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The Wrong Luna
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00:00Eight years after I left the Lycan capital, my brother ran finally tracked down in the desolate borderlands.
00:05I was completely exhausted, surrounded by eight pups.
00:08Hey Lara, didn't you absolutely hate pups?
00:13I thought you only cared about claiming the top seat on the council.
00:15Chewing on a piece of bark, I reached into the mud, hauled out two filthy pups, and hollered at the
00:21others to head back.
00:22Hey Lara, it was Dorian who personally convinced mother and father to drug you back then.
00:27That's how Crown Alpha Corbin switched our engagement.
00:29That rogue might have been ugly, but he kept Serafina safe at the border.
00:33He means no harm. You only suffered a little. Don't make a scene.
00:36Eight years ago, Serafina returned to the Asheville pack to reunite with her birth family.
00:40She framed me for refusing to let her in.
00:43These eight years were the lesson they wanted me to remember.
00:46Lara, that rogue is dead now. We're here to bring you home.
00:51But these pups, they're lowborns. You can't take them with you.
00:55Since they've brought you nothing misery, just kill them all.
00:59I froze for a second. Kill them all?
01:01But the one climbing that tree was Sera, the only daughter of Count Marshall Thorne.
01:05The one glaring daggers at her was Lyra, Duke Alistair Grayman's pup.
01:10And those two squatting in the dirt arm-rustling?
01:13They were the two princes of the neighboring kingdom of Solarius.
01:16The silverback guards behind her surrounded me and the pups.
01:20Every one of them unsheathed their claws.
01:22This one absolutely couldn't get hurt.
01:24It was the pup General Theron Ironfin had waited years for.
01:28That entire bloodline run was a pack of untouchable lunics.
01:31What? You don't want them to die?
01:34Lara, don't tell me you plan on bringing this trash back to my territory.
01:40You're happy to get rid of them, right?
01:44I frowned, immediately clamping my hand over Lyra's mouth.
01:48This girl had the most venomous tongue of them all.
01:52Are you feeling humiliated, Alara?
01:54But Corbyn doesn't hold onto your past.
01:56I'm not going back.
01:57Giving Seraphine attitude the second we meet?
01:59Have you forgotten every damn rule you were taught in the Ashfield pack?
02:02I didn't just forget the rules.
02:04I also forgot watching Dorian walk away into the snow as he shielded Seraphine.
02:08I forgot the indifference on Corbyn's face when Seraphine crushed my engagement token under her theel.
02:13Eight years is more than enough time to bury the past.
02:16Kill them.
02:18Alara, don't tell me you actually fell in love with that rogue.
02:23None of them are my pups.
02:25You can't touch them.
02:27You can't handle the consequences.
02:29So what if he was the crown alpha?
02:31Couldn't he see it?
02:32These pups weren't afraid of him at all.
02:34They kept right on playing.
02:36Like he wasn't even there.
02:38Disowning your own pups just to protect them.
02:43Who do you think I can't kill?
02:46I reached out to block the blade, but Dorian's hand cracked across my face.
02:51I thought you were forced to breed.
02:53But it turns out you happily degraded yourself.
02:56You are a disgrace to the Ashfield pack!
02:58The sharp crack of the slap instantly caught the pups' attention.
03:01My ears rang.
03:02I took a deep breath, my heart sinking fast.
03:04Corbyn!
03:05Doesn't he look familiar to you?
03:06He's your uncle's son!
03:08Even though I thought I pulled him back fast enough, the blade still left a deep gash on Pippin's arm.
03:12I yanked the moonstone bracelet off his wrist and held it up.
03:15Take a good look.
03:16The crest carved into the moonstone marked Pippin's bloodline.
03:20It's not like the Ashford pack can't afford to feed eight extra pups.
03:23If Alara is so desperate to spare their lives, then let them live.
03:28But Corbyn yielded with a nod, a hint of softness melting into his eyes.
03:31Whatever Serafina wants, I'll stand by her side.
03:34To the public, we'll just call them pitiful rogue pups.
03:39But Alara is a she-wolf of the Crown Alpha.
03:44She can no longer have any ties to them.
03:47She cannot step out of line.
03:48To make sure Alara remembers that every pup we spare, we cut her once.
03:54You three have gone too far!
03:56Alara is brilliant!
03:57My father says so!
03:58I can't believe that Valkia would treat her like garbage!
04:00I'm telling my father, and I'm taking her to Soloras where he'll never touch her again!
04:04My mother is still waiting for Alaya to teach her piano!
04:07You are not allowed to lay a finger on her!
04:09If you have the guts, just wait ten minutes!
04:11Using us to threaten Alara, you miserable cowards!
04:14Once my father gets here, let's see if any of you dare to touch a hair on your head!
04:19The guards pinned them all down, who were brutally gagged and forced to their knees in the dirt.
04:22But the ten minutes were up!
04:24Aldric, the captain of the guard, yanked his horse to a hard stop and vaulted out of the saddle.
04:28Stand down!
04:29Who the hell do you think you are?
04:30I shot a glance behind Aldric.
04:32There was no one else.
04:32You're here alone?
04:34A massive pack of rogues suddenly hit the border.
04:37General Theron took the rest of the men to put them down.
04:39They aren't back yet.
04:40With the border in pure chaos, the escort sent from Solaris to retrieve the two princes couldn't break through either.
04:48Drop the act.
04:49Alara, do you seriously love these rogue pups that much?
04:52You'd die for them?
04:53You'd do anything to save them?
04:58Garak?
04:59Aren't you supposed to be dead?
05:01No wonder Alara refuses to come with us.
05:04Garak, the name of that rogue, Sir Fan was doing this on purpose.
05:07Corbin's eyes darkened, cold and terrifying.
05:09Get out of here!
05:10Go find Duke, Alistair, or Count Marshal!
05:13Both men were heavily decorated war heroes.
05:16Aldric hesitated for a second before immediately vaulting back into the saddle.
05:20Before anyone could react, Corbin charged and drew his blade.
05:23He knocked Aldric clean off his horse and drove the sword straight toward his chest.
05:27Corrin, stop!
05:29Aldric rolled to dodge the lethal strike.
05:31But he was outnumbered.
05:32He's the captain of the border guards!
05:34One by one, the guards plunged their longswords deep into his flesh.
05:37Hot blood splattered across my face.
05:39I stood there frozen, jaw slack.
05:41Don't hurt him.
05:42He shouldn't be treated like this.
05:43They yanked their swords free, leaving dozens of bloody puncture wounds across his body.
05:47The blood just wouldn't stop pouring out.
05:49Aldric dropped to one knee, trying to keep himself from collapsing.
05:52Only for one of Seraphine's guards to stomp on his neck and slam his forehead into the dirt.
05:57Alara, what captain are you talking about?
06:00He drew a weapon on Corbin.
06:02He's clearly a traitor who tried to kill the Crown Alpha.
06:06Alara, you should really focus on the choice ahead of you.
06:09Are you saving these eight pups or not?
06:12I'll save them.
06:13Eight cuts wouldn't kill me.
06:14I owed those eight years to the care of their parents.
06:17After four cuts, the stench of blood in the air was so thick you could choke on it.
06:22Alara, are you still going to save them?
06:24A few of the pups were sobbing.
06:26I'll save them.
06:28But I'm never going back to Ashford.
06:30It's not your choice whether you return or not.
06:32The debt you owe to Seraphine and to the Ashford pack has not been fully paid.
06:37Dorian, look.
06:38Elina's bleeding so heavily from below.
06:41Is she pregnant?
06:44If she goes home pregnant with a belly she can't even hide,
06:49I shouldn't have forced her like this.
06:51I looked down.
06:52It was Pippin's blood.
06:54Kill it.
06:55Following orders, the guards pinned my arms and dragged me backward,
06:58leaving my stomach exposed.
07:00Fists slammed into my gut with terrifying force.
07:03Bullshit!
07:04Elina isn't even married yet!
07:06How the hell could she be pregnant?
07:08Aldric's mouth was filled with blood, yet he still fought to defend me.
07:11Bullshit?
07:12If they aren't Elina's pups, why do you care so much?
07:16I coughed up a mouthful of blood.
07:18I blacked out from the agony, only to be jolted awake by even more pain.
07:21Corbin remained indifferent.
07:23Dorian watched coldly, just waiting for the child they imagined.
07:25I imagined in my womb to die.
07:28Alara, your body will heal.
07:30But this pup can't live.
07:31As my consciousness faded, the agonizing memories I thought I had buried forever flashed back frame by frame, dragging me
07:38into a suffocating abyss.
07:39Eight years ago, after turning Seraphine away at the door, I quickly lost fathers, mothers, and Dorian's trust.
07:44Seraphine grew increasingly brazen and ruthless.
07:46On the day of my wedding, I thought I would finally be free, free from kneeling until my legs gave
07:51out, free from living covered in bruises under their disappointed glares.
07:54Believing I had found a tiny sliver of comfort in that endless torment, I dragged myself into the bridal carriage,
07:59my legs shaking with joy.
08:00But Corbin betrayed me too.
08:01On the road out of the Lycan capital, I found countless chances to ditch the guards, running back in tears.
08:07Why did they abandon me?
08:08Why did they have to do this to me today of all days?
08:11I needed to demand an answer from every one of them.
08:13But I couldn't even make it past the capital gates.
08:15The Crown Alpha gave strict orders, if you are here, it will upset Seraphine.
08:20Outside those gates, I was dragged back into the carriage in despair, all ten of my fingers dripping with blood
08:25from scratching at the gates.
08:26Behind those gates, the deafening sounds of celebration echoed through the city, with crimson pennons and streamers fluttering in the
08:32wind.
08:32The man who swore to spend the rest of his life with me was marrying someone else.
08:36Stop hitting her.
08:37Allura's about to pass out.
08:42Corbin.
08:44Allura's still too attached to this place.
08:47There's too much feral defiance in her eyes.
08:49Let's stuff her hair into a tight wrap.
08:51Find it so tight she chokes on it.
08:54We'll keep her locked up for a few months when we get back, until she finally learns to submit.
08:59Corbin agreed.
08:59I thrashed and struggled, but their grip was unbreakable.
09:02They brutally pinned my head down.
09:03Pain seared through my roots as my hair was wrenched back.
09:06The cloth was pulled so tight my face swelled.
09:09Seraphine grew increasingly thrilled.
09:11As the guard's mocking laughter drilled into my ears, I dug my fingernails deep into my palms.
09:16Allura, I failed to protect you.
09:21Where did you find these frauds, Allura?
09:23You're still acting so tough even now.
09:27Lying there in the dirt, I stared at her smug face.
09:30And slowly, I smiled right back.
09:32You're about to find out.
09:33The second the words left my mouth, the silver bell Duke Alistair had given me began to ring violently.
09:38They were here.
09:41The rumbling of the earth couldn't lie.
09:43Completely oblivious, Seraphine thought I was making my final struggle.
09:47Is that so?
09:51Allura, I'm terrified.
09:53If everything you just said turns out to be true, the High Alpha will surely throw me into the dungeons.
09:59You wish!
10:01You'll be dragged straight to the execution block and slaughtered!
10:04Dorian and Corbin's faces darkened in unison.
10:08Exactly how many actors did you hire for this stunt?
10:11Allura, it's useless.
10:12He ordered the guards to drag me to the carriage.
10:14Allura, once we get back to the Lion Capital, we'll have plenty of time to play.
10:18Suddenly, an arrow, carrying the force of thunder, pierced through the wooden planks of the carriage.
10:23Corbin snapped his head around to look.
10:25Dozens of warhorses came galloping through the dust.
10:28It was Duke Alistair Greymane himself.
10:32Dorian's breath hitched, his eyes wide with disbelief.
10:38Aliyah, it doesn't matter how many actors you hire.
10:41We already promised to spare those eight pups, and we won't go back on our word.
10:46Are you seriously refusing to come home, willing to die just to befy Dorian and Corbin over some pathetic rogue?
10:55Even though you've already shared a bed with him, at the end of the day, you're still an unwed she
10:59-wolf kept hidden by the Ashpen Pack!
11:02Wait, but you seem astute!
11:07Locking yourself away for eight years is unacceptable!
11:10If it hadn't been for mother and father suddenly insisting on seeing me, Dory never would have come to pick
11:15me up.
11:17Learning on the journey here that the rogue was already dead, Corbin's mood had improved significantly.
11:22He even told Seraphie to get along with me from now on.
11:25But she was the Crown Luna.
11:28What the hell was I?
11:29Throwing a desperate tantrum and making excuses over a rogue in front of the Crown Alpha?
11:34She highly doubted I would ever live in peace again.
11:37But as she kept spewing her venom...
11:42She completely failed to notice the complex gazes Corbin and Dorian were giving me.
11:50Warden!
11:51Insolent fools!
11:53These pups are of the highest noble blood!
11:55Take your hands off them!
11:56The eight pups finally scrambled to their feet.
11:59But Duke Alistair and his formidable warriors had witnessed every second of that scene.
12:05Instead of handling pack affairs in the capital, the Crown Alpha comes to the border to brutalize the princes of
12:12our allied nation.
12:19Trample on the pups of Lycan war heroes and degrade my personally invited honored guest.
12:25What madness is this?
12:29Crown Alpha, you brutalize our princes.
12:32Is this your so-called hospitality?
12:36Alara, you've suffered so much.
12:39Rest now.
12:40We will make them pay for this and give you the justice you deserve.
12:48Feeling guilty now?
12:50Get on your knees and apologize to Alara this instant!
12:56Tampering with the Greymane crest is high treason against the High Alpha.
13:00A death sentence.
13:02For that alone, you will suffer a thousand times worse than Alara ever did.
13:09Catching my breath, I looked up and met Serafina's bloodless face.
13:15Impossible!
13:18This is absolutely impossible!
13:20How do you have this many people protecting you?
13:23But pressed by Duke Alistair, Corbyn couldn't even protect himself.
13:28Alara, none of them are your pups.
13:31I let out a bitter snuff.
13:32My heart entirely hollowed out by disappointment.
13:35And what if they were my pups?
13:36Corbyn, you betrayed our love.
13:38Eight years later, the second we reunite, you try to slaughter them in front of me.
13:42He is no longer himself.
13:44He is now just my enemy.
13:46You belong back home with me.
13:53Corbyn, I used to think you truly understood me.
13:56But now I realize you never understood me at all.
13:58I wanted to climb to the highest peaks.
14:01Yet he just wanted to trap me by his side forever, like an obedient servant.
14:05Corbyn's hands instantly clenched into tight fists, staring at me from a distance.
14:09The memory of our first meeting suddenly crashed into his mind.
14:14I had been standing in the grand corridor, speaking with brilliant eloquency to the council members.
14:20Unable to tear his eyes away, he had stood there in silence, listening for a long time.
14:26Until the moment I walked right past him, the breeze carrying a trace of my unique, cold scent.
14:33Alara, do you hate me?
14:42What really happened?
14:46Alaya, what did you have to endure these past eight years?
14:51That rogue was actually a lustful thug.
14:55On our wedding night, I fought like hell to escape.
15:00And was rescued on the road by a military patrol.
15:03Since then, I had stayed in the military camps, pouring everything I had into battlefield tactics
15:09and revolutionizing their recruitment strategies.
15:13Being an unfamiliar she-wolf in the camp, I naturally caught the attention of a few pups.
15:20Slowly, more and more pups began clinging to me.
15:24Between me and the Ashford pack, nothing remains but an empty name.
15:29You have no right to question my life.
15:32Dorian completely froze.
15:34And now, the regret was eating him alive.
15:38I thought you were lying.
15:41But even so, Alara, you can't let anything happen to Seraphine.
15:44You owe her your life!
15:46You cannot ruin her!
15:51Seraphine trembled violently, cowering right behind Dorian's back.
15:54Dorian, it's all my fault.
15:57Alara has every right to be furious.
16:00Please don't blame her for refusing to save me.
16:03Dorian's face twisted with fury.
16:06Valara!
16:07Father and mother only united with Seraphine eight years ago.
16:11You want her decapitated and slaughtered right here!
16:14Is your heart really that ruthless?
16:20Corbyn, stop trying to save me.
16:22Just being your Luna, just getting to die in your arms.
16:26I can die without regret.
16:34Eight years ago, Seraphine suffered so much injustice for what she did wrong today, for
16:40all the pain she caused.
16:41I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you.
16:45But she is innocent.
16:46They thought six hours locked out was unforgivable.
16:49I lay bleeding, yet no one cared.
16:52This felt horribly familiar.
16:54She's innocent?
16:55She lived with that rogue for over a decade.
16:58How could she mistake him for someone else?
17:00My heart clenched, a burning heat rushing to my eyes.
17:02They only believed what they saw.
17:04Duke Allister, watch your words.
17:05This is a deep trauma Seraphine has carried in her heart for years.
17:08Stubborn fools.
17:10Elada, don't let this get to you.
17:11Once we return to the Lycan capital, I will personally make sure they pay.
17:15He hadn't set foot in the capital for four years.
17:18Duke Allister's gaze was as piercing as an eagle's.
17:21Corbyn.
17:22All of these crimes will be brought before the High Alpha in the final judgment.
17:26Corbyn and Dorian couldn't save her.
17:30Seraphine trembled uncontrollably, her mind spiraling into chaos.
17:34And Lara, father and mother will be devastated if they hear of my death.
17:37I can't bear to see them suffer like that.
17:41What do I have to do for you to forgive me?
17:47Her legs gave out, collapsing limply into the dirt.
17:50Watching Seraphine finally realize she was backed into a dead end, I presented her with a choice.
17:56Slash your own flesh 800 times and I might consider letting you live.
18:01800 cuts.
18:02By the end, she would be nothing but a mangled corpse.
18:07Dorian's heart oched for her, launching into another vicious taunt laid against me.
18:10I had long grown used to it, but the others had reached their limit.
18:15Prepare the carriages.
18:17We ride for the Lycan capital.
18:20Duke Alector, Count Marshall, the Solaris Enfoy, and Mira took terms guarding my side,
18:27escorting me all the way back to the capital.
18:33My wounds healed well.
18:41Meanwhile, Seraphine trembled in the last carriage.
18:44Despite the endless comfort from Dorian and Corbin, she didn't get a night of peaceful sleep.
18:49Dorian had just returned from asking the coachman about the state of my wounds.
18:57If Elida hadn't locked me out of the gates back then, maybe Dorian wouldn't have treated her like this, right?
19:01Finally breathing a sigh of relief, he froze for a second upon hearing Seraphine's words,
19:06before nodding without hesitation.
19:10If that had been the case, you would both be the most honored she-wolves of the Ashford pack.
19:16I would never have let anyone lay a finger on either of you.
19:19Absolutely no one.
19:22Seraphine Sinley-Waharan's sliver of hope was completely obliterated.
19:25She yanked the carriage curtains shut in a total breakdown.
19:27Old sweat pouring her trembling love.
19:29Seraphine, do not be afraid.
19:30I will shoulder every crime.
19:31Just promise me you will live a good life by father-
19:34But Seraphine couldn't process a word.
19:36Deep in the night, she crept up to my carriage, trying to mask her panic with a vicious glare.
19:43If you slaughter me or if you kill Dor to me, Elorian, aren't you terrified that father and lunge agile
19:47daughter?
19:48Aren't you afraid of hearing their cries in your dreams?
19:51The gashes across my body were so deep that bone was visible.
19:54Only my hands could move freely.
19:57Emboldened, she dared to shove her her way right up, up to my face.
20:01Alistair kicked her away.
20:03Bind her, gag her, and drag her right back here.
20:06Duke Alistair shot me a look, and his men immediately complied.
20:14Terrified out of her mind, Seraphine was forced to her knees right in front of me.
20:17Staring straight into her horrified eyes, I drew a dagger and plunged it surcelessly into her shoulder.
20:22Her agonized screams were muffled by the hag.
20:25You'll die soon enough.
20:26Crawl back to your carriage and stay put.
20:28Seraphine nodded fantastically, shrinking backward in terror.
20:31She was tossed right out of the carriage.
20:34Half a month later, our convoy arrived at the Lyon capital.
20:38Having received the urgent message long in advance,
20:41the High Alpha had already been waiting in the Grand Council Hall for quite some time.
20:45Since we are passing judgment on the crown, Luna,
20:49let us settle every crime, once and for all.
20:54With the High Alpha's nod, Alistair signaled at trembling Seraphine.
21:00Two servants dressed in commoner's rags were escorted into the hall,
21:06shrieking like,
21:07Dorian! Corbin! Don't believe a single word they say! It's all a lie!
21:10She reeks of guilt.
21:11Even Dorian and Corbin had sensed how unhinged Seraphine was acting.
21:15Throughout the journey back to the capital, Seraphine had been delirious during the day.
21:19Come nightfall, she would burst into sobs, immune of any comfort.
21:23Dorian and Corbin merely assumed she was terrified of execution.
21:26We're the servants who barred Seraphine from the gates eight years ago.
21:32Worried that the Ashfield pack would only answer to Ellara.
21:35This was the plan Seraphine had arranged with us.
21:37We were never acting on Ellara's orders.
21:39Blinded by greed, we took Seraphine's gold.
21:41Seraphine had us flogged with twenty lashes and banished us just to make an example of us.
21:48But the second we were banished, she sent her personal maid to slaughter us.
21:54And in the end, she murdered that maid too!
21:57Two gold pieces were shown to the High Alpha.
22:01Dormund, you have to do it!
22:03Ellara's conspiring with these people to frame me!
22:05Denying everything until her dying breath.
22:08But Dorian recognized those two pieces of gold.
22:13Dorian stared at them for a long moment, his eyes slowly turning red.
22:24Serafana, when I gifted these to you, I told you, Mother had them forged exclusively for you.
22:28Father and Mother would recognize them too.
22:30Yet eight years ago, Seraphine claimed her maid had stolen these two pieces.
22:33You lied to me.
22:34Corbin was misled for eight years.
22:36A liar.
22:38Corbin's voice was weft.
22:43You all these years, I was wrong about you.
22:46Duke Alistair let out a cold scoff, turning to the High Alpha.
22:50Ellara has distinguished herself on the battlefield time and time again.
22:52I admire her deeply.
22:53If it weren't for her risking her life to protect them this time,
22:56both princes of Solaris would have been slaughtered at the hands of these three.
22:59The High Alpha passed his judgment on the spot.
23:01Seraphine wailed in despair, dropping to her knees and groveling at my feet for forgiveness.
23:06Alada!
23:06I know I was wrong!
23:08I'll never do it again!
23:12Please!
23:12I'm begging you, save me!
23:14I'll die out there!
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