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THE ALPHA'S REGRET: SHE NEVER LOOKED BACK: Mini-Series Engsub
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00:01I discovered my alpha cheating in our own bedroom with a stepmother and I pretended not to know I found
00:08out my alpha was cheating on me and I caught them right inside our shared chamber thinking I was asleep
00:13I did not move I did not speak I kept my eyes closed my breathing steady and pretended to rest
00:20even as my heart shattered I lay still in the furs every muscle coiled tight forcing calm I was wide
00:27awake every sense heightened
00:29then I heard it the soft shift of body's ragged breath and her voice quiet and hesitant laced with thrill
00:36should we really do this here it's okay she fell asleep my blood turned to ice but I did not
00:47flinch I forced my eyelids shut imagining them no uh my mate the alpha I built pressing Lydia against our
00:54bedroom stone wall his hands in her hair his mouth on hers starved
00:59she was his stepmother the late alpha's mate betraying me right beside my bed they thought I slept thought they
01:05were quiet but I heard every kiss every possessive growl every shameless sigh his hands roamed her like she was
01:12his she clung to him like she belonged in my place I swallowed down bile keeping my breathing even my
01:18face impassive
01:19I lay silent chest aching chest aching as if clawed open but gave no sign I did not scream did
01:25not confront them I just listened letting cold resolve settle the blood moon was coming and I would leave forever
01:32for now I would pretend pretend ignorance pretend the betrayal did not cut deep I would bide my time then
01:40vanish without a trace
01:44this was the man I gave up everything for but he cheated on me with his stepmother behind my back
01:50I am aria I left my entire world behind to stay in this cursed frozen wolf territory a world of
01:56frost and tradition where strength was worshipped and softness was a weakness I tilled the barren earth that had never
02:02grown crops before turning rock and snow into soil that could feed the pack I healed the sick with wild
02:08herbs I'd learned to recognize stitching the
02:11wounds wounds and calming fevers when the pack's old ways only brought suffering I built stable shelters that blocked the
02:17biting winter wind keeping their children alive through the coldest nights most of all I built Noah I turned him
02:24from a reckless hot-headed warrior into a respected alpha teaching him patience wisdom and how to lead with kindness
02:31not just strength I gave him my loyalty my effort my heart and my future I thought love could outrun
02:38tradition I thought he would choose me now
02:41I knew better but I would not let him see how much he had broken me but the moment his
02:46father died everything changed the old alpha's funeral fire had barely turned to ash when Noah brought Lydia back to
02:53our den under the pack's ancient twisted law the son inherits his father's mate a tradition he'd once sworn to
03:00break for me he did not fight it he did not hesitate he did not even apologize he just brought
03:06her home and betrayed me where I slept
03:08that night that night in our chamber was not the first time and it would not be the last and
03:13every night I lay there pretending to sleep pretending not to hear the sounds of their betrayal through the thin
03:20stone walls Lydia was given the chamber beside ours close enough to touch close enough to taunt every night the
03:27whispers the moans the proof that he had forgotten every vow he'd made to me drifted through the walls I
03:33did not scream I did not confront him
03:36I only carved tiny marks into the stone wall and dried beast blood counting down the days until the blood
03:41moon my silent countdown to freedom hidden from his sight
03:46the next morning I went to my seedling beds the fields I'd nurtured with my own two hands the future
03:52I'd built for the pack that owed me everything
03:54when I arrived my heart sank completely every plant was drowned flooded destroyed beyond any hope of saving
04:01Lydia stood beside the wreckage holding a wooden bucket tears streaming down her face
04:07before I could speak Noah appeared he shoved me backward with brutal unthinking force
04:13my knee crashed hard into a sharp stone and white hot pain exploded through my leg
04:18Lydia lifted her tearful face whispering softly
04:21I only wanted to help
04:26can you not even tolerate her
04:28what was the point of explaining he had already chosen
04:31chosen chosen the woman who destroyed my work chosen to believe her lies over my pain
04:36he had chosen to break me one cruelty at a time
04:39I pushed myself up slowly from the mud and dirt
04:43my leg throbbing violently blood dripping steadily down my calf
04:47I lifted my head and looked Noah directly in the eyes
04:50my voice soft but final no hint of the rage I felt
04:53I'm hurt too Noah
04:55for a single heartbeat
04:57I saw hesitation a flicker of guilt a moment of regret but then Lydia whimpered and pressed a hand to
05:04her stomach her voice trembling
05:06a single red drop appeared on her thigh Noah's face turned white
05:11Noah's face turned white he did not hesitate he lifted her in his arms and ran
05:14leaving me alone in the wreckage of the life I had built in that moment the very last thread of
05:20hope inside me snapped clean and final I no longer loved him I no longer hated him I simply did
05:27not care and I let that indifference show my face calm as I tended to my wound alone
05:33one more part of the act one more step toward freedom
05:36we gathered in the healer's small quiet stone chamber later that day the healer's voice suddenly rang out with bright
05:44joy
05:44Lydia was with child with the deepest lunar mark in generations a sign of great power for the pack
05:52Noah's face lit up with a wild overwhelming joy I had never seen a joy he had never shown me
05:58not even on the day he became alpha
06:00then he turned to me his expression cold and calm as if he were giving a simple order not a
06:06knife to the heart
06:07you will care for her this is your duty
06:10I laughed bitterly the sound echoing in the small chamber
06:13this is not my child
06:14it's your choice
06:16I refuse
06:17the room fell silent
06:19Noah's eyes turned cold enough to freeze the air
06:21and I knew in that moment that my fate was sealed
06:25for the first time I dropped the act
06:27not out of anger but out of acceptance
06:29the pretense was no longer needed
06:31my escape was near
06:34Noah's face hardened instantly into cold
06:37unyielding stone
06:38he gave me an ultimatum
06:40sharp and final
06:41you must serve Lydia
06:43tend to her every need
06:44or leave the alpha den forever
06:49where am I supposed to go?
06:51this territory
06:52this pack
06:53this life
06:54I had built it all with my own two hands
06:57it was as much my home as his
06:59he hesitated for a long
07:00then spoke the words that felt like a death sentence
07:03the old mountain dens
07:05the place where wolves go to die
07:08the healer gasped and tried to protest
07:11it was a death sentence that no one survived the mountain dens alone
07:16but Noah silenced her with a single icy look
07:20I agreed without hesitation
07:23I was not surrendering
07:24I was waiting
07:25waiting for the blood moon
07:27I'm gonna leave him with nothing
07:29just like he started out
07:33once
07:34Noah had knelt before me in firelight
07:36his large hands trembling as he placed a rough wolf tooth
07:39pendant around my neck
07:41it was unpolished
07:42uneven
07:43but to me
07:44it was the most precious thing in the entire territory
07:47he swore I was his only mate
07:49his only equal
07:50he said he cared nothing for pack laws
07:53nothing for heirs
07:54nothing for the marks that defined other wolves
07:56he said I was enough
07:58I wore that pendant like a crown
08:00I believed him
08:01even when the pack whispered
08:03that a human like me could never be a true luna
08:06now
08:06it felt like a chain
08:08but I kept it around my neck
08:09one more part of the act
08:11one more way to pretend I was still the naive
08:14loving mate he once knew
08:16but after Lydia arrived
08:17every gentle memory turned to poison
08:20the pendant around my neck felt like a weight
08:22a reminder of every lie he'd told
08:25every promise he'd broken
08:26I was no longer begging for his love
08:29I was waiting for my escape
08:31and the blood moon would be my ticket out
08:33and until then
08:34I would keep pretending
08:36keep hiding the rage and heartbreak that threatened to consume me
08:42one night
08:43long after he'd been with Lydia
08:45Noah finally came to me
08:47his skin reeked of her
08:49thick and cloying
08:50mixed with a cold
08:51impatient guilt
08:52he sat on the edge of my fur bed
08:54and reached to touch my hair
08:55as if he still had the right to comfort me
08:58as if nothing had broken between us
09:00I flinched away as if burned
09:02not out of anger
09:03but to keep up the pretense of a sleepy
09:06don't touch me
09:07unknowing mate
09:08startled by his touch
09:09avoiding his eyes
09:10so he would not see the pain there
09:12his jaw tightened
09:13his eyes hardening
09:15this is just duty Aria
09:17for the pack
09:18for an heir
09:22I would send her away once she gave birth
09:24that the pup would call you mother
09:27that you were still my only Luna
09:30I said nothing
09:31I closed my eyes again
09:33pretending to drift back to sleep
09:35letting him think his lies had lulled me into complacency
09:38I did not look at him
09:39I did not believe a single syllable
09:42every word was a knife
09:43twisting deeper into a wound
09:45he would never let heal
09:46duty was just an excuse
09:48an excuse to betray me without guilt
09:51and I let him believe I did not see through it
09:57that night
09:58after he left
09:59I tore the wolf tooth pendant from my neck with a single
10:02sharp movement
10:03I held it in my palm
10:05staring at the rough bone that once meant forever
10:08that had once been my most cherished treasure
10:10it was no longer a gift
10:12it was a lie
10:13I walked slowly to the hearth
10:15where the fire still glowed low and warm
10:17casting faint shadows across the stone walls
10:20I opened my fingers and let the necklace fall into the flames
10:23I watched it char black
10:25crumble into small pieces
10:27and fade silently into the ash below
10:29when it was completely gone
10:31I felt no sorrow
10:32only a quiet
10:33heavy
10:34liberating relief
10:36on my wrist
10:37I wore a smooth
10:38ancient bone ring
10:40something I had kept close
10:41and hidden since the very first day I arrived in this strange land
10:45the blood moon would rise soon
10:46I would be ready
10:48and until then
10:49the act would go on
10:51I was moved to the mountain den before sunset
10:54it was cold
10:55damp
10:56and completely empty
10:57with no fire
10:58no soft furs
10:59no warmth
11:00nothing but rough stone
11:02and howling wind that cut straight through my bones
11:04the air smelled of decay and neglect
11:07a reminder that this was where the pack left those they no longer wanted
11:10Noah came once on the first day
11:12bearing a small basket of simple rations
11:15bread and dried meat
11:16barely enough to survive
11:18I shut the door in his face without a single word
11:21after that
11:22he never came back
11:24I assumed Lydia needed him
11:27the unborn child needed him
11:28the pack needed him
11:30I was nothing to him now
11:32and that was fine
11:33it made my way easier
11:34my resolve stronger
11:36days passed slowly
11:37painfully
11:38the food ran out
11:40no one refilled it
11:41no one checked on me
11:42no one cared
11:45I curled up on the hard stone bed
11:47shivering uncontrollably
11:49as a dull
11:50heavy cramping began deep in my stomach
11:52for years
11:53I had used wild herbs to avoid carrying a child
11:56I did not want to be tied to this world
11:58to this pack
11:59to Noah
12:00by blood
12:01but fate had other
12:02crueler plans
12:05the pain grew sharper
12:07more unbearable
12:08tearing through my body like shards of ice
12:11I realized slowly
12:12coldly
12:13what was happening
12:14against all odds
12:16I was carrying his child
12:17and in this cold
12:19abandoned den
12:20with no food
12:21no care
12:22no love
12:23no warmth
12:24the small
12:25fragile life inside me
12:26could not survive
12:27warm blood spread slowly beneath me
12:30dark and sticky
12:31soaking into the thin furs
12:32I'd been given
12:33I stared up at the dark stone ceiling
12:35tears falling silently down my cheeks
12:38but I did not grieve
12:39I felt only quiet
12:41profound relief
12:42that baby deserved a father
12:44who would choose it
12:45a pack that would value it
12:47a life that would cherish it
12:48the last living link between Noah and me
12:51was gone forever
12:51my bone ring slipped from my finger
12:53and clattered loudly onto the stone floor
12:55outside
12:56the sky glowed silver
12:58the blood moon had come
12:59my chance to escape was here
13:04the sky blazed silver above the mountain
13:06the blood moon hung full and bright
13:09casting an otherworldly light over the entire land
13:12turning the snow to liquid silver
13:14and the rocks to shadow
13:15my bone ring glowed softly on the stone floor
13:17humming with a quiet
13:19old power I had long kept to myself
13:21this ring was my only connection to the life I once had
13:24a life far away from wolves and packs and blood moons
13:27I was not born to this world
13:29I was pulled here unexpectedly
13:31torn away from everything I knew and loved
13:34from a modern life of warmth and safety and family
13:37from a home that never asked me to sacrifice myself for love
13:40this ring was my only way back
13:42I left the bloodstained furs spread wide on the stone bed
13:45making it clear and obvious for anyone
13:47who found me that I had perished here in the cold
13:50I took one last long final look at the territory that had broken me
13:54then stepped calmly into the glowing light of the blood moon
13:57the portal closed softly behind me
13:59I was free
14:02Noah woke suddenly in the dead of night
14:04his wolf screaming inside him with a blind
14:07uncontrollable panic that made his whole body shake
14:09he did not know why
14:11he only knew something was unspeakably
14:13terribly wrong
14:15he threw off Lydia without a second thought and ran
14:17rushing wildly up the mountain path
14:19his feet bleeding on the sharp stones
14:22his lungs burning with every breath
14:24the den door hung open
14:25creaking weakly in the wind
14:27he stumbled inside
14:29it was empty
14:30then he saw it
14:31the massive dark wet blood stain on the furs
14:34so large it made his breath catch
14:36the healer was summoned immediately
14:38she knelt and trembled violently
14:40pressing her fingers to the blood
14:42then looked up at him with tears streaming down her face
14:45it was the blood of a miscarriage
14:49it's hers
14:50the mighty
14:51feared alpha of the shadow pine pack collapsed helplessly to his knees
14:55he clutched the blood stained furs to his chest and let out a broken
14:58animal-like sob that echoed through the empty den
15:01he had lost me
15:02he had lost our child
15:04and he knew
15:05with every fiber of his being
15:07that it was all his fault
15:09Noah never recovered from that day
15:12he drove Lydia and their newborn pup far away from the pack
15:15refusing to even look at the air he had once craved so desperately
15:18the pup was a reminder of his betrayal
15:21of the child he had lost
15:22of the woman he had destroyed
15:24he wanted nothing to do with the pack
15:27the land
15:27the title
15:28the life he had fought so hard to gain
15:30he only wanted me
15:32the pack turned against him completely
15:34calling him mad
15:35you're not worthy of being our alpha
15:37they stripped him of his alpha title and locked him away in isolation
15:41fearing his grief would destroy them all
15:43he stayed in that bloody mountain den for days
15:46four weeks
15:47staring blankly at the stone walls
15:49whispering my name over and over again like a prayer
15:52he was not crazy
15:53he was repenting
15:55repenting for me
15:56for the child he never got to hold
15:58for every choice that had broken the one person who had ever loved him truly
16:03unconditionally
16:04i opened my eyes to the soft white light of a hospital room
16:08the steady beep of machines
16:09the warm
16:10familiar scent of antiseptic and home that i had missed so deeply
16:14i was back in my own world
16:16the world i had been torn away from three years ago
16:18my parents were beside me
16:20their faces lined with years of grief and overwhelming relief
16:23their hair streaked with gray from worry and searching
16:26they had searched for me every single day for three long years
16:29selling everything they owned
16:31never giving up
16:32even when the police had stopped looking
16:34even when everyone else had said i was gone forever
16:37i held them tightly and wept
16:39for the years i had lost
16:41for the pain i had put them through
16:43for the fool i had been to abandon the people
16:45who loved me unconditionally for a man
16:48who had only loved me when it was convenient
16:50i promised them i would never leave again
16:53i promised myself i would never let anyone break me like that again
16:56i lived quietly for a full year
16:59healing slowly but steadily
17:01rebuilding my life one small step at a time
17:04i stayed close to my family
17:05got a job
17:07decorated a small apartment that felt like home
17:09and learned to feel safe and calm again
17:11i put the wolf territory
17:13the blood moons
17:14the pain
17:15and noah firmly behind me
17:17i thought i was free
17:18that i would never see him again
17:20never be haunted by the past
17:22then i saw him
17:24he stood in the middle of the busy modern street
17:26surrounded by cars and neon lights and crowds of people
17:29his long hair wild and unkempt
17:32his clothes strange and out of place
17:34his eyes fixed on me like i was a ghost
17:36he could not believe was real
17:37he had used my bone ring
17:39the ring i had left behind in the mountain den
17:41he had crossed worlds
17:43he had found me
17:44my chest tightened with a mix of fear and anger
17:47the old wounds aching as if they had never truly closed
17:50i thought i had escaped him
17:52but he had followed me home
17:55my blood turned to ice in my veins
17:57i grabbed his arm roughly and pulled him into a dark
18:00quiet alley
18:01away from the crowds
18:03my heart racing with fear and anger and cold disgust
18:06how did you find me?
18:08leave now!
18:10go back to your world and never bother me again!
18:12his eyes filled with hot, helpless tears
18:15a sight i had never seen from the proud alpha
18:17get out of here!
18:19he begged me desperately
18:20his voice cracking
18:22please
18:23don't send me away
18:25i know i don't deserve forgiveness
18:27i just want to make it up to you
18:30let me stay
18:32let me protect you
18:34and love you the way i should
18:35then the proud
18:36powerful alpha dropped to his knees before me
18:39in the dirt and shadow of the alley
18:41humbling himself completely
18:43hit me
18:44hate me
18:46hurt me
18:47just don't leave me again
18:49i felt nothing but cold
18:51empty revulsion
18:52his apologies meant nothing
18:54his regret meant nothing
18:56he had broken me
18:57and i would never let him fix me
18:59just then
19:00i saw my cousin walking toward the alley
19:03coming to check on me after i disappeared into the crowd
19:06a sharp, quiet idea flashed into my mind
19:09a way to make him leave
19:10darling!
19:11i had taught him
19:12long ago
19:13that darling was for the person you loved more than anything in the world
19:17i hid behind my cousin
19:19pretending to be afraid
19:20noah's face shattered completely
19:22he knew what that word meant
19:26who are you?
19:28let's go home
19:29back to our home
19:31to our son
19:33he realized i had moved on
19:35that i had built a new life
19:36a new love
19:38a new family
19:39without him
19:40he stood frozen
19:41as if the breath had been stolen from his lungs
19:44and i could see every bit of hope he had carried die in his eyes
19:47i was truly completely gone
19:49and nothing he could do would ever bring me back
19:53noah did not leave
19:54he refused to go back to his world
19:56even after i had shattered his hope
19:59he found a job near my apartment
20:01working long, tiring days just to be close
20:04just to catch a single glimpse of me as i passed by
20:07he watched me from a distance
20:09silent and broken
20:10never daring to approach
20:12he learned to adapt to my world
20:14fumbling with strange tools and heavy work
20:16struggling to understand cars and phones
20:19and the busy pace of modern life
20:21all to stay within reach of the woman he had destroyed
20:24one day
20:25he stepped shakily in front of me
20:27and pulled out a small
20:28simple ring
20:29a human symbol of commitment
20:30and love he had learned about my world
20:34i want to give you forever
20:37i'll spend the rest of my life
20:39making up for every mistake i made
20:41i took the ring from his hand calmly
20:44i held it up for a long moment
20:46then threw it hard into the grass
20:48i told him his regret was pathetic
20:50your regret is pathetic
20:51your apology worthless
20:53and your presence disgusting
20:54if you ever come near me again
20:57i'll disappear forever and you'll never find me
21:00i turned and walked away
21:01never looking back
21:05a few days later
21:07a small
21:08plain package
21:09arrived quietly at my door
21:11there was no return address
21:13but i knew who it was from
21:15inside was my bone ring
21:16the key to the wolf world
21:18the key that had brought me safely home
21:20the key he had used to cross worlds and find me
21:22and there was a letter
21:24written in shaky
21:25childish
21:26but painfully careful handwriting
21:28it was from noah
21:30he wrote that he would never bother me again
21:32that he was returning the ring
21:34in case i ever wanted to go back
21:35though he knew deep in his heart i never would
21:38he wished me happiness
21:39peace
21:40a life free from pain and regret
21:42i will spend the rest of my days
21:44making up for what i've done
21:46even if you never forgive me
21:49i don't ask for your pity
21:52i don't ask for a second chance
21:55all i ask is that you be happy
21:57when i finished reading
21:58i folded the letter and set it aside
22:01he was gone
22:02truly
22:02finally gone
22:04and this time
22:05i did not feel a thing
22:07i put the bone ring away in a quiet
22:09hidden drawer
22:10closing the final chapter on wolves
22:13blood moons
22:14broken promises
22:15and a love that had destroyed me completely
22:17i did not feel anger
22:19i did not feel sadness
22:21i felt light
22:22as if a weight i had carried for years had finally been lifted
22:25i went back to my family
22:27to my quiet
22:28warm
22:29safe life
22:30to the world that had always been mine
22:32that had always loved me
22:34i learned the hardest and most important lesson of all
22:37real love should never ask you to lose yourself
22:39it should never make you small
22:41or silent
22:42or broken
22:43it should never require you to give up your home
22:46your heart
22:47or your worth
22:48i had once believed that love meant sacrifice
22:50but i now knew that true love means respect
22:53respect for who you are
22:55respect for your choices
22:56respect for your heart
22:58i chose to save myself
23:00i chose to go home
23:01i chose to live for the people who loved me
23:04and that was the bravest
23:05kindest
23:06most necessary choice i ever made
23:09i walked forward into my life
23:11open and unafraid
23:12leaving the wolf
23:14the pack
23:14and the pain far behind me
23:16i would never again give up my world for someone
23:19who would not fight for me
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