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00:00I spent three years chasing after my best friend's brother, Damien Cross.
00:04One night, he got drunk, and we crossed the line.
00:08He caressed my cheek and called my name affectionately.
00:12Evie, you are so enchanting.
00:16He kissed me tenderly, and I felt dizzy and lightheaded.
00:20But when I woke up the next day, he stared at me with nothing but disgust.
00:25You drugged me with that aphrodisiac soki.
00:27Do you really think a trick like this will make me love a scheming wolf like you?
00:31A lowly omega like you deserve to rot in the gutter.
00:35I packed my bags in silence and moved out of the cross-clan territory.
00:40A year later, at my best friend's birthday party, my phone buzzed.
00:44When's this party wrapping up? The pup just woke up and won't stop crying for his mother.
00:49Damien's face turned livid.
00:51Evelyn Hart, you were carrying my pup, and you ran.
00:55I shoved my phone in his face.
00:57Take a good look. This is my pup.
01:00My pup has absolutely nothing to do with you.
01:02My best friend, Anna Cross, was throwing a birthday party.
01:05She insisted on dragging Damien over to sit next to me.
01:09After a few too many drinks, she patted me cheerfully on the shoulder.
01:12I heard my brother say he's found someone his wolf recognizes.
01:16Evie, did you two finally bond?
01:18Damien Cross's face turned absolutely livid.
01:21A low, possessive growl rumbling from his chest.
01:24Evelyn Hart, even if every omega on this planet dropped dead, I would never, ever choose you as my mate.
01:32Stop playing these pathetic little games in front of my sister.
01:36And stay away from my sister, you bastard.
01:39Don't you dare corrupt her.
01:40I was just about to speak when my phone on the table suddenly buzzed.
01:43I picked up the receiver, only to hear the whimpering of a little wolf cub coming from the other end.
01:48When's this party wrapping up? The pup just woke up and won't stop crying for his mother.
01:53I grabbed my jacket and smiled at my best friend.
01:56Anna, I've gotta go. My little wolf cub misses me.
01:59Before Anna could say a word, Damien's voice, laced with contempt, cut through.
02:04Evelyn Hart? You'd actually make up an excuse like that just to get my attention?
02:09His alpha aura pressing down on the room like a storm front.
02:13You got some random person to cry into a phone for two seconds, and you think that's enough to provoke
02:17my wolf's instincts?
02:18I looked at this man I had once loved for three whole years.
02:21I once longed to be his mate.
02:23But now, looking at him again, I feel nothing at all.
02:27What's the matter?
02:28The lie's been exposed?
02:31Are you gonna run away in embarrassment now?
02:34You're just as despicable as ever.
02:39Anna, who had been frozen in shock beside us, finally snapped out of it.
02:44She rushed forward and grabbed Damien's arm.
02:47Even as a beta, she flinched at the raw alpha fury radiating off him.
02:51Damien, what is wrong with you?
02:53If Evie says she has a pup, it's true!
02:56Stop picking on her!
02:57Damien shoved Anna aside with a surge of alpha strength.
03:01Anna, you're just too naive.
03:03No wonder a lowly, disgusting Omega like her could fool you.
03:07Anna stumbled back several steps from the shove.
03:09I steadied Anna and said coldly to Damien,
03:12Anna was thinking for you.
03:14You don't have to say such things to hurt her.
03:16Damien grabbed me by the neck, unleashing his oppressive aura.
03:19His alpha dominance surged through my senses, trying to bend me to his will.
03:24Evelyn Hart, you think giving birth to my wolf cub makes you worthy to be my Luna?
03:28All you've done is make me loathe you even more.
03:30I mustered every ounce of strength to resist Damien's oppressive aura.
03:35Only when he saw my face turn deathly pale did he let go.
03:38I crumpled to the ground.
03:40Damien looked at me with disdain.
03:42Get rid of that fake wolf cub you hired right now.
03:45I stared at his face and felt nothing but sheer absurdity.
03:48Not even bothering to argue, I shoved my phone screen right in front of Damien's eyes.
03:53Take a good look.
03:55This is my pup.
03:59Damien's gaze landed on the screen.
04:01In the video, a chubby little wolf cub was fast asleep.
04:05A faint, sweet scent practically radiating through the image.
04:10His pupils contracted and his expression froze in an instant.
04:15Anna leaned over and glanced at the screen.
04:18Wait, that's really your pup?
04:21When did you have a baby?
04:23A while ago.
04:25He's almost three months old now.
04:27Damien reached out to snatch my phone, his claws threatening to extend.
04:34Damien Cross, what the hell is wrong with you?
04:37His face shifted violently.
04:39His alpha pheromones spiking so hard, the beta guests nearby instinctively lowered their heads.
04:45Through gritted teeth, he spat out my name.
04:47Evelyn Hart!
04:50You were carrying my pup and ran!
04:54I stared at him, like he'd lost his mind.
04:57What are you talking about?
04:58Damien refused to hear a single word of my explanation.
05:01His wolf pacing restlessly behind his eyes.
05:04No wonder you vanished from our territory so completely back then.
05:09You just found out you were carrying my bloodline.
05:15You think using this little wolf cub will make me acknowledge you as my Luna?
05:19You hid the pregnancy, wolfed in secret, and timed everything perfectly.
05:24You knew I'd show up at Anna's birthday today, so you deliberately took that call right in front of me!
05:28Evelyn Hart, you really are a calculating schemer.
05:31I was so furious, I actually laughed.
05:33With an imagination like that, it's honestly a crime you're not writing Pack Chronicles.
05:38My pup has absolutely nothing to do with you.
05:43I shoved him hard, trying to get out.
05:45But the moment I took a step, his hand clamped around my wrist.
05:48Alpha strength, unyielding as iron.
05:50Evelyn Hart, you secretly gave birth to my cub, and now you think you can just leave?
05:56Let go of me!
05:57I struggled with all my strength, but against an Alpha's grip, and Omega stood no chance.
06:02Anna rushed over and cried Damien's hand off my wrist.
06:05Seizing that opening, I pushed the private room door open and strode away.
06:09From inside the room came the sound of Damien hurling a wine glass against the wall or shaking the windows.
06:15The next day, I had just finished nursing the pup.
06:18The sweet, milky Omega mother scent, settling gently in the air.
06:22I laid him down in his crib.
06:23That was when the pounding on my front door started.
06:27Evelyn Hart, open up!
06:30Stop playing dead!
06:32I know you're in there!
06:34Do you want me to break this goddamn door down right now?
06:37Afraid his racket would wake my baby.
06:39I had no choice but to open the door.
06:43Damien Cross, what the hell are you doing here at this hour?
06:47Where's the pup?
06:49Bring him out so I can scent him.
06:51His face cold.
06:52He strode straight toward the bedroom.
06:54I rushed forward, cutting him off at the bedroom door.
06:57Damien Cross, this is my den.
06:59Get the hell out right now!
07:00He stopped in his tracks and stared down at me from his full alpha height,
07:04his dominance aura pressing against my Omega senses.
07:08Evelyn Hart, you went to all this trouble to secretly bear my pup.
07:15Isn't forcing me to show up at your door exactly what you wanted?
07:18With that, he reached out to push the bedroom door open.
07:21I threw every ounce of strength I had into holding his arm back.
07:28Are you insane?
07:30Don't you dare go in there!
07:33There was a vast gap in strength between an alpha and an omega.
07:37Even with all my strength, I couldn't stop him.
07:40Furious, Damien simply tore free from my grasp and shoved me aside.
07:44I lost my balance and was thrown hard to the floor.
07:47The base of my spine slammed against the sharp edge of the table.
07:50A searing pain shot through my body.
07:52He only paused for a split second.
07:54His eyes fell on the sleeping pup, and he reached out to pick the child up.
08:00Don't you touch my pup!
08:02Ignoring the pain in my back, I scrambled up from the floor.
08:06Don't touch him, or I'll kill you!
08:08I raised a silver dagger toward Damien.
08:10He unleashed his alpha's oppressive aura and advanced toward me step by step.
08:14I could barely breathe under the crushing pressure, yet I refused to lower the dagger.
08:18He stepped forward and seized my chin.
08:21You think you can stop me?
08:23Tell me the truth.
08:25Is this pup from that night one year ago, or not?
08:28I was forced to meet his eyes directly.
08:30Keep your arrogance in check.
08:32I'll say it one last time.
08:34This pup has nothing to do with you.
08:39At my words, Damien released my chin and let out a cold laugh.
08:43Nothing to do with me?
08:45You vanished for a year, and suddenly a pup who's almost three months old appears out of nowhere?
08:50Do I look like a fool?
08:53Admit it.
08:54You just want to use this little wolf cab to become my Luna.
08:57He pulled a document from the inner pocket of his jacket.
09:02This is the property deed for the estate in Cross Territory.
09:06Sign over custody of the cub, and this estate is yours.
09:09But let me be absolutely clear.
09:11If you think this is your ticket to becoming the alpha female of the Cross Clan, you're delusional.
09:17I snatched the deed right out of his hand and tore it violently to shreds.
09:22I let out a cold smile, meeting his stunned gaze.
09:25I'll say it again.
09:26This pup is not yours, and I already have a mate.
09:30Damien stared at the shredded deed.
09:32He stared at me in shock, then let out a cold, mocking laugh.
09:36Mate?
09:37At Evelyn Hart, you chased me relentlessly for three whole years.
09:41You were even willing to throw away your dignity just to get into my bed.
09:48You expect me to believe you could ever bring yourself to bond with someone else?
09:56He looked at me with contempt.
09:58Save it.
09:59Even if you paid some lone wolf to play your mate, I'd still say your acting was pathetic.
10:03Looking at his face, all I could think was how blind I had been.
10:06Think whatever you want.
10:10Now, get out of my den.
10:11I mustered all my strength to snatch my child.
10:13Right now!
10:14From his arms and shoved him out the door, I slammed it shut behind him.
10:18From the other side came the sound of his furious fist against the wood.
10:22Evelyn Hart!
10:23Just you wait.
10:25Let's see how long it takes before you come crawling back to beg for my mark.
10:29Maybe it was the shock of the morning.
10:31But that afternoon, my baby suddenly came down with a high fever.
10:35His tiny body burning hot.
10:37His usual sweet pup scent, turning sour with illness.
10:41Panicked and frantic, I immediately took him to the healing clinic in the heart of the silver moon pack.
10:46After a round of tests, the healer diagnosed he needed IV fluids right away.
10:53And that was when I heard a familiar voice not far away.
10:57Damien, we really didn't need to come to the healing clinic.
11:00It's just a tiny scratch.
11:02I followed the voice with my eyes.
11:07Damien's arm linked with a she-wolf, dressed to perfection.
11:10It was Celeste Vance, Damien's intended mate.
11:14A high-ranking she-wolf from the powerful Vance clan.
11:17Of all people, of all places, Damien's eyes landed on the pup in my arms.
11:21His brows knit together instantly.
11:23His wolf stirred, agitated.
11:25Beside him, Celeste followed his gaze.
11:28She spoke in a sickly sweet voice, laced with venom.
11:32Damien, isn't that Miss Heart, your old Omega lap dog?
11:36She tugged Damien by the arm right over to where I stood.
11:39I simply pretended I hadn't seen them and moved forward.
11:42Damien stepped directly into my path, urgency written across his face.
11:46Why is the pup burning up like this?
11:47What did the healer say?
11:49Why didn't you mind-link me?
11:52I stepped back to avoid his reaching hand.
11:54My Omega instincts recoiling from the foreign she-wolf's aggressive scent.
11:59It's none of your concern.
12:02Celeste watched the concern Damien was showing for this pup.
12:05Her expression shifted, jealousy twisting her features.
12:09Oh my!
12:10Miss Heart, you went and willed without a mate's claiming mark?
12:13Has always been too soft-hearted for his own good.
12:17But surely, you're not planning to drag in some random stray pup
12:20and claim it carries his alpha bloodline, are you?
12:24Shut your mouth!
12:25Damien spun around and cut her off sharply.
12:27A warning growl rumbling from his throat.
12:30Celeste Vance, what the hell is wrong with you?
12:32Who taught you to speak about a pup like that?
12:35Celeste flinched at his growl, her eyes instantly welling up with tears.
12:39She bit her lip and a calculating glint flashed through her eyes.
12:42Suddenly, she raised her voice.
12:43Damien, you're actually growling at me?
12:48For her?
12:49What did I say that wasn't true?
12:52She threw herself at you constantly, reeking of desperate Omega pheromones.
12:58And now she's gone and secretly wilked.
13:01Isn't it obvious she's trying to use the pup as leverage to break our alliance?
13:10Dabbing at her tears, Celeste launched into a tearful tirade.
13:14Miss Hart, how could you sink so low?
13:18Knowinglingly going after another she-wolf's intended alpha?
13:21Using a pup to destroy other people's bonds?
13:25The werewolves around me looked at me with nothing but contempt in their eyes.
13:29She looks so innocent, but pulling a stunt like this, using a pup to force a claiming bite?
13:37Disgusting.
13:38An older beta woman shot me a venomous look and spat on the ground in front of me.
13:43Looks all sweet and innocent on the outside, but rotten to the core, going after another she-wolf's alpha and
13:49destroying a mating bond.
13:50A middle-aged male beta loudly chimed in.
13:53Can't afford the healer's fees, so she's looking for a high-ranked alpha to foot it.
13:57Young Omega have absolutely no shame.
13:59I stared at Celeste and was about to speak when she pulled a bank card out of her purse.
14:03Miss Hart, there's $500,000 on this card.
14:06Go get a bloodline test.
14:08If the pup really carries Damien's alpha blood, the Crosstein will take responsibility then.
14:12But please, don't keep fooling yourself into thinking you can become Damien's Luna just because of a child.
14:21I looked at the card she was holding out to me and felt nothing but scorn.
14:25You're imagining things.
14:27The pup has absolutely nothing to do with Damien Cross.
14:30Evelyn Hart, have you lost your mind?
14:34Damien stepped in front of Celeste, shielding her, his eyes boring into me.
14:40Stop using the pup's health to play your games.
14:43Before he could finish, Celeste pushed past him and planted herself directly in my path.
14:48Miss Hart, everyone in the pack knows you spent three years shamelessly throwing yourself at Damien like a desperate little
14:56Omega.
14:56Damien and I are about to formalize our alliance.
14:59And now you show up with some pup, insisting it carries his bloodline?
15:03How can you be this utterly shameless?
15:05I glared at Celeste and shot back.
15:08I'll say it one more time.
15:10This pup has nothing whatsoever to do with Damien Cross.
15:14A good wolf doesn't block the path.
15:17Now get out of my way!
15:19Celeste glanced sideways and caught sight of Damien heading back toward us.
15:23A vicious glint sparked in her eyes.
15:26Her hand suddenly shot out toward the pup.
15:28What are you doing?
15:32Pure Omega maternal instinct took over, and I shoved her away to protect my child.
15:38Celeste let her body go limp with the motion.
15:40She let out a theatrical cry and crashed heavily to the floor.
15:44Damien's face darkened sharply, his alpha aura flaring.
15:48He rushed forward and pulled Celeste to her feet.
15:52Damien, I was just trying to get a look at the pup.
15:55I don't know why she had to shove me like that.
15:58I clutched my child tighter to my chest, my Omega scent spiking with protective fury.
16:06I never even touched you!
16:08Celeste leaned into Damien's embrace, clutching his sleeve pitifully.
16:13Damien, just let it go.
16:15Don't blame Miss Heart.
16:17The pup's face is burning red.
16:19Let her get the child treated first.
16:22The pup's temperature was climbing.
16:24His breathing was growing more and more labored.
16:27My heart was on fire with urgency.
16:29All I wanted was to burst into the healer's ward and get help.
16:32But the moment I moved, Damien's hand seized my wrist.
16:36Evelyn Hart, Celeste is gracious enough not to hold this against you, but you are apologizing to her today.
16:43Right now.
16:48I stared down at my child.
16:50His little face flushed bright red.
16:53I tried to shake Damien's hand off.
16:55I told you!
16:57I didn't touch her!
16:58Whatever this is about, we deal with it later!
17:00I need to get to a healer right now!
17:03Damien didn't budge an inch.
17:05The disgust in his eyes only deepened.
17:07I said, you're not leaving here today until you apologize!
17:11He yanked hard on my wrist, dragging me back with brute alpha force.
17:16I lost my footing, and the pup began to slip from my arms.
17:19No!
17:20A strangled scream tore from my throat.
17:22In that split second, a pair of large, powerful hands with sharply defined knuckles reached out from beside me.
17:28They caught the falling pup.
17:30At the same time, an arm swept across my body, forming a barrier that separated me completely from Damien.
17:36A wave of pheromones crashed through the hallway.
17:39So overwhelming, so commanding.
17:41Every wolf in the vicinity instinctively lowered their heads.
17:44It was the scent of an apex predator.
17:46Pure, absolute alpha dominance.
17:49A man's voice cut through the air.
17:51Low and ice cold.
17:53Carrying the unmistakable weight of a wolf king.
17:56Damien, who the hell gave you the right to put your hands on my mate?
18:04Who the hell are you?
18:05Damien was momentarily thrown off by the man's crushing alpha presence, his own wolf recoiling on instinct.
18:12But he steeled himself, and stepped forward anyway.
18:15Alexander Sterling, the alpha of alphas, pulled me close.
18:19He wrapped an arm around my shoulders, and shielded both me and the pup behind him.
18:23His scent wrapped around me like a fortress, cedar and winter frost, power incarnate.
18:28I'm her bonded mate, the pup's father, Alexander Sterling.
18:33I looked up at him, and the tears I'd been holding back finally spilled over.
18:37His pheromones, so commanding, softened just for me.
18:42Alexander, you're here.
18:44The pup's fever is so high.
18:46I'm scared.
18:47Alexander reached out, and felt the pup's forehead, his large hand impossibly gentle.
18:52Sweetheart, don't be afraid.
18:54I've already summoned the best healers in the territory.
18:57Let's go right now.
18:58Damien, seeing that we were about to leave, snapped back to his senses.
19:02Stop right there!
19:04He planted himself in front of us, his eyes locked onto Alexander with burning intensity.
19:09His own alpha aura flickered, struggling and failing, to match what stood before him.
19:13At Evelyn heart.
19:15So this is the random lone wolf you paid to play the part?
19:20Dressed up all sharp, putting on quite the performance.
19:23A mocking smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth.
19:26His eyes swept over Alexander from head to toe, blind to the lethal power bleeding off the man.
19:31You really went all out to get my attention.
19:33You've even got some wolf impersonating the wolf king of the Sterling Dominion.
19:38Get out of my way.
19:40Alexander's voice was low and steady, radiating the quiet, absolute authority of a ruler, who had never needed to raise
19:46his voice.
19:47Damien let out a derisive laugh, and reached to grab Alexander by the collar.
19:52Drop the act!
19:53You think an alpha of that caliber would ever look twice on some clingy desperate little Omega like her?
19:58Before the words had even fully left his mouth, Alexander caught Damien's wrist.
20:03He twisted it backward, and wrenched it behind his back.
20:06It was effortless, a wolf swatting away a cub.
20:09Damien screamed in pain.
20:11Cold sweat instantly beating across his forehead.
20:14Watch your mouth.
20:15His wolf whimpered inside him.
20:18A deadly, golden glint flickered in Alexander's eyes.
20:21His wolf surfacing for just the heartbeat.
20:23He flung Damien aside.
20:26Damien stumbled backward several steps, barely catching himself.
20:29Celeste rushed over to steady him.
20:31Damien, are you okay?
20:34Alexander didn't spare them so much as a second glance.
20:37He shielded me protectively.
20:38We arrived at the VIP healing wing, where a team of pack healers was already waiting.
20:43After a thorough examination, the head healer confirmed it was just a routine viral infection.
20:48He prescribed fever medication, and started the IV drip.
20:51Watching the pup settle as the needle went in, finally drifting off into a peaceful sleep,
20:55the tension that had been coiled tight inside me at last began to ease.
20:59Alexander wrapped his arms around me from behind, resting his chin on my shoulder.
21:04His scent enveloped me.
21:05Steady, safe home.
21:07I'm sorry, sweetheart.
21:08I got here too late.
21:09I leaned back against his solid chest and shook my head.
21:13It's not your fault.
21:14I was too impatient.
21:16I should have waited for your council meeting to finish, instead of rushing here alone.
21:21Leaning into that utterly reassuring embrace, my thoughts drifted back to how Alexander and I had come to be bonded.
21:27A year ago, I had stumbled out of the CrossClan territory.
21:31In utter disgrace, my Omega scent soured with humiliation and heartbreak.
21:36It was Alexander who found me, the Wolf King himself.
21:39He draped his coat over my trembling shoulders.
21:41Everyone else may be blind, but Miss Heart, would you consider giving me a chance?
21:49My wolf has never stirred for anyone, until you.
21:53At first, I thought it was nothing more than an impulsive gamble, a Wolf King choosing a rejected Omega, unheard
21:59of.
21:59But in the days and months of our bond that followed, Alexander poured every ounce of patience and tenderness he
22:05had into me.
22:06Day after day of unwavering devotion, he proved that our soul bond was real.
22:10The legendary mate pull that wolves spent lifetime searching for.
22:14I pulled my thoughts back to the present.
22:16I laid my hand gently over Alexander's, where it rested around my waist.
22:20The two of us exchanged a quiet smile.
22:23On the other side of the medical facility, Damien stood frozen in the main lobby, his face ashen.
22:28His wolf was restless, pacing, whining, clawing at his insides.
22:33Celeste clung to his arm, fanning the flames in her simpering voice.
22:38Damien, that man is obviously just some paid actor she hired.
22:41She staged the whole thing just to mess with your head.
22:44Some random stray pup from Goddess Nosewear couldn't possibly be admitted to the VIP healing wing.
22:49Damien shook off Celeste's hand, his gaze dark and menacing.
22:54Evelyn Hart would never bond with someone else.
22:56No wolf knows better than me how deeply she wanted my mark.
22:59That pup has to carry my blood!
23:01With a cold snort, Damien strode toward the healer's station.
23:05He absolutely refused to believe I had stopped loving him, and he refused even more to believe that pup wasn't
23:11his.
23:12He was going to personally tear apart that Omega's lies.
23:15Reaching the healer's station, Damien flagged down a young beta nurse just coming out of the laboratory.
23:20He pulled a bank card from his wallet, and slid it across the counter toward her.
23:24That pup who was just admitted to the VIP wing?
23:27Is there any leftover blood sample from the lab draw?
23:30The young beta nurse stared at the card, swallowed hard, and nervously scanned her surroundings.
23:35Sir, that's against PAC medical protocol.
23:38Damien tapped the card with his fingertip, his alpha gaze radiating pressure.
23:42The beta wilted under it.
23:45I just need a tiny blood sample.
23:47If anything goes wrong, I, Damien Cross, take full responsibility.
23:52It won't touch you.
23:53The lure of money, and the weight of his alpha dominance, was too much.
23:57The nurse caved.
23:58Ten minutes later, Damien was holding a vial containing a sample of the pup's blood.
24:03He gripped the vial, and a flash of something unhinged, flickered through his eyes.
24:07Evelyn Hart, once that bloodline test comes back, proving this pup is my flesh and blood,
24:13let's see you keep up this little game.
24:15Damien immediately contacted his personal healer, through the PAC mind link.
24:19I need an expedited bloodline test, fastest possible turnaround, I want results in my hand
24:23within two hours!
24:25He cut the link, clutched the vial tight, and strode out of the facility, without looking back.
24:30Two hours of waiting stretched into what felt like an eternity for Damien.
24:34His wolf paced relentlessly beneath his skin, agitated, restless, refusing to be calmed.
24:40The image of Alexander Sterling shielding me, that man's eyes, the way his alpha dominance
24:45had so effortlessly overpowered Damien's own, kept flashing through Damien's mind,
24:50stirring a rising panic he couldn't suppress.
24:52It had to be an act.
24:55The door to the waiting room swung open, and Celeste strode in on her high heels.
24:59Damien, don't be upset.
25:01Evelyn Hart is just doing all this to provoke your wolf.
25:05If we ignore her completely, she'll trip herself up and exposes her own lies soon enough.
25:10Damien irritably shoved her hands away, his brow furrowed tight, his alpha pheromones were
25:16sour with agitation.
25:18Shut up!
25:19Don't mention her name in front of me.
25:21Celeste stumbled back a step from the push, her eyes instantly reddening.
25:25She bit her lip in wounded indignation, but a flash of bitter jealousy shot through her gaze.
25:31Just then, the door opened.
25:33The head of the testing facility, Healer Pemberton, strode in, holding a sealed document envelope.
25:39Damien shot to his feet, and snatched the envelope out of the man's hands.
25:43The results are in.
25:44He tore the seal open, and yanked out the bloodline report.
25:48His eyes skipped straight past the dense data.
25:51On the preceding pages, they locked onto the final line of the conclusion.
25:55Black ink on white paper, stark, and indisputable.
25:58Damien's pupils contracted sharply.
26:01His wolf howled inside him.
26:03His mind went completely blank.
26:06Impossible!
26:07He slammed the report onto the desk, and grabbed Healer Pemberton by the collar.
26:12His eyes bloodshot, his wolf bleeding through.
26:14Did Evelyn Hart pay you off?
26:16This report has to be fake!
26:18Gasping for breath, Healer Pemberton waved his hands frantically.
26:22Alpha Cross, please calm down.
26:23Our facility is the most accredited in the region.
26:25We would never falsify bloodline results.
26:27And ten minutes ago, the Sterling Dominion's high council had a genetic registry file for an infant pup.
26:31Our system automatically cross-referenced the blood signal you bust-born son of the fact the Sterling bloodline, barely three
26:35months old.
26:36Confirmed a match.
26:37In other words, that pup is without any doubt the biological heir of Alexander Sterling, the wolf king of the
26:41Sterling Dominion.
26:42Those words struck Damien like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
26:45His grip went slack.
26:46He collapsed onto the couch.
26:48The pup wasn't his.
26:49It was the wolf king's pup.
26:51I really had bonded.
26:52I really had born another Alpha's pup.
26:55So I hadn't been footing on an act.
26:56I hadn't been playing hard to get.
27:00The reason I'd left so decisively back then wasn't because I was carrying his pup and running away.
27:05It was because I had truly, completely given up on him.
27:08My wolf had severed whatever one-sided pull she'd once felt.
27:12It felt as though an invisible claw had seized his heart and was crushing it mercilessly.
27:17The pain was so intense he couldn't breathe.
27:20Celeste, standing off to the side, saw the test results and felt a surge of vicious delight.
27:26She stepped forward with feigned concern and wrapped her arms around Damien.
27:31You see, Damien?
27:32Evelyn Hart is nothing but a loose, two-faced Omega.
27:37A she-wolf like that isn't worth a second of your rage.
27:42Get out!
27:43Damien hurled Celeste off him with brutal force, his Alpha strength, sending her crashing to the floor.
27:49Celeste screamed as her palms scraped across the floor, drawing blood.
27:53Ah!
27:54Damien, have you lost your mind?
27:56Damien stared down at her, eyes blazing red, his wolf snarling just beneath the surface.
28:02If you hadn't kept provoking her at the healer's ward today, none of this would have happened.
28:10Starting right now, get the hell out of my sight.
28:14Our alliance is over.
28:16With that, Damien grabbed his keys from the desk and stormed out of the facility.
28:21Only one thought filled his mind.
28:23Find me.
28:24He had to demand answers.
28:25He had to know what really happened that night.
28:27His car tore through the streets like a madman, his wolf howling in his chest.
28:31Blowing through three red lights, Damien burst into the VIP healing wing, completely out of breath.
28:37Through the door, which had been left slightly ajar, he witnessed a scene that made his wolf nearly tear through
28:42his skin with rage.
28:43I was propped up against the head of the bed.
28:46Alexander Sterling, the Wolf King, was holding a bowl of warm soup, gently blowing on each spoonful to cool it
28:52before lifting it to my lips.
28:54Sweetheart, have a little more.
28:55You've barely eaten anything today.
28:57My eyes curved into soft crescents as I smiled and opened my mouth to take the soup.
29:02That smile had once belonged only to him, to Damien Cross.
29:07For three years, I had brought him homemade soup.
29:10Every single morning, rain or shine, and every single time, he had poured it straight into the trash.
29:15His face twisted with disgust.
29:17His wolf, recoiling from my scent.
29:20And now, the Omega, whose whole world had once revolved around him, was nestled in another Alpha's arms.
29:25Jealousy gnawed at Damien's sanity like a nest of vipers.
29:29He kicked the door open and stormed inside.
29:31The thunderous crash startled the pup in the crib.
29:34I jumped in alarm.
29:35Alexander set the bowl down instantly, his eyes slicing toward the door like bare blades.
29:40His Alpha dominance crashing through the room.
29:42Are you courting death?
29:44Damien ignored the warning entirely, even as his own wolf cowered.
29:48His bloodshot eyes were locked dead on me.
29:50Evelyn Hart!
29:51You lied to me!
29:53He lunged toward the hospital bed, his voice cracking with something close to despair.
29:58That night, nothing happened between us, did it?
30:00How could you be this cruel?
30:03How could you turn around and climb straight into his den and give him a pup?
30:09Three years between us?
30:11And you just threw it all away?
30:13Just like that?
30:14Watching this Alpha, now teetering on the edge of madness, I felt nothing but profound, almost laughable contempt.
30:21I looked at him coldly, without the faintest ripple of emotion.
30:24Damien Cross, are you suffering from memory loss?
30:27That night, you were dead drunk.
30:28You threw up all over yourself.
30:30All I did was help you take off your jacket out of basic decency.
30:34And when you woke up, what did you do?
30:36You called me a scheming Omega who crawled into your bed.
30:39You said I disgusted you.
30:41I watched the color drain from his face, and drove the final nail into his pathetic ego.
30:46I severed whatever I felt for you a long time ago.
30:49The only wolf I find disgusting now, is you.
30:52Damien reeled as though he'd been physically struck.
30:55His entire body shook uncontrollably, his wolf keening inside him.
30:58So nothing had happened between us that night.
31:02It was his own arrogant assumptions, his own cruelty, that had humiliated me,
31:07and driven me straight into another Alpha's arms.
31:10His regret flooded every inch of him, drowning him completely.
31:14His wolf howled with the agony of a bond that could have been.
31:17Evie, I was wrong.
31:18I was blind.
31:19Please, just give me one more chance.
31:21I swear on my wolf's honor I'll spend the rest of my life loving you.
31:24Forget at Alexander Sterling.
31:25Please, we can start over.
31:27I'll raise this pup as my own.
31:28He reached out, desperate to grab my hand,
31:31only for Alexander to send him crashing to the floor with a single brutal blow.
31:35The wolf king's power beyond anything Damien could match.
31:38Alexander stared down at him, with undisguised contempt, his golden wolf eyes flashing.
31:44Treat my mate and pup as your own?
31:46You're not even worthy.
31:48The pack warriors stationed outside, poured into the room.
31:52Remove him from this facility.
31:54Now.
31:55Two warriors in dark uniforms seized Damien and hauled him up.
31:59Evie, I know I was wrong, please.
32:08Damien's desperate cries echoed through the corridor as the warriors dragged him away by force.
32:13His harrowing screams gradually faded into dead silence.
32:16I leaned into Alexander's chest, listening to the sounds outside.
32:20My heart, utterly unmoved.
32:22Alexander gently covered my ears with his hands.
32:24He pressed a tender kiss to the top of my head.
32:27Don't let garbage like that dirty your ears.
32:29It's time for us to go home.
32:31Three days after we were discharged from the healer's ward,
32:34I was home in the Sterling Territory with the pup.
32:36The doorbell rang insistently.
32:38Maria, our housekeeper, a kind older beta,
32:41walked over to check the security monitor.
32:43She turned back toward me with a complicated expression.
32:46Ma'am, it's that Alpha Cross again.
32:49I frowned and walked over to the surveillance screen.
32:51Damien Cross was kneeling in the pouring rain,
32:54utterly stripped of all dignity,
32:55soaked to the bone.
32:57His once proud Alpha aura reduced to a damp, pathetic whisper in the storm.
33:01In his hands, he was clutching a small thermos as though his life depended on it.
33:05The exact same kind I had once used to bring him soup every morning.
33:11This was the third straight day he'd come here to harass me.
33:15Stone-faced, I picked up the intercom.
33:17Damien Cross, do you have to make this so ugly?
33:20His voice crackled through the speaker.
33:22Evie, I made it myself.
33:24Homemade chicken noodle soup.
33:26The same kind you used to make for me.
33:28I burnt my hands making it.
33:29Can you please just come out and try one bite?
33:32You always used to bring me soup.
33:34From now on, I'll bring it to you.
33:36Every single day.
33:37His voice was thick with desperation.
33:39It made my stomach turn.
33:41I don't need it.
33:42And don't come looking for me again.
33:44I cut the intercom without hesitation and turned to head upstairs.
33:48The next morning, the rain had stopped.
33:50Alexander was heading to the pack council.
33:52And I walked him out to the front gate of the estate.
33:55The moment the door swung open, a figure lunged toward us.
33:58Damien had stayed outside the entire night.
34:00And Alpha reduced to a wretched, shivering mess on our doorstep.
34:04His face was as white as paper.
34:07His lips were blue from the cold.
34:08And he was still clutching that thermos.
34:11Its contents long since frozen cold.
34:16Evie, you finally came out to see me.
34:19He fumbled in his pocket and pulled out a velvet box.
34:22Nestled inside was a ring embedded with a rare moonstone.
34:26The traditional gem for a wolf's eternal bonding proposal.
34:29Evie, I was such an arrogant bastard.
34:31I know I was wrong.
34:32I know it now.
34:33I had this bonding ring crafted myself.
34:35Please, be my mate.
34:36I'll make you Alpha Female of the Cross Clan.
34:39Half the territory shares everything.
34:40Staring at the spectacle before me, I felt nothing but scorn.
34:44Damien Cross, a belated confession is cheaper than dirt.
34:46Every time I see your face, all I remember is the cold silence and the humiliation you put
34:50me through.
34:51Your Alpha Dominance used not to protect me, but to crush me.
34:53What you're doing right now, it isn't the mate bond.
34:55It's wounded pride.
34:57Your wolf can't stand that an Omega walked away.
34:59Alexander let out a cold laugh and tightened his arm around my waist.
35:03He didn't bother with mockery.
35:04With the gentlest touch, he lifted his hand and tucked a stray strand of hair behind my ear.
35:11Wounded pride.
35:12Damien let out a broken, hollow laugh.
35:15But I scented you first.
35:16I met you first.
35:17Just give me one more chance, even one-
35:19Alpha Cross.
35:20Meeting her first doesn't give you license to wound her.
35:23A wolf who doesn't know how to treasure his mate will lose her, even if he's standing
35:26right at the starting line.
35:27Just then, a she-wolf with disheveled hair burst out from behind the hedges nearby.
35:32It was Celeste.
35:33All traces of her polished, high-clan poise were gone.
35:36Her hair was a wild mess plastered across her face.
35:39Her pheromones were jagged, unstable.
35:41A she-wolf on the edge.
35:42Damien!
35:43Are you throwing me away?
35:45I am your intended mate!
35:47Damien stepped backward, his voice icy.
35:49Our alliance is off.
35:51Leave.
35:51Now.
35:52Celeste lifted her head and locked eyes with me.
35:55Then she pulled out a silver blade, and lunged straight at me.
35:58Evelyn Hart, you low-born omega bitch!
36:01Give me back my Alpha!
36:02If it weren't for you, he never would have broken our alliance!
36:06I'll kill you today!
36:09Everything happened too fast.
36:11The distance too close.
36:13Alexander shoved me behind him.
36:14His wolf surging forward.
36:16Damien threw himself forward, using his own body as a shield in front of me and Alexander.
36:20A sickening wet thud of blade-piercing flesh, and the silver knife sank deep into Damien's
36:25abdomen.
36:26Blood gushed out in an instant.
36:28Dark against the rain-soaked stone.
36:30Celeste let go of the knife handle, and collapsed to the ground.
36:33Paralyzed with shock, Damien clutched at the wound, blood pouring relentlessly through
36:37his fingers.
36:38He crumpled to the ground in agony, silver poisoning.
36:41The blade had been laced, far more deadly to a wolf than ordinary steel.
36:45He didn't look at Celeste.
36:47With tremendous effort, he turned his head, his eyes searching for me, brimming with desperate
36:51hope.
36:52Evie, I protected you this time.
36:54Can you-can you forgive me now?
36:56I looked down at him coldly.
36:58Alexander is perfectly capable of protecting me.
37:01He is the wolf king.
37:02I didn't need you to do that.
37:03I turned to face the pack warriors, who had already arrived on the scene.
37:07Restrain her, and summon the healers.
37:11One month later, Damien lay in a healer's bed, his face as pale as a sheet of paper.
37:16The silver-laced blade had pierced his liver.
37:19It had taken a full day and night of emergency healing, just to pull him back from the brink.
37:23His sister Anna, walked through the door.
37:25The light in Damien's eyes died instantly.
37:28Damien, stop waiting.
37:30She's not coming.
37:31Before she left, she asked me to tell you this.
37:33She's covering the healer's fees for the knife wound.
37:36After this, there is nothing left between you.
37:38No debt.
37:38No bond.
37:39Nothing.
37:40Him cough up a mouthful of blood.
37:42Celeste Vance was sentenced to exile in the frozen territories.
37:45Banishment from all pack lands.
37:47Cut off from the pack-mined link.
37:49Forever.
37:50Alexander didn't just let Pack Law handle it.
37:52Behind the scenes, he systematically severed every alliance the Vance clan had left.
37:57Their territory was absorbed.
37:59Their name, erased.
38:00Six months later, the Cross clan, crippled by a catastrophic collapse of their alliances
38:05and territorial holdings, officially dissolved.
38:08The silver wound Damien sustained that night, had never fully healed.
38:12Both of his legs were left useless.
38:15Word has it he locks himself in his quarters every day, staring blankly at faded photos,
38:21pictures of me from the days when I used to bring him soup.
38:24Occasionally, when Anna goes to visit him, he does nothing but mutter the same words over
38:28and over.
38:29Where did Evie go?
38:30Why didn't she bring me soup today?
38:32He's lost his mind, and as for me, I sit on the sprawling grounds of the Sterling Dominion
38:37Estate, basking in the warm winter sun.
38:40The pup has just learned to walk.
38:42He wobbles unsteadily across the grass, before tumbling straight into Alexander's waiting arms.
38:47Daddy.
38:49Alexander lets out a rich, joyful laugh, and lifts our child high into the air.
38:54Then he turns his head, his golden wolf eyes burning bright as they find me.
38:58Sweetheart, come here.
39:00I rise to my feet, and walk toward them.
39:03He pulls me into his embrace in one smooth motion, his scent wrapping around me like home.
39:08My mate bond pulses warm and steady in my chest.
39:11My happiness, real, hard won, and forever, is held securely in the palm of my hand.
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