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Rebirth From Betrayal New Ep,30 RS
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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.
01:11My 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.
01:25The 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.
01:41He reached out and stroked my face.
01:43These seven years, just bear it.
01:47Just this once.
01:51I collapsed into despair, screaming.
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.
02:29Seven 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.
02:53Kaelin 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.
03:49Only 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 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.
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.
04:41With that, he turned and disappeared into the room.
04:49Tonight later, I went back to my assigned space, a storage closet, and curled up on the narrow wooden cot.
04:59Late at night, drifting between sleep and waking, I heard Chloe, the Beta's younger sister, speaking downstairs.
05:07Alpha father, Luna mother, Selina's mental state is terrible.
05:11Why 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.
05:19My 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.
05:34My father spoke.
05:36When 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.
05:56An encrypted email.
05:58Miss 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 PAC identity will be permanently erased.
06:18No contact with the outside world for five years.
06:21Without 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.
06:39I only had to endure seven more days.
06:41Then I would sever the PAC bond completely and leave forever.
06:47The next morning, I walked into the living room.
06:50A 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.
07:16Do you have anything special for me?
07:18My parents and sister stepped forward one by one, offering expensive treasures.
07:25Selina 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.
07:37Sister, I'm sorry.
07:39My stress disorder flared up yesterday.
07:41I couldn't go pick you up.
07:43You're not angry, are you?
07:44Before I could open my mouth, Kaylin answered for me.
07:48Lyra isn't that petty.
07:50She won't hold it against you.
07:53Selina took that as permission.
07:55Boldly, she looped her arm throughs and looked straight at me.
07:59Sister, give me a gift too.
08:01I want Kaylin as my mate.
08:04Mate-stealing was taboo among the wolves.
08:07Yet she declared it openly, and not a single wolf in the room spoke a word against it.
08:12Rage boiled in my blood.
08:14I clenched my fists.
08:16And if I refuse?
08:22Selina's expression stiffened.
08:23She switched to the old wolf tongue, reserved for pure-blood aristocrats.
08:28I was only joking.
08:29I didn't expect my sister's wolf to be so savage.
08:32My Luna mother responded in the same old tongue, her tone soothing.
08:36Don't be afraid, Selina.
08:38Lyra has been wandering outside too long.
08:39Her bloodline is degraded.
08:41My Atva father released a calming pinewood scent.
08:43Blood ties don't matter.
08:45Your mother and I only recognize you as our daughter.
08:47Right, Selina.
08:48You're my only sister.
08:49I forced the bitterness down and pretended I couldn't understand a word of the old tongue.
08:54I turned to Kaylin.
08:55What are they saying?
08:56Kaylin's throat bobbed.
08:58Selina said it was just a joke.
09:00Everyone's telling you not to be so sensitive.
09:02The air reeked of lies.
09:05They had no idea.
09:06I understood every single word.
09:09My mother came from a noble, pure-blood line.
09:12My father ruled over this entire territory.
09:15From the moment they brought me back from the orphanage, they despised me for carrying too much of the stray's
09:21wildness.
09:22Every resource, every drop of love, they'd poured it all into its Selina.
09:27Ten years ago, Selina awakened a rare healing-type omega gift.
09:33The entire pack howled at the moon in ecstasy.
09:37What they didn't know was that I'd already passed the blood moon trial by then,
09:42and had taught myself the most obscure dialect of the old wolf tongue.
09:46But none of that mattered anymore.
09:49Soon, very soon, I would escape this territory for good.
09:53I just got out of Silvermoon Prison.
09:55I want to go beyond the territory boundary, get some air.
09:58You all carry on.
09:59Under their contemptuous stares,
10:01I dragged my ruined leg towards the door.
10:04Their mockery trailed behind me.
10:07Today 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.
10:19Because of my Silvermoon Prison record, the pack had erased all my files.
10:23Combined 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.
10:34As I stepped out of the diner, a man climbed out of his car and strode toward me.
10:42Lyra, 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.
10:48On the back seat sat a cake.
10:52Lyra, happy birthday.
10:55Kalen's pack and mine shared a tight border.
10:58He and I, the top-ranked Alpha and I,
11:01had 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.
11:10He stood in the sunlight, radiating brilliance.
11:14In that hostile territory, Kalen was the only one who never scorned my wild scent.
11:20He would release his Alpha dominance to shield me.
11:24He brought me gifts on holidays.
11:27He was the only soul in that entire forest who was good to me.
11:31And in the end, he was the one who personally sent me to Silvermoon Prison.
11:39Lyra, what's wrong?
11:41Did you think I forgot your birthday?
11:42Kalen's voice pulled me back.
11:44I answered evenly.
11:47He produced another box.
11:48I lifted the lid.
11:50Inside lay a red dress.
11:52Remember when you were little?
11:54You said you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed the mate bond.
11:57I had it made in advance.
11:59Do you like it?
12:04Alpha, you're remembering wrong.
12:06I hate red.
12:07When 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, hoping my pack could track my
12:17visual scent and bring me home.
12:19Kalen's pupils contracted.
12:20He ruffled my hair.
12:24I'm sorry.
12:26I remembered wrong.
12:27Come on, I'll take you to a restaurant to celebrate.
12:30On the drive back, Kalen gripped my hand tightly.
12:35Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
12:39Why are you thinner than you were seven years ago?
12:41And your leg...
12:43Before he could finish, the phone rang.
12:45The screen flashed a single word.
12:48Selina.
12:51Kalen answered.
12:53His voice dropped into a frantic grail.
12:55Turn around!
12:56Back to the territory!
13:00The whole way, he soothed Selina through the communicator.
13:03By the time we burst back into the main house, I looked up.
13:07Selina stood on the roof's edge of the villa, still in her white dress.
13:12She looked at us.
13:13Sister's back.
13:15It's time for a defective Omega like me to step aside.
13:19Goodbye.
13:21Without another word, she jumped.
13:22The drop from roof to ground was maybe ten meters.
13:25But when Selina fell, every single one of my family lunged forward on pure instinct.
13:31That night, ambulance sirens wailed over the territory.
13:36They all went to the hospital.
13:38I went back to my storage closet, collapsed onto the hard plank bed, and checked my communicator.
13:4512.20 a.m.
13:46The top-ranked Alpha had broken his promise.
13:49He hadn't stayed to celebrate my birthday.
13:51But my wolf didn't howl in pain.
13:54All I felt was a vast, barren emptiness.
13:57I closed my eyes and sank into sleep.
14:01The next five days, I worked at the diner.
14:04My family stayed at the hospital, wrapping at Selina in thick layers of protective scent.
14:10Not one of them set foot back in the territory.
14:13Until that day.
14:15The restaurant TV broadcast the news.
14:18Alpha Kaelin and Selina of the Crescent Moon Pack announced their binding ceremony.
14:23My pupils snapped into vertical slits.
14:27That night, I pushed open the wooden door and walked back into the territory.
14:32They were all there.
14:34At Kaelin's scent, statuated the living room.
14:37My Luna mother caught the smell of Earth on me and opened her mouth to scold me.
14:41My Alpha father silenced her with a look.
14:45Lyra, you're finally back.
14:48Selina's Omega Depression is getting worse.
14:50So we've already made the decision for you.
14:53We're transferring your mate bond to Selina.
14:55You have no objections, I trust?
14:58They'd already used their authority to sever my bond.
15:02Now they stood there asking for my opinion as if it meant something.
15:07Alpha, you agreed to this too?
15:12Kaelin crossed the room in a few strides and seized my cold hand.
15:16Selim's only obsession right now is completing the binding ceremony with me.
15:20Don't worry, little wolf.
15:21I won't betray you.
15:23I'm just playing along, going through the motions.
15:25He was about to mark another she-wolf and he expected me to believe he wouldn't betray me?
15:30I wrenched my hand from his grip.
15:33Fine.
15:35Do whatever you want.
15:37Something tightened in At Kaelin's chest.
15:40He reached for me again.
15:44Out Selina suddenly released a dense wave of sorrowful pheromones.
15:50Sister, if you're not willing, then forget it.
15:54Through her sobs, she dug her nails into the back of her own hand.
15:57Chloe rushed to stop the self-harm, then spun around and bared her fangs at me with a snarl.
16:04Lyra!
16:05Can't you smell how sick she is?
16:07Do you need the whole family to kneel before you before you'll give in?
16:13My blood sister.
16:17Brainwashed completely by this twisted pack.
16:22Her roar dragged me back to the early days after I'd returned to the territory.
16:26At first, they forced me to give Selina the best den.
16:31Then, seven years ago, Selina broke the iron law.
16:34The memories ignited my rage past the breaking point.
16:37I met at Chloe's hostile glares and let out a cold laugh.
16:41Fine.
16:41If all of you kneel and submit to me, I'll agree to hand over my mate bond to Selina.
16:46The living room fell silent.
16:49None of them had expected such rebellion from me.
16:51I retreated to my cramped den.
16:54Late at night, my communicator buzzed.
16:57Kalen.
16:58Lyra, Selina once saved my life.
17:00She gave me her kidney.
17:02The primal vitality of her wolf.
17:04That's why I have to complete this binding ceremony with her.
17:07Alpha, when you were gravely wounded, it was me who saved you.
17:12I'm the one who gave you my kidney.
17:14Silence on the other end.
17:16Then, Kalen's cold laugh.
17:18Lyra, since when did you learn to lie?
17:21Selina was the one who saved me.
17:22Your own parents can swear it on the pack's name.
17:25You've disappointed me deeply.
17:26I lay on the freezing count, unable to speak.
17:29Eight years ago, Kalen was ambushed and critically injured.
17:33I didn't hesitate.
17:33I went through the matching.
17:35I cut away a piece of myself and gave it to him.
17:38Now my sacrifice had been stolen by that Omega, and I wasn't even allowed to prove it was mine.
17:44After a long silence, I whispered,
17:46If you don't believe me, forget it.
17:48I'd already decided to abandon you completely anyway.
17:51I cut the connection, closed my eyes, slept.
17:56The second to last day.
17:58After my final shift, I stepped out of the diner.
18:01That familiar car was parked outside the shopping center.
18:05Above Shibon Commercial Street, fireworks suddenly burst across the sky.
18:10Alpha Kalen loves Lyra forever.
18:12I tilted my head back, staring at the night sky, lost for a long moment.
18:18Kalen trod toward me, his voice low and soft.
18:21Yesterday was my fault.
18:23But you have to believe me.
18:24The one I truly love is you, so you don't have to lie.
18:29How did he do it?
18:32How did he join forces with my family again and again, tear into me while pinning to the ground,
18:38and still say he loved me with a straight face?
18:40He pinched my hollow cheek.
18:42You really are too thin.
18:44Why aren't you eating properly?
18:46I snapped my gaze up.
18:47I spent seven years surviving Silvermoon Prison, a place saturated with silver.
18:52My wolf fought just to stay alive.
18:55Did you think I'd have the luxury of growing a full, healthy coat?
19:00A violent shover ran through Kalen's massive frame.
19:03Maybe, just in that second, it hit him.
19:06He was the one who had personally sent me into that hell.
19:08He opened his mouth to speak.
19:10The car door swung open.
19:12Selina's voice drifted out.
19:13Alpha Kalen.
19:15Sister.
19:16Don't stand out there.
19:17The cold wind will damage your wolves.
19:21The last trace of warmth inside me died.
19:24Kalen explained.
19:26Selina followed our scent to come see you.
19:29She says she wants to thank you for your generosity.
19:31For being willing to step aside.
19:33He bundled me into the car.
19:36In the enclosed space, Selina's gaze fell on my grease-stained, thread-baked uniform.
19:42Sister.
19:43Don't mother and father have the steward send you supplies every month?
19:47Why are you still doing menial labor in a human diner?
19:50It damages the pack's dignity.
19:52She slipped a gemstone bracelet off her wrist and held it out to me.
19:58If you're short on survival resources, this bracelet is worth $3 million.
20:04It should buy you a few good meals.
20:10A random toy thrust to an Omega was worth $3 million.
20:14I still remembered when I'd first returned to the territory and wanted to attend a human high school.
20:18The tuition was only $3,000.
20:21I begged my Luna mother.
20:22Lyra, do I owe you something?
20:24I gave you life.
20:26You should be grateful.
20:28Why are you always so ungrateful?
20:30After that, I never asked this territory for a single scrap of meat again.
20:34The so-called steward supplies were nothing but a lie.
20:37They tilted their hearts to the extreme long ago.
20:40Look at your glossy, perfect coat.
20:42Now look at me, covered in scars.
20:45I smacked the Offerford bracelet away.
20:48Reign in your Omega pheromones.
20:51Stop putting on an act in front of me.
20:53I'm not that naive 15-year-old pup anymore.
20:56At 15, I'd yearned desperately for a pack bond with Aunt Selina.
21:00She framed me instead.
21:02Every cruel thing she did, she pinned on me.
21:04By the time I realized what was happening, the entire pack had branded me an outsider.
21:09My rebuke sent tears rolling down Selina's cheeks.
21:13The air filled with a heartbreaking, pleading scent.
21:16The moment Aunt Kaylin smelled it, he pulled Selina under the shelter of his chest and snared at me.
21:22Lyra!
21:23Selina meant well.
21:24It's fine if you don't want the bracelet.
21:26There's no need to say something so vicious.
21:28Right.
21:29This was the male who claimed he loved me from the deepest part of his soul.
21:34The moment there was any friction between Aunt Selina, he always took her side.
21:39Every single time.
21:40Alpha, if someone throws a piece of rotting meat at a starving wolf as charity,
21:44must the wolf swallow it and wag its bay in gratitude?
21:47Even crushed beneath your feet.
21:49My wolf has pride worth dying for.
21:52Kaylin was struck silence.
21:54Beside him, Selina's breathing suddenly grew rapid and shallow.
21:58She let out a fragile whimmer.
22:00I'm sorry.
22:01It's my fault.
22:03Don't blame sister.
22:05Kaylin barked at the driver.
22:06Quick!
22:07Turn around.
22:08Get to the territory hospital.
22:09Lyra, your wolf showed too much savagery just now.
22:12You can walk back on your own.
22:15The car door shut in my face.
22:17I was left discarded on the freezing street.
22:20I watched the taillights vanish, and my heart felt nothing.
22:23No pain of being abandoned by my mate.
22:26Nothing at all.
22:28I dragged my ruined leg back to the territory main house.
22:32The villa was unusually lively.
22:35My luna mother laughed.
22:39The night after tomorrow's full moon, Selina's binding ceremony.
22:44I looked at them.
22:45Sorrow welled up from deep inside me.
22:47They had truly given every scrap of love to that omega.
22:50Tomorrow night at 9 o'clock, the extraction vehicle would arrive.
22:53After that, I'd have no need for any blood plines ever again.
22:57The night after tomorrow was Selina and Kaylin's binding day.
23:00Chloe threw them a wild pre-celebration party.
23:03The next morning, since my storage closet had no water source,
23:06I had to drag my leg out to wash up.
23:08Passing the living room, I saw the young wolves playing a game.
23:12Selina and Kaylin sat in the center of it all.
23:15Alpha, you lost!
23:16Truth or dare?
23:18Kaylin leaned back lazily.
23:19Dare.
23:20Kiss Selina in front of everyone one full minute!
23:23The young alpha suddenly caught sight of me at the edge of the room.
23:27His grin widened.
23:29How about this?
23:30Pick any she-wolf in this room and kiss her for one minute.
23:33Lyra!
23:33Weren't you the one who was most obsessed with the alpha?
23:36He's about to mark someone else.
23:39Why not share one last kiss with him?
23:41One last desperate memory to cling to?
23:44Kaylin stood up.
23:45Step by step, he walked toward me.
23:47Kaylin...
23:48There are too many people here.
23:50I'm about to make Selina my Luna.
23:52I can't humiliate her.
23:53You understand, don't you?
23:55I made a quiet sound of assent and turned toward the washroom.
23:58Behind me, I heard the wet sounds of Kaylin and Selina's mouths meeting,
24:03and the wolves' excited howls.
24:04In this game where I was always the option to be discarded,
24:08I truly had to thank him for finally letting me go.
24:13Night fell.
24:14Kaylin lit up the entire territory sky with fireworks for Selina.
24:18He tracked my scent and called me into the shadows.
24:23Lyra, once the full moon comes tomorrow and Selina and I finish the false binding ceremony,
24:27we can finally be together properly.
24:31I opened my dry throat.
24:35I'm sorry.
24:36I won't.
24:38Before I could finish, At Chloe came running, howling.
24:41Kaylin!
24:42Come quick!
24:43Game time!
24:45Kaylin called back an acknowledgement, then turned to me.
24:48What were you saying?
24:49You want what?
24:51I gave a bitter smile.
24:54Nothing.
24:56Go.
24:57Revel with your pack.
25:00Kaylin squeezed my ice-cold fingers.
25:02Once tomorrow's ceremony is over, all of this will be over.
25:07He turned and strode back toward the clamorous light.
25:10I watched his back in silence.
25:13Yes.
25:14All ties were over.
25:17All the wolves flocked to Selina's lavish room.
25:21Alone, I slipped into the shadows of the main house and checked my communicator.
25:267.15 p.m., 1 hour and 45 minutes left.
25:31I washed my body with cold water, scrubbing every last trace of the territory's scent from my fur.
25:38The mirror reflected a body mapped with burn scars and whip marks from Silver Moon Prison.
25:43I put on the cleanest clothes I'd managed to keep all these years.
25:47Then I waited.
25:48The last hour.
25:50I looked around the den that had trapped me for so many years.
25:53A few ragged clothes.
25:55One thin blanket.
25:58A diary and a photo frame on the desk.
26:01I threw away every old belonging.
26:04I picked up the photo frame.
26:07Inside was a group portrait of two families, taken 12 years ago, just after I'd returned to the territory.
26:14That photo had once held every desperate hope I'd had for this pack.
26:19Now I tore it to pieces and dropped it in the trash.
26:22Finally, I opened the diary.
26:26December 6, 2016.
26:28Sunny.
26:29I returned to the territory today.
26:32I met my Alpha and Luna.
26:34I have a home now.
26:35I'm not a stray anymore.
26:38April 1, 2017.
26:41Overcast.
26:42No food or money was allocated to me.
26:45I have to hunt for myself.
26:48July 7, 20, 2018.
26:51Sunny.
26:52I traded my prey for a necklace.
26:55My little sister didn't like it.
26:57I need to earn more.
26:59Buy her something better next time.
27:02I turned to the last entry.
27:04Written the night before I was sent to prison.
27:07Only one line.
27:08This pack doesn't love me.
27:10Not at all.
27:14A long forgotten burn rose behind my eyes.
27:18I picked up a pen and, using the old wolf tongue,
27:22wrote my final words.
27:25I'm leaving, Alpha.
27:27Luna.
27:29Before I go, my wolf truly cannot understand.
27:34If you despised my so much, why did you search for me in the forest all those years ago?
27:41When other strays find their birth parents, they're met with endless acceptance and love.
27:46But for me,
27:48the moment you found me
27:50was the moment you found me was an I truly lost my parents.
27:55Chloe,
27:56you said you only, Neck,
27:58recognized Salima as your sister.
28:00Today, I grant you that wish.
28:03Kaylin,
28:04you said after the false binding ceremony we could be together again.
28:09I'm sorry.
28:11My wolf is already dead.
28:13I won't wait for you anymore.
28:16May your bond prove unbreakable.
28:18I am abandoning this territory forever.
28:21Through I-Greece Perouse-Mensley.
28:23We will never see each other again.
28:26I finished writing,
28:27laid the diary flat on the desk,
28:30and pulled the prison medical records from my bag.
28:36I set them down on top of the diary.
28:39The scan image was unmistakable.
28:41My body contained only one kidney.
28:44The clock struck nine.
28:47I grabbed my canvas bag and limped out of the territory.
28:51Behind me,
28:52lights blazed and the pack's revelry shook the ground.
28:56Ahead of me,
28:58several matte black military armored vehicles
29:00crowd silently in the dark.
29:03Without a flicker of hesitation,
29:05I stepped across the territory boundary
29:07and walked towards my new life.
29:12Engines roared to light.
29:14The convoy pulled away swiftly,
29:16swallowing me into the boundless night.
29:21The next day,
29:23to the sound of long, drawn-out wolf howls,
29:28Selena and Kaylin's mating ceremony officially began.
29:34My luna mother swept her gaze around
29:36and couldn't pick up Lyra's scent.
29:39She frowned and growled.
29:41Chloe, where is Lyra?
29:42If she's absent,
29:43the other packs will talk.
29:45Go!
29:46Drag Lyra out here.
29:48I'll get her.
29:51Which den is she sleeping in?
29:53The storage closet.
29:55Every dominant wolf present went still.
29:58My alpha father's brown frontaled in confusion.
30:02Why would Lyra sleep in a storage closet?
30:05The servant shook.
30:08When Miss Lyra was first brought back,
30:11there was no suitable den.
30:13The luna said she would stay in the storage closet temporarily.
30:17That temporarily had lasted twelve years.
30:20An ugly flush rose on my luna mother's face.
30:24She masked her guilt with a surge of dominance.
30:29Selena, dressed in pure white silk ceremonial robes,
30:32released a clining wave of pheromones.
30:35Our storage closet is still better than fighting wild dogs for scraps in the forest,
30:39like she used to.
30:41Sister shouldn't feel too wronged, should she?
30:43A thread of dissonance flickered throughout Chloe's heart.
30:49Frowning, she walked toward the renected corner at the end of the corridor.
30:55The heavy wooden door creaked open.
30:58No warm scent of packmates.
31:01Only dust and mildew.
31:04Lyra's bed was pushed against a row of rusted shelving.
31:08Beside it sat an abandoned water tank.
31:12Topped with a battered desk lamp,
31:14a yellowed diary,
31:16and a stack of medical documents.
31:22Lyra wasn't there.
31:25Chloe's heart began to pound.
31:27She walked to the water tank.
31:30With trembling hands,
31:31she picked up the diary and the medical reports.
31:35Alpha Father!
31:38Luna Mother!
31:39Sister isn't in the territory,
31:41but she left these behind!
31:44Alpha Father moved to investigate,
31:46but the sound of an SUV engine
31:48and the crushing weight of a top plea Alpha's dominance
31:51rolled in from outside.
31:59She's probably just throwing a tantrum and ran off to the boundary.
32:06Chloe!
32:07Put those things down and come out!
32:10The Alpha is here for Selina!
32:15Alpha Father hesitated,
32:17then suppressed his unease
32:18and turned to go out.
32:22The main hall.
32:24At Kaelin stood in the center,
32:25holding a bouquet.
32:26His face showed no trace of joy.
32:29His optory senses were filtering the air with frantic intensity.
32:34Nothing.
32:34No trace of Lyra's scent.
32:37His brow furled hard.
32:41Where is Lyra?
32:43Jealousy flashed through Lina's eyes.
32:46Kaelin,
32:47sister probably couldn't handle the stimulation.
32:50She ran out of the territory.
32:52My Luna Mother echoed her.
32:54Alpha,
32:54we failed to domesticate Lyra's wildness.
32:58Forgive us.
32:59Kaelin's wolf growled in agitation.
33:02He pulled out his communicator and messaged Lyra.
33:05Why is your wolf still so childish?
33:08Where the hell did you run off to?
33:10No response.
33:12Not through Mindlink.
33:14Not through the communicator.
33:16Chloe emerged,
33:17clutching the diary and the medical reports.
33:19She'd only glanced at the report,
33:21but what she saw made her blood run cold.
33:24Why was Lyra's body in such terrible condition?
33:28Why did she only have one kidney?
33:32She had already ordered her deputy
33:34to launch a full investigation
33:36into Lyra's seven years in Silvermoon prison.
33:41Selina broke the silence,
33:43looping her arm through Kaelin's.
33:45Alpha,
33:46our mating ceremony is about to start.
33:48Sister left.
33:50So she left.
33:51Chloe and Alpha father both frowned
33:53Selina didn't care in the slightest
33:55whether Lyra lived or died.
33:59A false finding ceremony
34:00doesn't need to go that far.
34:02You just wanted to wear the wedding dress
34:04and walk into the Moon Temple.
34:06Kaelin's voice was cold.
34:07Let's go.
34:08Get it done.
34:11He pulled his arm free
34:12and strode out of the main house,
34:14carrying a freezing area with him.
34:19Because it was a false ceremony,
34:21Kaelin had invited no guests.
34:23The temple stood empty
34:26except for the Alpha family
34:27and an elder to officiate.
34:30Selina finally shattered.
34:35This is what I wanted at all!
34:42Lyra left, so what?
34:44You still have me!
34:47Am I so inferior
34:49to that stray wild wolf?
34:51She's been to prison?
34:52How could she possibly
34:53be worthy of you?
34:55Selina,
34:57you threatened to kill yourself.
34:59You jumped off the roof.
35:01That's the only reason
35:02I agreed to this sham
35:03of a ceremony.
35:05Now we've done what you asked,
35:07I'm going to find Lyra.
35:15He fixed his eyes on her hard.
35:17And don't you forget,
35:19Lyra went to Silvermoon prison
35:20in your place.
35:22Every wolf present
35:23turned to stone.
35:25Selina let out
35:26a piercing shriek.
35:28From somewhere on her person,
35:30she drew a silver-coated blade
35:32and pressed it
35:32to her own throat.
35:35I don't care!
35:37What makes Lyra better than me?
35:39When you were dying
35:40from your wounds,
35:42all those years ago,
35:43I was the one
35:44who gave you my kidney!
35:49My Luna mother lunged
35:51to grab the knife.
35:52Selina,
35:53don't do anything reckless.
35:55Stay back!
35:58Kaylin is the only mate I want.
36:01Why can't I have him?
36:03It's all Lyra's fault.
36:05She deserves to die!
36:08Her hysterical curses
36:09echoed through the temple.
36:10The scene spiraled
36:11completely out of control.
36:18It ended with an ambulance.
36:20His palm was severely burned
36:22from wrestling the blade
36:23from her grip barehanded.
36:25He sat in the ambulance,
36:27calling and messaging Lyra
36:29like a man possessed.
36:30Lyra,
36:31the false binding ceremony is over.
36:33Where are you?
36:33Don't let anger cloud your reason.
36:35Let me come find you, alright?
36:37But Lyra's message interface
36:38remained dead silent.
36:41Territory hospital.
36:43Outside the operating room.
36:44Ignoring the blood still seeping
36:46from her own wound,
36:47my Luna mother anxiously
36:48instructed the healer.
36:49My daughter is a fragile Omega.
36:52She has depression.
36:53She's missing a kidney.
36:54Be gentle when you stitch her wound.
36:56Ma'am,
36:57we've done a full body scan.
36:59Her body is perfectly healthy.
37:02She is not missing a kidney.
37:04What did you say?
37:10My Alpha father unleashed
37:12a crushing wave of dominance.
37:14The nurse,
37:15pinned by the pressure,
37:16repeated every word.
37:18Both Alpha and Luna
37:19stared,
37:20stunned,
37:21and disbelieving.
37:22At that moment,
37:24Chloe was staring at the data
37:25her deputy had sent,
37:27medical records
37:28matching the ones
37:29Lyra had left behind,
37:30along with two segments
37:31of blurry surveillance footage.
37:34The first clip,
37:35Lyra and Kaelin
37:36wheeled side by side
37:38into the operating room,
37:39an organ transplant.
37:40The second clip,
37:41the dim interior
37:42of Silvermoon Prison,
37:43Lyra being servidually torn into,
37:46beaten and tormented
37:47by a group of powerful she-wolves.
37:49How dare they do this
37:51to the blood daughter
37:51of the Alpha!
37:54Alpha father gave orders!
37:56Kaelin sent supplies!
37:57How could this have happened?
38:04The mastermind behind it all
38:06was Selene.
38:09She couldn't hold it in
38:11any longer,
38:11but her parents had already
38:13vanished from sight.
38:14Gripping the diary,
38:15she ran frantically
38:16through the hospital.
38:16She found Selene's room
38:17and shoved the door open.
38:18Alpha father,
38:19Luna mother,
38:20please,
38:20read what your eldest daughter
38:21left behind first.
38:23She flipped to the final pages.
38:24Lyra has always understood
38:25the old wolf tongue.
38:26Every word we used
38:27to exclude her,
38:28she heard and understood
38:29every single one.
38:29The blood in both Alpha
38:31and Luna seemed
38:32to freeze solid.
38:34Alpha father
38:35snatched the diary.
38:37He read it,
38:38word by word,
38:39his breathing growing
38:40heavier and more ragged.
38:43Chloe turned a cold stare
38:44on Selene.
38:45Selene,
38:46the person who gave
38:47Kaelin her kidney
38:48all those years ago?
38:49It was never you,
38:50was it?
38:51Selene went sorged.
38:52The guilt that flink
38:53across her face
38:54made the last shred
38:55of hope in Chloe's heart
38:56collapse into rubble.
38:58Why did you cut off?
38:59The survival supplies
39:00mother and father
39:01sent to Lyra.
39:03Why did you bribe
39:04the prison guards
39:05to torture her
39:05inside the prison?
39:07Selene released
39:08a weak pulse of pheromones,
39:10fending bewilderment.
39:11What are you talking about?
39:13The two,
39:14Alpha and Luna,
39:15having finished the ginery,
39:16walked over.
39:17Chloe gave the order
39:18to her deputy.
39:19Bring them in.
39:24Five minutes later,
39:26the deputy entered
39:26with the prison guard,
39:28a financial official,
39:29and a heavyset,
39:30brutal-looking
39:31she-wolf convict.
39:41At the same moment,
39:42he stepped into the room,
39:44radiating a frigid,
39:46sharp,
39:46fear-forest scent.
39:48His face was a frozen
39:49mask of slaughter.
39:52His piercing gaze
39:54pinned her pale face
39:55in place.
39:56As Lyra's mate,
39:58I also have the absolute right
39:59to scent out the truth
40:00behind all of this.
40:02Selene turned ghost white.
40:05Kaelin,
40:06Kaelin,
40:07what truth?
40:08I don't understand
40:09a single thing
40:09you're all saying.
40:11Selene,
40:11you're still trying
40:12to deceive us,
40:13even now?
40:14How many times
40:15over the years
40:16have you slandered Lyra?
40:18Chloe's voice rose sharply.
40:20Do I need to sniff out
40:21every filthy thing
40:22you've done,
40:23right here in front
40:24of the Alpha?
40:25Selene collapsed
40:26to the floor,
40:27eyes red.
40:29Chloe,
40:30I'm your real sister.
40:32How can you speak
40:33to me like this?
40:34Chloe's laugh was ice.
40:35Then have you forgotten?
40:37Lyra is the eldest sister
40:38who shares the same blood
40:39as me!
40:40Selene began
40:41to hyperhentilate,
40:42putting on the full performance
40:44of a stress-induced episode.
40:45My Luna mother's blind,
40:47protective instinct
40:48surge again.
40:49Enough!
40:50Are you trying
40:51to drive your sister
40:52to her death?
40:58Mom,
40:59you're still defending her?
41:01Do you even know
41:01who your real pup is anymore?
41:04But Chloe grabbed
41:05the medical records
41:06and records.
41:07Lyra has only one kidney
41:08inside her body.
41:09She's the one
41:10who truly saved
41:12Kaylin's life.
41:14Lyra's near-death reports
41:15from Silvermoon Prison,
41:16all of it,
41:17was caused
41:18by deliberate,
41:20malicious assault.
41:23She lived in this territory
41:24for 12 years.
41:26We never gave her
41:27a drop of love.
41:28Instead,
41:29we despised her
41:30and exiled her
41:31because of Selene's lies.
41:33Selene's depression
41:34is a complete fabrication.
41:38She laid down
41:40the most damning evidence,
41:42the scan showing
41:43Selene's two perfectly
41:44healthy kidneys
41:45and a psychological report
41:47confirming she was
41:48mentally stable
41:49with antisocial
41:50personality tendencies.
41:52The silent Kaylin
41:54finally moved.
41:56He unleashed
41:57a terrifying wave
41:59of alpha dominance.
42:03Chloe,
42:05give me Lyra's reports.
42:08Critical condition notices,
42:10x-rays,
42:11blood-stained
42:11medical photographs.
42:13He turned them over
42:14one by one.
42:15When he reached
42:16the full-body injury chart,
42:18her arms,
42:19her stomach,
42:20her back,
42:20her thighs,
42:21barely a patch
42:22of unbroken skin,
42:23every inch
42:24covered in bite marks
42:25and silver-burned scars.
42:26The top clear
42:27felt rationality set.
42:29He lunged at
42:29Atselena,
42:30towering over her.
42:38Tell me,
42:39what did you do
42:40to my mate?
42:41Selene,
42:42how dare you
42:43torture her like this?
42:44With no more room
42:45to hide,
42:46Selene laughed,
42:48twisted.
42:51She looked at
42:52my Luna mother.
42:56Mommy,
42:57it hurts.
42:59Chloe threw herself
43:00in front of their mother.
43:02Stop your performance.
43:04For all these years,
43:05you used our sympathy.
43:06You used our mother's love
43:08and turned her
43:08into a blade,
43:09stabbing it over and over
43:11into her own
43:12biological daughter's heart.
43:13Selene,
43:13you're vicious
43:14beyond comprehension.
43:16Don't you understand?
43:17What you've done
43:18will leave this family
43:19drowning in irredeemable regret
43:22for the rest of our lives.
43:23Selene turned to
43:24Alpha Father.
43:26Daddy,
43:28you've always loved me
43:29the most.
43:30Alpha Father
43:31clutched the diary
43:32so hard it crumpled.
43:34In agony,
43:34he averted his eyes.
43:36In that moment,
43:37Selene lost
43:38every chip she had left.
43:40Her gaze went hollow.
43:41She breathed out the words,
43:42light as ash.
43:43I just wanted Lyra to die.
43:45That's all.
43:46Nothing more.
43:48Selene!
43:50Kaylin's voice sounded
43:51like it was ripped
43:52from a torn throat.
43:55Confess
43:55every single one
43:57of your crimes.
43:59Every word.
44:01Now.
44:02Alpha Father spoke,
44:05his voice heavy with grief.
44:09Kaylin.
44:10Kaylin.
44:11I will give you
44:12an accounting.
44:13But before that,
44:15you should read
44:16what Lyra left for you.
44:17What she wrote
44:18at the end.
44:19Numbly,
44:20Kaylin took the diary.
44:21He turned
44:22to the last page,
44:23so,
44:24the day he kissed Selene
44:26in front of everyone,
44:27that was when
44:28Lyra had already
44:29given up completely.
44:31And he had
44:32arrogantly believed
44:33that after the
44:34false binding ceremony,
44:36he could still
44:37have her.
44:41Kaylin pressed
44:42the diary hard
44:42against his chest.
44:44Under the eyes
44:44of everyone present,
44:46the coldest,
44:47most ruthless
44:47top-tier alpha
44:49finally showed
44:50a face of
44:50utter devastation.
44:52A tear of remorse
44:53slipped silently
44:54from his eye.
44:55Selene was still crying.
44:58I didn't mean it.
45:00I was just scared
45:01of losing you.
45:02No.
45:03Kaylin said.
45:04His eyes held
45:05no mercy,
45:06only deathly stillness.
45:08You didn't mean it?
45:10Then who did?
45:12Lyra,
45:12who you framed
45:13and sent to prison.
45:15Or me,
45:17who you played
45:18like a puppet
45:19in your palm.
45:21Selene,
45:22you had everything.
45:24The Alpha
45:25and Luna
45:25doted on you.
45:26The entire pack
45:27treated you
45:28like a treasure.
45:29Lyra's return
45:30never once
45:31shook your position.
45:32Then what about you?
45:34Selene tore off
45:35her mask completely.
45:37Did her existence
45:38never shake
45:39my place
45:39in your heart?
45:40The question
45:41made Kaylin's
45:42breath stop cold.
45:47See?
45:49Your wolf
45:50already answered
45:51for you.
45:53Selene's lips
45:54curled in bitter mockery.
45:56After Lyra came back,
45:58you changed.
45:58The way you looked
46:00at her,
46:00it was pure
46:01possessiveness.
46:02How could I not
46:03be jealous?
46:04How could I not
46:06hate her
46:06to the marrow
46:07of my bones?
46:08So I had to
46:09make her disappear.
46:15I had to
46:16make her
46:17rot
46:18in that
46:19filthy
46:19prison
46:20until
46:21nothing
46:22was left!
46:24I had to
46:25Kaylin stared
46:25at this stranger
46:26wearing an Omega's
46:27face.
46:28All that remained
46:29in his eyes
46:30was despair.
46:32Selene laughed
46:33and sobbed
46:34in the same breath.
46:35It's all that
46:37bitch
46:37Lyra's fault
46:38anyway!
46:39Why did she
46:40have to
46:40come back?
46:44Her very
46:45existence
46:46kept reminding
46:47me
46:48I'm nothing
46:49but a cheap
46:50counterfeit!
46:54A violent
46:55slap
46:55exploded
46:56through the
46:56room.
46:57Selene
46:57clutched her
46:58swollen
46:58cheek,
46:59staring in
47:00disbelief at
47:00the Alpha
47:01Father who
47:01had once
47:02treasured her
47:03above all
47:03else.
47:04Alpha
47:05Father's
47:05face was
47:06dark.
47:07A tidal wave
47:07of regret
47:08crashed over
47:09him.
47:09Alpha
47:10Father!
47:12Selene
47:13tried to
47:13stir whatever
47:14pity remained.
47:15Father!
47:18You are
47:18no longer
47:19worthy of
47:20using that
47:20title to
47:22defile the
47:22honor of an
47:23Alpha.
47:24Alpha
47:24Father's eyes
47:25were rimmed
47:26red.
47:26What we
47:27owe Lyra
47:27we will
47:28repay.
47:29What you
47:30owe her
47:30you will
47:31repay in
47:32blood.
47:33Kaelin,
47:34I...
47:34Selene
47:35turned to
47:36him.
47:36Shut your
47:37mouth.
47:38You're not
47:38worthy of
47:38calling me
47:39that anymore.
47:40Is there
47:41truly no
47:42mercy left?
47:44You still
47:45think this
47:45is just
47:46a small
47:46matter?
47:47Kaelin's
47:47laugh was
47:48colder than
47:49death.
47:52Isn't
47:53it?
47:53Lyra only
47:54spent seven
47:55years in
47:55prison!
47:56She's not
47:57even dead!
47:58Selene
47:58shrieked.
48:04Her
48:05entire
48:05body is
48:07covered in
48:08scars from
48:08the wolves
48:09you paid to
48:09tear into
48:10her!
48:11Kaelin
48:11roared.
48:15So what?
48:16She
48:17deserved
48:17it!
48:23The sound
48:24of breaking
48:25bone was
48:25stark and
48:26piercing in
48:26the room.
48:28Kaelin's
48:28wolf claws
48:29closed around
48:30at Selene's
48:30wrist.
48:31With
48:31horrifying
48:32force,
48:33he crushed
48:33the bones.
48:39At the
48:39same
48:40moment,
48:40aboard a
48:41plane bound
48:41for
48:41Dominica.
48:42I stared
48:43blankly out
48:44the window
48:44into the
48:45pitch-black
48:45sky.
48:46Those
48:47gray
48:47myothams
48:48had all
48:48become the
48:49dust behind
48:49me.
48:55This
48:56aircraft is
48:56scheduled to
48:57arrive in
48:57Dominica in
48:58five minutes.
49:00The
49:01announcement
49:01echoed through
49:02the cabin.
49:04I cast the
49:05past away
49:05completely.
49:07Looking at
49:08the brightening
49:08coastline,
49:09the corner of
49:10my mouth
49:10curved into
49:11a wild,
49:12free arc.
49:17Dominica.
49:18I had
49:19arrived.
49:20I was about
49:21to meet
49:21my new
49:22life.
49:22Six years
49:23passed in
49:23the blink
49:24in an eye.
49:25Kaelin and
49:25the crescent
49:26moon pack
49:26still hadn't
49:27found a
49:28single trace
49:28of me.
49:30When a
49:31soul resolves
49:32to vanish
49:32from the
49:33territory,
49:34even the
49:34moon goddess
49:35herself struggles
49:36to track
49:37it.
49:39Kaelin had
49:39wasted away,
49:40visibly.
49:42The
49:43communicator
49:43on his
49:44desk buzzed.
49:47He rubbed
49:48his exhausted
49:48brow and
49:49answered.
49:55Alpha,
49:56Selina's
49:56mental state
49:57has collapsed
49:57completely.
49:59Every day
49:59she tears
50:00into herself
50:00like a
50:01rabid
50:01animal.
50:03Her wolf
50:04has gone
50:04feral.
50:05The doctors
50:05recommend
50:06transferring her
50:07to a
50:07psychiatric
50:08institution.
50:09This time,
50:10is it real
50:11or another
50:13performance?
50:15Kaelin's
50:15voice was
50:16frozen
50:16steel.
50:19It's real.
50:20Her wolf
50:21spirit has
50:22atriviated from
50:22prolonged terror.
50:24Fine.
50:25I'll send
50:26the transport.
50:29Kaelin cut
50:29the call
50:30without mercy.
50:31Over these
50:32six years,
50:33he had
50:33arranged for
50:34Selina to
50:35receive special
50:36attention inside
50:36the prison.
50:38Every single
50:38agony I had
50:39endured in
50:40Silvermoon
50:40prison,
50:42she had
50:42tasted every
50:43one of them
50:44in full
50:44measure.
50:46The
50:46crescent
50:47moon
50:47pack
50:47had
50:47maintained
50:48a
50:48deathly
50:48silence
50:49about it.
50:50Kaelin
50:50dropped his
50:51gaze to
50:51the photo
50:52on his
50:52desk,
50:53the photo
50:53of me
50:54just after
50:54my
50:54release.
50:55Gone,
50:56skeletal,
50:57expressionless.
50:58Which forest
50:59are you
50:59hiding in,
51:00Lyra?
51:01He traced
51:02the brow
51:02and eyes
51:03in the
51:03photograph.
51:04Infinite
51:04regret
51:05soaked
51:05his voice.
51:06I know
51:07that making
51:07everyone
51:07who hurt
51:08you
51:08taste the
51:08same
51:09pain
51:09is the
51:09only
51:09true
51:09apology.
51:11But if
51:12you never
51:12come back,
51:13how do I
51:14return the
51:14soul I
51:14owe you?
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