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00:00Miss Carter, you're pregnant with eight wolf pups, and all eight gestational sacks are developing perfectly.
00:05When Dr. Emily delivered the news, her face glowing with delight, only one thought remained in my mind.
00:10My alpha, Alexander Black, couldn't even spare me a second glance.
00:13How could he possibly want these eight children?
00:15The examination room was kept at a constant chill, yet my entire body was trembling.
00:19Three years into my marriage with Alexander, our mate Bond existed in name only.
00:23He was the alpha of the New York Black Pack.
00:25His bloodline dominance, making every werewolf on the East Coast tremble in awe.
00:30While I was just an ordinary werewolf from the Midwest, my father didn't even belong to a fixed pack.
00:35Back then, he had mistakenly entered my room during the Full Moon Charity Gala,
00:39lost control under the Full Moon's power, and marked me.
00:44The next day, a rival pack captured evidence of the incident, forcing us into a mate Bond.
00:50Three years of marriage, we lived in the same den, yet were more distant than strangers.
00:53The entire black pack was whispered behind my back that I was scheming,
00:56deliberately luring the alpha to mark me on the night of the Full Moon.
00:59At this year's winter pack Bannequit, after drinking too much of the moon goddess's niche,
01:03we had our one and only true mating.
01:05Although the she-wolves in my family were famous for multiple births,
01:08my mother had twins, my aunt had triplets.
01:10I had never imagined I would conceive pups, let alone eight at once.
01:14If Alexander refused to acknowledge these eight children,
01:17how would the black pack treat the bloodline I had born?
01:20Should I leave with eight pups?
01:21But their wolf milk, meat, territory, education,
01:25which of these wasn't an astronomical expense?
01:27In New York, I had no one to rely on.
01:29What could I possibly use to raise them?
01:31The more I thought about it, the heavier my heart became,
01:33pressing down on me until I could barely breathe.
01:35The more I thought about it, the heavier my heart became,
01:37pressing down on me until I could barely breathe.
01:39I stumbled out of the examination room.
01:41Just as I returned to the den in the Upper East Side,
01:44before I could even compose myself,
01:45Alexander's assistant, Charles, delivered the documents to dissolve our mate bond.
01:50Immediately after, I received a message from Alexander.
01:53200 million gold pounds signed to dissolve the bond.
01:56Never appear before me again.
02:00Reading those words, I froze.
02:02The next second, I laughed out loud.
02:05The heaviness lifted instantly.
02:07This is absolutely perfect!
02:09200 million!
02:10Not only could I raise eight wolf pups,
02:12I could send every one of them to the finest wolf academies.
02:15With this money, why would I care about being Luna of the Black Pack?
02:19Why would I care whether Alexander liked me?
02:21Whether high-ranking wolves looked down on me?
02:23I could take my children away from this suffocating city.
02:26Live truly free, never having to watch anyone's expression again.
02:30I had Charles arrange the transfer right then.
02:33Before his eyes, I signed my name on the dissolution,
02:35Elizabeth Carter, without a moment's hesitation.
02:38Returning to the empty penthouse den,
02:39I packed only my personal belongings.
02:41Three years, I'd lived simply.
02:43The silver jewelry, moonstones,
02:44high-grade pelts the Black Pack had given me,
02:46I touched none of it.
02:47Everything remained exactly as it was in the dressing room.
02:50What wasn't mine, I wouldn't take.
02:51I tucked the check and dissolution papers away,
02:54grabbed my suitcase, and walked calmly out of Black Tower.
02:56The Alpha Pack that once seemed so unattainable
02:58now looked like nothing but passing smoke.
03:00From this day forward,
03:01there was no more Elizabeth, Luna of the Black Pack.
03:04Only Elizabeth Carter and the eight wolf pubs.
03:06Later, the news spread like wildfire across the entire city
03:10and the Pack's territory.
03:11Alexander Black, that iron-blooded Alpha,
03:14had suddenly descended into madness.
03:16Mobilize all Pack warriors and every resource
03:18within the territory immediately.
03:19Find her!
03:20You must find her!
03:21If you fail,
03:22no one will escape unscathed.
03:24He was frantically searching for his ex-wife,
03:26who had taken away his vast fortune and eight children.
03:34You'll never escape from my grasp.
03:39Stepping through Black Tower's doors,
03:40I hailed a cab straight to the downtown Wolf Bank.
03:43I converted Alexander's 200 million gold pound check
03:45into a withdrawable gold card,
03:47tucking it carefully into my inner pocket.
03:49This was my future and my eight children's security.
03:51Not a single detail could be careless.
03:53Card secured.
03:53I went directly to the airline's Wolf exclusive counter
03:55and booked a first-class ticket to Miami.
03:57Miami was territory held by another Pack.
03:59Warm in climate, far enough from New York.
04:01Then I rented the most luxurious SUV from a car dealership,
04:04perfect for long-distance travel.
04:05Behind the wheel, I went straight to my parents.
04:08They ran a remote restaurant in New Jersey.
04:09Having moved from the Midwest years ago with me in tow,
04:12about an hour's drive from my place,
04:13I'd reach them before dark.
04:15When mom and dad saw me, their faces lit with joy.
04:17But seeing me alone, dragging a suitcase,
04:20their smiles froze.
04:21Their wolf instincts sensed something was terribly wrong.
04:23Learning the Alpha had demanded bond dissolution,
04:25my mother's eyes reddened instantly.
04:26She clutched my hand, wiping tears continuously.
04:29My father was worse.
04:30His wolf pupils snapped vertical with fury.
04:32He grabbed the antler cane and headed out.
04:34That bastard Alpha!
04:36Even if he never truly loved you,
04:37he shouldn't treat you this way.
04:39I'm gonna teach that arrogant fool a lesson.
04:41Knock some sense into him.
04:42No one treats my little girl like this
04:44and walks away free!
04:47I rushed to stop him, speaking softly.
04:50Dad, don't go.
04:52Dissolving the bond is actually a relief for me.
04:54He gave me 200 million gold pounds,
04:56enough for our family to live well forever.
04:59I have eight pups in my belly.
05:00I can't risk the children.
05:02Besides, Alexander's in Europe handling pack affairs.
05:04He isn't even in New York.
05:06If we make a scene now, other packs will just laugh at us.
05:08It's not worth it.
05:10Father retracted his wolf pupils and nodded,
05:12agreeing to leave with me.
05:13Now I have money.
05:14Now I have pups.
05:15Leaving this city of suffocating grievances
05:17was the best choice for all of us.
05:19We packed our simple luggage.
05:20The three of us climbed into the car
05:21and drove toward the airport.
05:23This city's glamour and its scheming
05:24would never concern us again.
05:26Meanwhile, at Black Manor,
05:27another drama was unfolding.
05:29Delivering those dissolution papers
05:30and that check had never been Alexander's idea at all.
05:32It was his sister, Victoria Ashton.
05:36Victoria had been brought into the Black Pack
05:38as a child by the old madam to be raised.
05:40She shared no blood with Alexander,
05:42but she loved him obsessively,
05:43viewing me as her lifelong enemy.
05:45She knew Alexander was in Europe
05:46handling border conflicts.
05:47That Black Manor was under the old madam's temporary management.
05:50She knew I was just an ordinary wolf.
05:52That our marriage three years ago
05:53had been nothing but a reluctant measure to save face.
05:55She assumed I was clinging to the alpha's side
05:57through sheer persistence.
05:58She seized the opportunity.
06:00She had a pack beta mimic Alexander's tone
06:02to compose the message.
06:03Bribed Charles to deliver the dissolution papers to me.
06:05She expected that a common she-wolf like me,
06:07having finally become Luna,
06:08would throw a tantrum upon dissolution,
06:10crying, screaming, refusing to leave.
06:12Then she would step forward,
06:14pretending to mediate,
06:15displaying her grace and composure.
06:16The pack would despise me further,
06:18drive me from their territory completely,
06:20and she could seamlessly take my place as Luna.
06:22She calculated everything,
06:23everything except my true heart.
06:25Victoria was accompanying the black old madam
06:27for afternoon tea in the manor garden,
06:29pouring full moon osmanthus tea
06:30while making snide remarks about me.
06:31Grandmother, don't worry.
06:33A she-wolf like Elizabeth
06:34from some ordinary Midwest pack,
06:36finally becoming Luna.
06:38She'd never leave willingly when dissolved.
06:40She'll cry and make a scene.
06:42I'll go consult her then,
06:43give her a way out.
06:44It'll show the black pack's generosity.
06:48The old madam sat in her wicker chair,
06:51fingers lightly tracing the wolf-toothed necklace at her throat,
06:53a gift from her deceased old alpha on their 50th anniversary.
06:56A sneer touched her lips,
06:57her tone cold.
06:58Hmm.
06:59An ordinary she-wolf from the Midwest
07:01daring to occupy the Luna position.
07:03Being driven away is what she deserves.
07:05Just then,
07:06the maid Mary came rushing over,
07:07panic-stricken.
07:08Old madam Miss Ashton,
07:10Miss Carter is gone.
07:11She only packed a few personal suitcases.
07:13The moonstone jollery,
07:15the high-grade silverware in the den,
07:16she took nothing.
07:17She just walked out of Black Tower like that.
07:19Victoria's hand holding the bone china cut paused slightly.
07:22Surprise flickered in her eyes.
07:24She hadn't expected me to leave so cleanly.
07:26Then she resumed her elegant,
07:27composed expression,
07:28a contemptuous smile curling her lips.
07:30In her heart,
07:31she simply thought I was putting on an act.
07:33But the old madam's face changed instantly.
07:35Her hand gripping the cup shook violently.
07:37The cup clattered against the saucer,
07:39deep red tea splashing out,
07:40soaking the white tablecloth.
07:42She stared at Mary in disbelief,
07:43her voice cracking.
07:44What did you say?
07:45She just left?
07:47All those valuable things in the black pack,
07:49she touched nothing?
07:52Mary was frightened by the old madam's reaction,
07:55nodding repeatedly.
07:55It's true, old madam.
07:57We all saw clearly.
07:58Miss Carter only took her own suitcases.
08:00She touched nothing else.
08:02Old madam shot up from her chair,
08:03gripping Mary's arm,
08:04hurrying toward the penthouse den I'd occupied.
08:06Victoria followed close behind,
08:08her face maintaining its proper expression,
08:10but unease flickered deep in her eyes.
08:12She was beginning to suspect things had escaped her control.
08:14My room had always been simple.
08:16Now it was utterly empty.
08:17Nothing on the nightstand.
08:19The dressing table clean.
08:20No skincare products.
08:21No jewelry.
08:22In the dressing room,
08:23the high-grade custom gowns,
08:24limited edition wolf fur shawls,
08:26complete sets of moonstone accessories,
08:28all hung neatly in their original places,
08:30not one piece missing.
08:31Only my few everyday clothes had vanished without a trace.
08:33The old madam immediately ordered the housekeeper
08:35to inventory the den's valuables.
08:37Minutes later, the housekeeper reported,
08:39Miss Carter had taken only what belonged to her.
08:42Not a penny of other wealth had been touched.
08:44The old madam stood in the empty room,
08:46her face shifting between green and white,
08:47chest heaving, finally forcing out.
08:50Grateful rest.
08:51Leave if you want.
08:52Putting on what show of integrity?
08:54But in her heart, she knew better than anyone.
08:56She'd always despised me most.
08:58Always believed I clung to the black pack for power and wealth.
09:00Now I'd left cleanly,
09:01taking nothing of their riches.
09:03It was like a resounding slap across her face.
09:05The surrounding wolf servants kept their heads down,
09:07not daring to breathe,
09:08but inwardly they were shocked.
09:10No one had expected this luna
09:11they'd secretly looked down upon to have such backbone.
09:15Victoria hurried forward,
09:17gently supporting the old madam's arm,
09:18her voice perfectly tender.
09:20Old madam, don't anger yourself into illness.
09:22Elizabeth leaving is her own lack of fortune.
09:25I'll be here to accompany you from now on.
09:27She spoke while handing over
09:28and neatly folded linen handkerchief,
09:29so well-behaved and sensible that not a single fault could be found.
09:32The old madam's expression softened slightly.
09:35She sighed,
09:35patting Victoria's hand.
09:37You're still the considerate one.
09:38A hundred times better than that Elizabeth.
09:41She talked a good game about not wanting pack things,
09:43but didn't she still take Alexander's 200 million gold pounds?
09:47In the end,
09:47she's still greedy for money.
09:49At these words,
09:50Victoria's smile froze instantly.
09:52200 million?
09:53She went rigid,
09:54blood seeming to freeze in her veins.
09:55She'd only bribed Alexander's beta assistant,
09:57had him mimic Alexander's tone to send the message
10:00and deliver the dissolution papers.
10:02From beginning to end,
10:03she had no authority to touch Alexander's private treasury,
10:05let alone 200 million in gold pounds.
10:08Where had that money come from?
10:09A terrible thought exploded in her mind.
10:11Overwhelming panic swept through her.
10:13Her original plan was for me to throw a tantrum after dissolution,
10:16make everyone despise me,
10:17so she could smoothly replace me as Luna.
10:19But now I'd left elegantly.
10:21Taking 200 million gold pounds and vanishing completely,
10:23everything had deviated from her control.
10:25Victoria forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart,
10:28continuing to smile,
10:29but her fingertips were already ice cold.
10:32By this time,
10:34I had already arrived in Miami with my parents.
10:36This coastal city was warm and humid,
10:38its pace slow,
10:39without New York's oppression or the pack's internal scheming.
10:41Exactly the haven I wanted.
10:43When the pups were born,
10:44I'd watch them grow,
10:45teach them the moon goddess's guidance,
10:47give them the best life,
10:48never again watching anyone's expression,
10:50never again wronging myself.
10:51Such days were 10,000 times more precious than any alpha mate status.
10:55Time passed in the blink of an eye.
10:57Six months.
10:58I nurtured my pregnancy peacefully in Miami.
11:00My belly grew day by day.
11:01The eight pups developed exceptionally healthily.
11:04On full moon nights,
11:05I could even feel their slight restlessness in my womb.
11:07The instinct of wolf fetuses.
11:09Each day I walked,
11:10read the moon goddess scriptures,
11:11prepared tiny clothes and wolf fur blankets for the pups.
11:14Days were plain yet blissful.
11:16Meanwhile,
11:16far away in New York,
11:17Alexander finally returned after half a year of European pack boundary negotiations.
11:23He just landed in private airspace,
11:25dressed in a black custom suit,
11:27his brows cold,
11:28radiating the unique pressure of an alpha.
11:30Charles waited early at the landing pad,
11:31face pale,
11:32palms sweating,
11:33the beta's wolf instinct making him dread the coming alpha fury.
11:36Alexander slid into the car,
11:38speaking flatly.
11:38What happened in the pack these six months explained clearly.
11:41His voice was low and calm,
11:42yet the air in the car instantly froze into ice.
11:45Charles stiffened in terror,
11:46voice trembling.
11:47Black alpha,
11:49your mate,
11:50Miss Elizabeth signed the dissolution and left.
11:52Alexander's eyes darkened,
11:54his surrounding wolf pressure making the entire space feel colder.
11:57He'd never intended to dissolve the bond.
11:59Never had anyone deliver dissolution papers.
12:01The car returned to Black Manor.
12:03Entering the study,
12:04a neatly folded dissolution paper lay quietly on the desk.
12:07Alexander looked down.
12:08At the signature line,
12:09the handwriting was clean and decisive.
12:11A Elizabeth Carter,
12:12the chill in Alexander's eyes could have frozen the entire room.
12:15He picked up the dissolution paper from the desk,
12:17his thumb slowly tracing the clean signature at the bottom,
12:20his voice sinking like a winter anvil.
12:22Explain.
12:23Now.
12:27Black alpha,
12:28it was,
12:29it was Miss Ashton who used your name to send Miss Carter the message,
12:33forced me to deliver the dissolution papers to her.
12:37She deceived Miss Carter into thinking it was your wish,
12:40made her leave.
12:42Get out.
12:43Submit a written review to the PAC finance department.
12:46Forfeit this year's entire gold pound to lock it.
12:49Then report to the border warehouse.
12:52Charles fled as if granted amnesty,
12:54quickly exiting the study and closing the door without looking back.
12:59Only Alexander remained in the room.
13:01Victoria's scheming,
13:02grandmother's favoritism,
13:03Charles's disloyalty,
13:05all fueled his rage.
13:06But what made his chest feel tight was Elizabeth's departure.
13:09Three years ago,
13:10at that full moon charity gala,
13:11he drunk too much moon goddess honey wine.
13:13Human consciousness was overwhelmed by wolf nature.
13:16He stumbled into her room,
13:17marking her uncontrollably.
13:19The next morning,
13:20panic filled her brows,
13:21yet mixed with stubbornness.
13:22That stubbornness,
13:23he remembered clearly to this day.
13:26Then a rival PAC captured photos,
13:28spreading rumors about his chaotic private life.
13:31Public gossip ran rampant.
13:32To silence the talk,
13:34he bonded with her as mates.
13:35After marriage,
13:36she never spoke excessively,
13:38never deliberately fond.
13:39She simply quietly managed everything in the black den,
13:42never adding any burden to him.
13:44His stomach was weak,
13:45the wolves had strong recovery,
13:46years of battle left hidden injuries.
13:48When winter came,
13:49she always had someone adjust the dense temperature
13:51in the study and bedroom
13:52to a comfortable 75 degrees in advance.
13:55When he worked late into the night,
13:56a cup of warm deer milk would appear on his desk,
13:59accompanied by moon laurel cookies
14:00and dark chocolate that he loved.
14:02Before business trips,
14:03she packed his luggage overnight,
14:05carefully placing a box of evening primrose wound medicine
14:07in the side pocket.
14:08With a sticky note in rounded handwriting,
14:10remember to eat on time.
14:11Don't always use wolf pressure to suppress fatigue.
14:14She never spoke of love,
14:15but the concern in her eyes,
14:17he saw it all.
14:18That night at the winter PAC banquet,
14:19he hadn't been drunk at all.
14:21He'd simply used the honey wine's courage
14:23to do what he'd always wanted.
14:24He wanted to draw near her,
14:26wanted to break the invisible wall between them.
14:28Now,
14:28she is gone,
14:29taking his pups,
14:31taking the 200 million gold pounds,
14:33leaving without a backward glance.
14:34That 200 million had been in his private treasury long ago,
14:37prepared to transfer to her name once she conceived,
14:40to set her mind at ease.
14:41But this gesture came too late,
14:43and was exploited by Victoria,
14:45becoming the reason for her departure,
14:46becoming a thorn piercing his heart.
14:50Alexander pressed his hand to his chest.
14:52It felt tight,
14:54aching badly,
14:54as if a piece had been carved away,
14:56leaving emptiness.
14:57He finally understood.
14:59These three years,
15:00his feelings for her had long surpassed a bond in name alone.
15:03The moon goddess had truly chosen him,
15:05and he'd developed genuine feelings for her.
15:07Only he'd awakened too late,
15:09too late for her to have already taken his bloodline,
15:11and completely walked out of his world.
15:12He whispered the name,
15:14the chill in his eyes almost enough to ignite a wolf.
15:16Victoria.
15:18Dawn had barely broken
15:20when the atmospheric black manner became suffocating.
15:22The old madam sat in the main hall's principal seat,
15:25her face grim.
15:26Victoria stood nearby,
15:27fingers anxiously twisting her skirt,
15:29panic filling her eyes
15:30though she struggled to maintain a composed appearance.
15:32Alexander sat on the opposite sofa.
15:35He wore a sharply tailored black suit,
15:37yet simply sitting there with cold brows
15:38was enough to drop the room's temperature.
15:50The old madam's lips moved,
15:52but ultimately she said nothing.
15:53She knew her grandson too well,
15:55from the first time Alexander hunted down an intruder alone at 12.
15:58She knew this child was different.
16:00He never angered easily,
16:01but once his bottom line was crossed,
16:03he resolved matters with absolute finality.
16:05The old madam lowered her gaze.
16:07She'd once favored Victoria,
16:09cold-shouldered Elizabeth,
16:10believing this was how a pack's dignity should be maintained.
16:13Now she saw she'd been wrong.
16:17Victoria's makeup was ruined by tears.
16:19Alexander, I know I was wrong.
16:21I was just momentarily confused.
16:24I love you too much.
16:25Watching Elizabeth occupy the Luna position,
16:27I couldn't accept it.
16:30Please forgive me,
16:31I'll never dare again.
16:32Alexander sat in his chair,
16:34looking at her coldly,
16:35not a ripple in his eyes.
16:36Love me?
16:37Your love is imitating my tone,
16:39to send messages,
16:40using the gold pounds I dreamted for Elizabeth
16:42to deceive her into leaving.
16:43Victoria,
16:44your love is too cheap,
16:46too vicious.
16:47You've relied on grandmother's favor
16:48to throw your weight around
16:49in the mannish,
16:49bullying,
16:50ordinary wolf servants,
16:51making things difficult for Elizabeth.
16:53You think I knew nothing?
16:54I simply couldn't be bothered.
16:56I gave you dignity for growing up in the black pack,
16:58but you dared touch my person.
17:00My pups!
17:02Victoria's face went deathly pale.
17:03Her crying stopped abruptly,
17:05staring at Alexander in disbelief.
17:08She de-thought Alexander's feelings for Elizabeth
17:10were nothing but reluctant,
17:12compliance with gossip,
17:13a performance.
17:14But now,
17:15from his words,
17:16he heard something different.
17:17He truly cared for Elizabeth.
17:19This realization nearly broke her.
17:20No!
17:21Impossible!
17:23Alexander,
17:23how could you like her?
17:25Such an ordinary she-wolf!
17:27Where does she deserve you?
17:29Whether she deserves me
17:30is not for you to judge.
17:31Alexander interrupted.
17:33You designed to harm my mate,
17:34deceived her into leaving.
17:36I will revoke all your positions
17:38in the black pack,
17:39freeze all Moonstone assets
17:40under your name
17:41related to the black family,
17:43and send you back
17:44to the remote farm pack.
17:46Never return to New York Terry
17:47in this lifetime.
17:50Such punishment
17:51for Victoria,
17:52who'd grown up in luxury
17:53and dreamed of marrying
17:54into the Alpha Corps,
17:55was worse than death.
17:56She panicked completely,
17:58crawling and rolling
17:58to Alexander's feet,
18:00clutching his pant leg
18:01and begging bitterly.
18:02Alexander lifted his foot,
18:03fiercely shaking off her hand.
18:05The force was so great
18:06she fell to the ground,
18:07her forehead hitting
18:08the table corner,
18:09blood seeping out.
18:10Throw her out.
18:11He didn't look at her again,
18:12his tone without a hint
18:13of wavering.
18:14Guards immediately
18:15stepped forward,
18:16lifting the link to Victoria
18:17and dragging her
18:17from the side hall.
18:18Her cries grew distant,
18:20finally vanishing
18:21down the corridor.
18:22The old madam
18:22watched Alexander's
18:23decisive actions,
18:25regret filling her heart.
18:26Her voice choked.
18:27Alexander Grandmother
18:28was wrong.
18:30Grandmother shouldn't
18:31have favored Victoria,
18:33shouldn't have
18:33cold-shouldered Elizabeth.
18:35Alexander looked at her,
18:36the chill in his eyes
18:37slightly receding,
18:38but still without warmth.
18:39Grandmother,
18:40what's done is done.
18:41Saying this is useless.
18:43Elizabeth has left
18:44with my pups.
18:45What I need to do
18:46is bring her back.
18:48He stood,
18:48powerful Alpha pressure
18:49radiating from him.
18:51Issue the order.
18:53Deploy all Black Pack
18:55resources.
18:55Find Elizabeth's
18:57whereabouts.
18:58No matter where she is,
18:59bring her back.
19:01Yes, Alpha.
19:05Six months after
19:06leaving New York,
19:07I lived comfortably
19:08and contentedly in Miami.
19:09No frozen pack rolls.
19:11No sideways glances
19:12from others.
19:12Only stability and warmth.
19:14Mom and Dad
19:14had settled well.
19:15In Miami, too.
19:16Dad fished by
19:17the lake
19:18in his free time.
19:19Wolf's sense of smell
19:20always left.
19:21Him find the fish schools.
19:22Mom tended the flowers
19:23and plants at home.
19:25Days were
19:25plain and cozy.
19:27I thought life
19:27would continue
19:28peacefully like this
19:29until I gave birth
19:30to eight wolf pups
19:31and watched them grow.
19:32I never expected
19:33an accident would uncover
19:34a secret mom
19:34had buried for years.
19:36That day,
19:37I took Mom and Dad
19:38to a high-end restaurant
19:38by Miami's beach.
19:40Miami was at the edge
19:41of Carter Pack territory
19:42where many high-ranking
19:43wolves frequently appeared.
19:45Mom inadvertently
19:46revealed the antique
19:46pocket watch on her wrist.
19:48An old silver watch
19:49engraved with a moon wolf totem.
19:50The restaurant owner
19:51suddenly exclaimed,
19:52Madam,
19:53this pocket watch,
19:54isn't it the heirloom treasure
19:55of the Jacksonville Carter Pack?
19:57The owner was an elderly
19:58beta wolf
19:59who'd once served
19:59the Carter Pack.
20:00Mom's face changed dramatically.
20:02She hurriedly hid
20:03the watch in her sleeve,
20:04panic-stricken.
20:05That pocket watch
20:06had been Mom's dowry,
20:07brought from her maiden family.
20:09All these years,
20:10she'd worn it close
20:11to her skin,
20:12never removing it,
20:13never telling me
20:14or father about its origin.
20:15Under my questioning,
20:16Mom finally spoke
20:17through reddened eyes,
20:18revealing the secret
20:19she'd buried for years.
20:22Mom was originally
20:23the only daughter
20:24of the Jacksonville Carter Pack,
20:26one of Florida's
20:26largest shipping packs,
20:28controlling Gulf of Mexico
20:29maritime trade routes,
20:30with abundant
20:31moonstone reserves
20:31and formidable strength.
20:33Years ago,
20:34while traveling in Boston,
20:35Mom met father.
20:36Love at first sight,
20:37but the Carter Pack
20:38despised father's
20:39ordinary wandering
20:40pack origins.
20:41The status gap
20:42was too great.
20:43They firmly opposed
20:44the union.
20:44Mom chose father
20:45over the pack,
20:46eloping with him.
20:47She changed her name
20:48and disappeared,
20:49never returning
20:50to Jacksonville,
20:51never mentioning
20:52her origins to anyone.
20:53All these years,
20:54Mom hadn't missed home.
20:55She simply feared
20:56the pack still held anger,
20:58feared returning
20:58to face those
20:59class prejudices again.
21:00The restaurant owner
21:01was a distant relative
21:02of the Carter Pack.
21:03He'd seen this heirloom
21:04silver watch years ago
21:05and recognized it instantly.
21:06He said grandfather
21:07William Carter
21:08had never given up
21:09searching for his daughter,
21:10sending wolves
21:11to inquire every year.
21:12Now grandfather
21:13was nearly 70,
21:14his wolf nature declining.
21:15His greatest wish
21:16was to find his
21:17long lost daughter
21:18and make up
21:18for these years
21:19of regret.
21:19Mom listened,
21:20weeping uncontrollably.
21:22Father held her hand,
21:23full of guilt.
21:24It's all my fault,
21:26making you suffer
21:27so many years.
21:28Unabled return
21:29to your pack,
21:30have to insign
21:31your son Gornage.
21:33Mom,
21:33Dad,
21:34let's go see
21:35grandfather.
21:36Looking at mom's
21:37state,
21:37my heart ached.
21:38Whether grandfather
21:39is angry or not,
21:41we're family after all.
21:43You've suffered
21:43too many years.
21:45It's time to reunite.
21:47Mom and Dad nodded.
21:50Under the restaurant
21:51owner's guidance,
21:52we arrived
21:53at the Carter Pack estate.
21:54It was a massive
21:55hunting ground
21:56spanning several hectares,
21:57with an ancient
21:58wolf clan stone
21:58fortress rising
21:59at its center.
22:00Grandfather William
22:01Carter was nearly 70,
22:02his hair white,
22:03yet he maintained
22:04an alpha's vigorous spirit,
22:06sharp wolf pupils,
22:07straight spine.
22:08The moment he saw mom,
22:09this tough old wolf
22:10instantly reddened
22:11at the eyes,
22:12trembling as he called out,
22:13My precious little wolf.
22:15Mom threw herself
22:16into grandfather's arms,
22:18crying like a pup
22:18who'd just learned
22:19to transform.
22:20All these years of grievance
22:21and longing
22:22released in this moment,
22:23grandfather held mom,
22:25muttering over and over,
22:26My good daughter,
22:26you've suffered.
22:27Grandfather looked at mom,
22:29then at father.
22:29Though dissatisfaction
22:31lingered in his eyes,
22:32a wandering beta
22:32had stolen his only daughter,
22:34seeing mom's happy expression,
22:35and detecting the scent
22:36of eight pups in my womb.
22:38His heart ultimately softened.
22:39He'd hated father
22:40all these years,
22:41hated him for taking
22:42his only daughter.
22:43But now seeing father's
22:44devoted care for mom,
22:45seeing mom's stable,
22:47happy life,
22:47that hatred gradually dissipated,
22:49especially when he learned
22:50I carried eight wolf pups.
22:51He was shocked and overjoyed,
22:53tossing all dissatisfaction
22:54to the wind.
22:55He took my hand,
22:56grinning from ear to ear.
22:57My precious granddaughter,
22:58you've suffered so young
23:00and carrying eight pups.
23:02Don't worry,
23:03grandfather has plenty of territory.
23:05I'll make sure you
23:07and the children eat well,
23:08live well,
23:09without a bit of grievance.
23:12I immediately had people
23:13buy up several hunting lodges
23:15beside the castle
23:15and gift them to me.
23:16He assigned the Carter Pack's
23:18dedicated lunar healers
23:19to take my pulse
23:19and ensure the pregnancy daily,
23:21sending endless moonstones,
23:22nourishing herbs,
23:24and high-grade wolf milk.
23:25He not only accepted father,
23:27but had him manage part
23:27of the Carter Pack's
23:28shipping business.
23:29Father had business acumen
23:30to begin with.
23:31Under grandfather's guidance,
23:33he thrived,
23:34becoming a capable member
23:35of the Carter Pack.
23:36And I,
23:36as the Carter Pack's
23:37only granddaughter,
23:38grandfather's beloved pearl,
23:40was naturally designated
23:41heir to Carter's shipping group.
23:42Holding half of the
23:43Florida Carter Pack's
23:44moonstone veins,
23:45I transformed into
23:46a truly wealthy
23:47she-wolf in Miami.
23:48Before,
23:49I'd worried about
23:49providing for eight children.
23:51Now I had endless moonstones,
23:52my maternal pack's protection,
23:54my parents' companionship.
23:56Never again watching
23:56any wolf's expression,
23:58never again worrying
23:59about livelihood.
23:59I thought I would spend
24:00my whole life in Miami
24:02like this,
24:02with eight wolf pups,
24:03with mom,
24:04dad,
24:05and grandfather,
24:05living stable
24:06and happy days.
24:07I never imagined
24:08Alexander would still
24:09find me.
24:13The day Alexander found me,
24:15Miami was drizzling with rain.
24:16I was lying on the sofa,
24:18caressing my swollen belly,
24:19my mood comfortable and secure,
24:21completely unaware
24:22of the approaching storm.
24:23Perhaps because after
24:24leaving New York,
24:25my sensitivity to his
24:26alpha presence had weakened.
24:27Suddenly,
24:28commotion sounded
24:29outside the courtyard.
24:30Then a familiar figure
24:31appeared in my line of sight.
24:32The man wore a black
24:33custom suit,
24:34posture straight and tall,
24:35brows still cold and hard.
24:37But his eyes held fatigue,
24:38urgency,
24:39and emotions I couldn't read.
24:40He stood in the rain,
24:41raindrops wetting his hairline,
24:43clinging to his smooth forehead.
24:44His gaze locked onto me tightly,
24:46as if wanting to meld me
24:47into his very bones.
24:48It was Alexander.
24:50Not a ripple stirred in my heart.
24:51Not even surprise.
24:53I looked at him blandly,
24:54like looking at a stranger.
24:55Alexander walked towards me,
24:57his suit soaked by rain,
24:59clinging to his body,
25:00outlining his tall alpha form.
25:01He stopped before me,
25:03his gaze falling on my belly,
25:04instantly capturing
25:05the faint wolf cries
25:06of eight pups within,
25:07the resonance of bloodline.
25:08A trace of tenderness
25:09flashed in his eyes.
25:10Elizabeth.
25:11He called my name softly,
25:13voice hoarse,
25:14carrying barely perceptible trembling.
25:15This was the first time
25:16I'd heard him call me
25:17with such gentle,
25:18humble tone.
25:19I didn't respond.
25:20I simply signaled a maid
25:21to drape a wolf
25:22for a cloak over me,
25:23still looking at him distantly,
25:24my tone aloof.
25:25Black alpha gracing us
25:27with his presence.
25:28What an honor.
25:29Only I don't know,
25:30black alpha,
25:31what brings you here today.
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