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Rebirth From Betrayal
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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 Silvermoon prison, the Silver will torture her to death.
00:27Lyra, 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.
00:50I 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.
01:21Deathly, I looked Kaelin.
01:23He was the strongest Alpha in the pack.
01:25The top-ranked dominant and my fated mate.
01:28He only stared down at me with a cold gaze.
01:37Lyra, go.
01:38When you come out, we'll complete the mate bond.
01:41He reached out and stroked my face.
01:44These seven years, just bear it.
01:47Just this once.
01:50I 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.
02:23The window rolled down, and Kaelin's face emerged.
02:28Lyra.
02:29Seven years, and he hadn't changed at all.
02:33I dragged my crippled leg into the car.
02:37In the rear-view mirror, I saw my face.
02:40A map of scars seared into the skin by silver.
02:44You'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.
02:53Kaelin 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.
03:17Who 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.
03:28Sensing 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, and 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 Luna 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.
04:13I'd endured seven years of silver burning my flesh in Selina's place, and 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 wooden cot.
05:00Late at night, drifting between sleep and waking, I heard Chloe, the Beta's younger sister, speaking 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.
05:17My 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?
05:28Then 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.
06:19No contact with the outside world for five years.
06:22Without a flicker of hesitation, I signed my name.
06:25Lyra.
06:25I had passed the Institute's assessment seven years ago, right before I was thrown into prison instead of joining.
06:32As my release approached, I'd applied again.
06:34I'd passed again, without surprise.
06:37Seven days.
06:38I 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.
06:53Omega scent, heavy and dense.
06:56Selina was back.
06:57She 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.
07:05The family spoke and practiced unison.
07:09Happy birthday, Selina.
07:12Selina 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, offering expensive treasures.
07:25Kaylin was about to present his gift when he caught sight of me standing in the shadows.
07:30Lyra, you're awake.
07:32Come, celebrate Selina's birthday with us.
07:35Selina 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, Kaylin answered for me.
07:49Lyra isn't that petty.
07:51She won't hold it against you.
07:53Selina took that as permission.
07:55Boldly, she looped her arm throughs and looked straight at me.
07:58Hey, sister, give me a gift too.
08:02I want Kaylin as my mate.
08:05Mate-stealing was taboo among the wolves, yet she declared it openly, and not a single
08:10wolf in the room spoke a word against it.
08:13Rage boiled in my blood.
08:15I clenched my fists.
08:17And if I refuse?
08:22Selina's expression stiffened.
08:24She switched to the old wolf tongue, reserved for pure-blood aristocrats.
08:29I was only joking.
08:30I didn't expect my sister's wolf to be so savage.
08:32My Luna mother responded in the same old tongue, her tone soothing.
08:37Don't be afraid, Selina.
08:38Lyra has been wandering outside too long.
08:40Her bloodline is degraded.
08:41My Atva 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, Selina.
08:49You're my only sister.
08:50I forced the bitterness down and 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.
08:59Selina 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.
09:15From the moment they brought me back from the orphanage, they'd despised me for carrying too much of the stray's
09:22wildness.
09:23Every resource, every drop of love, they'd poured it all into its Selina.
09:28Ten years ago, Selina 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.
09:47But none of that mattered anymore.
09:50Soon, very soon, I would escape this territory for good.
09:54I just got out of Silvermoon Prison.
09:55I want to go beyond the territory boundary, get some air.
09:58You all carry on.
10:00Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my ruined leg towards the door.
10:04Their mockery trailed behind me.
10:08Today was my birthday, too.
10:14Beyond the territory, I suppressed my wolf's scent signature and took a bus to the lower district of Seattle.
10:20Because of my Silvermoon Prison record, the pack had erased all my files.
10:24Combined with my crippled leg, the only work I could find was washing dishes in a run-down roadside diner,
10:29just enough to survive the next ten days.
10:31At half-past eleven at night, I finished scrubbing the last plate.
10:35As I stepped out of the diner, a man climbed out of his car and strode toward me.
10:43Lyra, why have you been away from the territory so long?
10:45He grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward the vehicle.
10:48The door opened.
10:49On the back seat sat a cake.
10:53Lyra, happy birthday.
10:55Kaylin's pack and mine shared a tight border.
10:58He and I, the top-ranked Alpha and I, had been bound by a mate contract since we were pups.
11:05I still remembered the first moment I saw him after returning to the territory.
11:11He stood in the sunlight, radiating brilliance.
11:14In that hostile territory, Kaylin was the only one who 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 who was good to me.
11:32And in the end, he was the one who personally sent me to Silvermoon Prison.
11:40Lyra, what's wrong?
11:42Did you think I forgot your birthday?
11:43Kaylin's voice pulled me back.
11:45I answered evenly.
11:47He 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 when we completed the mate bond.
11:58I had it made in advance.
12:00Do you like it?
12:05Alpha, you're remembering wrong.
12:07I hate red.
12:08When I was lost as a child, I'd been wearing a red dress.
12:12Ever since I could form memories, every full moon night I put on red,
12:16hoping my pack could track my visual scent and bring me home.
12:20Kaylin's pupils contracted.
12:21He ruffled my hair.
12:25I'm sorry.
12:26I remembered wrong.
12:28Come on, I'll take you to a restaurant to celebrate.
12:31On the drive back, Kaylin gripped my hand tightly.
12:36Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
12:40Why are you thinner than you were seven years ago?
12:42And your leg?
12:43Before he could finish, the phone rang.
12:46The screen flashed a single word.
12:48Selina.
12:52Kaylin answered.
12:53His voice dropped into a frantic grail.
12:56Turn around!
12:56Back to the territory!
13:01The whole way, he soothed Selina through the communicator.
13:04By the time we burst back into the main house, I looked up.
13:08Selina stood on the roof's edge of the villa, still in her white dress.
13:12She looked at us.
13:14Sister's back.
13:16It's time for a defective Omega like me to step aside.
13:20Goodbye.
13:21Without another word, she jumped.
13:23The drop from roof to ground was maybe 10 meters.
13:25But when Selina fell, every single one of my family lunged forward on pure instinct.
13:32That night, ambulance sirens wailed over the territory.
13:37They all went to the hospital.
13:39I went back to my storage closet, collapsed onto the hard plank bed, and checked my communicator.
13:4612.20 a.m.
13:47The top-ranked Alpha had broken his promise.
13:50He hadn't stayed to celebrate my birthday.
13:52But my wolf didn't howl in pain.
13:55All I felt was a vast, barren emptiness.
13:59I closed my eyes and sank into sleep.
14:02The next five days, I worked at the diner.
14:05My family stayed at the hospital, wrapping at Selina in thick layers of protective scent.
14:11Not one of them set foot back in the territory.
14:14Until that day, the restaurant TV broadcast the news.
14:19Alpha Kaelin and Selina of the Crescent Moon Pack announced their binding ceremony.
14:24My pupils snapped into vertical slits.
14:28That night, I pushed open the wooden door and walked back into the territory.
14:33They were all there.
14:35At Kaelin's scent, saturated the living room.
14:38My Luna mother caught the smell of Earth on me and opened her mouth to scold me.
14:42My Alpha father silenced her with a look.
14:46Lyra, you're finally back.
14:49Selina's Omega depression is getting worse.
14:51So we've already made the decision for you.
14:54We're transferring your mate bond to Selina.
14:56You have no objections, I trust?
14:59They'd already used their authority to sever my bond.
15:03Now they stood there asking for my opinion as if it meant something.
15:08Alpha, you agreed to this too?
15:14Kaelin crossed the room in a few strides and seized my cold hand.
15:17Selim's only obsession right now is completing the binding ceremony with me.
15:21Don't worry, little wolf.
15:22I won't betray you.
15:24I'm just playing along, going through the motions.
15:26He was about to mark another she-wolf and he expected me to believe he wouldn't betray me?
15:31I wrenched my hand from his grip.
15:34Fine.
15:36Do whatever you want.
15:39Something tightened in At Kaelin's chest.
15:42He reached for me again.
15:45Out Selina suddenly released a dense wave of sorrowful pheromones.
15:52Sister, if you're not willing, then forget it.
15:54Through her sobs, she dug her nails into the back of her own hand.
15:59Chloe rushed to stop the self-harm, then spun around and bared her fangs at me with a snarl.
16:05Lyra!
16:06Can't you smell how sick she is?
16:09Do you need the whole family to kneel before you before you'll give in?
16:14My blood sister.
16:18Brainwashed completely by this twisted pack.
16:24Her roar dragged me back to the early days after I'd returned to the territory.
16:28At first, they forced me to give Selina the best den.
16:32Then, seven years ago, Selina broke the iron law.
16:35The memories ignited my rage past the breaking point.
16:38I met at Chloe's hostile glares and let out a cold laugh.
16:42Fine.
16:43If all of you kneel and submit to me, I'll agree to hand over my mate bond to Selina.
16:48The living room fell silent.
16:50None of them had expected such rebellion from me.
16:53I retreated to my cramped den.
16:56Late at night, my communicator buzzed.
16:59Kaelin.
16:59Lyra, Selina once saved my life.
17:02She gave me her kidney, the primal vitality of her wolf.
17:05That's why I have to complete this binding ceremony with her.
17:09Alpha, when you were gravely wounded, it was me who saved you.
17:13I'm the one who gave you my kidney.
17:16Silence on the other end.
17:18Then, Kaelin's cold laugh.
17:20Lyra, since when did you learn to lie?
17:22Selina was the one who saved me.
17:24Your own parents can swear it on the pack's name.
17:26You've disappointed me deeply.
17:28I lay on the freezing couch, unable to speak.
17:30Eight years ago, Kaelin was ambushed and critically injured.
17:34I didn't hesitate.
17:35I went through the matching.
17:36I cut away a piece of myself and gave it to him.
17:39Now my sacrifice had been stolen by that Omega, and I wasn't even allowed to prove it was mine.
17:45After a long silence, I whispered,
17:47If you don't believe me, forget it.
17:49I'd already decided to abandon you completely anyway.
17:52I cut the connection, closed my eyes, slept.
17:58The second to last day.
18:00After my final shift, I stepped out of the diner.
18:03That familiar car was parked outside the shopping center.
18:07Above Shibon Commercial Street, fireworks suddenly burst across the sky.
18:11Alpha Kaelin loves Lyra forever.
18:13I tilted my head back, staring at the night sky, lost for a long moment.
18:19Alpha Kaelin trod toward me, his voice low and soft.
18:23Yesterday was my fault, but you have to believe me.
18:26The one I truly love is you, so you don't have to lie.
18:31How did he do it?
18:33How did he join forces with my family again and again,
18:37tear into me while pinning to the ground,
18:39and still say he loved me with a straight face?
18:42He pinched my hollow cheek.
18:44You really are too thin.
18:46Why aren't you eating properly?
18:47I snapped my gaze up.
18:49I spent seven years surviving 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 of growing a full, healthy coat?
19:01A violent shover ran through Kaelin's massive frame.
19:05Maybe, just in that second, it hit him.
19:07He was the one who had personally sent me into that hell.
19:10He opened his mouth to speak.
19:12The car door swung open.
19:13Selina's voice drifted out.
19:15Alpha Kaelin, sister, don't stand out there.
19:19The cold wind will damage your wolves.
19:23The last trace of warmth inside me died.
19:26Kaelin explained.
19:28Selina followed our scent to come see you.
19:30She says she wants to thank you for your generosity,
19:33for being willing to step aside.
19:35He bundled me into the car.
19:37In the enclosed space,
19:39Selina's gaze fell on my grease-stained, thread-baked uniform.
19:43Sister,
19:45don't mother and father have the steward send you supplies every month?
19:48Why are you still doing menial labor in a human diner?
19:52It damages the pack's dignity.
19:54She slipped a gemstone bracelet off her wrist
19:56and held it out to me.
20:00If you're short on survival resources,
20:03this bracelet is worth three million dollars.
20:06It should buy you a few good meals.
20:11Three million dollars.
20:12A random toy thrust to an Omega was worth three million dollars.
20:16I still remembered when I'd first returned to the territory
20:18and wanted to attend a human high school.
20:20The tuition was only three thousand dollars.
20:22I 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 so ungrateful?
20:31After that,
20:33I never asked this territory for a single scrap of meat again.
20:36The so-called steward supplies were nothing but a lie.
20:39They tilted their hearts to the extreme long ago.
20:42Look at your glossy, perfect coat.
20:44Now look at me, covered in scars.
20:46I smacked the Offerford bracelet away.
20:50Reign in your Omega pheromones.
20:52Stop putting on an act in front of me.
20:54I'm not that naive 15-year-old pup anymore.
20:57At 15,
20:59I'd yearned desperately for a pack bond with Aunt Selina.
21:01She framed me instead.
21:03Every cruel thing she did, she pinned on me.
21:06By the time I realized what was happening,
21:08the entire pack had branded me an outsider.
21:11My rebuke sent tears rolling down Selina's cheeks,
21:14the air filled with a heartbreaking, pleading scent.
21:18The moment Aunt Kaylin smelled it,
21:20he pulled Selina under the shelter of his chest
21:22and snared at me.
21:24Lyra!
21:25Selina meant well.
21:26It's fine if you don't want the bracelet.
21:28There's no need to say something so vicious.
21:30Right.
21:31This was the male who claimed he loved me
21:33from the deepest part of his soul.
21:36The moment there was any friction between me and Selina,
21:39he always took her side.
21:40Every single time.
21:42Alpha, if someone throws a piece of rotting meat
21:44at a starving wolf as charity,
21:45must the wolf swallow it and wag its bay in gratitude?
21:48Even crushed beneath your feet,
21:51my wolf has pride worth dying for.
21:53Kaylin was struck silence.
21:56Beside him, Selina's breathing suddenly grew rapid and shallow.
21:59She let out a fragile whimmer.
22:01I'm sorry.
22:03It's my fault.
22:04Don't blame sister.
22:06Kaylin barked at the driver.
22:08Quick!
22:09Turn around.
22:09Get to the Territory Hospital.
22:11Lyra, your wolf showed too much savagery just now.
22:14You can walk back on your own.
22:16The car door shut in my face.
22:19I was left discarded on the freezing street.
22:22I watched the taillights vanish,
22:23and my heart felt nothing.
22:25No pain of being abandoned by my mate.
22:27Nothing at all.
22:30I dragged my ruined leg back to the Territory main house.
22:34The villa was unusually lively.
22:37My Luna mother laughed.
22:41The night after tomorrow's full moon,
22:43Selina's binding ceremony.
22:45I looked at them.
22:46Sorrow welled up from deep inside me.
22:49They had truly given every scrap of love to that Omega.
22:52Tomorrow night at 9 o'clock,
22:54the extraction vehicle would arrive.
22:56After that,
22:56I'd have no need for any blood plines ever again.
22:59The night after tomorrow was Selina and Kaylin's binding day.
23:02Chloe threw them a wild pre-celebration party.
23:05The next morning,
23:06since my storage closet had no water source,
23:08I had to drag my leg out to wash up.
23:10Passing the living room,
23:12I saw the young wolves playing a game.
23:14Selina and Kaylin
23:15sat in the center of it all.
23:17Alpha, you lost!
23:18Truth or dare?
23:19Kaylin leaned back lazily.
23:21Dare.
23:22Kiss Selina in front of everyone one full minute!
23:25The young Alpha suddenly caught sight of me at the edge of the room.
23:29His grin widened.
23:31How about this?
23:31Pick any she-wolf in this room and kiss her for one minute.
23:34Lyra!
23:35Weren't you the one who was most obsessed with the Alpha?
23:38Alpha? He's about to mark someone else.
23:41Why not share one last kiss with him?
23:43One last desperate memory to cling to?
23:45Kaylin stood up.
23:47Step by step, he walked toward me.
23:49Kaylin...
23:50There are too many people here.
23:52I'm about to make Selina my Luna.
23:54I can't humiliate her.
23:55You understand, don't you?
23:57I made a quiet sound of a scent and turned toward the washroom.
24:00Behind me, I heard the wet sounds of Kaylin and Selina's mouths meeting, and the wolves' excited howls.
24:06In this game where I was always the option to be discarded, I truly had to thank him for finally
24:12letting me go.
24:15Night fell.
24:16Kaylin lit up the entire territory sky with fireworks for Selina.
24:20He tracked my scent and called me into the shadows.
24:25Lyra, once the full moon comes tomorrow and Selina and I finish the false binding ceremony, we can finally be
24:30together properly.
24:33I opened my dry throat.
24:37I'm sorry.
24:38I won't.
24:40Before I could finish, At-Chloe came running, howling.
24:43Kaylin!
24:44Come quick!
24:45Game time!
24:47Kaylin called back an acknowledgement, then turned to me.
24:50What were you saying?
24:51You want what?
24:53I gave a bitter smile.
24:56Nothing.
24:58Go.
25:00Revel with your pack.
25:01Kaylin squeezed my ice-cold fingers.
25:04Once tomorrow's ceremony is over, all of this will be over.
25:09He turned and strode back toward the clamorous light.
25:12I watched his back in silence.
25:15Yes.
25:16All ties were over.
25:19All the wolves flocked to Selina's lavish room.
25:23Alone, I slipped into the shadows of the main house and checked my communicator.
25:287.15pm.
25:30One hour and 45 minutes left.
25:33I washed my body with cold water, scrubbing every last trace of the territory's scent from
25:39my fur.
25:40The mirror reflected a body mapped with burn scars and whip marks from Silver Moon Prison.
25:45I put on the cleanest clothes I'd managed to keep all these years.
25:49Then I waited.
25:50The last hour.
25:52I looked around the den that had trapped me for so many years.
25:55A few ragged clothes.
25:57One thin blanket.
26:00A diary and a photo frame on the desk.
26:03I threw away every old belonging.
26:06I picked up the photo frame.
26:09Inside was a group portrait of two families, taken 12 years ago, just after I'd returned
26:14to the territory.
26:16That photo had once held every desperate hope I'd had for this pack.
26:21Now, I tore it to pieces and dropped it in the trash.
26:24Finally, I opened the diary.
26:28December 6, 2016.
26:30Sunny.
26:31I returned to the territory today.
26:34I met my Alpha and Luna.
26:36I have a home now.
26:37I'm not a stray anymore.
26:40April 1, 2017.
26:43Overcast.
26:44No food or money was allocated to me.
26:47I have to hunt for myself.
26:50July 7, 20, 2018.
26:53Sunny.
26:54I traded my prey for a necklace.
26:57My little sister didn't like it.
26:59I need to earn more.
27:01Buy her something better next time.
27:04I turned to the last entry.
27:06Written the night before I was sent to prison.
27:09Only one line.
27:10This pack doesn't love me.
27:12Not at all.
27:16A long forgotten burn rose behind my eyes.
27:20I picked up a pen and, using the old wolf tongue,
27:24wrote my final words.
27:27I'm leaving, Alpha.
27:29Luna.
27:32Before I go,
27:33my wolf truly cannot understand.
27:36If you despised my so much,
27:38why did you search for me in the forest all those years ago?
27:43When other strays find their birth parents,
27:46they're met with endless acceptance and love.
27:48But for me,
27:50the moment you found me
27:52was the moment you found me
27:54wasn't I truly lost my parents.
27:57Chloe,
27:58you said you only recognized Salima as your sister.
28:02Today,
28:03I grant you that wish.
28:06Kaelin,
28:07you said after the false binding ceremony
28:10we could be together again.
28:11I'm sorry.
28:13My wolf is already dead.
28:15I won't wait for you anymore.
28:18May your bond prove unbreakable.
28:20I am abandoning this territory forever.
28:23Through I-Grease Per-Ous-Mensley,
28:25we will never see each other again.
28:28I finished writing,
28:30laid the diary flat on the desk,
28:31and pulled the prison medical records from my bag.
28:38I set them down on top of the diary.
28:41The scan image was unmistakable.
28:44My body contained only one kidney.
28:46The clock struck nine.
28:49I grabbed my canvas bag
28:51and limped out of the territory.
28:53Behind me,
28:55lights blazed
28:56and the pack's revelry shook the ground.
28:58Ahead of me,
28:59several matte black military armored vehicles
29:02crouched silently in the dark.
29:05Without a flicker of hesitation,
29:07I stepped across the territory boundary
29:09and walked towards my new life.
29:14Engines roared to light.
29:16The convoy pulled away swiftly,
29:19swallowing me into the boundless night.
29:24The next day,
29:25to the sound of long,
29:26drawn-out wolf howls,
29:31Selina and Kaylin's mating ceremony
29:32officially began.
29:37My Luna mother swept her gaze around
29:39and couldn't pick up Lyra's scent.
29:41She frowned and growled,
29:43Chloe,
29:44where is Lyra?
29:45If she's absent,
29:46the other packs will talk.
29:47Go!
29:48Drag Lyra out here.
29:50I'll get her.
29:53Which den is she sleeping in?
29:56The storage closet.
29:58Every dominant wolf present went still.
30:01My alpha father's brown frontaled in confusion.
30:05Why would Lyra sleep in a storage closet?
30:07The servant shook.
30:10When Miss Lyra was first brought back,
30:13there was no suitable den.
30:15The Luna said she would stay
30:17in the storage closet temporarily.
30:19That temporarily had lasted 12 years.
30:23An ugly flush rose on my Luna mother's face.
30:27She masked her guilt with a surge of dominance.
30:31Selina, dressed in pure white silk ceremonial robes,
30:35released a clining wave of pheromones.
30:37Our storage closet is still better
30:39than fighting wild dogs for scraps in the forest
30:41like she used to.
30:43Sister shouldn't feel too wronged,
30:45should she?
30:46A thread of dissonance flickered
30:48throughout Chloe's heart.
30:51Frowning,
30:52she walked toward the renected corner
30:54at the end of the corridor.
30:58The heavy wooden door creaked open.
31:01No warm scent of packmates.
31:04Only dust and mildew.
31:06Lyra's bed was pushed against a row of rusted shelving.
31:10Beside it sat an abandoned water tank,
31:14topped with a battered desk lamp,
31:17a yellowed diary,
31:18and a stack of medical documents.
31:25Lyra wasn't there.
31:28Chloe's heart began to pound.
31:29She walked to the water tank.
31:32With trembling hands,
31:33she picked up the diary and the medical reports.
31:38Alpha Father!
31:40Luna Mother!
31:42Sister isn't in the territory,
31:44but she left these behind!
31:47Alpha Father moved to investigate,
31:49but the sound of an SUV engine
31:51and the crushing weight of a top-plea Alpha's dominance
31:54rolled in from outside.
32:02She's probably just throwing a tantrum
32:05and ran off to the boundary.
32:08Chloe!
32:10Put those things down and come out!
32:13The Alpha is here for Selina!
32:17Alpha Father hesitated,
32:19then suppressed his unease
32:21and turned to go out.
32:24The main hall.
32:26At Kaelin stood in the center,
32:28holding a bouquet.
32:29His face showed no trace of joy.
32:32His optory senses were filtering the air
32:34with frantic intensity.
32:36Nothing.
32:37No trace of Lyra's scent.
32:39His brow furled hard.
32:43Where is Lyra?
32:45Jealousy flashed through Lina's eyes.
32:48Kaelin.
32:49Sister probably couldn't handle the stimulation.
32:53She ran out of the territory.
32:54My Luna Mother echoed her.
32:56Alpha.
32:57We failed to domesticate Lyra's wildness.
33:01Forgive us.
33:02Kaelin's wolf growled in agitation.
33:04He pulled out his communicator
33:06and messaged Lyra.
33:08Why is your wolf still so childish?
33:10Where the hell did you run off to?
33:12No response.
33:14Not through Mindlink.
33:16Not through the communicator.
33:18Chloe emerged,
33:19clutching the diary and the medical reports.
33:22She'd only glanced at the report
33:24but what she saw made her blood run cold.
33:27Why was Lyra's body in such terrible condition?
33:30Why did she only have one kidney?
33:35She had already ordered her deputy
33:37to launch a full investigation
33:39into Lyra's seven years in Silvermoon Prison.
33:44Selina broke the silence,
33:46looping her arm through Kaelin's.
33:48Alpha,
33:48our mating ceremony is about to start.
33:51Sister left.
33:52So she left.
33:54Chloe and Alpha father both frowned Selina
33:56and he didn't care in the slightest
33:57whether Lyra lived or died.
34:01A false finding ceremony
34:03doesn't need to go that far.
34:05You just wanted to wear the wedding dress
34:07and walk into the Moon Temple.
34:09Kaelin's voice was cold.
34:10Let's go.
34:11Get it done.
34:13He pulled his arm free
34:15and strode out of the main house
34:16carrying a freezing area with him.
34:21Because it was a false ceremony,
34:24Kaelin had invited no guests.
34:27The temple stood empty
34:29except for the Alpha family
34:30and an elder to officiate.
34:32Selina finally shattered.
34:38This is what I wanted at all!
34:45Lyra left, so 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 be worthy of you?
34:58Selina,
35:00you threatened to kill yourself.
35:02You jumped off the roof!
35:04That's the only reason
35:05I agreed to this sham of a ceremony.
35:08Now we've done what you asked,
35:10I'm going to find Lyra.
35:17He fixed his eyes on her hard.
35:20And don't you forget,
35:21Lyra went to Silvermoon Prison
35:23in your place.
35:25Every wolf present turned to stone.
35:28Selina let out a piercing shriek.
35:31From somewhere on her person,
35:33she drew a silver-coated blade
35:34and pressed it to her own throat.
35:38I don't care!
35:39What makes Lyra better than me?
35:42When you were dying from your wounds
35:44all those years ago,
35:46I was the one who gave you my kidney!
35:52My Luna mother lunged to grab the knife.
35:55Selina,
35:56don't do anything reckless.
35:58Stay back!
35:59Stay back!
36:01Kaylin is the only mate I want.
36:04Why can't I have him?
36:06It's all Lyra's fault.
36:08She deserves to die!
36:10Her hysterical curses echoed through the temple.
36:13The scene spiraled completely out of control.
36:21It ended with an ambulance.
36:23His palm was severely burned
36:25from wrestling the blade
36:26from her grip barehanded.
36:28He sat in the ambulance,
36:30calling and messaging Lyra
36:32like a man possessed.
36:33Lyra,
36:34the false finding ceremony is over.
36:36Where are you?
36:36Don't let anger cloud your reason.
36:38Let me come find you, alright?
36:40But Lyra's message interface
36:41remained dead silent.
36:44Territory hospital.
36:46Outside the operating room.
36:47Ignoring the blood still seeping
36:49from her own wound,
36:50my Luna mother anxiously instructed the healer.
36:52My daughter is a fragile Omega.
36:54She has depression.
36:56She's missing a kidney.
36:57Be gentle when 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?
37:13My Alpha father unleashed
37:15a crushing wave of dominance.
37:17The nurse,
37:18pinned by the pressure,
37:19repeated every word.
37:21Both Alpha and Luna stared,
37:23stunned,
37:24and disbelieving.
37:25At that moment,
37:27Chloe was staring at the data
37:28her deputy had sent,
37:30medical records
37:31matching the ones Lyra
37:32had 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
37:40into the operating room,
37:42an organ transplant.
37:43The second clip,
37:44the dim interior
37:45of Silvermoon Prison,
37:46Lyra being servidually torn into,
37:49beaten and tormented
37:50by a group of powerful she-wolves.
37:52How dare they do this
37:54to the blood daughter
37:54of 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.
38:12She couldn't hold it in any longer,
38:14but her parents had already
38:16vanished from sight.
38:17Gripping the diary,
38:18she ran frantically
38:19through the hospital.
38:20She found Selene's room
38:20and shoved the door open.
38:22Alpha father,
38:22Luna mother,
38:23please read what your eldest daughter
38:25left behind first.
38:26She flipped to the final pages.
38:28Lyra has always understood
38:28the old wolf tongue.
38:29Every word we used to exclude her,
38:31she heard and understood
38:32every single one.
38:32The blood in both Alpha and Luna
38:35seemed to freeze solid.
38:37Alpha father snatched the diary.
38:40He read it word by word,
38:42his breathing growing heavier
38:44and more ragged.
38:46Chloe turned a cold stare
38:47on Selene.
38:48Selene,
38:49the person who gave Kaelin
38:50her kidney all those years ago?
38:52It was never you, was it?
38:54Selene went sorged.
38:55The guilt that flinked
38:57across her face
38:57made the last shred of hope
38:58in E. Chloe's heart
38:59collapse into rubble.
39:01Why did you cut off?
39:02The survival supplies
39:03mother and father sent to Lyra.
39:06Why did you bribe the prison guards
39:08to torture her inside the prison?
39:10Selene released a weak pulse
39:12of pheromones,
39:13fending bewilderment.
39:14What are you talking about?
39:16The two, Alpha and Luna,
39:18having finished the ginery,
39:19walked over.
39:20Chloe gave the order
39:21to her deputy.
39:22Bring them in.
39:27Five minutes later,
39:29the deputy entered
39:29with the prison guard,
39:30a financial official,
39:32and a heavyset,
39:33brutal-looking she-wolf convict.
39:44At the same moment,
39:46he stepped into the room,
39:47radiating a frigid,
39:49sharp,
39:49fear-forest scent.
39:51His face was a frozen mask
39:53of slaughter.
39:55His piercing gaze
39:57pinned her pale face in place.
39:59As Lyra's mate,
40:01I also have the absolute right
40:03to scent out the truth
40:04behind all 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,
40:14you're still trying
40:16to deceive us,
40:16even now?
40:17How many times
40:18over the years
40:19have you slandered Lyra?
40:21Chloe's voice rose sharply.
40:23Do I need to sniff out
40:24every filthy thing you've done?
40:26Right here in front of the Alpha?
40:28Selene collapsed to the floor,
40:30eyes red.
40:32Chloe,
40:33I'm your real sister.
40:35How can you speak
40:36to me like this?
40:37Chloe's laugh was ice.
40:38Then have you forgotten?
40:40Lyra is the eldest sister
40:41who shares the same blood as me!
40:43Selene began to hyperhentilate,
40:45putting on the full performance
40:47of a stress-induced episode.
40:49My Luna mother's blind,
40:51protective instinct surge again.
40:53Enough!
40:54Are you trying to drive
40:55your sister to her death?
41:01Mom,
41:02you're still defending her?
41:04Do you even know
41:05who your real pup is anymore?
41:07But Chloe grabbed
41:08the medical records and records.
41:10Lyra has only one kidney
41:11inside her body.
41:13She's the one
41:14who truly saved Kaelin's life.
41:17Lyra's near-death reports
41:18from Silvermoon Prison,
41:20all of it,
41:21was caused
41:21by deliberate,
41:23malicious assault.
41:26She lived in this territory
41:28for 12 years.
41:29We never gave her
41:30a drop of love.
41:31Instead,
41:32we despised her
41:33and exiled her
41:34because of Selene's lies.
41:36Selene's depression
41:38is a complete fabrication.
41:42She laid down
41:43the most damning evidence,
41:45the scan showing
41:46Selene's two perfectly
41:48healthy kidneys
41:48and a psychological report
41:50confirming she was
41:51mentally stable
41:52with antisocial
41:54personality tendencies.
41:56The silent Kaelin
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
42:19the full-body injury chart,
42:21her arms,
42:22her stomach,
42:23her back,
42:24her thighs,
42:24barely a patch
42:25of unbroken skin,
42:26every inch covered
42:27in bite marks
42:28and silver-burned scars.
42:30The top clear
42:30felt rationality set.
42:32He lunged at Selene,
42:33towering over her.
42:41Tell me,
42:42what did you do
42:43to my mate?
42:44Selene,
42:45how dare you
42:46torture her like this?
42:47With no more room
42:48to hide,
42:50Selene laughed,
42:52twisted.
42:55She looked at
42:56my Luna mother.
42:59Mommy,
43:00it hurts.
43:02Chloe threw herself
43:03in front of their mother.
43:05Stop 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
43:14into her own
43:15biological daughter's heart.
43:16Selene,
43:17you're vicious
43:17beyond comprehension.
43:19Don't you understand?
43:21What you've done
43:22will leave this family
43:23drowning in irredeemable
43:25regret for the rest
43:25of our lives.
43:27Selene turned
43:27to Alpha Father.
43:29Daddy,
43:31you've always loved me
43:33the most.
43:34Alpha Father
43:34clutched the diary
43:35so hard it crumpled.
43:37In agony,
43:38he averted his eyes.
43:39In that moment,
43:40Selene lost
43:41every chip she had left.
43:43Her gaze went hollow.
43:44She breathed out
43:45the words,
43:46light as ash.
43:47I just wanted Lyra to die.
43:49That's all.
43:50Nothing more.
43:52Selene!
43:53Kaelin's voice
43:54sounded like it was
43:55ripped from a torn throat.
43:58Confess
43:59every single one
44:01of your crimes.
44:02Every word.
44:04Now.
44:06Alpha Father spoke,
44:08his voice
44:09heavy with grief.
44:12Kaelin.
44:15I will give you
44:16an accounting.
44:17But before that,
44:18you should read
44:19what Lyra left for you.
44:21What she wrote
44:21at the end.
44:22Numbly,
44:23Kaelin took the diary.
44:25He turned
44:25to the last page,
44:27so,
44:27the day he kissed Selene
44:29in front of everyone,
44:31that was when
44:32Lyra had already
44:33given up completely.
44:34And he had arrogantly
44:36believed
44:37that after the
44:38false binding ceremony,
44:40he could still
44:41have her.
44:44Kaelin pressed the diary
44:46hard against his chest.
44:47Under the eyes
44:48of everyone present,
44:49the coldest,
44:50most ruthless
44:51top tier Alpha
44:52finally showed
44:53a face of utter devastation.
44:55A tear of remorse
44:57slipped silently
44:58from his eye.
44:59Selene was still crying.
45:02I didn't mean it.
45:03I was just scared
45:05of losing you.
45:06No.
45:06Kaelin said.
45:07His eyes held
45:08no mercy,
45:09only 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
45:21like a puppet
45:22in your palm.
45:25Selene,
45:26you had everything.
45:28The Alpha
45:28and Luna
45:29doted on you.
45:30The entire pack
45:31treated you
45:32like a treasure.
45:33Lyra's return
45:34never once
45:34shook your position.
45:36Then what about you?
45:38Selene tore off
45:39her mask completely.
45:40Did her existence
45:41never shake
45:42my place in your heart?
45:44The question
45:45made Kaelin's breath
45:46stop cold.
45:50See?
45:53Your wolf
45:54already answered
45:55for you.
45:56Selene's lips
45:57curled in bitter mockery.
46:00after Lyra
46:01came back
46:01you changed.
46:02The 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
46:09hate her
46:10to the marrow
46:10of my bones?
46:12So I had to
46:13make her disappear.
46:18I had to make her
46:21rot in that filthy prison
46:24until nothing
46:25was left!
46:28Kaelin stared at this
46:29stranger wearing
46:30an Omega's face.
46:32All that remained
46:33in his eyes
46:34was despair.
46:36Selene laughed
46:37and sobbed
46:38in the same breath.
46:39It's all that
46:40bitch Lyra's fault
46:42anyway!
46:43Why did she
46:44have to come
46:44back?
46:48Her very existence
46:50kept reminding me
46:52I'm nothing
46:53but a cheap
46:54counterfeit!
46:57A violent slap
46:59exploded through
47:00the room.
47:01Selene clutched
47:01her swollen cheek
47:02staring 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!
47:16Selene tried
47:17to stir
47:17whatever pity
47:18remained.
47:22You are no longer
47:23worthy of using
47:24that title
47:24to defile
47:26the honor
47:26of 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...
47:38Selene turned
47:39to him.
47:40Shut your mouth.
47:41You're not worthy
47:42of calling me
47:42that anymore.
47:44Is there truly
47:45no 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
47:58seven years
47:59in prison!
48:00She's not even
48:01dead!
48:01Selene shrieked.
48:08her entire body
48:10is covered
48:11in scars
48:12from the wolves
48:13you paid
48:13to tear into her!
48:14Kaelin roared.
48:18So what?
48:20She deserved it!
48:27The sound of breaking
48:29bone was stark
48:30and piercing
48:30in the room.
48:32Kaelin's wolf claws
48:33closed around
48:34at Selene's wrist.
48:35With horrifying force,
48:37he crushed the 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
48:52the dust behind me.
48:59This aircraft
49:00is scheduled
49:01to arrive
49:01in Dominica
49:02in five minutes.
49:04The announcement
49:05echoed through the cabin.
49:08I cast the past
49:09away completely.
49:11Looking at the
49:12brightening coastline,
49:13the corner of my mouth
49:14curved
49:15into a wild,
49:16free arc.
49:21Dominica.
49:22I had arrived.
49:24I was about
49:25to meet my new life.
49:26Six years passed
49:27in the blink in an eye.
49:29Kaelin and the
49:29crescent moon pack
49:31still hadn't found
49:32a single trace of me.
49:35When a soul
49:36resolves to vanish
49:37from the territory,
49:38even the moon goddess
49:39herself struggles
49:40to track it.
49:43Kaelin had wasted
49:44away,
49:44visibly.
49:46The communicator
49:47on his desk
49:48buzzed.
49:51He rubbed
49:52his exhausted brow
49:53and answered.
49:59Alpha,
50:00Selina's mental state
50:01has collapsed
50:02completely.
50:03Every day she tears
50:04into herself
50:04like a rabid animal.
50:07Her wolf
50:08has gone feral.
50:09The doctors recommend
50:10transferring her
50:11to a psychiatric
50:12institution.
50:13This time,
50:14is it real
50:15or another performance?
50:19Kaelin's voice
50:20was frozen steel.
50:23It's real.
50:24Her wolf spirit
50:25has atrifriated
50:26from prolonged terror.
50:28Fine.
50:29I'll send
50:30the transport.
50:59Kaelin cut the call
51:01little,
51:02expressionless.
51:02Which forest
51:03are you hiding in,
51:04Lyra?
51:05He traced
51:06the brow and eyes
51:07in the photograph.
51:08Infinite regret
51:09soaked his voice.
51:10I know that
51:11making everyone
51:11who hurt you
51:12taste the same pain
51:13is the only true apology.
51:15But if you never
51:16come back,
51:17how do I return
51:18the soul I owe you?
51:19you
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