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00:00My mother was bitten. Later, I found out it wasn't a dog, but a mixed-blood wolf guard owned by
00:06my husband Lucien's mistress.
00:09When I called him, he was on vacation with her. Their scents bonded in a way only wolves could notice.
00:15I begged him to come back, but he brushed me off. Defending her and claiming the wolf guard didn't mean
00:21it.
00:21Four hours later, the hospital told me my mother was gone, while Lucien posted a photo kissing his mistress.
00:30Her fresh wolf mark glowing on her neck. That was the moment I realized it wasn't the wolf guard that
00:35should have died.
00:36It was the five years I'd wasted on him.
00:40Through tears, I finally called the man I'd avoided for 15 years.
00:44My father, Vincent Carriver. The alpha no one in New York dared to cross.
00:53Miss Carver, your mother's been admitted. Severe bite trauma. You need to come immediately.
01:00Lara? Baby, I'm... I'm in the middle of...
01:02My mother's in the hospital. She was attacked by a... a wolf guard.
01:06Oh. That's... I'm really sorry, but I'm in Montana right now.
01:15Brielle. Of course she was with him.
01:17Even through the phone, I could smell her clading perfume mixed with his wolf-sment.
01:22An intimacy you couldn't fake. I have to go.
01:26Wait, Lara!
01:31Mrs. Carver suffered severe trauma to her left leg.
01:35The... animal belonged to a Miss Brielle veil.
01:39It was unregistered and showed signs of unstable wolf DNA.
01:43Unstable. Mixed bloods were unpredictable.
01:46Dangerous. Illegal to keep without proper training.
01:49Your mother is diabetic. The infection is spreading rapidly.
01:53We may need to consider amputation.
01:57Mom might lose her leg. They said it was Brielle's wolf guard.
02:07Brielle's having a breakdown about it. Can you call her?
02:10She needs someone to tell her it's not her fault.
02:12He wanted me to comfort her.
02:14He wanted me to comfort the woman whose creature had mutilated my mother.
02:21Sometimes you find magic in unexpected places.
02:33Miss Carver, your mother went into cardiac arrest.
02:36We did everything we could.
02:38I'm so sorry.
02:44I don't remember driving home.
02:46I don't remember unlocking the door.
02:48I only remember standing in the middle of our apartment.
02:50Lucien's apartment.
02:52Surrounded by his scent.
02:53Sickeningly familiar.
02:54Five years.
02:55Five years of being the perfect human passing fiancé in a wolf dominated world.
03:00Five years of shrinking myself so his pack would accept me.
03:03My mother was dead and he was bonding with another woman on a mountain.
03:09Then, I found my phone and scrolled to a contact I hadn't touched in 15 years.
03:15My father, Vincent Carver, Alpha King.
03:18A name the Moray family didn't know I carried.
03:20A name Lucien had never bothered to ask about.
03:24Hello?
03:24Daddy, I want to come home.
03:28Ella, what happened?
03:30Everything.
03:31Everything happened.
03:32I'll send a car.
03:34No.
03:35I have some things to finish first.
03:38Then finish them.
03:39And come back to where you belong.
03:41Then, Lara, the girl who'd made herself small in a wolf's world, died tonight.
03:48And Ella Carver, daughter of an Alpha King, opened her eyes.
03:55Two days passed in a fog.
03:57Lucien's calls went to voicemail.
03:59Thirty-seven missed calls.
04:01Forty-two text messages.
04:02I read none of them.
04:05Instead, I found our old photo albums.
04:08The ones I'd spent hours curating during my good-feeling years in the Moreau household.
04:13Picture after picture of Lucien and me.
04:16Always me beside him, smiling that quiet, agreeable smile human women were expected to have when paired with Alpha-born
04:23wolves.
04:24When I reached the group photos with Brielle, the ones she'd insisted were friendly.
04:34You both looked so happy.
04:36Even then.
04:42The best trips are the ones you never want to end.
04:48Already planning the next one.
04:52Evidence.
04:53All of this is evidence.
04:57My wolf instincts didn't howl or rage.
05:00They retreated, silent and wounded.
05:03Curling deep inside my chest.
05:06You're my son, Lara.
05:08Everything in me revolves around you.
05:10Even my wolf.
05:15Liar.
05:16You're my son.
05:22You're my son.
05:27You're my son.
05:27You're my son.
05:27Five years.
05:28Five years.
05:29Five years for nothing.
05:35Lara, finally. I've been trying to reach you for two days. What the hell?
05:39My mother died.
05:41I... I know. I'm so sorry, but you disappeared.
05:47You were in Montana.
05:54Brielle needed support. She was devastated.
05:57My mother needed her leg.
05:59That's not fair, Lara. It was an accident.
06:02Where are you right now, Lucien?
06:04I'm... We're driving back from the airport. Brielle's with me. She wanted to apologize in person.
06:09Don't bother coming.
06:11What? Lara, this is my apartment.
06:13Was. It was. Your apartment.
06:20I blocked his number. Then blocked Brielle's. Then blocked every member of the Moreau family.
06:26Forty-three contacts. Gone.
06:31And with each block, something inside me, the hidden part that still carried wolf blood, felt freer.
06:37As if the invisible chain he'd wrapped around my neck, finally snapped.
06:47At my mother's funeral, only seven people came.
06:51Mrs. Turner from next door.
06:53Three of my mother's church friends.
06:55Two nurses from the hospital.
06:56And me. Lucien didn't show. He didn't even send flowers. Nothing symbolic. Nothing respectful.
07:04She looks peaceful.
07:06Peaceful. My mother had died screaming in pain while Lucien, an alpha-born wolf with heightened senses, hadn't even detected
07:14the crisis.
07:15Lucien, I'd unblocked him that morning, just long enough to see who he really was.
07:20Lara, thank God. Where are you?
07:22My mother's funeral.
07:23What? When?
07:25Are you in Montana, Lucien?
07:30Answer me.
07:31We... Brielle and I decided to extend the trip. Just two more days.
07:36The slopes are perfect. Is that her?
07:38Lara, you're being unreasonable. Brielle's going through a lot right now.
07:43The guilt? Tell me, is she feeling guilty in the hot tub or on the ski lift?
07:49You're upset. I understand. But taking it out on Brielle...
07:54Did you ever love me?
07:55Of course I love you. You're my fiancée.
08:00Am I? But your fiancée is burying her mother alone while you vacation with another woman.
08:07It's not a vacation. It's complicated.
08:10You're right. I have been distant. How selfish of me.
08:14Lara.
08:16Don't call me again.
08:22Your mother talked about you constantly.
08:25About what?
08:27That boy.
08:28She said he looked at you like you were a trop, not a treasure.
08:33Typical of Moro wolves.
08:35Treating partners like status symbols instead of equals.
08:38She once told me, Alara's a star, but she's orbiting the wrong sun.
08:45Alara, my true name. My wolf name. The one Lucian never used because he preferred Lara, a softer, smaller version
08:54he could manage.
08:55She was right. Stars don't orbit. They burn. Remember that.
09:00That night, I found my mother's journal.
09:03Even my mother, a human, had sensed the wolf in me and sensed how Lucian had been killing it slowly.
09:10Then I found it. A veterinary bill addressed to Brielle Vale.
09:14Dated six months ago.
09:16Treatment for bite victim.
09:18Unprovoked attack by wolf guard. Owner refused training.
09:22Third incident. Three victims. Three attacks.
09:26And Brielle had refused proper training.
09:28That alone was illegal under wolf human ordinance law.
09:32Lucian's name was listed as the emergency contact.
09:35Lucian Moreau. Owner's partner.
09:38He'd known. He'd known that creature was dangerous.
09:41He'd covered it up. He'd told no one.
09:43He hadn't even warned. My mother. I felt something crack inside me. Not grief. Not pain.
09:49Something awakening. Something wolf.
09:51Something that had slept for years under Lucian's subtle dominance.
09:55Clutching the bill. Feeling my breath come heavier.
09:58My pulse stronger. My senses sharper.
10:00A wolf didn't need claws to destroy someone.
10:03The truth was enough.
10:07I spent the entire night deleting every photo of Lucian on my Instagram.
10:12The final photo. Our engagement announcement.
10:16She said yes to forever!
10:21He proposed to her. Thought you deserved to know.
10:24He had proposed to Brielle?
10:26While I was burying my mother?
10:28And on Brielle's finger sparkled the yellow diamond.
10:31The Morty Air Lamb alpha engagement ringing.
10:40Thank you, Lucian.
10:42Thank you for making this so easy.
10:45I screenshot everything.
10:47Created a folder titled Evidence.
10:50You didn't sleep.
10:51How can you tell?
10:53Your mother had the same look after your father left.
11:00Your mother told me things.
11:02About who your father really is.
11:04She made me promise never to tell that boy's family.
11:07She said you left that world behind.
11:11Maybe I did.
11:12But now?
11:13Only that person can help me.
11:16What did you find?
11:20He knew.
11:21He knew.
11:22That's not negligence.
11:24That's murder.
11:25Indirect, but murder.
11:26You can't let them bury this.
11:29I won't.
11:30After she left, I sat at my laptop and began to dig.
11:34Three accidents.
11:35All buried deep.
11:36All settled quietly.
11:38All handled by Moreau family lawyers.
11:40The Moreaus had been covering for her for years.
11:43Of course, they had.
11:44The veils were politically valuable, wolf-adjacent elites.
11:49I kept digging.
11:51Cross-referenced hospital records.
11:53Found the victims.
11:54A jogger.
11:54A delivery driver.
11:56A six-year-old child.
11:57Non-disclosure agreement with the Moreau family sealed.
12:00I made copies of everything.
12:02Sent them all to my father.
12:06Daddy.
12:07Elota, I saw what you sent.
12:09Say the word, and the Morea pack will crumble by morning.
12:13Not yet.
12:13I want them to see it coming.
12:18The Moreau Foundation Annual Charity Gala.
12:22I'd forgotten it was tonight.
12:23Or maybe I'd locked it out of my mind deliberately.
12:25Wolf Society loved its gatherings.
12:27Elegant.
12:28Glittering.
12:29Territorial displays masked as philanthropy.
12:32Lucien had always used this event to parade his status.
12:35His dominance.
12:36His perfect human-passing fiancé.
12:41One last performance.
12:42One last look at the world I was about to abandon.
12:50She looks like she is going to a funeral.
12:52Not a party.
12:53Perfect.
12:54This is the dress Lucien hates the most.
12:56I looked different.
12:58I'd never let my hair down and wild.
13:00A wolf's signal of unbound autonomy.
13:03My wolf instincts stretched beneath my skin.
13:05Finally unchained.
13:08The yellow diamond engagement ring.
13:11Not even hiding it.
13:13People missed.
13:15Then I heard a familiar voice.
13:17Sign the NDA by next week.
13:19The family handles its own.
13:21Lucien's father, Harrison, Moreau.
13:23What if she refuses?
13:25She won't.
13:26Girls like that always take the money.
13:28She'll be grateful for the severance.
13:32And if she makes noise about the incident?
13:35Then we remind her that accidents happen.
13:38Especially to people who don't know when to stay quiet.
13:45Lucien's moving fast with the veil girl.
13:48Smart boy.
13:49Brielle's father owns half the northeast shipping contracts.
13:53Far better match.
13:55Far better match.
13:57Not for love.
13:58For wolf politics.
14:08Ugh!
14:12Lara.
14:13Oh my god, Lara!
14:15We didn't think you'd come.
14:17Lucien said you were...
14:18Indisposed.
14:20My mother's came yesterday.
14:22I'm very disposed now.
14:24Our condolences.
14:25Such a tragedy.
14:27I've been trying to reach you.
14:31Have you?
14:32That's a beautiful ring.
14:34It's not what you think!
14:35It's exactly what I think.
14:39Congratulations.
14:40When's the wedding?
14:41Lara.
14:42We need to talk.
14:43Explain what?
14:45That you proposed to her while I buried my mother?
14:50That your family is preparing an NDA?
14:55Tell me, Lucien.
14:57When exactly did you fall in love with her?
15:00Or after her wolf guard ma, my mother?
15:11I loved you.
15:13I loved you.
15:13You never loved me.
15:15No.
15:16You don't even know my real name.
15:18What?
15:20My name.
15:21You don't know it.
15:22It's Lara!
15:24Wrong.
15:26You don't get to touch me anymore.
15:28You don't get to touch me anymore.
15:29You don't get to touch me anymore.
15:38Then, I drove to my mother's grave.
15:47I'm leaving tomorrow.
15:49But I wanted you to know, I'm not running.
15:52I'm walking away.
15:53And I'm going to make sure they never see me again.
16:06Lara, I know you're in there.
16:07You threw this away.
16:08Like it meant nothing.
16:11Because it was garbage.
16:13This is our five years.
16:14There was no us, Lucien.
16:17There was you.
16:18And the girl you wanted me to be.
16:21That's not true.
16:22Go home, Lucien.
16:24Go home to Briella.
16:26I made a mistake.
16:28I'll leave her.
16:29I'll give you everything.
16:32You think you can buy me back with promises?
16:34I love you.
16:35You love the idea of not being alone.
16:38That's different.
16:41Please.
16:42Give me another chance.
16:45Don't.
16:45That wasn't a mistake, Lucien.
16:47It was a choice.
16:48You chose her.
16:50Every single day.
16:51Lara, please.
16:54My name is Alarda.
16:56What?
16:57My name.
16:59The one you never bothered to learn.
17:01Elektra Carver.
17:04Carver?
17:05Like Vincent?
17:15At 2 a.m., glass shattered.
17:21His scent cutting through the house like a blade.
17:28You left the window unlocked.
17:32Get out.
17:36Not until you listen.
17:37I love you.
17:40Please.
17:41He kissed me.
17:42Hard.
17:43Desperate.
17:44Possessive.
17:45A last due claim from a wolf who felt me slipping beyond his reach.
17:49Not love.
17:52Brianna.
17:54Brianna.
17:54He had called me Brianna.
17:58Brianna.
18:02Get out of my house!
18:06Laura, I didn't...
18:07Out!
18:09The girl who had loved Lucien Moray had died the moment my mother did.
18:15His wolf broke first.
18:16I could smell it.
18:18The sharp, metallic scent of an alpha losing something permanent.
18:26Send the car.
18:27Now.
18:27I'm ready.
18:29It's 2 a.m.
18:31Now, daddy.
18:3320 minutes.
18:43Goodbye.
18:44Not to Lucien.
18:45To the girl who had made herself small for him.
18:50Miss Allura.
18:52Alpha Vincent sent me.
18:53Let's go.
18:55Let's go.
18:57Let's go.
18:59Let's go.
19:05Even from here, his aura hit me.
19:07Dense, commanding, old blood wolf.
19:11Daddy.
19:20Elora.
19:21The last time he'd said my name was 15 years ago, when I ran away.
19:26You're home.
19:28You're safe now.
19:29I'm sorry.
19:29For staying away so long.
19:31You came back.
19:32That's all that matters.
19:33He touched you?
19:34It's nothing.
19:35Nothing is not what a carver alpha calls it when someone lays hands on his daughter.
19:39He will never touch you again.
19:41The lost daughter has returned.
19:43She looks stronger.
19:44She smells of heartbreak.
19:47Rest.
19:48Tomorrow, we talk.
19:49In my new room.
19:51Clean.
19:51Warm.
19:52Untouched.
19:53I finally lay down.
19:54For the first time since my mother died, sleep didn't feel like a burden.
19:59And my wolf, quiet for years, finally slept beside me, no longer afraid.
20:13Miss Elota, Alpha Vincent requests your presence in the sunroom.
20:17Okay.
20:18Carver wolves didn't delay important conversations.
20:22Especially ones involving betrayal, death, or revenge.
20:30You slept?
20:32Yes.
20:34Hmm.
20:36Good.
20:38Exhausted E. Cloud's judgment.
20:42What is this?
20:43Everything the Morayans have tried to hide.
20:49You gathered all this overnight?
20:52Hmm.
20:52You are my daughter.
20:54They hurt you.
20:56I would take them down completely overnight if I had to.
20:59His era surged.
21:01Quiet, but immense.
21:02A reminder of what true alpha power felt like.
21:05This is enough to ruin them.
21:07But I need to know.
21:09What do you want?
21:10What do you think I should do?
21:12Revenge is not just destruction.
21:14It is choosing a path so far above your enemies that their downfall becomes irrelevant.
21:20What happens if I walk away?
21:22Truly walk away?
21:23The Morayans will scramble.
21:25And Lucian?
21:27He will spiral.
21:30Alpha-born wolves do not handle losing their chosen partners well.
21:38Lucian thought you would always be waiting.
21:40He thought you were small.
21:42But now?
21:45He realizes what he lost.
21:48Your absence will haunt him far more effectively than confrontation ever could.
21:55But if you choose destruction,
21:57I will not stop you.
22:01I don't want to destroy myself trying to destroy them.
22:05That is the first wise thing you've said since you returned.
22:08But I want them to know that I left, that I'm done then.
22:13I'm not coming back.
22:16Ah.
22:18What's this?
22:20The Moreau Vale engagement announcement brunch is this afternoon.
22:23They're announcing?
22:24Officially.
22:25With the ring.
22:30So, shall we attend?
22:35Yes.
22:36Let's go.
22:53Every wolf in the room caught our scent.
22:55Carever Alpha Aura, sharp and cold like winter steel,
22:58mixed with my newly awoken signature,
23:00smoke, frost, and quiet fury.
23:02Vincent Carey entering an engagement brunch uninvitated was not a small gesture.
23:06It was a message carved into the floor.
23:08Vincent!
23:09What an unexpected visit.
23:12We came for the announcement.
23:15Alara?
23:16He had never said my name correctly before.
23:19Not once.
23:20But now?
23:21Now that I stood beside an Alpha King?
23:23Now he remembered.
23:25Lucian's scent radiated panic.
23:27His wolf instincts were reacting the way all wolves did when they realized they'd lost
23:32something irreplaceable.
23:35Lara, it's Alara.
23:36Alara Carver.
23:38She's a Carver?
23:40Vincent's daughter?
23:41An Alpha-blooded mate replaced by a Veil girl?
23:44I...
23:45I don't understand.
23:47You said she was...
23:48Shut up!
23:50Congratulations on your engagement.
23:52Alara, please.
23:54Can we talk?
23:55Privately?
23:55No.
23:57It's not what you think.
23:58Really?
23:58You kissed me two nights ago and called me by her name.
24:01No!
24:08Lucian Moray.
24:09You owed my daughter respect.
24:12Instead, you offered her betrayal.
24:16Lucian's wolf instincts forced him into a half-bow.
24:20No wolf with sense challenged a Carver Alpha.
24:23Sir, I made mistakes, but I loved her.
24:29Loved?
24:30No.
24:31You loved the version of me you could control.
24:38Hmm.
24:39Let's go.
24:42Ilara!
24:44Ilara!
24:47Ilara!
24:48I wasn't little goat.
24:50Don't go.
24:51I'm begging you.
24:56Lucian?
24:57Do you still love her?
25:02I...
25:02He didn't speak.
25:04He didn't need to.
25:05Wolf smelled truth.
25:07You...
25:07You told me she meant nothing.
25:13I never said that.
25:17Let's go.
25:18He's not worth your attention anymore.
25:21Yes.
25:22Goodbye, Lucian.
25:28Alara, please.
25:30Don't leave me.
25:31Behind us, the room exrupted.
25:35Wolves whispering.
25:37Reputations cracking.
25:38Alliances collapsing.
25:41And I...
25:43I was finally free.
25:45Finally whole.
25:50You handled yourself well.
25:52That was handling myself?
25:55Confrontation without losing control
25:58is the mark of a true Alpha.
26:02Even if you never lead a pack,
26:04you carry the blood.
26:06Alpha.
26:07The word felt foreign on my tongue.
26:10Lucian had made me feel small,
26:12manageable, soft.
26:14But my father?
26:15He saw something else.
26:17Alpha's daughter returned.
26:20She walked away from the Morea ear.
26:25I felt their instincts press around me.
26:28Not judgment.
26:29Not pity.
26:30But acknowledgement.
26:33Please don't cut me out like this.
26:36I can explain everything.
26:38I made a mistake.
26:40Just...
26:41Talk to me.
26:42I shouldn't have proposed to her.
26:44I wasn't...
26:48Elora, please.
26:49Elora, please.
26:51Elora, please.
27:01It's all over.
27:08Morning.
27:11Elala.
27:12We have decisions to make.
27:14About the Moreos?
27:17Yes.
27:18And about you.
27:20I don't want revenge.
27:22Not the kind that destroys lives.
27:26Good.
27:28Revenge rooted in obsession is weakness.
27:31Revenge rooted in self-respect is strength.
27:35What does that mean?
27:37It means we decide what closure looks like for you, not for them.
27:42I don't want anything from Lucian.
27:44Not even apology?
27:46It wouldn't be real.
27:47He's only sorry now because he lost me.
27:50Truth.
27:51Wolves rarely regret actions.
27:53They regret consequences.
27:55You stayed with the Morea heir for five years.
27:58That alone merits closure.
28:00What's inside?
28:02A way to sever the last thread.
28:05Open it.
28:07Inside was a legal document.
28:09A statement of withdrawal.
28:15A formal severing of association.
28:17I renounced all Morea tries.
28:19Wolf, social, financial, and personal.
28:21It's not revenge.
28:22Just a clean break.
28:23A declaration that you stand alone.
28:25That you walk forward without you.
28:29My wolf whispered inside me.
28:31I didn't need Lucian.
28:33Not his promises.
28:35Not his guilt.
28:36Not his regret.
28:39I'll sign it.
28:45I'll have it sent immediately.
28:49Will they be angry?
28:52Wolves fear what they cannot control.
28:55And you, Alara, are no longer something they can control.
29:0320 minutes later, my phone buzzed, even though I had turned it on only an hour ago.
29:08Don't do this.
29:10Please.
29:10We can fix everything.
29:12Just talk to me.
29:13Alara, I'm begging you.
29:14Please answer.
29:15I'm losing my mind.
29:16If you sign anything, please don't.
29:19He wasn't handling the rejection well.
29:25Alfa-born wolves rarely did when the person they'd taken for granted walked away with finality.
29:35But I wasn't the girl Lucian knew.
29:40I was Carver-born.
29:42Halfer-born.
29:44Alpha-blooded.
29:52Someone was at the entrance.
29:54No.
29:54Not someone.
29:55A wolf.
29:57One with a scent I knew all too well.
29:59Cinnamon.
30:00Cedar.
30:01And guilt.
30:02Wolves approaching uninvited rarely come with good intentions.
30:06Manet looked like he hadn't slept.
30:07Or eaten.
30:10Bani Roka.
30:12Or breathed properly since the brunch.
30:17Alara.
30:20He said it correctly again.
30:22Not because he respected me, but because his wolf was afraid.
30:28You will not address her directly.
30:31I-I-I just want to talk to her.
30:38You chose silence until it was convenient for you.
30:43I-I didn't know she was hurting.
30:46No.
30:47You didn't care enough to see.
30:52Please.
30:53I just-I need five minutes.
30:56Turn around.
30:58Leave.
30:59You are trespassing on Carver territory.
31:02Alara.
31:03Please don't do this.
31:05You don't understand what's happening to me.
31:07I understand perfectly.
31:09You're panicking because you lost control.
31:13I lost you.
31:15I lost you.
31:15No.
31:16You chose.
31:18You threw me away.
31:20Now I don't want you either.
31:22I made a mistake.
31:24Alara, please.
31:25I can fix it.
31:27Just tell me what you want.
31:29Anything.
31:30I'll leave, Brianna.
31:32I'll-
31:36I don't want anything from you.
31:39Did-did you ever love me?
31:44Yes, I loved you.
31:48But loving you hurt me more than losing you ever did.
31:56Alara.
31:57You should go home.
31:59To the life you chose.
32:00I chose wrong.
32:02Then now, you're living the consequences.
32:05He stared at me for a long time.
32:06As if memorizing someone he'd never truly seen until now.
32:10Please.
32:11Just-
32:12Don't hate me.
32:14I don't hate you.
32:15I just don't love you anymore.
32:19That broke him.
32:20I felt his wolf collapse.
32:22Alara, I'm sorry.
32:24You have said what you came to say.
32:26Now leave.
32:28He bowed his head.
32:29Not in challenge.
32:30Not in dominance.
32:31In surrender.
32:32A wolf acknowledging defeat.
32:34Goodbye.
32:36The days after Lucian's visit passed more quietly than I expected.
32:40No more emails.
32:42No more messages.
32:43No more desperate attempts to reach me.
32:46I was free.
32:48Truly.
32:49Fully.
32:50Finally free.
32:51For years, Lucian had told me forests made me too wolfish.
32:55That we were supposed to act more human to fit into his world.
32:59But here, my wolf instincts stretched comfortably in my chest.
33:03Like they had waited years to breathe.
33:06How are you adjusting?
33:09How are you adjusting?
33:09I'm... lighter.
33:11Hmm.
33:12Do you have something to say?
33:15You should know that the Moreaus reached out.
33:19Why?
33:19They're concerned about Lucian.
33:21He's unraveling.
33:23He's not eating.
33:24Barely sleeping.
33:25His wolf is unstable.
33:29When a wolf realizes they destroyed something they needed, the emotional backlash hit like
33:34a physical wound.
33:37What do they want from me?
33:38They want us to speak with him.
33:40No.
33:41I told them as much.
33:44He must face the consequences of his own actions.
33:46Not cling to you as a solution.
33:49But...
33:50But I don't want him to suffer.
33:51That's not who I am.
33:54But you also do not owe him your peace.
33:57Kindness is not the same as sacrifice.
34:03You're right.
34:06But you should know one more thing.
34:08Brielle left.
34:10What?
34:12She moved out of the Moray house.
34:15Ended the engagement.
34:17What happened?
34:19She saw clearly.
34:20She realized he never truly chose her.
34:25And she didn't want to be the consolation prize.
34:29Wolves rarely accept borrowed affection.
34:34Elara.
34:37Hmm?
34:38Do not let their chaos become your burden.
34:40You walked away with dignity.
34:42Let them deal with the ruin they created.
34:45Of course.
34:51Alpha Vincent.
34:52Miss Elara.
34:54There's something you should see.
34:55What is it?
35:02I'm leaving.
35:03I'm leaving.
35:03Don't look for me.
35:11And just like that, let him ghost.
35:14As you wish.
35:14Not with pain.
35:17Not with pain.
35:18But with quiet, final acceptance.
35:22Elara.
35:37Elara.
35:38Yes.
35:41The pack is curious.
35:44About me?
35:46About your future.
35:47If you will stay.
35:49If you will take a role.
35:54I don't know what my place is here.
35:56Not critically, but the way an alpha is stressed and strength someone who didn't yet see it.
36:01You are carver born.
36:03There is always a place for you.
36:08Elara.
36:09Elara.
36:09Come with me.
36:10Of course, father.
36:12He opened a heavy wooden door.
36:14Inside was a training hall.
36:16A room built for wolves to learn control.
36:19Strength.
36:20Expression.
36:23I haven't been in here since I was little.
36:26You loved it.
36:28You used to shift before your lessons and chase the sunlight across the mats.
36:36A strange ache pressed behind my ribs.
36:40A memory I'd buried long before I met Lucien.
36:44I could wear love seen that Lucien.
36:50Why bring me here now?
36:52Because you were taught, for years, to shrink.
36:57To hide your instincts.
37:00To dim your strength.
37:02To quiet your wolf.
37:07Here, you remember what your wolf feels like when she isn't caged.
37:12I don't know if I can.
37:15You can.
37:16But at your own pace.
37:22Elara.
37:23Wolves are not meant to belong to people who fear their fire.
37:28Lucien feared you.
37:31He feared your strength, your lineage, your instincts.
37:34So he asked you to dim yourself.
37:39I will never ask you to dim anything.
37:49I will never ask you to dim anything.
38:18For a long moment, I just breathed.
38:22Letting my senses open.
38:24Letting my wolf exist.
38:28Not silent, not suppressed, just present.
38:32And for the first time in years, I felt the smallest flicker of something inside me.
38:38Not pain.
38:40Not grief.
38:41Reawakening.
38:43A whisper of the wolf I used to be.
38:45Finally, I found myself again.
38:47The following weeks passed in a rhythm I had never known before.
38:51Steady.
38:52Calm.
39:03You look different.
39:05I feel different.
39:10Your scent changed again.
39:12Stronger.
39:14Clear.
39:15Balanced.
39:19Do you think she'd be proud of me?
39:21She already was.
39:23You've grown.
39:25Not because of what happened.
39:26But because you allowed yourself to heal.
39:34I used to think healing meant going back to how I was before.
39:38And now?
39:40Now I know it means becoming someone new.
39:45That is the wolf way.
39:53You should visit your mother.
39:57I will.
40:05Hi, Mom.
40:11The wind moved slowly around me, brushing my hair back like a hand I used to lean into.
40:18I'm okay.
40:18Really okay.
40:20I thought I needed him.
40:22I thought I couldn't leave.
40:24But I did.
40:25And I'm not broken anymore.
40:30Thank you for giving me the strength to walk away.
40:34Mom.
40:35I miss you.
40:37But I'm living in a place you'd want me to be.
40:41With people who protect me.
40:43With a father who sees me.
40:45And I promise I won't let anyone dim me again.
40:53The wind picked up just enough to feel like an answer.
41:05You're ready.
41:09For what?
41:11For your life.
41:20Of course.
41:21And this time I will make my own choice.
41:28This is not the end.
41:32It was the first page of something new.
41:34It was the first page of something new.
41:36Written entirely by me.
41:38By the way.
41:40At that point.
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