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00:00:06I think I'll leave a souvenir.

00:00:11Stop!

00:00:28On our 10th anniversary, my boyfriend told me he's getting gauged to his bride's enemy.

00:00:33I'm gonna let him see for himself how the very thing he threw away is now being cherished by someone

00:00:39else.

00:00:51You've been working hard.

00:00:54It's not every day you stay for breakfast.

00:00:57I'm getting engaged next month.

00:01:01What?

00:01:03The Lorraine heiress.

00:01:05Political match.

00:01:06You know how it works.

00:01:08And where does that leave me?

00:01:10Nothing changes for you.

00:01:12We can keep things exactly the way they are, under the radar.

00:01:15You know, I can't quit you.

00:01:16So what you're saying is, I'm your mistress.

00:01:21Good girl.

00:01:22I'll stop by tonight.

00:01:25I am not your damn dog!

00:01:3910 years.

00:01:4010 years.

00:01:41And all I get are four words.

00:01:43Keep it a secret.

00:01:5210 years.

00:01:5310 years.

00:01:54I finally found you.

00:01:59When I woke up again, a boy appeared before me.

00:02:02Don't worry.

00:02:03You're safe.

00:02:05I decided from that moment on to follow the one who had saved me.

00:02:17In this downpour, are you looking to catch a fever, miss?

00:02:22Or would you rather grab a hot coffee on the way?

00:02:24It's him.

00:02:25Martias' biggest rival.

00:02:26Why is he here?

00:02:27A coincidence?

00:02:28Or coffee?

00:02:28You don't strike me as the terrible type, sir.

00:02:30Maybe I'm just someone who hates seeing good things go to waste.

00:02:35Take a look at this.

00:02:39Mathias and his fiancée, taken at Amber Manor last week.

00:02:42Perfect match, aren't they?

00:02:4310 years.

00:02:44He wouldn't even give you a title.

00:02:46Now he's getting married and you are still his dirty little secret.

00:02:49Don't you know what you are to him by now?

00:02:50What exactly are you trying to say?

00:02:53Get in.

00:02:54Or do you plan to keep standing in the rain, crying over someone who isn't worth it?

00:02:58Okay.

00:03:01In 10 years, I've finally found you.

00:03:03This time, I won't let you out of my sight again.

00:03:11Speak.

00:03:12What is it you want from me?

00:03:14No rush.

00:03:14Clean yourself up first.

00:03:16Is it really worth ruining yourself over a man who doesn't love you?

00:03:19No need.

00:03:19Just say what you have to say.

00:03:22I have a proposal.

00:03:23Partner with me and let's pull Mathias down from the throne he's so proud of.

00:03:28No.

00:03:28No matter what, he's sheltered me for 10 years.

00:03:30I won't do anything to hurt him.

00:03:32Stop the car.

00:03:32I'm getting out.

00:03:33He is unfaithful to you, yet you refuse to hurt him?

00:03:3510 years.

00:03:36He hid you away for 10 years, then throw you out when he was done.

00:03:38And you're still defending him?

00:03:40It's different.

00:03:40He raised me for 10 years.

00:03:42I will never harm him.

00:03:43Do you hear me?

00:03:43Never.

00:03:44Open the door.

00:03:45No.

00:03:46What's wrong with you?

00:03:47She passed out from the fever.

00:03:50Back to the mansion.

00:03:5310 years.

00:03:55I've been looking for you for 10 years, too.

00:03:57You don't get to check out on me.

00:04:07It's you?

00:04:10Awake.

00:04:11You were in the rain for too long and running a fever.

00:04:13The doctor said you need rest.

00:04:17You've got a fever.

00:04:18Don't move.

00:04:19Staying right here with me is the safest place you could be.

00:04:23My clothes.

00:04:24Who changed them?

00:04:25Relax.

00:04:25Everything I should see and everything I shouldn't, I've seen it all.

00:04:28No one gets to touch you but me.

00:04:30You're unbelievable.

00:04:32Unbelievable?

00:04:33I just had the maid change your wet clothes so you wouldn't catch pneumonia.

00:04:36Your life is worth more than mine.

00:04:37I'm not taking any chances.

00:04:38I should go.

00:04:39It's pouring out there.

00:04:40You leave now, you'll just be a half-dressed mess.

00:04:42Why not stay?

00:04:43Let me take good care of you.

00:04:48Why are you helping me?

00:04:50I rejected you.

00:04:51I hate being rejected but I hate seeing you cry in the rain even more.

00:04:55You gave him your whole heart but he's already holding someone else while planning their wedding.

00:04:59Your feelings mean nothing to him.

00:05:01Stop!

00:05:01I won't stop.

00:05:03He doesn't deserve you but I want you.

00:05:05Stay with me.

00:05:06Be mine.

00:05:07What he couldn't give, I will.

00:05:08I'll spoil you.

00:05:09I'll hold you.

00:05:10And I'll take all your sorrow away.

00:05:12I'm fine.

00:05:12I won't be your mistress.

00:05:14And I won't ruin him.

00:05:16You've got spine, I'll give you that.

00:05:17But a spine doesn't fill the void in your heart and it won't buy you the truth.

00:05:22Don't you want to ask him yourself?

00:05:24If he ever actually felt anything for you?

00:05:27Take me to his wedding reception.

00:05:28Fine.

00:05:29Next week I'm taking you.

00:05:32I want Matthias to see for himself what he missed.

00:05:42Can you stand?

00:05:45I'm not that fragile.

00:05:47Good.

00:05:48We're dress shopping this afternoon.

00:05:49You're going to his wedding reception, right?

00:05:51Tell me you're not planning to show up looking like that.

00:05:53What?

00:05:5530 minutes.

00:05:56I'll be downstairs.

00:05:57I can handle it myself.

00:05:59Okay.

00:06:03Something wrong?

00:06:05Something wrong?

00:06:06Nothing.

00:06:06It's just the dresses here are expensive.

00:06:08Worried I can't foot the bill?

00:06:13What's wrong?

00:06:14Do you know them?

00:06:16No.

00:06:17Never seen them.

00:06:19This one doesn't suit you.

00:06:20Let's try the next place.

00:06:22Okay.

00:06:23Okay.

00:06:26That woman.

00:06:27I swear I've seen her somewhere.

00:06:29You're probably just overthinking it.

00:06:30Is that so?

00:06:31Something urgent came up.

00:06:32I've got to take care of it.

00:06:33Pick out a dress yourself.

00:06:34Whatever you like.

00:06:35Put it on my tab.

00:06:35All right.

00:06:36I'll pick you up in an hour.

00:06:49I'll be taking this one.

00:06:50I'm afraid I had it first.

00:06:53Do you have any idea who I am?

00:06:55This dress is custom made for nobility.

00:06:57Let me spell it out for you.

00:06:58It's not something you can just buy with money.

00:07:00A nobody who'd even dare say her name trying to wear the same dress as me?

00:07:03Are you trying to humiliate me?

00:07:11Let go of me!

00:07:18If a single hair on her head is harmed, I will make you pay tenfold.

00:07:25No.

00:07:30Are you okay?

00:07:31I'm fine.

00:07:35What's going on?

00:07:36You're here.

00:07:37They hit me.

00:07:38I want that woman to kneel and apologize.

00:07:39I want to...

00:07:40Shut up!

00:07:42Do you know what you're doing?

00:07:45I was merely reminding your woman.

00:07:47Some people shouldn't be touched.

00:07:49Are you sure you want to go to war over this?

00:07:54Fine.

00:07:55I'll remember this.

00:08:05It's over.

00:08:09Thanks.

00:08:15Go change.

00:08:17Now?

00:08:18I'm not in a good state.

00:08:19Go change.

00:08:20I'll wait outside.

00:08:22I'll wait outside.

00:08:49You're clearly beautiful.

00:08:51Why do you never dress up?

00:08:52He didn't like me dressing up.

00:08:54Said it was too flashy.

00:08:55Just needed to stay clean, not beautiful.

00:08:57Now that you've left him, you can dress like this for anyone.

00:09:00For example, for me.

00:09:03Varen, I have no intention of being anyone's decorative boss.

00:09:06Being my lover, have you really not considered it?

00:09:09Stand with me, and he'll go mad.

00:09:13No.

00:09:14He showed me kindness.

00:09:17Without him, I would have died long ago.

00:09:24You'll change your mind someday.

00:09:26This dress, consider it a down payment.

00:09:28Let's go.

00:09:28Change.

00:09:29You have a banquet to prepare for.

00:09:41We're here.

00:09:46Nervous?

00:09:47Remember you asked for this.

00:09:48It's not too late to back out.

00:09:49I'm fine.

00:09:52Go ahead.

00:09:53Go see for yourself.

00:09:54What kind of trash the man you've guarded for ten years really is.

00:10:10Excuse me for a moment.

00:10:11Someone is looking for me.

00:10:16Oh, look who's here.

00:10:18I recognize you.

00:10:20You're that wild woman Martias got tired of playing with, aren't you?

00:10:22I don't know what you're talking about.

00:10:24Don't know?

00:10:25Let me make it clear.

00:10:26Does a lowly mistress deserve to be at my wedding banquet?

00:10:37Mathias.

00:10:38Looks like even he doesn't want to care about you.

00:10:42What are you going to do?

00:10:48This is to punish your pestering on behalf of Mathias.

00:10:54Don't just stand there.

00:10:55Grab her.

00:10:57No!

00:10:58Let go of me!

00:11:04You think this is over?

00:11:06I think there's a lot of beautiful women here.

00:11:08Sir, we have a situation.

00:11:10Elena is attacking Ms. Dove.

00:11:11Mathias is ten steps away doing nothing.

00:11:13What?

00:11:14No need to call security.

00:11:15I'll personally make them regret what they've done.

00:11:18What?

00:11:18Does it hurt?

00:11:20Stop.

00:11:26Why cover up?

00:11:28Now do you feel ashamed?

00:11:29Should have thought of that before stealing someone else's fiance.

00:11:37Come on, smile for the camera.

00:11:39Let's see who wants you after this.

00:11:42To the loser.

00:11:53I think I'll leave a souvenir.

00:11:58I think I'll leave a souvenir.

00:12:14My husband's fists came down hard.

00:12:16Haley had only come to have fun.

00:12:18This had nothing to do with her.

00:12:19Sophia, I am Vance Sterling's legal wife, Quinn Hartwood.

00:12:22When my husband's mistress publicly stripped me, I finally decided to reveal the identity

00:12:27even my husband didn't know about.

00:12:30It was time to make them all regret it.

00:12:32My friend Haley and I were about to leave after lunch.

00:12:35A woman suddenly blocked our way.

00:12:37Pay for my table, too.

00:12:39Are you crazy?

00:12:40I don't even know you.

00:12:41Why would I pay for you?

00:12:43In New York, if you dare disrespect Sterling Corp, you won't live to regret it.

00:12:47Do you know who I am?

00:12:48Sophia, wife of Vance Sterling, CEO of Sterling Corp.

00:12:52Isn't Vance your husband?

00:12:53I was about to call Vance and ask what was going on.

00:12:57Still calling someone?

00:12:59Let's see if you can even walk out of this restaurant.

00:13:01Stop it.

00:13:01Is this all the manners Sterling Corp people have?

00:13:04Blocking others, making them pay, and even getting physical?

00:13:08Manners?

00:13:08In New York, the name Sterling Corp is manners.

00:13:11Making you pay is a privilege I'm giving you, understand?

00:13:14I laughed.

00:13:16Even if Sterling is great, it doesn't give you the right to block people and rob them.

00:13:20I'm giving you access to my network, and you can't even appreciate it.

00:13:24Do you know how many people in New York would love the chance to buy me dinner?

00:13:27Connections.

00:13:28Huh.

00:13:29I'm a Hartwell.

00:13:29I've never needed to ride anyone else's coattails.

00:13:33I glanced at Haley.

00:13:34Her face was pale as iron.

00:13:36Haley's family was also top-tier wealth.

00:13:39When had she ever been humiliated like this?

00:13:42And by a mere VP from a mid-sized company?

00:13:45I wasn't about to waste my time on her.

00:13:47Yet Sophia waved dismissively toward the door.

00:13:50In New York, I make the rules.

00:13:52Hold down these two trash.

00:13:57No sooner had she spoken than seven or eight black-suited bodyguards swarmed in, surrounding us.

00:14:03Haley instinctively pulled me back, her eyes sharp.

00:14:06There were too many of them.

00:14:08Before she could act, two guards clamped down on her arms.

00:14:11Haley!

00:14:12I rushed forward, but a strike hit the back of my neck, and my vision went black.

00:14:16In a daze, I saw Haley curse.

00:14:19Bastard!

00:14:19Before a punch hit her cheek, and blood instantly ran from her mouth.

00:14:23Pinned to the ground, all I could do was watch Sophia lift her foot and kick Haley in the stomach.

00:14:28Today, you'll learn the consequences of offending Sterling Corp!

00:14:32The bodyguard's fists came down hard.

00:14:34Haley had only come to have fun.

00:14:36This had nothing to do with her.

00:14:37Sophia, I am Vance Sterling's legal wife, Quinn Hartwood.

00:14:41She is Haley Langley from Washington's Langley family.

00:14:44Let us go now, and this could still be resolved!

00:14:48Vance's wife?

00:14:49The Langley family?

00:14:51Are you two idiots?

00:14:53Who in New York doesn't know the only woman around Vance Sterling is Sophia?

00:14:56At least do some research before you start lying.

00:14:58Langley?

00:14:59Never heard of it.

00:15:00She's making it up to scare people.

00:15:01Sophia bent down, grabbing my hair with a vicious grin.

00:15:04One more word about being his wife, and I'll tear your mouth apart.

00:15:08Vance is mine!

00:15:10Quinn, even the mistress is acting like this?

00:15:13And you're just letting this happen?

00:15:16That made me pause for a second.

00:15:18Then I laughed, too, when I suddenly turned my head and bit down hard on her wrist.

00:15:23I drove my knee into another bodyguard's backside.

00:15:25I grabbed a nearby wine bottle and smashed it across another guard's forehead.

00:15:29By the time Sophia reacted, I was already in front of her.

00:15:32My fist slammed into her face.

00:15:34She staggered back two steps, blood pouring from her nose.

00:15:37You hit me?

00:15:38She reached for my face, but I caught her arm and threw her hard onto the floor.

00:15:43I climbed on top of her and started punching.

00:15:45The Sterling Corp employees, reeking of alcohol, rushed toward me.

00:15:49At some point, Haley had broken free.

00:15:51Beat the hell out of her!

00:15:52I'm not swallowing this today!

00:15:53In the middle of the chaos, someone swung a tear into my back.

00:15:57Sophia shrieked while clawing at my hand.

00:16:00Kick her ass!

00:16:01Triple the bonus!

00:16:01The employees rushed us like madmen.

00:16:04Some grabbed my arms.

00:16:05Some wrapped around my waist.

00:16:07Others kicked at my legs.

00:16:08Taking advantage of the moment I was distracted, Sophia suddenly kicked me in the stomach.

00:16:13I stumbled back two steps.

00:16:15Everybody stop!

00:16:17Several police officers pushed their way aside.

00:16:20The moment their eyes landed on Sophia, their expressions changed.

00:16:23Sophia?

00:16:24What happened here?

00:16:25A heavyset officer named Richards hurried over, his tone full of flattery as he reached out to help her up.

00:16:30The second Sophia saw the police, she finally found someone to back her up.

00:16:34Officer Richards!

00:16:35These two crazy bitches attacked me!

00:16:37They dined and dished, assaulted people, and even injured my employees!

00:16:40You two did this?

00:16:41Fighting in broad daylight and injuring Sterling Corp employees?

00:16:43You've got some nerve.

00:16:45She stopped us first and attacked us.

00:16:46That's a lie!

00:16:47I gave them a chance to enjoy Sterling Corp's influence, and they attacked me, even pretending to be my husband's

00:16:52wife.

00:16:52One of them even claimed to be from some Langley family.

00:16:54Total nonsense!

00:16:55The officer clearly believed her.

00:16:57That's your fault.

00:16:58In New York, everyone gives Sterling Corp some respect.

00:17:01Sophia is Mr. Vance Sterling's woman.

00:17:03Touching her means going against the rules of this city.

00:17:05Enough talking.

00:17:06You're coming with us.

00:17:09The bill for Miss Sophia's table, the restaurant damages, medical expenses, and emotional distress compensation will all be paid by

00:17:13you.

00:17:14What?

00:17:14If you kneel and apologize to Sophia, we might be able to settle this privately.

00:17:18She started this.

00:17:19You're judging us without even investigating.

00:17:21Why?

00:17:21You follow the rules here.

00:17:22Sophia was giving you face.

00:17:24Don't be ungrateful.

00:17:25I'd like to see whether your rules are bigger than the law.

00:17:27Still acting tough?

00:17:28The thin officer stepped forward and tried to cuff me.

00:17:32Then I'll have to teach you a lesson.

00:17:33You are abusing your authority!

00:17:35Abusing authority?

00:17:36This is called doing our job.

00:17:38Anything involving Sterling Corp is important.

00:17:40People who don't know their place need to be taught some rules.

00:17:43Sir!

00:17:44You pathetic boot lickers!

00:17:46Your day is coming!

00:17:47Really?

00:17:48Once you're locked up and getting beaten every day, we'll see how tough you still sound.

00:17:51Sophia, is this enough?

00:17:52If not, I can turn it up?

00:17:53More.

00:17:54Let them know who makes the rules here.

00:17:57By the way, Sophia, when's your due date?

00:17:59My partner and I will definitely prepare a nice gift to congratulate you and Mr. Sterling.

00:18:03Four or five more months.

00:18:04We had it checked.

00:18:05It's a boy.

00:18:05Sophia was pregnant.

00:18:07The news hit me like a truck.

00:18:09I had been away on a business trip for six months.

00:18:12I had just returned to New York, and Vance already had a child on the way.

00:18:16The words slammed into me one after another.

00:18:19Blood rushed straight to my head.

00:18:21We had been married for to get up.

00:18:23Seeing that I was still moving, the thin officer immediately struck the back of my neck with a stun baton.

00:18:28Electricity exploded through my body.

00:18:30My vision went dark, and I nearly collapsed.

00:18:33Sophia grabbed a chair and raised it over her head, ready to smash it into me.

00:18:37At that moment, hurried footsteps echoed from the restaurant entrance.

00:18:41Vance walked in.

00:18:42What happened?

00:18:44Vance looked over the destruction without much reaction.

00:18:48Only when his eyes landed on Sophia did his expression soften slightly.

00:18:52Who hurt you?

00:18:53Vance, you're here!

00:18:54These people went mad, pretended to be your wife, and even attacked people.

00:18:59Even hit the police.

00:19:01Mr. Sterling, you arrived just in time.

00:19:04These outsiders caused trouble and insulted you and Mrs. Sophia.

00:19:08We are handling it according to the law.

00:19:10Quinn, I really underestimated you.

00:19:11Returning from a six-month trip and already learning how to fight and throw a scene.

00:19:15And your friends?

00:19:16What a disgrace.

00:19:17Coming here to make a scene as if Sterling Corp were just for show.

00:19:20You know her?

00:19:21Yes.

00:19:22Just an annoying woman.

00:19:23Hearing that, Sophia visibly relaxed.

00:19:25Vance, you better find out what really happened first.

00:19:28Officer Richards, what exactly happened?

00:19:31Richards rolled his eyes.

00:19:33Mr. Sterling, it was this woman.

00:19:34She came in, lost her temper at Sophia, and insisted on pay for Sophia's table, claiming she wanted to get

00:19:39close to her.

00:19:40Sophia was polite, but this woman accused her of down on hard on Kaija Troubles.

00:19:43Exactly!

00:19:44Sophia refused to let her pay, so she lost her temper and attacked her!

00:19:47Completely upside down!

00:19:48She was the one blocking us!

00:19:49Shut up!

00:19:50Do you have the right to speak here?

00:19:52Vance, she didn't have to go this far.

00:19:54She got angry over not being allowed to pay and even threatened Sterling Corp to make you look bad.

00:19:58Quinn, really?

00:20:00You can be this shameless?

00:20:01Wanting to connect with someone, and when refused, you get angry and start hitting people?

00:20:05I didn't.

00:20:06Didn't?

00:20:07Even the police said it.

00:20:08And you still want to argue?

00:20:10Vance, don't get upset.

00:20:12Maybe she just lost her mind for a moment.

00:20:14Lost her mind?

00:20:15I think she's incredible.

00:20:17Handle it however it needs to be handled.

00:20:18Not a single cent less for compensation.

00:20:20I want to see how she's going to pay.

00:20:23Lunged at me with terrible form.

00:20:24Before she even got close, she dropped to her knees and started slapping herself.

00:20:28It's my fault!

00:20:29I shouldn't have tried to marry Cork!

00:20:31I'm sorry!

00:20:32Just then, a flying kick came at me.

00:20:35I left the window open on purpose with another man all night.

00:20:39The next morning, he came to me with a dark look on his face and asked who the man was.

00:20:43I couldn't even be bothered to look at him.

00:20:45What's the rush?

00:20:46Aren't you only interested in that woman Lily?

00:20:48That shut him up completely.

00:20:50He slammed the door and stormed out.

00:20:51Cora and I had been together for ten years.

00:20:53I helped him seize territory from rival clans and build everything he had now.

00:20:58And yet, after all that, he broke his promise to marry me and chose another woman instead.

00:21:02Even the tribe's soldiers couldn't understand it.

00:21:04Mara fought beside you for every inch of this coast.

00:21:07So what happened?

00:21:08A woman with blood on her hands gives me chills.

00:21:11Lily's different.

00:21:12She's innocent.

00:21:13But if Mara betrays you, we're finished.

00:21:15The entire Serpent Coast belongs to me.

00:21:19She's only one person.

00:21:20He had no idea I was standing in the hallway.

00:21:22I threw the ointment I'd brought him into the trash.

00:21:25Then sent a text to his biggest rival.

00:21:27Cora's territory?

00:21:28Cora's life.

00:21:29Want them?

00:21:30They're yours.

00:21:31I was making plans to leave when Cora came looking for me.

00:21:34A shipment's arriving in two days.

00:21:36You'll pick it up personally.

00:21:37And clear out your room.

00:21:39I need it.

00:21:39His tone was cold and commanding.

00:21:41But all I felt was amusement.

00:21:43The shipment was probably for the wedding.

00:21:45And my room was obviously being prepared for Lily.

00:21:47I simply nodded.

00:21:48My calm reaction seemed to irritate him.

00:21:51What are you sulking about now?

00:21:52I already told you I can't make our relationship public because the situation's unstable.

00:21:57Again?

00:21:58Back then I believed every word he said.

00:22:00Whenever he needed weapons, I became a dragon.

00:22:02Whenever he needed soldiers, I took human form and fought for him.

00:22:06Now I realized it had all been lies.

00:22:08I slid the signed clearance pass toward him between stacks of purchase lists.

00:22:12I'm not angry.

00:22:13I'm just used to it.

00:22:17Everything on this island belongs to me.

00:22:20Including you.

00:22:21So quit giving me that attitude!

00:22:23He mistook my silence for submission.

00:22:25I didn't correct him.

00:22:26I walked outside, looked at the open sea beyond the docks, and smiled.

00:22:32That evening, Lily appeared at the docks in a white dress, glowing and delicate, exactly

00:22:37the way Kor liked.

00:22:38Behind her, crate after crate of luggage was carried ashore.

00:22:41You work so hard for Koror.

00:22:43I'm sure he'll promote you eventually.

00:22:46As for me, Kor can't wait to marry me.

00:22:50I shot her a cold glance and started to walk away.

00:22:52But Lily blocked my path and pulled out a diary from her bag.

00:22:55Kor writes in this whenever he misses me.

00:22:58Could you throw it away for me?

00:23:01Then she strutted off.

00:23:02I stood at the edge of the cliff, my hands trembling as I opened the diary.

00:23:06April 12th.

00:23:07That was the day I covered Koror during a gunfight, while Zane's men broke through the line.

00:23:11He had written,

00:23:12Lily, if I make it back alive, I'm going to treat you right.

00:23:15August 5th.

00:23:16Koror got shot.

00:23:17I stormed into Zane's camp alone, changing direction while running to draw fire, and dragged

00:23:21him back out.

00:23:22That same day, he wrote,

00:23:23God, baby, you looked beautiful today.

00:23:26January 24th.

00:23:27He'd been captured by a hostile trap.

00:23:29I volunteered to take his place.

00:23:31He wrote,

00:23:31If it were you, I'd never let you go through something like that.

00:23:34While I was risking my life for him, he was rejecting my feelings and writing love notes

00:23:38to another woman.

00:23:39The more I read, the harder I broke apart.

00:23:42Finally, I hurled the diary onto the ground.

00:23:45Right then, a message from Zane came through.

00:23:47We should talk about your offer.

00:23:48After settling the details with Zane, I headed back and overheard Kor talking to his crew.

00:23:53Lord, the wedding dress we bought at auction, the one worth billions, has arrived.

00:23:55Should we send it to Lily now?

00:23:58Yeah.

00:23:58The wedding's tomorrow.

00:24:00I won't allow any interference.

00:24:02If anyone leaps this tomorrow, they die.

00:24:04I'd already decided to leave, but hearing Koror talk about me like I was some threat that

00:24:08needed controlling still hurt.

00:24:10I went back to my room to pack, only to realize I owned almost nothing besides weapons.

00:24:14Of course, Koror had never given me anything else.

00:24:16The one time I asked, he told me,

00:24:18Even if you wear dresses and earrings, you still don't look like a woman.

00:24:21Don't embarrass yourself.

00:24:22The memory hollowed me out all over again.

00:24:25Meanwhile, Lily's luggage was overflowing with jewelry,

00:24:28beautiful clothes, and expensive accessories.

00:24:30I dug out the red dress I'd hidden away years ago,

00:24:33put it on, applied makeup, and watched the last traces of silver shimmer fade from my skin.

00:24:37Just then, Lily walked in without knocking.

00:24:40Mara, you read the diary, didn't you?

00:24:43Koror's feelings for me.

00:24:44Her voice stopped abruptly.

00:24:45She stared at me in stunned silence, shocked by how beautiful I looked dressed up.

00:24:49You know he doesn't want you, and you're still trying to seduce him?

00:24:52I'll tear you apart!

00:24:53She lunged at me with terrible form.

00:24:55Before she even got close, I punched her straight in the face.

00:24:58You hit me?

00:25:00Koror's is going to destroy you!

00:25:02You attacked me first.

00:25:04Cut out those pathetic little tricks of yours.

00:25:06She suddenly dropped to her knees and started slapping herself.

00:25:09It's my fault!

00:25:10I shouldn't have tried to marry Kork!

00:25:12I'm sorry!

00:25:13Just then, a flying kick came at me.

00:25:16Mara, how dare you lay a hand on her!

00:25:18Koror's boot carried the full strength of dragon blood.

00:25:21I twisted aside just in time, but I landed badly and rolled my ankle.

00:25:24Fighting through the pain, I looked up at him.

00:25:26He went straight to Lily and pulled her to her feet.

00:25:28When he finally turned back toward me, I saw the shock in his eyes.

00:25:32Maybe he'd never imagined I could look this beautiful.

00:25:34Koror froze for two seconds before his expression turned cold again.

00:25:38No matter how pretty you make yourself, you're not even half of what Lily is to me.

00:25:41Lily buried her face against his chest and sobbed.

00:25:44Mara kept pressuring me about the wedding, and I accidentally let it slip.

00:25:47I'm sorry.

00:25:48It's fine.

00:25:49Just minutes ago, people had been threatened with death for leaking the news.

00:25:52Now suddenly, none of it mattered.

00:25:54So you're really marrying her?

00:25:56Yes.

00:25:56Tomorrow.

00:25:57Come if you want.

00:25:58Just don't cause trouble.

00:26:00Hearing him say it out loud felt like something tearing through my chest.

00:26:03I want Mara to be my witness at the wedding.

00:26:06Koror's expression softened instantly.

00:26:08Being a witness isn't a big deal.

00:26:09You don't mind, do you?

00:26:10Rage spread through me like wildfire.

00:26:13Silver light crawled up my arms.

00:26:15Both of you, get out!

00:26:18I slammed them out the door with dragon force, then collapsed onto the floor.

00:26:23Only after my hands finally looked human again did I start to cry.

00:26:27Right then, my phone lit up.

00:26:28A message from Zane.

00:26:29Look by the window.

00:26:31Confused, I turned my head and found a small package floating outside the window.

00:26:35I pulled it toward me and opened it.

00:26:38Inside was a bottle of ointment.

00:26:39Koror had always believed this island was hidden from the world.

00:26:42Turns out everything here had been under Zane's watch the whole time.

00:26:45That alone proved I'd chosen the right ally.

00:26:47I'd just finished applying the ointment and was about to sleep when Koror came back.

00:26:51He lifted me into his arms, carried me to the bed, and applied his own medicine to my ankle.

00:26:55Don't worry.

00:26:56It'll heal soon.

00:26:57He was soaked through.

00:26:58Beneath the wet fabric of his shirt, faint traces of scales showed along his shoulders

00:27:02where the cold had brought them to the surface.

00:27:03I used to be terrified of pain.

00:27:05Whenever I got hurt, Koror would press his forehead against mine and comfort me.

00:27:08Those years were hard, but with him beside me, I always felt safe.

00:27:12Then one day, he stopped showing up.

00:27:14After all these years, I thought I'd stopped being afraid of pain.

00:27:17So why now?

00:27:17What was he trying to do?

00:27:19Gone was the coldness from earlier.

00:27:20You've gotten thinner.

00:27:21I haven't taken care of you properly.

00:27:23I'm sorry.

00:27:24Lily saved my life.

00:27:25I have no choice.

00:27:26Once I deal with Zane, I'll end all this and come back to you.

00:27:30I stared at the ring on his finger.

00:27:31A pale white scale from Lily had been set into the silver band.

00:27:34Kerr, did you ever really love me?

00:27:37He pulled me closer, his expression unwavering.

00:27:39Yes.

00:27:40Only you.

00:27:41It's always been you.

00:27:42Then he handed me a glass of milk.

00:27:44Get some sleep.

00:27:45The moment I drank it, I tasted the sedative.

00:27:47My throat tightened instantly.

00:27:48So in the end, he was still lying to me.

00:27:50I finished the milk anyway.

00:27:51Koror smiled that bright, familiar smile, then watched as I closed my eyes.

00:27:55What he didn't know was that after enduring so many injuries over the years, sedatives no longer worked on me.

00:28:01A while later, Lily's voice drifted into the room.

00:28:03Will that really keep her asleep for a whole day?

00:28:06Of course.

00:28:07Perfect timing, sweetheart.

00:28:09He pulled Lily into his arms.

00:28:10Every sound tore at me, but I had no choice except pretend to sleep.

00:28:14The second the door closed, I shot upright.

00:28:17At dawn, I slung my bag over my shoulder and headed for the cliffs on the island's northern side.

00:28:22One of the guards spotted me and stopped me.

00:28:24Mara, where are you going?

00:28:26Does Koror know about this?

00:28:27He was one of the few people who knew the truth about our relationship,

00:28:31and how much Koror had relied on me all these years.

00:28:34I was stunned by what I saw.

00:28:37The royal guards and palace servants bowed to welcome me.

00:28:40When Arthur appeared at the top of the castle steps, my breath caught.

00:28:43Tall and broad-shouldered, he looked born to rule,

00:28:46but behind those clear blue eyes was a quiet, dangerous control.

00:28:49This is your home now.

00:28:50He possessively gripped my fingertips, his palm warm and dry.

00:28:53Don't be nervous.

00:28:55My fianc Seraphian was the commander of the Light Knights.

00:28:57He was sacred, restrained, and untouchable,

00:29:00and I was the royal high priestess.

00:29:01Until the night before our wedding, I saw Seraphian kneeling beside Laurel's bed.

00:29:05Her limp hand closed around him, and his whole body went rigid, hot, and feverish.

00:29:10Laurel, the only reason I agreed to marry your sister

00:29:13was so I could come see you every single day.

00:29:15After that night, I tore up our betrothal scroll.

00:29:17I'm not marrying Seraphian anymore.

00:29:19I'm marrying Arthur.

00:29:20Yavelle? Have you lost your mind?

00:29:22Arthur was mutilated by a cursed blade three years ago.

00:29:25Everyone says he can't even sleep with a woman now.

00:29:27He beats people half to death over nothing!

00:29:29You're marching straight to your grave if you marry him!

00:29:31I gently pulled my hand free.

00:29:33Mother, at this point, it does not matter who I marry.

00:29:37Besides, do you really think we can refuse the Imperial family?

00:29:40In the receiving hall, Father was smiling from ear to ear.

00:29:43He poured tea for the envoys himself.

00:29:45It is an honor that his minis would consider my daughter.

00:29:47But my eldest daughter still sleeps under a holy curse,

00:29:49and my second daughter is bound to the Lankan family by engagement.

00:29:52An engagement is still only a contract.

00:29:54Break.

00:29:54Father's hands began to shake.

00:29:55The Auguste Imperial family ruled the empire,

00:29:57and even the Sunday temple stood under its protection.

00:30:00My family had served the temple for generations,

00:30:02and no name in the Imperial family was more feared than Prince Arthur's.

00:30:05As Father hesitated, the envoy looked straight at me.

00:30:08If Lady Yithra Valian agrees to marry His Highness,

00:30:11the Imperial family will offer a vassal of sacred sunblood as the bridegift.

00:30:14I hear it has awakened sleepers sealed by curses before.

00:30:17I watched my father's eyes light up instantly.

00:30:20I'll do it!

00:30:21Just like that, my marriage was decided.

00:30:23After the envoys left, Father frowned at me.

00:30:25Yvette, haven't you always loved Seraphion?

00:30:28Why so suddenly?

00:30:29I did not answer.

00:30:30Because every time I thought of what I had seen that night,

00:30:32my heart ached unbearably.

00:30:34My ten years of devotion suddenly felt like a joke.

00:30:37Vial of sacred sunblood worked.

00:30:39Within three days, Aurora woke up.

00:30:41Father was overjoyed to prepare a celebration feast for her.

00:30:43Temple guests gather beneath the high ceiling.

00:30:46That was when I saw Aurora.

00:30:47She was wearing the gown Mother had spent months making for me.

00:30:49Yvette, may I borrow this gown for tonight?

00:30:52I just woke up.

00:30:53I had no time to prepare a new gown.

00:30:55Mother tugged at my sleeve.

00:30:56Your sister just recovered.

00:30:58Let her have it.

00:31:00I forced a smile.

00:31:01Of course.

00:31:02Aurora lowered her eyes.

00:31:03May the light bless you, Evella.

00:31:05But as I turned away,

00:31:05I heard her whisper to a noble lady beside her.

00:31:08This gown fits me better, doesn't it?

00:31:09Yedette is too thin.

00:31:10She cannot fill it out.

00:31:12My Aurora has awakened.

00:31:14From tonight on,

00:31:15she will return as the High Priestess of the Sun Temple.

00:31:18I tightened my grip on the wine cup.

00:31:20For three years,

00:31:20I had served as High Priestess in Aurora's place.

00:31:23But now that she was awake,

00:31:24everything belonged to her again.

00:31:26And I was nothing.

00:31:28Suddenly,

00:31:28the hall doors opened.

00:31:29The moment Seraphian stepped into the hall,

00:31:31every voice fell silent.

00:31:32He walked straight to Aurora.

00:31:34Then,

00:31:35in front of everyone,

00:31:36he dropped to one knee.

00:31:38Welcome back, my High Priestess.

00:31:39You were always the one I was sworn to serve.

00:31:42My breath stopped.

00:31:43He was always so aloof,

00:31:44so proud.

00:31:44I had never seen him kneel before anyone.

00:31:46But as long as it was about Aurora,

00:31:48even the holiest knight would lose his heart.

00:31:50See?

00:31:50The one Seraphian truly loves is Aurora.

00:31:53The marriage only fell to Yvette

00:31:54because Aurora was cursed and fell into sleep.

00:31:56I bet Yvette must be dying of embarrassment right now.

00:32:00I walked alone onto the terrace.

00:32:03But even the cold wind could not ease the pain in my chest.

00:32:06Then I heard footsteps behind me.

00:32:08Does it hurt?

00:32:12Aurora approached a bright smile on her face.

00:32:15You must have enjoyed yourself while I was in a coma, didn't you?

00:32:17You even took my bedrothal to Seraphia.

00:32:19I looked at her in silence.

00:32:21Father told me it was Arthur's sacred sunblood that woke me.

00:32:24But do not expect me to thank you.

00:32:26Remember this clearly, Yvette.

00:32:28You will always live in my shadow.

00:32:30Just like when we were children.

00:32:32You only ever got what I had already grown tired of.

00:32:35Before I could answer,

00:32:36Aurora suddenly raised the chalice.

00:32:38She poured the golden wine over herself.

00:32:39Her scream cut through the feast hall.

00:32:41Seraphian rushed straight to Aurora.

00:32:42Before I could explain.

00:32:43What have you done?

00:32:45Seraphian's in-hook holy sword enthused it in me.

00:32:47A sharp wave of force crossed my leg.

00:32:49Kurt Moore was the way he looked at me.

00:32:51Full of disgust.

00:32:52My eyes burned.

00:32:52I forced myself to turn away.

00:32:54Before anyone could see me break.

00:32:56But the moment I stepped outside.

00:32:57I saw a runaway war horse charging toward a child's eye.

00:33:00Its iron-shod hoof scraped across my leg

00:33:02and crushed me against the stone steps.

00:33:03Searing pain tore through my body.

00:33:05Through the blur.

00:33:06I saw Seraphian take one hesitant step toward me.

00:33:08I'm so scared.

00:33:08I feel dizzy.

00:33:10Seraphian held Aurora at once.

00:33:11Then he turned away without hesitation.

00:33:13When I woke up again,

00:33:14Emma was sitting beside my bed in the temple healing chamber.

00:33:16She was cursing through her tears.

00:33:18Seraphian, that bastard!

00:33:19Stop crying, Emma.

00:33:21Remember?

00:33:22I'm marrying Arthur.

00:33:23Then Emma cried even harder.

00:33:27To keep Mother from worrying,

00:33:29I told her I was leaving for a quiet prayer retreat.

00:33:31In truth,

00:33:32I stayed alone in the temple healing chamber for three days.

00:33:34The day I was allowed to leave,

00:33:36one of Seraphian's attendants came to me.

00:33:38Lady Idette,

00:33:39Commander Seraphian wishes to see you at the garden pavilion.

00:33:42Seraphian pushed a delicate white box across the table.

00:33:45Inside was a pair of pale blue lace gloves.

00:33:47I will still honor the betrothal,

00:33:48as long as you stop targeting Aurora.

00:33:51No need.

00:33:52It was always my sister's betrothal anyway.

00:33:55For the first time,

00:33:55he actually tried to explain.

00:33:57Before he could finish,

00:33:58Aurora appeared beside him.

00:33:59She was dressed in a pale blue gown.

00:34:01Her lace sleeves matched the gloves in the box exactly.

00:34:03It was not a gift chosen for me.

00:34:04It was something Aurora did not want.

00:34:06Yvette.

00:34:07Aurora linked her arm through Seraphian's.

00:34:08I asked Seraphian to bring you this.

00:34:11Do you like it?

00:34:12I forced a smile.

00:34:13My nails dug deep into my palm.

00:34:14When I returned to the Valon estate,

00:34:15I saw Mother limping down the stairs.

00:34:17Mother!

00:34:18I rushed over to help her.

00:34:20My fingers brushed the bruises on her wrist.

00:34:22Did Aurora push you again?

00:34:23For years,

00:34:24Aurora had called my mother a lowborn slut

00:34:26who stole her dead mother's place.

00:34:27She even laid hands on her.

00:34:29Suddenly,

00:34:29the front door burst open.

00:34:31Aurora walked in as if nothing had happened.

00:34:33I could not hold back.

00:34:35Aurora,

00:34:35why did you push my mother?

00:34:40Aurora raised her hand

00:34:41and slapped Mother across the face.

00:34:43Who told her to steal someone else's place?

00:34:45At that moment,

00:34:46she looked nothing like a priestess,

00:34:47only cruel.

00:34:48My mind went blank.

00:34:49When I came back to myself,

00:34:50my palm had already struck Aurora's cheek.

00:34:52My mother did not steal anyone's place.

00:34:54She married father three years after your mother died.

00:34:57Stop.

00:34:57Mother grabbed my arm in panic.

00:34:58Please stop.

00:35:00We are still family.

00:35:02Family?

00:35:03Who is family with you filthy people?

00:35:05She backhanded Mother again.

00:35:07I completely lost control.

00:35:08My hand was already raised

00:35:10when a sharp voice cut through the room.

00:35:12Yvette Veylon,

00:35:12what are you doing?

00:35:17Seraphine was still holding Aurora's forgotten cloak.

00:35:19Aurora's expression changed instantly.

00:35:21Seraphine,

00:35:22my sister tried to hit me.

00:35:23I watched him pull her closer.

00:35:24I watched the revulsion in his eyes.

00:35:26Suddenly,

00:35:27it all felt absurdly funny.

00:35:28A few days later,

00:35:29the day came for Aurora to return

00:35:31as high priestess.

00:35:32You embarrassed yourself at the feast.

00:35:34Today,

00:35:34you will play for Aurora

00:35:36at her return ceremony.

00:35:38Consider it your apology to Aurora.

00:35:41Do not disgrace the Veylon name again.

00:35:43I sat at the grand piano

00:35:45set beside the ceremonial platform.

00:35:46My fingers moved mechanically across the keys.

00:35:49From the corner of my eye,

00:35:50I saw Aurora glance at me again and again.

00:35:52The moment the final note faded,

00:35:54a deafening bang rang out.

00:35:55Heavy piano lid slams down without warning.

00:35:57The lid crashed over my hands.

00:35:59Excruciating pain

00:35:59shot through all ten fingers.

00:36:01I screamed.

00:36:02My vision was going black.

00:36:03Instinctively,

00:36:03I looked towards Seraphine in the distance.

00:36:06Don't worry about her.

00:36:07She has always made a scene

00:36:09over the smallest things.

00:36:11Even a bug could make her scream.

00:36:14Seraphine,

00:36:14the dawn processioned is about to begin.

00:36:17Please,

00:36:18walk with me.

00:36:19Before I passed out from the pain,

00:36:20all I saw was their backs as they left.

00:36:23When I woke up,

00:36:25Mother was sitting by my bed.

00:36:26Mother sits beside me with red,

00:36:28swollen eyes.

00:36:29She gently touched my bandaged hands.

00:36:31Arthur sent his best royal physician.

00:36:33I think,

00:36:34perhaps His Highness is not as terrible

00:36:35as the rumors say.

00:36:38Where are father and Aurora?

00:36:42Your father went to join Aurora's dawn procession.

00:36:45The whole capital is celebrating her return.

00:36:47I said nothing,

00:36:48but tears streamed down my face,

00:36:50besides Mother.

00:36:51It seemed no one in this world

00:36:52truly cared about me.

00:36:53Maybe leaving was the best choice.

00:36:55That night,

00:36:55I returned to my room at the Veylon estate.

00:36:59Everything related to Seraphine was still there.

00:37:01The letters I had written,

00:37:02but never sent.

00:37:03The sketches I had drawn of him.

00:37:04And the broken betrothal scroll.

00:37:06I placed them all into the fireplace.

00:37:08One by one,

00:37:09those ten years burned away.

00:37:11Seraphine,

00:37:12from now on,

00:37:12we are done.

00:37:13The day I arrived at Arthur's estate,

00:37:15I was stunned by what I saw.

00:37:19The royal guards and palace servants

00:37:20bowed to welcome me.

00:37:21When Arthur appeared

00:37:22at the top of the castle steps,

00:37:24my breath caught.

00:37:25Tall and broad-shouldered,

00:37:26he looked born to rule,

00:37:28but behind those clear blue eyes

00:37:29was a quiet,

00:37:30dangerous control.

00:37:31This is your home now.

00:37:32He possessively gripped my fingertips,

00:37:34his palm warm and dry.

00:37:35Don't be nervous.

00:37:36I turned to walk away.

00:37:38He snatched my wrist,

00:37:39his grip tightening like a vice.

00:37:41I didn't say a word.

00:37:43I just ripped my hand back

00:37:44and stared at him.

00:37:45He was losing his mind.

00:37:47Still playing innocent?

00:37:48We both know how desperate you are, Ivy.

00:37:50You're a slut to your core

00:37:51and no amount of acting

00:37:52can hide that rot.

00:37:53Watch your mouth, Caleb.

00:37:56Day.

00:37:57Every student at the academy

00:37:58bonds with a guardian spirit at 18.

00:38:00Headmaster Sterling granted me

00:38:02a rare privilege,

00:38:02a choice between the two

00:38:03most powerful guardian spirits

00:38:05in existence.

00:38:06Caleb, the golden lion.

00:38:07Or Kale, the shadow dragon

00:38:09they kept chained in the depths

00:38:10of the academy's dungeon.

00:38:11Everyone warned me

00:38:12to stay away from the dragon.

00:38:14They said Kale was a monster,

00:38:15volatile, violent,

00:38:16and untamable.

00:38:18But I looked the headmaster

00:38:19straight in the eye

00:38:19and gave my answer.

00:38:20I choose Kale.

00:38:21In my last life,

00:38:23I chose Caleb.

00:38:24He was the academy's golden boy,

00:38:26headmaster Sterling's pride and joy.

00:38:27The night we bonded,

00:38:28he was tender, gentle.

00:38:30But six months later,

00:38:31he threw me into a dungeon

00:38:32and watched me scream

00:38:33as I was tortured to death.

00:38:34It was Kale who broke

00:38:35into that cell,

00:38:36covered in blood

00:38:37and fueled by a rage

00:38:38that shook the heavens.

00:38:39He held my cool body

00:38:40and let out a roar

00:38:40that tore the world apart.

00:38:42He gave up his soul

00:38:43for my second chance.

00:38:44This time,

00:38:45I won't make the same mistake.

00:38:47I walked out of the headmaster's office

00:38:48and across the training grounds.

00:38:50That's where I saw him,

00:38:51Caleb.

00:38:52He was surrounded

00:38:53by his usual sycophants.

00:38:55His practice staff

00:38:55slipped from his hand.

00:38:56It clattered on the ground,

00:38:58stopping just a few feet away from me.

00:39:00He didn't even glance at me.

00:39:02Pick it up.

00:39:03Pick it up yourself.

00:39:04You dare talk back to me?

00:39:06Well, I...

00:39:07This is new.

00:39:08Two days ago,

00:39:08you were still glued to him.

00:39:09Weren't you his little shadow?

00:39:11Your father would roll over

00:39:12in his grave

00:39:12if he saw you now.

00:39:14Then,

00:39:15Maya arrived.

00:39:15She was limping,

00:39:17her clothes stained

00:39:17with fresh blood.

00:39:18She knelt down,

00:39:19her hands trembling

00:39:20as she reached for the staff,

00:39:21cold sweat beating

00:39:22on her forehead.

00:39:23Caleb grabbed her by the wrist.

00:39:25You should be resting.

00:39:26Why are you even out here?

00:39:28He turned back to me.

00:39:29Look at her.

00:39:30She's barely holding herself together,

00:39:31and she still came out here for me.

00:39:33You?

00:39:34You can't even be bothered.

00:39:35You just came from my father's office,

00:39:37didn't you?

00:39:37What were you doing?

00:39:38Let me guess.

00:39:39You tried to play the pity card again,

00:39:40using your father's sacrifice

00:39:41to beg for a bond with me?

00:39:43You're pathetic, Ivy.

00:39:45I didn't ask for anything.

00:39:47The headmaster summoned me

00:39:48because he's personally

00:39:48overseeing my bonding ceremony.

00:39:50The other students

00:39:51swarmed us immediately.

00:39:53Caleb!

00:39:53If your dad is involved,

00:39:55I guess you're stuck with her.

00:39:57Look on the bright side,

00:39:58at least the academy

00:39:58will be yours one day.

00:40:00I'm not bonding with you,

00:40:01not unless you want

00:40:02history repeating itself.

00:40:04And whatever is going on

00:40:05between me and Maya,

00:40:06keep out of it.

00:40:07My heart skipped a beat.

00:40:09History?

00:40:09Did he remember the past life too?

00:40:11Was he reborn,

00:40:13just like me?

00:40:13He swept Maya up into his arms

00:40:15and walked away

00:40:16without a backward glance.

00:40:17I watched them leave

00:40:18and let out a soft,

00:40:19cold laugh.

00:40:20Perfect.

00:40:21Stay with her.

00:40:22I never planned

00:40:23on being bonded to you anyway.

00:40:24One week later,

00:40:25the day of the bonding ceremony arrived.

00:40:27Caleb and Maya made their entrance late,

00:40:29and they didn't care who saw why.

00:40:31His collar was smeared

00:40:32with her lipstick,

00:40:33and fresh nail scratches

00:40:34lined his neck.

00:40:35Maya's dress was

00:40:36half unzipped at the back,

00:40:37her skin covered in dark,

00:40:38blooming hickeys.

00:40:39They didn't even try to hide it.

00:40:41They wanted everyone

00:40:42to know exactly

00:40:43what they'd been doing.

00:40:44In my past life,

00:40:45I would have screamed.

00:40:46I would have torn them apart.

00:40:48Now,

00:40:49one look was enough.

00:40:50I turned away.

00:40:51I refused to give them

00:40:53the satisfaction.

00:40:54Caleb let out a cruel,

00:40:55sharp laugh.

00:40:55What is this, Ivy?

00:40:56Playing hard to get?

00:40:57You're scared I won't choose you,

00:40:59aren't you?

00:40:59Here's the deal.

00:41:00You come to my room tonight.

00:41:03Strip off those clothes,

00:41:05crawl to my bed on your knees,

00:41:06and beg me to take you.

00:41:08Maya pouted,

00:41:09leaning against him.

00:41:10Don't bother, Caleb.

00:41:11Everybody knows

00:41:12she'd just lie there.

00:41:13Besides,

00:41:14my body is way better

00:41:16than hers.

00:41:16But I took hold

00:41:17of the werewolf clan.

00:41:18I won my husband's devotion,

00:41:20and became the woman

00:41:21everyone envied.

00:41:22She switched my tea

00:41:23before I died.

00:41:26Go to hell with me.

00:41:28We were back.

00:41:30Back to the choosing.

00:41:31Salette,

00:41:32Val,

00:41:32and I were summoned back

00:41:33to choose our beast-born

00:41:34marriage partners.

00:41:35She was excited.

00:41:36Too excited.

00:41:39She chose the very trap

00:41:41meant for me.

00:41:42Salette rushed forward first.

00:41:43Did she truly understand

00:41:45what she had chosen?

00:41:47Werewolves were ruled

00:41:48by instinct.

00:41:49Could she endure it?

00:41:51Even Duchess Vale froze.

00:41:56Have you truly

00:41:57thought this through?

00:41:58Mother,

00:41:59in this life,

00:42:00I will marry

00:42:01no one but him.

00:42:02His instinct

00:42:03had already answered her.

00:42:04In the end,

00:42:05Duchess Vale agreed.

00:42:06The dragon-born heir

00:42:08saw the decision settle.

00:42:09Then,

00:42:10Lady Evelyn,

00:42:10I will send

00:42:11the betrothal gifts tomorrow.

00:42:12So she wanted

00:42:13my old fate.

00:42:15Let her have it.

00:42:16For three years,

00:42:16Cale and Salisse

00:42:17played an affectionate

00:42:18couple in public.

00:42:18Behind closed doors,

00:42:20he treated her

00:42:20with chilling indifference.

00:42:22Then his hidden mistress

00:42:24appeared with

00:42:24an illegitimate son.

00:42:25Celeste lost

00:42:26every shred of dignity.

00:42:28Even Duch Vale

00:42:29could not save her.

00:42:30This time,

00:42:31she took my old husband first.

00:42:32She thought she had

00:42:33stolen my fortune,

00:42:34but I knew

00:42:34how that fate

00:42:35truly ended.

00:42:36To everyone else,

00:42:37Cale seemed cold,

00:42:38noble,

00:42:39and unmatched.

00:42:40But he had hidden

00:42:41another woman all along.

00:42:42Were thrown out

00:42:43before everyone.

00:42:44She knew none

00:42:44of what waited for her.

00:42:46Everyone knew

00:42:46the werewolf clan

00:42:47was despised.

00:42:48The dragon-born

00:42:49claimed one lawful mate

00:42:50for life.

00:42:51So now,

00:42:52Cale was mine to use.

00:42:54How long could she

00:42:55endure his devotion?

00:42:57She had chosen first.

00:42:59In this life,

00:43:01she chose my former

00:43:02husband first.

00:43:03How long can she

00:43:03endure his devotion?

00:43:05The drail gifts

00:43:06arrived quickly.

00:43:08Half the courtyard

00:43:09became my dowry.

00:43:10Every gift

00:43:11made my position

00:43:12harder to erase.

00:43:14Celeste ignored

00:43:15the werewolf clan's

00:43:16poor gifts.

00:43:17Mother,

00:43:17add more to my dowry.

00:43:19Duchess Vale

00:43:20still gave her

00:43:21what she wanted.

00:43:22Then Liana brought me

00:43:23news.

00:43:23They have met in private

00:43:25several times.

00:43:26So it had already begun.

00:43:28Once,

00:43:28they came out of a

00:43:29narrow alley in disarray.

00:43:31Many passers-by

00:43:32saw them.

00:43:33By that evening,

00:43:34the whole estate

00:43:34would know.

00:43:35That very day,

00:43:37she came to flaunt

00:43:38it before me.

00:43:39My future

00:43:40husband

00:43:41and I

00:43:41are in love.

00:43:43That is how

00:43:44he adores me.

00:43:45If you gossip

00:43:46to mother,

00:43:47I will not

00:43:48spare you.

00:43:48She glared at me

00:43:49and walked away.

00:43:51I did not care

00:43:52about her threat.

00:43:54She no longer

00:43:55looked innocent.

00:43:56What should not

00:43:57have happened

00:43:58already had.

00:44:01On my wedding day,

00:44:03two white-draped

00:44:03carriages left

00:44:04the Vale estate.

00:44:05The bells rang.

00:44:07Everyone saw

00:44:07only grandeur.

00:44:08Vale looked pleased.

00:44:09I knew why.

00:44:10This wedding

00:44:11was never about love.

00:44:12He needed a lawful

00:44:13wife first.

00:44:14House Draven

00:44:15had one legitimate son.

00:44:16He could not inherit

00:44:17until he married

00:44:18and produced an heir.

00:44:19If I had no heir,

00:44:21he would bring them in.

00:44:22And his secret

00:44:23had come to watch.

00:44:25No matter what happened,

00:44:27Kale would benefit.

00:44:28I am truly sorry.

00:44:30I will leave at once.

00:44:31I could not let her

00:44:33leave so easily.

00:44:34One word from me

00:44:35could change

00:44:36where she stood.

00:44:37My lord,

00:44:38why be so harsh?

00:44:40They do not seem

00:44:41to have meant harm.

00:44:43He feared her staying.

00:44:44That was enough.

00:44:47Today is our wedding day.

00:44:48Let us do one kind thing.

00:44:50She wanted House Draken

00:44:51more than mercy.

00:44:54I need another woman

00:44:56to serve near me.

00:44:57Kale's silence

00:44:58was louder than denial.

00:44:59Let her enter

00:45:00the estate with us.

00:45:01She saw the door.

00:45:02She would not refuse.

00:45:04And I thank you,

00:45:04my lady.

00:45:06He could not stop her

00:45:08in front of everyone.

00:45:09From this moment,

00:45:11she entered my board.

00:45:12A door opened for her.

00:45:13A trap opened for him.

00:45:16The procession moved on,

00:45:17and so did the rumor.

00:45:19The new duchess

00:45:20is truly kind.

00:45:21She even gave

00:45:22that poor woman work.

00:45:25They praised me

00:45:26for opening the gate.

00:45:27Just like House Draken.

00:45:29They are good people.

00:45:30Let her come.

00:45:32I needed her close.

00:45:34The ceremony was over.

00:45:36The real game had begun.

00:45:37Liana sent the attendants away

00:45:39before she dared speak.

00:45:40She was furious.

00:45:41I already knew why.

00:45:42My lady,

00:45:43Lord Kale secretly sent a man

00:45:45to settle that woman

00:45:45and her heir

00:45:46in the side courtyard.

00:45:48Oh.

00:45:51My lady,

00:45:52doesn't House Dracal

00:45:53forbid concubines?

00:45:54How can Lord Kale

00:45:55still do such a filthy thing?

00:45:57You have not truly

00:45:58settled into this marriage.

00:46:00Expose him

00:46:00and return to your family.

00:46:02What is the hurry?

00:46:03I was already

00:46:04inside House Draven.

00:46:05Since I have come here,

00:46:06I will not let

00:46:07an outside woman

00:46:08climb over my head.

00:46:09Unlike Celeste,

00:46:10I had no mother

00:46:10powerful enough

00:46:11to defend me.

00:46:12To them,

00:46:13I was only a pawn.

00:46:14If I went home,

00:46:15I would be mocked

00:46:16and cast out.

00:46:17What I wanted

00:46:18was House Draen itself.

00:46:20So what if Kale

00:46:21was rotten at the core?

00:46:22With a son or daughter,

00:46:24no one could shake

00:46:24my position.

00:46:27Right on time.

00:46:29My fiancée crossed out

00:46:30his own name

00:46:31on the mate registration form

00:46:32and replaced it

00:46:33with his impotent uncle's

00:46:34Lucian Graves.

00:46:34To his lover,

00:46:35the girl sitting on Damon's lap

00:46:36and kissing his neck

00:46:37was Ruby Snow.

00:46:38He always told me Ruby

00:46:39was like a little sister to him.

00:46:40Now I finally understood.

00:46:41She was my promised

00:46:42Alpha's private little plaything.

00:46:44What if Serena

00:46:44really becomes Lucian's mate?

00:46:46Impossible.

00:46:47My uncle can't even have sex.

00:46:48How can he mark Serena?

00:46:49Besides,

00:46:50Serena has loved me

00:46:50for seven years.

00:46:51She will cry

00:46:52and beg me to be her Alpha.

00:46:53The next day,

00:46:53my mother came to me

00:46:54with the registration form.

00:46:56Serena,

00:46:56the name on the mate

00:46:57registration form is wrong.

00:46:58Lucian is disabled.

00:46:59He can't perform.

00:47:01Mom,

00:47:01the name on the form

00:47:02is not wrong.

00:47:03Damon gave me to his uncle

00:47:04as a joke.

00:47:05I will make him

00:47:06call me Aunt Serena.

00:47:07Lady Graves was shocked

00:47:08when she heard

00:47:08I wanted to marry

00:47:09her disabled son, Lucian.

00:47:10Are you sure?

00:47:11Yes.

00:47:12He can't get hard.

00:47:14That's fine.

00:47:15Seven years ago,

00:47:15Lucian Graves was betrayed

00:47:16by his own men.

00:47:17A bullet hit his tailbone.

00:47:18Everyone said

00:47:19he could no longer

00:47:20stand or sex.

00:47:20No woman wanted to marry him,

00:47:22so the prenup was generous.

00:47:23Five million dollars.

00:47:24Two coastal estates.

00:47:25A trust fund under my name.

00:47:27Serena,

00:47:28Lucian added all of this himself.

00:47:30Sounds good.

00:47:30When we went to Graves' manor

00:47:31to discuss the wedding,

00:47:33I met Lucian for the first time.

00:47:34He sat in a wheelchair.

00:47:35Like a saint.

00:47:36Handsome and gentle.

00:47:37But he was hot.

00:47:38Dangerously hot.

00:47:39A hot saint.

00:47:40I pushed his wheelchair

00:47:40into the greenhouse.

00:47:41Lucian was easy to talk to.

00:47:43He talked about war and jewelry.

00:47:44Every word landed right.

00:47:45Miss Vale,

00:47:47Lady Graves wants you

00:47:48to try on the wedding dress.

00:47:49I'll go then.

00:47:50You can't follow me.

00:47:51The groom is not supposed

00:47:52to see the bride

00:47:52before the wedding.

00:47:53Fine.

00:47:55I walked into the fitting room.

00:47:56The dress was beautiful,

00:47:57but the zipper

00:47:58was stuck behind my back.

00:47:59Mary,

00:48:00can you come in

00:48:00and help me with the zipper?

00:48:02Mary?

00:48:02The next second,

00:48:03a large hand covered my mouth.

00:48:04Damon pulled me back

00:48:05against his chest.

00:48:06His breath burned

00:48:07against my ear.

00:48:08Serena,

00:48:09what were you doing

00:48:10with my uncle?

00:48:12Why were you looking

00:48:13at him like that?

00:48:14Don't move.

00:48:15Serena,

00:48:15you look beautiful

00:48:16in that dress.

00:48:17Damon,

00:48:18get out!

00:48:19Still shy?

00:48:20You waited seven years

00:48:21for me.

00:48:22Now I'm finally

00:48:22going to marry you.

00:48:23You must be so happy

00:48:24you can barely stand it.

00:48:26Are you insane?

00:48:27Damon looked at me

00:48:28in the mirror.

00:48:28His lips brushed

00:48:29the side of my neck.

00:48:30Serena,

00:48:30stop pretending.

00:48:31You are crazy about me.

00:48:33So what if I kiss you now?

00:48:34What if I touch you a little?

00:48:36I have always wanted to know

00:48:37what you would look like

00:48:38in my arms,

00:48:39wearing a wedding dress.

00:48:41Just then,

00:48:41Ruby's voice came

00:48:42from outside the door.

00:48:43Damon,

00:48:43where are you?

00:48:44I already packed for the beat.

00:48:45When is the wedding?

00:48:46In one week.

00:48:47Can't you push it back

00:48:48one more day?

00:48:49Ruby's been in a bad mood lately.

00:48:50I need to take her to the beach.

00:48:52Forget it.

00:48:52I'll try to make it back in time.

00:48:54How else am I supposed

00:48:54to show up as your mate?

00:48:55I finally understood.

00:48:56Damon still thought

00:48:57this wedding was for me and him.

00:48:58In his eyes,

00:48:59Lucian was not a real man,

00:49:00and changing the form

00:49:01was only a joke

00:49:02that would never count.

00:49:03I wanted to explain,

00:49:04but Damon had already

00:49:05opened the door.

00:49:06Ruby threw herself

00:49:06into his arms.

00:49:07Then she saw

00:49:08my messy wedding dress.

00:49:09Her face twisted at once.

00:49:11Serena,

00:49:11you are so lucky.

00:49:13Before the wedding,

00:49:14I still need to take

00:49:14this little prubbling

00:49:15to the beach.

00:49:16Don't miss her dance, Serena.

00:49:17You always knew

00:49:18Ruby was like a little sister to me.

00:49:19Once you enter the Graves family,

00:49:20I'll treat you well.

00:49:22Leave them.

00:49:23I brought them home.

00:49:24Under my care,

00:49:25they recovered fast.

00:49:26A few months later,

00:49:27they hit their maturation phase,

00:49:28and all three of them

00:49:29shifted into men.

00:49:31I should have brought them

00:49:31to a shifter registry.

00:49:33After being fully claimed,

00:49:34I fell into sound sleep.

00:49:35God, look at her.

00:49:36That body,

00:49:37that stamina.

00:49:38And she thought

00:49:38she could handle three of us.

00:49:40Doesn't matter.

00:49:40The second she taps out,

00:49:41she'll hand us off

00:49:42to her sister.

00:49:42She can't even get out of bed

00:49:44right now.

00:49:44A few more days of this

00:49:45and she'll give up on us for good.

00:49:46The conversation from the living room

00:49:48kept going.

00:49:48They thought I was still asleep.

00:49:50I kept my eyes low,

00:49:51watching the marks

00:49:51on my wrists and legs

00:49:53and the amber glow

00:49:53of the bedside lamp.

00:49:54Every single one of them.

00:49:56Unmistakable.

00:49:57She's not gonna hand

00:49:57all three of us over

00:49:58to her sister.

00:49:59Right.

00:49:59Which means at least

00:50:00one of us stays.

00:50:01Ugh.

00:50:02Elena's dull and boring.

00:50:03You wanna stay?

00:50:04Go ahead.

00:50:04I don't.

00:50:05Same.

00:50:06Whatever.

00:50:06Fate decides.

00:50:07Is she up yet?

00:50:09No way.

00:50:09She was crying so hard

00:50:10she nearly passed out.

00:50:11She's not waking up

00:50:12anytime soon.

00:50:13So weak.

00:50:14Let's get her up in a bit.

00:50:15A few more days of this

00:50:15and she'll give up on us.

00:50:16My vision went dark.

00:50:17I reached for my phone,

00:50:18face pale,

00:50:19and called Chloe.

00:50:20She picked up fast.

00:50:22What's wrong, sis?

00:50:23Weren't you just saying

00:50:24you were unsatisfied?

00:50:26Take all three of mine.

00:50:28Give me that celibate

00:50:29snake shifter of yours.

00:50:31Is that okay?

00:50:33Are they willing?

00:50:34They like you.

00:50:35She understood

00:50:36because it was the truth.

00:50:37Everyone liked Chloe more.

00:50:40Alright,

00:50:40your place is small anyway.

00:50:42Not really ideal for them.

00:50:43But,

00:50:44my snake shifter, sis?

00:50:45He's cold.

00:50:46If he weren't celibic,

00:50:48I wouldn't have asked for him

00:50:49in the first place.

00:50:51I'm completely wrecked.

00:50:53I just need someone

00:50:54to handle the housework.

00:50:57I just hope he doesn't turn out

00:50:59like these three wolves.

00:51:01Don't worry.

00:51:02I haven't managed

00:51:03to tame him yet.

00:51:04He's not going to be

00:51:04interested in you.

00:51:05I'll come pick them up

00:51:06this afternoon.

00:51:07The line went dead.

00:51:08That exact second,

00:51:09the bedroom door swung open.

00:51:11You're up?

00:51:11He crossed the room

00:51:12and reached for my blanket.

00:51:13Wait!

00:51:14What is it, mistress?

00:51:15I'm exhausted.

00:51:16I need to rest.

00:51:17Can't do that,

00:51:18he said easily.

00:51:19Mistress,

00:51:19you took us in.

00:51:20That means you're responsible for us.

00:51:21We're nowhere near satisfied.

00:51:22If you rest,

00:51:22what are we supposed to do?

00:51:26Chloe's coming to take

00:51:27all of you this afternoon.

00:51:28He went still.

00:51:30The two leaning

00:51:30in the doorway froze too.

00:51:32Which two of us?

00:51:34All of you.

00:51:36Wet, gray afternoon.

00:51:37They were collapsed

00:51:38on the concrete.

00:51:39Firm matted.

00:51:40Blaine.

00:51:40I almost walked away.

00:51:42But then,

00:51:42one of them flicked its tail.

00:51:44Just twice.

00:51:45Slow and weak.

00:51:46Then curled it around my ankle.

00:51:47I couldn't leave them.

00:51:48I brought them home.

00:51:49Under my care,

00:51:50they recovered fast.

00:51:51A few months later,

00:51:52they hit their maturation phase.

00:51:54And all three of them

00:51:55shifted into men.

00:51:56I should have brought them

00:51:57to a shifter registry.

00:51:58But the registry told me

00:51:59they'd already bonded.

00:52:00Recognized me completely

00:52:01as their owner.

00:52:02Releasing them without care

00:52:03would cause serious

00:52:04psychological harm.

00:52:05I looked at those three pairs

00:52:07of beautiful eyes

00:52:08and caved.

00:52:08I let them stay.

00:52:09They said they had no names.

00:52:11So I gave them some.

00:52:12Oldest to youngest.

00:52:13Ethan,

00:52:14Eric,

00:52:14Evan.

00:52:15Young,

00:52:15hot-blooded wolf shifters

00:52:16with energy to burn.

00:52:18Even inhuman me

00:52:19every hour of every day.

00:52:20Then one afternoon,

00:52:22Chloe called.

00:52:23Sis,

00:52:23aren't you going to come home

00:52:24for the arranged marriage?

00:52:25The man has had

00:52:26three wives die on him.

00:52:27And he's ugly.

00:52:28But his family has money.

00:52:29I looked away.

00:52:30That was exactly why

00:52:31my family had cut me off

00:52:33after I fought the arrangement.

00:52:34They couldn't bring themselves

00:52:35to send Chloe in my place.

00:52:36So instead,

00:52:37they applied steady,

00:52:38relentless pressure on me.

00:52:40Eric,

00:52:40who always read the room perfectly.

00:52:42Don't like the call?

00:52:43Hang up.

00:52:43What was that voice?

00:52:44I took the opening

00:52:45to change the subject.

00:52:46I rescued three injured wolf pups

00:52:48a while back.

00:52:49They just shifted recently

00:52:50and they won't leave me alone.

00:52:51We can barely keep up.

00:52:53A few seconds of silence.

00:52:54I'm honestly jealous.

00:52:56My snake shifter

00:52:57won't even let me touch him.

00:52:58He'll warm up eventually.

00:53:00Chloe just gave a soft,

00:53:01unconvinced hum.

00:53:02The next day,

00:53:03she showed up at my door

00:53:04with bags upon bags.

00:53:05She wore a pretty little

00:53:06white dress,

00:53:07beaming at me.

00:53:09Surprise, sis!

00:53:10I turned around.

00:53:11All three shifters' eyes

00:53:12went straight to her.

00:53:14I quietly turned back.

00:53:15I was used to it, honestly.

00:53:16Everyone gravitated

00:53:17toward Chloe.

00:53:18She was radiant and magnetic.

00:53:20Every gesture,

00:53:21every smile

00:53:21pulled at people

00:53:22without even trying.

00:53:23Standing next to her,

00:53:24I felt exactly like what I was.

00:53:26Plain and unremarkable.

00:53:28Chloe glanced around.

00:53:28Your apartment is so much smaller

00:53:30than the family estate.

00:53:31Is there even enough room for them?

00:53:33It's fine.

00:53:34Then I watched Ethan,

00:53:35usually disinterested in everything,

00:53:37let his gaze drift to Chloe.

00:53:39Eric's devastating smile

00:53:40turned itself on her instead.

00:53:42Even Evan,

00:53:42the moody one,

00:53:43propped his head up

00:53:44to stare at her,

00:53:45his wolf ears flickering nonstop.

00:53:47Chloe didn't seem to notice.

00:53:48She sipped her water

00:53:49with perfect innocence.

00:53:50In that moment,

00:53:51I knew.

00:53:52My things were about to drift

00:53:53quietly toward Chloe again.

00:53:55After that,

00:53:56the gentle,

00:53:57clingy warmth

00:53:57till I heard their conversation.

00:53:59I'd been right all along.

00:54:00The afternoon came fast.

00:54:02A knock at the door.

00:54:03Chloe arrived.

00:54:03The silence that had settled

00:54:05over the apartment

00:54:05deepened into something heavier.

00:54:07You're really giving

00:54:08all three of us to her?

00:54:10Yes.

00:54:11Not keeping one for yourself?

00:54:12Which of you wants

00:54:13to stay with me?

00:54:13The air curdled.

00:54:15No one answered.

00:54:15Finally,

00:54:16Evan got up

00:54:17and went to open the door.

00:54:18He rolled his eyes,

00:54:19a flick of contempt

00:54:20on his face.

00:54:21Stop pretending to be decent.

00:54:22Both of you.

00:54:24Chloe's bright smile

00:54:24filled the frame.

00:54:25Hi, boys.

00:54:27My sister already

00:54:28explained things, right?

00:54:29You all belong to me now.

00:54:31Hey there,

00:54:32new mistress.

00:54:33Chloe looked him over

00:54:34with satisfaction,

00:54:35then let her gaze

00:54:36sweep across Eric and Ethan.

00:54:38You're all gorgeous.

00:54:39Did you pack?

00:54:41Actually,

00:54:41never mind.

00:54:42I'm sure my sister

00:54:43couldn't afford

00:54:43to buy you much anyway.

00:54:44We'll get everything

00:54:45new at the villa.

00:54:46Ethan gave a lazy

00:54:47murmur of agreement.

00:54:48Eric glanced at Chloe,

00:54:49then slid his eyes

00:54:50over to me.

00:54:51I kept my face blank.

00:54:52Every set of eyes

00:54:53in the room

00:54:54landed on me at-

00:55:07A gold egg.

00:55:09It's a gold egg.

00:55:15Veronica,

00:55:16today is the day of birth.

00:55:19Let's see what you do

00:55:20when I present

00:55:20a gold dragon egg.

00:55:23Seduce me,

00:55:24get what you want

00:55:25and run away.

00:55:31You're quite the bold

00:55:32little thing,

00:55:32aren't you?

00:55:57She's giving birth!

00:55:58Elena is having the baby!

00:55:59I can't believe

00:56:00Elena is going into labor

00:56:01on the exact same day

00:56:02as her sister!

00:56:06Gold!

00:56:07The ancient dragon ranks

00:56:08bloodlines by their glow.

00:56:10Gold, purple, blue,

00:56:11red, green, white,

00:56:13and black.

00:56:13Elena's egg!

00:56:14It's gold!

00:56:15This is the top order

00:56:16pure black!

00:56:20What the hell?

00:56:21My egg was just gold

00:56:23a second ago.

00:56:29Elena, you bitch!

00:56:30I've got the noblest

00:56:32gold dragon blood

00:56:33in the dragon lord family.

00:56:35And you give me

00:56:35the lowest,

00:56:36trashiest black egg?

00:56:37No!

00:56:38Our egg was gold

00:56:39just a second ago!

00:56:40Everyone saw it!

00:56:41My sweet sister,

00:56:42Grayson is a first-honored

00:56:44gold dragon.

00:56:45And so are you.

00:56:46How could two first-honored

00:56:47gold dragons

00:56:48ever spawn a bottom-order

00:56:49black egg?

00:56:50He must have been

00:56:51sneaking around

00:56:51behind his back,

00:56:53sleeping with filthy

00:56:54half-breeds

00:56:54or even monsters

00:56:55from the abyss

00:56:56to spawn this little bastard.

00:56:57Veronica,

00:56:58you're my sister!

00:57:00You don't believe me either!

00:57:02You slut!

00:57:03Cheating on me

00:57:04and trying to taint

00:57:05my gold dragon bloodline!

00:57:09A gold dragon egg?

00:57:11You laid a gold egg too!

00:57:15Surprise, sweetie!

00:57:16This is Grayson's baby too.

00:57:19You two!

00:57:20Why are you doing this to me?!

00:57:22Why?

00:57:23Growing up,

00:57:24you always paraded around

00:57:25as a first-order gold dragon

00:57:26rubbing it in my face

00:57:26since I'm just a

00:57:27fifth-order green dragon.

00:57:29Well, guess what?

00:57:30Grayson and I

00:57:30have been together

00:57:31for a while now.

00:57:32Oh, and by the way,

00:57:33I swapped your gold egg

00:57:34from Blackmon.

00:57:35You!

00:57:36Ah!

00:57:39Shameless bitch!

00:57:40Since you birthed

00:57:41this little bastard,

00:57:42you can swallow it

00:57:43right back down.

00:57:46Guards!

00:57:47Throw Elena

00:57:47into the dragon pit.

00:57:49Let the dragon fire

00:57:50burn her to ash.

00:57:52Elena and I

00:57:52are the only gold dragons

00:57:53left in the dragon lord family,

00:57:55but her bloodline

00:57:55is way stronger than mine.

00:57:57She'll totally undermine

00:57:58my authority

00:57:59sooner or later.

00:58:00Once she's dead,

00:58:01I'll be the sole heir

00:58:02to the ancient dragon egg.

00:58:04No!

00:58:05No!

00:58:06Grayson,

00:58:06you can't do this to me!

00:58:08No!

00:58:09Since you're about to die anyway,

00:58:10I'll let you in

00:58:11on a little secret.

00:58:12I'm not an ancient dragon at all.

00:58:16Veronica!

00:58:17When you were dying,

00:58:18I was the one who saved you

00:58:20and begged my father

00:58:21to adopt you,

00:58:22but you stabbed me

00:58:23in the back,

00:58:23stole my mate,

00:58:24switched my baby.

00:58:26If I get a second chance

00:58:27at life,

00:58:28I swear,

00:58:28I'll make you

00:58:29and Grayson pay.

00:58:31Interesting.

00:58:32The scent of a

00:58:33pure-blood gold dragon.

00:58:41Grandwitch,

00:58:41today is the coming-of-age

00:58:42ceremony for my two daughters.

00:58:44I humbly ask you

00:58:45to officiate and pray

00:58:46for the ancestors

00:58:47to reveal their

00:58:48bloodline prophecy.

00:58:52The ancestor altar!

00:58:53Grayson,

00:58:54Veronica!

00:58:56I've been reborn

00:58:57on the day

00:58:57of my coming-of-age ceremony,

00:58:59right before

00:58:59the bloodline prophecy ritual.

00:59:02Veronica,

00:59:03in my past life,

00:59:04you tampered with the ritual,

00:59:05turned my gold egg black,

00:59:06and sent me

00:59:07to a gruesome death

00:59:07in the dragon.

00:59:08This time,

00:59:09I'm going to make you

00:59:10both pay.

00:59:13On the day

00:59:14our dragon maidles

00:59:15come of age,

00:59:15they must stand

00:59:16before the ancestral grounds

00:59:17and beg the ancient dragon

00:59:18ancestors for a

00:59:19bloodline prophecy.

00:59:21Whoever is destined

00:59:22to bear gold dragon

00:59:22offspring will be crowned

00:59:24the supreme dragon mother.

00:59:26Are you ready?

00:59:29Word is,

00:59:30whoever the ancestors

00:59:31chooses today

00:59:31will be the one

00:59:32to hatch gold dragon baby.

00:59:33Elena has a first order

00:59:34gold dragon bloodline.

00:59:35She's got the best shot

00:59:36at laying a gold egg.

00:59:39Grandwitch,

00:59:40I'm ready.

00:59:41My dearest sister,

00:59:43you're the noblest gold dragon

00:59:44in our dragon lords.

00:59:45Even without the ancestors'

00:59:46blessing,

00:59:47you'll definitely lay a gold egg

00:59:48and bring glory to our house,

00:59:50right?

00:59:50So you'll embrace

00:59:51and we're already

00:59:52cooking up behind

00:59:52our back

00:59:53as early on.

00:59:56How dare you hit me?

00:59:58The ancient dragon id

00:59:58has been around

00:59:59for 10,000 years.

01:00:00Every dragon ladle

01:00:01upon coming of age

01:00:02must come to the

01:00:02ancestral grounds

01:00:03to ask for the

01:00:03blessing of offspring

01:00:04and then secure a marriage

01:00:05based on her order.

01:00:06With what you just said,

01:00:07are you telling me

01:00:07to completely ignore

01:00:08the dragon lord's rules?

01:00:09I didn't.

01:00:10How dare you

01:00:11to lay a hand on me?

01:00:12Just wait until I marry

01:00:13Grayson and become

01:00:13the dragon mother

01:00:14with ultimate power.

01:00:15I'll throw you

01:00:16straight into the dragon pit.

01:00:17Veronica,

01:00:17your punishment

01:00:18is just beginning.

01:00:19Just you wait.

01:00:20Shut your mouths,

01:00:21both of you.

01:00:22How dare you act like this

01:00:23in front of the

01:00:23ancestor altar?

01:00:24We have business

01:00:24to attend with.

01:00:26Grand Witch,

01:00:27please ask the

01:00:28ancestors for their

01:00:28blessing.

01:00:30Very well.

01:00:35Eternal abyss

01:00:36guided by dragon bone.

01:00:39Rows of flame

01:00:40light up the sky.

01:00:41Seven colored

01:00:42holy flame

01:00:43open the doors

01:00:44of the ancestors.

01:00:47Grant our wish

01:00:48dragon ancestors

01:00:49and bless the

01:00:50gold dragon.

01:00:55It's here.

01:00:56The gold dragon spirit

01:00:57has appeared.

01:00:58Whoever the gold dragon

01:00:58spirit chooses

01:00:59is destined to lay

01:01:00a gold egg

01:01:00and hatch

01:01:01gold dragon baby.

01:01:02It's me.

01:01:03The gold dragon spirit

01:01:05chose me.

01:01:05No way.

01:01:06Veronica's only a

01:01:07fifth level green dragon.

01:01:08Why would the gold

01:01:09dragon spirit

01:01:09choose her?

01:01:10My dear sister,

01:01:11I'm so sorry,

01:01:11but the gold dragon

01:01:12spirit chose me.

01:01:13You're not mad,

01:01:14are you?

01:01:20It's Elena.

01:01:21The gold dragon spirit

01:01:22chose Elena.

01:01:25Please,

01:01:26dragon mother,

01:01:27choose your mate.

01:01:28In three days,

01:01:29you will lay a gold

01:01:30dragon egg for the

01:01:31ancient dragon egg

01:01:32and bring us

01:01:32ultimate glory.

01:01:33Please choose your mate,

01:01:35dragon mother.

01:01:36Refer to a gold dragon egg

01:01:37in three days

01:01:38and bring glory

01:01:39to our house.

01:01:42My dearest sister,

01:01:43the gold dragon spirit

01:01:44chose me in the end.

01:01:47You're not mad,

01:01:48are you?

01:01:49Since I'm the

01:01:50gold dragon mother

01:01:51and get to pick my mate

01:01:52right here and now,

01:01:54who do you think

01:01:55I'll choose?

01:02:00Why would I be mad,

01:02:02sister?

01:02:03I couldn't be happier

01:02:04that you're going

01:02:04to have a gold dragon egg.

01:02:08The hierarchy is set.

01:02:10Elena,

01:02:10you didn't let

01:02:11the ancient dragon chill down.

01:02:13I will personally select

01:02:14the noblest mate

01:02:15in the dragon lord family

01:02:17for you,

01:02:17so you and your gold egg

01:02:18get nothing but the best.

01:02:20The only noble dragon

01:02:21in the whole dragon lords

01:02:22is Grayson Gold Dragon.

01:02:25Grayson!

01:02:26Grandwitch,

01:02:26you are the only gold dragon

01:02:28in this dragon lords

01:02:28besides Elena.

01:02:29I assume you're here today

01:02:31to ask for the hand

01:02:32of the dragon mother

01:02:32who can give you a gold egg?

01:02:34Of course.

01:02:35In my past life,

01:02:36Grayson slept with Veronica

01:02:37and personally threw me

01:02:38into the dragon pit.

01:02:40I will never let history

01:02:41repeat itself this time.

01:02:42Then I officially betrothed

01:02:44Elena to you.

01:02:46Wait!

01:02:48Fools.

01:02:49Do you truly believe

01:02:51that just because

01:02:51the gold dragon spirit

01:02:53chose Elena,

01:02:54she can actually

01:02:54lay a gold egg,

01:02:55do you?

01:02:58Are you questioning

01:02:59the ancestors' blessing?

01:03:01I wouldn't dare question

01:03:02the ancestors,

01:03:03but as the supreme gold dragon,

01:03:06I can promise you all this.

01:03:08Elena can't lay

01:03:09a gold egg at all.

01:03:11Her bloodline

01:03:12has been cursed

01:03:12by the abyss.

01:03:13She's nothing

01:03:14but tainted trash.

01:03:15She's only capable

01:03:16of laying the lowest,

01:03:18filthiest black egg.

01:03:22What?

01:03:23Elena can only lay

01:03:24a black egg?

01:03:24Elena is a gold dragon

01:03:26himself.

01:03:26If she can't produce

01:03:27a gold egg,

01:03:28why would the gold dragon

01:03:29spirit choose her?

01:03:30The gold dragon spirit

01:03:32chose her because

01:03:32she used her gold dragon aura

01:03:34to temporarily mask the curse.

01:03:36But a cheap trick

01:03:36won't change the facts.

01:03:38The one who will actually

01:03:39lay a gold egg

01:03:39in three days

01:03:40is Veronica.

01:03:41Elena can only lay

01:03:42a black egg?

01:03:43Laying a black egg

01:03:44is an absolute disgrace

01:03:45to the dragon lords.

01:03:46I can't believe

01:03:46a gold dragon like Elena

01:03:48is actually pure trash.

01:03:50How does Grayson know

01:03:51I'm going to lay a black egg

01:03:52and Veronica will lay

01:03:53a gold one?

01:03:54Did he get reborn too?

01:03:56So the one I'm asking

01:03:57to marry today

01:04:00is Veronica,

01:04:01the one who will actually

01:04:02lay the gold egg.

01:04:03Please grant us

01:04:04your blessing,

01:04:04Grant Griffith.

01:04:08Just as I thought,

01:04:11Grayson was reborn too.

01:04:22Don't trouble yourself,

01:04:23Grandwitch.

01:04:24I don't give a damn

01:04:24about a shameless mate

01:04:25like him anyway.

01:04:26Very well.

01:04:30Then I pronounce

01:04:31Veronica married

01:04:32to Grayson.

01:04:34You two must mate

01:04:35as soon as possible

01:04:36to produce a gold dragon egg.

01:04:38Deliver it on the day of birth

01:04:39three days from now

01:04:40to secure the future

01:04:41of the ancient dragon inn.

01:04:43Thank you for your blessing,

01:04:43Grandwitch.

01:04:46My dear sister,

01:04:48you don't blame me

01:04:49for stealing your mate,

01:04:50do you?

01:04:54He's just a guy.

01:04:56If you like him so much,

01:04:57take him.

01:04:58Drop the act.

01:04:59Grayson tossed you

01:05:00a gold dragon aside

01:05:01and picked me,

01:05:02a fifth weather green dragon.

01:05:04You must be dying inside

01:05:05right now, huh?

01:05:06Dying inside?

01:05:08Don't forget the gold dragon spirit

01:05:09chose me.

01:05:10So what if the spirit

01:05:11chose you?

01:05:12Grayson chose me.

01:05:14Without a mate to bond with,

01:05:16how are you going to lay

01:05:16a gold egg?

01:05:17How are you going to be

01:05:18the dragon mother?

01:05:19I'm a pure blood gold dragon.

01:05:21With or without Grayson,

01:05:22I can lay a gold dragon egg.

01:05:24You're not thinking of

01:05:25picking a mate publicly,

01:05:26are you?

01:05:28The whole dragon lord

01:05:29knows you're cursed

01:05:30by the abyss

01:05:31and will lay

01:05:32a black egg.

01:05:33Who would possibly

01:05:34want you now?

01:05:37Veronica's right.

01:05:38If you want to pick

01:05:39a dragon for a husband,

01:05:40you actually need

01:05:40someone willing

01:05:41to take you.

01:05:44Do you want her?

01:05:45A cursed piece of trash?

01:05:46Hell no!

01:05:47If I mate with her,

01:05:48I'll get tainted

01:05:49by the abyss too!

01:05:51Do you want her?

01:05:53Laying a black egg

01:05:54is a disgrace

01:05:55to the dragon lords.

01:05:56Even if this slut

01:05:56got on her knees

01:05:57and begged me,

01:05:58I'd feel sick.

01:05:59Who knows what kind

01:06:00of nasty curse

01:06:00she's carrying.

01:06:04Hear that, sister?

01:06:05Today is our

01:06:06coming of age day,

01:06:07which also cares

01:06:08off the dragon mating

01:06:09season.

01:06:09If you don't find

01:06:10a partner to bond

01:06:11with, your magic

01:06:11will spiral out of

01:06:12control and you'll

01:06:13literally explode.

01:06:15Exploding is one thing,

01:06:16but I'm more worried

01:06:17you'll get desperate

01:06:18and hook up with

01:06:18some patterful half-breed

01:06:19or a monster from

01:06:20the abyss

01:06:21spawning some

01:06:21disgusting creep

01:06:22would be absolutely

01:06:23hilarious.

01:06:24My dear sister,

01:06:25you'd better get

01:06:26knocked up with

01:06:26a dragon egg soon.

01:06:28Don't disappoint me

01:06:29now.

01:06:33The day of birth

01:06:34is in three days.

01:06:35If you're not

01:06:36pregnant by then,

01:06:37your scales will be

01:06:38plucked in front of

01:06:39everyone to feed

01:06:39Veronica's dragon egg.

01:06:41In the dragon world,

01:06:42power is everything.

01:06:43I can't protect you.

01:06:48Don't worry, father.

01:06:49I will absolutely get

01:06:50pregnant within three days

01:06:52and lay a gold dragon egg.

01:06:59I'm so pissed!

01:07:01If Veronica and

01:07:02Grayson actually produce

01:07:03a gold dragon egg,

01:07:04you're dead meat!

01:07:05So what?

01:07:06If she can do it,

01:07:07so can I.

01:07:08The whole

01:07:08dragon lords-er's nose

01:07:10you're going to lay

01:07:10a black egg.

01:07:11Who's going to want you?

01:07:13Your magic is already

01:07:14going haywire.

01:07:15If you don't find a mate

01:07:16in three days,

01:07:17you're literally

01:07:18going to die.

01:07:19There is one guy

01:07:20who will.

01:07:29You don't mean

01:07:30the black dragon

01:07:31at the bottom

01:07:31of the dragon pit,

01:07:32do you?

01:07:46Exactly.

01:07:49Desperate times

01:07:50call for desperate

01:07:51measures.

01:07:54I'm going to

01:07:55borrow his seed.

01:07:58Borrow his seed?

01:08:00Are you out of

01:08:01your mind?

01:08:19Are you seriously

01:08:20going to look

01:08:20for that lowly

01:08:21black dragon?

01:08:23Keep your voice down.

01:08:24You trying to let

01:08:24every dragon hear you?

01:08:25He's the lowest order

01:08:27of black dragon

01:08:27and you're a

01:08:28supreme gold dragon!

01:08:29How could you possibly

01:08:30with him?

01:08:32The gold dragon spirit

01:08:33chose me.

01:08:34Even if he's a

01:08:35black dragon,

01:08:36I know I can still

01:08:37hatch a gold egg.

01:08:38But he's ancient.

01:08:40If he's not

01:08:409,000 years old,

01:08:41he's at least

01:08:428,000.

01:08:43He's older than

01:08:44our grand witch.

01:08:45Legend has it,

01:08:46he's a primordial

01:08:46dragon who actually

01:08:48saw the war

01:08:48between dragons

01:08:49and gods.

01:08:50Better old

01:08:51than nothing,

01:08:51right?

01:08:52He's a criminal

01:08:53dragon, Elena.

01:08:54Rumor has it

01:08:55he committed

01:08:55an unforgivable

01:08:56sin and was

01:08:57locked in the

01:08:57dragon pit to

01:08:58burn in dragon

01:08:59fire for eternity.

01:09:00He's a violent,

01:09:01bloodthirsty psycho!

01:09:02Last time a dragon

01:09:03accidentally fell

01:09:04into the pit,

01:09:05he torched them

01:09:05to ash with a

01:09:06single breath.

01:09:07Even so,

01:09:08I have to go.

01:09:09I have to become

01:09:10the dragon mother.

01:09:11It's the only way

01:09:12I can claim the

01:09:12ultimate power of

01:09:13the ancient dragon

01:09:14ache and kill

01:09:15Grayson and

01:09:15Veronica.

01:09:16But the craziest

01:09:17part is,

01:09:17rumor has it

01:09:18he's got two.

01:09:19Two dicks!

01:09:21If you go to him

01:09:22for his seed,

01:09:23are you even

01:09:23going to make it

01:09:24out alive?

01:09:27I'll die trying.

01:09:29The day of births

01:09:30in three days.

01:09:31I have to get

01:09:32pregnant by then,

01:09:33become the dragon

01:09:34mother,

01:09:34and rule over

01:09:35all dragons.

01:09:37Then I'll expose

01:09:38Veronica and

01:09:39Grayson and

01:09:39avenge my

01:09:40past life!

01:09:42I seriously

01:09:42can't deal

01:09:43with you.

01:09:44Here,

01:09:45I'm a thunderbird

01:09:46and these are

01:09:46my two most

01:09:47potent feathers.

01:09:48The red one

01:09:48is an aphrodisiac,

01:09:49it'll make him

01:09:50cave.

01:09:50The gold one

01:09:51guarantees fertility.

01:09:53Swallow it

01:09:53before you do

01:09:54the bead,

01:09:54and you'll get

01:09:54pregnant on the

01:09:55very first try.

01:10:00Thanks.

01:10:01You better make

01:10:02it back alive!

01:10:03I'm still

01:10:03counting on you

01:10:04to catch bugs

01:10:04for me!

01:10:05I know.

01:10:13Damn it.

01:10:14Why did the

01:10:15mating season

01:10:16hit me now?

01:10:17My magic is

01:10:18spiraling out

01:10:19of control.

01:10:23Water.

01:10:26I need water.

01:10:40finally found

01:10:41you.

01:11:00A female

01:11:01dragon in heat.

01:11:03trying to

01:11:03drug me.

01:11:09I...

01:11:09I feel so

01:11:11hot.

01:11:12My magic

01:11:13is spiraling.

01:11:21Help me.

01:11:26You're far

01:11:27too young.

01:11:28Not even a

01:11:29century old,

01:11:30are you?

01:11:30And you dare

01:11:31to seduce me.

01:11:34help me.

01:11:37Help you?

01:11:38How exactly

01:11:39do you want me

01:11:39to help you?

01:11:41Give me a baby.

01:11:42Or else I'm going

01:11:43to die in three

01:11:44days.

01:11:48I can go

01:11:49five hundred

01:11:49times a day,

01:11:50and I need at least

01:11:52three days to be

01:11:52satisfied.

01:11:55Can a little

01:11:56wiss like you,

01:11:57not even a

01:11:57century old,

01:11:59handle that?

01:12:25I've got a dragon egg.

01:12:28I've got a dragon egg.

01:12:31Thanks,

01:12:31little black dragon.

01:12:33I'm going to look

01:12:34inside my womb

01:12:35and check on my dragon

01:12:36baby right now.

01:12:42Wrecker himself for

01:12:43embarrassing him on his

01:12:44engagement day.

01:12:45For sure.

01:12:47Lorenzo's connected

01:12:47with the mafia,

01:12:48right?

01:12:48the Moretti family?

01:12:49Joy,

01:12:50Leah,

01:12:50put that tramp

01:12:51into the cage.

01:12:57All of you

01:12:58will pay for this.

01:13:01You're just a

01:13:01shameless mistress.

01:13:03My sister is

01:13:04marrying to the

01:13:04DeLuca family.

01:13:05You will pay for

01:13:06messing with her.

01:13:07When Lorenzo finds

01:13:08out about this,

01:13:09you'll die.

01:13:10All of you.

01:13:17No,

01:13:17he won't.

01:13:18He'll thank me for

01:13:19burying his

01:13:19scandalous affair.

01:13:22We'll see.

01:13:24I see Lorenzo's

01:13:25car parked outside.

01:13:27Finish this.

01:13:28Lorenzo will be here

01:13:29in a second.

01:13:29I see Lorenzo.

01:13:32I see Lorenzo.

01:13:35I see Lorenzo.

01:13:38I see Lorenzo.

01:13:39I see Lorenzo.

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