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Rejection was her only hope, but the Moon Goddess had other plans. Bound by blood and desire to Fated To My Ruthless Alpha, she must decide if he is her protector or her predator. Experience the full supernatural series here.
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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.
00:18The 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.
00:33I 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.
00:53A 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?
01:06Luca 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.
01:15It was an old photo.
01:16The corners were worn soft.
01:18In the picture, I was standing in Docmo Manor's garden.
01:22Sun on my face.
01:22Smiling.
01:23I remembered that day.
01:25The 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.
01:42Luca 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.
01:49For three seconds.
01:50Only three.
01:51Then 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.
02:25A version of me you thought you could own.
02:27No.
02:29No.
02:30But the real me?
02:32You never knew her.
02:33I had my own pack.
02:35My own power.
02:37My own fangs.
02:42Behind me, Calan let out one last howl.
02:45Not human.
02:46Weak.
02:47Broken.
02:48Then gone.
02:49Swallowed by the storm.
02:51Treated me like that?
02:52Let me die.
02:54Calan, stop lying to yourself.
02:56You never loved me.
02:58You loved a version of me you thought you could control.
03:00A woman you thought had no pack.
03:02No power in coming for her.
03:03Someone easy to discard.
03:05So why are you here?
03:07To watch me fall apart?
03:11No.
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
03:30if he'd be scared the first time he shifted.
03:33But he died because of me.
03:35I know.
03:36I pay for it every day.
03:37My wolf mourned him every night
03:39until it couldn't mourn anymore.
03:41You think that's enough?
03:42Alexia.
03:43Please.
03:45Forgive me.
03:46I never got you, Calan.
03:47But I never forgave you either.
03:51Please.
03:52I can make it up to you.
03:54With what?
03:55Your life?
03:56He reached for his own throat.
03:58Under wolf law,
03:59that was total surrender.
04:00Lower than kneeling.
04:01Worse than death.
04:02He reached for me.
04:03You're alive?
04:04I stepped 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.
04:18I'm his only heir.
04:19It was you?
04:20The territories?
04:21The businesses?
04:23The ambushes on our patrols?
04:25All of it?
04:25Yes.
04:26Why didn't you tell me who you were?
04:28Because my father would have never approved.
04:30So 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?
04:36North.
04:36Ashen Cemetery.
04:38Snow was coming down hard.
04:39The moon was gone.
04:41Buried 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.
05:00About 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.
05:13Like dying embers.
05:14He barely even smelt 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.
05:36A billion dollar deal signed.
05:37Alessia Silvermane.
05:39Silver moon swept the east coast.
05:40All under my rule.
05:41Alpha.
05:42The report you asked for.
05:44About the north.
05:45It's all in here.
05:46Luca handed me a folder.
05:47Callan of Dark Moon.
05:49Less than six months left.
05:50His wolf was close to going dark.
05:52I closed the folder.
05:54I closed the folder.
05:55Get the car ready.
05:57Now?
05:58The forecast says a blizzard is coming tonight.
06:02Now.
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.
06:14Then Callan's broken voice filled the room.
06:16This was my fault.
06:17I killed you.
06:19By 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.
06:32He said 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 gonna watch him die?
06:47I looked up.
06:49What 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.
07:02The moment my baby died, I was done.
07:05Now I'm just here to collect.
07:07You've changed.
07:09You used to laugh all the time.
07:11Now even your smile doesn't look real.
07:13People grow up.
07:15Some people need time.
07:17For them, one betrayal and one death are enough.
07:20My dad didn't say anything else.
07:21He just stood there with me a while.
07:24Then he left.
07:24Three months past, I 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.
07:46One 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.
08:04Alexia.
08:06I 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.
08:23The businesses.
08:24All of it.
08:25But I kept one thing.
08:26Enough to buy a burial plot.
08:28Right 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.
08:38I'm scared I'm going to forget your voice.
08:40Your smile.
08:42The way you smelled.
08:44Camellias.
08:45Cold night air.
08:47My wolf is dying, Alessia.
08:49It doesn't eat.
08:50It doesn't drink.
08:51It doesn't move.
08:53It just lies there.
08:55Waiting to be with you again.
08:57Truth is...
08:59So am I.
09:01Marcus 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!
09:06Marcus found out about me and Roberto.
09:08He said he'd expose me.
09:09I couldn't let that happen.
09:14Now you know the truth.
09:16Now 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.
09:54I'm sorry.
09:55I'm so damn sorry.
09:59Now it all made sense.
10:00Regina betrayed Marcus, got pregnant by the enemy,
10:03then 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!
10:13One hour later, the chamber was full.
10:16Regina walked in, holding the pup.
10:18Smiling.
10:19She 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.
10:31Her 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.
10:48Second 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,
10:55then tried to pass him off as Dark Moon's heir.
10:57Three days later,
10:58the 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.
11:09Those 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.
11:18My 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.
11:28The air.
11:29He wasn't Marcus's.
11:30Then whose child is it?
11:31Roberto Santini.
11:33The beta of the Santini pack.
11:36Our deadliest rival.
11:38Heavy 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.
12:08Who 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?
12:18Why didn't anyone tell me she was bleeding out?
12:23Alpha, 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?
12:41So you locked her in a holding cell?
12:43Like a rogue?
12:45Like 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 Monshwein,
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 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.
13:26So you think your pup's life was worth more than hers?
13:28Of course.
13:29This is Marcus's child,
13:30the only legitimate heir to Dark Moon.
13:32Callan, stop obsessing over a dead woman.
13:35I gave this pack its heir.
13:36I'm the one Dark Moon needs.
13:38Get out.
13:39Take 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,
13:49I 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,
14:11holding a newborn pup in my arms.
14:13Just hours old, but already Dark Moon's greatest hope.
14:17Alpha, Oris needs to see you.
14:19It's about Alessia.
14:19It's an emergency.
14:20The sheer terror in his eyes sent a chill down my spine.
14:24A sick feeling twisted in my gut.
14:26I 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, I am so sorry.
14:43Massive hemorrhage.
14:44Hyperbluemic shock.
14:46We lost them both.
14:47Drained of all blood.
14:49Eyes shut.
14:50Chest perfectly still.
14:51It was my Alessia.
14:52My mate.
14:54I don't know how much time passed,
14:56but 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.
15:13A few seconds later,
15:14a man turned around,
15:16standing at the foot of my bed.
15:18It was my father.
15:20Deep lines of grief etched into his face.
15:23Dad.
15:27Alexia.
15:29He's gone, isn't he?
15:32The 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.
15:55The sound even scared me.
15:56Dad.
15:57I 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.
16:08Scent masking.
16:09By the time they see her,
16:10even a mate won't smell past death.
16:12Wolf laid and your blood.
16:15One minute later,
16:16the 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.
16:37The surgery is too risky.
16:39Luca jumping into the transport.
16:40Do it.
16:41I take full responsibility.
16:43I grabbed his wrist with my last ounce 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.
17:00Paddles.
17:01Now.
17:02The fetal trace is crashing.
17:03We're losing the pup's heartbeat.
17:04No.
17:05Keep 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,
17:12everything 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 Luca.
17:22Massive.
17:23Deadly.
17:23My father's war commander from Silvermoon.
17:26The largest pack in the south.
17:27Goddess.
17:28I am so sorry we're late.
17:30Luca.
17:31Don'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 named her heart against the floor.
17:44Let me go.
17:45This is dark moon territory.
17:47You can't just barge in here.
17:49Luca slowly rose to his full height.
17:50His pupils were wide,
17:52shifting into pure, predatory gold.
17:54He stared down at her.
17:55Dark moon territory?
17:58By tomorrow morning,
18:00there won't be a dark moon pack.
18:04I was fading fast.
18:06Serafina stood over me,
18:07still 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.
18:14I just dug my thumb into the spot he'd show me,
18:16pushing as hard as I could,
18:18praying 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.
18:29Leah!
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.
18:49I'm going to watch the true heir be born.
18:52Keep an eye on her.
18:54Don't let her bleed out too fast.
18:56That child still carries alpha blood.
18:59The door slammed shut,
19:00leaving me alone with a terrified girl.
19:02Another contraction tore through me,
19:04but I couldn't push.
19:05I had lost way too much blood.
19:07My body was shutting down.
19:09The 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.
19:22She bled a little.
19:23Orist is just being dramatic.
19:25Callum?
19:26Is that Alexia?
19:28He's blaming me again?
19:29Serafina, keep her locked down.
19:31I'm not leaving this floor.
19:34Hear that?
19:35You and your bastard pup mean nothing.
19:38Regina 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.
19:48My shaking fingers reached for my neck,
19:50for the crescent distress pendant at my throat.
19:53My dad gave it to me on my wedding day.
19:55Before I left my home pack,
19:57he had ruled they're too long and too fiercely
19:59for anyone to refuse his call.
20:02If you are ever trapped,
20:03if you are ever dying,
20:05crush it.
20:05My phone found the hidden ledge on the back.
20:08Serafina was still pacing,
20:10still running her mouth.
20:11Some nobody from a weak pack?
20:14You married into this pack for power.
20:16I almost laughed.
20:17Kellen had assumed my home pack was weak
20:19because I had never bothered to correct him.
20:22I 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,
20:40she ran back,
20:41empty-handed.
20:42They gutted the pharmacy.
20:44No supplies.
20:46No blood.
20:47The guards took everything
20:47to Regina's private birthing suite,
20:49Alpha's orders.
20:50This is murder!
20:51She's going to die!
20:52The pup is going to die!
20:54The pack comes first.
20:56If she dies, she dies.
20:57Oris collapsed in front of me,
20:59right in the puddle of my blood.
21:01Alexia,
21:02I'm so sorry.
21:03I have no tools,
21:04no 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
21:12grabbed or rest.
21:13Alessia!
21:13The pup is crowning!
21:15Remember where to press?
21:16Press it now!
21:17Bring on the contraction!
21:19They hauled him into the hall!
21:20Push on the next one!
21:22Don't give up!
21:23Save 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
21:31your maid's latest performance.
21:32She flipped the camera toward me.
21:34I saw Callan on the screen,
21:36standing outside
21:36Regina's private suite.
21:38When he saw the blood
21:39pooled around me,
21:39he froze.
21:40Real shock flashed in his eyes.
21:44I lost track of time
21:45in that cell.
21:46The blood kept pooling,
21:48soaking my gown,
21:49just as my vision faded.
21:50Goddess!
21:51It was Orist,
21:52the pack's chief healer,
21:53my only real friend here.
21:55He dropped to his knees
21:56in the blood.
21:58Alexia?
21:58Why are you down here?
22:00The alpha said
22:00you were in the private
22:01birthing suite.
22:02Serafina.
22:03Save your breath.
22:04He chucked me,
22:05his 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,
22:11but the wolf's being walls
22:13blocked the signal.
22:14He scooped me into his arms.
22:15We burst out of the cell.
22:17Two guards stepped in our way.
22:18Stop.
22:19Miss Serafina said,
22:20said what?
22:21To let a pregnant woman
22:22bleed to death?
22:23Get out of my way!
22:24The guards flinched
22:25and stepped back.
22:26Aura secured me up the stone stairs,
22:28leaving a thick trail of blood.
22:30We hit the third floor,
22:31the 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.
22:41Just spare walls.
22:42This is impossible.
22:43Where is the equipment?
22:44Footsteps clicked down the hole.
22:46Serafina.
22:47Oh, the equipment?
22:48We moved everything
22:49to Regina's private birthing suite
22:51to 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
23:03the delay drug is harmless.
23:05You're just throwing a tantrum,
23:07trying to pull focus
23:08from the true pren.
23:09I stared at her perfectly
23:11powdered face.
23:12Six months ago,
23:13I spent three nights
23:14making her a moonstone
23:15pack necklace.
23:16She had hugged my arm,
23:17swung we were sisters for life.
23:19What an absolute joke.
23:22The drug lasts three more hours.
23:25Sit tight.
23:27Once Regina delivers,
23:29you can push all you want.
23:30She turned to the guards.
23:33Watch her.
23:34She screams,
23:35gag her.
23:36The steel door slammed shut.
23:37One flickering bob.
23:39Blood soaked my gown.
23:40Wolf's bang 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,
23:51Marcus,
23:52the former alpha,
23:53died in an ambush.
23:55At his funeral,
23:57Regina threw up.
23:58She was pregnant.
23:59Her unborn pup
24:00became the pack's obsession.
24:01I told the elders
24:02not to worry.
24:04Callan and I
24:05would still give dark moon and air.
24:07They just stared at my belly.
24:08Silent.
24:09Now I understood
24:11my pup never mattered
24:12from the start.
24:13The drugs were wearing off.
24:15The contractions hit harder.
24:17I crawled to the door,
24:18leaving a trail of blood.
24:20I pounded on the steel.
24:22Please!
24:24My 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.
24:34But my baby!
24:35You deserve it.
24:37After what you did to her.
24:39I collapsed.
24:40Then I heard
24:41Serafina 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.
24:55Don't tell me you feel bad.
24:57She stole birth herbs.
24:59Stole herbs?
25:00I never did that.
25:01I haven't forgotten.
25:02She nearly killed
25:03Marcus' 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,
25:22I was on stone.
25:23The holding cells
25:24beneath the pack infirmary
25:26dark moan's punishment cells.
25:28His sister,
25:29Serafina,
25:30stood at the door.
25:31A silver dagger in her hand.
25:33Don't blame Callan.
25:36Regina's pup is the only blood
25:37my 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
25:47so your bastard could claim the alpha title.
25:49I didn't!
25:50Another conjecture ripped through me.
25:52I stopped breathing.
25:54Serafina squatted down.
25:55Tapped my cheek with her blade.
25:57The pack law is clear.
25:58The first recognized heir inherits the alpha title.
26:01When an alpha dies without a born heir,
26:03his unborn bloodline comes first.
26:05Marcus is dead,
26:06but 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.
26:16Please,
26:16get the healer.
26:18My pup is coming.
26:20I lay on the busting bed.
26:21Pain tore through me in waves.
26:23My vision went black,
26:24but my mate was right there.
26:27Callan,
26:27alpha,
26:28of the Dark Moon pack.
26:29He gripped my hand.
26:30Just hold on.
26:32We're going to see our baby.
26:33Sweat soaked my skin.
26:35I forced a smile.
26:36The painkiller walked in,
26:38holding 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 dough is...
26:49Hold 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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