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00:00I raised three angels for 10 years.
00:03Every night, they fed on my life force.
00:08Watched me die screaming.
00:11Then ran to the pack princess like loyal hounds.
00:15Tonight, I'm selling them.
00:19For the first time,
00:25I choose myself.
00:30Rain lashed against the rotting walls of the cottage.
00:35I knelt on the cold ground,
00:38coughing blood,
00:40my body withering like a dried leaf.
00:44For 10 years,
00:47I gave them my last bite of food,
00:50my precious moon spring water,
00:54even my own life essence,
00:57driped out painfully,
00:59feeding them.
01:00I thought they were helpless pups.
01:02I thought they loved me.
01:07Then words flashed before my eyes,
01:10bright as neon.
01:14They're celestial wolves.
01:16They just needed her life force to transform.
01:19Serafina will be their new master.
01:23I rescued them from the streets.
01:29Nursed them through sickness.
01:34Protected them from hunters.
01:38My blood ran cold.
01:41They weren't pets.
01:43They were parasites.
01:45And when I was torn apart by shadow beasts last week,
01:49they stood aside,
01:51clean and dry,
01:52watching me bleed to death,
01:54waiting for me to die
01:55so they could transform into handsome alphas
01:57and run to Serafina,
01:58the blonde princess of the Ironcraw pack.
02:00The door creaked open.
02:06Serafina stood there,
02:08delicate and sweet,
02:09her fur-linked coat gleaming in the dim light.
02:15Little Alara,
02:16you look terrible.
02:18Your pups.
02:19They're quite special.
02:21Why not sell them to me?
02:24I'll pay any price.
02:26I stared at the three pups curled in her arm.
02:30The black wolf nuzzling her wrist.
02:33The fire-winginged wolf prenenting on her shoulder.
02:36The golden wolf,
02:37my favorite,
02:38staring at me with cold, hollow eyes.
02:41Something inside me.
02:43Shattered.
02:45One hundred thousand spirit coins each.
02:48Take your pick.
02:50Serafina froze.
02:53The wolves froze.
02:56The words blazing before my eyes exploded.
03:00What?
03:01She supposed the cannon be obsessed.
03:05I stood up,
03:06trembling but not breaking.
03:13I don't need parasites.
03:14I need money to fix my dying body.
03:16Take them.
03:17Or get out.
03:19Deal.
03:20I'll take the black one first.
03:24The black wolf leaped into her arms without even looking back.
03:28After they left,
03:29the heavy, suffocating dwereness in the cowdage lifted.
03:33My wounds stopped hurting.
03:35I took a deep breath,
03:36free for the first time in ten years.
03:39I turned to the remaining two wolves,
03:41now growling, demanding.
03:44I didn't flinch.
03:46I grabbed a silver chain and quickly locked them in a cage.
03:49These screamed, struggling.
03:51They didn't understand why their Obiban servant had final awakening.
03:55I cut off the cheap, hand-carved tags from their necks.
03:58The ones I'd made with my own bleeding fingers.
04:01My name burned into the wood.
04:03I threw them into the forest.
04:05I don't need wolves.
04:06I don't need love.
04:07Money won't betray me.
04:08And these parasites?
04:10They'll help me buy back my life.
04:13Behind me,
04:14the golden wolf's cage creaked open.
04:21A tall, blonde can stepped out,
04:24eyes burning red,
04:25curled horns growing from his skull.
04:34Alara.
04:38In this life,
04:40don't abandon me again.
04:43Raw power crackled in the air.
04:45I staggered back,
04:46heart-pounding.
04:47The golden wolf,
04:49my useless,
04:50ligery pup,
04:51was gone.
04:53In his place,
04:55stood a god.
04:57Tall,
04:58broad-shouldered,
04:59hair like molten sun,
05:00eyes burning deep red.
05:01A true,
05:02primal alpha.
05:04The rarest,
05:05most dangerous werewolf in the world.
05:09He transformed early!
05:10That's impossible!
05:11He chose the cannon fodder over Serafina!
05:14The blazing word screamed.
05:18The alpha approached,
05:19and I bared my fangs weak as they were.
05:23Who are you?
05:25Kale,
05:26I'm not some stray dog.
05:28I'm a primal alpha.
05:30I remember everything.
05:32My blood ran cold.
05:35Remember what?
05:39My past life.
05:43He knilled,
05:44head bowed,
05:45golden tail drooping.
05:48I let you die.
05:49I let them drain you.
05:51I went to Serafina.
05:53She threw me to the lightning curse.
05:55I died hating myself.
05:56He looked up,
05:57eyes glistening.
06:01I burned a thousand years of power to come back.
06:05To come back to you.
06:08I laughed,
06:09bitter and sharp.
06:11Save it.
06:12I know you're kind.
06:13You want my life force.
06:15He grabbed my hand,
06:17his touch warm and searing.
06:19No!
06:22I don't need it.
06:24I'm a primal alpha.
06:25I create wealth.
06:27I protect.
06:27I don't steal.
06:29He handed over herbs and jewels,
06:31worth more than anything I'd ever owned.
06:33I found these for you.
06:35To heal you.
06:37I stared.
06:40In my past life,
06:41I would have cried and hugged him.
06:44Now,
06:45I pulled my hand back.
06:46I'm selling you too.
06:48Serafina will pay double.
06:51Kyle's face fell.
06:52The powerful,
06:53crimal alpha capable of crushing armies
06:54look at like he was about to cry.
06:56I'll be good.
06:57I'll hunt for you.
06:58I'll find treasure for you.
07:00I'll never leave you.
07:01Just don't sell me.
07:03Don't sell me again.
07:05The cage door groaned.
07:06The fire-winged wolf snarled,
07:08angry at being ignored.
07:10Prove it.
07:11Tomorrow,
07:12we go to Serafina's ceremony.
07:14You stay by my side.
07:15No running.
07:16No fowning.
07:19I swear
07:21on my alpha soul.
07:24That night,
07:25he tried to curl up
07:26in his old puppy bed.
07:28He was too big.
07:30It looked ridiculous.
07:32I sighed
07:33and laid a blanket on the floor.
07:37He slept there,
07:38tail tapping softly,
07:40watching me all night.
07:42For the first time in ten years,
07:45I felt safe.
07:47At dawn,
07:48a knock thundered at the door.
07:52Serafina stood there,
07:54smiling sweetly.
07:56I've come for the fire-wingered wolf.
07:59And who is this?
08:02Her gaze locked on Kale,
08:04greedy, hungry.
08:06She thought he was a stray alpha
08:07she could steal.
08:09Little did she know,
08:12he was mine.
08:14The iron claw pack's ceremony
08:16braised with light.
08:19Nobles it fur and sill,
08:21wolf's transforming in the shadows,
08:24the moon hanging huge and blood-red.
08:28Serafina stood at the altar,
08:30beautiful and beloved.
08:32She held the black wolf
08:33and fire-winging wolf,
08:35radiating stolen power.
08:37The crowd cheered.
08:39Princess Serafina,
08:41future Elder Alpha.
08:45I stood at the back,
08:46hood pulled up,
08:47omega energy hidden.
08:49Kale stood beside me,
08:51golden eyes cold.
08:53Hand lightly touching mine.
08:55Breathe.
08:57They can't hurt you.
08:58Serafina bit her palm,
09:00letting blood drip onto the two wolves.
09:03The bond flared.
09:07She smiled,
09:09drunk on power.
09:14Then she saw Kale.
09:17Her smile shattered.
09:20She glided down,
09:22voice sweet as honey.
09:27Alera.
09:28Who is this handsome stranger?
09:31I smiled sweetly.
09:33This?
09:33This is my golden pup.
09:35He just transformed.
09:37Gasps erupted.
09:39The crowd starred.
09:40An alpha transformation for an omega?
09:42Impossible.
09:43Serafina's nails
09:44dodged into her palm.
09:46We turn,
09:47Ritra Kerkeldes.
09:48I'll buy him.
09:50Two hundred thousand.
09:52He snapped his jaws shut.
09:54A primal,
09:55terrifying royer
09:56tore through the air.
09:58Power slammed the crown,
10:00sending nobles
10:01to their knees.
10:03Don't touch my master.
10:06Serafina froze,
10:07hands suspended in the air.
10:09Humiliation burned on her face.
10:13I step forward,
10:14taking Kale's hand.
10:15The bond mark burned on my forehead.
10:17We're already allied.
10:19Sorry, princess.
10:20The crowd exploded.
10:23Elders stare in shock.
10:25Serafina's wolves
10:26stored at Kale,
10:28confused and jealous.
10:29They couldn't understand.
10:31Why would a god choose trash?
10:35Omega can't control an alpha.
10:37He'll betray you.
10:38And when he does,
10:40I'll be waiting.
10:43Let them talk.
10:48Tomorrow,
10:49we'll grow stronger.
10:51Together.
10:52The pack's whispers
10:53followed me like shadows.
10:55I ignored it all.
10:57Kiel's presence
10:57was a warm wall behind me.
10:59His power gently
11:00wrapped around me,
11:01not controlling,
11:02only protecting.
11:03For the first time
11:04in ten years,
11:05my damaged body
11:06didn't hurt.
11:06My poor steady...
11:10You're healing.
11:12My energy is cleansing
11:14the toxins
11:14they left behind.
11:18Toxins?
11:22Raven and Ember.
11:24They're not
11:24ordinary wolves.
11:26They're of the Cused Kin
11:27they feed on life force
11:28to grow stronger.
11:29The black one
11:30is a void stalker.
11:31The fire one
11:32is an ember wraith.
11:34From the day
11:35you save them,
11:36they've been draining you.
11:37I remembered
11:38the years of sickness,
11:40fainting,
11:41the cold
11:41that never left my bones.
11:43I remembered
11:44how the crushing weight
11:45in my chest
11:46lifted the moment
11:47Raven left.
11:48It wasn't my imagination.
11:51They were killing me.
11:53In my past life,
11:54you went to the
11:55withering woods
11:56for withering flowers
11:57for them.
11:58The Toxins
11:59seeped into your bones.
12:01You died screaming alone.
12:03I watched
12:04and did nothing.
12:06I won't make
12:06that mistake again.
12:08I stared at him.
12:10No one had ever
12:12cared enough
12:12to tell me the truth.
12:16No one
12:18had ever blamed
12:20themselves for my pain.
12:23Before I could speak,
12:25a pack healer
12:26found me.
12:30Elder Mara,
12:31the Ironclaw's
12:33oldest healer.
12:37Her eyes widened
12:39when she touched
12:40my wrist.
12:41Withering
12:42Tonson's feeding,
12:43but the roods
12:44are still in your heart.
12:46You need
12:46moonlight flowers.
12:48They only grow
12:49in the forbidden ruins.
12:51Expensive,
12:52dangerous.
12:53I'll buy them.
12:53Even with money,
12:55the ruins
12:55are heavily guarded.
12:56No Omega
12:57can survive there.
12:59Kyle's hand
13:00landed on my shoulder.
13:04She won't
13:05be alone.
13:11That night,
13:12I found a note
13:13slipped under the door.
13:14Scrawled in silver ink,
13:16you think you can escape?
13:17The cursed kin
13:18always finish their meal.
13:19You're still ours.
13:20The forbidden ruins
13:23stood like skeletons
13:24under the blood moon.
13:27Twisted trees,
13:28cracked stone,
13:30fog that
13:30swallowsed sound.
13:35Kale transformed
13:37into his full wolf form,
13:39massive,
13:40golden,
13:41fur-like sunlight.
13:42He gently
13:43nuzzled my hand,
13:44then walked ahead,
13:46protecting me.
13:47Stay close.
13:49The guardians are here.
13:50We moved swiftly.
13:53I saw
13:54moonlight flowers
13:55going blue
13:56in a crevice.
13:57Just as I reached
13:58for them,
13:59shadows lunged.
14:01Guardians.
14:02Corrupted
14:02half-wolf beasts.
14:05Kale roared.
14:06He tore through
14:07them like paper.
14:09Golden light
14:10burst forth,
14:11dispelling the darkness.
14:12darkness.
14:14I grabbed the
14:15moonlight flowers.
14:20Our mission
14:21was complete.
14:22But as we turned
14:23to leave,
14:23I heard it.
14:25A weak,
14:26pained whimper.
14:28I followed the sound.
14:29Beneath a fallen
14:30pillar,
14:31a small silver
14:32wolf pup
14:32lay dying,
14:33a silver bullet
14:34imbested in its leg.
14:36Alara,
14:37no,
14:38we can't trust
14:39strays here.
14:44But I looked
14:45into its eyes.
14:46I saw myself.
14:48Abandoned.
14:49Wounded.
14:50Left to die.
14:50I neat.
14:51Pulled out the bullet.
14:53I applied the
14:54moonlight flower
14:55to the wound.
14:57The pup's
14:58furcher changed.
15:00Silver turned
15:01to black.
15:02Its eyes
15:03flashed purple.
15:05Alara,
15:06that's no
15:08orbinary wolf.
15:11You freed me.
15:13Now the cursed
15:14kin will hunt
15:15you both.
15:16They've been
15:16searching for me
15:17for a hundred
15:18years.
15:20The pup
15:21curled in my arms,
15:22warm and light.
15:27I'm Lyra.
15:28I'm a star wolf.
15:29My kind can see
15:30fate.
15:31I saw you save me.
15:32I saw you die
15:33last time.
15:34You know about
15:35reincarnation?
15:37Raven and Ember
15:38don't just feed.
15:40They steal fate.
15:41They took your fate.
15:43They took
15:44Seraphina's fate
15:45too.
15:45She thinks she's
15:46rising,
15:47but she's already
15:48burned.
15:50Seraphina is going
15:51to the moon
15:51ceremony tomorrow.
15:52She plans to
15:53absorb all their
15:54power and become
15:55Elder Alpha.
15:58Then we
15:59stop her.
16:02You can.
16:04Your life force
16:05is pure.
16:06It's the only thing
16:07that can break
16:07their curse.
16:08You can't
16:09sacrifice yourself.
16:10Not again.
16:12I'm not
16:13sacrificing.
16:15I'm reclaiming
16:16what's mine.
16:17The next morning
16:19we returned to
16:20the pack.
16:20When they saw
16:21Lyra in my arms,
16:22the whispers
16:23exploded.
16:24Star wolves
16:25were myths.
16:26Seraphina saw us
16:27from the training
16:28grounds.
16:29Her face
16:30darkened.
16:37Where did you
16:38get that?
16:42Found it.
16:44Unlike some
16:45people,
16:45I don't
16:46abandon the
16:46weak.
16:49Give it to
16:50me.
16:51Now.
16:52Raven and
16:53Ember appeared
16:54beside her,
16:55eyes gleaming.
16:56They stared at
16:58Lyra,
16:58then licked
16:59their lips.
17:00They recognized
17:01her.
17:01They were
17:02starving.
17:02The entire
17:03pack gathered
17:04for the moon
17:05ceremony.
17:06The altar
17:07stood beneath
17:07the largest moon
17:08I'd ever seen.
17:10Seraphina stood
17:11at the center,
17:12wearing a crown
17:13of thorns
17:14and fur.
17:15Raven and
17:15Ember circled
17:16her like
17:17shadows.
17:19Seraphina will
17:20bind the
17:21cussed kin
17:21and ascend!
17:25The crowd
17:26cheered.
17:27They didn't
17:28know she was
17:29signing her
17:30own death
17:31warrant.
17:32I stood
17:33at the back,
17:34Kale beside
17:35me,
17:36Lyra hidden
17:37in my
17:37coat.
17:40Now,
17:41before the
17:42covenant
17:42is complete.
17:47Seraphina
17:47bit her
17:48palm.
17:48Blood
17:49dripped
17:49onto
17:49Raven and
17:50Ember.
17:50Dark
17:51power
17:51erupted.
17:52The air
17:52turned
17:52cold.
17:53More!
17:54Give me
17:55more!
17:55But her
17:56skin began
17:56to gray,
17:57her veins
17:58unturned
17:58black.
17:59The power
18:00was
18:00diverring
18:00her alive.
18:01I stepped
18:02forward.
18:03The
18:03cowed
18:04fell
18:04silent.
18:06Seraphina!
18:08You're
18:08not
18:08gaining
18:09power.
18:10You're
18:10being
18:10devoured.
18:11You're
18:12just
18:12jealous.
18:13You're
18:14nothing.
18:15A worthless
18:15Omega.
18:16Raven and
18:17Ember
18:17stared at
18:18me,
18:18hungry.
18:20They
18:20wanted to
18:21finish
18:21what they
18:21started.
18:25Kiel
18:25stepped
18:26before me,
18:27primal
18:28power
18:28erupting.
18:30Touch
18:31her,
18:31and you
18:32die.
18:32die.
18:35The
18:35moon
18:36turned
18:36blood
18:36red.
18:37Raven
18:37and
18:37Ember
18:38transformed
18:38into
18:39their
18:39full
18:39minstress
18:40forms.
18:41We
18:42don't
18:42need
18:42her.
18:43We'll
18:44take
18:44everything!
18:46The
18:47monsters
18:47lunged.
18:49Kiel
18:50roared,
18:51meeting
18:52them in
18:52midair.
18:55Golden
18:55light
18:56concided
18:56with
18:57shadow
18:57and flame.
18:58The
18:58ground
18:59shook.
18:59The
19:00pack
19:00scantored.
19:01Serafina
19:01fell,
19:02screaming,
19:03body
19:03withering.
19:04Save
19:05me!
19:05Please!
19:09No
19:10one
19:10moved.
19:12They
19:12were
19:13afraid.
19:15I
19:16ran
19:16to
19:17her.
19:17I
19:17pressed
19:18my
19:18hand
19:18to
19:18her
19:18chest.
19:19Pure
19:20life
19:20force
19:21flowed
19:21from
19:21me
19:22into
19:22her.
19:23The
19:23black
19:23veins
19:24faded.
19:25Why
19:25would
19:26you
19:26help
19:26me?
19:27Because
19:27I'm
19:28not
19:28them.
19:29Lyra
19:30leaped
19:30from
19:30my
19:30coat,
19:31shining
19:31silver.
19:32Alara!
19:33Now!
19:34Ally
19:35with
19:35Kael!
19:36The
19:36life
19:36covenant!
19:37It's
19:37the
19:37only
19:37way
19:38to
19:38break
19:38the
19:38curse
19:38forever!
19:39I
19:39looked
19:39at
19:40Kael.
19:40He
19:41was
19:41bleeding,
19:41wounded,
19:42but
19:42still
19:42fighting.
19:43He
19:44met
19:44my
19:44eye.
19:44I
19:44nodded.
19:45I
19:45walked
19:45into
19:46the
19:46midst
19:46of
19:46the
19:46monsters.
19:47Kael
19:47came
19:48to
19:48my
19:48side.
19:48We
19:49pressed
19:49our
19:49palms
19:50together.
19:51I,
19:51Alara
19:52Voss.
19:53I,
19:53Kael,
19:54Primal
19:54Alpha.
19:55Bind
19:55our
19:56lives.
19:57One
19:57heart,
19:58one
19:59fate.
20:00Silver
20:01and
20:01golden
20:02light
20:02erupted.
20:05A
20:06mark
20:06burned
20:07into
20:07our
20:07chests.
20:08A
20:09wolf
20:09and
20:09a
20:09star
20:11intertwined.
20:12The
20:12curse
20:12broke.
20:14Raven
20:15and
20:15Ember
20:16screamed,
20:17their
20:18power
20:18melting
20:18away.
20:19They
20:20fell
20:20to
20:20the
20:20ground,
20:21weak
20:22and
20:22small.
20:23But
20:23before
20:24we
20:24could
20:24end
20:24it,
20:25the
20:25ground
20:26split.
20:27Something
20:28huge
20:28and
20:28dark
20:29crawled
20:29out.
20:30The
20:30shadow
20:30beast
20:30rose
20:30like
20:31smoke,
20:31massive
20:32faceless
20:32formed
20:33of all
20:33the
20:33life
20:33force
20:33stolen
20:34by
20:34Raven
20:34and
20:34Ember.
20:35That's
20:35the
20:35shadow
20:36core,
20:36the
20:36source
20:37of
20:37the
20:37curse.
20:38It's
20:38been
20:38feeding
20:38on
20:38them.
20:39Now
20:39it's
20:39free.
20:40The
20:40core
20:40roared.
20:41It
20:41lunged
20:42at me.
20:42It
20:42wanted
20:43my
20:43pure
20:43life
20:43force
20:44more
20:44than
20:44anything.
20:45Kiel
20:45threw
20:46himself
20:46before
20:47me.
20:48The
20:48core
20:49slammed
20:49into
20:49him.
20:50He
20:50flew
20:51back,
20:51crashing
20:52into
20:52stone.
20:53Kiel!
20:55Run.
20:57Alara,
20:58run.
21:00I
21:00didn't
21:00run.
21:01I
21:01walked
21:02toward
21:02the
21:02shadow
21:02core.
21:03I
21:03reached
21:03out
21:04my
21:04hand.
21:05Come
21:05and
21:05get
21:06it.
21:07The
21:07core
21:07lunging.
21:08I
21:08closed
21:09my
21:09eyes.
21:09I
21:09let
21:09my
21:10life
21:10force
21:10blaze
21:11hot
21:11pure
21:11unyielding.
21:12Light
21:12burst
21:13from
21:13with
21:13wind
21:13likes
21:13like
21:14smoke
21:14and
21:14sun.
21:14I
21:15fell
21:15to
21:15my
21:15knees.
21:17Weak.
21:19Kiel
21:19crawled
21:20to me,
21:21pulling
21:21me into
21:21his
21:22arms.
21:23You're
21:23insane.
21:24You
21:25could
21:25have
21:25died.
21:27I
21:27didn't.
21:30the
21:31elders
21:31knelt
21:31before
21:32me.
21:35The
21:36prival
21:36alpha
21:37has
21:37chosen
21:37his
21:38queen.
21:39The
21:39omega
21:40who
21:40defeated
21:40the
21:41shadow
21:41core.
21:42You
21:42are
21:43our
21:43new
21:43alpha
21:44queen.
21:44The
21:44entire
21:45pack
21:45knelt.
21:46Everyone
21:47knelt.
21:48Even
21:49the
21:49nobles
21:49who
21:49had
21:50moked
21:50me.
21:51Seraphina
21:51stood
21:52aside,
21:52ashamed.
21:53She
21:53approached,
21:54head
21:54bowed.
21:55I'm
21:55sorry,
21:56I
21:56used
21:56you.
21:57I
21:57was
21:57too
21:57greedy.
21:58I
21:58nearly
21:58destroyed
21:59us
21:59all.
22:00I
22:00know,
22:01but
22:02you
22:02helped
22:02fight
22:03the
22:03core.
22:04You
22:04get
22:04a
22:05second
22:05chance.
22:06The
22:06elders
22:07pressed
22:07a
22:07silver
22:08crown
22:08into
22:09my
22:09hands.
22:11Alpha
22:11queen
22:12Alara,
22:13rule
22:14us.
22:14I
22:15stared
22:15at
22:15the
22:15crown.
22:18I
22:18remembered
22:19the
22:19cottage
22:19in
22:19the
22:19woods.
22:20Freedom.
22:21Running
22:21with
22:21Kale
22:22and
22:22Lyra.
22:22No
22:23rules.
22:23No
22:23bonds.
22:24I
22:24set
22:24the
22:24crown
22:25down.
22:25I
22:26don't
22:26need
22:26a
22:26crown.
22:27I
22:27don't
22:27need
22:27a
22:27throne.
22:28I
22:28just
22:28want
22:29to
22:29be
22:29free.
22:29The
22:30pack
22:30gasped.
22:35Then
22:35we'll
22:35be
22:35free.
22:37You
22:38don't
22:38have
22:38to
22:38rule,
22:39but
22:39you'll
22:39always
22:40be
22:40our
22:40hero,
22:41our
22:42symbol,
22:42the
22:43Omega
22:43who
22:43became
22:44queen.
22:44That
22:45night,
22:45as we
22:46packed
22:46to
22:46leave,
22:47a
22:47letter
22:48arrived.
22:49Silver
22:50seal,
22:51royal
22:51mark.
22:53The
22:53shadow
22:54core
22:54was
22:54not
22:55alone.
22:55More
22:56were
22:56coming.
22:57Only
22:58you
22:58can
22:58stop
22:59them.
22:59At
23:00dawn,
23:00we
23:00left
23:00the
23:00iron
23:01claw
23:01pack.
23:02No
23:02guards,
23:03no
23:03ceremony.
23:04Just
23:04me,
23:05Kyle,
23:05and
23:05Lyra.
23:06The
23:06open
23:07road
23:07ahead.
23:08Keepel
23:09transformed
23:09into his
23:10golden
23:10wolf
23:10form.
23:11I
23:11climbed
23:12onto
23:12his
23:12back.
23:12Lyra
23:13curled
23:14in
23:14my
23:14arm.
23:15We
23:15ran
23:15through
23:15the
23:15moonlight,
23:16through
23:17forests,
23:18over
23:18hills,
23:19away
23:19from
23:19the
23:19past.
23:20For
23:20the
23:21first
23:21time
23:21in
23:21my
23:21life,
23:22I
23:22felt
23:22truly
23:23free.
23:24Kale
23:24slowed
23:25at
23:25a
23:25peaceful
23:25lake.
23:26We
23:26camped
23:26under
23:27the
23:27stars.
23:27He
23:28transformed
23:28back,
23:29sitting
23:29beside
23:29me.
23:30Where
23:30do
23:30you
23:31want
23:31to
23:31go?
23:32Everywhere.
23:33I
23:34sensed
23:34treasure
23:34nearby,
23:35ancient
23:36treasure,
23:37hidden
23:37by the
23:37pack
23:37long
23:38ago.
23:38Lead
23:39the
23:39way,
23:39little
23:40star
23:40wolf.
23:41We
23:41dug
23:41at
23:42the
23:42roots
23:42of
23:42an
23:42ancient
23:43tree.
23:45We
23:46found
23:46a
23:46chest.
23:47Inside,
23:48gold,
23:49jewels,
23:49and a
23:50scroll marked
23:50with the
23:50black wolf
23:51symbol.
23:52The
23:52scroll
23:52read,
23:53to the
23:53one who
23:54broke
23:54in the
23:54curse,
23:55the
23:55void
23:55wolves
23:55are
23:59War is
24:00coming.
24:00The
24:01void
24:01wolves
24:02are
24:02rising.
24:03The
24:03skull's
24:04words
24:04burned
24:05in my
24:05mind.
24:07Void
24:08wolvens,
24:09rising,
24:10war.
24:10They're
24:11the ones
24:11who
24:11created
24:12the
24:12shadow
24:12cores.
24:13They
24:13want
24:14to
24:14steal
24:14all
24:14life
24:15force,
24:16turn
24:16the
24:16world
24:17to
24:17nothing.
24:20I've
24:20heard
24:20of
24:21them.
24:22Ancient
24:22enemies
24:24thought
24:24they
24:24were
24:25dead.
24:26I
24:26remembered
24:26the
24:27letter,
24:28the
24:28pack
24:29that
24:29needed
24:29protection.
24:31Seraphina
24:31trying to
24:32redeem
24:32herself,
24:33all the
24:34weak,
24:34abandoned
24:35omegas
24:35just like
24:36me.
24:37I
24:38couldn't
24:38run
24:38forever.
24:43I
24:43have
24:43to
24:44go
24:44back.
24:46Alara,
24:47you
24:47just
24:48gained
24:48your
24:48freedom.
24:50I
24:50know,
24:51but
24:51freedom
24:51isn't
24:52just
24:52for
24:52me.
24:52It
24:53belongs
24:53to
24:54everyone
24:54who
24:54can't
24:54fight
24:55for
24:55themselves.
24:56Then
24:57we
24:57go
24:57back.
24:59Together.
25:00We
25:01turned
25:01toward
25:02the
25:02Iron
25:02Craw
25:02pack,
25:03but
25:04we
25:04didn't
25:04get
25:04far.
25:05A
25:05pack
25:06of
25:06black
25:06wolves
25:07emerged
25:07from
25:07the
25:08woods.
25:08Void
25:09wolves.
25:10Eyes
25:11like
25:12hollow
25:12pits.
25:13Alpha
25:13queen,
25:14we've
25:15been
25:15waiting
25:16for
25:16you.
25:19The
25:20void
25:20wolves
25:21surrounded
25:21us.
25:22Silent,
25:23hungry,
25:24deadly.
25:25Run,
25:26Alara.
25:27Take
25:28Lyra and
25:28run.
25:30I won't
25:31leave you.
25:35Adorable,
25:36but you
25:37can't
25:37save him
25:38or
25:39yourself.
25:40Your
25:40life
25:40force
25:41will
25:41nourish
25:41our
25:41army.
25:42They
25:43lunged.
25:44Kiel
25:45roared.
25:45He
25:46tore
25:46through
25:46the
25:47front
25:47lines.
25:48Golden
25:48light
25:48burned
25:49black
25:49fur
25:49to
25:50act.
25:50I
25:51fought
25:51too.
25:52My
25:53life
25:53force
25:53now
25:54bright,
25:54sharp,
25:55burning
25:56like a
25:56weapon.
25:59Lyra
25:59shone
26:00silver,
26:01blinding
26:01them.
26:05But
26:06there
26:06were
26:06too
26:06many.
26:07One
26:08slipped
26:08past
26:08Kyle.
26:09It
26:10lunged
26:10for
26:10my
26:11throat.
26:18Not
26:19today.
26:20We
26:20fought
26:21until
26:22the
26:22last
26:23void
26:23woke
26:23fell.
26:26You're
26:27hurt.
26:30That's
26:31void
26:31rot.
26:31It
26:32won't
26:32healed
26:32unless
26:33we
26:33get
26:33the
26:33antidote
26:34flower
26:34from
26:35Shadow
26:35Mountain.
26:35Shadow
26:36Mountain loomed ahead,
26:37black and jagged,
26:38covered on dark clouds.
26:39The void
26:40once is home,
26:40and the only place to get the antidote flower.
26:45I'll get the flower.
26:47I'll get the flower, you wait here.
26:48I'm coming with you.
26:51We clumbed.
26:52Void
26:53whirls patrolled the sloops.
26:54We hid in shadows, silent.
26:57At the peak, the antidote flower glowed white, growing from a crack in the rock.
27:03Just as Kiel reached for it, the void leader appeared, looking through this.
27:08He snapped the flower in half.
27:13You think you can defeat us?
27:15The rot will kill her.
27:17Then I'll take her life force for myself.
27:24I fell, cold, my vision blurring.
27:29Kiel knelt beside me, screaming my name.
27:34The void leader stood over us.
27:38Victorious.
27:40Any last words, Alpha Queen?
27:44I looked at Kael.
27:46At the man who loved me, died for me, came back for me.
27:49I choose you.
27:54I pressed my hand to his chest.
27:57I activated the life covenant.
28:00I poured all my remaining power into him.
28:03His eyes blazed golden.
28:06Power erupted from him, enough to shake the mountains.
28:09The void leader screamed as he was blasted away.
28:14What did you do?
28:17I gave you my power.
28:19End this.
28:20For all of us.
28:21I closed my eyes.
28:23I sank into darkness.
28:24In the darkness, a voice spoke.
28:28The covenant goes both ways.
28:31He won't let you go.
28:34Not even death.
28:39I woke warm.
28:41Kael held me, weeping.
28:43Golden light pouring from his hands into my chest.
28:46The rot was gone.
28:49My arm healed.
28:55You brought me back.
28:58The life covenant.
29:01I gave you half my soul.
29:04Half my life.
29:05We're together forever now.
29:08The void leader is gone.
29:10The mountain is safe.
29:12We found the remaining antitote flowers among the rocks.
29:17We took them.
29:19We left Shadow Mountain alive.
29:23On the way back, we met Serafina.
29:27She brought Iron Clow Warriors.
29:32We've come to help.
29:34We stand with you.
29:35The pack was united.
29:39A brief peace settled over the realm, but the calm was fragile, like thin ice over an abyss.
29:45In the far horizon, deep within the forbidden void lands, low, rumbling war horns suddenly pierced the silence.
29:53It was not a retreat.
29:55It was a declaration.
29:58The fallen, voiled leader was merely a vanguard.
30:03The true Void Army is marching toward the mortal realm, targeting every pack, every living soul who defies them.
30:13In the distance, horns sounded.
30:16Loud.
30:17Terrifying.
30:18The Void Army was marching.
30:20They were coming for the Iron Claw pack.
30:23I looked at the people beside me.
30:25My pack.
30:27My home.
30:28My forever bond.
30:30The war.
30:32Has only just begun.
30:35The war has only just begun.
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