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She was sold to him—a man she’s never met, a shadow in a vast, cold mansion. The only rule: she must always wear the "Red Collar," a stunning piece of jewelry that feels more like a shackle. They told her it was a symbol of her status as his wife, but in this house, every smile is a mask and every word is a red collar of lies.
"The Red Collar of Lies" follows her desperate attempt to uncover the truth about her mysterious husband and the previous wives who disappeared. As she gets closer to the secret, she finds herself falling for the very man she should fear. Is he her captor, or the only one trying to save her from a much darker conspiracy? In a world built on lies, the truth might be the most dangerous thing of all.
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Synopsis:
She was sold to him—a man she’s never met, a shadow in a vast, cold mansion. The only rule: she must always wear the "Red Collar," a stunning piece of jewelry that feels more like a shackle. They told her it was a symbol of her status as his wife, but in this house, every smile is a mask and every word is a red collar of lies.
"The Red Collar of Lies" follows her desperate attempt to uncover the truth about her mysterious husband and the previous wives who disappeared. As she gets closer to the secret, she finds herself falling for the very man she should fear. Is he her captor, or the only one trying to save her from a much darker conspiracy? In a world built on lies, the truth might be the most dangerous thing of all.
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00:02my mom called me a liar from the day i was born not because i actually lied but because of
00:07this
00:07thing around my neck the verity choker mom was luna of silver moon pack and she believed one
00:12thing above all lying was the mark of a weak wolf we were her daughters future alpha heirs
00:18weakness was not an option so when my twin sister emma and i were born mom clasped these chokers
00:24around our throats which had witch magic to detect lies green light means truth red light means you
00:30were lying emma's choker always green she could shred mom's ceremonial cloak and blame the cat
00:36and gem would glow a steady green not me green light believed me mom i'm hungry and flash red
00:46light the choker choked tight i shifted on instinct a small white wolf pawing desperately at the gem
00:54against it unable to get it off i'm not lying not lying please but mom's eyes had already gone
01:01cold instant punishment mom's punishment wasn't gentle no food locked in my room no contact with
01:07anyone in the pack the truth necklace doesn't lie stella starve now study later i'm doing this for
01:14your own good after 10 years of this i started believing it too maybe i really was born wrong
01:20new year's eve everything changed mom was getting ready to take emma to the pack's bonfire celebration
01:26and that's when the pain hit like a knife twisting in my gut i collapsed on the floor my skeletal
01:32frame
01:32curling into itself mom please the choker flashed red and choked tight she looked down at me disgusted in
01:41her eyes in your dream stella faking an illness to ruin our night she grabbed emma's hand and headed for
01:49the door i wanted to howl but my wolf was too weak to answer i shifted anyway forced it a
01:55small white
01:56wolf trembling on the floor ribs heaving maybe in this form the pain would hurt less it didn't i
02:02couldn't even hold the shift i slipped back into myself without meaning to sorry mom i won't lie
02:08anymore but the pain got worse way worse the door handle turned for one second i thought mom's coming
02:15back she came back for me hurry up the bonfire is starting emma's waiting mom i reached out with a
02:23shaking hand please something's really wrong i feel like i'm dying she glanced at my neck the gem was
02:29flashing red over and over she crouched down grabbed my chin stella how long are you gonna keep this up
02:37can't you just be honest and stay here and think about what you've done dad appeared in the doorway
02:44honey should we at least leave her some food food she has a stash of snacks she bought with stolen
02:51money she won't starve lock the door when that gem turns green we'll talk but but what it's because
03:01you spoil her that she turned out this way look at emma her gem has always been green stella is
03:08a liar
03:08an alpha heiress who can't tell the truth she needs discipline but my cabinet was empty emma stole that
03:15money emma ate those snacks emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying not me and mom
03:23believed her i tried to defend myself it wasn't me red light the choker choked tight i tried to shift
03:31nothing happened deep inside my wolf barely stirred mom locked me up for three days with nothing but
03:38water and stale bread mom turned to leave emma peeked through the door made a face at me bye sis
03:45we're gonna see the bonfire her gem glowed a steady green so pretty the door locked the house went silent
03:54i called my wolf nothing came back not even a whisper just me alone the pain was unbearable but i
04:03kept
04:04thinking mom's right the gem doesn't lie it's red so i must be lying i'm not in pain i'm not
04:13in pain
04:14i kept repeating it like a prayer eventually i almost believed it the pain dulled or maybe i was
04:25just going numb i crawled to my desk i had to write that was the rule if the gem glowed
04:31red i had to pen
04:33a thousand word apology or mom would never let me out i am a liar write it down and maybe
04:41mom would
04:41forgive me maybe she'd even let me out i opened my journal pages and pages of apologies i'd written
04:49over the years sorry i lied i won't do it again but this time i wanted to write the truth
04:56my vision
04:57blurred my hand shook as i wrote mom i really love you it really hurts why won't you believe me
05:06please believe me just once the moment i finished the last word the pain vanished just gone i felt
05:15light weightless i looked down i was floating and there slumped over the desk was my body motionless
05:25the gem still flashing red around a dead girl's neck oh i'm dead and then she came out my wolf
05:34stepping out of my body like she'd been waiting all along small skinny barely holding together
05:41she looked up at me and once soft and low in the pack's old stories they say when a wolf
05:49dies young
05:49her spirit doesn't cross over alone her wolf walks beside her until they find the door together
05:56i knelt down she pressed her nose into my ghostly palm finally we were together now but i never learned
06:04how to be honest sorry mom i heard laughter mom dad emma coming through the front door tonight's bonfire
06:13was beautiful the best one yet just like our emma perfect in every way i'd never heard her sound like
06:21that when she talked about me i floated toward them my wolf patting silently at my side moving on
06:28instinct i wanted to help them take off their cloaks that's what i always did mom my arms passed right
06:35through her body like wind is it so cold here is the hearthi out i stood there staring at my
06:42transparent
06:42hands my wolf pressed against my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes right dead wolves couldn't hug
06:50the
06:50living shall we go and see stella she hasn't eaten yet still the good cop i looked at mom hopefully
06:56if she found me dead would she be sad would she regret it she won't starve she is a werewolf
07:05not a
07:06human pup this whole fake sick for attention thing is out of control i laughed bitterly mom wasn't wrong
07:13werewolves heal but i hadn't been able to in a long time last winter the choker left bruises
07:20that stayed for days that hadn't happened before i reached for my wolf she was still there but the
07:26warmth never came she was too hungry just like me mom never noticed she only ever looked at my neck
07:35for one thing the gem and whether it was red or green mom pushed open my door didn't even turn
07:42on
07:42the light just for a second her eyes flashed gold her wolf might have known mom didn't listen
07:48in the dim glow from the hallway she saw me slumped over my desk i looked like a skeleton hadn't
07:55moved
07:55still putting on an act you're 10 years old not five grow up mom i'm not playing i'm dead look
08:05at me touch
08:06me i'm freezing she couldn't hear me she only believed what she wanted to see emma squeezed past
08:13her held up her choker with that smug little grin look my gem is green stella's is still red she's
08:20lying
08:21even in her sleep that's my good girl ignore the liar let her stay there maybe she'll learn how to
08:28be
08:28honest should we at least put her in bed it's freezing put her in bed look at that red gem
08:36still
08:36lying come on leave her we have to visit grandma tomorrow the door locked again i floated next to
08:44my corpse my wolf curled silently at my feet staring at that single point of red light in the darkness
08:50mom if you'd just stepped closer if you'd just touched my hand you'd know i was ice cold but you
08:57didn't you believed the choker not the daughter you carried for nine months that night a rat crawled
09:04out of my empty cabinet i used to scream whenever i saw rats but now i just floated by the
09:09ceiling
09:09watching it scurry across my dead body the rat bit into my toe i didn't feel anything my wolf charged
09:17at it anyway and passed right through landing on the other side she turned back to look at me confused
09:24lost i pulled her close and buried my face in the fur of her back it's okay you can't feel
09:31it anymore
09:31it'll be over soon she let out one low growl then went still against me finally no more pain for
09:40either of us the next morning sunlight streamed through the window no warmth reached my body in
09:46the kitchen i could hear mom making breakfast the smell of roasted meat crept under my door
09:52my favorite but mom always said liars don't deserve meat so i only ever got steamed vegetables
09:58she was clanging the pots extra loud on purpose trying to tempt me out trying to make me give in
10:05and apologize for things i never did in the old days i might have caved i might have confessed to
10:11anything for one bite of roasted meat but i don't need food anymore stella still hasn't come out yet
10:17dad asked reading the pack notices she is so stubborn she can eat or not i don't care
10:26emma walked to my door and made a big show of sniffing the air then she screamed dramatically
10:33mom stella's room smells like poop did she poop in there i floated by the door watching my sister with
10:41a bitter smile my wolf sat beside me ears flat eyes low the hearth was burning hot after just one
10:49night
10:50my body started to rot mom stormed over pounding on the door stella who does that the toilet is right
10:59there did you shit on the floor to spite me i remembered being six i had food poisoning couldn't
11:06make it to the toilet in time mom didn't help me clean up she made me stand outside pointed at
11:12me
11:12and told the neighbors look at this she's such a mess she can't even use the toilet herself now she
11:19thought i was dirty again leave her let her sit in her own stink but dad stood up frowning that
11:27smells really bad i should check could it be a dead rat or something my heart if i still had
11:34one leapt
11:35dad please open the door i'm right here just turn the handle and you'll see i'm not moving
11:42i waved my transparent arms frantically my wolf ran straight to my bedroom door willing dad to
11:49open it dad's hand touched the door handle his hand froze someone was pounding at the front door
11:55a pack elder urgent business dad's face went pale he grabbed his cloak the border there's an emergency
12:01he was already out the door i froze so close one second away if that knock had come one second
12:09later
12:09i would have been found maybe then i wouldn't have rotted alone that afternoon mom took emma to
12:15the pack market the house was empty except for my corpse when they came back that evening loaded
12:19down with food and gifts from the market the smell had gotten worse mom gagged the second she walked in
12:26stella are you trying to turn this place into a den of inequity she didn't even open my door
12:31just grabbed cloth strips and sealed the gap at the bottom if you want to stay in there and make
12:35disgusting stew zoos don't stink up my house she patted her hands together satisfied then went to
12:41prepare dinner i stared at that sealed door my wolf pressed her nose against it and whimpered once
12:46so that's it i'm worth less than a venison dinner by day three even the cloth strips couldn't contain
12:52the smell mom was arranging fresh wildflowers trying to cover it up but the stench of death is
12:57unmistakable sweet rotten oily she cut a rose stem too hard a thorn pierced her hand she snapped
13:04in her mind i was doing this on purpose not bathing poop on the floor hiding dead rats in my
13:11room
13:11all to piss her off all to defy her authority as luna stella she grabbed a rolling pin from the
13:17kitchen stormed toward my room i'm done with you you disgusting little brat time you learned what real
13:24pain feels like i floated in front of her waving my arms desperately don't come in mom
13:31please please even though she never loved me i didn't want her to see me like that but she walked
13:38right through me ripped the cloth strips off jammed the spare key into the lock the door flew open the
13:44smell hit her like a wall she stumbled back retching stella what are you doing she saw me
13:51still slumped over the desk back turned not moving to her this was the ultimate rebellion
13:56i'm talking to you she marched over raised the rolling pin but stopped she wanted to see my face
14:04first wanted to see my get up she grabbed the back of my shirt grabbed my skin the moment she
14:10touched me
14:10she froze through the thin fabric her hand didn't feel warm flesh she felt cold hard dead meat the kind
14:17cold that seeps into your bones what but momentum carried her forward she yanked crash my body stiff
14:25as a board toppled backward taking the chair with it and there was my face blue black eyes bulging
14:31features twisted in agony dried foam and blood crusted around my mouth around my blackened neck
14:37the verity choker hung lifeless the gem dark no red no green just silence my journal slid off the desk
14:45fell open at mom's feet the last page stared up at her mom my stomach really hurts the choker is
14:52wrong
14:52i'm not lying please don't punish me mom screamed not a wolf's howl a raw guttural shriek that tore
15:00through her throat she stumbled backward slammed into the bookshelf a clay pot shattered but she didn't
15:07seem to feel the pain she just stared at me eyes wide unblinking no no no no this is not
15:17real
15:18stella get up stella get up get up i'm not mad anymore stop scaring me her hand reached out trembling
15:26to touch my arm the second her skin made contact with my corpse she recoiled like she'd been burned
15:33that cold was too real lisa from next door heard the screaming and went straight to the pack healer
15:39when she saw what was in my room she collapsed in the gate within the hour heavy boots on the
15:45floorboards the pack healer and a handful of pack warriors crowding the entrance mom sat on the floor
15:51a warrior's hand on her shoulder she's speaking it she's always lying
15:58it doesn't lie i'm just teaching her no one responded they all looked at her like she was
16:04a monster the pack healer crouched next to my body he muttered under his breath severe malnutrition
16:11organ failure this puppy has been starved for at least a month he carefully tried to remove the verity
16:18choker but it had fused years of tightening had pressed the leather deep into the skin of my neck
16:25damn it he had to use tools to pry it off even dead my soul flinched my wolf lifted her
16:31head and
16:34long raw desperate the kind of howl that should have shaken the walls no one heard it no one flinched
16:42we were already dead a warrior picked up my journal started reading his face went from neutral to
16:49horrified mom's eyes locked on to that book that's her confession she admits she lied look she wrote it
16:57herself the warrior pushed her back wrapped the journal in cloth and took it we'll report it to the
17:05council that's when dad got home he saw the pack healer and the pack warriors crowding the doorway
17:11saw the body wrap being carried out saw the long cord that sealed away my entire life his legs gave
17:20out
17:20he collapsed on the doorstep emma stood nearby sobbing in confusion she pointed at the discolored verity
17:28choker on the table why does stella have a black collar and i have a green one see she held
17:34up her neck
17:35the gem blinked its steady green it was grotesque the council elders arrived before dawn mom straightened
17:43when she saw them even now even with my body three days cold and rotting her luna instincts kicked in
17:51she lifted her chin squared her shoulders it didn't work today they started questioning mom in the living
17:57room mom grabbed the verity choker off the table like it was a lifeline test it that choker proved she
18:04was lying red gem means lie i never abused her the choker told me i was just educating her the
18:15council
18:16elders looked at her like she'd lost her mind the pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition months of
18:24starvation aphelion multiple old injuries consistent with prolonged that's just discipline that's teaching
18:32her to be honest then she did something insane you don't believe me fine i'll wear it
18:43watch it'll be green the leather pressed against her skin cold sticky that was my blood she took a deep
18:52breath tried to calm herself she needed to prove she was innocent needed to prove her way of raising an
18:58alpha air was right she held up the gem eyes wild listen i'm rachel i'm stella's mother this is the
19:07truth
19:08the absolute truth the gem flashed red mom's confident expression shattered
19:16i said truth i am rachel i never abused her i did it for her own good
19:25i love her and suddenly she remembered me 10 years old gasping as the choker tightened around
19:34my throat biting my lip so i wouldn't make a sound is this what it felt like why is it
19:41red i am telling
19:43the truth turn green you're broken you're setting me up but the gem kept flashing like it was mocking her
19:50you're a liar you're a liar you're a liar enough this is just a bloodstone i've seen it before it
20:00changes color with body heat fear pain anything that makes your heart race temperature rises it burns
20:09red that's all it does no witch magic never was think about your daughter ruptured appendix organ
20:18failure the pain must have been unbearable she was terrified and what did you see a red gem so you
20:26punished her more which made her more scared which made her temperature rise which made the stone turn
20:36redder you are luna you are supposed to protect every wolf in this pack you couldn't even protect your
20:45your own daughter you ignored her cries for help you starved your daughter to death mom's world collapsed
20:53she sat there staring at the flashing gem on her own net and finally understood for 10 years every red
21:01light wasn't because i was lying it was because i was scared scared of her anger scared of being
21:08misunderstood scared of eating food that made me sick i was in pain pain that made my heart race
21:15and cold sweat pour down my face i was desperate desperate for a hug for her to hold me the
21:22way she
21:23held emma every signal from my frightened heart she had interpreted as proof of my lies
21:30no get it off
21:35i'm not lying i'm not she tried to shift fur rippling across her skin bones cracking but the leather
21:42cinched harder around her throat the moment the neck began to change she snapped back into human form
21:49gasping i can't get it off stella take it back i'm sorry it's all my fault this little bit of
21:59choking
21:59and she was already breaking mom i suffered for 10 years the council elders needed evidence for judgment
22:08so they opened my journal in front of my parents february 14th sunny mom put celery on my plate i'm
22:17allergic my throat swells i can't breathe i said i can't eat it but because i was scared of making
22:23her angry my body ran hot the gem flashed red the choker tightened mom said i was picky lying made
22:34me
22:34eat the whole plate that night i threw up blood my throat felt like it was on fire i shifted
22:40to ease my
22:41pain mom saw it and said i'd snuck berry juice that i was faking the choker tightened for 10 more
22:49minutes mom's hand flew to her mouth she was shaking violently she remembered that she really did think
22:58it was berry juice she didn't even look closely just turned away to read emma a bedtime story that was
23:05blood from a swollen torn throat june 1st pups day emma shredded mom's ceremonial cloak emma's heart is
23:15always calm her gem stays green i tried to explain but i was scared of being hit my body ran
23:22hot red gem
23:25choker tightened for 10 minutes it hurt so bad but i didn't cry because crying makes your body run hotter
23:33and mom thinks that means you're not sorry so i held my breath pretended it didn't hurt mom said see
23:42she doesn't even blink she's definitely faking it dad couldn't take it anymore this man who had always
23:48put the pack before his own family chose duty over his daughter for 10 years you monster what did you
23:56do
23:57that was your daughter you treated her like a stray blood at the corner of her mouth
24:03not my fault not my fault it's her it's emma emma's gem was always green emma was a good one
24:12if it wasn't for that green light making me trust her i wouldn't have believed the red light so much
24:17this is emma's fault that little princess everyone had protected one of the council elders walked over
24:24gently removed the green verity choker from her neck took out a blade pried the gem loose right there
24:32it rolled onto the table still glowing green steady unchanged the elder picked up the stone a glowstone
24:41that is all your younger daughter's choker was always going to shine green no matter what she said did or
24:49lied about it would never change your so-called verity choker was a fraud that was her truth for 10
24:58years that was the evidence she used to convict me a common glowstone that put me in hell while emma
25:05lived in paradise so i wasn't a liar i laughed laughed until i cried turns out ghosts could cry too
25:13the elder
25:14turned to the last page of the journal his voice broke the handwriting was a mess clearly written
25:20while dying mom if i die will the choker stop glowing red or if it turns green will you hug
25:27me
25:27then i'm not lying i couldn't heal myself anymore my stomach hurts so much like knives next life please
25:37don't make me wear the choker please i just want to be a normal pup i want to eat mom's
25:42roasted meat
25:43mom stared at the broken glowstone on the table that truth magic she trusted without question
25:48a worthless stone because of that stone she spoiled emma for 10 years because of that cursed red light
25:56she tortured me for 10 years mom started laughing her voice cracking worse than crying fake all fake
26:13i killed my most honest pup and i worshipped a liar she'd lost her mind for real this time my
26:22death
26:23became the talk of the entire pack lisa the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer told
26:28everyone what she'd seen every wolf knew by morning luna had starved her own daughter to death monster
26:37murderer she doesn't deserve to be luna stones flew at our door the word killer carved into the wall
26:45the council convened within the day the verdict was swift dad lost his alpha title no wolf would
26:53follow him now my grandfather the former alpha read out the judgment himself he didn't look at his
26:59son once dad walked out of the council hall and never looked back he took emma and left the pack
27:06that
27:06same night emma was a bad seed sure but she was still his blood before they left emma tried to
27:13take
27:13her green choker dad stomped on it why the hell would you want that piece of trash emma cried as
27:20he dragged her
27:21away mom got out of the dungeon the healer said she had lost her mind the council locked her in
27:27the
27:27home instead the one that still smelled like death her mental state deteriorated fast she refused to
27:34take off the red choker she would tighten it herself whenever the guilt got too heavy she said choking was
27:40the only thing that eased it it was her self-imposed punishment i floated in the darkness my wolf curled
27:47beside me watching her unravel day after day she'd talked to the empty corner where i used to stand
27:53stella i brought you some food no celery today it's all roast just how you like it but there was
28:00no food
28:01there was nothing just her hands cupped around air she'd pretend to set a plate down her hands shook
28:08the gem flashed red she was anxious guilty falling apart she smiled but her eyes were empty
28:16the gem is red mom is lying liars don't deserve food she pulled the choker tight with her own hands
28:24let it choke her her body convulsed against the cold floor it hurts so much is this how stella felt
28:32i'm sorry mom started reenacting my diary entries i couldn't eat celery because of my allergy
28:40so she forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood then swallowed it back down i was
28:47locked in isolation so she locked herself in my old room lights off and bowed to my portrait until her
28:54forehead bled over and over blood on the floor late at night she'd see the red glow of the bloodstone
29:03reflected on the wall to her it looked like my bloody eyes were watching she kept punishing herself
29:10the wounds healed slower and slower her wolf exhausted by months of self-torture slowly fell into a deep
29:18sleep mom didn't care she scrawled on the back of my journal i'm sorry i was wrong red means pain
29:26red means love please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time i'll save you i promise too
29:34bad
29:34i'm dead dead wolves can't cry for help eventually the new alpha intervened mom's self-harm had gone too
29:42far she'd nearly choked herself to death with her own hands he ordered her to move to a small hut
29:48at the
29:48far edge of the village locked from the outside someone posted to watch her day and night she was
29:54the strangest woman they'd ever seen nobody knew where she'd found it a frayed red cord tied around
30:01her own neck her homemade choker if anyone tried to remove it she'd snap at them teeth bared snarling
30:09wild-eyed don't touch me stella's watching she'll be angry if you take it
30:16every time the guard called her name and brought her food mom would grab the red cord and pull it
30:22tight against her own throat convulsing screaming red light red light don't punish punish me i'll eat
30:31i'll eat even if the food was scalding hot she'd gulp it down burning her throat wouldn't spit it out
30:39she was reenacting my final moments living my hell on repeat years later emma grew up without guidance
30:47and with a trail of shame behind her she drifted from pack to pack stealing to survive no one would
30:54take her in when she ran out of options she remembered mom was still alive she slipped back
31:01into the silverman pack under the cover of night not for love for money hey crazy lady dad's dead
31:09give me whatever you've been hiding emma stood there face hard eyes full of contempt she looked
31:16at mom's hollow broken form and spat on the floor it's disgusting give me what i want or i'll send
31:25you
31:25to meet your daughter for a moment mom's cloudy eyes cleared she looked at emma and suddenly remembered
31:32that choker that always green glowstone that decade of deception it's you you lie you're the green light
31:42that wasn't there you killed stella give her back to me give her back to me the last shred of
31:50maternal
31:50love twisted into something feral mom lunged grabbed emma by the throat should have died not her you
32:02emma thrashed but couldn't break free from a mad woman's grip the guards rushed in pulled her off
32:08emma stumbled out of the hut terrified they're all insane she bolted into the forest she didn't get
32:16far rogues the kind that haunted the borderlands preying on anyone foolish enough to run through the
32:22trees alone at night emma never saw them coming by the time she did it was too late she survived
32:30barely both legs shattered beyond repair she'd never walk again meanwhile mom was strapped to her
32:38caught staring at the ceiling tears streaming in her dreams she finally saw me i was 10 again no choker
32:46white dress smiling mom she reached for me crying with joy stella but the moment her hands touched me
32:55i burst into ash no she woke up screaming if she'd been wearing that choker it would have been blood
33:03red
33:04eternal torment i stood in the void watching it all mom strapped to her bed emma in a wheelchair begging
33:12on the market dad drunk and dead in some gutter i felt nothing no satisfaction just a flat dead calm
33:21my wolf padded over quietly she didn't howl didn't nudge just pressed her head against my hand and held it
33:28out there in the distance a door of light appeared soft steady waiting i looked at my wolf she looked
33:36at me yeah time to leave this life was too bitter nothing worth holding on to i floated to mom's
33:43hut
33:43one final time she looked ancient hair completely white frail as paper she sent something her cloudy
33:50eyes focused on a point in the air right where i stood stella is that you her trembling hand reached
33:56into the emptiness mom destroyed the choker i don't believe in it anymore come back please i'll cook for
34:03you no salary i'll buy you new dresses not emma tears rolled down her face i looked at the red
34:09marks
34:09on her neck from the frayed cord i i reached out my cold ghostly finger touched her forehead this was
34:16my
34:17final mercy sleep mom in sleep there's no pain her eyes fluttered shut she slumped into a deep dreamless
34:24rest a breeze blew through the hut the old journal on her cot flipped open the last page my dying
34:31words
34:31stared up at the ceiling but below it in shaky handwriting were new lines written by mom during
34:37a lucid moment next life let me wear the choker let me be the liar punish me however you want
34:43just don't
34:44leave me i stared at those words felt nothing too late repentance means nothing to the dead
34:50mom i don't hate you anymore but i don't love you either let's not meet again i turned away
34:56my wolf was waiting in the distance the door of light still glowed soft steady patient i looked at
35:03my neck the phantom verity choker still there even in spirit form the nightmare that had changed me for
35:09a lifetime i grabbed it it shattered into nothing i felt weightless free no red light no hunger no lies
35:17just freedom my wolf pressed against my side together we walked toward the light i didn't look
35:22back morning came a guard pushed open the door rachel time to eat no response she walked closer mom's
35:29hand clutched the torn journal a single tear crystallized at the corner of her eye she crouched
35:35beside her held two fingers beneath her nose nothing she was gone
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