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00:01The rogues circle the stronghold like death itself.
00:05I watch the last child die.
00:07His intestines torn from his belly while he's still screaming.
00:10The warriors around me collapse.
00:12These are grown wolves.
00:14Battle-hardened males who've ripped throats and survived pack wars.
00:18Now they weep like cubs.
00:21Jakob's claws sink into cave.
00:23He screams, exposing the alpha's delusion.
00:27That my warnings were just jealousy.
00:28That Lola's night was worth our slaughter.
00:31His voice snaps like bone.
00:34Why is my baby missing her face?
00:37Cade stands frozen.
00:38His golden alpha eyes are empty, hollow.
00:41I stare at the carnage and my heart shatters.
00:43I've lived this moment before.
00:45In my previous life, the rogues attack during Lola's birthday.
00:49My husband, the pack alpha, took every warrior to the ridge
00:52so his true love could watch the starfall ceremony.
00:55He said I was paranoid, jealous, a bitter Luna who couldn't accept that he loved someone else.
01:02I begged them to return.
01:03I screamed through the mind link until my throat bled.
01:07They came back to corpses.
01:09But Lola wandered into the woods, sulking because Cade kept checking the mind link during her special night.
01:15The rogues found her, dragged her screaming into the darkness.
01:19By the time we arrived, nothing remained but her left femur.
01:23Cade held that bone for six hours.
01:26Didn't speak.
01:27Didn't shift.
01:28Didn't breathe.
01:28Then, the day I gave birth to our son, he severed my hands with silver, my feet next.
01:35He threw me into a rogue feeding pit and healed me, over and over.
01:39Letting them tear chunks from my flesh while the mate bond forced me to feel his hatred burning like acid
01:45through my chest.
01:47You killed her, so you must be suffering more than she was.
01:51I died on day seven.
01:53I woke on the day when the rogues launched the attack.
01:57The howling hits me first, not through the mind link that's filtered, controlled.
02:01This is raw.
02:03A thousand feral throats shrieking hunger across the mountains.
02:07I'm out of bed before conscious thought.
02:09My bare feet slap stone as I sprint toward the control room.
02:13The stronghold is three stories of timber and reinforced steel, built to withstand siege.
02:18I grab the mic, hands shaking.
02:21All pack members, this is Luna Selina.
02:24Massive rogue surge from the northern pass.
02:26Get to the panic room.
02:28Now!
02:29I slam the alarm.
02:31Red lights flood the corridors.
02:33Doors bang.
02:34Footsteps thunder.
02:35Outside, someone screams.
02:37I grab the emergency rifle.
02:39Silver bullets.
02:40Blessed by our shaman.
02:42And run.
02:43The courtyard is chaos.
02:44Mothers clutching cubs.
02:46Elders stumbling.
02:47The air reeks of fierce sweat.
02:49And the rot stench of rogues.
02:51Three crash through the east fence.
02:53They used to be wolves.
02:55Now they're things.
02:56Fur matted with dried blood and filth.
02:59Eyes milky white.
03:00Jaws unhinged.
03:01Hanging at grotesque angles.
03:03They don't hunt for territory.
03:05The madness ate everything else.
03:07I fire.
03:08Silver tears through the first one's skull.
03:11It drops.
03:11Convulsive.
03:13I scream at a frozen teenager.
03:14I shove him toward the panic room.
03:16A reinforced bunker built into the ground.
03:20Get inside!
03:22More rogues pour through.
03:24I shoot until the clip runs dry then shift.
03:27Bones crack.
03:29Fur erupts.
03:30My wolf is smaller than the males.
03:32My wolf is smaller than the males.
03:32But faster.
03:33I slam into a rogue mid-leap.
03:35Jaws closing around its rotten throat.
03:38The taste is rancid decay.
03:40I rip and spit and move.
03:41Someone yanks a child from snapping teeth.
03:44Someone else seals the hatch.
03:45The heavy locks clang shut.
03:48The heavy locks clang shut.
03:50I shift back.
03:51Naked and trembling.
03:52Blood.
03:53Mine.
03:53Bears.
03:54Drips down my ribs.
03:55We're in the panic room.
03:57Concrete walls.
03:58Air filtration.
03:59Supplies for two weeks.
04:00But the wards are failing.
04:02I feel it.
04:03The electric hum that usually surrounds the strongholds is stuttering.
04:06Dying.
04:08Luna, you have to mind-link the Alpha.
04:11Mary, an Omega whose son is four, grabs my wrist.
04:14Her hands shake.
04:15Tell him to come back.
04:17Tell him to activate the wards.
04:19I close my eyes.
04:21The cruel truth breaks my heart.
04:23Yet I cannot lie.
04:25He can't.
04:26Alpha K took every warrior to Starfall Ridge.
04:29He's protecting Lola during the ceremony.
04:32Ceremony, are you serious?
04:33The room erupts.
04:34He left us just to die for some lights!
04:37She's not even his real mate!
04:39Bang.
04:40The steel door buckles.
04:41Metal shrieks.
04:42Bang.
04:43Another hit.
04:44These rogues are stronger.
04:46Evolved.
04:47We have minutes.
04:48I look at Elder Martha.
04:50Cade's mother.
04:51Former Luna.
04:5273 with silver hair and a wolf that can still kill.
04:55She meets my eyes.
04:57The silver wards.
04:58If we activate the backup grid, it'll fry everything within a hundred yards.
05:02Hope flickers across faces.
05:03Martha pulls out the Alpha Emergency Com satellite link that bypasses Mind Link.
05:09She dials.
05:10The line clicks.
05:11Cade's voice is annoyed.
05:12Distracted.
05:13In the background, music.
05:15Laughter.
05:15Mom?
05:16Kinda busy!
05:17Martha's jaw clenches.
05:19Cade!
05:20The stronghold is under siege!
05:23Rogue Surge!
05:25We're in the panic room.
05:26Wards are failing.
05:27Activate the silver grid.
05:28Now!
05:29Everyone holds their breath.
05:32Cade laughs.
05:33Mom, seriously?
05:34The grid pulls power from the...
05:36We're 30 minutes from peak display.
05:38I can't shut it down.
05:39His tone shifts.
05:40Suspicious.
05:42Is Selina there?
05:43Did she put you up to this?
05:45Martha's hand shakes.
05:47Your Luna just saved 20!
05:50My Luna is jealous.
05:52She's been pulling this for months.
05:54Lola's dangerous.
05:55Rogues are coming.
05:56It's pathetic.
05:58He scoffs.
05:59Tell Selina if she keeps trying to ruin Lola's night, there'll be consequences.
06:03I'm not falling for fake emergency bullshit.
06:06The line goes dead.
06:07Mary's face drains white.
06:11He thinks we're lying.
06:13Samuel, former beta, slumps against the wall.
06:16We're going to die.
06:17For a light show.
06:18A service tunnel runs from here to the old mining roads.
06:23Then she looks at me.
06:24Her eyes burn.
06:25Six miles through rogue territory to Silver Plane Base.
06:29They have warriors.
06:31You and I go.
06:32We shift and run.
06:34The door slits.
06:35A rotting claw shoves through.
06:38Claws scrape metal.
06:39A pup was frightened and he started crying.
06:42Martha doesn't flinch.
06:44We leave in 60 seconds.
06:46Barricade after we're gone.
06:47She doesn't finish the sentence.
06:49She doesn't have to.
06:50I nod.
06:51Because if we don't make it, everyone here dies.
06:54Hope flickers in my chest as Martha speaks.
06:57Wait for me.
06:58She says, slipping through the side door.
07:00One hour later, the panic room door tears open.
07:03A rotting arm reaches through, grabbing for the baby in Mary's arms.
07:07The infant's cry cuts off mid-screen.
07:10The mother collapses.
07:11Her eyes go empty.
07:12Despair floods the room.
07:14Then a figure rushes through the side entrance.
07:16Martha.
07:18Did you bring the warriors back?
07:19She is covered in blood.
07:21Barricade that gap!
07:22I rush to steady her.
07:24Martha's voice shakes.
07:26That bastard.
07:27She is trembling with rage.
07:28Cade set up blockades on every path.
07:31Every single one.
07:33All to make sure no one could interrupt Lola's precious birthday fireworks.
07:38Her eyes are bloodshot.
07:39The room goes silent.
07:40Cold dread creeps up my spine.
07:42I stumble backward.
07:43He blocked even his own mother.
07:45I forced myself upright.
07:47We can't just sit here and die.
07:50Desperate to grasp at one last lifeline, I frantically adjusted the frequency, broadcasting
07:55our slaughter to every nearby pack channel.
07:58Begging, pleading for aid.
08:00Yet, the response left me frozen.
08:02They coldly informed me that, an hour earlier, Alpha Cade had personally warned them that someone
08:08in our pack would file false distress calls, ordering them to ignore all requests tonight.
08:13The indifference was suffocating.
08:15They even explicitly stated that Cade had targeted Martha, insisting they would not respond unless
08:20Elder Martha herself appeared in person to request aid.
08:23Go in person, through miles of territory infested with rogues.
08:28It was pure suicide.
08:29The gap in the door was buckling under the pressure.
08:32The shadow of death hanging over us all.
08:34I took a deep breath, steadied Martha, and said with iron resolve,
08:38Mom, I'm coming with you.
08:39My voice cold as ice.
08:41Everyone's counting on us.
08:43If we break through, there's still a chance.
08:46Martha looked at me for a long moment.
08:49Finally, she nodded slowly.
08:53Two hours later, I half carry Martha through the darkness.
08:57Her left arm was torn off by a rogue fresh blood still streams from the wound.
09:01Over this mountain, we're almost there.
09:04From halfway up the slope, we see the outline of Silver Pine Base.
09:08Hope sparks in our chests.
09:09Then, a firework shell explodes directly in front of us.
09:13The blast wave throws us backward like ragdolls.
09:16Martha's blood was splattered on my face.
09:18I look up, dazed.
09:20Through the smoke, I see Cade with his arm around Lola.
09:23Then his voice booms through the Ridge's speaker system, dripping with mockery.
09:28Selina, I knew it.
09:29You realized your lies wouldn't make me cancel the party, so now you're trying to force your way through?
09:34His voice turns ice cold.
09:35I knew you'd try to sabotage Lola's birthday.
09:38I won't let you succeed.
09:40The bombardment intensifies.
09:43Mom, tell him it's you!
09:46Cade!
09:48The Ridge falls silent for a heartbeat.
09:50Then Cade's laughter echoes, crueler, louder.
09:53Selina, you're really committed to this act.
09:55First you had my mom lie over the comm.
09:57Now you hired an actress?
09:58My mother has two arms.
10:01But the actress has only one.
10:03Stop trying to fool me.
10:04I am your mother!
10:05Can't you even recognize my voice?
10:08Cade hesitates.
10:13Lola immediately tugs his sleeve.
10:15Her voice dripping false hurt.
10:16Cade, I know Saloma hates me.
10:19Maybe we should just cancel tonight.
10:21Go back.
10:22It's okay.
10:23I'm used to being treated like this.
10:26Cade's face hardens.
10:28He pulls her close.
10:30Continue.
10:31More shells rain down.
10:33Our path is sealed.
10:37The moon rises higher.
10:41Martha grabs my shoulders.
10:44There's no time.
10:45I'll distract them.
10:46You run.
10:47Get that rescue back here.
10:49Everyone's counting on you!
10:51She shoves me away and limps toward the peak.
10:54I try to grab her.
10:56Mom!
10:57They don't recognize you!
10:59You'll die!
11:01Cade's voice cuts through the air again.
11:04Selina.
11:06If you're willing to throw your life away to ruin Lola's party,
11:10I'll grant your wish.
11:12He hoists a rocket launcher onto his shoulder.
11:15Aims directly at him.
11:17The massive shell screams through the air.
11:20Selina, down!
11:22Martha throws herself on top.
11:24Her broken body shields mine.
11:26Boom, the explosion tears through my eardrums.
11:28Hot blood sprays my face.
11:29Martha's body collapses onto mine.
11:31Her back has been obliterated.
11:33A gaping hole where her spine should be.
11:35Blood pours like a river.
11:37My hands shake as I touch her.
11:38Warmth, sticky warmth everywhere.
11:40I shake her gently.
11:41No response.
11:43I scream.
11:46Lola's saccharine voice floats through the speakers.
11:50Selina.
11:51You should throw that corpse off the cliff.
11:53The rogues will smell the blood and come for you too.
11:59Several warriors witness this.
12:01Unease flickers across their faces.
12:05That didn't look fake.
12:07What if the stronghold really is under attack?
12:10What if she's telling the truth?
12:11The alpha would know if something was wrong.
12:13She's obviously staging this because she's jealous of Lola.
12:16Her jealousy is terrifying.
12:17But what if...
12:18What if something did happen?
12:20Our families are all down there.
12:21We're all down there!
12:22Shut up!
12:23Alpha Cade would never gamble with our family's lives.
12:26The squad leader barks at them to shut up.
12:32Then several warriors dragged me like a traitor to the ridge under Cade's orders.
12:36Not one part of my body is unbroken.
12:38Blood and mud mixed together.
12:43Lola approaches with a pitiful expression.
12:46Selina.
12:47You're bleeding so much.
12:50Let me barnage you, okay?
12:52She reaches for me.
12:54Don't touch me!
12:57I slap her hand away hard enough to make her stumble.
13:00Selene!
13:01Lola's trying to help you despite everything.
13:04And this is how you treat her kindness?
13:06He stomps on my broken finger.
13:08Looks like you need a lesson.
13:10You never learn.
13:11Agony rips through me.
13:12I convulse on the ground.
13:14But I don't care about myself.
13:16The people in the panic room are still waiting for me to save them.
13:19I lock eyes with Cade.
13:22The panic room is about to fall.
13:24Every minute you waste, another person dies.
13:27Can't you hear the rocks down there?
13:29Lola immediately bursts into tears.
13:31Cade, it's all my fault.
13:33I shouldn't have had a birthday.
13:35I shouldn't even exist.
13:37Cade pulls her into his arms protectively.
13:41Selina, how long are you going to keep this up?
13:44The stronghold has the most advanced defense system.
13:48Every elite warrior is here guarding you and Lola.
13:52The silver wards have no power because you diverted it to the mountain.
13:58Cade, you're going to regret this.
14:01Alpha Cade, should we send someone to check?
14:03You don't know her.
14:04Making up lies.
14:06She's always been jealous of Lola.
14:07This isn't the first time.
14:09Right, last time she claimed Lola pushed her down the stairs.
14:15Tie her to that tree.
14:17Let her reflect.
14:23Lola smirks.
14:25I struggle with everything I have.
14:28Cade!
14:29If you don't bring warriors back now, everyone's families will be slaughtered, torn apart, and eaten!
14:39My warning earns me a vicious slap.
14:42Selina, I'm telling you, the more you try to force me to love you, the more I hate you.
14:51Just as they drag me toward the tree, suddenly a piercing alarm shrieks from the valley below.
14:57The stronghold's highest level emergency signal, meaning the panic room has fallen.
15:02No survivors.
15:02Everyone freezes.
15:05The older warrior who'd been mockingly stumbles to the cliff edge, staring down.
15:13Maximum alert!
15:15That's maximum alert!
15:17My wife and son are down there!
15:21The young warrior's face drains of color.
15:23His lips tremble in the silence.
15:26I use my last shred of strength to look at Cade.
15:31Do you hear it, Cade?
15:33They're all dead.
15:34This is the firework show you brought with everyone's lives.
15:38Are you satisfied?
15:40Even your mother, the one you respected most.
15:43You killed her too.
15:44Inside the stronghold, the security door hangs twisted and broken.
15:48Blood pools like water, dismembered limbs, shredded clothing, scattered organs.
15:53All mixed together.
15:54Rogues feast greedily on the corpses, making sickening chewing sounds.
15:58Of, I can't hold it in.
16:00I bend over and retch.
16:02Tears stream uncontrollably.
16:03We were still too late.
16:05I gave everything and still couldn't save them.
16:08Let's go inside.
16:10Kira!
16:11Kira!
16:13Mom!
16:13Mom, where are you?
16:21Mirvi.
16:22The young warrior finds his mother.
16:28Alpha Cade!
16:30Look.
16:31Look at my mother.
16:32Her eyes are still open.
16:36Why?
16:37Tell me why.
16:39We all heard Selene call you back.
16:41Why didn't you come?
16:42Why did you pull all of us to the ridge for a few fireworks?
16:47Are you even human speak?
16:50Look at this blood everywhere.
16:52Doesn't your conscience hurt?
16:56I wanted more than anyone to change it.
16:58But why?
16:58Why couldn't I save them?
17:00Where's my mother?
17:02Selene.
17:03Where is she?
17:06You have the nerve to ask about mom?
17:10Mom's dead.
17:12You killed her yourself with that rocket launcher.
17:16Cade!
17:18Mom's corpse is at the bottom of that cliff feeding vultures.
17:22It was you!
17:23You killed her!
17:28No!
17:30Impossible!
17:31I couldn't have killed my own mother!
17:38Why?
17:39This is so strange.
17:41Why didn't the rogues attack any other time?
17:44Why specifically on my birthday?
17:46And why when the stronghold had zero warriors and was at its weakest?
17:55I know I shouldn't say this now, but it's just too strange.
17:59Everyone think about it.
18:01Selene patrols the outer perimeter alone all the time, claiming she's tracking rogue movements.
18:06The broadcast center's alarm system?
18:09She's in charge of that too.
18:13She knows so much about rogue activity.
18:17So why today, my birthday specifically?
18:20Unless someone deliberately led them into the stronghold?
18:25Selene, it's because years ago, Cade chose to save me instead of your father.
18:29You're jealous.
18:30You hate me.
18:31So you picked my birthday specifically to frame Cade and me.
18:34You intentionally let the rogues in.
18:36You're lying!
18:38Enough!
18:41Selene, I never imagined you could be so vicious.
18:47Yes, I chose Lola because she was closer.
18:51It was an impossible choice.
18:53I tried to save your father afterward, but I was too late!
18:57That's haunted me ever since.
19:00I felt I owed you, so I've spent years trying to make it up to you.
19:03But I never expected you'd harbor this much hatred.
19:06To get revenge, you picked this moment.
19:09Used hundreds of lives to frame Lola and me!
19:12What kind of monster are you?!
19:14I stand there, reeling from their words.
19:17I don't know where to begin.
19:18He surveys the stunned warriors, voice filled with righteous pain.
19:25I, Cade, failed to see what kind of evil woman I married.
19:28Today, I'll do what's right.
19:31Get justice for everyone who died.
19:34Alpha!
19:36Seize her!
19:37Hearing this, I thought my heart was already dead to him.
19:41But it still aches, for how little I am worth.
19:45Murderer.
19:53Why did you do this?
19:55If not for you, mom wouldn't be dead!
19:57I can't help but laugh quietly.
19:59I laugh at my past self for being so blind.
20:02For falling in love with such a weak, cowardly man.
20:05My laughter only enrages Cade more.
20:07He grabs my injured hand, squeezing the severed finger stump.
20:11Blood gushes instantly.
20:13Searing pain drains the color from my face.
20:16Cold sweat pours.
20:17Killing you would be too easy!
20:19You like luring rogues to hurt people?
20:21Fine!
20:22I'll let you experience being eaten by rogues piece by piece!
20:26Drag her to the outer quarantine zone.
20:29Tie her to the post.
20:31Without my command, no one gives her a quick death.
20:34Under Lola's manipulation.
20:36Not a single voice objects to this cruelty.
20:39More terrifying than before.
20:41The rogues we drove back are returning.
20:43Their speed is horrifying.
20:46How do they have strength to attack again?
20:49They've...
20:49They've evolved!
20:51These beasts devoured too many lives!
20:53Their power multiplied!
20:55Everyone!
20:55Defensive positions!
20:56Warriors raise weapons against the surging rogue wave.
21:00One breaks through the defensive line.
21:02Howling as it lunges for Lola,
21:03she shoves Cade directly into the rogue's path.
21:06The rogue's jaws clamp onto his entire left arm.
21:10Blood sprays.
21:10He collapses, screaming, but still stares at Lola.
21:14Help!
21:15Save me!
21:16Pull me up!
21:17Cade.
21:18You said you'd always protect me.
21:21Remember?
21:22You abandoned Bloom's father to save me.
21:25You'll save me this time too, right?
21:27Lola!
21:31You're the alpha.
21:33Protecting everyone is your responsibility.
21:35Now you're injured and bleeding.
21:36Perfect to distract the robes.
21:38Give everyone time to escape.
21:41So you should stay here.
21:44You.
21:45In the chaos, someone pulls me behind a hidden boulder.
21:49I look up.
21:50It is the young warrior who questioned Cade earlier.
21:53Luna Serena, hide.
21:55Create the silver wards!
21:56That's our last hope!
21:58Hope flickers in his eyes.
22:00Yes.
22:01The wards.
22:03They rush to the control room,
22:05only to discover crushing truth.
22:07Report!
22:08The ward power has been completely diverted to the Ridge Firework Equipment.
22:12There's nothing left!
22:14What?
22:16This is what we deserve!
22:18We throw away our lives for one woman's birthday!
22:22Hidden behind the raw.
22:23I watch.
22:24My heart tears.
22:25In the face of disaster,
22:26humans are so small, so pitiful.
22:29But even so, we can never surrender to fate.
22:31As a rogue lunges for the young warrior,
22:33I charge out without hesitation,
22:35using my broken body to shield him from the killing blow.
22:38Let's talk.
22:39Move.
22:40Then helicopter blades thunder overhead.
22:43Three helicopters marked HQ Special Forces hover above.
22:47Command rescue all survivors.
22:49Move to extraction points.
22:53Save me first!
22:54I'm Lola!
22:56Please, I'm begging you!
22:58You're not getting on this helicopter.
23:00Why?
23:02He pulls out photos and throws them at her feet.
23:05Lola, traitor to your own pack.
23:08What do you have to say?
23:10What makes you think you deserve rescue?
23:19That's right!
23:20It was me!
23:22All of it!
23:24Selene, why were you always the brightest one?
23:26Why did everyone always notice you?
23:28Even the man I love became your mate!
23:31I wanted to destroy you!
23:34Destroy everything!
23:35So I sabotaged the defenses!
23:37I let the rogues in!
23:40You!
23:41Because of jealousy!
23:43You killed everyone!
23:45All pack members of the ethnic group were innocent!
23:48They did nothing wrong!
23:51Kade, do you think you're innocent?
23:53If you'd come back, would they have died?
23:56Especially your inconvenient mother.
23:59If you hadn't ordered the attack, would she be dead?
24:02You killed her with your own hands.
24:07Stop!
24:08I didn't!
24:10I didn't!
24:11Your mother called your name as she died.
24:14But you?
24:14You didn't recognize her.
24:16Then you ordered her body thrown off a cliff to feed vultures!
24:19Yes!
24:20At that moment, howling erupts behind Lola.
24:23Help me!
24:25Help me!
24:27Save me!
24:28Who's going to save the people you murdered?
24:31They watch coldly as rogues swarm her, tearing her body apart.
24:37The older warrior who mocked me earlier suddenly drops to his knees with a heavy thud.
24:42Luna Selma, we were wrong!
24:44His voice is hoarse, choked with regret.
24:46We'd believed you!
24:48If we hadn't followed Kade's madness, our families would be alive!
24:52Other warriors kneel.
24:54Sobs fill the air.
24:55We're sorry.
24:57It's our fault!
24:58We believe that bitch's lies!
25:01You were so injured but still saved us.
25:03We're beyond redemption.
25:04As I am about to speak, Kade staggers to his feet.
25:09Where is my mother?
25:11Where is Martha?
25:12Forgot already?
25:14You personally ordered her body thrown off the cliff to feed vultures.
25:19No.
25:20Impossible.
25:22Mom's alive.
25:23Martha!
25:25Where are you?
25:28He stumbles toward the perimeter.
25:30Then, rogues from the outer zone catch his scent.
25:32Kade reaches toward empty air, oblivious to approaching death.
25:36A deranged smile crosses his face.
25:38Mom, I see you.
25:40Rogues tear at his limbs.
25:41Blood soaps his clothes.
25:43I shouldn't have trusted Lola.
25:45Ignored Selen.
25:46Doubted you.
25:47Everyone.
25:48I killed them all.
25:49I killed every member stay in the territory.
25:52The once mighty Alpha ends his life like this.
25:55Luna, Selenma.
25:56We should go.
25:58I nod.
25:58Looking toward the cliff, Martha's body still lies there.
26:03Take the wounded first.
26:04I have one more thing to do.
26:15Mom, we're going home.
26:26Mom, we're going home.
26:32We choose the highest hill, overlooking the entire stronghold.
26:35Elder Martha, beloved mother, rests here forever, guarding this land.
26:40Sponsor.
26:41lambda,
26:42Wade,
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