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00:00:00The Northern Pack had one unbreakable rule, the Alpha Heir could never bond with a human girl.
00:00:05Despite that, Alpha Kieran Wolfe still formed a mate bond with me.
00:00:09To be with me, he openly defied the Elder's Council.
00:00:12He endured 99 lashes and was forced to kneel at the altar for three days and nights.
00:00:17Even as blood soaked through his shirt, he smiled at me and said,
00:00:21Elise, don't be afraid. I only want you.
00:00:25Eventually, the Elder's Council finally relented and agreed to let Kieran leave with me.
00:00:30However, there was one condition. He had to leave a pure-blood heir behind for the pack.
00:00:36From that moment on, the phrase I heard most from Kieran was,
00:00:39Wait.
00:00:40The first time, Kieran asked me to wait while he got another she-wolf to carry his pup.
00:00:45He slept with Cecilia Donati 33 times until she was carrying his pup.
00:00:50The second time, he told me to wait again because the first pup was a female and the Elders wanted
00:00:56a male.
00:00:57So, Kieran slept with Cecilia 99 more times until she was carrying his pup again.
00:01:02Just when I thought our ordeal was finally over,
00:01:05their daughter, Tyra Wolfe, accidentally ate Wolfsbane at her Meet the Pup party.
00:01:10Everyone was convinced I had poisoned her.
00:01:12When they threw me into the freezing cold storage room, Kieran stood at the doorway with bloodshot eyes.
00:01:17I told you to wait.
00:01:19You know what wolfpate means to our kind!
00:01:23Why would you hurt my pup?
00:01:25My fingernails dug deep into my palms as the pain tore through me.
00:01:29When the storage room door opened again, I loosened my bloodied hands.
00:01:33This time, I was not going to wait anymore.
00:01:38I pushed open the heavy doors of the Elders' Council, forcing myself to keep my voice steady.
00:01:43I said,
00:01:44I'm willing to leave Kieran Wolfe, but I have one condition.
00:01:49I want you to send me somewhere he'll never find me.
00:01:51Elder Lucian Pierce let out a satisfied laugh.
00:01:54If only you had been this sensible sooner, spending one night in the cold storage truly showed you your place.
00:02:01A human like you was never worthy of our noble alpha bloodline.
00:02:05His voice dripped with contempt as he said,
00:02:08On the night of the full moon in ten days, we'll arrange everything to send you away.
00:02:13And when that time comes, you'd better never show your face in front of Kaiman again.
00:02:18The heavy doors slammed shut abruptly, and I leaned against the mansion's cold wall.
00:02:22In the main hall, Kieran had shifted into his massive wolf form, and was gently letting his daughter, Tyra Wolfe,
00:02:30tug at his thick fur.
00:02:31Cecilia was curled against his warm belly, smiling with tender satisfaction.
00:02:36The perfect family of three looked so blissfully happy together.
00:02:39Cecilia Donati noticed me first, and immediately sat up with alert eyes.
00:02:44She instinctively pulled Tyra behind her protectively.
00:02:47Mrs. George, you're back.
00:02:49Kieran almost reflexively shifted back to human form, and handed Tyra to a servant to take up stairs.
00:02:56Their wary looks cut into me like knives.
00:02:58I'll only acknowledge pups that come from your belly.
00:03:02Now watched me like I was a murderer.
00:03:06After Tyra was taken away, Kieran approached and reached out to check my frostbitten body.
00:03:11You're back.
00:03:12Did you get hurt in the cold storage?
00:03:14As I looked at this man who had once taken ninety-nine lashes for me, my heart ached with bitterness
00:03:20as I turned away from his touch.
00:03:22He frowned slightly.
00:03:24Elise George, given last night's situation, the more I defended you, the harsher the elders' punishment would have been.
00:03:31With your human body, they might have even executed you.
00:03:34We're leaving soon anyway, and I don't want any more complications.
00:03:39Also, Tyra is innocent.
00:03:42Why would you-
00:03:43I told you it wasn't me!
00:03:44I growled, my eyes burning with tears.
00:03:47Wolf bath is a deadly poison.
00:03:49How could I possibly use something like that to hurt anyone?
00:03:53Kieran seemed startled by my intense reaction, and paused before softening his tone.
00:03:57Alright, fine. It doesn't matter now. Tyra is fine now.
00:04:03His dismissive words felt like ice picks stabbing into my heart. He still did not believe me.
00:04:08Just as the atmosphere grew tense, Cecilia approached while rubbing her slightly rounded belly.
00:04:13Mrs. George, I owe you an apology too. I was too panicked at the time.
00:04:17You're not a wolf, so you probably don't understand a mother's instinct to protect her pup.
00:04:22She raised her hand to brush her hair back, and the delicate crystal bracelet on her wrist glowed with a
00:04:27soft luster.
00:04:28My eyes widened as I grabbed her wrist.
00:04:31Where did you get this bracelet?
00:04:34I gave it to her. Cecilia likes antique pieces.
00:04:37I looked at Kieran with deep disappointment, my heart aching as if it were being cut by a knife.
00:04:43It was you.
00:04:47Kieran said matter-of-factly as he pulled my hand away.
00:04:50Consider it your apology gift to her. Besides, it's just a bracelet.
00:04:54My voice trembled with rage.
00:04:56This is the only thing my mother left me. How could you give it away? You know how much it
00:05:02means to me.
00:05:03I reached to snatch the bracelet back, but Cecilia suddenly staggered backward and clutched her stomach in apparent pain.
00:05:09She moaned weakly.
00:05:11My belly.
00:05:12Kieran immediately shoved me away roughly, his eyes turning frighteningly cold.
00:05:18Elyse! She's carrying my pup!
00:05:21He was so strong that I crashed hard into the bookshelf behind me.
00:05:24Haven't you caused enough trouble?
00:05:26My head struck against it heavily, and warm blood immediately began trickling down my neck.
00:05:31Yet, Kieran did not even look back, as he swept Cecilia into his arms and rushed out.
00:05:37Kieran.
00:05:39Cecilia sobbed weakly against his chest.
00:05:41Will our pup be okay?
00:05:44Don't be afraid. I'm here.
00:05:47He replied, his voice tenderly reassuring, each word piercing my ears.
00:05:52You'll be fine, and so will the pup.
00:05:55When Kieran carried Cecilia out of the mansion, I was still slumped on the floor with blood trickling down my
00:06:00neck from the back of my head.
00:06:02I watched his retreating figure, so urgent and panicked.
00:06:06Yet, he never looked back once.
00:06:10I looked down at the pool of blood beneath me and suddenly laughed, and the sound was bleak.
00:06:16Later, I took a carriage to the hospital, alone.
00:06:19The doctor saw how severe my injury was, and immediately began stitching and bandaging the wound.
00:06:24By the time they finished treating me, I had lost so much blood that I was dizzy and could barely
00:06:29stand.
00:06:29I had just stumbled out of the examination room when someone grabbed my wrist, roughly.
00:06:34Elise, Cecilia almost miscarried, yet you still wouldn't stop.
00:06:40You followed us to the hospital to cause more trouble.
00:06:43Kieran's voice was tight with rage.
00:06:45His brow was furrowed deeply, and his eyes held a bone-chilling coldness.
00:06:50He still carried Cecilia's suffocating perfume scent on his clothes.
00:06:53I came to the hospital, but not for her.
00:06:56I pointed to my freshly bandaged forehead.
00:06:59I was injured too, and I couldn't treat it myself.
00:07:02Kieran's expression froze.
00:07:04He finally noticed the strong scent of blood on me,
00:07:08masked by antiseptic and the thick gauze still seeping red.
00:07:14Kieran, you said that once you delivered the pup, you'd take me away.
00:07:18I said, looking at him as my nose began to sting.
00:07:20But now, do you even see me anymore?
00:07:24Kieran's frown deepened as he reached out tenderly to touch my wound.
00:07:27What happened here?
00:07:28You pushed me.
00:07:30I said calmly, dodging his touch.
00:07:32I hit the bookshelves.
00:07:35To you, it was just a casual shove, wasn't it?
00:07:39Kieran's pupils contracted as he recalled the force he had used in his moment of rage.
00:07:43For a human, it could have been fatal.
00:07:46He pulled me into his arms, guiltily.
00:07:48Elise, I'm sorry.
00:07:49I didn't mean to.
00:07:51I was just afraid something would happen to Cecilia.
00:07:53She's carrying the pack's future.
00:07:55If anything went wrong, the Elder's Council would never forgive us.
00:07:58And our departure would be delayed again.
00:08:00I let him hold me while staring blankly at the sterile white ceiling.
00:08:04I had heard these excuses too many times before.
00:08:06I understand.
00:08:08I said, pushing him away.
00:08:09Go take care of her.
00:08:10I turned to leave, but he grabbed my wrist again.
00:08:13Elise, no matter what, you have to believe that I only love you.
00:08:19Everything I do is to help us escape this prison as quickly as possible.
00:08:24Kieran released my hand and, as he walked away, said,
00:08:27When I get home, I'll bring you your favorite cranberry cupcakes.
00:08:30With that, he headed toward the private healing chamber at the end of the corridor,
00:08:35where Cecilia was being cared for by the pack's finest healers.
00:08:39I stood there, watching him disappear into the distance.
00:08:42Suddenly, I laughed, and tears began streaming down my face.
00:08:45I don't believe you anymore.
00:08:47I whispered to the empty air, and to my own dying heart.
00:08:50Kieran, I will never believe any of your promises ever again.
00:08:58Kieran was gone for three days straight.
00:09:01During those three days, Cecilia sent me taunting letters every single day.
00:09:06Cecilia, what the hell do you want from me?
00:09:09My voice shaking with barely contained rage.
00:09:12I could almost hear her soft, mocking laugh through the ink.
00:09:15Oh, nothing much.
00:09:17I just thought you should see how happy your husband is without you.
00:09:19Three days.
00:09:20And he hasn't even mentioned your name once.
00:09:22The letter ended there abruptly.
00:09:24In my mind's eye, I saw Kieran gently coaxing Tyra with toys,
00:09:28while Cecilia leaned intimately against his shoulder,
00:09:32smiling sweetly as she watched the father-daughter interaction.
00:09:35I endured the heartache and read every letter she sent.
00:09:38She wrote about him keeping watch by her hospital bed deep into the night,
00:09:42feeding her soup, and holding Tyra with nothing but adoration in his eyes.
00:09:47Each word felt like a needle piercing my heart.
00:09:50The pain kept coming until suddenly, I realized I could not feel it anymore.
00:09:54Perhaps my heart had already died the moment I was locked in that ice cell.
00:09:57I was about to burn her letters when a servant brought another package.
00:10:01Inside was a sketch of my mom's crystal bracelet being toyed with in Cecilia's hands.
00:10:05Want your mother's keepsake?
00:10:07Then come get it.
00:10:10I shot to my feet so fast that my vision went black from the lingering blood loss.
00:10:16Yet, I did not care.
00:10:18I grabbed my coat and rushed out.
00:10:20In the hospital room, Cecilia was holding Tyra and humming a lullaby softly.
00:10:24Daddy loves you the most, doesn't he?
00:10:28Daddy's alpha power will be passed down to you someday.
00:10:31She looked up when she saw me, her smile deepening.
00:10:35You came.
00:10:36Did you know that during my stay here, Ciaran hasn't even gone on his territory patrols.
00:10:40He's been right here, using his pheromones to comfort me.
00:10:45And our future heir.
00:10:47She deliberately emphasized the word heir.
00:10:50My nails dug deep into my palms as I asked coldly,
00:10:53Where's the bracelet?
00:10:54Cecilia leisurely picked up the antique crystal bracelet from the bedside table,
00:10:58and dangled it from her fingertips.
00:11:00You mean this?
00:11:01She flashed a cruel smile.
00:11:03Here's the deal.
00:11:04With your human body.
00:11:06Bow to me, Ciaran's future Luna.
00:11:09And I'll consider giving it back.
00:11:11I trembled with rage.
00:11:13Don't go too far!
00:11:17Cecilia's eyes were full of disdain.
00:11:19Her arrogance on full display.
00:11:21So what if I do?
00:11:22Elise, you're nothing but a fragile, short-lived human,
00:11:26while I possess the purest alpha bloodline.
00:11:29What right do you have to compete with me for Ciaran's affection?
00:11:32Bowing to me is an honor.
00:11:34She pretended to loosen her grip.
00:11:36I'll count to three.
00:11:38If you don't get on your knees, I'll drop it.
00:11:41Two.
00:11:42One.
00:11:43I bit my lips so hard I nearly drew blood.
00:11:45My knees felt like they were filled with lead,
00:11:47but they finally crashed heavily onto the cold floor
00:11:50as I bowed down with my forehead touching the ground.
00:11:54Cecilia burst out laughing.
00:11:56Look at you!
00:11:57You really do look like a pathetic dog.
00:12:00She raised her hand, and I reached out to catch it.
00:12:03However, she released her fingers just half a step away from me.
00:12:07The crystal bracelet shattered on the floor,
00:12:10breaking into several pieces.
00:12:12Cecilia covered her grin with a look of mock surprise.
00:12:15Oh my!
00:12:17How careless of you!
00:12:18You couldn't even catch it!
00:12:19I trembled and had just lunged forward to gather the pieces
00:12:23when Cecilia suddenly screamed and fell backward against the wall.
00:12:27At that moment, the door was violently pushed open.
00:12:30Ciaran and Lucian stood in the doorway with grim expressions,
00:12:34followed by several other elders.
00:12:40Lucian demanded sternly, his voice carrying alpha authority that made me feel suffocated.
00:12:46Cecilia threw herself into Ciaran's arms, crying.
00:13:04Ciaran!
00:13:06I didn't!
00:13:08I never even touched her!
00:13:10I shook my head desperately, as Lucian glared at me with venom in his eyes.
00:13:14Suddenly, a blow heavy with werewolf strength struck me across the face.
00:13:19My vision went black, my ears rang, and blood dripped from the corner of my mouth.
00:13:23You vile woman!
00:13:25Lucian's voice sounded like an echo.
00:13:27You dare harm a pregnant she-wolf and an innocent pup!
00:13:32Another elder said coldly,
00:13:34The last punishment was too lenient.
00:13:36Guards, drag her to the punishment chamber and give her twenty flamses.
00:13:42Ciaran clenched his fists tightly and stepped forward.
00:13:44Elders, you still want to protect her?
00:13:47Lucian interrupted harshly,
00:13:49She harmed your own bloodline, even if you plan to run away with her.
00:13:53It doesn't change that this pup carries your blood!
00:13:58I trembled, instinctively looking toward Ciaran.
00:14:02He still stood there, with his knuckles white from clenching.
00:14:05In the punishment chamber, wolfguards pinned me down,
00:14:08forcing me to kneel on the stone slab in the center.
00:14:11The first lash came down, and my vision went black.
00:14:14In a daze, I remembered when I had broken up with Ciaran,
00:14:18on the day he decided to rebel against his family, to be with me.
00:14:21That night it poured rain, and he stood outside my window,
00:14:25letting the storm drench him until he burned with a high fever.
00:14:28When I went to see him, he was delirious with fever.
00:14:31Yet, he still grabbed my hand and said,
00:14:34Elise, remember, even if it means fighting the whole world,
00:14:39I want only you as my mate.
00:14:41At the fifteenth lash, I seemed to hear his gentle voice from years ago,
00:14:45when I was injured.
00:14:46How did you get hurt again?
00:14:48Let me lick it.
00:14:49It won't hurt for much longer.
00:14:52Finally, the last lash struck, and I could not hold on anymore.
00:14:55My vision went black as I completely passed out.
00:14:58Just before losing consciousness,
00:15:00I saw Ciaran anxiously pulling me into his arms.
00:15:05When I woke up again, I was lying face down on a bed.
00:15:09Even the slightest movement sent searing pain across my back.
00:15:13Elise!
00:15:14Ciaran immediately rushed over, his eyes bloodshot with exhaustion.
00:15:19You're awake.
00:15:20Does it still hurt?
00:15:22I silently pulled my hand away, unwilling to look at him.
00:15:25Ciaran stiffened for a moment before speaking again to explain.
00:15:29Elise, it's not that I didn't want to stop them,
00:15:32but in that situation, the more I resisted,
00:15:34the harsher the Elder's punishment would have been.
00:15:37Elder Lucian even considered executing you.
00:15:39I had to protect your life first.
00:15:42So, I said with a hoarse voice,
00:15:45You also believe I hurt your pup?
00:15:47Ciaran's Adam's apple bobbed once.
00:15:49Ultimately, he chose silence.
00:15:51This moment of silence was like a dull blade,
00:15:54brutally cutting through my last shred of hope.
00:15:57With reddened eyes, I slowly said,
00:16:00I'll ask you just one question.
00:16:01Ciaran Wolf, in the name of the moon and our mate bond,
00:16:06do you believe me?
00:16:09Ciaran frowned, anger creeping into his voice.
00:16:12Elise, there are bruises on Tyra,
00:16:14and Cecilia named you herself.
00:16:17There's a witness and evidence.
00:16:19How do you expect me to believe you?
00:16:21Didn't I tell you that everything would be fine once this was all over?
00:16:25Why did you have to provoke Cecilia?
00:16:27My tears suddenly started falling.
00:16:29I thought I would not feel pain anymore,
00:16:31but my chest still felt like it was being viciously torn apart.
00:16:34I hurriedly turned my head away,
00:16:36not wanting him to see me looking so pathetic and weak.
00:16:40Go.
00:16:40I whispered so quietly it was barely audible.
00:16:43Just wait a little longer, okay?
00:16:46His voice softened as he tried to approach me again.
00:16:48Soon, once Cecilia gives birth to this pup,
00:16:52we'll definitely be able to leave.
00:16:53I swear I'll take you to see the southern seas that never freeze.
00:16:59We would go back to how things were?
00:17:01I closed my eyes, my throat tightening.
00:17:04I knew well that we could never go back.
00:17:06After all, he had Cecilia now and two pups.
00:17:09For their sake, he had hurt me again and again,
00:17:12choosing others over me time after time.
00:17:14I slowly turned over to face away from him,
00:17:17not wanting to say another word.
00:17:23Kieran looked at me, his face twisted with pain.
00:17:26In the end, he only reached out to brush my hair, whispering,
00:17:29Sleep. I'll stay here with you.
00:17:32Before he even finished, the door was violently pushed open,
00:17:35and a beater stood there frantically.
00:17:37Alpha, Miss Donati has been crying and calling for you.
00:17:40The healer says emotional fluctuations may hurt the pup.
00:17:43Kieran frowned.
00:17:44He glanced at my turned back and hesitated for a moment.
00:17:48Then he stood up.
00:17:49Elise, I...
00:17:52I let out a self-mocking laugh and murmured,
00:17:55Go.
00:17:56Wait for me. I'll go check on them.
00:17:58Then come right back to take care of you.
00:18:00Watching his retreating figure, I smiled bitterly.
00:18:03You're a liar, Kyren.
00:18:06You won't be coming back.
00:18:08Sure enough, he never returned that night.
00:18:10I was discharged the next day, and it was pouring rain outside.
00:18:14I packed my belongings and stood at the hospital entrance,
00:18:18watching Kieran's carriage slowly approach.
00:18:20As soon as I opened the carriage door,
00:18:22I saw Cecilia holding Tyra in the passenger seat.
00:18:25Kieran.
00:18:26Cecilia saw me and immediately shrank closer to him.
00:18:30I...
00:18:31I haven't recovered from the shock yet.
00:18:35She covered her lower abdomen, her voice trembling.
00:18:38She can hurt me if she wants, but she can't hurt Tyra.
00:18:42Can you...
00:18:43Give me a little more time.
00:18:45Please don't make me ride in the same carriage with her for now.
00:18:48I froze as I stared at the seat that used to belong to me.
00:18:52Kieran was silent for a long time,
00:18:54then finally pushed his door open and handed me a large umbrella.
00:18:57Elise, wait here for a while.
00:18:59I'll take Cecilia home first and come right back to pick you up.
00:19:03With that, he closed the window and the black carriage sped away.
00:19:07I stood there motionless,
00:19:09watching the carriage carrying the family of three disappear at the end of the road.
00:19:13I closed my eyes,
00:19:14feeling like there was a huge hole in my chest that could never be filled,
00:19:18with cold wind rushing through it.
00:19:20I waited for a long time,
00:19:21until the rain grew heavier and the sky turned completely dark.
00:19:25Kieran had promised to come back for me,
00:19:27but he never did.
00:19:28My communication crystal had lost its glow,
00:19:30and I called out to him repeatedly through our mind link.
00:19:33Yet, there was only blocked silence on the other end.
00:19:36Seeing the sky grow darker with no sign of the storm letting up,
00:19:39I had no choice but to open the heavy umbrella and walk home.
00:19:44The fierce wind nearly snapped the umbrella frame as I stumbled forward.
00:19:49Suddenly, my foot slipped, and I fell hard into a muddy puddle.
00:19:53The umbrella cracked with a sharp sound,
00:19:55and rain instantly soaked through my entire body.
00:19:58By the time I finally made it home in my messy state,
00:20:01it was already deep into the night.
00:20:03As I stood dripping wet in the entryway,
00:20:06I heard Cecilia's tearful voice coming from the living room.
00:20:09Her voice was soft and trembling.
00:20:11Kieran.
00:20:12I know you only have Elise in your heart,
00:20:15but this really is a special situation.
00:20:18My milk ducts are blocked,
00:20:20and it hurts so much,
00:20:21and Tyara keeps crying for milk.
00:20:23She sobbed.
00:20:24The usual methods don't work.
00:20:26And the healer said,
00:20:28perhaps the pup's father has to...
00:20:31help.
00:20:38I froze at the doorway,
00:20:39and it felt like all the blood in my body had run cold.
00:20:42In the living room,
00:20:44I could not see his expression,
00:20:46only his tense back.
00:20:47After a long silence,
00:20:48I watched Kieran's left hand slowly rise,
00:20:51his fingertips parting Cecilia's clothing,
00:20:54as his right hand slid over her pale skin.
00:20:56Then, right before my eyes,
00:20:58he lowered his head,
00:20:59and pressed his lips against that softness.
00:21:04I was struck motionless,
00:21:06like lightning had hit me directly.
00:21:08Time seemed to stretch endlessly,
00:21:10each second feeling like a knife,
00:21:12stabbing into my eyes,
00:21:14and carving into my soul.
00:21:15I watched helplessly as Kieran leaned down.
00:21:18I watched as his lips touched Cecilia's chest,
00:21:21and I certainly watched as he sucked gently,
00:21:24over and over again.
00:21:26Cecilia let out a satisfied moan,
00:21:28threading her fingers through his hair.
00:21:30This side needs attention too.
00:21:32Kieran frowned slightly.
00:21:34But that side isn't blocked, is it?
00:21:35Cecilia did not answer with words.
00:21:38Instead, she wrapped her arms around his neck,
00:21:40and pressed his face against her.
00:21:42After a moment of silence,
00:21:43he lowered his head again.
00:21:44I could not watch anymore,
00:21:46and bolted into the rain.
00:21:47The storm poured down on me,
00:21:50but I felt no cold.
00:21:51My mind was filled with memories
00:21:53of our first time together,
00:21:55how careful Kieran had been,
00:21:56how he had treasured me,
00:21:58and how he had whispered in my ear
00:22:00with that husky voice,
00:22:01Elise, you're my first,
00:22:03and you'll be my last.
00:22:05Now, those same lips were on another woman.
00:22:07My heart ached,
00:22:08and it hurt worse than the lashes.
00:22:10I bent over and crouched in the rain
00:22:12until my legs went numb,
00:22:13waiting until the mansion's lights finally went out,
00:22:17before stumbling back like a lost soul
00:22:19and collapsing in an empty room.
00:22:23The fever hit hard and fast in the middle of the night.
00:22:26Half conscious,
00:22:27I heard Kieran's deep, gentle voice from the master bedroom.
00:22:31He was humming an old werewolf lullaby,
00:22:33one used to soothe their young.
00:22:35Of course,
00:22:36he was doing prenatal bonding with the pup in Cecilia's belly,
00:22:39using a method reserved only for the closest of kin,
00:22:42just like he had once promised me,
00:22:45saying,
00:22:45When we have our pup,
00:22:47I'll sing our ancestors' songs to help him sleep every...
00:22:50I did not know how long had passed
00:22:52before I heard someone calling me.
00:22:54Elise!
00:22:56Elise!
00:22:56I struggled to open my eyes
00:22:59and saw Kieran sitting by the bed
00:23:00with a bowl of medicine.
00:23:02How did you get this sick?
00:23:04He touched my forehead
00:23:05with the same gentle care as before.
00:23:07However,
00:23:08when he got close,
00:23:09all I could see was what I had witnessed in that bedroom.
00:23:12I turned away,
00:23:13refusing his touch.
00:23:15Elise!
00:23:16I'll leave the medicine and water here.
00:23:18He paused,
00:23:19his voice strained.
00:23:20Cecilia is sick and carrying my pup.
00:23:23Plus,
00:23:23she has Tyra to care for,
00:23:25so she'll be staying in our house for now.
00:23:28The master bedroom will be theirs for the time being.
00:23:31You'll stay in this room for the next few days
00:23:33and shouldn't leave,
00:23:34in case they catch something from you.
00:23:35I'll have the door locked from the outside,
00:23:38and Brad will bring you food and medicine.
00:23:42Without waiting for my response,
00:23:44Kieran practically fled the room
00:23:45to go care for Cecilia and Tyra.
00:23:47The lock clicked shut,
00:23:49and my tears fell instantly.
00:23:51How ridiculous!
00:23:52I had once been the treasure
00:23:54he held in the palm of his hand,
00:23:56but now I had become nothing but a danger
00:23:58that needed to be locked away.
00:24:00Maybe it was Cecilia's doing,
00:24:02but over the next few days,
00:24:03no one brought me water or food on schedule.
00:24:06My fever would not break,
00:24:08leaving me dizzy and lightheaded,
00:24:10while I constantly heard laughter and joy from outside.
00:24:13From the living room came the sound
00:24:15of a familiar, magical projection,
00:24:17playing one Kieran used to watch with me,
00:24:19wrapped in his arms.
00:24:21Cecilia's soft voice drifted through the door,
00:24:24sweet and intimate.
00:24:25This scene always makes me cry.
00:24:27Hold me tighter, just like this.
00:24:30Kieran chuckled warmly.
00:24:32All right, come here.
00:24:34You're such a baby.
00:24:35They shared candlelit dinners in the living room,
00:24:38just like the surprises he used to cook for me every month.
00:24:41The clink of wine glasses and their quiet laughter
00:24:44carried clearly to my room.
00:24:46Later that night,
00:24:47their voices turned softer,
00:24:48more tender,
00:24:49as they talked about the future.
00:24:50If it's a boy,
00:24:51I want to name him Fenlaw.
00:24:53Strong,
00:24:54just like his father.
00:24:55What do you think?
00:24:56Fenlaw sounds perfect.
00:24:57And if it's a girl,
00:24:59Serafina,
00:25:00she'll be as beautiful as you.
00:25:02I curled up on the bed,
00:25:03biting the blanket hard,
00:25:05refusing to let myself cry out loud.
00:25:10After three full days of fever,
00:25:13I finally recovered.
00:25:14The day I walked out of my room
00:25:16happened to be Tyrell's official pack recognition ceremony,
00:25:19the Moonlight Ritual.
00:25:20The ceremony was held at the pack's sacred ground,
00:25:23a moonlit grove surrounded by ancient oak trees.
00:25:27A bonfire blazed bright
00:25:28while the scent of roasted venison filled the air,
00:25:31and the werewolves drank honey mead
00:25:33as the atmosphere grew festive.
00:25:35Lucian and several elders beamed with joy
00:25:38as they held the swaddled Tyra
00:25:40while she received blessings from the pack members.
00:25:43Exquisite jewellery and precious toys
00:25:45were piled high like a small mountain.
00:25:47Ciaran,
00:25:48this is for Cecilia.
00:25:49Lucian smiled
00:25:51as he handed over a wooden box.
00:25:53Inside was a ring set
00:25:54with an enormous milky white gem
00:25:56that seemed to pulse with moonlight.
00:25:59It was the tear of the Moon Goddess.
00:26:01She has given the wolf family
00:26:03a healthy bloodline!
00:26:06Ciaran slipped the ring onto Cecilia's finger
00:26:08and whispered gently,
00:26:09You've done so well.
00:26:11Cecilia blushed and leaned into his arms,
00:26:13and the family of three looked blissfully happy.
00:26:19The guests circled Tyra,
00:26:21praising her endlessly.
00:26:22Tyra's cry is so strong!
00:26:24She'll definitely be a powerful warrior.
00:26:26Her eyes are like Cecilia's,
00:26:28with the color of moonlight.
00:26:29What a union of powerful bloodlines!
00:26:31Long live the Alpha,
00:26:32Ciaran and Miss Donati!
00:26:34I stood in the corner watching it all.
00:26:36My nails dug deep into my palms,
00:26:38but I felt no pain.
00:26:39I didn't expect that it would be
00:26:40to pose for a portrait.
00:26:42Cecilia suddenly walked toward me
00:26:44with a wine glass,
00:26:45her smile sweet.
00:26:46The artist carefully prepared
00:26:48his magical recording crystal.
00:26:50Miss George,
00:26:51Mrs. Donati,
00:26:52please stand a little closer.
00:26:53Cecilia looked unbothered though.
00:26:55She directly pulled me
00:26:56towards the artist's easel.
00:26:57Don't worry, Miss George,
00:26:58this magical recording crystal
00:27:00won't harm you.
00:27:01It will just record
00:27:01your current state.
00:27:03Look how good Ciaran is to me now.
00:27:06Every night he stays with me,
00:27:08wrapping me in his Alpha aura
00:27:10until I sleep.
00:27:11I closed my eyes wearily,
00:27:13not wanting to listen or argue.
00:27:15We are ready.
00:27:16Just wishing it to end quickly.
00:27:17The moment the magical recording crystal
00:27:19clicked and captured the image,
00:27:20the massive totem pole behind her,
00:27:22a symbol of the pack's history,
00:27:24gave a sharp crack.
00:27:26Watch out!
00:27:29As the totem pole collapsed,
00:27:31Ciaran rushed over and grabbed me.
00:27:33The huge wooden column
00:27:34crashed to the ground,
00:27:36scraping past my back
00:27:37and raising a cloud of dust.
00:27:39Meanwhile,
00:27:40Cecilia was struck by splintered wood
00:27:42and the impact force of the collapse.
00:27:44She screamed as she fell,
00:27:45with a shocking pool of bright red blood
00:27:47spreading beneath her.
00:27:48Cecilia!
00:27:49Ciaran released me
00:27:50and rushed to her like a madman.
00:27:52Outside the operating room,
00:27:54Ciaran paced anxiously,
00:27:55watching his restless state.
00:27:57I remembered how he had kept watch
00:27:58by my bedside all night
00:28:00when I was injured
00:28:01while gathering herbs in the mountains.
00:28:03Alpha, Ciaran!
00:28:04The healer suddenly burst through the curtain.
00:28:07Miss Donati is hemorrhaging badly.
00:28:08The blood reserves don't have her blood type.
00:28:10We need an immediate donation.
00:28:12Take mine.
00:28:13That won't work.
00:28:14You're type A
00:28:14and Miss George's type O.
00:28:17Given her weakened state after the injury,
00:28:18she might not be able to handle
00:28:19the violent energy in an Alpha's blood.
00:28:21It has to be human blood.
00:28:23After hearing this,
00:28:24Ciaran's gaze snapped to me.
00:28:26At that moment,
00:28:27I felt like I had been struck by lightning.
00:28:32I stepped back abruptly,
00:28:33my voice trembling.
00:28:35I won't do it.
00:28:36My blood,
00:28:37the one thing they saw as special
00:28:39in this body they deemed a lowly humans,
00:28:41was now supposed to be used
00:28:43as a tool to save his heir.
00:28:45Elise!
00:28:45Ciaran grabbed my wrist,
00:28:47his eyes sharp.
00:28:48This isn't the time for your tantrum.
00:28:50She's carrying the pack's heir.
00:28:52If something happens,
00:28:53we'll never be able to leave.
00:28:54Do you understand?
00:28:55My heart clenched painfully.
00:28:57I wondered if he was afraid
00:28:58we could not leave,
00:28:59or that something would happen
00:29:00to their pup.
00:29:01What if I refuse?
00:29:02Ciaran's face darkened.
00:29:04I saved you,
00:29:05and that was what caused
00:29:06Cecilia's injury.
00:29:08You owe her this.
00:29:09Is giving a little blood
00:29:11really so hard?
00:29:12He looked at me
00:29:12with disappointment.
00:29:14Ilysses,
00:29:15how did you end up doing this?
00:29:17My heart stabbed with pain.
00:29:19Had I changed?
00:29:19He was the one
00:29:20who had pursued me relentlessly,
00:29:22saying I was his only possible mate.
00:29:25He was the one
00:29:26who promised to recognize
00:29:27only me for life,
00:29:28who stood in the rain
00:29:29begging me to trust
00:29:30that he could handle everything.
00:29:32Now he was saying I had changed?
00:29:36My voice shook as I replied,
00:29:38So,
00:29:39you regret saving me.
00:29:41If you could do it over,
00:29:42you'd slave Cecilia
00:29:43and your pup first,
00:29:44wouldn't you?
00:29:44Ciaran froze.
00:29:45What are you talking about?
00:29:46Something's wrong.
00:29:48Miss Donati is in critical condition.
00:29:50The healer urged anxiously.
00:29:52Any more delay
00:29:53and we'll lose both mother and pup.
00:29:55Alpha,
00:29:56make a decision quickly.
00:29:58Ciaran's eyes hardened.
00:29:59Without further hesitation,
00:30:01he ordered the guards at the door.
00:30:02Take her to the blood drawing chamber.
00:30:04I was forced into the chair
00:30:06as a hollow silver needle
00:30:07pierced my vein,
00:30:08and my blood flowed out,
00:30:10drop by drop.
00:30:11Throughout it all,
00:30:13Ciaran never once looked back at me.
00:30:14When they had drawn two vials,
00:30:16the healer hesitated.
00:30:18Alpha!
00:30:19Miss George is too weak.
00:30:21If we draw more,
00:30:22I'm afraid.
00:30:23Continue.
00:30:24Ciaran said without turning around.
00:30:26When they reached three vials,
00:30:28in my delirium,
00:30:29I seemed to see Ciaran
00:30:30from when we first met,
00:30:31standing outside the herb shop,
00:30:33smiling at me.
00:30:34I'm Ciaran Wolf,
00:30:36and I'll be back tomorrow.
00:30:37In the final moment,
00:30:39I completely lost consciousness.
00:30:43When I woke up again,
00:30:45Ciaran was sitting by the hospital bed.
00:30:47I thought he would coax me gently like before,
00:30:50begging for my forgiveness.
00:30:52Yet,
00:30:52when I opened my eyes,
00:30:54I met his cold gaze instead.
00:30:56Did you ruin the totem pole?
00:30:57My mind went completely blank.
00:30:59What are you talking about?
00:31:00Ciaran's eyes were sharp.
00:31:02The elders' council investigated,
00:31:04and found that someone had soared
00:31:06halfway through the totem pole's face.
00:31:08If it wasn't you,
00:31:10who else would be scheming so hard
00:31:12to harm Cecilia?
00:31:13A chill spread through me.
00:31:15I'll say it again.
00:31:16It wasn't me.
00:31:18Not this time.
00:31:19Not this time.
00:31:20Not the last time.
00:31:22Not the time before that.
00:31:23Do you believe me, Ciaran?
00:31:27Swear on your wolf soul,
00:31:28and tell me if you sense through our bond.
00:31:32That I'm lying!
00:31:34My voice rose into a scream,
00:31:36with the last words.
00:31:37You're still denying it!
00:31:39Ciaran's eyes turned cold.
00:31:41You always ask me to believe you.
00:31:43But what have you done?
00:31:45Cecilia ends up hurt,
00:31:47while the pups are in danger.
00:31:50I told you.
00:31:51I only treat her well because of the air.
00:31:54Why do you insist on making a scene
00:31:56if she loses the pup?
00:31:58What good does that do for us?
00:32:02My chest heaved violently
00:32:03as countless grievances and anger
00:32:05clogged my throat.
00:32:06I wanted to question him.
00:32:08To argue back.
00:32:09To scream at the top of my lungs
00:32:10that I had never hurt anyone.
00:32:12I wanted to ask if he had forgotten
00:32:14his promise to always believe me
00:32:15unconditionally and never doubt me.
00:32:17In the end,
00:32:18I just looked at him wearily,
00:32:20my voice trembling,
00:32:21as I said,
00:32:22Fine.
00:32:24Since you don't trust me,
00:32:26let's end this.
00:32:27You can break the mate on between us.
00:32:30I'll step aside so you can live happily
00:32:32as a family of four.
00:32:33Ciaran froze instantly,
00:32:35his golden pupils contracting sharply.
00:32:38What did you say?
00:32:39An uncontrolled werewolf growl
00:32:41spilled from his throat.
00:32:42I glared at him with bloodshot eyes.
00:32:45Wasn't I clear enough?
00:32:46I renounced the bond between us.
00:32:49I'm willingly stepping aside
00:32:51for you and Cecilia.
00:32:52Ciaran punched the nearby table,
00:32:54shattering it
00:32:55as wood splinters flew everywhere.
00:32:57He grabbed my wrist,
00:32:59fury rolling in his eyes.
00:33:01Elise!
00:33:03What are you saying?
00:33:05I've always loved you,
00:33:07yet you want me to be
00:33:08with another woman.
00:33:09I stared back at him stubbornly
00:33:10with teary eyes,
00:33:11saying nothing.
00:33:14After a long standoff,
00:33:16Ciaran took a deep breath.
00:33:17He forcibly suppressed his anger
00:33:19and pulled me into his arms,
00:33:21holding me so tight
00:33:22it felt like he wanted
00:33:23to merge me into his bones.
00:33:25This matter ends here.
00:33:27Cecilia has already
00:33:28forgiven you
00:33:29and I won't hold it
00:33:30against you either.
00:33:31But remember this.
00:33:33He tightened his arms,
00:33:34his voice hoarse as he said.
00:33:36Don't ever mention
00:33:37breaking the bond
00:33:37or leaving again, never!
00:33:39Everything I'm doing
00:33:40is for our future.
00:33:41I did not tell him that
00:33:42to hell with the future.
00:33:44I had already decided to leave.
00:33:46She forgave me that easily.
00:33:48No conditions.
00:33:49I asked softly,
00:33:50my voice numb.
00:33:52Ciaran's body stiffened
00:33:53and he was silent for a moment
00:33:54before releasing me.
00:33:56She wants to hold
00:33:57a moonlight vow ceremony.
00:33:59Cecilia says she wants
00:34:00the pups to know
00:34:01their parents once loved each other,
00:34:02are blessed by the moon goddess
00:34:04to give them
00:34:04a legitimate background.
00:34:06After a pause,
00:34:07he turned to look at me.
00:34:08But this vow is fake.
00:34:10I'm just going through the motions
00:34:12to give the pack
00:34:12and pups an explanation.
00:34:14Don't overthink it.
00:34:17My lips trembled,
00:34:18but I could not say a word.
00:34:20My heart felt like
00:34:21it was being squeezed
00:34:22by an icy hand,
00:34:24each beat bringing
00:34:25tearing pain and absurdity.
00:34:27Ciaran, oh Ciaran,
00:34:28you already have children with her
00:34:30and now you're even having
00:34:32the pack's most sacred
00:34:33moonlight vow ceremony.
00:34:34What part of this is fake?
00:34:36What am I supposed to be to you?
00:34:39Ciaran kept talking,
00:34:40his voice fading in and out
00:34:42as he explained the necessity
00:34:43of the ceremony
00:34:44and promised we would
00:34:45leave together afterward.
00:34:47I watched his moving lips
00:34:48and suddenly felt
00:34:49utterly exhausted.
00:34:50I slowly closed my eyes,
00:34:52letting those words
00:34:53turn to dust
00:34:54and settle on my
00:34:55already dead heart.
00:34:57I never spoke another word.
00:34:58Ciaran stayed with me
00:34:59at the healer's chamber
00:35:00for three full days,
00:35:02caring for me meticulously.
00:35:04When feeding me medicine,
00:35:05he would always blow on it
00:35:07gently first,
00:35:08then carefully bring it
00:35:09to my lips.
00:35:10At night,
00:35:11if I made the slightest movement,
00:35:12he would wake up
00:35:13startled
00:35:14and frantically grab my hand
00:35:15until he was sure I was okay.
00:35:17When the healer gave me
00:35:19magical healing needles,
00:35:20he would hold me in his arms,
00:35:22his fingers gently covering my eyes
00:35:24while he whispered soothingly,
00:35:26Don't look.
00:35:27It'll be over soon.
00:35:30However,
00:35:31after taking me home
00:35:32from the healer's chamber,
00:35:34he immediately began preparing
00:35:35for the vow ceremony.
00:35:37To prevent me from causing trouble,
00:35:39he even confiscated
00:35:40my communication crystal
00:35:41and posted guards at the door
00:35:43to watch me 24-7s.
00:35:44In the huge mansion,
00:35:46only one housekeeper
00:35:47was left to look after me.
00:35:49I did not resist
00:35:50and quietly packed my luggage.
00:35:52On the day of the vow ceremony,
00:35:54my communication crystal
00:35:55was returned to me,
00:35:56filled with magical projections
00:35:58Cecilia had sent.
00:36:00Kieran,
00:36:01in formal attire,
00:36:02tenderly placing a ring
00:36:03on Cecilia's finger.
00:36:04Both of them kissing passionately
00:36:06amid everyone's blessings.
00:36:08Their little family
00:36:09happily cutting
00:36:10a ceremonial bread together.
00:36:11Every projection
00:36:12was a blade
00:36:13carving deeper
00:36:14into my already broken heart.
00:36:16Every projection
00:36:17was a blade
00:36:18carving deeper
00:36:19into my already broken heart.
00:36:21Just as I was about
00:36:22to put the crystal away,
00:36:23the door suddenly opened.
00:36:25Lucian stood in the doorway
00:36:26and said,
00:36:27Everything's been arranged.
00:36:29He handed me a ship ticket
00:36:30and said,
00:36:31I guarantee that
00:36:33once you leave,
00:36:33he'll never find you.
00:36:35I silently took the ticket
00:36:36and picked up
00:36:37my packed leather trunk.
00:36:38As I walked out of the mansion,
00:36:40the sun was shining.
00:36:41I did not look back,
00:36:42walking toward the carriage
00:36:43waiting by the roadside.
00:36:44I did not say goodbye to Kieran.
00:36:46For the rest of my life,
00:36:48as long as the mountains rise
00:36:49and the rivers run,
00:36:51we would never meet again.
00:36:54I took a deep breath
00:36:56and forced myself
00:36:57to keep a calm expression.
00:36:58This is only temporary.
00:37:00Everything I'm doing
00:37:01is for Elise.
00:37:02The altar was already crowded
00:37:03with werewolf guests
00:37:04wearing traditional attire,
00:37:06their eyes filled with respect
00:37:08for the ancient ritual.
00:37:09Though this was merely
00:37:10a fake wedding,
00:37:11the elders' council
00:37:12had made it grand and solemn.
00:37:13I knew I should step forward
00:37:15to greet my bride,
00:37:16but my legs felt heavy.
00:37:17The alpha and his mate
00:37:19will swear in blood,
00:37:20nourishing the bond
00:37:21and uniting their honor.
00:37:23I looked down
00:37:24at the cold dagger
00:37:25and reached out,
00:37:26my fingertips trembling slightly.
00:37:27Just as my fingertips
00:37:28were about to touch the dagger,
00:37:30a violent burning pain
00:37:31from deep within my soul
00:37:32suddenly shot up
00:37:33from my heart.
00:37:34The sudden,
00:37:35soul-deep agony
00:37:36made me jerk my hand back,
00:37:37and I seemed to hear
00:37:38Elise's desperate voice
00:37:40in my ears.
00:37:40Kieran,
00:37:41are you really going
00:37:42to take a blood oath with her?
00:37:44What about me?
00:37:45What do our vows mean?
00:37:46The voice was distant,
00:37:48yet unbearably real.
00:37:51I shook my head
00:37:52and forced myself
00:37:53to calm down.
00:37:54Lucian told me,
00:37:55Elise is waiting for me
00:37:56in the mansion,
00:37:57and she won't go anywhere.
00:37:58Don't scare yourself.
00:38:00Throughout the entire process,
00:38:01I was like a puppet.
00:38:03Now the alpha
00:38:04may kiss his mate
00:38:05to complete the final step
00:38:07of the vow.
00:38:08Cheers and wolf howls
00:38:09suddenly erupted
00:38:10like a tidal wave.
00:38:11In the crest of the noise,
00:38:12I stiffly lowered my head,
00:38:14moving closer to Cecilia.
00:38:16The ceremony is complete.
00:38:18Congratulations to both of you
00:38:19for becoming mates
00:38:20under the moon goddess's witness.
00:38:22May your bloodline thrive!
00:38:24Beyond the grove,
00:38:25magical floors
00:38:26shot into the sky,
00:38:28exploding in the shape
00:38:29of wolf nuts.
00:38:30The grand ceremony
00:38:31was finally over.
00:38:33After that,
00:38:34I violently tore off
00:38:35the gorgeous ceremonial robes
00:38:36and burst forth
00:38:38with incredible speed,
00:38:39shooting out of the sacred ground
00:38:40at impossible speed.
00:38:42Faster!
00:38:43Faster!
00:38:44Faster!
00:38:46Elise!
00:38:46Wait for me!
00:38:48I slammed through
00:38:49the heavy doors
00:38:50in my massive wolf form,
00:38:51charging forward
00:38:52at breakneck speed,
00:38:54leaving destruction
00:38:54in my wake.
00:38:55The moment I shifted
00:38:56back to human form,
00:38:58I sprinted toward Elise's room
00:38:59with desperate urgency.
00:39:01Elise!
00:39:02The ceremony's over!
00:39:03We can leave now!
00:39:04Right now!
00:39:05The next moment,
00:39:06the smile on my face froze.
00:39:07It was empty.
00:39:10The closet hung bare.
00:39:12The vanity sat stripped.
00:39:13Elise!
00:39:16Elise!
00:39:17Panic surged through me.
00:39:19I spun around
00:39:19and tore through the estate,
00:39:21the library,
00:39:21the lounge,
00:39:22even the armor.
00:39:23I grabbed the trembling housekeeper.
00:39:25Where is she?
00:39:27I told you to watch her!
00:39:29I had locked her door,
00:39:30increased the guards,
00:39:32ordered the servants
00:39:33to monitor her every move.
00:39:34A human like Elise
00:39:35couldn't leave
00:39:36packed territory alone.
00:39:37So why was she gone?
00:39:39The housekeeper
00:39:40was too terrified to speak.
00:39:41Lucien emerged
00:39:42from the shadows.
00:39:44Stop looking, Kieran.
00:39:45She's already gone.
00:39:46I whipped around.
00:39:47Gone where?
00:39:48Somewhere you'll never find her.
00:39:49The moonlight vow is done.
00:39:51Focus on being alpha
00:39:52and stay with Cecilia
00:39:54and your pups.
00:39:54Gone!
00:39:55That sounded absurd.
00:39:57Elise would only leave with me
00:39:58just as she'd promised.
00:40:00She loved me.
00:40:01She had waited for everything.
00:40:03If she wanted to leave,
00:40:04she would have done it
00:40:05when I agreed to have pups
00:40:06with Cecilia.
00:40:07Did you force her to leave?
00:40:09My alpha aura burst out,
00:40:10making the walls vibrant.
00:40:14I agreed to have pups
00:40:16with Cecilia.
00:40:17I went through
00:40:18the moonlight vow.
00:40:19I gave you everything!
00:40:21Why did you still
00:40:22drive her away?
00:40:24Lucien stepped forward
00:40:25and handed me a letter.
00:40:26We didn't drive her away.
00:40:28She left on her own.
00:40:30Read this.
00:40:31I looked down.
00:40:33On the parchment,
00:40:34in Elise's handwriting,
00:40:35to Ciaran.
00:40:37My fingers trembled
00:40:38as I took the letter.
00:40:39The paper tore.
00:40:40Inside was a letter.
00:40:41Her script,
00:40:42beautiful and neat.
00:40:43By the time you read this,
00:40:45I'll be gone.
00:40:46You won't find me.
00:40:48I'm leaving
00:40:49because I don't want
00:40:50to wait anymore.
00:40:51First you said
00:40:52you just needed an heir.
00:40:54I believed you.
00:40:55Then Tyra was born
00:40:56and you said
00:40:57you needed more time.
00:40:59I believed that too.
00:41:00Then you said
00:41:01you needed a son.
00:41:03I tried to believe.
00:41:05But now you're
00:41:06taking a blood oath
00:41:07with her
00:41:07under the moon goddess witness.
00:41:10Ciaran,
00:41:10how much longer
00:41:11was I supposed to wait?
00:41:12I'm human.
00:41:14My life is short.
00:41:15I can't endure
00:41:16endless waiting.
00:41:17When the moonlight vow
00:41:18echoed through
00:41:18the sacred grounds,
00:41:20everything between us
00:41:21ended.
00:41:22The mate bond
00:41:23is severed.
00:41:24We will never
00:41:25see each other again.
00:41:27Elise.
00:41:29Only then
00:41:30did I understand.
00:41:31The pain
00:41:32during the vow.
00:41:32My wolf's
00:41:33restless howling
00:41:34had come from
00:41:35the mate bond
00:41:35severing.
00:41:36I destroyed our love
00:41:37with my own hands.
00:41:38I read the letter again.
00:41:40The paper shook
00:41:41in my trembling fingers.
00:41:42A metallic taste
00:41:43surged up my throat.
00:41:45The world
00:41:46twisted and spun.
00:41:47Colors bled away.
00:41:48The floor collapsed
00:41:49in the way.
00:41:50My entire world
00:41:51plunged into darkness.
00:41:53Alpha Ciaran,
00:41:54get the healer.
00:41:55Now!
00:41:56Overnight,
00:41:57the entire north
00:41:58buzzed with gossip
00:41:58about the wolf family's
00:42:00humiliation.
00:42:00I stood in the
00:42:01destroyed room
00:42:02glaring at Lucian
00:42:03and at Cecilia
00:42:04who clutched
00:42:05Tyra while sobbing.
00:42:06I tightened my grip
00:42:07on the knife
00:42:07against my wrist.
00:42:08Let me go find her
00:42:10or we'll all die together.
00:42:12I still believed
00:42:13Lucian
00:42:13or Cecilia
00:42:14had driven
00:42:15Elise away.
00:42:16The moment I woke up
00:42:17I planned to find her
00:42:18and run away
00:42:19but the elders
00:42:19drugged me
00:42:20and brought Cecilia
00:42:21and Tyra
00:42:21to convince me to stay.
00:42:23If Elise was still here
00:42:24I might have hesitated
00:42:25but now she was gone.
00:42:27So was my weakness.
00:42:28I had nothing to lose.
00:42:32Put the knife down!
00:42:34You're disgracing this pack!
00:42:36Ciaran,
00:42:37please
00:42:37stay for our pups.
00:42:39Everyone pressured me
00:42:40to stay with someone
00:42:41I didn't love.
00:42:42Raised pups born from duty.
00:42:44No one considered my feelings.
00:42:46No one considered Elise's.
00:42:48You've already destroyed me once!
00:42:50I didn't want to sleep with her.
00:42:52You drugged me!
00:42:55I never wanted the pups!
00:42:57My voice trembled with fury.
00:42:59Back then
00:43:00the elders council
00:43:01had conspired with Cecilia
00:43:02to drug me.
00:43:03When I woke up
00:43:04I wanted to strangle her
00:43:05then kill myself.
00:43:06The elders begged me.
00:43:07We just want an heir.
00:43:10You are the heir
00:43:11we raised for over 20 years.
00:43:13They wouldn't let me
00:43:14run away with Elise
00:43:15without leaving them anything.
00:43:16Even Cecilia
00:43:17knelt in front of me
00:43:18and begged.
00:43:19Ciaran,
00:43:20I've loved you
00:43:20for so many years.
00:43:21I've always loved you.
00:43:23Please give me a chance.
00:43:25Her voice trembled
00:43:25as she looked up at him
00:43:26with tear-filled eyes.
00:43:27I'm willing to carry your pup.
00:43:29Once the baby is born
00:43:30I'll personally help you
00:43:32leave with Elise.
00:43:32I won't stand in your way anymore.
00:43:34Just please accept me.
00:43:36I gave in
00:43:37but their greed kept growing.
00:43:39After Tyra was born
00:43:40they demanded a son.
00:43:42They kept forcing me
00:43:42to compromise.
00:43:43Now that I'd finally
00:43:44found freedom
00:43:45they'd driven Elise away.
00:43:47I couldn't accept it.
00:43:49Suddenly
00:43:49Cecilia bent over
00:43:51clutching her stomach.
00:43:53It hurts!
00:43:56Blood stained the white fabric
00:43:57under Cecilia's dress.
00:43:58Quick!
00:43:59Get help!
00:44:00After chaos
00:44:01the elders rushed
00:44:02the miscarrying Cecilia
00:44:03to the healer's chamber.
00:44:04Cecilia's mother
00:44:05Helena Graymark
00:44:06slapped me across the face.
00:44:08Blood trickled
00:44:09from the corner of my mouth
00:44:10but I stood
00:44:10like a soulless puppet.
00:44:12Mrs. Donati
00:44:13this was our fault.
00:44:14Once Cecilia recovers
00:44:15I'll make sure
00:44:16Kian takes care of her.
00:44:17Take care of her.
00:44:18Kian is ready
00:44:19to run off
00:44:19with another woman.
00:44:20Cecilia has sacrificed
00:44:21everything for him.
00:44:23Bore him one pup
00:44:23carrying another
00:44:24and this is how
00:44:24you treat her?
00:44:26Apologize!
00:44:26Now!
00:44:27I didn't move.
00:44:28I hadn't done
00:44:28anything wrong.
00:44:30Screaming,
00:44:30pleading,
00:44:31chaos
00:44:31all crushing me.
00:44:33Then an angry roar
00:44:34echoed
00:44:34This is a healer's chamber.
00:44:36Keep it down.
00:44:37The patient is coming out.
00:44:39The healer's chamber
00:44:40doors opened.
00:44:41Cecilia lay on the bed
00:44:42face pale
00:44:43magical breathing mask on.
00:44:46She just finished
00:44:47postpartum recovery
00:44:48and is pregnant again.
00:44:49Her body is extremely weak.
00:44:51She needs three months
00:44:52of strict bed rest.
00:44:53If she loses this pup too
00:44:54it'll be much harder
00:44:55for her to conceive again.
00:44:56The elders' faces fell.
00:44:57They hurried after the healer.
00:44:59The corridor emptied.
00:45:00I snapped back to reality.
00:45:02Police.
00:45:02I have to find her.
00:45:03I wheeled toward the exit
00:45:05but Lucian's guards
00:45:06blocked my path.
00:45:08Alpha
00:45:08you should see your Luna first.
00:45:10Get lost.
00:45:12Sorry Alpha.
00:45:13If you won't go willingly
00:45:14we'll escort you.
00:45:16She's carrying your pup.
00:45:18At least see the pup.
00:45:19I froze.
00:45:20Even though I couldn't
00:45:21stand Cecilia
00:45:22she was carrying my child.
00:45:24Soon
00:45:25I was wheeled
00:45:26to her isolation chamber.
00:45:27Just as the guard
00:45:28was about to knock
00:45:28voices drifted out.
00:45:30Mom
00:45:30your fake misbearance
00:45:32plan was brilliant.
00:45:33It worked perfectly
00:45:35to keep Kian here again.
00:45:36Her voice was slick
00:45:37with calculation.
00:45:38I had never heard
00:45:39her speak like that.
00:45:40Do you think
00:45:40if I make the pups
00:45:41have little accidents
00:45:42from time to time
00:45:43Kieran will eventually
00:45:45stay for good?
00:45:49Those words slithered
00:45:51into my ears
00:45:51like venom.
00:45:52My entire body
00:45:53went rigid.
00:45:54Bone deep cold
00:45:55shot up from my feet.
00:45:56The guard
00:45:56quickly stepped aside.
00:45:58Helena's smug voice
00:45:59came from inside.
00:46:00Of course
00:46:01Elise is gone
00:46:02but these tricks
00:46:04will keep Kian
00:46:05in your hands.
00:46:06My eyelids twitched.
00:46:07But don't go too far.
00:46:09With Tyra
00:46:09just give her
00:46:10a little fever
00:46:11make her cry
00:46:12never poison her
00:46:13or drop her again.
00:46:15And the one in your belly
00:46:16don't risk too much.
00:46:17Don't worry
00:46:18I know my limits
00:46:19but I already promised
00:46:20Kylan I'd let him
00:46:21leave after the ceremony.
00:46:22Even with this fake miscarriage
00:46:24what about later?
00:46:24He'll still want to find Elise.
00:46:26Relax
00:46:26I've already worked it out
00:46:28with Elder Lucian
00:46:29we've sent her far far away
00:46:30she'll never come back.
00:46:32Focus on your pregnancy.
00:46:34Once this pup is born
00:46:35all the Wolf family's
00:46:36assets will be yours.
00:46:37Veins bulged
00:46:38on the back of my hands
00:46:39so that was it.
00:46:40All those times
00:46:41Tyra got sick
00:46:42I thought it was Elise.
00:46:44It was Cecilia
00:46:45and her mother.
00:46:46They did it themselves.
00:46:47All those nights
00:46:48I abandoned Elise
00:46:49letting her get punished
00:46:50while I sat by Cecilia's
00:46:52or Tyra's bedside.
00:46:54Every moment
00:46:54had been part of their plan.
00:46:56The world went silent.
00:46:58No potion smell
00:47:00no distant murmurs
00:47:02only the thunderous roar
00:47:03of blood in my ears.
00:47:05A metallic taste
00:47:06surged into my throat.
00:47:08Lucian approached
00:47:09with a bag of herbs.
00:47:10Kieran why are you
00:47:11standing there?
00:47:12Why haven't you gone in?
00:47:14He moved to open the door.
00:47:15I never expected your dad
00:47:16to give me a name
00:47:18but you must fight
00:47:19to marry into the Wolf family
00:47:21otherwise your pup
00:47:23will be like you.
00:47:24Born a bastard
00:47:25forced to live like a rat
00:47:26in the gutter.
00:47:27He never imagined
00:47:28the mother of the heir
00:47:29he'd adored for years
00:47:30was actually an illegitimate daughter
00:47:32with no status.
00:47:33The Wolf family
00:47:34was a century old dynasty.
00:47:36Every Luna
00:47:36had been born
00:47:37into noble bloodlines.
00:47:39If their Luna
00:47:40was a bastard
00:47:40they'd be the laughing stock
00:47:42of every pack.
00:47:43Cecilia had been
00:47:44Lucian's carefully chosen
00:47:45candidate
00:47:46from the equally prestigious
00:47:47Donati family.
00:47:48She was beautiful
00:47:49charming
00:47:50and had lowered herself
00:47:51to carry my pups
00:47:52before marrying in.
00:47:54Lucian had treasured her
00:47:55but now
00:47:55she was worse
00:47:57than Elise's human status.
00:48:00It finally hit us
00:48:02why Cecilia's father
00:48:03Alpha Orion Donati
00:48:05hadn't been seen
00:48:06since the ceremony.
00:48:07Lucian burst through the door.
00:48:09You despicable liars!
00:48:12How dare you deceive me!
00:48:14Screams erupted.
00:48:15Things were thrown
00:48:16and smashed.
00:48:17I wheeled inside.
00:48:19Cecilia panicked.
00:48:20Tried to get up.
00:48:21Collapsed to the floor.
00:48:23She crawled tearfully
00:48:23to my feet.
00:48:24Kieran, let me explain.
00:48:26I never meant
00:48:26to hurt our pups.
00:48:28I did it because
00:48:28I love you.
00:48:30Please don't send me away!
00:48:32Until today
00:48:32Cecilia had felt blessed.
00:48:34She thought
00:48:35she'd won me over.
00:48:36Gotten to bear children
00:48:37for the man she adored.
00:48:38But now
00:48:39everything was ruined.
00:48:40I knew the truth.
00:48:41Lucian knew.
00:48:42Soon the entire
00:48:43Wolf family would know.
00:48:45Orion had his
00:48:46legitimate wife and daughter.
00:48:47attending Cecilia's wedding
00:48:48had been his final courtesy.
00:48:50Her only path
00:48:51was to cling
00:48:52to the Wolf family.
00:48:53Pups.
00:48:54My voice was cold.
00:48:55In your eyes
00:48:56they're just tools.
00:48:58What right
00:48:59do you have
00:48:59to mention them?
00:49:01I'll give you
00:49:01ten million gold coins.
00:49:03Don't ever appear
00:49:04in front of me again.
00:49:06As I turned to leave
00:49:07Cecilia tried
00:49:09to chase after me.
00:49:12Sharp pain
00:49:13shot through
00:49:13her lower abdomen.
00:49:15She looked down
00:49:15at her dress
00:49:16in disbelief.
00:49:17Warm blood
00:49:18gushed from beneath
00:49:19her gown.
00:49:20No!
00:49:22Another rainy day.
00:49:23After the devastating blow
00:49:24Lucian was bedridden.
00:49:26I took over
00:49:27the entire Wolf family
00:49:28both the pack
00:49:29and its estates
00:49:30and businesses.
00:49:31While managing
00:49:31the empire
00:49:32I kept searching
00:49:33for Elise.
00:49:34After one week
00:49:35exhaustion was etched
00:49:36across my face.
00:49:37Still nothing.
00:49:39The guard
00:49:39stayed silent
00:49:40lowering his head.
00:49:41Lucian and the elders
00:49:42had finally agreed
00:49:43to let me bring
00:49:44Elise in
00:49:44as my Luna.
00:49:45Even without
00:49:46their approval
00:49:47I would have found
00:49:48Elise and overcome
00:49:48every obstacle
00:49:50to be with her.
00:49:51Now I had the
00:49:51pack's blessing
00:49:52so I increased
00:49:53the search efforts
00:49:53but a week passed.
00:49:55Nothing.
00:49:56Lucian had bought
00:49:57Elise a ship ticket
00:49:57to Hindland
00:49:58but when my people
00:49:59tracked her there
00:50:00she had never arrived.
00:50:01She had changed
00:50:02ships mid journey.
00:50:03Then she had boarded
00:50:04a local carriage.
00:50:06Where she went
00:50:06from there
00:50:07no one knew.
00:50:08The trail
00:50:09had gone cold
00:50:10then my assistant
00:50:11Jacob Terrell
00:50:12entered.
00:50:13Mr. Wolf
00:50:13Mr. Narty
00:50:14Cher has returned.
00:50:16Cher refuses to leave.
00:50:19Ever since the
00:50:20falling out
00:50:21Cecilia had miscarried
00:50:22and Helena had
00:50:23fallen seriously ill.
00:50:25Both women's
00:50:25status had plummeted.
00:50:27Jacob walked
00:50:27into my office
00:50:28with a troubled expression.
00:50:30Boss
00:50:30Cecilia I ask
00:50:31kneeling in the lobby
00:50:32again with the child.
00:50:33Tyra has been crying
00:50:34for Vronhauer.
00:50:35The guards
00:50:36don't dare drag
00:50:37them away
00:50:37because of the pup.
00:50:38What do you want
00:50:39us to do?
00:50:40Cecilia's tearful voice
00:50:41echoed from the doorway
00:50:42as she shouted
00:50:43toward my office.
00:50:44Kieran please!
00:50:45I know I was wrong
00:50:46I've learned my lesson
00:50:48but Tyra's sake
00:50:49don't abandon us.
00:50:50She's your daughter too.
00:50:52Stay with us.
00:50:54Just come back.
00:50:55I'll be good.
00:50:56I swear I'll never
00:50:57cause trouble again.
00:50:59Tyra needs her father.
00:51:00I looked at the small
00:51:02figure in her arms.
00:51:03Once I felt
00:51:04some paternal love
00:51:05for Tyra.
00:51:06But now
00:51:07all I could think about
00:51:08was how she carried
00:51:09half of Cecilia's blood.
00:51:11She might grow up
00:51:11to be just as malicious
00:51:12as her mother.
00:51:13My last trace of pity
00:51:14completely evaporated.
00:51:16I kept scrolling
00:51:17for news about Elise.
00:51:18When Jacob waited too long
00:51:19and was about to take
00:51:20matters into his own hands
00:51:21I finally spoke.
00:51:23If you ever dare
00:51:23bother me with this again
00:51:25you can roll out
00:51:27of here with her.
00:51:28Jacob stiffened
00:51:28and hurried out.
00:51:29Downstairs
00:51:30Cecilia was still
00:51:31on her knees
00:51:32holding Tyra.
00:51:33Her face was
00:51:34deathly pale.
00:51:35The pup had
00:51:35cried herself hoarse.
00:51:37Cecilia's eyes
00:51:38were fixed desperately
00:51:39on the Lord's
00:51:40private lift platform.
00:51:41Finally
00:51:42the elevator moved.
00:51:43It descended.
00:51:44The doors opened.
00:51:45Cecilia scrambled
00:51:46to her feet.
00:51:46Karen!
00:51:47Her hand stopped
00:51:48midair.
00:51:49Her smile froze.
00:51:54Why is it you?
00:51:56Where's Cyan?
00:51:58Jacob looked at her
00:51:59blankly.
00:52:00Mrs. Donati
00:52:00Mr. Weil
00:52:01has made everything clear.
00:52:02Since you enjoy
00:52:03tormenting pups so much
00:52:04you don't need
00:52:05to raise Tyra anymore.
00:52:07Cecilia's expression
00:52:07changed.
00:52:08She hugged Tyra tighter.
00:52:10What do you mean?
00:52:12Heeled leather boots
00:52:13clicked behind her.
00:52:14Her half-sister
00:52:15Giselle Donati
00:52:16snatched Tyra
00:52:17from her arms.
00:52:19Since you can't
00:52:20take care of her
00:52:20I will.
00:52:21I can't have pups
00:52:22anywhere.
00:52:24I'll raise her
00:52:25like she's my own.
00:52:27No, Donati!
00:52:29She tried to grab Tyra
00:52:30back.
00:52:31Giselle's armed guards
00:52:32knocked her unconscious
00:52:33and dragged her away.
00:52:35Tell Mr. Wolf
00:52:35we've taken her away.
00:52:37She won't be coming back.
00:52:38Also, congratulations
00:52:39on acquiring that field
00:52:41aid in the Northern
00:52:41Territory.
00:52:42Trading land for a pup
00:52:43an extremely profitable
00:52:45deal for both sides.
00:52:46That was the last mercy
00:52:47I would show the child.
00:52:51News of the major
00:52:52leadership changes
00:52:53in the Northern Pax
00:52:54Wolf family
00:52:55spread quickly.
00:52:56Within just a few days
00:52:57I caught up on
00:52:59Ciaran and Cecilia's
00:53:00aftermath
00:53:00through parchment scrolls
00:53:02brought by a
00:53:02travelling merchant
00:53:03while hiding out
00:53:04in a small mountain
00:53:05village in neutral
00:53:06territory
00:53:07working as a teacher.
00:53:08My heart filled
00:53:09with mixed emotions
00:53:10at this outcome.
00:53:12After all
00:53:12in my memory
00:53:13even though Ciaran
00:53:14did not love Cecilia
00:53:15he had still cared
00:53:17for her somewhat
00:53:18for the sake
00:53:18of their two pups.
00:53:19Yet in such a short
00:53:21time
00:53:21they had reached
00:53:22this kind of ending.
00:53:23Still
00:53:24none of this
00:53:25concerned me anymore.
00:53:26I had my own life
00:53:27to live now.
00:53:28I pushed the wooden
00:53:29gate open
00:53:29and watered the herbs
00:53:31growing in the yard.
00:53:32When I finished
00:53:33I set down the watering
00:53:34can
00:53:35and settled
00:53:36onto the wooden bench
00:53:37gazing peacefully
00:53:38at the orphanage
00:53:39surrounded by mountains.
00:53:40A soft voice
00:53:41suddenly called out
00:53:42from behind me.
00:53:44Miss Eliza
00:53:45are you looking
00:53:46at the mountains again?
00:53:47Will the big bad wolves
00:53:49from the north
00:53:50come here?
00:53:51The little rabbit
00:53:51eared girl
00:53:52climbed onto my lap
00:53:53hugging my arm tightly.
00:53:55Teacher
00:53:55you look sad today.
00:53:57Did someone bully you?
00:53:59Don't worry
00:54:00I'll protect you.
00:54:01I smiled
00:54:02and gently stroked
00:54:03her fluffy ears.
00:54:05No one bullied me
00:54:05Mia.
00:54:06I'm just thinking
00:54:08some people's stories
00:54:10have ended
00:54:10and mine
00:54:12has only just begun.
00:54:13Then will you stay
00:54:14with us forever?
00:54:16Don't leave
00:54:17okay?
00:54:18We all like you
00:54:19the most.
00:54:20I hugged
00:54:21the little girl
00:54:21closer
00:54:22feeling the warmth
00:54:23in my chest.
00:54:24Yes
00:54:25I'll stay.
00:54:28This is my home now.
00:54:34It was currently
00:54:35summer break
00:54:36so only a few
00:54:37teachers remained
00:54:38to watch
00:54:38over the small facility
00:54:40and I was one of them.
00:54:41One day
00:54:42a few new teachers
00:54:44invited me
00:54:44to go up the mountain
00:54:45to gather herbs
00:54:46and mushrooms.
00:54:47On the way
00:54:48Kelly linked arms
00:54:49with me
00:54:50and chatted excitedly.
00:54:51I heard Mrs. Lott
00:54:52secured another investor
00:54:53from up north.
00:54:55They're coming
00:54:55to inspect next week.
00:54:57Elise
00:54:58will you be there
00:54:59to welcome them?
00:55:00I politely declined.
00:55:01I won't be going.
00:55:03I have other things
00:55:04to handle.
00:55:06Oh
00:55:06Kelly said
00:55:07with some regret.
00:55:08I heard
00:55:09the wolf family air
00:55:10Alpha Ciaran
00:55:11is incredibly
00:55:13handsome
00:55:13and rich
00:55:14if he's the one coming.
00:55:17I smiled
00:55:17and said nothing.
00:55:18I had worked
00:55:19so hard to move on.
00:55:20I didn't want
00:55:21to see Ciaran again.
00:55:23Margaret also tried
00:55:24to persuade me
00:55:24but I firmly refused.
00:55:26Mrs. Lott
00:55:27please help cover
00:55:29for me
00:55:29when the time comes.
00:55:30Margaret sighed
00:55:31but eventually
00:55:32respected my decision.
00:55:35But I never expected
00:55:36to see Ciaran again
00:55:37so soon.
00:55:38Late that night
00:55:39when I finally returned
00:55:40to the orphanage
00:55:41with the other teachers
00:55:42I immediately spotted
00:55:43Ciaran's familiar
00:55:44black carriage
00:55:45bearing the wolf family crest.
00:55:47My heart tightened.
00:55:48As I was about
00:55:49to walk past it
00:55:50the carriage door opened.
00:55:52The door opened
00:55:53without warning
00:55:53and the two people
00:55:55who thought
00:55:55they would never
00:55:56see each other again
00:55:57suddenly came face to face.
00:55:59Time froze
00:56:00at that moment.
00:56:01The earthy smell
00:56:02of rain-soaked soil
00:56:03vanished
00:56:03and the distant sounds
00:56:05of children playing
00:56:06in the woods
00:56:06disappeared
00:56:07leaving only
00:56:08the wild beating
00:56:09of Ciaran's heart
00:56:10and his rapid breathing.
00:56:12Ciaran had not expected
00:56:13to actually see me here either.
00:56:15I looked at Ciaran as well
00:56:17never having imagined
00:56:18I would encounter him here.
00:56:20The moment I saw him
00:56:21the grief
00:56:22buried deep in my heart
00:56:23surged back up my throat
00:56:24and memories rewound
00:56:26like sand
00:56:27falling backward
00:56:28in an hourglass
00:56:29with those painful scenes
00:56:30replaying one by one
00:56:32in my mind.
00:56:33Kylan
00:56:34Why do you still
00:56:35keep coming for me?
00:56:37I want to take you home.
00:56:38He sat across from me
00:56:40his voice low
00:56:41and hoarse
00:56:42as he finally spoke.
00:56:43I found out the truth
00:56:44about Cecilia
00:56:45everything
00:56:46how she schemed
00:56:48how she lied
00:56:49how she tried
00:56:50to destroy you
00:56:50I saw her true nature
00:56:52with my own eyes.
00:56:53He paused
00:56:54swallowing hard.
00:56:55I dealt with her
00:56:56she won't ever appear
00:56:57in front of you again.
00:56:59Tyra
00:56:59I sent her to a remote
00:57:01pack orphanage
00:57:02she'll be raised
00:57:03far away from all of this.
00:57:04His eyes reddened
00:57:05and his voice
00:57:06cracked slightly.
00:57:08The elders and I
00:57:08we all regret
00:57:09what we did to you
00:57:10deeply.
00:57:11We were blind Elise.
00:57:13I was blind.
00:57:14He reached out
00:57:15as if wanting to touch me
00:57:16but stopped halfway
00:57:18and clenched his fist.
00:57:19These past months
00:57:20while searching for you
00:57:22I almost went mad.
00:57:24I couldn't eat
00:57:25couldn't sleep.
00:57:26My fingers clutched
00:57:27the parchment
00:57:28that my whole body trembled.
00:57:30It was not relief
00:57:30or grief
00:57:31it was the sudden
00:57:33brutal
00:57:33tearing away of a scar.
00:57:35A truth too long delayed
00:57:37now ripping open
00:57:38a scab
00:57:39that had never really healed
00:57:40revealing the festering wound
00:57:42still raw beneath.
00:57:43It was too late
00:57:44everything was too late.
00:57:46I had long past the point
00:57:47of needing the truth exposed
00:57:48and I no longer needed
00:57:50Kieran's attempts
00:57:50at reconciliation
00:57:51or his regret.
00:57:53Kieran
00:57:53I can't go back with you
00:57:55and we can't return
00:57:56to how things were.
00:57:57When I saw you
00:57:58being intimate with her
00:57:59I kept wondering
00:58:01if I was the other woman.
00:58:03No Elise
00:58:03you weren't the other woman
00:58:05you're the person
00:58:06I woman
00:58:07you're the person
00:58:08I love most.
00:58:10Kieran repeatedly
00:58:10denied this.
00:58:12He instinctively
00:58:13reached for my hand
00:58:14but I dodged aside
00:58:15but that was exactly
00:58:17how it was for me.
00:58:18You had pups
00:58:19with her
00:58:20sealed a vow
00:58:21under the moon goddess
00:58:22and lived like a true pair
00:58:24in every way.
00:58:25To everyone else
00:58:26she was your mate.
00:58:28So why did you
00:58:29come looking for me?
00:58:30There was already
00:58:30an impossibly wide
00:58:31distance between us
00:58:33that neither of us
00:58:33could cross
00:58:34and I did not want
00:58:35to try crossing it again.
00:58:37Go back.
00:58:38Kieran
00:58:38this isn't where you belong.
00:58:41Thunder rumbled
00:58:41across the horizon.
00:58:43I refused to argue further
00:58:44and turned toward my door.
00:58:46The second I reached my room
00:58:48torrential rain
00:58:49began pouring outside.
00:58:50However
00:58:51he still stood motionless
00:58:52in the storm.
00:58:53I frowned
00:58:54and was about to
00:58:55pull the curtains closed
00:58:56when someone began
00:58:57pounding frantically
00:58:59on my door.
00:59:00Mrs. George
00:59:00come out quickly
00:59:01a child is missing.
00:59:05I immediately
00:59:06joined the search.
00:59:07Together with another
00:59:08teacher
00:59:08Miss Lena
00:59:09we hurried through
00:59:10the heavy rain
00:59:11toward the missing boy
00:59:12Elliot's home.
00:59:13The downpour was so heavy
00:59:14we could barely see
00:59:15the path ahead.
00:59:17Suddenly
00:59:17distant rumbling sounds
00:59:18echoed from the mountain valley.
00:59:20Miss Lena grabbed my arm
00:59:21her voice shaking.
00:59:22Elise
00:59:23did you hear that?
00:59:25That's
00:59:25sound!
00:59:29It's a landslide!
00:59:30We have to turn back!
00:59:31I clenched my teeth
00:59:32and kept running.
00:59:34We can't!
00:59:35Elliot is still there!
00:59:37We're almost at his house
00:59:39we have to get him!
00:59:40We exchanged
00:59:41terrified glances
00:59:42but pushed forward
00:59:43running faster.
00:59:45Sure enough
00:59:45we found the trembling
00:59:47Elliot hiding under the bed
00:59:48clutching a pile of toys
00:59:50that belonged to his late mother.
00:59:52No!
00:59:52I don't want to go!
00:59:55My mum's still here!
00:59:57I'm not leaving
00:59:58without her toys!
00:59:59Tears streamed down
01:00:00his small face
01:00:01as he hugged
01:00:02the toys tighter.
01:00:03Elliot
01:00:04listen to me
01:00:05I promise
01:00:06I'll bring
01:00:07every single one
01:00:08of your mum's toys
01:00:08back safely.
01:00:10But right now
01:00:11you have to go
01:00:12with Miss Lena
01:00:13it's dangerous here!
01:00:15You swear?
01:00:16You really promise?
01:00:17I swear
01:00:19Now go!
01:00:20I quickly handed him
01:00:21to Miss Lena
01:00:22Take him and run!
01:00:23Don't stop until
01:00:24you reach high ground!
01:00:26After they disappeared
01:00:27into the rain
01:00:27I grabbed a sack
01:00:29and frantically
01:00:30stuffed all the toys inside.
01:00:32Just as I slung
01:00:33the heavy bag
01:00:34over my shoulder
01:00:34the rumbling
01:00:35turned into a
01:00:36deafening roar.
01:00:37The landslide
01:00:38exploded through the window
01:00:39in a surge of mud
01:00:40rock and debris.
01:00:43Time froze.
01:00:45Terror gripped me.
01:00:46My vision was filled
01:00:47only with that
01:00:47murky thick sludge
01:00:49mixed with broken
01:00:50wood and debris.
01:00:51It roared
01:00:52as it poured
01:00:52over the windowsill
01:00:53like the gates of hell
01:00:54opening wide.
01:00:56A cutrid
01:00:56earthy stench
01:00:57instantly flooded
01:00:59my nostrils.
01:01:00My mind went blank.
01:01:01No!
01:01:03No!
01:01:03I slumped
01:01:04helplessly
01:01:05against the wall
01:01:06watching the wave
01:01:07of death
01:01:07crash toward me.
01:01:08Just then
01:01:09a massive
01:01:10white wolf
01:01:11burst through
01:01:11the churning
01:01:12muddy caves
01:01:13lunging straight at me.
01:01:15My eyes
01:01:16flew wide open.
01:01:17Kieran
01:01:18what are you?
01:01:19The moment he charged in
01:01:20his golden wolf eyes
01:01:22locked onto me
01:01:23with fierce intensity.
01:01:24Kieran
01:01:25deep
01:01:25urgent growl
01:01:26through mind link.
01:01:27Hold on tight
01:01:28don't let go.
01:01:29With a deep growl
01:01:30he lowered his head
01:01:31and slammed his
01:01:32powerful shoulder
01:01:32into my stomach
01:01:33lifting me clean
01:01:34off the ground.
01:01:35The world spun
01:01:36as he tossed me
01:01:37across his broad back
01:01:38like luggage.
01:01:39Kieran!
01:01:40Wait!
01:01:41He barreled toward
01:01:42the wooden door
01:01:42that led to the slope
01:01:43beyond and smashed
01:01:45through it with
01:01:45bone rattling force.
01:01:51The door shattered
01:01:52but a sickening crack
01:01:53followed.
01:01:54Kieran's entire body
01:01:55jolted violently.
01:01:57A muffled
01:01:58pained groan
01:01:58tore from between
01:01:59his clenched teeth.
01:02:00I froze in horror
01:02:02and looked down.
01:02:03My heart
01:02:04seemed to stop.
01:02:05A jagged
01:02:05wooden shard
01:02:06from the broken frame
01:02:07had pierced deep
01:02:08into his right side.
01:02:10Kieran!
01:02:11Oh God!
01:02:12No!
01:02:12You're hurt!
01:02:13My hands
01:02:14scrambled desperately
01:02:15to the wound.
01:02:16Hot, sticky blood
01:02:17instantly soaked
01:02:18my palms.
01:02:18Put me down
01:02:19Kieran, please!
01:02:20You're bleeding
01:02:21too much!
01:02:22Stop!
01:02:23I pressed hard
01:02:24against the gash
01:02:25but nothing could
01:02:25stop the steady
01:02:26rush of crimson
01:02:27pouring out
01:02:28between my fingers.
01:02:29Yet Kieran acted
01:02:30as if the pain
01:02:30did not exist.
01:02:31He kept charging
01:02:32up the steep slope
01:02:33powerful muscles
01:02:35straining beneath me.
01:02:36Hold on.
01:02:38Don't let go.
01:02:39I'm getting you
01:02:40out of here.
01:02:41The overwhelming
01:02:42mudslide roared
01:02:42behind us
01:02:43sweeping up trees
01:02:44and boulders
01:02:45like they were nothing
01:02:45chasing us relentlessly.
01:02:47Kieran!
01:02:48You're going to die
01:02:49like this!
01:02:50Please stop!
01:02:50I can run on my own!
01:02:52Kieran!
01:02:53Kieran!
01:02:53He didn't answer.
01:02:55His breathing
01:02:55grew heavier
01:02:56but his pace
01:02:57never slowed.
01:02:58I didn't know
01:02:58how long it lasted
01:02:59but finally
01:03:00the deafening roar
01:03:01of the landslide
01:03:02faded into the distance.
01:03:07We were safe
01:03:09or so I thought
01:03:10suddenly
01:03:10the world
01:03:11tilted again.
01:03:13Kieran
01:03:13who had been
01:03:14carrying me
01:03:14could no longer
01:03:15hold on.
01:03:16His massive body
01:03:17collapsed heavily
01:03:18toward the ground
01:03:19but he still
01:03:20carefully protected
01:03:21me in his embrace.
01:03:23Kieran!
01:03:25Just then
01:03:26I heard the sharp
01:03:27roar of a rescue horn
01:03:28echo in the distance.
01:03:30I tore off my cloak
01:03:31and waved it frantically.
01:03:32Soon after
01:03:33Kieran and I
01:03:34were rushed by carriage
01:03:35to the nearest infirmary.
01:03:36Kieran was rushed
01:03:37straight to the
01:03:38healer's emergency room.
01:03:39After signing
01:03:40all the forms
01:03:41exhaustion
01:03:41and shock
01:03:42finally hit me
01:03:43everything went black.
01:03:45When I came to
01:03:46it was already
01:03:47the next day.
01:03:48The healer's apprentice
01:03:49looked at me
01:03:50with a heavy sigh
01:03:50and said
01:03:51The treatment
01:03:52was a complete success
01:03:53but due to
01:03:54massive blood loss
01:03:55and an old condition
01:03:56Kieran has fallen
01:03:57into a coma.
01:03:58He might wake up
01:03:59tomorrow
01:04:00or he might
01:04:01never wake up
01:04:01at all.
01:04:02My knees
01:04:03buckled.
01:04:03I covered my mouth
01:04:04as tears
01:04:05instantly spilled
01:04:06down my face.
01:04:07No matter what
01:04:08had happened
01:04:08between us
01:04:09he had saved
01:04:10my life.
01:04:10I pushed open
01:04:11the door to his room
01:04:12and sat beside his bed
01:04:14staring at his
01:04:15unconscious face.
01:04:18On the third day
01:04:19Lucian arrived.
01:04:20He looked exhausted
01:04:21and for the first time
01:04:22bowed his head
01:04:23apologizing before
01:04:24handing me a worn journal.
01:04:26After you left
01:04:27Kieran recorded in this
01:04:28with a quill
01:04:29every single day.
01:04:31He wanted to show
01:04:32it to you himself.
01:04:33I slowly opened
01:04:34the journal.
01:04:35Wolf calendar year
01:04:36818
01:04:36month of thaw
01:04:37Today
01:04:38Elise and I
01:04:39made it official.
01:04:40This journal
01:04:40is her first gift
01:04:41to me.
01:04:42I'm so happy.
01:04:44I'll treasure her
01:04:44and I'll never
01:04:45let her down.
01:04:46For the next three years
01:04:47every page overflowed
01:04:49with his deep love
01:04:50for me.
01:04:50Then the entry
01:04:51stopped after the elders
01:04:52threatened mass suicide.
01:04:54Two pages
01:04:54were torn through
01:04:55with massive letters.
01:04:57The journal stayed
01:04:58blank for a year
01:04:58and a half.
01:04:59The final entries
01:05:00were written
01:05:01after he came
01:05:01looking for me.
01:05:02Elise I'm so sorry.
01:05:04I kept asking you
01:05:04to wait just a little
01:05:05longer.
01:05:06At first I thought
01:05:07I could finish it
01:05:08quickly but after
01:05:09Tyra was born
01:05:10my heart started
01:05:11changing.
01:05:11I got soft again
01:05:12and again.
01:05:13Every moment of
01:05:14weakness turned
01:05:15into knives
01:05:15stabbing your heart.
01:05:17If I hadn't given
01:05:18in that day
01:05:18we could have married
01:05:19had pups of our own
01:05:21and traveled anywhere
01:05:22you wanted
01:05:22but I know
01:05:23it's too late now.
01:05:25I closed the journal.
01:05:27Medical staff
01:05:27wheeled Kieran
01:05:28out on a gurney.
01:05:30Lucian planned
01:05:30to take him north
01:05:31for better treatment.
01:05:33I handed the journal
01:05:34back to Lucian
01:05:34with steady hands.
01:05:36If he ever wakes up
01:05:37please tell him
01:05:38that everything
01:05:38from the past
01:05:39ends here.
01:05:40From now on
01:05:41we're like two
01:05:42parallel lines
01:05:43that will never
01:05:43cross again.
01:05:45Elise
01:05:46are you really sure
01:05:47after everything
01:05:48he did for you
01:05:49in the landslide?
01:05:50I'm sure.
01:05:51My voice was calm
01:05:52and firm
01:05:53though my throat
01:05:54felt tight.
01:05:55Tell him he doesn't
01:05:55owe me anything anymore.
01:05:57We're even now.
01:05:59This is goodbye.
01:06:00Without another glance
01:06:01at Lucian
01:06:02or the unconscious
01:06:02Kieran
01:06:03I turned and walked
01:06:04firmly in the
01:06:05opposite direction.
01:06:06I was ready to
01:06:07start my new life.
01:06:09This was our
01:06:09final goodbye.
01:06:11We would never
01:06:12see each other again.
01:06:14Three months
01:06:15had passed
01:06:16since that day.
01:06:17I thought I had
01:06:17finally buried the past
01:06:18in this quiet
01:06:19mountain village.
01:06:20The children's laughter
01:06:21filled my days
01:06:22and the simple rhythm
01:06:24of grading parchment
01:06:25scrolls under a dim
01:06:26oil lamp
01:06:26brought me a fragile
01:06:28peace.
01:06:28Until that stormy night
01:06:31frantic knocking
01:06:32shattered the silence.
01:06:33Before I could answer
01:06:34the door burst open
01:06:36with a violent bang.
01:06:37A tall blood-soaked
01:06:39figure stumbled
01:06:40in Kieran.
01:06:41His healer's linen
01:06:42tunic hung in tatters.
01:06:43Bandages across his chest
01:06:45already soaked crimson.
01:06:46Rain and blood
01:06:47streaked his face.
01:06:48Those once familiar
01:06:49golden eyes
01:06:50now wild and bloodshot
01:06:51locked onto me.
01:06:52Kieran.
01:06:53He didn't speak.
01:06:54He staggered forward
01:06:55and dropped heavily
01:06:56to his knees.
01:06:57Forehead slamming
01:06:58against the wooden floor
01:06:59with a dull thud.
01:07:01I'm sorry.
01:07:03Alyssa.
01:07:03His voice was raw
01:07:04broken
01:07:05repeating over
01:07:06and over
01:07:07as tears mixed with rain
01:07:08and blood dripped
01:07:09onto my feet.
01:07:10I stood frozen
01:07:11ice spreading
01:07:12through my veins.
01:07:15He crawled forward
01:07:17on his knees
01:07:17and clutched the hem
01:07:18of my dress
01:07:19like a dying man.
01:07:20His burning forehead
01:07:21pressed against my legs.
01:07:22I woke up
01:07:23and the first thing
01:07:24I thought of was you.
01:07:26I read the journal.
01:07:28Every word.
01:07:29His voice cracked.
01:07:30I was wrong.
01:07:31I should have chosen you
01:07:33from the beginning.
01:07:33I should have fought
01:07:34the elders,
01:07:35the whole pack,
01:07:35everything.
01:07:36I never should have
01:07:37made you suffer alone.
01:07:38Come back with me.
01:07:39I disbanded the council.
01:07:41Sevilia and Tyre are gone.
01:07:42There's nothing
01:07:42between us anymore.
01:07:43I'll give you everything.
01:07:44My title,
01:07:45my power,
01:07:46my life.
01:07:46Just don't leave me.
01:07:48Please.
01:07:48My heart twisted painfully
01:07:50as his blood soaked
01:07:51through my dress.
01:07:52I tried to step back
01:07:53but he rose abruptly
01:07:55and crushed me
01:07:56into his arms.
01:07:57His kiss was fierce,
01:07:58tasting of blood,
01:08:00rain,
01:08:00and desperate regret.
01:08:02He pressed me
01:08:03against the wall,
01:08:04body burning
01:08:05and trembling.
01:08:06I love you,
01:08:07Elise,
01:08:07more than my own life.
01:08:08If you won't forgive me,
01:08:09kill me right here.
01:08:10Tear out my heart.
01:08:11I'd rather die by your hand
01:08:12than live without you.
01:08:14I pushed him away
01:08:15with all my strength,
01:08:16my voice shaking
01:08:17but resolute.
01:08:18Kieran Wolfe,
01:08:19I once loved you
01:08:20enough to die for you,
01:08:21but you killed that love,
01:08:23piece by piece.
01:08:24Every time you chose
01:08:26them over me,
01:08:27every broken promise,
01:08:28every night I waited in pain,
01:08:30it died slowly.
01:08:31He staggered back,
01:08:32face deathly pale,
01:08:33blood seeping
01:08:34from reopened wounds.
01:08:36I don't hate you anymore,
01:08:38I whispered,
01:08:39but I will never
01:08:40go back to you.
01:08:41Silence swallowed the room,
01:08:43broken only by the rain.
01:08:44He knelt again,
01:08:45pressing his forehead
01:08:46to the floor.
01:08:46Then let me stay here.
01:08:48Let me guard you
01:08:49from afar.
01:08:51Even if you never
01:08:52look at me again,
01:08:53I only ask to love you
01:08:55for the rest of my life,
01:08:56even if it's one-sided.
01:08:58He raised his bloodied hand
01:08:59and swore fiercely
01:09:00under the moon goddess.
01:09:03I didn't let him stay.
01:09:04That night,
01:09:05after he left,
01:09:06I packed what little I had
01:09:08and slipped away
01:09:09from the village
01:09:09before dawn.
01:09:10I changed my name,
01:09:12moved to a distant city,
01:09:13and built a new life
01:09:14where no one knew
01:09:15about werewolves,
01:09:16alphas,
01:09:17or broken mates.
01:09:18I never saw Ciaran again.
01:09:20I made sure of it.
01:09:23Years passed.
01:09:24One rainy autumn evening,
01:09:26a letter arrived
01:09:27from the north.
01:09:28It was from an old
01:09:29pack member.
01:09:30Ciaran had been diagnosed
01:09:32with a rare,
01:09:33aggressive cancer
01:09:34that even his alpha blood
01:09:36couldn't fight.
01:09:37He refused every treatment
01:09:38that would keep him alive longer
01:09:39if it meant leaving the village.
01:09:41He stayed there,
01:09:43waiting.
01:09:43He died quietly at dawn,
01:09:45alone in the same mountain cabin
01:09:47where he had once
01:09:48knelt before me.
01:09:49In his arms,
01:09:50they found a worn photograph
01:09:51of me,
01:09:51the only one he had kept.
01:09:53His fingers were still
01:09:54curled gently around it,
01:09:56as if even in death
01:09:57he couldn't let go.
01:09:58I read the letter once,
01:09:59then burned it.
01:10:01I didn't cry.
01:10:03I had already cried
01:10:04all my tears for him
01:10:05years ago.
01:10:06Some love,
01:10:07no matter how deep,
01:10:08can only end in silence.
01:10:11Perhaps this was the mercy
01:10:12we both needed.
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