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Reborn She-Wolf: Until Death Falls
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00:00the day after i died my husband came to my grave not to mourn he drove a silver blade into
00:06his own
00:06chest and used his last breath to write a message on my headstone in his own blood liana you will
00:14pay for your selfishness then i opened my eyes three days before the bonding ceremony back where
00:20it all started under the accord the council gathers at full moon to hear the oracle's decree
00:25they promised my adoptive sister sarah to clayton blackridge the dying alpha of the blackridge pack
00:31and me i was assigned to christian gray the stray rogue my father took in the one who just clawed
00:38his way to becoming alpha of graycliffe but on the day of the bonding ceremony sarah ran she couldn't
00:44face giving herself to a man already half in the grave she came back and tried to bond with christian
00:49herself i got there in time to stop it in her shame and fury sarah threw herself off the cliffs
00:57eventually christian went through with it he bonded with me everyone said he treated me like a queen
01:03i believed them right up until the moment he became high alpha of the five packs
01:08and flayed 27 members of my pack alive nailed their skeletons to our border posts as a warning
01:15by the time i died there was nothing left of me and now i'm back christian is standing by the
01:21moonwell right now waiting for me to choose him just like last time but this time i'm done we don't
01:27need to wait for the oracle i'll go to the blackridge pack i'll take the dying alpha as my mate
01:36no hesitation no grief since she's going i ask for your blessing to mate with sarah
01:44in my last life he spent this entire week pretending to be desperately in love with me
01:49so why is he so eager to throw me away this time there's only one answer he didn't just come
01:55back
01:55to find me he's been reborn too christian gray you gave your word before the moonwell
02:04you swore once you won the alpha challenge and earned the council's recognition you would bond
02:12with liana you would protect this pack i looked at my father the white in his hair was worse than
02:18i remembered my mother died young he raised me alone and when the five pack accord threatened to
02:24send me to blackridge to be used as a living lifeline for a dying alpha he found another way
02:30a half-starved rope pup freezing to death in the snow on our border my father gave christian a name
02:35food training the protection of our lands
02:44he burned the last of great cliff's political standing to put him on the alpha seat
02:50at the cost of everything we had left every piece of it all of it to keep me safe that
02:56kindness got us
02:57both killed in my last life christian threw my father into a dungeon and had his fingernails pulled
03:03out one by one every single day revenge for the one time my father stood between him and sarah
03:09i stepped forward and studied my father's hands father the reality christian already has three of the
03:15five packs behind him the second clayton dies he becomes high alpha and gray cliff our hunting
03:21grounds are half gone our allies have vanished the only reason we haven't been swallowed whole
03:27is because christian technically came from our pack he's a man who lives for revenge until i have a real
03:33plan i have to play nice alpha aldrich i'm not that orphan boy anymore let's not dig up old things
03:40i knew that smile he was wearing that exact expression when he ordered my 27 pack members
03:46skinned alive
03:49or is this another act liana are you gonna play the mortem again just so you can push sarah off
03:57another
03:57cliff
04:00relax christian i'm going to the black ridge pack i'm not changing my mind
04:05you better mean that liana if i find out this is another game another way to hurt sarah
04:10i swear i will strip your rank cast you out of this pack and leave you to rot on the
04:15dead zones of
04:15the border alone
04:21this is all my fault i pitied him i raised him i handed him everything he needed to take power
04:28and i built a monster liana i ruined your life
04:33dad going to blackridge isn't a death sentence it's the only chance we have at a real life
04:39because i knew what the alternative looked like i'd lived it christian's hands on my father's
04:45collar dragging him to the dungeon the bones of 27 of my people hanging on our own border posts
04:51me locked in that east wing grief eating me alive until there was nothing left
04:55i have a secret christian doesn't know about i carry the rarest healing bloodline in graycliffe's
05:00history it can reverse death itself i'm gambling everything on this if my bloodline is strong
05:05enough to save clayton blackridge then i can save graycliffe and this time i'm going to make
05:10christian gray pay
05:14i made my decision then went straight to the market near the graycliffe border walked straight to the
05:19back counter there it was my mother's moonstone pendant resting on a square of black velvet
05:24the chain had snapped a few days ago i'd left it with the old silversmith to be rest rung
05:29christian is absolutely spoiling sierra did you see that white silk gown i heard the labor alone
05:34costs more than a hunter makes in a full year that's nothing the lining is northern white deer
05:37belly pill and the buttons real moonstone
05:40in my past life right before he marked me i asked christian for a nice dress it's not exactly a
05:46memorable
05:46occasion no point wasting money i scoffed and reached for the pendant
05:53i want this one give it back that's mine it belonged to my mother i only brought it here to
06:01get the chain
06:02fixed christian's expression shifted he knew exactly what it was when my mother was dying her last words
06:09were to him she made him swear he would clasp that necklace around my neck on my wedding day
06:14i want this one christian christian this is the only thing my mother left me
06:20your mother has been dead for years liana how long are you going to keep clinging to the dead
06:24or are you still holding on to the idea that if you wear it to the moon well i'll remember
06:27that old
06:27vow and choose you
06:33oops the craftsmanship really wasn't all that was it but i'm sure you don't mind a little wear and tear
06:38given where it came from
06:42this was the last thing she ever gave me
06:44stop clinging to dead things liana and stop dreaming about bonding with me
06:50it was always sarah only ever her
06:53i looked up at the two of them and the memory came before i could stop it the day sarah
06:57jumped
06:58christian had stood at the cliff's edge for the entire night when he finally came back the next
07:02morning his hair had gone white from root to tip shock grief like his body had turned on itself
07:08and yet he had smiled at me so gently brushed the hair from my face i know you're grieving for
07:13sarah
07:14don't let it destroy you for years after that he was tender patient the whole pack talked about how
07:21devoted the high alpha was to his wife i believed every word of it right up until the day he
07:26consolidated power over all five packs that was the day he had 27 of my people flayed alive
07:31their bones stripped and hung in the moonlight blood everywhere i screamed at him demanding to know why
07:37sarah's been alone down there for too long she needed company then he locked me in the east wing
07:43and left me to fall apart until my heart simply stopped before sarah had gone to blackridge my father
07:49had promised to bring her home the moment clayton died she didn't have to jump but she did and
07:54christian used that as justification to destroy everything i had ever loved
08:02you really do think too high of yourself christian the man i'm bonding with is clayton blackridge
08:09we still have to look at the dress don't let her ruin it
08:14let's go
08:17you're really going through with this once you cross into black's territory there's no coming back
08:21i've made up my mind dad i went out to the courtyard to clear my head sarah was already there
08:29big day tomorrow sister just make sure you keep your eyes off someone else's alpha what are you so
08:34afraid of sarah that i'll take christian back or that the blackridge contract isn't as settled as
08:38you think christian is mine go to blackridge and rot that's exactly where you belong let go of me
08:49it wasn't even a hard wrench but the moment i broke her grip she pretended to fall backward
08:59christian came out of nowhere slammed into me as he lunged past sarah clutched his shirt and sobbed
09:05i just wanted to say goodbye why would she do this christian's eyes found mine they were blazing
09:12that deep are you still this delusional liana you disgust me his palm
09:19the force knocked the air out of me and sent me flying backward the cold was absolute water flooded
09:25my nose my lungs pull her out the future high alpha of the five packs and you can't even smell
09:34a lie
09:34this obvious you think the truth matters liana do you honestly believe anyone has ever cared about you
09:44your mother is dead your father has one foot in the grave you have nobody how could you say that
09:52they raised you my father treated you like his own blood liana you need to learn who gives the
09:55orders from now on if you ever speak to me like that again i won't hesitate to help aldrich along
09:59on his
09:59way out don't worry by tomorrow i'll be gone to the blackridge pack you won't have to see me again
10:06liana given everything between us in our last life i'm willing to go to the high council i can have
10:10them cancel the blackridge assignment you don't have to go but only if you behave only if you
10:16remember your place if you do i might even come see you from time to time but you will stay
10:21quiet and
10:22you will not lay a finger on syrah are we clear don't throw your life away just to spite me
10:28i know
10:29you still have feelings for me why else would you be clutching that pendant like your life depends on it
10:34he reached into his belt and pressed something into my free hand a small glass vial fainted death potion
10:40take it tomorrow everyone will think you've passed tomorrow night i'll send someone to bring you out
10:45i looked down at the vial sitting in my open palm then i opened my fingers it hit the surface
10:51of the
10:51moon well and sank straight to the bottom the night of the bonding ceremony moonlight spilled across the
10:58territory like a silver flood bone flutes wailed low and mournful the leather drums hit deep steady
11:04like a second heartbeat growls rolling through their throats in something older than words
11:09then a heavier drumbeat rolled in from the distance the blackridge escort came onto the grounds
11:14for black wolf guards in two lines clearing the path behind them two elders in dark gray pelts
11:20i stepped out from the shadows and walked toward them
11:24why is there another escort i already sent my men
11:30that's not liana tell me that's not her alpha it is blackridge sent word alpha clayton is too ill to
11:36come himself she sent the elders and the moon temple priest to bring her home
11:41that's not possible she was supposed to take the potion
11:45no one answered him the blackridge party turned toward the border
11:49drawing me further and further away from everything i'd once known
11:54we reached the heart of blackridge territory
11:59he's inside i went in alone clayton was half reclined against a pile of dark furs
12:05alpha clayton i'm liana he looked at me for a long time then he reached out and pressed his palm
12:11to my
12:11cheek his hand was burning with fever a faint smile
12:17do you consent to a full bond my heart skipped a beat i do mark me alpha
12:24i tilted my head and bared my throat to him my healing bloodline surged and poured everything it
12:30had into him i held his gaze trembling watching for any sign it had worked then the tension left his
12:35face all at once he laughed and pulled me into his arms he tilted my chin up and kissed me
12:43i walked out of the tent slowly still collecting myself
12:48it's christian gray he's broken through the gates he's saying alpha clayton is dead that the bonding
12:53is void he's here to take great clicks people back
12:56i smoothed my clothes and walked toward it christian was already in the yard a squad of armed guards
13:02behind him the moment he saw me his eyes went straight to my throat the fresh mark dark and
13:08unmistakable liana how dare you how dare i what the high council has handed gray cliff over to me
13:15your father's too old everything in that pack is mine now you're standing on clayton's land
13:21what's the plan christian dragging an alpha's mate off his own territory enough with the act
13:26he won't make it through the night come with me now and i'll let the bond go i'll sort it
13:30with
13:30the council when we're back sort what that i chose clayton over you there's nothing to sort
13:36you think you're worth choosing take her now
13:41the guards closed in hands seized my wrists and wrenched them back a black feathered arrow split the
13:47air the whole yard went still clayton was walking toward us who's taking my mate every guard christian
13:55brought drop to their knees you brought armed men onto my land are you trying to die here christian's
14:02face had gone the color of ash the high council of me authority over gray cliff i'm reclaiming what
14:07belongs to my pack you only become high alpha if i'm dead do i look dead to you right baby
14:13right
14:16you heard her i'll take your people and get off my land let's go he turned and stumbled toward the
14:24gate his guards dragged the wounded man out behind him silence settled over the courtyard
14:31i saved your life you owe me name it a partnership help me bring him down he looked at me
14:40then he laughed
14:42low quiet and pulled me closer for you absolutely
14:49clayton kept his word but honestly just being alive was already making christian's life hell
14:54i leaned back on the first sofa and listened to the blackridge scouts report
14:58just as i thought in my past life christian traded gray cliff's prime hunting grounds for political
15:04favors he used my father's name to strong arm smaller tribes into lopsided deals swallowing their
15:10land one by one and through it all he would always tell me liana it's all for show in my
15:17heart you're
15:17the only one like a fool i believed him i believed him when he went through our ceremony but refused
15:23to
15:23mark me refused to make the bond real i believed him when he eventually took freya the snow ridge alpha's
15:30daughter as his legal mate i believed him right up until i realized i wasn't even his mate in the
15:35eyes
15:35of the law just his shadow but this life it's sarah standing beside him i wanted to see what he'd
15:41choose
15:42power or the woman he'd spent his last life desperate to get back
15:47a maid came in with tea
15:50liana sarah threw another fit this morning shredded that white star pipe christian brought back from the
15:56east did she in my past life i swallowed everything stayed quiet kept my head down sarah wasn't built like
16:04that she wasn't going to let him share power with another woman without a fight sure enough the walls
16:10of the great cliff longhouse were shaking sarah's voice hit a pitch that could shatter glass you told
16:15me we didn't need council registration you said we didn't need a claiming mark that as long as you
16:20believed i was your mate that was enough and now freya is coming here for an official bonding ceremony
16:26what does that make me christian some kept woman you've got stashed in the alpha lodge
16:35sarah stop this is about securing our position when did you get so unreasonable unreasonable did you
16:42think i was liana that i'd just sit here and take it enough oh enough who swore i was his
16:49only one
16:49freya isn't even through the door yet and you're already looking for ways to push me out
16:53an alliance with snow ridge is the only way to lock down the northern hunting grounds
16:58once i've consolidated power before the council and then what she moves in and i pack my things
17:05clear out of the alpha lobs to make room for her answer me who told me i'd be the only
17:12mistress
17:12of gray cliff who said this whole life was for me sarah blackridge is the most critical piece of
17:21the puzzle i have to do this you have to and what am i optional you know you're everything to
17:28me
17:30why do you think i've been covering for you all this time you killed liana's mother you poisoned
17:35aldrich and kept him bedridden i buried all of it for you you didn't do it for me you did
17:42it for
17:43yourself you're a coward christian you spent years playing the loyal lap dog to liana and gray cliff
17:51and you hated every second of it that's why when i went after her mother when i poisoned her father
17:56did you try to stop me not once but look at you now after all that she still chose a
18:06dying man over you
18:10you're going to the northern watchtower tomorrow you'll stay with the patrol units
18:15until you remember who you are and who i am don't come back until you do
18:24two weeks later christian went through with it he and freya exchanged vows before the elders
18:30but i knew sarah wasn't done freya had been in the alpha lodge for three days sarah she slit her
18:37wrists the message arrived in the dead of night sarah had slit her wrists christian didn't even change
18:44out of his formal suit he rode to the border alone the guard said when he kicked in the tower
18:49door
18:51he found her slumped by a small window bandages already soaked through sarah sarah
19:00why are you even here
19:06i was wrong i never should have left you here alone sarah's tears broke and she collapsed into his arms
19:13three days later she walked back into the great cliff alpha lodge like she owned it
19:18freya wasn't the type to be pushed aside the very next day snow ridge issued a public declaration
19:23freya was the only recognized maid of christian gray and sarah's private ceremony meant nothing
19:29sarah didn't take it quietly she laced christian's wine with a heat-inducing wolfsbane tincture and
19:35triggered his rut by force
19:40caught between two women at war christian withered he looked hollowed out it dragged on for nearly two
19:46weeks then freya received an anonymous letter clear detailed and impossible to dismiss
19:52the person who had actually dragged a half frozen christian out of the icy river all those years
19:56ago it was liana sarah had been living on a stolen debt for years
20:03that night freya brought the evidence to christian who actually pulled you out of that frozen river
20:08tell me the truth she laid it all on the stone table the old pack doctors signed confession
20:14the original herbal prescriptions and the piece of fabric i had torn from my own sleeve to bandage
20:19his wounds the blood on it long since turned black christian started shaking get sarah in here now
20:26sarah was dragged in she looked at the old wolf kneeling on the floor then at the cloth and went
20:32pale
20:32christian grabbed her jaw it was liana liana saved my life why did you lie
20:43fine it was her but who spent the years after that making her life a nightmare that was you
20:48christian don't pretend you didn't know you just didn't want to admit it because if you did
20:53how could you justify any of it shut up now you see her for what she is something in sarah's
21:04face
21:04changed before anyone could move she pulled a dagger from the folds of her dress christian lunged and
21:12caught her as she fell sarah stood staring at her own hands and started to laugh freya didn't survive
21:19three days later white wolf flags from snow ridge lined every inch of the great cliff border
21:24the snow ridge alpha stood before the high council and demanded justice for his daughter
21:28within a month the council stripped christian of all protection he never got to taste what it meant to
21:33be high alpha he was kicked from the council seat before he ever sat in it back in blackridge
21:38clayton wrapped his arms around me from behind satisfied we're just getting started
21:44the council handed down their judgment for freya's murder sarah was sentenced to exile
21:50christian stripped of his title and protection was banished from great cliff alongside her hard
21:56labor at the northern watchtower i went to watch them be taken away sarah moved in heavy iron chains
22:02stumbling under the weight christian followed behind her hair matted eyes sunken liana
22:11this is your fault
22:15you chose every single bit of this yourself
22:22and what about you you're just hiding behind clayton enjoy the north you two deserve each other
22:33the chain snapped him back and he snapped
22:36a blackridge guard drove a boot into the back of his knee
22:39he hit the frozen ground hard
22:41you think clayton will protect you forever
22:44i'll be waiting
22:48take them
22:49the guards hauled the chains and dragged them toward the gate
22:52i watched until they were nothing but two shapes dissolving into the distance
22:56the reports came back from the trail one by one after that
22:59they fought over scraps of rotten meat the guards threw them
23:02in one fight sarah bit off half of christian's ear
23:05crossing the blackwater river
23:07she shoved him into the rapids
23:08he hit the rocks
23:10his right leg never healed right
23:12in the mountain caves one night
23:14sarah lost her mind entirely
23:15she used a sharp stone to carve lines across his face while screaming my name
23:19screaming that i had come to take my revenge
23:21the guards said she'd broken then the council sent investigators to graycliffe to look into my father's illness
23:27they found traces of a slow acting poison
23:30sarah had been killing him for months
23:32the council issued a final decree
23:34exile wasn't enough
23:36both of them were banished from the five packs forever
23:38stripped of their wolf spirits and cast into the barren wastes
23:42no pack
23:43no protection
23:44no mercy
23:45left to tear each other apart until the wilderness finished what they'd started
23:51i stepped into the graycliffe longhouse
23:53my father was resting against a pile of furs by the hearth
23:56the pack healer was crouched by the fire grinding herbs
23:59and gave me a small nod as i passed
24:02my father reached a hand out toward me
24:04the moment i took it
24:05i couldn't hold it anymore
24:08clayton stood in the doorway and watched us in silence
24:11my father looked up at him and smiled
24:13later
24:14the three of us shared a quiet meal
24:16afterward
24:17clayton walked me outside
24:18the moon hung low and full over the trees
24:24clayton
24:26our deal is done
24:27his arms closed tighter
24:29chin resting on top of my head
24:31so
24:32you're the maid i chose for myself
24:35liana
24:36you stepped into my world you're not leaving it
24:40it was only later that i found out the truth
24:42the council hadn't simply assigned a graycliffe daughter to clayton
24:46he had gone to them himself
24:47he had asked for me specifically
24:50it finally made sense
24:51graycliffe was a pack in decline
24:53there was no political reason for an alpha like clayton to choose us
24:57he didn't want the alliance
24:59he wanted me
25:01we've met before
25:02a long time ago
25:04the memory came all at once
25:06the day i pulled christian from the river
25:08i'd poured everything into saving him
25:11and collapsed in the snow afterward
25:13too spent to move
25:14a figure crouching beside me in the dark
25:17the cloak
25:19that was you
25:20he reached up and traced his thumb gently along my cheekbone
25:23and nodded
25:24this isn't the end liana
25:26this is where our mate bond truly begins
25:30the sun sank behind the mountains
25:32the sky bleeding violet and gold
25:33and there's so many people
25:33i cross this
25:34we went here
25:34i know
25:34our
25:35and
25:35and
25:35we
25:36go
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