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Fated To My Ruthless Alpha New
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00:00No. Further away.
00:03Yes, Alpha.
00:05Luca, put one white rose there. Just one.
00:08Yes, Alpha.
00:09He left. The office went quiet.
00:11Sunlight spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows, landing on my left hand.
00:16My ring finger was bare.
00:17The only sound in the room was a scratch of ink across paper.
00:21Far outside, wind moved between the towers, with a low moan.
00:26Maybe it was a wolf howl.
00:28Maybe it was the wind.
00:30Maybe it was nothing at all.
00:32I never looked up.
00:36Six months later, spring had reached the south.
00:39New bots covered the park outside.
00:41Alpha, we got word from the north.
00:44I didn't look up. I just kept signing the papers in front of me.
00:47What is it?
00:49Alpha Kanan is dead.
00:51My pain stopped for one second.
00:52A tiny dot of ink bled onto the page.
00:55Then I kept writing.
00:56How did he die?
00:58Froze to death in an alley behind the market.
01:00He lost his ability to shift.
01:02His wolf was gone a month earlier.
01:04What else?
01:05Luca pulled a clear evidence bag from his coat.
01:08He sighted on my desk.
01:10He was holding a photo.
01:12The patrol team had to pry it out of his frozen...
01:14I looked down.
01:15I looked down. It was an old photo.
01:16The corners were worn soft.
01:18In the picture, I was standing in Docmo Manor's garden.
01:21Sun on my face.
01:22Smiling.
01:23I remembered that day.
01:24The first spring after our mating ceremony.
01:27You smell like home.
01:28I turned the photo over.
01:30There was writing on the back.
01:32Crooked.
01:33Shaky.
01:34Handle the funeral.
01:35Bury him in Ashton Cemetery.
01:37Near your son's grave.
01:38I never turned back.
01:40The blizzard was shut out.
01:41Luca glanced at me through the rearview mirror.
01:44He didn't say a word.
01:45I closed my eyes.
01:46In the dark, I let myself feel it.
01:48For three seconds.
01:49Only three.
01:50Then I opened my eyes.
01:52Let's go.
01:53The engine started.
01:55The car pulled away from the cemetery.
01:57Snow kept falling.
01:59Soon, it covered the blood.
02:01Everything he left behind.
02:03As if none of it had ever happened.
02:05I give you my throat.
02:06You can tear it out.
02:08I won't fight back.
02:09I don't need your life.
02:11Watching you suffer is enough.
02:12Please don't leave me again.
02:14Alessia.
02:15I love you.
02:16I always loved you.
02:18From the first time I caught your scent,
02:20my wolf chose you.
02:22It was always you.
02:23You loved a ghost.
02:24A version of me you thought you could own.
02:27No.
02:28No.
02:30But the real me?
02:31You never knew her.
02:33I had my own pack.
02:35My own power.
02:36My own fangs.
02:42Behind me,
02:43Cala let out one last howl.
02:45Not human.
02:46Weak.
02:47Broken.
02:48Then gone.
02:49Swallowed by the storm.
02:50Treated me like that?
02:52Let me die.
02:54Calan, stop lying to yourself.
02:56You never loved me.
02:57You loved a version of me you thought you could control.
03:00A woman you thought had no pack.
03:01No power in coming for her.
03:03Someone easy to discard.
03:04So why are you here?
03:07To watch me fall apart?
03:10No.
03:11You're not worth that.
03:13I came to see my son.
03:18Our baby.
03:19My son.
03:21You don't have the right.
03:25I think about him every day.
03:27What he would have looked like.
03:29What color his eyes would have been if he'd be scared the first time he shifted.
03:32But he died because of me.
03:35I know.
03:35I pay for it every day.
03:37My wolf mourned him every night until it couldn't mourn anymore.
03:40You think that's enough?
03:42Alexia.
03:43Please.
03:44Forgive me.
03:45I never got you, Calan.
03:47But I never forgave you either.
03:50Please.
03:51I can make it up to you.
03:54With what?
03:55Your life?
03:56He reached for his own throat.
03:58Under wolf law, that was total surrender.
04:00Lower than kneeling.
04:01Worse than death.
04:02He reached for me.
04:03You're alive?
04:04I step back.
04:07Don't touch me.
04:08But I saw your body.
04:10I smelled you.
04:12Your scent was gone.
04:13That body was fake.
04:14I'm Alessia Silverhone.
04:15My father is the Alpha of Silvermoon.
04:17I'm his only heir.
04:19It was you?
04:20The territories?
04:21The businesses?
04:22The ambushes on our patrols?
04:24All of it?
04:25Yes.
04:26Why didn't you tell me who you were?
04:27Because my father would have never approved.
04:29So I hid it.
04:31I married you behind his back.
04:32If I had known who you were,
04:34I never would have-
04:35Never would have what?
04:35North.
04:36Ashen Cemetery.
04:37Snow was coming down hard.
04:39The moon was gone.
04:40Buried behind thick clouds.
04:42I stood in front of a new headstone.
04:45My son's white marble.
04:47Carved into it was a tiny wolf pup
04:49curled in the arms of the moon.
04:51I sat a white rose on the stone.
04:54Mom's here.
04:55Through the wind,
04:56I heard footsteps.
04:57Heavy.
04:58Dragging.
04:59Like an old wolf about to fall.
05:01I turned around.
05:02A figure staggered through the blizzard.
05:04Callan.
05:05His hair was completely white.
05:07His cheeks were hollow.
05:08Those golden alpha eyes that once shook the whole north
05:10were dim now.
05:12Clouded.
05:12Like dying embers.
05:14He barely even smelled like a wolf anymore.
05:16Just a dying man in the snow.
05:18No.
05:19No, that's not possible.
05:21Another hallucination.
05:23The healer said it's all in my head.
05:25My wolf's gone mad.
05:27I said nothing.
05:28He dragged himself closer.
05:30Shock.
05:30Wild joy.
05:31Then fear.
05:32Alexia.
05:33Three years later,
05:34I took my father's seat.
05:35A billion dollar deal signed.
05:37Alessia Silvermane.
05:38Silver moon swept the east coast.
05:40All under my rule.
05:41Alpha.
05:42The report you asked for.
05:43About the north.
05:45It's all in here.
05:46Luca handed me a folder.
05:48Callan of Dark Moon.
05:49Less than six months left.
05:50His wolf was close to going dark.
05:52I closed the folder.
05:53I closed the folder.
05:55Get the car ready.
05:57Now?
05:58The forecast says a blizzard is coming tonight.
06:01Now.
06:04South.
06:06Silver moon peck.
06:07My phone kept buzzing.
06:08On the table.
06:09Just like always.
06:10I didn't answer.
06:11The call died on its own.
06:13Then Callan's broken voice filled the room.
06:16This was my fault.
06:17I killed you.
06:18By now, I felt nothing.
06:21At first, I listened to every message.
06:23His apologies.
06:24His pain.
06:25The way he tore himself apart.
06:27I listened with no expression at all.
06:29Then my dad walked in.
06:30He looked at the phone.
06:32Said nothing.
06:33He just handed me a file.
06:35Dark moon is gone for good.
06:37And Callan's in bad shape.
06:39I took the file.
06:40Flipped through it.
06:41Faster than I expected.
06:44Alessia.
06:45Are you really going to watch him die?
06:47I looked up.
06:48What else would I do?
06:50Dad, do you think I should forgive him?
06:53He deserves to die.
06:55I'm just scared you'll get trapped in this.
06:57I closed the file.
06:58Smiled a little.
07:00Don't worry.
07:01The moment my baby died, I was done.
07:04Now I'm just here to collect.
07:07You've changed.
07:09You used to laugh all the time.
07:10Now even your smile doesn't look real.
07:13People grow up.
07:15Some people need time.
07:16For them, one betrayal and one death are enough.
07:19My dad didn't say anything else.
07:21He just stood there with me a while.
07:23Then he left.
07:24Three months passed.
07:26I looked around my empty office.
07:28The portraits of past alphas were still on the walls.
07:31The moon goddess relics still sat on the desk.
07:33My great-grandfather's ritual blade, too.
07:36Everything else was gone.
07:37Sold.
07:38Most of the money went to debt.
07:39What was left, I gave to the pack members before they left.
07:42A final settlement.
07:43Enough for them to leave Darkmoon behind.
07:45One week later, I moved into a run-down apartment in the southern quarter.
07:50Not because I was broke.
07:52Because I didn't deserve anything better.
07:54I killed my mate.
07:56My wolf howled inside me.
07:57Day and night.
07:58Every night, I called Alessia's number.
08:01Every night, I left another voicemail.
08:05Alexia, I know you can't hear this, but I need to say it.
08:08This was my fault.
08:10I killed you.
08:12I killed our baby.
08:14I drove Regina out.
08:16Serafina was punished, too.
08:17But none of that brings you back.
08:20Brings you back?
08:21I sold everything.
08:22The land, the businesses, all of it.
08:24But I kept one thing.
08:26Enough to buy a burial plot.
08:27Right beside yours.
08:29Maybe I can spend eternity trying to earn your forgiveness.
08:32Every afternoon, I went to the cemetery.
08:35I sat by her headstone for hours.
08:37I'm scared I'm going to forget your voice.
08:40Your smile.
08:42The way you smelled.
08:43Camellias.
08:45Cold night air.
08:46My wolf is dying, Alessia.
08:49It doesn't eat.
08:50It doesn't drink.
08:51It doesn't move.
08:53It just lies there.
08:54Waiting to be with you again.
08:57Truth is...
08:59So am I.
09:00Marcus found out, didn't he?
09:02That's why you sold out his location.
09:04You're the one who got him killed.
09:05Yes!
09:05Marcus found out about me and Roberto.
09:07He said he'd expose me.
09:09I couldn't let that happen.
09:13Now you know the truth.
09:15Now you know who you helped kill Alessia for.
09:19I know I was wrong.
09:21But I thought I was protecting the pack.
09:23I thought I was protecting Marcus' bloodline.
09:25For what?
09:26For an enemy's pup?
09:28You locked Alessia in that underground cell.
09:30You let her bleed out to protect our enemy's child.
09:33Lock her in that same stone cell.
09:35No food.
09:36No water.
09:37Let her feel what Alessia felt.
09:38Let her wait for death the way Alessia did.
09:42When it was over, I walked to the moon trine.
09:45I dropped to my knees beside the casket.
09:47I found the truth, Alessia.
09:49But it doesn't change what I did to you.
09:53I'm sorry.
09:54I'm so damn sorry.
09:58Now it all made sense.
10:00Regina betrayed Marcus, got pregnant by the enemy, then framed Alessia to cover it up.
10:04And I...
10:06I believed every lie she told me.
10:09Tony!
10:10Get every elder to the council chamber!
10:12Now!
10:12One hour later, the chamber was full.
10:15Regina walked in, holding the pup.
10:18Smiling.
10:18She thought this was another celebration for her.
10:21Then she saw my face.
10:22The smile vanished.
10:23I turned on the screen.
10:25First image.
10:26Regina in a motel room.
10:28Kissing a man.
10:29Regina shot to her feet.
10:30Her face went white.
10:31Callan!
10:33They're fake!
10:34That baby is Marcus's and mine!
10:36Someone's framing me!
10:38Then I pulled up the second image.
10:39The bloodline report filled the screen.
10:42Match probability.
10:43That child is not of Dark Moon blood.
10:45His father is Roberto Santini.
10:47Second in command of the Santini pack.
10:50Our sworn enemy.
10:51You betrayed my dead brother.
10:53You slept with the enemy.
10:54Got pregnant with his bastard, then tried to pass him off as Dark Moon's heir.
10:57Three days later, the two encrypted phones on my desk wouldn't stop ringing.
11:01Another territory lost.
11:03Alpha.
11:04We haven't tracked down the mastermind yet.
11:06But we found something else.
11:08Those birth herbs.
11:10It was Regina who stole them.
11:12He slid a photo across my desk.
11:14It was Regina.
11:16Clutching a small glass vial.
11:17My hands started to shake.
11:19And there's this.
11:20You need to brace yourself, Alpha.
11:22He handed me a sealed bloodline test report.
11:24I ripped it open.
11:26My eyes scanned the bottom line.
11:27The air.
11:28He wasn't Marcus's.
11:30Then whose child is it?
11:31Roberto Santini.
11:32The beta of the Santini pack.
11:36Our deadliest rival.
11:37Heavy footsteps pounded down the hall.
11:40Tony burst into the room.
11:41Alpha, it's a disaster.
11:43Our border patrols were completely wiped up.
11:46The Silver Moon pack hit our eastern and southern territories.
11:48Every single guard is dead.
11:50I froze.
11:51Our iron and medical supply lines are cut.
11:53Three allied packs broke their treaties on the spot.
11:55Even the pack council froze our credit line.
11:57And worse, Silver Moon has moved against us.
12:01No pack will stand with us now.
12:03The bad news just kept coming.
12:05Generations built Dark Moon.
12:06Now it was falling apart.
12:07Who was doing this?
12:09How did they know exactly where to hit us?
12:11Tony, find out who is pulling the strings.
12:14I want a name.
12:16Why didn't anyone tell me?
12:17Why didn't anyone tell me she was bleeding out?
12:22Alpha, I tried everything.
12:24But Miss Serafina said she was faking.
12:27She wouldn't let me treat her.
12:31Callan, I thought it was an act.
12:32She was just putting on a show again.
12:38You hit me?
12:40So you locked her in a holding cell?
12:43Like a rogue?
12:44Like she was nothing?
12:46I just told her to wait.
12:48She is your mate!
12:49Two lives, Serafina!
12:51I told you to watch over her and this is what you do!
12:55I did it for the pack!
12:57For the air!
12:59The air!
13:00Deep inside the Moonshwein,
13:02I carried her casket to myself.
13:04Placed it right before the Moon Goddess statue.
13:07I knelt by the wood,
13:08staring down at D'Alessia's face.
13:12Callan, you haven't eaten in a week.
13:15Alexia is gone.
13:16Why are you doing this to yourself?
13:17Do you know how terrified she must have been?
13:19Lying alone in that freezing cell.
13:21Waiting to die.
13:22It was to make sure the air was born safely.
13:24You made the right choice as an alpha.
13:25So you think your pup's life was worth more than hers?
13:28Of course!
13:28This is Marcus's child, the only legitimate heir to Dark Moon.
13:32Callan, stop obsessing over a dead woman.
13:34I gave this pack its heir.
13:36I'm the one Dark Moon needs.
13:37Get out.
13:38Take your pup and get out of my sight.
13:43I slumped down against the casket and buried my face in my hands.
13:47Through the hidden camera feed, I watched his shoulders shake.
13:50What an absolute joke.
13:52He threw me away like garbage when I was alive.
13:55Now he wants to play the grieving mate.
14:01To Alpha, Callan and Regina, we have an heir!
14:08I stood in the center of the great hall, holding a newborn pup in my arms.
14:12Just hours old, but already Dark Moon's greatest hope.
14:17Alpha, Oris needs to see you.
14:18It's about Alessia.
14:19It's an emergency.
14:20The sheer terror in his eyes sent a chill down my spine.
14:23A sick feeling twisted in my gut.
14:25I grabbed Serafina and dragged her with me.
14:28The path to the infirmary was dead quiet.
14:31A thick trail of blood led down to the holding cells.
14:34My heart skipped a beat.
14:36Why the underground cells?
14:39Alpha, Callan.
14:41I am so sorry.
14:43Massive hemorrhage.
14:44Hyperbluemic shock.
14:46We lost them both.
14:47Drained of all blood.
14:48Eyes shut.
14:49Chest perfectly still.
14:51It was my Alessia.
14:52My mate.
14:54I don't know how much time passed, but finally, my eyes flattered open.
14:59I stared up at a strange ceiling.
15:01The sharp smell of bleach filled the air.
15:04Alessia!
15:09Where is my baby?
15:10The entire room went dead silent.
15:12A few seconds later, a man turned around, standing at the foot of my bed.
15:18It was my father.
15:19Deep lines of grief etched into his face.
15:23Dad.
15:27Alexia.
15:29He's gone, isn't he?
15:31The blood loss.
15:34The pup was deprived of oxygen for too long.
15:37Our healers tried everything.
15:44Where is Callan?
15:46He's with Regina.
15:48She had a boy.
15:50They've already forgotten you.
15:52A bitter, hollow laugh escaped my lips.
15:54The sound even scared me.
15:56Dad, I need a favor.
15:59I want a corpse that looks like me.
16:02I want Dark Moon to believe I died that night.
16:05We can do it.
16:06A substituted body.
16:08Sent masking.
16:09By the time they see her, even a mate won't smell past death.
16:12Wolf laid and your blood.
16:14One minute later, the trauma team rushed in.
16:18They loaded me onto a mobile gurney.
16:20Pushed me into a concealed medical transport.
16:23Inside was a full surgical unit.
16:25Monitors.
16:26Ventilators.
16:27High-end equipment.
16:28Blood pressure dropping.
16:29She's in hemorrhagic shock.
16:31Fetal distress.
16:32We need an emergency C-section right now.
16:35But her vitals are crashing.
16:36The surgery is too risky.
16:38Luka jumping into the transport.
16:40Do it.
16:41I take full responsibility.
16:43I grabbed his wrist with my last hands of strength.
16:46Save my baby.
16:47Please.
16:48Save him first.
16:50Don't speak, miss.
16:52Save your strength.
16:53Your father is on his way.
16:55You just have to hold on.
16:56You and the pup are going to make it.
16:59Cardiac arrest.
17:00Paddle.
17:01Now.
17:01The fetal trace is crashing.
17:03We're losing the pup's heartbeat.
17:04No.
17:04Keep trying.
17:05Keep trying.
17:06It's too late.
17:07The pup.
17:08There's no heartbeat.
17:10The baby is gone.
17:11And then, everything went black.
17:13Darkness.
17:14The steel door was kicked right off its hinges.
17:16A squad of pack warriors stormed in.
17:19Clad in peach black combat gear.
17:21Leading them was Luka.
17:22Massive.
17:23Deadly.
17:23My father's war commander from Silvermoon.
17:25The largest pack in the south.
17:27Goddess.
17:28I am so sorry we're late.
17:30Luka.
17:30Don't speak.
17:32Save your strength.
17:33He spun back to his men.
17:34Marco.
17:35Get the trauma team up here.
17:37Now.
17:38Giuseppe.
17:39Lock down every exit in this building.
17:41Leia tried to make a run for it.
17:42A guide numbed her heart against the floor.
17:44Let me go.
17:44This is dark moon territory.
17:47You can't just barge in here.
17:48Luka slowly rose to his full height.
17:50His pupils were wide.
17:52Shifting into pure, predatory gold.
17:54He stared down at her.
17:56Dark moon territory?
17:58By tomorrow morning, there won't be a dark moon pack.
18:04I was fading fast.
18:05Serafina stood over me, still running her mouth.
18:08He marked you for the baby.
18:10Nothing more.
18:11That doesn't make you lunar.
18:12I didn't answer.
18:13I just dug my thumb into the spot he'd show me.
18:16Pushing as hard as I could, praying for America.
18:19The drugs had completely worn off.
18:21The pup was coming.
18:22A scream ripped from my throat.
18:24Serafina stepped back in disgust.
18:26God, you're annoying.
18:29Leia!
18:30Get in here and deal with her!
18:34The pup is crowning!
18:36Then get it out.
18:37But I'm not a healer.
18:40She's hemorrhaging.
18:42We have nothing.
18:44They're both going to die.
18:46Then that's her fate.
18:48I'm going to watch the true heir be born.
18:52Keep an eye on her.
18:53Don't let her bleed out too fast.
18:56That child still carries alpha blood.
18:59The door slammed shut, leaving me alone with a terrified girl.
19:02Another contraction tore through me, but I couldn't push.
19:05I had lost way too much blood.
19:07My body was shutting down.
19:08The baby was stuck.
19:10The clock kept ticking.
19:11Every single second was pure agony.
19:14And then, a deafening crash.
19:17But he masked it instantly.
19:19What's wrong with her?
19:20She's faking.
19:21She bled a little.
19:23Orist is just being dramatic.
19:25Callum?
19:26Is that Alexia?
19:27Is he blaming me again?
19:29Seraphina, keep her locked down.
19:31I'm not leaving this floor.
19:33Hear that?
19:34You and your bastard pup mean nothing.
19:37Regina comes first.
19:39You thought marrying the alpha made you untouchable?
19:42Consider this a reality check.
19:44I closed my eyes.
19:46I tuned her out completely.
19:47My shaking fingers reached for my neck, for the crescent distress pendant at my throat.
19:52My dad gave it to me on my wedding day.
19:55Before I left my home pack, he had ruled they're too long and too fiercely for anyone to refuse his
20:01call.
20:02If you are ever trapped, if you are ever dying, crush it.
20:05My phone found the hidden latch on the back.
20:08Seraphina was still pacing, still running her mouth.
20:11Some nobody from a weak pack?
20:13You married into this pack for power.
20:16I almost laughed.
20:17Kellen had assumed my home pack was weak, because I had never bothered to correct him.
20:21I squeezed the pendant.
20:23I pressed the latch with everything I had left.
20:25No sound.
20:26No flashing light.
20:27But I knew the signal went out.
20:29My dad promised help would come in 30 minutes.
20:32I clutched my belly.
20:3330 minutes.
20:34Could my baby survive 30 minutes?
20:37Orist sprinted to the pharmacy wing.
20:39Two minutes later, he ran back, empty-handed.
20:42They gutted the pharmacy.
20:43No supplies.
20:45No blood.
20:46The guards took everything to Regina's private birthing suite, Alpha's orders.
20:50This is murder!
20:51She's going to die!
20:52The pup is going to die!
20:54The pack comes first.
20:55If she dies, she dies.
20:57Oris collapsed in front of me, right in the puddle of my blood.
21:00Alexia, I'm so sorry.
21:03I have no tools, no supplies.
21:05I can't do anything.
21:07I am so sick of this.
21:09Guards!
21:09Get him out of here!
21:10Two massive enforcers grabbed or rest.
21:13Alexia!
21:13The pup is crowning!
21:15Remember where to press?
21:16Press it now!
21:17Bring on the contraction!
21:18They hauled him into the hall!
21:20Push on the next one!
21:22Don't give up!
21:22Save the pup!
21:24The door slammed shut.
21:26Serafina pulled out her phone.
21:27She started a video call.
21:29Callan?
21:30You need to see your mate's latest performance.
21:32She flipped the camera toward me.
21:34I saw Callan on the screen, standing outside Regina's wedding suite.
21:37When he saw the blood pooled around me, he froze.
21:40Real shock flashed in his eyes.
21:44I lost track of time in that cell.
21:46The blood kept pooling, soaking my gown, just as my vision faded.
21:50Goddess!
21:51It was Orist, the pack's chief healer, my only real friend here.
21:55He dropped to his knees in the blood.
21:57Alexia?
21:58Why are you down here?
22:00The alpha said you were in the private birthing suite.
22:02Serafina.
22:03Save your breath.
22:04He chucked me, his face draining of color.
22:06Your water broke.
22:07You're fully dilated.
22:08Your pup is coming right now.
22:09He tried to mind-link the others, but the wolf-spin walls blocked the signal.
22:14He scooped me into his arms.
22:15We burst out of the cell.
22:16Two guards stepped in our way.
22:18Stop.
22:18Miss Serafina said, said what?
22:20To let a pregnant woman bleed to death?
22:23Get out of my way!
22:24The guards flinched and stepped back.
22:26Oris cured me up the stone stairs, leaving a thick trail of blood.
22:29We hit the third floor, the main birthing chamber.
22:33The doors were wide open.
22:34It was completely empty.
22:36No birthing bed.
22:37No monitors.
22:38No supplies.
22:40Nothing.
22:40Just spare walls.
22:42This is impossible.
22:43Where is the equipment?
22:44Footsteps.
22:45Click down the hole.
22:46Serafina.
22:47Oh, the equipment?
22:48We moved everything to Regina's private birthing suite to protect Darkmoon's rightful ear.
22:54Just as a precaution.
22:55Are you insane?
22:56The Luna's baby is crowning!
22:58She needs a bed right now!
23:00Drop the act, Alessia.
23:02Callan already told me the delay drug is harmless.
23:04You're just throwing a tantrum, trying to pull focus from the true pren.
23:09I stared at her perfectly powdered face.
23:12Six months ago, I spent three nights making her a moonstone pack necklace.
23:16She had hugged my arm so long we were sisters for life.
23:19What an absolute joke.
23:22The drug lasts three more hours.
23:25Sit tight.
23:26Once Regina delivers, you can push all you want.
23:30She turned to the guards.
23:32Watch her.
23:34She screams, gagger.
23:36The steel door slammed shut.
23:37One flickering bob.
23:39Blood soaked my gown.
23:40Wolf's pain in the wars.
23:42No my link.
23:43No way out.
23:44Callan took my phone this morning.
23:46Said he wanted me to focus on the birth.
23:48It was a trap.
23:50Seven months ago, Marcus, the former alpha, died in an ambush.
23:55At his funeral, Regina threw up.
23:57She was pregnant.
23:58Her unborn pup became the pack's obsession.
24:01I told the elders not to worry.
24:04Callan and I would still give dark moon and air.
24:06They just stared at my belly.
24:08Silent.
24:09Now I understood.
24:11My pup never mattered from the start.
24:13The drugs were wearing off.
24:15The contractions hit harder.
24:16I crawled to the door, leaving a trail of blood.
24:20I pounded on the steel.
24:22Please!
24:23My pup is dying!
24:26A guard laughed.
24:27Save your breath.
24:29Regina's close to delivering.
24:31You'll get out when she's done.
24:33But my baby!
24:35You deserve it.
24:37After what you did to her.
24:39I collapsed.
24:39Then I heard Serafina in the hall.
24:43On the call.
24:43Callan?
24:44How is she doing?
24:45Regina's contraction started.
24:47She's fine.
24:48Is Alexia under control?
24:50Under control?
24:51She's screaming.
24:53What an actress.
24:54Don't tell me you feel bad.
24:57She stole birth herbs.
24:58Stole herbs?
24:59I never did that.
25:01I haven't forgotten.
25:02She nearly killed Marcus' pup on those stairs.
25:05I will never let her ruin that bloodline.
25:08The healer swore the injection was safe.
25:10Let her suffer.
25:12Maybe she'll learn.
25:13I'll send the healer down when Regina is stable.
25:16The call ended.
25:17My maid chose her.
25:20When I opened my eyes, I was on stone.
25:23The holding cells beneath the pack infirmary.
25:26Dark Moon's punishment cells.
25:27His sister, Serafina, stood at the door.
25:31A silver dagger in her hand.
25:33Don't blame Callan.
25:36Regina's pup is the only blood my dead brother left behind.
25:39He's the rightful heir to Dark Moon.
25:41I never wanted to fight her for it.
25:43Save the act.
25:44You pushed a pregnant widow down the stairs.
25:46You tried to kill her so your bastard could claim the alpha title.
25:49I didn't!
25:50Another conjecture ripped through me.
25:52I stopped breathing.
25:53Serafina squatted down.
25:55Tapped my cheek with her blade.
25:57Pack law is clear.
25:58The first recognized heir inherits the alpha title.
26:01When an alpha dies without a born heir, his unborn bloodline comes first.
26:05Marcus is dead, but his pup lives.
26:07And Callan is only a regent.
26:09So you and your bastard pup?
26:10You were finished the second Regina conceived.
26:13I clutched my belly.
26:14My vision blurred.
26:15Please, get the healer.
26:18My pup is coming.
26:20I lay on the busting bed.
26:21Pain toiled through me in waves.
26:23My vision went black.
26:24But my maids was right there.
26:26Callan, alpha of the Dark Moon pack.
26:29He gripped my hand.
26:30Just hold on.
26:31We're going to see our baby.
26:33Sweat soaked my skin.
26:35I forced a smile.
26:36The pack healer walked in, holding a syringe.
26:39I thought it was a painkiller.
26:40But Callan let go.
26:42He stepped back.
26:43The needle pierced my skin.
26:45Cold liquid hit my veins.
26:47Check the dois.
26:48Hold it off until tomorrow.
26:50I promised Regina.
26:52Her child comes first.
26:54I stared at him.
26:55He didn't look at me.
26:56He just watched the clock.
26:58Tears fell.
26:58I tried to scream.
27:00I tried to fight.
27:01But the drugs hit.
27:03My contractions stopped cold.
27:04Then everything stopped.
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