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The Alpha Pact: Love Enslaved, Love Unleashed | Werewolf Revenge, Rebirth & Fated Mate
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00:00El padre de mi esposa, con calculada cruelty, me castió aside,
00:03solo para immediately marry a manipulador de hussy.
00:06Little did he know, his true love,
00:08the one he swore to protect with his life,
00:10was nothing but a discarded plaything,
00:12a sex slave passed around by others.
00:14And the child she carried?
00:16Not his, not even close.
00:18He, once the revered alpha of our pack,
00:21became the pathetic joke of the entire clan.
00:22Deserted by his own blood,
00:24betrayed by all,
00:25his legs were brutally broken.
00:27Ragged and broken, he knelt in the biting snow,
00:30tears streaming down his face,
00:32begging me for forgiveness.
00:34But me?
00:34I was already with the most formidable alpha of the strongest pack.
00:38Tonight was the eve of my 18th birthday,
00:41and the night I planned to confess my feelings to Karen.
00:43We were fated mates,
00:45our souls bound by the moon goddess herself.
00:47But as I carried the cake to him,
00:49I stumbled upon a conversation between him and Jax.
00:52Jax asked him if what he was doing wasn't too cruel.
00:55Karen's cold reply,
00:56it's the only way to make her give up.
00:58Through our mind link,
00:59I heard Karen's plan.
01:00He would use a pup,
01:02pretending it was his and Serafina's child.
01:04He'd announced to the entire pack
01:05that he already had a mate and a family.
01:08His sole purpose, to get rid of me.
01:10So he could be with Serafina.
01:12Then his true thoughts,
01:13raw and brutal,
01:14slammed into my mind through the pack link.
01:17He excitedly declared Serafina was his true love.
01:20And I?
01:20I was just a useless omega.
01:22In that moment, it all clicked.
01:24The truth hit me like a physical blow.
01:26Eight years of my devotion,
01:28my heart poured out for him.
01:29To him, it was nothing but a problem to be dealt with.
01:32And on the very same night,
01:33he was plotting with someone else
01:35how to completely kick me out of his life.
01:37A searing pain ripped through me.
01:39Not just my heart, but my body too.
01:41The agony prematurely triggered my first shift.
01:44Gritting my teeth against the excruciating pain,
01:46I fled into the dark forest.
01:48Under the moonlight,
01:49I saw my body covered in pristine white fur.
01:52A white wolf,
01:53the rarest creature of legend.
01:54I used the pack network to contact my brother, Ronan.
01:57I told him to inform Karen
01:58that I accepted the study abroad invitation
02:00and was leaving immediately.
02:02Just then,
02:03the alpha's mind link announcement
02:04echoed through every member of the pack.
02:06He declared he had fathered a child with his true love
02:09and invited the entire pack
02:11to witness their mating ceremony.
02:13I swallowed down all the pain,
02:14replying without a trace of emotion,
02:16Yes, my alpha.
02:17Then, I walked to the fireplace.
02:20Every memory of him,
02:20I threw into the roaring place.
02:22Eight years of waiting,
02:24of hoping.
02:24In that moment,
02:25all turned ash.
02:26From this day forward,
02:27the girl who loved him was dead.
02:31Days later,
02:31at the banquet,
02:33Karen arrived with Serafina.
02:34He made a grand entrance,
02:36holding their borrowed son.
02:37He wanted to crush any lingering hope I had,
02:40right in front of everyone.
02:41His eyes immediately found me in the crowd.
02:43Karen approached me with his family of three.
02:46He grandly introduced his future mate and their son.
02:49The entire hall fell silent.
02:51All eyes were on me.
02:52I watched them calmly.
02:53I didn't break.
02:54I held my composure.
02:56I just needed to make a smooth transition
02:57until the day I could leave.
02:59I performed a standard submission bow to Serafina.
03:02Serafina feigned kindness,
03:04helping me up.
03:05She even invited me to their wedding ceremony.
03:07They wanted to force me to watch the man I once loved,
03:10bind his soul to another woman.
03:11I looked at them numb.
03:13Of course I'd be honored to attend.
03:15Serafina flashed a triumphant smile.
03:17Karen's subordinates erupted in harsh laughter,
03:20mocking me for finally accepting my omega status,
03:23scoffing at how I used to be like a lapdog,
03:25humiliating me for shamelessly declaring my love for him in the past.
03:29Weeks ago,
03:29I would have been mortified,
03:31wanting to disappear.
03:32But now,
03:33the part of me that could be hurt
03:34has died in the flames.
03:35I watched Karen.
03:37He didn't stop them.
03:39He just stood there,
03:40letting them humiliate me.
03:41The banquet continued,
03:43Karen shielding Serafina from drinks,
03:45carving her the tenderest cuts of meat.
03:47Public performance of the perfect mate.
03:49Seeing how calm I was,
03:51Serafina found me in private.
03:52She asked if I knew something.
03:54Before I could even answer,
03:55the hall suddenly vibrated.
03:57The massive crystal chandelier above us,
04:00it snapped.
04:01The chandelier detached,
04:02plummeting down.
04:03I saw Karen's pupils constrict.
04:05His body instantly became a blur.
04:07He shot past me like a missile.
04:09He snatched Serafina into his arms,
04:11shielding her tightly,
04:12and pulled her out of the danger zone.
04:14He didn't even spare me a glance.
04:16The silver chandelier crashed down on me.
04:18Silver,
04:19it's harmful to our kind.
04:20It seared my skin,
04:22suppressing all my healing abilities.
04:24Excruciating pain ripped through my body.
04:26Before losing consciousness,
04:28my last sight was Karen clutching Serafina,
04:30frantically checking her for any injuries.
04:32While I lay bleeding,
04:34weakening,
04:34just a few feet away.
04:36I woke up at home.
04:37My brother,
04:38Ronan,
04:39sat by my bed,
04:39his face buried in his hands,
04:41sobbing.
04:42I took his hand.
04:43I told him this time,
04:44I was truly leaving.
04:45I confirmed my ticket for the portal.
04:47My destination,
04:48the Silverwood Pack.
04:50This place of heartbreak,
04:51I couldn't bear to stay another second.
04:53The main door was pushed open
04:55with a forceful bang.
04:56Karen burst into the room,
04:58his presence heavy with suppressed emotion.
05:00He must have heard the message I'd just sent.
05:02He demanded an explanation for my departure,
05:05his voice trembling with frustration.
05:07I answered him with a quiet, distant calm.
05:09Alpha,
05:10the paths of an outlier are no longer your concern.
05:12The girl who once sought his comfort
05:14had faded like embers in the wind.
05:16He gestured toward my injury,
05:18commanding me to seek help.
05:19He guided my wheelchair toward the medical hall.
05:21But in the corridor,
05:23Serafina appeared.
05:24In Karen's eyes,
05:25the world seemed to narrow
05:26until only she remained.
05:29His focus shifted,
05:30his hands leaving the wheelchair
05:31as he moved toward her.
05:33Left without support,
05:34my wheelchair began to slide
05:35toward the ceremonial silver of her sculpture.
05:37For our kind,
05:38the silver's aura is a heavy burden.
05:40In my struggle to avoid gold metal,
05:43I lost my balance.
05:44I was cast onto the hard floor,
05:46the impact echoing through my weary frame.
05:49Serafina wore a mask of concern,
05:50but her eyes remained cold.
05:52Karen looked at me,
05:53his gaze filled with a bitter coldness.
05:55He refused to help,
05:57declaring his protection
05:58was reserved for his true partner.
05:59He turned his back,
06:01leaving me to my own struggle.
06:03Suddenly,
06:03Serafina spun around
06:04and plunged into the icy water of the pool.
06:07I watched in silence,
06:08unable to grasp the motive behind her leap.
06:10Celia,
06:11why would you do this to me?
06:12The trap was set.
06:13Karen heard her cry
06:14and immediately returned,
06:16pulling her from the chill.
06:17Rage clouded his judgment
06:18before I could utter a word.
06:20He compelled me toward the edge,
06:22his grip firm and unforgiving.
06:24I was displaced
06:25into the biting cold of the pool.
06:27I struggled against the chill,
06:28looking up at him in shock.
06:30He knew I was in no state
06:31to face the water,
06:32yet his heart remained steel.
06:34He unleashed an alpha's heavy command,
06:36his voice cutting through the air.
06:38Never approach her again,
06:39or you will be an outcast forever.
06:41Facts and truth were lost
06:42in the wake of his devotion to her.
06:43To him,
06:44I was no longer someone to cherish,
06:46but a storm to be quelled.
06:48The cold began to overwhelm
06:49my remaining strength.
06:50The world started to fade
06:52into a quiet stillness.
06:53Before I lost my hold on the present,
06:55the last thing I saw
06:56was Karen shielding Serafina
06:58as they walked away.
06:59He didn't look back,
07:00not even once.
07:01I woke up to the sound of shouting.
07:03Through the half-open door,
07:05I saw Ronan and Karen in a standoff.
07:07I heard my brother's furious roar.
07:09He was confronting Karen,
07:11all for me.
07:11She's your mate.
07:12You left her to drown.
07:14Karen, though,
07:14looked completely indifferent.
07:16He claimed I'd attacked
07:17his future mate,
07:18and Omega, he said,
07:19was worthless,
07:20deserved to die.
07:21He even said my years
07:22of adoration for him
07:23made him sick.
07:24Sick.
07:25Those two words
07:26cut deeper than ice water.
07:27My years of devotion,
07:29my hopeful love.
07:30He found it all repulsive.
07:31The next second,
07:33Ronan broke through
07:34the Alpha Command's suppression.
07:35He landed a brutal punch square
07:37on Karen's face.
07:38Their wolf shadows
07:39lunged and had already shattered.
07:40I couldn't let my brother
07:42ruin his life for me.
07:43Dragging my injured leg,
07:44I forced myself between them.
07:46Ronan, please,
07:47he's not worth it.
07:48Seeing my pale face,
07:49my brother's rage
07:50finally dissipated.
07:51Karen straightened his clothes,
07:53his gaze chillingly indifferent
07:54as he looked at me.
07:55As Ronan helped me
07:56back to my room,
07:57Karen's message
07:58pierced my mind
07:59like an ice pick.
08:00He told me to stop
08:01playing the victim,
08:02to stay away from Serafina.
08:04I couldn't hold it in anymore.
08:05I collapsed into my brother's arms,
08:08sobbing uncontrollably.
08:09I told my brother
08:10I was leaving.
08:11If I left,
08:12everything would finally be over.
08:13That's when my brother
08:14revealed a secret.
08:16Apparently,
08:17Karen had been searching
08:17for that woman.
08:19Ronan comforted me.
08:20He promised to support me,
08:22no matter what decision I made.
08:23This was the only warmth
08:25I had left.
08:26To protect that warmth,
08:27I had to leave.
08:28I lay in the infirmary,
08:30my wounds slowly mending.
08:31The unguarded mindlink chatter
08:33of the young healers
08:34constantly filtered
08:35into my ears.
08:36They didn't know I could hear,
08:37or perhaps they simply
08:39didn't care.
08:40In their world,
08:40I was nothing more
08:41than a worthless waste,
08:43discarded by the alpha.
08:44Every word they spoke
08:45was about my former mate,
08:46Karen,
08:47and his new favorite,
08:48Serafina.
08:49They whispered that Karen
08:50personally fed her soup,
08:51calling her the luckiest
08:52she-wolf in the world.
08:54Each word was a fresh stab
08:55to my heart,
08:56but the cruelest blow
08:57was the news of the wedding.
08:59Karen planned to live stream it
09:00to the entire world,
09:01to make everyone witness
09:03their union.
09:04I wouldn't even have a corner
09:05to hide in,
09:06to pretend it wasn't happening.
09:08Just then,
09:08Liam contacted me.
09:09He said the pack was worried
09:11the rift between Karen
09:12and Ronan would lead
09:13to a split.
09:14They wanted to hold
09:15a small gathering
09:15to ease tensions,
09:16and I needed to bring Ronan.
09:18I wanted to refuse,
09:19but then I thought of Ronan.
09:21He cherished his friendships.
09:23I couldn't let him be ostracized
09:24because of my pain.
09:25This was the last thing
09:27I could do for him,
09:28and my final duty
09:29as a member
09:29of the Black Moon Pack.
09:30We would go.
09:32Consider it a final farewell.
09:33I practically dragged my brother
09:35to this so-called
09:36reconciliation feast.
09:37The moment my brother
09:38saw Karen,
09:39he turned to leave.
09:40I gripped his arm,
09:41pleading with him
09:42in a low voice.
09:43Serafina immediately
09:44put on a pitiful act,
09:45coming forward
09:46to apologize,
09:47claiming everything before
09:48was just a misunderstanding.
09:50But Ronan wasn't buying it,
09:52demanding she apologize to me.
09:53Karen, however,
09:54coldly demanded that
09:55I apologize to Serafina first.
09:57The atmosphere
09:58instantly crackled
09:59with tension.
10:00Liam and the others
10:01quickly tried to smooth things over,
10:03pressing wine glasses
10:04into their hands.
10:05Karen drank for Serafina.
10:07As if to display his power,
10:08he then drank Ronan's wine too.
10:10Later,
10:11during the hunting game,
10:12he repeatedly took punishments
10:13for Serafina.
10:14He publicly declared
10:15how he would protect his mate,
10:17playing the role
10:18of a devoted alpha
10:19to perfection.
10:20The she-wolves present,
10:21every single one,
10:22had eyes practically
10:23turned into hearts.
10:24Only I felt my stomach churn,
10:26sick to my core.
10:27I escaped to the terrace,
10:29hoping to catch my breath.
10:30But Karen's drunken
10:31mind-link message
10:32pierced my thoughts.
10:33Serafina,
10:34I've been searching for you
10:35for ten years.
10:36I wolf recognized you
10:37the moment I smelled your scent.
10:38I instantly plunged
10:39into an icy abyss.
10:41The scent he spoke of,
10:42it was mine.
10:43My fated bond,
10:44it was all just a mistake,
10:45a case of mistaken identity.
10:47Karen's inner monologue
10:49kept spilling out.
10:50Every single word
10:51was a knife,
10:51twisting deeper
10:52into my mind.
10:53He said his computer
10:54was filled with her photos,
10:55years of gifts,
10:56prepared just for her.
10:58Yet he was too cowardly
10:59to ever give them.
11:00I laughed,
11:01a bitter, hollow sound.
11:02He wasn't cowardly,
11:03he was just waiting for her.
11:05It was never, ever me.
11:07Disappointment heavy
11:08in my chest,
11:09I left with Ronan.
11:10On the way back,
11:11Karen and his party
11:12were ambushed
11:12by rogue wolves.
11:13Ronan shoved me
11:14into the car,
11:15yelling at me
11:16to call for help,
11:17then plunged
11:17into the fray himself.
11:19In the chaotic melee,
11:20a rogue wolf
11:21raised a steel pipe,
11:22glinting with
11:23liquid silver
11:23and brought it down,
11:25aiming straight for Serafina.
11:26In the action,
11:27Ronan shifted
11:28into a massive black wolf,
11:30deliberately turning
11:30his back
11:31to an incoming attack.
11:32He used his own body
11:33to shield Serafina,
11:34a living barrier.
11:35The liquid silver
11:36seared through his fur,
11:38burning deep
11:38into his muscles.
11:40The guttural cow
11:40was through the night,
11:42but he didn't flinch,
11:43didn't move an inch.
11:44He took the full brunt
11:45of the attack,
11:46protecting Serafina
11:47from even a scratch.
11:48In that single agonizing moment,
11:50everything clicked
11:51into place.
11:52His love for her
11:53was real,
11:53undeniable.
11:54He was willing
11:55to die for her.
11:56The guard arrived
11:57and the rogue wolf
11:58scattered,
11:59vanishing into the darkness.
12:00Karen lay unconscious
12:01in a private room,
12:02still and pale.
12:03Later,
12:04Ronan told me
12:04that even in his coma,
12:06he wouldn't stop
12:07whispering,
12:07that name.
12:08I didn't need to ask
12:09whose name it was.
12:10I gripped my brother's arm
12:11and turned away,
12:12pulling him with me.
12:13In this so-called
12:14fated bond,
12:15this destiny they spoke of,
12:17I had been utterly alone
12:18from the very beginning
12:19to this bitter end.
12:21No more what-ifs,
12:22no more desperate hopes.
12:23Tomorrow would be the day
12:24the man I'd love
12:25for ten years.
12:26The alpha of our pack,
12:28Karen,
12:28would finally marry.
12:29But the bride
12:30wouldn't be me.
12:31As I turned to leave,
12:32I thought I'd finally
12:33break down and cry.
12:34But there was nothing,
12:35just an empty,
12:36hollow ache.
12:38Tomorrow.
12:38Tomorrow was the wedding
12:39of the man I'd loved
12:40for ten years.
12:41Alpha Karen's
12:42grand ceremony.
12:43And me?
12:44I chose today to leave,
12:45forever.
12:46I packed all my belongings.
12:47Just one box, really.
12:49My entire life,
12:50reduced to the weight
12:51of a single box.
12:52Tonight was Karen's
12:53bachelor party.
12:54Ronan, as the beta,
12:55had to be there.
12:56Late that night,
12:57I went to the alpha's mansion
12:58to pick him up.
12:59Everything here had changed.
13:01My beloved moon petal flowers,
13:03ripped out by the roots,
13:04replaced by the blood red roses
13:06his fiancé preferred.
13:07Even the house
13:08had been rebuilt for her,
13:09transformed into a cold,
13:10modern style.
13:11I wandered like a ghost
13:12through a life
13:13that had never truly been mine.
13:15Karen helped my brother out.
13:16Ronan leaned against
13:17Karen's shoulder,
13:18mumbling.
13:19Not going to your ceremony tomorrow.
13:21Gotta see my sister off.
13:22Karen's sharp gaze
13:23swept over me.
13:24I couldn't meet his eyes.
13:25I took Ronan,
13:26turning to leave immediately.
13:28But he called out to me,
13:29and forced a smile.
13:30I wish you and the moon
13:32goddess eternal happiness,
13:33Alpha.
13:33I'm saying it now
13:34because I might not
13:35get the chance tomorrow.
13:36He froze,
13:37as if he wanted
13:38to ask something.
13:39But then he received
13:40a mind link
13:41from his fiancé.
13:42He hesitated for a split second,
13:43then chose to answer her.
13:45He seized the opportunity,
13:46pulling my brother away at once.
13:48The next day,
13:49at the portal,
13:50I hugged Ronan,
13:51then turned to face the light.
13:52Just as I stepped into the light,
13:54Karen's frantic mind link
13:55slammed into my thoughts.
13:57Celia.
13:58He finally remembered to ask me,
14:00but it was too late.
14:01I erected a permanent mental barrier,
14:03a wall he could never break through.
14:05Instantly,
14:06his frantic calls
14:07were completely cut off.
14:08Then I stepped into the light,
14:09letting it consume me.
14:11On the other side of that light,
14:12he wasn't there.
14:13No mind link calls,
14:15no belated apologies.
14:16Nothing connected to the past.
14:18Clean,
14:18pure.
14:19It was the best decision
14:20I'd ever made.
14:21Today was supposed to be
14:22my marking ceremony.
14:24The entire pack
14:25was celebrating me,
14:26but a strange unease
14:27gnawed at me.
14:28My fated mate Celia
14:29was nowhere to be found.
14:30I called out to her
14:31through our mind link,
14:32only to find our connection
14:33severed by her unilaterally.
14:35A chilling premonition
14:36exploded in my chest.
14:38Just then,
14:38the woman beside me,
14:39Seraphina,
14:40suddenly collapsed.
14:41She was the mate
14:42I was about to mark.
14:43I immediately scooped her up
14:44and rushed into the tent.
14:45The pack's healer,
14:46Alara,
14:47followed us in.
14:48The healer's voice trembled.
14:49Alpha,
14:51your mate.
14:52She's going into premature labor.
14:54I felt like I'd been struck
14:56by lightning.
14:56Premature labor?
14:57The healer said she was
14:58at least 32 weeks pregnant.
15:0032 weeks?
15:01That's 8 months.
15:02But Seraphina and I
15:03had only reunited
15:044 months ago.
15:05I'd fabricated a lie
15:06to drive Celia away.
15:07Turns out I was the fool
15:08who'd been played.
15:09The child in her belly
15:10wasn't mine at all.
15:11Hours later,
15:12Seraphina woke up.
15:13I walked into the infirmary
15:14picking up a fruit knife.
15:16I slowly peeled an apple,
15:17my voice deceptively calm.
15:19The ceremony's postponed.
15:20Get some rest.
15:21She offered a relieved smile.
15:23I stopped the knife in my hand,
15:25my gaze locked onto her.
15:26Seraphina,
15:27tell me,
15:28whose child are you carrying?
15:29That ridiculous lie
15:30ignited my fury.
15:31I slammed the knife
15:32into the bedside table,
15:33crushing her pretense
15:35with my alpha's dominance.
15:36Tell me,
15:37whose best child
15:38is in your womb?
15:39My alpha aura
15:40was tearing the hospital room apart.
15:42I just needed to know
15:43whose baby she was carrying.
15:44But the woman I'd loved
15:45for 10 years just smiled.
15:47Just a little betrayal,
15:48my alpha.
15:49Her mask ripped away,
15:50her face a canvas of mockery.
15:51She said she faked
15:52our fated mate scent
15:53with a few herbs.
15:54She said I was foolish,
15:56fooled by her for 10 long years.
15:57My mind went blank.
15:58That's when my good brother
16:00Damien walked in.
16:01He looked concerned
16:02like an innocent man.
16:03But my gaze darted
16:04between him and Seraphina's belly.
16:06A horrifying thought
16:07exploded in my mind.
16:08It was his,
16:09the baby was his.
16:10Seraphina,
16:10looking utterly deranged,
16:12shrieked,
16:12pointing at Damien.
16:13She screamed out
16:14the entire plan.
16:15Seduce me,
16:16mark me,
16:16bear Damien's son.
16:17Child with a claim
16:18to my black moon-packed throne.
16:20They wanted to take
16:21everything from me.
16:22I didn't look at her.
16:23My eyes were fixed on Damien,
16:25the brother I'd considered family.
16:26Why?
16:27My fist connected with his face.
16:29He wiped the blood from his lip,
16:30finally revealing his true self.
16:32He said we alphas
16:33were all arrogant and foolish.
16:35And I was the biggest fool of them all,
16:37because I had personally
16:38cast aside my true mate.
16:39That quiet Omega,
16:41Celia,
16:42that was your destiny.
16:44Celia,
16:45that name like a poison dagger
16:46plunged into my heart.
16:48The truth,
16:49it was a knife
16:49twisting deep in my heart.
16:51Turns out,
16:51the one I'd pushed away
16:52with my own hands
16:53was my true destiny all along.
16:55I'd burst out of the infirmary
16:56like a madwoman,
16:57straight into the pouring rain.
16:59I had to find her.
17:00I had to.
17:01Her cabin.
17:02I kicked the door open hard.
17:03Inside,
17:04dead silence.
17:05Furniture draped in white sheets,
17:06thick with dust.
17:07She was gone,
17:08long gone.
17:09Then,
17:09a shadow detached itself
17:10from the deeper gloom.
17:11It was Ronan,
17:12my once best friend,
17:13my brother.
17:14He slammed a fist into me,
17:15sending me sprawling.
17:16Get out.
17:17You don't deserve
17:18to be in her home.
17:19I shoved him aside,
17:20tearing through the place
17:21like a maniac.
17:22The wardrobe was empty,
17:23the dresser bare,
17:24nothing,
17:25just the ghost of her scent
17:26lingering.
17:27I stumbled out
17:27to the outdoor forge,
17:29collapsing to my knees.
17:30In the cold ashes,
17:31my fingers brushed
17:32against something.
17:32It was the dagger
17:33I'd given her,
17:34now a twisted,
17:35charred wreck,
17:35and a crumpled candy wrapper,
17:38one I'd carelessly
17:38given her eight years ago,
17:40still stained with the blood
17:41from her scraped knee
17:42all those years ago.
17:43She'd kept it for eight years,
17:45treasured it,
17:45only to throw it
17:46into the fire herself
17:47in the end.
17:48My heart ripped to shreds
17:49instantly.
17:50I tried to reach her
17:51through our mind link,
17:52but all that answered
17:53was a cold,
17:54impenetrable wall.
17:55She completely severed
17:56our connection,
17:57cut me off.
17:58Ronan's voice was like
17:59poison ice,
17:59sharp and deadly.
18:00While she was brewing
18:01medicine to heal your wounds,
18:02you were out picking crowns
18:03with another woman.
18:04While she was burning up
18:05with fever,
18:06baking you a cake,
18:07you were off hunting
18:08for sport with another woman.
18:10Every single word
18:10he uttered was a nail,
18:12hammered deep into my coffin.
18:13I'm sorry.
18:14I knelt in the mud,
18:15a pathetic lost dog.
18:17Please just tell me
18:17where she is.
18:18He stepped forward
18:19then slammed a vicious
18:20kick into my ribs.
18:21You'll never see her again,
18:22not ever.
18:23This is your retribution,
18:24your damn fate.
18:25He tossed down
18:26a sheet of paper.
18:27It was her self-portrait,
18:28her eyes in it
18:28once shone like stars.
18:30Now that light,
18:31I snuffed it out myself.
18:32Rain mingled with my tears
18:33and I finally utterly broke.
18:36Overnight,
18:36my business empire crumbled.
18:38Overwhelming accusations
18:39of financial fraud
18:40rained down on me.
18:41I,
18:41the alpha of the black moon pack,
18:43was now a criminal
18:44in the human world.
18:45Our pack's century-old legacy
18:47was evaporating
18:47at an unprecedented rate.
18:49I was dragged
18:50before the elder council.
18:51Their faces,
18:52contorted with rage,
18:53looked ready to tear me
18:54limb from limb.
18:55A stack of forged documents
18:56was slammed into my face.
18:58Karen,
18:59explain yourself.
19:00My signature,
19:01flawless,
19:01was on every single one.
19:03It hit me then
19:03like a punch to the gut.
19:05It was her,
19:05Seraphina,
19:06the woman I once loved,
19:08the queen I'd imprisoned.
19:09I remembered that rainy day
19:10teaching her hand over hand
19:11to mimic my handwriting.
19:13Back then,
19:13I thought it was a game
19:14of playful intimacy.
19:16Now,
19:16I saw it for what it was,
19:17pure calculation.
19:18From the very beginning,
19:19she'd been collecting
19:20my weaknesses.
19:21The elders roared,
19:22demanding my alpha title
19:23be stripped away,
19:24all because I'd been
19:25blinded by a woman.
19:26I swallowed the rising
19:27urge to kill,
19:28my gaze turning to ice.
19:29Give me three days.
19:30Three days,
19:31I washed away the shame
19:32with the traitor's blood.
19:33I thought the deepest betrayal
19:35had come from the one
19:36who shared my bed,
19:37but I was wrong.
19:38Just as I swore my blood oath
19:39to the elders,
19:40my most trusted beta,
19:41my brother Ronan,
19:42he was handing over
19:43every single defense secret
19:44of our pack,
19:45our patrol routes,
19:46our security codes,
19:47all of it to our sworn enemies.
19:49He didn't just want my life.
19:50He wanted the complete annihilation
19:52of the Black Moon pack.
19:53This was the true final blow.
19:56I was once the queen of the pack,
19:58now I'm nothing but a prisoner.
19:59On the screen in my cell,
20:01my lover, Damien,
20:01was holding a press conference.
20:03Dressed impeccably,
20:04he stood before the entire world
20:06and pinned every single crime
20:07we'd committed squarely on me.
20:09Seraphina's actions
20:10are her own doing.
20:11I knew nothing about them.
20:13I thought that was
20:14the ultimate betrayal,
20:15until his icy voice
20:16echoed directly in my mind.
20:18You're useless.
20:19The next second,
20:20the mate bond,
20:21the very link connecting our souls,
20:23was severed by his own hand.
20:25It felt like my soul
20:26was being ripped in two, alive.
20:28Before the agony even subsided,
20:29I was dragged
20:30to the center of the plaza.
20:32My former pack members
20:33spat at me,
20:34calling me a traitor,
20:35a schemer.
20:35And my ex-husband,
20:36Alpha Karen,
20:37watched coldly from the balcony.
20:39It was him who leaked
20:40the footage of Damien
20:41and me plotting.
20:42Now he was going
20:43to banish me completely.
20:44I was cast out of the territory,
20:46left with absolutely nothing.
20:47But I wouldn't fall.
20:48In my heart,
20:49only the scorching flames
20:50of revenge remained.
20:51I slipped silently
20:52into Damien's secret stronghold.
20:54He saw me,
20:55and there wasn't a hint
20:56of guilt on his face,
20:57only a flicker of impatience.
20:59You're a liability now.
21:01This is a business decision.
21:02A business decision?
21:04Our love,
21:04our child,
21:05everything we had.
21:06In his eyes,
21:07it was all just
21:07a damn business decision.
21:09The last thread
21:09of my sanity snapped.
21:11I didn't pull out
21:11the poison blade
21:12hidden in my heel.
21:13Instead,
21:14I lunged for the experimental
21:15energy core
21:16that powered
21:16the entire stronghold.
21:18With a piercing shriek,
21:19I plunged my hand
21:20deep inside.
21:21Alarms blared,
21:22and for the first time,
21:23genuine fear
21:24flashed across Damien's face.
21:25What have you done?
21:26I laughed wildly at him.
21:28If I can't have it,
21:29no one can.
21:30The world dissolved
21:31into white light
21:31and raging fire,
21:32then silence.
21:34My pack's bar was a tomb.
21:35My own pack,
21:36who once revered me,
21:37now shunned me
21:38like the plague.
21:39I was their alpha,
21:40yet in their eyes
21:41I was the sole culprit.
21:42A bottle of hard liquor down,
21:44and then the elder council's
21:45verdict arrived.
21:46They cleared me of fraud
21:47only to slap me
21:48with a new charge,
21:49leaking confidential information.
21:51It was nothing
21:51but a political charade
21:53designed to further
21:53erode my power.
21:54I stumbled back
21:55to the empty alpha mansion.
21:57This place,
21:57it was a monument
21:58to all my failures.
21:59The iron box I'd salvaged
22:01from the ruins
22:01was now in my hands.
22:02Inside lay the wreckage
22:04of all her love,
22:04a melted dagger,
22:05a charred diary,
22:06and a sketch of me.
22:07Then I remembered.
22:08She was only 14 that day,
22:10quietly sketching
22:11by the training grounds.
22:12I thought she was
22:13infatuated with me,
22:14and with one cold glance
22:15I crushed her focus.
22:17I was wrong.
22:18It wasn't infatuation,
22:19it was the pure gaze
22:20of an artist,
22:20and for that
22:21I had deeply hurt her.
22:23That memory twisted
22:23in my gut like a knife.
22:25Just then,
22:25a few of my most trusted
22:26confidants walked in.
22:28Their faces mirrored
22:29my own shame.
22:29Also, we were wrong.
22:30They handed me a data check.
22:32It was surveillance footage
22:33from two years ago.
22:34On screen,
22:35my ex-fiancé,
22:36Serafina,
22:37and my sworn enemy,
22:38Damien.
22:38They were like a true couple
22:40intimately plotting
22:40their conspiracy.
22:42The lie I had clung to
22:43shattered completely
22:44in that moment.
22:45My stupidity,
22:46my arrogance,
22:46my catastrophic mistake.
22:48It was Celia.
22:49I had personally destroyed
22:50the treasure
22:50the moon goddess
22:51had bestowed upon me.
22:52I had to find her.
22:54I drove like a madwoman
22:55tearing to her brother
22:56Ronan's apartment
22:57and knelt before his door,
22:58letting the heavy rain
22:59mingle with my tears.
23:01Ronan, please,
23:02I was wrong.
23:02I was a blind fool.
23:03Tell me where she is.
23:04I just want to tell her
23:05I'm sorry.
23:06Ronan looked down at me,
23:07his eyes devoid of hatred.
23:09Only a deep pity,
23:10more cutting than hate itself.
23:11It's too late, Karen.
23:13His voice,
23:13it was my death sentence.
23:15You threw away
23:15the best gift
23:16the moon goddess
23:16ever gave you.
23:18You don't deserve
23:18to know where she is.
23:19You lost her forever.
23:21I escaped the icy grip
23:23of the black moon pack
23:24and found my way
23:25to Silverwood Territory,
23:26a place brimming
23:27with art and nature.
23:28Here, I molded
23:29my shattered past
23:30into butterflies.
23:31My Shattered Wings series
23:33became incredibly popular,
23:34but the last piece,
23:36the one meant to represent
23:37rebirth,
23:38remained soulless.
23:39I buried myself
23:40in my studio,
23:41working day and night
23:42without rest,
23:42until a gentle voice
23:44drifted from the doorway.
23:45You'll work yourself
23:46to death,
23:46little wolf.
23:47It was my mentor,
23:48Alara,
23:49and behind her
23:50stood the alpha
23:50of Silverwood Territory,
23:52Alaric.
23:52He was holding
23:53a bowl of hot soup,
23:54bringing me food again.
23:56Alara is right, Celia.
23:57Even masterpieces
23:58need their creator
23:59to be safe and sound.
24:00I looked at him,
24:01a wave of warmth
24:02washing over me.
24:03When I first arrived,
24:04I was like a lone wolf,
24:06bearing my fangs
24:06at everyone.
24:07It was him,
24:08with godlike patience,
24:09who silently watched over me,
24:11never too close,
24:12never too far.
24:13He was also the first one
24:14to truly see through me.
24:16He saw past my omega disguise,
24:18recognizing the dormant
24:19white wolf soul within me.
24:21I gestured to the room
24:22full of butterfly sculptures
24:23and asked him,
24:24Do you know why
24:25I chose butterflies?
24:26He gently traced the curve
24:27of a mended butterfly wing.
24:28His honey-colored eyes
24:30seemed to pierce
24:30right through my soul.
24:32Because for a white wolf
24:33to be reborn,
24:34the soul must be torn apart.
24:35To break free from the cocoon,
24:37no matter how painful
24:38the process,
24:39every single word he spoke
24:40echoed my deepest feelings.
24:41I instinctively touched
24:43behind my ear.
24:44A new butterfly tattoo
24:45rested there,
24:46covering old scars.
24:47Alaric didn't give me
24:48much time to dwell
24:49on my emotions.
24:50He changed the subject,
24:51a spark igniting in his eyes.
24:53Your exhibition
24:54is in a month.
24:55Let me help you build
24:56a true sanctuary
24:56for your art.
24:57It wasn't a command,
24:59nor was it charity.
25:00It was a gesture
25:01of equal respect,
25:02an invitation to partnership.
25:03The long frozen wall
25:05around my heart
25:05finally cracked open,
25:07just a sliver.
25:08A single beam of moonlight
25:09streamed through.
25:10My art exhibition
25:11was about to begin,
25:13but for the most
25:13important centerpiece,
25:15I was drawing
25:15a complete blank.
25:17I tore through sketch
25:18after sketch,
25:19my frustration
25:19pushing me to the brink.
25:21Just then,
25:22Lord Alaric found me.
25:23He didn't say a word,
25:24just led me to
25:25his secret base,
25:26a sanctuary woven
25:27from living trees.
25:28And in the center
25:29of the sanctuary,
25:30I saw a model,
25:31a massive dome
25:32crafted from crystal.
25:33Its shape,
25:34a perfect butterfly wing.
25:35It was literally
25:36the design of my dreams.
25:38Alaric picked up a pen,
25:39and in a few strokes,
25:40merged his design
25:41with my vision.
25:42A crystal butterfly
25:43pavilion concept
25:44was instantly born.
25:46I was stunned.
25:47This was his masterpiece,
25:48his heart and soul
25:49poured into it.
25:50But he said my smile
25:51was more important
25:52than any masterpiece.
25:53The next day,
25:54he even brought
25:55a physical model.
25:56The crystal shimmered,
25:57dazzling in the sunlight.
25:59But on the base
25:59of the perfect model,
26:01I found a clumsy grass knot.
26:02It was a blessing knot,
26:04woven only between wolf mates.
26:05I couldn't help
26:06but ask him
26:07if he was doing all this
26:08just because of my brother.
26:10Alaric fell silent.
26:11He confessed that,
26:12at first,
26:13it was indeed for a promise.
26:14But then he took
26:15a step closer,
26:16his voice low and burning.
26:17But that promise
26:18was fulfilled ages ago.
26:20Everything I've done
26:21for you since then,
26:22it's all been for myself.
26:23My heart skipped a beat.
26:24He gazed at me,
26:25as if trying to see
26:26through to my soul.
26:28From the moment
26:28I saw the soul
26:29of that white wolf
26:30in your eyes,
26:31I knew,
26:32there is no way
26:33I could ever let you go.
26:34I arrived in
26:35Silverwood Territory.
26:36The air here
26:37was so clean
26:38it made me sick.
26:39I stood outside a gallery.
26:40A massive banner
26:41displayed her name,
26:42Celia.
26:43The exhibition's theme
26:44was shattered wings.
26:45I knew those wings.
26:46I was the one
26:47who broke them.
26:48I tried to enter
26:49but the guard stopped me.
26:51An invitation
26:51or a pack pass.
26:53I'm here to see the artist.
26:55No pass, no entry.
26:56The guard's eyes
26:57were filled with disdain.
26:58You reek of the
26:59Black Moon Packs, Rod.
27:00I was once the alpha
27:01of the Black Moon Pack.
27:03Now, I couldn't even
27:03get into a building.
27:04I could only wait
27:05in the plaza,
27:06like a thief,
27:07until I saw her.
27:08She walked out
27:09of the gallery,
27:10laughing freely.
27:11It was a bright,
27:12joyful laugh
27:12I'd never heard
27:13from her before.
27:14And beside her
27:15stood another man,
27:16Alpha Alaric.
27:17He looked at her
27:18with eyes full of adoration.
27:19He reached out,
27:21brushing a strand of hair
27:22from her cheek.
27:23His fingertips
27:23lightly grazed her neck.
27:25She didn't flinch.
27:26Instead,
27:27she leaned into his touch,
27:28her face showing
27:29complete trust and peace.
27:31My heart felt like
27:32it was being squeezed
27:33by a cruel hand.
27:34My wolf soul
27:35whimpered pitifully
27:36inside me.
27:37Ronan appeared beside me
27:38like a ghost.
27:39You don't deserve
27:39to be here.
27:40I just want to talk to her.
27:42I want to apologize.
27:43Ronan laughed,
27:44a harsh, grating sound.
27:46Apologize for which one?
27:47For publicly shaming her?
27:48Or attempting to murder her?
27:50Or perhaps for leaving her
27:51to die beneath
27:52the silver chandelier?
27:53He pointed to her
27:54and Alaric.
27:55See where he touched her?
27:56There's a butterfly
27:57tattoo there now.
27:58Covering the scars you left,
27:59my breath hitched.
28:00All her work in that gallery,
28:02it's about you.
28:03About how you tore
28:03her soul to shreds.
28:04Her greatest art
28:05stems from your deepest sins.
28:07I'll wait until
28:08she's willing to see me.
28:09She never will.
28:10Ronan's voice
28:11was chillingly cold.
28:12Alaric gave her
28:13what you never could.
28:14Respect and equality.
28:15He's healing her.
28:16And you, Karen,
28:17you are the wound.
28:18Stay away from her.
28:19Ronan turned
28:20and walked towards them.
28:21He embraced Celia
28:22and shook hands
28:23with Alaric.
28:24The three of them
28:25stood together,
28:26laughing and talking,
28:27like a true family.
28:29And I,
28:29I stood alone
28:30in the darkness,
28:31a banished sinner,
28:32watching the life
28:33I had personally destroyed,
28:34watching the happiness
28:35I could never possess.
28:37I finally understood.
28:38What you throw away
28:39with your own hands,
28:40you can never get back.
28:42Thunderous applause
28:43erupted,
28:43all for me.
28:44My masterpiece,
28:45Shattered Wings,
28:46was a resounding triumph.
28:47I stood in the spotlight,
28:49soaking it all in.
28:51This was my rebirth.
28:52And none of it
28:53would have been possible
28:53without Alaric's
28:54unwavering support.
28:56He had once told me
28:57the white wolf's wings
28:58would eventually soar.
28:59I bowed to the audience,
29:00my gaze sweeping
29:01over the sea of faces.
29:02But in the deepest
29:03shadows of the corner,
29:05a familiar figure
29:06caught my eye.
29:07Karen,
29:07the man who had once
29:08plunged me into the abyss.
29:10His eyes were a swirling storm
29:11of pain and regret.
29:12Our eyes locked
29:13for a single,
29:14charged second.
29:15Then I deliberately
29:16turned my head,
29:17pretending he didn't exist.
29:18The past belonged buried.
29:20I wouldn't spare him
29:21another second of my time.
29:22Later,
29:23at the celebration banquet,
29:24I found myself alone
29:25on the terrace.
29:26A year ago,
29:27I had been discarded here,
29:28leading and broken.
29:29A year later,
29:30I was the celebrated artist,
29:32the focus of every eye.
29:34Alaric appeared behind me,
29:35a velvet box in his hand.
29:40An invitation to join him
29:42in receiving the moon
29:43goddess's blessing,
29:44to embark on a new beginning,
29:45together.
29:46Inside the box lay
29:47a delicate butterfly brooch,
29:49a symbol of my metamorphosis.
29:50I'd be delighted, Alaric.
29:52He gently pinned the brooch
29:53onto my dress,
29:54then pulled me into his arms.
29:56His embrace held
29:57no possessiveness,
29:58only a profound sense
29:59of peace and security.
30:00This was what home felt like.
30:02It was over,
30:04faster than I ever imagined.
30:05The Elder Council
30:06delivered their final judgment.
30:08I wasn't the high
30:09and mighty Alpha anymore.
30:10I was a sinner.
30:11They roared,
30:12calling me blind.
30:13Blind for a traitorous woman.
30:15Blind for throwing away
30:16the white wolf's blessing.
30:17A gift bestowed
30:18once in a millennium.
30:19My father,
30:20the previous Alpha King.
30:21He pointed a trembling finger
30:23at my face,
30:24his eyes brimming
30:25with disappointment.
30:26He said my pride
30:27had blinded me,
30:28that I had personally destroyed
30:29the entire Black Moon pack.
30:31The next second,
30:32he clutched his chest
30:33and collapsed.
30:34I had literally driven
30:35him to his death.
30:36I hadn't just ruined the pack,
30:37I'd killed my own father.
30:38A month later,
30:40the Black Moon pack
30:40was no more.
30:41Our territory was absorbed
30:43by the Silverwood pack.
30:44And I,
30:45I faced the ultimate humiliation.
30:47I wasn't executed,
30:48nor was I exiled.
30:49My Alpha power
30:50was completely sealed away.
30:52I became the lowest
30:53of the low,
30:54an Omega.
30:54The former Alpha King
30:56now reduced to hauling rocks
30:57and digging ditches.
30:58Old enemies seized
30:59their chance for revenge.
31:01The log accidentally
31:02crushed my leg.
31:03I became a cripple.
31:04I lost everything.
31:05Power, family, friends,
31:07every single thing.
31:08But in the abyss of despair,
31:10only one obsession
31:10remained in my heart.
31:12Celia.
31:12Dragging my crippled leg,
31:14I escaped.
31:15It took weeks,
31:16but I finally made it
31:17back to her territory.
31:18I hid in the snow,
31:19like a beggar.
31:20Watching her and Alaric
31:21through the window,
31:22he held her from behind,
31:24looking so perfect together.
31:25I waited until she was alone,
31:27then I stopped her.
31:28She stared at my wretched appearance,
31:30utterly stunned.
31:31My voice hoarse,
31:32I apologized again and again.
31:34Celia, I was wrong.
31:35I was so, so wrong.
31:36She looked at me,
31:37her shock melting
31:38into cold pity.
31:39A hint of mockery
31:40played on her lips.
31:41Sorry?
31:42Her voice was colder
31:43than the winter wind.
31:44She said I wasn't sorry
31:46for what I'd done.
31:46I was only sorry
31:47for what I'd lost.
31:48She took a step closer,
31:50her gaze like daggers.
31:51When you were Alpha King,
31:53you didn't want me.
31:54Now that you're a beggar,
31:55you suddenly remember me?
31:57The man who once held
31:58such arrogance
31:59now lowered himself
32:00to the earth before me.
32:01He was a hollow shell,
32:02utterly defeated
32:03by the weight
32:04of his own choices.
32:05Please, Celia.
32:06I recoiled from his touch,
32:08letting his trembling hand
32:09fall into the cold snow.
32:11The gift the moon goddess
32:12bestowed upon you,
32:13you cast it aside
32:14with your own hands.
32:15This is the path you chose.
32:17You are the architect
32:18of your own silence.
32:19I turned and walked away,
32:21not sparing the past
32:22another glance,
32:23but a steady,
32:24powerful voice
32:24called out to me.
32:25It was my Alpha, Alaric.
32:27He walked through
32:27the wind and snow,
32:29his presence bringing
32:30a warmth that filled the air.
32:31He pulled me into his arms,
32:33his sovereign aura
32:34commanding the entire scene
32:35with a king's authority.
32:36I looked at the faded shadow
32:38before me,
32:38then spoke to my true partner.
32:40Let's go home.
32:41Don't let this lost soul
32:42block our path.
32:43Those words,
32:44lost soul,
32:45struck him with the force
32:46of a mountain.
32:47It was the very state
32:48he once feared.
32:49Now, it was his entire identity.
32:51Alaric's voice was low,
32:53carrying the weight
32:53of a final warning.
32:54If you ever approach
32:55my luna again,
32:56I will ensure you've vanished
32:57from this world forever.
32:59I never looked back.
33:00Between the past
33:01and my future,
33:02the bridge was finally gone.
33:04Five years later,
33:05Alaric and I stood
33:06as the leaders
33:06of the strongest pack
33:07on the continent.
33:08As for that man,
33:09his light had finally flickered out.
33:11He remained in the ruins,
33:13a memory forgotten by time.
33:14Before his path ended,
33:16he left behind
33:16a memory crystal.
33:17Inside,
33:18it held the image
33:19of the girl
33:19who once loved him
33:20with all her heart,
33:21and his final
33:22whispered words
33:23of regret.
33:25If I had a second chance,
33:26I would have cherished you
33:27from the very beginning.
33:28I shed one last tear,
33:30not for him,
33:31but for the girl
33:31I used to be.
33:32With a gentle surge
33:33of power,
33:34the crystal dissolved
33:35into starlight.
33:37A pair of strong arms
33:38wrapped around me
33:39from behind.
33:40It was Alaric.
33:41He pressed a soft kiss
33:42to the sacred mark
33:43on my neck,
33:44the one that bound us forever.
33:46You were safe.
33:47You were home.
33:48Leaning into his embrace,
33:49I gazed out
33:50at our vast,
33:51flourishing territory.
33:52The girl who was once silenced
33:53was finally heard,
33:54and I was finally,
33:56truly free.
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