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