They Fed Me to the Serpent Lord

Sorrel is the only nine-tailed foxkin of her clan — gifted, blessed with nine lives, and completely overlooked. Her parents dote on Fawn, the sweet-talking rabbitkin they adopted, and her childhood sweetheart Dorian has just marked Fawn as his mate at the last possible moment, leaving Sorrel two dead ends: a wandering rogue or the feared young master of the serpent Viperkin, rumored bloodthirsty and impotent. Sorrel volunteers to marry the monster — on one condition: Fawn must publicly confess she stole the potion that made her famous. What no one knows is that the Viperkin heir chose Sorrel by name, because she is the true potion-maker. When he arrives at the wedding, the truth spills out. Fawn is exposed. The parents who never believed Sorrel finally see what they raised. And Dorian's desperate, too-late "I love you" earns only her calm goodbye. But Dorian will not let go. He removes his mate-mark in near-lethal surgery, cuts off tails to "atone," stalks her, and schemes to break her marriage — each attempt exposing only how little he ever knew her. Her husband Zoran, it turns out, is the black snake she once saved on the mountain seven years ago, in love with her ever since. As the two who wronged her destroy each other and fall into ruin, Sorrel rises: the nation's finest potions master, mother to foxkin-and-serpent twins, at peace. When Dorian's last gift arrives — the ring she once threw away — she forgives him, and sends it back with four words: we shall never meet again.

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  • Author: no_beta_we_die
  • Chapters: 8
  • Status: Ongoing

Sorrel is the only nine-tailed foxkin of her clan — gifted, blessed with nine lives, and completely overlooked. Her parents dote on Fawn, the sweet-talking rabbitkin they adopted, and her childhood sweetheart Dorian has just marked Fawn as his mate at the last possible moment, leaving Sorrel two dead ends: a wandering rogue or the feared young master of the serpent Viperkin, rumored bloodthirsty and impotent. Sorrel volunteers to marry the monster — on one condition: Fawn must publicly confess she stole the potion that made her famous. What no one knows is that the Viperkin heir chose Sorrel by name, because she is the true potion-maker. When he arrives at the wedding, the truth spills out. Fawn is exposed. The parents who never believed Sorrel finally see what they raised. And Dorian's desperate, too-late "I love you" earns only her calm goodbye. But Dorian will not let go. He removes his mate-mark in near-lethal surgery, cuts off tails to "atone," stalks her, and schemes to break her marriage — each attempt exposing only how little he ever knew her. Her husband Zoran, it turns out, is the black snake she once saved on the mountain seven years ago, in love with her ever since. As the two who wronged her destroy each other and fall into ruin, Sorrel rises: the nation's finest potions master, mother to foxkin-and-serpent twins, at peace. When Dorian's last gift arrives — the ring she once threw away — she forgives him, and sends it back with four words: we shall never meet again.