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00:00I died on my 16th birthday.
00:04A rogue was choking the life out of me behind the baseball field,
00:08while my parents cheered for my sister's home run 200 yards away.
00:12The storm came out of nowhere.
00:15I was crouched in a shadowed corner behind the baseball field.
00:20My wrists were tied so tight that the rope had shredded my skin.
00:25Blood trickled down my palms.
00:28A rogue Lucas walker stood in front of me.
00:31One hand pressed a knife to my throat.
00:34The other held my phone to my ear.
00:37Dad, please. I've been kidnapped.
00:41On the other end, silence.
00:44Then my mom's impatient voice.
00:47Are you serious? Your father is the alpha of the Ashwood Pack.
00:51Who would dare kidnap you?
00:52Mom, I swear I'm not lying.
00:55The crowd roared in the background.
00:58The crack of a bat.
00:59Grace was playing.
01:02Elena, I know you're jealous of your sister.
01:05But faking a kidnap just to steal attention and ruin her big day?
01:09Okay.
01:10You're even worse than I thought.
01:12Mom, please.
01:14Yeah.
01:14He's going to kill me.
01:17Please.
01:18Please come help me.
01:22That's enough.
01:23I'm turning off my phone.
01:25Nothing matters more than Grace's game.
01:28My father's cold voice.
01:30The lie went dead.
01:32Lucas laughed.
01:33Low.
01:34Cruel.
01:35Guess I grabbed the wrong daughter.
01:37Who would have thought Alpha Samuel would put his adopted lowborn girl before his own blood?
01:45He did hit a point.
01:47My parents always put Grace.
01:48The child of a servant who passed away before me.
01:52Their own blood.
01:54Four hours earlier, I was mopping the floor.
01:57My job.
01:59Scrubbing the tiles my bare feet had walked across since I was a kid.
02:04Upstairs, I could hear them laughing.
02:06Mom, I'm winning today.
02:08No question.
02:11Of course you will.
02:13You're not Elena.
02:15When you are after something, you always get it.
02:20I stopped mopping.
02:22I stared at the floor.
02:24At my reflection in the wet tile.
02:27Pale.
02:28Tired.
02:29Invisible.
02:31They came down the stairs.
02:33All three of them.
02:35Grace in her brand new athletic outfit.
02:38My mother in designer clothes.
02:41My father in a tailored jacket.
02:44They looked like a family.
02:46And then there was me.
02:49You'll mop the entire house.
02:51Then do the laundry.
02:53That's what you get for stealing Grace's clothes.
02:57I opened my mouth.
02:59Closed it.
03:00I didn't steal anything.
03:02Yes, Mom.
03:03My father barely looked at me.
03:06When you're done, go to the game.
03:09This game is very important to Grace.
03:11As her family, we'll all be there to support her.
03:16Grace paused at the door.
03:18Looked back at me.
03:20Smiled.
03:21Then she was gone.
03:22The door shut.
03:24I gripped the mop handle.
03:27Stared at the empty doorway.
03:31If we're a family, why do you only care about Grace's game?
03:35And couldn't remember today's my 16th birthday?
03:39I finished the house by noon.
03:41Then the laundry.
03:42Then the dishes.
03:43Then I stood in the kitchen, alone, and realized no one had remembered my birthday.
03:49I found a cake in the back of the fridge.
03:52Expired.
03:53Someone had forgotten it.
03:55Just like they forgot me.
03:56I found a lighter in the trash.
03:58I carried everything to the empty lot behind the baseball field.
04:02A quiet corner where no one would see me.
04:04I set the cake down.
04:06Lit the candle.
04:08Happy 16th birthday, Elena.
04:10I closed my eyes.
04:12Made a wish.
04:13I wish mom and dad would pay more attention to me.
04:16Trust me more.
04:17Love me more.
04:18I blew out a candle.
04:22Footsteps.
04:23I opened my eyes.
04:25A pair of worn shoes stood in front of me and crashed my cake.
04:30I looked up.
04:31The man was tall.
04:33Gaunt.
04:34His eyes glowed faintly raw.
04:35On his forehead, a branded scar.
04:38The mark of a robe.
04:41Who are you?
04:43My name is Lucas Walker.
04:46Ten years ago, your father gave me this scar.
04:49Banished me.
04:50And made me a rogue.
04:53Behind him, something flickered.
04:56A massive, wolf-like shape.
04:59Made of shadow.
05:00I tried to run.
05:02He grabbed me by the collar.
05:04And slammed me against the wall.
05:06My neckline shifted.
05:07The heart-shaped birthmark on my collarbone was exposed.
05:12Lucas looked at my birthmark and smiled coolly.
05:17The knife was cold against my throat.
05:20Lucas held the phone to my ear.
05:23Let me listen.
05:25The number you have dialed is not in service.
05:28Please check the number and try again.
05:34Then the beep.
05:36Lucas laughed.
05:37Lucas laughed.
05:37They actually turned it off.
05:40Your own parents.
05:44Guess I really did grab the wrong daughter.
05:48I couldn't breathe.
05:49Couldn't think.
05:50Couldn't do anything except tremble and cry.
05:53Please, I thought.
05:55Please, someone come.
05:57But no one came.
05:59If your father isn't coming,
06:01then you shall die for him.
06:06He raised the knife.
06:15The blade hit the wall,
06:16dot an inch from my head.
06:18Lucas looked around, dot at the empty corner.
06:21On second thought,
06:22killing you right away seems dull.
06:24He turned his head back and howled.
06:26His bones cracked.
06:27Hands became razor sharp wolf claws.
06:29Black mist curled from his palm.
06:31His eyes went pitch black.
06:34Something unnatural.
06:36Corrupted.
06:37Do you have any idea
06:38how I survived those ten years?
06:40I sold my soul to a dark witch.
06:42I'm the monster your father created.
06:44And since he's not coming,
06:47you'll have to do.
06:49The black mist poured into my skin.
06:52Poison.
06:54Fire.
06:55Ice.
06:56All at once.
06:58I screamed.
06:59Thunder exploded overhead.
07:01Lightning flashed dot.
07:03And somewhere far away,
07:04the crowd cheered.
07:05Grace hit a homelide.
07:07They found my body three days later,
07:10right at the front door of our house.
07:12While my parents were throwing a party
07:15to celebrate Grace's victory
07:17in the baseball game,
07:18Lucas put my body at the door.
07:20A final sick joke
07:22for my parents to stumble upon.
07:24My body was wrapped in a torn blanket,
07:27thought blood dash soaked,
07:29thought the stench was unbearable.
07:31A pack member spalled to me
07:32and rushed toward the house
07:34in a panic.
07:35Before long,
07:36my alpha father
07:36and luna mother
07:38came to the body.
07:39One of the pack members
07:40put the blanket back.
07:41Then he fell to the ground
07:42and slew up.
07:44My face was gone,
07:45mutilated beyond recognition.
07:47My left arm severed,
07:48my neck blackened,
07:50my skin gray and decay.
07:51The only thing intact
07:52was the heart-shaped birthmark
07:54on my collarbone.
07:55My parents stabbed closer
07:57and examined the body.
07:59Not a single patch of intact skin.
08:01Only the birthmark remains untouched.
08:04Whoever her parents are,
08:05this will destroy them.
08:07That's my birthmark!
08:08Do you not recognize it?
08:09My mother knelt beside my body.
08:12Her hands glowed
08:13with healing energy.
08:14She released it into the corpse.
08:16The light vanished.
08:17She was attacked by something
08:19deeply corrupted,
08:21dark magic.
08:23It's beyond even me.
08:25Those careless parents are you.
08:27How can you not recognize me?
08:29Lucas dumped my body at our door.
08:31And you still can't tell.
08:34No one heard me.
08:35No one reacted.
08:36Of course,
08:37I'm already dead.
08:39My father crashed down,
08:40put on gloves,
08:42reached for my wrist,
08:43removed my bracelet.
08:44The one I wore every day
08:46for three years.
08:47Finally,
08:48you'll realize it's me,
08:49right?
08:50Look,
08:51this could be important.
08:53My mom Ling Dian.
08:54The victim's initials,
08:56H and S.
08:57No,
08:58those are your initials.
08:59I screamed at the top of my lungs.
09:02It's Hopper and Samuel.
09:03Mom,
09:04I made this for you
09:05when I was 13
09:06and gave it to you
09:07on mom's day.
09:08Only you threw it
09:09in the trash.
09:10Just because Grace
09:12falsely accused me
09:13of stealing her allowance,
09:15still,
09:16no one heard me.
09:17My father sealed the bracelet
09:19in an evidence bag.
09:22Run a DNA test.
09:24Uncle Daniel,
09:25step forward.
09:26Samuel,
09:27your kids,
09:28they're safe,
09:28right?
09:29Relax.
09:30Liam's at school.
09:31Grace is inside.
09:32Elena?
09:36Elena's fine.
09:37Probably wasting time somewhere.
09:39I don't know what to do
09:40with that one.
09:40I stood three feet away.
09:42I'm not fine.
09:44Mom,
09:44I'm dead.
09:45I've been dead for three days
09:47and you didn't notice.
09:49Forgive me,
09:49Alpha,
09:50but I have to say,
09:50I think Elena's a good kid.
09:52It doesn't matter,
09:54Uncle Daniel.
09:55They'll never see it.
09:56You're seeing what she wants you to see.
09:57Elena is a natural liar.
09:59She's 16
10:00and still hasn't awakened her wolf.
10:01She envies Grace for it.
10:03She's jealous of Grace's popularity.
10:05I haven't awakened my wolf
10:06because I barely eat.
10:08Mom,
10:09because I'm treated like a servant.
10:11Because no one in this family
10:12has ever believed
10:13I'm worth anything.
10:15The front door creaked open.
10:17Grace peeked out.
10:18Mom?
10:20My mom's expression
10:22softened instantly.
10:24Sweetheart,
10:24go back inside.
10:25It's not safe.
10:26Grace hesitated.
10:29Okay, Mom.
10:30I just wanted to ask.
10:31There's a coding tournament tomorrow.
10:33Elena signed up,
10:34but no one can reach her.
10:35Can I take her place?
10:36My hands curled into fists.
10:38I spent months preparing for that.
10:40And now,
10:41you're going to take it from me too.
10:43Of course you can.
10:45You're the best, darling.
10:46If Elena is just throwing away
10:48an opportunity like that,
10:50then you should take it.
10:51Grace smiled,
10:52stepped into my mom's arms.
10:54Thank you, Mom.
10:55My mom held her close,
10:58stroked her hair,
10:59full of warmth and love.
11:01The same love she'd never once shown me.
11:04Mom,
11:05I've never thrown that opportunity away.
11:08I was going to show up
11:09and do my best
11:10and make you proud,
11:12but I'm dead.
11:13I can't hold on to anything anymore.
11:16My brother called.
11:17Liam,
11:18the only one who remembered.
11:20Mom,
11:21do you know where Elena is?
11:22Her birthday was three days ago.
11:24My mom's face shifted.
11:28Right.
11:30It was her birthday.
11:31Don't tell me you forgot again.
11:33Grace looked at my mom
11:34with guilty eyes.
11:35Mom,
11:35this is my fault.
11:36If it weren't for my game,
11:38you wouldn't have forgotten.
11:39Elena must be so angry with me.
11:42No, sweetheart.
11:43This isn't your fault.
11:46Then she turned back to the phone.
11:48Yes,
11:49we forgot.
11:50So what?
11:50Three days ago
11:52was Grace's game.
11:53That came first.
11:55If Elena ran away over that,
11:57it's on her.
11:59She could die out there
12:01for all I care.
12:02She hung up.
12:03I stared at her.
12:04Then you got your wish, mom.
12:06My body is laying cold
12:07in your front yard,
12:08my mom said.
12:09Go back inside, sweetheart.
12:11It's not safe out here.
12:13Grace headed inside.
12:15My mom turned to my body again.
12:17This kind of dark magic
12:19usually tend to leave a mark
12:20inside the body.
12:22Bring me my silver knives.
12:23I'll extract her lunar cores
12:25and examine the remains myself.
12:27My body was pushed
12:28into a surgery room.
12:29With white gloves on,
12:31my mom was ready
12:32to take out the lunar core.
12:33She removed my upper clothing
12:35and gently adjusting my hair.
12:38Then her gaze drifted
12:39and stopped at my birthmark.
12:41My mother went still.
12:42Why does this birthmark
12:44feel so familiar?
12:47But her doubts
12:48only last for a second.
12:50She exhales
12:51and shakes her head.
12:53Forget about it.
12:54I'm just tired.
12:55Of course,
12:56she couldn't possibly
12:57recognize me.
12:59She calmly drove
13:01the blade into my skin
13:02and extracted my lunar core,
13:04stained with blood
13:06and still aglow.
13:08Mom,
13:08if you realize that
13:09the lunar core
13:11you're holding
13:11is mine,
13:12would you still be so calm?
13:14When she finished it
13:15and left the surgery room,
13:17my dad was waiting
13:18in the corridor
13:19and talking about
13:20how desperate the victim
13:21must be
13:21with Uncle Daniel.
13:23Time to go home.
13:24Grace must be scared
13:26alone at home.
13:27My father nodded.
13:29A subordinate
13:30rushed toward them,
13:31restless and shaking,
13:33clutching a report,
13:34couldn't look at my parents.
13:36Alpha,
13:37the DNA results are back.
13:39The victim
13:39is Elena Moore,
13:41your daughter.
13:44That's impossible!
13:46I ran the comparison
13:47three times.
13:48There's no mistake, Alpha.
13:49No,
13:50it can't be.
13:51My mother pulled out
13:52her phone,
13:53dialed my number.
13:55Pick up,
13:55come on, pick up.
13:56Don't do this to me,
13:57Elena.
13:59Mom,
14:00face to reality,
14:01I can never
14:02pick up your calls again.
14:04The phone kept ringing.
14:06No one answered.
14:07My mother's face crumbled.
14:09She called us
14:09at the game,
14:10said she'd been kidnapped,
14:12begged us to save her.
14:14Her voice cracked.
14:18So she was telling the truth?
14:20We hung up on her.
14:23Turned the phone off.
14:24My father's face went gray.
14:25My mother staggered backward,
14:28collapsed to the ground.
14:29I didn't even recognize
14:30my own daughter!
14:32I cut into her body
14:33with my own hands!
14:35My father caught her,
14:37held her,
14:38tears falling.
14:40So she called you
14:41for help,
14:42and you ignored her?
14:43How could you do that?
14:46My mom couldn't
14:47stop crying.
14:48We thought she was lying.
14:50Elena always lied.
14:51She was always
14:52jealous of Grace.
14:53I wasn't lying.
14:55Not that time.
14:57Not any of the times
14:58you blamed me.
14:59But you never believed me.
15:02Then you said,
15:03How did you not recognize
15:04your own daughter?
15:05My father frowned.
15:06Wait.
15:07The bracelet.
15:08The victim's bracelet
15:09has H and S
15:11encrazed on it.
15:11That must be her initials.
15:13It can't be Elena.
15:17He pulled out his phone,
15:19showed the photo.
15:19See?
15:20The victim's name
15:21starts with H and S.
15:23There's been a mistake.
15:24My mother's eyes lit up,
15:26desperate.
15:27Yes.
15:30There's been a mistake.
15:33I watched them.
15:34No.
15:35There's no mistake.
15:37That bracelet is mine.
15:39You threw it away,
15:40and now you're using it
15:42to deceive yourselves,
15:43pretending I'm not dead.
15:45Liam came home
15:46an hour later,
15:47got his face pale,
15:49his eyes red.
15:50Elena,
15:51is she really dead?
15:54No.
15:55Look,
15:56the bracelet.
15:57This was found
15:58on the body.
15:59The engraving,
16:00H and S.
16:02Those must be
16:02the victim's initials.
16:04It can't be Elena.
16:06That is Elena's bracelet.
16:10Don't you remember?
16:12H and S stand for your names.
16:15Harper and Samuel.
16:18How can you not recognize
16:20something that belonged
16:21to your own daughter?
16:23So the news is true.
16:25She called you.
16:27She begged you for help.
16:29And you ignored her.
16:32You're the reason she's dead.
16:34Liam collapsed onto the sofa,
16:36buried his face in his hands.
16:39Elena,
16:41my little sister,
16:42what did they do to you?
16:44I moved to him,
16:46wrapped my arms around him,
16:48pressed my lips to his hair.
16:50I'm here.
16:51I'm right here.
16:53But he can't feel me.
16:54My parents broke too.
16:57It was me.
16:58I failed my own daughter.
17:00Just thinking about
17:01what she went through
17:03on her birthday.
17:06Elena,
17:07I was wrong.
17:08I was so wrong.
17:09I watched them.
17:11So you can admit it
17:13in the end.
17:14But it's too late.
17:15I don't understand you.
17:17Elena is your daughter.
17:18Your blood.
17:19Grace is the child
17:20of a servant who passed away.
17:21Why have you always
17:22treated Elena
17:22like she didn't matter?
17:24Elena lies.
17:25She steals.
17:26What were we supposed to think?
17:27We were disappointed.
17:28Steals?
17:29What did she ever steal?
17:31That dress she's wearing.
17:32Elena tried to take it before.
17:34We caught her.
17:35Liam turned to Grace.
17:36His voice went cold.
17:38You think she tried
17:39to steal that dress?
17:40I bought that dress for Elena.
17:42Grace freezes.
17:44My parents are shocked.
17:45The room went silent.
17:47What did he just say?
17:50Go on.
17:51Explain.
17:52I recognized that dress
17:54the moment I walked in.
17:55I bought it for Elena.
17:56So how did it end up on you?
17:57And how exactly did you twist that
17:59into her stealing from you?
18:00Grace's face went pale.
18:03I...
18:03I was just jealous.
18:06Liam always treated Elena so well
18:08and I...
18:09My mother stood up
18:11and slapped her.
18:13The sound echoed through the room.
18:15We trusted you
18:17all these years
18:18and you were framing her?
18:21We raised you.
18:23Gave you everything.
18:25Treated you like our own
18:26and this is how you repay us?
18:28By scheming against Elena?
18:30So you finally see it?
18:32No matter how good you were to me
18:34I was always expendable.
18:36Elena is your real daughter.
18:39Your blood.
18:41I'm just a servant's child.
18:43If I didn't fight for my place
18:44I'd have nothing.
18:46From this moment on
18:46you are no longer part of this family.
18:50Grace ran out.
18:53The door slammed.
18:56I stood there.
18:57A cold smile on my ghost lips.
19:00Finally, the truth.
19:02But it doesn't bring me back.
19:04That night
19:05my mom came to my room.
19:07She sat at my desk
19:09picked up my photo
19:10traced my face.
19:12Elena
19:12I miss you.
19:13A tear slid down her cheek.
19:15I dreamed about you.
19:17You were asking me
19:18why I didn't come to save you.
19:20She opened my diary.
19:21I cleaned the entire house again today.
19:24In this home
19:25I live like a servant.
19:27Her eyes tightened.
19:28She turned the page.
19:30Dad says I'm a liar.
19:32Mom says giving birth to me
19:34was her greatest mistake.
19:36Maybe Grace is right.
19:38Maybe she's the real daughter
19:39and I'm just extra.
19:42A tear fell onto the page.
19:44Her hand shook.
19:45No, that's not true.
19:47You are my daughter.
19:48She flipped through the notebook.
19:50Faster.
19:51Desperate.
19:52Then opened the drawer.
19:53Pulled out older journals.
19:54A folded sheet slipped out.
19:56She picked it up.
19:57A design sketch.
19:59A bracelet.
20:00At its center
20:01the intertwined letters
20:02H and S.
20:04She covered her mouth.
20:05Tears spill over.
20:07Unstoppable.
20:08As she remembers everything.
20:09I stood beside her.
20:11Watching.
20:12Emotions tangled
20:13and unreadable.
20:14You see it now mom.
20:16But you are three days too late.
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