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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 pack's 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
03:12empty 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
03:28i tried to shift nothing happened deep inside my wolf barely stirred mom locked me up for three days
03:36with 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
05:18slumped 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 dad
06:07emma coming through the front door tonight's bonfire was beautiful the best one yet just like our emma
06:16perfect in every way i'd never heard her sound like that when she talked about me i floated toward
06:22them my wolf patting silently at my side moving on instinct i wanted to help them take off their
06:28cloaks that's what i always did mom my arms passed right through her body like wind why is it so
06:35cold
06:36here is the hearthi out i stood there staring at my transparent hands my wolf pressed against my leg
06:43and looked up at me with sad eyes right dead wolves couldn't hug the living shall we go and see
06:49stella
06:49she hasn't eaten yet still the good cop i looked at mom hopefully if she found me dead would she
06:56be sad
06:57would she regret it she won't starve she is a werewolf not a human pup this whole fake sick for
07:06attention
07:06thing is out of control i laughed bitterly mom wasn't wrong werewolves heal but i hadn't been able
07:14to in a long time last winter the choker left bruises that stayed for days that hadn't happened
07:20before i reached for my wolf she was still there but the warmth never came she was too hungry just
07:26like
07:27me mom never noticed she only ever looked at my neck for one thing the gem and whether it was
07:35red or green
07:36mom pushed open my door didn't even turn on the light just for a second her eyes flashed gold
07:42her wolf might have known mom didn't listen in the dim glow from the hallway she saw me slumped over
07:48my desk i looked like a skeleton hadn't moved still putting on an act you're ten years old not five
07:57grow up mom i'm not playing i'm dead look at me touch me i'm freezing she couldn't hear me she
08:06only
08:07believed what she wanted to see emma squeezed past her held up her choker with that smug little grin
08:13look my gem is green stella's is still red she's lying even in her sleep that's my good girl ignore
08:21the
08:21liar let her stay there maybe she'll learn how to be honest should we at least put her in bed
08:27it's freezing put her in bed look at that red gem still lying come on leave her we have to
08:35visit
08:35grandma tomorrow the door locked again i floated next to my corpse my wolf curled silently at my
08:43feet staring at that single point of red light in the darkness mom if you just stepped closer if
08:49you just touched my hand you'd know i was ice cold but you didn't you believed the choker not the
08:56daughter you carried for nine months that night a rat crawled out of my empty cabinet i used to scream
09:03whenever i saw rats but now i just floated by the ceiling watching it scurry across my dead body
09:09the rat bit into my toe i didn't feel anything my wolf charged at it anyway and passed right through
09:16landing on the other side she turned back to look at me confused lost i pulled her close and buried
09:23my
09:23face in the fur of her back it's okay you can't feel it anymore it'll be over soon she let
09:30out one low
09:31growl then went still against me finally no more pain for either of us the next morning sunlight streamed
09:39through the window no warmth reached my body in the kitchen i could hear mom making breakfast the smell
09:46of roasted meat crept under my door my favorite but mom always said liars don't deserve meat so i only
09:53ever got steamed vegetables she was clanging the pots extra loud on purpose trying to tempt me out trying
09:59to make me give in and apologize for things i never did in the old days i might have caved
10:05i might have
10:06confessed to anything for one bite of roasted meat but i don't need food anymore stella still hasn't come
10:12out 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
10:29mom 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
10:43after just one night my body started to rot mom stormed over pounding on the door
10:51stella who does that the toilet is right there did you sit on the floor to spite me i remembered
10:58being
10:58six i had food poisoning couldn't make it to the toilet in time mom didn't help me clean up she
11:06made
11:06me stand outside pointed at me and told the neighbors look at this she's such a mess she can't
11:13even use the toilet herself now she thought i was dirty again leave her let her sit in her own
11:18stink
11:20but dad stood up frowning that smells really bad i should check could it be a dead rat or something
11:27my heart if i still had one leapt dad please open the door i'm right here just turn the handle
11:36and you'll
11:36see i'm not moving i waved my transparent arms frantically my wolf ran straight to my bedroom
11:43door willing dad to open it dad's hand touched the door handle his hand froze someone was pounding
11:50at the front door a pack elder urgent business dad's face went pale he grabbed his cloak the border
11:56there's an emergency he was already out the door i froze so close one second away if that knock had
12:03come one second later i would have been found maybe then i wouldn't have rotted alone that afternoon mom
12:09took emma to the pack market the house was empty except for my corpse when they came back that
12:14evening loaded down with food and gifts from the market the smell had gotten worse mom gagged the
12:20second she walked in stella are you trying to turn this place into a den of inequity she didn't even
12:25open my door just grabbed cloth strips and sealed the gap at the bottom if you want to stay in
12:30there and
12:30make disgusting stew zoos don't stink up my house she patted her hands together satisfied then went to
12:36prepare dinner i stared at that sealed door my wolf pressed her nose against it and whimpered once so
12:41that's it i'm worth less than a venison dinner by day three even the cloth strips couldn't contain the
12:47smell mom was arranging fresh wild flowers trying to cover it up but the stench of death is unmistakable
12:53sweet rotten oily she cut a rose stem too hard a thorn pierced her hand she snapped in her mind
13:01i was
13:01doing this on purpose not bathing poop on the floor hiding dead rats in my room all to piss her
13:07off
13:07all to defy her authority as luna stella she grabbed a rolling pin from the kitchen storm toward my room
13:14i'm done with you you disgusting little brat time you learned what real pain feels like i floated in
13:21front of her waving my arms desperately don't come in mom please please even though she never loved me
13:30i didn't want her to see me like that but she walked right through me ripped the cloth strips off
13:35jammed the spare key into the lock the door flew open the smell hit her like a wall she stumbled
13:40back
13:41retching stella what are you doing she saw me still slumped over the desk back turned not moving to her
13:49this was the ultimate rebellion i'm talking to you she marched over raised the rolling pin
13:55but stopped she wanted to see my face first wanted to see my get up she grabbed the back of
14:02my shirt
14:02grabbed my skin the moment she touched me she froze through the thin fabric her hand didn't feel warm
14:08flesh she felt cold hard dead meat the kind of cold that seeps into your bones what but momentum carried
14:16her forward she yanked crash my body stiff as a board toppled backward taking the chair with it and
14:22there was my face blue black eyes bulging features twisted in agony dried foam and blood crusted around
14:29my mouth around my blackened neck the verity choker hung lifeless the gem dark no red no green just
14:37silence my journal slid off the desk fell open at mom's feet the last page stared up at her mom
14:43my stomach
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 and
15:31went straight to the pack healer when she saw what was in my room she collapsed in the gate within
15:37the
15:37hour heavy boots on the floorboards the pack healer and a handful of pack warriors crowding the entrance
15:44mom sat on the floor a warrior's hand on her shoulder she's faking it she's always lying
15:51it doesn't lie i'm just teaching her no one responded they all looked at her like she was a
15:58monster the pack healer crouched next to my body he muttered under his breath severe malnutrition
16:04organ failure this puppy has been starved for at least a month he carefully tried to remove the
16:10verity choker but it had fused years of tightening had pressed the leather deep into the skin of my neck
16:17damn it he had to use tools to pry it off even dead my soul flinched my wolf lifted her
16:24head and
16:26long raw desperate the kind of howl that should have shaken the walls no one heard it no one flinched
16:34we were already dead a warrior picked up my journal started reading his face went from neutral to
16:42horrified mom's eyes locked onto that book that's her confession she admits she lied look she wrote it
16:49herself the warrior pushed her back wrapped the journal in cloth and took it we'll report it to
16:57the council that's when dad got home he saw the pack healer and the pack warriors crowding the doorway
17:04saw the body wrap being carried out saw the long cord that sealed away my entire life his legs gave
17:12out
17:13he collapsed on the doorstep emma stood nearby sobbing in confusion she pointed at the discolored
17:19verity choker on the table why does stella have a black collar and i have a green one see she
17:26held
17:26up her neck the gem blinked its steady green it was grotesque the council elders arrived before dawn mom
17:35straightened when she saw them even now even with my body three days cold and rotting her luna instincts
17:42kicked in she lifted her chin squared her shoulders it didn't work today they started questioning mom
17:49in the living room mom grabbed the verity choker off the table like it was a lifeline test it that
17:55choker
17:56proved she was lying red gem means lie i never abused her the choker told me i was just educating
18:06her
18:07the council elders looked at her like she'd lost her mind the pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition
18:15months of starvation aphelion multiple old injuries consistent with prolonged that's just
18:22discipline that's teaching her to be honest then she did something insane you don't believe me
18:30fine i'll wear it watch it'll be green the leather pressed against her skin cold sticky that was my
18:41blood she took a deep breath tried to calm herself she needed to prove she was innocent needed to prove
18:48her way of raising an alpha heir was right she held up the gem eyes wild listen i'm rachel i'm
18:56stella's
18:57mother this is the truth the absolute truth the gem flashed red mom's confident expression shattered
19:06i said truth i am rachel i never abused her i did it for her own good i love her
19:18and suddenly
19:19she remembered me 10 years old gasping as the choker tightened around my throat biting my lip so i
19:27wouldn't make a sound is this what it felt like why is it red i am telling the truth turn
19:34green you're
19:35broken you're setting me up but the gem kept flashing like it was mocking her you're a liar you're a
19:43liar
19:45enough this is just a bloodstone i've seen it before it changes color with body heat fear pain anything
19:55that makes your heart race temperature rises it burns red that's all it does no witch magic never was
20:04think about your daughter ruptured appendix organ failure the pain must have been unbearable she was
20:12terrified and what did you see a red gem so you punished her more which made her more scared which
20:21made her temperature rise which made the stone turn redder you are luna you are supposed to protect
20:31every wolf in this pack you couldn't even protect your own daughter you ignored her cries for help
20:38you starved your daughter to death mom's world collapsed she sat there staring at the flashing gem on
20:46her own net and finally understood for 10 years every red light wasn't because i was lying it was because
20:53i was scared scared of her anger scared of being misunderstood scared of eating food that made me
21:01sick i was in pain pain that made my heart race and cold sweat pour down my face i was
21:08desperate desperate
21:09for a hug for her to hold me the way she held emma every signal from my frightened heart she
21:16had
21:16interpreted as proof of my lies no get it off
21:24i'm not lying i'm not 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
21:49was already 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 my
22:07throat swells i can't breathe i said i can't eat it but because i was scared of making her angry
22:13my body
22:14ran hot the gem flashed red the choker tightened mom said i was picky lying made me eat the whole
22:23plate
22:23that night i threw up blood my throat felt like it was on fire i shifted to ease my pain
22:30mom saw it and
22:31said i'd snuck berry juice that i was faking the choker tightened for 10 more minutes mom's hand flew
22:40to her mouth she was shaking violently she remembered that she really did think it was berry juice she
22:48didn't even look closely just turned away to read emma a bedtime story that was blood from a swollen torn
22:56throat june 1st pup's day emma shredded mom's ceremonial cloak emma's heart is always calm her gem
23:05stays green i tried to explain but i was scared of being hit my body ran hot red gem choker
23:13tightened for
23:1310 minutes it hurt so bad but i didn't cry because crying makes your body run hotter and mom thinks
23:22that
23:22means you're not sorry so i held my breath pretended it didn't hurt mom said see she doesn't even blink
23:31she's definitely faking it dad couldn't take it anymore this man who had always put the pack before
23:37his own family chose duty over his daughter for 10 years you monster what did you do that was your
23:45daughter you treated her like a stray blood at the corner of her mouth not my fault not my fault
23:53it's
23:54her it's emma emma's jam was always green emma was a good one if it wasn't for that green light
24:01making me trust her i wouldn't have believed the red light so much this is emma's thoughts that little
24:07princess everyone who protected one of the council elders walked over gently removed the green verity
24:13choker from the neck took out a blade pried the gem loose right there it rolled onto the table still
24:21glowing green steady unchanged the elder picked up the stone a glowstone that is all your younger
24:30daughter's choker was always going to shine green no matter what she said did or lied about it would
24:38never change your so-called verity choker was a fraud that was her truth for 10 years that was the
24:46evidence she used to convict me a common glowstone that put me in hell while emma lived in paradise
24:53so i wasn't a liar i i laughed laughed until i cried turns out ghosts could cry too the elder
25:01turned to the
25:02last page of the journal his voice broke the handwriting was a mess clearly written while dying
25:08mom if i die will the choker stop glowing red or if it turns green will you hug me then
25:14i'm not lying
25:15i couldn't heal myself anymore my stomach hurts so much like knives next life please don't make me wear
25:24the choker please i just want to be a normal pup i want to eat mom's roasted meat mom stared
25:30at the broken
25:31glowstone on the table that truth magic she trusted without question a worthless stone because of
25:37that stone she spoiled emma for 10 years because of that cursed red light she tortured me for 10 years
25:48mom started laughing her voice cracking in every sound 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 told
26:14everyone what she'd seen every wolf knew by morning luna had starved her own daughter to death monster
26:22murderer murderer she doesn't deserve to be luna stones flew at our door the word killer carved into
26:31the wall 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
26:59green choker dad stomped on it why the hell would you want that piece of trash emma cried as he
27:06dragged
27:06her away mom got out of the dungeon the healer said she had lost her mind the council locked her
27:12in the
27:13home instead the one that still smelled like death her mental state deteriorated fast she refused to
27:19take off 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
28:25so she forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood then swallowed it back down i was
28:32locked in isolation so she locked herself in my old room lights off and bowed to my portrait until her
28:39forehead bled over and over blood on the floor late at night she'd see the red glow of the bloodstone
28:48reflected on the wall to her it looked like my bloody eyes were watching she kept punishing herself
28:54the wounds healed slower and slower her wolf exhausted by months of self-torture slowly fell into
29:02a deep sleep mom didn't care she scrawled on the back of my journal i'm sorry i was wrong red
29:10means pain
29:10red means love please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time i'll save you i promise too
29:18bad
29:18i'm dead dead wolves can't cry for help eventually the new alpha intervened mom's self-harm had gone too
29:26far she'd nearly choked herself to death with her own hands he ordered her to move to a small hut
29:32at the
29:32far edge of the village locked from the outside someone posted to watch her day and night she was the
29:39strangest woman they'd ever seen nobody knew where she'd found it a frayed red cord tied around her
29:45own neck her homemade choker if anyone tried to remove it she'd snap at them teeth bared snarling
29:53wild-eyed don't touch me stella's watching she'll be angry if you take it every time the guard called
30:02her name and brought her food mom would grab the red cord and pull it tight against her own throat
30:07convulsing screaming red light red light don't punish punish me i'll eat i'll eat even if the food
30:17was scalding hot she'd gulp it down burning her throat wouldn't spit it out she was reenacting my
30:24final moments living my hell on repeat years later emma grew up without guidance and with a trail of shame
30:32behind her she drifted from pack to pack stealing to survive no one would take her in when she ran
30:39out
30:39of options she remembered mom was still alive she slipped back into the silverman pack under the cover
30:46of night not for love for money hey crazy lady dad's dead give me whatever you've been hiding emma stood
30:55there face hard eyes full of contempt she looked at mom's hollow broken form and spat on the floor it's
31:04disgusting give me what i want or i'll send you to meet your daughter for a moment mom's cloudy eyes
31:11cleared she looked at emma and suddenly remembered that choker that always green glowstone that decade
31:19of deception it's you you lie you're the green light that wasn't there you killed stella give her back
31:29to me give her back to me the last shred of maternal love twisted into something feral mom lunged
31:36grabbed emma by the throat emma thrashed but couldn't break free from a mad woman's grip
31:48the guards rushed in pulled her off emma stumbled out of the hut terrified they're all insane she bolted
31:56into the forest she didn't get far rogues the kind that haunted the borderlands preying on anyone
32:03foolish enough to run through the trees alone at night emma never saw them coming by the time she
32:09did it was too late she survived barely both legs shattered beyond repair she'd never walk again
32:17meanwhile mom was strapped to her cot staring at the ceiling tears streaming in her dreams she finally
32:25saw me i was 10 again no choker white dress smiling mom she reached for me crying with joy
32:34stella but the moment her hands touched me i burst into ash no she woke up screaming if she'd been
32:43wearing that choker it would have been blood red eternal torment i stood in the void watching it all mom
32:50strapped to her bed emma in a wheelchair begging on the market dad drunk and dead in some gutter i
32:57felt
32:58nothing no satisfaction just a flat dead calm my wolf padded over quietly she didn't howl didn't nudge
33:07just pressed her head against my hand and held it there in the distance a door of light appeared soft
33:13steady waiting i looked at my wolf she looked at me yeah time to leave this life was too bitter
33:21nothing worth holding on to i floated to mom's hut one final time she looked ancient hair completely
33:28white frail as paper she sent something her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air right where i
33:34stood stella is that you her trembling hand reached into the emptiness mom destroyed the choker i don't
33:41believe in it anymore come back please i'll cook for you no salary i'll buy you new dresses not emma
33:47tears rolled down her face i looked at the red marks on her neck from the frayed cord i i
33:53reached out
33:54my cold ghostly finger touched her forehead this was my final mercy sleep mom in sleep there's no pain
34:01her eyes fluttered shut she slumped into a deep dreamless rest a breeze blew through the hut the
34:08old journal on her cot flipped open the last page my dying words stared up at the ceiling but below
34:14it
34:14in shaky handwriting were new lines written by mom during a lucid moment next life let me wear the
34:21choker let me be the liar punish me however you want just don't leave me i stared at those words
34:27felt
34:27nothing too late repentance means nothing to the dead mom i don't hate you anymore but i don't love
34:34you either let's not meet again i turned away my wolf was waiting in the distance the door of light
34:40still glowed soft steady patient i looked at my neck the phantom verity choker still there even in spirit
34:47form the nightmare that had changed me for a lifetime i grabbed it it shattered into nothing i felt weightless
34:54free no red light no hunger no lies just freedom my wolf pressed against my side together we walked
35:01toward the light i didn't look back morning came a guard pushed open the door rachel time to eat
35:07no response she walked closer mom's hand clutched the torn journal a single tear crystallized at the
35:13corner of her eye she crouched beside her held two fingers beneath her nose nothing she was gone
35:19passing 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 the
35:40first time we met run i shifted four paws hit the ground and i ran through forests that smelled of
35:46pine and
35:47rain through cold shallow streams that splashed silver around my legs through meadows i had never
35:52seen but somehow knew my white fur caught the light my paws were sure my lungs were full my body
35:59was
36:00strong no choker around my throat no red light no hunger the lingering ache in my soul the phantom pain
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 again
36:29i was tiny wrapped in soft blankets someone was humming a woman's voice gentle off-key but full of love
36:40her fingers brushed my cheek the scent of wild flowers 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
37:09he touched my tiny hand with one finger his voice was deep warm hey grace i'm your dad
37:19grace not stella no weight no chains no red light just grace a name that meant something light
37:27something cherished this house was small but warm full of light cartoon painting on the walls flowers by
37:35the window sunlight pouring through the windows warm on the floor i realized fast this family was nothing
37:43like the last one they never forced me to do anything there were no chokers no red lights no punishments
37:50for things i hadn't done i grew learned to crawl to talk and when i was three mom made a
37:58stew with celery the green
37:59stalks in the bowl triggered me i flashed back to choking throat swelling vomiting blood i stumbled backwards
38:07shaking tears came without permission mom immediately put down her spoon crouched pulled me into a hug
38:15grace what's wrong you don't like celery i couldn't speak just shook my head sobbing dad knelt too rubbed my
38:23back hey it's okay you don't have to eat it can you tell us why their eyes were patient gentle
38:30finally i choked
38:32out it hurts my throat makes me bleed they didn't say the verity choker doesn't lie they didn't accuse me
38:41of
38:41faking they took me to the pack healer immediately turns out i really do have a celery allergy after that
38:49celery never appeared in the house again mom added it to her market list grace's allergies celery she
38:56checked every time she shopped i lay in her arms that night smelling wild flowers and realized this is
39:04what it feels like to be believed love isn't measured by a stone it's listening even when the story sounds
39:10impossible
39:11when i was four dad took me to the pack healer for my first health check there was a blood
39:16draw i saw
39:17the needle and lost it flashes of the choker tightening around my throat flashes of starvation
39:24i screamed clung to dad's leg the healer sighed i couldn't stop shaking don't punish me i'm not lying
39:33dad immediately scooped me up sorry she's not ready we'll come back another time on the walk home
39:38dad didn't scold me for being weak he just asked gently grace did someone hurt you before i buried
39:46my face in his shoulder tears soaking his shirt mom joker red light i couldn't explain it clearly but he
39:55listened nodded it's okay dad's here now no one's ever hurting you again from then on they took me to
40:04the
40:05pack healer regularly not for blood draws just to talk she has been hurt be patient with her my
40:12parents never complained never made me feel like a burden they bought me a colorful necklace but never
40:17forced me to wear it this is just a pretty thing grace wear it if you want take it off
40:23if you don't
40:23we'll love you either way slowly i started to heal i could say i don't like this without fear
40:30i could say i'm scared i could say i want that i didn't have to worry about my heart racing
40:37being
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
40:52when i turned seven i started at the pack school there was a girl in my class annie sullivan
40:58she looked exactly like emma same eyes but her hair was shorter and she was timid scared the first
41:08time i saw her my heart clenched flashbacks emma's smug grin the green light mocking me
41:15i stepped back instinctively annie noticed she looked down voice barely a whisper i'm annie
41:24do you want to be friends her tone was so careful so desperate to please just like i used to
41:30be i
41:31glanced at her neck she wore a simple choker with green gem my stomach turned later i found out annie's
41:39mom was strict too this family demanded honesty locked her in her room without food when she made
41:45mistakes one day annie accidentally knocked over the teacher's ink pot she was trembling too scared to
41:52admit it i saw her face red rimmed eyes barely holding back tears i remembered myself at that desk
41:59writing i am a liar over and over i walked over took her hand annie it's okay accidents happen let's
42:10tell the teacher together she won't be mad annie looked at me shocked but mom says liars are bad wolves
42:17being honest isn't about never making mistakes it's about owning up when you do and even if you
42:23tell the truth you shouldn't be punished for it if the teacher gets angry i'll stand with you if your
42:29mom gets angry come to my house my parents will help i gave her the courage i never had she
42:35confessed
42:36the teacher forgave her told her to be more careful next time from that day on we have been best
42:41friends
42:42i brought annie home to meet my parents she saw how warm they were how they didn't yell didn't punish
42:49little things i told her you don't have to make everyone happy you're allowed to feel things say
42:57things one day annie's mom came to pick her up from school she saw us together and her face twisted
43:04she grabbed annie's hand did you mess up again is grace covering for you annie immediately looked down
43:11silent i stepped in front of her looked at the mom in the eye ma'am annie didn't do anything
43:17wrong
43:18she's a good pup you shouldn't always assume the worst
43:24she's scared of you the mom froze looked at me then at annie's tear-filled eyes her expression softened
43:32that night she called my mom thanked her said i'd opened her eyes over time annie's mom got gentler
43:39what you want to do started listening instead of yelling and annie she blossomed confident happy
43:46i watched her laugh freely one day and felt this warmth in my chest i didn't get saved in my
43:52last
43:52life i suffered alone in the dark but this time i could save someone else i could stop another stella
43:59from happening maybe that's the gift my past life gave me the ability to see pain and to heal it
44:06when
44:06i was 10 my parents took me to visit grandma there was an old oak tree in her yard its
44:11branches spread
44:12wide casting shade over the whole garden i sat beneath it watching sunlight filter through the leaves
44:18my wolf dozed inside me warm and content then i saw her an old woman white hair hunched over a
44:25walking
44:25stick wearing a faded blue dress the second i saw her face i froze she looked exactly like rachel
44:33my old mother grandma noticed me too walked over slowly her eyes were hazy but there was something
44:39familiar in them something heavy what's your name child grace she repeated it softly grace that's a
44:45beautiful name she reached out like she wanted to touch my hair then hesitated pulled back like she was
44:51afraid of disturbing something sacred my mom came over steadied her mom this is our daughter grace so she
44:58was my grandma in this life too over the next few days grandma watched me constantly her expression
45:03was unreadable one morning she brought me a bowl of roasted meat grace eat up this used to be your
45:09favorite i stared at the bowl in my last life i wrote in my dying breath i want to eat
45:14mom's roasted
45:15meat and 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
46:01never 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 pac school got into the best academy in the region
46:36my parents took me to the lake for a picnic to celebrate i stood at the edge of the water
46:40wind in my
46:41hair the scent of pine and cold water on my skin i stretched out my arms feeling the freedom for
46:48a
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
47:01both mom
47:02pulled me into a hug silly girl we're the lucky ones no one said anything we all just shifted at
47:09the same
47:09time like we'd done it a hundred times before we ran together through the trees through the shallow edge
47:15of the lake water spraying silver around our paws eventually i slowed down turned and threw myself at
47:22them we tumbled into the grass together mom nuzzled her head against mine dad licked the top of my head
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 i didn't
47:41need to fear a red light i could laugh cry speak freely i had parents who loved me a best
47:47friend a
47:48healthy body a bright future this was the life i died wishing for that night i wrote in my journal
47:55not
47:55the blood-stained confessions of my old life this one was full of happiness growth love i wrote today
48:03we ran by the lake mom and dad shifted with me without saying a word we tumbled in the grass
48:08like
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
48:20honesty
48:21isn't something you punish out of someone it's something you grow with patience and warmth annie is
48:27my best friend now she laughs freely she speaks without flinching grandma is getting older but
48:34her eyes are warm when she looks at me my wolf grows stronger every day with her beside me i
48:40feel at
48:40ease i don't hate anyone anymore i don't cling to the past those painful memories are like paw prints in
48:46the mud washed away by rain but they taught me to cherish every step forward i know my old mom
48:53sister and
48:54dad got what they deserved and i finally broke free i found real freedom i don't want to see them
49:00again i don't want to relive that life i just want to be gray simple happy loved the lake was
49:07beautiful
49:07life was beautiful i closed my journal looked out the window moonlight shimmered on the water through the
49:13trees my wolf stirred softly inside my chest warm steady i smiled this life i finally became who i wanted
49:21to
49:21be no red light no starvation no lies just love freedom happiness and those scars from my past they
49:29became part of me proof that i had survived proof that darkness no matter how long it lasts cannot
49:35swallow you whole not if you keep moving toward the light the road ahead is long but i will walk
49:41it
49:41with courage with joy towards something even brighter
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