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01:15After 10 years of this, I started believing it too. Maybe I really was born wrong. New Year's Eve,
01:21everything changed. Mom was getting ready to take Emma to the PAX bonfire celebration,
01:26and that's when the pain hit, like a knife twisting in my gut. I collapsed on the floor,
01:31my 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 dreams, Stella? Faking an illness to ruin our night?
01:47She grabbed Emma's hand and headed for the door. I wanted to howl, but my wolf was too weak to
01:52answer.
01:53I shifted anyway, forced it. A small, white wolf trembling on the floor, ribs heaving. Maybe in
01:59this form, the pain would hurt less. It didn't. I couldn't even hold the shift. I slipped back into
02:05myself without meaning to. Sorry, Mom. I won't lie anymore. But the pain got worse. Way worse.
02:11The door handle turned. For one second, I thought, Mom's coming back. She came back for me.
02:17Hurry up. The bonfire is starting. Emma's waiting. Mom.
02:21Mom. I reached out with a shaking hand. Please. Something's really wrong. I feel like I'm dying.
02:27She glanced at my neck. The gem was flashing red over and over. She crouched down, grabbed my chin.
02:34Stella, how long are you going to keep this up? Can't you just be honest and stay here and think
02:40about what you've done? Dad appeared in the doorway. Honey, should we at least leave her some food?
02:47Food? She has a stash of snacks she bought with stolen money. She won't starve. Lock the door.
02:54When that gem turns green, we'll talk. But what? It's because you spoil her that she turned out this
03:02way. Look at Emma. Her gem has always been green. Stella is a liar. An alpha heiress who can't tell
03:10the
03:10truth. She needs discipline. But my cabinet was empty. Emma stole that money.
03:16Emma ate those snacks. Emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying,
03:22Not me. And mom believed her. I tried to defend myself. It wasn't me! Red light. The choker choked
03:29tight. I tried to shift. Nothing happened. Deep inside, my wolf barely stirred. Mom locked me up for
03:37three days with nothing but water and stale bread. Mom turned to leave. Emma peeked through the door,
03:43made a face at me. Bye, sis. We're gonna see the bonfire. Her gem glowed a steady green. So pretty.
03:51The door locked. The house went silent. I called my wolf. Nothing came back. Not even a whisper.
03:59Just me alone. The pain was unbearable. But I kept thinking, Mom's right. The gem doesn't lie. It's red,
04:08so I must be lying. I'm not in pain. I'm not in pain. I'm not in pain. I kept repeating
04:18it like a
04:18prayer. Eventually, I almost believed it. The pain dulled. Or maybe I was just going numb. I crawled to
04:27my desk. I had to write. That was the rule. If the gem glowed red, I had to pen a
04:33thousand word
04:34apology. Or Mom would never let me out. I am a liar. Write it down. And maybe Mom would forgive
04:42me.
04:42Maybe she'd even let me out. I opened my journal. Pages and pages of apologies I'd written over the
04:49years. Sorry I lied. I won't do it again. But this time, I wanted to write the truth. My vision
04:57blurred.
04:57My hand shook as I wrote, Mom, I really love you. It really hurts. Why won't you believe me?
05:06Please believe me. Just once. The moment I finished the last word, the pain vanished. Just gone. I felt
05:15light. Weightless. I looked down. I was floating. And there, slumped over the desk, was my body.
05:24Motionless. The gem still flashing red around a dead girl's neck. Oh, I'm dead. And then,
05:31she came out. My wolf. Stepping out of my body like she'd been waiting all along. Small. Skinny.
05:39Barely holding together. She looked up at me and, once, soft and low. In the pack's old stories,
05:47they say when a wolf dies young, her spirit doesn't cross over alone. Her wolf walks beside her until
05:54they find the door together. I knelt down. She pressed her nose into my ghostly palm. Finally,
06:01we were together now. But I never learned how to be honest. Sorry, Mom. I heard laughter. Mom, Dad,
06:09Emma, coming through the front door. Tonight's bonfire was beautiful. The best one yet.
06:16Just like our Emma. Perfect in every way. I'd never heard her sound like that when she talked about me.
06:23I floated toward them, my wolf patting silently at my side. Moving on instinct, I wanted to help them
06:30take off their cloaks. That's what I always did. Mom! My arms passed right through her body,
06:35like wind. Why is it so cold here? Is the hearthi out? I stood there, staring at my transparent hands.
06:43My wolf pressed against my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes. Right. Dead wolves couldn't hug
06:50the living. Shall we go and see Stella? She hasn't eaten yet. Still the good cop. I looked at Mom
06:56hopefully. If she found me dead, would she be sad? Would she regret it? She won't starve. She is a
07:05werewolf, not a human pup. This whole fake sick for attention thing is out of control.
07:11I laughed bitterly. Mom wasn't wrong. Werewolves heal. But I hadn't been able to in a long time.
07:18Last winter, the choker left bruises that stayed for days. That hadn't happened before. I reached for
07:24my wolf. She was still there, but the warmth never came. She was too hungry, just like me.
07:31Mom never noticed. She only ever looked at my neck for one thing, the gem, and whether it was red
07:38or
07:38green. Mom pushed open my door. Didn't even turn on the light. Just for a second, her eyes flashed gold.
07:45Her wolf might have known. Mom didn't listen. In the dim glow from the hallway, she saw me slumped over
07:51my desk. I looked like a skeleton. Hadn't moved. Still putting on an act? You're ten years old, not five.
08:01Grow up. Mom, I'm not playing. I'm dead. Look at me. Touch me. I'm freezing. She couldn't hear me.
08:09She only believed what she wanted to see. Emma squeezed past her, held up her choker with that
08:15smug little grin. Look, my gem is green. Stella's is still red. She's lying, even in her sleep.
08:22That's my good girl. Ignore the liar. Let her stay there. Maybe she'll learn how to be honest.
08:29Should we at least put her in bed? It's freezing. Put her in bed? Look at that red gem, still
08:36lying.
08:37Come on, leave her. We have to visit grandma tomorrow.
08:41The door locked again. I floated next to my corpse. My wolf curled silently at my feet,
08:47staring at that single point of red light in the darkness. Mom, if you'd just stepped closer,
08:53if you'd just touched my hand, you'd know I was ice cold. But you didn't. You believed the choker,
08:59not the daughter you carried for nine months. That night, a rat crawled out of my empty cabinet.
09:05I used to scream whenever I saw rats. But now, I just floated by the ceiling, watching it scurry
09:11across my dead body. The rat bit into my toe. I didn't feel anything. My wolf charged at it anyway,
09:18and passed right through, landing on the other side. She turned back to look at me, confused,
09:24lost. I pulled her close and buried my face in the fur of her back.
09:33She let out one low growl, then went still against me. Finally, no more pain, for either of us.
09:41The next morning, sunlight streamed through the window. No warmth reached my body. In the kitchen,
09:47I could hear Mom making breakfast. The smell of roasted meat crept under my door. My favorite.
09:53But Mom always said liars don't deserve meat. So I only ever got steamed vegetables. She was clanging
09:59the pots extra loud on purpose, trying to tempt me out. Trying to make me give in and apologize for
10:06things I never did. In the old days, I might have caved. I might have confessed to anything for one
10:12bite of roasted meat. But I don't need food anymore. Stella still hasn't come out yet? Dad asked,
10:18reading the pack notices. She is so stubborn. She can eat or not. I don't care.
10:26Emma walked to my door and made a big show of sniffing the air. Then she screamed dramatically.
10:33Mom! Stella's room smells like poop! Did she poop in there? I floated by the door,
10:39watching my sister with a bitter smile. My wolf sat beside me, ears flat, eyes low. The hearth was
10:47burning hot. After just one night, my body started to rot. Mom stormed over, pounding on the door.
10:55Stella! Who does that? The toilet is right there! Did you shit on the floor to spite me?
11:01I remembered being six. I had food poisoning. Couldn't make it to the toilet in time.
11:08Mom didn't help me clean up. She made me stand outside, pointed at me, and told the neighbors,
11:13look at this. She's such a mess. She can't even use the toilet herself. Now she thought I was dirty
11:20again. Leave her. Let her sit in her own stink. But dad stood up, frowning. That smells really bad.
11:28I should check. Could it be a dead rat or something? My heart, if I still had one, leapt.
11:35Dad, please, open the door. I'm right here. Just turn the handle and you'll see I'm not moving.
11:42I waved my transparent arms frantically. My wolf ran straight to my bedroom door,
11:48willing dad to open it. Dad's hand touched the door handle. His hand froze. Someone was pounding
11:54at the front door. A pack elder. Urgent business. Dad's face went pale. He grabbed his cloak.
11:59The border. There's an emergency. He was already out the door. I froze. So close. One second away.
12:07If that knock had come one second later, I would have been found. Maybe then, I wouldn't have rotted
12:12alone. That afternoon, Mom took Emma to the pack market. The house was empty except for my corpse.
12:18When they came back that evening, loaded down with food and gifts from the market, the smell had gotten
12:22worse. Mom gagged the second she walked in. Stella? Are you trying to turn this place into a den of
12:29inequity? She didn't even open my door. Just grabbed cloth strips and sealed the gap at the bottom.
12:34If you want to stay in there and make disgusting stew zoos, don't stink up my house. She patted her
12:39hands together, satisfied, then went to prepare dinner. I stared at that sealed door. My wolf pressed
12:45her nose against it and whimpered once. So that's it. I'm worth less than a venison dinner. By day three,
12:50even the cloth strips couldn't contain the smell. Mom was arranging fresh wildflowers, trying to cover
12:55it up. But the stench of death is unmistakable. Sweet. Rotten. Oily. She cut a rose stem too hard.
13:03A thorn pierced her hand. She snapped. In her mind, I was doing this on purpose. Not bathing. Poop on
13:09the
13:09floor. Hiding dead rats in my room. All to piss her off. All to defy her authority as Luna.
13:15Stella!
13:15She grabbed a rolling pin from the kitchen, stormed toward my room. I'm done with you,
13:21you disgusting little brat. Time you learned what real pain feels like. I floated in front of her,
13:27waving my arms desperately. Don't come in, Mom. Please. Please. Even though she never loved me,
13:35I didn't want her to see me like that. But she walked right through me, ripped the cloth strips off,
13:41jammed the spare key into the lock. The door flew open. The smell hit her like a wall. She stumbled
13:46back, retching. Stella! What are you doing? She saw me, still slumped over the desk, back turned,
13:53not moving. To her, this was the ultimate rebellion. I'm talking to you! She marched over, raised the
14:00rolling pin, but stopped. She wanted to see my face first. Wanted to see my... Get up! She grabbed the
14:07back of my shirt. Grabbed my skin. The moment she touched me, she froze. Through the thin fabric,
14:13her hand didn't feel warm flesh. She felt cold, hard, dead meat. The kind of cold that seeps into
14:19your bones. What? But momentum carried her forward. She yanked. Crash. My body, stiff as a board,
14:26toppled backward, taking the chair with it. And there was my face. Blue-black eyes bulging. Features
14:32twisted in agony. Dried foam and blood crusted around my mouth. Around my blackened neck,
14:37the Verity choker hung lifeless. The gem dark. No red. No green. Just silence. My journal slid
14:45off the desk. Fell open at mom's feet. The last page stared up at her. Mom, my stomach really hurts.
14:51The choker is wrong. I'm not lying. Please don't punish me. Mom screamed. Not a wolf's howl. A raw,
14:59guttural shriek that tore through her throat. She stumbled backward, slammed into the bookshelf.
15:05A clay pot shattered. But she didn't seem to feel the pain. She just stared at me, eyes wide,
15:12unblinking. No. No, no, no, no. This is not real. Stella, get up. Stella, get up. I'm not mad
15:21anymore. Stop scaring me. Scare me again. Her hand reached out, trembling, to touch my arm.
15:28The second her skin made contact with my corpse, she recoiled like she'd been burned. That cold was
15:34too real. Lisa from next door heard the screaming and went straight to the pack healer. When she saw
15:40what was in my room, she collapsed in the gate. Within the hour, heavy boots on the floorboards.
15:46The pack healer and a handful of pack warriors crowding the entrance. Mom sat on the floor,
15:51a warrior's hand on her shoulder. She's speaking it. She's always lying.
15:58It doesn't lie. I'm just teaching her. No one responded. They all looked at her like she was
16:04a monster. The pack healer crouched next to my body. He muttered under his breath.
16:10Severe malnutrition, organ failure. This puppy has been starved for at least a month.
16:15He carefully tried to remove the Verity choker, but it had fused. Years of tightening had pressed
16:22the leather deep into the skin of my neck. He had to use tools to pry it off. Even dead,
16:29my soul flinched. My wolf lifted her head and long, raw, desperate. The kind of howl that should
16:38have shaken the walls. No one heard it. No one flinched. We were already dead.
16:44A warrior picked up my journal, started reading. His face went from neutral to horrified. Mom's
16:50eyes locked onto that book. That's her confession. She admits she lied. Look, she wrote it herself.
16:59The warrior pushed her back, wrapped the journal in cloth, and took it. We'll report it to the council.
17:05That's when dad got home. He saw the pack healer and the pack warriors crowding the doorway.
17:11Saw the body wrap being carried out. Saw the long cord that sealed away my entire life.
17:19His legs gave out. He collapsed on the doorstep. Emma stood nearby, sobbing in confusion.
17:25She pointed at the discolored Verity choker on the table.
17:29Why does Stella have a black collar? And I have a green one. See?
17:33She held up her neck. The gem blinked its steady green. It was grotesque.
17:40The council elders arrived before dawn. Mom straightened when she saw them. Even now,
17:45even with my body three days cold and rotting, her luna instincts kicked in. She lifted her chin,
17:52squared her shoulders. It didn't work today. They started questioning Mom in the living room.
17:58Mom grabbed the Verity choker off the table like it was a lifeline.
18:02Test it! That choker proved she was lying. Red gem means lie. I never abused her! The choker told me!
18:13I was just educating her!
18:15The council elders looked at her like she'd lost her mind.
18:18The pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition. Months of starvation.
18:25Aphelion? Multiple old injuries consistent with prolonged...
18:29That's dis-discipline! That's teaching her to be honest!
18:34Then, she did something insane.
18:36You don't believe me? Fine. I'll wear it.
18:42Watch. It'll be green.
18:45The leather pressed against her skin. Cold. Sticky. That was my blood.
18:51She took a deep breath. Tried to calm herself.
18:54She needed to prove she was innocent.
18:56Needed to prove her way of raising an alpha heir was right.
19:00She held up the gem, eyes wild.
19:02Listen. I'm Rachel. I'm Stella's mother.
19:06This is the truth. The absolute truth.
19:10The gem flashed red. Mom's confident expression shattered.
19:15No! What?
19:17I said truth! I am Rachel!
19:20I never abused her!
19:22I did it for her own good!
19:25I love her!
19:27And suddenly, she remembered.
19:30Me.
19:31Ten years old.
19:32Gasping as the choker tightened around my throat.
19:35Biting my lip so I wouldn't make a sound.
19:38Is this what it felt like?
19:40Why is it red?
19:42I am telling the truth!
19:44Turn green!
19:45You're broken! You're setting me up!
19:47But the gem kept flashing.
19:48Like it was mocking her.
19:50You're a liar.
19:52You're a liar.
19:53You're a liar.
19:55Enough!
19:56This is just a bloodstone.
19:58I've seen it before.
20:00It changes color with body heat.
20:03Fear.
20:03Pain.
20:04Anything that makes your heart race, temperature rises, it burns red.
20:09That's all it does.
20:11No witch magic.
20:13Never was.
20:14Think about your daughter.
20:16Ruptured appendix.
20:18Organ failure.
20:19The pain must have been unbearable.
20:21She was terrified.
20:23And what did you see?
20:24A red gem.
20:26So you punished her more, which made her more scared, which made her temperature rise, which
20:34made the stone turn redder.
20:38You are Luna.
20:39You are supposed to protect every wolf in this pack.
20:43You couldn't even protect your own daughter.
20:46You ignored her cries for help.
20:48You starved your daughter to death.
20:51Mom's world collapsed.
20:53She sat there, staring at the flashing gem on her own neck and finally understood.
20:58For ten years, every red light wasn't because I was lying.
21:03It was because I was scared.
21:05Scared of her anger.
21:07Scared of being misunderstood.
21:09Scared of eating food that made me sick.
21:12I was in pain.
21:14Pain that made my heart race and cold sweat pour down my face.
21:18I was desperate.
21:20Desperate for a hug.
21:21For her to hold me the way she held Emma.
21:24Every signal from my frightened heart, she had interpreted as proof of my lies.
21:37She tried to shift, fur rippling across her skin, bones cracking, but the leather cinched
21:43harder around her throat the moment her neck began to change.
21:46She snapped back into human form, gasping.
21:51I can't get it off!
21:53Stella, take it back!
21:54I'm sorry!
21:55It's all my fault!
21:57This little bit of choking, and she was already breaking.
22:02Mom, I suffered for ten years.
22:05The council elders needed evidence for judgment.
22:08So they opened my journal in front of my parents.
22:12February 14th.
22:14Sunny.
22:15Mom put celery on my plate.
22:16I'm allergic.
22:18My throat swells.
22:19I can't breathe.
22:20I said I can't eat it.
22:22But because I was scared of making her angry, my body ran hot.
22:26The gem flashed red.
22:28The choker tightened.
22:30Mom said I was picky.
22:32Lying.
22:33Made me eat the whole plate.
22:35That night, I threw up blood.
22:37My throat felt like it was on fire.
22:40I shifted to ease my pain.
22:42Mom saw it and said I'd snuck berry juice.
22:45That I was faking.
22:46The choker tightened for ten more minutes.
22:50Mom's hand flew to her mouth.
22:53She was shaking violently.
22:55She remembered that night.
22:56She really did think it was berry juice.
22:59She didn't even look closely.
23:01Just turned away to read Emma a bedtime story.
23:05That was blood.
23:06From a swollen, torn throat.
23:09June 1st.
23:10Pup's Day.
23:11Emma shredded Mom's ceremonial cloak.
23:14Emma's heart is always calm.
23:16Her gem stays green.
23:17I tried to explain, but I was scared of being hit.
23:21My body ran hot.
23:23Red gem.
23:25Choker tightened for ten minutes.
23:27It hurt so bad.
23:29But I didn't cry.
23:30Because crying makes your body run hotter.
23:33And Mom thinks that means you're not sorry.
23:36So I held my breath.
23:38Pretended it didn't hurt.
23:40Mom said,
23:41See?
23:41She doesn't even blink.
23:43She's definitely faking it.
23:45Dad couldn't take it anymore.
23:47This man, who had always put the pack before his own family, chose duty over his daughter for ten years.
23:54You monster!
23:55What did you do?
23:57That was your daughter!
23:59You treated her like a stray!
24:02Blood at the corner of her mouth.
24:03Not my fault.
24:05Not my fault.
24:06It's her.
24:07It's Emma.
24:08Emma's gem was always green.
24:11Emma was the good one.
24:12If it wasn't for that green light making me trust her, I wouldn't have believed the red light so much.
24:18This is Emma's fault.
24:20That little princess everyone had protected.
24:22One of the council elders walked over, gently removed the green Verity choker from her neck, took out a blade,
24:29pried the gem loose right there.
24:32It rolled onto the table, still glowing green.
24:35Steady.
24:37Unchanged.
24:38The elder picked up the stone.
24:40A glowstone.
24:41That is all.
24:42Your younger daughter's choker was always going to shine green.
24:46No matter what she said, did, or lied about, it would never change.
24:52Your so-called Verity choker was a fraud.
24:56That was her truth for ten years.
24:59That was the evidence she used to convince me.
25:01A common glowstone that put me in hell while Emma lived in paradise.
25:06So I wasn't a liar.
25:09I laughed.
25:10Laughed until I cried.
25:12Turns out, ghosts could cry too.
25:14The elder turned to the last page of the journal.
25:16His voice broke.
25:17The handwriting was a mess, clearly written while dying.
25:21Mom, if I die, will the choker stop glowing red?
25:25Or if it turns green, will you hug me then?
25:28I'm not lying.
25:29I couldn't heal myself anymore.
25:31My stomach hurts so much.
25:33Like knives.
25:35Next life, please don't make me wear the choker.
25:38Please.
25:39I just want to be a normal pup.
25:41I want to eat mom's roasted meat.
25:43Mom stared at the broken glowstone on the table.
25:46That truth magic she trusted without question?
25:48A worthless stone.
25:50Because of that stone, she spoiled Emma for ten years.
25:54Because of that cursed red light, she tortured me for ten years.
26:02Mom started laughing.
26:04Her voice cracking in every sound.
26:06Worse than crying.
26:09Fake!
26:10All fake!
26:13I killed my most honest pup.
26:16And I worshipped a liar.
26:19She'd lost her mind.
26:20For real this time.
26:22My death became the talk of the entire pack.
26:25Lisa, the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer, told everyone what she'd seen.
26:30Every wolf knew by morning.
26:32Luna had starved her own daughter to death.
26:35Monster!
26:37Murderer!
26:38Murderer!
26:39She doesn't deserve to be Luna!
26:40Stones flew at our door.
26:42The word killer carved into the wall.
26:45The council convened within the day.
26:48The verdict was swift.
26:49Dad lost his alpha title.
26:52No wolf would follow him now.
26:54My grandfather, the former alpha, read out the judgment himself.
26:58He didn't look at his son once.
27:00Dad walked out of the council hall and never looked back.
27:04He took Emma and left the pack that same night.
27:07Emma was a bad seed, sure.
27:09But she was still his blood.
27:11Before they left, Emma tried to take her green choker.
27:14Dad stomped on it.
27:16Why the hell would you want that piece of trash?
27:19Emma cried as he dragged her away.
27:21Mom got out of the dungeon.
27:23The healer said she had lost her mind.
27:25The council locked her in the home instead.
27:28The one that still smelled like death.
27:30Her mental state deteriorated fast.
27:33She refused to take off the red choker.
27:35She would tighten it herself whenever the guilt got too heavy.
27:39She said choking was the only thing that eased it.
27:42It was her self-imposed punishment.
27:44I floated in the darkness.
27:46My wolf curled beside me, watching her unravel day after day.
27:50She'd talk to the empty corner where I used to stand.
27:53Stella, I brought you some food.
27:54No celery today.
27:56It's all roast.
27:58Just how you like it.
28:00But there was no food.
28:01There was nothing.
28:02Just her hands, cupped around air.
28:05She'd pretend to set a plate down.
28:07Her hands shook.
28:08The gem flashed red.
28:10She was anxious.
28:12Guilty.
28:12Falling apart.
28:13She smiled, but her eyes were empty.
28:16The gem is red.
28:18Mom is lying.
28:20Liars don't deserve food.
28:21She pulled the choker tight with her own hands.
28:24Let it choke her.
28:25Her body convulsed against the cold floor.
28:28It hurts so much.
28:29Is this how Stella felt?
28:32I'm sorry.
28:34Mom started reenacting my diary entries.
28:36I couldn't eat celery because of my allergy.
28:40So she forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood, then swallowed it back down.
28:47I was locked in isolation.
28:49So she locked herself in my old room, lights off, and bowed to my portrait until her forehead bled.
28:56Over and over.
28:58Blood on the floor.
29:00Late at night, she'd see the red glow of the bloodstone reflected on the wall.
29:05To her, it looked like my bloody eyes were watching.
29:08She kept punishing herself.
29:10The wounds healed slower and slower.
29:13Her wolf, exhausted by months of self-torture, slowly fell into a deep sleep.
29:19Mom didn't care.
29:20She scrawled on the back of my journal.
29:22I'm sorry.
29:23I was wrong.
29:25Red means pain.
29:26Red means love.
29:28Please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time.
29:31I'll save you.
29:33I promise.
29:34Too bad I'm dead.
29:35Dead wolves can't cry for help.
29:37Eventually, the new alpha intervened.
29:40Mom's self-harm had gone too far.
29:42She'd nearly choked herself to death with her own hands.
29:46He ordered her to move to a small hut at the far edge of the village, locked from the outside.
29:51Someone posted to watch her day and night.
29:54She was the strangest woman they'd ever seen.
29:57Nobody knew where she'd found it.
29:59A frayed red cord tied around her own neck.
30:02Her homemade choker.
30:04If anyone tried to remove it, she'd snap at them.
30:07teeth bared, snarling, wild-eyed.
30:11Don't touch me!
30:13Stella's watching.
30:14She'll be angry if you take it.
30:17Every time the guard called her name and brought her food,
30:20Mom would grab the red cord and pull it tight against her own throat,
30:25convulsing, screaming.
30:26Red light!
30:27Red light!
30:28Don't punish!
30:30Punish me!
30:30I'll eat!
30:31I'll eat!
30:33Even if the food was scalding hot, she'd gulp it down, burning her throat.
30:38Wouldn't spit it out.
30:40She was reenacting my final moments, living my hell on repeat.
30:44Years later, Emma grew up, without guidance and with a trail of shame behind her.
30:49She drifted from pack to pack, stealing to survive.
30:53No one would take her in.
30:55When she ran out of options, she remembered.
30:58Mom was still alive.
31:00She slipped back into the Silverman pack under the cover of night.
31:03Not for love, for money.
31:06Hey, crazy lady!
31:08Dad's dead!
31:09Give me whatever you've been hiding!
31:11Emma stood there, face hard, eyes full of contempt.
31:15She looked at Mom's hollow, broken form and spat on the floor.
31:20It's disgusting.
31:22Give me what I want, or I'll send you to meet your daughter.
31:26For a moment, Mom's cloudy eyes cleared.
31:29She looked at Emma, and suddenly remembered.
31:32That choker.
31:33That always green glow-seed.
31:35Stone.
31:36That decade of deception.
31:38It's you!
31:39You lie!
31:41You're the green light that wasn't there!
31:43You killed Stella!
31:45Give her back to me!
31:47Give her back to me!
31:48The last shred of maternal love twisted into something feral.
31:53Mom lunged, grabbed Emma by the throat.
31:56Should have died!
31:58Not her!
31:59You!
32:02Emma thrashed, but couldn't break free from a madwoman's curse.
32:05The guards rushed in, pulled her off.
32:08Emma stumbled out of the hut, terrified.
32:11They're all insane!
32:13She bolted into the forest.
32:15She didn't get far.
32:17Rogues.
32:18The kind that haunted the borderlands.
32:20Preying on anyone foolish enough to run through the trees alone at night.
32:24Emma never saw them coming.
32:26By the time she did, it was too late.
32:29She survived.
32:30Barely.
32:31Both legs shattered beyond repair.
32:34She'd never walk again.
32:36Meanwhile, Mom was strapped to her cot, staring at the ceiling.
32:40Tears streaming.
32:41In her dreams, she finally saw me.
32:43I was ten again.
32:45No choker.
32:46White dress.
32:47Smiling.
32:49Mom!
32:49She reached for me, crying with joy.
32:52Stella!
32:53But the moment her hands touched me, I burst into ash.
32:58No!
32:59She woke up screaming.
33:01If she'd been wearing that choker, it would have been blood red.
33:04Eternal torment.
33:06I stood in the void, watching it all.
33:08Mom strapped to her bed.
33:10Emma in a wheelchair, begging on the market.
33:13Dad, drunk and dead in some gutter.
33:15I felt nothing.
33:17No satisfaction.
33:18Just a flat, dead calm.
33:21My wolf padded over quietly.
33:23She didn't howl.
33:24Didn't nudge.
33:26Just pressed her head against my hand and held it there.
33:29In the distance, a door of light appeared.
33:31Soft.
33:32Steady.
33:33Waiting.
33:34I looked at my wolf.
33:35She looked at me.
33:37Yeah.
33:37Time to leave.
33:39This life was too bitter.
33:40Nothing worth holding onto.
33:42I floated to Mom's hut one final time.
33:45She looked ancient.
33:46Hair completely white.
33:47Frail as paper.
33:49She sensed something.
33:49Her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air, right where I stood.
33:53Stella, is that you?
33:55Her trembling hand reached into the emptiness.
33:58Mom destroyed the choker.
33:59I don't believe in it anymore.
34:01Come back, please.
34:02I'll cook for you.
34:03No salary.
34:04I'll buy you new dresses.
34:06Not Emma.
34:06Tears rolled down her face.
34:08I looked at the red marks on her neck from the frayed cord.
34:11I...
34:12I reached out.
34:13My cold, ghostly finger touched her forehead.
34:16This was my final mercy.
34:18Sleep, Mom.
34:18In sleep, there's no pain.
34:20Her eyes fluttered shut.
34:22She slumped into a deep, dreamless rest.
34:25A breeze blew through the hut.
34:26The old journal on her cot flipped open.
34:29The last page, my dying words, stared up at the ceiling.
34:32But below it, in shaky handwriting, were new lines.
34:36Written by Mom during a lucid moment.
34:38Next life, let me wear the choker.
34:40Let me be the liar.
34:42Punish me however you want.
34:44Just don't leave me.
34:44I stared at those words.
34:46Felt nothing.
34:47Too late.
34:48Repentance means nothing to the dead.
34:50Mom, I don't hate you anymore.
34:53But I don't love you either.
34:54Let's not meet again.
34:56I turned away.
34:56My wolf was waiting.
34:58In the distance, the door of light still glowed.
35:00Soft.
35:01Steady.
35:02Patient.
35:02I looked at my neck.
35:04The phantom Verity choker.
35:05Still there, even in spirit form.
35:08The nightmare that had changed me for a lifetime.
35:10I grabbed it.
35:11It shattered into nothing.
35:13I felt weightless.
35:14Free.
35:14No red light.
35:15No hunger.
35:16No lies.
35:17Just freedom.
35:18My wolf pressed against my side.
35:20Together, we walked toward the light.
35:22I didn't look back.
35:23Morning came.
35:24A guard pushed open the door.
35:26Rachel!
35:26Time to eat!
35:27No response.
35:28She walked closer.
35:29Mom's hand clutched the torn journal.
35:31A single tear crystallized at the corner of her eye.
35:34She crouched beside her, held two fingers beneath her nose.
35:37Nothing.
35:38She was gone.
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