Too Late, Alpha, I'm Having His Baby is a heartbreaking werewolf romance filled with rejection, destiny, and second chances. After being abandoned by the Alpha she trusted with her heart, a young woman leaves everything behind while carrying a life-changing secret—his baby.
Years later, the powerful Alpha King discovers the truth and realizes the woman he let go was not only his fated mate but also the mother of his heir. Consumed by regret, he begins a desperate journey to win back the love he lost.
As pack politics, jealous rivals, and dangerous enemies threaten their future, they must decide whether love deserves a second chance or if some mistakes can never be forgiven.
Watch the Full Episode packed with werewolf romance, rejected mates, secret babies, Alpha Kings, emotional reunions, and unforgettable fantasy drama.
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Years later, the powerful Alpha King discovers the truth and realizes the woman he let go was not only his fated mate but also the mother of his heir. Consumed by regret, he begins a desperate journey to win back the love he lost.
As pack politics, jealous rivals, and dangerous enemies threaten their future, they must decide whether love deserves a second chance or if some mistakes can never be forgiven.
Watch the Full Episode packed with werewolf romance, rejected mates, secret babies, Alpha Kings, emotional reunions, and unforgettable fantasy drama.
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00:00At my wedding three years ago, Rebecca threw out a dare bet Rowan wouldn't walk out on me right then
00:04and there.
00:05He did, to help her win.
00:06I know you're a good girl. You won't hold this against Rebecca.
00:10Wait for me at home. I'll give you a proper wedding.
00:14Poor Lydia. She'll be kicked to the curb any day now.
00:17Rebecca actually reached over and pulled the veil off my head.
00:21Still smiling, she walked out with him.
00:23I slipped off my engagement ring, set it down, and left with my head held high, back to my own
00:29people.
00:30Three years later, Rowan showed up at the border of my territory, with a wedding convoy and a diamond ring,
00:35making a whole scene.
00:36Still mad at me? I'm here to make good on my promise.
00:41Excuse me. My alpha is waiting to escort me to the moon goddess Alton.
00:46Seriously? Is that a pillow under there? What is this, some kind of joke?
00:50I met his gaze without flinching.
00:52Rowan, move.
00:54He'd blocked the entire border with nine white carriages.
00:57A hawk circled overhead, carrying a massive banner with my name on it.
01:01It's been three years, I figured you'd be over it by now.
01:04Look, I don't do drama, but for you, I gave you three whole years.
01:07That's me being patient.
01:08I stared at those roses.
01:10Three years ago, on my birthday, he'd sent roses too.
01:13I'd gone into an asthma attack and nearly collapsed.
01:15Don't like them? Rebecca picked them out herself.
01:17The least you could do is take them.
01:20I'm married, and I'm five months pregnant.
01:25You really went there, huh?
01:27Making up stories just to get back at me?
01:30You never got your ceremony three years ago.
01:33Consider this me fixing that.
01:34I looked at that ring and felt absolutely nothing.
01:38Put it on.
01:39Tomorrow we pick out a dress.
01:40This time, I'm not going anywhere.
01:43Three years ago, he walked out of our wedding for a dare from Rebecca.
01:47In front of everyone, Rebecca ripped my veil off my head in front of the whole crowd.
01:52That night, I took off my wedding dress alone, cut it into pieces, and threw it in the trash.
01:57That was the moment Rowan's name died inside me.
02:00No thank you.
02:01He reached out to grab my wrist.
02:03I turned just enough.
02:04Lydia, don't push it.
02:06My patience isn't unlimited.
02:08Who exactly are you performing for right now?
02:10Hey Rowan, you busy?
02:13Rowan, did you find Lydia?
02:16I'm not feeling great.
02:17My head's spinning.
02:18Take something for it, baby.
02:19I'm bringing her back soon.
02:20Rebecca's sick, and she's still thinking about you.
02:22Can you try, just try, not to be so hostile towards her?
02:26What happened three years ago was just a joke.
02:28She was young.
02:29She didn't know better.
02:30Why are you still holding on to that?
02:32Rowan, my husband is waiting for me at the Moon Goddess Temple.
02:36We have a blessing ceremony.
02:37Get out of my way.
02:38So you're seriously going to keep this up?
02:39You're going to spin this whole lie just to make me grovel?
02:42A lie?
02:43Sure.
02:43Think whatever you want.
02:45Which temple?
02:46I'll take you myself.
02:49I want to see exactly which nobody you dragged into this little performance.
02:53Let go.
02:55Lydia, don't make me say it twice.
02:58My driver and attendants went rigid with panic.
03:01Sir.
03:01I stayed calm.
03:02If you want to come, come.
03:04He looked at me, then at Rowan, hesitating.
03:07The Alpha gave orders to keep you safe, my lady.
03:09Shut up, drive.
03:11The driver's fist tightened, but at my nod.
03:14You used to cry over a needle prick.
03:16And now you're walking around with a fake belly just to spite me?
03:19You can take the pillow out.
03:21Aren't you hot?
03:22I closed my eyes and ignored him completely.
03:25Thirty minutes later, the carriage stopped in front of the moon goddess temple.
03:29The temple was quiet and open.
03:31I walked through the corridor and picking a few white lily of the valley to offer at the altar.
03:36I'll give you this.
03:36You're committed to the bit.
03:37We were nearly at the altar doors when a figure stepped out from behind one of the pillars.
03:43Rowan, Lydia, I've been looking everywhere for you two.
03:46I heard the news.
03:48Congratulations, Lydia.
03:50I had to come in person.
03:52The pollen hit me before she even finished the sentence.
03:55Rowan's brow snapped together.
03:58She's allergic to pollen.
03:59Back up.
04:00Rebecca bit her lip, a picture of remorse.
04:03I'm so sorry, Lydia.
04:04I completely forgot.
04:05I was just so excited for you.
04:07Though, Lydia, isn't this all a little fast?
04:10You didn't just grab some random guy to get back at Rowan, did you?
04:14And where is this alpha of yours?
04:16A ceremony this important?
04:17Shouldn't he be here with you?
04:18Unless he's the kind of man who just leaves you to handle things alone.
04:22A mate is probably just busy.
04:25Hired help can only do so much.
04:27He was waiting for me to crack.
04:29Waiting for me to admit there was no one coming.
04:31I looked at the two of them.
04:33This is the man I loved for seven years.
04:35He watched someone humiliate me and didn't just stand there.
04:37He joined in.
04:38Excuse me, is Ms. Lydia here?
04:41Carrying a moonstone used for blessing ceremonies.
04:45Here.
04:45The prenatal blessing ritual requires a family member to be present with the mother.
04:49Which of you is her family?
04:52I am.
04:53He's not.
04:56The priestess froze.
04:58Lydia.
04:58Rowan's hand already reaching for the moonstone.
05:01Stop.
05:02This is a temple, not the place for your little performance.
05:04I don't know these people.
05:05They followed me here.
05:06My alpha's on his way.
05:07He'll be here shortly.
05:08Of course.
05:08Please wait just outside.
05:10A few parts of the ceremony do require your partner to be present.
05:16Strangers.
05:16Three years and you've got real nerve.
05:18You're calling me a stranger now?
05:19Rowan, don't.
05:21Lydia, are you still holding on to what happened three years ago?
05:23That joke?
05:24I just made a little bet with Rowan.
05:27To live things up.
05:28That's all it was.
05:29I didn't think you'd be so sensitive about it.
05:31I didn't think you'd actually leave.
05:33You think using my wedding as a gambling chard was just a joke?
05:36Grinding mud into my dress?
05:37Tearing the veil off my head in front of everyone?
05:39That was a joke?
05:40And you?
05:41Walking out of our wedding in front of every single person we knew?
05:45Leaving me standing there alone?
05:46Was that a joke too?
05:49Rebecca buried her face in her hands and ducked behind Rowan.
05:53He stepped in front of her without hesitation.
05:55Arm out like a shield.
05:57Enough!
05:58Rebecca was spoiled growing up.
06:00She doesn't always think before she acts.
06:02You're older than her, Lydia.
06:04Can't you just be the bigger person?
06:07This is such a small thing to carry for three years.
06:09You were never this petty before.
06:12I stared at him.
06:13Before.
06:14I stayed up for two weeks straight planning that wedding.
06:17I hand embroidered his name into the cuffs of my dress.
06:20I waited until two in the morning for him to come try on his suit.
06:24He never showed.
06:26Didn't even apologize.
06:27I thought marriage would be the beginning of something.
06:30Instead, he threw it away for her without a second thought.
06:33Rowan, do you actually believe that if you just crook your finger, I'll come crawling back?
06:39No limits?
06:40No dignity?
06:41Just grateful you bothered?
06:42Something shifted behind his eyes.
06:45I never said that.
06:47I just think you didn't need to go marry some random guy to get back at me.
06:51This so-called husband of yours can't even show up to a moon goddess blessing on time.
06:56You really think he treats you better than I would?
06:59You get cold easily.
07:01You like sweet things.
07:04You can't stand anything bitter.
07:06Does he even know that?
07:08Looked at him.
07:09This man who thought knowing my coffee order made him irreplaceable.
07:12He knows all of it.
07:13Said.
07:14And he would never let me face something painful alone.
07:18Filtered doors opened again.
07:20Miss Lydia.
07:21This is the fetal health record from your last visit.
07:23Could you confirm the information is correct?
07:25She handed it to me.
07:26Rowan, with his height, caught a glimpse before I could shield it.
07:30His eyes locked onto the signature line.
07:32The space reserved for a spouse.
07:34There was a name there.
07:35Old, unmistakable cursive.
07:38Man's name.
07:41You forged a signature in a temple?
07:44You know, lying before the moon goddess brings divine punishment.
07:46Back off.
07:47This is my private medical record.
07:48Have you lost your mind?
07:50Fine.
07:51Fine.
07:52Let's see.
07:53What this husband of yours actually looks like.
07:56Rebecca.
07:56A gasp.
07:58Her ankle twisting.
07:59Her foot approaching sideways and straight toward me.
08:02We saw it happen, and my hands moved on their own.
08:04Her arms wrapped around my stomach.
08:06The impact came anyway.
08:08My lower back slammed into the stone pillar behind me.
08:11Pain spread in waves.
08:12Whole sweat broke across my forehead.
08:14My grip on the pillar was the only thing keeping me upright.
08:17I slid to the ground.
08:20Lydia!
08:23I didn't mean to.
08:25I just lost my balance.
08:26I'm sorry.
08:26I'm so sorry.
08:27He looked over her head at me.
08:29Lydia, you knew she rolled her ankle.
08:30Why didn't you catch her?
08:31Why did you dodge?
08:32You fell over from a bump?
08:34Really?
08:35I couldn't speak.
08:37Cold dread settled over me that had nothing to do with the pain.
08:40The priestess came running.
08:41What happened?
08:42Why is the mother on the...
08:43She took one look at her face.
08:45I need help out here!
08:46Signs of threatened miscarriage!
08:47The corridor erupted.
08:49Two priestesses in white came...
08:50They lifted me carefully, efficiently.
08:52Rowan finally let go of Rebecca.
08:54Something close to panic breaking through the surface.
08:57Lydia!
08:58Hey!
08:59Talk to me!
09:00I kept my eyes closed.
09:01Had nothing to say to him.
09:03Rowan followed, keeping pace.
09:04Family members, please wait here.
09:06The patient requires emergency intervention.
09:07We need next of key authorization.
09:09Please sign the risk disclosure form immediately.
09:11Voice cut through the corridor.
09:13Rowan, on what authority are you signing anything for my Luna?
09:18Eyes that looked straight through him like he wasn't worth the effort.
09:22Who are you?
09:23It didn't look at him.
09:24Simply lifted the clipboard from Rowan's grip and turned to the priestess.
09:28I'm her husband.
09:29Drake.
09:31Marriage certificate.
09:32Proof of registration.
09:33Everything you need.
09:34Priestess checked quickly.
09:36Alpha Drake, please sign as quickly as you can.
09:38Please, make sure my Luna and my child are safe.
09:40Rowan stood where he'd been left.
09:42Fury building quietly behind his eyes.
09:44So you're the actor she hired.
09:47Not bad.
09:48Fake documents and everything.
09:49I'm almost impressed.
09:51Whatever she's paying you, I'll double it.
09:54Walk away.
09:55Now.
09:56Rowan, if you're not using your brain, consider donating it.
09:59Someone out there could actually use it.
10:00Who lies in front of the moon goddess?
10:02In her own temple?
10:03Then again, you're the one who treated his own wedding ceremony like a joke.
10:07I suppose that's the lens you see everything through.
10:09Who the hell do you think you are?
10:10His hand came up.
10:13The examination room door opened.
10:19The elder priestess stepped out and removed her mask.
10:22The mother has stabilized.
10:23No major bleeding.
10:24The baby is safe.
10:26Alpha, your Luna sustained both emotional shock and a direct impact to the lower back.
10:31She'll need to stay for monitoring and treatment.
10:37Lydia.
10:39It's okay.
10:40You're okay.
10:42I'm alright, sweetheart.
10:44He stared at our joined hands like he'd been struck.
10:46Lydia!
10:47What did you just call him?
10:48He stepped in front of me in one smooth motion.
10:50Rowan, compose yourself.
10:52If you take one more step towards my wife, I'll have the guards here before you finish the thought.
10:57Please don't misunderstand.
10:59Rowan just cares about Lydia so much.
11:02I tripped and bumped into her by accident.
11:04He panicked, that's all.
11:08Accident.
11:13Every corner of this temple is recorded by Moonstone Crystal.
11:16I will review all of it.
11:17Anyone who deliberately harmed my wife will spend the rest of their life regretting it.
11:25Rebecca's face went white.
11:27You're making things up!
11:29I tripped!
11:30Rowan, tell him!
11:31Tell him I didn't do it on purpose!
11:34His hands trembled at his sides, though he was fighting hard to hold himself together.
11:38Lydia, do you have anything to say to me?
11:42Certainty in his eyes was almost frightening.
11:44Don't use him to punish me.
11:46You can't actually love someone else.
11:49That's not possible.
11:52You confessed to me before your coming-of-age ceremony.
11:54When I was hurt, you burned your wrists brewing medicine for me all night.
11:58You told me you'd never marry anyone but me.
12:01You chose every single thing at our wedding.
12:03The venue, the invitations, the ribbon on every single gift bag.
12:06You did that.
12:08You loved me for seven years.
12:09How could you give that up in three?
12:10How could you just come and not love me?
12:15Like my past, devotion was proof I owed him a future.
12:19Rowan, I did love you.
12:21Deeply.
12:22I loved you past the point of dignity.
12:25I loved you through every time you made me feel invisible.
12:28I knew it!
12:29Something lit up in his eyes.
12:31But the moment you walked out of that reception hall for Rebecca's dare, I stopped.
12:35Light went out.
12:39A dress can be washed, but when your heart dies, it's dead.
12:44You think these three years I was waiting for you to come apologize?
12:47I wasn't waiting for anything.
12:49I was spending those three years cutting you out of my life, piece by piece, until there was nothing left.
12:54I felt like it was hitting him for the very first time.
12:56I wasn't throwing a tantrum.
12:57I was done.
12:58Actually, completely, permanently done.
13:00No.
13:01You're just angry that I never came to find you.
13:04Rick spoke.
13:04His voice was quiet.
13:05Each word landed like a stone.
13:07Rowan, do you know what her life actually looked like these past three years?
13:12She packed up every single thing from that wedding alone and threw it all off a cliff.
13:16For the six months after that, she couldn't sleep without bitter herbal medicine.
13:19Every night.
13:21During the worst of it, when she was most broken, you weren't just absent.
13:26You were on vacation with Rebecca.
13:27You didn't lose three years.
13:30You destroyed every last hope she had in you with your own hands.
13:34She built herself back up.
13:36She has a family now, a real one.
13:37What gives you the right to show up here wearing that expression on your face?
13:41Rowan stood frozen.
13:42His mouth opened.
13:43Then came out.
13:43He was just standing beside Drake.
13:45Quietly.
13:46His hand in mine.
13:48One's eyes went red at the edges.
13:50An unshakable confidence.
13:52The arrogance that had always told him I was his.
13:55That I'd always come back.
13:56Cracked.
13:57Visibly.
13:58The first time.
14:01The corridor was silent.
14:03Rowan stared at Drake.
14:04Both fists clenched at his sides.
14:06Then something moved behind his eyes.
14:08Drake.
14:11I remember you.
14:12You're the one she ran into on that hunting trip.
14:15Three years ago, I'd fallen in the forest and hurt myself.
14:18Drake found me.
14:19And he brought me back to the territory.
14:22Rowan had been there, looking Drake up and down with open contempt.
14:25Nobody.
14:26What pack is he even from?
14:27Back then, Rowan had believed that being the heir to Silvercrest Pack
14:31made him the most important person in any room.
14:34Never looked twice at anyone he deemed beneath him.
14:37So it was you.
14:39You weaseled your way into her life and called it love.
14:43What is this?
14:44You think picking up someone I discarded makes you better than me?
14:47Drake didn't take the bait.
14:49Two corrections.
14:51First, I didn't wedge myself into N2 anything.
14:54There was nothing left between you two for me to interrupt.
14:57Second, Lydia wasn't someone you threw away.
15:01She's someone who chose to leave.
15:03Three years ago, the night of the ruined wedding, was still in my dress.
15:07The hem dark with mud from Rebecca's shoes.
15:09Sitting alone at the edge of the forest, near the territory border.
15:13Drake found me.
15:14Didn't ask what happened.
15:15Didn't ask where Rowan was.
15:17Just took off his cloak and put it around my shoulders.
15:20Then he held out a handkerchief.
15:21If you want to go, I'll go with you.
15:24He meant it.
15:25The three years that followed, he helped me move away from every place that held a memory
15:29of Rowan.
15:30And I got into trouble on the road.
15:32He rode through the night to fix it.
15:34When I got sick, he sat beside my bed for two days straight without being asked.
15:38Never asked for anything in return.
15:40He was just there.
15:41Steady.
15:42Constant.
15:42Like a wall I didn't know I needed until I leaned against him.
15:45A year ago, I was the one who proposed.
15:48I pursued him.
15:49I asked him to marry me.
15:51That was my choice.
15:54It took him two full years to make me believe in love again.
15:57Rowan swayed on his feet.
15:58You proposed to him?
16:00Lydia?
16:01You threw away your entire future just to get back at me?
16:03He still couldn't accept it.
16:05He'd rather believe I was playing a game than admit I had genuinely, completely moved on.
16:09I pulled out the parchment from earlier and unfolded it slowly.
16:12Kind of easy, unguarded happiness I had never once felt with Rowan.
16:15We've been married for a year.
16:17I watched the color leave his face.
16:21Save the grand gestures for Rebecca.
16:22That's who they belong to.
16:24To me, you're just a stranger harassing a pregnant woman.
16:27Something in him simply gave out.
16:29What?
16:30Lydia, why didn't you wait?
16:31I was only three years late.
16:33I thought you were still angry.
16:34I thought you just needed time.
16:35I brought the pink diamond you love.
16:37I bought out every screen on the building to propose to you.
16:39I had the license paperwork ready for tomorrow.
16:41What gave you the right to not wait for me?
16:45He was unraveling.
16:47Anger and panic tangled together, looking for somewhere to land.
16:51What gave me the right?
16:52Three years ago, when you walked out of that reception hall laughing, did you think about
16:56me for even a second?
16:57When everyone started mocking me and whispering, did you say one word on my behalf?
17:00When Rebecca ground her shoes into my dress and left mud all over the head, did you bend
17:04down and wiped it off?
17:06You didn't.
17:07Not only did you not do any of that, you told me to go home and wait for you.
17:12Rowan, what made you think I owed my life to a man who humiliated me in front of everyone
17:17I knew?
17:19Alpha, Luna.
17:21Temple surveillance.
17:22Hold the full recording.
17:23Rebecca had been walking perfectly fine, and the moment she got close enough, a deliberate
17:28twist of the ankle, and her entire body launched toward me.
17:31No!
17:33No, that's not me!
17:34That's not what it looks like!
17:36He turned to Rebecca slowly.
17:37You did it on purpose.
17:44Rowan, I'm sorry.
17:45I was jealous.
17:48Rebecca dropped to her knees.
17:49I wasn't thinking.
17:51I didn't actually want to hurt her.
17:53Drake's voice cut through the room like a blade.
17:55Zane, arrest her.
18:01Hesitation.
18:02And send both recordings to every elder and allied party in Silvergrass Pack.
18:06The temple footage from today, and the wedding footage from three years ago.
18:11What wedding footage?
18:12Rowan's head snapped up.
18:15I reached into my pocket and pulled out a smaller crystal orb, pressed it gently.
18:21The image bloomed in the air between us.
18:24Three years ago, my wedding day.
18:27Rebecca throwing out her dare.
18:28And the bat.
18:29Voice bright and laughing.
18:30When walking away, I looked at her back.
18:32I looked at Rowan.
18:34You thought my silence back then meant I'd given up?
18:36I was waiting.
18:38I was waiting for the right moment to let it all come out.
18:41Rowan!
18:42What have you done?
18:44That video is everywhere.
18:46Our allies are reaching out.
18:47They want to know if it's real!
18:51Lydia!
18:52You're a married woman!
18:53Why are you still dragging my son into your mess?
18:56Are you determined to destroy everything Silverfawn Pack has built?
19:01Alice had never thought much of me.
19:03I opened my mouth to respond.
19:05A voice drifted down the corridor.
19:07My Alice.
19:09Quite an entrance.
19:10And carrying an authority that filled the space.
19:14Diana wore a simple, elegant gown.
19:17She came straight to me.
19:18Both hands took mine.
19:20Lydia, sweetheart.
19:21Still hurting?
19:22What did the Elder Priestess say?
19:24She didn't speak to anyone else until she was satisfied I was all right.
19:27My daughter-in-law is pregnant.
19:29Your pack's people put her in the emergency ward.
19:32Deliberately.
19:32And instead of a single word of accountability, you come here to point fingers in a temple?
19:38Alice blinked.
19:39She clearly hadn't recognized Diana.
19:42And who exactly are you?
19:44This is between Silvercrest Pack...
19:45This is my mother, Diana, Lady of Shadow Moon Pack.
19:51She smiled at once in the hearing.
19:53She reached into her bag and produced a notepad.
19:55Scratched out a number, tore it free.
20:00She extended the paper with both hands.
20:02Diana, you know how young people are.
20:05They got carried away.
20:05No real harm meant.
20:06This is for Lydia, a gesture of goodwill.
20:09As for the recordings, for the sake of everyone's reputation, perhaps we could come to an...
20:13Alice!
20:13Shadow Moon Pack doesn't need your money.
20:16We need justice.
20:19Lydia.
20:20However you want to handle this, Drake and I will follow your lead.
20:24Whatever comes, Shadow Moon Pack has your back.
20:28I won't be settling.
20:33I want Rebecca to face real consequences for what she did.
20:36And I want Rowan to answer for his arrogance every last bit of it.
20:41Rebecca completely fell apart.
20:43She clawed at Alice's skirt.
20:45Voice gone wild.
20:47Alice, please!
20:49I can't go to jail, please!
20:51Alice wrenched herself free.
20:53The look on her face, pure revulsion.
20:55The guards came.
20:57Rebecca was escorted out, still screaming.
21:00No!
21:01No!
21:03No!
21:04Nobody working out how to handle the public fallout from the video.
21:07The corridor emptied.
21:09Only Rowan remained.
21:10He stood alone, looking at Drake and me.
21:12His eyes were red.
21:14His voice, when it finally came, was barely audible.
21:19Lydia.
21:20Dropped his head.
21:21For the first time in all the years I'd known him.
21:23That proud neck bent.
21:25Tears slid down his face.
21:26I was wrong.
21:28I was completely wrong.
21:30I thought you just needed a way back without losing face.
21:33I thought we had the rest of our lives.
21:35I stepped forward.
21:36Reached for my hand.
21:38Drake blocked him without a word.
21:40I looked at Rowan.
21:42At that gutted, too late expression.
21:44And felt absolutely nothing.
21:47Rowan.
21:48My voice was quiet.
21:49You still don't get it.
21:51Clear.
21:53I don't need a wedding.
21:55I don't need an apology to hide behind.
21:58I looked at him one last time.
22:01I just don't want you.
22:02That's all.
22:05Turned and took Drake's arm.
22:07Drake's whole face changed.
22:08Sweetheart, let's go back.
22:10The baby just kicked.
22:11The cold dropped away instantly.
22:14His hand steadied me.
22:16Easy.
22:17Slow down.
22:18The priestess said you need rest.
22:20Walked toward the recovery room together.
22:22Side by side.
22:23Never looked back.
22:25I heard later that Rebecca was convicted of intentional assault.
22:29on a pregnant woman.
22:30Find detained.
22:32Reputation in ruins.
22:33Silverpress Pack enriched allies in the wake of the video.
22:36Rowan spent months scrambling to do damage control.
22:39Watching his pack standing crumble in real time.
22:42He stood at my territory border for a full week.
22:45Sent letters.
22:46Sent gifts.
22:47Mountains of them.
22:48I had the guards throw every single one in the trash without opening them.
22:51Four months later, I gave birth to a healthy baby girl.
22:54Drake never left my side.
22:55Deanna brought in the best healers and hovered over me like I was made of glass.
22:58But in the best possible way.
23:02The day I was fully recovered, Drake and I went back to the temple together to offer thanks
23:07to the moon goddess.
23:08Three years later.
23:10In the forest, Drake and I were helping our daughter pick berries from the bushes along
23:13the trail.
23:14She'd zeroed in on a fat red raspberry.
23:16And was absolutely delighted with herself.
23:19Just plucked it for her when I caught movement at the edge of my vision.
23:22Rowan.
23:23He was standing half hidden in the trees.
23:25His shirt was wrinkled.
23:26He'd lost weight.
23:28The easy confidence that used to come off him like a second skin.
23:31Gone.
23:31His eyes were fixed on the three of us.
23:34Feet rooted to the spot like he wanted to come forward.
23:38Looked at him for one second.
23:39Then I looked away.
23:40My daughter tugged my sleeve, small voice curious.
23:45Mommy, why is that man crying?
23:48He smoothed her hair and smiled, squeezing Drake's hand.
23:54Hmm.
23:55No idea.
23:56Maybe his mom never picked berries with him.
23:58Three of us walked on, laughing, talking, disappearing down the path.
24:03And Rowan stayed exactly where he was.
24:05Frozen three years too late.
24:06At a wedding that had already ended a long time ago.
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