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00:02my husband's mother luna vivian ran away with me she slipped into my room that night undid my stays
00:08and pressed coal coins against my inner thigh her lips grazed my ear we leave tonight keep these on
00:16your body it all started because my husband's father alpha dominic brought home a mother and
00:22daughter the older woman was his mate the younger one the daughter just so happened to be my husband's
00:29mate so that same night vivian crept into my room pack your things we leave tonight
00:38by the next morning the pack house stands hollow my husband's father comes home today he brings
00:46two strangers with him their scents are unfamiliar sharp i stand behind luna vivian eyes lowered my
00:53husband grayson stands across from me but his gaze locks onto the younger girl i'll rip her throat out
01:00i'll not now shut it
01:06she paces and rages beneath my skin her fury so violent i have to clench my fists to keep my
01:11hands from shaking vivian this is siona she is my mate from today forward she will serve as the new
01:19luna of blackmoor pack welcome you must be exhausted from the journey the smile is flawless gracious
01:26warm but i notice her scent gives away nothing not a single fluctuation she is burying her emotions so
01:33deep even a wolf can't sniff them out it's time to let elena go and accept her
01:42something slams into my chest
01:46i won't allow this but i am invisible
01:51alpha dominic wants to replace his luna his son wants to replace his mate right here in the blackmoor
01:58estate how wonderful both the alpha and the future alpha have found their fated mates a true blessing
02:04from the moon goddess this will strengthen the blackmoor bloodline immensely marcus have the kitchen
02:09prepare a feast tonight and open that bottle of chateau marguet we've been saving the one from 20
02:15years ago elena don't just stand there go to the vault pull out those jewels and gowns that arrived
02:20last month the cartidia and necklace the dog diasture and let selena and mia each pick a few pieces
02:29i turn toward the vault when i pass grayson he doesn't look at me every atom of his attention
02:35is fixed on mia his scent floods my senses as i walk by pine leather and want raw blazing want
02:41mia's cheeks are flushed pink her lashes trembling her gaze pulling him in like gravity
02:46he wants her she wants him right back so what does that make me nothing apparently and he's nothing
02:53either why won't you leave him i couldn't care less about this pathetic excuse for a mate go find a
03:01real one asterisk sage paces inside me agitated i open the vault's heavy iron door and step inside
03:07my entire value in this pack has been reduced to one thing keeping the pack house running smoothly and
03:12eventually becoming a quiet obedient luna elena stop thinking like that your worth doesn't come from him
03:20walk out of here or better yet go back out there and show them what what happens when they cross
03:25us
03:27i move deeper into the vault my fingers trailing over velvet line jewelry cases and couture gowns
03:33sheets and garment bags these things are worth more than my birth pack's entire treasury vivian wants the
03:38best i open a case and lift out a cartier necklace dripping with rubies the stones catch the dim light
03:45and throw it back in my eyes like tiny sparks of pain i carry it out of the vault the
03:49way you carry
03:50a piece of hot iron the welcome banquet fills the estate's great hall every high-ranking member of
03:55the pack is there glasses clinking laughter rising but their reactions aren't uniform vivian glides
04:02between them personally filling glasses and passing dishes her smile never dimming for a single second
04:07she looks genuinely happy
04:12i hand the jewelry and gowns off to an omega attendant and slip back to my seat without a word
04:16the steak and roasted vegetables on my plate go untouched selena's husband was a plaque warrior
04:22killed during a rogue siege he was one of my most trusted brothers and mia a young she-wolf with
04:27no one
04:27left in this world having grayson accept her as his mate is the greatest honor blackmore can offer
04:33grayson nods along gazing at mia with something that looks dangerously like tenderness and
04:38protectiveness all tangled together the burn in my chest surges again
04:46my stomach turns inside out
04:50good i can't stand his scent for one more second
04:56later that night i hear footsteps soft ones they stop outside my door my pulse spikes
05:02who's there it's me vivian
05:10i freeze for a second then cross the room and pull the door open
05:14she stands in the corridor moonlight carves her features into something sharp and cold
05:19her eyes glinting like the edge of a blade for a split second i catch a flash of silver deep
05:24in her
05:24pupils her wolf she's stronger than we thought much stronger vivian slips inside and shuts the door
05:31my heart hammers vivian she spins around closes the distance between us in two quick strides and
05:39seizes my wrist her grip is iron shocking and human the kind of strength that doesn't belong to an
05:44ordinary she-wolf elena pack your things we're leaving tonight
05:49night my brain wipes out leave where would we even go away from here somewhere they don't exist
06:00why because there is no why this pack has been rotten to its core for years today isn't the first
06:06time and it won't be the last how long are you planning to wait until mia carries his pup
06:12until she gives him an heir you get shoved into the farthest corner of this estate
06:17or worse thrown out of the pack entirely like a stray nobody wants
06:23she's right and you know it
06:26yeah what exactly am i still hoping for vivian releases my wrist and moves to my vanity
06:31she yanks open the drawers and sweeps everything into a black travel bag she's clearly prepared in
06:36advanced diamond studs pearl necklace platinum bracelet all of it in one clean motion stop
06:41standing there like a statue your asset documents the ones from your birth pack where are they get
06:46them everything valuable everything portable leave nothing behind especially the property deeds
06:52company shares and bank account information
06:57i snap awake cross to the bed in three quick strides and pull a locked document case from the hidden
07:03compartment in my nightstand inside is every financial record i brought from my birth pack
07:09vivian takes the case that apartment building on the south side of town the storefront on main street
07:15good liquid assets easy to convert what about the rest locked in the packs communal vault foolish girl
07:25why would you keep your own assets in someone else's vault never mind too late for that now
07:34she hands me the jewelry stuff travel bag go pack your clothes then grab anything else in this room
07:41that's worth money the silver candlesticks she produces a ring of keys and a stack of plastic cards
07:47viviana are though keys to every vault in this pack house authorization cards for every bank account
07:53passcodes for every asset under the blackmore name
07:58i've managed this pack's finances for 20 years i know where every dollar is a hundred times better than
08:05dominic ever will tonight all of it comes with us they'll they'll track us werewolf senses i have sent blockers
08:18by the time they notice we'll be hundreds of miles away
08:27the people i've spent 20 years cultivating weren't cultivated for nothing dominic thinks leading a pack
08:32and barking orders on the battlefield makes him powerful i'm going to teach him that managing the
08:37finances and the inner workings of a plaque is a hell of a lot harder than howling at the moon
08:43this opens the north wing vault the alliance dividends from his last alpha summit are in there
08:48the safe in the east wing basement holds generations of blackmore family antiques and paintings
08:54she pauses and one corner of her mouth curves upward there's a hidden room
09:01i spent three years building it in secret gold bars cash hard currency take all of it
09:10it's scared are we vivian watches me i meet vivian's gaze and shake my head scared when grayson looked
09:21at that girl i felt the mate bond burn a hole straight through my chest let it burn burn it
09:27all
09:32good girl remember this a she-wolf can only count on two things the money in her own hands and
09:39another
09:39she-wolf in the same hell alphas they crown themselves kings let them sit on their crumpling thrones we
09:47leave and we live better than any of them ever did those two betas you brought with you can you
09:53trust
09:53them rain and grace we grew up together in my birth pack they're the only people i trust completely
09:58get them in here they need to know what's happening tonight if we pull this off they come
10:04with us free for good if we don't dominic throws every last one of us into the dungeons
10:10or worse let them choose for themselves
10:16i'm gonna empty this pack house then i'm gonna run will you come with me
10:22not a heartbeat of hesitation in perfect unison they tilt their heads bearing the sides of their
10:27necks in the wolf's oath of loyalty
10:33we go where you go elena good move fast we have two hours
10:39the night presses in thick and dark the entire pack house is sunk in post banquet stupor
10:45the ghosts of whiskey and red wine still linger in the hallways seeping from under closed doors
10:50the four of us me vivian rain and grace become shadows
10:56we move through that sleeping house like thieves in our own home because that's exactly what we are
11:01carrying loading stripping the place room by room two hours later vivian and grace return from their
11:08final run behind them come two more shoe wolves silent broad-shouldered vivian's people cultivated in
11:14secret over the years each one hauls a pair of heavy luggage cases like they weigh nothing done
11:20thomas has the vehicles waiting on the old back road two suvs in a cargo van the other pack members
11:26loyal to me have each received 50 000 in severance they've already scattered
11:31by sunrise this estate will be a hollow shell i stare at her and something close to us swells in
11:36my chest
11:37this woman who has played the role of gocile luna for 20 years inside these walls how many secrets has
11:43she buried how many moves has she been calculating while the rest of us saw nothing but a polite smile
11:49let's go vivian pulls a spray bottle from her coat pocket and miss each of us quick efficient passes
11:55a bitter herbal smell blooms in the air sent foster it'll mask our trail for at least 12 hours then
12:01the
12:01six of us pick up our bags and slip through the dark corridors silent his breath toward the back door
12:06of the estate the old service road behind the estate is pitch black thomas stands beside three
12:14vehicles two black suvs and a dark cargo van the van is already packed to the ceiling with boxes and
12:20duffel bags he steps forward when he sees us his voice barely above a whisper luna elena everything's
12:28ready vivian nods and hands him a heavy backpack thomas thank you for everything all these years don't
12:40after everything you've done for me and my family i'd fight for you i'd die for you you know that
12:46we pile into the middle suv vivian and i take the back seat rain and grace squeeze into the third
12:52row
12:52the interior smells of leather cold metal and road dust vivian lowers her window a few inches and
12:58speaks to thomas her words quick and clipped take the southern route drive the van to savannah
13:05there's a contact waiting for you once you've offloaded everything take your family and leave
13:11the country don't come back new passports and ids are in the glove compartment on the passenger side
13:17thank you luna you take care of yourselves up front the driver another of vivian's people turns the
13:25ignition the suv rolls forward without a sound sliding into the darkness i twist around to look
13:32through the rear window the silhouette of the pack house shrinks in the moonlight that gothic stone
13:36manner that has held three years of my life and everything i once believed would be my forever
13:39now it's just a shape getting smaller i turn back my palms are freezing vivian's hand finds mine and
13:47closes around it don't look back our new life starts now i nod and lean my head against her shoulder
13:55deep inside the black mure pack house a raging thirst drags dominic out of his drunken sleep
14:02vivian
14:06he reaches through the mind link for vivian nothing dread hits him like a fist to the sternum
14:13he bolts out of bed barefoot and sprints down the corridor to the luna's quarters the door is wide
14:18open vanity cleared walk-in closet stripped bare he inhales hard trying to catch a scent trail but all
14:26that remains is a bitter unfamiliar smell herbal chemical wrong silence vivian he tears through the
14:34house to the east wing elena's room same thing empty cold the bed is made the closet gutted the nightstand
14:42drawers pulled out and left hanging panic claws up his throat he takes the stairs three at a time
14:48racing for the underground vault the keypad lock is accessed the vault door hangs open cash gold bars
14:55antiques property deeds bank authorization cards every last thing that generations of black murs
15:02accumulated gone only now standing in this hollow ransacked room does it finally hit him that woman
15:09that quiet obedient luna who smiled and served for 20 years and his son's silent little wife never raised
15:16her voice they have taken everything every last send of the black mure pack's wealth and they have vanished
15:25a howl rips out of his throat savage loud enough to crack the pre-dawn silence for miles
15:31his eyes blaze crimson his nails split through skin lengthening into claws that gouge the steel door
15:36frame she's dead they're both dead none of us sleep that night the suv hurtles down back roads for
15:43hours and by the time the sky begins to lighten thin gray line along the eastern horizon we pull
15:48into a derelict gas station in the middle of nowhere parked beside the rusted pumps is an unremarkable
15:53gray van a wiry man in a baseball cap leans against it an unlit cigarette tucked between his fingers
15:58we climb out of the suv and with the two she-wolves helping begin transferring everything from the
16:05suv's trunk into the van i have to compact safe that weighs a ton my arms scream
16:14by the time the first real light touches the sky the transfer is complete the two she-wolves approach
16:19vivian no words they just pull her into a tight embrace hold on for a long moment then let go
16:25without
16:26a sound they get back into the now empty suv and drive off in the opposite direction each heading
16:31toward her own extraction point vivian hands the original driver a thick envelope
16:40the man in the baseball cap takes the wheel and steers us onto a back road with no street lights
16:44heading south vivian where are we going ashford a small town deep in the blue ridge mountains
16:52i bought a house there years ago with private funds from my birth pack registered under a false
16:58name no one knows it exists elena i was sent to blackmore pack when i was about your age
17:04my mating was a bargaining chip my father traded me for blackmore's alliance
17:09your mating was your birth packs attempt to climb the social ladder by tying themselves to alpha blood
17:14we're the same you and i i endured it for 20 years watched him bring home one she-wolf after
17:21another
17:23raised pups he fathered with other women as if they were my own stood by while he drained my
17:29personal assets to cover pack debts he'd created i told myself just hold on wait until grayson grows up
17:35finds his mate takes over as alpha then i'll have survived it but i didn't expect grayson to turn out
17:41exactly like his father the way he looked at mia i recognized it instantly that was the same look
17:47dominic gave his first mistress 20 years ago this pack is beyond saving if you keep enduring your
17:54today becomes my yesterday and my today becomes your tomorrow i refuse to accept this why should she
18:01wills always be the ones to endure why do alphas get to do whatever they want if they won't give
18:07us
18:07a way out we'll carve one through bone and blood i look at the silver threads in vivian's hair and
18:14everything clicks into place this isn't impulse this isn't panic she has spent half a lifetime
18:20swallowing her rage and she's bet every ounce of it on this one final play for freedom
18:27viviana i'm with you wherever you go she smiles a real one from now on don't call me luna and
18:35don't
18:35call me mother-in-law i have my own name viviana you can call me viv my nose stings i
18:43nod viv
18:47this is our foundation it took me years to quietly convert blackmore's tangible assets into these
18:53a dozen property deeds and commercial real estate certificates scattered across the country two of
18:58them in canada what we have is this digital assets and offshore accounts all registered under shell
19:05companies legally there's no connection to blackmore pack whatsoever once we reach ashford and switch to
19:10our new identities no one will find us she slides out one more sheet and hands it to me a
19:15formally printed
19:16document the header bold and unmistakable mate rejection declaration
19:23not alpha dominic rejecting her her rejecting him what follows makes my blood run cold she's listed
19:30dominic's offenses one by one 20 years worth violation of the mate bond countless affairs with other she
19:38wolves embezzlement of pack funds bribery at alliance summits collusion with rogue factions for
19:44illegal trade any single one of them is enough for the werewolf council to strip him of his alpha title
19:49permanently i've had a hundred copies made and distributed to different people in different
19:53locations if we're left in peace none of them will ever reach the council's desk but if dominic
20:00sends anyone after us then blackmore pack can wait for the council to order its dissolution
20:06she's a strategist a general now we sever our ties to blackmore pack once we take this step
20:15there's no going back are you ready more than ready viv the van crawls south along empty back roads for
20:25three days and three nights we barely stop except for gas and bathroom breaks meals or whatever has
20:30been stashed in the vehicle the occasional bag of chips or gas station sandwich picked up at desolate
20:35rest stops along the way the driver is a man of few words when it's time to eat he reaches
20:40into the
20:41bag on the passenger seat and passes back a handful of protein bars and water bottles in the beginning
20:46i are wound tight as springs i keep twisting around to check the rear window scanning for headlights
20:51tailing us vivian though vivian could be sitting in a first-class lounge she spends most of the ride
20:57leaned back with her eyes closed when she does open them she uses the time to teach me things she's
21:01kept hidden for decades how to identify useful herbs growing along the roadside how to mix a field
21:06expedient scent blocker how to navigate by landmarks and find water in the wild on the morning of the
21:11fourth day interstates coming up ahead too many cameras on the highway not our kind of road vivian
21:19nods and hands him a thick envelope pull over at that abandoned rest area up ahead we'll switch vehicles
21:25thank you for everything says nothing more and does as she asks we unloaded a rest stop that looks like
21:31it's been abandoned for years cracked concrete it's pushing nothing but pine forests stretching in
21:37every direction just the four of us and a pile of luggage in an empty parking lot viv what now
21:44wait about an hour passes an engine growls in the distance a battered black pickup truck
21:50emerges from a narrow forest track a lean man in a worn leather jacket climbs out and walks straight to
21:56vivian mrs v vehicles ready just like you asked
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