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