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