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When Moonlight Turns to Ashes

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00:00:00For 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,

00:00:18too unstable to carry an alpha heir.

00:00:20They did not know that three years ago,

00:00:22the 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.

00:00:30But when he pushed me in front of a little blade to protect her

00:00:33and the so-called alpha pup in her belly,

00:00:37I finally understood.

00:00:40The truth no longer mattered.

00:00:42I would sever the mate bone.

00:00:44I 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,

00:00:57waiting for Kaylin Black to come home.

00:01:02In the third year of my mate contract with Kaylin Black,

00:01:05he still had not marked me.

00:01:09I was the Luna of the Black Pine pack in name.

00:01:11The Elders Council had stamped our contract with a Moonstone seal

00:01:14and entered me into the pack registry as the alpha's mate.

00:01:17But by true werewolf law, no mark meant no mind link.

00:01:21No mind link meant no shared pain,

00:01:22no 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,

00:01:42I went alone to the neutral market and bought a vial of Moonbreath Essence.

00:01:45This is a sex toy,

00:01:47capable of setting a male wolf ablaze with desire.

00:01:50During the trade,

00:01:51the 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 Cailin in my mind.

00:02:04He had once been tortured by silver hunters.

00:02:07Perhaps 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,

00:02:17but my partner is absolutely not that kind of person.

00:02:20Loyalty is a werewolf's very nature.

00:02:22The witch looked at me sympathetically inside,

00:02:25but said nothing more.

00:02:28But as soon as I stepped out of the black market alley,

00:02:31I saw Cailin's Gamma Guard leaving another shop with a heavy bag.

00:02:34Inside were premium scent blockers,

00:02:36wolf-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,

00:02:44save one for the alpha.

00:02:45Miss Vivian likes them.

00:02:47I stood in the rain,

00:02:48my fingertips going cold.

00:02:50Vivian?

00:02:51Who is Vivian?

00:02:53Why would my Aleef 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 Cailin,

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?

00:03:28Her 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.

00:03:41You just do not want to mark her.

00:03:44The next second,

00:03:46Cailin's voice cut through the room like ice.

00:03:49Enough.

00:03:52Silence fell at once.

00:03:55She 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.

00:04:11Cailin, 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,

00:04:19Cailin'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

00:05:19for not conceiving an alpha ear.

00:05:21They said my wolf spirit was too weak.

00:05:24My bloodline too unstable,

00:05:25and my Luna blessing too thin to nourish the pack.

00:05:31Kaelin's mother once forced me to kneel

00:05:33before the Moon Goddess altar

00:05:34and drink a fertility draped

00:05:36mixed with ash and powdered wolf thing.

00:05:39It was the middle of winter.

00:05:42I knelt until my knees bruised purple

00:05:44and my fingers went numb.

00:05:49Kaelin had carried me up from the altar

00:05:51and 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

00:06:05of 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?

00:06:20I tried to leave,

00:06:21but 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.

00:06:37His pupils contracted.

00:06:40Serena?

00:06:43He dropped to one knee

00:06:44and reached for my wound.

00:06:45I turned my face at this my face away.

00:06:52Vivian stood barefoot by the bed,

00:06:53wrapped 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 oxidian 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,

00:07:46Kaelin unfastened the blade and placed it in my hand.

00:07:51The hilt still held the warmth of his body.

00:07:54I tightened my fingers around it,

00:07:55turned,

00:07:56and 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?

00:08:10This 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,

00:08:24Kaelin 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,

00:08:31my wolf whimpered in pain.

00:08:33But she was too weak,

00:08:34after three years of sedatives and wolfbane to rise.

00:08:40I was the one who kept her here.

00:08:42If you are angry,

00:08:43take 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,

00:08:50a warrior from another pack mocked me at a banquet.

00:08:53Kaelin broke the warrior's nose in front of everyone

00:08:55and said the same thing.

00:09:01She is mine.

00:09:03Who gave you the right to touch her?

00:09:06Back then,

00:09:07I thought I had finally found someone to rely on.

00:09:10Now he stood in the same posture,

00:09:12protecting 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,

00:09:31let's sever the mate haunt.

00:09:34The room went dead silent.

00:09:37His 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.

00:09:51And 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,

00:10:06anger stirring beneath his forced control.

00:10:09You were the one

00:10:10who knelt outside the council chamber

00:10:12and begged me to accept this contract.

00:10:15Now you think

00:10:16you can leave whenever you want.

00:10:20Yes.

00:10:21I am done pegging.

00:10:23That night,

00:10:24with a broken wrist

00:10:25and blood still drying on my face,

00:10:27I walked into the moon goddess altar.

00:10:30The pack matriarch

00:10:31sat 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

00:10:42must first receive 99 lashes

00:10:43as preliminary punishment.

00:10:45After that,

00:10:46the neutral register will review the petition,

00:10:48cut off the pack link,

00:10:49remove 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,

00:10:58leaving 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

00:11:12whether the blood on my back

00:11:13was mine or the wolf spirit's inside me.

00:11:16My wolf spirit was very weak,

00:11:18yet it spoke to me.

00:11:21You made the right choice,

00:11:23rather than staying by the side

00:11:25of a man who doesn't love you

00:11:26and getting hurt in the process.

00:11:29I would much rather see you be free.

00:11:37I was carried back

00:11:39to the Luna suite with a fever.

00:11:43Servants were carrying boxes of gowns,

00:11:45jewelry,

00:11:45and ceremonial ornaments

00:11:46into the hall.

00:11:47Kellen walked in

00:11:48holding at Vivian's hand.

00:11:49She looked reluctant,

00:11:51but the moonstone bracelet on her wrist

00:11:52was the one he had once promised

00:11:54to give me at our marking ceremony.

00:11:55Kellen saw me leaning on the railing.

00:11:57His brows drew together.

00:12:02After the scene you caused yesterday,

00:12:04the side house is no longer safe

00:12:05for Aunt Vivian.

00:12:06She is a full moon dancer.

00:12:08Her reputation and safety matter.

00:12:10From today on,

00:12:11she will stay in the Alpha residence.

00:12:12His tone made it sound

00:12:14as if he were announcing weather.

00:12:16This happened because

00:12:17you lost control, Aunt Serena.

00:12:19So you will take care of her.

00:12:22You want the Luna you drugged

00:12:23to 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

00:12:32and showed no anger.

00:12:33Instead,

00:12:34she took Vivian's hand

00:12:35with rare kindness.

00:12:36Poor child,

00:12:37your mother was once

00:12:38my dearest friend.

00:12:39If not for what happened

00:12:40to your family,

00:12:41the Luna position

00:12:41should have been yours.

00:12:42I stood on the stairs

00:12:43and watched the woman

00:12:44who had beaten and hemorrhated me

00:12:45treat Aunt Vivian

00:12:46like a blessing sent

00:12:47by the moon goddess.

00:12:48Something in me

00:12:49went completely numb.

00:12:55I slowly took off

00:12:56the partner ring,

00:12:57the one belonging

00:12:58to Kellen and me.

00:13:12Over the next few days,

00:13:14I packed my few belongings

00:13:15while tending to my wounds.

00:13:17Vivian found fault

00:13:18with everything.

00:13:19The water I brought

00:13:21was not at the right temperature.

00:13:23The herbs I prepared

00:13:24were too bitter.

00:13:25The pillow I placed

00:13:26behind her back

00:13:27was an insult

00:13:28because it made her

00:13:29look like an invalid.

00:13:32Luna?

00:13:33Are you doing this

00:13:34on purpose?

00:13:36Do you want everyone

00:13:37to think I am bullying you?

00:13:38When the pack matriarch

00:13:39punished me for it,

00:13:41Vivian said

00:13:41I was kneeling too low

00:13:42on purpose,

00:13:43pretending to be a victim

00:13:44to shame her.

00:13:46A Luna without grace

00:13:47is more shaming

00:13:48than an Omega.

00:13:49Kneel until you remember

00:13:50your place.

00:13:51One evening,

00:13:52after she accused me

00:13:53of washing her dance down

00:13:54with the wrong

00:13:55moonflower soap,

00:13:56I was made to kneel

00:13:57at the altar

00:13:57for an entire day.

00:13:59I used to look at

00:14:00Vivian's graceful body

00:14:01and feel ashamed.

00:14:03I used to thought

00:14:04I was not worthy.

00:14:05Now I only felt sick.

00:14:07When I returned

00:14:08to my room,

00:14:09I burned the moon breath gowns

00:14:10I had once prepared

00:14:11for Kellen.

00:14:14Watching the silk

00:14:15curl into ash,

00:14:16I felt the last

00:14:17of my old dignity

00:14:18burn with it.

00:14:20As I reached

00:14:21for the last gown,

00:14:22the door was kicked open.

00:14:26A slap landed

00:14:27hard across my face.

00:14:30I fell to the floor.

00:14:34Kellen's

00:14:35You have really

00:14:35disappointed me.

00:14:38My voice was soft,

00:14:39but it did not shake.

00:14:41I did not add

00:14:42Wolfine to her water.

00:14:47Vivian stepped out

00:14:48from behind Kellen.

00:14:49Her face was pale,

00:14:50her eyes wet.

00:14:52Luna,

00:14:52I know you hate me,

00:14:54but I am a full moon dancer.

00:14:56My wolf spirit

00:14:57cannot be harmed.

00:14:58How could you be so cruel?

00:14:59She pressed a hand

00:15:00to her heart,

00:15:01as 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

00:15:13gown half burned

00:15:14behind me.

00:15:15It was pale gold

00:15:16woven from moonvine silk

00:15:17that could amplify

00:15:18a wolf's scent.

00:15:20I had once blushed

00:15:21while imagining

00:15:22wearing it for him

00:15:23under the full moon.

00:15:26Kellen laughed suddenly,

00:15:27and the sound

00:15:28was full of disgust.

00:15:29No wonder

00:15:30you needed that thing.

00:15:31You cannot attract

00:15:32your own alpha,

00:15:33so you rely on

00:15:33black market witches,

00:15:34cheap potions,

00:15:35and filthy tricks.

00:15:36It felt as if something

00:15:38had carved open my chest.

00:15:41Kellen,

00:15:42is this the image

00:15:43you have of me?

00:15:44He walked to me,

00:15:45gripped my jaw,

00:15:46and forced my mouth open.

00:15:53Since you enjoy

00:15:54drugging others,

00:15:55taste it yourself.

00:16:02I finally struggled.

00:16:04My broken wrist

00:16:05hit the table.

00:16:06Pain nearly

00:16:07knocked me unconscious,

00:16:09but Kellen's

00:16:10alpha command

00:16:10pressed down on me,

00:16:12and my knees went weak

00:16:13against my will.

00:16:16Drink.

00:16:17He issued the command,

00:16:18then ruthlessly

00:16:19mixed wolfbrain powder

00:16:20with cold water

00:16:20and poured it

00:16:21down my throat.

00:16:26This is the price

00:16:27you pay

00:16:27for trying to hurt Vivian.

00:16:31Kellen forced

00:16:32bowl after bowl

00:16:33of cold water

00:16:33laced with wolfs bean

00:16:34down my throat.

00:16:37I choked

00:16:38until I coughed blood.

00:16:40At last,

00:16:41I collapsed on the floor

00:16:42and heard Kellen say coldly,

00:16:45Send her back to her room.

00:16:47Let her reflect.

00:16:52The next few days,

00:16:53my body felt as if it belonged

00:16:54to a stranger.

00:16:57My face swolled.

00:16:58My limbs turned heavy.

00:17:00Even my own scent

00:17:01became muddy

00:17:01and unfamiliar.

00:17:02The woman in the mirror

00:17:03had dull eyes

00:17:04and a pale neck.

00:17:08Kellen did not visit me once.

00:17:12On the fifth day,

00:17:13he pushed open the door

00:17:14in a formal black suit.

00:17:16Vivian's rose

00:17:16and cedar scent

00:17:17clung to him.

00:17:19Tomorrow is Vivian's

00:17:20birthday banquet.

00:17:21He looked down

00:17:22at me from above.

00:17:23You are still

00:17:24the Luna in name.

00:17:26You will arrange

00:17:27the banquet yourself.

00:17:28I want every werewolf

00:17:30in the Black Pine Pack

00:17:31to clearly understand

00:17:32Vivian's standing

00:17:33within the pack.

00:17:36And what place is that?

00:17:39His gaze darkened.

00:17:40I slowly seestood,

00:17:42using the bedpost

00:17:43for support.

00:17:44Every step sent cramps

00:17:45through my abdomen

00:17:45from the wolfbine reaction.

00:17:47Your lover?

00:17:48The woman you truly

00:17:49want to mark?

00:17:50Or the new Luna

00:17:51you want me to welcome

00:17:52with my own hands?

00:17:56At Serena,

00:17:58know your limits.

00:18:02My limit?

00:18:04I thought you had

00:18:05already stepped

00:18:06over all of them.

00:18:07For the first time,

00:18:08he looked unsettled

00:18:08by my expression.

00:18:13But he quickly

00:18:14hardened his voice.

00:18:20If you behave,

00:18:21after the banquet

00:18:22I will ask the healer

00:18:23to treat your body.

00:18:25The Luna position

00:18:26will remain yours.

00:18:30The Luna position.

00:18:35The empty shell

00:18:36he had tossed to me

00:18:37again and again.

00:18:38That night,

00:18:39while the servants

00:18:40prepared the hall,

00:18:41I wrote to the neutral

00:18:42registry again.

00:18:46If Blackbind would not

00:18:47let me go in dignity,

00:18:49then I would leave

00:18:50in blood.

00:18:53On the night

00:18:54of Vivian's

00:18:54full moon banquet,

00:18:56the Alpha residents

00:18:57blazed with lights.

00:18:59Vivian wore a pure

00:19:00white ceremonial

00:19:01dancing gown,

00:19:02with the moonstone

00:19:03gifted to her

00:19:04by Killen

00:19:04adorning her hair.

00:19:06She stood beside him

00:19:07as if the entire

00:19:08Blackpine Pock

00:19:08had already accepted

00:19:10her as their new Luna.

00:19:11I stood in the shadows,

00:19:13draped in a loose

00:19:14gray cloak,

00:19:15attempting to conceal

00:19:16a body twisted

00:19:16beyond recognition

00:19:17by Wolfsbane.

00:19:19Guests whispered openly,

00:19:23That is the Blackpine Luna?

00:19:25She looks as if

00:19:26her wolf spirit

00:19:27has been drained.

00:19:29No wonder the Alpha

00:19:30never marked her.

00:19:31Miss Vivian is

00:19:32pure-blooded

00:19:33and a full moon dancer.

00:19:34She looks far more

00:19:35capable of bearing

00:19:36an Alpha pup.

00:19:42Kaelin heard them.

00:19:44He only lowered his head

00:19:46and adjusted Vivian

00:19:47shrill with a tenderness

00:19:48that stabbed my eyes.

00:19:51Someone raised a glass.

00:19:54Alpha,

00:19:55it seems

00:19:55Blackpine will soon

00:19:57have a true mistress.

00:19:59Kaelin gave a rare smile.

00:20:02She deserves the best.

00:20:07Inside my sleeve,

00:20:09my fingers tightened

00:20:10around the blood-stamped

00:20:12severance application.

00:20:13Just as I was about

00:20:14to walk toward

00:20:15the neutral register,

00:20:16a roar came from

00:20:17the edge of the crowd.

00:20:23An exiled rogue wolf

00:20:24burst into the hall.

00:20:25His eyes were bloodshot

00:20:26and in his hand

00:20:27was a short blade

00:20:28coated with silver water.

00:20:29Kaelin Black,

00:20:30you destroyed my pack.

00:20:32Now I will let you know

00:20:33what it feels like

00:20:34to lose the one

00:20:34you treasure most.

00:20:37He lunged straight at Vivian's abdomen.

00:20:41Kaelin's face changed.

00:20:49Before I could react,

00:20:51a powerful hand

00:20:52locked around my shoulder.

00:20:55Kaelin pushed me forward.

00:20:57The silver blade

00:20:58entered my abdomen.

00:21:00My inner wolf screamed

00:21:01as if she had been torn apart.

00:21:03Silver water burned

00:21:05through flesh and blood,

00:21:06spreading from the wound

00:21:07like a thousand needles

00:21:08crawling under my skin.

00:21:11I looked down

00:21:12and saw my cloak

00:21:12turning red.

00:21:19For one heartbeat,

00:21:21the hall was silent.

00:21:23Then screams exploded.

00:21:25Before darkness

00:21:26swallowed me,

00:21:26I saw Kaelin

00:21:27rush toward me,

00:21:28his eyes red

00:21:29as if he had finally

00:21:30learned fear.

00:21:34When I woke,

00:21:35I was lying

00:21:35in the pack healing center.

00:21:39My abdomen

00:21:40was wrapped

00:21:40in thick bandages.

00:21:42Silver poison

00:21:42still lingered

00:21:43in my blood

00:21:43and every breath

00:21:44made me tremble.

00:21:46Kaelin sat beside the bed,

00:21:47his eyes lined with red.

00:21:49He held my hand tightly.

00:21:52You're awake.

00:21:54The healer said

00:21:55the blade

00:21:55almost touched

00:21:56your core bloodline.

00:21:57But luckily,

00:21:59it hurt so much,

00:22:01Kaelin.

00:22:07Kaelin stopped.

00:22:09I turned my head

00:22:10to look at him.

00:22:12When you pushed me

00:22:13in front of the blade,

00:22:14did you wonder

00:22:15if it would hurt?

00:22:17His throat moved.

00:22:18He avoided my eyes.

00:22:20Vivian is a full moon dancer.

00:22:22She cannot have

00:22:23a silver scar on her body.

00:22:24I did not think

00:22:24that much in the moment.

00:22:27I thought you could dodge.

00:22:32I smiled faintly.

00:22:36He always thought

00:22:37I could endure.

00:22:39He always thought

00:22:40I would survive.

00:22:41He always thought

00:22:42that after the wound closed,

00:22:43I would still remain

00:22:44where here he had left me.

00:22:47Kaelin gripped

00:22:47my 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,

00:23:07Vivian's voice

00:23:08came from outside the door.

00:23:09They were congratulating her.

00:23:12Kaelin lowered his gaze

00:23:13and said in a complicated tone,

00:23:15There is something else.

00:23:17Vivian is pregnant.

00:23:19My fingers went numb.

00:23:22The healer said

00:23:23your wound is deep.

00:23:24In the future,

00:23:25you may not be able

00:23:26to carry a puppy.

00:23:27But the moon goddess

00:23:28has not abandoned you.

00:23:30Vivian's child

00:23:30will be the alpha heir.

00:23:32When the pup is born,

00:23:33it can call you mother

00:23:34as well.

00:23:38I stared at him

00:23:39for a long time.

00:23:42Then I laughed

00:23:43until tears came out.

00:23:49So this was you

00:23:50called mercy.

00:23:51He had used my body

00:23:52to block a blade

00:23:52for his mistress

00:23:53and her fake tenderness.

00:23:54Then he wanted me

00:23:55to raise her pup

00:23:56and be grateful.

00:23:58But I have already

00:23:59decided to leave him.

00:24:00I will no longer grieve

00:24:02or weep over anything he does.

00:24:05The next day,

00:24:06I asked the neutral register

00:24:08to prepare the formal

00:24:09severance petition.

00:24:11But before the document

00:24:12could reach

00:24:13the elders' council,

00:24:14Vivian came to my room.

00:24:15She stood beside my bed

00:24:17holding a bouquet

00:24:18of moon-breath flowers,

00:24:19her voice dripping

00:24:20with false sweetness.

00:24:22Serena,

00:24:23I am truly sorry.

00:24:25I never knew

00:24:25Kellen would push you

00:24:26forward to save me.

00:24:27Her mouth apologized.

00:24:29Her eyes laughed.

00:24:31I looked at the flowers

00:24:32and 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.

00:24:45I opened my eyes

00:24:46and looked at her.

00:24:48Perhaps you once were,

00:24:49but Kellen isn't here now.

00:24:50No one will be watching

00:24:51your performance.

00:24:52Her face changed.

00:24:53She threw the flowers

00:24:54into the spittle wheel

00:24:54beside the bed

00:24:55and lowered her voice.

00:24:56Do you know what is most

00:24:57pathetic about you,

00:24:58At Serena?

00:24:58You occupied the Luna position

00:24:59for three years

00:25:00and he still refused

00:25:01to give you even one mark.

00:25:06She leaned closer,

00:25:08carrying Kellen's

00:25:09melanin's pheromone

00:25:10on her skin.

00:25:12The way he loses control

00:25:13with me is something

00:25:14you will never see

00:25:15in your lifetime.

00:25:17My fingers slowly clenched.

00:25:19If my family had not

00:25:21been framed by hunters,

00:25:22the Black Pine Luna position

00:25:23would have belonged to me

00:25:24from the beginning.

00:25:27You are nothing,

00:25:28but the low-born substitute,

00:25:30the elders,

00:25:30forced on him.

00:25:31I remained expressionless

00:25:33and even found her

00:25:34somewhat ridiculous.

00:25:39If you want it so much,

00:25:40take it.

00:25:42I have already applied

00:25:43to sever the mate bond.

00:25:44Vivian froze for a second,

00:25:46then she burst out laughing.

00:25:50You think Kellen

00:25:50will let you leave?

00:25:51Unless Black Pine decides

00:25:53you are too filthy to keep.

00:25:54Upon hearing this,

00:25:55I was inexplicably seized

00:25:57by a vague sense

00:25:57of Forbidden

00:25:58and couldn't help

00:25:59but demand an explanation.

00:26:02What are you trying to do?

00:26:04Aren't you afraid

00:26:05Kellen will find out

00:26:06your true colors?

00:26:07Vivian said nothing more,

00:26:08merely giving me

00:26:09a sinister smile.

00:26:12You'll find out soon enough.

00:26:16Before long,

00:26:17I understood what Vivian meant.

00:26:23Late that night,

00:26:25a bombshell news story

00:26:26suddenly erupted on Facebook.

00:26:28Black Pine Alpha

00:26:29hides pure-blood

00:26:30she-wolf,

00:26:31registered Luna,

00:26:32reduced to decoration.

00:26:35Vivian accused

00:26:36of stealing Luna status

00:26:37and using a pup

00:26:38to force succession.

00:26:40Photos of Vivian Ann

00:26:41moving into the Alpha

00:26:42residence

00:26:42and sent records

00:26:43of Kellen

00:26:44visiting the side house

00:26:45late at night

00:26:45spread through

00:26:46the werewolf community.

00:26:47The entire society

00:26:48mocked Black Pine.

00:26:51The door to my room

00:26:53was kicked open.

00:26:56Kellen threw a stack

00:26:57of printed Facebook posts

00:26:58into my face.

00:26:59Did you post that

00:27:00on Facebook?

00:27:01Is this what you wanted?

00:27:02To ruin me,

00:27:03Vivian,

00:27:04and 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

00:27:10by all of werewolf society

00:27:11while carrying a pup.

00:27:12Serena,

00:27:13when did you become

00:27:14this vile?

00:27:18I pressed a hand

00:27:19over my wound,

00:27:20cold sweat

00:27:21sliding down my back.

00:27:23It was not me.

00:27:24Vivian followed him in,

00:27:26tears falling

00:27:26at the perfect time.

00:27:27She rushed forward

00:27:28and slapped me hard.

00:27:29Do you know

00:27:30how much I revised

00:27:30to enter the full moon troop?

00:27:31Now every pack

00:27:33is calling me

00:27:33a she-wolf

00:27:34who stole a Luna spot.

00:27:35Do you want to

00:27:36force me to die?

00:27:38My face turned

00:27:39with a blow.

00:27:40I tasted blood.

00:27:48Then I laughed boldly.

00:27:50Did I force you

00:27:51to become his mistress?

00:27:53Did I force you

00:27:54to carry the scent?

00:27:56Vivian,

00:27:58if you dare to steal,

00:28:00why are you afraid

00:28:01of being maved?

00:28:02Helen seized my throat.

00:28:09What right do you have

00:28:10to talk about shame?

00:28:11Don't forget that lingerie

00:28:13you bought just to seduce me.

00:28:17His words were worse

00:28:18than claws.

00:28:21When you wagged

00:28:22your tail

00:28:23and begged me

00:28:24to mark you,

00:28:27where was your shame then?

00:28:29My pupils trembled.

00:28:36Those desperate attempts

00:28:37I had to save our bond

00:28:39had become the blade

00:28:40he used to humiliate me.

00:28:44Kellen released my throat

00:28:46and stepped back.

00:28:49Since you like

00:28:50exposing people so much,

00:28:53I will let everyone

00:28:54see what kind of Luna

00:28:56you really are.

00:28:57Half a day later,

00:28:58my photos appeared

00:28:59on Facebook.

00:29:00The vial of moon breath

00:29:00essence,

00:29:01the footage of me

00:29:02practicing the full moon dance,

00:29:03the back view of me

00:29:05standing before a mirror

00:29:05in a moon breath silk gown.

00:29:07All of it had been posted

00:29:08by Kellen himself.

00:29:10Worse,

00:29:11he attached a re-photo

00:29:12of me swollen

00:29:12and distorted

00:29:13from wolf's loss.

00:29:19The comments

00:29:20from Blackpinn

00:29:21changed instantly.

00:29:22So the Luna

00:29:23is shameless and private.

00:29:25No wonder

00:29:25the Alpha

00:29:26never marked her.

00:29:27With that muddy scent,

00:29:28who could bear

00:29:29to bite her?

00:29:30At least Vivian

00:29:31has pure blood.

00:29:32A lowborn healer

00:29:33should never have dreamed

00:29:34of becoming Luna.

00:29:35The Elder's Council

00:29:36was furious.

00:29:41Luna!

00:29:42They said I had

00:29:43disgraced the title

00:29:44of Luna

00:29:45and damaged

00:29:46the pack's reputation.

00:29:47Before my abdominal wound

00:29:49had healed,

00:29:49I was dragged

00:29:51into the punishment chamber

00:29:52behind the moon

00:29:53goddess 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's spirit.

00:30:15My wound began to burn

00:30:16and the silver poison

00:30:17left in my blood

00:30:18woke 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 gives birth

00:30:41to the Alpha Pup.

00:30:43You will raise it.

00:30:45What?

00:30:46Then punish me harder!

00:30:47For half a monk

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 low-born 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

00:31:13the silver wound

00:31:14reopened again

00:31:15and again

00:31:15without proper

00:31:16healing herbs.

00:31:20My foe curled

00:31:22in the dark

00:31:22and almost

00:31:23stopped answering me.

00:31:24At last

00:31:25the neutral register

00:31:26came 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

00:31:31will be removed

00:31:32from the Black Pine

00:31:32registry.

00:31:33You will lose

00:31:33Black Pine protection

00:31:34the title of

00:31:35Alpha Mate

00:31:35and you will

00:31:36suffer

00:31:36Mate Bond

00:31:37backlash.

00:31:38I 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

00:31:49me to bow.

00:31:52I no longer

00:31:52had 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

00:32:10the seal formed

00:32:11I felt

00:32:12an invisible

00:32:12sharp claw

00:32:13suddenly tear

00:32:13through my chest.

00:32:18Kaylin's

00:32:19cedar and mint

00:32:20scent faded

00:32:20from my senses

00:32:21little by little.

00:32:22The bond

00:32:23the moon goddess

00:32:23had once tied

00:32:24between us.

00:32:25The bond

00:32:25he had trampled

00:32:26for three years

00:32:27finally snapped.

00:32:29Pain shook

00:32:30my whole body

00:32:33but I smiled.

00:32:43At dawn

00:32:44I walked out

00:32:45of the punishment

00:32:45chamber with a

00:32:46small bag.

00:32:47The neutral register

00:32:48led me through

00:32:49the back gate

00:32:49of Black Pine

00:32:50territory.

00:32:51Rain fell over

00:32:52the border road.

00:32:53Behind me

00:32:54stood the Alpha

00:32:55residence where

00:32:55I had wasted

00:32:56three years

00:32:57of my life.

00:32:58No one came

00:32:59to send me off.

00:33:00No one knew

00:33:00that the Luna

00:33:01they mocked

00:33:01had already

00:33:02vanished from

00:33:03the pack link.

00:33:06Miss Vale

00:33:07once you cross

00:33:08this border

00:33:09Black Pine

00:33:09law can no

00:33:10longer protect

00:33:10you.

00:33:11Are you still

00:33:12certain?

00:33:15I looked back

00:33:16only once.

00:33:17The altar

00:33:18bells were silent.

00:33:19The windows

00:33:20of the Alpha

00:33:20residence were

00:33:21dark.

00:33:22No one was

00:33:22running towards

00:33:23me.

00:33:28I am certain.

00:33:36Then may the

00:33:37moon goddess

00:33:37witness your

00:33:38freedom.

00:33:46I stepped

00:33:47onto the train

00:33:48bound for the

00:33:48southern neutral

00:33:49lands and did

00:33:50not look back.

00:33:59never to meet

00:33:59again.

00:34:00Kaelin.

00:34:04Only later

00:34:05did I learn

00:34:05that on the

00:34:06day I left

00:34:06Kaelin had

00:34:07waited outside

00:34:08the altar gate.

00:34:09He thought

00:34:09the elders

00:34:10were only

00:34:10teaching me

00:34:10a lesson.

00:34:12He thought

00:34:12I would come

00:34:13out wounded

00:34:13and exhausted

00:34:14then lower

00:34:14my head

00:34:15again after

00:34:15he said

00:34:16stop making

00:34:16trouble.

00:34:17His friend

00:34:17at Seth

00:34:18was there

00:34:18too.

00:34:19Alpha

00:34:19aren't you

00:34:20afraid the

00:34:20Luna will

00:34:21hate you

00:34:21after this?

00:34:22Kaelin lit

00:34:22a cigarette

00:34:22and said

00:34:23coldly.

00:34:24She endured

00:34:24the strictest

00:34:25most brutal

00:34:25punishments

00:34:26all just to

00:34:26remain by

00:34:27my side.

00:34:28She simply

00:34:28could not

00:34:29bring herself

00:34:29to hate

00:34:29me.

00:34:30Kaelin

00:34:30stubbed

00:34:30out his

00:34:31cigarette

00:34:31and said

00:34:31sounding

00:34:32as if

00:34:32he were

00:34:33utterly

00:34:33helpless.

00:34:34Serena

00:34:35has been

00:34:35far too

00:34:35unruly

00:34:36of late.

00:34:37Not only

00:34:37has she

00:34:37been

00:34:37constantly

00:34:38targeting

00:34:38Vivian

00:34:39but she

00:34:39has also

00:34:40harmed

00:34:40both her

00:34:40and the

00:34:41pup

00:34:41she

00:34:41carries

00:34:41in

00:34:42her

00:34:42womb.

00:34:42Serena

00:34:42must

00:34:43learn to

00:34:43exercise

00:34:43proper

00:34:43restraint

00:34:44over her

00:34:44temper.

00:34:44As the

00:34:45pack's

00:34:45Luna she

00:34:45cannot

00:34:45continue

00:34:46to behave

00:34:46so

00:34:46irresponsibly.

00:34:47Just before

00:34:47the altar

00:34:48gate opened

00:34:48Vivian's

00:34:49maid ran

00:34:49over claiming

00:34:49Vivian had

00:34:50stomach

00:34:50pain and

00:34:51might lose

00:34:51the

00:34:51alpha

00:34:51pup.

00:34:51Alpha

00:34:52miss Vivian

00:34:52is in

00:34:52pain.

00:34:53The

00:34:53healer

00:34:53said

00:34:53the

00:34:53pup

00:34:53may

00:34:53be

00:34:53unstable

00:34:54please

00:34:54come

00:34:54quickly.

00:34:55Kaelin

00:34:56left

00:34:56at

00:34:56once.

00:34:57Seth

00:34:58wait

00:34:58here.

00:34:59When

00:34:59Serena

00:34:59comes

00:34:59out

00:34:59take

00:35:00her

00:35:00to

00:35:00a

00:35:00side

00:35:00room

00:35:00to

00:35:01recover.

00:35:01But

00:35:01at

00:35:13registry.

00:35:14The

00:35:14alpha

00:35:14is

00:35:15on

00:35:15his

00:35:15way

00:35:15to

00:35:15you.

00:35:16Serena

00:35:17will

00:35:17be

00:35:17driven

00:35:17out

00:35:17of

00:35:17Blackpore.

00:35:23Kaelin

00:35:24stayed at

00:35:24the

00:35:24healing

00:35:24center

00:35:25with

00:35:25at

00:35:25Vivian

00:35:25all

00:35:26night.

00:35:31The

00:35:32at

00:35:32healer

00:35:32Sif

00:35:32said

00:35:33she

00:35:33was

00:35:33merely

00:35:33emotional

00:35:34and

00:35:34the

00:35:34pup

00:35:34was

00:35:35not

00:35:35in

00:35:35danger.

00:35:36Kaelin

00:35:36held

00:35:36her

00:35:37hand

00:35:37and

00:35:37murmured.

00:35:40I

00:35:40will

00:35:41suppress

00:35:41the

00:35:41rumors.

00:35:42When

00:35:42Serena

00:35:42comes

00:35:43out

00:35:43I

00:35:43will

00:35:43make

00:35:43her

00:35:43apologize.

00:35:49Vivian

00:35:49leaned

00:35:50into

00:35:50his

00:35:50arms

00:35:50and

00:35:51tested

00:35:51him.

00:35:53Kaelin

00:35:53I

00:35:54do

00:35:54not

00:35:55want

00:35:55our

00:35:55pup

00:35:55to

00:35:55be

00:35:55born

00:35:56as

00:35:56an

00:35:56unregistered

00:35:57child.

00:35:57I

00:35:58do

00:35:58not

00:35:58want

00:35:58you

00:35:59trapped

00:35:59between

00:35:59two

00:36:00women

00:36:00forever.

00:36:01If

00:36:02you

00:36:02love

00:36:02me

00:36:02why

00:36:03not

00:36:03officially

00:36:04sever

00:36:04your

00:36:04contract

00:36:05with

00:36:05Serena

00:36:05and

00:36:06give

00:36:06us

00:36:06a

00:36:06real

00:36:06home.

00:36:11Helen

00:36:12was

00:36:12silent

00:36:13for

00:36:13a

00:36:13long

00:36:13time.

00:36:14For

00:36:15a

00:36:15fleeting

00:36:16moment

00:36:16he

00:36:16recalled

00:36:17the

00:36:17sight

00:36:17of

00:36:17Serena

00:36:18lying

00:36:18in

00:36:18her

00:36:18hospital

00:36:19bed

00:36:19pale

00:36:19faced

00:36:20and

00:36:20hollow

00:36:20eyed

00:36:21whispering

00:36:21it

00:36:22hurts

00:36:22so

00:36:23much

00:36:24but

00:36:25he

00:36:25pushed

00:36:25that

00:36:25memory

00:36:26away.

00:36:27Do

00:36:28not

00:36:28bring

00:36:28this

00:36:28up

00:36:28again.

00:36:29Serena

00:36:30cannot

00:36:30survive

00:36:30outside

00:36:31Black

00:36:31Pine.

00:36:32She

00:36:32has

00:36:33been

00:36:33my

00:36:33Luna

00:36:33for

00:36:33three

00:36:33years.

00:36:37I

00:36:37will

00:36:38let

00:36:38her

00:36:38keep

00:36:38the

00:36:38title.

00:36:39Three

00:36:43days

00:36:43later

00:36:44he

00:36:44finally

00:36:44realizes

00:36:45that

00:36:45Serena

00:36:46Serena

00:36:46had

00:36:46left.

00:36:48Serena's

00:36:49room

00:36:49was

00:36:49empty.

00:36:50The

00:36:50wardrobe

00:36:51was

00:36:51bare.

00:36:52The

00:36:52desk

00:36:53too

00:36:53was

00:36:54completely

00:36:54empty.

00:36:55Beneath

00:36:55the

00:36:56pillow

00:36:56lay

00:36:56nothing

00:36:56but

00:36:57a

00:36:57single

00:36:57moonstone

00:36:58ring.

00:37:00It

00:37:00was

00:37:00the

00:37:00very

00:37:01token

00:37:01he

00:37:01had

00:37:01casually

00:37:02slipped

00:37:02onto

00:37:02her

00:37:02finger

00:37:03on

00:37:03the

00:37:03day

00:37:03he

00:37:05and

00:37:05Serena

00:37:06had

00:37:06signed

00:37:06their

00:37:07contract.

00:37:07It

00:37:08was

00:37:08not

00:37:08a

00:37:08mark.

00:37:09It

00:37:09was

00:37:09not

00:37:09a

00:37:09vow.

00:37:10It

00:37:11was

00:37:11an

00:37:11afterthought.

00:37:13Kellen

00:37:13held the

00:37:13pin ring

00:37:14and panicked

00:37:15for the

00:37:15first

00:37:15time.

00:37:17Serena

00:37:18where

00:37:19did

00:37:19you

00:37:19go?

00:37:22But

00:37:23when

00:37:23he

00:37:23asked

00:37:23at

00:37:23Seth

00:37:24Seth

00:37:24lied.

00:37:26She

00:37:26came out

00:37:27cursing you

00:37:27and Miss

00:37:28Viviana.

00:37:28She

00:37:29said you

00:37:29two deserve

00:37:30to lose

00:37:30everything.

00:37:31Then she

00:37:32left on

00:37:32her own.

00:37:33No one

00:37:34could stop

00:37:34her.

00:37:35The look

00:37:35of concern

00:37:36in

00:37:36Kellen's

00:37:36eyes

00:37:36instantly

00:37:37turned to

00:37:37ice.

00:37:38He

00:37:38had

00:37:38promised

00:37:39to treat

00:37:39Serena

00:37:39after

00:37:40Vivian's

00:37:40birthday

00:37:40banquet.

00:37:41He

00:37:41had

00:37:42even

00:37:42gone

00:37:42so

00:37:42far

00:37:42as

00:37:43to

00:37:43arrange

00:37:43for

00:37:43the

00:37:43province's

00:37:44most

00:37:44elite

00:37:44healers,

00:37:45terrified

00:37:45that

00:37:46Serena's

00:37:46injuries

00:37:46might

00:37:46leave

00:37:47scars.

00:37:47Yet

00:37:48now,

00:37:48it

00:37:48turned

00:37:49out

00:37:49that

00:37:57Seth

00:38:00bowed

00:38:01his

00:38:01head

00:38:01and

00:38:01did

00:38:01not

00:38:02dare

00:38:02speak.

00:38:04Only

00:38:05Vivian

00:38:05walked

00:38:05to

00:38:06Kellen's

00:38:06side

00:38:06and

00:38:06slipped

00:38:07his

00:38:07palm

00:38:07over

00:38:07her

00:38:08abdomen.

00:38:12Do

00:38:12not be

00:38:13angry

00:38:13because

00:38:13of

00:38:13her.

00:38:14Our

00:38:15pup

00:38:15just

00:38:15kicked

00:38:15me.

00:38:16He

00:38:16must

00:38:16be

00:38:16strong,

00:38:17just

00:38:17like

00:38:18his

00:38:18father.

00:38:22Kellen's

00:38:22expression

00:38:23eased a

00:38:23little.

00:38:24At

00:38:24that

00:38:25moment,

00:38:25the

00:38:25pack

00:38:26matriarch

00:38:26contacted

00:38:27him

00:38:27through

00:38:27the

00:38:27pack

00:38:27link.

00:38:29Kellen,

00:38:30I heard

00:38:30that

00:38:30Vivian

00:38:31is

00:38:31carrying

00:38:31your

00:38:32pup.

00:38:33Kellen

00:38:33glanced

00:38:34at

00:38:34Vivian

00:38:34and

00:38:34answered,

00:38:35Yes.

00:38:37Then

00:38:37the

00:38:37mate

00:38:37banquet

00:38:38should

00:38:38be

00:38:38held

00:38:38first.

00:38:39As

00:38:40for

00:38:40the

00:38:40official

00:38:40red

00:38:41registry,

00:38:42wait

00:38:42until

00:38:42the

00:38:42pup

00:38:43is

00:38:43born.

00:38:46Serena's

00:38:47side

00:38:47has

00:38:47already

00:38:48been

00:38:48handled

00:38:48cleanly.

00:38:49Kellen

00:38:50frowned

00:38:50faintly.

00:38:52Handled

00:38:53cleanly.

00:38:55He

00:38:55thought

00:38:56she

00:38:56meant

00:38:56I

00:38:56had

00:38:56run

00:38:56away

00:38:57after

00:38:57making

00:38:57another

00:38:57scene.

00:38:59He

00:39:00did

00:39:00not

00:39:00ask

00:39:00one

00:39:01more

00:39:01question.

00:39:04A

00:39:05few

00:39:05days

00:39:05later,

00:39:06the

00:39:06mate

00:39:06Bentiful

00:39:06was

00:39:07held

00:39:07in

00:39:07the

00:39:07Black

00:39:07Pine

00:39:08Ceremonial

00:39:08Hall.

00:39:09Vivian

00:39:10wore a

00:39:10pale

00:39:10moon-colored

00:39:11gown.

00:39:12Her

00:39:12abdomen

00:39:12was

00:39:12slightly

00:39:13rounded

00:39:13beneath

00:39:13the

00:39:14soft

00:39:14fabric,

00:39:15and

00:39:15every

00:39:15elder

00:39:15who

00:39:16passed

00:39:16her

00:39:16smiled

00:39:16as

00:39:17if

00:39:17the

00:39:17future

00:39:17alpha

00:39:18grain

00:39:18had

00:39:18already

00:39:19been

00:39:19born.

00:39:19Kellen

00:39:20stood

00:39:20beside

00:39:20his

00:39:21mate.

00:39:21His

00:39:22face

00:39:22was

00:39:22calm,

00:39:23almost

00:39:23cold.

00:39:24No

00:39:24one

00:39:24could

00:39:25tell

00:39:25whether

00:39:25he

00:39:25looked

00:39:25like

00:39:26a

00:39:26bridegroom

00:39:26at

00:39:26all.

00:39:27During

00:39:28the

00:39:28blessing

00:39:28ritual,

00:39:29Vivian

00:39:30knelt

00:39:30before

00:39:30the

00:39:31pack

00:39:31matriarch

00:39:31and

00:39:32offered

00:39:32her

00:39:32a

00:39:32cup

00:39:33of

00:39:33moon

00:39:33tea

00:39:33with

00:39:34both

00:39:34hands.

00:39:35Mother,

00:39:36please

00:39:36accept

00:39:37my

00:39:37respect.

00:39:38The

00:39:38matriarch

00:39:39looked

00:39:39at

00:39:39Latra

00:39:40left

00:39:40at

00:39:40Vivian's

00:39:41belly

00:39:41and

00:39:41laughed

00:39:42until

00:39:42the

00:39:42lines

00:39:43around

00:39:43her

00:39:43eyes

00:39:43softened.

00:39:44Good

00:39:45child,

00:39:45get

00:39:45up.

00:39:46Do

00:39:46not

00:39:47kneel

00:39:47too

00:39:47long.

00:39:48Be

00:39:48careful

00:39:49of

00:39:49the

00:39:49pup.

00:39:49She

00:39:50held

00:39:50at

00:39:50Vivian's

00:39:51hand,

00:39:51then

00:39:56make

00:39:56on

00:39:57contract

00:39:57with

00:39:57you.

00:39:58Live

00:39:58well

00:39:59with

00:39:59that

00:39:59Vivian

00:39:59from

00:39:59now

00:40:00on.

00:40:01I

00:40:01am

00:40:01still

00:40:02waiting

00:40:02to

00:40:02hold

00:40:03your

00:40:03strong

00:40:03alpha

00:40:04pup.

00:40:06The

00:40:06goblet

00:40:07in

00:40:07Killian's

00:40:07hand

00:40:08shattered.

00:40:11Blood

00:40:12slit

00:40:12down

00:40:12his

00:40:13palm,

00:40:13but

00:40:13he

00:40:13did

00:40:14not

00:40:14seem

00:40:14to

00:40:14feel

00:40:14it.

00:40:17Severed?

00:40:18His

00:40:19voice

00:40:19tightened.

00:40:25What

00:40:26mate

00:40:26contract

00:40:27was

00:40:27severed?

00:40:30The

00:40:31entire

00:40:31ceremonial

00:40:32hall

00:40:32went

00:40:32silence.

00:40:34Vivian's

00:40:34smile

00:40:35froze

00:40:35on her

00:40:35face.

00:40:36The

00:40:37pack

00:40:37matriac

00:40:38stared

00:40:38at

00:40:38Kalen

00:40:38in

00:40:39confusion.

00:40:40You

00:40:40did

00:40:40not

00:40:40know?

00:40:42Kalen

00:40:43stepped

00:40:43down

00:40:44from

00:40:44the

00:40:44ritual

00:40:44platform.

00:40:46His

00:40:46alpha

00:40:47aura

00:40:47spread

00:40:47through

00:40:47the

00:40:48hall

00:40:48so

00:40:48suddenly

00:40:49that

00:40:49several

00:40:50lower

00:40:50ranked

00:40:50wolves

00:40:51dropped

00:40:51to

00:40:51their

00:40:51knees.

00:40:54Say

00:40:55it

00:40:55again.

00:40:56What

00:40:56did

00:40:56Serena

00:40:57sever?

00:41:01Only

00:41:02then

00:41:02did

00:41:02the

00:41:03pack

00:41:03matriarch

00:41:03tell him

00:41:04everything.

00:41:04You

00:41:05didn't

00:41:05know?

00:41:05Et

00:41:06Serena

00:41:06knelt

00:41:06at the

00:41:06moon

00:41:06goddess

00:41:07altar

00:41:07and

00:41:07asked

00:41:07to

00:41:07sever

00:41:08your

00:41:08mate

00:41:08bond.

00:41:08She

00:41:09took

00:41:09the

00:41:09full

00:41:0999

00:41:09wolf

00:41:10lashes

00:41:10and

00:41:10was

00:41:10locked

00:41:11in

00:41:11the

00:41:11silver

00:41:11lined

00:41:11punishment

00:41:12chamber.

00:41:12Starved

00:41:13silenced

00:41:13forced

00:41:14to

00:41:14press

00:41:14her

00:41:14blood

00:41:14seal

00:41:14on

00:41:14the

00:41:15severance

00:41:15papers.

00:41:15She

00:41:15left

00:41:16with

00:41:16nothing

00:41:16but

00:41:16the

00:41:16clothes

00:41:16on

00:41:17her

00:41:17back.

00:41:17Her

00:41:18name's

00:41:18already

00:41:18been

00:41:18erased

00:41:19from

00:41:19the

00:41:19Black

00:41:19Fine

00:41:20PAC

00:41:20registry

00:41:21and

00:41:21by

00:41:21ancient

00:41:22PAC

00:41:22law

00:41:23she

00:41:24will

00:41:24never

00:41:25ever

00:41:25be

00:41:25Black

00:41:26Fine's

00:41:26Luna

00:41:26again.

00:41:29Kellen

00:41:30lost

00:41:30control

00:41:31Kellen

00:41:32lost

00:41:32control

00:41:32on

00:41:32the

00:41:33spot.

00:41:34He

00:41:34grabbed

00:41:34at

00:41:35Seth

00:41:35by

00:41:35the

00:41:35collar

00:41:35before

00:41:36at

00:41:36Seth

00:41:37could

00:41:37retreat

00:41:37into

00:41:37the

00:41:37crowd.

00:41:38You

00:41:39told

00:41:39me

00:41:39she

00:41:40cursed

00:41:40me

00:41:40and

00:41:41left

00:41:41on

00:41:41her

00:41:42own.

00:41:45Alpha

00:41:45I

00:41:46only

00:41:47repeated

00:41:47what

00:41:47I

00:41:47heard.

00:41:53Seth's

00:41:54face

00:41:54went

00:41:54white.

00:41:55Kellen's

00:41:55eyes

00:41:56turned

00:41:56at

00:41:56Dangerous

00:41:57Red.

00:42:00Do

00:42:00not

00:42:01lie

00:42:01under

00:42:02my

00:42:02command.

00:42:03Tell

00:42:03me

00:42:04the

00:42:04truth.

00:42:05How

00:42:05exactly

00:42:06did

00:42:06Serena

00:42:07leave?

00:42:07The

00:42:08Alpha

00:42:08command

00:42:08crushed

00:42:09at

00:42:09Seth

00:42:09to

00:42:10his

00:42:10knees.

00:42:15Seth

00:42:16trembled

00:42:16violently.

00:42:17At

00:42:17last

00:42:18the

00:42:18truth

00:42:19spilled

00:42:19out.

00:42:21Seth

00:42:21admitted

00:42:22Vivian

00:42:22had

00:42:22ordered

00:42:23him

00:42:23to

00:42:23watch

00:42:23the

00:42:23altar.

00:42:24I

00:42:24saw

00:42:25the

00:42:25neutral

00:42:25register

00:42:25take

00:42:26her

00:42:26away.

00:42:26I

00:42:27saw

00:42:27the

00:42:27blood

00:42:27seal.

00:42:28I

00:42:28saw

00:42:28the

00:42:29elder

00:42:29removed

00:42:29her

00:42:30name

00:42:30from

00:42:30the

00:42:30pack

00:42:30registry.

00:42:31Kellen's

00:42:32grip

00:42:32loosened

00:42:32inch by

00:42:33inch.

00:42:34Miss

00:42:34Vivian

00:42:34told me

00:42:35to say

00:42:35the

00:42:35Luna

00:42:35cursed

00:42:36you.

00:42:36I

00:42:37was

00:42:37afraid.

00:42:38Alpha,

00:42:39I

00:42:39was

00:42:39afraid.

00:42:48Kellen

00:42:48released

00:42:49him

00:42:49and rushed

00:42:49back to

00:42:50Serena's

00:42:50room.

00:42:50He

00:42:51searched

00:42:51every

00:42:51corner

00:42:52but

00:42:52found

00:42:52only

00:42:53the

00:42:53moonstone

00:42:53pin

00:42:54ring

00:42:54and

00:42:54a

00:42:54scrap

00:42:55of

00:42:55burnt

00:42:55moon

00:42:56breath

00:42:56silk.

00:42:57Only

00:42:57then

00:42:57did he

00:42:58seem

00:42:58to

00:42:58understand.

00:42:59Serena

00:43:00was not

00:43:00hiding

00:43:00and waiting

00:43:01for him

00:43:01to coax

00:43:01her back.

00:43:05She

00:43:06had truly

00:43:06gone.

00:43:08Kellen

00:43:08picked up

00:43:09the burnt

00:43:09silk.

00:43:10His

00:43:10fingertips

00:43:11shook.

00:43:15She

00:43:15burned

00:43:16this

00:43:16herself?

00:43:18No

00:43:18one

00:43:19dared

00:43:19answer.

00:43:20He

00:43:20remembered

00:43:21the way

00:43:21At

00:43:21Serena

00:43:22used to

00:43:22fold

00:43:22those

00:43:23gowns

00:43:23in

00:43:23the

00:43:23wardrobe,

00:43:24blushing

00:43:25whenever

00:43:25his

00:43:25gaze

00:43:25passed

00:43:25over

00:43:26her.

00:43:30He

00:43:31remembered

00:43:31calling

00:43:31them

00:43:32filthy

00:43:32tricks.

00:43:33He

00:43:33remembered

00:43:33forcing

00:43:34Wolfbeam

00:43:34down at

00:43:35Serena's

00:43:35throat.

00:43:41For

00:43:41the

00:43:42first

00:43:42time,

00:43:42the

00:43:43empty

00:43:43room

00:43:43felt

00:43:43louder

00:43:44than

00:43:44any

00:43:44scream.

00:43:46find

00:43:46her.

00:43:47Search

00:43:48the

00:43:48Black

00:43:48Pine

00:43:48border,

00:43:49the

00:43:49Neutral

00:43:50Station

00:43:50Station,

00:43:51the

00:43:51Healer's

00:43:51Guild,

00:43:52every

00:43:52old

00:43:52territory

00:43:52of her

00:43:53mother's

00:43:53family.

00:43:56A

00:43:56warrior

00:43:57lowered

00:43:57his

00:43:57head.

00:44:00Alpha,

00:44:01if her

00:44:01name has

00:44:02been erased

00:44:02from the

00:44:02registry,

00:44:03our

00:44:04scent

00:44:04trackers

00:44:04may not

00:44:04be able

00:44:05to

00:44:05follow

00:44:05her.

00:44:06Kellen's

00:44:07face

00:44:07turned

00:44:07ashen.

00:44:11Then

00:44:12use

00:44:12mine.

00:44:13Use

00:44:14every

00:44:14memory

00:44:14of her

00:44:15scent

00:44:15I

00:44:15have

00:44:15left.

00:44:17He

00:44:17searched

00:44:18for

00:44:18Serena

00:44:18for

00:44:18a

00:44:19long

00:44:19time.

00:44:20The

00:44:21Black

00:44:21Pine

00:44:21border,

00:44:22the

00:44:22Neutral

00:44:22Station,

00:44:23the

00:44:23Healer's

00:44:24Guild,

00:44:25even

00:44:25the

00:44:25old

00:44:26territory

00:44:26of

00:44:26Serena's

00:44:27mother's

00:44:27family,

00:44:28where

00:44:28she

00:44:28had

00:44:28not

00:44:28been

00:44:28in

00:44:29years.

00:44:30He

00:44:31found

00:44:31nothing.

00:44:32On

00:44:33the

00:44:33fourth

00:44:33night,

00:44:34he

00:44:34passed

00:44:34at

00:44:34Vivian's

00:44:35room

00:44:35and

00:44:35heard

00:44:35laughter

00:44:36inside.

00:44:43At

00:44:43Vivian

00:44:43was

00:44:44mind

00:44:44linking

00:44:44Seth.

00:44:45You

00:44:46have

00:44:46no

00:44:46idea

00:44:46how

00:44:46perfect

00:44:47it

00:44:47was.

00:44:48I

00:44:48had

00:44:48people

00:44:48post

00:44:49those

00:44:49Facebook

00:44:49rumors.

00:44:50I

00:44:50made

00:44:50myself

00:44:51look like

00:44:51the

00:44:51victim,

00:44:52cried

00:44:52a little,

00:44:53and

00:44:54Kellen nearly

00:44:54destroyed

00:44:54Serena for

00:44:55me.

00:44:56Seth's

00:44:57voice was

00:44:58low and

00:44:58nervous through

00:44:59the mind

00:44:59link.

00:45:05Miss

00:45:06Vivian,

00:45:06the

00:45:07alpha is

00:45:07already

00:45:07suspicious.

00:45:09Vivian

00:45:10laughed

00:45:10softly.

00:45:12Suspicious

00:45:12of what?

00:45:13That

00:45:13lowborn

00:45:13healer has

00:45:14been erased,

00:45:15exiled,

00:45:15and left

00:45:16with silver

00:45:16wounds and

00:45:17bond

00:45:17backlash.

00:45:18Whether

00:45:18she survives

00:45:19this winter

00:45:19is another

00:45:20question.

00:45:22Did

00:45:23she really

00:45:24think she

00:45:24could be

00:45:24Luna?

00:45:25A

00:45:26lowborn

00:45:26healer whose

00:45:27wolf spirit

00:45:27had been

00:45:28suppressed until

00:45:29it nearly

00:45:29vanished?

00:45:32How could

00:45:33she compete

00:45:34with me?

00:45:37Kellen

00:45:38kicked the

00:45:38door open.

00:45:39Vivian

00:45:39turned and

00:45:40saw him.

00:45:41All color

00:45:42drained of

00:45:42her face.

00:45:43Kellen,

00:45:44let me

00:45:44explain.

00:45:45He walked

00:45:46in step

00:45:46by step.

00:45:48His voice

00:45:48was terrifyingly

00:45:49soft.

00:45:52You lied

00:45:53to me?

00:45:58A few

00:45:58days later,

00:45:59the investigation

00:46:00report was

00:46:00placed before

00:46:01at Kellen.

00:46:05She had

00:46:05staged the

00:46:06wolf bind

00:46:06poisoning,

00:46:07paid Seth

00:46:07to spread

00:46:08the Facebook

00:46:08posts,

00:46:09forged

00:46:09pregnancy

00:46:10proof,

00:46:10arranged

00:46:11the rogue

00:46:11attack at

00:46:11her own

00:46:12birthday

00:46:12banquet,

00:46:12and even

00:46:13obtained

00:46:13the silver

00:46:13water on

00:46:14the blade

00:46:14from old

00:46:14retainers

00:46:15of her

00:46:15family.

00:46:16Alpha,

00:46:16every

00:46:17payment,

00:46:17every

00:46:17forged

00:46:18record,

00:46:18and every

00:46:19purchase

00:46:19sent

00:46:19medicine

00:46:19points

00:46:20back

00:46:20to

00:46:20Miss

00:46:20Vivian.

00:46:24Vivian

00:46:25knelled

00:46:25on the

00:46:25floor,

00:46:26hugging

00:46:26Kellen's

00:46:26leg as

00:46:27she cried.

00:46:28I only

00:46:29loved you

00:46:29too much.

00:46:30I was

00:46:30afraid you

00:46:31would never

00:46:31give me

00:46:32the luma

00:46:32position.

00:46:33Kellen,

00:46:33I am

00:46:34carrying

00:46:34your pup.

00:46:35For the

00:46:36child's

00:46:37sake.

00:46:39Kellen

00:46:39lowered his

00:46:40gaze to

00:46:40her abdomen,

00:46:41his expression

00:46:42complicated.

00:46:43Alpha,

00:46:44there is

00:46:44no pup.

00:46:45The so-called

00:46:46fetal scent

00:46:46was created

00:46:47by witch

00:46:47medicine.

00:46:54Vivian

00:46:55collapsed

00:46:55to the

00:46:56floor.

00:46:57No.

00:46:58At

00:46:59Kellen,

00:46:59listen

00:46:59to me.

00:47:00I

00:47:00can

00:47:00still

00:47:00give

00:47:00you

00:47:01a

00:47:01pup.

00:47:01I

00:47:01can

00:47:02still

00:47:02be

00:47:02useful

00:47:02to

00:47:02Black

00:47:03Pine.

00:47:06Kellen

00:47:06Black

00:47:06closed his

00:47:07eyes.

00:47:08Send her

00:47:09to

00:47:09Silvermoon

00:47:09Sanatorium.

00:47:10Tell the

00:47:11director she

00:47:11is charged

00:47:12with serious

00:47:12fraud,

00:47:13harming

00:47:13the

00:47:13Luna,

00:47:15and forging

00:47:16the Alpha

00:47:17bloodline.

00:47:18Without

00:47:19both my

00:47:19order and

00:47:20the Council's

00:47:20order,

00:47:21she is not

00:47:21to be

00:47:21released.

00:47:22By then,

00:47:23I had

00:47:24already settled

00:47:24in the

00:47:25southern

00:47:25neutral

00:47:25lands.

00:47:34There was

00:47:35no

00:47:35Black

00:47:35Pipe

00:47:36Cedar

00:47:36scent

00:47:36there,

00:47:36no

00:47:37Council

00:47:37Judgment

00:47:38Bell,

00:47:38and no

00:47:39one

00:47:39called

00:47:39me

00:47:39Luna.

00:47:41I worked

00:47:41in a

00:47:42small

00:47:42ceremonial

00:47:42tailor

00:47:43shop,

00:47:43altering

00:47:44Luna gowns

00:47:44and pup

00:47:45cloaks for

00:47:45passing

00:47:45wolves.

00:47:46At

00:47:46first,

00:47:47my body

00:47:47was so

00:47:47weak that

00:47:48my fingers

00:47:48shook

00:47:48after a

00:47:49few

00:47:49stitches.

00:47:49At

00:47:50night,

00:47:51Bond

00:47:51Aklash

00:47:51would

00:47:51flare

00:47:52like

00:47:52invisible

00:47:52claws

00:47:52tearing

00:47:53through

00:47:53my

00:47:53ribs.

00:47:54The

00:47:54owner

00:47:54was

00:47:54an

00:47:54elderly

00:47:55omega

00:47:55woman.

00:47:56She

00:47:56never

00:47:56asked

00:47:57about

00:47:57my

00:47:57past.

00:47:58She

00:47:58only

00:47:58left

00:47:58warm

00:47:59soup

00:47:59by

00:47:59my

00:47:59door.

00:48:00Drink

00:48:01it

00:48:01while

00:48:01it

00:48:01is

00:48:01warm,

00:48:02child.

00:48:02A

00:48:03wolf

00:48:03that

00:48:03survives

00:48:04winter

00:48:04will

00:48:05eventually

00:48:05find

00:48:05spring.

00:48:14One

00:48:14snowy

00:48:15evening,

00:48:15a

00:48:16tall

00:48:16man

00:48:16entered

00:48:16the

00:48:17shop

00:48:17with

00:48:17a

00:48:17torn

00:48:17ceremonial

00:48:18cloak.

00:48:18His

00:48:19scent

00:48:19was

00:48:20clean

00:48:20snow

00:48:20and

00:48:21pine.

00:48:24He

00:48:24was

00:48:24Adrian

00:48:25Winter,

00:48:25Alpha

00:48:26of

00:48:26Frost

00:48:26Crown,

00:48:27and one

00:48:28of the

00:48:28neutral

00:48:28court's

00:48:28arbitersers.

00:48:29He

00:48:30looked at

00:48:30the

00:48:30silver

00:48:30scars

00:48:31on my

00:48:31wrist,

00:48:32and then

00:48:32at my

00:48:33lowered

00:48:33head.

00:48:34He

00:48:35did not

00:48:35ask who

00:48:36had

00:48:36hurt

00:48:36me.

00:48:37He

00:48:37only

00:48:38said,

00:48:38Your

00:48:39wolf

00:48:39is still

00:48:39alive.

00:48:40My

00:48:40fingers

00:48:41froze

00:48:41on

00:48:41the

00:48:41needle.

00:48:51Let

00:48:52her

00:48:52stand

00:48:52when

00:48:52she

00:48:53is

00:48:53ready.

00:48:54Do

00:48:54not

00:48:54force

00:48:54her

00:48:55to

00:48:55kneel

00:48:55for

00:48:55anyone

00:48:55again.

00:48:57That

00:48:58was

00:48:58the

00:48:58first

00:48:58time

00:48:58since

00:48:59leaving

00:48:59Blackport

00:48:59that

00:49:00I

00:49:00cried.

00:49:03Not

00:49:04because

00:49:04of

00:49:04pain,

00:49:05because

00:49:06someone

00:49:06had

00:49:06seen

00:49:06the

00:49:06part

00:49:06of

00:49:07me

00:49:07that

00:49:07was

00:49:07still

00:49:08alive.

00:49:11Adrian

00:49:11courted

00:49:12me

00:49:12slowly.

00:49:15On

00:49:15full

00:49:15moon

00:49:16nights,

00:49:16he

00:49:16sat

00:49:17with

00:49:17me

00:49:17in

00:49:17the

00:49:17yard

00:49:18behind

00:49:18the

00:49:18shop

00:49:19and

00:49:20watched

00:49:20my

00:49:20white

00:49:20wolf

00:49:21spirit

00:49:21try

00:49:21to

00:49:21stand

00:49:22beneath

00:49:22the

00:49:22moonlight.

00:49:23When

00:49:23backlash

00:49:24struck,

00:49:24he

00:49:25used

00:49:25his

00:49:25alpha

00:49:25scent

00:49:26to

00:49:26shield

00:49:26me

00:49:26from

00:49:26the

00:49:27worst

00:49:27of

00:49:27the

00:49:27pain,

00:49:27but

00:49:28he

00:49:28never

00:49:28forced

00:49:28touch

00:49:29on

00:49:29me.

00:49:30Once,

00:49:31I

00:49:31asked

00:49:31him,

00:49:33does

00:49:33it

00:49:34bother

00:49:34you

00:49:34that

00:49:34I

00:49:34severed

00:49:35a

00:49:35mate

00:49:35bond

00:49:35before?

00:49:36He

00:49:36looked

00:49:36at

00:49:36me

00:49:36with

00:49:36steady

00:49:37seriousness.

00:49:38You

00:49:38are

00:49:38not

00:49:38someone's

00:49:39used

00:49:39possession.

00:49:40You

00:49:40are

00:49:40Serena.

00:49:41If

00:49:42you

00:49:42want

00:49:42to

00:49:42accept

00:49:42me,

00:49:43I

00:49:43will

00:49:43wait.

00:49:44If

00:49:44you

00:49:44do

00:49:44not,

00:49:45I

00:49:45will

00:49:45still

00:49:46protect

00:49:46everyone

00:49:46in

00:49:46the

00:49:46neutral

00:49:47lands,

00:49:47including

00:49:48you.

00:49:49Something

00:49:49touched

00:49:50my

00:49:50heart

00:49:50softly.

00:49:53I

00:49:54had

00:49:54thought

00:49:54it

00:49:54was

00:49:54dead.

00:49:56But

00:49:56when

00:49:56spring

00:49:57came,

00:49:57it

00:49:58insisted

00:49:58on

00:49:58living.

00:50:00One

00:50:01afternoon,

00:50:02Adrian

00:50:02and I

00:50:02returned

00:50:03from

00:50:03the

00:50:03neutral

00:50:03market.

00:50:04He

00:50:04carried

00:50:04fabric and

00:50:05I

00:50:05held

00:50:05a

00:50:05bag

00:50:06of

00:50:06moon

00:50:06oranges.

00:50:07The

00:50:07wind

00:50:07trimes

00:50:08at

00:50:08the

00:50:08corner

00:50:08rang

00:50:08lightly.

00:50:09I

00:50:10had

00:50:10just

00:50:10laughed

00:50:10at

00:50:10something

00:50:11he

00:50:11said

00:50:11when

00:50:11I

00:50:11caught

00:50:12a

00:50:12familiar

00:50:12scent

00:50:12of

00:50:12cedar

00:50:13and

00:50:13mint.

00:50:16My

00:50:17smile

00:50:17froze.

00:50:20Kellen

00:50:21stood

00:50:21beneath

00:50:21the

00:50:22stone

00:50:22bridge.

00:50:23He

00:50:24had

00:50:24lost

00:50:24weight.

00:50:24His

00:50:25eyes

00:50:25were

00:50:25bloodshot.

00:50:26The

00:50:26alpha

00:50:27aura

00:50:27that

00:50:27had

00:50:27once

00:50:27been

00:50:28sharp

00:50:28and

00:50:28untouchable

00:50:28was

00:50:29now

00:50:29chaotic

00:50:29and

00:50:29unstable.

00:50:32Serena.

00:50:34I

00:50:34finally

00:50:35found

00:50:35you.

00:50:38I

00:50:38stepped

00:50:39back

00:50:39without

00:50:39thinking.

00:50:43Adrian

00:50:44held my

00:50:44hand

00:50:45and

00:50:45stood

00:50:45in

00:50:45front

00:50:45of

00:50:45me.

00:50:48Alpha

00:50:49you

00:50:49are

00:50:50frightening

00:50:50her.

00:50:55Kellen

00:50:55stared

00:50:55at

00:50:56our

00:50:56joint

00:50:56hands.

00:50:57His

00:50:57wolf

00:50:58surged

00:50:58in

00:50:58his

00:50:58eyes.

00:51:00Who

00:51:00are

00:51:01you

00:51:01to

00:51:01touch

00:51:01her?

00:51:02She

00:51:02is

00:51:02my

00:51:02mate!

00:51:06I

00:51:07am

00:51:07not.

00:51:07He

00:51:08rushed

00:51:08forward

00:51:08to

00:51:08grab

00:51:08my

00:51:09arm.

00:51:09I

00:51:09know

00:51:10I

00:51:10was

00:51:10wrong.

00:51:10Vivian

00:51:11lied

00:51:11to

00:51:11me.

00:51:11I

00:51:11have

00:51:12found

00:51:12out

00:51:12everything.

00:51:12I

00:51:13locked

00:51:13her

00:51:13away.

00:51:13She

00:51:14will

00:51:14never

00:51:14appear

00:51:14before

00:51:14you

00:51:15again.

00:51:15Come

00:51:16back

00:51:16to

00:51:16Black

00:51:16Pine

00:51:16with

00:51:16me.

00:51:17We

00:51:17can

00:51:17start

00:51:18over.

00:51:18His

00:51:18tone

00:51:19was

00:51:19humble,

00:51:19unlike

00:51:20the

00:51:20arrogant

00:51:20Alpha

00:51:21I

00:51:21remembered.

00:51:22But I

00:51:23only felt

00:51:23disgust.

00:51:25Let

00:51:25go.

00:51:28He

00:51:28did

00:51:28not.

00:51:32Adrian

00:51:33closed

00:51:33his hand

00:51:33around

00:51:34Kaylin's

00:51:34wrist.

00:51:35She

00:51:35told

00:51:35you

00:51:35to

00:51:35let

00:51:35go.

00:51:36The

00:51:36next

00:51:36second,

00:51:37Kanan

00:51:37swung a

00:51:38fist at

00:51:38him.

00:51:40Two

00:51:40Alpha

00:51:41eras

00:51:41collided

00:51:42on the

00:51:42street.

00:51:43Ordinary

00:51:43wolves

00:51:44nearby

00:51:44went pale

00:51:45under

00:51:45the

00:51:45pressure.

00:51:48Kaylin

00:51:49fought like

00:51:50a madman,

00:51:50striking

00:51:51toward

00:51:51vital

00:51:51points.

00:51:57She

00:51:58is

00:51:58mine!

00:52:01From

00:52:01the

00:52:01moment

00:52:01you

00:52:02chose

00:52:02to

00:52:02betray

00:52:02Serena,

00:52:03she

00:52:03ceased

00:52:04to

00:52:04belong

00:52:04to

00:52:04you.

00:52:05Especially

00:52:06now

00:52:06that

00:52:06she

00:52:06has

00:52:06severed

00:52:07her

00:52:07ties

00:52:07as

00:52:07your

00:52:07partner.

00:52:08Partner.

00:52:10She

00:52:10belongs

00:52:11only

00:52:11to

00:52:11herself.

00:52:13While

00:52:14Adrian

00:52:14shielded

00:52:15me,

00:52:15Kaylin

00:52:15drove

00:52:16a fist

00:52:16towards

00:52:16his

00:52:17temple.

00:52:24I

00:52:25saw

00:52:25a wooden

00:52:25flag

00:52:25go

00:52:25by

00:52:26the

00:52:26road.

00:52:27My

00:52:28body

00:52:28moved

00:52:28before

00:52:28my

00:52:29mind

00:52:29did.

00:52:35I

00:52:35grabbed

00:52:35the pole

00:52:36and struck

00:52:36Kaylin

00:52:37across the

00:52:37back.

00:52:41Kaylin

00:52:42took a

00:52:42step back

00:52:43in

00:52:43disbelief.

00:52:47Adrian

00:52:47turned

00:52:47sharply.

00:52:50Serena!

00:52:51I stood

00:52:52there,

00:52:52both

00:52:53hands

00:52:53shaking

00:52:53around

00:52:53the

00:52:54pole,

00:52:54my

00:52:55breath

00:52:55unbeaven.

00:52:57Kaylin

00:52:58looked

00:52:58back at

00:52:58me

00:52:58in

00:52:59disbelief.

00:53:02You

00:53:03hit me?

00:53:03I

00:53:04gazed

00:53:04at him,

00:53:05my eyes

00:53:05holding

00:53:06nothing

00:53:06but

00:53:06unfamiliarity

00:53:07and

00:53:07warfing.

00:53:11Yes,

00:53:12and if

00:53:13you touch

00:53:13him again,

00:53:14I will

00:53:15hit you

00:53:15harder.

00:53:16For a

00:53:17long

00:53:17moment,

00:53:18something

00:53:18in his

00:53:19expression

00:53:19shattered.

00:53:22Perhaps

00:53:23in his

00:53:23memory,

00:53:24I was

00:53:24still the

00:53:25woman who

00:53:25would wait

00:53:25at the

00:53:25door with

00:53:26warm soup

00:53:26no matter

00:53:27how late

00:53:27he came

00:53:27home,

00:53:28but that

00:53:29woman had

00:53:29died in

00:53:30the silver

00:53:30line

00:53:30chamber.

00:53:34The

00:53:34neutral

00:53:35guards

00:53:35arrived

00:53:35quickly and

00:53:37separated

00:53:37them.

00:53:41Kaylin

00:53:42stared at

00:53:42me as if

00:53:43he wanted

00:53:43to say

00:53:43a thousand

00:53:44things.

00:53:47I

00:53:47did not

00:53:47give him

00:53:48the

00:53:48chance.

00:53:49I

00:53:50took

00:53:50Adrian's

00:53:51hand and

00:53:51walked

00:53:51away.

00:53:52Behind

00:53:53me,

00:53:53Callan's

00:53:54voice

00:53:54broke.

00:53:55Serena!

00:53:56I was

00:53:57wrong!

00:53:58Tell me

00:53:58what I

00:53:59have to

00:53:59do!

00:53:59I will

00:54:00do

00:54:00anything!

00:54:01I

00:54:02did not

00:54:02turn

00:54:02back.

00:54:05Because

00:54:05the answer

00:54:06was simple.

00:54:08There

00:54:09was nothing

00:54:09he could

00:54:10do.

00:54:15That

00:54:15evening,

00:54:16Adrian

00:54:17dispected

00:54:17the torn

00:54:18skin on

00:54:18my palm.

00:54:22You

00:54:22did not

00:54:22have to

00:54:23protect

00:54:23me.

00:54:24I

00:54:24know.

00:54:25I

00:54:25wanted

00:54:26to.

00:54:28He

00:54:28looked at

00:54:28me for

00:54:29a long

00:54:29time,

00:54:29then lowered

00:54:30his eyes

00:54:30with a

00:54:31faint

00:54:31smile.

00:54:32Then I

00:54:33am

00:54:33honored.

00:54:35When

00:54:36Kellen

00:54:36woke,

00:54:37he was

00:54:37in the

00:54:37neutral

00:54:38healing

00:54:38center.

00:54:39Beta

00:54:40reported

00:54:40to

00:54:40him

00:54:40all

00:54:41the

00:54:41interrogation

00:54:41results

00:54:42regarding

00:54:42Vivian.

00:54:43Kellen

00:54:43pulled out

00:54:44the

00:54:44blood

00:54:44needle

00:54:44and

00:54:44said

00:54:45only

00:54:45one

00:54:45thing.

00:54:46I

00:54:46want

00:54:47to

00:54:47see

00:54:47her.

00:54:47Seth

00:54:48urged

00:54:48him

00:54:48to

00:54:48return

00:54:49to

00:54:49Black

00:54:49Pine.

00:54:50Alpha,

00:54:51you

00:54:51cannot

00:54:51keep

00:54:52losing

00:54:52control.

00:54:53Black

00:54:53Pine

00:54:54needs

00:54:54you.

00:54:55The

00:54:55elders

00:54:55were

00:54:55preparing

00:54:56a

00:54:56vote

00:54:56to

00:54:56suspend

00:54:57his

00:54:57authority

00:54:57because

00:54:58he

00:54:58had

00:54:58left

00:54:59the

00:54:59territory

00:54:59without

00:54:59permission.

00:55:01Smaller

00:55:01packs

00:55:02were

00:55:02testing

00:55:02the

00:55:02Black

00:55:03Pine

00:55:03border.

00:55:04Kellen

00:55:10make her

00:55:10kneel

00:55:10before

00:55:11Serena

00:55:11and

00:55:11return

00:55:11everything

00:55:12she

00:55:12owes.

00:55:13When

00:55:13Aunt

00:55:13Vivian

00:55:13was

00:55:14dragged

00:55:14out

00:55:14of

00:55:14Silver

00:55:14Moon

00:55:15Sanatorium,

00:55:16none

00:55:16of her

00:55:16old

00:55:17pure

00:55:17blood

00:55:17pride

00:55:17remained.

00:55:19Her

00:55:19hair

00:55:19was

00:55:19tangled.

00:55:22Moon

00:55:22iron

00:55:22chains

00:55:23locked

00:55:23around

00:55:23her

00:55:23wrists

00:55:24to

00:55:24suppress

00:55:24her

00:55:24wolf.

00:55:25The

00:55:25moment

00:55:26she

00:55:26saw

00:55:26Kellen,

00:55:27she

00:55:27rushed

00:55:27toward

00:55:27him

00:55:27crying.

00:55:32Kellen,

00:55:33you

00:55:33finally

00:55:34came to

00:55:34see

00:55:34me.

00:55:35I

00:55:36know

00:55:36I

00:55:36was

00:55:36wrong.

00:55:36I

00:55:37really

00:55:37do.

00:55:38Kellen

00:55:38did

00:55:41he

00:55:42ordered

00:55:42the

00:55:42guards

00:55:42to

00:55:43press

00:55:43her

00:55:43down

00:55:43in

00:55:44front

00:55:44of

00:55:44my

00:55:44shop.

00:55:45That

00:55:46day,

00:55:46I

00:55:47was

00:55:47hemming

00:55:47a

00:55:47full

00:55:48moon

00:55:48cloak

00:55:48for

00:55:49a

00:55:49pup.

00:55:50When

00:55:50I

00:55:50heard

00:55:50the

00:55:50commotion

00:55:51and

00:55:51looked

00:55:51up,

00:55:52I

00:55:52saw

00:55:52forced

00:55:52to

00:55:53sneal

00:55:53in

00:55:53the

00:55:53rain.

00:55:57Kellen

00:55:57stood

00:55:58behind

00:55:58Vivian.

00:55:59In

00:55:59his

00:55:59eyes

00:56:00was

00:56:00a

00:56:00desperate,

00:56:01almost

00:56:01obsessive

00:56:01hope.

00:56:03Serena,

00:56:03she

00:56:04is

00:56:04here

00:56:04to

00:56:04confess.

00:56:05Vivian

00:56:05trembled

00:56:06as

00:56:06she

00:56:06spoke.

00:56:09I

00:56:09am

00:56:10blamed

00:56:10you

00:56:10for

00:56:10the

00:56:10wolf

00:56:10subane.

00:56:11I

00:56:11should

00:56:11not

00:56:11have

00:56:11forged

00:56:12Facebook

00:56:12posts.

00:56:13I

00:56:13should

00:56:13not

00:56:13have

00:56:13lied

00:56:13to

00:56:13Kellen

00:56:14and

00:56:14said

00:56:14I

00:56:14carried

00:56:14an

00:56:14alpha

00:56:15pup.

00:56:15I

00:56:15should

00:56:15not

00:56:16have

00:56:16arranged

00:56:16the

00:56:16rogue

00:56:16attack

00:56:17and

00:56:17blamed

00:56:17you.

00:56:19I

00:56:19was

00:56:19wrong.

00:56:20Please

00:56:20ask him

00:56:21to

00:56:21despair

00:56:22me.

00:56:23She

00:56:23cried

00:56:23miserably,

00:56:24her knees

00:56:25sinking

00:56:25into

00:56:25mud.

00:56:26Wailwolves

00:56:27gathered

00:56:27around

00:56:27to

00:56:28watch.

00:56:28Kellen

00:56:29looked

00:56:29at

00:56:29me,

00:56:29his

00:56:30voice

00:56:30low

00:56:30and

00:56:30pleading.

00:56:40As

00:56:41long

00:56:41as

00:56:41you

00:56:41come

00:56:41back

00:56:42with

00:56:42me.

00:56:43I

00:56:43laughed

00:56:43suddenly.

00:56:45Not

00:56:45because

00:56:46it

00:56:46felt

00:56:46good,

00:56:47but

00:56:48because

00:56:48it

00:56:48was

00:56:48absurd.

00:56:49Kellen,

00:56:50do you

00:56:51think

00:56:51this

00:56:51cancels

00:56:52out

00:56:52what

00:56:52I

00:56:52suffered?

00:56:53His

00:56:53face

00:56:53turned

00:56:54pale.

00:56:56I

00:56:56pointed

00:56:57at

00:56:57Vivian,

00:56:57kneeling

00:56:58on the

00:56:58ground,

00:56:58then

00:56:58at

00:56:59him.

00:57:01You

00:57:02once

00:57:02pushed

00:57:02me

00:57:02toward

00:57:02a

00:57:03silver

00:57:03blade

00:57:03for

00:57:03her.

00:57:04You

00:57:04locked

00:57:04me

00:57:04in

00:57:04a

00:57:04silver

00:57:05line

00:57:05chamber

00:57:05for

00:57:05her.

00:57:06You

00:57:06spread

00:57:06my

00:57:06private

00:57:06shame

00:57:06across

00:57:07Facebook

00:57:07for

00:57:07her.

00:57:07Now

00:57:08for

00:57:08me

00:57:08you

00:57:08make

00:57:08her

00:57:08kneel

00:57:08in

00:57:09public

00:57:09without

00:57:09hesitation.

00:57:10Whether

00:57:10it

00:57:10is

00:57:10her

00:57:10or

00:57:10me,

00:57:11in

00:57:11your

00:57:11eyes

00:57:11we

00:57:11are

00:57:11only

00:57:12objects

00:57:12you

00:57:12can

00:57:12arrange

00:57:12and

00:57:13punish

00:57:13whenever

00:57:13you

00:57:13wish,

00:57:14aren't

00:57:14we?

00:57:15Kellen

00:57:15froze.

00:57:16No!

00:57:18I

00:57:18only

00:57:18wanted

00:57:18you

00:57:19to

00:57:19feel

00:57:19avenged.

00:57:20I

00:57:20smiled

00:57:20calmly,

00:57:21my

00:57:21gaze

00:57:22toward

00:57:22and

00:57:22felled

00:57:22with

00:57:22sympathy.

00:57:23You

00:57:24still

00:57:24do

00:57:24not

00:57:24understand

00:57:25what

00:57:25respect

00:57:26means.

00:57:26I

00:57:27turned

00:57:27and

00:57:27picked

00:57:28up

00:57:28the

00:57:28umbrella

00:57:28beside

00:57:28the

00:57:29door.

00:57:31Adrian

00:57:32was

00:57:32already

00:57:32standing

00:57:33in

00:57:33the

00:57:33rain.

00:57:33He

00:57:34had

00:57:34not

00:57:34interfered.

00:57:35He

00:57:36was

00:57:36simply

00:57:36waiting

00:57:37for

00:57:37my

00:57:37choice.

00:57:40I

00:57:41walked

00:57:41to

00:57:41his

00:57:41side.

00:57:44Kellen

00:57:44panicked

00:57:45and tried

00:57:45to rush

00:57:45over,

00:57:46but the

00:57:46neutral

00:57:46guards

00:57:47blocked

00:57:47him.

00:57:48Serena!

00:57:50Don't

00:57:50choose

00:57:50him!

00:57:53I

00:57:53was

00:57:53your

00:57:53first

00:57:54mate!

00:57:54He

00:57:55can

00:57:55never

00:57:55replace

00:57:56me!

00:57:56I

00:57:57looked

00:57:57back

00:57:57at

00:57:57him

00:57:57one

00:57:58last

00:57:58time.

00:58:01Take

00:58:02yourself

00:58:02righteousness

00:58:03and

00:58:03arrogance

00:58:03and

00:58:04leave.

00:58:05I

00:58:06do

00:58:06not

00:58:06need

00:58:06it.

00:58:07Rain

00:58:08blurred

00:58:08his

00:58:08face.

00:58:09For

00:58:09the

00:58:09first

00:58:10time,

00:58:10I

00:58:10saw

00:58:11him

00:58:11truly

00:58:11helpless.

00:58:12But

00:58:13helplessness

00:58:14was not

00:58:14regret.

00:58:15And

00:58:15regret

00:58:16was

00:58:16not

00:58:16love.

00:58:18I

00:58:19did

00:58:19not

00:58:19attend

00:58:19the

00:58:20court

00:58:20hearing.

00:58:22I

00:58:22only

00:58:22submitted

00:58:23a

00:58:23blood

00:58:23sealed

00:58:23testimony.

00:58:24It

00:58:25contained

00:58:25records

00:58:26of

00:58:26my

00:58:26silver

00:58:26wound,

00:58:27wolf

00:58:27band

00:58:28tests,

00:58:29Vivian's

00:58:29forged

00:58:29documents,

00:58:30screenshots

00:58:31from

00:58:31Facebook,

00:58:32and the

00:58:33healing records

00:58:33from before

00:58:34and after I

00:58:34was forced

00:58:35to sign

00:58:35in the

00:58:36punishment

00:58:36chamber.

00:58:37Adrian

00:58:38asked me,

00:58:41Do you

00:58:41want to watch

00:58:42him be

00:58:42judged

00:58:42with your

00:58:43own

00:58:43eyes?

00:58:44I

00:58:44shook

00:58:44my

00:58:44head.

00:58:48I

00:58:49do

00:58:49not

00:58:49need

00:58:49to

00:58:49see

00:58:49him

00:58:50fall

00:58:50to

00:58:50prove

00:58:50I

00:58:50survived.

00:58:51Still,

00:58:52the

00:58:52result

00:58:52reached

00:58:52the

00:58:53neutral

00:58:53lands.

00:58:54Kellen

00:58:55Black's

00:58:55Alpha

00:58:55Authority

00:58:56is

00:58:56suspended

00:58:57for

00:58:57one

00:58:57year.

00:58:58The

00:58:58Black

00:58:58Pine

00:58:59Elders

00:58:59Council

00:58:59must

00:59:00issue

00:59:00a

00:59:00public

00:59:00apology

00:59:01to

00:59:01the

00:59:01neutral

00:59:01court.

00:59:04Vivian

00:59:04will be

00:59:04stripped

00:59:05of her

00:59:05pure

00:59:05blood

00:59:05status

00:59:06and

00:59:06exiled

00:59:06to

00:59:07the

00:59:07Frost

00:59:07Labor

00:59:07Lands

00:59:07for

00:59:08for

00:59:08forging

00:59:08an

00:59:08air

00:59:09blood

00:59:09line

00:59:09and

00:59:09harming

00:59:10a

00:59:10registered

00:59:10Luna.

00:59:13Seth

00:59:14will

00:59:14lose

00:59:14one

00:59:14fang

00:59:15and

00:59:15be

00:59:15expelled

00:59:16from

00:59:16Black

00:59:16Pine.

00:59:20Kellen

00:59:21refused

00:59:21to accept

00:59:22the

00:59:22distance

00:59:22between

00:59:22us.

00:59:27Later,

00:59:28someone

00:59:29from Frost

00:59:29Crown

00:59:29delivered

00:59:30him a

00:59:30message.

00:59:31Since

00:59:31you never

00:59:31understood

00:59:32pain,

00:59:32remember

00:59:33it

00:59:33with

00:59:34your

00:59:34own

00:59:34body.

00:59:37No

00:59:38one

00:59:38killed

00:59:38him.

00:59:39The

00:59:39court

00:59:39sentenced

00:59:39him

00:59:39to

00:59:40three

00:59:40months

00:59:40of

00:59:40service

00:59:40at

00:59:41the

00:59:41silver

00:59:41mine

00:59:41border,

00:59:42clearing

00:59:42old

00:59:42hunter

00:59:43traps

00:59:43contaminated

00:59:43with

00:59:44silver

00:59:44and

00:59:44wolf

00:59:44bite.

00:59:47It

00:59:48was the

00:59:48kind

00:59:48of

00:59:48low-ranking

00:59:49warrior's

00:59:49work he

00:59:50had once

00:59:50despised.

00:59:55I thought

00:59:55the court

00:59:56sentence would

00:59:56be the

00:59:56end.

00:59:57Vivian

00:59:57had been

00:59:58transferred

00:59:58from

00:59:58Silvermoon

00:59:59Sanatorium

00:59:59to the

01:00:00Frost

01:00:00Labor

01:00:00Lands

01:00:01after the

01:00:01neutral

01:00:01court

01:00:02ruling.

01:00:03Kellen

01:00:04had been

01:00:04sent to

01:00:04the

01:00:04silver

01:00:05mine

01:00:05border.

01:00:06Seth

01:00:06had

01:00:07lost

01:00:07one

01:00:07bang

01:00:07and

01:00:08vanished

01:00:08from

01:00:08Black

01:00:08Pine.

01:00:09Later,

01:00:10I learned

01:00:11that several

01:00:11old

01:00:11retainers of

01:00:12Vivian's

01:00:12family

01:00:12grabbed the

01:00:13escort guards

01:00:13during the

01:00:14transfer and

01:00:14helped her

01:00:14escape into

01:00:15the Frost

01:00:15Crown

01:00:15border woods.

01:00:17Kellen

01:00:17heard of

01:00:17Vivian's

01:00:18escape while

01:00:18serving his

01:00:18sentence near

01:00:19the

01:00:19silver

01:00:19mine

01:00:19border.

01:00:20He

01:00:21knew her

01:00:21hatred

01:00:21would lead

01:00:21her to

01:00:22me.

01:00:22So he

01:00:23followed the

01:00:23rogue scent

01:00:24trail all

01:00:24night.

01:00:25Before

01:00:26leaving the

01:00:26mine

01:00:26border,

01:00:27he had

01:00:27already

01:00:27prepared a

01:00:28blood

01:00:28seal

01:00:28transfer

01:00:29file and

01:00:29the

01:00:29black

01:00:30pine

01:00:35quiet

01:00:36days,

01:00:36I

01:00:36almost

01:00:37believed

01:00:37the

01:00:37old

01:00:37nightmare

01:00:38had

01:00:38finally

01:00:38stopped

01:00:39breathing.

01:00:41That

01:00:41night,

01:00:42Adrienne

01:00:42came to

01:00:42my shop

01:00:43to pick

01:00:43me up.

01:00:44The

01:00:44patrols

01:00:44found

01:00:45strange

01:00:45tracks

01:00:45near

01:00:45the

01:00:46north

01:00:46woods.

01:00:46Stay

01:00:47close

01:00:47to

01:00:47me

01:00:47tonight.

01:00:51Before

01:00:52I could

01:00:52answer,

01:00:52a low

01:00:52laugh came

01:00:53from the

01:00:53fog.

01:00:56Vivian

01:00:57stepped

01:00:57out from

01:00:57behind the

01:00:58trees.

01:00:58Her

01:00:59white

01:00:59dancer's

01:00:59gown

01:00:59was

01:01:00torn,

01:01:00her

01:01:00hair

01:01:01tangled,

01:01:01but the

01:01:02hatred

01:01:02in her

01:01:02eyes

01:01:02was sharper

01:01:03than

01:01:06you took

01:01:07everything

01:01:07from me,

01:01:08Serena.

01:01:09Behind her

01:01:10stood rogue

01:01:10wolves.

01:01:11Their bodies

01:01:12smelled of

01:01:12blood,

01:01:13hunger,

01:01:13and old

01:01:14crimes.

01:01:16She

01:01:17promised us

01:01:17Frostcrown's

01:01:18Luna.

01:01:19Kill the

01:01:19woman,

01:01:20take the

01:01:20reward.

01:01:23Adrienne's

01:01:23eyes went

01:01:23cold.

01:01:25Vivian,

01:01:26you have

01:01:26just turned

01:01:27exile into

01:01:28a death

01:01:28sentence.

01:01:29Vivian

01:01:29stepped out

01:01:29from behind

01:01:30the trees.

01:01:31She

01:01:31deserves

01:01:32to die!

01:01:33To

01:01:33die!

01:01:34If I

01:01:35cannot be

01:01:35Luna,

01:01:36neither

01:01:36can

01:01:36she!

01:01:37Vivian

01:01:38screamed.

01:01:41The

01:01:41rogue

01:01:42wolves

01:01:42lunged.

01:01:46Adrienne

01:01:47threw

01:01:47one

01:01:47aside,

01:01:48but another

01:01:48came at

01:01:49me from

01:01:49behind with

01:01:50a wolf's

01:01:50horn coated

01:01:51bladed.

01:01:52I heard

01:01:53the blade

01:01:53cut through

01:01:53the air.

01:01:54Then

01:01:54someone

01:01:55crashed

01:01:55into me

01:01:55and pulled

01:01:56me behind

01:01:56his body.

01:01:57The

01:01:57blade sank

01:01:58into

01:01:58Kellan's

01:01:58chest.

01:02:00Blood

01:02:00splashed

01:02:01across the

01:02:01snow.

01:02:02Caden

01:02:02staggered,

01:02:03but he

01:02:04did not

01:02:04fall.

01:02:05His

01:02:05damaged

01:02:06wolf

01:02:06spirit

01:02:06roared

01:02:06once,

01:02:07forcing

01:02:07the

01:02:08rogue

01:02:08wolf

01:02:08back.

01:02:12This

01:02:13time,

01:02:14I did

01:02:15not

01:02:15push

01:02:15you

01:02:16toward

01:02:16the

01:02:16blade.

01:02:18I

01:02:19froze.

01:02:20Caden

01:02:20turned

01:02:20his

01:02:20pale

01:02:21face

01:02:21toward

01:02:21me.

01:02:23Serena,

01:02:24run.

01:02:27Adrienne

01:02:27killed

01:02:27one rogue

01:02:28wolf

01:02:28with a

01:02:28single

01:02:28strike.

01:02:29The

01:02:29Frost

01:02:29Crown

01:02:29guards

01:02:30arrived

01:02:30almost

01:02:30immediately

01:02:31and

01:02:31surrounded

01:02:31the

01:02:31woods.

01:02:32Vivian

01:02:32tried to

01:02:32flee,

01:02:33but Adrienne's

01:02:33command froze

01:02:34every wolf

01:02:34in the

01:02:35clearing.

01:02:35Take her

01:02:35alive.

01:02:38Vivian

01:02:38struggled

01:02:38wildly.

01:02:39Caden

01:02:39did not

01:02:40even look

01:02:40at her.

01:02:41He knelt

01:02:41in the

01:02:41snow.

01:02:42One hand

01:02:43pressed

01:02:43against

01:02:43his chest.

01:02:45Black

01:02:45blood

01:02:45seeped

01:02:46through

01:02:46his

01:02:46fingers.

01:02:47The

01:02:47wolf

01:02:47spike

01:02:48on the

01:02:48blade

01:02:48had

01:02:48entered

01:02:48his

01:02:49old

01:02:49silver

01:02:49wounds.

01:02:50His

01:02:50wolf

01:02:50spirit

01:02:51was

01:02:51dying.

01:02:51Caden

01:02:52took

01:02:52out

01:02:52the

01:02:52blood

01:02:52sealed

01:02:52transfer

01:02:53file

01:02:53from

01:02:53inside

01:02:54his

01:02:54coat

01:02:54and

01:02:54pushed

01:02:54it

01:02:54toward

01:02:55me.

01:02:55Everything

01:02:55under

01:02:56my

01:02:56personal

01:02:56name.

01:02:57My

01:02:57private

01:02:58residence,

01:02:58my

01:02:58personal

01:02:58share

01:02:59of

01:02:59the

01:02:59border

01:02:59mines,

01:03:00the

01:03:00trade

01:03:00profits,

01:03:01and the

01:03:01compensation

01:03:01fund I

01:03:02prepared

01:03:02for you.

01:03:03All of

01:03:03it is

01:03:03yours.

01:03:04I did

01:03:04not reach

01:03:05for it.

01:03:05I do

01:03:06not want

01:03:06your

01:03:06money.

01:03:07Caden

01:03:07gave a

01:03:08broken

01:03:08smile.

01:03:09Then

01:03:09burn

01:03:09it.

01:03:09Give

01:03:10it

01:03:10away.

01:03:11Use

01:03:11it

01:03:11to

01:03:11heal

01:03:12every

01:03:12low

01:03:12Bren

01:03:12wolf

01:03:13Black

01:03:13Pine

01:03:13ever

01:03:13humiliated.

01:03:14I

01:03:15only

01:03:15want

01:03:15it

01:03:15to

01:03:15stop

01:03:16belonging

01:03:16to

01:03:16me.

01:03:19His

01:03:20side

01:03:20laid

01:03:20the

01:03:20Black

01:03:20Pine

01:03:21Luna

01:03:21crown.

01:03:21It

01:03:22was

01:03:22not

01:03:22silver.

01:03:23It

01:03:23was

01:03:23carved

01:03:23from

01:03:24black

01:03:24pine

01:03:24wood,

01:03:25oxydion,

01:03:25and

01:03:25moonstone.

01:03:26The

01:03:27moonstone

01:03:27at the

01:03:27center

01:03:27glowed

01:03:28faintly

01:03:28under

01:03:28the

01:03:28full

01:03:29moon.

01:03:29Kellen

01:03:29lifted

01:03:30it

01:03:30with

01:03:30both

01:03:30hands.

01:03:31I

01:03:31had

01:03:31this

01:03:31locked

01:03:32away

01:03:32for

01:03:32three

01:03:32years.

01:03:33I

01:03:34told

01:03:34myself

01:03:34you

01:03:34were

01:03:34not

01:03:34ready

01:03:35for

01:03:35it.

01:03:35His

01:03:36voice

01:03:36broke.

01:03:38I

01:03:38was

01:03:38wrong.

01:03:39I

01:03:40was

01:03:40the

01:03:40one

01:03:40unworthy

01:03:40of

01:03:41standing

01:03:41beside

01:03:41you.

01:03:41He

01:03:42placed

01:03:42the

01:03:42crown

01:03:42on

01:03:42the

01:03:43snow

01:03:43before

01:03:43me.

01:03:43I

01:03:44am

01:03:44sorry.

01:03:44This

01:03:45should

01:03:45have

01:03:45belonged

01:03:45to

01:03:46you

01:03:46from

01:03:46the

01:03:46beginning.

01:03:47For

01:03:47a

01:03:47moment,

01:03:47I

01:03:48remembered

01:03:48the

01:03:48man

01:03:48I

01:03:48had

01:03:49once

01:03:49loved.

01:03:49Then I

01:03:50remembered

01:03:50every

01:03:50wound

01:03:51he

01:03:51had

01:03:51left

01:03:51behind.

01:03:52Kellen,

01:03:53I

01:03:53will

01:03:53not

01:03:53forgive

01:03:54you.

01:03:54I

01:03:55know.

01:03:55Kellen

01:03:55closed

01:03:56his

01:03:56eyes.

01:03:56One

01:03:56wounded

01:03:57rogue

01:03:57wolf

01:03:57suddenly

01:03:57crushed

01:03:58a

01:03:58vial

01:03:58of

01:03:58wolf

01:03:58pop

01:03:58smoke

01:03:59under

01:03:59his

01:04:11wolf

01:04:11spirit

01:04:11shattered

01:04:11in

01:04:12the

01:04:12moonlight.

01:04:12Before

01:04:13he

01:04:13fell,

01:04:13he

01:04:13whispered

01:04:14one

01:04:14last

01:04:14sentence.

01:04:17Then

01:04:18Kellen

01:04:18Black

01:04:18died

01:04:19in

01:04:19the

01:04:19snow.

01:04:21Vivian

01:04:21was

01:04:21brought

01:04:21before

01:04:21the

01:04:22frost

01:04:22crown

01:04:22moon

01:04:22goddess

01:04:22altar

01:04:23three

01:04:23days

01:04:23later.

01:04:24Her

01:04:24hands

01:04:24were

01:04:24bound

01:04:24with

01:04:24black

01:04:24iron

01:04:25chains.

01:04:25Her

01:04:25face

01:04:25was

01:04:25no

01:04:26longer

01:04:26beautiful.

01:04:26Fear

01:04:26had

01:04:26stripped

01:04:27away

01:04:27every

01:04:27trace

01:04:27of

01:04:27her

01:04:27old

01:04:27arrogance.

01:04:30The

01:04:32neutral

01:04:32judge

01:04:32read

01:04:33her

01:04:33crimes

01:04:33aloud.

01:04:33Inspired

01:04:34with

01:04:34rogue

01:04:34wolves

01:04:34to

01:04:35harm

01:04:35Serena

01:04:35and

01:04:36caused

01:04:36the

01:04:36death

01:04:37of

01:04:37Black

01:04:37Pine's

01:04:37former

01:04:38alpha.

01:04:38In

01:04:38accordance

01:04:39with

01:04:39the

01:04:39werewolf

01:04:39code,

01:04:40your

01:04:40inner

01:04:40wolf

01:04:41will

01:04:41be

01:04:41stripped

01:04:41away

01:04:42and

01:04:42you

01:04:42will

01:04:42be

01:04:43permanently

01:04:43exiled

01:04:44from

01:04:44every

01:04:44pack

01:04:45registration.

01:04:46Vivian

01:04:46screamed

01:04:47until

01:04:47her

01:04:47voice

01:04:47cracked.

01:04:48I

01:04:49am

01:04:49pure

01:04:49blood!

01:04:50You

01:04:50cannot

01:04:50take

01:04:51my

01:04:51wolf!

01:04:57No

01:04:57one

01:04:58answered

01:04:58her.

01:04:58The

01:04:59moon

01:04:59goddess

01:04:59seal

01:04:59lit

01:04:59beneath

01:05:00her

01:05:00feet.

01:05:00A

01:05:00pale

01:05:01wolf

01:05:01shadow

01:05:01tore

01:05:01itself

01:05:02from

01:05:02her

01:05:02body.

01:05:02It

01:05:03struggled,

01:05:03howled,

01:05:04then shattered

01:05:04under the

01:05:04cold

01:05:05moonlight.

01:05:05Her

01:05:05body

01:05:05survived,

01:05:06but the

01:05:06wolf

01:05:07inside her

01:05:07was gone

01:05:07forever.

01:05:08She

01:05:08collapsed

01:05:08to the

01:05:09ground.

01:05:09For the

01:05:09first time,

01:05:10she had

01:05:10no wolf

01:05:11scent.

01:05:11No

01:05:11pack

01:05:11would

01:05:12accept

01:05:12her.

01:05:12No

01:05:13alpha

01:05:13command

01:05:13would

01:05:14answer

01:05:14her.

01:05:15No

01:05:15full

01:05:15moon

01:05:16would

01:05:16ever

01:05:16call

01:05:16to

01:05:16her

01:05:17again.

01:05:20She

01:05:20was

01:05:20dragged

01:05:21beyond

01:05:21the

01:05:21border

01:05:21and

01:05:22thrown

01:05:23into

01:05:23the

01:05:23wild.

01:05:24Three

01:05:24months

01:05:24later

01:05:24at

01:05:24Adrian

01:05:25and

01:05:25I

01:05:25held

01:05:25a

01:05:32silence,

01:05:32your

01:05:33anger,

01:05:33your

01:05:33fear,

01:05:33and

01:05:33your

01:05:33freedom.

01:05:34I

01:05:34will

01:05:34honor

01:05:34your

01:05:34no

01:05:35before

01:05:35I

01:05:35ever

01:05:35ask

01:05:35for

01:05:36your

01:05:36yes.

01:05:36If

01:05:36one

01:05:36day

01:05:36you

01:05:37choose

01:05:37to

01:05:37walk

01:05:37away,

01:05:37I

01:05:38will

01:05:38not

01:05:38hunt

01:05:38you.

01:05:38If

01:05:39one

01:05:39day

01:05:39you

01:05:39choose

01:05:39to

01:05:39stay,

01:05:40I

01:05:40will

01:05:40never

01:05:40betray

01:05:40you.

01:05:41My

01:06:02means

01:06:02it

01:06:03felt

01:06:03like

01:06:03home.

01:06:03I

01:06:04know

01:06:04that

01:06:04I

01:06:04have

01:06:04finally

01:06:05ushered

01:06:05in

01:06:05a

01:06:05brand

01:06:06new

01:06:06life.

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