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00:00Elle me a liar from the day I was born
00:01Not because I actually lied
00:03But because of this thing around my neck
00:05The Verity Choker
00:06Mom was Luna of Silvermoon Pack
00:08And she believed one thing above all
00:10Lying was the mark of a weak wolf
00:12We were her daughters, future alpha heirs
00:14Weakness was not an option
00:17So when my twin sister Emma and I were born
00:19Mom clasped these chokers around our throats
00:22Which had witch magic to detect lies
00:24Green light means truth
00:25Red light means you were lying
00:27Emma's choker? Always green
00:29She could shred mom's ceremonial cloak
00:31And blame the cat
00:32And Jem would glow a steady green
00:34Not me
00:35Green light believed
00:37Me?
00:39Mom, I'm hungry
00:41Flash! Red light
00:43The choker choked tight
00:44I shifted on instinct
00:45A small white wolf
00:47Plying desperately at the Jem around my neck
00:49Claws scraping against it
00:51Unable to get it off
00:52I'm not lying! Not lying! Please!
00:55But mom's eyes had already gone cold
00:57Instant punishment
00:58Mom's punishment wasn't gentle
01:00No food
01:01Locked in my room
01:02No contact with anyone in the pack
01:04The truth necklace doesn't lie, Stella
01:07Starve now, study later
01:09I'm doing this for your own good
01:11After 10 years of this
01:12I started believing it too
01:14Maybe I really was born wrong
01:16New year's eve
01:17Everything changed
01:18Mom was getting ready to take Emma
01:20To the pack's bonfire celebration
01:22And that's when the pain hit
01:24Like a knife twisting in my gut
01:25I collapsed on the floor
01:27My skeletal frame curling into itself
01:29Mom
01:31Please
01:32The choker flashed red and choked tight
01:35She looked down at me
01:36Disgusted in her eyes
01:38In your dreams, Stella
01:39Faking an illness to ruin our night?
01:42She grabbed Emma's hand and headed for the door
01:45I wanted to howl
01:46But my wolf was too weak to answer
01:48I shifted anyway
01:49Forced it
01:50A small white wolf trembling on the floor
01:53Ribs heaving
01:54Maybe in this form the pain would hurt less
01:56It didn't
01:57I couldn't even hold the shift
01:59I slipped back into myself without meaning to
02:01Sorry, Mom
02:02I won't lie anymore
02:04But the pain got worse
02:05Way worse
02:06The door handle turned
02:07For one second I thought
02:09Mom's coming back
02:10She came back for me
02:12Hurry up
02:13The bonfire is starting
02:14Emma's waiting
02:16Mom?
02:17I reached out with a shaking hand
02:18Please
02:20Something's really wrong
02:21I feel like I'm dying
02:22She glanced at my neck
02:23The gem was flashing red
02:25Over and over
02:26She crouched down
02:28Grabbed my chin
02:29Stella, how long are you gonna keep this up?
02:32Can't you just be honest?
02:33And stay here and think about what you've done?
02:36Dad appeared in the doorway
02:38Honey
02:38Should we at least leave her some food?
02:42Food?
02:43She has a stash of snacks she bought with stolen money
02:45She won't starve
02:47Lock the door
02:48When that gem turns green we'll talk
02:51But
02:52But what?
02:54It's because you spoil her that she turned out this way
02:57Look at Emma
02:58Her gem has always been green
03:01Stella is a liar
03:02An alpha heiress who can't tell the truth
03:05She needs discipline
03:06But my cabinet was empty
03:08Emma stole that money
03:10Emma ate those snacks
03:12Emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying
03:15Not me
03:16And mom believed her
03:18I tried to defend myself
03:19It wasn't me!
03:21Red light
03:22The choker choked tight
03:23I tried to shift
03:25Nothing happened
03:26Deep inside
03:27My wolf barely stirred
03:29Mom locked me up for three days
03:31With nothing but water and stale bread
03:34Mom turned to leave
03:35Emma peeked through the door
03:37Made a face at me
03:38Bye sis
03:39We're gonna see the bonfire
03:41Her gem glowed a steady green
03:43So pretty
03:44The door locked
03:46The house went silent
03:47I called my wolf
03:49Nothing came back
03:50Not even a whisper
03:52Just me alone
03:53The pain was unbearable
03:56But I kept thinking
03:57Mom's right
03:59The gem doesn't lie
04:00It's red
04:02So I must be lying
04:03I'm not in pain
04:05I'm not in pain
04:07I'm not in pain
04:09I kept repeating it like a prayer
04:12Eventually
04:13I almost believed it
04:14The pain dulled
04:16Or maybe I was just going numb
04:18I crawled to my desk
04:20I had to write
04:22That was the rule
04:23If the gem glowed red
04:25I had to pen a thousand word apology
04:27Or mom would never let me out
04:30I am a liar
04:32Write it down
04:33And maybe mom would forgive me
04:35Maybe she'd even let me out
04:37I opened my journal
04:38Pages and pages of apologies
04:41I'd written over the years
04:42Sorry I lied
04:44I won't do it again
04:45But this time
04:47I wanted to write the truth
04:48My vision blurred
04:50My hand shook as I wrote
04:52Mom
04:53I really love you
04:55It really hurts
04:57Why won't you believe me?
04:59Please believe me
05:00Just once
05:01The moment I finished the last word
05:04The pain vanished
05:05Just
05:06Gone
05:07I felt light
05:08Weightless
05:09I looked down
05:10I was floating
05:12And there
05:13Slumped over the desk
05:15Was my body
05:16Motionless
05:17The gem still flashing red
05:19Around a dead girl's neck
05:20Oh
05:21I'm dead
05:22And then
05:23She came out
05:25My wolf
05:26Stepping out of my body
05:27Like she'd been waiting
05:28All along
05:29Small
05:30Skinny
05:31Barely holding together
05:33She looked up at me
05:34And once
05:36Soft and low
05:37In the pack's old stories
05:39They say
05:40When a wolf dies young
05:41Her spirit doesn't cross over alone
05:43Her wolf walks beside her
05:45Until they find the door together
05:47I knelt down
05:49She pressed her nose
05:50Into my ghostly palm
05:52Finally
05:53We were together now
05:54But I never learned
05:56How to be honest
05:57Sorry mom
05:58I heard laughter
05:59Mom
06:00Dad
06:00Emma
06:01Coming through the front door
06:03Tonight's bonfire was beautiful
06:05The best one yet
06:08Just like our Emma
06:10Perfect in every way
06:11I'd never heard her sound like that
06:13When she talked about me
06:14I floated toward them
06:16My wolf patting silently at my side
06:18Moving on instinct
06:19I wanted to help them take off their cloaks
06:22That's what I always did
06:23Mom
06:24My arms passed right through her body
06:27Like wind
06:28Why is it so cold here?
06:30Is the hearthi out?
06:31I stood there
06:32Staring at my transparent hands
06:34My wolf pressed against my leg
06:36And looked up at me with sad eyes
06:38Right
06:39Dead wolves couldn't hug the living
06:41Shall we go and see Stella?
06:43She hasn't eaten yet
06:44Still the good cop
06:45I looked at mom hopefully
06:47If she found me dead
06:49Would she be sad?
06:50Would she regret it?
06:53She won't starve
06:54She is a werewolf
06:56Not a human pup
06:57This whole fake sick for attention thing
07:00Is out of control
07:01I laughed bitterly
07:02Mom wasn't wrong
07:04Werewolves heal
07:05But I hadn't been able to in a long time
07:08Last winter
07:09The choker left bruises that stayed for days
07:11That hadn't happened before
07:13I reached for my wolf
07:14She was still there
07:16But the warmth never came
07:17She was too hungry
07:19Just like me
07:21Mom never noticed
07:23She only ever looked at my neck for one thing
07:26The gem
07:27And whether it was red or green
07:29Mom pushed open my door
07:30Didn't even turn on the light
07:32Just for a second
07:34Her eyes flashed gold
07:35Her wolf might have known
07:36Mom didn't listen
07:38In the dim glow from the hallway
07:40She saw me slumped over my desk
07:42I looked like a skeleton
07:43Hadn't moved
07:45Still putting on an act
07:48You're ten years old
07:49Not five
07:50Grow up
07:51Mom I'm not playing
07:53I'm dead
07:54Look at me
07:55Touch me
07:56I'm freezing
07:57She couldn't hear me
07:59She only believed what she wanted to see
08:01Emma squeezed past her
08:03Held up her choker with that smug little grin
08:05Look my gem is green
08:07Stella's is still red
08:09She's lying even in her sleep
08:11That's my good girl
08:13Ignore the liar
08:14Let her stay there
08:16Maybe she'll learn how to be honest
08:19Should we at least put her in bed?
08:21It's freezing
08:22Put her in bed?
08:23Look at that red gem
08:25Still lying
08:26Come on leave her
08:27We have to visit grandma tomorrow
08:30The door locked again
08:32I floated next to my corpse
08:34My wolf curled silently at my feet
08:36Staring at that single point of red light in the darkness
08:39Mom if you'd just stepped closer
08:42If you'd just touched my hand
08:44You'd know I was ice cold
08:45But you didn't
08:46You believed the choker
08:48Not the daughter you carried for nine months
08:50That night a rat crawled out of my empty cabinet
08:54I used to scream whenever I saw rats
08:56But now I just floated by the ceiling
08:58Watching it scurry across my dead body
09:01The rat bit into my toe
09:02I didn't feel anything
09:04My wolf charged at it anyway
09:06And passed right through
09:08Landing on the other side
09:09She turned back to look at me
09:11Confused
09:12Lost
09:13I pulled her close
09:14And buried my face in the fur of her back
09:17It's okay
09:18You can't feel it anymore
09:20It'll be over soon
09:21She let out one low growl
09:24Then went still against me
09:25Finally
09:26No more pain
09:27For either of us
09:29The next morning
09:30Sunlight streamed through the window
09:32No warmth reached my body
09:34In the kitchen
09:35I could hear Mom making breakfast
09:37The smell of roasted meat crept under my door
09:40My favorite
09:41But Mom always said liars don't deserve meat
09:44So I only ever got steamed vegetables
09:46She was clanging the pots extra loud on purpose
09:49Trying to tempt me out
09:51Trying to make me give in
09:52And apologize for things I never did
09:54In the old days
09:56I might have caved
09:57I might have confessed to anything
09:59For one bite of roasted meat
10:00But I don't need food anymore
10:03Stella still hasn't come out yet?
10:05Dad asked
10:06Reading the pack notices
10:07She is so stubborn
10:09She can eat or not
10:10I don't care
10:13Emma walked to my door
10:15And made a big show of sniffing the air
10:17Then she screamed dramatically
10:19Mom!
10:21Stella's room smells like poop!
10:23Did she poop in there?
10:25I floated by the door
10:26Watching my sister with a bitter smile
10:29My wolf sat beside me
10:31Ears flat
10:32Eyes low
10:33The hearth was burning hot
10:35After just one night
10:37My body started to rot
10:39Mom stormed over
10:40Pounding on the door
10:41Stella!
10:43Who does that?
10:44The toilet is right there!
10:46Did you shit on the floor to spite me?
10:48I remembered being six
10:50I had food poisoning
10:52Couldn't make it to the toilet in time
10:54Mom didn't help me clean up
10:56She made me stand outside
10:58Pointed at me
10:59And told the neighbors
11:00Look at this
11:02She's such a mess
11:03She can't even use the toilet herself
11:05Now she thought I was dirty again
11:07Leave her
11:08Let her sit in her own stink
11:10But Dad stood up
11:12Frowning
11:12That smells really bad
11:14I should check
11:15Could it be a dead rat or something?
11:18My heart
11:19If I still had one
11:20Leapt
11:21Dad!
11:22Please!
11:23Open the door!
11:24I'm right here!
11:25Just turn the handle
11:27And you'll see I'm not moving!
11:28I waved my transparent arms frantically
11:31My wolf ran straight to my bedroom door
11:34Willing Dad to open it
11:36Dad's hand touched the door handle
11:38His hand froze
11:39Someone was pounding at the front door
11:41A pack elder
11:42Urgent business
11:43Dad's face went pale
11:44He grabbed his cloak
11:45The border
11:46There's an emergency
11:47He was already out the door
11:49I froze
11:50So close
11:51One second away
11:52If that knock had come one second later
11:55I would have been found
11:56Maybe then
11:57I wouldn't have rotted alone
11:58That afternoon
11:59Mom took Emma to the pack market
12:01The house was empty
12:02Except for my corpse
12:03When they came back that evening
12:04Loaded down with food
12:06And gifts from the market
12:07The smell had gotten worse
12:08Mom
12:09Gagged
12:10The second she walked in
12:11Stella
12:12Are you trying to turn this place
12:13Into a den of inequity?
12:15She didn't even open my door
12:16Just grabbed cloth strips
12:18And sealed the gap at the bottom
12:19If you want to stay in there
12:21And make disgusting stew zoos
12:22Don't stink up my house
12:23She patted her hands together
12:25Satisfied
12:26Then went to prepare dinner
12:27I stared at that sealed door
12:29My wolf pressed her nose against it
12:31And whimpered once
12:32So that's it
12:32I'm worth less than a venison dinner
12:34By day three
12:35Even the cloth strips
12:36Couldn't contain the smell
12:37Mom was arranging fresh wildflowers
12:39Trying to cover it up
12:41But the stench of death
12:42Is unmistakable
12:43Sweet
12:44Rotten
12:45Oily
12:45She cut a rose stem too hard
12:47A thorn pierced her hand
12:49She snapped
12:49In her mind
12:51I was doing this on purpose
12:52Not bathing
12:53Poop on the floor
12:54Hiding dead rats in my room
12:56All to piss her off
12:57All to defy her authority
12:58As Luna
12:59Stella
13:00She grabbed a rolling pin
13:02From the kitchen
13:02Stormed toward my room
13:04I'm done with you
13:05You disgusting little brat
13:07Time you learned
13:08What real pain feels like
13:10I floated in front of her
13:11Waving my arms desperately
13:13Don't come in mom
13:15Please
13:16Please
13:18Even though she never loved me
13:20I didn't want her to see me like that
13:22But she walked right through me
13:23Ripped the cloth strips off
13:25Jammed the spare key into the lock
13:27The door flew open
13:28The smell hit her like a wall
13:30She stumbled back
13:31Wretching
13:32Stella
13:32What are you doing?
13:34She saw me
13:35Still slumped over the desk
13:36Back turned
13:37Not moving
13:38To her
13:38This was the ultimate rebellion
13:40I'm talking to you
13:42She marched over
13:43Raised the rolling pin
13:45But stopped
13:46She wanted to see my face first
13:48Wanted to see my
13:49Get up
13:50She grabbed the back of my shirt
13:52Grabbed my skin
13:53The moment she touched me
13:54She froze
13:55Through the thin fabric
13:56Her hand didn't feel warm flesh
13:58She felt cold
13:59Hard
14:00Dead meat
14:01The kind of cold that seeps into your bones
14:03What?
14:04But momentum carried her forward
14:06She yanked
14:07Crash
14:07My body
14:08Stiff as a board
14:09Toppled backward
14:10Taking the chair with it
14:12And there was my face
14:13Blue black
14:13Eyes bulging
14:14Features twisted in agony
14:16Dried foam and blood
14:17Crusted around my mouth
14:19Around my blackened neck
14:20The Verity choker hung lifeless
14:22The gem dark
14:23No red
14:24No green
14:25Just silence
14:27My journal slid off the desk
14:28Fell open at mom's feet
14:30The last page stared up at her
14:32Mom
14:33My stomach really hurts
14:34The choker is wrong
14:36I'm not lying
14:37Please don't punish me
14:38Mom screamed
14:39Not a wolf's howl
14:40A raw
14:41Guttural shriek
14:43That tore through her throat
14:44She stumbled backward
14:46Slammed into the bookshelf
14:48A clay pot shattered
14:49But she didn't seem to feel the pain
14:51She just
14:52Stared at me
14:53Eyes wide
14:55Unblinking
14:56No
14:57No no no
14:59This is not real
15:00Stella get up
15:01Stella get up
15:02I'm not mad anymore
15:04Stop scaring me
15:06Scare me again
15:07Her hand reached out
15:08Trembling
15:09To touch my arm
15:10The second her skin
15:11Made contact with my corpse
15:13She recoiled like she'd been burned
15:15That cold was too real
15:17Lisa from next door
15:19Heard the screaming
15:20And went straight to the pack healer
15:22When she saw what was in my room
15:24She collapsed in the gate
15:25Within the hour
15:26Heavy boots on the floorboards
15:28The pack healer
15:29And a handful of pack warriors
15:31Crowding the entrance
15:32Mom sat on the floor
15:34A warrior's hand on her shoulder
15:35She's speaking it
15:37She's always lying
15:40It doesn't lie
15:41I'm just teaching her
15:43No one responded
15:44They all looked at her
15:46Like she was a monster
15:47The pack healer
15:48Crouched next to my body
15:50He muttered under his breath
15:51Severe malnutrition
15:53Organ failure
15:55This puppy has been starved
15:56For at least a month
15:57He carefully tried to remove
15:59The Verity choker
16:00But it had fused
16:01Years of tightening
16:03Had pressed the leather
16:04Deep into the skin of my neck
16:05Damn it
16:07He had to use tools
16:08To pry it off
16:09Even dead
16:10My soul flinched
16:11My wolf lifted her head
16:13And
16:15Long
16:16Raw
16:17Desperate
16:18The kind of howl
16:19That should have shaken the walls
16:21No one heard it
16:22No one flinched
16:23We were already dead
16:25A warrior picked up my journal
16:27Started reading
16:28His face went from neutral
16:30To horrified
16:31Mom's eyes locked onto that book
16:33That's her confession
16:35She admits she lied
16:36Look
16:37She wrote it herself
16:40The warrior pushed her back
16:42Wrapped the journal in cloth
16:44And took it
16:45We'll report it to the council
16:46That's when dad got home
16:48He saw the pack healer
16:50And the pack warriors
16:51Crowding the doorway
16:52Saw the body wrap
16:53Being carried out
16:55Saw the long cord
16:56That sealed away
16:57My entire life
16:59His legs gave out
17:01He collapsed on the doorstep
17:03Emma stood nearby
17:04Sobbing in confusion
17:05She pointed at the discolored
17:08Verity choker on the table
17:09Why does Stella have a black collar?
17:11And I have a green one
17:13See?
17:14She held up her neck
17:15The gem blinked its steady green
17:18It was grotesque
17:20The council elders arrived before dawn
17:22Mom straightened when she saw them
17:24Even now
17:25Even with my body
17:27Three days cold and rotting
17:29Her luna instincts kicked in
17:31She lifted her chin
17:32Squared her shoulders
17:33It didn't work today
17:35They started questioning mom
17:37In the living room
17:38Mom grabbed the Verity choker
17:40Off the table
17:40Like it was a lifeline
17:42Test it
17:43That choker proved she was lying
17:45Red gem means lie
17:48I never abused her
17:50The choker told me
17:52I was just educating her
17:55The council elders looked at her
17:57Like she'd lost her mind
17:59The pup shows signs
18:01Of extreme malnutrition
18:02Months of starvation
18:04Aphelion
18:05Multiple old injuries
18:07Consistent with prolonged
18:08That's dis-discipline
18:11That's teaching her
18:12To be honest
18:13Then
18:14She did something insane
18:15You don't believe me?
18:18Fine
18:18I'll wear it
18:22Watch
18:23It'll be green
18:24The leather pressed against her skin
18:26Cold
18:27Sticky
18:28That was my blood
18:30She took a deep breath
18:31Tried to calm herself
18:33She needed to prove she was innocent
18:35Needed to prove her way of raising an alpha heir was right
18:39She held up the gem
18:40Eyes wild
18:41Listen
18:42I'm Rachel
18:43I'm Stella's mother
18:45This is the truth
18:47The absolute truth
18:48The gem flashed red
18:50Mom's confident expression shattered
18:53No
18:54What?
18:56I said truth
18:57I am Rachel
18:58I never abused her
19:00I did it for her own good
19:04I love her
19:06And suddenly
19:07She remembered
19:08Me
19:09Ten years old
19:11Gasping as the choker tightened around my throat
19:14Biting my lip
19:15So I wouldn't make a sound
19:16Is this what it felt like?
19:19Why is it red?
19:20I am telling the truth
19:22Turn green
19:23You're broken
19:24You're setting me up
19:25But the gem kept flashing
19:27Like it was mocking her
19:28You're a liar
19:30You're a liar
19:31You're a liar
19:33Enough
19:34This is just a bloodstone
19:36I've seen it before
19:38It changes color with body heat
19:40Fear
19:41Pain
19:42Anything that makes your heart race
19:44Temperature rises
19:46It burns red
19:47That's all it does
19:49No witch magic
19:51Never was
19:52Think about your daughter
19:54Ruptured appendix
19:55Organ failure
19:57The pain must have been unbearable
19:59She was terrified
20:00And what did you see?
20:02A red gem
20:03So you punished her more
20:05Which made her more scared
20:08Which made her temperature rise
20:10Which made the stone
20:12Turn redder
20:15You are Luna
20:16You are supposed to protect
20:18Every wolf in this pack
20:20You couldn't even protect
20:22Your own daughter
20:23You ignored her cries for help
20:26You starved your daughter
20:28To death
20:28Mom's world collapsed
20:30She sat there
20:31Staring at the flashing gem
20:33On her own neck
20:34And finally understood
20:36For ten years
20:37Every red light wasn't because I was lying
20:40It was because I was scared
20:42Scared of her anger
20:44Scared of being misunderstood
20:47Scared of eating food that made me sick
20:49I was in pain
20:50Pain that made my heart race
20:52And cold sweat pour down my face
20:55I was desperate
20:56Desperate for a hug
20:58For her to hold me the way she held Emma
21:01Every signal from my frightened heart
21:03She had interpreted as proof of my lies
21:06No! Get it off!
21:12I'm not lying! I'm not!
21:14She tried to shift
21:15Fur rippling across her skin
21:17Bones cracking
21:18But the leather cinched harder around her throat
21:21The moment her neck began to change
21:23She snapped back into human form
21:26Gasping
21:27I can't get it off!
21:29Stella, take it back!
21:31I'm sorry!
21:32It's all my fault!
21:34This little bit of choking
21:35And she was already breaking
21:37Mom
21:38I suffered for ten years
21:41The council elders needed evidence for judgment
21:44So they opened my journal
21:46In front of my parents
21:48February 14th
21:50Sunny
21:50Mom put celery on my plate
21:52I'm allergic
21:53My throat swells
21:55I can't breathe
21:56I said I can't eat it
21:57But because I was scared of making her angry
22:00My body ran hot
22:02The gem flashed red
22:04The choker tightened
22:06Mom said I was picky
22:07Lying
22:09Made me eat the whole plate
22:10That night
22:11I threw up blood
22:13My throat felt like it was on fire
22:15I shifted to ease my pain
22:17Mom saw it and said I'd snuck berry juice
22:20That I was faking
22:22The choker tightened for ten more minutes
22:26Mom's hand flew to her mouth
22:28She was shaking violently
22:30She remembered that
22:31She really did think it was berry juice
22:34She didn't even look closely
22:36Just turned away to read Emma a bedtime story
22:39That was blood
22:41From a swollen, torn throat
22:44June 1st
22:45Pup's day
22:46Emma shredded Mom's ceremonial cloak
22:49Emma's heart is always calm
22:51Her gem stays green
22:53I tried to explain
22:54But I was scared of being hit
22:56My body ran hot
22:58Red gem
22:59Choker tightened for ten minutes
23:02It hurt so bad
23:03But I didn't cry
23:05Because crying makes your body run hotter
23:08And mom thinks that means you're not sorry
23:10So I held my breath
23:12Pretended it didn't hurt
23:14Mom said
23:15See?
23:16She doesn't even blink
23:18She's definitely faking it
23:20Dad couldn't take it anymore
23:21This man, who had always put the pack before his own family
23:25Chose duty over his daughter
23:27For ten years
23:28You monster!
23:30What did you do?
23:31That was your daughter!
23:34You treated her like a stray
23:36Blood at the corner of her mouth
23:38Not my fault
23:39Not my fault
23:40It's her
23:41It's Emma
23:42Emma's gem was always green
23:45Emma was the good one
23:46If it wasn't for that green light
23:48Making me trust her
23:49I wouldn't have believed the red light so much
23:51This is Emma's fault
23:53That little princess everyone had protected
23:56One of the council elders walked over
23:58Gently removed the green Verity choker from her neck
24:01Took out a blade
24:02Pried the gem loose right there
24:05It rolled onto the table
24:07Still glowing green
24:09Steady
24:10Unchanged
24:11The elder picked up the stone
24:13A glowstone
24:14That is all
24:16Your younger daughter's choker
24:18Was always going to shine green
24:20No matter what she said
24:22Did
24:22Or lied about
24:24It would never change
24:25Your so-called Verity choker
24:28Was a fraud
24:29That was her truth for 10 years
24:32That was the evidence she used to convict me
24:35A common glowstone
24:36That put me in hell
24:38While Emma lived in paradise
24:39So I wasn't a liar
24:41I laughed
24:43Laughed until I cried
24:45Turns out
24:46Ghosts could cry too
24:47The elder turned to the last page of the journal
24:49His voice broke
24:50The handwriting was a mess
24:52Clearly written while dying
24:54Mom
24:54If I die
24:56Will the choker stop glowing red?
24:58Or if it turns green
24:59Will you hug me then?
25:01I'm not lying
25:02I couldn't heal myself anymore
25:04My stomach hurts so much
25:06Like knives
25:07Next life
25:09Please don't make me wear the choker
25:11Please
25:11I just want to be a normal pup
25:14I want to eat mom's roasted meat
25:16Mom stared at the broken glowstone on the table
25:18That truth magic she trusted without question
25:21A worthless stone
25:23Because of that stone
25:24She spoiled Emma for 10 years
25:26Because of that cursed red light
25:28She tortured me for 10 years
25:34Mom started laughing
25:36Her voice cracking at every sound
25:38Worse than crying
25:41Fake!
25:42All fake!
25:45I killed my most honest pup
25:48And I worshipped a liar!
25:51She'd lost her mind
25:52For real this time
25:54My death became the talk of the entire pack
25:57Lisa, the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer
25:59Told everyone what she'd seen
26:01Every wolf knew by morning
26:03Luna had starved her own daughter
26:06To death
26:07Monster!
26:09Murderer!
26:10She doesn't deserve to be Luna!
26:12Stones flew at our door
26:14The word killer carved into the wall
26:17The council convened within the day
26:19The verdict was swift
26:21Dad lost his alpha title
26:23No wolf would follow him now
26:25My grandfather, the former alpha
26:27Read out the judgment himself
26:29He didn't look at his son once
26:31Dad walked out of the council hall
26:34And never looked back
26:35He took Emma
26:36And left the pack that same night
26:38Emma was a bad seed, sure
26:40But she was still his blood
26:42Before they left
26:43Emma tried to take her green choker
26:45Dad stomped on it
26:47Why the hell would you want that piece of trash?
26:50Emma cried as he dragged her away
26:52Mom got out of the dungeon
26:54The healer said she had lost her mind
26:56The council locked her in the home instead
26:59The one that still smelled like death
27:01Her mental state deteriorated fast
27:03She refused to take off the red choker
27:06She would tighten it herself
27:08Whenever the guilt got too heavy
27:09She said choking was the only thing that eased it
27:12It was her self-imposed punishment
27:14I floated in the darkness
27:16My wolf curled beside me
27:18Watching her unravel day after day
27:20She'd talk to the empty corner
27:22Where I used to stand
27:23Stella, I brought you some food
27:25No celery today
27:26It's all roast
27:28Just how you like it
27:30But there was no food
27:31There was nothing
27:33Just her hands
27:34Cupped around air
27:35She'd pretend to set a plate down
27:37Her hands shook
27:39The gem flashed red
27:40She was anxious
27:42Guilty
27:42Falling apart
27:44She smiled
27:45But her eyes were empty
27:46The gem is red
27:48Mom is lying
27:50Liars don't deserve food
27:52She pulled the choker tight
27:53With her own hands
27:54Let it choke her
27:55Her body convulsed
27:57Against the cold floor
27:58It hurts so much
28:00Is this how Stella felt?
28:02I'm sorry
28:03Mom started reenacting
28:05My diary entries
28:06I couldn't eat celery
28:08Because of my allergy
28:09So she forced herself
28:12To eat spoiled food
28:13Until she vomited blood
28:14Then swallowed it back down
28:16I was locked in isolation
28:18So she locked herself
28:20In my old room
28:21Lights off
28:22And bowed to my portrait
28:23Until her forehead bled
28:25Over and over
28:27Blood on the floor
28:29Late at night
28:30She'd see the red glow
28:32Of the bloodstone
28:32Reflected on the wall
28:34To her
28:35It looked like
28:36My bloody eyes
28:37Were watching
28:37She kept punishing herself
28:39The wounds healed
28:40Slower and slower
28:42Her wolf
28:43Exhausted by months
28:45Of self-torture
28:45Slowly fell
28:47Into a deep sleep
28:48Mom didn't care
28:49She scrawled
28:50On the back of my journal
28:51I'm sorry
28:52I was wrong
28:54Red means pain
28:55Red means love
28:56Please come back
28:58And say it hurts hurts
28:59One more time
29:01I'll save you
29:02I promise
29:03Too bad I'm dead
29:04Dead wolves
29:05Can't cry for help
29:06Eventually
29:07The new alpha intervened
29:09Mom's self-harm
29:10Had gone too far
29:11She'd nearly choked
29:12Herself to death
29:13With her own hands
29:14He ordered her
29:15To move to a small hut
29:17At the far edge
29:17Of the village
29:18Locked from the outside
29:20Someone posted
29:21To watch her day
29:22And night
29:22She was the strangest woman
29:24They'd ever seen
29:25Nobody knew
29:26Where she'd found it
29:27A frayed red cord
29:29Tied around her own neck
29:31Her homemade choker
29:32If anyone tried
29:34To remove it
29:34She'd snap at them
29:36Teeth bared
29:37Snarling
29:38Wild-eyed
29:39Don't touch me
29:41Stella's watching
29:42She'll be angry
29:44If you take it
29:45Every time the guard
29:46Called her name
29:47And brought her food
29:48Mom would grab
29:49The red cord
29:50And pull it tight
29:51Against her own throat
29:53Convulsing
29:53Screaming
29:54Red light
29:55Red light
29:56Don't punish
29:58Punish me
29:58I'll eat
29:59I'll eat
30:01Even if the food
30:02Was scalding hot
30:03She'd gulp it down
30:05Burning her throat
30:06Wouldn't spit it out
30:07She was reenacting
30:09My final moments
30:10Living my hell
30:11On repeat
30:12Years later
30:13Emma grew up
30:14Without guidance
30:15And with a trail
30:16Of shame behind her
30:17She drifted
30:18From pack to pack
30:19Stealing
30:20To survive
30:20No one would
30:22Take her in
30:22When she ran out
30:23Of options
30:24She remembered
30:25Mom was still alive
30:27She slipped back
30:28Into the silverman pack
30:29Under the cover of night
30:31Not for love
30:32For money
30:34Hey crazy lady
30:35Dad's dead
30:37Give me whatever
30:38You've been hiding
30:39Emma stood there
30:40Face hard
30:41Eyes full of contempt
30:42She looked at mom's
30:44Hollow broken form
30:45And spat on the floor
30:47It's disgusting
30:49Give me what I want
30:51Or I'll send you
30:52To meet your daughter
30:53For a moment
30:54Mom's cloudy eyes cleared
30:56She looked at Emma
30:57And suddenly remembered
30:59That choker
31:00That always green glowstone
31:03That decade of deception
31:05It's you
31:06You lie
31:08You're the green light
31:09That wasn't there
31:10You killed Stella
31:11Give her back to me
31:14Give her back to me
31:15The last shred
31:17Of maternal love
31:18Twisted into something
31:19Feral
31:19Mom lunged
31:21Grabbed Emma
31:22By the throat
31:22Should have died
31:24Not her
31:26You
31:29Emma thrashed
31:30But couldn't break free
31:31From a madwoman's grip
31:32The guards rushed in
31:34Pulled her off
31:35Emma stumbled out of the hut
31:37Terrified
31:38They're all insane
31:39She bolted into the forest
31:41She didn't get far
31:43Rogues
31:44The kind that haunted
31:45The borderlands
31:46Preying on anyone foolish enough
31:48To run through the trees
31:49Alone at night
31:50Emma never saw them coming
31:52By the time she did
31:54It was too late
31:55She survived
31:57Barely
31:57Both legs shattered beyond repair
32:00She'd never walk again
32:02Meanwhile
32:02Mom was strapped to her cot
32:04Staring at the ceiling
32:05Tears streaming
32:07In her dreams
32:08She finally saw me
32:09I was ten again
32:11No choker
32:12White dress
32:13Smiling
32:14Mom!
32:15She reached for me
32:17Crying with joy
32:19Stella
32:19But the moment her hands
32:21Touched me
32:22I burst into ash
32:23No!
32:25She woke up screaming
32:26If she'd been wearing
32:27That choker
32:28It would have been
32:29Blood red
32:30Eternal torment
32:32I stood in the void
32:33Watching it all
32:34Mom strapped to her bed
32:36Emma in a wheelchair
32:37Begging on the market
32:38Dad
32:39Drunk and dead
32:40In some gutter
32:41I felt nothing
32:42No satisfaction
32:44Just a flat
32:45Dead
32:46Calm
32:46My wolf
32:47Padded over quietly
32:48She didn't howl
32:50Didn't nudge
32:51Just pressed her head
32:52Against my hand
32:53And held it there
32:54In the distance
32:55A door of light appeared
32:56Soft
32:57Steady
32:58Waiting
32:59I looked at my wolf
33:00She looked at me
33:02Yeah
33:02Time to leave
33:04This life was too bitter
33:05Nothing worth holding onto
33:07I floated to mom's hut
33:09One final time
33:10She looked ancient
33:11Hair completely white
33:12Frail as paper
33:14She sensed something
33:15Her cloudy eyes
33:16Focused on a point in the air
33:17Right where I stood
33:18Stella
33:19Is that you?
33:20Her trembling hand
33:21Reached into the emptiness
33:22Mom destroyed the choker
33:24I don't believe in it anymore
33:26Come back
33:26Please
33:27I'll cook for you
33:28No salary
33:29I'll buy you new dresses
33:30Not Emma
33:31Tears rolled down her face
33:33I looked at the red marks
33:34On her neck
33:35From the frayed cord
33:36I
33:36I reached out
33:37My cold
33:38Ghostly finger
33:39Touched her forehead
33:40This was my final mercy
33:42Sleep mom
33:43In sleep
33:44There's no pain
33:45Her eyes fluttered shut
33:46She slumped into a deep
33:48Dreamless rest
33:49A breeze blew through the hut
33:51The old journal on her cot
33:52Flipped open
33:53The last page
33:54My dying words
33:56Stared up at the ceiling
33:57But below it
33:58In shaky handwriting
33:59Were new lines
34:00Written by mom
34:01During a lucid moment
34:02Next life
34:03Let me wear the choker
34:05Let me be the liar
34:06Punish me however you want
34:08Just don't leave me
34:09I stared at those words
34:10Felt nothing
34:11Too late
34:12Repentance means nothing
34:13To the dead
34:14Mom
34:15I don't hate you anymore
34:17But I don't love you either
34:18Let's not meet again
34:20I turned away
34:20My wolf was waiting
34:22In the distance
34:23The door of light still glowed
34:24Soft
34:25Steady
34:25Patient
34:26I looked at my neck
34:27The phantom Verity choker
34:29Still there
34:30Even in spirit form
34:31The nightmare that had changed me
34:33For a lifetime
34:34I grabbed it
34:35It shattered into nothing
34:36I felt weightless
34:37Free
34:38No red light
34:39No hunger
34:40No lies
34:41Just freedom
34:41My wolf pressed against my side
34:44Together
34:44We walked toward the light
34:46I didn't look back
34:47Morning came
34:48A guard pushed open the door
34:49Rachel
34:50Time to eat
34:51No response
34:51She walked closer
34:53Mom's hand clutched the torn journal
34:55A single tear
34:56Crystallized at the corner of her eye
34:57She crouched beside her
34:59Held two fingers beneath her nose
35:01Nothing
35:01She was gone
35:02Passing through the door
35:03Wasn't violent
35:04No spinning
35:05No chaos
35:06Just warmth
35:07Like sinking into a spring stream
35:09I looked to my side
35:10My wolf was gone
35:11I didn't panic
35:13I pressed my hand to my chest
35:14And there she was
35:16Steady
35:16Warm
35:17Then I heard her voice
35:18Not a whimper
35:19Not a whine
35:20Clear
35:20And bright
35:21And full of life
35:22Like the first time we met
35:24Run
35:24I shifted
35:25Four paws hit the ground
35:26And I ran
35:27Through forests that smelled of pine
35:29And rain
35:30Through cold shallow streams
35:32That splashed silver around my legs
35:34Through meadows I had never seen
35:36But somehow knew
35:37My white fur caught the light
35:38My paws were sure
35:40My lungs were full
35:41My body was strong
35:43No choker around my throat
35:45No red light
35:46No hunger
35:47The lingering ache in my soul
35:49The phantom pain of ten years
35:51Started to fade with every step
35:53I ran toward brightness
35:55Behind me
35:56Old life dissolved
35:57Like a worn photograph
35:58Left out in the rain
36:00Mom's final tear
36:01The red glow of the choker
36:03Blood on the journal pages
36:05Gone
36:05I didn't look back
36:06That ten year nightmare
36:08Was finally
36:09Truly
36:09Over
36:10When I opened my eyes again
36:12I was tiny
36:13Wrapped in soft blankets
36:15Someone was humming
36:16Mmm
36:17A woman's voice
36:19Gentle
36:20Off-key
36:21But full of love
36:22Her fingers brushed my cheek
36:24The scent of wildflowers
36:26Not the cold clinical distance
36:28Of my old mother
36:29Not the silence of someone
36:31Who only touched me to punish
36:33I blinked up at her
36:34She had kind eyes
36:36A soft smile
36:38She cradled me like I was made of glass
36:40Grace is awake, honey
36:42Come quick
36:43Our daughter just opened her eyes
36:46A man appeared
36:47Tall
36:48A little awkward
36:49But his face lit up when he saw me
36:51He touched my tiny hand with one finger
36:54His voice was deep
36:55Warm
36:56Hey, Grace
36:58I'm your dad
37:01Grace
37:01Not Stella
37:03No weight
37:04No chains
37:05No red light
37:06Just Grace
37:07A name that meant something light
37:09Something cherished
37:11This house was small
37:12But warm
37:13Full of light
37:14Cartoon painting on the walls
37:16Flowers by the window
37:18Sunlight pouring through the windows
37:20Warm on the floor
37:21I realized fast
37:23This family was nothing like the last one
37:26They never forced me to do anything
37:28There were no chokers
37:30No red lights
37:31No punishments for things I hadn't done
37:33I grew
37:34Learned to crawl
37:36To talk
37:37And when I was three
37:39Mom made a stew with celery
37:40The green stalks in the bowl triggered me
37:43I flashed back to choking
37:45Throat swelling
37:46Vomiting blood
37:47I stumbled backwards
37:49Shaking
37:50Tears came without permission
37:52Mom immediately put down her spoon
37:54Crouched
37:55Pulled me into a hug
37:57Grace
37:58What's wrong
37:59You don't like celery?
38:00I couldn't speak
38:01Just shook my head
38:02Sobbing
38:03Dad knelt too
38:04Rubbed my back
38:06Hey it's okay
38:07You don't have to eat it
38:09Can you tell us why?
38:10Their eyes were patient
38:11Gentle
38:12Finally I choked out
38:14It hurts my throat
38:17Makes me bleed
38:19They didn't say
38:20The Verity choker doesn't lie
38:22They didn't accuse me of faking
38:24They took me to the pack healer immediately
38:26Turns out I really do have a celery allergy
38:29After that
38:31Celery never appeared in the house again
38:33Mom added it to her market list
38:35Grace's allergies
38:37Celery
38:38She checked every time she shopped
38:40I lay in her arms that night
38:42Smelling wildflowers
38:43And realized
38:45This is what it feels like to be believed
38:47Love isn't measured by a stone
38:49It's listening
38:51Even when the story sounds impossible
38:53When I was four
38:54Dad took me to the pack healer
38:56For my first health check
38:57There was a blood draw
38:58I saw the needle and lost it
39:00Flashes of the choker tightening around my throat
39:03Flashes of starvation
39:05I screamed
39:06Clung to dad's leg
39:08The healer sighed
39:09I couldn't stop shaking
39:11Don't punish me
39:12I'm not lying
39:14Dad immediately scooped me up
39:16Sorry, she's not ready
39:17We'll come back another time
39:19On the walk home
39:20Dad didn't scold me for being weak
39:22He just asked gently
39:24Grace
39:25Did someone hurt you before?
39:27I buried my face in his shoulder
39:29Tears soaking his shirt
39:31Mom
39:32Joker
39:33Red light
39:35I couldn't explain it clearly
39:36But he listened
39:37And nodded
39:38It's okay
39:40Dad's here now
39:42No one's ever hurting you again
39:44From then on
39:45They took me to the pack healer regularly
39:47Not for blood draws
39:49Just to talk
39:50She has been hurt
39:51Be patient with her
39:53My parents never complained
39:55Never made me feel like a burden
39:57They bought me a colorful necklace
39:58But never forced me to wear it
40:00This is just a pretty thing, Grace
40:02Wear it if you want
40:03Take it off if you don't
40:05We'll love you either way
40:07Slowly, I started to heal
40:09I could say
40:10I don't like this
40:11Without fear
40:12I could say
40:13I'm scared
40:14I could say
40:15I want that
40:17I didn't have to worry about my heart racing being proof of a lie
40:20I started sharing my stories with them
40:22I cried when I didn't get a toy
40:25I laughed when I got praise
40:27I was finally just a pup
40:29A normal, loved pup
40:34When I turned seven
40:35I started at the pack school
40:37There was a girl in my class
40:38Annie Sullivan
40:39She looked exactly like Emma
40:42Same eyes
40:43But her hair was shorter
40:45And she was
40:46Timid
40:47Scared
40:48The first time I saw her
40:50My heart clenched
40:51Flashbacks
40:52Emma's smug grin
40:54The green light mocking me
40:56I stepped back instinctively
40:58Annie noticed
40:59She looked down
41:00Voiced barely a whisper
41:02I'm Annie
41:05Do you want to be friends?
41:07Her tone was so careful
41:08So desperate to please
41:10Just like I used to be
41:12I glanced at her neck
41:13She wore a simple choker with green gem
41:16My stomach turned
41:17Later, I found out
41:19Annie's mom was strict too
41:21Demanded honesty
41:23Locked her in her room without food
41:25When she made mistakes
41:26One day, Annie accidentally knocked over
41:29The teacher's ink pot
41:30She was trembling
41:32Too scared to admit it
41:33I saw her face
41:35Red-rimmed eyes
41:36Barely holding back tears
41:38I remembered myself at that desk
41:40Writing
41:40I am a liar
41:42Over and over
41:43I walked over
41:45Took her hand
41:47Annie, it's okay
41:49Accidents happen
41:50Let's tell the teacher together
41:52She won't be mad
41:54Annie looked at me, shocked
41:56But mom says liars are bad wolves
41:58Being honest isn't about never making mistakes
42:01It's about owning up when you do
42:03And even if you tell the truth
42:05You shouldn't be punished for it
42:07If the teacher gets angry
42:08I'll stand with you
42:09If your mom gets angry
42:11Come to my house
42:12My parents will help
42:13I gave her the courage I never had
42:15She confessed
42:16The teacher forgave her
42:18Told her to be more careful next time
42:20From that day on
42:22We have been best friends
42:23I brought Annie home to meet my parents
42:25She saw how warm they were
42:27How they didn't yell
42:28Didn't punish little things
42:30I told her
42:31You don't have to make everyone happy
42:34You're allowed to feel things
42:37Say things
42:38One day
42:39Annie's mom came to pick her up from school
42:41She saw us together
42:43And her face twisted
42:44She grabbed Annie's hand
42:46Did you mess up again?
42:48Is Grace covering for you?
42:50Annie immediately looked down
42:52Silent
42:52I stepped in front of her
42:54Looked at the mom in the eye
42:56Ma'am
42:57Annie didn't do anything wrong
42:59She's a good pup
43:00You shouldn't always assume the worst
43:05She's scared of you
43:07The mom froze
43:08Looked at me
43:09Then at Annie's tear-filled eyes
43:11Her expression softened
43:13That night
43:14She called my mom
43:15Thanked her
43:16Said I'd opened her eyes
43:18Over time
43:19Annie's mom got gentler
43:20You can tell me what you want to do
43:21Started listening instead of yelling
43:22And Annie
43:23She blossomed
43:25Confident
43:26Happy
43:27I watched her laugh freely one day
43:29And felt this warmth in my chest
43:31I didn't get saved in my last life
43:33I suffered alone in the dark
43:35But this time
43:37I could save someone else
43:38I could stop another Stella from happening
43:40Maybe that's the gift my past life gave me
43:43The ability to see pain
43:45And to heal it
43:46When I was ten
43:47My parents took me to visit grandma
43:49There was an old oak tree in her yard
43:51Its branches spread wide
43:53Casting shade over the whole garden
43:55I sat beneath it
43:56Watching sunlight filter through the leaves
43:58My wolf dozed inside me
44:00Warm and content
44:01Then I saw her
44:02An old woman
44:03White hair
44:04Hunched over a walking stick
44:06Wearing a faded blue dress
44:08The second I saw her face
44:09I froze
44:10She looked exactly like Rachel
44:13My old mother
44:14Grandma noticed me too
44:16Walked over slowly
44:17Her eyes were hazy
44:18But there was something familiar in them
44:20Something heavy
44:21What's your name child?
44:23Grace
44:23She repeated it softly
44:24Grace
44:25That's a beautiful name
44:26She reached out
44:27Like she wanted to touch my hair
44:29Then hesitated
44:30Pulled back
44:31Like she was afraid of disturbing something sacred
44:33My mom came over
44:34Studied her
44:35Mom
44:36This is our daughter
44:37Grace
44:37So she was my grandma in this life too
44:40Over the next few days
44:41Grandma watched me constantly
44:43Her expression was unreadable
44:45One morning
44:45She brought me a bowl of roasted meat
44:47Grace
44:48Eat up
44:48This used to be your favorite
44:50I stared at the bowl
44:51In my last life
44:52I wrote in my dying breath
44:53I want to eat mom's roasted meat
44:56And here was grandma
44:57Saying those exact words
44:59Tears blurred my vision
45:00This wasn't some distant wish anymore
45:03It was real
45:04Right in front of me
45:05I picked up a piece
45:06Bit into it
45:07Tender
45:08Sweet
45:08Perfect
45:09Grandma smiled
45:10A tired
45:11Guilty smile
45:12That night
45:13Lying in bed with my wolf
45:15Curled warm inside my chest
45:17I thought about Rachel's last words
45:19Next life
45:19Let me wear the choker
45:21Let me be the liar
45:22Punish me however you want
45:24Just don't leave me
45:25I thought about her final tear
45:27The torn journal
45:28I didn't hate her anymore
45:29Hating someone is like
45:31Locking yourself in the past
45:32Chewing on pain forever
45:34This life's warmth
45:35Had already washed away the bitterness
45:37I just felt sad
45:38Sad that she only understood too late
45:41Real love was never about stones
45:43Or punishment
45:44We stayed for a month
45:45Then went back home
45:46Before I left
45:47She held my hand
45:48Grace
45:49Live well
45:50Be happy
45:50Her voice was soft
45:52But heavy with meaning
45:53I nodded
45:53You too grandma
45:54I watched her walk away
45:56And I felt
45:57Nothing
45:57No anger
45:58No grief
45:59The grudges of my past life
46:01Were like fallen leaves
46:02Blown away by the wind
46:03I wasn't Stella anymore
46:05The girl locked in the dark
46:06Choking on a lie
46:07I was Grace Sterling
46:09Surrounded by love
46:10Free
46:11At 13 I graduated from PAC school
46:13Got into the best academy in the region
46:15My parents took me to the lake
46:17For a picnic to celebrate
46:18I stood at the edge of the water
46:20Wind in my hair
46:21The scent of pine and cold water on my skin
46:24I stretched out my arms
46:25Feeling the freedom
46:27For a moment
46:28I saw her
46:29My ghost self
46:30Floating
46:30Desperate to hug someone
46:32But passing right through
46:34Grace
46:35What are you thinking?
46:36Dad handed me a drink
46:37I smiled
46:38Just
46:38I'm grateful
46:39To be alive
46:40To be with you both
46:41Mom pulled me into a hug
46:43Silly girl
46:44We're the lucky ones
46:46No one said anything
46:47We all just shifted
46:48At the same time
46:49Like we'd done it
46:50A hundred times before
46:51We ran together
46:53Through the trees
46:53Through the shallow edge
46:55Of the lake
46:55Water spraying silver
46:57Around our paws
46:58Eventually
46:58I slowed down
46:59Turned
47:00And threw myself at them
47:02We tumbled into the grass together
47:04Mom nuzzled her head
47:05Against mine
47:06Dad licked the top of my head
47:08With lazy affection
47:09I pressed into them both
47:11And stayed there
47:12Breathing hard
47:13Warm
47:13All the way through
47:14I looked up at the sky
47:16Through the canopy of trees
47:17I didn't need to prove
47:18I wasn't a liar anymore
47:20I didn't need to fear a red light
47:22I could laugh
47:22Cry
47:23Speak freely
47:24I had parents who loved me
47:26A best friend
47:27A healthy body
47:28A bright future
47:29This was the life
47:31I died wishing for
47:32That night
47:33I wrote in my journal
47:34Not the bloodstained confessions
47:36Of my old life
47:37This one
47:37Was full of happiness
47:39Growth
47:39Love
47:41I wrote
47:41Today
47:42We ran by the lake
47:43Mom and dad shifted with me
47:45Without saying a word
47:46We tumbled in the grass
47:47Like pups
47:48I thought about my past self
47:49That little girl
47:50Locked in a room
47:52Choking in the dark
47:53Desperate to be loved
47:54She'd never believed
47:56That I could be this happy
47:57Mom and dad loved me
47:59They taught me that
48:00Honesty isn't something you punish out of someone
48:02It's something you grow
48:03With patience
48:04And warmth
48:05Annie is my best friend now
48:07She laughs freely
48:09She speaks without flinching
48:11Grandma is getting older
48:12But her eyes are warm when she looks at me
48:15My wolf grows stronger every day
48:17With her beside me
48:18I feel at ease
48:19I don't hate anyone anymore
48:21I don't cling to the past
48:23Those painful memories are like paw prints in the mud
48:26Washed away by rain
48:27But they taught me to cherish every step forward
48:30I know my old mom
48:32Sister and dad
48:33Got what they deserved
48:34And I finally broke free
48:36I found real freedom
48:38I don't want to see them again
48:39I don't want to relive that life
48:41I just want to be grey
48:43Simple
48:43Happy
48:44Loved
48:45The lake was beautiful
48:46Life was beautiful
48:48I closed my journal
48:49Looked out the window
48:50Moonlight shimmered on the water through the trees
48:52My wolf stirred softly inside my chest
48:55Warm
48:56Steady
48:56I smiled
48:57This life
48:58I finally became who I wanted to be
49:00No red light
49:01No starvation
49:03No lies
49:04Just love
49:05Freedom
49:05Happiness
49:06And those scars from my past?
49:08They became part of me
49:09Proof that I had survived
49:11Proof that darkness
49:12No matter how long it lasts
49:14Cannot swallow you whole
49:15Not if you keep moving toward the light
49:17The road ahead is long
49:19But I will walk it
49:20With courage
49:21With joy
49:22Toward something even brighter
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