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New Life, New Mate EP Alpha, Betrayal & Second Chance Love AGS
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00:12To be continued...
00:30Casey? Coldest, meanest wolf we had. Total menace. No one got close. But they didn't know the truth.
00:37In my last life, I was bonded to Cain. On the day of our bonding ceremony, he slept with Lena,
00:43my cousin.
00:45My mum lost it.
00:48Shipped Lena off to Dusk Wolf Pack to get bonded to their beta.
00:56Cain? He blamed me.
01:00When he found out I was carrying his pup, he made sure I saw him with every one of them.
01:07It was torture.
01:09When labor hit, he locked me in the dungeon, blocked everyone out.
01:15My pup got crushed.
01:20I died hating him.
01:24Maybe the moon goddess felt sorry for me. She gave me a second shot. I came back.
01:30This time, I let Cain keep Lena. Didn't think he would ever regret it.
01:36I'd barely stepped out of the council hall, crossing the training grounds, when I spotted him.
01:42Cain.
01:48His curved blade slipped and hit the ground with a sharp clang, landing three feet from my boots.
01:55Pick it up.
01:57The wolves frozen.
01:59Eyes locked on me, waiting for a show.
02:02I knew this game.
02:04Last life, he treated me like his damn servant.
02:08You dropped it.
02:10You pick it up.
02:11The training ground went dead quiet.
02:17What did you just say?
02:21Damn, Eve.
02:22Switching tactics?
02:23Weren't you all over him like two days ago?
02:25Now you're acting loyal?
02:26Girl, you were his simp.
02:28Clinging to him all the time.
02:30You think your dead daddy's proud of this act?
02:44I told you to rest.
02:46Who said you could be out here?
02:47Look at Lena.
02:49She's hurt and still helps me.
02:50And you?
02:51Just standing there like a spoiled brat?
02:54No sense of duty.
02:56Same old trick.
03:00You just crawled out of my father's office, didn't you?
03:04What now?
03:05Pulling the pity card again?
03:07Playing up that story about your dad taking a blade for him?
03:11Begging to be my mate?
03:14You're pathetic, Eve.
03:16Always guilt-tripping.
03:17Always scheming.
03:18You've tried every trick to lock me down.
03:20I clenched my sleeves.
03:22Voice flat.
03:23Didn't say a word.
03:25The Alpha called me.
03:26He's hosting my coming-of-age ceremony himself.
03:29The Alpha's hosting her ceremony?
03:31Yeah!
03:33Congrats, man!
03:34If the Alpha's hosting her ceremony, he's lining you up to take over!
03:38Don't forget us when you're Alpha!
03:40Yeah!
03:41Yeah!
03:42Still, let's be clear.
03:44If we do end up bonded,
03:46stay out of my business with Lena.
03:48Lena, know your place.
03:52Or...
03:53I won't be your mate.
03:55Unless you want a repeat of last time.
03:59My chest seized.
04:01What the hell did that mean?
04:02Did he...
04:03remember too?
04:06I stared after them,
04:08then let out a quiet laugh of my own.
04:11Perfect.
04:13Wasn't planning to bond with you anyway.
04:15On the day of my coming-of-age ceremony,
04:18Kane showed up late.
04:19Her lips were swollen,
04:21and fresh red marks scratched across his collisbone.
04:25Wolves nearby traded smirks.
04:27No question what they'd been doing in the shadows.
04:30In my past life, I would have stormed over,
04:33ripped off their masks,
04:35demanded why they'd humiliate me at my own ceremony.
04:38Now, I glanced once,
04:41then looked away like they were dust on my boots.
04:43Kane caught that flicker.
04:45His hand shut out,
04:47shifting Lena behind him.
04:51When I didn't flinch,
04:53he got twitchy.
04:56Then laughed, low and mean.
04:58What, Eve?
04:58Playing saint now because you're scared I won't be your mate?
05:01Don't be dumb.
05:02How about this?
05:04After the ceremony,
05:06meet me behind the mountain at the hot spring.
05:08Don't wear anything.
05:09If your body's worth it,
05:10maybe I'll let you in my bed.
05:11Kane, how can you say that?
05:12Isn't my body better than hers?
05:14Kane grinned, pinching her cheek.
05:16Of course you're better.
05:17A thousand times!
05:19That hot spring?
05:20It's yours.
05:33The sound hit like a switch.
05:35My past life slammed back.
05:39He'd done this before,
05:41humiliated me in front of the pack,
05:44treated me like some chew toy
05:45I'd shaken with rage.
05:48He'd just laughed,
05:49said my shame turned him on.
05:51Someone tried to defend me once.
05:53Kane shut them down,
05:54called me a heat chaser
05:56who begged for his scraps.
05:58Pathetic.
06:00I turned to walk away,
06:02then his hand clamped around my wrist.
06:08Still pretending.
06:10His grip tightened,
06:12bone deep.
06:15A wolf like you can't fake what you are.
06:18Watch your mouth.
06:22He smirked.
06:24Oh?
06:24You expect me to respect you?
06:26We're bound to be mates.
06:27Do you really still need that?
06:29Who said?
06:31I'm bonding with you.
06:42Then.
06:43Laughter.
06:44Loud.
06:45Ugly.
06:46Everywhere.
06:47Kane laughed.
06:48The hardest.
06:49Not bonding with me?
06:50Then who?
06:51Everyone knows you'd die for me.
06:55What?
06:55What?
06:57Kasey?
06:58K.A.'s been rotting in the Black Forest for years.
07:01Everyone says he's feral.
07:03Skinned a graveclaw wolf who challenged him
07:05and left the carcass hanging.
07:07You planning to bond with him?
07:09Trying to get yourself killed early?
07:12What?
07:12Nothing to say?
07:13Didn't you have all that fire a second ago?
07:16Or are you finally scared?
07:21Eve probably remembered the stories about Kasey.
07:25She gave Kane's sleeve a dainty tug.
07:28But her eyes drilled into me.
07:30If she really bonds with him,
07:33there might not even be bones left to bury.
07:40A few young wolves scoosled, right on cues.
07:44In my past life, I probably would have lunged at Lena
07:46and yanked her hair out.
07:48But this time,
07:51different.
07:55Who I choose isn't your business.
07:59Lena's smile tricked.
08:01Then she grabbed her chest and started coughing,
08:04shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
08:11Eve, don't be like that.
08:15I was just worried about you.
08:18You did take a hunt for Silver Dagger for Kane.
08:22Remember?
08:23She leaned hard into me.
08:26Next thing I knew,
08:28she stumbled back like I'd shoved her
08:30and dropped to the floor with a dramatic thud.
08:37Even if you hate me,
08:39you can't push me.
08:40My leg, it hurts so bad.
08:44He stepped in front of her like a shield,
08:47fury rolling off him.
08:49Really, Eve?
08:50That jealous now?
08:57She's your sister!
08:59Lena was just my cousin,
09:01but once she moved in,
09:02everyone assumed otherwise.
09:07Didn't even touch her.
09:12Still lying?
09:16The whole pack knows you're jealous of Lena.
09:21If you hadn't clung to me back then,
09:22I wouldn't have even noticed you.
09:24Kane, don't.
09:26Eve's probably just...
09:29upset.
09:31She always thought you'd pick her.
09:33Soft words,
09:34sharper than claws.
09:36Whispers started up.
09:37Same ones from before.
09:39That I was forcing the mate bond,
09:41hiding behind my father's name.
09:43That I couldn't handle my own sister.
09:46These rumors stuck like spit from jealous she-wolves,
09:49filthy and hard to scrub off.
09:52Kane's rage snapped.
09:54He raised his hand and slapped me across the face hard.
09:57You'd better behave.
09:59Touch Lena again,
10:01and I'll throw you out of Silvermoon pack myself.
10:04The sting on my cheek spread like fire.
10:06I wanted to hit back.
10:08But out of the corner of my eye,
10:10I saw the guests shifting around the venue.
10:12This was my coming-of-age ceremony.
10:15Causing a scene would only drag the Abel name through the dirt.
10:18Lena stayed tucked behind Kane.
10:20She leaned into his chest like she rehearsed it,
10:23that smirk still playing on her lips.
10:30Maybe he realized he'd gone too far.
10:33His throat bobbed,
10:34like words were stuck.
10:44Kane, my leg hurts so bad.
10:48What if I never walk again?
10:51Pulling every bit of his attention,
10:53the whispers crashed in like waves.
10:56Their stares hit like poison needles.
10:58No manners.
10:59She'd go after her own sister over a mate?
11:02As if she ever had a shot,
11:04Kane would never choose her.
11:05Apologize to Lena.
11:07You think you can cling to our next alpha
11:08just because your dad took a silver arrow for his?
11:14I remembered everything.
11:17Breaking myself for Kane,
11:18training like hell
11:19just to scare off anyone who dared glanced his way.
11:23thought being ruthless meant love.
11:27Now it just felt sad.
11:30Kane threw me a disgusted glare.
11:32Why are you still standing there?
11:34If something happens to Lena,
11:36you'll regret it.
11:44Father's about to announce our engagement.
11:47Be smart.
11:48Stay in your lane.
11:51Once the bond's sealed,
11:53I'll give you the rank you deserve.
11:54Just don't mess with me and Lena.
11:56I stared him down,
11:58locked on those eyes.
12:04A horn blasted,
12:06long and hollow.
12:09The beta strode in.
12:14Miss Abel, it's time.
12:15His cloudy eyes landed on my bruised cheek.
12:19Pity flickered.
12:21Behind him,
12:22a figure in black hood,
12:23low jaw sharp as sin.
12:25A silver-edged blade
12:27strapped across his back wolf fang.
12:29Pendant,
12:30swinging like it had a heartbeat.
12:35Casey Moonfoot,
12:37Theron's oldest,
12:38just back from the black forest.
12:40Silence hit like a punch.
12:42A few pups up front nearly dropped.
12:44Someone fumbled a wine bowl.
12:47Crash.
12:48Flames hissed as the liquor met fire.
12:51Even the beta trick.
12:55He'd just skinned a challenger
12:57from Graveclaw Pack.
13:00Still reeked of blood.
13:10Kasey stopped right in front of me.
13:12What happened to your face?
13:15Voice sharp,
13:16cut glass serious.
13:22I met those deep blue eyes
13:24and saw it.
13:25The memory.
13:28Him storming the dungeon
13:29blooded and wild.
13:32Holding my dead body
13:33like it broke him.
13:38He went rogue for me.
13:42It is nothing.
13:46Cain scoffed,
13:47sliding between us.
13:49Eve's my problem.
13:50Don't stress.
13:51He squared up.
13:52She's about to be my mate.
13:54I've got it handled.
13:56The beta frowned,
13:58about to speak.
13:59But Cain shut him down
14:00with one look.
14:10Dad sent me.
14:12I walked past Cain,
14:16steps steady.
14:17Cain was practically oozing smug,
14:19like he already saw the alpha crest
14:21hanging around his neck.
14:24The second the pack filled the great hall,
14:26his silver-white hair caught the lights.
14:30Dude was ancient,
14:32like over a hundred,
14:33but still stood like a legend.
14:35He reached for my hand,
14:37smiling.
14:40Big day.
14:50Eve's come of age.
14:54And just like I promised her father,
14:57she'll choose one of my sons as her mate.
15:01When she does,
15:04that wolf the next alpha.
15:06Gasps rippled through the hall.
15:10All eyes snapped to Cain,
15:12some lit with envy.
15:16Yeah, they all remembered
15:17how hard I used to fall for him.
15:21Now.
15:23Patting my hand.
15:24Let the chosen step forward.
15:26I'll witness it myself.
15:28Cain shot up Stelia,
15:31chin high,
15:31already halfway into his victory strut,
15:34until Theron threw up a hand.
15:38Then Theron turned,
15:40gaze softening toward the corner.
15:45Case.
15:59You ready, Eve?
16:05How's it him?
16:06Didn't Eve love Cain so much
16:07she nearly died for him?
16:09Why case?
16:10Is this some kind of screw-up?
16:17Father,
16:18this has to be a mistake!
16:33I might be old,
16:34but I'm not losing it.
16:35you think I'd mess up a choice
16:37that decides Silvermoon's future.
16:42The alpha's word is final.
16:45Eve has chosen Case
16:46as her mate.
16:47No, that's wrong!
16:49Something's off!
16:53Eve,
16:54tell them.
16:55You picked me.
16:57Father just,
16:58he got it twisted, right?
17:04I chose Case.
17:06He is my mate now.
17:08The only one.
17:18Cain lunged.
17:19Grabbed my wrist hard enough to bruise.
17:21Liar!
17:23You love me!
17:24Everyone knows you'd have died for me!
17:28How could you pick this savage?
17:31Father forced you, didn't he?
17:33The beta shoved between us,
17:35ripping Cain's hand off.
17:40What are you waiting for?
17:41Get him out!
17:42Unless you're begging for a fight too.
17:45They snapped to it,
17:46hauling Cain back
17:47as he kicked and fought.
17:49was...
17:51Eve!
17:53Say something!
17:54Tell them it's wrong!
17:56You chose me!
17:58Therion clicked a hand.
18:06The beta handed me
18:08a carved wooden box,
18:09etched with the Silvermoon totem.
18:12Miss Abel,
18:13a gift from the alpha.
18:15May your bond strengthen the pack.
18:19I stared down at it,
18:20something flickering in my chest.
18:25Inside was the alpha crest,
18:28passed down for generations.
18:33The one Cain spent his whole past life chasing.
18:37At the banquet,
18:39torchlight danced along the stone walls.
18:42I scanned the crowd.
18:44No sign of Cain.
18:49I turned berry wine in hand
18:51and smacked straight into a solid chest.
18:56The sharp scent of pine hit me.
18:58My eyes burned.
19:04Back then,
19:05when Cain locked me in that cellar,
19:07it was Case,
19:09who kicked the door down
19:11and carried me out,
19:13barely breathing.
19:20He was wrecked,
19:22bleeding everywhere,
19:23snarling at the wolves crowding us.
19:26Touch her again
19:27and I'll skin you alive,
19:29bury you with her.
19:31After I died,
19:32he turned that dungeon
19:34into a bloodbath,
19:35dragged every one of Cain's dirty secrets
19:37straight to Therion.
19:38I'd already left my body by then.
19:41Just a soul watching him
19:42take on the whole pack for me.
19:44That is when it hit me.
19:46This brutal wolf
19:47had always put me first.
19:49Since I came back,
19:51that voice inside hasn't shut up.
19:53Choosing him is right.
20:03Once the feast kicked off,
20:05Theron made his move.
20:07He just pointed,
20:09straight to the empty chair
20:10on his right.
20:14Every wolf in the froze.
20:16That seat meant one thing.
20:19Cain was the next alpha.
20:20He took it without blinking.
20:22The whispers exploded instantly.
20:25The lone wolf?
20:26Bonding with me?
20:33Right in the middle of all that buzz,
20:35Cain crashed the party.
20:36Stumbling through the crowd,
20:38completely wasted,
20:39looking absolutely pathetic.
20:42Father, you can't approve their bond.
20:45Get him out of here.
20:47If he can still stand,
20:49he can crawl to his quarters.
20:51Don't disgrace us.
20:55Eve and I,
20:57we grew up together.
20:59We and the getter each other.
21:02Eve and I,
21:03we,
21:04we,
21:04you can't tear us apart.
21:07Oh?
21:09Poo-pooed sweethearts?
21:11Funny.
21:13I remember it differently.
21:15Eve,
21:16care to clear that up?
21:20Alpha,
21:21I'm not sure why Cain would say that.
21:23I've always seen him like a brother.
21:26He's the one chasing Lena,
21:27not me.
21:33Ever love you?
21:34I always have.
21:38I get it.
21:40You're jealous.
21:41Still pissed I gave the Arctic fox fur to Lena,
21:45huh?
21:45Using Cain to get back at me?
21:47You shouldn't say that.
21:49I'm forming a mate bond with Cain.
21:55You're mine!
21:57You can't!
21:58His hand barely moved
21:59before Kay's grip
22:01snapped right around his arm.
22:04Sweat instantly
22:05breaking out on his face.
22:10She's my mate.
22:12You think you can touch her?
22:16With one sharp twist,
22:18he slammed him to the floor.
22:20Cain just curled up,
22:22groaning.
22:30Know your place.
22:32This is Eve's coming of age.
22:35Don't make me spill blood.
22:39You disgrace.
22:42You're grounded.
22:44Three months.
22:46Stay in your quarters and think.
22:50Eve!
22:52Tell him you love me!
22:56I didn't even glance his way.
22:59Just turned to Kay with a quiet smile.
23:04Our bonding ceremony was locked in
23:07for the next full moon.
23:10One morning before that,
23:12I found him waiting
23:13at the edge of the training grounds.
23:15He didn't say a word.
23:16Just watched.
23:18Everyone out there thinks I'm a monster.
23:21That I've killed too many.
23:28Aren't you scared of me?
23:34Scared of what?
23:44Scared I'll snap one day and hurt you.
23:48Not that it matters.
23:49Even if you were,
23:51it's too late.
23:53Whether you regret this or not,
23:55I'm not letting go.
23:56You're mine.
24:00Eve,
24:01in this life,
24:02you're only mine.
24:05Facing down the pack for me
24:06in our last life,
24:07my chest tightened.
24:10I've never regretted anything.
24:12And I'm not scared of you.
24:16I dropped the bow and walked to him,
24:19taking slow, steady steps.
24:28I've heard what they say.
24:31But I know you're not the monster
24:32they make you out to be.
24:34You.
24:36I chose you,
24:37I chose you,
24:38moonfake.
24:44From the start,
24:46I never doubted it.
24:51his throat bobbed.
24:53He reached out,
24:54his fingers wrapping around my wrist,
24:56steady and warm.
24:58Eve,
24:59don't forget you said today.
25:01His voice dipped,
25:02gravel rough.
25:03I won't.
25:11When I got back to the tent,
25:13Lena was at the fire,
25:14flipping meat.
25:20She spun around when she heard me,
25:23eyes full of poison.
25:25You really know how to fake it, huh?
25:27Acting like you're all in with case
25:29when you're scared out of your mind.
25:33What?
25:33Kane suddenly wasn't good enough?
25:35So now you're throwing yourself
25:36at that psycho?
25:38Just wait.
25:39When case finally snaps,
25:42you'll be the first body he drops.
25:47Before I could fire back,
25:49chaos burst out.
26:02A guard's voice rang out,
26:04panicked.
26:06Miss Abel!
26:08Kane's here!
26:09He brought men!
26:12I yanked open the tent flap
26:14and stepped into the sunlight.
26:18Kayan,
26:19surrounded by a few goons,
26:21with the rest of the pack closing in,
26:24eyes glued to the scene
26:25like it was prime drama.
26:30Hey,
26:31you're here to take me with you, right?
26:39Kane didn't even glance at her.
26:42He walked straight to me
26:46and pulled a ruby-stuckled
26:48silver moon ring from his coat,
26:50held it up like it meant something.
26:54Eve,
26:54I messed up.
26:58But I'm here now.
27:00Give me another chance.
27:05I'll spend my life making it right.
27:08I'll never let you suffer again.
27:11Swear it.
27:13Disgust churned in my gut.
27:16Did you forget?
27:18Weren't you head over heels, Felina?
27:27Eve, please.
27:28It was all a misunderstanding.
27:30No one compares to you.
27:31You're the only one I've ever loved.
27:34Funny.
27:39That's not what you said before.
27:41You told me once we were bonded
27:42I needed to stay obedient,
27:43stay quiet,
27:44and never question what you did with Lena.
27:47I was confused.
27:49I didn't mean to hurt you.
28:00Kane, you said you loved me.
28:02You said I was sweeter than Eve.
28:04You promised we'd be mates after the full moon.
28:06Shut up!
28:14Kane backhanded her so hard
28:16her head snapped sideways.
28:18The same brutal hit I knew too well.
28:21Red rents loomed across Lena's cheek.
28:23She grabbed her face,
28:24eyes wide,
28:25stunned.
28:32Slut.
28:33You seduced me.
28:35If it weren't for you,
28:37Eve would have picked me.
28:42You're just a scheming little wolf.
28:45You were never good enough to stand next to me.
28:48So he'd known the truth all along.
28:50He just chose to lie.
28:52Again.
28:55How could you ever compare to Eve?
28:57She's true able blood.
28:59You?
29:00You're just her mum's distant cousin.
29:02A tagalong nobody the pack took pity on.
29:11Did you actually think I'd become your mate?
29:15I gave her everything.
29:17Let her have the spotlight.
29:19The praise.
29:20And still,
29:20she clawed for more.
29:22Even my mate.
29:24I'm not a tagalong nobody!
29:26I'm not!
29:27You think I don't see it?
29:29Your blood,
29:31your rank,
29:31nothing stacks up to Eve.
29:33You're not even worthy to be her servant
29:34and you thought you could be my mate.
29:36I'm not.
29:37I'm not.
29:38I'm not.
29:38I'm not.
29:39I'm not.
29:40I'm not.
29:42I'm not.
29:43I'm not.
29:43I'm not.
29:45Cain lunged.
29:46Grab on my wrist.
29:49Eve, wait!
29:53Eve,
29:53don't leave!
29:56You saw it.
29:57I'm done with her.
29:59I swear,
30:00I'll never go near her again.
30:01Just give me one more chance.
30:06Cain,
30:06have some respect.
30:08I'm about to be your sister-in-law.
30:13I'm not.
30:16Maybe being the Silvermoon Alpha's son
30:18made you think everything should fall into your lap.
30:20There is one thing
30:22you'll never have.
30:24What?
30:28Second chances.
30:31There's no second chances in this life.
30:33I made sure every word hit.
30:36I turned to the crowd,
30:39voice loud and steady.
30:41Casey and I will be bonded soon.
30:44Hope to see you all at the ceremony.
30:47Cain moved to follow,
30:48but I tore free
30:49and walked off,
30:51slamming the tent flap shut behind me.
30:53Told the guards,
30:54no one gets in.
30:56They're drama.
30:57I was done with it.
31:04The morning of the bonding ceremony,
31:06I was up before the sun.
31:10Cain stepped in,
31:11pushing back the tent flap,
31:13cradling a bunch of fresh astray leaves,
31:16dewy and wild
31:17from the cedar woods.
31:20He wasn't anything like Cain.
31:23Cain was wildfire.
31:25Loud.
31:27Cocky.
31:28Always looking for trouble.
31:32Case.
31:33Icebound fang.
31:34Sharp jaw.
31:36Blade straight nose.
31:37Eyes locked ahead like nothing could shake him.
31:39Everyone said he couldn't,
31:41love.
31:41But I remembered the way he tore through the dungeon to get to me.
31:44And now,
31:45seeing that same tension in his lips,
31:48heat bloomed in my chest.
31:50Last time,
31:51trailing behind Cain,
31:52my gut twisted with dread,
31:54praying he wouldn't Blake now.
32:09Then he stopped cold.
32:15Cain stood dead center,
32:17in front of the moon goddess statue.
32:20Full ceremonial gear.
32:23Blocking our way.
32:24No one thought he'd actually crashed the ceremony.
32:30He had completely lost it.
32:33Case lowered me to the ground.
32:35He started to step forward alone.
32:39But I grabbed his wrist
32:40and moved beside him.
32:46From now on,
32:48we face everything together.
32:50He looked at me.
32:52The morning light hit his eyes.
32:59Then Cain saw our hands.
33:02His wolf snapped.
33:26Eve,
33:27come with me.
33:28Let's swear before the moon goddess.
33:30You are always mine.
33:31Unreal.
33:33The same wolf who tossed me aside,
33:35now begging like it meant something.
33:38Cain,
33:39if you're here to witness the ceremony,
33:41stay.
33:41But if you're here to wreck it,
33:44whatever happened next,
33:45that's on you.
33:47Witness?
33:49You told me you'd only ever love me.
33:52Swore you'd never bond with anyone else.
34:01Cass!
34:14You're insane.
34:16Why would you block it with your hands?
34:18We need a healer!
34:19Now!
34:26You used to worry about me like that.
34:28Now you won't even look at me.
34:30He is my mate.
34:32Who else would I care about?
34:36Guards swarmed in,
34:38slamming care into the ground.
34:40He fought like a feral,
34:43howling and thrashing.
34:50Cain,
34:50stop,
34:51I'll go with you.
34:52I'll give up everything.
34:56I'll give up everything.
35:02Moon goddess,
35:03hear me.
35:04I was wrong.
35:05Just one more chance.
35:07I'll protect Eve forever.
35:10I swear she'll never suffer again.
35:13Take him to the dungeon.
35:16The alpha can decide what happens after the ceremony.
35:26Case grabbed my wrist with his good hand
35:29and led me up to the altar,
35:30right before the moon goddess.
35:33Under her gaze,
35:34we completed our bond.
35:36Later,
35:37I heard Theron tore into Cain himself,
35:39then banished him to the forest edge.
35:42No orders.
35:43No entry.
35:45Silver moon was off limits for good.
35:49Night had already settled when K.O. came in.
35:52I was curled up on the bed,
35:54watching as he shut the door with a solid thunt.
35:57What, you planning to stand there
35:58guarding the door all night after the ceremony?
36:01I tapped the spot beside me.
36:02Get over here.
36:05He didn't say a word,
36:06just walked over,
36:07pulled off his robe,
36:08and let it drop.
36:09His back was all muscle and scars,
36:11some old,
36:12some fresh,
36:13warrior-proof.
36:13Then he leaned down,
36:14arms braced on either side of me,
36:16breath hot with cedar lacquer.
36:18Didn't someone just tell me to get in bed?
36:20I looked up at that jaw,
36:21sharp as ever,
36:22and reached for his ear,
36:24burning,
36:24just like I thought.
36:26What?
36:27I grinned.
36:30Scared?
36:31He gave a low chuckle,
36:32then bit the corner of my lip,
36:34just enough to sting.
36:36You're mine.
36:37What would I be scared of?
36:39Then stopped.
36:40Let me ask you something.
36:42What?
36:43Back then,
36:45wolves say you would have died for Cain.
36:47His fingertip brushed my collarbone.
36:49You really done with all that?
36:51With him?
36:53Done with what?
36:55I looped my arms around his neck,
36:57pulling close.
36:57I was blind before.
37:00Now I know exactly who's worth it.
37:06A smart girl.
37:10He pulled his shirt off,
37:12revealing pale scars crossing his chest
37:14like forgotten battle maps.
37:16I touched the largest one.
37:18Even had a rotum.
37:22You don't have to be gentle with me.
37:25I know.
37:40He covered me.
37:42Warm, solid.
37:44Every kiss was a claim.
37:46Every touch, a promise.
37:49A promise.
37:53A promise.
37:56A promise.
37:57A promise.
38:13Hitting deeper,
38:14until the world just fell away
38:17and stars exploded.
38:32Afterward,
38:33his usual sharpness
38:34softened into something vulnerable.
38:37He sank his teeth into my neck.
38:39I love you.
38:44Three moons later,
38:46I got the news.
38:48By then, Casey was the alpha.
38:51But seeing my belly,
38:53he just froze.
38:56His skin burned hot,
38:58fingers still shaking.
39:05Eve,
39:07we're having a pup.
39:11I just nodded,
39:12smiling.
39:13Autumn rains hit hard.
39:15Landslide crushed the forest's edge.
39:19He got pinned under the rubble.
39:22Eve,
39:23you came.
39:27Let me end this.
39:29For good.
39:35I knelt beside Cain.
39:38Blood was everywhere.
39:40Thick,
39:41metallic.
39:42His dead eyes flickered.
39:44Do you remember
39:45in our last life?
39:48He coughed blood,
39:50voice torn to shreds.
39:53You bonded to me
39:54under the moon goddess statue.
39:58Said it would be forever.
40:01Said you'd plant moon petals in the yard.
40:03His fingers clawed at the mud
40:05like he was digging up ghosts.
40:07You had a pup.
40:08She had your eyes.
40:10Chased fireflies in the yard.
40:19Then I laughed cold and sharp.
40:29Keep repeating it.
40:31Maybe one day
40:32you'll believe it.
40:34You,
40:35you.
40:40I remember everything.
40:43You locked me up.
40:44I died.
40:45Me and our pup
40:47are full of hate.
41:03Let's go.
41:08Rain slammed down,
41:10pounding the rubble,
41:11washing away the rot of the past.
41:15I leaned into Kaev's chest,
41:18letting the sound of his heartbeat ground me.
41:21I was finally free.
41:24I was finally free.
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