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Hot🔥💔 💔 Caught cheating three times, I ran away
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00:00By one unbreakable rule, no werewolf mates a human.
00:03But my alpha, Ethan, broke that rule for me.
00:06He knelt before the moon goddess for three days and three nights,
00:09begging for her blessing so his pack would be forced to accept me as his mate.
00:13But in my fourth year as his Luna, I was caught cheating for the third time.
00:17The beta she-wolf at his side smirked, her voice dripping with malice.
00:21Luna, the mate agreement is clear.
00:23Three betrayals, and you're exiled.
00:27You lose all rights to the pup.
00:29Ethan's eyes burned with anger and disappointment.
00:32What's your excuse this time?
00:33That you don't know him?
00:35Or that you were drugged again?
00:37But this time, I didn't panic.
00:39I didn't burst into tears, begging him to listen or forgive me for our pup's sake.
00:43I calmly accepted the dissolution of our bond and even offered to never see our pup again.
00:48For four years, everyone said a plain human like me was never good enough for an alpha like him.
00:53And now, I was just tired.
00:55But when I finally vanished from his world, he tore it apart looking for me.
01:00I pressed my thumbprint onto the agreement to dissolve our bond.
01:03I'll move out of the river pack's territory as soon as I can.
01:06I'll take my grandmother with me.
01:09As for Leo...
01:10You don't deserve to be his mother.
01:12You are never to see him again.
01:14I didn't flinch.
01:15I just smiled.
01:17I was about to say the same thing.
01:19I won't be seeing him anymore.
01:22Ethan's brow furrowed.
01:23He wasn't used to me being so final.
01:25For the last four years, our pup was my entire world.
01:29In every fight, he'd always threaten to keep Leo from me.
01:33And every time, I was the one who'd bow my head, apologize, and beg him to let me see my
01:38son.
01:38This wasn't like me at all.
01:41Celine's smirk widened, and she covered her mouth in mock surprise.
01:45Karine, how can you say such a thing?
01:47He's your own flesh and blood.
01:49I ignored her.
01:51I was used to her, always at Ethan's side, acting more like his mate than I ever was.
01:56All while finding new ways to drive a wedge between us.
01:59Ethan sneered at my calm expression.
02:01Faithless to the core.
02:03Giving up your own flesh and blood for some mutt outside?
02:07Karine, you truly are something else.
02:10His words were daggers, slicing at my heart.
02:14But I was numb.
02:15I'd endured this kind of humiliation for four years.
02:18The first time I was caught, the so-called lover vanished before Ethan arrived.
02:22The security camera only caught a blurry figure.
02:25I tried to explain, to prove my innocence, but as a human, I couldn't form a mind link with him.
02:31I had no way to make him feel the truth in my heart.
02:34Ethan, please believe me.
02:36I don't know that man.
02:38I'd cried, begging him.
02:40He didn't listen.
02:42Celine was right there, adding fuel to the fire.
02:45Maybe Karine just prefers being with human men.
02:48They are their own kind, after all.
02:51From then on, as punishment, I was forced to schedule visits with my own son through Celine, a week in
02:57advance.
02:57Watched by pack guards the entire time.
03:00It was like a prisoner's visitation hour.
03:02The second time was worse.
03:04I was locked in the basement for a month.
03:07I saw no one, not even a sliver of sunlight.
03:10I developed severe claustrophobia.
03:13It took me a full week after they let me out before I could speak to people normally.
03:16When Leo saw me, he burst into tears.
03:20I was so thin I looked like a ghost.
03:22Now, the third time, I was done with this sick game.
03:26So I let go.
03:27I've signed it.
03:28Is there anything else?
03:30If not, please leave.
03:33Karine, you'd better not regret this.
03:36Don't come crawling back to me, because I won't be merciful again.
03:39He turned and walked toward the door.
03:41My mind went back five years, to when I found Ethan, injured, and nursed him back to health.
03:46During that time, we fell in love.
03:49He would press his hand over his heart and tell me again and again.
03:52You are the most special woman I have ever known.
03:54My heart, my wolf, they're yours.
03:59Until he finally confessed the truth.
04:01He was a werewolf.
04:03I hesitated.
04:04I couldn't see myself as the Luna his pack needed.
04:07And I never believed he could break their sacred laws for me.
04:10But he was relentless, chasing me for an entire year until he finally knelt at the Moon Goddess's
04:14temple for three days and nights, begging her to bless our union.
04:17When a pale, exhausted Ethan told me he'd secured the Elder's approval, my resolve shattered.
04:23I truly believed our love was strong enough to bridge the divide between our worlds.
04:27But just six months after I became his mate, I was found with another man.
04:32The frame-up was sloppy, obvious even, but it didn't matter.
04:35Something in his eyes changed that day.
04:38Watching his back as he left, I felt my heart turn to stone.
04:41I had trusted him, and I had been wrong.
04:44I would not make that mistake again.
04:46Selene paused at the door, turning back to give me a fake smile.
04:50Enjoy yourself, Corrine.
04:51You and your... kind... are better suited for each other, aren't you?
04:55Her words were laced with venom, but I no longer cared.
04:59After they left, the room fell into a dead silence.
05:01I turned to the man still passed out on the bed, and a wave of nausea rolled in my stomach.
05:06I'd been awake for a while.
05:08As the drug's effects wore off and I realized I'd been set up again, I could have run, only
05:12to be dragged back for an even crueler punishment.
05:15But this time, I chose to stay.
05:17I waited for them, for this whole drama to play out, just to end this disgusting game
05:22for good.
05:23That evening, I returned to the River Pax Estate, my former home.
05:27When I pushed open the door to the master bedroom, I found it empty.
05:31My clothes, my books, even the jasmine plant I'd potted myself, all gone.
05:35A werewolf maid saw me and bowed her head awkwardly.
05:38Mrs. Corrine, your things have been packed.
05:41They're in the storage room.
05:43Miss Selene said the master bedroom needs to be prepared for the new Luna.
05:47The new Luna.
05:48I let out a bitter laugh.
05:50Selene certainly worked fast.
05:52The storage room was next to the basement, a dark, damp space filled with old furniture
05:56and junk.
05:57My suitcases were tossed in a corner, one of them broken open, my clothes spilling onto
06:02the dusty floor.
06:03I knelt and started digging through the mess.
06:06I didn't care about the expensive clothes or jewelry.
06:09Those were gifts from Ethan, or rather, gifts for the Luna he wanted me to be.
06:13I was looking for only one thing, the emerald necklace my grandmother had given me.
06:18It was the only treasure that was truly mine.
06:20Finally, in a broken jewelry box, I found it.
06:25Hey!
06:26A small voice came from behind me.
06:28I turned to see 4-year-old Leo standing in the doorway, looking down at me.
06:32At some point, he'd stopped calling me mom.
06:35Now, it was just hey.
06:37Auntie Selene said you're not part of our family anymore.
06:40You're an outsider.
06:41You can't take anything from the pack.
06:44My heart clenched.
06:47Leo, these are my things, not the packs.
06:50No!
06:51Auntie Selene says all lonely humans are thieves.
06:54You can't take anything!
06:56He lunged for the necklace in my hand, his small fingers yanking hard on the chain.
07:00Leo, let go!
07:01This was from your great-grandmother!
07:03I tried to protect it, but even a 4-year-old pup had unnatural strength.
07:08In the struggle, the necklace snapped and fell to the floor.
07:11The crack of the emerald shattering was deafening in the small, silent room.
07:15I stared at the broken pieces on the ground, my heart turning to ash.
07:20The stone that held all of my grandmother's love was shattered.
07:23It's your fault for not letting go!
07:26Leo, do you have any idea what you just broke?
07:30That was from my great-grandmother.
07:33Do you even know she's in a nursing home because of you?
07:37I don't have a great-grandmother.
07:39I just know about some burden who's draining our pack's medical resources.
07:44Auntie Selene said she should have died a long time ago.
07:47Then Dad wouldn't have to waste so much money on her.
07:51Auntie Selene said that, for a lowly human, she doesn't deserve to be in our pack.
07:56Say that again!
07:58Lowly?
07:58Doesn't deserve?
08:00My expression terrified him.
08:02He bit his lip, then found his courage.
08:05A lowly old woman.
08:07What?
08:07I couldn't take it.
08:09I shoved him.
08:10I couldn't stand hearing those vile words from his mouth.
08:13Caught off guard, he fell backward and let out a pained cry.
08:17Dad!
08:17Mommy hit me!
08:19Leo wailed from the floor.
08:23Leo, what's wrong?
08:27Dad, she hit me!
08:28Make her leave!
08:30I want Auntie Selene!
08:32Ethan's furious glare landed on me.
08:35Are you insane?
08:37Attacking your own pup!
08:39I stood in the corner, watching the father and son, feeling nothing.
08:44I didn't hit him.
08:46I was fulfilling my final duty as his mother.
08:49Teaching him some manners.
08:51Teaching him what he should and shouldn't say.
08:55Manners.
08:57You call shoving a four-year-old pup manners?
09:00Leo sobbed in his father's arms, but still managed to repeat his earlier words.
09:05Dad!
09:06Auntie Selene was right!
09:08That old woman is just wasting your money!
09:11She should have died a long time ago!
09:13Hearing it again from my own son's lips was like a knife twisting in my heart.
09:17But what broke me was Ethan's reaction.
09:20He just frowned.
09:21He didn't scold Leo.
09:22Instead, he defended Selene.
09:26Selene was just stating a fact from the perspective of PAC resources.
09:29Don't make a big deal out of it.
09:31Her medical bills are a significant expense.
09:34I stared at him in disbelief.
09:36After four years together, he thought caring for my sick grandmother was an unnecessary expense.
09:42Ethan, do you hear yourself?
09:44Enough!
09:45I brought Leo here so you two could talk about the situation.
09:50Don't tell him yet.
09:51He's young.
09:52He needs time to adjust.
09:54He meant the bond dissolution.
09:56I almost laughed.
09:57In the last four years, the total time I'd spent talking to Leo was probably less than half the time
10:03he'd spent alone with Selene.
10:04And now he wanted us to talk?
10:06I bent down and gathered the shattered pieces of the emerald.
10:09Not even flinching as a sharp edge sliced my finger.
10:18I'm leaving.
10:20In the living room, Selene was lounging elegantly on the sofa with a cup of tea.
10:24As if she owned the place.
10:26She gave me a perfect smile as I walked out.
10:29I ignored her and headed straight for the main entrance.
10:32Stop!
10:36You can't go!
10:38You didn't say sorry to me!
10:40Used to being the center of everyone's world, Leo couldn't handle my indifference.
10:44When I didn't immediately kneel to hug and soothe him, he started wailing.
10:49The sound was shrill and piercing.my coldness finally made Ethan snap.
10:52The full force of his alpha command crashed down on me, making it hard to breathe.
10:57Stop!
10:58Apologize to Leo!
10:59Now!
11:00The alpha's command was an invisible chain, binding my body.
11:04To end it all, I mechanically knelt and looked at the crying boy.
11:08I'm sorry, Leo.
11:10Mommy shouldn't have pushed you.
11:12Leo stopped crying.
11:13He glared at me with swollen, red eyes.
11:16Then suddenly swung his little hand.at4.
11:18Leo could already partially shift.
11:20His nails lengthened, sharpening into claws.
11:23Blood rolled up instantly from three deep gashes on my arm.
11:26Lowly human!
11:27You deserved it!
11:29You reek of another male.
11:32Even a pup consented.
11:34This is the punishment you deserve.
11:37Ethan!
11:38I shot to my feet.
11:39My shot fell in my eyes, blazing with fury.
11:42You say I reek of another male?
11:44What about you?
11:45For four years, you and Swaline have been disperable.
11:49You even sent our son to stay at her house.
11:51So you tell me, whose scent is more disgusting?
11:54Corinne!
11:55How dare you?
11:56The alpha and I are innocent.
11:58I was merely performing my duties as a beta, helping manage pack affairs.
12:03Innocent?
12:04You know exactly what's in your heart.
12:07You!
12:09Enough!
12:10Corinne!
12:11You have completely and utterly disappointed me.
12:14Since you seem to think we're not so innocent, I'll show you what real betrayal looks like.
12:19Ethan ordered the nanny to take Leo away.
12:22Then he grabbed my wrist and dragged me back into the bathroom.
12:25Ethan, let me go!
12:26I struggled, but a human's strength is nothing against a werewolf's.
12:30The door slammed shut.
12:31He bound my wrists with a coarse rope and threw me to the floor.
12:35Tonight, you're going to watch.
12:37That hurts!
12:39Hurt?
12:40You think this hurts?
12:41Do you have any idea how much it hurt when I found you with him?
12:44He turned, pulled Celine into his arms, and crushed his lips against hers.
12:48The kiss was passionate, fiery, as if they were true mates.
12:52The sight made me want to vomit.
12:54Ethan, we dissolved the bond!
12:57You can't humiliate me like this!
12:59He didn't listen, deepening the kiss.
13:02Celine let out a soft moan, her hand slowly tracing the skin over his heart.
13:06There, tattooed in black ink, was my name.
13:09The mate's mark of loyalty.
13:10Now, Celine's fingers were stroking those letters.
13:13Alpha, this tattoo, can you change it to my name?
13:17I closed my eyes, silent tears streaming down my face.
13:20Of course, Selena.
13:22A faithless mate doesn't deserve a place on my skin.
13:26Faithless.
13:27The irony was suffocating.
13:29He believed every flimsy setup against me, yet here he was, kissing and touching another
13:34woman right in front of my eyes.
13:35Just as my heart went completely numb, my phone rang.
13:38I struggled to reach it and answered.
13:40A nurse's trembling voice came from the other end.
13:43I'm a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital.
13:46Your grandmother, there's been an emergency!
13:49What?
13:50What happened to her?
13:52Your grandmother heard the news that you were being exiled from the pack this afternoon,
13:55and she became very distressed.
13:56During our evening rounds, we found she had swallowed a large number of sleeping pills.
14:00We're working on her now, but her will to live is very weak.
14:03Miss Corrine, can you get here right away?
14:05She really needs you.
14:06How could she know?
14:07I collapsed, the world spinning.
14:10I never told her.
14:12I scrambled to my feet.
14:14Ethan, please!
14:16Let me go to the hospital!
14:17My grandmother, something happened to her!
14:20What a performance, Corrine.
14:21Are you really willing to stoop this low just to escape your punishment?
14:25It's not an act!
14:27It's real!
14:28My grandmother is in trouble!
14:32Alpha, don't let her fool you.
14:34This is just a pathetic attempt to run away.
14:37I'm not lying!
14:38She's really in the emergency room!
14:39Please believe me!
14:40Enough!
14:44We just signed the agreement.
14:46How would your grandmother know?
14:48You knew she couldn't handle the shock, and you still had to tell her.
14:51Who's to blame for that?
14:53I didn't tell her!
14:55Just let me go!
14:56There might still be time!
14:57She was only injured because she saved Leo from a rogue wolf!
15:01Please don't treat her life like a joke!
15:05Corrine!
15:06You use your grandmother to get sympathy every single time!
15:10I'm sick of it!
15:13Alpha, forget about her.
15:14Come here.
15:15In a final, desperate surge, I fought to my feet and hung up.
15:19But with my hands tied, I lost my balance and my head slammed hard against the door.
15:24Grandma!
15:25I have to save Grandma!
15:27My actions finally pushed Ethan over the edge.
15:30He strode over, grabbed my shoulder, and dragged me to the storage closet in the corner of the room.
15:35Since you love lying and performing so much, you can stay in here and reflect on it!
15:39The closet was small and dark.
15:42No!
15:43Don't lock me in here!
15:44You know I have claustrophobia!
15:47Ethan, please!
15:48Stay in there and watch!
15:50The closet door slammed shut, plunging me into total darkness.
15:54The sounds of their coupling, grunts and moans, echoed in the suffocating blackness, amplified and inescapable.
15:59The next morning, Ethan came downstairs and called out by habit.
16:03Corinne, make breakfast!
16:05There was no answer.
16:06The nanny reported timidly.
16:08Alpha, the young master won't stop crying.
16:11He spiked a fever last night, 102 degrees, and just kept crying for his mommy.
16:15Just then, the living room phone rang.
16:18Ethan answered it.
16:19A stranger's voice was on the line.
16:21Hello, am I speaking to a relative of Miss Corinne?
16:24This is St. Mary's Hospital.
16:26We're calling about her grandmother's final arrangements.
16:28The woman passed away during the night.
16:31We were unable to revive her, but no family has come to claim the body.
16:34He suddenly remembered last night.
16:36The phone call he had dismissed as a lie.
16:39His face went pale.
16:41He turned and bolted up the stairs.
16:43With a trembling hand, he wrenched open the closet door.
16:46The moment the door swung open, he froze.
16:49The locker was empty.
16:51Nothing but a few bloodstains and a broken rope.
16:54She got out on her own?
16:56She's really selling it.
16:57Ethan muttered to himself.
16:59Even bled for the part.
17:00He was convinced this was all an elaborate act.
17:02A sob story cooked up by Corinne and her grandmother.
17:06The goal was obvious, to make him take back his decision to reject her, to welcome the unfaithful woman back
17:11into his arms.
17:12He truly underestimated a human's cunning.
17:15Ethan picked up his spare phone and dialed Corinne's number.
17:20The number you have dialed has been switched off.
17:23Switched off.
17:24So she's going all the way with this act.
17:26He gave a cold smirk and decided to drive to the hospital himself to see what kind of game they
17:30were playing.
17:31Half an hour later, Ethan stood at the entrance to St. Mary's Hospital and work.
17:35The sharp sting of disinfectant couldn't mask the cloying scent of death.
17:38He wrinkled his nose.
17:40Alpha, what are you doing here?
17:41The doctor rushed over as soon as he saw him.
17:44You called earlier about Corinne's grandmother.
17:47The doctor sighed.
17:48A sudden, dark premonition washed over Ethan.
17:52Last night, the old woman heard that Corinne was going to be expelled from the pack.
17:56She became hysterical, crying and repeating things like,
18:00I'm dragging Corinne down and I shouldn't be alive.
18:03Ethan's voice was calm.
18:05And?
18:06And then we found her.
18:09She'd swallowed a massive dose of sleeping pills when the nurse wasn't looking.
18:14We worked on her for four straight hours.
18:17We almost had her stabilized, but her will to live was just...
18:21Gone.
18:23She just kept calling Miss Corinne's name.
18:25If Corinne had been here, then maybe...
18:27Maybe what?
18:28Maybe we could have saved her.
18:30The doctor said, shaking his head with regret.
18:33Ethan's fingers curled into fists.
18:35He remembered smashing Corinne's phone on the floor last night.
18:39He remembered locking her in that cramped, dark locker.
18:42Are you sure she's gone?
18:44Of course, we're sure.
18:45The death certificate has already been issued.
18:47We need the family to handle the arrangements and claim the body.
18:50Ethan felt a wave of dizziness so strong he had to brace himself against the wall to keep from falling.
18:55If her grandmother was really dead, then that phone call last night.
18:59Alpha, please tell Corinne this for me.
19:02Before her grandmother, she kept saying, don't blame Corinne.
19:07It's all my fault for holding her back.
19:10When I'm dead, she'll finally be free.
19:13It felt like a fist had closed around Ethan's heart, squeezing tight.
19:18Who... who told her grandmother about the expulsion?
19:21Only one person has visited her these past few days.
19:25Your beta, Selina.
19:28Selina.
19:29So she was here.
19:30No wonder it felt so wrong.
19:33Corinne would never have told her ailing grandmother something so devastating.
19:36He staggered back a step.
19:38Suddenly, he heard Corinne's desperate cries from the night before.
19:42She was injured by a rogue wolf to save Leo!
19:47His mind flashed back to that night two years ago.
19:50Leo had playfully snuck out of the manor, only to run into a vicious rogue wolf.
19:55It was Corinne's grandmother who had thrown herself in front of the child, taking the claws to her stomach.
20:00The attack had damaged her internal organs, leaving her bedridden and frail ever since.
20:04Corinne had been heartbroken, and he had held her hand,
20:08swearing he would treat her grandmother like his own family from that day on.
20:11He had broken his promise.
20:13He had let the woman who saved his son die alone and in despair.
20:17A wave of fear and guilt, stronger than anything he had ever felt, crashed over him.
20:22Alpha, are you alright?
20:23The doctor asked, looking with concern at Ethan's pale face.
20:26Ethan didn't answer.
20:27He just turned and bolted from the morgue.
20:30He had to get home.
20:31When he sped back to the villa, he found Leo crying at the top of the stairs.
20:35The four-year-old's face was flushed with fever as he sat helplessly on the floor.
20:39Mommy, I want my mommy.
20:41Leo's sobs were heart-wrenching.
20:43The nanny stood beside him, wringing her hands.
20:46The young master keeps asking for his mother.
20:49He won't even take his medicine.
20:50The moment Leo saw Ethan, he ran to him.
20:52Daddy, where's mommy?
20:54Why isn't she back?
20:56Looking at Leo's fever-flushed face, a storm of emotions churned inside Ethan.
21:01I want mommy.
21:02Where is she?
21:04Mommy.
21:06Mommy had to go out for a bit.
21:08She'll be back soon.
21:10Ethan said, the words feeling like ash in his mouth.
21:13In that moment, he didn't know if he was lying to Leo or to himself.
21:17He didn't even know where Corinne was.
21:19Hearing this, Leo suddenly balled his small fists in anger.
21:23It's all because she's human.
21:24It's all her fault.
21:25If only she wasn't a human.
21:27But as soon as the words were out, the little boy broke into choked sobs again.
21:32But, but I want my mommy.
21:33Daddy, when is mommy coming back?
21:35Does she not want me anymore?
21:37He remembered a time when Corinne would dissolve into tears at the first sign of a sniffle from
21:42Leo.
21:42She'd hold vigil by his crib all night, no matter how exhausted she was.
21:47Back when he was just a toddler, Leo had been her little shadow, clinging to her leg and
21:51crying for mommy if she was out of his sight for even a second.
21:54Mom!
21:55But somewhere along the line, everything had changed.
21:58Leo began to treat her love like a meal he craved, yet was disgusted by.
22:02I wish Auntie Celia was my mommy.
22:05Corinne had just broken.
22:07Tears streamed down her face, silent and unending.
22:10And he, lost in his own fog of perceived betrayal, had offered no comfort.
22:15He'd twisted the knife.
22:16Compared to Celia, you're not fit to be his mother anyway.
22:20After that, as Leo's cruel words became more frequent, Corinne's heartbreak slowly hardened
22:24into a quiet numbness.
22:26The barbs stopped hurting her.
22:28Now, remembering the ghost of those tears in Corinne's eyes and seeing that,
22:31same awful conflict mirrored in his own son, Ethan's heart felt like it was being torn
22:36in two.
22:36Who the hell had poisoned a four-year-old's heart to twist love into such hateful knots?
22:41He handed Leo over to a maid and walked into his study alone.
22:44The maid rejection papers were still on his desk.
22:47Corinne's handprint was a glaring red stain on the page.
22:50The space for the Alpha's signature was still empty.
22:53He had never intended to sign them.
22:55He thought Corinne was just throwing a tantrum, but in a few days she'd be back on her knees,
22:59crying and begging him for forgiveness like she always did.
23:02But this time, she had actually left.
23:05She'd left so cleanly, as if their four years together had been nothing.
23:09The thought filled Ethan with anger, but underneath it, something else was stirring.
23:13Panic.
23:14He picked up his phone and sent Corinne a text.
23:17I've had someone handle your grandmother's funeral arrangements.
23:20No reply.
23:21He sent another.
23:23Leo has a fever.
23:25He won't stop crying for you.
23:27Still nothing.
23:28The minutes ticked by.
23:30Ethan sat in his study, staring at the phone screen, a feeling of desperate urgency growing
23:35inside him.
23:36He had never waited this anxiously for a message from anyone.
23:39Just then, a terrified scream came from outside.
23:42Alpha!
23:44The young master has collapsed!
23:46Ethan shot out of the study and saw Leo lying limply on the floor, his small face crimson,
23:51his eyes closed.
23:52He was unconscious.
23:54He roared, scooping his son up.
23:56Quick!
23:57Get the pack, doctor!
23:58The heat radiating from the boy's body sent a fresh wave of terror through him.
24:02Auntie Selena said,
24:04Mommy's a lowly human.
24:05While they waited for the doctor, Leo started muttering in his sleep.
24:09That grandma's a burden.
24:11She said,
24:13If I scratch mommy,
24:14she'll get sent away,
24:16and I can have a new werewolf mommy.
24:19The little boy's voice was weak and broken.
24:21She said,
24:23The other cubs laugh at me because my mom's a human.
24:26That she's an embarrassment to our family.
24:29If mommy leaves,
24:31no one will laugh at me anymore.
24:34Ethan's hands clenched into fists,
24:36his nails digging into his palms.
24:38Every word was a hammer blow to Ethan's heart.
24:41So that was it.
24:42Celine had orchestrated all of it.
24:44But grandma isn't a burden.
24:47Grandma was nice to me.
24:49She made me cookies.
24:51Mommy?
24:52Mommy, I'm sorry.
24:54Please don't leave me.
24:56I won't ever say you're a bad human again.
24:58Please come back.
25:00Auntie Selena lied to me.
25:02She said a new mommy would love me more.
25:04But I only want my mommy.
25:06Ethan's eyes burned.
25:08He finally understood why Leo had acted so strangely toward Corinne.
25:11A child not even five years old, manipulated by an adult's malice.
25:15Forced to choose between loving his mother and despising her.
25:18And he, the boy's father, had not only failed to protect his son and his mate,
25:23but had allowed it all to happen.
25:24Daddy, why doesn't mommy want me anymore?
25:27Is it because I scratched her with my claws?
25:29It must have hurt a lot.
25:31I'll never do it again.
25:33Mommy, come back.
25:35I'll forget all the bad things Auntie Selena told me to say.
25:38He finally understood why Corinne had been so resolute about not wanting Leo that day.
25:43Because she had lost all hope in her son, too.
25:45That's why even now, with Leo so sick, it wouldn't be enough to bring her back.
25:50Ethan couldn't help but wonder, what about him?
25:53Had Corinne given up on him completely, too?
25:55The pack doctor arrived quickly and began treating Leo.
26:02Alpha, I heard Leo was sick.
26:04How is he?
26:05Is it serious?
26:05She said, trying to step closer.
26:08Ethan took a step back.
26:09Selena, tell me, what did you teach Leo?
26:12Selene's eyes flickered with panic.
26:14Alpha, I don't understand what you mean.
26:16You don't understand?
26:17Ethan stared at her deceitful face, his rage finally boiling over.
26:21Lowly human.
26:22A burden of a grandmother who taught a four-year-old child words like that.
26:28Selene stammered, trying to find an excuse.
26:31I was only...
26:32Only what?
26:33Ethan stalked toward her.
26:36Only encouraging a cub not yet five years old to attack his own mother with his claws?
26:40Only telling him that if he hurt his mother, she'd be cost out so he could have a better
26:45whale wolf stepmother?
26:47Alpha, I did it for Leo's own good.
26:50A human is not fit to be the luna of a wolf pack.
26:53For Leo's good?
26:54You twisted him up with so much guilt and longing that he passed out, crying for his mother
26:58in his sleep.
26:59You call that for his own good?
27:00Ethan, please let me explain.
27:02I truly love you.
27:03I only want to...
27:04Get out.
27:04As of this moment, you are no longer my beta, and don't you ever let me see you again.
27:08Selene stared at him in disbelief.
27:10You're casting me out?
27:11For that human?
27:13Ethan, I've given so many years to the river pack.
27:16Your contributions?
27:17Your contributions were to destroy my family, manipulate my child, and drive my mate's
27:21grandmother to her death?
27:22Get out!
27:23Selene stumbled backward, her eyes filled with a toxic mix of disbelief and resentment.
27:28But against the absolute authority of an alpha, she had no choice but to turn and leave.
27:33Ethan leaned weakly against the wall.
27:35He thought about the night before, how he'd been so provoked by Corinne's words that he
27:38had impulsively slept with Selene.
27:40Looking back now, he realized he hadn't been punishing Corinne.
27:43He had only defiled himself.
27:45He immediately dialed the number of his most trusted subordinate.
27:48Marcus, I need you to reinvestigate at every detail of Corinne's three past infidelities.
27:53Find those three men.
27:54I want to know exactly what happened.
27:56Alpha, you suspect.
27:57I suspect I've been played for a fool for four years.
28:02If Selene was capable of doing this to Leo, then none of the evidence she provided can be
28:06trusted.
28:07Get on it now.
28:07I want the truth.
28:09After hanging up, he sent another text to Corinne, his fingers shaking.
28:14Corinne, I'm sorry.
28:15He waited ten minutes.
28:16No reply.
28:17He sent another.
28:19Leo won't stop calling for you.
28:21Please, just come back and see him.
28:23Ethan slid to the floor, finally realizing that he might have lost her forever.
28:27A short while later, Marcus called back.
28:31Alpha, we have the preliminary results.
28:35We haven't tracked down the first man yet, but the men from the second and third incidences
28:39both received large wire transfers from the same account right before the events took place.
28:45What?
28:47What?
28:47Hell's clear.
28:48Furthermore, after Corinne lost consciousness, neither man actually touched her.
28:53Surveillance footage shows they just lay down next to her and waited for you to arrive.
28:58And Alpha, that bank account.
29:01We're still tracing it, but our initial theory is...
29:03Spit it out!
29:05Alpha, is it possible that all three of those infidelity scenes were staged?
29:11If it was all fake, then what had he done to Corinne for the past four years?
29:15Ethan remembered the look on Corinne's face the first time he'd caught her.
29:19It wasn't guilt.
29:20It was confusion and terror.
29:22She had cried, saying she didn't remember anything, that she had just woken up next to
29:26a strange man.
29:27And he, he had dismissed it as a pathetic excuse.
29:30The second time, it was the same bewildered expression, the same desperate explanation.
29:35She had begged him to believe her, sworn she had never betrayed him, that she loved him.
29:40And what had he done?
29:41In truth, a part of him had wanted to believe her.
29:44But he had let Selene investigate, and then used the evidence Selene provided to condemn
29:48her again and again, trampling all over her dignity.
29:51The person who had orchestrated those three disgusting setups was the one he trusted most.
29:56Marcus, detain Selene immediately on the charge of harming the Luna.
30:00Put your best people on this, I want to know everything.
30:03Yes, Alpha.
30:05After ending the call, Ethan collapsed into a chair.
30:08He picked up his phone and sent another message.
30:10I know I was wrong.
30:11I'm begging you, please come back.
30:14Silence.
30:15He let the phone drop, a gaping hole opening in his chest.
30:18The next few days were a blur of anxiety.
30:21Ethan stayed by Leo's side, waiting for any word from Corinne.
30:25He sent men to search every place she might have gone, but it was as if she'd vanished
30:28off the face of the earth, leaving no trace behind.
30:31Leo's fever broke, but he became quiet and withdrawn.
30:34He wasn't the lively boy he used to be.
30:37He refused to get close to anyone, and more alarmingly, he refused to shift into his wolf
30:41form.
30:42For a cub to refuse to shift was a serious issue, one that could affect his development
30:46for the rest of his life.
30:48Ethan hired a therapist specializing in childhood trauma to come to the villa.
30:52Leo, can you tell me why you don't want to become a little wolf anymore?
30:55I don't want to be a wolf anymore.
30:57Why is that?
30:59Because I scratched mommy with my claws!
31:02Tisalina said if I hurt her, she'd get sent away and I could have a new werewolf mommy.
31:06But I don't want a new mommy, I just want my mommy.
31:10And now she's really gone, she's not coming back.
31:13Is it because I become a wolf that I hurt her?
31:15If I stop being a wolf, will she come back?
31:19I'm never shifting again.
31:21I'm scared I'll scratch her with my claws again.
31:24Standing outside the door, Ethan pressed himself against the wall, silent tears streaming down
31:29his face as he listened to his son.
31:30His son, so consumed by guilt and self-loathing that he wanted to renounce his own wolf nature.
31:36A cub not even five years old, carrying such a heavy burden.
31:39Ethan, and it was all his fault.
31:41Two weeks later, the trial was over.
31:44For slandering and framing the Luna, and for manipulating the cop to harm his mother,
31:48among other crimes, Selene was sentenced to life in prison.
31:51Her entire family was expelled from the river pack.
31:54As the guards let her away, Selene threw her head back and laughed maniacally at Ethan.
32:10Ethan stood outside the courthouse, watching the car drive away, feeling no satisfaction,
32:15only a cold, hollowing emptiness.
32:17Selene was right, but what did it matter now?
32:19He opened his phone and scrolled through the hundreds of messages he'd sent to Corinne.
32:24Not a single reply.
32:25They had started as apologies, shifted to pleas, and finally devolved into desperate confessions
32:31of love.
32:31But she was just, gone.
32:34When he got home, Leo crept up to him, tugging on the hem of his pants with a small hand.
32:38Daddy, the bad person is gone now, does that mean Mommy will come back?
32:43A tiny flicker of hope still shone in the boy's eyes.
32:46Ethan looked down at his son's expectant face.
32:48He wanted to say yes, to give his son that one small piece of hope.
32:52But he opened his mouth and all that came out was a pained, defeated whisper.
32:56I don't know.
32:57Watching the light fade from Leo's eyes, eyes so much like Corinne's, was a fresh twist
33:02of the knife in Ethan's gut.
33:03He remembered the night he first met her.
33:06He'd been wounded while hunting a traitor, left for dead in a rain-slicked alley.
33:10It was Corinne who found him, who brought him back to her small apartment without a hint
33:14of fear and nursed him back the house for a solid month.
33:16She didn't know he was a werewolf, just that he was an injured man.
33:21She changed his bandages, cooked for him, and talked to him every day.
33:24Her clear eyes filled not with fear, but with gentleness.
33:27By the time he healed, he was hopelessly in love with her.
33:31The pack elders were vehemently opposed.
33:33A human could not be Luna.
33:35But he didn't care.
33:37He would have her, or he would die trying.
33:39When she hesitated, torn by the divide between their worlds, he had knelt before the statue
33:44of the moon goddess for three days and three nights, praying through tears for her blessing.
33:48On the night of the full moon, the goddess's blessing had truly descended.
33:52That night, Corinne had thrown herself into his arms, sighing.
33:58Ethan, you fool.
34:00I'll marry you.
34:01I'll marry you.
34:03In that moment, he felt like he owned the entire world.
34:06But after they were married, a seed of insecurity had taken root in his heart.
34:10He was always afraid that her love for him wasn't as deep as his for her, that she had
34:14only accepted him because she was moved by his devotion.
34:17Every time she glanced at another man, every time her affection seemed less than passionate,
34:22he grew paranoid, wondering if she regretted marrying him.
34:25Until the first time he caught her being unfaithful.
34:28It felt like his deepest fear had been confirmed.
34:30She didn't love him enough.
34:32She would betray him.
34:33So he treated her coldly.
34:35He was deliberately intimate with Celine in front of her.
34:38It was all his fault.
34:40Four years of mistakes.
34:42And now, it was too late.
34:44Time passed quickly.
34:46Three years flew by.
34:48With the help of his therapist, Leo slowly improved, but he was far more introverted than
34:53before.
34:53He still asked when his mother was coming home, only to be met with Ethan's heavy silence.
34:58One day, Caleb, the alpha of the neighboring Amber Pack, invited them to his son's second
35:03birthday party.
35:04The party was a lively affair, with wolf cubs running and playing everywhere.
35:09As usual, Leo stayed close to Ethan's side, too shy to join the other children.
35:13And then, Ethan saw a familiar figure in the garden.
35:16His breath caught in his throat.
35:18Corinne.
35:19She was wearing a pale blue dress.
35:21She looked fuller than she had three years ago, her cheeks rosy with health.
35:25He had been searching for her for three years.
35:28He had never given up, sending out more and more men, expanding the search wider and wider.
35:33He hadn't found a single trace of her.
35:36And now, she was standing not ten steps away.
35:38She was holding a small boy, about two years old, gently wiping cream from the corner of
35:43the child's mouth.
35:44Ethan wanted to move, but his legs felt like they were filled with lead.
35:48Leo saw her, too.
35:49His small body trembled, and then he shot forward like an arrow.
35:53Mommy!
35:53Mommy!
35:56Mommy, you're back!
35:57I missed you so much!
35:59I'll never scratch you again!
36:01Please don't go, okay?
36:03Corinne looked down at the boy clinging to her, his face streaked with tears.
36:07Her expression was a mask of cold indifference.
36:10Let go.
36:11You're scaring my son.
36:13The little boy in her arms, startled by Leo's cries, began to squirm.
36:17Corinne gently patted his back.
36:19It's okay, baby.
36:21Don't be scared.
36:22The boy let out a small, milky cry.
36:24Mama!
36:25That one word struck Leo like a lightning bolt.
36:28He froze, his hands dropping from Corinne's leg.
36:31Corinne, holding her new child, looked down at the firstborn son she'd left behind and
36:35said in a light, dismissive tone.
36:37I don't know you, and I don't want to be your mother.
36:40Leo stood frozen, tears still clinging to his lashes, too stunned to even cry.
36:45He stared up at Corinne, as if he couldn't comprehend that the mother who had once loved
36:49him more than anything could say such a thing.
36:52Corinne!
36:53He was breathless by the time he reached her.
36:55His gaze shot from the child in her arms to her face, his voice trembling.
37:01How could you do this to Leo?
37:03How could you say that to him?
37:05Corinne met his eyes, her own a void of emotion.
37:08Why not?
37:09She glanced down at the docile boy in her arms, her fingers gently stroking his back
37:13as if he were a fragile treasure.
37:15I only have one son.
37:17Another woman's child has nothing to do with me.
37:21Another woman's child?
37:23He's your son!
37:25Seeing her still indifferent expression, Ethan desperately reached for her hand.
37:29Just then, an imposing man walked over from the other end of the garden.
37:33It was Caleb, the Alpha of the powerful Amber Pack.
37:36He moved to Corinne's side, smoothly and naturally shielding her behind him.
37:41Ethan, this is my Luna.
37:43I suggest you show some respect.
37:45Ethan froze, feeling as though a bucket of ice water had been dumped over his head.
37:50You're Luna?
37:52He repeated, barely able to believe his own ears.
37:55Take the Luna and the young master to the lounge.
37:59Yes, Alpha.
37:59Without another glance at Ethan, Corinne turned to leave, murmuring softly to the child in
38:05her arms.
38:05Corinne, stop!
38:09That's enough.
38:11She doesn't want to see you.
38:14She is my mate.
38:16What right do you have to take her?
38:21Your mate?
38:22Still haven't figured it out, Ethan?
38:24Those words sent a chill down Ethan's spine.
38:26He suddenly thought back over the past three years, the business deals that inexplicably
38:31fell through, the key partnerships that collapsed, the way his pack's territory was constantly
38:35being chipped away at.
38:36Every time, he'd assumed it was just pack rivalries or hostile challenges, but every
38:41investigation he ran eventually led back to faint, untraceable links to the Amber Pack.
38:45He had thought Caleb was just overly ambitious, deliberately antagonizing him.
38:50But what if, what if Corinne was behind it all?
38:53She had been by his side for years.
38:54She knew the inner workings of his businesses, the lifelines of the river pack.
38:59If she truly wanted revenge, she had all the weapons she needed.
39:02The world spun.
39:04Ethan staggered, barely able to stay on his feet.
39:07He had thought she couldn't let go of their son.
39:09He thought she couldn't live without him.
39:11But she had already built a new life somewhere far away from them, with a new child and a new
39:16mate.
39:17And she had been systematically trying to destroy his pack.
39:20As Corinne was escorted away, she never once looked back.
39:23But Ethan clung to one last, desperate threat of hope.
39:26He knew he had to see her one more time.
39:29He sent a message to her.
39:31The rejection papers they'd signed required one last thing, a final, official ceremony
39:35before the moon goddess.
39:36He was betting she would show.
39:38Three days later, at the pack's sacred ground.
39:41When Ethan walked in, he saw Corinne standing before the statue of the moon goddess.
39:45She was dressed in black, her hair pinned up, her expression serene.
39:50He swallowed hard.
39:51I never sign the papers.
39:53Corinne didn't even flicker her gaze.
39:56So?
39:56So we haven't officially broken the bond.
39:58Corinne, come back with me.
39:59Don't you see?
40:01Caleb is ambitious.
40:02He'll never be truly good to you.
40:04You set up those three affairs, didn't you?
40:07This is the result you wanted.
40:09Her tone deceptively light.
40:10Ethan's eyes widened.
40:12What are you talking about?
40:14The first man.
40:15It was him.
40:17He was drunk and came into my room.
40:19Wasn't that your plan?
40:21Ethan stared at her, his mind reeling.
40:23The man who had gotten away.
40:25It was Caleb.
40:26No.
40:27Corinne, I didn't set that up.
40:29Why would I ever push you towards another man?
40:31Then couldn't you see it?
40:33She stared directly into his eyes.
40:34Three times, Ethan.
40:36Three whole times.
40:38Three whole times.
40:40Did it never once occur to you to try and prove my innocence?
40:43Ethan's lips moved, but no sound came out.
40:46Even if you didn't plan it, you were an accomplice.
40:48Corinne said, her voice soft.
40:50Otherwise, it never would have happened three times.
40:52Ethan's head dropped in shame.
40:54Corinne.
40:55His voice was hoarse, his eyes turning red.
40:58Corinne, I'm so sorry for what I did to you and to your grandmother.
41:03I'm so, so sorry.
41:06It's too late.
41:08Let's just get this over with.
41:09He never imagined he would one day stand before her and cry so pathetically.
41:13The ceremony began.
41:15The parchment with their mating agreement was tossed into the sacred fire, burning until it was nothing but ash.
41:20As the last ember died, a look of profound relief washed over Corinne's face.
41:25Leo, who had been standing at the back, was sobbing so hard he could barely breathe.
41:30Mommy, don't go!
41:31He stumbled forward, trying to run to her, but was blocked by the guards.
41:35He could only scream, his voice tearing.
41:37Mommy, I'm sorry! Please don't leave me!
41:41But Corinne's steps never faltered.
41:43With the searing, desperate gazes of a father and son burning into her back, she walked out of the sacred
41:48grounds.
41:49Once outside, Corinne took out her phone, her voice cold as steel.
41:54It's done, spread the word.
41:56All the plans we prepared to attack the river pack can be set in motion now.
42:00She paused, a sliver of icy hatred finally surfacing in her eyes.
42:04I want him to lose everything.
42:07Those three years were just a warm-up.
42:09From the day she left, she had sworn an oath.
42:12She would have vengeance for herself, and for her grandmother.
42:16Corinne's fingers closed around the necklace at her throat, the one he had smashed.
42:20Now painstakingly repaired.
42:22Grandma, don't you worry.
42:24From this day on.
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