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