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00:00I lay on the busting bed. Pain toils through me in waves. My vision went black, but my mate was
00:05right there. Callan, alpha of the dark moon pack. He gripped my hand. Just hold on. We're going to
00:12see our baby. Sweat soaked my skin. I forced a smile. The painkiller walked in, holding a syringe.
00:19I thought it was a painkiller, but Callan let go. He stepped back. The needle pierced my skin.
00:24Cold liquid hit my veins. I stared at him. He didn't look at me. He just watched the clock.
00:38Tears fell. I tried to scream. I tried to fight, but the drugs hit. My contractions stopped cold.
00:44Then everything stopped. When I opened my eyes, I was on stone. The holding cells beneath the pack
00:51infirmary, dark moon's punishment cells, his sister, Serafina, stood at the door,
00:57a silver dagger in her hand. Don't blame Callan. Regina's pup is the only blood my dead brother
01:04left behind. He's the rightful heir to dark moon. I never wanted to fight her for it. Save the act.
01:10You pushed a pregnant widow down the stairs. You tried to kill her so your bastard could claim the
01:14alpha title. I didn't. Another conjecture ripped through me. I stopped breathing. Serafina squatted
01:20down. Tapped my cheek with her blade. Pack law is clear. The first recognized heir inherits the alpha
01:27title. When an alpha dies without a born heir, his unborn bloodline comes first. Marcus is dead,
01:32but his pup lives and Callan is only a regent. So you and your bastard pup, you were finished the
01:38second Regina conceived. I clutched my belly. My vision blurred. Please get the healer. My pup is coming.
01:46The drug lasts three more hours. Sit tight. Once Regina delivers, you can push all you want.
01:54She turned to the guards. Watch her. She screams, gagger. The steel door slammed shut. One flickering
02:02bob. Blood soaked my gown. Wolfsbane in the walls. No my link. No way out. Callan took my phone this
02:09morning. Said he wanted me to focus on the birth. It was a trap. Seven months ago, Marcus, the former
02:16alpha, died in an ambush. At his funeral, Regina threw up. She was pregnant. Her unborn pup became
02:24the pack's obsession. I told the elders not to worry. Callan and I would still give dark moon and air.
02:30They just stared at my belly. Silent. Now I understood. My pup never mattered from the start.
02:36The drugs were wearing off. The contractions hit harder. I crawled to the door, leaving a trail of
02:43blood. I pounded on the steel. Please. My pup is dying. A guard laughed. Save your breath.
02:53Regina's close to delivering. You'll get out when she's done. But my baby. You deserve it.
03:01After what you did to her. I collapsed. Then I heard Serafina in the hall. On the call.
03:07Callan? How is she doing? Regina's contraction started. She's fine. Is Alexia under control?
03:14Under control? She's screaming. What an actress. Don't tell me you feel bad. She stole birth
03:21herbs. Stole herbs? I never did that. I haven't forgotten. She nearly killed Marcus's pup on those
03:28stairs. I will never let her ruin that bloodline. The healer swore the injection was safe. Let her
03:34suffer. Maybe she'll learn. I'll send the healer down when Regina is stable. The call ended. My mate
03:41chose her. I lost track of time in that cell. The blood kept pooling. Soaking my gown. Just as my
03:49vision
03:49faded. Goddess! It was Orist. The pack's chief healer. My only real friend here. He dropped to his knees
03:56in the blood. Alexia? Why are you down here? The alpha said you were in the private birthing suite.
04:02Serafina. Save your breath. He chucked me. His face draining of color. Your water broke. You're
04:07fully dilated. Your pup is coming right now. He tried to mind link the others. But the wolf's
04:12being was blocked the signal. He scooped me into his arms. We burst out of the cell. Two guards stepped
04:17in our way. Stop. Miss Serafina said. Said what? To let a pregnant woman bleed to death? Get out of
04:23my
04:23way! The guards flinched and stepped back. Oris cured me up the stone stairs, leaving a thick
04:28trail of blood. We hit the third floor. The main birthing chamber. The doors were wide open. It was
04:34completely empty. No birthing bed. No monitors. No supplies. Nothing. Just bare walls. This is
04:42impossible. Where is the equipment? Footsteps clicked down the hole. Serafina. Oh, the equipment? We moved
04:49everything to Regina's private birthing suite to protect Darkmoon's rightful ear. Just as a
04:54precaution. Are you insane? The Luna's baby is crowning. She needs a bed right now. Drop the act,
05:01Alessia. Callan already told me the delay drug is harmless. You're just throwing a tantrum. Trying
05:07to pull focus from the true pren. I stared at her perfectly powdered face. Six months ago, I spent
05:13three nights making her a moonstone pack necklace. She had hugged my arm so while we were sisters for
05:18life. What an absolute joke. Oris sprinted to the pharmacy wing. Two minutes later, she ran back,
05:27empty-handed. They gutted the pharmacy. No supplies. No blood. The guards took everything to Regina's
05:33private birthing suite. Alpha's orders. This is murder! She's going to die! The pup is going to die!
05:39The pack comes first. If she dies, she dies. Oris collapsed in front of me, right in the puddle of
05:45my
05:45blood. Alexia, I'm so sorry. I have no tools, no supplies. I can't do anything. I am so sick of
05:53this. Guards! Get him out of here! Two massive enforcers grabbed or rest. Alessia! The pup is crowning!
06:00Remember where to press? Press it now! Bring on the contraction! They hauled him into the hall! Push on
06:06the next one! Don't give up! Save the pup! The door slammed shut. Serafina pulled out her phone.
06:13She started a video call. Callan? You need to see your mate's latest performance. She flipped the
06:18camera toward me. I saw Callan on the screen, standing outside Regina's wedding suite. When he
06:23saw the blood pooled around me, he froze. Real shock flashed in his eyes. But he masked it instantly.
06:31What's wrong with her? She's faking. She bled a little. Oris is just being dramatic.
06:37Callan? Is that Alexia? Is he blaming me again?
06:41Serafina, keep her locked down. I'm not leaving this floor.
06:45Hear that? You and your bastard pup mean nothing. Regina comes first.
06:51You thought marrying the alpha made you untouchable? Consider this a reality check.
06:56I closed my eyes. I tuned her out completely. My shaking fingers reached for my neck, for the
07:02crescent distrust pendant at my throat. My dad gave it to me on my wedding day. Before I left my
07:08home
07:08pack, he had ruled they're too long and too fiercely for anyone to refuse his call.
07:13If you are ever trapped, if you are ever dying, crush it.
07:17My phone found the hidden latch on the back. Serafina was still pacing, still running her mouth.
07:23Some nobody from a weak pack? You married into this pack for power.
07:28I almost laughed. Callan had assumed my home pack was weak, because I had never bothered to correct
07:33him. I squeezed the pendant. I pressed the latch with everything I had left. No sound,
07:38no flashing light. But I knew the signal went out. My dad promised help would come in 30 minutes.
07:44I clutched my belly. 30 minutes. Could my baby survive 30 minutes?
07:49I was fading fast. Serafina stood over me, still running her mouth.
07:53He marked you for the baby. Nothing more. That doesn't make you lunar.
07:57I didn't answer. I just dug my thumb into the spot he'd show me, pushing as hard as I could,
08:03praying for America. The drugs had completely worn off. The pup was coming. A scream ripped from my
08:08throat. Serafina stepped back in disgust.
08:11God, you're annoying. Leah! Get in here and deal with her!
08:19The pup is crowning!
08:21Then get it out.
08:22But I'm not a healer. She's hemorrhaging. We have nothing. They're both going to die.
08:31Then that's her fate. I'm going to watch the true heir be born. Keep an eye on her. Don't let
08:39her bleed out too fast. That child still carries alpha blood.
08:44The door slammed shut, leaving me alone with a terrified girl. Another contraction tore through
08:49me, but I couldn't push. I had lost way too much blood. My body was shutting down. The
08:54baby was stuck. The clock kept ticking. Every single second was pure agony. And then, a deafening
09:00crash.
09:02The steel door was kicked right off its hinges. A squad of pack warriors stormed in, clad in
09:08peach black combat gear. Leading them was Luca. Massive. Deadly. My father's war commander
09:13from Silvermoon. The largest pack in the south.
09:16Goddess. I am so sorry we're late.
09:19Luca.
09:20Don't speak. Save your strength.
09:21He spun back to his men.
09:23Marco! Get the trauma team up here. Now!
09:26Giuseppe! Lock down every exit in this building!
09:29Leia tried to make a run for it. A guide slammed her heart against the floor.
09:32Let me go! This is dark moon territory! You can't just barge in here!
09:37Luca slowly rose to his full height. His pupils flew wide, shifting into pure, predatory gold.
09:43He stared down at her.
09:44Dark moon territory? By tomorrow morning, there won't be a dark moon pack.
09:52One minute later, the trauma team rushed in. They loaded me onto a mobile gurney, pushed
09:58me into a concealed medical transport. Inside was a full surgical unit. Monitors, ventilators,
10:05high-end equipment.
10:06Blood pressure dropping! She's in hemorrhagic shock, fetal distress. We need an emergency C-section
10:12right now, but her vitals are crashing. The surgery is too risky!
10:16Luca jumped me into the transport. Do it! I take full responsibility!
10:21I grabbed his wrist with my last hands of strength.
10:24Save my baby. Please, save him first.
10:28Don't speak, miss. Save your strength. Your father is on his way. You just have to hold
10:33on. You and the pup are going to make it.
10:36Cardiac arrest! Paddle! Now!
10:39The fetal trace is crashing! We're losing the pup's heartbeat!
10:42No! Keep trying! Keep trying!
10:44It's too late. The pup, there's no heartbeat. The baby is gone.
10:49And then, everything went black. Darkness. I don't know how much time passed, but finally,
10:55my eyes flattered open. I stared up at a strange ceiling. The sharp smell of bleach filled air.
11:01Alicia!
11:06Where is my baby?
11:07The entire room went dead silent. A few seconds later, a man turned around, standing at the foot
11:14of my bed. It was my bed. It was my father. Deep lines of grief etched into his face.
11:20Dad.
11:24Alexia.
11:26He's gone, isn't he?
11:29The blood loss?
11:31The pup was deprived of oxygen for too long.
11:34Our healers tried everything.
11:41Where is Callan?
11:43He's with Regina.
11:45She had a boy.
11:47They've already forgotten you.
11:49A bitter, hollow laugh escaped my lips.
11:52The sound even scared me.
11:54Dad.
11:54I need a favor.
11:56I want a corpse that looks like me.
11:58I want Dark Moon to believe I died that night.
12:02We can do it.
12:03A substituted body.
12:05Scent masking by the time they see her.
12:07Even a mate won't smell past death, wolf flayed, and your blood.
12:13To Alpha Callan and Regina!
12:16We have an heir!
12:20I stood in the center of the Great Hall, holding a newborn pup in my arms.
12:24Just hours old, but already Dark Moon's greatest hope.
12:28Alpha, Oris needs to see you.
12:30It's about Alessia.
12:31It's an emergency.
12:32The sheer terror in his eyes sent a chill down my spine.
12:35A sick feeling twisted in my gut.
12:37I grabbed Serafina and dragged her with me.
12:40The path to the infirmary was dead quiet.
12:43A thick trail of blood led down to the holding cells.
12:46My heart skipped a beat.
12:48Why the underground cells?
12:51Alpha Callan, I am so sorry.
12:55Massive hemorrhage.
12:56Hyperbluemic shock.
12:57We lost them both.
12:59Drained of all blood.
13:00Eyes shut.
13:01Chest perfectly still.
13:03It was my Alessia.
13:04My mate.
13:06Why didn't anyone tell me?
13:08Why didn't anyone tell me she was bleeding out?
13:13Alpha, I tried everything.
13:15But Miss Serafina said she was faking.
13:17She wouldn't let me treat her.
13:21Callan, I thought it was an act.
13:23She was just putting on a show again.
13:28You hit me?
13:31So you locked her in a holding cell?
13:33Like a rogue?
13:35Like she was nothing?
13:36I just told her to wait.
13:38She is your mate!
13:40Two lives, Serafina!
13:41I told you to watch over her and this is what you do!
13:45I did it for the pack!
13:47For the air!
13:49The air.
13:51Deep inside the moonshine, I carried her casket to myself.
13:55Placed it right before the moon goddess statue.
13:57I knelt by the wood, staring down at Alessia's face.
14:03Callan, you haven't eaten in a week.
14:05Alexia is gone.
14:06Why are you doing this to yourself?
14:07Do you know how terrified she must have been?
14:09Lying alone in that freezing cell, waiting to die.
14:12It was to make sure the air was born safely.
14:14You made the right choice as an alpha.
14:16So you think your pup's life was worth more than hers?
14:18Of course!
14:19This is Marcus's child, the only legitimate heir to Dark Moon.
14:23Callan, stop obsessing over a dead woman.
14:25I gave this pack its heir.
14:26I'm the one Dark Moon needs.
14:28Get out.
14:28Take your pup and get out of my sight.
14:33I slumped down against the casket and buried my face in my hands.
14:37Through the hidden camera feed, I watched his shoulders shake.
14:41What an absolute joke.
14:42He threw me away like garbage when I was alive.
14:45Now he wants to play the grieving mate.
14:51Heavy footsteps pounded down the hall.
14:53Tony burst into the room.
14:55Alpha, it's a disaster!
14:56Our border patrols were completely wiped up!
14:59The Silver Moon pack hit our eastern and southern territories.
15:02Every single guard is dead!
15:03I froze.
15:04Our iron and medical supply lines are cut.
15:06Three allied packs broke their treaties on the spot.
15:09Even the pack council froze our credit line.
15:11And worse...
15:13Silver Moon has moved against us.
15:15No pack will stand with us now.
15:16The bad news just kept coming.
15:18Generations built Dark Moon.
15:20Now it was falling apart.
15:21Who was doing this?
15:22How did they know exactly where to hit us?
15:24Tony, find out who is pulling the strings.
15:28I want a name.
15:30Three days later, the two encrypted phones on my desk wouldn't stop ringing.
15:34Another territory lost.
15:35Alpha, we haven't tracked down the mastermind yet.
15:38But we found something else.
15:41Those birth herbs.
15:43It was Regina who stole them.
15:45He slid a photo across my desk.
15:47It was Regina.
15:48Clutching a small glass vial.
15:50My hands started to shake.
15:52And there's this.
15:53You need to brace yourself, Alpha.
15:54He handed me a sealed bloodline test report.
15:57I ripped it open.
15:58My eyes scanned the bottom line.
16:00The air.
16:01He wasn't Marcus's.
16:02Then whose child is it?
16:04Roberto Santini.
16:05The beta of the Santini pack.
16:08Our deadliest rival.
16:10Now it all made sense.
16:12Regina betrayed Marcus.
16:13Got pregnant by the enemy.
16:14Then framed Alessia to cover it up.
16:16And I...
16:17I believed every lie she told me.
16:20Tony.
16:22Get every elder to the council chamber.
16:24Now!
16:24One hour later, the chamber was full.
16:27Regina walked in, holding the pup.
16:29Smiling.
16:30She thought this was another celebration for her.
16:32Then she saw my face.
16:34The smile vanished.
16:35I turned on the screen.
16:36First image.
16:37Regina in a motel room.
16:39Kissing a man.
16:40Regina shot to her feet.
16:42Her face went white.
16:43Callan!
16:44They're fake!
16:45That baby is Marcus's and mine!
16:48Someone's framing me!
16:49Then I pulled up the second image.
16:51The bloodline report filled the screen.
16:53Match probability.
16:54That child is not of dark moon blood.
16:56His father is Roberto Santini.
16:59Second in command of the Santini pack.
17:01Our sworn enemy.
17:03You betrayed my dead brother.
17:04You slept with the enemy.
17:05Got pregnant with his bastard.
17:07Then tried to pass him off as dark moon's heir.
17:09Marcus found out, didn't he?
17:10That's why you sold out his location.
17:12You're the one who got him killed.
17:13Yes!
17:13Marcus found out about me and Roberto.
17:15He said he'd expose me!
17:17I couldn't let that happen!
17:21Now you know the truth.
17:23Now you know who you helped kill Alessia for.
17:27I know I was wrong.
17:28But I thought I was protecting the pack.
17:31I thought I was protecting Marcus's bloodline.
17:33For what?
17:34For an enemy's pup?
17:35You locked Alessia in that underground cell.
17:38You let her bleed out to protect our enemy's child.
17:41Lock her in that same stone cell.
17:43No food.
17:44No water.
17:44Let her feel what Alessia felt.
17:46Let her wait for death the way Alessia did.
17:50When it was over, I walked to the moon trine.
17:52I dropped to my knees beside the casket.
17:54I found the truth, Alessia.
17:57But it doesn't change what I did to you.
18:01I'm sorry.
18:02I'm so damn sorry.
18:06Three months passed.
18:08I looked around my empty office.
18:10The portraits of past alphas were still on the walls.
18:12The moon goddess relics still sat on the desk.
18:15My great-grandfather's ritual blade, too.
18:18Everything else was gone.
18:19Sold.
18:19Most of the money went to debt.
18:21What was left, I gave to the pack members before they left.
18:23A final settlement.
18:25Enough for them to leave Darkmoon behind.
18:28One week later, I moved into a run-down apartment in the southern quarter.
18:32Not because I was broke.
18:34Because I didn't deserve anything better.
18:36I killed my mate.
18:37My wolf howled inside me.
18:39Day and night.
18:40Every night, I called Alessia's number.
18:43Every night, I left another voicemail.
18:46Alexia.
18:47I know you can't hear this, but I need to say it.
18:50This was my fault.
18:52I killed you.
18:54I killed our baby.
18:56I drove Regina out.
18:58Serafina was punished, too.
18:59But none of that brings you back.
19:01Brings you back.
19:03I sold everything.
19:04The land.
19:05The businesses.
19:06All of it.
19:06But I kept one thing.
19:08Enough to buy a burial plot.
19:09Right beside yours.
19:10Maybe I can spend eternity trying to earn your forgiveness.
19:14Every afternoon, I went to the cemetery.
19:17I sat by her headstone for hours.
19:19I'm scared I'm going to forget your voice.
19:22Your smile.
19:23The way you smelled.
19:25Camellias.
19:27Cold night air.
19:28My wolf is dying, Alessia.
19:30It doesn't eat.
19:32It doesn't drink.
19:33It doesn't move.
19:35It just lies there.
19:36Waiting to be with you again.
19:39Truth is...
19:41So am I.
19:43South.
19:44Sever moon pack.
19:45My phone kept buzzing on the table.
19:48Just like always, I didn't answer.
19:50The call died on its own.
19:52Then Callan's broken voice filled the room.
19:54This was my fault.
19:56I killed you.
19:57By now, I felt nothing.
19:59At first, I listened to every message.
20:01His apologies.
20:03His pain.
20:03The way he tore himself apart.
20:05I listened with no expression at all.
20:07Then my dad walked in.
20:09He looked at the phone.
20:10He said nothing.
20:11He just handed me a file.
20:14Dark moon is gone for good.
20:16And Callan's in bad shape.
20:17I took the file.
20:19Flipped through it.
20:20Faster than I expected.
20:23Alessia.
20:24Are you really gonna watch him die?
20:26I looked up.
20:27What else would I do?
20:29Dad, do you think I should forgive him?
20:32He deserves to die.
20:33I'm just scared you'll get trapped in this.
20:36I closed the file.
20:37Smiled a little.
20:39Don't worry.
20:40The moment my baby died, I was done.
20:43Now I'm just here to collect.
20:46You've changed.
20:47You used to laugh all the time.
20:49Now even your smile doesn't look real.
20:52People grow up.
20:54Some people need time.
20:55For them, one betrayal and one death are enough.
20:58My dad didn't say anything else.
21:00He just stood there with me a while.
21:02Then he left.
21:03Three years later, I took my father's seat.
21:05A billion dollar deal signed.
21:07Alessia, Silvermane.
21:08Silvermoon swept the east coast.
21:10All under my rule.
21:11Alpha.
21:12The report you asked for about the north.
21:15It's all in here.
21:16Luca handed me a folder.
21:18Kalen of Darkmoon.
21:19Less than six months left.
21:20His wolf was close to going dark.
21:22I closed the folder.
21:23I closed the folder.
21:25Get the car ready.
21:27Now?
21:28The forecast says a blizzard is coming tonight.
21:31Now.
21:34North.
21:35Ashen Cemetery.
21:36Snow was coming down hard.
21:38The moon was gone.
21:39Buried behind thick clouds.
21:40I stood in front of a new headstone.
21:43My son's white marble.
21:45Carved into it was a tiny wolf pup curled in the arms of the moon.
21:49I sat a white rose on the stone.
21:52Mom's here.
21:53Through the wind, I heard footsteps.
21:55Heavy.
21:56Dragging.
21:57Like an old wolf.
21:58About to fall.
21:59I turned around.
22:01A figure staggered through the blizzard.
22:03Kalen.
22:04His hair was completely white.
22:05His cheeks were hollow.
22:07Those golden alpha eyes that once shook the whole north were dim now.
22:10Clouded.
22:11Like dying embers.
22:12He barely even smelt like a wolf anymore.
22:14Just a dying man in the snow.
22:16No.
22:18No, that's not possible.
22:20Another hallucination.
22:22The healer said it's all in my head.
22:24My wolf's gone mad.
22:26I said nothing.
22:27He dragged himself closer.
22:28Shock.
22:29Wild joy.
22:30Then fear.
22:31Alexia.
22:31He reached for me.
22:33You're alive?
22:33I stepped back.
22:36Don't touch me.
22:38But I saw your body.
22:40I smelled you.
22:41Your scent was gone.
22:42That body was fake.
22:43I'm Alessia Silverhone.
22:45My father is the alpha of Silvermoon.
22:47I'm his only heir.
22:48It was you?
22:49The territories?
22:51The businesses?
22:52The ambushes on our patrols?
22:54All of it?
22:55Yes.
22:55Why didn't you tell me who you were?
22:57Because my father would have never approved.
22:59So I hid it.
23:00I married you behind his back.
23:02If I had known who you were, I never would have-
23:04Never would have what?
23:05Treated me like that?
23:07Let me die.
23:09Callan, stop lying to yourself.
23:11You never loved me.
23:12You loved a version of me you thought you could control.
23:14A woman you thought had no pack.
23:16No power in coming for her.
23:18Someone easy to discard.
23:19So why are you here?
23:21To watch me fall apart?
23:25No.
23:26You're not worth that.
23:28I came to see my son.
23:32Our baby.
23:34My son.
23:36You don't have the right.
23:39I think about him every day.
23:41What he would have looked like.
23:43What color his eyes would have been if he'd be scared the first time he shifted.
23:47But he died because of me.
23:49I know.
23:50I pay for it every day.
23:52My wolf mourned him every night until it couldn't mourn anymore.
23:55You think that's enough?
23:56Alexia.
23:58Please.
23:59Forgive me.
24:00I never got you, Callan.
24:01But I never forgave you either.
24:05Please.
24:06I can make it up to you.
24:09With what?
24:09Your life?
24:10He reached for his own throat.
24:12Under wolf law?
24:13That was total surrender.
24:15Lower than kneeling.
24:16Worse than death.
24:17I give you my throat.
24:18You can tear it out.
24:19I won't fight back.
24:21I don't need your life.
24:22Watching you suffer is enough.
24:24Please don't leave me again!
24:25Alessia!
24:27I love you!
24:28I always loved you!
24:29From the first time I caught your scent, my wolf chose you!
24:33It was always you!
24:35You loved a ghost.
24:36A version of me you thought you could own.
24:39No.
24:40No.
24:41But the real me?
24:43You never knew her.
24:45I had my own pack.
24:47My own power.
24:48My own fangs.
24:54Behind me, Callan let out one last howl.
24:57Not human.
24:58Weak.
24:59Broken.
25:00Then gone.
25:01Swallowed by the storm.
25:02I never turned back.
25:04The blizzard was shut out.
25:05Luca glanced at me through the rearview mirror.
25:08He didn't say a word.
25:09I closed my eyes.
25:10In the dark, I let myself feel it.
25:12For three seconds.
25:13Only three.
25:14Then I opened my eyes.
25:16Let's go.
25:17The engine started.
25:19The car pulled away from the cemetery.
25:21Snow kept falling.
25:23Soon, it covered the blood.
25:25Everything he left behind.
25:27As if none of it had ever happened.
25:29Six months later, spring had reached the south.
25:32New bots covered the park outside.
25:34Alpha, we got word from the north.
25:37I didn't look up.
25:38I just kept signing the papers in front of me.
25:40What is it?
25:42Alpha Canaan is dead.
25:44My pain stopped for one second.
25:45A tiny dot of ink bled onto the page.
25:48Then I kept writing.
25:49How did he die?
25:51Froze to death in an alley behind the market.
25:53He lost his ability to shift.
25:55His wolf was gone a month earlier.
25:57What else?
25:59Luca pulled a clear evidence bag from his coat.
26:02He sighted on my desk.
26:03He was holding a photo.
26:05The patrol team had to pry it out of his frozen...
26:07I looked down.
26:08It was an old photo.
26:10The corners were worn soft.
26:11In the picture, I was standing in Docmo Manor's garden.
26:14Sun on my face.
26:16Smiling.
26:16I remembered that day.
26:18The first spring after our mating ceremony.
26:20You smell like home.
26:22I turned the photo over.
26:23There was writing on the back.
26:25Crooked.
26:26Shaky.
26:27Handle the funeral.
26:28Bury him in Ashton Cemetery.
26:30Near your son's grave?
26:31No.
26:33Further away.
26:34Yes, Alpha.
26:36Luca.
26:37Put one white rose there.
26:39Just one.
26:40Yes, Alpha.
26:41He left.
26:41The office went quiet.
26:43Sunlight spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows.
26:46Landing on my left hand.
26:47My ring finger was bare.
26:49The only sound in the room was a scratch of ink across paper.
26:53Far outside, wind moved between the towers with a low moan.
26:57Maybe it was a wolf howl.
27:00Maybe it was the wind.
27:02Maybe it was nothing at all.
27:04I never looked up.
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