us.
36:32He dropped into a deep bow,
36:34pulling out a small wooden box.
36:37Forgive the interruption, my ladies.
36:41We found this in the old Fox King's vault.
36:44Hidden in Genevieve's collection.
36:46Inside was a moonstone pendant,
36:48pulsing with faint silver light.
36:51Mom's breath caught.
36:53I lifted the pendant.
36:55The moment I touched her,
36:57it blazed with brilliant light.
36:58It recognized us.
37:01Mom,
37:02it's dad's stone.
37:04I held up the glowing stone.
37:06Take us to father.
37:07Take us home.
37:08The light exploded outward.
37:09Take us!
37:10Everything went right.
37:12When the light faded,
37:13we stood in a forest of glowing trees.
37:16Unicorns grazed in the distance.
37:19Their horns catching eternal moonlight.
37:21Then my father appeared from the trees.
37:24His eyes liquid,
37:26silver,
37:27locked onto Mom.
37:29Seraphina.
37:32Mom's hand flew to her mouth.
37:36Lysander!
37:38They crashed into each other's arms.
37:42When they finally separated,
37:44father's gaze shifted to me.
37:45He recognized me instantly.
37:47My daughter.
37:50My starlight.
37:52You have your mother's eyes.
37:54He smelled like rain and earth and growing things.
37:57I've waited so long to see you.
38:00Welcome home, my child.
38:02Welcome home.
38:03He took a step toward me.
38:06I flinched.
38:07My body moved before my brain could stop it.
38:10Shoulders hunching.
38:12Arms wrapping around myself protected me.
38:15Memories of past abuse flooded my mind.
38:18I'm sorry, Dad.
38:19I don't mean to...
38:20Father froze mid-step.
38:22His voice was firm but kind.
38:23Don't apologize.
38:25You have nothing to be sorry for.
38:27What they did to you,
38:29that's not your fault.
38:30He stayed very still,
38:31looking at me.
38:32Can I hug you?
38:33If it's too much,
38:34just say no.
38:35I'll understand.
38:35I wanted to say yes.
38:37I wanted to feel safe in my father's arms.
38:40I...
38:40I want to.
38:42But I don't know if I can.
38:44It's okay, baby.
38:45Take your time.
38:49We stayed in the glade for a week.
38:52Father showed me the house he'd built.
38:55Taught me about healing magic.
38:59But every night,
39:00I had the same nightmare.
39:04I'd wake up screaming,
39:06back in the dens,
39:07feeling claws on my skin,
39:10hearing their laughter.
39:13Mom would hold me
39:14until I stopped shaking.
39:16Father would sit outside my door,
39:18humming softly
39:19until I fell back asleep.
39:21Never pushed.
39:22Just stayed close enough
39:23that I knew I wasn't alone.
39:25On the third morning,
39:26Father sat with us by the spring.
39:28Elara,
39:29I want to come with you.
39:32To your mother's world.
39:37What?
39:39You need to be around people.
39:42Normal people living normal lives.
39:45You need to see
39:46that not everyone will hurt you.
39:49That the world can be kind.
39:51Besides,
39:52I'm curious about this modern world.
39:54Your mother's told me stories.
39:55It sounds...
39:57interesting.
40:00Lysander,
40:01you don't even know what a car is.
40:02Then you'll teach me.
40:03We'll figure it out together.
40:05As a family.
40:09The modern world was overwhelming.
40:12Cars roared past.
40:14Phones buzzed constantly.
40:16Lights glared everywhere.
40:18Father stared at everything
40:19with wide eyes.
40:20What is that metal beast?
40:22Transportation.
40:25We moved into a small house
40:27with a garden.
40:30Father immediately started planting.
40:33Within days,
40:34the backyard glowed faintly at night
40:37with herbs and flowers
40:38that shouldn't exist in this world.
40:41The neighbors will notice.
40:42They'll think it's beautiful.
40:45They won't ask questions.
40:47Mom enrolled me in online school first.
40:49Regular high school was too much.
40:52Too many people.
40:53Too much noise.
40:55Dr. Lin,
40:56my therapist,
40:57said it was normal.
40:59You've been through severe trauma.
41:01Your brain is still in survival mode.
41:04Give it time.
41:10Time.
41:11Everyone kept saying that.
41:13But how much time did I need?
41:16Small things terrified me.
41:18Loud voices.
41:19Sudden movements.
41:21Men standing too close.
41:23On and day at the grocery store,
41:25a man reached past me for cereal.
41:27I flinched so hard,
41:28I knocked over a display.
41:33Oh God, I'm so sorry.
41:35I didn't mean to startle you.
41:37I stood there,
41:38frozen,
41:38heart hammering.
41:40He was
41:42apologizing to me.
41:44The father appeared beside me,
41:45gentle but protective.
41:46It's alright.
41:47No harm done.
41:49The man helped pick up the cans,
41:51keeping his distance,
41:52then left quickly.
41:54He started crying,
41:56right there in the middle of the store.
41:58He said sorry.
42:00He said sorry to me.
42:02Because you matter, Alera.
42:04Alera, your feelings matter.
42:06Father hugged me carefully.
42:15Slowly, carefully,
42:17I started to heal.
42:19Mom taught me to cook.
42:21The first time I made pancakes by myself,
42:23I cried.
42:25I made something.
42:26Something that won't hurt anyone.
42:28Mom kissed my forehead.
42:31You've always been capable of beautiful things, baby.
42:34Father got a job at the botanical garden.
42:38His plants grew faster and healthier than anyone else's.
42:43How do you do it?
42:45I talk to them.
42:46They like being appreciated.
42:49We adopted a cat.
42:50A tiny gray kitten I named Luna.
42:53She'd curl up on my chest at night,
42:56purring.
42:57You're safe with me.
43:00I'll never hurt you.
43:02It was a promise to her,
43:03and to myself.
43:04Three months in,
43:05I could go to the grocery store without panicking.
43:08Six months in,
43:09I stopped flinching every time Father walked into a room.
43:14One morning,
43:15I hugged him without shaking.
43:17Father's eyes filled with tears.
43:19You're doing so well,
43:21Starlight.
43:22We had family dinners every night.
43:24Father's cooking improved slowly.
43:26He kept forgetting that human food needed more than love and sunlight.
43:30Why won't it grow bigger?
43:32I said,
43:33laughing.
43:34Because it's already cooked,
43:35Dad.
43:36Dad.
43:37I'd called him Dad.
43:38He set down the spoon and pulled me into a hug,
43:41crying.
43:44The aquarium was dimly lit.
43:46Peaceful.
43:47Soft music played.
43:49Blue light glowed from the tanks.
43:51It's beautiful.
43:53We wandered through the exhibits.
43:55Schools of silverfish.
43:57Giant sea turtles.
43:59Colorful coral reefs.
44:01I stopped at the jellyfish tank,
44:03mesmerized.
44:04They drifted through the water,
44:06delicate and translucent.
44:08They look so fragile.
44:10But they've survived for millions of years.
44:12A voice said behind me.
44:14I turned.
44:15A young man stood there,
44:17maybe 20.
44:18He had silver,
44:19blue hair that caught the tank light,
44:21and warm amber eyes.
44:25Sorry.
44:26He said quickly,
44:27noticing my tension.
44:29Didn't mean to startle you.
44:30I'm Caspian.
44:31I work in marine rehabilitation.
44:34Ellora.
44:35He said quietly.
44:36He smiled.
44:39Caspian.
44:39Another staff member called.
44:41We need you at the turtle tank.
44:42Coming.
44:43Nice to meet you, Ellora.
44:45Hope you enjoy the rest of your visit.
44:46He walked away with an easy grace.
44:48I watched him go,
44:50feeling something strange.
44:51He was truly gentle and beautiful,
44:53with deep,
44:55soulful eyes.
44:56We continued through the aquarium,
44:57in the sea turtle rehabilitation area.
45:00I saw him again.
45:02That's the boy from earlier.
45:03Yeah.
45:04You like him.
45:05I don't even know him.
45:08Sometimes that's how it starts.
45:09My face heated.
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