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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.
00:27Lyra, 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.
00:50I 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.
01:21Deathly, I looked Kaelin.
01:23He was the strongest Alpha in the pack.
01:26The top-ranked dominant and my fated mate.
01:28He only stared down at me with a cold gaze.
01:37Lyra, go.
01:38When you come out, we'll complete the mate bond.
01:41He reached out and stroked my face.
01:44These seven years, just bear it.
01:47Just this once.
01:51I collapsed into despair, screaming.
01:54No!
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.
02:23The window rolled down, and Kaelin's face emerged.
02:28Lyra.
02:29Seven 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.
02:45I'll keep my promise.
02:47At the next full moon, I'll mark you formally.
02:51You'll become my Luna.
02:53Kaelin 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.
03:09Seven years in Silvermoon Prison had shown me exactly who Kaelin was.
03:17Who 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 Luna says that now you're back, you're to stay inside your own scent circle.
04:10Don't wander around.
04:10Don't bring shame to the pack.
04:13Shame.
04:13I'd endured seven years of silver burning my flesh in Selina's place.
04:18And somehow I was the shame?
04:21But 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.
04:39Get some rest.
04:42With that, he turned and disappeared into the room.
04:50Tonight later, I went back to my assigned space.
04:53A storage closet.
04:55And curled up on the narrow wooden cot.
05:00Late at night, drifting between sleep and waking,
05:04I 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.
05:17My father sighed, but said nothing.
05:20My mother said,
05:22She carries our blood.
05:24If we throw her out the moment she's released from prison,
05:27what will the other packs say?
05:28Then what do we do?
05:30Chloe paced anxiously.
05:35My father spoke.
05:37When Selina comes back,
05:39order Lyra to suppress all her scent signatures.
05:42She's forbidden from appearing in front of Selina.
05:44She's not allowed to take a single step out of her room.
05:47My eyes were closed,
05:49but a searing acidic burn spread deep in their sockets.
05:53Just then,
05:54my specialized communicator vibrated.
05:57An encrypted email.
05:59Miss Lyra,
06:00congratulations.
06:01You have passed the assessment for the Institute of Paranormal Confidential Research.
06:06Upon acceptance of the contract,
06:08you will depart for the sacred grounds of Domica Island
06:10under a new identity on the night of the full moon,
06:14seven days from now.
06:15Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
06:18No contact with the outside world for five years.
06:22Without a flicker of hesitation,
06:23I signed my name.
06:25Lyra.
06:26I had passed the Institute's assessment seven years ago,
06:29right before I was thrown into prison instead of joining.
06:32As my release approached,
06:33I'd applied again.
06:34I'd passed again,
06:35without surprise.
06:38Seven days.
06:39I only had to endure seven more days.
06:42Then I would sever the pack bond completely
06:44and leave forever.
06:48The next morning,
06:49I walked into the living room.
06:51A thick,
06:52clying sweetness hit me.
06:54Omega scent,
06:55heavy and dense.
06:56Selena was back.
06:58She sat at the center of the sofa
06:59in a pure white dress.
07:01Everyone crowded around her.
07:03The beta housekeeper brought out a cake.
07:06The family spoke in practiced unison.
07:09Happy birthday, Selena.
07:12Selena smiled and thanked everyone,
07:14lifting 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,
07:22offering expensive treasures.
07:25Kalen was about to present his gift,
07:27when he caught sight of me standing in the shadows.
07:31Lyra, you're awake.
07:32Come, celebrate Selene's birthday with us.
07:35Selena turned to me.
07:38Sister, I'm sorry.
07:39My 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,
07:47Kalen answered for me.
07:49Lyra isn't that petty.
07:51She won't hold it against you.
07:53Selena took that as permission.
07:55Boldly,
07:56she looped her arm throughs
07:57and looked straight at me.
07:59Sister,
08:00give me a gift too.
08:01I want Kalen as my mate.
08:05Mate-stealing was taboo among the wolves,
08:08yet she declared it openly,
08:09and not a single wolf in the room
08:11spoke 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,
08:26reserved for pure-blood aristocrats.
08:28I was only joking.
08:30I didn't expect my sister's wolf
08:31to be so savage.
08:33My Luna mother responded
08:34in the same old tongue,
08:36her 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
08:43a calming pinewood scent.
08:44Blood ties don't matter.
08:45Your mother and I
08:46only recognize you as our daughter.
08:48Right, Selena.
08:49You're my only sister.
08:50I forced the bitterness down
08:51and pretended I couldn't understand
08:53a word of the old tongue.
08:54I turned to Kalen.
08:56What are they saying?
08:57Kalen's throat bobbed.
08:59Selena said it was just a joke.
09:01Everyone's telling you
09:02not to be so sensitive.
09:03The air reeked of lies.
09:05They had no idea.
09:07I understood every single word.
09:09My mother came from a noble,
09:11pure-blood line.
09:13My father ruled over
09:14this entire territory.
09:16From the moment they brought me back
09:18from the orphanage,
09:19they despised me for carrying
09:21too much of the stray's wildness.
09:22Every resource.
09:24Every drop of love.
09:26They'd poured it all into its Selena.
09:28Ten years ago,
09:29Selena awakened a rare
09:31healing-type omega gift.
09:34The entire pack howled
09:36at the moon in ecstasy.
09:38What they didn't know
09:39was that I'd already passed
09:40the blood moon trial by then
09:43and had taught myself
09:44the most obscure dialect
09:46of the old wolf tongue.
09:47But none of that mattered anymore.
09:50Soon, very soon,
09:51I would escape this territory
09:53for good.
09:54I just got out of
09:54Silvermoon Prison.
09:55I want to go beyond
09:56the territory boundary.
09:58Get some air.
09:58You all carry on.
10:00Under their contemptuous stares,
10:02I dragged my ruined leg
10:03towards the door.
10:05Their mockery trailed behind me.
10:08Today was my birthday, too.
10:14Beyond the territory,
10:16I suppressed my wolf's
10:17scent signature
10:17and took a bus
10:18to the lower district of Seattle.
10:20Because of my Silvermoon Prison record,
10:22the pack had erased all my files.
10:24Combined with my crippled leg,
10:26the only work I could find
10:27was washing dishes
10:28in a run-down roadside diner,
10:29just enough to survive
10:30the next ten days.
10:32At half-past eleven at night,
10:33I finished scrubbing
10:34the last plate.
10:35As I stepped out of the diner,
10:37a man climbed out of his car
10:39and strode toward me.
10:42Lyra,
10:43why have you been away
10:44from the territory so long?
10:46He grabbed my wrist
10:47and pulled me toward the vehicle.
10:48The door opened.
10:49On the back seat sat a cake.
10:52Lyra,
10:53happy birthday.
10:55Kalen's pack and mine
10:56shared a tight border.
10:59He and I,
11:00the top-ranked Alpha and I,
11:02had been bound by a mate contract
11:04since we were pups.
11:06I still remembered
11:07the first moment I saw him
11:09after returning to the territory.
11:10He stood in the sunlight,
11:13radiating brilliance.
11:14In that hostile territory,
11:17Kalen was the only one
11:19who never scorned my wild scent.
11:21He would release his Alpha dominance
11:23to shield me.
11:25He brought me gifts on holidays.
11:27He was the only soul
11:29in that entire forest
11:30who was good to me.
11:32And in the end,
11:33he was the one
11:34who personally sent me
11:35to Silver Moon 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.
11:47He 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
11:56a red dress
11:56when we completed the mate bond.
11:58I had it made in advance.
12:00Do you like it?
12:04Alpha,
12:05you're remembering wrong.
12:07I hate red.
12:08When I was lost as a child,
12:10I'd been wearing a red dress.
12:13Ever since I could form memories,
12:14every full moon night,
12:16I put on red,
12:16hoping my pack
12:17could track my visual scent
12:19and bring me home.
12:20Kalen's pupils contracted.
12:21He ruffled my hair.
12:25I'm sorry.
12:26I remembered wrong.
12:28Come on,
12:29I'll take you to a restaurant
12:30to celebrate.
12:31On the drive back,
12:32Kalen gripped my hand tightly.
12:36Lyra,
12:37why is your scent so faint?
12:40Why are you thinner
12:41than you were seven years ago?
12:42And your leg...
12:43Before he could finish,
12:45the phone rang.
12:46The screen flashed a single word.
12:48Selina.
12:52Kalen answered.
12:53His voice dropped
12:55into a frantic grail.
12:56Turn around!
12:56Back to the territory!
13:01The whole way,
13:02he soothed Selina
13:03through the communicator.
13:04By the time we burst back
13:06into the main house,
13:07I looked up.
13:08Selina stood on the roof's edge
13:10of the villa,
13:11still in her white dress.
13:12She looked at us.
13:14Sister's back.
13:16It's time for a defective
13:18Omega like me
13:18to step aside.
13:20Goodbye.
13:21Without another word,
13:23she jumped.
13:23The drop from roof to ground
13:24was maybe 10 meters.
13:26But when Selina fell,
13:27every single one of my family
13:28lunged forward
13:29on pure instinct.
13:32That night,
13:33ambulance sirens
13:34wailed over the territory.
13:37They all went to the hospital.
13:39I went back to my storage closet,
13:41collapsed onto the hard plank bed,
13:43and checked my communicator.
13:4612.20 a.m.
13:47The top-ranked alpha
13:49had broken his promise.
13:50He hadn't stayed
13:51to celebrate my birthday.
13:52But my wolf
13:53didn't howl in pain.
13:55All I felt
13:56was a vast,
13:57barren emptiness.
13:59I closed my eyes
14:00and sank into sleep.
14:02The next five days,
14:03I worked at the diner.
14:05My family stayed
14:06at the hospital,
14:08wrapping at Selina
14:08in thick layers
14:09of protective scent.
14:11Not one of them
14:12set foot back
14:13in the territory.
14:15Until that day,
14:16the restaurant TV
14:18broadcast the news.
14:19Alpha Kaelin and Selina
14:21of the Crescent Moon Pack
14:22announced their binding ceremony.
14:24My pupils snapped
14:26into vertical slits.
14:28That night,
14:29I pushed open
14:30the wooden door
14:31and walked back
14:32into the territory.
14:33They were all there.
14:35At Kaelin's scent,
14:36saturated the living room.
14:38My Luna mother
14:39caught the smell
14:40of Earth on me
14:40and opened her mouth
14:41to scold me.
14:43My alpha father
14:44silenced her
14:44with a look.
14:46Lyra,
14:47you're finally back.
14:49Selina's Omega Depression
14:50is getting worse.
14:51So we've already
14:52made the decision for you.
14:54We're transferring
14:55your mate bond
14:55to Selina.
14:57You have no objections,
14:58I trust?
14:59They'd already used
15:00their authority
15:01to sever my bond.
15:03Now they stood there
15:04asking for my opinion
15:05as if it meant something.
15:07Alpha,
15:09you agreed to this too?
15:14Kaelin crossed the room
15:15in a few strides
15:16and seized my cold hand.
15:17Selen's only obsession
15:19right now
15:19is completing
15:20the binding ceremony
15:20with me.
15:21Don't worry,
15:22little wolf.
15:22I won't betray you.
15:24I'm just playing along,
15:25going through the motions.
15:27He was about to mark
15:28another she-wolf
15:29and he expected me
15:30to believe he wouldn't
15:30betray me?
15:31I wrenched my hand
15:33from his grip.
15:34Fine.
15:36Do whatever you want.
15:39Something tightened
15:40in Atkalin's chest.
15:42He reached for me again.
15:45Out Selina
15:46suddenly released
15:47a dense wave
15:48of sorrowful pheromones.
15:52Sister,
15:53if you're not willing,
15:54then forget it.
15:55Through her sobs,
15:56she dug her nails
15:57into the back
15:58of her own hand.
15:59Chloe rushed
16:00to stop the self-harm,
16:01then spun around
16:02and bared her fangs
16:03at me with a snarl.
16:05Lyra!
16:06Can't you smell
16:07how sick she is?
16:09Do you need
16:09the whole family
16:10to kneel before you
16:11before you'll give in?
16:14My blood sister.
16:18Brainwashed completely
16:19by this twisted pack.
16:24Her roar dragged me
16:25back to the early days
16:26after I'd returned
16:27to the territory.
16:28At first,
16:29they forced me
16:30to give Selina
16:31the best den.
16:32Then,
16:33seven years ago,
16:34Selina broke the iron law.
16:35The memories ignited
16:37my rage
16:37past the breaking point.
16:39I met at Chloe's
16:40hostile glares
16:41and let out
16:41a cold laugh.
16:42Fine.
16:43If all of you
16:44kneel and submit to me,
16:45I'll agree to hand over
16:46my mate bond to Selina.
16:48The living room
16:49fell silent.
16:50None of them
16:51had expected
16:51such rebellion from me.
16:53I retreated
16:54to my cramped den.
16:56Late at night,
16:57my communicator buzzed.
16:59Kaelin.
16:59Lyra, Selina
17:00once saved my life.
17:02She gave me her kidney,
17:03the primal vitality
17:05of her wolf.
17:05That's why I have to
17:07complete this binding
17:07ceremony with her.
17:08Alpha,
17:09when you were
17:10gravely wounded,
17:11it was me
17:12who saved you.
17:13I'm the one
17:14who gave you
17:15my kidney.
17:16Silence on the other end.
17:18Then,
17:19Kaelin's cold laugh.
17:20Lyra,
17:21since when did you
17:21learn to lie?
17:22Selina was the one
17:23who saved me.
17:24Your own parents
17:24can swear it on the
17:25pack's name.
17:26You've disappointed
17:27me deeply.
17:27I lay on the freezing
17:29count,
17:29unable to speak.
17:30Eight years ago,
17:32Kaelin was ambushed
17:33and critically injured.
17:34I didn't hesitate.
17:35I went through the
17:36matching.
17:37I cut away a piece
17:37of myself and gave
17:38it to him.
17:39Now my sacrifice
17:40had been stolen
17:41by that Omega,
17:42and I wasn't even
17:43allowed to prove
17:44it was mine.
17:45After a long silence,
17:47I whispered,
17:47If you don't believe
17:48me, forget it.
17:49I'd already decided
17:50to abandon you
17:51completely anyway.
17:52I cut the connection,
17:53closed my eyes,
17:55slept.
17:58The second-to-last day.
18:00After my final shift,
18:01I stepped out
18:02of the diner.
18:03That familiar car
18:04was parked outside
18:05the shopping center.
18:07Above Shibon Commercial Street,
18:09fireworks suddenly
18:10burst across the sky.
18:11Alpha Kaelin
18:12loves Lyra forever.
18:14I tilted my head back,
18:15staring at the night sky,
18:17lost for a long moment.
18:19Kaelin trod toward me,
18:21his voice low and soft.
18:23Yesterday was my fault,
18:24but you have to
18:25believe me.
18:26The one I truly love
18:27is you,
18:28so you don't have to lie.
18:31How did he do it?
18:33How did he join forces
18:35with my family again
18:36and again,
18:37tear into me
18:38while pinning
18:39to the ground,
18:39and still say he loved me
18:41with a straight face?
18:42He pinched my hollow cheek.
18:44You really are too thin.
18:46Why aren't you
18:46eating properly?
18:47I snapped my gaze up.
18:49I spent seven years
18:50surviving Silvermoon Prison,
18:52a place saturated
18:53with silver.
18:54My wolf
18:55fought just to stay alive.
18:57Did you think
18:58I'd have the luxury
18:59of growing a full,
19:00healthy coat?
19:01A violent shover
19:02ran through
19:03Kaelin's massive frame.
19:05Maybe,
19:05just in that second,
19:06it hit him.
19:07He was the one
19:08who had personally
19:09sent me into that hell.
19:10He opened his mouth
19:11to speak.
19:12The car door
19:12swung open.
19:13Selina's voice
19:14drifted out.
19:15Alpha Kaelin,
19:16sister,
19:17don't stand out there.
19:19The cold wind
19:20will damage your wolves.
19:23The last trace
19:24of warmth inside me
19:25died.
19:26Kaelin explained,
19:28Selina followed
19:29our scent
19:29to come see you.
19:30She says she wants
19:31to thank you
19:32for your generosity,
19:32for being willing
19:34to step aside.
19:35He bundled me
19:35into the car.
19:37In the enclosed space,
19:39Selina's gaze
19:40fell on my
19:41grease-stained
19:42thread-bake uniform.
19:43Sister,
19:45don't mother
19:46and father
19:46have the steward
19:47send you supplies
19:48every month?
19:49Why are you still
19:50doing menial labor
19:50in a human diner?
19:52It damages
19:53the pack's dignity.
19:54She slipped
19:54a gemstone bracelet
19:56off her wrist
19:56and held it out
19:58to me.
20:00If you're short
20:01on survival resources,
20:03this bracelet
20:04is worth
20:04three million dollars.
20:06It should buy you
20:07a few good meals.
20:11Three million dollars.
20:12A random toy
20:13throst to an omega
20:14was worth
20:14three million dollars.
20:16I still remembered
20:17when I'd first
20:17returned to the territory
20:18and wanted to attend
20:19a human high school.
20:20The tuition
20:21was only three thousand dollars.
20:22I 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
20:31so ungrateful?
20:32After that,
20:33I never asked this territory
20:34for a single scrap
20:35of meat again.
20:36The so-called
20:37steward supplies
20:37were nothing but a lie.
20:39They tilted their hearts
20:40to the extreme
20:41long ago.
20:42Look at your glossy,
20:43perfect coat.
20:44Now look at me,
20:45covered in scars.
20:46I smacked
20:47the Offerford bracelet away.
20:50Reign in your
20:51omega pheromones.
20:52Stop putting on
20:53an act in front of me.
20:54I'm not that naive
20:56fifteen-year-old pup anymore.
20:57At fifteen,
20:58I'd yearned desperately
21:00for a pack bond
21:01with Aunt Selina.
21:02She framed me instead.
21:03Every cruel thing
21:04she did,
21:05she pinned on me.
21:06By the time I realized
21:07what was happening,
21:08the entire pack
21:09had branded me
21:10an outsider.
21:11My rebuke sent tears
21:12rolling down
21:13Selina's cheeks,
21:14the air filled
21:16with a heartbreaking,
21:17pleading scent.
21:18The moment
21:19Aunt Caelan smelled it,
21:20he pulled Selina
21:21under the shelter
21:21of his chest
21:22and snared at me.
21:24Lyra!
21:25Selina meant well.
21:26It's fine if you
21:27don't want the bracelet.
21:28There's no need
21:28to say something
21:29so vicious.
21:30Right.
21:31This was the male
21:32who claimed he loved me
21:34from the deepest
21:34part of his soul.
21:36The moment there
21:36was any friction
21:37between me and Selina,
21:39he always took her side,
21:40every single time.
21:42Alpha,
21:42if someone throws
21:43a piece of rotting meat
21:44at a starving wolf
21:45as charity,
21:46must the wolf swallow it
21:47and wag its bay
21:47in gratitude?
21:48Even crushed
21:49beneath your feet,
21:51my wolf has pride
21:52worth dying for.
21:53Caelan was struck silence.
21:56Beside him,
21:57Selina's breathing
21:57suddenly grew rapid
21:58and shallow.
21:59She let out
22:00a fragile whimmer.
22:01I'm sorry.
22:03It's my fault.
22:05Don't blame sister.
22:06Caelan barked
22:07at the driver.
22:08Quick!
22:08Turn around.
22:09Get to the
22:10territory hospital.
22:11Lyra,
22:11your wolf showed
22:12too much savagery
22:13just now.
22:14You can walk
22:15back on your own.
22:16The car door
22:17shut in my face.
22:19I was left
22:20discarded on the
22:21freezing street.
22:22I watched the
22:23taillights vanish
22:23and my heart
22:24felt nothing.
22:25No pain of being
22:26abandoned by my mate.
22:27Nothing at all.
22:30I dragged my ruined
22:32leg back to the
22:32territory main house.
22:34The villa was
22:35unusually lively.
22:37My luna mother
22:38laughed.
22:41The night after
22:42tomorrow's full moon,
22:44Selina's binding
22:45ceremony.
22:45I looked at them.
22:47Sorrow welled up
22:48from deep inside me.
22:49They had truly given
22:50every scrap of love
22:51to that omega.
22:52Tomorrow night
22:53at 9 o'clock
22:54the extraction vehicle
22:55would arrive.
22:56After that,
22:56I'd have no need
22:57for any blood
22:58plines ever again.
22:59The night after
23:00tomorrow was Selina
23:01and Caelan's binding
23:02day.
23:02Chloe threw them
23:03a wild pre-celebration
23:04party.
23:05The next morning,
23:06since my storage closet
23:07had no water source,
23:08I had to drag my leg
23:09out to wash up.
23:10Passing the living room,
23:12I saw the young wolves
23:13playing a game.
23:14Selina and Caelan
23:15sat in the center
23:16of it all.
23:17Alpha!
23:17You lost!
23:18Truth or dare!
23:19Caelan leaned back
23:20lazily.
23:21Dare.
23:22Kiss Selina in front
23:23of everyone
23:24one full minute!
23:25The young alpha
23:26suddenly caught sight
23:28of me at the edge
23:28of the room.
23:29His grin widened.
23:31How about this?
23:31Pick any she-wolf
23:32in this room
23:33and kiss her
23:34for one minute.
23:35Lyra!
23:35Weren't you the one
23:36who was most obsessed
23:37with the alpha?
23:38He's about to mark
23:39someone else.
23:41Why not share
23:42one last kiss
23:42with him?
23:43One last desperate
23:44memory to cling to?
23:46Caelan stood up.
23:47Step by step,
23:48he walked toward me.
23:49Caelan.
23:50There are too many
23:51people here.
23:52I'm about to make
23:53Selina my Luna.
23:54I can't humiliate her.
23:55You understand,
23:56don't you?
23:57I made a quiet
23:58sound of a scent
23:58and turned toward
23:59the washroom.
24:00Behind me,
24:01I heard the wet
24:02sounds of Caelan
24:03and Selina's mouths
24:03meeting and the
24:05wolves excited howls.
24:06In this game
24:07where I was always
24:08the option to be
24:09discarded,
24:10I truly had to
24:10thank him for
24:11finally letting me
24:12go.
24:15Night fell.
24:16Caelan lit up
24:17the entire territory
24:18sky with fireworks
24:19for Selina.
24:21He tracked my scent
24:22and called me
24:22into the shadows.
24:25Lyra,
24:25once the full moon
24:27comes tomorrow
24:27and Selina and I
24:28finish the false
24:28binding ceremony,
24:30we can finally be
24:30together properly.
24:33I opened my dry
24:34throat.
24:37I'm sorry.
24:38I won't.
24:40Before I could finish,
24:41At Chloe came running,
24:42howling.
24:43Caelan!
24:44Come quick!
24:45Game time!
24:47Caelan called back
24:48an acknowledgement
24:49then turned to me.
24:50What were you saying?
24:52You want what?
24:53I gave a bitter
24:55smile.
24:56Nothing.
24:58Go.
24:59Revel with your pack.
25:02Caelan squeezed
25:02my ice-cold fingers.
25:04Once tomorrow's
25:05ceremony is over,
25:07all of this will be over.
25:09He turned and strode
25:10back toward the
25:11clamorous light.
25:12I watched his back
25:14in silence.
25:15Yes.
25:16All ties
25:17were over.
25:20All the wolves
25:21flocked to Selina's
25:22lavish room.
25:23Alone,
25:24I slipped into the
25:25shadows of the
25:25main house
25:26and checked my
25:27communicator.
25:287.15pm.
25:30One hour and
25:3145 minutes left.
25:33I washed my body
25:34with cold water,
25:36scrubbing every
25:37last trace of the
25:37territory's scent
25:38from my fur.
25:40The mirror reflected
25:41a body mapped with
25:42burned scars and
25:43whip marks from
25:44Silver Moon Prison.
25:45I put on the
25:46cleanest clothes
25:47I'd managed to
25:48keep all these
25:48years.
25:49Then I waited.
25:50The last hour.
25:52I looked around
25:53the den that had
25:53trapped me for so
25:54many years.
25:55A few ragged
25:56clothes,
25:57one thin blanket,
26:00a diary and a
26:02photo frame on the
26:02desk.
26:03I threw away
26:04every old
26:05belonging.
26:06I picked up
26:07the photo frame.
26:09Inside was a
26:10group portrait of
26:11two families,
26:12taken 12 years
26:13ago,
26:13just after I'd
26:14returned to the
26:15territory.
26:16That photo had
26:18once held every
26:19desperate hope I'd
26:20had for this pack.
26:21Now I tore it to
26:22pieces and dropped
26:23it in the trash.
26:25Finally, I opened
26:26the diary.
26:28December 6,
26:292016.
26:30Sunny.
26:31I returned to the
26:33territory today.
26:34I met my Alpha
26:35and Luna.
26:36I have a home now.
26:37I'm not a stray
26:38anymore.
26:40April 1,
26:422017.
26:43Overcast.
26:44No food or money
26:46was allocated to
26:47me.
26:47I have to hunt
26:48for myself.
26:50July 7,
26:5120,
26:522018.
26:53Sunny.
26:54I traded my
26:55prey for a
26:56necklace.
26:57My little sister
26:58didn't like it.
26:59I need to earn
27:00more.
27:01Buy her something
27:02better next time.
27:04I turned to the
27:05last entry,
27:06written the night
27:07before I was sent
27:08to prison.
27:09Only one line.
27:10This pack doesn't
27:12love me.
27:12Not at all.
27:16A long forgotten
27:18burn rose behind
27:19my eyes.
27:20I picked up a pen
27:22and,
27:22using the old
27:23wolf tongue,
27:24wrote my final
27:26words.
27:27I'm leaving,
27:28Alpha.
27:29Luna.
27:32Before I go,
27:33my wolf truly
27:35cannot understand.
27:36If you despised
27:38my so much,
27:38why did you search
27:39for me in the forest
27:40all those years ago?
27:44When other strays
27:45find their birth
27:45parents,
27:46they're met with
27:47endless acceptance
27:47and love.
27:49But for me,
27:50the moment you
27:51found me
27:52was the moment
27:53you found me
27:54was an I truly
27:55lost my parents.
27:57Chloe,
27:58you said you only
27:59recognized
28:00Selima as your
28:01sister.
28:02Today,
28:03I grant you
28:04that wish.
28:06Kaylin,
28:07you said after
28:08the false binding
28:09ceremony we could
28:10be together again.
28:11I'm sorry.
28:13My wolf is
28:14already dead.
28:15I won't wait
28:17for you anymore.
28:18May your bond
28:19prove unbreakable.
28:20I am abandoning
28:21this territory
28:22forever.
28:23Through I-Grease
28:24Per-Aus-Mensley,
28:25we will never see
28:26each other again.
28:28I finished writing,
28:30laid the diary
28:31flat on the desk,
28:32and pulled the
28:33prison medical
28:33records from my bag.
28:38I set them down
28:39on top of the diary.
28:41The scan image
28:42was unmistakable.
28:44My body contained
28:45only one kidney.
28:46The clock struck nine.
28:49I grabbed my canvas
28:50bag and limped
28:51out of the territory.
28:53Behind me,
28:55lights blazed
28:56and the pack's
28:56revelry shook
28:57the ground.
28:58Ahead of me,
29:00several matte black
29:01military armored
29:02vehicles
29:02crouched silently
29:04in the dark.
29:05Without a flicker
29:06of hesitation,
29:07I stepped across
29:08the territory boundary
29:09and walked
29:10towards my new life.
29:14Engines roared
29:16to light.
29:16The convoy
29:17pulled away swiftly,
29:19swallowing me
29:19into the boundless
29:20night.
29:24The next day,
29:25to the sound of long,
29:26drawn-out wolf howls,
29:31Selina and Kaylin's
29:32mating ceremony
29:32officially began.
29:37My Luna mother swept her gaze
29:39around and couldn't pick up
29:40Lyra's scent.
29:41She frowned and growled,
29:43Chloe, where is Lyra?
29:45If she's absent,
29:46the other packs will talk.
29:47Go!
29:48Drag Lyra out here!
29:50I'll get her.
29:53Which den is she
29:54sleeping in?
29:56The storage closet.
29:58Every dominant wolf
29:59present went still.
30:01My alpha father's
30:02brown frontaled
30:03in confusion.
30:05Why would Lyra
30:06sleep in a storage closet?
30:08The servant shook.
30:10When Miss Lyra
30:12was first brought back,
30:13there was no suitable den.
30:15The Luna said
30:16she would stay
30:17in the storage closet
30:18temporarily.
30:19That temporarily
30:20had lasted 12 years.
30:23An ugly flush
30:24rose on my Luna
30:25mother's face.
30:27She masked her guilt
30:28with a surge
30:29of dominance.
30:31Selina,
30:32dressed in pure
30:32white silk
30:33ceremonial robes,
30:34released a clining
30:36wave of pheromones.
30:37Our storage closet
30:38is still better
30:39than fighting
30:39wild dogs
30:40for scraps
30:40in the forest
30:41like she used to.
30:43Sister shouldn't
30:44feel too wronged,
30:45should she?
30:46A thread of dissonance
30:48flickered
30:48throughout Chloe's heart.
30:51Frowning,
30:52she walked toward
30:53the renecked corner
30:54at the end
30:55of the corridor.
30:58The heavy wooden door
30:59creaked open.
31:01No warm scent
31:02of packmates.
31:04Only dust
31:05and mildew.
31:06Lyra's bed
31:07was pushed
31:08against a row
31:09of rusted
31:09shelving.
31:11Beside it
31:11sat an abandoned
31:12water tank,
31:14topped with
31:15a battered
31:16desk lamp,
31:17a yellow diary,
31:18and a stack
31:19of medical documents.
31:25Lyra wasn't there.
31:28Chloe's heart
31:29began to pound.
31:30She walked
31:31to the water tank.
31:32With trembling hands,
31:33she picked up
31:34the diary
31:35and the medical
31:35reports.
31:38Alpha father!
31:40Luna mother!
31:42Sister isn't
31:43in the territory,
31:44but she left
31:45these behind!
31:47Alpha father
31:48moved to investigate,
31:49but the sound
31:50of an SUV engine
31:51and the crushing
31:52weight of a top
31:53plea alpha's dominance
31:54rolled in
31:55from outside.
31:58Kaelin had arrived.
32:00My Luna mother
32:01spoke first.
32:03She's probably
32:03just throwing a tantrum
32:05and ran off
32:05to the boundary.
32:09Chloe!
32:10Put those things
32:11down and come out!
32:13The Alpha
32:13is here for Selina!
32:17Alpha father
32:18hesitated,
32:19then suppressed
32:20his unease
32:21and turned
32:22to go out.
32:24The main hall.
32:26At Kaelin
32:27stood in the center,
32:28holding a bouquet.
32:29His face
32:30showed no trace
32:31of joy.
32:32His optory senses
32:33were filtering
32:34the air
32:34with frantic intensity.
32:36Nothing.
32:37No trace
32:38of Lyra's scent.
32:39His brow
32:40furled hard.
32:43Where is Lyra?
32:45Jealousy
32:46flashed
32:47through Lena's eyes.
32:48Kaelin,
32:50sister probably
32:51couldn't handle
32:51the stimulation.
32:52She ran out
32:53of the territory.
32:55My Luna mother
32:55echoed her.
32:56Alpha,
32:57we failed
32:58to domesticate
32:59Lyra's wildness.
33:01Forgive us.
33:02Kaelin's wolf
33:03growled in agitation.
33:04He pulled out
33:05his communicator
33:06and messaged Lyra.
33:08Why is your wolf
33:09still so childish?
33:10Where the hell
33:11did you run off to?
33:13No response.
33:14Not through
33:15Mindlink.
33:16Not through
33:17the communicator.
33:18Chloe emerged,
33:19clutching the diary
33:20in the medical reports.
33:22She'd only glanced
33:23at the report
33:24but what she saw
33:25made her blood run cold.
33:27Why was Lyra's body
33:28in such terrible condition?
33:30Why did she only
33:31have one kidney?
33:35She had already
33:36ordered her deputy
33:37to launch a full
33:38investigation into
33:39Lyra's seven years
33:41in Silvermoon prison.
33:44Selina broke
33:45the silence,
33:46looping her arm
33:47through Kaelin's.
33:48Alpha,
33:48our mating ceremony
33:50is about to start.
33:51Sister left.
33:53So she left.
33:54Chloe and Alpha
33:55father both frowned
33:56Selina didn't care
33:57in the slightest
33:57whether Lyra lived
33:58or died.
34:01A false binding ceremony
34:03doesn't need
34:04to go that far.
34:05You just wanted
34:06to wear the wedding dress
34:07and walk into
34:07the moon temple.
34:08Kaelin's voice
34:09was cold.
34:10Let's go.
34:11Get it done.
34:13He pulled his arm
34:14free and strode
34:15out of the main house
34:16carrying a freezing
34:17area with him.
34:21Because it was
34:22a false ceremony
34:24Kaelin had invited
34:25no guests.
34:27The temple
34:28stood empty
34:29except for the Alpha
34:30family and an elder
34:31to officiate.
34:32Selina finally
34:33shattered.
34:38This is what
34:39I wanted at all!
34:45Lyra left,
34:46so what?
34:47You still have me!
34:50Am I so inferior
34:52to that stray wild wolf?
34:54She's been to prison?
34:55How could she possibly
34:56be worthy of you?
34:58Selina,
35:00you threatened
35:01to kill yourself.
35:02You jumped off the roof.
35:04That's the only reason
35:05I agreed to this
35:06sham of a ceremony.
35:08Now we've done
35:09what you asked.
35:10I'm going to find Lyra.
35:17He fixed his eyes
35:19on her hard.
35:20And don't you forget,
35:21Lyra went to
35:22Silvermoon prison
35:23in your place.
35:25Every wolf present
35:26turned to stone.
35:28Selina let out
35:29a piercing shriek.
35:31From somewhere on her person,
35:33she drew a silver-coated blade
35:34and pressed it
35:35to her own throat.
35:38I don't care!
35:40What makes Lyra
35:41better than me?
35:42When you were dying
35:43from your wounds
35:44all those years ago,
35:46I was the one
35:47who gave you
35:48my kidney!
35:52My Luna mother
35:53lunged to grab the knife.
35:55Selina,
35:56don't do anything reckless.
35:58Stay back!
35:59Stay back!
36:01Kaylin is the only mate
36:03I want.
36:04Why can't I have him?
36:06It's all Lyra's fault.
36:08She deserves to die!
36:10Her hysterical curses
36:12echoed through the temple.
36:13The scene spiraled
36:14completely out of control.
36:21It ended with an ambulance.
36:23His palm was severely burned
36:25from wrestling the blade
36:26from her grip barehanded.
36:29He sat in the ambulance,
36:30calling and messaging Lyra
36:32like a man possessed.
36:33Lyra,
36:34the false binding ceremony
36:35is over.
36:36Where are you?
36:36Don't let anger
36:37cloud your reason.
36:38Let me come find you,
36:39alright?
36:39But Lyra's message
36:41and her face
36:42remained dead silent.
36:44Territory hospital.
36:46Outside the operating room.
36:47Ignoring the blood
36:48still seeping
36:49from her own wound,
36:50my Luna mother
36:51anxiously instructed
36:52the healer.
36:52My daughter is
36:53a fragile Omega.
36:54She has depression.
36:56She's missing a kidney.
36:57Be gentle
36:58when you stitch her wound.
36:59Ma'am,
37:00we've done
37:01a full body scan.
37:02Her body
37:03is perfectly healthy.
37:05She is not
37:06missing a kidney.
37:07What did you say?
37:13My Alpha father
37:15unleashed a crushing
37:16wave of dominance.
37:17The nurse,
37:18pinned by the pressure,
37:19repeated every word.
37:21Both Alpha and Luna
37:22stared,
37:23stunned,
37:24and disbelieving.
37:25At that moment,
37:27Chloe was staring
37:28at the data
37:28her deputy had sent.
37:30Medical records
37:31matching the ones
37:32Lyra had left behind,
37:33along with two segments
37:34of blurry surveillance footage.
37:37The first clip,
37:38Lyra and Kaelin
37:39wheeled side-by-side
37:41into the operating room,
37:42an organ transplant.
37:43The second clip,
37:44the dim interior
37:45of Silvermoon Prison,
37:47Lyra being servidually
37:48torn into,
37:49beaten and tormented
37:50by a group
37:50of powerful she-wolves.
37:52How dare they do this
37:54to the blood daughter
37:54of the Alpha?
37:57Alpha father gave orders.
37:59Kaelin sent supplies.
38:00How could this have happened?
38:06The mastermind behind it all
38:09was Selene.
38:12She couldn't hold it in
38:14any longer,
38:14but her parents
38:15had already vanished
38:16from sight.
38:17Gripping the diary,
38:18she ran frantically
38:19through the hospital.
38:20She found Selene's room
38:20and shoved the door open.
38:22Alpha father,
38:22Luna mother,
38:23please,
38:24read what your eldest daughter
38:25left behind first.
38:26She flipped to the final pages.
38:28Lyra has always understood
38:29the old wolf tongue.
38:29Every word we used
38:30to exclude her,
38:31she heard and understood
38:32every single one.
38:33The blood in both Alpha
38:34and Luna
38:35seemed to freeze solid.
38:38Alpha father
38:38snatched the diary.
38:40He read it,
38:41word by word,
38:42his breathing growing heavier
38:44and more ragged.
38:46Chloe turned a cold stare
38:48on Selene.
38:48Selene,
38:49the person who gave Kaelin
38:50her kidney all those years ago?
38:52It was never you,
38:53was it?
38:54Selene went sorged.
38:56The guilt that flink
38:57across her face
38:57made the last shred of hope
38:59in E. Chloe's heart
38:59collapse into rubble.
39:01Why did you cut off
39:02the survival supplies
39:03mother and father
39:04sent to Lyra?
39:06Why did you bribe
39:07the prison guards
39:08to torture her
39:09inside the prison?
39:10Selene released
39:11a weak pulse of pheromones,
39:13fending bewilderment.
39:14What are you talking about?
39:16The two, Alpha and Luna,
39:18having finished the ginery,
39:19walked over.
39:20Chloe gave the order
39:21to her deputy.
39:22Bring them in.
39:27Five minutes later,
39:29the deputy entered
39:29with the prison guard,
39:31a financial official,
39:32and a heavyset,
39:33brutal-looking
39:34she-wolf convict.
39:44At the same moment,
39:46he stepped into the room,
39:47radiating a frigid,
39:49sharp,
39:49fear-forest scent.
39:51His face was a frozen
39:53mask of slaughter.
39:55His piercing gaze
39:57pinned her pale face
39:58in place.
39:59As Lyra's mate,
40:01I also have the absolute right
40:03to scent out the truth
40:04behind all of this.
40:05Selene turned ghost white.
40:08Kaelin,
40:10what truth?
40:11I don't understand
40:12a single thing
40:13you're all saying.
40:14Selene,
40:15you're still trying
40:16to deceive us,
40:17even now?
40:18How many times
40:19over the years
40:19have you slandered Lyra?
40:21Chloe's voice rose sharply.
40:23Do I need to sniff out
40:24every filthy thing
40:25you've done,
40:26right here in front
40:27of the Alpha?
40:28Selene collapsed
40:29to the floor,
40:30eyes red.
40:32Chloe,
40:33I'm your real sister.
40:35How can you speak
40:36to me like this?
40:37Chloe's laugh was ice.
40:38Then have you forgotten?
40:40Lyra is the eldest sister
40:41who shares the same blood
40:42as me!
40:43Selene began
40:44to hyperhentilate,
40:45putting on the full
40:46performance of a
40:47stress-induced episode.
40:49My Luna mother's
40:50blind,
40:51protective instinct
40:52surge again.
40:52Enough!
40:54Are you trying
40:54to drive your sister
40:56to her death?
41:01Mom,
41:02you're still defending her?
41:04Do you even know
41:05who your real pup is
41:06anymore?
41:07But Chloe grabbed
41:08the medical records
41:09and records.
41:10Lyra has only one kidney
41:11inside her body.
41:13She's the one
41:14who truly saved
41:15Kaylin's life.
41:17Lyra's near-death
41:18reports from
41:19Silvermoon Prison,
41:20all of it,
41:21was caused
41:21by deliberate,
41:23malicious assault.
41:26She lived in this
41:27territory for 12 years.
41:29We never gave her
41:30a drop of love.
41:31Instead,
41:32we despised her
41:33and exiled her
41:34because of
41:35Selene's lies.
41:37Selene's depression
41:38is a complete
41:39fabrication.
41:42She laid down
41:43the most damning
41:44evidence,
41:45the scan showing
41:46Selene's two
41:47perfectly healthy
41:48kidneys,
41:49and a psychological
41:50report confirming
41:51she was mentally
41:52stable with
41:53antisocial personality
41:54tendencies.
41:56The silent
41:57Kaylin finally moved.
42:00He unleashed a
42:01terrifying wave
42:02of alpha dominance.
42:06Chloe,
42:08give me Lyra's reports.
42:11critical condition notices,
42:13X-rays,
42:14blood-stained medical
42:15photographs.
42:16He turned them over
42:17one by one.
42:18When he reached
42:19the full-body
42:20injury chart,
42:21her arms,
42:22her stomach,
42:23her back,
42:24her thighs,
42:25barely a patch
42:25of unbroken skin,
42:26every inch covered
42:27in bite marks
42:28and silver-burned scars.
42:30The top-the-earth
42:31held rationality
42:31spot.
42:32He lunged at
42:33Atzelena,
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
42:48to hide,
42:50Selene laughed,
42:52twisted.
42:55She looked at
42:56my Luna mother.
43:02Chloe threw herself
43:04in front of their mother.
43:05Stop 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
43:14into her own
43:15biological daughter's heart!
43:17Selene,
43:17you're vicious
43:17beyond comprehension.
43:19Don't you understand?
43:21What you've done
43:22will leave this family
43:23drowning in irredeemable
43:25regret for the rest
43:26of our lives!
43:27Selene turned
43:27to Alpha Father.
43:30Daddy,
43:31you've always loved
43:33me the most.
43:34Alpha Father clutched
43:35the diary so hard
43:36it crumpled.
43:37In agony,
43:38he averted his eyes.
43:39In that moment,
43:40Selene lost
43:41every chip she had left.
43:43Her gaze went hollow.
43:44She breathed out
43:45the words,
43:46light as ash.
43:47I just wanted
43:48Lyra to die.
43:49That's all.
43:50Nothing more.
43:52Selene!
43:53Kaylin's voice
43:54sounded like it was
43:55ripped from a torn throat.
43:58Confess
43:59every single one
44:01of your crimes.
44:02Every word.
44:04Now.
44:06Alpha Father spoke,
44:08his voice heavy
44:09with grief.
44:12Kaylin,
44:15I will give you an accounting.
44:17But before that,
44:18you should read
44:19what Lyra left for you.
44:21What she wrote
44:21at the end.
44:23Numbly,
44:24Kaylin took the diary.
44:25He turned to the last page,
44:27so,
44:27the day he kissed Selene
44:29in front of everyone,
44:31that was when,
44:32Lyra had already
44:33given up completely.
44:35And he had arrogantly
44:36believed,
44:37that after the false
44:38binding ceremony,
44:40he could still have her.
44:44Kaylin pressed the diary
44:46hard against his chest.
44:47Under the eyes
44:48of everyone present,
44:49the coldest,
44:50most ruthless
44:51top-tier Alpha
44:52finally showed a face
44:54of utter devastation.
44:55A tear of remorse
44:57slipped silently
44:58from his eye.
44:59Selene was still crying.
45:02I didn't mean it.
45:03I was just scared
45:05of losing you.
45:06No.
45:07Kaylin said,
45:07his eyes held no mercy,
45:09only deathly stillness.
45:12You didn't mean it?
45:13Then who did?
45:15Lyra,
45:16who you framed
45:17and sent to prison.
45:19Or me,
45:21who you played
45:22like a puppet
45:22in your palm.
45:25Selene,
45:26you had everything.
45:28The Alpha
45:28and Luna
45:29doted on you.
45:30The entire pack
45:31treated you
45:32like a treasure.
45:33Lyra's return
45:34never once
45:34shook your position.
45:36Then what about you?
45:38Selene tore off
45:39her mask completely.
45:40Did her existence
45:41never shake
45:42my place
45:43in your heart?
45:44The question
45:45made Kaylin's breath
45:46stop cold.
45:50See?
45:53Your wolf
45:54already answered
45:55for you.
45:56Selene's lips
45:57curled in bitter mockery.
46:00after Lyra
46:01came back
46:01you changed.
46:03The way you
46:03looked at her
46:04it was pure
46:05possessiveness.
46:06How could I not
46:07be jealous?
46:08How could I not
46:09hate her
46:10to the marrow
46:10of my bones?
46:12So I had to
46:13make her disappear.
46:19I had to
46:20make her
46:21rot
46:22in that
46:23filthy
46:23prison
46:24until
46:25nothing
46:25was
46:26left!
46:28Kaylin stared
46:29at this stranger
46:30wearing an
46:30Omega's face.
46:32All that remained
46:33in his eyes
46:34was despair.
46:36Selene laughed
46:37and sobbed
46:38in the same breath.
46:39It's all that
46:40bitch Lyra's fault
46:42anyway!
46:43Why did she
46:44have to come
46:45back?
46:48her very
46:49existence
46:50kept reminding
46:51me
46:52I'm nothing
46:53but a
46:53cheap
46:54counterfeit!
46:57A violent
46:58slap
46:59exploded
47:00through the room.
47:01Selene clutched
47:02her swollen
47:02cheek
47:02staring in
47:03disbelief
47:04at the
47:04Alpha Father
47:05who had once
47:06treasured her
47:06above all
47:07else.
47:08Alpha Father's
47:09face was dark.
47:10A tidal wave
47:11of regret
47:12crashed over him.
47:13Alpha Father
47:16Selene tried
47:17to stir
47:17whatever pity
47:18remained.
47:22You are no
47:23longer worthy
47:23of using
47:24that title
47:24to defile
47:26the honor
47:26of an Alpha.
47:28Alpha Father's
47:29eyes were
47:29rimmed red.
47:30What we owe
47:31Lyra
47:31we will repay.
47:33What you owe
47:34her
47:34you will repay
47:35in blood.
47:37Kaylin I
47:38Selene turned
47:39to him.
47:40Shut your mouth.
47:41You're not
47:42worthy of
47:42calling me
47:42that anymore.
47:44Is there
47:45truly no
47:46mercy left?
47:48You still
47:49think this
47:49is just
47:50a small matter?
47:51Kaylin's
47:51laugh was
47:52colder than
47:53death.
47:56Isn't it?
47:57Lyra only
47:58spent seven
47:59years in
47:59prison.
48:00She's not
48:01even dead!
48:02Selene
48:02shrieked.
48:08Her
48:09entire
48:09body is
48:11covered
48:11in scars
48:12from the
48:12wolves
48:13you
48:13paid
48:13to tear
48:14into
48:14her!
48:15Kaylin
48:15roared.
48:19So what?
48:20She
48:21deserved it!
48:27The sound of
48:28breaking bone
48:29was stark
48:30and piercing
48:30in the room.
48:32Kaylin's wolf
48:33claws closed
48:33around at
48:34Selene's wrist.
48:35With horrifying
48:36force, he
48:37crushed the bones.
48:43At the same
48:44moment, aboard a
48:45plane bound for
48:45Dominica, I stared
48:47blankly out the window
48:48window into the pitch
48:49black sky.
48:50Those gray
48:51myothams had all
48:52become the dust
48:53behind me.
48:59This aircraft is
49:00scheduled to arrive
49:01in Dominica in five
49:03minutes.
49:04The announcement
49:05echoed through the
49:06cabin.
49:08I cast the past
49:09away completely.
49:11Looking at the
49:12brightening coastline,
49:13the corner of my
49:14mouth curved into
49:15a wild, free
49:17arc.
49:22Dominica.
49:22I had arrived.
49:24I was about to
49:25meet my new life.
49:26Six years passed
49:27in the blink in an
49:28eye.
49:29Kaylin and the
49:30crescent moon
49:30pack still hadn't
49:31found a single
49:32trace of me.
49:35When a soul
49:36resolves to vanish
49:37from the territory,
49:38even the moon
49:39goddess herself
49:40struggles to track
49:41it.
49:43Kaylin had
49:43wasted away,
49:45visibly.
49:46The communicator
49:47on his desk
49:48buzzed.
49:51He rubbed his
49:52exhausted brow
49:53and answered.
49:59Alpha,
50:00Selina's mental
50:01state has
50:01collapsed
50:02completely.
50:03Every day she
50:04tears into herself
50:04like a rabid
50:05animal.
50:07Her wolf
50:08has gone feral.
50:09The doctors
50:09recommend transferring
50:10her to a
50:11psychiatric institution.
50:13This time,
50:14is it real
50:15or another
50:17performance?
50:19Kaylin's voice
50:20was frozen
50:20steel.
50:23It's real.
50:24Her wolf
50:25spirit has
50:26attrifiated
50:26from prolonged
50:27terror.
50:28Fine.
50:29I'll send
50:30the transport.
50:33Kaylin cut
50:34the call
50:34without mercy.
50:35Over these
50:36six years,
50:37he had arranged
50:38for Selina
50:39to receive
50:39special attention
50:40inside the prison.
50:42every single
50:43agony I had
50:43endured in
50:44Silver Moon
50:45prison.
50:46She had
50:47tasted every
50:47one of them
50:48in full
50:48measure.
50:50The Crescent
50:51Moon Pack
50:51had maintained
50:52a deathly
50:53silence about
50:53it.
50:54Kaylin dropped
50:55his gaze to
50:56the photo
50:56on his desk,
50:57the photo
50:58of me just
50:58after my
50:59release.
51:00Gone,
51:00skeletal,
51:02expressionless.
51:02Which forest
51:03are you hiding
51:04in, Lyra?
51:06He traced
51:06the brow
51:07and eyes
51:07in the
51:07photograph.
51:08Infinite
51:09regret
51:09soaked
51:09his voice.
51:10I know
51:11that making
51:11everyone
51:12who hurt
51:12you taste
51:12the same
51:13pain
51:13is the
51:13only true
51:14apology.
51:15But if
51:16you never
51:16come back,
51:17how do I
51:18return the
51:18soul I
51:19owe you?
51:20do I
51:21do I
51:22do I
51:22do I
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