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The Secret Luna Reborn to Destroy the Man I Once Loved
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00:00I was reborn. Back to the night I unbond my chest before the Alpha here. Thank the moon goddess. I
00:06still had not told him my secret. Cassian's death was spread with portraits of the finest women in all of
00:12Silver Air Pack. Just like in my last life, he waved me over.
00:15Saren, look at these. Who would be my future Luna?
00:19In my last life, I was so jealous that I confessed everything. Born with the moon curse, I became male
00:26by day, female by night. My wolf was chained deep inside. No shifting. No mate bond. Only the mark of
00:35my true mate could break the curse.
00:37The moment Cassian learned the truth, he swore I was the woman he loved most. I got what I wanted.
00:44He marked me.
00:46From that day on, I stayed in my female body, and I thought the curse was gone for good. I
00:52happily took my place as his future Luna.
00:55My wolf stayed silent. I brushed it off as fallout from the curse. But later, he fell for another woman.
01:02Ten years, he froze me out. Our pups didn't survive the pack's struggle for power.
01:06In this life, I refused to mate with him. Never. So I pointed to Allara Ashfield, the woman he later
01:13favored most.
01:14Her. Allara Ashfield. She's your best move.
01:18Cassian went still. He hadn't expected me to choose Allara.
01:22That woman's too rigid. Every talk with her feels like a council meeting. I won't like her.
01:28That didn't matter. He would, later. On the day I died in the Luna's Tower, he told me,
01:33If I could live this again, I'd rather never have known what you are.
01:39Then I would have married Allara.
01:41I came back to myself and spoke.
01:43Lord Ashfield is head counsellor of the Council of the Pack Council.
01:47If you marry Allara, the whole Pack Council stands with you.
01:51Your claim to the throne will hold.
01:54Cassian looked up. His eyes locked onto mine.
01:58After a long silence, he said,
02:00I see.
02:01I knew my words sank in.
02:03Even in my past life, he had meant to marry Allara anyway, after weighing his options.
02:09Tonight was only his way of testing my reaction.
02:12He wanted to see if I still cared.
02:15I served as his beta for five years.
02:18Shared the same tower.
02:20I ate at the same table.
02:22He knew nothing about my curse.
02:24He thought I was just a man.
02:26Beneath the disguise, I was a woman.
02:28One who often helped him with strategy.
02:30Over time, I fell for him.
02:33Even he started to feel something different for me.
02:36But in his eyes, I was still a man.
02:38As the alpha hare, he needed pups to carry on the Valamont bloodline.
02:43So whatever he felt for me, he could only bury it.
02:46He would never get the chance to say it out loud.
02:49Just before I walked out, Cassian let out a sigh.
02:52Saren, if only you had a twin sister.
02:54If she were anything like you, I'd find a way.
02:57Whatever the cost.
02:59Under the moonlight, I saw the look in his eyes.
03:01It was dark, heavy, and dripping with regret.
03:04His jaw clenched tight.
03:06His Adam's chogel bobbed.
03:08I smiled.
03:10Too bad she doesn't exist.
03:12I knew how he operated.
03:14Once the marriage was locked in, he would cut me out of his life.
03:17If anyone found out the alpha hare fell for a man who couldn't give him an heir,
03:21the pack council would dethrone him.
03:23The pack would shake.
03:24The Valamont family would be ruined by his scan.
03:27A future king could not afford to hesitate.
03:30A king who hesitates is already dead.
03:33I stood outside the iron gates of Blackthorn Manor,
03:37looking up at the carved family crest.
03:39My heart mummered against my ribs.
03:42During my ten years as his Luna,
03:44Cassian claimed the Blackthorns held too much power in the pack council,
03:48said we threatened the crown's independence.
03:50He issued a pack dissimilation order,
03:53stripped our titles,
03:54and exiled us to the borderlands.
03:56My father, Lord Gregor Blackthorn,
03:58was a fierce warrior his whole life.
04:00His dying words burned with hatred.
04:02I spent seventeen years forging you into something that could sit at the highest table.
04:06And you threw it all away,
04:08for a man who will never choose you over his crown.
04:11From that day on,
04:12I lived with regret.
04:14Thank the moon goddess.
04:15She had given me one more chance.
04:18I sat in my study all night.
04:20By dawn,
04:20the news broke.
04:22The Alpha King issued a royal decree.
04:24Cassian and Alera Ashfield were officially engaged.
04:27At the same time,
04:28my own order arrived.
04:30Cassian pulled strings for me.
04:32In two months,
04:33I was departing for the south.
04:35My new title was Territorial Warden of Ashenmore.
04:38I marched to the Hare's Tower at once.
04:41But Cassian shut me out.
04:42He sent a messenger instead.
04:44I'd been looking forward to seeing him.
04:46We're Blood Oath brothers.
04:47My closest ally.
04:49Looking out for you is part of the deal.
04:50No thanks needed.
04:51He called me his closest ally.
04:53No thanks needed.
04:54But he didn't know.
04:55In my past life,
04:57I was his Luna for a decade.
04:59And taking me out
05:00was the only thing on his mind.
05:03Ashenmere was rich and laid back.
05:04Far from Silvercrest's power games.
05:06For me,
05:07that was all upside.
05:08Even my father downed a few extra shots
05:10at the family dinner.
05:12He raised a toast.
05:13Two years governing your own territory.
05:15That'll prove to everyone
05:15what you're capable of.
05:16By this time in my last life,
05:18I had already survived
05:19my mating night with Cassian.
05:20The curse shattered.
05:21I was fully female again.
05:23Snow dumped from the sky.
05:25Cassian stood outside
05:26the Alpha King's hall.
05:27He used his raw Alpha bloodline
05:28to block a King's command,
05:30never backing down.
05:31The Alpha King was furious.
05:33He would not accept a moonbound.
05:35A cursed woman who could not shift
05:38as his son's future Luma.
05:40The throne or a woman.
05:41Tell me you can see the difference.
05:43Cassian dropped to one knee.
05:45He never let anyone see his emotions.
05:47His face always showed nothing.
05:49But at that moment,
05:50a tear slipped out.
05:51Father,
05:52if I can't have Saren Blackthorn,
05:54the crown means nothing to me.
05:55In the end,
05:56the Alpha King gave in.
05:58But after that day,
05:59they bled my father's power
06:00dry in the shadows.
06:01In just a few months,
06:03his hair turned gray.
06:05Now,
06:05none of that would happen.
06:07From that day forward,
06:09I threw myself
06:10into preparing for my post.
06:12As for Cassian,
06:13he was busy
06:14locking down his future Luna.
06:16He stopped calling for me.
06:18Cale Valamont,
06:19the second prince,
06:20and I knew each other fairly well.
06:22He was notoriously idle,
06:24never took anything seriously.
06:26But out of nowhere,
06:27he showed up at my door
06:28to question me.
06:29You two were inseparable.
06:30He personally arranged
06:32the Ashmore post for you.
06:33I'm genuinely jealous.
06:35So why haven't I seen you
06:36together lately?
06:37I smiled,
06:38but said nothing.
06:39But I knew it.
06:40From here on out,
06:41Cassian and I
06:42were only going to drift apart.
06:44That was all.
06:46Not long after,
06:48Cale told me,
06:49Cassian and Allura
06:50were making a public appearance
06:51at the Lakeside party
06:52for the Moonfire Festival.
06:54He pushed me to tag along
06:56and watch.
06:58Honestly,
06:59Saren,
06:59is something wrong
07:00with your head?
07:01You've been icing
07:02Cassian out for way too long.
07:04If you don't show
07:05your face soon,
07:06he's going to forget you.
07:08That was exactly
07:09what I wanted.
07:10I turned him down.
07:11I'm not going.
07:12I'm departing for Ashenmore
07:14in two months.
07:15I've got too much to do.
07:17Cale backed off
07:18at the time,
07:19but on Moonfire Festival night,
07:21he sweet-talked me
07:22out of my tower.
07:23Cassian has never,
07:25not once,
07:25been close to a woman.
07:26Aren't you the least bit curious
07:28what he's like with Allura?
07:29Honestly,
07:30I was not curious
07:31because I had already seen her.
07:33He would neglect everyone for her.
07:35She was frail
07:35and could not carry pups.
07:37Until the day I died
07:38in my last life,
07:39the royal family
07:40had only the son and daughter.
07:41I gave him back
07:42when he still loved me.
07:43He would sneak her
07:43out of the palace at midnight
07:45just to watch plays.
07:47For ten years,
07:48every noblewoman
07:48in Silverhouse learned to ride
07:50only because Allura
07:51thought it was fun.
07:52A dull ache
07:52hit me deep under my ribs.
07:54My pups.
07:55Forget it.
07:56I would not be having pups
07:58in this life anyway.
07:59With that,
08:00I turned to leave.
08:01Kale grabbed my arm
08:02and waved at someone
08:03in the distance.
08:04Cassian!
08:06I froze in my tracks.
08:07Wasn't he supposed
08:08to be at the lake now?
08:10How the hell
08:11had we run into him
08:12halfway there?
08:13Then I felt a gaze
08:14land on me.
08:15Heavy.
08:15Burning.
08:17And gone just as fast.
08:18The crowd was packed.
08:20Silver bonfires
08:21lit up every maskin
08:22in the square.
08:23On Moonfire Festival night,
08:25the air was thick
08:26with the scent
08:26of unmated wolves,
08:28all of them chasing
08:29and testing one another.
08:31I turned around,
08:32met Cassian's eyes.
08:34He had no intention
08:35of speaking to me.
08:37Instead,
08:38he started talking to Kale.
08:40They walked ahead,
08:41leaving me
08:42half a block behind
08:43in a blink.
08:44I noticed Allura
08:46was not at his side.
08:48Later,
08:49I learned this appearance
08:50had been arranged
08:51by the Alpha King
08:52and Luna Queen.
08:53But at the last minute,
08:55Cassian had stood
08:55a line up.
08:59I had no interest
09:00in tailing them.
09:01So I turned
09:02the other way.
09:03Back in the day,
09:04Cassian never let me
09:05me out of his sight.
09:07Now,
09:07he would not care
09:08whether I stayed
09:09or went.
09:10He had Kale now,
09:12Allura too.
09:13And one day,
09:14he would have his pups.
09:16Still,
09:17thank the moon goddess.
09:18I was no longer
09:20that jealous
09:20and neglected Luna.
09:22I wandered deep
09:23into the festival,
09:24played a couple
09:24of street games.
09:26On the way,
09:27I happened to save
09:28a girl from a few rogues.
09:30She wore a silver mask.
09:32Her hood pulled low,
09:34her voice cheeky
09:35with sobs,
09:36hard to hear clearly.
09:37I was supposed
09:38to meet someone tonight.
09:39He didn't come.
09:40I did not think
09:41much of it.
09:42Tossed her a few
09:43comforting words.
09:45But the second
09:46we parted ways,
09:47someone slammed into me.
09:49Kale bear hugged me,
09:50pounding his fist
09:51into my back.
09:52I quickly grabbed
09:53his wrist.
09:53What happened?
09:54Kale gave a huff.
09:55You impossible creature.
09:57You vanished on us.
09:58We've been tearing
09:58this place apart
09:59looking for you.
10:00I laughed.
10:01It's not like we never
10:01got separated before.
10:03I'm a blackthorn.
10:04What's gonna happen to me?
10:05I told him the same thing.
10:06But you know Cassian.
10:08He heard about the rogues
10:09and nearly lost his mind.
10:11He stepped aside.
10:13Cassian was standing
10:14behind him.
10:14He just stared at me.
10:16Unmoval.
10:16I noticed his eyes.
10:18The color was darker.
10:20His wolf was on the
10:21razor's edge of shifting.
10:22The way Kale was holding me,
10:24it looked way too intimate.
10:26Kale, of course,
10:27noticed nothing.
10:28His arm tightened around me
10:30and his voice turned teasing.
10:32I've seen the finest women
10:33in the velvet den
10:34and your waist is narrower
10:35than any of theirs.
10:37It's a damn shame
10:38you're not a woman.
10:39The moment the words
10:40left his mouth,
10:41my body went stiff.
10:43Damn it.
10:44It was nighttime.
10:45I was back in my female body.
10:47The moonstone pendant
10:48held the illusion in place.
10:50The wolf's babe's scent blocker
10:51suppressed my pheromones.
10:52But physical contact
10:54this close?
10:55His hand was on my waist
10:56through my thin shirt.
10:58He could feel it.
11:00The curves were all wrong
11:01for a man.
11:02I prayed.
11:03He wouldn't notice.
11:05Cassia suddenly let out
11:06a cold laugh.
11:06He stared at me.
11:08His eyes had fully shifted
11:10to deep amber.
11:13Saren Blacktharn as a woman?
11:14No one in Silverest
11:16would dare take her.
11:17Then he turned
11:19and strode away
11:21without a glance back.
11:25I knew Cassian inside out.
11:28He was furious.
11:29Good.
11:30That was exactly
11:31how it should be.
11:32It pushed us back
11:33to where we belonged.
11:34A prince and his beta.
11:36Nothing more.
11:37Before all this,
11:38we had played chess
11:39and traded letters.
11:40I was smaller than the other men.
11:42The noble Brads picked on me.
11:43He was the only one
11:44who ever protected me.
11:45We were young.
11:46Too close for our own good.
11:47We were the only ones
11:48who truly knew each other.
11:50But I had lived one life
11:51more than he had.
11:52I understood now.
11:53Being with him
11:54meant ten years of ice.
11:56Endless blood and tears.
11:57I had no power now.
11:59All I could do
11:59was stay far away from him.
12:01If the chance ever came
12:02and my blade was sharp enough,
12:04I would kill him.
12:05But that afternoon,
12:06a clerk from the steward's office
12:08came to me.
12:09My appointment to Ashenmere
12:10was still missing
12:11one final formality.
12:12The heir's seal.
12:14Without his highness's heir's seal,
12:16the office cannot release
12:17the final transfer papers.
12:18I ran into an obstacle.
12:20But then I got lucky.
12:21Ashford Hall was throwing a feast
12:22to celebrate Lord Ashford's
12:24achievements in the pack council.
12:25I got the wax sealed invite
12:26in my past life too.
12:27Back then,
12:28I was waiting to marry Cassian.
12:29Rumors about me were everywhere.
12:31At the time,
12:31I had not wanted to go out
12:32and face any of it.
12:33But this time,
12:34my eyes lit up.
12:35If Ashford was hosting a feast,
12:36Cassian would be there.
12:39At the feast,
12:40I saw Alara.
12:42She sat beside Cassian.
12:43She already had that graceful,
12:45untouchable posture
12:47of the future Luna.
12:49I sat across from them,
12:50just watching them cozy up.
12:52It was like a glimpse
12:53of a past life.
12:54The Alpha King
12:55and his precious Luna
12:57madly in love.
12:59Halfway through the feast,
13:00I lifted my glass
13:02and walked toward them.
13:03Your Highness.
13:04Cassian kept his eyes
13:05on the stage.
13:06He ignored me.
13:08Your Highness.
13:08He glanced sideways.
13:10He finally turned his head.
13:12What is it?
13:13I laid out my request.
13:14This is a feast
13:15for my fiancé's father.
13:17I don't want to deal
13:18with this now.
13:18Catch me another day.
13:19I took a breath
13:20and was about to press the matter.
13:22Suddenly,
13:23a mind-controlled,
13:25poisoned rogue
13:25lunged from the shadows.
13:27And instinctively reached for me.
13:29I saw his move
13:30and dodged away at once.
13:31I shoved Alara beside him,
13:33but I wasn't fast enough.
13:34I collapsed on the floor.
13:36He let out a cold laugh.
13:38Loyal to a fault.
13:39You'd rather get hurt yourself
13:41to save my future Luna.
13:44That's a baiter's duty.
13:45I thought he was losing his mind.
13:48I thought he was losing his mind.
13:48In front of the whole court,
13:49he ignored his future Luna,
13:52trying to save me instead.
13:54If word reached the Pack Council,
13:56what would the elders think of him?
13:58Hunt the assassin down.
14:00A second later,
14:01Cassian barked orders
14:02to hunt the assassin down.
14:04Then,
14:05he unclipped his heir's seal
14:06from his belt.
14:07He handed it to a nearby guard.
14:09Go to the healer's wing.
14:10Bring every royal healer here.
14:12No.
14:12Cassian looked down at me
14:14and said coldly,
14:15You're bleeding out
14:16and you're still playing tough?
14:18Or do you want me to do it myself?
14:21The healers couldn't come.
14:23It was nighttime.
14:24If they treated the wound,
14:26my female body would be exposed.
14:28The moonstone pendant
14:29could only fool the eye.
14:31If someone touched my skin,
14:33the illusion would crack.
14:34And Cassian definitely
14:36could not touch me either.
14:37My finger pointed at Kale.
14:39He stood nearby
14:40with panic all over his face.
14:42Kale knows battlefield first aid.
14:44Let him do it.
14:45Cassian's face dartened.
14:47After a long silence,
14:48he sneered.
14:49Guess I'm just in the way.
14:50I was taken to a guest room
14:52in Asheville Hall.
14:53Kale carried me through the door.
14:55I only had the strength
14:56for one sentence.
14:58Don't let anyone else in
14:59except you.
15:00When I woke up,
15:01hours had passed.
15:02The Alpha King
15:03had summoned Cassian.
15:04He was already gone.
15:06Kale sat at the table,
15:07sipping tea.
15:08He heard me move
15:09and slowly spoke.
15:11So,
15:11are you a man
15:12or a woman?
15:13I was born under
15:14the moon curse.
15:15Male by day,
15:16female by night.
15:17My wolf is chained.
15:19Only a mate's mark
15:20can break it.
15:20You're not gonna tell
15:21my brother?
15:23I always knew
15:24something didn't add up.
15:25Now it does.
15:27Tell him
15:27and the Luna's crown
15:28will be yours.
15:30Not in this life.
15:31In my last life,
15:32I had already tasted
15:34the price of that choice.
15:36Hadn't I?
15:37Kale fell silent
15:38for a moment.
15:39Oh, right.
15:40Allura came by earlier.
15:41He tossed a jar
15:42of healing salve to me.
15:44She told me
15:45to give this to you.
15:46I had never expected this.
15:48I fought her
15:49my whole past life.
15:51Now,
15:52I had saved her life.
15:53Sleepiness washed over me.
15:55I fell back asleep.
15:57Later that night,
15:58my father sent
15:59a carriage for me.
16:00The carriage rolled
16:01over the cobblestone streets.
16:03The carriage rolled
16:04over the cobblestone streets.
16:06I pulled back the curtain.
16:08Coachman had been
16:09knocked unconscious.
16:12I stepped out
16:13of the carriage.
16:14Cassian stood
16:15not far away.
16:16His voice was low.
16:18Saren,
16:19didn't you say
16:20you needed my hair's seal?
16:21I nodded quickly.
16:23Taking that hit
16:23was worth it.
16:24He had come
16:25to bring it up himself.
16:26Leave by the end
16:27of the month.
16:29What?
16:31He had come
16:32just to kick me out early?
16:33He stayed silent
16:35for a moment.
16:35Gave me a slight
16:36sideways glance.
16:38Saren,
16:38I'll arrange
16:39a marriage alliance
16:40for you.
16:40The mating ceremony
16:41is on the 17th.
16:42Once it's done,
16:43you take her
16:44and leave.
16:45Get far away
16:46from Silverhead.
16:47I was already injured.
16:48Hearing that nearly
16:49made me pass out
16:50on the spot.
16:51Do I have to?
16:52He nodded
16:52and said calmly,
16:54Yes,
16:54you have to.
16:56Why?
16:57He didn't answer.
16:58I watched him
16:59in silence.
17:00After a long time,
17:01he stepped closer.
17:02He walked right up to me.
17:04He didn't stop.
17:05I stumbled back
17:06two steps
17:06before my waist
17:08nearly hit
17:08the carriage wall.
17:10He slid his hand
17:11behind me
17:11to cushion the impact.
17:12He didn't pull
17:13his hand away.
17:14He leaned in
17:15close to my ear.
17:17I caught his scent.
17:18Cedar,
17:19storms,
17:20and campfire smoke.
17:22It was so strong.
17:24It felt like an invasion.
17:26He lowered his voice.
17:28You're too smart,
17:29Saren.
17:30You figured it out
17:31a long time ago,
17:32didn't you?
17:33My wolf won't let me
17:34touch Alara.
17:35It never has.
17:36It only wants you.
17:38How absurd.
17:39The alpha heir,
17:40in love with a man
17:41who can't even give him
17:42pups.
17:43I stopped breathing.
17:45He actually said it.
17:46Today,
17:47I chose you over her.
17:49Tomorrow,
17:49I'd do it again.
17:51Every time.
17:52The night wind howled.
17:55His words struck
17:56like thunder.
17:57My heart pounded wildly.
17:59In my last life,
18:01he fell for Alara
18:02barely six months
18:03after marking me.
18:04He clearly didn't
18:05love me that much.
18:06So why now?
18:07Why was he saying this?
18:09Thought I was a man?
18:10At last,
18:11he said,
18:12So yes,
18:13you have to marry.
18:14He needed me
18:15to have a wife.
18:17That way,
18:18he could kill
18:18his own hope.
18:23Cassian moved fast.
18:24He picked a bride
18:25for me in record time.
18:27Her family,
18:29looks and bloodline.
18:31Every one of them
18:32was top tier.
18:34Kale tracked me down.
18:35He flashed a wicked smirk.
18:37So what's the plan?
18:39Bait each other's hair
18:40and pretend nothing's weird?
18:41I rolled my eyes.
18:42If you won't help,
18:44at least don't mock me.
18:45He raised a brow.
18:46Hypothetically,
18:47if someone who wasn't
18:48your fated nightmare
18:49happened to fall for you,
18:50would that count?
18:52Asking for a friend?
18:53I grabbed an inkwell
18:54off the desk,
18:55smashing it at his feet.
18:57Shut up.
18:57But it triggered a memory.
18:59In my past life,
19:00after I became Luna,
19:02I had seen Kyle once.
19:03He told me he was going
19:05to work at the
19:06Northwand Frontier.
19:07Not long after that,
19:08I heard news of his death.
19:10Are you planning to join
19:11the army at the
19:12Northford Frontier?
19:13You need to think
19:14that through.
19:15Absolutely not.
19:15I'm not setting foot
19:16in that frozen hell
19:17over my dead body.
19:18Well, in my last life,
19:20you did go
19:20and you really did die.
19:22But he was driving me insane,
19:25sticking to me
19:25like glue lately.
19:27Maybe I should beg
19:28my father too.
19:29Get me a post in Ashen Mall.
19:30If I go there,
19:32we can keep being brothers.
19:33If he didn't know my secret,
19:34I swear I would have
19:35cut him off forever.
19:36But soon enough,
19:37an idea came to me.
19:39I had kale spread
19:40word outside.
19:40I suffered from
19:42mate-bond
19:42rejection syndrome,
19:43a super rare condition
19:45that meant I could
19:46never form a bond
19:47with anyone.
19:48The rumor blew up
19:49for two days.
19:50That omega bride
19:51got scared.
19:52I might cling to her.
19:53Before long,
19:54she locked down
19:55another marriage
19:55to escape me.
20:00Kale and I were both pleased.
20:02He said he wanted
20:03to buy me a drink.
20:05I could hold my liquor.
20:06I considered him a friend,
20:08so I said yes.
20:11Halfway through the night,
20:12he threw his arm
20:13around my shoulder.
20:15Just like always,
20:16his lips brushed
20:18dangerously close
20:19to my face.
20:20Saren,
20:21I really do want
20:23to go to Ashen.
20:24Through the alcohol haze,
20:26I saw who it was.
20:27Cassian,
20:28his face dark.
20:30He seized Kale
20:31by the throat
20:32and slammed him
20:32to the floor.
20:33I froze in shock.
20:35I could not say a word.
20:37Cassian kicked the table.
20:38Glasses shattered.
20:40He glared at me coldly.
20:42I hand you
20:43a perfect marriage
20:44and you throw it away,
20:45just to fool around
20:46with him.
20:48I did everything for you
20:49and this is what I get?
20:51He scooped me
20:52off my feet.
20:53When he threw me
20:54into his carriage,
20:55I realized he had
20:56cleared out
20:57the whole tavern.
21:00Kale stormed out
21:01after us.
21:02What the hell
21:02is this, Cassian?
21:04Since when is having
21:05a drink with Saran
21:05a crime?
21:07Cassian scoffed.
21:09His eyes flashed,
21:10almost shifting.
21:12Get the hell out.
21:13Kale didn't flinch.
21:16His eyes flashed, too.
21:18In the next second,
21:20Cassian shifted first.
21:21From the shell
21:22of his human body,
21:23a black giant wolf
21:24tore its way free.
21:25Fur the color
21:25of a starless knight,
21:26eyes molten gold
21:27with rage,
21:28his body far larger
21:29than any ordinary alphas.
21:30Kale shifted
21:31right after him.
21:32His wolf didn't back down.
21:33Cold, silver-gray fur.
21:34Leaner, faster.
21:35Like a drawn blade,
21:36the two wolves
21:37crashed into each other
21:38in front of the tavern.
21:39Cassian snapped his jaws
21:41at Kale's throat.
21:42Kale dodged.
21:43His fangs ripped
21:44into Cassian's shoulder.
21:45Blood splattered
21:46the cobstone.
21:47Their roars
21:48were forced
21:48every wolf
21:49within a mile
21:50to stumble back
21:51on instinct.
21:52I ran between them
21:53and shouted
21:54for them to stop.
21:56Afraid they might hurt me,
21:57they shifted back
21:58to human
21:59after a tense standoff.
22:00I looked at Kale.
22:02Kale,
22:03Cassian and I need to talk.
22:05We'll drink tomorrow.
22:06Kale grabbed my hand.
22:07He stared right into my eyes.
22:08I don't say things
22:09I don't mean
22:10if you need me.
22:11I'm here.
22:12I'll prove it.
22:13Cassian lost his mind again.
22:15I quickly agreed with Kale,
22:17then pulled Cassial
22:17into the carriage.
22:18Go!
22:18I ordered the coachman
22:19to whip the horses.
22:20The carriage instantly
22:21rolled away.
22:22Did you misunderstand something?
22:24Cassian's face twisted.
22:26I know exactly
22:27how he looks at you.
22:28That's not how a man
22:29looks at another man.
22:30The alpha heir of the pack.
22:32In this moment,
22:33all his royal grace
22:34was gone.
22:35Replaced by pure paranoia,
22:38his eyes kept flashing
22:39between human and wolf.
22:41I opened my mouth.
22:43No sound came out.
22:44He leaned back
22:45against the carriage wall,
22:46rubbing his brow.
22:48After a long while,
22:50he finally spoke
22:51with exhaustion.
22:52What am I supposed
22:53to do with you?
22:54I stared at him.
22:56Marielara.
22:57She's good.
22:59You'll learn to love her.
23:00Cassian didn't look at me.
23:02He looked out the window.
23:04His voice choked.
23:06I won't.
23:10Cassian saw me
23:11back to Blackthorn Manor.
23:12Marriage is a big deal.
23:14It's not a game.
23:16I'll scrub those rumors clean.
23:18I'll find you another bride.
23:20Can't I decide this for myself?
23:21He looked at me calmly.
23:23Saren Blackthorn,
23:24don't forget.
23:26You picked my Luna for me.
23:27So I'm picking your wife.
23:29I could feel it.
23:30He was hanging on
23:31by a thread.
23:32After that day,
23:33Kale locked himself away.
23:34But I knew the truth.
23:35He was badly hurt.
23:37Afterward,
23:37he and Cassian fought again.
23:39Wolf against wolf,
23:40they tore into each other
23:41with murder intent.
23:42Nobody knew why.
23:43The pack just assumed
23:44the brothers were fighting
23:45over the throne.
23:46I didn't visit either of them.
23:47Not until the end of the month.
23:49The blood hunt.
23:50I saw Kale again.
23:52He arched a brow at me.
23:54Heartless.
23:55Truly heartless.
23:55You haven't spared me
23:56a single glance.
23:58Hmph.
23:59I had nothing to say.
24:00Once inside the hunting grounds,
24:02my mind was elsewhere.
24:03I shot a few rabbits and a deer.
24:05I packed up my bow,
24:06ready to leave early.
24:07But I forgot something.
24:09I had no sense of direction.
24:11In the past,
24:11I always just followed Cassian.
24:13So the more I walked,
24:14the farther in I went.
24:15By the time I realized it,
24:17a feral blocked my path.
24:20Huge.
24:21Red-eyed.
24:22And mindless.
24:24In both my last life
24:25and this one,
24:26I had never faced
24:27anything like it.
24:28I drew the silver dagger
24:29at my waist.
24:30Cassius gave it to me
24:31for protection.
24:32I slashed once.
24:34The blade cut the feral's
24:35front leg.
24:36But it wasn't a kill shot.
24:38It roared and lunged again.
24:40I thought I was dead.
24:41But someone rushed
24:42in front of me.
24:44He took the hit.
24:45He was thrown to the ground,
24:47coughing up blood.
24:48He shot me one look.
24:50Then pushed himself back up
24:52and charged in again.
24:54A second later,
24:55he shifted.
24:56A giant black wolf erupted.
24:57He tackled the feral in midair.
24:59His fangs ripped its throat out.
25:01I watched him tear
25:02the feral to pieces.
25:03Cassian Valamont,
25:04who had always been controlled,
25:06cold, and perfect,
25:07had never looked so broken,
25:08yet so savage.
25:11Cassian blacked out.
25:13His wounds were still bleeding.
25:14He shifted back to human.
25:16Covered in blood,
25:17his clothes shredded
25:18from the shift.
25:19I patched him up
25:20the best I could.
25:21I stared at his face.
25:22It suddenly hit me.
25:23This was the man
25:25who wiped out
25:25my entire bloodline
25:26in my past life.
25:27He had treated me
25:28zorgly too.
25:29Since I woke up in this life,
25:31I forced myself to forget.
25:32If I couldn't get revenge,
25:33I had to let it go.
25:34But now he lay there
25:35before me,
25:36almost fragile.
25:37My hand moved on its own.
25:39I pulled the silver dagger
25:40at my waist.
25:42Cassian gave it to me,
25:43himself.
25:44Told me to use it
25:45for protection.
25:46But now,
25:47I was going to use it
25:48to kill him.
25:49Everything from my last life
25:50flashed before my eyes.
25:52I saw my son and daughter.
25:54They were born into
25:55PAC politics
25:56and died in the end.
25:57When he issued
25:58the PAC disovelation order,
26:00I ran to him crying.
26:01I told him I regretted
26:03everything.
26:03I wanted nothing.
26:05Only that he spare
26:06my family.
26:06No.
26:07The day I died
26:08was my pup's
26:09death anniversary.
26:09I went to find him.
26:11His guards locked me out.
26:12I saw him walking
26:13side by side with Alara
26:14in the royal gardens.
26:15My beautiful Luna.
26:16He picked a winter rose
26:17for her,
26:18called her Beautiful Luna.
26:19I finally lost my mind
26:20and cursed Cassiel out
26:21in front of everyone.
26:22And then Cassian said to me,
26:25If I could live this again,
26:26I'd rather never have
26:27known what you are.
26:29Something hollowed out
26:30inside me.
26:31Life had no meaning anymore.
26:33That night,
26:34I tried to force
26:35my chained wolf awake.
26:39It was a forbidden rate,
26:41backfiring from within,
26:43tearing my body apart.
26:45I died.
26:48I snapped back
26:49to the present.
26:51Looking at the man
26:52before me,
26:53pure hatred
26:53boiled in my chest.
26:55It swallowed me whole.
26:56I raised my hand
26:58to drive the silver blade
26:59toward his chest.
27:01Before it could sink in,
27:02a hand caught my wrist.
27:05Cassian was awake.
27:06His eyes were open now,
27:07calm as he looked at me.
27:09Saren,
27:10what do you think
27:11you're doing?
27:14Answer me.
27:15I wanted to kill him
27:16but was caught in the act,
27:17murdering the alpha hare.
27:19Ten lives wouldn't be enough
27:20to pay for that.
27:21I bit my lip.
27:23I just wanted to see
27:24if your wounds
27:25were getting better.
27:26It was a terrible lie.
27:27I dropped the silver blade,
27:28but he bought it.
27:29He let out a breath.
27:30My life is yours then.
27:32He closed his eyes.
27:33I didn't dare try again.
27:34I had been too reckless before.
27:35Only we remained.
27:37His death here,
27:37no matter how it happened,
27:38would be laid on me.
27:39Too heavy to carry,
27:40I could only wait.
27:41Not long after,
27:42the royal guard tracked us down.
27:43I followed them back
27:45to the heirs' tower.
27:46Cassian was badly hurt.
27:48The alpha king
27:50and luna queen
27:51were frantic.
27:52Alara came too.
27:53I couldn't shake the feeling.
27:55She kept glancing
27:56at me in secret.
27:57The luna queen
27:58wiped her tears
27:59and said to me,
28:00Cassian values you most.
28:02Stay here
28:03and watch over him.
28:04I quickly agreed.
28:06Guilt swallowed me.
28:08I didn't leave
28:09his bedside all day.
28:11I meant to keep watch,
28:12but sleep crept up
28:13and took me.
28:15In that hazy half-sleep,
28:16I felt someone
28:17lift me onto the bed.
28:19Someone parted my lips.
28:21A soft bite.
28:25I woke up.
28:27Cassian sat nearby,
28:29reading a stack of papers.
28:30He wore only a loose shirt,
28:32the collar open wide,
28:34his whole posture
28:35lazy and careless.
28:36He didn't look like a man
28:38who almost died yesterday.
28:40All at once,
28:40I remembered.
28:41Right after our mating night
28:43in my past life.
28:44He wouldn't wake me.
28:45He sat just like this,
28:46reading beside me
28:47and waiting.
28:48He saw that I was awake.
28:49Hungry?
28:50I was about to shake my head.
28:51My stomach growled first.
28:53Cassian smiled.
28:54He had the maid
28:54bring in a bowl
28:55of venison broth.
28:57One bite in,
28:58I knew.
28:59Cassian made this himself.
29:00Too much salt.
29:01The meat was tough
29:02as leather.
29:03The same taste
29:04as the first meal
29:05he cooked for me
29:06after we mated.
29:07I stopped eating,
29:08pushed the bowl aside.
29:09I'm leaving.
29:10Disappointment flashed
29:11in his eyes,
29:12but he still nodded.
29:13I turned for the door.
29:15He suddenly called my name.
29:17Wren.
29:18I looked back.
29:19He stared at me.
29:20Confusion twisted his face.
29:22I was hurt this badly.
29:23You've been awake
29:24this whole time
29:25and you haven't asked
29:26how I am feeling.
29:27And in the woods,
29:28you hate me.
29:29He sounded sure of it.
29:31It was the first time
29:32I'd ever seen
29:32that look on him.
29:33The alpha aura.
29:34The prince's mask.
29:36All gone.
29:37He just looked lost
29:38and broken.
29:40Why?
29:41I've never done anything
29:42to hurt you.
29:43Not once.
29:44Not in this life.
29:45A dell'ache struck me
29:46under my ribs.
29:47Yeah.
29:48I always wanted to ask
29:49the past life Cassian
29:50the same thing.
29:51Cassian in front of me
29:51loved me so much.
29:52Even believing I was a man,
29:54he had saved me
29:55over and over again.
29:56So how did the old Cassian
29:57throw me away so easily?
29:58In the end,
29:59neither of us
30:00had the answer.
30:00You're overthinking it.
30:05Soon,
30:06the date was set
30:07for Cassian and Alara's
30:08mating ceremony.
30:09First day of next month,
30:10ivy and white roses
30:11crawled up the castle walls.
30:13The air was heavy
30:14with sweet floral scents.
30:15It was the best time
30:15of the year.
30:16Naturally,
30:17Cassian paid no mind
30:18to my marriage alliance.
30:19To avoid more trouble,
30:21I locked myself
30:21in Blackthorn Manor.
30:22But Kale came to see me.
30:24He said his birthday
30:25was coming.
30:25He asked if I could
30:26grant him one wish.
30:27Cassian tore him up
30:28over me,
30:29and he spent
30:29three weeks in bed.
30:30I felt a little guilty.
30:31What do you want?
30:32Just a heads up,
30:33I don't have much money.
30:34Relax,
30:35I don't want your money.
30:35Just one day.
30:36That's all I'm asking.
30:37As luck would have it,
30:39his birthday
30:40fell on the eve
30:41of Cassian's mating ceremony.
30:43Cassian gets married,
30:45then I ship off
30:46to Ashenmore.
30:47Everyone would get
30:48what they wanted.
30:49That night,
30:49I stepped out
30:50as we had agreed,
30:51but Kale didn't show.
30:53Alara did.
30:53She looked at me
30:54as if she burned
30:55all her bridges
30:56to stand here.
30:57If I could find
30:57a way out of this,
30:59would you take me
30:59with you?
31:00I stared at her.
31:01Why?
31:02Cassian doesn't want me.
31:03His heart belongs
31:04to someone else,
31:05and mine belongs to-
31:06Did you forget?
31:07You saved me twice.
31:09My mind went blank.
31:10The masked girl I saved
31:11from the rogues
31:11at the festival.
31:12It was Alara.
31:13I was completely flattered.
31:14The person she liked,
31:15could it really be me?
31:16What a mess.
31:17A total mess.
31:18In this second life-
31:19Cassian will love you later.
31:20You two are a perfect match.
31:22Trust me.
31:23Are you really
31:24going to reject me?
31:25She bit her lip.
31:26I nodded.
31:27She pressed her lips
31:28together and studied me,
31:29then gave a relieved smile.
31:31Are you scared I'll care
31:32about that mate bond
31:32rejection rumor?
31:33Don't worry.
31:34I don't care about that.
31:35If I marry you,
31:36we'll figure it out.
31:36In my past life,
31:37Alara was the poster child
31:38for royal perfection.
31:39I never knew she had
31:40this wild, reckless side
31:42when she was young.
31:42It's not about that.
31:44Being Luna
31:45is your best move.
31:46Trust me.
31:47Your mate will love you.
31:49Alara left.
31:50I finally let out a breath.
31:52Then a voice cut through the dark.
31:54Bad timing, I see.
31:58Yeah, bad timing.
32:00You two should be preparing
32:01for your mating ceremony,
32:02so what are you both doing here?
32:05Cassian walked toward me,
32:06his black eyes unreadable.
32:08I just realized something.
32:10What?
32:11He gave a slow smile.
32:12His eyes were screaming
32:13with Bokduk insanity.
32:15Kale, a waste of Valamont blood
32:16gets to sling an arm around you
32:17and look at you like that.
32:19Alara,
32:19born to the most powerful
32:20Nabal house,
32:21was trained from childhood
32:22to be flawless.
32:23She will be the future Luna
32:24and she asks you
32:25to run away with her.
32:26I spoke before thinking.
32:27Don't get the wrong idea
32:28about Alara.
32:29She didn't mean it that way.
32:30I don't care about her.
32:32They can have you.
32:33Why can't I?
32:35His words hung in the air.
32:37A bad feeling slammed into me.
32:40But my vision went black.
32:42His raw alpha aura
32:43crushed me like a tidal wave.
32:45My legs gave out.
32:46I collapsed into his arms.
32:49He locked me up
32:51in the air's tower.
32:52The next day,
32:53Cassian and Alara
32:54held their mating ceremony.
32:56I sat in my room,
32:57listening to the bells
32:58and horns outside.
33:01I really should have killed
33:03Cassian that day.
33:04That night,
33:05after the ceremony,
33:06Cassian walked in.
33:07He wore his black and silver
33:08ceremonial mating robes,
33:10the Valamont crust
33:11on his chest.
33:12Cold, chiseled,
33:13impossibly perfect.
33:14I remembered it clearly.
33:16In my last life,
33:17he had worn the same thing.
33:19He stared down at me.
33:20Take it off.
33:27No.
33:29Then I'll do it myself.
33:31I backed up fast.
33:33I don't feel that way about you.
33:34You know we could never work.
33:35Cassian,
33:36don't throw your whole future
33:37away from me.
33:39So what?
33:40He didn't care.
33:41He leaned in,
33:42reached for my shirt
33:43without hesitation.
33:44Alpha strength
33:44was not something
33:45I could resist.
33:47Cassian!
33:47I swung my hand,
33:49slapped him hard
33:49across the face.
33:51Hmm.
33:51He was not angry
33:52in the least.
33:53But in the next second,
33:54his fingertips
33:55touched something.
33:56His hand froze midair.
33:57He stared at me blankly.
33:58He had touched my chest.
34:00The moonstone pendant flickered.
34:02His touch shattered
34:03the illusion.
34:03The moonlight
34:04was too bright tonight.
34:05It poured through the window,
34:07lit up the shock
34:08on his face.
34:08It took him a long time
34:09to process it.
34:10Then,
34:11he laughed.
34:11A deep,
34:12breathless laugh.
34:13The laughter faded.
34:14His eyes turned red.
34:15His wolf howled
34:16from deep inside him.
34:17No anger,
34:17no pain,
34:18desperate relief.
34:19Like finding water
34:20in a desert.
34:21You're a woman.
34:22My lips trembled
34:23as I pulled my shirt
34:23together over my chest.
34:24In my last life,
34:25when I had confessed
34:26my female body to Cassian,
34:27he was happy.
34:28But the Cassian in this life,
34:29he was happier
34:30than he had ever been before.
34:32He paced the room
34:32over and over,
34:33ran his hands
34:34through his hair.
34:34He didn't know
34:35what to do with himself.
34:36Finally,
34:36he stopped in front of me.
34:37I'm going to marry you.
34:38I'm going to my father
34:39right now.
34:40Cassian!
34:40You already have a Luna.
34:43Cassian froze.
34:44I can still break the bond.
34:45I never marked Alara.
34:47The mating bond
34:48isn't active.
34:49I had already guessed
34:50as much.
34:51He never marked her.
34:53But breaking the ceremony
34:54could never be that simple.
34:55It involved the pack council,
34:56the dignity of House Ashvid,
34:58and the political balance
34:59of the entire pack.
35:00If it were easy,
35:01then in my last life,
35:02he would have kicked me
35:02out of Luna's tower long ago.
35:04You know it's impossible.
35:05Cassian fell silent
35:06for a long time.
35:07I'll find a way.
35:08He glared at me.
35:09His voice shook with fury.
35:11Why didn't you tell me?
35:13Even last night,
35:14I could have stopped this.
35:15But you just watched me.
35:17Watched me struggle and break
35:18over and over again.
35:20You're cruel.
35:21You know that?
35:22I spoke.
35:24You've already given up
35:25too much for me.
35:26Let me go.
35:29Then who do you want?
35:31Kale?
35:32I took a deep breath.
35:34Looked up at him.
35:37Cassian,
35:39haven't you always wanted
35:40to know why I hate you?
35:42I lived a life
35:43before this one, Cassian.
35:45And in that life,
35:46you destroyed me.
35:48That's not possible.
35:50You ordered the slaughter
35:51of my bloodline.
35:53My son and daughter
35:54died in pack politics.
35:55I would never do that to you.
35:57I wasn't even 27
35:58when I died.
35:59By then,
36:00you had already fallen
36:01for someone else.
36:02You walked with her
36:03in the gardens.
36:03You picked a winter rose
36:05for her and called
36:06her beautiful Luna.
36:07Cassian froze.
36:08He didn't say a word
36:09for a long time.
36:10He looked at me,
36:11his eyes unreadable.
36:13I've seen that
36:13in my dreams.
36:14I looked up.
36:15He gave a broken smile.
36:16Since the hunt,
36:17I've seen it in dreams
36:18on full moon nights.
36:19A woman's blurry face.
36:21I couldn't see it clearly.
36:22I always thought
36:23it was you.
36:24I didn't know
36:25it actually happened.
36:26Blood echoes.
36:28The royal valamont bloodline
36:30could sense fragments
36:31of their destiny.
36:33I lost my voice.
36:35I could only be grateful
36:36he had not recovered
36:37those memories in full.
36:38After a very,
36:39very long time,
36:41he finally spoke.
36:42Go.
36:44Don't come back.
36:45Don't ever come back.
36:49Shortly after,
36:50I said goodbye
36:51to my parents.
36:52I left Silvercrost.
36:53On the road,
36:54I heard travelers
36:55talk about the alpha hare
36:56and his luna.
36:58Said they were
36:58a perfect match,
36:59a golden couple,
37:00or so everyone believed.
37:02I had been a luna too.
37:04But in my past life,
37:06they tore me to shreds.
37:07The pack council
37:08spat on me.
37:09The alpha king
37:10and luna queen
37:10despised me.
37:12The commoners
37:12called me the cursed
37:13she-wolf who bewitched
37:14the alpha heir
37:15to abandon his throne.
37:17Not to mention
37:17this body of mine
37:18that could never shift.
37:19Not long after
37:20I arrived in Ashenmore,
37:21Kals followed me there.
37:23You left in such a rush,
37:24didn't even say goodbye.
37:25I came looking for you
37:26that day
37:26and couldn't find you anywhere.
37:28I was losing my mind,
37:29you know that?
37:31I'm standing right here,
37:32aren't I?
37:33You impossible creature.
37:34In my second year
37:35in Ashenmore,
37:36a silver vein plague
37:37broke out in the city.
37:39It chewed through
37:40a wolf's essence,
37:41killed your shifting,
37:43drained your life.
37:44My wolf was already chained.
37:46The plague nearly
37:48took me out completely.
37:49Kale stayed by my side
37:51day and night,
37:51never once closing his eyes.
37:53One night,
37:54the fever spiked.
37:55A cold hand brushed
37:56my forehead.
37:56The scent on that hand.
37:58Cedar.
37:58Storms.
37:59Campfire smoke.
38:00At dawn,
38:01I heard the news.
38:01Cassian was here.
38:02He brought the royal cure
38:03and stayed for two weeks.
38:04The day he left,
38:06I went to see him off.
38:07I poured him a cup of wine.
38:08His hand hung in the air.
38:10Finally,
38:11he took it and drank.
38:12I drank too much,
38:13passing out on the table.
38:15Just before I faded out,
38:16I felt his lips
38:17pressed gently against mine.
38:18Take care of yourself.
38:20Next spring,
38:21Cassian took a fatal hit
38:22in a rebel uprising.
38:23He died.
38:26Allura remarried.
38:27Miles away in Ashenmore,
38:29I finally let myself cry.
38:31Touching my lips,
38:33I could still feel
38:33the ghost of his kiss.
38:35Soon after,
38:36I moved my parents
38:37down to Ashenmore.
38:39Kale never marked anyone.
38:41I patrolled my borders.
38:43He watched my back.
38:45I signed paperwork.
38:47He read books beside me.
38:50At 32,
38:52I made the first move.
38:53I kissed him.
38:54His eyes lit up.
38:56A quiet,
38:57deep joy
38:58of a love that had waited
39:00and was finally met.
39:01He kissed me back
39:02for a long time.
39:03We had our mating ceremony.
39:05When he marked me,
39:06it was different from Cassian.
39:08The moment his fangs sank in,
39:09I felt invisible chains
39:10all over my body shattering.
39:12The moon curse broke completely.
39:13My wolf tore out of the deep binding.
39:15Silver white fur,
39:16fast as lightning.
39:18It was my first shift
39:19in two lifetimes.
39:20Tears streamed down my face.
39:22Kale,
39:23the man who died alone
39:24in my past life.
39:25He was my fated mate too.
39:27Did the curse demand marks
39:29from both mates
39:29to finally break?
39:31Their love gave me my body back.
39:33And for the first time,
39:35I was whole.
39:37That same year,
39:38I met Alara again.
39:40Hello again, Luna.
39:41How do you know?
39:42I only remembered
39:42in the second year
39:43after he died,
39:44but I never expected
39:45to fall for you
39:45in this lifetime.
39:46He was never happy
39:47after he came back.
39:48Not long after,
39:49he died in misery.
39:51She kept talking.
39:52Actually,
39:52after you died
39:53in the last life,
39:53Cassian arranged everything
39:54and then he died
39:55of a broken heart too.
39:56I froze.
39:57How could that be?
39:59Saren,
39:59do you know why
40:00I never had pups?
40:01He simply never touched me.
40:02Do you know how many blades
40:04he caught for you
40:04in those ten years?
40:06He stopped loving you
40:07because it was the only way
40:08to keep you alive.
40:09And me?
40:10I was just the decoy.
40:11But my pups,
40:12they didn't die
40:13in political and fighting.
40:14Cassian hid them away.
40:15They watched you
40:16from the shadows,
40:16kept asking when they
40:17could come home to mom.
40:18Her words were a sledgehammer,
40:20smashing every truth
40:21I thought I knew.
40:22Your people weren't
40:23exiled either.
40:24She smiled.
40:25He smuggled them all
40:26to safety.
40:27The truth is,
40:28if you had held on
40:29a little longer
40:30in that life,
40:30he would have finished off
40:32every enemy
40:32threatening him.
40:34But back then,
40:35no one had told me
40:36any of this.
40:37Still in this life,
40:38his side really
40:38had been dangerous.
40:39I knew of several
40:40assassination attempts
40:40all on me.
40:41A dull, heavy pain
40:42crushed my chest.
40:43I thought it over
40:44in silence.
40:45When Cassian died
40:45in this life,
40:46he had not yet
40:46reached 19.
40:47I was 32 now.
40:49Everything.
40:49Everything was over.
40:50Thanks for telling me.
40:51But for me,
40:52it doesn't change anything.
40:53Not anymore.
40:54Kale was waiting
40:54for me nearby.
40:56Alara saw him.
40:57Something clicked
40:58in her head.
40:59She chuckled.
41:00In our past life,
41:01the first year
41:02Cassian pushed you away,
41:04Kale fought him.
41:04I had never seen
41:05either of them that mad.
41:06They nearly killed
41:07each other.
41:08Once Kale healed,
41:09he shipped out
41:10to the Northfield frontier.
41:11He said he'd fight
41:12Cassian again
41:13when he got back.
41:14And then,
41:14I knew,
41:16Kale never came back
41:17from the Northfield frontier.
41:19What about that?
41:20Does that change anything?
41:22Bells rang in the distance.
41:24The sunset painted
41:25the harbor lake
41:26in amber and rust.
41:29It was beautiful
41:31and it was over.
41:33Yes.
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