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00:00The full moon hung over the Alpha Prince's fortress cold, silent, merciless.
00:05Its silver glow draped the stone spires casting long, haunting shadows that matched the emptiness in my chest.
00:12That night, I lost my fifth pup again.
00:15The pack healers all said the same thing.
00:18My body was too weak to carry an Alpha's blood,
00:21too fragile to withstand the primal ferocity of an Alpha's cub,
00:25so I believed them.
00:26For three years.
00:28Five pregnancies.
00:30Five deaths.
00:32The Volf matriarch stood outside my chamber,
00:35her silhouette sharp against the moonlight,
00:37her presence as unyielding as the pack's loss.
00:40Elena, you are his mate.
00:41You cannot let the Alpha's bloodline end.
00:44Aldric is the Alpha King's kin,
00:46bearer of primordial wolf blood.
00:48His lineage must go on.
00:50So I suggested something no mate ever should,
00:53something that felt like tearing my own heart out.
00:55Let him take a consort.
00:56A strong She-Volf who can give him the air you need.
01:00Aldric froze.
01:01His hand, which had been resting on the hilt of his silver rune longsword, went rigid.
01:06The air in the chamber thickened, his Alpha aura swirling with barely contained rage,
01:11then exploded.
01:13His golden eyes turned feral bright, unhinged, the Volf within him roaring to break free.
01:18The wooden table splintered, the window shattered, and the walls shook under his wrath.
01:23But in the end, he still agreed.
01:25The Volf matriarch's demand.
01:27The weight of his Alpha duty won out.
01:29His voice hoarse, as if every word pained him.
01:32If she bears an air, mother,
01:34he said,
01:35never speak of this again for the rest of your days.
01:37If she bears an air, mother,
01:39never speak of this again for the rest of your days.
01:42And I thought, I was the problem.
01:44My weak body.
01:46My inability to carry his pup.
01:48Was the reason our clan's lineage was at risk.
01:51My failure.
01:53The next day I went to the moonlight cloister alone.
01:57Its stone cloister rose high and gloomy.
02:00Pale moonlight seeping through the dome.
02:02Dying everything eerily silent.
02:04What should have been a place of prayer hung in the air with a strange scent pine resin
02:08mixed with faint trembling gasps.
02:11The sound was barely audible.
02:13Yet carried a bone-melting magnetism.
02:15It was Aldrich's voice.
02:17The one I knew best.
02:18The voice he took after dark.
02:21My feet froze in place.
02:23My heart hammering so hard it threatened to shatter my ribs.
02:27I ducked instinctively into the shadow of a carved stone pillar.
02:31At the end of the corridor,
02:32moonlight painted two figures in shameless intimacy.
02:35Aldrich had his back to me.
02:36His shoulders tensed like a drawn bow.
02:38His eyes glinting pale gold a sign that the werewolf within him had been roused to desire.
02:44Before him stood sister Leah.
02:46Her neck tilted slightly upward.
02:48Her wimple slipped off.
02:50Long hair falling over her shoulders.
02:52She reached out.
02:53Her fingertips gliding slowly and lightly across his tight collarbone.
02:57Pressing against his heaving chest.
02:59Her voice soft as honey drenched silk.
03:05To keep her bound to you,
03:07you have killed your own pup.
03:08With your own hands five times.
03:11When you hold her at night,
03:13do you never think of the flesh and blood that died in her womb?
03:15Each word was a burning needle,
03:18piercing all my naivety.
03:20The air thickened with a forbidden mix of lust,
03:23blood and wolfish scent.
03:27Every drop of blood in my veins turned to ice in that moment.
03:30Every drop of blood in my veins turned to ice in that moment.
03:34Aldrich suddenly clamped his hand around Leah's jaw,
03:36his grip nearly violent.
03:38Silence.
03:39His voice was no longer the gentle tone I knew,
03:42but hoarse, panting, dangerously rough.
03:44Breathe a word of this to her,
03:45and I will flay your skin and feed you to the wolves.
03:49Far from fearing him,
03:51Leah leaned into him,
03:53lifting her hands to slowly loop around his neck.
03:55In the next breath,
03:57she slipped her nun's robe off one shoulder,
03:59the pale fabric sliding down.
04:01She rose on tiptoe,
04:03her lips nearly brushing his earlobe,
04:04her breath warm and sweet.
04:06Can you truly say you are not happier
04:08when you are with me?
04:10Aldrich's Adam's apple bobbed violently,
04:12his golden eyes blazing with bestial heat.
04:15He lowered his head,
04:16not a kiss,
04:17but a near-feral bite to her shoulder and neck,
04:19a muffled growl rumbling in his chest.
04:21Their gasps echoed loudly in the empty cloister,
04:24tangled and lingering,
04:26carrying a forbidden's thrill sharp enough to tear.
04:28I stood frozen, cold to the bone,
04:31I stood frozen, cold to the bone,
04:33trembling in every limb.
04:34The truth struck me.
04:36I did not lose my children because I was weak.
04:39The man I loved had fed me silverweed potion with his own hands,
04:43again and again,
04:44strangling the life from our unborn babies.
04:46My tears stung cold by the wind.
04:50A cold wind swept through me.
04:54I fled in panic.
04:59When I returned to the castle,
05:01Aldrich held me gently in his arms,
05:03but all I could smell on him was the lingering lust and blood.
05:07Hidden in his eyes was a flicker of unease,
05:09and he spoke softly.
05:14I looked at him and suddenly smiled.
05:16A smile of a heart turned to ash.
05:19Very well, I shall arrange the ceremony for you.
05:23I got up very early the next morning.
05:27I turned and fetched the war hawk my father had left me.
05:32I dipped a quill into ink and wrote one line on parchment.
05:35Father, I seek a divorce.
05:37Come take me home.
05:42Take me away from this nightmare.
05:44The war hawk spread its wings and soared through the clouds,
05:46toward the southern border.
05:49That night,
05:50old pain gnawed at my lower abdomen.
05:52Aldrich carried me back to bed,
05:54tucking the blanket carefully around me.
05:56His fingertips were cool as he brushed my cheek.
05:59Why so quiet again?
06:01I pressed my hand instinctively to my belly,
06:03a chill shooting up my spine.
06:05He sighed softly,
06:06his words light,
06:07like a meaningless comfort.
06:09Let it go.
06:10That child was never meant to be ours.
06:12A single careless sentence,
06:14asking me to erase five lives connected to my blood,
06:18lives he had personally destroyed.
06:20I lifted my gaze to him,
06:21my voice light as wind.
06:23Will we ever have another child?
06:25He paused,
06:26his golden eyes firm.
06:27Even if we never have heirs,
06:28I will only ever dote on you.
06:31In that moment,
06:31I understood completely.
06:33It was not that he could not have children,
06:35he just could not let me have them.
06:37I spoke calmly.
06:39Today I went to the Moonlight Tomistry.
06:41Aldrich's face stiffened,
06:43panic flashing across his features.
06:45Even now,
06:46he still lied to me.
06:47I dug my nails into my palm,
06:49forcing calm.
06:49I was there too,
06:50did we not cross paths?
06:52The place was crowded.
06:55We must have missed each other.
06:57As for the mistress,
06:58since it is decided,
06:59we shall prepare well.
07:02He relaxed.
07:07Not noticing that my heart had already died.
07:10That night I spiked a high fever,
07:12burning hot all over.
07:14Aldrich panicked,
07:15and was about to send for the physician
07:16when a servant hurried in.
07:19Someone from the monastery had come bearing his token.
07:22His face darkened.
07:23He stared sharply at the hooded figure bowing at the door.
07:27I shall return shortly.
07:29Wait for me,
07:29and I'll bring you the sweetest honey cakes.
07:31I lay on the bed,
07:33my mind foggy,
07:34but my gaze clear as a mirror.
07:36Beneath that monk's habit,
07:38the skin was snow white and delicate.
07:40It was clearly Leah in disguise.
07:42I reached out and gently tugged his robe,
07:45my voice weak but steady.
07:46My alpha,
07:48let her come forward.
07:49The panic in Aldrich's eyes could no longer be hidden.
07:52He let out a cold laugh.
07:54You are disheveled now.
07:56To be seen like this would shame the prince's castle.
07:59Elena,
08:00you were raised on the border.
08:02You do not understand court etiquette.
08:04Do not be willed for him.
08:05His tone distant and cruel,
08:07the knife driven straight into my deepest wound.
08:09Once,
08:10I had felt inferior for not knowing court manners,
08:12but he had shielded me recklessly,
08:14defying nobles for me,
08:16throwing punches for me.
08:18Now,
08:18all that past affection and protection
08:20had turned into blades aimed at my heart.
08:22I lowered my eyes,
08:24obediently letting go.
08:25My voice so light it held no emotion.
08:28I was being thoughtless.
08:29Lena,
08:30fetch the lord his cloak.
08:31Yes,
08:31Melody.
08:32Aldrich sighed in relief and hurried off with Leah.
08:34I forced my burning body to stand
08:36and walked step by step to his study.
08:39It was a room I had decorated myself.
08:41He had once said everything in it was chosen by me,
08:44that no one else was allowed to touch it,
08:46not even the creamer he would do it himself.
08:49But now the study was in ruins.
08:51Silver ornaments and scrolls
08:53lay scattered across the dark wooden desk.
08:55The quill I had picked for him
08:57tossed carelessly in the corner,
08:59covered in dust.
09:00The air reeked of lust and bald blood.
09:03The door was not fully closed.
09:05A crack revealed every shameful act inside.
09:08Shadows flickered dimly,
09:10the air thick with overwhelming desire.
09:12Leah's voice was soft and coiling.
09:14My alpha,
09:15you are so strong.
09:18Every gasp,
09:18deliberate provocation.
09:20And Aldrich,
09:21I had never seen him like this.
09:23The werewolf prince,
09:24gentle,
09:25restrained and cautious with me,
09:27had cast off all pretense,
09:28his eyes burning with wild lust,
09:31his movements rough,
09:32predatory and intoxicated.
09:34No restraint,
09:36no tenderness,
09:37no care,
09:38a burning,
09:39mad passion I had never known.
09:41Leah tilted her face upward.
09:43Suddenly she lifted her gaze
09:44and met mine through the gap.
09:45She started,
09:47then curled her lips
09:48into a victorious,
09:49taunting smile,
09:50raising her voice deliberately.
09:52Aldrich,
09:53gently,
09:54our child
09:56cannot bear rough handling.
09:58Child.
09:59So they have been lovers all along,
10:01already carrying a safe,
10:02crown-approved heir.
10:04And my children,
10:05only because I carried a secret others
10:07spoke of had to die in my womb.
10:08I could bear no more.
10:10I turned and ran,
10:12tears streaming down my face.
10:14That night,
10:15Aldrich did not return.
10:16I sat by candlelight all night
10:18writing the divorce papers.
10:20I folded the parchment
10:21and placed it inside an oak box,
10:24gilded with iron edges.
10:25The wedding gift
10:26he had given me with his own hands.
10:29If I ever anger you,
10:30write it down and put it here.
10:32I will check every day
10:33and never fail you.
10:35I opened the box inside
10:36and still lay the little wishes
10:37I had written as a young girl.
10:39It turned out
10:40he had not opened this box
10:41in a very, very long time.
10:43The vows of old
10:44had been crushed to dust
10:45by royal power and desire.
10:47The next morning
10:48I ate breakfast calmly.
10:50Near midday,
10:51a maid rushed and pale with fear.
10:52My lady,
10:53your distant relatives
10:54have come to the manor.
10:55My heart tightened.
10:57The war hawk had been gone
10:58only one day.
10:59My father was far in the south.
11:00He could not have arrived so soon.
11:02I entered the great hall
11:04and a crude vulgar air
11:05washed over me.
11:07A stout woman stood there,
11:08leading a pretty-faced girl
11:10with a frivolous gaze.
11:12Distant relativus,
11:13barely related to me by blood.
11:15The woman beamed greedily.
11:17Elena,
11:18I heard the prince
11:19is taking an official mistress,
11:21so I brought my daughter specially.
11:23She's strong and fertile.
11:25When she bears a child,
11:27it can be registered
11:27under your name,
11:29your legitimate heir.
11:31My face darkened.
11:32The prince has chosen his mistress.
11:35I have no say in this.
11:37Leave.
11:38Oh,
11:39what does it matter?
11:41Let her serve the lord
11:42as a maid first.
11:43Given time,
11:44it will happen.
11:46You've miscarried five times.
11:48You'll probably never conceive again.
11:50Without a child,
11:51when the prince grows tired of you,
11:53how will you survive?
11:54The girl lifted her chin,
11:56her tone sharp as a blade.
11:58Sister cannot hold the lord's heart.
12:00Men,
12:01all prefer young,
12:03fresh things.
12:05Hatred surged within me.
12:06I raised my hand
12:07and slepthead hair-haired
12:08across the face.
12:11How dare you hit me!
12:13The girl shrieked.
12:15She hits you!
12:16And so what?
12:17A deep male voice
12:18boomed suddenly,
12:19sweeping through the hall.
12:27Guards!
12:28Rip out her tongue!
12:29The other,
12:30thirty flaps and cast out.
12:33Guards rushed forward.
12:34The mother and daughter
12:35turned ash on,
12:36screaming as they were dragged away.
12:38Aldrich immediately
12:39softened his rage,
12:41stepping quickly
12:41to take my hand,
12:43his tone tender with concern.
12:45Elena,
12:46are you alright?
12:47Were you frightened?
12:48He looked just like the man
12:50who had protected me
12:50for three years.
12:52But in the next breath,
12:53he led Leah forward
12:54from outside,
12:55his voice holding a hint
12:56of anticipation and joy.
13:00Elena,
13:01meet the woman I have chosen
13:02as royal mistress.
13:04Leah.
13:06The last flicker of warmth
13:08in my heart died completely.
13:10I smiled faintly,
13:11calm and unruffled.
13:13Very well.
13:14I shall prepare
13:15the mistress
13:16in prestation ceremony.
13:19Leah curtsied first,
13:20her head bowed,
13:21but her eyes glinted
13:22with triumph.
13:24Thank you, sister.
13:25From now on,
13:26I shall serve
13:27the Alpha and you well.
13:28I spoke lightly.
13:30The ceremony will be busy.
13:31I have invited
13:32the Temple Sisters
13:33to oversee it.
13:34I am unwell,
13:35so I shall not
13:36join the festivities.
13:37On that day,
13:38I would leave this cage
13:39forever with my father.
13:41Aldrich did not suspect a thing.
13:42Then you have a good rest.
13:44He turned away,
13:45Leah pulling his sleeve
13:46affectionately,
13:47and they left together.
13:48I closed my eyes,
13:50unwilling to look
13:50at them any longer.
13:51The ceremony was set
13:53for half a month later,
13:54on the night of the full moon.
13:56In the days that followed,
13:57he never came to me.
13:59The full moon rose,
14:00silver light covering the earth.
14:02Outside the castle,
14:03horns blared,
14:05torches snaked like dragons,
14:06and faint howls echoed.
14:08The grand ceremony
14:09of the prince
14:10installing his mistress.
14:11I stood at the courtyard gate,
14:13listening to the noise
14:15of the city,
14:15and smiled softly.
14:17My father's black warhorses
14:19waited outside,
14:20the carriage steady,
14:21holding no joy.
14:23I lifted my skirts
14:24and climbed aboard.
14:25Not looking back,
14:27the carriage slowly
14:28left the castle,
14:29but halted abruptly
14:30at the city gate.
14:33My lady,
14:34we have run into
14:35the prince's procession.
14:36I lifted the curtain.
14:39Aldrich stood in deep
14:40purple ceremonial robes,
14:41mounted on a white horse.
14:43At the sight of my father,
14:44he hastily dismounted
14:46and bowed respectfully.
14:47My father glanced
14:48at him coldly.
14:49The nightly guard
14:50exuded a killing oil.
14:52No one dared
14:53block the procession,
14:54and they stepped aside.
14:55In the instant,
14:56the carriage passed him by.
14:57Aldrich's head snapped up.
14:58Our eyes met.
14:59He saw me dressed
15:00in plain white.
15:01My gaze calm.
15:03Resolute.
15:04Without sorrow or joy
15:05in that moment.
15:06The invincible werewolf prince
15:08turned pale as death.
15:10Terrifying panic
15:10crashed over him
15:11like a tidal wave.
15:12He finally understood.
15:14I was not throwing a tantrum.
15:16Not being petty.
15:17I was leaving him forever,
15:19never to return.
15:20Aldrich tore off
15:21his ceremonial robes
15:22like a madman,
15:23leaped back onto his horse,
15:24and raced wildly
15:26towards the city gate.
15:30Duke!
15:31Which way did the Duke go?
15:33They've already left the city.
15:36With fine horses,
15:37they must be
15:37tens of miles away by now.
15:42I arrived in a small
15:43southern town with my father.
15:45Far from royal power.
15:47There were no werewolves.
15:48No fear of the full moon.
15:50No shadow of silverweed potion.
15:53Multiple miscarriages
15:54and heartbreak
15:54had left me gravely ill.
15:56My face as pale as paper.
15:57My father took me to train
16:00and practice swordsmanship
16:01each morning at dawn.
16:03Winged and sun
16:03gradually restored my health
16:05in barely half a month.
16:06A clear young voice
16:07called out.
16:08Sister Elena!
16:09A figure leaped down
16:10from an apricot blossom branch.
16:12It was Kale,
16:13the merchant's son,
16:14an apprentice mercenary,
16:16and my father's new disciple.
16:17He smiled brightly,
16:19like warm sunlight
16:20holding up a paper package.
16:22I brought you warm pastries.
16:23The pastries were still hot
16:24in my hand,
16:25but I saw a bright red
16:26burn mark on his chest.
16:28My chest tightened.
16:30You carried them
16:31against your chest?
16:32Doesn't it hurt?
16:34Not at all.
16:35Kale suddenly grew serious.
16:37Sister,
16:39when you're better,
16:41will you leave here?
16:42I asked softly,
16:43why do you ask?
16:45My father said
16:46a man should build
16:46his career before marriage.
16:48When I become a true knight,
16:51I will ask master
16:51for your hand.
16:53Kale,
16:54I only think of you
16:55as a brother.
16:56I know.
16:57But a brother can become
16:58a man soon enough.
17:01I've liked you
17:01since the first time
17:02I saw you.
17:03You looked so sad back then,
17:04I didn't dare say anything.
17:07Now you smile so beautifully.
17:09I can't wait any longer.
17:11I was about to reply
17:12when a maid rushed over.
17:13My lady!
17:14It's terrible!
17:15Many men have
17:16surrounded the manor.
17:18Master Obsessed says
17:18to no escape
17:19the screw through
17:20the side gate at once.
17:22Kale immediately
17:22wrapped a cloak
17:23tightly around me
17:24and whispered,
17:25before I could react,
17:26he lifted me in his arms.
17:28Forgive my boldness.
17:31Lena, tell master
17:32I take his sister to safety.
17:33You need not worry.
17:34Leaped onto an apricot tree
17:35and vaulted over the wall.
17:41But we could not escape him.
17:43A dark shadow
17:44flashed past.
17:45My neck went numb
17:46and I lost consciousness.
17:48When I woke,
17:49I was in a sealed stone chamber.
17:51In dim lamplight,
17:53Aldrich stared at me
17:54without blinking.
17:55In only a few days,
17:56he had become
17:57haggard beyond recognition.
17:59Stubbled,
17:59robes wrinkled,
18:01golden eyes bloodshot,
18:02filled with near-mad obsession.
18:04When I opened my eyes,
18:05he grabbed my hand violently
18:07and pressed it to his lips,
18:08his voice rough as sandpaper.
18:10Elena,
18:11I finally found you.
18:14Do you know
18:15when I saw you smiling
18:17with that boy,
18:18I wanted to kill him?
18:20I pulled my hand away coldly,
18:21my voice icy and calm.
18:23Your Highness,
18:25we are divorced.
18:26Aldrich turned pale,
18:28shaking his head frantically.
18:30I never agreed.
18:31I burned the divorce papers.
18:34Elena,
18:35I know I was wrong.
18:37Come back with me, please.
18:38Back to be fed
18:39silverweed potion again?
18:41I looked at him,
18:42every word cutting to the bone.
18:43You already have
18:44an official mistress,
18:46a legitimate child on the way.
18:48Why torn me still?
18:50Leah.
18:53Leah.
18:54If you hate her,
18:56I will kill her right now!
18:57I do not hate Leah!
19:00I do not!
19:02I hate our five children.
19:04Children you murdered
19:05with your own hands.
19:07You know everything.
19:09My voice shook,
19:10but clear.
19:11I know everything.
19:12Aldrich trembled violently,
19:14as if struck by lightning.
19:15I know you added silverweed
19:17to my medicine every time.
19:18I know you watched me suffer
19:20and did nothing.
19:22He collapsed to his knees,
19:23his vault form nearly breaking free,
19:26tears pouring out in despair.
19:29I had no choice.
19:31You are not
19:32the Duke's biological daughter.
19:34You are the last princess
19:35of the fallen former dynasty.
19:38My brother may let you live,
19:40but he will never allow you
19:42to bear a child
19:43with former dynasty blood.
19:44If I did not kill the children,
19:48you would have died.
19:49I froze,
19:50as if thunderstrop.
19:51So I was not
19:52my father's real daughter.
19:54So I lost five children,
19:56not because I was weak,
19:58not because he did not love me,
20:00but because of a birthright
20:02I did not even know I had.
20:04I looked at him,
20:05terrifyingly calm.
20:07So you knew
20:08I was the former dynasty princess.
20:10You knew we could never
20:11have children.
20:13You knew marrying me
20:14would only condemn me
20:16to miscarriage.
20:17After miscarriage,
20:18and you married me anyway.
20:20No.
20:22I'm doing this for us.
20:23For our love.
20:26Aldric, you did not protect me.
20:27You possessed me.
20:29All the pain in my life,
20:31you gave it to me.
20:32Kale burst through the door,
20:34slamming him to the ground,
20:35a dagger at his throat.
20:36The king has already
20:37decreed your divorce.
20:39You dare to touch me, boy?
20:40I'm a prince!
20:42To abduct Lady Elena
20:43is treason.
20:44Aldric's eyes widened,
20:45his face ashen.
20:47Just then,
20:48Leah rushed in,
20:49wearing rough cloth,
20:50her belly swollen.
20:51Before she could speak,
20:53Aldric, no!
20:55Aldric shoved her violently
20:56to the ground.
20:59A piercing scream,
21:01blood gushed between her legs,
21:06winding across the stone floor
21:07in a blinding red river.
21:09Leah struggled in agony,
21:10reaching for help,
21:11but Aldric only stared at me
21:13with bloodshot, crazed eyes,
21:15and stamped his foot down
21:16hard on her back.
21:17If she dies,
21:19if this child dies,
21:22nothing will stand stand
21:23between us anymore.
21:26I stared at him coldly.
21:27Now you only dare,
21:29Kali, a pregnant woman.
21:31I broke free from Kale,
21:33drew his sword,
21:33and pointed the tip at Aldric.
21:35Today we end this.
21:37His wolfish rage erupted.
21:38He roared and lunged
21:40Dot like gaze turned cold.
21:41I thrust the sword forward,
21:43the blade sinking
21:43into his right hand.
21:45His vault claw fell limp.
21:46The sword clattered to the ground.
21:49Aldric knelt,
21:50clutching his bleeding
21:51hand,
21:51looking up at him
21:52with eyes empty and dead.
21:56Later,
21:57word spread throughout the kingdom
21:59that the prince had murdered
22:00his mistress and their unborn child.
22:02The king imprisoned him for life.
22:04On a full moon night,
22:06he dismissed all his guards
22:07and set fire to the castle.
22:09Among the ashes,
22:10people found a charred corpse.
22:12In its arms,
22:13it held tightly
22:14an oak box gilded with iron edges,
22:16burned black.
22:19As for me,
22:20in the south,
22:22life was gentle and calm.
22:25I had finally been reborn.
22:27What is lost is gone.
22:29What comes next is yet to be.
22:31We'll see you.
22:31Good to see you.
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