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00:12My father's eyes blazed with a terrifying golden light as he barked the command.
00:18The Alpha Command crushed down on my knees, driving me hard into the mud.
00:23My mother gazed down at me.
00:26Selina is an Omega. If her wolf enters Silvermoon prison, the Silver will torture her to death.
00:32Lyra, you're the older sister. You go.
00:37My adopted younger sister, an Omega, drove drunk and killed a human.
00:42Yet, my parents wanted me to take the fall.
00:46You killed a human. You must go to prison.
00:50My biological father pinned every ounce of guilt onto me.
00:56I couldn't hold back the tears.
00:58No! I won't! I didn't kill anyone!
01:02Why should I go to prison? I'm your real daughter!
01:05My father's fury erupted.
01:07You don't have a choice!
01:13The pure silver shackles locked tight around my wrists.
01:17My skin sizzled and burned where the metal touched it, searing pain drilling straight into the bones.
01:26I'm the only one.
01:34I'm the more evil.
01:46I'm the SAMARHA!
01:50I'm being killed.
01:52I'm the only one.
01:53I'm the only one that I'm losing in the hands of me to my own.
01:53once. I collapsed into despair, screaming. Seven years later. Lyra, now that you're leaving
02:13Silvermoon Prison, keep your wolf under control. Don't look back.
02:20Dragging my ruined leg, I limped out through the iron gate. A car was waiting just beyond the
02:26territory boundary. The window rolled down, and Kalen's face emerged. Lyra. Seven years,
02:36and he hadn't changed at all. I dragged my crippled leg into the car.
02:42In the rearview mirror, I saw my face. A map of scars seared into the skin by Silver.
02:49You've suffered these seven years. I'll keep my promise. At the next full moon,
02:54I'll mark you formally. You'll become my Luna.
02:58Kalen reached over and laid his hand over my rough, scarred knuckles. I looked into his
03:04gold's green eyes, and slowly pulled my hand away. The wolf inside me couldn't even summon
03:11a whimper. Seven years in Silvermoon Prison had shown me exactly who Kalen was.
03:22Who my family was.
03:24You don't have a choice!
03:27They had never loved me, and I no longer had any desire to be his mate. Sensing my indifference,
03:35Kalen grew irritated.
03:37Selina knew you were coming back today. Her stress disorder flared up again. Your whole family is at
03:42the Territory Hospital, soothing her.
03:44I closed my eyes. The SUV drove into the heart of the Crescent Moon Pax territory. An hour later,
03:53we arrived at my home. Only a Beta housekeeper and a few Omega servants were in the main house.
03:58They caught the inferior scent clinging to me, and didn't bother to hide their disgust.
04:04The Beta housekeeper offered Halen a respectful salute before finally turning to me.
04:10Miss Lyra, the Lunar says that now you're back, you're to stay inside your own scent circle.
04:15Don't wander around. Don't bring shame to the pack.
04:18Shame. I'd endured seven years of Silver burning my flesh in Selina's place, and somehow I was the shame?
04:26But I'd stopped expecting anything from them seven years ago, on that night of thunder and rain.
04:32Understood.
04:34I turned toward the side door. Kalen received a mind link. His pupils snapped vertically.
04:40Lyra, Selina's vital signs are weak. She needs me. I'll go check on her. Get some rest.
04:47With that, he turned and disappeared into the room.
04:55Tonight later, I went back to my assigned space, a storage closet, and curled up on the narrow wooden cot.
05:05Late at night, drifting between sleep and waking, I heard Chloe, the Beta's younger sister, speaking downstairs.
05:13Alpha father, Luna mother, Selina's mental state is terrible. Why don't we move Lyra out of the main house?
05:19Otherwise, Selina will have an episode every time she catches Lyra's scent.
05:22My father sighed, but said nothing. My mother said,
05:27She carries our blood. If we throw her out the moment she's released from prison, what will the other packs
05:33say?
05:34Then what do we do?
05:35Chloe paced anxiously.
05:40My father spoke.
05:42When Selina comes back, order Lyra to suppress all her scent signatures.
05:47She's forbidden from appearing in front of Selina. She's not allowed to take a single step out of her room.
05:52My eyes were closed, but a searing acidic burn spread deep in their sockets.
05:58Just then, my specialized communicator vibrated.
06:02An encrypted email.
06:03Ms. Lyra, congratulations. You have passed the assessment for the Institute of Paranormal Confidential Research.
06:11Upon acceptance of the contract, you will depart for the sacred grounds of Domica Island under a new identity on
06:17the night of the full moon, seven days from now.
06:20Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
06:23No contact with the outside world for five years.
06:27Without a flicker of hesitation, I signed my name.
06:30Lyra.
06:31I had passed the Institute's assessment seven years ago, right before I was thrown into prison instead of joining.
06:37As my release approached, I'd applied again. I'd passed again, without surprise.
06:43Seven days.
06:44I only had to endure seven more days.
06:47Then I would sever the pack bond completely and leave forever.
06:53The next morning, I walked into the living room.
06:56A thick, clying sweetness hit me.
06:59Omega scent, heavy and dense.
07:01Selena was back.
07:03She sat at the center of the sofa in a pure white dress.
07:06Everyone crowded around her.
07:08The beta housekeeper brought out a cake.
07:11The family spoke in practiced unison.
07:14Happy birthday, Selena.
07:17Selena smiled and thanked everyone, lifting her chin.
07:20I just left the hospital.
07:22Do you have anything special for me?
07:24My parents and sister stepped forward one by one, offering expensive treasures.
07:30Kalen was about to present his gift when he caught sight of me standing in the shadows.
07:36Lyra, you're awake.
07:37Come, celebrate Selene's birthday with us.
07:40Selena turned to me.
07:43Sister, I'm sorry.
07:44My stress disorder flared up yesterday.
07:47I couldn't go pick you up.
07:48You're not angry, are you?
07:50Before I could open my mouth, Kalen answered for me.
07:54Lyra isn't that petty.
07:56She won't hold it against you.
07:58Selena took that as permission.
08:00Boldly, she looped her arm throughs and looked straight at me.
08:04Sister, give me a gift too.
08:07I want Kalen as my mate.
08:10Mate-stealing was taboo among the wolves.
08:13Yet she declared it openly, and not a single wolf in the room spoke a word against it.
08:18Rage boiled in my blood.
08:20I clenched my fists.
08:22And if I refuse?
08:27Selena's expression stiffened.
08:29She switched to the old wolf tongue, reserved for pure-blood aristocrats.
08:34I was only joking.
08:35I didn't expect my sister's wolf to be so savage.
08:38My luna mother responded in the same old tongue, her tone soothing.
08:42Don't be afraid, Selena.
08:43Lyra has been wandering outside too long.
08:45Her bloodline is degraded.
08:46My alpha father released a calming pinewood scent.
08:49Blood ties don't matter.
08:50Your mother and I only recognize you as our daughter.
08:53Right, Selena.
08:54You're my only sister.
08:55I forced the bitterness down and pretended I couldn't understand a word of the old tongue.
08:59I turned to Kalen.
09:01What are they saying?
09:02Kalen's throat bobbed.
09:04Selena said it was just a joke.
09:06Everyone's telling you not to be so sensitive.
09:08The air reeked of lies.
09:10They had no idea.
09:12I understood every single word.
09:14My mother came from a noble, pure-blood line.
09:18My father ruled over this entire territory.
09:21From the moment they brought me back from the orphanage,
09:24they despised me for carrying too much of the stray's wildness.
09:28Every resource, every drop of love, they'd poured it all into its Selena.
09:33Ten years ago, Selena awakened a rare healing-type omega gift.
09:38The entire pack howled at the moon in ecstasy.
09:43What they didn't know was that I'd already passed the blood moon trial by then,
09:48and had taught myself the most obscure dialect of the old wolf tongue.
09:53But none of that mattered anymore.
09:55Soon, very soon, I would escape this territory for good.
09:59I just got out of Silvermoon Prison.
10:00I want to go beyond the territory boundary, get some air.
10:03You all carry on.
10:05Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my ruined leg towards the door.
10:10Their mockery trailed behind me.
10:13Today was my birthday, too.
10:19Beyond the territory, I suppressed my wolf's scent signature
10:22and took a bus to the lower district of Seattle.
10:25Because of my Silvermoon Prison record, the pack had erased all my files.
10:29Combined with my crippled leg,
10:31the only work I could find was washing dishes in a run-down roadside diner,
10:34just enough to survive the next ten days.
10:37At half-past eleven at night, I finished scrubbing the last plate.
10:40As I stepped out of the diner,
10:42a man climbed out of his car and strode toward me.
10:48Lyra, why have you been away from the territory so long?
10:51He grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward the vehicle.
10:53The door opened.
10:54On the back seat sat a cake.
10:58Lyra, happy birthday.
11:00Kalen's pack and mine shared a tight border.
11:04He and I, the top-ranked Alpha and I,
11:07had been bound by a mate contract since we were pups.
11:11I still remembered the first moment I saw him
11:14after returning to the territory.
11:16He stood in the sunlight, radiating brilliance.
11:19In that hostile territory,
11:22Kalen was the only one who never scorned my wild scent.
11:26He would release his Alpha Dominance to shield me.
11:30He brought me gifts on holidays.
11:32He was the only soul in that entire forest who was good to me.
11:37And in the end,
11:38he was the one who personally sent me to Silvermoon Prison.
11:45Lyra?
11:46What's wrong?
11:47Did you think I forgot your birthday?
11:48Kalen's voice pulled me back.
11:50I answered evenly.
11:52He produced another box.
11:54I lifted the lid.
11:56Inside lay a red dress.
11:58Remember when you were little?
12:00You said you wanted to wear a red dress
12:01when we completed the mate bond.
12:03I had it made in advance.
12:05Do you like it?
12:10Alpha, you're remembering wrong.
12:12I hate red.
12:13When I was lost as a child,
12:15I'd been wearing a red dress.
12:18Ever since I could form memories,
12:19every full moon night,
12:21I put on red,
12:21hoping my pack could track my visual scent
12:24and bring me home.
12:25Kalen's pupils contracted.
12:26He ruffled my hair.
12:30I'm sorry.
12:31I remembered wrong.
12:33Come on,
12:34I'll take you to a restaurant to celebrate.
12:36On the drive back,
12:37Kalen gripped my hand tightly.
12:41Lyra,
12:42why is your scent so faint?
12:45Why are you thinner than you were seven years ago?
12:47And your leg...
12:48Before he could finish,
12:50the phone rang.
12:51The screen flashed a single word.
12:53Selina.
12:57Kalen answered.
12:58His voice dropped into a frantic grail.
13:01Turn around!
13:01Back to the territory!
13:06The whole way,
13:07he soothed Selina through the communicator.
13:09By the time we burst back into the main house,
13:12I looked up.
13:13Selina stood on the roof's edge of the villa,
13:16still in her white dress.
13:17She looked at us.
13:19Sister's back.
13:21It's time for a defective Omega like me to step aside.
13:25Goodbye.
13:26Without another word,
13:28she jumped.
13:28The drop from roof to ground was maybe ten meters.
13:31But when Selina fell,
13:32every single one of my family
13:33lunged forward on pure instinct.
13:37That night,
13:38ambulance sirens wailed over the territory.
13:43They all went to the hospital.
13:44I went back to my storage closet,
13:46collapsed onto the hard plank bed.
13:48And checked my communicator.
13:5112.20 a.m.
13:52The top-ranked Alpha had broken his promise.
13:55He hadn't stayed to celebrate my birthday.
13:58But my wolf didn't howl in pain.
14:00All I felt was a vast, barren emptiness.
14:04I closed my eyes and sank into sleep.
14:07The next five days,
14:08I worked at the diner.
14:10My family stayed at the hospital,
14:13wrapping at Selina in thick layers of protective scent.
14:15Not one of them set foot back in the territory.
14:20Until that day.
14:21The restaurant TV broadcast the news.
14:24Alpha Kalen and Selina of the Crescent Moon Pack
14:27announced their binding ceremony.
14:29My pupils snapped into vertical slits.
14:33That night,
14:34I pushed open the wooden door
14:36and walked back into the territory.
14:38They were all there.
14:40At Kalen's scent,
14:41saturated the living room.
14:43My Luna mother caught the smell of Earth on me
14:45and opened her mouth to scold me.
14:48My Alpha father silenced her with a look.
14:51Lyra,
14:52you're finally back.
14:54Selina's Omega Depression is getting worse.
14:56So we've already made the decision for you.
14:59We're transferring your mate bond to Selina.
15:02You have no objections, I trust?
15:04They'd already used their authority to sever my bond.
15:08Now they stood there asking for my opinion
15:10as if it meant something.
15:12Alpha,
15:14you agreed to this too?
15:19Kalen crossed the room in a few strides
15:21and seized my cold hand.
15:22Selim's only obsession right now
15:24is completing the binding ceremony with me.
15:26Don't worry, little wolf.
15:27I won't betray you.
15:29I'm just playing along,
15:30going through the motions.
15:32He was about to mark another she-wolf
15:34and he expected me to believe he wouldn't betray me?
15:36I wrenched my hand from his grip.
15:39Fine.
15:41Do whatever you want.
15:44Something tightened in Atkalen's chest.
15:47He reached for me again.
15:50Out Selina suddenly released
15:52a dense wave of sorrowful pheromones.
15:57Sister, if you're not willing,
15:59then forget it.
16:00Through her sobs,
16:01she dug her nails into the back of her own hand.
16:04Chloe rushed to stop the self-harm,
16:06then spun around and bared her fangs at me with a snarl.
16:10Lyra!
16:11Can't you smell how sick she is?
16:14Do you need the whole family to kneel before you
16:16before you'll give in?
16:19My blood sister.
16:23Brainwashed completely by this twisted pack.
16:29Her roar dragged me back to the early days
16:31after I'd returned to the territory.
16:33At first, they forced me to give Selina the best den.
16:37Then, seven years ago,
16:39Selina broke the iron law.
16:40The memories ignited my rage past the breaking point.
16:43I met at Chloe's hostile glares and let out a cold laugh.
16:47Fine.
16:48If all of you kneel and submit to me,
16:50I'll agree to hand over my mate bond to Selina.
16:53The living room fell silent.
16:55None of them had expected such rebellion from me.
16:58I retreated to my cramped den.
17:01Late at night,
17:02my communicator buzzed.
17:03Kaelin.
17:04Lyra, Selina once saved my life.
17:07She gave me her kidney.
17:08The primal vitality of her wolf.
17:10That's why I have to complete this binding ceremony with her.
17:14Alpha,
17:14when you were gravely wounded,
17:16it was me who saved you.
17:18I'm the one who gave you my kidney.
17:21Silence on the other end.
17:23Then,
17:24Kaelin's cold laugh.
17:25Lyra,
17:26since when did you learn to lie?
17:27Selina was the one who saved me.
17:29Your own parents can swear it on the pack's name.
17:31You've disappointed me deeply.
17:33I lay on the freezing count,
17:34unable to speak.
17:35Eight years ago,
17:37Kaelin was ambushed and critically injured.
17:39I didn't hesitate.
17:40I went through the matching.
17:42I cut away a piece of myself and gave it to him.
17:44Now my sacrifice had been stolen by that Omega,
17:47and I wasn't even allowed to prove it was mine.
17:50After a long silence,
17:52I whispered,
17:52If you don't believe me, forget it.
17:54I'd already decided to abandon you completely anyway.
17:57I cut the connection,
17:58closed my eyes,
18:00slept.
18:03The second to last day.
18:05After my final shift,
18:06I stepped out of the diner.
18:08That familiar car was parked outside the shopping center.
18:12Above Shibon Commercial Street,
18:14fireworks suddenly burst across the sky.
18:16Alpha Kaelin loves Lyra forever.
18:19I tilted my head back,
18:20staring at the night sky,
18:22lost for a long moment.
18:24Kaelin trod toward me,
18:26his voice low and soft.
18:28Yesterday was my fault,
18:29but you have to believe me.
18:31The one I truly love is you,
18:33so you don't have to lie.
18:36How did he do it?
18:38How did he join forces with my family again and again,
18:42tear into me while pinning to the ground,
18:44and still say he loved me with a straight face?
18:47He pinched my hollow cheek.
18:49You really are too thin.
18:51Why aren't you eating properly?
18:53I snapped my gaze up.
18:54I spent seven years surviving Silver Moon Prison,
18:57a place saturated with silver.
18:59My wolf fought just to stay alive.
19:02Did you think I'd have the luxury of growing a full, healthy coat?
19:06A violent shover ran through Kaelin's massive frame.
19:10Maybe just in that second,
19:11it hit him.
19:12He was the one who had personally sent me into that hell.
19:15He opened his mouth to speak.
19:17The car door swung open.
19:18Selina's voice drifted out.
19:20Alpha, Kaelin, sister, don't stand out there.
19:24The cold wind will damage your wolves.
19:28The last trace of warmth inside me died.
19:31Kaelin explained.
19:33Selina followed our scent to come see you.
19:35She says she wants to thank you for your generosity,
19:38for being willing to step aside.
19:40He bundled me into the car.
19:42In the enclosed space,
19:44Selina's gaze fell on my grease-stained thread-bake uniform.
19:48Sister,
19:50Don't mother and father have the steward send you supplies every month?
19:54Why are you still doing menial labor in a human diner?
19:57It damages the pack's dignity.
19:59She slipped a gemstone bracelet off her wrist
20:01and held it out to me.
20:05If you're short on survival resources,
20:08this bracelet is worth $3 million.
20:11It should buy you a few good meals.
20:16$3 million.
20:17A random toy thrust to an Omega was worth $3 million.
20:21I still remembered when I'd first returned to the territory
20:23and wanted to attend a human high school.
20:25The tuition was only $3,000.
20:27I begged my Luna mother,
20:29Lyra,
20:29Lyra,
20:29do I owe you something?
20:31I gave you life.
20:33You should be grateful.
20:35Why are you always so ungrateful?
20:37After that,
20:38I never asked this territory for a single scrap of meat again.
20:41The so-called steward supplies were nothing but a lie.
20:44They tilted their hearts to the extreme long ago.
20:47Look at your glossy,
20:48perfect coat.
20:49Now look at me,
20:50covered in scars.
20:51I smacked the Offerford bracelet away.
20:55Reign in your Omega pheromones.
20:58Stop putting on an act in front of me.
20:59I'm not that naive 15-year-old pup anymore.
21:02At 15,
21:03I'd yearned desperately for a pack bond with Aunt Selina.
21:07She framed me instead.
21:08Every cruel thing she did,
21:10she pinned on me.
21:11By the time I realized what was happening,
21:13the entire pack had branded me an outsider.
21:16My rebuke sent tears rolling down Selina's cheeks.
21:19The air filled with a heartbreaking, pleading scent.
21:23The moment Aunt Kaelin smelled it,
21:25he pulled Selina under the shelter of his chest
21:27and snared at me.
21:29Lyra!
21:30Selina meant well.
21:31It's fine if you don't want the bracelet.
21:33There's no need to say something so vicious.
21:35Right.
21:36This was the male who claimed he loved me
21:39from the deepest part of his soul.
21:41The moment there was any friction between me and Selina,
21:44he always took her side.
21:45Every single time.
21:47Alpha,
21:47if someone throws a piece of rotting meat
21:49at a starving wolf as charity,
21:51must the wolf swallow it
21:52and wag its bay in gratitude?
21:53Even crushed beneath your feet,
21:56my wolf has pride worth dying for.
21:58Kaelin was struck silence.
22:01Beside him,
22:02Selina's breathing suddenly grew rapid and shallow.
22:04She let out a fragile whimmer.
22:06I'm sorry.
22:08It's my fault.
22:10Don't blame sister.
22:11Kaelin barked at the driver.
22:13Quick!
22:14Turn around.
22:14Get to the territory hospital.
22:16Lyra,
22:16your wolf showed too much savagery just now.
22:19You can walk back on your own.
22:21The car door shut in my face.
22:24I was left discarded on the freezing street.
22:27I watched the taillights vanish,
22:29and my heart felt nothing.
22:30No pain of being abandoned by my mate.
22:32Nothing at all.
22:35I dragged my ruined leg back to the territory main house.
22:39The villa was unusually lively.
22:42My luna mother laughed.
22:46The night after tomorrow's full moon,
22:49Selina's binding ceremony.
22:50I looked at them.
22:51Sorrow welled up from deep inside me.
22:54They had truly given every scrap of love to that omega.
22:57Tomorrow night at 9 o'clock,
22:59the extraction vehicle would arrive.
23:00After that,
23:01I'd have no need for any blood plines ever again.
23:04The night after tomorrow was Selina and Kaelin's binding day.
23:07Chloe threw them a wild pre-celebration party.
23:10The next morning,
23:11since my storage closet had no water source,
23:13I had to drag my leg out to wash up.
23:15Passing the living room,
23:17I saw the young wolves playing a game.
23:19Selina and Kaelin sat in the center of it all.
23:22Alpha, you lost!
23:23Truth or dare?
23:24Kaelin leaned back lazily.
23:26Dare.
23:27Kiss Selina in front of everyone one full minute!
23:30The young Alpha suddenly caught sight of me at the edge of the room.
23:34His grin widened.
23:36How about this?
23:37Pick any she-wolf in this room and kiss her for one minute.
23:40Lyra!
23:40Weren't you the one who was most obsessed with the Alpha?
23:43He's about to mark someone else.
23:46Why not share one last kiss with him?
23:48One last desperate memory to cling to?
23:51Kaelin stood up.
23:52Step by step, he walked toward me.
23:54Kaelin.
23:55There are too many people here.
23:57I'm about to make Selina my Luna.
23:59I can't humiliate her.
24:00You understand, don't you?
24:02I made a quiet sound of assent and turned toward the washroom.
24:05Behind me, I heard the wet sounds of Kaelin and Selina's mouths meeting,
24:09and the wolves' excited howls.
24:11In this game where I was always the option to be discarded,
24:15I truly had to thank him for finally letting me go.
24:20Night fell.
24:21Kaelin lit up the entire territory sky with fireworks for Selina.
24:26He tracked my scent and called me into the shadows.
24:30Lyra, once the full moon comes tomorrow and Selina and I finish the false binding ceremony,
24:34we can finally be together properly.
24:38I opened my dry throat.
24:42I'm sorry.
24:43I won't.
24:45Before I could finish, At Chloe came running, howling.
24:48Kaelin!
24:49Come quick!
24:50Game time!
24:52Kaelin called back an acknowledgement, then turned to me.
24:55What were you saying?
24:57You want what?
24:58I gave a bitter smile.
25:01Nothing.
25:03Go.
25:04Revel with your pack.
25:07Kaelin squeezed my ice-cold fingers.
25:09Once tomorrow's ceremony is over, all of this will be over.
25:14He turned and strode back toward the clamorous light.
25:17I watched his back in silence.
25:20Yes.
25:21All ties were over.
25:24All the wolves flocked to Selina's lavish room.
25:28Alone, I slipped into the shadows of the main house
25:31and checked my communicator.
25:337.15 p.m.
25:35One hour and 45 minutes left.
25:38I washed my body with cold water,
25:41scrubbing every last trace of the territory's scent from my fur.
25:45The mirror reflected a body mapped with burned scars and whip marks from Silver Moon Prison.
25:50I put on the cleanest clothes I'd managed to keep all these years.
25:54Then I waited.
25:55The last hour.
25:57I looked around the den that had trapped me for so many years.
26:00A few ragged clothes.
26:02One thin blanket.
26:06A diary and a photo frame on the desk.
26:08I threw away every old belonging.
26:11I picked up the photo frame.
26:14Inside was a group portrait of two families,
26:17taken 12 years ago,
26:18just after I'd returned to the territory.
26:21That photo
26:22had once held every desperate hope I'd had for this pack.
26:26Now I tore it to pieces and dropped it in the trash.
26:29Finally, I opened the diary.
26:32December 6, 2016.
26:35Sunny.
26:36I returned to the territory today.
26:39I met my Alpha and Luna.
26:41I have a home now.
26:42I'm not a stray anymore.
26:45April 1, 2017.
26:48Overcast.
26:49No food or money was allocated to me.
26:52I have to hunt for myself.
26:55July 7, 20, 2018.
26:58Sunny.
26:59I traded my prey for a necklace.
27:02My little sister didn't like it.
27:04I need to earn more.
27:06Buy her something better next time.
27:09I turned to the last entry.
27:11Written the night before I was sent to prison.
27:14Only one line.
27:15This pack doesn't love me.
27:17Not at all.
27:21A long forgotten burn rose behind my eyes.
27:25I picked up a pen and,
27:27using the old wolf tongue,
27:29wrote my final words.
27:32I'm leaving Alpha, Luna.
27:37Before I go,
27:38my wolf truly cannot understand.
27:41If you despised my so much,
27:43why did you search for me in the forest all those years ago?
27:48When other strays find their birth parents,
27:51they're met with endless acceptance and love.
27:54But for me,
27:55the moment you found me
27:57was the moment you found me
27:59wasn't I truly lost my parents.
28:02Chloe,
28:03you said you only,
28:04you know,
28:05recognize Salima as your sister.
28:07Today,
28:08I grant you that wish.
28:11Kaylin,
28:12you said after the false binding ceremony
28:15we could be together again.
28:16I'm sorry.
28:18My wolf is already dead.
28:21I won't wait for you anymore.
28:23May your bond prove unbreakable.
28:25I am abandoning this territory forever.
28:28Through I-Grease,
28:29Per-Aus-Mensley,
28:30we will never see each other again.
28:33I finished writing,
28:35laid the diary flat on the desk,
28:37and pulled the prison medical records from my bag.
28:43I set them down on top of the diary.
28:46The scan image was unmistakable.
28:49My body contained only one kidney.
28:51The clock struck nine.
28:54I grabbed my canvas bag
28:56and limped out of the territory.
28:58Behind me,
29:00lights blazed
29:01and the pack's revelry shook the ground.
29:03Ahead of me,
29:05several matte black military armored vehicles
29:07crowd silently in the dark.
29:10Without a flicker of hesitation,
29:12I stepped across the territory boundary
29:14and walked towards my new life.
29:20Engines roared to life.
29:21The convoy pulled away swiftly,
29:24swallowing me into the boundless night.
29:29The next day,
29:30to the sound of long,
29:32drawn-out wolf howls,
29:36Selena and Kaylin's mating ceremony
29:38officially began.
29:42My luna mother swept her gaze around
29:44and couldn't pick up Lyra's scent.
29:46She frowned and growled.
29:48Chloe,
29:49where is Lyra?
29:50If she's absent,
29:51the other packs will talk.
29:52Go!
29:53Drag Lyra out here.
29:56I'll get her.
29:58Which den is she sleeping in?
30:01The storage closet.
30:02Every dominant wolf present went still.
30:06My alpha father's brown frunaled in confusion.
30:10Why would Lyra sleep in a storage closet?
30:13The servant shook.
30:15When Miss Lyra was first brought back,
30:18there was no suitable den.
30:20The luna said she would stay in the storage closet temporarily.
30:24That temporarily had lasted twelve years.
30:28An ugly flush rose on my luna mother's face.
30:32She masked her guilt with a surge of dominance.
30:36Selena, dressed in pure white silk ceremonial robes,
30:40released a clining wave of pheromones.
30:42Our storage closet is still better than fighting wild dogs for scraps in the forest,
30:46like she used to.
30:48Sister shouldn't feel too wronged, should she?
30:51A thread of dissonance flickered throughout Chloe's heart.
30:56Frowning, she walked toward the renected corner at the end of the corridor.
31:03The heavy wooden door creaked open.
31:06No warm scent of packmates.
31:09Only dust and mildew.
31:12Lyra's bed was pushed against a row of rusted shelving.
31:16Beside it sat an abandoned water tank.
31:19Topped with a battered desk lamp,
31:22a yellowed diary,
31:23and a stack of medical documents.
31:30Lyra wasn't there.
31:33Chloe's heart began to pound.
31:35She walked to the water tank.
31:37With trembling hands,
31:38she picked up the diary and the medical reports.
31:43Alpha Father!
31:45Luna Mother!
31:47Sister isn't in the territory,
31:49but she left these behind!
31:52Alpha Father moved to investigate,
31:54but the sound of an SUV engine
31:56and the crushing weight of a top plea Alpha's dominance
31:59rolled in from outside.
32:07She's probably just throwing a tantrum and ran off to the boundary.
32:13Chloe!
32:15Put those things down and come out!
32:18The Alpha is here for Selina!
32:22Alpha Father hesitated,
32:24then suppressed his unease,
32:26and turned to go out.
32:29The main hall.
32:31At Kaelin stood in the center,
32:33holding a bouquet.
32:34His face showed no trace of joy.
32:37His optory senses were filtering the air with frantic intensity.
32:41Nothing.
32:42No trace of Lyra's scent.
32:44His brow furled hard.
32:48Where is Lyra?
32:51Jealousy flashed through Lyra's eyes.
32:53Kaelin,
32:55sister probably couldn't handle the stimulation.
32:58She ran out of the territory.
33:00My Luna Mother echoed her.
33:01Alpha,
33:02we failed to domesticate Lyra's wildness.
33:06Forgive us.
33:07Kaelin's wolf growled in agitation.
33:09He pulled out his communicator and messaged Lyra.
33:13Why is your wolf still so childish?
33:15Where the hell did you run off to?
33:18No response.
33:19Not through Mindlink.
33:21Not through the communicator.
33:23Chloe emerged,
33:24clutching the diary and the medical reports.
33:27She'd only glanced at the report,
33:29but what she saw made her blood run cold.
33:32Why was Lyra's body in such terrible condition?
33:35Why did she only have one kidney?
33:40She had already ordered her deputy
33:42to launch a full investigation
33:44into Lyra's seven years in Silvermoon Prison.
33:49Selina broke the silence,
33:51looping her arm through Kaelin's.
33:53Alpha,
33:53our mating ceremony is about to start.
33:56Sister left.
33:57So she left.
33:59Chloe and Alpha father both frowned
34:01Selina didn't care in the slightest
34:02whether Lyra lived or died.
34:06A false finding ceremony
34:08doesn't need to go that far.
34:10You just wanted to wear the wedding dress
34:12and walk into the Moon Temple.
34:14Kaelin's voice was cold.
34:15Let's go.
34:16Get it done.
34:18He pulled his arm free
34:20and strode out of the main house,
34:22carrying a freezing area with him.
34:26Because it was a false ceremony,
34:29Kaelin had invited no guests.
34:32The temple stood empty
34:34except for the Alpha family
34:35and an elder to officiate.
34:37Selina finally shattered.
34:43This isn't what I wanted at all!
34:50Lyra left, so what?
34:52You still have me!
34:55Am I so inferior to that stray wild wolf?
34:59She's been to prison!
35:00How could she possibly be worthy of you?
35:03Selina,
35:05you threatened to kill yourself.
35:07You jumped off the roof!
35:09That's the only reason
35:10I agreed to this sham of a ceremony.
35:13Now we've done what you asked,
35:15I'm going to find Lyra.
35:22He fixed his eyes on her hard.
35:25And don't you forget,
35:26Lyra went to Silvermoon Prison in your place.
35:30Every wolf present turned to stone.
35:33Selina let out a piercing shriek.
35:36From somewhere on her person,
35:38she drew a silver-coated blade
35:40and pressed it to her own throat.
35:43I don't care!
35:45What makes Lyra better than me?
35:47When you were dying from your wounds,
35:50all those years ago,
35:51I was the one who gave you my kidney!
35:57My Luna mother lunged to grab the knife.
36:00Selina,
36:01don't do anything reckless.
36:03Stay back!
36:04Stop!
36:06Kaylin is the only mate I want.
36:09Why can't I have him?
36:11It's all Lyra's fault.
36:13She deserves to die!
36:15Her hysterical curses echoed through the temple.
36:18The scene spiraled completely out of control.
36:26It ended with an ambulance.
36:28His palm was severely burned
36:30from wrestling the blade from her grip barehanded.
36:34He sat in the ambulance,
36:35calling and messaging Lyra like a man possessed.
36:38Lyra,
36:39the false binding ceremony is over.
36:41Where are you?
36:41Don't let anger cloud your reason.
36:43Let me come find you, alright?
36:44But Lyra's message and her face remained dead silent.
36:49Territory hospital.
36:51Outside the operating room.
36:52Ignoring the blood still seeping from her own wound,
36:55my Luna mother anxiously instructed the healer.
36:57My daughter is a fragile Omega.
36:59She has depression.
37:01She's missing a kidney.
37:02Be gentle when you stitch her wound.
37:04Ma'am,
37:05we've done a full body scan.
37:07Her body is perfectly healthy.
37:10She is not missing a kidney.
37:11What did you say?
37:18My Alpha father unleashed a crushing wave of dominance.
37:22The nurse,
37:23pinned by the pressure,
37:24repeated every word.
37:26Both Alpha and Luna stared,
37:28stunned and disbelieving.
37:30At that moment,
37:32Chloe was staring at the data her deputy had sent.
37:35Medical records,
37:36matching the ones Lyra had left behind,
37:38along with two segments of blurry surveillance footage.
37:42The first clip,
37:43Lyra and Kaelin
37:44wheeled side-by-side into the operating room,
37:47an organ transplant.
37:48The second clip,
37:49the dim interior of Silvermoon Prison,
37:52Lyra being servidually torn into,
37:54beaten and tormented by a group of powerful she-wolves.
37:57How dare they do this to the blood daughter of the Alpha!
38:02Alpha father gave orders!
38:04Kaelin sent supplies!
38:05How could this have happened?
38:12The mastermind behind it all
38:14was Selene.
38:18She couldn't hold it in any longer,
38:19but her parents had already vanished from sight.
38:22Gripping the diary,
38:23she ran frantically through the hospital.
38:25She found Selene's room and shoved the door open.
38:27Alpha father,
38:27Luna mother,
38:28please,
38:29read what your eldest daughter left behind first.
38:31She flipped to the final pages.
38:33Lyra has always understood the old wolf tongue.
38:34Every word we used to exclude her,
38:36she heard and understood every single one.
38:38The blood in both Alpha and Luna seemed to freeze solid.
38:42Alpha father snatched the diary.
38:45He read it word by word,
38:47his breathing growing heavier and more ragged.
38:51Chloe turned a cold stare on Selene.
38:53Selene,
38:54the person who gave Kaelin her kidney all those years ago?
38:57It was never you,
38:58was it?
38:59Selene went sorged.
39:01The guilt that flinked across her face
39:02made the last shred of hope in E.
39:04Chloe's heart collapse into rubble.
39:06Why did you cut off the survival supplies
39:08mother and father sent to Lyra?
39:11Why did you bribe the prison guards
39:13to torture her inside the prison?
39:15Selene released a weak pulse of pheromones,
39:18fending bewilderment.
39:19What are you talking about?
39:21The two,
39:22Alpha and Luna,
39:23having finished the ginery,
39:24walked over.
39:25Chloe gave the order to her deputy.
39:27Bring them in.
39:32Five minutes later,
39:34the deputy entered with the prison guard,
39:36a financial official,
39:37and a heavyset,
39:39brutal-looking she-wolf convict.
39:49At the same moment,
39:51he stepped into the room,
39:52radiating a frigid,
39:54sharp,
39:55fear-forest scent.
39:56His face was a frozen mask of slaughter.
40:00His piercing gaze
40:02pinned her pale face in place.
40:04As Lyra's mate,
40:06I also have the absolute right
40:08to scent out the truth
40:09behind all of this.
40:10Selene turned ghost white.
40:13Kaelin,
40:15what truth?
40:16I don't understand
40:17a single thing you're all saying.
40:19Selene,
40:20you're still trying to deceive us,
40:22even now?
40:22How many times over the years
40:24have you slandered Lyra?
40:26Chloe's voice rose sharply.
40:28Do I need to sniff out
40:29every filthy thing you've done?
40:31Right here in front of the Alpha?
40:33Selene collapsed to the floor,
40:35eyes red.
40:37Chloe,
40:38I'm your real sister.
40:40How can you speak to me like this?
40:42Chloe's laugh was ice.
40:43Then have you forgotten?
40:45Lyra is the eldest sister
40:46who shares the same blood as me!
40:48Selene began to hyperhentilate,
40:51putting on the full performance
40:52of a stress-induced episode.
40:54My Luna mother's blind,
40:56protective instinct surge again.
40:58Enough!
40:58Are you trying to drive
41:00your sister to her death?
41:06Mom,
41:07you're still defending her?
41:09Do you even know
41:10who your real pup is anymore?
41:12But Chloe grabbed
41:13the medical records and records.
41:15Lyra has only one kidney
41:17inside her body.
41:18She's the one
41:19who truly saved Kaelin's life.
41:22Lyra's near-death reports
41:23from Silvermoon Prison,
41:25all of it was caused
41:27by deliberate,
41:28malicious assault.
41:31She lived in this territory
41:33for 12 years.
41:34We never gave her
41:35a drop of love.
41:36Instead,
41:37we despised her
41:38and exiled her
41:39because of Selene's lies.
41:42Selene's depression
41:43is a complete fabrication.
41:47She laid down
41:48the most damning evidence,
41:50the scan showing
41:51Selene's two perfectly
41:53healthy kidneys
41:53and a psychological report
41:55confirming she was
41:56mentally stable
41:57with antisocial
41:59personality tendencies.
42:01The silent Kaelin
42:02finally moved.
42:05He unleashed
42:06a terrifying wave
42:07of alpha dominance.
42:12Chloe,
42:13give me Lyra's reports.
42:16Critical condition notices,
42:18x-rays,
42:19blood-stained
42:20medical photographs.
42:21He turned them over
42:22one by one
42:23when he reached
42:24the full-body injury chart.
42:26Her arms,
42:27her stomach,
42:28her back,
42:29her thighs,
42:30barely a patch
42:30of unbroken skin,
42:31every inch covered
42:32in bite marks
42:33and silver-burned scars.
42:35The top-the-earth
42:36held rationality set.
42:37He lunged at
42:38Selene,
42:39towering over her.
42:46Tell me,
42:47what did you do
42:48to my mate?
42:49Selene,
42:50how dare you
42:51torture her like this?
42:52With no more room
42:53to hide,
42:55Selene laughed,
42:57twisted.
43:00She looked at my
43:01Luna mother.
43:07Chloe threw herself
43:09in front of their mother.
43:10Stop your performance!
43:12For all these years,
43:13you used our sympathy!
43:15You used our mother's love
43:16and turned her into a blade,
43:18stabbing it over and over
43:19into her own
43:20biological daughter's heart!
43:22Selene,
43:22you're vicious
43:22beyond comprehension.
43:24Don't you understand?
43:26What you've done
43:27will leave this family
43:28drowning in irredeemable regret
43:30for the rest of our lives!
43:32Selene turned to Alpha Father.
43:35Daddy,
43:36you've always loved me the most.
43:39Alpha Father clutched
43:40the diary so hard
43:41it crumpled.
43:42In agony,
43:43he averted his eyes.
43:44In that moment,
43:45Selene lost every chip
43:47she had left.
43:48Her gaze went hollow.
43:50She breathed out the words,
43:51light as ash.
43:52I just wanted Lyra to die.
43:54That's all.
43:55Nothing more.
43:57Selene!
43:58Kaelin's voice sounded
44:00like it was ripped
44:00from a torn throat.
44:03Confess
44:04every single one
44:06of your crimes.
44:07Every word.
44:09Now.
44:11Alpha Father spoke,
44:13his voice heavy with grief.
44:17Kaelin,
44:20I will give you an accounting.
44:22But before that,
44:23you should read
44:24what Lyra left for you.
44:26What she wrote at the end.
44:27Numbly,
44:29Kaelin took the diary.
44:30He turned to the last page,
44:32so,
44:32the day he kissed Selene
44:34in front of everyone,
44:36that was when,
44:37Lyra had already
44:38given up completely.
44:40And he had arrogantly believed,
44:42that after the false
44:43binding ceremony,
44:45he could still have her.
44:49Kaelin pressed the diary
44:51hard against his chest.
44:52Under the eyes
44:53of everyone present,
44:54the coldest,
44:55most ruthless
44:56top-tier Alpha
44:57finally showed a face
44:59of utter devastation.
45:00A tear of remorse
45:02slipped silently
45:03from his eye.
45:04Selene was still crying.
45:07I didn't mean it.
45:08I was just scared
45:10of losing you.
45:11No.
45:12Kaelin said,
45:12his eyes held no mercy,
45:14only deathly stillness.
45:17You didn't mean it?
45:18Then who did?
45:20Lyra,
45:21who you framed
45:22and sent to prison.
45:24Or me,
45:26who you played
45:27like a puppet
45:27in your palm.
45:30Selene,
45:31you had everything.
45:33The Alpha and Luna
45:34doted on you.
45:35The entire pack
45:36treated you
45:37like a treasure.
45:38Lyra's return
45:39never once shook
45:40your position.
45:41Then what about you?
45:43Selene tore off
45:44her mask completely.
45:45Did her existence
45:46never shake my place
45:48in your heart?
45:49The question
45:50made Kaelin's breath
45:51stop cold.
45:55See?
45:58Your wolf
45:59already answered
46:00for you.
46:02Selene's lips
46:02curled in bitter mockery.
46:05After Lyra came back,
46:06you changed.
46:08The way you looked
46:09at her,
46:09it was pure possessiveness.
46:11How could I not
46:12be jealous?
46:13How could I not
46:14hate her
46:15to the marrow
46:16of my bones?
46:16So I had to
46:18make her disappear.
46:24I had to make
46:26her rot
46:27in that filthy
46:28prison
46:29until nothing
46:30was left!
46:33Kaelin stared
46:34at this stranger
46:35wearing an Omega's face.
46:37All that remained
46:38in his eyes
46:39was despair.
46:40Ah!
46:41Selene laughed
46:42and sobbed
46:43in the same breath.
46:44It's all that
46:45bitch Lyra's fault
46:47anyway!
46:48Why did she
46:49have to come
46:50back?
46:53Her very existence
46:55kept reminding me
46:57I'm nothing
46:58but a cheap
46:59counterfeit!
47:02A violent slap
47:04exploded through
47:05the room.
47:06Selene clutched
47:07her swollen cheek,
47:08staring in disbelief
47:09at the Alpha Father
47:10who had once
47:11treasured her
47:11above all else.
47:13Alpha Father's
47:14face was dark.
47:15A tidal wave
47:16of regret
47:17crashed over him.
47:18Alpha Father!
47:21Selene tried
47:22to stir
47:22whatever pity
47:23remained.
47:24Alpha Father!
47:27You are no longer
47:28worthy of using
47:29that title
47:29to defile
47:31the honor
47:31of an Alpha.
47:33Alpha Father's
47:34eyes were rimmed
47:35red.
47:35What we owe
47:36Lyra,
47:36we will repay.
47:38What you owe
47:39her,
47:39you will repay
47:40in blood!
47:42Kaelin,
47:43I...
47:43Selene turned
47:44to him.
47:45Shut your mouth.
47:46You're not worthy
47:47of calling me
47:48that anymore.
47:49Is there truly
47:50no mercy left?
47:53You still think
47:54this is just
47:55a small matter?
47:56Kaelin's laugh
47:57was colder
47:57than death.
48:01Isn't it?
48:02Lyra only spent
48:03seven years
48:04in prison!
48:05She's not even
48:06dead!
48:07Selene shrieked.
48:13Her entire
48:14body is covered
48:16in scars
48:17from the wolves
48:18you paid
48:18to tear into her!
48:20Kaelin roared.
48:24So what?
48:25She deserved it!
48:27AHHHHH!
48:30AHHHHH!
48:31AHHHHH!
48:31AHHHHH!
48:32AHHHHH!
48:32AHHHHH!
48:33The sound
48:33of breaking bone
48:34was stark
48:35and piercing
48:35in the room.
48:37Kaelin's wolf claws
48:38closed around
48:39at Selene's wrist.
48:40With horrifying force,
48:42he crushed
48:42the bones.
48:43AHHHHH!
48:46AHHHHH!
48:47AHHHHH!
48:47AHHHHH!
48:48At the same moment,
48:49aboard a plane
48:50bound for Dominica.
48:51I stared blankly
48:53out the window
48:53into the pitch-black sky.
48:55Those gray
48:56myothams
48:57had all become
48:58the dust behind me.
49:04This aircraft
49:05is scheduled
49:06to arrive
49:06in Dominica
49:07in five minutes.
49:09The announcement
49:10echoed through the cabin.
49:13I cast the past
49:14away completely.
49:16Looking at the
49:17brightening coastline,
49:18the corner of my mouth
49:19curved
49:20into a wild,
49:21free arc.
49:26Dominica.
49:27I had arrived.
49:29I was about
49:30to meet
49:30my new life.
49:32Six years passed
49:33in the blink
49:33in an eye.
49:34Kaelin and the
49:35crescent moon pack
49:36still hadn't found
49:37a single trace
49:38of me.
49:40When a soul
49:41resolves to vanish
49:42from the territory,
49:43even the moon
49:44goddess herself
49:45struggles to track it.
49:48Kaelin had
49:48wasted away,
49:50visibly.
49:51the communicator
49:52on his desk
49:53buzzed.
49:56He rubbed
49:57his exhausted
49:57brow
49:58and answered.
50:04Alpha,
50:05Selina's mental state
50:06has collapsed
50:07completely.
50:08Every day
50:08she tears into herself
50:10like a rabid animal.
50:12Her wolf
50:13has gone feral.
50:14The doctors
50:14recommend transferring
50:15her to a psychiatric
50:17institution.
50:17This time,
50:19is it real
50:20or another
50:22performance?
50:24Kaelin's voice
50:25was frozen steel.
50:28It's real.
50:30Her wolf spirit
50:31has atrifiated
50:31from prolonged terror.
50:33Fine.
50:34I'll send
50:35the transport.
50:38Kaelin cut the call
50:39without mercy.
50:40Over these
50:41six years,
50:42he had arranged
50:43for Selina
50:44to receive special
50:45attention inside
50:46the prison.
50:47Every single agony
50:48I had endured
50:49in Silvermoon Prison,
50:51she had tasted
50:52every one of them
50:53in full measure.
50:55The Crescent Moonpack
50:56had maintained
50:57a deathly silence
50:58about it.
50:59Kaelin dropped
51:00his gaze
51:00to the photo
51:01on his desk,
51:02the photo of me
51:03just after my release.
51:05Gone,
51:05skeletal,
51:07expressionless.
51:07Which forest
51:08are you hiding in,
51:09Lyra?
51:10He traced
51:11the brow and eyes
51:12in the photograph.
51:13Infinite regret
51:14soaked his voice.
51:15I know that
51:16making everyone
51:17who hurt you
51:17taste the same pain
51:18is the only true apology.
51:20But if you never
51:21come back,
51:22how do I return
51:23the soul I owe you?
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