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Caught Cheating Three Times, I Ran Away Englishsub 🔥🍿🔥
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00:03The riverwood pack lived by one unbreakable rule, no werewolf mates a human.
00:07But my alpha, Ethan, broke that rule for me.
00:10He knelt before the moon goddess for three days and three nights,
00:14begging for her blessing so his pack would be forced to accept me as his mate.
00:18But in my fourth year as his Luna, I was caught cheating for the third time.
00:21The beta she-wolf at his side smirked, her voice dripping with malice.
00:26Luna, the mate agreement is clear.
00:29Three betrayals and you're exiled.
00:31You lose all rights to the pup.
00:34Ethan's eyes burned with anger and disappointment.
00:36What's your excuse this time?
00:38That you don't know him?
00:40Or that you were drugged again?
00:42But this time, I didn't panic.
00:44I didn't burst into tears, begging him to listen or forgive me for our pup's sake.
00:48I calmly accepted the dissolution of our bond and even offered to never see our pup again.
00:53For four years, everyone said a plain human like me was never good enough for an alpha like him.
00:59And now, I was just tired.
01:01But when I finally vanished from his world, he tore it apart looking for me.
01:05I pressed my thumbprint onto the agreement to dissolve our bond.
01:09I'll move out of the river pack's territory as soon as I can.
01:11I'll take my grandmother with me.
01:14As for Leo...
01:16You don't deserve to be his mother.
01:17You are never to see him again.
01:19I didn't flinch.
01:21I just smiled.
01:22I was about to say the same thing.
01:25I won't be seeing him anymore.
01:27Ethan's brow furrowed.
01:29He wasn't used to me being so final.
01:31For the last four years, our pup was my entire world.
01:35In every fight, he'd always threaten to keep Leo from me.
01:39And every time, I was the one who'd bow my head, apologize, and beg him to let me see my
01:44son.
01:44This wasn't like me at all.
01:47Celine's smirk widened, and she covered her mouth in mock surprise.
01:51Kareem, how can you say such a thing?
01:53He's your own flesh and blood.
01:56I ignored her.
01:57I was used to her, always at Ethan's side, acting more like his mate than I ever was.
02:02All while finding new ways to drive a wedge between us.
02:05Ethan sneered at my calm expression.
02:07I'm faithless to the core.
02:09Giving up your own flesh and blood for some mutt outside?
02:13Kareem, you truly are something else.
02:17His words were daggers, slicing at my heart.
02:20But I was numb.
02:22I'd endured this kind of humiliation for four years.
02:25The first time I was caught, the so-called lover vanished before Ethan arrived.
02:29The security camera only caught a blurry figure.
02:32I tried to explain, to prove my innocence.
02:35But as a human, I couldn't form a mind link with him.
02:38I had no way to make him feel the truth in my heart.
02:41Ethan, please believe me.
02:43I don't know that man.
02:45I'd cried, begging him.
02:47He didn't listen.
02:49Celine was right there, adding fuel to the fire.
02:52Maybe Kareem just prefers being with human men.
02:55They are their own kind, after all.
02:58From then on, as punishment, I was forced to schedule visits with my own son through Celine,
03:03a week in advance.
03:05Watched by pack guards the entire time.
03:07It was like a prisoner's visitation hour.
03:10The second time was worse.
03:12I was locked in the basement for a month.
03:14I saw no one, not even a sliver of sunlight.
03:18I developed severe claustrophobia.
03:20It took me a full week after they let me out before I could speak to people normally.
03:24When Leo saw me, he burst into tears.
03:27I was so thin I looked like a ghost.
03:30Now, the third time, I was done with this sick game.
03:33So I let go.
03:35I've signed it.
03:36Is there anything else?
03:38If not, please leave.
03:40Corinne, you'd better not regret this.
03:43Don't come crawling back to me, because I won't be merciful again.
03:46He turned and walked toward the door.
03:48My mind went back five years, to when I found Ethan, injured, and nursed him back to health.
03:54During that time, we fell in love.
03:56He would press his hand over his heart and tell me again and again.
04:00You are the most special woman I have ever known.
04:02My heart, my wolf, they're yours.
04:07Until he finally confessed the truth.
04:09He was a werewolf.
04:10I hesitated.
04:12I couldn't see myself as the Luna his pack needed.
04:14And I never believed he could break their sacred laws for me.
04:17But he was relentless, chasing me for an entire year until he finally knelt at the Moon Goddess's
04:22temple for three days and nights, begging her to bless our union.
04:25When a pale, exhausted Ethan told me he'd secured the Elder's approval, my resolve shattered.
04:31I truly believed our love was strong enough to bridge the divide between our worlds.
04:35But just six months after I became his mate, I was found with another man.
04:40The frame-up was sloppy, obvious even, but it didn't matter.
04:43Something in his eyes changed that day.
04:46Watching his back as he left, I felt my heart turn to stone.
04:49I had trusted him, and I had been wrong.
04:52I would not make that mistake again.
04:55Selene paused at the door, turning back to give me a fake smile.
04:58Enjoy yourself, Kareem.
05:00You and your...
05:01kind...
05:02are better suited for each other, aren't you?
05:04Her words were laced with venom, but I no longer cared.
05:07After they left, the room fell into a dead silence.
05:10I turned to the man still passed out on the bed, and a wave of nausea rolled in my stomach.
05:15I'd been awake for a while.
05:17As the drug's effects wore off and I realized I'd been set up again, I could have run,
05:21only to be dragged back for an even crueler punishment.
05:24But this time, I chose to stay.
05:26I waited for them, for this whole drama to play out, just to end this disgusting game for good.
05:32That evening, I returned to the River Pax estate, my former home.
05:35When I pushed open the door to the master bedroom, I found it empty.
05:39My clothes, my books, even the jasmine plant I'd potted myself, all gone.
05:44A werewolf maid saw me and bowed her head awkwardly.
05:47Mrs. Kareem, your things have been packed.
05:50They're in the storage room.
05:52Miss Selene said the master bedroom needs to be prepared for the new Luna.
05:56The new Luna.
05:57I let out a bitter laugh.
05:59Selene certainly worked fast.
06:01The storage room was next to the basement, a dark, damp space filled with old furniture and junk.
06:06My suitcases were tossed in a corner, one of them broken open, my clothes spilling onto the dusty floor.
06:12I knelt and started digging through the mess.
06:15I didn't care about the expensive clothes or jewelry.
06:18Those were gifts from Ethan, or rather, gifts for the Luna he wanted me to be.
06:22I was looking for only one thing, the emerald necklace my grandmother had given me.
06:27It was the only treasure that was truly mine.
06:29Finally, in a broken jewelry box, I found it.
06:35Hey!
06:36A small voice came from behind me.
06:38I turned to see four-year-old Leo standing in the doorway, looking down at me.
06:42At some point, he'd stopped calling me mom.
06:45Now, it was just hey.
06:47Auntie Selene said you're not part of our family anymore.
06:49You're an outsider.
06:51You can't take anything from the pack.
06:53My heart clenched.
06:56Leo, these are my things, not the packs.
06:59No!
07:00Auntie Selene says all lonely humans are thieves.
07:03You can't take anything!
07:05He lunged for the necklace in my hand, his small fingers yanking hard on the chain.
07:09Leo, let go!
07:10This was from your great-grandmother!
07:13I tried to protect it, but even a four-year-old pup had unnatural strength.
07:17In the struggle, the necklace snapped and fell to the floor.
07:21The crack of the emerald shattering was deafening in the small, silent room.
07:25I stared at the broken pieces on the ground, my heart turning to ash.
07:29The stone that held all of my grandmother's love was shattered.
07:33It's your fault for not letting go!
07:36Leo, do you have any idea what you just broke?
07:40That was from my great-grandmother.
07:42Do you even know she's in a nursing home because of you?
07:47I don't have a great-grandmother.
07:49I just know about some burden who's draining our pack's medical resources.
07:53Auntie Selene said she should have died a long time ago.
07:57Then Dad wouldn't have to waste so much money on her.
08:01Auntie Selene said that, for a lowly human, she doesn't deserve to be in our pack.
08:06Say that again!
08:08Lowly?
08:09Doesn't deserve?
08:10My expression terrified him.
08:12He bit his lip, then found his courage.
08:16A lowly old woman.
08:17What?
08:18I couldn't take it.
08:19I shoved him.
08:20I couldn't stand hearing those vile words from his mouth.
08:24Caught off guard, he fell backward and let out a pained cry.
08:27Dad!
08:28Mommy hit me!
08:30Leo wailed from the floor.
08:33Leo, what's wrong?
08:38Dad, she hit me!
08:39Mommy, make her leave!
08:40I want Auntie Selene!
08:42Ethan's furious glare landed on me.
08:45Are you insane?
08:47Attacking your own pup!
08:49I stood in the corner, watching the father and son, feeling nothing.
08:54I didn't hit him.
08:56I was fulfilling my final duty as his mother.
08:59Teaching him some manners.
09:01Teaching him what he should and shouldn't say.
09:05Manners.
09:08You call shoving a four-year-old pup manners?
09:11Leo sobbed in his father's arms, but still managed to repeat his earlier words.
09:16Dad!
09:17Auntie Selene was right!
09:19That old woman is just wasting your money!
09:22She should have died a long time ago!
09:24Hearing it again from my own son's lips was like a knife twisting in my heart.
09:28But what broke me was Ethan's reaction.
09:30He just frowned.
09:32He didn't scold Leo.
09:34Instead, he defended Selene.
09:37Selene was just stating a fact from the perspective of PAC resources.
09:40Don't make a big deal out of it.
09:42Her medical bills are a significant expense.
09:45I stared at him in disbelief.
09:47After four years together, he thought caring for my sick grandmother was an unnecessary expense.
09:53Ethan, do you hear yourself?
09:55Enough!
09:56I brought Leo here so you two could talk about the situation.
10:01Don't tell him yet.
10:02He's young.
10:03He needs time to adjust.
10:05He meant the bond dissolution.
10:07I almost laughed.
10:09In the last four years, the total time I'd spent talking to Leo was probably less than half the time
10:14he'd spent alone with Selene.
10:15And now he wanted us to talk?
10:17I bent down and gathered the shattered pieces of the emerald, not even flinching as a sharp edge sliced my
10:23finger.
10:29I'm leaving.
10:32In the living room, Selene was lounging elegantly on the sofa with a cup of tea, as if she owned
10:37the place.
10:38She gave me a perfect smile as I walked out.
10:41I ignored her and headed straight for the main entrance.
10:44Stop!
10:48You can't go!
10:50You didn't say sorry to me!
10:52Used to being the center of everyone's world, Leo couldn't handle my indifference.
10:56When I didn't immediately kneel to hug and soothe him, he started wailing.
11:00The sound was shrill and piercing.my coldness finally made Ethan snap.
11:04The full force of his alpha command crashed down on me, making it hard to breathe.
11:08Stop!
11:09Apologize to Leo!
11:11Now!
11:12The alpha's command was an invisible chain, binding my body.
11:15To end it all, I mechanically knelt and looked at the crying boy.
11:20I'm sorry, Leo.
11:22Mommy shouldn't have pushed you.
11:24Leo stopped crying.
11:25He glared at me with swollen, red eyes.
11:28Then suddenly swung his little hand.
11:30At4, Leo could already partially shift.
11:32His nails lengthened, sharpening into claws.
11:35Blood rolled up instantly from three deep gashes on my arm.
11:38Lowly human, you deserved it!
11:41You reek of another male.
11:44Even a pup can scent it.
11:46This is the punishment you deserve.
11:49Ethan, I shot to my feet.
11:51My shot fell in my eyes, blazing with fury.
11:54You say I reek of another male?
11:56What about you?
11:57For four years, you and Suelene have been disperable.
12:01You even sent our son to stay at her house.
12:03So you tell me, whose scent is more disgusting?
12:06Corinne!
12:07How dare you?
12:08The alpha and I are innocent.
12:10I was merely performing my duties as a beta, helping manage pack affairs.
12:15Innocent?
12:17You know exactly what's in your heart.
12:20You!
12:21Enough!
12:23Corinne, you have completely and utterly disappointed me.
12:27Since you seem to think we're not so innocent, I'll show you what real betrayal looks like.
12:31Ethan ordered the nanny to take Leo away.
12:34Then he grabbed my wrist and dragged me back into the bathroom.
12:37Ethan, let me go!
12:38I struggled, but a human's strength is nothing against a werewolf's.
12:42The door slammed shut.
12:44He bound my wrists with a coarse rope and threw me to the floor.
12:47Tonight, you're going to watch.
12:50That hurts!
12:51Hurts?
12:52You think this hurts?
12:54Do you have any idea how much it hurt when I found you with him?
12:57He turned, pulled Celine into his arms, and crushed his lips against hers.
13:01The kiss was passionate, fiery, as if they were true mates.
13:05The sight made me want to vomit.
13:07Ethan!
13:08We dissolved the bond!
13:09You can't humiliate me like this!
13:12He didn't listen, deepening the kiss.
13:15Celine let out a soft moan, her hand slowly tracing the skin over his heart.
13:19There, tattooed in black ink, was my name.
13:21The mate's mark of loyalty.
13:23Now, Celine's fingers were stroking those letters.
13:26Alpha, this tattoo.
13:28Can you change it to my name?
13:30I closed my eyes, silent tears streaming down my face.
13:33Of course, Selena.
13:35A faithless mate doesn't deserve a place on my skin.
13:39Faithless.
13:40The irony was suffocating.
13:42He believed every flimsy setup against me, yet here he was, kissing and touching another woman right in front of
13:47my eyes.
13:48Just as my heart went completely numb, my phone rang.
13:51I struggled to reach it and answer.
13:52A nurse's trembling voice came from the other end.
13:56I'm a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital.
13:58Your grandmother, there's been an emergency.
14:02What?
14:03What happened to her?
14:05Your grandmother heard the news that you were being exiled from the pack this afternoon and she became very distressed.
14:09During our evening rounds, we found she had swallowed a large number of sleeping pills.
14:13We're working on her now, but her will to live is very weak.
14:17Miss Corrine, can you get here right away?
14:18She really needs you.
14:19How could she know?
14:21I collapsed, the world spinning.
14:23I never told her.
14:25I scrambled to my feet.
14:28Ethan, please!
14:29Let me go to the hospital!
14:30My grandmother, something happened to her!
14:33What a performance, Corrine.
14:35Are you really willing to stoop this low just to escape your punishment?
14:39It's not an act!
14:41It's real!
14:42My grandmother is in trouble!
14:45Alpha.
14:46Don't let her fool you.
14:48This is just a pathetic attempt to run away.
14:51I'm not lying!
14:52She's really in the emergency room!
14:53Please believe me!
14:54Enough!
14:58We just signed the agreement.
15:00How would your grandmother know?
15:01You knew she couldn't handle the shock and you still had to tell her.
15:05Who's to blame for that?
15:07I didn't tell her!
15:08Just let me go!
15:10There might still be time!
15:11She was only injured because she saved Leo from a rogue wolf!
15:15Please don't treat her life like a joke!
15:19Corrine!
15:20You use your grandmother to get sympathy every single time.
15:25I'm sick of it!
15:26Alpha, forget about her.
15:28Come here.
15:29In a final, desperate surge, I fought to my feet and hung up.
15:33But with my hands tied, I lost my balance and my head slammed hard against the door.
15:38Grandma!
15:39I have to save Grandma!
15:41My actions finally pushed Ethan over the edge.
15:44He strode over, grabbed my shoulder, and dragged me to the storage closet in the corner of the room.
15:49Since you love lying and performing so much, you can stay in here and reflect on it!
15:54The closet was small and dark.
15:56No!
15:57Don't lock me in here!
15:59You know I have claustrophobia!
16:01Ethan, please!
16:02Stay in there and watch!
16:04The closet door slammed shut, plunging me into total darkness.
16:08The sounds of their coupling, grunts and moans, echoed in the suffocating blackness, amplified and inescapable.
16:14The next morning, Ethan came downstairs and called out by habit.
16:18Corinne, make breakfast!
16:19There was no answer.
16:21The nanny reported timidly.
16:23Alpha, the young master won't stop crying.
16:25He spiked a fever last night, 102 degrees, and just kept crying for his mommy.
16:30Just then, the living room phone rang.
16:32Ethan answered it.
16:34A stranger's voice was on the line.
16:36Hello, am I speaking to a relative of Miss Corinne?
16:39This is St. Mary's Hospital.
16:41We're calling about her grandmother's final arrangements.
16:43The woman passed away during the night.
16:45We were unable to revive her, but no family has come to claim the body.
16:50He suddenly remembered last night.
16:52The phone call he had dismissed as a lie.
16:54His face went pale.
16:56He turned and bolted up the stairs.
16:58With a trembling hand, he wrenched open the closet door.
17:01The moment the door swung open, he froze.
17:04The locker was empty.
17:06Nothing but a few bloodstains and a broken rope.
17:09She got out on her own?
17:11She's really selling it.
17:12Ethan muttered to himself.
17:13Even bled for the part.
17:15He was convinced this was all an elaborate act.
17:18A sob story cooked up by Corinne and her grandmother.
17:21The goal was obvious, to make him take back his decision to reject her, to welcome the
17:25unfaithful woman back into his arms.
17:27He truly underestimated a human's cunning.
17:30Ethan picked up his spare phone and dialed Corinne's number.
17:35The number you have dialed has been switched off.
17:38Switched off.
17:39So she's going all the way with this act.
17:41He gave a cold smirk and decided to drive to the hospital himself to see what kind of
17:45game they were playing.
17:46Half an hour later, Ethan stood at the entrance to St. Mary's Hospital and work.
17:50The sharp sting of disinfectant couldn't mask the cloying scent of death.
17:54He wrinkled his nose.
17:55Alpha, what are you doing here?
17:57The doctor rushed over as soon as he saw him.
18:00You called earlier about Corinne's grandmother.
18:03The doctor sighed.
18:04A sudden, dark premonition washed over Ethan.
18:07Last night, the old woman heard that Corinne was going to be expelled from the pack.
18:12She became hysterical, crying and repeating things like,
18:16I'm dragging Corinne down and I shouldn't be alive.
18:19Ethan's voice was calm.
18:20And?
18:21And then we found her.
18:24She'd swallowed a massive dose of sleeping pills when the nurse wasn't looking.
18:30We worked on her for four straight hours.
18:33We almost had her stabilized, but her will to live was just...
18:37gone.
18:39She just kept calling Miss Corinne's name.
18:41If Corinne had been here, then maybe what?
18:44Maybe we could have saved her.
18:46The doctor said, shaking his head with regret.
18:49Ethan's fingers curled into fists.
18:52He remembered smashing Corinne's phone on the floor last night.
18:55He remembered locking her in that cramped, dark locker.
18:58Are you sure she's gone?
19:00Of course we're sure.
19:01The death certificate has already been issued.
19:03We need the family to handle the arrangements and claim the body.
19:06Ethan felt a wave of dizziness so strong he had to brace himself against the wall to keep
19:10from falling.
19:11If her grandmother was really dead, then that phone call last night.
19:15Alpha, please tell Corinne this for me.
19:19Before her grandmother, she kept saying, don't blame Corinna.
19:23It's all my fault for holding her back.
19:27When I'm dead, she'll finally be free.
19:29It felt like a fist had closed around Ethan's heart, squeezing tight.
19:34Who?
19:35Who told her grandmother about the expulsion?
19:38Only one person has visited her these past few days.
19:42Your beta, Selina.
19:45Selina.
19:45So she was here.
19:47No wonder it felt so wrong.
19:49Corinne would never have told her ailing grandmother something so devastating.
19:53He staggered back a step.
19:55Suddenly, he heard Corinne's desperate cries from the night before.
19:59She was injured by a rogue wolf to save Leo!
20:04His mind flashed back to that night two years ago.
20:07Leo had playfully snuck out of the manor, only to run into a vicious rogue wolf.
20:11It was Corinne's grandmother who had thrown herself in front of the child, taking the claws to her stomach.
20:17The attack had damaged her internal organs, leaving her bedridden and frail ever since.
20:21Corinne had been heartbroken, and he had held her hand, swearing he would treat her grandmother like his own family
20:27from that day on.
20:28He had broken his promise.
20:30He had let the woman who saved his son die alone and in despair.
20:33A wave of fear and guilt, stronger than anything he had ever felt, crashed over him.
20:39Alpha, are you alright?
20:40The doctor asked, looking with concern at Ethan's pale face.
20:43Ethan didn't answer.
20:44He just turned and bolted from the morgue.
20:47He had to get home.
20:48When he sped back to the villa, he found Leo crying at the top of the stairs.
20:52The four-year-old's face was flushed with fever as he sat helplessly on the floor.
20:57Mommy, I want my mommy.
20:59Leo's sobs were heart-wrenching.
21:01The nanny stood beside him, wringing her hands.
21:04The young master keeps asking for his mother.
21:06He won't even take his medicine.
21:07The moment Leo saw Ethan, he ran to him.
21:10Daddy, where's mommy?
21:12Why isn't she back?
21:13Looking at Leo's fever-flushed face, a storm of emotions churned inside Ethan.
21:18I want mommy.
21:20Where is she?
21:22Mommy.
21:23Mommy had to go out for a bit.
21:25She'll be back soon.
21:27Ethan said, the words feeling like ash in his mouth.
21:30In that moment, he didn't know if he was lying to Leo or to himself.
21:34He didn't even know where Corinne was.
21:37Hearing this, Leo suddenly balled his small fists in anger.
21:40It's all because she's human.
21:42It's all her fault.
21:43If only she wasn't a human.
21:44But as soon as the words were out,
21:46the little boy broke into choked sobs again.
21:49But, but I want my mommy.
21:51Daddy, when is mommy coming back?
21:53Does she not want me anymore?
21:55He remembered a time when Corinne would dissolve into tears at the first sign of a sniffle from Leo.
22:00She'd hold vigil by his crib all night, no matter how exhausted she was.
22:05Back when he was just a toddler, Leo had been her little shadow,
22:08clinging to her leg and crying for mommy if she was out of his sight for even a second.
22:12Mom!
22:12But somewhere along the line, everything had changed.
22:16Leo began to treat her love like a meal he craved, yet was disgusted by.
22:20I wish Auntie Celia was my mommy.
22:23Corinne had just broken.
22:25Tears streamed down her face, silent and unending.
22:28And he, lost in his own fog of perceived betrayal, had offered no comfort.
22:33He'd twisted the knife.
22:34Compared to Celia, you're not fit to be his mother anyway.
22:38After that, as Leo's cruel words became more frequent,
22:41Corinne's heartbreak slowly hardened into a quiet numbness.
22:44The barbs stopped hurting her.
22:47Now, remembering the ghost of those tears in Corinne's eyes and seeing that same awful conflict mirrored in his own
22:52son,
22:52Ethan's heart felt like it was being torn in two.
22:55Who the hell had poisoned a four-year-old's heart to twist love into such hateful knots?
22:59He handed Leo over to a maid and walked into his study alone.
23:02The maid rejection papers were still on his desk.
23:05Corinne's handprint was a glaring red stain on the page.
23:08The space for the Alpha's signature was still empty.
23:11He had never intended to sign them.
23:14He thought Corinne was just throwing a tantrum,
23:16that in a few days she'd be back on her knees,
23:18crying and begging him for forgiveness like she always did.
23:21But this time, she had actually left.
23:24She'd left so cleanly, as if their four years together had been nothing.
23:27The thought filled Ethan with anger.
23:29But underneath it, something else was stirring.
23:32Panic.
23:32He picked up his phone and sent Corinne a text.
23:35I've had someone handle your grandmother's funeral arrangements.
23:39No reply.
23:40He sent another.
23:42Leo has a fever.
23:43He won't stop crying for you.
23:46Still nothing.
23:47The minutes ticked by.
23:49Ethan sat in his study, staring at the phone screen,
23:52a feeling of desperate urgency growing inside him.
23:55He had never waited this anxiously for a message from anyone.
23:58Just then, a terrified screen came from outside.
24:01Alpha!
24:03The young master has collapsed!
24:05Ethan shot out of the study and saw Leo lying limply on the floor,
24:08his small face crimson, his eyes closed.
24:11He was unconscious.
24:12He roared, scooping his son up.
24:15Quick!
24:16Get the pack, doctor!
24:17The heat radiating from the boy's body sent a fresh wave of terror through him.
24:21Auntie Selena said,
24:23Mommy's a lowly human.
24:24While they waited for the doctor,
24:26Leo started muttering in his sleep,
24:28That grandma's a burden.
24:30She said,
24:32If I scratch mommy,
24:34she'll get sent away.
24:35And I can have a new werewolf mommy.
24:38The little boy's voice was weak and broken.
24:41She said,
24:42The other cubs laugh at me because my mom's a human.
24:46That she's an embarrassment to our family.
24:49If mommy leaves,
24:50no one will laugh at me anymore.
24:53Ethan's hands clenched into fists,
24:55his nails digging into his palms.
24:57Every word was a hammer blow to Ethan's heart.
25:00So that was it.
25:02Selene had orchestrated all of it.
25:04But,
25:04but grandma isn't a burden.
25:07Grandma was nice to me.
25:08She made me cookies.
25:10Mommy,
25:11Mommy,
25:12I'm sorry.
25:13Please don't leave me.
25:15I won't ever say you're a bad human again.
25:17Please come back.
25:18Uncle Selene lied to me.
25:21She said a new mommy would love me more.
25:24But I only want my mommy.
25:26Ethan's eyes burned.
25:27He finally understood why Leo had acted so strangely toward Corinne.
25:31A child not even five years old,
25:33manipulated by an adult's malice.
25:35Forced to choose between loving his mother and despising her.
25:38And he,
25:39the boy's father,
25:40had not only failed to protect his son and his mate,
25:42but had allowed it all to happen.
25:44Daddy,
25:45why doesn't mommy want me anymore?
25:46Is it because I scratched her with my claws?
25:49It must have hurt a lot.
25:51I'll never do it again.
25:53Mommy,
25:54come back.
25:54I'll forget all the bad things Auntie Selene told me to say.
25:58He finally understood why Corinne had been so resolute about not wanting Leo that day.
26:03Because she had lost all hope in her son,
26:05too.
26:05That's why even now,
26:07with Leo so sick,
26:08it wouldn't be enough to bring her back.
26:10Ethan couldn't help but wonder,
26:12what about him?
26:12Had Corinne given up on him completely?
26:15Two?
26:15The pack doctor arrived quickly and began treating Leo.
26:22Alpha,
26:23I heard Leo was sick.
26:24How is he?
26:25Is it serious?
26:25She said,
26:26trying to step closer.
26:28Ethan took a step back.
26:29Selene,
26:30tell me,
26:30what did you teach Leo?
26:32Selene's eyes flickered with panic.
26:34Alpha,
26:34I don't understand what you mean.
26:36You don't understand?
26:37Ethan stared at her deceitful face,
26:39his rage finally boiling over.
26:41Lowly human.
26:42A burden of a grandmother
26:44who taught a four-year-old child words like that.
26:48Selene stammered,
26:49trying to find an excuse.
26:51I was only...
26:51Only what?
26:52Ethan stalked toward her.
26:56Only encouraging a cub not yet five years old
26:58to attack his own mother with his claws?
27:00Only telling him that if he hurt his mother,
27:03she'd be cast out so he could have a better whale wolf stepmother?
27:07Alpha,
27:08I did it for Leo's own good.
27:10A human is not fit to be the luna of a wolf pack.
27:13For Leo's good?
27:14You twisted him up with so much guilt and longing
27:17that he passed out crying for his mother in his sleep.
27:19You call that for his own good?
27:21Ethan,
27:21please let me explain.
27:22I truly love you.
27:23I only want...
27:24Get out.
27:25As of this moment,
27:26you are no longer my beta
27:26and don't you ever let me see you again.
27:28Selene stared at him in disbelief.
27:30You're casting me out?
27:31For that human?
27:33Ethan,
27:33I've given so many years to the river pack.
27:35Your contributions?
27:37Your contributions were to destroy my family,
27:39manipulate my child,
27:40and drive my mate's grandmother to her death?
27:42Get out!
27:43Selene stumbled backward,
27:45her eyes filled with a toxic mix of disbelief and resentment.
27:48But against the absolute authority of an alpha,
27:50she had no choice but to turn and leave.
27:53Ethan leaned weakly against the wall.
27:55He thought about the night before,
27:56how he'd been so provoked by Corinne's words
27:58that he had impulsively slept with Selene.
28:00Looking back now,
28:01he realized he hadn't been punishing Corinne.
28:04He had only defiled himself.
28:06He immediately dialed the number
28:07of his most trusted subordinate.
28:09Marcus,
28:10I need you to reinvestigate
28:11at every detail of Corinne's three past infidelities.
28:13Find those three men.
28:14I want to know exactly what happened.
28:16Alpha,
28:16you suspect.
28:17I suspect I've been played for a fool for four years.
28:22If Selene was capable of doing this to Leo,
28:24then none of the evidence she provided can be trusted.
28:27Get on it now.
28:27I want the truth.
28:29After hanging up,
28:30he sent another text to Corinne,
28:32his fingers shaking.
28:34Corinne,
28:34I'm sorry.
28:35He waited 10 minutes.
28:36No reply.
28:38He sent another.
28:39Leo won't stop calling for you.
28:41Please,
28:41just come back and see him.
28:43Ethan slid to the floor,
28:44finally realizing that he might have lost her forever.
28:47A short while later,
28:48Marcus called back.
28:52Alpha,
28:53we have the preliminary results.
28:55We haven't tracked down the first man yet,
28:57but the men from the second and third incidences
29:00both received large wire transfers from the same account
29:03right before the events took place.
29:05What?
29:07Go clear.
29:09Furthermore,
29:10after Corinne lost consciousness,
29:12neither man actually touched her.
29:14Surveillance footage shows they just lay down next to her
29:17and waited for you to arrive.
29:18and Alpha,
29:21that bank account.
29:22We're still tracing it,
29:23but our initial theory is...
29:24Spit it out!
29:26Alpha,
29:27is it possible
29:28that all three of those infidelity scenes were staged?
29:32If it was all fake,
29:33then what had he done to Corinne for the past four years?
29:35lepre Doctors
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