Betrayal And Rebirth Ep,24 - Ep - FULL MOVIE ☑️ - Eng Sub
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00:00Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.
00:03My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run,
00:07and left blood spilled across the human territory border.
00:10My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:16Selina is an Omega. She's too fragile for prison.
00:18If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:22Lyra, take her place.
00:24I refused.
00:25But on a stormy night rope of thunder, my father used absolute Alpha command.
00:29He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transplant.
00:34My fiancé, my fated mate, Kalen, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:39to me,
00:40Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:42Endure these seven years for now.
00:46Seven years later.
00:48Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:54I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,
00:58dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
01:01A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
01:04The window rolled down revealed Kalen's sharp, striking face.
01:07Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
01:09The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.
01:12Lyra.
01:13Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
01:16In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
01:18Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
01:22You've suffered these past seven years.
01:24I'll keep my promise, Kalen said.
01:27At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
01:31He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
01:33There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
01:36I looked into his golden green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at him and slowly pulled my hand
01:41away.
01:42Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
01:45Okay.
01:47Seven years in silver moon penitentiary.
01:492,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
01:52Long enough to see Kalen and my family for what they truly were.
01:54They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
01:57Sensing my indifference, Kalen let out a low irritated sound.
01:59Selina knows you're coming back today.
02:01Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
02:04Your parents and your sister are all at Pact Medical Center calming her down.
02:09I closed my eyes.
02:10The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pact territory.
02:13An hour later, we arrived at my home.
02:16Only the beta butler and a few omega solvents were inside the manor.
02:19They caught the cheap sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
02:24My parents loved only Selina.
02:26To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
02:29The beta butler bowed respectfully to Kalen first.
02:32Only then did he turn to me.
02:33Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
02:37Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
02:39Disgrace.
02:40I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salu's place.
02:44How had I become the shameful one?
02:46But my expectations had died seven years ago.
02:48On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.
02:52I understand.
02:53I turned toward the side entrance.
02:55Then Kalen stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
02:58His pupils sharpened into slits.
03:00Lyra.
03:01Selen's scent is weakening.
03:03She needs me.
03:04Go rest.
03:04He did not wait for a reply.
03:06He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
03:08I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me.
03:12And curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
03:16Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion.
03:19I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
03:22It was my beta sister, Chloe.
03:24Alpha father.
03:25Luna mother.
03:26Selenna is in terrible shape mentally.
03:28Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
03:30If Selenna catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
03:33My father sighed, but said nothing.
03:34My mother answered first.
03:35She carries our blood.
03:36If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?
03:40Then what are we supposed to do?
03:41Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
03:44My father finally spoke.
03:45When Selenna returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
03:50She is not to appear in front of Selen.
03:52She is not to leave her room for any reason.
03:54My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
03:58Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
04:02An encrypted message.
04:03Miss Lyra, congratulations.
04:05You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
04:09Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
04:13under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
04:16Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
04:19You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
04:22I did not hesitate.
04:23On the holographic display, I signed my name.
04:26Lyra.
04:27I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
04:30Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
04:35Shortly before my release, I applied again.
04:38As expected, I passed.
04:40Ten days.
04:41If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
04:48The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
04:52A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
04:56Selenna was back.
04:57Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
05:03My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
05:09world.
05:10The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
05:13In perfect unison, everyone said,
05:15Happy awakening day, Selenna.
05:17Selenna smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
05:19Then she lifted her chin.
05:21I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
05:23Did anyone get me something special?
05:25My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
05:29Kaylin was reaching for his own.
05:31When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
05:35Lyra, you're awake. Come here. Celebrate with us.
05:38Selenna turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
05:41Sorry, sis. My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
05:46You're not mad, are you?
05:47Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.
05:49Lyra isn't petty. She wouldn't blame you.
05:53At that, Selenna boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
05:57Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
06:00She smiled.
06:01I want Kaylin as my mate.
06:03Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
06:07Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
06:10Every wolf there stayed silent.
06:12Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
06:15My surrender.
06:16Rage surged through my blood.
06:18I clenched my fists.
06:20And if I say no?
06:22Selenna froze for half a second.
06:24Then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
06:27I was only joking.
06:28I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
06:32My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
06:35Don't be afraid, Selenna.
06:36Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
06:38Her bloodline is beneath yours.
06:40My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
06:43Blood means nothing.
06:45Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
06:47Chloe joined in without hesitation.
06:49That's right, Selenna.
06:50You're my only sister.
06:51I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest.
06:53And pretended not to understand a word.
06:56And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
06:57What are they saying?
06:58His throat tightened before he answered.
07:02Selenna said she was joking.
07:03Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
07:06The room reeked of lies.
07:08What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
07:11My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
07:13My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
07:16But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home,
07:19they despised the habits I had picked up surviving on my own.
07:22Every resource.
07:23Every ounce of love.
07:24They gave it all to Selenna.
07:26Ten years ago, when Selenna was accepted into Elite Art Academy,
07:29the entire pack celebrated her.
07:31What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most
07:33prestigious university in the country.
07:35I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
07:38None of it mattered now.
07:39Soon I would be gone from this territory for good.
07:41I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
07:43I want some air outside the territory.
07:45You all enjoy the party.
07:46Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
07:49Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
07:53Not one of them remembered.
07:54Today was my awakening day too.
07:56Once I left the territory,
07:57I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
08:00Because of my prison record,
08:02the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
08:05With a ruined leg and no history,
08:07I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
08:09It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
08:12The irony was almost funny.
08:14Ever since they brought me back at 15,
08:16they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selenna
08:19and cut me off completely.
08:20I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
08:24At 11.30 that night, I finished washing the last dish.
08:28When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
08:31Then another scent cut through the storm.
08:33Cold fur.
08:34Powerful.
08:35A top-tier alpha.
08:36Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
08:40Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
08:43He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
08:45The rear door was already open.
08:48Lyra, happy awakening day.
08:50The words hit me like a blow.
08:52I stood there, frozen.
08:54Kalen's pack and mine had been alive for generations.
08:56Our territories shared a border,
08:58and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us was born.
09:02Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two
09:06and was not found again until I was 15,
09:08bruised and scarred,
09:10that ancient agreement never changed.
09:13I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
09:16He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt,
09:19powerful enough to command submission,
09:21yet somehow warm at the same time.
09:23In that cold territory,
09:25he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
09:29He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
09:32He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
09:34He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
09:39And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left great energy,
09:42I gave him my kidney.
09:43I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
09:47Yet in the end,
09:48he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to silver moon penipotentiary with his own hands.
09:55Lyra, what is it?
09:56Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
09:59Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
10:01I answered evenly,
10:02thank you.
10:03Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
10:05When I opened it,
10:06I found a custom made red wedding gown for a bonding rite.
10:11Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
10:15mate bond?
10:15I had it made early.
10:18Do you like it?
10:19Bitterness filled my throat.
10:21Alpha,
10:22you remembered wrong.
10:23I don't like wedding dresses.
10:25And I hate red.
10:26The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
10:31At the time,
10:31I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
10:34After I was old enough to remember,
10:36every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
10:40wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent, signature,
10:44and bring me home.
10:45Kalen's eyes tightened.
10:47Just like he had years ago,
10:48he reached over and ruffled my hair.
10:50I'm sorry.
10:51I remembered wrong.
10:52Come on.
10:52I'll take you to dinner.
10:53On the drive back,
10:54he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
10:57Lyra,
10:58why is your scent so faint?
10:59Why are you thinner than before?
11:01And your leg?
11:02He never finished.
11:03A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
11:05The screen flashed one name,
11:07Selina.
11:08The moment he answered,
11:10panic flooded his face.
11:11Turn around.
11:12Now,
11:13back to the territory.
11:14The whole drive back,
11:15he spoke into the Kham Dibeshan non-stop,
11:17trying to soothe her.
11:18When we rushed into the manor grounds,
11:20I looked up.
11:22Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress,
11:25swaying at the edge.
11:26The moment she caught our scent,
11:27Selina looked down at us from above.
11:29Her face was pale as paper.
11:31My sister is back,
11:32she whispered.
11:33A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.
11:37Goodbye?
11:37Then she jumped.
11:38The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
11:40The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
11:42But when Selina fell,
11:44every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
11:46My father,
11:46my mother,
11:47Chloe,
11:47even Kaylin.
11:48All of them lodged forward in a frenzy
11:50to save the weaker wolf.
11:51That night,
11:52the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
11:56After they all left for the hospital,
11:58I dragged my ruined leg back to the storage room
12:01and collapsed onto the hard wooden bed.
12:03I turned on my comm device.
12:041220 AM.
12:05The top tier Alpha had broken his promise.
12:07He had not stayed to celebrate my awakening day.
12:09But my wolf made no wounded cry.
12:11Inside me,
12:12there was only emptiness.
12:13I closed my eyes and fell into a heavy sleep.
12:15Eight days left.
12:16For the next five days,
12:17I hid my scent and worked at the diner.
12:19My parents and Chloe stayed at the hospital,
12:21wrapping Selina in layers of protective scent.
12:23Not once did they return home.
12:24Then,
12:25on the 5th,
12:25the television above the counter played a news report.
12:27Alpha King announces his engagement to Selim of Crescent Moon Pack.
12:31My pupils snapped into slits.
12:33That night,
12:33I pushed open the wooden door and returned to the territory.
12:36The thick scent of a gathering hit me immediately.
12:39My parents were there.
12:40Chloe was there.
12:41Selina was there.
12:42Kaelin's cold fur scent filled the living room.
12:45My Luna mother caught the smell of grease and dirt clinging to me
12:48and began criticizing me sharply in French.
12:51My father silenced her with a hard look.
12:54Only then did she force a smile.
12:56Lyra,
12:57you're finally home.
12:58My father released a wave of alpha pressure and spoke like a judge delivering sentence.
13:02The healers say Selina's omega depression syndrome is getting worse.
13:05So we made a decision for you.
13:07Your mate bond will be transferred to Selina.
13:09You have no objection,
13:10do you?
13:10I listened in silence to the verdict they had already decided.
13:13They had used power to cut away everything that was mine.
13:15Now they pretended to ask for my opinion.
13:17I turned to Kaelin.
13:18And you agreed to this too?
13:19He crossed the room in a few strides and seized my cold hand.
13:22Selina's only obsession right now is completing the bonding right with me.
13:27Don't worry little wolf.
13:28I would never betray you.
13:30I'm only going through the motions.
13:31He was going to mark another she-wolf.
13:33How could that be anything but betrayal?
13:36I ripped my hand from his grasp.
13:37Fine.
13:38Do whatever you want.
13:39Something in Kaelin's chest seemed to tighten and he reached for me again.
13:45Then Selina released a flood of sorrowful pheromones.
13:48If you don't want this sister, then forget it.
13:50Her voice broke.
13:51She dug her nails into the back of her own hand until blood welled up,
13:54filling the room with the metallic smell of it.
13:55Chloe rushed to stop her from hurting herself.
13:57Lyra!
13:58Then she turned on me, baring her fangs.
14:00Can't you smell how sick Selina is?
14:02Do we all have to get on our knees and beg before you'll finally say yes?
14:05My own blood sister had long since been twisted by this diseased pack.
14:09Chloe's furious shout dragged me back into old memories.
14:12When I first returned to the territory, they forced me to give my best den to Selina.
14:16Later, they took away my chance for higher education and handed it to her instead.
14:21Then seven years ago, Selina broke the pack's highest law.
14:24The memories crashed over me like a tidal wave and set my anger ablaze.
14:27I met Chloe's hostile blares with a cold smile.
14:30Fine.
14:30If every one of you gets on your knees and submits to me,
14:33I'll agree to give Selina the mate contract.
14:35The living room fell silent.
14:37They had never expected the obedient Lyra to say something so defiant.
14:40I dragged my damaged leg back to my cramped room.
14:43Late that night, my comm device vibrated.
14:45Kaelin.
14:49Lyra, Selina once saved my life.
14:51She even gave me her kidney, the core of her wolf vitality.
14:53That's why I have to complete the bonding rite with her this time.
14:56It felt as if a silver hammer had smashed straight into my chest.
14:59Alpha, when you were injured, I was the one who saved you.
15:01I gave you my kidney.
15:02Silence answered me.
15:03Then Kaelin spoke, his voice colder than ice.
15:06When did you learn to lie, Lyra?
15:07Selina saved me.
15:08Your parents and the healers can swear to it in the pack's name.
15:11I'm disappointed in you.
15:13The blood in my body turned to ice.
15:14I laid there on the cold bed, unable to speak.
15:16Eight years ago, when Kaelin was nearly killed in that ambush, I never hesitated.
15:20I was tested as a match.
15:21I gave away a piece of self to save him.
15:24Now my devotion had become a wedding gift for another Omega.
15:26And I, a discarded wolf with no records and no standing,
15:29did not even have the right to defend my own truth.
15:31After a long time, I spoke softly.
15:33Believe whatever you want.
15:34I had already decided to abandon you completely.
15:36I ended the call and closed my eyes.
15:39The second to last day.
15:41After finishing another shift of miserable labor, I stepped out of the diner.
15:44That familiar black SUV was parked outside the shopping center.
15:47Then fireworks flowed over Grand Avenue District.
15:49Hundreds of drones rose into the sky and formed a glowing message.
15:52Alpha Kaelin will love Lyra forever.
15:54I stared upward for a long time, unable to move.
15:56Kaelin strode toward my fault.
15:57But you have to believe me.
15:59The one I truly love, deep in my soul, is you.
16:02So you don't need to lie just to claim someone else's credit.
16:04For a moment, I wanted to throw back my head and howl.
16:07Not because I was touched.
16:09Because he was absurd.
16:09How could he join hands with my own family?
16:11To tear me apart again and again?
16:13Then look me in the eye and call it love.
16:15He pinched my hollow cheek, lightly.
16:17You're too thin.
16:18Why aren't you eating proper, Lily?
16:20I lifted my eyes sharply.
16:22I survived seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary surrounded by silver.
16:25My wolf barely stayed alive.
16:27Did you think I was going to come out healthy and whole?
16:29Kaelin's massive brain stiffened.
16:30Maybe only now did he remember that he had personally sent me into that hell.
16:34He opened his mouth to speak.
16:35Before he could, the SUV door swung open.
16:37Salona's sugary voice drifted out.
16:40Kaelin, Lyra, don't stand out there in the cold.
16:42Bad weather is hard on a wolf.
16:44The last trace of warmth inside me died.
16:46Kaelin explained quickly.
16:47Selene followed my scent here because she wanted to see you.
16:50She said she appreciates your generosity for stepping aside.
16:54He ushered me into the vehicle.
16:55Inside the enclosed cabin, Selene glanced at my stained, worn uniform.
17:00Lyra, don't our parents send supplies through the butler every month?
17:03Why are you doing menial labor in a human restaurant?
17:06It embarrasses the pack.
17:07She removed a jeweled bracelet from her wrist and held it out to me.
17:10If you need resources, this bracelet is worth $3 million.
17:14That should keep you fed for a while.
17:16$3 million.
17:17A casual toy for an Omega was worth more than everything I had ever been given.
17:22I still remembered begging my Luna mother for tuition when I first wanted to attend a human high school after
17:27returning to the territory.
17:28It was only $3,000.
17:30She had blared her fangs and answered coldly,
17:32resources, resources.
17:34Do I owe you something?
17:35I gave you life.
17:37You should be grateful for that alone.
17:40Why are you never satisfied?
17:42After that day, I never asked this territory for another scrap of meat.
17:46The story about the butler delivering supplies had always been a lie.
17:50Their hearts were never with me, I said.
17:52Look at your expensive perfume, your polished fur, your perfect life.
17:56Then look at me, covered in scars.
17:58I slapped the bracelet from her hand.
17:59Keep your Omega pheromones to yourself.
18:01Stop pretending in front of me.
18:03I'm not that naive 15-year-old pup anymore.
18:05When I was 15, I had desperately wanted to form a true pact bond with Selena.
18:09Instead, she framed me again and again.
18:10Every wrong thing she did became my crime.
18:12By the time I understood what was happening, the entire pack already saw me as an outsider.
18:16My outburst sent tears spilling down her face.
18:18The air filled with the heartbreaking scent of distress.
18:20The instant Kalen caught it, his protective instinct exploded.
18:23He stepped in front of Zinnah, shielding her against his chest, and snared at me.
18:26Lyra, she was trying to be kind.
18:28If you don't want the bracelet, fine.
18:31But there was no reason to speak to her like that.
18:33I almost laughed.
18:34This was the male who swore that deep in his soul, he loved me most.
18:38Whenever Selene and I stood on opposite sides, he chose her.
18:41Always.
18:42Alpha, I said, staring directly at him.
18:45If a starving wolf is thrown rotten meat as charity,
18:49Is she supposed to swallow it gratefully and wag her tail at the one who tossed it?
18:54Even if you grind me into the dearth, my wolf still has pride.
18:57Kalen had no answer.
18:58Beside him, Selena's breathing suddenly turned racked.
19:01She whimpered weakly.
19:01I'm sorry.
19:02This is my fault.
19:03Don't blame Lyra.
19:04Kalen's protective instincts ignited completely.
19:06He barked at the driver.
19:08Turn around, now.
19:08Take us to Pack Medical Center.
19:10Then he looked at me with icy contempt.
19:11Lyra, your behavior just now was vicious.
19:13You can walk home yourself.
19:15The door slammed shut.
19:17I was left alone on the freezing street.
19:18As I watched the taillight disappeared, I realized I felt nothing.
19:21No pain.
19:22No heartbreak.
19:23No grief at being abandoned by my mate.
19:24At some point white snow began drifting from the sky.
19:27The first snowfall of the year.
19:28The last one I would ever smell before I escaped.
19:31I limped all the way back to Pack Manor.
19:32The house was decorated lavishly for the coming bonding rite.
19:35My Luna mother smiled brightly.
19:37The full moon is the day after tomorrow.
19:39An auspicious day.
19:40Selene's ceremony must be magnificent.
19:42My alpha father sighed with pride.
19:44Our greatest daughter is about to become someone else's Luna.
19:47I stood in the shadows and watched them.
19:49They had truly given all their love to that Omega.
19:51The extraction vehicle would arrive at 9 o'clock the night after tomorrow.
19:55After that, the open wilderness would be mine.
19:58I would run free.
19:59And I would never beg for the scraps of Bloodlands again.
20:02The day after tomorrow was Selene and Kaylin's bonding rite.
20:05Chloe threw them a wild pre-wedding party.
20:08By the next morning, the manor still reeked of alcohol and hormones from the night before.
20:12There was no running water in my storage room, so I had to limp across the house to wash up.
20:17As I passed the living room, I saw a crowd of young wolves playing games.
20:20Selene and Kaylin sat in the center, surrounded like royalty.
20:23One spoiled young alpha shouted,
20:24Alpha, you lost. Truth or dare?
20:26Kaylin leaned back lazily.
20:27Dare.
20:28Kiss Selene in front of everyone for one full minute.
20:30Then the young alpha spotted me nearby and grinned cruelly.
20:32Actually, better idea.
20:33Kiss any she-wolf here for one minute.
20:35He pointed straight on me.
20:36Lyra, weren't you always obsessed with alpha?
20:38He's about to mark someone else.
20:39Why not give her one last kiss and leave her with something hopeless to remember?
20:42Kaylin rose to his feet at once and started walking toward me.
20:45One step, then another.
20:46But when he was less than three feet away, Selene's trembling voice stopped him cold.
20:51Kaylin!
20:53He froze.
20:54He looked back at Selene, then turned to me and lowered his voice.
20:58There are too many people here.
21:00Tomorrow I'm making Selene my Luna.
21:01I can't humiliate her in front of everyone.
21:04You understand, don't you?
21:05I answered calmly.
21:06Sure.
21:07Then I turned and walked toward the washroom.
21:09Behind me I heard the sound of Kaylin kissing Selene.
21:11Then came the excited howls of the pack.
21:13In this game where I was always the one left behind, I almost wanted to thank him.
21:16At last, he had let me go.
21:17Night fell.
21:18Kaylin lit the entire sky above the territory with fireworks for Selene.
21:21He followed my scent and pulled me into the shadows.
21:24Lyra, once tomorrow's full moon is over,
21:26Once Selene and I finish this fake bonding writ, we can finally be together the way we should be.
21:31My throat felt dry and raw.
21:33I'm sorry.
21:34I won't.
21:35Before I could finish, Chloe came running over.
21:37Come on, future brother-in-law.
21:39We're starting another game.
21:40Kaylin glanced back at her, then at me.
21:43What were you saying?
21:44I gave him a faint, bitter smile.
21:46Nothing.
21:48Go celebrate with your pack.
21:50He squeezed my cold fingers.
21:52After tomorrow's ceremony, everything will be over.
21:55Then he turned and walked back into the light and noise.
21:58I watched his back in silence.
22:00He was right.
22:01Everything was over.
22:02Every wolf in the house crowded into Selene's lavish room.
22:05I walked alone into the shadows of the Manon and checked my comm device.
22:097.15pm.
22:10One hour and 45 minutes left.
22:12I washed myself with cold water, scrubbing away every trace of the territory's scent from my skin and fur.
22:16The body in the mirror was covered in burn scars and whip marks left by Silvermoon Penitentiary.
22:20I changed into the cleanest clothes I owned and waited.
22:24The final hour.
22:27I looked around the room that had trapped me for years.
22:30A few worn out clothes.
22:32A thin blanket.
22:34A journal on the table.
22:35A framed photograph.
22:36I threw away the old clothes and picked up the frame.
22:39It was a family photo taken 12 years ago.
22:42Shortly after I was brought back to the territory, both families stood together, smiling.
22:46That picture had once carried every hope I had for belonging.
22:49Now I tore it into pieces and dropped it in the trash.
22:52Then I opened the journal.
22:54December 6, 2016.
22:55Sunny.
22:56I came home today.
22:57I met my Alpha and Luna.
22:59I have a family now.
23:00I'm not a stray anymore.
23:02April 1, 2017.
23:03Cloudy.
23:04I wasn't given food or money.
23:05I'll have to hunt for myself.
23:07July 7, 2018.
23:09Sunny.
23:10I traded prey for a necklace.
23:11My sister didn't like it.
23:12I need to earn more money so I can buy her something better.
23:16I turned to the final page.
23:18The night before prison.
23:19There was only one sentence.
23:21This pack never loved me.
23:22A familiar burns sting behind my eyes.
23:24I picked up a pen and wrote one final message in French.
23:28I'm leaving, Alpha and Luna.
23:30Before I go, my wolf still cannot understand one thing.
23:33If my scent disgusted you so much, why did you search for me in Blackwood Forest at all?
23:37Why do other strays find their parents and receive endless love while the day you found me was the day
23:41I truly lost mine?
23:42Chloe.
23:43You said Selina was your only sister.
23:45Today you get your wish.
23:46Kaylin.
23:47You said we would be together after your fake bonding rile.
23:49I'm sorry.
23:50My wolf is dead.
23:51I won't wait for you anymore.
23:52May your bond last forever.
23:54I abandon this territory forever.
23:56We will never meet again.
23:57When I finished, I slapped the journal onto the table.
24:00Then I pulled out my prison medical records and placed them on top.
24:03The scan clearly showed one undeniable fact.
24:06I had only one kidney.
24:08The clock struck nine.
24:10I grabbed my canvas bag and limped out of the territory.
24:14Behind me, the manor blazed with light, and the wolves' celebration shook the night.
24:19Ahead of me, several black armored tactical vehicles waited in silence.
24:24Without hesitation, I crossed the territory border and walked toward a new life.
24:28Engines roared.
24:30The convoy sped away, carrying me into the endless dark.
24:34The next day, as a long wolf howl pierced the sky, Selina and Kaylin's mating ceremony officially began.
24:39My Luna mother looked around the gathering, searching the air for Lyla's scent.
24:41When she found nothing, she surrounded.
24:43Chloe, where is Lyra?
24:44If she is absent today, the other packs will start talking about division in our bloodline again.
24:48Go drag her out here.
24:49Chloe said, stopping the servants.
24:50I'll get her myself.
24:51Which room does she sleep in?
24:52The servant hesitated.
24:53The storage room.
24:54Every alpha in the room went still.
24:56Why would Lyra be sleeping in the storage room?
24:59When Miss Lyra was first brought back, she smelled like dirt and wilderness.
25:03There was no suitable room prepared.
25:06Luna said she would stay there, temporarily.
25:09Temporary.
25:10That temporary arrangement had lasted 12 years.
25:12A flush of embarrassment crossed my mother's face, and she immediately covered it with a burst of pressure.
25:17Selina, dressed in white silk, released a sweet cloud of pheromones.
25:20Our storage room was still better than the forest where she fought stray dogs for scraps.
25:23I'm sure she wasn't suffering.
25:24A strange discomfort flickered through Chloe.
25:27Frowning, she headed down the hallway to the sunless corner at the far end.
25:30She pushed open the heavy wooden door.
25:32No warmth of family lingered inside.
25:34Only dust.
25:35Only mildew.
25:36The cramped room was packed with discarded junk.
25:38Lyra's bed sat beside rusted shelves.
25:40Next to it stood an abandoned water tank that served as a table.
25:43On top of it rested an old lamp, a yellowed journal, and a stack of medical records.
25:48Lyra was gone.
25:49Chloe's heart began to pound.
25:50She rushed to the tank and picked up the journal and documents with shaking hands.
25:53Alpha father!
25:54Luna mother!
25:55Luna mother!
25:56Her voice rang through the hall.
25:58Lyra isn't in the territory, but she left these behind.
26:02Before my father could look at them, the roar of an engine came from outside.
26:07Then came the pressure of a top tier alpha.
26:09Kaelin had arrived.
26:11My Luna mother spoke first.
26:13She's probably throwing a tantrum and ran off to the border.
26:16Chloe, put those down and come out.
26:18Alpha is here for Selina.
26:20My father hesitated, then forced down his doubts and turned toward the front hall.
26:24Kaelin stood in the center of the manor holding a bouquet.
26:27There was no joy on his face.
26:29His senses swept through the air again and again.
26:32Nothing.
26:33No trace of Lyra.
26:34His brows drew tight.
26:37Where is Lyra?
26:39Jealousy flashed in Selina's eyes, but her scent turned weak and soft.
26:42Kaelin, Lyra probably couldn't handle it and ran out of the territory.
26:45My Luna mother quickly added,
26:47Alpha, we failed to tame Lyra's wild nature.
26:50Kaelin's wolf growled restlessly inside him.
26:52Irritated, he pulled out his comm device and sent Lyra a message.
26:55Why are you acting so childish?
26:57Where did you go?
26:59No reply.
27:00Whether through mind link or text, Lyra answered nothing.
27:03Chloe came into the hall still clutching the journal and medical file.
27:06She had only skimmed the report, but one thing had already shaken her.
27:09How could Lyra's body be in such terrible condition?
27:11Why did she have only one kidney?
27:13She had already ordered her deputy date everything Lyra endured during those seven years in Silver Moon.
27:17Alpha, the mating ceremony is starting.
27:20Selina said brightly, breaking the silence as she wrapped herself around Kaelin's arm.
27:23If Lyra left, then she left.
27:25Selina did not seem concerned about Lyra at all.
27:28Chloe and my father both frowned.
27:29This fake bond doesn't need all this.
27:32Kaelin's voice turned cold.
27:33You wanted to wear a wedding dress and walk into Moon Goddess Temple.
27:38Fine. We'll do that and nothing more.
27:42He pulled his arm free and walked out first, carrying Winter Cold with him.
27:46Moon Goddess Temple.
27:48Because it was only a false ceremony, Kaelin invited no guests.
27:51Inside the temple were only the Alpha Lineage families and the Elder presiding over the right.
27:55This is nothing like I imagined.
27:57Selina finally broke.
27:59Lyra left?
27:59So what?
28:00You still have me.
28:01Am I really worth less than that stray wolf?
28:03She's an ex-convict.
28:04How could she ever deserve you?
28:05Kaelin's patience was gone.
28:07All that remained was growing panic over Lyra's disappearance.
28:11Selina, you threatened to die.
28:12You jumped from the roof.
28:13That is the only reason I agreed to this sham ceremony.
28:15Everything you wanted has been done.
28:16I'm going to find Lyra.
28:17Then he fixed her with a hard stare.
28:19And don't forget, Lyra went to Silvermoon Penitentiary in your place.
28:23Every wolf in the temple froze.
28:24Selina suddenly let out a shrill cry.
28:26No one saw where she got it.
28:27But a silver blade was suddenly at her throat.
28:29I don't care!
28:30How am I less than Lyra?
28:31When you were dying, I was the one who gave you my kidney!
28:34My Luna mother lunged toward her.
28:35Selina, don't do this!
28:37Stay back!
28:37Selina swung wildly, and the silver blade sliced open my mother's arm.
28:41Her eyes burned red as she muttered like someone possessed.
28:43I only want Kaelin!
28:45Why can't I have the one mate I want?
28:46It's all Lyra's fault!
28:48She should have died!
28:48Her hysterical curses echoed through the temple as everything descended into chaos.
28:53The scene ended only when ambulances arrived.
28:55Kaelin wrestled the blade from her barehanded and badly burned his palms in the process.
28:59He sat in the ambulance like a man losing his mind, calling and messaged Lyra again and again.
29:04Lyra, the fake ceremony is over.
29:05Where are you?
29:06Don't let anger cloud your judgment.
29:09Let me come find you.
29:11But Lyra's message screen remained completely silent.
29:15PAC Medical Center.
29:17Outside the operating room.
29:19My Luna mother ignored the blood still seeping from her own wound as she anxiously grabbed the healer's arm.
29:25My daughter is a fragile Omega.
29:26She has depression, and she's missing a kidney.
29:29Be gentle when you stitch her up.
29:30The nurse blinked in confusion.
29:32Ma'am, we completed a full body scan.
29:34She is in excellent health and she is not missing a kidney.
29:36What did you say?
29:37My Alpha father released a blast of pressure so sharp it made the nurse flinch.
29:41Shaken, she repeated herself.
29:43Both leaders stared in stunned disbelief.
29:46At that same moment, Chloe was reading the files her deputy had just sent her.
29:51They matched the medical report Lyra had left behind.
29:55There were also two blurry surveillance videos.
29:58The first showed Lyra and Kaylin being wheeled side by side into surgery for an organ transplant.
30:07The second came from inside Silvermoon Penitentiary.
30:11In the dark footage, several large female wolves tore into Lyra, beating and torturing her without mercy.
30:18Chloe's eyes instantly turned red.
30:20How dare they treat the leader's bloodline like this?
30:23My father had supposedly made arrangements.
30:26Kaylin had supposedly sent supplies.
30:28Then why did Lyra look so thin?
30:30So broken?
30:31So helpless in those recordings?
30:33Her comm device rang.
30:35When the call ended, Chloe collapsed to the floor.
30:38The one behind everything?
30:40It was Selina!
30:42She could not hold herself together any longer.
30:45Then she realized, our parents were already gone.
30:48Clutching the journal.
30:49She ran through the halls and slammed open Selene's hospital room.
30:56Alpha father.
30:58Luna mother.
30:59Read Lyra's journal first.
31:01She flipped to the final pages.
31:03Lyra always understood French.
31:05Every cruel thing we said to exclude her, she understood all of it.
31:09The blood in both leaders seemed to freeze.
31:12My father snatched the journal from her hands and read line by line,
31:15his breathing growing heavier with every page.
31:18Chloe turned to Selina, her voice cold as steel.
31:21Were you ever the one who gave Kaylin your kidney?
31:23Selina froze.
31:25That guilty pause destroyed the last hope Chloe had left.
31:28Why did you cut off the supplies meant for Lyra?
31:31Why did you bribe prison guards to torture her?
31:33Selina released a weak wave of pheromones and played innocent.
31:37Little sister.
31:39What are you talking about?
31:40By then, both leaders stepped throughs after finishing the journal.
31:45Chloe gave an order to her deputy.
31:47Bring them in.
31:48Five minutes later, the deputy entered with prison guards,
31:51a finance officer, and a heaviest female inmate.
31:54At the same moment, another presence entered the room.
31:57Kaylin.
31:59The freezing scent of fur rolled off him like winter death itself.
32:03His face looked carved from ice.
32:05His gaze pinned to Selina's pale face.
32:09As Lyra's mate, I have every right to uncover the truth behind this.
32:13Selina's face drained of all color.
32:15Kaylin, what truth?
32:17I don't understand anything you're saying.
32:19Chloe snapped.
32:20Still lying? Even now?
32:22How many times did you frame Lyra over the years?
32:25Do I need to expose every filthy thing you've done in front of Alpha himself?
32:29Selina collapsed to the floor, eyes red with tears.
32:32Chloe, I'm your real sister. How can you speak to me like this?
32:35Chloe laughed bitter.
32:36Have you forgotten?
32:36Lyra is the one who shares my blood.
32:38Selina began breathing hard, pretending to spiral into another episode.
32:45That's enough.
32:46My Luna mother stepped forward again, blind protectness rising in her voice.
32:49Are you trying to drive your sister to death?
32:52Mom, you're still protecting her?
32:56Chloe's voice cracked.
32:58Do you even know which child is truly yours?
33:01She lifted the medical reports high.
33:03Lyra only has one kidney.
33:05She was the one who saved Kaylin.
33:06The critical condition reports from Silver Moon Atentary show she was nearly beaten to death.
33:10She lived in our territory for 12 years and we gave her nothing.
33:13We hated her because of Selina's lies.
33:15We exiled her while loving the wolf who betrayed us.
33:17Selina's depression was fake.
33:18Then Chloe revealed the final evidence.
33:20A scan showing both of Selina's kidneys intact.
33:22And a psychologic evaluation describing her as emotionally stable, manipulative, and displaying antisocial traits.
33:27Kaylin, who had stood silent stone, finally moved.
33:30A terrifying wave of alpha pressure flooded the room.
33:32Chloe, give me Lyra's records.
33:35He took them with shaking hands.
33:37Critical condition notices, x-rays.
33:39Photographs stained with blood.
33:40He turned each page one by one.
33:42Then he reached the chart documenting Lyra's injuries.
33:45Arms, abdomen, back, eyes.
33:47There was almost no unmarked skin left.
33:49Only bite wounds.
33:50Only scars from silver burns.
33:51Something inside the top tier.
33:53Alpha snapped.
33:53He leaned towards Selina and towered over her.
33:56Tell me, what did you do to my mate?
33:57How dare you torture her?
33:59Unable to hide any longer, Selina twisted into a smile and turned to my Lyna mother.
34:03Mom, I'm hurting.
34:04Chloe stepped in front of her.
34:05Enough with the act.
34:06For years, you used our sympathy.
34:08You used our mother's love and turned her into a knife that stabbed her own daughter in the heart.
34:12Selina, do you understand what you've done?
34:14You've condemned this entire family to a lifetime of regret.
34:17Selina turned to my father instead.
34:19Dad, you always loved me most.
34:21My father gripped the journal so tightly his knuckles whitened he could not meet her eyes.
34:25In that moment, Selina lost everything.
34:27Her expression went empty.
34:28Then she spoke in a flat, weightless voice.
34:30I only wanted Lyra dead.
34:31That's all.
34:34Selina!
34:35You will confess every crime.
34:37Every single one.
34:39Kaylin's voice tore out of him like it came through shredded flesh.
34:42My father spoke heavily.
34:44Kaylin, you will have justice.
34:46But first, read what Lyra left for you.
34:50Kaylin took the journal in a daze.
34:51And opened to the final page.
34:53There, in neat and rude of French handwriting, were the last words I had left behind.
34:58At last, I am gone.
35:00From this moment on, we'll never meet again.
35:02So that was when she had truly given up.
35:05The day he kissed Selina in front of everyone.
35:08While he still imagined he could reclaim her after the fake bonding right.
35:12Lyra had already cut every tie in that mold-filled room.
35:17Kaylin crushed the journal against his chest.
35:20Under the eyes of everyone present, the coldest alpha among them finally looked shattered.
35:27A single tear of regret slipped quietly from his golden green eyes.
35:32Selina was still crying.
35:33I didn't mean for any of this.
35:35I was just afraid of losing you.
35:37There was no mercy left in Kaylin's gaze.
35:40You didn't mean it?
35:41Then who did?
35:42Lyra, the one you framed and sent to prison?
35:45Or me, the fool you played for years?
35:48Selina, you had everything.
35:50The leaders favored you.
35:52The entire pack treasured you.
35:55Lyra's return never threatened your place.
35:57Selina's face twisted.
35:59And what about you?
36:00Didn't her return threaten my place in your heart?
36:04The question stole the air from his lungs.
36:06She gave a bitter laugh.
36:07See?
36:09Your wolf answered for you.
36:12After Lyra came back, you changed.
36:15The way you looked at her was full of possession.
36:20As the balance slowly tipped toward her, how was I supposed not to hate her?
36:24How was I supposed not to be jealous?
36:26So I had to make her disappear.
36:28I had to let her rot in that filthy prison.
36:31Kaylin stared at the stranger before him.
36:33All that remained in his eyes was despair.
36:35Selina laughed and cried at once.
36:38It's all Lyra's fault.
36:40Why did she have to come back?
36:42Every time I saw her, I was reminded that I was nothing but a cheap replacement.
36:47Selina, Chloe's eyes overflowed.
36:50Selina, how did you become this?
36:53We always stood beside you.
36:55And you turned the protection of your own family into a weapon.
36:58Selina wiped away her tears.
37:00I was always like this.
37:02I was born rotten.
37:04Is that what you wanted to hear?
37:06Chloe shook with grief.
37:07No one ever said you did not belong here.
37:10Even after Lyra returned, we still protected you.
37:13And Lyra never once tried to take anything from you.
37:16A broken laugh escaped her.
37:20We really were fools beyond saving.
37:24A house full of sinners.
37:26Smack!
37:27The crack of a violent slap rang through the room.
37:31Selina clutched her swollen cheek and stared in disbelief at the Alpha Father who had once treated her like treasure.
37:37His face was hard as stone, but remorse flooded his eyes.
37:41Alpha Father.
37:42She whispered, reaching for whatever pity might still remain.
37:46You do not deserve to use that title again.
37:48His voice shook with fury.
37:50You have stained the honor of this family.
37:52What we owe Lyra, we will repay.
37:54What you owe her, you will repay in blood.
37:58Chloe looked at the sister she had lived beside for years.
38:01You stole someone else's life.
38:03You betrayed your pack.
38:05I will never forgive you.
38:07Then she turned and ran from the room.
38:10Kaelin, I-
38:11Selina faced him next.
38:13Quiet.
38:14His voice was colder than death.
38:15You do not deserve to say my name.
38:18Her lips trembled.
38:19So there's no fixing this?
38:21Kaelin gave a hollow laugh.
38:23You still think this is something small?
38:26Isn't it?
38:27Selina screamed.
38:28Lyra only spent seven years in prison.
38:30She didn't die.
38:32Every trace of restraint vanished from him.
38:35She was covered in scars from the wolves you sent to tear her apart.
38:38So what?
38:39Selina shrieked.
38:40She deserved it.
38:41She lunged for him, trying to wrap her arms around his neck.
38:44Crack.
38:45The snap of bone cut through the room.
38:48Kaelin's wolf claws locked around her wrist.
38:50With one brutal twist, he shattered the bones beneath his grip.
38:54Selina's scream was inhuman.
38:56At that same moment, aboard a flight bound for Dominina Island,
38:59I stared through the window into the dark sky.
39:03All that gray misery had become dust behind me.
39:06This aircraft will arrive in Dominina in five minutes.
39:09The announcement echoed through the cabin.
39:11I let the past fall away, completely.
39:13Ahead, the coastline grew brighter and brighter.
39:16A small smile touched my lips.
39:19Wild.
39:20Free.
39:21Dominanica had arrived.
39:22So had my new life.
39:25Six years passed in the blink of an eye.
39:28Kaelin and Kristen Moonpack still found no trace of me.
39:32When a soul chooses to vanish from its old life,
39:35even the moon goddess cannot easily find it.
39:38And I had been erased completely by the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
39:43Kaelin had grown visibly thinner.
39:46The sharp, aggressive scent of fur that once defined him was now shadowed by constant gloom.
39:51The calm device on his desk began to ring.
39:53He rubbed his tired brow and answered.
39:56Alpha.
39:56Selina's mental state has fully collapsed.
39:58She attacks herself every day and has entered feral collapse.
40:01The doctors recommend transferring her to a psychiatric facility.
40:04Kaelin's voice was glacial.
40:06This time, is it real?
40:08Or another act?
40:10It's real.
40:10Her wolf has withered from prolonged fear.
40:13Good.
40:14I'll send a vehicle.
40:16He ended the call without emotion.
40:18For six years, he had arranged special treatment for Selina in prison.
40:22Every ounce of suffering I endured in Silvermoon Penitentiary, she had repaid in full.
40:28Crescent Moonpack maintained a silence as cold as death.
40:31The night the truth came out, they had abandoned the wolf they could never tame.
40:36Kaelin lowered his gaze to the photograph on his desk.
40:39It was a picture of me the day I left prison.
40:41Thin as bone.
40:43Expressionless.
40:44He traced the features in the photo with his fingertips, drowning in regret.
40:48Where are you hiding, Lyra?
40:49I know apologies mean nothing, unless those who hurt you feel the same pain they gave you.
40:53But if you never come back, how am I supposed to return the soul I owe you?
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