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Imprisoned for seven years for a crime she didn't commit, Lyra endures unimaginable suffering while the people she trusted continue their lives without her.
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00:00:02Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.
00:00:05My younger sister, Selina, a delicate omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the
00:00:11human territory border.
00:00:12My alpha father, my luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:00:18Selina is an omega. She's too fragile for prison.
00:00:21If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:00:24Lyra, take her place.
00:00:26I refused.
00:00:27But on a stormy night of rope of thunder, my father used absolute alpha command.
00:00:32He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.
00:00:36My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:00:41to me,
00:00:42Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:00:45Endure these seven years for now.
00:00:49Seven years later.
00:00:50Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:00:56I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates, dragging the leg
00:01:01that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
00:01:03A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:01:06The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:01:09Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:01:12The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.
00:01:14Lyra.
00:01:15Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:01:18In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:01:21Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
00:01:25You've suffered these past seven years.
00:01:27I'll keep my promise.
00:01:28Kaylin said.
00:01:29At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:01:33He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:01:35There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
00:01:38I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and slowly pulled my hand
00:01:43away.
00:01:44Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:01:47Okay.
00:01:49Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:01:512,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:01:54Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:01:57They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:01:59Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:02:02Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:02:04Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:02:07Your parents and your sister are all at Pack Medical Center calming her down.
00:02:11I closed my eyes.
00:02:12The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:02:16An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:02:18Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:02:21They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:02:26My parents loved only Selina.
00:02:28To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:02:31The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:02:34Only then did he turn to me.
00:02:35Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:02:40Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:02:42Disgrace.
00:02:43I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.
00:02:46How had I become the shameful one?
00:02:48But my expectations had died seven years ago.
00:02:51On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.
00:02:55I understand.
00:02:55I turned toward the side entrance.
00:02:57Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
00:03:00His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:03:02Lyra, Selene's scent is weakening.
00:03:05She needs me.
00:03:06Go rest.
00:03:07He did not wait for a reply.
00:03:08He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:03:11I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:03:18Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:03:24It was my beta sister, Chloe.
00:03:26Alpha father, Luna mother.
00:03:28Selene is in terrible shape mentally.
00:03:30Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:03:32If Selene catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:03:35My father sighed but said nothing.
00:03:37My mother answered first.
00:03:38She carries our blood.
00:03:39If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?
00:03:42Then what are we supposed to do?
00:03:43Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:03:46My father finally spoke.
00:03:48When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:03:53She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:03:55She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:03:57My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:04:00Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:04:04An encrypted message.
00:04:05Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:04:07You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:04:11Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:04:16under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:04:19Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:04:21You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:04:24I did not hesitate.
00:04:26On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:04:29Lyra.
00:04:30I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:04:33Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silver Moon Penitentiary.
00:04:38Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:04:40As expected, I passed.
00:04:42Ten days.
00:04:43If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:04:50The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:04:55A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:04:58Selene was back.
00:04:59Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:05:06My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:05:11world.
00:05:12The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:05:15In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:05:18Happy awakening day, Selene.
00:05:19Selene smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:05:22Then she lifted her chin.
00:05:23I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:05:26Did anyone get me something special?
00:05:27My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:05:31Kaylin was reaching for his own.
00:05:34When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:05:38Lyra, you're awake.
00:05:39Come here, celebrate with us.
00:05:41Selene turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:05:44Sorry, sis.
00:05:45My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:05:48You're not mad, are you?
00:05:50Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.
00:05:52Lyra isn't petty.
00:05:54She wouldn't blame you.
00:05:55At that, Selene boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:05:59Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
00:06:03She smiled.
00:06:04I want Kaylin as my mate.
00:06:05Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:06:09Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:06:12Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:06:14Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:06:18My surrender.
00:06:19Rage surged through my blood.
00:06:21I clenched my fists.
00:06:22And if I say no?
00:06:25Selene froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:06:29I was only joking.
00:06:31I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:06:34My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:06:37Don't be afraid, Selene.
00:06:39Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:06:41Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:06:43My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:06:46Blood means nothing.
00:06:47Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:06:50Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:06:51That's right, Selene.
00:06:52You're my only sister.
00:06:54I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:06:58And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:07:00What are they saying?
00:07:01His throat tightened before he answered.
00:07:04Selene said she was joking.
00:07:06Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:07:08The room reeked of lies.
00:07:10What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:07:13My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:07:16My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:07:18But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving
00:07:23on my own.
00:07:24Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selene.
00:07:28Ten years ago, when Selene was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.
00:07:33What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:07:37I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:07:40None of it mattered now.
00:07:41Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:07:43I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:07:45I want some air outside the territory.
00:07:47You all enjoy the party.
00:07:48Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:07:52Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:07:55Not one of them remembered.
00:07:57Today was my awakening day, too.
00:07:58Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:08:03Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:08:07With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:08:11It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:08:15The irony was almost funny.
00:08:17Ever since they brought me back at 15, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selene and
00:08:21cut me off completely.
00:08:23I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:08:26At 11.30 that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:08:30When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:08:33Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:08:35Cold fur.
00:08:37Powerful.
00:08:37A top-tier alpha.
00:08:39Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:08:42Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:08:45He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:08:48The rear door was already open.
00:08:50Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:08:52The words hit me like a blow.
00:08:54I stood there, frozen.
00:08:56Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.
00:08:59Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us
00:09:04was born.
00:09:05Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I
00:09:10was 15, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.
00:09:15I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
00:09:19He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same
00:09:25time.
00:09:26In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:09:31He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:09:34He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:09:37He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:09:41And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left greatly wounded, I gave him an echidna.
00:09:46I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:09:50Yet in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with
00:09:56his own hands.
00:09:57Lyra, what is it?
00:09:59Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:10:01Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:10:03I answered evenly, thank you.
00:10:05Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:10:07When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.
00:10:13Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:10:17mate bond?
00:10:18I had it made early.
00:10:20Do you like it?
00:10:21Bitterness filled my throat.
00:10:24Alpha, you remembered wrong.
00:10:25I don't like wedding dresses, and I hate red.
00:10:29The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:10:33At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:10:36After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
00:10:42wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.
00:10:48Kalen's eyes tightened.
00:10:49Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:10:52I'm sorry.
00:10:53I remembered wrong.
00:10:54Come on.
00:10:54I'll take you to dinner.
00:10:56On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:11:00Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
00:11:02Why are you thinner than before?
00:11:03And your leg, he never finished.
00:11:06A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:11:08The screen flashed one name, Selina.
00:11:11The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.
00:11:14Turn around.
00:11:15Now, back to the territory.
00:11:16The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan nonstop, trying to soothe her.
00:11:20When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.
00:11:24Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.
00:11:28The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.
00:11:31Her face was pale as paper.
00:11:33My sister is back, she whispered.
00:11:35A worthless omega like me should step aside now.
00:11:39Goodbye?
00:11:39Then she jumped.
00:11:41The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:11:43The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:11:45But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:11:48My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.
00:11:51All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.
00:11:53That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
00:12:11Seven years ago, my parents' adopted daughter.
00:12:14My younger sister, Selina, a delicate omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood
00:12:19spilled across the human territory border.
00:12:21My alpha father, my luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same
00:12:26patronizing plea.
00:12:27Selina is an omega.
00:12:29She's too fragile for prison.
00:12:30If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:12:33Lyra, take her place.
00:12:36I refused.
00:12:37But on a stormy night, it broke the thunder.
00:12:39My father used absolute alpha command.
00:12:41He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.
00:12:45My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf
00:12:50era and said to me,
00:12:51Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:12:54Endure these seven years for now.
00:12:58Seven years later.
00:12:59Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:13:05I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand
00:13:08and limped through the iron gates, dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver
00:13:12shackles.
00:13:13A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:13:16The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:13:18Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:13:21The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.
00:13:24Lyra.
00:13:24Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:13:27In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:13:30Pale.
00:13:30Gaunt.
00:13:31My neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
00:13:34You've suffered these past seven years.
00:13:36I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.
00:13:38At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:13:42He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:13:45There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
00:13:47I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at him
00:13:51and slowly pulled my hand away.
00:13:53Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:13:56Okay.
00:13:58Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:14:002,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:14:03Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:14:06They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:14:08Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:14:11Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:14:13Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:14:16Your parents and your sister are all at PAC Medical Center calming her down.
00:14:20I closed my eyes.
00:14:22The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:14:25An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:14:27Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:14:31They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me,
00:14:33and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:14:35My parents loved only Selina.
00:14:37To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:14:41The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:14:43Only then did he turn to me.
00:14:45Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned,
00:14:47you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:14:49Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:14:51Disgrace.
00:14:52I had endured seven years of silver burns in Selu's place.
00:14:55How had I become the shameful one?
00:14:57But my expectations had died seven years ago.
00:15:00On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.
00:15:04I understand.
00:15:05I turned toward the side entrance.
00:15:06Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
00:15:09His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:15:12Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.
00:15:14She needs me.
00:15:15Go rest.
00:15:16He did not wait for a reply.
00:15:17He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:15:20I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:15:27Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:15:34It was my Beta sister, Chloe.
00:15:36Alpha father.
00:15:36Luna mother.
00:15:37Selina is in terrible shape mentally.
00:15:40Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:15:41If Selah catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:15:44My father sighed, but said nothing.
00:15:46My mother answered first.
00:15:47She carries our blood.
00:15:48If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?
00:15:51Then what are we supposed to do?
00:15:53Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:15:55My father finally spoke.
00:15:57When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:16:02She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:16:04She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:16:05My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:16:09Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:16:13An encrypted message.
00:16:14Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:16:16You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:16:21Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:16:25under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:16:28Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:16:30You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:16:33I did not hesitate.
00:16:35On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:16:38Lyra.
00:16:39I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:16:42Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:16:47Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:16:49As expected, I passed.
00:16:51Ten days.
00:16:52If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:17:00The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:17:04A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:17:07Selina was back.
00:17:09Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:17:14My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaelin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:17:21world.
00:17:22The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:17:24In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:17:27Happy awakening day, Selina.
00:17:29Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:17:31Then she lifted her chin.
00:17:32I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:17:35Did anyone get me something special?
00:17:37My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:17:40Kaelin was reaching for his own.
00:17:43When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:17:47Lyra, you're awake.
00:17:49Come here, celebrate with us.
00:17:50Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:17:53Sorry, sis.
00:17:54My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:17:57You're not mad, are you?
00:17:59Before I could answer, Kaelin spoke for me.
00:18:01Lyra isn't petty.
00:18:03She wouldn't blame you.
00:18:04At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:18:08Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
00:18:11She smiled.
00:18:13I want Kaelin as my mate.
00:18:14Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:18:18Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:18:21Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:18:23Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:18:27My surrender.
00:18:28Rage surged through my blood.
00:18:30I clenched my fists.
00:18:31And if I say no?
00:18:34Selina froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:18:38I was only joking.
00:18:40I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:18:44My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:18:47Don't be afraid, Selina.
00:18:48Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:18:50Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:18:52My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:18:55Blood means nothing.
00:18:56Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:18:59Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:19:01That's right, Selina.
00:19:02You're my only sister.
00:19:03I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:19:07And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:19:09What are they saying?
00:19:10His throat tightened before he answered.
00:19:13Selina said she was joking.
00:19:15Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:19:17The room reeked of lies.
00:19:19What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:19:22My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:19:25My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:19:27But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving
00:19:32on my own.
00:19:33Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selina.
00:19:38Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.
00:19:42What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:19:46I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:19:49None of it mattered now.
00:19:50Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:19:53I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:19:54I want some air outside the territory.
00:19:56You all enjoy the party.
00:19:57Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:20:01Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:20:04Not one of them remembered.
00:20:06Today was my awakening day, too.
00:20:08Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:20:12Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:20:17With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:20:21It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:20:24The irony was almost funny.
00:20:26Ever since they brought me back at fifteen, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selena and
00:20:31cut me off completely.
00:20:32I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:20:36At eleven thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:20:39When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:20:42Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:20:45Cold fur.
00:20:46Powerful.
00:20:46A top-tier alpha.
00:20:48Kaelin stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:20:52Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:20:55He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:20:57The rear door was already open.
00:21:00Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:21:02The words hit me like a blow.
00:21:03I stood there, frozen.
00:21:05Kaelin's pack and mine had been alive for generations.
00:21:08Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us
00:21:13was born.
00:21:14Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I
00:21:19was fifteen, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.
00:21:24I still remember the first time I saw Kaelin after I was brought back.
00:21:28He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same
00:21:34time.
00:21:35In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:21:41He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:21:43He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:21:46He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:21:50And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left gravely empty, I gave him an echidna.
00:21:55I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:21:59Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Pennipotentiary with
00:22:05his own hands.
00:22:06Lyra, what is it?
00:22:08Kaelin's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:22:10Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:22:12I answered evenly, thank you.
00:22:14Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:22:17When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding rite.
00:22:22Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:22:26mate bond?
00:22:27I had it made early.
00:22:29Do you like it?
00:22:31Bitterness filled my throat.
00:22:33Alpha, you remembered wrong.
00:22:35I don't like wedding dresses.
00:22:36And I hate red.
00:22:38The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:22:42At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:22:45After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct.
00:22:52Wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.
00:22:57Kaelin's eyes tightened.
00:22:58Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:23:01I'm sorry.
00:23:02I remembered wrong.
00:23:03Come on.
00:23:04I'll take you to dinner.
00:23:05On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:23:09Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
00:23:11Why are you thinner than before?
00:23:12And your leg, he never finished.
00:23:14A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:23:17The screen flashed one name, Selina.
00:23:20The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.
00:23:23Turn around.
00:23:24Now, back to the territory.
00:23:25The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan non-stop, trying to soothe her.
00:23:29When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.
00:23:34Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.
00:23:37The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.
00:23:40Her face was pale as paper.
00:23:42My sister is back, she whispered.
00:23:44A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.
00:23:48Goodbye?
00:23:49Then she jumped.
00:23:50The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:23:52The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:23:54But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:23:57My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.
00:24:00All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.
00:24:03That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
00:24:20Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.
00:24:23My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the
00:24:29human territory border.
00:24:30My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:24:37Selina is an Omega.
00:24:38She's too fragile for prison.
00:24:39If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:24:43Lyra, take her place.
00:24:45I refused.
00:24:46But on a stormy night ago, my father used absolute Alpha command.
00:24:50He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.
00:24:54My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:25:00to me,
00:25:00Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:25:03Endure these seven years for now.
00:25:07Seven years later.
00:25:09Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:25:14I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,
00:25:19dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
00:25:22A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:25:25The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:25:27Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:25:30The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.
00:25:33Lyra.
00:25:33Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:25:36In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:25:39Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by Silverweapon.
00:25:43You've suffered these past seven years.
00:25:45I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.
00:25:47At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:25:51He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:25:54There was no spot, no shiver, no bond.
00:25:56I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and slowly pulled my hand
00:26:02away.
00:26:03Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:26:06Okay.
00:26:07Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:26:102,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:26:13Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:26:15They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:26:17Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:26:20Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:26:22Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:26:25Your parents and your sister are all at PAC Medical Center calming her down.
00:26:29I closed my eyes.
00:26:31The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:26:34An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:26:37Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:26:40They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:26:45My parents loved only Selina.
00:26:46To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:26:50The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:26:52Only then did he turn to me.
00:26:54Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:26:58Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:27:00Disgrace.
00:27:01I had endured seven years of silver burns in Selu's place.
00:27:04How had I become the shameful one?
00:27:06But my expectations had died seven years ago, on that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force
00:27:12my confession.
00:27:13I understand.
00:27:13I turned toward the side entrance.
00:27:16Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
00:27:19His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:27:21Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.
00:27:23She needs me.
00:27:24Go rest.
00:27:25He did not wait for a reply.
00:27:27He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:27:29I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:27:36Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:27:43It was my Beta sister, Chloe.
00:27:45Alpha father.
00:27:46Luna mother.
00:27:47Selina is in terrible shape mentally.
00:27:49Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:27:51If Selah catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:27:53My father sighed, but said nothing.
00:27:55My mother answered first.
00:27:56She carries our blood.
00:27:57If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?
00:28:00Then what are we supposed to do?
00:28:02Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:28:05My father finally spoke.
00:28:06When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:28:11She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:28:13She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:28:15My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:28:19Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:28:22An encrypted message.
00:28:24Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:28:25You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:28:30Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:28:34under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:28:37Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:28:40You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:28:42I did not hesitate.
00:28:44On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:28:47Lyra.
00:28:48I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:28:51Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:28:56Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:28:59As expected, I passed.
00:29:00Ten days.
00:29:01If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:29:09The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:29:13A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:29:17Selina was back.
00:29:18Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:29:24My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:29:30world.
00:29:31The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:29:33In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:29:36Happy awakening day, Selina.
00:29:38Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:29:40Then she lifted her chin.
00:29:42I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:29:44Did anyone get me something special?
00:29:46My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:29:50Kaylin was reaching for his own.
00:29:52When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:29:56Lyra, you're awake.
00:29:58Come here.
00:29:58Celebrate with us.
00:29:59Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:30:02Sorry, sis.
00:30:03My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:30:07You're not mad, are you?
00:30:08Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.
00:30:10Lyra isn't petty.
00:30:12She wouldn't blame you.
00:30:13At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:30:17Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
00:30:21She smiled.
00:30:22I want Kaylin as my mate.
00:30:24Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:30:27Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:30:30Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:30:32Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:30:36My surrender.
00:30:37Rage surged through my blood.
00:30:39I clenched my fists.
00:30:40And if I say no?
00:30:43Selina froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:30:47I was only joking.
00:30:49I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:30:53My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:30:56Don't be afraid, Selina.
00:30:57Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:30:59Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:31:01My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:31:04Blood means nothing.
00:31:06Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:31:08Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:31:09That's right, Selina.
00:31:11You're my only sister.
00:31:12I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:31:16And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:31:18What are they saying?
00:31:19His throat tightened before he answered.
00:31:22Selina said she was joking.
00:31:24Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:31:26The room reeked of lies.
00:31:28What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:31:32My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:31:34My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:31:36But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving
00:31:42on my own.
00:31:43Every resource.
00:31:44Every ounce of love.
00:31:45They gave it all to Selina.
00:31:47Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.
00:31:51What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:31:55I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:31:58None of it mattered now.
00:32:00Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:32:02I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:32:04I want some air outside the territory.
00:32:05You all enjoy the party.
00:32:06Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:32:10Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:32:14Not one of them remembered.
00:32:15Today was my awakening day, too.
00:32:17Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:32:21Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:32:26With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:32:30It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:32:33The irony was almost funny.
00:32:35Ever since they brought me back at 15, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selina and
00:32:40cut me off completely.
00:32:41I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:32:45At 11.30 that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:32:49When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:32:52Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:32:54Cold fur.
00:32:55Powerful.
00:32:56A top-tier alpha.
00:32:57Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:33:01Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:33:04He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:33:06The rear door was already open.
00:33:09Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:33:11The words hit me like a blow.
00:33:12I stood there, frozen.
00:33:14Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.
00:33:17Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us
00:33:23was born.
00:33:23Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I
00:33:28was 15, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.
00:33:34I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
00:33:37He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same
00:33:44time.
00:33:44In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:33:50He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:33:52He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:33:55He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:34:00And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left Graveland, I gave him an echidna.
00:34:04I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:34:08Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with
00:34:14his own hands.
00:34:15Lyra, what is it?
00:34:17Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:34:19Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:34:22I answered evenly, thank you.
00:34:23Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:34:26When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding rite.
00:34:31Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:34:35mate bond?
00:34:36I had it made early.
00:34:39Do you like it?
00:34:40Bitterness filled my throat.
00:34:42Alpha, you remembered wrong.
00:34:44I don't like wedding dresses.
00:34:46And I hate red.
00:34:47The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:34:51At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:34:55After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
00:35:01wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent of signature and bring me home.
00:35:06Kalen's eyes tightened.
00:35:07Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:35:11I'm sorry.
00:35:11I remembered wrong.
00:35:12Come on.
00:35:13I'll take you to dinner.
00:35:14On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:35:18Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
00:35:20Why are you thinner than before?
00:35:22And your leg, he never finished.
00:35:24A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:35:26The screen flashed one name, Selina.
00:35:29The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.
00:35:32Turn around.
00:35:33Now, back to the territory.
00:35:34The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan non-stop, trying to soothe her.
00:35:38When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.
00:35:43Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.
00:35:47The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.
00:35:50Her face was pale as paper.
00:35:51My sister is back, she whispered.
00:35:54A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.
00:35:57Goodbye?
00:35:58Then she jumped.
00:35:59The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:36:01The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:36:03But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:36:07My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.
00:36:09All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.
00:36:12That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
00:36:30Seven years ago, my parents' adopted daughter, my younger sister Selina, a delicate Omega, got drunk, caused a hit and
00:36:36run, and left blood spilled across the human territory border.
00:36:39My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:36:46Selina is an Omega.
00:36:47She's too fragile for prison.
00:36:48If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:36:52Lyra, take her place.
00:36:54I refused.
00:36:55But on a stormy night, he wrote befriended.
00:36:57My father used absolute Alpha command.
00:36:59He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transplant.
00:37:03My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:37:09to me,
00:37:10Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:37:12Endure these seven years for now.
00:37:16Seven years later.
00:37:18Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:37:23I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates, dragging the leg
00:37:29that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
00:37:31A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:37:34The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:37:37Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:37:39The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.
00:37:42Lyra.
00:37:42Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:37:46In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:37:48Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
00:37:52You've suffered these past seven years.
00:37:54I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.
00:37:57At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:38:00He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:38:03There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
00:38:06I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at him and slowly pulled my hand
00:38:11away.
00:38:12Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:38:15Okay.
00:38:17Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:38:192,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:38:22Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:38:24They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:38:27Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:38:29Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:38:31Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:38:34Your parents and your sister are all at Pact Medical Center calming her down.
00:38:38I closed my eyes.
00:38:40The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pact territory.
00:38:43An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:38:46Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:38:49They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:38:54My parents loved only Selina.
00:38:56To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:38:59The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:39:02Only then did he turn to me.
00:39:03Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:39:07Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:39:09Disgrace.
00:39:10I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.
00:39:13How had I become the shameful one?
00:39:15But my expectations had died seven years ago.
00:39:18On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.
00:39:22I understand. I turned toward the side entrance.
00:39:25Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind-link.
00:39:28His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:39:30Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening. She needs me. Go rest.
00:39:34He did not wait for a reply.
00:39:36He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:39:39I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:39:45Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion,
00:39:49I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:39:52It was my beta sister, Chloe.
00:39:54Alpha father, Luna mother.
00:39:56Selen is in terrible shape mentally.
00:39:58Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:40:00If Selah catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:40:03My father sighed, but said nothing.
00:40:04My mother answered first.
00:40:05She carries our blood.
00:40:06If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?
00:40:10Then what are we supposed to do?
00:40:11Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:40:14My father finally spoke.
00:40:15When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:40:20She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:40:22She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:40:24My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:40:28Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:40:32An encrypted message.
00:40:32Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:40:34You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:40:39Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:40:43under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:40:46Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:40:49You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:40:52I did not hesitate.
00:40:53On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:40:56Lyra.
00:40:57I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:41:00Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:41:05Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:41:08As expected, I passed.
00:41:10Ten days.
00:41:10If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:41:18The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:41:22A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:41:26Selina was back.
00:41:27Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:41:33My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:41:39world.
00:41:40The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:41:43In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:41:45Happy Awakening Day, Selina.
00:41:47Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:41:49Then she lifted her chin.
00:41:50I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:41:53Did anyone get me something special?
00:41:55My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:41:59Kaylin was reaching for his own when his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:42:05Lyra, you're awake.
00:42:07Come here.
00:42:08Celebrate with us.
00:42:08Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:42:11Sorry, sis.
00:42:12My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:42:16You're not mad, are you?
00:42:17Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.
00:42:19Lyra isn't petty.
00:42:21She wouldn't blame you.
00:42:23At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:42:27Since it's my Awakening Day, give me a present too.
00:42:30She smiled.
00:42:31I want Kaylin as my mate.
00:42:33Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:42:36Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:42:39Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:42:42Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:42:45My surrender.
00:42:46Rage surged through my blood.
00:42:48I clenched my fists.
00:42:50And if I say no?
00:42:52Selina froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:42:57I was only joking.
00:42:58I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:43:02My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:43:05Don't be afraid, Selina.
00:43:06Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:43:08Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:43:10My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:43:13Blood means nothing.
00:43:15Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:43:17Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:43:19That's right, Selina.
00:43:20You're my only sister.
00:43:21I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:43:25And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:43:27What are they saying?
00:43:28His throat tightened before he answered.
00:43:31Selina said she was joking.
00:43:33Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:43:35The room reeked of lies.
00:43:38What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:43:40My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:43:43My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:43:46But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home,
00:43:48they despised the habits I had picked up surviving on my own.
00:43:52Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selina.
00:43:56Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy,
00:43:59the entire pack celebrated her.
00:44:01What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:44:05I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:44:07None of it mattered now.
00:44:08Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:44:11I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:44:13I want some air outside the territory.
00:44:15You all enjoy the party.
00:44:16Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:44:19Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:44:23Not one of them remembered.
00:44:24Today was my awakening day, too.
00:44:26Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:44:30Because of my prison record,
00:44:32the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:44:35With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:44:39It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:44:42The irony was almost funny.
00:44:44Ever since they brought me back at fifteen,
00:44:46they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selina and cut me off completely.
00:44:50I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:44:54At eleven-thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:44:57When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:45:01Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:45:03Cold fur.
00:45:04Powerful.
00:45:05A top-tier alpha.
00:45:06Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:45:10Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:45:13He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:45:15The rear door was already open.
00:45:18Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:45:20The words hit me like a blow.
00:45:21I stood there, frozen.
00:45:23Kalen's pack and mine had been alive for generations.
00:45:26Our territories shared a border,
00:45:28and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us was born.
00:45:32Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two
00:45:35and was not found again until I was fifteen,
00:45:38bruised and scarred,
00:45:40that ancient agreement never changed.
00:45:43I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
00:45:46He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt,
00:45:49powerful enough to command submission,
00:45:51yet somehow warm at the same time.
00:45:53In that cold territory,
00:45:55he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:45:59He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:46:02He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:46:04He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:46:09And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left greatly wounded,
00:46:12I gave him my kidney.
00:46:13I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:46:17Yet, in the end,
00:46:18he was also the one who used alpha authority
00:46:21to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with his own hands.
00:46:24Lyra, what is it?
00:46:26Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:46:29Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:46:31I answered evenly,
00:46:32Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:46:35When I opened it,
00:46:36I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.
00:46:41Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:46:45mate bond?
00:46:45I had it made early.
00:46:48Do you like it?
00:46:49Bitterness filled my throat.
00:46:51Alpha,
00:46:52you remembered wrong.
00:46:53I don't like wedding dresses.
00:46:55And I hate red.
00:46:56The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:47:01At the time,
00:47:01I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:47:04After I was old enough to remember,
00:47:06every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
00:47:10wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature
00:47:14and bring me home.
00:47:15Kalen's eyes tightened.
00:47:17Just like he had years ago,
00:47:18he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:47:20I'm sorry.
00:47:20I remembered wrong.
00:47:22Come on.
00:47:22I'll take you to dinner.
00:47:23On the drive back,
00:47:24he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:47:27Lyra,
00:47:28why is your scent so faint?
00:47:29Why are you thinner than before?
00:47:31And your leg,
00:47:32he never finished.
00:47:33A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:47:35The screen flashed one name,
00:47:37Selina.
00:47:38The moment he answered,
00:47:40panic flooded his face.
00:47:41Turn around.
00:47:42Now,
00:47:43back to the territory.
00:47:44The whole drive back,
00:47:45he spoke into the Kham Dibeshan non-stop,
00:47:47trying to soothe her.
00:47:48When we rushed into the manor grounds,
00:47:50I looked up.
00:47:52Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress,
00:47:55swaying at the edge.
00:47:56The moment she caught our scent,
00:47:57Selina looked down at us from above.
00:47:59Her face was pale as paper.
00:48:00My sister is back,
00:48:02she whispered.
00:48:03A worthless Omega like me
00:48:04should step aside now.
00:48:07Goodbye?
00:48:07Then she jumped.
00:48:08The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:48:10The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:48:12But when Selina fell,
00:48:13every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:48:16My father,
00:48:16my mother,
00:48:17Chloe,
00:48:17even Kaylin.
00:48:18All of them lodged forward in a frenzy
00:48:20to save the weaker wolf.
00:48:21That night,
00:48:22the scream of ambulance sirens
00:48:23echoed over the territory.
00:48:39Seven years ago,
00:48:40my parents adopted daughter.
00:48:42My younger sister,
00:48:43Selina,
00:48:43a delicate Omega,
00:48:44got drunk,
00:48:45caused a hit and run,
00:48:46and left blood spilled
00:48:47across the human territory border.
00:48:49My Alpha father,
00:48:50my Luna mother,
00:48:51and my biological younger sister
00:48:52all came to me
00:48:53with the same patronizing plea.
00:48:55Selina is an Omega.
00:48:56She's too fragile for prison.
00:48:57If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,
00:48:59her wolf won't survive it.
00:49:01Lyra,
00:49:02take her place.
00:49:03I refused,
00:49:04but on a stormy night ago,
00:49:06my father used absolute Alpha command.
00:49:08He crushed my will,
00:49:10took control of my mind,
00:49:11and personally delivered me
00:49:12to the prison transport.
00:49:13My fiancé,
00:49:14my fated mate,
00:49:14Kaylin,
00:49:15the strongest Alpha in the pack,
00:49:16held back his raging wolf era
00:49:18and said to me,
00:49:19Lyra,
00:49:19when you get out,
00:49:20we'll complete the mate bond.
00:49:22Endure these seven years
00:49:24for now.
00:49:25Seven years later,
00:49:27Lyra,
00:49:28once you leave
00:49:29Silvermoon Penitentiary,
00:49:30keep your wolf under control
00:49:31and do not look back.
00:49:33I took the mold-smelling canvas bag
00:49:35from the guard's hand
00:49:36and limped through the iron gates,
00:49:38dragging the leg
00:49:38that had been ruined
00:49:39by four silver shackles.
00:49:40A black military SUV
00:49:41waited outside the territory.
00:49:43The window rolled down
00:49:44revealed Kaylin's sharp,
00:49:45striking face.
00:49:46Seven years had passed,
00:49:47and he looked exactly the same.
00:49:48The suffocating pressure
00:49:49of a top-tier Alpha
00:49:50still radiated from him.
00:49:51Lyra,
00:49:52instinctively I shrunk back
00:49:53before forcing myself
00:49:54in the passenger seat.
00:49:55In the rearview mirror,
00:49:56I caught sight of my own reflection,
00:49:57pale,
00:49:58gaunt,
00:49:59my neck covered in burn scars
00:50:00left by silver weapon.
00:50:01You've suffered these past seven years.
00:50:04I'll keep my promise,
00:50:05Kaylin said.
00:50:06At the next full moon night,
00:50:07I'll officially mark you
00:50:08and make you my Luna.
00:50:09He reached over
00:50:10and covered my rough hand with his.
00:50:12There was no spark,
00:50:13no shiver,
00:50:14no bond.
00:50:15I looked into his golden-green eyes,
00:50:17where my withered reflection
00:50:18stared back at me
00:50:19and slowly pulled my hand away.
00:50:21Even the wolf inside me
00:50:22could not be bothered to whimper.
00:50:24Okay.
00:50:26Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary,
00:50:282,557 days soaked in blood and violence,
00:50:31long enough to see Kaylin and my family
00:50:32for what they truly were.
00:50:33They had never loved me,
00:50:34and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:50:36Sensing my indifference,
00:50:37Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:50:38Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:50:40Her trauma response disorder
00:50:42is acting up again.
00:50:44Your parents and your sister
00:50:45are all at Pack Medical Center
00:50:47calming her down.
00:50:48I closed my eyes.
00:50:49The SUV drove into the heart
00:50:51of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:50:53An hour later,
00:50:53we arrived at my home.
00:50:55Only the Beta Butler
00:50:56and a few Omega Solvents
00:50:57were inside the manor.
00:50:58They caught the cheap,
00:50:59sour prison smell clinging to me,
00:51:00and the disgust in their eyes
00:51:02was impossible to hide.
00:51:03My parents loved only Selina.
00:51:05To the servants,
00:51:06I had never been the eldest daughter
00:51:07of this house.
00:51:08The Beta Butler
00:51:09bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:51:11Only then did he turn to me.
00:51:13Miss Lyra,
00:51:13Luna says that now you've returned,
00:51:14you are to stay inside
00:51:15your own scent circle.
00:51:16Do not wander around
00:51:17and disgrace the pack.
00:51:18Disgrace.
00:51:19I had endured seven years
00:51:21of silver burns in Salud's place.
00:51:23How had I become
00:51:24the shameful one?
00:51:25But my expectations
00:51:26had died seven years ago.
00:51:27On that storm-filled night
00:51:29when they used Alpha Command
00:51:30to force my confession,
00:51:31I understand.
00:51:32I turned toward the side entrance.
00:51:34Then Kaylin stiffened,
00:51:35receiving an urgent mind link.
00:51:37His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:51:39Lyra,
00:51:40Selen's scent is weakening.
00:51:42She needs me.
00:51:43Go rest.
00:51:43He did not wait for a reply.
00:51:45He turned at once
00:51:46and disappeared into the night.
00:51:48I limped back to the storage room
00:51:49that belonged to me
00:51:51and curled up
00:51:52on the narrow wooden bed.
00:51:55Late that night,
00:51:56drifting between sleep
00:51:57and exhaustion,
00:51:58I heard voices downstairs
00:52:00in the living room.
00:52:01It was my beta sister,
00:52:03Chloe.
00:52:03Alpha father,
00:52:04Luna mother.
00:52:05Selenna is in terrible shape
00:52:06mentally.
00:52:07Shouldn't we move Lyra
00:52:08out of the manor?
00:52:09If Selenna catches her scent,
00:52:10she'll have another episode.
00:52:12My father sighed
00:52:13but said nothing.
00:52:13My mother answered first.
00:52:14She carries our blood.
00:52:16If we throw her out
00:52:16the moment she gets back from prison,
00:52:18what will the other packs say?
00:52:19Then what are we supposed to do?
00:52:20Chloe paced the room,
00:52:21agitation sharp in her voice.
00:52:23My father finally spoke.
00:52:25When Selenna returns,
00:52:26order Lyra to suppress
00:52:27every trace of her scent.
00:52:29She is not to appear
00:52:30in front of Selen.
00:52:31She is not to leave her room
00:52:32for any reason.
00:52:33My eyes stayed shut
00:52:34but a burning ache
00:52:36rose behind them.
00:52:37Then the custom comm device
00:52:39hidden beneath my pillow
00:52:40began to vibrate.
00:52:41An encrypted message.
00:52:42Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:52:44You have passed the evaluation
00:52:45for the Global Institute
00:52:46for Werewolf
00:52:47and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:52:48Once you accept the contract,
00:52:49you will depart in ten days
00:52:51on the night of the full moon
00:52:52under a new identity
00:52:53for Sanctum Isle
00:52:54on Dominica Island.
00:52:55Your pack identity
00:52:56will be permanently erased.
00:52:58You may not contact
00:52:59any outside wolves
00:53:00for five years.
00:53:01I did not hesitate.
00:53:02On the holographic display,
00:53:04I signed my name.
00:53:06Lyra.
00:53:06I had passed the Institute's
00:53:08selection process
00:53:09seven years ago.
00:53:10Before I could take the oath
00:53:11and join,
00:53:12my parents sent me
00:53:13to Silver Moon Penitentiary.
00:53:14Shortly before my release,
00:53:16I applied again.
00:53:17As expected,
00:53:18I passed.
00:53:19Ten days.
00:53:20If I could endure
00:53:21ten more days,
00:53:22I would sever the pack bond
00:53:23tying me to this
00:53:24frozen family forever.
00:53:27The next morning,
00:53:28I washed up
00:53:29and pushed open
00:53:30the warped door.
00:53:31A rich,
00:53:33sugary Omega scent
00:53:34flooded the hallway.
00:53:35Selena was back.
00:53:36Dressed in a flowing
00:53:37white gown,
00:53:38she sat in the center
00:53:39of the leather sofa
00:53:40like a princess on display.
00:53:42My alpha father,
00:53:44my luna mother,
00:53:45Chloe,
00:53:45and Kaylin
00:53:46all surrounded her
00:53:47as if she was
00:53:47the center of their world.
00:53:49The beta butler
00:53:50set down an elegant cake.
00:53:52In perfect unison,
00:53:53everyone said,
00:53:54Happy Awakening Day, Selena.
00:53:56Selena smiled sweetly
00:53:57and thanked them all.
00:53:58Then she lifted her chin.
00:54:00I just got out
00:54:01of the sterile recovery room.
00:54:02Did anyone get me
00:54:03something special?
00:54:04My parents and Chloe
00:54:05each presented
00:54:06expensive gifts.
00:54:08Kaylin was reaching
00:54:09for his own.
00:54:10when his sharp gaze
00:54:12found me standing
00:54:13in the shadows.
00:54:14Lyra,
00:54:15you're awake.
00:54:16Come here.
00:54:17Celebrate with us.
00:54:18Selena turned toward me,
00:54:19releasing a cloud
00:54:19of innocent pheromones.
00:54:20Sorry, sis.
00:54:22My nerve pain
00:54:23flared up yesterday
00:54:23so I couldn't come
00:54:24pick you up.
00:54:25You're not mad, are you?
00:54:26Before I could answer,
00:54:27Kaylin spoke for me.
00:54:29Lyra isn't petty.
00:54:30She wouldn't blame you.
00:54:32At that,
00:54:32Selena boldly slipped
00:54:33her arm through his
00:54:34and looked straight at me.
00:54:36Since it's my
00:54:37awakening day,
00:54:38give me a present too.
00:54:39She smiled.
00:54:40I want Kaylin
00:54:41as my mate.
00:54:42Stealing another wolf's mate
00:54:43was one of the greatest
00:54:44taboons in pack law.
00:54:46Yet after she said it openly,
00:54:47no one in the room object.
00:54:49Every wolf there
00:54:50stayed silent.
00:54:51Their status,
00:54:51their pressure,
00:54:52their authority
00:54:53all pushed toward one thing.
00:54:54My surrender.
00:54:55Rage surged
00:54:56through my blood.
00:54:57I clenched my fists.
00:54:59And if I say no?
00:55:01Selena froze
00:55:02for half a second,
00:55:03then switched to French
00:55:04and whimpered dramatically.
00:55:05I was only joking.
00:55:07I didn't realize
00:55:08my sister's feral instinct
00:55:10was this savage.
00:55:11My Luna mother answered her
00:55:12in the same flawless French.
00:55:14Don't be afraid,
00:55:15Selena.
00:55:16Lyra spent too long
00:55:17out in the wild.
00:55:18Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:55:19My alpha father released
00:55:21the calming scent of pine.
00:55:23Blood means nothing.
00:55:24Your mother and I
00:55:25have only one true daughter.
00:55:26Chloe joined in
00:55:27without hesitation.
00:55:28That's right,
00:55:29Selena.
00:55:29You're my only sister.
00:55:30I forced down the bitterness
00:55:31rising in my chest
00:55:33and pretended not to
00:55:34understand a word.
00:55:35And instead,
00:55:35I turned to Kaylin.
00:55:36What are they saying?
00:55:38His throat tightened
00:55:39before he answered.
00:55:41Selena said she was joking.
00:55:42Everyone just thinks
00:55:43you're being too sensitive.
00:55:45The room reeked of lies.
00:55:47What none of them knew
00:55:48was that I had understood
00:55:49every word.
00:55:50My Luna mother
00:55:51was a world-renowned painter.
00:55:52My alpha father
00:55:53had once ruled
00:55:54the business world.
00:55:55But ever since they brought me
00:55:56back from St. Mary's home,
00:55:58they despised the habits
00:55:59I had picked up
00:56:00surviving on my own.
00:56:01Every resource,
00:56:02every ounce of love,
00:56:04they gave it all to Selene.
00:56:05Ten years ago,
00:56:06when Selena was accepted
00:56:07into Elite Art Academy,
00:56:08the entire pack celebrated her.
00:56:10What they never knew
00:56:11was that I had been admitted
00:56:11to the most prestigious
00:56:12university in the country.
00:56:14I had also taught myself
00:56:15French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:56:17None of it mattered now.
00:56:18Soon, I would be gone
00:56:19from this territory for good.
00:56:20I just got out
00:56:21of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:56:22I want some air
00:56:23outside the territory.
00:56:24You all enjoy the party.
00:56:25Under their contemptuous stairs,
00:56:26I dragged my damaged leg
00:56:27towards the door.
00:56:28Behind me,
00:56:29their laughter
00:56:30and French mockery
00:56:31tangled together.
00:56:32Not one of them remembered.
00:56:33Today was my awakening day, too.
00:56:35Once I left the territory,
00:56:36I suppressed my wolf aura
00:56:38and took a bus
00:56:38to downtown Seattle.
00:56:39Because of my prison record,
00:56:41the pack had erased
00:56:41my education
00:56:42and every official file
00:56:43tied to my name.
00:56:44With a ruined leg
00:56:45and no history,
00:56:46I could only find work
00:56:47at a run-down roadside diner.
00:56:48It would be enough
00:56:49to survive the next ten days.
00:56:51The irony was almost funny.
00:56:53Ever since they brought me
00:56:54back at 15,
00:56:55they had resented me
00:56:56for not being as accomplished
00:56:57as Selina
00:56:58and cut me off completely.
00:56:59I had paid for school,
00:57:01food,
00:57:01and survival
00:57:02by working in the human world.
00:57:03At 11.30 that night,
00:57:05I finished washing
00:57:06the last dish.
00:57:07When I stepped outside,
00:57:08freezing rain hit my face.
00:57:10Then another scent
00:57:11cut through the storm.
00:57:12Cold fur.
00:57:13Powerful.
00:57:14A top-tier alpha.
00:57:16Kalen stepped out
00:57:16of a black SUV
00:57:17and strode straight toward me.
00:57:19Lyra,
00:57:20why have you been gone so long?
00:57:22He grabbed my wrist
00:57:23and pulled me to the car.
00:57:24The rear door
00:57:25was already open.
00:57:27Lyra,
00:57:28happy awakening day.
00:57:29The words hit me like a blow.
00:57:31I stood there,
00:57:31frozen.
00:57:33Kalen's pack and mine
00:57:34had been alive
00:57:34for generations.
00:57:35Our territories
00:57:36shared a border
00:57:37and our families
00:57:38had been bound
00:57:39by an old promise
00:57:40long before
00:57:40either of us was born.
00:57:42Even after I went missing
00:57:43in Blackwood Forest
00:57:44at the age of two
00:57:45and was not found again
00:57:46until I was 15,
00:57:48bruised and scarred,
00:57:49that ancient agreement
00:57:50never changed.
00:57:52I still remember
00:57:53the first time
00:57:53I saw Kalen
00:57:54after I was brought back.
00:57:56He stood in the sunlight
00:57:57wearing a white shirt,
00:57:58powerful enough
00:57:59to command submission,
00:58:00yet somehow warm
00:58:01at the same time.
00:58:02In that cold territory,
00:58:04he was the only one
00:58:05who never recoiled
00:58:06from the wild scent
00:58:07clinging to me.
00:58:08He used his alpha pressure
00:58:10to shield me.
00:58:11He brought me prey
00:58:12and gifts on holidays.
00:58:13He was the only person
00:58:15in that steel and stone world
00:58:16who had ever been kind to me.
00:58:18And when he was ambushed
00:58:19by a rival pack
00:58:20and left gravely empty,
00:58:21I gave him an echidna.
00:58:23I poured the core
00:58:24of my wolf vitality
00:58:25into him without hesitation.
00:58:26Yet in the end,
00:58:27he was also the one
00:58:28who used alpha authority
00:58:30to send me to Silvermoon
00:58:31and Penipotentiary
00:58:32with his own hands.
00:58:34Lyra, what is it?
00:58:35Kalen's deep voice
00:58:36pulled me back
00:58:37to the present.
00:58:38Did you think I forgot
00:58:39your awakening day?
00:58:40I answered evenly,
00:58:41thank you.
00:58:42Then he handed me
00:58:42another beautifully wrapped box.
00:58:44When I opened it,
00:58:45I found a custom-made
00:58:46red wedding gown
00:58:47for a bonding rite.
00:58:50Do you remember
00:58:51telling me as a child
00:58:52that you wanted to wear
00:58:52a red dress
00:58:53when we completed
00:58:54our mate bond?
00:58:54I had it made early.
00:58:57Do you like it?
00:58:58Bitterness filled my throat.
00:59:00Alpha,
00:59:01you remembered wrong.
00:59:02I don't like wedding dresses
00:59:04and I hate red.
00:59:05The headmistress
00:59:06at St. Mary's home
00:59:07once told me
00:59:08she had found me
00:59:08abandoned outside
00:59:09a bridal shop.
00:59:10At the time,
00:59:11I had been wearing
00:59:11an expensive red dress.
00:59:13After I was old enough
00:59:14to remember,
00:59:15every full moon night
00:59:16I would return
00:59:17to bridal shop windows
00:59:18by instinct.
00:59:19Wearing red clothes
00:59:20so my people
00:59:21could follow my scent
00:59:22signature
00:59:23and bring me home.
00:59:25Halen's eyes tightened.
00:59:26Just like he had years ago,
00:59:27he reached over
00:59:28and ruffled my hair.
00:59:29I'm sorry.
00:59:30I remembered wrong.
00:59:31Come on.
00:59:31I'll take you to dinner.
00:59:33On the drive back,
00:59:34he kept my hand
00:59:35clasped tightly in his.
00:59:36Lyra,
00:59:37why is your scent so faint?
00:59:38Why are you thinner than before?
00:59:40And your leg,
00:59:41he never finished.
00:59:42A shrink ringtone
00:59:43cut through the car.
00:59:45The screen flashed
00:59:46one name,
00:59:47Selina.
00:59:47The moment he answered,
00:59:49panic flooded his face.
00:59:50Turn around.
00:59:51Now,
00:59:52back to the territory.
00:59:53The whole drive back,
00:59:54he spoke into the
00:59:54comdibeshan non-stop,
00:59:56trying to soothe her.
00:59:57When we rushed
00:59:57into the manor grounds,
00:59:59I looked up.
01:00:01Selina stood on the rooftop
01:00:02in a white dress,
01:00:04swaying at the edge.
01:00:05The moment she caught our scent,
01:00:06Selina looked down
01:00:07at us from above.
01:00:08Her face was pale as paper.
01:00:10My sister is back,
01:00:11she whispered.
01:00:12A worthless Omega like me
01:00:14should step aside now.
01:00:16Goodbye?
01:00:16Then she jumped.
01:00:17The Pac-Manon was only
01:00:18one story high.
01:00:19The roof was barely
01:00:2030 feet above the ground.
01:00:21But when Selina fell,
01:00:23every one of my so-called family
01:00:24moved on instinct.
01:00:25My father,
01:00:26my mother,
01:00:26Chloe,
01:00:27even Kaylin.
01:00:27All of them lodged forward
01:00:28in a frenzy
01:00:29to save the weaker wolf.
01:00:30That night,
01:00:31the scream of ambulance sirens
01:00:32echoed over the territory.
01:00:48Seven years ago,
01:00:49my parents adopted daughter.
01:00:51My younger sister,
01:00:52Selina,
01:00:52a delicate Omega,
01:00:53got drunk,
01:00:54caused a hit and run,
01:00:55and left blood spilled
01:00:56across the human territory border.
01:00:58My alpha father,
01:00:59my Luna mother,
01:01:00and my biological younger sister
01:01:01all came to me
01:01:02with the same patronizing plea.
01:01:04Selina is an Omega.
01:01:05She's too fragile for prison.
01:01:07If she goes to
01:01:07Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:01:09her wolf won't survive it.
01:01:10Lyra,
01:01:11take her place.
01:01:12I refused,
01:01:13but on a stormy night
01:01:14of rope refunded,
01:01:15my father used
01:01:16absolute alpha command.
01:01:18He crushed my will,
01:01:19took control of my mind,
01:01:20and personally delivered me
01:01:21to the prison transport.
01:01:22My fiancé,
01:01:23my fated mate,
01:01:24Kaylin,
01:01:24the strongest alpha in the pack,
01:01:26held back his raging wolf era
01:01:27and said to me,
01:01:28Lyra,
01:01:29when you get out,
01:01:29we'll complete the mate bond.
01:01:31Endure
01:01:31these seven years
01:01:33for now.
01:01:34Seven years later.
01:01:36Lyra,
01:01:37once you leave
01:01:38Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:01:39keep your wolf under control
01:01:40and do not look back.
01:01:42I took the mold-smelling canvas bag
01:01:44from the guard's hand
01:01:45and limped through the iron gates,
01:01:47dragging the leg
01:01:47that had been ruined
01:01:48by four silver shackles.
01:01:49A black military SUV
01:01:51waited outside the territory.
01:01:52The window rolled down
01:01:53revealed Kaylin's
01:01:54sharp, striking face.
01:01:55Seven years had passed,
01:01:56and he looked exactly the same.
01:01:57The suffocating pressure
01:01:58of a top-tier alpha
01:01:59still radiated from him.
01:02:00Lyra,
01:02:01instinctively,
01:02:01I shrunk back
01:02:02before forcing myself
01:02:03in the passenger seat.
01:02:04In the rearview mirror,
01:02:05I caught sight of my own reflection,
01:02:07pale,
01:02:07gaunt,
01:02:08my neck covered in burn scars
01:02:09left by silver weapon.
01:02:10You've suffered
01:02:11these past seven years.
01:02:13I'll keep my promise,
01:02:14Kaylin said.
01:02:15At the next full moon night,
01:02:16I'll officially mark you
01:02:17and make you my Luna.
01:02:19He reached over
01:02:20and covered my rough hand
01:02:21with his.
01:02:21There was no spark,
01:02:23no shiver,
01:02:23no bond.
01:02:24I looked into his
01:02:25golden green eyes,
01:02:26where my withered reflection
01:02:27stared back at me
01:02:28and slowly pulled my hand away.
01:02:30Even the wolf inside me
01:02:31could not be bothered
01:02:32to whimper.
01:02:33Okay.
01:02:35Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:02:372,557 days soaked in blood
01:02:39and violence,
01:02:40long enough to see Kaylin
01:02:41and my family
01:02:41for what they truly were.
01:02:42They had never loved me
01:02:43and I no longer wanted
01:02:44to be his mate.
01:02:45Sensing my indifference,
01:02:46Kaylin let out
01:02:46a low, irritated sound.
01:02:48Selina knows you're
01:02:48coming back today.
01:02:50Her trauma response disorder
01:02:51is acting up again.
01:02:53Your parents and your sister
01:02:54are all at
01:02:55Pack Medical Center
01:02:56calming her down.
01:02:57I closed my eyes.
01:02:58The SUV drove into the heart
01:03:00of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
01:03:01An hour later,
01:03:03we arrived at my home.
01:03:04Only the Beta Butler
01:03:05and a few Omega Solvents
01:03:06were inside the manor.
01:03:07They caught the cheap
01:03:08sour prison smelt
01:03:09clinging to me
01:03:10and the disgust in their eyes
01:03:11was impossible to hide.
01:03:12My parents loved only Selina.
01:03:14To the servants,
01:03:15I had never been
01:03:16the eldest daughter
01:03:16of this house.
01:03:17The Beta Butler
01:03:18bowed respectfully
01:03:19to Kaylin first.
01:03:20Only then did he turn to me.
01:03:22Miss Lyra,
01:03:22Luna says that now
01:03:23you've returned
01:03:24you are to stay
01:03:24inside your own scent circle.
01:03:25Do not wander around
01:03:26and disgrace the pack.
01:03:28Disgrace.
01:03:28I had endured
01:03:29seven years of Silverburns
01:03:31in Salud's place.
01:03:32How had I become
01:03:33the shameful one?
01:03:34But my expectations
01:03:35had died seven years ago.
01:03:37On that storm-filled night
01:03:38when they used Alpha Command
01:03:39to force my confession,
01:03:40I understand.
01:03:41I turned toward
01:03:42the side entrance.
01:03:43Then Kaylin stiffened,
01:03:45receiving an urgent mind link.
01:03:46His pupils sharpened
01:03:47into slits.
01:03:48Lyra,
01:03:50Selen's scent is weakening.
01:03:51She needs me.
01:03:52Go rest.
01:03:53He did not wait
01:03:54for a reply.
01:03:54He turned at once
01:03:55and disappeared
01:03:56into the night.
01:03:57I limped back
01:03:58to the storage room
01:03:59that belonged to me
01:04:00and curled up
01:04:01on the narrow wooden bed.
01:04:04Late that night,
01:04:05drifting between sleep
01:04:06and exhaustion,
01:04:08I heard voices
01:04:09downstairs in the living room.
01:04:10It was my beta sister,
01:04:12Chloe.
01:04:12Alpha father,
01:04:13Luna mother.
01:04:14Selenna is in terrible
01:04:15shape mentally.
01:04:16Shouldn't we move
01:04:17Lyra out of the manor?
01:04:18If Selenna catches her scent,
01:04:20she'll have another episode.
01:04:21My father sighed
01:04:22but said nothing.
01:04:22My mother answered first.
01:04:23She carries our blood.
01:04:25If we throw her out
01:04:25the moment she gets back
01:04:26from prison,
01:04:27what will the other pack say?
01:04:28Then what are we supposed to do?
01:04:29Chloe paced the room,
01:04:31agitation sharp in her voice.
01:04:32My father finally spoke.
01:04:34When Selenna returns,
01:04:35order Lyra to suppress
01:04:36every trace of her scent.
01:04:38She is not to appear
01:04:40in front of Selen.
01:04:40She is not to leave
01:04:41her room for any reason.
01:04:42My eyes stayed shut
01:04:43but a burning ache
01:04:45rose behind them.
01:04:46Then the custom comm device
01:04:48hidden beneath my pillow
01:04:49began to vibrate.
01:04:50An encrypted message.
01:04:51Miss Lyra,
01:04:52congratulations.
01:04:52you have passed
01:04:53the evaluation
01:04:54for the Global Institute
01:04:55for Werewolf
01:04:56and Supernatural Secrecy.
01:04:57Once you accept
01:04:58the contract,
01:04:59you will depart
01:04:59in ten days
01:05:00on the night
01:05:01of the full moon
01:05:01under a new identity
01:05:03for Sanctum Isle
01:05:03on Dominica Island.
01:05:05Your pack identity
01:05:05will be permanently erased.
01:05:07You may not contact
01:05:08any outside wolves
01:05:09for five years.
01:05:10I did not hesitate.
01:05:11On the holographic display,
01:05:13I signed my name.
01:05:15Lyra.
01:05:16I had passed
01:05:16the Institute's
01:05:17selection process
01:05:18seven years ago.
01:05:19Before I could take
01:05:20the oath and join,
01:05:21my parents sent me
01:05:22to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
01:05:23Shortly before my release,
01:05:25I applied again.
01:05:26As expected,
01:05:27I passed.
01:05:28Ten days.
01:05:29If I could endure
01:05:30ten more days,
01:05:31I would sever the pack bond
01:05:32tying me to this
01:05:33frozen family forever.
01:05:36The next morning,
01:05:38I washed up
01:05:39and pushed open
01:05:39the warped door.
01:05:40A rich,
01:05:42sugary Omega scent
01:05:43flooded the hallway.
01:05:44Selina was back.
01:05:45Dressed in a flowing
01:05:47white gown,
01:05:47she sat in the center
01:05:48of the leather sofa
01:05:49like a princess on display.
01:05:51My alpha father,
01:05:53my luna mother,
01:05:54Chloe,
01:05:54and Kaylin
01:05:55all surrounded her
01:05:56as if she was
01:05:57the center of their world.
01:05:58The beta butler
01:05:59set down an elegant cake.
01:06:01In perfect unison,
01:06:02everyone said,
01:06:03Happy Awakening Day, Selina.
01:06:05Selina smiled sweetly
01:06:07and thanked them all.
01:06:08Then she lifted her chin.
01:06:09I just got out
01:06:10of the sterile recovery room.
01:06:12Did anyone get me
01:06:12something special?
01:06:13My parents and Chloe
01:06:15each presented
01:06:15expensive gifts.
01:06:17Kaylin was reaching
01:06:18for his own
01:06:19when his sharp gaze
01:06:21found me standing
01:06:22in the shadows.
01:06:23Lyra,
01:06:24you're awake.
01:06:25Come here,
01:06:26celebrate with us.
01:06:27Selina turned toward me,
01:06:28releasing a cloud
01:06:28of innocent pheromones.
01:06:29Sorry, sis.
01:06:31My nerve pain
01:06:32flared up yesterday
01:06:33so I couldn't come
01:06:33pick you up.
01:06:34You're not mad, are you?
01:06:35Before I could answer,
01:06:37Kaylin spoke for me.
01:06:38Lyra isn't petty.
01:06:39She wouldn't blame you.
01:06:41At that,
01:06:42Selina boldly slipped
01:06:43her arm through his
01:06:44and looked straight at me.
01:06:45Since it's my awakening day,
01:06:47give me a present too.
01:06:48She smiled.
01:06:49I want Kaylin as my mate.
01:06:51Stealing another wolf's mate
01:06:52was one of the greatest
01:06:53taboons in pack law.
01:06:55Yet after she said it openly,
01:06:56no one in the room object.
01:06:58Every wolf there
01:06:59stayed silent.
01:07:00Their status,
01:07:01their pressure,
01:07:01their authority
01:07:02all pushed toward one thing.
01:07:03My surrender.
01:07:05Rage surged through my blood.
01:07:06I clenched my fists.
01:07:08And if I say no?
01:07:11Selina froze for half a second,
01:07:12then switched to French
01:07:13and whimpered dramatically.
01:07:15I was only joking.
01:07:16I didn't realize
01:07:18my sister's feral instinct
01:07:19was this savage.
01:07:20My Luna mother answered her
01:07:22in the same flawless French.
01:07:23Don't be afraid, Selina.
01:07:25Lyra spent too long
01:07:26out in the wild.
01:07:27Her bloodline
01:07:27is beneath yours.
01:07:29My alpha father
01:07:30released the calming
01:07:31scent of pine.
01:07:32Blood means nothing.
01:07:33Your mother and I
01:07:34have only one true daughter.
01:07:35Chloe joined in
01:07:36without hesitation.
01:07:37That's right, Selina.
01:07:38You're my only sister.
01:07:40I forced down the bitterness
01:07:41rising in my chest
01:07:42and pretended not
01:07:43to understand a word.
01:07:44And instead,
01:07:45I turned to Kaylin.
01:07:45What are they saying?
01:07:47His throat tightened
01:07:48before he answered.
01:07:50Selina said she was joking.
01:07:52Everyone just thinks
01:07:52you're being too sensitive.
01:07:54The room reeked of lies.
01:07:56What none of them knew
01:07:57was that I had understood
01:07:58every word.
01:07:59My Luna mother
01:08:00was a world-renowned painter.
01:08:01My alpha father
01:08:02had once ruled
01:08:03the business world.
01:08:04But ever since they brought me
01:08:05back from St. Mary's home,
01:08:07they despised the habits
01:08:08I had picked up
01:08:09surviving on my own.
01:08:10Every resource,
01:08:11every ounce of love,
01:08:13they gave it all to Selina.
01:08:14Ten years ago,
01:08:15when Selina was accepted
01:08:16into Elite Art Academy,
01:08:17the entire pack celebrated her.
01:08:19What they never knew
01:08:20was that I had been admitted
01:08:21to the most prestigious
01:08:21university in the country.
01:08:23I had also taught myself
01:08:24French, Italian, and Spanish.
01:08:26None of it mattered now.
01:08:27Soon, I would be gone
01:08:28from this territory for good.
01:08:29I just got out
01:08:30of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
01:08:31I want some air
01:08:32outside the territory.
01:08:33You all enjoy the party.
01:08:34Under their contemptuous stares,
01:08:35I dragged my damaged leg
01:08:37towards the door.
01:08:37Behind me,
01:08:38their laughter
01:08:39and French mockery
01:08:40tangled together.
01:08:41Not one of them remembered.
01:08:43Today was my awakening day too.
01:08:44Once I left the territory,
01:08:46I suppressed my wolf aura
01:08:47and took a bus
01:08:47to downtown Seattle.
01:08:49Because of my prison record,
01:08:50the pack had erased
01:08:51my education
01:08:51and every official file
01:08:52tied to my name.
01:08:53With a ruined leg
01:08:54and no history,
01:08:55I could only find work
01:08:56at a run-down roadside diner.
01:08:57It would be enough
01:08:58to survive the next ten days.
01:09:00The irony was almost funny.
01:09:02Ever since they brought me
01:09:04back at fifteen,
01:09:05they had resented me
01:09:05for not being as accomplished
01:09:06as Selena
01:09:07and cut me off completely.
01:09:09I had paid for school,
01:09:10food,
01:09:10and survival
01:09:11by working in the human world.
01:09:12At eleven-thirty that night,
01:09:14I finished washing
01:09:15the last dish.
01:09:16When I stepped outside,
01:09:18freezing rain hit my face.
01:09:19Then another scent
01:09:20cut through the storm.
01:09:21Cold fur.
01:09:22Powerful.
01:09:23A top-tier alpha.
01:09:25Kaylin stepped out
01:09:25of a black SUV
01:09:26and strode straight toward me.
01:09:28Lyra,
01:09:29why have you been gone so long?
01:09:31He grabbed my wrist
01:09:32and pulled me to the car.
01:09:34The rear door
01:09:35was already open.
01:09:36Lyra,
01:09:37happy awakening day.
01:09:38The words hit me like a blow.
01:09:40I stood there,
01:09:41frozen.
01:09:42Kaylin's pack and mine
01:09:43had been alive
01:09:43for generations.
01:09:45Our territories
01:09:46shared a border,
01:09:46and our families
01:09:47had been bound
01:09:48by an old promise
01:09:49long before
01:09:49either of us was born.
01:09:51Even after I went missing
01:09:52in Blackwood Forest
01:09:53at the age of two
01:09:54and was not found again
01:09:55until I was fifteen,
01:09:57bruised and scarred,
01:09:58that ancient agreement
01:09:59never changed.
01:10:01I still remember
01:10:02the first time
01:10:03I saw Kaylin
01:10:03after I was brought back.
01:10:05He stood in the sunlight
01:10:06wearing a white shirt,
01:10:07powerful enough
01:10:08to command submission,
01:10:09yet somehow warm
01:10:11at the same time.
01:10:12In that cold territory,
01:10:14he was the only one
01:10:15who never recoiled
01:10:16from the wild scent
01:10:17clinging to me.
01:10:18He used his alpha pressure
01:10:19to shield me.
01:10:20He brought me prey
01:10:21and gifts on holidays.
01:10:22He was the only person
01:10:24in that steel and stone world
01:10:25who had ever been kind to me.
01:10:27And when he was ambushed
01:10:28by a rival pack
01:10:29and left gravely empty,
01:10:30I gave him an echidna.
01:10:32I poured the core
01:10:33of my wolf vitality
01:10:34into him without hesitation.
01:10:35Yet in the end,
01:10:37he was also the one
01:10:38who used alpha authority
01:10:39to send me to silver moon
01:10:41penipetentiary
01:10:41with his own hands.
01:10:43Lyra, what is it?
01:10:44Kaylin's deep voice
01:10:45pulled me back
01:10:46to the present.
01:10:47Did you think I forgot
01:10:48your awakenation day?
01:10:49I answered evenly,
01:10:50thank you.
01:10:51Then he handed me
01:10:52another beautifully wrapped box.
01:10:53When I opened it,
01:10:54I found a custom-made
01:10:55red wedding gown
01:10:56for a bonding right.
01:10:59Do you remember
01:11:00telling me as a child
01:11:01that you wanted
01:11:01to wear a red dress
01:11:02when we completed
01:11:03our mate bond?
01:11:04I had it made early.
01:11:06Do you like it?
01:11:07Bitterness filled my throat.
01:11:09Alpha,
01:11:10you remembered wrong.
01:11:12I don't like wedding dresses
01:11:13and I hate red.
01:11:14The headmistress
01:11:15at St. Mary's home
01:11:16once told me
01:11:17she had found me
01:11:17abandoned outside
01:11:18a bridal shop.
01:11:19At the time,
01:11:20I had been wearing
01:11:21an expensive red dress.
01:11:22After I was old enough
01:11:23to remember,
01:11:24every full moon night
01:11:25I would return
01:11:26to bridal shop windows
01:11:27by instinct,
01:11:28wearing red clothes
01:11:30so my people
01:11:30could follow my scent
01:11:31signature
01:11:32and bring me home.
01:11:34Halen's eyes tightened.
01:11:35Just like he had years ago,
01:11:36he reached over
01:11:37and ruffled my hair.
01:11:38I'm sorry.
01:11:39I remembered wrong.
01:11:40Come on.
01:11:40I'll take you to dinner.
01:11:42On the drive back,
01:11:43he kept my hand
01:11:44clasped tightly in his.
01:11:45Lyra,
01:11:46why is your scent so faint?
01:11:48Why are you thinner
01:11:48than before?
01:11:49And your leg,
01:11:50he never finished.
01:11:51A shrink ringtone
01:11:53cut through the car.
01:11:54The screen flashed
01:11:55one name,
01:11:56Selina.
01:11:57The moment he answered,
01:11:58panic flooded his face.
01:12:00Turn around.
01:12:00Now,
01:12:01back to the territory.
01:12:02The whole drive back,
01:12:03he spoke into the
01:12:04comdibeshan non-stop,
01:12:05trying to soothe her.
01:12:06When we rushed
01:12:07into the manor grounds,
01:12:08I looked up.
01:12:10Selina stood on the rooftop
01:12:12in a white dress,
01:12:13swaying at the edge.
01:12:14The moment she caught
01:12:15our scent,
01:12:16Selina looked down
01:12:16at us from above.
01:12:17Her face was pale as paper.
01:12:19My sister is back,
01:12:20she whispered.
01:12:21A worthless Omega like me
01:12:23should step aside now.
01:12:25Goodbye?
01:12:26Then she jumped.
01:12:27The Pac-Manon
01:12:27was only one story high.
01:12:29The roof was barely
01:12:2930 feet above the ground.
01:12:31But when Selina fell,
01:12:32every one of my
01:12:32so-called family
01:12:33moved on instinct.
01:12:34My father,
01:12:35my mother,
01:12:35Chloe,
01:12:36even Kaylin.
01:12:36All of them lodged forward
01:12:37in a frenzy
01:12:38to save the weaker wolf.
01:12:39That night,
01:12:40the scream of ambulance sirens
01:12:42echoed over the territory.
01:12:57Seven years ago,
01:12:58my parents adopted daughter.
01:13:00My younger sister,
01:13:01Selina,
01:13:01a delicate Omega,
01:13:02got drunk,
01:13:03caused a hit and run,
01:13:04and left blood spilled
01:13:05across the human territory border.
01:13:07My alpha father,
01:13:08my Luna mother,
01:13:09and my biological younger sister
01:13:11all came to me
01:13:11with the same patronizing plea.
01:13:13Selina is an Omega.
01:13:14She's too fragile for prison.
01:13:16If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:13:18her wolf won't survive it.
01:13:19Lyra,
01:13:20take her place.
01:13:22I refused,
01:13:23but on a stormy night
01:13:24he hoped her thunder.
01:13:25My father used
01:13:25absolute alpha command.
01:13:27He crushed my will,
01:13:28took control of my mind,
01:13:29and personally delivered me
01:13:30to the prison transport.
01:13:31My fiancé,
01:13:32my fated mate,
01:13:33Kaylin,
01:13:33the strongest alpha in the pack,
01:13:35held back his raging wolf era
01:13:36and said to me,
01:13:37Lyra,
01:13:38when you get out,
01:13:39we'll complete the mate bond.
01:13:40Endure
01:13:40these seven years
01:13:42for now.
01:13:43Seven years later.
01:13:45Lyra,
01:13:46once you leave
01:13:47Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:13:48keep your wolf under control
01:13:49and do not look back.
01:13:51I took the mold-smelling
01:13:52canvas bag
01:13:53from the guard's hand
01:13:54and limped through
01:13:55the iron gates,
01:13:56dragging the leg
01:13:56that had been ruined
01:13:57by four silver shackles.
01:13:58A black military SUV
01:14:00waited outside the territory.
01:14:01The window rolled down
01:14:02revealed Kaylin's
01:14:03sharp, striking face.
01:14:04Seven years had passed,
01:14:05and he looked exactly the same.
01:14:07The suffocating pressure
01:14:07of a top-tier alpha
01:14:08still radiated from him.
01:14:09Lyra,
01:14:10instinctively I shrunk back
01:14:11before forcing myself
01:14:12in the passenger seat.
01:14:13In the rearview mirror,
01:14:14I caught sight
01:14:15of my own reflection,
01:14:16pale, gaunt,
01:14:17my neck covered in burn scars
01:14:18left by silver weapon.
01:14:20You've suffered
01:14:20these past seven years.
01:14:22I'll keep my promise,
01:14:23Kaylin said.
01:14:24At the next full moon night,
01:14:26I'll officially mark you
01:14:27and make you my Luna.
01:14:28He reached over
01:14:29and covered my rough hand
01:14:30with his.
01:14:31There was no spark,
01:14:32no shiver,
01:14:33no bond.
01:14:33I looked into his
01:14:34golden-green eyes,
01:14:35where my withered reflection
01:14:36stared back at me
01:14:37and slowly pulled my hand away.
01:14:39Even the wolf inside me
01:14:40could not be bothered
01:14:41to whoopie.
01:14:42Okay.
01:14:44Seven years in
01:14:45Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:14:462,557 days soaked
01:14:48in blood and violence,
01:14:49long enough to see Kaylin
01:14:50and my family for what
01:14:51they truly were.
01:14:52They had never loved me,
01:14:52and I no longer wanted
01:14:53to be his mate.
01:14:54Sensing my indifference,
01:14:55Kaylin let out a low,
01:14:56irritated sound.
01:14:57Selina knows you're coming
01:14:58back today.
01:14:59Her trauma response disorder
01:15:00is acting up again.
01:15:02Your parents and your sister
01:15:03are all at Pack Medical Center
01:15:05calming her down.
01:15:06I closed my eyes.
01:15:07The SUV drove into the heart
01:15:09of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
01:15:11An hour later,
01:15:12we arrived at my home.
01:15:13Only the Beta Butler
01:15:14and a few Omega Solvents
01:15:15were inside the manor.
01:15:16They caught the cheap,
01:15:17sour prison smelt
01:15:18clinging to me,
01:15:19and the disgust in their eyes
01:15:20was impossible to hide.
01:15:21My parents loved only Selina.
01:15:23To the servants,
01:15:24I had never been the eldest daughter
01:15:25of this house.
01:15:26The Beta Butler bowed respectfully
01:15:28to Kaylin first.
01:15:29Only then did he turn to me.
01:15:31Miss Lyra,
01:15:31Luna says that now you've returned.
01:15:33You are to stay inside
01:15:33your own scent circle.
01:15:35Do not wander around
01:15:36and disgrace the pack.
01:15:37Disgrace.
01:15:37I had endured seven years
01:15:39of silver burns
01:15:40in Selu's place.
01:15:41How had I become
01:15:42the shameful one?
01:15:43But my expectations
01:15:44had died seven years ago.
01:15:46On that storm-filled night
01:15:47when they used Alpha Command
01:15:48to force my confession,
01:15:50I understand.
01:15:50I turned toward
01:15:51the side entrance.
01:15:52Then Kaylin stiffened,
01:15:54receiving an urgent mind link.
01:15:55His pupils sharpened
01:15:56into slits.
01:15:57Lyra,
01:15:59Selen's scent is weakening.
01:16:00She needs me.
01:16:01Go rest.
01:16:02He did not wait for a reply.
01:16:04He turned at once
01:16:04and disappeared
01:16:05into the night.
01:16:06I limped back
01:16:07to the storage room
01:16:08that belonged to me
01:16:09and curled up
01:16:10on the narrow wooden bed.
01:16:13Late that night,
01:16:14drifting between sleep
01:16:16and exhaustion,
01:16:17I heard voices
01:16:18downstairs in the living room.
01:16:19It was my Beta sister,
01:16:21Chloe.
01:16:21Alpha father,
01:16:22Luna mother.
01:16:23Selina is in terrible shape
01:16:25mentally.
01:16:25Shouldn't we move Lyra
01:16:26out of the manor?
01:16:27If Selina catches her scent,
01:16:29she'll have another episode.
01:16:30My father sighed
01:16:31but said nothing.
01:16:32My mother answered first.
01:16:33She carries our blood.
01:16:34If we throw her out
01:16:35the moment she gets back
01:16:35from prison,
01:16:36what will the other packs say?
01:16:37Then what are we supposed to do?
01:16:38Chloe paced the room,
01:16:40agitation sharp in her voice.
01:16:41My father finally spoke.
01:16:43When Selene returns,
01:16:45order Lyra to suppress
01:16:46every trace of her scent.
01:16:48She is not to appear
01:16:49in front of Selene.
01:16:50She is not to leave
01:16:50her room for any reason.
01:16:51My eyes stayed shut
01:16:53but a burning ache
01:16:54rose behind them.
01:16:55Then the custom comm device
01:16:57hidden beneath my pillow
01:16:58began to vibrate.
01:16:59An encrypted message.
01:17:00Miss Lyra, congratulations.
01:17:02You have passed the evaluation
01:17:03for the Global Institute
01:17:04for Werewolf
01:17:05and Supernatural Secrecy.
01:17:06Once you accept the contract,
01:17:08you will depart in ten days
01:17:09on the night of the full moon
01:17:11under a new identity
01:17:12for Sanctum Isle
01:17:13on Dominica Island.
01:17:14Your pack identity
01:17:15will be permanently erased.
01:17:16You may not contact
01:17:17any outside wolves
01:17:18for five years.
01:17:19I did not hesitate.
01:17:21On the holographic display,
01:17:23I signed my name.
01:17:24Lyra.
01:17:25I had passed the Institute
01:17:26selection process
01:17:27seven years ago.
01:17:28Before I could take
01:17:29the oath and join,
01:17:30my parents sent me
01:17:31to Silver Moon Penitentiary.
01:17:33Shortly before my release,
01:17:34I applied again.
01:17:35As expected,
01:17:36I passed.
01:17:37Ten days.
01:17:38If I could endure
01:17:39ten more days,
01:17:40I would sever the pack bond
01:17:41tying me to this
01:17:42frozen family forever.
01:17:45The next morning,
01:17:47I washed up
01:17:48and pushed open
01:17:48the warped door.
01:17:50A rich,
01:17:51sugary omega scent
01:17:52flooded the hallway.
01:17:53Selina was back.
01:17:55Dressed in a flowing
01:17:56white gown,
01:17:57she sat in the center
01:17:58of the leather sofa
01:17:59like a princess on display.
01:18:00My alpha father,
01:18:02my luna mother,
01:18:03Chloe,
01:18:03and Kaylin
01:18:04all surrounded her
01:18:05as if she was
01:18:06the center of their world.
01:18:07The beta butler
01:18:08set down an elegant cake.
01:18:10In perfect unison,
01:18:12everyone said,
01:18:13Happy awakening day, Selina.
01:18:14Selina smiled sweetly
01:18:16and thanked them all.
01:18:17Then she lifted her chin.
01:18:18I just got out
01:18:19of the sterile recovery room.
01:18:21Did anyone get me
01:18:22something special?
01:18:23My parents and Chloe
01:18:24each presented
01:18:25expensive gifts.
01:18:26Kaylin was reaching
01:18:28for his own
01:18:28when his sharp gaze
01:18:30found me standing
01:18:31in the shadows.
01:18:33Lyra,
01:18:33you're awake.
01:18:34Come here,
01:18:35celebrate with us.
01:18:36Selina turned toward me,
01:18:37releasing a cloud
01:18:37of innocent pheromones.
01:18:39Sorry, sis.
01:18:40My nerve pain
01:18:41flared up yesterday
01:18:42so I couldn't come
01:18:42pick you up.
01:18:43You're not mad,
01:18:44are you?
01:18:45Before I could answer,
01:18:46Kaylin spoke for me.
01:18:47Lyra isn't petty.
01:18:49She wouldn't blame you.
01:18:50At that,
01:18:51Selina boldly slipped
01:18:52her arm through his
01:18:53and looked straight at me.
01:18:54Since it's my awakening day,
01:18:56give me a present too.
01:18:58She smiled.
01:18:59I want Kaylin as my mate.
01:19:00Stealing another wolf's mate
01:19:02was one of the greatest
01:19:02taboons in pack law.
01:19:04Yet after she said it openly,
01:19:06no one in the room object.
01:19:07Every wolf there
01:19:08stayed silent.
01:19:09Their status,
01:19:10their pressure,
01:19:10their authority
01:19:11all pushed toward one thing.
01:19:13My surrender.
01:19:13Rage surged
01:19:15through my blood.
01:19:15I clenched my fists.
01:19:17And if I say no?
01:19:20Selina froze
01:19:21for half a second,
01:19:21then switched to French
01:19:23and whimpered dramatically.
01:19:24I was only joking.
01:19:26I didn't realize
01:19:27my sister's
01:19:27feral instinct
01:19:28was this savage.
01:19:29My Luna mother
01:19:30answered her
01:19:31in the same
01:19:31flawless French.
01:19:32Don't be afraid,
01:19:33Selina.
01:19:34Lyra spent too long
01:19:35out in the wild.
01:19:36Her bloodline
01:19:37is beneath yours.
01:19:38My alpha father
01:19:39released the calming
01:19:40scent of pine.
01:19:41Blood means nothing.
01:19:42Your mother and I
01:19:43have only one true daughter.
01:19:45Chloe joined in
01:19:45without hesitation.
01:19:46That's right, Selina.
01:19:47You're my only sister.
01:19:49I forced down
01:19:49the bitterness
01:19:50rising in my chest
01:19:51and pretended not
01:19:52to understand a word.
01:19:53And instead,
01:19:54I turned to Kaylin.
01:19:55What are they saying?
01:19:56His throat tightened
01:19:57before he answered.
01:19:59Selina said she was joking.
01:20:01Everyone just thinks
01:20:02you're being too sensitive.
01:20:03The room reeked of lies.
01:20:05What none of them knew
01:20:06was that I had understood
01:20:07every word.
01:20:08My Luna mother
01:20:09was a world-renowned painter.
01:20:11My alpha father
01:20:12had once ruled
01:20:12the business world.
01:20:13But ever since
01:20:14they brought me back
01:20:15from St. Mary's home,
01:20:16they despised the habits
01:20:17I had picked up
01:20:18surviving on my own.
01:20:19Every resource,
01:20:21every ounce of love,
01:20:22they gave it all to Selina.
01:20:23Ten years ago,
01:20:24when Selina was accepted
01:20:25into Elite Art Academy,
01:20:26the entire pack celebrated her.
01:20:28What they never knew
01:20:29was that I had been admitted
01:20:30to the most prestigious
01:20:31university in the country.
01:20:32I had also taught myself
01:20:33French, Italian, and Spanish.
01:20:35None of it mattered now.
01:20:36Soon, I would be gone
01:20:37from this territory for good.
01:20:38I just got out of
01:20:39Silvermoon Penitentiary.
01:20:40I want some air
01:20:41outside the territory.
01:20:42You all enjoy the party.
01:20:43Under their contemptuous stares,
01:20:45I dragged my damaged leg
01:20:46towards the door.
01:20:47Behind me,
01:20:47their laughter
01:20:48and French mockery
01:20:49tangled together.
01:20:50Not one of them remembered.
01:20:52Today was my awakening day, too.
01:20:53Once I left the territory,
01:20:55I suppressed my wolf aura
01:20:56and took a bus
01:20:57to downtown Seattle.
01:20:58Because of my prison record,
01:20:59the pack had erased
01:21:00my education
01:21:00and every official file
01:21:01tied to my name.
01:21:02With a ruined leg
01:21:03and no history,
01:21:04I could only find work
01:21:05at a run-down roadside diner.
01:21:06It would be enough
01:21:07to survive the next 10 days.
01:21:09The irony was almost funny.
01:21:12Ever since they brought me
01:21:13back at 15,
01:21:14they had resented me
01:21:14for not being as accomplished
01:21:16as Selena
01:21:16and cut me off completely.
01:21:18I had paid for school,
01:21:19food, and survival
01:21:20by working in the human world.
01:21:22At 11.30 that night,
01:21:23I finished washing
01:21:24the last dish.
01:21:25When I stepped outside,
01:21:27freezing rain hit my face.
01:21:28Then another scent
01:21:29cut through the storm.
01:21:31Cold fur.
01:21:32Powerful.
01:21:32A top-tier alpha.
01:21:33Kaelin stepped out
01:21:35of a black SUV
01:21:36and strode straight toward me.
01:21:38Lyra,
01:21:38why have you been gone so long?
01:21:40He grabbed my wrist
01:21:41and pulled me to the car.
01:21:43The rear door
01:21:44was already open.
01:21:45Lyra,
01:21:46happy awakening day.
01:21:47The words hit me like a blow.
01:21:49I stood there,
01:21:50frozen.
01:21:51Kaelin's pack and mine
01:21:52had been alive
01:21:53for generations.
01:21:54Our territories
01:21:55shared a border,
01:21:56and our families
01:21:56had been bound
01:21:57by an old promise
01:21:58long before either of us
01:21:59was born.
01:22:00Even after I went missing
01:22:01in Blackwood Forest
01:22:02at the age of two
01:22:03and was not found again
01:22:04until I was 15.
01:22:06Bruised and scarred,
01:22:07that ancient agreement
01:22:09never changed.
01:22:10I still remember
01:22:11the first time
01:22:12I saw Kaelin
01:22:13after I was brought back.
01:22:14He stood in the sunlight
01:22:15wearing a white shirt,
01:22:16powerful enough
01:22:17to command submission,
01:22:19yet somehow warm
01:22:20at the same time.
01:22:21In that cold territory,
01:22:23he was the only one
01:22:24who never recoiled
01:22:25from the wild scent
01:22:26clinging to me.
01:22:27He used his alpha pressure
01:22:28to shield me.
01:22:29He brought me prey
01:22:30and gifts on holidays.
01:22:32He was the only person
01:22:33in that steel and stone world
01:22:34who had ever been kind to me.
01:22:36And when he was ambushed
01:22:38by a rival pack
01:22:38and left gravely wounded,
01:22:40I gave him an acidna.
01:22:41I poured the core
01:22:42of my wolf vitality
01:22:43into him
01:22:43without hesitation.
01:22:45Yet in the end,
01:22:46he was also the one
01:22:47who used alpha authority
01:22:48to send me to silver moon
01:22:50penipotentiary
01:22:51with his own hands.
01:22:52Lyra, what is it?
01:22:54Kaelin's deep voice
01:22:55pulled me back
01:22:55to the present.
01:22:56Did you think
01:22:57I forgot your
01:22:57awakenation day?
01:22:58I answered evenly,
01:22:59thank you.
01:23:00Then he handed me
01:23:01another beautifully
01:23:01wrapped box.
01:23:02When I opened it,
01:23:03I found a custom-made
01:23:05red wedding gown
01:23:05for a bonding right.
01:23:08Do you remember
01:23:09telling me as a child
01:23:10that you wanted
01:23:10to wear a red dress
01:23:11when we completed
01:23:12our mate bond?
01:23:13I had it made early.
01:23:15Do you like it?
01:23:16Bitterness filled my throat.
01:23:18Alpha,
01:23:19you remembered wrong.
01:23:21I don't like wedding dresses
01:23:22and I hate red.
01:23:23The headmistress
01:23:24at St. Mary's home
01:23:25once told me
01:23:26she had found me
01:23:26abandoned outside
01:23:27a bridal shop.
01:23:28At the time,
01:23:29I had been wearing
01:23:30an expensive red dress.
01:23:31After I was old enough
01:23:32to remember,
01:23:33every full moon night
01:23:34I would return
01:23:35to bridal shop windows
01:23:36by instinct,
01:23:37wearing red clothes
01:23:39so my people
01:23:40could follow my scent
01:23:41signature
01:23:41and bring me home.
01:23:43Kaelin's eyes tightened.
01:23:44Just like he had years ago,
01:23:45he reached over
01:23:46and ruffled my hair.
01:23:47I'm sorry.
01:23:48I remembered wrong.
01:23:49Come on.
01:23:50I'll take you to dinner.
01:23:51On the drive back,
01:23:52he kept my hand
01:23:53clasped tightly in his.
01:23:55Lyra,
01:23:55why is your scent
01:23:56so faint?
01:23:57Why are you thinner
01:23:57than before?
01:23:58And your leg,
01:23:59he never finished.
01:24:01A shrink ringtone
01:24:02cut through the car.
01:24:03The screen flashed
01:24:04one name,
01:24:05Selina.
01:24:06The moment he answered,
01:24:07panic flooded his face.
01:24:09Turn around.
01:24:09Now,
01:24:10back to the territory.
01:24:11The whole drive back,
01:24:12he spoke into the
01:24:13comdibeshan non-stop,
01:24:14trying to soothe her.
01:24:15When we rushed
01:24:16into the manor grounds,
01:24:17I looked up.
01:24:19Selina stood on the rooftop
01:24:21in a white dress,
01:24:22swaying at the edge.
01:24:23The moment she caught
01:24:24our scent,
01:24:25Selina looked down
01:24:25at us from above.
01:24:26Her face was pale as paper.
01:24:28My sister is back,
01:24:29she whispered.
01:24:30A worthless Omega like me
01:24:32should step aside now.
01:24:34Goodbye?
01:24:35Then she jumped.
01:24:36The Pac-Manon
01:24:36was only one story high.
01:24:38The roof was barely
01:24:3830 feet above the ground.
01:24:40But when Selina fell,
01:24:41every one of my
01:24:42so-called family
01:24:42moved on instinct.
01:24:43My father,
01:24:44my mother,
01:24:44Chloe,
01:24:45even Kaylin.
01:24:46All of them lodged forward
01:24:47in a frenzy
01:24:47to save the weaker wolf.
01:24:48That night,
01:24:49the scream of ambulance siren
01:24:51echoed over the territory.
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