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Dropping to his knees, an arrogant ex-husband begs for mercy when his former wife is revealed as the world's top tycoon. #Werewolf
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00:02Barret?
00:04An Omega like you is worthless, Evelyn.
00:07You will never be my Luna!
00:24It meant nothing.
00:28Don't be too harsh on her, Barret.
00:30Then she appeared, Tinsley, the woman who swore she only ever saw Barret as a brother.
00:36She's a low-born Omega, but she did take care of you for seven years.
00:41Even if she can't be your Luna, she could always stay on as a servant.
00:47And led Tinsley out of the room.
00:50Get this garbage out of my sight. I don't want her blood staining the floors.
00:55His guards dragged me out into the raging storm.
00:58They chained my wrists to the back of a motorcycle and dragged me away,
01:01my body scraping and tearing across the sharp gravel of the mountain road.
01:06When I woke, I was in hell.
01:09A giant iron cage stood in the center of a grimy.
01:11Below the stage, a crowd of brutes, skin sleeved and tattoos.
01:14Someone shoved me into the center of the cage.
01:19Look what we have here, gentlemen!
01:21Lot number 04117.
01:24An Omega female.
01:26Starting bid, $20,000!
01:29A wave of jeers and sickening whistles erupted from the crowd.
01:33$60,000!
01:34$100!
01:35$150!
01:36$200!
01:37The gates flew fast and ugly.
01:38They were taking me apart with their eyes, commenting on my body.
01:41$500,000.
01:45A heavy black cloth was thrown over the cage, plunging me into absolute darkness.
01:53Three years later, a human tide that had carried me back to the city I never wanted to see again.
01:59Well, well, look what we have here.
02:01If it isn't our little lost stray, back after disappearing for three years.
02:05Tinsley, clinging to Barrett's arm.
02:07Barrett's expression was unchanged, that familiar mask of cold disgust.
02:11You really think a designer coat can cover up what you are, Evelyn?
02:14Love the outfit.
02:15Which sugar daddy picked it out for you?
02:17Before or after?
02:19Get out of my way, Tinsley.
02:22I just needed to leave.
02:29My expensive trench coat was being shredded.
02:33Say thank you, Evelyn.
02:35Someone has to remind you what you are.
02:40I was on my hands and knees.
02:42My coat lay on the ground, trampled with 30 footprints.
02:46It seems three years hasn't taught you a thing.
02:52I was a rag doll, shoved and left sprawling on the cold floor.
02:55A circle of strangers staring with a mix of pity and contempt.
03:00Everyone, look!
03:01Come get a good look at this!
03:04You might not recognize her in all her finers, but I assure you, this bitch has a price tag.
03:10Better keep a tight leash on your husbands, ladies.
03:13You wouldn't want this diseased glut getting her filth on them.
03:18Stop!
03:19Please, don't say that!
03:25What's wrong?
03:26You didn't mind getting dirty when you were earning that dress on your back.
03:29Did you?
03:33Alright, Tinsley, that's enough.
03:35We happen to need a new maid to scrub the toilets.
03:38Looks like she dressed for the part already.
03:40Instantly, two of his bodyguards moved in.
03:42No!
03:43Let me go!
03:44Don't touch me!
03:50I screamed, my voice long thin in the vast, echoing hall.
03:53The commotion finally drew the attention of airport security.
03:56Stop!
03:57Let her go!
03:57Several officers hurried over, shouting for them to stop.
04:00I said let her go!
04:01At that moment, there was a tense standoff.
04:08I'm so sorry for the disruption officers.
04:10Just a small misunderstanding.
04:12This woman used to be working for our family.
04:14She stole from us and fled.
04:16This is a family matter.
04:18We'll take care of it ourselves.
04:19The officers' eyes swept between us, slow and suspicious.
04:23She dropped a few bills at my feet like a tip and turned away.
04:26They fluttered down.
04:27This should cover any damages.
04:29A little compensation for the...
04:31Confusion.
04:41I stood at the threshold in a black evening gown,
04:44forced myself to push the doors open and step inside.
04:47Evelyn?
04:49You actually have the nerve to show your face here?
04:51What's the matter?
04:53Hunting for a new alpha to bankrate you?
04:55His fingers trailing along the small of my back like I was something he owned and was already bored of.
04:59I tried to ignore him, to push past into the heart of the room.
05:03But before I could take a step, a server's tray was shoved hard against my chest.
05:07Dressed like a whore on the hunt.
05:09Which drunken alpha are you hoping will toss you a bone tonight?
05:13You want inside?
05:14Fine.
05:15Pick up the tray and serve the room.
05:17Since you're so desperate to be here, earn your place.
05:20But something cold and deliberate flickered in Barrett's eyes.
05:23His leg shot out, hooking my ankle.
05:26I hit the marble floor, hard.
05:28A wave of sickening snickers rippled through the elite crowd.
05:31Tinsley's heel pinned the long hem of my gown.
05:33Tearing sound cut through the laugh exposing the jagged scar that marred my back for all to see.
05:37On your knees.
05:38Now pick up the tray.
05:40But I did as I was told.
05:41My fingers closed around the heavy silver tray.
05:44And on my hands and knees, I began to crawl.
05:47My arms shaking under the weight of the wine bottles.
05:50No one looked down.
05:51No one acknowledged me at all.
05:53I was just a pair of hands moving at their feet, refilling their glasses.
05:57Invisible except when they needed something.
05:59The gown didn't matter.
06:00Nothing about me did.
06:05Hey there little morsel.
06:07Lift your head.
06:09He was a fleshy alpha.
06:11I bit my lips so hard I tasted blood.
06:13Your wine, sir.
06:15Forget the wine.
06:17You look a hell of a lot tastier.
06:19Sausage-like finger hooked the torn strap of my dress.
06:22And hot, sour breath washed over my collarbone.
06:24I'm sorry, sir.
06:26Please.
06:27A little slit on her knees serving drinks dares to refuse me?
06:31He snatched the wine bottle from my tray and smashed it on the floor.
06:34Glass exploded across the marble.
06:36Every head in the ballroom turned.
06:38Oh, you want to play the good girl?
06:40Fine.
06:41Let's see how long that lasts.
06:43There's enough on there to buy you ten times over.
06:50Now you're gonna dance for me.
06:52Every last piece.
06:53I pulled it down.
06:55Surrounded by hundreds of the most powerful wolves on the continent.
06:58I was left standing in nothing but my underwear.
07:00Tears blurred everything.
07:02I wasn't a person anymore.
07:04That's it, slut!
07:05Shake it!
07:06Show me what you've got!
07:08I was just something to perform on command.
07:10His breathing turned ragged.
07:11The hunger in his eyes made my skin crawl.
07:14Fuck, what a little slut.
07:17No more dancing.
07:18I'm done waiting.
07:20I'm taking you home and playing with you all night!
07:38The alpha holding me went stiff with shock, his arms going slack.
07:42I crumpled to the floor in a heap.
07:44Her faint.
07:46Who is that?
07:48What bastard dares to ruin my fun?!
07:51No rank. No power.
07:52Not even the faintest son of a wolf.
07:54Friend. Brave of you.
07:56Stepping between a wolf and his prey.
08:00Oh, Barret, be nice.
08:02What if he's Evelyn's new sugar daddy?
08:04We wouldn't want her to lose her allowance, would we?
08:06How much for a night with her?
08:08Whatever she charged you, I'll double it.
08:10Get down there and lick it off my shoe.
08:12Consider it an upgrade for both of you.
08:14Rafe hadn't moved.
08:16Hadn't said a word.
08:18An invisible weight slams down on the room.
08:20Every alpha, beta, and omega was forced down.
08:23Behind Rafe, the spectral wolf took shape, towering over them all.
08:31The color drained from Barret's face so fast he already looked like a corpse.
08:35He tried to rise, but the instant his knees lifted from the floor,
08:38an invisible force slammed him back down harder.
08:42That level of bloodline suppression.
08:46Blue eyes.
08:48You're the life in Van Dorn?
08:50The ballroom went dead.
08:51In one brutal second, everyone understood.
08:54This man was no rich fool.
08:55No reckless outsider.
08:57He was the one creature in the room who could wipe out every pack.
09:02Fire!
09:04Fire!
09:07Then he brought his foot down on the man's chest.
09:09Blood poured from the alpha's mouth.
09:12Dead at Rafe's feet.
09:14Rafe walked through the frozen crowd toward me.
09:16A second later, his suit jacket fell over my shoulders, wrapping me completely.
09:21I'm sorry.
09:24I came too late.
09:30Then he handed me to the female guard, making sure I was covered.
09:34When Rafe rose again, the tenderness was gone.
09:36He rolled up his sleeves, and a cold smile touched his mouth.
09:39The black card spun once between his fingers before he slashed it across Tinsley's face.
09:43Barret had collapsed completely, clutching at his pant leg.
09:47Rafe!
09:48I was wrong!
09:50Please!
09:50Please!
09:51She seduced me!
09:52I was fooled!
09:54Without warning, he seized Barret by the throat.
09:57Barret's body flew across the ballroom and crashed into the champagne tower.
10:01Take the eyes of everyone in this room who looked at her.
10:04Rafe took a towel from one of his men and wiped the blood from his fingers.
10:08And he turned and walked out.
10:09Rafe pulled me into his arms.
10:11I sobbed against his chest.
10:14I'm sorry, baby.
10:15Let's go home.
10:19Three months later, with the eyes of billions watching,
10:21he pinned the royal crest to my chest, the symbol of the Lincoln King's authority.
10:25I declare Evelyn the one true Luna of my kingdom.
10:29And Silas, as our son, shall be first heir to the throne.
10:33The same nobles who had watched me bleed,
10:35the same alphas who had laughed at my humiliation.
10:38Now they wouldn't meet my eyes.
10:42Look at that!
10:44It was a photograph.
10:46Me, half-naked in a rumbled bed.
10:48The man beside me was Barret.
10:51More images expertly composed to make me look cheek-flashed across the screen.
10:55Soon, an anonymous post went viral worldwide.
10:58Lincoln's new Luna, the four who slept her way to the top.
11:03Your Highness, is that you embarrassed Ben?
11:05Does a woman with that of history deserve to be Luna?
11:08Who is Silas' real father?
11:10Was he just a prod to trap the king?
11:11I knew Barret was watching.
11:13If he couldn't have me, he would destroy me in front of the entire world.
11:19Rafe, it's not what it looks like.
11:21Please, you have to listen to me.
11:23What about Silas?
11:25Who gave you the right to drag my Luna's name through the mud?
11:29He stepped in front of me, shielding me with his body as royal guards clashed with the frenzied press.
11:35Rafe's arm walked around my waist and forced a path through the riot.
11:38We were almost clear when cold terror gripped me.
11:42Silas?
11:43Silas!
11:44Where are you?
11:46Mommy's here!
11:46There was no answer.
11:52Silas!
11:54They took him, Rafe, let me go!
11:57I beat against his chest until my control shattered, tears burning hot down my face.
12:02Lock the city down.
12:03No one in, no one out.
12:06Barret's men dragged Silas to a dark, damp basement.
12:09You, don't look at me with those eyes, you little bastard.
12:13I'm not afraid of you.
12:15Your mother destroyed me!
12:17My pack, my name, everything!
12:20If I'm going down, I'm taking the Lycan King's heir straight to hell with me!
12:24With a trembling hand, he started a video call, the call he believed would give him power over the entire
12:29world.
12:29Rafe's phone lit up.
12:30On the screen, Barret pressed a gleaming knife to Silas' small, pale throat, screaming into the camera, wild and unhinged.
12:37Two hours, Rafe!
12:39Go live and tell the world Evelyn's a whore and the boys are bastards!
12:45All right!
12:46The phone hit the floor-to-feeling window and the tempered glass spiderweb from the impact.
12:51No!
12:54The world held its breath, waiting for the truth behind the new Luna scandal.
12:59Barret still had the knife, laughing like a madman into the camera.
13:03Today I will expose the filthy secrets of the royal family!
13:08His laughter died in his throat.
13:10In front of billions of viewers, a long, powerful hand yanked the knife free, drove it into the wall, and
13:16pinned Barret there like a trophy.
13:19You love a live broadcast? Sure, let the entire world watch your farewell.
13:24Rafe tilted the camera toward Barret's terrified face.
13:27A spray of deep crimson splurged across the lens, blurring the featurette.
13:33Barret's death didn't stop Tinsley.
13:35It broke something in her.
13:37She liquidated everything.
13:39Her company, her assets, her last part of sanity.
13:43Pointed them all at one target.
13:45Me.
13:45The gunshot came without warning.
13:47A sharp crack that split the air of the luxury mall wide open.
13:50The Dior display window beside me exploded in a cascade of shattered glass.
13:55I dropped and rolled behind a marble pillar at Tinsley Advanced.
13:58Barret's dead, and I don't plan on living either.
14:00But before I go, I'm taking you with me, right here, in front of everyone!
14:05She opened fire. Bullets tore into the marble, sprained stone chips across the floor.
14:10Shoppers screamed, scattering in every direction.
14:14I reached into a hidden pocket in my dress and pulled out a small remote.
14:18And I pressed the button.
14:20Every screen in the mall blazed to life at once.
14:22Every camera in the building walked on her.
14:25This feed is live on every major platform.
14:28Every word you say, every move you make.
14:31The whole world is watching.
14:33Her eyes snapped to the giant screen overhead.
14:36She saw herself up there, wild and wrecked and unhinged.
14:40And she understood, finally, what she'd walked into.
14:43Tactical soldiers fast-roped down.
14:45She crumpled to the floor.
14:49Three years ago, you threw me into hell.
14:51Now I'm burying you in the one place you loved most, the spotlight.
14:58Tinsley stood caged in reinforced steel, hair matted, eyes burning with hate.
15:02Today, the Supreme leaking tribunal would sentence her on live global broadcast.
15:07She has no standing to bring a claim against me!
15:10The cornered animal making her last stand.
15:13The screen behind the judges flickered to light.
15:16The mall assassination attempt played out in full.
15:19Followed by audio of Tinsley ordering the mercenaries herself in her own voice, framing the royal family.
15:24Gasps swept the courtroom.
15:26The presiding judge's face went hard.
15:28His gavel came down with a crack that echoed off the walls.
15:30I don't accept it!
15:32Even if I'm guilty and Omega has no legal standing to accuse me!
15:36The law is clear, she wasn't wrong.
15:38In werewolf law, the right to accuse was tied to rank.
15:43Tinsley, do you really still think I'm just an Omega who slept her way to the top?
15:47The stone had been dormant for centuries.
15:50It erupted in blinding silver light.
15:52A crest blazed into existence above it, and every piece of electronic equipment in the tribunal died at once.
15:57That crest.
15:59The ancestral Siju.
16:00The silver moon royal bloodline.
16:02The one true heir.
16:04The color drained from Tinsley's face.
16:06She had tried to use the law as her shield.
16:09She never imagined I outranked the very law she tried to hide behind.
16:12Rafe appeared at my side.
16:14He took my hand, bowed his head, and pressed his lips to my knuckles.
16:17In front of the entire world.
16:22I returned to the manor.
16:24The same one that had thrown me out three years ago.
16:27Barrett's mother sat waiting.
16:30Evelyn, Barrett's accident was unfortunate, but I have a legal life interest in this estate.
16:34A stray with no name and no bloodline will never see a scent of the silver moon trust.
16:39The trust?
16:39I dropped the documents board the High Tribunal's red wax seal onto the table in front of her.
16:43All of Barrett's assets are frozen.
16:45His entire starting fortune was built on the illegal laundering of my family's legacy.
16:49Nothing in this house belongs to you.
16:52Not a thing.
16:53I straightened and turned to the royal guard at the door.
16:55Clear it out.
16:57Everything belongs to them went over the second floor and into the pool below like garbage.
17:01Let go of me! I am the mistress of this house!
17:04They walked her out anyway.
17:06She tripped at the doorway and fell to the ground.
17:09Three years ago, she stuck me into a sack and then dragged me away to prevent my blood from staining
17:13her lawn.
17:14Take your things and get out of my sight.
17:16Have all of this sent to a landfill.
17:20His arms came around my waist, drawing me back against his chest.
17:23If you hate the feel of this place, I'll have it torn down tomorrow.
17:26We'll bring in designers from Italy and start from nothing.
17:28Three years ago, they threw me out with nothing.
17:31Today, I made her watch me take it all back.
17:36Three months later.
17:37I was in Rafe's study, tidying the private desk he never let anyone else touch, when my fingers caught on
17:42a hidden seam in the dark wood.
17:44A soft click.
17:45A secret compartment slid open.
17:47No classified documents.
17:49No ceremonial rings.
17:51Just a single yellow bread wrapper, I recognized the faded logo.
17:54The little convenience store just outside my high school, the one that had shattered a decade ago.
17:59And there in the corner, written in a neat, almost boyish hand, were seven words.
18:04For the girl who dances in the rain.
18:06An Omega like you is worthless, Evelyn.
18:10You will never be my Luna!
18:13No!
18:27It meant nothing.
18:30Don't be too harsh on her, Barret.
18:33Then she appeared.
18:34Tinsley.
18:35The woman who swore she only ever saw Barret as a brother.
18:39She's a low born Omega, but she did take care of you for seven years.
18:44Even if she can't be your Luna, she could always stay on as a servant.
18:50And led Tinsley out of the room.
18:53Get this garbage out of my sight.
18:55I don't want her blood staining the floors.
18:58His guards dragged me out into the raging storm.
19:01They chained my wrists to the back of a motorcycle and dragged me away,
19:04my body scraping and tearing across the sharp gravel of the mountain road.
19:09When I woke, I was in hell.
19:12A giant iron cage stood in the center of a grimy.
19:14Below the stage, a crowd of brutes, skin sleeved and tattoos.
19:18Someone shoved me into the center of the cage.
19:21Look what we have here, gentlemen.
19:24Lot number 04117.
19:27An Omega female.
19:29Starting bid, $20,000.
19:32A wave of jeers and sickening whistles erupted from the crowd.
19:36$60,000.
19:37$100,000.
19:38$150,000.
19:39$200,000.
19:40The dates grew fast and ugly.
19:41They were taking me apart with their eyes, commenting on my body.
19:44$500,000.
19:48A heavy black cloth was thrown over the cage, plunging me into absolute darkness.
19:56Three years later, a human tide that had carried me back to the city I never wanted to see again.
20:02Well, well, look what we have here.
20:04If it isn't our little lost stray, back after disappearing for three years.
20:08Tinsley, clinging to Barrett's arm.
20:10Barrett's expression was unchanged.
20:12That familiar mask of cold disgust.
20:14You really think a designer coat can cover up what you are, Evelyn?
20:17Love the outfit.
20:18Which sugar daddy picked it out for you?
20:20Before or after?
20:22Get out of my way, Tinsley.
20:25I just needed to leave.
20:32My expensive trench coat was being shredded.
20:36Say thank you, Evelyn.
20:38Someone has to remind you what you are.
20:43I was on my hands and knees.
20:45My coat lay on the ground, trampled with 30 footprints.
20:49It seems three years hasn't taught you a thing.
20:55I was a ragdoll, shoved and left sprawling on the cold floor.
20:58A circle of strangers staring with a mix of pity and contempt.
21:03Everyone, look!
21:04Come get a good look at this!
21:07You might not recognize her in all her finers, but I assure you, this bitch has a price tag.
21:13Better keep a tight leash on your husbands, ladies.
21:16You wouldn't want this diseased glut getting her filth on them.
21:21Stop.
21:22Please don't say that.
21:28What's wrong?
21:29You didn't mind getting dirty when you were earning that dress on your back, did you?
21:36Alright, Tinsley, that's enough.
21:38We happen to need a new maid to scrub the toilets.
21:41Looks like she dressed for the part already.
21:43Instantly, two of his bodyguards moved in.
21:45No!
21:46Let me go!
21:47Don't touch me!
21:53I screamed, my voice long thin in the vast, echoing hall.
21:56The commotion finally drew the attention of airport security.
22:00Stop!
22:00Let her go!
22:00Several officers hurried over, shouting for them to stop.
22:03I said let her go!
22:04At that moment, there was a tense standoff.
22:11I'm so sorry for the disruption officers.
22:13Just a small misunderstanding.
22:15This woman used to be working for our family.
22:17She stole from us and fled.
22:19This is a family matter.
22:21We'll take care of it ourselves.
22:22The officers' eyes swept between us, slow and suspicious.
22:26She dropped a few bills at my feet like a tip and turned away.
22:29They fluttered down.
22:30This should cover any damages.
22:32A little compensation for the... confusion.
22:44I stood at the threshold in a black evening gown,
22:47forced myself to push the doors open and step inside.
22:50Evelyn?
22:52You actually have the nerve to show your face here?
22:54What's the matter?
22:56Hunting for a new alpha to bankrate you?
22:58His fingers trailing along the small of my back like I was something he owned and was already bored of.
23:02I tried to ignore him, to push past into the heart of the room.
23:06But before I could take a step, a server's tray was shoved hard against my chest.
23:10Dressed like a whore on the hunt.
23:12Which drunken alpha are you hoping will toss you a bone tonight?
23:16You want inside?
23:17Fine.
23:18Pick up the tray and serve the room.
23:20Since you're so desperate to be here, earn your place.
23:23But something cold and deliberate flickered in Barrett's eyes.
23:26His leg shot out, hooking my ankle.
23:29I hit the marble floor, hard.
23:31A wave of sickening snickers rippled through the elite crowd.
23:34Tinsley's heel pinned the long hem of my gown.
23:36Tearing sound cut through the laugh exposing the jagged scar that marred my back for all to see.
23:40On your knees.
23:41Now pick up the tray.
23:43But I did as I was told.
23:45My fingers closed around the heavy silver tray.
23:47And on my hands and knees, I began to crawl.
23:50My arms shaking under the weight of the wine bottles.
23:53No one looked down.
23:54No one acknowledged me at all.
23:56I was just a pair of hands moving at their feet, refilling their glasses.
24:00Invisible except when they needed something.
24:01The gown didn't matter.
24:03Nothing about me did.
24:08Hey there little morsel.
24:10Lift your head.
24:12He was a fleshy alpha.
24:14I bit my lips so hard I tasted blood.
24:16Your wine, sir.
24:18Forget the wine.
24:20You look a hell of a lot tastier.
24:22Sausage-like finger hooked the torn strap of my dress.
24:25And hot, sour breath washed over my collarbone.
24:27I'm sorry, sir.
24:29Please.
24:30A little slit on her knees serving drinks dares to refuse me?
24:34He snatched the wine bottle from my tray and smashed it on the floor.
24:37Glass exploded across the marble.
24:39Every head in the ballroom turned.
24:41Oh, you wanna play the good girl?
24:43Fine.
24:44Let's see how long that lasts.
24:46There's enough on there to buy you ten times over.
24:53Now you're gonna dance for me.
24:55Every last piece.
24:56I pulled it down.
24:58Surrounded by hundreds of the most powerful wolves on the continent, I was left standing in nothing but my underwear.
25:03Tears blurred everything.
25:05I wasn't a person anymore.
25:07That's it, slut!
25:08Shake it!
25:09Show me what you've got!
25:11I was just something to perform on command.
25:13His breathing turned ragged.
25:14The hunger in his eyes made my skin crawl.
25:17Fuck, what a little slut.
25:20No more dancing.
25:21I'm done waiting.
25:23I'm taking you home and playing with you all night!
25:41The alpha holding me went stiff with shock, his arms going slack.
25:45I crumpled to the floor in a heap.
25:47Her face!
25:49Who is that?
25:51What bastard dares to ruin my fun?!
25:54No rank, no power, not even the faintest scent of a wolf.
25:57Friend, brave of you, stepping between a wolf and his prey.
26:03Oh, Barret, be nice.
26:05What if he's Evelyn's new sugar daddy?
26:07We wouldn't want her to lose her allowance, would we?
26:09How much for a night with her?
26:11Whatever she charged you, I'll double it.
26:13Get down there and lick it off my shoe.
26:15Consider it an upgrade for both of you.
26:17Rafe hadn't moved.
26:19Hadn't said a word.
26:21An invisible Rafe climbed down on the room.
26:23Every alpha, beta, and omega was forced down.
26:26Behind Rafe, the spectral wolf took shape, towering over them all.
26:34The color drained from Barret's face so fast he already looked like a corpse.
26:38He tried to rise, but the instant his knees lifted from the floor,
26:41an invisible force slammed him back down harder.
26:45That level of bloodline suppression.
26:49Blue eyes.
26:51You're the life in Bandorn?
26:53The ballroom went dead.
26:54In one brutal second, everyone understood.
26:57This man was no rich fool, no reckless outsider.
27:00He was the one creature in the room who could wipe out every pack.
27:10Then he brought his foot down on the man's chest.
27:12Blood poured from the alpha's mouth.
27:14Dead at Rafe's feet.
27:17Rafe walked through the frozen crowd toward me.
27:19A second later, his suit jacket fell over my shoulders, wrapping me completely.
27:25I'm sorry.
27:27I came too late.
27:33Then he handed me to the female guard, making sure I was covered.
27:37When Rafe rose again, the tenderness was gone.
27:39He rolled up his sleeves, and a cold smile touched his mouth.
27:42The black card spun once between his fingers before he slashed it across Tinsley's face.
27:46Barret had collapsed completely, clutching at his pant leg.
27:50Rafe!
27:51I was wrong!
27:53Please!
27:53Please!
27:54She seduced me!
27:55I was fooled!
27:57Without warning, he seized Barret by the throat.
28:00Barret's body flew across the ballroom and crashed into the champagne tower.
28:04Take the eyes of everyone in this room who looked at her.
28:07Rafe took a towel from one of his men and wiped the blood from his fingers.
28:11And he turned and walked out.
28:12Rafe pulled me into his arms.
28:14I sobbed against his chest.
28:17I'm sorry, baby.
28:18Let's go home.
28:22Three months later, with the eyes of billions watching,
28:24he pinned the royal crest to my chest, the symbol of the leaking king's authority.
28:28I declare Evelyn the one true lunar of my kingdom.
28:32And Silas, as our son, shall be first heir to the throne.
28:36The same nobles who had watched me bleed.
28:38The same alphas who had laughed at my humiliation.
28:41Now they wouldn't meet my eyes.
28:45Look at that!
28:47It was a photograph.
28:49Me, half naked in a rumbled bed.
28:51The man beside me was Barret.
28:54More images expertly composed to make me look cheap flashed across the screen.
28:58Soon, an anonymous post went viral worldwide.
29:01Leakin's new Luna, the four who's left her way to the top.
29:06Your highness, is that you embarrassed Ben?
29:08Does a woman without a history deserve to be Luna?
29:11Who is Silas' real father?
29:13Was he just a prod to trap the king?
29:14I knew Barret was watching.
29:16If he couldn't have me, he would destroy me in front of the entire world.
29:22Rafe, it's not what it looks like.
29:24Please, you have to listen to me.
29:26What about Silas?
29:28Who gave you the right to drag my Luna's name through the mud?
29:32He stepped in front of me, shielding me with his body as royal guards clashed with the frenzied press.
29:38Rafe's arm walked around my waist and forced a path through the riot.
29:41We were almost clear when cold terror gripped me.
29:45Silas?
29:46Silas?
29:47Where are you?
29:49Mommy's here!
29:50There was no answer.
29:55Silas!
29:57They took him, Rafe!
29:58Let me go!
29:59I beat against his chest until my control shattered, tears burning hot down my face.
30:05Lock the city down.
30:06No one in, no one out.
30:09Barret's men dragged Silas to a dark, damp basement.
30:12You.
30:13Don't look at me with those eyes, you little bastard.
30:16I'm not afraid of you.
30:18Your mother destroyed me!
30:20My pack!
30:21My name!
30:22Everything!
30:23If I'm going down, I'm taking the Lycan King's heir straight to hell with me!
30:27With a trembling hand, he started a video call, the call he believed would give him power over the entire
30:32world.
30:32Rafe's phone lit up.
30:33On the screen, Barret pressed a gleaning knife to Silas' small, pale throat, screaming into the camera, wild and unhinged.
30:40Two hours, Rafe!
30:42Go live and tell the world Evelyn's a whore and the boy's a bastard!
30:48Alright!
30:49The phone hit the floor-to-feeling window and the tempered glass spiderweb from the impact.
30:54No!
30:57The world held its breath, waiting for the truth behind the new Luna scandal.
31:02Barret still had the knife, laughing like a madman into the camera.
31:06Today I will expose the filthy secrets of the royal family!
31:11His laughter died in his throat.
31:14In front of billions of viewers, a long, powerful hand yanked the knife free, drove it into the wall, and
31:19pinned Barret there like a trophy.
31:21You love a live broadcast?
31:24Sure, let the entire world watch your farewell.
31:27Rafe tilted the camera toward Barret's terrified face.
31:30A spray of deep crimson spots across the lens, blurring the featurette.
31:36Barret's death didn't stop Tinsley.
31:38It broke something in her.
31:40She liquidated everything.
31:42Her company, her assets, her last heart of sanity.
31:46Pointed them all at one target.
31:48Me.
31:48The gunshot came without warning.
31:50A sharp crack that split the air of the luxury mall wide open.
31:53The Dior display window beside me exploded in a cascade of shattered glass.
31:58I dropped and rolled behind a marble pillar of Tinsley advanced.
32:01Barret's dead, and I don't plan on living either.
32:04But before I go, I'm taking you with me!
32:06Right here, in front of everyone!
32:08She opened fire.
32:09Bullets tore into the marble, spraying stone chips across the floor.
32:13Shoppers screamed, scattering in every direction.
32:17I reached into a hidden pocket in my dress and pulled out a small remote.
32:21And I pressed the button.
32:23Every screen in the mall blazed to light at once.
32:25Every camera in the building locked on her.
32:28This feed is live on every major platform.
32:31Every word you say, every move you make.
32:34The whole world is watching.
32:36Her eyes snapped to the giant screen overhead.
32:38She saw herself up there, wild and wrecked and unhinged.
32:43And she understood, finally, what she'd walked into.
32:46Tactical soldiers fast broke down.
32:49She crumbled to the floor.
32:52Three years ago, you threw me into hell.
32:54Now I'm burying you in the one place you loved most, the spotlight.
33:01Tinsley stood caged in reinforced steel, hair matted, eyes burning with hate.
33:05Today, the Supreme Lincoln Tribunal would sentence her on live global broadcast.
33:09She has no standing to bring a claim against me!
33:13The cornered animal making her last stand.
33:16The screen behind the judges flickered to light.
33:19The mall assassination attempt played out in full.
33:22Followed by audio of Tinsley ordering the mercenaries herself in her own voice, framing the royal family.
33:27Gasps swept the courtroom.
33:29The presiding judge's face went hard.
33:31His gavel came down with a crack that echoed off the walls.
33:33I don't accept it! Even if I'm guilty and Omega has no legal standing to accuse me!
33:39The law is clear, she wasn't wrong.
33:41In werewolf law, the right to accuse was tied to rank.
33:46Tinsley, do you really still think I'm just an Omega who slept her way to the top?
33:50The stone had been dormant for centuries.
33:53It erupted in blinding silver light.
33:55A crest blazed into existence above it.
33:57And every piece of electronic equipment in the tribunal died at once.
34:00That crest.
34:02The ancestral Siju.
34:03The silver moon royal bloodline.
34:05The one true heir.
34:07The color drained from Tinsley's face.
34:09She had tried to use the law as her shield.
34:12She never imagined I outranked the very law she tried to hide behind.
34:15Rafe appeared at my side.
34:17He took my hand, bowed his head, and pressed his lips to my knuckles.
34:20In front of the entire world.
34:25I returned to the manor.
34:27The same one that had thrown me out three years ago.
34:30Barrett's mother sat waiting.
34:32Evelyn.
34:33Barrett's accident was unfortunate, but I have a legal life interest in this estate.
34:37A stray with no name and no bloodline will never see a scent of the silver moon trust.
34:42The trust?
34:42I dropped the documents board the High Tribunal's red wax seal onto the table in front of her.
34:46All of Barrett's assets are frozen.
34:48His entire starting fortune was built on the illegal laundering of my family's legacy.
34:52Nothing in this house belongs to you.
34:54Not a thing.
34:56I straightened and turned to the royal guard at the door.
34:58Clear it out.
35:00Everything belongs to them went over the second floor and into the pool below like garbage.
35:04Let go of me!
35:05I am the mistress of this house!
35:07They walked her out anyway.
35:09She tripped at the doorway and fell to the ground.
35:12Three years ago, she stuck me into a sack and then dragged me away to prevent my blood from staining
35:16her lawn.
35:17Take your things and get out of my sight.
35:19Have all of this sent to a landfill.
35:23His arms came around my waist, drawing me back against his chest.
35:27If you hate the feel of this place, I'll have it torn down tomorrow.
35:29We'll bring in designers from Italy and start from nothing.
35:32Three years ago, they threw me out with nothing.
35:34Today, I made her watch me take it all back.
35:39Three months later.
35:40I was in Rafe's study, tidying the private desk he never let anyone else touch, when my fingers caught on
35:45a hidden seam in the dark wood.
35:47A soft click.
35:48A secret compartment slid open.
35:50No classified documents.
35:52No ceremonial rings.
35:54Just a single yellow bread wrapper.
35:56I recognized the faded logo.
35:58The little convenience store just outside my high school.
36:00The one that had shattered a decade ago.
36:02And there in the corner, written in a neat, almost boyish hand, were seven words.
36:07For the girl who dances in the rain.
36:09The memory hit me like a wave.
36:11I used to hide in the far corner of the empty athletic field and practice my dance steps alone in
36:15the rain, convinced no one could see how badly I was failing.
36:18But someone was watching.
36:20From the shadow of the school building, a brooding boy in a hoodie stood with his hands shoved in his
36:24pockets, staring out at the lone figure in the rain.
36:26He reached into his bag and pulled out his own lunch, a cheap loaf of bread.
36:32Stupid girl.
36:33You'll catch a cold.
36:34He took one step toward her.
36:36Then his nerve failed him, left it on a nearby bench with an umbrella, and slipped away before she ever
36:42looked up.
36:44The study door swung open.
36:47Rafe stepped inside, his gaze dropped to the old wrapper in my hands, and he went completely still.
36:53That's just trash.
36:55I forgot to throw it out.
36:56Tears blurred my eyes.
36:57I didn't need him to explain.
36:59I understood everything now.
37:01Every time I had been in danger.
37:03Every time something dragged me back from the brink.
37:06It had always been him, standing in the shadows, saying nothing, giving everything.
37:11I crossed the room and wrapped my arms around his waist, pressing my face into his chest.
37:15His arms closed around me, not gently.
37:18A desperate, possessive force that lifted me clean off my feet.
37:22He carried me toward the private lounge adjoining the study without a word.
37:27Look at me, Evelyn.
37:29His mouth found my jaw, then the curve of my throat, branding a slow, searing trail downward, the claiming kiss
37:35of a prime alpha.
37:37It's been two months, Rafe.
37:40I held up the lab report, a smile playing on my lips.
37:43Silas is going to be a big brother.
37:45Rafe let out a roar of pure joy, sweeping me into his arms and spinning me until the world blurred.
37:50He held me tight and kissed me like he never wanted to stop.
37:54A year flew by.
37:55At our daughter Grace's first moon ceremony, Rafe made his announcement.
37:59He was stepping back from all foreign diplomacy.
38:02Effective immediately.
38:03In the days that followed, a man who had once commanded armies became a full-time father.
38:08I'd find him in the study, mixing formula, changing diapers.
38:13Since Rafe has things under control at home, it's past time I cleaned up the mess festering at Silvermoon Headquarters.
38:20I pushed open the study door on my way out.
38:22Rafe had Grace tucked against one arm.
38:24Her little fists curled in contentment, while his other hand managed a bottle without a second thought.
38:30My love, are you sure you don't want me there?
38:34Yes, I've got this.
38:38I leaned in and pressed a firm kiss to his lips.
38:41I rode the VIP elevator straight to the top floor of the Silvermoon Tower and walked into the boardroom without
38:46knocking.
38:46Every embezzled dollar, every corrupt deal.
38:49This...
38:50This is slander!
38:54Coal rifle barrels pressed against coal temples.
38:59The evidence has already been submitted to the International Lie-On Tribunal.
39:03They were escorted out like the criminals they were.
39:06I stood at the floor-to-ceiling window.
39:08My phone buzzed.
39:09A video from Rafe.
39:11On the screen, the most feared leaking king alive was wrestling with a fresh diaper, brow furrowed, tongue caught between
39:16his teeth in full concentration.
39:20The days that followed blurred into work as I pushed our business forward.
39:24Then launch day finally came.
39:26Silver Oats flagship store was opening inside the Moonlight Emporium.
39:29And every camera in the territory seemed to be pointed at me.
39:32The grand atrium hummed with reporters and influencers.
39:35I stood at the front of the stage.
39:37Then a woman shoved past security and threw herself at the foot of the stage.
39:41When she lifted her head, the crowd went silent with horror.
39:45I used your face cream!
39:48It destroyed my face!
39:50It destroyed my face!
39:53I stepped down from the stage and crouched in front of her.
39:56Are you sure?
39:57I closed my eyes.
39:59Let my senses reach out, searching for any trace of real damage, the rot and decay that couldn't be faked.
40:04There was nothing.
40:06My eyes opened.
40:07I grabbed a bottle of our high-potency purifying essence from the display stand and splashed the entire contents onto
40:12her face before anyone could react.
40:14The woman shrieked.
40:16Watch closely.
40:18The liquid swept across her skin and the sores began to slide away like melting wax, revealing a perfectly intact,
40:24carefully made-up face underneath.
40:25Shocked murmurs rippled through the hall.
40:27I accepted the handkerchief my assistant offered and wiped my fingers clean.
40:31Who sent you?
40:32Then I looked back down at the woman crumpled on the floor.
40:36An anonymous, anonymous account, Far East Bank, that's all I know.
40:42Security pulled her away.
40:47Oh wow.
40:47deer went in.
40:47Rabbit.
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