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Ashes Of The Dark Moon
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00:00I lay on the busting bed, pain tore through me in waves.
00:03My vision went black, but my mate was right there.
00:06Callan, alpha, of the Dark Moon pack.
00:09He gripped my hand.
00:10Just 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.
00:26Check 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.
00:59Don'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, gag her.
01:59The 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.
03:04Then I heard Serafina in the hall.
03:06On a 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.
03:47Soaking 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?
03:59The 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.
04:16Two guards stepped in our way.
04:18Stop!
04:18Miss 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.
04:26Oris carried me up the stone stairs.
04:28Leaving a fake 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 on 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 so while we were sisters for life.
05:19What an absolute joke.
05:22Aurest sprinted to the pharmacy wing.
05:24Two minutes later, he ran back, empty-handed.
05:27They 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.
05:42Aureus collapsed in front of me, right in the puddle of my blood.
05:46Alessia, 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 grab or rest.
05:58Alessia!
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.
06:14Callan?
06:15You need to see your mate's latest performance.
06:18She flipped the camera toward me.
06:20I saw Callan on the screen, standing outside Regina's private suite.
06:23When he saw the blood pooled around me, he froze.
06:25Real shot flashed in his eyes.
06:29But he masked it instantly.
06:31What's wrong with her?
06:32She's faking.
06:34She bled a little.
06:35Orist is just being dramatic.
06:37Callan?
06:38Is that Alexia?
06:39He blaming me again?
06:41Serafina, keep her locked down.
06:43I'm not leaving this floor.
06:45Hear 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,
07:02for 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,
07:09he had ruled there too long and too fiercely for anyone to refuse his call.
07:14If you are ever trapped,
07:15if you are ever dying,
07:17crush it.
07:46My phone found the hidden latch on the back.
07:47Thirty minutes?
07:49I was fading fast.
07:50Serafina stood over me,
07:52seal 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.
07:58I just dug my thumb into the spot he'd show me,
08:01pushing as hard as I could,
08:03praying 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.
08:11God, you're annoying!
08:13Leah!
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.
08:34I'm going to watch the true heir be born.
08:37Keep an eye on her.
08:38Don't let her bleed out too fast.
08:41That child still carries alpha blood.
08:44The door slammed shut,
08:45leaving me alone with a terrified girl.
08:47Another contraction tore through me,
08:49but I couldn't push.
08:50I had lost way too much blood.
08:52My body was shutting down.
08:53The 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,
09:07clad 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!
09:29Leah tried to make a run for it.
09:31A guard knocked her hard against the floor.
09:32Let 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,
09:41shifting into pure, predatory gold.
09:43He stared down at her.
09:44Dark moon territory?
09:47By tomorrow morning,
09:48there won't be a dark moon pack.
09:52One minute later,
09:54the 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
10:22with my last ounce of strength.
10:24Save my baby.
10:25Please,
10:26save him first.
10:28Don't speak, miss.
10:30Save your strength.
10:31Your father is on his way.
10:32You just have to hold on.
10:34You and the pup are going to make it.
10:36Cardiac 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.
10:48And then,
10:50everything went black.
10:51Darkness.
10:52I don't know how much time passed,
10:54but finally,
10:55my eyes flattered open.
10:56I stared up at a strange ceiling.
10:58The sharp smell of bleach
11:00filled air.
11:01Alicia!
11:06Where is my baby?
11:07The entire room went dead silent.
11:10A few seconds later,
11:11a man turned around,
11:13standing at the foot of my bed.
11:15It was my father.
11:16Deep lies of grief
11:18etched 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,
11:50hollow laugh escaped my lips.
11:52The sound even scared me.
11:54Dad,
11:55I 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,
12:07even a mate won't smell past death,
12:09wolf laid,
12:10and your blood.
12:13To Alpha Callan and Regina,
12:16we have an air!
12:20I stood in the center of the Great Hall,
12:22holding a newborn pup in my arms.
12:24Just hours old,
12:26but already Dark Moon's greatest hope.
12:28Alpha,
12:29Oris needs to see you.
12:30It's about Alessia.
12:31It's an emergency.
12:32The sheer terror in his eyes
12:33sent a chill down my spine.
12:35A sick feeling twisted in my gut.
12:37I grabbed Serafina
12:39and dragged her with me.
12:40The path to the infirmary
12:41was dead quiet.
12:43A thick trail of blood
12:44led down to the holding cells.
12:46My heart skipped a beat.
12:48Why the underground cells?
12:51Alpha Callan,
12:52I am so sorry.
12:55Massive hemorrhage,
12:56hypoblumic 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
13:09she was bleeding out?
13:13Alpha,
13:14I tried everything,
13:15but Miss Serafina
13:16said she was faking.
13:18She wouldn't let me treat her.
13:21Callan,
13:22I thought it was an act.
13:23She was just putting on a show again.
13:28You hit me?
13:31So you locked her
13:32in 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,
13:41Serafina!
13:41I told you to watch over her
13:43and this is what you do?
13:45I did it for the pack!
13:47For the air!
13:49The air.
13:51Deeply inside the moonshine,
13:53I carried her casket to myself,
13:55placed it right before
13:56the moon goddess statue.
13:57I knelt by the wood,
13:59staring down at Alessia's face.
14:03Callan,
14:03you haven't eaten in a week.
14:05Alexia is gone,
14:06why are you doing this to yourself?
14:07Do you know how terrified
14:08she must have been?
14:09Lying alone in that freezing cell,
14:12waiting to die.
14:12It was to make sure
14:13the air was born safely.
14:14You made the right choice
14:15as an alpha.
14:16So you think your pup's life
14:17was worth more than hers?
14:18Of course!
14:19This is Marcus's child,
14:21the only legitimate heir
14:22to Dark Moon.
14:23Callan,
14:23stop obsessing over a dead woman.
14:25I gave this pack its heir.
14:26I'm the one Dark Moon needs.
14:28Get out.
14:29Take your pup
14:30and get out of my sight.
14:34I slumped down
14:35against the casket
14:35and buried my face
14:36in my hands.
14:37Through the hidden camera feed,
14:39I watched his shoulders shake.
14:41What an absolute joke.
14:42He threw me away
14:43like garbage
14:44when I was alive.
14:45Now he wants to play
14:46the grieving mate.
14:51Heavy footsteps
14:52pounded down the hall.
14:53Tony burst into the room.
14:55Alpha,
14:55it's a disaster.
14:57Our border patrols
14:57were completely wiped up.
15:00The Silver Moon pack
15:01hit our eastern
15:01and southern territories.
15:02Every single guard is dead.
15:04I froze.
15:04Our iron and medical
15:05supply lines are cut.
15:07Three allied packs
15:07broke their treaties
15:08on the spot.
15:09Even the pack council
15:10froze our credit line.
15:11And worse,
15:13Silver Moon has moved
15:14against us.
15:15No pack will stand
15:16with us now.
15:17The bad news
15:17just kept coming.
15:18Generations built Dark Moon.
15:20Now it was falling apart.
15:21Who was doing this?
15:22How did they know
15:23exactly where to hit us?
15:24Tony,
15:25find out who is
15:27pulling the strings.
15:29I want a name.
15:30Three days later,
15:31the two encrypted phones
15:32on my desk
15:33wouldn't stop ringing.
15:34Another territory lost.
15:35Alpha,
15:36we haven't tracked down
15:38the mastermind yet,
15:39but we found something else.
15:41Those birth herbs.
15:43It was Regina
15:44who stole them.
15:45He slid a photo
15:46across 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,
15:54Alpha.
15:54He handed me
15:55a sealed bloodline test report.
15:57I ripped it open.
15:58My eyes scanned
15:59the 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
16:15to cover it up.
16:16And I,
16:17I believed every lie
16:19she told me.
16:21Tony,
16:22get every elder
16:23to the council chamber.
16:24Now!
16:24One hour later,
16:25the chamber was full.
16:27Regina walked in,
16:28holding the pup,
16:29smiling.
16:30She thought this was
16:31another 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
16:47and mine!
16:48Someone's framing me!
16:49Then I pulled up
16:50the second image.
16:51The bloodline report
16:52filled the screen.
16:53Match probability.
16:54That child is not
16:55of Dark Moon blood.
16:57His father is
16:58Roberto Santini,
16:59second in command
17:00of the Santini pack,
17:01our sworn enemy.
17:03You betrayed
17:03my dead brother.
17:04You slept with the enemy,
17:05got pregnant with his bastard,
17:07then tried to pass him off
17:08as Dark Moon's heir.
17:09Marcus found out,
17:09didn't he?
17:10That's why you sold out
17:11his location.
17:12You're the one
17:12who got him killed!
17:13Yes!
17:13Marcus found out
17:14about 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
17:24who you helped
17:25kill Alessia for.
17:27I know I was wrong,
17:28but I thought
17:29I was protecting the pack.
17:31I thought I was
17:31protecting Marcus's bloodline.
17:33For what?
17:34For an enemy's pup?
17:36You locked Alessia
17:37in that underground cell.
17:38You let her bleed out
17:39to 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
17:47the way Alessia did.
17:50When it was over,
17:51I walked to the moon trine.
17:52I dropped to my knees
17:54beside the casket.
17:55I found the truth, Alessia.
17:57But it doesn't change
17:58what I did to you.
18:01I'm sorry.
18:02I'm so damn sorry.
18:06Three months passed.
18:08I looked around
18:09my empty office.
18:10The portraits of past Alphas
18:11were still on the walls.
18:12The moon goddess relics
18:14still sat on the desk.
18:15My great-grandfather's
18:16ritual blade, too.
18:18Everything else was gone.
18:19Sold.
18:19Most of the money went to debt.
18:21What was left,
18:22I gave to the pack members
18:23before they left.
18:24A final settlement.
18:25Enough for them
18:26to leave Darkmoon behind.
18:27One week later,
18:28I moved into
18:29a run-down apartment
18:30in the southern quarter.
18:32Not because I was broke.
18:34Because I didn't deserve
18:35anything better.
18:36I killed my mate.
18:38My wolf howled inside me.
18:39Day and night.
18:40Every night,
18:41I called Alessia's number.
18:43Every night,
18:43I left another voicemail.
18:46Alexia,
18:47I know you can't hear this,
18:49but I need to say it.
18:50This was my fault.
18:52I killed you.
18:54I killed our baby.
18:56I drove Regina out.
18:57Seraphina was punished,
18:59but none of that
19:00brings 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.
19:11Maybe I can spend eternity
19:12trying to earn
19:12your forgiveness.
19:14Every afternoon,
19:15I went to the cemetery.
19:17I sat by her headstone
19:18for hours.
19:19I'm scared I'm going
19:21to forget your voice,
19:22your smile,
19:24the way you smelled,
19:25camellias,
19:27cold night air.
19:29My wolf is dying,
19:30Alessia.
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.
19:43South.
19:44Silver moon pack.
19:45My phone kept buzzing
19:46on the table.
19:48Just like always,
19:49I didn't answer.
19:50The call died on its own.
19:52Then Callan's broken voice
19:54filled the room.
19:54This was my fault.
19:56I killed you.
19:57By now,
19:58I felt nothing.
19:59At first,
20:00I 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
20:15and Callan's in bad shape.
20:18I 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.
20:35I closed the file,
20:37smiled a little.
20:39Don't worry.
20:40The moment my baby died,
20:41I 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,
20:56one 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,
21:04I 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
21:13about 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.
21:41I 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,
21:56dragging,
21:57like an old wolf,
21:58about to fall.
21:59I turned around.
22:00A figure staggered through the blizzard.
22:03Kalen.
22:04His hair was completely white.
22:05His cheeks were hollow.
22:07Those golden alpha eyes
22:08that 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.
22:30Alexia.
22:32He reached for me.
22:33You're alive?
22:34I step 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.
23:32Our baby.
23:34My son.
23:36You don't have the right.
23:40I 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.
23:46But 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!
24:29From the first time I caught your scent,
24:32my 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?
24:42You 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,
25:11I let myself feel it.
25:12For three seconds.
25:14Only 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,
25:24it covered the blood.
25:25Everything he left behind.
25:27As if none of it had ever happened.
25:29Six months later,
25:31spring had reached the south.
25:33New bots covered the park outside.
25:34Alpha,
25:35we 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.
25:46A 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.
25:57What 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,
26:12I 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.
26:31No.
26:33Further away.
26:34Yes, Alpha.
26:36Luca.
26:37Put one white rose there.
26:39Just one.
26:40Yes, Alpha.
26:41He left.
26:42The 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.
26:57Maybe it was a wolf howl.
26:59Maybe it was the wind.
27:02Maybe it was nothing at all.
27:04I never looked up.
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