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My Alpha, My Enemy
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00:00My fated mate is the one who destroyed my entire pack
00:02Ten years ago, I saved his life
00:04Now, I am his prisoner
00:06I am the daughter of the Silvermoon Alpha
00:07Yet I have never awakened my wolf form
00:09My brother has set boundaries for me to protect
00:12Forbidding me from stepping outside his territory
00:14But if this love is destined to be a cage
00:16I'd rather not have it
00:18After I'd run for near half an hour
00:20I ducked into the dense thicket to catch my breath
00:22Before pressing onward
00:23It was then that a whimper reached my ears from not far off
00:26A primal sound our kind only ever uttered
00:28In the throes of unendurable
00:29Utter agony that I followed the sound through the underbrush
00:32And came upon a young wolf shifter
00:34Broken by grievous, mortal wounds
00:36Who are you? Don't come any closer
00:38I'm from a small wolf pack nearby, out looking for food
00:41How did you get hurt?
00:42No sooner had the words left his mouth
00:44Than a silver arrow suddenly shot out from the pine forest ahead
00:46It was heading straight for me
00:48I was so scared that I froze on the spot
00:51That's when he suddenly lunged forward
00:53Chilling me completely beneath his body
00:55Panic surged through me
00:56I reached for the silver arrow in his shoulder
00:59Only to be shoved away with the last of his strength
01:02Run
01:02They're after me
01:04Not you
01:05Don't get caught up in this
01:06Just then
01:07The shadowy figure caught up
01:08I grabbed his hand and pulled him along the narrow animal trail
01:11Following the route I'd memorized from listening to the patrolling wolves chatter
01:15I ran towards the most remote edge of the territory
01:17I didn't know how long it ran
01:19But finally, we saw an abandoned hunter's hut
01:22Hide here for now
01:24Eat something
01:25But he would not take the food I offered
01:27That was when I remembered the map in my pack
01:29Before I'd fled, I'd secretly copied a topographic map of the land surrounding the silver moon wolf pack territory
01:35I'd drawn it up for my own escape
02:05But in that moment, none of that mattered
02:07It would slow the spread of the toxin
02:09If you get into trouble, you can trade it for supplies too
02:11You got dragged into this because of me
02:14I'm not leaving you here alone
02:15Come with me
02:18They're here for you, not me
02:20Forget about me
02:21I'll find a way to survive
02:22If you don't go now, you'll never get the chance
02:25Go
02:27Don't look back
02:41How did you know where to find me?
02:44Do you have any idea how dangerous it is out here?
02:46How dare you sneak out?
02:47If I hadn't gotten here in time, you would have been taken by rogue wolves
02:50I'll never do it again
02:53Come on, we'll settle this when we get home
02:55I followed him out of the crumbling cabin
02:57Before we left, I glanced back at the direction the boy had vanished
03:00Praying silently in my heart that the moon goddess would keep him safe
03:03I squeezed the half-moonstone in my hand
03:05I had no idea if I would ever see him again
03:07If I would ever get the other half of the moonstone back
03:10That longing lasted for ten whole years
03:12The moonstone pendant around his neck
03:14It was the exact same one I'd ripped in two with my own hands
03:17And pressed into that wolf boy's palm
03:19All those years ago
03:20Was it him?
03:21The boy from all those years ago
03:23Was he Ethan?
03:25Alpha of the dark flame pack?
03:26The woman at his side wore a gown embroidered with the intricate dark flame clan crest
03:30A mark only those closest to the alpha were permitted to bear
03:32She clung to Ethan's arm, looking up at him every few seconds
03:35She was declaring her status to everyone in the room
03:38The dark flame beta spotted me in the cage
03:40He ripped the long blade from his waist and charged straight for the cage
03:43The blade was inches from slamming into the cage
03:45When Ethan suddenly lifted his hand and closed it around the sharpened steel
03:48Kyle
03:51Ethan walked straight toward the cage
03:53He reached for the bars, his hand closing around my jaw
03:55Forcing me to lift my head and look at him
04:00Fated mate
04:01The blood debt the silver moon plaque owes us
04:04I will repay it a thousand times over
04:07Their heir is still at large
04:10Keeping this princess alive serves a purpose
04:12I wanted to ask him if he was the wounded boy from all those years ago
04:15But the words died on my lips
04:17He was the alpha of the dark flame pack
04:19The man who destroyed my people
04:21My enemy
04:22If you want revenge, take it out on me
04:25I'm the silver moon princess
04:26Please, spare the others
04:29They never had anything to do with the war
04:31Spare them?
04:33When silver moon allied with three other packs to slaughter the dark flame
04:37They cut my father's head off and hung it from your territory marker for three whole days
04:41They didn't even leave him a body to bury
04:43Did silver moon spare anyone back then?
04:45Later, word came from the clan
04:47To pacify the remaining silver moon loyalists
04:50The dark flame elders had made a decision
04:51Ethan would bind himself to me in the sacred fated mating bond
04:54Ethan refused
04:55That was also when I learned the truth
04:57He'd already had a love
04:59A woman he'd been searching for all these years
05:01She'd gone missing
05:03So all these years
05:04I'd been the only one clinging to that memory
05:06That fleeting night in the woods
05:08On the day of the bonding ceremony
05:10I was locked in a sparse stone chamber deep in the heart of the manor
05:13No sacred chants from the clan elders
05:14No full moon hanging high in the sky
05:16Everything a true mating ceremony was supposed to have
05:19This room had none
05:20A maid walked in carrying a vial of dark liquid
05:23Heading straight for me
05:24Without warning
05:25She grabbed the back of my neck
05:27Holding me completely still
05:28In the dark flame pack
05:30A red birthmark is a mark of ill omen
05:33It must be covered
05:34I bowed my head
05:36Letting her pour the liquid over the birthmark on my skin
05:38It was the only thing I had left
05:40The only thing tying me to the past
05:42The maid then brought in a crown
05:44She said the alpha had ordered it prepared for me
05:47I stared at the crown
05:48My chest filling with endless
05:49Hollow bitterness and bitter mockery
05:51If he hated me so much
05:53Why would he have something so precious made for me
05:55But I had no right to ask
05:57No right to refuse
05:58I could only let the maid place the crown on my head
06:01The maid supported me as I walked forward
06:03Step by step
06:04Molly
06:10Is that you?
06:13Molly
06:16That crown was made for Molly
06:18Who dared put it on her?
06:21Of course
06:21He'd mistaken me for someone else
06:23He'd thought I was her
06:24The woman he'd loved
06:26The one he'd been searching for
06:29She made me do it
06:32She heard it was for Lady Molly
06:34And she threatened me to steal it for her
06:37He believed her
06:39Without a single moment of hesitation
06:40He stormed forward
06:42His hand closing around my throat
06:43Lifting me clean off the ground
06:45I couldn't breathe
06:46My face burned bright red
06:48My feet kicking desperately in the air
06:50My hands clawing at his arm
06:51But his grip was like iron
06:53Unbreakable
06:54Silver moon filth
06:56You think becoming my Luna
06:57Will make me spare your wretched clansman?
06:59Becoming your mate
07:01Is the greatest shame of my life
07:04Even if I die
07:05I will never be the dark flame Luna
07:07Just like my heart
07:09It had long frozen and shattered
07:10As the crown fell
07:12Searing pain engulfed me
07:13I didn't know if he felt it
07:15But I saw his hand around my throat tremble slightly
07:18As if struggling against something inside him
07:20Suddenly
07:21He fisted his hand in my hair
07:22His grip was so tight
07:24It felt like he would rip my scalp clean from my skull
07:26The pain was so intense
07:27Tears threatened to fall
07:28But I bit down hard on my jaw
07:30Refusing to beg
07:31He dragged me like that across the stone floor
07:33And threw me into the silver chamber
07:35The deepest
07:36Most brittle torture chamber in the dark flame dungeons
07:39Every inch of the room was forged from solid silver
07:42Torture devices lined the walls
07:44Cold metal to humans
07:45Utter brutality to werewolves
07:47Silver sears a wolf's skin and flesh
07:49Suppresses our natural healing
07:51And leaves wounds that never fully heal
07:53The guards bound me to a silver torture rack
07:55Silver chains locking around my wrists and ankles
07:58The second they touched my skin
07:59It burned like pressing my bare flesh to a red hot iron plate
08:02The chains quickly tore through my skin
08:05Blood seeping out
08:06Dripping down my arms and legs onto the silver floor below
08:09The bright, cold metal reflected the dark pool of blood gathering beneath me
08:13Outside the silver chamber
08:14In the master bedroom at the top of the manor
08:17Ethan sat in a chair by the window
08:19One hand clenched so tight around the armrest his nails dug deep into the wood
08:22Leaving five deep claw marks in their wake
08:24His other hand pressed hard against his chest
08:27His knuckles whitened
08:28Veins bulged on his wrists
08:29Brows furrowed tight
08:31Through our fated bond
08:32Every ounce of pain I endured in the silver chamber transferred perfectly to him
08:35When a silver needle pierced my fingertip
08:37His finger twitched
08:38When silver chains burned my wrist
08:40An eerie red mark appeared on his
08:42But he didn't call it off
08:43He just sat there
08:44Silently enduring the backlash of the mating bond
08:47Holding on through sheer force of will
08:48Fueled by nothing but hatred
08:50He didn't make a single sound
08:52No one knew we were fated mates
08:54That's when Vivian arrived
08:55She wore an opulent deep red gown
08:57Completely out of place in the damp, dark silver chamber
08:59She walked slowly toward me
09:01Lifted her foot
09:02And pressed it down hard on my already mangled hand
09:04The one the silver needles had pierced through
09:05She ground her heel into the wound
09:07Hard
09:07My hand curled beneath her foot
09:09My fingers feeling like they were about to be crushed clean off
09:12Cold sweat broke out across my entire body
09:13The pain so intense my vision went black
09:15And I nearly passed out again
09:17A fallen pack's worthless filth
09:19A waste who can't even shift into her wolf form
09:21You dare to covet Ethan?
09:23You dare to compete with me?
09:24Today, I'm gonna show you what true agony is
09:26You think Ethan's gonna come save you?
09:28He's wishing you'd die in here
09:29To him, you're nothing
09:30Not even a cheap replacement
09:32She let out a cold laugh and turned to leave
09:34The hem of her deep red gown brushed across my face
09:37Carrying a gust of wind on its wake
09:38She insulted me to my face
09:41And she stole the pack's territory maps
09:44Planning to leak our secrets to the enemy packs
09:47Treat her
09:50Well
09:52The guard's eyes lit up with cruel, bloodthirsty excitement
09:55And they stepped toward me, one by one
09:57Their smiles were grotesque, ugly
09:59One of them had already half-shifted into his wolf form
10:02His claws extending, scraping against the silver floor
10:04With a high-pitched, ear-splitting screech
10:06They grabbed my dress and ripped it clean off my body
10:09Wolf's claws raked across my skin
10:11Slicing through flesh-like butter
10:12Blood spilling across the floor
10:14A scream for its way out of my throat
10:18A lulled, rumbling wolf howl echoed from outside the door
10:20Every single guard froze in place
10:22Stopping mid-movement
10:24It was Ethan
10:25Before the door could even be pushed open
10:27Vivian grabbed a silver needle from the table beside her
10:29And drove it deep into her own arm
10:31Ethan!
10:32Save me!
10:34She stabbed me with the needle
10:35She even said Molly's been dead for years
10:37That only she's worthy of being your Luna
10:39And once again, he believed her
10:41He turned to me, his eyes blazing with a murderous, all-consuming rage
10:45This is the great alpha of the Dark Flame Pack
10:48Are you really this stupid?
10:52Ah!
10:53Ah!
10:57He spun around, grabbing a thin silver needle pen from the table
11:00It was the sacred tool the Dark Flame Pack used to ink permanent marks into a wolf's skin
11:04Its tip forged from pure silver
11:05Capable of leaving a mark that would never fade
11:07No matter how hard we tried to heal it
11:09He walked toward me, one hand slamming down on the back of my neck
11:12His grip so tight I couldn't breathe
11:14Pressing my face hard into the cold stone floor
11:16His other hand held a silver needle pen
11:18The next second, the needle drove down into my skin
11:21You're so desperate to mimic Molly
11:24To be my Luna
11:26Then I'll give you what you want
11:28In that moment, I knew I was the biggest joke in the entire world
11:31The man I'd saved all those years ago had become my tormentor
11:34My enemy
11:35The pain was so great I nearly blacked out
11:37I used the last of my strength to force out a few words
11:40I regret saving you
11:42What did you say?
11:44Say it again
11:45I opened my mouth, but no sound came out
11:48The darkness swallowed me whole
11:50I passed out
11:50Not long after, Vivian claimed she'd lost the Dark Flame Pack's territory map
11:55It was one of the clan's most closely guarded secrets
11:57A map detailing the layout of the territory's wards
12:00If it fell into the wrong hands, the entire pack's safety would be at risk
12:03Even leaving us open to attack from rival wolf packs
12:05That day, I was in my stone chamber
12:07Using warm water to clean the wounds covering my body
12:10I wanted to wash away the humiliation, the exhaustion
12:13I just picked up a clean set of clothes when a piece of parchment slipped out from inside
12:17Falling to the floor
12:18I bent down to pick it up
12:19It was a map
12:23This is it!
12:25I knew she stole it!
12:27In that instant, I understood everything
12:29One of the maids assigned to wait on me had planted the map here, to frame me
12:33They wanted to destroy me
12:34But I had no proof
12:36And in this place, no one would ever believe me
12:38In this manner, I was the daughter of the fallen Silvermoon Alpha
12:41The hated child of the enemy
12:42And Vivian was the woman closest to his heart
12:45I stared at the parchment in her hand
12:46And my mind flashed back to that night, ten years ago
12:49To the map I'd pressed into his hand
12:51With my own two hands, in that tiny hunter's cabin
12:53I lunged forward, desperate to make him remember
12:56My voice came out cracked, trembling, almost too quiet to hear
12:59That night in the cabin
13:01The map I gave you
13:03Do you remember it?
13:05Shock flashed across his face
13:07Gone in an instant
13:08His lips moved, but no sound came out
13:10I could feel his breath coming fast, ragged, unsteady
13:13What did you say?
13:15But before he could say another word, Vivian ran to his side
13:17Ethan, don't believe her lies!
13:20She's just using Molly's name to trick you!
13:24She's the Silvermoon Princess!
13:26She's just trying to use your feelings for Molly to make you spare her!
13:30And he believed her
13:31Again, the faint warmth in his eyes vanished in an instant
13:34Replaced by a bone deep, freezing cold that cut right through me
13:37He ripped his hand out of mine
13:38The force was so great I slammed back into the stone floor again
13:41The back of my head hitting the hard rock
13:43My vision going black once more
13:44Bring me, the Silvermoon Alpha and Luna
13:47Kill them
13:48Hang their bodies from the territory marker on the border
13:51For all to see
13:52Panic surged through me
13:54Pure, unadulterated terror
13:56My father and mother were still locked in the dark flame dungeons
13:58I dropped to my knees, hard, the stone slamming into my kneecaps
14:02I crawled to his feet, my hands clutching tight to the legs of his pants
14:05Tears streaming down my face as I slapped myself, again and again, hard
14:09I was wrong! I know I was wrong!
14:12Please, spare them!
14:14I'll take every punishment, all of it alone!
14:17I'll never speak out of turn again!
14:19Please, just spare them!
14:21Through the mating bond, he could feel every ounce of my fear, my utter despair, as clear as day
14:26I felt his breath catch, unsteady
14:28He stormed forward, his head closing around my throat again, lifting me off the ground
14:32I couldn't breathe, my face burning bright red, my consciousness slipping away
14:36I closed my eyes, waiting for the final blow
14:39My heart was completely calm
14:40Maybe this would be better
14:42No more pain
14:43No more humiliation
14:45If I died, I'd finally be free
14:47But just then, the moonstone I'd hidden against my chest slipped out of my dress
14:51Falling to the floor, glowing with a faint, soft light
14:54Ethan froze
14:56His hand fell away from my throat
14:58I could feel his fingers starting to tremble, uncontrollably
15:01Vivian panicked
15:02She scrambled to her feet and grabbed Ethan's arm, hard
15:05Ethan, kill her! Kill her now! Avenge our clansmen!
15:09But he didn't answer, he just stared at me, unblinking
15:12Take her away
15:13Lock her up, under heavy guard
15:16No one is to go near her without my explicit order
15:19And no one is to harm her
15:21Ever again
15:24Then he bent down, picked up the half moonstone from the floor, and turned to leave
15:28He left Vivian behind him, screaming and wailing hysterically
15:31The guards took me away, locking me in a clean, quiet stone chamber
15:35Someone brought me clean clothes
15:37And a healing salve for the silver burns covering my body
15:40I had no idea if he'd recognized me
15:42If he'd finally remembered that I was the girl who'd saved his life all those years ago
15:45Later, I learned what had happened
15:47He'd ordered a full investigation into my past
15:49Into every single thing that had happened ten years prior
15:51They'd combed through every old archive in the silver moon manor
15:54Even tracked down the old craftsman who'd forged the moonstone pendant for the silver moon alpha's daughter
15:58All those years ago
15:59This moonstone was one of a kind
16:00There was no other like it in the world
16:02He'd also learned that, ten years prior, I had indeed snuck out of the silver moon territory
16:06Into the no man's land beyond the ward
16:08And the girl he'd been searching for all these years, Molly, was the girl who'd saved him
16:12But the cruelest, most devastating truth of all was this
16:16I was Molly
16:17And he nearly killed me, with his own two hands
16:19He ran for my chamber like a man possessed
16:21The door slammed open with a deafening crash
16:24I threw the stone wall behind it
16:25He stormed inside, and then dropped to his knees, right in front of me
16:28His eyes were red, bloodshot
16:30Swollen shut from crying
16:32It was the first time I'd ever seen him cry
16:34He took out two half-moon stones from his pocket
16:36Then put them together and showed them to me
16:38But I didn't even glance at them
16:40He reached out, like he wanted to grab the hem of my dress
16:42His hand was shaking so hard he could barely hold on
16:45Even his voice was broken
16:47I'm sorry, it was all my fault
16:49I'm so sorry
16:51I stared at him, and not a single ripple stirred in my chest
16:53All those days, all that torture, all that humiliation, all that pain
16:57Had carved deep, unhealing scars into my heart, into my bones
17:00How could I ever forgive him, with just a single I'm sorry?
17:03I pulling the hem of my dress out of his grasp
17:05Don't touch me
17:07I'm Janik your enemy, not Molly
17:09His hand froze in midair
17:11His lips trembled, like he wanted to say something
17:13But not a single word came out
17:23Every single day, he sat outside the door of my stone chamber
17:26Like a child who'd done something terribly wrong
17:28He didn't dare come inside, but he refused to leave
17:31Sometimes, when I woke up in the middle of the night
17:33I could see him through the iron bars of the window
17:35Sitting against the stone wall
17:37Moonlight fell across the side of his face
17:39The half piece of moonstone in his hand, blowed with a faint, soft blue-white light
17:42The other half was clenched tight in the palm of my hand
17:45Two halves of the same stone, separated by a single door
17:48Singing to each other across the distance
17:49Like two stars in the night sky, staring at each other, forever out of reach
17:53He even cooked for me, himself
17:55The great alpha of the dark flame pack, standing awkwardly in the kitchen, cutting meat
17:59His knife skills were terrible
18:01A perfect cut of venison was hacked into uneven, lumpy chunks, full of nicks and gashes
18:05Hot oil splattered onto his hand, leaving a red burn in its wake
18:08A wolf's healing ability would have fixed the wound in an instant
18:11But he still flinched, wiping his hand carelessly on his sleeve before going back to cutting
18:14When he set the dishes down in front of me, some were so salty they were bitter
18:17Some were completely bland, and some were just straight up burned, black and charred beyond recognition
18:21But he still set them down in front of me carefully
18:23His eyes filled with quiet, hopeful anticipation
18:25Like a wolf bringing prey back to his mate, waiting for me to take even just one bite
18:29He even tended to my wounds himself
18:31He held the dark flame special silver burn salve in his hand, spreading it gently over the wounds on my
18:36wrists and ankles
18:37The blackened burns left by the silver chains were slow to heal
18:39His movements were so gentle, like he was touching thin ice that would shatter at the slightest pressure
18:44His rough fingertips spread the salve evenly across my skin, and every time he touched a wound
18:48His brow would furrow tight, and he'd whisper apologies over and over again
18:51It's all my fault, I've made you suffer too much
18:54He told me everything that had happened in those ten years
18:57How he'd searched for me, how badly he'd wanted to find me
19:01He said he'd worn that half of the moonstone against his skin every single day for ten years
19:06Never once taking it off
19:07He'd held it in his hand every night, rubbing it again and again
19:10Until the rough surface of the stone had been worn smooth and warm under his fingers
19:14He said that every full moon, he'd shift into his wolf form and run alone across the moors
19:19Howling up at the moon, begging the moon goddess to help him find Molly
19:23He called me Molly, he said, because that night, he'd seen the jasmine birthmark on my neck
19:29He said he'd dreamed of me countless times
19:31Dreamed of the girl who'd saved him in the grass, the girl who'd ripped her mother's moonstone in two
19:36Pressed half of it into his hand, and smiled at him, saying live
19:39He said every time he woke up from those dreams
19:42He'd be clutching the moonstone tight in his hand, the stone warm from his body heat
19:47But the spot beside him was empty
19:48And his heart was empty, too
19:51Watching him do all this, I'd be lying if I said my heart didn't stir, even just a little
19:56But I couldn't forget
19:57I couldn't forget the cold in his eyes when he threw me into the silver chamber
20:01I couldn't forget the murderous rage in his eyes when he nearly ordered my parents killed
20:06I couldn't forget that between us
20:08There was a blood debt that could never be repaid
20:11Just when the tension between us had softened, just the tiniest bit, new word arrived
20:16Vivian had learned the truth
20:18She'd learned what we really were to each other
20:21That I was the girl he'd been searching for for ten years
20:23That I was his fated mate
20:25She couldn't accept it
20:27For ten years, she'd climbed her way up the ranks of the Dark Flame Pack
20:30Holding herself up as Ethan's future Luna
20:33And now, a fated mate had appeared out of nowhere
20:36The very same fallen Alpha's daughter she'd framed and tortured, over and over again
20:41What she couldn't have, no one else would ever get
20:44She allied with the pack's elders, and they decided to have me executed
20:48When Ethan found out, she called her back with me that very night
20:52The Dark Flame territory descended into chaos instantly
20:55The elite warriors sent by the Council of Elders had blocked every single exit from the territory
21:00He kept me shielded behind his back
21:02One hand gripping his long blade
21:04The other holding my hand so tight our fingers were laced together
21:07Like he'd never let go
21:09A warrior's blade swung toward me, straight for my throat
21:13Ethan didn't hesitate for a single second
21:15He spun around, putting himself between me and the blade
21:19The steel sliced deep into his arm
21:21But he didn't even pause
21:23He just looked back at me
21:25His dark grey eyes filled with nothing but fear and worry for me
21:28Then he turned back, and kept fighting
21:32Through the mating bond, I felt every bit of his pain, clear as day
21:36But he didn't make a single sound
21:39He just bit down on his jaw, swinging his blade again and again
21:43Cutting a bloody path through the warriors, carving out a way to freedom for us
21:47Moonlight fell across his back as he fought
21:49Silver light tangled with dark, dripping blood
21:52The half-moonstone hanging around his neck was stained bright red with blood
21:56Flickering in the dark of the night
21:57Singing to the other half, pressed tight against my chest
22:01In that moment, the ice around my heart cracked, just a little more
22:05We fled to a hidden valley, deep in the mountains
22:08He said he wanted to live here with me, to make up for every mistake he'd ever made
22:12To ease every bit of pain he put me through, to help me forget the past, and start over
22:17I didn't answer, but I wasn't as cold to him as I'd been before
22:21But fate had another cruel, sick joke to play on us
22:25My brother Dorian wasn't dead
22:27The night the silver moon pack fell, he'd escaped
22:30All these years, he'd gathered the remaining silver moon clansmen
22:34And allied with three other wolf packs who hated the dark flame just as much as he did
22:38And they were coming
22:40Ethan knew this was a fight he couldn't outrun
22:43He looked at me, his eyes filled with guilt and sorrow, his hand brushing gently through my hair
22:48Janita
22:50I'm sorry for dragging you into this again
22:52I promise you, I'll keep you safe
22:55When this fight is over, we'll come back here
22:57We'll live here, quiet and peaceful
22:59Together, wait for me to come home
23:02I stared at him, and said nothing
23:04I knew he was truly sorry
23:06I knew he truly wanted to make it up to me
23:09But some wounds would never heal
23:11Not in this lifetime
23:13He left me in the valley, and went back to the dark flame territory alone
23:17Ethan led the dark flame warriors into battle against Dorian's army
23:21I had no way of knowing how the war was going, who was winning
23:25But through the mating bond
23:27I felt the sharp, searing pain of Ethan's wounds, again and again
23:30The pain slammed into my chest so hard I dropped to my knees
23:34Wrapping my arms around myself, my whole body trembling uncontrollably
23:37In the end, Ethan won
23:39He pushed back Dorian's army, and defended the dark flame pack
23:43But he'd sustained a fatal wound
23:45The dark flame pack's strength was decimated, too
23:48Dorian retreated with the remaining silver moon clansmen, to go home and rebuild their pack
23:53I ran from the valley like a woman possessed
23:56When I found Ethan, I dropped to my knees beside him, and lifted him gently into my arms
24:01His blood soaked through my dress, quickly, thick and warm
24:05He slowly opened his eyes, looking up at me, a soft, relieved smile tugging at the corner of his mouth
24:11Janika
24:13You finally forgive me, don't you?
24:16I shook my head, tears streaming down my face
24:20I haven't forgiven you, I just don't want you to die
24:23I have so many questions to ask you, so many scores to settle with you
24:29You can't die like this, you still owe me, you haven't paid it back
24:35He smiled softly, his eyes filled with love, and endless, crushing guilt
24:39He lifted his hand, trying to brush my cheek, his fingers trembling
24:44But before he could touch my face, his hand fell limply back down
24:48I'm so sorry
24:49Jania, I owe you too much
24:52If there's a next life, I'll never mistake you for anyone else again
24:56We could still be faded mates
24:58Please
24:59All the strength left my body
25:01I collapsed over him, my mouth open, but not a single sound came out
25:06Only silent tears, falling, again and again
25:09Later, Dorian found me
25:11He wanted to take me back to the silver moon pack
25:14He'd brought our mother and father home, safe and sound
25:18But I refused
25:19I stayed in that valley, alone
25:22Every full moon, I look up at the night sky and whisper to the moon, soft and quiet
25:27Ethan, if there's a next life, let us never meet again
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