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00:00Damon had his people throw me off the pack haul at our mating ceremony.
00:03Vivian's pup needs a father on paper. Once my bond with her is dissolved, I will marry you.
00:08Everyone assumed I would wait one more month. After all, I had already waited seven years.
00:13But that very same night, I accepted my family's marriage arrangement.
00:17I flew across the border and left Damon's world. For good.
00:21Three years later, I returned to the old territory with my husband for the ancestral rights.
00:26Ethan was held up by something urgent, so we fly separately.
00:29He sent people from a pack he had acquired three years ago to pick me up.
00:33In the crowd at the arrival gate, I spotted a sign. It bore my pack name, Lena.
00:38I walked toward it. The person holding the sign looked up. It was Damon.
00:42Vivian stood beside him, along with a group of old friends from years past.
00:46They were waiting for me. They didn't know the person they were waiting for was me.
00:50Damon saw me. He startled for a second. Then that self-important smile slid back onto his face.
00:55See? I told you she'd come back. Damon, isn't that your little lapdog, Lena?
01:01Someone in the crowd recognized me. Laughter erupted.
01:04She disappeared for three years, and now that Damon's made it big, she comes crawling back?
01:08Dressed like that? She can't even afford a decent outfit? Things must have gone badly out there,
01:13huh, Lena?
01:13I glanced down at the heartstone chain on my wrist, the one worth $20 million. I said nothing. Whenever
01:19I used to see Damon, I dressed to perfection. The most flawless makeup, the most tailored gown,
01:25putting my very best self on display for him. And now? This outfit was custom-made for me by
01:31someone Ethan had commissioned. Because I was pregnant, and he refused to let me wear anything
01:35restrictive. I didn't need to dress up for anyone anymore, all for comfort. I also understood what
01:40was happening. They only knew my pack name. They had no idea the person they were here to collect
01:45was me. So they were still mocking me, still unaware of what they were doing.
01:51The silence stretched too long. One of Damon's old friends stepped in to smooth things over.
01:56Lena, it's good that you're back. Damon's actually been looking for you all these years.
02:01The smile on Damon's face stiffened for a beat.
02:03Vivian's pup is starting academy soon. You'll be responsible for drop-offs and pick-ups from now on.
02:08Three years had passed. He was exactly the same. That sense of entitlement, that air of
02:12superiority. I was about to reveal who I was. Lena, don't blame Damon. He's arranging this for your
02:18own good. The way you've been getting by out there, you don't even qualify to be my personal
02:23secretary. Help me look after my son. No one will look down on you for that. Damon caught me frowning
02:29and assumed I was jealous. A flicker of satisfaction crossed his eyes.
02:33All right, if the outside world didn't work out, stop pretending it did.
02:38Take care of the child. Know your place. Don't worry. There's no shortage of Omega servant quarters
02:45in the house. He genuinely believed. I had come back because I couldn't let him go.
02:49Look how well Damon's taking care of you. Room and board all sorted. Go on, thank Damon.
02:56Lena, don't worry. If my son acts up, I'll discipline him myself. I won't let you be mistreated.
03:02Damon let out a cold laugh. What does she have to be mistreated about?
03:06She vanished over something trivial, and now she's back because she couldn't make it out there.
03:11A little hardship is exactly what she deserves. My heart skipped. Even now,
03:16he still called that trivial. The heavy rain outside Pack Hall is back as he walked in with
03:21Vivian. Seven years. To him, it was just a trivial thing. The boy who had once carried me across half
03:27the territory while bleeding out himself, just to keep his promise. He was long dead. Dead the day
03:33he chose Vivian for the first time. It was all in the past. I didn't need any of that anymore.
03:38I was
03:38about to have my second child. I pressed down every feeling and looked at Damon with perfect calm.
03:45Aren't you here to pick me up? Let's go. A beat of silence fell over the crowd. Then, laughter
03:52exploded. Wait for you? Who do you think you are? We're waiting for Lena. Do you even know who that
03:59is? Of course I did. That's my name. Ethan swore never to bond. They say he was waiting for her
04:06his
04:06whole life. Everyone in the circles knows if you want to get close to Ethan, go through his Luna.
04:11There's nothing he wouldn't give up for that woman. Listening to them describe my own life,
04:15I couldn't keep the corners of my mouth from lifting. Three years into our bond,
04:20Ethan's power had only grown, and his reputation for doting on his Luna had grown with it.
04:25Vivian had always had a talent for flaunting other people's lives in my face. At the Blood Summit
04:30auction, Ethan won a heartstone chain for his Luna. Value? $20 million. Every female on the
04:37continent envies that woman. It's this one. Everyone was staring at the chain on my wrist.
04:47Damon grabbed my hand and leaned in for a close look. Replica. Which delivery boy Omega bought
04:53you this? Wearing garbage like that in public, shameless. I pulled my hand free. I traced my fingers
05:00over every stone on the chain. The day Ethan clasped it onto my wrist, he murmured in my ear,
05:06don't ever take it off. I smiled. Damon saw my smile. His pupils contracted sharply. He lunged forward
05:14and ripped the chain from my wrist. I hadn't been ready for it. He got away with it. The thing
05:19Ethan
05:19gave me had just fallen into Vivian's hands. Nice weight. Definitely more refined than the fake I bought,
05:24but I wouldn't be caught dead wearing something like this in public. Or could it be, Lena, are you
05:31Lena? You're the legendary Blood Summit Luna? The laughter that broke out was deafening because
05:37it was absurd. Ethan was the strongest alpha on the continent. And I, three years ago, was the broken
05:44Omega Damon had driven out of Pack Hall. No one could possibly connect the two. Vivian tossed the chain
05:50in her palm, weighing it. Lena, I'll buy this off you. Double the price. Give it back. That was a
05:56gift
05:57from Ethan. Shut up. Damon towered over me, eyes burning with irritation. You think you can drop
06:07Ethan's name just like that? Spreading rumors about a connection with him in a place like this?
06:12Are you trying to get me killed? Lena, do you have any idea? Getting to receive Ethan's Luna was a
06:19chance. A thousand people fought over. Damon's pack was acquired by Ethan three years ago.
06:24We all survive on his goodwill now. If you spread lies here, you'll bring ruin down on every single
06:30one of us. I slowly raised my hand and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth. Slowly turned
06:35my
06:35head and looked Damon directly in the eyes. Damon's brow furrowed. Something in his gaze flickered with
06:42unease. He thought I was the Lena he remembered. He thought I would cry, beg, explain. He didn't know.
06:48The way I looked at him now was the same way I'd look at a dead man. Vivian caught the
06:53way Damon
06:53was looking at me. She immediately pointed a finger in my face. Lena, you ungrateful wolf.
06:58Damon already agreed to take you in and this is how you act? Even if you resent him, you don't
07:05get
07:05to use this kind of revenge. I had a strange sense of déjà vu. Three years ago, it was exactly
07:11like
07:11this. No matter what happened, Vivian would twist the truth and feed it to Damon. In the beginning,
07:16Damon would still yell at Vivian for it. Later, he started echoing her words to come after me.
07:21Just like now, Damon bit out. Jealous. But he didn't keep going. He went quiet for a moment,
07:27then reached into his jacket, placed a check in front of me. Two hundred thousand. The posture
07:32of charity. The expression of charity. He genuinely believed this was the greatest dignity he could
07:37offer me. Out of respect for what we once had, I won't do anything to you. Take the money. Go
07:43buy
07:43yourself something decent to wear. If you don't want to look after the child, I'll find you a
07:47respectable position in a few days. Since Ethan acquired my pack, this amount means nothing to
07:52me. I looked at that check, looked at his face, giving charity. Under the stunned stares of everyone
07:58around us, I pushed it back, retrieved the chain from Vivian's hand. No, thank you. I don't take
08:03things from strangers. I'm a stranger? Lena, what the hell does that mean? Since the relationship is
08:10over, it's better we don't associate. I wouldn't want my husband to get the wrong idea. Damon's
08:15expression shifted. He glanced at Vivian, and that knowing look crossed his face. He thought I was
08:22trying to make him jealous. In three days, Iron Crest Pack is hosting a blood moon gala in Ethan's
08:28honor. I'll take you. Give you a glimpse of how the other half lives. Though you'll need to find
08:36yourself something decent to wear first, or else... No, thank you. Damon's face darkened.
08:42Lena, I hope in three days you'll still feel this confident. I walked out of the arrival gate
08:48without looking back. Fresh air flooded my lungs. The nausea in my stomach finally began to ease.
08:54Three years ago, my family had pressured me to cross the border for an arranged marriage.
08:59I held out against it and ran to Damon, begging him to complete our bond first. Make it a done
09:04deal
09:05before anyone could interfere. He agreed. Then at the doors of Pack Hall, I didn't just find him.
09:11I found Vivian waiting beside him. Vivian's pup needs to be registered. I have to complete the
09:16bond with her first. One month. Then I'll come for you immediately. It's only for the child's sake.
09:22Don't read into it. I watched him walk into Pack Hall with Vivian on his arm. That night,
09:27I set out. One month later, I married Ethan. A year after that, Leo was born. Just a few days
09:34ago,
09:34I confirmed I was carrying a second. If not for accompanying Ethan back for the ancestral rights,
09:39I would never have set foot on this land again for the rest of my life, let alone run into
09:44him at
09:44the arrival gate. Three days later, I put on a light layer of makeup. The same custom soft fabric
09:50dress. I went to the Blood Moon Gala alone. The moment I walked in, Damon spotted me.
09:57A light flickered in his eyes. That familiar, self-satisfied curve pulled at the corner of his mouth.
10:03Said you wouldn't come, but here you are. Body doesn't lie.
10:11Though if you want me to look twice, you could at least dress the part.
10:15For an occasion like this, what you're wearing... I stepped around him and kept walking.
10:20He grabbed my arm. I'm talking to you.
10:26Our seats are over here. Where are you going?
10:29I looked calmly toward the far end of the hall.
10:31That's your seat. Mine is over there.
10:34Following my gaze, Damon saw the head table. The Alpha's seat. The Luna's seat. His expression
10:40changed. Vivian's eyes turned vicious instantly. She fixed her glare on the chain at my wrist and
10:46raised her voice. Lena, how did you get in here? Are you here to cause trouble? Walking in with
10:52that chain. Are you trying to humiliate the Luna? Tonight is Ethan's first time bringing his Luna
10:58out in public. Rogue woman, get out. Every guest in the room turned to look.
11:04Someone glanced at Damon. Damon Alpha, do you know this person?
11:07Damon straightened his cuffs, perfectly composed.
11:10One word. Clean. Final. Vivian lifted her chin immediately.
11:16Take off that chain and get out!
11:18She reached for it. I stepped aside, but someone deliberately tripped me from behind. I fell.
11:24Vivian planted her foot on my wrist. The chain. She tore it free with brute force.
11:31The gems scattered across the floor, like a shattered constellation.
11:35Drag her out!
11:36Pain screamed through my wrist, bone deep.
11:38Stop! I'm Ethan's...
11:42His what? His mistress?
11:44Who do you think you are?
11:48She backhanded me again. I lay against the marble floor. When I came back here,
11:52I hadn't planned to settle scores with anyone. There was no point. But now, she had struck me
11:57twice. She had destroyed something Ethan gave me. She would pay for both of those things.
12:03Everything she was capable of losing, she would lose it all.
12:07Damon crouched in front of me. He reached out as if to touch the wound on my wrist. I flinched
12:12away on instinct. He looked at me coldly.
12:15Are you done making a scene? You came in that outfit, wearing that chain. You missed me,
12:21didn't you? You wanted to make me jealous. Just say the word and I'll give you what you want.
12:26Damon...
12:26I raised my eyes to meet his.
12:28You're finished.
12:29Damon frowned, about to speak. The atmosphere in the gala shifted.
12:33Every guest began composing themselves. Pressing toward the entrance, Damon leaned down and
12:37murmured to me.
12:38Ethan's here. Behave yourself. Vivian and I have already dissolved our bond.
12:43I pressed my nearly crushed wrist. Looking at his face, I felt nothing but revulsion.
12:48Whether you two dissolve your bond or not, what does that have to do with me?
12:53Then, the doors opened. Ethan walked in, carrying Leo.
12:59The moment Leo entered the hall, he squirmed to get down from Ethan's arms. The moment the
13:04cherub-faced little pup touched the ground, every eye in the room was pulled to him. Damon
13:08turned to me abruptly.
13:11Lena, as long as you stop provoking Vivian, I can forgive you for disappearing three years.
13:15I'll give you a chance. Bear me a child. A child that belongs to us.
13:20I paid him no attention. I was looking through the crowd, trying to catch Leo's eye. Leo's gaze
13:26swept the room. Then, locked, he broke free from Ethan's hand and charged toward me,
13:30crashed into my arms.
13:32Mama, what happened to you? Who did this? Why is there so much blood on your hand?
13:39That moment, Mama, and the entire gala went still.
13:45The gala stood by cold-eyed while I was struck. Their faces all changed at once.
13:50Leo held on to me, eyes going red. I crouched to meet him at eye level,
13:56cupped his round little cheeks in my hands.
13:59Mama is fine.
14:00Whoever dares to treat Mama like this...
14:04I was about to reassure him when I felt the pressure from behind. Not an ordinary approach.
14:09It was Ethan's. The kind that felt like a mountain moving. The kind that made the air
14:13itself go still. The crowd parted automatically. I didn't need to turn around to know he was furious.
14:18Since I'd gotten pregnant with our second, he'd have kept me physically tucked against him if he
14:23could. If it hadn't been for the urgent matter, he never would have sent someone else to pick me up.
14:27I lifted Leo into my arms, turned around. Ethan was standing there. His gaze dropped to the blood
14:33stain on my wrist, then to the marks on my face. His eyes went dark.
14:40Leo slipped out of my arms and ran to Ethan.
14:43Daddy, someone hurt Mama! Let's go get revenge.
14:48Lena, tell me what happened. One moment I'm away and you're already hurt.
14:54Which blind fool did this?
14:55I'm fine, Ethan.
14:58Lena, I'm your mate. If something wronged you, you don't have to carry it alone.
15:03We can't let anyone hurt Mama!
15:05Maybe it was the pregnancy. Maybe I'd held it together for too long. My voice came out with
15:10a tremor I hadn't planned for. You weren't there, and they all went after me.
15:15At that moment, Leo's eyes caught something on the floor. He bent down and picked up a single gem.
15:20Daddy, isn't this part of the gift you gave Mama?
15:25Ethan took the stone and turned it over. On the back, two letters were engraved. E. L.
15:32Turn on every light.
15:37Every light in the gala blazed on. Ethan tilted my face toward him.
15:44They actually dared to do this to you. We can't let them get away with this.
15:48I didn't know if it was the pregnancy, but my emotions kept slipping past my defenses.
15:53You weren't there, and they all went after me.
15:58The people who had followed to the arrival gate to mock me. Their legs were shaking now. They were
16:04finally putting it together. The woman in the custom soft fabric dress three days ago.
16:10The woman with the heartstone chain on her wrist. The woman who kept insisting she was Ethan's Luna.
16:16She hadn't been making it up. Every word she said had been true.
16:24Just then, Vivian's follower, Jade, stepped forward.
16:27Lena, are these two actors you hired? Not bad performances, honestly. Want Vivian to help you
16:34find an agent? Though, since you can't even afford a decent outfit these days. I have one I've worn
16:40before I could give it to you. Save you the embarrassment. Jade had arrived last. She hadn't
16:45seen Leo throw himself into my arms. She had dressed to kill tonight, hoping to catch the eye of a
16:50powerful
16:51mate. The fastest route to a powerful mate in these circles was to win Vivian's favor. And the most
16:58effective way to win Vivian's favor was to make my life miserable. So she opened her mouth. No one in
17:06the room laughed. Everyone was staring at her like she'd lost her mind. Jade began to panic. She turned
17:13to Ethan and tilted her face upward, trying to be coy. The man next to her, he's not bad looking.
17:19If
17:19you're willing to leave Lena, I might consider keeping you. Keeping. Ethan. I nearly laughed out loud.
17:30Ethan started laughing. That kind of laugh. The rare one, where it curls up at the corners and
17:36he can't quite stop it. He had always been particular about my safety. Over the years,
17:41anyone who tried to get close to him either vanished or ended up on the far end of the continent.
17:46He wasn't angry. He simply found her amusing. In the way one finds someone who has used up their
17:53borrowed time, Jade sensed the shift in the room and tried to press herself closer to Vivian.
17:59Vivian immediately gave her a slap that sent her to the floor.
18:02Jade, are you trying to die? You dare offend Ethan and his Luna? Do you have a death wish?
18:08Jade clutched her face, slumped on the marble murmuring.
18:12Lena is Lena. She's really the Luna. I offended. I...
18:17Ethan was notorious across the continent for being fiercely protective of his mate.
18:22Jade's mind went to what might be waiting for her. Her whole body began to tremble.
18:26Someone in the crowd gasped. All eyes moved to the hem of Jade's dress. She had wet herself from fear.
18:34Ethan gave a slight frown. His guards understood without a word and dragged her out.
18:40Damon and Vivian's faces flushed a deep, mortified red. Everyone in the room knew
18:45that Jade's words had always followed wherever their hearts pointed.
18:51The healer Ethan had summoned was treating my wounds. The antiseptic touched skin. I hissed through
18:57my teeth. Just that one sound. And Ethan and Leo both looked up with murder in their eyes.
19:04You can't even apply medicine without hurting her?
19:07The healer's hands began to shake even harder. I pretended to glare at them.
19:12Lena.
19:13Mama.
19:14Father and son both shrank back, looking aggrieved. I sighed.
19:19The healer is helping me. Stop terrifying her.
19:23The healer visibly exhaled. After her examination, she addressed Ethan.
19:27Alpha Ethan. The luma is unharmed, and the pup in the womb is safe as well.
19:33The wound on her wrist is fairly deep. I'll use the finest medicine available and do my best
19:39to ensure it heals without scarring.
19:41Ethan went quiet. Said nothing.
19:44Only I knew. This was what it looked like when he was truly, deeply furious.
19:50Damon, the one most responsible for all of it, was finally beginning to feel afraid.
19:56He never could have imagined that the Omega he had thrown away had become the mate of the
20:02man above him in every hierarchy that mattered.
20:07Ethan stood beside me and swept a slow gaze across the room.
20:10I'd like you all to volunteer what happened in the past few days.
20:16If I have to find out on my own...
20:18He paused.
20:19Everyone present may not die pleasantly.
20:22Damon's complexion shifted. He was the first to speak.
20:26Ethan Alpha. This is all a misunderstanding.
20:29As Lena's former intended mate, I was simply catching up with her.
20:34The glass in Ethan's hand let out a faint, precise crack.
20:37Damon didn't notice and kept going.
20:39Ethan Alpha must know how much Lena used to love me.
20:43Catching up is only natural, isn't it?
20:45The glass shattered. Ethan's hand was covered in blood. I ached just looking at it.
20:50Damon, stop flattering yourself.
20:52I tended to Ethan's hand while I spoke.
20:54In this life, I have only ever loved Ethan.
20:56Say anything else to drive a wedge between us and don't expect me to stay civil.
21:01Ethan looked down, watching me bandage his hand.
21:04And then he smiled.
21:06Lena, you just said I'm your favorite.
21:10I... was speechless.
21:13Damon's expression turned wounded.
21:17Lena, Vivian and I have dissolved our bond.
21:19He opened his mouth again.
21:21That pup could call you mama going forward too.
21:24You only married Ethan to spite me, didn't you?
21:26I understand. I don't mind.
21:28As long as you're willing to come back, everything I can give you,
21:31none of it is less than what he offers.
21:33As long as you're willing to come back and be my son's nanny.
21:36Leo, sitting nearby, slowly set down his fork.
21:39He studied Damon for a moment.
21:40Nanny?
21:41My mama is a little princess at home.
21:45You think you're worthy of making her a nanny?
21:48Mama will only ever have me and my little sister.
21:51Two children.
21:51Your pup of unclear wargences has no business being connected to my mama.
21:56You're not as handsome as my daddy.
21:58Not as tall either.
21:59And you smell the kind of broke that gets into your eyes.
22:02The guests around them burst out laughing.
22:05Damon's face went purple.
22:07At this moment, Vivian had completely lost what remained of her composure.
22:11She heard Damon say,
22:13Let Lena be the child's mother.
22:14She picked up a fork.
22:16And lunged at Leo.
22:19You little bastard!
22:21I'll kill you!
22:21The moment Vivian charged at Leo, I released Ethan's hand and threw myself over Leo.
22:27Son, are you...
22:29Okay.
22:30The word never came out.
22:31Before I lost consciousness, I saw Leo's face.
22:34Panicked.
22:35Pale.
22:36I wanted to tell him, don't cry.
22:39The words didn't come.
22:41Everything went dark.
22:44The sharp smell of antiseptic pulled me back.
22:46White ceiling above me.
22:48A patient's gown.
22:50Mia was sitting at the bedside.
22:52The moment she saw my eyes open, she threw herself at me.
22:56Lena!
22:57You're finally awake!
22:59If you'd slept any longer, those two little demons of yours would have torn the whole territory apart!
23:04My first instinct.
23:06I pressed a hand to my stomach.
23:08Mia understood immediately.
23:10Relax.
23:11You and the baby are both perfectly fine.
23:13The doctor said it was the shock combined with the pain from your wound that made you pass out.
23:18Yeah.
23:18That Vivian is absolutely unhinged, going at Leo with a fork!
23:23Where are Leo and Ethan?
23:25Safe.
23:26Both of them.
23:27You were still too reckless.
23:29With that many guards around, it wasn't your turn to step in.
23:32That's Leo.
23:33I know, I know.
23:35Your precious little pup.
23:36That little creature is vicious enough on his own.
23:39He didn't need protection.
23:41Where are they now, the two of them?
23:44Mia's eyes lit up.
23:45Gone to avenge you.
23:49I got there after you'd already passed out, but I pieced together what happened from the people around.
23:54After you went down, Leo picked up the fork from the floor and drove it straight through Vivian's palm.
24:00He's three years old.
24:02I have no idea where he found the strength.
24:04Ethan had also learned by then what happened at the arrival gate three days ago.
24:08That Damon slapped you.
24:10That he tore off the heartstone chain.
24:12The way they all humiliated you.
24:14He knew every detail.
24:16Then he had his guards hold Damon down and had the hand that struck you cut off.
24:22Leo watched the whole thing without blinking once.
24:26Such a little tyrant.
24:28Vivian.
24:29Ethan had someone bring in a crate of gemstones and told her to swallow them all.
24:32He said exactly this.
24:33Since you love taking things that belong to others so much, I'll give you your fill.
24:37The gems are yours.
24:38So is the man.
24:39She swallowed.
24:40She refused.
24:41So they brought in her son.
24:44She swallowed a lot.
24:46When she was half dead from it, Ethan had someone carve up her face, severed the tangents in her son's
24:52hands, and had her thrown into international waters.
24:55The guests who stood there and watched you get beaten, every single one of them left with a scar on
24:59their wrist.
24:59So they'll remember the cost of looking away while the Luna was being humiliated.
25:03Oh, and one more thing.
25:04Ironcrest pack officially dissolved.
25:06Everything Damon had.
25:07Starting today, gone.
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