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🔥 Synopsis:
"Given a second chance at life, she will make them pay."
Murdered by her scheming husband and her so-called best friend after they stole her family's fortune, she wakes up five years in the past. Armed with the knowledge of the future, she is no longer the naive girl they once knew. This time, she will outsmart them, ruin them, and protect everything she loves.
👉 Drama Details:
* Title: Betrayal and Rebirth
* Genre: Rebirth, Time Travel, Face Slapping, Ultimate Revenge, CEO
* Format: Full Miniseries (Vertical Drama)
* Status: All Episodes Completed
🔥 Synopsis:
"Given a second chance at life, she will make them pay."
Murdered by her scheming husband and her so-called best friend after they stole her family's fortune, she wakes up five years in the past. Armed with the knowledge of the future, she is no longer the naive girl they once knew. This time, she will outsmart them, ruin them, and protect everything she loves.
👉 Drama Details:
* Title: Betrayal and Rebirth
* Genre: Rebirth, Time Travel, Face Slapping, Ultimate Revenge, CEO
* Format: Full Miniseries (Vertical Drama)
* Status: All Episodes Completed
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00:00me a liar from the day i was born not because i actually lied but because of this thing around
00:04my neck the verity choker mom was luna of silver moon pack and she believed one thing above all
00:10lying was the mark of a weak wolf we were her daughters future alpha heirs weakness was not
00:16an option so when my twin sister emma and i were born mom clasped these chokers around our throats
00:22which had witch magic to detect lies green light means truth red light means you were lying emma's
00:28choker always green she could shred mom's ceremonial cloak and blame the cat and gem would glow a steady
00:34green not me green light believed me mom i'm hungry and flash red light the choker choked tight i shifted
00:45on instinct a small white wolf pawing desperately at the gem around my neck claws scraping against it
00:51unable to get it off i'm not lying not lying please but mom's eyes had already gone cold
00:57instant punishment mom's punishment wasn't gentle no food locked in my room no contact with anyone in
01:04the pack the truth necklace doesn't lie stella starve now study later i'm doing this for your own good
01:11after 10 years of this i started believing it too maybe i really was born wrong new year's eve
01:17everything changed mom was getting ready to take emma to the pack's bonfire celebration
01:22and that's when the pain hit like a knife twisting in my gut i collapsed on the floor my skeletal
01:28frame
01:28curling into itself mom please the choker flashed red and choked tight she looked down at me disgusted in
01:37her eyes in your dream stella faking an illness to ruin our night she grabbed emma's hand and headed for
01:44the door i wanted to howl but my wolf was too weak to answer i shifted anyway forced it a
01:51small white
01:51wolf trembling on the floor ribs heaving maybe in this form the pain would hurt less it didn't i
01:58couldn't even hold the shift i slipped back into myself without meaning to sorry mom i won't lie
02:03anymore but the pain got worse way worse the door handle turned for one second i thought mom's coming
02:10back she came back for me hurry up the bonfire is starting emma's waiting mom i reached out with
02:18a shaking hand please something's really wrong i feel like i'm dying she glanced at my neck the gem
02:24was flashing red over and over she crouched down grabbed my chin stella how long are you gonna keep
02:31this up can't you just be honest and stay here and think about what you've done dad appeared in the
02:37doorway honey should we at least leave her some food food she has a stash of snacks she bought
02:45with stolen money she won't starve lock the door when that gem turns green we'll talk but but what
02:54it's because you spoil her that she turned out this way look at emma her gem has always been green
03:00stella is a liar an alpha heiress who can't tell the truth she needs discipline but my cabinet was
03:07empty emma stole that money emma ate those snacks emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying
03:15not me and mom believed her i tried to defend myself it wasn't me red light the choker choked tight
03:23i tried to shift nothing happened deep inside my wolf barely stirred mom locked me up for three
03:31days with nothing but water and stale bread mom turned to leave emma peeked through the door made
03:37a face at me bye sis we're gonna see the bonfire her gem glowed a steady green so pretty the
03:45door
03:45locked the house went silent i called my wolf nothing came back not even a whisper just me
03:53alone the pain was unbearable but i kept thinking mom's right the gem doesn't lie it's red so i must
04:03be
04:03lying i'm not in pain i'm not in pain i'm not in pain i kept repeating it like a prayer
04:12eventually i almost
04:14believed it the pain dulled or maybe i was just going numb i crawled to my desk i had to
04:21write that was the
04:23rule if the gem glowed red i had to pen a thousand word apology or mom would never let me
04:29out i am a liar write it down and maybe mom would forgive me maybe she'd even let me out
04:37i opened my journal pages and pages of apologies i'd written over the years sorry i lied i won't do
04:45it again but this time i wanted to write the truth
04:48my vision blurred my hand shook as i wrote mom i really love you it really hurts why won't you
04:58believe me
04:58please believe me just once the moment i finished the last word the pain vanished just gone i felt light
05:08weightless
05:09i looked down i was floating and there slumped over the desk was my body motionless the gem still flashing
05:18red around a dead girl's neck oh i'm dead and then she came out my wolf stepping out of my
05:27body like she'd been
05:28waiting all along small skinny barely holding together she looked up at me and once soft and low
05:37in the pack's old stories they say when a wolf dies young her spirit doesn't cross over alone
05:43her wolf walks beside her until they find the door together i knelt down she pressed her nose into my
05:51ghostly palm finally we were together now but i never learned how to be honest sorry mom i heard
05:59laughter mom dad emma coming through the front door tonight's bonfire was beautiful the best one yet
06:08just like our emma perfect in every way i'd never heard her sound like that when she talked about
06:14me i floated toward them my wolf patting silently at my side moving on instinct i wanted to help them
06:21take off their cloaks that's what i always did mom my arms passed right through her body like wind
06:28why is it so cold here is the hearthi out i stood there staring at my transparent hands
06:34my wolf pressed against my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes right dead wolves couldn't hug the
06:41living shall we go and see stella she hasn't eaten yet still the good cop i looked at mom hopefully
06:47if she found me dead would she be sad would she regret it she won't starve she is a werewolf
06:56not a human
06:57pup this whole fake sick for attention thing is out of control i laughed bitterly mom wasn't wrong
07:04werewolves heal but i hadn't been able to in a long time last winter the choker left bruises that stayed
07:11for days that hadn't happened before i reached for my wolf she was still there but the warmth never came
07:17she was too hungry just like me mom never noticed
07:23she only ever looked at my neck for one thing the gem and whether it was red or green mom
07:29pushed
07:30open my door didn't even turn on the light just for a second her eyes flashed gold her wolf might
07:36have
07:36known mom didn't listen in the dim glow from the hallway she saw me slumped over my desk i looked
07:43like
07:43a skeleton hadn't moved still putting on an act you're 10 years old not five grow up mom i'm not
07:52playing i'm dead look at me touch me i'm freezing she couldn't hear me she only believed what she
08:00wanted to see emma squeezed past her held up her choker with that smug little grin look my gem is
08:07green
08:07stella's is still red she's lying even in her sleep that's my good girl ignore the liar let her stay
08:15there maybe she'll learn how to be honest should we at least put her in bed it's freezing put her
08:23in
08:23bed look at that red gem still lying come on leave her we have to visit grandma tomorrow the door
08:31locked
08:31again i floated next to my corpse my wolf curled silently at my feet staring at that single point
08:38of red light in the darkness mom if you'd just stepped closer if you'd just touched my hand you'd
08:44know i was ice cold but you didn't you believed the choker not the daughter you carried for nine months
08:50that night a rat crawled out of my empty cabinet i used to scream whenever i saw rats but now
08:57i just
08:57floated by the ceiling watching it scurry across my dead body the rat bit into my toe i didn't feel
09:03anything my wolf charged at it anyway and passed right through landing on the other side she turned
09:10back to look at me confused lost i pulled her close and buried my face in the fur of her
09:16back
09:17it's okay you can't feel it anymore it'll be over soon she let out one low growl then went still
09:24against me finally no more pain for either of us the next morning sunlight streamed through the window
09:32no warmth reached my body in the kitchen i could hear mom making breakfast the smell of roasted meat
09:39crept under my door my favorite but mom always said liars don't deserve meat so i only ever got steamed
09:45vegetables she was clanging the pots extra loud on purpose trying to tempt me out trying to make me give
09:52in and apologize for things i never did in the old days i might have caved i might have confessed
09:58to
09:58anything for one bite of roasted meat but i don't need food anymore stella still hasn't come out yet dad
10:05asked reading the pack notices she is so stubborn she can eat or not i don't care
10:13emma walked to my door and made a big show of sniffing the air then she screamed dramatically
10:20mom stella's room smells like poop did she poop in there i floated by the door watching my sister with
10:28a bitter smile my wolf sat beside me ears flat eyes low the hearth was burning hot after just one
10:36night
10:37my body started to rot mom stormed over pounding on the door stella who does that the toilet is right
10:45there did you sit on the floor to spite me i remembered being six i had food poisoning couldn't
10:53make it to the toilet in time mom didn't help me clean up she made me stand outside pointed at
10:58me
10:59and told the neighbors look at this she's such a mess she can't even use the toilet herself now she
11:06thought i was dirty again leave her let her sit in her own stink but dad stood up frowning that
11:13smells
11:13really bad i should check could it be a dead rat or something my heart if i still had one
11:20leapt dad
11:22please open the door i'm right here just turn the handle and you'll see i'm not moving i waved my
11:29transparent arms frantically my wolf ran straight to my bedroom door willing dad to open it dad's
11:37touched the door handle his hand froze one was pounding at the front door a pack elder urgent
11:42business dad's face went pale he grabbed his cloak the border there's an emergency he was already out the
11:49door i froze so close one second away if that knock had come one second later i would have been
11:55found
11:56maybe then i wouldn't have rotted alone that afternoon mom took emma to the pack market the house was empty
12:02except for my corpse when they came back that evening loaded down with food and gifts from the market the
12:07smell had gotten worse mom gagged the second she walked in stella are you trying to turn this place
12:13into a den of inequity she didn't even open my door just grabbed cloth strips and sealed the gap at
12:19the
12:19bottom if you want to stay in there and make disgusting stew zoos don't stink up my house she
12:24patted her hands together satisfied then went to prepare dinner i stared at that sealed door my wolf
12:29pressed her nose against it and whimpered once so that's it i'm worth less than a venison dinner by day
12:35three even the cloth strips couldn't contain the smell mom was arranging fresh wildflowers trying to cover
12:40it up but the stench of death is unmistakable sweet rotten oily she cut a rose stem too hard a
12:48thorn
12:48pierced her hand she snapped in her mind i was doing this on purpose not bathing poop on the floor
12:54hiding
12:54dead rats in my room all to piss her off all to defy her authority as luna stella she grabbed
13:01a rolling
13:01pin from the kitchen stormed toward my room i'm done with you you disgusting little brat time you learned
13:08what real pain feels like i floated in front of her waving my arms desperately don't come in mom
13:16please please even though she never loved me i didn't want her to see me like that but she
13:22walked right through me ripped the cloth strips off jammed the spare key into the lock the door flew open
13:28the smell hit her like a wall she stumbled back retching stella what are you doing she saw me
13:35still slumped over the desk back turned not moving to her this was the ultimate rebellion i'm talking
13:42to you she marched over raised the rolling pin but stopped she wanted to see my face first wanted to
13:49see my get up she grabbed the back of my shirt grabbed my skin the moment she touched me she
13:54froze
13:55through the thin fabric her hand didn't feel warm flesh she felt cold hard dead meat the kind of cold
14:02that seeps into your bones but momentum carried her forward she yanked crash my body stiff as a board
14:09toppled backward taking the chair with it and there was my face blue black eyes bulging features twisted
14:15in agony dried foam and blood crusted around my mouth around my blackened neck the verity choker hung
14:22lifeless the gem dark no red no green just silence my journal slid off the desk fell open at mom's
14:30feet
14:30the last page stared up at her mom my stomach really hurts the choker is wrong i'm not lying please
14:37don't
14:37punish me mom screamed not a wolf's howl a raw guttural shriek that tore through her throat she stumbled
14:45backward slammed into the bookshelf the clay pot shattered but she didn't seem to feel the pain
14:52she just stared at me eyes wide unblinking no no no no this is not real stella get up stella
15:01get up
15:02i'm not mad anymore stop scaring me her hand reached out trembling to touch my arm the second her skin
15:11made
15:12contact with my corpse she recoiled like she'd been burned that cold was too real lisa from next door
15:19heard the screaming and went straight to the pack healer when she saw what was in my room she collapsed
15:24in the gate within the hour heavy boots on the floorboards the pack healer and a handful of pack
15:30warriors crowding the entrance mom sat on the floor a warrior's hand on her shoulder she's faking it she's
15:37always lying it doesn't lie i'm just teaching her no one responded they all looked at her like she was
15:46a monster the pack healer crouched next to my body he muttered under his breath severe malnutrition
15:53organ failure this puppy has been starved for at least a month he carefully tried to remove the verity
15:59choker but it had fused years of tightening had pressed the leather deep into the skin of my neck
16:05damn it he had to use tools to pry it off even dead my soul flinched my wolf lifted her
16:13head and
16:15long raw desperate the kind of howl that should have shaken the walls no one heard it no one flinched
16:23we were already dead a warrior picked up my journal started reading his face went from neutral to
16:30horrified mom's eyes locked on to that book that's her confession she admits she lied look she wrote it
16:38herself
16:40the warrior pushed her back wrapped the journal in cloth and took it we'll report it to the council
16:47that's when dad got home he saw the pack healer and the pack warriors crowding the doorway
16:52saw the body wrap being carried out saw the long cord that sealed away my entire life his legs gave
17:01out he collapsed on the doorstep emma stood nearby sobbing in confusion she pointed at the discolored
17:08verity choker on the table why does stella have a black collar and i have a green one see she
17:15held up her
17:15neck the gem blinked its steady green it was grotesque the council elders arrived before dawn mom
17:23straightened when she saw them even now even with my body three days cold and rotting her luna instincts
17:30kicked in she lifted her chin squared her shoulders it didn't work today they started questioning mom in
17:37the living room mom grabbed the verity choker off the table like it was a lifeline test it that choker
17:44proved she was lying red gem means lie i never abused her the choker told me i was just educating
17:54her
17:55the council elders looked at her like she'd lost her mind the pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition
18:03months of starvation aphelion multiple old injuries consistent with prolonged that's just discipline
18:10that's teaching her to be honest then she did something insane you don't believe me fine i'll wear it
18:22watch it'll be green the leather pressed against her skin cold sticky that was my blood she took a deep
18:31breath tried to calm herself she needed to prove she was innocent needed to prove her way of raising an
18:38alpha
18:38air was right she held up the gem eyes wild listen i'm rachel i'm stella's mother this is the truth
18:47the absolute truth the gem flashed red mom's confident expression shattered
18:55i said truth i am rachel i never abused her i did it for her own good
19:03god i love her and suddenly she remembered me 10 years old gasping as the choker tightened around
19:13my throat biting my lip so i wouldn't make a sound is this what it felt like why is it
19:20red i am telling
19:21the truth turn green you're broken you're setting me up but the gem kept flashing like it was mocking her
19:28you're a liar you're a liar you're a liar enough this is just a bloodstone i've seen it before it
19:38changes color with body heat fear pain anything that makes your heart race temperature rises it burns
19:47red that's all it does no witch magic never was think about your daughter ruptured appendix organ
19:56failure the pain must have been unbearable she was terrified and what did you see a red gem so you
20:04punished her more which made her more scared which made her temperature rise which made the stone turn
20:13redder you are luna you are supposed to protect every wolf in this pack you couldn't even protect your
20:22own daughter you ignored her cries for help you starved your daughter to death mom's world collapsed
20:30she sat there staring at the flashing gem on her own net and finally understood for 10 years every red
20:38light wasn't because i was lying it was because i was scared scared of her anger scared of being
20:45misunderstood scared of eating food that made me sick i was in pain pain that made my heart race and
20:53cold sweat pour down my face i was desperate desperate for a hug for her to hold me the way
21:00she held emma
21:01every signal from my frightened heart she had interpreted as proof of my lies
21:13she tried to shift fur rippling across her skin bones cracking but the leather cinched harder around
21:20her throat the moment her neck began to change she snapped back into human form gasping
21:27i can't get it off stella take it back i'm sorry it's all my fault this little bit of choking
21:35and she
21:36was already breaking mom i suffered for 10 years the council elders needed evidence for judgment so they
21:45opened my journal in front of my parents february 14th sunny mom put celery on my plate i'm allergic
21:53my throat swells i can't breathe i said i can't eat it but because i was scared of making her
22:00angry my
22:01body ran hot the gem flashed red the choker tightened mom said i was picky lying made me eat the
22:10whole plate
22:10that night i threw up blood my throat felt like it was on fire i shifted to ease my pain
22:17mom saw it and said
22:19i'd snuck berry juice that i was faking the choker tightened for 10 more minutes mom's hand flew to
22:27her mouth she was shaking violently she remembered that she really did think it was berry juice she
22:35didn't even look closely just turned away to read emma a bedtime story that was blood from a swollen torn
22:43throat june 1st pups day emma shredded mom's ceremonial cloak emma's heart is always calm her gem stays green
22:52i tried to explain but i was scared of being hit my body ran hot red gem choker tightened for
23:0110 minutes
23:01it hurts so bad but i didn't cry because crying makes your body run hotter and mom thinks that means
23:09you're not sorry so i held my breath pretended it didn't hurt mom said see she doesn't even blink
23:18she's definitely faking it dad couldn't take it anymore this man who had always put the pack before
23:24his own family chose duty over his daughter for 10 years you monster what did you do that was your
23:32daughter you treated her like a stray blood at the corner of her mouth not my fault not my fault
23:40it's
23:41her it's emma emma's gem was always green emma was the good one if it wasn't for that green light
23:48making me trust her i wouldn't have believed the red light so much this is emma's fault that little
23:54princess everyone protected one of the council elders walked over gently removed the green verity
24:00choker from her neck took out a blade pried the gem loose right there it rolled onto the table still
24:08glowing green steady unchanged the elder picked up the stone a glowstone that is all your younger
24:17daughter's choker was always going to shine green no matter what she said did or lied about it would
24:25never change your so-called verity choker was a fraud that was her truth for 10 years that was the
24:33evidence she used to convict me a common glowstone that put me in hell while emma lived in paradise
24:39so i wasn't a liar i laughed laughed until i cried turns out ghosts could cry too the elder turned
24:48to the
24:48last page of the journal his voice broke the handwriting was a mess clearly written while dying mom
24:55if i die will the choker stop glowing red or if it turns green will you hug me then i'm
25:01not lying
25:02i couldn't heal myself anymore my stomach hurts so much like knives next life please don't make me
25:10wear the choker please i just want to be a normal pup i want to eat mom's roasted meat mom
25:16stared at the
25:17broken glowstone on the table that truth magic she trusted without question a worthless stone because of that
25:24stone she spoiled emma for 10 years because of that cursed red light she tortured me for 10 years
25:34mom started laughing
25:36her voice cracking her voice cracking in every sound worse than crying fake all fake
25:45i killed my most honest pup and i worshipped a liar she'd lost her mind for real this time my
25:54death
25:55became the talk of the entire pack lisa the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer told
26:00everyone what she'd seen every wolf knew by morning luna had starved her own daughter to death monster
26:09murderer she doesn't deserve to be luna stones flew at our door the word killer carved into the wall the
26:17council convened within the day the verdict was swift dad lost his alpha title no wolf would follow
26:24him now my grandfather the former alpha read out the judgment himself he didn't look at his son once
26:32dad walked out of the council hall and never looked back he took emma and left the pack that same
26:38night
26:38emma was a bad seed sure but she was still his blood before they left emma tried to take her
26:45green choker
26:45dad stomped on it why the hell would you want that piece of trash emma cried as he dragged her
26:52away
26:52mom got out of the dungeon the healer said she had lost her mind the council locked her in the
26:58home
26:58instead the one that still smelled like death her mental state deteriorated fast she refused to take
27:05off the red choker she would tighten it herself whenever the guilt got too heavy she said choking was
27:11the only thing that eased it it was her self-imposed punishment i floated in the darkness my wolf curled
27:17beside me watching her unravel day after day she'd talk to the empty corner where i used to stand stella
27:24i brought you some food no celery today it's all roast just how you like it but there was no
27:31food there
27:32there was nothing just her hands cupped around air she'd pretend to set a plate down her hands shook
27:38the gem flashed red she was anxious guilty falling apart she smiled but her eyes were empty
27:47the gem is red mom is lying liars don't deserve food she pulled the choker tight with her own hands
27:54let it choke her her body convulsed against the cold floor it hurts so much is this how stella felt
28:03i'm sorry mom started reenacting my diary entries i couldn't eat celery because of my allergy
28:10so she forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood then swallowed it back down i was locked
28:17in isolation so she locked herself in my old room lights off and bowed to my portrait until her forehead
28:24bled over and over blood on the floor late at night she'd see the red glow of the bloodstone reflected
28:33on
28:33the wall to her it looked like my bloody eyes were watching she kept punishing herself the wounds healed
28:40slower and slower her wolf exhausted by months of self-torture slowly fell into a deep
28:47sleep mom didn't care she scrawled on the back of my journal i'm sorry i was wrong red means pain
28:55red means love please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time i'll save you i promise too
29:03bad
29:03i'm dead dead wolves can't cry for help eventually the new alpha intervened mom's self-harm had gone too
29:11far she'd nearly choked herself to death with her own hands he ordered her to move to a small hut
29:17at the
29:17far edge of the village locked from the outside someone posted to watch her day and night she was
29:23the strangest woman they'd ever seen nobody knew where she'd found it a frayed red cord tied around
29:30her own neck her homemade choker if anyone tried to remove it she'd snap at them teeth bared snarling
29:38wild-eyed don't touch me stella's watching she'll be angry if you take it every time the guard called
29:46her name and brought her food mom would grab the red cord and pull it tight against her own throat
29:53convulsing screaming red light red light don't punish punish me i'll eat i'll eat even if the food was
30:02scalding hot she'd gulp it down burning her throat wouldn't spit it out she was reenacting my final
30:09moments living my hell on repeat years later emma grew up without guidance and with a trail of shame
30:16behind her she drifted from pack to pack stealing to survive no one would take her in when she ran
30:23out
30:23of options she remembered mom was still alive she slipped back into the silverman pack under the cover
30:30of night not for love for money hey crazy lady dad's dead give me whatever you've been hiding emma
30:39stood there face hard eyes full of contempt she looked at mom's hollow broken form and spat on the
30:47floor it's disgusting give me what i want or i'll send you to meet your daughter for a moment mom's
30:55cloudy
30:55eyes cleared she looked at emma and suddenly remembered that choker that always green glowstone
31:03that decade of deception it's you you lie you're the green light that wasn't there you killed
31:11stella give her back to me give her back to me the last shred of maternal love twisted into something
31:19feral mom lunged grabbed emma by the throat should have died not her you
31:29emma thrashed but couldn't break free from a madwoman's grip the guards rushed in pulled her off emma
31:36stumbled out of the hut terrified they're all insane she bolted into the forest she didn't get far
31:43rogues the kind that haunted the borderlands preying on anyone foolish enough to run through
31:49the trees alone at night emma never saw them coming by the time she did it was too late she
31:56survived
31:56barely both legs shattered beyond repair she'd never walk again meanwhile mom was strapped to her cot
32:04staring at the ceiling tears streaming in her dreams she finally saw me i was 10 again no choker
32:12white dress smiling mom she reached for me crying with joy stella but the moment her hands touched
32:21me i burst into ash no she woke up screaming if she'd been wearing that choker it would have been
32:29blood red eternal torment i stood in the void watching it all mom strapped to her bed emma in a
32:37wheelchair begging on the market dad drunk and dead in some gutter i felt nothing no satisfaction just a
32:45flat dead calm my wolf padded over quietly she didn't howl didn't nudge just pressed her head
32:52against my hand and held it there in the distance a door of light appeared soft steady waiting i looked
33:00at
33:00my wolf she looked at me yeah time to leave this life was too bitter nothing worth holding on to
33:07i floated to mom's hut one final time she looked ancient hair completely white frail as paper she
33:14sent something her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air right where i stood stella is that you
33:20her trembling hand reached into the emptiness mom destroyed the choker i don't believe in it anymore
33:25come back please i'll cook for you no salary i'll buy you new dresses not emma tears rolled down her
33:32face i looked at the red marks on her neck from the frayed cord i i reached out my cold
33:38ghostly
33:39finger touched her forehead this was my final mercy sleep mom in sleep there's no pain her eyes fluttered
33:46shut she slumped into a deep dreamless rest a breeze blew through the hut the old journal on her cot
33:52flipped open the last page my dying words stared up at the ceiling but below it in shaky handwriting
33:59were new lines written by mom during a lucid moment next life let me wear the choker let me be
34:05the liar
34:06punish me however you want just don't leave me i stared at those words felt nothing too late
34:12repentance means nothing to the dead mom i don't hate you anymore but i don't love you either let's not
34:19meet again i turned away my wolf was waiting in the distance the door of light still glowed soft steady
34:25patient i looked at my neck the phantom verity choker still there even in spirit form the nightmare that
34:32had changed me for a lifetime i grabbed it it shattered into nothing i felt weightless free no red light
34:39no hunger no lies just freedom my wolf pressed against my side together we walked toward the light
34:46i didn't look back morning came a guard pushed open the door rachel time to eat no response she
34:52walked closer mom's hand clutched the torn journal a single tear crystallized at the corner of her eye
34:57she crouched beside her held two fingers beneath her nose nothing she was gone passing through the
35:03door wasn't violent no spinning no chaos just warmth like sinking into a spring stream i looked to my side
35:10my wolf was gone i didn't panic i pressed my hand to my chest and there she was steady warm
35:17then i heard
35:17her voice not a whimper not a whine clear and bright and full of life like the first time we
35:23met run i
35:25shifted four paws hit the ground and i ran through forests that smelled of pine and rain through cold
35:31shallow streams that splashed silver around my legs through meadows i had never seen but somehow knew
35:37my white fur caught the light my paws were sure my lungs were full my body was strong no choker
35:44around
35:44my throat no red light no hunger the lingering ache in my soul the phantom pain of 10 years started
35:52to
35:52fade with every step i ran toward brightness behind me old life dissolved like a worn photograph left out
35:59in the rain mom's final tear the red glow of the choker blood on the journal pages gone i didn't
36:06look
36:06back that 10 year nightmare was finally truly over when i opened my eyes again i was tiny wrapped in
36:14soft blankets someone was humming a woman's voice gentle off-key but full of love her fingers brushed my
36:24cheek the scent of wildflowers not the cold clinical distance of my old mother not the silence of someone
36:31who only touched me to punish i blinked up at her she had kind eyes a soft smile she cradled
36:39me like
36:39i was made of glass grace is awake honey come quick our daughter just opened her eyes a man appeared
36:47tall
36:48a little awkward but his face lit up when he saw me he touched my tiny hand with one finger
36:54his voice was
36:55deep warm hey grace i'm your dad grace not stella no weight no chains no red light just grace a
37:08name
37:08that meant something light something cherished this house was small but warm full of light cartoon
37:15painting on the walls flowers by the window sunlight pouring through the windows warm on the floor
37:21i realized fast this family was nothing like the last one they never forced me to do anything there
37:29were no chokers no red lights no punishments for things i hadn't done i grew learned to crawl to talk
37:37and when i was three mom made a stew with celery the green stalks in the bowl triggered me i
37:44flashed back to
37:45choking throat swelling vomiting blood i stumbled backwards shaking tears came without permission
37:52mom immediately put down her spoon crouched pulled me into a hug grace what's wrong you don't like celery
38:00i couldn't speak just shook my head sobbing dad knelt too rubbed my back hey it's okay you don't have
38:08to
38:08eat it can you tell us why their eyes were patient gentle finally i choked out it hurts my throat
38:17makes
38:18me bleed they didn't say the verity choker doesn't lie they didn't accuse me of faking they took me to
38:25the pack healer immediately turns out i really do have a celery allergy after that celery never appeared in
38:32the house again mom added it to her market list grace's allergies celery she checked every time she
38:40shopped i lay in her arms that night smelling wild flowers and realized this is what it feels like to
38:46be believed love isn't measured by a stone it's listening even when the story sounds impossible when i
38:54was four dad took me to the pacular for my first health check there was a blood draw i saw
38:59the needle
38:59and lost it flashes of the choker tightening around my throat flashes of starvation i screamed clung to
39:07dad's leg the healer sighed i couldn't stop shaking don't punish me i'm not lying dad immediately
39:15scooped me up sorry she's not ready we'll come back another time on the walk home dad didn't scold
39:21me for being weak he just asked gently grace did someone hurt you before i buried my face in his
39:29shoulder tears soaking his shirt mom choker red light i couldn't explain it clearly but he listened
39:38nodded it's okay dad's here now no one's ever hurting you again from then on they took me to the
39:46pack
39:46healer regularly not for blood draws just to talk she has been hurt be patient with her my parents never
39:54complained never made me feel like a burden they bought me a colorful necklace but never forced me
40:00to wear it this is just a pretty thing grace wear it if you want take it off if you
40:05don't we'll love
40:06you either way slowly i started to heal i could say i don't like this without fear i could say
40:13i'm scared
40:14i could say i want that i didn't have to worry about my heart racing being proof of a lie
40:20i started sharing my
40:22stories with them i cried when i didn't get a toy i laughed when i got praise i was finally
40:28just a pup
40:29a normal loved pup
40:34when i turned seven i started at the pack school there was a girl in my class annie sullivan she
40:40looked
40:40exactly like emma same eyes but her hair was shorter and she was timid scared the first time i saw
40:49her
40:50my heart clenched flashbacks emma's smug grin the green light mocking me i stepped back instinctively
40:58annie noticed she looked down voice barely a whisper i'm annie do you want to be friends her tone was
41:07so
41:08careful so desperate to please just like i used to be i glanced at her neck she wore a simple
41:15choker with
41:15green gem my stomach turned later i found out annie's mom was strict too demanded honesty locked her in
41:24her room without food when she made mistakes one day annie accidentally knocked over the teacher's
41:30ink pot she was trembling too scared to admit it i saw her face red rimmed eyes barely holding back
41:37tears
41:38i remembered myself at that desk writing i am a liar over and over i walked over took her hand
41:47annie it's okay accidents happen let's tell the teacher together she won't be mad annie looked at
41:55me shocked but mom says liars are bad wolves being honest isn't about never making mistakes it's about
42:02owning up when you do and even if you tell the truth you shouldn't be punished for it if the
42:07teacher gets angry i'll stand with you if your mom gets angry come to my house my parents will help
42:13i
42:14gave her the courage i never had she confessed the teacher forgave her told her to be more careful
42:20next time from that day on we have been best friends i brought annie home to meet my parents
42:25she saw how warm they were how they didn't yell didn't punish little things i told her you don't have
42:32to make everyone happy you're allowed to feel things say things one day annie's mom came to pick
42:41her up from school she saw us together and her face twisted she grabbed annie's hand did you mess up
42:47again is grace covering for you annie immediately looked down silent i stepped in front of her looked
42:55at the mom in the eye ma'am annie didn't do anything wrong she's a good pup you shouldn't always
43:02assume
43:02the worst she's scared of you the mom froze looked at me then at annie's tear-filled eyes her expression
43:12softened that night she called my mom thanked her said i'd opened her eyes over time annie's mom got
43:20gentle started listening instead of yelling and annie she blossomed confident happy i watched her
43:28laugh freely one day and felt this warmth in my chest i didn't get saved in my last life i
43:34suffered
43:34alone in the dark but this time i could save someone else i could stop another stella from happening
43:41maybe that's the gift my past life gave me the ability to see pain and to heal it when i
43:47was 10
43:47my parents took me to visit grandma there was an old oak tree in her yard its branches spread wide
43:53casting shade over the whole garden i sat beneath it watching sunlight filter through the leaves my
43:59wolf dozed inside me warm and content then i saw her an old woman white hair hunched over a walking
44:05stick wearing a faded blue dress the second i saw her face i froze she looked exactly like rachel my
44:13old
44:14mother grandma noticed me too walked over slowly her eyes were hazy but there was something familiar
44:20in them something heavy what's your name child grace she repeated it softly grace that's a beautiful name
44:26she reached out like she wanted to touch my hair then hesitated pulled back like she was afraid of
44:32disturbing something sacred my mom came over steadied her mom this is our daughter grace so she was my
44:38grandma in this life too over the next few days grandma watched me constantly her expression was
44:44unreadable one morning she brought me a bowl of roasted meat grace eat up this used to be your
44:49favorite i stared at the bowl in my last life i wrote in my dying breath i want to eat
44:55mom's roasted
44:56meat and here was grandma saying those exact words tears blurred my vision this wasn't some distant wish
45:02anymore it was real right in front of me i picked up a piece bit into it tender sweet perfect
45:09grandma
45:10smiled a tired guilty smile that night lying in bed with my wolf curled warm inside my chest i thought
45:17about rachel's last words next life let me wear the choker let me be the liar punish me however you
45:23want
45:24just don't leave me i thought about her final tear the torn journal i didn't hate her anymore
45:29hating someone is like locking yourself in the past chewing on pain forever this life's warmth had
45:35already washed away the bitterness i just felt sad sad that she only understood too late real love was
45:42never about stones or punishment we stayed for a month then went back home before i left she held my
45:48hand grace live well be happy her voice was soft but heavy with meaning i nodded you too grandma i
45:55watched her
45:55walk away and i felt nothing no anger no grief the grudges of my past life were like fallen leaves
46:02blown away by the wind i wasn't stella anymore the girl locked in the dark choking on a lie i
46:08was grace
46:08sterling surrounded by love free at 13 i graduated from pack school got into the best academy in the region
46:15my parents took me to the lake for a picnic to celebrate i stood at the edge of the water
46:20wind in my hair
46:21the scent of pine and cold water on my skin i stretched out my arms feeling the freedom for a
46:27moment i saw her my ghost self floating desperate to hug someone but passing right through grace what
46:35are you thinking dad handed me a drink i smiled just i'm grateful to be alive to be with you
46:41both
46:41mom pulled me into a hug silly girl we're the lucky ones no one said anything we all just shifted
46:48at the
46:49same time like we'd done it a hundred times before we ran together through the trees through the shallow
46:54edge of the lake water spraying silver around our paws eventually i slowed down turned and threw myself
47:01at them we tumbled into the grass together mom nuzzled her head against mine dad licked the top of my
47:07head
47:08with lazy affection i pressed into them both and stayed there breathing hard warm all the way through
47:14i looked up at the sky through the canopy of trees i didn't need to prove i wasn't a liar
47:19anymore
47:19i didn't need to fear a red light i could laugh cry speak freely i had parents who loved me
47:26a best
47:27friend a healthy body a bright future this was the life i died wishing for that night i wrote in
47:33my journal
47:34not the blood-stained confessions of my old life this one was full of happiness growth love i wrote today
47:42we ran by the lake mom and dad shifted with me without saying a word we tumbled in the grass
47:47like
47:47pups i thought about my past self that little girl locked in a room choking in the dark desperate to
47:54be loved she'd never believe that i could be this happy mom and dad love me they taught me that
47:59honesty
48:00isn't something you punish out of someone it's something you grow with patience and warmth annie is
48:06my best friend now she laughs freely she speaks without flinching grandma is getting older but
48:13her eyes are warm when she looks at me my wolf grows stronger every day with her beside me i
48:19feel at
48:19ease i don't hate anyone anymore i don't cling to the past those painful memories are like paw prints in
48:25the mud washed away by rain but they taught me to cherish every step forward i know my old mom
48:32sister and
48:33dad got what they deserved and i finally broke free i found real freedom i don't want to see them
48:39again i don't want to relive that life i just want to be gray simple happy loved the lake was
48:46beautiful
48:46life was beautiful i closed my journal looked out the window moonlight shimmered on the water through
48:52the trees my wolf stirred softly inside my chest warm steady i smiled this life i finally became who i
49:00wanted to be no red light no starvation no lies just love freedom happiness and those scars from my past
49:08they became part of me proof that i had survived proof that darkness no matter how long it lasts
49:14cannot swallow you whole not if you keep moving toward the light the road ahead is long but i will
49:19walk it
49:20with courage with joy towards something even brighter
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