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Alpha’s Forbidden Mate
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00:02In the name of the fated mate, I offer my soulless sacrifice, I will sacrifice to save my beloved!
00:12A silver ritual circle flares to life beneath my feet.
00:16I drive my hand into my own chest.
00:18My wolf, Ember, lets out one last one.
00:22The source of my life and power is pulled out inch by inch, pulsing as it sinks into my dying
00:27brother Kaelin, the center of the altar.
00:30Five years earlier.
00:32Lyra saved your life! How could you do this to her?
00:37Kael, it wasn't me! Lyra burned herself, she framed me! Do you not trust me? I'm your fated-
00:42Shut up! You don't get to say that word!
00:45Take her out! Banish her to the wasteland!
00:49Before I can finish, two wolf guards haul me out of the hall.
00:53No one hears my screams. Lyra curls into Kaelin's arms, sobbing, covering the arm she burned herself.
01:00A rogue-child-like curse burned away my wolf-core, and Lyra shared her life-force with me through a
01:06blood-grafting ceremony.
01:08From that day on, she became the pack's blessed savior, and I became the parasite in her death.
01:13The moment I am thrown out the door, dozens of rogue wolves pour into the hall of my child.
01:18Chaos erupting everywhere. I am tossed aside on the stone steps outside.
01:22No one cares if I live or die.
01:24I lift my eyes.
01:26A rogue wolf raises a silver poison sword, aiming straight for my heart.
01:29That he'll save me!
01:32But Kaelin is building Lyra in his arms, fighting dozens of wolves.
01:36He can't reach me. Tears stream down my face.
01:39I close my eyes, waiting to die.
01:41He lowers. After the word barely reads his mouth, a massive force slams into him, sending me flying.
01:52No! Kaelin!
01:54I throw myself into the pool of blood, pulling him into my arms, screaming like I've lost my mind.
01:59He looks at me, using his last breath to speak.
02:02You've always been such a pain. Your whole life. I don't understand why my wolf chose you.
02:09Next life.
02:10I just want Lyra.
02:12Only Lyra.
02:14Tears dropping one by one onto his lifeless face.
02:17Yeah, I was never meant to exist.
02:19I stagger to my feet, eyes on the silver sword still in his chest.
02:26The sword slides out of his chest slowly, hovering in midair.
02:29The next second, I turn my hand.
02:31The sword plunges straight through my heart.
02:33I am slammed to the ground, my knees hitting the floor hard.
02:43Lyra gave you half her life, and this is how you trained her?
02:47That voice.
02:48I jerk my head up, seeing Kalem standing right in front of me, alive and well.
02:52He is still alive.
02:53I look around like crazy.
02:54I died, and now, I am back today.
02:57Today is the day Lyra burns herself, and blames it on me.
03:00Nothing has fallen apart yet.
03:01There is still time.
03:03Lyra covers the red mark on her arm, her eyes glistening with tears.
03:06Don't blame her, Sam.
03:08She didn't mean it.
03:09This time, I don't scream, or explain.
03:11I stand up and walk into the hall.
03:13The bowl of wolfsbane water is steaming.
03:15I pick up that bowl of scalding wolfsbane water, then pour it straight over my right arm.
03:19The whole hall falls dead silent.
03:21The expression on Lyra's face freezes.
03:23Kalem's eyes go wide.
03:25He moves toward me before he can stop himself, and grabs my scalded raw arm.
03:29What the hell are you doing?
03:30The second his fingers touch my skin, a roaring howl tears through the bond between us.
03:35Kale, don't be angry.
03:37It's all my fault.
03:39Just please stay alive.
03:41But just like before, he shoves me away with disgust.
03:45It is okay, Kalem.
03:46In this life, I'll give you what you want.
03:51Word spreads through the Blackwood Pack.
03:53I am leaving the stronghold.
03:54I'm renouncing my claim as Alpha Heir.
03:57Starting today, I'll move to the old house in the Northern Territory.
04:00The hall erupts in uproar.
04:02Lyra keeps her head down, smiling as she watches.
04:06Who let you decide this?
04:08Alpha.
04:08I need to rest my injuries.
04:10I don't look up at him.
04:11I just walk straight into my room, but I didn't expect him to follow me in.
04:15Rest?
04:16Or is it that you can't face Lyra, the one who saved your life?
04:20He corners me at the edge of the bed, grips my chin, and tilts my head up to meet his
04:24eyes.
04:25You think giving up your claim makes it even?
04:28The moment our skin touches, we both freeze.
04:31Neither of us expects the bond to surge like this.
04:33I feel my wolf, Ember, shivering with excitement.
04:36She is calling him.
04:37His wolf, Fenrir.
04:39Answers.
04:42She's my mate.
04:44I'll mark her.
04:46She's your sister.
04:47This is a curse.
04:49No, she's not.
04:50She's our fated mate.
04:52I can smell it.
04:54Fenrir tears through his reason, desperate to reach me, to mark me.
04:58In the space between our minds, Ember and Fenrir circle each other.
05:02Nuzzling, whining, pulling closer.
05:04Ember whines inside me.
05:05Ember, no.
05:06I plead with her in my mind.
05:08He's ours.
05:09He has always been ours.
05:10She won't listen to me.
05:11The longing in my soul blazes like fire, consuming my sanity.
05:15Callum's hands shake as he tries to push me away.
05:18Yet, Fenrir takes control and pins me to the bed.
05:21His hot breath sweeps across my neck, right where the mate mark belongs.
05:25You bitch.
05:26What have you done to me?
05:27My whole body trembles.
05:29Kalium.
05:30No.
05:31We can't.
05:32Shut up.
05:32I arch my back, digging my nails into his back.
05:36Please.
05:37Stop.
05:38He leans in, pressing his lips to the curve of my ear.
05:43I hate you.
05:45Ember and Fenrir entwine deep in our souls, letting out a single shared howl.
05:50He marks me.
05:54When I wake up, Kalium is already gone.
05:56The mark on my neck still burns.
05:58I touch the searing mark, and Ember hums contentedly inside me.
06:02I can't help but feel bitter.
06:03That evening, Elowen, I heard you're still hurt.
06:06I made this tonic myself.
06:08But a memory flashes through my mind.
06:10In my past life, I drank this very bowl, mixed with deadly wolfbane.
06:15Three days later, my wolf heart withered completely.
06:19Everyone thought it was just my weak constitution.
06:22Thank you, Lyra.
06:23I take the bowl, sniff it.
06:25But I want to drink it with you.
06:27Like when we were kids.
06:31Here.
06:32This one's for you.
06:34Elowen, I don't need...
06:35What's wrong?
06:36You made it yourself.
06:38Not gonna drink it?
06:39Kalium storms it, face dark.
06:41He doesn't even look at Lyra.
06:44Kalium!
06:47What's the big deal?
06:49Lyra goes pale, but says nothing.
06:51She mumbles an excuse and rushes out, before I can speak.
06:54Alpha!
06:55Bad news!
06:56Massive rogue wolf attack at the northern border!
06:58I block his path.
06:59You can't go.
07:00Move.
07:01But you drank me...
07:02I said move!
07:04He shoves me aside, without another glance.
07:07He storms down the hall.
07:09Late at night, news arrives from the battlefield.
07:12The alpha was mad at the left.
07:14Unable to tell the rest of the hope.
07:16Several of his own guards are badly injured.
07:18Alpha's gone feral!
07:19He's attacking our own!
07:20The wolf pain has taken hold.
07:22The mark on my neck blazes.
07:23Tearing pain ripping through my soul.
07:25Ember hears his wolf crying in agony.
07:27She snarls inside me.
07:29Our mate is dying!
07:36The alpha is poisoned with wolfwood!
07:39His wolf is dying!
07:41No hope.
07:42His body rejects all outside energy.
07:44No antidote can reach him.
07:46How could this happen?
07:47He was fine just a moment ago.
07:48I dash from my room to the altar.
07:50My heart hammering.
07:51The mark on my neck burns fiercely.
07:53Save him!
07:54Please save him!
07:59I pull his head tightly into my arms.
08:01No!
08:02I refuse to believe it!
08:04Why, even with a second chance, can I still not save you?
08:08No, Kale.
08:09You won't die.
08:10I won't let you die.
08:11In the past life, you died in my place.
08:13This life, I would turn my life to you.
08:16Letting you have your happy ending with Lyra.
08:18Moonlight pours through the stone pillars.
08:20Silver magic circle blows beneath my feet.
08:23In the name of the fated mate, with my soul as the offering,
08:28I will sacrifice myself to save my beloved!
08:34My wolf core is pulled out inch by reach, pulsing the silver light.
08:38Ever lets out a heart wrench in high and rushes for his wolf.
08:41I collapse weakly to the ground, unable to hold myself up,
08:44staring at him so close yet out of reach.
08:46Paleness drains from his face.
08:48Finally he opens his eyes.
08:50His eyes glow gold.
08:51He inherits my power and my memories.
08:53He sees everything.
08:55The childhood curse, wasn't an accident.
08:57Lyra poisoned my food.
08:58He sees the truth about the blood bonding ritual.
09:01Lyra never gave me her life for it.
09:03She just had the witch lock my wolf heart in silver chains.
09:06Then told the whole pack I saved.
09:08He sees the coming of age ceremony.
09:10I stood at the edge of the crowd, watching him dance with Lyra.
09:14Tears falling one by one.
09:15He sees it all.
09:16Every time he hit me, yelled at me, or humiliated me.
09:19I gritted my teeth, turned away, and cried alone until dawn.
09:23He sees that night in my past life.
09:25Me kneeling beside his body, pulling out the silver sword, stabbing my own heart.
09:29He finally understands everything, including, that I'm never his sister.
09:32The magic circle fades.
09:34He stumbles toward me, pulls me from the ground into his arms, holding me so tight.
09:38I love you.
09:39I'm sorry.
09:40I'm so sorry.
09:41He cries, confessing his pain.
09:44You would never, you would never have left.
09:47In this life, you finally get what you want.
09:54No, Elowen!
09:56He clutches my cold body, throws his head back, and unleashes a heart-shattering wolf howl.
10:01The rogue alpha energy inside him detonates by the nuclear blast.
10:05Everyone drops to their knees, trembling and fear.
10:20Elowen, wake up!
10:22I command you in the name of the alpha!
10:24Open your eyes!
10:26The heartbreaking scream tears through me, making my soul ache.
10:29But haven't I already ripped out my wolf heart, and offered it as a sacrifice?
10:34I jerk my eyes open and find I haven't fallen into hell.
10:37Instead, I am trapped in a dark, empty mental space.
10:40Somehow, I am a ghost now, trapped inside Kalem's body.
10:44The one who once hated me to his core, is now kneeling before my corpse, crying his heart out.
10:49Kale, don't be sad.
10:51She chose to sacrifice herself.
10:54It was her own choice.
10:56Get lost!
10:56You make me sick!
10:58Her eyes wide with disbelief.
11:00Kale, you pushed me away?
11:02For her?
11:04The curse she suffered ten years ago wasn't an accident.
11:07Lyra, you poisoned her.
11:09You chained Elowen's wolf heart in silver.
11:12You stole her life, lied to the whole pack.
11:14Did you really think I'd never find out?
11:16Lyra's smile dies, her face drained of color.
11:18Deep inside his mind, I watch this long-overdue reckoning with cold eyes.
11:23Kalem lunges forward and slaps Lyra so hard she flips over.
11:28Kale, stop.
11:31Please.
11:32No, that wasn't me!
11:34How do you know?
11:35What are you talking about, Kale?
11:37She has no idea that right now, inside Kalem's mind, memories of her torturing and taking my place are flashing
11:43wildly.
11:44Alpha, stop it!
11:45You're gonna kill her!
11:46Oh my god! The Alpha's lost it!
11:50That's the little sister he's always loved the most!
11:52They surge forward, trying to restrain the out-of-control Kalem.
11:55Get back!
11:56A wolf-hounder explodes the sky, sending all the blocking guards flying backward.
12:00He stunts down hard on Lyra's broken arm.
12:02In three days, Lyra will stand trial.
12:09High above the blackwood cracks, grey paw.
12:11Wild thunder rips through the sky, nearly tearing the strong wolf apart.
12:15Kira screams and tries to run.
12:18But Kalem yanks her back hard, with dark iron chains coated in deadly silver quasen.
12:23He pins her to the sacred altar, the silver burns, making her convulse violently in agony.
12:28All the blackwood wolves kneel on the ground, trembling in fear.
12:31Deep inside Kalem's mind, I watch it all with cold eyes.
12:34In my past life, it happened here, on this very altar.
12:38He coldly banished me over a single word from Lyra, but now his fingers clutching the chains shake violently.
12:43Kael, look at me! I'm your most beloved little sister!
12:48Little sister? You think you deserve this? I was a damn fool back then!
12:54He spins around, and the Alpha's absolute authority thunders through the wall.
12:59Bring in the pack, witch!
13:00He plans to start the soul projection. Then the whole pack will see the truth.
13:04The holy maiden they've worshipped for years is nothing but a rotten fraud.
13:08The words barely leave his mouth. The great hall doors slam open.
13:11When Lyra sees the witch stepping forward, holding a memory orb ablaze with blood-red flames, all hope drains for
13:18her.
13:18She knows that once those memories are forced into the minds of the whole pack, she'll die.
13:23And the decade-long conspiracy she has hidden, everyone will see it.
13:29No! Stop it!
13:31As the pack witch's cold spell falls, the blood-red orb explodes in mid-air.
13:35Lyra's deepest memories are forced to project across the great hall.
13:39Everyone's mind-link is instantly flooded by this tidal wave of memories.
13:43Each scene plays out in sharp detail.
13:45Plunging the entire stronghold into complete silence.
13:48In the memory, a young Lyra wears a cruel expression.
13:51With her own hands she pours deadly wolfbane into my food.
13:54While I writhe in agony, she uses stolen dark magic, to seal my wolf heart with silver chains.
13:59Then she wipes the blood from her hands and fakes a song called blood-bonding ritual.
14:04Just like that, she transforms herself into my supposed savior.
14:07Watching the pack members who used to despise me, shaking with anger, I can only feel the irony.
14:13This is the pure holy maiden you've all worshipped.
14:17Liar. You freaking liar!
14:20Kaylin's eyes blaze blood-red.
14:22Like a crazed beast, he reaches out with his wolf claws and clamps down on Lyra's neck.
14:26But just when the pack expects Lyra to be ripped apart, the fake fear in her eyes suddenly vanishes.
14:31She lowers her head, and from her throat comes a chummy.
14:35Insane little laugh.
14:44Kaelium, even if you tear me apart right now, you're still doomed to live in endless hell!
14:54That sharp, horrifying laugh rips through the dead silence of the hall.
14:58Nailed to the altar, Lyra knows she is not going to survive.
15:01She tears off her fake mask, and she eats.
15:06You think I'm the culprit?
15:08No!
15:09The one who really drove Elwen to her death is you!
15:13You, this high and mighty alpha!
15:16You're the one who hid her, yelled at her, and humiliated her!
15:19You're the one who broke her pride and forced her to rip out her wolf heart!
15:25You deserve to die the most!
15:28You sick monster!
15:30Inside Kaelium's mind, I observe it all with unfeeling cold eyes.
15:34As Lyra's curses pour down, I feel Kaelium's soul defenses shatter instantly.
15:38He coughs up blood in agony, his tall body trembling violently.
15:42Even his hand around Lyra's neck goes limp and releases her.
15:45Kaelium sinks into hopeless despair, totally unguarded.
15:48Just then, lying limp on the ground, Lyra's eyes flare with a flash of suicidal.
15:52All or nothing matters.
15:57Then let's die together!
16:00Suddenly, a blinding black light erupts from the altar.
16:03The dark magic hidden under Lyra's fingernails explodes.
16:06She springs up like a wild goose.
16:08She plunges a silver dagger coated with deadly clothing to Kaelium's throat.
16:12The silver blade comes within millimeters of his neck.
16:15He closes his eyes heavily.
16:17It is as if he is willing to accept death as his punishment.
16:21Help! Help! Help!
16:23The kneeling pack members pee, scrambling to stop Lyra.
16:27Inside his mind, I watch the dagger come at him with cold attachment.
16:31Not a single ripple stirs in my heart.
16:33Kaelium, open your eyes and see.
16:35This is the good little sister, you've protected for two lifetimes.
16:38The one you pampered, even at the cost of vanishing you.
16:41But just as the poison blade is about to pierce his throat,
16:44my wolf Ember lets out a deafening roar that shapes the heavens.
16:53Rip, the silver poison dagger bites into flesh with a dull sickening sound.
16:59The madness in Lyra's eyes hasn't yet faded before endless fear swallows it whole.
17:03Because Kaelium doesn't flinch, not even a twitch of his brow.
17:06Amid the searing pain of poison eating through his flesh,
17:09he lifts his hands with a blunt expression, like lightning.
17:12He snaps it around Lyra's neck.
17:14Cracks!
17:14A sharp, final crack of bone echoes through the great hall.
17:18Lyra's scream cuts her instantly, like a piece of trash.
17:21Kaelium tosses her expressionless, straight into the blazing sacred fire at the center of the altar.
17:26Scorching silver-white flames engulf her instantly.
17:29She writhes in agony, twisting and melting in the fire,
17:31and finally turns into a foul whistle of black smoke.
17:35I stare at the pile of ashes and let out a long deep breath, deep inside his mind.
17:39This demon who ruined my life twice, and pushed me into an endless abyss,
17:43is finally gone, completely erased from this world.
17:46But before I can even look away, Kaelium, who is barely holding on,
17:49suddenly spits up a mouthful of blood.
17:51His tall body crashes to his knees beside the ashes.
17:54He knows that real punishment is only just beginning.
18:02Alpha, this is our fault!
18:04Cries roar like a tidal wave.
18:05The whole Blackwood pack drops to their knees.
18:07The elders and pack members who once despised me slam their heads against the cold floor.
18:12Kaelium doesn't even glance at them.
18:14He moves like a soulless corpse.
18:15His steps are heavy and staggering as he walks out.
18:18Alpha!
18:19Alpha!
18:20A few ruling elders rush to block him.
18:23Alpha!
18:23Get lost!
18:24With an almost hopeless roar, the last of Kaelium's alpha power erupts,
18:28blasting the elders backward.
18:30His blood-red wolf, eyes burn with the dead silence of destruction.
18:34One more word.
18:35You die!
18:38Everyone freezes in an instant tense silence.
18:41No one dares to stop him.
18:42He staggers into the center of the empty, dead silent inner hall.
18:46Suddenly, the ultimate backlash from his shattered mate Vaughn hits him.
18:49It strikes like a thousand arrows.
18:51His sanity shreds in an instant.
18:53A blue.
18:54Kaelium coughs up a huge mouthful of Blackwood.
18:56His tall body goes limp and crashes to his knees like a ragdoll.
19:00He doesn't even grunt.
19:01Everything goes black.
19:02He loses consciousness completely.
19:04The moment he blacks out, his giant wolf, Fenrir, lets out a pained, terrified whimper in the darkness.
19:13That night the inner hall of the stronghold is silent, like a grave.
19:17Kaelium lies in a painful coma from the soul backlash.
19:19His tall body twitches violently on the bed.
19:22Cold sweat soaks him from head to toe.
19:24Deep inside his soul, a brutal war erupts.
19:26I stand as a ghost in the darkness and clearly see two giant wolves.
19:30One is Kaelium's wolf spirit, Fenrir.
19:33The beast is now drenched in blood.
19:35His front paws claw at the ground in pain.
19:37He lets out pitiful whimpers into the darkness.
19:39Above him.
19:40My wolf spirit Ember who should have died with me.
19:43Perches proudly on a cliff in the mind space.
19:45After absorbing the life force Kaelium sacrificed.
19:48His wolf eyes are cold, like a gods.
19:52Fenrir tries to move closer, wagging his tail.
19:55He seems to beg forgiveness for his host.
19:57Instinctively drawn toward his fated mate.
20:00Ember's eyes explode.
20:02Ember launches like a bolt of bolt of lightning.
20:05One claw rips Fenrir's shoulder open.
20:08Fenrir screams in pain and collapses to the ground.
20:11Elwyn!
20:11Please come back!
20:13Come back!
20:14In the real world, the unconscious Kaelium sheds a single tear from the corner of his eye.
20:29The two giant wolves inside him keep tearing at each other.
20:33But his mind on the edge of collapse suddenly snaps awake.
20:36I can smell you!
20:38You're right here!
20:39You didn't leave me, did you?
20:41After fully merging with my wolf heart, he realizes he can faintly sense what remains of my consciousness.
20:46His eyes fly open.
20:48He falls off the bed, scrambling and crawling.
20:50He screams like a madman into the empty room, crying his heart out.
20:56Right now, I drift like a cold mist, standing silently in the darkest corner of his soul, watching him.
21:02Of course I can speak.
21:03My mind is completely intact.
21:05If I want, my voice can shatter his skull from inside his head.
21:08But I just watch.
21:12Answer me!
21:13Curse me!
21:14Please!
21:14Just one word!
21:17He digs his nails into the cracks in the stone, his whole body shaking with sobs.
21:22No!
21:26Kaelium grits his teeth, forcing himself to take the poison-coated silver blade and slash open his own right arm.
21:35He convulses violently from the pain, sweat raining down onto the ground.
21:41Werewolves are born afraid of silver, especially this deadly, ultra-pure silver poison.
21:46But, this arrogant Supreme Alpha stares at his own bloody, mangled right arm and lets out a twisted, hopeless laugh.
21:54Does it hurt?
21:55Does it hurt?
21:56Elwyn.
21:58So this is how much it hurt you back then.
22:01Every bit of pain you suffered.
22:03I repay myself ten times, a hundred times.
22:06Just don't leave me, just say one word.
22:09Please.
22:09Back when silver poison tortured me and my wolf heart shattered, he was holding Lyra, fussing over her, treating me
22:15like the pack's disgrace.
22:16Kaelium goes completely insane.
22:19He raises the silver blade high, aiming it at his own heart.
22:22You won't come out?
22:24Fine!
22:25Then I'll rip this heart out and give it back to you!
22:27No!
22:28Alpha!
22:29No!
22:30Alpha!
22:31Get out of my way!
22:33Don't stop me!
22:33The silver blade tears through the steel shields.
22:36The Force sends the guards flying, coughing up blood.
22:38Kaelium lores, eyes blood red, like a madman driven to the edge.
22:46Alpha, stop!
22:47Are you trying to destroy the whole pack?
22:50The elders stare at Kaelium, covered in blood, trying to stab himself with the silver blade.
22:55Fear makes them all drop to their knees.
22:57Everyone thinks he has completely lost his mind.
23:00Then the High Priest, trembling, holds out a leather scroll and kneels in the pool of blood.
23:04Alpha!
23:05Look at this!
23:06Kaelium throws the silver blade aside and snatches that ancient scroll.
23:09Deep inside Kaelium's mind, I focus and look too.
23:13On the torn, weathered leather, is an ancient, forbidden werewolf legend.
23:17Deep in the rogue wasteland, contemplate our rest.
23:20A place of killing left, lies a sacred site sealed by the moon goddess herself.
23:25The Moonwell.
23:25It says,
23:27If one can pass the three trials of the Oracle, even a shattered wolf heart can be restored and brought
23:32back to life.
23:33The High Priest's voice shakes.
23:34Rogue wasteland.
23:35Moonwell.
23:36Kaelium stares at the words, his whole body trembling violently with pure overwhelming joy.
23:41It is as if he has grasped the final lifeline before drowning.
23:44He laughs like a madman, yet he has no idea.
23:46On that wasteland, tens of thousands of hungry rogue wolves wait.
23:50They are ready to tear up blood with a cream alpha walking straight.
23:57Tomorrow, I'm going to the Moonwell.
23:59The words hit like a thunderbolt, and the entire alpha hall falls into dead silence.
24:04On the platform, Kaelium's face is pale, but his resolve is absolute.
24:07He reaches up and removes the alpha bone ring, the symbol of the pack's highest authority.
24:12He shows no hesitation and tosses it straight to the beta he trusts most.
24:16Alpha!
24:17Have you lost your mind?
24:20For a dead woman, you're really going to abandon the whole pack?
24:23Beta kneels on the ground, begging.
24:25Shut up.
24:26Kaelium's bloodshot golden eyes sweep over the crowd, cold and merciless.
24:30Yet, the moment he steps into the rogue wasteland, the gates of hell swing open.
24:34No reels here, only killing.
24:36Rawr!
24:38Look who just showed up!
24:40Along with bone, chilling laughter, countless pairs of blood-red wolf cries ignite in the darkness.
24:45Hundreds of massive rogue wolves, reeking of rot, surge in like a tidal wave in all directions.
24:50Get back!
24:51Kaelium unleashes a roar of pure despair.
24:53A rogue wolf fights clean through his thigh and tears off her chunk of flesh.
24:57Another huge wolf breaks its claws across his chest, leaving gashes so deep the bone shows.
25:03Blood poured out like crazy.
25:04For Elowen, I will not-
25:06At that moment, Kaelium goes completely preserved, breaking through the siege of hundreds of savage wolves.
25:12But the three oracle trials of the new world are 10,000 times more terrifying than the savage wolves on
25:17the space.
25:21A huge wolf sees its chance, stepping over the scattered bodies and lunging, claws aimed straight at Kaelium's throat.
25:28By now, Kaelium is completely drained. He doesn't even have the strength to lift his heavy eyelids.
25:32The deadly wolf claw hovers just a centimeter from his carotid artery, and the rogue wolves on the waistband start
25:39letting out triumphant snarls.
25:41Alpha or not, he's just dead meat.
25:43But right at this life, or death moment,
25:46Roar.
25:46A female wolf's roar suddenly explodes from a deep inside of his throat.
25:51It is me.
25:51To be exact, it is Ember.
25:53The giant wolf nested deep within his soul.
25:56Facing the taunts of these lowly rogue wolves, Ember's pride smacks.
26:00In an instant, she takes control of Kaelium's battered body.
26:03Bam!
26:04Kaelium's eyes instantly blaze with blinding golden light.
26:07With a single backhand, he slams the huge wolf into mid-air, smashing it into a pulp.
26:11Blood sprays everywhere.
26:12The rogue wolves around in panic.
26:14Tails tucked, scattering in all directions.
26:17The danger passes, and Ember's consciousness fades back into hiding.
26:20Kaelium collapses to his knees in the thick, sticky blood, gasping for air as if he has nothing left.
26:25However, he ignores his wounds, shaking.
26:28He lifts a hand to the side of his neck, where the mate bond mark with his faded mate blazes.
26:34Elevin, it's you.
26:36You're here, right?
26:37Hot tears spill from his eyes.
26:40You're still here.
26:41You're finally answered.
26:43Please stay.
26:47At the edge of the rogue wasteland, ancient mist rolls in like a tide.
26:51The first trial of the moonwell, the illusion forest, begins.
26:54The mist here can tear one's soul apart.
26:56Ancient illusions pull Kaelium in instantly.
26:59Smack, a sharp, crisp slap echoes through the dead.
27:02Silent forest.
27:03Inside the illusion, his past self blares coldly.
27:06For a single lie from Lyra, he slaps me hard, sending me crashing to the ground.
27:10Then the scene shifts.
27:11He sits high above, passing judgment, banishing me from the pack, while my wolf heart shatters, and my body is
27:17covered in blood.
27:17Every wrong he committed against me in his past life now tears at his mind.
27:21I'm sorry.
27:22I'm so sorry.
27:24My elephant.
27:25As an alpha, his mental power could easily crush these low-level illusions.
27:29But Kaelium doesn't resist at all.
27:31He kneels before the visions.
27:32Face pale as death.
27:34Onsular wolf's mind breaks.
27:35They become a mindless raging beast forever.
27:38Yet, he opens his arms wide, letting the pain consume him.
27:41He rides and rolls on the ground, caught in the agony of the illusion.
27:44This is only the first trial, and he is already on the edge of breaking, just as his mental defenses
27:50are about to collapse completely.
27:51The me inside the illusion suddenly turns her head.
27:54Those cold, lifeless eyes lock onto him.
28:00No!
28:01Please!
28:02Put the sword down!
28:03Don't stab yourself!
28:05Inside the illusion forest, Kaelium screams his heart out at Empty's face.
28:08In the vision, my past self desperately drives the poison, coated silver blade, into my own chest.
28:14That scene was what finally broke him.
28:16He goes completely insane, slapping himself over and over.
28:19Then he twists his fingers into claws and digs deep into his own left chest, trying to tear out the
28:24wolf heart that belongs to me.
28:26It's all my fault.
28:28I should die!
28:30Elway!
28:31Flesh and blood splatter everywhere.
28:33His fingernails are already pressing against his wildly beating heart.
28:37Kaelium, stop!
28:37A cold, lifeless female voice explodes in his mind.
28:41Kaelium's self-harm freezes instantly.
28:43His whole body shakes violently.
28:45And his blood-red golden wolf eyes blaze with sick, desperate joy.
28:48Elowyn?
28:50It's you!
28:51It's really you!
28:52You're talking to me.
28:54You forgive me, don't you?
28:56He collapses to his knees in the blood.
28:58A total mess, responding to me frantically through the mind link.
29:01Feeling the pain deep in his soul, the kind that is about to drive him insane.
29:05The wall I've been holding up finally crumbles completely.
29:07Kaelium.
29:09Stop.
29:10Please.
29:11Just stop.
29:13Kaelium, you're the alpha of the Blackwood Pack.
29:15How could you hurt yourself like this?
29:17For me?
29:18The power of the alpha heart surges violently.
29:21And the shockwaves tear through chunks of the illusion force around him.
29:24Kaelium feels my love and my heartache.
29:26Every ounce of it.
29:27And his body goes weak.
29:28He collapses fully into the pool of blood.
29:31I'm sorry.
29:33Elwyn.
29:35It's all my fault.
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