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The Unchosen Alpha
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00:03I threw my body into the woods, no funeral, no grave, just crows.
00:07And that was the second time I died for him.
00:09In my world, being blind is a defect.
00:12Without a wolf, I'm a mother.
00:14I am an omega, the very bottom of the pack.
00:16No strength, no shifting, no healing.
00:20A normal wolf that stops, heals in minutes.
00:23Give me a paper cut, and I'll bleed for days.
00:26But I have something no one knows about.
00:28I don't see faces, I see souls of joy, jealousy, toxic green, hate, deep, oily black.
00:34In my last life, I used it to build a king, Lucian, a forgotten fifth son.
00:39I picked him, I made him, I put him on the throne.
00:42In the day my sister Celeste died, he grabbed my jaw so hard I heard it crack.
00:49Forced a wolf's vein tincture down my throat.
00:52You blind freak, you knew I never wanted you.
00:55Celeste should have been mine from the start.
00:57And because of you, she ended up with Marcus.
01:00They tortured her to death.
01:02It was your fault.
01:05I died in agony.
01:07He gave Celeste's corpse a royal burial.
01:10He gave me the woods.
01:12But the hurt, his hate, it was so consuming it dragged me right back from the back.
01:17I opened my eyes, 17 again.
01:21Night permitting by.
01:23Lucian walked straight past me and took Celeste's hand, like he was afraid someone might stop him.
01:28The bastard came back too, and he remembered everything.
01:31He is terrified I'll choose him again.
01:33Honestly, I couldn't care less.
01:35I swept my blind gaze across the back of the room.
01:38In a sea of dark, rotten swords of sand.
01:40A soul so pure, it glowed like liquid gold.
01:43The man in the wheelchair, the true alpha.
01:46I choose Celeste as my mate.
01:49Lucian's voice cracked through the hall like a whip.
01:51She is my one and only Luna.
01:53He walked toward my sister with eyes full of a tenderness I knew through his performance.
01:58The room went silent.
01:59Then the whispers hit me like a wall.
02:01No heir in their right mind would want her.
02:03A blind Omega who couldn't even shift?
02:05What a joke.
02:06Why is she even here?
02:09Trash like her should be in the kitchen, not at a mating ball.
02:14I am an alpha's daughter born blind.
02:15When I came at age, my wolf had a soul.
02:18A world with my teeth and claws.
02:21That is not just weakness.
02:22That is a death sentence.
02:24Being wolf-less, that makes you a joke.
02:27My sister Celeste is the golden child.
02:30Born with a siren song.
02:32A voice that can calm even the most violent alpha in the world.
02:35The family treats her like a goddess.
02:38They treat me like a mistake they can't take back.
02:41Lucian dropped to one knee in front of her.
02:44Accept my mark Celeste.
02:46I will make you the most powerful woman alive.
02:49And as he spoke, he threw one look back at me.
02:52Not an apology.
02:54A warning.
02:55He thinks he can take the throne without me this time.
02:57He thinks I was what held him back.
03:00He has no idea what he just threw away.
03:02I didn't awaken a wolf once in a cage.
03:05I got something much more dangerous.
03:07The soul line.
03:11Jealousy is toxic green.
03:13Hate is a bottomless black.
03:15Love is pink.
03:16And the deeper the feeling, the darker it burns.
03:19In my last life, I kept him alive with this.
03:22I spotted assassins before they moved.
03:25I told him who to trust.
03:26Who to kill.
03:27This time.
03:28I am going to let him have exactly what he wanted.
03:31And watch him realize too late that without me.
03:33He is nothing.
03:35And I really hope, for his sake.
03:37He doesn't end up crawling back to me.
03:40Begging for a mercy on the line of me.
03:43The moment Lucian's announcement landed.
03:45Every eye in the room found me.
03:47I'm just a blind girl.
03:49I'm not worthy of a man like Lucian.
03:51Celelsta is the perfect match for him.
03:54At least you know your place.
03:55He stepped closer.
03:57An Omega with no wolf?
03:58I wouldn't choose you if you were the last woman breathing.
04:02Not even if you crawl to me on your knees.
04:05My mother Marilyn made a sound beside me.
04:07A sharp inhale.
04:08Like she was about to say something she shouldn't.
04:10I squeezed her hand.
04:12She went quiet.
04:13I swept the room with my sirloin.
04:15Marcus.
04:16Murky charcoal.
04:17Cruel underneath the surface.
04:19The other airs.
04:20Muddy swirls of greed and want.
04:22In my last life I chose Lucian because his soul looked cleaner than anyone else's in the room.
04:27It was a mask.
04:28I didn't see what was underneath until the day he killed me.
04:31A rotten, pink, purple, black.
04:33We didn't just hate what it was.
04:35We hated him.
04:35I was blind in my last life in more ways than one.
04:39Never again.
04:40Celeste glided toward him.
04:41Face arranged into the perfect picture of a loving older sister.
04:45Don't be sad.
04:46Go ahead.
04:47I'll let you have whoever you want.
04:50Her soul was churning.
04:51Toxic green.
04:52Edge to edge.
04:53Pure jealousy.
04:54Barely holding its shape.
04:56Since no one's going to claim you anyway, you can always beg me for work.
05:01Celeste will need a personal maid.
05:02If she has vest smitchy floors.
05:04Scrubbing floors all a wolfless Omega is good for.
05:06I didn't blink.
05:07I didn't even bother.
05:09None of them were worth the energy.
05:11And then, the sound of wheels.
05:13The chatter died.
05:15Then the room shifted.
05:17Kyle Ravenscroft had arrived.
05:19Uninvited.
05:21Unannounced.
05:21And completely unmoved by the spectacle.
05:23He sat in that wheelchair like a predator at rest.
05:27And then I saw.
05:28My breath caught.
05:29His soul was gold.
05:31Pure.
05:32Shimmering.
05:32Blinding gold.
05:34The mark of the moon goddess herself.
05:36The mark of a true king.
05:38I clenched my fists so hard my nails broke the skin.
05:42Last life.
05:43I picked the wrong man.
05:44I defied the moon goddess.
05:46Put a monster on the throne.
05:48And everyone paid for it.
05:50Not this time.
05:52I stood up.
05:53I walked past Lucian without a glance.
05:55Past every arrogant alpha heir in the room.
05:57I stopped in front of Kyle's wheelchair.
06:00I choose him.
06:01The hall went dead silent.
06:03Then it exploded.
06:05Lifejump.
06:06From every direction.
06:07All it was.
06:08The blind girl and the cripple.
06:11Neither of you has a wolf.
06:13You really are a perfect match.
06:15Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
06:42you won't go hungry. I'm not anyone's servant, and I'm not a stray you take in out of pity.
06:48Kyle hadn't said a word through any of it. He just pulled his chair forward until he was right in
06:53front of me. He took my hand. His palm was large and rough, thick with calluses, the kind you can
07:00get from yours of hard use. He took my hand and guided it to his knee. No flinching, no excuses,
07:10if he was lying. He didn't want pity for it. I left my hand there. I could feel the heat
07:16of him
07:17through the fabric and tents, alive. Then a jolt. It shot through my fingertips, raced up my arm,
07:23and hit my chest like a beast. This wasn't the soul line. It was something else entirely.
07:29My blood was screaming. I don't have a wolf. I was never supposed to feel a mate moment,
07:35but there it was.
07:39Kyle's whole body locked up. I looked into his soul, warm pink threading through shimmering gold.
07:45I leaned in close and smiled. I can fix you next. Lucian's face went ugly.
07:50The mating ball isn't over, and you're out here making promises you can't keep? If you fail to
07:56heal him, the Alpha Council will have your head. Can you actually do it? I didn't answer right away.
08:02I let my fingers trail slowly along his test file. I can, but it'll require a very specific kind of
08:10contact. He understood immediately. The tips of his ears went red. He turned his head away,
08:16couldn't quite bring himself to look at me. In my peripheral vision, Lucian's soul ignited.
08:22A roaring wall of green fire, jealousy. A cold laugh rose in my chest, jealous of what?
08:28Except Lucian. You are the one who poured poison down my throat. The moment I stepped outside the
08:34hall, the world tilted. White hot pain detonated behind my eyes. Like something was being driven
08:41through my skull from the inside. That is the cost. Every time I used the soul eye on that many
08:47people
08:47at once, it cost me. I pressed my freezing fingers to my temples. The cold always came after. After the
08:54ball, Lucian got to work. He pulled up everything from our past life. Her favorite flowers. Her
09:00secret hiding spots. Every word she'd been waiting her whole life to hear. He played her like he'd been
09:05practicing for years. That same day, a mating contract arrived at my door on heavy old parchment.
09:14I accept you as my mate. I will hold and protect you in this life and the next. Not even
09:19death will
09:20part us. The handwriting was deep and certain. No hesitation in a single stroke. It felt exactly
09:26like him. Both weddings were set for the same morning. The night before, Celeste walked into
09:31my room like she owned it. She didn't knock. Her maid tossed something at my feet. A tattered
09:36gray shawl. A kind worn by the lowest ranking omegas. A mark of total submission.
09:43You're a blind freak, Zara. No real alpha will ever claim you. She leaned in, voice honeyed and
09:54vicious at the same time. Lucian and I are being generous. We're keeping you on as a servant.
10:01But on the day of the ceremony, no carriage for you. You'll wear that and walk behind the caravan.
10:08Servant's entrance. Don't embarrass us. The morning came. I left the shawl on the floor
10:13where it landed. I put on the dress Kyle had sent instead. White silk, thousands of diamonds
10:19sewn into the fabric, small enough to look like starlight. At the estate gate, two carriages
10:26waited. One was extraordinary, draped in thumb-sized pearls, built like a throne that happened to have
10:33wheels. The other was plain standard work. Nothing remarkable.
10:39Celeste didn't hesitate for a second. She walked straight to the pearl carriage and stepped inside.
10:46The headguard turned. His expression didn't waver.
10:51You're in the wrong carriage. This was commissioned by Alpha Kyle for his Luna and no one else.
10:57He didn't get her time to argue. Guards took her by the arms and turned around. She caught her heel
11:03on her skirt and went down hard when he chased into the dirt. Lucian arrived just in time to see
11:10it.
11:12Celeste scrambled up and threw herself at him, already crying.
11:18It's Zara! She planned this!
11:22She can't stand that I'm the one becoming a Luna! She turned to the crowd gathering around them, eyes
11:29blissing. Please, don't hate her. She's struggling. I know we're in love, Lucian, but I begged you to
11:37keep her safe. I cheated for months just so she could be our servant and I'd not starve on the
11:42street.
11:45She's a blind Omega. She should be grateful anyone even bothered to take her in.
11:49To pull a strunt like this on her sister's wedding day? It's fetic!
11:54The crowd was vicious. They always are when they smell wetness. Lucian's soul was drowning in black.
12:00Thick, suffocating, ink dark. He pulled Celeste against his chest and turned on me.
12:06You're an Omega, Zara. You have no right to wear white. Take that dress off right now or I'll shred
12:14it
12:15off your back myself! Celeste buried her face in his chest, but I could see her soul. She was smirking.
12:24Lucian, you don't have me watching your back this time. What's coming for you tonight isn't a wedding.
12:32It's a funeral. Celeste's been foiled like I'd struck her.
12:37How can you curse him like that? Just because he didn't choose you?
12:42You dare curse an Alpha heir? Guards, seize her!
12:48The soldiers started moving in. Think carefully. You're laying a hand on Alpha Kyle's mate.
12:56Make sure that's a consequence you're ready to live with. Lucian laughed, jagged, ugly.
13:01Kyle, the cripple isn't even here. Probably hiding in his chambers, too embarrassed to show his face.
13:07He's using you for sport, Zara. Nothing more. He stepped forward, close enough that his shadow fell
13:12over me. Neil, beg Celeste's forgiveness. And maybe, maybe, I'll still find a use for you.
13:20Then a voice cut through everything. Who is threatening my mate?
13:23The crowd squeaked. Kyle moved through them like they weren't there. Sharp black suit. Not a single piece
13:29out of place. Even seated. His presence was suffocating. The moment he appeared, the street went silent.
13:35Beside him, Lucian suddenly looked like a boy wearing his mask. Kyle came straight to me. He took my hand
13:43and folded it inside his large, warm, uncurried. So he legs back. Then he looked up. His eyes fixed on
13:51Lucian
13:52like a blade finding its mark. Let's try that again. Who was it that told my mate to me?
13:57The temperature in the street seemed to drop. No one walked. No one breathed. He didn't shout.
14:03Didn't signal his men. He just watched Lucian the way a predator watches something it has already
14:08decided to deal with later. I'll remember that. I'm an alpha heir, same as you. Who the hell do you
14:15think you are? Who the hell do you think you are? A forgotten fifth son trying to give orders to
14:21my
14:21mate. You're not a rival, Lucian. You're a fit note. The color drained from Lucian's face.
14:27This isn't over. Lo and me. You'll both regret tonight. I gave you a chance, Zara. When you come
14:36crawling back, and you will, don't expect mercy. I looked at his soul, muddy green, murky and small.
14:44He genuinely believes he is the chosen one. He thinks the throne is already his and that I was
14:49just dead weight holding him back. He has no idea what is waiting for him. Without me clearing his path,
14:55he won't last the season. He'll be lucky to still be breathing by the time the leaves turn.
15:00Our first night as mates was quiet. Just the two of us, and the fire crackling low between us.
15:07We shared whiskey, amber and slow burning on the way down. I could feel his eyes, heavy and silver
15:15warm against my skin. My pulse wouldn't settle. Even sitting across from me in that chair,
15:20his presence filled the entire room. You said you could fix my legs.
15:28How? Help me with something first. I've never seen this room. Describe it to me.
15:37Then he started talking. The fires glow. The oil paintings. He told me their textures,
15:43not just their subjects. The velvet curtains. Deep and heavy. On the shelf above the nightstand.
15:51There's an old book. The cover is faded. My hands stilled around the glass. That shelf was high,
15:58nearly at the ceiling. From a wheelchair. The top of that book was completely out of sight. There was no
16:05way he could know the cover was faded. I didn't say a word. I just took another sip and filed
16:10that detail
16:11away somewhere. I wouldn't forget it. I stood up with my glass in hand, then let it slip.
16:18It hit the carpet with a dull thud and rolled toward the sofa. Kyle's body moved before his
16:24mind could stop it. His chest surged forward. The muscles in his thighs locked and coiled,
16:30dense as iron cables. For a single, unguarded second, he was about to stand. Then he caught himself and
16:37settled back into the leather as if nothing had happened. But I felt it. That reflex was all the
16:42confirmation I needed. I didn't say anything. Not yet. There's one more way to be sure.
16:51I stepped in close. And I straddled his lap. Kyle stopped breathing.
16:58The heat from his hands soaked straight through the silk. It burned against my skin like a brand.
17:04My heart was slamming. I ignored it. I raised my hand and let my fingertips trace from his jaw down
17:11to his chest. Hard as stone beneath the shirt. Not the body of a man who hadn't used his legs
17:18in seven
17:18years. I looked into his soul. A storm, deep crimson, soft pink. Something more tender than he'd admit,
17:25and threading through both. A sharp streak of dark green panic. He knew I was getting close. I leaned down.
17:37My lips barely grazed the corner of his mouth. Not a kiss. A question. His breathing came apart.
17:45And then I took his hand and pressed his palm flat against my chest. The silk between us was nothing.
17:50My face was burning. Because in that moment, his body gave me the most honest answer I had.
17:57His body reacted before his mind could stop it. I felt the shift in his balance. The sudden brace
18:04through his thighs. The instinctive drive upward. A man who hadn't used his legs in seven years
18:09wouldn't move like that. I pulled back just enough. Let the smile come slowly. Your legs are fine, that much
18:16I know.
18:17Kyle closed his eyes. His throat moved as he swallowed. Then he stood up. One hand stayed at
18:24my waist. The other still pressed against my chest. He lifted me and I felt just how much of him
18:30there
18:30was. Nearly six foot long. All of it muscle. My whole world was suddenly just him. How did you know?
18:38I just smiled and gave him something vague enough to pass. He set me down gently on the edge of
18:43the bed.
18:44Then stepped back. The hand that had touched my chest was shaking. I'm sorry I shouldn't have.
18:49Don't. I'm the one who put your hand there. He looked at me for a long moment. He laughed. A
18:55real laugh.
18:56Warm and unguarded. Like seven years of tension finally giving way. Seven years. Seven years fooling everyone.
19:04The whole damn world. And my blind mate catches me on the very first night.
19:10We didn't go any further that night. We ended up on the rug in front of the fire. The bottle
19:14of whiskey
19:15between us and we just talked. He told me about the night his parents were killed. They called it a
19:21rogue wolf attack. Everyone knew what it actually was. The alpha king had ordered it. He was 15 years old.
19:29Standing at their funeral. And he made a decision. He would become the cripple. Invisible. Unthreatening.
19:37Off the king's list entirely. It was the only way to stay alive. I told him about Lucian. All of
19:44it.
19:44What he was underneath. I didn't choose you because I had no other options. I chose you because you were
19:51the
19:51only one worth choosing. I watched his soul begin to shift. The gold bleeding slowly into a deep and
19:59glowing lake. Late into the night it came back. The splitting pain behind my temples. Like an axe
20:06working its way through bone. I tried to keep my hands still. They were shaking anyway. Kyle stopped
20:13mid-sentence. Your head. Before I could deflect, his thumbs were already at my temples. The pressure.
20:20Exact like he'd mapped the pain before he touched it. My mother used to get them. I've known what to
20:25do since I was a boy. The pain didn't ease. It vanished. We shared the same bed. His arm lay
20:31heavy
20:31and warm across my waist. My head settled against his chest. I listened to his heartbeat through my
20:37soul lie. I watched his soul settle. The gold softening, deepening into a rich and quiet pink.
20:43For the first time in two lifetimes, I felt safe. Lucian's wedding night was far apart. In my last
20:49life, a maid tried to spike his wine with wolf's bane. I caught her before she could get close.
20:55I read the murder in her soul, swapped the glasses, had her detained before he'd taken a single seat.
21:01This time, I did nothing. Celeste wouldn't notice. She wouldn't know a threat if it sat down beside
21:06her and introduced itself. The next morning, Kyle and I arrived at the Alpha King's estate.
21:12No sign of Lucian. No sign of Celeste. The corridors were alive with hushed, urgent voices.
21:18He there was poisoned in his own chambers. He hasn't woken. The healers say the dose was enough
21:23to drop a grizzly. I kept my face perfectly still, but underneath me, I was smiling. Lucian's fall had
21:30started. And this time, I wasn't going to stop it. The carriage had barely rolled to a stop when
21:36Celeste appeared at the gates. She looked like she hadn't slept in days.
21:40ZARA! YOU POISONED HIM! GIVE ME THE ANTIDOTE RIGHT NOW!
21:47I felt the temperature inside the carriage shift. Kyle went very still beside me. I placed a hand on his
21:53arm.
21:53I've got this. I leaned in and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek. Then I stepped out into the
21:59morning air. Antidote? I don't have one. Whatever happened to Lucian has nothing to do with me.
22:08LIAR! Then how did you know he'd be dying on his wedding night? I tilted my head.
22:16That's a serious accusation. Where's your proof? Did you catch the killer? Did you find the poison?
22:24I already knew she hadn't. The spy Marcus sent was a professional. Without my soul eye,
22:29she was a ghost. By now she was likely across the border, untouchable. Celeste stood there,
22:35mouth open, nothing coming out. If you keep causing a scene on my land, my warriors will remove you.
22:43Her eyes dropped to my neck. She saw the red mark Kyle had left there.
22:48You actually slept with him? A blind girl and a broken man? I suppose trash finds its own level.
22:55I suppose trash finds its own level. I thought about last night, the fire, the whiskey,
23:00the long silence after he finally stood up and I felt the full weight of him for the first time.
23:04Kyle wasn't broken. He was 10,000 times the man Lucian would ever be. I laughed.
23:12What is so funny? I stopped, looked at her. We're close enough to it. I'm laughing at how blind you
23:17are. Lucian is going to die. And when he goes down, he'll take you with him. If you want to
23:24survive
23:25what's coming, sever the bond now, while you still can. That was it for her. She swung at my face,
23:32wide, furious, telegraphed from a mile away. I shifted my weight and stepped aside. She hit nothing
23:37but air. The momentum carried her forward and she went down hard, palms and knees in the dirt. I
23:42looked down at her. Remember this? Because the next time you raise a hand to me I won't step aside.
23:48She stared up at me from the ground, trembling. For the first time in her life she was actually
23:52afraid of me. The blind girl she used to torment wasn't there anymore. Someone else had taken her
23:58place. Kyle was waiting when I stepped back into the carriage. He just watched me with those gray
24:03eyes. And in them, not worry, not pity, admiration. He trusted me to handle my own affairs. That respect
24:09landed heavier than any shield he could have raised. He turned to his lead god and spoke low. No one
24:15from
24:15Lucian's pack crosses onto my land again. For any reason. Ever. After Celeste was escorted out, he turned
24:26to the business of leaving. We were heading for Thorn Harbor. The courtyard filled with people and
24:30supplies controlled chaos. And through all of it, my soul I found a single target. A guard named Vaughn.
24:36His soul was a muddy, treacherous gray. I leaned close to Kyle's ear. Who is that man?
24:44Vaughn. He's been with me since I was 15. Saved my life twice. I pulled back and looked at him.
24:50Kyle,
24:50do you trust me? His soul flushed deep dark pink all at once. You're my mate. Of course I do.
24:56He's a traitor. We change the route to Thorn Harbor. And we tell no one.
25:02In my last night. This was where it ended with Kyle. Ambushed on the road to the harbor.
25:08Wounds that never healed. He died defending the city walls. I finished speaking. Let my lips brush his
25:14cheek. Kyle's arm came around my waist immediately. Pulling me in. Across the yard I felt Vaughn watching
25:21us. He clocked how close we were and looked really fast. Kyle pressed his face into the curb of my
25:27neck.
25:27His breath was warm against my skin. Are you trying to fix my legs again? Because I'm happy to wait
25:33until
25:33tonight. Or we could start now. The next morning, Vaughn was gone. Kyle sat beside me at breakfast.
25:40Cutting my steak into careful pieces without being asked. You were right. Vaughn was Marcus's man.
25:48Buried so deep I never suspected him once in seven years. It took some...
25:55Persuasion to get him to talk. He looked at me.
25:58How did you know, Zara? I looked into his soul, golden pink. Wound together. No suspicion. No fear.
26:06Lucky guess. The words were barely out when the pain hit. White. Hot behind both temples at once.
26:12My hand went to my head before I could stop it. Kyle didn't say a word. He just moved his
26:16chair flushed against mine.
26:18One in hand kept cutting my food. The other reached up and wrapped around the back of my neck. The
26:22pain dissolved.
26:23He has stopped asking why it happens. He just makes sure he is there when it does. Thorn Harbor. Kyle's
26:29territory.
26:30The land was rough. Resources thin. The kind of place the Alpha Council never bothered to look at twice.
26:37The wolves here were loyal to Kyle. The way wolves are loyal to someone they've chosen. Out of true devotion.
26:44When I went to the market, they called me Luna and refused my coin. Every stall, every vendor. I had
26:50to
26:50set the money down and walk away before they touch it. I came back to the estate breathless and my
26:56maid
26:56watched me come through the door. The Luna is blind, but she moves faster than any soldier I've trained with.
27:05Kyle heard her. That night, his fingers found the edges of my eyes.
27:12Zara, is it really just nothing?
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