- 10 hours ago
Betrayal and Rebirth Episode Reborn Heiress Revenge ASM
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter. My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega, got drunk, caused a hit and
00:06run, and left blood spilled across the human territory border.
00:09My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:16Selina is an Omega. She's too fragile for prison.
00:18If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:22Lyra, take her place.
00:24I refused, but on a stormy night ago profunder, my father used absolute Alpha command.
00:29He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.
00:33My fiancé, my fated mate, Kalen, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:39to me,
00:39Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:42Endure these seven years for now.
00:46Seven years later.
00:48Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:53I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,
00:58dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
01:01A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
01:04The window rolled down revealed Kalen's sharp, striking face.
01:06Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
01:09The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.
01:12Lyra.
01:12Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
01:15In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
01:18Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
01:22You've suffered these past seven years.
01:24I'll keep my promise, Kalen said.
01:27At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
01:30He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
01:33There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
01:36I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at him and slowly pulled my hand
01:41away.
01:42Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
01:44Okay.
01:47Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
01:492,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
01:52Long enough to see Kalen and my family for what they truly were.
01:54They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
01:57Sensing my indifference, Kalen let out a low, irritated sound.
01:59Selina knows you're coming back today.
02:01Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
02:04Your parents and your sister are all at Pack Medical Center calming her down.
02:08I closed my eyes.
02:10The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
02:13An hour later, we arrived at my home.
02:16Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
02:19They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
02:24My parents loved only Selina.
02:26To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
02:29The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kalen first.
02:32Only then did he turn to me.
02:33Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
02:37Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
02:39Disgrace.
02:40I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.
02:43How had I become the shameful one?
02:45But my expectations had died seven years ago, on that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force
02:51my confession.
02:52I understand.
02:53I turned toward the side entrance.
02:55Then Kalen stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
02:58His pupils sharpened into slits.
03:00Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.
03:03She needs me.
03:04Go rest.
03:04He did not wait for a reply.
03:06He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
03:08I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
03:16Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
03:22It was my beta sister, Chloe.
03:24Alpha father, Luna mother.
03:26Selenna is in terrible shape mentally.
03:28Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
03:30If Selenna catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
03:33My father sighed but said nothing.
03:34My mother answered first.
03:35She carries our blood.
03:36If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?
03:40Then what are we supposed to do?
03:41Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
03:44My father finally spoke.
03:46When Selen returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
03:50She is not to appear in front of Selen.
03:52She is not to leave her room for any reason.
03:54My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
03:58Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
04:02An encrypted message.
04:03Miss Lyra, congratulations.
04:05You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
04:09Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
04:13under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
04:16Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
04:19You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
04:22I did not hesitate.
04:23On the holographic display, I signed my name.
04:27Lyra.
04:27I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
04:31Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silver Moon Penitentiary.
04:35Shortly before my release, I applied again.
04:38As expected, I passed.
04:40Ten days.
04:41If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
04:48The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
04:52A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
04:56Selenna was back.
04:57Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
05:03My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaelin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
05:09world.
05:10The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
05:13In perfect unison, everyone said,
05:15Happy awakening day, Selenna.
05:17Selenna smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
05:20Then she lifted her chin.
05:21I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
05:23Did anyone get me something special?
05:25My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
05:29Kaelin was reaching for his own.
05:32When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
05:35Lyra, you're awake.
05:37Come here, celebrate with us.
05:39Selenna turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
05:41Sorry, sis.
05:43My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
05:46You're not mad, are you?
05:47Before I could answer, Kaelin spoke for me.
05:50Lyra isn't petty.
05:51She wouldn't blame you.
05:53At that, Selenna boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
05:57Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
06:00She smiled.
06:01I want Kaelin as my mate.
06:03Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
06:07Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
06:10Every wolf there stayed silent.
06:12Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
06:15My surrender.
06:16Rage surged through my blood.
06:18I clenched my fists.
06:20And if I say no?
06:23Selenna froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
06:27I was only joking.
06:28I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
06:32My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
06:35Don't be afraid, Selenna.
06:37Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
06:39Her bloodline is beneath yours.
06:41My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
06:44Blood means nothing.
06:45Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
06:47Chloe joined in without hesitation.
06:49That's right, Selenna.
06:50You're my only sister.
06:52I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
06:56And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
06:57What are they saying?
06:59His throat tightened before he answered.
07:02Selenna said she was joking.
07:04Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
07:06The room reeked of lies.
07:08What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
07:11My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
07:14My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
07:16But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving
07:21on my own.
07:22Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selenna.
07:26Ten years ago, when Selenna was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.
07:31What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
07:35I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
07:38None of it mattered now.
07:39Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
07:41I just got out of Silver Moon Penitentiary.
07:43I want some air outside the territory.
07:45You all enjoy the party.
07:46Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
07:50Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
07:53Not one of them remembered.
07:55Today was my awakening day, too.
07:56Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
08:00Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
08:05With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
08:09It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
08:13The irony was almost funny.
08:15Ever since they brought me back at fifteen, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selenna and
08:19cut me off completely.
08:21I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
08:25At eleven-thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.
08:28When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
08:31Then another scent cut through the storm.
08:34Cold fur.
08:35Powerful.
08:35A top-tier alpha.
08:37Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
08:41Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
08:43He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
08:46The rear door was already open.
08:48Lyra, happy awakening day.
08:50The words hit me like a blow.
08:52I stood there, frozen.
08:54Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.
08:56Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us
09:02was born.
09:03Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I
09:08was fifteen, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.
09:13I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
09:17He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same
09:23time.
09:24In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
09:30He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
09:32He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
09:35He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
09:39And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left graveyard, I gave him my kidney.
09:44I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
09:48Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with
09:54his own hands.
09:55Lyra, what is it?
09:57Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
09:59Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
10:01I answered evenly, thank you.
10:03Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
10:05When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding rite.
10:11Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
10:15mate bond?
10:16I had it made early.
10:18Do you like it?
10:20Bitterness filled my throat.
10:22Alpha, you remembered wrong.
10:24I don't like wedding dresses.
10:25And I hate red.
10:27The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
10:31At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
10:34After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
10:41wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.
10:46Kalen's eyes tightened.
10:47Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.
10:50I'm sorry.
10:51I remembered wrong.
10:52Come on.
10:53I'll take you to dinner.
10:54On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
10:58Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
11:00Why are you thinner than before?
11:01And your leg, he never finished.
11:04A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
11:06The screen flashed one name, Selina.
11:09The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.
11:12Turn around.
11:13Now, back to the territory.
11:14The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeschen nonstop, trying to soothe her.
11:18When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.
11:23Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.
11:26The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.
11:29Her face was pale as paper.
11:31My sister is back, she whispered.
11:33A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.
11:37Goodbye?
11:38Then she jumped.
11:39The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
11:41The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
11:43But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
11:46My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kalen.
11:49All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.
11:51That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
11:57After they all left for the hospital, I dragged my ruined leg back to the storage room and collapsed onto
12:02the hard wooden bed.
12:03I turned on my com device.
12:0512.20 AM.
12:06The top-tier alpha had broken his promise.
12:08He had not stayed to celebrate my awakening day.
12:10But my wolf made no wounded cry.
12:12Inside me, there was only emptiness.
12:14I closed my eyes and fell into a heavy sleep.
12:16Eight days left.
12:17For the next five days, I hid my scent and worked at the diner.
12:20My parents and Chloe stayed at the hospital, wrapping Selina in layers of protective scent.
12:24Not once did they return home.
12:25Then, on the 5th, the television above the counter played a news report.
12:28Alpha Keen announces his engagement to Selim of Crescent Moon Pack.
12:31My pupils snapped into slits.
12:33That night, I pushed open the wooden door and returned to the territory.
12:37The thick scent of a gathering hit me immediately.
12:39My parents were there.
12:40Chloe was there.
12:41Selina was there.
12:43Kalen's cold fur scent filled the living room.
12:45My Luna mother caught the smell of grease and dirt clinging to me and began criticizing me sharply in French.
12:52My father silenced her with a hard look.
12:54Only then did she force a smile.
12:57Lyra, you're finally home.
12:59My father released a wave of alpha pressure and spoke like a judge delivering sentence.
13:03The healers say Selina's Omega Depression Syndrome is getting worse.
13:06So we made a decision for you.
13:08Your mate bond will be transferred to Selina.
13:09You have no objection, do you?
13:11I listened in silence to the verdict they had already decided.
13:13They had used power to cut away everything that was mine.
13:16Now they pretended to ask for my opinion.
13:18I turned to Kalen.
13:19And you agreed to this too?
13:20He crossed the room in a few strides and seized my cold hand.
13:23Selina's only obsession right now is completing the bonding right with me.
13:27Don't worry, little wolf.
13:29I would never betray you.
13:31I'm only going through the motions.
13:32He was going to mark another she-wolf.
13:34How could that be anything but betrayal?
13:36I ripped my hand from his grasp.
13:38Fine.
13:39Do whatever you want.
13:40Something in Kalen's chest seemed to tighten, and he reached for me again.
13:46Then Selina released a flood of sorrowful pheromones.
13:48If you don't want this, sister, then forget it.
13:51Her voice broke.
13:51She dug her nails into the back of her own hand until blood welled up, filling the room
13:55with the metallic smell of it.
13:56Chloe rushed to stop her from hurting herself.
13:58Lyra!
13:59Then she turned on me, baring her fangs.
14:01Can't you smell how sick Selina is?
14:03Do we all have to get on our knees and beg before you'll finally say yes?
14:06My own blood sister had long since been twisted by this diseased pack.
14:10Chloe's furious shout dragged me back into old memories.
14:13When I first returned to the territory, they forced me to give my best den to Selina.
14:17Later, they took away my chance for higher education and handed it to her instead.
14:22Then seven years ago, Selina broke the pack's highest law.
14:25The memories crashed over me like a tidal wave and set my anger ablaze.
14:28I met Chloe's hostile blares with a cold smile.
14:30Fine.
14:31If every one of you gets on your knees and submits to me, I'll agree to give Selina the
14:35mate contract.
14:36The living room fell silent.
14:38They had never expected the obedient Lyra to say something so defiant.
14:41I dragged my damaged leg back to my cramped room.
14:44Late that night, my comm device vibrated.
14:46Kaylin.
14:49Lyra, Selina once saved my life.
14:51She even gave me her kidney, the core of her wolf vitality.
14:54That's why I have to complete the bonding rite with her this time.
14:56It felt as if a silver hammer had smashed straight into my chest.
14:59Alpha, when you were injured, I was the one who saved you.
15:02I gave you my kidney.
15:03Silence answered me.
15:04Then Kaylin spoke, his voice colder than ice.
15:06When did you learn to lie, Lyra?
15:08Selina saved me.
15:09Your parents and the healers can swear to it in the pack's name.
15:12I'm disappointed in you.
15:13The blood in my body turned to ice.
15:15I laid there on the cold bed, unable to speak.
15:17Eight years ago, when Kaylin was nearly killed in that ambush, I never hesitated.
15:21I was tested as a match.
15:22I gave away a piece of self to save him.
15:25Now my devotion had become a wedding gift for another Omega.
15:27And I, a discarded wolf with no records and no standing, did not even have the right to
15:31defend my own truth.
15:32After a long time, I spoke softly.
15:34Believe whatever you want.
15:35I had already decided to abandon you completely.
15:37I ended the call and closed my eyes.
15:40The second to last day.
15:42After finishing another shift of miserable labor, I stepped out of the diner.
15:45That familiar black SUV was parked outside the shopping center.
15:48Then fireworks explode over Grand Avenue District.
15:50Hundreds of drones rose into the sky and formed a glowing message.
15:53Alpha Kaylin will love Lyra forever.
15:54I stared upward for a long time, unable to move.
15:57Kaylin strode toward me, his voice low and gentle.
16:00What happened yesterday was my fault.
16:01But you have to believe me.
16:03The one I truly love, deep in my soul, is you.
16:06So you don't need to lie just to claim someone else's credit.
16:08For a moment, I wanted to throw back my head and howl.
16:11Not because I was touched.
16:12Because he was absurd.
16:13How could he join hands with my own family?
16:15To tear me apart again and again?
16:17Then look me in the eye and call it love?
16:19He pinched my hollow cheek, lightly.
16:21You're too thin.
16:22Why aren't you eating proper, Lily?
16:24I lifted my eyes sharply.
16:26I survived seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary surrounded by silver.
16:29My wolf barely stayed alive.
16:31Did you think I was going to come out healthy and whole?
16:32Kaylin's massive brain stiffened.
16:34Maybe only now did he remember that he had personally sent me into that hell.
16:38He opened his mouth to speak.
16:39Before he could, the SUV door swung open.
16:41Salona's sugary voice drifted out.
16:43Kaylin, Lyra, don't stand out there in the cold.
16:46Bad weather is hard on a wolf.
16:48The last trace of warmth inside me died.
16:50Kaylin explained quickly.
16:51Selene followed my scent here because she wanted to see you.
16:54She said she appreciates your generosity for stepping aside.
16:58He ushered me into the vehicle.
16:59Inside the enclosed cabin, Selene glanced at my stained, worn uniform.
17:04Lyra, don't our parents send supplies through the butler every month?
17:07Why are you doing menial labor in a human restaurant?
17:09It embarrasses the pack.
17:11She removed a jeweled bracelet from her wrist and held it out to me.
17:14If you need resources, this bracelet is worth $3 million.
17:18That should keep you fed for a while.
17:20$3 million.
17:21A casual toy for an Omega was worth more than everything I had ever been given.
17:26I still remembered begging my Luna mother for tuition when I first wanted to attend a human high school after
17:31returning to the territory.
17:32It was only $3,000.
17:34She had blared her fangs and answered coldly.
17:36Resources.
17:37Resources.
17:38Do I owe you something?
17:40I gave you life.
17:42You should be grateful for that alone.
17:44Why are you never satisfied?
17:46After that day, I never asked this territory for another scrap of meat.
17:50The story about the butler delivering supplies had always been a lie.
17:54Their hearts were never with me, I said.
17:56Look at your expensive perfume, your polished fur, your perfect life.
18:00Then look at me, covered in scars.
18:02I slapped the bracelet from her hand.
18:04Keep your Omega pheromones to yourself.
18:06Stop pretending in front of me.
18:07I'm not that naive 15-year-old pup anymore.
18:09When I was 15, I had desperately wanted to form a true pact bond with Selene.
18:13Instead, she framed me again and again.
18:14Every wrong thing she did became my crime.
18:16By the time I understood what was happening, the entire pack already saw me as an outsider.
18:20My outburst sent tears spilling down her face.
18:22The air filled with the heartbreaking scent of distress.
18:24The instant Caelan caught it, his protective instinct exploded.
18:27He stepped in front of Zena, shielding her against his chest, and snared at me.
18:30Lyra, she was trying to be kind.
18:33If you don't want the bracelet, fine.
18:35But there was no reason to speak to her like that.
18:37I almost laughed.
18:38This was the male who swore that deep in his soul, he loved me most.
18:42Whenever Selene and I stood on opposite sides, he chose her.
18:45Always.
18:46Alpha, I said, staring directly at him.
18:49If a starving wolf is thrown rotten meat as charity,
18:53is she supposed to swallow it gratefully and wag her tail at the one who tossed it?
18:58Even if you grind me into the dearth, my wolf still has pride.
19:01Caelan had no answer.
19:02Beside him, Selene's breathing suddenly turned racked.
19:05She whimpered weakly.
19:06I'm sorry.
19:06This is my fault.
19:07Don't blame Lyra.
19:08Caelan's protective instincts ignited completely.
19:10He barked at the driver.
19:12Turn around, now.
19:12Take us to Pac Medical Center.
19:14Then he looked at me with icy contempt.
19:15Lyra, your behavior just now was vicious.
19:17You can walk home yourself.
19:20The door slammed shut.
19:21I was left alone on the freezing street.
19:23As I watched the taillight disappeared, I realized I felt nothing.
19:25No pain, no heartbreak, no grief at being abandoned by my mate.
19:29At some point, white snow began drifting from the sky.
19:31The first snowfall of the year.
19:33The last one I would ever smell before I escaped.
19:35I limped all the way back to Pac Manor.
19:37The house was decorated lavishly for the coming bonding rite.
19:40My Luna mother smiled brightly.
19:41The full moon is the day after tomorrow.
19:43An auspicious day.
19:44Selene's ceremony must be magnificent.
19:47My alpha father sighed with pride.
19:48Our greatest daughter is about to become someone else's Luna.
19:51I stood in the shadows and watched them.
19:53They had truly given all their love to that Omega.
19:56The extraction vehicle would arrive at 9 o'clock the night after tomorrow.
19:59After that, the open wilderness would be mine.
20:02I would run free.
20:03And I would never beg for the scraps of bloodlands again.
20:06The day after tomorrow was Selene and Kaylin's bonding rite.
20:09Chloe threw them a wild pre-wedding party.
20:12By the next morning, the manor still reeked of alcohol and hormones from the night before.
20:17There was no running water in my storage room, so I had to limp across the house to wash up.
20:21As I passed the living room, I saw a crowd of young wolves playing games.
20:24Selene and Kaylin sat in the center, surrounded like royalty.
20:27One spoiled young alpha shouted,
20:28Alpha, you lost.
20:29Truth or dare?
20:30Kaylin leaned back lazily.
20:31Dare.
20:32Kiss Selene in front of everyone for one full minute.
20:34Then the young alpha spotted me nearby and grinned cruelly.
20:36Actually, better idea.
20:37Kiss any she-wolf here for one minute.
20:39He pointed straight at me.
20:40Lyra, weren't you always obsessed with alpha?
20:42He's about to mark someone else.
20:43Why not give her one last kiss and leave her with something hopeless to remember?
20:46Kaylin rose to his feet at once and started walking toward me.
20:49One step, then another.
20:51But when he was less than three feet away, Selene's trembling voice stopped him cold.
20:55Kaylin!
20:57He froze.
20:58He looked back at Selene, then turned to me and lowered his voice.
21:02There are too many people here.
21:04Tomorrow, I'm making Selene my Luna.
21:06I can't humiliate her in front of everyone.
21:08You understand, don't you?
21:10I answered calmly.
21:11Sure.
21:11Then I turned and walked toward the washroom.
21:13Behind me, I heard the sound of Kaylin kissing Selene.
21:15Then came the excited howls of the pack.
21:17In this game where I was always the one left behind, I almost wanted to thank him.
21:20At last, he had let me go.
21:21Night fell.
21:22Kaylin lit the entire sky above the territory with fireworks for Selene.
21:26He followed my scent and pulled me into the shadows.
21:28Lyra, once tomorrow's full moon is over,
21:30Once Selene and I finish this fake bonding writ, we can finally be together the way we should be.
21:35My throat felt dry and raw.
21:37I'm sorry.
21:38I won't.
21:39Before I could finish, Chloe came running over.
21:42Come on, future brother-in-law.
21:43We're starting another game.
21:45Kaylin glanced back at her, then at me.
21:47What were you saying?
21:48I gave him a faint, bitter smile.
21:51Nothing.
21:52Go celebrate with your pack.
21:54He squeezed my cold fingers.
21:56After tomorrow's ceremony, everything will be over.
21:59Then he turned and walked back into the light and noise.
22:02I watched his back in silence.
22:04He was right.
22:05Everything was over.
22:06Every wolf in the house crowded into Selene's lavish room.
22:10I walked alone into the shadows of the Manon and checked my comm device.
22:137.15pm.
22:14One hour and 45 minutes left.
22:16I washed myself with cold water, scrubbing away every trace of the territory sent from my skin and fur.
22:21The body in the mirror was covered in burn scars and whip marks left by Silvermoon Penitentiary.
22:25I changed into the cleanest clothes I owned and waited.
22:28The final hour.
22:31I looked around the room that had trapped me for years.
22:35A few worn out clothes.
22:37A thin blanket.
22:38A journal on the table.
22:40A framed photograph.
22:41I threw away the old clothes and picked up the frame.
22:44It was a family photo taken 12 years ago, shortly after I was brought back to the territory.
22:49Both families stood together, smiling.
22:51That picture had once carried every hope I had for belonging.
22:54Now I tore it into pieces and dropped it in the trash.
22:56Then I opened the journal.
22:58December 6, 2016.
23:00Sunny.
23:01I came home today.
23:02I met my Alpha and Luna.
23:03I have a family now.
23:05I'm not a stray anymore.
23:06April 1, 2017.
23:08Cloudy.
23:08I wasn't given food or money.
23:10I'll have to hunt for myself.
23:11July 7, 2018.
23:13Sunny.
23:14I traded prey for a necklace.
23:16My sister didn't like it.
23:17I need to earn more money so I can buy her something better.
23:20I turned to the final page.
23:22The night before prison.
23:23There was only one sentence.
23:25This pack never loved me.
23:27A familiar burn sting behind my eyes.
23:29I picked up a pen and wrote one final message in French.
23:33I'm leaving, Alpha and Luna.
23:34Before I go, my wolf still cannot understand one thing.
23:37If my scent disgusted you so much, why did you search for me in Blackwood Forest at all?
23:42Why do other strays find their parents and receive endless love while the day you found
23:45me was the day I truly lost mine?
23:47Chloe.
23:47You said Selina was your only sister.
23:49Today you get your wish.
23:51Kaylin.
23:51You said we would be together after your fake bonding rile.
23:54I'm sorry.
23:54My wolf is dead.
23:55I won't wait for you anymore.
23:57May your bond last forever.
23:58I abandon this territory forever.
24:00We will never meet again.
24:02When I finished, I slapped the journal onto the table.
24:04Then I pulled out my prison medical records and placed them on top.
24:08The scan clearly showed one undeniable fact.
24:10I had only one kidney.
24:13The clock struck nine.
24:15I grabbed my canvas bag and limped out of the territory.
24:18Behind me, the manor blazed with light, and the wolves' celebration shook the night.
24:24Ahead of me, several black, armored tactical vehicles waited in silence.
24:28Without hesitation, I crossed the territory border and walked toward a new life.
24:33Engines roared.
24:35The convoy sped away, carrying me into the endless dark.
24:38The next day, as a long wolf howl pierced the sky, Selina and Kaylin's mating ceremony
24:42officially began.
24:43My Luna mother looked around the gathering, searching the air for Lyla's scent.
24:46When she found nothing, she snrowned and-
24:48Chloe, where is Lyra?
24:49If she is absent today, the other packs will start talking about division in our bloodline
24:52again.
24:52Go drag her out here.
24:53Chloe said, stopping the servants.
24:55I'll get her myself.
24:56Which room does she sleep in?
24:57The servant hesitated.
24:58Storage room.
24:59Every alpha in the room went still.
25:01Why would Lyra be sleeping in the storage room?
25:03When Miss Lyra was first brought back, she smelled like dirt and wilderness.
25:08There was no suitable room prepared.
25:11Luna said she would stay there temporarily.
25:14Temporary.
25:15That temporary arrangement had lasted twelve years.
25:17A flush of embarrassment crossed my mother's face, and she immediately covered it with a burst
25:21of pressure.
25:21Selina, dressed in white silk, released a sweet cloud of pheromones.
25:24Our storage room was still better than the forest where she fought stray dogs for scraps.
25:28I'm sure she wasn't suffering.
25:29A strange discomfort flickered through Chloe.
25:32Frowning, she headed down the hallway to the sunless corner at the far end.
25:35She pushed open the heavy wooden door.
25:37No warmth of family lingersed inside.
25:39Only dust.
25:40Only mildew.
25:40The cramped room was packed with discarded junk.
25:43Lyla's bed sat beside rusted shelves.
25:45Next to it stood an abandoned water tank that served as a table.
25:47On top of it rested an old lamp, a yellowed journal, and a stack of medical records.
25:53Lyla was gone.
25:54Chloe's heart began to pound.
25:55She rushed to the tank and picked up the journal and documents with shaking hands.
25:58Alpha father!
25:59Luna mother!
26:00Her voice rang through the hall.
26:03Lyra isn't in the territory, but she left these behind.
26:07Before my father could look at them, the roar of an engine came from outside.
26:11Then came the pressure of a top-tier Alpha.
26:14Kaylin had arrived.
26:16My Luna mother spoke first.
26:18She's probably throwing a tantrum and ran off to the border.
26:21Chloe, put those down and come out.
26:23Alpha is here for Selina.
26:25My father hesitated, then forced down his doubts and turned toward the front hall.
26:29Kaylin stood in the center of the manor holding a bouquet.
26:32There was no joy on his face.
26:34His senses swept through the air again and again.
26:37Nothing.
26:38No trace of Lyra.
26:39His brows drew tight.
26:42Where is Lyra?
26:43Jealousy flashed in Selina's eyes, but her scent turned weak and soft.
26:47Kaylin, Lyra probably couldn't handle it and ran out of the territory.
26:50My Luna mother quickly added,
26:51Alpha, we failed to tame Lyra's wild nature.
26:54Kaylin's wolf growled restlessly inside him.
26:57Irritated, he pulled out his comm device and sent Lyra a message.
27:00Why are you acting so childish?
27:02Where did you go?
27:03No reply.
27:04Whether through mind link or text, Lyra answered nothing.
27:07Chloe came into the hall still clutching the journal and medical file.
27:10She had only skimmed the report, but one thing had already shaken her.
27:13How could Lyra's body be in such terrible condition?
27:16Why did she have only one kidney?
27:18She had already ordered her deputy date everything Lyra endured during those seven years in Silvermoon.
27:22Alpha, the mating ceremony is starting.
27:24Selina said brightly, breaking the silence as she wrapped herself around Kaylin's arm.
27:28If Lyra left, then she left.
27:30Selina did not seem concerned about Lyra at all.
27:33Chloe and my father both frowned.
27:34This fake bond doesn't need all this.
27:37Kaylin's voice turned cold.
27:38You wanted to wear a wedding dress and walk into Moon Goddess Temple.
27:43Fine.
27:43We'll do that and nothing more.
27:47He pulled his arm free and walked out first, carrying winter cold with him.
27:51Moon Goddess Temple.
27:52Because it was only a false ceremony, Kaylin invited no guests.
27:56Inside the temple were only the Alpha Lineage families and the Elder presiding over the right.
28:00This is nothing like I imagined.
28:02Selina finally broke.
28:03Lyra left?
28:04So what?
28:05You still have me.
28:06Am I really worth less than that stray wolf?
28:08She's an ex-convict.
28:09How could she ever deserve you?
28:10Kaylin's patience was gone.
28:12All that remained was growing panic over Lyra's disappearance.
28:16Selina, you threatened to die.
28:17You jumped from the roof.
28:18That is the only reason I agreed to this sham ceremony.
28:20Everything you wanted has been done.
28:21I'm going to find Lyra.
28:22Then he fixed her with a hard stare.
28:24And don't forget, Lyra went to Silvermoon Penitentiary in your place.
28:28Every wolf in the temple froze.
28:29Selina suddenly let out a shrill cry.
28:31No one saw where she got it.
28:32But a silvered blade was suddenly at her throat.
28:34I don't care.
28:35How am I less than Lyra?
28:36When you were dying, I was the one who gave you my kidney.
28:38My Luna mother lunged toward her.
28:40Selina, don't do this.
28:41Stay back.
28:42Selina swung wildly, and the silver blade sliced open my mother's arm.
28:46Her eyes burned red as she muttered like someone possessed.
28:48I only want Kaylin.
28:50Why can't I have the one mate I want?
28:51It's all Lyra's fault.
28:52She should have died.
28:53Her hysterical curses echoed through the temple as everything descended into chaos.
28:57The scene ended only when ambulances arrived.
29:00Kaylin wrestled the blade from her barehanded and badly burned his palms in the process.
29:04He sat in the ambulance like a man losing his mind,
29:06calling and messaged Lyra again and again.
29:09Lyra, the fake ceremony is over.
29:10Where are you?
29:11Don't let anger cloud your judgment.
29:14Let me come find you.
29:16But Lyra's message screen remained completely silent.
29:20PAC Medical Center.
29:22Outside the operating room.
29:24My Luna mother ignored the blood still seeping from her own wound as she anxiously grabbed the healer's arm.
29:29My daughter is a fragile omega.
29:31She has depression and she's missing a kidney.
29:34Be gentle when you stitch her up.
29:35The nurse blinked in confusion.
29:37Ma'am, we completed a full body scan.
29:39She is in excellent health and she is not missing a kidney.
29:41What did you say?
29:42My alpha father released a blast of pressure so sharp it made the nurse flinch.
29:46Shaken, she repeated herself.
29:48Both leaders stared in stunned disbelief.
29:50At that same moment, Chloe was reading the files her deputy had just sent her.
29:56They matched the medical report Lyra had left behind.
30:00There were also two blurry surveillance videos.
30:03The first showed Lyra and Kaylin being wheeled side by side into surgery for an organ transplant.
30:12The second came from inside Silvermoon Penitentiary.
30:16In the dark footage, several large female wolves tore into Lyra, beating and torturing her without mercy.
30:23Chloe's eyes instantly turned red.
30:25How dare they treat the leader's bloodline like this?
30:28My father had supposedly made arrangements.
30:31Kaylin had supposedly sent supplies.
30:33Then why did Lyra look so thin?
30:35So broken?
30:36So helpless in those recordings?
30:38Her comm device rang.
30:40When the call ended, Chloe collapsed to the floor.
30:43The one behind everything!
30:46It was Selina!
30:47She could not hold herself together any longer.
30:50Then she realized, our parents were already gone.
30:53Clutching the journal, she ran through the halls and slammed open Selina's hospital room.
31:01Alpha father.
31:03Luna mother.
31:04Read Lyra's journal first.
31:06She flipped to the final pages.
31:08Lyra always understood French.
31:10Every cruel thing we said to exclude her, she understood all of it.
31:14The blood in both leaders seemed to freeze.
31:17My father snatched the journal from her hands and read line by line, his breathing growing heavier with every page.
31:23Chloe turned to Selina, her voice cold as steel.
31:26Were you ever the one who gave Kaylin your kidney?
31:29Selina froze.
31:30That guilty pause destroyed the last hope Chloe had left.
31:33Why did you cut off the supplies meant for Lyra?
31:35Why did you bribe prison guards to torture her?
31:38Selina released a weak wave of pheromones and played innocent.
31:42Little sister, what are you talking about?
31:46By then, both leaders stepped close after finishing the journal.
31:50Chloe gave an order to her deputy.
31:52Bring them in.
31:53Five minutes later, the deputy entered with prison guards, a finance officer, and a heaviest female inmate.
31:59At the same moment, another presence entered the room.
32:03Kaylin.
32:04The freezing scent of fur rolled off him like winter death itself.
32:08His face looked carved from ice.
32:11His gaze pinned to Selina's pale face.
32:13As Lyra's mate, I have every right to uncover the truth behind this.
32:18Selina's face drained of all color.
32:20Kaylin, what truth?
32:22I don't understand anything you're saying.
32:24Chloe snapped.
32:25Still lying?
32:26Even now?
32:27How many times did you frame Lyra over the years?
32:30Do I need to expose every filthy thing you've done in front of Alpha himself?
32:34Selina collapsed to the floor, eyes red with tears.
32:37Chloe, I'm your real sister.
32:39How can you speak to me like this?
32:40Chloe laughed bitter.
32:41Have you forgotten?
32:42Lyra is the one who shares my blood.
32:43Selina began breathing hard, pretending to spiral into another episode.
32:50That's enough.
32:51My Luna mother stepped forward again, blind protectness rising in her voice.
32:54Are you trying to drive your sister to death?
32:57Mom, you're still protecting her?
33:01Chloe's voice cracked.
33:03Do you even know which child is truly yours?
33:06She lifted the medical reports high.
33:09Lyra only has one kidney.
33:10She was the one who saved Kaylin.
33:12The critical condition reports from Silver Moon Atentary show she was nearly beaten to death.
33:15She lived in our territory for 12 years and we gave her nothing.
33:18We hated her because of Selina's lies.
33:20We exiled her while loving the wolf who betrayed us.
33:22Selina's depression was fake.
33:23Then Chloe revealed the final evidence.
33:25A scan showing both of Selina's kidneys intact.
33:28And a psychologic evaluation describing her as emotionally stable, manipulative, and displaying antisocial traits.
33:33Kaylin, who had stood silent stone, finally moved.
33:35A terrifying wave of alpha pressure flooded the room.
33:37Chloe.
33:39Give me Lyra's records.
33:41He took them with shaking hands.
33:42Critical condition notices.
33:44X-rays.
33:44Photographs stained with blood.
33:46He turned each page one by one.
33:47Then he reached the chart documenting Lyra's injuries.
33:50Arms, abdomen, back.
33:51Eyes, there was almost no unmarked skin left.
33:54Only bite wounds.
33:55Only scars from silver burns.
33:57Something inside the top tier.
33:58Alpha snap.
33:59He leans toward Selina and towered over her.
34:01Tell me, what did you do to my mate?
34:03How dare you torture her?
34:04Unable to hide any longer, Selina twisted into a smile and turned to my Lyra mother.
34:08Mom, I'm hurting.
34:09Chloe stepped in front of her.
34:11Enough with the act.
34:11For years, you used our sympathy.
34:13You used our mother's love and turned her into a knife that stabbed her own daughter in the heart.
34:18Selina, do you understand what you've done?
34:19You've condemned this entire family to a lifetime of regret.
34:23Selina turned to my father instead.
34:24Dad, you always loved me most.
34:27My father gripped the journal so tightly his knuckles whitened.
34:29He could not meet her eyes.
34:30In that moment, Selina lost everything.
34:32Her expression went empty.
34:33Then she spoke in a flat, weightless voice.
34:35I only wanted Lyra dead.
34:37That's all.
34:39Selina!
34:40You will confess every crime.
34:43Every single one.
34:44Kaylin's voice tore out of him like it came through shredded flesh.
34:47My father spoke heavily.
34:50Kaylin, you will have justice.
34:52But first, read what Lyra left for you.
34:55Kaylin took the journal in a daze and opened to the final page.
34:59There, in neat and rude of French handwriting, were the last words I had left behind.
35:03At last, I am gone.
35:05From this moment on, we'll never meet again.
35:07So that was when she had truly given up.
35:09The day he kissed Selina in front of everyone, while he still imagined he could reclaim her
35:15after the fake bonding right, Lyra had already cut every tie in that mold-filled room.
35:23Kaylin crushed the journal against his chest.
35:25Under the eyes of everyone present, the coldest alpha among them finally looked shattered.
35:33A single tear of regret slipped quietly from his golden-green eyes.
35:38Selina was still crying.
35:39I didn't mean for any of this.
35:41I was just afraid of losing you.
35:43There was no mercy left in Kaylin's gaze.
35:45You didn't mean it?
35:47Then who did?
35:48Lyra, the one you framed and sent to prison?
35:50Or me, the fool you played for years?
35:53Selina, you had everything.
35:55The leaders favored you.
35:57The entire pack treasured you.
36:00Lyra's return never threatened your place.
36:03Selina's face twisted.
36:05And what about you?
36:06Didn't her return threaten my place in your heart?
36:09The question stole the air from his lungs.
36:11She gave a bitter laugh.
36:13See?
36:14Your wolf answered for you.
36:17After Lyra came back, you changed.
36:21The way you looked at her was full of possession.
36:26As the balance slowly tipped toward her, how was I supposed not to hate her?
36:30How was I supposed not to be jealous?
36:32So I had to make her disappear.
36:34I had to let her rot in that filthy prison.
36:36Kaylin stared at the stranger before him.
36:38All that remained in his eyes was despair.
36:41Selina laughed and cried at once.
36:43It's all Lyra's fault.
36:45Why did she have to come back?
36:48Every time I saw her, I was reminded that I was nothing but a cheap replacement.
36:52Selina, Chloe's eyes overflowed.
36:56Selina, how did you become this?
36:58We always stood beside you.
37:00And you turned the protection of your own family into a weapon.
37:04Selina wiped away her tears.
37:06I was always like this.
37:08I was born rotten.
37:10Is that what you wanted to hear?
37:11Chloe shook with grief.
37:13No one ever said you did not belong here.
37:16Even after Lyra returned, we still protected you.
37:19And Lyra never once tried to take anything from you.
37:22A broken laugh escaped her.
37:26We really were fools beyond saving.
37:29A house full of sinners.
37:32Smack.
37:33The crack of a violent slap rang through the room.
37:36Selina clutched her swollen cheek and stared in disbelief at the Alpha Father who had once
37:41treated her like treasure.
37:43His face was hard as stone, but remorse flooded his eyes.
37:47Alpha Father, she whispered, reaching for whatever pity might still remain.
37:51You do not deserve to use that title again.
37:54His voice shook with fury.
37:56You have stained the honor of this family.
37:58What we owe Lyra, we will repay.
38:00What you owe her, you will repay in blood.
38:03Chloe looked at the sister she had lived beside for years.
38:07You stole someone else's life.
38:09You betrayed your pack.
38:11I will never forgive you.
38:13Then she turned and ran from the room.
38:16Kalen, I...
38:16Selina faced him next.
38:19Quiet.
38:19His voice was colder than death.
38:21You do not deserve to say my name.
38:24Her lips trembled.
38:25So there's no fixing this?
38:27Kalen gave a hollow laugh.
38:29You still think this is something small?
38:32Isn't it?
38:32Selina screamed.
38:34Lyra only spent seven years in prison.
38:36She didn't die.
38:38Every trace of restraint vanished from him.
38:41She was covered in scars from the wolves you sent to tear her apart.
38:44So what?
38:45Selina shrieked.
38:46She deserved it.
38:47She lunged for him, trying to wrap her arms around his neck.
38:50Crack.
38:51The snap of bone cut through the room.
38:54Kalen's wolf claws locked around her wrist.
38:56With one brutal twist, he shattered the bones beneath his grip.
39:00Selina's scream was inhuman.
39:02At that same moment, aboard a flight bound for Dominina Island, I stared through the window
39:06into the dark sky.
39:08All that gray misery had become dust behind me.
39:11This aircraft will arrive in Dominina in five minutes.
39:15The announcement echoed through the cabin.
39:17I let the past fall away, completely.
39:19Ahead, the coastline grew brighter and brighter.
39:22A small smile touched my lips.
39:24Wild.
39:25Free.
39:26Dominanica had arrived.
39:28So had my new life.
39:31Six years passed in the blink of an eye.
39:34Kalen and Kristen Moonpack still found no trace of me.
39:38When a soul chooses to vanish from its old life, even the Moon Goddess cannot easily find
39:43it.
39:44And I had been erased completely by the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
39:50Kalen had grown visibly thinner.
39:52The sharp, aggressive scent of fur that once defined him was now shadowed by constant gloom.
39:57The calm device on his desk began to ring.
39:59He rubbed his tired brow and answered.
40:01Alpha.
40:02Selene's mental state has fully collapsed.
40:04She attacks herself every day and has entered feral collapse.
40:07The doctors recommend transferring her to a psychiatric facility.
40:10Kalen's voice was glacial.
40:12This time, is it real?
40:14Or another act?
40:15It's real.
40:16Her wolf has withered from prolonged fear.
40:19Good.
40:20I'll send a vehicle.
40:21He ended the call without emotion.
40:24For six years, he had arranged special treatment for Selene in prison.
40:28Every ounce of suffering I endured in Silvermoon Penitentiary, she had repaid in full.
40:34Crescent Moonpack maintained a silence as cold as death.
40:37The night the truth came out, they had abandoned the wolf they could never tame.
40:41Kalen lowered his gaze to the photograph on his desk.
40:44It was a picture of me the day I left prison.
40:47Thin as bone.
40:49Expressionless.
40:50He traced the features in the photo with his fingertips, drowning in regret.
40:53Where are you hiding, Lyra?
40:55I know apologies mean nothing, unless those who hurt you feel the same pain they gave you.
40:59But if you never come back, how am I supposed to return the soul I owe you?
Comments