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Kiss My Corpse
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00:00Just because I forget to bring my mate's lover back, leaving her alone in the wilderness for three hours,
00:05he flies into a rage and throws me into an abandoned well in the desolate countryside.
00:14You need to experience the torment that Belinda was put through.
00:18The well is deep and narrow, forcing me to curl up in my wolf form.
00:22I struggle to breathe. I plead for mercy and beg for forgiveness.
00:26However, all he does is tell me off icily.
00:28Stay there and repent for your sins.
00:31You'll only understand the dignity required of Aluna once you learn your lesson from this.
00:35He orders his men to seal the well with a large boulder.
00:38I let out anguished howls and roars as I claw my way upward.
00:42However, I only fall back down over and over again.
00:45The walls of the well are covered in my claw marks.
00:47I continue like this until I can't make a sound through my parched throat.
00:51Half a month later, my mate's heart softens when he sees the birthday gift I've prepared in advance for him.
00:57He decides to end my punishment, unbeknownst to him.
01:00Worms and snakes have already gnawed my body beyond recognition at the bottom of the well.
01:05When Connor Turner saw the craftsman's gift, a thought crossed his mind.
01:10He hadn't seen me in a while.
01:12Strange. Clara hasn't come to cause trouble lately.
01:15Did she finally learn her place?
01:18Exactly. She was spoiled rotten. A little suffering will do her good.
01:23His warrior, Duncan Dixon, hesitated before speaking cautiously.
01:26Alpha. Luna.
01:30She's still in that well.
01:36Connor's pen stilled for a fraction of a second, then resumed as if the words meant nothing.
01:41I assumed she'd had enough by now. Let her reflect a little longer.
01:45Duncan looked troubled.
01:47She hasn't made a sound for days, and there's a terrible stench coming from down the well.
01:51Do you want to check on her?
01:52Connor remained indifferent.
01:53She's probably faking it. Pretending to be all pitiful so we'd let her out.
01:59Someone like her would do anything to survive.
02:01She's likely already skinned and eaten the venomous snakes in there.
02:05With all that blood and rot, no wonder it reeks.
02:08Duncan wanted to say more, but Connor cut him off, irritated.
02:12Enough. I'll have her released before my birthday banquet tomorrow.
02:16As long as she learns her lesson and apologizes to Belinda, I'll let this go.
02:21Checking his pocket watch, Connor dismissed Duncan and turned to welcome Belinda Carter,
02:26who had just returned from seeing the witch doctor, Tamara Howe.
02:30Dr. Howe, how is Belinda?
02:33He asked, Tamara's fingers curled around the gold coins Belinda had slipped her,
02:38her lips twisting into a satisfied smile.
02:41Belinda coughed weakly, her frail body sinking into Connor's embrace.
02:46Alpha, I feel much better.
02:48You don't have to bear Luna's fault.
02:50Connor gazed at her tenderly.
02:52You're too kind, Belinda.
02:55But don't worry.
02:56Clara has been punished.
02:58She won't trouble you again.
03:00As they shared their tender moment, I chuckled softly behind them.
03:04But no one noticed.
03:05There was nothing I could do to Belinda anymore.
03:08After all, I was already dead.
03:10I struggled in despair for days.
03:13But even in my final moments, I couldn't lie down and rest.
03:17The well was too narrow, too cramped.
03:20I couldn't even sit.
03:21Days without water had left my hair falling out in patches.
03:24My exposed skin shriveled and dry.
03:27Venomous snakes coiled around my limbs, while maggots and insects feasted on my flesh.
03:32When my soul finally broke free, I didn't dare look back at the well.
03:36Yet in the quiet of that memory, another scene surfaced unbidden.
03:40Our last night together before everything shattered.
03:42Moonlight spilled like silver silk across our chamber.
03:46Connor had drawn me close, his strong hands tracing slow.
03:49Reverent paths along the curve of my spine, igniting warmth that bloomed beneath my skin like starlight.
03:56We moved together in a dance, as ancient as the moon's pull.
04:00Bodies entwining with fluid grace, breaths mingling in soft gasps of shared wonder.
04:06His lips brushed my neck, my shoulders, every touch a whispered promise.
04:10Our rhythms rising and falling like gentle waves beneath a velvet sky until we crested together in luminous release.
04:17Wrapped in each other's arms as if the world held only us.
04:21Belinda's eyes gleamed with satisfaction, though she was quick to mask it with a delicate sigh.
04:26Alpha, you don't have to do this.
04:28I never wanted her to be punished.
04:31If you keep going, Luna will end up blaming me.
04:34Connor's tone was unwavering.
04:36She wouldn't dare.
04:40Don't worry.
04:42After this, she'll think twice before acting out again.
04:46Unless she wants to find herself back in that well.
04:49She's always been so proud.
04:51But after being trapped down there, forced to relieve herself like an animal,
04:56I doubt she'd ever risk this punishment again.
05:00So he knew.
05:02He knew my pride was everything.
05:04Yet he chose to strip it from me to hand me the most degrading death imaginable.
05:08My carefully maintained nails raked against the jagged stone walls as I tried to climb.
05:15But the moment my fingers grazed the edge, the guards shoved me back down.
05:25Then Connor ordered the well to be sealed, preventing any rainwater from reaching the depths,
05:30effectively guaranteeing my thirst.
05:32Weak and shaking, I stood in the darkness,
05:35feeling the insects and snakes gnawing at my toes.
05:38My survival instinct screamed at me to lower my head and sink my teeth into whatever I could catch.
05:43But the cramped confines denied even the basic movement of a crouch.
05:47With the last of my strength, I cast a whisperbind spell,
05:51sending my desperate plea directly to his ears.
05:53But all I received in return was his merciless judgment.
05:57You're already terrified from a few insect bites.
06:00Did you ever think about how helpless Belinda felt
06:03when you left her to be torn apart by those beasts?
06:06His words snuffed out the final ember of hope.
06:10And the irony?
06:11The one who ultimately begged for my release was Belinda herself,
06:14if only to uphold her gentle, saintly image.
06:17After enough sighs and tearful requests,
06:20Connor relented, though irritation sharpened his voice.
06:23Duncan, get Luna out.
06:26Have her cleaned up before she comes to apologize.
06:30I don't want her filth staining Belinda's presence.
06:32Belinda's eyes shimmered with feigned pain,
06:35as if recalling a nightmare.
06:36Alpha, when Luna's out, you should comfort her.
06:40I know better than anyone how terrifying it is
06:43to be alone in the wild for so long.
06:48Comfort her.
06:49She deserves this.
06:52Because of her mistake, the convoy left you behind,
06:55and you were forced to walk alone through the woods for half an hour
06:58before making it back to the pack.
07:00You were nearly dragged off by a starving beast.
07:03I can't even imagine how frightened you must have been.
07:06And yet, you're still so kind and too forgiving.
07:09That's why Clara keeps taking things too far.
07:12Connor's so-called righteous fury on Belinda's behalf
07:15was nothing short of ridiculous.
07:17Just two weeks ago,
07:18I had led a trading convoy to negotiate with a neighboring pack.
07:22Because of my status as Luna,
07:24they treated me with the utmost respect,
07:25which clearly didn't sit well with Belinda.
07:28She cornered me when no one was looking,
07:30her voice dripping with venom.
07:33So what if you're Luna?
07:35The Alpha doesn't even care about you.
07:37I didn't bother responding.
07:39I simply brushed past her and climbed into my car.
07:42Yet, unexpectedly,
07:43she was unwilling to travel in the slightly worn-down jeep.
07:47Consequently, she was left behind in the wilderness.
07:49By the time Connor and his men found her,
07:52a giant eagle had its talons wrapped around her.
07:55She was battered, trembling, barely clinging to life.
07:59I only ever wanted to admire you from afar, Alpha.
08:02I never imagined even that would be taken from me.
08:06I hope Luna will take good care of you.
08:09Then I'll have no regrets.
08:11Connor howled in agony,
08:13cradling her like she was the most precious thing in the world.
08:16I stood at the edge of the crowd,
08:18watching with cold indifference.
08:19After all, given a werewolf's innate prowess,
08:22even the weakest Omega was capable of nocturnal hunts.
08:25A bald eagle?
08:26It was a triviality,
08:28a speck against our might.
08:29And Belinda had only been in the wilderness for three hours.
08:32However, when Connor seized my ear
08:34and forced me into the depths of the forsaken well,
08:37the facade of indifference shattered.
08:39Clara, Belinda has night likenesses,
08:42and you left her wandering alone in the dark.
08:44Her sister was carried off by vultures when she was a child.
08:48She's been terrified of giant birds ever since.
08:51Do you even understand what you put her through?
08:53I'll make sure you understand that being Luna
08:55doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.
08:56If you refuse to admit your mistakes,
08:58then don't even think about coming out.
09:00Even now, he sat there, arrogant and self-righteous,
09:04waiting for me to break,
09:05waiting for me to crawl back and admit I was wrong.
09:08But this time, things wouldn't go his way.
09:11Alpha.
09:13Luna, she stopped breathing.
09:16I watched Connor closely,
09:18searching his face for the slightest trace of regret.
09:21But all I saw was mild annoyance.
09:24What did you say?
09:26Clara is dead.
09:28Duncan kept his head lowered,
09:30not daring to meet Connor's gaze.
09:32Yes.
09:33Luna, she was trapped in that well for over ten days.
09:36No food.
09:38No water.
09:39She...
09:39She didn't make it.
09:41Connor scoffed,
09:42as if he had just heard the most ridiculous joke.
09:44Oh.
09:45She's still bluffing.
09:47Fine.
09:48If she's really dead,
09:50then call the priest for a ritual,
09:52toss her corpse into the sea,
09:53and let's see where playing dead gets her.
09:56His cruelty sickened me.
09:57I desperately sought to elevate my soul,
10:00to distance myself from him.
10:02However,
10:02an unseen tether held me fast,
10:05dragging me inexorably back.
10:06And then I realized the force binding me wasn't Connor himself,
10:10but the wolf spirit bracelet he wore.
10:12The bracelet,
10:14woven from wolf bone and silver thread,
10:16was an ancient relic of my father.
10:18More than that,
10:19it was the token of love I had once given Connor.
10:22I used to be like Cinderella,
10:24that pitiful girl.
10:26My father had been the alpha of the Starlight Pack.
10:29But after my mother's death,
10:30he remarried and brought another woman and her children into our home.
10:34When dad left for campaigns,
10:35those children tormented me for sport.
10:38When I was 12,
10:39they cornered me yet again,
10:40taunting and laughing.
10:42That was the day Connor happened to pass by and save me.
10:45After that,
10:46I began sneaking into Black Claw Pack territory,
10:48just to catch a glimpse of him.
10:49That was when I realized he too was bullied by his siblings.
10:53I fell for him completely.
10:55So,
10:55when the moon goddess prophesied that we were fated mates,
10:58I was overjoyed.
10:59My heart nearly burst with happiness,
11:01too blinded by love to notice the flicker of displeasure in his eyes as we sealed our bond.
11:06I didn't know then.
11:07I didn't realize the only reason Connor married me was for the wolf spirit bracelet.
11:12With it,
11:12he could win the trust and loyalty of my father's warriors.
11:16Until I handed it over,
11:17he played the role of the perfect mate.
11:19He left water by my bedside each night and brought me fresh flowers when he returned home.
11:25I fell even deeper for him.
11:28Without hesitation,
11:29I gave him the bracelet.
11:30With the power of the wolf spirit bracelet,
11:32Connor quickly crushed his siblings and claimed the title of Alpha of the Black Claw Pack.
11:37But was I truly just a pawn to him?
11:40I didn't think so.
11:41I wasn't naive.
11:43The small fleeting smiles he let slip when he thought no one was watching,
11:46the quiet care he still showed me,
11:49even after obtaining the bracelet.
11:50These were all signs.
11:52Signs that,
11:53despite everything,
11:54Connor was slowly falling for me, too.
11:56In the early days of our mating,
11:58our nights had been sacred.
11:59He would carry me to our bed as though I were made of moonlight,
12:02his fingers weaving through my hair while our bodies aligned in perfect harmony.
12:06We moved as one under the canopy of stars,
12:08visible through the open window,
12:10each caress a brush of silk and fire,
12:12our shared breaths rising like a symphony
12:15until ecstasy unfolded in waves of pure, glowing bliss,
12:18leaving us tangled and peaceful in the afterglow.
12:21Connor's lips curled into a mocking smirk.
12:23You really think she'd die that easily?
12:26I know better than anyone how tough she is.
12:30Belinda laughed,
12:32her voice dripping with amusement.
12:33That's right.
12:35Our Luna is the kind of woman who could stomach a live snake.
12:40She may have gone days without food or water,
12:43but I believe she'll survive.
12:45The gathered maids giggled at the remark,
12:47but Connor's smile faltered for just a second.
12:49Watching his expression stiffened,
12:51I felt a flicker of satisfaction.
12:53So, you do feel a little guilty after all.
12:57I remembered the day when Connor had been captured
12:59in a battle against the rogues.
13:01To save him, I infiltrated their base camp alone.
13:04By the time I reached his cell,
13:06I was bleeding, barely standing.
13:08But when our eyes met,
13:10there was no mistaking the shock and gratitude in his gaze.
13:12We disguised ourselves as low-ranking rogue soldiers,
13:16blending in to make our escape.
13:18It might have worked until the rogues handed out food,
13:21snakes and centipedes,
13:22still raw, crawling and alive.
13:24We hesitated.
13:25Even as werewolves, we weren't feral.
13:28We weren't like them.
13:30We had standards.
13:31Nobility did not stoop to eating like the mindless beasts we fought against.
13:35Connor's hesitation drew suspicion,
13:37making them question our identities.
13:40I had no choice.
13:41Before anyone could question us,
13:43I tilted my head back and swallowed those filthy creatures,
13:46earning the rogues' trust.
13:48Connor appeared shocked.
13:49Later, after we successfully escaped,
13:51some of the witnesses spread the story.
13:54Over time,
13:55rumors began to circulate that I had eaten raw snake flesh just to survive.
13:59But within our pack,
14:00the mere mention of it drew Connor's furious ire.
14:03He wouldn't tolerate a single word of it.
14:05For a while,
14:06things between us were good.
14:07I saw it in the way he looked at me,
14:09in the rare softness of his smile.
14:11For the first time,
14:12I thought I had finally cracked through the ice around his heart.
14:15But then Belinda returned.
14:16She was his childhood sweetheart,
14:18the girl who had once comforted him when he was at his lowest.
14:21Three years of marriage,
14:22three years of effort,
14:23shattered the moment she stepped back into his life.
14:26I snapped back to the present,
14:28just as Connor waved Duncan off impatiently.
14:31Tell her if she doesn't come out now.
14:33She can rot in that well for another month.
14:36Duncan visibly flinched,
14:37but did not move to follow the order.
14:40Connor's voice sharpened,
14:41laced with undeniable authority.
14:43Why are you still standing there?
14:45Or do you want to join her too?
14:46Duncan trembled and backed away quickly as Connor turned,
14:49slipping a possessive arm around Belinda's waist.
14:52Belinda,
14:53don't go easy on her when she comes out.
14:55Make her apologize to you.
14:56I don't care if she's Luna.
14:58She needs to learn what happens
14:59when she crosses someone I care about.
15:03Clara,
15:05you really think this little stunt will fool me?
15:07Connor's words were barely audible,
15:09and within them,
15:10a subtle, almost swallowed hesitation.
15:12As the minutes passed,
15:13his patience began to wear thin.
15:15Why is it taking so long?
15:17Is she still testing me?
15:18A sharp edge crept into Connor's voice,
15:21betraying his annoyance.
15:22I'll see what she's doing.
15:23He stated,
15:24his voice a chilling blend of coldness
15:26and suppressed rage.
15:27Connor then marched toward the well,
15:29but as he neared the well's edge,
15:31a revolting odor assaulted his senses.
15:33His brow creased in disgust,
15:35and his golden eyes flashed with revulsion.
15:38What is that stench?
15:40Connor's tone turned sharp and demanding.
15:43Clara,
15:44what are you doing?
15:45I'm letting you out,
15:47and you're still refusing.
15:49What?
15:50Planning to live down there forever?
15:52He stepped closer,
15:54peering into the darkness.
15:55Moonlight streamed in,
15:57illuminating the bottom,
15:58and then he saw it.
15:59My lifeless body lay there,
16:01still and broken,
16:02like a discarded, ruined doll.
16:04A chill ran down Connor's spine,
16:06his hair standing on end
16:08as he stumbled back in disbelief.
16:09Who?
16:12Who put this disgusting thing in the well?
16:15His chest heaved,
16:17each breath sharp and ragged.
16:19Where's Clara?
16:20Find her!
16:22Does she think she can escape punishment
16:24by tossing a fake corpse down there?
16:27Bring her to me now!
16:29I couldn't help but laugh
16:30at the absurdity of his words.
16:32My body was right there.
16:34Where exactly did he expect to find me?
16:37Alpha,
16:38Luna is truly dead.
16:40Her corpse is already decomposing.
16:43Lies!
16:44Do you take me for a fool?
16:46Connor roared,
16:47drawing his bracelet in a fit of rage,
16:49and in one swift motion,
16:51he cut down the warrior who had spoken,
16:53his head hitting the ground
16:54with a sickening thud.
16:55If anyone else dares conspire
16:58with Luna in this deception,
17:00you'll share his fate.
17:03His golden eyes burned
17:05with a dangerous gleam
17:06as he turned to his warriors.
17:08I don't care what I takes.
17:11Find her!
17:13Connor ordered the well
17:14to be sealed shut with iron
17:16and sent out his best trackers
17:18and hounds across the land.
17:19He tore through every inch of land,
17:21desperate to uncover any sign of me.
17:24Belinda stepped forward,
17:25slipping her arm around his waist.
17:27Alpha,
17:28don't be upset.
17:31I'll always be here for you.
17:33Connor's grip tightened around her hand,
17:35but he didn't pull her closer.
17:37His voice wavered just slightly.
17:39This time,
17:40she's gone too far
17:41to stage her own demise,
17:44a blatant act of defiance.
17:46Don't worry,
17:47she will not escape her due.
17:49When I retrieve her,
17:51I'll make sure she kneels before you
17:53and begs for forgiveness.
17:55His fingers drummed against the windowsill,
17:57the rhythm growing faster,
17:59betraying the unease he refused to name.
18:01His warriors,
18:02known for their flawless tracking skills,
18:04scoured every inch of land.
18:06Yet,
18:07no matter how many warriors or hounds he sent out,
18:09they all circled back to the same place,
18:11the abandoned well.
18:13His frustration boiled over
18:14as he paced furiously around it,
18:16refusing to believe that the corpse inside was mine.
18:20Then,
18:20as if struck by sudden inspiration,
18:22he snapped his fingers.
18:25I see it now.
18:27She must have used a burrowing technique.
18:29That's why the hounds keep leading us here.
18:32He turned sharply to his warriors.
18:34Go!
18:35Bring me the burrowing specialists.
18:37I need to know
18:38precisely where she vanished.
18:41Connor's warriors dug for three days and three nights,
18:44tearing apart the earth around the well.
18:46But no matter how deep they went,
18:48there was nothing.
18:49Only the well remained untouched,
18:51sealed under Connor's orders,
18:53forbidden for anyone to disturb.
18:55At last,
18:55one warrior hesitated before speaking.
18:58Alpha,
18:58we've tried everything.
19:00Luna,
19:02she might be in the well.
19:03Connor's sharp gaze bore into the warrior.
19:06After a long silence,
19:07he finally spoke,
19:08his voice hoarse.
19:10Open it.
19:11Bring out the corpse.
19:12Connor's warriors wrestled with the iron seal
19:14covering the well
19:15before descending into the abyss
19:17and retrieved what remained of me.
19:19Finally,
19:20after an eternity in the blackness,
19:22they pulled my body into the light.
19:23It was no longer recognizable.
19:25A foul,
19:26viscous substance
19:27that sent waves of nausea through the air.
19:29What little was left of me
19:30was placed in an icebox
19:32carved from frozen blocks
19:33and carried before him.
19:34His brows tightened as the stench hit him,
19:37sharp and stinging.
19:38His eyes watered,
19:39but he held his gaze,
19:41refusing to look away.
19:43A long silence stretched
19:45as Connor's hand stayed
19:46upon the white cloth
19:47draped over my remains.
19:48Finally,
19:49he carefully lifted a corner,
19:51scrutinizing my left hand.
19:52Thankfully,
19:53my hands had primarily remained intact.
19:56Avoiding the writhing maggots,
19:57he searched until he found my ring.
19:59His fingers trembled
20:00as he slid it off.
20:01That was all the confirmation he needed.
20:04I was gone.
20:05That ring had been
20:06my mother's wedding gift to me.
20:07The one thing I cherished
20:09more than anything.
20:10I had once sworn
20:11that no matter where I fled,
20:12even to the ends of the earth,
20:14I would never part with it.
20:15Connor staggered
20:16as if something inside him
20:18had shattered.
20:19His expression twisted,
20:20his breathing unsteady.
20:22And yet,
20:22all I felt was disgust.
20:24I had died just as he wanted.
20:26So why did he look like
20:27he was breaking?
20:28Aside from that brief moment
20:29when Connor saw my ring
20:31and let his sorrow slip through,
20:32he never showed grief again.
20:34Life went on as usual.
20:36He worked,
20:36he led,
20:37he ruled unshaken,
20:39as if nothing had changed.
20:40But old habits betrayed him
20:42when he returned to the castle
20:43we'd once shared,
20:44he would instinctively reach back
20:46to hand off his coat,
20:47calling my name,
20:48only to be met with silence.
20:50Then,
20:51realizing I wasn't there,
20:52a flicker of confusion
20:53would cross his face
20:54before he recovered,
20:55as if the moment never happened.
20:57When the Black Claw Pax Festival
20:59approached,
21:00his warriors brought him reports
21:02on the supplies and preparations.
21:04Frustrated,
21:04he waved them off.
21:07Just let Luna handle it.
21:09Don't bother me with this.
21:11Then,
21:12seeing their hesitant silence,
21:13that same confusion flickered again.
21:16I understood his reaction
21:18all too well.
21:19When my father died in battle,
21:21I reacted the same way.
21:22There was only numbness,
21:24a strange sense of detachment
21:25whenever his name was mentioned.
21:27It wasn't until it happened
21:28over and over
21:29that the numbness gave way to grief.
21:31His warrior once told me
21:33that I had struggled
21:33to accept my father's death
21:35because I had loved him too much.
21:37And that was why
21:37I couldn't bear to face reality.
21:39So why was Connor reacting the same way?
21:41Did he love me?
21:43The thought was absurd.
21:44He was the one responsible for my death.
21:46How could he possibly love me?
21:48Yet, strangely enough,
21:49despite knowing I was dead,
21:51Connor refused to bury me.
21:52He ordered his warriors
21:53to keep my body locked away
21:55in the ice chambers.
21:57The elders urged him to cremate me,
21:59to lay me to rest.
22:01He ignored them every time.
22:03Then came the night
22:04of the annual festival.
22:05Connor stood before the gathered pack,
22:07his voice steady.
22:08He honored the fallen warriors
22:10who had died protecting the pack.
22:12Speaking of their sacrifice and bravery,
22:14his words rang with conviction
22:15and his presence was commanding.
22:17The crowd watched him in reverence
22:19as he lifted the torch,
22:20ready to light the ceremonial pyre.
22:23Then, instinctively,
22:24he reached back.
22:25His fingers grasped nothing but empty air.
22:27I knew in an instant what had happened.
22:29He had been reaching for me.
22:31Every year,
22:32I had stood beside him
22:33during this moment.
22:34Every year,
22:35our hands held the torch together
22:36and we lit the pyre together.
22:38His triumphant expression froze.
22:41The torch slipped from his grasp,
22:42landing in the dirt.
22:43A tremor ran through his body.
22:45He could no longer hold it in.
22:47He fell to his knees
22:48and broke into sobs.
22:49When Connor finally accepted
22:51that I would never return,
22:52he drowned himself in alcohol.
22:55Sometimes,
22:56in his drunken stupor,
22:57he would curse my name,
22:58calling me a cruel woman
23:00for how I had treated Belinda.
23:02But more often,
23:03he would scream for me,
23:04stumbling into the ice chamber
23:05where my corpse was kept,
23:07pressing desperate kisses
23:08against my decaying flesh.
23:10Even I,
23:11the owner of that body,
23:12found it revolting.
23:13When his drinking began
23:14interfering with his duties,
23:16the elders could no longer
23:17stand idly by.
23:18They summoned Belinda,
23:20hoping she could pull him
23:21from his downward spiral.
23:22She arrived just in time
23:24to witness the nightmare,
23:25Connor clutching my rotting corpse
23:27in his arms.
23:28Her face turned deathly pale.
23:29A gag tore from her throat
23:31and she doubled over,
23:32retching.
23:33Alpha,
23:34what are you doing?
23:35But Connor didn't respond.
23:37He just held on to me,
23:38drinking like the world outside
23:40no longer mattered.
23:41Belinda lingered at the entrance,
23:43horror flickering across her face.
23:45But after a long hesitation,
23:46she finally stepped forward,
23:48stealing herself
23:49and snatched the bottle
23:50from his grip.
23:51Connor lashed out
23:51in blind fury,
23:52his hand locking around her
23:54and wrote,
23:55squeezing until she was
23:56on the verge of suffocation.
23:57Only then did he recognize her.
24:00Horror flashed across his face
24:02as he hastily let go.
24:04Belinda.
24:06God.
24:07What have I done?
24:09Belinda clutched her throat,
24:10greedily sucking in air.
24:12Fear flickered in her gaze
24:13for a moment,
24:14but she quickly smoothed
24:15her expression
24:16and tried to comfort him.
24:18It's okay.
24:20Alpha,
24:21I know you're just
24:22overwhelmed with grief.
24:24She paused
24:25before carefully asking,
24:26Alpha,
24:27are you in so much pain?
24:29Because you loved Luna.
24:31Connor stiffened
24:32like a wounded beast
24:33backed into a corner.
24:35Love her?
24:37He let out a bitter laugh.
24:39That's ridiculous.
24:40I only married her
24:41to secure her father's
24:43former allies,
24:44to strengthen my position.
24:46Then a shaky breath
24:48escaped him,
24:49a single tear
24:50betraying his carefully
24:51constructed facade.
24:53So why?
24:54Why this unbearable hurt?
24:57Seeing Connor like this,
24:59Belinda's expression
25:00flickered with panic.
25:01She forced a smile
25:03and quickly changed
25:03the subject.
25:05She said,
25:06You're just too kind-hearted.
25:07Even though you didn't
25:08love Luna,
25:09she was still your mate.
25:11It's only natural
25:12that her death
25:14would affect you.
25:16But I know
25:17you'll move past this soon
25:18because you don't love Luna.
25:21Each word was deliberate,
25:23calculated.
25:24Like a drowning man
25:25clinging to driftwood,
25:26Connor seized
25:27onto her reassurance.
25:28He echoed,
25:29Yes.
25:31Yes.
25:32You're right.
25:32I don't love her.
25:34I couldn't have killed
25:35someone I love.
25:36After several repetitions,
25:38Connor regained
25:38his composure.
25:39With Belinda by his side,
25:41he left the ice chamber
25:42and returned to the rhythms
25:43of his daily life.
25:44That day,
25:45Connor returned to his duties
25:46and rode along the pack's borders
25:48with his warriors
25:49when a sudden
25:50and powerful force
25:51crashed down on them.
25:52A presence so immense
25:53that the air itself
25:54seemed to shudder
25:55beneath its weight.
25:56His head snapped up.
25:58A group of warriors
25:58strode toward him
25:59and at the front
26:00an older werewolf led them.
26:02His silver-white fur
26:03was streaked with gray.
26:04His icy gaze
26:05locked onto Connor
26:06with seething rage.
26:08Connor, you bastard!
26:11You killed Clara!
26:14A flicker of panic
26:14shot through Connor's golden eyes,
26:16but he schooled his features,
26:18forcing composure.
26:19Harold,
26:20why have you come back?
26:22Unlike Connor's unease,
26:23my heart clenched
26:24the moment I saw
26:25Harold Nunez.
26:26Tears welled up in my eyes.
26:29Harold was the current alpha
26:30of the Starlight Pack
26:32and had once been
26:33my father's most trusted warrior.
26:35For years,
26:36Harold and my father
26:37had fought side by side,
26:38bound by loyalty
26:39and brotherhood.
26:40Before my father's death,
26:41he had entrusted Harold
26:42with leading the Starlight Pack
26:44and with protecting me.
26:45Harold had handed me
26:46the Starlight Pack's
26:47sacred symbol,
26:48the wolf spirit bracelet,
26:49a public declaration
26:50that he would forever
26:51follow my command.
26:52After my father's death,
26:54Harold had been my guardian.
26:55He had even helped
26:56with my wedding,
26:57despite his own misgivings.
26:59He did many things
27:00to help Connor,
27:01all for my sake,
27:02looking at him
27:02after so long.
27:03I finally noticed
27:05how dull
27:05his once vibrant eyes
27:07had become.
27:07His hands trembled
27:08at the mere mention
27:09of my name.
27:10A sharp pain
27:11twisted in my chest.
27:12I'm sorry, Harold.
27:13I never meant for you
27:14to suffer because of me.
27:16Harold's voice was low,
27:17like distant thunder,
27:18as he pressed the tip
27:20of his dagger
27:20against Connor's throat.
27:22Clara's life
27:23must be paid for
27:24with your blood.
27:26Connor was caught off guard.
27:27He barely had time
27:28to raise his arm
27:29in defense
27:30before Harold struck again,
27:31his attacks relentless
27:32as a storm.
27:33Blow after blow
27:34forced Connor back.
27:36You promised me!
27:38Harold growled,
27:39his voice laced with fury.
27:40You swore you'd give Clara
27:42eternal happiness,
27:44and because of that promise,
27:46I helped you kill
27:47your two brothers!
27:49There was a collective
27:50gasp from the crowd.
27:51Connor's two older brothers
27:52had died under
27:53mysterious circumstances.
27:55For years,
27:56their deaths
27:56had been called
27:57an accident,
27:57an unfortunate twist of fate.
27:59But now,
28:01Harold had shattered
28:01that illusion,
28:02revealing that Connor
28:03had orchestrated
28:04their deaths.
28:05Harold,
28:06stop making things up!
28:09Connor barked,
28:10desperately dodging
28:11another strike.
28:12The next moment,
28:13Harold lunged his claws
28:14a deadly arc
28:15targeting Connor's throat.
28:16Though he managed
28:17to deflect the blow,
28:18the force of the attack
28:19still cut deep
28:20into his shoulder.
28:21Blood bloomed
28:22across his torn clothing.
28:24Connor dropped
28:24to his knees
28:25before Harold.
28:26Seeing their alpha
28:27in trouble,
28:28his warriors drew
28:29their swords,
28:30ready to fight
28:30Harold and his warriors.
28:32But Harold did not
28:33press the attack.
28:34I understood why.
28:35This was still
28:35Connor's territory.
28:37Harold said coldly,
28:38Give me Clara's corpse.
28:41Connor's eyes widened.
28:43No, that's impossible.
28:45Clara was Blackclaw
28:46Pax Luna.
28:47She must be buried here.
28:50Harold's snarl
28:51split through the air.
28:52But she was the daughter
28:53of our former alpha
28:54from the Starlight Pack.
28:55She was like
28:56a precious niece to me.
28:57And you killed her
28:58with your own hands.
28:59And now you refuse
29:01to lay her to rest.
29:02You defile the dead
29:03with your selfishness.
29:05Connor,
29:06if you don't hand
29:08Clara's body over today,
29:09I will bring the Starlight Pack
29:11to attack your
29:12Blackclaw pack tomorrow.
29:14Hearing Harold's threat,
29:15Connor's warriors urged him
29:16to comply with Harold's demands.
29:18No one in their right mind
29:20wanted to fight
29:20Harold Munoz,
29:21the god of war.
29:23After hearing everyone's pleas,
29:25Connor reluctantly
29:26yielded to Harold's demand.
29:27He led Harold
29:28to the ice chamber
29:29where my corpse was kept.
29:30The moment Harold
29:31saw the state of my remains,
29:33his eyes reddened with grief.
29:35Then, without warning,
29:36he struck Connor
29:37with a heavy fist.
29:39You wretched thing!
29:41Harold spat,
29:42his voice thick with emotion.
29:44If I had known
29:45you would one day
29:46kill her,
29:47that day,
29:48when she found you
29:49blind and helpless,
29:50when she saved you...
29:52I should have ended you then!
29:53Even if she would have
29:54hated me for it!
29:55Connor froze in place
29:57at his words.
29:58What do you mean?
29:59Clara saved me
30:00when we were children!
30:01He asked,
30:01his voice full of disbelief,
30:03but Harold and the others
30:04ignored his question.
30:05They lifted the icebox
30:07containing my corpse,
30:08moving swiftly.
30:09Connor barely had a moment
30:11to process the revelation
30:12before he saw them
30:13taking me away.
30:14A scream tore
30:15from his throat.
30:16You can't take Clara!
30:17You can't separate us!
30:18I regret it!
30:19I love Clara!
30:22I truly loved her!
30:24Please,
30:25don't take her away!
30:27Connor crumpled
30:28to his knees,
30:29his pleas echoing unheard.
30:31Harold and the others
30:32moved with cold efficiency,
30:33ignoring his desperate cries.
30:35Only when my corpse
30:36was secured
30:37atop the carriage
30:38did Harold settle onto it,
30:39his gaze falling upon
30:41the kneeling figure.
30:42Too late.
30:42He declared,
30:43his voice like ice.
30:46Connor pursued
30:47Harold's carriage
30:48relentlessly
30:48until his wounds
30:49betrayed him.
30:50He stumbled,
30:51then fell,
30:52hitting the ground
30:52with a painful thud.
30:54Belinda hurried over
30:55to help him up.
30:56Alpha,
30:56are you alright?
30:57Connor looked in the direction
30:58where Harold and the others
31:00had gone.
31:00His face filled with pain.
31:02Then suddenly
31:03something snapped in place.
31:04He turned to Belinda
31:06and asked,
31:06Belinda,
31:07when I was twelve,
31:09my brothers abandoned me
31:10in the wilderness again.
31:11I was poisoned
31:12by those damn toxic plants
31:14and lost my sight
31:15for weeks.
31:16You searched for me
31:17alone in the dark
31:17for days
31:18until you found me
31:19and because of that
31:21you developed
31:21night blindedness.
31:22Connor's voice was quiet
31:24but his golden eyes
31:25bore into her.
31:26Belinda,
31:26was it really you
31:27who saved me back then?
31:29Belinda's eyes
31:29shifted nervously.
31:31Of course it was me.
31:33Alpha.
31:35Why would you even ask that?
31:37Connor watched
31:37Belinda's face intently.
31:39Her discomfort
31:40became palpable
31:40and there was a visible shift
31:42in her posture
31:43and demeanor.
31:44After a long pause,
31:46Connor spoke.
31:47Then tell me,
31:48when you found me
31:49in the southern part
31:49of the forest,
31:50how did you bring me back?
31:52Belinda let out
31:53a small breath,
31:54her relief
31:54almost too obvious.
31:56She smiled softly.
31:57I remember it vividly
31:59like it was just yesterday.
32:00At the time,
32:01I had no choice
32:02but to carry you back.
32:03I was weak
32:04and I even stumbled once
32:06along the way back.
32:07You're lying.
32:07Connor shouted,
32:08now fully alert
32:09and agitated.
32:10I wasn't in the southern part.
32:12I was on the western side.
32:14Connor seized Belinda's shoulders,
32:16his claws digging deep
32:17until blood seeped
32:18through her clothes.
32:19You're lying,
32:20aren't you?
32:20You weren't the one
32:21who saved me,
32:22were you?
32:23Tell me you didn't lie.
32:24Tell me!
32:25Connor roared,
32:27his eyes bloodshot,
32:28desperate for an answer
32:29proving he hadn't been wrong.
32:31Behind them,
32:31I laughed through my tears.
32:33So this was it.
32:34Belinda had taken credit
32:36for my actions.
32:37That was why she,
32:38a mere maid to Connor's brother,
32:40had stood by his side
32:41without question.
32:42That was why Connor
32:43had loved her so deeply
32:44because he thought
32:45she was the one
32:46who saved him.
32:47Because of that,
32:48he had thrown my life away
32:49for hers.
32:50I recalled that when I was 12,
32:52I had found Connor,
32:54beaten and bloodied,
32:55and I had saved him.
32:56I never told him my name.
32:58I wanted to protect his pride.
32:59And when he recovered,
33:01I had someone else
33:02return him home.
33:03A bitter regret
33:03gnawed at me.
33:05Why did I act so selflessly,
33:06yet remain anonymous?
33:08Had I known my kindness
33:09would ultimately lead
33:10to my demise,
33:11I would have ensured he knew.
33:13Hey, Connor!
33:14It was me, Clara.
33:15I saved you.
33:16Connor rushed back home,
33:18frantically flipping
33:19through my diary.
33:20Keeping a diary
33:21had become a habit of mine
33:22since I was six.
33:23When I married him,
33:24I brought it from
33:25my family home.
33:26With trembling hands,
33:27he found the entry
33:28from when I was 12.
33:31December 17th.
33:32The moon was bright tonight.
33:33I heard Connor's brothers
33:35bullied him
33:35and left him
33:36in the wilderness.
33:37So I knew I had to hurry
33:38and save him.
33:39I couldn't tell Dad.
33:41He would have stopped me
33:42from going to the western
33:43part of the forest.
33:44So I went alone.
33:45The forest was dark
33:46and quiet,
33:47and I was a little scared.
33:48But I kept going,
33:49every step felt heavy.
33:51But I knew I couldn't give up.
33:52Finally,
33:53I found him by a big old tree,
33:55lying on the ground,
33:56his body covered in cuts
33:57and bruises,
33:58his breath weak.
33:59I took out the healing herbs
34:01Mom taught me to pick,
34:02crushed them,
34:03and applied them
34:04to his wounds gently.
34:05He winced in pain,
34:06but didn't wake up.
34:08I stayed with him all night,
34:10keeping him warm
34:10with my cloak,
34:11talking to him softly,
34:13even though I knew
34:13he couldn't hear me.
34:14When he opened his eyes
34:16the next morning,
34:17he looked confused
34:18and asked who I was.
34:19I ran away.
34:20I was shy,
34:21and I didn't want him
34:22to feel embarrassed
34:22for being saved by a girl.
34:24Connor's hands shook
34:25even more violently
34:26as he read,
34:27tears dripping
34:28onto the yellowed pages,
34:30blurring the words
34:31I had written so carefully.
34:32He covered his face
34:33with his hands,
34:34shoulders shaking,
34:35and a hoarse sob
34:37escaped from between
34:38his fingers.
34:39December 18th.
34:41Was the forest
34:42always this terrifying
34:43at night?
34:44Luckily,
34:45I had finally found him.
34:46When I discovered him
34:48in the trap,
34:48his silver-white fur
34:50was coated in
34:50poison vine sap,
34:52and his golden eyes
34:53were dull and unfocused.
34:54He couldn't see.
34:55I panicked for a moment,
34:57but I remembered
34:57Mom's words,
34:58calm down,
34:59or you'll lose
35:00both of you.
35:01I took out the antidote
35:02leaves I hid in my pocket,
35:04chewed them until
35:04they turned into paste,
35:05and gently fed them to him.
35:07He struggled a little
35:08at first,
35:09but then he swallowed
35:10them quietly.
35:11I sat beside him,
35:12patting his back softly,
35:13like Mom does
35:14when I'm sick.
35:16December 23rd.
35:17He asked me
35:17who I was.
35:18He must have been ashamed,
35:20realizing a young girl
35:21had seen him
35:22at his weakest.
35:23So I disguised my voice
35:24and roughened it
35:25to sound like a grown man.
35:26He saw through it.
35:27He laughed.
35:28His laugh was so beautiful.
35:30He said my voice
35:31sounded like a little bird,
35:32soft and clear.
35:33I blushed so hard
35:34that I hid my face
35:35behind my hands.
35:36He didn't ask again,
35:37just talk to me
35:38about small things,
35:39about the stars,
35:40about the forest,
35:42about how he hated
35:43his brothers
35:43for bullying him.
35:44I listened quietly,
35:45and for a moment,
35:46I forgot how scared
35:47I was to be alone
35:48in the forest.
35:50No!
35:52No!
35:53Clara!
35:56But his voice cracked.
35:57Why didn't you tell me?
35:59Why didn't you tell me?
36:01He cried out my name,
36:02and as he read,
36:04tears continuously
36:05streamed down his face.
36:06He held my diary
36:07as he collapsed.
36:08His heart throbbed
36:09with a pain
36:10that shook him
36:10to his core.
36:11I stood before him,
36:12watching.
36:13My heart didn't ache anymore.
36:15All that was left
36:16was a cold emptiness,
36:17like the ice cellar
36:18where he had kept my body.
36:19I wanted to reach out
36:20and touch him,
36:21but my hand passed
36:22right through his shoulder.
36:23We were no longer
36:24in the same world.
36:26Connor hugged the diary
36:27tightly to his chest,
36:28as if it were the only piece
36:29of me left in this world.
36:31His sobs echoed
36:32in the empty room,
36:33hoarse and desperate,
36:34like a wounded beast
36:35crying out
36:36for its lost mate.
36:37A cold laugh
36:38escaped my lips.
36:40Regret.
36:41Connor.
36:42Before my consciousness
36:44faded in that deep well,
36:45I regretted a thousand times
36:47more than you ever will now.
36:49If I had known
36:50this would be my end,
36:51I never would have saved you.
36:53I should have left you
36:54in that forest.
36:55I should have let you rot.
36:57For a full day and night,
36:59Connor sat in my room,
37:00completely still,
37:01staring at my diary.
37:03He didn't eat or drink.
37:04It seemed he was finally
37:05beginning to truly see me
37:07for the first time.
37:08When my words spoke of joy,
37:10he laughed.
37:10When they whispered of sorrow,
37:12his eyes darkened,
37:13rimmed with red.
37:14And by the time
37:15he reached the final page,
37:16he finally realized
37:18just how much
37:18I had loved him,
37:19how much of my happiness
37:21had revolved around him,
37:22and how much of my suffering
37:23had been caused by him.
37:25Connor curled up on the floor,
37:27holding the diary close,
37:28pressing desperate kisses
37:29against its cover
37:30as if it were my face.
37:32His body shook violently,
37:33and silent tears
37:34soaked the cover of the diary,
37:36leaving dark, wet marks.
37:38He didn't make a sound,
37:39but his grief was so thick
37:40it filled the entire room,
37:43suffocating even me,
37:44a spirit with no physical form.
37:46Do you see it now, Connor?
37:47All the love I gave you,
37:49all the pain I endured for you,
37:50you threw it all away for a lie.
37:52You killed the only person
37:53who ever truly loved you.
37:56Claire, I'm sorry.
37:57He choked out.
37:58I regret it so much.
38:01Please, please come back to me.
38:03Come back to me.
38:04Will you?
38:05I sat beside him,
38:06emotionless,
38:07watching his agony unfold.
38:09What use was regret?
38:11Could regret bring me back to life?
38:12No, I wouldn't be moved
38:14by a murderer's tears.
38:15He begged and wept all night,
38:17clinging to my diary
38:18as if it were the only lifeline
38:20connecting him to me.
38:21But I felt nothing,
38:22no anger,
38:23no pity,
38:24just a cold numbness
38:25that had settled in my chest
38:27since I died.
38:27The next day,
38:28Connor gathered the merchants
38:30who had traveled with us
38:31the night Belinda vanished
38:32and questioned them.
38:33One by one,
38:34the merchants spoke the truth.
38:36Belinda had complained repeatedly
38:37about the mule cart
38:38being too slow,
38:40refusing to keep up
38:40with the group.
38:41She had deliberately
38:42fallen behind,
38:44muttering about how Clara
38:45was showing off her status
38:46by riding ahead,
38:47not caring about her.
38:49And when Connor learned
38:50that I had not deliberately
38:51abandoned Belinda,
38:52but that she had lagged behind
38:54out of petty spite
38:55because of the mule cart,
38:56his fury burned bright
38:58and unforgiving.
38:59His golden eyes
39:00turned blood red
39:01and the air around him
39:02seemed to tremble
39:03with suppressed rage.
39:05He slammed his fist
39:06on the table,
39:06shattering the wooden surface
39:08into splinters.
39:09He ordered his men
39:10to bring Belinda in
39:11and had her forcibly restrained.
39:13His claws found her flesh
39:14tearing deep,
39:15leaving her bloodied
39:16and broken.
39:17Connor towered over her,
39:19his voice ringing
39:20with cold authority.
39:21Belinda,
39:21you slandered Luna
39:23and caused her tragic death.
39:25Do you understand your crime?
39:28Belinda struggled weakly,
39:29her face pale as a ghost,
39:31blood dripping from her wounds
39:32onto the floor.
39:33Fear filled her eyes
39:34as she stared up
39:35at Connor's furious face.
39:37Alpha, no!
39:39I didn't!
39:40It was a misunderstanding!
39:41Clara really abandoned me!
39:44I didn't lie!
39:45She screamed,
39:46her voice shrill
39:47and trembling.
39:48Misunderstanding.
39:49Your petty jealousy
39:50cost me my life.
39:51You stole my credit,
39:52lied to the man I loved
39:54and watched as he killed me.
39:56There is no misunderstanding here.
39:58Belinda.
40:00Belinda begged for mercy,
40:02her throat hoarse
40:03from all the shouting.
40:04She slowly realized
40:05that her words were futile.
40:07No argument,
40:08no plea
40:09could sway Connor
40:10from his course.
40:11He would kill her.
40:12At that thought,
40:12she stopped resisting.
40:14Looking at the cold,
40:15heartless Alpha before her,
40:16her lips curled
40:17into something bitter,
40:19something hollow.
40:20She laughed.
40:20Her laugh was shrill
40:22and mocking,
40:23echoing in the cold room,
40:24a stark contrast
40:25to her bloodied
40:26and broken appearance.
40:27You think blaming
40:28everything on me
40:29will fix things?
40:30You think killing me
40:31will wash away your sins?
40:32It won't work.
40:34Connor,
40:34you know that better
40:35than anyone.
40:36The one who truly
40:37killed Clara
40:39was you!
40:40Her words struck Connor
40:41like a bolt of lightning.
40:43He froze,
40:44his claws still embedded
40:45in her flesh,
40:46his golden eyes wide
40:47with shock and denial.
40:49No!
40:50No!
40:51It's your fault!
40:52You lied to me!
40:53You made me kill her!
40:55He roared,
40:56trying to drown out
40:56the truth that
40:57gnawed at his heart.
40:58Belinda smiled bitterly,
41:00blood trickling down
41:01from the corner
41:02of her mouth.
41:03I lied,
41:04yes,
41:04but you chose
41:05to believe me.
41:06You chose to hate her,
41:08doubt her,
41:08because you were
41:09too blind to see her love.
41:11You killed her
41:11with your own hands!
41:13Connor,
41:13no one forced you.
41:15Belinda was executed,
41:17and her death
41:18was even more brutal,
41:19far more agonizing
41:20than mine had been,
41:21and yet I felt
41:22no satisfaction from it.
41:24She had spoken the truth
41:25before she died.
41:26The one who had truly
41:27killed me wasn't her.
41:28It was Connor!
41:29I stood in the corner,
41:31watching as her body
41:32was dragged away,
41:33and I felt nothing,
41:34not anger,
41:35not relief,
41:36just the same cold emptiness
41:37that had been with me
41:38since I died.
41:39After Belinda's execution,
41:41Connor seemed to have
41:42lost all purpose in life.
41:44He abandoned his duties
41:45and spent his days
41:46wandering near the Starlight Pack,
41:48hoping to find
41:48where I had been buried.
41:50Harold had laid me
41:51to rest beside my father,
41:52but Connor was never
41:53privy to the location.
41:55He would stand at the border
41:56of the Starlight Pack
41:57for hours,
41:58calling my name hoarsely,
41:59his voice filled with despair,
42:01but no one responded,
42:02neither Harold nor me.
42:04Connor's proximity to the pack
42:06was a thorn in Harold's side,
42:08and the latter's disapproval
42:09of the former
42:10was well known.
42:11But the respect owed
42:12to the Black Claw Pack's alpha
42:14meant Harold's vengeance
42:15had to wait.
42:16Harold had long wanted
42:17to avenge Clara,
42:18but he refused
42:19to act recklessly.
42:20He would not risk conflict
42:22between the two packs
42:23for a single man,
42:24no matter how much
42:25he deserved to die.
42:26A month passed.
42:28Having secured
42:29the Black Claw Pack's
42:30tacit agreement
42:31about killing Connor,
42:32Harold finally made his move.
42:34He would end Connor's life.
42:35Consumed by despair
42:36and neglecting his duties,
42:38Connor had become
42:39a liability within the pack.
42:40His pack was already
42:41considering his replacement.
42:43They had grown tired
42:44of his endless sorrow
42:45and dereliction of duty.
42:47Connor was no longer
42:48the alpha they once followed,
42:49assured his actions
42:50wouldn't endanger
42:51the Starlight Pack.
42:53Harold ended Connor's life
42:54with a single arrow,
42:55killing him instantly.
42:57Connor simply crumpled
42:58to the earth,
42:59lifeless.
43:00His soul was instantly released.
43:02As his spirit ascended,
43:03it collided with my own,
43:05now radiant and transformed.
43:06I looked at my transformed self
43:08and realized
43:09I no longer had any regrets.
43:11I was ready for heaven.
43:12Seeing me,
43:13Connor desperately tried
43:14to move toward me,
43:15wanting to embrace me
43:16and confess his remorse
43:18and love.
43:18His eyes were filled
43:20with tears and longing,
43:21his voice trembling
43:22as he called my name.
43:24Clara, wait me!
43:25I'm sorry!
43:26I'm so sorry!
43:28I'm so sorry!
43:30But he painfully realized
43:31that I was rising
43:32higher and higher,
43:34heading toward
43:34the warmth of the heavens
43:35while his soul grew heavier,
43:37dragged down by unseen hands,
43:39pulled into the dark abyss
43:40of hell.
43:41I did not care for the sorrow
43:42on his face
43:43nor his longing.
43:44All I saw were my parents
43:46waiting for me in heaven.
43:47I had so much to say to them.
43:49I smiled.
43:50This was the beginning
43:51of my new life.
43:52Harold stood not far away,
43:54watching Connor's body
43:55fall to the ground.
43:56He closed his eyes slightly,
43:58whispering softly,
44:00Clara,
44:00I've avenged you.
44:04Rest in peace.
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