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00:00:02Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.

00:00:05My younger sister, Selena, a delicate omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the

00:00:11human territory border.

00:00:12My alpha father, my luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.

00:00:18Selena is an omega. She's too fragile for prison.

00:00:21If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.

00:00:24Lyra, take her place.

00:00:27I refused, but on a stormy night filled with thunder, my father used absolute alpha command.

00:00:32He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.

00:00:36My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said

00:00:42to me,

00:00:42Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond. Endure these seven years for now.

00:00:49Seven years later.

00:00:50Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.

00:00:56I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,

00:01:01dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.

00:01:04A black military SUV waited outside the territory.

00:01:07The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.

00:01:09Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.

00:01:12The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.

00:01:15Lyra.

00:01:15Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.

00:01:18In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.

00:01:21Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.

00:01:25You've suffered these past seven years.

00:01:27I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.

00:01:29At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.

00:01:33He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.

00:01:36There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.

00:01:39I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me,

00:01:42and slowly pulled my hand away.

00:01:44Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to wimper.

00:01:47Okay.

00:01:49Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:01:512,557 days soaked in blood and violence.

00:01:54Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.

00:01:57They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

00:01:59Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.

00:02:02Selina knows you're coming back today.

00:02:04Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.

00:02:07Your parents and your sister are all at Pack Medical Center calming her down.

00:02:11I closed my eyes.

00:02:13The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.

00:02:16An hour later, we arrived at my home.

00:02:18Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.

00:02:22They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me,

00:02:24and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.

00:02:26My parents loved only Selina.

00:02:28To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.

00:02:32The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.

00:02:34Only then did he turn to me.

00:02:36Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned,

00:02:38you are to stay inside your own scent circle.

00:02:40Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.

00:02:42Disgrace.

00:02:43I had endured seven years of silver burns in Selu's place.

00:02:46How had I become the shameful one?

00:02:48But my expectations had died seven years ago.

00:02:51On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.

00:02:55I understand.

00:02:55I turned toward the side entrance.

00:02:57Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.

00:03:00His pupils sharpened into slits.

00:03:03Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.

00:03:05She needs me.

00:03:06Go rest.

00:03:07He did not wait for a reply.

00:03:08He turned at once and disappeared into the night.

00:03:11I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

00:03:18Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.

00:03:25It was my Beta sister, Chloe.

00:03:27Alpha father.

00:03:27Luna mother.

00:03:29Selina is in terrible shape mentally.

00:03:31Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?

00:03:32If Selah catches her scent, she'll have another episode.

00:03:35My father sighed, but said nothing.

00:03:37My mother answered first.

00:03:38She carries our blood.

00:03:39If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?

00:03:42Then what are we supposed to do?

00:03:44Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.

00:03:47My father finally spoke.

00:03:48When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.

00:03:53She is not to appear in front of Selene.

00:03:55She is not to leave her room for any reason.

00:03:57My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.

00:04:01Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.

00:04:04An encrypted message.

00:04:05Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:04:07You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:04:12Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,

00:04:16under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.

00:04:19Your pack identity will be permanently erased.

00:04:21You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.

00:04:24I did not hesitate.

00:04:26On the holographic display, I signed my name.

00:04:29Lyra.

00:04:30I had passed the Institute selection process seven years ago.

00:04:33Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silver Moon Penitentiary.

00:04:38Shortly before my release, I applied again.

00:04:41As expected, I passed.

00:04:42Ten days.

00:04:43If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.

00:04:51The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.

00:04:55A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.

00:04:58Selina was back.

00:05:00Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.

00:05:06My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their

00:05:12world.

00:05:13The beta butler set down an elegant cake.

00:05:15In perfect unison, everyone said,

00:05:18Happy awakening day, Selina.

00:05:20Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.

00:05:22Then she lifted her chin.

00:05:24I just got out of the sterile recovery room.

00:05:26Did anyone get me something special?

00:05:28My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.

00:05:32Kaylin was reaching for his own.

00:05:34When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.

00:05:38Lyra, you're awake.

00:05:40Come here, celebrate with us.

00:05:41Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.

00:05:44Sorry, sis.

00:05:45My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.

00:05:49You're not mad, are you?

00:05:50Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.

00:05:52Lyra isn't petty.

00:05:54She wouldn't blame you.

00:05:55At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.

00:05:59Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.

00:06:03She smiled.

00:06:04I want Kaylin as my mate.

00:06:06Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.

00:06:09Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.

00:06:12Every wolf there stayed silent.

00:06:14Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.

00:06:18My surrender.

00:06:19Rage surged through my blood.

00:06:21I clenched my fists.

00:06:22And if I say no?

00:06:25Selina froze for half a second,

00:06:27then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.

00:06:29I was only joking.

00:06:31I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.

00:06:35My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.

00:06:38Don't be afraid, Selina.

00:06:39Lyra spent too long out in the wild.

00:06:41Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:06:43My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.

00:06:46Blood means nothing.

00:06:47Your mother and I have only one true daughter.

00:06:50Chloe joined in without hesitation.

00:06:52That's right, Selina.

00:06:53You're my only sister.

00:06:54I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest

00:06:56and pretended not to understand a word.

00:06:58And instead, I turned to Kaelin.

00:07:00What are they saying?

00:07:01His throat tightened before he answered.

00:07:04Selina said she was joking.

00:07:06Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.

00:07:08The room reeked of lies.

00:07:10What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.

00:07:14My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.

00:07:16My alpha father had once ruled the business world.

00:07:18But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home,

00:07:21they despised the habits I had picked up surviving on my own.

00:07:25Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selina.

00:07:29Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy,

00:07:32the entire pack celebrated her.

00:07:33What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestivious university in the country.

00:07:37I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:07:40None of it mattered now.

00:07:42Soon I would be gone from this territory for good.

00:07:44I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:07:45I want some air outside the territory.

00:07:47You all enjoy the party.

00:07:48Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.

00:07:52Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.

00:07:56Not one of them remembered.

00:07:57Today was my awakening day, too.

00:07:59Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.

00:08:03Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.

00:08:08With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.

00:08:12It would be enough to survive the next ten days.

00:08:15The irony was almost funny.

00:08:17Ever since they brought me back at fifteen, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selena and

00:08:22cut me off completely.

00:08:23I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.

00:08:27At eleven thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.

00:08:30When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.

00:08:34Then another scent cut through the storm.

00:08:36Cold fur.

00:08:36Powerful.

00:08:38A top-tier alpha.

00:08:39Kaelin stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.

00:08:43Lyra, why have you been gone so long?

00:08:46He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.

00:08:48The rear door was already open.

00:08:51Lyra, happy awakening day.

00:08:53The words hit me like a blow.

00:08:54I stood there, frozen.

00:08:56Kaelin's pack and mine had been alive for generations.

00:08:59Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us

00:09:04was born.

00:09:05Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I

00:09:10was fifteen, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.

00:09:15I still remember the first time I saw Kaelin after I was brought back.

00:09:19He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same

00:09:25time.

00:09:26In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.

00:09:32He used his alpha pressure to shield me.

00:09:34He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.

00:09:37He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.

00:09:41And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left Gravely Island, I gave him a kidney.

00:09:46I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.

00:09:50Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with

00:09:56his own hands.

00:09:57Lyra, what is it?

00:09:59Kaelin's deep voice pulled me back to the present.

00:10:01Did you think I forgot your awakening day?

00:10:03I answered evenly, thank you.

00:10:05Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.

00:10:08When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.

00:10:13Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our

00:10:17mate bond?

00:10:18I had it made early.

00:10:20Do you like it?

00:10:21Bitterness filled my throat.

00:10:24Alpha, you remembered wrong.

00:10:26I don't like wedding dresses.

00:10:27And I hate red.

00:10:29The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.

00:10:33At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.

00:10:36After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,

00:10:43wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.

00:10:48Kaelin's eyes tightened.

00:10:49Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.

00:10:52I'm sorry.

00:10:53I remembered wrong.

00:10:54Come on.

00:10:55I'll take you to dinner.

00:10:56On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.

00:11:00Lyra, why is your scent so faint?

00:11:02Why are you thinner than before?

00:11:03And your leg, he never finished.

00:11:06A shrink ringtone cut through the car.

00:11:08The screen flashed one name, Selina.

00:11:11The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.

00:11:14Turn around.

00:11:15Now, back to the territory.

00:11:16The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan non-stop, trying to soothe her.

00:11:20When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.

00:11:25Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.

00:11:28The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.

00:11:32Her face was pale as paper.

00:11:33My sister is back, she whispered.

00:11:35A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.

00:11:39Goodbye?

00:11:40Then she jumped.

00:11:41The Pac-Manon was only one story high.

00:11:43The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.

00:11:45But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.

00:11:49My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaelin.

00:11:51All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.

00:11:54That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.

00:12:12Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.

00:12:14My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega.

00:12:17Got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the human territory border.

00:12:21My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.

00:12:28Selina is an Omega.

00:12:29She's too fragile for prison.

00:12:30If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.

00:12:34Lyra, take her place.

00:12:36I refused.

00:12:37But on a stormy night, he opened the thunder.

00:12:39My father used absolute Alpha command.

00:12:41He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transplant.

00:12:45My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaelin, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said

00:12:51to me,

00:12:52Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.

00:12:54Endure these seven years for now.

00:12:58Seven years later.

00:13:00Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.

00:13:05I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,

00:13:10dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.

00:13:13A black military SUV waited outside the territory.

00:13:16The window rolled down revealed Kaelin's sharp, striking face.

00:13:18Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.

00:13:21The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.

00:13:24Lyra.

00:13:24Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.

00:13:27In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.

00:13:30Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.

00:13:34You've suffered these past seven years.

00:13:36I'll keep my promise.

00:13:38Kaelin said.

00:13:39At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.

00:13:42He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.

00:13:45There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.

00:13:48I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and slowly pulled my hand

00:13:53away.

00:13:54Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.

00:13:57Okay.

00:13:58Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:14:012,557 days soaked in blood and violence.

00:14:04Long enough to see Kaelin and my family for what they truly were.

00:14:06They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

00:14:08Sensing my indifference, Kaelin let out a low, irritated sound.

00:14:11Selina knows you're coming back today.

00:14:13Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.

00:14:16Your parents and your sister are all at PAC Medical Center calming her down.

00:14:20I closed my eyes.

00:14:22The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.

00:14:25An hour later, we arrived at my home.

00:14:28Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.

00:14:31They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.

00:14:36My parents loved only Selina.

00:14:37To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.

00:14:41The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaelin first.

00:14:44Only then did he turn to me.

00:14:45Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.

00:14:49Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.

00:14:51Disgrace.

00:14:52I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.

00:14:55How had I become the shameful one?

00:14:57But my expectations had died seven years ago.

00:15:00On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.

00:15:04I understand.

00:15:05I turned toward the side entrance.

00:15:07Then Kaelin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.

00:15:10His pupils sharpened into slits.

00:15:12Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.

00:15:14She needs me.

00:15:15Go rest.

00:15:16He did not wait for a reply.

00:15:18He turned at once and disappeared into the night.

00:15:20I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

00:15:27Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.

00:15:34It was my Beta sister, Chloe.

00:15:36Alpha father, Luna mother.

00:15:38Selina is in terrible shape mentally.

00:15:40Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?

00:15:42If Selina catches her scent, she'll have another episode.

00:15:45My father sighed but said nothing.

00:15:46My mother answered first.

00:15:47She carries our blood.

00:15:48If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?

00:15:51Then what are we supposed to do?

00:15:53Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.

00:15:56My father finally spoke.

00:15:57When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.

00:16:02She is not to appear in front of Selene.

00:16:04She is not to leave her room for any reason.

00:16:06My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.

00:16:10Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.

00:16:13An encrypted message.

00:16:15Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:16:16You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:16:21Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,

00:16:25under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.

00:16:28Your pack identity will be permanently erased.

00:16:30You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.

00:16:33I did not hesitate.

00:16:35On the holographic display, I signed my name.

00:16:38Lyra.

00:16:39I had passed the Institute selection process seven years ago.

00:16:42Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:16:47Shortly before my release, I applied again.

00:16:50As expected, I passed.

00:16:52Ten days.

00:16:52If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.

00:17:00The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.

00:17:04A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.

00:17:08Selena was back.

00:17:09Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.

00:17:15My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaelin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their

00:17:21world.

00:17:21The beta butler set down an elegant cake.

00:17:24In perfect unison, everyone said,

00:17:27Happy awakening day, Selena.

00:17:29Selena smiled sweetly and thanked them all.

00:17:31Then she lifted her chin.

00:17:33I just got out of the sterile recovery room.

00:17:35Did anyone get me something special?

00:17:37My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.

00:17:41Kaelin was reaching for his own.

00:17:43When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.

00:17:47Lyra, you're awake.

00:17:49Come here, celebrate with us.

00:17:50Selena turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.

00:17:53Sorry, sis.

00:17:54My nerve pain flared up yesterday, so I couldn't come pick you up.

00:17:58You're not mad, are you?

00:17:59Before I could answer, Kaelin spoke for me.

00:18:01Lyra isn't petty.

00:18:03She wouldn't blame you.

00:18:05At that, Selena boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.

00:18:08Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.

00:18:12She smiled.

00:18:13I want Kaelin as my mate.

00:18:15Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in Pac-Law.

00:18:18Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.

00:18:21Every wolf there stayed silent.

00:18:23Their status, their pressure, their authority, all pushed toward one thing.

00:18:27My surrender.

00:18:28Rage surged through my blood.

00:18:30I clenched my fists.

00:18:31And if I say no?

00:18:34Selena froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.

00:18:38I was only joking.

00:18:40I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.

00:18:44My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.

00:18:47Don't be afraid, Selena.

00:18:48Lyra spent too long out in the wild.

00:18:50Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:18:52My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.

00:18:55Blood means nothing.

00:18:57Your mother and I have only one true daughter.

00:18:59Chloe joined in without hesitation.

00:19:01That's right, Selena.

00:19:02You're my only sister.

00:19:03I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.

00:19:07And instead, I turned to Kaylin.

00:19:09What are they saying?

00:19:10His throat tightened before he answered.

00:19:13Selena said she was joking.

00:19:15Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.

00:19:17The room reeked of lies.

00:19:19What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.

00:19:23My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.

00:19:25My alpha father had once ruled the business world.

00:19:28But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home,

00:19:30they despised the habits I had picked up surviving on my own.

00:19:34Every resource, every ounce of love,

00:19:36they gave it all to Selene.

00:19:38Ten years ago, when Selena was accepted into Elite Art Academy,

00:19:41the entire pack celebrated her.

00:19:43What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.

00:19:47I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:19:49None of it mattered now.

00:19:51Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.

00:19:53I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:19:55I want some air outside the territory.

00:19:56You all enjoy the party.

00:19:58Under their contemptuous stares,

00:19:59I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.

00:20:01Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.

00:20:05Not one of them remembered.

00:20:06Today was my awakening day, too.

00:20:08Once I left the territory,

00:20:09I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.

00:20:12Because of my prison record,

00:20:13the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.

00:20:17With a ruined leg and no history,

00:20:19I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.

00:20:21It would be enough to survive the next ten days.

00:20:24The irony was almost funny.

00:20:26Ever since they brought me back at fifteen,

00:20:28they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selina

00:20:31and cut me off completely.

00:20:32I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.

00:20:36At eleven thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.

00:20:40When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.

00:20:43Then another scent cut through the storm.

00:20:45Cold fur.

00:20:46Powerful.

00:20:47A top-tier alpha.

00:20:48Kaelin stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.

00:20:52Lyra, why have you been gone so long?

00:20:55He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.

00:20:57The rear door was already open.

00:21:00Lyra, happy awakening day.

00:21:02The words hit me like a blow.

00:21:03I stood there, frozen.

00:21:05Kaelin's pack and mine had been alive for generations.

00:21:08Our territories shared a border,

00:21:10and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us was born.

00:21:14Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two

00:21:17and was not found again until I was fifteen.

00:21:20Bruised and scarred.

00:21:22That ancient agreement never changed.

00:21:25I still remember the first time I saw Kaelin after I was brought back.

00:21:28He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt,

00:21:31powerful enough to command submission,

00:21:33yet somehow warm at the same time.

00:21:35In that cold territory,

00:21:37he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.

00:21:41He used his alpha pressure to shield me.

00:21:43He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.

00:21:46He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.

00:21:51And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left greatly wounded,

00:21:54I gave him an echidna.

00:21:55I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.

00:21:59Yet, in the end,

00:22:00he was also the one who used alpha authority

00:22:03to send me to silver moon penipotentiary with his own hands.

00:22:06Lyra, what is it?

00:22:08Kaelin's deep voice pulled me back to the present.

00:22:10Did you think I forgot your awakening day?

00:22:12I answered evenly, thank you.

00:22:14Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.

00:22:17When I opened it,

00:22:18I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.

00:22:22Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress

00:22:26when we completed our mate bond?

00:22:27I had it made early.

00:22:30Do you like it?

00:22:31Bitterness filled my throat.

00:22:33Alpha,

00:22:34you remembered wrong.

00:22:35I don't like wedding dresses.

00:22:37And I hate red.

00:22:38The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.

00:22:43At the time,

00:22:43I had been wearing an expensive red dress.

00:22:46After I was old enough to remember,

00:22:48every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,

00:22:52wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature

00:22:56and bring me home.

00:22:57Kaelin's eyes tightened.

00:22:59Just like he had years ago,

00:23:00he reached over and ruffled my hair.

00:23:02I'm sorry.

00:23:02I remembered wrong.

00:23:04Come on.

00:23:04I'll take you to dinner.

00:23:05On the drive back,

00:23:06he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.

00:23:09Lyra,

00:23:10why is your scent so faint?

00:23:11Why are you thinner than before?

00:23:13And your leg,

00:23:14he never finished.

00:23:15A shrink ringtone cut through the car.

00:23:17The screen flashed one name,

00:23:19Selina.

00:23:20The moment he answered,

00:23:21panic flooded his face.

00:23:23Turn around.

00:23:24Now,

00:23:24back to the territory.

00:23:25The whole drive back,

00:23:26he spoke into the comdibeshan non-stop,

00:23:29trying to soothe her.

00:23:30When we rushed into the manor grounds,

00:23:31I looked up.

00:23:34Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress,

00:23:36swaying at the edge.

00:23:38The moment she caught our scent,

00:23:39Selina looked down at us from above.

00:23:41Her face was pale as paper.

00:23:42My sister is back,

00:23:44she whispered.

00:23:45A worthless Omega like me

00:23:46should step aside now.

00:23:48Goodbye?

00:23:49Then she jumped.

00:23:50The Pac-Manon was only one story high.

00:23:52The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.

00:23:54But when Selina fell,

00:23:55every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.

00:23:58My father,

00:23:58my mother,

00:23:59Chloe,

00:23:59even Kaelin.

00:24:00All of them lodged forward in a frenzy

00:24:02to save the weaker wolf.

00:24:03That night,

00:24:04the scream of ambulance sirens

00:24:05echoed over the territory.

00:24:21Seven years ago,

00:24:22my parents adopted daughter.

00:24:23My younger sister,

00:24:24Selina,

00:24:25a delicate Omega,

00:24:26got drunk,

00:24:27caused a hit and run,

00:24:28and left blood spilled across the human territory border.

00:24:30My Alpha father,

00:24:32my Luna mother,

00:24:32and my biological younger sister

00:24:34all came to me with the same patronizing plea.

00:24:37Selina is an Omega.

00:24:38She's too fragile for prison.

00:24:39If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:24:41her wolf won't survive it.

00:24:43Lyra,

00:24:44take her place.

00:24:45I refused.

00:24:46But on a stormy night,

00:24:47he drove refunding.

00:24:48My father used absolute Alpha command.

00:24:50He crushed my will,

00:24:51took control of my mind,

00:24:53and personally delivered me to the prison transplant.

00:24:55My fiancé,

00:24:56my fated mate,

00:24:56Kaelin,

00:24:57the strongest Alpha in the pack,

00:24:58held back his raging wolf era,

00:25:00and said to me,

00:25:01Lyra,

00:25:01when you get out,

00:25:02we'll complete the mate bond.

00:25:03Endure these seven years,

00:25:06for now.

00:25:07Seven years later.

00:25:09Lyra,

00:25:10once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:25:12keep your wolf under control,

00:25:13and do not look back.

00:25:15I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand,

00:25:18and limped through the iron gates,

00:25:19dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.

00:25:22A black military SUV waited outside the territory.

00:25:25The window rolled down,

00:25:26revealed Kaelin's sharp, striking face.

00:25:27Seven years had passed,

00:25:29and he looked exactly the same.

00:25:30The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.

00:25:33Lyra,

00:25:33instinctively I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.

00:25:37In the rearview mirror I caught sight of my own reflection,

00:25:39pale,

00:25:40gaunt,

00:25:40my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.

00:25:43You've suffered these past seven years.

00:25:45I'll keep my promise,

00:25:47Kaelin said.

00:25:48At the next full moon night,

00:25:49I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.

00:25:52He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.

00:25:54There was no spark,

00:25:55no shiver,

00:25:56no bond.

00:25:57I looked into his golden green eyes,

00:25:59where my withered reflection stared back at me,

00:26:01and slowly pulled my hand away.

00:26:03Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.

00:26:06Okay.

00:26:08Seven years in silver moon penitentiary.

00:26:102,557 days soaked in blood and violence.

00:26:13Long enough to see Kaelin and my family for what they truly were.

00:26:15They had never loved me,

00:26:16and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

00:26:18Sensing my indifference,

00:26:19Kaelin let out a low,

00:26:19irritated sound.

00:26:20Selina knows you're coming back today.

00:26:22Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.

00:26:26Your parents and your sister are all at PAC Medical Center calming her down.

00:26:29I closed my eyes.

00:26:31The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.

00:26:34An hour later,

00:26:35we arrived at my home.

00:26:37Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.

00:26:40They caught the cheap sour prison smell clinging to me,

00:26:42and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.

00:26:45My parents loved only Selina.

00:26:47To the servants,

00:26:48I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.

00:26:50The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaelin first.

00:26:53Only then did he turn to me.

00:26:54Miss Lyra,

00:26:55Luna says that now you've returned,

00:26:56you are to stay inside your own scent circle.

00:26:58Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.

00:27:00Disgrace.

00:27:01I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.

00:27:05How had I become the shameful one?

00:27:07But my expectations had died seven years ago,

00:27:09on that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.

00:27:13I understand.

00:27:14I turned toward the side entrance.

00:27:16Then Kaelin stiffened,

00:27:17receiving an urgent mind link.

00:27:19His pupils sharpened into slits.

00:27:21Lyra,

00:27:22Selen's scent is weakening.

00:27:24She needs me.

00:27:24Go rest.

00:27:25He did not wait for a reply.

00:27:27He turned at once and disappeared into the night.

00:27:30I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me,

00:27:33and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

00:27:37Late that night,

00:27:38drifting between sleep and exhaustion,

00:27:40I heard voices downstairs in the living room.

00:27:43It was my Beta sister,

00:27:44Chloe.

00:27:45Alpha father,

00:27:46Luna mother.

00:27:47Selina is in terrible shape mentally.

00:27:49Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?

00:27:51If Selina catches her scent,

00:27:52she'll have another episode.

00:27:54My father sighed,

00:27:55but said nothing.

00:27:55My mother answered first.

00:27:56She carries our blood.

00:27:57If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison,

00:27:59what will the other pack say?

00:28:01Then what are we supposed to do?

00:28:02Chloe paced the room,

00:28:04agitation sharp in her voice.

00:28:05My father finally spoke.

00:28:06When Selene returns,

00:28:08order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.

00:28:11She is not to appear in front of Selene.

00:28:13She is not to leave her room for any reason.

00:28:15My eyes stayed shut,

00:28:16but a burning ache rose behind them.

00:28:19Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.

00:28:23An encrypted message.

00:28:24Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:28:25You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:28:30Once you accept the contract,

00:28:31you will depart in ten days,

00:28:33on the night of the full moon,

00:28:34under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.

00:28:37Your pack identity will be permanently erased.

00:28:40You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.

00:28:43I did not hesitate.

00:28:44On the holographic display,

00:28:46I signed my name.

00:28:48Lyra.

00:28:48I had passed the Institute selection process seven years ago.

00:28:51Before I could take the oath and join,

00:28:54my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:28:56Shortly before my release,

00:28:58I applied again.

00:28:59As expected,

00:29:00I passed.

00:29:01Ten days.

00:29:02If I could endure ten more days,

00:29:04I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.

00:29:09The next morning,

00:29:10I washed up and pushed open the warped door.

00:29:13A rich,

00:29:15sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.

00:29:17Selena was back.

00:29:18Dressed in a flowing white gown,

00:29:20she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.

00:29:24My alpha father,

00:29:25my luna mother,

00:29:26Chloe,

00:29:27and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their world.

00:29:31The beta butler set down an elegant cake.

00:29:34In perfect unison,

00:29:35everyone said,

00:29:36Happy awakening day,

00:29:38Selena.

00:29:38Selena smiled sweetly and thanked them all.

00:29:40Then she lifted her chin.

00:29:42I just got out of the sterile recovery room.

00:29:44Did anyone get me something special?

00:29:46My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.

00:29:50Kaylin was reaching for his own.

00:29:52When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.

00:29:56Lyra,

00:29:57you're awake.

00:29:58Come here.

00:29:59Celebrate with us.

00:29:59Selena turned toward me,

00:30:00releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.

00:30:02Sorry,

00:30:03sis.

00:30:04My nerve pain flared up yesterday,

00:30:05so I couldn't come pick you up.

00:30:07You're not mad,

00:30:08are you?

00:30:08Before I could answer,

00:30:09Kaylin spoke for me.

00:30:11Lyra isn't petty.

00:30:12She wouldn't blame you.

00:30:14At that,

00:30:14Selena boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.

00:30:18Since it's my awakening day,

00:30:20give me a present too.

00:30:21She smiled.

00:30:22I want Kaylin as my mate.

00:30:24Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.

00:30:28Yet after she said it openly,

00:30:29no one in the room object.

00:30:31Every wolf there stayed silent.

00:30:32Their status,

00:30:33their pressure,

00:30:34their authority,

00:30:35all pushed toward one thing.

00:30:36My surrender.

00:30:37Rage surged through my blood.

00:30:39I clenched my fists.

00:30:41And if I say no?

00:30:43Selena froze for half a second,

00:30:45then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.

00:30:48I was only joking.

00:30:49I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.

00:30:53My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.

00:30:56Don't be afraid,

00:30:57Selena.

00:30:57Lyra spent too long out in the wild.

00:31:00Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:31:01My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.

00:31:04Blood means nothing.

00:31:06Your mother and I have only one true daughter.

00:31:08Chloe joined in without hesitation.

00:31:10That's right,

00:31:11Selena.

00:31:11You're my only sister.

00:31:12I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.

00:31:17And instead,

00:31:17I turned to Kaylin.

00:31:18What are they saying?

00:31:19His throat tightened before he answered.

00:31:22Selena said she was joking.

00:31:24Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.

00:31:26The room reeked of lies.

00:31:29What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.

00:31:32My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.

00:31:34My alpha father had once ruled the business world.

00:31:37But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home,

00:31:40they despised the habits I had picked up surviving on my own.

00:31:43Every resource,

00:31:44every ounce of love,

00:31:45they gave it all to Selene.

00:31:47Ten years ago,

00:31:48when Selena was accepted into Elite Art Academy,

00:31:50the entire pack celebrated her.

00:31:52What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.

00:31:56I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:31:59None of it mattered now.

00:32:00Soon,

00:32:00I would be gone from this territory for good.

00:32:02I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:32:04I want some air outside the territory.

00:32:06You all enjoy the party.

00:32:07Under their contemptuous stares,

00:32:08I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.

00:32:10Behind me,

00:32:11their laughter and French mockery tangled together.

00:32:14Not one of them remembered.

00:32:15Today was my awakening day, too.

00:32:17Once I left the territory,

00:32:18I suppressed my wolf aura

00:32:19and took a bus to downtown Seattle.

00:32:21Because of my prison record,

00:32:23the pack had erased my education

00:32:24and every official file tied to my name.

00:32:26With a ruined leg and no history,

00:32:28I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.

00:32:30It would be enough to survive the next ten days.

00:32:33The irony was almost funny.

00:32:35Ever since they brought me back at 15,

00:32:37they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selena

00:32:40and cut me off completely.

00:32:41I had paid for school, food, and survival

00:32:44by working in the human world.

00:32:45At 11.30 that night,

00:32:47I finished washing the last dish.

00:32:48When I stepped outside,

00:32:50freezing rain hit my face.

00:32:52Then another scent cut through the storm.

00:32:54Cold fur.

00:32:55Powerful.

00:32:56A top-tier alpha.

00:32:57Kalen stepped out of a black SUV

00:32:59and strode straight toward me.

00:33:01Lyra,

00:33:02why have you been gone so long?

00:33:04He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.

00:33:06The rear door was already open.

00:33:09Lyra,

00:33:10happy awakening day.

00:33:11The words hit me like a blow.

00:33:13I stood there,

00:33:13frozen.

00:33:14Kalen's pack and mine

00:33:16had been alive for generations.

00:33:17Our territories shared a border,

00:33:19and our families had been bound by an old promise

00:33:21long before either of us was born.

00:33:23Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest

00:33:26at the age of two

00:33:26and was not found again until I was 15,

00:33:29bruised and scarred,

00:33:31that ancient agreement never changed.

00:33:34I still remember the first time I saw Kalen

00:33:36after I was brought back.

00:33:37He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt,

00:33:40powerful enough to command submission,

00:33:42yet somehow warm at the same time.

00:33:44In that cold territory,

00:33:46he was the only one who never recoiled

00:33:48from the wild scent clinging to me.

00:33:50He used his alpha pressure to shield me.

00:33:53He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.

00:33:55He was the only person in that steel and stone world

00:33:58who had ever been kind to me.

00:34:00And when he was ambushed by a rival pack

00:34:02and left gravely empty,

00:34:03I gave him a kidney.

00:34:04I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him

00:34:07without hesitation.

00:34:08Yet in the end,

00:34:09he was also the one who used alpha authority

00:34:12to send me to Silvermoon

00:34:13and Penipotentiary with his own hands.

00:34:16Lyra, what is it?

00:34:17Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.

00:34:20Did you think I forgot your awakening day?

00:34:22I answered evenly,

00:34:23thank you.

00:34:23Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.

00:34:26When I opened it,

00:34:27I found a custom-made red wedding gown

00:34:29for a bonding right.

00:34:32Do you remember telling me as a child

00:34:33that you wanted to wear a red dress

00:34:35when we completed our mate bond?

00:34:36I had it made early.

00:34:39Do you like it?

00:34:40Bitterness filled my throat.

00:34:42Alpha, you remembered wrong.

00:34:44I don't like wedding dresses,

00:34:46and I hate red.

00:34:47The headmistress at St. Mary's home

00:34:49once told me she had found me

00:34:50abandoned outside a bridal shop.

00:34:52At the time,

00:34:52I had been wearing an expensive red dress.

00:34:55After I was old enough to remember,

00:34:57every full moon night,

00:34:58I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,

00:35:01wearing red clothes

00:35:02so my people could follow my scent signature

00:35:05and bring me home.

00:35:06Palin's eyes tightened.

00:35:08Just like he had years ago,

00:35:09he reached over and ruffled my hair.

00:35:11I'm sorry.

00:35:11I remembered wrong.

00:35:13Come on.

00:35:13I'll take you to dinner.

00:35:14On the drive back,

00:35:15he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.

00:35:18Lyra,

00:35:19why is your scent so faint?

00:35:20Why are you thinner than before?

00:35:22And your leg?

00:35:23He never finished.

00:35:24A shrink ringtone cut through the car.

00:35:26The screen flashed one name,

00:35:28Selina.

00:35:29The moment he answered,

00:35:31panic flooded his face.

00:35:32Turn around.

00:35:33Now,

00:35:34back to the territory.

00:35:34The whole drive back,

00:35:36he spoke into the comdibession non-stop,

00:35:38trying to soothe her.

00:35:39When we rushed into the manor grounds,

00:35:41I looked up.

00:35:43Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress,

00:35:46swaying at the edge.

00:35:47The moment she caught our scent,

00:35:48Selina looked down at us from above.

00:35:50Her face was pale as paper.

00:35:51My sister is back,

00:35:53she whispered.

00:35:54A worthless Omega like me

00:35:55should step aside now.

00:35:58Goodbye?

00:35:58Then she jumped.

00:35:59The Pac-Manon was only one story high.

00:36:01The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.

00:36:03But when Selina fell,

00:36:05every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.

00:36:07My father,

00:36:07my mother,

00:36:08Chloe,

00:36:08even Kaylin.

00:36:09All of them lodged forward in a frenzy

00:36:11to save the weaker wolf.

00:36:12That night,

00:36:13the scream of ambulance sirens

00:36:14echoed over the territory.

00:36:30Seven years ago,

00:36:31my parents' adopted daughter,

00:36:33my younger sister Selina,

00:36:34a delicate Omega,

00:36:35got drunk,

00:36:36caused a hit and run,

00:36:37and left blood spilled across the human territory border.

00:36:40My alpha father,

00:36:41my luna mother,

00:36:42and my biological younger sister

00:36:43all came to me with the same patronizing

00:36:45of me.

00:36:46Selina is an Omega.

00:36:47She's too fragile for prison.

00:36:48If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:36:50her wolf won't survive it.

00:36:52Lyra,

00:36:53take her place.

00:36:54I refused.

00:36:55But on a stormy night,

00:36:56my father used absolute alpha command.

00:37:00He crushed my will,

00:37:01took control of my mind,

00:37:02and personally delivered me to the prison transport.

00:37:04My fiancé,

00:37:05my fated mate,

00:37:06Kaylin,

00:37:06the strongest alpha in the pack,

00:37:07held back his raging wolf era

00:37:09and said to me,

00:37:10Lyra,

00:37:10when you get out,

00:37:11we'll complete the mate bond.

00:37:13Endure

00:37:13these seven years

00:37:15for now.

00:37:16Seven years later.

00:37:18Lyra,

00:37:19once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:37:21keep your wolf under control

00:37:22and do not look back.

00:37:24I took the mold-smelling canvas bag

00:37:26from the guard's hand

00:37:27and limped through the iron gates,

00:37:29dragging the leg that had been ruined

00:37:30by four silver shackles.

00:37:31A black military SUV

00:37:32waited outside the territory.

00:37:34The window rolled down,

00:37:35revealed Kaylin's sharp,

00:37:36striking face.

00:37:37Seven years had passed,

00:37:38and he looked exactly the same.

00:37:39The suffocating pressure

00:37:40of a top-tier alpha

00:37:41still radiated from him.

00:37:42Lyra,

00:37:43instinctively I shrunk back

00:37:44before forcing myself

00:37:45in the passenger seat.

00:37:46In the rearview mirror

00:37:47I caught sight of my own reflection,

00:37:48pale,

00:37:49gaunt,

00:37:50my neck covered in burn scars

00:37:51left by silver weapon.

00:37:52You've suffered

00:37:53these past seven years.

00:37:55I'll keep my promise,

00:37:56Kaylin said.

00:37:57At the next full moon night

00:37:58I'll officially mark you

00:37:59and make you my Luna.

00:38:01He reached over

00:38:01and covered my rough hand

00:38:03with his.

00:38:03There was no spark,

00:38:05no shiver,

00:38:05no bond.

00:38:06I looked into his

00:38:07golden green eyes

00:38:08where my withered reflection

00:38:09stared back at me

00:38:10and slowly pulled my hand away.

00:38:12Even the wolf inside me

00:38:13could not be bothered to whimper.

00:38:15Okay.

00:38:17Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:38:192,557 days

00:38:21soaked in blood and violence,

00:38:22long enough to see Kaylin

00:38:23and my family

00:38:23for what they truly were.

00:38:24They had never loved me

00:38:25and I no longer

00:38:26wanted to be his mate.

00:38:27Sensing my indifference,

00:38:28Kaylin let out

00:38:28a low irritated sound.

00:38:29Selina knows

00:38:30you're coming back today.

00:38:32Her trauma response disorder

00:38:33is acting up again.

00:38:35Your parents and your sister

00:38:36are all at

00:38:37Pak Medical Center

00:38:38calming her down.

00:38:39I closed my eyes.

00:38:40The SUV drove

00:38:41into the heart

00:38:42of Crescent Moon

00:38:42Pak territory.

00:38:44An hour later,

00:38:45we arrived at my home.

00:38:46Only the Beta Butler

00:38:47and a few Omega Solvents

00:38:48were inside the manor.

00:38:49They caught the cheap

00:38:50sour prison smelt

00:38:51clinging to me

00:38:51and the disgust

00:38:52in their eyes

00:38:53was impossible to hide.

00:38:54My parents loved

00:38:55only Selina.

00:38:56To the servants,

00:38:57I had never been

00:38:57the eldest daughter

00:38:58of this house.

00:38:59The Beta Butler

00:39:00bowed respectfully

00:39:01to Kaylin first.

00:39:02Only then

00:39:02did he turn to me.

00:39:04Miss Lyra,

00:39:04Luna says that

00:39:05now you've returned.

00:39:06You are to stay

00:39:06inside your own

00:39:07scent circle.

00:39:07Do not wander around

00:39:08and disgrace the pack.

00:39:09Disgrace.

00:39:10I had endured

00:39:11seven years of

00:39:12silver burns

00:39:13in Salud's place.

00:39:14How had I become

00:39:15the shameful one?

00:39:16But my expectations

00:39:17had died

00:39:17seven years ago

00:39:18on that storm-filled

00:39:20night when they

00:39:20used Alpha Command

00:39:21to force my confession.

00:39:22I understand.

00:39:23I turned toward

00:39:24the side entrance.

00:39:25Then Kaylin stiffened,

00:39:26receiving an urgent

00:39:27mind link.

00:39:28His pupils sharpened

00:39:29into slits.

00:39:30Lyra,

00:39:32Selene's scent

00:39:32is weakening.

00:39:33She needs me.

00:39:34Go rest.

00:39:35He did not wait

00:39:35for a reply.

00:39:36He turned at once

00:39:37and disappeared

00:39:38into the night.

00:39:39I limped back

00:39:40to the storage room

00:39:41that belonged to me

00:39:41and curled up

00:39:43on the narrow

00:39:43wooden bed.

00:39:46Late that night,

00:39:47drifting between

00:39:48sleep and exhaustion,

00:39:49I heard voices

00:39:51downstairs in the

00:39:51living room.

00:39:52It was my Beta

00:39:53sister, Chloe.

00:39:54Alpha Father,

00:39:55Luna Mother.

00:39:56Selene is in

00:39:57terrible shape

00:39:57mentally.

00:39:58Shouldn't we move

00:39:59Lyra out of the

00:40:00manor?

00:40:00If Selene catches

00:40:01her scent,

00:40:02she'll have

00:40:02another episode.

00:40:03My father sighed

00:40:04but said nothing.

00:40:04My mother answered

00:40:05first.

00:40:05She carries our blood.

00:40:07If we throw her

00:40:07out the moment

00:40:08she gets back

00:40:08from prison,

00:40:09what will the

00:40:09other pack say?

00:40:10Then what are

00:40:10we supposed to do?

00:40:11Chloe paced the room,

00:40:13agitation sharp

00:40:13in her voice.

00:40:14My father finally

00:40:15spoke.

00:40:16When Selene returns,

00:40:17order Lyra to suppress

00:40:18every trace of her scent.

00:40:20She is not to appear

00:40:21in front of Selene.

00:40:22She is not to leave

00:40:23her room for any reason.

00:40:24My eyes stayed

00:40:25shut,

00:40:26but a burning ache

00:40:27rose behind them.

00:40:28Then the custom

00:40:29comm device

00:40:30hidden beneath my pillow

00:40:31began to vibrate.

00:40:32An encrypted message.

00:40:33Miss Lyra,

00:40:34congratulations.

00:40:35You have passed

00:40:35the evaluation

00:40:36for the Global Institute

00:40:37for Werewolf

00:40:38and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:40:39Once you accept

00:40:40the contract,

00:40:41you will depart

00:40:41in ten days

00:40:42on the night

00:40:43of the full moon

00:40:43under a new identity

00:40:44for Sanctum Isle

00:40:45on Dominica Island.

00:40:47Your pack identity

00:40:47will be permanently erased.

00:40:49You may not contact

00:40:50any outside wolves

00:40:51for five years.

00:40:52I did not hesitate.

00:40:53On the holographic display,

00:40:55I signed my name.

00:40:57Lyra.

00:40:57I had passed the Institute

00:40:59selection process

00:41:00seven years ago.

00:41:01Before I could take the oath

00:41:02and join,

00:41:03my parents sent me

00:41:04to Silver Moon Penitentiary.

00:41:05Shortly before my release,

00:41:07I applied again.

00:41:08As expected,

00:41:09I passed.

00:41:10Ten days.

00:41:11If I could endure

00:41:12ten more days,

00:41:13I would sever the pack bond

00:41:14tying me to this

00:41:15frozen family forever.

00:41:18The next morning,

00:41:19I washed up

00:41:20and pushed open

00:41:21the warped door.

00:41:22A rich,

00:41:24sugary omega scent

00:41:25flooded the hallway.

00:41:26Selina was back.

00:41:27Dressed in a flowing

00:41:28white gown,

00:41:29she sat in the center

00:41:30of the leather sofa

00:41:31like a princess on display.

00:41:33My alpha father,

00:41:34my luna mother,

00:41:36Chloe,

00:41:36and Kaylin

00:41:37all surrounded her

00:41:38as if she was

00:41:38the center of their world.

00:41:40The beta butler

00:41:41set down an elegant cake.

00:41:43In perfect unison,

00:41:44everyone said,

00:41:46Happy Awakening Day,

00:41:47Selina.

00:41:47Selina smiled sweetly

00:41:48and thanked them all.

00:41:49Then she lifted her chin.

00:41:51I just got out

00:41:52of the sterile recovery room.

00:41:54Did anyone get me

00:41:54something special?

00:41:55My parents and Chloe

00:41:56each presented

00:41:57expensive gifts.

00:41:59Kaylin was reaching

00:42:00for his own

00:42:01when his sharp gaze

00:42:03found me standing

00:42:04in the shadows.

00:42:05Lyra,

00:42:06you're awake.

00:42:07Come here.

00:42:08Celebrate with us.

00:42:09Selina turned toward me,

00:42:10releasing a cloud

00:42:10of innocent pheromones.

00:42:11Sorry, sis.

00:42:13My nerve pain

00:42:14flared up yesterday

00:42:14so I couldn't

00:42:15come pick you up.

00:42:16You're not mad,

00:42:17are you?

00:42:17Before I could answer,

00:42:19Kaylin spoke for me.

00:42:20Lyra isn't petty.

00:42:21She wouldn't blame you.

00:42:23At that,

00:42:23Selina boldly

00:42:24slipped her arm

00:42:25through his

00:42:25and looked straight at me.

00:42:27Since it's

00:42:27my awakening day,

00:42:29give me a present too.

00:42:30She smiled.

00:42:31I want Kaylin

00:42:32as my mate.

00:42:33Stealing another wolf's mate

00:42:34was one of the greatest

00:42:35taboons in Pac-Law.

00:42:37Yet after she said it openly,

00:42:38no one in the room object.

00:42:40Every wolf there

00:42:41stayed silent.

00:42:41Their status,

00:42:42their pressure,

00:42:43their authority

00:42:44all pushed toward one thing.

00:42:45My surrender.

00:42:46Rage surged through my blood.

00:42:48I clenched my fists.

00:42:50And if I say no?

00:42:52Selina froze for half a second,

00:42:54then switched to French

00:42:55and whimpered dramatically.

00:42:57I was only joking.

00:42:58I didn't realize

00:42:59my sister's feral instinct

00:43:01was this savage.

00:43:02My Luna mother answered her

00:43:04in the same flawless French.

00:43:05Don't be afraid, Selina.

00:43:07Lyra spent too long

00:43:08out in the wild.

00:43:09Her bloodline is beneath yours.

00:43:10My alpha father

00:43:11released the calming

00:43:12scent of pine.

00:43:14Blood means nothing.

00:43:15Your mother and I

00:43:16have only one true daughter.

00:43:17Chloe joined in

00:43:18without hesitation.

00:43:19That's right, Selina.

00:43:20You're my only sister.

00:43:22I forced down the bitterness

00:43:23rising in my chest

00:43:24and pretended not

00:43:25to understand a word.

00:43:26And instead,

00:43:26I turned to Kaylin.

00:43:27What are they saying?

00:43:29His throat tightened

00:43:30before he answered.

00:43:32Selina said she was joking.

00:43:33Everyone just thinks

00:43:34you're being too sensitive.

00:43:36The room reeked of lies.

00:43:37What none of them knew

00:43:39was that I had understood

00:43:40every word.

00:43:41My Luna mother

00:43:42was a world-renowned painter.

00:43:44My alpha father

00:43:44had once ruled

00:43:45the business world.

00:43:46But ever since

00:43:47they brought me back

00:43:47from St. Mary's home,

00:43:49they despised the habits

00:43:50I had picked up

00:43:51surviving on my own.

00:43:52Every resource,

00:43:53every ounce of love,

00:43:55they gave it all

00:43:55to Selina.

00:43:56Ten years ago,

00:43:57when Selina was accepted

00:43:58into Elite Art Academy,

00:43:59the entire pack celebrated her.

00:44:01What they never knew

00:44:02was that I had been admitted

00:44:02to the most prestivious

00:44:03university in the country.

00:44:05I had also taught myself

00:44:06French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:44:08None of it mattered now.

00:44:09Soon, I would be gone

00:44:10from this territory for good.

00:44:11I just got out

00:44:12of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:44:13I want some air

00:44:14outside the territory.

00:44:15You all enjoy the party.

00:44:16Under their contemptuous stares,

00:44:17I dragged my damaged leg

00:44:19towards the door.

00:44:19Behind me,

00:44:20their laughter

00:44:21and French mockery

00:44:22tangled together.

00:44:23Not one of them remembered.

00:44:25Today was my awakening day, too.

00:44:26Once I left the territory,

00:44:27I suppressed my wolf aura

00:44:29and took a bus

00:44:29to downtown Seattle.

00:44:30Because of my prison record,

00:44:32the pack had erased

00:44:33my education

00:44:33and every official file

00:44:34tied to my name.

00:44:35With a ruined leg

00:44:36and no history,

00:44:37I could only find work

00:44:38at a run-down roadside diner.

00:44:39It would be enough

00:44:40to survive the next 10 days.

00:44:42The irony was almost funny.

00:44:44Ever since they brought me

00:44:46back at 15,

00:44:46they had resented me

00:44:47for not being as accomplished

00:44:48as Selina

00:44:49and cut me off completely.

00:44:50I had paid for school,

00:44:52food, and survival

00:44:53by working in the human world.

00:44:54At 11.30 that night,

00:44:56I finished washing

00:44:57the last dish.

00:44:58When I stepped outside,

00:45:00freezing rain hit my face.

00:45:01Then another scent

00:45:02cut through the storm.

00:45:03Cold fur.

00:45:04Powerful.

00:45:05A top-tier alpha.

00:45:07Kalen stepped out

00:45:07of a black SUV

00:45:08and strode straight toward me.

00:45:10Lyra,

00:45:11why have you been gone so long?

00:45:13He grabbed my wrist

00:45:14and pulled me to the car.

00:45:16The rear door

00:45:16was already open.

00:45:18Lyra,

00:45:19happy awakening day.

00:45:20The words hit me like a blow.

00:45:22I stood there,

00:45:23frozen.

00:45:24Kalen's pack and mine

00:45:25had been alive

00:45:25for generations.

00:45:27Our territories

00:45:27shared a border,

00:45:28and our families

00:45:29had been bound by an old promise

00:45:31long before either of us

00:45:32was born.

00:45:33Even after I went missing

00:45:34in Blackwood Forest

00:45:35at the age of two

00:45:36and was not found again

00:45:37until I was 15,

00:45:39bruised and scarred,

00:45:40that ancient agreement

00:45:41never changed.

00:45:43I still remember

00:45:44the first time

00:45:45I saw Kalen

00:45:45after I was brought back.

00:45:47He stood in the sunlight

00:45:48wearing a white shirt,

00:45:49powerful enough

00:45:50to command submission,

00:45:51yet somehow warm

00:45:52at the same time.

00:45:54In that cold territory,

00:45:55he was the only one

00:45:57who never recoiled

00:45:57from the wild scent

00:45:58clinging to me.

00:45:59He used his alpha pressure

00:46:01to shield me.

00:46:02He brought me prey

00:46:03and gifts on holidays.

00:46:04He was the only person

00:46:06in that steel and stone world

00:46:07who had ever been kind to me.

00:46:09And when he was ambushed

00:46:10by a rival pack

00:46:11and left greatly owned,

00:46:12I gave him an echidna.

00:46:14I poured the core

00:46:15of my wolf vitality

00:46:16into him

00:46:16without hesitation.

00:46:17Yet in the end,

00:46:18he was also the one

00:46:19who used alpha authority

00:46:21to send me to silver moon

00:46:23penipotentiary

00:46:23with his own hands.

00:46:25Lyra,

00:46:25what is it?

00:46:26Kaylin's deep voice

00:46:27pulled me back

00:46:28to the present.

00:46:29Did you think I forgot

00:46:30your awakenation day?

00:46:31I answered evenly,

00:46:32thank you.

00:46:33Then he handed me

00:46:33another beautifully wrapped box.

00:46:35When I opened it,

00:46:36I found a custom made

00:46:37red wedding gown

00:46:38for a bonding right.

00:46:41Do you remember

00:46:42telling me as a child

00:46:43that you wanted to wear

00:46:43a red dress

00:46:44when we completed

00:46:45our mate bond?

00:46:45I had it made early.

00:46:48Do you like it?

00:46:49Bitterness filled my throat.

00:46:51Alpha,

00:46:52you remembered wrong.

00:46:53I don't like wedding dresses.

00:46:55And I hate red.

00:46:56The headmistress

00:46:57at St. Mary's home

00:46:58once told me

00:46:59she had found me

00:46:59abandoned outside

00:47:00a bridal shop.

00:47:01At the time,

00:47:02I had been wearing

00:47:03an expensive red dress.

00:47:04After I was old enough

00:47:05to remember,

00:47:06every full moon night

00:47:07I would return

00:47:08to bridal shop windows

00:47:09by instinct,

00:47:10wearing red clothes

00:47:11so my people

00:47:12could follow my scent

00:47:13signature

00:47:14and bring me home.

00:47:16Kaylin's eyes tightened.

00:47:17Just like he had years ago,

00:47:18he reached over

00:47:19and ruffled my hair.

00:47:20I'm sorry.

00:47:21I remembered wrong.

00:47:22Come on.

00:47:22I'll take you to dinner.

00:47:24On the drive back,

00:47:25he kept my hand

00:47:26clasped tightly in his.

00:47:27Lyra,

00:47:28why is your scent so faint?

00:47:29Why are you thinner than before?

00:47:31And your leg,

00:47:32he never finished.

00:47:33A shrink ringtone

00:47:34cut through the car.

00:47:36The screen flashed

00:47:37one name,

00:47:38Selina.

00:47:38The moment he answered,

00:47:40panic flooded his face.

00:47:41Turn around.

00:47:42Now,

00:47:43back to the territory.

00:47:44The whole drive back,

00:47:45he spoke into the

00:47:45Comdebesian non-stop,

00:47:47trying to soothe her.

00:47:48When we rushed

00:47:49into the manor grounds,

00:47:50I looked up.

00:47:52Selina stood on the rooftop

00:47:53in a white dress,

00:47:55swaying at the edge.

00:47:56The moment she caught our scent,

00:47:58Selina looked down

00:47:58at us from above.

00:47:59Her face was pale as paper.

00:48:01My sister is back,

00:48:02she whispered.

00:48:03A worthless Omega like me

00:48:05should step aside now.

00:48:07Goodbye?

00:48:08Then she jumped.

00:48:08The Pac-Manon

00:48:09was only one story high.

00:48:10The roof was barely

00:48:1130 feet above the ground.

00:48:12But when Selina fell,

00:48:14every one of my so-called family

00:48:15moved on instinct.

00:48:16My father,

00:48:17my mother,

00:48:17Chloe,

00:48:18even Kaylin.

00:48:18All of them lodged forward

00:48:19in a frenzy to save

00:48:20the weaker wolf.

00:48:21That night,

00:48:22the scream of ambulance

00:48:23sirens echoed

00:48:24over the territory.

00:48:39Seven years ago,

00:48:40my parents adopted daughter.

00:48:42My younger sister,

00:48:43Selina,

00:48:43a delicate Omega.

00:48:44got drunk,

00:48:45caused a hit and run,

00:48:46and left blood spilled

00:48:47across the human territory border.

00:48:49My Alpha father,

00:48:50my Luna mother,

00:48:51and my biological younger sister

00:48:52all came to me

00:48:53with the same patronizing plea.

00:48:55Selina is an Omega.

00:48:56She's too fragile for prison.

00:48:58If she goes to

00:48:58Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:49:00her wolf won't survive it.

00:49:01Lyra,

00:49:02take her place.

00:49:03I refused,

00:49:05but on a stormy night

00:49:06he rode her thunder.

00:49:06My father used

00:49:07absolute Alpha command.

00:49:09He crushed my will,

00:49:10took control of my mind,

00:49:11and personally delivered me

00:49:12to the prison transport.

00:49:13My fiancé,

00:49:14my fated mate,

00:49:15Kaylin,

00:49:15the strongest Alpha in the pack,

00:49:17held back his raging wolf era

00:49:18and said to me,

00:49:19Lyra,

00:49:20when you get out,

00:49:20we'll complete the mate bond.

00:49:22Endure

00:49:22these seven years

00:49:24for now.

00:49:26Seven years later.

00:49:27Lyra,

00:49:28once you leave

00:49:29Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:49:30keep your wolf under control

00:49:31and do not look back.

00:49:33I took the mold-smelling canvas bag

00:49:35from the guard's hand

00:49:36and limped through the iron gates,

00:49:38dragging the leg

00:49:38that had been ruined

00:49:39by four silver shackles.

00:49:40A black military SUV

00:49:42waited outside the territory.

00:49:43The window rolled down

00:49:44revealed Kaylin's

00:49:45sharp, striking face.

00:49:46Seven years had passed,

00:49:47and he looked exactly the same.

00:49:49The suffocating pressure

00:49:49of a top-tier Alpha

00:49:50still radiated from him.

00:49:51Lyra,

00:49:52instinctively,

00:49:52I shrunk back

00:49:53before forcing myself

00:49:54in the passenger seat.

00:49:55In the rear-view mirror,

00:49:56I caught sight

00:49:56of my own reflection.

00:49:58Pale,

00:49:58gaunt,

00:49:59my neck covered in burn scars

00:50:00left by silver weapon.

00:50:02You've suffered

00:50:02these past seven years.

00:50:03I'll keep my promise,

00:50:05Kaylin said.

00:50:06At the next full moon night,

00:50:07I'll officially mark you

00:50:09and make you my Luna.

00:50:10He reached over

00:50:11and covered my rough hand

00:50:12with his.

00:50:12There was no spark,

00:50:14no shiver,

00:50:14no bond.

00:50:15I looked into his

00:50:16golden-green eyes,

00:50:17where my withered reflection

00:50:18stared back at me

00:50:19and slowly pulled my hand away.

00:50:21Even the wolf inside me

00:50:22could not be bothered

00:50:23to wimper.

00:50:24Okay.

00:50:26Seven years

00:50:27in Silvermoon Penitentiary,

00:50:282,557 days

00:50:30soaked in blood and violence,

00:50:31long enough to see Kaylin

00:50:32and my family

00:50:33for what they truly were.

00:50:33They had never loved me

00:50:34and I no longer

00:50:35wanted to be his mate.

00:50:36Sensing my indifference,

00:50:37Kaylin let out

00:50:37a low,

00:50:38irritated sound.

00:50:39Selina knows

00:50:39you're coming back today.

00:50:41Her trauma response disorder

00:50:42is acting up again.

00:50:44Your parents and your sister

00:50:45are all at

00:50:46Pact Medical Center

00:50:47calming her down.

00:50:48I closed my eyes.

00:50:49The SUV drove

00:50:50into the heart

00:50:51of Crescent Moon

00:50:52Pact territory.

00:50:53An hour later,

00:50:54we arrived at my home.

00:50:55Only the Beta Butler

00:50:56and a few Omega Solvents

00:50:57were inside the manor.

00:50:58They caught the cheap,

00:50:59sour prison smell

00:51:00clinging to me

00:51:01and the disgust

00:51:01in their eyes

00:51:02was impossible to hide.

00:51:03My parents loved

00:51:04only Selina.

00:51:05To the servants,

00:51:06I had never been

00:51:07the eldest daughter

00:51:07of this house.

00:51:08The Beta Butler

00:51:09bowed respectfully

00:51:10to Kaylin first.

00:51:11Only then

00:51:12did he turn to me.

00:51:13Miss Lyra,

00:51:13Luna says that

00:51:14now you've returned,

00:51:15you are to stay

00:51:15inside your own

00:51:16scent circle.

00:51:17Do not wander around

00:51:18and disgrace the Pact.

00:51:19Disgrace.

00:51:19I had endured

00:51:20seven years of silver burns

00:51:22in Selu's place.

00:51:23How had I become

00:51:24the shameful one?

00:51:25But my expectations

00:51:26had died seven years ago,

00:51:28on that storm-filled night

00:51:29when they used Alpha Command

00:51:30to force my confession.

00:51:32I understand.

00:51:32I turned toward

00:51:33the side entrance.

00:51:34Then Kaylin stiffened,

00:51:36receiving an urgent mind link.

00:51:37His pupils sharpened

00:51:38into slits.

00:51:39Lyra,

00:51:41Selen's scent is weakening.

00:51:42She needs me.

00:51:43Go rest.

00:51:44He did not wait

00:51:45for a reply.

00:51:45He turned at once

00:51:46and disappeared into the night.

00:51:48I limped back

00:51:49to the storage room

00:51:50that belonged to me

00:51:51and curled up

00:51:52on the narrow wooden bed.

00:51:55Late that night,

00:51:56drifting between sleep

00:51:57and exhaustion,

00:51:59I heard voices downstairs

00:52:00in the living room.

00:52:01It was my beta sister,

00:52:03Chloe.

00:52:03Alpha father,

00:52:04Luna mother.

00:52:05Selenna is in terrible

00:52:06shape mentally.

00:52:07Shouldn't we move Lyra

00:52:08out of the manor?

00:52:09If Selenna catches her scent,

00:52:11she'll have another episode.

00:52:12My father sighed

00:52:13but said nothing.

00:52:14My mother answered first.

00:52:15She carries our blood.

00:52:16If we throw her out

00:52:16the moment she gets back

00:52:17from prison,

00:52:18what will the other pack say?

00:52:19Then what are we supposed to do?

00:52:20Chloe paced the room,

00:52:22agitation sharp in her voice.

00:52:23My father finally spoke.

00:52:25When Selen returns,

00:52:26order Lyra to suppress

00:52:28every trace of her scent.

00:52:29She is not to appear

00:52:31in front of Selen.

00:52:31She is not to leave

00:52:32her room for any reason.

00:52:33My eyes stayed shut

00:52:35but a burning ache

00:52:36rose behind them.

00:52:37Then the custom comm device

00:52:39hidden beneath my pillow

00:52:40began to vibrate.

00:52:41An encrypted message.

00:52:42Miss Lyra, congratulations.

00:52:43You have passed the evaluation

00:52:45for the Global Institute

00:52:46for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.

00:52:48Once you accept the contract,

00:52:50you will depart in ten days

00:52:51on the night of the full moon

00:52:52under a new identity

00:52:54for Sanctum Isle

00:52:55on Dominica Island.

00:52:56Your pack identity

00:52:57will be permanently erased.

00:52:58You may not contact

00:52:59any outside wolves

00:53:00for five years.

00:53:01I did not hesitate.

00:53:03On the holographic display,

00:53:04I signed my name.

00:53:06Lyra.

00:53:07I had passed the Institute

00:53:08selection process

00:53:09seven years ago.

00:53:10Before I could take

00:53:11the oath and join,

00:53:12my parents sent me

00:53:13to Silver Moon Penitentiary.

00:53:15Shortly before my release,

00:53:16I applied again.

00:53:17As expected,

00:53:18I passed.

00:53:19Ten days.

00:53:20If I could endure

00:53:21ten more days,

00:53:22I would sever the pack bond

00:53:23tying me to this

00:53:24frozen family forever.

00:53:27The next morning,

00:53:29I washed up

00:53:30and pushed open

00:53:30the warped door.

00:53:32A rich,

00:53:33sugary Omega scent

00:53:34flooded the hallway.

00:53:35Selenna was back.

00:53:37Dressed in a flowing

00:53:38white gown,

00:53:38she sat in the center

00:53:40of the leather sofa

00:53:40like a princess on display.

00:53:42My Alpha Father,

00:53:44my Luna Mother,

00:53:45Chloe,

00:53:45and Kaylin

00:53:46all surrounded her

00:53:47as if she was

00:53:48the center of their world.

00:53:49The Beta Butler

00:53:50set down an elegant cake.

00:53:52In perfect unison,

00:53:54everyone said,

00:53:54Happy Awakening Day, Selenna.

00:53:56Selenna smiled sweetly

00:53:58and thanked them all.

00:53:59Then she lifted her chin.

00:54:00I just got out

00:54:01of the sterile recovery room.

00:54:03Did anyone get me

00:54:04something special?

00:54:04My parents and Chloe

00:54:06each presented

00:54:06expensive gifts.

00:54:08Kaylin was reaching

00:54:10for his own

00:54:11when his sharp gaze

00:54:12found me standing

00:54:13in the shadows.

00:54:15Lyra,

00:54:15you're awake.

00:54:16Come here.

00:54:17Celebrate with us.

00:54:18Selenna turned toward me,

00:54:19releasing a cloud

00:54:19of innocent pheromones.

00:54:20Sorry, sis.

00:54:22My nerve pain

00:54:23flared up yesterday

00:54:24so I couldn't come

00:54:24pick you up.

00:54:25You're not mad,

00:54:26are you?

00:54:27Before I could answer,

00:54:28Kaylin spoke for me.

00:54:29Lyra isn't petty.

00:54:30She wouldn't blame you.

00:54:32At that,

00:54:33Selenna boldly slipped

00:54:34her arm through his

00:54:35and looked straight at me.

00:54:36Since it's my awakening day,

00:54:38give me a present too.

00:54:39She smiled.

00:54:40I want Kaylin as my mate.

00:54:42Stealing another wolf's mate

00:54:43was one of the greatest

00:54:44taboons in pack law.

00:54:46Yet after she said it openly,

00:54:47no one in the room object.

00:54:49Every wolf there

00:54:50stayed silent.

00:54:51Their status,

00:54:52their pressure,

00:54:52their authority

00:54:53all pushed toward one thing.

00:54:54My surrender.

00:54:56Rage surged

00:54:56through my blood.

00:54:57I clenched my fists.

00:54:59And if I say no?

00:55:02Selenna froze

00:55:02for half a second,

00:55:03then switched to French

00:55:05and whimpered dramatically.

00:55:06I was only joking.

00:55:07I didn't realize

00:55:09my sister's feral instinct

00:55:10was this savage.

00:55:11My Luna mother

00:55:12answered her

00:55:13in the same flawless French.

00:55:14Don't be afraid, Selenna.

00:55:16Lyra spent too long

00:55:17out in the wild.

00:55:18Her bloodline

00:55:19is beneath yours.

00:55:20My alpha father

00:55:21released the calming

00:55:22scent of pine.

00:55:23Blood means nothing.

00:55:24Your mother and I

00:55:25have only one true daughter.

00:55:26Chloe joined in

00:55:27without hesitation.

00:55:28That's right, Selenna.

00:55:30You're my only sister.

00:55:31I forced down

00:55:31the bitterness

00:55:32rising in my chest

00:55:33and pretended not

00:55:34to understand a word.

00:55:35And instead,

00:55:36I turned to Kaylin.

00:55:36What are they saying?

00:55:38His throat tightened

00:55:39before he answered.

00:55:41Selenna said

00:55:42she was joking.

00:55:43Everyone just thinks

00:55:44you're being too sensitive.

00:55:45The room reeked of lies.

00:55:47What none of them knew

00:55:48was that I had understood

00:55:49every word.

00:55:50My Luna mother

00:55:51was a world-renowned painter.

00:55:53My alpha father

00:55:53had once ruled

00:55:54the business world.

00:55:55But ever since

00:55:56they brought me back

00:55:57from St. Mary's home,

00:55:58they despised the habits

00:55:59I had picked up

00:56:00surviving on my own.

00:56:01Every resource,

00:56:02every ounce of love,

00:56:04they gave it all

00:56:05to Selenna.

00:56:05Ten years ago,

00:56:06when Selenna was accepted

00:56:07into Elite Art Academy,

00:56:08the entire pack

00:56:09celebrated her.

00:56:10What they never knew

00:56:11was that I had been admitted

00:56:12to the most prestigious

00:56:12university in the country.

00:56:14I had also taught myself

00:56:15French, Italian, and Spanish.

00:56:17None of it mattered now.

00:56:18Soon, I would be gone

00:56:19from this territory for good.

00:56:20I just got out

00:56:21of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

00:56:22I want some air

00:56:23outside the territory.

00:56:24You all enjoy the party.

00:56:25Under their contemptuous stares,

00:56:26I dragged my damaged leg

00:56:28towards the door.

00:56:29Behind me,

00:56:29their laughter

00:56:30and French mockery

00:56:31tangled together.

00:56:32Not one of them remembered.

00:56:34Today was my awakening day too.

00:56:35Once I left the territory,

00:56:37I suppressed my wolf aura

00:56:38and took a bus

00:56:38to downtown Seattle.

00:56:40Because of my prison record,

00:56:41the pack had erased

00:56:42my education

00:56:42and every official file

00:56:43tied to my name.

00:56:44With a ruined leg

00:56:45and no history,

00:56:46I could only find work

00:56:47at a run-down roadside diner.

00:56:48It would be enough

00:56:49to survive the next 10 days.

00:56:51The irony was almost funny.

00:56:54Ever since they brought me

00:56:55back at 15,

00:56:56they had resented me

00:56:56for not being as accomplished

00:56:57as Selina

00:56:58and cut me off completely.

00:56:59I had paid for school,

00:57:01food,

00:57:01and survival

00:57:02by working in the human world.

00:57:04At 1130 that night,

00:57:05I finished washing the last dish.

00:57:07When I stepped outside,

00:57:09freezing rain hit my face.

00:57:10Then another scent

00:57:11cut through the storm.

00:57:12Cold fur.

00:57:14Powerful.

00:57:14A top-tier alpha.

00:57:15Kalen stepped out

00:57:17of a black SUV

00:57:17and strode straight toward me.

00:57:20Lyra,

00:57:20why have you been gone so long?

00:57:22He grabbed my wrist

00:57:23and pulled me to the car.

00:57:25The rear door was already open.

00:57:27Lyra,

00:57:28happy awakening day.

00:57:29The words hit me like a blow.

00:57:31I stood there,

00:57:32frozen.

00:57:33Kalen's pack and mine

00:57:34had been alive for generations.

00:57:36Our territories shared a border,

00:57:37and our families had been bound

00:57:39by an old promise

00:57:40long before either of us was born.

00:57:42Even after I went missing

00:57:43in Blackwood Forest

00:57:44at the age of two

00:57:45and was not found again

00:57:46until I was 15,

00:57:48bruised and scarred,

00:57:49that ancient agreement

00:57:50never changed.

00:57:52I still remember

00:57:53the first time I saw Kalen

00:57:54after I was brought back.

00:57:56He stood in the sunlight

00:57:57wearing a white shirt,

00:57:58powerful enough

00:57:59to command submission,

00:58:01yet somehow warm

00:58:02at the same time.

00:58:03In that cold territory,

00:58:05he was the only one

00:58:06who never recoiled

00:58:07from the wild scent

00:58:08clinging to me.

00:58:09He used his alpha pressure

00:58:10to shield me.

00:58:11He brought me prey

00:58:12and gifts on holidays.

00:58:13He was the only person

00:58:15in that steel and stone world

00:58:16who had ever been kind to me.

00:58:18And when he was ambushed

00:58:19by a rival pack

00:58:20and left greatly owned,

00:58:21I gave him an echidna.

00:58:23I poured the core

00:58:24of my wolf vitality

00:58:25into him without hesitation.

00:58:26Yet, in the end,

00:58:28he was also the one

00:58:29who used alpha authority

00:58:30to send me to silver moon

00:58:31and penipotentiary

00:58:32with his own hands.

00:58:34Lyra, what is it?

00:58:35Kalen's deep voice

00:58:36pulled me back to the present.

00:58:38Did you think I forgot

00:58:39your awakenation day?

00:58:40I answered evenly,

00:58:41thank you.

00:58:42Then he handed me

00:58:43another beautifully wrapped box.

00:58:44When I opened it,

00:58:45I found a custom-made

00:58:46red wedding gown

00:58:47for a bonding right.

00:58:50Do you remember telling me

00:58:51as a child

00:58:52that you wanted to wear

00:58:53a red dress

00:58:53when we completed

00:58:54our mate bond?

00:58:55I had it made early.

00:58:57Do you like it?

00:58:58Bitterness filled my throat.

00:59:00Alpha,

00:59:01you remembered wrong.

00:59:03I don't like wedding dresses

00:59:04and I hate red.

00:59:05The headmistress

00:59:06at St. Mary's home

00:59:07once told me

00:59:08she had found me

00:59:08abandoned outside

00:59:09a bridal shop.

00:59:10At the time,

00:59:11I had been wearing

00:59:12an expensive red dress.

00:59:13After I was old enough

00:59:14to remember,

00:59:15every full moon night

00:59:16I would return

00:59:17to bridal shop windows

00:59:18by instinct,

00:59:19wearing red clothes

00:59:21so my people

00:59:21could follow my scent

00:59:22signature

00:59:23and bring me home.

00:59:25Palin's eyes tightened.

00:59:26Just like he had years ago,

00:59:27he reached over

00:59:28and ruffled my hair.

00:59:29I'm sorry.

00:59:30I remembered wrong.

00:59:31Come on.

00:59:32I'll take you to dinner.

00:59:33On the drive back,

00:59:34he kept my hand

00:59:35clasped tightly in his.

00:59:36Lyra,

00:59:37why is your scent so faint?

00:59:39Why are you thinner

00:59:39than before?

00:59:40And your leg,

00:59:41he never finished.

00:59:42A shrink ringtone

00:59:44cut through the car.

00:59:45The screen flashed

00:59:46one name,

00:59:47Selina.

00:59:48The moment he answered,

00:59:49panic flooded his face.

00:59:51Turn around.

00:59:51Now,

00:59:52back to the territory.

00:59:53The whole drive back,

00:59:54he spoke into the

00:59:55Comdibeshan non-stop,

00:59:56trying to soothe her.

00:59:57When we rushed

00:59:58into the manor grounds,

00:59:59I looked up.

01:00:01Selina stood on the rooftop

01:00:03in a white dress,

01:00:04swaying at the edge.

01:00:05The moment she caught our scent,

01:00:07Selina looked down

01:00:07at us from above.

01:00:08Her face was pale as paper.

01:00:10My sister is back,

01:00:11she whispered.

01:00:12A worthless Omega like me

01:00:14should step aside now.

01:00:16Goodbye?

01:00:17Then she jumped.

01:00:18The Pac-Manon

01:00:18was only one story high.

01:00:20The roof was barely

01:00:20thirty feet above the ground.

01:00:21But when Selina fell,

01:00:23every one of my so-called family

01:00:24moved on instinct.

01:00:25My father,

01:00:26my mother,

01:00:26Chloe,

01:00:27even Kaylin.

01:00:28All of them lodged forward

01:00:29in a frenzy

01:00:29to save the weaker wolf.

01:00:30That night,

01:00:31the scream of ambulance sirens

01:00:33echoed over the territory.

01:00:48Seven years ago,

01:00:50my parents adopted daughter.

01:00:51My younger sister,

01:00:52Selina,

01:00:52a delicate Omega,

01:00:53got drunk,

01:00:54caused a hit and run,

01:00:55and left blood spilled

01:00:56across the human territory border.

01:00:58My Alpha father,

01:00:59my Luna mother,

01:01:00and my biological younger sister

01:01:02all came to me

01:01:03with the same patronizing plea.

01:01:04Selina is an Omega.

01:01:05She's too fragile for prison.

01:01:07If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:01:09her wolf won't survive it.

01:01:10Lyra,

01:01:11take her place.

01:01:13I refused,

01:01:14but on a stormy night

01:01:15he rode profundo.

01:01:16My father used

01:01:16absolute Alpha command.

01:01:18He crushed my will,

01:01:19took control of my mind,

01:01:20and personally delivered me

01:01:21to the prison transport.

01:01:22My fiancé,

01:01:23my fated mate,

01:01:24Kaylin,

01:01:24the strongest Alpha in the pack,

01:01:26held back his raging wolf era

01:01:27and said to me,

01:01:28Lyra,

01:01:29when you get out,

01:01:30we'll complete the mate bond.

01:01:31Endure

01:01:31these seven years

01:01:33for now.

01:01:35Seven years later.

01:01:36Lyra,

01:01:37once you leave

01:01:38Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:01:39keep your wolf under control

01:01:40and do not look back.

01:01:42I took the mold-smelling canvas bag

01:01:44from the guard's hand

01:01:45and limped through the iron gates,

01:01:47dragging the leg

01:01:48that had been ruined

01:01:48by four silver shackles.

01:01:49A black military SUV

01:01:51waited outside the territory.

01:01:52The window rolled down

01:01:53revealed Kaylin's

01:01:54sharp, striking face.

01:01:55Seven years had passed,

01:01:56and he looked exactly the same.

01:01:58The suffocating pressure

01:01:59of a top-tier Alpha

01:01:59still radiated from him.

01:02:01Lyra,

01:02:01instinctively I shrunk back

01:02:02before forcing myself

01:02:03in the passenger seat.

01:02:04In the rearview mirror

01:02:05I caught sight of my own reflection.

01:02:07Pale,

01:02:07gaunt,

01:02:08my neck covered in burn scars

01:02:09left by silver weapon.

01:02:11You've suffered

01:02:11these past seven years.

01:02:13I'll keep my promise.

01:02:14Kaylin said.

01:02:15At the next full moon night

01:02:16I'll officially mark you

01:02:18and make you my Luna.

01:02:19He reached over

01:02:20and covered my rough hand with his.

01:02:22There was no spark,

01:02:23no shiver,

01:02:24no bond.

01:02:24I looked into his golden green eyes

01:02:26where my withered reflection

01:02:27stared back at him

01:02:28and slowly pulled my hand away.

01:02:30Even the wolf inside me

01:02:32could not be bothered to whimper.

01:02:33Okay.

01:02:35Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:02:372,557 days soaked in blood and violence,

01:02:40long enough to see Kaylin and my family

01:02:42for what they truly were.

01:02:43They had never loved me,

01:02:44and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

01:02:45Sensing my indifference,

01:02:46Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.

01:02:48Selina knows you're coming back today.

01:02:50Her trauma response disorder

01:02:51is acting up again.

01:02:53Your parents and your sister

01:02:55are all at Pact Medical Center

01:02:56calming her down.

01:02:57I closed my eyes.

01:02:58The SUV drove into the heart

01:03:00of Crescent Moon Pact territory.

01:03:02An hour later,

01:03:03we arrived at my home.

01:03:04Only the Beta Butler

01:03:05and a few Omega Solvents

01:03:06were inside the manor.

01:03:07They caught the cheap,

01:03:08sour prison smelt clinging to me,

01:03:10and the disgust in their eyes

01:03:11was impossible to hide.

01:03:12My parents loved only Selina.

01:03:14To the servants,

01:03:15I had never been the eldest daughter

01:03:16of this house.

01:03:17The Beta Butler bowed respectfully

01:03:19to Kaylin first.

01:03:20Only then did he turn to me.

01:03:22Miss Lyra,

01:03:23Luna says that now you've returned,

01:03:24you are to stay inside

01:03:25your own scent circle.

01:03:26Do not wander around

01:03:27and disgrace the pack.

01:03:28Disgrace.

01:03:29I had endured seven years

01:03:30of silver burns

01:03:31in Salud's place.

01:03:32How had I become

01:03:33the shameful one?

01:03:34But my expectations

01:03:35had died seven years ago.

01:03:37On that storm-filled night

01:03:38when they used Alpha Command

01:03:39to force my confession.

01:03:41I understand.

01:03:41I turned toward

01:03:42the side entrance.

01:03:43Then Kaylin stiffened,

01:03:45receiving an urgent mind link.

01:03:46His pupils sharpened

01:03:47into slits.

01:03:48Lyra,

01:03:50Selen's scent is weakening.

01:03:51She needs me.

01:03:52Go rest.

01:03:53He did not wait for a reply.

01:03:54He turned at once

01:03:55and disappeared

01:03:56into the night.

01:03:57I limped back

01:03:58to the storage room

01:03:59that belonged to me

01:04:00and curled up

01:04:01on the narrow wooden bed.

01:04:04Late that night,

01:04:05drifting between sleep

01:04:07and exhaustion,

01:04:07I heard voices downstairs

01:04:09in the living room.

01:04:10It was my Beta sister,

01:04:12Chloe.

01:04:12Alpha father,

01:04:13Luna mother.

01:04:14Selenna is in terrible shape

01:04:16mentally.

01:04:17Shouldn't we move

01:04:17Lyra out of the manor?

01:04:18If Selenna catches her scent,

01:04:20she'll have another episode.

01:04:21My father sighed,

01:04:22but said nothing.

01:04:23My mother answered first.

01:04:24She carries our blood.

01:04:25If we throw her out

01:04:26the moment she gets back

01:04:26from prison,

01:04:27what will the other pack say?

01:04:28Then what are we

01:04:29supposed to do?

01:04:30Chloe paced the room,

01:04:31agitation sharp in her voice.

01:04:32My father finally spoke.

01:04:34When Selenna returns,

01:04:36order Lyra to suppress

01:04:37every trace of her scent.

01:04:39She is not to appear

01:04:40in front of Selenna.

01:04:41She is not to leave

01:04:41her room for any reason.

01:04:42My eyes stayed shut,

01:04:44but a burning ache

01:04:45rose behind them.

01:04:46Then the custom comm device

01:04:48hidden beneath my pillow

01:04:49began to vibrate.

01:04:50An encrypted message.

01:04:51Miss Lyra, congratulations.

01:04:53You have passed the evaluation

01:04:54for the Global Institute

01:04:55for Werewolf

01:04:56and Supernatural Secrecy.

01:04:58Once you accept the contract,

01:04:59you will depart in ten days,

01:05:00on the night of the full moon,

01:05:02under a new identity

01:05:03for Sanctum Isle

01:05:04on Dominica Island.

01:05:05Your pack identity

01:05:06will be permanently erased.

01:05:07You may not contact

01:05:08any outside wolves

01:05:09for five years.

01:05:10I did not hesitate.

01:05:11On the holographic display,

01:05:14I signed my name.

01:05:15Lyra.

01:05:16I had passed the Institute

01:05:17selection process

01:05:18seven years ago.

01:05:19Before I could take

01:05:20the oath and join,

01:05:21my parents sent me

01:05:22to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

01:05:24Shortly before my release,

01:05:25I applied again.

01:05:26As expected,

01:05:27I passed.

01:05:28Ten days.

01:05:29If I could endure

01:05:30ten more days,

01:05:31I would sever the pack bond

01:05:32tying me to this

01:05:33frozen family forever.

01:05:36The next morning,

01:05:38I washed up

01:05:39and pushed open

01:05:40the warped door.

01:05:40A rich,

01:05:42sugary omega scent

01:05:43flooded the hallway.

01:05:44Selena was back.

01:05:46Dressed in a flowing

01:05:47white gown,

01:05:48she sat in the center

01:05:49of the leather sofa

01:05:50like a princess on display.

01:05:51My alpha father,

01:05:53my luna mother,

01:05:54Chloe,

01:05:54and Kaylin

01:05:55all surrounded her

01:05:56as if she was

01:05:57the center of their world.

01:05:58The beta butler

01:05:59set down an elegant cake.

01:06:01In perfect unison,

01:06:03everyone said,

01:06:04Happy awakening day,

01:06:05Selena.

01:06:05Selena smiled sweetly

01:06:07and thanked them all.

01:06:08Then she lifted her chin.

01:06:09I just got out

01:06:10of the sterile recovery room.

01:06:12Did anyone get me

01:06:13something special?

01:06:14My parents and Chloe

01:06:15each presented

01:06:16expensive gifts.

01:06:17Kaylin was reaching

01:06:19for his own

01:06:19when his sharp gaze

01:06:21found me standing

01:06:22in the shadows.

01:06:24Lyra,

01:06:25you're awake.

01:06:25Come here,

01:06:26celebrate with us.

01:06:27Selena turned toward me,

01:06:28releasing a cloud

01:06:28of innocent pheromones.

01:06:30Sorry, sis.

01:06:31My nerve pain

01:06:32flared up yesterday

01:06:33so I couldn't come

01:06:34pick you up.

01:06:34You're not mad,

01:06:35are you?

01:06:36Before I could answer,

01:06:37Kaylin spoke for me.

01:06:38Lyra isn't petty.

01:06:40She wouldn't blame you.

01:06:41At that,

01:06:42Selena boldly slipped

01:06:43her arm through his

01:06:44and looked straight at me.

01:06:45Since it's my awakening day,

01:06:47give me a present too.

01:06:49She smiled.

01:06:50I want Kaylin as my mate.

01:06:51Stealing another wolf's mate

01:06:53was one of the greatest

01:06:54taboons in pack law.

01:06:55Yet after she said it openly,

01:06:57no one in the room object.

01:06:58Every wolf there

01:06:59stayed silent.

01:07:00Their status,

01:07:01their pressure,

01:07:01their authority

01:07:02all pushed toward one thing.

01:07:04My surrender.

01:07:05Rage surged

01:07:06through my blood.

01:07:07I clenched my fists.

01:07:08And if I say no?

01:07:11Selena froze

01:07:12for half a second,

01:07:13then switched to French

01:07:14and whimpered dramatically.

01:07:15I was only joking.

01:07:17I didn't realize

01:07:18my sister's feral instinct

01:07:19was this savage.

01:07:21My Luna mother

01:07:21answered her

01:07:22in the same flawless French.

01:07:24Don't be afraid, Selena.

01:07:25Lyra spent too long

01:07:26out in the wild.

01:07:27Her bloodline

01:07:28is beneath yours.

01:07:29My alpha father

01:07:30released the calming

01:07:31scent of pine.

01:07:32Blood means nothing.

01:07:33Your mother and I

01:07:34have only one true daughter.

01:07:36Chloe joined in

01:07:36without hesitation.

01:07:37That's right, Selena.

01:07:39You're my only sister.

01:07:40I forced down

01:07:40the bitterness

01:07:41rising in my chest

01:07:42and pretended

01:07:43not to understand a word.

01:07:44And instead,

01:07:45I turned to Kaylin.

01:07:46What are they saying?

01:07:47His throat tightened

01:07:48before he answered.

01:07:50Selena said she was joking.

01:07:52Everyone just thinks

01:07:53you're being too sensitive.

01:07:54The room reeked of lies.

01:07:56What none of them knew

01:07:57was that I had understood

01:07:58every word.

01:07:59My Luna mother

01:08:00was a world-renowned painter.

01:08:02My alpha father

01:08:03had once ruled

01:08:03the business world.

01:08:04But ever since

01:08:05they brought me back

01:08:06from St. Mary's home,

01:08:07they despised the habits

01:08:08I had picked up

01:08:09surviving on my own.

01:08:10Every resource,

01:08:12every ounce of love,

01:08:13they gave it all to Selene.

01:08:14Ten years ago,

01:08:15when Selena was accepted

01:08:16into Elite Art Academy,

01:08:18the entire pack celebrated her.

01:08:19What they never knew

01:08:20was that I had been admitted

01:08:21to the most prestigious

01:08:22university in the country.

01:08:23I had also taught myself

01:08:24French, Italian, and Spanish.

01:08:26None of it mattered now.

01:08:27Soon, I would be gone

01:08:28from this territory for good.

01:08:29I just got out

01:08:30of Silvermoon Penitentiary.

01:08:31I want some air

01:08:32outside the territory.

01:08:33You all enjoy the party.

01:08:34Under their contemptuous stares,

01:08:36I dragged my damaged leg

01:08:37towards the door.

01:08:38Behind me,

01:08:39their laughter

01:08:39and French mockery

01:08:40tangled together.

01:08:41Not one of them remembered.

01:08:43Today was my awakening day, too.

01:08:45Once I left the territory,

01:08:46I suppressed my wolf aura

01:08:47and took a bus

01:08:48to downtown Seattle.

01:08:49Because of my prison record,

01:08:50the pack had erased

01:08:51my education

01:08:51and every official file

01:08:52tied to my name.

01:08:53With a ruined leg

01:08:54and no history,

01:08:55I could only find work

01:08:56at a run-down roadside diner.

01:08:58It would be enough

01:08:58to survive the next 10 days.

01:09:01The irony was almost funny.

01:09:03Ever since they brought me

01:09:04back at 15,

01:09:05they had resented me

01:09:06for not being as accomplished

01:09:07as Selina

01:09:07and cut me off completely.

01:09:09I had paid for school,

01:09:10food,

01:09:10and survival

01:09:11by working in the human world.

01:09:13At 11.30 that night,

01:09:14I finished washing

01:09:15the last dish.

01:09:16When I stepped outside,

01:09:18freezing rain hit my face.

01:09:19Then another scent

01:09:20cut through the storm.

01:09:22Cold fur.

01:09:23Powerful.

01:09:23A top-tier alpha.

01:09:25Kaelin stepped out

01:09:26of a black SUV

01:09:27and strode straight toward me.

01:09:29Lyra,

01:09:29why have you been gone so long?

01:09:31He grabbed my wrist

01:09:32and pulled me to the car.

01:09:34The rear door

01:09:35was already open.

01:09:36Lyra,

01:09:37happy awakening day.

01:09:38The words hit me like a blow.

01:09:40I stood there,

01:09:41frozen.

01:09:42Kaelin's pack and mine

01:09:43had been alive

01:09:44for generations.

01:09:45Our territories

01:09:46shared a border

01:09:46and our families

01:09:47had been bound

01:09:48by an old promise

01:09:49long before

01:09:50either of us was born.

01:09:51Even after I went missing

01:09:52in Blackwood Forest

01:09:53at the age of two

01:09:54and was not found again

01:09:55until I was 15,

01:09:57bruised and scarred,

01:09:58that ancient agreement

01:10:00never changed.

01:10:01I still remember

01:10:02the first time

01:10:03I saw Kaelin

01:10:04after I was brought back.

01:10:05He stood in the sunlight

01:10:06wearing a white shirt,

01:10:07powerful enough

01:10:08to command submission,

01:10:10yet somehow warm

01:10:11at the same time.

01:10:12In that cold territory,

01:10:14he was the only one

01:10:15who never recoiled

01:10:16from the wild scent

01:10:17clinging to me.

01:10:18He used his alpha pressure

01:10:19to shield me.

01:10:20He brought me prey

01:10:21and gifts on holidays.

01:10:23He was the only person

01:10:24in that steel and stone world

01:10:26who had ever been kind to me.

01:10:27And when he was ambushed

01:10:29by a rival pack

01:10:29and left gravely empty,

01:10:31I gave him my kidney.

01:10:32I poured the core

01:10:33of my wolf vitality

01:10:34into him without hesitation.

01:10:36Yet in the end,

01:10:37he was also the one

01:10:38who used alpha authority

01:10:39to send me to silver moon

01:10:41penipetentiary

01:10:42with his own hands.

01:10:43Lyra, what is it?

01:10:45Kaelin's deep voice

01:10:46pulled me back

01:10:46to the present.

01:10:47Did you think I forgot

01:10:48your awakenation day?

01:10:49I answered evenly.

01:10:51Then he handed me

01:10:52another beautifully wrapped box.

01:10:53When I opened it,

01:10:54I found a custom-made

01:10:56red wedding gown

01:10:56for a bonding right.

01:10:59Do you remember

01:11:00telling me as a child

01:11:01that you wanted to wear

01:11:02a red dress

01:11:02when we completed

01:11:03our mate bond?

01:11:04I had it made early.

01:11:06Do you like it?

01:11:08Bitterness filled my throat.

01:11:09Alpha,

01:11:10you remembered wrong.

01:11:12I don't like wedding dresses.

01:11:13And I hate red.

01:11:14The headmistress

01:11:15at St. Mary's home

01:11:16once told me

01:11:17she had found me

01:11:18abandoned outside

01:11:18a bridal shop.

01:11:19At the time,

01:11:20I had been wearing

01:11:21an expensive red dress.

01:11:22After I was old enough

01:11:23to remember,

01:11:24every full moon night

01:11:25I would return

01:11:26to bridal shop windows

01:11:27by instinct,

01:11:28wearing red clothes

01:11:30so my people

01:11:31could follow my scent

01:11:32of signature

01:11:32and bring me home.

01:11:34Kaelin's eyes tightened.

01:11:35Just like he had years ago,

01:11:37he reached over

01:11:37and ruffled my hair.

01:11:38I'm sorry.

01:11:39I remembered wrong.

01:11:40Come on.

01:11:41I'll take you to dinner.

01:11:42On the drive back,

01:11:43he kept my hand

01:11:44clasped tightly in his.

01:11:46Lyra,

01:11:46why is your scent so faint?

01:11:48Why are you thinner than before?

01:11:49And your leg,

01:11:50he never finished.

01:11:52A shrink ringtone

01:11:53cut through the car.

01:11:54The screen flashed

01:11:55one name,

01:11:56Selina.

01:11:57The moment he answered,

01:11:58panic flooded his face.

01:12:00Turn around.

01:12:01Now,

01:12:01back to the territory.

01:12:02The whole drive back,

01:12:03he spoke into the

01:12:04comdibeshan non-stop,

01:12:05trying to soothe her.

01:12:06When we rushed

01:12:07into the manor grounds,

01:12:08I looked up.

01:12:11Selina stood on the

01:12:11rooftop in a white dress,

01:12:13swaying at the edge.

01:12:14The moment she caught

01:12:15our scent,

01:12:16Selina looked down

01:12:16at us from above.

01:12:17Her face was pale

01:12:18as paper.

01:12:19My sister is back,

01:12:20she whispered.

01:12:21A worthless Omega

01:12:22like me

01:12:23should step aside now.

01:12:25Goodbye?

01:12:26Then she jumped.

01:12:27The Pac-Manon

01:12:28was only one story high.

01:12:29The roof was barely

01:12:30thirty feet above the ground.

01:12:31But when Selina fell,

01:12:32every one of my

01:12:33so-called family

01:12:33moved on instinct.

01:12:34My father,

01:12:35my mother,

01:12:36Chloe,

01:12:36even Kaelin.

01:12:37All of them

01:12:37lodged forward

01:12:38in a frenzy

01:12:38to save the weaker wolf.

01:12:40That night,

01:12:40the scream of ambulance

01:12:41sirens echoed

01:12:42over the territory.

01:12:57Seven years ago,

01:12:59my parents adopted daughter.

01:13:00My younger sister,

01:13:01Selina,

01:13:02a delicate Omega,

01:13:03got drunk,

01:13:03caused a hit and run,

01:13:04and left blood spilled

01:13:05across the human territory border.

01:13:07My alpha father,

01:13:08my luna mother,

01:13:09and my biological younger sister

01:13:11all came to me

01:13:12with the same patronizing plea.

01:13:13Selina is an Omega.

01:13:15She's too fragile for prison.

01:13:16If she goes to

01:13:17Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:13:18her wolf won't survive it.

01:13:19Lyra,

01:13:20take her place.

01:13:22I refused.

01:13:23But on a stormy night

01:13:24of overfunder,

01:13:25my father used

01:13:26absolute alpha command.

01:13:27He crushed my will,

01:13:28took control of my mind,

01:13:29and personally delivered me

01:13:30to the prison transport.

01:13:31My fiancé,

01:13:32my fated mate,

01:13:33Kaelin,

01:13:33the strongest alpha in the pack,

01:13:35held back his raging wolf era

01:13:36and said to me,

01:13:37Lyra,

01:13:38when you get out,

01:13:39we'll complete the mate bond.

01:13:40Endure.

01:13:41These seven years.

01:13:42For now.

01:13:44Seven years later.

01:13:45Lyra,

01:13:46once you leave

01:13:47Silvermoon Penitentiary,

01:13:48keep your wolf under control

01:13:50and do not look back.

01:13:51I took the mold-smelling

01:13:53canvas bag

01:13:53from the guard's hand

01:13:54and limped through

01:13:55the iron gates,

01:13:56dragging the leg

01:13:57that had been ruined

01:13:57by four silver shackles.

01:13:59A black military SUV

01:14:00waited outside the territory.

01:14:02The window rolled down

01:14:02revealed Kaelin's

01:14:03sharp, striking face.

01:14:04Seven years had passed,

01:14:05and he looked exactly the same.

01:14:07The suffocating pressure

01:14:08of a top-tier alpha

01:14:08still radiated from him.

01:14:10Lyra,

01:14:10instinctively,

01:14:11I shrunk back

01:14:11before forcing myself

01:14:12in the passenger seat.

01:14:13In the rearview mirror,

01:14:14I caught sight

01:14:15of my own reflection,

01:14:16pale,

01:14:17gaunt,

01:14:17my neck covered

01:14:18in burn scars

01:14:18left by silver weapon.

01:14:20You've suffered

01:14:21these past seven years.

01:14:22I'll keep my promise,

01:14:23Kaelin said.

01:14:24At the next full moon night,

01:14:26I'll officially mark you

01:14:27and make you my Luna.

01:14:28He reached over and covered

01:14:29my rough hand with his.

01:14:31There was no spark,

01:14:32no shiver,

01:14:33no bond.

01:14:34I looked into his

01:14:34golden green eyes,

01:14:35where my withered reflection

01:14:36stared back at me

01:14:37and slowly pulled my hand away.

01:14:39Even the wolf inside me

01:14:41could not be bothered to wimper.

01:14:42Okay.

01:14:44Seven years in silver moon penitentiary,

01:14:462,557 days soaked in blood and violence,

01:14:49long enough to see Kaelin and my family

01:14:51for what they truly were.

01:14:52They had never loved me

01:14:53and I no longer wanted to be his mate.

01:14:54Sensing my indifference,

01:14:55Kaelin let out a low,

01:14:56irritated sound.

01:14:57Selina knows you're coming back today.

01:14:59Her trauma response disorder

01:15:01is acting up again.

01:15:02Your parents and your sister

01:15:04are all at PAC Medical Center

01:15:05calming her down.

01:15:06I closed my eyes.

01:15:08The SUV drove into the heart

01:15:09of Crescent Moon PAC territory.

01:15:11An hour later,

01:15:12we arrived at my home.

01:15:13Only the Beta Butler

01:15:14and a few Omega Solvents

01:15:16were inside the manor.

01:15:17They caught the cheap,

01:15:18sour prison smell

01:15:18clinging to me

01:15:19and the disgust in their eyes

01:15:20was impossible to hide.

01:15:21My parents loved only Selina.

01:15:23To the servants,

01:15:24I had never been the eldest daughter

01:15:26of this house.

01:15:27The Beta Butler bowed

01:15:28respectfully to Kaelin first.

01:15:29Only then did he turn to me.

01:15:31Miss Lyra,

01:15:32Luna says that now you've returned,

01:15:33you are to stay inside

01:15:34your own scent circle.

01:15:35Do not wander around

01:15:36and disgrace the PAC.

01:15:37Disgrace.

01:15:38I had endured seven years

01:15:39of silver burns

01:15:40in Salud's place.

01:15:41How had I become

01:15:42the shameful one?

01:15:43But my expectations

01:15:44had died seven years ago.

01:15:46On that storm-filled night

01:15:47when they used Alpha Command

01:15:49to force my confession.

01:15:50I understand.

01:15:50I turned toward

01:15:51the side entrance.

01:15:52Then Kaelin stiffened,

01:15:54receiving an urgent mind link.

01:15:55His pupils sharpened

01:15:57into slits.

01:15:58Lyra,

01:15:59Selene's scent is weakening.

01:16:00She needs me.

01:16:01Go rest.

01:16:02He did not wait for a reply.

01:16:04He turned at once

01:16:05and disappeared into the night.

01:16:06I limped back to the storage room

01:16:08that belonged to me

01:16:09and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.

01:16:13Late that night,

01:16:15drifting between sleep and exhaustion,

01:16:17I heard voices downstairs

01:16:19in the living room.

01:16:20It was my beta sister,

01:16:21Chloe.

01:16:22Alpha father,

01:16:22Luna mother.

01:16:24Selene is in terrible shape mentally.

01:16:26Shouldn't we move Lyra

01:16:27out of the manor?

01:16:27If Selene catches her scent,

01:16:29she'll have another episode.

01:16:30My father sighed,

01:16:31but said nothing.

01:16:32My mother answered first.

01:16:33She carries our blood.

01:16:34If we throw her out

01:16:35the moment she gets back from prison,

01:16:36what will the other PACs say?

01:16:37Then what are we supposed to do?

01:16:39Chloe paced the room,

01:16:40agitation sharp in her voice.

01:16:42My father finally spoke.

01:16:43When Selene returns,

01:16:45order Lyra to suppress

01:16:46every trace of her scent.

01:16:48She is not to appear

01:16:49in front of Selene.

01:16:50She is not to leave her room

01:16:51for any reason.

01:16:52My eyes stayed shut,

01:16:53but a burning ache

01:16:54rose behind them.

01:16:56Then the custom comm device

01:16:57hidden beneath my pillow

01:16:58began to vibrate.

01:16:59An encrypted message.

01:17:00Miss Lyra, congratulations.

01:17:02You have passed the evaluation

01:17:03for the Global Institute

01:17:05for Werewolf

01:17:05and Supernatural Secrecy.

01:17:07Once you accept the contract,

01:17:08you will depart in ten days

01:17:09on the night of the full moon

01:17:11under a new identity

01:17:12for Sanctum Isle

01:17:13on Dominica Island.

01:17:14Your PAC identity

01:17:15will be permanently erased.

01:17:17You may not contact

01:17:18any outside wolves

01:17:18for five years.

01:17:19I did not hesitate.

01:17:21On the holographic display,

01:17:23I signed my name.

01:17:24Lyra.

01:17:25I had passed

01:17:26the Institute's selection process

01:17:27seven years ago.

01:17:28Before I could take the oath

01:17:29and join,

01:17:30my parents sent me

01:17:31to Silvermoon Penitentiary.

01:17:33Shortly before my release,

01:17:34I applied again.

01:17:36As expected,

01:17:37I passed.

01:17:37Ten days.

01:17:38If I could endure

01:17:39ten more days,

01:17:40I would sever the PAC bond

01:17:42tying me to this

01:17:43frozen family forever.

01:17:46The next morning,

01:17:47I washed up

01:17:48and pushed open

01:17:49the warped door.

01:17:50A rich,

01:17:51sugary Omega scent

01:17:52flooded the hallway.

01:17:53Selena was back.

01:17:55Dressed in a flowing

01:17:56white gown,

01:17:57she sat in the center

01:17:58of the leather sofa

01:17:59like a princess on display.

01:18:01My Alpha father,

01:18:02my Luna mother,

01:18:03Chloe,

01:18:03and Kaylin

01:18:04and Kaylin

01:18:05all surrounded

01:18:05her as if she was

01:18:06the center of their world.

01:18:08The beta butler

01:18:09set down an elegant cake.

01:18:10In perfect unison,

01:18:12everyone said,

01:18:13Happy Awakening Day,

01:18:14Selena.

01:18:15Selena smiled sweetly

01:18:16and thanked them all.

01:18:17Then she lifted her chin.

01:18:19I just got out

01:18:19of the sterile recovery room.

01:18:21Did anyone get me

01:18:22something special?

01:18:23My parents and Chloe

01:18:24each presented

01:18:25expensive gifts.

01:18:27Kaylin

01:18:27was reaching for his own

01:18:29when his sharp gaze

01:18:30found me standing

01:18:31in the shadows.

01:18:33Lyra,

01:18:34you're awake.

01:18:35Come here.

01:18:35Celebrate with us.

01:18:36Selena turned toward me,

01:18:37releasing a cloud

01:18:38of innocent pheromones.

01:18:39Sorry, sis.

01:18:40My nerve pain

01:18:41flared up yesterday

01:18:42so I couldn't come

01:18:43pick you up.

01:18:43You're not mad,

01:18:44are you?

01:18:45Before I could answer,

01:18:46Kaylin spoke for me.

01:18:47Lyra isn't petty.

01:18:49She wouldn't blame you.

01:18:50At that,

01:18:51Selena boldly slipped

01:18:52her arm through his

01:18:53and looked straight at me.

01:18:54Since it's my awakening day,

01:18:56give me a present too.

01:18:58She smiled.

01:18:59I want Kaylin as my mate.

01:19:00Stealing another wolf's mate

01:19:02was one of the greatest

01:19:03taboons in pack law.

01:19:04Yet after she said it openly,

01:19:06no one in the room object.

01:19:07Every wolf there

01:19:08stayed silent.

01:19:09Their status,

01:19:10their pressure,

01:19:11their authority

01:19:11all pushed toward one thing.

01:19:13My surrender.

01:19:14Rage surged through my blood.

01:19:16I clenched my fists.

01:19:17And if I say no?

01:19:20Selena froze for half a second,

01:19:22then switched to French

01:19:23and whimpered dramatically.

01:19:24I was only joking.

01:19:26I didn't realize

01:19:27my sister's feral instinct

01:19:28was this savage.

01:19:30My Luna mother answered her

01:19:31in the same flawless French.

01:19:33Don't be afraid, Selena.

01:19:34Lyra spent too long

01:19:35out in the wild.

01:19:36Her bloodline is beneath yours.

01:19:38My alpha father released

01:19:39the calming scent of pine.

01:19:41Blood means nothing.

01:19:42Your mother and I

01:19:43have only one true daughter.

01:19:45Chloe joined in

01:19:46without hesitation.

01:19:47That's right, Selena.

01:19:48You're my only sister.

01:19:49I forced down the bitterness

01:19:50rising in my chest

01:19:51and pretended not to

01:19:52understand a word.

01:19:53And instead,

01:19:54I turned to Kaylin.

01:19:55What are they saying?

01:19:56His throat tightened

01:19:57before he answered.

01:19:59Selena said she was joking.

01:20:01Everyone just thinks

01:20:02you're being too sensitive.

01:20:03The room reeked of lies.

01:20:05What none of them knew

01:20:06was that I had understood

01:20:07every word.

01:20:09My Luna mother

01:20:09was a world-renowned painter.

01:20:11My alpha father

01:20:12had once ruled

01:20:13the business world.

01:20:13But ever since

01:20:14they brought me back

01:20:15from St. Mary's home,

01:20:16they despised the habits

01:20:17I had picked up

01:20:18surviving on my own.

01:20:19Every resource,

01:20:21every ounce of love,

01:20:22they gave it all

01:20:23to Selene.

01:20:24Ten years ago,

01:20:24when Selena was accepted

01:20:25into Elite Art Academy,

01:20:27the entire pack

01:20:27celebrated her.

01:20:28What they never knew

01:20:29was that I had been admitted

01:20:30to the most prestigious

01:20:31university in the country.

01:20:32I had also taught myself

01:20:33French, Italian, and Spanish.

01:20:35None of it mattered now.

01:20:37Soon, I would be gone

01:20:37from this territory for good.

01:20:39I just got out

01:20:39of Silver Moon Penitentiary.

01:20:40I want some air

01:20:41outside the territory.

01:20:42You all enjoy the party.

01:20:43Under their contemptuous stairs,

01:20:45I dragged my damaged leg

01:20:46towards the door.

01:20:47Behind me,

01:20:48their laughter

01:20:48and French mockery

01:20:49tangled together.

01:20:50Not one of them remembered.

01:20:52Today was my awakening day too.

01:20:54Once I left the territory,

01:20:55I suppressed my wolf aura

01:20:56and took a bus

01:20:57to downtown Seattle.

01:20:58Because of my prison record,

01:20:59the pack had erased

01:21:00my education

01:21:01and every official file

01:21:02tied to my name.

01:21:03With a ruined leg

01:21:03and no history,

01:21:04I could only find work

01:21:05at a run-down roadside diner.

01:21:07It would be enough

01:21:07to survive the next 10 days.

01:21:10The irony was almost funny.

01:21:12Ever since they brought me

01:21:13back at 15,

01:21:14they had resented me

01:21:15for not being as accomplished

01:21:16as Selena

01:21:16and cut me off completely.

01:21:18I had paid for school,

01:21:19food and survival

01:21:20by working in the human world.

01:21:22At 1130 that night,

01:21:23I finished washing

01:21:24the last dish.

01:21:25When I stepped outside,

01:21:27freezing rain hit my face.

01:21:29Then another scent

01:21:29cut through the storm.

01:21:31Cold fur.

01:21:32Powerful.

01:21:33A top-tier alpha.

01:21:34Kaelin stepped out

01:21:35of a black SUV

01:21:36and strode straight toward me.

01:21:38Lyra,

01:21:39why have you been gone so long?

01:21:41He grabbed my wrist

01:21:42and pulled me to the car.

01:21:43The rear door

01:21:44was already open.

01:21:46Lyra,

01:21:46happy awakening day.

01:21:47The words hit me like a blow.

01:21:49I stood there,

01:21:50frozen.

01:21:51Kaelin's pack and mine

01:21:52had been alive for generations.

01:21:54Our territories shared a border

01:21:56and our families

01:21:57had been bound

01:21:57by an old promise

01:21:58long before either of us

01:21:59was born.

01:22:00Even after I went missing

01:22:01in Blackwood Forest

01:22:02at the age of two

01:22:03and was not found again

01:22:04until I was 15,

01:22:06bruised and scarred,

01:22:08that ancient agreement

01:22:09never changed.

01:22:10I still remember

01:22:11the first time

01:22:12I saw Kaelin

01:22:13after I was brought back.

01:22:14He stood in the sunlight

01:22:15wearing a white shirt,

01:22:17powerful enough

01:22:17to command submission,

01:22:19yet somehow warm

01:22:20at the same time.

01:22:21In that cold territory,

01:22:23he was the only one

01:22:24who never recoiled

01:22:25from the wild scent

01:22:26clinging to me.

01:22:27He used his alpha pressure

01:22:28to shield me.

01:22:29He brought me prey

01:22:30and gifts on holidays.

01:22:32He was the only person

01:22:33in that steel and stone world

01:22:35who had ever been kind to me.

01:22:36And when he was ambushed

01:22:38by a rival pack

01:22:39and left gravely empty,

01:22:40I gave him my kidney.

01:22:41I poured the core

01:22:42of my wolf vitality

01:22:43into him without hesitation.

01:22:45Yet in the end,

01:22:46he was also the one

01:22:47who used alpha authority

01:22:48to send me to silver moon

01:22:50penipetentiary

01:22:51with his own hands.

01:22:52Lyra, what is it?

01:22:54Kaelin's deep voice

01:22:55pulled me back

01:22:55to the present.

01:22:56Did you think I forgot

01:22:57your awakenation day?

01:22:58I answered evenly,

01:23:00thank you.

01:23:00Then he handed me

01:23:01another beautifully wrapped box.

01:23:03When I opened it,

01:23:04I found a custom-made

01:23:05red wedding gown

01:23:06for a bonding right.

01:23:08Do you remember telling me

01:23:10as a child

01:23:10that you wanted to wear

01:23:11a red dress

01:23:11when we completed

01:23:12our mate bond?

01:23:13I had it made early.

01:23:15Do you like it?

01:23:17Bitterness filled my throat.

01:23:19Alpha,

01:23:20you remembered wrong.

01:23:21I don't like wedding dresses

01:23:22and I hate red.

01:23:24The headmistress

01:23:24at St. Mary's home

01:23:25once told me

01:23:26she had found me

01:23:27abandoned outside

01:23:27a bridal shop.

01:23:28At the time,

01:23:29I had been wearing

01:23:30an expensive red dress.

01:23:31After I was old enough

01:23:32to remember,

01:23:33every full moon night

01:23:35I would return

01:23:35to bridal shop windows

01:23:37by instinct.

01:23:38Wearing red clothes

01:23:39so my people

01:23:40could follow my scent

01:23:41signature

01:23:41and bring me home.

01:23:43Halen's eyes tightened.

01:23:44Just like he had years ago,

01:23:46he reached over

01:23:46and ruffled my hair.

01:23:47I'm sorry.

01:23:48I remembered wrong.

01:23:49Come on.

01:23:50I'll take you to dinner.

01:23:51On the drive back,

01:23:52he kept my hand

01:23:53clasped tightly in his.

01:23:55Lyra,

01:23:55why is your scent so faint?

01:23:57Why are you thinner than before?

01:23:58And your leg,

01:23:59he never finished.

01:24:01A shrink ringtone

01:24:02cut through the car.

01:24:03The screen flashed

01:24:04one name,

01:24:05Selina.

01:24:06The moment he answered,

01:24:07panic flooded his face.

01:24:09Turn around.

01:24:10Now,

01:24:10back to the territory.

01:24:11The whole drive back,

01:24:12he spoke into the

01:24:13Comdabeshan non-stop,

01:24:15trying to soothe her.

01:24:16When we rushed

01:24:16into the manor grounds,

01:24:17I looked up.

01:24:20Selina stood on the rooftop

01:24:21in a white dress,

01:24:22swaying at the edge.

01:24:23The moment she caught our scent,

01:24:25Selina looked down

01:24:26at us from above.

01:24:27Her face was pale as paper.

01:24:28My sister is back,

01:24:30she whispered.

01:24:30A worthless Omega like me

01:24:32should step aside now.

01:24:34Goodbye?

01:24:35Then she jumped.

01:24:36The Pac-Manon was only

01:24:37one story high.

01:24:38The roof was barely

01:24:3930 feet above the ground.

01:24:40But when Selina fell,

01:24:41every one of my so-called family

01:24:42moved on instinct.

01:24:44My father,

01:24:44my mother,

01:24:45Chloe,

01:24:45even Kaylin.

01:24:46All of them lodged forward

01:24:47in a frenzy

01:24:47to save the weaker wolf.

01:24:49That night,

01:24:49the scream of ambulance sirens

01:24:51echoed over the territory.

01:25:00The Pac-Manon was only

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