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Love Me After Death
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00:00Just because I forget to bring my mate's lover back, leaving her alone in the wilderness for three hours,
00:05he flies into a rage and throws me into an abandoned well in the desolate countryside.
00:14You need to experience the torment that Belinda was put through.
00:18The well is deep and narrow, forcing me to curl up in my wolf form.
00:22I struggle to breathe. I plead for mercy and beg for forgiveness.
00:26However, all he does is tell me off icily.
00:29Stay there and repent for your sins.
00:31You'll only understand the dignity required of Eluna once you learn your lesson from this.
00:35He orders his men to seal the well with a large boulder.
00:38I let out anguished howls and roars as I claw my way upward.
00:42However, I only fall back down over and over again.
00:45The walls of the well are covered in my claw marks.
00:48I continue like this until I can't make a sound through my parched throat.
00:52Half a month later, my mate's heart softens when he sees the birthday gift I've prepared in advance for him.
00:57He decides to end my punishment, unbeknownst to him.
01:01Worms and snakes have already gnawed my body beyond recognition at the bottom of the well.
01:05When Connor Turner saw the craftsman's gift, a thought crossed his mind.
01:10He hadn't seen me in a while.
01:12Strange.
01:12Clara hasn't come to cause trouble lately.
01:15Did she finally learn her place?
01:18Exactly.
01:19She was spoiled rotten.
01:21A little suffering will do her good.
01:23His warrior, Duncan Dixon, hesitated before speaking cautiously.
01:26Alpha.
01:27Luna.
01:30She's still in that well.
01:36Connor's pen stilled for a fraction of a second, then resumed as if the words meant nothing.
01:41I assumed she'd had enough by now.
01:43Let her reflect a little longer.
01:45Duncan looked troubled.
01:46She hasn't made a sound for days, and there's a terrible stench coming from down the well.
01:51Do you want to check on her?
01:52Connor remained indifferent.
01:53She's probably faking it, pretending to be all pitiful so we'd let her out.
01:59Someone like her would do anything to survive.
02:01She's likely already skinned and eaten the venomous snakes in there.
02:05With all that blood and rot, no wonder it reeks.
02:08Duncan wanted to say more, but Connor cut him off, irritated.
02:12Enough.
02:13I'll have her released before my birthday banquet tomorrow,
02:16as long as she learns her lesson and apologizes to Belinda.
02:20I'll let this go.
02:21Checking his pocket watch, Connor dismissed Duncan and turned to welcome Belinda Carter,
02:26who had just returned from seeing the witch doctor, Tamara Howe.
02:30Dr. Howe, how is Belinda?
02:32He asked.
02:33Tamara's fingers curled around the gold coins Belinda had slipped her,
02:37her lips twisting into a satisfied smile.
02:40Belinda coughed weakly, her frail body sinking into Connor's embrace.
02:45Alpha, I feel much better.
02:47You don't have to bear Luna's fault.
02:49Connor gazed at her tenderly.
02:51You're too kind, Belinda.
02:54But don't worry.
02:55Clara has been punished.
02:58She won't trouble you again.
02:59As they shared their tender moment, I chuckled softly behind them.
03:03But no one noticed.
03:04There was nothing I could do to Belinda anymore.
03:07After all, I was already dead.
03:09I struggled in despair for days.
03:12But even in my final moments, I couldn't lie down and rest.
03:16The well was too narrow, too cramped.
03:19I couldn't even sit.
03:20Days without water had left my hair falling out in patches.
03:23My exposed skin shriveled and dry.
03:26Venomous snakes coiled around my limbs, while maggots and insects feasted on my flesh.
03:31When my soul finally broke free, I didn't dare look back at the well.
03:35Yet in the quiet of that memory, another scene surfaced unbidden.
03:39Our last night together before everything shattered.
03:42Moonlight spilled like silver silk across our chamber.
03:45Connor had drawn me close, his strong hands tracing slow, reverent paths along the curve of my spine.
03:51Igniting warmth that bloomed beneath my skin like starlight.
03:54We moved together in a dance, as ancient as the moon's pull.
03:59Bodies entwining with fluid grace, breaths mingling in soft gasps of shared wonder.
04:04His lips brushed my neck, my shoulders, every touch a whispered promise.
04:09Our rhythms rising and falling like gentle waves beneath a velvet sky until we crested together in luminous release,
04:16wrapped in each other's arms as if the world held only us.
04:19Belinda's eyes gleamed with satisfaction,
04:21though she was quick to mask it with a delicate sigh.
04:25Alpha, you don't have to do this.
04:27I never wanted her to be punished.
04:29If you keep going, Luna will end up blaming me.
04:33Connor's tone was unwavering.
04:35She wouldn't dare.
04:38Don't worry.
04:40After this, she'll think twice before acting out again.
04:44Unless she wants to find herself back in that well.
04:48She's always been so proud.
04:50But after being trapped down there,
04:52forced to relieve herself like an animal,
04:54I doubt she'd ever risk this punishment again.
04:59So he knew.
05:01He knew my pride was everything,
05:03yet he chose to strip it from me to hand me the most degrading death imaginable.
05:07My carefully maintained nails raked against the jagged stone walls as I tried to climb.
05:13But the moment my fingers grazed the edge,
05:16the guards shoved me back down.
05:23Then Connor ordered the well to be sealed,
05:25preventing any rainwater from reaching the depths,
05:28effectively guaranteeing my thirst.
05:30Weak and shaking,
05:31I stood in the darkness,
05:33feeling the insects and snakes gnawing at my toes.
05:36My survival instinct screamed at me to lower my head
05:38and sink my teeth into whatever I could catch.
05:41But the cramped confines denied even the basic movement of a crouch.
05:45With the last of my strength,
05:47I cast a whisperbind spell,
05:48sending my desperate plea directly to his ears.
05:51But all I received in return was his merciless judgment.
05:55You're already terrified from a few insect bites.
05:58Did you ever think about how helpless Belinda felt
06:01when you left her to be torn apart by those beasts?
06:04His words snuffed out the final ember of hope.
06:08And the irony?
06:09The one who ultimately begged for my release was Belinda herself,
06:12if only to uphold her gentle, saintly image.
06:15After enough sighs and tearful requests,
06:18Connor relented,
06:19though irritation sharpened his voice.
06:21Duncan, get Luna out.
06:24Have her cleaned up before she comes to apologize.
06:27I don't want her filth staining Belinda's presence.
06:30Belinda's eyes shimmered with feigned pain,
06:33as if recalling a nightmare.
06:34Alpha, when Luna's out,
06:36you should comfort her.
06:38I know better than anyone how terrifying it is
06:40to be alone in the wild for so long.
06:46Comfort her.
06:47She deserves this.
06:49Because of her mistake,
06:50the convoy left you behind,
06:52and you were forced to walk alone through the woods
06:54for half an hour
06:55before making it back to the pack.
06:57You were nearly dragged off by a starving beast.
07:00I can't even imagine how frightened you must have been.
07:03And yet,
07:04you're still so kind and too forgiving.
07:06That's why Clara keeps taking things too far.
07:09Connor's so-called righteous fury on Belinda's behalf
07:12was nothing short of ridiculous.
07:14Just two weeks ago,
07:15I had led a trading convoy
07:17to negotiate with a neighboring pack.
07:19Because of my status as Luna,
07:21they treated me with the utmost respect,
07:23which clearly didn't sit well with Belinda.
07:25She cornered me when no one was looking,
07:27her voice dripping with venom.
07:30So what if you're Luna?
07:32The Alpha doesn't even care about you.
07:34I didn't bother responding.
07:36I simply brushed past her
07:38and climbed into my car.
07:39Yet unexpectedly,
07:40she was unwilling to travel
07:42in the slightly worn-down jeep.
07:44Consequently,
07:44she was left behind in the wilderness.
07:47By the time Connor and his men found her,
07:49a giant eagle had its talons wrapped around her.
07:52She was battered,
07:53trembling,
07:54barely clinging to life.
07:55I only ever wanted to admire you from afar, Alpha.
07:59I never imagined even that would be taken from me.
08:02I hope Luna will take good care of you.
08:06Then I'll have no regrets.
08:08Connor howled in agony,
08:10cradling her like she was the most precious thing in the world.
08:12I stood at the edge of the crowd,
08:14watching with cold indifference.
08:16After all,
08:17given a werewolf's innate prowess,
08:19even the weakest Omega was capable of nocturnal hunts.
08:22A bald eagle?
08:23It was a triviality,
08:24a speck against our might.
08:26And Belinda had only been in the wilderness for three hours.
08:29However,
08:30when Connor seized my ear
08:31and forced me into the depths of the forsaken well,
08:34the facade of indifference shattered.
08:36Clara,
08:37Belinda has night likenesses,
08:39and you left her wandering alone in the dark.
08:42Her sister was carried off by vultures when she was a child.
08:45She's been terrified of giant birds ever since.
08:47Do you even understand what you put her through?
08:50I'll make sure you understand
08:51that being Luna doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.
08:53If you refuse to admit your mistakes,
08:55then don't even think about coming out.
08:57Even now,
08:58he sat there,
08:59arrogant and self-righteous,
09:00waiting for me to break,
09:02waiting for me to crawl back and admit I was wrong.
09:04But this time,
09:05things wouldn't go his way.
09:07Alpha!
09:09Luna,
09:10she stopped breathing.
09:12I watched Connor closely,
09:14searching his face for the slightest trace of regret.
09:17But all I saw was mild annoyance.
09:19What did you say?
09:22Clara is dead.
09:24Duncan kept his head lowered,
09:26not daring to meet Connor's gaze.
09:28Yes.
09:29Luna,
09:30she was trapped in that well for over ten days.
09:32No food,
09:34no water.
09:35She,
09:35she didn't make it.
09:37Connor scoffed,
09:38as if he had just heard the most ridiculous joke.
09:40Oh,
09:41she's still bluffing.
09:43Fine.
09:44If she's really dead,
09:46then call the priest for a ritual,
09:48toss her corpse into the sea,
09:49and let's see where playing dead gets her.
09:52His cruelty sickened me.
09:54I desperately sought to elevate my soul,
09:56to distance myself from him.
09:58However,
09:58an unseen tether held me fast,
10:01dragging me inexorably back.
10:02And then I realized
10:04the force binding me wasn't Connor himself,
10:06but the wolf spirit bracelet he wore.
10:08The bracelet,
10:10woven from wolf bone and silver thread,
10:12was an ancient relic of my father.
10:14More than that,
10:15it was the token of love I had once given Connor.
10:18I used to be like Cinderella,
10:20that pitiful girl.
10:21My father had been the alpha of the starlight pack.
10:24But after my mother's death,
10:26he remarried and brought another woman
10:27and her children into our home.
10:29When dad left for campaigns,
10:31those children tormented me for sport.
10:33When I was 12,
10:34they cornered me yet again,
10:36taunting and laughing.
10:37That was the day Connor happened to pass by and save me.
10:40After that,
10:41I began sneaking into Black Claw pack territory,
10:44just to catch a glimpse of him.
10:45That was when I realized
10:46he too was bullied by his siblings.
10:48I fell for him completely.
10:50So,
10:51when the moon goddess prophesied
10:52that we were fated mates,
10:53I was overjoyed.
10:55My heart nearly burst with happiness.
10:57Too blinded by love
10:58to notice the flicker of displeasure in his eyes
11:00as we sealed our bond.
11:02I didn't know then.
11:03I didn't realize the only reason
11:04Connor married me
11:05was for the wolf spirit bracelet.
11:07With it,
11:08he could win the trust and loyalty
11:09of my father's warriors.
11:11Until I handed it over,
11:12he played the role of the perfect mate.
11:15He left water by my bedside each night
11:17and brought me fresh flowers
11:18when he returned home.
11:20I fell even deeper for him.
11:22Without hesitation,
11:23I gave him the bracelet.
11:25With the power of the wolf spirit bracelet,
11:27Connor quickly crushed his siblings
11:29and claimed the title of
11:30Alpha of the Black Claw Pack.
11:32But was I truly just a pawn to him?
11:34I didn't think so.
11:36I wasn't naive.
11:37The small, fleeting smiles he let slip
11:40when he thought no one was watching.
11:41The quiet care he still showed me.
11:43Even after obtaining the bracelet,
11:45these were all signs.
11:47Signs that, despite everything,
11:49Connor was slowly falling for me too.
11:50In the early days of our mating,
11:52our nights had been sacred.
11:54He would carry me to our bed
11:55as though I were made of moonlight,
11:57his fingers weaving through my hair
11:58while our bodies aligned in perfect harmony.
12:00We moved as one under the canopy of stars
12:03visible through the open window,
12:05each caress a brush of silk and fire,
12:07our shared breaths rising like a symphony
12:09until ecstasy unfolded in waves
12:11of pure, glowing bliss,
12:13leaving us tangled and peaceful
12:14in the afterglow.
12:15Connor's lips curled into a mocking smirk.
12:18You really think she'd die that easily?
12:21I know better than anyone how tough she is.
12:25Belinda laughed,
12:26her voice dripping with amusement.
12:27That's right.
12:29Our Luna is the kind of woman
12:31who could stomach a live snake.
12:34She may have gone days without food or water,
12:37but I believe she'll survive.
12:39The gathered maids giggled at the remark,
12:41but Connor's smile faltered for just a second.
12:44Watching his expression stiffened,
12:45I felt a flicker of satisfaction.
12:47So, you do feel a little guilty after all.
12:51I remembered the day when Connor had been captured
12:54in a battle against the rogues.
12:55To save him, I infiltrated their base camp alone.
12:58By the time I reached his cell,
13:00I was bleeding, barely standing.
13:02But when our eyes met,
13:04there was no mistaking the shock
13:05and gratitude in his gaze.
13:07We disguised ourselves as low-ranking rogue soldiers,
13:10blending in to make our escape.
13:12It might have worked until the rogues handed out food,
13:15snakes and centipedes,
13:17still raw, crawling and alive.
13:19We hesitated.
13:20Even as werewolves, we weren't feral.
13:22We weren't like them.
13:24We had standards.
13:25Nobility did not stoop to eating
13:27like the mindless beasts we fought against.
13:29Connor's hesitation drew suspicion,
13:31making them question our identities.
13:34I had no choice.
13:35Before anyone could question us,
13:37I tilted my head back
13:38and swallowed those filthy creatures,
13:40earning the rogues' trust.
13:41Connor appeared shocked.
13:43Later, after we successfully escaped,
13:45some of the witnesses spread the story.
13:47Over time,
13:48rumors began to circulate
13:50that I had eaten raw snake flesh
13:51just to survive.
13:52But within our pack,
13:54the mere mention of it drew Connor's furious ire.
13:56He wouldn't tolerate a single word of it.
13:58For a while,
13:59things between us were good.
14:01I saw it in the way he looked at me,
14:03in the rare softness of his smile.
14:05For the first time,
14:06I thought I had finally cracked through the ice around his heart.
14:08But then Belinda returned.
14:10She was his childhood sweetheart,
14:12the girl who had once comforted him
14:13when he was at his lowest.
14:15Three years of marriage,
14:16three years of effort,
14:17shattered the moment she stepped back into his life.
14:19I snapped back to the present
14:21just as Connor waved Duncan off impatiently.
14:24Tell her if she doesn't come out now.
14:27She can rot in that well for another month.
14:29Duncan visibly flinched
14:31but did not move to follow the order.
14:33Connor's voice sharpened,
14:34laced with undeniable authority.
14:36Why are you still standing there?
14:38Or do you want to join her too?
14:39Duncan trembled and backed away quickly
14:41as Connor turned,
14:43slipping a possessive arm around Belinda's waist.
14:45Belinda,
14:46don't go easy on her when she comes out.
14:48Make her apologize to you.
14:49I don't care if she's Luna.
14:50She needs to learn what happens
14:52when she crosses someone I care about.
14:55Clara,
14:57you really think this little stunt will fool me?
15:00Connor's words were barely audible
15:02and within them,
15:03a subtle, almost swallowed hesitation.
15:05As the minutes passed,
15:06his patience began to wear thin.
15:07Why is it taking so long?
15:10Is she still testing me?
15:11A sharp edge crept into Connor's voice,
15:14betraying his annoyance.
15:15I'll see what she's doing.
15:16He stated,
15:17his voice a chilling blend of coldness
15:19and suppressed rage.
15:20Connor then marched toward the well,
15:22but as he neared the well's edge,
15:24a revolting odor assaulted his senses.
15:26His brow creased in disgust
15:28and his golden eyes flashed with revulsion.
15:31What is that stench?
15:33Connor's tone turned sharp and demanding.
15:36Clara,
15:37what are you doing?
15:38I'm letting you out
15:40and you're still refusing.
15:42What?
15:43Planning to live down there forever?
15:45He stepped closer,
15:46peering into the darkness.
15:47Moonlight streamed in,
15:49illuminating the bottom.
15:50And then he saw it.
15:51My lifeless body lay there,
15:53still and broken,
15:54like a discarded, ruined doll.
15:56A chill ran down Connor's spine,
15:58his hair standing on end
16:00as he stumbled back in disbelief.
16:02Who?
16:04Who put this disgusting thing in the well?
16:07His chest heaved,
16:09each breath sharp and ragged.
16:11Where's Clara?
16:12Find her!
16:15Does she think she can escape punishment
16:17by tossing a fake corpse down there?
16:19Bring her to me now!
16:21I couldn't help but laugh
16:23at the absurdity of his words.
16:24My body was right there.
16:26Where exactly did he expect to find me?
16:29Alpha.
16:30Luna is truly dead.
16:33Her corpse is already decomposing.
16:35Lies!
16:36Do you take me for a fool?
16:38Connor roared,
16:39drawing his bracelet in a fit of rage.
16:41And in one swift motion,
16:43he cut down the warrior who had spoken,
16:45his head hitting the ground
16:46with a sickening thud.
16:48If anyone else dares conspire
16:50with Luna in this deception,
16:53you'll share his fate.
16:55His golden eyes burned
16:57with a dangerous gleam
16:58as he turned to his warriors.
17:00I don't care what I takes.
17:03Find her!
17:05Connor ordered the well
17:06to be sealed shut with iron
17:08and sent out his best trackers
17:09and hounds across the land.
17:11He tore through every inch of land,
17:13desperate to uncover any sign of me.
17:16Belinda stepped forward,
17:17slipping her arm around his waist.
17:19Alpha.
17:20Don't be upset.
17:22I'll always be here for you.
17:25Connor's grip tightened around her hand,
17:27but he didn't pull her closer.
17:28His voice wavered just slightly.
17:31This time,
17:32she's gone too far
17:33to stage her own demise.
17:35A blatant act of defiance.
17:38Don't worry.
17:39She will not escape her due.
17:41When I retrieve her,
17:43I'll make sure she kneels before you
17:45and begs for forgiveness.
17:47His fingers drummed
17:48against the windowsill,
17:49the rhythm growing faster,
17:51betraying the unease
17:52he refused to name.
17:53His warriors,
17:54known for their flawless
17:55tracking skills,
17:56scoured every inch of land.
17:58Yet,
17:58no matter how many warriors
18:00or hounds he sent out,
18:01they all circled back
18:02to the same place,
18:03the abandoned well.
18:04His frustration boiled over
18:06as he paced furiously around it,
18:08refusing to believe
18:09that the corpse inside was mine.
18:11Then,
18:12as if struck by sudden inspiration,
18:14he snapped his fingers.
18:16I see it now.
18:18She must have used
18:20a burrowing technique.
18:21That's why the hounds
18:22keep leading us here.
18:24He turned sharply
18:24to his warriors.
18:25Go!
18:26Bring me the burrowing specialists.
18:28I need to know
18:29precisely where she vanished.
18:32Connor's warriors dug
18:33for three days
18:34and three nights,
18:35tearing apart the earth
18:36around the well.
18:37But no matter how deep
18:38they went,
18:39there was nothing.
18:40Only the well
18:41remained untouched.
18:42Sealed under Connor's orders,
18:43forbidden for anyone
18:45to disturb.
18:46At last,
18:46one warrior hesitated
18:48before speaking.
18:49Alpha,
18:49we've tried everything.
18:51Luna,
18:53she might be in the well.
18:55Connor's sharp gaze
18:56bore into the warrior.
18:57After a long silence,
18:58he finally spoke,
18:59his voice hoarse.
19:01Open it.
19:02Bring out the corpse.
19:03Connor's warriors
19:04wrestled with the iron seal
19:05covering the well
19:06before descending
19:07into the abyss
19:08and retrieved
19:09what remained of me.
19:10Finally,
19:11after an eternity
19:12in the blackness,
19:13they pulled my body
19:14into the light.
19:14It was no longer recognizable.
19:16A foul,
19:17viscous substance
19:18that sent waves
19:19of nausea
19:19through the air.
19:20What little was left of me
19:22was placed in an icebox
19:23carved from frozen blocks
19:24and carried before him.
19:26His brows tightened
19:27as the stench hit him,
19:28sharp and stinging.
19:29His eyes watered,
19:30but he held his gaze,
19:32refusing to look away.
19:33A long silence stretched
19:35as Connor's hand stayed
19:36upon the white cloth
19:37draped over my remains.
19:39Finally,
19:40he carefully lifted a corner,
19:41scrutinizing my left hand.
19:43Thankfully,
19:43my hands had primarily
19:44remained intact.
19:46Avoiding the writhing maggots,
19:48he searched
19:48until he found my ring.
19:49His fingers trembled
19:51as he slid it off.
19:52That was all the confirmation
19:53he needed.
19:54I was gone.
19:55That ring had been
19:56my mother's wedding gift to me,
19:58the one thing I cherished
19:59more than anything.
20:00I had once sworn
20:01that no matter where I fled,
20:03even to the ends of the earth,
20:04I would never part with it.
20:06Connor staggered
20:07as if something inside him
20:08had shattered.
20:09His expression twisted,
20:10his breathing unsteady.
20:12And yet,
20:13all I felt was disgust.
20:14I had died just as he wanted.
20:16So why did he look
20:17like he was breaking?
20:18Aside from that brief moment
20:20when Connor saw my ring
20:21and let his sorrow slip through,
20:23he never showed grief again.
20:24Life went on as usual.
20:26He worked,
20:27he led,
20:28he ruled unshaken,
20:29as if nothing had changed.
20:31But old habits betrayed him
20:32when he returned
20:33to the castle we'd once shared.
20:34He would instinctively reach back
20:36to hand off his coat,
20:37calling my name,
20:38only to be met with silence.
20:40Then,
20:41realizing I wasn't there,
20:42a flicker of confusion
20:43would cross his face
20:44before he recovered,
20:45as if the moment never happened.
20:47When the Black Claw Pax Festival
20:49approached,
20:50his warriors brought him reports
20:51on the supplies and preparations.
20:53Frustrated,
20:54he waved them off.
20:57Just let Luna handle it.
20:59Don't bother me with this.
21:01Then,
21:02seeing their hesitant silence,
21:03that same confusion flickered again.
21:06I understood his reaction
21:08all too well.
21:09When my father died in battle,
21:11I reacted the same way.
21:12There was only numbness,
21:13a strange sense of detachment
21:15whenever his name was mentioned.
21:17It wasn't until it happened
21:18over and over
21:19that the numbness
21:20gave way to grief.
21:21His warrior once told me
21:22that I had struggled
21:23to accept my father's death
21:25because I had loved him too much.
21:26And that was why
21:27I couldn't bear to face reality.
21:29So why was Connor
21:30reacting the same way?
21:31Did he love me?
21:32The thought was absurd.
21:34He was the one
21:34responsible for my death.
21:36How could he possibly love me?
21:37Yet, strangely enough,
21:39despite knowing I was dead,
21:40Connor refused to bury me.
21:42He ordered his warriors
21:43to keep my body
21:44locked away in the ice chambers.
21:46The elders urged him
21:47to cremate me,
21:48to lay me to rest.
21:50He ignored them
21:51every time.
21:52Then came the night
21:53of the annual festival.
21:55Connor stood before
21:55the gathered pack,
21:56his voice steady.
21:58He honored the fallen warriors
21:59who had died protecting the pack.
22:01Speaking of their sacrifice
22:02and bravery,
22:03his words rang with conviction
22:05and his presence was commanding.
22:06The crowd watched him
22:07in reverence
22:08as he lifted the torch,
22:10ready to light
22:10the ceremonial pyre.
22:12Then, instinctively,
22:13he reached back.
22:14His fingers grasped
22:15nothing but empty air.
22:17I knew in an instant
22:18what had happened.
22:19He had been reaching for me.
22:20Every year,
22:21I had stood beside him
22:22during this moment.
22:23Every year,
22:24our hands held the torch together
22:26and we lit the pyre together.
22:28His triumphant expression froze.
22:30The torch slipped
22:30from his grasp,
22:32landing in the dirt.
22:32A tremor ran through his body.
22:34He could no longer hold it in.
22:36He fell to his knees
22:37and broke into sobs.
22:39When Connor finally accepted
22:40that I would never return,
22:42he drowned himself in alcohol.
22:43Sometimes,
22:44in his drunken stupor,
22:45he would curse my name,
22:47calling me a cruel woman
22:48for how I had treated Belinda.
22:50But more often,
22:51he would scream for me,
22:53stumbling into the ice chamber
22:54where my corpse was kept,
22:56pressing desperate kisses
22:57against my decaying flesh.
22:58Even I,
22:59the owner of that body,
23:00found it revolting.
23:01When his drinking began
23:03interfering with his duties,
23:04the elders could no longer
23:05stand idly by.
23:07They summoned Belinda,
23:08hoping she could pull him
23:09from his downward spiral.
23:11She arrived just in time
23:12to witness the nightmare,
23:14Connor clutching my rotting corpse
23:15in his arms.
23:16Her face turned deathly pale.
23:18A gag tore from her throat
23:19and she doubled over,
23:21retching.
23:21Alpha,
23:22what are you doing?
23:24But Connor didn't respond.
23:25He just held on to me,
23:27drinking like the world outside
23:28no longer mattered.
23:29Belinda lingered at the entrance,
23:31horror flickering across her face.
23:33But after a long hesitation,
23:35she finally stepped forward,
23:36stealing herself
23:37and snatched the bottle
23:38from his grip.
23:39Connor lashed out in blind fury,
23:41his hand locking around her
23:42the rope,
23:43squeezing until she was
23:44on the verge of suffocation.
23:46Only then did he recognize her.
23:48Horror flashed across his face
23:50as he hastily let go.
23:52Belinda.
23:54God.
23:55What have I done?
23:56Belinda clutched her throat,
23:58greedily sucking in air.
24:00Fear flickered in her gaze
24:01for a moment,
24:02but she quickly smoothed
24:03her expression
24:04and tried to comfort him.
24:06It's okay.
24:08Alpha,
24:09I know you're just overwhelmed.
24:11With grief.
24:12She paused
24:13before carefully asking,
24:14Alpha,
24:15are you in so much pain?
24:17Because you loved Luna.
24:19Connor stiffened
24:20like a wounded beast
24:21backed into a corner.
24:23Love her?
24:25He let out a bitter laugh.
24:26That's ridiculous.
24:28I only married her
24:29to secure her father's
24:31former allies,
24:32to strengthen my position.
24:34Then,
24:35a shaky breath escaped him,
24:37a single tear
24:38betraying his carefully
24:39constructed facade.
24:40So why?
24:42Why this unbearable hurt?
24:45Seeing Connor like this,
24:47Belinda's expression
24:47flickered with panic.
24:49She forced a smile
24:50and quickly changed the subject.
24:52She said,
24:53You're just too kind-hearted.
24:55Even though you didn't love Luna,
24:57she was still your mate.
24:59It's only natural
25:00that her death
25:02would affect you.
25:03But I know you'll move past this soon
25:06because you don't love Luna.
25:08Each word was deliberate,
25:10calculated.
25:11Like a drowning man
25:12clinging to driftwood,
25:14Connor seized onto her reassurance.
25:16He echoed,
25:16Yes.
25:18Yes.
25:19You're right.
25:20I don't love her.
25:21I couldn't have killed someone I love.
25:23After several repetitions,
25:25Connor regained his composure.
25:27With Belinda by his side,
25:28he left the ice chamber
25:29and returned to the rhythms
25:30of his daily life.
25:32That day,
25:32Connor returned to his duties
25:34and rode along the pack's borders
25:35with his warriors
25:36when a sudden and powerful force
25:38crashed down on them.
25:39A presence so immense
25:41that the air itself
25:42seemed to shudder beneath its weight.
25:44His head snapped up.
25:45A group of warriors
25:46strode toward him
25:47and at the front,
25:48an older werewolf led them.
25:49His silver-white fur
25:50was streaked with gray.
25:52His icy gaze
25:53locked onto Connor
25:54with seething rage.
25:55Connor, you bastard!
25:59You killed Clara!
26:01A flicker of panic
26:02shot through Connor's golden eyes,
26:04but he schooled his features,
26:05forcing composure.
26:07Harold,
26:07why have you come back?
26:09Unlike Connor's unease,
26:10my heart clenched
26:11the moment I saw
26:12Harold Nunez.
26:13Tears welled up in my eyes.
26:16Harold was the current alpha
26:17of the Starlight Pack
26:18and had once been
26:19my father's most trusted warrior.
26:21For years,
26:22Harold and my father
26:23had fought side by side,
26:25bound by loyalty and brotherhood.
26:27Before my father's death,
26:28he had entrusted Harold
26:29with leading the Starlight Pack
26:30and with protecting me.
26:32Harold had handed me
26:33the Starlight Pack's
26:34sacred symbol,
26:34the Wolf Spirit Bracelet,
26:36a public declaration
26:37that he would forever
26:38follow my command.
26:39After my father's death,
26:41Harold had been my guardian.
26:42He had even helped
26:43with my wedding,
26:44despite his own misgivings.
26:45He did many things
26:46to help Connor,
26:47all for my sake.
26:49Looking at him
26:49after so long,
26:50I finally noticed
26:51how dull
26:52his once vibrant eyes
26:53had become.
26:54His hands trembled
26:55at the mere mention
26:56of my name.
26:57A sharp pain
26:58twisted in my chest.
26:59I'm sorry, Harold.
27:00I never meant for you
27:01to suffer because of me.
27:02Harold's voice was low
27:04like distant thunder
27:05as he pressed the tip
27:06of his dagger
27:07against Connor's throat.
27:09Clara's life
27:10must be paid for
27:11with your blood.
27:12Connor was caught off guard.
27:14He barely had time
27:15to raise his arm
27:16in defense
27:16before Harold struck again.
27:18His attacks relentless
27:19as a storm.
27:20Blow after blow
27:21forced Connor back.
27:22You promised me!
27:24Harold growled,
27:25his voice laced with fury.
27:26You swore you'd give
27:28Clara eternal happiness,
27:30and because of that promise,
27:32I helped you kill
27:34your two brothers!
27:35There was a collective
27:36gasp from the crowd.
27:37Connor's two older brothers
27:38had died under
27:39mysterious circumstances.
27:41For years,
27:42their deaths had been
27:42called an accident,
27:44an unfortunate twist of fate.
27:46But now,
27:47Harold had shattered
27:47that illusion,
27:49revealing that Connor
27:49had orchestrated their deaths.
27:51Harold!
27:52Stop making things up!
27:55Connor barked,
27:56desperately dodging
27:57another strike.
27:58The next moment,
27:59Harold lunged his claws
28:00a deadly arc
28:01targeting Connor's throat.
28:02Though he managed
28:03to deflect the blow,
28:04the force of the attack
28:06still cut deep
28:06into his shoulder.
28:07Blood bloomed
28:08across his torn clothing.
28:10Connor dropped
28:10to his knees
28:11before Harold.
28:12Seeing their alpha
28:13in trouble,
28:14his warriors drew
28:15their swords,
28:16ready to fight
28:16Harold and his warriors.
28:17But Harold did not
28:19press the attack.
28:20I understood why.
28:21This was still
28:21Connor's territory.
28:23Harold said coldly,
28:24Give me Clara's corpse.
28:27Connor's eyes widened.
28:28No,
28:29that's impossible.
28:31Clara was
28:31Black Claw Pack's Luna.
28:33She must be buried here.
28:35Harold's snarl
28:36split through the air.
28:37But she was the daughter
28:38of our former alpha
28:39from the Starlight Pack.
28:40She was like
28:41a precious niece to me,
28:42and you killed her
28:44with your own hands.
28:45And now you refuse
28:46to lay her to rest.
28:48You defile the dead
28:49with your selfishness.
28:51Connor,
28:52if you don't hand
28:53Clara's body over today,
28:55I will bring the Starlight Pack
28:56to attack your
28:57Black Claw Pack tomorrow.
28:59Hearing Harold's threat,
29:00Connor's warriors
29:01urged him to comply
29:02with Harold's demands.
29:04No one in their right mind
29:05wanted to fight
29:06Harold Nunez,
29:07the god of war.
29:08After hearing everyone's pleas,
29:10Connor reluctantly
29:11yielded to Harold's demand.
29:12He led Harold to the ice chamber
29:14where my corpse was kept.
29:16The moment Harold
29:17saw the state of my remains,
29:18his eyes reddened with grief.
29:20Then, without warning,
29:21he struck Connor
29:22with a heavy fist.
29:24You wretched thing!
29:26Harold spat,
29:27his voice thick with emotion.
29:29If I had known
29:29you would one day
29:30kill her,
29:31that day,
29:32when she found you
29:33blind and helpless,
29:35when she saved you...
29:36I should have ended you then!
29:38Even if she would have
29:39hated me for it!
29:40Connor froze in place
29:42at his words.
29:43What do you mean?
29:43Clara saved me
29:44when we were children!
29:45He asked,
29:46his voice full of disbelief,
29:48but Harold and the others
29:49ignored his question.
29:50They lifted the icebox
29:51containing my corpse,
29:53moving swiftly.
29:54Connor barely had a moment
29:55to process the revelation
29:57before he saw them
29:58taking me away.
29:58A scream tore from his throat.
30:00You can't take Clara!
30:02You can't separate us!
30:03I regret it!
30:05I love Clara!
30:06I truly loved her.
30:09Please,
30:10don't take her away!
30:12Connor crumpled to his knees,
30:14his pleas echoing unheard.
30:16Harold and the others
30:16moved with cold efficiency,
30:18ignoring his desperate cries.
30:20Only when my corpse
30:21was secured atop the carriage
30:22did Harold settle onto it,
30:24his gaze falling upon
30:25the kneeling figure.
30:26Too late.
30:27He declared,
30:28his voice like ice.
30:30Connor pursued Harold's carriage
30:32relentlessly
30:33until his wounds betrayed him.
30:34He stumbled,
30:35then fell,
30:36hitting the ground
30:36with a painful thud.
30:38Belinda hurried over
30:39to help him up.
30:40Alpha,
30:41are you alright?
30:41Connor looked in the direction
30:43where Harold and the others
30:44had gone,
30:44his face filled with pain.
30:47Then,
30:47suddenly,
30:47something snapped in place.
30:49He turned to Belinda
30:50and asked,
30:51Belinda,
30:52when I was twelve,
30:53my brothers abandoned me
30:54in the wilderness again.
30:55I was poisoned
30:56by those damn toxic plants
30:58and lost my sight for weeks.
31:00You searched for me
31:01alone in the dark
31:02for days
31:02until you found me.
31:04And because of that,
31:05you developed night-blindness.
31:06Connor's voice was quiet,
31:08but his golden eyes
31:09bore into her.
31:10Belinda,
31:10was it really you
31:12who saved me back then?
31:13Belinda's eyes
31:14shifted nervously.
31:15Of course it was me.
31:17Alpha.
31:19Why would you even ask that?
31:21Connor watched
31:21Belinda's face intently.
31:23Her discomfort
31:24became palpable
31:25and there was a visible shift
31:26in her posture
31:27and demeanor.
31:28After a long pause,
31:30Connor spoke.
31:30Then tell me,
31:31when you found me
31:32in the southern part
31:33of the forest,
31:34how did you bring me back?
31:36Belinda let out
31:36a small breath,
31:38her relief
31:38almost too obvious.
31:39She smiled softly.
31:41I remember it vividly
31:42like it was just yesterday.
31:44At the time,
31:45I had no choice
31:45but to carry you back.
31:47I was weak
31:48and I even stumbled
31:49once along the way back.
31:50You're lying.
31:51Connor shouted,
31:52now fully alert
31:53and agitated.
31:54I wasn't in the southern part.
31:56I was on the western side.
31:57Connor seized
31:58Belinda's shoulders,
31:59his claws digging deep
32:01until blood seeped
32:02through her clothes.
32:03You're lying,
32:04aren't you?
32:04You weren't the one
32:05who saved me,
32:05were you?
32:06Tell me you didn't lie.
32:08Tell me!
32:09Connor roared,
32:10his eyes bloodshot,
32:11desperate for an answer
32:12proving he hadn't been wrong.
32:14Behind them,
32:15I laughed through my tears.
32:17So this was it.
32:18Belinda had taken credit
32:19for my actions.
32:20That was why she,
32:21a mere maid
32:22to Connor's brother,
32:23had stood by his side
32:24without question.
32:25That was why Connor
32:26had loved her so deeply,
32:28because he thought
32:29she was the one
32:30who saved him.
32:31Because of that,
32:31he had thrown my life
32:32away for hers.
32:33I recalled that
32:34when I was 12,
32:35I had found Connor,
32:37beaten and bloodied,
32:38and I had saved him.
32:39I never told him my name.
32:41I wanted to protect his pride.
32:42And when he recovered,
32:44I had someone else
32:45return him home.
32:45A bitter regret
32:46gnawed at me.
32:47Why did I act so selflessly,
32:49yet remain anonymous?
32:51Had I known my kindness
32:52would ultimately lead
32:53to my demise,
32:54I would have ensured he knew.
32:56Hey, Connor!
32:57It was me, Clara.
32:58I saved you.
32:59Connor rushed back home,
33:01frantically flipping
33:02through my diary.
33:03Keeping a diary
33:04had become a habit of mine
33:05since I was six.
33:06When I married him,
33:07I brought it from my family home.
33:09With trembling hands,
33:10he found the entry
33:11from when I was 12.
33:13December 17th.
33:15The moon was bright tonight.
33:16I heard Connor's brothers
33:17bullied him
33:18and left him in the wilderness.
33:20So I knew I had to hurry
33:21and save him.
33:22I couldn't tell Dad.
33:23He would have stopped me
33:24from going to the western part
33:26of the forest.
33:26So I went alone.
33:28The forest was dark and quiet,
33:30and I was a little scared.
33:31But I kept going.
33:32Every step felt heavy.
33:34But I knew I couldn't give up.
33:35Finally, I found him
33:36by a big old tree,
33:38lying on the ground,
33:39his body covered in cuts
33:40and bruises,
33:41his breath weak.
33:42I took out the healing herbs
33:44Mom taught me to pick,
33:45crushed them,
33:46and applied them
33:47to his wounds gently.
33:48He winced in pain,
33:49but didn't wake up.
33:51I stayed with him all night,
33:52keeping him warm
33:53with my cloak,
33:54talking to him softly,
33:56even though I knew
33:56he couldn't hear me.
33:57When he opened his eyes
33:58the next morning,
33:59he looked confused
34:00and asked who I was.
34:02I ran away.
34:03I was shy,
34:04and I didn't want him
34:05to feel embarrassed
34:05for being saved by a girl.
34:07Connor's hands shook
34:08even more violently
34:09as he read,
34:10tears dripping
34:11onto the yellowed pages,
34:12blurring the words
34:14I had written so carefully.
34:15He covered his face
34:16with his hands,
34:17shoulders shaking,
34:18and a hoarse sob
34:19escaped from between
34:20his fingers.
34:22December 18th.
34:23Was the forest
34:24always this terrifying
34:25at night?
34:26Luckily,
34:27I had finally found him.
34:29When I discovered him
34:30in the trap,
34:31his silver-white fur
34:32was coated in
34:33poison vine sap,
34:34and his golden eyes
34:35were dull and unfocused.
34:36He couldn't see.
34:38I panicked for a moment,
34:39but I remembered
34:39Mom's words,
34:41calm down,
34:41or you'll lose
34:42both of you.
34:43I took out
34:44the antidote leaves
34:45I hid in my pocket,
34:46chewed them
34:46until they turned
34:47into paste,
34:48and gently fed them to him.
34:49He struggled a little
34:50at first,
34:51but then he swallowed
34:52them quietly.
34:53I sat beside him,
34:54patting his back softly,
34:55like Mom does
34:56when I'm sick.
34:58December 23rd.
34:59He asked me
35:00who I was.
35:01He must have been ashamed,
35:02realizing a young girl
35:03had seen him
35:04at his weakest.
35:05So I disguised my voice
35:06and roughened it
35:07to sound like a grown man.
35:08He saw through it.
35:10He laughed.
35:11His laugh was so beautiful.
35:12He said my voice
35:13sounded like a little bird,
35:14soft and clear.
35:15I blushed so hard
35:16that I hid my face
35:17behind my hands.
35:18He didn't ask again,
35:19just talked to me
35:20about small things,
35:21about the stars,
35:23about the forest,
35:24about how he hated
35:25his brothers
35:25for bullying him.
35:26I listened quietly,
35:27and for a moment,
35:29I forgot how scared
35:30I was to be alone
35:30in the forest.
35:32No!
35:34No!
35:36Clara!
35:38His voice cracked.
35:39Why didn't you tell me?
35:42Why didn't you tell me?
35:43He cried out my name,
35:45and as he read,
35:46tears continuously
35:47streamed down his face.
35:48He held my diary
35:49as he collapsed.
35:50His heart throbbed
35:51with a pain
35:52that shook him
35:53to his core.
35:53I stood before him,
35:55watching.
35:55My heart didn't ache anymore.
35:57All that was left
35:58was a cold emptiness,
35:59like the ice cellar
36:00where he had kept my body.
36:01I wanted to reach out
36:03and touch him,
36:03but my hand passed
36:04right through his shoulder.
36:06We were no longer
36:07in the same world.
36:08Connor hugged the diary
36:09tightly to his chest,
36:11as if it were the only piece
36:12of me left in this world.
36:13His sobs echoed
36:14in the empty room,
36:15hoarse and desperate,
36:16like a wounded beast
36:17crying out
36:18for its lost mate.
36:19A cold laugh
36:20escaped my lips.
36:21Regret.
36:23Connor.
36:24Before my consciousness
36:25faded in that deep well,
36:27I regretted a thousand times
36:29more than you ever will now.
36:30If I had known
36:31this would be my end,
36:33I never would have saved you.
36:35I should have left you
36:36in that forest.
36:37I should have let you rot.
36:39For a full day and night,
36:40Connor sat in my room,
36:42completely still,
36:43staring at my diary.
36:44He didn't eat or drink.
36:46It seemed he was finally
36:47beginning to truly see me
36:48for the first time.
36:49When my words spoke of joy,
36:51he laughed.
36:52When they whispered of sorrow,
36:54his eyes darkened,
36:55rimmed with red.
36:56And by the time
36:57he reached the final page,
36:58he finally realized
36:59just how much I had loved him,
37:01how much of my happiness
37:02had revolved around him,
37:04and how much of my suffering
37:05had been caused by him.
37:06Connor curled up on the floor,
37:08holding the diary close,
37:10pressing desperate kisses
37:11against its cover
37:12as if it were my face.
37:13His body shook violently,
37:15and silent tears
37:16soaked the cover of the diary,
37:18leaving dark, wet marks.
37:19He didn't make a sound,
37:21but his grief was so thick
37:22it filled the entire room,
37:24suffocating even me,
37:26a spirit with no physical form.
37:28Do you see it now, Connor?
37:29All the love I gave you,
37:30all the pain I endured for you,
37:32you threw it all away for a lie.
37:34You killed the only person
37:35who ever truly loved you.
37:37Claire, I'm sorry.
37:38He choked out.
37:39I regret it so much.
37:42Please, please come back to me.
37:44Come back to me.
37:45Will you?
37:46I sat beside him, emotionless,
37:48watching his agony unfold.
37:50What use was regret?
37:52Could regret bring me back to life?
37:53No, I wouldn't be moved
37:55by a murderer's tears.
37:56He begged and wept all night,
37:58clinging to my diary
37:59as if it were the only lifeline
38:01connecting him to me.
38:02But I felt nothing,
38:03no anger, no pity,
38:05just a cold numbness
38:06that had settled in my chest
38:08since I died.
38:08The next day,
38:10Connor gathered the merchants
38:11who had traveled with us
38:12the night Belinda vanished
38:13and questioned them.
38:15One by one,
38:15the merchants spoke the truth.
38:17Belinda had complained repeatedly
38:18about the mule cart being too slow,
38:21refusing to keep up with the group.
38:23She had deliberately fallen behind,
38:25muttering about how Clara
38:26was showing off her status
38:27by riding ahead,
38:28not caring about her.
38:30And when Connor learned
38:31that I had not deliberately
38:32abandoned Belinda,
38:33but that she had lagged behind
38:35out of petty spite
38:36because of the mule cart,
38:37his fury burned bright
38:39and unforgiving.
38:40His golden eyes
38:41turned blood red
38:42and the air around him
38:43seemed to tremble
38:44with suppressed rage.
38:46He slammed his fist
38:47on the table,
38:48shattering the wooden surface
38:49into splinters.
38:50He ordered his men
38:51to bring Belinda in
38:52and had her forcibly restrained.
38:54His claws found her flesh,
38:56tearing deep,
38:57leaving her bloodied
38:57and broken.
38:58Connor towered over her,
39:00his voice ringing
39:01with cold authority.
39:02Belinda,
39:03you slandered Luna
39:04and caused her tragic death.
39:06Do you understand your crime?
39:09Belinda struggled weakly,
39:10her face pale as a ghost,
39:12blood dripping from her wounds
39:13onto the floor.
39:14Fear filled her eyes
39:15as she stared up
39:16at Connor's furious face.
39:18Alpha, no!
39:20I didn't!
39:21It was a misunderstanding!
39:23Clara really abandoned me!
39:25I didn't lie!
39:26She screamed,
39:27her voice shrill
39:28and trembling.
39:29Misunderstanding,
39:30your petty jealousy
39:31cost me my life.
39:32You stole my credit,
39:34lied to the man I loved
39:35and watched as he killed me.
39:37There is no misunderstanding here.
39:39Belinda.
39:40Belinda begged for mercy,
39:42her throat hoarse
39:43from all the shouting.
39:45She slowly realized
39:46that her words were futile.
39:47No argument,
39:48no plea
39:49could sway Connor
39:50from his course.
39:51He would kill her.
39:52At that thought,
39:53she stopped resisting.
39:54Looking at the cold,
39:55heartless Alpha before her,
39:57her lips curled
39:58into something bitter,
39:59something hollow.
40:00She laughed.
40:01Her laugh was shrill
40:02and mocking,
40:03echoing in the cold room,
40:05a stark contrast
40:06to her bloodied
40:06and broken appearance.
40:08You think blaming
40:08everything on me
40:09will fix things?
40:10You think killing me
40:11will wash away your sins?
40:13It won't work.
40:14Connor,
40:15you know that better
40:16than anyone.
40:17The one who truly killed Clara
40:20was you!
40:21Her words struck Connor
40:22like a bolt of lightning.
40:23He froze,
40:24his claws still embedded
40:25in her flesh,
40:27his golden eyes wide
40:28with shock and denial.
40:29No!
40:30No!
40:31It's your fault!
40:33You lied to me!
40:34You made me kill her!
40:35He roared,
40:36trying to drown out
40:37the truth that gnawed
40:38at his heart.
40:39Belinda smiled bitterly,
40:41blood trickling down
40:42from the corner
40:42of her mouth.
40:43I lied,
40:44yes,
40:44but you chose
40:45to believe me.
40:47You chose to hate her,
40:48doubt her,
40:49because you were
40:49too blind
40:50to see her love.
40:51You killed her
40:52with your own hands!
40:53Connor,
40:54no one forced you.
40:56Belinda was executed,
40:57and her death
40:58was even more brutal,
40:59far more agonizing
41:00than mine had been.
41:02And yet,
41:02I felt no satisfaction
41:03from it.
41:04She had spoken the truth
41:05before she died.
41:06The one who had truly
41:07killed me wasn't her.
41:08It was Connor!
41:09I stood in the corner,
41:11watching as her body
41:12was dragged away,
41:13and I felt nothing,
41:15not anger,
41:15not relief,
41:16just the same cold emptiness
41:18that had been with me
41:19since I died.
41:20After Belinda's execution,
41:21Connor seemed to have
41:22lost all purpose in life.
41:24He abandoned his duties
41:25and spent his days
41:26wandering near the Starlight Pack,
41:28hoping to find
41:29where I had been buried.
41:30Harold had laid me
41:31to rest beside my father,
41:33but Connor was never
41:34privy to the location.
41:35He would stand at the border
41:36of the Starlight Pack
41:37for hours,
41:38calling my name hoarsely,
41:39his voice filled with despair,
41:41but no one responded,
41:42neither Harold nor me.
41:44Connor's proximity to the pack
41:46was a thorn in Harold's side,
41:48and the latter's disapproval
41:49of the former
41:50was well known.
41:51But the respect
41:52owed to the Black Claw Pack's alpha
41:53meant Harold's vengeance
41:55had to wait.
41:56Harold had long wanted
41:57to avenge Clara,
41:58but he refused
41:59to act recklessly.
42:00He would not risk conflict
42:02between the two packs
42:02for a single man,
42:04no matter how much
42:05he deserved to die.
42:06A month passed.
42:08Having secured
42:09the Black Claw Pack's
42:10tacit agreement
42:10about killing Connor,
42:12Harold finally made his move.
42:13He would end Connor's life.
42:15Consumed by despair
42:16and neglecting his duties,
42:18Connor had become
42:19a liability within the pack.
42:20His pack was already
42:21considering his replacement.
42:23They had grown tired
42:24of his endless sorrow
42:25and dereliction of duty.
42:27Connor was no longer
42:28the alpha they once followed,
42:29assured his actions
42:30wouldn't endanger
42:31the Starlight Pack.
42:32Harold ended Connor's life
42:34with a single arrow,
42:35killing him instantly.
42:36Connor simply crumpled
42:38to the earth,
42:39lifeless.
42:39His soul was instantly released.
42:41As his spirit ascended,
42:43it collided with my own,
42:45now radiant and transformed.
42:46I looked at my transformed self
42:48and realized I no longer
42:49had any regrets.
42:51I was ready for heaven.
42:52Seeing me,
42:53Connor desperately tried
42:54to move toward me,
42:55wanting to embrace me
42:56and confess his remorse
42:57and love.
42:58His eyes were filled
42:59with tears and longing,
43:01his voice trembling
43:02as he called my name.
43:03Clara, wait me!
43:05I'm sorry!
43:06I'm so sorry!
43:07I'm so sorry!
43:09But he painfully realized
43:11that I was rising
43:12higher and higher,
43:13heading toward the warmth
43:14of the heavens
43:15while his soul grew heavier,
43:17dragged down by unseen hands,
43:19pulled into the dark abyss
43:20of hell.
43:21I did not care for the sorrow
43:22on his face
43:23nor his longing.
43:24All I saw were my parents
43:25waiting for me in heaven.
43:27I had so much to say to them.
43:29I smiled.
43:29This was the beginning
43:30of my new life.
43:32Harold stood not far away,
43:34watching Connor's body
43:35fall to the ground.
43:36He closed his eyes slightly,
43:38whispering softly,
43:39Clara,
43:41I've avenged you.
43:44Rest in peace.
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