Betrayed by the ones she loved and left to suffer a tragic fate, she is granted an impossible second chance. Reborn with the memories of her past life, she returns stronger, wiser, and determined to change her destiny.
As secrets unravel and powerful werewolf forces emerge, she must choose between revenge, forgiveness, and a love she never expected. Watch Betrayal and Rebirth Full Episode with English Subtitles and experience a gripping fantasy romance filled with betrayal, rebirth, pack politics, destiny, and redemption.
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00:07My father's eyes blazed with a terrifying golden light as he barked the command.
00:13The Alpha Command crushed down on my knees, driving me hard into the mud.
00:18My mother gazed down at me.
00:21Selina is an Omega.
00:22If her wolf enters Silvermoon prison, the Silver will torture her to death.
00:28Lyra, you're the older sister. You go.
00:32My adopted younger sister, an Omega, drove drunk and killed a human.
00:37Yet, my parents wanted me to take the fall.
00:41You killed a human. You must go to prison.
00:45My biological father pinned every ounce of guilt onto me.
00:51I couldn't hold back the tears.
00:52No, I won't. I didn't kill anyone.
00:57Why should I go to prison? I'm your real daughter.
01:00My father's fury erupted.
01:02You don't have a choice!
01:08The pure silver shackles locked tight around my wrists.
01:12My skin sizzled and burned where the metal touched it, searing pain drilling straight into the bones.
01:21Desperately, I looked Kaelin.
01:23He was the strongest Alpha in the pack.
01:26The top-ranked dominant and my fated mate.
01:29He only stared down at me with a cold gaze.
01:37Lyra, go.
01:39When you come out, we'll complete the mate bond.
01:40He reached out and stroked my face.
01:44These seven years, just bear it.
01:47Just this once.
01:51I collapsed into despair, screaming.
01:55No!
02:04Seven years later.
02:06Lyra, now that you're leaving Silvermoon Prison, keep your wolf under control.
02:10Don't look back.
02:15Dragging my ruined leg, I limped out through the Iron Gate.
02:19A car was waiting just beyond the territory boundary.
02:22The window rolled down, and Kaelin's face emerged.
02:29Lyra.
02:30Seven years, and he hadn't changed at all.
02:33I dragged my crippled leg into the car.
02:37In the rearview mirror, I saw my face.
02:40A map of scars seared into the skin by Silver.
02:44You've suffered these seven years.
02:46I'll keep my promise.
02:47At the next full moon, I'll mark you formally.
02:51You'll become my Luna.
02:54Kaelin reached over and laid his hand over my rough, scarred knuckles.
02:58I looked into his gold-green eyes and slowly pulled my hand away.
03:04The wolf inside me couldn't even summon a whimper.
03:10Seven years in Silvermoon Prison had shown me exactly who Kaelin was.
03:18Who my family was.
03:19You don't have a choice!
03:22They had never loved me.
03:25And I no longer had any desire to be his mate.
03:29Sensing my indifference, Kaelin grew irritated.
03:32Selina knew you were coming back today.
03:34Her stress disorder flared up again.
03:36Your whole family is at the Territory Hospital, soothing her.
03:40I closed my eyes.
03:42The SUV drove into the heart of the Crescent Moon Pax territory.
03:47An hour later, we arrived at my home.
03:50Only a Beta housekeeper and a few Omega servants were in the main house.
03:53They caught the inferior scent clinging to me.
03:56And didn't bother to hide their disgust.
03:59The Beta housekeeper offered Kaelin a respectful salute before finally turning to me.
04:05Miss Lyra, the Lunar says that now you're back, you're to stay inside your own scent circle.
04:10Don't wander around.
04:11Don't bring shame to the pack.
04:13Shame.
04:14I'd endured seven years of Silver burning my flesh in Selina's place.
04:18And somehow I was the shame?
04:22But I'd stopped expecting anything from them seven years ago, on that night of thunder and rain.
04:27Understood.
04:29I turned toward the side door.
04:32Kaelin received a mind link.
04:33His pupils snapped vertically.
04:35Lyra, Selina's vital signs are weak.
04:37She needs me.
04:38I'll go check on her.
04:40Get some rest.
04:42With that, he turned and disappeared into the room.
04:50Tonight later, I went back to my assigned space, a storage closet, and curled up on the narrow wooden cot.
05:00Late at night, drifting between sleep and waking, I heard Chloe, the Beta's younger sister, speaking downstairs.
05:08Alpha father, Luna mother, Selina's mental state is terrible.
05:12Why don't we move Lyra out of the main house?
05:14Otherwise, Selina will have an episode every time she catches Lyra's scent.
05:18My father sighed, but said nothing.
05:20My mother said, she carries our blood.
05:24If we throw her out the moment she's released from prison, what will the other packs say?
05:29Then what do we do?
05:31Chloe paced anxiously.
05:35My father spoke.
05:37When Selina comes back, order Lyra to suppress all her scent signatures.
05:42She's forbidden from appearing in front of Selina.
05:45She's not allowed to take a single step out of her room.
05:47My eyes were closed, but a searing acidic burn spread deep in their sockets.
05:53Just then, my specialized communicator vibrated.
05:57An encrypted email.
05:58Miss Lyra, congratulations.
06:01You have passed the assessment for the Institute of Paranormal Confidential Research.
06:06Upon acceptance of the contract, you will depart for the sacred grounds of Domica Island under
06:11a new identity on the night of the full moon, seven days from now.
06:15Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
06:19No contact with the outside world for five years.
06:22Without a flicker of hesitation, I signed my name.
06:25Lyra.
06:26I had passed the Institute's assessment seven years ago, right before I was thrown into prison
06:31instead of joining.
06:32As my release approached, I'd applied again.
06:34I'd passed again, without surprise.
06:38Seven days.
06:39I only had to endure seven more days.
06:42Then I would sever the pack bond completely and leave forever.
06:48The next morning, I walked into the living room.
06:51A thick, clying sweetness hit me.
06:54Omega scent, heavy and dense.
06:56Selena was back.
06:58She sat at the center of the sofa in a pure white dress.
07:01Everyone crowded around her.
07:03The beta housekeeper brought out a cake.
07:06The family spoke and practiced unison.
07:10Happy birthday, Selena.
07:13Selena smiled and thanked everyone, lifting her chin.
07:15I just left the hospital.
07:17Do you have anything special for me?
07:19My parents and sister stepped forward one by one, offering expensive treasures.
07:25Kalen was about to present his gift when he caught sight of me standing in the shadows.
07:31Lyra, you're awake.
07:33Come.
07:34Celebrate Selene's birthday with us.
07:36Selena turned to me.
07:38Sister, I'm sorry.
07:40My stress disorder flared up yesterday.
07:42I couldn't go pick you up.
07:43You're not angry, are you?
07:45Before I could open my mouth, Kalen answered for me.
07:49Lyra isn't that petty.
07:51She won't hold it against you.
07:53Selena took that as permission.
07:56Boldly, she looped her arm throughs and looked straight at me.
07:59Sister, give me a gift too.
08:02I want Kalen as my mate.
08:05Mate stealing was taboo among the wolves.
08:08Yet she declared it openly, and not a single wolf in the room spoke a word against it.
08:13Rage boiled in my blood.
08:15I clenched my fists.
08:17And if I refuse?
08:22Selena's expression stiffened.
08:24She switched to the old wolf tongue, reserved for pure-blood aristocrats.
08:29I was only joking.
08:30I didn't expect my sister's wolf to be so savage.
08:33My Luna mother responded in the same old tongue, her tone soothing.
08:37Don't be afraid, Selena.
08:38Lyra has been wandering outside too long.
08:40Her bloodline is degraded.
08:41My Atva father released a calming pinewood scent.
08:44Blood ties don't matter.
08:45Your mother and I only recognize you as our daughter.
08:48Right, Selena.
08:49You're my only sister.
08:50I forced the bitterness down and pretended I couldn't understand a word of the old
08:54tongue.
08:55I turned to Kaelin.
08:56What are they saying?
08:57Kaelin's throat bobbed.
08:59Selena said it was just a joke.
09:01Everyone's telling you not to be so sensitive.
09:03The air reeked of lies.
09:05They had no idea.
09:07I understood every single word.
09:10My mother came from a noble, pure-blood line.
09:13My father ruled over this entire territory.
09:16From the moment they brought me back from the orphanage, they'd despise me for carrying too much of the
09:22stray's wildness.
09:23Every resource, every drop of love, they'd poured it all into its Selena.
09:28Ten years ago, Selena awakened a rare, healing-type omega gift.
09:34The entire pack howled at the moon in ecstasy.
09:38What they didn't know was that I'd already passed the blood moon trial by then, and had
09:44taught myself the most obscure dialect of the old wolf tongue.
09:47But none of that mattered anymore.
09:50Soon, very soon, I would escape this territory for good.
09:54I just got out of Silvermoon Prison.
09:56I want to go beyond the territory boundary, get some air.
09:59You all carry on.
10:00Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my ruined leg towards the door.
10:05Their mockery trailed behind me.
10:08Today was my birthday, too.
10:15Beyond the territory, I suppressed my wolf's scent signature and took a bus to the lower
10:19district of Seattle.
10:20Because of my Silvermoon Prison record, the pack had erased all my files.
10:24Combined with my crippled leg, the only work I could find was washing dishes in a run-down
10:28roadside diner, just enough to survive the next ten days.
10:32At half-past eleven at night, I finished scrubbing the last plate.
10:35As I stepped out of the diner, a man climbed out of his car and strode toward me.
10:43Lyra, why have you been away from the territory so long?
10:46He grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward the vehicle.
10:48The door opened.
10:49On the back seat sat a cake.
10:53Lyra, happy birthday.
10:56Kalen's pack and mine shared a tight border.
10:59He and I, the top-ranked Alpha and I, had been bound by a mate contract since we were pups.
11:05I still remembered the first moment I saw him after returning to the territory.
11:11He stood in the sunlight, radiating brilliance.
11:15In that hostile territory, Kalen was the only one who never scorned my wild scent.
11:21He would release his Alpha Dominance to shield me.
11:25He brought me gifts on holidays.
11:27He was the only soul in that entire forest who was good to me.
11:32And in the end, he was the one who personally sent me to Silvermoon Prison.
11:40Lyra?
11:41What's wrong?
11:42Did you think I forgot your birthday?
11:43Kalen's voice pulled me back.
11:45I answered evenly.
11:48He produced another box.
11:49I lifted the lid.
11:51Inside lay a red dress.
11:53Remember when you were little?
11:55You said you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed the mate bond.
11:58I had it made in advance.
12:00Do you like it?
12:05Alpha, you're remembering wrong.
12:07I hate red.
12:08When I was lost as a child, I'd been wearing a red dress.
12:13Ever since I could form memories, every full moon night I put on red,
12:17hoping my pack could track my visual scent and bring me home.
12:20Kalen's pupils contracted.
12:22He ruffled my hair.
12:25I'm sorry.
12:27I remembered wrong.
12:28Come on, I'll take you to a restaurant to celebrate.
12:31On the drive back, Kalen gripped my hand tightly.
12:37Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
12:40Why are you thinner than you were seven years ago?
12:42And your leg...
12:44Before he could finish, the phone rang.
12:46The screen flashed a single word.
12:49Selena.
12:52Kalen answered.
12:54His voice dropped into a frantic grail.
12:56Turn around!
12:57Back to the territory!
13:01The whole way, he soothed Selena through the communicator.
13:04By the time we burst back into the main house, I looked up.
13:08Selena stood on the roof's edge of the villa, still in her white dress.
13:13She looked at us.
13:14Sister's back.
13:16It's time for a defective Omega like me to step aside.
13:20Goodbye.
13:22Without another word, she jumped.
13:23The drop from roof to ground was maybe 10 meters.
13:26But when Selena fell, every single one of my family lunged forward on pure instinct.
13:32That night, ambulance sirens wailed over the territory.
13:38They all went to the hospital.
13:40I went back to my storage closet, collapsed onto the hard plank bed, and checked my communicator.
13:4612.20 a.m.
13:47The top-ranked Alpha had broken his promise.
13:50He hadn't stayed to celebrate my birthday.
13:53But my wolf didn't howl in pain.
13:56All I felt was a vast, barren emptiness.
13:59I closed my eyes and sank into sleep.
14:02The next five days, I worked at the diner.
14:05My family stayed at the hospital, wrapping at Selena in thick layers of protective scent.
14:11Not one of them set foot back in the territory.
14:15Until that day.
14:16The restaurant TV broadcast the news.
14:20Alpha Kaelin and Selena of the Crescent Moon Pack announced their binding ceremony.
14:24My pupils snapped into vertical slits.
14:29That night, I pushed open the wooden door and walked back into the territory.
14:33They were all there.
14:35At Kaelin's scent, satuated the living room.
14:38My Luna mother caught the smell of Earth on me and opened her mouth to scold me.
14:42My Alpha father silenced her with a look.
14:46Lyra, you're finally back.
14:49Selene's Omega depression is getting worse.
14:51So we've already made the decision for you.
14:54We're transferring your mate bond to Selene.
14:57You have no objections, I trust?
15:00They'd already used their authority to sever my bond.
15:03Now they stood there asking for my opinion as if it meant something.
15:08Alpha, you agreed to this too?
15:14Kaelin crossed the room in a few strides and seized my cold hand.
15:18Selene's only obsession right now is completing the binding ceremony with me.
15:21Don't worry, little wolf.
15:23I won't betray you.
15:24I'm just playing along, going through the motions.
15:27He was about to mark another she-wolf and he expected me to believe he wouldn't betray me?
15:31I wrenched my hand from his grip.
15:34Fine.
15:37Do whatever you want.
15:39Something tightened in At Kaelin's chest.
15:42He reached for me again.
15:46Out Selene suddenly released a dense wave of sorrowful pheromones.
15:52Sister, if you're not willing, then forget it.
15:55Through her sobs, she dug her nails into the back of her own hand.
15:59Chloe rushed to stop the self-harm, then spun around and bared her fangs at me with a snarl.
16:05Lyra!
16:06Can't you smell how sick she is?
16:09Do you need the whole family to kneel before you before you'll give in?
16:14My blood sister.
16:18Brainwashed completely by this twisted pack.
16:24Her roar dragged me back to the early days after I'd returned to the territory.
16:29At first, they forced me to give Selene the best den.
16:32Then, seven years ago, Selene broke the iron law.
16:36The memories ignited my rage past the breaking point.
16:39I met at Chloe's hostile glares and let out a cold laugh.
16:42Fine.
16:43If all of you kneel and submit to me, I'll agree to hand over my mate bond to Selene.
16:48The living room fell silent.
16:50None of them had expected such rebellion from me.
16:53I retreated to my cramped den.
16:56Late at night, my communicator buzzed.
16:59Kaylin.
16:59Lyra, Selene once saved my life.
17:02She gave me her kidney.
17:03The primal vitality of her wolf.
17:06That's why I have to complete this binding ceremony with her.
17:09Alpha, when you were gravely wounded, it was me who saved you.
17:14I'm the one who gave you my kidney.
17:16Silence on the other end.
17:18Then, Kaylin's cold laugh.
17:20Lyra, since when did you learn to lie?
17:22Selene was the one who saved me.
17:24Your own parents can swear it on the pack's name.
17:26You've disappointed me deeply.
17:28I lay on the freezing count, unable to speak.
17:31Eight years ago, Kaylin was ambushed and critically injured.
17:34I didn't hesitate.
17:35I went through the matching.
17:37I cut away a piece of myself and gave it to him.
17:39Now my sacrifice had been stolen by that Omega,
17:43and I wasn't even allowed to prove it was mine.
17:45After a long silence, I whispered,
17:48If you don't believe me, forget it.
17:50I'd already decided to abandon you completely anyway.
17:52I cut the connection, closed my eyes, slept.
17:58The second to last day.
18:00After my final shift, I stepped out of the diner.
18:03That familiar car was parked outside the shopping center.
18:07Above Shibon Commercial Street, fireworks suddenly burst across the sky.
18:11Alpha Kaylin loves Lyra forever.
18:13I tilted my head back, staring at the night sky, lost for a long moment.
18:20Kaylin trod toward me, his voice low and soft.
18:23Yesterday was my fault.
18:24But you have to believe me.
18:26The one I truly love is you, so you don't have to lie.
18:31How did he do it?
18:33How did he join forces with my family again and again,
18:37tear into me while pinning to the ground,
18:39and still say he loved me with a straight face?
18:42He pinched my hollow cheek.
18:44You really are too thin.
18:46Why aren't you eating properly?
18:48I snapped my gaze up.
18:49I spent seven years surviving Silvermoon Prison,
18:52a place saturated with silver.
18:54My wolf fought just to stay alive.
18:57Did you think I'd have the luxury of growing a full, healthy coat?
19:01A violent shover ran through Kaylin's massive frame.
19:05Maybe just in that second, it hit him.
19:07He was the one who had personally sent me into that hell.
19:10He opened his mouth to speak.
19:12The car door swung open.
19:14Selina's voice drifted out.
19:15Alpha, Kaylin, sister, don't stand out there.
19:19The cold wind will damage your wolves.
19:23The last trace of warmth inside me died.
19:26Kaylin explained.
19:28Selina followed our scent to come see you.
19:30She says she wants to thank you for your generosity,
19:33for being willing to step aside.
19:35He bundled me into the car.
19:38In the enclosed space,
19:40Selina's gaze fell on my grease-stained, thread-baked uniform.
19:44Sister,
19:45don't mother and father have the stewards send you supplies every month?
19:49Why are you still doing menial labor in a human diner?
19:52It damages the pack's dignity.
19:54She slipped a gemstone bracelet off her wrist
19:57and held it out to me.
20:00If you're short on survival resources,
20:02this bracelet is worth $3 million.
20:06It should buy you a few good meals.
20:12A random toy thrust to an Omega was worth $3 million.
20:15I still remembered when I'd first returned to the territory
20:18and wanted to attend a human high school.
20:20The tuition was only $3,000.
20:23I begged my Luna mother.
20:24Lyra, do I owe you something?
20:26I gave you life.
20:28You should be grateful.
20:30Why are you always so ungrateful?
20:32After that, I never asked this territory for a single scrap of meat again.
20:36The so-called steward supplies were nothing but a lie.
20:39They tilted their hearts to the extreme long ago.
20:42Look at your glossy, perfect coat.
20:44Now look at me, covered in scars.
20:47I smacked the Offerford bracelet away.
20:50Reign in your Omega pheromones.
20:53Stop putting on an act in front of me.
20:55I'm not that naive 15-year-old pup anymore.
20:58At 15, I'd yearned desperately for a pack bond with Aunt Selina.
21:02She framed me instead.
21:04Every cruel thing she did, she pinned on me.
21:06By the time I realized what was happening,
21:08the entire pack had branded me an outsider.
21:11My rebuke sent tears rolling down Selina's cheeks.
21:15The air filled with a heartbreaking, pleading scent.
21:18The moment Aunt Kalen smelled it,
21:20he pulled Selina under the shelter of his chest and snared at me.
21:24Lyra!
21:25Selina meant well.
21:26It's fine if you don't want the bracelet.
21:28There's no need to say something so vicious.
21:30Right.
21:31This was the male who claimed he loved me from the deepest part of his soul.
21:36The moment there was any friction between me and Selina,
21:39he always took her side.
21:41Every single time.
21:42Alpha, if someone throws a piece of rotting meat at a starving wolf as charity,
21:46must the wolf swallow it and wag its bait in gratitude?
21:49Even crushed beneath your feet,
21:51my wolf has pride worth dying for.
21:53Kaelin was struck silence.
21:56Beside him, Selina's breathing suddenly grew rapid and shallow.
22:00She let out a fragile whimmer.
22:02I'm sorry.
22:03It's my fault.
22:05Don't blame sister.
22:06Kaelin barked at the driver.
22:08Quick!
22:09Turn around.
22:10Get to the territory hospital.
22:11Lyra, your wolf showed too much savagery just now.
22:14You can walk back on your own.
22:17The car door shut in my face.
22:19I was left discarded on the freezing street.
22:22I watched the taillights vanish,
22:23and my heart felt nothing.
22:25No pain of being abandoned by my mate.
22:28Nothing at all.
22:30I dragged my ruined leg back to the territory main house.
22:34The villa was unusually lively.
22:37My Luna mother laughed.
22:41The night after tomorrow's full moon,
22:44Selina's binding ceremony.
22:46I looked at them.
22:47Sorrow welled up from deep inside me.
22:49They had truly given every scrap of love to that Omega.
22:52Tomorrow night at 9 o'clock,
22:54the extraction vehicle would arrive.
22:56After that,
22:57I'd have no need for any blood plines ever again.
23:00The night after tomorrow was Selina and Kaelin's binding day.
23:02Chloe threw them a wild pre-celebration party.
23:05The next morning,
23:06since my storage closet had no water source,
23:08I had to drag my leg out to wash up.
23:11Passing the living room,
23:12I saw the young wolves playing a game.
23:14Selina and Kaelin sat in the center of it all.
23:17Alpha, you lost!
23:18Truth or dare?
23:20Kaelin leaned back lazily.
23:21Dare.
23:22Kiss Selina in front of everyone one full minute!
23:26The young Alpha suddenly caught sight of me at the edge of the room.
23:29His grin widened.
23:31How about this?
23:32Pick any she-wolf in this room,
23:33and kiss her for one minute.
23:35Lyra!
23:36Weren't you the one who was most obsessed
23:38with the Alpha?
23:39He's about to mark someone else.
23:41Why not share one last kiss with him?
23:43One last desperate memory to cling to?
23:46Kaelin stood up.
23:47Step by step,
23:48he walked toward me.
23:49Kaelin!
23:50There are too many people here.
23:52I'm about to make Selina my Luna.
23:54I can't humiliate her.
23:55You understand, don't you?
23:57I made a quiet sound of a scent and turned toward the washroom.
24:00Behind me, I heard the wet sounds of Kaelin and Selina's mouths meeting,
24:05and the wolves' excited howls.
24:07In this game where I was always the option to be discarded,
24:10I truly had to thank him for finally letting me go.
24:15Night fell.
24:16Kaelin lit up the entire territory sky with fireworks for Selina.
24:21He tracked my scent and called me into the shadows.
24:25Lyra, once the full moon comes tomorrow and Selina and I finish the false binding ceremony,
24:29we can finally be together properly.
24:33I opened my dry throat.
24:37I'm sorry.
24:39I won't.
24:40Before I could finish,
24:41At Chloe came running,
24:42howling.
24:43Kaelin!
24:44Come quick!
24:45Game time!
24:47Kaelin called back an acknowledgement,
24:49then turned to me.
24:50What were you saying?
24:52You want what?
24:54I gave a bitter smile.
24:57Nothing.
24:58Go.
25:00Revel with your pack.
25:02Kaelin squeezed my ice-cold fingers.
25:05Once tomorrow's ceremony is over,
25:07all of this will be over.
25:09He turned and strode back toward the clamorous light.
25:12I watched his back in silence.
25:15Yes.
25:16All ties were over.
25:20All the wolves flocked to Selina's lavish room.
25:23Alone, I slipped into the shadows of the main house
25:26and checked my communicator.
25:287.15 p.m.
25:30One hour and 45 minutes left.
25:33I washed my body with cold water,
25:36scrubbing every last trace of the territory's scent from my fur.
25:40The mirror reflected a body mapped with burn scars and whip marks from Silver Moon Prison.
25:45I put on the cleanest clothes I'd managed to keep all these years.
25:49Then I waited.
25:51The last hour.
25:52I looked around the den that had trapped me for so many years.
25:55A few ragged clothes.
25:57A few ragged clothes.
25:58One thin blanket.
26:01A diary and a photo frame on the desk.
26:03I threw away every old belonging.
26:06I picked up the photo frame.
26:09Inside was a group portrait of two families.
26:12Taken 12 years ago.
26:13Just after I'd returned to the territory.
26:16That photo.
26:17Had once held every desperate hope I'd had for this pack.
26:21Now I tore it to pieces and dropped it in the trash.
26:24Finally, I opened the diary.
26:28December 6, 2016.
26:30Sunny.
26:32I returned to the territory today.
26:34I met my Alpha and Luna.
26:36I have a home now.
26:37I'm not a stray anymore.
26:41April 1, 2017.
26:43Overcast.
26:44No food or money was allocated to me.
26:48I have to hunt for myself.
26:50July 7, Twaineed, 2018.
26:53Sunny.
26:54I traded my prey for a necklace.
26:57My little sister didn't like it.
26:59I need to earn more.
27:01Buy her something better next time.
27:04I turned to the last entry.
27:06Written the night before I was sent to prison.
27:09Only one line.
27:11This pack doesn't love me.
27:12Not at all.
27:16A long forgotten burn rose behind my eyes.
27:20I picked up a pen and, using the old wolf tongue,
27:24wrote my final words.
27:27I'm leaving, Alpha.
27:29Luna.
27:32Before I go,
27:34my wolf truly cannot understand.
27:36If you despised my so much,
27:39why did you search for me in the forest all those years ago?
27:44When other strays find their birth parents,
27:46they're met with endless acceptance and love.
27:49But for me,
27:50the moment you found me
27:52was the moment you found me
27:54wasn't I truly lost my parents.
27:57Chloe,
27:58you said you only, Neck,
28:00recognized Salima as your sister.
28:02Today,
28:03I grant you that wish.
28:06Kaylin,
28:07you said after the false binding ceremony
28:10we could be together again.
28:11I'm sorry.
28:13My wolf is already dead.
28:16I won't wait for you anymore.
28:18May your bond prove unbreakable.
28:20I am abandoning this territory forever.
28:23Through I-Grease-Per-Aus-Mensley,
28:25we will never see each other again.
28:28I finished writing,
28:30laid the diary flat on the desk,
28:32and pulled the prison medical records from my bag.
28:38I set them down on top of the diary.
28:41The scan image was unmistakable.
28:44My body contained only one kidney.
28:46The clock struck nine.
28:49I grabbed my canvas bag
28:51and limped out of the territory.
28:54Behind me,
28:55lights blazed
28:56and the pack's revelry shook the ground.
28:58Ahead of me,
29:00several matte black military armored vehicles
29:03crowd silently in the dark.
29:05Without a flicker of hesitation,
29:08I stepped across the territory boundary
29:10and walked towards my new life.
29:15Engines roared to life.
29:16The convoy pulled away swiftly,
29:19swallowing me into the boundless night.
29:24The next day,
29:25to the sound of long,
29:27drawn-out wolf howls,
29:31Selena and Kaylin's mating ceremony
29:33officially began.
29:37My Luna mother swept her gaze around
29:39and couldn't pick up Lyra's scent.
29:41She frowned and growled.
29:43Chloe,
29:44where is Lyra?
29:45If she's absent,
29:46the other packs will talk.
29:47Go!
29:48Drag Lyra out here.
29:51I'll get her.
29:53Which den is she sleeping in?
29:56The storage closet.
29:58Every dominant wolf present went still.
30:01My alpha father's brown
30:03frontaled in confusion.
30:05Why would Lyra sleep in a storage closet?
30:08The servant shook.
30:11When Miss Lyra was first brought back,
30:13there was no suitable den.
30:15The Luna said she would stay
30:17in the storage closet temporarily.
30:19That temporarily had lasted 12 years.
30:23An ugly flush rose on my Luna mother's face.
30:27She masked her guilt
30:28with a surge of dominance.
30:31Selena,
30:32dressed in pure white silk ceremonial robes,
30:35released a clining wave of pheromones.
30:37Our storage closet is still better
30:39than fighting wild dogs
30:40for scraps in the forest
30:41like she used to.
30:43Sister shouldn't feel too wronged,
30:45should she?
30:46A thread of dissonance
30:48flickered throughout Chloe's heart.
30:51Frowning,
30:52she walked toward the renected corner
30:54at the end of the corridor.
30:58The heavy wooden door creaked open.
31:01No warm scent of packmates.
31:04Only dust and mildew.
31:07Lyra's bed was pushed against
31:08a row of rusted shelving.
31:11Beside it sat an abandoned water tank,
31:15topped with a battered desk lamp,
31:17a yellowed diary,
31:18and a stack of medical documents.
31:25Lyra wasn't there.
31:28Chloe's heart began to pound.
31:30She walked to the water tank.
31:32With trembling hands,
31:34she picked up the diary
31:35and the medical reports.
31:38Alpha Father!
31:40Luna Mother!
31:42Sister isn't in the territory,
31:44but she left these behind!
31:47Alpha Father moved to investigate,
31:49but the sound of an SUV engine
31:51and the crushing weight
31:52of a top plea Alpha's dominance
31:54rolled in from outside.
31:58Kaylin had arrived.
32:00My Luna Mother spoke first.
32:03She's probably just throwing a tantrum
32:05and ran off to the boundary.
32:09Chloe,
32:10put those things down and come out.
32:12The Alpha is here for Selina.
32:17Alpha Father hesitated,
32:19then suppressed his unease
32:21and turned to go out.
32:24The main hall.
32:26At Kaylin stood in the center,
32:28holding a bouquet.
32:29His face showed no trace of joy.
32:32His optory senses were filtering the air
32:34with frantic intensity.
32:36Nothing.
32:37No trace of Lyra's scent.
32:39His brow furled hard.
32:43Where is Lyra?
32:46Jealousy flashed through Lyna's eyes.
32:49Kaylin,
32:50sister probably couldn't handle the stimulation.
32:53She ran out of the territory.
32:55My Luna Mother echoed her.
32:56Alpha,
32:57we failed to domesticate Lyra's wildness.
33:01Forgive us.
33:02Kaylin's wolf growled in agitation.
33:04He pulled out his communicator
33:06and messaged Lyra.
33:08Why is your wolf still so childish?
33:10Where the hell did you run off to?
33:13No response.
33:15Not through Mindlink.
33:16Not through the communicator.
33:18Chloe emerged,
33:20clutching the diary and the medical reports.
33:22She'd only glanced at the report,
33:24but what she saw made her blood run cold.
33:27Why was Lyra's body in such terrible condition?
33:30Why did she only have one kidney?
33:35She had already ordered her deputy
33:37to launch a full investigation
33:39into Lyra's seven years in Silvermoon prison.
33:44Selina broke the silence,
33:46looping her arm through Kaylin's.
33:48Alpha,
33:49our mating ceremony is about to start.
33:51Sister left.
33:53So she left.
33:54Chloe and Alpha Father both frowned
33:56Selina didn't care in the slightest
33:58whether Lyra lived or died.
34:02A false finding ceremony
34:03doesn't need to go that far.
34:05You just wanted to wear the wedding dress
34:07and walk into the Moon Temple.
34:09Kaylin's voice was cold.
34:10Let's go.
34:11Get it done.
34:13He pulled his arm free
34:15and strode out of the main house,
34:17carrying a freezing area with him.
34:22Because it was a false ceremony,
34:24Kaylin had invited no guests.
34:27The temple stood empty
34:29except for the Alpha family
34:30and an elder to officiate.
34:32Selina finally shattered.
34:38This is what I wanted at all!
34:45Lyra left, so what?
34:47You still have me!
34:50Am I so inferior to that stray wild wolf?
34:54She's been to prison!
34:55How could she possibly be worthy of you?
34:58Selina,
35:00you threatened to kill yourself.
35:02You jumped off the roof!
35:03That's the only reason I agreed to this sham of a ceremony.
35:09Now we've done what you asked,
35:10I'm going to find Lyra.
35:18He fixed his eyes on her hard.
35:20And don't you forget,
35:22Lyra went to Silvermoon prison in your place.
35:25Every wolf present turned to stone.
35:28Selina let out a piercing shriek.
35:31From somewhere on her person,
35:33she drew a silver-coated blade
35:35and pressed it to her own throat.
35:38I don't care!
35:40What makes Lyra better than me?
35:42When you were dying from your wounds,
35:45all those years ago,
35:46I was the one who gave you my kidney!
35:52My Luna mother lunged to grab the knife.
35:55Selina,
35:56don't do anything reckless.
35:58Stay back!
36:01Kaelin is the only mate I want.
36:04Why can't I have him?
36:06It's all Lyra's fault.
36:08She deserves to die!
36:11Her hysterical curses echoed through the temple.
36:13The scene spiraled completely out of control.
36:22It ended with an ambulance.
36:23His palm was severely burned
36:25from wrestling the blade from her grip barehanded.
36:29He sat in the ambulance,
36:31calling and messaging Lyra like a man possessed.
36:33Lyra,
36:34the false binding ceremony is over.
36:36Where are you?
36:37Don't let anger cloud your reason.
36:38Let me come find you, alright?
36:40But Lyra's message interface remained dead silent.
36:44Territory Hospital.
36:46Outside the operating room,
36:48ignoring the blood still seeping from her own wound,
36:50my Luna mother anxiously instructed the healer.
36:53My daughter is a fragile Omega.
36:55She has depression.
36:56She's missing a kidney.
36:57Be gentle when you stitch her wound.
36:59Ma'am, we've done a full body scan.
37:02Her body is perfectly healthy.
37:05She is not missing a kidney.
37:07What did you say?
37:13My Alpha father unleashed a crushing wave of dominance.
37:17The nurse, pinned by the pressure,
37:20repeated every word.
37:21Both Alpha and Luna stared,
37:23stunned and disbelieving.
37:25At that moment,
37:27Chloe was staring at the data her deputy had sent,
37:30medical records matching the ones Lyra had left behind,
37:33along with two segments of blurry surveillance footage.
37:37The first clip,
37:39Lyra and Kaelin wheeled side-by-side into the operating room,
37:42an organ transplant.
37:43The second clip,
37:45the dim interior of Silvermoon Prison,
37:47Lyra being servidually torn into,
37:49beaten and tormented by a group of powerful she-wolves.
37:52How dare they do this to the blood daughter of the Alpha!
37:57Alpha father gave orders!
37:59Kaelin sent supplies!
38:01How could this have happened?
38:07The mastermind behind it all was Selene.
38:13She couldn't hold it in any longer,
38:14but her parents had already vanished from sight.
38:17Gripping the diary,
38:18she ran frantically through the hospital.
38:20She found Selene's room and shoved the door open.
38:22Alpha father,
38:23Luna mother,
38:23please,
38:24read what your eldest daughter left behind first.
38:26She flipped to the final pages.
38:28Lyra has always understood the old wolf tongue.
38:30Every word we use to exclude her,
38:31she heard and understood every single one.
38:33The blood in both Alpha and Luna seemed to freeze solid.
38:38Alpha father snatched the diary.
38:40He read it word by word,
38:43his breathing growing heavier and more ragged.
38:46Chloe turned a cold stare on Selene.
38:49Selene,
38:49the person who gave Kaelin her kidney all those years ago?
38:52It was never you, was it?
38:54Selene went sorged.
38:56The guilt that flinked across her face
38:57made the last shred of hope in E.
38:59Chloe's heart collapse into rubble.
39:01Why did you cut off the survival supplies
39:04mother and father sent to Lyra?
39:06Why did you bribe the prison guards
39:08to torture her inside the prison?
39:10Selene released a weak pulse of pheromones,
39:13fending bewilderment.
39:14What are you talking about?
39:17The two Alpha and Luna,
39:18having finished the ginery,
39:19walked over.
39:20Chloe gave the order to her deputy.
39:23Bring them in.
39:27Five minutes later,
39:29the deputy entered with the prison guard,
39:31a financial official,
39:32and a heavyset, brutal-looking she-wolf convict.
39:44At the same moment,
39:46he stepped into the room,
39:48radiating a frigid,
39:49sharp,
39:49fear-forest scent.
39:52His face was a frozen mask of slaughter.
39:56His piercing gaze
39:57pinned her pale face in place.
39:59As Lyra's mate,
40:01I also have the absolute right
40:03to scent out the truth behind all of this.
40:05Selene turned ghost white.
40:08Kaelin,
40:10what truth?
40:11I don't understand a single thing
40:13you're all saying.
40:14Selene,
40:15you're still trying to deceive us,
40:17even now?
40:18How many times over the years
40:19have you slandered Lyra?
40:21Chloe's voice rose sharply.
40:23Do I need to sniff out
40:24every filthy thing you've done?
40:26Right here in front of the Alpha?
40:29Selene collapsed to the floor,
40:30eyes red.
40:32Chloe,
40:34I'm your real sister.
40:35How can you speak to me like this?
40:37Chloe's laugh was ice.
40:39Then have you forgotten?
40:40Lyra is the eldest sister
40:41who shares the same blood as me!
40:43Selene began to hyperhentilate,
40:46putting on the full performance
40:47of a stress-induced episode.
40:49My Luna mother's blind,
40:51protective instinct surge again.
40:53Enough!
40:54Are you trying to drive
40:55your sister to her death?
41:01Mom,
41:02you're still defending her?
41:04Do you even know
41:05who your real pup is anymore?
41:07But Chloe grabbed
41:08the medical records and records.
41:10Lyra has only one kidney
41:12inside her body.
41:13She's the one
41:14who truly saved Kaelin's life.
41:17Lyra's near-death reports
41:19from Silvermoon Prison,
41:20all of it,
41:21was caused
41:22by deliberate,
41:23malicious assault.
41:26She lived in this territory
41:28for 12 years.
41:29We never gave her a drop of love.
41:31Instead,
41:32we despised her
41:34and exiled her
41:35because of Selene's lies.
41:37Selene's depression
41:38is a complete fabrication.
41:42She laid down
41:43the most damning evidence,
41:45the scan showing
41:46the leaner's
41:47two perfectly healthy kidneys,
41:49and a psychological report
41:51confirming
41:51she was mentally stable
41:52with antisocial
41:54personality tendencies.
41:56The silent Kaelin
41:57finally moved.
42:00He unleashed
42:01a terrifying wave
42:02of alpha dominance.
42:07Chloe,
42:08give me Lyra's reports.
42:11Critical condition notices,
42:13x-rays,
42:14blood-stained medical photographs.
42:16He turned them over
42:17one by one.
42:19When he reached
42:20the full-body injury chart,
42:21her arms,
42:23her stomach,
42:23her back,
42:24her thighs,
42:25barely a patch
42:25of unbroken skin,
42:26every inch
42:27covered in bite marks
42:28and silver-burned scars.
42:30The top clear
42:31felt rationality slight.
42:32He lunged at at Selene,
42:34towering over her.
42:41Tell me,
42:42what did you do
42:43to my mate?
42:44Selene,
42:45how dare you
42:46torture her like this?
42:47With no more room
42:49to hide,
42:50Selene laughed,
42:52twisted.
42:55She looked at my Luna mother.
42:59Mommy,
43:00it hurts.
43:03Chloe threw herself
43:04in front of their mother.
43:06Stop your performance!
43:07For all these years,
43:08you used our sympathy!
43:10You used our mother's love
43:11and turned her into a blade,
43:13stabbing it over and over
43:15into her own
43:15biological daughter's heart!
43:17Selene,
43:17you're vicious
43:18beyond comprehension.
43:19Don't you understand?
43:21What you've done
43:22will leave this family
43:23drowning in irredeemable regret.
43:25For the rest of our lives!
43:27Selene turned to Alpha Father.
43:30Daddy,
43:32you've always loved me the most.
43:34Alpha Father clutched the diary
43:36so hard it crumpled.
43:37In agony,
43:38he averted his eyes.
43:39In that moment,
43:40Selene lost every chip
43:42she had left.
43:43Her gaze went hollow.
43:45She breathed out the words,
43:46light as ash.
43:47I just wanted Lyra to die.
43:49That's all.
43:50Nothing more.
43:52Selene!
43:53Kaelin's voice sounded like
43:55it was ripped from a torn throat.
43:58Confess
43:59every single one of your crimes.
44:02Every word.
44:05Now.
44:06Alpha Father spoke,
44:08his voice heavy with grief.
44:13Kaelin.
44:15I will give you an accounting.
44:17But before that,
44:18you should read what Lyra left for you.
44:21What she wrote at the end.
44:23Numbly,
44:24Kaelin took the diary.
44:25He turned to the last page,
44:27so,
44:28the day he kissed Selene
44:30in front of everyone,
44:31that was when,
44:32Lyra had already
44:33given up completely.
44:35And he had arrogantly believed,
44:37that after the false binding ceremony,
44:40he could still have her.
44:45Kaelin pressed the diary hard
44:46against his chest,
44:47under the eyes of everyone present,
44:49the coldest,
44:51most ruthless top-tier alpha,
44:53finally showed a face
44:54of utter devastation.
44:56A tear of remorse
44:57slipped silently from his eye.
44:59Selene was still crying.
45:02I didn't mean it.
45:04I was just scared of losing you.
45:06No.
45:07Kaelin said.
45:08His eyes held no mercy,
45:10only deathly stillness.
45:12You didn't mean it?
45:13Then who did?
45:15Lyra,
45:16who you framed and sent to prison.
45:19Or me,
45:21who you played like a puppet
45:22in your palm.
45:25Selene,
45:26you had everything.
45:28The Alpha and Luna doted on you.
45:30The entire pack
45:31treated you like a treasure.
45:33Lyra's return
45:34never once shook your position.
45:36Then what about you?
45:38Selene tore off her mask completely.
45:41Did her existence
45:42never shake my place in your heart?
45:44The question made
45:46Kaelin's breath stop cold.
45:51See?
45:53Your wolf already answered for you.
45:57Selene's lips curled
45:58in bitter mockery.
46:00After Lyra came back,
46:02you changed.
46:03The way you looked at her,
46:04it was pure possessiveness.
46:06How could I not be jealous?
46:08How could I not hate her
46:10to the marrow of my bones?
46:11So I had to make her disappear.
46:19I had to make her rot
46:22in that filthy prison
46:24until nothing was left!
46:28Kaelin stared at this stranger
46:30wearing an Omega's face.
46:32All that remained in his eyes
46:34was despair.
46:36Selene laughed and sobbed
46:38in the same breath.
46:40It's all that bitch
46:41Lyra's fault anyway!
46:42Why did she have to come back?
46:48Her very existence
46:50kept reminding me
46:52I'm nothing but a cheap counterfeit!
46:58A violent slap
46:59exploded through the room.
47:01Selene clutched her swollen cheek,
47:03staring in disbelief
47:04at the Alpha Father
47:05who had once treasured her
47:06above all else.
47:08Alpha Father's face was dark.
47:11A tidal wave of regret
47:12crashed over him.
47:13Alpha Father!
47:16Selene tried to stir
47:18whatever pity remained.
47:19Alpha Father!
47:22You are no longer worthy
47:23of using that title
47:25to defile the honor
47:27of an Alpha.
47:28Alpha Father's eyes
47:29were rimmed red.
47:30What we owe Lyra,
47:32we will repay.
47:33What you owe her,
47:34you will repay in blood!
47:37Kaelin, I...
47:38Selene turned to him.
47:40Shut your mouth.
47:42You're not worthy
47:42of calling me that anymore.
47:45Is there truly
47:46no mercy left?
47:48You still think
47:49this is just a small matter?
47:51Kaelin's laugh
47:52was colder than death.
47:56Isn't it?
47:58Lyra only spent
47:59seven years in prison!
48:00She's not even dead!
48:02Selene shrieked.
48:08Her entire body
48:11is covered in scars
48:12from the wolves
48:13you paid to tear into her!
48:15Kaelin roared.
48:19So what?
48:20She deserved it!
48:23AHHHHH!
48:25AHHHHH!
48:26AHHHHH!
48:26AHHHHH!
48:27The sound of breaking bone
48:29was stark and piercing
48:30in the room.
48:32Kaelin's wolf claws
48:33closed around
48:34at Selene's wrist.
48:35With horrifying force,
48:37he crushed the bones.
48:41AHHHHH!
48:43AHHHHH!
48:44At the same moment,
48:44aboard a plane bound
48:45for Dominica.
48:47I stared blankly
48:48out the window
48:48into the pitch-black sky.
48:51Those gray
48:51myothams
48:52had all become
48:53the dust behind me.
48:59This aircraft
49:00is scheduled
49:01to arrive
49:02in Dominica
49:02in five minutes.
49:04The announcement
49:05echoed through the cabin.
49:08I cast the past
49:09away completely.
49:11Looking at the
49:12brightening coastline,
49:13the corner of my mouth
49:14curved into a wild,
49:16free arc.
49:22Dominica.
49:22I had arrived.
49:24I was about to meet
49:26my new life.
49:27Six years passed
49:28in the blink in an eye.
49:29Kaelin and the
49:30crescent moon pack
49:31still hadn't found
49:32a single trace of me.
49:35When a soul resolves
49:36to vanish from
49:37the territory,
49:38even the moon goddess
49:39herself struggles
49:40to track it.
49:43Kaelin had wasted
49:44away, visibly.
49:46The communicator
49:48on his desk
49:48buzzed.
49:51He rubbed
49:52his exhausted brow
49:53and answered.
49:59Alpha,
50:00Selina's mental state
50:01has collapsed
50:02completely.
50:03Every day she tears
50:04into herself
50:05like a rabid animal.
50:07Her wolf
50:08has gone feral.
50:09The doctors recommend
50:10transferring her
50:11to a psychiatric institution.
50:13This time,
50:14is it real
50:15or another performance?
50:19Kaelin's voice
50:20was frozen steel.
50:23It's real.
50:25Her wolf spirit
50:26has atrophiated
50:27from prolonged terror.
50:28Fine.
50:29I'll send
50:30the transport.
50:33Kaelin cut the call
50:34without mercy.
50:35Over these
50:36six years,
50:37he had arranged
50:38for Selina
50:39to receive special
50:40attention inside
50:41the prison.
50:41Every single agony
50:43I had endured
50:44in Silvermoon prison.
50:46She had tasted
50:47every one of them
50:48in full measure.
50:50The Crescent Moonpack
50:52had maintained
50:52a deathly silence
50:53about it.
50:54Kaelin dropped
50:55his gaze
50:55to the photo
50:56on his desk.
50:57The photo of me
50:58just after my release.
51:00Gone,
51:01skeletal,
51:02expressionless.
51:03Which forest
51:03are you hiding in,
51:04Lyra?
51:06He traced the brow
51:07and eyes
51:07in the photograph.
51:08Infinite regret
51:09soaked his voice.
51:10I know that
51:11making everyone
51:12who hurt you
51:12taste the same pain
51:13is the only true apology.
51:15But if you never
51:16come back,
51:17how do I return
51:18the soul I owe you?
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