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00:03Damon had his people throw me off the pack hall at our mating ceremony.
00:06Vivian's pup needs a father on paper.
00:08Once my bond with her is dissolved, I will marry you.
00:12Everyone assumed I would wait one more month.
00:13After all, I had already waited seven years.
00:16But that very same night, I accepted my family's marriage arrangement.
00:19I flew across the border and left Damon's world.
00:21For good.
00:22Three years later, I returned to the old territory with my husband for the ancestral rights.
00:26Ethan was held up by something urgent, so we fly separately.
00:29He sent people from a pack he had acquired three years ago to pick me up.
00:33In the crowd at the arrival gate, I spotted a sign.
00:35It bore my pack name, Lena.
00:37I walked toward it.
00:38The person holding the sign looked up.
00:40It was Damon.
00:40Vivian stood beside him, along with a group of old friends from years past.
00:44They were waiting for me.
00:45They didn't know the person they were waiting for was me.
00:47Damon saw me.
00:48He startled for a second.
00:49Then that self-important smile slid back onto his face.
00:52See?
00:53I told you she'd come back.
00:55Damon, isn't that your little lapdog, Lena?
00:58Someone in the crowd recognized me.
01:00Laughter erupted.
01:01She disappeared for three years and now that Damon's made it big, she comes crawling back?
01:04Dressed like that?
01:05She can't even afford a decent outfit?
01:07Things must have gone badly out there, huh, Lena?
01:09I glanced down at the heartstone chain on my wrist.
01:12The one worth $20 million.
01:13I said nothing.
01:15Whenever I used to see Damon, I dressed to perfection.
01:17The most flawless makeup.
01:18The most tailored gown.
01:20Putting my very best self on display for him.
01:22And now, this outfit was custom made for me by someone Ethan had commissioned.
01:26Because I was pregnant, and he refused to let me wear anything restrictive.
01:29I didn't need to dress up for anyone anymore all for comfort.
01:32I also understood what was happening.
01:34They only knew my pack name.
01:35They had no idea the person they were here to collect was me.
01:38So they were still mocking me.
01:39Still unaware of what they were doing.
01:42The silence stretched too long.
01:44One of Damon's old friends stepped in to smooth things over.
01:47Lena, it's good that you're back.
01:49Damon's actually been looking for you all these years.
01:51The smile on Damon's face stiffened for a beat.
01:54Vivian's pup is starting academy soon.
01:56You'll be responsible for drop-offs and pick-ups from now on.
01:58Three years had passed.
01:59He was exactly the same.
02:01That sense of entitlement.
02:02That air of superiority.
02:03I was about to reveal who I was.
02:05Lena, don't blame Damon.
02:06He's arranging this for your own good.
02:09The way you've been getting by out there,
02:11you don't even qualify to be my personal secretary.
02:14Help me look after my son.
02:16No one will look down on you for that.
02:18Damon caught me frowning and assumed I was jealous.
02:20A flicker of satisfaction crossed his eyes.
02:22All right, if the outside world didn't work out,
02:24stop pretending it did.
02:27Take care of the child.
02:29Know your place.
02:30Don't worry.
02:31There's no shortage of Omega servant quarters in the house.
02:34He genuinely believed.
02:36I had come back because I couldn't let him go.
02:38Look how well Damon's taking care of you.
02:40Room and board all sorted.
02:42Go on.
02:42Thank Damon.
02:44Lena, don't worry.
02:45If my son acts up, I'll discipline him myself.
02:48I won't let you be mistreated.
02:50Damon let out a cold laugh.
02:51What does she have to be mistreated about?
02:54She vanished over something trivial,
02:56and now she's back because she couldn't make it out there.
02:59A little hardship is exactly what she deserves.
03:03My heart skipped.
03:03Even now, he's still called that.
03:05Trivial.
03:05The heavy rain outside Pack Hall is back as he walked in with Vivian.
03:09Seven years.
03:10To him, it was just a trivial thing.
03:11The boy who had once carried me across half the territory while bleeding out himself.
03:16Just to keep his promise.
03:17He was long dead.
03:19Dead the day he chose Vivian for the first time.
03:21It was all in the past.
03:22I didn't need any of that anymore.
03:23I was about to have my second child.
03:26I pressed down every feeling and looked at Damon with perfect calm.
03:29Aren't you here to pick me up?
03:31Let's go.
03:32A beat of silence fell over the crowd.
03:34Then, laughter exploded.
03:37Wait for you?
03:38Who do you think you are?
03:40We're waiting for Lena.
03:42Do you even know who that is?
03:44Of course I did.
03:45That's my name.
03:46Ethan swore never to bond.
03:48They say he was waiting for her his whole life.
03:51Everyone in the circles knows, if you want to get close to Ethan, go through his Luna.
03:55There's nothing he wouldn't give up for that woman.
03:57Listening to them describe my own life, I couldn't keep the corners of my mouth from lifting.
04:00Three years into our bond, Ethan's power had only grown.
04:04And his reputation for doting on his Luna had grown with it.
04:06Vivian had always had a talent for flaunting other people's lives in my face.
04:09At the Blood Summit auction, Ethan won a Hearthstone chain for his Luna.
04:14Value?
04:15$20 million.
04:16Every female on the continent envies that woman.
04:22It's this one.
04:25Everyone was staring at the chain on my wrist.
04:27Damon grabbed my hand and leaned in for a close look.
04:30Replica.
04:31Which delivery boy Omega bought you this?
04:34Wearing garbage like that in public, shameless.
04:37I pulled my hand free.
04:38I traced my fingers over every stone on the chain.
04:41The day Ethan clasped it onto my wrist, he murmured in my ear,
04:44Don't ever take it off.
04:45I smiled.
04:46Damon saw my smile.
04:47His pupils contracted sharply.
04:48He lunged forward and ripped the chain from my wrist.
04:51I hadn't been ready for it.
04:52He got away with it.
04:53The thing Ethan gave me had just fallen into Vivian's hands.
04:56Nice weight.
04:57Definitely more refined than the fake I bought.
04:59But I wouldn't be caught dead wearing something like this in public.
05:03Or could it be...
05:04Lena.
05:05Are you Lena?
05:06You're the legendary Blood Summit Luna?
05:09The laughter that broke out was deafening, because it was absurd.
05:12Ethan was the strongest alpha on the continent.
05:14And I, three years ago, was the broken Omega Damon had driven out of Pack Hall.
05:18No one could possibly connect the two.
05:21Vivian tossed the chain in her palm, weighing it.
05:24Lena, I'll buy this off you.
05:26Double the price.
05:27Give it back.
05:28That was a gift from Ethan.
05:34Shut up.
05:35Damon towered over me, eyes burning with irritation.
05:37You think you can drop Ethan's name just like that?
05:41Spreading rumors about a connection with him in a place like this?
05:44Are you trying to get me killed?
05:46Lena, do you have any idea?
05:48Getting to receive Ethan's Luna was a chance a thousand people fought over.
05:53Damon's pack was acquired by Ethan three years ago.
05:56We all survive on his goodwill now.
05:58If you spread lies here, you'll bring ruin down on every single one of us.
06:02I slowly raised my hand and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.
06:06Slowly turned my head and looked Damon directly in the eyes.
06:10Damon's brow furrowed.
06:11Something in his gaze flickered with unease.
06:14He thought I was the Lena he remembered.
06:16He thought I would cry, beg, explain.
06:19He didn't know.
06:20The way I looked at him now was the same way I'd look at a dead man.
06:24Vivian caught the way Damon was looking at me.
06:25She immediately pointed a finger in my face.
06:28Lena, you ungrateful wolf.
06:30Damon already agreed to take you in and this is how you act?
06:34Even if you resent him, you don't get to use this kind of revenge.
06:38I had a strange sense of deja vu.
06:41Three years ago, it was exactly like this.
06:43No matter what happened, Vivian would twist the truth and feed it to Damon.
06:47In the beginning, Damon would still yell at Vivian for it.
06:50Later, he started echoing her words to come after me.
06:52Just like now, Damon bit out.
06:54Jealous.
06:55But he didn't keep going.
06:56He went quiet for a moment.
06:58Then reached into his jacket.
06:59Placed a check in front of me.
07:01Two hundred thousand.
07:02The posture of charity.
07:04The expression of charity.
07:06He genuinely believed this was the greatest dignity he could offer me.
07:09Out of respect for what we once had, I won't do anything to you.
07:13Take the money.
07:14Go buy yourself something decent to wear.
07:16If you don't want to look after the child,
07:18I'll find you a respectable position in a few days.
07:21Since Ethan acquired my pack, this amount means nothing to me.
07:24I looked at that check.
07:25Looked at his face, giving charity.
07:27Under the stunned stares of everyone around us, I pushed it back.
07:31Retrieved the chain from Vivian's hand.
07:33No thank you.
07:34I don't take things from strangers.
07:36I'm a stranger?
07:38Lena, what the hell does that mean?
07:40Since the relationship is over, it's better we don't associate.
07:43I wouldn't want my husband to get the wrong idea.
07:47Damon's expression shifted.
07:50He glanced at Vivian and that knowing look crossed his face.
07:53He thought I was trying to make him jealous.
07:55In three days, Ironcrest Pack is hosting a Blood Moon Gala in Ethan's honor.
07:59I'll take you.
08:01Give you a glimpse of how the other half lives.
08:06Though you'll need to find yourself something decent to wear first, or else...
08:10No thank you.
08:11Damon's face darkened.
08:13Lena, I hope in three days you'll still feel this confident.
08:17I walked out of the arrival gate without looking back.
08:20Fresh air flooded my lungs.
08:22The nausea in my stomach finally began to ease.
08:24Three years ago, my family had pressured me to cross the border for an arranged marriage.
08:29I held out against it and ran to Damon, begging him to complete our bond first.
08:34Make it a done deal before anyone could interfere.
08:36As you wish.
08:37He agreed.
08:37Then at the doors of Pack Hall, I didn't just find him.
08:40I found Vivian waiting beside him.
08:43Vivian's pup needs to be registered.
08:45I have to complete the bond with her first.
08:47One month.
08:48Then I'll come for you immediately.
08:50It's only for the child's sake.
08:52Don't read into it.
08:53I watched him walk into Pack Hall with Vivian on his arm.
08:56That night, I set out.
08:58One month later, I married Ethan.
09:00The year after that, Leo was born.
09:03Just a few days ago, I confirmed I was carrying a second.
09:06If not for accompanying Ethan back for the ancestral rites.
09:09I would never have set foot on this land again for the rest of my life.
09:13Let alone, run into him at the arrival gate.
09:15Three days later, I put on a light layer of makeup.
09:18The same custom soft fabric dress.
09:20I went to the Blood Moon Gala alone.
09:22The moment I walked in, Damon spotted me.
09:27A light flickered in his eyes.
09:29That familiar, self-satisfied curve pulled at the corner of his mouth.
09:32Said you wouldn't come, but here you are.
09:36Body doesn't lie.
09:41Though if you want me to look twice, you could at least dress the part.
09:45For an occasion like this, what you're wearing...
09:48I stepped around him and kept walking.
09:49He grabbed my arm.
09:51I'm talking to you.
09:55Our seats are over here.
09:57Where are you going?
09:58I looked calmly toward the far end of the hall.
10:00That's your seat.
10:02Mine is over there.
10:04Following my gaze, Damon saw the head table.
10:06The Alpha's seat.
10:07The Luna's seat.
10:09His expression changed.
10:10Vivian's eyes turned vicious instantly.
10:13She fixed her glare on the chain at my wrist and raised her voice.
10:16Lena!
10:17How did you get in here?
10:19Are you here to cause trouble?
10:20Walking in with that chain.
10:22Are you trying to humiliate the Luna?
10:25Tonight is Ethan's first time bringing his Luna out in public.
10:29Rogue woman.
10:30Get out!
10:31Every guest in the room turned to look.
10:33Someone glanced at Damon.
10:35Damon Alpha.
10:36Do you know this person?
10:37Damon straightened his cuffs, perfectly composed.
10:40No.
10:40One word.
10:41Clean.
10:42Final.
10:43Vivian lifted her chin immediately.
10:45Take off that chain and get out!
10:48She reached for it.
10:49I stepped aside.
10:50But someone deliberately tripped me from behind.
10:52I fell.
10:54Vivian planted her foot on my wrist.
10:56The chain.
10:58She tore it free with brute force.
11:00The gems scattered across the floor, like a shattered constellation.
11:05Drag her out!
11:06Pain screamed through my wrist, bone deep.
11:08Stop!
11:09I'm Ethan!
11:11His what?
11:12His mistress?
11:14Who do you think you are?
11:17She backhands me again.
11:19I lay against the middle of the floor.
11:20When I came back here, I hadn't planned to settle scores with anyone.
11:23There was no point.
11:24But now, she had struck me twice.
11:26She had destroyed something Ethan gave me.
11:28She would pay for both of those things.
11:31Everything she was capable of losing.
11:33She would lose it all.
11:35Damon crouched in front of me.
11:36He reached out as if to touch the wound on my wrist.
11:39I flinched away on instinct.
11:41He looked at me coldly.
11:42Are you done making a scene?
11:45You came in that outfit, wearing that chain.
11:48You missed me, didn't you?
11:50You wanted to make me jealous.
11:51Just say the word and I'll give you what you want.
11:54Damon.
11:54I raised my eyes to meet his.
11:56You're finished.
11:57Damon frowned, about to speak.
11:59The atmosphere in the gala shifted.
12:01Every guest began composing themselves, pressing toward the entrance.
12:04Damon leaned down and murmured to me.
12:06Ethan's here.
12:08Behave yourself.
12:09Vivian and I have already dissolved our bond.
12:11I pressed my nearly crushed wrist.
12:13Looking at his face, I felt nothing but revulsion.
12:16Whether you two dissolve your bond or not, what does that have to do with me?
12:21Then, the doors opened.
12:23Ethan walked in, carrying Leo.
12:27The moment Leo entered the hall, he squirmed to get down from Ethan's arms.
12:31The moment the cherub-faced little pup touched the ground,
12:34every eye in the room was pulled to him.
12:36Damon turned to me abruptly.
12:39Lena, as long as you stop provoking Vivian, I can forgive you for disappearing three years.
12:43I'll give you a chance.
12:45Bear me a child.
12:46A child that belongs to us.
12:48I paid him no attention.
12:49I was looking through the crowd, trying to catch Leo's eye.
12:53Leo's gaze swept the room.
12:54Then, locked, he broke free from Ethan's hand and charged toward me.
12:58Crashed into my arms.
13:00Mama, what happened to you?
13:02Who did this?
13:04Why is there so much blood on your hand?
13:06That one word.
13:07Mama.
13:08And the entire gala went still.
13:12The guests who had stood by cold-eyed while I was struck, their faces all changed at once.
13:18Leo held on to me, eyes going red.
13:20I crouched to meet him at eye level.
13:23Cupped his round little cheeks in my hands.
13:26Mama is fine.
13:28Whoever dares to treat Mama like this.
13:31I was about to reassure him when I felt the pressure from behind.
13:35Not an ordinary approach.
13:36It was Ethan's.
13:37The kind that felt like a mountain moving.
13:39The kind that made the air itself go still.
13:41The crowd parted automatically.
13:43I didn't need to turn around to know he was furious.
13:46Since I'd gotten pregnant with our second, he'd have kept me physically tucked against him if he could.
13:50If it hadn't been for the urgent matter, he never would have sent someone else to pick me up.
13:55I lifted Leo into my arms.
13:57Turned around.
13:57Ethan was standing there.
13:59His gaze dropped to the bloodstain on my wrist.
14:01Then to the marks on my face.
14:04His eyes went dark.
14:07Leo slipped out of my arms and ran to Ethan.
14:10Daddy, someone hurt Mama!
14:12Let's go get revenge!
14:16Lena, tell me what happened.
14:19One moment I'm away and you're already hurting.
14:21Which blind fool did this?
14:23I'm fine, Ethan.
14:25Lena, I'm your mate.
14:28If something wronged you, you don't have to carry it alone.
14:30We can't let anyone hurt Mama!
14:33Maybe it was the pregnancy.
14:34Maybe I'd held it together for too long.
14:36My voice came out with a tremor I hadn't planned for.
14:39You weren't there and they all went after me.
14:42At that moment, Leo's eyes caught something on the floor.
14:46He bent down and picked up a single gem.
14:48Daddy, isn't this part of the gift you gave Mama?
14:52Ethan took the stone and turned it over.
14:54On the back, two letters were engraved.
14:57E. L.
14:59Turn on every light.
15:04Every light in the gala blazed on.
15:07Ethan tilted my face toward him.
15:11Ethan, they actually dared to do this to you.
15:14We can't let them get away with this.
15:15I didn't know if it was the pregnancy, but my emotions kept slipping past my defenses.
15:20You weren't there and they all went after me.
15:25The people who had followed to the arrival gate to mock me.
15:29Their legs were shaking now.
15:31They were finally putting it together.
15:34The woman in the custom soft fabric dress three days ago.
15:37The woman with the heartstone chain on her wrist.
15:40The woman who kept insisting she was Ethan's Luna.
15:44She hadn't been making it up.
15:46Every word she said had been true.
15:51Just then, Vivian's follower, Jade, stepped forward.
15:54Lena, are these two actors you hired?
15:58Not bad performances, honestly.
16:00Want Vivian to help you find an agent?
16:03Though, since you can't even afford a decent outfit these days.
16:06I have one I've worn before.
16:08I could give it to you.
16:09Save you the embarrassment.
16:10Jade had arrived last.
16:12She hadn't seen Leo throw himself into my arms.
16:15She had dressed to kill tonight.
16:16Hoping to catch the eye of a powerful mate.
16:19The fastest route to a powerful mate in these circles.
16:23Was to win Vivian's favor.
16:25And the most effective way to win Vivian's favor.
16:28Was to make my life miserable.
16:30So she opened her mouth.
16:33No one in the room laughed.
16:35Everyone was staring at her like she'd lost her mind.
16:38Jade began to panic.
16:40She turned to Ethan and tilted her face upward, trying to be coy.
16:43The man next to her, he's not bad looking.
16:46If you're willing to leave Lena, I might consider keeping you.
16:50Keeping.
16:51Ethan.
16:52I nearly laughed out loud.
16:57Ethan started laughing.
16:59That kind of laugh.
17:00The rare one.
17:02Where it curls up at the corners and he can't quite stop it.
17:05He had always been particular about my safety.
17:07Over the years, anyone who tried to get close to him either vanished or ended up on the far end
17:12of the continent.
17:14He wasn't angry.
17:15He simply found her amusing.
17:17In the way one finds someone who has used up their borrowed time, Jade sensed the shift in the room
17:23and tried to press herself closer to Vivian.
17:26Vivian immediately gave her a slap that sent her to the floor.
17:30Jade, are you trying to die?
17:31You dare offend Ethan and his Luna?
17:34Do you have a death wish?
17:36Jade clutched her face, slumped on the marble murmuring.
17:39Lena is Lena.
17:40She's really the Luna.
17:42I offended.
17:44I...
17:44Ethan was notorious across the continent for being fiercely protective of his mate.
17:49Jade's mind went to what might be waiting for her.
17:52Her whole body began to tremble.
17:54Someone in the crowd gasped.
17:56All eyes moved to the hem of Jade's dress.
17:58She had wet herself from fear.
18:01Ethan gave a slight frown.
18:03His guards understood without a word and dragged her out.
18:07Damon and Vivian's faces flushed a deep, mortified red.
18:11Everyone in the room knew that Jade's words had always followed wherever their hearts pointed.
18:19The healer Ethan had summoned was treating my wounds.
18:22The antiseptic touched skin.
18:24I hissed through my teeth.
18:26Just that one sound.
18:28And Ethan and Leo both looked up with murder in their eyes.
18:32You can't even apply medicine without hurting her?
18:35The healer's hands began to shake even harder.
18:37I pretended to glare at them.
18:40Lena.
18:40Mama.
18:42Father and son both shrank back, looking aggrieved.
18:45I sighed.
18:47The healer is helping me.
18:48Stop terrifying her.
18:50The healer visibly exhaled.
18:52After her examination, she addressed Ethan.
18:55Alpha Ethan.
18:56The luma is unharmed, and the pup in the womb is safe as well.
19:00The wound on her wrist is fairly deep.
19:03I'll use the finest medicine available and do my best to ensure it heals without scarring.
19:08Ethan went quiet.
19:09It said nothing.
19:11Only I knew.
19:13This was what it looked like when he was truly, deeply furious.
19:18Damon, the one most responsible for all of it, was finally beginning to feel afraid.
19:24He never could have imagined.
19:26That the omega he had thrown away had become the mate of the man above him in every hierarchy that
19:32mattered.
19:34Ethan stood beside me and swept a slow gaze across the room.
19:38I'd like you all to volunteer what happened in the past few days.
19:43If I have to find out on my own, he paused.
19:47Everyone present may not die pleasantly.
19:49Damon's complexion shifted.
19:51He was the first to speak.
19:54Ethan Alpha, this is all a misunderstanding.
19:57As Lena's former intended mate, I was simply catching up with her.
20:01The glass in Ethan's hand let out a faint, precise crack.
20:04Damon didn't notice and kept going.
20:06Ethan Alpha must know how much Lena used to love me.
20:10Catching up is only natural, isn't it?
20:13The glass shattered.
20:14Ethan's hand was covered in blood.
20:16I ached just looking at it.
20:18Damon, stop flattering yourself.
20:19I tended to Ethan's hand while I spoke.
20:21In this life, I have only ever loved Ethan.
20:24Say anything else to drive a wedge between us and don't expect me to stay civil.
20:28Ethan looked down, watching me bandage his hand.
20:31And then he smiled.
20:33Lena, you just said I'm your favorite.
20:37I was speechless.
20:41Damon's expression turned wounded.
20:44Lena, Vivian and I have dissolved our bond.
20:47He opened his mouth again.
20:49That pup could call you mama going forward too.
20:52You only married Ethan to spite me, didn't you?
20:54I understand.
20:54I don't mind.
20:56As long as you're willing to come back, everything I can give you,
20:59none of it is less than what he offers.
21:01As long as you're willing to come back and be my son's nanny.
21:04Leo, sitting nearby, slowly set down his fork.
21:06He studied Damon for a moment.
21:08Nanny?
21:09My mama is a little princess at home.
21:13You think you're worthy of making her a nanny?
21:16Mama will only ever have me and my little sister.
21:18Two children.
21:19Your pup of unclear wargences has no business being connected to my mama.
21:23You're not as handsome as my daddy.
21:25Not as tall either.
21:27And you smell the kind of broke that gets into your eyes.
21:30The guests around them burst out laughing.
21:33Damon's face went purple.
21:34At this moment, Vivian had completely lost what remained of her composure.
21:38She heard Damon say, let Lena be the child's mother.
21:42She picked up a fork and lunged at Leo.
21:49The moment Vivian charged at Leo, I released Ethan's hand and threw myself over Leo.
21:54Son, are you?
21:56Okay.
21:57The word never came out.
21:59Before I lost consciousness, I saw Leo's face.
22:02Panicked.
22:03Pale.
22:03I wanted to tell him, don't cry.
22:06The words didn't come.
22:08Everything went dark.
22:11The sharp smell of antiseptic pulled me back.
22:14White ceiling above me.
22:16A patient's gown.
22:18Mia was sitting at the bedside.
22:20The moment she saw my eyes open, she threw herself at me.
22:24Lena.
22:25You're finally awake.
22:27If you'd slept any longer, those two little demons of yours would have torn the whole territory apart.
22:32My first instinct.
22:34I pressed a hand to my stomach.
22:36Mia understood immediately.
22:38Relax.
22:38You and the baby are both perfectly fine.
22:41The doctor said it was the shock combined with the pain from your wound that made you pass out.
22:45Yeah.
22:46That Vivian is absolutely unhinged.
22:49Going at Leo with a fork.
22:50Where are Leo and Ethan?
22:52Safe.
22:53Both of them.
22:54You were still too reckless.
22:56With that many guards around, it wasn't your turn to step in.
23:00That's Leo.
23:01I know, I know.
23:02Your precious little pup.
23:04That little creature is vicious enough on his own.
23:07He didn't need protection.
23:09Where are they now?
23:10The two of them.
23:12Mia's eyes lit up.
23:13Gone to avenge you.
23:16I got there after you'd already passed out,
23:18but I pieced together what happened from the people around.
23:21After you went down,
23:23Leo picked up the fork from the floor
23:25and drove it straight through Vivian's palm.
23:28He's three years old.
23:30I have no idea where he found the strength.
23:32Ethan had also learned by then
23:33what happened at the arrival gate three days ago.
23:36That Damon slapped you.
23:38That he tore off the heartstone chain.
23:40The way they all humiliated you.
23:42He knew every detail.
23:44Then he had his guards hold Damon down
23:47and had the hand that struck you cut off.
23:50Leo watched the whole thing without blinking once.
23:54Such a little tyrant.
23:56Vivian.
23:56Ethan had someone bring in a crate of gemstones
23:58and told her to swallow them all.
23:59He said exactly this.
24:01Since you love taking things that belong to others so much,
24:03I'll give you your fill.
24:04The gems are yours.
24:05So is the man.
24:07She swallowed.
24:08She refused.
24:09So they brought in her son.
24:11She swallowed a lot.
24:13When she was half dead from it,
24:15Ethan had someone carve up her face,
24:18severed the tangents in her son's hands,
24:20and had her thrown into international waters.
24:23The guests who stood there and watched you get beaten,
24:25every single one of them left with a scar on their wrist.
24:27So they'll remember the cost of looking away
24:29while the Luna was being humiliated.
24:30Oh, and one more thing.
24:32Ironcrest pack officially dissolved.
24:33Everything Damon had.
24:34Starting today, gone.
24:39Though Damon was supposed to go into international waters too,
24:42but Vivian threw herself at the guards to buy him time.
24:46So he ran.
24:48Ethan and Leo are looking for him now.
24:52The trade wasn't hard to guess.
24:55Damon must have told Vivian something about her son.
24:58A mother's love will make her capable of anything.
25:01Vivian had swallowed that many stones.
25:04She wouldn't survive long.
25:06The only thing she had left to hold onto was that child.
25:09A heaviness settled somewhere in my chest.
25:11My son was already so good,
25:13and Ethan was turning him into something else entirely.
25:16I was about to ask more questions.
25:18The door to the ward was shoved open.
25:20Two figures.
25:21One tall.
25:22One small.
25:24Leo elbowed Mia aside and launched himself toward the head of my bed.
25:28Lena, you're finally awake.
25:32Where does it hurt?
25:35Everyone who wronged you.
25:37I've already taken care of it.
25:40I'd only been unconscious for one night,
25:42but the two of them looked like they'd lost me for decades.
25:47I'm fine, Ethan.
25:49Stop worrying.
25:50I turned to Leo.
25:52Son?
25:53Did Daddy scold you?
25:54Leo paused.
25:55His little mouth puckered and tears came.
25:58No!
25:59Daddy didn't scold me.
26:01You're lying.
26:02I couldn't stand it when Leo kept things from me.
26:05But he held his ground.
26:07Knowing Ethan's temperament,
26:09Leo had definitely gotten an earful.
26:11I pulled Leo into my arms.
26:13Then I shot Ethan a look.
26:15Ethan froze in place,
26:17unmistakably guilty.
26:19Mama, I won't ever let you get hurt again.
26:22This time it was my fault.
26:24I'm sorry, Mama.
26:26My heart dissolved completely.
26:28Protecting Leo is something Mama is meant to do.
26:32Mama isn't blaming you.
26:34Mia took Leo out.
26:35Just Ethan and me left in the ward.
26:40He was insistent on checking my wounds himself.
26:43Ethan, the doctor already bandaged everything.
26:46He bent down anyway and blew softly on the wound.
26:50Lena, I promise there won't be a next time.
26:55Alright, I believe you.
26:57I hold my life very dear, Ethan.
27:00Because I still have a whole lifetime to spend with you.
27:03His eyes smiled.
27:04Like a child's.
27:06Ethan and Leo absolutely insisted I stay in the healer's den for observation.
27:11A whole team of healers examined me from every angle.
27:14Multiple times.
27:16Only when every indicator came back normal did they clear me for discharge.
27:20Leo, pass Mama.
27:22Lena.
27:23It's me.
27:24I was packing up, facing away from the door.
27:27My hands went still.
27:28I turned around.
27:30Damon.
27:34His face was still swollen.
27:36His whole body covered in wounds.
27:38But he had made himself presentable.
27:40He was wearing the dress shirt I had given him years ago.
27:43The one he had once said was ugly.
27:46Cheap looking.
27:47What do you want?
27:48He had slipped past Ethan's guards to find me.
27:51He had to have connections.
27:52I couldn't afford to act rashly.
27:54Don't be afraid.
27:55I'm not here to hurt you.
27:56Damon seemed to read the caution in me and spoke quickly.
27:59I just...
28:00Just what?
28:03Lena.
28:03I still love you.
28:05When I think about you bonded to another male, carrying his children, I can't bear it.
28:10We can start over.
28:14Start over?
28:15Remember, Damon, when you drove me out of Pack Hall and made me the laughingstock of
28:20the entire pack, did you think about today?
28:24You come to me now with talk of love?
28:27Don't you find that revolting?
28:29Vivian was carrying my pup.
28:31I couldn't just...
28:32Just abandon the situation.
28:35And...
28:35You wouldn't have wanted a child growing up without a father.
28:39I laughed coldly.
28:40Children fall out of the sky, do they?
28:42If you'd kept control of yourself, how would you have accidentally gotten someone pregnant?
28:48And here you still are, making excuses for your own failures.
28:52The number of females you've been with?
28:54I've lost count.
28:56What makes you think I would ever come back?
28:58You're rotting meat.
29:00Why would you think I'd ever want to smell that again?
29:04The door flew open.
29:05Guards surged in and pinned Damon down.
29:08Ethan was the last one through the door, his expression black as char.
29:13Damon.
29:15Not dead fast enough, apparently.
29:18After confirming I was unharmed, he waved a hand and had the guards drag him out.
29:22As Damon was hauled away, he turned his head back.
29:26Ethan, you think she actually loves you?
29:30She only married you because of me!
29:32Ethan's fist connected.
29:34Damon went silent.
29:37He wasn't unaware of what I'd done to shield him.
29:39These years since we bonded, he'd carried a quiet insecurity inside him, always feeling like I didn't love him quite
29:46enough.
29:47I watched his back as he left the ward.
29:50It ached somewhere in me.
29:52As for Damon, I wanted him erased from my life entirely.
29:56That night, back at the Pack Lodge, I stood in the corridor for a while, just drifting in my thoughts.
30:04Wedding portraits from our bonding ceremony hung along the wall.
30:07In the photo, Ethan had eyes only for me.
30:10In the photo, my expression was distant.
30:14Back then, it was still an arranged union.
30:16I hadn't fully opened my heart yet.
30:18But over these years,
30:20I had long since fallen for this man, completely.
30:24I lifted one of the frames from the wall, on the back of the frame.
30:29Photographs.
30:30Covering every inch.
30:32All of me.
30:33Only me.
30:34Starting from high school.
30:36One of me handing out flyers at the academy entrance.
30:39Another taken after my secondary school graduation.
30:41Walking home alone.
30:42He had loved me.
30:44Long before I ever knew who he was.
30:46Footsteps from the far end of the corridor.
30:48Ethan was coming back.
30:50He saw me sitting on the settee, holding those photos.
30:53His footsteps stopped.
30:55He came forward.
30:56Like a child who knew he'd done something wrong.
31:01Lena, how did you-
31:02I looked up.
31:03If you liked me that much,
31:05why didn't you come find me sooner?
31:07You let me waste all those years tangled up with someone like Damon.
31:12The photographs are beautiful, by the way.
31:14I love them.
31:16Lena, you're not angry?
31:18Angry about what?
31:20I was watching your life without you knowing.
31:22I'm not right in the head.
31:24You are not not right in the head.
31:26When I look at these,
31:28all I feel is love.
31:30So much of it.
31:31The man who was almost never anything but composed.
31:33His eyes filled with tears.
31:35Lena,
31:36I never dared hope you'd love me.
31:39I only ever wanted you to stay by my side.
31:43There you go again.
31:45Talking nonsense.
31:46You are all I see, Ethan.
31:49Every part of me.
31:50I had looked into his past afterward.
31:53Abandoned by his birth parents as a child.
31:57His file wrote it simply.
31:59Foundling.
32:00Origin unknown.
32:02A foster father took him in.
32:04But never learned how to show warmth.
32:06In school, he was quiet.
32:08So quiet, no one dared approach him.
32:12Classmates gave him a nickname behind his back.
32:14The mute wolf.
32:15He never fought back.
32:17Every day, he sat alone at the farthest corner of the cafeteria.
32:20A single bowl of plain rice.
32:22No side dishes.
32:23Reading this, my eyes went hot.
32:25And then, I remembered something I had almost forgotten myself.
32:29Back in high school, I once cut through the neighboring academy and glanced into their
32:33cafeteria.
32:34I saw a boy.
32:36Sitting alone.
32:37Too thin.
32:38Uniform hanging loose off his shoulders.
32:41In front of him.
32:42Just a bowl of white rice.
32:44All around him, students laughed and shoved.
32:47Not one looked at him.
32:48He was like an extra person this world had left over.
32:50I walked in.
32:52Pulled a handful of meal vouchers from my bag.
32:55The ones my mother gave me to treat friends with.
32:57Slapped them down on his table.
33:00Hey.
33:00From today on, you're under my wing.
33:02Lena's crew.
33:03Consider this your initiation fee.
33:05The boy lifted his head.
33:07Slowly.
33:08His eyes were dark.
33:10Dark like a well that had never seen sunlight.
33:12I got embarrassed.
33:14Scratched my head.
33:15And ran off.
33:16I never even asked his name.
33:17And that boy.
33:19Turned out to be Ethan.
33:22I sat there, shaking.
33:23Ethan lifted his head.
33:24Lena?
33:25Back then, were you wearing a washed out blue jacket?
33:30He froze.
33:31I watched his face change.
33:32Inch by inch.
33:34Shock.
33:35Disbelief.
33:35Something raw enough to break.
33:37You... you remember?
33:39He dropped to his knees in front of me, like his legs had given out.
33:42I thought you'd forgotten long ago.
33:45I thought all these years it was only mine to carry.
33:52He reached into the inner pocket against his chest.
33:55Drew out a worn leather wallet.
33:57Opened it.
33:58Inside.
33:59A single meal voucher.
34:01Yellowed.
34:02Soft at the corners from being rubbed between fingers.
34:06Over and over.
34:07This one's...
34:08The last.
34:09The others...
34:10I couldn't bear to spend them.
34:11They expired.
34:12Only this one.
34:13I kept on me.
34:14Always.
34:15Every time I felt like I couldn't go on, I'd take it out and look at it.
34:18To tell myself...
34:19Once, in this world, there was a girl who thought I was worth the price of a meal.
34:22My tears fell onto the yellowed voucher.
34:25What I had called a single moment of soft-heartedness was the light that had carried him through his entire
34:31adolescence.
34:33I lifted his face, looked into those same dark eyes from the cafeteria corner.
34:37Ethan.
34:39From today on, it's my turn to watch you.
34:44And this time, you're not allowed to make yourself small anymore.
34:48He didn't speak, just buried his face in my palms.
34:51Warm.
34:51Wet.
34:52Falling, one drop at a time.
34:54This man, who never bowed his head in front of the entire pack,
34:58was crying into my hands like that boy no one ever saw.
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