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00:07My father's eyes blazed with a terrifying golden light as he barked the command.
00:13The Alpha Command crushed down on my knees, driving me hard into the mud.
00:18My mother gazed down at me.
00:21Selina is an Omega.
00:22If her wolf enters Silver Moon prison, the Silver will torture her to death.
00:28Lyra, you're the older sister. You go.
00:32My adopted younger sister, an Omega, drove drunk and killed a human.
00:37Yet, my parents wanted me to take the fall.
00:41You killed a human. You must go to prison.
00:45My biological father pinned every ounce of guilt onto me.
00:51I couldn't hold back the tears.
00:52No, I won't. I didn't kill anyone.
00:57Why should I go to prison? I'm your real daughter.
01:00My father's fury erupted.
01:02You don't have a choice!
01:08The pure silver shackles locked tight around my wrists.
01:12My skin sizzled and burned where the metal touched it, searing pain drilling straight into the bones.
01:21Desperately, I looked Kaelin.
01:23He was the strongest Alpha in the pack.
01:26The top-ranked dominant and my fated mate.
01:29He only stared down at me with a cold gaze.
01:37Lyra, go.
01:38When you come out, we'll complete the mate bond.
01:40He reached out and stroked my face.
01:44These seven years, just bear it.
01:47Just this once.
01:51I collapsed into despair, screaming.
01:54No!
02:04Seven years later.
02:06Lyra, now that you're leaving Silvermoon Prison, keep your wolf under control.
02:10Don't look back.
02:15Dragging my ruined leg, I limped out through the Iron Gate.
02:19A car was waiting just beyond the territory boundary.
02:22The window rolled down, and Kaelin's face emerged.
02:28Lyra.
02:30Seven years, and he hadn't changed at all.
02:33I dragged my crippled leg into the car.
02:37In the rearview mirror, I saw my face.
02:40A map of scars seared into the skin by Silver.
02:43You've suffered these seven years.
02:45I'll keep my promise.
02:47At the next full moon, I'll mark you formally.
02:51You'll become my Luna.
02:54Kaelin reached over and laid his hand over my rough, scarred knuckles.
02:58I looked into his gold-green eyes and slowly pulled my hand away.
03:04The wolf inside me couldn't even summon a whimper.
03:09Seven years in Silvermoon Prison had shown me exactly who Kaelin was.
03:18Who my family was.
03:19You don't have a choice!
03:22They had never loved me.
03:25And I no longer had any desire to be his mate.
03:29Sensing my indifference, Kaelin grew irritated.
03:32Selina knew you were coming back today.
03:34Her stress disorder flared up again.
03:36Your whole family is at the Territory Hospital, soothing her.
03:40I closed my eyes.
03:42The SUV drove into the heart of the Crescent Moon Pax territory.
03:47An hour later, we arrived at my home.
03:50Only a Beta housekeeper and a few Omega servants were in the main house.
03:53They caught the inferior scent clinging to me.
03:56And didn't bother to hide their disgust.
03:59The Beta housekeeper offered Kaelin a respectful salute before finally turning to me.
04:05Miss Lyra, the Lunar says that now you're back, you're to stay inside your own scent circle.
04:10Don't wander around.
04:11Don't bring shame to the pack.
04:13Shame.
04:14I'd endured seven years of Silver burning my flesh in Selina's place.
04:18And somehow I was the shame?
04:21But I'd stopped expecting anything from them seven years ago, on that night of thunder and rain.
04:27Understood.
04:29I turned toward the side door.
04:32Kaelin received a mind link.
04:33His pupils snapped vertically.
04:35Lyra, Selina's vital signs are weak.
04:37She needs me.
04:38I'll go check on her.
04:39Get some rest.
04:42With that, he turned and disappeared into the room.
04:50Tonight later, I went back to my assigned space, a storage closet, and curled up on the narrow
04:57wooden cot.
05:00Late at night, drifting between sleep and waking, I heard Chloe, the Beta's younger sister,
05:06speaking downstairs.
05:08Alpha father, Luna mother, Selina's mental state is terrible.
05:12Why don't we move Lyra out of the main house?
05:14Otherwise, Selina will have an episode every time she catches Lyra's scent.
05:18My father sighed, but said nothing.
05:20My mother said, she carries our blood.
05:24If we throw her out the moment she's released from prison, what will the other packs say?
05:29Then what do we do?
05:30Chloe paced anxiously.
05:35My father spoke.
05:37When Selina comes back, order Lyra to suppress all her scent signatures.
05:42She's forbidden from appearing in front of Selina.
05:44She's not allowed to take a single step out of her room.
05:47My eyes were closed, but a searing acidic burn spread deep in their sockets.
05:53Just then, my specialized communicator vibrated.
05:57An encrypted email.
05:59Miss Lyra, congratulations.
06:01You have passed the assessment for the Institute of Paranormal Confidential Research.
06:06Upon acceptance of the contract, you will depart for the sacred grounds of Domica Island under a new identity on
06:12the night of the full moon, seven days from now.
06:15Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
06:18No contact with the outside world for five years.
06:22Without a flicker of hesitation, I signed my name.
06:25Lyra.
06:26I had passed the Institute's assessment seven years ago.
06:29Right before I was thrown into prison instead of joining.
06:32As my release approached, I'd applied again.
06:35I'd passed again, without surprise.
06:38Seven days.
06:39I only had to endure seven more days.
06:41Then I would sever the pack bond completely and leave forever.
06:48The next morning, I walked into the living room.
06:51A thick, clying sweetness hit me.
06:54Omega scent, heavy and dense.
06:56Selena was back.
06:58She sat at the center of the sofa in a pure white dress.
07:01Everyone crowded around her.
07:03The beta housekeeper brought out a cake.
07:06The family spoke and practiced unison.
07:09Happy birthday, Selena.
07:12Selena smiled and thanked everyone, lifting her chin.
07:15I just left the hospital.
07:17Do you have anything special for me?
07:19My parents and sister stepped forward one by one,
07:22offering expensive treasures.
07:25Kaylin was about to present his gift
07:27when he caught sight of me standing in the shadows.
07:31Lyra, you're awake.
07:33Come, celebrate Selena's birthday with us.
07:35Selena turned to me.
07:38Sister, I'm sorry.
07:39My stress disorder flared up yesterday.
07:42I couldn't go pick you up.
07:43You're not angry, are you?
07:45Before I could open my mouth,
07:47Kaylin answered for me.
07:49Lyra isn't that petty.
07:51She won't hold it against you.
07:53Selena took that as permission.
07:56Boldly, she looped her arm throughs and looked straight at me.
07:59Sister, give me a gift too.
08:02I want Kaylin as my mate.
08:05Mate-stealing was taboo among the wolves.
08:08Yet she declared it openly,
08:09and not a single wolf in the room spoke a word against it.
08:13Rage boiled in my blood.
08:15I clenched my fists.
08:17And if I refuse?
08:22Selena's expression stiffened.
08:24She switched to the old wolf tongue,
08:26reserved for pure-blood aristocrats.
08:29I was only joking.
08:30I didn't expect my sister's wolf to be so savage.
08:33My luna mother responded in the same old tongue,
08:36her tone soothing.
08:37Don't be afraid, Selena.
08:38Lyra has been wandering outside too long.
08:40Her bloodline is degraded.
08:41My at-for-father released a calming pinewood scent.
08:44Blood ties don't matter.
08:45Your mother and I only recognize you as our daughter.
08:48Right, Selena.
08:49You're my only sister.
08:50I forced the bitterness down
08:51and pretended I couldn't understand a word of the old tongue.
08:54I turned to Kaylin.
08:56What are they saying?
08:57Kaylin's throat bobbed.
08:59Selena said it was just a joke.
09:01Everyone's telling you not to be so sensitive.
09:03The air reeked of lies.
09:05They had no idea.
09:07I understood every single word.
09:09My mother came from a noble, pure-blood line.
09:13My father ruled over this entire territory.
09:16From the moment they brought me back from the orphanage,
09:19they despised me for carrying too much of the stray's wildness.
09:23Every resource, every drop of love,
09:25they'd poured it all into its Selina.
09:28Ten years ago,
09:29Selina awakened a rare healing-type omega gift.
09:34The entire pack howled at the moon in ecstasy.
09:38What they didn't know was that I'd already passed the blood moon trial by then
09:43and had taught myself the most obscure dialect of the old wolf tongue.
09:48But none of that mattered anymore.
09:50Soon, very soon, I would escape this territory for good.
09:54I just got out of Silvermoon Prison.
09:56I want to go beyond the territory boundary.
09:58Get some air.
09:58You all carry on.
10:00Under their contemptuous stares,
10:02I dragged my ruined leg towards the door.
10:05Their mockery trailed behind me.
10:08Today was my birthday, too.
10:15Beyond the territory,
10:16I suppressed my wolf's scent signature
10:18and took a bus to the lower district of Seattle.
10:20Because of my Silvermoon Prison record,
10:22the pack had erased all my files.
10:24Combined with my crippled leg,
10:26the only work I could find was washing dishes
10:28in a run-down roadside diner,
10:29just enough to survive the next ten days.
10:32At half-past eleven at night,
10:33I finished scrubbing the last plate.
10:35As I stepped out of the diner,
10:37a man climbed out of his car and strode toward me.
10:43Lyra,
10:44why have you been away from the territory so long?
10:46He grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward the vehicle.
10:48The door opened.
10:49On the back seat sat a cake.
10:52Lyra,
10:53happy birthday.
10:56Kalen's pack and mine shared a tight border.
10:59He and I,
11:00the top-ranked Alpha and I,
11:02had been bound by a mate contract since we were pups.
11:06I still remembered the first moment I saw him
11:09after returning to the territory.
11:11He stood in the sunlight,
11:13radiating brilliance.
11:14In that hostile territory,
11:17Kalen was the only one
11:19who never scorned my wild scent.
11:21He would release his Alpha Dominance to shield me.
11:25He brought me gifts on holidays.
11:27He was the only soul in that entire forest
11:30who was good to me.
11:32And in the end,
11:33he was the one who personally sent me to Silvermoon Prison.
11:40Lyra?
11:41What's wrong?
11:42Did you think I forgot your birthday?
11:43Kalen's voice pulled me back.
11:45I answered evenly.
11:48He produced another box.
11:49I lifted the lid.
11:51Inside lay a red dress.
11:53Remember when you were little?
11:55You said you wanted to wear a red dress
11:56when we completed the mate bond.
11:58I had it made in advance.
12:00Do you like it?
12:04Alpha,
12:05you're remembering wrong.
12:07I hate red.
12:08When I was lost as a child,
12:10I'd been wearing a red dress.
12:13Ever since I could form memories,
12:15every full moon night,
12:16I put on red,
12:17hoping my pack could track my visual scent
12:19and bring me home.
12:20Kalen's pupils contracted.
12:22He ruffled my hair.
12:25I'm sorry.
12:27I remembered wrong.
12:28Come on,
12:29I'll take you to a restaurant to celebrate.
12:31On the drive back,
12:32Kalen gripped my hand tightly.
12:37Lyra,
12:37why is your scent so faint?
12:40Why are you thinner than you were seven years ago?
12:42And your leg...
12:44Before he could finish,
12:45the phone rang.
12:46The scream flashed a single word.
12:49Selina.
12:52Kalen answered.
12:54His voice dropped into a frantic grail.
12:56Turn around!
12:57Back to the territory!
13:01The whole way,
13:02he soothed Selina
13:03through the communicator.
13:04By the time we burst back
13:06into the main house,
13:07I looked up.
13:08Selina stood on the roof's edge
13:10of the villa,
13:11still in her white dress.
13:13She looked at us.
13:14Sister's back.
13:16It's time for a defective Omega
13:18like me to step aside.
13:21Goodbye.
13:22Without another word,
13:23she jumped.
13:23The drop from roof to ground
13:25was maybe ten meters.
13:26But when Selina fell,
13:27every single one of my family
13:28lunged forward on pure instinct.
13:32That night,
13:33ambulance sirens wailed
13:34over the territory.
13:38They all went to the hospital.
13:39I went back to my storage closet,
13:42collapsed onto the hard plank bed,
13:43and checked my communicator.
13:4612.20 a.m.
13:48The top-ranked Alpha
13:49had broken his promise.
13:50He hadn't stayed
13:51to celebrate my birthday.
13:52But my wolf
13:54didn't howl in pain.
13:55All I felt
13:56was a vast,
13:57barren emptiness.
13:59I closed my eyes
14:00and sank into sleep.
14:02The next five days,
14:03I worked at the diner.
14:05My family stayed
14:06at the hospital,
14:08wrapping at Selina
14:09in thick layers
14:09of protective scent.
14:11Not one of them
14:12set foot back
14:13in the territory.
14:15Until that day,
14:16the restaurant TV
14:18broadcast the news.
14:19Alpha Kaelin
14:20and Selina
14:21of the Crescent Moon Pack
14:22announced their
14:23binding ceremony.
14:25My pupils snapped
14:26into vertical slits.
14:28That night,
14:30I pushed open
14:30the wooden door
14:31and walked back
14:32into the territory.
14:33They were all there.
14:35At Kaelin's scent,
14:36saturated the living room.
14:38My Luna mother
14:39caught the smell
14:40of Earth on me
14:41and opened her mouth
14:41to scold me.
14:43My Alpha father
14:44silenced her
14:45with a look.
14:46Lyra,
14:47you're finally back.
14:49Selina's Omega Depression
14:50is getting worse.
14:51So we've already
14:52made the decision for you.
14:54We're transferring
14:55your mate bond
14:55to Selina.
14:57You have no objections,
14:58I trust?
14:59They'd already used
15:01their authority
15:01to sever my bond.
15:03Now they stood there
15:04asking for my opinion
15:05as if it meant something.
15:07Alpha,
15:09you agreed to this too?
15:14Kaelin crossed the room
15:15in a few strides
15:16and seized my cold hand.
15:18Selim's only obsession
15:19right now
15:19is completing
15:20the binding ceremony
15:21with me.
15:21Don't worry,
15:22little wolf.
15:23I won't betray you.
15:24I'm just playing along,
15:26going through the motions.
15:27He was about to mark
15:28another she-wolf
15:29and he expected me
15:30to believe
15:30he wouldn't betray me?
15:31I wrenched my hand
15:33from his grip.
15:34Fine.
15:36Do whatever you want.
15:39Something tightened
15:40in At Kaelin's chest.
15:42He reached for me again.
15:45Out Selina
15:46suddenly released
15:47a dense wave
15:48of sorrowful pheromones.
15:52Sister,
15:53if you're not willing
15:54then forget it.
15:55Through her sobs,
15:56she dug her nails
15:57into the back
15:58of her own hand.
15:59Chloe rushed
16:00to stop the self-harm,
16:01then spun around
16:02and bared her fangs
16:03at me with a snarl.
16:05Lyra!
16:06Can't you smell
16:07how sick she is?
16:09Do you need
16:09the whole family
16:10to kneel before you
16:11before you'll give in?
16:14My blood sister.
16:18Brainwashed completely
16:20by this twisted pack.
16:24Her roar dragged me
16:25back to the early days
16:26after I'd returned
16:27to the territory.
16:28At first,
16:29they forced me
16:30to give Selina
16:31the best den.
16:32Then,
16:33seven years ago,
16:34Selina broke
16:35the iron law.
16:36The memories ignited
16:37my rage
16:37past the breaking point.
16:38I met at Chloe's
16:40hostile glares
16:41and let out
16:41a cold laugh.
16:42Fine.
16:43If all of you
16:44kneel and submit to me,
16:46I'll agree to hand over
16:47my mate bond to Selina.
16:48The living room
16:49fell silent.
16:50None of them
16:51had expected
16:52such rebellion from me.
16:53I retreated
16:54to my cramped den.
16:56Late at night,
16:57my communicator buzzed.
16:59Kaelin.
16:59Lyra Selina
17:00once saved my life.
17:02She gave me her kidney,
17:03the primal vitality
17:05of her wolf.
17:06That's why I have
17:06to complete
17:07this binding ceremony
17:08with her.
17:09Alpha,
17:09when you were
17:10gravely wounded,
17:11it was me
17:12who saved you.
17:14I'm the one
17:14who gave you
17:15my kidney.
17:16Silence on the other end.
17:18Then,
17:19Kaelin's cold laugh.
17:20Lyra,
17:21since when did you
17:21learn to lie?
17:22Selina was the one
17:23who saved me.
17:24Your own parents
17:25can swear it on
17:25the pack's name.
17:26You've disappointed
17:27me deeply.
17:28I lay on the freezing
17:29couch,
17:29unable to speak.
17:31Eight years ago,
17:32Kaelin was ambushed
17:33and critically injured.
17:34I didn't hesitate.
17:35I went through
17:36the matching.
17:37I cut away a piece
17:38of myself
17:38and gave it to him.
17:39Now my sacrifice
17:40had been stolen
17:41by that Omega,
17:42and I wasn't even
17:43allowed to prove
17:44it was mine.
17:45After a long silence,
17:47I whispered,
17:48If you don't believe me,
17:49forget it.
17:49I'd already decided
17:50to abandon you
17:51completely anyway.
17:52I cut the connection,
17:53closed my eyes,
17:55slept.
17:58The second to last day.
18:00After my final shift,
18:01I stepped out
18:02of the diner.
18:03That familiar car
18:04was parked outside
18:05the shopping center.
18:07Above Shibon Commercial Street,
18:09fireworks suddenly
18:10burst across the sky.
18:11Alpha Kaelin
18:12loves Lyra forever.
18:14I tilted my head back,
18:16staring at the night sky,
18:17lost for a long moment.
18:19Kaelin trod toward me,
18:21his voice low and soft.
18:23Yesterday was my fault,
18:24but you have to
18:25believe me.
18:26The one I truly love
18:27is you,
18:28so you don't have to lie.
18:31How did he do it?
18:33How did he join forces
18:35with my family again
18:36and again,
18:37tear into me
18:38while pinning to the ground,
18:39and still say he loved me
18:41with a straight face?
18:42He pinched my hollow cheek.
18:44You really are too thin.
18:46Why aren't you eating properly?
18:48I snapped my gaze up.
18:49I spent seven years
18:50surviving Silvermoon Prison,
18:52a place saturated with silver.
18:54My wolf fought just to stay alive.
18:57Did you think I'd have the luxury
18:59of growing a full,
19:00healthy coat?
19:01A violent shover
19:03ran through Kaelin's massive frame.
19:05Maybe just in that second,
19:06it hit him.
19:07He was the one
19:08who had personally
19:09sent me into that hell.
19:10He opened his mouth to speak.
19:12The car door swung open.
19:14Selina's voice drifted out.
19:15Alpha Kaelin,
19:16sister,
19:18don't stand out there.
19:19The cold wind
19:20will damage your wolves.
19:23The last trace of warmth
19:25inside me died.
19:26Kaelin explained,
19:28Selina followed our scent
19:29to come see you.
19:30She says she wants to thank you
19:32for your generosity,
19:33for being willing
19:34to step aside.
19:35He bundled me
19:36into the car.
19:37In the enclosed space,
19:40Selina's gaze fell
19:41on my grease-stained
19:42thread-baked uniform.
19:43Sister,
19:45don't mother and father
19:46have the stewards
19:47send you supplies
19:48every month?
19:49Why are you still doing
19:50menial labor
19:50in a human diner?
19:52It damages
19:53the pack's dignity.
19:54She slipped a gemstone
19:55bracelet off her wrist
19:57and held it out to me.
20:00If you're short
20:01on survival resources,
20:03this bracelet
20:04is worth
20:04three million dollars.
20:06It should buy you
20:07a few good meals.
20:11Three million dollars.
20:13A random toy
20:13thrust to an Omega
20:14was worth three million dollars.
20:16I still remembered
20:17when I'd first
20:17returned to the territory
20:18and wanted to attend
20:19a human high school.
20:20The tuition was only
20:21three thousand dollars.
20:23I begged my Luna mother.
20:24Lyra, do I owe you something?
20:26I gave you life.
20:28You should be grateful.
20:30Why are you always
20:31so ungrateful?
20:32After that,
20:33I never asked this territory
20:34for a single scrap
20:35of meat again.
20:36The so-called
20:37steward supplies
20:38were nothing but a lie.
20:39They tilted their hearts
20:40to the extreme
20:41long ago.
20:42Look at your glossy,
20:43perfect coat.
20:44Now look at me,
20:45covered in scars.
20:46I smacked
20:47the Offerford bracelet away.
20:50Reign in your Omega pheromones.
20:53Stop putting on an act
20:54in front of me.
20:54I'm not that naive
20:56fifteen-year-old pup anymore.
20:58At fifteen,
20:59I'd yearned desperately
21:00for a pack bond
21:01with Aunt Selina.
21:02She framed me instead.
21:03Every cruel thing she did,
21:05she pinned on me.
21:06By the time I realized
21:07what was happening,
21:08the entire pack
21:09had branded me an outsider.
21:11My rebuke sent tears
21:12rolling down Selina's cheeks,
21:15the air filled
21:16with a heartbreaking,
21:17pleading scent.
21:18The moment Aunt Kalen
21:19smelled it,
21:20he pulled Selina
21:21under the shelter
21:21of his chest
21:22and snared at me.
21:24Lyra!
21:25Selina meant well.
21:26It's fine if you
21:27don't want the bracelet.
21:28There's no need
21:28to say something
21:29so vicious.
21:30Right.
21:31This was the male
21:32who claimed he loved me
21:34from the deepest
21:34part of his soul.
21:36The moment there
21:36was any friction
21:37between me and Selina,
21:39he always took her side.
21:41Every single time.
21:42Alpha,
21:42if someone throws
21:43a piece of rotting meat
21:44at a starving wolf
21:45as charity,
21:46must the wolf swallow it
21:47and wag its bay
21:48in gratitude?
21:49Even crushed beneath
21:50your feet,
21:51my wolf has pride
21:52worth dying for.
21:53Kalen was struck silence.
21:56Beside him,
21:57Selina's breathing
21:57suddenly grew rapid
21:59and shallow.
22:00She let out
22:00a fragile whimmer.
22:02I'm sorry.
22:03It's my fault.
22:05Don't blame sister.
22:06Kalen barked
22:07at the driver.
22:08Quick!
22:09Turn around.
22:10Get to the
22:10Territory Hospital.
22:11Lyra,
22:11your wolf showed
22:12too much savagery
22:13just now.
22:14You can walk back
22:15on your own.
22:16The car door
22:17shut in my face.
22:19I was left discarded
22:20on the freezing street.
22:22I watched the taillights
22:23vanish
22:23and my heart
22:24felt nothing.
22:25No pain
22:26of being abandoned
22:27by my mate.
22:27Nothing at all.
22:30I dragged
22:31my ruined leg
22:32back to the
22:33Territory Main House.
22:34The villa
22:35was unusually lively.
22:37My Luna mother
22:38laughed.
22:41The night
22:42after tomorrow's
22:43full moon,
22:44Selina's binding ceremony.
22:46I looked at them.
22:47Sorrow welled up
22:48from deep inside me.
22:49They had truly
22:50given every scrap
22:51of love to that Omega.
22:52Tomorrow night
22:53at nine o'clock
22:54the extraction vehicle
22:55would arrive.
22:56After that,
22:57I'd have no need
22:57for any blood plines
22:59ever again.
22:59The night after tomorrow
23:00was Selina and
23:01Kaelin's binding day.
23:02Chloe threw them
23:03a wild pre-celebration
23:04party.
23:05The next morning,
23:06since my storage closet
23:07had no water source,
23:08I had to drag my leg
23:09out to wash up.
23:11Passing the living room,
23:12I saw the young wolves
23:13playing a game.
23:14Selina and Kaelin
23:15sat in the center
23:16of it all.
23:17Alpha, you lost!
23:18Truth or dare?
23:20Kaelin leaned back lazily.
23:21Dare.
23:22Kiss Selina in front
23:23of everyone
23:24one full minute!
23:26The young Alpha
23:27suddenly caught sight
23:28of me at the edge
23:28of the room.
23:29His grin widened.
23:31How about this?
23:32Pick any she-wolf
23:32in this room
23:33and kiss her
23:34for one minute.
23:35Lyra!
23:36Weren't you the one
23:36who was most obsessed
23:38with the Alpha?
23:39He's about to mark
23:40someone else.
23:41Why not share
23:42one last kiss with him?
23:43One last desperate
23:44memory to cling to?
23:46Kaelin stood up.
23:47Step by step,
23:48he walked toward me.
23:49Kaelin!
23:50There are too many
23:51people here.
23:52I'm about to make
23:53Selina my Luna.
23:54I can't humiliate her.
23:55You understand,
23:56don't you?
23:57I made a quiet
23:58sound of assent
23:59and turned toward
23:59the washroom.
24:00Behind me,
24:01I heard the wet sounds
24:02of Kaelin and Selina's
24:03mouths meeting
24:04and the wolves
24:05excited howls.
24:07In this game
24:07where I was always
24:08the option to be discarded,
24:09I truly had to thank him
24:11for finally letting me go.
24:15Night fell.
24:16Kaelin lit up
24:17the entire territory sky
24:19with fireworks
24:19for Selina.
24:21He tracked my scent
24:22and called me
24:23into the shadows.
24:25Lyra,
24:26once the full moon
24:27comes tomorrow
24:27and Selina and I
24:28finish the false
24:29binding ceremony,
24:29we can finally
24:30be together properly.
24:33I opened my dry throat.
24:37I'm sorry.
24:39I won't.
24:40Before I could finish,
24:41At Chloe came running,
24:42howling.
24:43Kaelin!
24:44Come quick!
24:45Game time!
24:46Kaelin called back
24:48an acknowledgement
24:49then turned to me.
24:51What were you saying?
24:52You want what?
24:53I gave a bitter smile.
24:56Nothing.
24:58Go.
25:00Revel with your pack.
25:01Kaelin squeezed
25:03my ice-cold fingers.
25:05Once tomorrow's ceremony
25:06is over,
25:07all of this will be over.
25:09He turned and strode back
25:11toward the clamorous light.
25:12I watched his back
25:14in silence.
25:15Yes.
25:16All ties
25:17were over.
25:20All the wolves
25:21flocked to Selina's
25:22lavish room.
25:23Alone,
25:24I slipped into the shadows
25:25of the main house
25:26and checked my communicator.
25:287.15pm.
25:30One hour and 45 minutes left.
25:33I washed my body
25:35with cold water,
25:36scrubbing every last trace
25:37of the territory's scent
25:38from my fur.
25:40The mirror reflected
25:41a body mapped
25:42with burn scars
25:43and whip marks
25:44from Silver Moon Prison.
25:46I put on the cleanest clothes
25:47I'd managed to keep
25:48all these years.
25:49Then I waited.
25:51The last hour.
25:52I looked around the den
25:53that had trapped me
25:54for so many years.
25:55A few ragged clothes.
25:57One thin blanket.
26:01A diary and a photo frame
26:02on the desk.
26:03I threw away
26:05every old belonging.
26:06I picked up
26:07the photo frame.
26:09Inside was a group portrait
26:10of two families
26:11taken 12 years ago
26:13just after I'd returned
26:15to the territory.
26:16That photo
26:17had once held
26:18every desperate hope
26:19I'd had for this pack.
26:21Now I tore it to pieces
26:23and dropped it
26:23in the trash.
26:25Finally,
26:25I opened the diary.
26:28December 6, 2016.
26:30Sunny.
26:32I returned
26:32to the territory today.
26:34I met my Alpha
26:35and Luna.
26:36I have a home now.
26:37I'm not a stray anymore.
26:40April 1, 2017.
26:43Overcast.
26:44No food
26:45or money
26:46was allocated to me.
26:47I have to hunt
26:48for myself.
26:50July 7,
26:51Twaineed,
26:522018.
26:53Sunny.
26:54I traded my prey
26:56for a necklace.
26:57My little sister
26:58didn't like it.
26:59I need to earn more.
27:01Buy her something
27:02better next time.
27:04I turned
27:05to the last entry
27:06written the night
27:07before I was sent
27:08to prison.
27:09Only one line.
27:11This pack
27:11doesn't love me.
27:12Not at all.
27:16A long forgotten
27:18burn rose
27:18behind my eyes.
27:20I picked up a pen
27:22and,
27:22using the old
27:23wolf tongue,
27:24wrote my final words.
27:27I'm leaving
27:28Alpha,
27:29Luna.
27:32Before I go,
27:33my wolf
27:34truly cannot understand.
27:36If you despised
27:38my so much,
27:39why did you search
27:39for me in the forest
27:40all those years ago?
27:43When other strays
27:45find their birth parents,
27:46they're met with
27:47endless acceptance
27:48and love.
27:49But for me,
27:50the moment you found me
27:52was the moment
27:53you found me
27:54wasn't I truly
27:55lost my parents.
27:57Chloe,
27:58you said you only
27:59recognized Salima
28:01as your sister.
28:02Today,
28:03I grant you that wish.
28:06Kaylin,
28:07you said after
28:08the false binding
28:09ceremony,
28:10we could be together again.
28:11I'm sorry.
28:13My wolf
28:14is already dead.
28:16I won't wait
28:17for you anymore.
28:18May your bond
28:19prove unbreakable.
28:20I am abandoning
28:22this territory forever.
28:23Through I-Grease
28:24per Ousmensli,
28:25we will never
28:26see each other again.
28:28I finished writing,
28:30laid the diary
28:31flat on the desk,
28:32and pulled the prison
28:33medical records
28:34from my bag.
28:38I set them down
28:40on top of the diary.
28:41The scan image
28:43was unmistakable.
28:44My body contained
28:45only one kidney.
28:46The clock struck nine.
28:49I grabbed my canvas bag
28:51and limped out
28:52of the territory.
28:54Behind me,
28:55lights blazed
28:56and the pack's revelry
28:57shook the ground.
28:58Ahead of me,
29:00several matte black
29:01military armored vehicles
29:03crowd silently
29:04in the dark.
29:05without a flicker
29:06of hesitation,
29:07I stepped across
29:08the territory boundary
29:09and walked towards
29:10my new life.
29:15Engines roared to life.
29:16The convoy pulled away
29:18swiftly,
29:19swallowing me
29:19into the boundless night.
29:24The next day,
29:25to the sound of long,
29:27drawn-out wolf howls,
29:31Selina and Kaylin's
29:32mating ceremony
29:33officially began.
29:37My Luna mother
29:38swept her gaze around
29:39and couldn't pick up
29:40Lyra's scent.
29:41She frowned
29:42and growled,
29:43Chloe,
29:44where is Lyra?
29:45If she's absent,
29:46the other packs
29:47will talk.
29:47Go!
29:48Drag Lyra out here.
29:51I'll get her.
29:53Which den
29:54is she sleeping in?
29:56The storage closet.
29:58Every dominant wolf
29:59present went still.
30:01My alpha father's
30:02brown frontaled
30:03in confusion.
30:05Why would Lyra
30:06sleep in a storage closet?
30:08The servant shook.
30:10When Miss Lyra
30:12was first brought back,
30:13there was no suitable den.
30:16The Luna said
30:17she would stay
30:17in the storage closet
30:18temporarily.
30:20That temporarily
30:20had lasted 12 years.
30:23An ugly flush
30:24rose on my
30:25Luna mother's face.
30:27She masked her guilt
30:28with a surge
30:29of dominance.
30:31Selina,
30:32dressed in pure
30:33white silk
30:33ceremonial robes,
30:35released a
30:35clining wave
30:36of pheromones.
30:37Our storage closet
30:38is still better
30:39than fighting wild dogs
30:40for scraps in the forest
30:41like she used to.
30:43Sister shouldn't feel
30:44too wronged,
30:45should she?
30:46A thread of dissonance
30:48flickered through
30:48at Chloe's heart.
30:51Frowning,
30:52she walked toward
30:53the renected corner
30:54at the end of the corridor.
30:58The heavy wooden door
30:59creaked open.
31:01No warm scent
31:02of packmates.
31:04Only dust
31:05and mildew.
31:07Lyra's bed
31:08was pushed against
31:08a row of rusted
31:09shelving.
31:10Beside it
31:12sat an abandoned
31:13water tank.
31:14Topped with
31:15a battered
31:16desk lamp,
31:17a yellow diary,
31:18and a stack
31:19of medical documents.
31:25Lyra wasn't there.
31:28Chloe's heart
31:29began to pound.
31:30She walked
31:31to the water tank.
31:32With trembling hands,
31:34she picked up
31:34the diary
31:35and the medical reports.
31:38Alpha Father!
31:40Luna Mother!
31:42Sister isn't
31:43in the territory,
31:44but she left
31:45these behind!
31:47Alpha Father
31:48moved to investigate,
31:49but the sound
31:50of an SUV engine
31:51and the crushing
31:52weight of a top
31:53plea Alpha's
31:53dominance
31:54rolled in
31:55from outside.
31:58Kaelin had arrived.
32:00My Luna Mother
32:01spoke first.
32:03She's probably
32:03just throwing
32:04a tantrum
32:05and ran off
32:05to the boundary.
32:09Chloe!
32:10Put those things
32:11down and come out!
32:13The Alpha
32:13is here for Selina!
32:17Alpha Father
32:18hesitated,
32:19then suppressed
32:20his unease
32:21and turned
32:22to go out.
32:24The main hall.
32:26At Kaelin
32:27stood in the center,
32:28holding a bouquet.
32:29His face
32:30showed no trace
32:31of joy.
32:32His optory
32:33senses were
32:34filtering the air
32:34with frantic intensity.
32:36Nothing.
32:37No trace
32:38of Lyra's scent.
32:39His brow
32:40furled hard.
32:43Where is Lyra?
32:46Jealousy
32:46flashed through
32:47Lena's eyes.
32:48Kaelin,
32:49sister probably
32:51couldn't handle
32:51the stimulation.
32:53She ran out
32:54of the territory.
32:55My Luna Mother
32:55echoed her.
32:56Alpha,
32:57we failed
32:58to domesticate
32:59Lyra's wildness.
33:01Forgive us.
33:02Kaelin's wolf
33:03growled in agitation.
33:04He pulled out
33:05his communicator
33:06and messaged Lyra.
33:08Why is your wolf
33:09still so childish?
33:10Where the hell
33:11did you run off to?
33:13No response.
33:14Not through
33:15Mind Link.
33:16Not through
33:17the communicator.
33:18Chloe emerged,
33:20clutching the diary
33:20and the medical reports.
33:22She'd only glanced
33:23at the report
33:24but what she saw
33:25made her blood run cold.
33:27Why was Lyra's body
33:28in such terrible condition?
33:30Why did she only
33:31have one kidney?
33:35She had already
33:36ordered her deputy
33:37to launch a full
33:39investigation into
33:40Lyra's seven years
33:41in Silvermoon prison.
33:44Selina broke
33:45the silence,
33:46looping her arm
33:47through Kaelin's.
33:48Alpha,
33:49our mating ceremony
33:50is about to start.
33:51Sister left.
33:53So she left.
33:54Chloe and Alpha
33:55father both frowned
33:56Selina didn't care
33:57in the slightest
33:57whether Lyra lived
33:59or died.
34:02A false binding ceremony
34:03doesn't need
34:04to go that far.
34:05You just wanted
34:06to wear the wedding dress
34:07and walk into
34:07the moon temple.
34:09Kaelin's voice
34:09was cold.
34:10Let's go.
34:11Get it done.
34:13He pulled his arm
34:15free and strode
34:16out of the main house
34:16carrying a freezing
34:17area with him.
34:22Because it was
34:23a false ceremony,
34:24Kaelin had invited
34:25no guests.
34:27The temple stood
34:28empty except for
34:29the Alpha family
34:30and an elder
34:31to officiate.
34:32Selina finally
34:33shattered.
34:38This isn't what
34:39I wanted at all!
34:45Lyra left,
34:46so what?
34:47You still have me!
34:50Am I so inferior
34:52to that stray wild wolf?
34:54She's been to prison?
34:55How could she possibly
34:56be worthy of you?
34:58Selina,
35:00you threatened
35:01to kill yourself.
35:02You jumped off the roof.
35:04That's the only reason
35:05I agreed to this
35:06sham of a ceremony.
35:08Now we've done
35:09what you asked,
35:10I'm going to find Lyra.
35:18He fixed his eyes
35:19on her hard.
35:20And don't you forget,
35:21Lyra went to
35:22Silvermoon prison
35:23in your place.
35:25Every wolf present
35:26turned to stone.
35:28Selina let out
35:29a piercing shriek.
35:31From somewhere
35:32on her person,
35:33she drew a silver-coated
35:34blade and pressed
35:35it to her own throat.
35:38I don't care!
35:40What makes Lyra
35:41better than me?
35:42When you were dying
35:43from your wounds,
35:45all those years ago,
35:46I was the one
35:47who gave you
35:48my kidney!
35:52My Luna mother
35:54lunged to grab the knife.
35:55Selina,
35:56don't do anything
35:57reckless.
36:01Kaelin is the only
36:02mate I want.
36:04Why can't I have him?
36:06It's all Lyra's fault.
36:08She deserves to die!
36:11Her hysterical curses
36:12echoed through the temple.
36:13The scene spiraled
36:14completely out of control.
36:22It ended with an ambulance.
36:23His palm was severely burned
36:25from wrestling the blade
36:26from her grip barehanded.
36:29He sat in the ambulance,
36:30calling and messaging Lyra
36:32like a man possessed.
36:33Lyra,
36:34the false binding ceremony
36:35is over.
36:36Where are you?
36:37Don't let anger cloud
36:37your reason.
36:38Let me come find you,
36:39all right?
36:40But Lyra's message
36:41and her face
36:42remained dead silent.
36:44Territory hospital,
36:46outside the operating room,
36:48ignoring the blood
36:48still seeping
36:49from her own wound,
36:50my Luna mother
36:51anxiously instructed
36:52the healer,
36:53My daughter is a fragile Omega.
36:55She has depression.
36:56She's missing a kidney.
36:58Be gentle
36:58when you stitch her wound.
36:59Ma'am,
37:00we've done a full body scan.
37:02Her body is perfectly healthy.
37:05She is not missing a kidney.
37:07What did you say?
37:14My Alpha father
37:15unleashed a crushing wave
37:16of dominance.
37:17The nurse,
37:18pinned by the pressure,
37:20repeated every word.
37:21Both Alpha and Luna
37:23stared,
37:23stunned,
37:24and disbelieving.
37:25At that moment,
37:27Chloe was staring
37:28at the data
37:28her deputy had sent,
37:30medical records
37:31matching the ones
37:32Lyra had left behind,
37:33along with two segments
37:34of blurry surveillance footage.
37:37The first clip,
37:38Lyra and Kaelin
37:39wheeled side by side
37:41into the operating room,
37:42an organ transplant.
37:43The second clip,
37:44the dim interior
37:45of Silvermoon Prison,
37:47Lyra being servidually
37:48torn into,
37:49beaten and tormented
37:50by a group
37:50of powerful she-wolves.
37:52How dare they do this
37:54to the blood daughter
37:55of the Alpha!
37:57Alpha father gave orders!
37:59Kaelin sent supplies!
38:01How could this have happened?!
38:07The mastermind behind it all
38:09was Selene.
38:13She couldn't hold it in
38:14any longer,
38:14but her parents
38:15had already vanished
38:16from sight.
38:17Gripping the diary,
38:18she ran frantically
38:19through the hospital.
38:20She found Selene's room
38:21and shoved the door open.
38:22Alpha father,
38:23Luna mother,
38:23please read what
38:24your eldest daughter
38:25left behind first.
38:26She flipped
38:27to the final pages.
38:28Lyra has always understood
38:29the old wolf tongue.
38:30Every word we used
38:30to exclude her,
38:31she heard and understood
38:32every single one.
38:33The blood in both Alpha
38:34and Luna seemed
38:35to freeze solid.
38:38Alpha father
38:38snatched the diary.
38:40He read it,
38:41word by word,
38:43his breathing growing
38:44heavier and more ragged.
38:46Chloe turned a cold stare
38:48on Selene.
38:49Selene,
38:49the person who gave
38:50Kaelin her kidney
38:51all those years ago?
38:52It was never you,
38:53was it?
38:54Selene went sorged
38:55the guilt that flink
38:57across her face
38:57made the last shred
38:58of hope in E.
38:59Chloe's heart
39:00collapse into rubble.
39:01Why did you cut off
39:02the survival supplies
39:03mother and father
39:04sent to Lyra?
39:06Why did you bribe
39:07the prison guards
39:08to torture her
39:09inside the prison?
39:10Selene released
39:11a weak pulse of pheromones,
39:13fending bewilderment.
39:14What are you talking about?
39:17The two Alpha and Luna,
39:18having finished the ginery,
39:19walked over.
39:20Chloe gave the order
39:21to her deputy.
39:23Bring them in.
39:27Five minutes later,
39:29the deputy entered
39:30with the prison guard,
39:31a financial official,
39:32and a heavyset,
39:34brutal-looking
39:34she-wolf convict.
39:44At the same moment,
39:46he stepped into the room,
39:48radiating a frigid,
39:49sharp,
39:49fear-forest scent.
39:51His face
39:52was a frozen mask
39:53of slaughter.
39:56His piercing gaze
39:57pinned her pale face
39:59in place.
40:00As Lyra's mate,
40:01I also have the absolute
40:02right to scent out
40:03the truth behind
40:04all of this.
40:05Selene turned ghost white.
40:08Kaelin,
40:10what truth?
40:11I don't understand
40:12a single thing
40:13you're all saying.
40:14Selene,
40:15you're still trying
40:16to deceive us,
40:17even now?
40:18How many times
40:19over the years
40:19have you slandered Lyra?
40:21Chloe's voice
40:22voice rose sharply.
40:23Do I need to sniff out
40:24every filthy thing
40:25you've done?
40:26Right here in front
40:27of the Alpha?
40:28Selene collapsed
40:29to the floor,
40:30eyes red.
40:32Chloe,
40:34I'm your real sister.
40:35How can you speak
40:36to me like this?
40:37Chloe's laugh
40:38was ice.
40:39Then have you forgotten?
40:40Lyra is the eldest sister
40:41who shares the same
40:42blood as me!
40:43Selene began
40:44to hyperhentilate,
40:46putting on the full
40:46performance of a
40:47stress-induced episode.
40:49My Luna mother's
40:50blind,
40:51protective instinct
40:52surge again.
40:53Enough!
40:54Are you trying
40:55to drive your sister
40:56to her death?
41:01Mom,
41:02you're still defending her?
41:04Do you even know
41:05who your real pup is
41:06anymore?
41:07But Chloe grabbed
41:08the medical records
41:09and records.
41:10Lyra has only one
41:11kidney inside her body.
41:13She's the one
41:14who truly saved
41:15Kaelin's life.
41:17Lyra's near-death
41:18reports from
41:19Silvermoon Prison,
41:20all of it
41:21was caused
41:22by deliberate,
41:23malicious assault!
41:26She lived in this
41:27territory for 12 years.
41:29We never gave her
41:30a drop of love.
41:31Instead,
41:32we despised her
41:34and exiled her
41:34because of Selene's lies.
41:37Selene's depression
41:38is a complete fabrication.
41:42She laid down
41:43the most damning evidence,
41:45the scan showing
41:46the leaner's
41:47two perfectly healthy kidneys
41:49and a psychological report
41:50confirming she was
41:52mentally stable
41:52with antisocial
41:54personality tendencies.
41:56The silent
41:57Kaelin
41:57finally moved.
42:00He unleashed
42:01a terrifying wave
42:02of alpha dominance.
42:07Chloe,
42:08give me Lyra's reports.
42:11critical condition notices,
42:13x-rays,
42:14blood-stained medical photographs.
42:16He turned them over
42:17one by one
42:18when he reached
42:20the full-body injury chart.
42:21Her arms,
42:22her stomach,
42:23her back,
42:24her thighs,
42:25barely a patch
42:25of unbroken skin.
42:27Every inch covered
42:27in bite marks
42:28and silver-burned scars.
42:30The top-the-earth
42:31held rationality set.
42:32He lunged at
42:33Atzelena,
42:34towering over her.
42:41Tell me,
42:42what did you do
42:43to my mate?
42:44Selina,
42:45how dare you
42:46torture her like this?
42:47With no more room
42:49to hide,
42:50Selina laughed,
42:52twisted.
42:55She looked at
42:56my Luna mother.
42:59Mommy,
43:00it hurts.
43:02Chloe threw herself
43:04in front of their mother.
43:06Stop your performance.
43:07For all these years,
43:08you used our sympathy.
43:10You used our mother's love
43:11and turned her into a blade,
43:13stabbing it over and over
43:15into her own
43:15biological daughter's heart.
43:17Selina,
43:17you're vicious
43:18beyond comprehension.
43:19Don't you understand?
43:21What you've done
43:22will leave this family
43:23drowning in irredeemable regret
43:25for the rest of our lives.
43:27Selina turned to Alpha Father.
43:30Daddy,
43:32you've always loved me the most.
43:34Alpha Father clutched
43:35the diary so hard
43:36it crumpled.
43:37In agony,
43:38he averted his eyes.
43:39In that moment,
43:40Selina lost
43:41every chip she had left.
43:43Her gaze went hollow.
43:45She breathed out the words,
43:46light as ash.
43:47I just wanted Lyra to die.
43:49That's all.
43:50Nothing more.
43:52Selina!
43:53Kaelin's voice sounded like
43:55it was ripped from a torn throat.
43:58Confess
43:59every single one of your crimes.
44:02Every word.
44:04Now.
44:06Alpha Father spoke,
44:08his voice heavy with grief.
44:13Kaelin.
44:15I will give you an accounting.
44:17But before that,
44:18you should read what Lyra left for you.
44:21What she wrote at the end.
44:23Numbly,
44:24Kaelin took the diary.
44:25He turned to the last page,
44:27so,
44:27the day he kissed Selina
44:30in front of everyone,
44:31that was when,
44:32Lyra had already
44:33given up completely.
44:35And he had arrogantly believed,
44:37that after the false binding ceremony,
44:40he could still have her.
44:44Kaelin pressed the diary hard
44:46against his chest,
44:47under the eyes
44:48of everyone present,
44:50the coldest,
44:51most ruthless
44:51top-tier Alpha,
44:53finally showed a face
44:54of utter devastation.
44:55A tear of remorse
44:57slipped silently
44:58from his eye.
44:59Selina was still crying.
45:02I didn't mean it.
45:04I was just scared
45:05of losing you.
45:06No.
45:07Kaelin said,
45:08his eyes held no mercy,
45:10only deathly stillness.
45:12You didn't mean it?
45:13Then who did?
45:15Lyra,
45:16who you framed
45:17and sent to prison?
45:19Or me,
45:21who you played
45:22like a puppet
45:22in your palm?
45:25Selina,
45:26you had everything.
45:28The Alpha and Luna
45:29doted on you.
45:30The entire pack
45:31treated you
45:32like a treasure.
45:33Lyra's return
45:34never once shook
45:35your position.
45:36Then what about you?
45:38Selina tore off
45:39her mask completely.
45:40Did her existence
45:42never shake my place
45:43in your heart?
45:44The question
45:45made Kaelin's breath
45:46stop cold.
45:51See?
45:53Your wolf
45:54already answered
45:55for you.
45:57Selina's lips
45:58curled in bitter
45:58mockery.
46:00After Lyra
46:01came back,
46:02you changed.
46:03The way you
46:03looked at her,
46:04it was pure
46:05possessiveness.
46:06How could I not
46:07be jealous?
46:08How could I not
46:10hate her
46:10to the marrow
46:11of my bones?
46:12So I had to
46:13make her disappear.
46:19I had to make
46:21her rot
46:22in that filthy
46:23prison
46:24until nothing
46:25was left!
46:28Kaelin stared
46:29at this stranger
46:30wearing an
46:31Omega's face.
46:32All that remained
46:33in his eyes
46:34was despair.
46:36Selina laughed
46:37and sobbed
46:38in the same breath.
46:40It's all that
46:41bitch Lyra's fault
46:42anyway!
46:43Why did she
46:44have to come
46:45back?
46:48Her very existence
46:50kept reminding me
46:52I'm nothing
46:53but a cheap
46:54counterfeit!
46:58A violent slap
46:59exploded
47:00through the room.
47:01Selina clutched
47:02her swollen cheek,
47:03staring in disbelief
47:04at the Alpha Father
47:05who had once
47:06treasured her
47:06above all else.
47:08Alpha Father's
47:09face was dark.
47:10A tidal wave
47:11of regret
47:12crashed over him.
47:13Alpha Father!
47:16Selina tried
47:17to stir
47:18whatever pity
47:18remained.
47:19Alpha Father!
47:22You are no longer
47:23worthy of using
47:24that title.
47:25to defile
47:26the honor
47:27of an Alpha.
47:28Alpha Father's
47:29eyes were rimmed
47:30red.
47:30What we owe Lyra,
47:31we will repay.
47:33What you owe her,
47:34you will repay
47:35in blood!
47:37Kaelin, I...
47:38Selina turned
47:40to him.
47:40Shut your mouth.
47:42You're not worthy
47:42of calling me
47:43that anymore.
47:45Is there truly
47:46no mercy left?
47:48You still think
47:49this is just
47:50a small matter?
47:51Kaelin's laugh
47:52was colder
47:52than death.
47:56Isn't it?
47:57Lyra only spent
47:59seven years
47:59in prison!
48:00She's not even
48:01dead!
48:02Selina shrieked.
48:08her entire body
48:10is covered
48:11in scars
48:12from the wolves
48:13you paid
48:13to tear into her!
48:15Kaelin roared.
48:19So what?
48:20She deserved it!
48:27The sound of
48:28breaking bone
48:29was stark
48:30and piercing
48:30in the room.
48:32Kaelin's wolf claws
48:33closed around
48:34at Selina's wrist.
48:35With horrifying force,
48:37he crushed
48:37the bones.
48:43At the same moment,
48:44aboard a plane
48:45bound for Dominica.
48:46I stared blankly
48:48out the window
48:48into the pitch-black sky.
48:50Those gray
48:51myothams
48:52had all become
48:53the dust behind me.
48:59This aircraft
49:00is scheduled
49:01to arrive
49:01in Dominica
49:02in five minutes.
49:04The announcement
49:05echoed
49:06through the cabin.
49:08I cast the past
49:09away completely.
49:11Looking at
49:12the brightening
49:12coastline,
49:13the corner
49:14of my mouth
49:14curved
49:15into a wild,
49:16free arc.
49:22Dominica.
49:23I had arrived.
49:24I was about
49:25to meet my new life.
49:27Six years passed
49:28in the blink
49:28in an eye.
49:29Kaelin
49:29and the crescent
49:30moon pack
49:31still hadn't found
49:32a single trace
49:33of me.
49:35When a soul
49:36resolves to vanish
49:37from the territory,
49:38even the moon
49:39goddess herself
49:40struggles to track it.
49:43Kaelin had
49:44wasted away,
49:45visibly.
49:46The communicator
49:48on his desk
49:48buzzed.
49:51He rubbed
49:52his exhausted
49:53brow and answered.
49:59Alpha,
50:00Selina's mental state
50:01has collapsed
50:02completely.
50:02every day
50:04she tears
50:04into herself
50:05like a rabid
50:05animal.
50:08Her wolf
50:08has gone
50:08feral.
50:09The doctors
50:10recommend
50:10transferring her
50:11to a psychiatric
50:12institution.
50:13This time,
50:14is it real
50:15or another
50:17performance?
50:19Kaelin's voice
50:20was frozen
50:21steel.
50:23It's real.
50:25Her wolf's spirit
50:26has atrifriated
50:26from prolonged terror.
50:28Fine.
50:29I'll send
50:30the transport.
50:33Kaelin cut
50:34the call
50:34without mercy.
50:35Over these
50:36six years,
50:37he had arranged
50:38for Selina
50:39to receive
50:40special attention
50:40inside the prison.
50:42Every single
50:43agony I had
50:44endured in
50:44Silvermoon prison,
50:46she had tasted
50:47every one of them
50:48in full measure.
50:50The crescent
50:51moonpack
50:52had maintained
50:52a deathly
50:53silence
50:53about it.
50:54Kaelin dropped
50:55his gaze
50:55to the photo
50:56on his desk,
50:57the photo
50:58of me
50:58just after
50:59my release.
51:00Gone,
51:00skeletal,
51:02expressionless.
51:03Which forest
51:03are you hiding
51:04in, Lyra?
51:06He traced
51:06the brow
51:07and eyes
51:07in the photograph.
51:08Infinite
51:09regret
51:09soaked
51:10his voice.
51:10I know
51:11that making
51:11everyone
51:12who hurt
51:12you
51:12taste
51:12the same
51:13pain
51:13is the
51:13only
51:14true
51:14apology.
51:15But if
51:16you never
51:16come back,
51:17how do I
51:18return the
51:18soul I owe
51:19you?
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