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Betrayal And A Crown Regained - Hd
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00:00In my past life, I saved an alpha, and gave my only chance to leave the Borderlands to my younger
00:05brother, Felix.
00:06Years later, when I finally got news of my birth parents, I stopped by to visit him.
00:11But he looked at me with contempt, pressing his foot down hard on my face.
00:15He grabbed me by the neck, and lifted me up.
00:18You think you're worthy of being my brother?
00:20I plunged down, at full speed.
00:23Seawater rushed into my mouth and nostrils, dragging me to my death.
00:27When I opened my eyes again, Felix was on his knees, wailing.
00:34Brother, I really need this chance to follow an alpha, okay?
00:37Who could say no to a child that eager and well, behaved.
00:41Alpha Ashford looked over at me.
00:42Zane, what do you think?
00:44But I knew it was nothing but an act.
00:46I stepped forward and pulled Felix to his feet.
00:48Are you seriously planning to abandon your own parents?
00:51You already have parents.
00:53Why would you need to adopt you?
00:54Zane's still here, isn't he?
00:55Once I'm older, I'll come back and bring everyone out of the rogue pack.
00:59I laughed coldly on the inside, pinched myself hard.
01:01Alpha Ashford, I was taken from my pack as a child.
01:04Then let the pain bleed into my expression.
01:06I've been trying to find my real parents ever since.
01:07I miss them so much.
01:10Please, take me with you.
01:12You're the one who saved me.
01:13I owe you.
01:14Felix shot me a look of pure venom, as if I'd stolen something that was rightfully his.
01:19He hissed through his teeth.
01:20My parents, Bart and Normie, have raised you for years.
01:23They'll never let you leave!
01:24So Felix known all along it was deliberate.
01:27Get out!
01:27In my past life, even after Bart and Norma beat me, Felix would slip into my room and
01:32whisper comfort.
01:33I believed he was good.
01:35I treated him like real family.
01:36When he begged me to give up my place and let him go instead, I didn't hesitate.
01:40And I paid for it with the rest of my life.
01:42This boy was taken from his pack as a pup.
01:45Holding a stolen pack member is a violation of pack law.
01:49Release him.
01:50Now.
01:51Bart and Norma knew they were in the wrong, but greed moved faster than fear.
01:56You ungrateful little rut.
01:57We should have left you to rot.
02:00You'll die in these borderlands before we let you walk out.
02:03I was shaking so hard I could barely stand.
02:06Don't worry about me.
02:07If this is too much trouble, just go.
02:09Alpha Ashford's gaze softened with approval.
02:12How much for you to release him?
02:14200,000 in pack resources or we beat him to death right here.
02:18Bart punctuated the threat with a hard kick to my ribs.
02:21Don't hurt my brother!
02:23Hit me instead!
02:24A cheap performance.
02:25You little traitor!
02:27Bart snarled.
02:28Raising his fist in mock threat, Alpha Ashford's expression was ice.
02:32100,000.
02:33And I'm taking Felix too.
02:35In the end, with great theatrical reluctance, they agreed.
02:38Alpha Ashford's pack warriors carried me to the vehicle with careful hands.
02:42Felix leaned close to my ear as they settled me in.
02:44Brother, I'll have you crawling back to the borderlands before long.
02:48From the very beginning, my only goal was to get Alpha Ashford to take me away.
02:52Now that we were in the same house, the same position, as two boys taken in by the same man,
02:57we'd see who came out on top.
02:58When Alpha Ashford brought us home, a girl came out to meet us.
03:02Elena, they're your brothers from now on.
03:05You're older, so be good to them.
03:07Felix immediately grabbed Elena's hand.
03:09I'll treat you just like my own sister.
03:12Elena's brow tightened.
03:13Wash your hands first, I said, and grabbed Felix by the wrist hard enough to make him let go.
03:18Wash your hands first.
03:20Elena relaxed.
03:21She caught my eye and gave me a small nod.
03:24After a quick tour of the house, a pack servant showed us to our rooms.
03:27Felix looked around and immediately turned hostile.
03:31This room is tiny.
03:33Do you think I'm beneath you?
03:34I'll have you removed.
03:36I'm sorry, sir.
03:37I'm sorry.
03:38These are guest quarters.
03:40You're a guest.
03:41You have no authority here.
03:43I'm your brother now.
03:44When you find a mate someday, you'll need me to back you up.
03:47Elena's face darkened.
03:48She raised her hand and slapped him.
03:50I thought you actually cared about me.
03:52Alpha Ashford came running at the sound.
03:54He looked at the mark on Felix's face.
03:56Elena, that's too far.
03:57Felix turned to look at Elena from an angle Alpha Ashford couldn't see and smiled.
04:01I stepped in front of her.
04:02Alpha Ashford, this one was Felix's fault.
04:04What do you mean?
04:05He was unhappy with the guest room and demanded to move into Elena's room.
04:09Is that acceptable to you?
04:11Elena, is that true?
04:14Dad, if he wants my room, can I at least have time to pack my things first?
04:20Felix's face turned red.
04:22That's a lie.
04:22I never said-
04:23Alpha Ashford's voice dropped to ice.
04:25I think this room looks perfectly fine.
04:27Don't you agree, Felix?
04:29Felix was unwilling, but in the end, he stared at the floor and nodded slightly.
04:33Yes, Alpha.
04:34The second floor was the guest wing, where Elena had originally planned to put both of us.
04:39The third floor belonged to the family.
04:41To my surprise, Elena put me on the third floor.
04:44Alpha Ashford let her handle it.
04:46As a lesson to Felix, he didn't acknowledge the boy's resentment at all.
04:50Felix spent the next few days quiet as a mouse,
04:53not daring to show his temper to anyone in the Ashford pack house.
04:56Instead, he took it out on the servant from before.
04:58When Felix stuck out his foot, the servant stumbled and scalding soup spilled down his front,
05:03then looked at the ruined table and burst into tears, begging Elena for forgiveness.
05:07Felix stood over him.
05:08Can't even carry a bowl without falling.
05:11When Alpha Ashford gets home, I'm having you thrown out.
05:14You tripped him, Elena said flatly.
05:16I'm looking out for you.
05:18You can't keep someone that clumsy around.
05:21Felix!
05:22This is my home.
05:24Stop acting like you own it.
05:26I helped the servant up.
05:27Felix pointed at me and laughed.
05:29Low-rank wolves stick together, huh?
05:31Feeling sorry for your own kind?
05:33He's here to work, not to be your punching bag.
05:36Every wolf in this pack bleeds the same.
05:38You'd do well to remember that.
05:40From the corner of the room came a quiet sob.
05:42Even Elena looked at me differently.
05:43After that,
05:44How are you two from the same place?
05:46I gave her the short version of where I'd come from.
05:48She blinked.
05:50Then clapped me on the shoulder.
05:52Like we'd been friends for years.
05:54Whatever happens, I've got your back.
05:56Elena dined out with her family
05:57and defended an innocent servant to Alpha Ashford.
06:01He tripped the servant.
06:02He did it on purpose.
06:11Felix, this is the last time.
06:13If you can't learn how to conduct yourself,
06:16I'll send you back to the Borderlands.
06:17Even now, he still believes the Ashford Packhouse
06:20will eventually be his heat.
06:21Has a rotten core burning.
06:23Every advantage he has been handed.
06:26Zane, if there's anything you need, just ask.
06:29You've already been more than generous.
06:31If it's possible,
06:32I'd like you to help me find out
06:33whether my birth parents are still alive.
06:36Good kid.
06:37Leave it to me.
06:38Alpha Ashford moved fast.
06:40That same afternoon,
06:42he sent people to look into it.
06:44Once your broken birth parents show up,
06:47you'll be out of this house so fast.
06:49Within days,
06:51even the dogs in the yard barked whenever he walked past.
06:57The servants, on the other hand,
06:59went out of their way for me,
07:01always making sure
07:02I had the best of everything.
07:05I've worked for this family for over 20 years.
07:08I've never met anyone like your brother.
07:15You, I don't live my shit!
07:17Why do you get to live like this
07:18when I'm stuck with nothing?
07:20You, Ida, time.
07:21Missed your role in Demi-1.
07:22You get in the brace.
07:23I looked at him for a long moment,
07:25then sighed.
07:26In my past life,
07:27I'd been the one swallowing humiliation
07:29and forcing smiles just to get through each day.
07:31That is exactly why
07:32I couldn't let myself lose my basic dignity.
07:35Just because things were finally going well.
07:37Felix would never understand that.
07:42Please take good care of them.
07:44Alpha Ashford enrolled us in the PAC Academy.
07:46Students here were from noble bloodlines,
07:49full of innate authority.
07:51My brother has no real education.
07:55Please be patient with him.
07:59All the subjects I once dreamed of learning,
08:01Bart and Norma never allowed me to study.
08:03I finished only basic schooling
08:05before they made me farm.
08:06Years of bending over fields wore my body out.
08:09Now sitting in a real classroom with real teachers,
08:11I could hardly hold back my excitement.
08:13I ignored mockery
08:14and focused on the intense training schedule
08:16I'd long dreamed of.
08:18I asked for private tutors
08:19and studied from dawn till dark
08:21and teachers began to notice me.
08:23Felix had other intentions.
08:25Noble students disdained bullying
08:26but accepted flatterers like him.
08:28You're in Ryder's way.
08:33Low rank is low rank.
08:35No instincts at all.
08:37Low rank?
08:38Every wolf in this PAC bleeds the same.
08:41What makes you think any of us
08:43were born beneath the others?
08:49Ryder's way.
08:50Zane's right.
08:51We're all equal here.
08:53Watch your mouth stray.
08:55But...
08:55But you said before that...
09:04Ryder?
09:14After that,
09:15the way people looked at me changed.
09:17I found my footing in the class.
09:19On the surface at least.
09:21Everyone got along well enough.
09:23A few of the younger heirs invited me out.
09:26Alpha Ashford was pleased
09:27and handed me a PAC resource card
09:29without blinking.
09:30You've done exceptionally well, Zane.
09:32Take this PAC resource card.
09:34Go make some real friends.
09:36Have fun tonight.
09:37Thank you, Alpha.
09:38I appreciate it.
09:43What about me?
09:44That's not fair.
09:45Why does he get everything?
09:48It's entirely fair.
09:50Stop chasing things
09:51that don't matter, Felix.
09:53Do you think anyone respects you
09:54for acting like a fool?
09:56He still wanted Felix
09:57to turn it around.
09:58But Felix
09:59just didn't understand
10:00what was being offered.
10:01When I arrived
10:02at the high-ranking
10:03Wolves Social Hall that night,
10:05Felix was already there,
10:06hunched over,
10:07pouring drinks
10:08for a group of classmates.
10:10He had that grin on.
10:12The eager,
10:13tail-wagging kind.
10:14Doesn't he look
10:15just like a dog right now?
10:16Look at his tail wagging!
10:19Everyone laughed.
10:20Felix laughed too,
10:21because he had to.
10:23Yeah, yeah,
10:23whatever you say, guys.
10:24Just keeping the glasses full.
10:27Hey, Zane, over here.
10:30You,
10:31pour a drink
10:32for your brother.
10:36You got a problem?
10:39I tell you to do something,
10:41you do it,
10:42or you leave.
10:47Don't get worked up,
10:48it's bad for you.
10:49Lay off the drinks too.
10:50Oh, sure.
10:51Now you're giving me orders?
10:54Then something cold
10:55hit me from the sun.
10:56A second later,
10:57it crashed down
10:58over Ryder's head.
11:00Ice-cold liquor
11:01soaked him completely.
11:04What the?
11:09Felix curled on the floor,
11:11clutching his head.
11:14Ryder,
11:15I was trying to help you.
11:16It was an accident.
11:17Brother,
11:18brother,
11:18help me.
11:21You're actually an idiot.
11:23You can't tell a joke
11:24from an insult?
11:25The club manager
11:25had seen worse.
11:27Brother,
11:28you're just gonna let them
11:29do this to me?
11:32I picked up
11:33a bottle.
11:34Ryder lounged back
11:35and watched with
11:36half-lidded eyes.
11:37Felix's eyes were cold.
11:38I knew you'd help me,
11:39brother.
11:40I knew it.
11:44I knew you'd help me,
11:46brother.
11:47I knew it.
11:47I didn't plan to help him.
11:49I wanted everyone
11:50to witness his humiliation.
11:52I dragged him
11:53out of the private room
11:54to the center of the hall.
11:56I picked up a liquor bottle
11:58and walked back to him.
12:02The alcohol hit the wound.
12:05Felix screamed
12:06and rolled across the floor.
12:09Good news.
12:10Alcohol disinfects.
12:12You'll thank me later.
12:14The room erupted.
12:15Ryder collapsed
12:16sideways on the sofa,
12:17laughing so hard
12:18he couldn't breathe.
12:21Stop.
12:22You've been drinking.
12:23Laughing that hard
12:24is bad for your heart.
12:26Everyone looked at us
12:27like they'd just seen
12:28something impossible.
12:29Ryder was the most powerful
12:30young heir in his pack.
12:32No one in that room
12:33came close to his bloodline.
12:35He'd never once in his life
12:36had someone grab him
12:37by the collar.
12:38I did it because
12:39I didn't want anything from him.
12:40I just treated him
12:41like a person.
12:42But Ryder liked that.
12:44The friendship grew from there.
12:46Yeah, fine.
12:48You're such a pain.
12:49You know that?
12:50After Felix was taken,
12:52I hung around
12:53with the others for a while,
12:54then stepped out for air.
12:58I'd just come out
12:59of the restroom
12:59when I heard it.
13:00A door slamming.
13:03And then a muffled,
13:04desperate sound
13:04from nearby.
13:08Everyone here
13:09was from a powerful pack.
13:11I told myself
13:12not to get involved.
13:16Then I caught a glimpse
13:17of the girl's face.
13:18She was screaming
13:19without sound,
13:20fighting with everything
13:21she had.
13:22But two men
13:23had her pin.
13:25A pressure,
13:26dense,
13:27and suffocating,
13:28that made it
13:29impossible to breathe.
13:31Something in my head
13:32was screaming,
13:33go now,
13:34or you will regret this
13:35for the rest of your life.
13:37But my conscience
13:38said no.
13:39My body
13:40was already moving.
13:43I hit the door
13:44shoulder first
13:45and it flew open.
13:46Two men,
13:47reeking of alcohol,
13:48were tearing
13:48at the girl's clothing.
13:50I grabbed the first
13:51thing I could find
13:51and swung.
13:55I looked at the girl.
13:56Who do you think
13:57you are?
13:58You're not walking
13:58out of here!
13:59Run!
14:00She bolted,
14:01screaming for help
14:02as she went.
14:04I locked myself
14:05around one man's legs
14:06to keep him
14:07from following.
14:09The other one
14:10was living.
14:13We shifted
14:14into our werewolf forms.
14:17Thankful,
14:18all those hours
14:19of training
14:19at the academy
14:20had not gone to waste.
14:22I rolled,
14:23got upright,
14:24and drove my fist
14:25into his eye.
14:26He shrieked.
14:27His rhythm collapsed.
14:28They went down fast.
14:30I slid down the wall
14:31and sat on the floor,
14:32hand pressed to my face.
14:33The hallkeeper
14:33went white as paper
14:34when he saw them
14:35on the ground.
14:40He told me
14:40they were from
14:41two powerful packs
14:42in the area.
14:43We looked at each other
14:44and smiled without humor.
14:47The girl had been
14:48shaken badly.
14:49Her family came
14:50for her quickly.
14:51No one felt like
14:51staying after that.
14:52I sent Ryder a message
14:54and headed back
14:54to the Ashford packhouse.
14:56I told Alpha Ashford
14:57everything.
14:58If they come for me,
15:00hand me over.
15:01Don't protect me.
15:06After all this time,
15:07you still don't think
15:08of us as family?
15:09I did think of them
15:10as family.
15:11That is exactly why
15:12I felt sick about
15:13what I'd done
15:13without thinking.
15:14If Liam and Eric's
15:15families joined
15:16to Forthers,
15:16they could hurt
15:17the Ashford pack.
15:18You're still a kid.
15:20Let the adults
15:21handle this.
15:22Patch him up.
15:23Alpha Ashford
15:24shut down my argument
15:25and handed me
15:26to the servants.
15:27Elena found me
15:27sitting quietly
15:28and touched my arm.
15:30Dad has thought of you
15:31as his own
15:32for a long time now.
15:33I looked at my hands.
15:34The calluses
15:35had almost faded.
15:36The Ashford's
15:36had taken good care of me.
15:37Everyone here is good,
15:39I said.
15:40Elena hid her face
15:41in her hands,
15:41shoulders shaking
15:42with silent laughter.
15:43Just as I'd expected.
15:45Liam and Eric's families
15:46came to the Ashford packhouse
15:47demanding I be handed over.
15:50Just an adopted boy.
15:52Surely you're not
15:53sentimental,
15:54Alpha Ashford?
15:55Zane acted impulsively.
15:57I'll bring him
15:58to make things right personally.
15:59Go home for now.
16:07The Ashford pack's reach
16:08is limited.
16:09Don't make a choice
16:10you can't undo.
16:13Elena had told me
16:13the full picture by then.
16:15Liam and Eric's families
16:16had been bound
16:17by bloodline alliances
16:18for generations.
16:19If they came
16:19at the Ashford's together,
16:20it would be bad.
16:21I was about to step forward
16:23when several black vehicles
16:24pulled up to the gate.
16:25That is,
16:26the Stormcrest pack crest.
16:28Every face in the courtyard
16:29went rigid
16:30when they saw the crest
16:31on the doors.
16:32That was the crest
16:32of the Alpha King.
16:33The tall man laughed.
16:35The Ashford's managed
16:36to offend the Stormcrest pack too?
16:38You're already dead.
16:40Alpha Ashford's face
16:41had gone gray.
16:42The entire pack
16:43held its breath.
16:44A servant opened
16:44the rear door.
16:45A man in a dark suit
16:46stepped out.
16:47He wasn't loud.
16:48He didn't need to be.
16:49The weight of him
16:49filled the whole courtyard
16:51without him saying a word.
16:52His sharp eyes
16:53swept the space
16:53and stopped on me.
16:55We came to thank
16:56someone personally.
16:58We are grateful
16:58to the young man
16:59who saved our daughter.
17:00Liam and Eric's people
17:02crumpled where they stood suddenly.
17:06That girl...
17:07She's the Alpha King's daughter?
17:09What came through
17:10made them go pale.
17:11Summono from their pack
17:12came rushing in
17:13with bad news.
17:14Alpha King Gerald
17:14has declared a pack sanction
17:16against us.
17:16Our territories are being seized.
17:18Our pack members
17:19are being stripped
17:19of their standings.
17:20It's over.
17:21We have nothing left.
17:22In a single night,
17:23Alpha King Gerald
17:23had stripped both families
17:25of their territories,
17:26their pack standings,
17:26and every wolf
17:27who answered to them.
17:28Nothing was left.
17:30Alpha King Gerald
17:30came in person
17:31to speak with Alpha Ashford
17:32about an alliance.
17:33The Ashford pack
17:34entered the top circle
17:35of the territory's
17:36power structure
17:36overnight.
17:37I'd always felt
17:38a strange pull
17:39whenever the Stormcrest pack
17:40was mentioned.
17:41I thought of the girl
17:42and asked carefully,
17:43Is your daughter
17:44doing better?
17:48Much better.
17:49She's mentioned you.
17:51Come visit the Stormcrest
17:52pack house sometime.
17:53The girl kept the Stormcrest
17:55T. Ashford Alliance secret.
17:58Felix was discharged
18:00from the pack healer.
18:01End of term assessments came.
18:03I placed first in the year
18:04by more than 20 points.
18:07He had to have cheated!
18:09Someone who could barely read
18:11when he enrolls?
18:12First place after three months?
18:14Impossible!
18:15The class shifted.
18:17Eyes landed on me
18:18with skepticism.
18:19The room went quiet.
18:21But their looks
18:21didn't fully go away.
18:23Are you saying my friend cheated?
18:30If no one believes it,
18:32we test again.
18:35They brought me
18:36to the instructor's hall.
18:37Under the eyes of every teacher
18:38and every recording crystal
18:39in the room.
18:40Combat tracking,
18:41archery,
18:41mounted patrol.
18:42The instructors kept adding tests.
18:44I passed them all.
18:46When the results were posted again,
18:48no one had anything
18:49left to say.
18:50Chuck!
18:53The mate to me.
18:55You bribed them.
18:56All of them!
18:59The academy's standards
19:00for instructors
19:01were strict.
19:02High compensation.
19:04Zero tolerance
19:05for private favors.
19:06Any violation meant
19:07permanent removal
19:07and a substantial
19:09pack resource penalty.
19:10Every teacher
19:10and every student
19:11in that hall was bribed?
19:12You're saying
19:13we have no integrity?
19:15The academy leadership
19:16recorded a formal violation
19:17against Felix
19:18for disrupting pack order
19:20and suspended him
19:21for two weeks.
19:23Felix's behavior
19:24had started to embarrass
19:25the Ashfords publicly.
19:26One evening at dinner,
19:27he looked at Felix
19:28without warmth.
19:29When you come of age,
19:31you'll leave this house.
19:35He cried like something dying,
19:37loud enough to rattle
19:38the windows.
19:41One more chance.
19:42Please,
19:43I swear I'll stop.
19:46Leave now
19:47or leave after graduation.
19:50Choose.
19:52Felix
19:52went completely silent.
19:55In the days that followed,
19:56he tried to salvage his image
19:58by stealing the servant's duties
20:00and cleaning the house himself.
20:02He even attempted to cook
20:04and nearly burned
20:05the kitchen down.
20:11Sister,
20:12try some.
20:13It's really good.
20:16Elena's brow furrowed tight.
20:18Her lips pressed together.
20:21Come on,
20:22eat it before it gets cold.
20:24I'd had enough.
20:25Who could eat that?
20:28Zane,
20:30food is precious.
20:32You've forgotten
20:33what our life
20:33used to be like.
20:37You're right.
20:38We can't waste food.
20:40What are your food?
20:42I clutched him.
20:44I stuffed the food
20:45into his mouth.
20:49Didn't you say
20:50food was precious?
20:51And now you're
20:52throwing it up.
20:53What a hypocrite.
20:55Felix,
20:56stay out of my sight.
20:57Looking at you
20:58turns my stomach.
21:00Afterward,
21:01Alpha Ashford
21:02called me and Elena
21:03into his Alpha office.
21:05I want to name you
21:06as the next Alpha
21:07of the Ashford pack.
21:11Elena,
21:12go get a healer.
21:16Dad's completely serious.
21:19But
21:20you're his only daughter.
21:23I don't have the instincts
21:24for it.
21:25Dad considered
21:26bringing in a mate,
21:27but
21:28he was afraid
21:29of someone coming in
21:30just to take everything.
21:36Zane,
21:38will you be my son?
21:39Alpha Ashford's eyes
21:40were steady.
21:41His body was wound tight.
21:42I looked at the document
21:43for a long moment.
21:44Aren't you afraid
21:45I'll turn on you
21:46and Elena
21:46after I inherit?
21:48I've never once
21:49regretted it
21:50a decision I made
21:51with a clear head.
21:52He put his hand
21:53on my shoulder
21:53and passed the weight
21:55to me.
21:55From the day I accepted,
21:57Alpha Ashford
21:58had me in his office
21:58constantly.
22:00Pack leadership,
22:01territory strategy,
22:02how to read an Alpha.
22:04He brought me
22:05to major Alpha summits.
22:06When I could name
22:07every Alpha present
22:08in their pack standing,
22:09he'd nod once.
22:11I looked around the hall
22:12and spotted riders
22:13surrounded by people.
22:21Change your name
22:21to Ashford yet?
22:23More or less.
22:27This Alpha summit
22:28wasn't open
22:29to just anyone.
22:31Only pack heads
22:32and their chosen heirs
22:33could walk through
22:34that door.
22:35Young Master Zane,
22:37Alpha King Gerald
22:38requests your presence.
22:42Go.
22:43That's a good thing.
22:45The moment I stepped in,
22:46every family present
22:47understood what
22:48Alpha Ashford was saying.
22:49What lies ahead,
22:50waiting for me.
22:51I followed the attendant
22:53through a corridor.
22:55He is waiting
22:56for you inside, sir.
23:04Both of them
23:05looked up.
23:06Sit.
23:07You are an honored
23:08guest here today.
23:12A full spread of food
23:14had been laid out.
23:21It's been a while.
23:23You saved me that night
23:25and I never thanked you properly.
23:27I'm sorry for being so late.
23:29It was nothing.
23:31I just did what anyone would do.
23:33The girl went back
23:34to her seat.
23:36The girl talked
23:37through the entire meal.
23:38Light,
23:39easy,
23:39rapid.
23:40They couldn't do anything
23:40because,
23:41oh,
23:41did you try this
23:42roasted venison?
23:43It's really the best.
23:44And you guessed.
23:45I have to agree.
23:47I always thought
23:48the old families
23:48had a hundred rules
23:50for everything.
23:51Like,
23:52no talking during meal.
23:54Alpha King Gerald
23:55made a low sound.
23:56With the elders,
23:57sure.
23:58Those old wolves
23:59loved their dusty rituals
24:00and endless rule.
24:02He just talked
24:02about the council elders
24:03like that
24:04and I was supposed
24:05to sit here calmly.
24:08I wish I could just
24:10disappear into the floor
24:11right now.
24:15I hear you've been
24:16looking for your birth parents.
24:18That got my full attention
24:20immediately.
24:26Years ago,
24:27there was a brutal,
24:28bloody succession conflict
24:30inside the Stormcrest pack.
24:36During that conflict,
24:38I lost my son.
24:44The Wolf King
24:45slowly lifted his eyes
24:47and fixed a heavy gaze on me.
24:48My heart pounded wildly
24:49and I broke out
24:50in a cold sweat all over.
24:52An unbelievable thought
24:53took root in my heart.
24:54You
24:55are my son.
25:01I don't know
25:01what you're talking about.
25:02That can't be right.
25:04You must have made a mistake.
25:05There's no way.
25:12You two are fraternal twins.
25:15You've always had a connection.
25:18A bond that distance
25:19and time could never break.
25:21Think about it.
25:22She suddenly felt
25:24the irrational pull
25:25to go to that
25:25high-ranking
25:26Wolf Social Hall
25:27that night.
25:28And you
25:29had to do your saver.
25:32Everyone in there
25:33came from
25:34extreme power
25:35and wealth.
25:36You were just
25:36the Ashford boy.
25:38What made you run in there
25:39without thinking
25:40of the consequences?
25:43old memories
25:44flooded in
25:45blurring my vision.
25:49Brother.
25:55I'm here.
25:56I'll protect you.
25:58Don't be scared anymore.
26:05A formal Stormcrest
26:06pack ritual bond document.
26:08There is no doubt.
26:09You're my son.
26:11The true heir
26:12of the Stormcrest.
26:19The Wolf King Gerald
26:20gave me the whole night
26:21to calm my emotions
26:22and come to terms
26:23with the truth.
26:25He ordered his men
26:26to drive me back
26:27to the Ashford Manor.
26:28Thinking for a long time
26:29and finally
26:31made up my mind.
26:32Is Elena in her room?
26:33I need to speak
26:34with her right now.
26:35Young Master,
26:35Miss Elena said
26:36she wasn't feeling well
26:37and went to bed early.
26:38She asked not to be disturbed.
26:39Alright, thank you.
26:40I'll just check on her quickly.
26:46Elena hasn't fallen asleep.
26:48Something is completely wrong.
26:50A struggle.
26:51Elena,
26:51if you're not feeling well,
26:53get some rest.
26:54I'll talk to you tomorrow.
26:55Learn to read animal movements
26:56just to survive.
26:58I've dodged deadly danger
26:59dozens of times
27:00by feeling footsteps
27:01through the cold ground.
27:04One kick.
27:05The lock gave.
27:08Elena was unconscious
27:10on the bed.
27:15Felix's hand
27:15was at her collar.
27:20The moment the door
27:21burst open,
27:22Felix looked up
27:23in utter panic,
27:23his eyes filled with terror.
27:34Brother,
27:35I'm sorry!
27:36He screamed in pain,
27:37bleeding from the mouth
27:38and losing several teeth.
27:40Your right hand,
27:41that's the one, isn't it?
27:42I snapped his arm clean off
27:44with a harsh crunch
27:44of shattering joints
27:45ringing out.
27:46The old servants
27:47of the manor
27:48had served the family
27:48for over ten years.
27:50Seeing me drag Felix
27:51out of Elena's room,
27:52they instantly
27:52understood everything.
27:54Help me!
27:56Somebody please!
27:57Help me!
28:02Keep him breathing.
28:03Leave the rest
28:03for Alpha Ashford to decide.
28:05Lock the house down,
28:06no one leaves.
28:07While Elena
28:07was still unconscious,
28:08I told the maids
28:09to tend to her quietly.
28:10If she asks,
28:11tell her she got sick.
28:12Don't say a word
28:12about Felix,
28:13or you'll answer to me.
28:15The servants
28:16had never seen me
28:17so cold and ruthless.
28:18Alpha Ashford
28:19returned weary
28:19from his long journey
28:20and summit.
28:22How is Elena?
28:24She's fine.
28:26He didn't get the chance.
28:27The thought
28:28of the perilous scene
28:29just now filled me
28:30with lingering fear.
28:31Alpha Ashford
28:31flew into a towering rage.
28:33I want him dead.
28:40I spoke softly
28:41to soothe him,
28:42gradually calming
28:43his raging fury.
28:45You did well, Zane.
28:47I mean that.
28:49Thank you for saving Elena.
28:56You're my father.
28:57She's my sister.
28:59Family doesn't do that.
29:00He looked at me,
29:01his eyes filled
29:02with relief and pride.
29:03I thought of my heritage
29:04as the Stormwing royal heir
29:06and told him
29:07the truth in brief.
29:07I remembered
29:08the Stormcrest pack.
29:11I finally have a son
29:13and now this?
29:14It's not a problem.
29:15I just have two fathers now.
29:17The world is full
29:18of strange twists
29:19beyond all imagination.
29:20I have two fathers
29:21who dote on me,
29:22a gentle elder sister
29:23and a younger sister
29:24bound to me by blood
29:25after a brief talk.
29:27I'm going to visit Felix.
29:28Alpha Ashford
29:29made an excuse
29:30to go visit Felix.
29:33When he returned,
29:35his clothes were stained
29:36with patches of blood.
29:37Elena's awake.
29:39His expression
29:40was icy cold,
29:41devoid of any warmth.
29:44I know one.
29:45He turned
29:46to go change
29:46his clothes.
29:51You nearly gave me
29:52a heart attack.
29:53You panicked
29:54and broke my door.
29:56You had a key, right?
30:08Felix survived in the end,
30:10chained deep beneath the ground,
30:11given only the barest
30:12necessities to live,
30:14doomed to eternal darkness.
30:15He deserved every bit of it.
30:20Bart and Norma
30:21waited endlessly
30:22for news of Felix,
30:23so they traveled
30:24all the way to the capital.
30:25but just the cold
30:26Lunti lay-in
30:27as every doing the go.
30:28As proceed
30:29you in the techler.
30:31You cold-blooded beast!
30:33How could you do this
30:34to your own brother?
30:45Since you love Felix so much,
30:47you can go keep him company
30:49in the dungeon
30:49for the rest of your lives.
30:51They would share
30:51the same fate as Felix.
30:54Crippled in all four limbs,
30:56imprisoned in the dungeon
30:57for life,
30:57with no hope
30:58of freedom ever again.
31:01I was officially recorded
31:03into the bloodline genealogy
31:04of the Stormwing Royal Clan.
31:13I thought I'd ride
31:14on your coattails someday.
31:15Turns out I've been the one
31:17relying on you all along.
31:18We're meant to support each other.
31:20That's what family does.
31:24We slipped by
31:25and time flowed on.
31:26I passed all the inheritance trials
31:28of the Stormwing Royal Clan
31:29and was officially named
31:30the next Supreme Wolf King.
31:35Elena and I grew deeply attached
31:37through daily companionship,
31:38naturally coming together as one.
31:40The Stormwing Royal Clan
31:41never forced political marriages.
31:43They only valued mutual affection
31:45and noble character.
31:46See?
31:46My father is still my father.
31:49You're impossible.
31:51Be careful.
31:52Don't forget,
31:53we have an unborn child
31:54to think about.
31:59They're going there.
32:00you're going there.
32:04You're going there.
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