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00:00:14My name is Paige. Six years ago, I lost my parents. Six years later, my whole world had
00:00:21become my son, Jackson. And today, that world was being crushed all over again.
00:00:29I'm sorry, Paige. Jackson hurt another child. The school can't keep him any longer.
00:00:34He's only six. It was an accident.
00:00:38No parent wanted their child around him anymore.
00:00:40Nobody cared about the truth. They wanted a normal child. And my son had never fit inside
00:00:46their idea of normal.
00:00:49Mommy, did I mess up again?
00:00:52He asked it so carefully, like he was already used to the whole world blaming him.
00:00:56No, baby. This wasn't your fault. But the second I got home, reality hit me again.
00:01:03He got kicked out of school? What a shock.
00:01:10Greg, can you not-
00:01:12I told you. He's turning out just like his real father.
00:01:15Greg, my husband. He had gone cold on me a long time ago, and he'd never had any real
00:01:21patience for Jackson. He slammed the door and walked out, like none of the ugliness in
00:01:26this house belonged to him. But I found out very quickly, that this still wasn't the worst
00:01:31part of my day. Because that night, I found the phone he'd left behind in the bathroom.
00:01:38The screen lit up. A woman had texted him.
00:01:41I love you.
00:01:42I thought maybe I could still hold myself together. Life was already bad enough. I didn't have
00:01:47time to fall apart over a man, too. But the second I read those messages, I stopped wanting
00:01:51to endure anything. I miss you. Have you told her yet? Thanks for today.
00:01:57While I was drowning trying to protect my son, my husband was out there loving someone else.
00:02:10The next morning, I know what you've been doing, Greg.
00:02:15Oh? And what exactly do you know?
00:02:18You cheated on me.
00:02:21She meant nothing. You've just never really been a wife to me.
00:02:25He didn't even bother making an excuse. Like he wasn't the one betraying me. Like somehow
00:02:29I'd failed him.
00:02:30What do you mean?
00:02:33You've always been hung up on Ryder. You never got over him.
00:02:40Ryder. The man I loved the hardest and lost the hardest.
00:02:47You're right. I was never going to become what you wanted. And neither was my son.
00:02:55I want a divorce.
00:02:57The second the words left my mouth, something in me actually loosened. I went upstairs and
00:03:04started packing. He didn't stop me. He didn't even say sorry.
00:03:11Mommy, where are we going?
00:03:14Somewhere nobody knows us.
00:03:16Is Greg not coming?
00:03:18No. From now on, it was just us.
00:03:23When I said that, I was terrified. But what scared me more was what staying would do to
00:03:27Jackson. Then I called the only one who truly cared about me.
00:03:31Paige, stop hesitating. Start over.
00:03:34Poppy, my younger sister. The only person in the world who still caught me when I fell.
00:03:39But before I left for good, there was one last thing I needed to do.
00:03:42I needed to visit someone who had disappeared from my life years ago.
00:03:48Before I left town, I went to two places.
00:03:52The first was my parents' grave.
00:03:58The second was Ryder's house.
00:04:05Mommy, who used to live here?
00:04:08Your dad. Ryder. The boy I fell in love with at 18. The same boy who vanished after one night
00:04:15with me. I should have hated him completely by then. But standing there, I realized some
00:04:21wounds didn't disappear just because I named them hate.
00:04:25Do you think he's still in there?
00:04:31No, baby. I bought a black rose. Because it meant an ending.
00:04:36What does a black flower mean?
00:04:38Strength. Hope.
00:04:41And goodbye.
00:04:42I placed the flower on the doorstep.
00:04:45Like I was finally putting a full stop to that dead love story.
00:04:49Come on, Jax.
00:04:51A few hours later, we finally reached our new home.
00:04:54A small town called Cinderwood.
00:04:57The house wasn't big,
00:04:58but it felt warm.
00:05:00Behind it stretched a whole line of woods.
00:05:02Mommy, I like it here.
00:05:05Me too.
00:05:06I really thought this might be a new beginning.
00:05:09The past, the old house, Ryder, I told myself I had left all of it behind me.
00:05:14Until that night, when I stood by the window and saw something move in the tree.
00:05:20It was big, fast, definitely not human.
00:05:24Then a wolf's howl tore through the night.
00:05:26I didn't know yet that what lurked in the woods wasn't just an animal.
00:05:30Our first full day in Cinderwood should have been about unpacking and settling in.
00:05:35Mommy, are people here really not gonna hate me?
00:05:37He asked it quietly.
00:05:39But I knew it wasn't a casual question.
00:05:41It was a child who had been rejected too many times trying to find out whether he was still allowed
00:05:45to be loved.
00:05:46No one's going to hate you.
00:05:48This place is going to be different.
00:05:50That was what I told him.
00:05:52It was also what I was desperate to believe.
00:06:04Do you like the house?
00:06:05I do.
00:06:07It's just the woods behind it, they feel strange.
00:06:12Those woods run deep.
00:06:14Don't go near them at night.
00:06:16We won't.
00:06:19After the call, I went out back to bring in the drying rack.
00:06:23In the damp soil, I saw several deep marks.
00:06:27They didn't look human.
00:06:29Mommy, what are you looking at?
00:06:32Nothing.
00:06:33Inside.
00:06:34I didn't want to scare him.
00:06:36But in that moment, I knew last night's howl hadn't been my imagination.
00:06:40Because that night, whatever was in the woods came back.
00:06:48Cinderwood was even quieter at night than it was during the day.
00:06:52So quiet.
00:06:54It felt like every sound was waiting for something.
00:07:02Mommy.
00:07:03Can I leave the nightlight on?
00:07:07Of course.
00:07:09After I got Jackson to sleep, I went back to the window.
00:07:15The shape was there again.
00:07:17Closer than it had been the night before.
00:07:20What are you?
00:07:22It stopped at the edge of the trees and went completely still.
00:07:27Like it was making sure we were still there.
00:07:32In that moment, I wasn't just scared.
00:07:36I felt marked by something.
00:07:41Mommy?
00:07:43It's okay, baby.
00:07:44Just the wind.
00:07:48That was what I said.
00:07:50But I knew whatever was out there was not the wind.
00:07:53The next day, I finally saw another face of whatever had been watching us.
00:08:04The next day, I took Jackson to the park.
00:08:09Hoping he'd forget the howl, he hung from the monkey bars, straining for the third bar.
00:08:15I'm gonna make it to the third bar this time.
00:08:18Slow down, baby.
00:08:19Don't rush.
00:08:19But he still fell.
00:08:20The second time.
00:08:22The third time.
00:08:23And then he lost it.
00:08:26I hate this.
00:08:27I hate it here.
00:08:28Oh.
00:08:33I was about to pull him into my arms when a deep voice came from behind me.
00:08:38Calm it, pup.
00:08:40Jackson actually went still.
00:08:42Not frightened into silence.
00:08:44More like settled by something that somehow felt familiar to him.
00:08:47I turned and saw a face that froze my blood.
00:08:55Ryder?
00:08:59But the man looked at me like he had never seen me before.
00:09:04He had Ryder's exact face.
00:09:06But he said he wasn't Ryder.
00:09:10Sorry.
00:09:11You've got the wrong guy.
00:09:13I'm Callan.
00:09:14Callan Harris.
00:09:15Callan.
00:09:16A stranger.
00:09:17But Jackson reacted like he'd found someone he already knew.
00:09:23Will you come play again?
00:09:26Sure.
00:09:27As long as you stop declaring war on the monkey bus.
00:09:32Jackson laughed and threw his arms around Callan.
00:09:35Jax!
00:09:36We do not hug strangers!
00:09:39It's okay.
00:09:40I don't mind.
00:09:42I minded.
00:09:43Especially with that face.
00:09:46Stranger still, the way Callan looked at Jackson wasn't the way adults usually looked at children.
00:09:51It looked like surprise.
00:09:53Like recognition.
00:09:55Like a kind of familiarity I didn't understand.
00:09:59You two new in town?
00:10:02Yesterday.
00:10:05Then you're going to need friends.
00:10:08I didn't know why.
00:10:10But that didn't feel like a casual line.
00:10:18I went home and couldn't get Callan's face out of my head.
00:10:22Meanwhile, Callan had already gone back to the pack.
00:10:33A human woman moved into town.
00:10:36Her son isn't normal.
00:10:39He is one of us.
00:10:47Callan, Ryder's long-lost twin brother.
00:10:56And clearly, he understood something about Jackson a lot faster than I did.
00:11:04Who's the father?
00:11:08Don't know.
00:11:10The kid said his father was missing.
00:11:19Ryder's expression changed instantly.
00:11:24I'll kill the bastard who abandoned a shifter pup.
00:11:27He said it through clenched teeth.
00:11:35He had no idea he was talking about himself.
00:11:40And on my side, I was still wondering whether I should let Callan near my son again.
00:11:46The next day, Callan actually showed up at my door with a ball.
00:11:53Sorry to visit without informing you.
00:11:55I thought Jax might want to play more.
00:11:58You actually came.
00:12:01I said I would.
00:12:02The second Jackson saw him, his whole face lit up.
00:12:05Callan!
00:12:06He ran too fast, nearly fell, and Callan caught him.
00:12:12Easy there, buddy.
00:12:16I stood in the doorway and watched them kick the ball around in the yard.
00:12:19The whole thing felt so wrong it made my chest ache.
00:12:22If Ryder had never disappeared, my son should have been smiling like this all along.
00:12:27And somehow the man standing there wasn't Ryder, but someone wearing his face.
00:12:33I suddenly decided that night I was going to ask Callan about his family.
00:12:37That night, I still let Callan stay for dinner.
00:12:40Callan likes lasagna too.
00:12:46Because this stuff is already perfect.
00:12:48He was too natural.
00:12:49So natural it felt like he was supposed to be sitting at my table.
00:12:52That feeling unnerved me.
00:12:54It had been too long since I'd seen a man step so easily into my and Jashen's lives.
00:12:58Does your family live around here too?
00:13:01Not really.
00:13:03I grew up in foster care.
00:13:06Then do you have family now?
00:13:08Yeah.
00:13:09I recently found out I had a twin brother.
00:13:16The plate in my hand nearly slipped.
00:13:20A twin?
00:13:22Yeah.
00:13:22He lives just outside this town.
00:13:24In that moment, I could almost hear my heart split open.
00:13:27Because I finally knew Ryder wasn't just alive.
00:13:30He was here.
00:13:32That night, I didn't sleep at all.
00:13:34Anger, hurt, and bitterness kept crashing over me.
00:13:38Ryder wasn't dead.
00:13:39He was alive.
00:13:40And I had raised our son alone.
00:13:43I had thought the worst thing was that we were separated by life and death.
00:13:47But now I realized something even cooler.
00:13:50He'd been alive in this world all along.
00:13:52While my son and I had lived six years without him.
00:13:57Mommy, why are you still awake?
00:14:00I'm thinking.
00:14:02Is it because of Callan?
00:14:08Maybe.
00:14:10Jackson rolled over and fell back asleep.
00:14:12But I stared at the ceiling with one name in my head.
00:14:18Ryder.
00:14:20The next morning, I finally called the number Callan had given me.
00:14:24Well, didn't expect you would call me so soon.
00:14:27I want to see you.
00:14:29Now.
00:14:29Because this time, I was going to ask where Ryder had been all these years.
00:14:38I was on my way to meet Callan.
00:14:40But on the other side, Callan had already started suspecting who Jackson really was.
00:14:45Six years old.
00:14:46Blue eyes.
00:14:50Missing father.
00:14:51Don't tell me that sounds familiar.
00:14:54The man standing in front of him was Ryder.
00:14:59What exactly are you saying?
00:15:01I'm saying the kid might be yours.
00:15:04Ryder looked like he'd been struck by lightning.
00:15:11No.
00:15:12The woman's name is Paige.
00:15:14The second he heard Paige's name, everything in Ryder's face changed.
00:15:19He started remembering that night six years earlier.
00:15:22Clearly, that night hadn't been something he could forget either.
00:15:27And I had no idea the man on the other end was already falling apart.
00:15:40Six years earlier, Ryder disappeared the morning after we slept together.
00:15:44Only then did I learn that night had been a disaster for him too.
00:15:47On the night of Ryder's 18th birthday, he shifted for the first time.
00:15:55I thought I was dying.
00:15:58The bones, skin, and teeth have all started rebuilding themselves.
00:16:12I can't go go back to her.
00:16:15What if I hurt her?
00:16:17So he ran.
00:16:19Not because he didn't want to stay, but because he was afraid.
00:16:25Later, Ron brought him into the pack.
00:16:28The abandonment I had hated for years turned out on his side to have been another kind of survival.
00:16:34Paige...
00:16:34was pregnant then?
00:16:36In that moment, the pain on his face felt more real than anything I had imagined.
00:16:45And at that exact moment, I had already spotted a familiar back in town.
00:16:50The second I saw that back across the street, I knew it was him.
00:16:54Ryder!
00:16:55The moment he turned around, my heart almost stopped.
00:16:59Ryder still had the same face.
00:17:02Just leaner, darker, more haunted.
00:17:05And then, the next second, he dropped to his knees.
00:17:09Breathe, Ry.
00:17:10Just breathe.
00:17:14Paige.
00:17:17You're alive.
00:17:21I'm sorry.
00:17:22You have no idea.
00:17:24I had hated him for six years.
00:17:26And still, seeing him like that made me go weak.
00:17:30That was the cruel thing about love.
00:17:33But then I heard one strange word slip from his lips.
00:17:39Mate.
00:17:44I didn't understand that word, but I understood the look of someone losing control.
00:17:50Do you need an ambulance?
00:17:52No, he's just not feeling well.
00:17:54I didn't believe that for a second.
00:17:56And Ryder didn't look unwell in any normal sense of the word.
00:18:01We need to get him out of here.
00:18:04What the hell is happening to him?
00:18:06Paige, come with us first.
00:18:08I'll explain.
00:18:13What is this?
00:18:14Is he high?
00:18:17Not the way you mean.
00:18:19That answer finally set me off.
00:18:21Really?
00:18:23Seven years ago, he slept with me and left me alone in that tent.
00:18:30After that, my life fell apart.
00:18:33I raised my son alone.
00:18:37So stay away from me and my son.
00:18:39I said it and walked away.
00:18:41But Ryder looked at me like I had sentenced him myself.
00:18:45I thought saying the cruelest thing possible would end it.
00:18:48I was very quickly proven wrong.
00:18:50The next day, I took Jackson into town.
00:18:52And Ryder was there again, standing right in front of me.
00:19:05Paige, I didn't leave you on purpose.
00:19:07Enough.
00:19:08I don't want excuses.
00:19:10Then Jackson peeked out from behind me.
00:19:13Mommy, who is that?
00:19:15Ryder went completely still.
00:19:17It was the first time he had seen his son from that close.
00:19:20It was also the first time he truly had to face what he had lost.
00:19:27Why do you keep looking at me?
00:19:32Because
00:19:35you look like someone I know.
00:19:37And then the thing I feared most finally happened.
00:19:39Do you know my dad?
00:19:40Dad?
00:19:42In that second, the air seemed to freeze.
00:19:45I...
00:19:46He couldn't get a full sentence out.
00:19:48Jax, come here.
00:19:52But mommy...
00:19:56Now.
00:19:57I pulled Jackson behind me.
00:20:01Don't you go near him.
00:20:04Paige, I'd never hurt him.
00:20:07You already did.
00:20:10You hurt both of us.
00:20:11I took Jackson and walked away.
00:20:14But when I glanced back, Ryder was still standing there.
00:20:17He watched us walk away like a father who had lost everything.
00:20:20But I couldn't afford to soften.
00:20:21Because if I did, the one who could get hurt again wouldn't just be me.
00:20:26But Callan didn't give up.
00:20:27He decided to try another way in.
00:20:30One reach out of there, hide.
00:20:36Callan was smarter than Ryder.
00:20:38He knew pushing too hard would only make me take Jackson and run.
00:20:43Don't push her.
00:20:45Then what am I supposed to do?
00:20:48Make her trust us.
00:20:52Protect Jax first.
00:20:55Meanwhile, Jackson started having the same dream over and over.
00:21:07Jackson.
00:21:08Mommy, I dreamed about the woods again.
00:21:12What kind of woods?
00:21:14Wolves.
00:21:15Lots of wolves.
00:21:16But I'm not scared.
00:21:21I told him to go back to sleep.
00:21:24But my heart kept sinking lower.
00:21:28Because I was starting to feel that whatever was wrong with Jackson was not the kind of problem the school
00:21:33thought it was.
00:21:36Because I was starting to feel there was some strange connection between Jackson and this town.
00:21:51The next day, I took Jackson to the school.
00:21:55Regina, the head teacher there, welcomed us instead of interrogating us.
00:22:00Please, call me Regina.
00:22:03Regina.
00:22:04You're not worried about my son's history?
00:22:09I care more about the kind of person he can become.
00:22:14Jackson made friends with a few children almost immediately.
00:22:19That's fast.
00:22:22He'll like it here.
00:22:23I watched those children and something felt off.
00:22:26They were too quiet.
00:22:28Too alert.
00:22:30Too much like they were scenting one another.
00:22:33But for the first time, Jackson wasn't being pushed out.
00:22:42And that made me feel relieved.
00:22:45And even more uneasy.
00:22:47And that same night, I saw that giant shape in the woods again.
00:23:16Jax is getting close to his first real loss of control.
00:23:22If Paige stays in the dark, this gets worse.
00:23:27Then we tell her.
00:23:28You think a human's going to believe any of this?
00:23:31So it wasn't just me who was afraid.
00:23:34They knew something was happening to Jackson too.
00:23:37And they clearly understood its meaning better than I did.
00:23:42And as I stood at my window, I saw that giant shape move through the woods again.
00:23:50What the hell?
00:23:51Is that?
00:23:56Because next, I finally decided to ask Ryder one question.
00:24:02What exactly were they?
00:24:04In the end, I still went to Ryder.
00:24:08Not because I believed him.
00:24:10But because what was happening to Jackson had already pushed me past the point where pretending was possible.
00:24:19What exactly are you?
00:24:23I can't explain all of it at once.
00:24:32Ryder looked at me like he was weighing everything.
00:24:35Whether to keep lying to me or drag me fully into another world.
00:24:42Calen, Remy, Parker, and I weren't normal.
00:24:48That's not the answer I expected.
00:24:52Neither was Jax.
00:24:57In that moment, everything inside me went cold.
00:25:00I could accept being dragged into something strange.
00:25:05But I couldn't accept anyone defining my son like that.
00:25:09Are you seriously humiliating my son like that?
00:25:14I'm not.
00:25:15I didn't believe him.
00:25:18I didn't believe him.
00:25:18Stay away from us.
00:25:22But that night, Jackson cracked the wooden cabinet with one punch.
00:25:32I kept telling myself Ryder was lying.
00:25:37Until Jackson lost control right in front of me.
00:25:43I didn't mean to!
00:25:44He just got frustrated because a toy jammed.
00:25:48But the next second, the cabinet door split clean down the middle.
00:25:54Jax, don't move.
00:25:56Stand right there.
00:26:02Mommy, is something wrong with me?
00:26:05That question nearly tore my heart open.
00:26:08Jackson was never most afraid of pain.
00:26:12What he feared most was being different from everyone else.
00:26:19This wasn't your fault.
00:26:23But even as I said it, my hands were shaking.
00:26:29Mommy?
00:26:30Are you scared of me?
00:26:35I'm scared of anyone hurting you.
00:26:37And for the first time, I thought back to what Ryder had said.
00:26:42Either was Jax.
00:26:50The next day, I didn't go to Ryder.
00:27:00I went to the one man who looked least likely to lie to me.
00:27:04Parker.
00:27:08If there was one man in that path who could make me stay calm,
00:27:12it was Parker.
00:27:14Tell me the truth.
00:27:16Do you want all of it?
00:27:18Or the part you need most right now?
00:27:23What's happening to my son?
00:27:25Without a pack to guide him,
00:27:28he'll become more dangerous.
00:27:30What exactly do you mean by pack?
00:27:33We're werewolves.
00:27:34It was the most absurd answer possible.
00:27:36But Parker said it as calmly as if he were talking about the weather.
00:27:40You're insane.
00:27:41I wish we were.
00:27:43But everything happening to Jax is already telling you the truth.
00:27:46I opened my mouth and realized I didn't have a real argument left.
00:27:50Because the scariest thing was never not understanding.
00:27:53It was the fact that I had already started connecting all the strange pieces myself.
00:27:57Because I remembered the first thing Callan had said to Jax.
00:28:01Comet pup.
00:28:03I thought werewolves belonged in fairy tales and horror movies.
00:28:07But now every strange thing was locking into place on its own.
00:28:11Jax's strength.
00:28:13Jax's dreams.
00:28:14And the way he bonded with Callan and Regina instantly.
00:28:19So that day, you weren't just calming him down by chance.
00:28:24No.
00:28:26You knew what he was the first time you met him?
00:28:29We could scent it.
00:28:31That sentence sent a chill across my skin.
00:28:35Ryder knew too?
00:28:39More painfully than anyone.
00:28:41Later, Ryder came to find me.
00:28:46It wasn't that I didn't want to come back.
00:28:49I was afraid I'd bring danger to you.
00:28:51I looked at him, and for the first time, I didn't argue.
00:28:54Because this time, I wasn't just angry anymore.
00:28:58I was starting to fear that the danger he talked about was real.
00:29:01But then I asked the cruelest question of all.
00:29:12Then why did you never come looking for us?
00:29:16If the werewolf part was the truth, this question was the wound.
00:29:21If you were alive, why didn't you ever come back for me?
00:29:32Because I didn't know.
00:29:34Didn't know what?
00:29:39I didn't know you were pregnant.
00:29:45His voice was wrecked when he said it.
00:29:49If I'd known, I would have come back.
00:29:54No question.
00:29:55But you still left.
00:29:59I know.
00:30:00There was no defense, no excuse.
00:30:03Just pain that had arrived six years too late.
00:30:05I should have kept hating him.
00:30:07But somehow, those three words I didn't know
00:30:09hurt more than any excuse would have.
00:30:16I don't know if I can believe you.
00:30:18Then don't.
00:30:25Just let me prove it.
00:30:33And the first person to weaken me wasn't Ryder.
00:30:40It was Jackson.
00:30:42Ever since meeting Ryder, Jackson had started bringing him up all the time.
00:30:46Mommy, is Ryder coming today?
00:30:55Why do you keep asking about him?
00:30:58I don't know.
00:31:01But whenever I see him, my chest feels warm.
00:31:06That line nearly broke me.
00:31:08Jackson didn't understand bloodlines.
00:31:11But sometimes, children instinctively gravitated toward their family members.
00:31:22Maybe because you like him.
00:31:25Then I like Callan too.
00:31:28Yeah, I noticed that.
00:31:30I tried to smile.
00:31:32But something heavy settled deeper inside me.
00:31:35Because children didn't lie about feelings like that.
00:31:43That night, Ryder finally asked.
00:31:46He wanted one chance to be alone with Jackson.
00:31:57I hesitated for a long time.
00:31:59But in the end, I said yes.
00:32:02One hour.
00:32:03That's enough.
00:32:05Ryder spent the hour building blocks.
00:32:07Kicking a ball and telling stories with Jackson.
00:32:11You kick better than Callan.
00:32:13Don't tell him that.
00:32:15Shh.
00:32:19Okay.
00:32:20Man's secret.
00:32:21I stood in the doorway watching them.
00:32:23My chest tightening over and over.
00:32:25Jackson hadn't been this happy in a long time.
00:32:30One hour passed far too quickly.
00:32:35I should go.
00:32:40Will you come see me again?
00:32:43Ryder's eyes visibly shone.
00:32:48Anytime you want me to.
00:32:51I realized Jackson started to depend on Ryder.
00:32:54And for the first time,
00:32:56I realized I was starting to soften.
00:33:05After Ryder left,
00:33:07Jackson stayed quiet for a long time.
00:33:16What are you thinking about?
00:33:22I miss him already.
00:33:28That sentence hit me right in the chest.
00:33:32I had been scared this whole time.
00:33:35Scared that putting the idea of a father back into my son's life would become another disaster.
00:33:42But right then,
00:33:43what I saw first was Jackson's disappointment.
00:33:53You've been carrying everything alone for too long.
00:33:56At some point,
00:33:58Callan had appeared behind me.
00:34:00Do you ever make noise when you walk?
00:34:03Depends on my mood.
00:34:08I should have been annoyed.
00:34:11But somehow that line almost,
00:34:14almost made me smile.
00:34:16You don't have to forgive anyone yet.
00:34:20But you also don't have to carry all of it by yourself.
00:34:29The dangerous thing about Callan wasn't that he looked like Ryder.
00:34:33It was that he always showed up at the exact moment I was trying hardest not to break.
00:34:39I looked at him and realized for the first time that Ryder wasn't the only one affecting me.
00:34:45I started really looking at the four men around me.
00:34:49Ryder,
00:34:50guilty and intense.
00:34:52Callan,
00:34:53warm and fearless.
00:34:55Parker,
00:34:56steady.
00:34:57Remy,
00:34:59sharp as a blade.
00:35:00Are the four of you always this...
00:35:03weird?
00:35:04Depends on your definition of weird.
00:35:08If you mean not letting go of each other,
00:35:10then yes.
00:35:12They talk too much.
00:35:14I don't.
00:35:19Yeah, I noticed that already.
00:35:25I had thought only Ryder could drag me back into the past.
00:35:31But now all four of them were pulling me towards some future I had never expected.
00:35:38That scared me.
00:35:40Because I knew that once I stepped into it,
00:35:42there would be no going back to the life I used to have.
00:35:56And now,
00:35:57I finally had to do the hardest thing yet.
00:36:00Tell Jasson the truth.
00:36:06I sat on the edge of Jackson's bed
00:36:08and felt like I was delivering a sentence.
00:36:11Jasson,
00:36:12there's something I need to tell you.
00:36:14Is it about Ryder?
00:36:18Yes.
00:36:19He sat up immediately.
00:36:21He might be the person you've been waiting for.
00:36:25You mean...
00:36:29I still can't say everything for certain.
00:36:33But I think you deserve to know that he matters to you.
00:36:39Jackson looked at me
00:36:40and his eyes slowly turned red.
00:36:45Then...
00:36:48Is he going to leave me again?
00:36:50In that moment,
00:36:51I could barely speak
00:36:52because that one word again cut too deep.
00:36:55Even Jackson had already learned
00:36:56not to trust the idea of a father too easily.
00:36:59This time,
00:37:00if he tries,
00:37:01I'll kill him.
00:37:05Jackson finally let out a tiny laugh.
00:37:08But next,
00:37:10Ryder had to face more than the word father.
00:37:12He had to learn how to truly get close to his son.
00:37:18Once I'd cracked the truth open,
00:37:20the most nervous person wasn't me.
00:37:22It was Ryder.
00:37:25You look like you're heading into battle.
00:37:31Feels like it.
00:37:32For the first time,
00:37:33he was approaching Jackson
00:37:34in a more honest role.
00:37:39Are you playing with me again today?
00:37:45If you want me to.
00:37:47This time,
00:37:48Ryder didn't rush to explain
00:37:50or claim anything.
00:37:51He just stayed,
00:37:52like he was learning a lesson
00:37:54he had missed for six whole years.
00:38:09Ryder.
00:38:10It wasn't dad.
00:38:11But for Ryder,
00:38:12those two syllables were enough
00:38:14to make his eyes burn.
00:38:15I suddenly understood
00:38:16that some bonds weren't built
00:38:17by a single claim.
00:38:18They were built moment by moment
00:38:20by showing up.
00:38:23And I started noticing something else.
00:38:29There was something off
00:38:30between Callan and Remy.
00:38:36I used to think Callan and Remy
00:38:38were just close-pack brothers.
00:38:41I didn't think that anymore.
00:38:45Remy always looked like
00:38:46he wanted to bite the world in half.
00:38:49But every time Callan spoke,
00:38:52Remy looked at him first.
00:38:54Are the two of you
00:38:55always this weird?
00:38:59You really like that word lately.
00:39:01Mind your own business.
00:39:05Right.
00:39:06So that's a yes.
00:39:08Remy acted like I annoyed him.
00:39:10But whenever something happened,
00:39:12Remy was always the first one
00:39:14stepping in front of me.
00:39:16I was no longer sure
00:39:17whether he hated me
00:39:19or cared too much.
00:39:21The relationships in this pack
00:39:22were clearly far more complicated
00:39:24than I had first thought.
00:39:26And somehow,
00:39:27the more complicated it got,
00:39:30the harder it became
00:39:31for me to step away.
00:39:39And Jackson was starting
00:39:40to look more and more
00:39:42like he belonged there.
00:39:44Jackson adjusted to school
00:39:45shockingly fast.
00:39:47He was no longer
00:39:48the problem child
00:39:49nobody liked.
00:39:51There,
00:39:51he looked like
00:39:52he'd finally found
00:39:53his own kind.
00:39:59Steady your feet, Jax.
00:40:04Like this?
00:40:05Yeah.
00:40:07Just like that.
00:40:09Callan handled sports
00:40:10for the kids.
00:40:12Every time he watched
00:40:13Jackson,
00:40:14the surprise in his eyes
00:40:16got harder to hide.
00:40:21If he really is Ryder's son,
00:40:23then he's the future
00:40:25of this pack.
00:40:26I didn't fully understand
00:40:28the future
00:40:29they were talking about.
00:40:33But I could hear
00:40:34how heavy it was.
00:40:36This was no longer
00:40:37just my son
00:40:38being a little unusual.
00:40:40The way they looked
00:40:41at him made it clear
00:40:42they saw something
00:40:43in him that could
00:40:43change a great deal.
00:40:48And just when I could
00:40:49finally speak calmly
00:40:51to Ryder,
00:40:52we almost kissed.
00:40:58Some old loves
00:40:59didn't die
00:40:59just because time
00:41:00passes.
00:41:02They just went
00:41:03quiet.
00:41:04Then they woke up
00:41:05again at the worst
00:41:06possible time.
00:41:09You don't look
00:41:09quite as ready
00:41:10to kill me lately.
00:41:12Don't get ahead
00:41:13of yourself.
00:41:16He smiled.
00:41:17Still the same
00:41:18smile that undid me.
00:41:22Paige,
00:41:23I know I don't
00:41:24deserve this,
00:41:25but every day
00:41:26I think about
00:41:27what our life
00:41:28would look like
00:41:28if I hadn't
00:41:29left that night.
00:41:31That line
00:41:31landed too hard.
00:41:34He stepped closer,
00:41:35and I didn't
00:41:36step back.
00:41:37We almost kissed,
00:41:38then a sharp whistle
00:41:40cut through the moment
00:41:40outside.
00:41:42I knew I should
00:41:48have been grateful
00:41:48for the interruption,
00:41:50but when I stepped
00:41:51away from him,
00:41:52what rose in me
00:41:53wasn't relief.
00:41:54It was disappointment.
00:41:57Something worse
00:41:58had arrived.
00:42:05I couldn't sleep
00:42:06that night,
00:42:06so I got up
00:42:07and went to the window.
00:42:10And I saw something
00:42:12I wasn't supposed
00:42:12to see.
00:42:13Two figures were
00:42:14tangled together
00:42:15in the trees.
00:42:17It was Callan
00:42:18and Remy,
00:42:19not fighting,
00:42:20kissing.
00:42:27I saw something
00:42:28I wasn't supposed
00:42:28I just realized
00:42:29the relationships
00:42:30in that path
00:42:31were far more
00:42:31complicated than I thought.
00:42:33I hadn't just
00:42:33walked back
00:42:34into an old love story.
00:42:35I was being pulled,
00:42:36step by step,
00:42:38into a world
00:42:38that played
00:42:39by completely
00:42:39different rules.
00:42:40The next day,
00:42:41Callan showed up
00:42:42at my door
00:42:42like nothing had happened.
00:42:47You look like
00:42:47you didn't sleep.
00:42:49Same to you.
00:42:50Because next,
00:42:51I was going to ask him
00:42:52whether the man
00:42:53I had seen
00:42:53the night before
00:42:54was Remy.
00:42:55I wasn't the kind
00:42:56of woman who kept
00:42:57questions to herself.
00:42:59That was you
00:43:00and Remy
00:43:00in the woods
00:43:01last night,
00:43:02wasn't it?
00:43:03Callan went quiet
00:43:04for two seconds.
00:43:09Yeah.
00:43:11Just like that?
00:43:13I wasn't going
00:43:13to lie to you.
00:43:14He stood there
00:43:15in the doorway,
00:43:16unusually serious.
00:43:19I love him.
00:43:20That line alone
00:43:21was enough
00:43:22to knock the breath
00:43:22out of me.
00:43:23And I love you too.
00:43:28Are you insane?
00:43:30Probably.
00:43:31The calm way
00:43:32he said it
00:43:32left me with
00:43:33nothing to say.
00:43:34Callan never hid.
00:43:36Whoever he loved,
00:43:37whatever he wanted,
00:43:38he put it all
00:43:39right in front of me.
00:43:40And the next thing
00:43:41Parker told me
00:43:42was somehow
00:43:43even more outrageous.
00:43:44I used to think
00:43:45love only worked
00:43:46one way,
00:43:47one person at a time.
00:43:49Parker looked at me
00:43:50like he could see
00:43:51exactly how tangled
00:43:52I was.
00:43:53In our world,
00:43:55relationships don't
00:43:56always look one way.
00:43:58Are you saying
00:44:00I don't necessarily
00:44:02have to choose one?
00:44:03I'm saying you don't
00:44:04need to corner yourself
00:44:05yet.
00:44:05He was always like that.
00:44:07He always hit
00:44:08the deepest nerve.
00:44:11Are all werewolves
00:44:12this annoyingly wise?
00:44:14No.
00:44:16Just me.
00:44:17And somehow,
00:44:17I actually laughed.
00:44:19Parker wasn't fire.
00:44:21He wasn't a blade.
00:44:22He was something
00:44:23slower and steadier
00:44:24than that.
00:44:25Something that
00:44:25never chased you,
00:44:26but still made you
00:44:27lower your guard.
00:44:28But just as I started
00:44:30getting pulled
00:44:30into their world,
00:44:31something outside
00:44:32the pack came
00:44:33for us first.
00:44:35Trouble came faster
00:44:36than any of us
00:44:37had expected.
00:44:39That night,
00:44:40Callan was heading
00:44:41back alone.
00:44:42And he got ambushed
00:44:44on the way.
00:44:47Gotcha.
00:44:49Before he even
00:44:50saw them clearly,
00:44:51he smelled
00:44:51wolfsbane first.
00:44:57shit.
00:44:59The second the drug
00:45:00hit,
00:45:01he dropped
00:45:01to his knees.
00:45:08Tell your alpha
00:45:09we know about
00:45:09the boy.
00:45:10The boy.
00:45:11They weren't
00:45:12after Callan.
00:45:13They were
00:45:13after Jackson.
00:45:15And the next
00:45:16second,
00:45:16Hal's tore
00:45:17through the whole
00:45:18forest.
00:45:23I used to think
00:45:24wolf howls
00:45:25were just
00:45:25background noise
00:45:26in horror movies
00:45:27until that night
00:45:28when they
00:45:29sounded like
00:45:30warhorns.
00:45:36They moved
00:45:37first.
00:45:40Get the
00:45:41enforcers.
00:45:42Move.
00:45:45Ryder,
00:45:46Remy,
00:45:46and Parker
00:45:47were gone
00:45:47in a flash.
00:45:48I sat on the bed
00:45:49holding Jackson.
00:45:50For the first time,
00:45:51I truly understood
00:45:53this wasn't some
00:45:54secret fantasy romance.
00:45:55This was their
00:45:56real war.
00:45:58Mommy,
00:45:58is Callan
00:46:00going to die?
00:46:03No.
00:46:04But the truth was,
00:46:06I wasn't sure
00:46:07at all.
00:46:09Near dawn,
00:46:11they finally
00:46:11brought Callan
00:46:12back.
00:46:13He was alive,
00:46:14but the hunters
00:46:15had left behind
00:46:16one word.
00:46:18Air.
00:46:22And every
00:46:23pair of eyes
00:46:23in the room
00:46:24landed on Jackson.
00:46:27From that day
00:46:28on,
00:46:29Jackson and I
00:46:29were no longer
00:46:30safe.
00:46:35So I moved
00:46:36with him
00:46:36into the
00:46:37pack cabin.
00:46:39Wow!
00:46:42Are we
00:46:43living here
00:46:43now?
00:46:45For now,
00:46:46yes.
00:46:47Awesome!
00:46:49To Jackson,
00:46:51it felt like
00:46:51he had suddenly
00:46:52gained a new
00:46:53home.
00:46:55But for me,
00:46:56it meant there
00:46:57was no going
00:46:58back to
00:46:59ordinary life.
00:47:03Welcome
00:47:04to the
00:47:04wolf,
00:47:04Ned.
00:47:10Don't
00:47:10scare her.
00:47:12Now you're
00:47:13worried about
00:47:14scaring me?
00:47:14I complained,
00:47:15but my heartbeat
00:47:16kept getting
00:47:16harder to ignore.
00:47:18Because once I
00:47:18moved in,
00:47:19I realized I was
00:47:20losing control of
00:47:21how I felt about
00:47:21them.
00:47:22Worse than
00:47:22that,
00:47:23part of me
00:47:23felt relieved,
00:47:24like I didn't
00:47:25have to carry
00:47:25every secret
00:47:26and every danger
00:47:27by myself
00:47:27anymore.
00:47:29And the
00:47:30first one
00:47:30who completely
00:47:31undid me
00:47:37was a man
00:47:38learning how
00:47:39to become
00:47:39a father.
00:47:42After moving
00:47:42into the pack,
00:47:43I finally got
00:47:44to see how
00:47:45Ryder learned
00:47:45to be a father.
00:47:48Ryder,
00:47:49my button's
00:47:50stuck.
00:47:54hold still,
00:47:56I've got it.
00:48:01Can you tell
00:48:02me a story
00:48:02tonight?
00:48:07Sure,
00:48:08as long as you
00:48:09don't mind if I'm
00:48:10terrible at it.
00:48:12He had missed
00:48:13six whole
00:48:14years.
00:48:18now he acted
00:48:19like he wanted
00:48:20to make all
00:48:20of it up
00:48:21at once.
00:48:28Ryder,
00:48:29will you still
00:48:29be here
00:48:30tomorrow?
00:48:39I will.
00:48:45it was a quiet
00:48:46promise,
00:48:48but it still
00:48:49made my chest
00:48:50burn.
00:48:56Because I knew
00:48:57that for Jackson,
00:48:59will you still
00:48:59be here tomorrow
00:49:00was never a
00:49:01casual question.
00:49:04It was a child
00:49:05who had already
00:49:06been left behind
00:49:07once,
00:49:07trying to make
00:49:08sure it
00:49:09wouldn't happen
00:49:09again.
00:49:21But the one
00:49:21who surprised
00:49:22me next
00:49:23was Remy.
00:49:24Remy still
00:49:25looked permanently
00:49:25ready to bite
00:49:26someone.
00:49:28Don't let the
00:49:29kid step over
00:49:29the trip line.
00:49:31Can you say
00:49:32one thing
00:49:33without sounding
00:49:33like a threat?
00:49:34No.
00:49:37But half an
00:49:38hour later,
00:49:38when Jackson
00:49:39slipped off
00:49:40a stump,
00:49:41Remy was
00:49:41the first
00:49:41one there.
00:49:44Watch your
00:49:45footing.
00:49:47You caught
00:49:48me.
00:49:50Because your
00:49:50cry annoys me.
00:49:52Jackson grinned
00:49:53at him,
00:49:53and Remy was
00:49:54the one who
00:49:54looked away
00:49:55first.
00:49:56Do you like
00:49:56my mommy
00:49:57too?
00:50:01Jax!
00:50:02Because you
00:50:03always stand
00:50:04in front of
00:50:04her first.
00:50:06Remy was
00:50:06practically
00:50:06blushing,
00:50:07but his
00:50:07mouth stayed
00:50:08sharp.
00:50:08Shut it,
00:50:09kid.
00:50:09Remy always
00:50:10sounded like
00:50:10he was
00:50:11pushing people
00:50:11away.
00:50:12But when
00:50:12danger showed
00:50:13up for real,
00:50:14his body
00:50:14always answered
00:50:15first.
00:50:18But the
00:50:18first one to
00:50:19lay his
00:50:19cards on the
00:50:20table wasn't
00:50:21Remy.
00:50:21It was
00:50:22Callan.
00:50:30Callan had
00:50:30never been
00:50:31the kind
00:50:31of man
00:50:31who went
00:50:32in circles.
00:50:35You've
00:50:35been avoiding
00:50:36me.
00:50:40I've been
00:50:40avoiding all
00:50:41of you.
00:50:42Then I'd
00:50:43better make
00:50:43my case
00:50:44first.
00:50:44When he
00:50:45said it,
00:50:46the grin
00:50:46was gone.
00:50:47I love
00:50:47Jax.
00:50:51But I
00:50:51want more
00:50:52than kicking
00:50:52a ball
00:50:53around with
00:50:53him.
00:50:54Callan!
00:50:58And I
00:50:59don't just
00:50:59want to be
00:50:59your friend.
00:51:02This
00:51:02wasn't a
00:51:03joke anymore.
00:51:08Do you
00:51:09even hear
00:51:09yourself right
00:51:10now?
00:51:13Yeah.
00:51:14I'm
00:51:15saying I
00:51:16want you.
00:51:25I
00:51:25didn't
00:51:26push him
00:51:26away.
00:51:28And that
00:51:28was more
00:51:29dangerous than
00:51:30any answer.
00:51:32Because
00:51:33Callan wasn't
00:51:34the kind of
00:51:34man who
00:51:34tested my
00:51:35boundaries
00:51:36slowly.
00:51:37He laid
00:51:38his heart
00:51:38out in
00:51:39the open
00:51:39and forced
00:51:41me to see
00:51:41exactly what
00:51:42inside me was
00:51:43starting to
00:51:44move.
00:51:45But the
00:51:46most dangerous
00:51:46one was
00:51:47never the
00:51:47most direct.
00:51:50It was the
00:51:50one who
00:51:51never pushed
00:51:51me at
00:51:52all.
00:51:55Parker always
00:51:56made me think
00:51:57of shore.
00:51:59Not the
00:52:00hottest fire.
00:52:03The place
00:52:04I could
00:52:04lean on.
00:52:08Are you
00:52:09never in a
00:52:09hurry?
00:52:11Not true.
00:52:12true.
00:52:14You don't
00:52:15look like
00:52:15it.
00:52:16Because I
00:52:17want you
00:52:17to come
00:52:18to me
00:52:18on your
00:52:19own.
00:52:20That line
00:52:21landed like
00:52:22a soft
00:52:22hit straight
00:52:23to my
00:52:23chest.
00:52:25You
00:52:26four are
00:52:26impossible.
00:52:29I'll take
00:52:29that as a
00:52:30compliment.
00:52:30I looked
00:52:31at him
00:52:31for a few
00:52:32seconds.
00:52:34Then I
00:52:34kissed
00:52:35him first.
00:52:40What?
00:52:41Cat got
00:52:41your
00:52:41tongue?
00:52:42No.
00:52:47I'm just
00:52:47afraid that if
00:52:48I speak I'll
00:52:49scare you
00:52:49off.
00:52:50The dangerous
00:52:50thing about
00:52:51Parker was
00:52:52that he
00:52:52never grabbed.
00:52:53And somehow
00:52:54that patience
00:52:55made it hardest
00:52:55for me to
00:52:56pretend I
00:52:56felt nothing.
00:52:58But before I
00:52:59could figure out
00:52:59what these men
00:53:00were turning me
00:53:00into, trouble
00:53:01from outside
00:53:02got there
00:53:03first.
00:53:05That night
00:53:06the alarm
00:53:06went off
00:53:07without warning.
00:53:11Movement
00:53:12behind the
00:53:12house.
00:53:14Where's
00:53:14Jax?
00:53:16Upstairs!
00:53:19Everyone
00:53:20moved at
00:53:20once.
00:53:24Callan
00:53:25went for
00:53:25the window.
00:53:26Parker
00:53:26took the
00:53:27stairs and
00:53:28Remy
00:53:28planted himself
00:53:29in front
00:53:29of me.
00:53:34Mommy!
00:53:35I'm here!
00:53:37The chaos
00:53:38came fast
00:53:39and ended
00:53:39fast.
00:53:40Just a
00:53:40feign attack.
00:53:42But it
00:53:43made one
00:53:44thing painfully
00:53:44clear.
00:53:45When danger
00:53:46came for
00:53:46real, those
00:53:47four men
00:53:48stood on
00:53:48the same
00:53:49side.
00:53:49All of
00:53:49them stood
00:53:50in front
00:53:50of me
00:53:50and Jax.
00:53:51So, can
00:53:53I have
00:53:53four dads?
00:53:54Everyone
00:53:55went silent
00:53:56for a full
00:53:56second.
00:53:58You dream
00:53:59big.
00:54:00That should
00:54:00have been
00:54:00funny.
00:54:01But what
00:54:01I really
00:54:01heard was
00:54:02that Jax
00:54:02had already
00:54:03started
00:54:03imagining
00:54:04a home
00:54:04bigger than
00:54:05the one
00:54:05he'd lost.
00:54:06But the
00:54:06next day,
00:54:07the real
00:54:08problem
00:54:08wasn't
00:54:08the hunters.
00:54:09It was
00:54:10Greg.
00:54:15I was
00:54:16almost
00:54:16starting to
00:54:16forget
00:54:17Greg's
00:54:17face.
00:54:21And of
00:54:21course he
00:54:22chose that
00:54:22moment to
00:54:22come back.
00:54:24You really
00:54:25thought moving
00:54:26here would
00:54:26make you
00:54:27disappear?
00:54:27No.
00:54:31What do
00:54:31you want?
00:54:33To see
00:54:34my wife
00:54:35and my
00:54:35son.
00:54:37The words
00:54:38my son
00:54:39almost made
00:54:39me laugh.
00:54:41Since
00:54:42when do
00:54:42you ever
00:54:42treat
00:54:43Jax
00:54:43like your
00:54:44son?
00:54:48Legally,
00:54:49he still
00:54:49is.
00:54:51The man
00:54:52was still
00:54:52rotten
00:54:53all the
00:54:53way
00:54:54through.
00:54:54I can
00:54:55take you
00:54:55to court.
00:54:56Go
00:54:56after
00:54:57custody.
00:55:01or at
00:55:01least
00:55:01make
00:55:02your
00:55:02life
00:55:02difficult.
00:55:06Touch
00:55:07him
00:55:07once
00:55:07and I'll
00:55:09make you
00:55:09regret
00:55:10being
00:55:10born.
00:55:12The
00:55:12sickest
00:55:13thing
00:55:13about
00:55:13Greg
00:55:13wasn't
00:55:14just
00:55:14that
00:55:14he
00:55:14was
00:55:15cruel.
00:55:16It
00:55:16was
00:55:17that
00:55:17he
00:55:17always
00:55:17knew
00:55:17exactly
00:55:18where
00:55:18to
00:55:18strike.
00:55:20At
00:55:21the
00:55:21thing
00:55:21I
00:55:21was
00:55:22most
00:55:22afraid
00:55:22of
00:55:22losing.
00:55:35when
00:55:35Ryder
00:55:36heard
00:55:36about
00:55:36it
00:55:36he
00:55:37was
00:55:37one
00:55:37breath
00:55:37away
00:55:38from
00:55:38tearing
00:55:38Greg
00:55:39apart.
00:55:39If
00:55:39murder
00:55:40had
00:55:40been
00:55:40legal
00:55:40Greg
00:55:41would
00:55:41have
00:55:42been
00:55:42dead
00:55:42already.
00:55:47I'm
00:55:47going to
00:55:47deal
00:55:48with him
00:55:48right
00:55:48now.
00:55:50Don't
00:55:51you
00:55:51dare.
00:55:53He
00:55:53threatened
00:55:54you.
00:55:56Which
00:55:57is
00:55:57exactly
00:55:58why
00:55:58you
00:55:58can't
00:55:59be
00:55:59the
00:55:59one
00:55:59to
00:55:59touch
00:55:59him.
00:56:01Ryder
00:56:02was
00:56:02wound
00:56:02so
00:56:02tight
00:56:03he
00:56:03looked
00:56:03ready
00:56:03to
00:56:03snap.
00:56:05So
00:56:06you
00:56:06want
00:56:06me
00:56:06to
00:56:07do
00:56:07nothing?
00:56:08No.
00:56:10I
00:56:11need
00:56:11you
00:56:11to
00:56:11do
00:56:11something
00:56:12more
00:56:12important.
00:56:15What?
00:56:19Take
00:56:19a DNA
00:56:20test.
00:56:22The
00:56:22room
00:56:22went
00:56:23so
00:56:23still
00:56:23it
00:56:23felt
00:56:24frozen.
00:56:25Okay.
00:56:26In
00:56:26the
00:56:27end
00:56:27Greg
00:56:28hadn't
00:56:28come
00:56:28back
00:56:29just
00:56:29to
00:56:29start
00:56:29a
00:56:29fight.
00:56:31He
00:56:31had
00:56:31forced
00:56:32us
00:56:32to
00:56:32face
00:56:32the
00:56:33most
00:56:33practical
00:56:33truth
00:56:34of
00:56:34all.
00:56:35It
00:56:36was
00:56:36no
00:56:36longer
00:56:37enough
00:56:37for
00:56:37us
00:56:37to
00:56:38know
00:56:38in
00:56:38our
00:56:38hearts
00:56:38that
00:56:39Ryder
00:56:39was
00:56:39Jax's
00:56:40father.
00:56:46And
00:56:47somehow
00:56:47the
00:56:48person
00:56:48most
00:56:48afraid
00:56:49of the
00:56:49result
00:56:49was
00:56:49Ryder
00:56:50himself.
00:56:54I
00:56:55thought
00:56:55Ryder
00:56:55would
00:56:56grab
00:56:56onto
00:56:56the
00:56:56test
00:56:57immediately
00:56:58but
00:56:58on
00:56:58the
00:56:59day
00:56:59they
00:56:59drew
00:56:59blood
00:56:59he
00:57:00was
00:57:01terrifyingly
00:57:01quiet.
00:57:04What are you
00:57:04thinking about?
00:57:06I'm not
00:57:07scared he
00:57:07won't be
00:57:08my son.
00:57:09Then what
00:57:09are you
00:57:10scared
00:57:10of?
00:57:12I'm
00:57:13scared
00:57:13fate
00:57:14will find
00:57:14one more
00:57:14way to
00:57:15punish
00:57:15me.
00:57:16That
00:57:16left me
00:57:17speechless
00:57:17for a
00:57:18second.
00:57:19Mommy
00:57:19why is
00:57:20everyone
00:57:20acting
00:57:21weird
00:57:21today?
00:57:22Because
00:57:23adults
00:57:23are
00:57:24stupid
00:57:25sometimes.
00:57:26Then I
00:57:26don't
00:57:26want
00:57:27to
00:57:27grow
00:57:27up.
00:57:29Even
00:57:29at a
00:57:30moment
00:57:30like
00:57:30this
00:57:31Jax
00:57:31still
00:57:31managed
00:57:32to
00:57:32make
00:57:32me
00:57:32laugh
00:57:32and
00:57:33I
00:57:33finally
00:57:34understood
00:57:34that
00:57:35Ryder
00:57:35wasn't
00:57:36afraid
00:57:36of
00:57:36not
00:57:36being
00:57:37the
00:57:37father.
00:57:39He
00:57:39was
00:57:39afraid
00:57:40that
00:57:40fate
00:57:40would
00:57:40bring
00:57:40him
00:57:41back
00:57:41to
00:57:41us
00:57:41only
00:57:41to
00:57:42rip
00:57:42it
00:57:42all
00:57:42away
00:57:42again.
00:57:52But
00:57:53before
00:57:53the
00:57:53results
00:57:54came
00:57:54back
00:57:54the
00:57:55pack
00:57:55somehow
00:57:55got
00:57:56a
00:57:56few
00:57:56stolen
00:57:56moments
00:57:57that
00:57:57felt
00:57:57like
00:57:58home.
00:58:07Who's
00:58:07making
00:58:08breakfast
00:58:08today?
00:58:11I
00:58:11vote
00:58:12Parker.
00:58:12I'll
00:58:13do
00:58:13it.
00:58:15Jax
00:58:16don't
00:58:16dump
00:58:17all
00:58:17the
00:58:17sugar
00:58:17in.
00:58:21But
00:58:21it
00:58:21tastes
00:58:22better
00:58:22that
00:58:22way.
00:58:27Loud,
00:58:28messy,
00:58:29warm,
00:58:30the
00:58:31whole
00:58:31thing
00:58:31felt
00:58:31absurdly
00:58:32dreamlike.
00:58:33I
00:58:34stood
00:58:34in the
00:58:34kitchen
00:58:35doorway
00:58:35and
00:58:36suddenly
00:58:36got
00:58:36scared
00:58:37that
00:58:37all
00:58:37of
00:58:37it
00:58:37was
00:58:37temporary.
00:58:38I
00:58:39was
00:58:39already
00:58:39getting
00:58:40used
00:58:40to
00:58:40not
00:58:40carrying
00:58:41everything
00:58:41alone.
00:58:43I
00:58:44was
00:58:44getting
00:58:44used
00:58:44to
00:58:45Jax
00:58:45having
00:58:45people
00:58:46around
00:58:46him
00:58:46who
00:58:46laughed
00:58:47with
00:58:47him,
00:58:47caught
00:58:48him,
00:58:48protected
00:58:49him.
00:58:52Then
00:58:53Ryder's
00:58:53phone
00:58:53vibrated.
00:58:55The
00:58:55results
00:58:56were in.
00:58:57And all
00:58:58of us
00:58:58were waiting
00:58:59for him
00:58:59to open
00:58:59that
00:59:00email.
00:59:01Ryder's
00:59:01hand
00:59:01was actually
00:59:02shaking.
00:59:03Open
00:59:03it.
00:59:07You
00:59:08sure?
00:59:11Open
00:59:11it.
00:59:12He
00:59:12opened
00:59:13the
00:59:13file
00:59:13and
00:59:13stared
00:59:14at
00:59:14the
00:59:14screen
00:59:14without
00:59:14speaking.
00:59:17Ryder?
00:59:19I
00:59:19am.
00:59:22My
00:59:22breathing
00:59:23stopped
00:59:23for a
00:59:24second.
00:59:25Jax
00:59:26is
00:59:26my
00:59:26son.
00:59:27It
00:59:27was
00:59:27the
00:59:27answer
00:59:28we
00:59:28had
00:59:28already
00:59:29known
00:59:29in
00:59:29our
00:59:29bones.
00:59:30But
00:59:30this
00:59:31was
00:59:31the
00:59:31moment
00:59:31it
00:59:32finally
00:59:32became
00:59:32something
00:59:33undeniable.
00:59:34Mommy,
00:59:35why are
00:59:36you
00:59:36crying?
00:59:38Because
00:59:38you're
00:59:38finally
00:59:39getting
00:59:39the
00:59:39father
00:59:39you
00:59:40deserve
00:59:40on
00:59:40paper.
00:59:41But
00:59:41before
00:59:41the
00:59:42room
00:59:42could
00:59:42actually
00:59:42relax,
00:59:43Remy
00:59:44spoke.
00:59:45If
00:59:46we
00:59:46make
00:59:46paternity
00:59:47official
00:59:47right
00:59:47now,
00:59:48we'll
00:59:48walk
00:59:48straight
00:59:48into
00:59:49the
00:59:49hunter's
00:59:49line
00:59:49of
00:59:49sight.
00:59:50That
00:59:50was
00:59:50reality.
00:59:51We
00:59:52had
00:59:52only
00:59:52just
00:59:52managed
00:59:52to
00:59:53make
00:59:53the
00:59:53word
00:59:53father
00:59:54real,
00:59:54and
00:59:55already
00:59:55it
00:59:55had
00:59:55become
00:59:56something
00:59:56that
00:59:56could
00:59:56put
00:59:56a
00:59:57target
00:59:57on
00:59:57all
00:59:57of
00:59:57us.
00:59:58Suddenly,
00:59:59claiming
00:59:59paternity
01:00:00became
01:00:00a
01:00:00battle
01:00:01too.
01:00:02I
01:00:02never
01:00:03thought
01:00:03adding
01:00:03a
01:00:03father's
01:00:04name
01:00:04to
01:00:04a
01:00:04legal
01:00:05record
01:00:05could
01:00:05feel
01:00:06like
01:00:06a
01:00:06military
01:00:07operation.
01:00:11We
01:00:12rotate
01:00:12roots
01:00:13three
01:00:13times.
01:00:14Sweep
01:00:14the
01:00:14area
01:00:14first.
01:00:15Keep
01:00:16eyes
01:00:16on
01:00:16the
01:00:16perimeter.
01:00:18You
01:00:19realize
01:00:19this is
01:00:20insane,
01:00:20right?
01:00:22You
01:00:22can
01:00:22stay
01:00:22behind.
01:00:23I
01:00:24didn't
01:00:24say I
01:00:24was
01:00:25staying
01:00:25behind.
01:00:26Watching
01:00:27them
01:00:27build
01:00:27an
01:00:28actual
01:00:28operation
01:00:29around
01:00:29paternity
01:00:29paperwork
01:00:30was
01:00:30so
01:00:31absurd
01:00:31I
01:00:31almost
01:00:32laughed.
01:00:34Are
01:00:34you
01:00:34all
01:00:35always
01:00:35this
01:00:35dramatic?
01:00:37Only
01:00:37when it's
01:00:38about
01:00:38you
01:00:38and
01:00:38Jax.
01:00:41That
01:00:42line
01:00:42hit so
01:00:43directly
01:00:43that
01:00:43even
01:00:44my
01:00:44comments
01:00:44stalled.
01:00:45But
01:00:46I
01:00:46also
01:00:46knew
01:00:46they
01:00:47weren't
01:00:47being
01:00:47dramatic
01:00:47for
01:00:48no
01:00:48reason.
01:00:49They
01:00:49were
01:00:50telling
01:00:50me
01:00:50in
01:00:50the
01:00:51only
01:00:51way
01:00:51they
01:00:51knew
01:00:51how
01:00:52that
01:00:53this
01:00:53time
01:00:53I
01:00:53wasn't
01:00:54carrying
01:00:54it
01:00:54alone.
01:00:57But
01:00:57while
01:00:58we
01:00:58were
01:00:58preparing
01:00:58to
01:00:59make
01:00:59River
01:00:59his
01:01:00legal
01:01:00father
01:01:00the
01:01:01changes
01:01:01in
01:01:02Jackson
01:01:03kept
01:01:04getting
01:01:04harder
01:01:05to
01:01:05ignore.
01:01:14Something
01:01:14about
01:01:15Jackson
01:01:15had been
01:01:15changing.
01:01:17Not
01:01:18worse.
01:01:19Stronger.
01:01:25Mommy,
01:01:26I
01:01:26hear
01:01:26someone
01:01:27walking
01:01:27behind
01:01:27the
01:01:28ridge.
01:01:28You
01:01:29can
01:01:29hear
01:01:29that
01:01:29from
01:01:30this
01:01:30far
01:01:30away?
01:01:33Very
01:01:33clearly.
01:01:37It
01:01:38wasn't
01:01:38just
01:01:38his
01:01:38strength
01:01:39anymore.
01:01:40His
01:01:40hearing,
01:01:41instincts,
01:01:42even
01:01:43the force
01:01:43of his
01:01:43presence
01:01:44were
01:01:44sharpening.
01:01:51this
01:01:52child
01:01:52isn't
01:01:53an
01:01:53ordinary
01:01:53cub.
01:01:56What
01:01:57does
01:01:57that
01:01:57mean?
01:01:58He
01:01:58may
01:01:59be
01:01:59more
01:01:59than
01:01:59an
01:02:00alpha's
01:02:00son.
01:02:03He
01:02:03may
01:02:04be
01:02:04the
01:02:05heir.
01:02:07The
01:02:08second
01:02:08that
01:02:08word
01:02:09was
01:02:09spoken,
01:02:09the
01:02:10whole
01:02:10room
01:02:10changed.
01:02:11In
01:02:12that
01:02:12moment,
01:02:13I
01:02:14finally
01:02:14understood
01:02:15why
01:02:15the
01:02:15hunters
01:02:15were
01:02:16after
01:02:16Jack's.
01:02:18They
01:02:19weren't
01:02:19after
01:02:20just
01:02:20any
01:02:20child.
01:02:22They
01:02:22were
01:02:23after
01:02:23a
01:02:23future
01:02:23that
01:02:24hadn't
01:02:24fully
01:02:24taken
01:02:25shape
01:02:25yet.
01:02:28And
01:02:29somewhere
01:02:29else,
01:02:30Greg
01:02:30finally
01:02:31did
01:02:31the
01:02:31thing
01:02:31he
01:02:31did
01:02:32best.
01:02:34Betrayal.
01:02:35I
01:02:36had
01:02:36always
01:02:36known
01:02:36Greg
01:02:37was
01:02:37rotten,
01:02:37but
01:02:38I
01:02:38still
01:02:38underestimated
01:02:39how
01:02:39low he
01:02:40could
01:02:40go.
01:02:40I
01:02:41know
01:02:41where
01:02:41the
01:02:41woman
01:02:41and
01:02:42the
01:02:42boy
01:02:42are.
01:02:44Pay
01:02:44me
01:02:44and
01:02:45I'll
01:02:45give
01:02:45you
01:02:45the
01:02:45address.
01:02:47When
01:02:48I
01:02:48heard
01:02:48the
01:02:48recording,
01:02:49I
01:02:49nearly
01:02:49crushed
01:02:49the
01:02:49phone
01:02:50in
01:02:50my
01:02:50hand.
01:02:52He
01:02:53sold
01:02:53me
01:02:54and
01:02:54Jack's
01:02:54out?
01:02:55Yeah.
01:02:59I'll
01:03:00kill
01:03:00him.
01:03:02No.
01:03:03I
01:03:04didn't
01:03:04cry
01:03:04this
01:03:05time.
01:03:07For
01:03:08the
01:03:08first
01:03:08time,
01:03:09I
01:03:09just
01:03:09understood
01:03:10completely
01:03:11that
01:03:11this
01:03:11man
01:03:12was
01:03:12beneath
01:03:12trash.
01:03:15I
01:03:15want
01:03:16him
01:03:16alive
01:03:16long
01:03:16enough
01:03:16to
01:03:17see
01:03:17exactly
01:03:17what
01:03:17a
01:03:17failure
01:03:18he
01:03:18is.
01:03:19Greg
01:03:19used
01:03:20to
01:03:20be
01:03:20just
01:03:20a
01:03:20pathetic
01:03:20husband
01:03:21I
01:03:21wanted
01:03:21to
01:03:21leave
01:03:22behind.
01:03:22But
01:03:23from
01:03:23that
01:03:23moment
01:03:24on,
01:03:24he
01:03:24became
01:03:25the
01:03:25man
01:03:25who
01:03:25would
01:03:25sell
01:03:26my
01:03:26son
01:03:26to
01:03:26the
01:03:27enemy.
01:03:27But
01:03:27the
01:03:28hunters
01:03:28didn't
01:03:28give
01:03:28us
01:03:29time
01:03:29to
01:03:29keep
01:03:29planning.
01:03:31They
01:03:31came
01:03:32fast.
01:03:53The
01:03:53hunters
01:03:53came
01:03:54in
01:03:54hard
01:03:54and
01:03:54fast.
01:03:55I
01:03:56barely
01:03:56had
01:03:56time
01:03:56to
01:03:57hold
01:03:57on
01:03:57to
01:03:57Jackson.
01:04:01Paige,
01:04:02run.
01:04:02Jax
01:04:03is
01:04:03still
01:04:03You're
01:04:04the
01:04:04target!
01:04:11An
01:04:11arrow
01:04:11cut
01:04:12past
01:04:12my
01:04:12shoulder.
01:04:16The
01:04:17next
01:04:17second,
01:04:18Remy
01:04:18shoved
01:04:18me
01:04:18behind
01:04:19a
01:04:19tree.
01:04:21What
01:04:22are
01:04:22you?
01:04:24He
01:04:25lowered
01:04:25his
01:04:25head
01:04:26and bit
01:04:26straight
01:04:27into
01:04:27my
01:04:27neck.
01:04:31Don't
01:04:32move.
01:04:34Pain,
01:04:35heat,
01:04:36something
01:04:36like
01:04:36electricity
01:04:38exploded
01:04:38through
01:04:39me
01:04:39all
01:04:39at
01:04:40once.
01:04:41Now
01:04:42run.
01:04:47And
01:04:48for
01:04:48the
01:04:48first
01:04:48time,
01:04:49I
01:04:49heard
01:04:49his
01:04:49voice
01:04:50inside
01:04:50my
01:04:50head.
01:04:53Left.
01:04:54Don't
01:04:54look
01:04:54back.
01:04:57I
01:04:57didn't
01:04:58have
01:04:58time
01:04:58to
01:04:58understand
01:04:59what
01:04:59he'd
01:04:59just
01:04:59done.
01:05:00I
01:05:01only
01:05:01knew
01:05:02that
01:05:02Remy
01:05:02had
01:05:02shoved
01:05:03me
01:05:03out
01:05:03of
01:05:03death's
01:05:03trath
01:05:04in
01:05:04the
01:05:04most
01:05:04brutal
01:05:05way
01:05:05possible.
01:05:06I
01:05:07finally
01:05:07understood
01:05:08why
01:05:08Remy
01:05:08had
01:05:08bitten
01:05:09me.
01:05:11Remy's
01:05:11bite
01:05:12wasn't
01:05:12a
01:05:12claim.
01:05:13It
01:05:14was
01:05:14survival.
01:05:16Suddenly,
01:05:17I was
01:05:17moving fast
01:05:18as wind.
01:05:19Faster.
01:05:21Stop ordering
01:05:22me around.
01:05:24If you die
01:05:25now,
01:05:25who am I
01:05:25supposed to
01:05:26piss off
01:05:26later?
01:05:28Even
01:05:28then,
01:05:29he still
01:05:29had to be
01:05:30a
01:05:30smart
01:05:30ass.
01:05:34Remy!
01:05:35It
01:05:36was
01:05:36the
01:05:36first
01:05:36time
01:05:37I
01:05:37was
01:05:37that
01:05:37afraid
01:05:38of
01:05:38losing
01:05:38him,
01:05:38and
01:05:39it
01:05:39was
01:05:39the
01:05:39first
01:05:40time
01:05:40I
01:05:40understood
01:05:41this
01:05:41clearly.
01:05:43He
01:05:43had
01:05:44never
01:05:44been
01:05:44just
01:05:44playing.
01:05:46Remy
01:05:46always
01:05:46felt
01:05:47like
01:05:47a
01:05:47blade.
01:05:52And
01:05:53yet,
01:05:53when it
01:05:53mattered
01:05:54most,
01:05:54he threw
01:05:55himself
01:05:55into
01:05:56danger
01:05:56first,
01:05:57so I
01:05:57could
01:05:58stay
01:05:58alive.
01:06:00But
01:06:01when he
01:06:01came
01:06:01back,
01:06:02he
01:06:02had to
01:06:03face
01:06:03more
01:06:03than
01:06:03me.
01:06:04he
01:06:04had
01:06:05to
01:06:05face
01:06:05the
01:06:05other
01:06:05three
01:06:05men
01:06:06too.
01:06:11When
01:06:11Remy
01:06:12came
01:06:12back,
01:06:12he
01:06:13was
01:06:13covered
01:06:13in
01:06:13blood.
01:06:14Are
01:06:15you
01:06:15insane?
01:06:17I
01:06:18came
01:06:18back
01:06:18alive,
01:06:19didn't
01:06:19I?
01:06:19But
01:06:20this
01:06:20time,
01:06:20nobody
01:06:21laughed.
01:06:23You
01:06:23bonded
01:06:23with
01:06:23her
01:06:24first.
01:06:25She
01:06:26might
01:06:26die.
01:06:28We
01:06:29know.
01:06:33the
01:06:33issue
01:06:34isn't
01:06:34that
01:06:34you
01:06:34saved
01:06:35her.
01:06:36The
01:06:36issue
01:06:37is
01:06:38that
01:06:38from
01:06:38now
01:06:38on,
01:06:39everything
01:06:40changes.
01:06:43I
01:06:43thought
01:06:44they
01:06:44were
01:06:44about
01:06:44to
01:06:45fight,
01:06:45but
01:06:46they
01:06:46didn't.
01:06:49For
01:06:49the
01:06:49first
01:06:50time,
01:06:50they
01:06:51all
01:06:51looked
01:06:51seriously
01:06:52at the
01:06:52same
01:06:52question.
01:06:53What
01:06:54was
01:06:54this
01:06:55family
01:06:55supposed
01:06:55to
01:06:56become?
01:06:57Remy's
01:06:57bite
01:06:58hadn't
01:06:58just
01:06:58broken
01:06:59skin.
01:07:00It
01:07:00had
01:07:00ripped
01:07:01open
01:07:01the
01:07:01last
01:07:01thing
01:07:02any
01:07:02of
01:07:02us
01:07:02could
01:07:02still
01:07:03pretend
01:07:03not
01:07:03to
01:07:03see.
01:07:05And
01:07:05this
01:07:05time,
01:07:06it
01:07:07was
01:07:07my
01:07:07turn
01:07:07to
01:07:07answer.
01:07:09I
01:07:09couldn't
01:07:09pretend
01:07:10not
01:07:10to
01:07:10see
01:07:10it
01:07:10anymore.
01:07:12I
01:07:13loved
01:07:13Ryder,
01:07:14and
01:07:14Callan,
01:07:15Remy,
01:07:16Parker
01:07:16had all
01:07:16been
01:07:16pulling
01:07:17me
01:07:17in
01:07:17too,
01:07:18each
01:07:18in
01:07:18a
01:07:18different
01:07:19way.
01:07:19I
01:07:20don't
01:07:20want
01:07:20to
01:07:20avoid
01:07:21this
01:07:21anymore.
01:07:22Then
01:07:23don't.
01:07:23I
01:07:24love
01:07:24Ryder.
01:07:25Ryder's
01:07:26eyes
01:07:26reddened
01:07:27instantly.
01:07:29But
01:07:30I
01:07:30can't
01:07:30pretend
01:07:31I
01:07:31don't
01:07:31need
01:07:31the
01:07:31three
01:07:32of
01:07:32you
01:07:32too.
01:07:35Do
01:07:36you
01:07:36realize
01:07:36how
01:07:37dangerous
01:07:37that
01:07:37sentence
01:07:38is?
01:07:40Yes.
01:07:42Are
01:07:42you
01:07:42afraid?
01:07:45Yes.
01:07:47But
01:07:48I'm
01:07:48more
01:07:49afraid
01:07:49of
01:07:49missing
01:07:49this
01:07:50again.
01:07:51All
01:07:52four
01:07:52men
01:07:52went
01:07:53silent.
01:07:54This
01:07:55wasn't
01:07:55the
01:07:55life
01:07:55I
01:07:56had
01:07:56once
01:07:56imagined
01:07:56for
01:07:57myself.
01:07:57But
01:07:58the
01:07:58moment
01:07:58I
01:07:58said
01:07:59it
01:07:59all
01:07:59out
01:07:59loud
01:07:59for
01:08:00the
01:08:00first
01:08:00time,
01:08:01I
01:08:01didn't
01:08:01want
01:08:02to
01:08:02run.
01:08:03Then
01:08:04they
01:08:04made
01:08:04the
01:08:04same
01:08:04choice.
01:08:07I
01:08:07thought
01:08:07they
01:08:08would
01:08:08fight
01:08:08over
01:08:08it,
01:08:09but
01:08:09they
01:08:10didn't.
01:08:17I'm
01:08:18not
01:08:18letting
01:08:18you
01:08:18carry
01:08:19this
01:08:19alone
01:08:19again.
01:08:20I'll
01:08:21handle
01:08:21making
01:08:21you
01:08:22laugh.
01:08:24I'll
01:08:24handle
01:08:25killing
01:08:25anything
01:08:25that
01:08:26comes
01:08:26for
01:08:26you.
01:08:28I'll
01:08:28make
01:08:28sure
01:08:29this
01:08:29home
01:08:29stands.
01:08:30It
01:08:31sounded
01:08:31absurd
01:08:32and
01:08:32messy
01:08:32and
01:08:33nothing
01:08:33like
01:08:33a
01:08:33normal
01:08:33life.
01:08:34And
01:08:35somehow
01:08:35it
01:08:36was
01:08:36the
01:08:36first
01:08:36time
01:08:37I
01:08:37truly
01:08:37felt
01:08:37like
01:08:38I
01:08:38belonged.
01:08:40So
01:08:41I
01:08:41really
01:08:41do
01:08:42get
01:08:42four
01:08:42dads
01:08:43now?
01:08:46You
01:08:47ask
01:08:47for
01:08:47a
01:08:47lot.
01:08:49But
01:08:50they're
01:08:51all
01:08:51awesome.
01:08:52That
01:08:53line
01:08:53almost
01:08:53made
01:08:54me
01:08:54laugh.
01:08:55But
01:08:55after
01:08:56the
01:08:56laugh,
01:08:56what
01:08:57stayed
01:08:57in me
01:08:57was
01:08:57something
01:08:58painfully
01:08:58tender.
01:09:01Because
01:09:01I suddenly
01:09:02realized that
01:09:03Jax had
01:09:03already started
01:09:04forming his
01:09:04own version
01:09:05of family.
01:09:07And
01:09:08just when
01:09:08we finally
01:09:09started to
01:09:09feel like
01:09:10a family,
01:09:12paternity
01:09:13day arrived.
01:09:14Paternity
01:09:15day felt
01:09:16far more
01:09:16like going
01:09:17into battle
01:09:17than I
01:09:18had
01:09:18imagined.
01:09:19Jax
01:09:19stays
01:09:20with
01:09:20the
01:09:20pack.
01:09:22Parker
01:09:23and I
01:09:23stay
01:09:23here.
01:09:25I'm
01:09:25going
01:09:26with
01:09:26you.
01:09:27Nobody
01:09:28moves
01:09:28alone.
01:09:30Jackson
01:09:30was unusually
01:09:31quiet that
01:09:31day.
01:09:39Ryder.
01:09:40Yeah?
01:09:42After
01:09:43today?
01:09:44Can I
01:09:45still call
01:09:46you that?
01:09:46Ryder
01:09:47looked like
01:09:47he didn't
01:09:48understand
01:09:48at first.
01:09:49Then
01:09:49Jackson
01:09:50threw his
01:09:50arms
01:09:50around
01:09:51him.
01:09:53Dad.
01:09:55Ryder
01:09:56couldn't
01:09:56get a
01:09:56single
01:09:57word
01:09:57out.
01:09:58That
01:09:58one
01:09:59word
01:09:59landed
01:09:59harder
01:10:00than
01:10:00I
01:10:00had
01:10:00imagined.
01:10:01Because
01:10:01it
01:10:02wasn't
01:10:02just
01:10:02a
01:10:02title.
01:10:03It
01:10:04was
01:10:04Jax
01:10:04placing
01:10:04his
01:10:05heart
01:10:05for
01:10:06real
01:10:06into
01:10:06Ryder's
01:10:07hands.
01:10:07And
01:10:08with
01:10:08that
01:10:08one
01:10:08word
01:10:09dad
01:10:09today
01:10:10became
01:10:11something
01:10:11we
01:10:11absolutely
01:10:12couldn't
01:10:12lose.
01:10:13When
01:10:13the
01:10:14car
01:10:14crossed
01:10:14the
01:10:14pack
01:10:15boundary
01:10:15a
01:10:16strange
01:10:16feeling
01:10:16hit
01:10:17me.
01:10:17Like
01:10:18we
01:10:18weren't
01:10:18just
01:10:18going
01:10:18to
01:10:19register
01:10:19a
01:10:19name.
01:10:20Like
01:10:20we
01:10:20were
01:10:21declaring
01:10:21to
01:10:21the
01:10:21world
01:10:22that
01:10:22Jackson
01:10:22had
01:10:22a
01:10:23father,
01:10:23a
01:10:23mother,
01:10:24and
01:10:24a
01:10:25home.
01:10:26stop
01:10:26stop
01:10:27drifting
01:10:28watch
01:10:28the
01:10:28road.
01:10:31I'm
01:10:31reflecting
01:10:33reflecting
01:10:33on
01:10:33what?
01:10:34That
01:10:34I'm
01:10:35apparently
01:10:35heading
01:10:35to
01:10:36file
01:10:36paternity
01:10:36paperwork
01:10:37with
01:10:37two
01:10:37werewolves
01:10:38and
01:10:38a
01:10:39trunk
01:10:39full
01:10:39of
01:10:39weapons.
01:10:41You've
01:10:41adapted
01:10:42well.
01:10:43Ryder
01:10:43reached
01:10:43over
01:10:44and took
01:10:44my
01:10:44hand.
01:10:45When
01:10:45we
01:10:45get
01:10:45back
01:10:46all
01:10:47of
01:10:47this
01:10:47becomes
01:10:47official.
01:10:49For
01:10:50me
01:10:50it's
01:10:50already
01:10:51been
01:10:51official
01:10:51for a
01:10:52long
01:10:52time.
01:10:53The
01:10:53car
01:10:53kept
01:10:53moving.
01:10:54Then
01:10:54somewhere
01:10:55in
01:10:55the
01:10:55tree
01:10:55line
01:10:55a
01:10:56cold
01:10:57glint
01:10:57flashed.
01:10:58A
01:10:58sniper
01:10:59scope.
01:10:59In
01:11:00that
01:11:00moment
01:11:00I
01:11:01didn't
01:11:01scream.
01:11:02I
01:11:02didn't
01:11:02freeze.
01:11:03I
01:11:03simply
01:11:03understood.
01:11:04Completely.
01:11:05At
01:11:06last.
01:11:06We
01:11:07had
01:11:07only
01:11:07just
01:11:07managed
01:11:08to
01:11:08build
01:11:08this
01:11:08family
01:11:09and
01:11:09the
01:11:09people
01:11:09who
01:11:10wanted
01:11:10to
01:11:10destroy
01:11:10it
01:11:11were
01:11:11only
01:11:11just
01:11:11beginning.
01:11:12The
01:11:13real
01:11:13war
01:11:13was
01:11:14only
01:11:14just
01:11:14beginning.