When Moonlight Turns to Ashes HD

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00:00:00For three years, my alpha mate never mocked me.

00:00:05Every night, he drugged my dinner with wolf bear sedative so I would sleep until dawn

00:00:10while he went to the pureblood she-wolf who claimed she had saved his life.

00:00:14The entire Black Pine pack believed I was too weak to be Luna,

00:00:18too unstable to carry an alpha heir.

00:00:20They did not know that three years ago,

00:00:22the one who dragged Kaylin out of a silver hunter trap

00:00:25and fed him her own wolf blood to keep his inner wolf alive was never Vivian.

00:00:28It was me.

00:00:30But when he pushed me in front of a little blade to protect her

00:00:33and the so-called alpha pup in her belly,

00:00:37I finally understood.

00:00:40The truth no longer mattered.

00:00:42I would sever the mate bone.

00:00:44I would disappear from the pack registry.

00:00:48From tonight on, the Black Pine pack would no longer carry my scent.

00:00:51And no Luna named Serena Vale would ever kneel before the moon goddess altar again,

00:00:56waiting for Kaylin Black to come home.

00:01:02In the third year of my mate contract with Kaylin Black,

00:01:05he still had not marked me.

00:01:08I was the Luna of the Black Pine pack in name.

00:01:11The Elder's Council had stamped our contract with a moonstone seal

00:01:14and entered me into the pack registry as the alpha's mate.

00:01:17But by true werewolf law,

00:01:18no mark meant no mind link.

00:01:20No mind link meant no shared pain,

00:01:22no shared scent trail.

00:01:24No true bond.

00:01:26It meant I was only a decorative shadow living in the alpha residence.

00:01:30For three years, I tried everything.

00:01:34I learned the full moon ritual dance.

00:01:37I drank scent-enhancing tonics prescribed by the pack healer.

00:01:40At my most desperate,

00:01:41I went alone to the neutral market and bought a vial of Moonbreath Essence.

00:01:45This is a sex toy,

00:01:46capable of setting a male wolf ablaze with desire.

00:01:50During the trade,

00:01:50the witch kindly gave me a warning.

00:01:53Luna, be careful.

00:01:55Sometimes what rejects you is not his body.

00:01:58It is his heart.

00:02:00Even then,

00:02:01I defended Kaylin in my mind.

00:02:03He had once been tortured by silver hunters.

00:02:07Perhaps he did not touch me because he still had not healed.

00:02:12Therefore,

00:02:13I politely said to the witch,

00:02:15Thank you for the warning,

00:02:17but my partner is absolutely not that kind of person.

00:02:20Loyalty is a werewolf's very nature.

00:02:22The witch looked at me sympathetically inside,

00:02:25but said nothing more.

00:02:28But as soon as I stepped out of the black market alley,

00:02:31I saw Kaylin's Gamma Guard leaving another shop with a heavy bag.

00:02:34Inside were premium scent blockers,

00:02:36wolf-based sleeping powder,

00:02:38and heat suppresses made only for pure-blood she-wolves.

00:02:41If you get any new Moonbreath silk gowns,

00:02:44save one for the alpha.

00:02:45Miss Vivian likes them.

00:02:47I stood in the rain,

00:02:48my fingertips going cold.

00:02:50Vivian?

00:02:51Who is Vivian?

00:02:52Why would my Aleef partner go to such length for her?

00:02:57A wolf could track a scent for miles.

00:03:00I followed the faint trail of cedar and mint that belonged to Kaylin,

00:03:03all the way to a side house,

00:03:05near the edge of Blackpote territory.

00:03:08The door was not fully shut.

00:03:10Low male laughter leaked through the gap.

00:03:15Alpha, is Miss Vivian staying the night again?

00:03:23If not for the Elders,

00:03:24why would you have taken a low-born healer like Serena as Luna?

00:03:28Her wolf spirit is as weak as a pup's.

00:03:31How could she ever stand beside you?

00:03:36She still brews you those recovery tonics every day.

00:03:38Does she really not know?

00:03:40You are not unable to mark.

00:03:41You just do not want to mark her.

00:03:44The next second,

00:03:45Kellen's voice cut through the room like ice.

00:03:49Enough.

00:03:52Silence fell at once.

00:03:55She is my registered mate

00:03:58and the Luna of Blackpine.

00:04:00If I ever hear you mocking her again,

00:04:02I will tear out your fangs.

00:04:04I almost laughed.

00:04:05He protected my title while standing beside another woman's bed.

00:04:08Then a woman's cool voice sounded from inside.

00:04:10Kaylin, I only want you to let me go.

00:04:12We had a deal.

00:04:13I satisfy your instincts

00:04:14and you give me a place in the full moon dance trope.

00:04:17Do not keep me trapped here.

00:04:18Facing this woman,

00:04:19Kaylin's voice,

00:04:20which just moments ago had been cold,

00:04:22turned incredibly gentle.

00:04:24Vivian,

00:04:25do you think I keep you beside me only for that?

00:04:28Miss Vivian,

00:04:29for three years,

00:04:31he has come here almost every night.

00:04:34To keep the Luna from suspecting anything,

00:04:37he put wolf sleeping powder in her dinner

00:04:40so she would sleep until morning.

00:04:44Another laughed.

00:04:46And the Luna still thinks his wolf is damaged.

00:04:49She brews him medicine every day.

00:04:52She brews him medicine every day.

00:04:54My blood felt as if it had been filled with liquid silver.

00:05:01So it turns out my partner really was just as the witch said.

00:05:05Their heart was never truly with me.

00:05:09Every empty morning I had woken to.

00:05:12Every excuse I had made for him.

00:05:14Every bowl of medicine I had simmered until dawn

00:05:16had been a joke.

00:05:17The Black Pine elders had always blamed me

00:05:19for not conceiving an alpha ear.

00:05:21They said my wolf spirit was too weak.

00:05:23My bloodline too unstable

00:05:25and my Luna blessing too thin to nourish the pack.

00:05:31Kaelin's mother once forced me

00:05:32to kneel before the Moon Goddess altar

00:05:34and drink a fertility draped

00:05:36mixed with ash and powdered wolf thing.

00:05:39It was the middle of winter.

00:05:42I knelt until my knees bruised purple

00:05:44and my fingers went numb.

00:05:49Kaelin had carried me up from the altar

00:05:51and whispered,

00:05:52Do not force yourself.

00:05:55I will speak to the Elder Council.

00:05:58I thought that was love.

00:06:03Now I knew it was only his way

00:06:04of keeping his reputation intact.

00:06:06My legs weakened.

00:06:07I stumbled against a moonstone lamp

00:06:10beside the door.

00:06:11It crashed to the ground.

00:06:18Who's there?

00:06:19I tried to leave,

00:06:21but a Gamma guard dragged me inside.

00:06:28My forehead struck the stone steps

00:06:30and warm blood ran down my brow.

00:06:35Kaelin saw my face.

00:06:37His pupils contracted.

00:06:40Serena?

00:06:43He dropped to one knee

00:06:44and reached for my wound.

00:06:45I turned my face at this my face away.

00:06:51Vivian stood barefoot by the bed,

00:06:53wrapped in his black coat.

00:06:55There was no guilt in her eyes.

00:07:00Luna, do not look at me like that.

00:07:03Kaelin was the one who kept chasing me.

00:07:06He was the one who drugged you.

00:07:12Women should have sympathy for women.

00:07:14Why are you only blaming me?

00:07:16I did not answer.

00:07:18I looked at the oxidian blade at Kaelin's waist.

00:07:25Give me the knife.

00:07:27Kaelin stared at the blood on my forehead.

00:07:31Panic flickered in his eyes.

00:07:34Give me the knife.

00:07:39Serena, stop this.

00:07:40Perhaps he felt guilty.

00:07:42Perhaps he had never imagined I would fight back.

00:07:44In the end,

00:07:45Kaelin unfastened the blade and placed it in my hand.

00:07:51The hilt still held the warmth of his body.

00:07:53I tightened my fingers around it,

00:07:55turned,

00:07:55and drove it into his arm.

00:08:00Everyone in the room gasped.

00:08:03Kaelin did not dodge.

00:08:05He only frowned and asked in a low voice.

00:08:08Do you feel better now?

00:08:10This cut is what you owe me.

00:08:12I released the blade and turned toward Vivian.

00:08:15She instinctively stepped back,

00:08:17fear finally...

00:08:22But before I could reach her,

00:08:24Kaelin seized my wrist.

00:08:25What are you doing?

00:08:27His grip was so hard,

00:08:28it felt as if my bones would shatter.

00:08:30Deep inside me,

00:08:31my wolf whimpered in pain,

00:08:32but she was too weak

00:08:33after three years of sedatives

00:08:35and wolfbane to rise.

00:08:40I was the one who kept her here.

00:08:42If you are angry,

00:08:43take it out on me.

00:08:45Do not touch her.

00:08:46I had heard those words before.

00:08:48In the first year of our mate contract,

00:08:50a warrior from another pack

00:08:52mocked me at a banquet.

00:08:53Kaelin broke the warrior's nose

00:08:54in front of everyone

00:08:55and said the same thing.

00:09:01She is mine.

00:09:03Who gave you the right to touch her?

00:09:06Back then,

00:09:07I thought I had finally found

00:09:08someone to rely on.

00:09:09Now he stood in the same posture,

00:09:11protecting another woman from me.

00:09:16Kaelin, we're done.

00:09:20A sharp crack came from my wrist.

00:09:22Pain flashed white behind my eyes.

00:09:27I looked up and laughed once.

00:09:30Kaelin,

00:09:31let's sever the mate haunt.

00:09:34The room went dead silent.

00:09:37His expression changed at last.

00:09:39What did you say?

00:09:41I want to leave Blackforn.

00:09:43I want my name removed

00:09:44from the pack registry.

00:09:48I reject you

00:09:50and I reject this mate contract.

00:09:54Vivian froze.

00:09:56Then a satisfied light

00:09:57flashed in her eyes.

00:09:59Kaelin looked as if

00:10:00he had heard something absurd.

00:10:04He bent and pinched my chin,

00:10:06anger stirring beneath

00:10:07his forced control.

00:10:09You were the one

00:10:10who knelt outside

00:10:11the council chamber

00:10:12and begged me

00:10:13to accept this contract.

00:10:15Now you think

00:10:16you can leave

00:10:17whenever you want.

00:10:20Yes.

00:10:21I am done pegging.

00:10:23That night,

00:10:24with a broken wrist

00:10:25and blood still drying

00:10:26on my face,

00:10:27I walked into the moon goddess altar.

00:10:30The pack matriarch

00:10:31sat at the center

00:10:32of the elder seats.

00:10:34Her old eyes

00:10:35held no pity,

00:10:37only cold offense.

00:10:40Aluna who initiates

00:10:41Bond's severment

00:10:42must first receive

00:10:4399 lashes

00:10:43as preliminary punishment.

00:10:45After that,

00:10:45the neutral register

00:10:46will review the petition,

00:10:47cut off the pack link,

00:10:49remove her name

00:10:49from the registry

00:10:50and ban her

00:10:50from Blackforn territory.

00:10:51Are you sure?

00:10:53I am.

00:10:54I pressed my forehead

00:10:55to the stone floor.

00:10:56My wound reopened,

00:10:57leaving blood on the altar.

00:11:03The first whip

00:11:04fell before dawn.

00:11:08By the time it ended,

00:11:10I could no longer tell

00:11:12whether the blood

00:11:12on my back was mine

00:11:13or the wolf spirit's

00:11:14inside me.

00:11:16My wolf spirit

00:11:17was very weak,

00:11:18yet it spoke to me.

00:11:21You made the right choice

00:11:23rather than staying

00:11:24by the side

00:11:24of a man

00:11:25who doesn't love you

00:11:26and getting hurt

00:11:27in the process.

00:11:29I would much rather

00:11:30see you be free.

00:11:37I was carried back

00:11:38to the Luna suite

00:11:39with a fever.

00:11:42Servants were carrying

00:11:43boxes of gowns,

00:11:44jewelry,

00:11:45and ceremonial ornaments

00:11:46into the hall.

00:11:47Kellen walked in

00:11:48holding at Vivian's hand.

00:11:49She looked reluctant,

00:11:50but the moonstone

00:11:51bracelet on her wrist

00:11:52was the one he had

00:11:53once promised to give me

00:11:54at our marking ceremony.

00:11:55Kellen saw me

00:11:56leaning on the railing.

00:11:57His brows drew together.

00:12:02After the scene

00:12:03you caused yesterday,

00:12:04the side house

00:12:05is no longer safe

00:12:05for Aunt Vivian.

00:12:06She is a full moon dancer.

00:12:07Her reputation

00:12:08and safety matter.

00:12:10From today on,

00:12:11she will stay

00:12:11in the Alpha residence.

00:12:12His tone made it sound

00:12:13as if he were

00:12:14announcing weather.

00:12:16This happened

00:12:16because you lost

00:12:17control at Serena,

00:12:18so you will take

00:12:20care of her.

00:12:21You want the Luna

00:12:22you drugged

00:12:23to serve your mistress?

00:12:27I do not need

00:12:28your charity.

00:12:29The pack matriarch

00:12:30arrived just then.

00:12:31She heard Vivian's words

00:12:32and showed no anger.

00:12:33Instead,

00:12:34she took Vivian's hand

00:12:35with rare kindness.

00:12:36Poor child,

00:12:37your mother was once

00:12:38my dearest friend.

00:12:39If not for what

00:12:40happened to your family,

00:12:40the Luna position

00:12:41should have been yours.

00:12:42I stood on the stairs

00:12:43and watched the woman

00:12:44who had beaten

00:12:44and hemiriated me

00:12:45treat Aunt Vivian

00:12:46like a blessing

00:12:46sent by the moon goddess.

00:12:48Something in me

00:12:49went completely numb.

00:12:55I slowly took off

00:12:56the partner ring,

00:12:57the one belonging

00:12:58to Kaylin and me.

00:13:12Over the next few days,

00:13:14I packed my few belongings

00:13:15while tending to my wounds.

00:13:17Vivian found fault

00:13:18with everything.

00:13:19The water I brought

00:13:21was not at the right temperature.

00:13:22The herbs I prepared

00:13:24were too bitter.

00:13:25The pillow I placed

00:13:26behind her back

00:13:27was an insult

00:13:28because it made her

00:13:29look like an invalid.

00:13:32Luna?

00:13:33Are you doing this

00:13:34on purpose?

00:13:36Do you want everyone

00:13:37to think I am bullying you?

00:13:38When the pack matriarch

00:13:39punished me for it,

00:13:40Vivian said I was

00:13:41kneeling too low

00:13:42on purpose,

00:13:43pretending to be a victim

00:13:44to shame her.

00:13:46A Luna without grace

00:13:47is more shaming

00:13:47than an Omega.

00:13:49Kneel until you

00:13:50remember your place.

00:13:51One evening,

00:13:52after she accused me

00:13:53of washing her dance down

00:13:54with the wrong

00:13:55moonflower soap,

00:13:55I was made to kneel

00:13:57at the altar

00:13:57for an entire day.

00:13:59I used to look at

00:14:00Vivian's graceful body

00:14:01and feel ashamed.

00:14:03I used to thought

00:14:04I was not worthy.

00:14:05Now I only felt sick.

00:14:07When I returned

00:14:08to my room,

00:14:08I burned the moon breath

00:14:09gowns I had once

00:14:10prepared for Kaelin.

00:14:14Watching the silk

00:14:15curl into ash,

00:14:16I felt the last

00:14:17of my old dignity

00:14:18burn with it.

00:14:20As I reached

00:14:21for the last gown,

00:14:22the door was

00:14:23kicked open.

00:14:26A slap landed

00:14:27hard across my face.

00:14:30I fell to the floor.

00:14:34You have really

00:14:35disappointed me.

00:14:38My voice was soft,

00:14:39but it did not shake.

00:14:41I did not add

00:14:42wolfine to her water.

00:14:46Vivian stepped out

00:14:47from behind Kaelin.

00:14:48Her face was pale,

00:14:50her eyes wet.

00:14:51Luna,

00:14:52I know you hate me,

00:14:53but I am a full moon

00:14:55dancer.

00:14:55My wolf spirit

00:14:56cannot be harmed.

00:14:57How could you be so cruel?

00:14:59She pressed a hand

00:15:00to her heart

00:15:00as if she might

00:15:01collapse.

00:15:03I looked at Kaelin.

00:15:08Do you believe her?

00:15:11His gaze fell

00:15:12on the moon breath

00:15:13gown half burned

00:15:14behind me.

00:15:15It was pale gold

00:15:16woven from

00:15:17moonvine silk

00:15:17that could amplify

00:15:18a wolf's scent.

00:15:20I had once blushed

00:15:21while imagining

00:15:22wearing it for him

00:15:23under the full moon.

00:15:26Kaelin laughed

00:15:26suddenly and the

00:15:27sound was full

00:15:28of disgust.

00:15:29No wonder you

00:15:30needed that thing.

00:15:31You cannot attract

00:15:32your own alpha,

00:15:33so you rely on

00:15:33black market witches,

00:15:34cheap potions

00:15:35and filthy tricks.

00:15:37It felt as if

00:15:37something had

00:15:38carved open my chest.

00:15:41Kaelin,

00:15:42is this the image

00:15:42you have of me?

00:15:44He walked to me,

00:15:45gripped my jaw,

00:15:46and forced my mouth

00:15:47open.

00:15:53Since you enjoy

00:15:54drugging others,

00:15:55taste it yourself.

00:16:02I finally struggled.

00:16:04My broken wrist

00:16:05hit the table.

00:16:06Pain nearly

00:16:07knocked me unconscious,

00:16:09but Kaelin's

00:16:09alpha command

00:16:10pressed down on me,

00:16:11and my knees

00:16:12went weak

00:16:13against my will.

00:16:15Drink.

00:16:16He issued the command,

00:16:18then ruthlessly

00:16:19mixed wolfbrain powder

00:16:19with cold water

00:16:20and poured it

00:16:21down my throat.

00:16:26This is the price

00:16:27you pay for trying

00:16:27to hurt Vivian.

00:16:31Kaelin forced

00:16:32bowl after bowl

00:16:33of cold water

00:16:33laced with wolfs bean

00:16:34down my throat.

00:16:37I choked

00:16:38until I coughed blood.

00:16:40At last,

00:16:41I collapsed

00:16:41on the floor

00:16:42and heard Kaelin

00:16:43say coldly,

00:16:45send her back

00:16:46to her room.

00:16:47Let her reflect.

00:16:51The next few days,

00:16:53my body felt

00:16:54as if it belonged

00:16:54to a stranger.

00:16:56My face swolled,

00:16:58my limbs turned heavy,

00:17:00even my own scent

00:17:00became muddy

00:17:01and unfamiliar.

00:17:02The woman in the mirror

00:17:03had dull eyes

00:17:04and a pale neck.

00:17:08Kaelin

00:17:08did not visit me once.

00:17:12On the fifth day,

00:17:13he pushed open

00:17:14the door

00:17:14in a formal black suit.

00:17:16Vivian's rose

00:17:16and cedar scent

00:17:17clung to him.

00:17:19Tomorrow is

00:17:19Vivian's birthday banquet.

00:17:21He looked down

00:17:22at me from above.

00:17:23You are still

00:17:24the Luna in name.

00:17:26You will arrange

00:17:27the banquet yourself.

00:17:28I want every werewolf

00:17:30in the Black Pine Pack

00:17:31to clearly understand

00:17:32Vivian's standing

00:17:33within the pack.

00:17:36And what place

00:17:37is that?

00:17:38His gaze darkened.

00:17:40I slowly seestood,

00:17:42using the bedpost

00:17:43for support.

00:17:44Every step sent cramps

00:17:45through my abdomen

00:17:45from the wolfbine reaction.

00:17:47Your lover?

00:17:48The woman you truly

00:17:49want to mark?

00:17:50Or the new Luna

00:17:51you want me to welcome

00:17:52with my own hands?

00:17:56At Serena,

00:17:57know your limits.

00:18:02My limit?

00:18:04I thought you had

00:18:05already stepped

00:18:05over all of them.

00:18:06For the first time,

00:18:07he looked unsettled

00:18:08by my expression.

00:18:13But he quickly

00:18:14hardened his voice.

00:18:19If you behave,

00:18:21after the banquet

00:18:22I will ask the healer

00:18:23to treat your body.

00:18:25The Luna position

00:18:26will remain yours.

00:18:30The Luna position.

00:18:35The empty shell

00:18:36he had tossed to me

00:18:36again and again.

00:18:38That night,

00:18:39while the servants

00:18:40prepared the hall,

00:18:41I wrote to the

00:18:42neutral registry

00:18:43again.

00:18:46If Blackbine would

00:18:47not let me go

00:18:48in dignity,

00:18:48then I would

00:18:49leave in blood.

00:18:53On the night

00:18:54of Vivian's

00:18:54full moon banquet,

00:18:55the Alpha residence

00:18:56blazed with lights.

00:18:59Vivian wore a pure

00:19:00white ceremonial

00:19:01dancing gown,

00:19:02with the moonstone

00:19:03gifted to her

00:19:03by Killen

00:19:04adorning her hair.

00:19:05She stood beside him

00:19:07as if the entire

00:19:07Blackbine pock

00:19:08had already accepted

00:19:09her as their new Luna.

00:19:11I stood in the shadows,

00:19:13draped in a loose

00:19:14gray cloak,

00:19:15attempting to conceal

00:19:15a body twisted

00:19:16beyond recognition

00:19:17by Wolfsbane.

00:19:19Guests whispered openly,

00:19:23That is the

00:19:24Blackbine Luna?

00:19:25She looks as if

00:19:26her wolf spirit

00:19:27has been drained.

00:19:29No wonder

00:19:29the Alpha never

00:19:30marked her.

00:19:31Miss Vivian is

00:19:32pure-blooded

00:19:33and a full moon

00:19:34dancer.

00:19:34She looks far more

00:19:35capable of bearing

00:19:36an Alpha pup.

00:19:42Kaelin heard them.

00:19:44He only lowered

00:19:45his head

00:19:46and adjusted

00:19:47Vivian's shrill

00:19:48with a tenderness

00:19:48that stabbed my eyes.

00:19:51Someone raised a glass.

00:19:54Alpha,

00:19:54it seems

00:19:55Blackbine will soon

00:19:57have a true mistress.

00:19:58Kaelin gave a rare smile.

00:20:02She deserves the best.

00:20:07Inside my sleeve,

00:20:09my fingers tightened

00:20:10around the blood-stamped

00:20:11severance application.

00:20:13Just as I was about

00:20:14to walk toward

00:20:15the neutral register,

00:20:16a roar came

00:20:16from the edge

00:20:17of the crowd.

00:20:22An exiled rogue wolf

00:20:24burst into the hall.

00:20:25His eyes were bloodshut

00:20:26and in his hand

00:20:27was a short blade

00:20:27coated with silver water.

00:20:29Kaelin Black,

00:20:30you destroyed my pack.

00:20:32Now I will let you know

00:20:33what it feels like

00:20:33to lose the one

00:20:34you treasure most.

00:20:37He lunged

00:20:38straight at

00:20:39At Vivian's abdomen.

00:20:40Kaelin's face changed.

00:20:49Before I could react,

00:20:51a powerful hand

00:20:52locked around my shoulder.

00:20:55Kaelin pushed me forward.

00:20:57The silver blade

00:20:58entered my abdomen.

00:20:59My inner wolf screamed

00:21:01as if she had been

00:21:02torn apart.

00:21:03Silver water

00:21:04burned through flesh

00:21:05and blood,

00:21:06spreading from the wound

00:21:07like a thousand needles

00:21:08crawling under my skin.

00:21:10I looked down

00:21:11and saw my cloak

00:21:12turning red.

00:21:19For one heartbeat,

00:21:21the hall was silent.

00:21:22Then screams exploded.

00:21:25Before darkness

00:21:25swallowed me,

00:21:26I saw Kaelin

00:21:27rush toward me,

00:21:28his eyes red

00:21:29as if he had

00:21:29finally learned fear.

00:21:33When I woke,

00:21:35I was lying

00:21:35in the pack healing center.

00:21:39My abdomen

00:21:40was wrapped

00:21:40in thick bandages.

00:21:41Silver poison

00:21:42still lingered

00:21:43in my blood

00:21:43and every breath

00:21:44made me tremble.

00:21:46Kaelin sat beside

00:21:46the bed,

00:21:47his eyes lined

00:21:48with red.

00:21:49He held my hand

00:21:49tightly.

00:21:52You're awake.

00:21:54The healer said

00:21:55the blade almost

00:21:55touched your core

00:21:56bloodline,

00:21:57but luckily...

00:21:59It hurts so much,

00:22:01Kaelin.

00:22:07Kaelin stopped.

00:22:09I turned my head

00:22:10to look at him.

00:22:12When you pushed me

00:22:13in front of the blade,

00:22:14did you wonder

00:22:15if it would hurt?

00:22:17His throat moved.

00:22:18He avoided my eyes.

00:22:20Vivian is a full moon

00:22:21dancer.

00:22:22She cannot have

00:22:22a silver scar on her body.

00:22:24I did not think

00:22:24that much in the moment.

00:22:27I thought you could dodge.

00:22:31I smiled faintly.

00:22:36He always thought

00:22:37I could endure.

00:22:39He always thought

00:22:40I would survive.

00:22:41He always thought

00:22:42that after the wound

00:22:42closed,

00:22:43I would still remain

00:22:44where here he had left me.

00:22:46Kaelin gripped

00:22:47my hand harder.

00:22:52The rogue has been caught.

00:22:54I will make him pay.

00:22:58I looked at him calmly.

00:23:00And you?

00:23:03His face went still.

00:23:06Before he could answer,

00:23:07Vivian's voice came

00:23:08from outside the door.

00:23:09They were congratulating her.

00:23:12Kaelin lowered his gaze

00:23:13and said in a complicated tone.

00:23:15There is something else.

00:23:17Vivian is pregnant.

00:23:19My fingers went numb.

00:23:21The healer said

00:23:22your wound is deep.

00:23:24In the future,

00:23:25you may not be able

00:23:26to carry a puppy.

00:23:27But the moon goddess

00:23:28has not abandoned you.

00:23:29Vivian's child

00:23:30will be the alpha heir.

00:23:32When the pup is born,

00:23:33it can call you mother

00:23:34as well.

00:23:38I stared at him

00:23:39for a long time.

00:23:42Then I laughed

00:23:43until tears came out.

00:23:48So this was you

00:23:49called mercy.

00:23:50He had used my body

00:23:52to block a blade

00:23:52for his mistress

00:23:53and her fake tenderness.

00:23:54Then he wanted me

00:23:55to raise her pup

00:23:55and be grateful.

00:23:58But I have already

00:23:59decided to leave him.

00:24:00I will no longer grieve

00:24:01or weep over anything

00:24:02he does.

00:24:05The next day,

00:24:06I asked the neutral register

00:24:08to prepare the formal

00:24:08severance petition.

00:24:11But before the document

00:24:12could reach the elders' council,

00:24:14Vivian came to my room.

00:24:15She stood beside my bed

00:24:17holding a bouquet

00:24:17of moon-breath flowers,

00:24:19her voice dripping

00:24:20with false sweetness.

00:24:22Serena,

00:24:23I am truly sorry.

00:24:24I never knew Kellen

00:24:25would push you forward

00:24:26to save me.

00:24:27Her mouth apologized.

00:24:29Her eyes laughed.

00:24:30I looked at the flowers

00:24:31and felt sick.

00:24:33Apology received.

00:24:34Get out.

00:24:36The smile froze

00:24:37on her face.

00:24:40Do you hate me that much?

00:24:42I was a victim too.

00:24:45I opened my eyes

00:24:46and looked at her.

00:24:47Perhaps you once were,

00:24:48but Kellen isn't here now.

00:24:50No one will be watching

00:24:51your performance.

00:24:52Her face changed.

00:24:53She threw the flowers

00:24:53into the spittle wheel

00:24:54beside the bed

00:24:55and lowered her voice.

00:24:56Do you know what is most

00:24:57pathetic about you,

00:24:57At Serena?

00:24:58You occupied the Luna position

00:24:59for three years,

00:25:00and he still refused

00:25:01to give you even one mark.

00:25:06She leaned closer,

00:25:08carrying Kellen's

00:25:09melanin's pheromone

00:25:10on her skin.

00:25:11The way he loses control

00:25:13with me is something

00:25:14you will never see

00:25:15in your lifetime.

00:25:17My fingers slowly clenched.

00:25:19If my family had not

00:25:20been framed by hunters,

00:25:22the Black Pine Luna position

00:25:23would have belonged to me

00:25:24from the beginning.

00:25:27You are nothing

00:25:28but the lowborn substitute,

00:25:29the elders,

00:25:30forced on him.

00:25:31I remained expressionless,

00:25:33and even found her

00:25:34somewhat ridiculous.

00:25:39If you want it so much,

00:25:40take it.

00:25:42I have already applied

00:25:43to sever the mate bond.

00:25:44Vivian froze for a second,

00:25:46then she burst out laughing.

00:25:49You think Kellen

00:25:50will let you leave?

00:25:51Unless Black Pine decides

00:25:53you are too filthy to keep.

00:25:54Upon hearing this,

00:25:55I was inexplicably seized

00:25:57by a vague sense of Forbidden

00:25:58and couldn't help

00:25:59but demand an explanation.

00:26:02What are you trying to do?

00:26:04Aren't you afraid

00:26:05Kellen will find out

00:26:06your true colors?

00:26:07Vivian said nothing more,

00:26:08merely giving me

00:26:08a sinister smile.

00:26:12You'll find out soon enough.

00:26:15Before long,

00:26:16I understood

00:26:17what Vivian meant.

00:26:23Late that night,

00:26:25a bombshell news story

00:26:26suddenly erupted on Facebook.

00:26:28Black Pine Alpha

00:26:29hides pure blood she-wolf,

00:26:30registered Luna,

00:26:31reduced to decoration.

00:26:34Vivian accused

00:26:35of stealing Luna status

00:26:37and using a pup

00:26:38to force succession.

00:26:39Photos of Vivian and

00:26:41moving into the Alpha residence

00:26:42and sent records

00:26:43of Kellen visiting

00:26:44the side house

00:26:45late at night

00:26:45spread through

00:26:46the werewolf community.

00:26:47The entire society

00:26:48mocked Black Pine.

00:26:51The door to my room

00:26:52was kicked open.

00:26:56Kellen threw a stack

00:26:57of printed Facebook posts

00:26:58into my face.

00:26:59Did you post that

00:27:00on Facebook?

00:27:01Is this what you wanted?

00:27:02To ruin me, Vivian,

00:27:04and the entire pack?

00:27:04His eyes burned with rage.

00:27:06You did it.

00:27:07You destroyed Vivian's reputation.

00:27:08You let her be humiliated

00:27:10by all of werewolf society

00:27:11while carrying a pup.

00:27:12Serena,

00:27:13when did you become

00:27:14this vile?

00:27:18I pressed a hand

00:27:19over my wound,

00:27:20cold sweat

00:27:21sliding down my back.

00:27:23It was not me.

00:27:24Vivian followed him in,

00:27:25tears falling

00:27:26at the perfect time.

00:27:27She rushed forward

00:27:27and slapped me hard.

00:27:29Do you know

00:27:29how much sacrifice

00:27:30to enter the full moon troop?

00:27:32Now every pack

00:27:33is calling me a she-wolf

00:27:34who stole Luna's spot.

00:27:35Do you want

00:27:36to force me to die?

00:27:37My face turned

00:27:39with a blow.

00:27:40I tasted blood.

00:27:47Then I laughed boldly.

00:27:50Did I force you

00:27:51to the buggy's mistress?

00:27:53Did I force you

00:27:54to carry a scent?

00:27:56Vivian,

00:27:57if you dare to steal,

00:28:00why are you afraid

00:28:01of being named?

00:28:02Kellen sees my throat.

00:28:09What right do you have

00:28:10to talk about shame?

00:28:11Don't forget that lingerie

00:28:13you bought

00:28:13just to seduce me.

00:28:16His words were

00:28:17worse than claws.

00:28:21When you wagged

00:28:22your tail

00:28:23and begged me

00:28:24to mark you,

00:28:27where was your shame then?

00:28:29My pupils trembled.

00:28:36Those desperate attempts

00:28:37I had to save our bond

00:28:38had become the blade

00:28:40he used to humiliate me.

00:28:44Kellen released my throat

00:28:45and stepped back.

00:28:49Since you like

00:28:50exposing people so much,

00:28:53I will let everyone

00:28:54see what kind of

00:28:55Luna you really are.

00:28:57Half a day later,

00:28:58my photos appeared

00:28:59on Facebook.

00:28:59The vial of Moonbreath

00:29:00Essence,

00:29:01the footage of me

00:29:02practicing the full moon dance,

00:29:03the back view of me

00:29:04standing before a mirror

00:29:05in a Moonbreath

00:29:06silk gown.

00:29:07All of it had been

00:29:08posted by Kellen himself.

00:29:10Worse,

00:29:10he attached a re-photo

00:29:12of me swollen

00:29:12and distorted

00:29:13from Wolf's boss.

00:29:19The comments

00:29:20from Blackpem

00:29:20changed instantly.

00:29:22So the Luna

00:29:23is shameless and private.

00:29:24No wonder

00:29:25the Alpha

00:29:25never marked her.

00:29:27With that muddy scent,

00:29:28who could bear

00:29:29to bite her?

00:29:30At least Vivian

00:29:31has pure blood.

00:29:32A lowborn healer

00:29:33should never have dreamed

00:29:34of becoming Luna.

00:29:35The Elder's Council

00:29:35was furious.

00:29:41Luna!

00:29:42They said I had

00:29:43disgraced the title

00:29:44of Luna

00:29:45and damaged

00:29:45the pack's reputation.

00:29:47Before my abdominal

00:29:48wound had healed,

00:29:49I was dragged

00:29:50into the punishment chamber

00:29:52behind the Moon

00:29:53Goddess altar.

00:29:59It was a stone room

00:30:01lined with silver runes.

00:30:08Silver was not decoration.

00:30:10It was punishment.

00:30:12Every carved line

00:30:13released a chill

00:30:14that pierced the wolf spirit.

00:30:15My wound began to burn

00:30:16and the silver poison

00:30:17left in my blood

00:30:18woke again.

00:30:18The pack matriarch

00:30:20stood outside the iron door.

00:30:21If you admit

00:30:22that you slandered Vivian

00:30:23on Facebook,

00:30:23the Council can show mercy.

00:30:26I asked back,

00:30:28weakly yet stubbornly.

00:30:32How merciful.

00:30:36You will remain

00:30:37in Black Pint

00:30:38as the Luna in name

00:30:39after Vivian

00:30:40gives birth

00:30:41to the Alpha Pup.

00:30:42You will raise it.

00:30:44Shut!

00:30:45Then punish me harder!

00:30:48For half a wunkth,

00:30:49I was locked

00:30:49in that chamber.

00:30:52Gamma Guard.

00:30:54Every day,

00:30:55they forced

00:30:56bitter cleansing medicine

00:30:56down my throat,

00:30:57saying it would

00:30:58wash away

00:30:59my low-born desire.

00:31:07Outside the door,

00:31:09they played

00:31:09Facebook insults

00:31:10over and over,

00:31:11along with news

00:31:12that Kaylin and Vivian

00:31:13would sue

00:31:13my silver wound

00:31:14reopened again

00:31:15and again

00:31:15without proper

00:31:16healing herbs.

00:31:20My foe curled

00:31:21in the dark

00:31:22and almost

00:31:23stopped answering me.

00:31:24At last,

00:31:25the neutral register

00:31:26came with the

00:31:27severance contract.

00:31:28Miss Serena,

00:31:29by law,

00:31:29once you press

00:31:30your blood seal,

00:31:31your name will be

00:31:31removed from

00:31:32the Black Pine registry.

00:31:33You will lose

00:31:33Black Pine protection,

00:31:34the title of Alpha Mate,

00:31:35and you will suffer

00:31:36Mate Bond backlash.

00:31:38I know.

00:31:42Alpha Kaylin

00:31:42has not signed.

00:31:45He will.

00:31:47He threw me in here

00:31:48because he wanted

00:31:49me to bow.

00:31:51I no longer

00:31:52had the strength

00:31:53to hold a pen.

00:31:54I bit my fingertip

00:31:55and pressed blood

00:31:56onto the end

00:31:57of the contract.

00:32:09The moment the seal formed,

00:32:11I felt an invisible

00:32:12sharp claw

00:32:13suddenly tear

00:32:13through my chest.

00:32:18Kaylin's cedar

00:32:19and mint scent

00:32:20faded from my senses

00:32:21little by little,

00:32:22but the bond

00:32:22the moon goddess

00:32:23had once tied

00:32:24between us,

00:32:24the bond he had

00:32:25trampled for three years,

00:32:27finally snapped.

00:32:29Pain shook

00:32:30my whole body,

00:32:33but I smiled.

00:32:43At dawn,

00:32:44I walked out

00:32:45of the punishment chamber

00:32:45with a small bag.

00:32:47The neutral register

00:32:48led me through the back gate

00:32:49of Black Pine territory.

00:32:51Rain fell over

00:32:52the border road.

00:32:53Behind me stood

00:32:54the Alpha residence

00:32:55where I had wasted

00:32:56three years of my life.

00:32:58No one came

00:32:58to send me off.

00:32:59No one knew

00:33:00that the Luna they mocked

00:33:01had already vanished

00:33:02from the pack link.

00:33:05Miss Vail,

00:33:07once you cross

00:33:08this border,

00:33:09Black Pine law

00:33:09can no longer

00:33:10protect you.

00:33:11Are you still certain?

00:33:15I looked back

00:33:16only once.

00:33:17The altar bells

00:33:18were silent.

00:33:19The windows

00:33:20of the Alpha residence

00:33:21were dark.

00:33:22No one was running

00:33:23towards me.

00:33:28I am certain.

00:33:46I stepped onto the train

00:33:48bound for the southern

00:33:48neutral lands

00:33:49and did not look back.

00:33:58never to meet again,

00:34:00Kaelin.

00:34:04Only later

00:34:05did I learn

00:34:05that on the day

00:34:06I left,

00:34:07Kaelin had waited

00:34:07outside the altar gate.

00:34:09He thought the elders

00:34:09were only teaching me

00:34:10a lesson.

00:34:11He thought I would

00:34:12come out wounded

00:34:13and exhausted,

00:34:14then lower my head again

00:34:15after he said,

00:34:16stop making trouble.

00:34:17His friend at Seth

00:34:18was there too.

00:34:19Alpha,

00:34:19aren't you afraid

00:34:20the Luna will hate you

00:34:21after this?

00:34:21Kaelin lit a cigarette

00:34:22and said coldly.

00:34:23She endured

00:34:24the strictest,

00:34:25most brutal punishments,

00:34:26all just to remain

00:34:26by my side.

00:34:27She simply could not

00:34:28bring herself to hate me.

00:34:30Kaelin stubbed out

00:34:30his cigarette and said,

00:34:32sounding as if

00:34:32he were utterly helpless.

00:34:34Serena has been

00:34:35far too unruly of late.

00:34:36Not only has she been

00:34:37constantly targeting Vivian,

00:34:39but she has also harmed

00:34:40both her and the pup

00:34:41she carries in her womb.

00:34:42Serena must learn

00:34:43to exercise proper restraint

00:34:44over her temper.

00:34:44As the Pax Luna

00:34:45she cannot continue

00:34:46to behave so irresponsibly.

00:34:47Just before the altar gate opened,

00:34:48Vivian's maid ran over,

00:34:49claiming Vivian had stomach pain

00:34:50and might lose the Alpha pup.

00:34:51Alpha Miss Vivian is in pain.

00:34:52The healer said the pup

00:34:53may be unstable.

00:34:54Please come quickly.

00:34:55Kaelin left at once.

00:34:57Seth, wait here.

00:34:58When Serena comes out,

00:34:59take her to a side room

00:35:00to recover.

00:35:01But at Seth

00:35:02had already been bought

00:35:02by Vivian.

00:35:04He watched the neutral

00:35:05registrar lead my way.

00:35:07He saw the blood seal

00:35:08on the severance contract.

00:35:09He saw the elder

00:35:10remove my name

00:35:11from the Black Foon Pack registry.

00:35:14The Alpha is on his way to you.

00:35:16Serena will be driven

00:35:17out of Blackpore.

00:35:23Kaelin stayed at the healing center

00:35:24with at Vivian all night.

00:35:31The at healer Sief said

00:35:33she was merely emotional

00:35:34and the pup was not in danger.

00:35:36Kaelin held her hand

00:35:37and murmured,

00:35:40I will suppress the rumors.

00:35:41When Serena comes out,

00:35:43I will make her apologize.

00:35:49Vivian leaned into his arms

00:35:50and tested him.

00:35:53Kaelin,

00:35:53I do not want our pup

00:35:55to be born as an unregistered child.

00:35:57I do not want you trapped

00:35:59between two women forever.

00:36:01If you love me,

00:36:02why not officially sever

00:36:04your contract with Serena

00:36:05and give us a real home?

00:36:11Kaelin was silent

00:36:12for a long time.

00:36:14For a fleeting moment,

00:36:16he recalled the sight

00:36:17of Serena lying

00:36:18in her hospital bed,

00:36:19pale-faced and hollow-eyed,

00:36:21whispering,

00:36:22it hurt so much.

00:36:24But he pushed

00:36:25that memory away.

00:36:27Do not bring this up again.

00:36:29Serena cannot survive

00:36:30outside Blackpint.

00:36:32She has been my Luna

00:36:33for three years.

00:36:37I will let her keep the title.

00:36:39The title.

00:36:42Three days later,

00:36:44he finally realizes

00:36:45that Serena,

00:36:46Serena had left.

00:36:48Serena's room was empty.

00:36:50The wardrobe was bare.

00:36:52The desk, too,

00:36:53was completely empty.

00:36:55Beneath the pillow

00:36:56lay nothing but

00:36:56a single moonstone ring.

00:36:59It was the very token

00:37:01he had casually slipped

00:37:02onto her finger

00:37:02on the day,

00:37:03the very day,

00:37:05he and Serena

00:37:06had signed their contract.

00:37:07It was not a mark.

00:37:08It was not a vow.

00:37:10It was an afterthought.

00:37:13Kaelin held the pin ring

00:37:14and panicked

00:37:14for the first time.

00:37:17Serena,

00:37:18where did you go?

00:37:22But when he asked

00:37:23at Seth,

00:37:24Seth lied.

00:37:26She came out

00:37:27cursing you

00:37:27and Miss Viviana.

00:37:28She said,

00:37:29you two deserve

00:37:29to lose everything.

00:37:31Then she left

00:37:32on her own.

00:37:33No one could stop her.

00:37:35The look of concern

00:37:35in Kaelin's eyes

00:37:36instantly turned to ice.

00:37:38He had promised

00:37:38to treat Serena

00:37:39after Vivian's

00:37:40birthday banquet.

00:37:41He had even gone so far

00:37:42as to arrange

00:37:43for the province's

00:37:44most elite healers,

00:37:45terrified that Serena's

00:37:46injuries might leave scars.

00:37:47Yet now,

00:37:48it turned out that Serena

00:37:49had already repaid him

00:37:50with a malicious curse.

00:37:55Then do not look for her.

00:37:56If she wants to leave,

00:37:58let her never come back.

00:38:00Seth bowed his head

00:38:01and did not dare speak.

00:38:04Only Vivian walked

00:38:05to Kaelin's side

00:38:06and slipped his palm

00:38:07over her abdomen.

00:38:12Do not be angry

00:38:13because of her.

00:38:14Our pup just kicked me.

00:38:16He must be strong,

00:38:17just like his father.

00:38:22Kaelin's expression

00:38:23eased a little.

00:38:24At that moment,

00:38:25the pack matriarch

00:38:26contacted him

00:38:27through the pack link.

00:38:29Kaelin,

00:38:29I heard that Vivian

00:38:31is carrying your pup.

00:38:32Kaelin glanced at Vivian

00:38:34and answered,

00:38:35Yes.

00:38:36Then the mate banquet

00:38:37should be held first.

00:38:39As for the official

00:38:40red registry,

00:38:41wait until the pup is born.

00:38:46Serena's side

00:38:47has already been

00:38:48handled cleanly.

00:38:49Kaelin frowned faintly.

00:38:52Handled cleanly.

00:38:55He thought she meant

00:38:56I had run away

00:38:56after making another scene.

00:38:59He did not ask

00:39:00one more question.

00:39:04A few days later,

00:39:05the mate Bentiful

00:39:06was held in the

00:39:07Black Pine Ceremonial Hall.

00:39:09Vivian wore a pale

00:39:10moon-colored gown.

00:39:11Her abdomen

00:39:12was slightly rounded

00:39:13beneath the soft fabric

00:39:14and every elder

00:39:15who passed her

00:39:16smiled as if

00:39:17the future alpha grain

00:39:18had already been born.

00:39:19Kaelin stood

00:39:20beside his mate.

00:39:21His face was calm,

00:39:23almost cold.

00:39:24No one could tell

00:39:25whether he looked

00:39:25like a bridegroom at all.

00:39:27During the blessing ritual,

00:39:29Vivian knelt

00:39:30before the pack matriarch

00:39:31and offered her

00:39:32a cup of moon tea

00:39:33with both hands.

00:39:35Mother,

00:39:35please accept my respect.

00:39:38The matriarch

00:39:39looked at Latrelepte

00:39:40at Vivian's belly

00:39:41and laughed

00:39:41until the lines

00:39:42around her eyes

00:39:43softened.

00:39:44Good child,

00:39:45get up.

00:39:46Do not kneel too long.

00:39:48Be careful of the pup.

00:39:49She held

00:39:50at Vivian's hand,

00:39:51then turned to

00:39:52Kaelin with satisfaction.

00:39:54Since Serena

00:39:55has already severed

00:39:56the Macon contract

00:39:57with you,

00:39:58live well with

00:39:59at Vivian

00:39:59from now on.

00:40:00I am still waiting

00:40:02to hold

00:40:02your strong

00:40:03alpha pup.

00:40:05The goblet

00:40:06in Kaelin's hand

00:40:07shattered.

00:40:11Blood slit down

00:40:12his palm,

00:40:13but he did not

00:40:14seem to feel it.

00:40:17severed?

00:40:18His voice

00:40:19tightened.

00:40:25What mate

00:40:26contract

00:40:27was severed?

00:40:30The entire

00:40:31ceremonial hall

00:40:32went silence.

00:40:33Vivian's smile

00:40:34froze on her face.

00:40:36The pack matriarch

00:40:37stared at Kaelin

00:40:38in confusion.

00:40:39You did not know?

00:40:42Kaelin stepped down

00:40:43from the ritual

00:40:44platform.

00:40:46His alpha

00:40:47aura spread

00:40:47through the hall

00:40:48so suddenly

00:40:48that several

00:40:49lower-ranked

00:40:50wolves

00:40:50dropped to

00:40:51their knees.

00:40:54Say it again.

00:40:55What did

00:40:56Serena sever?

00:41:01Only then

00:41:02did the pack

00:41:03matriarch

00:41:03tell him

00:41:03everything.

00:41:04You didn't

00:41:05know?

00:41:05Et Serena

00:41:06knelt at the

00:41:06moon goddess

00:41:07altar and

00:41:07asked to

00:41:07sever your

00:41:08mate bond.

00:41:08She took

00:41:09the full

00:41:0999 wolf

00:41:10lashes

00:41:10and was

00:41:10locked in

00:41:11the silver

00:41:11lined

00:41:11punishment

00:41:11chamber.

00:41:12Starved,

00:41:13silenced,

00:41:13forced to

00:41:14press her

00:41:14blood seal

00:41:14on the

00:41:14severance

00:41:15papers.

00:41:15She left

00:41:15with nothing

00:41:16but the

00:41:16clothes

00:41:16on her

00:41:16back.

00:41:17Her

00:41:17name's

00:41:18already

00:41:18been

00:41:18erased

00:41:19from the

00:41:19Blackfine

00:41:19pack

00:41:20registry.

00:41:21And by

00:41:21ancient

00:41:22pack

00:41:22law,

00:41:23she will

00:41:24never,

00:41:25ever be

00:41:25Blackfine's

00:41:26Luna again.

00:41:29Kellen

00:41:30lost control.

00:41:31Kellen

00:41:32lost control

00:41:32on the

00:41:32spot.

00:41:33He grabbed

00:41:34at Seth

00:41:35by the

00:41:35collar before

00:41:36at Seth

00:41:36could retreat

00:41:37into the

00:41:37crowd.

00:41:38You told

00:41:39me she

00:41:40cursed me

00:41:40and left

00:41:41on her

00:41:41own.

00:41:45Alpha,

00:41:45I only

00:41:46repeated what

00:41:47I heard.

00:41:53Seth's

00:41:54face went

00:41:54white.

00:41:55Kellen's

00:41:55eyes turned

00:41:56a dangerous

00:41:56red.

00:42:00Do not

00:42:01lie under

00:42:01my command.

00:42:03Tell me

00:42:03the truth.

00:42:05How exactly

00:42:06did Serena

00:42:06leave?

00:42:07The Alpha

00:42:08command

00:42:08crushed at

00:42:09Seth to

00:42:09his knees.

00:42:15Seth

00:42:16trembled

00:42:16violently.

00:42:17At last,

00:42:18the truth

00:42:18spilled

00:42:19out.

00:42:21Seth admitted

00:42:22Vivian had

00:42:22ordered him

00:42:23to watch

00:42:23the altar.

00:42:24I saw

00:42:24the neutral

00:42:25register

00:42:25take her

00:42:26away.

00:42:26I saw

00:42:27the blood

00:42:27seal.

00:42:28I saw

00:42:28the elder

00:42:29removed

00:42:29removed her

00:42:29name from

00:42:30the pack

00:42:30registry.

00:42:31Kellen's

00:42:31grip

00:42:32loosened

00:42:32inch by

00:42:33inch.

00:42:33Miss Vivian

00:42:34told me to

00:42:35say the

00:42:35Luna cursed

00:42:35you.

00:42:36I was

00:42:37afraid.

00:42:38Alpha,

00:42:38I was

00:42:39afraid.

00:42:48Kellen

00:42:48released him

00:42:49and rushed

00:42:49back to

00:42:49Serena's

00:42:50room.

00:42:50He searched

00:42:51every corner

00:42:52but found

00:42:52only the

00:42:53moonstone

00:42:53pin ring

00:42:54and a

00:42:54scrap of

00:42:55burnt

00:42:55moon-breath

00:42:56silk.

00:42:56Only then

00:42:57did he

00:42:57seem to

00:42:58understand.

00:42:59Serena

00:42:59was not

00:43:00hiding and

00:43:00waiting for

00:43:01him to

00:43:01coax her

00:43:01back.

00:43:05She had

00:43:05truly gone.

00:43:07Kellen

00:43:08picked up

00:43:08the burnt

00:43:09silk.

00:43:10His

00:43:10fingertips

00:43:10shook.

00:43:15She

00:43:15burned

00:43:16this

00:43:16herself?

00:43:18No one

00:43:18dared

00:43:19answer.

00:43:20He

00:43:20remembered

00:43:21the way

00:43:21At

00:43:21Serena

00:43:21used to

00:43:22fold

00:43:22those

00:43:22gowns

00:43:23in

00:43:23the

00:43:23wardrobe

00:43:23blushing

00:43:24whenever

00:43:25his

00:43:25gaze

00:43:25passed

00:43:25over

00:43:25her.

00:43:30He

00:43:31remembered

00:43:31calling

00:43:31them

00:43:31filthy

00:43:32tricks.

00:43:32He

00:43:33remembered

00:43:33forcing

00:43:33Wolfbeam

00:43:34down at

00:43:34Serena's

00:43:35throat.

00:43:41For the

00:43:41first time

00:43:42the

00:43:42empty

00:43:43room

00:43:43felt

00:43:43louder

00:43:44than

00:43:44any

00:43:44scream.

00:43:46Find

00:43:46her.

00:43:47Search

00:43:48the

00:43:48Black

00:43:48Pine

00:43:48border,

00:43:49the

00:43:49Neutral

00:43:49Station

00:43:50Station,

00:43:50the

00:43:51Healers

00:43:51Guild,

00:43:51every

00:43:52old

00:43:52territory

00:43:52of

00:43:52her

00:43:53mother's

00:43:53family.

00:43:56A

00:43:56warrior

00:43:56lowered

00:43:57his

00:43:57head.

00:44:00Alpha,

00:44:00if her

00:44:01name has

00:44:01been erased

00:44:02from the

00:44:02registry,

00:44:03our

00:44:04scent

00:44:04trackers

00:44:04may not

00:44:04be able

00:44:05to

00:44:05follow

00:44:05her.

00:44:06Kellen's

00:44:07face

00:44:07turned

00:44:07ashen.

00:44:11Then

00:44:12use

00:44:12mine.

00:44:13Use

00:44:14every

00:44:14memory

00:44:14of

00:44:14her

00:44:14scent

00:44:15I

00:44:15have

00:44:15left.

00:44:17He

00:44:17searched

00:44:17for

00:44:18Serena

00:44:18for a

00:44:18long

00:44:19time.

00:44:20The

00:44:20Black

00:44:21Pine

00:44:21border,

00:44:21the

00:44:22Neutral

00:44:22Station,

00:44:23the

00:44:23Healers

00:44:24Guild,

00:44:24even the

00:44:25old

00:44:25territory

00:44:26of

00:44:26Serena's

00:44:27mother's

00:44:27family,

00:44:27where she

00:44:28had not

00:44:28been

00:44:28in

00:44:28years.

00:44:30He

00:44:31found

00:44:31nothing.

00:44:32On

00:44:33the

00:44:33fourth

00:44:33night,

00:44:33he

00:44:34passed

00:44:34at

00:44:34Vivian's

00:44:35room

00:44:35and

00:44:35heard

00:44:35laughter

00:44:36inside.

00:44:42At

00:44:43Vivian

00:44:43was

00:44:43mind

00:44:44linking

00:44:44Seth.

00:44:45You

00:44:45have

00:44:46no

00:44:46idea

00:44:46how

00:44:46perfect

00:44:47it

00:44:47was.

00:44:47I

00:44:48had

00:44:48people

00:44:48post

00:44:48those

00:44:49Facebook

00:44:49rumors.

00:44:50I

00:44:50made

00:44:50myself

00:44:50look

00:44:51like

00:44:51the

00:44:51victim,

00:44:52cried

00:44:52a

00:44:52little,

00:44:53and

00:44:53Kellen

00:44:54nearly

00:44:54destroyed

00:44:54Serena

00:44:55for

00:44:55me.

00:44:56Seth's

00:44:57voice

00:44:57was low

00:44:58and

00:44:58nervous

00:44:58through

00:44:59the

00:44:59mind

00:44:59link.

00:45:05Miss

00:45:05Vivian,

00:45:06the

00:45:07alpha

00:45:07is

00:45:07already

00:45:07suspicious.

00:45:09Vivian

00:45:10laughed

00:45:10softly.

00:45:11Suspicious

00:45:12of

00:45:12what?

00:45:12That

00:45:13low-born

00:45:13healer

00:45:14has

00:45:14been

00:45:14erased,

00:45:15exiled,

00:45:15and

00:45:15left

00:45:16with

00:45:16silver

00:45:16wounds

00:45:16and

00:45:17bond

00:45:17backlash.

00:45:18Whether

00:45:18she

00:45:18survives

00:45:19this

00:45:19winter

00:45:19is

00:45:19another

00:45:20question.

00:45:22Did

00:45:23she

00:45:23really

00:45:23think

00:45:24she

00:45:24could

00:45:24be

00:45:24Luna?

00:45:25A

00:45:25low-born

00:45:26healer

00:45:26whose

00:45:27wolf

00:45:27spirit

00:45:27had been

00:45:28suppressed

00:45:28until

00:45:29it

00:45:29nearly

00:45:29vanished?

00:45:32How

00:45:33could

00:45:33she

00:45:33compete

00:45:34with

00:45:34me?

00:45:37Kellen

00:45:37kicked

00:45:38the

00:45:38door

00:45:38open.

00:45:39Vivian

00:45:39turned

00:45:40and

00:45:40saw

00:45:40him.

00:45:41All

00:45:41color

00:45:41drained

00:45:42of her

00:45:42face.

00:45:43Kellen,

00:45:44let me

00:45:44explain.

00:45:45He

00:45:45walked

00:45:46in

00:45:46step

00:45:46by

00:45:46step.

00:45:47His

00:45:48voice

00:45:48was

00:45:49terrifyingly

00:45:49soft.

00:45:52You

00:45:52lied

00:45:53to

00:45:53me?

00:45:57A

00:45:58few

00:45:58days

00:45:58later,

00:45:59the

00:45:59investigation

00:46:00report

00:46:00was

00:46:00placed

00:46:01before

00:46:01Aunt

00:46:01Kellen.

00:46:04She

00:46:05had

00:46:05staged

00:46:05the

00:46:06wolf

00:46:06vine

00:46:06poisoning,

00:46:07paid

00:46:07Seth

00:46:07to

00:46:07spread

00:46:08the

00:46:08Facebook

00:46:08posts,

00:46:09forged

00:46:09pregnancy

00:46:10proof,

00:46:10arranged

00:46:10the rogue

00:46:11attack at

00:46:11her own

00:46:11birthday

00:46:12banquet,

00:46:12and even

00:46:13obtained

00:46:13the silver

00:46:13water on

00:46:14the blade

00:46:14from old

00:46:14retainers

00:46:15of her

00:46:15family.

00:46:16Alpha,

00:46:16every

00:46:16payment,

00:46:17every

00:46:17forged

00:46:17record,

00:46:18and every

00:46:18purchase

00:46:19sent

00:46:19medicine

00:46:19points

00:46:19back to

00:46:20Miss

00:46:20Vivian.

00:46:24Vivian

00:46:24knelled

00:46:25on the

00:46:25floor,

00:46:26hugging

00:46:26Kellen's

00:46:26leg as

00:46:27she cried.

00:46:28I only

00:46:29loved you

00:46:29too much.

00:46:30I was

00:46:30afraid you

00:46:31would never

00:46:31give me

00:46:31the luma

00:46:32position.

00:46:33Kellen,

00:46:33I am

00:46:34carrying

00:46:34your pup.

00:46:35For

00:46:36the

00:46:36child's

00:46:36sake.

00:46:39Kellen

00:46:39lowered his

00:46:40gaze to

00:46:40her abdomen,

00:46:41his expression

00:46:42complicated.

00:46:43Alpha,

00:46:44there is

00:46:44no pup.

00:46:45The

00:46:45so-called

00:46:46fetal scent

00:46:46was created

00:46:47by witch

00:46:47medicine.

00:46:54Vivian

00:46:55collapsed

00:46:55to the

00:46:55floor.

00:46:57No,

00:46:58Aunt

00:46:58Kellen,

00:46:59listen to

00:46:59me.

00:46:59I can

00:47:00still

00:47:00give

00:47:00you

00:47:00a

00:47:01pup.

00:47:01I

00:47:01can

00:47:01still

00:47:02be

00:47:02useful

00:47:02to

00:47:02Black

00:47:02Pine.

00:47:05Kellen

00:47:06Black

00:47:06closed

00:47:06his

00:47:06eyes.

00:47:08Send

00:47:09her to

00:47:09Silvermoon

00:47:09Sanatorium.

00:47:10Tell

00:47:10the

00:47:11director

00:47:11she is

00:47:11charged

00:47:11with

00:47:12serious

00:47:12fraud,

00:47:13harming

00:47:13the

00:47:13Luna,

00:47:15and

00:47:16forging

00:47:16the

00:47:16Alpha

00:47:17bloodline.

00:47:18Without

00:47:18both my

00:47:19order and

00:47:19the

00:47:19council's

00:47:20order,

00:47:20she is

00:47:21not to

00:47:21be

00:47:21released.

00:47:22By

00:47:23then,

00:47:23I had

00:47:24already

00:47:24settled

00:47:24in the

00:47:25southern

00:47:25neutral

00:47:25lands.

00:47:34There

00:47:35was no

00:47:35black

00:47:35pipe

00:47:35cedar

00:47:36scent

00:47:36there,

00:47:36no

00:47:37council

00:47:37judgment

00:47:37bell,

00:47:38and no

00:47:38one

00:47:39called

00:47:39me

00:47:39Luna.

00:47:40I

00:47:41worked

00:47:41in a

00:47:41small

00:47:42ceremonial

00:47:42tailor

00:47:42shop,

00:47:43altering

00:47:43Luna

00:47:44gowns

00:47:44and

00:47:48pup

00:47:49stitches.

00:47:50At

00:47:50night,

00:47:50Bond

00:47:51Aklash

00:47:51would

00:47:51flare

00:47:51like

00:47:52invisible

00:47:52claws

00:47:52tearing

00:47:53through

00:47:53my

00:47:53ribs.

00:47:53The

00:47:54owner

00:47:54was

00:47:54an

00:47:54elderly

00:47:55omega

00:47:55woman.

00:47:55She

00:47:56never

00:47:56asked

00:47:56about

00:47:57my

00:47:57past.

00:47:57She

00:47:58only

00:47:58left

00:47:58warm

00:47:58soup

00:47:59by

00:47:59my

00:47:59door.

00:48:00Drink

00:48:01it

00:48:01while

00:48:01it

00:48:01is

00:48:01warm,

00:48:02child.

00:48:02A

00:48:03wolf

00:48:03that

00:48:03survives

00:48:04winter

00:48:04will

00:48:04eventually

00:48:05find

00:48:05spring.

00:48:14One

00:48:14snowy

00:48:15evening,

00:48:15a

00:48:15tall

00:48:16man

00:48:16entered

00:48:16the

00:48:16shop

00:48:17with

00:48:17a

00:48:17torn

00:48:17ceremonial

00:48:18cloak.

00:48:18His

00:48:19scent

00:48:19was

00:48:20clean

00:48:20snow

00:48:20and

00:48:20pine.

00:48:23He

00:48:24was

00:48:24Adrian

00:48:24Winter,

00:48:25Alpha

00:48:25of

00:48:26Frost

00:48:26Crown,

00:48:26and one

00:48:27of the

00:48:28neutral

00:48:28court's

00:48:28arbitersers.

00:48:29He

00:48:30looked

00:48:30at

00:48:30the

00:48:30silver

00:48:30scars

00:48:31on

00:48:31my

00:48:31wrist

00:48:31and

00:48:32then

00:48:32at

00:48:32my

00:48:32lowered

00:48:33head.

00:48:34He

00:48:35did

00:48:35not

00:48:35ask

00:48:35who

00:48:35had

00:48:35hurt

00:48:36me.

00:48:37He

00:48:37only

00:48:37said,

00:48:38Your

00:48:39wolf

00:48:39is

00:48:39still

00:48:39alive.

00:48:40My

00:48:40fingers

00:48:40froze

00:48:41on

00:48:41the

00:48:41needle.

00:48:51Let

00:48:52her

00:48:52stand

00:48:52when

00:48:52she

00:48:52is

00:48:52ready.

00:48:53Do

00:48:54not

00:48:54force

00:48:54her

00:48:54to

00:48:54kneel

00:48:55for

00:48:55anyone

00:48:55again.

00:48:57That

00:48:58was

00:48:58the

00:48:58first

00:48:58time

00:48:58since

00:48:59leaving

00:48:59Blackport

00:48:59that

00:48:59I

00:49:00cried.

00:49:03Not

00:49:03because

00:49:04of

00:49:04pain.

00:49:05Because

00:49:05someone

00:49:06had

00:49:06seen

00:49:06the

00:49:06part

00:49:06of

00:49:06me

00:49:07that

00:49:07was

00:49:07still

00:49:07alive.

00:49:11Adrian

00:49:11courted

00:49:12me

00:49:12slowly.

00:49:15On

00:49:15full moon

00:49:16nights,

00:49:16he sat

00:49:16with me

00:49:17in the

00:49:17yard

00:49:18behind

00:49:18the

00:49:18shop

00:49:19and

00:49:19watched

00:49:20my

00:49:20white

00:49:20wolf

00:49:20spirit

00:49:21try to

00:49:21stand

00:49:21beneath

00:49:22the

00:49:22moonlight.

00:49:23When

00:49:23backlash

00:49:24struck,

00:49:24he

00:49:25used

00:49:25his

00:49:25alpha

00:49:25scent

00:49:25to

00:49:26shield

00:49:26me

00:49:26from

00:49:26the

00:49:26worst

00:49:27of

00:49:27the

00:49:27pain,

00:49:27but

00:49:28he

00:49:28never

00:49:28forced

00:49:28touch

00:49:28on

00:49:29me.

00:49:30Once,

00:49:31I

00:49:31asked

00:49:31him,

00:49:33does

00:49:33it

00:49:33bother

00:49:34you

00:49:34that

00:49:34I

00:49:34severed

00:49:34a

00:49:34mate

00:49:35bond

00:49:35before?

00:49:35He

00:49:36looked

00:49:36at

00:49:36me

00:49:36with

00:49:36steady

00:49:36seriousness.

00:49:37You

00:49:38are

00:49:38not

00:49:38someone's

00:49:39used

00:49:39possession.

00:49:40You

00:49:40are

00:49:40Serena.

00:49:41If

00:49:41you

00:49:42want

00:49:42to

00:49:42accept

00:49:42me,

00:49:42I

00:49:43will

00:49:43wait.

00:49:43If

00:49:44you

00:49:44do

00:49:44not,

00:49:45I

00:49:45will

00:49:45still

00:49:45protect

00:49:46everyone

00:49:46in

00:49:46the

00:49:46neutral

00:49:46lands,

00:49:47including

00:49:48you.

00:49:49Something

00:49:49touched

00:49:49my

00:49:50heart

00:49:50softly.

00:49:53I

00:49:53had

00:49:54thought

00:49:54it

00:49:54was

00:49:54dead.

00:49:56But

00:49:56when

00:49:56spring

00:49:57came,

00:49:57it

00:49:58insisted

00:49:58on

00:49:58living.

00:50:00One

00:50:01afternoon,

00:50:02Adrian

00:50:02and I

00:50:02returned

00:50:02from the

00:50:03neutral

00:50:03market.

00:50:03He

00:50:04carried

00:50:04fabric,

00:50:05and I

00:50:05held

00:50:05a bag

00:50:05of

00:50:06moon

00:50:06oranges.

00:50:06The

00:50:07wind

00:50:07trimes

00:50:07at

00:50:08the

00:50:08corner

00:50:08rang

00:50:08lightly.

00:50:09I

00:50:09had

00:50:10just

00:50:10laughed

00:50:10at

00:50:10something

00:50:10he

00:50:11said

00:50:11when

00:50:11I

00:50:11caught

00:50:11a

00:50:11familiar

00:50:12scent

00:50:12of

00:50:12cedar

00:50:13and

00:50:13mint.

00:50:16My

00:50:16smile

00:50:17froze.

00:50:20Kellen

00:50:21stood

00:50:21beneath

00:50:21the

00:50:22stone

00:50:22bridge.

00:50:23He

00:50:23had

00:50:23lost

00:50:24weight.

00:50:24His

00:50:25eyes

00:50:25were

00:50:25bloodshot.

00:50:26The

00:50:26alpha

00:50:26aura

00:50:27that

00:50:27had

00:50:27once

00:50:27been

00:50:27sharp

00:50:28and

00:50:28untouchable

00:50:28was

00:50:28now

00:50:29chaotic

00:50:29and

00:50:29unstable.

00:50:32Serena,

00:50:34I

00:50:34finally

00:50:35found

00:50:35you.

00:50:38I

00:50:38stepped

00:50:39back

00:50:39without

00:50:39thinking.

00:50:43Adrian

00:50:44held my

00:50:44hand

00:50:44and stood

00:50:45in front

00:50:45of me.

00:50:48Alpha,

00:50:49you are

00:50:49frightening

00:50:50her.

00:50:54Kellen

00:50:55stared at

00:50:56our

00:50:56joint

00:50:56hands.

00:50:57His

00:50:57wolf

00:50:57surged

00:50:58in his

00:50:58eyes.

00:51:00Who

00:51:00are you

00:51:00to

00:51:01touch

00:51:01her?

00:51:01She

00:51:02is

00:51:02my

00:51:02mate!

00:51:06I

00:51:06am

00:51:06not.

00:51:07He

00:51:07rushed

00:51:08forward

00:51:08to

00:51:08grab

00:51:08my

00:51:08arm.

00:51:09I

00:51:09know

00:51:09I

00:51:09was

00:51:10wrong.

00:51:10Vivian

00:51:10lied

00:51:11to me.

00:51:11I

00:51:11have

00:51:11found

00:51:12out

00:51:12everything.

00:51:12I

00:51:12locked

00:51:13her

00:51:13away.

00:51:13She

00:51:13will

00:51:14never

00:51:14appear

00:51:14before

00:51:14you

00:51:14again.

00:51:15Come

00:51:15back to

00:51:16Black

00:51:16Pine

00:51:16with

00:51:16me.

00:51:17We

00:51:17can

00:51:17start

00:51:17over.

00:51:18His

00:51:18tone

00:51:18was

00:51:19humble,

00:51:19unlike

00:51:20the

00:51:20arrogant

00:51:20Alpha

00:51:20I

00:51:21remembered.

00:51:22but

00:51:22I

00:51:23only

00:51:23felt

00:51:23disgust.

00:51:25Let

00:51:25go.

00:51:27He

00:51:28did

00:51:28not.

00:51:32Adrian

00:51:32closed

00:51:33his

00:51:33hand

00:51:33around

00:51:33Kaylin's

00:51:34wrist.

00:51:34She

00:51:35told

00:51:35you

00:51:35to

00:51:35let

00:51:35go.

00:51:36The

00:51:36next

00:51:36second

00:51:37Kaylin

00:51:37swung

00:51:38a

00:51:38fist

00:51:38at

00:51:38him.

00:51:39Two

00:51:40Alpha

00:51:41eras

00:51:41collided

00:51:42on the

00:51:42street.

00:51:43Ordinary

00:51:43wolves

00:51:43nearby

00:51:44went

00:51:44pale

00:51:45under

00:51:45the

00:51:45pressure.

00:51:48Kaylin

00:51:49fought

00:51:49like a

00:51:49madman

00:51:50striking

00:51:50toward

00:51:51vital

00:51:51points.

00:51:57She

00:51:58is

00:51:58mine!

00:52:00From

00:52:01the

00:52:01moment

00:52:01you

00:52:01chose

00:52:02to

00:52:02betray

00:52:02Serena,

00:52:03she

00:52:03ceased

00:52:04to

00:52:04belong

00:52:04to

00:52:04you.

00:52:05Especially

00:52:05now

00:52:06that

00:52:06she

00:52:06has

00:52:06severed

00:52:06her

00:52:07ties

00:52:07as

00:52:07your

00:52:07partner.

00:52:08Portner.

00:52:09She

00:52:10belongs

00:52:10only

00:52:11to

00:52:11herself.

00:52:13While

00:52:14Adrian

00:52:14shielded

00:52:14me,

00:52:15Kaylin

00:52:15drove

00:52:15a

00:52:16fist

00:52:16towards

00:52:16his

00:52:16temple.

00:52:24I

00:52:24saw

00:52:25a

00:52:25wooden

00:52:25flag

00:52:25go

00:52:25by

00:52:25the

00:52:26road.

00:52:27My

00:52:27body

00:52:28moved

00:52:28before

00:52:28my

00:52:28mind

00:52:29did.

00:52:35I

00:52:35grabbed

00:52:35the pole

00:52:36and struck

00:52:36Kaylin

00:52:36across the

00:52:37back.

00:52:41Kaylin

00:52:42took a

00:52:42step back

00:52:42in

00:52:43disbelief.

00:52:46Adrian

00:52:47turned

00:52:47sharply.

00:52:50Serena!

00:52:51I

00:52:51stood

00:52:51there,

00:52:52both

00:52:52hands

00:52:53shaking

00:52:53around

00:52:53the

00:52:53pole,

00:52:54my

00:52:54breath

00:52:55unbeaven.

00:52:57Kaylin

00:52:57looked back

00:52:58at me

00:52:58in

00:52:58disbelief.

00:53:02You

00:53:03hit

00:53:03me?

00:53:03I

00:53:04gazed

00:53:04at him,

00:53:05my

00:53:05eyes

00:53:05holding

00:53:05nothing

00:53:06but

00:53:06unfamiliarity

00:53:07and

00:53:07warfing.

00:53:11Yes.

00:53:12And if

00:53:13you

00:53:13touch

00:53:13him

00:53:13again,

00:53:14I

00:53:15will

00:53:15hit

00:53:15you

00:53:15harder.

00:53:16For a

00:53:17long

00:53:17moment,

00:53:18something

00:53:18in his

00:53:18expression

00:53:19shattered.

00:53:22Perhaps

00:53:23in his

00:53:23memory,

00:53:23I was

00:53:24still the

00:53:24woman who

00:53:25would wait

00:53:25at the

00:53:25door with

00:53:26warm soup

00:53:26no matter

00:53:26how late

00:53:27he came

00:53:27home,

00:53:28but that

00:53:29woman had

00:53:29died in

00:53:30the

00:53:30silver

00:53:30line

00:53:30chamber.

00:53:34The

00:53:34neutral

00:53:34guards

00:53:35arrived

00:53:35quickly

00:53:36and

00:53:36separated

00:53:37them.

00:53:41Kaylin

00:53:42stared at

00:53:42me as

00:53:42if he

00:53:43wanted

00:53:43to

00:53:43say

00:53:43a

00:53:43thousand

00:53:43things.

00:53:46I

00:53:47did

00:53:47not

00:53:47give

00:53:47him

00:53:47the

00:53:48chance.

00:53:49I

00:53:50took

00:53:50Adrian's

00:53:51hand

00:53:51and

00:53:51walked

00:53:51away.

00:53:52Behind

00:53:53me,

00:53:53Callan's

00:53:53voice

00:53:54broke.

00:53:55Serena,

00:53:56I was

00:53:57wrong.

00:53:58Tell

00:53:58me what

00:53:58I have

00:53:59to

00:53:59do.

00:53:59I

00:54:00will

00:54:00do

00:54:00anything.

00:54:01I

00:54:01did

00:54:02not

00:54:02turn

00:54:02back

00:54:05because

00:54:05the

00:54:05answer

00:54:06was

00:54:06simple.

00:54:08There

00:54:09was

00:54:09nothing

00:54:09he

00:54:09could

00:54:09do.

00:54:15That

00:54:15evening,

00:54:16Adrian

00:54:16dispected

00:54:17the

00:54:17torn

00:54:17skin

00:54:18on

00:54:18my

00:54:18palm.

00:54:21You

00:54:22did

00:54:22not

00:54:22have

00:54:22to

00:54:22protect

00:54:23me.

00:54:23I

00:54:24know.

00:54:25I

00:54:25wanted

00:54:26to.

00:54:27He

00:54:28looked at

00:54:28me for

00:54:29a long

00:54:29time,

00:54:29then

00:54:30lowered

00:54:30his

00:54:30eyes

00:54:30with

00:54:30a

00:54:30faint

00:54:31smile.

00:54:32Then

00:54:33I

00:54:33am

00:54:33honored.

00:54:35When

00:54:36Kellen

00:54:36woke,

00:54:36he

00:54:37was in

00:54:37the

00:54:37neutral

00:54:37healing

00:54:38center.

00:54:39Beta

00:54:39reported

00:54:40to him

00:54:40all the

00:54:41interrogation

00:54:41results

00:54:41regarding

00:54:42Vivian.

00:54:43Kellen

00:54:43pulled out

00:54:43the

00:54:44blood

00:54:44needle

00:54:44and

00:54:44said

00:54:44only

00:54:45one

00:54:45thing.

00:54:46I

00:54:46want

00:54:46to

00:54:46see

00:54:47her.

00:54:47Seth

00:54:47urged

00:54:48him

00:54:48to

00:54:48return

00:54:48to

00:54:49Black

00:54:49Pine.

00:54:50Alpha,

00:54:50you

00:54:51cannot

00:54:51keep

00:54:51losing

00:54:52control.

00:54:53Black

00:54:53Pine

00:54:53needs

00:54:54you.

00:54:54The

00:54:55elders

00:54:55were

00:54:55preparing

00:54:55a

00:54:56vote

00:54:56to

00:54:56suspend

00:54:56his

00:54:57authority

00:54:57because

00:54:58he

00:54:58had

00:54:58left

00:54:58the

00:54:59territory

00:54:59without

00:54:59permission.

00:55:01Smaller

00:55:01packs

00:55:01were

00:55:02testing

00:55:02the

00:55:07Black

00:55:07bring

00:55:08Vivian.

00:55:09I

00:55:09will

00:55:10make

00:55:10her

00:55:10kneel

00:55:10before

00:55:10Serena

00:55:11and

00:55:11return

00:55:11everything

00:55:12she

00:55:12owes.

00:55:13When

00:55:13Aunt Vivian

00:55:13was

00:55:13dragged

00:55:14out

00:55:14of

00:55:14Silver

00:55:14Moon

00:55:15Sanatorium,

00:55:16none

00:55:16of her

00:55:16old

00:55:16pure

00:55:17blood

00:55:17pride

00:55:17remained.

00:55:18Her

00:55:19hair

00:55:19was

00:55:19tangled.

00:55:21Moon

00:55:22iron

00:55:22chains

00:55:22locked

00:55:23around

00:55:23her

00:55:23wrists

00:55:23to

00:55:24suppress

00:55:24her

00:55:24wolf.

00:55:25The

00:55:25moment

00:55:25she

00:55:26saw

00:55:26Kellen,

00:55:26she

00:55:26rushed

00:55:27toward

00:55:27him

00:55:27crying.

00:55:32Kellen,

00:55:33you

00:55:33finally

00:55:34came

00:55:34to

00:55:34see

00:55:34me.

00:55:35I

00:55:35know

00:55:36I

00:55:36was

00:55:36wrong.

00:55:36I

00:55:37really

00:55:37do.

00:55:38Kellen

00:55:38did

00:55:38not

00:55:38even

00:55:39look

00:55:39at

00:55:39her.

00:55:41He

00:55:41ordered

00:55:42the

00:55:42guards

00:55:42to

00:55:43press

00:55:43her

00:55:43down

00:55:43in

00:55:43front

00:55:43of

00:55:44my

00:55:44shop.

00:55:45That

00:55:46day,

00:55:46I

00:55:47was

00:55:47hemming

00:55:47a

00:55:47full

00:55:47moon

00:55:48cloak

00:55:48for

00:55:49a

00:55:49pup.

00:55:49When

00:55:50I

00:55:50heard

00:55:50the

00:55:50commotion

00:55:51and

00:55:51looked

00:55:51up,

00:55:51I

00:55:52saw

00:55:52forced

00:55:52to

00:55:52kneel

00:55:53in

00:55:53the

00:55:53rain.

00:55:57Kellen

00:55:57stood

00:55:58behind

00:55:58Vivian.

00:55:59In

00:55:59his

00:55:59eyes

00:55:59was

00:56:00a

00:56:00desperate,

00:56:00almost

00:56:01obsessive

00:56:01hope.

00:56:02Serena,

00:56:03she

00:56:04is

00:56:04here

00:56:04to

00:56:04confess.

00:56:05Vivian

00:56:05trembled

00:56:05as

00:56:06she

00:56:06spoke.

00:56:06I

00:56:07am

00:56:07sorry,

00:56:07Luna.

00:56:08No,

00:56:08Serena,

00:56:09I

00:56:09should

00:56:09not

00:56:09have

00:56:09framed

00:56:10you

00:56:10for

00:56:10the

00:56:10wolf

00:56:10of

00:56:10Bane.

00:56:11I

00:56:11should

00:56:11not

00:56:11have

00:56:11forged

00:56:12Facebook

00:56:12posts.

00:56:12I

00:56:12should

00:56:13not

00:56:13have

00:56:13lied

00:56:13to

00:56:13Kellen

00:56:13and

00:56:14said

00:56:14I

00:56:14carried

00:56:14an

00:56:14alpha

00:56:14pup.

00:56:15I

00:56:15should

00:56:15not

00:56:15have

00:56:16arranged

00:56:16the

00:56:16rogue

00:56:16attack

00:56:16and

00:56:17blamed

00:56:17you.

00:56:19I

00:56:19was

00:56:19wrong.

00:56:20Please

00:56:20ask him

00:56:21to

00:56:21despair

00:56:21me.

00:56:23She

00:56:33cried

00:56:35He

00:56:39paused.

00:56:40As

00:56:41long

00:56:41as

00:56:41you

00:56:41come

00:56:41back

00:56:41with

00:56:42me.

00:56:42I

00:56:43laughed

00:56:43suddenly.

00:56:45Not

00:56:45because

00:56:45it

00:56:46felt

00:56:46good,

00:56:47but

00:56:48because

00:56:48it

00:56:48was

00:56:48absurd.

00:56:49Kellen,

00:56:50do you

00:56:51think this

00:56:51cancels out

00:56:52what I

00:56:52suffered?

00:56:52His

00:56:53face

00:56:53turned

00:56:54pale.

00:56:56I

00:56:56pointed

00:56:56at

00:56:57Vivian,

00:56:57kneeling

00:56:57on the

00:56:58ground,

00:56:58then at

00:56:58him.

00:57:01you

00:57:01once

00:57:02pushed

00:57:02me

00:57:02toward

00:57:02a

00:57:02silver

00:57:03blade

00:57:03for

00:57:03her.

00:57:03You

00:57:04locked

00:57:04me

00:57:04in

00:57:04a

00:57:04silver

00:57:04line

00:57:05chamber

00:57:05for

00:57:05her.

00:57:05You

00:57:05spread

00:57:06my

00:57:06private

00:57:06shame

00:57:06across

00:57:06Facebook

00:57:07for

00:57:07her.

00:57:07Now

00:57:07for

00:57:08me

00:57:08you

00:57:08make

00:57:08her

00:57:08kneel

00:57:08in

00:57:08public

00:57:09without

00:57:09hesitation.

00:57:10Whether

00:57:10it

00:57:10is

00:57:10her

00:57:10or

00:57:10me,

00:57:11in

00:57:11your

00:57:11eyes

00:57:11we

00:57:11are

00:57:11only

00:57:11objects

00:57:12you

00:57:12can

00:57:12arrange

00:57:12and

00:57:13punish

00:57:13whenever

00:57:13you

00:57:13wish,

00:57:14aren't

00:57:14we?

00:57:15Kellen

00:57:15froze.

00:57:16No!

00:57:17I only

00:57:18wanted you

00:57:18to feel

00:57:29more.

00:57:31Adrian

00:57:31was already

00:57:32standing

00:57:32in the

00:57:33rain.

00:57:33He

00:57:34had

00:57:34not

00:57:34interfered.

00:57:35He

00:57:36was

00:57:36simply

00:57:36waiting

00:57:37for

00:57:37my

00:57:37choice.

00:57:40I

00:57:41walked

00:57:41to

00:57:41his

00:57:41side.

00:57:43Kellen

00:57:44panicked

00:57:44and tried

00:57:45to rush

00:57:45over but

00:57:46the

00:57:46neutral

00:57:46guards

00:57:47blocked

00:57:47him.

00:57:48Serena!

00:57:49Don't

00:57:50choose

00:57:50him!

00:57:52I

00:57:53was

00:57:53your

00:57:53first

00:57:54mate!

00:57:54He

00:57:55can

00:57:55never

00:57:55replace

00:57:56me!

00:57:56I

00:57:57looked

00:57:57back

00:57:57at

00:57:57him

00:57:57one

00:57:57last

00:57:58time.

00:58:01Take

00:58:02yourself

00:58:02righteousness

00:58:02and

00:58:03arrogance

00:58:03and

00:58:04leave.

00:58:05I

00:58:05do

00:58:05not

00:58:06need

00:58:06it.

00:58:07Rain

00:58:07blurred

00:58:08his

00:58:08face.

00:58:09For

00:58:09the

00:58:09first

00:58:09time,

00:58:10I

00:58:10saw

00:58:10him

00:58:11truly

00:58:11helpless.

00:58:12But

00:58:13helplessness

00:58:14was not

00:58:14regret.

00:58:15And

00:58:15regret

00:58:16was

00:58:16not

00:58:16love.

00:58:18I

00:58:19did

00:58:19not

00:58:19attend

00:58:19the

00:58:19court

00:58:20hearing.

00:58:21I

00:58:22only

00:58:22submitted

00:58:23a

00:58:23blood

00:58:23seal

00:58:23testimony.

00:58:24It

00:58:25contained

00:58:25records

00:58:26of my

00:58:26silver

00:58:26wound,

00:58:27wolf

00:58:27band

00:58:27tests,

00:58:28Vivian's

00:58:29forged

00:58:29documents,

00:58:30screenshots

00:58:31from

00:58:31Facebook,

00:58:32and the

00:58:32healing

00:58:33records from

00:58:33before and

00:58:34after I

00:58:34was forced

00:58:35to sign

00:58:35in the

00:58:36punishment

00:58:36chamber.

00:58:37Adrian

00:58:38asked me,

00:58:41Do you

00:58:41want to watch

00:58:42him be judged

00:58:42with your own

00:58:43eyes?

00:58:43I shook

00:58:44my head.

00:58:48I do not

00:58:49need to see him

00:58:49fall to prove I

00:58:50survived.

00:58:51Still, the

00:58:52result reached

00:58:52the neutral

00:58:53lands.

00:58:54Kellen

00:58:55Black's

00:58:55Alpha

00:58:55Authority

00:58:56is

00:58:56suspended

00:58:56for one

00:58:57year.

00:58:58The

00:58:58Black

00:58:58Pine

00:58:59Elders

00:58:59Council

00:58:59must

00:58:59issue

00:59:00a

00:59:00public

00:59:00apology

00:59:01to

00:59:01the

00:59:01neutral

00:59:01court.

00:59:03Vivian

00:59:04will be

00:59:04stripped

00:59:04of her

00:59:05pure

00:59:05blood

00:59:05status

00:59:06and

00:59:06exiled

00:59:06to the

00:59:06Frost

00:59:07Labor

00:59:07Lands

00:59:07for

00:59:08for

00:59:08forging

00:59:08an

00:59:08air

00:59:08bloodline

00:59:09and

00:59:09harming

00:59:09a

00:59:10registered

00:59:10Luna.

00:59:13Seth

00:59:13will lose

00:59:14one

00:59:14fang

00:59:15and be

00:59:15expelled

00:59:16from

00:59:16Black

00:59:16Pong.

00:59:20Kellen

00:59:21refused to

00:59:21accept

00:59:22the

00:59:22distance

00:59:22between

00:59:22us.

00:59:27Later,

00:59:28someone

00:59:28from Frost

00:59:29Crown

00:59:29delivered him

00:59:30a message.

00:59:31Since

00:59:31you never

00:59:31understood

00:59:32pain,

00:59:32remember

00:59:33it with

00:59:33your own

00:59:34body.

00:59:37No one

00:59:38killed him.

00:59:38The court

00:59:39sentenced him

00:59:39to three

00:59:40months of

00:59:40service at

00:59:40the

00:59:40Silver

00:59:41Mine

00:59:41border,

00:59:42clearing

00:59:42old

00:59:42hunter

00:59:42traps

00:59:43contaminated

00:59:43with

00:59:43silver

00:59:44and

00:59:44wolf

00:59:44bite.

00:59:47It

00:59:48was

00:59:48the

00:59:48kind

00:59:48of

00:59:48low

00:59:48ranking

00:59:49warrior's

00:59:49work

00:59:49he

00:59:49had

00:59:49once

00:59:50despised.

00:59:54I

00:59:55thought

00:59:55the

00:59:55court

00:59:55sentence

00:59:56would

00:59:56be

00:59:56the

00:59:56end.

00:59:57Vivian

00:59:57had

00:59:57been

00:59:57transferred

00:59:58from

00:59:58Silver

00:59:58Moon

00:59:59Sanatorium

00:59:59to

00:59:59the

01:00:00Frost

01:00:00Labor

01:00:00Lands

01:00:00after

01:00:01the

01:00:01neutral

01:00:01court

01:00:01ruling.

01:00:03Kellen

01:00:03had

01:00:04been

01:00:04sent

01:00:04to

01:00:04the

01:00:04Silver

01:00:04Mine

01:00:05border.

01:00:06Seth

01:00:06had

01:00:06lost

01:00:07one

01:00:07bang

01:00:07and

01:00:07vanished

01:00:08from

01:00:08Black

01:00:08Pine.

01:00:09Later,

01:00:10I

01:00:10learned

01:00:10that

01:00:10several

01:00:11old

01:00:11retainers

01:00:11of

01:00:12Vivian's

01:00:13family

01:00:14and

01:00:14helped

01:00:14her

01:00:14escape

01:00:15into

01:00:15the

01:00:15Frost

01:00:15Crown

01:00:15border

01:00:16woods.

01:00:17Kellen

01:00:17heard

01:00:17of

01:00:17Vivian's

01:00:17escape

01:00:18while

01:00:18serving

01:00:18his

01:00:18sentence

01:00:19near

01:00:19the

01:00:19Silver

01:00:19Mine

01:00:19border.

01:00:20He

01:00:20knew

01:00:21her

01:00:21hatred

01:00:21would

01:00:21lead

01:00:21her

01:00:21to

01:00:22me.

01:00:22So

01:00:22he

01:00:23followed

01:00:23the

01:00:23rogue

01:00:23scent

01:00:23trail

01:00:24all

01:00:24night.

01:00:25Before

01:00:26leaving

01:00:26the

01:00:26Mine

01:00:26border,

01:00:27he

01:00:27had

01:00:27already

01:00:27prepared

01:00:28a

01:00:28blood

01:00:28seal

01:00:28transfer

01:00:29file

01:00:29and

01:00:29the

01:00:29Black

01:00:29Pine

01:00:30Luna

01:00:30crown,

01:00:31intending

01:00:31to

01:00:31leave

01:00:31them

01:00:31with

01:00:32the

01:00:32court

01:00:32as

01:00:32compensation

01:00:33after

01:00:33his

01:00:33sentence

01:00:34ended.

01:00:34For

01:00:35a few

01:00:35quiet

01:00:35days,

01:00:36I

01:00:36almost

01:00:36believed

01:00:37the

01:00:37old

01:00:37nightmare

01:00:37had

01:00:38finally

01:00:38stopped

01:00:38breathing.

01:00:41That

01:00:41night,

01:00:42Adrian

01:00:42came to

01:00:42my shop

01:00:43to pick

01:00:43me up.

01:00:44The

01:00:44patrols

01:00:44found

01:00:44strange

01:00:45tracks

01:00:45near

01:00:45the

01:00:45north

01:00:45woods.

01:00:46Stay

01:00:47close

01:00:47to

01:00:47me

01:00:47tonight.

01:00:51Before

01:00:51I could

01:00:52answer,

01:00:52a low

01:00:52laugh came

01:00:53from the

01:00:53fog.

01:00:56Vivian

01:00:56stepped out

01:00:57from behind

01:00:57the trees.

01:00:58Her

01:00:58white

01:00:59dancer's

01:00:59gown

01:00:59was

01:00:59torn,

01:01:00her

01:01:00hair

01:01:00tangled,

01:01:01but

01:01:01the

01:01:02hatred

01:01:02in her

01:01:02eyes

01:01:02was

01:01:02sharper

01:01:03than

01:01:03ever.

01:01:06You

01:01:06took

01:01:06everything

01:01:07from

01:01:07me,

01:01:07Serena.

01:01:09Behind

01:01:09her

01:01:09stood

01:01:10rogue

01:01:10wolves.

01:01:11Their

01:01:11bodies

01:01:12smelled

01:01:12of

01:01:12blood,

01:01:13hunger,

01:01:13and

01:01:14old

01:01:14crimes.

01:01:16She

01:01:17promised

01:01:17us

01:01:17Frost

01:01:17Crown's

01:01:18Luna.

01:01:18Kill

01:01:19the

01:01:19woman,

01:01:20take

01:01:20the

01:01:20reward.

01:01:22Adrian's

01:01:23eyes

01:01:23went

01:01:23cold.

01:01:24Vivian,

01:01:25you

01:01:26have

01:01:26just

01:01:27turned

01:01:27exile

01:01:27into

01:01:28a

01:01:28death

01:01:28sentence.

01:01:29Vivian

01:01:29stepped

01:01:29out

01:01:29from

01:01:29behind

01:01:30the

01:01:30trees.

01:01:30She

01:01:31deserves

01:01:32to die,

01:01:33to die.

01:01:34If I

01:01:35cannot be

01:01:35Luna,

01:01:36neither

01:01:36can she.

01:01:37Vivian

01:01:37screamed.

01:01:40The

01:01:41rogue

01:01:41wolves

01:01:42lunged.

01:01:46Adrian

01:01:46threw

01:01:47one aside,

01:01:47but another

01:01:48came at me

01:01:49from behind

01:01:49with a

01:01:50wolf's

01:01:50horn

01:01:50coated

01:01:51blade.

01:01:51it.

01:01:52I

01:01:52heard

01:01:52the

01:01:53blade

01:01:53cut

01:01:53through

01:01:53the

01:01:53air.

01:01:54Then

01:01:54someone

01:01:55crashed

01:01:55into

01:01:55me

01:01:55and

01:01:55pulled

01:01:56me

01:01:56behind

01:01:56his

01:01:56body.

01:01:57The

01:01:57blade sank

01:01:57into

01:01:58Kellen's

01:01:58chest.

01:01:59Blood

01:02:00splashed

01:02:00across the

01:02:01snow.

01:02:02Caden

01:02:02staggered,

01:02:03but he

01:02:03did not

01:02:04fall.

01:02:04His

01:02:05damaged

01:02:05wolf

01:02:06spirit

01:02:06roared

01:02:06once,

01:02:07forcing

01:02:07the

01:02:07rogue

01:02:08wolf

01:02:08back.

01:02:12This

01:02:12time,

01:02:14I did

01:02:15not push

01:02:15you

01:02:15toward

01:02:16the

01:02:16blade.

01:02:18I

01:02:18froze.

01:02:19Kellen

01:02:20turned

01:02:20his

01:02:20pale

01:02:20face

01:02:21toward

01:02:21me.

01:02:23Serena,

01:02:24run.

01:02:26Adrian

01:02:27killed

01:02:27one

01:02:27rogue

01:02:28wolf

01:02:28with a

01:02:28single

01:02:28strike.

01:02:29The

01:02:29frost

01:02:29crown

01:02:29guards

01:02:30arrived

01:02:30almost

01:02:30immediately

01:02:30and

01:02:31surrounded

01:02:31the

01:02:31woods.

01:02:32Vivian

01:02:32tried

01:02:32to

01:02:32flee,

01:02:33but

01:02:33Adrian's

01:02:33command

01:02:33froze

01:02:34every

01:02:34wolf

01:02:34in the

01:02:34clearing.

01:02:35Take

01:02:35her

01:02:35alive.

01:02:37Vivian

01:02:38struggled

01:02:38wildly.

01:02:39Kellen

01:02:39did not

01:02:39even

01:02:40look

01:02:40at

01:02:40her.

01:02:40He

01:02:41knelt

01:02:41in

01:02:41the

01:02:41snow.

01:02:42One

01:02:42hand

01:02:42pressed

01:02:43against

01:02:43his

01:02:43chest.

01:02:44Black

01:02:45blood

01:02:45seeped

01:02:46through

01:02:46his

01:02:46fingers.

01:02:46The

01:02:47wolf

01:02:47spike

01:02:47on

01:02:47the

01:02:48blade

01:02:48had

01:02:48entered

01:02:48his

01:02:48old

01:02:49silver

01:02:49wounds.

01:02:50His

01:02:50wolf

01:02:50spirit

01:02:50was

01:02:51dying.

01:02:51Kellen

01:02:51took

01:02:52out

01:02:52the

01:02:52blood

01:02:52sealed

01:02:52transfer

01:02:53file

01:02:53from

01:02:53inside

01:02:53his

01:02:54coat

01:02:54and

01:02:54pushed

01:02:54it

01:02:54toward

01:02:54me.

01:02:55Everything

01:02:55under

01:02:55my

01:02:56personal

01:02:56name.

01:02:57My

01:02:57private

01:02:57residence,

01:02:58my

01:02:58personal

01:02:58share

01:02:59of

01:02:59the

01:02:59border

01:02:59mines,

01:02:59the

01:03:00trade

01:03:00profits,

01:03:00and

01:03:01the

01:03:01compensation

01:03:01fund

01:03:02I

01:03:02prepared

01:03:02for

01:03:02you.

01:03:03All

01:03:03of

01:03:03it

01:03:03is

01:03:03yours.

01:03:16His

01:03:16fingers

01:03:17trembled

01:03:17as he

01:03:17opened

01:03:18a dark

01:03:18velvet

01:03:18box.

01:03:19Inside

01:03:19lay

01:03:20the

01:03:20black

01:03:20pine

01:03:20luna

01:03:21crown.

01:03:21It

01:03:22was

01:03:22not

01:03:22silver.

01:03:22It

01:03:23was

01:03:23carved

01:03:23from

01:03:23black

01:03:24pine

01:03:24wood,

01:03:24oxydian,

01:03:25and

01:03:25moonstone.

01:03:26The

01:03:26moonstone

01:03:27at the

01:03:27center

01:03:27glowed

01:03:28faintly

01:03:28under

01:03:28the

01:03:28full

01:03:28moon.

01:03:29Kellen

01:03:29lifted

01:03:29it

01:03:30with

01:03:30both

01:03:30hands.

01:03:31I

01:03:31had

01:03:31this

01:03:31locked

01:03:31away

01:03:32for

01:03:32three

01:03:32years.

01:03:33I

01:03:33told

01:03:34myself

01:03:34you

01:03:34were

01:03:34not

01:03:34ready

01:03:34for

01:03:35it.

01:03:35His

01:03:35voice

01:03:36broke.

01:03:38I

01:03:38was

01:03:38wrong.

01:03:39I

01:03:39was

01:03:40the

01:03:40one

01:03:40unworthy

01:03:40of

01:03:40standing

01:03:41beside

01:03:41you.

01:03:41He

01:03:42placed

01:03:42the

01:03:42crown

01:03:42on

01:03:42the

01:03:42snow

01:03:43before

01:03:43me.

01:03:43I

01:03:43am

01:03:44sorry.

01:03:44This

01:03:45should

01:03:45have

01:03:45belonged

01:03:45to

01:03:45you

01:03:46from

01:03:46the

01:03:46beginning.

01:03:46For

01:03:47a

01:03:47moment,

01:03:47I

01:03:47remembered

01:03:48the

01:03:48man

01:03:48I

01:03:48had

01:03:48once

01:03:49loved.

01:03:49Then

01:03:50I

01:03:50remembered

01:03:50every

01:03:50wound

01:03:50he

01:03:51had

01:03:51left

01:03:51behind.

01:03:52Kellen,

01:03:52I

01:03:53will

01:03:53not

01:03:53forgive

01:03:54you.

01:03:54I

01:03:54know.

01:03:55Kellen

01:03:55closed

01:03:55his

01:03:55eyes.

01:03:56One

01:03:56wounded

01:03:57rogue

01:03:57wolf

01:04:06toward

01:04:06me.

01:04:07Kellen

01:04:07used

01:04:07the

01:04:07last

01:04:07of

01:04:07his

01:04:08strength

01:04:08to

01:04:08stand.

01:04:08He

01:04:09blocked

01:04:09her

01:04:09again.

01:04:10Kellen's

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