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Alpha’s Forbidden Mate New Ep,20 SM
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00:00In the name of the fated mate, I offer my soul as sacrifice. I will sacrifice to save my beloved!
00:09A silver ritual circle flares to life beneath my feet.
00:13I drive my hand into my own chest. My wolf, Ember, lets out one last one.
00:19The source of my life and power is pulled out inch by inch, pulsing as it sinks into my dying
00:24brother, Kalen, the center of the altar.
00:27Five years earlier.
00:29Lyra saved your life. How could you do this to her?
00:34Kale, it wasn't me. Lyra burned herself. She framed me. Do you not trust me? I'm your fated...
00:39Shut up! You don't get to say that word.
00:42Take her out. Banish her to the wasteland.
00:46Before I can finish, two wolf guards haul me out of the hall.
00:50No one hears my screams. Lyra curls into Kalen's arms, sobbing, covering the arm she burned herself.
00:57My wolf child-like curse burned away my wolf core, and Lyra shared her life force with me through a
01:03blood-rafting ceremony.
01:05From that day on, she became the pack's blessed savior, and I became the parasite in her death.
01:10The moment I am thrown out the door, dozens of rogue wolves pour into the hall in the shadow, chaos
01:15erupting everywhere, and tossed aside on the stone steps outside.
01:19No one cares if I live or die. I lift my eyes. A rogue wolf raises a silver poison sword,
01:25aiming straight for my heart.
01:26They'll save me!
01:29But Kalen is shooting Lyra in his arms, fighting dozens of wolves. He can't reach me. Tears stream down my
01:35face.
01:35I close my eyes, waiting to die. Lone, after the word barely leaves his mouth, a massive force slams into
01:42him, sending me flying.
01:49No! Kalen!
01:51I throw myself into the pool of blood, pulling him into my arms, screaming like I've lost my mind.
01:56He looks at me, using his last breath to speak.
01:59You've always been such a pain, your whole life. I don't understand why my wolf chose you.
02:06Next life, I just want Lyra.
02:09Only Lyra.
02:11Tears dropping one by one onto his lifeless face.
02:14Yeah, I was never meant to exist.
02:16I stagger to my feet, eyes on the silver sword still in his chest.
02:23The sword slides out of his chest, slowly, hovering in midair.
02:26The next second, I turn my hand. The sword plunges straight through my heart.
02:30I am slammed to the ground, my knees hitting the floor hard.
02:40Lyra gave you half her life, and this is how you trained her?
02:44That voice. I jerk my head up, seeing Kalen standing right in front of me, alive and well.
02:49He is still alive. I look around like crazy.
02:51I died, and now, I am back today.
02:53Today is the day Lyra burns herself, and blames it on me.
02:57Nothing has fallen apart yet. There is still time.
02:59Lyra covers the red mark on her arm, her eyes glistening with tears.
03:03Don't blame her, Sam. She didn't mean it.
03:06This time, I don't scream, or explain.
03:08I stand up and walk into the hall.
03:10The bowl of wolfsbane water is steaming.
03:12I pick up that bowl of scalding wolfsbane water, then pour it straight over my right arm.
03:16The whole hall falls dead silent.
03:18The expression on Lyra's face freezes.
03:20Kalen's eyes go wide. He moves toward me before he can stop himself, and grabs my scalded raw arm.
03:26What the hell are you doing?
03:27The second his fingers touch my skin, a roaring howl tears through the bond between us.
03:32Kale, don't be angry. It's all my fault. Just please stay alive.
03:38But just like before, he shoves me away with disgust.
03:42It is okay, Kalen. In this life, I'll give you what you want.
03:47Word spreads through the Blackwood Pack. I am leaving the stronghold.
03:51I'm renouncing my claim as Alpha Heir.
03:54Starting today, I'll move to the old house in the Northern Territory.
03:57The hall erupts in uproar. Lyra keeps her head down, smiling as she watches.
04:03Who let you decide this?
04:05Alpha, I need to rest my injuries.
04:07I don't look up at him. I just walk straight into my room, but I didn't expect him to follow
04:11me in.
04:12Rest? Or is it that you can't face Lyra, the one who saved your life?
04:17He corners me at the edge of the bed, grips my chin, and tilts my head up to meet his
04:21eyes.
04:21You think giving up your claim makes it even?
04:25The moment our skin touches, we both freeze.
04:28Neither of us expects the bond to surge like this.
04:30I feel my wolf, Ember, shivering with excitement.
04:33She is calling him. His wolf, Fenrir.
04:35Answers.
04:39She's my mate. I'll mark her.
04:42She's your sister! This is a curse!
04:46No, she's not. She's our fated mate. I can smell it.
04:51Fenrir tears through his reason, desperate to reach me, to mark me.
04:55In the space between our minds, Ember and Fenrir circle each other, nuzzling, whining, pulling closer.
05:01Ember whines inside me.
05:02Ember, no!
05:03I plead with her in my mind.
05:05He's ours.
05:06He has always been ours.
05:07She won't listen to me.
05:08The longing in my soul blazes like fire, consuming my sanity.
05:12Calum's hands shake as he tries to push me away.
05:15Yet Fenrir takes control and pins me to the bed.
05:17His hot breath sweeps across my neck, right where the mate mark belongs.
05:21You bitch! What have you done to me?
05:24My whole body trembles.
05:26Calium, no! We can't!
05:29Shut up!
05:30I arch my back, digging my nails into his back.
05:33Please, stop!
05:35He leans in, pressing his lips to the curve of my ear.
05:40I hate you.
05:41Ember and Fenrir entwine deep in our souls, letting out a single shared hell.
05:47He marks me.
05:51When I wake up, Calum is already gone.
05:53The mark on my neck still burns.
05:55I touch the searing mark, and Ember hums contentedly inside me.
05:59I can't help but feel bitter.
06:00That evening, Elowen, I heard you're still hurt.
06:03I made this tonic myself.
06:05But a memory flashes through my mind.
06:07In my past life, I drank this very bowl, mixed with deadly wolfbane.
06:12Three days later, my wolf heart withered completely.
06:16Everyone thought it was just my weak constitution.
06:19Thank you, Lyra.
06:20I take the bowl, sniff it.
06:22But I want to drink it with you, like when we were kids.
06:28Here, this one's for you.
06:31Elowen, I don't need...
06:32What's wrong?
06:33You made it yourself.
06:35Not gonna drink it?
06:36Calum storms in, face dark.
06:38He doesn't even look at Lyra.
06:41Calum!
06:44What's the big deal?
06:46Lyra goes pale, but says nothing.
06:48She mumbles an excuse and rushes out, before I can speak.
06:51Alpha!
06:51Bad news!
06:53Massive rogue wolf attack at the northern border!
06:55I block his path.
06:56You can't go.
06:57Move.
06:58But you drank the...
06:59I said move!
07:00He shoves me aside, without another glance.
07:04He storms down the hall.
07:06Late at night, news arrives from the battlefield.
07:09The alpha is mad at the left, unable to tolerate the hope.
07:12Several of his own guards are badly injured.
07:15Alpha's gone feral!
07:16He's attacking our own!
07:17The wolf's name has taken hold.
07:19The mark on my neck blazes.
07:20Tearing pain ripping through my soul.
07:22Ember hears his wolf crying in agony.
07:24She snarls inside me.
07:26Our mate is dying!
07:33The alpha is poisoned with wolf food!
07:35His wolf is dying!
07:37No hope.
07:39His body rejects all outside energy.
07:41No antidote can reach him.
07:43How could this happen?
07:44He was fine just a moment ago.
07:45I dash from my room to the altar, my heart hammering.
07:48The mark on my neck burns fiercely.
07:50Save him!
07:50Please save him!
07:56I pull his head tightly into my arms.
07:58No!
07:59I refuse to believe it!
08:01Why, even with a second chance, can I still not save you?
08:04No, Kale.
08:05You won't die.
08:06I won't let you die.
08:08In the past life, you died in my place.
08:10This life, I return my life to you.
08:12Letting you have your happy ending with Lyra.
08:15Moonlight pours through the stone pillars.
08:17Silver magic circle glows beneath my feet.
08:20In the name of the fated mate, with my soul as the offering, I will sacrifice myself to
08:27save my beloved!
08:31My wolf core is pulled out inch by inch, pulsing with silver light.
08:35Emperor lets out a fort wrenching pie and rushes toward his wolf.
08:38I collapse weakly to the ground, unable to hold myself up, staring at him so close yet
08:42out of reach.
08:43Paleness drains from his face.
08:45Finally he opens his eyes.
08:47His eyes glow gold.
08:48He inherits my power and my memories.
08:50He sees everything.
08:51The childhood curse wasn't an accident.
08:54Lyra poisoned my food.
08:55He sees the truth about the blood bonding ritual.
08:58Lyra never gave me her life for them.
09:00She just had the witch lock my wolf heart in silver chains.
09:03Then told the whole pack I saved.
09:05He sees the coming of age ceremony.
09:07I stood at the edge of the crowd, watching him dance with Lyra.
09:11Tears falling one by one.
09:12He sees it all.
09:13Every time he hit me, yelled at me, or humiliated me.
09:16I gritted my teeth, turned away, and cried alone until dawn.
09:19He sees that night in my past life.
09:21Me kneeling beside his body, pulling out the silver sword, stabbing my own heart.
09:25He finally understands everything, including, that I'm never his sister.
09:29The magic circle fades.
09:31He stumbles toward me, pulls me from the ground into his arms, holding me so tight.
09:35I love you.
09:36I'm sorry.
09:37I'm so sorry.
09:38He cries, confessing his pain.
09:52He clutches my cold body, throws his head back, and unleashes a heart-shattering wolf howl.
09:58The rogue alpha energy inside him detonates by the nuclear blast.
10:02Everyone drops to their knees, trembling in fear.
10:17Elwynn, wake up!
10:18I command you in the name of the alpha!
10:21Open your eyes!
10:22The heart-breaking scream tears through me, making my soul ache.
10:26But haven't I already ripped out my wolf heart and offered it as a sacrifice?
10:30I jerk my eyes open and find I haven't fallen into hell.
10:34Instead, I am trapped in a dark, empty mental space.
10:37Somehow, I am a ghost now, trapped inside Kalem's body.
10:40The one who once hated me to his core is now kneeling before my corpse, crying his heart out.
10:46Kale, don't be sad.
10:48She chose to sacrifice herself.
10:51It was her own choice.
10:52Get lost!
10:53You make me sick!
10:55Her eyes wide with disbelief.
10:56Kale, you pushed me away?
10:59For her?
11:00The curse she suffered ten years ago wasn't an accident.
11:04Lyra, you poisoned her.
11:06You chained Elwynn's wolf heart in silver.
11:08You stole her life, lied to the whole pack.
11:11Did you really think I'd never find out?
11:13Lyra's smile dies, her face drained of color.
11:15Deep inside his mind, I watch this long-overdue reckoning with cold eyes.
11:19Kalem lunges forward and slaps Lyra so hard she flips over.
11:26Kale, stop.
11:27Please.
11:29No, that wasn't me.
11:31How do you know?
11:32What are you talking about, Kale?
11:34She has no idea that right now, inside Kalem's mind, memories of her torturing and taking my place are flashing
11:39wildly.
11:40Alpha, stop it!
11:42You're gonna kill her!
11:43Oh my god!
11:44The Alpha's lost it!
11:46That's the little sister he's always loved the most!
11:49They surge forward, trying to restrain the out-of-control Kalem.
11:52Get back!
11:53A wolf-powered rips across the body, sending all the blocking guards flying backwards.
11:57He stunts down hard on Lyra's broken arm.
11:59In three days, Lyra will stand trial.
12:05High above the blackwood pack's gray claw, wild thunder rips through the sky, nearly tearing the strong wolf apart.
12:12Lyra screams and tries to run.
12:15But Kalem yanks her back hard, with dark iron chains coated in deadly silver poison.
12:20He pins her to the sacred altar, the silver burns, making her convulse violently in agony.
12:25All the blackwood wolves kneel on the ground, trembling in fear.
12:28Deep inside Kalem's mind, I watch it all with cold eyes.
12:31In my past life, it happened here, on this very altar.
12:34He coldly banished me over a single word from Lyra, but now his fingers clutching the chains shake violently.
12:40Kael, look at me! I'm your most beloved little sister!
12:45Little sister? You think you deserve this? I was a damn fool back then!
12:51He spins around, and the Alpha's absolute authority thunders through the wall.
12:55Bring in the pack, witch!
12:57He plans to start the soul projection. Then the whole pack will see the truth.
13:01The holy maiden they've worshipped for years is nothing but a rotten fraud.
13:05The words barely leave his mouth. The great hall doors slam open.
13:08When Lyra sees the witch stepping forward, holding a memory orb ablaze with blood-red flames, all hope drains from
13:15her.
13:15She knows that once those memories are forced into the minds of the whole pack, she'll die.
13:20And the decade-long conspiracy she has hidden, everyone will see it.
13:26No! Stop it!
13:28As the pack witch's cold spell falls, the blood-red orb explodes in midair.
13:32Lyra's deepest memories are forced to project across the great hall.
13:36Everyone's mind-link is instantly flooded by this tidal wave of memories.
13:40Each scene plays out in sharp detail, plunging the entire stronghold into complete silence.
13:45In the memory, a young Lyra wears a cruel expression.
13:48With her own hands, she pours deadly wolfbane into my food.
13:51While I writhe in agony, she uses stolen dark magic to seal my wolf heart with silver chains.
13:56Then she wipes the blood from her hands and fakes a song called Blood Bonding Ritual.
14:00Just like that, she transforms herself into my supposed savior.
14:04Watching the pack members who used to despise me, shaking with anger, I can only feel the irony.
14:10This is the pure holy maiden you've all worshipped.
14:13Lyra!
14:14You freaking liar!
14:16Calium's eyes blaze blood-red.
14:18Like a crazed beast, he reaches out with his wolf claws and clamps down on Lyra's neck.
14:23But just when the pack expects Lyra to be ripped apart, the fake fear in her eyes suddenly vanishes.
14:28She lowers her head, and from her throat comes a chummy.
14:31Insane little laugh.
14:41Calium, even if you tear me apart right now, you're still doomed to live in endless hell!
14:51That sharp, horrifying laugh rips through the dead silence of the hall.
14:54Nailed to the altar, Lyra knows she is not going to survive.
14:58She tears off her fake mask and be eaten.
15:03You think I'm the culprit?
15:05No!
15:06The one who really drove Elweth to her death is you!
15:10You, this high and mighty alpha!
15:12You're the one who hid her, yelled at her, and humiliated her!
15:16You're the one who broke her pride and forced her to rip out her wolf heart!
15:22You deserve to die the most!
15:25You sick monster!
15:27Inside Calium's mind, I observe it all with unfeeling cold eyes.
15:30As Lyra's curses pour down, I feel Calium's soul defenses shatter instantly.
15:35He coughs up blood and agony, his tall body trembling violently.
15:38Even his hand around Lyra's neck goes limp and releases her.
15:42Calium sinks into hopeless despair, totally unguarded.
15:45Just then, lying limp on the ground, Lyra's eyes flare with a flash of suicidal, all or nothing
15:50matters.
15:54Then let's die together!
15:56Suddenly, a blinding black light erupts from the altar.
15:59The dark magic hidden under Lyra's fingernails explodes.
16:03She springs up like a wild beast.
16:04She plunges a silver dagger coated with deadly clothes in the plate at Calium's throat.
16:09The silver blade comes within millimeters of his neck.
16:12He closes his eyes hopelessly.
16:14It is as if he is willing to accept death as his punishment.
16:20The kneeling pack members come, scrambling to stop Lyra.
16:23Inside his mind, I watch the dagger come at him with cold attachment.
16:27Not a single ripple stirs in my heart.
16:29Calium, open your eyes and see.
16:31This is the good little sister, you've protected for two lifetimes.
16:35The one you pampered, even at the cost of vanishing you.
16:38But just as the poison blade is about to pierce his throat, my wolf ember lets out a deafening
16:43roar that shakes the heavens.
16:50Rip, the silver poison dagger bites into flesh with a dull, sickening sound.
16:55The madness in Lyra's eyes hasn't yet faded before endless fear swallows it whole.
16:59Because Calium doesn't flinch, not even a twitch of his brow.
17:03Amid the searing pain of poison eating through his flesh, he lifts his hands with a blank expression.
17:08Like lightning, he snaps it around Lyra's neck.
17:11A sharp, final crack of bone echoes through the great hall.
17:14Lyra's scream cuts it instantly, like a piece of trash.
17:17Calium tosses her expressionless, straight into the blazing sacred fire at the center of the altar.
17:23Scorching silver-white flames engulf her instantly.
17:25She rides in agony, twisting and melting in the fire, and finally turns into a foul wisp of black smoke.
17:31I stare at the pile of ashes and let out a long, deep breath, deep inside his mind.
17:36This demon who ruined my life twice, and pushed me into an endless abyss, is finally gone,
17:41completely erased from this world.
17:43But before I can even look away, Calium, who is barely holding on, suddenly spits up a mouthful of blood.
17:48His tall body crashes to his knees beside the ashes.
17:51He knows the real punishment is only just beginning.
17:58Alpha, this is our fault!
18:00Cries roar like a tidal wave.
18:02The whole Blackwood pack drops to their knees.
18:04The elders and pack members who once despised me slam their heads against the cold floor.
18:09Calium doesn't even glance at them.
18:10He moves like a soulless corpse.
18:12His steps are heavy and staggering as he walks out.
18:15Alpha, Alpha, Alpha!
18:16A few ruling elders rush to block him.
18:20Alpha, get lost!
18:21With an almost hopeless roar, the last of Calium's Alpha power erupts, blasting the elders backward.
18:27His blood-red wolf eyes burn with the dead silence of destruction.
18:31One more word.
18:32You die!
18:34Everyone freezes in an instant tense silence.
18:37No one dares to stop him.
18:39He staggers into the center of the empty, dead silent inner hall.
18:42Suddenly, the ultimate backlash from his shattered mate Bond hits him.
18:46It strikes like a thousand arrows.
18:48His sanity shreds in an instant.
18:50Blue, Calium coughs up a huge mouthful of Blackwood.
18:53His tall body goes limp and crashes to his knees like a ragdoll.
18:57He doesn't even grunt.
18:58Everything goes black.
18:59He loses consciousness completely.
19:01The moment he blacks out, his giant wolf, Fenrir, lets out a pained, terrified whimper in the darkness.
19:10That night, the inner hall of the stronghold is silent, like a grave.
19:13Calium lies in a painful coma from the soul backlash.
19:16His tall body twitches violently on the bed.
19:18Cold sweat soaks him from head to toe.
19:20Deep inside his soul, a brutal war erupts.
19:23I stand as a ghost in the darkness and clearly see two giant wolves.
19:27One is Calium's wolf spirit, Fenrir.
19:29The beast is now drenched in blood.
19:31His front paws claw at the ground in pain.
19:33He lets out pitiful whimpers into the darkness.
19:36Above him, my wolf spirit Ember who should have died with me,
19:39kerch is proudly on a cliff in the mine space.
19:42After absorbing the life force Calium sacrificed,
19:45his wolf eyes are cold, like a god's name.
19:49Fenrir tries to move closer, wagging his tail.
19:52He seems to beg forgiveness for his host, instinctively drawn toward his fated mate.
19:56Ember's eyes are squealing, overflowing the hydrate.
19:59Ember launches like a bolt of golden lightning.
20:02One claw rips Fenrir's shoulder open.
20:04Fenrir screams in pain and collapses to the ground.
20:07Elwyn, please come back. Come back.
20:11In the real world, the unconscious Calium sheds a single tear from the corner of his eye.
20:20Elevyn, you're here. Right. Please, don't hide from me.
20:26The two giant wolves inside him keep tearing at each other,
20:29but his mind on the edge of collapse suddenly snaps awake.
20:32I can smell you. You're right here. You didn't leave me, did you?
20:37After fully merging with my wolf heart, he realizes he can faintly sense what remains of my consciousness.
20:43His eyes fly open. He falls off the bed, scrambling and crawling.
20:47He screams like a madman into the empty room, crying his heart out.
20:53Right now, I drift like a cold mist, standing silently in the darkest corner of the soul, watching him.
20:59Of course I can speak. My mind is completely intact.
21:01If I want, my voice can shatter his skull from inside his head, but I just watch.
21:08Answer me! Curse me! Please! Just one word!
21:13He digs his nails into the cracks in the stone, his whole body shaking with sobs.
21:23Calium grits his teeth, forcing himself to take the poison-coated silver blade and slash open his own right arm.
21:32He convulses violently from the pain, sweat raining down onto the ground.
21:37Werewolves are born afraid of silver, especially this deadly, ultra-pure silver poison.
21:42But this arrogant, supreme alpha stares at his own bloody, mangled right arm and lets out a twisted, hopeless laugh.
21:51Does it hurt? Elwyn.
21:55So this is how much it hurt you back then.
21:57Every bit of pain you suffered.
21:59I repay myself ten times, a hundred times.
22:02Just don't leave me, just say one word.
22:05Please.
22:05Back when silver poison tortured me and my wolf heart shattered, he was holding Lyra, fussing over her, treating me
22:12like the pack's disgrace.
22:14Calium goes completely insane.
22:15He raises the silver blade high, aiming it at his own heart.
22:19You won't come out? Fine! Then I'll rip this heart out and give it back to you!
22:24No! Alpha!
22:26No! Alpha! Get out of my way! Don't stop me!
22:30The silver blade tears through the steel shield.
22:32The force sends the guards flying, coughing up blood.
22:35Calium lures, eyes blood red, like a madman driven to the edge.
22:42Alpha, stop!
22:44Are you trying to destroy the whole pack?
22:47The elders stare at Calium, covered in blood, trying to stab himself with the silver blade. Fear makes them all
22:52drop to their knees. Everyone thinks he has completely lost his mind. Then the high priest, trembling, holds out a
22:58leather scroll and kneels in the pool of blood.
23:01Alpha! Look at this!
23:02Calium throws the silver blade aside, and snatches that ancient scroll. Deep inside Calium's mind, I focus and look too.
23:09On the torn, weathered leather, is an ancient, forbidden werewolf legend. Deep in the rogue wasteland, under the far west,
23:16a place of killing death, lies a sacred site sealed by the moon goddess herself, the moon elf.
23:22It says, if one can pass the three trials of the oracle, even a shattered wolf heart can be restored
23:28and brought back to life.
23:29The high priest's voice shakes.
23:31Rogue wasteland, moon well.
23:32Calium stares at the words, his whole body trembling violently with pure overwhelming joy.
23:37It is as if he has grasped the final lifeline before drowning.
23:40He laughs like a madman, yet he has no idea.
23:43On that wasteland, tens of thousands of hungry rogue wolves wait.
23:46They are ready to tear a blood with the cream alpha walking straight away.
23:53Tomorrow, I'm going to the moon well.
23:55The words hit like a thunderbolt, and the entire alpha hall falls into dead silence.
24:00On the platform, Calium's face is pale, but his resolve is absolute.
24:04He reaches up and removes the alpha bone ring, the symbol of the pack's highest authority.
24:08He shows no hesitation and tosses it straight to the beta he trusts most.
24:13Alpha! Have you lost your mind?
24:16For a dead woman, you're really going to abandon the whole pack?
24:20Beta kneels on the ground, begging.
24:21Shut up!
24:22Calium's bloodshot golden eyes sweep over the crowd, cold and merciless.
24:26Yet, the moment he steps into the rogue wasteland, the gates of hell swing open.
24:30No rules here, only killings.
24:33Rawr!
24:34Look who just showed up!
24:36Along with bone, chilling laughter, countless pairs of blood-red wolf cries ignite in the darkness.
24:42Hundreds of massive rogue wolves, reeking and rot.
24:44Surge in like a tidal wave in all directions.
24:47Get back!
24:48Calium unleashes a roar of pure despair.
24:50A rogue wolf fights clean through his thigh and tears off a chunk of flesh.
24:54Another huge wolf rakes its claws across his chest.
24:57Leaving gashes so deep the bone shows.
24:59Blood poured out like crazy.
25:01For Elowen, I will not!
25:03At that moment, Calium goes completely preserved, breaking through the siege of hundreds of savage wolves.
25:08But the three oracle trials of the Neurov are 10,000 times more terrifying than the savage wolves on his
25:14waistband.
25:17A huge wolf sees its chance, stepping over the scattered bodies and lunging.
25:22Claws aimed straight at Calium's throat.
25:24By now, Calium is completely drained.
25:26He doesn't even have the strength to lift his heavy eyelids.
25:29The deadly wolf claw hovers just a centimeter from his carotid artery.
25:33And the rogue wolves on the waistband start letting out triumphant snarls.
25:37Alpha or not, he's just dead meat.
25:40But right at this life, or death moment,
25:42Rola, a female wolf's roar suddenly explodes from a deep inside of his throat.
25:47It is me.
25:48To be exact, it is Ember.
25:50The giant wolf nested deep within his soul.
25:52Facing the taunts of these lowly rogue wolves,
25:55Ember's pride snaps.
25:56In an instant, she takes control of Calium's battered body.
26:00Bam!
26:00Calium's eyes instantly blaze with blinding golden light.
26:03With a single backhand, he slams the huge wolf into midair,
26:06smashing it into a pulp.
26:08Blood sprays everywhere.
26:09The rogue wolves around in panic.
26:10Tails tucked, scattering in all directions.
26:13The danger passes and Ember's consciousness fades back into hiding.
26:17Calium collapses to his knees in the thick, sticky blood,
26:20gasping for air as if he has nothing left.
26:22However, he ignores his wounds, shaking.
26:24He lifts a hand to the side of his neck,
26:26where the mate-bond mark with his fated mate blazes.
26:30Elevin, it's you.
26:33You're here, right?
26:34Hot tears spill from his eyes.
26:36You're still here.
26:38You've finally answered.
26:39Please stay.
26:43At the edge of the rogue wasteland,
26:45ancient mist rolls in like a tide.
26:47The first trial of the moonwell,
26:49the illusion forest, begins.
26:50The mist here can tear one's soul apart.
26:53Ancient illusions pull Calium in instantly.
26:55Smack, a sharp, crisp slap echoes through the dead.
26:58Silent forest, inside the illusion,
27:00his past self glares coldly.
27:02For a single lie from Lyra,
27:04he slaps me hard, sending me crashing to the ground.
27:06Then the scene shifts.
27:08He sits high above, passing judgment,
27:10banishing me from the pack,
27:11while my wolf heart shatters,
27:12and my body is covered in blood.
27:14Every wrong he committed against me in his past life now tears at his mind.
27:18I'm sorry.
27:19I'm so sorry.
27:21My elf.
27:21As an alpha,
27:22his mental power could easily crush these low-level illusions.
27:26But Calium doesn't resist at all.
27:27He kneels before the visions,
27:29face pale as death.
27:30Onsular Wolf's mind breaks.
27:31They become a mindless raging beast forever.
27:34Yet, he opens his arms wide,
27:36letting the pain consume him.
27:37He rides and rolls on the ground,
27:39caught in the agony of the illusion.
27:41This is only the first trial,
27:42and he is already on the edge of breaking,
27:44just as his mental defenses are about to collapse completely.
27:48The me inside the illusion suddenly turns her head.
27:51Those cold, lifeless eyes lock onto him.
27:56No.
27:57Please.
27:58Put the sword down.
27:59Don't stab yourself.
28:01Inside the illusion forest,
28:03Calium screams his heart out at Empty's face.
28:05In the vision,
28:06my past self desperately drives the poison,
28:08coated silver blade,
28:09into my own chest.
28:10That scene was what finally broke him.
28:12He goes completely insane,
28:14slapping himself over and over.
28:16Then he twists his fingers into claws,
28:18and digs deep into his own left chest,
28:20trying to tear out the wolf heart that belongs to me.
28:22It's all my fault.
28:25I should die.
28:26Elway!
28:27Flesh and blood splatter everywhere.
28:29His fingernails are already pressing
28:31against his wildly beating heart.
28:33Calium, stop!
28:34A cold, lifeless female voice explodes in his mind.
28:37Calium's self-harm freezes instantly.
28:39His whole body shakes violently,
28:41and his blood-red golden wolf eyes blaze with sick, desperate joy.
28:44Elowen?
28:46It's you!
28:48It's really you!
28:49You're talking to me.
28:51You forgive me, don't you?
28:52He collapses to his knees in the blood,
28:54a total mess,
28:55responding to me frantically through the mind link,
28:57feeling the pain deep in his soul,
28:59the kind that is about to drive him insane.
29:01The wall I've been holding up finally crumbles completely.
29:04Calium, stop, please, just stop.
29:09Calium, you're the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack.
29:11How could you hurt yourself like this?
29:14For me?
29:15The power of the Alpha heart surges violently,
29:17and the shockwaves tear through chunks of the original forest around him.
29:20Calium feels my love and my heartache,
29:22every ounce of it,
29:23and his body goes weak.
29:25He collapses fully into the pool of blood.
29:28I'm sorry.
29:30Elwyn.
29:31It's all my fault.
30:01It's all my fault.
30:04I should die.
30:05Elwyn!
30:06Flesh and blood splatter everywhere.
30:08His fingernails are already pressing against his wildly beating heart.
30:12Calium, stop!
30:13A cold, lifeless female voice explodes in his mind.
30:17Calium's self-harm freezes instantly.
30:19His whole body shakes violently,
30:20and his blood-red golden wolf eyes blaze with sick, desperate joy.
30:24Elwyn?
30:25It's you.
30:27It's really you?
30:28You're talking to me.
30:30You forgive me, don't you?
30:31He collapses to his knees in the blood,
30:34a total mess, responding to me frantically through the mind link,
30:37feeling the pain deep in his soul,
30:38the kind that is about to drive him insane.
30:41The wall I've been holding up finally crumbles completely.
30:44Calium, stop.
30:46Please, just stop.
30:48Calium, you're the Alpha of the Blackwood Pack.
30:50How could you hurt yourself like this?
30:53For me?
30:54The power of the Alpha heart surges violently,
30:56and the shockwaves tear through chunks of the alien force around him.
31:00Calium feels my love and my heartache,
31:02every ounce of it,
31:03and his body goes weak.
31:04He collapses fully into the pool of blood.
31:07I'm sorry.
31:09Elwyn.
31:11It's all my fault.
31:12Elwyn.
31:13Elwyn.
31:14Elwyn.
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