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My Family’s Betrayal
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00:02on the day of my mate bonding ceremony my parents suddenly brought my mate home and told me that
00:07the mate bonding ritual would be with someone else your sister was poisoned by wolf bake
00:13there's no cure and her final wish is to bond with david you're her older sister
00:20can't you do this one thing for her my mate also tried to persuade me
00:25don't worry it's just a formality after she dies we'll still be each other's one and only
00:35still i refused however my parents forced me to drink a potion that blocked my mind link
00:41tied me up and threw me into the family underground warehouse
00:47we'll untie you once the ceremony goes smoothly
00:52but soon after they left i was attacked by a vicious rogue wolf
00:57after unbearable prolonged agony i was killed it was only when my body started rotting that they
01:03remembered i was still bound in the mine my soul drifted unconsciously into the chapel staring
01:09blankly as my mate stood on stage sealing their mate bond with someone else in the romantic venue
01:15all eyes were fixed on the couple at the altar my sister laura was wearing the gown i had
01:20meticulously hand sewn she recited her vows to my mate david with tears in her eyes and a voice full
01:26of love below the platform my parents dabbed at the corners of their eyes filled with tears of joy
01:31our sweet laura is finally with the love of her life she finally got her wish
01:35the crowd clapped and smiled as the happy couple shared stories of their fairy tale romance
01:41what destined encounter and unbreakable bond were they talking about in all their memories
01:46i simply never existed it was as if i'd always just been invisible the gown i'd stitched with all
01:52my heart tailored to cinch my waist perfectly now hung perfectly on laura like it had been made just for
01:58her i floated above them my heart turned to ash from the moment david proposed this ceremony i was
02:04never meant to be his bride now it all made sense why david never cared about the planning it also
02:12made
02:12sense why he had always been smiling at his phone while ignoring my calls
02:18however what i still couldn't understand was
02:21why did loving laura have to come at the cost of destroying me
02:27three days ago i was brutally murdered in the family underground warehouse
02:31my parents tied my hands behind my back forcing an entire bottle of mind blocking potion down my throat
02:39they didn't want me to fight back or ruin the ritual with the ceremony
02:44so they threw me into the mine and left me there
02:49then i watched in horror as a vicious rogue wolf rushed at me i was tortured and killed in cold
02:54blood
02:54all while i was pregnant no one should ever have to go through what he did to me the smell
02:59in the
03:00warehouse has poisoned me leaving me to my fate when i died i couldn't even fight back
03:06worried that i would scream for help my mouth was sealed shut with duct tape
03:10i couldn't even scream my throat burning with silence
03:19why i don't understand why my entire life i've had to give in to laura on everything
03:29my parents always loved laura more ever since we were kids
03:35laura got the nice candies and wore the dresses i had wished for
03:39later even though they could afford tuition for two they paid only for her to go to lichen academy
03:49eva you're an adult now you should get a job and pay your own way
03:55even with all of that i never thought they would make me give up my mate
04:04when laura told them a wolf had poisoned her with wolfsbane during a camping trip and didn't have much time
04:09left
04:11they didn't hesitate
04:15your sister was poisoned by wolf bake there's no cure and her final wish is to bond with david
04:22you're her older sister can't you do this one thing for her
04:27my mate also tried to persuade me don't worry it's just a formality after she dies
04:35we'll still be each other's one only
04:40still i refused that was when my parents forced the potion down my throat
04:44i struggled until my wrists bled but the potion burned through my throat blocking my mind link inch
04:51by inch i could no longer call for help i could no longer even reach my wolf dad tied my
05:00hands behind
05:00my back mom looked away as if seeing my pain would make her guilty eva don't make this harder than
05:08it
05:08has to be we'll untie you once the ceremony goes smoothly david stood at the door his face twisted with
05:14guilt yet he did nothing to stop them eva just endure it for one day laura doesn't have much time
05:21left i stared at him the man who once promised to protect me from every injustice for the first time
05:27i realized his love could stand aside and watch me be destroyed then they dragged me into the family
05:33underground warehouse the last thing i saw was the mine door closing and then in the dark something
05:40growled someone help please however the only thing that came was a stray wolf fierce and menacing as
05:48ever the rogue wolf moved toward me slowly my hands were tied my mouth was sealed i begged him for
05:56mercy
05:57please let me go yet the rogue wolf still lunged at me the poison in the mine burned my skin
06:03and invades
06:04my blood i had nowhere to run i could only crawl backward shaking unable to make a sound
06:11the attack lasted endlessly my blood poured out my skin paled and my body went limp i thought of the
06:18baby inside me i'm sorry my baby i had wanted to tell david about the pregnancy at our mate bonding
06:25ceremony but now the child and i were both abandoned in the warehouse i gradually lost my strength lost my
06:32breath and slowly closed my eyes tears slid down from the corners of my eyes my entire life has been
06:40utterly absurd my parents loved laura and the one i loved loved laura too at the same time in the
06:47chapel
06:47david was placing his hand over laura's i vow to love you as my mate i vow to protect you
06:53the crowd
06:54cheered and i died in silence their ceremony went off without a hitch and all i could do was watch
07:03they went to the northern mountains for their honeymoon as i floated silently behind them
07:08at the foot of the northern mountains they strolled hand in hand across the snowy fields golden sunlight
07:15bathed them in a soft warm glow laura wrapped her arms around david's neck and the two of them kissed
07:21tenderly tourists nearby snapped photos and praised them for being such a beautiful couple
07:28oh they look perfect together even my usually conservative parents smiled and cheered them
07:34on from the sidelines they had long forgotten that my body was still left abandoned in the warehouse
07:38my body had begun to rot my blood had dried no one could hear my desperate cry
07:46so who would care about getting justice for me
07:54david do you think my sister is mad at me she hasn't called laura leaned against david's chest
08:01faking a weary as she asked david gently stroked her hair no way she's your sister and with the
08:08wolfie bath in your system he gazed at her intently this was your only shot eva's not unreasonable i'll be
08:14nicer to her from now on that's all laura gave a nod her eyes instantly regaining their shine
08:21she grabbed his arm and joined mom and dad as they boarded the helicopter to enjoy an aerial view of
08:26the
08:26snowy mountains that flight costing tens of thousands of dollars for a single experience
08:31was more than i could earn in a year however laura could enjoy it without the slightest guilt
08:36after the trip they treated themselves to a luxurious dinner
08:41i floated behind them in silence as they checked in at hotel the most extravagant hotel in the werewolf
08:47park laura slipped into a revealing nightgown and climbed into bed next to david reaching for his robe
08:53however he gently pushed her hand away he walked over to the floor to ceiling window staring at the
08:59snowy mountains in the distance as he drank in silence his eyes were dark and troubled
09:05i turned and drifted into my parents room they were lying against the headboard in bed
09:12dad sighed shaking his head while mom massaged her temples
09:18normally they'd be fast asleep by now
09:21my mom pulled out her phone and tried calling me
09:24eva
09:27however all she got was a busy tone their faces twisted in confusion anxiety flickering in their
09:33eyes whenever they wanted me to give something up they'd slap me with one hand and offer candy with
09:39the other it never failed to work all they had to do was take the first step and reach out
09:44and i'd cave
09:45every time this time no one was on the other end of the call eagerly calling them mom and dad
09:55mom looked at dad with a worried expression honey laura's not exactly the sharpest at work
10:00so why do you keep spoiling her i also want to know why when we're gone she'll burn through the
10:06family's fortune in no time i really thought we could count on eva to take care of us when we're
10:11old
10:12so in their eyes am i nothing more than a caregiver who will look after them when they grow old
10:17even though deep down i had long harbored a vague awareness of it all i still couldn't help but feel
10:22a pang of sadness but she didn't answer just now you don't think she's actually mad at us do you
10:28forgiving her life she owes us everything and laura was dying as her older sister she should be happy to
10:36help what right does she have to be upset honestly we've been too soft on her lately she's
10:42forgetting her place i listened to those words in silence my eyes burning at that moment i was
10:49relieved i was dead i was dead my parents no longer have to look at me with disdain i was
10:55dead i no
10:56longer have to make concessions for laura i was dead laura and david perhaps they will be happy
11:04david tossed and turned all night near dawn he suddenly sat up drenched in sweat in his dream i
11:12stood in my wedding gown covered in blood from head to toe he finally dreamed of me but only after
11:19my
11:19body had begun to rot david opened an old photo of us at lycan academy his fingers trembled so badly
11:26that
11:26the screen kept slipping laura woke behind him and instantly softened her voice david are you
11:33thinking about eva again i know i don't have long please don't make my last days feel stolen david froze
11:41guilt swallowed the faint panic in his eyes i'm sorry i won't look again he deleted our photos one by
11:48one
11:50later laura walked over to the floor to ceiling window holding her phone don't worry the contents
11:58of the warehouse will never be exposed my soul went ice cold so the rogue wolf was never an accident
12:04who was on the other end of that car i followed laura through the resort's back alley until she
12:10entered a private booth my former friend lena was waiting there with a sealed envelope here a fresh
12:18wolf's bait diagnosis same doctor stamp no one will question it laura took it and laughed
12:27perfect eva was always too obedient once mom and dad tied her up all robert had to do was release
12:34the
12:34rogue into the mine my dead heart seemed to crack again lena lowered her voice you promised this wouldn't
12:41touch me relax eva will never crawl out of that mine by the time anyone remembers her
12:48there won't be much left she didn't just want david she wanted my life my work my inheritance
12:55everything as laura gloated i noticed lena's hand under the table a tiny recorder was blinking red
13:01a traitor like lena might become the knife that cuts laura open at the resort banquet laura presented
13:08pastries under my name the elder food critic took one bite and slammed his fork down
13:13this is an insult eva corner had talent you threw a pearl into mud and crowned mud in her place
13:19he
13:20canceled the hotel's century-old partnership on the spot david's face turned ashen
13:26we're going home now laura collapsed into tears and clutched her belly if you abandon
13:33our honeymoon i might not survive the trip back mom and dad begged him to stay that night david
13:41opened the envelope i had slipped into his gift before the ceremony inside was a pregnancy report
13:46dated before my death four weeks eva it can't be his breath stopped yes you pushed your pregnant mate
13:56and your child into hell david gripped the report until it crumpled when laura dies i'll spend my
14:03life making it up to eva you will never get that chance they ended the honeymoon early and returned
14:09home laura walked into my bedroom like a victorious queen she wore my nightgown sprayed my perfume
14:16over her neck then kicked off her shoes and climbed into my bed it still smells like her how annoying
14:25david did not answer he searched the house room by room as if i might be hiding behind a door
14:30he found nothing when he reached the kitchen he stopped for a long time that had been my place the
14:37warm window the flower jars the little recipe notes everything had been mine laura hugged him from
14:43behind david i'm your mate now why should we keep another woman's kitchen turn it into a walking
14:50closet for me no i screamed but my voice passed through the walls like smoke david lowered his eyes
14:55and his silence became the answer workers arrived that afternoon david stood at the doorway jaw tight
15:06laura eva is still my mate this kitchen laura's tears fell at once still your mate then what am i
15:15a joke you held in front of the whole pack she pressed his hand against her chest everyone saw our
15:22ceremony
15:24i gave you my life don't humiliate me now david's resistance broke do what she wants laura immediately
15:33pointed at my shelves throw those pans away they're old and that mixer too it looks cheap a worker
15:41hesitated sir these tools are high-end custom pieces then sell them as scrap i don't care
15:53one by one my knives molds and recipe boxes were dragged out
16:00david knew how hard i worked for every item but he watched silently as laura erased the only place
16:07where i had ever felt alive much better the kitchen became a bright cold closet rows of laura's gowns
16:16hung where my ovens used to stand david knew my parents had always favored laura he knew that kitchen
16:22was the first thing i built for myself in the corner he found a small framed photo of me dusted
16:29with
16:29flour he looked around then quietly slipped the photo into his pocket
16:35at hotel the sous chef rushed toward him mr david eva hasn't come in for weeks the temp chefs can't
16:44handle the banquet orders guests are demanding refunds david frowned and dialed my number again
16:52only silence answered
16:56david slammed the phone down and overturned a table
16:59how long does she plan to snore
17:01he forgot he had already fired me for absence and named laura head pastry chef the hotel staff watched him
17:08in fear sir without eva the signature menu is collapsing for the first time david looked genuinely
17:17afraid in the hotel suite david stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows looking somewhat displeased
17:26laura wore pajamas slowly emerged from the bathroom and wrapped her arms around his waist
17:33still worrying about my sister no she isn't worth me wasting any emotion on her he turned around and
17:40upon seeing her attire his breathing grew heavy barefoot she stepped onto the tops of his feet
17:47wrapped her arms around his neck and lifted her legs to hook them around him am i pretty
17:53i floated behind them unable to leave forced to watch every stolen tenderness
17:59i want you so much i can't think once he had whispered those words into my hair while i baked
18:05late
18:06at night now he said them to the sister who had taken my gown my ceremony and my bed he
18:12stripped
18:12off her lingerie and pressed her against the floor-to-ceiling window a smug smile curled at the corners
18:17of her mouth you're mine tonight they were all over each other his body pressed tightly against her
18:23buttocks thrusting rapidly urgent and fervent the sweat of her excitement left a print on the glass
18:29window i watched it all my stomach twisting in knots entwined tightly the two tumbled onto the bed
18:37they made love on the bed on the table and inside the cloakroom with an intensity that left them
18:42inseparable like lovers so consumed by passion that they craved intimacy at every moment
18:50i want you so badly i can't get enough of you i watched his fascination with her my child and
18:56i
18:56were rotting in warehouse dust i touched my slightly swollen belly how could i ever believe love would
19:02save me a few days later the fever of forbidden love began to fade david sat alone in his office
19:09staring at my contact name
19:17and we'll talk another message followed
19:24his eyes reddened but there was still no reply
19:29because i was already dead laura entered with fruit tea in her hand
19:36darling are you still texting my sister her cheeks were rosy her steps were light her so-called
19:43fatal wolf's vein poisoning had left no mark at all she rested a hand over her flat belly and smiled
19:50don't worry our baby and i are fine david's gaze fixed on her face laura weren't you supposed
19:58to be dying for the first time the question slipped out before she could guide him away
20:05laura's smile froze what did you say david's suspicion did not disappear he secretly sent laura's antidote
20:15to a private clinic the result came back that evening vitamins and one ingredient dangerous for
20:24pregnancy his hands shook with fury he cornered the doctor in the clinic did laura ever have wolf bass poisoning
20:33mr david medical privacy david slammed the report on the table
20:38answer me the doctor stammered long enough for david to know the truth
20:47he returned to the suite and hid a recorder under the lamp
20:51laura sensed the danger faster than he expected
20:54laura sensed the danger faster than he expected
20:55that night she injected herself with a tiny dose of wolfsbane and collapsed in front of everyone
21:03laura
21:05my baby david rushed her to the hospital guilt crushing his doubts again
21:13but the recorder had already captured laura's earlier call
21:17use just enough to scare him not enough to hurt me david replayed it until his eyes turned bloodshot
21:25i was her knife
21:29from the start lucy realized something was wrong when my messages stayed unread for too many days
21:36she stormed into hotel and grabbed the front desk by the collar
21:40where is eva corner she was fired miss fired miss laura replaced her lucy's eyes sharpened she went
21:50door to door near the villa until a neighbor handed over the video hard drive on the screen my bound
21:57body was shoved into a trunk the car drove toward the abandoned warehouse lucy ran there before sunset the
22:04moment she reached the entrance her wolf surfaced the scent of blood poison gas eva
22:10my parents david laura and a strange rogue all mixed together she kicked open the warehouse door
22:17inside the darkness beneath scraps of torn fabric lay a piece of white bone wearing my bracelet lucy
22:24dropped dropped to her knees no no eva please then her grief became a howl that shook the warehouse
22:34whoever did this to you i'll make them pay in blood david tried to pretend nothing had happened
22:42when laura entered the office he shoved his phone away and forced a smile you look pale i'm fine then
22:50his
22:50gaze fell on her hand a green gemstone ring glimmered on her finger isn't that eva's ring laura curled
22:57her fingers at once what a coincidence i bought it at a boutique eva never took that ring off he
23:05was
23:06right he gave it to me at lycan academy it was cheap but it was the first promise anyone had
23:11ever
23:11made to me laura laughed too loudly why are you staring at me like i stole from a corpse the
23:19word
23:19corpse made the air freeze i looked at the ring and remembered the hand that tore it from my finger
23:23in the mine laura had my ring before anyone found my body this was not an accident this was murder
23:31at my parents house mom placed cushions behind laura's back our laura has always been fragile
23:36david you must take care of her and the baby david nodded stiffly i will no one mentioned me no
23:45one
23:46mentioned how long i had been missing a living daughter could be ignored a missing daughter
23:51could be inconvenient only laura's comfort mattered the doorbell rang david's eyes lit for one foolish
23:57second maybe he thought i had finally come home to forgive them he opened the door quickly lucy stood
24:02outside with a cold face and clenched fists where's eva the living room fell silent laura stepped behind
24:09david i can't get in touch with her i went to the hotel you fired her i've checked everywhere she
24:15usually goes don't try to pull a fast one on me tell me where exactly is eva lucy and i
24:22had been
24:23friends for over a decade she grew up rough but she was always gentle with me now she shoved the
24:29door
24:29open before laura could slam it shut eva i'm here answer me if you're inside laura rushed forward get
24:37out that bitch isn't here lucy's eyes went red say that again laura shoved her shoulder lucy shoved
24:46back harder the coffee table overturned cups smashing across the floor mom screamed laura is pregnant
24:54don't touch her david moved instantly not to stop laura but to protect her he grabbed lucy's arm and
25:02pushed her away lucy get a grip eva really isn't here lucy staggered then looked at his hand on laura's
25:10shoulder still protecting her even now lucy was the only person who came looking for me and even she was
25:19being pushed out of my home lucy snapped she raised her hand and slapped david across the face smack
25:26his head jerked aside five claw marks tore across his cheek you heartless bastard eva gave you
25:35everything and you gave her sister her wedding david touched the blood on his face stunned lucy turned on
25:42my parents and you two eva is your daughter too did you forget that because laura cried blouter dad
25:49tried to step forward this is family business lucy's claw lengthened then listen like family
25:55if anything happened to eva i will drag every one of you into court into prison or into the grave
26:04laura hid behind david but even she stopped talking for once no one dared to call me selfish
26:09if anyone had spoken for me like this while i was alive maybe i would have known i deserved to
26:14be
26:14loved lucy backed toward the door her voice shaking i'll find her myself that night david coaxed laura
26:23to sleep before returning to the living room mom dad eva has been missing too long what exactly happened
26:31that day mom's lips trembled she's angry let her cool down you tied her up silence answered him
26:38they finally sensed fear but not enough to confess meanwhile my body lay deep in the silver mine the
26:45smell of rot seeped through the cracks and attracted rats residential staff called an exterminator who
26:50called the police at dawn david's phone rang hello is this eva corner's family we discovered a
26:56decomposing female body in the abandoned silver mine behind the villa david's face drained of color
27:01initial identification confirms the victim is eva corner she was also pregnant the phone slipped from
27:08his hand no impossible please come to the station to identify the body david drove like a madman
27:15and crashed into the roadside barrier near the mine blood ran down his forehead as he stumbled
27:20toward the police tape eva i'm here reporters surrounded him cameras flashing mr david did your family
27:27imprison your mate david collapsed outside the mine and clawed at the dirt i killed her i killed my child
27:34across town laura locked herself in her room she deleted messages burned fake medical forms and flushed
27:41the last paper scripts down the toilet robert can take the blame mom and dad tied her up i never
27:49touched
27:49her the door was kicked open lucy stood there phone raised recording everything say that again louder laura
27:58lunged for the phone lucy slapped her to the floor everything you destroy has a cloud backup somewhere
28:04you owe eva a blood debt and i will collect it laura's face turned white the first crack in her
28:11victory had opened my parents tried to rush toward the mine to check the scene but reporters blocked every
28:17path they returned home in panic and found laura on the floor lucy towering over her your precious
28:24daughter was destroying evidence dad turned on mom first this is your fault you spoiled her until she
28:31killed eva mom screamed back you wanted david's hotel connections don't put this on me their excuses
28:39shattered one after another then david burst in his eyes were bloodshot and dried blood covered his temple
28:46he grabbed laura's wrist and pinned her against the wall was the rogue in the mine your plan
28:52was eva's death arranged from the start david you're scary his claws pressed against her throat
28:59before she could answer police officers entered with a preliminary report eva corner's hands were
29:05bound she suffered violent assault before death this is a homicide all immediate family members must come
29:11identify the body the room went dead silent the morgue smelled of disinfectant metal and something no
29:19perfume could hide my parents stood behind david trembling prepare yourselves david reached for the
29:25white cloth but his fingers refused to obey finally he pulled it back my face was no longer the face
29:31they
29:31remembered mom screamed mom screamed and fell to her knees
29:37no no this isn't my daughter dad covered his mouth his body shaking david stared at my hand where the
29:46ring had
29:46once been eva i'm sorry i'm so sorry rora stayed near the door with one hand over her nose can
29:57we leave soon
29:57this place is making me sick the sentence landed like a brain even my father looked at her as if
30:04seeing a stranger they finally regretted it but regret could not sew my body back together or return breath to
30:10my child the white cloth fell beside the table like a final curtain david's knees hit the floor beside
30:16the autopsy table he slapped himself once then again each sound sharp in the morgue i watched them
30:23take you away i let them tie you up i told you to endure it mom sobbed until her voice
30:30broke dad's
30:31shoulders shook silently laura disappeared into the hallway and returned wiping her mouth she's dead
30:36already why does she still have to drag the whole family down david slowly lifted his head what did
30:44you say laura flinched but pride made her continue everyone is staring at us because of her she always
30:50had to make things difficult david surged to his feet and slammed her against the wall difficult she
30:56was murdered i'm pregnant then pray that child never learns what kind of mother you are it was the first
31:02time laura had ever been spoken to that way for once her tears did not save her the police officer's
31:09expression was grave the victim's hands were tied her mouth was sealed there were multiple knife wounds
31:17and evidence of rogue wolf assault mom collapsed into the chair we did it we tied her up dad grabbed
31:26her arm stop talking mom shook him off sobbing we forced the mind blocking potion down her throat
31:31we left her in the mine because laura wanted the ceremony david staggered back as if struck who
31:38suggested the mine mom's eyes moved toward laura's empty chair before she could speak lucy's roar exploded
31:44from the hallway laura did she planned it an officer tried to hold her back eva didn't die because of
31:50an
31:50accident she was served to a monster by her own family my mother finally told the truth but it was
31:55too late to be courage lucy slammed her fist against the glass bring laura here let her look at what
32:03she made lucy entered the police office with a hard drive clutched in her hand i bought every camera
32:11feed around that district the officer connected it to the screen in the footage laura stood behind a
32:17bar with robert a rogue addict known in the lower streets once eva is in the mine release the wolf
32:23make it look like a stray attack and my payment after david's hotel is mine david watched the screen
32:31his face turning gray robert also followed the family car to the silver mine laura burst into the
32:37room fake that video is fake lucy stepped toward her then why are you shaking laura screamed and lunged
32:45nails aimed at lucy's face lucy caught her wrist and twisted i hope you fight it makes you look exactly
32:53like the murderer you are police separated them laura's mask finally cracked in public and everyone
32:59saw the monster underneath david gripped laura's wrist across the interrogation table you had a lover
33:05you had a plan why did you still demand my bond laura cried desperately robert forced me i only loved
33:13you lucy threw a stack of photos onto the table in everyone laura and robert kissed drank and counted
33:20cash together that's a very affectionate extortionist mom stared at the photos then slapped laura so hard
33:26the sound echoed you killed your sister for this police gathered the evidence and announced a formal
33:32homicide investigation later an officer pulled david aside there is one more thing eva corner was
33:39pregnant at the time of death david froze based on the timing the child was yours david turned and
33:48punched the observation room glass again and again blood ran down both hands
33:54i killed them both no confession could make him innocent after learning about the baby david lost
34:00the last piece of sanity he ran back to the silver mine and crawled through the dirt on his knees
34:06with bare hands he dug out the rope that had bound me and a packet of wedding candy soaked black
34:12with
34:13old blood his nails split his fingertips bled eva i'm sorry baby i'm sorry then he returned
34:23home and destroyed the walk-in closet he smashed the mirrors tore down laura's gowns and carried my
34:30discarded kitchen tools back one by one david knelt on the cold floor cleaning them with shaking hands
34:37disgusting he finally cherished what he helped destroy laura rushed in and screamed at the wreckage
34:46have you lost your mind david spun around and seized her throat was the rogue wolf locked in the mind
34:54by
34:54you his claws pricked her skin was eva's death planned from the beginning laura's fear twisted into a smile
35:05fine yes i planned it david's hand tightened i ruined her chances since we were children i faked
35:14the wolf face i got the potion i told robert to lock the rogue in the mine mom and dad
35:22rushed in just in
35:23time to hear every word this is the younger sister they have doted on since childhood laura's true colors
35:29hidden for so many years were finally exposed to the public yet there was no trace of joy on eva's
35:36face in fact she looked even more sorrowful this righteous trial has come too late laura laughed
35:44harder she screamed your name when the wolf tore into her you were busy marrying me david's claws shot out
35:51mom fanted with a broken cry laura used the chaos to run but the front door was already blocked lucy
35:58stood there with police officers and elder council guards laura clutched her stomach you can't arrest
36:04me i'm i'm pregnant lucy stepped forward and threw a medical report at her feet stop acting you were
36:12never pregnant the report showed no pregnancy only hormone injections and forged records laura's mouth
36:19opened but no sound came out the werewolf council hall was packed lucy stood before the
36:27elders with boxes of evidence surveillance of laura and robert bank transfers to the doctor lena's
36:33recording the parents confession david's termination letter against eva one by one the evidence appeared
36:40on the giant screen the crowd erupted blood for blood laura trembled in chains they're lying eva always
36:49wanted attention silence the elder's cane struck the floor david's family assets are frozen his
36:56noble privileges are revoked laura corner will be transferred to maximum security prison pending final
37:02judgment david suddenly stood no i'm not only a victim of her lies every eye turned to him i watched
37:09eva be
37:10taken away i fired her i abandoned her pregnant i asked to be sentenced with laura laura screamed don't
37:18drag me down with you david did not look at her i deserve death too the court did not sentence
37:25david to
37:25death that became his punishment moon shadow hotel collapsed within days partners withdrew guests
37:33canceled and old employees resigned together eva kept this place alive you killed her and expected
37:40us to serve you david said nothing he brought my coffin to the chapel where our ceremony should have
37:46happened for three days and nights he knelt before it without food or water his forehead split
37:54knocking against the floor eva punish me please
38:01i had already died i had no interest in punishing him for his peace on the fourth day police brought
38:10news robert has confessed laura planned to kill you after the honeymoon and take over the hotel assets
38:17david lifted his hollow eyes she called you useful then disposable david laughed once a broken sound
38:25so i killed eva for someone who was already measuring my grave the chapel candles flickered like they were
38:34disgusted too mom and dad cried until they could barely breathe for the first time laura called home from
38:43his detention and no one answered dad signed the statement first from today on laura is no longer our
38:50daughter mom's hand shook as she signed beneath him when i was alive they never chose me after i died
38:58choosing me cost nothing the evening news played robert's arrest robert gray suspected accomplice in eva
39:05corner's homicide has confessed to acting under laura corner's instruction the police found robert's dna
39:12at the mine and recovered payment records tied to laura investigators confirm laura's wolf bait
39:17poisoning was staged from the beginning mom slid to the floor
39:21i helped them kill my eva dad covered his face old in a single night outside neighbors whispered
39:31they raised a murderer and buried the good daughter police brought laura out in handcuffs
39:36neighbors gathered at the gate pointing and whispering that's the younger sister the one they spoiled she
39:44she killed eva for a man laura suddenly dropped to her knees in front of our parents mom dad i'm
39:51your
39:52only child now write me a forgiveness letter please the words froze the air mom slowly reached out and
40:01touched laura's hair the way she had touched it when we were little for one second laura thought she had
40:08one then mom slapped her again again and again blood debt must be paid in blood dad turned away
40:18shaking laura screamed you can't abandon me eva is dead i'm the only one left mom collapsed clawing at
40:27her own chest that is exactly why i hate myself the police dragged laura toward the car laura's eyes
40:35found mine for an impossible instant i should have burned the body everyone heard her the neighbors
40:42recoiled in horror laura wet herself from fear then shoved mom away with sudden madness stop acting
40:50righteous you all helped me because you loved me more mom covered her ears laura rubbed her stomach out
40:58of habit then remembered there was no baby her face twisted eva always had what i wanted talent
41:05david's first love that stupid gentle smile i just took the life she wasted dad whispered
41:12monster laura laughed you made me one police forced her into the car but her voice still rang through the
41:21street if you had loved eva more maybe she'd be alive that night my parents sat in the living room
41:27until dawn their hair seemed to turn white under the cold light mom kept washing her hands until they
41:33bled i tied the rope i held the bottle i killed her dad tried to stop her then began crying
41:41too their
41:42punishment had finally begun but it would never equal one second of my death in prison laura still refused
41:50to repent she bribed inmates with promises and sent threats through her lawyer miss laura says if you
41:56don't sell the house for her defense she will drag the whole family down dad listened express
42:01expression dead give this to the police instead he handed over the last folder of evidence mom signed
42:08the legal document severing parental ties her eyes were so swollen she could barely see i have no daughter
42:14named laura that same day dad suffered a heart attack and was rushed to the icu david requested
42:22prison visitation with a sharpened blade hidden in his sleeve he wanted to die with laura and call
42:27it justice in the visiting room laura smiled at him through the glass kill me if you want but remember
42:35david you were the one who truly killed eva david's fingers tightened around the hidden knife laura leaned
42:42closer want to know what she screamed before she died laura played the recording through the prison phone
42:50my voice burst out from the speaker faint hoarse and terrified david help me david's face collapsed
43:00you were saying vows to me while she called your name if you had opened that warehouse she might have
43:07lived
43:08david smashed his fist through the glass partition i'll kill you guards rushed in electric batons struck him
43:16down he spent three days in confinement when he came out he signed away every remaining asset to the eva
43:25corner welfare foundation then he went to lucy's door and knelt in the rain let me attend eva's funeral please
43:35lucy opened the door with red rimmed eyes you don't get to cry over the body you abandoned
43:44i just want to say goodbye show up and i'll kill you beside her grave she slammed the door david
43:53remained
43:54kneeling until sunrise that was when he began preparing to die my parents escaped the icu against
44:01the doctor's orders and knelt outside lucy's home dad's lips were blue mom could hardly see
44:08let us attend eva's funeral please we are her parents lucy looked down at them parents don't
44:16leave daughters tied in mines they knocked their foreheads against the stone steps for five days
44:22and fainted several times lucy still refused at my funeral every wolf i had ever fed helped or comforted
44:31my parents and david came my parents and david were not notified for once the room was full of people
44:39who remembered me without needing guilt but after the service lucy discovered the urn was missing my
44:45parents had stolen it from the memorial table she is our daughter her ashes belong with us lucy chased
44:52their car down and blocked it in the road her claws emerged give eva back tires screeched behind them
45:00david jumped out of another car no one takes her from me again three kinds of regret fought over my
45:07ashes
45:07like they had ever owned me the chapel was filled with white flowers and winter wind pack members came
45:15with candles recipe cards and small desserts i had once made for them eva gave my child free pastries
45:21every birthday never let anyone leave hungry my parents stood far away barely upright david leaned
45:28against the doorway thinner than before a cigarette burning untouched between his fingers he did not
45:34dare look at my urn i'm sorry no one answered him in life i had been quiet enough to disappear
45:42in death
45:43strangers remembered me better than family during the final prayer lucy stepped forward eva hated cold
45:50rooms she loved sunshine grass and the osmangus tree behind our old school when everyone bowed their
45:57heads she wrapped my urn in her coat i'm taking you somewhere they can't fight over you
46:06she slipped out through the side door for the first time since my death i wanted to follow someone
46:11rain poured down so hard it blurred the road lucy held my urn against her chest as if shielding me
46:17from
46:17the storm her hair stuck to her face her lips were pale remember when we were eight i climbed that
46:25stupid tree and got stuck she laughed through tears everyone said to wait for adults you climbed
46:33up anyway and fell harder than i did i tried to wipe her tears but my hand passed through her
46:40cheek
46:41behind us my parents and david ran through the rain mom dropped to her knees please give her
46:47back let me hold my daughter once lucy turned eyes burning
46:56you held her when you poured poison down her throat we regret it then live with it
47:04don't use her ashes to make yourselves feel forgiven lucy lucy hugged the urn tighter none of you
47:13get to touch her again lightning split the sky as if heaven agreed
47:23after the storm the sky cleared
47:29lucy walked alone to the old osmanthus tree behind our childhood school
47:34sunlight filtered through the leaves warm and golden lucy hummed the silly song we used to sing when
47:40we were children you always said this place smelled like home she dug carefully beneath the tree and
47:48placed my urn in the earth beside it she said a strawberry pie iced coffee and the white dress i
47:56had once admired through a shop window i couldn't protect you then i'll protect your peace now i sat
48:05beside her though she could not see me for the first time the abandoned warehouse felt far away the wind
48:12moved through the branches scattering tiny blossoms over lucy's shoulders lucy smiled through tears
48:19rest here eva no one will force you to give anything up again i leaned against her like i used
48:27to
48:29if love had a shape maybe it was this quiet morning
48:34years passed under the osmanthus tree one sunny afternoon lucy came with a basket and sat against
48:40my grave laura and robert are in prison moonshadow hotel went bankrupt david drinks until he forgets
48:48his own name she paused then smiled softly i'm better now not healed but better i floated beside her
48:58lighter than before footsteps approached my parents came slowly carrying pastries they had once bought
49:05only for laura david followed with a box of handmade cookies eva loved these lucy stood up funny you knew
49:17what
49:17she loved dad lowered his head you knew she liked green dresses strawberry pies quiet kitchens you just
49:25pretended not to know because laura wanted louder things david set the cookies down with shaking hands i
49:31made them from her recipe recipes don't forgive murder the three of them stood silent they had
49:38always known me they simply chose not to love me lucy left before the three of them could turn grief
49:44into a performance mom knelt in front of my grave her eyes were clouded white from crying dad's back
49:50was bent his steps slow david's hair had gone gray at the temples though he was still young they placed
49:56candy dresses photos baking tools and the green ring beside the stone eva mom brought your favorite
50:04sugar candy i found the dress you once wanted i should have bought it then i kept your recipe book
50:11dry
50:12so they remembered everything they remembered the candies i stared at the dresses i touched the ring i
50:19never removed the kitchen i loved all my life i thought i had failed to make myself understood now i
50:25knew
50:26they had understood perfectly they simply chose laura every time david pressed his forehead to the
50:31ground forgive me the osmanthus blossoms fell between us the dead cannot forgive what the living never
50:37protected my parents sold the villa the cars and every remaining luxury they donated the money to
50:45children's welfare homes under my name then moved into a leaking rental room mom was blind dad was half
50:52paralyzed they survived on scraps and the help of a nurse every day they asked to be pushed near my
50:58grave but they only dared kneel far away those are the parents who killed eva they accepted every insult
51:03without argument not far from my grave david dug a pit with his own hand beside it stood a stone
51:09carved
51:10with his name if i can't be with her in life i'll guard her in death lucy arrived with a
51:18hammer
51:19you don't get a grave beside her he smashed the stone until cracks spread across his name david climbed
51:25into the pit and closed his eyes and kill me here let my blood pay her back lucy raised the
51:33hammer trembling
51:34with rage even his death still tried to take place beside mine lucy did not swing the hammer your dirty
51:42blood
51:42would stain eva's tree david lived after that but not for himself using my recipes he opened a free
51:49pastry school for children whose families ignored them no child who loves baking should be told their
51:55dream is worthless year after year students learned under my name he never remarried he never slept
52:02without nightmares when he was old he handed the school and all his remaining assets to lucy use it for
52:08eva
52:09not for me that night he placed a strawberry cake before my grave i'm sorry then he went to the
52:1818th floor of the hotel where we had first promised forever and jumped his last note asked to be buried
52:24beside me lucy read it once and burned it no she buried him far away where no osmanthus flowers grew
52:31i remembered the boy i first loved smiling under academy sunlight i never imagined we would end with
52:38ashes and distance years later lucy came again with white flowers she sat beside my grave and opened a
52:45small newspaper clipping robert was executed last winter the wind rustled the leaves laura isn't dead yet
52:53but prison has its own judge justice a drug-making inmate poisoned her slowly for years doctors say she won't
53:00last much longer lucy did not smile when she said it i thought i'd be happy mostly i just wish
53:08you were
53:09here to eat cake with me justice had come but it could not laugh in my voice for many years
53:14i remained
53:14beneath the osmanthus tree lucy visited every week sometimes she talked sometimes she sat in silence
53:22i drifted with the wind then returned to the roots the world moved forward around us children grew
53:28seasons changed blossoms fell and bloomed again i'll keep coming eva her promise was the only one that
53:36never broke i miss you eva one spring lucy did not come alone a gentle man stood beside her holding
53:48a
53:48little girl's hand eva this is my mate and this is my daughter the girl placed a cookie before my
53:56grave
53:57lucy's eyes were wet but bright we're leaving the northern territory for a while i may not come every
54:04week anymore i floated to the branch above her a single osmane blossom loosened and fell into her palm
54:13lucy looked up sharply
54:18eva she closed her hand around the flower and smiled through tears i knew you'd bless me
54:28after that she came every year with her mate and daughter she told me the final endings one by one
54:33laura died from the poison your parents passed away from grief and illness david died years ago after
54:41jumping from the hotel lucy exhaled it's over now all the people who hurt me had reached their endings
54:51only love still returned life was a cycle of blooming and falling lucy's daughter grew tall
55:02each year my soul became lighter the pain of the silver mine faded first then david's face then my
55:11parents voices only lucy remained clear one autumn afternoon she stood beneath the tree with silver in
55:18her hair she stuck the candles into my birthday cake then ate it bite by small bite shedding tears
55:25eva this might be the last birthday i'll ever be able to celebrate with you still youthful in
55:31appearance i gazed with deep affection at her now white-haired and aged i don't know what to say just
55:38thank you meeting you was the greatest stroke of luck in my otherwise unfortunate life lucy tilted
55:45her head back to look at her head back to look at the sky facing directly toward eva eva if
55:50there's
55:51a next life find me earlier i reached out and this time the wind carried my answer i will
56:00osmonesis blossoms burst from the branches golden and bright lucy's tears fell but she smiled then
56:08we'll be best friends again the light behind the tree opened like a warm door i looked once more
56:16at the grave the flowers lucy and the children waving at the wind i was no longer a daughter begging
56:22to be chosen nor a mate waiting to be saved i was free with lucy's love as my final memory
56:30as i walked into the light i walked into the light and disappeared
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