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RejectedByTheAlpha My Rebirth
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00:00That was supposed to be the 60-second marking ceremony between Ben and me.
00:06As always, I knelt alone in the center of the moonlight forest,
00:11waiting for the full moon to rise.
00:13And, as always, Ben didn't show up.
00:17Seven years together, and he had refused to mark me for the 60-second time.
00:22That day, before I was a bloody mess,
00:25I knelt here alone, taking the hit from a bond that wouldn't lock.
00:30Eventually, I had to reach out through our weak psychic link.
00:35Ben, did you forget tonight is our marking ceremony?
00:39Sorry, it's Chloe's name day feast tonight.
00:41We're out celebrating.
00:43I don't think I'll make it back by moonrise.
00:45Susan, I swear, next full moon will seal the bond.
00:48Daddy, do I look good tonight?
00:54Perfect.
00:57Here, Daddy.
00:59My new balm.
01:00It's rose smelt.
01:02Do you like it?
01:04Very good.
01:06The perfume smells good.
01:08Or do I?
01:10That claying rose stink mixed with the reach of blood hit me.
01:13My legs went weak.
01:16Ben, please.
01:18Save me. Mark me.
01:20I told you, Susan.
01:22Wait for the next time.
01:23Be good.
01:24I'm busy spoiling my little girl.
01:30No.
01:31I can't wait any longer.
01:34Can't wait.
01:35Daddy, focus.
01:37Take it easy.
01:39She'll wait.
01:40She always does.
01:42You've waited for me 61 times, Susan.
01:45One more night won't kill you.
01:46Oh, Daddy.
01:48It was already the 62nd time in seven years that he'd cancelled on me because of Chloe.
01:53Because of his adopted daughter.
01:56Just last night, I'd reminded him again.
01:59Ben, tomorrow is the day of our bonding ceremony.
02:03I won't forget.
02:04Ben, they're waiting for us in the hall.
02:16Ben, tomorrow is the day of our bonding ceremony.
02:20Told you.
02:21She's just a lowly omega.
02:23A plaything.
02:24Why would an alpha ever mark her?
02:26Alpha Ben probably forgot she was still waiting.
02:28That was the final straw.
02:30But I was never some lame omega.
02:32I'm the Frostbale Alpha's daughter. The noblest wolf blood runs in my veins.
02:38And nobody gets to step on me again.
02:41I turned and walked away.
02:46Only to be ambushed by rogue wolves in the dark.
02:49I tried to contact Ben for help.
02:53Ben, help me.
02:55He didn't answer.
02:57Ben, give me the first blessing.
03:07So I fought alone, with everything I had.
03:16I lived.
03:20Mom, I want to come home.
03:24My dear girl, you finally made your decision.
03:28Your father has been waiting all these years.
03:31He never gave the Alpha seed to anyone else.
03:36And Rocco?
03:37He's the Alpha of the Crimson Moon Pack now.
03:40He's still waiting for you.
03:42If he still wants me, I'll marry him.
03:45But isn't Ben LaVon Bari the one you've always loved?
03:48No.
03:50Not anymore.
03:51But before I go home, I've gotta go back one last time.
03:54I'm taking back what's mine.
03:57Ending this bond that should have died long ago.
04:00I wasn't going to beg Ben to mark me anymore.
04:04He could stay with his precious adopted daughter.
04:07Back at the Fire Flame Castle.
04:11I heard laughter coming from the front hall.
04:21When I returned home, the first thing I heard was laughter in the living room.
04:25Chloe, I made this Wolf Fang necklace just for you.
04:31I even had the Shaman bless it.
04:33So you'll never get sick again.
04:35Wow!
04:36Wow!
04:37Thank you, Daddy!
04:38You're the best!
04:39Of course.
04:40You're the most important person to me.
04:43Watching them, I felt... sick.
04:48Susan!
04:49You're back!
04:50Are you here to celebrate my birthday too?
04:53And then the scent hit me.
04:55Roses.
04:56Thick.
04:57And nauseating.
04:58I'm allergic to strong florals.
05:00I step back immediately.
05:01Don't come closer!
05:02But Chloe ignored me and lunged toward me with open arms.
05:06No!
05:07Ouch!
05:18Susan, why did you push me?
05:22Chloe.
05:27I swear, I didn't use any strength.
05:33Susan, how could you?
05:38Just because we didn't finish the marking ritual doesn't mean you get to hurt Chloe.
05:45Ben's knee pressed directly on the wound just torn.
05:48Torn open by that stray wolf's claw.
05:51Tomorrow, it was tearing it open again.
05:53Piece by piece.
05:56But I forced myself to stay conscious.
05:59To stay awake.
06:00Because if I fell now, it meant surrender.
06:08Apologize, Susan.
06:10You hurt Chloe.
06:12You need to be held accountable for your recklessness.
06:15She's fine.
06:17She fell on her own.
06:30All because of that lousy rose bomb.
06:34You know the smell makes me sick.
06:37What, you forgot that too?
06:39You still shouldn't have been violent with her.
06:42Chloe only wanted to hug you.
06:43You pushed her.
06:45It's okay, daddy.
06:47It doesn't hurt that much.
06:49I'll call the healer.
06:56You apologize.
07:03Chloe leaned into Ben's chest, pretending to be weak, but I caught it.
07:09That flicker of victory in her eyes.
07:14I'm sorry.
07:18There, don't cry.
07:20The pain overtaking every inch of my body.
07:23My mind began to float.
07:26My thoughts scattering.
07:33Why are you bleeding so much?
07:44Trying to guilt-tripe me now, what?
07:46Think bleeding out in front of me will win my sympathy?
07:50Even if you die here, Susan, don't expect pity from me.
07:54He walked away.
07:56Without sparing me a single glance.
07:59But that was fine.
08:00I no longer needed his pity.
08:02Because very soon, I would be gone.
08:05I stayed in bed for two whole days.
08:08Ben never came by.
08:09Not even once.
08:10And I knew exactly where he was.
08:14With her.
08:15Just like all the other times.
08:18I stared at the family portrait I once cherished.
08:23The one I now despised.
08:25In the painting, Chloe's smile is always the brightest.
08:29And Ben never once looked my way.
08:32Enough.
08:36I began to pack.
08:38All the thing the things I once held dear.
08:40Gifts from Ben.
08:41Necklaces.
08:42Handwritten notes.
08:43I tossed them into the fireplace.
08:51What the hell are you doing?
08:53Susan.
08:54You think this kind of drama is gonna get my attention?
08:58It's not about you.
09:00I just wanted those memories to die with a little dignity.
09:04Stop playing these little games.
09:06You know I'm not moved by this.
09:08You'd better behave or else...
09:10Or else you'll abandon me.
09:14You already did, Ben.
09:16You just won't admit it.
09:26Still acting out? How fine.
09:28Let's talk like adults.
09:30Tonight, you'll have dinner with me and Chloe.
09:34You're practically her mother.
09:36Show some maturity and fix your relationship with her.
09:39Ben.
09:40I'm only two years older than Chloe.
09:43And you want me to be her mother?
09:46Don't you think that's a little twisted?
09:50She lost her parents young. I've raised her since then.
09:53She's never known hardship and I won't let her start now.
10:03But I had never known hardship either.
10:06Until I fell in love with him.
10:09That night at dinner, Chloe beamed like nothing had ever happened.
10:13Ben, perhaps trying to maintain some sense of fairness, placed a piece of food in my bowl.
10:19Lemon baked bass.
10:21Chloe's favorite.
10:23My most hated.
10:27The whole meal felt like a silent joke.
10:30Where the only warmth came from their intimacy.
10:33And the only thing growing in me was the cold, final resolve.
10:44Daddy, take me to see the show, please.
10:50Of course.
10:54Susan, get some rest.
11:00I won't forget the next marking ceremony.
11:03This time, I'll plan it myself.
11:05I promise, there'll be a big surprise.
11:09Alright, I'll wait.
11:12I didn't go back to my room.
11:14Instead, I picked up my dagger, wrapped myself in my cloak, and walked deep into the forest.
11:25I knelt before the moonstone altaral, pierced my finger, blood drift into the rune-carved stone throth.
11:32Then, I whispered the severant meat.
11:35By the name of Frost Bailed, I break the soul chain.
11:41In the next instant, a searing pain erupted in my chest.
11:45Like claws diggings gigging into my core and Corrin tearing a piece of my soul free.
11:49The bond that had barely kept me tied to Ben shattered.
11:54The psychic backlash hit me like a tidal wave.
11:57I collapsed forward, nearly unconscious from the sheer agony.
12:00But I didn't turn back.
12:02Because this pain was my freedom.
12:18I ran towards the Frostbang pack.
12:22Home.
12:25This wasn't ordinary pain.
12:28This was the backlash from a severed mate-bind.
12:32Instinctively, he reached out through the psychic link.
12:35Susan.
12:37Where are you?
12:39Can you hear me?
12:41Are you hurt?
12:42Say something.
12:43But there was only silence.
12:45A cold, endless void.
12:48The bond, the soul thread that had always connected them, was gone.
12:53No.
12:53No, that's impossible.
12:56Ben, where are you going?
12:58The show's not over yet.
12:59Watch it yourself, I have something to do.
13:01Ben!
13:08She didn't really sever it.
13:10She couldn't have.
13:12For seven years, I had waited for him.
13:15Even after he rejected me, marking over and over again, I had never left.
13:19I was always there.
13:21Quiet.
13:22Constant.
13:23Holding his world together from the shadows.
13:25I was like a guardian wolf.
13:28Always watching.
13:29Always protecting.
13:30Even when ignored.
13:34Susan!
13:36The house was cold.
13:38Not just in temperature, but lifeless.
13:40Like someone had died here.
13:42The ceramic vase I loved.
13:45Shattered.
13:45The shelf by the sofa.
13:47Empty.
13:48No more of my old scrolls.
13:50Or wolf lore books.
13:52The house was stripped clean.
13:53As if I had never lived here at all.
13:56He'd tried to be fair.
13:58So he'd given me a piece of Chloe's favorite lemon-baked bass.
14:02I hated the fishy taste of bass.
14:04I'd told him it gave me headaches.
14:06I had been his Luna.
14:08His fated mate.
14:09The one he had sworn to spend his life with.
14:12And yet.
14:13He had never room for me.
14:15Susan.
14:18You didn't really leave me.
14:21Right?
14:23But deep down.
14:25He knew I had.
14:26By the time I stepped onto the ridges of Frostflang Mountain.
14:30The sky had just begun to pale with the first light of dawn.
14:33The wind greeted me with the familiar scent of snow cedar and stone cold earth.
14:37Sharp, clean and ancient.
14:40This was the scent of my bloodline.
14:46That's...
14:47She's back!
14:48Lady Susan has returned!
15:02You're really back.
15:04My baby girl, you're home.
15:14And for the first time since leaving Ben.
15:17I cried.
15:20Not from pain.
15:22But because someone finally cared about me.
15:26Not for what I did.
15:27But for simply being me.
15:29You've suffered long enough.
15:31The Alpha Seat has always been waiting for you.
15:33From now on, you'll never stand alone again.
15:36Standing between them.
15:38Wrapped in unconditional love.
15:39I felt like the barren plain Aen inside my heart had finally thawed.
15:43Like the first rain after years of frost.
15:47Another day later, and she would have permanently destabilized her Alpha Core.
15:54It's alright.
15:56I'm back now.
15:57I won't fall again.
16:01That night, the Frostick Pack lit a ceremonial bonfire to welcome their true heir home.
16:11Laughter and warmth surrounded me.
16:14And for the first time in so long, I didn't feel alone.
16:22Big sister Susan, will you stay here forever?
16:26Yes.
16:27I will.
16:30Yay!
16:41In my palm sat a single black Osterian bead.
16:44The only thing I'd brought with me from Ben.
16:47It had once hung from a necklace he gave me.
16:50Now nothing more than a gold relic.
16:53I dropped it gently into the dying embers at my feet.
16:57The bead cracked.
17:02Leaving the firewood pack behind.
17:04Felt like breathing clean air after drowning.
17:08Don't catch a cold.
17:14Coming home...
17:18Felt better than anything I'd remembered.
17:24Today, I was meeting Rocco, Alpha of the Crimson Moon Pack.
17:29A promise made long ago, when I was 10 years old, was finally coming due.
17:35Back then, our two packs had formed an alliance.
17:38Sealed with a sacred pact, the heir of Frostbade would one day become the mate of Crimson Moon's Warrior Alpha.
17:44A union of strength and blood.
17:47To safeguard the northern ligonage of the wolf tribes.
17:52I remembered he once gave me a polished moonstone etched with the rune for Luna.
17:59One day, I'll come find you.
18:03But I had veered off the path of destiny.
18:05Lost myself for seven years.
18:11And yet...
18:13He had waited.
18:18He really waited.
18:30You're finally back.
18:41Rocky, there's something I can't hide from you.
18:44What is it?
18:45I took a breath.
18:48And told him everything.
18:50About Ben.
18:52About the obsession.
18:53The patience.
18:54The 62 humiliating rejections.
18:57About how I severed the mate bond with my own hands.
19:01How I ran.
19:02Broken and alone.
19:04From a place that had never been home.
19:06He listened without a word.
19:09Not once did he look away.
19:12There was no judgement.
19:14No surprise.
19:16No hesitation.
19:17Only a quiet, aching sorrow in his gaze.
19:22So now you know.
19:25I'm not the pure Luna everyone imagined.
19:28I'm not untouched or unscarred.
19:31I was rejected.
19:34For seven years.
19:41Then he's a blind bastard.
19:43Then he's a blind bastard.
19:49Rocko was known as Crimson Moon's fiercest warrior.
19:53His presence alone could silent a battlefield.
19:56But now, as he approached me.
19:59His era was like moonlight.
20:09You're not broken Susan.
20:11You're the strongest Luna I've ever known.
20:13You just gave your soul to the wrong alpha.
20:17I don't care what you've been through.
20:20What I care about.
20:21What I care about.
20:22Is how much you had to endure.
20:26I didn't say those words to impress you.
20:28Not to flatter you.
20:30Not because of politics or duty.
20:34But because I meant them.
20:36Everyone.
20:37Everyone.
20:39I had waited seven years.
20:42Not because of a pact.
20:44But because you were worth the wait.
20:46So Susan.
20:48If you're willing, I want to complete the bond with you.
20:51Not just for the Pax.
20:53But for us.
20:54I looked into his eyes.
20:56And for the first time in a long time.
20:59I didn't see pain or shadows in my reflection.
21:02I saw light.
21:04A legacy reborn.
21:08A new beginning.
21:11Yes.
21:12I chose a bond.
21:14Not out of duty.
21:16Not out of vengeance.
21:17Because someone chose me first.
21:35You know I once sat like this.
21:38Waiting for someone else.
21:46He never came.
21:48But you did.
21:49You've always been there.
21:51I didn't come because of you.
21:55I've always been here.
21:57It was you.
21:59Who finally chose to see me.
22:02I looked into his eyes and suddenly understood.
22:05Destiny wasn't frightening.
22:07What was frightening.
22:08Was placing your hopes in the wrong hands.
22:13Rocco was never the one I waited for.
22:15He was the one who had waited for me.
22:17I felt his warmth.
22:19Steady and calm.
22:20And something deeper stirred in my soul.
22:22That familiar pull between true mates.
22:25Stronger than all the some days I'd once waited for.
22:28But peace doesn't last forever.
22:30Ben came to Frostbone.
22:33He looked different.
22:35Thinner.
22:35Hollow-eyed.
22:36No longer proud.
22:38Susan, you're here.
22:40I finally found you.
22:42I know I was wrong.
22:43I know everything now.
22:44I realized too late what you sacrificed for me.
22:48Chloe's gone.
22:49The paintings, the gifts.
22:51All her stuff, I burned it.
22:54She never loved me.
22:55She just needed a sugar daddy.
22:57And that day, when I sat alone in that house, I realized none of it smelled like you anymore.
23:02Everything was her.
23:04But you...
23:06You were always meant to be my Luna.
23:08And you only realized now?
23:14Every day I wasn't there, it was her in your arms.
23:20It was you peeling shrimp for her.
23:23You feeding her.
23:25Shielding her.
23:26And me?
23:27I was just the one who showed up when you needed something.
23:30Even your idea of fairness was flawed.
23:33You gave me food I hated, Ben.
23:36You know I hate bass with lemon.
23:43You're an alpha.
23:45I was your Luna.
23:47But to you, I never ranked above an 18-year-old girl.
23:50I'm not the girl who waited for your marking anymore.
23:53That bond, I severed it with my own hands.
23:57You felt it too, didn't you?
23:59That soul-deep tearing.
24:01Every day since has felt like I'm still tearing apart.
24:07Susan.
24:08Please.
24:10Let me make it right.
24:13Just give me a chance.
24:17You didn't miss a ceremony.
24:19You missed seven years of everything.
24:23And I don't want to look back anymore.
24:32Then what am I now?
24:38You were once the man I would have given everything to.
24:41You.
24:43Now, you're just an ending.
24:47He came too late.
24:53And I had already walked too far.
24:59The day after Ben left, the council elders of Frosthown came to see me.
25:05The moon altar was ready.
25:07This time, I didn't hesitate.
25:10There was no waiting.
25:11No heartbreak.
25:13No one who would arrive late.
25:15I bathed away the dust of the past,
25:17put on the ceremonial robe my mother had hand-stitched with snow-thread patterns.
25:22At my waist hung the silver feather bone chain,
25:25the symbol of a female alpha of frost aid.
25:30From this day forward,
25:32you are no one's shadow.
25:34You are the guardian of these mountains and this sky.
25:38The moon.
25:44And the moon.
25:45Wolves stood silent.
25:46Their low howls echoing beneath the stars.
25:51Awaiting the awakening of their true luna.
25:56Do you willingly become my luna?
25:59To bind our souls and walk beside me for this life?
26:08I do, and then the marking began.
26:20A tremler ran through my soul.
26:23The resonance of true connections surged through me, like rain falling on parched earth.
26:29For the first time, the alpha core within me, balanced, awakened, whole.
26:38Luna Susan.
26:45I'm home.
26:52Do you think you'll regret it?
26:56You're the first person in my life who made me feel like I could hold my head high.
27:01I won't regret this.
27:04And in that embrace, I let go of fear, of doubt, of every scar I once carried.
27:13That night, the moon above Frosthild shone brighter than it had in years.
27:17As if it had finally found its true guardian again.
27:23At dawn that day, the Frostbale sentry horn sounded an urgent call.
27:28A messenger from the Firestone pack arrived.
27:33Firestone was attacked.
27:36The alpha is gravely injured.
27:38Ben.
27:40Rogue Wolves led in by an outsider.
27:44A young woman.
27:45Her name was Chloe.
27:53I was not surprised.
27:57From the moment Chloe wore rose-heavy perfume and pressed herself against me.
28:02From the first time she wept in Ben's arms while flashing a victorious smile at me.
28:08I knew.
28:09She was never innocent.
28:11She was ambitious.
28:13Wrapped in a child's mask.
28:16According to the survivors from Firestone,
28:19After Ben cast Chloe out and revoked her place as heir, she spiraled.
28:24Days later, she returned.
28:26With a pack of exiled robes at her back.
28:29She had lured them in under cover of darkness.
28:32She knew Firestone's defenses.
28:35She knew Ben controlled alone.
28:37She personally detonated the Granimary vault, plunging the pack into chaos.
28:42Then opened the gates.
28:45Ben fought.
28:48He resisted with everything he had.
28:51But Chloe bite.
28:53Crushed his shoulder.
28:56His bones snapped.
28:58His strength gave out.
29:00Just when they were about to kill him.
29:03He struck.
29:06He killed Chloe with his own hands.
29:08You said you loved me.
29:11But the moment she returned,
29:13you panicked.
29:17You were never worthy of being my father.
29:23The battle left Firestone in ruin.
29:25Ben was carried back to the inner sanctimum.
29:28Mangled beyond recognition.
29:30He couldn't even hold his wolf bone.
29:33His mind splintered.
29:35His breath stopped.
29:36Twice.
29:41The next day,
29:42the Firestone Council convened a closed cessing.
29:45Ben Lombardi.
29:46due to years of emotional neglect,
29:49political misjudgment,
29:51and harboring a traitor,
29:53is hereby deemed unfit to serve as Alpha.
29:56The position is declared vacant.
29:59A new successor will be chosen
30:03by the voice of the pack.
30:07The news spread across the northern ridge like wildfire.
30:11When I heard it,
30:13I felt nothing.
30:14No grief.
30:16No satisfaction.
30:18Just clarity.
30:20Ben's fall was the natural resequence of the seeds he sow,
30:24Chloe's death.
30:25The price of her descent into darkness.
30:29Some people do not grow from love.
30:32Some people do not grow from love.
30:32They only learn through destruction.
30:42You're still thinking about him.
30:50I'm thinking...
30:51If I hadn't left,
30:54would Frosthail have been dragged into the wreckage too?
30:56You made the right choice.
30:59Sometimes, turning back isn't kindness.
31:01It's enabling.
31:02Ben's story was over.
31:05Mine...
31:06was just beginning.
31:13I found out I was pregnant after a long patrol across the mountain.
31:17The clan healer confirmed it.
31:20Rocky stood frozen in silence for a long time.
31:28I'm going to be a dad!
31:34Two.
31:37Two?
31:39Moon goddess above!
31:41We're having two little pups!
31:44They were born in the spring of the following year,
31:47when the snow began to melt.
31:49Our firstborn came out first.
31:53He howled the moment he hit the air.
31:57He's going to be a warrior.
32:00The second was slower.
32:03A tiny girl.
32:05Small and quiet.
32:07They're mine.
32:09They're ours.
32:14This...
32:15This is home.
32:16The days blurred in their giggles, snars, and soft yips.
32:21They had their father's golden eyes, but their spirit was all frostbang.
32:27They'll grow stronger than both of us.
32:31As long as they're happy.
32:33That's what matters most.
32:39Remember when you asked me, will I regret this someday?
32:43Never.
32:45Neither do I.
32:50Now, I am in the wind.
32:53In the mountains.
32:55In the clear cries of my two wolf pups.
32:58In the arms of the one who never made me bow.
33:01And in all of that, I have everything.
33:03What's happening?
33:05What's happening?
33:10Word is...
33:11Frostvague and Crimson Moons Luna is out inspecting the lower valley.
33:15With her alpha...
33:16And...
33:16Two kids.
33:20Susan.
33:25Beside her...
33:27Was him.
33:30Rocco.
33:31The warrior alpha of the Crimson Moon.
33:34One of the strongest wolves of the North.
33:38She was...
33:39Happy.
33:41Not the kind of happiness built on compromise.
33:44But real joy.
33:45And I.
33:47Ben stood in the mud and rot.
33:50Shoulder aching from the wound left by the rogue wolf three years ago.
33:54After he lost his alpha title, the council stripped him of power.
33:58They said he was unstable in spirit.
34:01Impure in blood.
34:03Unworthy to lead a pack.
34:07He didn't argue.
34:12They were right.
34:13I had pushed away the only soul who ever loved me unconditionally.
34:18I thought she'd never leave.
34:20But she did.
34:21Completely.
34:23Susan.
34:35Are you hungry?
34:38Susan...
34:39Be happy.
34:41Since then, Ben had never gone near Frosthale again.
34:45He remained on the outskirts of Firestone, serving as a low-ranking watchguard.
34:51But every year, when the first snow falls...
34:55He climbed to the peak of the northern ridge and sit alone through the night.
35:01If I could do it all again...
35:04I would mark you first.
35:07Love you first.
35:08Choose you first.
35:13But there is no again.
35:15I am gone.
35:16Gone into the life she always deserved.
35:18Gone into the life she always deserved.
35:18The thing she did was I was to go to the center of the night.
35:21The sun had come.
35:21As of the night was has come.
35:23Level 7.
35:23The sun was next.
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