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00:00Choose one to be your mate.
00:01One of these potential Alpha candidates will become the next Alpha of our pack.
00:07None of them.
00:10I choose Daemon.
00:12The crippled Alpha.
00:14I am the only direct bloodline heir of the Iron Moon pack.
00:18Yet, I was born a female Alpha.
00:21Everyone said that the five orphans my father brought back from the battlefield
00:25were the true future of the pack.
00:27He raised them into the most admired beta warriors in Iron Moon.
00:32As for me, I was nothing more than a pretty heir with noble blood
00:37who couldn't even maintain a stable wolf form.
00:40And as far as those five were concerned, I barely existed.
00:45I spent ten years chasing after Caelan Stone,
00:48only to earn countless looks of disdain in return.
00:52I used to think he treated all women that way.
00:54Until one day, standing outside his bedroom door,
00:58I heard him swear to Vivian Moss.
01:01I'll mark Lyra only to secure my position.
01:03You're the only mate I want.
01:05I've made you.
01:06Words shattered everything I had believed in for the past ten years.
01:11On the eve of the elders' council meeting,
01:13my father asked me who I wanted to choose.
01:16I thought of the way all five of them avoided my gaze.
01:19If I'm getting married, I might as well make it strategic.
01:24I choose Damon Bloodfing of the Bloodfill Pack.
01:27Damon was poisoned by silver five years ago.
01:29His legs were left paralyzed,
01:31and rumors say he can't even complete a mating mark anymore.
01:34Are you sure?
01:36Love isn't something people in our position get to negotiate.
01:40If everything comes down to power and survival,
01:42then I choose strength, not sentiment.
01:45Damon may be crippled,
01:46but his bloodline, his pack, and his warriors
01:49still outweigh those five men combined.
01:51My father's expression darkened.
01:53You say that so easily,
01:55but are you telling me
01:56none of the five boys I raised for you ever caught your attention?
02:00My mother had been my father's only mate.
02:02She died the year I was born.
02:04A rogue attack.
02:06Too much blood loss.
02:07No second chance.
02:08After that, he never took another mate,
02:11but he also never fully believed
02:13a female alpha could carry Iron Moon alone,
02:16so he followed the council's recommendation.
02:18He brought back five orphaned boys from the battlefield
02:21and raised them inside Iron Moon.
02:24He made one rule from the beginning.
02:26No matter who I chose,
02:28that man would be granted alpha status,
02:31meant to rule beside me,
02:32not beneath me.
02:34That was his compromise.
02:35Love me fiercely,
02:37and still not trust me enough to do it alone.
02:40I met his gaze.
02:41My bond with Damon Bloodbold doesn't require sentiment.
02:45It only requires succession.
02:47He is the sole heir of Bloodbold
02:49that makes him more valuable
02:51than any arranged foster alliance you built here.
02:54Compared to relying on adopted sons to stabilize Iron Moon,
02:58an alliance with a true power pack
03:00is simply the rational choice.
03:02Silence stretched between us.
03:05If none of them were able to hold your attention,
03:08then there is no reason to keep them in Iron Moon.
03:11We left the council hall together.
03:13My father cast Caelan a brief, unreadable glance
03:17before walking out.
03:20What did you report this time?
03:24Let me guess.
03:25She ran to Alpha again
03:27because we didn't treat her like royalty.
03:29Princess Lyra didn't get enough attention,
03:31so she needed to complain?
03:34Orion and Riven followed with quiet snorts,
03:37barely even trying to hide it.
03:39Five voices, one direction,
03:41all aimed at me,
03:43like a wall closing in.
03:45If none of you want to mark me,
03:47why hasn't a single one of you
03:49ever told my father directly?
03:51My father didn't force bonds.
03:53He never had.
03:54One clear refusal would have been enough.
03:56He would have released them with wealth and freedom
03:59and never looked back.
04:00But none of them ever said it.
04:02Not once.
04:04Because none of them actually wanted to leave the Iron Moon pack.
04:07Not the future it promised.
04:09Stop dressing it up.
04:11We're just fostered wolves living in Iron Moon.
04:14What choice do you think we actually have?
04:17Just pick me if you're going to pick anyone.
04:18Don't drag them into your mess.
04:21For a second,
04:22the others went quiet.
04:23Almost moved.
04:25Like he was taking the burden of sacrifice onto himself.
04:28But all I felt was a slow,
04:30bitter weight
04:31settling in my chest.
04:33Nothing else.
04:34Then,
04:35Vivian showed up.
04:36The moment her eyes landed on me,
04:38she shifted back,
04:40instinctively,
04:40and slipped behind Kaylin.
04:43She didn't do anything.
04:45Drop it for today.
04:48I stared at them.
04:50Five men.
04:51The same five who were supposed to stand behind me.
04:54Now all of them stood in front of her,
04:57protecting her from me.
04:59Something in my memory snapped open.
05:02One year ago,
05:03not long after Vivian arrived at Iron Moon.
05:06That night,
05:06I carried healing broth
05:08to Kaylin's quarters.
05:09He'd been injured during border patrol.
05:11He told me not to come.
05:13I still did.
05:14His door wasn't fully shut.
05:17Kaylin,
05:18are you really
05:19going to mark Lyra?
05:22My hand froze on the doorframe.
05:25No.
05:27I won't mark her.
05:28My chest tightened
05:29before I even understood why.
05:31Then why
05:32did you agree
05:33to Alpha Ronin?
05:35Because that's the only way
05:37I can become
05:38Alpha
05:39of Iron Moon.
05:40And
05:41Lyra.
05:42She's just stepping stone.
05:44Once
05:44I take control,
05:46I'll send her
05:46away.
05:50Then what about me?
05:52You?
05:54You're the only one I want.
05:56Once I take Alpha,
05:58I'll mark you publicly.
06:00You'll be my Luna.
06:04She can't even shift right.
06:06Luna?
06:07Seriously?
06:10She's only valuable
06:11because of her bloodline.
06:13Nothing else.
06:16Does she actually believe
06:18we'd choose her
06:20when she finds out
06:23she's going to break?
06:26Like it was already decided.
06:29Then you won't
06:30lie to me,
06:32right?
06:33I swear.
06:36Only you.
06:37The bowl slipped
06:38from my hands.
06:39It hit the ground
06:41and shattered.
06:45Who's there?
06:46I moved into the shadow
06:47beside the doorway
06:48and held my breath.
06:50Kaelin stepped out.
06:51His eyes dropped
06:52to the broken bowl.
06:54A cat.
06:56I stayed where I was.
06:58Didn't speak.
06:59Didn't cry.
07:00Didn't make a sound.
07:01Only when the silence settled
07:03did I step back.
07:04Into the moonlight.
07:06It spilled across my face
07:07like something too clean
07:08for what I was feeling.
07:13The next morning
07:14I met Vivian in the garden.
07:15She was holding
07:16a bowl of flower essence,
07:17smiling like she had
07:19been waiting for me.
07:21Good morning, Lyra.
07:23Lyra.
07:24Sleep well?
07:25Now there was ease
07:26in her expression.
07:27Confidence.
07:28I did.
07:28I did.
07:29She paused
07:30just for a second.
07:32Lyra,
07:33this was my mother's.
07:35I wanted you to have it.
07:37Thank you
07:38for everything
07:39you've done for me.
07:40Before I could respond,
07:42Kaelin appeared.
07:43You're seriously
07:45taking her mother's relic
07:47now?
07:48I froze.
07:50Vivian dropped instantly,
07:51knees to the ground.
07:54It wasn't Lyra.
07:56I gave it to her.
07:58Please,
07:58don't blame her.
07:59She slammed her forehead
08:01into the ground.
08:02Again.
08:02Blood showed
08:03almost immediately.
08:05Merrick arrived first,
08:06then Corbin,
08:07Orion,
08:08Riven.
08:09Lyra!
08:10Enough!
08:12You're the heir,
08:13not a bully.
08:14You have everything.
08:16And you still take
08:17the only thing she has?
08:20Riven drew his dagger
08:21in one smooth motion.
08:24Apologize.
08:24An alpha heir
08:25boxed in
08:26on all sides.
08:27They weren't asking.
08:29They were pressing me down,
08:30forcing submission,
08:32forcing my neck
08:33exposed to an Omega
08:34who was clearly
08:35playing a game
08:36they refused
08:37to see.
08:38Vivian kept
08:39her head lowered,
08:40but I caught it anyway.
08:41That small,
08:43satisfied curve
08:43at the corner
08:44of her mouth.
08:45I didn't fight back,
08:46because somewhere
08:47deep down,
08:48there was still
08:49a stupid,
08:50fragile part of me
08:51that waited.
08:52Maybe Kalen
08:53would step in.
08:54Maybe he'd say,
08:55this doesn't add up.
08:57He didn't.
08:59Apologize,
09:00or I don't
09:01mark you.
09:03That line
09:03landed harder
09:04than anything else,
09:05because I had
09:06already given him
09:07everything I had
09:08in me.
09:09I couldn't afford
09:10to lose him.
09:11Not then.
09:12So I lowered my head.
09:14My throat burned
09:15as I exposed my neck.
09:16I'm sorry.
09:18And that moment,
09:19that single submission,
09:21lasted a year.
09:22After that day,
09:23Vivian changed
09:24how she moved around me,
09:26like I was
09:26something dangerous.
09:28Sometimes,
09:28she dropped to her knees
09:29the moment she saw me.
09:31Sometimes,
09:31she hid behind
09:32the five of them,
09:33shaking,
09:34crying on cue.
09:35And I did nothing.
09:37Once,
09:38she tripped in the garden,
09:39a shallow scrape
09:40on her knee.
09:40Nothing serious.
09:42But she ran straight
09:43to Kalen in tears,
09:45claiming I had pushed her.
09:46No questions asked.
09:48All five of them
09:49came for me.
09:50They tore through
09:51my quarters like a storm.
09:52Everything broken.
09:53Everything scattered.
09:55If you touch her again,
09:57break a wolf legs myself.
09:59I almost laughed.
10:00Wolf legs.
10:02I couldn't even shift properly.
10:04But it didn't matter.
10:05They believed her.
10:06Always her.
10:08The memory snapped back
10:09like a pulled thread.
10:11Vivian was still behind
10:12Kalen now,
10:13smiling faintly,
10:14like she had already
10:16won something
10:16no one else could see.
10:18If you're that afraid,
10:19I'll hurt her.
10:20You might as well
10:20leash her to your side.
10:22Are you threatening me?
10:24What are you planning
10:25to do to her?
10:27Let me guess.
10:28Now that we gave Vivian
10:30a Starfall Sanctum,
10:31you're finally snapping?
10:32You already have everything.
10:34And she has nothing.
10:36It's just
10:37Starfall Sanctum.
10:38Why are you acting
10:39like this is some tragedy?
10:41My gaze sharpened.
10:43Starfall Sanctum?
10:44Starfall Sanctum
10:45wasn't just a place.
10:46It was a buried lunar basin
10:48deep under
10:49Iron Moon territory.
10:50When it hit
10:51the sacred waters,
10:52it refracted
10:53into something
10:53that looked like
10:54a galaxy trapped underground.
10:56My father spent
10:5718 years building it.
10:59For me.
11:00A coming-of-age gift.
11:02Half a year ago,
11:03as it neared completion,
11:05he handed oversight
11:06to Kalen.
11:07He was supposed
11:08to present it to me
11:09on my ceremony day.
11:10Instead,
11:11it never reached me.
11:13It went to Vivian.
11:14My eyes locked on Kalen.
11:16He was the one
11:17who controlled final access.
11:18No one entered
11:19without his approval.
11:21Vivian grew up
11:22on the outskirts
11:23of the pack.
11:24She's never seen
11:25a real night sky.
11:26I gave her a moment.
11:28That's all.
11:30The Sanctum
11:31is still yours on paper.
11:33Don't turn this
11:34into something it isn't.
11:36And stop making a scene.
11:38If it comes to it,
11:39I'll announce
11:40our mating bond
11:40at your coming-of-age
11:42ceremony next month.
11:43That should satisfy
11:44you enough, right?
11:46The way Kalen
11:47looked at me,
11:48calm,
11:48almost magnanimous,
11:51made something cold
11:53twist in my chest.
11:55For a second,
11:56I almost wondered
11:57if I was the one
11:58who didn't belong here.
12:00If anything,
12:01they looked at him
12:02like he was making
12:02some kind of
12:03noble sacrifice.
12:05You really don't
12:06have to go this far.
12:07Lyra's spoiled,
12:09ruthless.
12:10Marking her
12:11is no different
12:11than marking
12:13a stone.
12:15At least you'll
12:15finally get what
12:16she's been chasing
12:17for years.
12:18Kalen,
12:19don't do this
12:20for me.
12:20If it helps,
12:21I'll kneel to her.
12:22I'll beg.
12:23I'll do anything
12:24she wants.
12:25I swallowed once.
12:26Hard.
12:28I won't choose you.
12:29Kalen's brow
12:30lifted slightly,
12:31like he was still
12:32deciding whether
12:32I was serious.
12:34Merrick and Corbin
12:34exchanged a look,
12:36like they were
12:36more afraid
12:37I'd choose them
12:38instead.
12:38That alone
12:39hit something
12:40deep in my chest.
12:41Ten years,
12:43standing behind them.
12:44And still,
12:45I was the only one
12:46treated like I didn't
12:47belong in the same space.
12:49I turned to leave.
12:50Vivian caught my wrist.
12:52Then she dropped
12:53instantly,
12:54knees to the ground,
12:55head lowered.
12:56Please,
12:57don't make this
12:58harder for Kalen.
13:00The five of them
13:01were brought into
13:01Iron Moon.
13:02They were never
13:03equal to begin with.
13:04If you're going to
13:05report this over
13:05Starfall Sanctuary,
13:07I'll apologize.
13:08I'll do whatever
13:09you want.
13:11Then she started
13:12bowing,
13:13fast,
13:13hard.
13:14Her forehead
13:15hit the ground
13:16until blood appeared.
13:17Kalen moved
13:18immediately.
13:19He pulled her up,
13:20jaw tight.
13:21So you say
13:22you won't choose me,
13:23but when the time
13:24comes,
13:25don't change your mind.
13:27This whole thing,
13:29you're just trying
13:30to pressure her
13:30indirectly.
13:32You just want
13:33an excuse to
13:33report her
13:34and force her out,
13:35don't you?
13:35I don't care
13:36what you think.
13:37I won't choose
13:38you.
13:41Kalen grabbed
13:42my wrist,
13:43hard.
13:44Not me?
13:45Then who?
13:46Marek?
13:47Corbin?
13:48Mark wants
13:49freedom.
13:50Corbin wants
13:51peace.
13:52Haven't you
13:53already taken
13:53enough from them?
13:55If you agree
13:56to stop targeting
13:56Vivian,
13:57I'll mark you.
14:00Just stop this.
14:02That's all I'm asking.
14:03For the first time,
14:04he looked exhausted,
14:05like I had been
14:06the one wearing
14:07him down for years.
14:08I held his gaze
14:09for a long moment,
14:10then said quietly,
14:12Everything will go
14:13the way you want.
14:14He was afraid
14:15I'd hurt Vivian.
14:16He refused
14:17to mark me.
14:18Fine.
14:19Once I became
14:20Damon Bloodfang's
14:21mate,
14:21none of this
14:22would matter anyway.
14:23The day of my
14:24coming of age
14:24ceremony arrived.
14:26Iron Moon
14:27had been transformed.
14:28Everyone knew
14:29why they were here.
14:31Not just
14:32my 18th birthday,
14:33my mate declaration.
14:35And everyone
14:36already knew
14:37the outcome.
14:39Kalen Stone.
14:41Because I had
14:42chased him
14:42for 10 years.
14:44Because the entire
14:45pack had watched
14:46it happen.
14:47The five of them
14:48stood in the front row.
14:49Even the guests
14:51looked at them
14:51more than they
14:52looked at me.
14:53Like this ceremony
14:54belonged to them.
14:56I was about
14:57to shut down
14:58the whispers
14:58when a servant
14:59screamed.
15:00Help!
15:01Vivian is missing!
15:03There's a note!
15:04She's been kidnapped!
15:06The shift
15:07was immediate.
15:08Merrick
15:09moved first.
15:11Before I could
15:12even turn,
15:13my head
15:14snapped to the side.
15:16Silence
15:17swallowed
15:17the entire hall.
15:19The pain
15:19landed a beat
15:20too late.
15:22Around us,
15:23people scattered
15:23instinctively.
15:25Kalen grabbed
15:26Merrick's arm
15:26before he could
15:27swing again.
15:28Then he looked
15:29at me.
15:31We already
15:32stood here
15:33like you're
15:33choosing between
15:34us,
15:34like we're
15:34disposable,
15:35and it still
15:36isn't enough!
15:37His voice
15:37sharpened.
15:38Do you want
15:39her dead?
15:40I stared
15:41back at him.
15:42Corbin looked
15:42at me like I
15:43was something
15:43contaminated.
15:45You waited
15:45until she was
15:46alone and
15:46staged this.
15:48You really
15:49think we won't
15:49see through it?
15:50That's when
15:50it clicked.
15:51Not confusion,
15:52clarity.
15:53Vivian had
15:54done this
15:55again.
15:56And this
15:57time,
15:57she'd done it
15:58in front of
15:59everyone.
15:59No one
16:01moved to
16:01intervene.
16:02Not after I
16:03was slapped
16:04in public.
16:05Not after I
16:06stood there
16:06bleeding pride.
16:08Because they
16:09had already
16:09made their
16:10decision.
16:11Iron Moon
16:12wasn't mine
16:13in their
16:13eyes.
16:14Apologize.
16:15He let out
16:16a short,
16:17humorless
16:17laugh.
16:19Vivian nearly
16:20lost her
16:20innocence and
16:21you're worried
16:22about a
16:22slap?
16:22Then she
16:24appeared,
16:25crying,
16:26running,
16:27her dress
16:28torn,
16:29dirt-stained,
16:30like she
16:30had barely
16:31escaped
16:31something
16:32violent.
16:33It was
16:34Lyra.
16:35She had
16:36me taken.
16:38She said
16:39she'd have
16:40rogue wolves
16:41to violate
16:42me,
16:43so I'd
16:44never come
16:44back.
16:45The hall
16:46detonated.
16:48Whispers
16:48turned into
16:49outrage,
16:50shock
16:51into judgment.
16:52Kaelin
16:53didn't
16:53hesitate.
16:54He pulled
16:55his coat
16:56around her
16:56like she
16:56was something
16:57fragile and
16:58irreplaceable.
16:59Then he
17:00looked at
17:00me.
17:01You don't
17:02stop,
17:02do you?
17:03His voice
17:03dropped.
17:05I will
17:05never mark
17:06someone like
17:07you.
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