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00:02The Northern Pack had one unbreakable rule, the Alpha Heir could never bond with a human girl.
00:07Despite that, Alpha Kieran Wolf still formed a mate bond with me.
00:11To be with me, he openly defied the Elder's Council.
00:14He endured 99 lashes and was forced to kneel at the altar for three days and nights.
00:19Even as blood soaked through his shirt, he smiled at me and said,
00:23Elise, don't be afraid. I only want you.
00:27Eventually, the Elder's Council finally relented and agreed to let Kieran leave with me.
00:32However, there was one condition. He had to leave a pure-blood heir behind for the pack.
00:38From that moment on, the phrase I heard most from Kieran was,
00:41Wait.
00:42The first time, Kieran asked me to wait while he got another she-wolf to carry his pup.
00:47He slept with Cecilia Donati 33 times until she was carrying his pup.
00:52The second time, he told me to wait again because the first pup was a female and the Elders wanted
00:58a male.
00:59So, Kieran slept with Cecilia 99 more times until she was carrying his pup again.
01:04Just when I thought our ordeal was finally over, their daughter, Tyra Wolf, accidentally ate Wolfsbane at her Meet the
01:11Pup party.
01:11I pushed open the heavy doors of the Elder's Council, forcing myself to keep my voice steady.
01:16I said,
01:17I'm willing to leave Kieran Wolfs, but I have one condition.
01:22I want you to send me somewhere he'll never find me.
01:25Elder Lucian Pierce let out a satisfied laugh.
01:27If only you had been this sensible sooner.
01:30Spending one night in the cold storage truly showed you your place.
01:34A human like you was never worthy of our noble Alpha bloodline.
01:38His voice dripped with contempt as he said,
01:41On the night of the full moon in ten days, we'll arrange everything to send you away.
01:46And when that time comes, you'd better never show your face in front of Kaiman again.
01:51The heavy doors slammed shut abruptly, and I leaned against the mansion's cold wall.
01:56In the main hall, Kieran had shifted into his massive wolf form, and was gently letting his daughter, Tyra Wolf,
02:03tug at his thick fur.
02:04Cecilia was curled against his warm belly, smiling with tender satisfaction.
02:09The perfect family of three looked so blissfully happy together.
02:12Cecilia Donati noticed me first, and immediately sat up with alert eyes.
02:17She instinctively pulled Tyra behind her protectively.
02:20Mrs. George, you're back.
02:23Kieran almost reflexively shifted back to human form, and handed Tyra to a servant to take upstairs.
02:29Their wary looks cut into me like knives.
02:32I'll only acknowledge pups that come from your belly.
02:35Now watched me like I was a murderer.
02:39Before softening his tone.
02:40Alright, fine.
02:42It doesn't matter now.
02:44Tyra is fine now.
02:45His dismissive words felt like ice picks stabbing into my heart, rubbing her slightly rounded belly.
02:51Mrs. George, I owe you an apology too.
02:53I was too panicked at the time.
02:55You're not a wolf, so you probably don't understand a mother's instinct.
02:59Where did you get this bracelet?
03:01I gave it to her.
03:03Cecilia likes antique pieces.
03:05I looked at Kieran with deep disappointment, my heart aching as if it were being cut by a knife.
03:11It was you.
03:14Kieran said matter-of-factly, as he pulled my hand away.
03:17Consider it your apology gift to her.
03:20Besides, it's just a bracelet.
03:21My voice trembled with rage.
03:23This is the only thing my mother left me.
03:26How could you give it away?
03:28You know how much it means to me.
03:30I reached to snatch the bracelet back,
03:32but Cecilia suddenly staggered backward and clutched her stomach in apparent pain.
03:36She moaned weakly.
03:38My belly.
03:39Kieran immediately shoved me away roughly,
03:42his eyes turning frighteningly cold.
03:45Elise!
03:46She's carrying my pup!
03:48He was so strong that I crashed hard into the bookshelf behind me.
03:51Haven't you caused enough trouble?
03:53My head struck against it heavily,
03:55and warm blood immediately began trickling down my neck.
03:58Yet,
03:59Kieran did not even look back,
04:01as he swept Cecilia into his arms and rushed out.
04:05Kieran.
04:06Cecilia sobbed weakly against his chest.
04:08Will our pup
04:09be okay?
04:11Don't be afraid.
04:13I'm here.
04:14He replied,
04:15his voice tenderly reassuring,
04:18each word piercing my ears.
04:20We'll be fine, and so will the pup.
04:21When Kieran carried Cecilia out of the mansion,
04:24I was still slumped on the floor with blood trickling down my neck from the back of my head.
04:29I looked down at the pool of blood beneath me and suddenly laughed,
04:32and the sound was bleak.
04:34Later,
04:35I took a carriage to the hospital,
04:36alone.
04:37The doctor saw how severe my injury was,
04:40and immediately began stitching and bandaging the wound.
04:42By the time they finished treating me,
04:44I had lost so much blood that I was dizzy,
04:46and could barely stand.
04:48I had just stumbled out of the examination room
04:50when someone grabbed my wrist roughly.
04:53Elise,
04:54Cecilia almost miscarried,
04:56yet you still wouldn't stop.
04:58You followed us to the hospital,
05:00to cause more trouble.
05:02Kieran's voice was tight with rage.
05:04His brow was furrowed deeply,
05:06and his eyes held a bone-chilling coldness.
05:08He still carried Cecilia's suffocating perfume scent on his clothes.
05:12I came to the hospital,
05:14but not for her.
05:15I pointed to my freshly bandaged forehead.
05:17I was injured too,
05:19and I couldn't treat it myself.
05:21Kieran's expression froze.
05:23He finally noticed the strong scent of blood on me,
05:26masked by antiseptic,
05:27and the thick gauze still seeping red.
05:32Kieran,
05:32you said that once you delivered the pup,
05:34you'd take me away.
05:36I said,
05:37looking at him as my nose began to sting.
05:39But now,
05:40do you even see me anymore?
05:41Kieran's frown deepened
05:43as he reached out tenderly to touch my wound.
05:45What happened here?
05:46You pushed me.
05:47I said calmly,
05:49dodging his touch.
05:50I hit the bookshelf.
05:53To you,
05:54it was just a casual shove,
05:56wasn't it?
05:56Kieran's pupils contracted
05:58as he recalled the force he had used
06:00in his moment of rage.
06:01For a human,
06:02it could have been fatal.
06:04He pulled me into his arms guiltily.
06:06Elise,
06:06I'm sorry.
06:07I didn't mean to.
06:09I was just afraid something would happen to Cecilia.
06:11She's carrying the Pax future.
06:13If anything went wrong,
06:14the Elder's Council would never forgive us.
06:16And our departure would be delayed.
06:18I let him hold me
06:19while staring blankly
06:20at the sterile white ceiling.
06:22I had heard these excuses
06:23too many times before.
06:24I understand.
06:26I said,
06:26pushing him away.
06:27Go take care of her.
06:28I turned to leave,
06:29but he grabbed my wrist again.
06:31Elise,
06:32no matter what,
06:34you have to believe
06:35that I only love you.
06:37Everything I do
06:38is to help us escape this prison
06:39as quickly as possible.
06:41Kieran released my hand
06:43and,
06:43as he walked away,
06:44said,
06:45When I get home,
06:46I'll bring you
06:46your favorite cranberry cupcakes.
06:48With that,
06:49he headed toward
06:50the private healing chamber
06:51at the end of the corridor
06:53where Cecilia was being cared for
06:55by the Pax finest healers.
06:57I stood there,
06:58watching him disappear
06:58into the distance.
07:00Suddenly,
07:00I laughed
07:01and tears began streaming down my face.
07:03I don't believe you anymore.
07:05I whispered to the empty air
07:06and to my own dying heart,
07:08Kieran,
07:09I will never believe
07:10any of your promises
07:12ever again.
07:16Kieran was gone
07:17for three days straight.
07:18During those three days,
07:20Cecilia sent me taunting letters
07:21every single day.
07:24Cecilia,
07:25what the hell
07:25do you want from me?
07:27My voice shaking
07:27with barely contained rage.
07:29I could almost hear
07:30her soft,
07:31mocking laugh
07:32through the ink.
07:33Oh, nothing much.
07:34I just thought you should see
07:35how happy your husband
07:36is without you.
07:37Three days,
07:38and he hasn't even mentioned
07:39your name once.
07:40The letter ended there abruptly.
07:41In my mind's eye,
07:43I saw Kieran
07:44gently coaxing Tyra with toys,
07:46while Cecilia leaned
07:47intimately against his shoulder,
07:49smiling sweetly
07:50as she watched
07:51the father-daughter interaction.
07:52I endured the heartache
07:54and read every letter she sent.
07:56She wrote about him
07:57keeping watch
07:57by her hospital bed
07:58deep into the night,
08:00feeding her soup
08:01and holding Tyra
08:02with nothing but adoration
08:03in his eyes.
08:04Each word felt like a needle
08:06piercing my heart.
08:07The pain kept coming
08:08until suddenly,
08:09I realized
08:09I could not feel it anymore.
08:11Perhaps my heart
08:12had already died
08:13the moment I was locked
08:14in that ice cell.
08:15I was about to burn her letters
08:16when a servant
08:17brought another package.
08:18Inside was a sketch
08:19of my mom's crystal bracelet
08:20being toyed with
08:21in Cecilia's hands.
08:22Want your mother to keep you safe?
08:24Then come get it.
08:27I shot to my feet so fast
08:29that my vision went black
08:30from the lingering blood loss.
08:33Yet, I did not care.
08:34I grabbed my coat
08:35and rushed out.
08:36In the hospital room,
08:37Cecilia was holding Tyra
08:39and humming a lullaby softly.
08:41Daddy loves you the most,
08:44doesn't he?
08:44Daddy's alpha power
08:46will be passed down
08:47to you someday.
08:48She looked up
08:49when she saw me,
08:50her smile deepening.
08:51You came.
08:52Did you know
08:53that during my stay here,
08:55Kieran hasn't even gone
08:56on his territory patrols.
08:57He's been right here
08:58using his pheromones
09:00to comfort me
09:02and our future heir.
09:04She deliberately emphasised
09:06the word heir.
09:06My nails dug deep into my palms
09:08as I asked coldly,
09:09Where's the bracelet?
09:11Cecilia leisurely picked up
09:12the antique crystal bracelet
09:13from the bedside table
09:14and dangled it
09:15from her fingertips.
09:17You mean this?
09:18She flashed a cruel smile.
09:20Here's the deal.
09:21With your human body,
09:23bow to me,
09:24Kieran's future Luna,
09:26and I'll consider
09:27giving it back.
09:28I trembled with rage.
09:30Don't go too far.
09:32Step away from me.
09:34The crystal bracelet
09:35shattered on the floor,
09:36breaking into several pieces.
09:38Cecilia covered her grin
09:40with a look of mock surprise.
09:41Oh my!
09:43How careless of you!
09:44You couldn't even catch it!
09:46I trembled
09:46and had just lunged forward
09:48to gather the pieces
09:49when Cecilia suddenly screamed
09:51and fell backward
09:52against the wall.
09:53At that moment,
09:54the door was violently
09:55pushed open.
09:56Kieran and Lucian
09:57stood in the doorway
09:58with grim expressions,
10:00followed by several
10:01other elders.
10:02What are you doing?
10:06Lucian demanded sternly,
10:07his voice carrying
10:08alpha authority
10:09that made me feel suffocated.
10:12Cecilia threw herself
10:13into Kieran's arms,
10:14crying.
10:14Kieran!
10:15My stomach hurts so much!
10:17Oh, and check Tyra quickly!
10:20I just saw Elise
10:21pinching and hitting her!
10:22Kieran frantically
10:23picked up the pup
10:24to examine her,
10:24lifting her clothes
10:26to reveal tender skin
10:27covered in purple bruises
10:28from pinching.
10:29I stared in disbelief.
10:32I didn't!
10:33I never even touched her!
10:36I shook my head desperately
10:37as Lucian glared at me
10:38with venom in his eyes.
10:40Suddenly,
10:40a blow heavy
10:42with werewolf strength
10:43struck me across the face.
10:44My vision went black,
10:46my ears rang,
10:47and blood dripped
10:47from the corner of my mouth.
10:49You vile woman!
10:51Lucian's voice
10:51sounded like an echo.
10:53You dare harm
10:54a pregnant she-wolf
10:56and an innocent pup!
10:58Another elder said coldly,
10:59The last punishment
11:00was too lenient.
11:02Guards,
11:03drag her to the punishment chamber
11:05and give her 20 flamses.
11:07Kieran clenched his fists tightly
11:09and stepped forward.
11:10Elders,
11:10you still want to protect her?
11:13Lucian interrupted harshly.
11:15She harmed your own bloodline.
11:17Even if you plan to run away with her,
11:19it doesn't change
11:20that this pup
11:21carries your blood!
11:23I trembled,
11:25instinctively looking toward Kieran.
11:27He still stood there
11:28with his knuckles
11:29white from clenching.
11:30In the punishment chamber,
11:32wolf guards pinned me down,
11:33forcing me to kneel
11:34on the stone slab
11:35in the center.
11:36The first lash came down
11:37and my vision went black.
11:39In a daze,
11:40I remembered
11:41when I had broken up
11:42with Kieran
11:42on the day he decided
11:44to rebel against his family
11:45to be with me.
11:46That night,
11:47it poured rain
11:48and he stood outside my window,
11:50letting the storm drench him
11:51until he burned
11:52with a high fever.
11:53When I woke up again,
11:55I was lying face down
11:56on a bed.
11:57Even the slightest movement
11:58sent searing pain
11:59across my back.
12:01Elise!
12:02Kieran immediately rushed over,
12:04his eyes bloodshot
12:05with exhaustion.
12:07You're awake.
12:09Does it still hurt?
12:10I silently pulled my hand away,
12:12unwilling to look at him.
12:13Kieran stiffened for a moment
12:15before speaking again
12:16to explain.
12:17Elise,
12:18it's not that I didn't
12:19want to stop them,
12:20but in that situation,
12:21the more I resisted,
12:23the harsher
12:24the Elder's punishment
12:25would have been.
12:26Elder Lucian even considered
12:27executing you.
12:28Cutting through
12:29my last shred of hope,
12:30with reddened eyes,
12:32I slowly said,
12:33I'll ask you
12:34just one question.
12:35Kieran Wolf,
12:36in the name of the moon
12:37and our mate bond,
12:39do you believe me?
12:42Kieran frowned,
12:43anger creeping
12:44into his voice.
12:45Elise,
12:46there are bruises on Tyra
12:47and Cecilia named you herself.
12:50There's a witness
12:51and evidence.
12:52How do you expect me
12:53to believe you?
12:54Didn't I tell you
12:55that everything would be fine
12:56once this was all over?
12:57Why did you have to provoke Cecilia?
12:59My tears suddenly started falling.
13:02I thought I would not feel pain anymore,
13:04but my chest still felt like
13:05it was being viciously torn apart.
13:07I hurriedly turned my head away,
13:09not wanting him to see me
13:10looking so pathetic and weak.
13:12Go.
13:13I whispered so quietly
13:14it was barely audible.
13:16Just wait a little longer,
13:18okay?
13:18His voice softened
13:19as he tried to approach me again.
13:21Soon,
13:22once Cecilia gives birth
13:23to this pup,
13:24we'll definitely be able to leave.
13:26I swear,
13:28I'll take you to see
13:29the southern seas
13:30that never freeze.
13:32We would go back
13:33to how things were?
13:34I closed my eyes,
13:35my throat tightening.
13:36I knew well
13:37that we could never go back.
13:39After all,
13:39he had Cecilia now
13:41and two pups.
13:42For their sake,
13:43he had hurt me again and again,
13:45choosing others over me
13:46time after time.
13:47I slowly turned over
13:49to face away from him,
13:50not wanting to say another word.
13:55It was pouring rain outside.
13:56I packed my belongings
13:58and stood at the hospital entrance,
14:00watching Kieran's carriage
14:01slowly approach.
14:03As soon as I opened
14:04the carriage door,
14:05I saw Cecilia holding Tyra
14:06in the passenger seat.
14:08Kieran.
14:09Cecilia saw me
14:10and immediately shrank
14:11closer to him.
14:12I...
14:14I haven't recovered
14:15from the shock yet.
14:17Kieran had promised
14:17to come back for me,
14:18but he never did.
14:20My communication crystal
14:21had lost its glow,
14:22and I called out to him
14:23repeatedly through our mind link.
14:25Yet,
14:25there was only blocked silence
14:27on the other end.
14:28Seeing the sky grow darker
14:29with no sign of the storm
14:30letting up,
14:31I had no choice
14:32but to open the heavy umbrella
14:33and walk home.
14:36The fierce wind
14:37nearly snapped
14:38out of the umbrella frame
14:39as I stumbled forward.
14:41Suddenly,
14:41my foot slipped
14:42and I fell hard
14:43into a muddy puddle.
14:44The umbrella cracked
14:45with a sharp sound
14:46and rain instantly soaked
14:48through my entire body.
14:49By the time
14:50I finally made it home
14:51in my messy state,
14:52it was already deep
14:53into the night.
14:54As I stood dripping wet
14:56in the entryway,
14:57I heard Cecilia's tearful voice
14:58coming from the living room.
15:00Her voice was soft
15:01and trembling.
15:02Kieran,
15:03I know you only have
15:05Elise in your heart,
15:07but this really is
15:08a special situation.
15:09My milk ducts are blocked
15:11and it hurts so much
15:12and Tyara keeps crying
15:14for milk.
15:14She sobbed.
15:16The usual methods
15:17don't work
15:17and the healer said,
15:19perhaps the pup's father
15:20has to help.
15:23Just think of it
15:24as for Tyara's sake.
15:25Please help me.
15:27Don't worry.
15:28Elise will never know.
15:29I froze at the doorway
15:30and it felt like
15:31all the blood in my body
15:32had run cold.
15:33In the living room,
15:35I could not see his expression,
15:37only his tense back.
15:38After a long silence,
15:40I watched Kieran's
15:41left hand slowly rise,
15:42his fingertips parting
15:43Cecilia's clothing
15:45as his right hand
15:46slid over her pale skin.
15:48Then,
15:48right before my eyes,
15:50he lowered his head
15:50and pressed his lips
15:52against that softness.
15:55I was struck motionless,
15:57like lightning had hit me directly.
15:58Time seemed to stretch endlessly,
16:01each second feeling like a knife
16:03stabbing into my eyes
16:04and carving into my soul.
16:06I watched helplessly
16:07as Kieran leaned down.
16:08I watched as his lips
16:10touched Cecilia's chest
16:11and I certainly watched
16:13as he sucked gently,
16:14over and over again.
16:16Cecilia let out a satisfied moan,
16:19threading her fingers
16:20through his hair.
16:21This side needs attention too.
16:23Kieran frowned slightly.
16:24But that side isn't blocked,
16:25is it?
16:26Cecilia did not answer with words.
16:28Instead,
16:29she wrapped her arms
16:30around his neck
16:31and pressed his face
16:31against her.
16:32After a moment of silence,
16:34he lowered his head again.
16:35I could not watch anymore
16:36and bolted into the rain.
16:38The storm poured down on me,
16:40but I felt no cold.
16:42My mind was filled with memories
16:43of our first time together,
16:45how careful Kieran had been,
16:47how he had treasured me,
16:48and how he had whispered in my ear
16:50with that husky voice,
16:51Elise,
16:52you're my first
16:54and you'll be my last.
16:55Now,
16:56those same lips
16:57were on another woman.
16:58My heart ached
16:59and it hurt worse
17:00than the lashes.
17:01I bent over
17:02and crouched in the rain
17:03until my legs went numb,
17:04waiting until the mansion's lights
17:06finally went out
17:07before stumbling back
17:08like a lost soul
17:09and collapsing
17:10in an empty room.
17:13The fever hit hard and fast
17:15in the middle of the night.
17:16Half conscious,
17:17I heard Kieran's deep,
17:18gentle voice
17:19from the master bedroom.
17:21He was humming
17:21an old werewolf lullaby,
17:23one used to soothe their young.
17:25Of course,
17:25he was doing prenatal bonding
17:27with the pup in S-
17:28songs to help him sleep every-
17:30I did not know
17:31how long had passed
17:32before I heard someone calling me.
17:34Elise.
17:36Elise.
17:37I struggled to open my eyes
17:38and saw Kieran sitting by the bed
17:40with a bowl of medicine.
17:42How did you get this sick?
17:43He touched my forehead
17:44with the same gentle care as before.
17:47However,
17:47when he got close,
17:49all I could see
17:50was what I had witnessed
17:51in that bedroom.
17:52I turned away,
17:53refusing his touch.
17:55Elise.
17:56I'll leave the medicine and water here.
17:58He paused,
17:59his voice strained.
18:00Cecilia is sick
18:01and carrying my pup.
18:03Plus,
18:03she has Tyra to care for,
18:05so she'll be staying
18:06in our house for now.
18:08The master bedroom
18:09will be theirs
18:09for the time being.
18:11You'll stay in this room
18:12for the next few days
18:13and should...
18:13Alright, come here.
18:15You're such a baby.
18:17They shared candlelit dinners
18:18in the living room,
18:19just like the surprises
18:20he used to cook for me
18:21every month.
18:22The clink of wine glasses
18:24and their quiet laughter
18:25carried clearly to my room.
18:27Later that night,
18:28their voices turned softer,
18:30more tender,
18:30as they talked about the future.
18:32It's a boy,
18:33I want to name him Fenlaw.
18:34Strong,
18:35just like his father.
18:36What do you think?
18:37Fenlaw sounds perfect.
18:39And if it's a girl,
18:41Serafina,
18:41she'll be as beautiful as you.
18:43I curled up on the bed,
18:44biting the blanket hard,
18:46refusing to let myself
18:47cry out loud.
18:51After three full days of fever,
18:53I finally recovered.
18:55The day I walked out of my room
18:56happened to be Tyra's
18:58official pack recognition ceremony,
19:00the Moonlight Ritual.
19:01The ceremony was held
19:02at the pack's sacred ground.
19:04A moonlit grove
19:05surrounded by ancient oak trees.
19:07A bonfire blazed bright
19:09while the scent of roasted venison
19:11filled the air,
19:12and the werewolves drank honey mead
19:14as the atmosphere grew festive.
19:16Lucian and several elders
19:18beamed with joy
19:19as they held the swaddled Tyra
19:21while she received blessings
19:22from the pack members.
19:24Exquisite jewelry and precious toys
19:26were piled high like a small mountain.
19:28Kieran,
19:28this is for Cecilia.
19:30Lucian smiled
19:31as he handed over a wooden box.
19:33Inside was a ring set
19:35with an enormous milky white gem
19:37that seemed to pulse with moonlight.
19:39It was the tear of the moon goddess.
19:41She has given the wolf family
19:44a healthy bloodline!
19:46Kieran slipped the ring
19:47onto Cecilia's finger
19:49and whispered gently.
19:50You've done so well.
19:51Cecilia blushed
19:52and leaned into his arms,
19:54and the family of three
19:55looked blissfully happy.
19:59Alpha aura,
20:00until I sleep.
20:02I closed my eyes wearily,
20:03not wanting to listen or argue.
20:05We are ready.
20:06Just wishing it to end quickly.
20:07The moment the magical recording crystal
20:09clicked and captured the image,
20:11the massive totem pole behind us,
20:13a symbol of the pack's history,
20:15gave a sharp crack.
20:16Watch out!
20:18As the totem pole collapsed,
20:20Kieran rushed over and grabbed me.
20:22The huge wooden column
20:24crashed to the ground,
20:25scraping past my back
20:27and raising a cloud of dust.
20:29Meanwhile,
20:29Cecilia was struck by splintered wood
20:31and the impact force of the collapse.
20:33She screamed as she fell.
20:35With a shocking pool
20:36of bright red blood
20:37spreading beneath her,
20:38Cecilia!
20:39Kieran released me
20:40and rushed to her like a madman.
20:42Outside the operating room,
20:43Kieran paced anxiously.
20:45Watching his restless state,
20:47I remembered how he had kept watch
20:48by my bedside all night
20:49when I was injured
20:50while gathering herbs
20:51in the mountains.
20:53Alpha Kieran!
20:54The healer suddenly burst through the curtain.
20:56Miss Donati is hemorrhaging badly.
20:58The blood reserves
20:59don't have her blood type.
21:00We need an immediate donation.
21:01Take mine.
21:02That won't work.
21:03Your type A
21:04and Miss George's type O.
21:06Given her weakened state
21:07after the injury,
21:08she might not be able to handle
21:09the violent energy
21:10in an alpha's blood.
21:11It has to be human blood.
21:12After hearing this,
21:14Kieran's gaze snapped to me.
21:16At that moment,
21:16I felt like I had been struck
21:18by lightning.
21:21I stepped back abruptly,
21:23my voice trembling.
21:24I won't do it.
21:25My blood,
21:26the one thing they saw as special
21:28in this body
21:28they deemed a lowly humans,
21:30was now supposed to be used
21:32as a tool to save his heir.
21:34Elise!
21:34Kieran grabbed my wrist,
21:36his eyes sharp.
21:37This isn't the time
21:38for your tantrum.
21:39She's carrying the pack's heir.
21:41If something happens,
21:42we'll never be able to leave.
21:43Do you understand?
21:44My heart clenched painfully.
21:46I wondered if he was afraid
21:47we could not leave,
21:48or that something would happen
21:49to their pup.
21:50What if I refuse?
21:51Kieran's face darkened.
21:53I saved you,
21:54and that was what caused
21:55Cecilia's injury.
21:57You owe her this.
21:58Is giving a little blood
22:00really so hard?
22:01He looked at me
22:01with disappointment.
22:03Elysses,
22:04how did you end up doing this?
22:05My heart stabbed with pain.
22:07Had I changed?
22:08He was the one
22:09who had pursued me relentlessly,
22:11saying I was his only
22:13possible mate.
22:14He was the one
22:15who promised to recognize
22:16only me for life,
22:17who stood in the rain
22:18begging me to trust
22:19that he could handle everything.
22:21Now he was saying
22:22I had changed?
22:24My voice shook
22:25as I replied,
22:26So,
22:27you regret saving me.
22:29If you could do it over,
22:30you'd slave Cecilia
22:31and your pup first,
22:32wouldn't you?
22:33Kieran froze.
22:34What are you talking about?
22:35Something's wrong.
22:36Miss Donati
22:37is in critical condition.
22:39The healer urged anxiously,
22:40Any more delay
22:41and we'll lose both
22:42mother and pup.
22:43Alpha,
22:44make a decision quickly!
22:46Kieran's eyes hardened.
22:48Without further hesitation,
22:49he ordered the guards
22:50at the door.
22:51Take her to the blood drawing chamber.
22:53I was forced into the chair
22:54as a hollow silver needle
22:56pierced my vein
22:57and my blood flowed out,
22:58drop by drop.
23:00Throughout it all,
23:01Kieran never once
23:02looked back at me.
23:03When they had drawn
23:04two vials,
23:05the healer hesitated.
23:06Alpha,
23:08Miss George
23:08is too weak.
23:09If we draw more,
23:10I'm afraid.
23:11Continue.
23:12Kieran said
23:13without turning around.
23:14When they reached
23:15three vials,
23:16in my delirium,
23:17I seemed to see Kieran
23:18from when we first met,
23:20standing outside the herb shop,
23:22smiling at me.
23:23I'm Kieran Wolfe
23:24and I'll be back tomorrow.
23:26In the final moment,
23:27I completely lost consciousness.
23:31When I woke up again,
23:33Kieran was sitting
23:34by the hospital bed.
23:35I thought he would
23:36coax me gently like before,
23:37begging for my forgiveness.
23:39Yet,
23:40when I opened my eyes,
23:42I met his cold gaze instead.
23:44Did you ruin the totem pole?
23:45My mind went completely blank.
23:47What are you talking about?
23:48Kieran's eyes were sharp.
23:50The elders' council investigated
23:51and found that someone
23:53had soared halfway
23:54through the totem pole's base.
23:56If it wasn't you,
23:57who else would be scheming
23:59so hard to harm Cecilia?
24:01A chill spread through me.
24:03I'll say it again.
24:04It wasn't me.
24:05Not this time.
24:06Not this time.
24:08Not the last time.
24:09Not the time before that.
24:11Do you believe me?
24:12Kieran?
24:15Swear on your wolf soul
24:16and tell me
24:17if you sense through our bond
24:20that I'm lying.
24:22My voice rose into a scream
24:23with the last words.
24:25You're still denying it!
24:27Kieran's eyes turned cold.
24:29You always ask me
24:30to believe you.
24:31But what have you done?
24:33Cecilia ends up hurt
24:34while the pups are in danger.
24:38I told you.
24:39I only treat her well
24:41because of the air.
24:42Why do you insist on making a scene
24:44if she loses the pup?
24:46What good does that do for us?
24:49My chest heaved violently
24:50as countless grievances
24:51and anger clogged my throat.
24:53I wanted to question him,
24:55to argue back,
24:56to scream at the top of my lungs
24:58that I had never hurt anyone.
24:59I wanted to ask
25:00if he had forgotten his promise
25:01to always believe me unconditionally
25:03and never doubt me.
25:05In the end,
25:05I just looked at him wearily,
25:07my voice trembling,
25:09as I said,
25:10fine.
25:11Since you don't trust me,
25:13let's end this.
25:14You can break the maeton between us.
25:17I'll step aside
25:18so you can live happily
25:19as a family of four.
25:20Kieran froze instantly.
25:22His golden pupils
25:23contracting sharply.
25:25What did you say?
25:26An uncontrolled werewolf growl
25:28spilled from his throat.
25:29I glared at him
25:30with bloodshot eyes.
25:32Wasn't I clear enough?
25:33I renounced the bond between us.
25:36I'm willingly stepping aside
25:38for you and Cecilia.
25:39Kieran punched the nearby table,
25:41shattering it
25:42as wood splinters flew everywhere.
25:44He grabbed my wrist,
25:46fury rolling in his eyes.
25:48Elise!
25:50What are you saying?
25:52I've always loved you,
25:54yet you want me
25:55to be with another woman.
25:56I stared back at him stubbornly
25:57with teary eyes,
25:59saying nothing.
26:01After a long standoff,
26:02Kieran took a deep breath.
26:04He forcibly suppressed his anger
26:06and pulled me into his arms,
26:07holding me so tight
26:09it felt like he wanted
26:10to merge me into his bones.
26:11This matter ends here.
26:13Cecilia has already
26:15forgiven you,
26:16and I won't hold it
26:17against you either.
26:18But remember this.
26:19He tightened his arms,
26:21his voice hoarse
26:21as he said,
26:22Don't ever mention
26:23breaking the bond
26:24or leaving again.
26:25Never!
26:25Everything I'm doing
26:26is for our future.
26:28I did not tell him
26:29that to hell with the future.
26:30I had already decided
26:31to leave.
26:32She forgave me that easily.
26:34No conditions.
26:35I asked softly,
26:37my voice numb.
26:38Kieran's body stiffened,
26:39and he was silent
26:40for a moment
26:41before releasing me.
26:42She wants to hold
26:44a moonlight vow ceremony.
26:46Cecilia says she wants
26:47the pups to know
26:47their parents
26:48once loved each other
26:49are blessed
26:49by the moon goddess
26:50to give...
26:51My lips trembled,
26:52but I could not say a word.
26:54My heart felt like
26:55it was being squeezed
26:56by an icy hand,
26:57each beat bringing
26:58tearing pain
26:59and absurdity.
27:01Kieran, oh Kieran,
27:02you already have
27:03children with her,
27:04and now you're even having...
27:06What am I supposed
27:06to be to you?
27:07Kieran kept talking,
27:09his voice fading
27:10in and out
27:11as he explained
27:12the necessity
27:12of the ceremony
27:13and promised
27:14we would leave
27:14together afterward.
27:16I watched his moving lips
27:17and suddenly felt
27:18utterly exhausted.
27:19I slowly closed my eyes.
27:21However,
27:22after taking me home
27:23from the healer's chamber,
27:24he immediately began
27:25preparing for the vow ceremony.
27:27To prevent me
27:28from causing trouble,
27:29he even confiscated
27:30my communication crystal
27:31and posted guards
27:32at the door
27:33to watch me 24-7.
27:35In the huge mansion,
27:36only one housekeeper
27:37was left to look after me.
27:39I did not resist
27:40and quietly packed my luggage.
27:42On the day of the vow ceremony,
27:44my communication crystal
27:45was returned to me,
27:47filled with magical projections
27:48Cecilia had sent.
27:50Kieran,
27:51in formal attire,
27:52tenderly placing a ring
27:53on Cecilia's finger,
27:54both of them
27:55kissing passionately
27:56amid everyone's blessings.
27:58Their little family
27:59happily cutting
28:00a ceremonial bread together.
28:02Every projection
28:03was a blade
28:04carving deeper
28:04into my already broken heart.
28:06Every projection
28:07was a blade
28:08carving deeper
28:09into my already broken heart.
28:11Just as I was about
28:12to put the crystal away,
28:13the door suddenly opened.
28:15Lucian stood in the doorway
28:17and said,
28:17Everything's been arranged.
28:19He handed me a ship ticket
28:20and said,
28:22I guarantee that once you leave,
28:24he'll never find you.
28:25I silently took the ticket
28:26and picked up
28:27my packed leather trunk.
28:28As I walked out of the mansion,
28:30the sun was shining.
28:31I did not look back,
28:32walking toward the carriage
28:33waiting by the roadside.
28:35I did not say goodbye to Kieran.
28:36For the rest of my life,
28:38as long as the mountains rise
28:40and the rivers run,
28:41we would never meet again.
28:44I took a deep breath
28:45and forced myself
28:46to keep a calm expression.
28:48This is only temporary.
28:49Everything I'm doing
28:50is for Elise.
28:51The altar was already crowded
28:53with werewolf guests
28:54wearing traditional attire,
28:55their eyes filled with respect
28:57for the ancient ritual.
28:59Though this was merely
29:00a fake wedding,
29:00the elders' council
29:01had made it grand and solemn.
29:03I knew I should step forward
29:04to greet my bride,
29:05but my legs felt heavy.
29:07The alpha and his mate
29:08will swear in blood,
29:10nourishing the bond
29:11and uniting their honor.
29:13I looked down at the cold dagger
29:14and reached out,
29:15my fingertips trembling slightly.
29:17Just as my fingertips
29:18were about to touch the dagger,
29:19a violent burning pain
29:21from deep within my soul
29:22suddenly shot up from my heart.
29:24The sudden, soul-deep agony
29:26made me jerk my hand back,
29:27and I seemed to hear
29:28Elise's desperate voice
29:29in my ears.
29:30Kieran,
29:31are you really going to
29:32take a blood oath with her?
29:33What about me?
29:34What do our vows mean?
29:35The voice was distant,
29:37yet unbearably real.
29:40I shook my head
29:41and forced myself to calm down.
29:43Lucien told me,
29:44Elise is waiting
29:45to complete the final step
29:46of the vow.
29:47Cheers and wolf howls
29:48suddenly erupted
29:49like a tidal wave.
29:50In the crest of the noise,
29:51I stiffly lowered my head,
29:53moving closer to Cecilia.
29:55The closet hung bare.
29:56The vanity sat stripped.
29:58Elise.
30:00Elise!
30:01Panic surged through me.
30:02I spun around
30:03and tore through the estate,
30:05the library,
30:05the lounge,
30:06even the armory.
30:07I grabbed the trembling housekeeper.
30:09Where is she?
30:11I told you to watch her!
30:13I had locked her door,
30:14increased the guards,
30:16ordered the servants
30:16to monitor her every move.
30:18A human like Elise
30:19couldn't leave
30:20packed territory alone.
30:21So why was she gone?
30:23The housekeeper
30:24was too terrified to speak.
30:25Lucien emerged
30:26from the shadows.
30:27Stop looking, Kieran.
30:28She's already gone.
30:30I whipped around.
30:31Gone where?
30:31Somewhere you'll never find her.
30:33The moonlight vow is done.
30:35Focus on being alpha
30:36and stay with Cecilia
30:38and your pups.
30:38Gone.
30:39That sounded absurd.
30:40Elise would only leave with me
30:42just as she'd promised.
30:44She loved me.
30:45She had waited for everything.
30:47If she wanted to leave,
30:48she would have done it
30:49when I agreed to have pups
30:50with Cecilia.
30:51Did you force her to leave?
30:53My alpha aura burst out,
30:54making the walls vibrant.
30:57I agreed to have pups
30:59with Cecilia.
31:00I went through
31:01the moonlight vow.
31:02I gave you everything.
31:04Why did you still
31:05drive her away?
31:07Lucien stepped forward
31:08and handed me a letter.
31:10We didn't drive her away.
31:11She left on her own.
31:14Read this.
31:15I looked down.
31:16On the parchment,
31:17in Elise's handwriting,
31:19To Kieran.
31:20My fingers trembled
31:21as I took the letter.
31:22The paper tore.
31:23Inside was a letter.
31:25Her script beautiful and neat.
31:27By the time you read this,
31:28I'll be gone.
31:29You won't find me.
31:31I'm leaving
31:32because I don't want
31:33to wait anymore.
31:34First you said
31:35you just needed an heir.
31:37I believed you.
31:38Then Tyra was born
31:40and you said
31:40you needed more time.
31:42I believed that too.
31:44Then you said
31:44you needed a son.
31:46I tried to believe.
31:48But now you're taking
31:50a blood oath with her
31:51under the moon goddess witness.
31:53Kieran,
31:54how much longer
31:54was I supposed to wait?
31:56I'm human.
31:57My life is short.
31:58I can't endure
31:59endless waiting.
32:00When the moonlight vow
32:01echoed through
32:02the sacred grounds,
32:03everything between us ended.
32:05The mate bond is severed.
32:07We will never see
32:08each other again.
32:10Elise.
32:12Only then did I understand.
32:14The pain during the vow.
32:15My wolf's restless howling
32:17had come from
32:17the mate bond severing.
32:19I destroyed our love
32:20with my own hands.
32:21I read the letter again.
32:22The paper shook
32:23in my trembling fingers.
32:25A metallic taste
32:26surged up my throat.
32:28The world twisted and spun.
32:30Colors bled away.
32:31The floor collapsed
32:32beneath my feet.
32:33My entire world
32:34plunged into darkness.
32:35Alpha Kieran,
32:36get the healer.
32:37Now!
32:39Overnight,
32:39the entire north
32:40buzzed with gossip
32:41about the wolf family's
32:42humiliation.
32:43I stood in the destroyed room,
32:45glaring at Lucian
32:46and at Cecilia
32:46who clutched Tyra
32:48while sobbing.
32:48I tightened my grip
32:49on the knife
32:50against my wrist.
32:51Let me go find her
32:52or we'll all die together.
32:54I still believed Lucian
32:56or Cecilia
32:57had driven Elise away.
32:59The moment I woke up,
33:00I planned to find her
33:01and run away.
33:01But the elders drugged me
33:03and brought Cecilia
33:04and Tyra
33:04to convince me to stay.
33:05If Elise was still here,
33:07I might have hesitated.
33:08But now she was gone.
33:10So was my weakness.
33:12I had nothing to lose.
33:14Put the knife down!
33:16You're disgracing this pack!
33:18Kieran,
33:19please,
33:20stay for our pups.
33:21Everyone pressured me
33:22to stay with someone
33:23I didn't love.
33:24Raised pups born from duty.
33:26No one considered my feelings.
33:28No one considered Elise's.
33:30You've already destroyed me once!
33:32I didn't want to sleep with her.
33:34You drugged me!
33:37I never wanted the pups!
33:39My voice trembled with fury.
33:41Back then,
33:42the elders' council
33:43had conspired with Cecilia
33:44to drug her.
33:45When I woke up,
33:46I wanted to strangle her,
33:47then kill myself.
33:48The elders begged me.
33:49We just want an heir.
33:52You are the heir
33:53we raised for over 20 years!
33:55They wouldn't let me run away
33:56with Elise
33:57without leaving them anything.
33:58Even Cecilia
33:59knelt in front of me
34:00and begged.
34:01Kieran,
34:01I've loved you
34:02for so many years.
34:04I've always loved you.
34:05Please give me a chance.
34:07Her voice trembled
34:07as she looked up at him
34:08with tear-filled eyes.
34:09I'm willing to carry
34:11your pup.
34:11Once the baby is born,
34:13I'll personally help you
34:14leave with Elise.
34:14I won't stand in your way anymore.
34:16Just please accept me.
34:18I gave in,
34:19but their greed kept growing.
34:21After Tyra was born,
34:22they demanded a son.
34:23They kept forcing me
34:24to compromise.
34:25Now that I'd finally
34:26found freedom,
34:28they'd driven Elise away.
34:29I couldn't accept it.
34:31Suddenly,
34:32Cecilia bent over,
34:33clutching her stomach.
34:35It hurts.
34:37Blood stained the white fabric
34:39under Cecilia's dress.
34:40Quick,
34:40get help!
34:41After chaos,
34:42the elders rushed
34:43the miscarrying Cecilia
34:44to the healer's chamber.
34:46Cecilia's mother,
34:47Helena Graymark,
34:48slapped me across the face.
34:49Blood trickled
34:50from the corner of my mouth,
34:51but I stood
34:52like a soulless puppet.
34:53Mrs. Donati,
34:54this was our fault.
34:55Once Cecilia recovers,
34:57I'll make sure
34:57Kian takes care of her.
34:59Take care of her.
35:00Kian is ready
35:00to run off
35:01with another woman.
35:02Cecilia has sacrificed
35:03everything for him,
35:04bore him one pup
35:05carrying another,
35:05and this is how
35:06you treat her?
35:07Apologize,
35:08now!
35:08I didn't move.
35:09I hadn't done anything wrong.
35:11Screaming,
35:12pleading,
35:12chaos,
35:13all crushing me.
35:14Then an angry roar echoed,
35:16This is a healer's chamber!
35:18Keep it down!
35:18The patient is coming out!
35:20The healer's chamber doors opened.
35:22Cecilia lay on the bed,
35:23face pale,
35:24magical breathing mask on.
35:26She just finished
35:27post-partum recovery
35:28and is pregnant again.
35:30Her body is extremely weak.
35:31She needs three months
35:32of strict bed rest.
35:34If she loses this pup too,
35:35it'll be much harder
35:36for her to conceive again.
35:37The elders' faces fell.
35:38They hurried after the healer.
35:40The corridor emptied.
35:41I snapped back to reality.
35:42Police,
35:43I have to find her.
35:44I wheeled towards the exit,
35:46but Lucian's guards
35:47blocked my path.
35:48Alpha,
35:49you should see your Luna first.
35:51Get lost.
35:52Sorry, Alpha.
35:54If you won't go willingly,
35:55we'll escort you.
35:57She's carrying your pup.
35:58At least see the pup.
36:00I froze.
36:01Even though I couldn't stand Cecilia,
36:03she was carrying my child.
36:05Soon,
36:06I was wheeled
36:06to her isolation chamber.
36:08Just as the guard
36:08was about to knock,
36:09voices drifted out.
36:11Mom,
36:11your fake misbearage plan
36:13was brilliant.
36:14It worked perfectly
36:16to keep Kian here again.
36:17Her voice was slick
36:18with calculation.
36:19I had never heard
36:20her speak like that.
36:21Do you think
36:21if I make the pups
36:22have little accidents
36:23from time to time,
36:25Kieran will eventually
36:26stay for good?
36:30Those words slithered
36:31into my ears like venom.
36:32My entire body
36:33went rigid.
36:34Bone-deep cold
36:35shot up from my feet.
36:36The guard quickly
36:37stepped aside.
36:38Helena's smug voice
36:39came from inside.
36:41Of course,
36:42Elise is gone,
36:43but these tricks
36:44will keep Kian
36:45in your hands.
36:46My eyelids twitched.
36:47But don't go too far.
36:49With Tyra,
36:50just give her a little fever.
36:51Make her cry.
36:52Never poison her
36:53or drop her again.
36:55And the one
36:55in your belly,
36:56don't risk too much.
36:58Don't worry,
36:58I know my limits.
36:59But I already promised
37:00Kylan I'd let him
37:01leave after the ceremony.
37:02Even with this
37:03fake miscarriage,
37:04what about later?
37:05He'll still want
37:05to find Elise.
37:06Relax.
37:07I've already worked it out
37:08with Elder Lucian.
37:09We've sent her far,
37:10far away.
37:11She'll never come back.
37:12Focus on your pregnancy.
37:14Once this pup is born,
37:15all the Wolf family's
37:16assets will be yours.
37:17Veins bulged
37:18on the back of my hands.
37:19So that was it.
37:21All those times
37:22Tyra got sick,
37:22I thought it was Elise.
37:24It was Cecilia
37:25and her mother.
37:26They did it themselves.
37:27All those nights
37:28I abandoned Elise,
37:30letting her get punished
37:31while I sat by
37:32Cecilia's or Tyra's bedside.
37:34Every moment
37:34had been part
37:35of their plan.
37:36The world went silent.
37:38No potion smell.
37:40No distant murmurs.
37:41Only the thunderous
37:43roar of blood
37:44in my ears.
37:45A metallic taste
37:46surged into my throat.
37:48Lucian approached
37:48with a bag of herbs.
37:50Kieran,
37:50why are you standing there?
37:52Why haven't you gone in?
37:53He moved to open the door.
37:55I never expected
37:56your dad to give me a name.
37:58But you must fight
37:59to marry into the Wolf family.
38:01Otherwise,
38:01your pup will be like you.
38:03Born a bastard.
38:05Forced to live
38:05like a rat in the gutter.
38:07He never imagined
38:08the mother of the heir
38:09he'd adored for years
38:10was actually an illegitimate door.
38:11Been born into noble bloodlines.
38:13If their Luna was a bastard,
38:15they'd be the laughing scene
38:16since the ceremony.
38:18Lucian verts through the door.
38:19You despicable liars!
38:22How dare you deceive me!
38:25Screams erupted.
38:26Things were thrown
38:27and smashed.
38:28I wheeled inside.
38:29Cecilia panicked,
38:31tried to get up,
38:32collapsed to the floor.
38:33She crawled tearfully
38:34to my feet.
38:35Kieran,
38:35let me explain.
38:36I never meant
38:37to hurt our pups.
38:38I did it because
38:39I love you.
38:40Please don't send me away.
38:42Until today,
38:43Cecilia had felt blessed.
38:45She thought
38:45she'd won me over,
38:46gotten to bear children
38:47for the man she adored.
38:49But now,
38:49everything was ruined.
38:51I knew the truth.
38:52Lucian knew.
38:53Soon the entire
38:54wolf family would know.
38:55Orion had his
38:56legitimate wife and daughter.
38:58Attending Cecilia's wedding
38:59had been his final courtesy.
39:01Her only sharp pain
39:02shot through
39:03her lower abdomen.
39:04She looked down
39:05at her dress
39:05in disbelief.
39:07Warm blood
39:07gushed from beneath
39:08her gown.
39:09No!
39:11Another rainy day.
39:12After the devastating blow,
39:14Lucian was bedridden.
39:15I took over
39:16the entire wolf family,
39:17both the pack
39:18and its estates
39:19and businesses.
39:20While managing the empire,
39:21I kept searching
39:22for Elise.
39:23After one week,
39:24exhaustion was etched
39:25across my face.
39:26Still nothing.
39:28The guard stayed silent,
39:29lowering his head.
39:31Lucian and the elders
39:31had finally agreed
39:32to let me bring Elise in
39:34as my Luna.
39:35Even without their approval,
39:36I would have found Elise
39:37and overcome
39:38every obstacle
39:39to be with her.
39:40Now I had the pack's blessing,
39:41so I increased
39:42the search efforts.
39:43But a week passed.
39:44Nothing.
39:45Lucian had bought Elise
39:46a ship ticket to Hinland.
39:47But when my people
39:48tracked her there,
39:49she had never arrived.
39:51She had changed ships
39:52mid-journey.
39:53Then she had boarded
39:53a local carriage.
39:55Where she went from there,
39:56no one knew.
39:57The trail had gone cold.
39:59Then my assistant,
40:00Jacob Terrell,
40:01entered.
40:02Mr. Wolf,
40:03Mr. Narty,
40:04Cher has returned.
40:05Cher refuses to leave.
40:08Boss,
40:09Cecilia,
40:09I ask kneeling
40:10in the lobby again
40:11with the child.
40:12Tyra has been crying
40:13for ver-
40:13I'm back!
40:14I'll be good!
40:15I swear I'll never
40:16cause trouble again!
40:17Tyra needs her father!
40:19I looked at the small
40:20figure in her arms.
40:22Once,
40:22I felt some paternal
40:24love for Tyra.
40:25But now,
40:25all I could think about
40:27was how she carried
40:28how-
40:29Why is it you?
40:30Where's Cyan?!
40:32Jacob looked at her
40:33blankly.
40:34Mrs. Donati,
40:35Mr. Weil has made
40:36everything clear.
40:36Since you enjoy
40:37tormenting pups so much,
40:39you don't need
40:40to raise Tyra anymore.
40:41Cecilia's expression
40:42changed.
40:43She hugged Tyra tighter.
40:45What do you mean?
40:46Healed leather boots
40:47clicked behind her.
40:48Her half-sister,
40:49Giselle Donati,
40:50snatched Tyra
40:51from her arms.
40:53Since you can't
40:54take care of her,
40:55I will.
40:56I can't have pups
40:57anywhere.
40:58I'll raise her
40:59like she's my own.
41:02No, Donati!
41:03She tried to grab
41:04Tyra back.
41:06Giselle's armed guards
41:07knocked her unconscious
41:08and dragged her away.
41:09Tell Mr. Wolf
41:10we've taken her away.
41:11She won't be coming back.
41:13Also,
41:13congratulations
41:14on acquiring that field aid
41:15in the Northern Territory.
41:17Trading land for a pup,
41:18an extremely profitable deal
41:19for both sides.
41:21That was the last mercy
41:22I would show the child.
41:25Muse of the major
41:26leadership changes
41:27in the Northern Pax
41:28Wolf family
41:29spread quickly.
41:30Within just a few days,
41:32I caught up on
41:32Ciaran and Cecilia's
41:33aftermath
41:34through parchment scrolls
41:35brought by a travelling
41:36merchant
41:37while hiding out
41:38in a small mountain village
41:39in neutral territory
41:40working as a teacher.
41:42My heart filled
41:43with mixed emotions
41:44at this outcome.
41:46After all,
41:46in my memory,
41:47even though Ciaran
41:48did not love Cecilia,
41:50he had still cared for her
41:51somewhat for the sake
41:52of their two pups.
41:53Yet in such a short time,
41:55they had reached
41:56this kind of ending.
41:57Still,
41:58none of this
41:59concerned me anymore.
42:00I had my own life
42:01to live now.
42:02I pushed the wooden gate open
42:03and watered the herbs
42:05growing in the yard.
42:06When I finished,
42:07I set down the watering can
42:09and settled onto
42:10the wooden bench,
42:11gazing peacefully
42:12at the orphanage
42:13surrounded by mountains.
42:14A soft voice suddenly
42:16called out from behind me.
42:18Miss Eliza,
42:19are you looking at
42:20the mountains again?
42:21Will the big bad wolves
42:23from the north come here?
42:24The little rabbit-eared girl
42:26climbed onto my lap,
42:27hugging my arm tightly.
42:28Teacher,
42:29you look sad today.
42:31Did someone bully you?
42:33Don't worry,
42:34I'll protect you.
42:35I smiled
42:36and gently stroked
42:37her fluffy ears.
42:38No one bullied me,
42:39Mia.
42:40I'm just thinking.
42:42Some people's stories
42:44have ended
42:44and mine
42:46has only just begun.
42:47Then will you stay
42:48with us forever?
42:50Don't leave,
42:51okay?
42:52We all like you the most.
42:54I hugged
42:55the little girl closer,
42:56feeling the warmth
42:57in my chest.
42:58Yes,
42:59I'll stay.
43:02This is my home now.
43:07It was currently
43:08summer break,
43:09so only a few teachers
43:11remained to watch
43:12over the small facility,
43:14and I was one of them.
43:15One day,
43:16a few new teachers
43:17invited me
43:17to go up the mountain
43:18to gather herbs
43:20and mushrooms.
43:21On the way,
43:22Kelly linked arms with me
43:23and chatted excitedly.
43:24I heard Mrs. Lott
43:25secured another investor
43:27from up north.
43:28They're coming to inspect
43:29next week.
43:31Elise,
43:32will you be there
43:33to welcome them?
43:33I politely declined.
43:35I won't be going.
43:36I have other things
43:37to handle.
43:39Oh,
43:40Kelly said
43:40with some regret.
43:41I heard the Wolf family air.
43:44Alpha Kieran
43:44is incredibly handsome
43:47and rich.
43:48If he's the one coming.
43:50I smiled
43:50and said nothing.
43:51I had worked
43:52so hard to move on.
43:54I didn't want
43:54to see Kieran again.
43:56Margaret also tried
43:57to persuade me,
43:58but I firmly refused.
43:59Mrs. Lott,
44:01please help cover for me
44:02when the time comes.
44:03Margaret sighed,
44:05but eventually
44:05respected my decision.
44:07But I never expected
44:09to see Kieran again
44:10so soon.
44:11Late that night,
44:12when I finally returned
44:13to the orphanage
44:13with the other teachers,
44:15I immediately spotted
44:16Kieran's familiar
44:17black carriage
44:18bearing the Wolf family crest.
44:20My heart tightened.
44:21and as I was about
44:22to walk past it,
44:23the carriage door opened.
44:24The door opened
44:25without warning
44:26and the two people
44:27who thought they would
44:28never see each other again
44:29suddenly came face to face.
44:32Time froze at that moment.
44:33The earthy smell
44:34of rain-soaked soil vanished
44:36and the distant sounds
44:37of children playing
44:38in the woods disappeared,
44:40leaving only the wild beating
44:41of Kieran's heart
44:42and his rapid breathing.
44:45Kieran had not expected
44:46to actually see me here either.
44:48I looked at Kieran as well,
44:50never having imagined
44:51I would encounter him here.
44:52The moment I saw him,
44:54the grief buried deep in my heart
44:55surged back up my throat
44:57and memories rewound
44:59like sand falling backward
45:00in an hourglass
45:01with those painful scenes
45:03replaying one by one
45:04in my mind.
45:05Kieran,
45:06why do you still
45:07keep coming for me?
45:09I want to take you home.
45:11He sat across from me,
45:12his voice low and hoarse
45:14as he finally spoke.
45:15I found out the truth
45:16about Cecilia.
45:17Everything.
45:18How she schemed.
45:20How she lied.
45:21How she tried to destroy you.
45:23I saw her true nature
45:24with my own eyes.
45:25He paused,
45:26swallowing hard.
45:27I dealt with her.
45:29She won't ever appear
45:29in front of you again.
45:31Tyra,
45:32I sent her to a remote
45:33pack orphanage.
45:34She'll be raised
45:35far away from all of this.
45:36His eyes reddened
45:37and his voice cracked slightly.
45:39The elders and I,
45:41we all regret what we did to you.
45:42Deeply.
45:43We were blind, Elise.
45:45I was blind.
45:46He reached out
45:47as if wanting to touch me,
45:49but stopped halfway
45:50and clenched his fist.
45:51These past months
45:52while searching for you,
45:54I almost went mad.
45:56I couldn't eat.
45:57Couldn't sleep.
45:58My fingers clutched
45:59the parchment
46:00that my whole body
46:01trembled.
46:02It was not relief
46:02or grief.
46:04It was the sudden,
46:05brutal,
46:06tearing away of a scar.
46:07A truth too long delayed,
46:09now ripping open a scab
46:10that had never really healed,
46:12revealing the festering wound
46:14still raw beneath.
46:15It was too late.
46:16Everything was too late.
46:17I had long past the point
46:19of needing the truth exposed,
46:20and I no longer needed
46:22Kieran's attempts
46:22at reconciliation
46:23or his regret.
46:24Kieran,
46:25I can't go back with you,
46:27and we can't return
46:28to how things were.
46:29When I saw you
46:30being intimate with her,
46:31I kept wondering
46:33if I was the other woman.
46:34No, Elise.
46:35You weren't the other woman.
46:37You're the person I woman.
46:39You're the person
46:40I love most.
46:41Kieran repeatedly denied this.
46:44He instinctively reached
46:45for my hand,
46:46but I dodged aside.
46:47But that was exactly
46:48how it was for me.
46:49You had pups with her.
46:52Sealed a vow
46:52under the moon goddess,
46:54and lived like a true pair
46:55in every way.
46:56To everyone else,
46:58she was your mate.
46:59So why did you
47:00come looking for me?
47:01There was already
47:02an impossibly wide distance
47:03between us
47:04that neither of us
47:05could cross,
47:05and I did not want
47:07to try crossing it again.
47:08Go back.
47:09Kieran,
47:10this isn't where you belong.
47:12Thunder rumbled
47:13across the horizon.
47:14I refused to argue further
47:16and turned toward my door.
47:17The second I reached my room,
47:19torrential rain
47:20began pouring outside.
47:22However,
47:22he still stood motionless
47:24in the storm.
47:25I frowned
47:26and was about to
47:27feel the curtains closed
47:28when someone began
47:29pounding frantically
47:30on my door.
47:31Mrs. George!
47:32Come out quickly!
47:33A child is missing!
47:36I immediately joined
47:37the search.
47:37Together with another teacher,
47:39Miss Lena,
47:40we hurried through
47:41the heavy rain
47:41toward the missing boy
47:43Elliot's home.
47:44The downpour was so heavy
47:45we could barely see
47:46the path ahead.
47:47Suddenly,
47:48distant rumbling sounds
47:49echoed from the mountain valley.
47:51Miss Lena grabbed my arm,
47:52her voice shaking.
47:53Elise!
47:54Did you hear that?
47:55That's sound!
48:00It's a landslide!
48:01We have to turn back!
48:02I clenched my teeth
48:03and kept running.
48:04We can't!
48:05Elliot is still there!
48:08We're almost at his house!
48:10We have to get him!
48:11We exchanged terrified glances
48:13but pushed forward,
48:14running faster.
48:16Sure enough,
48:16we found the trembling Elliot
48:18hiding under the bed,
48:19clutching a pile of toys
48:21that belonged to his late mother.
48:22No!
48:23I don't want to go!
48:25My mum's still here!
48:27I'm not leaving
48:29without her toys!
48:30Tears streamed down
48:31his small face
48:32as he hugged the toys tighter.
48:34Elliot,
48:35listen to me.
48:36I promise I'll bring
48:38every single one
48:38of your mum's toys
48:39back safely.
48:41But right now,
48:42you have to go with Miss Lena.
48:44It's dangerous here!
48:45You swear?
48:47You really promise?
48:48I swear!
48:50Now go!
48:51I quickly handed him
48:52to Miss Lena.
48:53Take him and run!
48:54Don't stop until
48:55you reach high ground!
48:56After they disappeared
48:57into the rain,
48:58I grabbed a sack
48:59and frantically stuffed
49:01all the toys inside.
49:03Just as I slung
49:04the heavy bag
49:04over my shoulder,
49:05the rumbling
49:06turned into
49:07a deafening roar.
49:08The landslide
49:09exploded through the window
49:10in a surge of mud,
49:11rock and debris.
49:13Time froze.
49:15Terror gripped me.
49:16My vision was filled
49:17only with that murky
49:18thick sludge
49:19mixed with broken
49:20wood and debris.
49:21It roared
49:22as it poured over
49:22the windowsill
49:23like the gates of hell
49:24opening wine.
49:26The putrid,
49:27earthy stench
49:27instantly flooded
49:29my nostrils.
49:30My mind went blank.
49:32No!
49:33No!
49:33I slumped helplessly
49:35against the wall,
49:36watching the wave of death
49:37crash toward me.
49:39Just then,
49:40a massive white wolf
49:41burst through the
49:42churning mud and caves,
49:43lunging straight at me.
49:45My eyes flew wide open.
49:47Kieran,
49:48what are you?
49:49The moment he charged in,
49:51his golden wolf eyes
49:52locked onto me
49:53with fierce intensity.
49:54Kieran,
49:55deep,
49:55urgent growl
49:56through mind link.
49:57Hold on tight,
49:58don't let go.
49:59With a deep growl,
50:00he lowered his head
50:01and slammed his powerful
50:02shoulder into my stomach,
50:04lifting me clean
50:05off the ground.
50:05The world spun
50:06as he tossed me
50:07across his broad back
50:08like luggage.
50:09Kieran,
50:10wait!
50:10He barrelled
50:11toward the wooden door
50:13that led to the slope
50:13beyond
50:14and smashed through it
50:15with bone-rattling force.
50:20The door shattered,
50:22but a sickening crack
50:23followed.
50:24Kieran's entire body
50:25jolted violently.
50:26A muffled,
50:27pained groan
50:28tore from between
50:29his clenched teeth.
50:30I froze in horror
50:31and looked down.
50:32My heart seemed to stop.
50:34A jagged,
50:35wooden shard
50:35from the broken frame
50:37had pierced deep
50:38into his right side.
50:39Kieran,
50:40oh god,
50:41no,
50:42you're hurt!
50:42My hands scrambled
50:44desperately to the wound.
50:45Hot,
50:46sticky blood
50:46instantly soaked my palms.
50:48Put me down,
50:49Kieran,
50:49please!
50:50You're bleeding too much!
50:52Stop!
50:52I pressed hard
50:53against the gash,
50:54but nothing could stop
50:55the steady rush of crimson
50:57pouring out
50:57between my fingers.
50:58Yet Kieran acted
50:59as if the pain
51:00did not exist.
51:01He kept charging up
51:02the steep slope,
51:03powerful muscles
51:04straining beneath me.
51:05Hold on.
51:07Don't let go.
51:09I'm getting you
51:09out of here.
51:10The overwhelming
51:11mudslide roared
51:12behind us,
51:13sweeping up trees
51:14and boulders
51:14like they were nothing,
51:15chasing us relentlessly.
51:17Kieran,
51:17you're going to die
51:18like this!
51:19Please stop!
51:20I can run on my own!
51:21Kieran!
51:22Kieran!
51:23He didn't answer.
51:24His breathing
51:25grew heavier,
51:26but his pace
51:26never slowed.
51:27I didn't know
51:28how long it lasted.
51:29But finally,
51:30the deafening roar
51:31of the landslide
51:32faded into the distance.
51:36We were safe,
51:38or so I thought.
51:39Suddenly,
51:40the world tilted again.
51:42Kieran,
51:42who had been carrying me,
51:43could no longer hold on.
51:45His massive body
51:46collapsed heavily
51:47toward the ground,
51:48but he still carefully
51:49protected me
51:50in his embrace.
51:52Kieran!
51:54Just then,
51:55I heard the sharp roar
51:56of a rescue horn
51:57echo in the distance.
51:59I tore off my cloak
52:00and waved it frantically.
52:01Soon after,
52:02Kieran and I
52:03were rushed by carriage
52:03to the nearest infirmary.
52:05Kieran was rushed
52:06straight to the healer's
52:07emergency room.
52:08After signing all the forms,
52:10exhaustion and shock
52:11finally hit me.
52:12Everything went black.
52:14When I came to,
52:15it was already the next day.
52:17The healer's apprentice
52:18looked at me
52:18with a heavy sigh
52:19and said,
52:20The treatment was
52:21a complete success,
52:22but due to massive
52:23blood loss
52:24and an old condition,
52:25Kieran has fallen
52:26into a coma.
52:27He might wake up tomorrow
52:29or he might never
52:30wake up at all.
52:31My knees buckled.
52:32I covered my mouth
52:33as tears instantly
52:34spilled down my face.
52:36No matter what
52:37had happened between us,
52:38he had saved my life.
52:39I pushed open the door
52:41to his room
52:41and sat beside his bed,
52:43staring at his
52:44unconscious face.
52:46On the third day,
52:47Lucian arrived.
52:48He looked exhausted
52:49and for the first time
52:50bowed his head
52:51apologizing before
52:52handing me a worn journal.
52:54After you left,
52:55Kieran recorded in this
52:56with a quill
52:57every single day.
52:59He wanted to show it
53:00to you himself.
53:01I slowly opened the journal.
53:03Wolf calendar year 818,
53:05month of thaw.
53:06Today,
53:06Elise and I
53:07made it official.
53:08This journal
53:09is her first gift to me.
53:10I'm so happy.
53:12I'll treasure her
53:13and I'll never let her down.
53:14For the next three years,
53:16every page overflowed
53:17with his deep love for me.
53:19Then the entry stopped
53:20after the elders
53:20threatened mass suicide.
53:22Two pages were torn through
53:23with massive letters.
53:25The journal stayed blank
53:26for a year and a half.
53:28The final entries were written
53:29after he came looking for me.
53:30Elise,
53:31I'm so sorry.
53:32I kept asking you to wait
53:33just a little longer.
53:34At first,
53:35I thought I could finish it quickly.
53:37But after Tyra was born,
53:38my heart started changing.
53:39I got soft again and again.
53:41Every moment of weakness
53:42turned into knives
53:44stabbing your heart.
53:45If I hadn't given in that day,
53:47we could have married,
53:48had pups of our own
53:49and travelled anywhere you wanted.
53:51But I know it's too late now.
53:53I closed the journal.
53:54Medical staff wheeled Kieran out
53:56on a gurney.
53:57Lucian planned to take him north
53:59for better treatment.
54:00I handed the journal back to Lucian
54:02with steady hands.
54:03If he ever wakes up,
54:05please tell him that everything
54:06from the past ends here.
54:08From now on,
54:09we're like two parallel lines
54:10that will never cross again.
54:12Elise,
54:14are you really sure?
54:15After everything he did for you
54:17in the landslide?
54:18I'm sure.
54:19My voice was calm and firm,
54:21though my throat felt tight.
54:22Tell him he doesn't owe me
54:23anything anymore.
54:24We're even now.
54:26This is goodbye.
54:28Without another glance at Lucian
54:29or the unconscious Kieran,
54:31I turned and walked firmly
54:33in the opposite direction.
54:34I was ready to start my new life.
54:36This was our final goodbye.
54:38We would never see each other again.
54:41Three months had passed
54:43since that day.
54:44I thought I had finally buried
54:45the past in this quiet
54:46mountain village.
54:47The children's laughter
54:48filled my days
54:49and the simple rhythm
54:51of grading parchment scrolls
54:52under a dim oil lamp
54:53brought me a fragile peace.
54:55Until that stormy night,
54:58frantic knocking
54:59shattered the silence.
55:00Before I could answer,
55:02the door burst open
55:03with a violent bang.
55:04A tall, blood-soaked figure
55:06stumbled in Kieran.
55:08His healer's linen tunic
55:09hung in tatters,
55:10bandages across his chest
55:12already soaked crimson.
55:13Rain and blood streaked his face.
55:15Those once familiar golden eyes,
55:17now wild and bloodshot,
55:19locked onto me.
55:19Kieran.
55:20He didn't speak.
55:21He staggered forward
55:22and dropped heavily
55:23to his knees,
55:25forehead slamming
55:25against the wooden floor
55:26with a dull thud.
55:28I'm sorry.
55:30Alyssa!
55:30His voice was raw,
55:32broken,
55:32repeating over and over
55:34as tears mixed with rain
55:35and blood dripped onto my feet.
55:37I stood frozen,
55:38ice spreading through my veins.
55:42He crawled forward on his knees
55:44and clutched the hem of my dress
55:45like a dying man,
55:46his burning forehead
55:47pressed against my legs.
55:49I woke up
55:50and the first thing
55:51I thought of was you.
55:52I read the journal,
55:54every word.
55:55His voice cracked.
55:57I was wrong.
55:58I should have chosen you
55:59from the beginning.
56:00I should have fought the elders,
56:01the whole pack,
56:02everything.
56:03I never should have made you suffer alone.
56:05Come back with me.
56:06I disbanded the council.
56:07Sevilia and Tyre are gone.
56:08There's nothing between us anymore.
56:10I'll give you everything.
56:11My title,
56:11my power,
56:12my life.
56:13Just don't leave me.
56:14Please.
56:15My heart twisted painfully
56:16as his blood soaked through my dress.
56:19I tried to step back
56:20but he rose abruptly
56:21and crushed me into his arms.
56:23His kiss was fierce.
56:24Tasting of blood,
56:26rain,
56:27and desperate regret.
56:28He pressed me against the wall,
56:30body burning and trembling.
56:32I love you, Elise.
56:34More than my own life.
56:35If you won't forgive me,
56:36kill me right here.
56:36Tear out my heart.
56:37I'd rather die by your hand
56:39than live without you.
56:40I pushed him away
56:41with all my strength,
56:42my voice shaking but resolute.
56:44Kieran Wolf,
56:45I once loved you enough
56:46to die for you.
56:47But you killed that love,
56:48piece by piece.
56:50Every time you chose them over me,
56:52every broken promise,
56:54every night I waited in pain.
56:55It died slowly.
56:57He staggered back,
56:58face deathly pale,
56:59blood seeping from reopened wounds.
57:02I don't hate you anymore,
57:03I whispered,
57:04but I will never go back to you.
57:07Silence swallowed the room,
57:08broken only by the brain.
57:10He knelt again,
57:11pressing his forehead to the floor.
57:12Then let me stay here.
57:14Let me guard you from afar.
57:17Even if you never look at me again,
57:19I only ask to love you
57:21for the rest of my life,
57:22even if it's one-sided.
57:24He raised his bloodied hand
57:25and swore hoarsely
57:26under the moon goddess.
57:28His fingers were still
57:29curled gently around it,
57:31as if even in death
57:32he couldn't let go.
57:33I read the letter once,
57:35then burned it.
57:37I didn't cry.
57:38I had already cried
57:39all my tears for him years ago.
57:41Some love,
57:42no matter how deep,
57:44can only end in silence.
57:46Perhaps this was the mercy
57:47we both needed.
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