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00:00:01For three years, my alpha mate never mocked me.
00:00:05Every night, he drugged my dinner with wolf bear sedative so I would sleep until dawn,
00:00:10while he went to the pureblood she-wolf who claimed she had saved his life.
00:00:14The entire Black Pine pack believed I was too weak to be Luna, too unstable to carry an alpha heir.
00:00:21They did not know that three years ago, the one who dragged Kaylin out of a silver hunter trap
00:00:25and fed him her own wolf blood to keep his inner wolf alive was never Vivian.
00:00:28It was me, but when he pushed me in front of a little blade to protect her
00:00:33and the so-called alpha pup in her belly, I finally understood.
00:00:40The truth no longer mattered. I would sever the mate bone.
00:00:45I would disappear from the pack registry.
00:00:48From tonight on, the Black Pine pack would no longer carry my scent.
00:00:52And no Luna named Serena Vale would ever kneel before the moon goddess altar again,
00:00:56waiting for Kaylin Black to come home.
00:01:02In the third year of my mate contract with Kaylin Black, he still had not marked me.
00:01:09I was the Luna of the Black Pine pack in name.
00:01:11The Elder's Council had stamped our contract with a moonstone seal
00:01:15and entered me into the pack registry as the alpha's mate.
00:01:17But by true werewolf law, no mark meant no mind link.
00:01:20No mind link meant no shared pain, no shared scent trail.
00:01:24No true bond.
00:01:26It meant I was only a decorative shadow living in the alpha residence.
00:01:30For three years, I tried everything.
00:01:34I learned the full moon ritual dance.
00:01:37I drank scent-enhancing tonics prescribed by the pack healer.
00:01:40At my most desperate, I went alone to the neutral market and bought a vial of Moonbreath Essence.
00:01:45This is a sex toy, capable of setting a male wolf ablaze with desire.
00:01:50During the trade, the witch kindly gave me a warning.
00:01:53Luna, be careful.
00:01:55Sometimes what rejects you is not his body.
00:01:58It is his heart.
00:02:00Even then, I defended Caelan in my mind.
00:02:04He had once been tortured by silver hunters.
00:02:08Perhaps he did not touch me because he still had not healed.
00:02:12Therefore, I politely said to the witch,
00:02:15Thank you for the warning, but my partner is absolutely not that kind of person.
00:02:20Loyalty is a werewolf's very nature.
00:02:23The witch looked at me sympathetically and sighed, but said nothing more.
00:02:28But as soon as I stepped out of the black market alley,
00:02:31I saw Caelan's Gamma Guard leaving another shop with a heavy bag.
00:02:34Inside were premium scent blockers, wolf-based sleeping powder,
00:02:38and heat suppresses made only for pure-blood she-wolves.
00:02:42If you get any new Moonbreath silk gowns, save one for the Alpha.
00:02:45Miss Vivian likes them.
00:02:47I stood in the rain, my fingertips going cold.
00:02:50Vivian?
00:02:51Who is Vivian?
00:02:52Why would my Aleph partner go to such length for her?
00:02:57A wolf could track a scent for miles.
00:03:00I followed the faint trail of cedar and mint that belonged to Caelan,
00:03:04all the way to a side house,
00:03:06near the edge of Blackpote territory.
00:03:08The door was not fully shut.
00:03:10Low male laughter leaked through the gap.
00:03:15Alpha, is Miss Vivian staying the night again?
00:03:23If not for the Elders,
00:03:24why would you have taken a low-born healer like Serena as Luna?
00:03:29Her wolf spirit is as weak as a pup's.
00:03:31How could she ever stand beside you?
00:03:36She still brews you those recovery tonics every day.
00:03:39Does she really not know?
00:03:40You are not unable to mark.
00:03:42You just do not want to mark her.
00:03:44The next second,
00:03:46Caelan's voice cut through the room like ice.
00:03:49Enough.
00:03:52Silence fell at once.
00:03:56She is my registered mate,
00:03:58and the Luna of Blackpine.
00:04:00If I ever hear you mocking her again,
00:04:02I will tear out your fangs.
00:04:04I almost laughed.
00:04:05He protected my title while standing beside another woman's bed.
00:04:08Then a woman's cool voice sounded from inside.
00:04:11Caelan, I only want you to let me go.
00:04:12We had a deal.
00:04:13I satisfy your instincts,
00:04:15and you give me a place in the full moon dance trope.
00:04:17Do not keep me trapped here.
00:04:18Facing this woman,
00:04:19Caelan's voice,
00:04:20which just moments ago had been cold,
00:04:22turned incredibly gentle.
00:04:24Vivian,
00:04:25do you think I keep you beside me only for that?
00:04:28Miss Vivian,
00:04:29for three years,
00:04:31he has come here almost every night.
00:04:34To keep the Luna from suspecting anything,
00:04:37he put wolf sleeping powder in her dinner
00:04:40so she would sleep until morning.
00:04:44Another laughed.
00:04:46And the Luna still thinks his wolf is damaged.
00:04:49She brews him medicine every day.
00:04:52She brews him medicine every day.
00:04:54My blood felt as if it had been filled with liquid silver.
00:05:01So it turns out my partner really was just as the witch said.
00:05:05Their heart was never truly with me.
00:05:10Every empty morning I had woken to.
00:05:12Every excuse I had made for him.
00:05:14Every bowl of medicine I had simmered until dawn.
00:05:16Had been a joke.
00:05:17The Black Pine elders had always blamed me for not conceiving an alpha ear.
00:05:21They said my wolf spirit was too weak.
00:05:23My bloodline too unstable and my Luna blessing too thin to nourish the pack.
00:05:31Kaelin's mother once forced me to kneel before the Moon Goddess altar
00:05:34and drink a fertility draped mixed with ash and powdered wolf thing.
00:05:40It was the middle of winter.
00:05:42I knelt until my knees bruised purple and my fingers went numb.
00:05:49Kaelin had carried me up from the altar and whispered,
00:05:53Do not force yourself.
00:05:55I will speak to the Elder Council.
00:05:58I thought that was love.
00:06:03Now I knew it was only his way of keeping his reputation intact.
00:06:06My legs weakened.
00:06:08I stumbled against a moonstone lamp beside the door.
00:06:11It crashed to the ground.
00:06:19Who's there?
00:06:19I tried to leave, but a Gamma guard dragged me inside.
00:06:28My forehead struck the stone steps,
00:06:30and warm blood ran down my brow.
00:06:36Kaelin saw my face.
00:06:38His pupils contracted.
00:06:40Serena?
00:06:43He dropped to one knee and reached for my wound.
00:06:45I turned my face against my face away.
00:06:52Vivian stood barefoot by the bed, wrapped in his black coat.
00:06:55There was no guilt in her eyes.
00:07:00Luna, do not look at me like that.
00:07:03Kaelin was the one who kept chasing me.
00:07:06He was the one who drugged you.
00:07:12Women should have sympathy for women.
00:07:14Why are you only blaming me?
00:07:17I did not answer.
00:07:18I looked at the oxydian blade at Kaelin's waist.
00:07:25Give me the knife.
00:07:28Kaelin stared at the blood on my forehead.
00:07:31Panic flickered in his eyes.
00:07:34Give me the knife.
00:07:39Serena, stop this.
00:07:40Perhaps he felt guilty.
00:07:42Perhaps he had never imagined I would fight back.
00:07:44In the end, Kaelin unfastened the blade and placed it in my hand.
00:07:51The hilt still held the warmth of his body.
00:07:53I tightened my fingers around it, turned, and drove it into his arm.
00:08:00Everyone in the room gasped.
00:08:04Kaelin did not dodge.
00:08:05He only frowned and asked in a low voice.
00:08:08Do you feel better now?
00:08:11This cut is what you owe me.
00:08:13I released the blade and turned toward Vivian.
00:08:15She instinctively stepped back.
00:08:17Fear fired.
00:08:23But before I could reach her, Kaelin seized my wrist.
00:08:26What are you doing?
00:08:27His grip was so hard it felt as if my bones would shatter.
00:08:30Deep inside me, my wolf whimpered in pain.
00:08:33But she was too weak, after three years of sedatives and wolf bane to rise.
00:08:40I was the one who kept her here.
00:08:42If you are angry, take it out on me.
00:08:45Do not touch her.
00:08:47I had heard those words before.
00:08:49In the first year of our mate contract, a warrior from another pack mocked me at a banquet.
00:08:54Kaelin broke the warrior's nose in front of everyone and said the same thing.
00:09:01She is mine.
00:09:03Who gave you the right to touch her?
00:09:06Back then, I thought I had finally found someone to rely on.
00:09:10Now he stood in the same posture, protecting another woman from me.
00:09:16Kaelin, we're done.
00:09:20A sharp crack came from my wrist.
00:09:22Pain flashed white behind my eyes.
00:09:27I looked up and laughed once.
00:09:30Kaelin, let's sever the mate haunt.
00:09:34The room went dead silent.
00:09:38His expression changed at last.
00:09:40What did you say?
00:09:41I want to leave Blackform.
00:09:43I want my name removed from the pack registry.
00:09:48I reject you, and I reject this mate contract.
00:09:54Vivian froze.
00:09:56Then a satisfied light flashed in her eyes.
00:09:59Kaelin looked as if he had heard something absurd.
00:10:04He bent and pinched my chin, anger stirring beneath his forced control.
00:10:10You were the one who knelt outside the council chamber and begged me to accept this contract.
00:10:15Now you think you can leave whenever you want.
00:10:20Yes.
00:10:21I am done pegging.
00:10:23That night, with a broken wrist and blood still drying on my face,
00:10:27I walked into the moon goddess altar.
00:10:30The pack matriarch sat at the center of the elder seats.
00:10:34Her old eyes held no pity.
00:10:37Only cold offense.
00:10:40Aluna who initiates Bond's severment must first receive 99 lashes as preliminary punishment.
00:10:45After that, the neutral register will review the petition,
00:10:48cut off the pack link, remove her name from the registry,
00:10:50and ban her from Blackvode territory.
00:10:52Are you sure?
00:10:53I am.
00:10:54I pressed my forehead to the stone floor.
00:10:56My wound reopened, leaving blood on the altar.
00:11:03The first whip fell before dawn.
00:11:09By the time it ended,
00:11:11I could no longer tell whether the blood on my back was mine or the wolf spirit's inside me.
00:11:16My wolf spirit was very weak, yet it spoke to me.
00:11:21You made the right choice.
00:11:23Rather than staying by the side of a man who doesn't love you and getting hurt in the process.
00:11:30I would much rather see you be free.
00:11:37I was carried back to the luna suite with a fever.
00:11:43Servants were carrying boxes of gowns, jewelry, and ceremonial ornaments into the hall.
00:11:47Kellen walked in holding at Vivian's hand.
00:11:49She looked reluctant.
00:11:51But the moonstone bracelet on her wrist was the one he had once promised to give me at our marking
00:11:55ceremony.
00:11:56Kellen saw me leaning on the railing.
00:11:57His brows drew together.
00:12:02After the scene you caused yesterday, the side house is no longer safe for Aunt Vivian.
00:12:06She is a full moon dancer.
00:12:08Her reputation and safety matter.
00:12:10From today on, she will stay in the Alpha residence.
00:12:12His tone made it sound as if he were announcing weather.
00:12:16This happened because you lost control at Serena.
00:12:19So you will take care of her.
00:12:22You want the luna you drugged to serve your mistress?
00:12:28I do not need your charity.
00:12:29The pack matriarch arrived just then.
00:12:31She heard Vivian's words and showed no anger.
00:12:34Instead, she took Vivian's hand with rare kindness.
00:12:36Poor child.
00:12:37Your mother was once my dearest friend.
00:12:39If not for what happened to your family, the luna position should have been yours.
00:12:42I stood on the stairs and watched the woman who had beaten and humiliated me treat Aunt Vivian like a
00:12:46blessing sent by the moon goddess.
00:12:48Something in me went completely numb.
00:12:55I slowly took off the partner ring.
00:12:57The one belonging to Kellen and me.
00:13:13Over the next few days, I packed my few belongings while tending to my wounds.
00:13:17Vivian found fault with everything.
00:13:20The water I brought was not at the right temperature.
00:13:23The herbs I prepared were too bitter.
00:13:25The pillow I placed behind her back was an insult because it made her look like an invalid.
00:13:32Luna?
00:13:33Are you doing this on purpose?
00:13:36Do you want everyone to think I am bullying you?
00:13:38When the pack matriarch punished me for it, Vivian said I was kneeling too low on purpose, pretending to be
00:13:44a victim to shame her.
00:13:46A luna without grace is more shaming than an omega.
00:13:49Kneel until you remember your place.
00:13:51One evening, after she accused me of washing her dance down with the wrong moonflower soap, I was made to
00:13:57kneel at the altar for an entire day.
00:13:59I used to look at Vivian's graceful body and feel ashamed.
00:14:03I used to thought I was not worthy.
00:14:05Now I only felt sick.
00:14:07When I returned to my room, I burned the moon breath gowns I had once prepared for Kellen.
00:14:14Watching the silk curl into ash, I felt the last of my old dignity burn with it.
00:14:20As I reached for the last gown, the door was kicked open.
00:14:26A slap landed hard across my face.
00:14:30I fell to the floor.
00:14:34You have really disappointed me.
00:14:38My voice was soft, but it did not shake.
00:14:41I did not add wolfine to her water.
00:14:47Vivian stepped out from behind Kellen.
00:14:49Her face was pale, her eyes wet.
00:14:52Luna, I know you hate me.
00:14:54But I am a full moon dancer.
00:14:56My wolf spirit cannot be harmed.
00:14:58How could you be so cruel?
00:14:59She pressed a hand to her heart, as if she might collapse.
00:15:03I looked at Kellen.
00:15:08Do you believe her?
00:15:12His gaze fell on the moon breath gown half burned behind me.
00:15:15It was pale gold, woven from moonvine silk that could amplify a wolf's scent.
00:15:20I had once blushed while imagining wearing it for him under the full moon.
00:15:26Kellen laughed suddenly, and the sound was full of disgust.
00:15:29No wonder you needed that thing.
00:15:31You cannot attract your own alpha, so you rely on black market witches, cheap potions, and filthy tricks.
00:15:37It felt as if something had carved open my chest.
00:15:42Kellen, is this the image you have of me?
00:15:44He walked to me, gripped my jaw, and forced my mouth open.
00:15:53Since you enjoy drugging others, taste it yourself.
00:16:02I finally struggled.
00:16:04My broken wrist hit the table.
00:16:06Pain nearly knocked me unconscious.
00:16:09But Kellen's alpha command pressed down on me.
00:16:11And my knees went weak against my will.
00:16:16Drink.
00:16:16Drink.
00:16:17He issued the command, then ruthlessly mixed wolfbrain powder with cold water and poured it down my throat.
00:16:26This is the price you pay for trying to hurt Vivian.
00:16:31Kellen forced bowl after bowl of cold water laced with wolfsbeam down my throat.
00:16:37I choked until I coughed blood.
00:16:40At last, I collapsed on the floor and heard Kellen say coldly,
00:16:45Send her back to her room.
00:16:47Let her reflect.
00:16:52The next few days, my body felt as if it belonged to a stranger.
00:16:57My face swolled.
00:16:58My limbs turned heavy.
00:17:00Even my own scent became muddy and unfamiliar.
00:17:03The woman in the mirror had dull eyes and a pale neck.
00:17:08Kellen did not visit me once.
00:17:12On the fifth day, he pushed open the door in a formal black suit.
00:17:16Vivian's rose and cedar scent clung to him.
00:17:19Tomorrow is Vivian's birthday banquet.
00:17:21He looked down at me from above.
00:17:24You are still the Luna in name.
00:17:26You will arrange the banquet yourself.
00:17:29I want every werewolf in the Black Pine Pack to clearly understand Vivian's standing within the pack.
00:17:37And what place is that?
00:17:39His gaze darkened.
00:17:40I slowly seestood, using the bedpost for support.
00:17:44Every step sent cramps through my abdomen from the wolfbine reaction.
00:17:47Your lover?
00:17:48The woman you truly want to mark?
00:17:50Or the new Luna you want me to welcome with my own hands?
00:17:56At Serena, know your limits.
00:18:02My limit?
00:18:04I thought you had already stepped over all of them.
00:18:07For the first time, he looked unsettled by my expression.
00:18:13But he quickly hardened his voice.
00:18:20If you behave, after the banquet I will ask the healer to treat your body.
00:18:25The Luna position will remain yours.
00:18:30The Luna position.
00:18:35The empty shell he had tossed to me again and again.
00:18:38That night, while the servants prepared the hall, I wrote to the neutral registry again.
00:18:46If Black Pine would not let me go in dignity, then I would leave in blood.
00:18:53On the night of Vivian's full moon banquet, the Alpha residence blazed with lights.
00:18:59Vivian wore a pure white ceremonial dancing gown, with the moonstone gifted to her by Killen adorning her hair.
00:19:06She stood beside him as if the entire Black Pine Pock had already accepted her as their new Luna.
00:19:12I stood in the shadows, draped in a loose gray cloak, attempting to conceal a body twisted beyond recognitionness by
00:19:18Wolfsbane.
00:19:19Guests whispered openly.
00:19:23That is the Black Pine Luna?
00:19:25She looks as if her wolf spirit has been drained.
00:19:29No wonder the Alpha never marked her.
00:19:31Miss Vivian is pure-blooded and a full moon dancer.
00:19:34She looks far more capable of bearing an Alpha pup.
00:19:42Kaelin heard them.
00:19:44He only lowered his head and adjusted Vivian's shrul with a tenderness that stabbed my eyes.
00:19:51Someone raised a glass.
00:19:54Alpha, it seems Black Pine will soon have a true mistress.
00:19:58Kaelin gave a rare smile.
00:20:02She deserves the best.
00:20:08Inside my sleeve, my fingers tightened around the blood-stamped severance application.
00:20:14Just as I was about to walk toward the neutral register, a roar came from the edge of the crowd.
00:20:23An exiled rogue wolf burst into the hall.
00:20:25His eyes were bloodshut, and in his hand was a short blade coated with silver water.
00:20:29Kaelin Black, you destroyed my pack!
00:20:32Now I will let you know what it feels like to lose the one you treasure most!
00:20:38He lunged straight at At Vivian's abdomen.
00:20:41Kaelin's face changed.
00:20:50Before I could react, a powerful hand locked around my shoulder.
00:20:56Kaelin pushed me forward.
00:20:57The silver blade entered my abdomen.
00:21:00My inner wolf screamed as if she had been torn apart.
00:21:04Silver water burned through flesh and blood, spreading from the wound like a thousand needles crawling under my skin.
00:21:11I looked down, and saw my cloak turning red.
00:21:19For one heartbeat, the hall was silent.
00:21:23Then screams exploded.
00:21:25Before darkness swallowed me, I saw Kaelin rush toward me, his eyes red as if he had finally learned fear.
00:21:34When I woke, I was lying in the pack healing center.
00:21:39My abdomen was wrapped in thick bandages.
00:21:42Silver poison still lingered in my blood, and every breath made me tremble.
00:21:46Kaelin sat beside the bed, his eyes lined with red.
00:21:49He held my hand tightly.
00:21:52You're awake.
00:21:54The healer said the blade almost touched your core bloodline.
00:21:57But luckily...
00:21:59It hurts so much, Kaelin.
00:22:07Kaelin stopped.
00:22:09I turned my head to look at him.
00:22:12When you pushed me in front of the blade,
00:22:14did you wonder if it would hurt?
00:22:17His throat moved.
00:22:18He avoided my eyes.
00:22:21Vivian is a full moon dancer.
00:22:22She cannot have a silver scar on her body.
00:22:24I did not think that much in the moment.
00:22:28I thought you could dodge.
00:22:32I smiled faintly.
00:22:36He always thought I could endure.
00:22:39He always thought I would survive.
00:22:41He always thought that after the wound closed,
00:22:43I would still remain where he or he had left me.
00:22:47Kaelin gripped my hand harder.
00:22:52The rogue has been caught.
00:22:54I will make him pay.
00:22:58I looked at him calmly.
00:23:00And you?
00:23:04His face went still.
00:23:06Before he could answer,
00:23:08Vivian's voice came from outside the door.
00:23:09They were congratulating her.
00:23:12Kaelin lowered his gaze and said in a complicated tone.
00:23:15There is something else.
00:23:17Vivian is pregnant.
00:23:20My fingers went numb.
00:23:22The healer said your wound is deep.
00:23:24In the future,
00:23:25you may not be able to carry a puppy.
00:23:27But the moon goddess has not abandoned you.
00:23:30Vivian's child will be the alpha heir.
00:23:32When the pup is born,
00:23:33it can call you mother as well.
00:23:38I stared at him for a long time.
00:23:42Then I laughed until tears came out.
00:23:49So this was you called mercy.
00:23:51He had used my body to block a blade for his mistress and her fake tenderness.
00:23:54Then he wanted me to raise her pup and be grateful.
00:23:58But I have already decided to leave him.
00:24:00I will no longer grieve or weep over anything he does.
00:24:05The next day,
00:24:07I asked the neutral register to prepare the formal severance petition.
00:24:11But before the document could reach the elders' council,
00:24:14Vivian came to my room.
00:24:15She stood beside my bed holding a bouquet of moon-breath flowers,
00:24:19her voice dripping with false sweetness.
00:24:22Serena,
00:24:23I am truly sorry.
00:24:25I never knew Kellen would push you forward to save me.
00:24:27Her mouth apologized.
00:24:29Her eyes laughed.
00:24:31I looked at the flowers and felt sick.
00:24:33Apology received.
00:24:34Get out.
00:24:36The smile froze on her face.
00:24:41Do you hate me that much?
00:24:43I was a victim too.
00:24:46I opened my eyes and looked at her.
00:24:48Perhaps you once were.
00:24:49But Kellen isn't here now.
00:24:50No one will be watching your performance.
00:24:52Her face changed.
00:24:53She threw the flowers into the spittle wheel beside the bed and lowered her voice.
00:24:56Do you know what is most pathetic about you, At Serena?
00:24:58You occupied the Luna position for three years,
00:25:00and he still refused to give you even one mark.
00:25:06She leaned closer,
00:25:08carrying Kellen's melanin's pheromone on her skin.
00:25:12The way he loses control with me is something you will never see in your lifetime.
00:25:17My fingers slowly clenched.
00:25:19If my family had not been framed by hunters,
00:25:22the Black Pine Luna position would have belonged to me from the beginning.
00:25:27You are nothing but the lowborn substitute,
00:25:30the elders, forced on him.
00:25:31I remained expressionless,
00:25:33and even found her somewhat ridiculous.
00:25:39If you want it so much, take it.
00:25:42I have already applied to sever the mate bond.
00:25:44Vivian froze for a second.
00:25:46Then she burst out laughing.
00:25:50You think Kellen will let you leave?
00:25:52Unless Black Pine decides you are too filthy to keep.
00:25:54Upon hearing this,
00:25:56I was inexplicably seized by a vague sense of forbidden,
00:25:58and couldn't help but demand an explanation.
00:26:02What are you trying to do?
00:26:04Aren't you afraid Kellen will find out your true colors?
00:26:07Vivian said nothing more,
00:26:08merely giving me a sinister smile.
00:26:12You'll find out soon enough.
00:26:15Before long,
00:26:17I understood what Vivian meant.
00:26:23Late that night,
00:26:25a bombshell news story suddenly erupted on Facebook.
00:26:28Black Pine Alpha hides pure-blood she-wolf,
00:26:31registered Luna reduced to decoration.
00:26:35Vivian accused of stealing Luna status
00:26:37and using a pup to force succession.
00:26:40Photos of Vivian and moving into the Alpha residence
00:26:42and sent records of Kellen visiting the side house
00:26:45late at night spread through the werewolf community.
00:26:48The entire society mocked Black Pine.
00:26:52The door to my room was kicked open.
00:26:56Kellen threw a stack of printed Facebook posts into my face.
00:26:59Did you post that on Facebook?
00:27:01Is this what you wanted?
00:27:02To ruin me, Vivian, and the entire pack?
00:27:05His eyes burned with rage.
00:27:06You did it.
00:27:07You destroyed Vivian's reputation.
00:27:09You let her be humiliated by all of werewolf society
00:27:11while carrying a pup.
00:27:12Serena,
00:27:14when did you become this vile?
00:27:18I pressed a hand over my wound,
00:27:20cold sweat sliding down my back.
00:27:23It was not me.
00:27:25Vivian followed him in,
00:27:26tears falling at the perfect time.
00:27:27She rushed forward and slapped me hard.
00:27:29Do you know how much I grificed
00:27:31to enter the full moon troop?
00:27:32Now every pack is calling me a she-wolf
00:27:34who stole Luna's spot.
00:27:35Do you want to force me to die?
00:27:38My face turned with a blow.
00:27:40I tasted blood.
00:27:47Then I laughed boldly.
00:27:50Did I force you to become his mistress?
00:27:53Did I force you to carry his scent?
00:27:56Vivian,
00:27:58if you dare to steal,
00:28:00why are you afraid of being maimed?
00:28:02Helen sees my throat.
00:28:09What right do you have to talk about shame?
00:28:11Don't forget that lingerie you bought
00:28:13just to seduce me.
00:28:17His words were worse than claws.
00:28:21When you wagged your tail
00:28:23and begged me to mark you,
00:28:27where was your shame then?
00:28:29My pupils trembled.
00:28:36Those desperate attempts
00:28:38I had to save our bond
00:28:39had become the blade
00:28:40he used to humiliate me.
00:28:44Kaelin released my throat
00:28:46and stepped back.
00:28:49Since you like exposing people so much,
00:28:53I will let everyone see
00:28:55what kind of Luna you really are.
00:28:57Half a day later,
00:28:58my photos appeared on Facebook.
00:29:00The vial of Moonbreath Essence.
00:29:01The footage of me practicing
00:29:02the full moon dance.
00:29:04The back view of me standing
00:29:05before a mirror
00:29:06in a Moonbreath silk gown.
00:29:07All of it had been posted
00:29:08by Kaelin himself.
00:29:10Worse,
00:29:11he attached a re-photo of me
00:29:12swollen and distorted
00:29:13from Wolf's boss.
00:29:19The comments from Blackburn
00:29:21changed instantly.
00:29:22So the Luna is shameless
00:29:23and private.
00:29:24No wonder the Alpha
00:29:26never marked her.
00:29:27With that muddy scent,
00:29:28who could bear to bite her?
00:29:30At least Vivian has pure blood.
00:29:32A lowborn healer
00:29:33should never have dreamed
00:29:34of becoming Luna.
00:29:35The Elder's Council was furious.
00:29:41Luna!
00:29:43They said I had disgraced
00:29:44the title of Luna
00:29:45and damaged the pack's reputation.
00:29:47Before my abdominal wound
00:29:49had healed,
00:29:50I was dragged
00:29:51into the punishment chamber
00:29:52behind the Moon Goddess altar.
00:30:00It was a stone room
00:30:01lined with silver runes.
00:30:09Silver was not decoration.
00:30:10It was punishment.
00:30:12Every carved line
00:30:13released a chill
00:30:14that pierced the wolf spirit.
00:30:15My wound began to burn
00:30:16and the silver poison
00:30:17left in my blood woke again.
00:30:19The pack matriarch
00:30:20stood outside the iron door.
00:30:21If you admit
00:30:22that you slandered Vivian
00:30:23on Facebook,
00:30:24the Council can show mercy.
00:30:26I asked back,
00:30:28weakly yet stubbornly.
00:30:33How merciful.
00:30:36You will remain
00:30:37in Black Pintus
00:30:38the Luna in name
00:30:39after Vivian
00:30:40gives birth
00:30:41to the Alpha Pup.
00:30:43You will raise it.
00:30:45Not!
00:30:46Then punish me harder!
00:30:48For half a wunkth,
00:30:49I was locked
00:30:50in that chamber.
00:30:52Gamma Guard.
00:30:54Every day,
00:30:55they forced bitter
00:30:56cleansing medicine
00:30:57down my throat,
00:30:57saying it would
00:30:58wash away
00:30:59my lowborn desire.
00:31:08outside the door,
00:31:09they played
00:31:09Facebook insults
00:31:10over and over,
00:31:11along with news
00:31:12that Kaylin and Vivian
00:31:13would soon
00:31:14my silver wound
00:31:14reopened again and again
00:31:16without proper healing herbs.
00:31:21My foe curled
00:31:22in the dark
00:31:22and almost stopped
00:31:23answering me.
00:31:24At last,
00:31:26the neutral register
00:31:27came with the
00:31:27severance contract.
00:31:28Miss Serena,
00:31:29by law,
00:31:30once you press
00:31:30your blood seal,
00:31:31your name will be
00:31:31removed from
00:31:32the Black Pine Registry.
00:31:33You will lose
00:31:33Black Pine Protection,
00:31:34the title of Alpha Mate,
00:31:36and you will suffer
00:31:36Mate Bond backlash.
00:31:39I know.
00:31:42Alpha Kaylin
00:31:43has not signed.
00:31:46He will.
00:31:47He threw me in here
00:31:48because he wanted me
00:31:49to bow.
00:31:52I no longer
00:31:53had the strength
00:31:53to hold a pen.
00:31:54I bit my fingertip
00:31:56and pressed blood
00:31:56onto the end
00:31:57of the contract.
00:32:09The moment the seal
00:32:10formed,
00:32:11I felt an invisible
00:32:12sharp claw
00:32:13suddenly tear
00:32:14through my chest.
00:32:19Kaylin's cedar
00:32:19and mint scent
00:32:20faded from my senses
00:32:21little by little.
00:32:22The bond the moon
00:32:23goddess had once
00:32:24tied between us,
00:32:25the bond he had
00:32:26trampled for three years,
00:32:27finally snapped.
00:32:30Pain shook my whole body.
00:32:33But I smiled.
00:32:43At dawn,
00:32:44I walked out of the
00:32:45punishment chamber
00:32:46with a small bag.
00:32:47The neutral register
00:32:48led me through the back gate
00:32:49of Black Pine Territory.
00:32:51Rain fell over the border road.
00:32:54Behind me stood
00:32:54the Alpha Residence
00:32:55where I had wasted
00:32:56three years of my life.
00:32:58No one came
00:32:59to send me off.
00:33:00No one knew
00:33:00that the Luna they mocked
00:33:02had already vanished
00:33:02from the pack link.
00:33:06Miss Vale,
00:33:07once you cross this border,
00:33:09Black Pine Law
00:33:10can no longer protect you.
00:33:11Are you still certain?
00:33:15I looked back only once.
00:33:17The altar bells
00:33:18were silent.
00:33:19The windows
00:33:20of the Alpha Residence
00:33:21were dark.
00:33:22No one was running
00:33:23towards me.
00:33:28I am certain.
00:33:36Then may the moon goddess
00:33:37witness your freedom.
00:33:46I stepped onto the train
00:33:48bound for the southern
00:33:49neutral lands
00:33:49and did not look back.
00:33:59Never to meet again.
00:34:00Kaylin.
00:34:04Only later did I learn
00:34:05that on the day I left,
00:34:07Kaylin had waited
00:34:07outside the altar gate.
00:34:09He thought the elders
00:34:10were only teaching me
00:34:11a lesson.
00:34:12He thought I would
00:34:13come out wounded
00:34:13and exhausted,
00:34:14then lower my head again
00:34:15after he said,
00:34:16stop making trouble.
00:34:17His friend at Seth
00:34:18was there too.
00:34:19Alpha,
00:34:20aren't you afraid
00:34:20the Luna will hate you
00:34:21after this?
00:34:22Kaylin lit a cigarette
00:34:23and said coldly.
00:34:24She endured the strictest,
00:34:25most brutal punishments,
00:34:26all just to remain
00:34:27by my side.
00:34:28She simply could not
00:34:29bring herself to hate me.
00:34:30Kaylin stubbed out
00:34:31his cigarette and said,
00:34:32sounding as if he were
00:34:33utterly helpless.
00:34:34Serena has been
00:34:35far too unruly of late.
00:34:37Not only has she
00:34:37been constantly
00:34:38targeting Vivian,
00:34:39but she has also
00:34:40harmed both her
00:34:41and the pup she carries
00:34:41in her womb.
00:34:42Serena must learn
00:34:43to exercise proper
00:34:43restraint over her temper.
00:34:45As the Pax Luna,
00:34:45she cannot continue
00:34:46to behave so irresponsibly.
00:34:47Just before the altar
00:34:48gate opened,
00:34:48Vivian's maid ran over,
00:34:49claiming Vivian had
00:34:50stomach pain
00:34:50and might lose
00:34:51the Alpha pup.
00:34:52Alpha Miss Vivian
00:34:52is in pain.
00:34:53The healer said
00:34:53the pup may be unstable.
00:34:54Please come quickly.
00:34:55Kellen left at once.
00:34:57Seth, wait here.
00:34:58When Serena comes out,
00:35:00take her to a side room
00:35:01to recover.
00:35:01But at Seth had already
00:35:02been bought by Vivian.
00:35:04He watched the neutral
00:35:06registrar lead my way.
00:35:07He saw the blood seal
00:35:08on the severance contract.
00:35:10He saw the elder
00:35:11remove my name
00:35:11from the Blackfoon Pack
00:35:12registry.
00:35:14The Alpha is on his way
00:35:15to you.
00:35:16Serena will be driven
00:35:17out of Blackpore.
00:35:23Kellen stayed at the
00:35:24healing center
00:35:25with at Vivian all night.
00:35:31The at healer Sif said
00:35:33she was merely emotional
00:35:34and the pup was not in danger.
00:35:36Kellen held her hand
00:35:37and murmured.
00:35:40I will suppress the rumors.
00:35:42When Serena comes out,
00:35:43I will make her apologize.
00:35:49Vivian leaned into his arms
00:35:51and tested him.
00:35:53Kellen,
00:35:54I do not want our pup
00:35:55to be born as an
00:35:56unregistered child.
00:35:57I do not want you trapped
00:35:59between two women forever.
00:36:01If you love me,
00:36:03why not officially sever
00:36:04your contract with Serena
00:36:05and give us a real home?
00:36:12Kellen was silent
00:36:13for a long time.
00:36:15For a fleeting moment,
00:36:16he recalled the sight
00:36:17of Serena lying
00:36:18in her hospital bed,
00:36:19pale-faced and hollow-eyed,
00:36:21whispering.
00:36:22It hurt so much.
00:36:24But he pushed
00:36:25that memory away.
00:36:27Do not bring this up again.
00:36:29Serena cannot survive
00:36:30outside Blackpint.
00:36:32She has been my Luna
00:36:33for three years.
00:36:37I will let her keep
00:36:38the title.
00:36:39The title.
00:36:43Three days later,
00:36:44he finally realizes
00:36:45that Serena,
00:36:46Serena had left.
00:36:48Serena's room was empty.
00:36:50The wardrobe was bare.
00:36:52The desk, too,
00:36:53was completely empty.
00:36:55Beneath the pillow
00:36:56lay nothing but
00:36:57a single moonstone ring.
00:37:00It was the very token
00:37:01he had casually slipped
00:37:02onto her finger
00:37:03on the day,
00:37:04the very day,
00:37:05he and Serena
00:37:06had signed their contract.
00:37:07It was not a mark.
00:37:09It was not a vow.
00:37:10It was an afterthought.
00:37:13Kellen held the pin ring
00:37:14and panicked
00:37:15for the first time.
00:37:17Serena,
00:37:19where did you go?
00:37:22But when he asked
00:37:23at Seth,
00:37:24Seth lied.
00:37:26She came out
00:37:27cursing you
00:37:27and Miss Viviana.
00:37:28She said,
00:37:29you two deserve
00:37:30to lose everything.
00:37:31Then she left
00:37:32on her own.
00:37:33No one could stop her.
00:37:35The look of concern
00:37:36in Kellen's eyes
00:37:36instantly turned to ice.
00:37:38He had promised
00:37:39to treat Serena
00:37:40after Vivian's
00:37:40birthday banquet.
00:37:41He had even gone so far
00:37:42as to arrange
00:37:43for the province's
00:37:44most elite healers,
00:37:45terrified that Serena's
00:37:46injuries might leave scars.
00:37:47Yet now,
00:37:48it turned out that
00:37:49Serena had already
00:37:50repaid him
00:37:51with a malicious curse.
00:38:00Seth bowed his head
00:38:01and did not dare speak.
00:38:05Only Vivian walked
00:38:06to Kellen's side
00:38:06and slipped his palm
00:38:07over her abdomen.
00:38:12Do not be angry
00:38:13because of her.
00:38:14Our pup just kicked me.
00:38:16He must be strong,
00:38:17just like his father.
00:38:22Kellen's expression
00:38:23eased a little.
00:38:24At that moment,
00:38:25the pack matriarch
00:38:26contacted him
00:38:27through the pack link.
00:38:29Kellen,
00:38:30I heard that Vivian
00:38:31is carrying your pup.
00:38:33Kellen glanced at Vivian
00:38:34and answered,
00:38:36Yes.
00:38:37Then the mate banquet
00:38:38should be held first.
00:38:39As for the official
00:38:40red registry,
00:38:42wait until the pup is born.
00:38:46Serena's side
00:38:47has already been
00:38:48handled cleanly.
00:38:49Kellen frowned faintly.
00:38:52Handled cleanly.
00:38:55He thought she meant
00:38:56I had run away
00:38:57after making another scene.
00:38:59He did not ask
00:39:01one more question.
00:39:04A few days later,
00:39:06the mate Bentiful
00:39:06was held in the
00:39:07Black Pine Ceremonial Hall.
00:39:09Vivian wore a pale
00:39:10moon-colored gown.
00:39:12Her abdomen
00:39:12was slightly rounded
00:39:13beneath the soft fabric,
00:39:15and every elder
00:39:16who passed her
00:39:16smiled as if
00:39:17the future alpha grain
00:39:18had already been born.
00:39:20Kellen stood beside
00:39:21his mate.
00:39:21His face was calm,
00:39:23almost cold.
00:39:24No one could tell
00:39:25whether he looked
00:39:26like a bridegroom at all.
00:39:27During the blessing ritual,
00:39:30Vivian knelt
00:39:30before the pack matriarch
00:39:32and offered her
00:39:32a cup of moon tea
00:39:33with both hands.
00:39:35Mother,
00:39:36please accept my respect.
00:39:38The matriarch
00:39:39looked at Latra
00:39:40left at Vivian's belly
00:39:41and laughed
00:39:42until the lines
00:39:43around her eyes
00:39:43softened.
00:39:44Good child,
00:39:45get up.
00:39:46Do not kneel
00:39:47too long.
00:39:48Be careful
00:39:49of the pup.
00:39:50She held
00:39:50at Vivian's hand,
00:39:52then turned
00:39:52to Kellen
00:39:53with satisfaction.
00:39:54Since Serena
00:39:55has already severed
00:39:56the mate-con contract
00:39:57with you,
00:39:58live well with
00:39:59at Vivian
00:39:59from now on.
00:40:01I am still waiting
00:40:02to hold
00:40:03your strong
00:40:04alpha pup.
00:40:05The goblet
00:40:07in Kellen's hand
00:40:08shattered.
00:40:11Blood slit
00:40:12down his palm,
00:40:13but he did not
00:40:14seem to feel it.
00:40:17Severed?
00:40:18His voice tightened.
00:40:25What mate contract
00:40:27was severed?
00:40:30The entire ceremonial
00:40:32hall went silence.
00:40:34Vivian's smile
00:40:35froze on her face.
00:40:37The pack matriac
00:40:38stared at Kellen
00:40:39in confusion.
00:40:40You did not know?
00:40:43Kellen stepped down
00:40:44from the ritual platform.
00:40:46His alpha aura
00:40:47spread through the hall
00:40:48so suddenly
00:40:49that several
00:40:50lower-ranked wolves
00:40:51dropped to their knees.
00:40:54Say it again.
00:40:56What did Serena sever?
00:41:01Only then
00:41:02did the pack matriarch
00:41:03tell him everything.
00:41:04You didn't know?
00:41:06At Serena knelt
00:41:06at the moon goddess altar
00:41:07and asked to sever
00:41:08your mate bond.
00:41:09She took the full
00:41:0999 wolf lashes
00:41:10then was locked
00:41:11in the silver-lined
00:41:11punishment chamber,
00:41:12starved, silenced,
00:41:14forced to press her blood seal
00:41:14on the severance papers.
00:41:15She left with nothing
00:41:16but the clothes on her back.
00:41:17Her name's already
00:41:18been erased
00:41:19from the Blackfine
00:41:20pack registry.
00:41:21And by ancient
00:41:22pack law,
00:41:23she will never,
00:41:25ever be Blackfine's
00:41:26Luna again.
00:41:30Kellen lost control.
00:41:31Kellen lost control
00:41:32on the spot.
00:41:34He grabbed
00:41:35at Seth by the collar
00:41:36before at Seth
00:41:37could retreat
00:41:37into the crowd.
00:41:38You told me
00:41:39she cursed me
00:41:41and left on her own.
00:41:45Alpha,
00:41:46I only repeated
00:41:47what I heard.
00:41:53Seth's face went white.
00:41:55Kellen's eyes
00:41:56turned a dangerous red.
00:42:00Do not lie
00:42:01under my command.
00:42:03Tell me the truth.
00:42:05How exactly
00:42:06did Serena leave?
00:42:07The Alpha command
00:42:08crushed at Seth
00:42:10to his knees.
00:42:15Seth trembled violently.
00:42:17At last,
00:42:18the truth spilled out.
00:42:21Seth admitted
00:42:22Vivian had ordered
00:42:23him to watch the altar.
00:42:24I saw the neutral register
00:42:25take her away.
00:42:26I saw the blood seal.
00:42:28I saw the elder
00:42:29removed her name
00:42:30from the pack registry.
00:42:31Kellen's grip
00:42:32loosened inch by inch.
00:42:34Miss Vivian told me
00:42:35to say the Luna
00:42:35cursed you.
00:42:36I was afraid.
00:42:38Alpha,
00:42:39I was afraid.
00:42:48Kellen released him
00:42:49and rushed back
00:42:50to Serena's room.
00:42:51He searched every corner
00:42:52but found only
00:42:53the moonstone pin ring
00:42:54and a scrap of burnt
00:42:55moon-breath silk.
00:42:57Only then
00:42:57did he seem to understand.
00:42:59Serena was not hiding
00:43:00and waiting for him
00:43:01to coax her back.
00:43:05She had truly gone.
00:43:08Kellen picked up
00:43:09the burnt silk.
00:43:10His fingertips shook.
00:43:15She burned this herself?
00:43:18No one dared answer.
00:43:20He remembered the way
00:43:21Aunt Serena used to
00:43:22fold those gowns
00:43:23in the wardrobe
00:43:24blushing whenever
00:43:25his gaze passed over her.
00:43:30He remembered calling them
00:43:32filthy tricks.
00:43:33He remembered forcing
00:43:34Wolfbeam down
00:43:35at Serena's throat.
00:43:41For the first time,
00:43:42the empty room
00:43:43felt louder
00:43:44than any scream.
00:43:46Find her.
00:43:47Search the Black Pine border,
00:43:49the Neutral Station Station,
00:43:51the Healers Guild,
00:43:52every old territory
00:43:53of her mother's family.
00:43:56A warrior lowered his head.
00:44:00Alpha,
00:44:01if her name has been
00:44:02erased from the registry,
00:44:03our scent trackers
00:44:04may not be able
00:44:05to follow her.
00:44:06Kellen's face
00:44:07turned ashen.
00:44:11Then use mine.
00:44:13Use every memory
00:44:14of her scent
00:44:15I have left.
00:44:17He searched for Serena
00:44:18for a long time.
00:44:20The Black Pine border,
00:44:22the Neutral Station,
00:44:23the Healers Guild,
00:44:25even the old territory
00:44:26of Serena's mother's family
00:44:27where she had not been
00:44:29in years.
00:44:30He found nothing.
00:44:32On the fourth night,
00:44:34he passed at Vivian's room
00:44:35and heard laughter inside.
00:44:43At Vivian was
00:44:44mind-linking Seth.
00:44:45You have no idea
00:44:46how perfect it was.
00:44:48I had people post
00:44:49those Facebook rumors.
00:44:50I made myself
00:44:51look like the victim,
00:44:52cried a little,
00:44:53and Kellen nearly
00:44:54destroyed Serena for me.
00:44:56Seth's voice
00:44:57was low and nervous
00:44:59through the mind-link.
00:45:05Miss Vivian,
00:45:06the Alpha is already
00:45:07suspicious.
00:45:09Vivian laughed softly.
00:45:12Suspicious of what?
00:45:13That low-born healer
00:45:14has been erased,
00:45:15exiled,
00:45:15and left with silver wounds
00:45:17and bond backlash.
00:45:18Whether she survives
00:45:19this winter
00:45:19is another question.
00:45:22Did she really think
00:45:24she could be Luna?
00:45:25A low-born healer
00:45:27whose wolf spirit
00:45:28had been suppressed
00:45:29until it nearly vanished?
00:45:32How could she compete
00:45:34with me?
00:45:37Kellen kicked
00:45:38the door open.
00:45:39Vivian turned
00:45:40and saw him.
00:45:41All color drained
00:45:42of her face.
00:45:43Kellen,
00:45:44Kellen,
00:45:44let me explain.
00:45:45He walked in
00:45:46step by step.
00:45:48His voice
00:45:49was terrifyingly soft.
00:45:52You lied to me?
00:45:58A few days later,
00:45:59the investigation report
00:46:00was placed before
00:46:01Aunt Kellen.
00:46:05She had staged
00:46:06the wolfbind poisoning,
00:46:07paid Seth to spread
00:46:08the Facebook posts,
00:46:09forged pregnancy proof,
00:46:10arranged the rogue attack
00:46:11at her own birthday banquet,
00:46:12and even obtained
00:46:13the silver water
00:46:14on the blade
00:46:14from old retainers
00:46:15of her family.
00:46:16Alpha,
00:46:16every payment,
00:46:17every forged record,
00:46:18and every purchase
00:46:19sent medicine
00:46:19points back
00:46:20to Miss Vivian.
00:46:24Vivian knelled
00:46:25on the floor,
00:46:26hugging Kellen's leg
00:46:27as she cried.
00:46:28I only loved you
00:46:29too much.
00:46:30I was afraid
00:46:31you would never
00:46:31give me the luma position.
00:46:33Kellen,
00:46:34I am carrying your pup.
00:46:35For the child's sake.
00:46:39Kellen lowered
00:46:40his gaze to her abdomen,
00:46:41his expression complicated.
00:46:43Alpha,
00:46:44there is no pup.
00:46:45The so-called fetal scent
00:46:47was created
00:46:47by witch medicine.
00:46:55Vivian collapsed
00:46:55to the floor.
00:46:58No.
00:46:58Aunt Kellen,
00:46:59listen to me.
00:47:00I can still give you a pup.
00:47:01I can still be useful
00:47:02to Black Pine.
00:47:06Kellen Black
00:47:06closed his eyes.
00:47:08Send her to
00:47:09Silvermoon Sanatorium.
00:47:10Tell the director
00:47:11she is charged
00:47:12with serious fraud,
00:47:13harming the luna,
00:47:16and forging
00:47:16the Alpha bloodline.
00:47:18Without both my order
00:47:19and the council's order,
00:47:21she is not to be released.
00:47:22By then,
00:47:23I had already settled
00:47:25in the southern neutral lands.
00:47:34There was no Black Pipe
00:47:36Cedar scent there,
00:47:37no council judgment bell,
00:47:38and no one
00:47:39called me Luna.
00:47:41I worked in a small
00:47:42ceremonial tailor shop,
00:47:43altering Luna gowns
00:47:44and pup cloaks
00:47:45for passing wolves.
00:47:46At first,
00:47:47my body was so weak
00:47:48that my fingers shook
00:47:49after a few stitches.
00:47:50At night,
00:47:51Bondaclash would flare
00:47:52like invisible claws
00:47:53tearing through my ribs.
00:47:54The owner was
00:47:54an elderly Omega woman.
00:47:56She never asked
00:47:57about my past.
00:47:58She only left
00:47:58warm soup by my door.
00:48:00Drink it while it is warm,
00:48:02child.
00:48:03A wolf that survives
00:48:04winter will eventually
00:48:05find spring.
00:48:14One snowy evening,
00:48:15a tall man entered the shop
00:48:17with a torn ceremonial cloak.
00:48:19His scent was
00:48:20clean snow and pine.
00:48:24He was Adrian Winter,
00:48:25Alpha of Frostcrown,
00:48:27and one of the neutral
00:48:28court's arbitersers.
00:48:29He looked at the silver scars
00:48:31on my wrist,
00:48:32and then at my lowered head.
00:48:35He did not ask
00:48:36who had hurt me.
00:48:37He only said,
00:48:39Your wolf is still alive.
00:48:40My fingers froze
00:48:41on the needle.
00:48:51Let her stand
00:48:52when she is ready.
00:48:54Do not force her
00:48:55to kneel for anyone again.
00:48:57That was the first time
00:48:59since leaving Blackport
00:49:00that I cried.
00:49:03Not because of pain.
00:49:05Because someone had seen
00:49:06the part of me
00:49:07that was still alive.
00:49:11Adrian courted me slowly.
00:49:15On full moon nights,
00:49:16he sat with me
00:49:17in the yard
00:49:18behind the shop
00:49:19and watched my white wolf spirit
00:49:21try to stand
00:49:22beneath the moonlight.
00:49:23When backlash struck,
00:49:24he used his Alpha scent
00:49:26to shield me
00:49:26from the worst of the pain,
00:49:28but he never forced
00:49:29touch on me.
00:49:30Once,
00:49:31I asked him,
00:49:33Does it bother you
00:49:34that I severed
00:49:35a mate bond before?
00:49:36He looked at me
00:49:36with steady seriousness.
00:49:38You are not someone's
00:49:39used possession.
00:49:40You are Serena.
00:49:41If you want to accept me,
00:49:43I will wait.
00:49:44If you do not,
00:49:45I will still protect
00:49:46everyone in the neutral lands,
00:49:47including you.
00:49:49Something touched
00:49:50my heart softly.
00:49:53I had thought
00:49:54it was dead.
00:49:56But when spring came,
00:49:58it insisted on living.
00:50:01One afternoon,
00:50:02Adrian and I returned
00:50:03from the neutral market.
00:50:04He carried fabric,
00:50:05and I held a bag
00:50:06of moon oranges.
00:50:06The wind trimes
00:50:08at the corner
00:50:08rang lightly.
00:50:09I had just laughed
00:50:10at something he said
00:50:11when I caught
00:50:12a familiar scent
00:50:12of cedar and mint.
00:50:16My smile froze.
00:50:20Kellen stood beneath
00:50:22the stone bridge.
00:50:23He had lost weight.
00:50:25His eyes were bloodshot.
00:50:26The Alpha aura
00:50:27that had once been sharp
00:50:28and untouchable
00:50:29was now chaotic
00:50:29and unstable.
00:50:32Serena,
00:50:34I finally found you.
00:50:38I stepped back
00:50:39without thinking.
00:50:43Adrian held my hand
00:50:45and stood in front of me.
00:50:48Alpha,
00:50:49you are frightening her.
00:50:55Kellen stared
00:50:56at our joined hands.
00:50:57His wolf surged
00:50:58in his eyes.
00:51:00Who are you
00:51:01to touch her?
00:51:02She is my mate!
00:51:06I am not.
00:51:07He rushed forward
00:51:08to grab my arm.
00:51:09I know I was wrong.
00:51:10Vivian lied to me.
00:51:11I have found out everything.
00:51:13I locked her away.
00:51:13She will never appear
00:51:14before you again.
00:51:15Come back to Black Pine
00:51:16with me.
00:51:17We can start over.
00:51:18His tone was humble,
00:51:19unlike the arrogant Alpha
00:51:21I remembered.
00:51:22But I only felt disgust.
00:51:25Let go.
00:51:28He did not.
00:51:32Adrian closed his hand
00:51:33around Kellen's wrist.
00:51:35She told you to let go.
00:51:36The next second,
00:51:37Kellen swung a fist at him.
00:51:40Two Alpha eras
00:51:41collided on the street.
00:51:43Ordinary wolves nearby
00:51:44went pale under the pressure.
00:51:48Kellen fought like a madman,
00:51:51striking toward vital points.
00:51:57She is mine!
00:52:01From the moment
00:52:02you chose to betray Serena,
00:52:03she ceased to belong to you.
00:52:05Especially now
00:52:06that she has severed
00:52:07her ties as your partner,
00:52:08Hortner.
00:52:10She belongs only to herself.
00:52:13While Adrian shielded me,
00:52:15Kellen drove a fist
00:52:16towards his temple.
00:52:24I saw a wooden flag
00:52:25go by the road.
00:52:27My body moved
00:52:28before my mind did.
00:52:35I grabbed the pole
00:52:36and struck Kellen
00:52:37across the back.
00:52:41Kellen took a step back
00:52:43in disbelief.
00:52:47Adrian turned sharply.
00:52:50Serena!
00:52:51I stood there,
00:52:52both hands shaking
00:52:53around the pole,
00:52:54my breath unbeaven.
00:52:57Kellen looked back at me
00:52:58in disbelief.
00:53:02You hit me?
00:53:04I gazed at him,
00:53:05my eyes holding nothing
00:53:06but unfamiliarity
00:53:07and war-offing.
00:53:12Yes.
00:53:13And if you touch him again,
00:53:14I will hit you harder.
00:53:16For a long moment,
00:53:18something in his expression
00:53:19shattered.
00:53:22Perhaps in his memory,
00:53:24I was still the woman
00:53:25who would wait at the door
00:53:26with warm soup
00:53:26no matter how late
00:53:27he came home.
00:53:28But that woman had died
00:53:30in the silver-lined chamber.
00:53:34The neutral guards
00:53:35arrived quickly
00:53:36and separated them.
00:53:41Kellen stared at me
00:53:42as if he wanted
00:53:43to say a thousand things.
00:53:47I did not give him
00:53:48the chance.
00:53:50I took Adrian's hand
00:53:51and walked away.
00:53:52Behind me,
00:53:53Kellen's voice broke.
00:53:55Serena!
00:53:57Serena!
00:53:57I was wrong!
00:53:58Tell me what I have to do!
00:54:00I will do anything!
00:54:01I did not turn back.
00:54:05Because the answer
00:54:06was simple.
00:54:09There was nothing
00:54:09he could do.
00:54:15That evening,
00:54:16Adrian disfected
00:54:17the torn skin
00:54:18on my palm.
00:54:22You did not have
00:54:23to protect me.
00:54:24I know.
00:54:25I wanted to.
00:54:28He looked at me
00:54:29for a long time,
00:54:30then lowered his eyes
00:54:30with a faint smile.
00:54:32Then I am honored.
00:54:35When Kellen woke,
00:54:37he was in the neutral
00:54:38healing center.
00:54:40Beta reported to him
00:54:41all the interrogation results
00:54:42regarding Vivian.
00:54:43Kellen pulled out the blood
00:54:44needle and said only one thing.
00:54:46I want to see her.
00:54:47Seth urged him
00:54:48to return to Black Pine.
00:54:50Alpha,
00:54:51you cannot keep losing control.
00:54:53Black Pine needs you.
00:54:54The elders were preparing
00:54:56a vote to suspend
00:54:57his authority
00:54:57because he had left
00:54:59the territory
00:54:59without permission.
00:55:01Smaller packs
00:55:02were testing
00:55:02the Black Pine border.
00:55:04Kellen did not
00:55:04seem to hear.
00:55:08Bring Vivian.
00:55:09I will make her kneel
00:55:10before Serena
00:55:11and return everything
00:55:12she owes.
00:55:12When Aunt Vivian
00:55:14was dragged out
00:55:14of Silvermoon Sanatorium,
00:55:16none of her old
00:55:17pureblood pride remained.
00:55:19Her hair was tangled.
00:55:22Moon iron chains
00:55:23locked around her wrists
00:55:24to suppress her wolf.
00:55:25The moment she saw Kellen,
00:55:27she rushed toward him crying.
00:55:32Kellen,
00:55:33you finally came to see me.
00:55:35I know I was wrong.
00:55:37I really do.
00:55:38Kellen did not
00:55:39even look at her.
00:55:41He ordered the guards
00:55:43to press her down
00:55:43in front of my shop.
00:55:46That day,
00:55:47I was hemming
00:55:47a full moon cloak
00:55:48for a pup.
00:55:50When I heard the commotion
00:55:51and looked up,
00:55:52I saw Forstus kneel
00:55:53in the rain.
00:55:57Kellen stood behind Vivian.
00:55:59In his eyes
00:56:00was a desperate,
00:56:01almost obsessive hope.
00:56:03Serena,
00:56:03she is here to confess.
00:56:05Vivian trembled
00:56:06as she spoke.
00:56:07I am sorry, Luna.
00:56:08No, Serena.
00:56:09I should not have
00:56:10framed you for the Wolf Sabane.
00:56:11I should not have
00:56:12forged Facebook posts.
00:56:13I should not have
00:56:13lied to Kellen
00:56:14and said I carried
00:56:14an alpha pup.
00:56:15I should not have
00:56:16arranged the rogue attack
00:56:17and blamed you.
00:56:19I was wrong.
00:56:20Please ask him
00:56:21to despair me.
00:56:23She cried miserably,
00:56:24her knees sinking
00:56:25into mud.
00:56:26Wail wolves gathered
00:56:27around to watch.
00:56:29Kellen looked at me,
00:56:30his voice low
00:56:30and pleading.
00:56:31See?
00:56:32She admitted it.
00:56:33You can punish her
00:56:33however you want.
00:56:34Make her kneel
00:56:35as long as you like.
00:56:36Lock her away.
00:56:37Exile her as a rogue.
00:56:38I will listen to you.
00:56:39He paused.
00:56:41As long as you
00:56:41come back with me.
00:56:43I laughed suddenly.
00:56:45Not because it felt good,
00:56:47but because it was absurd.
00:56:49Kellen,
00:56:50do you think this
00:56:51cancels out
00:56:52what I suffered?
00:56:53His face turned pale.
00:56:56I pointed at Vivian,
00:56:58kneeling on the ground,
00:56:58then at him.
00:57:01You once pushed me
00:57:02toward a silver blade
00:57:03for her.
00:57:04You locked me
00:57:04in a silver line
00:57:05chamber for her.
00:57:06You spread my private shame
00:57:07across Facebook for her.
00:57:08Now, for me,
00:57:08you make her kneel
00:57:09in public without hesitation.
00:57:10Whether it is her or me,
00:57:11in your eyes,
00:57:11we are only objects
00:57:12you can arrange
00:57:13and punish
00:57:13whenever you wish,
00:57:14aren't we?
00:57:15Kellen froze.
00:57:16No!
00:57:18I only wanted you
00:57:19to feel avenged.
00:57:20I smiled calmly,
00:57:21my gaze toward
00:57:22and felled with sympathy.
00:57:23You still do not
00:57:24understand what
00:57:25respect means.
00:57:27I turned and picked
00:57:28up the umbrella
00:57:28beside the door.
00:57:31Adrian was already
00:57:32standing in the rain.
00:57:34He had not interfered.
00:57:36He was simply
00:57:37waiting for my choice.
00:57:40I walked to his side.
00:57:44Kellen panicked
00:57:45and tried to rush over,
00:57:46but the neutral guards
00:57:47blocked him.
00:57:48Serena!
00:57:50Don't choose him!
00:57:53I was your first mate!
00:57:54He can never replace me!
00:57:56I looked back at him
00:57:58one last time.
00:58:01Take your self-righteousness
00:58:03and arrogance
00:58:04and leave.
00:58:05I do not need it.
00:58:07Rain blurred his face.
00:58:09For the first time,
00:58:10I saw him truly helpless.
00:58:12But,
00:58:13helplessness was not regret.
00:58:15And regret was not love.
00:58:18I did not attend
00:58:20the court hearing.
00:58:22I only submitted
00:58:23a blood-sealed testimony.
00:58:25It contained records
00:58:26of my silver wound,
00:58:27wolf-band tests,
00:58:29Vivian's forged documents,
00:58:30screenshots from Facebook,
00:58:32and the healing records
00:58:33from before and after
00:58:34I was forced to sign
00:58:35in the punishment chamber.
00:58:37Adrian asked me,
00:58:41Do you want to watch him
00:58:42be judged with your own eyes?
00:58:43I shook my head.
00:58:48I do not need to see him fall
00:58:50to prove I survived.
00:58:51Still,
00:58:52the result reached
00:58:53the neutral lands.
00:58:54Kellen Black's
00:58:55Alpha Alpha authority
00:58:56is suspended
00:58:57for one year.
00:58:58The Black Pine Elders Council
00:58:59must issue a public
00:59:00apology to the neutral court.
00:59:04Vivian will be stripped
00:59:05of her pure blood status
00:59:06and exiled
00:59:07to the Frost Labor Lands
00:59:08for forging an air bloodline
00:59:09and harming
00:59:10a registered Luna.
00:59:13Seth will lose
00:59:14one fang
00:59:15and be expelled
00:59:16from Black Pine.
00:59:20Kellen refused to accept
00:59:22the distance between us.
00:59:27Later,
00:59:28someone from Frost Crown
00:59:29delivered him a message.
00:59:31Since you never understood pain,
00:59:33remember it
00:59:33with your own body.
00:59:37No one killed him.
00:59:39The court sentenced him
00:59:39to three months of service
00:59:40at the Silver Mine border,
00:59:42clearing old hunter traps
00:59:43contaminated with silver
00:59:44and wolf bite.
00:59:47It was the kind
00:59:48of low-ranking warrior's work
00:59:50he had once despised.
00:59:55I thought the court sentence
00:59:56would be the end.
00:59:57Vivian had been transferred
00:59:58from Silver Moon Sanatorium
00:59:59to the Frost Labor Lands
01:00:01after the neutral court ruling.
01:00:03Kellen had been sent
01:00:04to the Silver Mine border.
01:00:06Seth had lost one bang
01:00:07and vanished from Black Pine.
01:00:10Later,
01:00:10I learned that several
01:00:11old retainers of Vivian's family
01:00:12bragged the escort guards
01:00:13during the transfer
01:00:14and helped her escape
01:00:15into the Frost Crown border woods.
01:00:17Kellen heard of Vivian's escape
01:00:18while serving his sentence
01:00:19near the Silver Mine border.
01:00:20He knew her hatred
01:00:21would lead her to me.
01:00:22So he followed
01:00:23the rogue scent trail all night.
01:00:25Before leaving the Mine border,
01:00:27he had already prepared
01:00:28a blood-sealed transfer file
01:00:29and the Black Pine Luna crown,
01:00:31intending to leave them
01:00:32with the neutral court
01:00:32as compensation
01:00:33after his sentence ended.
01:00:35For a few quiet days,
01:00:36I almost believed
01:00:37the old nightmare
01:00:38had finally stopped breathing.
01:00:41That night,
01:00:42Adrian came to my shop
01:00:43to pick me up.
01:00:44The patrols found
01:00:45strange tracks
01:00:45near the North Woods.
01:00:46Stay close to me tonight.
01:00:51Before I could answer,
01:00:52a low laugh came from the fog.
01:00:56Vivian stepped out
01:00:57from behind the trees.
01:00:58Her white dancer's gown
01:01:00was torn,
01:01:00her hair tangled,
01:01:01but the hatred in her eyes
01:01:03was sharper than ever.
01:01:06You took everything
01:01:07from me, Serena.
01:01:09Behind her stood rogue wolves.
01:01:11Their bodies smelled of blood,
01:01:13hunger,
01:01:13and old crimes.
01:01:16She promised us
01:01:17Frostcrown's Luna.
01:01:19Kill the woman.
01:01:20Take the reward.
01:01:23Adrian's eyes went cold.
01:01:25Vivian,
01:01:26you have just turned exile
01:01:28into a death sentence.
01:01:29Vivian stepped out
01:01:30from behind the trees.
01:01:30She deserves
01:01:32to die!
01:01:33To die!
01:01:34If I cannot be Luna,
01:01:36neither can she!
01:01:37Vivian screamed.
01:01:41The rogue wolves
01:01:42lunged.
01:01:46Adrian threw one aside,
01:01:48but another came at me
01:01:49from behind
01:01:50with a wolf's horn
01:01:50coated blade.
01:01:51I heard the blade
01:01:53cut through the air.
01:01:54Then someone crashed
01:01:55into me
01:01:56and pulled me
01:01:56behind his body.
01:01:57The blade sank
01:01:58into Kellen's chest.
01:02:00Blood splashed
01:02:01across the snow.
01:02:02Caden staggered,
01:02:03but he did not fall.
01:02:05His damaged wolf spirit
01:02:06roared once,
01:02:07forcing the rogue wolf back.
01:02:12This time,
01:02:14I did not push you
01:02:16toward the blade.
01:02:18I froze.
01:02:20Kellen turned
01:02:20his pale face
01:02:21toward me.
01:02:23Serena,
01:02:24run.
01:02:27Adrian killed
01:02:27one rogue wolf
01:02:28with a single strike.
01:02:29The Frostcrown guards
01:02:30arrived almost immediately
01:02:31and surrounded the woods.
01:02:32Vivian tried to flee,
01:02:33but Adrian's command
01:02:34froze every wolf
01:02:34in the clearing.
01:02:35Take her alive.
01:02:36No, Kellen,
01:02:37save me,
01:02:37you love me once!
01:02:38Vivian struggled wildly.
01:02:39Kellen did not even
01:02:40look at her.
01:02:41He knelt in the snow,
01:02:42one hand pressed
01:02:43against his chest.
01:02:45Black blood seeped
01:02:46through his fingers.
01:02:47The wolf spike
01:02:48on the blade
01:02:48had entered
01:02:48his old silver wounds.
01:02:50His wolf spirit
01:02:51was dying.
01:02:51Kellen took out
01:02:52the blood-sealed
01:02:53transfer file
01:02:53from inside his coat
01:02:54and pushed it
01:02:55toward me.
01:02:55Everything under
01:02:56my personal name,
01:02:57my private residence,
01:02:58my personal share
01:02:59of the border mines,
01:03:00the trade profits,
01:03:01and the compensation fund
01:03:02I prepared for you,
01:03:03all of it is yours.
01:03:04I did not reach for it.
01:03:05I do not want your money.
01:03:07Kellen gave a broken smile.
01:03:09Then burn it.
01:03:10Give it away.
01:03:11Use it to heal
01:03:12every low-bren wolf
01:03:13Black Pine ever humiliated.
01:03:15I only want it
01:03:15to stop belonging to me.
01:03:16His fingers trembled
01:03:17as he opened
01:03:18a dark velvet box.
01:03:19Inside lay the
01:03:20Black Pine Luna crown.
01:03:21It was not silver.
01:03:23It was carved
01:03:23from black pine wood,
01:03:25oxydion,
01:03:25and moonstone.
01:03:26The moonstone at the center
01:03:27glowed faintly
01:03:28under the full moon.
01:03:29Kellen lifted it
01:03:30with both hands.
01:03:31I had this locked away
01:03:32for three years.
01:03:33I told myself
01:03:34you were not ready for it.
01:03:35His voice broke.
01:03:38I was wrong.
01:03:39I was the one
01:03:40unworthy of standing
01:03:41beside you.
01:03:42He placed the crown
01:03:42on the snow before me.
01:03:43I am sorry.
01:03:45This should have belonged
01:03:46to you from the beginning.
01:03:47For a moment,
01:03:47I remembered the man
01:03:48I had once loved.
01:03:49Then I remembered
01:03:50every wound
01:03:51he had left behind.
01:03:52Kellen,
01:03:53I will not forgive you.
01:03:54I know.
01:03:55Kellen closed his eyes.
01:03:56One wounded rogue wolf
01:03:57suddenly crushed
01:03:58a vial of wolfspot smoke
01:03:59under his claws.
01:04:00The bitter mist
01:04:00exploded through the clearing,
01:04:01breaking Adrian's command
01:04:02for a single second.
01:04:03Vivian tore free
01:04:04from the guard holding her,
01:04:05pulled a hidden dagger
01:04:05from her boot
01:04:06and rushed toward me.
01:04:07Kellen used the last
01:04:08of his strength to stand.
01:04:09He blocked her again.
01:04:10Kellen's wolf spirit
01:04:11shattered in the moonlight.
01:04:12Before he fell,
01:04:13he whispered
01:04:14one last sentence.
01:04:15At least,
01:04:15this time,
01:04:16I protected you.
01:04:18Then Kellen Black
01:04:18died in the snow.
01:04:21Vivian was brought
01:04:21before the Frostcrown
01:04:22Moon Goddess altar
01:04:23three days later.
01:04:24Her hands were bound
01:04:24with black iron chains.
01:04:25Her face was no longer beautiful.
01:04:26Fear had stripped away
01:04:27every trace of her old arrogance.
01:04:28Vivian,
01:04:28neutral court once sentenced
01:04:29you only to labor
01:04:30in the Frostlands,
01:04:30yet you remained incurcable.
01:04:32The neutral judge
01:04:32read her crimes aloud.
01:04:33Inspired with rogue wolves
01:04:35to harm Serena
01:04:35and caused the death
01:04:37of Black Pine's former alpha.
01:04:38In accordance with
01:04:39the werewolf code,
01:04:40your inner wolf
01:04:41will be stripped away
01:04:42and you will be permanently
01:04:43exiled from every
01:04:44pack registration.
01:04:46Vivian screamed
01:04:47until her voice cracked.
01:04:48I am pure blood!
01:04:50You cannot take my wolf!
01:04:57No one answered her.
01:04:58The moon goddess
01:04:59seal lit beneath her feet.
01:05:00A pale wolf shadow
01:05:01tore itself from her body.
01:05:02It struggled,
01:05:03howled,
01:05:04then shattered
01:05:04under the cold moonlight.
01:05:05Her body survived,
01:05:06but the wolf inside her
01:05:07was gone forever.
01:05:08She collapsed to the ground.
01:05:09For the first time,
01:05:10she had no wolf scent.
01:05:11No pack would accept her.
01:05:13No alpha command
01:05:14would answer her.
01:05:15No full moon
01:05:16would ever call to her again.
01:05:20She was dragged
01:05:21beyond the border
01:05:22and thrown into the wild.
01:05:24Three months later,
01:05:24at Adrian and I
01:05:25held a commitment ceremony,
01:05:26not a trial,
01:05:27a mate bonding ritual.
01:05:28I wore a white frost
01:05:29patterned luna gown
01:05:29and submission for me
01:05:30with no command in his eyes.
01:05:31I will respect your silence,
01:05:33your anger,
01:05:33your fear,
01:05:33and your freedom.
01:05:34I will honor your no
01:05:35before I ever ask for your yes.
01:05:36If one day you choose
01:05:37to walk away,
01:05:38I will not hunt you.
01:05:39If one day you choose to stay,
01:05:40I will never betray you.
01:05:41My eyes warmed.
01:05:42Under the full moon,
01:05:43my wolf spirit
01:05:44finally lifted her head.
01:05:45For the first time,
01:05:46she was not afraid.
01:05:46I stepped forward
01:05:47and placed my hand in his.
01:05:49Then I choose you.
01:05:50The frost crowned wolves bowed.
01:05:51Adrian lowered his head
01:05:52and kissed the back
01:05:53of my hand like a vow.
01:05:54From this moon onward,
01:05:55you are not my possession.
01:05:56You are my equal.
01:05:57The moonlight fell over us.
01:05:59And this time,
01:06:00when the bond formed,
01:06:01it did not feel like chains.
01:06:02It felt like home.
01:06:03I know that I have finally
01:06:05ushered in a brand new life.
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