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They messed with the wrong Luna EP
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00:00Damon had his people throw me off the pack hall at our mating ceremony.
00:03Vivian's pup needs a father on paper.
00:05Once my bond with her is dissolved, I will marry you.
00:09Everyone assumed I would wait one more month.
00:11After all, I had already waited seven years.
00:13But that very same night, I accepted my family's marriage arrangement.
00:16I flew across the border and left Damon's world.
00:18For good.
00:19Three years later, I returned to the old territory with my husband for the ancestral rights.
00:23Ethan was held up by something urgent, so we fly separately.
00:26He sent people from a pack he had acquired three years ago to pick me up.
00:30In the crowd at the arrival gate, I spotted a sign.
00:32It bore my pack name, Lena.
00:34I walked toward it.
00:35The person holding the sign looked up.
00:37It was Damon.
00:37Vivian stood beside him.
00:39Along with the group of old friends from years past, they were waiting for me.
00:42They didn't know the person they were waiting for was me.
00:44Damon saw me.
00:45He startled for a second.
00:46Then that self-important smile slid back onto his face.
00:50See?
00:50I told you she'd come back.
00:52Damon, isn't that your little lapdog, Lena?
00:55Someone in the crowd recognized me.
00:57Laughter erupted.
00:57She disappeared for three years and now that Damon's made it big, she comes crawling back?
01:01Dressed like that?
01:02She can't even afford a decent outfit?
01:04Things must have gone badly out there, huh, Lena?
01:07I glanced down at the heartstone chain on my wrist.
01:09The one worth $20 million.
01:11I said nothing.
01:12Whenever I used to see Damon, I dressed to perfection.
01:14The most flawless makeup.
01:15The most tailored gown.
01:17Putting my very best self on display for him.
01:19And now, this outfit was custom-made for me by someone Ethan had commissioned.
01:23Because I was pregnant, and he refused to let me wear anything restrictive.
01:26I didn't need to dress up for anyone anymore, all for comfort.
01:29I also understood what was happening.
01:31They only knew my pack name.
01:32They had no idea the person they were here to collect was me.
01:35So they were still mocking me, still unaware of what they were doing.
01:39The silence stretched too long.
01:41One of Damon's old friends stepped in to smooth things over.
01:44Lena, it's good that you're back.
01:46Damon's actually been looking for you all these years.
01:49The smile on Damon's face stiffened for a beat.
01:51Vivian's pup is starting Academy soon.
01:53You'll be responsible for drop-offs and pick-ups from now on.
01:55Three years had passed.
01:56He was exactly the same.
01:58That sense of entitlement.
01:59That air of superiority.
02:00I was about to reveal who I was.
02:02Lena, don't blame Damon.
02:04He's arranging this for your own good.
02:06The way you've been getting by out there,
02:08you don't even qualify to be my personal secretary.
02:11Help me look after my son.
02:13No one will look down on you for that.
02:15Damon caught me frowning and assumed I was jealous.
02:17A flicker of satisfaction crossed his eyes.
02:19All right, if the outside world didn't work out,
02:21stop pretending it did.
02:24Take care of the child.
02:26Know your place.
02:27Don't worry.
02:28There's no shortage of Omega servant quarters in the house.
02:31He genuinely believed.
02:32I had come back because I couldn't let him go.
02:35Look how well Damon's taking care of you.
02:37Room and board all sorted.
02:39Go on, thank Damon.
02:41Lena, don't worry.
02:43If my son acts up, I'll discipline him myself.
02:45I won't let you be mistreated.
02:47Damon let out a cold laugh.
02:48What does she have to be mistreated about?
02:51She vanished over something trivial,
02:53and now she's back because she couldn't make it out there.
02:56A little hardship is exactly what she deserves.
03:00My heart skipped.
03:00Even now, he's still called that.
03:02Trivial.
03:02The heavy rain outside Pack Hall.
03:04His back as he walked in with Vivian.
03:06Seven years.
03:07To him, it was just a trivial thing.
03:09The boy who had once carried me across half the territory
03:11while bleeding out himself,
03:13just to keep his promise.
03:14He was long dead.
03:15Dead the day he chose Vivian for the first time.
03:18It was all in the past.
03:19I didn't need any of that anymore.
03:20I was about to have my second child.
03:23I pressed down every feeling and looked at Damon with perfect calm.
03:26Aren't you here to pick me up?
03:28Let's go.
03:29A beat of silence fell over the crowd.
03:31Then, laughter exploded.
03:34Wait for you?
03:35Who do you think you are?
03:37We're waiting for Lena.
03:39Do you even know who that is?
03:41Of course I did.
03:42That's my name.
03:43Ethan swore never to bond.
03:45They say he was waiting for her his whole life.
03:48Everyone in the circles knows,
03:49if you want to get close to Ethan,
03:51go through his Luna.
03:52There's nothing he wouldn't give up for that woman.
03:54Listening to them describe my own life,
03:55I couldn't keep the corners of my mouth from lifting.
03:57Three years into our bond,
03:59Ethan's power had only grown,
04:00and his reputation for doting on his Luna had grown with it.
04:03Vivian had always had a talent
04:04for flaunting other people's lives in my face.
04:07At the Blood Summit auction,
04:08Ethan won a heartstone chain for his Luna.
04:11Value?
04:1220 million dollars.
04:14Every female on the continent envies that woman.
04:19It's...
04:20this one.
04:22Everyone was staring at the chain on my wrist.
04:24Damon grabbed my hand and leaned in for a close look.
04:27Replica.
04:28Which delivery boy Omega bought you this?
04:31Wearing garbage like that in public, shameless.
04:34I pulled my hand free.
04:35I traced my fingers over every stone on the chain.
04:38The day Ethan clasped it onto my wrist,
04:40he murmured in my ear,
04:41don't ever take it off.
04:42I smiled.
04:43Damon saw my smile.
04:44His pupils contracted sharply.
04:45He lunged forward and ripped the chain from my wrist.
04:48I hadn't been ready for it.
04:49He got away with it.
04:50The thing Ethan gave me had just fallen into Vivian's hands.
04:53Nice weight.
04:54Definitely more refined than the fake I bought.
04:56But I wouldn't be caught dead wearing something like this in public.
05:00Or could it be...
05:01Lena, are you Lena?
05:03You're the legendary Blood Summit Luna?
05:06The laughter that broke out was deafening,
05:08because it was absurd.
05:09Ethan was the strongest alpha on the continent.
05:11And I, three years ago,
05:13was the broken Omega Damon had driven out of Pack Hall.
05:15No one could possibly connect the two.
05:18Vivian tossed the chain in her palm,
05:19weighing it.
05:21Lena, I'll buy this off you.
05:23Double the price.
05:24Give it back.
05:25That was a gift from Ethan.
05:30Shut up.
05:32Damon towered over me,
05:33eyes burning with irritation.
05:34You think you can drop Ethan's name just like that?
05:37Spreading rumors about a connection with him in a place like this?
05:41Are you trying to get me killed?
05:43Lena, do you have any idea?
05:45Getting to receive Ethan's Luna was a chance
05:48a thousand people fought over.
05:50Damon's pack was acquired by Ethan three years ago.
05:53We all survive on his goodwill now.
05:55If you spread lies here,
05:57you'll bring ruin down on every single one of us.
05:59I slowly raised my hand
06:00and wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.
06:03Slowly turned my head
06:04and looked Damon directly in the eyes.
06:07Damon's brow furrowed.
06:08Something in his gaze
06:09flickered with unease.
06:11He thought I was the Lena he remembered.
06:13He thought I would cry,
06:14beg,
06:15explain.
06:16He didn't know.
06:17The way I looked at him now
06:18was the same way I'd look at a dead man.
06:20Vivian caught the way Damon was looking at me.
06:22She immediately pointed a finger in my face.
06:25Lena, you ungrateful wolf.
06:27Damon already agreed to take you in
06:29and this is how you act?
06:31Even if you resent him,
06:33you don't get to use this kind of revenge.
06:35I had a strange sense of deja vu.
06:37Three years ago,
06:38it was exactly like this.
06:40No matter what happened,
06:41Vivian would twist the truth
06:42and feed it to Damon.
06:44In the beginning,
06:44Damon would still yell at Vivian for it.
06:47Later, he started echoing her words
06:48to come after me.
06:49Just like now,
06:50Damon bit out.
06:51Jealous.
06:52But he didn't keep going.
06:53He went quiet for a moment,
06:55then reached into his jacket,
06:56placed a check in front of me.
06:58200,000.
06:59The posture of charity.
07:01The expression of charity.
07:03He genuinely believed
07:04this was the greatest dignity
07:05he could offer me.
07:06Out of respect for what we once had,
07:08I won't do anything to you.
07:10Take the money,
07:11go buy yourself something decent to wear.
07:13If you don't want to look after the child,
07:15I'll find you a respectable position
07:17in a few days.
07:18Since Ethan acquired my pack,
07:19this amount means nothing to me.
07:21I looked at that check,
07:22looked at his face,
07:23giving charity.
07:24Under the stunned stares
07:25of everyone around us,
07:26I pushed it back,
07:28retrieved the chain from Vivian's hand.
07:30No, thank you.
07:31I don't take things from strangers.
07:33I'm a stranger?
07:35Lena, what the hell does that mean?
07:37Since the relationship is over,
07:39it's better we don't associate.
07:40I wouldn't want my husband
07:42to get the wrong idea.
07:43Damon's expression shifted.
07:47He glanced at Vivian
07:48and that knowing look
07:49crossed his face.
07:50He thought I was trying
07:50to make him jealous.
07:52In three days,
07:53Ironcrest Pack is hosting
07:54a Blood Moon Gala
07:55in Ethan's honor.
07:56I'll take you.
07:58Give you a glimpse
07:58of how the other half lives.
08:03Though you'll need to find yourself
08:04something decent to wear first
08:06or else...
08:07No, thank you.
08:08Damon's face darkened.
08:09Lena,
08:11I hope in three days
08:12you'll still feel this confident.
08:14I walked out of the arrival gate
08:16without looking back.
08:17Fresh air flooded my lungs.
08:18The nausea in my stomach
08:20finally began to ease.
08:21Three years ago,
08:22my family had pressured me
08:23to cross the border
08:24for an arranged marriage.
08:26I held out against it
08:27and ran to Damon,
08:28begging him to complete
08:29our bond first.
08:30Make it a done deal
08:31before anyone could interfere.
08:33As you wish.
08:34He agreed.
08:34Then at the doors of Pack Hall,
08:36I didn't just find him.
08:37I found Vivian waiting beside him.
08:40Vivian's pup needs to be registered.
08:42I have to complete the bond
08:43with her first.
08:44One month.
08:45Then I'll come for you immediately.
08:47It's only for the child's sake.
08:49Don't read into it.
08:50I watched him walk into Pack Hall
08:51with Vivian on his arm.
08:53That night, I set out.
08:55One month later,
08:56I married Ethan.
08:57The year after that,
08:58Leo was born.
08:59Just a few days ago,
09:01I confirmed I was carrying a second.
09:02If not for accompanying Ethan
09:04back for the ancestral rights,
09:06I would never have set foot
09:07on this land again
09:08for the rest of my life.
09:09Let alone,
09:10run into him at the arrival gate.
09:12Three days later,
09:13I put on a light layer of makeup.
09:15The same custom soft fabric dress.
09:17I went to the Blood Moon Gala alone.
09:19The moment I walked in,
09:21Damon spotted me.
09:24A light flickered in his eyes.
09:26That familiar,
09:27self-satisfied curve
09:27pulled at the corner of his mouth.
09:29Said you wouldn't come,
09:31but here you are.
09:33Body doesn't lie.
09:37Though if you want me to look twice,
09:39you could at least dress the part.
09:42For an occasion like this,
09:43what you're wearing...
09:45I stepped around him
09:45and kept walking.
09:46He grabbed my arm.
09:47I'm talking to you.
09:52Our seats are over here.
09:54Where are you going?
09:55I looked calmly
09:56toward the far end of the hall.
09:57That's your seat.
09:59Mine
10:00is over there.
10:01Following my gaze,
10:02Damon saw the head table.
10:03The Alpha's seat.
10:04The Luna's seat.
10:05His expression changed.
10:07Vivian's eyes turned vicious instantly.
10:10She fixed her glare
10:10on the chain at my wrist
10:11and raised her voice.
10:13Lena!
10:13How did you get in here?
10:15Are you here to cause trouble?
10:17Walking in with that chain?
10:19Are you trying to humiliate the Luna?
10:22Tonight is Ethan's first time
10:24bringing his Luna out in public.
10:26Rogue woman.
10:27Get out!
10:28Every guest in the room
10:29turned to look.
10:30Someone glanced at Damon.
10:32Damon Alpha,
10:33do you know this person?
10:34Damon straightened his cuffs,
10:35perfectly composed.
10:36No.
10:37One word.
10:38Clean.
10:39Final.
10:40Vivian lifted her chin immediately.
10:42Take off that chain
10:43and get out!
10:45She reached for it.
10:46I stepped aside.
10:47But someone deliberately
10:48tripped me from behind.
10:49I fell.
10:51Vivian planted her foot
10:52on my wrist.
10:53The chain.
10:54She tore it free
10:56with brute force.
10:57The gems scattered
10:58across the floor
10:59like a shattered constellation.
11:02Drag her out!
11:03Pain screamed
11:03through my wrist,
11:04bone deep.
11:05Stop!
11:06I'm Ethan's...
11:08His what?
11:09His mistress?
11:10Who do you think you are?
11:14She backhands me again.
11:16I lay against the middle of the floor.
11:17When I came back here,
11:18I hadn't planned to settle
11:19scores with anyone.
11:20There was no point.
11:21But now,
11:21she had struck me twice.
11:23She had destroyed
11:24something Ethan gave me.
11:25She would pay
11:25for both of those things.
11:27Everything she was capable
11:28of losing.
11:30She would lose it all.
11:32Damon crouched
11:32in front of me.
11:33He reached out
11:34as if to touch
11:34the wound on my wrist.
11:36I flinched away
11:37on instinct.
11:37He looked at me coldly.
11:39Are you done
11:40making a scene?
11:41You came in that outfit,
11:43wearing that chain.
11:45You missed me,
11:46didn't you?
11:46You wanted to make me jealous.
11:48Just say the word
11:49and I'll give you
11:50what you want.
11:51Damon...
11:51I raised my eyes
11:52to meet his.
11:53You're finished.
11:54Damon frowned,
11:55about to speak.
11:56The atmosphere
11:56in the gala shifted.
11:58Every guest
11:58began composing themselves,
12:00pressing toward the entrance.
12:01Damon leaned down
12:02and murmured to me,
12:03Ethan's here.
12:04Behave yourself.
12:06Vivian and I
12:07have already dissolved
12:07our bond.
12:08I pressed my nearly
12:09crushed wrist.
12:10Looking at his face,
12:11I felt nothing but revulsion.
12:13Whether you two
12:13dissolve your bond
12:14or not,
12:15what does that
12:16have to do with me?
12:17Then,
12:18the doors opened.
12:20Ethan walked in,
12:21carrying Leo.
12:24The moment Leo
12:25entered the hall,
12:25he squirmed to get down
12:26from Ethan's arms.
12:27The moment the
12:28cherub-faced little pup
12:29touched the ground,
12:30every eye in the room
12:31was pulled to him.
12:32Damon turned to me
12:33abruptly.
12:35Lena,
12:36as long as you
12:37stop provoking Vivian,
12:38I can forgive you
12:38for disappearing
12:39three years.
12:40I'll give you a chance.
12:42Bear me a child.
12:43A child that belongs
12:44to us.
12:45I paid him no attention.
12:46I was looking through
12:47the crowd,
12:48trying to catch Leo's eye.
12:50Leo's gaze swept
12:50the room,
12:51then,
12:51locked,
12:52he broke free
12:52from Ethan's hand
12:53and charged toward me.
12:55Crashed into my arms.
12:57Mama,
12:57what happened to you?
12:59Who did this?
13:01Why is there so much
13:02blood on your hand?
13:03That one word,
13:04Mama,
13:05and the entire gala
13:06went still.
13:08The guests who had stood
13:10by cold-eyed
13:10while I was struck,
13:12their faces all changed
13:13at once.
13:14Leo held on to me,
13:16eyes going red.
13:17I crouched to meet him
13:18at eye level,
13:20cupped his round little
13:21cheeks in my hands.
13:22Mama is fine.
13:24Whoever dares to
13:25treat Mama like this?
13:28I was about to
13:29reassure him
13:30when I felt the pressure
13:31from behind.
13:31Not an ordinary approach.
13:33It was Ethan's,
13:34the kind that felt
13:35like a mountain moving,
13:36the kind that made
13:37the air itself go still.
13:38The crowd parted
13:39automatically.
13:40I didn't need to turn
13:41around to know
13:41he was furious.
13:42Since I'd gotten
13:43pregnant with our second,
13:44he'd have kept me
13:45physically tucked
13:46against him if he could.
13:47If it hadn't been
13:48for the urgent matter,
13:49he never would have
13:50sent someone else
13:50to pick me up.
13:51I lifted Leo
13:52into my arms,
13:53turned around.
13:54Ethan was standing there,
13:55his gaze dropped
13:56to the bloodstain
13:57on my wrist,
13:58then to the marks
13:59on my face.
14:00His eyes went dark.
14:04Leo slipped out
14:05of my arms
14:05and ran to Ethan.
14:06Daddy,
14:07someone hurt Mama!
14:08Let's go get revenge!
14:12Lena,
14:13tell me what happened.
14:15One moment I'm away
14:16and you're already hurt.
14:18Which blind fool
14:19did this?
14:19I'm fine, Ethan.
14:21Lena,
14:22I'm your mate.
14:24If something wronged you,
14:26you don't have to
14:26carry it alone.
14:27We can't let anyone
14:28hurt Mama!
14:29Maybe it was the pregnancy.
14:31Maybe I'd held it together
14:32for too long.
14:33My voice came out
14:34with a tremor
14:34I hadn't planned for.
14:36You weren't there
14:36and they all went
14:38after me.
14:39At that moment,
14:40Leo's eyes caught
14:41something on the floor.
14:42He bent down
14:43and picked up
14:43a single gem.
14:44Daddy,
14:45isn't this part
14:46of the gift
14:47you gave Mama?
14:49Ethan took the stone
14:50and turned it over.
14:51On the back,
14:52two letters
14:53were engraved
14:53E.L.
14:56Turn on every light.
15:01Every light
15:02in the gala
15:02blazed on.
15:04Ethan tilted
15:04my face toward him.
15:07They actually
15:08dared to do this
15:09to you.
15:10We can't let them
15:11get away with this.
15:12I didn't know
15:12if it was the pregnancy
15:13but my emotions
15:14kept slipping
15:15past my defenses.
15:17You weren't there
15:18and they all
15:19went after me.
15:22The people
15:23who had followed
15:23to the arrival gate
15:24to mock me,
15:25their legs
15:26were shaking now.
15:27They were finally
15:28putting it together.
15:30The woman
15:31in the custom
15:32soft fabric dress
15:33three days ago.
15:34The woman
15:35with the heartstone
15:35chain on her wrist.
15:37The woman
15:37who kept insisting
15:38she was Ethan's Luna.
15:40She hadn't been
15:41making it up.
15:42Every word
15:43she said
15:43had been true.
15:48Just then
15:48Vivian's follower
15:49Jade
15:50stepped forward.
15:51Lena,
15:52are these two
15:53actors you hired?
15:54Not bad performances,
15:56honestly.
15:57Want Vivian
15:58to help you
15:58find an agent?
15:59Though,
16:00since you can't
16:01even afford
16:01a decent outfit
16:02these days,
16:03I have one
16:04I've worn before
16:04I could give it to you.
16:06Save you the embarrassment.
16:07Jade had arrived last.
16:08She hadn't seen
16:09Leo throw himself
16:10into my arms.
16:11She had dressed
16:12to kill tonight,
16:13hoping to catch
16:14the eye
16:14of a powerful mate.
16:16The fastest route
16:17to a powerful mate
16:18in these circles
16:20was to win
16:20Vivian's favor.
16:22And the most
16:22effective way
16:23to win Vivian's favor
16:25was to make
16:26my life miserable.
16:27So she opened
16:28her mouth.
16:29No one in the room
16:30laughed.
16:31Everyone was staring
16:32at her like
16:33she'd lost her mind.
16:35Jade began to panic.
16:36She turned to Ethan
16:37and tilted her face
16:38upward,
16:39trying to be coy.
16:40The man next to her,
16:41he's not bad looking.
16:42If you're willing
16:43to leave Lena,
16:44I might consider
16:45keeping you.
16:47Keeping.
16:48Ethan.
16:49I nearly laughed out loud.
16:54Ethan started laughing.
16:56That kind of laugh.
16:57The rare one,
16:58where it curls up
16:59at the corners
17:00and he can't quite stop it.
17:01He had always been
17:02particular about my safety.
17:04Over the years,
17:05anyone who tried
17:06to get close to him
17:07either vanished
17:07or ended up
17:08on the far end
17:09of the continent.
17:10He wasn't angry.
17:12He simply found
17:13her amusing.
17:14In the way one
17:15finds someone
17:16who has used up
17:16their borrowed time,
17:18Jade sensed
17:18the shift in the room
17:19and tried to press
17:21herself closer
17:21to Vivian.
17:22Vivian immediately
17:23gave her a slap
17:25that sent her
17:25to the floor.
17:26Jade,
17:27are you trying
17:27to die?
17:28You dare offend
17:29Ethan and his Luna?
17:30Do you have
17:31a death wish?
17:32Jade clutched
17:33her face,
17:34slumped on
17:34the marble murmuring.
17:36Lena is Lena.
17:37She's really the Luna.
17:38I offended.
17:41Ethan was notorious
17:42across the continent
17:43for being fiercely
17:44protective of his mate.
17:45Jade's mind
17:46went to what
17:47might be waiting
17:47for her.
17:48Her whole body
17:49began to tremble.
17:51Someone in the crowd
17:52gasped.
17:53All eyes moved
17:54to the hem
17:54of Jade's dress.
17:55She had wet
17:56herself from fear.
17:58Ethan gave
17:58a slight frown.
18:00His guards
18:00understood without
18:01a word
18:02and dragged her out.
18:03Damon and Vivian's
18:05faces flushed
18:06a deep,
18:06mortified red.
18:08Everyone in the room
18:09knew that Jade's
18:11words had always
18:11followed wherever
18:12their hearts pointed.
18:15The healer
18:16Ethan had summoned
18:17was treating
18:17my wounds.
18:18The antiseptic
18:19touched skin.
18:20I hissed
18:21through my teeth.
18:23Just that one sound.
18:25And Ethan and Leo
18:26both looked up
18:27with murder
18:27in their eyes.
18:28You can't even
18:29apply medicine
18:30without hurting her?
18:31The healer's hands
18:32began to shake
18:33even harder.
18:34I pretended
18:35to glare at them.
18:36Lena.
18:36Mama.
18:38Father and son
18:39both shrank back
18:40looking aggrieved.
18:42I sighed.
18:43The healer
18:44is helping me.
18:45Stop terrifying her.
18:47The healer
18:47visibly exhaled.
18:49After her examination
18:50she addressed
18:51Ethan.
18:51Alpha Ethan.
18:52The luma
18:53is unharmed
18:54and the pup
18:55in the womb
18:55is safe as well.
18:57The wound
18:58on her wrist
18:58is fairly deep.
19:00I'll use
19:01the finest
19:01medicine available
19:02and do my best
19:03to ensure it heals
19:04without scarring.
19:05Ethan went quiet.
19:07Said nothing.
19:08Only I knew
19:09this was what it
19:10looked like
19:11when he was truly
19:12deeply furious.
19:14Damon
19:15the one most
19:16responsible for
19:17all of it
19:17was finally
19:19beginning to feel
19:19afraid.
19:20He never could
19:21have imagined
19:22that the omega
19:23he had thrown away
19:24had become the mate
19:26of the man above him
19:27in every hierarchy
19:28that mattered.
19:31Ethan stood beside me
19:32and swept a slow gaze
19:33across the room.
19:34I'd like you all
19:35to volunteer
19:36what happened
19:36in the past
19:37few days.
19:40If I have to
19:40find out
19:41on my own
19:42he paused
19:43everyone present
19:44may not die
19:45pleasantly.
19:46Damon's complexion
19:46shifted.
19:47He was the first
19:48to speak.
19:50Ethan Alpha
19:51this is all
19:52a misunderstanding.
19:53As Lena's
19:54former intended
19:55mate
19:56I was simply
19:56catching up
19:57with her.
19:58The glass
19:58in Ethan's hand
19:59let out a faint
20:00precise crack.
20:01Damon didn't notice
20:01and kept going.
20:03Ethan Alpha
20:03must know
20:04how much
20:04Lena used
20:05to love me.
20:07Catching up
20:07is only natural
20:08isn't it?
20:09The glass shattered.
20:11Ethan's hand
20:11was covered in blood.
20:13I ached
20:13just looking at it.
20:14Damon
20:14stop flattering yourself.
20:16I tended
20:16to Ethan's hand
20:17while I spoke.
20:18In this life
20:18I have only ever
20:19loved Ethan.
20:20Say anything else
20:21to drive a wedge
20:22between us
20:22and don't expect
20:23me to stay civil.
20:24Ethan looked down
20:25watching me
20:26bandage his hand
20:28and then he smiled.
20:30Lena
20:30you just said
20:32I'm your favorite.
20:33I
20:34was speechless.
20:37Damon's expression
20:38turned wounded.
20:40Lena
20:41Vivian and I
20:42have dissolved
20:42our bond.
20:43He opened his mouth
20:44again.
20:45That pup
20:46could call you
20:46mama going forward
20:47too.
20:48You only married
20:49Ethan to spite
20:50me didn't you?
20:50I understand.
20:51I don't mind.
20:52As long as you're
20:53willing to come back
20:54everything I can
20:55give you
20:55none of it is
20:56less than what
20:56he offers.
20:57As long as you're
20:58willing to come back
20:59and be my son's
21:00nanny.
21:00Leo sitting nearby
21:01slowly set down
21:02his fork.
21:03He studied Damon
21:03for a moment.
21:04Nanny?
21:05My mama is a
21:07little princess
21:08at home.
21:09You think you're
21:10worthy of making
21:11her a nanny?
21:12Mama will only
21:13ever have me
21:13and my little
21:14sister.
21:15Two children.
21:15Your pup of
21:16unclear wargences
21:17has no business
21:18being connected
21:19to my mama.
21:20You're not as
21:20handsome as my
21:21daddy.
21:22Not as tall
21:22either.
21:23And you smell
21:24the kind of
21:25broke that gets
21:25into your eyes.
21:26The guests
21:27around them
21:27burst out laughing.
21:29Damon's face
21:30went purple.
21:31At this moment
21:32Vivian had
21:32completely lost
21:33what remained
21:34of her composure.
21:35She heard
21:36Damon say
21:36let Lena be
21:37the child's
21:38mother.
21:38She picked up
21:39a fork
21:39and lunged
21:41and lunged at
21:41Leo.
21:43You little
21:44bastard!
21:45I'll kill you!
21:46The moment
21:46Vivian charged
21:47at Leo
21:47I released
21:48Ethan's hand
21:49and threw
21:49myself over
21:50Leo.
21:50Son,
21:51are you...
21:53Okay.
21:54The word
21:54never came out.
21:55Before I lost
21:56consciousness
21:56I saw
21:57Leo's face.
21:58Panicked.
21:59Pale.
22:00I wanted to
22:01tell him
22:02don't cry.
22:03The words
22:03didn't come.
22:04Everything
22:05went dark.
22:08The sharp
22:08smell of
22:09antiseptic
22:09pulled me
22:10back.
22:10White ceiling
22:11above me.
22:12A patient's
22:13gown.
22:14Mia was
22:15sitting at
22:15the bedside.
22:16The moment
22:17she saw
22:17my eyes
22:18open she
22:18threw
22:18herself
22:19at me.
22:20Lena!
22:21You're
22:22finally awake!
22:23If you'd
22:24slept any
22:24longer those
22:24two little
22:25demons of
22:25yours would
22:25have torn
22:26the whole
22:26territory
22:27apart!
22:28My first
22:29instinct.
22:30I pressed
22:31a hand to
22:31my stomach.
22:32Mia understood
22:33immediately.
22:34Relax.
22:35You and
22:35the baby
22:36are both
22:36perfectly
22:37fine.
22:37The doctor
22:38said it
22:38was the
22:38shock
22:39combined
22:39with the
22:40pain
22:40from your
22:40wound
22:41that
22:41made
22:41you
22:41pass
22:41out.
22:42Yeah.
22:42That
22:43Vivian is
22:43absolutely
22:44unhinged
22:45going at
22:45Leo with
22:46a fork!
22:47Where are
22:47Leo and
22:48Ethan?
22:49Safe.
22:49Both of
22:50them.
22:51You were
22:51still too
22:52reckless.
22:53With that
22:53many guards
22:54around it
22:55wasn't your
22:55turn to
22:55step in.
22:56That's
22:56Leo.
22:57I know
22:58I know
22:59your precious
22:59little pup.
23:00That little
23:01creature is
23:01vicious enough
23:02on his
23:02own.
23:03He didn't
23:04need
23:04protection.
23:05Where are
23:06they now?
23:07The two
23:07of them?
23:08Mia's eyes
23:08lit up.
23:09Gone to
23:10avenge you.
23:13I got there
23:14after you'd
23:14already passed
23:15out but I
23:15pieced together
23:16what happened
23:16from the
23:17people around.
23:18After you
23:18went down
23:19Leo picked
23:20up the
23:20fork from
23:21the floor
23:21and drove
23:22it straight
23:23through
23:23Vivian's
23:24palm.
23:24He's three
23:25years old.
23:26I have no
23:26idea where
23:27he found
23:27the strength.
23:28Ethan had
23:28also learned
23:29by then
23:30what happened
23:31at the
23:31arrival gate
23:31three days
23:32ago.
23:32That Damon
23:33slapped you.
23:34That he
23:34tore off
23:35the heartstone
23:35chain.
23:36The way
23:37they all
23:37humiliated you.
23:38He knew
23:39every detail.
23:40Then he
23:41had his
23:41guards hold
23:42Damon down
23:43and had
23:44the hand
23:44that struck
23:44you cut
23:45off.
23:46Leo watched
23:47the whole
23:47thing without
23:48blinking once.
23:50Such a
23:51little tyrant.
23:52Vivian.
23:53Ethan had
23:53someone bring
23:54in a crate
23:54of gemstones
23:55and told her
23:55to swallow
23:55them all.
23:56He said
23:56exactly this.
23:57Since you
23:57love taking
23:58things that
23:58belong to
23:59others so
23:59much,
24:00I'll give
24:00you your
24:00fill.
24:00The gems
24:01are yours.
24:02So is
24:02the man.
24:03She
24:04swallowed.
24:04She refused.
24:05So they
24:06brought in
24:06her son.
24:08She swallowed
24:09a lot.
24:09When she
24:10was half
24:10dead from
24:11it,
24:12Ethan had
24:12someone carve
24:13up her
24:13face,
24:14severed the
24:15tendons in
24:15her son's
24:16hands,
24:16and had her
24:17thrown into
24:18international
24:18waters.
24:19The guests
24:20who stood
24:20there and
24:20watched you
24:21get beaten,
24:21every single
24:22one of them
24:22left with a
24:23scar on
24:23their wrist,
24:23so they'll
24:24remember the
24:24cost of
24:25looking away
24:25while the
24:25Luna was
24:26being
24:26humiliated.
24:27Oh,
24:27and one
24:27more thing.
24:28Ironcrest pack
24:29officially
24:29dissolved.
24:30Everything
24:30Damon had.
24:31Starting
24:31today,
24:32gone.
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