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