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The Alpha's Dead Luna [Engsub] #DRAMAX

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00:00:00Five years into our marriage, it all turned out to be lies.

00:00:04My Alpha Cain had an affair with his mistress Beta the day before our mating ceremony.

00:00:09He assumed I, being a wolfless wretch, couldn't hear a thing, unaware that I had awakened, and could clearly perceive

00:00:17every betrayal we uttered.

00:00:20Luna, we've prepared the substitute blood and staged a fake death scene exactly as you requested.

00:00:26In ten days, your death will be revealed at mate ceremony.

00:00:29The voice on the other end finally took the edge off the anger I'd been holding back for far too

00:00:34long.

00:00:35Good.

00:00:36My voice came out low, a restrained edge of something feral beneath it.

00:00:41Rest assured, no one will question it. We'll simulate a death by silver. No wolf survives that kind of damage.

00:00:49Only then, did I let out a slow breath. After confirming the remaining details, I hung up and pushed open

00:00:58the door to the private room.

00:00:59The noise inside died the instant I stepped in. Every wolf there could catch the faint pine scent clinging to

00:01:07me.

00:01:07The unmistakable mate mark left by Alpha Cain.

00:01:12Cain, seated at the center, rose immediately. His long fingers closed around my hand.

00:01:19His eyes filled with concern. His voice dropped, rough with Alpha authority.

00:01:25My little wolf, where did you go? I can smell fear on you.

00:01:30He started to pull me away, but I caught the possessiveness in his gaze, and forced down the bitterness rising

00:01:37in my chest.

00:01:38I shook my head.

00:01:40I'm fine. Let's just keep going.

00:01:43Still holding my hand, Cain led me back to my seat. The room gradually came back to life, until someone

00:01:50spoke up.

00:01:51Cain, you and your wild cat are about to seal your mate bond. So what are you planning to do

00:01:57with your little beta pet?

00:01:58My nails dug into my palm. Being the useless one who couldn't shift. I'd long since gotten used to names

00:02:06like that. But I could still clearly smell another woman's scent, lingering on Cain.

00:02:15Someone beside the speaker nudged him.

00:02:18Hey, watch it. Your Luna's right here.

00:02:21He just shrugged, completely unconcerned.

00:02:24What's the problem? It's not like the useless one understands the werewolf kind language anyway. I'm just curious how Cain

00:02:32plans to deal with his little bitch.

00:02:34All eyes turned to Cain. A flicker of disdain passed through his gaze.

00:02:40I'll keep her.

00:02:42He peeled a shrimp and placed it into my bowl before continuing casually.

00:02:47She's just a pet I keep around. My only mate is Aria.

00:02:51He smirked faintly.

00:02:53But if my wild bot Aria ever found out the truth, she'd run. So I've kept it well hidden.

00:03:00Even after the mate bond, I won't let her find out.

00:03:05His gaze swept across the room, a surge of alpha pressure thickening the air.

00:03:09Watch your mouths. If anyone slips up in front of her, I'll tear you apart.

00:03:16These were all dominant alphas from the same circle, and none of this shocked them. If anything, they sounded amused.

00:03:24Cain's got it bad. Can't even let his little toy get exposed. Well, she can't shift. Figures she'd be fragile.

00:03:33Someone's eyes lit up, curiosity getting the better of him.

00:03:37Cain, if Aria can't sense anything, then you and that beta pet, have you ever, you know, at home?

00:03:46Cain chuckled, idly spinning the ring on his finger.

00:03:51Of course. It's been wild.

00:03:56The room erupted into crude laughter and wolfish howls.

00:04:00Cain really knows how to play!

00:04:03A useless one like that? Easy to fool.

00:04:07Bet the whole place is covered in your mess.

00:04:13Man, I'd love to see that wildcat's face when she finds out.

00:04:18Their laughter cut through the room, sharp and vicious.

00:04:23No one noticed how tightly I was gripping my silver fork.

00:04:26My knuckles had gone white.

00:04:29No one knew.

00:04:30Three days ago, I had my awakening.

00:04:35And no one knew that I had already decided to leave.

00:04:39I would never complete a mate bond with Cain.

00:04:43On the day of the ceremony,

00:04:45the only thing waiting for him would be a blood-soaked corpse.

00:04:49A fake one.

00:04:50Cain glanced at my untouched shrimp and immediately turned back to me.

00:04:55My little wolf, why aren't you eating?

00:04:59I looked at him.

00:05:00At the man whose eyes were filled with nothing but carefully crafted concern

00:05:05and forced a faint smile.

00:05:08What were you all talking about that got you so excited?

00:05:11Cain smiled softly and pressed a gentle kiss to the back of my hand.

00:05:17They were just saying they envy, envy our bond.

00:05:20That will be the most devoted pair there is.

00:05:24Inside the private room, people exchanged knowing looks.

00:05:28I caught every single one of them.

00:05:30The mockery.

00:05:31The cruelty.

00:05:32It burned.

00:05:34My heart felt like it had been soaked in liquid silver.

00:05:38The pain sharp enough to cut through bone.

00:05:41They had been talking about him and that woman.

00:05:44Yet somehow twisted it into admiration for what we had.

00:05:48Cain, I never realized you could lie so easily.

00:05:53I set my silver fork down and stood.

00:05:56I didn't want to hear another word of it.

00:05:59The moment I moved to leave, Cain was on his feet.

00:06:02A flicker of panic crossing his face.

00:06:05Little wolf, what's wrong?

00:06:08I shook my head.

00:06:10My voice came out soft, barely more than a breath.

00:06:14I'm tired.

00:06:16I want to go back to the pack house.

00:06:19I didn't wait for his response.

00:06:21I turned and walked out.

00:06:23Out on the street, I looked up and saw the massive LED screen across the road.

00:06:29A mating display was playing.

00:06:31Aria, be my mate.

00:06:35The words stretched across the center in bold, impossible-to-miss letters.

00:06:41People passing by slowed down, their voices full of envy.

00:06:48Oh my god, I heard Alpha Cain's girl can't shift, so he rented the biggest screen in the city

00:06:53just so she could clearly see the words, be my mate?

00:06:56That's insanely romantic.

00:06:59He treats that girl so well.

00:07:01After the mate bond, he's going to be the perfect Alpha.

00:07:06I stood there, the subject of their admiration, and let out a quiet, self-mocking smile.

00:07:13A week ago, I would have reacted the same way.

00:07:17I would have believed in Cain's love without question.

00:07:21I was born into a declining pack.

00:07:24From the moment I came into this world, I couldn't shift.

00:07:29Among the werewolf kind, that made me a disgrace.

00:07:33A failure.

00:07:35Cain entered my life under those circumstances.

00:07:39He claimed it was love at first sight and pursued me relentlessly.

00:07:43But I had seen this kind of attention before.

00:07:47Cruel games disguised as affection.

00:07:50So I avoided him.

00:07:5399 times he confessed.

00:07:5599 times I turned him down.

00:07:59Until the night the Silver Hunters attacked.

00:08:02He threw himself over me without hesitation.

00:08:05Even when Silver pierced straight through his shoulder blade, he didn't move.

00:08:10He held his position, shielding me with his body.

00:08:14When he woke up in the hospital, his condition was so weak he could barely maintain human form.

00:08:20And yet, the first thing he did when he saw me was reach out and gently touch my face.

00:08:28My little wolf, as long as you're safe.

00:08:31That was the moment everything changed.

00:08:34For the first time, I believed that even someone like me, someone who couldn't shift, could be worth risking everything

00:08:41for.

00:08:42The walls around my heart cracked open for him.

00:08:45The wound from the Silver never fully healed.

00:08:49It left behind a permanent circular scar.

00:08:53Every time I saw it, my heart would ache in a way that felt dangerously close to love.

00:08:59For five years, he never wavered.

00:09:02He treated me with the same devotion, the same care.

00:09:06As if I were the only one who mattered.

00:09:11Even when the pack opposed us, he stood his ground and asked me to be his mate.

00:09:17And for that upcoming ceremony, I wanted to give him something real.

00:09:22Something more.

00:09:24I risked my life to undergo blood awakening, just so I could truly experience his wild side during the mate

00:09:30ritual.

00:09:31If it failed, I would have died.

00:09:34But I survived.

00:09:36Not only that, I gained something rare.

00:09:40Empathic sense.

00:09:42I decided to keep it a secret.

00:09:44I wanted to surprise him on the day of the ceremony.

00:09:48But on the very day I awakened, everything fell apart.

00:09:53Through that new ability, I sensed him.

00:09:56Kane.

00:09:57Talking to his beta pet.

00:09:59Their voices were intimate, careless, filled with open flirtation.

00:10:05That was when I learned the truth.

00:10:07He had already betrayed our bond.

00:10:10For an entire year.

00:10:12And I had known nothing.

00:10:14A sharp pain twisted through my chest, forcing me to crouch down and wrap my arms around myself.

00:10:21His words from earlier echoed in my mind, over and over again.

00:10:25Even with the mate ceremony approaching, he had no intention of ending that relationship.

00:10:32Did he really think I was so worthless that he could deceive me forever?

00:10:37The winter wind cut through me, cold and merciless.

00:10:41But my mind had never been clearer.

00:10:44I would show Kane the truth.

00:10:46Lies don't last forever.

00:10:49And I would never forgive betrayal.

00:10:52I took a slow breath, forcing down the ache in my chest.

00:10:56Just as I was about to head back, a pair of strong arms wrapped around me from behind.

00:11:03Kane's scent surrounded me at once, rich with cedar, and thick with possessiveness.

00:11:08It pressed in from all sides, leaving no space to breathe.

00:11:13Little wolf, why didn't you wait for me?

00:11:16Are you in a bad mood today?

00:11:18Then let me take you to see your mate dress.

00:11:21The custom piece just arrived.

00:11:24He pulled me into his arms, his hands sliding up to the back of my neck,

00:11:29gently stroking the spot where his marking remained.

00:11:34I don't feel like going.

00:11:36Just pick it yourself.

00:11:39I would be gone on the day of the mate ceremony.

00:11:42There was no reason for me to wear a mate dress.

00:11:46Kane seemed to sense the distance in my tone.

00:11:49His voice softened, almost cautious.

00:11:53Little wolf,

00:11:55Why does it feel like you're not excited about the mate bond at all?

00:11:58Do you not want to bond with me anymore?

00:12:01I looked at him,

00:12:02at the flicker of panic in his alpha eyes.

00:12:06I almost told him the truth.

00:12:08Yes, I don't want this anymore.

00:12:11You were the one who betrayed us first.

00:12:14You were the one who dragged our bond through the dirt.

00:12:17You were the one who destroyed any anticipation I had for that ceremony.

00:12:21And now you're asking me why?

00:12:24But I wasn't ready to expose everything.

00:12:27Not yet.

00:12:29At the dress boutique,

00:12:31the moment we stepped inside,

00:12:33an attendant drew back a curtain to reveal the mate dress prepared in advance.

00:12:38Miss,

00:12:39the gown alpha Kane had blessed by the moon goddess has arrived.

00:12:42Please let us know if you'd like any alterations.

00:12:46The dress was pure white,

00:12:48flowing and luminous.

00:12:50Moonstones were set into the bodice,

00:12:52casting a soft, sacred glow.

00:12:55Kane wrapped an arm around my waist.

00:12:58My little wolf.

00:13:00Do you like it?

00:13:01I couldn't deny it.

00:13:03The design was exactly my taste.

00:13:06But no matter how beautiful it was,

00:13:09it couldn't mend what had already been broken.

00:13:12Look closer,

00:13:13Kane said softly,

00:13:15at the center of the moonstone.

00:13:17I followed his gaze.

00:13:19Engraved deep within the gem were the letters.

00:13:22A and K.

00:13:24Forever.

00:13:25The moon goddess is our witness.

00:13:28My love for you will last forever, too.

00:13:31I stared at the stone,

00:13:33at the tiny letters carved into its heart.

00:13:36Then I turned to him,

00:13:38and met his eyes.

00:13:40Eyes filled with something that looked like love.

00:13:44Will your love for me really last forever?

00:13:49A flicker of unease crossed his face before he answered quickly.

00:13:53I, Kane, swear, swear that I will love Arya forever.

00:13:58For my entire life.

00:14:00If I break this oath,

00:14:02may the moon goddess strip me of my wolf spirit.

00:14:06Such a solemn vow.

00:14:08And yet,

00:14:09it couldn't warm a heart,

00:14:11that had already gone cold.

00:14:13He had already broken it.

00:14:15And still,

00:14:17he kept acting.

00:14:19Didn't he get tired?

00:14:21I turned my face away,

00:14:23unwilling to look at him any longer.

00:14:26Kane seemed about to say something else,

00:14:28but his phone suddenly rang.

00:14:30His expression shifted,

00:14:31just slightly,

00:14:33before he stepped aside to answer.

00:14:35When he returned,

00:14:36there was a trace of apology on his face.

00:14:40Little wolf,

00:14:41something urgent just came up.

00:14:43Go ahead and try the dress.

00:14:44If anything needs adjusting,

00:14:46just tell the staff.

00:14:48He left in a hurry,

00:14:50not even waiting for a response.

00:14:53I watched his retreating figure,

00:14:55a bitter thought settling in.

00:14:58Kane had never walked away from me for pack business.

00:15:01And just before he left,

00:15:03I had caught it.

00:15:05That flicker in his eyes.

00:15:07Raw,

00:15:08instinctive desire.

00:15:11Work?

00:15:12Hardly.

00:15:13He was going to see her.

00:15:16When I returned to the pack house,

00:15:18I immediately felt it.

00:15:20The slight dip in the mattress.

00:15:23The air carried a cloying mix of vanilla,

00:15:26and lingering scent,

00:15:27thick with unmistakable desire.

00:15:30The thought hit me all at once.

00:15:33Kane and that beta had been here,

00:15:35on this bed.

00:15:37Entwined.

00:15:37My stomach twisted violently.

00:15:40I rushed into the bathroom and threw up,

00:15:42unable to stop.

00:15:45Kane had just come back.

00:15:46The moment he saw me like that,

00:15:48panic flashed across his face.

00:15:51Little wolf,

00:15:52did you eat something bad?

00:15:53I'll call a healer right now.

00:15:57I grabbed his wrist,

00:16:00my eyes still red.

00:16:01I'm fine.

00:16:02I just thought of something disgusting.

00:16:06Kane dropped to his knees beside me,

00:16:09gently patting my back,

00:16:10his expression full of distress.

00:16:12Don't think about things like that.

00:16:15Seeing you like this,

00:16:17it hurts me too.

00:16:19I looked down at him,

00:16:21at the open collar of his shirt,

00:16:23and the marks on his skin.

00:16:26Bite marks,

00:16:27fresh,

00:16:28obvious.

00:16:29Another wave of nausea rose in my throat.

00:16:32How strong did Kane have to be

00:16:34to carry another woman's marks on his body,

00:16:37and still look at me like I was the only one he cared about?

00:16:41His voice grew sharper,

00:16:43more agitated.

00:16:45Who did this to you?

00:16:47Who made Maid?

00:16:49My little wolf like this.

00:16:51Tell me.

00:16:53I'll tear them apart.

00:16:55A bitter smile tugged at my lips.

00:16:59Kane,

00:17:00you're the one who did this to me.

00:17:03Sometime deep into the night,

00:17:04I woke to the sound of a low,

00:17:07restrained growl.

00:17:08Half asleep,

00:17:09I reached out,

00:17:11instinctively searching for the alpha beside me.

00:17:14But the bed was empty.

00:17:16I sat up and went downstairs.

00:17:18As I reached the second floor,

00:17:20I heard it.

00:17:22A woman's breathless voice.

00:17:25Soft,

00:17:26broken.

00:17:27I froze for a second,

00:17:29forcing down the sharp ache rising in my chest,

00:17:32then walked toward the guest room.

00:17:34The door was wide open.

00:17:36Moonlight spilled across the room,

00:17:38illuminating two bodies tangled together.

00:17:42Inside,

00:17:43Kane was bare from the waist up.

00:17:45The beta wore a strapless mermaid gown.

00:17:48The long skirt pushed up to her waist.

00:17:51Her pale legs were wrapped tightly around him.

00:17:54Her cheeks were flushed as she clung to his neck,

00:17:58her voice unsteady.

00:17:59Alpha,

00:18:01the dress I just got today,

00:18:03you already torn it.

00:18:05Kane let out a low chuckle,

00:18:07leaning in close to her ear,

00:18:09his voice rough.

00:18:10You...

00:18:12You wore it for me,

00:18:13didn't you?

00:18:15I even had the designer make one just for you.

00:18:18So tonight,

00:18:20shouldn't you be satisfying me?

00:18:23She clung to him,

00:18:24her voice breaking,

00:18:26hoarse.

00:18:27Alpha,

00:18:28I can't,

00:18:30I can't take ache anymore.

00:18:32Then,

00:18:33breathless,

00:18:34she tilted her head back.

00:18:36What if Aria sees us?

00:18:39Kane stilled,

00:18:40his expression turning cold as he cut her off.

00:18:43She's useless.

00:18:45She doesn't understand anything.

00:18:47Don't you dare tell her about us.

00:18:49The beta traced circles against his chest,

00:18:52her tone soft,

00:18:53almost hurt.

00:18:54I know.

00:18:55I just...

00:18:58She's about to become your mate,

00:19:00and I'll always have to stay hidden.

00:19:03It makes me sad.

00:19:06Kane's expression softened slightly.

00:19:08You jealous little thing.

00:19:11I already brought you into this house.

00:19:13Isn't that enough?

00:19:15Don't worry.

00:19:16Even after the mate bond,

00:19:18I won't leave you.

00:19:19Whatever Aria has,

00:19:21we'll have too.

00:19:23Moonlight,

00:19:23lit up my face,

00:19:25where I stood outside the door.

00:19:27I covered my mouth,

00:19:29but the tears were already falling,

00:19:31blurring everything.

00:19:33Every sound from inside the room

00:19:35pierced into me like silver blades,

00:19:38carving wound after wound into my chest.

00:19:41I turned and ran.

00:19:43Barefoot.

00:19:44Straight out into the rain.

00:19:46Cold water soaked through me,

00:19:49but I didn't stop.

00:19:50I just needed to get away.

00:19:52As far away as possible.

00:19:54Through the haze,

00:19:55I thought I saw him.

00:19:57A younger Kane.

00:19:59The one I had once loved.

00:20:02His eyes were clear,

00:20:04sincere,

00:20:05filled with something real.

00:20:07Little wolf,

00:20:09leave him.

00:20:11Leave the man who doesn't love you anymore,

00:20:13and never forgive him.

00:20:16My vision burned,

00:20:17as I looked at that memory.

00:20:19At the alpha,

00:20:21I had once given my heart to.

00:20:23Okay.

00:20:24I whispered.

00:20:26I will leave you,

00:20:29and I will never forgive you.

00:20:32I didn't make it back until dawn.

00:20:35The moment I lay down,

00:20:37Kane slipped quietly into the room.

00:20:39He moved carefully,

00:20:41just like always,

00:20:42pulling the blanket over me

00:20:43before drawing me into his arms.

00:20:45His lips brushed softly against my forehead.

00:20:49Little wolf,

00:20:50I really do love you.

00:20:53In three days,

00:20:55you'll become my mate.

00:20:56We'll be together forever.

00:20:59I once saw a line online.

00:21:02When an alpha suddenly becomes gentle,

00:21:05it is usually guilt after betrayal.

00:21:08I never understood it before.

00:21:10Now I did.

00:21:12More than anything,

00:21:13I just wanted time to move faster.

00:21:15I wanted the day I left to come sooner.

00:21:18When I woke up,

00:21:20Kane and the beta were already downstairs

00:21:22having breakfast.

00:21:23The moment he saw me,

00:21:26Kane stood,

00:21:26and pulled out a chair for me.

00:21:29He watched as I calmly finished my meal,

00:21:32then guilt flickered across his face.

00:21:36Little wolf,

00:21:37I have to leave for a few days on short notice.

00:21:40For the mate ceremony,

00:21:42just work with the planner.

00:21:43I'll be back as soon as I can.

00:21:45After the ceremony,

00:21:46I'll make it up to you.

00:21:47Wherever you want to go for our honeymoon,

00:21:49I'll take you.

00:21:50I already knew the truth.

00:21:52This wasn't a trip.

00:21:54He was going to take care of her.

00:21:56But I didn't care anymore.

00:21:58I simply nodded.

00:22:01Just before he walked out the door,

00:22:03I called his name one last time.

00:22:05Kane.

00:22:07He paused,

00:22:08then turned back,

00:22:09his expression softening

00:22:11as he reached out to cut my face.

00:22:13Can't bear to see me go, little wolf.

00:22:15It's only a few days.

00:22:18Once we complete the mate bond,

00:22:19you'll see me every day.

00:22:21Kane!

00:22:22From outside,

00:22:23the beta called out to him.

00:22:25Kane leaned in,

00:22:26kissed my cheek,

00:22:27and left in a hurry.

00:22:29I stood there,

00:22:31watching his retreating figure.

00:22:33This was probably the last time

00:22:35I would ever see him.

00:22:38Not long after Kane and the beta left,

00:22:41I received a message from her.

00:22:43Miss Aria,

00:22:44you sensed everything last night,

00:22:46didn't you?

00:22:46I didn't expect you to be this good

00:22:48at holding it in.

00:22:49Kane already promised to spend

00:22:51the next few days with me.

00:22:53Imagine that,

00:22:54your future mate staying with another wolf

00:22:56right before your ceremony.

00:22:58You might be the most pathetic woman

00:23:00in the world.

00:23:01I didn't reply.

00:23:04Instead,

00:23:05I told the servants to gather

00:23:06everything in the villa

00:23:08that belonged to me

00:23:09and pile it in the backyard.

00:23:12Once everything was brought out,

00:23:14I lit a fire.

00:23:15I stood there in silence,

00:23:18watching five years of memories

00:23:20burn away piece by piece.

00:23:23When the last corner turned to ash,

00:23:26so did everything I once felt.

00:23:28There were two days left before I left.

00:23:31Another message came from the beta.

00:23:34This time,

00:23:35it was a photo.

00:23:36A pregnancy test report.

00:23:39Well,

00:23:40looks like I'm really pregnant.

00:23:42Kane's first pup.

00:23:44He's so excited.

00:23:46I still didn't respond.

00:23:48I took out the mate dress

00:23:49and,

00:23:50with my claws,

00:23:51tore it apart piece by piece.

00:23:54This dress,

00:23:55created for me,

00:23:57no longer had any meaning.

00:23:59On the day I was leaving,

00:24:01she sent one last message.

00:24:03Kane is going to complete

00:24:05a mate bond with me.

00:24:06He said he'll give me

00:24:07the same ceremony.

00:24:08He won't let me

00:24:09or the child suffer.

00:24:11Miss Aria,

00:24:12you should know your place

00:24:13and give up the Luna position.

00:24:15Kane doesn't love you anymore.

00:24:18This time,

00:24:19I replied,

00:24:20I hope your dream comes true soon.

00:24:23After that,

00:24:24I pulled up the villa's

00:24:25surveillance footage.

00:24:27It wasn't just once.

00:24:29Kane had brought her back here

00:24:30again and again,

00:24:32chasing excitement.

00:24:33I copied the videos

00:24:35and sent them to the ceremony planner.

00:24:38This is a surprise

00:24:39I prepared for Kane.

00:24:41Make sure it's played-flayed

00:24:42during the ceremony.

00:24:43Keep it confidential.

00:24:47Once everything was arranged,

00:24:49my phone rang.

00:24:51Kane!

00:24:51There was a trace of apology

00:24:53on his face.

00:24:54Little wolf,

00:24:55things here aren't finished yet.

00:24:57I won't be back

00:24:58until tomorrow morning.

00:24:59Don't worry,

00:25:00I'll make it before the ceremony.

00:25:02I let out a soft laugh.

00:25:05Okay,

00:25:05I've prepared a surprise

00:25:07for you at the ceremony.

00:25:08His eyes lit up

00:25:09with anticipation.

00:25:11My little wolf

00:25:13prepared something for me?

00:25:14I can't wait.

00:25:16Little wolf,

00:25:17I've waited five years

00:25:17for you to become my mate.

00:25:19Tomorrow,

00:25:19when you finally become my Luna,

00:25:21I'm so happy.

00:25:23His voice cut off abruptly.

00:25:25His body stiffened

00:25:27for a split second

00:25:28and a suppressed breath

00:25:29escaped him.

00:25:31A trace of cold mockery

00:25:33flickered in my eyes.

00:25:34Kane,

00:25:36I hope you like the surprise.

00:25:38I hung up

00:25:39before he could respond

00:25:40and walked out of the villa.

00:25:42The car

00:25:43from the fake death agency

00:25:45was already waiting outside.

00:25:47At the airport,

00:25:48I typed a few final lines

00:25:50on my phone

00:25:51before handing it

00:25:52to the staff.

00:25:53Tomorrow,

00:25:54deliver this phone

00:25:55along with the body

00:25:56to the Alpha.

00:25:57Tell him I died

00:25:58at six in the evening

00:25:59and that I left him

00:26:00a final message.

00:26:02Six o'clock.

00:26:04The exact moment

00:26:05I ended the call.

00:26:07I wanted Kane to believe

00:26:09that while he was tangled up

00:26:10with that beta,

00:26:11I had died.

00:26:13That I had chosen death.

00:26:15Those final words

00:26:16I left behind

00:26:17would stay with him forever.

00:26:20A lifetime of guilt

00:26:21he would never escape.

00:26:23The staff member nodded,

00:26:25taking the phone

00:26:26and handing me

00:26:27a new ID

00:26:27and boarding pass.

00:26:28Miss Phoenix,

00:26:31we will erase

00:26:32all surveillance

00:26:33along your route.

00:26:34We wish you a safe journey

00:26:35and a happy life ahead.

00:26:37Phoenix.

00:26:38The name I chose

00:26:40for myself.

00:26:41A symbol of rising

00:26:42from the ashes.

00:26:44Of leaving

00:26:45everything behind.

00:26:47After today,

00:26:48my life would begin again.

00:26:52At the beta's house.

00:26:54The woman was still

00:26:55softly begging

00:26:56when Kane finally

00:26:57let her go.

00:26:58He caught her wrist,

00:26:59his voice rough.

00:27:00You're pregnant

00:27:02and still acting

00:27:02like this?

00:27:04She leaned

00:27:05into his chest,

00:27:06her tone sweet

00:27:07and coaxing.

00:27:09I was just worried

00:27:10you might be

00:27:10holding back

00:27:12too much.

00:27:13Kane let out

00:27:14a low chuckle

00:27:15and pinched

00:27:16her cheek.

00:27:18Jealous,

00:27:19aren't you?

00:27:19She huffed

00:27:20and turned

00:27:20her face away.

00:27:22You're completing

00:27:23a mate bond

00:27:23with Aria tomorrow?

00:27:25Am I not allowed

00:27:26to feel anything

00:27:26about that?

00:27:27Kane's expression

00:27:28darkened.

00:27:29He released her hand

00:27:31and looked down

00:27:31at her from above,

00:27:32his voice edged

00:27:34with warning.

00:27:35As long as you

00:27:35don't front

00:27:36send Lev in my front,

00:27:37I can spoil you

00:27:37however I want.

00:27:39But if you forget

00:27:40your place...

00:27:41Her expression shifted.

00:27:43She hadn't expected

00:27:44that even carrying

00:27:45his pup

00:27:46wouldn't change

00:27:47his tone,

00:27:48but she knew

00:27:49how to read

00:27:49the situation.

00:27:51Alpha,

00:27:51I understand.

00:27:52I never intended

00:27:53to compete

00:27:54with Miss Aria

00:27:54for the Luna position.

00:27:56Kane pulled her

00:27:57back into his arms.

00:27:58Good.

00:27:59Don't overthink it.

00:28:01After the honeymoon,

00:28:02I'll spend a full week

00:28:03with you.

00:28:03And don't worry.

00:28:04Even after the mate bond,

00:28:06I won't neglect you

00:28:07or the child.

00:28:08The next day,

00:28:09the mate ceremony.

00:28:11Kane stood at the center

00:28:13of the stage,

00:28:14dressed impeccably,

00:28:15a white rose in his hand.

00:28:18Below him,

00:28:19guests filled the venue,

00:28:20cameras from major media outlets

00:28:22broadcasting the event

00:28:23live across the world.

00:28:25At exactly 12 noon,

00:28:28the ceremony began.

00:28:30The music for the Luna's

00:28:31entrance played.

00:28:33Kane's palms were damp

00:28:35with sweat.

00:28:36The song ended,

00:28:37but the doors

00:28:38remained closed.

00:28:40A murmur spread

00:28:41through the crowd.

00:28:43Just as Kane reached

00:28:44for his phone,

00:28:45the host stepped forward.

00:28:47Ladies and gentlemen,

00:28:49and our Alpha,

00:28:50thank you for your patience.

00:28:52Our Luna mentioned yesterday

00:28:53that she prepared

00:28:53a special surprise,

00:28:54so we've added an extra segment

00:28:56to today's ceremony.

00:28:58Kane relaxed slightly.

00:29:01So this was the surprise

00:29:03I had mentioned.

00:29:04Please direct your attention

00:29:06to the main screen.

00:29:07All eyes lifted.

00:29:09Kane smiled faintly,

00:29:11anticipation in his gaze.

00:29:13But the next second,

00:29:16everything changed.

00:29:19On the screen,

00:29:21their movements unmistakable.

00:29:24At first,

00:29:25the guests were confused.

00:29:27Who are they?

00:29:28How dare they disrupt

00:29:29Alpha Kane's ceremony?

00:29:30But Kane recognized it instantly.

00:29:33It was him.

00:29:34And the beta.

00:29:36Turn it off!

00:29:37Shut it down right now!

00:29:39His roar tore through the hall.

00:29:42The host rushed backstage,

00:29:44trying to stop the video,

00:29:46but the system had frozen.

00:29:47Nothing responded.

00:29:49The footage continued.

00:29:51And then,

00:29:53their faces came clearly into view.

00:29:55The entire venue erupted.

00:29:58Oh my god!

00:30:00That's Alpha Kane!

00:30:02Did he betray the mate bond?

00:30:04Wasn't he supposed to only love area?

00:30:06What is this?

00:30:08Online,

00:30:09the live stream had already drawn

00:30:11nearly five million viewers.

00:30:13Comments flooded in.

00:30:15So he's just another alpha

00:30:16who can't control himself.

00:30:18I can't believe I ever thought

00:30:19he was perfect.

00:30:20Shut down the stream and the screen!

00:30:22Immediately!

00:30:22Kane immediately ordered the stream and screen

00:30:25to be shut down,

00:30:26then grabbed the microphone.

00:30:28Is allowed to speak of this.

00:30:30Not a word.

00:30:32Someone muttered under their breath.

00:30:35Didn't they say this was Aria's surprise?

00:30:37Maybe she already knew.

00:30:40Kane's face went pale.

00:30:42That was the one possibility

00:30:44he refused to accept.

00:30:46He clung to the belief

00:30:47that I was oblivious,

00:30:49that I never checked the surveillance,

00:30:51that as long as no one said anything,

00:30:53I would never know.

00:30:55But I still hadn't appeared.

00:30:57And now,

00:30:59panic began to take hold.

00:31:01He pulled out his phone

00:31:03and sent a message.

00:31:04Little Wolf,

00:31:05are you here?

00:31:07One minute.

00:31:08Two minutes.

00:31:09No reply.

00:31:11His hands began to sweat

00:31:13as he prepared to call.

00:31:15Then,

00:31:16slowly,

00:31:17the doors to the hall opened.

00:31:20Every head turned.

00:31:24Hope lit up Kane's face.

00:31:26He thought his little wolf

00:31:28had finally arrived.

00:31:29The video had already been dealt with.

00:31:32Holding the bouquet,

00:31:34he stepped forward,

00:31:36ready to welcome his mate.

00:31:38He began to extend his hand.

00:31:41And then he froze.

00:31:43The ones entering

00:31:45were not the woman

00:31:46he had been waiting for.

00:31:48It was a group of staff

00:31:50dressed in black.

00:31:51Behind them,

00:31:52they carried a coffin.

00:31:55Rage ignited in Kane's eyes.

00:31:57One of the staff stepped forward,

00:31:59sympathy written across his face.

00:32:03Alpha Kane,

00:32:04your mate took her own life yesterday.

00:32:06Please accept our condolences.

00:32:08Kane didn't believe a word of it.

00:32:10Just yesterday,

00:32:12we had spoken.

00:32:13I had sounded completely fine.

00:32:16How could I be dead?

00:32:18He let out a cold laugh.

00:32:20The video wasn't enough,

00:32:22so now you're making up lies

00:32:23about my mate's death?

00:32:25Tell me,

00:32:26who sent you?

00:32:26The staff member's expression

00:32:29grew even more sympathetic.

00:32:31He gestured toward the coffin.

00:32:34If you don't believe it,

00:32:35you can see for yourself.

00:32:38Kane laughed again,

00:32:39anger sharpening his voice.

00:32:42Fine.

00:32:43Let's see what kind of trick

00:32:45you're trying to pull.

00:32:46He strode toward the coffin.

00:32:48But the moment he looked inside,

00:32:51all the strength drained from his body.

00:32:53Aria.

00:32:54He stumbled forward,

00:32:56dropping to his knees beside the coffin,

00:32:59his hands trembling

00:33:00as he searched for even the slightest difference

00:33:02between the person inside and me.

00:33:04His gaze moved inch by inch.

00:33:08But there was no difference.

00:33:10The woman lying there was me.

00:33:12The same Aria who had been by his side

00:33:15for five years.

00:33:16How could this be?

00:33:18Just yesterday,

00:33:19we had spoken.

00:33:21There had been no sign,

00:33:22no hint that I would choose death.

00:33:27No.

00:33:28This couldn't be real.

00:33:30He clung to denial,

00:33:32telling himself that his little wolf

00:33:34was just angry.

00:33:35That I was upset he hadn't been with me

00:33:37these past few days.

00:33:38That this was some kind of cruel joke.

00:33:41Cain reached out,

00:33:42his hand shaking as he tried to touch my face,

00:33:45as if convincing himself I was only asleep.

00:33:48Little wolf,

00:33:49why is your body so cold?

00:33:52Let me warm you up, okay?

00:33:54Today is our mate ceremony.

00:33:56You wouldn't leave me here alone,

00:33:58would you?

00:34:00By the end,

00:34:01his voice had begun to tremble.

00:34:04A staff member stepped forward

00:34:06and tried to help him up.

00:34:07Alpha Cain,

00:34:08please accept our condolences.

00:34:11Miss Aria has passed.

00:34:14That sentence snaps something inside him.

00:34:17He shoved the man away.

00:34:18His eyes bloodshot as he roared.

00:34:21No!

00:34:22Aria isn't dead!

00:34:24She's just asleep!

00:34:26The staff fell silent for a moment

00:34:28before handing him my phone.

00:34:30Alpha Cain,

00:34:31Miss Aria took her own life yesterday

00:34:32at six in the evening.

00:34:33When we arrived,

00:34:34she said she left you a final message on her phone.

00:34:36The moment those words registered,

00:34:38Cain's heart lurched.

00:34:40If he remembered correctly,

00:34:42that was exactly when our call had ended.

00:34:45Right after that,

00:34:47he had been with the beta.

00:34:49His face turned even paler.

00:34:51With shaking hands,

00:34:53he unlocked the phone.

00:34:54The moment the screen lit up,

00:34:56he saw the note I had left behind.

00:34:59Cain,

00:35:01when I was 22,

00:35:02you were the one who pulled me out of a barren world.

00:35:05You gave me a kind of love I had never known before.

00:35:08These five years with you have been the happiest time of my life.

00:35:13I just never expected that happiness would end so quickly.

00:35:16In only five years,

00:35:18the man who once held me

00:35:20and promised to love me forever disappeared.

00:35:23For you,

00:35:24half a wink ago,

00:35:26I risked my life to undergo blood awakening.

00:35:28I only wanted to fully feel your emotions

00:35:31during our mate ceremony.

00:35:33But I never imagined

00:35:34that the first thing I would sense

00:35:35after awakening

00:35:36would be your desire

00:35:37intertwined with another beta.

00:35:39These past two weeks,

00:35:40I broke down.

00:35:41I despaired.

00:35:42And in the end,

00:35:44everything went quiet.

00:35:46I understand now.

00:35:48There is no such thing as forever.

00:35:53Thank you for once being part of my life.

00:35:56But in the next life,

00:35:58no, in any life,

00:36:00I never want to meet you again.

00:36:02By the third line,

00:36:04Cain had already lost control.

00:36:06He had never cried in front of anyone.

00:36:09Now,

00:36:10tears fell uncontrollably onto the screen.

00:36:14His face drained of all color.

00:36:16His body swayed,

00:36:18unsteady,

00:36:19before his legs gave out

00:36:21and he collapsed to his knees.

00:36:23Only now did he understand.

00:36:26I had awakened long ago.

00:36:28I had known everything.

00:36:30Fragments of the past two weeks

00:36:32flooded his mind.

00:36:34The gathering where his friends

00:36:36joked about him and the beta.

00:36:38The nights he brought her home.

00:36:40The way he left me before the ceremony

00:36:43just to be with her.

00:36:44Even that call.

00:36:46When he let the beta interrupt

00:36:48without a second thought.

00:36:50The more he remembered,

00:36:52the sharper the pain in his chest became,

00:36:55until he could barely breathe.

00:36:56What had he done?

00:36:58I had risked my life

00:36:59for blood awakening.

00:37:00And he had taken advantage

00:37:02of what he believed was my weakness.

00:37:05Indulging himself without restraint.

00:37:07He couldn't even begin to imagine it.

00:37:10I had returned home,

00:37:12heart full of anticipation,

00:37:14after awakening.

00:37:15Only to be met with the overwhelming sensation

00:37:18of his desire tangled with someone else's.

00:37:22The despair.

00:37:23The collapse.

00:37:24It must have shattered me.

00:37:27Endless pain spread through him.

00:37:30Suffocating.

00:37:31Inescapable.

00:37:32That day,

00:37:33when he heard me say I was leaving,

00:37:36it hadn't been about a friend.

00:37:38It had been about me.

00:37:40The signs had always been there.

00:37:42My death hadn't come out of nowhere.

00:37:45He had simply never seen it.

00:37:47In a daze,

00:37:49he thought he saw himself at 22.

00:37:51That younger version of him

00:37:53looked at him with nothing but disappointment.

00:37:56You betrayed Aria.

00:37:58You broke your mate bond.

00:38:00This is your punishment.

00:38:02Aria has left you forever.

00:38:04And the final lines of my message

00:38:06cut deeper than anything else.

00:38:08The little wolf he loved

00:38:10never wanted to meet him again.

00:38:14Only then did he realize

00:38:16how deeply I must have been hurt

00:38:18to write those words.

00:38:20And the one responsible for all of it was him.

00:38:23The moment the guests saw the coffin,

00:38:25shock rippled through the entire venue.

00:38:28Then, everything clicked.

00:38:31The delayed entrance.

00:38:33The explosive video.

00:38:35They understood.

00:38:37I had known all along.

00:38:39The video had been my doing.

00:38:41The coffin,

00:38:42delivered to the ceremony after my death,

00:38:45had been my final arrangement.

00:38:48A heavy silence settled over the crowd,

00:38:51followed by quiet sighs.

00:38:54One by one,

00:38:55the guests who had arrived in celebration

00:38:57began to leave,

00:38:59shaking their heads.

00:39:00In the end,

00:39:02only Cain remained.

00:39:03Kneeling in front of the coffin.

00:39:05At the burial,

00:39:07Cain stood off to the side

00:39:08like a man hollowed out,

00:39:10his expression numb,

00:39:11his soul already broken.

00:39:13Only when the coffin was about to be sealed beneath the earth

00:39:17did he suddenly snap back to himself.

00:39:20He lunged forward,

00:39:21eyes bloodshot,

00:39:22refusing to let anyone touch it.

00:39:25It took several people working together

00:39:27to drag him back and hold him in place.

00:39:30When the final shovel full of dirt fell,

00:39:33all that remained for him was a gravestone.

00:39:36And the black and white photograph of my smiling face.

00:39:40He broke free from their grip,

00:39:42dropped heavily to his knees,

00:39:44and leaned his forehead against the stone.

00:39:47His hand traced my name as tears slid endlessly down his face.

00:39:51Little wolf,

00:39:52this is all my fault.

00:39:54I'm sorry.

00:39:55But apologies that come too late

00:39:57never reached the one who needed them.

00:40:00Cain returned home like a walking corpse.

00:40:04There was no life left in his face.

00:40:06The moment he pushed open the door,

00:40:09he froze.

00:40:11It had only been three days.

00:40:13Yet the entire house felt unbearably cold.

00:40:17After we got together,

00:40:19I had always liked adding small things to the house,

00:40:22little decorations,

00:40:24soft touches,

00:40:25warm details that slowly turned that cold villa

00:40:29into something that felt like home.

00:40:31Now,

00:40:32there was nothing.

00:40:33Everything was gone.

00:40:35The house had reverted to what it had been five years ago.

00:40:41Cold.

00:40:42Empty.

00:40:43Lifeless.

00:40:45Cain stood there,

00:40:46staring at the unfamiliar familiarity of it all,

00:40:50on the verge of losing his mind.

00:40:52He summoned all the servants,

00:40:55his voice sharp with anger.

00:40:56Who threw away Arya's things?

00:40:58I never gave that order.

00:41:00Who dared to do it?

00:41:01The servants exchanged uneasy glances.

00:41:05Sir,

00:41:07Miss Arya told us to clear everything out three days ago.

00:41:11She had us pile it all in the backyard.

00:41:13Then she set it on fire herself.

00:41:17The last trace of light drained from Cain's eyes.

00:41:21At that moment,

00:41:22one of the servants stepped forward hesitantly,

00:41:25and opened her palm.

00:41:26Sir,

00:41:27I found this while cleaning a few days ago.

00:41:30It looked valuable.

00:41:31Maybe Miss Arya threw it away by accident.

00:41:34Another servant approached,

00:41:36holding a bundle of white fabric strips.

00:41:39Sir,

00:41:40this was left in the house yesterday.

00:41:42It looked like a mate dress.

00:41:44There was a moonstone in the center,

00:41:45so I didn't dare throw it away.

00:41:50Cain reached out with trembling hands.

00:41:53In one hand,

00:41:55he picked up the ring.

00:41:56In the other,

00:41:57he touched the torn remains of the dress,

00:42:00his fingers brushing over the moonstone engraved with A and K,

00:42:04forever.

00:42:05The engagement ring he had made himself.

00:42:08The mate dress he had specially commissioned.

00:42:11A sharp, bone-deep pain spread from his chest through his entire body.

00:42:16He might have wondered,

00:42:17deep down,

00:42:18Arya,

00:42:19did you hate me that much?

00:42:24So much that you chose death to punish him?

00:42:28So much that you erased every trace of the happiness we once had?

00:42:32After the pain came something worse.

00:42:35Endless regret.

00:42:37Today was supposed to be the day he had looked forward to more than anything.

00:42:42The day he would finally complete the mate bond with the woman he loved.

00:42:46But he hadn't realized that he had already been standing at the edge of an

00:42:50abyss.

00:42:51And just as he was about to reach happiness,

00:42:55it struck.

00:42:56Dragging him down.

00:42:58Into a darkness with no end.

00:43:01No light.

00:43:03Not even a single trace.

00:43:07Cain drove everyone out of the house.

00:43:09Alone,

00:43:10he sat on the floor,

00:43:11holding the torn remains of the mate dress in his arms.

00:43:14The ring that once belonged to me now hung from his neck,

00:43:18threaded onto a cord.

00:43:20These were the last things that still carried my scent.

00:43:23With them,

00:43:24it almost felt like I was still there.

00:43:26Then,

00:43:27my phone in his pocket vibrated.

00:43:30He glanced down.

00:43:31A message.

00:43:33From the beta.

00:43:35Arya,

00:43:35so what if today is your mate ceremony?

00:43:38Do you believe I can still call Cain away with just one message?

00:43:42Don't think becoming Luna means anything.

00:43:45I'm carrying Cain's first pup.

00:43:47Tell me,

00:43:48what matters more?

00:43:49Your ceremony or his child?

00:43:52Last night he had his face against my stomach,

00:43:56saying he couldn't wait for the baby to be born.

00:43:58He's already excited to be a father.

00:44:01That Luna position of yours won't last long.

00:44:04Another message followed.

00:44:06A photo.

00:44:08Cain.

00:44:09Pressing his face against her stomach.

00:44:11Cain's fingers tightened around the phone.

00:44:15Then he scrolled up.

00:44:17Message after message.

00:44:19All sent to me.

00:44:21I'm pregnant.

00:44:22Cain and I have been together for a year.

00:44:25You're a pretty pathetic Omega.

00:44:28Not just words.

00:44:30There were countless intimate photos.

00:44:33And even a video.

00:44:35The beta.

00:44:36Wearing a mate dress.

00:44:38Beneath him.

00:44:40Cain's breathing grew heavier.

00:44:42He remembered.

00:44:43When she found out about the ceremony,

00:44:46she had insisted on having a dress too.

00:44:49He hadn't thought much of it.

00:44:51Just a dress.

00:44:52He told the designer to make her one as well.

00:44:55By then.

00:44:56I had already awakened.

00:44:58Cain shut his eyes.

00:45:00The memory of the boutique flashed through his mind.

00:45:04My expression.

00:45:05My silence.

00:45:06A sharp pain twisted through his chest.

00:45:09Now he understood.

00:45:11That was why I had torn the mate dress to pieces.

00:45:15His gaze dropped back to the screen.

00:45:18His grip tightened until his knuckles turned white.

00:45:22Rage burned in his eyes.

00:45:24That beta.

00:45:25He had warned her countless times not to tell me anything.

00:45:29And yet she had gone behind his back.

00:45:32Provoking me again and again.

00:45:36His phone suddenly rang.

00:45:39He answered.

00:45:40On the other end,

00:45:42her voice was trembling.

00:45:43On the verge of tears.

00:45:45Cain.

00:45:46My stomach doesn't feel right.

00:45:48Do you think something's wrong with the baby?

00:45:51Can you take me to the hospital?

00:45:55Of course.

00:45:56I'll be right there.

00:45:57I'll be waiting.

00:45:58The fragile tone was nothing like the messages on my phone.

00:46:02As if she were two completely different people.

00:46:05A cold aura settled over Cain.

00:46:08Her voice immediately brightened.

00:46:10Cain's eyes darkened.

00:46:12Since she wanted to see him so badly,

00:46:15he would make sure she got exactly what she wanted.

00:46:20On the other side,

00:46:21the beta froze for a moment when she heard how quickly Cain agreed.

00:46:25Then a surge of excitement rushed through her.

00:46:28She had assumed that today was Cain's mate ceremony with me.

00:46:32Even if she used the child as an excuse to pull him away,

00:46:35she expected it would take a lot of effort.

00:46:38But he agreed without hesitation.

00:46:41Did that mean her place in Cain's heart had already surpassed mine?

00:46:46Besides, she was carrying his only pup.

00:46:50A determined glint flashed across her eyes.

00:46:53She was probably thinking that even if I became Luna today,

00:46:57there was no guarantee I could hold on to that position.

00:47:01Before Cain arrived,

00:47:03she hurriedly changed into a sheer nightgown,

00:47:06sprayed on his favorite scent-based perfume,

00:47:09and reclined on the couch to wait.

00:47:12When Cain opened the door,

00:47:14the first thing he saw was her lying there in the thin fabric.

00:47:18A trace of coldness flickered through his eyes.

00:47:21So much for a stomach ache.

00:47:23More likely,

00:47:25this was just another trick to pull him away from Aria.

00:47:29It wasn't the first time she had used tactics like this.

00:47:33In the past,

00:47:34Cain treated her as nothing more than a distraction when he was bored.

00:47:38As long as she stayed obedient and catered to him,

00:47:42he didn't mind indulging her a little.

00:47:44But that never meant he would tolerate her trying to take a place that wasn't hers.

00:47:50In his mind,

00:47:52there had only ever been one mate.

00:47:54From beginning to end,

00:47:55that was me.

00:47:56And for my death,

00:47:58she would have to pay the price.

00:48:02The beta didn't notice the chill radiating from him.

00:48:05She was still lost in her fantasy of becoming Luna.

00:48:09When she saw him,

00:48:10she put on a fragile expression,

00:48:12and gently touched her flat stomach.

00:48:15Cain,

00:48:15I know today is your mate ceremony with Aria.

00:48:18I shouldn't have called you back,

00:48:20but my stomach really hurts.

00:48:22This is your first pup.

00:48:24I was worried something might go wrong,

00:48:26so I had no choice but to call.

00:48:30Cain looked at her coldly.

00:48:33Where does it hurt?

00:48:34She didn't catch the icy edge in his voice.

00:48:37She thought he was concerned about her.

00:48:39Just like before,

00:48:41she stepped closer,

00:48:42wrapping her arms around his neck

00:48:44and breathing softly near his ear.

00:48:46The baby says it misses its father.

00:48:50She had always been bold about things like this.

00:48:53She believed that my empathic sense was weak,

00:48:56that I could never give a man the same kind of experience in bed.

00:49:00That,

00:49:00in her mind,

00:49:01was the key to keeping Cain.

00:49:03And with the mate ceremony today adding an extra thrill,

00:49:07she was certain she could make him stay the night.

00:49:10She was already imagining how she would message me the next day to provoke me,

00:49:15completely missing the darkening expression on Cain's face.

00:49:20She took one of his hands and placed it on her stomach.

00:49:23When he didn't react,

00:49:24she guided his hand upward.

00:49:26Just as it was about to reach her chest,

00:49:28Cain slapped her heart across the face.

00:49:30Who gave you permission to touch me?

00:49:33She was knocked to the floor,

00:49:35five clear finger marks blooming across her cheek.

00:49:39Clutching her swollen face,

00:49:41she stared at him in disbelief.

00:49:44She had been with him for a full year,

00:49:46and he had never laid a hand on her before.

00:49:49What had changed?

00:49:51And she was carrying his child.

00:49:53How could he be so ruthless?

00:49:57Cain!

00:49:58What did I do wrong?

00:49:59Why would you hit me?

00:50:00Cain, haven't we always been like this?

00:50:03Her voice trembled,

00:50:04tears welling in her eyes.

00:50:07But the sight of her crying did nothing to soften him.

00:50:10His expression grew even darker,

00:50:13like a storm about to break.

00:50:15Who gave you the nerve to tell Aria about us?

00:50:20The beta's face went pale.

00:50:22She hadn't expected Cain to find out,

00:50:25but she still denied it on instinct.

00:50:27Cain, what are you talking about?

00:50:29I didn't say anything to Aria.

00:50:32Cain let out a cold laugh,

00:50:34his hand clamping down hard on her chin.

00:50:37You're still trying to lie?

00:50:39If I hadn't seen those messages myself,

00:50:41I never would have guessed best you had two faces.

00:50:45Playing the obedient little lamb in front of me,

00:50:48while acting arrogant as hell in front of Aria.

00:50:52I've warned you countless times.

00:50:54Aria is the only Omega I have ever truly loved.

00:50:57You are nothing more than a pet I kept around for amusement.

00:51:01You had a hand in Aria's death,

00:51:04and you're going to pay for it.

00:51:06His grip shifted to her throat,

00:51:09fingers tightening with each second.

00:51:11The veins in his arms stood out sharply,

00:51:14making him look terrifying.

00:51:17Driven by the instinct to survive,

00:51:19the beta clawed at his hand with both of hers,

00:51:22but he didn't loosen his grip.

00:51:23She stared at the face she had once been obsessed with,

00:51:28and for the first time,

00:51:29she felt nothing but fear.

00:51:31As the air in her lungs ran out,

00:51:34she forced out a single word.

00:51:38Child.

00:51:40At that word,

00:51:42Cain abruptly released her.

00:51:43She collapsed to the ground,

00:51:46gasping for air,

00:51:47coughing violently,

00:51:49overwhelmed by the relief of still being alive.

00:51:53Cain looked down at her pathetic state

00:51:55without the slightest flicker of emotion.

00:51:58All he could think about was getting rid of the child.

00:52:01It was because of her that I had taken my own life.

00:52:04Now,

00:52:05every time he saw her,

00:52:07he was reminded that she had destroyed the person he loved most.

00:52:11Even the pup in her womb filled him with disgust.

00:52:15But as the beta recovered,

00:52:17a strange sense of joy rose in her heart.

00:52:19It was as if she had forgotten the terror from moments ago.

00:52:24Only one thought echoed in her mind.

00:52:27Aria was dead.

00:52:31Out of jealousy,

00:52:33she hadn't watched the mate ceremony

00:52:35or looked up any news about it.

00:52:37She hadn't expected something so drastic to happen.

00:52:41To her,

00:52:42it had only been a few provocative messages,

00:52:45and some suggestive photos.

00:52:47She never imagined I would be so fragile.

00:52:50Still,

00:52:51she felt grateful.

00:52:53This was her chance.

00:52:55Struggling to her feet,

00:52:57tears pooling in her eyes,

00:52:59she grabbed the hem of his shirt

00:53:00and pleaded.

00:53:02Cain,

00:53:03I didn't mean it.

00:53:04I just love you too much.

00:53:05I didn't want our child to be born with a bad name.

00:53:09I never thought Aria would take her own life over this.

00:53:12I was devastated when I heard.

00:53:14But she's gone now,

00:53:16we have to move forward,

00:53:17don't we?

00:53:19I'm carrying your pup.

00:53:21As she spoke,

00:53:22she gently stroked her still flat stomach.

00:53:25She knew Cain had always cared about the child.

00:53:29She assumed he had let her go earlier

00:53:31because he didn't want anything to happen to it.

00:53:34As long as she carried his pup,

00:53:36she believed she held a shield

00:53:38that would protect her from anything.

00:53:40She was wrong.

00:53:42Cain lifted his hand

00:53:44and lightly patted her cheek,

00:53:46his expression utterly cold.

00:53:48If you hadn't mentioned the child,

00:53:50I might have forgotten.

00:53:53Every time I think about

00:53:54how you caused Aria's death,

00:53:56I can't stand the sight of you.

00:53:59A child born from someone like you

00:54:01would only disgust me.

00:54:02The darkness in his tone

00:54:04finally made fear sink in.

00:54:06She stumbled back,

00:54:08clutching her lower abdomen

00:54:09with both hands,

00:54:10her voice trembling.

00:54:13Cain,

00:54:15what are you going to do to my child?

00:54:17He stepped closer,

00:54:19his voice cold and venomous.

00:54:21I'm having someone take you

00:54:23to the hospital to get rid of it.

00:54:25As soon as he finished speaking,

00:54:27he pulled out his phone

00:54:28and ordered his bodyguards

00:54:30to take her away for the procedure.

00:54:32Come up,

00:54:34take her to the hospital

00:54:35and arrange the procedure immediately.

00:54:37Tears streaming down her face.

00:54:39No!

00:54:40This is your child too, Cain!

00:54:42How can you do this?

00:54:44Despair filled her expression.

00:54:46She couldn't believe

00:54:47he could be this heartless,

00:54:49completely indifferent

00:54:50to the life inside her.

00:54:54Just yesterday,

00:54:56he had pressed his ear

00:54:57against her stomach.

00:54:58I want our child's first word

00:54:59to be

00:55:00dad.

00:55:02And now,

00:55:03he could order its death

00:55:04without even blinking.

00:55:06No.

00:55:07She would never accept this.

00:55:09This is a living being.

00:55:11It's the result of our love.

00:55:14Cain,

00:55:15just imagine it.

00:55:16Our child growing up,

00:55:17calling me dad

00:55:18and me mom.

00:55:20Wouldn't that be

00:55:21a beautiful life?

00:55:23She knew Cain hated

00:55:25being threatened,

00:55:26so she tried to appeal

00:55:27to his emotions.

00:55:29But he remained

00:55:30towering over her,

00:55:31his expression cold

00:55:32and unfeeling.

00:55:34Love?

00:55:35There's nothing noble

00:55:37about what we have.

00:55:38It's nothing but

00:55:39a physical relationship.

00:55:41The only person I love

00:55:42is Arya.

00:55:43The bodyguards rushed in

00:55:44as soon as they got the call.

00:55:46They pushed the door open

00:55:47and grabbed the trembling beta,

00:55:49preparing to take her

00:55:50to the hospital as ordered.

00:55:53She struggled desperately,

00:55:55but they were

00:55:56professionally trained.

00:55:57There was no way

00:55:58she could break free.

00:56:00As she was about

00:56:01to be dragged out,

00:56:02she screamed at Cain

00:56:04with everything she had left.

00:56:06Cain,

00:56:07you say you only love Arya,

00:56:09but we spent so many nights together.

00:56:11Did none of that mean

00:56:12anything to you?

00:56:14You told me you loved me too!

00:56:16Cain didn't react at all.

00:56:18He simply motioned

00:56:19for the bodyguards

00:56:20to take her away.

00:56:22All the way to the hospital

00:56:23she fought against them,

00:56:25even trying to call out

00:56:27to the doctors and nurses

00:56:28for help.

00:56:29But this was a private hospital

00:56:31owned by Cain's company.

00:56:33Everyone there

00:56:34knew exactly who he was.

00:56:36Whatever he said,

00:56:37they followed.

00:56:39She was strapped

00:56:40to the operating table.

00:56:41As the anesthesia

00:56:43was injected,

00:56:44her consciousness

00:56:45slowly faded away.

00:56:46When she woke up again,

00:56:49even the slightest movement

00:56:50sent a heavy ache

00:56:51through her lower abdomen.

00:56:53Her pup was gone.

00:56:56The light in her eyes

00:56:57had completely faded.

00:56:59She stared blankly

00:57:00at the ceiling,

00:57:01hollow and motionless.

00:57:03After confirming

00:57:04with the doctor

00:57:05that the procedure

00:57:06was complete,

00:57:07Cain came to her bedside.

00:57:09When you're discharged,

00:57:11leave this city.

00:57:11I don't want to see you again.

00:57:15Every time he looked at her,

00:57:17he was reminded

00:57:18of his betrayal,

00:57:19reminded of my death.

00:57:21It felt like his heart

00:57:22was being carved apart.

00:57:24The beta's eyes

00:57:25shifted slightly.

00:57:27She already understood

00:57:28that becoming Luna

00:57:29was no longer possible.

00:57:31Now,

00:57:32she couldn't even remain

00:57:33as his lover.

00:57:34So,

00:57:35she gave up

00:57:36on everything.

00:57:38Cain,

00:57:40do you think

00:57:40you're some kind

00:57:41of tragic romantic now?

00:57:43You got rid of

00:57:44the illegitimate child,

00:57:45drove away your mistress,

00:57:47and now you get

00:57:48to mourn

00:57:49your dead lover

00:57:50all by yourself?

00:57:52Her mocking tone

00:57:53made Cain's fists clench.

00:57:55He shot her

00:57:55a sharp warning look.

00:57:57Enough.

00:57:58The first time

00:57:59we slept together,

00:58:00I didn't beg you.

00:58:01You were the one

00:58:02who couldn't resist

00:58:03and pushed me down.

00:58:04And a few days ago,

00:58:06you were the one

00:58:07who brought me home.

00:58:07You came downstairs

00:58:09in the middle of the night

00:58:10to find me.

00:58:11I never forced you.

00:58:13Aria's death

00:58:14was your doing.

00:58:15You're the one

00:58:16who drove her to it.

00:58:18Cain had already known,

00:58:20deep down,

00:58:21that his betrayal

00:58:22was what led

00:58:23to my death.

00:58:25But hearing it

00:58:26spoken so bluntly

00:58:27felt like a knife

00:58:28plunging into his heart

00:58:30all over again,

00:58:31tearing it open

00:58:32and leaving it bleeding.

00:58:34After a full day

00:58:35of spreading online,

00:58:36the news of Cain

00:58:37cheating with a beta

00:58:38had completely exploded

00:58:40across the internet.

00:58:41Trending topics

00:58:42were flooded

00:58:43with his name.

00:58:45Cain scandal.

00:58:46Cain cheating

00:58:48with a beta.

00:58:49Aria suicide.

00:58:51A month ago,

00:58:53Cain's public courtship

00:58:54had already caused

00:58:55a massive sensation.

00:58:56He had even promised

00:58:58the upcoming

00:58:58mate ceremony

00:58:59will be more spectacular

00:59:00than anything

00:59:01anyone has ever seen.

00:59:03People everywhere

00:59:05had been waiting

00:59:06to witness

00:59:06what they called

00:59:07the mate ceremony

00:59:08of the century.

00:59:10So when that

00:59:11highly anticipated

00:59:12ceremony

00:59:13turned into a funeral,

00:59:15when news broke

00:59:16that an Omega

00:59:17had taken her own life

00:59:18after discovering

00:59:19her Alpha's betrayal,

00:59:21and even had her coffin

00:59:23delivered to the

00:59:23ceremony site,

00:59:24it instantly captured

00:59:27everyone's attention.

00:59:29Cain's carefully crafted

00:59:30image shattered overnight.

00:59:34He went from being

00:59:35the most desired Alpha

00:59:36online to a man

00:59:38universally condemned

00:59:39for destroying

00:59:40the person he claimed

00:59:41to love.

00:59:42I'm done believing

00:59:44in love.

00:59:45What kind of trash

00:59:45Alpha is this?

00:59:46Aria deserved

00:59:48so much better.

00:59:49Why would she end

00:59:51her life over

00:59:51someone like him?

00:59:53Are all Alphas

00:59:54like this?

00:59:55Acting one way

00:59:56in public and another

00:59:57behind closed doors?

00:59:58It's disgusting.

00:59:59I actually believed

01:00:01in their perfect

01:00:01love story.

01:00:02The backlash

01:00:03was relentless.

01:00:06Companies that had

01:00:07partnered with Cain's

01:00:08group began cutting

01:00:09ties one after another.

01:00:11In no time

01:00:12the entire corporation

01:00:13was thrown

01:00:14into turmoil.

01:00:16But Cain himself

01:00:18had shut himself

01:00:19inside his bedroom.

01:00:20He lay curled up

01:00:21on the bed,

01:00:22eyes closed,

01:00:24clutching the torn

01:00:24mate ceremony suit

01:00:26I had ripped apart,

01:00:27as if holding it close

01:00:28could somehow

01:00:29bring back my scent.

01:00:31His parents,

01:00:32who had been

01:00:32overseas on business,

01:00:34rushed back

01:00:35as soon as they heard

01:00:36the news,

01:00:37it took everything

01:00:38in the past

01:00:38to step back

01:00:39the crown

01:00:40of the store of business

01:00:41and keep the company

01:00:42from spiraling further.

01:00:43The moment they

01:00:45finished handling

01:00:46corporate matters,

01:00:47they hurried

01:00:48straight to the villa.

01:00:50As soon as they

01:00:51walked in,

01:00:51a servant approached

01:00:53them anxiously.

01:00:54Sir, ma'am,

01:00:55the young master

01:00:56hasn't left his room

01:00:57for over a day.

01:00:59We've brought food

01:01:00upstairs,

01:01:00but he won't eat.

01:01:02He won't answer

01:01:03the door either.

01:01:04We didn't dare

01:01:05force our way in,

01:01:06but it's been so long

01:01:07we're worried

01:01:08something might have happened.

01:01:09The moment they heard this,

01:01:11both of them

01:01:12felt their hearts drop.

01:01:13They hadn't realized

01:01:14their son had deteriorated

01:01:16to the point

01:01:17of refusing to eat.

01:01:19They rushed upstairs.

01:01:21Cain!

01:01:21Just as the servant

01:01:21had said,

01:01:22no matter how hard

01:01:23they knocked,

01:01:24there was no response.

01:01:26No matter how many times

01:01:27they called his name,

01:01:29there was only silence.

01:01:31Cain's mother's voice

01:01:32trembled with fear.

01:01:33Do you think

01:01:33something's happened to him?

01:01:37Break the door down.

01:01:41When the door

01:01:42was forced open,

01:01:43they found the curtains

01:01:44drawn tightly shut,

01:01:45blocking out

01:01:46every trace of light.

01:01:48Cain remained

01:01:48curled up on the bed,

01:01:50still clutching

01:01:51the torn mate ceremony suit.

01:01:52Even with everyone

01:01:53entering the room,

01:01:55he didn't react at all.

01:01:56The moment his mother

01:01:57saw how gaunt

01:01:58his face had become,

01:01:59her eyes filled

01:02:01with tears.

01:02:03England.

01:02:05Standing in front

01:02:06of the sprawling

01:02:07Ashford Manor,

01:02:08I still felt

01:02:09like I was dreaming.

01:02:11I was no longer Phoenix.

01:02:13Now,

01:02:14I was Lyra Phoenix.

01:02:16I never imagined

01:02:18that a simple trip abroad

01:02:19would lead me

01:02:20to finding

01:02:21my biological parents.

01:02:24On the plane,

01:02:25a well-dressed woman

01:02:26seated next to me

01:02:27kept glancing

01:02:28in my direction.

01:02:29Out of politeness,

01:02:31I greeted her first,

01:02:33and we quickly

01:02:33fell into conversation.

01:02:35She told me

01:02:36she was part

01:02:37of the werewolf kind,

01:02:39a Chinese family

01:02:40settled in England.

01:02:41This trip back

01:02:42had been for one reason only,

01:02:44she was searching

01:02:45for her missing daughter.

01:02:47She and her husband

01:02:48had been running

01:02:49businesses overseas

01:02:50for years.

01:02:51When their youngest

01:02:52daughter was born,

01:02:54it happened to be

01:02:54during a full moon,

01:02:56and they were in China

01:02:57at the time.

01:02:58They decided to stay

01:03:00an extra month

01:03:01and leave

01:03:01after the baby's

01:03:02one-month milestone.

01:03:04But the day before

01:03:06they were supposed to leave,

01:03:07their daughter disappeared.

01:03:09They called the police

01:03:11immediately

01:03:11and searched with friends,

01:03:13but after an entire month,

01:03:15there was still no trace.

01:03:17The authorities believed

01:03:18the child

01:03:19had likely been trafficked,

01:03:21and the chances

01:03:21of finding her were slim.

01:03:23With their visas expiring,

01:03:25they had no choice

01:03:26but to leave the country.

01:03:28Even so,

01:03:29they never gave up.

01:03:31They entrusted friends

01:03:33in China

01:03:33to continue searching,

01:03:35and every year,

01:03:36they returned

01:03:36to that same city,

01:03:38staying for a full month

01:03:39to look for her.

01:03:41This was the 26th year.

01:03:44Everyone around them

01:03:45had urged them

01:03:46to let go,

01:03:47but they held on

01:03:48to the smallest thread

01:03:49of hope.

01:03:50This time,

01:03:51they had returned

01:03:52empty-handed once again.

01:03:54But when she saw me,

01:03:55she felt

01:03:56an unexplainable

01:03:58sense of familiarity.

01:03:59That was why

01:04:00she had kept looking at me.

01:04:03Strangely enough,

01:04:04I felt the same warmth

01:04:06from her.

01:04:07Without even realizing it,

01:04:09I began telling her

01:04:10about my past.

01:04:11When she learned

01:04:12I was an orphan,

01:04:14and that I came

01:04:14from the same city

01:04:15where her daughter

01:04:16had gone missing,

01:04:17her emotions

01:04:18became visibly stirred.

01:04:20She grasped

01:04:21my hands tightly,

01:04:23and asked if I would

01:04:24be willing to take

01:04:25a DNA test

01:04:26after we landed.

01:04:27Looking at the hopeful

01:04:29expressions on both

01:04:30her face and her husband's,

01:04:32I found myself nodding.

01:04:37The moment we got off

01:04:38the plane,

01:04:39they had their driver

01:04:40take us straight

01:04:41to the fastest

01:04:42GenCore lab available.

01:04:44The wait felt endless.

01:04:46But when the results

01:04:47finally came back,

01:04:49everything changed.

01:04:50I was their daughter.

01:04:53The moment they saw

01:04:54the confirmation,

01:04:55they pulled me

01:04:56into their arms

01:04:57and broke down

01:04:58in tears.

01:04:59And for the first time

01:05:00in my life,

01:05:01I understood something

01:05:03I had never known before.

01:05:05I was not unwanted.

01:05:07My parents loved me.

01:05:08They had spent 26 years

01:05:11searching for me.

01:05:13After asking for my opinion,

01:05:15they kept the name

01:05:16Phoenix for me,

01:05:17but added a first name.

01:05:19Lyra.

01:05:20From that moment on,

01:05:22I became Lyra Phoenix.

01:05:24Ever since they found out

01:05:26who I was,

01:05:27my mother refused

01:05:28to let go of my hand,

01:05:30her eyes filled

01:05:31with warmth and affection.

01:05:33Even my father

01:05:34who carried himself

01:05:35with quiet restraint,

01:05:36couldn't hide the redness

01:05:38in his eyes

01:05:38as he looked at me.

01:05:41When we arrived

01:05:42at the estate,

01:05:43my mother led me

01:05:44eagerly to a bedroom door,

01:05:46like she had been waiting

01:05:47for this moment forever.

01:05:48Phoenix,

01:05:49your father and I

01:05:51have been waiting

01:05:51for you to come home.

01:05:53We've kept your room

01:05:54exactly as it was

01:05:55for 26 years.

01:05:56Now you're finally here,

01:05:58and it finally

01:05:59has its owner.

01:06:00Her voice trembled

01:06:02as she spoke.

01:06:03My father gently

01:06:04placed a hand

01:06:05on her shoulder,

01:06:05then nodded

01:06:06toward the door.

01:06:07Go on,

01:06:09take a look.

01:06:10See if you like

01:06:11what we prepared for you.

01:06:13A warmth spread

01:06:14through my chest,

01:06:15something I had

01:06:16never felt before.

01:06:18Family.

01:06:19I pushed open

01:06:20the heavy door.

01:06:21Inside was a beautifully

01:06:23styled European

01:06:24vintage bed.

01:06:26A window beside it

01:06:27looked out over

01:06:28the back garden,

01:06:29the view stretching

01:06:30peacefully into

01:06:31the distance.

01:06:33The entire room

01:06:34was covered in

01:06:35soft carpeting

01:06:36and right in the center

01:06:37sat a neat stack

01:06:38of boxes.

01:06:42Curious,

01:06:42I asked,

01:06:43what's in these?

01:06:45My father stepped

01:06:46forward,

01:06:47picked one up,

01:06:48and handed it to me.

01:06:49Open it and see.

01:06:51I carefully

01:06:52unwrapped it.

01:06:53Inside was

01:06:55a diamond bracelet.

01:06:56A realization

01:06:57hit me instantly.

01:06:59I rushed

01:06:59to open the rest.

01:07:00A princess dress.

01:07:03A crown.

01:07:04A necklace.

01:07:06One after another.

01:07:08There were

01:07:09exactly 26 items.

01:07:12No more,

01:07:13no less.

01:07:15My eyes burned

01:07:16as tears welled up.

01:07:18These were birthday gifts.

01:07:19Even when I wasn't

01:07:21with them,

01:07:22they had prepared

01:07:23one for me

01:07:23every single year,

01:07:25waiting for the day

01:07:26I would finally

01:07:26come home

01:07:27and open them.

01:07:29Growing up

01:07:30in the orphanage,

01:07:31the bullying

01:07:32had convinced me

01:07:33that no one

01:07:33in this world

01:07:34would ever love me.

01:07:36So when Cain

01:07:37entered my life

01:07:38like a blazing light,

01:07:39I fell for him

01:07:41without hesitation.

01:07:42But now

01:07:43I finally understood.

01:07:45Even when I didn't know it,

01:07:47my parents

01:07:47had always loved me.

01:07:49I stepped forward

01:07:50and wrapped my arms

01:07:52tightly around them.

01:07:54Mom,

01:07:54Dad,

01:07:55I'm home.

01:07:57My mom looked

01:07:58at me helplessly.

01:07:59Phoenix,

01:08:00I promise

01:08:01he's a good person.

01:08:03Just meet him once.

01:08:04If you don't like him,

01:08:06I'll find a way

01:08:07to call it off, okay?

01:08:09The first problem

01:08:10I faced after coming home

01:08:11turned out

01:08:12to be an arranged match.

01:08:14Back when my mom

01:08:16and her best friend

01:08:16were pregnant

01:08:17at the same time,

01:08:18they made a promise.

01:08:19If one had a boy

01:08:21and the other a girl,

01:08:22they would arrange

01:08:23a future match.

01:08:24If the children

01:08:25were the same gender,

01:08:26they would grow up

01:08:27like siblings.

01:08:28When they found out

01:08:29it was a boy and a girl,

01:08:31they were thrilled.

01:08:32They thought their friendship

01:08:34would turn into family.

01:08:35But not long after,

01:08:37I was taken.

01:08:39The arrangement

01:08:39was put on hold.

01:08:41A few days ago,

01:08:43after confirming

01:08:44that I was single,

01:08:45my mom and her friend

01:08:46brought it up again

01:08:47at the same time.

01:08:49The man was still

01:08:50single too.

01:08:51So the two mothers

01:08:52decided to revive

01:08:53the arrangement

01:08:54and let us meet.

01:08:57After five years

01:08:59in a failed relationship,

01:09:00I still hadn't

01:09:01fully recovered.

01:09:03The idea of starting

01:09:04something new

01:09:05made me uneasy.

01:09:06But I didn't want

01:09:07to tell my mom

01:09:08everything I had been through.

01:09:09I didn't want her to worry,

01:09:11so I agreed to meet him.

01:09:13I figured I would just

01:09:15explain things clearly

01:09:16in person.

01:09:17Even being friends

01:09:19would be fine.

01:09:19The moment I nodded,

01:09:21my mom lit up

01:09:22with excitement

01:09:23and immediately

01:09:24started setting a time,

01:09:26as if afraid

01:09:26something might change.

01:09:28The two mothers

01:09:29scheduled dinner

01:09:30for that very afternoon

01:09:31at the estate.

01:09:33By the afternoon,

01:09:34my mom had even

01:09:36called in a stylist

01:09:37to get me ready.

01:09:38I had no choice

01:09:39but to let her fuss

01:09:41over me.

01:09:42What I didn't expect

01:09:44was that when I finally

01:09:45met my so-called fiancé,

01:09:47I recognized him instantly.

01:09:51You?

01:09:53You?

01:09:54We spoke at the same time.

01:09:56I stared at the man

01:09:57in front of me,

01:09:58surprised.

01:09:59It was Vincent Gray.

01:10:01Vincent clearly

01:10:01hadn't expected it either.

01:10:03My mom and his mother

01:10:05exchanged a knowing look,

01:10:06smiles flickering

01:10:08across their faces

01:10:09as they quickly

01:10:09made excuses to leave

01:10:11giving us space.

01:10:12For a moment,

01:10:13the large garden

01:10:14felt awkwardly quiet

01:10:16with just the two of us.

01:10:18Vincent broke

01:10:19the silence first.

01:10:21Aria,

01:10:21I didn't expect

01:10:23the daughter

01:10:23the Lyra family

01:10:24found to be you.

01:10:25We had gone

01:10:26to the same university

01:10:27back in China,

01:10:29studying in the same major.

01:10:30I nodded.

01:10:32Given the relationship

01:10:33between our families,

01:10:35he must have already

01:10:36heard what happened to me.

01:10:37There was no need

01:10:38to explain further.

01:10:40He hesitated slightly

01:10:42before speaking again.

01:10:44Aria,

01:10:46I remember your empathic sense.

01:10:49I instinctively touched

01:10:50the back of my neck.

01:10:52I had never told my parents

01:10:54about my weak empathic sense.

01:10:56I didn't want them to know

01:10:58how unhappy my childhood had been.

01:11:00It would only make them feel guilty,

01:11:02so I told him everything.

01:11:04My five-year relationship

01:11:06with Cain,

01:11:07how it ended,

01:11:08and how my empathic sense

01:11:09finally went through

01:11:10its awakening.

01:11:12At the end,

01:11:13I added quietly,

01:11:14Vincent,

01:11:15I need you to keep

01:11:17this between us.

01:11:18I don't want my parents

01:11:19to worry.

01:11:20He pretended to think

01:11:21for a moment,

01:11:22then said with a hint

01:11:24of reluctance,

01:11:25I can do that.

01:11:28But I have one condition.

01:11:32I blinked in surprise.

01:11:34I hadn't interacted

01:11:35with Vincent much before,

01:11:37but I remembered him

01:11:38as easygoing and kind.

01:11:40Still,

01:11:41I was asking him

01:11:42for a favor.

01:11:43It was only fair.

01:11:44What's the condition?

01:11:46He smiled,

01:11:48a playful glint

01:11:49in his eyes.

01:11:50Can I stop calling you

01:11:52Aria and call you

01:11:53Phoenix instead?

01:11:54And you don't have to

01:11:55call me Vincent

01:11:56so formally either.

01:11:57I hadn't expected

01:11:59something so simple.

01:12:00Ever since I changed

01:12:01my name,

01:12:02people around me

01:12:03had been calling me

01:12:04Phoenix,

01:12:05but somehow,

01:12:06hearing it from him

01:12:08felt different.

01:12:10Of course, Vincent.

01:12:12Thinking about

01:12:13the arranged match,

01:12:14I hesitated before

01:12:15finally gathering

01:12:16the courage to speak.

01:12:18Vincent,

01:12:21you already know

01:12:22I just came out

01:12:23of a failed relationship.

01:12:25I'm not ready

01:12:26for anything new

01:12:27right now.

01:12:29About the arrangement.

01:12:30I had assumed

01:12:31that me being an Omega

01:12:33might make him

01:12:33feel embarrassed

01:12:34or slighted,

01:12:35but his expression

01:12:36stayed calm.

01:12:37It's fine.

01:12:40I'll explain it

01:12:41to my mom.

01:12:43Honestly,

01:12:43on my way here

01:12:44I was already thinking

01:12:45about how to bring this up,

01:12:48restrain this up,

01:12:49without affecting

01:12:50our family's relationship.

01:12:51He paused,

01:12:53then smiled.

01:12:54I didn't expect

01:12:55the Lyra family's daughter

01:12:56to be you.

01:12:58Even if we call off

01:13:00the arrangement,

01:13:01we can still be

01:13:02good friends, right?

01:13:03Relief washed over me.

01:13:05I smiled and nodded.

01:13:07Of course.

01:13:07Maybe it was because

01:13:09we had shared

01:13:10the same university,

01:13:11the same memories.

01:13:13Having just arrived

01:13:14in England,

01:13:15everything still

01:13:16felt unfamiliar.

01:13:17But with Vincent,

01:13:18I felt a sense of ease

01:13:20I hadn't expected.

01:13:22We started talking

01:13:23about the past,

01:13:24and I realized

01:13:25we had so many

01:13:26shared interests.

01:13:28Before long,

01:13:29we grew closer,

01:13:30even meeting up

01:13:31from time to time

01:13:32to hang out.

01:13:34One day,

01:13:35after feeding seagulls

01:13:36by the coast,

01:13:37Vincent walked me

01:13:38back home.

01:13:39We ended up

01:13:40standing by the front gate,

01:13:42laughing and talking

01:13:43about everything

01:13:44that had happened earlier.

01:13:45I don't know

01:13:46how long we stood there.

01:13:47Then,

01:13:48from behind me,

01:13:49I heard a familiar voice.

01:13:51Little wolf.

01:13:54After spotting

01:13:55a familiar figure

01:13:56in the news,

01:13:57Kane used every connection

01:13:59he had to track

01:14:00down her identity.

01:14:01Because the Lyra family

01:14:03had deep roots overseas

01:14:04while Kane remained

01:14:05in China,

01:14:06it took him half a month

01:14:08to finally uncover

01:14:09information about me.

01:14:11The moment he saw

01:14:12the photo from the banquet,

01:14:14he knew

01:14:15that was his little wolf.

01:14:18Even with a different name,

01:14:19he was certain,

01:14:21there was no mistaking it.

01:14:23He immediately began

01:14:25digging for the Lyra

01:14:26family's address.

01:14:27Once he confirmed it,

01:14:29he rushed to catch

01:14:29the earliest flight

01:14:31to England.

01:14:32On the way,

01:14:33he must have imagined

01:14:34countless scenarios

01:14:35of seeing me again.

01:14:37He thought the most likely

01:14:39outcome was that

01:14:40I would still be angry

01:14:41and refuse to speak to him.

01:14:43But that didn't matter.

01:14:45As long as he could see me,

01:14:47that would be enough.

01:14:48After experiencing my death,

01:14:51he had come to realize

01:14:52more than ever

01:14:53that he could not

01:14:53live without me.

01:14:55He planned to apologize

01:14:57sincerely,

01:14:58to promise that he would

01:14:59never be tempted

01:15:00by another Omega again.

01:15:02He even imagined

01:15:04that once I forgave him,

01:15:06he would hold

01:15:06an even grander

01:15:08mate ceremony,

01:15:09one that would surpass

01:15:10anything before it,

01:15:12and declare his love

01:15:13to the world.

01:15:14What he didn't expect

01:15:16was that when he finally

01:15:17saw me again,

01:15:19a month later,

01:15:20I was already standing

01:15:21beside another Alpha.

01:15:24Vincent and I had been

01:15:25talking,

01:15:26completely absorbed,

01:15:28for nearly an hour.

01:15:30Kane stood behind a wall

01:15:32like an intruder

01:15:32peeking into someone else's happiness.

01:15:35But the moment he saw

01:15:37that familiar figure,

01:15:39longing crashed over him

01:15:40like a tidal wave.

01:15:42Just before he could

01:15:44no longer hold it in,

01:15:45he finally called out

01:15:46the name he had been

01:15:47repeating in his mind.

01:15:49After nearly a month,

01:15:51he was seeing me again,

01:15:53alive.

01:15:54His eyes reddened,

01:15:55his voice unsteady.

01:15:57Little Wolf,

01:15:58I finally found you.

01:16:00You're not dead.

01:16:02You're really here.

01:16:06He instinctively ignored

01:16:07the Alpha,

01:16:08standing beside me.

01:16:10The moment I heard

01:16:12that familiar voice,

01:16:13I let out a quiet sigh.

01:16:15I had always known

01:16:17the fake death

01:16:17wouldn't fool Kane forever.

01:16:19I just hadn't expected

01:16:21him to track me down

01:16:23in England this quickly.

01:16:25I gave Vincent

01:16:26a subtle look,

01:16:27signaling him to leave first.

01:16:29Then I turned around,

01:16:31my expression cold

01:16:32as I looked straight at Kane.

01:16:34Why are you here?

01:16:36Area is dead.

01:16:38I'm Phoenix now.

01:16:40Kane finally recalled

01:16:41everything he had learned

01:16:42over the past two weeks.

01:16:44His Little Wolf

01:16:46was never an orphan.

01:16:47I was Phoenix,

01:16:49the lost daughter

01:16:50of the Lyra family,

01:16:51their most cherished child.

01:16:53Little Wolf.

01:16:54No, Phoenix.

01:16:57I know I was wrong.

01:16:59I've already dealt

01:17:00with the beta.

01:17:01The child is gone too.

01:17:04Can you forgive me?

01:17:06With his intelligence,

01:17:07it didn't take much

01:17:09to figure out

01:17:10that the body

01:17:10at the mate ceremony

01:17:11had been staged.

01:17:13It was nothing more

01:17:14than my way of escaping

01:17:15after my heart

01:17:16had already died.

01:17:18Now that he had

01:17:19finally found me again,

01:17:21the person he had thought

01:17:22about day and night,

01:17:23he was determined

01:17:24to apologize

01:17:24and beg for forgiveness.

01:17:27I let out a quiet laugh.

01:17:29I had seen with my own eyes

01:17:31how he treated the beta.

01:17:33And now he could dismiss

01:17:35everything so easily,

01:17:37saying he had taken care of her

01:17:38and the pup

01:17:39as if it meant nothing.

01:17:41I used to think

01:17:42he had simply transferred

01:17:43his love from me

01:17:44to someone else.

01:17:46Now,

01:17:46I understood the truth.

01:17:49He was rotten to the core.

01:17:51He didn't truly love anyone.

01:17:53Only himself.

01:17:55Kane,

01:17:56I regret ever loving you.

01:17:58Those few simple words drained

01:18:00all the color

01:18:01from Kane's face.

01:18:03He couldn't understand it.

01:18:05For five years,

01:18:06we had been so in love.

01:18:08We had been happy.

01:18:09How could I regret it now?

01:18:11And that word regret,

01:18:13did it mean

01:18:14I didn't love him anymore?

01:18:18The thought alone

01:18:20made his chest tighten with pain.

01:18:22No.

01:18:23That couldn't be true.

01:18:25It had only been a month.

01:18:27How could I have stopped

01:18:28loving him so quickly?

01:18:30In his mind,

01:18:31I was still angry.

01:18:33I just hadn't forgiven him yet.

01:18:35Kane stepped forward,

01:18:37reaching for my hand,

01:18:39wanting to explain

01:18:40before he could touch me.

01:18:42I took a step back,

01:18:43putting distance between us.

01:18:46The hurt in his expression

01:18:47was obvious,

01:18:49but he quickly

01:18:49tried to explain himself.

01:18:52Phoenix,

01:18:52I don't mean anything else.

01:18:54I just,

01:18:55I just want to explain.

01:18:57Believe me,

01:18:58I've only ever loved you.

01:19:02I never had real feelings

01:19:03for that beta.

01:19:06Can you forgive me

01:19:07and come back with me?

01:19:09I promise,

01:19:10there will never be

01:19:11another Omega

01:19:12around me again.

01:19:13I swear,

01:19:14I'll only love you.

01:19:16We can have an even

01:19:17grander mate ceremony.

01:19:19By the end,

01:19:21there was a flicker

01:19:22of hope

01:19:22in his eyes.

01:19:23I didn't react.

01:19:25My expression

01:19:26remained cold.

01:19:28Five years ago,

01:19:29when you got together with me,

01:19:30you made the same promise.

01:19:31You said you would only love me.

01:19:36And you still cheated.

01:19:37I won't believe you again.

01:19:40And I will never forgive you.

01:19:43You should leave.

01:19:46Don't come back.

01:19:47When I first discovered

01:19:49his betrayal,

01:19:50the pain had been unbearable.

01:19:52There was even a moment

01:19:53when I hesitated.

01:19:55Because he still treated me

01:19:57the same as before,

01:19:58I thought maybe

01:19:59I could pretend

01:20:00nothing had happened.

01:20:02Maybe we could complete

01:20:04the mate bond.

01:20:05And he would continue

01:20:06to treat me well.

01:20:08Maybe he would keep

01:20:10the other Omega

01:20:11out of my sight.

01:20:12But after lie,

01:20:14after lie,

01:20:15after seeing him

01:20:16entangled with the beta,

01:20:17with my own eyes,

01:20:19I realized

01:20:20I couldn't do it.

01:20:21I couldn't live

01:20:22like nothing had happened.

01:20:25What I wanted

01:20:26had always been

01:20:27something real.

01:20:28A love

01:20:29that was honest.

01:20:32And once Kane

01:20:33tainted that love,

01:20:35I no longer

01:20:35wanted it.

01:20:37Back then,

01:20:38I had already

01:20:39made my decision.

01:20:40I would never

01:20:41forgive him.

01:20:42I turned

01:20:43to leave.

01:20:44But Kane

01:20:45wasn't ready

01:20:46to give up.

01:20:47In a moment

01:20:48of panic,

01:20:49he grabbed

01:20:50my wrist.

01:20:52Little wolf,

01:20:53I swear.

01:20:54My heart

01:20:55has always

01:20:55belonged to you.

01:20:56You're the only

01:20:57one I love.

01:20:58I pulled free

01:21:00from his grip

01:21:00and looked at him.

01:21:02The urgency

01:21:02and sincerity

01:21:03on his face

01:21:04didn't seem fake.

01:21:06But I only

01:21:07let out

01:21:07a soft,

01:21:09humorless laugh.

01:21:10Love me?

01:21:12You talked

01:21:13about the beta

01:21:13with your friends

01:21:14right in front

01:21:15of me.

01:21:17Was that love?

01:21:20You had my

01:21:21mate ceremony

01:21:22designer make

01:21:23a dress for her.

01:21:24Was that love?

01:21:27You snuck

01:21:28downstairs in the

01:21:28middle of the night

01:21:29to see her

01:21:30while I was asleep.

01:21:31Was that love?

01:21:32If that's your

01:21:33version of love,

01:21:34it's cheap.

01:21:35I don't want it.

01:21:37With every word

01:21:39Kane's face

01:21:40grew paler.

01:21:41By the end

01:21:42he looked like

01:21:43he could barely

01:21:44stand.

01:21:45My words

01:21:45cut into him

01:21:46like a blade,

01:21:47tearing his

01:21:48heart apart

01:21:48piece by piece.

01:21:50Never in his

01:21:51life had Kane

01:21:52hated himself

01:21:53this much.

01:21:54If he had

01:21:54never gotten

01:21:55involved with

01:21:55the beta

01:21:56in the first

01:21:56place,

01:21:57none of this

01:21:58would have

01:21:58happened.

01:22:02Kane's voice

01:22:03trembled slightly.

01:22:04Little wolf,

01:22:05are you really

01:22:06never going to

01:22:07forgive me?

01:22:09I nodded

01:22:09without hesitation.

01:22:11That's right.

01:22:12Never.

01:22:13I didn't wait

01:22:14to see his

01:22:15reaction.

01:22:16I turned

01:22:17and walked

01:22:17inside.

01:22:19The next day,

01:22:21Vincent and I

01:22:22had plans

01:22:22to attend

01:22:23a concert.

01:22:24Ever since

01:22:25my empathic

01:22:26sense went

01:22:26through its

01:22:27awakening,

01:22:28I had grown

01:22:29especially

01:22:29sensitive to

01:22:30emotions.

01:22:32The calm

01:22:32of nature,

01:22:33the intensity

01:22:34of music,

01:22:35the sincerity

01:22:36or deceit

01:22:37in people's

01:22:37voices.

01:22:38Vincent happened

01:22:39to be a huge

01:22:40fan of classical

01:22:41music,

01:22:42and every time

01:22:43I went to a

01:22:43concert with

01:22:44him,

01:22:44I learned

01:22:45something new.

01:22:49Kane's stood

01:22:49outside the

01:22:50estate the

01:22:51entire night.

01:22:52My words

01:22:53from yesterday

01:22:54echoed endlessly

01:22:55in his mind.

01:22:56What once

01:22:57felt like relief

01:22:58after his first

01:22:59time with the

01:23:00beta had now

01:23:00come back like

01:23:01a blade,

01:23:02striking him

01:23:03full force.

01:23:04Still,

01:23:05he wanted

01:23:06one more

01:23:06chance.

01:23:07He refused

01:23:08to believe

01:23:09that five

01:23:09years of

01:23:10love could

01:23:10be erased

01:23:11so completely.

01:23:13After getting

01:23:14Vincent's message,

01:23:15I headed

01:23:16downstairs,

01:23:17humming like

01:23:18a carefree

01:23:18bird.

01:23:19My mom,

01:23:20who was having

01:23:21breakfast,

01:23:22teased me

01:23:22when she saw

01:23:23me.

01:23:24Who was the

01:23:24one who said

01:23:25they didn't

01:23:25want to meet

01:23:26him?

01:23:26Now it looks

01:23:27like you can't

01:23:27wait to see

01:23:28him every day.

01:23:29I'd say this

01:23:29match is looking

01:23:30pretty promising.

01:23:31Mom,

01:23:32we're just

01:23:33friends.

01:23:34But for some

01:23:35reason,

01:23:35I felt my

01:23:36cheeks warm.

01:23:37I quickly ran

01:23:39out the door.

01:23:40The tickets for

01:23:41today's concert

01:23:42were hard to

01:23:43get,

01:23:43and Vincent had

01:23:44told me that

01:23:45one of his

01:23:45favorite cellists

01:23:46would be

01:23:47performing.

01:23:48The moment I

01:23:49stepped outside,

01:23:50I saw Kane

01:23:51standing off to

01:23:52the side,

01:23:53completely still.

01:23:54I acted as

01:23:56if I hadn't

01:23:56seen him,

01:23:57and ran

01:23:58straight toward

01:23:59Vincent.

01:24:00He was

01:24:01holding a

01:24:01sandwich,

01:24:02and handed

01:24:03it to me

01:24:03naturally.

01:24:04My mom

01:24:05asked me to

01:24:05bring this

01:24:05for you.

01:24:07I took a

01:24:08bite,

01:24:11my eyes

01:24:12lighting up.

01:24:13Aunt Grace's

01:24:14cooking is as

01:24:15amazing as

01:24:15ever.

01:24:16Come on,

01:24:17we're gonna

01:24:17be late.

01:24:19You still

01:24:20haven't told me

01:24:21who else is

01:24:21performing today.

01:24:23Kane remained

01:24:24where he was,

01:24:25watching as I

01:24:26walked farther

01:24:27and farther

01:24:28away.

01:24:28The moment

01:24:29I stepped

01:24:30out,

01:24:30he had

01:24:31wanted to

01:24:32call out

01:24:32to me,

01:24:33to try

01:24:33one last

01:24:34time.

01:24:35But then

01:24:36he saw

01:24:36the light

01:24:37in my

01:24:37eyes.

01:24:38That

01:24:39bright,

01:24:39eager

01:24:40happiness.

01:24:41It was

01:24:42a look

01:24:42he knew

01:24:42all too

01:24:43well.

01:24:44Back

01:24:44when we

01:24:45were

01:24:45together,

01:24:46I used

01:24:46to look

01:24:46at him

01:24:47like that

01:24:47all the

01:24:48time.

01:24:48But

01:24:49now,

01:24:49he hadn't

01:24:50seen it,

01:24:51in nearly

01:24:51two

01:24:52months.

01:24:55when he

01:24:56thought back

01:24:56to the

01:24:57days before

01:24:57I staged

01:24:58my death,

01:24:59he realized

01:25:00something.

01:25:01Back then,

01:25:02my eyes

01:25:03had been

01:25:03empty,

01:25:04like still

01:25:04water without

01:25:05a ripple.

01:25:06Nothing could

01:25:07stir any

01:25:08emotion in

01:25:09me.

01:25:09And yet,

01:25:10at the

01:25:11beginning of

01:25:11our relationship,

01:25:12I had

01:25:13looked at him

01:25:14the way I

01:25:14had just

01:25:15looked at

01:25:15Vincent.

01:25:17That

01:25:18was when

01:25:18he finally

01:25:19understood.

01:25:20What this

01:25:21relationship

01:25:22had left

01:25:22me with

01:25:23was nothing

01:25:23but pain.

01:25:24He had

01:25:25no right

01:25:26to ask

01:25:26for my

01:25:27forgiveness

01:25:27anymore.

01:25:28He booked

01:25:29a flight

01:25:29back home

01:25:30that same

01:25:30afternoon.

01:25:32Before

01:25:32leaving,

01:25:33he realized

01:25:34he didn't

01:25:34have my

01:25:35current

01:25:35number,

01:25:36so he

01:25:36borrowed

01:25:37a piece

01:25:37of paper

01:25:37and a

01:25:38pen

01:25:38from a

01:25:38passerby

01:25:39and wrote

01:25:40a message.

01:25:41He placed

01:25:42it somewhere

01:25:43visible by

01:25:44the gate.

01:25:45After

01:25:45one last

01:25:46look at

01:25:46the place

01:25:47where I

01:25:47would spend

01:25:47the rest

01:25:48of my

01:25:48life,

01:25:50he got

01:25:50into the

01:25:51car and

01:25:51left.

01:25:55A gust

01:25:56of wind

01:25:56lifted the

01:25:57paper into

01:25:57the air.

01:26:02On it,

01:26:03there was

01:26:03only one

01:26:04sentence.

01:26:06Little wolf,

01:26:07please let

01:26:07me call

01:26:07you that

01:26:08a last

01:26:08time.

01:26:09Little wolf,

01:26:10please let

01:26:10me call

01:26:10you that

01:26:11a last

01:26:11time.

01:26:12I'm

01:26:12sorry.

01:26:13I wish

01:26:14you a

01:26:14lifetime

01:26:14of happiness.

01:26:15Spring

01:26:16in England.

01:26:17Vincent

01:26:18and I

01:26:19walked

01:26:19through the

01:26:20rose

01:26:20garden

01:26:20at

01:26:21Ashford

01:26:21Manor.

01:26:22Phoenix,

01:26:23Vincent

01:26:24said stopping

01:26:24in his

01:26:25tracks.

01:26:26His

01:26:26expression

01:26:26was more

01:26:27serious

01:26:27than I

01:26:28had ever

01:26:28seen

01:26:29before.

01:26:29I know

01:26:30you're not

01:26:30ready right

01:26:31now,

01:26:31but I

01:26:32want you

01:26:32to know

01:26:32if one

01:26:33day you're

01:26:34willing to

01:26:34believe in

01:26:34love again.

01:26:36I'll be

01:26:36here waiting.

01:26:37I looked

01:26:38at him,

01:26:39warmth spreading

01:26:40through my

01:26:40chest.

01:26:41Maybe,

01:26:42one day,

01:26:43I would

01:26:44believe in

01:26:44love again.

01:26:46But for

01:26:47now,

01:26:47I was

01:26:48content.

01:26:49Loved

01:26:50by my

01:26:50parents,

01:26:51surrounded

01:26:51by friends,

01:26:53running

01:26:54freely under

01:26:54the moonlight,

01:26:55feeling the

01:26:56breeze,

01:26:57and breathing

01:26:58in the

01:26:58scent of

01:26:59flowers.

01:27:00I am

01:27:01Phoenix,

01:27:02and I

01:27:03have risen

01:27:03from the

01:27:04ashes.

01:27:04mountainous

01:27:04have risen

01:27:04to the

01:27:04valley.

01:27:04But we

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