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