Welcome to Two.Movie! 🎬
Don't miss a single moment of this captivating short drama. We bring you the best billionaire romance, intense revenge stories, and high-quality web series tailored for you.
🔔 Make sure to FOLLOW our channel so you never miss an update!
Disclaimer: All content is properly licensed and distributed.
#full #shortdrama #fullepisode #fullmovie #engsub #reelshort #dramabox #shortmax #goodshort #moboreel #kalostv #topshort
Don't miss a single moment of this captivating short drama. We bring you the best billionaire romance, intense revenge stories, and high-quality web series tailored for you.
🔔 Make sure to FOLLOW our channel so you never miss an update!
Disclaimer: All content is properly licensed and distributed.
#full #shortdrama #fullepisode #fullmovie #engsub #reelshort #dramabox #shortmax #goodshort #moboreel #kalostv #topshort
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00:00For three years, my alpha mate never mocked me.
00:00:05Every night, he drugged my dinner with wolf bear sedative so I would sleep until dawn,
00:00:10while he went to the pureblood she-wolf who claimed she had saved his life.
00:00:14The entire Black Pine pack believed I was too weak to be Luna, too unstable to carry an alpha heir.
00:00:21They did not know that three years ago, the one who dragged Kaylin out of a silver hunter trap
00:00:25and fed him her own wolf blood to keep his inner wolf alive was never Vivian.
00:00:28It was me. But when he pushed me in front of a little blade to protect her
00:00:33and the so-called alpha pup in her belly, I finally understood.
00:00:40The truth no longer mattered. I would sever the mate bone.
00:00:44I would disappear from the pack registry.
00:00:48From tonight on, the Black Pine pack would no longer carry my scent.
00:00:51And no Luna named Serena Vale would ever kneel before the moon goddess altar again,
00:00:56waiting for Kaylin Black to come home.
00:01:02In the third year of my mate contract with Kaylin Black, he still had not marked me.
00:01:08I was the Luna of the Black Pine pack in name.
00:01:11The Elder's Council had stamped our contract with a moonstone seal
00:01:14and entered me into the pack registry as the alpha's mate.
00:01:17But by true werewolf law, no mark meant no mind link.
00:01:20No mind link meant no shared pain, no shared scent trail.
00:01:24No true bond.
00:01:26It meant I was only a decorative shadow living in the alpha residence.
00:01:30For three years, I tried everything.
00:01:34I learned the full moon ritual dance.
00:01:37I drank scent-enhancing tonics prescribed by the pack healer.
00:01:40At my most desperate, I went alone to the neutral market and bought a vial of moon-breathed essence.
00:01:45This is a sex toy, capable of setting a male wolf ablaze with desire.
00:01:50During the trade, the witch kindly gave me a warning.
00:01:53Luna, be careful.
00:01:55Sometimes what rejects you is not his body.
00:01:58It is his heart.
00:02:00Even then, I defended Caelan in my mind.
00:02:03He had once been tortured by silver hunters.
00:02:07Perhaps he did not touch me because he still had not healed.
00:02:12Therefore, I politely said to the witch,
00:02:15Thank you for the warning, but my partner is absolutely not that kind of person.
00:02:20Loyalty is a werewolf's very nature.
00:02:22The witch looked at me sympathetically and sighed, but said nothing more.
00:02:28But as soon as I stepped out of the black market alley,
00:02:31I saw Caelan's Gamma Guard leaving another shop with a heavy bag.
00:02:34Inside were premium scent blockers, wolf-based sleeping powder,
00:02:38and heat suppresses made only for pure-blood she-wolves.
00:02:41If you get any new moon-breath silk gowns, save one for the Alpha.
00:02:45Miss Vivian likes them.
00:02:47I stood in the rain, my fingertips going cold.
00:02:50Vivian? Who is Vivian?
00:02:53Why would my a-leaf partner go to such length for her?
00:02:57A wolf could track a scent for miles.
00:03:00I followed the faint trail of cedar and mint that belonged to Caelan,
00:03:03all the way to a side house,
00:03:06near the edge of Blackpote territory.
00:03:08The door was not fully shut.
00:03:10Low male laughter leaked through the gap.
00:03:15Alpha, is Miss Vivian staying the night again?
00:03:23If not for the Elders,
00:03:24why would you have taken a low-born healer like Serena as Luna?
00:03:28Her wolf spirit is as weak as a pup's.
00:03:31How could she ever stand beside you?
00:03:36She still brews you those recovery tonics every day.
00:03:39Does she really not know?
00:03:40You are not unable to mark.
00:03:41You just do not want to mark her.
00:03:44The next second,
00:03:45Caelan's voice cut through the room like ice.
00:03:49Enough.
00:03:52Silence fell at once.
00:03:55She is my registered mate,
00:03:58and the Luna of Blackpine.
00:04:00If I ever hear you mocking her again,
00:04:02I will tear out your fangs.
00:04:04I almost laughed.
00:04:05He protected my title while standing beside another woman's bed.
00:04:08Then a woman's cool voice sounded from inside.
00:04:10Caelan, I only want you to let me go.
00:04:12We had a deal.
00:04:13I satisfy your instincts,
00:04:14and you give me a place in the full moon dance trope.
00:04:17Do not keep me trapped here.
00:04:18Facing this woman,
00:04:19Caelan's voice,
00:04:20which just moments ago had been cold,
00:04:22turned incredibly gentle.
00:04:24Vivian,
00:04:25do you think I keep you beside me only for that?
00:04:28Miss Vivian,
00:04:29for three years,
00:04:30he has come here almost every night.
00:04:34To keep the Luna from suspecting anything,
00:04:37he put wolf sleeping powder in her dinner
00:04:40so she would sleep until morning.
00:04:44Another laughed.
00:04:46And the Luna still thinks his wolf is damaged.
00:04:49She brews him medicine every day.
00:04:52She brews him medicine every day.
00:04:54My blood felt as if it had been filled with liquid silver.
00:05:01So it turns out my partner really was just as the witch said.
00:05:05Their heart was never truly with me.
00:05:10Every empty morning I had woken to,
00:05:12every excuse I had made for him,
00:05:14every bowl of medicine I had simmered until dawn,
00:05:16had been a joke.
00:05:17The Black Pine elders had always blamed me
00:05:19for not conceiving an alpha ear.
00:05:21They said my wolf spirit was too weak,
00:05:24my bloodline too unstable,
00:05:25and my Luna blessing too thin to nourish the pack.
00:05:31Kaelin's mother once forced me to kneel
00:05:33before the Moon Goddess altar
00:05:34and drink a fertility draped
00:05:36mixed with ash and powdered wolf thing.
00:05:39It was the middle of winter.
00:05:42I knelt until my knees bruised purple
00:05:44and my fingers went numb.
00:05:49Kaelin had carried me up from the altar and whispered,
00:05:53Do not force yourself.
00:05:55I will speak to the Elder Council.
00:05:58I thought that was love.
00:06:03Now I knew it was only his way
00:06:04of keeping his reputation intact.
00:06:06My legs weakened.
00:06:07I stumbled against a moonstone lamp beside the door.
00:06:11It crashed to the ground.
00:06:18Who's there?
00:06:20I tried to leave,
00:06:21but a Gamma guard dragged me inside.
00:06:28My forehead struck the stone steps,
00:06:30and warm blood ran down my brow.
00:06:36Kaelin saw my face.
00:06:37His pupils contracted.
00:06:40Serena?
00:06:43He dropped to one knee
00:06:44and reached for my wound.
00:06:45I turned my face against my face away.
00:06:51Vivian stood barefoot by the bed,
00:06:53wrapped in his black coat.
00:06:55There was no guilt in her eyes.
00:07:00Luna, do not look at me like that.
00:07:03Kaelin was the one who kept chasing me.
00:07:06He was the one who drugged you.
00:07:12Women should have sympathy for women.
00:07:14Why are you only blaming me?
00:07:17I did not answer.
00:07:18I looked at the oxydian blade at Kellen's waist.
00:07:25Give me the knife.
00:07:27Kellen stared at the blood on my forehead.
00:07:31Panic flickered in his eyes.
00:07:34Give me the knife.
00:07:39Serena, stop this.
00:07:40Perhaps he felt guilty.
00:07:42Perhaps he had never imagined I would fight back.
00:07:44In the end,
00:07:46Kellen unfastened the blade and placed it in my hand.
00:07:51The hilt still held the warmth of his body.
00:07:53I tightened my fingers around it,
00:07:55turned,
00:07:56and drove it into his arm.
00:08:00Everyone in the room gasped.
00:08:03Kellen did not dodge.
00:08:05He only frowned and asked in a low voice.
00:08:08Do you feel better now?
00:08:10This cut is what you owe me.
00:08:13I released the blade and turned toward Vivian.
00:08:15She instinctively stepped back.
00:08:17Fear finds me.
00:08:23But before I could reach her,
00:08:24Kellen seized my wrist.
00:08:26What are you doing?
00:08:27His grip was so hard,
00:08:28it felt as if my bones would shatter.
00:08:30Deep inside me,
00:08:31my wolf whimpered in pain,
00:08:32but she was too weak,
00:08:34after three years of sedatives and wolfbane to rise.
00:08:40I was the one who kept her here.
00:08:42If you are angry,
00:08:43take it out on me.
00:08:45Do not touch her.
00:08:47I had heard those words before.
00:08:48In the first year of our mate contract,
00:08:50a warrior from another pack mocked me at a banquet.
00:08:53Kellen broke the warrior's nose in front of everyone
00:08:55and said the same thing.
00:09:01She is mine.
00:09:03Who gave you the right to touch her?
00:09:06Back then,
00:09:07I thought I had finally found someone to rely on.
00:09:10Now he stood in the same posture,
00:09:12protecting another woman from me.
00:09:16Kellen,
00:09:16we're done.
00:09:20A sharp crack came from my wrist.
00:09:22Pain flashed white behind my eyes.
00:09:27I looked up and laughed once.
00:09:30Kellen,
00:09:31let's sever the mate haunt.
00:09:34The room went dead silent.
00:09:37His expression changed at last.
00:09:40What did you say?
00:09:41I want to leave Blackthorn.
00:09:43I want my name removed from the pack registry.
00:09:48I reject you.
00:09:51And I reject this mate contract.
00:09:54Vivian froze.
00:09:56Then a satisfied light flashed in her eyes.
00:09:59Kellen looked as if he had heard something absurd.
00:10:04He bent and pinched my chin,
00:10:06anger stirring beneath his forced control.
00:10:09You were the one
00:10:10who knelt outside the council chamber
00:10:12and begged me to accept this contract.
00:10:15Now you think
00:10:16you can leave whenever you want.
00:10:20Yes.
00:10:21I am done pegging.
00:10:23That night,
00:10:24with a broken wrist
00:10:25and blood still drying on my face,
00:10:27I walked into the moon goddess altar.
00:10:30The pack matriarch
00:10:31sat at the center of the elder seats.
00:10:34Her old eyes held no pity.
00:10:37Only cold offense.
00:10:40Aluna who initiates Bond's severment
00:10:42must first receive 99 lashes
00:10:43as preliminary punishment.
00:10:45After that,
00:10:46the neutral register will review the petition,
00:10:48cut off the pack link,
00:10:49remove her name from the registry,
00:10:50and ban her from Blackvode territory.
00:10:52Are you sure?
00:10:53I am.
00:10:54I pressed my forehead to the stone floor.
00:10:56My wound reopened,
00:10:58leaving blood on the altar.
00:11:03The first whip fell before dawn.
00:11:09By the time it ended,
00:11:10I could no longer tell
00:11:12whether the blood on my back
00:11:13was mine or the wolf spirits inside me.
00:11:16My wolf spirit was very weak,
00:11:18yet it spoke to me.
00:11:21You made the right choice.
00:11:23Rather than staying by the side
00:11:25of a man who doesn't love you
00:11:26and getting hurt in the process,
00:11:29I would much rather see you be free.
00:11:37I was carried back to the Luna suite with a fever.
00:11:43Servants were carrying boxes of gowns,
00:11:44jewelry,
00:11:45and ceremonial ornaments into the hall.
00:11:47Kellen walked in holding at Vivian's hand.
00:11:49She looked reluctant,
00:11:50but the moonstone bracelet on her wrist
00:11:52was the one he had once promised to give me
00:11:54at our marking ceremony.
00:11:55Kellen saw me leaning on the railing.
00:11:57His brows drew together.
00:12:02After the scene you caused yesterday,
00:12:04the side house is no longer safe for Aunt Vivian.
00:12:06She is a full moon dancer.
00:12:07Her reputation and safety matter.
00:12:10From today on,
00:12:11she will stay in the Alpha residence.
00:12:12His tone made it sound
00:12:13as if he were announcing weather.
00:12:16This happened because you lost control,
00:12:18Aunt Serena.
00:12:19So you will take care of her.
00:12:22You want the Luna you drugged to serve your mistress?
00:12:27I do not need your charity.
00:12:29The pack matriarch arrived just then.
00:12:31She heard Vivian's words and showed no anger.
00:12:33Instead,
00:12:34she took Vivian's hand with rare kindness.
00:12:36Poor child.
00:12:37Your mother was once my dearest friend.
00:12:39If not for what happened to your family,
00:12:41the Luna position should have been yours.
00:12:42I stood on the stairs and watched the woman
00:12:44who had beaten and hemiriated me
00:12:45treat Aunt Vivian like a blessing sent by the moon goddess.
00:12:48Something in me went completely numb.
00:12:55I slowly took off the partner ring.
00:12:57The one belonging to Kaylin and me.
00:13:12Over the next few days,
00:13:14I packed my few belongings while tending to my wounds.
00:13:17Vivian found fault with everything.
00:13:20The water I brought was not at the right temperature.
00:13:23The herbs I prepared were too bitter.
00:13:25The pillow I placed behind her back
00:13:27was an insult because it made her look like an invalid.
00:13:32Luna?
00:13:33Are you doing this on purpose?
00:13:36Do you want everyone to think I am bullying you?
00:13:38When the pack matriarch punished me for it,
00:13:41Vivian said I was kneeling too low on purpose,
00:13:43pretending to be a victim to shame her.
00:13:45A Luna without grace is more shaming than an Omega.
00:13:49Kneel until you remember your place.
00:13:51One evening,
00:13:52after she accused me of washing her dance down
00:13:54with the wrong moonflower soap,
00:13:56I was made to kneel at the altar for an entire day.
00:13:59I used to look at Vivian's graceful body and feel ashamed.
00:14:03I used to thought I was not worthy.
00:14:05Now I only felt sick.
00:14:07When I returned to my room,
00:14:08I burned the moon breath gowns I had once prepared for Kaylin.
00:14:14Watching the silk curl into ash,
00:14:16I felt the last of my old dignity burn with it.
00:14:20As I reached for the last gown,
00:14:22the door was kicked open.
00:14:26A slap landed hard across my face.
00:14:30I fell to the floor.
00:14:34You have really disappointed me.
00:14:38My voice was soft,
00:14:39but it did not shake.
00:14:41I did not add wolf find to her water.
00:14:46Vivian stepped out from behind Kaylin.
00:14:49Her face was pale,
00:14:50her eyes wet.
00:14:52Luna,
00:14:52I know you hate me,
00:14:53but I am a full moon dancer.
00:14:55My wolf spirit cannot be harmed.
00:14:58How could you be so cruel?
00:14:59She pressed a hand to her heart,
00:15:01as if she might collapse.
00:15:03I looked at Kaylin.
00:15:08Do you believe her?
00:15:11His gaze fell on the moon breath gown half burned behind me.
00:15:15It was pale gold,
00:15:16woven from moonvine silk that could amplify a wolf's scent.
00:15:20I had once blushed while imagining wearing it for him under the full moon.
00:15:26Kaylin laughed suddenly,
00:15:27and the sound was full of disgust.
00:15:29No wonder you needed that thing.
00:15:31You cannot attract your own alpha,
00:15:33so you rely on black market witches,
00:15:34cheap potions,
00:15:35and filthy tricks.
00:15:37It felt as if something had carved open my chest.
00:15:41Kaylin,
00:15:42is this the image you have of me?
00:15:44He walked to me,
00:15:45gripped my jaw,
00:15:46and forced my mouth open.
00:15:53Since you enjoy drugging others,
00:15:55taste it yourself.
00:16:02I finally struggled.
00:16:04My broken wrist hit the table.
00:16:06Pain nearly knocked me unconscious,
00:16:09but Kaylin's alpha command pressed down on me,
00:16:11and my knees went weak against my will.
00:16:15Drink.
00:16:16He issued the command,
00:16:18then ruthlessly mixed wolfbrain powder with cold water
00:16:20and poured it down my throat.
00:16:26This is the price you pay for trying to hurt Vivian.
00:16:31Kaylin forced bowl after bowl of cold water
00:16:33laced with wolfsbeam down my throat.
00:16:37I choked until I coughed blood.
00:16:40At last,
00:16:41I collapsed on the floor
00:16:42and heard Kaylin say coldly,
00:16:45Send her back to her room.
00:16:47Let her reflect.
00:16:51The next few days,
00:16:53my body felt as if it belonged to a stranger.
00:16:57My face swolled.
00:16:58My limbs turned heavy.
00:16:59Even my own scent became muddy and unfamiliar.
00:17:02The woman in the mirror had dull eyes and a pale neck.
00:17:08Kaylin did not visit me once.
00:17:12On the fifth day,
00:17:13he pushed open the door in a formal black suit.
00:17:16Vivian's rose and cedar scent clung to him.
00:17:19Tomorrow is Vivian's birthday banquet.
00:17:21He looked down at me from above.
00:17:23You are still the Luna in name.
00:17:26You will arrange the banquet yourself.
00:17:28I want every werewolf in the Black Pine Pack
00:17:31to clearly understand Vivian's standing within the pack.
00:17:36And what place is that?
00:17:38His gaze darkened.
00:17:40I slowly seestood,
00:17:42using the bedpost for support.
00:17:44Every step sent cramps through my abdomen
00:17:45from the wolfbine reaction.
00:17:47Your lover?
00:17:48The woman you truly want to mark?
00:17:50Or the new Luna you want me to welcome with my own hands?
00:17:56At Serena,
00:17:57know your limits.
00:18:02My limits?
00:18:04I thought you had already stepped over all of them.
00:18:07For the first time,
00:18:08he looked unsettled by my expression.
00:18:13But he quickly hardened his voice.
00:18:20If you behave,
00:18:21after the banquet,
00:18:22I will ask the healer to treat your body.
00:18:25The Luna position will remain yours.
00:18:30The Luna position.
00:18:35The empty shell he had tossed to me again and again.
00:18:38That night,
00:18:39while the servants prepared the hall,
00:18:41I wrote to the neutral registry again.
00:18:46If Blackbind would not let me go in dignity,
00:18:49then I would leave in blood.
00:18:53On the night of Vivian's full moon banquet,
00:18:56the Alpha residents blazed with lights.
00:18:59Vivian wore a pure white ceremonial dancing gown,
00:19:02with the moonstone gifted to her by Killen adorning her hair.
00:19:05She stood beside him as if the entire Blackpine Pock
00:19:08had already accepted her as their new Luna.
00:19:11I stood in the shadows,
00:19:13draped in a loose gray cloak,
00:19:14attempting to conceal a body twisted beyond recognitionness by Wolfsbane.
00:19:19Guests whispered openly,
00:19:23That is the Blackpine Luna?
00:19:25She looks as if her wolf spirit has been drained.
00:19:29No wonder the Alpha never marked her.
00:19:31Miss Vivian is pure-blooded and a full moon dancer.
00:19:34She looks far more capable of bearing an Alpha pup.
00:19:42Kaelin heard them.
00:19:44He only lowered his head
00:19:46and adjusted Vivian's shrul with a tenderness
00:19:48that stabbed my eyes.
00:19:51Someone raised a glass.
00:19:54Alpha,
00:19:55it seems Blackpine will soon have a true mistress.
00:19:58Kaelin gave a rare smile.
00:20:02She deserves the best.
00:20:07Inside my sleeve,
00:20:09my fingers tightened around
00:20:10the blood-stamped severance application.
00:20:13Just as I was about to walk toward the neutral register,
00:20:16a roar came from the edge of the crowd.
00:20:22An exiled rogue wolf burst into the hall.
00:20:25His eyes were bloodshut,
00:20:26and in his hand was a short blade coated with silver water.
00:20:29Kaelin Black!
00:20:30You destroyed my pack!
00:20:32Now I will let you know what it feels like
00:20:33to lose the one you treasure most!
00:20:37He lunged straight at At Vivian's abdomen.
00:20:41Kaelin's face changed.
00:20:49Before I could react,
00:20:51a powerful hand locked around my shoulder.
00:20:55Kaelin pushed me forward.
00:20:57The silver blade entered my abdomen.
00:21:00My inner wolf screamed
00:21:01as if she had been torn apart.
00:21:03Silver water burned through flesh and blood,
00:21:06spreading from the wound
00:21:07like a thousand needles crawling under my skin.
00:21:11I looked down
00:21:12and saw my cloak turning red.
00:21:19For one heartbeat,
00:21:21the hall was silent.
00:21:23Then screams exploded.
00:21:25Before darkness swallowed me,
00:21:26I saw Kaelin rush toward me,
00:21:28his eyes red as if he had finally learned fear.
00:21:34When I woke,
00:21:35I was lying in the pack healing center.
00:21:39My abdomen was wrapped in thick bandages.
00:21:42Silver poison still lingered in my blood,
00:21:43and every breath made me tremble.
00:21:46Kaelin sat beside the bed,
00:21:47his eyes lined with red.
00:21:49He held my hand tightly.
00:21:52You're awake.
00:21:54The healer said the blade
00:21:55almost touched your core bloodline,
00:21:57but luckily...
00:21:59It hurts so much,
00:22:01Kaelin.
00:22:07Kaelin stopped.
00:22:09I turned my head to look at him.
00:22:12When you pushed me in front of the blade,
00:22:14did you wonder if it would hurt?
00:22:17His throat moved.
00:22:18He avoided my eyes.
00:22:20Vivian is a full moon dancer.
00:22:22She cannot have a silver scar on her body.
00:22:24I did not think that much in the moment.
00:22:27I thought you could dodge.
00:22:32I smiled faintly.
00:22:36He always thought I could endure.
00:22:39He always thought I would survive.
00:22:41He always thought that after the wound closed,
00:22:43I would still remain where he or he had left me.
00:22:47Kaelin gripped my hand harder.
00:22:52The rogue has been caught.
00:22:54I will make him pay.
00:22:58I looked at him calmly.
00:23:00And you?
00:23:03His face went still.
00:23:06Before he could answer,
00:23:07Vivian's voice came from outside the door.
00:23:09They were congratulating her.
00:23:12Kaelin lowered his gaze and said in a complicated tone,
00:23:15There is something else.
00:23:17Vivian is pregnant.
00:23:20My fingers went numb.
00:23:22The healer said your wound is deep.
00:23:24In the future,
00:23:25You may not be able to carry a puppy.
00:23:27But the moon goddess has not abandoned you.
00:23:29Vivian's child will be the alpha heir.
00:23:32When the pup is born,
00:23:33It can call you mother as well.
00:23:38I stared at him for a long time.
00:23:42Then I laughed until tears came out.
00:23:49So this was you called mercy.
00:23:51He had used my body to block a blade for his mistress and her fake tenderness.
00:23:54Then he wanted me to raise her pup and be grateful.
00:23:58But I have already decided to leave him.
00:24:00I will no longer grieve or weep over anything he does.
00:24:05The next day, I asked the neutral register to prepare the formal severance petition.
00:24:11But before the document could reach the elders' council, Vivian came to my room.
00:24:15She stood beside my bed holding a bouquet of moon-breath flowers, her voice dripping with false sweetness.
00:24:22Serena, I am truly sorry.
00:24:24I never knew Kellen would push you forward to save me.
00:24:27Her mouth apologized.
00:24:29Her eyes laughed.
00:24:30I looked at the flowers and felt sick.
00:24:33Apology received.
00:24:34Get out.
00:24:36The smile froze on her face.
00:24:41Do you hate me that much?
00:24:42I was a victim too.
00:24:45I opened my eyes and looked at her.
00:24:47Perhaps you once were.
00:24:49But Kellen isn't here now.
00:24:50No one will be watching your performance.
00:24:52Her face changed.
00:24:53She threw the flowers into the spittle wheel beside the bed and lowered her voice.
00:24:56Do you know what is most pathetic about you, Atzerina?
00:24:58You occupied the Luna position for three years.
00:25:00And he still refused to give you even one mark.
00:25:06She leaned closer.
00:25:08Carrying Kellen's melanin's pheromone on her skin.
00:25:12The way he loses control with me is something you will never see in your lifetime.
00:25:17My fingers slowly clenched.
00:25:19If my family had not been framed by hunters, the Black Pine Luna position would have belonged to me from
00:25:24the beginning.
00:25:27You are nothing but the lowborn substitute, the elders, forced on him.
00:25:31I remained expressionless, and even found her somewhat ridiculous.
00:25:39If you want it so much, take it.
00:25:42I have already applied to sever the mate bond.
00:25:44Vivian froze for a second.
00:25:46Then she burst out laughing.
00:25:49You think Kellen will let you leave?
00:25:51Unless Black Pine decides you are too filthy to keep.
00:25:54Upon hearing this, I was inexplicably seized by a vague sense of forbidden and couldn't help but demand an explanation.
00:26:02What are you trying to do?
00:26:04Aren't you afraid Kellen will find out your true colors?
00:26:07Vivian said nothing more, merely giving me a sinister smile.
00:26:11You'll find out soon enough.
00:26:15Before long, I understood what Vivian meant.
00:26:23Late that night, a bombshell news story suddenly erupted on Facebook.
00:26:27Black Pine Alpha hides pure-blood she-wolf, registered Luna reduced to decoration.
00:26:35Vivian accused of stealing Luna status and using a pup to force succession.
00:26:40Photos of Vivian Anne moving into the Alpha residence, and sent records of Kellen visiting the side house late at
00:26:45night spread through the werewolf community.
00:26:47The entire society mocked Black Pine.
00:26:51The door to my room was kicked open.
00:26:56Kellen threw a stack of printed Facebook posts into my face.
00:26:59Did you post that on Facebook?
00:27:01Is this what you wanted?
00:27:02To ruin me, Vivian, and the entire pack?
00:27:05His eyes burned with rage.
00:27:06You did it!
00:27:07You destroyed Vivian's reputation!
00:27:08You let her be humiliated by all of werewolf society while carrying a pup!
00:27:12Serena,
00:27:13when did you become this vile?
00:27:18I pressed a hand over my wound,
00:27:20cold sweat sliding down my back.
00:27:23It was not me.
00:27:24Vivian followed him in, tears falling at the perfect time.
00:27:27She rushed forward and slapped me hard.
00:27:29Do you know how much I grificed to enter the full moon troop?
00:27:32Now every pack is calling me a she-wolf who stole Luna's spot.
00:27:35Do you want to force me to die?
00:27:38My face turned with a blow.
00:27:40I tasted blood.
00:27:47Then I laughed boldly.
00:27:50Did I force you to become his mistress?
00:27:53Did I force you to carry a scent?
00:27:56Vivian,
00:27:57if you dare to steal,
00:28:00why are you afraid of being maimed?
00:28:02Kellen seized my throat.
00:28:09What right do you have to talk about shame?
00:28:11Don't forget that lingerie you bought just to seduce me.
00:28:17His words were worse than claws.
00:28:21When you wagged your tail
00:28:23and begged me to mark you,
00:28:27where was your shame then?
00:28:29My pupils trembled.
00:28:36Those desperate attempts I had to save our bond
00:28:38had become the blade he used to humiliate me.
00:28:44Kellen released my throat and stepped back.
00:28:49Since you like exposing people so much,
00:28:53I will let everyone see what kind of Luna you really are.
00:28:57Half a day later,
00:28:58my photos appeared on Facebook.
00:28:59The vial of Moonbreath Essence.
00:29:01The footage of me practicing the full moon dance.
00:29:03The back view of me standing before a mirror
00:29:05in a Moonbreath silk gown.
00:29:07All of it had been posted by Kellen himself.
00:29:10Worse,
00:29:11he attached a re-photo of me swollen
00:29:12and distorted from Wolf's boss.
00:29:19The comments from Blackpinn changed instantly.
00:29:22So the Luna is shameless and private.
00:29:24No wonder the Alpha never marked her.
00:29:27With that muddy scent,
00:29:28who could bear to bite her?
00:29:30At least Vivian has pure blood.
00:29:32A lowborn healer should never have dreamed of becoming Luna.
00:29:35The Elder's Council was furious.
00:29:41Luna!
00:29:42They said I had disgraced the title of Luna
00:29:45and damaged the pack's reputation.
00:29:47Before my abdominal wound had healed,
00:29:49I was dragged into the punishment chamber
00:29:52behind the Moon Goddess altar.
00:30:00It was a stone room lined with silver runes.
00:30:08Silver was not decoration.
00:30:10It was punishment.
00:30:12Every carved line released a chill that pierced the wolf spirit.
00:30:15My wound began to burn,
00:30:16and the silver poison left in my blood woke again.
00:30:19The pack matriarch stood outside the iron door.
00:30:21If you admit that you slandered Vivian on Facebook,
00:30:24the Council can show mercy.
00:30:26I asked back,
00:30:28weakly yet stubbornly.
00:30:32How merciful.
00:30:36You will remain in Black Pint as the Luna in name,
00:30:39after Vivian gives birth to the Alpha Pup.
00:30:42You will raise it.
00:30:44Not!
00:30:45Then punish me harder!
00:30:48For half a wunkth,
00:30:49I was locked in that chamber.
00:30:52Gamma Guard.
00:30:54Every day,
00:30:55they forced bitter cleansing medicine down my throat,
00:30:57saying it would wash away my low-born desire.
00:31:08Outside the door,
00:31:09they played Facebook insults over and over,
00:31:11along with news that Kaylin and Vivian would sue the mate bank.
00:31:14reopened again and again without proper healing herbs.
00:31:20My foe curled in the dark and almost stopped answering me.
00:31:24At last,
00:31:25the neutral register came with the severance contract.
00:31:28Miss Serena,
00:31:29by law,
00:31:30once you press your blood seal,
00:31:31your name will be removed from the Black Pine registry.
00:31:33You will lose Black Pine protection,
00:31:35the title of Alpha Mate,
00:31:35and you will suffer mate bond backlash.
00:31:38I know.
00:31:42Alpha Kaelin has not signed.
00:31:45He will.
00:31:47He threw me in here because he wanted me to bow.
00:31:51I no longer had the strength to hold a pen.
00:31:54I bit my fingertip and pressed blood onto the end of the contract.
00:32:09The moment the seal formed,
00:32:11I felt an invisible sharp claw suddenly tear through my chest.
00:32:18Kaylin's cedar and mint scent faded from my senses little by little.
00:32:22The bond the moon goddess had once tied between us,
00:32:25the bond he had trampled for three years,
00:32:27finally snapped.
00:32:29Pain shook my whole body.
00:32:33But I smiled.
00:32:43At dawn,
00:32:44I walked out of the punishment chamber with a small bag.
00:32:47The neutral register led me through the back gate of Black Pine territory.
00:32:51Rain fell over the border road.
00:32:53Behind me stood the Alpha residence where I had wasted three years of my life.
00:32:58No one came to send me off.
00:33:00No one knew that the Luna they mocked had already vanished from the pack link.
00:33:05Miss Vale,
00:33:07once you cross this border,
00:33:09Black Pine law can no longer protect you.
00:33:11Are you still certain?
00:33:15I looked back only once.
00:33:17The altar bells were silent.
00:33:19The windows of the Alpha residence were dark.
00:33:22No one was running towards me.
00:33:28I am certain.
00:33:36Then may the moon goddess witness your freedom.
00:33:46I stepped onto the train bound for the southern neutral lands and did not look back.
00:33:59Never to meet again,
00:34:00Kaelin.
00:34:04Only later did I learn that on the day I left,
00:34:07Kaelin had waited outside the altar gate.
00:34:09He thought the elders were only teaching me a lesson.
00:34:11He thought I would come out wounded and exhausted,
00:34:14then lower my head again after he said,
00:34:16stop making trouble.
00:34:17His friend at Seth was there too.
00:34:18Alpha,
00:34:19aren't you afraid the Luna will hate you after this?
00:34:22Kaelin lit a cigarette and said coldly.
00:34:24She endured the strictest, most brutal punishments,
00:34:26all just to remain by my side.
00:34:28She simply could not bring herself to hate me.
00:34:30Kaelin stubbed out his cigarette and said,
00:34:32sounding as if he were utterly helpless.
00:34:34Serena has been far too unruly of late.
00:34:36Not only has she been constantly targeting Vivian,
00:34:39but she has also harmed both her and the pup she carries in her womb.
00:34:42Serena must learn to exercise proper restraint over her temper.
00:34:44As the Pax Luna,
00:34:45she cannot continue to behave so irresponsibly.
00:34:47Just before the altar gate opened,
00:34:48Vivian's maid ran over,
00:34:49claiming Vivian had stomach pain and might lose the alpha pup.
00:34:51Alpha, Miss Vivian is in pain.
00:34:52The healer said the pup may be unstable.
00:34:54Please come quickly.
00:34:55Kaelin left at once.
00:34:57Seth, wait here.
00:34:58When Serena comes out,
00:35:00take her to a side room to recover.
00:35:01But At Seth had already been bought by Vivian.
00:35:04He watched the neutral registrar lead my way.
00:35:07He saw the blood seal on the severance contract.
00:35:09He saw the elder remove my name from the Blackfoon Pack registry.
00:35:14The alpha is on his way to you.
00:35:16Serena will be driven out of Blackpore.
00:35:23Kaelin stayed at the healing center with At Vivian all night.
00:35:31The At healer Sief said she was merely emotional and the pup was not in danger.
00:35:36Kaelin held her hand and murmured.
00:35:40I will suppress the rumors.
00:35:42When Serena comes out, I will make her apologize.
00:35:49Vivian leaned into his arms and tested him.
00:35:53Kaelin, I do not want our pup to be born as an unregistered child.
00:35:57I do not want you trapped between two women forever.
00:36:01If you love me, why not officially sever your contract with Serena and give us a real home?
00:36:11Kaelin was silent for a long time.
00:36:14For a fleeting moment, he recalled the sight of Serena lying in her hospital bed,
00:36:19pale-faced and hollow-eyed, whispering,
00:36:22It hurts so much.
00:36:24But he pushed that memory away.
00:36:27Do not bring this up again.
00:36:29Serena cannot survive outside Blackpint.
00:36:32She has been my Luna for three years.
00:36:37I will let her keep the title.
00:36:39The title.
00:36:42Three days later, he finally realizes that Serena, Serena had left.
00:36:48Serena's room was empty.
00:36:50The wardrobe was bare.
00:36:52The desk, too, was completely empty.
00:36:55Beneath the pillow lay nothing but a single moonstone ring.
00:36:59It was the very token he had casually slipped onto her finger on the day,
00:37:03the very day he and Serena had signed their contract.
00:37:07It was not a mark.
00:37:09It was not a vow.
00:37:10It was an afterthought.
00:37:13Kaelin held the pin ring and panicked for the first time.
00:37:18Serena, where did you go?
00:37:22But when he asked at Seth, Seth lied.
00:37:26She came out cursing you and Miss Viviana.
00:37:28She said, you two deserve to lose everything.
00:37:31Then she left on her own.
00:37:33No one could stop her.
00:37:35The look of concern in Kaelin's eyes instantly turned to ice.
00:37:38He had promised to treat Serena after Vivian's birthday banquet.
00:37:41He had even gone so far as to arrange for the province's most elite healers,
00:37:45terrified that Serena's injuries might leave scars.
00:37:47Yet now, it turned out that Serena had already repaid him with a malicious curse.
00:37:55Then do not look for her.
00:37:57If she wants to leave, let her never come back.
00:38:00Seth bowed his head and did not dare speak.
00:38:04Only Vivian walked to Kaelin's side and slipped his palm over her abdomen.
00:38:12Do not be angry because of her.
00:38:14Our pup just kicked me.
00:38:16He must be strong.
00:38:17Just like his father.
00:38:22Kaelin's expression eased a little.
00:38:24At that moment, the pack matriarch contacted him through the pack link.
00:38:29Kaelin, I heard At Vivian is carrying your pup.
00:38:33Kaelin glanced at At Vivian and answered.
00:38:35Yes.
00:38:37Then the mate banquet should be held first.
00:38:39As for the official red registry, wait until the pup is born.
00:38:46Serena's side has already been handled cleanly.
00:38:49Kaelin frowned faintly.
00:38:52Handled cleanly.
00:38:55He thought she meant I had run away after making another scene.
00:38:59He did not ask one more question.
00:39:04A few days later, the mate Bentiful was held in the Black Pine Ceremonial Hall.
00:39:09Vivian wore a pale moon-colored gown.
00:39:11Her abdomen was slightly rounded beneath the soft fabric,
00:39:14and every elder who passed her smiled as if the future alpha grain had already been born.
00:39:19Kaelin stood beside his mate.
00:39:21His face was calm, almost cold.
00:39:24No one could tell whether he looked like a bridegroom at all.
00:39:27During the blessing ritual, Vivian knelt before the pack matriarch,
00:39:31and offered her a cup of moon tea with both hands.
00:39:35Mother, please accept my respect.
00:39:38The matriarch looked at Laetra left at Vivian's belly
00:39:41and laughed until the lines around her eyes softened.
00:39:44Good child, get up.
00:39:46Do not kneel too long.
00:39:48Be careful of the pup.
00:39:49She held At Vivian's hand,
00:39:51then turned to Kaelin with satisfaction.
00:39:54Since Serena has already severed the mate-con contract with you,
00:39:58live well with At Vivian from now on.
00:40:00I am still waiting to hold your strong alpha pup.
00:40:05The goblet in Kaelin's hand shattered.
00:40:11Blood slit down his palm, but he did not seem to feel it.
00:40:17Severed?
00:40:18His voice tightened.
00:40:25What mate-contract was severed?
00:40:30The entire ceremonial hall went silence.
00:40:33Vivian's smile froze on her face.
00:40:36The pack matriarch stared at Kaelin in confusion.
00:40:40You did not know?
00:40:42Kaelin stepped down from the ritual platform.
00:40:46His alpha aura spread through the hall so suddenly
00:40:48that several lower-ranked wolves dropped to their knees.
00:40:54Say it again.
00:40:55What did Serena sever?
00:41:01Only then did the pack matriarch tell him everything.
00:41:04You didn't know?
00:41:05Et Serena knelt at the moon goddess altar and asked to sever your mate-bond.
00:41:08She took the full 99 wolf lashes,
00:41:10then was locked in the silver-lined punishment chamber,
00:41:12starved, silenced,
00:41:13forced to press her blood seal on the severance papers.
00:41:15She left with nothing but the clothes on her back.
00:41:17Her name's already been erased from the Blackfine Pack registry.
00:41:20And by ancient Pack law,
00:41:23she will never, ever be Blackfine's Luna again.
00:41:29Kaelin lost control.
00:41:31Kaelin lost control on the spot.
00:41:33He grabbed At-Seth by the collar
00:41:35before At-Seth could retreat into the crowd.
00:41:38You told me.
00:41:39She cursed me and left on her own.
00:41:45Alpha, I...
00:41:46I only repeated what I heard.
00:41:53Seth's face went white.
00:41:55Kaelin's eyes turned a dangerous red.
00:42:00Do not lie under my command.
00:42:03Tell me the truth.
00:42:05How exactly did Serena leave?
00:42:07The Alpha command crushed At-Seth to his knees.
00:42:15Seth trembled violently.
00:42:17At last, the truth spilled out.
00:42:21Seth admitted Vivian had ordered him to watch the altar.
00:42:24I saw the neutral register take her away.
00:42:26I saw the blood seal.
00:42:28I saw the elder removed,
00:42:29removed her name from the pack registry.
00:42:31Kaelin's grip loosened inch by inch.
00:42:34Miss Vivian told me to say the Luna cursed you.
00:42:36I was afraid.
00:42:38Alpha, I was afraid.
00:42:48Kaelin released him and rushed back to Serena's room.
00:42:50He searched every corner, but found only the moonstone pin ring and a scrap of burnt moon-breath silk.
00:42:57Only then did he seem to understand.
00:42:59Serena was not hiding and waiting for him to coax her back.
00:43:05She had truly gone.
00:43:08Kaelin picked up the burnt silk.
00:43:10His fingertips shook.
00:43:15She burned this herself?
00:43:18No one dared answer.
00:43:20He remembered the way At-Sereena used to fold those gowns in the wardrobe,
00:43:24blushing whenever his gaze passed over her.
00:43:30He remembered calling them filthy tricks.
00:43:33He remembered forcing Wolfbeam down at Serena's throat.
00:43:41For the first time, the empty room felt louder than any scream.
00:43:46Find her.
00:43:47Search the Black Pine border,
00:43:49the Neutral Station Station,
00:43:50the Healer's Guild,
00:43:51every old territory of her mother's family.
00:43:56A warrior lowered his head.
00:44:00Alpha,
00:44:01if her name has been erased from the registry,
00:44:03our scent trackers may not be able to follow her.
00:44:06Kaelin's face turned ashen.
00:44:11Then use mine.
00:44:13Use every memory of her scent I have left.
00:44:17He searched for Serena for a long time.
00:44:20The Black Pine border,
00:44:21the Neutral Station,
00:44:23the Healer's Guild,
00:44:24even the old territory of Serena's mother's family,
00:44:27where she had not been in years.
00:44:30He found nothing.
00:44:32On the fourth night,
00:44:34he passed at Vivian's room and heard laughter inside.
00:44:42At Vivian was mind-linking Seth.
00:44:45You have no idea how perfect it was.
00:44:47I had people post those Facebook rumors.
00:44:50I made myself look like the victim,
00:44:52cried a little,
00:44:53and Kaelin nearly destroyed Serena for me.
00:44:56Seth's voice was low and nervous through the mind link.
00:45:05Miss Vivian,
00:45:06the Alpha is already suspicious.
00:45:09Vivian laughed softly.
00:45:11Suspicious of what?
00:45:13That lowborn healer has been erased,
00:45:15exiled,
00:45:15and left with silver wounds and bond backlash.
00:45:18Whether she survives this winter is another question.
00:45:22Did she really think she could be Luna?
00:45:25A lowborn healer whose wolf spirit had been suppressed until it nearly vanished?
00:45:32How could she compete with me?
00:45:37Kaelin kicked the door open.
00:45:39Vivian turned and saw him.
00:45:41All color drained of her face.
00:45:43Kaelin.
00:45:43Kaelin.
00:45:44Let me explain.
00:45:45He walked in step by step.
00:45:47His voice was terrifyingly soft.
00:45:52You lied to me?
00:45:57A few days later,
00:45:59the investigation report was placed before Aunt Kaelin.
00:46:05She had staged the wolfbind poisoning,
00:46:07paid Seth to spread the Facebook posts,
00:46:09forged pregnancy proof,
00:46:10arranged the rogue attack at her own birthday banquet,
00:46:12and even obtained the silver water on the blade from old retainers of her family.
00:46:16Alpha,
00:46:16every payment,
00:46:17every forged record,
00:46:18and every purchase sent medicine points back to Miss Vivian.
00:46:24Vivian knelled on the floor,
00:46:26hugging Kaelin's leg as she cried.
00:46:28I only loved you too much.
00:46:30I was afraid you would never give me the luma position.
00:46:32Kaelin,
00:46:33I am carrying your pup.
00:46:35For the child's sake.
00:46:39Kaelin lowered his gaze to her abdomen.
00:46:41His expression complicated.
00:46:43Alpha,
00:46:44there is no pup.
00:46:45The so-called fetal scent was created by witch medicine.
00:46:54Vivian collapsed to the floor.
00:46:57No.
00:46:58At Kaelin,
00:46:59listen to me.
00:46:59I can still give you a pup.
00:47:01I can still be useful to Black Pine.
00:47:05Kaelin Black closed his eyes.
00:47:08Send her to Silvermoon Sanatorium.
00:47:10Tell the director she is charged with serious fraud,
00:47:13harming the luna,
00:47:15and forging the Alpha bloodline.
00:47:18Without both my order and the council's order,
00:47:20she is not to be released.
00:47:22By then,
00:47:23I had already settled in the southern neutral lands.
00:47:34There was no Black Pipe Cedar scent there,
00:47:36no council judgment bell,
00:47:38and no one called me luna.
00:47:41I worked in a small ceremonial tailor shop,
00:47:43altering luna gowns and pup cloaks for passing wolves.
00:47:46At first,
00:47:47my body was so weak that my fingers shook after a few stitches.
00:47:49At night,
00:47:50Bondaklash would flare like invisible claws tearing through my ribs.
00:47:54The owner was an elderly Omega woman.
00:47:56She never asked about my past.
00:47:58She only left warm soup by my door.
00:48:00Drink it while it is warm, child.
00:48:02A wolf that survives winter will eventually find spring.
00:48:14One snowy evening,
00:48:15a tall man entered the shop with a torn ceremonial cloak.
00:48:18His scent was clean snow and pine.
00:48:24He was Adrian Winter,
00:48:25Alpha of Frostcrown,
00:48:27and one of the neutral court's arbitersers.
00:48:29He looked at the silver scars on my wrist,
00:48:32and then at my lowered head.
00:48:34He did not ask who had hurt me.
00:48:37He only said,
00:48:38Your wolf is still alive.
00:48:40My fingers froze on the needle.
00:48:51Let her stand when she is ready.
00:48:53Do not force her to kneel for anyone again.
00:48:57That was the first time since leaving Blackport that I cried.
00:49:03Not because of pain.
00:49:05Because someone had seen the part of me that was still alive.
00:49:11Adrian courted me slowly.
00:49:15On full moon nights,
00:49:16he sat with me in the yard behind the shop
00:49:19and watched my white wolf spirit try to stand beneath the moonlight.
00:49:23When backlash struck,
00:49:24he used his Alpha scent to shield me from the worst of the pain,
00:49:27but he never forced touch on me.
00:49:30Once, I asked him,
00:49:33Does it bother you that I severed a mate bond before?
00:49:35He looked at me with steady seriousness.
00:49:38You are not someone's used possession.
00:49:40You are Serena.
00:49:41If you want to accept me,
00:49:43I will wait.
00:49:44If you do not,
00:49:45I will still protect everyone in the neutral lands,
00:49:47including you.
00:49:49Something touched my heart softly.
00:49:53I had thought it was dead.
00:49:56But when spring came,
00:49:57it insisted on living.
00:50:00One afternoon,
00:50:02Adrian and I returned from the neutral market.
00:50:04He carried fabric,
00:50:05and I held a bag of moon oranges.
00:50:07The wind chimes at the corner rang lightly.
00:50:09I had just laughed at something he said
00:50:11when I caught a familiar scent of cedar and mint.
00:50:16My smile froze.
00:50:20Kellen stood beneath the stone bridge.
00:50:23He had lost weight.
00:50:24His eyes were bloodshot.
00:50:26The Alpha aura that had once been sharp and untouchable
00:50:28was now chaotic and unstable.
00:50:32Serena,
00:50:34I finally found you.
00:50:38I stepped back without thinking.
00:50:43Adrian held my hand and stood in front of me.
00:50:48Alpha,
00:50:49you are frightening her.
00:50:55Kellen stared at our joined hands.
00:50:57His wolf surged in his eyes.
00:51:00Who are you to touch her?
00:51:02She is my mate!
00:51:06I am not.
00:51:07He rushed forward to grab my arm.
00:51:09I know I was wrong.
00:51:10Vivian lied to me.
00:51:11I have found out everything.
00:51:12I locked her away.
00:51:13She will never appear before you again.
00:51:15Come back to Black Pine with me.
00:51:16We can start over.
00:51:18His tone was humble,
00:51:19unlike the arrogant Alpha I remembered.
00:51:22But I only felt disgust.
00:51:25Let go.
00:51:28He did not.
00:51:32Adrian closed his hand around Kellen's wrist.
00:51:34She told you to let go.
00:51:36The next second,
00:51:37Kanan swung a fist at him.
00:51:40Two Alpha eras collided on the street.
00:51:42Ordinary wolves nearby went pale under the pressure.
00:51:48Kellen fought like a madman,
00:51:50striking toward vital points.
00:51:57She is mine!
00:52:01From the moment you chose to betray Serena,
00:52:03she ceased to belong to you.
00:52:05Especially now that she has severed her ties as your partner.
00:52:08Partner.
00:52:10She belongs only to herself.
00:52:13While Adrian shielded me,
00:52:15Kellen drove a fist towards his temple.
00:52:24I saw a wooden flag there by the road.
00:52:27My body moved before my mind did.
00:52:35I grabbed the pole and struck Kellen across the back.
00:52:41Kellen took a step back in disbelief.
00:52:46Adrian turned sharply.
00:52:50Serena!
00:52:51I stood there,
00:52:52both hands shaking around the pole,
00:52:54my breath unbeaven.
00:52:57Kellen looked back at me in disdysbelief.
00:53:02You hit me?
00:53:03I gazed at him,
00:53:05my eyes holding nothing but unfamiliarity and war-offing.
00:53:11Yes.
00:53:13And if you touch him again,
00:53:14I will hit you harder.
00:53:16For a long moment,
00:53:18something in his expression shattered.
00:53:22Perhaps in his memory,
00:53:24I was still the woman who would wait at the door with warm soup
00:53:26no matter how late he came home.
00:53:28But that woman had died in the silver-lined chamber.
00:53:34The neutral guards arrived quickly
00:53:36and separated them.
00:53:41Kellen stared at me as if he wanted to say a thousand things.
00:53:46I did not give him the chance.
00:53:49I took Adrian's hand and walked away.
00:53:52Behind me,
00:53:53Kellen's voice broke.
00:53:55Serena!
00:53:56I was wrong!
00:53:58Tell me what I have to do!
00:53:59I will do anything!
00:54:01I did not turn back.
00:54:05Because the answer was simple.
00:54:08There was nothing he could do.
00:54:15That evening,
00:54:16Adrian despected the torn skin on my palm.
00:54:23He looked at me for a long time,
00:54:29then lowered his eyes with a faint smile.
00:54:32Then I am honored.
00:54:35When Kellen woke,
00:54:37he was in the neutral healing center.
00:54:39Beta reported to him all the interrogation results regarding Vivian.
00:54:42Kellen pulled out the blood needle and said only one thing.
00:54:46I want to see her.
00:54:47Seth urged him to return to Black Pine.
00:54:50Alpha,
00:54:51you cannot keep losing control.
00:54:53Black Pine needs you.
00:54:54The elders were preparing a vote to suspend his authority.
00:54:58Because he had left the territory without permission.
00:55:01Smaller packs were testing the Black Pine border.
00:55:04Kellen did not seem to hear.
00:55:08Bring Vivian.
00:55:09I will make her kneel before Serena and return everything she owes.
00:55:13When Aunt Vivian was dragged out of Silvermoon Sanatorium,
00:55:16none of her old pure-blood pride remained.
00:55:18Her hair was tangled.
00:55:21Moon iron chains locked around her wrists to suppress her wolf.
00:55:25The moment she saw Kellen,
00:55:26she rushed toward him crying.
00:55:32Kellen,
00:55:33you finally came to see me.
00:55:35I know I was wrong.
00:55:36I really do.
00:55:38Kellen did not even look at her.
00:55:41He ordered the guards to press her down in front of my shop.
00:55:45That day,
00:55:46I was hemming a full moon cloak for a pup.
00:55:50When I heard the commotion and looked up,
00:55:51I saw Forstus kneel in the rain.
00:55:57Kellen stood behind Vivian.
00:55:59In his eyes was a desperate,
00:56:00almost obsessive hope.
00:56:03Serena,
00:56:03she is here to confess.
00:56:05Vivian trembled as she spoke.
00:56:06I am sorry, Luna.
00:56:08No, Serena.
00:56:09I should not have framed you for the Wolfsabane.
00:56:11I should not have forged Facebook posts.
00:56:12I should not have lied to Kellen
00:56:14and said I carried an alpha pup.
00:56:15I should not have arranged the rogue attack
00:56:16and blamed you.
00:56:19I was wrong.
00:56:20Please ask him to despair me.
00:56:23She cried miserably,
00:56:24her knees sinking into mud.
00:56:26Wailwolves gathered around to watch.
00:56:28Kellen looked at me,
00:56:29his voice low and pleading.
00:56:31See?
00:56:31She admitted it.
00:56:32You can punish her however you want.
00:56:34Make her kneel as long as you like.
00:56:36Lock her away.
00:56:36Exile her as a rogue.
00:56:38I will listen to you.
00:56:39He paused.
00:56:40As long as you come back with me.
00:56:42I laughed suddenly.
00:56:45Not because it felt good.
00:56:47But because it was absurd.
00:56:49Kellen.
00:56:50Do you think this cancels out what I suffered?
00:56:53His face turned pale.
00:56:56I pointed at Vivian,
00:56:57kneeling on the ground,
00:56:58then at him.
00:57:01You once pushed me toward a silver blade for her.
00:57:03You locked me in a silver line chamber for her.
00:57:05You spread my private shame across Facebook for her.
00:57:07Now, for me,
00:57:08you make her kneel in public without hesitation.
00:57:10Whether it is her or me,
00:57:11in your eyes we are only objects
00:57:12you can arrange and punish
00:57:13whenever you wish, aren't we?
00:57:15Kellen froze.
00:57:16No!
00:57:17I only wanted you to feel avenged.
00:57:19I smiled calmly,
00:57:21my gaze toward and felled with sympathy.
00:57:23You still do not understand
00:57:25what respect means.
00:57:26I turned and picked up the umbrella beside the door.
00:57:31Adrian was already standing in the rain.
00:57:33He had not interfered.
00:57:35He was simply waiting for my choice.
00:57:40I walked to his side.
00:57:43Kellen panicked and tried to rush over,
00:57:46but the neutral guards blocked him.
00:57:48Serena!
00:57:49Don't choose him!
00:57:52I was your first mate!
00:57:54He can never replace me!
00:57:56I looked back at him one last time.
00:58:01Take your self-righteousness and arrogance,
00:58:03and leave.
00:58:05I do not need it.
00:58:07Rain blurred his face.
00:58:09For the first time,
00:58:10I saw him truly helpless.
00:58:12But,
00:58:13helplessness was not regret.
00:58:15And regret was not love.
00:58:18I did not attend the court hearing.
00:58:21I only submitted a blood-sealed testimony.
00:58:24It contained records of my silver wound,
00:58:27wolf-band tests,
00:58:28Vivian's forged documents,
00:58:30screenshots from Facebook,
00:58:32and the healing records from before and after
00:58:34I was forced to sign
00:58:35in the punishment chamber.
00:58:37Adrian asked me,
00:58:41Do you want to watch him be judged with your own eyes?
00:58:43I shook my head.
00:58:48I do not need to see him fall to prove I survived.
00:58:51Still,
00:58:52the result reached the neutral lands.
00:58:54Kellen Black's Alpha Alpha authority is suspended for one year.
00:58:58The Black Pine Elders Council must issue a public apology to the neutral court.
00:59:03Vivian will be stripped of her pure blood status
00:59:06and exiled to the Frost Labor Lands
00:59:07for forging an air bloodline and harming a registered Luna.
00:59:13Seth will lose one fang
00:59:15and be expelled from Black Pine.
00:59:20Kellen refused to accept the distance between us.
00:59:27Later,
00:59:28someone from Frostcrown delivered him a message.
00:59:31Since you never understood pain,
00:59:32remember it with your own body.
00:59:37No one killed him.
00:59:38The court sentenced him to three months of service
00:59:40at the Silver Mine border,
00:59:42clearing old hunter traps contaminated with silver and wolf bite.
00:59:47It was the kind of low-ranking warrior's work he had once despised.
00:59:55I thought the court sentence would be the end.
00:59:57Vivian had been transferred from Silver Moon Sanatorium
00:59:59to the Frost Labor Lands after the neutral court ruling.
01:00:03Kellen had been sent to the Silver Mine border.
01:00:06Seth had lost one bang and vanished from Black Pine.
01:00:09Later,
01:00:10I learned that several old retainers of Vivian's family
01:00:12bragged the escort guards during the transfer
01:00:14and helped her escape into the Frostcrown border woods.
01:00:17Kellen heard of Vivian's escape
01:00:18while serving his sentence near the Silver Mine border.
01:00:20He knew her hatred would lead her to me.
01:00:22So he followed the rogue scent trail all night.
01:00:25Before leaving the mine border,
01:00:27he had already prepared a blood-sealed transfer file
01:00:29and the Black Pine Luna crown,
01:00:30intending to leave them with the neutral court
01:00:32as compensation after his sentence ended.
01:00:34For a few quiet days,
01:00:36I almost believed the old nightmare had finally stopped breathing.
01:00:41That night,
01:00:42Adrian came to my shop to pick me up.
01:00:44The patrols found strange tracks near the North Woods.
01:00:46Stay close to me tonight.
01:00:51Before I could answer,
01:00:52a low laugh came from the fog.
01:00:56Vivian stepped out from behind the trees.
01:00:58Her white dancer's gown was torn,
01:01:00her hair tangled,
01:01:01but the hatred in her eyes was sharper than ever.
01:01:06You took everything from me, Serena!
01:01:09Behind her stood rogue wolves.
01:01:11Their bodies smelled of blood,
01:01:13hunger,
01:01:13and old crimes.
01:01:16She promised us Frost Crown's Luna.
01:01:19Kill the woman.
01:01:20Take the reward.
01:01:23Adrian's eyes went cold.
01:01:25Vivian,
01:01:25you have just turned exile into a death sentence.
01:01:29Vivian stepped out from behind the trees.
01:01:31She deserves to die!
01:01:33To die!
01:01:34If I cannot be Luna,
01:01:36neither can she!
01:01:37Vivian screamed.
01:01:41The rogue wolves lunged.
01:01:46Adrian threw one aside,
01:01:48but another came at me from behind
01:01:49with a wolf's horn coated blade.
01:01:52I heard the blade cut through the air.
01:01:54Then someone crashed into me
01:01:55and pulled me behind his body.
01:01:57The blade sank into Kellen's chest.
01:01:59Blood splashed across the snow.
01:02:02Caden staggered,
01:02:03but he did not fall.
01:02:05His damaged wolf spirit roared once,
01:02:07forcing the rogue wolf back.
01:02:12This time,
01:02:14I did not push you toward the blade.
01:02:18I froze.
01:02:20Kellen turned his pale face toward me.
01:02:23Serena,
01:02:24run.
01:02:26Adrian killed one rogue wolf
01:02:28with a single strike.
01:02:29The Frost Crown guards arrived
01:02:30almost immediately
01:02:31and surrounded the woods.
01:02:32Vivian tried to flee,
01:02:33but Adrian's command
01:02:34froze every wolf in the clearing.
01:02:35Take her alive.
01:02:36No,
01:02:36Kellen,
01:02:36save me.
01:02:37You left me once.
01:02:38Vivian struggled wildly.
01:02:39Kellen did not even look at her.
01:02:40He knelt in the snow.
01:02:42One hand pressed against his chest.
01:02:45Black blood seeped through his fingers.
01:02:47The wolf spike on the blade
01:02:48had entered his old silver wounds.
01:02:50His wolf spirit was dying.
01:02:51Kellen took out the blood-sealed transfer file
01:02:53from inside his coat
01:02:54and pushed it toward me.
01:02:55Everything under my personal name.
01:02:57My private residence,
01:02:58my personal share of the border mines,
01:03:00the trade profits,
01:03:00and the compensation fund
01:03:02I prepared for you.
01:03:03All of it is yours.
01:03:03I did not reach for it.
01:03:05I do not want your money.
01:03:07Kellen gave a broken smile.
01:03:09Then burn it.
01:03:09Give it away.
01:03:11Use it to heal
01:03:12every low-bren wolf
01:03:12Black Pine ever humiliated.
01:03:14I only want it to stop
01:03:15belonging to me.
01:03:16His fingers trembled
01:03:17as he opened a dark velvet box.
01:03:19Inside lay the Black Pine Luna crown.
01:03:21It was not silver.
01:03:23It was carved from
01:03:23Black Pine wood,
01:03:24Oxidian,
01:03:25and Moonstone.
01:03:26The Moonstone at the center
01:03:27glowed faintly under the full moon.
01:03:29Kellen lifted it
01:03:30with both hands.
01:03:31I had this locked away
01:03:32for three years.
01:03:33I told myself
01:03:34you were not ready for it.
01:03:35His voice broke.
01:03:38I was wrong.
01:03:39I was the one
01:03:40unworthy of standing beside you.
01:03:41He placed the crown
01:03:42on the snow before me.
01:03:43I am sorry.
01:03:44This should have belonged
01:03:45to you from the beginning.
01:03:47For a moment,
01:03:47I remembered the man
01:03:48I had once loved.
01:03:49Then I remembered
01:03:50every wound he had left behind.
01:03:52Kellen,
01:03:53I will not forgive you.
01:03:54I know.
01:03:55Kellen closed his eyes.
01:03:56One wounded rogue wolf
01:03:57suddenly crushed a vial
01:03:58of wolf's bop smoke
01:03:59under his claws.
01:03:59The bitter mist
01:04:00exploded through the clearing,
01:04:01breaking Adrian's command
01:04:02for a single second.
01:04:03Vivian tore free
01:04:04from the guard holding her,
01:04:05pulled a hidden dagger
01:04:05from her boot
01:04:06and rushed toward me.
01:04:07Kellen used the last
01:04:07of his strength to stand.
01:04:09He blocked her again.
01:04:10Kellen's wolf spirit
01:04:11shattered in the moonlight.
01:04:12Before he fell,
01:04:13he whispered
01:04:14one last sentence.
01:04:15At least,
01:04:15this time,
01:04:16I protected you.
01:04:18Then Kellen Black
01:04:18died in the snow.
01:04:20Vivian was brought
01:04:21before the Frost Crown
01:04:22Moon Goddess altar
01:04:23three days later.
01:04:23Her hands were bound
01:04:24with black iron chains.
01:04:25Her face was no longer beautiful.
01:04:26Fear had stripped away
01:04:27every trace of her old arrogance.
01:04:28Vivian,
01:04:28a neutral court
01:04:28once sentenced you
01:04:29only to labor in the Frostlands.
01:04:30Yet you remained incurcable.
01:04:32The neutral judge
01:04:32read her crimes aloud.
01:04:33Inspired with rogue wolves
01:04:34to harm Serena
01:04:35and caused the death
01:04:36of Black Pine's
01:04:37former Alpha.
01:04:38In accordance with
01:04:39the werewolf code,
01:04:40your inner wolf
01:04:41will be stripped away
01:04:42and you will be
01:04:42permanently exiled
01:04:44from every pack registration.
01:04:46Vivian screamed
01:04:47until her voice cracked.
01:04:48I am pure blood!
01:04:50You cannot take my wolf!
01:04:52AHHHHH!
01:04:57No one answered her.
01:04:58The moon goddess seal
01:04:59lit beneath her feet.
01:05:00A pale wolf shadow
01:05:01tore itself from her body.
01:05:02It struggled,
01:05:03howled,
01:05:03then shattered
01:05:04under the cold moonlight.
01:05:05Her body survived,
01:05:06but the wolf inside her
01:05:07was gone forever.
01:05:08She collapsed to the ground.
01:05:09For the first time,
01:05:10she had no wolf scent.
01:05:11No pack would accept her.
01:05:12No Alpha Command
01:05:13would answer her.
01:05:15No full moon
01:05:16would ever call to her again.
01:05:20She was dragged
01:05:21beyond the border
01:05:22and thrown into the wild.
01:05:24Three months later,
01:05:24at Adrian and I
01:05:25held a commitment ceremony,
01:05:26not a trial,
01:05:27a mate bonding ritual.
01:05:28I wore a white frost pattern
01:05:29Luna gown and submission for me
01:05:30with no command in his eyes.
01:05:31I will respect your silence,
01:05:32your anger,
01:05:33your fear,
01:05:33and your freedom.
01:05:34I will honor your no
01:05:35before I ever ask for your yes.
01:05:36If one day you choose
01:05:37to walk away,
01:05:37I will not hunt you.
01:05:38If one day you choose to stay,
01:05:40I will never betray you.
01:05:41My eyes warmed.
01:05:42Under the full moon,
01:05:43my wolf spirit
01:05:43finally lifted her head.
01:05:45For the first time,
01:05:46she was not afraid.
01:05:46I stepped forward
01:05:47and placed my hand in his.
01:05:48Then I choose you.
01:05:49The frost crown wolves bowed.
01:05:51Adrian lowered his head
01:05:52and kissed the back
01:05:53of my hand like a vow.
01:05:54From this moon onward,
01:05:55you are not my possession.
01:05:56You are my equal.
01:05:57The moonlight fell over us.
01:05:59And this time,
01:06:00when the bond formed,
01:06:01it did not feel like chains.
01:06:02It felt like home.
01:06:03I know that I have finally
01:06:05ushered in a brand new life.
Comments