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00:03Yeah, right there. Don't stop.
00:06My smile vanished the second I touched the doorknob.
00:09The voice on the other side made my blood run cold.
00:12For one second, I thought I had to be hearing it wrong.
00:15Then Chloe moaned again.
00:16My face went cold, and I drove my heel straight into the door.
00:21My fianc was on top of my best friend Chloe, thrusting into her like he'd lost his mind.
00:26I expected vows, not my fianc screwing my best friend.
00:30The man who had sworn to love me for the rest of his life, was buried against Chloe's chest.
00:35Biting, panting, making wet, filthy sounds that turned my stomach.
00:39And something was wrong with him.
00:41His movements were too rough, too frantic.
00:44Like something inside him had slipped the leash.
00:48I lunged before he ripped Ethan off the bed and slapped him so hard his head snapped to the side.
00:54The crack of it rang through the room, and with it, every stupid, soft, in-love memory I had of
01:00him blew apart.
01:01Ethan stared up at me, stunned.
01:03Rachel, wait. Please.
01:06Hit me. Scream at me. Rip me apart if you want. Just don't leave.
01:11One second ago, he'd been buried between another woman's thighs.
01:15Now he was kneeling at my feet, playing broken and begging for forgiveness.
01:19Get your hands off me.
01:23I stepped over him and went straight for Chloe.
01:26Rachel, don't blame him.
01:27Your scent wasn't enough to calm his wolf.
01:30He needed a real Luna.
01:31I looked at her, at the wedding dress twisted around her body.
01:35At the lace, the torn seams, the smeared makeup, and the smug little tremor still clinging to the corner of
01:41her mouth.
01:41My vision went red, smack, her face snapped sideways.
01:45You hit me?
01:47Are you out of your damn mind, Rachel?
01:49I grabbed the scissors off the vanity and hacked through the ruined skirt still hanging off her body.
01:55The fabric gave way under the blades.
01:57You deserve each other.
01:59I hope you choke on what you've done.
02:01I flung the shredded lace at her.
02:03Then I turned away.
02:04I didn't look at Ethan again.
02:06I just wanted one thing.
02:08The moonstone pendant I'd left on the dressing table.
02:11I grabbed the pendant off the dressing table, closed my fist around it, and headed straight for the elevator.
02:16I hit the button hard, the doors slid open.
02:20I stepped inside, slammed my thumb against the close button, then stabbed at the lobby floor.
02:28Crack, the pale stone at its center had split clean in two.
02:32The words had barely left my mouth when something struck the narrowing gap between the doors.
02:38The panels jerked back open.
02:40A man stepped into the opening.
02:41His gaze dropped to the shattered moonstone in my hand.
02:44Then it lifted to my face.
02:46Little thing, if you rejected his mark.
02:50He stepped in closer, one hand still braced against the elevator door, his gaze dropping to my mouth before lifting
02:56back to my eyes.
02:57Then I guess you're mine now.
03:00I shoved open the heavy doors to the ballroom.
03:02More than a hundred guests turned at once.
03:05The hall was dripping with roses and candlelight.
03:08A giant wedding portrait of Ethan and me hung above the stage, smiling down at everyone like a bad joke.
03:14At the center, the emcee lifted his mic with a polished rim.
03:17Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome today's beautiful...
03:20I walked straight down the aisle, the broken moonstone pendant clenched in my hand.
03:25The roses brushed against my dress as I passed.
03:27The guests were still smiling, still waiting, still thinking this was a wedding.
03:35Today, I wasn't here to get married.
03:39I was here to burn it down.
03:43Attention, everyone.
03:46The wedding is off.
03:50Quick update.
03:52The groom's upstairs bucking the maid of honor, so this wedding won't be moving forward.
03:55Wait, what?
03:57Did she just say Chloe?
03:58Oh my god.
03:59Ethan's upstairs with the maid.
04:00Are you serious?
04:01Voices crashed over each other from every direction.
04:04I looked out at all those stunned faces, all that pity, all that hungry curiosity, and almost laughed.
04:11I stepped down from the stage and went straight to my parents.
04:14We're done here.
04:15Let's go.
04:16I'm not leaving.
04:16I'm going upstairs.
04:17And I swear to god I'll kill both of those filthy little bastards myself.
04:21I didn't answer, just opened my hand and showed them the broken moonstone.
04:24My grandmother's pendant.
04:26The second my father saw it, all the anger drained out of him.
04:29His fist loosened.
04:31His face turned gray.
04:32And for the first time in my life...
04:34That just broke?
04:37I picked it up, and it split.
04:41My parents looked at each other.
04:43Not the quick, irritated glance of two people caught in family drama.
04:46My mother grabbed my wrist.
04:48My father shoved through the crowd.
04:50And the next thing I knew...
04:51They were dragging me out of the hotel so fast my heels nearly gave out under me.
04:56Cold air hit my face.
04:58A car door flew open.
04:59I was shoved into the back seat.
05:01Don't stop for anything.
05:02Go.
05:04The car peeled out before I could even catch my breath.
05:07I grabbed the front seat with both hands and leaned forward.
05:10Dad, start talking!
05:13Why are we going to the airport, and what aren't you telling me?
05:16Neither of them answered right away.
05:18Streetlight streaked past the windows in flashes.
05:20The city smeared into light outside.
05:22I looked back down at the moonstone pendant in my hand.
05:25A strange red glow pulsed faintly through the cracks.
05:29My stomach dropped.
05:30I tightened my grip.
05:31Dad!
05:32Tell me what the hell this means.
05:34His hands locked around the steering wheel before he finally said...
05:37It means the moonstone seal your grandmother put on you...
05:41Is broken.
05:42A chill crawled down my spine.
05:47Rachel, your grandmother was never just a woman with your old family heirloom.
05:51She was the last moon witch.
05:53And you, you inherited her moon witch bloodline.
05:57Looking at the broken moonstone pendant in my hand, I just looked at her.
06:01Then at my father.
06:03Then back at the red light pulsing through the stone.
06:0540 minutes.
06:07Dad said sharply, laying on the horn.
06:09Find a flight.
06:10Any flight, book it!
06:11Outside, the sky had gone dark.
06:13Traffic thickened by the minute.
06:15Headlights smeared across the windshield in white and red streaks.
06:19Mom sat in the front seat.
06:20Refreshing flight listings so fast her fingers trembled.
06:24I leaned forward and looked into the rearview mirror.
06:26Dad?
06:27That truck's still behind us.
06:29A black pickup was riding our tail.
06:32No headlights.
06:33Just a dark shape glued to our rear bumper.
06:36My father checked the mirror once.
06:38Swore under his breath and yanked the wheel hard.
06:40We shot into the far left lane.
06:43And a gray SUV cut in from the other side and matched our speed.
06:46The passenger window rolled down.
06:48A bald man with a wolf tattoo crawling up his neck leaned half his body out.
06:53His yellow, green eyes locked on me.
06:55That is her, he barked, grinning like something feral.
06:58That's her.
06:59I can smell moon women's blood on her.
07:02Sweet as sin.
07:03Found our prey.
07:04The fuck you will.
07:06He slammed the gas pedal straight to the floor.
07:09The engine roared as the speedometer needle jerked violently to the right to 90D.
07:14110.
07:14The needle kept climbing.
07:16The engine screamed.
07:17My mother grabbed the dash.
07:18I twisted around in my seat and saw more movement behind us.
07:22Shadows shifting inside the pickup.
07:24Doors ready to burst open.
07:26Then it happened.
07:27The car jerked violently.
07:28The tires lost the road.
07:30Metal shrieked.
07:31Glass exploded.
07:32And then the world flipped.
07:34When I came to, I was hanging sideways in my seat.
07:37Everything smelled like gasoline, blood, and hot metal.
07:41For one long second, all I could hear was a thin, vicious ringing inside my skull.
07:46Then I looked up.
07:47My father wasn't moving.
07:48My mother's head had slumped against the shattered window, blood running down her cheek in a dark line that wouldn't
07:54stop.
07:54My throat closed.
07:56Dad?
07:57Mom?
07:57I reached for them with shaking hands.
08:00Nothing.
08:00Outside, boots crunched over broken glass.
08:03Then a voice cut through the dark.
08:05Blood.
08:05Sharp inhale.
08:06Fuck.
08:07You smell that.
08:08Moon witch blood.
08:09Stronger now.
08:10All over her.
08:11Another voice laughed, low and ugly.
08:13Drag her out.
08:14A pack of them rushed the wreck.
08:15I grabbed for the seatbelt release, jabbing at it too hard, too fast.
08:19My fingers were slippery with blood, and every time I pressed, they slid off the buckle instead.
08:24By the time it finally clicked loose, I'd smeared the whole latch red.
08:27I crawled through the broken window, dragging myself over twisted metal, glass sliced into my palms, but I never let
08:34go of the broken loonstone pendant.
08:36Behind me, one of them laughed.
08:38Run, pretty thing.
08:39Makes it sweeter when we drag you back.
08:43A gray wolf lunged.
08:44It moved so fast I barely caught the shape before it was on me.
08:48Get away from me!
08:49I screamed at Ra with everything I had left.
08:52And then, a blast of silver white light exploded out of my palm.
08:56The wolf was hit midair and thrown backward with a shriek.
08:59It slammed into the dirt, rolled twice, then twisted back into human form.
09:03Half crouched on the ground, clutching his burned face, he started laughing.
09:07Moon witch blood.
09:09So the stories were true.
09:11Then engines hit the road behind us, low, heavy, closing fast.
09:14One of the rogues went still.
09:16Shit, you hear that?
09:17Another looked back once, and all the color drained from his face.
09:21Move.
09:21Now.
09:22Shadowpack.
09:23Black maybox tore through the dark.
09:25The lead car stopped.
09:26A black figure stepped out.
09:28He crossed the distance without a word and stopped in front of me.
09:32The rogues dropped to their knees so fast it looked like instinct.
09:35Marcus, we didn't know she was with you.
09:38Please, have mercy.
09:40He came straight to me and lowered himself onto one knee, gold eyes steady and deadly calm.
09:45You again.
09:46But the ringing in my stall swallowed the words before they fully reached me.
09:49Still, I knew that face.
09:51Why is it you again?
09:52Marcus took me to a private villa.
09:54I curled into the far end of the sofa.
09:57Every nerve in my body strung tight as I tracked his every move.
10:01He stood at the long table.
10:02He still hadn't really looked at me.
10:04He only tossed the broken moonstone pendant onto the table like it meant absolutely nothing.
10:09Your blood doesn't do much for me.
10:11Then his gaze drifted over me, slow and deliberate.
10:14But you.
10:14I took a step back.
10:16I don't know anything about moon witches.
10:17I'm just a normal girl.
10:19I want to go back to school.
10:20That got his attention.
10:21In one sharp movement, he crossed the room and bent over me, bracing both hands on the sofa and boxing
10:27me incompletely.
10:28His chest was only inches from mine and his scent hit me all at once.
10:33Dark cedar smoke and something wild underneath.
10:38Normal?
10:38Normal girls don't end up with half a pack of rogues hunting them.
10:41He lifted a hand to my throat, tracing the faint line the pendant cord had left behind.
10:46His fingers brushed my skin.
10:48I went rigid.
10:50Ethan's probably in hell right now.
10:52He murmured, sounding almost amused.
10:54He marked the wrong mate.
10:56I hated that I almost laughed.
10:57Even curled up in fear, even trapped under him.
11:00I still had the same savage thought.
11:02Good, he deserved to suffer.
11:04Marcus straightened, then reached for the top buttons of his shirt.
11:08What are you doing?
11:10He didn't answer.
11:12He opened the shirt just enough for me to see the black wolf head mark spread across his chest.
11:17Then it moved.
11:18Black smoke rolled beneath his skin, laced with silver light, like something alive was trying to claw its way out.
11:24My breath caught.
11:25What is that?
11:26His voice sank lower, edged with something raw.
11:29It wants you.
11:30He looked down at the shifting mark, his jaw tightening as every muscle in his body seemed to lock.
11:35That was when real panic hit me.
11:37What exactly do you mean?
11:39It wants me?
11:40I jumped off the sofa and backed away so fast, I nearly tripped over the rug, stopping only when the
11:45window hit my back.
11:46I grabbed the curtain and dragged part of it in front of me like it could somehow help.
11:50Don't do anything insane, okay?
11:52You may have saved me, but I still have standards.
11:55I'm not having a breakdown and an ending up in your bed.
11:57He was in front of me before I even finished the sentence.
12:00One second, there was space between us.
12:02The next.
12:03His hand was at the back of my neck, holding me still as my breath caught.
12:06I hit his chest, and he went motionless for half a beat before lowering his head to the curve of
12:12my throat and drawing in one slow, unsteady breath.
12:15Standards?
12:16His voice rumbled against my skin, low and not quite steady now.
12:20Rachel, you have no idea what your scent does to a shadow wolf who spent a century alone.
12:25He lifted his head just enough to look at me.
12:28To me?
12:28He said, each word slower than the last.
12:30You smell like the kind of drug that burns every last shred of reason out of a man.
12:35He drove me back into the window.
12:37Cold glass hit my spine.
12:39His body closed me in.
12:40Then he kissed me.
12:41Hot, hard and without warning.
12:43A shocked sound caught in my throat.
12:45By the time I shoved at his chest, my lungs were already burning.
12:49Back off!
12:50I snapped, shoving at him.
12:52What the hell is wrong with you?
12:53I shoved him again, then slapped him across the face.
12:56He pulled back just far enough for me to breathe.
12:59I stared at him, horrified and furious, my lips stinging.
13:02You don't get to take that from me!
13:04Marcus's head turned with the slap.
13:06When he looked back at me, his expression was unreadable.
13:09Then one corner of his mouth moved, almost like a smile.
13:12He said, voice low and rough.
13:14Guess Ethan really was a gentleman after all.
13:17Ethan stumbled onto the crash site, shouting my name into the wreckage.
13:21Rachel!
13:21But all that answered him was twisted metal, shattered glass, and blood.
13:26Chloe came after him in her heels, one hand pinching her nose against the smell.
13:31Look at all this blood, she said with a grimace.
13:34The rogues probably dragged her off and tore her apart by now.
13:37Shut up!
13:38Ethan spun on her, eyes blazing.
13:40If you hadn't poisoned my wolf spirit, she never would have left the wedding.
13:45She never would have been out here in the first place.
13:48Chloe didn't flinch.
13:49She stepped in close.
13:50Her voice low and poisonous.
13:52Oh, I drugged you.
13:54Sure.
13:55But don't stand there pretending you didn't want this.
13:58You wanted power.
13:59And you wanted her moon witch bloodline.
14:02Save the innocent act for someone stupider than me.
14:05And don't forget, Ethan.
14:06You belong to me now.
14:08Cross me, and my family will bury you.
14:10His hand shot out and clamped around her throat.
14:12He slammed her back against the crumpled hood of the wrecked car hard enough to make the metal groan.
14:17The veins in his neck stood out.
14:19If I find her...
14:21He snarled, tightening his grip.
14:23His face twisted with fury.
14:25And you...
14:26You'll rot in a cell begging to die.
14:29Chloe's face turned red fast.
14:31Her heels scraped uselessly against the dirt as she fought for air.
14:36Then she forced the words out anyway.
14:38Broken and vicious.
14:40Did you hear snow?
14:42Ethan's grip loosened by an inch.
14:44Chloe coughed, dragged in air, and laughed right in his face.
14:48The shadow pack is here.
14:50Marcus took her.
14:51She rubbed at her bruised throat and tipped her head, watching him.
14:54And once a woman falls into his hands...
14:56Her smile sharpened.
14:58Do you really think she's still your Rachel?
15:00Ethan went still for half a beat.
15:02That was all Chloe needed.
15:03She slid off the hood, straightened herself, and stepped right back into the game like she'd
15:07never been choked at all.
15:09Name me your only Luna.
15:10She said, smoothing down her dress.
15:13Once I strip Rachel of her title in public, the pack can drag her back and force her to stand
15:18trial.
15:19Her eyes glittered.
15:21She'll be dragged into a bloodline trial whether she wants it or not.
15:24Ethan looked down at his arm.
15:26Black veins were starting to spread beneath his skin.
15:29Signs of wolf spirit backlash.
15:31For the first time, hesitation cut through his rage.
15:34Chloe saw it.
15:35Of course she did.
15:36She stepped closer, one hand sliding up his chest, her thigh brushing high against him
15:41with slow, calculated pressure.
15:43I have witch hunters.
15:44She whispered.
15:46Even if Marcus escorts her, we can still take her.
15:48Send word to every pack.
15:50Tell Rachel if she doesn't show herself.
15:52Her lips curved.
15:54The children in her parents' orphanage will die first.
15:57Ethan shoved her off him so hard she stumbled sideways.
16:01His fist crashed into the car door with a dull, brutal bang.
16:04Then he lifted his head.
16:06Make the arrangements.
16:07In three days, Silvermoon Pack will host a wedding no one will forget.
16:11Chloe's smile slowly spread.
16:13She pulled out her phone and started dialing.
16:15The car rolled out of the villa grounds.
16:18Marcus held out a glass filled with dark red liquid.
16:21Drink.
16:22I stared at it.
16:23What is that?
16:24My water down.
16:25Dark red streaks clung to the crystal.
16:27My stomach turned but I drank.
16:29It burned all the way down.
16:31I wiped my mouth and glared at him.
16:33Where are you taking me?
16:35Silvermoon.
16:36My head snapped toward him.
16:37What?
16:38I grabbed for the seatbelt.
16:39My fingers already fumbling for the latch.
16:42Then the screen built into the car lit up.
16:44A voice came through the speakers.
16:46One I recognized instantly.
16:48Ethan.
16:49In three days, Silvermoon Pack will hold the Luna ceremony.
16:53Chloe Mercer will be named my one and only Luna.
16:56Rachel Silvermoon, traitor to her pack and collaborator with outsiders, will submit to a bloodline trial.
17:02If Rachel refuses to appear, the children in her parents' orphanage will pay the price of her place.
17:08My vision flashed white with rage.
17:10The crystal glass cracked in my hand, then shattered.
17:13Silverblood welled from my palm and ran over my fingers.
17:17He's out of his mind.
17:19The words tore out of me before I could stop them.
17:21He's really threatening those kids?
17:23I'd thought catching him in bed with Chloe on a wedding day had already told me exactly what kind of
17:28monster he was.
17:29Turns out, I'd still given him too much credit.
17:32A man like Ethan never hit bottom.
17:34He only kept sinking.
17:35Marcus sat beside me, turning the wolf head ring on his finger like none of this surprised him.
17:40His profile stayed cold and unreadable.
17:43If he completes the ritual in public, he said,
17:46You become open prey to all of Silvermoon.
17:49I swallowed hard.
17:51So either way, I'm dead.
17:53That finally brought his gaze to me.
17:55If you walk in there alone...
17:56His voice stayed low.
17:58Yes.
17:59I leaned back into the seat and let out a shaky breath, because for the first time since the crash,
18:04I wasn't alone.
18:05Marcus was still here.
18:06And somehow that made the fear loosen, just a little.
18:09A few minutes later, the gates of Ethan's estate came into view.
18:12Only this time, the place looked nothing like the home I knew.
18:16Security was everywhere.
18:18One of the guards stepped up to the window and bent for a closer look, and his face changed instantly.
18:24Alpha Night Thing?
18:25He blurted.
18:26What are you doing?
18:27Marcus gave him the faintest smile.
18:30I'm returning your Luna.
18:31Then he tipped his head toward me and added, almost lazily...
18:36Sorry, former Luna.
18:37For one second, I thought I'd misheard him.
18:40Then I turned to him.
18:42You're not coming in with me?
18:44He flicked two fingers.
18:46The car door unlocked with a soft click.
18:48Get out.
18:49Outside.
18:50The guard's expression had already shifted from shock to hunger.
18:54He'd delivered me straight to their doorstep, like a gift.
18:57I stumbled out of the car and nearly went down on the gravel behind me.
19:01The Mybox engine let out a savage rule.
19:03Then the car whipped around and tore back down the drive without a second glance.
19:07I watched the taillights vanish and let out a short, bitter laugh.
19:11Of course.
19:12Should have known better.
19:13Take her.
19:14Two guards grabbed me before I could run, dragged me through the doors,
19:17and threw me into the center of the great hall hard enough to knock the breath out of me.
19:21When I looked up, Silver Moon Pack was already waiting.
19:24Rows of pack members lined both sides of the hall, and hundreds of eyes fixed on me at once.
19:29Curious, cold, hungry.
19:31Then Chloe's voice sliced clean through the silence.
19:34Well look who got sent back.
19:36She stood there in a black wedding gown crusted with shattered diamonds, all smug smiles and poison.
19:42Our precious moon witch heir.
19:44What happened, Rachel?
19:46Marcus got bored of you already?
19:48She was curled against Ethan's side like she belonged there,
19:51and the sight of them together turned my stomach.
19:53Ethan broke first.
19:55Rachel.
19:56He shoved away from Chloe, crossed the room fast, and dragged me into his arms so hard I almost lost
20:02my footing.
20:03Thank God.
20:04Get off me!
20:05I slammed both hands against his chest and shoved with everything I had.
20:09You don't get to touch me after what you did.
20:11He staggered back half a step, stunned, but the softness vanished from his face almost immediately.
20:17You forced this.
20:18If you hadn't run.
20:19I forced this? Did I force you to screw Chloe on our wedding day too?
20:23His jaw locked.
20:24His fists clenched.
20:26Black backlash veins climbed the side of his neck like rot spreading under his skin.
20:31You belong to me, Rachel.
20:32Come back, and I won't have to hurt those kids.
20:35This is on you.
20:36He reached for me again.
20:37That's enough.
20:38The doors opened, and a broad gray-haired man in a dark cloak strode in, like he owned the building
20:43and everyone breathing in it.
20:45With one sharp gesture, he summoned the witch hunters.
20:48They wore half-iron masks and moved like trained executioners.
20:52And before I could fight them off, they forced me to the floor.
20:55Hold her still.
20:56A blade flashed.
20:57Pain tore through my forearm, then ripped across my palm, and silver blood spilled into a waiting vial.
21:03I thrashed so hard my shoulder nearly gave out.
21:06Keep her down.
21:07Draw more.
21:08I twisted, kicked, clawed for purchase, and the hunter on my right drove his fist into my ribs.
21:13Agony burst through my side.
21:15My body folded, and I dropped to my knees, gasping.
21:18Stop!
21:19Ethan lunged forward at last, panic finally breaking through his rage.
21:22Enough!
21:23Stop taking blood from her!
21:25If you keep going, she'll die!
21:27Chloe caught him by the arm and shoved him back with surprising force.
21:31Oh, please. This is taking forever.
21:34She stepped toward me with a ceremonial blade in her hand.
21:37The metal carved with red runes that glowed beneath the chandeliers.
21:41If you want real result, she said sweetly.
21:43Why not just slit her throat?
21:45She pressed the blade to my neck, cold steel-kissed skin.
21:48Let go of me!
21:49I jerked against the hunter's grip with the last of my strength.
21:52If I was going to die here, I'd take her with me.
21:55Then, boom, the hall doors exploded inward.
21:58The blast shaking the chandeliers as glass rained down, and people screamed.
22:03A black shape crossed the room, so fast it barely looked human.
22:08One second Chloe's blade was at my throat.
22:10The next, it snapped in half in her hand.
22:13Silence hit the hall like a blow.
22:15Then came his voice low, deadly, and furious enough to freeze blood.
22:19Who gave you the right to touch her?
22:21Every head in the hall turned at once.
22:23Then the room fell deathly silent.
22:25I forced my eyes open through the blur of pain.
22:28Marcus stood there with one of the witch hunters lifted clean off the floor,
22:32his hand locked around the man's throat.
22:34Marcus!
22:34Have you lost your damn mind?
22:36You'd start a war between two packs over a human?
22:39Marcus let out a short, cold laugh.
22:41Then he snapped the hunter's neck.
22:43Just like that.
22:44The body went limp in his grip, and he hurled it into the wall hard enough to crack the plaster.
22:49Across the hall, Alpha Rowan of the Lewis family went pale.
22:53The old bastard stumbled backward and nearly fell.
22:56Don't forget, if I press that button, the orphanage goes up in flames!
23:02Marcus didn't even blink.
23:03He reached into his coat pocket, pulled out a black metal badge streaked with blood,
23:08and tossed it to the floor.
23:09It spun once before stopping at Rowan's feet.
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