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