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My Alpha Betrayed Me, Now He Kneels HD
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00:02I went to confront my mate, but overheard him talking to another man instead.
00:06Kale, the prince's bonding ceremony with Ivy is in seven days.
00:09You already marked her, what's your plan?
00:11If anyone finds out she's already been marked, she's dead.
00:14I won't let her face it alone.
00:18Selene's father and brother died defending the kingdom.
00:20The Lyman King promised her family could be pardoned for any crime.
00:24Have Ivy accuse Rayan publicly.
00:26I bit my lip until I tasted blood.
00:30In my previous life, at the Luna Queen celebration, Kale's childhood sweetheart stumbled out half-naked,
00:35sobbing that my brother had forced his mark on her.
00:38The noble she-wolves whispered and sneered.
00:40Ivy is the prince's chosen mate, that Blackwood boy dare mark her? Beat him to death!
00:44I invoked the pardon, the one my father and brother earned with their lives, and begged.
00:49The king honored his promise and spared Rayan, ordering him to mate Ivy instead.
00:54Then Kale shattered both my brother's legs in front of everyone.
00:57If the king doesn't vent now, he'll kill your brother later.
01:00We swallowed it.
01:01But seven months later, that she-wolf birthed a nine-pound pup.
01:05I never touched her!
01:07He'd screamed it a thousand times.
01:08No one believed him.
01:09He grabbed the pup and crawled toward the king's hall to prove his innocence.
01:13Kale knocked him out from behind.
01:15I tried to scream.
01:16His hand closed around my throat.
01:18Make a scene, and Ivy and the child are ruined.
01:20His eyes were murderous as he strangled me to death.
01:23His own Luna, days from giving birth.
01:26I woke up.
01:27The moon goddess sent me back to the night of the celebration.
01:30This time, I tied Rayan with silver chains and locked him in the east wing.
01:35Ivy still claimed someone had raped her.
01:38Ivy smashed her forehead against the hall's stone pillar, bleeding, shaking, sobbing in the women's arms.
01:44I bear another's mark.
01:46I've betrayed the prince.
01:48I've shamed the Ashments.
01:50Let me die!
01:50Everyone glared at me like I was filth.
01:53The Blackwood family is feral.
01:54They think killing a few rogues at the border gives them the right to ravage the prince's future mate.
01:58Riding on daddy's war glory to do whatever the fuck they want.
02:01It's pure lawlessness.
02:02My goddess.
02:04If they're this bold in the capital, imagine how many helpless she-wolves they've forced themselves on at the border.
02:10I looked at the man shielding Ivy.
02:12My mate, Alpha Kale.
02:14Ivy, are you sure it was my brother?
02:18I'm already marked by him.
02:21Why humiliate me?
02:22She lunged for the pillar.
02:23Let me die!
02:24The women dragged her back.
02:26Kale wrenched me aside, his face twisted with fury.
02:29Your brother acts worse than a rogue, and you bully the victim?
02:32Your father bled for the Blackwood name.
02:34You too destroyed it.
02:35His grip bruised bone.
02:37I let out a cold laugh.
02:38Half an hour ago, I'd chained Rianna up myself.
02:41How the hell could he have gotten out to mark Ivy?
02:45Are you sure it was my brother?
02:47I knocked the bastard out and tied him up myself.
02:49I pulled him off Ivy.
02:51You think I can't recognize my own brother-in-law?
02:53My stomach dropped.
02:54His certainty unsettled me.
02:56Could Rianna have somehow broken free?
02:58Selene, how long will you keep bullying this poor girl?
03:01You're Kale's mate.
03:02Instead of standing by your mate, you shield your worthless brother.
03:05You even slander this poor girl.
03:09So no matter what, whether Ivy actually lost her purity or not, my brother takes the blame?
03:14You!
03:15Ivy looked like I'd slapped her, tears rolling down.
03:18I was a pure, unmarried she-wolf.
03:20Am I some cheap bitch who'd lie about this?
03:23She pulled a blood-stained cloth from her dress and hurled it at my feet.
03:27If the Blackwoods won't take responsibility, I'll die right here.
03:31I'd rather be dead than tied to your filthy name!
03:34She spun and lunged for the pillar.
03:36The Luna scrambled to hold her back.
03:39Stupid girl, don't.
03:41It's that Blackwood scum's fault, not yours.
03:44You've suffered enough.
03:45Don't throw your life away for that bastard.
03:47They comforted Ivy while glaring daggers at me.
03:50Ivy is the prince's future mate.
03:52Your little pack thinks it's something special.
03:54Why would she ruin herself to frame you?
03:56Selene, enough.
03:57Just accept it.
03:58Prepare the mating gifts, go to the Ashford's,
04:00propose on Rian's behalf and beg the king for mercy.
04:03The king might still spare his life.
04:05Otherwise, marking the prince's chosen mate,
04:08your brother will be killed by king's anger.
04:10Last life, I believed his words.
04:12I believed Rian had lost control.
04:14So I handed over half the Blackwood fortune as a mating gift
04:17and treated Ivy like a queen.
04:19Then, she birthed a bastard at seven months
04:21and destroyed my entire family.
04:23My stomach turned.
04:27The Blacklins will never Rian to that woman.
04:30Not in this life.
04:32Kale's face went cold,
04:33his eyes turning savage.
04:35Before he could speak,
04:36the crowd parted.
04:37Ivy's father, Elder Ashford, stormed in.
04:40His face was purple with rage,
04:41body shaking.
04:42He walked straight to Ivy
04:43and cracked her across the face.
04:45She hit the ground hard,
04:46blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
04:48Shameless bitch.
04:50You still have the nerve to breathe?
04:52Servants drag this filthy thing out
04:53and snap her neck.
04:54She's disgraced the Ashford name.
04:57Don't bother.
04:59I'll do it myself.
05:02Selene, are you just gonna stand there and watch?
05:04If your brother hadn't done this,
05:05Ivy wouldn't be trying to kill herself.
05:07Your brother ruined a girl's life.
05:08Can you live with that?
05:09I watched the whole show in silence.
05:12Ivy's eyes flashed with something vicious.
05:14She gripped the pin
05:15and stabbed it into her neck.
05:17Blood gushed instantly.
05:19She's dead!
05:20The Blackwoods killed her!
05:22He tore a strip from his sleeve
05:23and pressed it against her throat.
05:25Healer!
05:26Get the healer!
05:27Now!
05:27Ivy lay in their arms,
05:29weak, blinking.
05:30Her eyes drifted to me.
05:31No death wish in them,
05:32just a flicker of victory.
05:34Once Ivy was carried away,
05:36Kale stormed toward me.
05:37Bitch.
05:38He snarled
05:38and backhanded me across the face.
05:40I stumbled and hit the ground.
05:42My palms scraped the cold stone,
05:44skin splitting open.
05:45The left side of my face burned,
05:47my ear ringing.
05:48You heartless cunt.
05:49You wanted her dead, didn't you?
05:51I won't share my life
05:53with a cold-blooded she-wolf like you.
05:55I'm rejecting you today.
05:57About time.
05:58A bitch like her deserves to be rejected.
06:00Her brother's a rapist.
06:01What does that make her?
06:02Probably spread her legs
06:03for half the pack before the mating.
06:05Kale and Ivy are the real victims here.
06:07I swallowed the blood in my mouth,
06:09forced myself up on shaking arms
06:11despite my swollen face
06:13and bleeding palms.
06:14Did any of you actually see
06:16my brother rape Ivy?
06:18Any of you?
06:19With your own eyes?
06:20You won't believe it
06:21until you see the proof.
06:22Kale strode to the dark corner of the hall,
06:24kicked a burlap sack
06:25guarded by two warriors
06:26and yanked it open.
06:28He reached inside
06:29and pulled out an alpha crest pendant,
06:31the one only a Blackwood heir could wear.
06:33He held it high,
06:34turning to the crowd.
06:35See this?
06:36The Blackwood alpha crest.
06:38Only pack heirs wear this.
06:40Every other alpha hair
06:41is in this hall tonight,
06:43except Ryan Blackwood.
06:45He threw the pendant at me,
06:47strands of brown hair
06:48still tangled in the chain.
06:50Selina,
06:50what else do you have to say?
06:52My blood ran cold.
06:53A chill crawled up my spine.
06:55That crest,
06:56it was the one
06:57Rian wore tonight.
06:58Did someone free him
06:59after I left?
07:00No,
07:00something was wrong.
07:01Elder Ashford
07:02spat at my feet.
07:03The proof is right there.
07:05Still going to lie?
07:05I clenched my jaw,
07:08stared Kale dead in the eyes,
07:09and left.
07:11Funny how this works.
07:13Ryan and I just got back from the border.
07:15We've barely been to any gatherings,
07:17never caused trouble.
07:18But tonight,
07:19the one night I told my brother
07:20to stick close to his brother-in-law
07:21and learn some manners,
07:23this happens?
07:24Someone raped Ivy
07:25and pinned it on Ryan.
07:26Who's really behind this?
07:28Bullshit!
07:31You've lost your mind
07:32accusing your own mate
07:34to protect that bastard.
07:36She'd burn her whole family down
07:37before admitting the truth.
07:39The Blackwoods are cursed.
07:41Marrying into that family
07:42is a death sentence.
07:43A few older Lunas
07:44pulled me aside.
07:46Selene,
07:47stop this.
07:48Your father and brothers are dead.
07:50Ryan is the last Blackwood male.
07:53Push this any further
07:55and the King gets involved.
07:57Ryan is done for.
07:58I thought about my last life.
07:59After Kale broke his legs,
08:01Rian lay rotting on a bed for months.
08:03His wounds festered.
08:04The smell never left the room.
08:06He was once the youngest
08:07warrior commander at the world.
08:08He ended up unable to walk.
08:10The despair in his eyes
08:11as he wasted away.
08:12I'd carry it with me forever.
08:13I shook them off.
08:15I raised my voice
08:16for the whole hall to hear.
08:18If neither side will back down,
08:19let's take it to the King.
08:20Let the Lycan King decide.
08:23If Ryan really did this,
08:24kill him,
08:25skin him,
08:26tear him apart,
08:27he deserves it.
08:28The Blackwoods don't protect scum.
08:30Ivy flinched.
08:31She looked at Kale,
08:32eyes flickering with panic.
08:34Kale gave her a steady look,
08:35then turned on me
08:37without hesitation.
08:38You're out of the finder.
08:40You're out of your mind.
08:41Why drag the King into this?
08:43You're going to destroy both packs.
08:46She's lost it.
08:47She wants to take everyone down with her.
08:49Kale's father,
08:50Elder Marcus Thornwell,
08:51finally spoke.
08:52The Thornwells are an old
08:53and noble blood time.
08:55We mated you in
08:56because your father and brother
08:57gave their lives for the kingdom.
08:58But you've proven yourself unworthy.
09:00Risrespecting your mates,
09:01slandering Ivy,
09:02disrupting the celebration.
09:03She's nothing but trouble.
09:03Get rid of her, Kale.
09:04Reject her.
09:05Reject the bond,
09:06then let her go cry to the King.
09:07The Thornwells want nothing to do with her.
09:08Kale's jaw tightened.
09:10This wasn't what he wanted,
09:11but there was no turning back.
09:13He looked me dead in the eyes and said,
09:15Selina Blackwood,
09:16you are jealous,
09:17vicious,
09:18and cruel.
09:18You disrespect your mate
09:20and slander the innocent.
09:21I,
09:22Kale Thornwell,
09:23reject you as my mate.
09:25From this day,
09:26we are nothing.
09:27I,
09:28Selene Blackwood,
09:29accept the rejection.
09:30The mate bond snapped.
09:31A sharp sting ripped through my chest.
09:34But all I felt was relief.
09:35Kale saw no tears,
09:37no begging,
09:38no heartbreak.
09:39Only calm.
09:41The whole crowd reached the Alpha King's palace.
09:44The Lycan King and the Luna Queen heard both sides,
09:48faces grim.
09:49Selene,
09:51if Rian truly has feelings for Ivy,
09:54I could cancel the mating.
09:56My father taught us loyalty and honor from the day we were born.
10:00I believe my brother,
10:02he would never do something this disgusting.
10:04There are too many holes in this story.
10:06I beg the King to investigate.
10:08If Rian is guilty,
10:10the Blacklands will accept any punishment.
10:13Fine.
10:15Bring the evidence.
10:19I stepped forward to open the burlap sack myself.
10:22My palms were slick with cold sweat.
10:25My hands wouldn't stop trembling.
10:27The first thing I saw was the Blackwood crest pendant around the neck.
10:30My heart sank.
10:32Could it be that even with a second chance,
10:34I still couldn't change a damn thing?
10:36Then the sack came off completely,
10:38and a face I didn't expect stared back at me.
10:42Sis!
10:43Before he could even clear his throat,
10:45Ivy's wail tore through the entire hall.
10:49My king!
10:51My queen!
10:53My purity is gone.
10:54The Blackwoods won't take responsibility.
10:57I have no reason to live.
10:59Please, just let me die!
11:01She sobbed like her soul was being ripped out.
11:03Elder Ashford pounded his chest,
11:05tears streaming,
11:06crashing his head against the floor over and over.
11:09My king!
11:09I failed as a father!
11:11My daughter is ruined!
11:11She was the prince's chosen mate.
11:13Her name is on the royal list.
11:15Now she's been defiled and humiliated.
11:17I can't face anyone.
11:18Just let me die with her.
11:19My king!
11:20My queen!
11:21The evidence is here.
11:22Ryan Blackwood did something worse than a devil.
11:24If he walks free, what's stopping the next sick bastard?
11:27I beg the king to deliver justice for Ivy.
11:29Every word was perfect.
11:31The loyal, upstanding alpha defending a helpless she-wolf.
11:34The hall went dead silent,
11:35but the crowd stared at the three of them with strange, uneasy expressions.
11:39Ivy, I'll ask you one more time.
11:41This male truly violated you?
11:44Yes.
11:45Every word is true.
11:46If I'm lying, may the moon goddess punish me.
11:48My king!
11:49I walked in on it myself.
11:50I saw Ryan forcing himself on her.
11:51I swear on my life.
11:52I only wish I'd gotten there sooner.
11:54Good.
11:55Very good.
11:55You're still lying to my face.
11:57Wonderful performance, Ivy.
11:58And you, Kale.
11:59Now lift your heads and look at who exactly violated her.
12:03This wasn't Ryan Blackwood.
12:05It was Princess Lyra, the king's youngest daughter, the most beloved wolf in the kingdom.
12:10Ivy's face went bone white.
12:12Her lips shook, but no sound came out.
12:14She collapsed to the ground like her bones had dissolved.
12:17Kyle looked like he'd been struck by lightning.
12:18Every carefully crafted expression froze.
12:20Nothing left but raw terror.
12:22His hands shook so hard.
12:24The blood-stained cloth in his hand suddenly felt like a hot iron.
12:27Father, mother, what's going on?
12:29I just snuck out to wish mom a happy birthday, and now I'm being accused of violating some girl?
12:34Hey, you were just crying about how I ruined your purity, right?
12:39I'm a she-wolf.
12:40How exactly did I violate you?
12:42Princess, why are you wearing my brother's clothes?
12:47I passed the east wing and found your little brother chained up and unconscious.
12:51Someone had the nerve to do that right under the king's roof during a royal celebration.
12:56I had to investigate, so I borrow his clothes and pendant to disguise myself.
13:00Figured I could catch whoever did it, but the second I turned the corner into some dark hallway,
13:05something hit the back of my head and everything went black.
13:09Next thing I know, I wake up here being called a rapist.
13:14You said you saw it with your own eyes.
13:15What exactly did you see?
13:16Me forcing myself on her?
13:18Kale's forehead was drenched in cold sweat.
13:19Every scheme, every performance, the second Lyra appeared, it was all over.
13:23The Lunas and Alphas who had screamed for Blackwood blood minutes ago now stood with their mouths hanging open,
13:28faces flushed with the humiliation of being played.
13:30What a beautiful little scheme, framing the loyal deceiving the crown.
13:35If Selina hadn't fought for the truth today,
13:38the last Blackwood heir would have been destroyed at my own celebration by these two pieces of filth!
13:43My queen, please, I must ask.
13:46The Blackwoods are a small pack.
13:49Ivy was the prince's chosen mate.
13:51Her future was bright.
13:52My brother didn't have any relationship with her.
13:55Why would Ivy destroy her own reputation to trap him?
13:57It makes no sense.
13:59Why would the prince's chosen mate risk everything to frame a young alpha heir?
14:02It made no sense, unless...
14:04Unless she already has a mating mark.
14:07In three days, the royal healers will inspect the prince's chosen mate.
14:12Only a pure, unclaimed she-wolf is fit for the prince.
14:17This she-wolf has already been marked and mated.
14:20Once the healers find out, that's treason.
14:22Her whole family dies.
14:24So she panicked.
14:25Use tonight to frame Rianne, cover her own filth, and trap a pack heir into mating her.
14:29One move, two kills.
14:31No, no, I didn't, I...
14:33So that's what this is, scheming bitch.
14:34She played every single one of us.
14:36You shameless whore!
14:39Tell me!
14:40Who's the male?
14:41Ivy crumpled, clutching her face, whimpering.
14:44I watched the whole thing.
14:45Cold.
14:46Still.
14:47Two lifetimes of rage finally loosening its crip.
14:51Elder Ashford, isn't it obvious?
14:53Who was screaming the loudest tonight?
14:56Elder Ashford's body seized.
14:58His bloodshot eyes locked onto Kale.
15:00He threw himself at Kale and grabbed him by the throat.
15:02You grew up with my daughter.
15:04If you wanted her, you could have come to me.
15:06I might have said yes, but you waited until she was chosen for the prince, and then you
15:10did this?
15:11Elder Ashford, wake up.
15:13Your daughter is a nobody to Kale.
15:15With Rianne out of the way, Kale takes over the Blackwood pack without lifting a finger.
15:19Why would he throw that away for an elder's girl?
15:21Fuck your daughter in secret, knock her up, then stick the pup on Rianne.
15:25He gets his bloodline on the throne and keeps his hands clean.
15:29Kale, you bastard!
15:31You absolute bastard!
15:33Ivy just sat on the ground, clutching her face, silent.
15:37Healer, drag this bitch out.
15:38Inspect her.
15:39Check for a mating mark.
15:40They dragged Ivy out of the hall like a dead dog, her screams echoing off the walls.
15:46Kale saw it was over.
15:47He dropped to his knees and slammed his head on the floor.
15:49My queen, I'm guilty.
15:51A month ago, I was drunk.
15:53I lost control and mated Ivy.
15:55It wasn't planned.
15:56I swear I never meant to disrespect the crown.
15:58I was wrong.
15:59Please, have mercy.
16:01Bullshit!
16:02Drunk and lost control?
16:03You fucked the prince's chosen mate, then schemed to frame your own brother-in-law.
16:08If you had any balls, you'd have claimed her yourself.
16:10Taken her as a second mate, anything.
16:12But no, you wanted your reputation clean.
16:15Ryan Blackherd worshipped you as a brother, and you planned to ruin his life and pin your bastard on him.
16:23You're not even human!
16:25The crowd had fully turned.
16:26Every ounce of sympathy that had been on Kale's side now burned as pure hatred.
16:33My king.
16:34My queen.
16:35Ivy Ashfield bears a mating mark, and she is pregnant.
16:38Pregnant?
16:43How vicious!
16:44So that's his plan.
16:46Get rid of Ryan, the last Blackwood heir.
16:49Once the boy's reputation is destroyed, who takes over the Blackwood pack?
16:53Kale fucking Thornwheel.
16:55The alpha title Blackwood's earned with their blood for generations.
16:57Blackwood warriors died for that pack, and this bastard tried to steal it with a scheme and a she-wolf.
17:02Elder Marcus Thornwell, Kale's father, couldn't hold it together anymore.
17:06He stormed forward and kicked his kneeling son square between the legs.
17:09Kale flew back several feet and crashed to the ground, curling into a ball, both hands clutching his crotch.
17:16His face went white as paper, veins popping on his forehead.
17:19He rolled and convulsed on the floor.
17:21Everyone winced, but no one felt sorry for him.
17:24My king.
17:24Upon further examination, Ivy's pregnancy is two months along.
17:29Kale froze mid-writhe.
17:31He forced his head up, face twisted with agony and disbelief, and stared at Ivy as she was dragged back
17:36in.
17:38Two months?
17:39You lying bitch!
17:40You told me it was mine!
17:42We only made it a month ago!
17:45Whose pup is it? Tell me!
17:48Tell me!
17:50You have the nerve to ask me?
17:52You men are all the same.
17:54Every last one of you!
17:56Prince Declan swore I was the only one.
17:58Then I told him I was pregnant.
18:00And that same night he was in bed with another she-wolf!
18:04So why the fuck can't I find someone else too?
18:07You fucked me and said you'd reject Salone and mate me.
18:10But you wouldn't claim me either.
18:12You wanted to dump me on Rian, that clueless kid.
18:16You're all cowards!
18:18Spineless pieces of shit!
18:20No one expected the prince to be involved.
18:22Prince Declan's reputation as a man-whore was an open secret,
18:26so this wasn't exactly shocking.
18:28But hearing it out loud, in front of the king,
18:31at the Luna Queen's celebration,
18:33the entire hall sucked in a breath.
18:36The prince Declan's shot at the throne was done.
18:39Finished.
18:40The king's face was dark enough to kill.
18:42He didn't bother watching them tear each other apart.
18:46He gave the orders.
18:48Ivy Ashford, deceiving the crown,
18:51framing Rianne Blackwood,
18:53defiling the prince's mate bond.
18:5599 lashes, thrown in the dungeon,
18:58awaiting execution.
18:59Elder Ashford, failed to discipline his daughter.
19:03The entire Ashford family,
19:05ex-filed to the Deadlands,
19:07never to return.
19:09Cale Thornwell, betrayal, treason,
19:12defiling the prince's chosen mate,
19:14conspiring to frame a loyal heir.
19:1599 lashes, thrown in the dungeon,
19:18awaiting execution.
19:19Elder Marcus Thornwell, failed to raise his son.
19:23Confined to his territory until further notice.
19:26Locked in your quarters.
19:28No one in or out, without my order.
19:31Every sentence hit like thunder.
19:33No room for appeal.
19:35The guards dragged Cale away,
19:37still screaming.
19:39Ivy was hauled out laughing like she'd lost her mind.
19:43The show was over.
19:44I took Rianne home.
19:46He'd finally been unchained.
19:48Once we were alone,
19:49he rubbed his raw wrists,
19:51looking half confused,
19:53half hurt.
19:54Sis,
19:55why did you chain me up today?
19:58You tied those knots so tight,
19:59I thought you'd gone crazy.
20:01I looked at him.
20:02Alive.
20:03Whole.
20:04Eyes still bright.
20:06I thought of last life.
20:07His rotting legs.
20:09His hollow face.
20:10The light draining out of him day by day.
20:13My eyes burned.
20:15I sat him down and told him everything.
20:17The last life.
20:19What Cale did.
20:20What Ivy did.
20:21How he died.
20:22How I died.
20:23How close we came tonight.
20:26Rianne didn't speak for a long time.
20:28His face went white.
20:29Then gray.
20:31Then white again.
20:32Cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
20:34I held his freezing hand.
20:36Rian.
20:37I already died once.
20:39I will never let anyone hurt you or this family again.
20:45Sis.
20:47From now on,
20:48I do whatever you say.
20:51It should have been over.
20:52But two weeks later,
20:54News came that made my blood run cold.
20:58Cale was out of the dungeon.
21:00After everything he'd done,
21:02He walked free.
21:03He wasn't executed.
21:05Wasn't even maimed.
21:07Stripped of his titles, yes.
21:08A nobody now.
21:10But alive.
21:11My warrior reported back.
21:14That kick Elder Marcus landed between his leads.
21:16It destroyed him.
21:18Plus 99 lashes.
21:19The healer's confirmed he's permanently damaged.
21:22He'll never mate again.
21:23The king figured that was punishment enough.
21:25Let Elder Marcus take him home to him.
21:27I almost laughed.
21:28But Cale didn't rot quietly.
21:31Days after he was carried back to the Thornwell estate,
21:34He showed up at the Blackwood border.
21:36Pale.
21:37Thin.
21:38Hunched over like a broken old man.
21:41Nothing left of the strong werewolf he used to be.
21:43Selene.
21:44I was wrong.
21:45I know I was wrong.
21:47Please, take me back.
21:48We can start over.
21:49I was blind.
21:50I was stupid.
21:51I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you.
21:53Only you.
21:54No one else.
21:55We have a pup.
21:56You can't let our child grow up without a father.
21:58My eyes narrowed.
22:00I stepped back.
22:01How did Cale know I was pregnant?
22:03I was barely a month along.
22:06Last life, I didn't even find out until the second month.
22:10Unless, he'd been reborn too.
22:12I stared at his pathetic, begging face.
22:16I thought of his hands around my throat.
22:18The life draining out of me.
22:21The way he planned Rianne's destruction without blinking.
22:25I wanted to vomit.
22:27I smiled, cold as ice.
22:31Cale, since you've been reborn too, you should know exactly what happened to this pup.
22:39Last life, you strangled me to death before I could give birth.
22:43This pup never got the chance to exist.
22:46This time, I already took abortion pill.
22:50It's gone.
22:53You.
22:53What did you say?
22:54Selene.
22:55That's our pup.
22:57You can't-
22:57Funny how you didn't think about our pup when your hands were around my throat.
23:00His eyes went blood red.
23:02Jaw clenched so hard his teeth cracked.
23:05Then he doubled over and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
23:09He collapsed.
23:10The Thornwell servants panicked and carried him away.
23:14I heard later that Cale didn't get back up after that.
23:17Bedridden, coughing blood day and night.
23:20Elder Marcus watched his son waste away.
23:23A cripple.
23:24A disgrace.
23:25A ticking bomb that could blow up the Thornwell name any day.
23:29He also feared the king might remember the whole mess and come after the family again.
23:34So not long after, the Thornwells announced that Cale had died from his injuries.
23:40Complications from illness.
23:42Beyond medical help.
23:43What really happened behind those walls, nobody cared to ask.
23:47Everyone knew Elder Marcus was a cold, practical man.
23:52Cale was like his father, both willing to cut deep when it mattered.
24:02As for Prince Declan, after six months locked in his quarters, the king stripped his title and exiled him to
24:09the borderlands.
24:10No summons.
24:11No return.
24:13Ever.
24:14His shot at the throne.
24:15His ambition.
24:17His name.
24:18All gone.
24:18I wrapped up everything in the capital and took Rianne home to the Blackwood Territory in the west.
24:23Open sky.
24:25Clean air.
24:26Honest people.
24:27This was the land our family had bled for.
24:31Generation after generation.
24:33Rianne trained under the old warriors, learning combat and strategy.
24:37Day by day, he started to look like our father.
24:41The same steady eyes.
24:42The same iron spine.
24:44The border winds blew away the stench of the capital, the schemes, the perfume, the lies.
24:51All replaced by grass and dirt and simple truth.
24:55Life stretched ahead of us, long and wide.
24:59I knew, finally, that my family would be safe.
25:03That we could live in peace.
25:05And no one would ever use us again.
25:10The western winds always carried a raw, clean bite, sweeping across the grasslands, bending the wildflowers like waves.
25:18I stood on the watchtower of the Blackwood stronghold, watching Rianne lead his patrol back.
25:23A line of wolves cutting across the plains, his silver coat blazing under the sun.
25:28He was stronger than before.
25:30No trace of the boy he used to be.
25:32Three years since we came home, Rianne was now the Pax Alpha, training under the old warriors, racking up kills
25:38and honors along the border.
25:41The Lycan king offered him a position at the royal court twice.
25:44He turned it down both times.
25:46This is Blackwood land.
25:48Father and our brothers died for it.
25:50I'm staying.
25:52For the people.
25:53And for you.
26:00Sis, you're standing in the wind again.
26:03It's getting cold.
26:05Don't freeze yourself.
26:07I turned.
26:08Dust on his face.
26:10Tired eyes.
26:11But alive.
26:12So alive.
26:14Just got back?
26:15Everything smooth?
26:16Easy.
26:17Those rogue bands are nothing.
26:19Yeah!
26:21The border's quiet.
26:23Harvest season, the stores are about to burst.
26:28I smile.
26:29These three years, we'd built irrigation.
26:33These three years, we'd built irrigation, cleared new farmland, opened trade routes with neighboring packs.
26:40The territory was thriving.
26:43Nothing like the barren outpost it used to be.
26:48Alpha Ryan, someone from the capital, says he's from the Thornwell household.
26:53Brought a letter and gifts, requesting an audience.
26:56The Thornwells had gone silent after Kael died.
26:59Not a word in three years.
27:01Why now?
27:02No.
27:03After what Kael did to us.
27:05They have the nerve to show their faces?
27:07Send them away.
27:08Now.
27:08Let's hear what they want.
27:10The Thornwells are finished.
27:11They can't pull anything.
27:13I knew what this was.
27:14Elder Marcus had lost his power.
27:17Lost the king's trust.
27:18Spent three years under suspicion.
27:22They were drowning.
27:25The Thornwell steward was shown in.
27:27Half-worn robes.
27:29Nervous hands.
27:31He bowed low.
27:32Lady Selina, Alpha Ryan.
27:34Skip the pleasantities.
27:36What does Elder Marcus want?
27:39My master wishes to apologize for everything.
27:42He knows the Thornwells wronged the Blackhills beyond forgiveness.
27:46He comes asking, for the sake of the old friendship between your fathers, if my lady might speak
27:53to the king on our behalf.
27:54The Thornwell children can't find work, can't enter the academies.
27:58The family is dying.
28:00I opened the letter.
28:02Page after page of regret.
28:04How he failed as a father.
28:07How the family was crumbling.
28:09How the younger wolves were blacklisted everywhere.
28:12I felt nothing.
28:14Elder Marcus hadn't stepped in when Kale schemed against Rianne.
28:17He didn't stop it.
28:19He only handled Kale after the whole thing exploded in public.
28:24Everything he did was to save the Thornwell name.
28:27Never for us.
28:29Steward, what Kale did was Kale's crime.
28:33I don't blame the Thornwell children, but the king made his own judgment.
28:37The Blackhoods don't interfere with royal decisions.
28:40My lady, please.
28:43The family has nothing left.
28:46So what?
28:48My sister nearly died.
28:50I was almost framed to death.
28:53Three years and not a single apology.
28:58Now you show up begging.
29:01Get out.
29:02The steward opened his mouth,
29:04caught the ice in Rianne's eyes,
29:06and swallowed his words.
29:08He bowed,
29:09took the letter back,
29:11and shuffled out.
29:14Watching him leave,
29:15I let out a quiet breath.
29:17The hatred had faded years ago,
29:19but some wounds don't heal just because you stop bleeding.
29:23The Thornwells made their bed.
29:25Let them lie in it.
29:27A few days later,
29:29Rianne's mating ceremony.
29:31His mate was Lila,
29:33daughter of Commander Ashworth,
29:35one of the Border Generals,
29:37a wild, fearless she-wolf
29:39who could outrun half the warriors in the pack.
29:41They'd met during the rogue age.
29:44Lila was patrolling with her father when they got hit.
29:48Rianne showed up at the right time.
29:50They fought side by side.
29:53The rest happened on its own.
29:55The ceremony was loud, simple, and real.
29:59No politics,
30:00no scheming.
30:01The whole territory showed up.
30:03Families dragging in sacks of grain,
30:06bolts of cloth,
30:07dried meat as gifts.
30:09The courtyard overflowed.
30:11I wore a deep red dress
30:13and watched Rianne take Lila's hand,
30:15walking to the altar together.
30:18Lila's face was flushed,
30:19her eyes shy but fierce.
30:22The way she looked at Rianne was pure.
30:24For a second,
30:25I saw our father,
30:27our brothers.
30:28They stood up as well,
30:30fighting for this land,
30:31protecting the people they loved.
30:34After the ceremony,
30:35Rianne and Lila rode out
30:37to patrol the territory together.
30:39Blackwood tradition.
30:41Newmates walk every outpost,
30:43telling the land and the sky
30:45that they'll guard it together.
30:47I went back to the study alone,
30:49opened an old book on the desk,
30:52our father's handwritten notes
30:54on warfare and strategy.
30:56My fingers traced the familiar ink.
30:59Warmth spread through my chest.
31:03These years,
31:04I thought about father
31:05and our brothers often.
31:06The kingdom they bled for
31:07was at peace.
31:08The name they defended
31:09was still standing.
31:11If they could see us now,
31:12I think they'd smile.
31:13When winter came,
31:14the first snow
31:15buried the grasslands white.
31:16I was reading by the window
31:17when Lila burst in,
31:18cheeks red,
31:19grinning ear to ear.
31:20Selina,
31:21Rianne brought down a deer.
31:22We're roasting it tonight.
31:23Slow down,
31:24you'll slip.
31:25Out in the yard,
31:25Rianne was bossing
31:26the servants around the kill,
31:28looking ridiculously proud.
31:30Sis,
31:30tonight you don't need
31:31to do anything.
31:32Just enjoy.
31:33I've been practicing.
31:34That night,
31:34a bonfire lit up the yard.
31:36The flames pushed back the cold.
31:37The whole territory came,
31:39gathered around the fire,
31:40singing, laughing.
31:41The smell of roasting meat
31:42drifted everywhere.
31:44Selina,
31:45I heard about what happened
31:46in the capital.
31:47Rianne told me everything.
31:49Do you still hate them?
31:49The Thornwells?
31:50The Ashwitz?
31:54I did.
31:55Their lies.
31:56Their cruelty.
31:57How they tried to destroy everything.
31:59But out here,
32:00watching the sky,
32:01these people,
32:02I figured out that the best revenge
32:03isn't holding on to it.
32:05It's living well.
32:06Better than all of them.
32:07I have Rian.
32:09I have you.
32:09I have people who care.
32:11I have this land.
32:12That's more than enough.
32:13I'll take care of him.
32:15And you.
32:16This is our home now.
32:19The snow fell harder,
32:20but nobody cared.
32:21Songs,
32:22laughter,
32:23the sizzle of meat,
32:24all tangled together
32:25in the cold night air.
32:26I leaned against the porch post
32:27and watched it all.
32:28My lips curled without thinking.
32:31Last life,
32:31I spent my last days alone
32:33in the Thornwell Manor,
32:34pregnant,
32:35staring at the moon,
32:36drowning in loneliness.
32:37Now,
32:38family,
32:39warmth,
32:40noise,
32:40life.
32:41When spring came,
32:42news from the capital.
32:43Prince Declan had caught
32:45a plague in the borderlands,
32:47dead within weeks.
32:48The king gave him
32:49a title posthumously,
32:50but refused to bring
32:52the body home.
32:52The brilliant,
32:53ambitious prince,
32:54rotting in some
32:55forgotten wasteland,
32:57alone.
32:57The Thornwells collapsed
32:59for good.
33:00Elder Marcus was too old,
33:01too mistrusted.
33:02He resigned
33:03and crawled back
33:04to his hometown.
33:05Without him,
33:06the younger Thornwells
33:07had nothing.
33:08No name,
33:09no connections,
33:10no future.
33:12Just ordinary wolves now.
33:14The news reached me
33:15while I was teaching pups.
33:17I heard it,
33:18smiled once,
33:19and went back
33:20to the lesson.
33:21Those people
33:21and their endings
33:22had nothing to do
33:24with me anymore.
33:25My life was quiet
33:26and full.
33:27I didn't need
33:28their downfall
33:29to prove my happiness.
33:31The children's voices
33:32echoed across the grassland.
33:34They were the future
33:35of the pack,
33:36of the kingdom.
33:37I looked at their
33:38small, eager faces
33:40and felt something
33:40I hadn't felt
33:41in a long time.
33:43Hope.
33:45Time passed.
33:47Ryan and Lila
33:48had a son.
33:48They named him Caden.
33:50The boy had his parents' best.
33:51Wild energy,
33:53sharp instincts,
33:54and a stubborn streak
33:55a mile wide.
33:56He chased Ryan around
33:57with toy swords
33:58before he could properly run
33:59and begged me
34:00for stories every night.
34:01I told him about
34:02his grandfather,
34:03his uncles,
34:04how they fought
34:05at the border,
34:06how they held the line
34:07when no one else would.
34:08Caden's eyes went wide
34:10every time,
34:11full of worship.
34:12Aunt Selina,
34:13I'm gonna be
34:14just like Grandpa.
34:15I'll protect the border.
34:16I'll protect everyone.
34:19Watching him grow,
34:20I felt the years
34:21rushing past.
34:22The scars had softened.
34:24The nightmares
34:25came less and less.
34:27What stayed
34:28was gratitude.
34:31Another hotel,
34:32full moon.
34:32The whole family
34:33sat in the yard.
34:34Moonlight pouring down
34:35like silver water.
34:37Caden was wrestling Rian
34:38for a practice sword.
34:39Lila cheered from the side.
34:41The yard was full
34:41of noise and warmth.
34:43I looked up at the moon,
34:44soft, bright,
34:45gentle on the skin.
34:46I remember the last full moon
34:47of my previous life.
34:49Alone,
34:49in the thornwell yard,
34:51pregnant,
34:51staring at the same moon,
34:53heart full of nothing
34:54but darkness.
34:55Now,
34:55Rian laughing,
34:56Caden shrieking,
34:58Lila clapping.
34:58This was the ending.
35:00No scheming,
35:01no betrayal,
35:02no poison dressed up as love.
35:03Just family,
35:04just home,
35:05just this land.
35:06The border wind still blue,
35:08carrying grass and earth
35:09and the faintest hint
35:10of wildflowers.
35:12I close my eyes
35:13and let it wash over me.
35:14Thank the moon goddess
35:15for the second chance.
35:17Thank everyone who stayed.
35:18Thank this land
35:19for holding us.
35:20For the rest of our days,
35:22may the border moon
35:23stay warm
35:24and the years
35:24stay kind.
35:25Good night.
35:26Good night.
35:26You
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