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00:02my mom called me a liar from the day i was born not because i actually lied but because of
00:07this
00:07thing around my neck the verity choker mom was luna of silver moon pack and she believed one
00:12thing above all lying was the mark of a weak wolf we were her daughters future alpha heirs
00:18weakness was not an option so when my twin sister emma and i were born mom clasped these chokers
00:24around our throats which had witch magic to detect lies green light means truth red light means you
00:30were lying emma's choker always green she could shred mom's ceremonial cloak and blame the cat
00:36and gem would glow a steady green not me green light believed me mom i'm hungry and flash red
00:46light the choker choked tight i shifted on instinct a small white wolf pawing desperately at the gem
00:52around my neck claws scraping against it unable to get it off i'm not lying not lying please but mom's
01:00eyes had already gone cold instant punishment mom's punishment wasn't gentle no food locked in my room
01:07no contact with anyone in the pack the truth necklace doesn't lie stella starve now study later
01:13i'm doing this for your own good after 10 years of this i started believing it too maybe i really
01:19was
01:20born wrong new year's eve everything changed mom was getting ready to take emma to the pack's bonfire
01:26celebration and that's when the pain hit like a knife twisting in my gut i collapsed on the floor
01:31my skeletal frame curling into itself mom please the choker flashed red and choked tight she looked down
01:40at me disgusted in her eyes in your dream stella faking an illness to ruin our night she grabbed emma's
01:48hand and headed for the door i wanted to howl but my wolf was too weak to answer i shifted
01:54anyway forced
01:55it a small white wolf trembling on the floor ribs heaving maybe in this form the pain would hurt less
02:01it didn't i couldn't even hold the shift i slipped back into myself without meaning to
02:06sorry mom i won't lie anymore but the pain got worse way worse the door handle turned for one second
02:14i
02:14thought mom's coming back she came back for me hurry up the bonfire is starting emma's waiting mom
02:21i reached out with a shaking hand please something's really wrong i feel like i'm dying
02:27she glanced at my neck the gem was flashing red over and over she crouched down grabbed my chin
02:34stella how long are you gonna keep this up can't you just be honest and stay here and think about
02:41what you've done dad appeared in the doorway honey should we at least leave her some food
02:48food she has a stash of snacks she bought with stolen money she won't starve lock the door
02:54when that gem turns green we'll talk but but what it's because you spoil her that she turned out this
03:03way look at emma her gem has always been green stella is a liar an alpha heiress who can't tell
03:10the
03:10truth she needs discipline but my cabinet was empty emma stole that money
03:16emma ate those snacks emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying not me and mom
03:23believed her i tried to defend myself it wasn't me red light the choker choked tight i tried to shift
03:31nothing happened deep inside my wolf barely stirred mom locked me up for three days with nothing but
03:39water and stale bread mom turned to leave emma peeked through the door made a face at me bye sis
03:46we're
03:46gonna see the bonfire her gem glowed a steady green so pretty the door locked the house went silent i
03:55called my wolf nothing came back not even a whisper just me alone the pain was unbearable but i kept
04:04thinking mom's right the gem doesn't lie it's red so i must be lying i'm not in pain i'm not
04:13in pain i'm not in pain i kept repeating it like a prayer eventually i almost believed it the pain
04:23dulled or maybe i was just going numb i crawled to my desk i had to write that was the
04:30rule if the gem
04:31glowed red i had to pen a thousand word apology or mom would never let me out i am a
04:38liar write it
04:40down and maybe mom would forgive me maybe she'd even let me out i opened my journal pages and pages
04:48of apologies i'd written over the years sorry i lied i won't do it again but this time i wanted
04:55to
04:55write the truth my vision blurred my hand shook as i wrote mom i really love you it really hurts
05:04why won't you believe me please believe me just once the moment i finished the last word
05:11the pain vanished just gone i felt light weightless i looked down i was floating and there slumped over
05:22the desk was my body motionless the gem still flashing red around a dead girl's neck oh i'm dead
05:30and then she came out my wolf stepping out of my body like she'd been waiting all along small skinny
05:39barely holding together she looked up at me and once soft and low in the pack's old stories they say
05:48when a wolf dies young her spirit doesn't cross over alone her wolf walks beside her until they find
05:55the door together i knelt down she pressed her nose into my ghostly palm finally we were together now
06:03but i never learned how to be honest sorry mom i heard laughter mom dad emma coming through the front
06:11door tonight's bonfire was beautiful the best one yet just like our emma perfect in every way i'd never
06:21heard her sound like that when she talked about me i floated toward them my wolf patting silently at my
06:27side moving on instinct i wanted to help them take off their cloaks that's what i always did mom my
06:34arms
06:34passed right through her body like wind is it so cold here is the hearty out i stood there staring
06:42at
06:42my transparent hands my wolf pressed against my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes right dead wolves
06:49couldn't hug the living shall we go and see stella she hasn't eaten yet still the good cop i looked
06:56at mom
06:56hopefully if she found me dead would she be sad would she regret it she won't starve she is a
07:05werewolf
07:05not a human pup this whole fake sick for attention thing is out of control i laughed bitterly mom wasn't
07:13wrong werewolves heal but i hadn't been able to in a long time last winter the choker left bruises that
07:20stayed for days that hadn't happened before i reached for my wolf she was still there but the
07:26warmth never came she was too hungry just like me mom never noticed she only ever looked at my neck
07:35for
07:35one thing the gem and whether it was red or green mom pushed open my door didn't even turn on
07:42the light
07:43just for a second her eyes flashed gold her wolf might have known mom didn't listen in the dim glow
07:49from
07:50the hallway she saw me slumped over my desk i looked like a skeleton hadn't moved still putting
07:57on an act you're 10 years old not five grow up mom i'm not playing i'm dead look at me
08:06touch me i'm
08:07freezing she couldn't hear me she only believed what she wanted to see emma squeezed past her held up her
08:14choker with that smug little grin look my gem is green stella's is still red she's lying even in her
08:22sleep
08:22that's my good girl ignore the liar let her stay there maybe she'll learn how to be honest
08:30should we at least put her in bed it's freezing put her in bed look at that red gem still
08:36lying
08:37come on leave her we have to visit grandma tomorrow the door locked again i floated next to my corpse
08:45my wolf curled silently at my feet staring at that single point of red light in the darkness mom if
08:52you just stepped closer if you just touched my hand you'd know i was ice cold but you didn't you
08:58believed the choker not the daughter you carried for nine months that night a rat crawled out of my
09:04empty cabinet i used to scream whenever i saw rats but now i just floated by the ceiling watching it
09:11scurry across my dead body the rat bit into my toe i didn't feel anything my wolf charged at it
09:17anyway
09:18and passed right through landing on the other side she turned back to look at me confused lost i pulled
09:26her close and buried my face in the fur of her back it's okay you can't feel it anymore it'll
09:32be over
09:33she let out one low growl then went still against me finally no more pain for either of us the
09:41next
09:42morning sunlight streamed through the window no warmth reached my body in the kitchen i could hear mom
09:48making breakfast the smell of roasted meat crept under my door my favorite but mom always said liars
09:55don't deserve meat so i only ever got steamed vegetables she was clanging the pots extra loud
10:01on purpose trying to tempt me out trying to make me give in and apologize for things i never did
10:07in the old days i might have caved i might have confessed to anything for one bite of roasted meat
10:13but i don't need food anymore stella still hasn't come out yet dad asked reading the pack notices
10:20she is so stubborn she can eat or not i don't care
10:26emma walked to my door and made a big show of sniffing the air then she screamed dramatically
10:33mom stella's room smells like poop did she poop in there i floated by the door watching my sister
10:41with a bitter smile my wolf sat beside me ears flat eyes low the hearth was burning hot after just
10:49one
10:50night my body started to rot mom stormed over pounding on the door
10:55stella who does that the toilet is right there did you shit on the floor to spite me
11:01i remembered being six i had food poisoning couldn't make it to the toilet in time
11:07mom didn't help me clean up she made me stand outside pointed at me and told the neighbors
11:13look at this she's such a mess she can't even use the toilet herself now she thought i was dirty
11:20again leave her let her sit in her own stink but dad stood up frowning that smells really bad
11:28i should check could it be a dead rat or something my heart if i still had one leapt
11:35dad please open the door i'm right here just turn the handle and you'll see i'm not moving
11:42i waved my transparent arms frantically my wolf ran straight to my bedroom door willing dad to open
11:50it dad's hand touched the door handle his hand froze one was pounding at the front door a pack elder
11:56urgent business dad's face went pale he grabbed his cloak the border there's an emergency he was already
12:03out the door i froze so close one second away if that knock had come one second later i would
12:10have been found maybe then i wouldn't have rotted alone that afternoon mom took emma to the pack
12:15market the house was empty except for my corpse when they came back that evening loaded down with
12:20food and gifts from the market the smell had gotten worse mom gagged the second she walked in
12:26stella are you trying to turn this place into a den of inequity she didn't even open my door
12:31just grabbed cloth strips and sealed the gap at the bottom if you want to stay in there and make
12:36disgusting stew zoos don't stink up my house she patted her hands together satisfied then went to
12:41prepare dinner i stared at that sealed door my wolf pressed her nose against it and whimpered once so
12:47that's it i'm worth less than a venison dinner by day three even the cloth strips couldn't contain
12:52the smell mom was arranging fresh wildflowers trying to cover it up but the stench of death is
12:58unmistakable sweet rotten oily she cut a rose stem too hard a thorn pierced her hand she snapped in
13:05her mind i was doing this on purpose not bathing poop on the floor hiding dead rats in my room
13:11all
13:12to piss her off all to defy her authority as luna stella she grabbed a rolling pin from the kitchen
13:18stormed toward my room i'm done with you you disgusting little brat time you learned what real
13:24pain feels like i floated in front of her waving my arms desperately don't come in mom please please
13:34even though she never loved me i didn't want her to see me like that but she walked right through
13:39me
13:39ripped the cloth strips off jammed the spare key into the lock the door flew open the smell hit her
13:45like
13:45a wall she stumbled back retching stella what are you doing she saw me still slumped over the desk back
13:53turned not moving to her this was the ultimate rebellion i'm talking to you she marched over
13:59raised the rolling pin but stopped she wanted to see my face first wanted to see my get up she
14:07grabbed
14:07the back of my shirt grabbed my skin the moment she touched me she froze through the thin fabric her
14:13hand
14:13didn't feel warm flesh she felt cold hard dead meat the kind of cold that seeps into your bones
14:19what but momentum carried her forward she yanked crash my body stiff as a board toppled backward
14:27taking the chair with it and there was my face blue black eyes bulging features twisted in agony
14:33dried foam and blood crusted around my mouth around my blackened neck the verity choker hung lifeless
14:39the gem dark no red no green just silence my journal slid off the desk fell open at mom's feet
14:47the last
14:48page stared up at her mom my stomach really hurts the choker is wrong i'm not lying please don't punish
14:55me mom screamed not a wolf's howl a raw guttural shriek that tore through her throat she stumbled backward
15:03slammed into the bookshelf a clay pot shattered but she didn't seem to feel the pain she just
15:10stared at me eyes wide unblinking no no no no this is not real stella get up stella get up
15:20i'm not mad
15:21anymore stop scaring me her hand reached out trembling to touch my arm the second her skin made contact with
15:30my corpse she recoiled like she'd been burned that cold was too real lisa from next door heard the
15:37screaming and went straight to the pack healer when she saw what was in my room she collapsed in the
15:43gate within the hour heavy boots on the floorboards the pack healer and a handful of pack warriors
15:49crowding the entrance mom sat on the floor a warrior's hand on her shoulder she's speaking she's always lying
15:58it doesn't lie i'm just teaching her no one responded they all looked at her like she was a monster
16:05the pack healer crouched next to my body he muttered under his breath severe malnutrition organ failure
16:13this puppy has been starved for at least a month he carefully tried to remove the verity choker but it
16:19had fused years of tightening had pressed the leather deep into the skin of my neck damn it he had
16:26to use tools to pry it off even dead my soul flinched my wolf lifted her head and long raw
16:35desperate
16:37the kind of howl that should have shaken the walls no one heard it no one flinched we were already
16:43dead
16:44a warrior picked up my journal started reading his face went from neutral to horrified mom's eyes
16:51locked onto that book that's her confession she admits she lied look she wrote it herself
16:59the warrior pushed her back wrapped the journal in cloth and took it we'll report it to the council
17:06that's when dad got home he saw the pack healer and the pack warriors crowding the doorway
17:12saw the body wrap being carried out saw the long cord that sealed away my entire life his legs gave
17:20out
17:20he collapsed on the doorstep emma stood nearby sobbing in confusion she pointed at the discolored verity
17:28choker on the table why does stella have a black collar and i have a green one see she held
17:34up her neck
17:35the gem blinked its steady green it was grotesque the council elders arrived before dawn mom straightened
17:43when she saw them even now even with my body three days cold and rotting her luna instincts kicked in
17:51she lifted her chin squared her shoulders it didn't work today they started questioning mom in the living
17:58room mom grabbed the verity choker off the table like it was a lifeline test it that choker proved she
18:05was lying red gem means lie i never abused her the choker told me i was just educating her the
18:20council
18:20show signs of extreme malnutrition months of starvation aphelion multiple old injuries consistent with
18:29prolonged that's discipline that's teaching her to be honest then she did something insane
18:36you don't believe me fine i'll wear it watch it'll be green the leather pressed against her skin cold
18:48sticky that was my blood she took a deep breath tried to calm herself she needed to prove she was
18:56innocent needed to prove her way of raising an alpha heir was right she held up the gem eyes wild
19:03listen
19:03i'm rachel i'm stella's mother this is the truth the absolute truth the gem flashed red mom's confident
19:13expression shattered i said truth i am rachel i never abused her i did it for her own good
19:26i love her and suddenly she remembered me 10 years old gasping as the choker tightened around my throat
19:35biting my lip so i wouldn't make a sound is this what it felt like why is it red i
19:42am telling the truth
19:44turn green you're broken you're setting me up but the gem kept flashing like it was mocking her you're a
19:51liar
19:51you're a liar you're a liar enough this is just a bloodstone i've seen it before it changes color
20:01with body heat fear pain anything that makes your heart race temperature rises it burns red that's all
20:10it does no witch magic never was think about your daughter ruptured appendix organ failure the pain must have
20:20been unbearable she was terrified and what did you see a red gem so you punished her more which made
20:29her
20:29more scared which made her temperature rise which made the stone turn redder you are luna you are supposed
20:40to protect every wolf in this pack you couldn't even protect your own daughter you ignored her cries for
20:48help you starved your daughter to death mom's world collapsed she sat there staring at the flashing gem
20:56on her own net and finally understood for 10 years every red light wasn't because i was lying it was
21:04because i was scared scared of her anger scared of being misunderstood scared of eating food that made me
21:12sick i was in pain pain that made my heart race and cold sweat pour down my face i was
21:19desperate desperate
21:20for a hug for her to hold me the way she held emma every signal from my frightened heart she
21:27had
21:27interpreted as proof of my lies she tried to shift fur rippling across her skin bones cracking but the
21:42leather cinched harder around her throat the moment her neck began to change she snapped back into human form
21:49gasping i can't get it off stella take it back i'm sorry it's all my fault this little bit of
21:59choking
21:59and she was already breaking mom i suffered for 10 years the council elders needed evidence for judgment
22:08so they opened my journal in front of my parents february 14th sunny mom put celery on my plate i'm
22:17allergic my throat swells i can't breathe i said i can't eat it but because i was scared of making
22:24her angry my body ran hot the gem flashed red the choker tightened mom said i was picky lying made
22:34me
22:34eat the whole plate that night i threw up blood my throat felt like it was on fire i shifted
22:41to ease my
22:41pain mom saw it and said i'd snuck berry juice that i was faking the choker tightened for 10 more
22:50minutes mom's hand flew to her mouth she was shaking violently she remembered that she really did think
22:58it was berry juice she didn't even look closely just turned away to read emma a bedtime story that was
23:05i was scared of being hit june 1st pups day emma shredded mom's ceremonial cloak emma's heart is
23:15always calm her gem stays green i tried to explain but i was scared of being hit my body ran
23:22hot red
23:24gem choker tightened for 10 minutes it hurt so bad but i didn't cry because crying makes your body run
23:32even hotter and mom thinks that means you're not sorry so i held my breath pretended it didn't hurt
23:39mom said see she doesn't even blink she's definitely faking it dad couldn't take it anymore this man
23:48who had always put the pack before his own family chose duty over his daughter for 10 years
23:53you monster what did you do that was your daughter you treated her like a stray blood at the corner
24:03of
24:03her mouth not my fault not my fault it's her it's emma emma's gem was always green emma was a
24:11good one
24:12if it wasn't for that green light making me trust her i wouldn't have believed the red light so much
24:18this is that little princess everyone had protected one of the council elders walked over gently removed
24:25the green verity choker from her neck took out a blade pried the gem loose right there it rolled onto
24:33the table still glowing green steady unchanged the elder picked up the stone a glowstone that is all your
24:43younger daughter's choker was always going to shine green no matter what she said did or lied about it
24:51would never change your so-called verity choker was a fraud that was her truth for 10 years that was
25:00the
25:00evidence she used to evict me a common glowstone that put me in hell while emma lived in paradise
25:06so i wasn't a liar i i laughed laughed until i cried turns out ghosts could cry too the elder
25:14turned
25:15to the last page of the journal his voice broke the handwriting was a mess clearly written while dying
25:21mom if i die will the choker stop glowing red or if it turns green will you hug me then
25:28i'm not lying
25:29i couldn't heal myself anymore my stomach hurts so much like knives next life please don't make me
25:38wear the choker please i just want to be a normal pup i want to eat mom's roasted meat mom
25:44stared at
25:44the broken glowstone on the table that truth magic she trusted without question a worthless stone because
25:51of that stone she spoiled emma for 10 years because of that cursed red light she tortured me for 10
25:58years
26:02she was i just want to hug her mom mom started laughing her voice cracking at every sound worse than
26:07crying
26:09fake all fake
26:13i killed my most honest pup and i worshipped a liar she'd lost her mind for real this time
26:22my death became the talk of the entire pack lisa the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer
26:28told everyone what she'd seen.
26:30Every wolf knew by morning.
26:32Luna had starved her own daughter to death.
26:36Monster! Murderer!
26:38She doesn't deserve to be Luna!
26:41Stones flew at our door.
26:42The word killer carved into the wall.
26:46The council convened within the day.
26:48The verdict was swift.
26:50Dad lost his alpha title.
26:52No wolf would follow him now.
26:54My grandfather, the former alpha,
26:56read out the judgment himself.
26:58He didn't look at his son once.
27:01Dad walked out of the council hall
27:02and never looked back.
27:04He took Emma and left the pack that same night.
27:07Emma was a bad seed, sure,
27:09but she was still his blood.
27:11Before they left,
27:12Emma tried to take her green choker.
27:15Dad stomped on it.
27:16Why the hell would you want that piece of trash?
27:19Emma cried as he dragged her away.
27:22Mom got out of the dungeon.
27:23The healer said she had lost her mind.
27:25The council locked her in the home instead.
27:28The one that still smelled like death.
27:30Her mental state deteriorated fast.
27:33She refused to take off the red choker.
27:35She would tighten it herself
27:37whenever the guilt got too heavy.
27:39She said choking was the only thing that eased it.
27:42It was her self-imposed punishment.
27:44I floated in the darkness.
27:46My wolf curled beside me,
27:48watching her unravel day after day.
27:50She'd talk to the empty corner where I used to stand.
27:53Stella, I brought you some food.
27:55No celery today.
27:56It's all roast.
27:58Just how you like it.
28:00But there was no food.
28:01There was nothing.
28:03Just her hands,
28:04cupped around air.
28:05She'd pretend to set a plate down.
28:07Her hands shook.
28:09The gem flashed red.
28:10She was anxious, guilty, falling apart.
28:14She smiled, but her eyes were empty.
28:17The gem is red.
28:18Mom is lying.
28:20Liars don't deserve food.
28:22She pulled the choker tight with her own hands.
28:24Let it choke her.
28:25Her body convulsed against the cold floor.
28:28It hurts so much.
28:30Is this how Stella felt?
28:33I'm sorry.
28:34Mom started reenacting my diary entries.
28:36I couldn't eat celery because of my allergy.
28:41So she forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood,
28:45then swallowed it back down.
28:47I was locked in isolation.
28:49So she locked herself in my old room,
28:52lights off,
28:53and bowed to my portrait until her forehead bled.
28:56Over and over.
28:58Blood on the floor.
29:00Late at night,
29:01she'd see the red glow of the bloodstone reflected on the wall.
29:04To her,
29:06it looked like my bloody eyes were watching.
29:08She kept punishing herself.
29:10The wounds healed slower and slower.
29:13Her wolf,
29:14exhausted by months of self-torture,
29:17slowly fell into a deep sleep.
29:19Mom didn't care.
29:20She scrawled on the back of my journal.
29:23I'm sorry.
29:23I was wrong.
29:25Red means pain.
29:27Red means love.
29:28Please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time.
29:32I'll save you.
29:33I promise.
29:34Too bad I'm dead.
29:35Dead wolves can't cry for help.
29:38Eventually,
29:38the new alpha intervened.
29:40Mom's self-harm had gone too far.
29:42She'd nearly choked herself to death with her own hands.
29:46He ordered her to move to a small hut at the far edge of the village,
29:50locked from the outside.
29:51Someone posted to watch her day and night.
29:54She was the strangest woman they'd ever seen.
29:57Nobody knew where she'd found it.
29:59A frayed red cord tied around her own neck.
30:03Her homemade choker.
30:04If anyone tried to remove it, she'd snap at them.
30:08Teeth bared, snarling, wild-eyed.
30:10Don't touch me.
30:13Stella's watching.
30:14She'll be angry if you take it.
30:16Every time the guard called her name and brought her food,
30:20Mom would grab the red cord and pull it tight against her own throat,
30:25convulsing, screaming.
30:26Red light!
30:27Red light!
30:29Don't punish!
30:30Punish me!
30:30I'll eat!
30:31I'll eat!
30:33Even if the food was scalding hot, she'd gulp it down, burning her throat.
30:38Wouldn't spit it out.
30:40She was reenacting my final moments, living my hell on repeat.
30:44Years later, Emma grew up, without guidance and with a trail of shame behind her.
30:49She drifted from pack to pack, stealing to survive.
30:53No one would take her in.
30:55When she ran out of options, she remembered.
30:58Mom was still alive.
31:00She slipped back into the silver moon pack under the cover of night.
31:03Not for love, for money.
31:07Hey, crazy lady!
31:08Dad's dead!
31:10Give me whatever you've been hiding!
31:12Emma stood there, face hard, eyes full of contempt.
31:16She looked at Mom's hollow, broken form and spat on the floor.
31:20It's disgusting.
31:22Give me what I want, or I'll send you to meet your daughter.
31:26For a moment, Mom's cloudy eyes cleared.
31:30She looked at Emma, and suddenly remembered.
31:32That choker.
31:33That always green glowstone.
31:36That decade of deception.
31:39It's you!
31:40You lie!
31:41You're the green light that wasn't there!
31:43You killed Stella!
31:45Give her back to me!
31:47Give her back to me!
31:48The last shred of maternal love twisted into something feral.
31:53Mom lunged, grabbed Emma by the throat.
31:56Should have died!
31:58Not her!
32:00You!
32:02Emma thrashed, but couldn't break free from a madwoman's grip.
32:06The guards rushed in, pulled her off.
32:09Emma stumbled out of the hut, terrified.
32:12They're all insane!
32:14She bolted into the forest.
32:15She didn't get far.
32:17Rogues.
32:18The kind that haunted the borderlands.
32:20Preying on anyone foolish enough to run through the trees alone at night.
32:25Emma never saw them coming.
32:27By the time she did, it was too late.
32:29She survived.
32:31Barely.
32:31Both legs shattered beyond repair.
32:34She'd never walk again.
32:36Meanwhile, Mom was strapped to her cot, staring at the ceiling.
32:40Tears streaming.
32:41In her dreams, she finally saw me.
32:44I was ten again.
32:45No choker.
32:46White dress.
32:47Smiling.
32:49Mom!
32:50She reached for me, crying with joy.
32:53Stella!
32:54But the moment her hands touched me, I burst into ash.
32:58No!
32:59She woke up screaming.
33:00If she'd been wearing that choker, it would have been blood red.
33:05Eternal torment.
33:06I stood in the void, watching it all.
33:09Mom strapped to her bed.
33:10Emma in a wheelchair, begging on the market.
33:13Dad, drunk and dead in some gutter.
33:16I felt nothing.
33:17No satisfaction.
33:19Just a flat, dead calm.
33:21My wolf padded over quietly.
33:23She didn't howl.
33:25Didn't nudge.
33:26Just pressed her head against my hand and held it there.
33:28In the distance, a door of light appeared.
33:31Soft.
33:32Steady.
33:33Waiting.
33:34I looked at my wolf.
33:36She looked at me.
33:37Yeah.
33:38Time to leave.
33:39This life was too bitter.
33:40Nothing worth holding onto.
33:42I floated to Mom's hut one final time.
33:45She looked ancient.
33:46Hair completely white.
33:48Frail as paper.
33:49She sensed something.
33:50Her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air.
33:53Right where I stood.
33:54Stella?
33:54Is that you?
33:55Her trembling hand reached into the emptiness.
33:57Mom destroyed the choker.
33:59I don't believe in it anymore.
34:01Come back, please.
34:02I'll cook for you.
34:03No salary.
34:04I'll buy you new dresses.
34:06Not Emma.
34:07Tears rolled down her face.
34:08I looked at the red marks on her neck from the frayed cord.
34:11I...
34:12I reached out.
34:13My cold, ghostly finger touched her forehead.
34:16This was my final mercy.
34:18Sleep, Mom.
34:19In sleep, there's no pain.
34:21Her eyes fluttered shut.
34:22She slumped into a deep, dreamless rest.
34:25A breeze blew through the hut.
34:27The old journal on her cot flipped open.
34:29The last page, my dying words, stared up at the ceiling.
34:33But below it, in shaky handwriting, were new lines.
34:36Written by Mom during a lucid moment.
34:39Next life, let me wear the choker.
34:41Let me be the liar.
34:42Punish me however you want.
34:44Just don't leave me.
34:45I stared at those words.
34:46Felt nothing.
34:47Too late.
34:48Repentance means nothing to the dead.
34:50Mom, I don't hate you anymore.
34:53But I don't love you either.
34:55Let's not meet again.
34:56I turned away.
34:57My wolf was waiting.
34:58In the distance, the door of light still glowed.
35:01Soft.
35:01Steady.
35:02Patient.
35:02I looked at my neck.
35:04The phantom Verity choker.
35:06Still there.
35:06Even in spirit form.
35:08The nightmare that had changed me for a lifetime.
35:10I grabbed it.
35:11It shattered into nothing.
35:13I felt weightless.
35:14Free.
35:15No red light.
35:15No hunger.
35:16No lies.
35:17Just freedom.
35:18My wolf pressed against my side.
35:20Together, we walked toward the light.
35:22I didn't look back.
35:24Morning came.
35:24A guard pushed open the door.
35:26Rachel, time to eat.
35:27No response.
35:28She walked closer.
35:29Mom's hand clutched the torn journal.
35:31A single tear crystallized at the corner of her eye.
35:34She crouched beside her.
35:36Held two fingers beneath her nose.
35:37Nothing.
35:38She was gone.
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