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00:00:19If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.

00:00:26Lyra, take her place.

00:00:29I refused, but on a stormy night of dope of thunder, my father used absolute alpha command.

00:00:34He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison

00:00:38transport.

00:00:38My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf

00:00:43era and said to me,

00:00:44Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.

00:00:47Endure these seven years for now.

00:00:51Seven years later.

00:00:52Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look

00:00:57back.

00:00:58I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron

00:01:02gates, dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.

00:01:06A black military SUV waited outside the territory.

00:01:08The window rolled down, revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.

00:01:11Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.

00:01:14The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.

00:01:17Lyra.

00:01:17Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.

00:01:20In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.

00:01:23Pale, gaunt.

00:01:24My neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.

00:01:27You've suffered these past seven years.

00:01:29I'll keep my promise.

00:01:30Kaylin said.

00:01:31At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.

00:01:35He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.

00:01:38There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.

00:01:40I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and

00:01:44slowly pulled my hand away.

00:01:46Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.

00:01:49Okay.

00:01:51Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:01:532,557 days soaked in blood and violence.

00:01:56Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.

00:01:59They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

00:02:01Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.

00:02:04Selina knows you're coming back today.

00:02:06Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.

00:02:09Your parents and your sister are all at Pack Medical Center calming her down.

00:02:13I closed my eyes.

00:02:15The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.

00:02:18An hour later, we arrived at my home.

00:02:20Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.

00:02:23They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me,

00:02:26and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.

00:02:28My parents loved only Selina.

00:02:30To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.

00:02:33The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.

00:02:36Only then did he turn to me.

00:02:38Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.

00:02:42Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.

00:02:44Disgrace.

00:02:45I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.

00:02:48How had I become the shameful one?

00:02:50But my expectations had died seven years ago.

00:02:53On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.

00:02:57I understand.

00:02:57I turned toward the side entrance.

00:02:59Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.

00:03:02His pupils sharpened into slits.

00:03:04Lyra, Selene's scent is weakening.

00:03:07She needs me.

00:03:08Go rest.

00:03:09He did not wait for a reply.

00:03:11He turned at once and disappeared into the night.

00:03:13I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

00:03:20Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.

00:03:27It was my beta sister, Chloe.

00:03:29Alpha father, Luna mother.

00:03:30Selene is in terrible shape mentally.

00:03:33Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?

00:03:34If Selene catches her scent, she'll have another episode.

00:03:37My father sighed but said nothing.

00:03:39My mother answered first.

00:03:40She carries our blood.

00:03:41If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?

00:03:44Then what are we supposed to do?

00:03:46Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.

00:03:48My father finally spoke.

00:03:50When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.

00:03:55She is not to appear in front of Selene.

00:03:57She is not to leave her room for any reason.

00:03:59My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.

00:04:02Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.

00:04:06An encrypted message.

00:04:07Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:04:09You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:04:14Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,

00:04:18under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.

00:04:21Your pack identity will be permanently erased.

00:04:23You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.

00:04:26I did not hesitate.

00:04:28On the holographic display, I signed my name.

00:04:31Lyra.

00:04:32I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.

00:04:35Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:04:40Shortly before my release, I applied again.

00:04:42As expected, I passed.

00:04:44Ten days.

00:04:45If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.

00:04:53The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.

00:04:57A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.

00:05:00Selene was back.

00:05:02Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.

00:05:08My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their

00:05:14world.

00:05:14The beta butler set down an elegant cake.

00:05:17In perfect unison, everyone said,

00:05:20Happy Awakening Day, Selene.

00:05:21Selene smiled sweetly and thanked them all.

00:05:24Then she lifted her chin.

00:05:25I just got out of the sterile recovery room.

00:05:28Did anyone get me something special?

00:05:29My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.

00:05:34Kaylin was reaching for his own.

00:05:36When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.

00:05:40Lyra, you're awake.

00:05:42Come here, celebrate with us.

00:05:43Selene turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.

00:05:46Sorry, sis.

00:05:47My nerve pain flared up yesterday, so I couldn't come pick you up.

00:05:50You're not mad, are you?

00:05:52Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.

00:05:54Lyra isn't petty.

00:05:56She wouldn't blame you.

00:05:57At that, Selene boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.

00:06:01Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.

00:06:05She smiled.

00:06:06I want Kaylin as my mate.

00:06:07Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.

00:06:11Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.

00:06:14Every wolf there stayed silent.

00:06:16Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.

00:06:20My surrender.

00:06:21Rage surged through my blood.

00:06:23I clenched my fists.

00:06:24And if I say no?

00:06:27Selene froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.

00:06:31I was only joking.

00:06:33I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.

00:06:37My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.

00:06:40Don't be afraid, Selene.

00:06:41Lyra spent too long out in the wild.

00:06:43Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:06:45My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.

00:06:48Blood means nothing.

00:06:49Your mother and I have only one true daughter.

00:06:52Chloe joined in without hesitation.

00:06:53That's right, Selene.

00:06:55You're my only sister.

00:06:56I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.

00:07:00And instead, I turned to Kaylin.

00:07:02What are they saying?

00:07:03His throat tightened before he answered.

00:07:06Selene said she was joking.

00:07:08Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.

00:07:10The room reeked of lies.

00:07:12What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.

00:07:15My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.

00:07:18My alpha father had once ruled the business world.

00:07:20But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving

00:07:25on my own.

00:07:26Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selene.

00:07:31Ten years ago, when Selene was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.

00:07:35What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.

00:07:39I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:07:42None of it mattered now.

00:07:43Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.

00:07:46I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:07:47I want some air outside the territory.

00:07:49You all enjoy the party.

00:07:50Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.

00:07:54Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.

00:07:57Not one of them remembered.

00:07:59Today was my awakening day, too.

00:08:00Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.

00:08:05Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.

00:08:09With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.

00:08:14It would be enough to survive the next ten days.

00:08:17The irony was almost funny.

00:08:19Ever since they brought me back at 15, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selene and

00:08:23cut me off completely.

00:08:25I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.

00:08:28At 11.30 that night, I finished washing the last dish.

00:08:32When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.

00:08:35Then another scent cut through the storm.

00:08:38Cold fur.

00:08:39Powerful.

00:08:39A top-tier alpha.

00:08:41Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.

00:08:45Lyra, why have you been gone so long?

00:08:47He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.

00:08:50The rear door was already open.

00:08:52Lyra, happy awakening day.

00:08:54The words hit me like a blow.

00:08:56I stood there, frozen.

00:08:58Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.

00:09:01Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us

00:09:06was born.

00:09:07Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I

00:09:12was 15, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.

00:09:17I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.

00:09:21He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same

00:09:27time.

00:09:28In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.

00:09:34He used his alpha pressure to shield me.

00:09:36He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.

00:09:39He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.

00:09:43And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left greatly wounded, I gave him an echidna.

00:09:48I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.

00:09:52Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with

00:09:58his own hands.

00:09:59Lyra, what is it?

00:10:00Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.

00:10:03Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?

00:10:05I answered evenly, thank you.

00:10:07Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.

00:10:10When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.

00:10:15Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our

00:10:19mate bond?

00:10:20I had it made early.

00:10:22Do you like it?

00:10:24Bitterness filled my throat.

00:10:26Alpha, you remembered wrong.

00:10:28I don't like wedding dresses, and I hate red.

00:10:31The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.

00:10:35At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.

00:10:38After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,

00:10:45wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent, signature, and bring me home.

00:10:50Kalen's eyes tightened.

00:10:51Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.

00:10:54I'm sorry, I remembered wrong.

00:10:56Come on, I'll take you to dinner.

00:10:58On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.

00:11:02Lyra, why is your scent so faint?

00:11:04Why are you thinner than before?

00:11:05And your leg, he never finished.

00:11:08A shrink ringtone cut through the car.

00:11:10The screen flashed one name, Selina.

00:11:13The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.

00:11:16Turn around.

00:11:17Now, back to the territory.

00:11:18The whole drive back, he spoke into the Kham Dibeshan non-stop, trying to soothe her.

00:11:22When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.

00:11:27Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.

00:11:30The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.

00:11:33Her face was pale as paper.

00:11:35My sister is back, she whispered.

00:11:37A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.

00:11:41Goodbye?

00:11:42Then she jumped.

00:11:43The Pac-Manon was only one story high.

00:11:45The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.

00:11:47But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.

00:11:50My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaelin.

00:11:53All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.

00:11:56That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.

00:12:11Seven years ago, my parents' adopted daughter.

00:12:13My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood

00:12:18spilled across the human territory border.

00:12:20My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same

00:12:25patronizing plea.

00:12:26Selina is an Omega.

00:12:28She's too fragile for prison.

00:12:29If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.

00:12:33Lyra, take her place.

00:12:35I refused.

00:12:36But on a stormy night filled with thunder, my father used absolute Alpha command.

00:12:40He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.

00:12:44My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaelin, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf

00:12:49era and said to me,

00:12:50Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.

00:12:53Endure these seven years, for now.

00:12:57Seven years later.

00:12:59Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look

00:13:03back.

00:13:04I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,

00:13:09dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.

00:13:12A black military SUV waited outside the territory.

00:13:15The window rolled down, revealed Kaelin's sharp, striking face.

00:13:17Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.

00:13:20The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from me.

00:13:23Lyra.

00:13:23Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.

00:13:26In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.

00:13:29Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.

00:13:33You've suffered these past seven years.

00:13:35I'll keep my promise.

00:13:36Kaelin said.

00:13:37At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.

00:13:41He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.

00:13:44There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.

00:13:46I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and slowly pulled my hand

00:13:52away.

00:13:53Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.

00:13:55Okay.

00:13:57Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:13:592,557 days soaked in blood and violence.

00:14:02Long enough to see Kaelin and my family for what they truly were.

00:14:05They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

00:14:07Sensing my indifference, Kaelin let out a low, irritated sound.

00:14:10Selina knows you're coming back today.

00:14:12Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.

00:14:15Your parents and your sister are all at Pack Medical Center calming her down.

00:14:19I closed my eyes.

00:14:21The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.

00:14:24An hour later, we arrived at my home.

00:14:26Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.

00:14:30They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.

00:14:34My parents loved only Selina.

00:14:36To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.

00:14:40The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaelin first.

00:14:42Only then did he turn to me.

00:14:44Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.

00:14:48Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.

00:14:50Disgrace.

00:14:51I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.

00:14:54How had I become the shameful one?

00:14:56But my expectations had died seven years ago.

00:14:59On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.

00:15:03I understand.

00:15:03I turned toward the side entrance.

00:15:05Then Kaelin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.

00:15:09His pupils sharpened into slits.

00:15:10Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.

00:15:13She needs me.

00:15:14Go rest.

00:15:15He did not wait for a reply.

00:15:17He turned at once and disappeared into the night.

00:15:19I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

00:15:26Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.

00:15:33It was my beta sister, Chloe.

00:15:35Alpha father, Luna mother.

00:15:37Selenna is in terrible shape mentally.

00:15:39Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?

00:15:41If Selenna catches her scent, she'll have another episode.

00:15:43My father sighed but said nothing.

00:15:45My mother answered first.

00:15:46She carries our blood.

00:15:47If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?

00:15:50Then what are we supposed to do?

00:15:52Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.

00:15:55My father finally spoke.

00:15:56When Selenna returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.

00:16:01She is not to appear in front of Selen.

00:16:03She is not to leave her room for any reason.

00:16:05My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.

00:16:09Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.

00:16:12An encrypted message.

00:16:13Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:16:15You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:16:20Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,

00:16:24under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.

00:16:27Your pack identity will be permanently erased.

00:16:30You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.

00:16:32I did not hesitate.

00:16:34On the holographic display, I signed my name.

00:16:37Lyra.

00:16:38I had passed the Institute selection process seven years ago.

00:16:41Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:16:46Shortly before my release, I applied again.

00:16:49As expected, I passed.

00:16:50Ten days.

00:16:51If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.

00:16:59The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.

00:17:03A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.

00:17:06Selenna was back.

00:17:08Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.

00:17:14My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their

00:17:20world.

00:17:21The beta butler set down an elegant cake.

00:17:23In perfect unison, everyone said,

00:17:26Happy awakening day, Selenna.

00:17:28Selenna smiled sweetly and thanked them all.

00:17:30Then she lifted her chin.

00:17:31I just got out of the sterile recovery room.

00:17:34Did anyone get me something special?

00:17:36My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.

00:17:40Kaylin was reaching for his own.

00:17:42When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.

00:17:46Lyra, you're awake.

00:17:48Come here, celebrate with us.

00:17:49Selenna turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.

00:17:52Sorry, sis.

00:17:53My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.

00:17:57You're not mad, are you?

00:17:58Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.

00:18:00Lyra isn't petty.

00:18:02She wouldn't blame you.

00:18:03At that, Selenna boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.

00:18:07Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.

00:18:11She smiled.

00:18:12I want Kaylin as my mate.

00:18:14Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.

00:18:17Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.

00:18:20Every wolf there stayed silent.

00:18:22Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.

00:18:26My surrender.

00:18:27Rage surged through my blood.

00:18:29I clenched my fists.

00:18:30And if I say no?

00:18:33Selenna froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.

00:18:37I was only joking.

00:18:39I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.

00:18:43My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.

00:18:46Don't be afraid, Selenna.

00:18:47Lyra spent too long out in the wild.

00:18:49Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:18:51My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.

00:18:54Blood means nothing.

00:18:55Your mother and I have only one true daughter.

00:18:58Chloe joined in without hesitation.

00:18:59That's right, Selenna.

00:19:01You're my only sister.

00:19:02I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.

00:19:06And instead, I turned to Kalen.

00:19:08What are they saying?

00:19:09His throat tightened before he answered.

00:19:12Selenna said she was joking.

00:19:14Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.

00:19:16The room reeked of lies.

00:19:18What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.

00:19:22My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.

00:19:24My alpha father had once ruled the business world.

00:19:26But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving

00:19:32on my own.

00:19:33Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selene.

00:19:37Ten years ago, when Selenna was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.

00:19:41What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.

00:19:45I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:19:48None of it mattered now.

00:19:50Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.

00:19:52I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:19:54I want some air outside the territory.

00:19:55You all enjoy the party.

00:19:56Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.

00:20:00Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.

00:20:03Not one of them remembered.

00:20:05Today was my awakening day, too.

00:20:07Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.

00:20:11Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.

00:20:16With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.

00:20:20It would be enough to survive the next ten days.

00:20:23The irony was almost funny.

00:20:25Ever since they brought me back at 15, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selene and

00:20:30cut me off completely.

00:20:31I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.

00:20:35At 11.30 that night, I finished washing the last dish.

00:20:38When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.

00:20:42Then another scent cut through the storm.

00:20:44Cold fur.

00:20:45Powerful.

00:20:46A top-tier alpha.

00:20:47Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.

00:20:51Lyra, why have you been gone so long?

00:20:54He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.

00:20:56The rear door was already open.

00:20:59Lyra, happy awakening day.

00:21:01The words hit me like a blow.

00:21:02I stood there, frozen.

00:21:04Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.

00:21:07Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us

00:21:12was born.

00:21:13Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I

00:21:18was 15, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.

00:21:23I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.

00:21:27He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same

00:21:34time.

00:21:34In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.

00:21:40He used his alpha pressure to shield me.

00:21:42He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.

00:21:45He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.

00:21:50And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left Gravely, I gave him my kidney.

00:21:54I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.

00:21:58Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Pennipotentiary with

00:22:04his own hands.

00:22:05Lyra, what is it?

00:22:07Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.

00:22:09Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?

00:22:11I answered evenly, thank you.

00:22:13Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.

00:22:16When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.

00:22:21Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our

00:22:25mate bond?

00:22:26I had it made early.

00:22:28Do you like it?

00:22:30Bitterness filled my throat.

00:22:32Alpha, you remembered wrong.

00:22:34I don't like wedding dresses.

00:22:36And I hate red.

00:22:37The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.

00:22:41At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.

00:22:44After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,

00:22:51wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.

00:22:56Kalen's eyes tightened.

00:22:57Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.

00:23:00I'm sorry.

00:23:01I remembered wrong.

00:23:02Come on.

00:23:03I'll take you to dinner.

00:23:04On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.

00:23:08Lyra, why is your scent so faint?

00:23:10Why are you thinner than before?

00:23:12And your leg, he never finished.

00:23:14A shrink ringtone cut through the car.

00:23:16The screen flashed one name, Selina.

00:23:19The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.

00:23:22Turn around.

00:23:23Now, back to the territory.

00:23:24The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan non-stop, trying to soothe her.

00:23:28When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.

00:23:33Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.

00:23:36The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.

00:23:40Her face was pale as paper.

00:23:41My sister is back, she whispered.

00:23:44A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.

00:23:47Goodbye?

00:23:48Then she jumped.

00:23:49The Pac-Manon was only one story high.

00:23:51The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.

00:23:53But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.

00:23:57My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.

00:23:59All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.

00:24:02That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.

00:24:17Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.

00:24:19My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega.

00:24:22Got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the human territory border.

00:24:26My alpha father, my luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.

00:24:32Selina is an Omega.

00:24:34She's too fragile for prison.

00:24:35If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.

00:24:39Lyra, take her place.

00:24:41I refused.

00:24:42But on a stormy night, he wrote refunder.

00:24:44My father used absolute alpha command.

00:24:46He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.

00:24:51My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said

00:24:56to me,

00:24:56Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.

00:24:59Endure these seven years, for now.

00:25:03Seven years later.

00:25:05Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.

00:25:11I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,

00:25:15dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.

00:25:18A black military SUV waited outside the territory.

00:25:21The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.

00:25:23Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.

00:25:26The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.

00:25:29Lyra.

00:25:29Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.

00:25:32In the rear-view mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.

00:25:35Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by Silverweapon.

00:25:39You've suffered these past seven years.

00:25:41I'll keep my promise.

00:25:43Kaylin said.

00:25:44At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.

00:25:47He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.

00:25:50There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.

00:25:52I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and slowly pulled my hand

00:25:58away.

00:25:59Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.

00:26:02Okay.

00:26:04Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:26:062,557 days soaked in blood and violence.

00:26:09Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.

00:26:11They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

00:26:13Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.

00:26:16Selina knows you're coming back today.

00:26:18Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.

00:26:21Your parents and your sister are all at Pact Medical Center calming her down.

00:26:25I closed my eyes.

00:26:27The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pact territory.

00:26:30An hour later, we arrived at my home.

00:26:33Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.

00:26:36They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.

00:26:41My parents loved only Selina.

00:26:42To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.

00:26:46The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.

00:26:49Only then did he turn to me.

00:26:50Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.

00:26:54Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.

00:26:56Disgrace.

00:26:57I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.

00:27:00How had I become the shameful one?

00:27:02But my expectations had died seven years ago.

00:27:05On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.

00:27:09I understand.

00:27:10I turned toward the side entrance.

00:27:12Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.

00:27:15His pupils sharpened into slits.

00:27:16Lyra, Selene's scent is weakening.

00:27:20She needs me.

00:27:20Go rest.

00:27:21He did not wait for a reply.

00:27:23He turned at once and disappeared into the night.

00:27:26I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

00:27:32Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.

00:27:39It was my beta sister, Chloe.

00:27:41Alpha father, Luna mother.

00:27:43Selene is in terrible shape mentally.

00:27:45Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?

00:27:47If Selene catches her scent, she'll have another episode.

00:27:50My father sighed but said nothing.

00:27:51My mother answered first.

00:27:52She carries our blood.

00:27:53If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?

00:27:56Then what are we supposed to do?

00:27:58Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.

00:28:01My father finally spoke.

00:28:02When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.

00:28:07She is not to appear in front of Selene.

00:28:09She is not to leave her room for any reason.

00:28:11My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.

00:28:15Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.

00:28:18An encrypted message.

00:28:20Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:28:21You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:28:26Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,

00:28:30under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.

00:28:33Your pack identity will be permanently erased.

00:28:36You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.

00:28:39I did not hesitate.

00:28:40On the holographic display, I signed my name.

00:28:43Lyra.

00:28:44I had passed the Institute selection process seven years ago.

00:28:47Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:28:52Shortly before my release, I applied again.

00:28:55As expected, I passed.

00:28:57Ten days.

00:28:57If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.

00:29:05The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.

00:29:09A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.

00:29:13Selene was back.

00:29:14Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.

00:29:20My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their

00:29:26world.

00:29:27The beta butler set down an elegant cake.

00:29:30In perfect unison, everyone said,

00:29:32Happy Awakening Day, Selene.

00:29:34Selene smiled sweetly and thanked them all.

00:29:36Then she lifted her chin.

00:29:38I just got out of the sterile recovery room.

00:29:40Did anyone get me something special?

00:29:42My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.

00:29:46Kaylin was reaching for his own.

00:29:48When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.

00:29:52Lyra, you're awake.

00:29:54Come here, celebrate with us.

00:29:55Selene turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.

00:29:58Sorry, sis.

00:29:59My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.

00:30:03You're not mad, are you?

00:30:04Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.

00:30:06Lyra isn't petty.

00:30:08She wouldn't blame you.

00:30:09At that, Selene boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.

00:30:14Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.

00:30:17She smiled.

00:30:18I want Kaylin as my mate.

00:30:20Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.

00:30:23Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.

00:30:26Every wolf there stayed silent.

00:30:28Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.

00:30:32My surrender.

00:30:33Rage surged through my blood.

00:30:35I clenched my fists.

00:30:36And if I say no?

00:30:39Selene froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.

00:30:44I was only joking.

00:30:45I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.

00:30:49My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.

00:30:52Don't be afraid, Selene.

00:30:53Lyra spent too long out in the wild.

00:30:55Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:30:57My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.

00:31:00Blood means nothing.

00:31:02Your mother and I have only one true daughter.

00:31:04Chloe joined in without hesitation.

00:31:05That's right, Selene.

00:31:07You're my only sister.

00:31:08I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.

00:31:12And instead, I turned to Kaylin.

00:31:14What are they saying?

00:31:15His throat tightened before he answered.

00:31:18Selene said she was joking.

00:31:20Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.

00:31:22The room reeked of lies.

00:31:24What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.

00:31:28My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.

00:31:30My alpha father had once ruled the business world.

00:31:33But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving

00:31:38on my own.

00:31:39Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selene.

00:31:43Ten years ago, when Selene was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.

00:31:48What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.

00:31:52I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:31:54None of it mattered now.

00:31:55Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.

00:31:58I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:32:00I want some air outside the territory.

00:32:01You all enjoy the party.

00:32:03Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.

00:32:06Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.

00:32:10Not one of them remembered.

00:32:11Today was my awakening day, too.

00:32:13Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.

00:32:17Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.

00:32:22With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.

00:32:26It would be enough to survive the next ten days.

00:32:29The irony was almost funny.

00:32:31Ever since they brought me back at fifteen, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selene and

00:32:36cut me off completely.

00:32:37I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.

00:32:41At eleven-thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.

00:32:45When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.

00:32:48Then another scent cut through the storm.

00:32:50Cold fur.

00:32:51Powerful.

00:32:52A top-tier alpha.

00:32:53Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.

00:32:57Lyra, why have you been gone so long?

00:33:00He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.

00:33:02The rear door was already open.

00:33:05Lyra, happy awakening day.

00:33:07The words hit me like a blow.

00:33:08I stood there, frozen.

00:33:10Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.

00:33:13Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us

00:33:19was born.

00:33:19Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I

00:33:24was fifteen, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.

00:33:30I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.

00:33:33He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same

00:33:40time.

00:33:40In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.

00:33:46He used his alpha pressure to shield me.

00:33:49He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.

00:33:51He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.

00:33:56And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left Gravely Island, I gave him my kidney.

00:34:00I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.

00:34:04Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon and Penipotentiary

00:34:10with his own hands.

00:34:11Lyra, what is it?

00:34:13Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.

00:34:15Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?

00:34:18I answered evenly, thank you.

00:34:19Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.

00:34:22When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding rite.

00:34:27Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our

00:34:32mate bond?

00:34:32I had it made early.

00:34:35Do you like it?

00:34:36Bitterness filled my throat.

00:34:38Alpha, you remembered wrong.

00:34:40I don't like wedding dresses.

00:34:42And I hate red.

00:34:43The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.

00:34:48At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.

00:34:50After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,

00:34:57wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.

00:35:02Kalen's eyes tightened.

00:35:03Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.

00:35:07I'm sorry.

00:35:07I remembered wrong.

00:35:09Come on.

00:35:09I'll take you to dinner.

00:35:10On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.

00:35:14Lyra, why is your scent so faint?

00:35:16Why are you thinner than before?

00:35:18And your leg, he never finished.

00:35:20A shrink ringtone cut through the car.

00:35:22The screen flashed one name, Selina.

00:35:25The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.

00:35:28Turn around.

00:35:29Now, back to the territory.

00:35:30The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan nonstop, trying to soothe her.

00:35:35When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.

00:35:39Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.

00:35:43The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.

00:35:46Her face was pale as paper.

00:35:47My sister is back, she whispered.

00:35:50A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.

00:35:53Goodbye?

00:35:54Then she jumped.

00:35:55The Pac-Manon was only one story high.

00:35:57The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.

00:35:59But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.

00:36:03My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.

00:36:05All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.

00:36:08That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.

00:36:23Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.

00:36:25My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega.

00:36:28Got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the human territory border.

00:36:33My alpha father, my luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.

00:36:39Selina is an Omega.

00:36:40She's too fragile for prison.

00:36:41If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.

00:36:45Lyra, take her place.

00:36:47I refused.

00:36:48But on a stormy night, he wrote the thunder.

00:36:50My father used absolute alpha command.

00:36:52He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.

00:36:56My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said

00:37:02to me,

00:37:03Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.

00:37:05Endure these seven years for now.

00:37:09Seven years later.

00:37:11Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.

00:37:17I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,

00:37:21dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.

00:37:24A black military SUV waited outside the territory.

00:37:27The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.

00:37:30Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.

00:37:32The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.

00:37:35Lyra.

00:37:36Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.

00:37:39In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.

00:37:41Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.

00:37:45You've suffered these past seven years.

00:37:47I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.

00:37:50At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.

00:37:53He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.

00:37:56There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.

00:37:59I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at him and slowly pulled my hand

00:38:04away.

00:38:05Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.

00:38:08Okay.

00:38:10Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:38:122,557 days soaked in blood and violence.

00:38:15Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.

00:38:17They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

00:38:20Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.

00:38:22Selina knows you're coming back today.

00:38:24Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.

00:38:28Your parents and your sister are all at PAC Medical Center calming her down.

00:38:31I closed my eyes.

00:38:33The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.

00:38:36An hour later, we arrived at my home.

00:38:39Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.

00:38:42They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.

00:38:47My parents loved only Selina.

00:38:49To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.

00:38:52The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.

00:38:55Only then did he turn to me.

00:38:56Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.

00:39:00Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.

00:39:02Disgrace.

00:39:03I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.

00:39:07How had I become the shameful one?

00:39:09But my expectations had died seven years ago.

00:39:11On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.

00:39:15I understand.

00:39:16I turned toward the side entrance.

00:39:18Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.

00:39:21His pupils sharpened into slits.

00:39:23Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.

00:39:26She needs me.

00:39:27Go rest.

00:39:27He did not wait for a reply.

00:39:29He turned at once and disappeared into the night.

00:39:32I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

00:39:39Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.

00:39:45It was my Beta sister, Chloe.

00:39:47Alpha father, Luna mother.

00:39:49Selina is in terrible shape mentally.

00:39:51Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?

00:39:53If Selina catches her scent, she'll have another episode.

00:39:56My father sighed but said nothing.

00:39:57My mother answered first.

00:39:58She carries our blood.

00:39:59If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?

00:40:03Then what are we supposed to do?

00:40:04Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.

00:40:07My father finally spoke.

00:40:08When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.

00:40:13She is not to appear in front of Selene.

00:40:15She is not to leave her room for any reason.

00:40:17My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.

00:40:21Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.

00:40:25An encrypted message.

00:40:26Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:40:28You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:40:32Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,

00:40:36under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.

00:40:39Your pack identity will be permanently erased.

00:40:42You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.

00:40:45I did not hesitate.

00:40:46On the holographic display, I signed my name.

00:40:50Lyra.

00:40:50I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.

00:40:54Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:40:58Shortly before my release, I applied again.

00:41:01As expected, I passed.

00:41:03Ten days.

00:41:04If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.

00:41:11The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.

00:41:15A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.

00:41:19Selina was back.

00:41:20Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.

00:41:26My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaelin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their

00:41:32world.

00:41:32The beta butler set down an elegant cake.

00:41:36In perfect unison, everyone said,

00:41:38Happy awakening day, Selina.

00:41:40Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.

00:41:42Then she lifted her chin.

00:41:44I just got out of the sterile recovery room.

00:41:46Did anyone get me something special?

00:41:48My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.

00:41:52Kaelin was reaching for his own.

00:41:54When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.

00:41:58Lyra, you're awake.

00:42:00Come here, celebrate with us.

00:42:01Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.

00:42:04Sorry, sis.

00:42:06My nerve pain flared up yesterday, so I couldn't come pick you up.

00:42:09You're not mad, are you?

00:42:10Before I could answer, Kaelin spoke for me.

00:42:13Lyra isn't petty.

00:42:14She wouldn't blame you.

00:42:16At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.

00:42:20Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.

00:42:23She smiled.

00:42:24I want Kaelin as my mate.

00:42:26Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in Pac-Law.

00:42:29Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.

00:42:33Every wolf there stayed silent.

00:42:35Their status, their pressure, their authority, all pushed toward one thing.

00:42:38My surrender.

00:42:39Rage surged through my blood.

00:42:41I clenched my fists.

00:42:43And if I say no?

00:42:45Selina froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.

00:42:50I was only joking.

00:42:51I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.

00:42:55My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.

00:42:58Don't be afraid, Selina.

00:42:59Lyra spent too long out in the wild.

00:43:02Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:43:03My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.

00:43:06Blood means nothing.

00:43:08Your mother and I have only one true daughter.

00:43:10Chloe joined in without hesitation.

00:43:12That's right, Selina.

00:43:13You're my only sister.

00:43:14I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.

00:43:18And instead, I turned to Kaylin.

00:43:20What are they saying?

00:43:22His throat tightened before he answered.

00:43:25Selina said she was joking.

00:43:26Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.

00:43:29The room reeked of lies.

00:43:31What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.

00:43:34My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.

00:43:36My alpha father had once ruled the business world.

00:43:39But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home,

00:43:42they despised the habits I had picked up surviving on my own.

00:43:45Every resource, every ounce of love,

00:43:47they gave it all to Selina.

00:43:49Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy,

00:43:52the entire pack celebrated her.

00:43:54What they never knew was that I had been admitted

00:43:55to the most prestigious university in the country.

00:43:58I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:44:01None of it mattered now.

00:44:02Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.

00:44:04I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:44:06I want some air outside the territory.

00:44:08You all enjoy the party.

00:44:09Under their contemptuous stares,

00:44:10I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.

00:44:12Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.

00:44:16Not one of them remembered.

00:44:17Today was my awakening day, too.

00:44:19Once I left the territory,

00:44:20I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.

00:44:23Because of my prison record,

00:44:25the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.

00:44:28With a ruined leg and no history,

00:44:30I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.

00:44:32It would be enough to survive the next ten days.

00:44:35The irony was almost funny.

00:44:37Ever since they brought me back at fifteen,

00:44:39they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selina

00:44:42and cut me off completely.

00:44:43I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.

00:44:47At eleven thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.

00:44:51When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.

00:44:54Then another scent cut through the storm.

00:44:56Cold fur.

00:44:57Powerful.

00:44:58A top-tier alpha.

00:44:59Kaelin stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.

00:45:03Lyra, why have you been gone so long?

00:45:06He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.

00:45:08The rear door was already open.

00:45:11Lyra, happy awakening day.

00:45:13The words hit me like a blow.

00:45:15I stood there, frozen.

00:45:16Kaelin's pack and mine had been alive for generations.

00:45:20Our territories shared a border,

00:45:21and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us was born.

00:45:25Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two

00:45:29and was not found again until I was fifteen.

00:45:31Bruised and scarred.

00:45:33That ancient agreement never changed.

00:45:36I still remember the first time I saw Kaelin after I was brought back.

00:45:39He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt,

00:45:42powerful enough to command submission,

00:45:44yet somehow warm at the same time.

00:45:46In that cold territory,

00:45:48he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.

00:45:52He used his alpha pressure to shield me.

00:45:55He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.

00:45:57He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.

00:46:02And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left greatly empty,

00:46:05I gave him my kidney.

00:46:06I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.

00:46:10Yet, in the end,

00:46:11he was also the one who used alpha authority

00:46:14to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with his own hands.

00:46:17Lyra, what is it?

00:46:19Kaelin's deep voice pulled me back to the present.

00:46:22Did you think I forgot your awakening day?

00:46:24I answered evenly, thank you.

00:46:25Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.

00:46:28When I opened it,

00:46:29I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.

00:46:34Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress

00:46:37when we completed our mate bond?

00:46:38I had it made early.

00:46:41Do you like it?

00:46:42Bitterness filled my throat.

00:46:44Alpha,

00:46:45you remembered wrong.

00:46:46I don't like wedding dresses.

00:46:48And I hate red.

00:46:49The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.

00:46:54At the time,

00:46:55I had been wearing an expensive red dress.

00:46:57After I was old enough to remember,

00:46:59every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,

00:47:03wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature

00:47:07and bring me home.

00:47:08Kaelin's eyes tightened.

00:47:10Just like he had years ago,

00:47:11he reached over and ruffled my hair.

00:47:13I'm sorry.

00:47:13I remembered wrong.

00:47:15Come on.

00:47:15I'll take you to dinner.

00:47:16On the drive back,

00:47:17he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.

00:47:20Lyra,

00:47:21why is your scent so faint?

00:47:22Why are you thinner than before?

00:47:24And your leg,

00:47:25he never finished.

00:47:26A shrink ringtone cut through the car.

00:47:28The screen flashed one name,

00:47:30Selina.

00:47:31The moment he answered,

00:47:33panic flooded his face.

00:47:34Turn around.

00:47:35Now,

00:47:36back to the territory.

00:47:37The whole drive back,

00:47:38he spoke into the Kham Dibeshan non-stop,

00:47:40trying to soothe her.

00:47:41When we rushed into the manor grounds,

00:47:43I looked up.

00:47:45Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress,

00:47:48swaying at the edge.

00:47:49The moment she caught our scent,

00:47:50Selina looked down at us from above.

00:47:52Her face was pale as paper.

00:47:54My sister is back,

00:47:55she whispered.

00:47:56A worthless Omega like me

00:47:58should step aside now.

00:48:00Goodbye?

00:48:00Then she jumped.

00:48:01The Pac-Manon was only one story high.

00:48:03The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.

00:48:05But when Selina fell,

00:48:07every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.

00:48:09My father,

00:48:09my mother,

00:48:10Chloe,

00:48:10even Kaelin.

00:48:11All of them lodged forward in a frenzy

00:48:13to save the weaker wolf.

00:48:14That night,

00:48:15the scream of ambulance sirens

00:48:16echoed over the territory.

00:48:29Seven years ago,

00:48:30my parents adopted daughter.

00:48:32My younger sister,

00:48:33Selina,

00:48:33a delicate Omega,

00:48:34got drunk,

00:48:35caused a hit and run,

00:48:36and left blood spilled

00:48:37across the human territory border.

00:48:39My Alpha father,

00:48:40my Luna mother,

00:48:41and my biological younger sister

00:48:42all came to me

00:48:43with the same patronizing plea.

00:48:45Selina is an Omega.

00:48:46She's too fragile for prison.

00:48:48If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:48:49her wolf won't survive it.

00:48:51Lyra,

00:48:52take her place.

00:48:53I refused.

00:48:54But on a stormy night

00:48:55ago,

00:48:56my father used absolute Alpha command.

00:48:59He crushed my will,

00:49:00took control of my mind,

00:49:01and personally delivered me

00:49:02to the prison transport.

00:49:03My fiancé,

00:49:04my fated mate,

00:49:05Kaelin,

00:49:05the strongest Alpha in the pack,

00:49:06held back his raging wolf era

00:49:08and said to me,

00:49:09Lyra,

00:49:10when you get out,

00:49:10we'll complete the mate bond.

00:49:12Endure these seven years

00:49:14for now.

00:49:15Seven years later.

00:49:17Lyra,

00:49:18once you leave

00:49:19Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:49:20keep your wolf under control

00:49:21and do not look back.

00:49:23I took the mold-smelling canvas bag

00:49:25from the guard's hand

00:49:26and limped through the iron gates,

00:49:28dragging the leg

00:49:28that had been ruined

00:49:29by four silver shackles.

00:49:30A black military SUV

00:49:31waited outside the territory.

00:49:33The window rolled down

00:49:34revealed Kaelin's sharp,

00:49:35striking face.

00:49:36Seven years had passed,

00:49:37and he looked exactly the same.

00:49:38The suffocating pressure

00:49:39of a top-tier Alpha

00:49:40still radiated from him.

00:49:41Lyra,

00:49:42instinctively I shrunk back

00:49:43before forcing myself

00:49:44in the passenger seat.

00:49:45In the rearview mirror

00:49:46I caught sight

00:49:46of my own reflection,

00:49:47pale, gaunt,

00:49:49my neck covered in burn scars

00:49:50left by silver weapon.

00:49:51You've suffered

00:49:52these past seven years.

00:49:54I'll keep my promise,

00:49:55Kaelin said.

00:49:56At the next full moon night

00:49:57I'll officially mark you

00:49:58and make you my Luna.

00:50:00He reached over

00:50:00and covered my rough hand

00:50:02with his.

00:50:02There was no spark,

00:50:04no shiver,

00:50:04no bond.

00:50:05I looked into

00:50:06his golden green eyes

00:50:07where my withered reflection

00:50:08stared back at me

00:50:09and slowly pulled

00:50:10my hand away.

00:50:11Even the wolf inside me

00:50:12could not be bothered

00:50:13to whimper.

00:50:14Okay.

00:50:16Seven years in

00:50:17Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:50:182,557 days

00:50:20soaked in blood

00:50:20and violence,

00:50:21long enough to see

00:50:22Kaelin and my family

00:50:22for what they truly were.

00:50:23They had never loved me

00:50:24and I no longer

00:50:25wanted to be his mate.

00:50:26Sensing my indifference,

00:50:27Kaelin let out

00:50:27a low, irritated sound.

00:50:29Selina knows

00:50:29you're coming back today.

00:50:31Her trauma response disorder

00:50:32is acting up again.

00:50:34Your parents and your sister

00:50:35are all at

00:50:36Pac Medical Center

00:50:37calming her down.

00:50:38I closed my eyes.

00:50:39The SUV drove

00:50:40into the heart

00:50:41of Crescent Moon

00:50:41Pac territory.

00:50:43An hour later,

00:50:44we arrived at my home.

00:50:45Only the Beta Butler

00:50:46and a few Omega Solvents

00:50:47were inside the manor.

00:50:48They caught the cheap

00:50:49sour prison smelt

00:50:50clinging to me

00:50:51and the disgust

00:50:51in their eyes

00:50:52was impossible to hide.

00:50:53My parents loved

00:50:54only Selina.

00:50:55To the servants,

00:50:56I had never been

00:50:56the eldest daughter

00:50:57of this house.

00:50:58The Beta Butler

00:50:59bowed respectfully

00:51:00to Kaelin first.

00:51:01Only then

00:51:01did he turn to me.

00:51:03Miss Lyra,

00:51:03Luna says that

00:51:04now you've returned,

00:51:05you are to stay

00:51:05inside your own

00:51:06scent circle.

00:51:07Do not wander around

00:51:07and disgrace the pack.

00:51:08Disgrace.

00:51:09I had endured

00:51:10seven years of

00:51:11silver burns

00:51:12in Salud's place.

00:51:13How had I become

00:51:14the shameful one?

00:51:15But my expectations

00:51:16had died seven years ago,

00:51:18on that storm-filled night

00:51:19when they used Alpha Command

00:51:20to force my confession.

00:51:21I understand.

00:51:22I turned toward

00:51:23the side entrance.

00:51:24Then Kaelin stiffened,

00:51:25receiving an urgent mind link.

00:51:27His pupils sharpened

00:51:28into slits.

00:51:29Lyra,

00:51:31Selene's scent is weakening.

00:51:32She needs me.

00:51:33Go rest.

00:51:34He did not wait

00:51:34for a reply.

00:51:35He turned at once

00:51:36and disappeared

00:51:37into the night.

00:51:38I limped back

00:51:39to the storage room

00:51:40that belonged to me

00:51:41and curled up

00:51:42on the narrow wooden bed.

00:51:45Late that night,

00:51:46drifting between sleep

00:51:47and exhaustion,

00:51:48I heard voices

00:51:50downstairs in the living room.

00:51:51It was my Beta sister,

00:51:53Chloe.

00:51:53Alpha father,

00:51:54Luna mother.

00:51:55Selina is in terrible

00:51:56shape mentally.

00:51:57Shouldn't we move Lyra

00:51:58out of the manor?

00:51:59If Selina catches her scent,

00:52:01she'll have another episode.

00:52:02My father sighed,

00:52:03but said nothing.

00:52:03My mother answered first.

00:52:04She carries our blood.

00:52:06If we throw her out

00:52:06the moment she gets back

00:52:07from prison,

00:52:08what will the other pack say?

00:52:09Then what are we

00:52:09supposed to do?

00:52:10Chloe paced the room,

00:52:12agitation sharp in her voice.

00:52:13My father finally spoke.

00:52:15When Selene returns,

00:52:16order Lyra to suppress

00:52:17every trace of her scent.

00:52:19She is not to appear

00:52:20in front of Selene.

00:52:21She is not to leave

00:52:22her room for any reason.

00:52:23My eyes stayed shut,

00:52:25but a burning ache

00:52:26rose behind them.

00:52:27Then the custom comm device

00:52:29hidden beneath my pillow

00:52:30began to vibrate.

00:52:31An encrypted message.

00:52:32Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:52:34You have passed the evaluation

00:52:35for the Global Institute

00:52:36for Werewolf

00:52:37and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:52:38Once you accept the contract,

00:52:40you will depart in ten days,

00:52:41on the night of the full moon,

00:52:43under a new identity

00:52:44for Sanctum Isle

00:52:44on Dominica Island.

00:52:46Your pack identity

00:52:46will be permanently erased.

00:52:48You may not contact

00:52:49any outside wolves

00:52:50for five years.

00:52:51I did not hesitate.

00:52:52On the holographic display,

00:52:54I signed my name.

00:52:56Lyra.

00:52:56I had passed the Institute

00:52:58selection process

00:52:59seven years ago.

00:53:00Before I could take

00:53:01the oath and join,

00:53:02my parents sent me

00:53:03to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:53:05Shortly before my release,

00:53:06I applied again.

00:53:07As expected,

00:53:08I passed.

00:53:09Ten days.

00:53:10If I could endure

00:53:11ten more days,

00:53:12I would sever the pack bond

00:53:13tying me to this

00:53:14frozen family forever.

00:53:17The next morning,

00:53:18I washed up

00:53:20and pushed open

00:53:20the warped door.

00:53:21A rich,

00:53:23sugary Omega scent

00:53:24flooded the hallway.

00:53:25Selina was back.

00:53:26Dressed in a flowing

00:53:27white gown,

00:53:28she sat in the center

00:53:29of the leather sofa

00:53:30like a princess on display.

00:53:32My Alpha Father,

00:53:34my Luna Mother,

00:53:35Chloe,

00:53:35and Kaylin

00:53:36all surrounded her

00:53:37as if she was

00:53:38the center of their world.

00:53:39The Beta Butler

00:53:40set down an elegant cake.

00:53:42In perfect unison,

00:53:43everyone said,

00:53:44Happy Awakening Day, Selina.

00:53:46Selina smiled sweetly

00:53:47and thanked them all.

00:53:49Then she lifted her chin.

00:53:50I just got out

00:53:51of the sterile recovery room.

00:53:53Did anyone get me

00:53:53something special?

00:53:54My parents and Chloe

00:53:56each presented

00:53:56expensive gifts.

00:53:58Kaylin was reaching

00:53:59for his own

00:54:00when his sharp gaze

00:54:02found me standing

00:54:03in the shadows.

00:54:04Lyra,

00:54:05you're awake.

00:54:06Come here.

00:54:07Celebrate with us.

00:54:08Selina turned toward me,

00:54:09releasing a cloud

00:54:09of innocent pheromones.

00:54:10Sorry, sis.

00:54:12My nerve pain

00:54:13flared up yesterday

00:54:13so I couldn't come

00:54:14pick you up.

00:54:15You're not mad, are you?

00:54:16Before I could answer,

00:54:18Kaylin spoke for me.

00:54:19Lyra isn't petty.

00:54:20She wouldn't blame you.

00:54:22At that, Selina boldly

00:54:23slipped her arm

00:54:24through his

00:54:25and looked straight at me.

00:54:26Since it's my

00:54:27Awakening Day,

00:54:28give me a present too.

00:54:29She smiled.

00:54:30I want Kaylin

00:54:31as my mate.

00:54:32Stealing another wolf's mate

00:54:33was one of the greatest

00:54:34taboons in Pac-Law.

00:54:36Yet after she said it openly,

00:54:37no one in the room object.

00:54:39Every wolf there

00:54:40stayed silent.

00:54:41Their status,

00:54:41their pressure,

00:54:42their authority,

00:54:43all pushed toward one thing.

00:54:44My surrender.

00:54:45Rage surged

00:54:46through my blood.

00:54:47I clenched my fists.

00:54:49And if I say no?

00:54:51Selina froze

00:54:52for half a second,

00:54:53then switched to French

00:54:54and whimpered dramatically.

00:54:56I was only joking.

00:54:57I didn't realize

00:54:58my sister's feral instinct

00:55:00was this savage.

00:55:01My Luna mother

00:55:02answered her

00:55:03in the same flawless French.

00:55:04Don't be afraid, Selina.

00:55:06Lyra spent too long

00:55:07out in the wild.

00:55:08Her bloodline

00:55:08is beneath yours.

00:55:10My alpha father

00:55:10released the calming

00:55:11scent of pine.

00:55:13Blood means nothing.

00:55:14Your mother and I

00:55:15have only one true daughter.

00:55:16Chloe joined in

00:55:17without hesitation.

00:55:18That's right, Selina.

00:55:19You're my only sister.

00:55:21I forced down

00:55:21the bitterness

00:55:22rising in my chest

00:55:23and pretended not

00:55:24to understand a word.

00:55:25And instead,

00:55:25I turned to Kalen.

00:55:26What are they saying?

00:55:28His throat tightened

00:55:29before he answered.

00:55:31Selina said she was joking.

00:55:32Everyone just thinks

00:55:33you're being too sensitive.

00:55:35The room reeked of lies.

00:55:37What none of them knew

00:55:38was that I had understood

00:55:39every word.

00:55:40My Luna mother

00:55:41was a world-renowned painter.

00:55:43My alpha father

00:55:43had once ruled

00:55:44the business world.

00:55:45But ever since

00:55:46they brought me back

00:55:46from St. Mary's home,

00:55:48they despised the habits

00:55:49I had picked up

00:55:50surviving on my own.

00:55:51Every resource,

00:55:52every ounce of love,

00:55:54they gave it all to Selina.

00:55:55Ten years ago,

00:55:56when Selina was accepted

00:55:57into Elite Art Academy,

00:55:58the entire pack celebrated her.

00:56:00What they never knew

00:56:01was that I had been admitted

00:56:02to the most prestigious

00:56:02university in the country.

00:56:04I had also taught myself

00:56:05French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:56:07None of it mattered now.

00:56:08Soon, I would be gone

00:56:09from this territory for good.

00:56:10I just got out

00:56:11of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:56:12I want some air

00:56:13outside the territory.

00:56:14You all enjoy the party.

00:56:15Under their contemptuous stairs,

00:56:16I dragged my damaged leg

00:56:18towards the door.

00:56:19Behind me,

00:56:19their laughter

00:56:20and French mockery

00:56:21tangled together.

00:56:22Not one of them remembered.

00:56:24Today was my awakening day, too.

00:56:25Once I left the territory,

00:56:26I suppressed my wolf aura

00:56:28and took a bus

00:56:28to downtown Seattle.

00:56:29Because of my prison record,

00:56:31the pack had erased

00:56:32my education

00:56:32and every official file

00:56:33tied to my name.

00:56:34With a ruined leg

00:56:35and no history,

00:56:36I could only find work

00:56:37at a run-down roadside diner.

00:56:38It would be enough

00:56:39to survive the next 10 days.

00:56:41The irony was almost funny.

00:56:43Ever since they brought me

00:56:45back at 15,

00:56:45they had resented me

00:56:46for not being as accomplished

00:56:47as Selena

00:56:48and cut me off completely.

00:56:49I had paid for school,

00:56:51food, and survival

00:56:52by working in the human world.

00:56:53At 11.30 that night,

00:56:55I finished washing

00:56:56the last dish.

00:56:57When I stepped outside,

00:56:59freezing rain hit my face.

00:57:00Then another scent

00:57:01cut through the storm.

00:57:02Cold fur.

00:57:03Powerful.

00:57:04A top-tier alpha.

00:57:06Kaelin stepped out

00:57:06of a black SUV

00:57:07and strode straight toward me.

00:57:09Lyra,

00:57:10why have you been gone so long?

00:57:12He grabbed my wrist

00:57:13and pulled me to the car.

00:57:15The rear door was already open.

00:57:17Lyra,

00:57:18happy awakening day.

00:57:19The words hit me like a blow.

00:57:21I stood there,

00:57:22frozen.

00:57:23Kaelin's pack and mine

00:57:24had been alive for generations.

00:57:26Our territories shared a border,

00:57:27and our families

00:57:28had been bound

00:57:29by an old promise

00:57:30long before either of us

00:57:31was born.

00:57:32Even after I went missing

00:57:33in Blackwood Forest

00:57:34at the age of two

00:57:35and was not found again

00:57:36until I was 15.

00:57:38Bruised and scarred,

00:57:39that ancient agreement

00:57:40never changed.

00:57:42I still remember

00:57:43the first time

00:57:44I saw Kaelin

00:57:44after I was brought back.

00:57:46He stood in the sunlight

00:57:47wearing a white shirt,

00:57:48powerful enough

00:57:49to command submission,

00:57:50yet somehow warm

00:57:52at the same time.

00:57:53In that cold territory,

00:57:54he was the only one

00:57:56who never recoiled

00:57:56from the wild scent

00:57:57clinging to me.

00:57:58He used his alpha pressure

00:58:00to shield me.

00:58:01He brought me prey

00:58:02and gifts on holidays.

00:58:03He was the only person

00:58:05in that steel and stone world

00:58:06who had ever been kind to me.

00:58:08And when he was ambushed

00:58:09by a rival pack

00:58:10and left greatly wounded,

00:58:11I gave him an echidna.

00:58:13I poured the core

00:58:14of my wolf vitality

00:58:15into him without hesitation.

00:58:16Yet in the end,

00:58:17he was also the one

00:58:18who used alpha authority

00:58:20to send me to silver moon

00:58:22penipetentiary

00:58:22with his own hands.

00:58:24Lyra, what is it?

00:58:25Kaelin's deep voice

00:58:26pulled me back

00:58:27to the present.

00:58:28Did you think I forgot

00:58:29your awakenation day?

00:58:30I answered evenly,

00:58:31thank you.

00:58:32Then he handed me

00:58:32another beautifully wrapped box.

00:58:34When I opened it,

00:58:35I found a custom-made

00:58:36red wedding gown

00:58:37for a bonding right.

00:58:40Do you remember

00:58:41telling me as a child

00:58:42that you wanted

00:58:42to wear a red dress

00:58:43when we completed

00:58:44our mate bond?

00:58:45I had it made early.

00:58:47Do you like it?

00:58:48Bitterness filled my throat.

00:58:50Alpha,

00:58:51you remembered wrong.

00:58:52I don't like wedding dresses

00:58:54and I hate red.

00:58:55The headmistress

00:58:56at St. Mary's home

00:58:57once told me

00:58:58she had found me

00:58:58abandoned outside

00:58:59a bridal shop.

00:59:00At the time,

00:59:01I had been wearing

00:59:02an expensive red dress.

00:59:03After I was old enough

00:59:04to remember,

00:59:05every full moon night

00:59:06I would return

00:59:07to bridal shop windows

00:59:08by instinct,

00:59:09wearing red clothes

00:59:10so my people

00:59:11could follow my scent

00:59:12signature

00:59:13and bring me home.

00:59:15Kaelin's eyes tightened.

00:59:16Just like he had years ago,

00:59:17he reached over

00:59:18and ruffled my hair.

00:59:19I'm sorry.

00:59:20I remembered wrong.

00:59:21Come on.

00:59:21I'll take you to dinner.

00:59:23On the drive back,

00:59:24he kept my hand

00:59:25clasped tightly in his.

00:59:26Lyra,

00:59:27why is your scent so faint?

00:59:28Why are you thinner than before?

00:59:30And your leg,

00:59:31he never finished.

00:59:32A shrink ringtone

00:59:33cut through the car.

00:59:35The screen flashed

00:59:36one name,

00:59:37Selina.

00:59:37The moment he answered,

00:59:39panic flooded his face.

00:59:41Turn around.

00:59:41Now,

00:59:42back to the territory.

00:59:43The whole drive back,

00:59:44he spoke into the

00:59:45comdibeshan non-stop,

00:59:46trying to soothe her.

00:59:47When we rushed

00:59:48into the manor grounds,

00:59:49I looked up.

00:59:51Selina stood on the rooftop

00:59:52in a white dress,

00:59:54swaying at the edge.

00:59:55The moment she caught our scent,

00:59:57Selina looked down at us

00:59:57from above.

00:59:58Her face was pale as paper.

01:00:00My sister is back,

01:00:01she whispered.

01:00:02A worthless Omega like me

01:00:04should step aside now.

01:00:06Goodbye?

01:00:07Then she jumped.

01:00:08The Pac-Manon was only

01:00:09one story high.

01:00:10The roof was barely

01:00:1030 feet above the ground.

01:00:11But when Selina fell,

01:00:13every one of my so-called family

01:00:14moved on instinct.

01:00:15My father,

01:00:16my mother,

01:00:16Chloe,

01:00:17even Kaylin.

01:00:17All of them lodged forward

01:00:18in a frenzy

01:00:19to save the weaker wolf.

01:00:20That night,

01:00:21the scream of ambulance sirens

01:00:22echoed over the territory.

01:00:35Seven years ago,

01:00:36my parents' adopted daughter,

01:00:38my younger sister Selina,

01:00:39a delicate Omega,

01:00:40got drunk,

01:00:41caused a hit and run,

01:00:42and left blood spilled

01:00:43across the human territory border.

01:00:45My alpha father,

01:00:46my luna mother,

01:00:47and my biological younger sister

01:00:48all came to me

01:00:49with the same patronizing plea.

01:00:51Selina is an Omega.

01:00:52She's too fragile for prison.

01:00:54If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:00:56her wolf won't survive it.

01:00:57Lyra,

01:00:58take her place.

01:00:59I refused,

01:01:00but on a stormy night

01:01:02broke of thunder,

01:01:03my father used

01:01:03absolute alpha command.

01:01:05He crushed my will,

01:01:06took control of my mind,

01:01:07and personally delivered me

01:01:08to the prison transport.

01:01:09My fiancé,

01:01:10my fated mate,

01:01:11Kaylin,

01:01:11the strongest alpha in the pack,

01:01:13held back his raging wolf era

01:01:14and said to me,

01:01:15Lyra,

01:01:16when you get out,

01:01:16we'll complete the mate bond.

01:01:18Endure

01:01:18these seven years

01:01:20for now.

01:01:21Seven years later.

01:01:23Lyra,

01:01:24once you leave

01:01:25Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:01:26keep your wolf under control

01:01:27and do not look back.

01:01:29I took the mold-smelling

01:01:30canvas bag

01:01:31from the guard's hand

01:01:32and limped through

01:01:33the iron gates,

01:01:34dragging the leg

01:01:34that had been ruined

01:01:35by four silver shackles.

01:01:36A black military SUV

01:01:38waited outside the territory.

01:01:39The window rolled down

01:01:40revealed Kaylin's

01:01:41sharp, striking face.

01:01:42Seven years had passed,

01:01:43and he looked exactly the same.

01:01:45The suffocating pressure

01:01:45of a top-tier alpha

01:01:46still radiated from him.

01:01:47Lyra,

01:01:48instinctively I shrunk back

01:01:49before forcing myself

01:01:50in the passenger seat.

01:01:51In the rear-view mirror

01:01:52I caught sight

01:01:53of my own reflection,

01:01:54pale,

01:01:54gaunt,

01:01:55my neck covered in burn scars

01:01:56left by silver weapon.

01:01:58You've suffered

01:01:58these past seven years.

01:02:00I'll keep my promise,

01:02:01Kaylin said.

01:02:02At the next full moon night,

01:02:03I'll officially mark you

01:02:05and make you my Luna.

01:02:06He reached over

01:02:07and covered my rough hand

01:02:08with his.

01:02:08There was no spark,

01:02:10no shiver,

01:02:10no bond.

01:02:11I looked into his

01:02:12golden-green eyes,

01:02:13where my withered reflection

01:02:14stared back at me

01:02:15and slowly pulled

01:02:16my hand away.

01:02:17Even the wolf inside me

01:02:18could not be bothered

01:02:19to whimper.

01:02:20Okay.

01:02:22Seven years

01:02:23in Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:02:242,557 days

01:02:26soaked in blood

01:02:26and violence,

01:02:27long enough to see

01:02:28Kaylin and my family

01:02:29for what they truly were.

01:02:30They had never loved me,

01:02:30and I no longer

01:02:31wanted to be his mate.

01:02:32Sensing my indifference,

01:02:33Kaylin let out

01:02:33a low, irritated sound.

01:02:35Selina knows

01:02:35you're coming back today.

01:02:37Her trauma response disorder

01:02:38is acting up again.

01:02:40Your parents and your sister

01:02:41are all at

01:02:42PAC Medical Center

01:02:43calming her down.

01:02:44I closed my eyes.

01:02:45The SUV drove

01:02:46into the heart

01:02:47of Crescent Moon

01:02:48PAC territory.

01:02:49An hour later,

01:02:50we arrived at my home.

01:02:51Only the Beta Butler

01:02:52and a few Omega Solvents

01:02:53were inside the manor.

01:02:54They caught the cheap

01:02:55sour prison smelt

01:02:56clinging to me,

01:02:57and the disgust

01:02:58in their eyes

01:02:58was impossible to hide.

01:02:59My parents loved

01:03:00only Selina.

01:03:01To the servants,

01:03:02I had never been

01:03:03the eldest daughter

01:03:03of this house.

01:03:04The Beta Butler

01:03:05bowed respectfully

01:03:06to Kaylin first.

01:03:07Only then

01:03:08did he turn to me.

01:03:09Miss Lyra,

01:03:09Luna says that

01:03:10now you've returned,

01:03:11you are to stay

01:03:11inside your own

01:03:12scent circle.

01:03:12Do not wander around

01:03:14and disgrace the pack.

01:03:15Disgrace?

01:03:15I had endured

01:03:16seven years of silver burns

01:03:18in Selu's place.

01:03:19How had I become

01:03:20the shameful one?

01:03:21But my expectations

01:03:22had died seven years ago,

01:03:24on that storm-filled night

01:03:25when they used Alpha Command

01:03:26to force my confession.

01:03:28I understand.

01:03:28I turned toward

01:03:29the side entrance.

01:03:30Then Kaylin stiffened,

01:03:32receiving an urgent mind link.

01:03:33His pupils sharpened

01:03:34into slits.

01:03:35Lyra,

01:03:37Selen's scent is weakening.

01:03:38She needs me.

01:03:39Go rest.

01:03:40He did not wait

01:03:41for a reply.

01:03:41He turned at once

01:03:42and disappeared

01:03:43into the night.

01:03:44I limped back

01:03:45to the storage room

01:03:46that belonged to me

01:03:47and curled up

01:03:48on the narrow wooden bed.

01:03:51Late that night,

01:03:52drifting between sleep

01:03:54and exhaustion,

01:03:55I heard voices

01:03:56downstairs in the living room.

01:03:57It was my Beta sister,

01:03:59Chloe.

01:03:59Alpha father,

01:04:00Luna mother.

01:04:01Selenna is in terrible

01:04:02shape mentally.

01:04:03Shouldn't we move

01:04:04Lyra out of the manor?

01:04:05If Selenna catches her scent,

01:04:07she'll have another episode.

01:04:08My father sighed

01:04:09but said nothing.

01:04:10My mother answered first.

01:04:11She carries our blood.

01:04:12If we throw her out

01:04:12the moment she gets back

01:04:13from prison,

01:04:14what will the other packs say?

01:04:15Then what are we supposed to do?

01:04:16Chloe paced the room,

01:04:18agitation sharp in her voice.

01:04:19My father finally spoke.

01:04:21When Selenna returns,

01:04:23order Lyra to suppress

01:04:24every trace of her scent.

01:04:26She is not to appear

01:04:27in front of Selenna.

01:04:27She is not to leave

01:04:28her room for any reason.

01:04:29My eyes stayed shut,

01:04:31but a burning ache

01:04:32rose behind them.

01:04:33Then the custom comm device

01:04:35hidden beneath my pillow

01:04:36began to vibrate.

01:04:37An encrypted message.

01:04:38Miss Lyra, congratulations.

01:04:40You have passed the evaluation

01:04:41for the Global Institute

01:04:42for Werewolf

01:04:43and Supernatural Secrecy.

01:04:45Once you accept the contract,

01:04:46you will depart in ten days,

01:04:47on the night of the full moon,

01:04:49under a new identity

01:04:50for Sanctum Isle

01:04:51on Dominica Island.

01:04:52Your pack identity

01:04:53will be permanently erased.

01:04:54You may not contact

01:04:55any outside wolves

01:04:56for five years.

01:04:57I did not hesitate.

01:04:59On the holographic display,

01:05:00I signed my name.

01:05:02Lyra.

01:05:02I had passed

01:05:03the Institute's

01:05:04selection process

01:05:05seven years ago.

01:05:06Before I could take

01:05:07the oath and join,

01:05:08my parents sent me

01:05:09to Silver Moon Penitentiary.

01:05:11Shortly before my release,

01:05:12I applied again.

01:05:13As expected,

01:05:14I passed.

01:05:15Ten days.

01:05:16If I could endure

01:05:17ten more days,

01:05:18I would sever the pack bond

01:05:19tying me to this

01:05:20frozen family forever.

01:05:23The next morning,

01:05:25I washed up

01:05:26and pushed open

01:05:26the warped door.

01:05:28A rich,

01:05:29sugary omega scent

01:05:30flooded the hallway.

01:05:31Selina was back.

01:05:33Dressed in a flowing

01:05:34white gown,

01:05:35she sat in the center

01:05:36of the leather sofa

01:05:37like a princess on display.

01:05:38My alpha father,

01:05:40my luna mother,

01:05:41Chloe,

01:05:41and Kaylin

01:05:42all surrounded her

01:05:43as if she was

01:05:44the center of their world.

01:05:45The beta butler

01:05:46set down an elegant cake.

01:05:48In perfect unison,

01:05:50everyone said,

01:05:50Happy Awakening Day, Selina.

01:05:53Selina smiled sweetly

01:05:54and thanked them all.

01:05:55Then she lifted her chin.

01:05:56I just got out

01:05:57of the sterile recovery room.

01:05:59Did anyone get me

01:06:00something special?

01:06:01My parents and Chloe

01:06:02each presented

01:06:02expensive gifts.

01:06:04Kaylin was reaching

01:06:06for his own

01:06:06when his sharp gaze

01:06:08found me standing

01:06:09in the shadows.

01:06:11Lyra,

01:06:11you're awake.

01:06:12Come here.

01:06:13Celebrate with us.

01:06:14Selina turned toward me,

01:06:15releasing a cloud

01:06:15of innocent pheromones.

01:06:17Sorry, sis.

01:06:18My nerve pain

01:06:19flared up yesterday

01:06:20so I couldn't

01:06:20come pick you up.

01:06:21You're not mad, are you?

01:06:23Before I could answer,

01:06:24Kaylin spoke for me.

01:06:25Lyra isn't petty.

01:06:26She wouldn't blame you.

01:06:28At that,

01:06:29Selina boldly slipped

01:06:30her arm through his

01:06:31and looked straight at me.

01:06:32Since it's my Awakening Day,

01:06:34give me a present too.

01:06:35She smiled.

01:06:36I want Kaylin

01:06:37as my mate.

01:06:38Stealing another wolf's mate

01:06:40was one of the greatest

01:06:40taboons in Pac-Law.

01:06:42Yet after she said it openly,

01:06:44no one in the room object.

01:06:45Every wolf there

01:06:46stayed silent.

01:06:47Their status,

01:06:48their pressure,

01:06:48their authority,

01:06:49all pushed toward one thing.

01:06:51My surrender.

01:06:52Rage surged through my blood.

01:06:53I clenched my fists.

01:06:55And if I say no?

01:06:58Selina froze for half a second,

01:07:00then switched to French

01:07:01and whimpered dramatically.

01:07:02I was only joking.

01:07:04I didn't realize

01:07:05my sister's feral instinct

01:07:06was this savage.

01:07:07My Luna mother answered her

01:07:09in the same flawless French.

01:07:10Don't be afraid, Selina.

01:07:12Lyra spent too long

01:07:13out in the wild.

01:07:14Her bloodline

01:07:15is beneath yours.

01:07:16My alpha father

01:07:17released the calming

01:07:18scent of pine.

01:07:19Blood means nothing.

01:07:20Your mother and I

01:07:21have only one true daughter.

01:07:22Chloe joined in

01:07:23without hesitation.

01:07:24That's right, Selina.

01:07:25You're my only sister.

01:07:27I forced down the bitterness

01:07:28rising in my chest

01:07:29and pretended not to

01:07:30understand a word.

01:07:31And instead,

01:07:31I turned to Kaelin.

01:07:32What are they saying?

01:07:34His throat tightened

01:07:35before he answered.

01:07:37Selina said she was joking.

01:07:39Everyone just thinks

01:07:40you're being too sensitive.

01:07:41The room reeked of lies.

01:07:43What none of them knew

01:07:44was that I had understood

01:07:45every word.

01:07:46My Luna mother

01:07:47was a world-renowned painter.

01:07:49My alpha father

01:07:49had once ruled

01:07:50the business world.

01:07:51But ever since they brought me

01:07:52back from St. Mary's home,

01:07:54they despised the habits

01:07:55I had picked up

01:07:56surviving on my own.

01:07:57Every resource,

01:07:58every ounce of love,

01:08:00they gave it all to Selina.

01:08:01Ten years ago,

01:08:02when Selina was accepted

01:08:03into Elite Art Academy,

01:08:04the entire pack

01:08:05celebrated her.

01:08:06What they never knew

01:08:07was that I had been admitted

01:08:08to the most prestigious

01:08:09university in the country.

01:08:10I had also taught myself

01:08:11French, Italian, and Spanish.

01:08:13None of it mattered now.

01:08:14Soon, I would be gone

01:08:15from this territory for good.

01:08:16I just got out

01:08:17of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

01:08:18I want some air

01:08:19outside the territory.

01:08:20You all enjoy the party.

01:08:21Under their contemptuous stairs,

01:08:22I dragged my damaged leg

01:08:24towards the door.

01:08:25Behind me,

01:08:25their laughter

01:08:26and French mockery

01:08:27tangled together.

01:08:28Not one of them remembered.

01:08:29Today was my awakening day too.

01:08:31Once I left the territory,

01:08:33I suppressed my wolf aura

01:08:34and took a bus

01:08:34to downtown Seattle.

01:08:36Because of my prison record,

01:08:37the pack had erased

01:08:38my education

01:08:38and every official file

01:08:39tied to my name.

01:08:40With a ruined leg

01:08:41and no history,

01:08:42I could only find work

01:08:43at a run-down roadside diner.

01:08:44It would be enough

01:08:45to survive the next 10 days.

01:08:47The irony was almost funny.

01:08:50Ever since they brought me

01:08:51back at 15,

01:08:51they had resented me

01:08:52for not being as accomplished

01:08:53as Selina

01:08:54and cut me off completely.

01:08:56I had paid for school,

01:08:57food, and survival

01:08:58by working in the human world.

01:09:00At 11.30 that night,

01:09:01I finished washing

01:09:02the last dish.

01:09:03When I stepped outside,

01:09:05freezing rain hit my face.

01:09:06Then another scent

01:09:07cut through the storm.

01:09:08Cold fur.

01:09:10Powerful.

01:09:10A top-tier alpha.

01:09:12Kaylin stepped out

01:09:13of a black SUV

01:09:13and strode straight toward me.

01:09:15Lyra,

01:09:16why have you been gone so long?

01:09:18He grabbed my wrist

01:09:19and pulled me to the car.

01:09:21The rear door

01:09:22was already open.

01:09:23Lyra,

01:09:24happy awakening day.

01:09:25The words hit me like a blow.

01:09:27I stood there,

01:09:28frozen.

01:09:29Kaylin's pack and mine

01:09:30had been alive

01:09:31for generations.

01:09:32Our territories

01:09:33shared a border

01:09:33and our families

01:09:34had been bound

01:09:35by an old promise

01:09:36long before either of us

01:09:37was born.

01:09:38Even after I went missing

01:09:39in Blackwood Forest

01:09:40at the age of two

01:09:41and was not found again

01:09:42until I was 15,

01:09:44bruised and scarred,

01:09:45that ancient agreement

01:09:46never changed.

01:09:48I still remember

01:09:49the first time

01:09:50I saw Kaylin

01:09:50after I was brought back.

01:09:52He stood in the sunlight

01:09:53wearing a white shirt,

01:09:54powerful enough

01:09:55to command submission,

01:09:57yet somehow warm

01:09:58at the same time.

01:09:59In that cold territory,

01:10:01he was the only one

01:10:02who never recoiled

01:10:03from the wild scent

01:10:04clinging to me.

01:10:05He used his alpha pressure

01:10:06to shield me.

01:10:07He brought me prey

01:10:08and gifts on holidays.

01:10:09He was the only person

01:10:11in that steel and stone world

01:10:12who had ever been kind to me.

01:10:14And when he was ambushed

01:10:15by a rival pack

01:10:16and left gravely wound,

01:10:17I gave him my kidney.

01:10:19I poured the core

01:10:20of my wolf vitality

01:10:21into him without hesitation.

01:10:22Yet, in the end,

01:10:24he was also the one

01:10:25who used alpha authority

01:10:26to send me to Silvermoon

01:10:28penipotentiary

01:10:28with his own hands.

01:10:30Lyra, what is it?

01:10:31Kaylin's deep voice

01:10:32pulled me back

01:10:33to the present.

01:10:34Did you think I forgot

01:10:35your awakenation day?

01:10:36I answered evenly,

01:10:37thank you.

01:10:38Then he handed me

01:10:39another beautifully wrapped box.

01:10:40When I opened it,

01:10:41I found a custom-made

01:10:42red wedding gown

01:10:43for a bonding right.

01:10:46Do you remember

01:10:47telling me as a child

01:10:48that you wanted to wear

01:10:49a red dress

01:10:49when we completed

01:10:50our mate bond?

01:10:51I had it made early.

01:10:53Do you like it?

01:10:54Bitterness filled my throat.

01:10:56Alpha,

01:10:57you remembered wrong.

01:10:59I don't like wedding dresses

01:11:00and I hate red.

01:11:01The headmistress

01:11:02at St. Mary's home

01:11:03once told me

01:11:04she had found me

01:11:04abandoned outside

01:11:05a bridal shop.

01:11:06At the time,

01:11:07I had been wearing

01:11:08an expensive red dress.

01:11:09After I was old enough

01:11:10to remember,

01:11:11every full moon night

01:11:12I would return

01:11:13to bridal shop windows

01:11:14by instinct,

01:11:15wearing red clothes

01:11:17so my people

01:11:17could follow my scent

01:11:18signature

01:11:19and bring me home.

01:11:21Kaylin's eyes tightened.

01:11:22Just like he had years ago,

01:11:23he reached over

01:11:24and ruffled my hair.

01:11:25I'm sorry.

01:11:26I remembered wrong.

01:11:27Come on.

01:11:28I'll take you to dinner.

01:11:29On the drive back,

01:11:30he kept my hand

01:11:31clasped tightly in his.

01:11:32Lyra,

01:11:33why is your scent so faint?

01:11:35Why are you thinner than before?

01:11:36And your leg,

01:11:37he never finished.

01:11:38A shrink ringtone

01:11:40cut through the car.

01:11:41The screen flashed one name,

01:11:43Selina.

01:11:44The moment he answered,

01:11:45panic flooded his face.

01:11:47Turn around.

01:11:47Now,

01:11:48back to the territory.

01:11:49The whole drive back,

01:11:50he spoke into the

01:11:51Comdibescian nonstop,

01:11:52trying to soothe her.

01:11:53When we rushed

01:11:54into the manor grounds,

01:11:55I looked up.

01:11:57Selina stood on the rooftop

01:11:59in a white dress,

01:12:00swaying at the edge.

01:12:01The moment she caught our scent,

01:12:03Selina looked down

01:12:03at us from above.

01:12:04Her face was pale as paper.

01:12:06My sister is back,

01:12:07she whispered.

01:12:08A worthless Omega like me

01:12:10should step aside now.

01:12:12Goodbye?

01:12:13Then she jumped.

01:12:14The Pac-Manon

01:12:14was only one story high.

01:12:16The roof was barely

01:12:16thirty feet above the ground.

01:12:18But when Selina fell,

01:12:19every one of my so-called family

01:12:20moved on instinct.

01:12:21My father,

01:12:22my mother,

01:12:22Chloe,

01:12:23even Kaylin.

01:12:24All of them lodged forward

01:12:25in a frenzy

01:12:25to save the weaker wolf.

01:12:26That night,

01:12:27the scream of ambulance sirens

01:12:29echoed over the territory.

01:12:41Seven years ago,

01:12:42my parents adopted daughter.

01:12:44My younger sister,

01:12:45Selina,

01:12:45a delicate Omega,

01:12:46got drunk,

01:12:47caused a hit and run,

01:12:48and left blood spilled

01:12:49across the human territory border.

01:12:51My alpha father,

01:12:52my luna mother,

01:12:53and my biological younger sister

01:12:55all came to me

01:12:56with the same patronizing plea.

01:12:57Selina is an Omega.

01:12:58She's too fragile for prison.

01:13:00If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:13:02her wolf won't survive it.

01:13:03Lyra,

01:13:04take her place.

01:13:06I refused.

01:13:07But on a stormy night

01:13:08ago,

01:13:08my father used

01:13:09absolute alpha command.

01:13:11He crushed my will,

01:13:12took control of my mind,

01:13:13and personally delivered me

01:13:14to the prison transport.

01:13:15My fiancé,

01:13:16my fated mate,

01:13:17Kaylin,

01:13:17the strongest alpha in the pack,

01:13:19held back his raging wolf era

01:13:20and said to me,

01:13:21Lyra,

01:13:22when you get out,

01:13:23we'll complete the mate bond.

01:13:24Endure

01:13:24these seven years

01:13:26for now.

01:13:28Seven years later.

01:13:29Lyra,

01:13:30once you leave

01:13:31Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:13:32keep your wolf under control

01:13:33and do not look back.

01:13:35I took the mold-smelling

01:13:36canvas bag

01:13:37from the guard's hand

01:13:38and limped through

01:13:39the iron gates,

01:13:40dragging the leg

01:13:41that had been ruined

01:13:41by four silver shackles.

01:13:43A black military SUV

01:13:44waited outside the territory.

01:13:45The window rolled down

01:13:46revealed Kaylin's

01:13:47sharp,

01:13:47striking face.

01:13:48Seven years had passed,

01:13:49and he looked exactly the same.

01:13:51The suffocating pressure

01:13:52of a top-tier alpha

01:13:52still radiated from him.

01:13:54Lyra,

01:13:54instinctively I shrunk back

01:13:55before forcing myself

01:13:56in the passenger seat.

01:13:57In the rearview mirror

01:13:58I caught sight

01:13:59of my own reflection,

01:14:00pale,

01:14:00gaunt,

01:14:01my neck covered in burn scars

01:14:02left by silver weapon.

01:14:04You've suffered

01:14:04these past seven years.

01:14:06I'll keep my promise,

01:14:07Kaylin said.

01:14:08At the next full moon night,

01:14:10I'll officially mark you

01:14:11and make you my Luna.

01:14:12He reached over

01:14:13and covered my rough hand

01:14:14with his.

01:14:15There was no spark,

01:14:16no shiver,

01:14:17no bond.

01:14:17I looked into his

01:14:18golden green eyes,

01:14:19where my withered reflection

01:14:20stared back at him

01:14:21and slowly pulled

01:14:22my hand away.

01:14:23Even the wolf inside me

01:14:25could not be bothered

01:14:25to whimper.

01:14:26Okay.

01:14:28Seven years

01:14:29in Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:14:302,557 days

01:14:32soaked in blood

01:14:33and violence,

01:14:33long enough to see

01:14:34Kaylin and my family

01:14:35for what they truly were.

01:14:36They had never loved me,

01:14:37and I no longer

01:14:37wanted to be his mate.

01:14:38Sensing my indifference,

01:14:39Kaylin let out

01:14:39a low, irritated sound.

01:14:41Selina knows

01:14:42you're coming back today.

01:14:43Her trauma response disorder

01:14:45is acting up again.

01:14:46Your parents and your sister

01:14:48are all at

01:14:48PAC Medical Center

01:14:49calming her down.

01:14:50I closed my eyes.

01:14:51The SUV drove

01:14:52into the heart

01:14:53of Crescent Moon

01:14:54PAC territory.

01:14:55An hour later,

01:14:56we arrived at my home.

01:14:57Only the Beta Butler

01:14:58and a few Omega Solvents

01:14:59were inside the manor.

01:15:00They caught the cheap

01:15:01sour prison smelt

01:15:02clinging to me,

01:15:03and the disgust

01:15:04in their eyes

01:15:04was impossible to hide.

01:15:05My parents loved

01:15:06only Selina.

01:15:07To the servants,

01:15:08I had never been

01:15:09the eldest daughter

01:15:09of this house.

01:15:10The Beta Butler

01:15:11bowed respectfully

01:15:12to Kaylin first.

01:15:13Only then

01:15:14did he turn to me.

01:15:15Miss Lyra,

01:15:16Luna says that

01:15:16now you've returned,

01:15:17you are to stay

01:15:17inside your own

01:15:18sense circle.

01:15:19Do not wander around

01:15:20and disgrace the pack.

01:15:21Disgrace?

01:15:22I had endured

01:15:23seven years of silver burns

01:15:24in Selu's place.

01:15:25How had I become

01:15:26the shameful one?

01:15:27But my expectations

01:15:28had died seven years ago,

01:15:30on that storm-filled night

01:15:31when they used Alpha Command

01:15:32to force my confession.

01:15:34I understand.

01:15:34I turned toward

01:15:35the side entrance.

01:15:36Then Kaylin stiffened,

01:15:38receiving an urgent mind link.

01:15:39His pupils sharpened

01:15:40into slits.

01:15:41Lyra,

01:15:43Selen's scent is weakening.

01:15:44She needs me.

01:15:45Go rest.

01:15:46He did not wait

01:15:47for a reply.

01:15:48He turned at once

01:15:48and disappeared

01:15:49into the night.

01:15:50I limped back

01:15:51to the storage room

01:15:52that belonged to me

01:15:53and curled up

01:15:54on the narrow wooden bed.

01:15:57Late that night,

01:15:58drifting between sleep

01:16:00and exhaustion,

01:16:01I heard voices

01:16:02downstairs in the living room.

01:16:03It was my beta sister,

01:16:05Chloe.

01:16:05Alpha father,

01:16:06Luna mother.

01:16:07Selenna is in terrible

01:16:09shape mentally.

01:16:09Shouldn't we move Lyra

01:16:11out of the manor?

01:16:11If Selenna catches her scent,

01:16:13she'll have another episode.

01:16:14My father sighed

01:16:15but said nothing.

01:16:16My mother answered first.

01:16:17She carries our blood.

01:16:18If we throw her out

01:16:19the moment she gets back

01:16:19from prison,

01:16:20what will the other pack say?

01:16:21Then what are we supposed

01:16:22to do?

01:16:23Chloe paced the room,

01:16:24agitation sharp in her voice.

01:16:25My father finally spoke.

01:16:27When Selen returns,

01:16:29order Lyra to suppress

01:16:30every trace of her scent.

01:16:32She is not to appear

01:16:33in front of Selen.

01:16:34She is not to leave

01:16:34her room for any reason.

01:16:36My eyes stayed shut,

01:16:37but a burning ache

01:16:38rose behind them.

01:16:39Then the custom com device

01:16:41hidden beneath my pillow

01:16:42began to vibrate.

01:16:43An encrypted message.

01:16:45Miss Lyra, congratulations.

01:16:46You have passed the evaluation

01:16:47for the Global Institute

01:16:48for Werewolf

01:16:49and Supernatural Secrecy.

01:16:51Once you accept the contract,

01:16:52you will depart in ten days

01:16:53on the night of the full moon

01:16:55under a new identity

01:16:56for Sanctum Isle

01:16:57on Dominica Island.

01:16:58Your pack identity

01:16:59will be permanently erased.

01:17:00You may not contact

01:17:01any outside wolves

01:17:02for five years.

01:17:03I did not hesitate.

01:17:05On the holographic display,

01:17:07I signed my name.

01:17:08Lyra.

01:17:09I had passed the Institute

01:17:10selection process

01:17:11seven years ago.

01:17:12Before I could take

01:17:13the oath and join,

01:17:14my parents sent me

01:17:15to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

01:17:17Shortly before my release,

01:17:18I applied again.

01:17:19As expected,

01:17:20I passed.

01:17:21Ten days.

01:17:22If I could endure

01:17:23ten more days,

01:17:24I would sever the pack bond

01:17:25tying me to this

01:17:26frozen family forever.

01:17:29The next morning,

01:17:31I washed up

01:17:32and pushed open

01:17:33the warped door.

01:17:34A rich,

01:17:35sugary omega scent

01:17:36flooded the hallway.

01:17:37Selina was back.

01:17:39Dressed in a flowing

01:17:40white gown,

01:17:41she sat in the center

01:17:42of the leather sofa

01:17:43like a princess on display.

01:17:44My alpha father,

01:17:46my luna mother,

01:17:47Chloe,

01:17:47and Kaylin

01:17:48all surrounded her

01:17:49as if she was

01:17:50the center of their world.

01:17:51The beta butler

01:17:53set down an elegant cake.

01:17:54In perfect unison,

01:17:56everyone said,

01:17:56Happy Awakening Day, Selina.

01:17:59Selina smiled sweetly

01:18:00and thanked them all.

01:18:01Then she lifted her chin.

01:18:02I just got out

01:18:03of the sterile recovery room.

01:18:05Did anyone get me

01:18:06something special?

01:18:07My parents and Chloe

01:18:08each presented

01:18:09expensive gifts.

01:18:10Kaylin was reaching

01:18:12for his own

01:18:12when his sharp gaze

01:18:14found me standing

01:18:15in the shadows.

01:18:17Lyra,

01:18:18you're awake.

01:18:18Come here.

01:18:19Celebrate with us.

01:18:20Selina turned toward me,

01:18:21releasing a cloud

01:18:22of innocent pheromones.

01:18:23Sorry, sis.

01:18:24My nerve pain

01:18:25flared up yesterday

01:18:26so I couldn't

01:18:26come pick you up.

01:18:27You're not mad,

01:18:28are you?

01:18:29Before I could answer,

01:18:30Kaylin spoke for me.

01:18:31Lyra isn't petty.

01:18:33She wouldn't blame you.

01:18:34At that,

01:18:35Selina boldly slipped

01:18:36her arm through his

01:18:37and looked straight at me.

01:18:38Since it's my

01:18:39Awakening Day,

01:18:40give me a present too.

01:18:42She smiled.

01:18:43I want Kaylin

01:18:43as my mate.

01:18:44Stealing another wolf's mate

01:18:46was one of the greatest

01:18:47taboons in Pac-Law.

01:18:48Yet after she said it openly,

01:18:50no one in the room object.

01:18:51Every wolf there

01:18:52stayed silent.

01:18:53Their status,

01:18:54their pressure,

01:18:54their authority

01:18:55all pushed toward one thing.

01:18:57My surrender.

01:18:58Rage surged through my blood.

01:19:00I clenched my fists.

01:19:01And if I say no?

01:19:04Selina froze for half a second,

01:19:06then switched to French

01:19:07and whimpered dramatically.

01:19:08I was only joking.

01:19:10I didn't realize

01:19:11my sister's feral instinct

01:19:12was this savage.

01:19:14My Luna mother answered her

01:19:15in the same flawless French.

01:19:16Don't be afraid, Selina.

01:19:18Lyra spent too long

01:19:19out in the wild.

01:19:20Her bloodline is beneath yours.

01:19:22My alpha father

01:19:23released the calming

01:19:24scent of pine.

01:19:25Blood means nothing.

01:19:26Your mother and I

01:19:27have only one true daughter.

01:19:29Chloe joined in

01:19:29without hesitation.

01:19:30That's right, Selina.

01:19:32You're my only sister.

01:19:33I forced down the bitterness

01:19:34rising in my chest

01:19:35and pretended not

01:19:36to understand a word.

01:19:37And instead,

01:19:38I turned to Kaylin.

01:19:39What are they saying?

01:19:40His throat tightened

01:19:41before he answered.

01:19:43Selina said she was joking.

01:19:45Everyone just thinks

01:19:46you're being too sensitive.

01:19:47The room reeked of lies.

01:19:49What none of them knew

01:19:50was that I had understood

01:19:51every word.

01:19:52My Luna mother

01:19:53was a world-renowned painter.

01:19:55My alpha father

01:19:56had once ruled

01:19:56the business world.

01:19:57But ever since

01:19:58they brought me back

01:19:59from St. Mary's home,

01:20:00they despised the habits

01:20:01I had picked up

01:20:02surviving on my own.

01:20:03Every resource,

01:20:05every ounce of love,

01:20:06they gave it all

01:20:07to Selina.

01:20:07Ten years ago,

01:20:08when Selina was accepted

01:20:09into Elite Art Academy,

01:20:11the entire pack celebrated her.

01:20:12What they never knew

01:20:13was that I had been admitted

01:20:14to the most prestigious

01:20:15university in the country.

01:20:16I had also taught myself

01:20:17French, Italian, and Spanish.

01:20:19None of it mattered now.

01:20:20Soon, I would be gone

01:20:21from this territory for good.

01:20:23I just got out

01:20:23of Silver Moon Penitentiary.

01:20:24I want some air

01:20:25outside the territory.

01:20:26You all enjoy the party.

01:20:27Under their contemptuous stares,

01:20:29I dragged my damaged leg

01:20:30towards the door.

01:20:31Behind me,

01:20:32their laughter

01:20:32and French mockery

01:20:33tangled together.

01:20:34Not one of them remembered.

01:20:36Today was my awakening day, too.

01:20:38Once I left the territory,

01:20:39I suppressed my wolf aura

01:20:40and took a bus

01:20:41to downtown Seattle.

01:20:42Because of my prison record,

01:20:43the pack had erased

01:20:44my education

01:20:45and every official file

01:20:46tied to my name.

01:20:46With a ruined leg

01:20:47and no history,

01:20:48I could only find work

01:20:49at a run-down roadside diner.

01:20:51It would be enough

01:20:51to survive the next 10 days.

01:20:54The irony was almost funny.

01:20:56Ever since they brought me

01:20:57back at 15,

01:20:58they had resented me

01:20:59for not being as accomplished

01:21:00as Selina

01:21:00and cut me off completely.

01:21:02I had paid for school,

01:21:03food, and survival

01:21:04by working in the human world.

01:21:06At 11.30 that night,

01:21:07I finished washing

01:21:08the last dish.

01:21:09When I stepped outside,

01:21:11freezing rain hit my face.

01:21:12Then another scent

01:21:13cut through the storm.

01:21:15Cold fur.

01:21:16Powerful.

01:21:16A top-tier alpha.

01:21:18Kalen stepped out

01:21:19of a black SUV

01:21:20and strode straight toward me.

01:21:22Lyra,

01:21:22why have you been gone so long?

01:21:24He grabbed my wrist

01:21:25and pulled me to the car.

01:21:27The rear door

01:21:28was already open.

01:21:30Lyra,

01:21:30happy awakening day.

01:21:31The words hit me like a blow.

01:21:33I stood there,

01:21:34frozen.

01:21:35Kalen's pack and mine

01:21:36had been alive

01:21:37for generations.

01:21:38Our territories

01:21:39shared a border,

01:21:40and our families

01:21:40had been bound

01:21:41by an old promise

01:21:42long before either of us

01:21:43was born.

01:21:44Even after I went missing

01:21:45in Blackwood Forest

01:21:46at the age of two

01:21:47and was not found again

01:21:48until I was 15,

01:21:50bruised and scarred,

01:21:51that ancient agreement

01:21:53never changed.

01:21:54I still remember

01:21:55the first time

01:21:56I saw Kalen

01:21:57after I was brought back.

01:21:58He stood in the sunlight

01:21:59wearing a white shirt,

01:22:01powerful enough

01:22:01to command submission,

01:22:03yet somehow warm

01:22:04at the same time.

01:22:05In that cold territory,

01:22:07he was the only one

01:22:08who never recoiled

01:22:09from the wild scent

01:22:10clinging to me.

01:22:11He used his alpha pressure

01:22:12to shield me.

01:22:13He brought me prey

01:22:14and gifts on holidays.

01:22:16He was the only person

01:22:17in that steel and stone world

01:22:19who had ever been kind to me.

01:22:20And when he was ambushed

01:22:22by a rival pack

01:22:22and left Gravely Island,

01:22:24I gave him an echidna.

01:22:25I poured the core

01:22:26of my wolf vitality

01:22:27into him

01:22:27without hesitation.

01:22:29Yet, in the end,

01:22:30he was also the one

01:22:31who used alpha authority

01:22:32to send me to Silvermoon

01:22:34penipotentiary

01:22:35with his own hands.

01:22:36Lyra, what is it?

01:22:37Kaelin's deep voice

01:22:39pulled me back

01:22:39to the present.

01:22:40Did you think I forgot

01:22:41your awakenation day?

01:22:42I answered evenly,

01:22:43thank you.

01:22:44Then he handed me

01:22:45another beautifully wrapped box.

01:22:46When I opened it,

01:22:48I found a custom-made

01:22:49red wedding gown

01:22:49for a bonding right.

01:22:52Do you remember

01:22:53telling me as a child

01:22:54that you wanted

01:22:54to wear a red dress

01:22:55when we completed

01:22:56our mate bond?

01:22:57I had it made early.

01:22:59Do you like it?

01:23:01Bitterness filled my throat.

01:23:02Alpha,

01:23:03you remembered wrong.

01:23:05I don't like wedding dresses,

01:23:06and I hate red.

01:23:08The headmistress

01:23:08at St. Mary's home

01:23:09once told me

01:23:10she had found me

01:23:11abandoned outside

01:23:11a bridal shop.

01:23:12At the time,

01:23:13I had been wearing

01:23:14an expensive red dress.

01:23:15After I was old enough

01:23:16to remember,

01:23:17every full moon night

01:23:19I would return

01:23:19to bridal shop windows

01:23:20by instinct,

01:23:22wearing red clothes

01:23:23so my people

01:23:24could follow my scent

01:23:25signature

01:23:25and bring me home.

01:23:27Kaelin's eyes tightened.

01:23:28Just like he had years ago,

01:23:30he reached over

01:23:30and ruffled my hair.

01:23:31I'm sorry.

01:23:32I remembered wrong.

01:23:33Come on.

01:23:34I'll take you to dinner.

01:23:35On the drive back,

01:23:36he kept my hand

01:23:37clasped tightly in his.

01:23:39Lyra,

01:23:39why is your scent so faint?

01:23:41Why are you thinner than before?

01:23:42And your leg,

01:23:43he never finished.

01:23:45A shrink ringtone

01:23:46cut through the car.

01:23:47The screen flashed

01:23:48one name,

01:23:49Selina.

01:23:50The moment he answered,

01:23:51panic flooded his face.

01:23:53Turn around.

01:23:54Now,

01:23:54back to the territory.

01:23:55The whole drive back,

01:23:56he spoke into the

01:23:57comdibeshan non-stop,

01:23:58trying to soothe her.

01:23:59When we rushed

01:24:00into the manor grounds,

01:24:01I looked up.

01:24:04Selina stood on the rooftop

01:24:05in a white dress,

01:24:06swaying at the edge.

01:24:07The moment she caught our scent,

01:24:09Selina looked down at us

01:24:10from above.

01:24:10Her face was pale as paper.

01:24:12My sister is back,

01:24:13she whispered.

01:24:14A worthless Omega like me

01:24:16should step aside now.

01:24:18Goodbye?

01:24:19Then she jumped.

01:24:20The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:21one story high.

01:24:22The roof was barely

01:24:23thirty feet above the ground.

01:24:24But when Selina fell,

01:24:25every one of my so-called

01:24:26family moved on instinct.

01:24:27My father,

01:24:28my mother,

01:24:29Chloe,

01:24:29even Kaelin,

01:24:30all of them lodged forward

01:24:31in a frenzy

01:24:31to save the weaker wolf.

01:24:33That night,

01:24:33the scream of ambulance sirens

01:24:35echoed over the territory.

01:24:36The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:38The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:39one story high.

01:24:40one story high.

01:24:41The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:41one story high.

01:24:42The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:42one story high.

01:24:42The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:42one story high.

01:24:43The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:43one story high.

01:24:44The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:44one story high.

01:24:45one story high.

01:24:48The Pac-Manon was only

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