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00:00I was born, not because I actually lied, but because of this thing around
00:03My mom called me a liar from the day I was born, not because I actually lied, but because of
00:08this thing around my neck, the Verity Choker
00:10Mom was Luna of Silvermoon Pack, and she believed one thing above all, lying was the mark of a weak
00:16wolf
00:16We were her daughters, future alpha heirs, weakness was not an option
00:21So when my twin sister Emma and I were born, mom clasped these chokers around our throats, which had witch
00:27magic to detect lies
00:28Green light means truth, red light means you were lying, Emma's choker, always green
00:34She could shred mom's ceremonial cloak and blame the cat, and Jem would glow a steady green
00:39Not me
00:40Green light, believed, me?
00:43Mom, I'm hungry
00:45And flash, red light, the choker choked tight, I shifted on instinct
00:50A small white wolf, pawing desperately at the Jem around my neck, claws scraping against it, unable to get it
00:56off
00:57I'm not lying, not lying, please
00:59But mom's eyes had already gone cold, instant punishment
01:03Mom's punishment wasn't gentle, no food, locked in my room, no contact with anyone in the pack
01:09The truth necklace doesn't lie, Stella, starve now, study later
01:13I'm doing this for your own good
01:15After 10 years of this, I started believing it too
01:18Maybe I really was born wrong
01:20New year's eve, everything changed
01:23Mom 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
01:30I collapsed on the floor, my skeletal frame curling into itself
01:34Mom, please
01:36The choker flashed red and choked tight
01:39She looked down at me, disgusted in her eyes
01:42In your dreams, Stella
01:45Faking an illness to ruin our night?
01:47She grabbed Emma's hand and headed for the door
01:49I wanted to howl, but my wolf was too weak to answer
01:52I shifted anyway, forced it
01:55A small, white wolf trembling on the floor
01:57Ribs heaving
01:58Maybe in this form, the pain would hurt less
02:01It didn't
02:02I couldn't even hold the shift
02:03I slipped back into myself without meaning to
02:06Sorry, mom
02:07I won't lie anymore
02:08But the pain got worse, way worse
02:11The door handle turned
02:12For one second, I thought
02:14Mom's coming back
02:15She came back for me
02:17Hurry up
02:18The bonfire is starting
02:19Emma's waiting
02:21Mom
02:21I reached out with a shaking hand
02:23Please
02:25Something's really wrong
02:26I feel like I'm dying
02:27She glanced at my neck
02:28The gem was flashing red
02:30Over and over
02:31She crouched down
02:33Grabbed my chin
02:34Stella, how long are you gonna keep this up?
02:37Can't you just be honest
02:38And stay here and think about what you've done?
02:41Dad appeared in the doorway
02:43Honey
02:43Should we at least leave her some food?
02:47Food?
02:48She has a stash of snacks she bought with stolen money
02:50She won't starve
02:52Lock the door
02:53When that gem turns green, we'll talk
02:56But
02:57But what?
02:59It's because you spoil her that she turned out this way
03:02Look at Emma
03:03Her gem has always been green
03:06Stella is a liar
03:07An alpha heiress who can't tell the truth
03:10She needs discipline
03:11But my cabinet was empty
03:13Emma stole that money
03:15Emma ate those snacks
03:17Emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying
03:20Not me
03:21And mom believed her
03:23I tried to defend myself
03:24It wasn't me!
03:26Red light
03:27The choker choked tight
03:28I tried to shift
03:30Nothing happened
03:31Deep inside
03:32My wolf barely stirred
03:34Mom locked me up for three days with nothing but water and stale bread
03:40Mom turned to leave
03:41Emma peeked through the door
03:42Made a face at me
03:43Bye sis
03:45We're gonna see the bonfire
03:46Her gem glowed a steady green
03:49So pretty
03:50The door locked
03:51The house went silent
03:53I called my wolf
03:54Nothing came back
03:56Not even a whisper
03:57Just me alone
03:59The pain was unbearable
04:02But I kept thinking
04:03Mom's right
04:04The gem doesn't lie
04:06It's red
04:07So I must be lying
04:09I'm not in pain
04:12I'm not in pain
04:15I kept repeating it like a prayer
04:17Eventually
04:18I almost believed it
04:20The pain
04:21Dulled
04:22Or maybe I was just going numb
04:24I crawled to my desk
04:26I had to write
04:27That was the rule
04:28If the gem glowed red
04:30I had to pen a thousand word apology
04:33Or mom would never let me out
04:35I am a liar
04:37Write it down
04:38And maybe mom would forgive me
04:40Maybe she'd even let me out
04:42I opened my journal
04:44Pages and pages of apologies
04:46I'd written over the years
04:48Sorry I lied
04:49I won't do it again
04:51But this time
04:52I wanted to write the truth
04:54My vision blurred
04:55My hand shook as I wrote
04:58Mom
04:58I really love you
05:00It really hurts
05:02Why won't you believe me?
05:04Please believe me
05:05Just once
05:07The moment I finished the last word
05:09The pain vanished
05:11Just
05:11Gone
05:12I felt light
05:13Weightless
05:15I looked down
05:16I was floating
05:17And there
05:18Slumped over the desk
05:20Was my body
05:21Motionless
05:22The gem still flashing red
05:24Around a dead girl's neck
05:26Oh
05:26I'm dead
05:27And then
05:29She came out
05:30My wolf
05:31Stepping out of my body
05:33Like she'd been waiting all along
05:34Small
05:35Skinny
05:36Barely holding together
05:38She looked up at me
05:40And once
05:41Soft and low
05:42In the pack's old stories
05:44They say
05:45When a wolf dies young
05:47Her spirit doesn't cross over alone
05:49Her wolf walks beside her
05:51Until they find the door together
05:53I knelt down
05:55She pressed her nose
05:56Into my ghostly palm
05:58Finally
05:59We were together now
06:00But
06:01I never learned how to be honest
06:03Sorry mom
06:04I heard laughter
06:05Mom
06:06Dad
06:07Emma
06:07Coming through the front door
06:10Tonight's bonfire was beautiful
06:11The best one yet
06:14Just like our Emma
06:15Perfect in every way
06:18I'd never heard her sound like that
06:19When she talked about me
06:20I floated toward them
06:22My wolf patting silently at my side
06:25Moving on instinct
06:26I wanted to help them
06:27Take off their cloaks
06:28That's what I always did
06:30Mom
06:30My arms passed right through her body
06:33Like wind
06:34Why is it so cold here?
06:36Is the hearthi out?
06:38I stood there
06:39Staring at my transparent hands
06:40My wolf pressed against my leg
06:43And looked up at me with sad eyes
06:44Right
06:45Dead wolves couldn't hug the living
06:47Shall we go and see Stella?
06:49She hasn't eaten yet
06:51Still the good cop
06:52I looked at mom hopefully
06:54If she found me dead
06:55Would she be sad?
06:57Would she regret it?
06:59She won't starve
07:00She is a werewolf
07:02Not a human pup
07:04This whole fake sick for attention thing
07:06Is out of control
07:07I laughed bitterly
07:09Mom wasn't wrong
07:11Werewolves heal
07:12But
07:13I hadn't been able to in a long time
07:15Last winter
07:16The choker left bruises
07:17That stayed for days
07:18That hadn't happened before
07:20I reached for my wolf
07:21She was still there
07:22But the warmth never came
07:24She was too hungry
07:26Just like me
07:28Mom never noticed
07:30She only ever looked at my neck
07:32For one thing
07:33The gem
07:34And whether it was red or green
07:36Mom pushed open my door
07:37Didn't even turn on the light
07:39Just for a second
07:40Her eyes flashed gold
07:42Her wolf might have known
07:43Mom didn't listen
07:45In the dim glow from the hallway
07:47She saw me slumped over my desk
07:49I looked like a skeleton
07:50Hadn't moved
07:52Still putting on an act?
07:55You're ten years old
07:56Not five
07:57Grow up
07:58Mom I'm not playing
08:00I'm dead
08:01Look at me
08:02Touch me
08:03I'm freezing
08:33She couldn't hear me
08:34Leave her
08:34We have to visit grandma tomorrow
08:37The door locked again
08:39I floated next to my corpse
08:41My wolf curled silently at my feet
08:43Staring at that single point of red light in the darkness
08:46Mom if you'd just stepped closer
08:49If you'd just touched my hand
08:51You'd know I was ice cold
08:53But you didn't
08:54You believed the choker
08:55Not the daughter you carried for nine months
08:58That night
08:59A rat crawled out of my empty cabinet
09:01I used to scream whenever I saw rats
09:04But now
09:04I just floated by the ceiling
09:06Watching it scurry across my dead body
09:08The rat bit into my toe
09:10I didn't feel anything
09:12My wolf charged at it anyway
09:14And passed right through
09:15Landing on the other side
09:17She turned back to look at me
09:19Confused
09:20Lost
09:21I pulled her close
09:22And buried my face
09:23In the fur of her back
09:25It's okay
09:26You can't feel it anymore
09:27It'll be over soon
09:29She let out one low growl
09:31Then went still against me
09:33Finally
09:34No more pain
09:35For either of us
09:37The next morning
09:38Sunlight streamed through the window
09:39No warmth reached my body
09:42In the kitchen
09:43I could hear mom making breakfast
09:45The smell of roasted meat
09:46Crept under my door
09:48My favorite
09:49But mom always said
09:50Liars don't deserve meat
09:52So I only ever got steamed vegetables
09:54She was clanging the pots
09:56Extra loud on purpose
09:57Trying to tempt me out
09:59Trying to make me give in
10:00And apologize for things
10:01I never did
10:02In the old days
10:03I might have caved
10:05I might have confessed to anything
10:07For one bite of roasted meat
10:08But I don't need food anymore
10:11Stella still hasn't come out yet?
10:13Dad asked
10:14Reading the pack notices
10:15She is so stubborn
10:17She can eat or not
10:19I don't care
10:21Emma walked to my door
10:23And made a big show
10:24Of sniffing the air
10:25Then she screamed dramatically
10:28Mom!
10:29Stella's room smells like poop!
10:31Did she poop in there?
10:33I floated by the door
10:35Watching my sister
10:36With a bitter smile
10:37My wolf sat beside me
10:39Ears flat
10:40Eyes low
10:41The hearth was burning hot
10:43After just one night
10:45My body started to rot
10:47Mom stormed over
10:49Pounding on the door
10:51Stella!
10:52Who does that?
10:53The toilet is right there!
10:55Did you shit on the floor
10:56To spite me?
10:57I remembered being six
10:59I had food poisoning
11:01Couldn't make it
11:02To the toilet in time
11:03Mom didn't help me clean up
11:05She made me stand outside
11:07Pointed at me
11:08And told the neighbors
11:09Look at this
11:11She's such a mess
11:12She can't even use
11:13The toilet herself
11:14Now she thought
11:15I was dirty again
11:16Leave her
11:17Let her sit in her own stink
11:19But Dad stood up
11:21Frowning
11:21That smells really bad
11:23I should check
11:24Could it be a dead rat
11:26Or something?
11:27My heart
11:28If I still had one
11:29Leapt
11:30Dad!
11:31Please!
11:32Open the door!
11:33I'm right here!
11:35Just turn the handle
11:36And you'll see
11:36I'm not moving!
11:37I waved my transparent arms
11:39Frantically
11:40My wolf ran straight
11:42To my bedroom door
11:43Willing Dad to open it
11:45Dad's hand touched
11:46The door handle
11:47His hand froze
11:49Someone was pounding
11:50At the front door
11:50A pack elder
11:51Urgent business
11:52Dad's face went pale
11:54He grabbed his cloak
11:55The border
11:56There's an emergency
11:57He was already out the door
11:59I froze
12:00So close
12:01One second away
12:02If that knock
12:03Had come one second later
12:04I would have been found
12:05Maybe then
12:06I wouldn't have rotted alone
12:08That afternoon
12:09Mom took Emma
12:10To the pack market
12:11The house was empty
12:12Except for my corpse
12:13When they came back
12:13That evening
12:14Loaded down with food
12:15And gifts from the market
12:16The smell had gotten worse
12:18Mom
12:19Gagged
12:19The second she walked in
12:21Stella?
12:22Are you trying to turn
12:22This place into a den
12:23Of inequity?
12:24She didn't even open my door
12:26Just grabbed cloth strips
12:27And sealed the gap
12:28At the bottom
12:29If you want to stay in there
12:30And make disgusting stew zoos
12:32Don't stink up my house
12:33She patted her hands together
12:34Satisfied
12:35Then went to prepare dinner
12:37I stared at that sealed door
12:38My wolf pressed her nose
12:40Against it
12:40And whimpered once
12:41So that's it
12:42I'm worth less than
12:43A venison dinner
12:44By day three
12:45Even the cloth strips
12:46Couldn't contain the smell
12:47Mom was arranging
12:48Fresh wildflowers
12:49Trying to cover it up
12:50But the stench of death
12:52Is unmistakable
12:53Sweet
12:54Rotten
12:55Oily
12:55She cut a rose stem
12:56Too hard
12:57A thorn pierced her hand
12:59She snapped
12:59In her mind
13:01I was doing this on purpose
13:02Not bathing
13:03Poop on the floor
13:04Hiding dead rats in my room
13:06All to piss her off
13:07All to defy her authority
13:08As Luna
13:09Stella!
13:11She grabbed a rolling pin
13:12From the kitchen
13:12Stormed toward my room
13:14I'm done with you
13:15You disgusting little brat
13:17Time you learned
13:18What real pain feels like
13:20I floated in front of her
13:21Waving my arms desperately
13:23Don't come in mom
13:25Please
13:27Please
13:28Even though she never loved me
13:30I didn't want her to see me like that
13:32But she walked right through me
13:33Ripped the cloth strips off
13:35Jammed the spare key into the lock
13:37The door flew open
13:38The smell hit her like a wall
13:40She stumbled back
13:41Wretching
13:42Stella!
13:42What are you doing?
13:44She saw me
13:45Still slumped over the desk
13:46Back turned
13:47Not moving
13:48To her
13:49This was the ultimate rebellion
13:50I'm talking to you!
13:53She marched over
13:54Raised the rolling pin
13:55But stopped
13:56She wanted to see my face first
13:58Wanted to see my
14:00Get up!
14:01She grabbed the back of my shirt
14:02Grabbed my skin
14:03The moment she touched me
14:04She froze
14:05Through the thin fabric
14:06Her hand didn't feel warm flesh
14:08She felt cold
14:09Hard
14:10Dead meat
14:11The kind of cold
14:12That seeps into your bones
14:13What?
14:15But momentum carried her forward
14:16She yanked
14:17Crash
14:17My body
14:18Stiff as a board
14:20Toppled backward
14:21Taking the chair with it
14:22And there was my face
14:23Blue-black
14:24Eyes bulging
14:25Features twisted in agony
14:26Dried foam and blood
14:28Crusted around my mouth
14:29Around my blackened neck
14:31The Verity choker hung lifeless
14:33The gem dark
14:34No red
14:35No green
14:36Just silence
14:37My journal slid off the desk
14:39Fell open at mom's feet
14:41The last page stared up at her
14:43Mom, my stomach really hurts
14:44The choker is wrong
14:46I'm not lying
14:47Please don't punish me
14:48Mom screamed
14:50Not a wolf's howl
14:51A raw
14:52Guttural shriek
14:54That tore through her throat
14:55She stumbled backward
14:57Slammed into the bookshelf
14:59A clay pot shattered
15:00But she didn't seem to feel the pain
15:02She just
15:03Stared at me
15:04Eyes wide
15:06Unblinking
15:07No
15:08No, no, no
15:10This is not real
15:11Stella, get up
15:12Stella, get up
15:13I'm not mad anymore
15:15Stop scaring me
15:18Her hand reached out
15:19Trembling to touch my arm
15:21The second her skin
15:22Made contact with my corpse
15:24She recoiled
15:25Like she'd been burned
15:26That cold was too real
15:28Lisa from next door
15:30Heard the screaming
15:31And went straight
15:32To the pack healer
15:33When she saw
15:34What was in my room
15:35She collapsed in the gate
15:36Within the hour
15:37Heavy boots on the floorboards
15:39The pack healer
15:40And a handful of pack warriors
15:42Crowding the entrance
15:43Mom sat on the floor
15:45A warrior's hand on her shoulder
15:47She's speaking it
15:48She's always lying
15:51It doesn't lie
15:53I'm just teaching her
15:54No one responded
15:55They all looked at her
15:57Like she was a monster
15:58The pack healer
15:59Crouched next to my body
16:01He muttered under his breath
16:02Severe malnutrition
16:04Organ failure
16:06This puppy has been starved
16:07For at least a month
16:08He carefully tried
16:09To remove the Verity choker
16:11But it had fused
16:12Years of tightening
16:14Had pressed the leather
16:15Deep into the skin
16:16Of my neck
16:17Damn it
16:18He had to use tools
16:19To pry it off
16:20Even dead
16:21My soul flinched
16:23My wolf lifted her head
16:24And long
16:27Raw
16:28Desperate
16:29The kind of howl
16:30That should have shaken the walls
16:32No one heard it
16:33No one flinched
16:34We were already dead
16:36A warrior picked up my journal
16:38Started reading
16:39His face went from neutral
16:41To horrified
16:42Mom's eyes locked onto that book
16:45That's her confession
16:46She admits she lied
16:48Look
16:48She wrote it herself
16:52The warrior pushed her back
16:54Wrapped the journal in cloth
16:55And took it
16:56We'll report it to the council
16:58That's when dad got home
17:00He saw the pack healer
17:01And the pack warriors
17:03Crowding the doorway
17:03Saw the body wrap
17:05Being carried out
17:06Saw the long cord
17:08That sealed away
17:09My entire life
17:11His legs gave out
17:12He collapsed on the doorstep
17:14Emma stood nearby
17:16Sobbing in confusion
17:17She pointed at the discolored
17:19Verity choker on the table
17:21Why does Stella have a black collar?
17:23And I have a green one
17:25See?
17:26She held up her neck
17:27The gem blinked its steady green
17:29It was grotesque
17:31The council elders arrived before dawn
17:34Mom straightened when she saw them
17:36Even now
17:37Even with my body
17:39Three days cold and rotting
17:40Her luna instincts kicked in
17:42She lifted her chin
17:44Squared her shoulders
17:45It didn't work today
17:47They started questioning mom
17:49In the living room
17:50Mom grabbed the Verity choker
17:52Off the table
17:52Like it was a lifeline
17:54Test it
17:55That choker proved she was lying
17:57Red gem means lie
18:00I never abused her
18:02The choker told me
18:04I was just educating her
18:07The council elders looked at her
18:08Like she'd lost her mind
18:10The pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition
18:14Months of starvation
18:16Aphelion
18:17Multiple old injuries
18:19Consistent with prolonged
18:20That's dis-discipline
18:22That's teaching her to be honest
18:25Then
18:25She did something insane
18:27You don't believe me?
18:30Fine
18:30I'll wear it
18:34Watch
18:34It'll be green
18:36The leather pressed against her skin
18:38Cold
18:39Sticky
18:40That was my blood
18:42She took a deep breath
18:43Tried to calm herself
18:45She needed to prove she was innocent
18:47Needed to prove her way of raising an alpha heir was right
18:51She held up the gem
18:52Eyes wild
18:53Listen
18:54I'm Rachel
18:55I'm Stella's mother
18:57This is the truth
18:59The absolute truth
19:01The gem flashed red
19:02Mom's confident expression shattered
19:07I said truth
19:09I am Rachel
19:10I never abused her
19:12I did it for her own good
19:16I love her
19:18And suddenly
19:19She remembered
19:20Me
19:21Ten years old
19:23Gasping as the choker tightened around my throat
19:26Biting my lip so I wouldn't make a sound
19:28Is this what it felt like?
19:31Why is it red?
19:32I am telling the truth
19:34Turn green
19:35You're broken
19:36You're setting me up
19:37But the gem kept flashing
19:38Like it was mocking her
19:40You're a liar
19:42You're a liar
19:43You're a liar
19:45Enough
19:46This is just a bloodstone
19:49I've seen it before
19:50It changes color with body heat
19:53Fear
19:53Pain
19:54Anything that makes your heart race
19:57Temperature rises
19:58It burns red
19:59That's all it does
20:01No witch magic
20:03Never was
20:04Think about your daughter
20:06Think about your daughter
20:07Ruptured appendix
20:08Organ failure
20:09The pain must have been unbearable
20:11She was terrified
20:13And what did you see?
20:14A red gem
20:16So you punished her more
20:18Which made her more scared
20:20Which made her temperature rise
20:23Which made the stone turn redder
20:27You are Luna
20:29You are supposed to protect every wolf in this pack
20:33You couldn't even protect your own daughter
20:35You ignored her cries for help
20:38You starved your daughter to death
20:41Mom's world collapsed
20:43She sat there
20:44Staring at the flashing gem on her own net
20:47And finally understood
20:48For ten years
20:49Every red light wasn't because I was lying
20:52It was because I was scared
20:54Scared of her anger
20:56Scared of being misunderstood
20:58Scared of eating food that made me sick
21:01I was in pain
21:03Pain that made my heart race
21:05And cold sweat pour down my face
21:07I was desperate
21:08Desperate for a hug
21:10For her to hold me the way she held Emma
21:13Every signal from my frightened heart
21:15She had interpreted as proof of my lies
21:19No! Get it off!
21:24I'm not lying! I'm not!
21:27She tried to shift
21:28Fur rippling across her skin
21:29Bones cracking
21:31But the leather cinched harder around her throat
21:33The moment her neck didn't change
21:35She snapped back into human form
21:38Gasping
21:40I can't get it off!
21:42Stella, take it back!
21:43I'm sorry!
21:44It's all my fault!
21:47This little bit of choking
21:48And she was already breaking
21:50Mom
21:51I suffered for ten years
21:54The council elders needed evidence for judgment
21:57So they opened my journal
21:59In front of my parents
22:01February 14th
22:02Sunny
22:03Mom put celery on my plate
22:05I'm allergic
22:06My throat swells
22:08I can't breathe
22:08I said I can't eat it
22:10But because I was scared of making her angry
22:13My body ran hot
22:14The gem flashed red
22:16The choker tightened
22:18Mom said I was picky
22:20Lying
22:21Made me eat the whole plate
22:23That night
22:24I threw up blood
22:25My throat felt like it was on fire
22:28I shifted to ease my pain
22:30Mom saw it and said I'd snuck berry juice
22:33That I was faking
22:34The choker tightened for ten more minutes
22:38Mom's hand flew to her mouth
22:41She was shaking violently
22:42She remembered that night
22:44She really did think it was berry juice
22:47She didn't even look closely
22:49Just turned away to read Emma a bedtime story
22:52That was blood
22:54From a swollen, torn throat
22:56June 1st
22:58Pup's Day
22:59Emma shredded Mom's ceremonial cloak
23:01Emma's heart is always calm
23:04Her gem stays green
23:05I tried to explain
23:07But I was scared of being hit
23:09My body ran hot
23:10Red gem
23:12Choker tightened for ten minutes
23:14It hurt so bad
23:16But I didn't cry
23:18Because crying makes your body run hotter
23:20And Mom thinks that means you're not sorry
23:23So I held my breath
23:25Pretended it didn't hurt
23:27Mom said
23:28See?
23:29She doesn't even blink
23:30She's definitely faking it
23:33Dad couldn't take it anymore
23:35This man
23:35Who had always put the pack
23:37Before his own family
23:38Chose duty over his daughter
23:40For ten years
23:41You monster!
23:43What did you do?
23:45That was your daughter!
23:47You treated her like a stray!
23:49Blood at the corner of her mouth
23:51Not my fault
23:52Not my fault
23:53It's her
23:54It's Emma
23:55Emma's gem was always green
23:58Emma was the good one
23:59If it wasn't for that green light
24:01Making me trust her
24:02I wouldn't have believed the red light so much
24:05This is Emma's fault
24:07That little princess everyone who protected
24:09One of the council elders walked over
24:11Gently removed the green Verity Choker from her neck
24:14Took out a blade
24:16Pried the gem loose right there
24:19It rolled onto the table
24:20Still glowing green
24:22Steady
24:23Unchanged
24:24The elder picked up the stone
24:26A glowstone?
24:28That is all
24:29Your younger daughter's choker
24:31Was always going to shine green
24:33No matter what she said
24:35Did
24:35Or lied about
24:37It would never change
24:38Your so-called Verity Choker
24:41Was a fraud
24:43That was her truth for ten years
24:45That was the evidence she used to convict me
24:48A common glowstone
24:49That put me in hell
24:51While Emma lived in paradise
24:53So I wasn't a liar
24:54I laughed
24:56Laughed until I cried
24:58Turns out
24:59Ghosts could cry too
25:00The elder turned to the last page of the journal
25:03His voice broke
25:04The handwriting was a mess
25:06Clearly written while dying
25:08Mom
25:08If I die
25:10Will the choker stop glowing red?
25:12Or if it turns green
25:13Will you hug me then?
25:15I'm not lying
25:15I couldn't heal myself anymore
25:17My stomach hurts so much
25:20Like knives
25:21Next life
25:22Please don't make me wear the choker
25:25Please
25:25I just want to be a normal pup
25:27I want to eat mom's roasted meat
25:29Mom stared at the broken glowstone on the table
25:32That truth magic she trusted without question
25:35A worthless stone
25:36Because of that stone
25:38She spoiled Emma for ten years
25:40Because of that cursed red light
25:42She tortured me for ten years
25:48Mom started laughing
25:50Her voice cracking at every sound
25:52Worse than crying
25:54Fake
25:55All fake
25:59I killed my most honest pup
26:01And I worshipped a liar
26:04She'd lost her mind
26:06For real this time
26:07My death became the talk of the entire pack
26:11Lisa
26:11The neighbor who had sent for the pack healer
26:14Told everyone what she'd seen
26:15Every wolf knew by morning
26:18Luna had starved her own daughter
26:20To death
26:21Monster
26:23Murderer
26:24She doesn't deserve to be Luna
26:26Stones flew at our door
26:28The word killer
26:29Carved into the wall
26:31The council convened within the day
26:33The verdict was swift
26:35Dad lost his alpha title
26:37No wolf would follow him now
26:39My grandfather
26:40The former alpha
26:42Read out the judgment himself
26:43He didn't look at his son once
26:46Dad walked out of the council hall
26:48And never looked back
26:49He took Emma
26:50And left the pack
26:51That same night
26:52Emma was a bad seed
26:54Sure
26:54But she was still his blood
26:56Before they left
26:57Emma tried to take her green choker
26:59Dad stomped on it
27:01Why the hell would you want that piece of trash?
27:04Emma cried as he dragged her away
27:06Mom got out of the dungeon
27:08The healer said she had lost her mind
27:11The council locked her in the home instead
27:13The one that still smelled like death
27:15Her mental state deteriorated fast
27:18She refused to take off the red choker
27:21She would tighten it herself
27:22Whenever the guilt got too heavy
27:24She said choking was the only thing that eased it
27:27It was her self-imposed punishment
27:29I floated in the darkness
27:31My wolf curled beside me
27:33Watching her unravel day after day
27:35She'd talk to the empty corner where I used to stand
27:38Stella, I brought you some food
27:39No celery today
27:41It's all roast
27:43Just how you like it
27:45But there was no food
27:46There was nothing
27:47Just her hands
27:49Cupped around air
27:50She'd pretend to set a plate down
27:52Her hands shook
27:53The gem flashed red
27:55She was anxious
27:56Guilty
27:57Falling apart
27:58She smiled
27:59But her eyes were empty
28:01The gem is red
28:02Mom is lying
28:05Liars don't deserve food
28:06She pulled the choker tight with her own hands
28:09Let it choke her
28:10Her body convulsed against the cold floor
28:12It hurts so much
28:14Is this how Stella felt?
28:17I'm sorry
28:18Mom started reenacting my diary entries
28:21I couldn't eat celery because of my allergy
28:24So she forced herself to eat spoiled food
28:28Until she vomited blood
28:29Then swallowed it back down
28:31I was locked in isolation
28:33So she locked herself in my old room
28:36Lights off
28:37And bowed to my portrait
28:39Until her forehead bled
28:40Over and over
28:42Blood on the floor
28:44Late at night
28:45She'd see the red glow of the bloodstone
28:48Reflected on the wall
28:49To her
28:50It looked like my bloody eyes were watching
28:52She kept punishing herself
28:54The wounds healed slower and slower
28:57Her wolf
28:58Exhausted by months of self-torture
29:01Slowly fell into a deep sleep
29:03Mom didn't care
29:04She scrawled on the back of my journal
29:06I'm sorry
29:07I was wrong
29:09Red means pain
29:10Red means love
29:12Please come back and say
29:13It hurts hurts one more time
29:16I'll save you
29:17I promise
29:18Too bad I'm dead
29:19Dead wolves can't cry for help
29:21Eventually the new alpha intervened
29:24Mom's self-harm had gone too far
29:26She'd nearly choked herself to death
29:28With her own hands
29:29He ordered her to move to a small hut
29:32At the far edge of the village
29:33Locked from the outside
29:35Someone posted to watch her day and night
29:37She was the strangest woman they'd ever seen
29:40Nobody knew where she'd found it
29:42A frayed red cord
29:44Tied around her own neck
29:46Her homemade choker
29:47If anyone tried to remove it
29:50She'd snap at them
29:51Teeth bared
29:52Snarling
29:53Wild-eyed
29:54Don't touch me
29:56Stella's watching
29:58She'll be angry if you take it
30:00Every time the guard called her name
30:02And brought her food
30:03Mom would grab the red cord
30:05And pull it tight against her own throat
30:08Convulsing
30:08Screaming
30:09Red light
30:10Red light
30:11Don't punish
30:13Punish me
30:14I'll eat
30:14I'll eat
30:16Even if the food was scalding hot
30:18She'd gulp it down
30:20Burning her throat
30:21Wouldn't spit it out
30:22She was reenacting my final moments
30:25Living my hell on repeat
30:27Years later
30:28Emma grew up
30:29Without guidance
30:30And with a trail of shame behind her
30:32She drifted from pack to pack
30:35Stealing to survive
30:36No one would take her in
30:38When she ran out of options
30:40She remembered
30:41Mom was still alive
30:43She slipped back into the Silverman pack
30:45Under the cover of night
30:46Not for love
30:47For money
30:49Hey crazy lady
30:51Dad's dead
30:52Give me whatever you've been hiding
30:54Emma stood there
30:56Face hard
30:56Eyes full of contempt
30:58She looked at Mom's hollow
31:00Broken form
31:01And spat on the floor
31:03It's disgusting
31:04Give me what I want
31:07Or I'll send you to meet your daughter
31:09For a moment
31:10Mom's cloudy eyes cleared
31:12She looked at Emma
31:13And suddenly remembered
31:14That choker
31:16That always green glowstone
31:18That decade of deception
31:20It's you
31:22You lie
31:23You're the green light
31:24That wasn't there
31:25You killed Stella
31:27Give her back to me
31:29Give her back to me
31:31The last shred of maternal love
31:33Twisted into something feral
31:35Mom lunged
31:36Grabbed Emma by the throat
31:38Should have died
31:40Not her
31:41You
31:44Emma thrashed
31:45But couldn't break free
31:46From a mad woman's grip
31:48The guards rushed in
31:49Pulled her off
31:50Emma stumbled out of the hut
31:52Terrified
31:53They're all insane
31:55She bolted into the forest
31:57She didn't get far
31:58Rogues
32:00The kind that haunted the borderlands
32:02Preying on anyone foolish enough
32:04To run through the trees
32:05Alone at night
32:06Emma never saw them coming
32:08By the time she did
32:10It was too late
32:11She survived
32:12Barely
32:13Both legs shattered beyond repair
32:15She'd never walk again
32:17Meanwhile
32:18Mom was strapped to her cot
32:20Staring at the ceiling
32:21Tears streaming
32:23In her dreams
32:24She finally saw me
32:25I was ten again
32:26No choker
32:28White dress
32:29Smiling
32:30Mom!
32:31She reached for me
32:32Crying with joy
32:33Stella!
32:35But the moment her hands touched me
32:37I burst into ash
32:40She woke up screaming
32:42If she'd been wearing that choker
32:44It would have been blood red
32:45Eternal torment
32:47I stood in the void
32:49Watching it all
32:50Mom strapped to her bed
32:51Emma in a wheelchair
32:53Begging on the market
32:54Dad
32:55Drunk and dead in some gutter
32:57I felt nothing
32:58No satisfaction
32:59Just a flat
33:01Dead
33:02Calm
33:02My wolf padded over quietly
33:04She didn't howl
33:06Didn't nudge
33:07Just pressed her head against my hand
33:09And held it there
33:10In the distance
33:11A door of light appeared
33:12Soft
33:13Steady
33:14Waiting
33:15I looked at my wolf
33:16She looked at me
33:18Yeah
33:18Time to leave
33:20This life was too bitter
33:21Nothing worth holding onto
33:23I floated to Mom's hut
33:25One final time
33:26She looked ancient
33:27Hair completely white
33:29Frail as paper
33:30She sensed something
33:31Her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air
33:33Right where I stood
33:35Stella
33:35Is that you?
33:36Her trembling hand reached into the emptiness
33:39Mom destroyed the choker
33:40I don't believe in it anymore
33:42Come back
33:43Please
33:43I'll cook for you
33:44No salary
33:45I'll buy you new dresses
33:46Not Emma
33:47Tears rolled down her face
33:49I looked at the red marks on her neck from the frayed cord
33:52I
33:52I reached out
33:54My cold ghostly finger touched her forehead
33:57This was my final mercy
33:58Sleep Mom
33:59In sleep there's no pain
34:01Her eyes fluttered shut
34:03She slumped into a deep dreamless rest
34:05A breeze blew through the hut
34:07The old journal on her cot flipped open
34:09The last page
34:11My dying words
34:12Stared up at the ceiling
34:13But below it
34:14In shaky handwriting
34:15Were new lines
34:17Written by Mom
34:18During a lucid moment
34:19Next life
34:20Let me wear the choker
34:21Let me be the liar
34:22Punish me however you want
34:24Just don't leave me
34:25I stared at those words
34:26Felt nothing
34:27Too late
34:28Repentance means nothing to the dead
34:30Mom
34:31I don't hate you anymore
34:33But I don't love you either
34:35Let's not meet again
34:36I turned away
34:37My wolf was waiting
34:38In the distance
34:39The door of light still glowed
34:41Soft
34:41Steady
34:42Patient
34:42I looked at my neck
34:44The phantom Verity choker
34:45Still there
34:46Even in spirit form
34:48The nightmare that had changed me for a lifetime
34:50I grabbed it
34:51It shattered into nothing
34:53I felt weightless
34:54Free
34:54No red light
34:55No hunger
34:56No lies
34:57Just freedom
34:58My wolf pressed against my side
35:00Together
35:00We walked toward the light
35:02I didn't look back
35:03Morning came
35:04A guard pushed open the door
35:06Rachel
35:06Time to eat
35:07No response
35:08She walked closer
35:09Mom's hand clutched the torn journal
35:11A single tear
35:12Crystallized at the corner of her eye
35:14She crouched beside her
35:15Held two fingers beneath her nose
35:17Nothing
35:18She was gone
35:19Passing through the door
35:20Wasn't violent
35:21No spinning
35:22No chaos
35:23Just warmth
35:24Like sinking into a spring stream
35:26I looked to my side
35:28My wolf was gone
35:29I didn't panic
35:30I pressed my hand to my chest
35:32And there she was
35:33Steady
35:33Warm
35:34Then I heard her voice
35:35Not a whimper
35:36Not a whine
35:37Clear
35:37And bright
35:38And full of life
35:40Like the first time we met
35:41Run
35:41I shifted
35:42Four paws hit the ground
35:44And I ran
35:44Through forests that smelled of pine and rain
35:47Through cold shallow streams
35:49That splashed silver around my legs
35:51Through meadows I had never seen
35:53But somehow knew
35:54My white fur caught the light
35:56My paws were sure
35:57My lungs were full
35:58My body was strong
36:00No choker around my throat
36:02No red light
36:03No hunger
36:04The lingering ache in my soul
36:06The phantom pain of ten years
36:08Started to fade with every step
36:10I ran toward brightness
36:12Behind me
36:13Old life dissolved
36:14Like a worn photograph
36:15Left out in the rain
36:17Mom's final tear
36:18The red glow of the choker
36:20Blood on the journal pages
36:22Gone
36:22I didn't look back
36:23That ten year nightmare
36:25Was finally
36:26Truly
36:27Over
36:27When I opened my eyes again
36:29I was tiny
36:30Wrapped in soft blankets
36:32Someone was humming
36:35A woman's voice
36:37Gentle
36:37Off key
36:38But full of love
36:40Her fingers brushed my cheek
36:42The scent of wildflowers
36:44Not the cold clinical distance
36:46Of my old mother
36:47Not the silence of someone
36:49Who only touched me to punish
36:50I blinked up at her
36:52She had kind eyes
36:54A soft smile
36:55She cradled me like I was made of glass
36:58Grace is awake, honey
37:00Come quick
37:01Our daughter just opened her eyes
37:03A man appeared
37:04Tall
37:05A little awkward
37:06But his face lit up when he saw me
37:09He touched my tiny hand with one finger
37:11His voice was deep
37:13Warm
37:14Hey, Grace
37:15I'm your dad
37:18Grace
37:19Not Stella
37:20No weight
37:21No chains
37:22No red light
37:24Just grace
37:25A name that meant something light
37:27Something cherished
37:28This house was small
37:30But warm
37:31Full of light
37:32Cartoon painting on the walls
37:34Flowers by the window
37:36Sunlight pouring through the windows
37:38Warm on the floor
37:39I realized fast
37:41This family was nothing like the last one
37:44They never forced me to do anything
37:46There were no chokers
37:48No red lights
37:49No punishments for things I hadn't done
37:51I grew
37:52Learned to crawl
37:54To talk
37:55And when I was three
37:56Mom made a stew with celery
37:58The green stalks in the bowl triggered me
38:01I flashed back to choking
38:03Throat swelling
38:04Vomiting blood
38:05I stumbled backwards shaking
38:08Tears came without permission
38:09Mom immediately put down her spoon
38:12Crouched
38:13Pulled me into a hug
38:15Grace, what's wrong?
38:17You don't like celery?
38:18I couldn't speak
38:19Just shook my head, sobbing
38:21Dad knelt too
38:22Rubbed my back
38:24Hey, it's okay
38:25You don't have to eat it
38:27Can you tell us why?
38:28Their eyes were patient
38:29Gentle
38:30Finally, I choked out
38:32It hurts my throat
38:35Makes me bleed
38:37They didn't say
38:38The Verity choker doesn't lie
38:40They didn't accuse me of faking
38:42They took me to the pack healer immediately
38:44Turns out, I really do have a celery allergy
38:47After that, celery never appeared in the house again
38:51Mom added it to her market list
38:53Grace's allergies
38:55Celery
38:56She checked every time she shopped
38:58I lay in her arms that night
39:00Smelling wildflowers
39:01And realized
39:02This is what it feels like to be believed
39:05Love isn't measured by a stone
39:07It's listening
39:08Even when the story sounds impossible
39:11When I was four
39:12Dad took me to the pack healer for my first health check
39:15There was a blood draw
39:16I saw the needle and lost it
39:19Flashes of the choker tightening around my throat
39:21Flashes of starvation
39:23I screamed
39:24Clung to dad's leg
39:26The healer sighed
39:27I couldn't stop shaking
39:29Don't punish me
39:31I'm not lying
39:33Dad immediately scooped me up
39:35Sorry, she's not ready
39:36We'll come back another time
39:37On the walk home
39:38Dad didn't scold me for being weak
39:40He just asked gently
39:42Grace
39:44Did someone hurt you before?
39:46I buried my face in his shoulder
39:47Tears soaking his shirt
39:49Mom
39:50Joker
39:51Red light
39:53I couldn't explain it clearly
39:54But he listened
39:56Nodded
39:57It's okay
39:59Dad's here now
40:00No one's ever hurting you again
40:02From then on
40:04They took me to the pack healer regularly
40:06Not for blood draws
40:07Just to talk
40:08She has been hurt
40:10Be patient with her
40:11My parents never complained
40:13Never made me feel like a burden
40:15They bought me a colorful necklace
40:17But never forced me to wear it
40:18This is just a pretty thing, Grace
40:20Wear it if you want
40:22Take it off if you don't
40:23We'll love you either way
40:25Slowly, I started to heal
40:27I could say
40:28I don't like this
40:29Without fear
40:30I could say
40:31I'm scared
40:33I could say
40:34I want that
40:35I didn't have to worry about my heart racing being proof of a lie
40:38I started sharing my stories with them
40:41I cried when I didn't get a toy
40:43I laughed when I got praise
40:45I was finally just a pup
40:47A normal, loved pup
40:52When I turned seven
40:54I started at the pack school
40:55There was a girl in my class
40:57Annie Sullivan
40:58She looked exactly like Emma
41:01Same eyes
41:02But her hair was shorter
41:03And she was
41:04Timid
41:05Scared
41:07The first time I saw her
41:08My heart clenched
41:09Flashbacks
41:11Emma's smug grin
41:12The green light mocking me
41:14I stepped back instinctively
41:17Annie noticed
41:18She looked down
41:19Hi
41:19Voice barely a whisper
41:21I'm Annie
41:24Do you want to be friends?
41:25Her tone was so careful
41:27So desperate to please
41:29Just like I used to be
41:30I glanced at her neck
41:32She wore a simple choker with green gem
41:35My stomach turned
41:36Later, I found out
41:38Annie's mom was strict too
41:40Demanded honesty
41:42Locked her in her room without food
41:44When she made mistakes
41:45One day, Annie accidentally
41:47Knocked over the teacher's ink pot
41:49She was trembling
41:50Too scared to admit it
41:52I saw her face
41:53Red-rimmed eyes
41:55Barely holding back tears
41:56I remembered myself at that desk
41:59Writing
41:59I am a liar
42:01Over and over
42:02I walked over
42:04Took her hand
42:06Annie, it's okay
42:08Accidents happen
42:09Let's tell the teacher together
42:11She won't be mad
42:13Annie looked at me, shocked
42:14But mom says liars are bad wolves?
42:17Being honest isn't about never making mistakes
42:20It's about owning up when you do
42:22And even if you tell the truth
42:24You shouldn't be punished for it
42:25If the teacher gets angry
42:27I'll stand with you
42:28If your mom gets angry
42:30Come to my house
42:31My parents will help
42:32I gave her the courage I never had
42:34She confessed
42:35The teacher forgave her
42:37Told her to be more careful next time
42:39From that day on
42:40We have been best friends
42:42I brought Annie home to meet my parents
42:44She saw how warm they were
42:46How they didn't yell
42:47Didn't punish little things
42:49I told her
42:50You don't have to make everyone happy
42:53You're allowed to feel things
42:56Say things
42:57One day, Annie's mom came to pick her up from school
43:00She saw us together and her face twisted
43:03She grabbed Annie's hand
43:05Did you mess up again?
43:07Is Grace covering for you?
43:09Annie immediately looked down
43:11Silent
43:12I stepped in front of her
43:13Looked at the mom in the eye
43:15Ma'am, Annie didn't do anything wrong
43:18She's a good pup
43:19You shouldn't always assume the worst
43:24She's scared of you
43:26The mom froze
43:27Looked at me
43:28Then at Annie's tear-filled eyes
43:30Her expression softened
43:32That night
43:33She called my mom
43:34Thanked her
43:35Said I'd opened her eyes
43:37Over time
43:38Annie's mom got gentler
43:39You can tell me what you want to do
43:40Started listening instead of yelling
43:41And Annie
43:43She blossomed
43:44Confident
43:45Happy
43:46I watched her laugh freely one day
43:48And felt this warmth in my chest
43:50I didn't get saved in my last life
43:52I suffered alone in the dark
43:54But this time
43:56I could save someone else
43:57I could stop another Stella from happening
44:00Maybe that's the gift my past life gave me
44:02The ability to see pain
44:04And to heal it
44:06When I was 10
44:07My parents took me to visit grandma
44:09There was an old oak tree in her yard
44:11Its branches spread wide
44:12Casting shade over the whole garden
44:14I sat beneath it
44:16Watching sunlight filter through the leaves
44:18My wolf dozed inside me
44:19Warm and content
44:21Then I saw her
44:22An old woman
44:23White hair
44:24Hunched over a walking stick
44:26Wearing a faded blue dress
44:27The second I saw her face
44:29I froze
44:30She looked exactly like Rachel
44:32My old mother
44:34Grandma noticed me too
44:35Walked over slowly
44:36Her eyes were hazy
44:38But there was something familiar in them
44:40Something heavy
44:41What's your name child?
44:42Grace
44:42She repeated it softly
44:44Grace
44:44That's a beautiful name
44:46She reached out
44:47Like she wanted to touch my hair
44:48Then hesitated
44:49Pulled back
44:50Like she was afraid of disturbing something sacred
44:53My mom came over
44:54Studied her
44:55Mom
44:55This is our daughter
44:56Grace
44:57So she was my grandma in this life too
44:59Over the next few days
45:01Grandma watched me constantly
45:02Her expression was unreadable
45:04One morning
45:05She brought me a bowl of roasted meat
45:07Grace
45:07Eat up
45:08This used to be your favorite
45:09I stared at the bowl
45:10In my last life
45:12I wrote in my dying breath
45:13I want to eat mom's roasted meat
45:16And here was grandma
45:17Saying those exact words
45:19Tears blurred my vision
45:20This wasn't some distant wish anymore
45:22It was real
45:23Right in front of me
45:25I picked up a piece
45:26Bit into it
45:27Tender
45:27Sweet
45:28Perfect
45:29Grandma smiled
45:30A tired
45:31Guilty smile
45:32That night
45:33Lying in bed with my wolf
45:34Curled warm inside my chest
45:36I thought about Rachel's last words
45:38Next life
45:39Let me wear the choker
45:40Let me be the liar
45:42Punish me however you want
45:43Just don't leave me
45:45I thought about her final tear
45:46The torn journal
45:48I didn't hate her anymore
45:49Hating someone is like locking yourself in the past
45:52Chewing on pain forever
45:53This life's warmth had already washed away the bitterness
45:57I just felt sad
45:58Sad that she only understood too late
46:00Real love was never about stones or punishment
46:03We stayed for a month
46:05Then went back home
46:06Before I left
46:07She held my hand
46:08Grace
46:09Live well
46:10Be happy
46:10Her voice was soft
46:12But heavy with meaning
46:13I nodded
46:13You too grandma
46:14I watched her walk away
46:16And I felt
46:17Nothing
46:17No anger
46:18No grief
46:19The grudges of my past life
46:21Were like fallen leaves
46:22Blown away by the wind
46:23I wasn't Stella anymore
46:25The girl locked in the dark
46:26Choking on a lie
46:27I was Grace Sterling
46:29Surrounded by love
46:30Free
46:31At 13 I graduated from PAC school
46:34Got into the best academy in the region
46:36My parents took me to the lake for a picnic to celebrate
46:38I stood at the edge of the water
46:40Wind in my hair
46:41The scent of pine and cold water on my skin
46:44I stretched out my arms
46:46Feeling the freedom
46:47For a moment I saw her
46:49My ghost self floating
46:51Desperate to hug someone
46:52But passing right through
46:54Grace what are you thinking?
46:56Dad handed me a drink
46:57I smiled
46:58Just I'm grateful
46:59To be alive
47:01To be with you both
47:02Mom pulled me into a hug
47:03Silly girl
47:04We're the lucky ones
47:06No one said anything
47:07We all just shifted at the same time
47:10Like we'd done it a hundred times before
47:12We ran together through the trees
47:14Through the shallow edge of the lake
47:16Water sprang silver around our paws
47:18Eventually I slowed down
47:20Turned
47:21And threw myself at them
47:22We tumbled into the grass together
47:24Mom nuzzled her head against mine
47:26Dad licked the top of my head
47:28With lazy affection
47:29I pressed into them both
47:31And stayed there
47:32Breathing hard
47:33Warm
47:34All the way through
47:35I looked up at the sky
47:36Through the canopy of trees
47:37I didn't need to prove
47:39I wasn't a liar anymore
47:40I didn't need to fear a red light
47:42I could laugh
47:43Cry
47:44Speak freely
47:45I had parents who loved me
47:46A best friend
47:47A healthy body
47:48A bright future
47:50This was the life
47:51I died wishing for
47:53That night I wrote in my journal
47:55Not the blood-stained confessions of my old life
47:58This one was full of happiness
48:00Growth
48:00Love
48:01I wrote
48:02Today we ran by the lake
48:04Mom and dad shifted with me without saying a word
48:07We tumbled in the grass like pups
48:09I thought about my past self
48:10That little girl
48:11Locked in a room
48:12Choking in the dark
48:14Desperate to be loved
48:15She'd never believed that I could be this happy
48:18Mom and dad loved me
48:19They taught me that honesty isn't something you punish out of someone
48:23It's something you grow
48:24With patience and warmth
48:26Annie is my best friend now
48:28She laughs freely
48:30She speaks without flinching
48:32Grandma is getting older
48:33But her eyes are warm when she looks at me
48:36My wolf grows stronger every day
48:38With her beside me
48:39I feel at ease
48:40I don't hate anyone anymore
48:42I don't cling to the past
48:44Those painful memories are like paw prints in the mud
48:47Washed away by rain
48:48But they taught me to cherish every step forward
48:51I know my old mom, sister, and dad
48:54Got what they deserved
48:55And I finally broke free
48:57I found real freedom
48:59I don't want to see them again
49:00I don't want to relive that life
49:02I just want to be grey
49:04Simple
49:04Happy
49:05Loved
49:06The lake was beautiful
49:07Life was beautiful
49:09I closed my journal
49:10Looked out the window
49:11Moonlight shimmered on the water through the trees
49:13My wolf stirred softly inside my chest
49:16Warm
49:17Steady
49:17I smiled
49:18This life
49:19I finally became who I wanted to be
49:22No red light
49:23No starvation
49:24No lies
49:25Just love
49:26Freedom
49:26Happiness
49:27And those scars from my past
49:29They became part of me
49:30Proof that I had survived
49:32Proof that darkness
49:33No matter how long it lasts
49:35Cannot swallow you whole
49:36Not if you keep moving toward the light
49:38The road ahead is long
49:40But I will walk it
49:41With courage
49:42With joy
49:43Toward something even brighter
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