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00:00i was born not because i actually lied but because of this thing around my mom called me a liar
00:05from
00:05the day i was born not because i actually lied but because of this thing around my neck the verity
00:10choker mom was luna of silver moon pack and she believed one thing above all lying was the mark
00:16of a weak wolf we were her daughters future alpha heirs weakness was not an option so when my twin
00:22sister emma and i were born mom clasped these chokers around our throats which had witch magic
00:28to detect lies green light means truth red light means you were lying emma's choker always green
00:34she could shred mom's ceremonial cloak and blame the cat and gem would glow a steady green not me
00:40green light believed me mom i'm hungry and flash red light the choker choked tight i shifted on instinct
00:50a small white wolf pawing desperately at the gem around my neck claws scraping against it unable to
00:56get it off i'm not lying not lying please but mom's eyes had already gone cold instant punishment
01:03mom's punishment wasn't gentle no food locked in my room no contact with anyone in the pack
01:09the truth necklace doesn't lie stella starve now study later i'm doing this for your own good after 10
01:16years of this i started believing it too maybe i really was born wrong new year's eve everything
01:22changed mom was getting ready to take emma to the packs bonfire celebration and that's when the pain
01:28hit like a knife twisting in my gut i collapsed on the floor my skeletal frame curling into itself
01:34mom please the choker flashed red and choked tight she looked down at me disgusted in her eyes
01:42in your dream stella faking an illness to ruin our night she grabbed emma's hand and headed for the door
01:49i wanted to howl but my wolf was too weak to answer i shifted anyway forced it a small white
01:56wolf
01:56trembling on the floor ribs heaving maybe in this form the pain would hurt less it didn't i couldn't
02:03even hold the shift i slipped back into myself without meaning to sorry mom i won't lie anymore
02:08but the pain got worse way worse the door handle turned for one second i thought mom's coming back
02:15she came back for me hurry up the bonfire is starting emma's waiting mom i reached out with
02:23a shaking hand please something's really wrong i feel like i'm dying she glanced at my neck the gem
02:29was flashing red over and over she crouched down grabbed my chin stella how long are you gonna keep
02:36this up can't you just be honest and stay here and think about what you've done dad appeared in
02:42the doorway honey should we at least leave her some food food she has a stash of snacks she bought
02:50with
02:50stolen money she won't starve lock the door when that gem turns green we'll talk but but what
02:59it's because you spoil her that she turned out this way look at emma her gem has always been green
03:06stella is a liar an alpha heiress who can't tell the truth she needs discipline but my cabinet was
03:13empty emma stole that money emma ate those snacks emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying
03:20not me and mom believed her i tried to defend myself it wasn't me red light the choker choked tight
03:29i tried to shift nothing happened deep inside my wolf barely stirred mom locked me up for three days
03:37with nothing but water and stale bread mom turned to leave emma peeked through the door made a face at
03:43me
03:43bye sis we're gonna see the bonfire her gem glowed a steady green so pretty the door locked the house
03:52went silent i called my wolf nothing came back not even a whisper just me alone the pain was unbearable
04:02but i kept thinking mom's right the gem doesn't lie it's red so i must be lying i'm not in
04:10pain
04:10i'm not in pain i'm not in pain i kept repeating it like a prayer eventually i almost believed it
04:20the pain dulled or maybe i was just going numb i crawled to my desk i had to write that
04:28was the rule
04:29if the gem glowed red i had to pen a thousand word apology or mom would never let me out
04:35i am a liar
04:37write it down and maybe mom would forgive me maybe she'd even let me out i opened my journal
04:44pages and pages of apologies i'd written over the years sorry i lied i won't do it again but this
04:52time
04:52i wanted to write the truth my vision blurred my hand shook as i wrote mom i really love you
05:00it really hurts why won't you believe me please believe me just once the moment i finished the last
05:09word the pain vanished just gone i felt light weightless i looked down i was floating and there
05:19slumped over the desk was my body motionless the gem still flashing red around a dead girl's neck
05:26oh i'm dead and then she came out my wolf stepping out of my body like she'd been waiting
05:34all along small skinny barely holding together she looked up at me and once soft and low in the
05:43pack's old stories they say when a wolf dies young her spirit doesn't cross over alone her wolf walks
05:51beside her until they find the door together i knelt down she pressed her nose into my ghostly palm
05:58finally we were together now but i never learned how to be honest sorry mom i heard laughter mom
06:06dad emma coming through the front door tonight's bonfire was beautiful the best one yet just like
06:15our emma perfect in every way i'd never heard her sound like that when she talked about me
06:21i floated toward them my wolf patting silently at my side moving on instinct i wanted to help them
06:27take off their cloaks that's what i always did mom my arms passed right through her body like wind
06:34why is it so cold here is the hearty out i stood there staring at my transparent hands
06:41my wolf pressed against my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes right dead wolves couldn't hug the
06:47living shall we go and see stella she hasn't eaten yet still the good cop i looked at mom hopefully
06:54if she found me dead would she be sad would she regret it she won't starve she is a werewolf
07:02not a human pup this whole fake sick for attention thing is out of control i laughed bitterly mom
07:10wasn't wrong werewolves heal but i hadn't been able to in a long time last winter the choker left bruises
07:17that stayed for days that hadn't happened before i reached for my wolf she was still there but the
07:23warmth never came she was too hungry just like me mom never noticed she only ever looked at my neck
07:32for
07:32one thing the gem and whether it was red or green mom pushed open my door didn't even turn on
07:39the
07:39light just for a second her eyes flashed gold her wolf might have known mom didn't listen in the dim
07:46glow
07:46from the hallway she saw me slumped over my desk i looked like a skeleton hadn't moved still putting on
07:54an act you're 10 years old not five grow up mom i'm not playing i'm dead look at me touch
08:03me i'm freezing
08:04she couldn't hear me she only believed what she wanted to see emma squeezed past her held up her
08:10choker with that smug little grin look my gem is green stella's is still red she's lying even in her
08:18sleep that's my good girl ignore the liar let her stay there maybe she'll learn how to be honest
08:26should we at least put her in bed it's freezing put her in bed look at that red gem still
08:32lying
08:33come on leave her we have to visit grandma tomorrow the door locked again i floated next to my corpse
08:41my wolf curled silently at my feet staring at that single point of red light in the darkness
08:46mom if you just stepped closer if you just touched my hand you'd know i was ice cold
08:53but you didn't you believed the choker not the daughter you carried for nine months
08:59that night a rat crawled out of my empty cabinet i used to scream whenever i saw rats but now
09:05i just
09:05floated by the ceiling watching it scurry across my dead body the rat bit into my toe i didn't feel
09:12anything my wolf charged at it anyway and passed right through landing on the other side she turned
09:18back to look at me confused lost i pulled her close and buried my face in the fur of her
09:24back it's okay
09:26you can't feel it anymore it'll be over soon she let out one low growl then went still against me
09:33finally no more pain for either of us the next morning sunlight streamed through the window
09:40no warmth reached my body in the kitchen i could hear mom making breakfast the smell of roasted meat
09:47crept under my door my favorite but mom always said liars don't deserve meat so i only ever got
09:53steamed vegetables she was clanging the pots extra loud on purpose trying to tempt me out trying to make
10:00me give in and apologize for things i never did in the old days i might have caved i might
10:06have
10:06confessed to anything for one bite of roasted meat but i don't need food anymore stella still hasn't come
10:13out yet dad asked reading the pack notices she is so stubborn she can eat or not i don't care
10:22emma walked to my door and made a big show of sniffing the air then she screamed dramatically
10:28mom stella's room smells like poop did she poop in there i floated by the door watching my sister
10:36with a bitter smile my wolf sat beside me ears flat eyes low the hearth was burning hot after just
10:45one
10:45night my body started to rot mom stormed over pounding on the door stella who does that the toilet
10:54is right there did you sit on the floor to spite me i remembered being six i had food poisoning
11:01couldn't make it to the toilet in time mom didn't help me clean up she made me stand outside pointed
11:08at me and told the neighbors look at this she's such a mess she can't even use the toilet herself
11:14now
11:15she thought i was dirty again leave her let her sit in her own stink but dad stood up frowning
11:22that smells
11:23really bad i should check could it be a dead rat or something my heart if i still had one
11:30leapt dad
11:31please open the door i'm right here just turn the handle and you'll see i'm not moving i waved my
11:39transparent arms frantically my wolf ran straight to my bedroom door willing dad to open it dad's
11:46touched the door handle his hand froze one was pounding at the front door a pack elder urgent
11:52business dad's face went pale he grabbed his cloak the border there's an emergency he was already out
11:59the door i froze so close one second away if that knock had come one second later i would have
12:05been
12:05found maybe then i wouldn't have rotted alone that afternoon mom took emma to the pack market the house
12:11was empty except for my corpse when they came back that evening loaded down with food and gifts from the
12:16market the smell had gotten worse mom gagged the second she walked in stella are you trying to turn
12:23this place into a den of inequity she didn't even open my door just grabbed cloth strips and sealed the
12:28gap at the bottom if you want to stay in there and make disgusting stew zoos don't stink up my
12:33house
12:33she patted her hands together satisfied then went to prepare dinner i stared at that sealed door
12:38my wolf pressed her nose against it and whimpered once so that's it i'm worth less than a venison dinner
12:44by day three even the cloth strips couldn't contain the smell mom was arranging fresh wildflowers trying
12:49to cover it up but the stench of death is unmistakable sweet rotten oily she cut a rose stem too
12:57hard
12:57a thorn pierced her hand she snapped in her mind i was doing this on purpose not bathing poop on
13:04the
13:04floor hiding dead rats in my room all to piss her off all to defy her authority as luna
13:09stella she grabbed a rolling pin from the kitchen storm toward my room i'm done with you
13:16you disgusting little brat time you learned what real pain feels like i floated in front of her
13:21waving my arms desperately don't come in mom please please even though she never loved me i didn't want
13:31her to see me like that but she walked right through me ripped the cloth strips off jammed the spare
13:36key
13:36into the lock the door flew open the smell hit her like a wall she stumbled back retching stella
13:42what are you doing she saw me still slumped over the desk back turned not moving to her this was
13:49the
13:50ultimate rebellion i'm talking to you she marched over raised the rolling pin but stopped she wanted
13:57to see my face first wanted to see my get up she grabbed the back of my shirt grabbed my
14:03skin the
14:03moment she touched me she froze through the thin fabric her hand didn't feel warm flesh she felt
14:09cold hard dead meat the kind of cold that seeps into your bones but momentum carried her forward
14:16she yanked crash my body stiff as a board toppled backward taking the chair with it and there was
14:23my face blue black eyes bulging features twisted in agony dried foam and blood crusted around my mouth
14:29around my blackened neck the verity choker hung lifeless the gem dark no red no green just silence
14:37my journal slid off the desk fell open at mom's feet the last page stared up at her mom my
14:44stomach
14:44really hurts the choker is wrong i'm not lying please don't punish me mom screamed not a wolf's
14:51howl a raw guttural shriek that tore through her throat she stumbled backward slammed into the bookshelf
14:59a clay pot shattered but she didn't seem to feel the pain she just stared at me eyes wide unblinking
15:08no no no no this is not real stella get up stella get up i'm not mad anymore stop scaring
15:17me
15:18her hand reached out trembling to touch my arm the second her skin made contact with my corpse
15:24she recoiled like she'd been burned that cold was too real lisa from next door heard the screaming
15:31and went straight to the pack healer when she saw what was in my room she collapsed in the gate
15:36within the hour heavy boots on the floorboards the pack healer and a handful of pack warriors
15:42crowding the entrance mom sat on the floor a warrior's hand on her shoulder she's speaking it
15:48she's always lying it doesn't lie i'm just teaching her no one responded they all looked at her like
15:57she was a monster the pack healer crouched next to my body he muttered under his breath severe
16:03malnutrition organ failure this puppy has been starved for at least a month he carefully tried to
16:10remove the verity choker but it had fused years of tightening had pressed the leather deep into the
16:16skin of my neck damn it he had to use tools to pry it off even dead my soul flinched
16:23my wolf lifted her
16:24head and long raw desperate the kind of howl that should have shaken the walls no one heard it no
16:34one
16:34flinched we were already dead a warrior picked up my journal started reading his face went from
16:41neutral to horrified mom's eyes locked onto that book that's her confession she admits she lied look
16:49she wrote it herself the warrior pushed her back wrapped the journal in cloth and took it we'll report
16:57it to the council that's when dad got home he saw the pack healer and the pack warriors crowding the
17:03doorway
17:04saw the body wrap being carried out saw the long cord that sealed away my entire life
17:11his legs gave out he collapsed on the doorstep emma stood nearby sobbing in confusion
17:18she pointed at the discolored verity choker on the table why does stella have a black collar
17:23and i have a green one see she held up her neck the gem blinked its steady green it was
17:30grotesque
17:31the council elders arrived before dawn mom straightened when she saw them even now even
17:38with my body three days cold and rotting her luna instincts kicked in she lifted her chin squared
17:45her shoulders it didn't work today they started questioning mom in the living room mom grabbed the
17:51severity choker off the table like it was a lifeline test it that choker proved she was lying red gem
17:59means
17:59lie i never abused her the choker told me i was just educating her the council elders looked at her
18:09like she'd lost her mind the pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition months of starvation
18:17aphelion multiple old injuries consistent with prolonged that's just discipline that's teaching
18:24her to be honest then she did something insane you don't believe me fine i'll wear it
18:34watch it'll be green the leather pressed against her skin cold sticky that was my blood she took a
18:43deep breath tried to calm herself she needed to prove she was innocent needed to prove her way of
18:49raising and alpha air was right she held up the gem eyes wild listen i'm rachel i'm stella's mother
18:58this is the truth the absolute truth the gem flashed red mom's confident expression shattered
19:07i said truth i am rachel i never abused her i did it for her own good
19:16i love her and suddenly she remembered me ten years old gasping as the choker tightened around
19:25my throat biting my lip so i wouldn't make a sound is this what it felt like why is it
19:32red i am telling
19:33the truth turn green you're broken you're setting me up but the gem kept flashing like it was mocking
19:40her you're a liar you're a liar enough this is just a bloodstone i've seen it before it changes color
19:52with body heat fear pain anything that makes your heart race temperature rises it burns red that's all it
20:01does no witch magic never was think about your daughter ruptured appendix organ failure the pain
20:10must have been unbearable she was terrified and what did you see a red gem so you punished her more
20:18which made her more scared which made her temperature rise which made the stone turn redder
20:28you are luna you are supposed to protect every wolf in this pack you couldn't even protect your own
20:35daughter you ignored her cries for help you starved your daughter to death mom's world collapsed she sat
20:43there staring at the flashing gem on her own net and finally understood for 10 years every red light
20:51wasn't because i was lying it was because i was scared scared of her anger scared of being misunderstood
20:59scared of eating food that made me sick i was in pain pain that made my heart race and cold
21:05sweat pour
21:06down my face i was desperate desperate for a hug for her to hold me the way she held emma
21:13every signal
21:14from my frightened heart she had interpreted as proof of my lies no get it off
21:24i'm not lying she tried to shift fur rippling across her skin bones cracking but the leather
21:32cinched harder around her throat the moment her neck didn't change she snapped back into human form gasping
21:40i can't get it off stella take it back i'm sorry it's all my fault this little bit of choking
21:48and she was
21:49already breaking mom i suffered for 10 years the council elders needed evidence for judgment so they
21:58opened my journal in front of my parents february 14th sunny mom put celery on my plate i'm allergic
22:07my throat swells i can't breathe i said i can't eat it but because i was scared of making her
22:12angry
22:13my body ran hot the gem flashed red the choker tightened mom said i was picky lying made me eat
22:23the whole plate that night i threw up blood my throat felt like it was on fire i shifted to
22:29ease my pain
22:30mom saw it and said i'd snuck berry juice that i was faking the choker tightened for 10 more minutes
22:39mom's hand flew to her mouth she was shaking violently she remembered that she really did
22:46think it was berry juice she didn't even look closely just turned away to read emma a bedtime story
22:52that was blood from a swollen torn throat june 1st pups day emma shredded mom's ceremonial cloak
23:01emma's heart is always calm her gem stays green i tried to explain but i was scared of being hit
23:09my
23:10body ran hot red gem choker tightened for 10 minutes it hurt so bad but i didn't cry because crying
23:19makes
23:19your body run hotter and mom thinks that means you're not sorry so i held my breath pretended it
23:26didn't hurt mom said see she doesn't even blink she's definitely faking it dad couldn't take it
23:34anymore this man who had always put the pack before his own family chose duty over his daughter for 10
23:41years you monster what did you do that was your daughter you treated her like a stray blood at the
23:50corner of her mouth not my fault not my fault it's her it's emma emma's gem was always green emma
23:58was
23:59the good one if it wasn't for that green light making me trust her i wouldn't have believed the red
24:04blade so much this is emma's thoughts that little princess everyone who protected one of the council
24:10elders walked over gently removed the green verity choker from her neck took out a blade pried the gem
24:17loose right there it rolled onto the table still glowing green steady unchanged the elder picked up the
24:26stone a glowstone that is all your younger daughter's choker was always going to shine green
24:33no matter what she said did or lied about it would never change your so-called verity choker was a
24:42fraud that was her truth for 10 years that was the evidence she used to convict me a common glowstone
24:50that put me in hell while emma lived in paradise so i wasn't a liar i i laughed laughed until
24:58i cried
24:59turns out ghosts could cry too the elder turned to the last page of the journal his voice broke the
25:05handwriting was a mess clearly written while dying mom if i die will the choker stop glowing red or if
25:12turns green will you hug me then i'm not lying i couldn't heal myself anymore my stomach hurts so much
25:20like knives next life please don't make me wear the choker please i just want to be a normal pup
25:27i want
25:28to eat mom's roasted meat mom stared at the broken glowstone on the table that truth magic she trusted
25:34without question a worthless stone because of that stone she spoiled emma for 10 years
25:40because of that cursed red light she tortured me for 10 years
25:48mom started laughing her voice cracking worse than crying fake all fake
25:59i killed my most honest pup and i worshipped a liar she'd lost her mind for real this time
26:08my death became the talk of the entire pack lisa the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer
26:14told everyone what she'd seen every wolf knew by morning luna had starved her own daughter to death
26:22monster murderer she doesn't deserve to be luna stones flew at our door the word killer carved into the
26:31wall the council convened within the day the verdict was swift dad lost his alpha title no wolf would
26:38follow him now my grandfather the former alpha read out the judgment himself he didn't look at his son
26:45once dad walked out of the council hall and never looked back he took emma and left the pack that
26:52same
26:52night emma was a bad seed sure but she was still his blood before they left emma tried to take
26:59her green
26:59choker dad stomped on it why the hell would you want that piece of trash emma cried as he dragged
27:06her away
27:07mom got out of the dungeon the healer said she had lost her mind the council locked her in the
27:13home
27:13instead the one that still smelled like death her mental state deteriorated fast she refused to take
27:20off the red choker she would tighten it herself whenever the guilt got too heavy she said choking
27:25was the only thing that eased it it was her self-imposed punishment i floated in the darkness
27:31my wolf curled beside me watching her unravel day after day she'd talk to the empty corner where i used
27:37to stand stella i brought you some food no celery today it's all roast just how you like it but
27:45there
27:45was no food there was nothing just her hands cupped around air she'd pretend to set a plate down her
27:53hands shook the gem flashed red she was anxious guilty falling apart she smiled but her eyes were empty
28:01the gem is red mom is lying liars don't deserve food she pulled the choker tight with her own hands
28:09let it choke her her body convulsed against the cold floor it hurts so much is this how stella felt
28:17i'm sorry mom started reenacting my diary entries i couldn't eat celery because of my allergy so she
28:26forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood then swallowed it back down i was locked in
28:33isolation so she locked herself in my old room lights off and bowed to my portrait until her forehead
28:40bled over and over blood on the floor late at night she'd see the red glow of the bloodstone reflected
28:48on
28:48the wall to her it looked like my bloody eyes were watching she kept punishing herself the wounds healed
28:56slower and slower her wolf exhausted by months of self-torture slowly fell into a deep sleep mom
29:04didn't care she scrawled on the back of my journal i'm sorry i was wrong red means pain red means
29:11love
29:12please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time i'll save you i promise too bad i'm dead
29:19dead wolves
29:20can't cry for help eventually the new alpha intervened mom's self-harm had gone too far she'd
29:27nearly choked herself to death with her own hands he ordered her to move to a small hut at the
29:32far edge
29:33of the village locked from the outside someone posted to watch her day and night she was the strangest
29:39woman they'd ever seen nobody knew where she'd found it a frayed red cord tied around her own neck
29:46her homemade choker if anyone tried to remove it she'd snap at them teeth bared snarling wild-eyed
29:54don't touch me stella's watching she'll be angry if you take it every time the guard called her name
30:02and brought her food mom would grab the red cord and pull it tight against her own throat convulsing
30:08screaming red light red light don't punish punish me i'll eat i'll eat even if the food was scalding
30:18hot she'd gulp it down burning her throat wouldn't spit it out she was reenacting my final moments
30:25living my hell on repeat years later emma grew up without guidance and with a trail of shame behind her
30:33she drifted from pack to pack stealing to survive no one would take her in when she ran out of
30:39options
30:40she remembered mom was still alive she slipped back into the silverman pack under the cover of night
30:46not for love for money hey crazy lady dad's dead give me whatever you've been hiding emma stood there
30:56face hard eyes full of contempt she looked at mom's hollow broken form and spat on the floor
31:03it's disgusting give me what i want or i'll send you to meet your daughter for a moment mom's cloudy
31:11eyes cleared she looked at emma and suddenly remembered that choker that always green glowstone
31:18that decade of deception it's you you lie you're the green light that wasn't there you killed
31:27stella give her back to me give her back to me the last shred of maternal love twisted into something
31:34feral mom lunged grabbed emma by the throat should have died not her you
31:44emma thrashed but couldn't break free from a mad woman's grip the guards rushed in pulled her off
31:51emma stumbled out of the hut terrified they're all insane she bolted into the forest she didn't get far
31:59rogues the kind that haunted the borderlands preying on anyone foolish enough to run through
32:05the trees alone at night emma never saw them coming by the time she did it was too late she
32:12survived
32:12barely both legs shattered beyond repair she'd never walk again meanwhile mom was strapped to her cot
32:20staring at the ceiling tears streaming in her dreams she finally saw me i was 10 again no choker white
32:28dress smiling mom she reached for me crying with joy stella but the moment her hands touched me
32:37i burst into ash no she woke up screaming if she'd been wearing that choker it would have been blood
32:45red eternal torment i stood in the void watching it all mom strapped to her bed emma in a wheelchair
32:53begging on the market dad drunk and dead in some gutter i felt nothing no satisfaction just a flat dead
33:02calm my wolf padded over quietly she didn't howl didn't nudge just pressed her head against my hand
33:09and held it there in the distance a door of light appeared soft steady waiting i looked at my wolf
33:17she
33:17looked at me yeah time to leave this life was too bitter nothing worth holding on to
33:23i floated to mom's hut one final time she looked ancient hair completely white frail as paper she
33:30sent something her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air right where i stood stella is that you
33:36her trembling hand reached into the emptiness mom destroyed the choker i don't believe in it anymore
33:42come back please i'll cook for you no salary i'll buy you new dresses not emma tears rolled down
33:49her face i looked at the red marks on her neck from the frayed cord i i reached out my
33:54cold ghostly
33:55finger touched her forehead this was my final mercy sleep mom in sleep there's no pain her eyes fluttered
34:03shut she slumped into a deep dreamless rest a breeze blew through the hut the old journal on her cot
34:09flipped open the last page my dying words stared up at the ceiling but below it in shaky handwriting were
34:16new lines written by mom during a lucid moment next life let me wear the choker let me be the
34:22liar
34:22punish me however you want just don't leave me i stared at those words felt nothing too late
34:28repentance means nothing to the dead mom i don't hate you anymore but i don't love you either let's not
34:35meet again i turned away my wolf was waiting in the distance the door of light still glowed soft steady
34:42patient i looked at my neck the phantom verity choker still there even in spirit form the nightmare
34:49that had changed me for a lifetime i grabbed it it shattered into nothing i felt weightless free no
34:55red light no hunger no lies just freedom my wolf pressed against my side together we walked toward
35:02the light i didn't look back morning came a guard pushed open the door rachel time to eat no response
35:08she walked closer mom's hand clutched the torn journal a single tear crystallized at the corner
35:14of her eye she crouched beside her held two fingers beneath her nose nothing she was gone
35:20passing through the door wasn't violent no spinning no chaos just warmth like sinking into a spring stream
35:26i looked to my side my wolf was gone i didn't panic i pressed my hand to my chest and
35:32there she was
35:33steady warm then i heard her voice not a whimper not a whine clear and bright and full of life
35:40like
35:40the first time we met run i shifted four paws hit the ground and i ran through forests that smelled
35:46of
35:46pine and rain through cold shallow streams that splashed silver around my legs through meadows i had
35:52never seen but somehow knew my white fur caught the light my paws were sure my lungs were full my
35:59body
35:59was strong no choker around my throat no red light no hunger the lingering ache in my soul the phantom
36:07pain
36:07of 10 years started to fade with every step i ran toward brightness behind me old life dissolved like a
36:15worn photograph left out in the rain mom's final tear the red glow of the choker blood on the journal
36:21pages gone i didn't look back that 10 year nightmare was finally truly over when i opened my eyes
36:29again i was tiny wrapped in soft blankets someone was humming a woman's voice gentle off key but full of
36:40love her fingers brushed my cheek the scent of wildflowers not the cold clinical distance of my old
36:47mother not the silence of someone who only touched me to punish i blinked up at her she had kind
36:53eyes
36:54a soft smile she cradled me like i was made of glass grace is awake honey come quick our daughter
37:02just
37:03opened her eyes a man appeared tall a little awkward but his face lit up when he saw me he
37:09touched my tiny
37:10hand with one finger his voice was deep warm hey grace i'm your dad grace not stella no weight no
37:22chains no red
37:23light just grace a name that meant something light something cherished this house was small but warm
37:31full of light cartoon painting on the walls flowers by the window sunlight pouring through the windows
37:38warm on the floor i realized fast this family was nothing like the last one they never forced me to
37:46do
37:46anything there were no chokers no red lights no punishments for things i hadn't done i grew learned
37:53to crawl to talk and when i was three mom made a stew with celery the green stalks in the
38:00bowl triggered me
38:01i flashed back to choking throat swelling vomiting blood i stumbled backwards shaking tears came without
38:09permission mom immediately put down her spoon crouched pulled me into a hug grace what's wrong you don't
38:17like celery i couldn't speak just shook my head sobbing dad knelt too rubbed my back hey it's okay
38:26you don't have to eat it can you tell us why their eyes were patient gentle finally i choked out
38:32it hurts my throat makes me bleed they didn't say the verity choker doesn't lie they didn't accuse me of
38:42faking they took me to the pack healer immediately turns out i really do have a celery allergy after
38:48that celery never appeared in the house again mom added it to her market list grace's allergies celery
38:56she checked every time she shopped i lay in her arms that night smelling wildflowers and realized this
39:03is what it feels like to be believed love isn't measured by a stone it's listening even when the
39:10story sounds impossible when i was four dad took me to the pacular for my first health check there was
39:16a
39:16blood draw i saw the needle and lost it flashes of the choker tightening around my throat flashes of
39:23starvation i screamed clung to dad's leg the healer sighed i couldn't stop shaking don't punish me
39:31i'm not lying dad immediately scooped me up sorry she's not ready we'll come back another time on the
39:38walk home dad didn't scold me for being weak he just asked gently grace did someone hurt you before
39:45i buried my face in his shoulder tears soaking his shirt mom joker red light i couldn't explain it
39:54clearly but he listened nodded it's okay dad's here now no one's ever hurting you again from then on
40:04they took me to the pack healer regularly not for blood draws just to talk she has been hurt be
40:10patient
40:11with her my parents never complained never made me feel like a burden they bought me a colorful
40:17necklace but never forced me to wear it this is just a pretty thing grace wear it if you want
40:22take
40:22it off if you don't we'll love you either way slowly i started to heal i could say i don't
40:29like this without
40:30fear i could say i'm scared i could say i want that i didn't have to worry about my heart
40:37racing being
40:38proof of a lie i started sharing my stories with them i cried when i didn't get a toy i
40:44laughed when
40:44i got praise i was finally just a pup a normal loved pup when i turned seven i started at
40:55the pack school
40:55there was a girl in my class annie sullivan she looked exactly like emma same eyes but her hair
41:03was shorter and she was timid scared the first time i saw her my heart clenched flashbacks emma's
41:12smug grin the green light mocking me i stepped back instinctively annie noticed she looked down
41:19voice barely a whisper i'm annie do you want to be friends her tone was so careful so desperate to
41:29please just like i used to be i glanced at her neck she wore a simple choker with green gem
41:35my stomach
41:36turned later i found out annie's mom was straight to this family demanded honesty locked her in her
41:43room without food when she made mistakes one day annie accidentally knocked over the teacher's ink pot
41:49she was trembling too scared to admit it i saw her face red rimmed eyes barely holding back tears
41:56i remembered myself at that desk writing i am a liar over and over i walked over took her hand
42:06annie it's okay accidents happen let's tell the teacher together she won't be mad annie looked at
42:14me shocked but mom says liars are bad wolves being honest isn't about never making mistakes it's about
42:21owning up when you do and even if you tell the truth you shouldn't be punished for it if the
42:26teacher gets angry i'll stand with you if your mom gets angry come to my house my parents will help
42:32i
42:32gave her the courage i never had she confessed the teacher forgave her told her to be more careful
42:39next time from that day on we have been best friends i brought annie home to meet my parents
42:44she saw how warm they were how they didn't yell didn't punish little things i told her you don't
42:51have to make everyone happy you're allowed to feel things say things one day annie's mom came to pick
43:00her up from school she saw us together in her face twisted she grabbed annie's hand did you mess up
43:07again
43:07is grace covering for you annie immediately looked down silent i stepped in front of her looked at the
43:14mom in the eye ma'am annie didn't do anything wrong she's a good pup you shouldn't always assume the
43:22worst she's scared of you the mom froze looked at me then at annie's tear-filled eyes her expression
43:31softened that night she called my mom thanked her said i'd opened her eyes over time annie's mom got
43:39gentler started listening instead of yelling and annie she blossomed confident happy i watched her
43:47laugh freely one day and felt this warmth in my chest i didn't get saved in my last life i
43:53suffered
43:54alone in the dark but this time i could save someone else i could stop another stella from happening
44:00maybe that's the gift my past life gave me the ability to see pain and to heal it when i
44:07was 10
44:07my parents took me to visit grandma there was an old oak tree in her yard its branches spread wide
44:13casting shade over the whole garden i sat beneath it watching sunlight filter through the leaves my
44:18wolf dozed inside me warm and content then i saw her an old woman white hair hunched over a walking
44:25stick wearing a faded blue dress the second i saw her face i froze she looked exactly like rachel my
44:33old
44:33mother grandma noticed me too walked over slowly her eyes were hazy but there was something familiar
44:39in them something heavy what's your name child grace she repeated it softly grace that's a beautiful name
44:46she reached out like she wanted to touch my hair then hesitated pulled back like she was afraid of
44:51disturbing something sacred my mom came over steadied her mom this is our daughter grace so she was my
44:58grandma in this life too over the next few days grandma watched me constantly her expression was
45:04unreadable one morning she brought me a bowl of roasted meat grace eat up this used to be your favorite
45:09i stared at the bowl in my last life i wrote in my dying breath i want to eat mom's
45:15roasted meat
45:16and here was grandma saying those exact words tears blurred my vision this wasn't some distant wish
45:22anymore it was real right in front of me i picked up a piece bit into it tender sweet perfect
45:29grandma
45:30smiled a tired guilty smile that night lying in bed with my wolf curled warm inside my chest i thought
45:37about rachel's last words next life let me wear the choker let me be the liar punish me however you
45:43want
45:43just don't leave me i thought about her final tear the torn journal i didn't hate her anymore
45:49hating someone is like locking yourself in the past chewing on pain forever this life's warmth had
45:55already washed away the bitterness i just felt sad sad that she only understood too late real love was
46:02never about stones or punishment we stayed for a month then went back home before i left she held my
46:08hand grace live well be happy her voice was soft but heavy with meaning i nodded you too grandma i
46:15watched
46:15her walk away and i felt nothing no anger no grief the grudges of my past life were like fallen
46:22leaves
46:22blown away by the wind i wasn't stella anymore the girl locked in the dark choking on a lie i
46:28was grace
46:28sterling surrounded by love free at 13 i graduated from pack school got into the best academy in the
46:35region my parents took me to the lake for a picnic to celebrate i stood at the edge of the
46:40water wind in
46:41my hair the scent of pine and cold water on my skin i stretched out my arms feeling the freedom
46:47for a
46:48moment i saw her my ghost self floating desperate to hug someone but passing right through grace what
46:56are you thinking dad handed me a drink i smiled just i'm grateful to be alive to be with you
47:02both
47:02mom pulled me into a hug silly girl we're the lucky ones no one said anything we all just shifted
47:09at the
47:09same time like we'd done it a hundred times before we ran together through the trees through the shallow
47:15edge of the lake water spraying silver around our paws eventually i slowed down turned and threw myself
47:22at them we tumbled into the grass together mom nuzzled her head against mine dad licked the top of my
47:28head
47:28with lazy affection i pressed into them both and stayed there breathing hard warm all the way through
47:35i looked up at the sky through the canopy of trees i didn't need to prove i wasn't a liar
47:40anymore
47:40i didn't need to fear a red light i could laugh cry speak freely i had parents who loved me
47:47a best
47:47friend a healthy body a bright future this was the life i died wishing for that night i wrote in
47:54my journal
47:55not the blood-stained confessions of my old life this one was full of happiness growth love i wrote
48:02today we ran by the lake mom and dad shifted with me without saying a word we tumbled in the
48:08grass like
48:08pups i thought about my past self that little girl locked in a room choking in the dark desperate to
48:15be loved she'd never believe that i could be this happy mom and dad love me they taught me that
48:21honesty
48:21isn't something you punish out of someone it's something you grow with patience and warmth annie is my
48:27best friend now she laughs freely she speaks without flinching grandma is getting older but her eyes
48:34are warm when she looks at me my wolf grows stronger every day with her beside me i feel at
48:40ease i don't
48:41hate anyone anymore i don't cling to the past those painful memories are like paw prints in the mud washed
48:47away by rain but they taught me to cherish every step forward i know my old mom sister and dad
48:54got what
48:55they deserved and i finally broke free i found real freedom i don't want to see them again i don't
49:01want to relive that life i just want to be gray simple happy loved the lake was beautiful life was
49:08beautiful i closed my journal looked out the window moonlight shimmered on the water through the trees
49:14my wolf stirred softly inside my chest warm steady i smiled this life i finally became who i wanted to
49:21be
49:22no red light no starvation no lies just love freedom happiness and those scars from my past they became
49:30part of me proof that i had survived proof that darkness no matter how long it lasts cannot swallow
49:36you whole not if you keep moving toward the light the road ahead is long but i will walk it
49:41with courage
49:42courage with joy towards something even brighter
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