Ashes of the Dark Moon is a dark and captivating DramaSeries that blends LoveStory, RomanticDrama, and supernatural fantasy. Under the shadow of a blood moon, a powerful woman rises from betrayal, secrets, and ashes—caught between forbidden love and a destiny she cannot escape.
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As werewolves, hidden powers, and dangerous truths unfold, her path becomes one of revenge, passion, and transformation. Torn between love and darkness, she must decide who she truly is. This short drama delivers a thrilling mix of dark fantasy romance, emotional tension, and dramatic twists. Perfect for fans of short drama, short movie, reels short, and modern drama full episode content. A must-watch full episode where love burns in the ashes of fate.
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00:00I lay on the busting bed, pain toiled through me in waves.
00:03My vision went black, but my mate was right there.
00:07Callan, alpha, of the Dark Moon pack.
00:09He gripped my hand.
00:11Just hold on, we're going to see our baby.
00:13Sweat soaked my skin, I forced a smile.
00:16The painkiller walked in, holding a syringe.
00:19I thought it was a painkiller, but Callan let go.
00:22He stepped back, the needle pierced my skin.
00:25Cold liquid hit my veins.
00:27Check the dois.
00:28Hold it off until tomorrow.
00:30I promised Regina.
00:32Her child comes first.
00:34I stared at him.
00:35He didn't look at me.
00:36He just watched the clock.
00:38Tears fell.
00:39I tried to scream.
00:40I tried to fight.
00:41But the drugs hit.
00:43My contractions stopped cold.
00:44Then everything stopped.
00:46When I opened my eyes, I was on stone.
00:49The holding cells beneath the pack infirmary.
00:52Dark Moon's punishment cells.
00:54His sister, Serafina, stood at the door.
00:57A silver dagger in her hand.
01:00Don't blame Callan.
01:02Regina's pup is the only blood my dead brother left behind.
01:05He's the rightful heir to Dark Moon.
01:07I never wanted to fight her for it.
01:09Save the act.
01:10You pushed a pregnant widow down the stairs.
01:12You tried to kill her so your bastard could claim the alpha title.
01:15I didn't!
01:16Another conjection ripped through me.
01:18I stopped breathing.
01:20Serafina squatted down.
01:21Tapped my cheek with her blade.
01:23Pack law is clear.
01:24The first recognized heir inherits the alpha title.
01:27When an alpha dies without a born heir, his unborn bloodline comes first.
01:31Marcus is dead, but his pup lives.
01:33And Callan is only a regent.
01:35So you and your bastard pup?
01:37You were finished the second Regina conceived.
01:39I clutched my belly.
01:41My vision blurred.
01:42Please, get the healer.
01:44My pup is coming.
01:46The drug lasts three more hours.
01:49Sit tight.
01:50Once Regina delivers, you can push all you want.
01:54She turned to the guards.
01:56Watch her.
01:57She screams, gagger.
02:00The steel door slammed shut.
02:01One flickering bob.
02:02Blood soaked my gown.
02:04Wolf's bang in the wars.
02:06No my link.
02:07No way out.
02:08Callan took my phone this morning.
02:10Said he wanted me to focus on the birth.
02:12It was a trap.
02:13Seven months ago, Marcus, the former alpha, died in an ambush.
02:19At his funeral, Regina threw up.
02:21She was pregnant.
02:22Her unborn pup became the pack's obsession.
02:25I told the elders not to worry.
02:28Callan and I would still give dark moon and air.
02:30They just stared at my belly.
02:32Silent.
02:33Now I understood.
02:35My pup never mattered from the start.
02:37The drugs were wearing off.
02:39The contractions hit harder.
02:40I crawled to the door, leaving a trail of blood.
02:44I pounded on the steel.
02:46Please!
02:47My pup is dying!
02:49A guard laughed.
02:51Save your breath.
02:53Regina's close to delivering.
02:55You'll get out when she's done.
02:57But my baby!
02:59You deserve it.
03:01After what you did to her.
03:02I collapsed.
03:03Then I heard Serafina in the hall.
03:06On the call.
03:07Callan?
03:08How is she doing?
03:09Regina's contraction started.
03:11She's fine.
03:12Is Alexia under control?
03:14Under control?
03:15She's screaming.
03:17What an actress.
03:18Don't tell me you feel bad.
03:20She stole birth herbs.
03:22Stole herbs?
03:23I never did that.
03:25I haven't forgotten.
03:26She nearly killed Marcus' pup on those stairs.
03:29I will never let her ruin that bloodline.
03:31The healer swore the injection was safe.
03:34Let her suffer.
03:35Maybe she'll learn.
03:37I'll send the healer down when Regina is stable.
03:40The call ended.
03:41My mate chose her.
03:44I lost track of time in that cell.
03:46The blood kept pooling.
03:48Soaking my gown.
03:49Just as my vision faded.
03:50Goddess!
03:51It was Orist.
03:52The pack's chief healer.
03:53My only real friend here.
03:55He dropped to his knees in the blood.
03:57Alexia?
03:58Why are you down here?
04:00The alpha said you were in the private birthing suite.
04:02Serafina.
04:03Save your breath.
04:04He chucked me.
04:05His face draining of color.
04:06Your water broke.
04:07You're fully dilated.
04:08Your pup is coming right now.
04:09He tried to mind-link the others.
04:11But the wolf's being walls blocked the signal.
04:14He scooped me into his arms.
04:15We burst out of the cell.
04:17Two guards stepped in our way.
04:18Stop!
04:19Miss Serafina said...
04:20Said what?
04:20To let a pregnant woman bleed to death?
04:23Get out of my way!
04:24The guards flinched and stepped back.
04:26Orist cured me up the stone stairs.
04:28Leaving a thick trail of blood.
04:29We hit the third floor.
04:31The main birthing chamber.
04:33The doors were wide open.
04:34It was completely empty.
04:36No birthing bed.
04:37No monitors.
04:38No supplies.
04:40Nothing.
04:40Just bare walls.
04:42This is impossible.
04:43Where is the equipment?
04:44Footsteps clicked down the hole.
04:46Serafina.
04:47Oh, the equipment?
04:48We moved everything to Regina's private birthing suite.
04:51To protect Darkmoon's rightful ear.
04:54Just as a precaution.
04:55Are you insane?
04:56The Luna's baby is crowning!
04:58She needs a bed right now!
05:00Drop the act, Alessia.
05:02Callan already told me the delay drug is harmless.
05:05You're just throwing a tantrum.
05:07Trying to pull focus from the true pren.
05:09I stared at her perfectly powdered face.
05:12Six months ago, I spent three nights making her a moonstone pack necklace.
05:16She had hugged my arm, swung we were sisters for life.
05:19What an absolute joke.
05:22Aurest sprinted to the pharmacy wing.
05:25Two minutes later, she ran back, empty-handed.
05:28They gutted the pharmacy.
05:29No supplies.
05:31No blood.
05:32The guards took everything to Regina's private birthing suite.
05:35Alpha's orders.
05:35This is murder!
05:36She's going to die!
05:38The pup is going to die!
05:39The pack comes first.
05:41If she dies, she dies.
05:42Aurest collapsed in front of me, right in the puddle of my blood.
05:46Alexia, I'm so sorry.
05:48I have no tools, no supplies.
05:51I can't do anything.
05:52I am so sick of this.
05:54Guard!
05:55Get him out of here!
05:56Two massive enforcers grabbed Aurest.
05:58Aurest!
05:59The pup is crowning!
06:00Remember where to press?
06:02Press it now!
06:03Bring on the contraction!
06:04They hauled him into the hall!
06:06Push on the next one!
06:07Don't give up!
06:08Save the pup!
06:09The door slammed shut.
06:11Serafina pulled out her phone.
06:13She started a video call.
06:14Carolyn?
06:15You need to see your maid's latest performance.
06:18She flipped the camera toward me.
06:20I saw Callum on the screen, standing outside Regina's breathing suite.
06:23When he saw the blood pooled around me, he froze.
06:25Real shot with flesh in his eyes.
06:29But he masked it instantly.
06:31What's wrong with her?
06:32She's faking.
06:34She bled a little.
06:35Aurest is just being dramatic.
06:37Callum?
06:38Is that Alexia?
06:40Is he blaming me again?
06:41Serafina, keep her locked down.
06:43I'm not leaving this floor.
06:46Hear that?
06:47You and your bastard pup mean nothing.
06:49Regina comes first.
06:51You thought marrying the Alpha made you untouchable?
06:54Consider this a reality check.
06:56I closed my eyes.
06:58I tuned her out completely.
07:00My shaking fingers reached for my neck, for the crescent distress pendant at my throat.
07:05My dad gave it to me on my wedding day.
07:07Before I left my home pack, he had ruled there too long and too fiercely for anyone to refuse his
07:13call.
07:13If you are ever trapped, if you are ever dying, crush it.
07:18My phone found the hidden latch on the back.
07:20Serafina was still pacing, still running her mouth.
07:24Some nobody from a weak pack?
07:26You married into this pack for power.
07:28I almost laughed.
07:29Kellen had assumed my home pack was weak, because I had never bothered to correct him.
07:33I squeezed the pendant.
07:35I pressed the latch with everything I had left.
07:37No sound, no flashing light.
07:39But I knew, the signal went out.
07:41My dad promised help would come in 30 minutes.
07:44I clutched my belly.
07:4530 minutes.
07:46Could my baby survive 30 minutes?
07:49I was fading fast.
07:50Serafina stood over me, still running her mouth.
07:53He marked you for the baby.
07:55Nothing more.
07:56That doesn't make you lunar.
07:57I didn't answer.
07:59I just dug my thumb into the spot he'd show me.
08:01Pushing as hard as I could, praying for America.
08:04The drugs had completely worn off.
08:06The pup was coming.
08:07A scream ripped from my throat.
08:09Serafina stepped back in disgust.
08:12God, you're annoying.
08:14Leah!
08:15Get in here and deal with her!
08:19The pup is crowning!
08:21Then get it out.
08:22But I'm not a healer.
08:25She's hemorrhaging.
08:27We have nothing.
08:29They're both going to die.
08:31Then that's her fate.
08:33I'm going to watch the true heir be born.
08:37Keep an eye on her.
08:39Don't let her bleed out too fast.
08:41That child still carries alpha blood.
08:43The door slammed shut, leaving me alone with a terrified girl.
08:47Another contraction tore through me, but I couldn't push.
08:50I had lost way too much blood.
08:52My body was shutting down.
08:54The baby was stuck.
08:55The clock kept ticking.
08:56Every single second was pure agony.
08:59And then, a deafening crash.
09:02The steel door was kicked right off its hinges.
09:05A squad of pack warriors stormed in, clad in peach black combat gear.
09:09Leading them was Luca.
09:11Massive.
09:11Deadly.
09:12My father's war commander from Silvermoon.
09:14The largest pack in the south.
09:16Goddess.
09:17I am so sorry we're late.
09:19Luca.
09:20Don't speak.
09:21Save your strength.
09:22He spun back to his men.
09:23Marco!
09:24Get the trauma team up here.
09:26Now!
09:26Giuseppe!
09:27Lock down every exit in this building!
09:29Leia tried to make a run for it.
09:31A guard slammed her heart against the floor.
09:33Let me go!
09:34This is dark moon territory!
09:35You can't just barge in here!
09:37Luca slowly rose to his full height.
09:39His pupils were wide, shifting into pure, predatory gold.
09:43He stared down at her.
09:44Dark moon territory?
09:47By tomorrow morning, there won't be a dark moon pack.
09:53One minute later, the trauma team rushed in.
09:56They loaded me onto a mobile gurney.
09:58Pushed me into a concealed medical transport.
10:01Inside was a full surgical unit.
10:03Monitors.
10:04Ventilators.
10:05High-end equipment.
10:06Blood pressure dropping!
10:07She's in hemorrhagic shock.
10:09Fetal distress.
10:10We need an emergency C-section right now!
10:12But her vitals are crashing!
10:14The surgery is too risky!
10:16Luca jumping into the transport.
10:18Do it!
10:19I take full responsibility!
10:21I grabbed his wrist with my last ounce of strength.
10:24Save my baby.
10:26Please, save him first.
10:28Don't speak, miss.
10:30Save your strength.
10:31Your father is on his way.
10:33You just have to hold on.
10:34You and the pup are going to make it.
10:37Cardiac arrest!
10:38Paddles!
10:39Now!
10:39The fetal trace is crashing!
10:41We're losing the pup's heartbeat!
10:42No!
10:42Keep trying!
10:43Keep trying!
10:44It's too late.
10:45The pup.
10:46There's no heartbeat.
10:47The baby is gone.
10:49And then, everything went black.
10:51Darkness.
10:52I don't know how much time passed, but finally, my eyes flattered open.
10:57I stared up at a strange ceiling.
10:59The sharp smell of bleach filled the air.
11:01Alicia!
11:06Where is my baby?
11:08The entire room went dead silent.
11:10A few seconds later, a man turned around, standing at the foot of my bed.
11:15It was my father.
11:17Deep lines of grief etched into his face.
11:20Dad.
11:24Alexia.
11:27He's gone, isn't he?
11:29The blood loss?
11:31The pup was deprived of oxygen for too long.
11:35Our 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.
11:59I want Dark Moon to believe I died that night.
12:02We can do it.
12:03A substituted body.
12:05Scent masking.
12:06By the time they see her, even a mate won't smell past death.
12:09Wolf laid 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.
12:58We 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.
13:18She 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?
13:37I just told her to wait and-
13:38She is your mate!
13:40Two lives, Serafina!
13:42I 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,
13:53I carried her casket to myself.
13:55Placed it right before the moon goddess statue.
13:57I knelt by the wood.
13:59Staring 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?
14:10Lying alone in that freezing cell.
14:12Waiting 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' child.
14:21The only legitimate heir to Dark Moon.
14:23Callan, stop obsessing over a dead woman.
14:25I gave this pack its air.
14:27I'm the one Dark Moon needs.
14:28Get out.
14:29Take your pup and get out of my sight.
14:34I slumped down against the casket
14:35and buried my face in my hands.
14:37Through the hidden camera feed,
14:39I 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.
14:57Our border patrols were completely wiped up.
15:00The Silver Moon pack hit our eastern and southern territories.
15:02Every single guard is dead.
15:04I froze.
15:04Our iron and medical supply lines are cut.
15:07Three 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.
15:17The 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,
15:26find out who is pulling the strings.
15:28I want a name.
15:30Three days later,
15:31the two encrypted phones on my desk wouldn't stop ringing.
15:34Another territory lost.
15:35Alpha,
15:37we haven't tracked down the mastermind yet.
15:39But 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.
15:55He handed me a sealed bloodline test report.
15:57I ripped it open.
15:58My eyes scanned the bottom line.
16:00The heir.
16:01He wasn't Marcus's.
16:02Then whose child is it?
16:04Roberto Santini.
16:05The beta of the Santini pack.
16:09Our 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.
16:21Tony.
16:22Get every elder to the council chamber.
16:24Now.
16:24One hour later,
16:26the chamber was full.
16:27Regina walked in,
16:28holding 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.
16:38Regina in a motel room.
16:39Kissing a man.
16:41Regina 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.
16:57His father is Roberto Santini.
16:59Second in command of the Santini pack.
17:02Our 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!
17:14Marcus 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?
17:36You 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.
17:53I dropped to my knees beside the casket.
17:55I 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.
18:13The moon goddess relics still sat on the desk.
18:15My great-grandfather's ritual blade, too.
18:18Everything else was gone.
18:19Sold.
18:20Most of the money went to debt.
18:21What was left, I gave to the pack members before they left.
18:24A final settlement.
18:25Enough for them to leave Darkmoon behind.
18:27One 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.
18:47Alexia, I 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.
19:02Brings you back?
19:03I sold everything.
19:04The land, the businesses, all 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.
19:13Every afternoon, I went to the cemetery.
19:17I sat by her headstone for hours.
19:20I'm scared I'm going to forget your voice.
19:22Your smile.
19:24The way you smelled.
19:25Camellias.
19:27Cold night air.
19:28My wolf is dying, Alessia.
19:31It 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.
19:43Sells.
19:44Sever moon peck.
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.
20:04The way he tore himself apart.
20:05I listened with no expression at all.
20:08Then 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.
20:18I took the file.
20:19Flipped through it.
20:20Faster than I expected.
20:23Alessia, are you really going to 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.
20:56For 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.
21:09Silver moon 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.
21:18Callan of Dark Moon.
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.
21:41I stood in front of a new headstone.
21:43My son's white marble.
21:45Carved into it was a tiny wolf pup.
21:48Curled in the arms of the moon.
21:49I sat a white rose on the stone.
21:52Mom's here.
21:53Through the wind.
21:54I heard footsteps.
21:56Heavy.
21:57Dragging.
21:57Like an old wolf.
21:58About to fall.
22:00I turned around.
22:01A figure staggered through the blizzard.
22:03Callan.
22:04His hair was completely white.
22:05His cheeks were hollow.
22:07Those golden alpha eyes that once shook the whole North.
22:09Were dim now.
22:10Clouded.
22:11Like dying embers.
22:12He barely even smelled 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.
22:32He reached for me.
22:33You're alive?
22:33I stepped back.
22:37Don'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.
22:56Why 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.
23:33Our baby.
23:34My son.
23:36You don't have the right.
23:40I think about him every day.
23:42What 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?
24:10Your life?
24:10He reached for his own throat.
24:12Under wolf law, that 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.
24:26Alessia.
24:27I love you.
24:28I always loved you.
24:30From 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, Kala 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.
25:14Only three.
25:15Then 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.
25:33New bots covered the park outside.
25:35Alpha, 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 Kanan is dead.
25:44My pain stopped for one second.
25:45A tiny dot of ink bled onto the page.
25:48Then I kept writing.
25:50How 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.
25:58What 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 face.
26:08I looked down.
26:09It was an old photo.
26:10The corners were worn soft.
26:11In the picture, I was standing in Docmo Manor's garden.
26:15Sun 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?
26:32No.
26:33Further away.
26:34Yes, Alpha.
26:36Luca.
26:37Put one white rose there.
26:39Just one.
26:40Yes, Alpha.
26:41He left.
26:42The 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.
26:58Maybe it was a wolf howl.
27:00Maybe it was the wind.
27:02Maybe it was nothing at all.
27:04I never looked up.
27:06I never looked up.
27:06I never looked up.
27:06I never looked up.
27:06No better even on my right hand.
27:07I almost did no diabüz.
27:08I never looked up.
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