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FULL MOVIES ENGLISH SUB (2026)
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FULL MOVIES ENGLISH SUB (2026)
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00:00To test her mate, Alpha Princess Maeve disguised herself as a wolfless butcher, funding his warrior trial with her blood.
00:07But the second he succeeded, he brought a mistress home and threatened to reject her.
00:11He thought he was discarding a helpless beggar.
00:14He didn't know he had just failed the ultimate test.
00:17Shattering her disguise, the princess bares her true fangs.
00:24She buys his mistress as a witness, exposes his stolen rank, and ruins his life in a single strike.
00:31Standing beside the lethal northern warlord, the true queen looks down at her weeping ex in the freezing mud.
00:36A quick death is too merciful. You will rot in the ice caverns for eternity while I rule the empire.
00:42I hid my Alpha Queen bloodline to test if a mate would choose our sole bond over power.
00:46My mate, Ronan, was a low rank wolf desperate for status.
00:48I disguised myself as a wolfless scavenger to fund his ambition.
00:52Gutted dire beast carcasses in the freezing mud for three.
00:56Trading their valuable pelts and fangs for silver.
00:59The heavy skinning blade slipped from my blood-stained fingers.
01:03It hit the floorboards with a sharp metallic clang.
01:05Ronan kicked our front door open.
01:07He pulled Sylvie closer as her cheap rose perfume choked the room.
01:15Accept Sylvia as my favored lady. Or pack your things.
01:20I calmly wiped the thick beast blood from my hands.
01:24I paid for your warrior grank with my blood.
01:28Today you bring a rogue here?
01:30Ronan sneered.
01:31I am a warrior now. I deserve a real she-wolf.
01:35He had just failed the test.
01:36I stared directly into his amber eyes.
01:39Then have her.
01:40I, Maeve, reject you, Ronan, as my mate.
01:44I violently pushed against our sole bond.
01:47A sharp pain pierced my chest.
01:48But I refused to break eye contact.
01:50Ronan didn't feel the magical severance.
01:52He threw his head back and laughed.
01:53A wolf-less beggar cannot sever a bond.
01:57Your rejection means nothing!
01:59I stepped forward and wiped my bloody fingers directly onto his pristine warrior tunic.
02:03He froze in shock and disgust.
02:05Keep the empty bond then.
02:07But I am keeping my silver.
02:09I skinned the last direbears this morning.
02:13Let us see how your new she-wolf funds your trial.
02:17I turned and kicked the wooden door wide open.
02:25I pushed through our heavy yard gate into the freezing wind.
02:28The muddy village.
02:29Road was already blocked by nosy neighbors.
02:30They stared at my blood-stained clothes with blatant disgust.
02:33Think twice, Maeve.
02:35A warrior can take as many she-wolves as he wants.
02:37You are just a wolf-less butcher.
02:39Go back inside and beg for his forgiveness.
02:42I didn't slow my pace.
02:43I am not begging.
02:46I just rejected him.
02:47Old Hilda lunged out of the crowd.
02:49She dug her bony fingers into my forearm to stop me.
02:51Don't talk crazy!
02:52A rejection is incomplete until he accepts it!
02:55You are still his!
02:58Apologize before he officially severs the bond and ruins you!
03:01I stared coldly down at her filthy hand.
03:04He already threatened to sever our bond three times.
03:08The first time he told me to swallow my pride.
03:11The second time he ordered me to stop crying over his infidelity.
03:15Today was his third strike.
03:16I violently slapped Hilda's grip off my skin.
03:20Low-born wolves only respect absolute power.
03:24Keep your dirty hands off me.
03:28A man in the crowd doubled over laughing.
03:36He didn't accept it!
03:38A wolf-less has no spirit to break a contract anyway!
03:42He was a fool.
03:43Normal wolves needed mutual consent to sever a mate bond.
03:46But I carried the Alpha King's blood.
03:48The Moon Goddess granted my royal lineage the absolute power to unilaterally sever any bond.
03:53My rejection was already final.
03:55But his insult infuriated my suppressed wolf.
03:57Selene violently slammed against.
03:59The scent veil, phantom claws scraped against the inside of my ribs.
04:03Desperate to teach them respect.
04:05I swallowed the metallic taste of blood.
04:07Forcing my Alpha aura back down.
04:09I met the villager's mocking gaze without flinching.
04:12A wolf-less cannot reject a mate.
04:16But I can.
04:18He laughed harder.
04:21Who do you think you knew to are?
04:23The Alpha King's daughter!
04:25That is exactly what I...
04:27Heavy boots stomped through the freezing mud behind me.
04:30Ronan clamped his massive fingers around my wrist.
04:34Enough!
04:36Stop embarrassing me in front of the pack!
04:40I turned to face him.
04:42Sylvie stepped out from behind his broad shoulders.
04:44She clutched his new warrior tunic and played the fragile victim.
04:49Mayef, please don't be angry.
04:51Love isn't our fault.
04:53Let me serve him together with you.
04:55I will do all the dirty work.
04:58The villagers murmured their approval of Sylvie's fake humility.
05:01Bile rose in my throat.
05:03I pointed directly at Ronan's chest.
05:05You promised me.
05:06One mate.
05:07One bond.
05:08You swore to take me to the capital keep once you earned your local rank.
05:12Ronan scoffed, tightening his grip on my wrist.
05:14I am a warrior now.
05:15The capital keep will never accept a wolf-less beggar as a luna.
05:18He tried to crush my bones to force my submission.
05:20I did not flinch.
05:21Stared directly into his amber eyes with absolute disdain.
05:24Keep your fake title.
05:25I wouldn't share a bond with a liar anyway.
05:27Sylvie immediately dropped to her knees in the freezing mud.
05:29I will forage herbs and do the hard labor.
05:31You can keep the lunar title.
05:32Ronan jerked her up by her arm.
05:34He glared at me with pure disgust.
05:36She offers everything.
05:37You offer nothing.
05:38I violently ripped my wrist from his grip.
05:40Then she can have you.
05:41I turned to leave.
05:42Ronan lunged forward and seized my shoulder.
05:43I did not accept your rejection.
05:45You belong to me.
05:46I slowly looked down at his hand.
05:47Peeled his fingers off my coat.
05:49One by one.
05:52I need no permission from the parasite.
05:55You spent our last silver on her.
05:57How exactly are you funding your journey to the capital elite trial?
06:02I tossed his hand aside like garbage.
06:04He blinked rapidly, forcing a stiff smile.
06:07We still have fifteen Durbeast carcasses in the yard.
06:11You will skin them for travel silver.
06:13I pointed at the empty wooden meat hooks behind him.
06:16I skinned the last one this morning.
06:18You have zero silver left.
06:20His face went completely pale.
06:21He bolted to the storage shed.
06:22A feral howl ripped from his throat when he saw the empty hooks.
06:25Mayev!
06:26The capital elite trial is in three days.
06:29Where is my travel silver?
06:31I tilted my head towards Sylvie.
06:34Didn't she just promise to do hard labor for you?
06:37Good luck.
06:38I turned to walk away.
06:40Ronan grabbed a fistful of my hair.
06:42He yanked my head back with brutal force.
06:46My scalp burned as he dragged me back into the yard.
06:49He slammed my spine against the wooden table.
06:54You belong to me!
06:57You will hunt beasts until I reach the capital!
07:01Sylvie stepped forward, feigning innocent shock.
07:05No way!
07:06Has she been sneaking around with another wolf to get money?
07:11She smirked at my humiliation.
07:14My patience finally snapped.
07:16Selene roared against my ribs with explosive force.
07:19The scent veil shattered.
07:25The scent veil shattered inside my chest.
07:27Selene finally broke free.
07:29Silver claws slid from my bare fingertips.
07:31My irises snapped into glowing silver blue wool eyes.
07:33Ronan stared at my claws in pure terror.
07:35I grabbed his wrist still tangled in my hair, twisted it downward.
07:38He dropped me and stumbled backward against the fence.
07:41You have a wolf spirit?
07:43You are not wolf-less?
07:45Sylvie pointed a trembling finger at me.
07:48She must have stolen a magic relic!
07:50She is faking it!
07:52I retracted my claws.
07:54I don't need relics.
07:56I am leaving.
07:57I turned toward the village gate.
08:02Ronan lunged forward to save his warrior pride.
08:05He slapped my face hard.
08:07You dirty butcher!
08:09Stop acting like you are above me!
08:11I tasted blood, spit it directly onto his boots.
08:14I swung my arm and slapped him twice as hard.
08:18His head snapped to the side.
08:19Blood dripped from his split lip.
08:20I am the Alpha King's daughter.
08:23You are nothing!
08:26Gasps echoed through the freezing yard.
08:28Old Hilda grabbed my shoulder and shook me.
08:32Shut your mouth!
08:33Do you want to get us all indesced for treason?
08:37I shoved her hand off my coat.
08:40I am telling the truth.
08:42I am the Alpha King's daughter.
08:45Sylvie stepped out from behind Ronan and giggled loudly.
08:51The Alpha King's daughter is royalty!
08:55She wouldn't be gutting beasts in the mud!
08:58The villagers quickly joined in her mocking laughter.
09:02You finally lost your mind, Maeve!
09:04You picked the Alpha King for your lie?!
09:09Sylvie nudged a young villager standing near the gate.
09:12She whispered sharply into his ear.
09:14Go fetch the pack enforcer.
09:17Tell him the butcher is committing treason.
09:20Ronan grabbed my arm, completely furious.
09:23You are making up this insane lie just to force me to accept your rejection!
09:33Get inside the house before you ruin my warrior trial!
09:37I ripped my arm.
09:38I projected my voice so the entire village could hear me.
09:45I am the Alpha King's daughter!
09:48Anyone who touches me answers to the crown!
09:52The crowd erupted into utter laughter.
09:54If you want to die, Maeve, just pick a rope!
09:58The laughter suddenly stopped.
10:00The crowd parted with terrified shrieks.
10:02Three armored wolves pushed through the dirt path.
10:04Make way!
10:06Pack enforcers!
10:08The villagers instantly fell silent.
10:11Ronan hit his knees in the freezing mud.
10:13Sylvie pointed a trembling finger at me.
10:18Sir!
10:19She is the one!
10:21She claimed royal alpha blood!
10:23Ronan scrambled backward.
10:27Sir!
10:28She is insane!
10:30Punish her, but spare me!
10:31I stared down at the armored men.
10:33I am the Alpha King's daughter.
10:37Touch me, and you lose your head.
10:41The lead enforcer drew his heavy iron baton.
10:48Treason!
10:49Throw this butcher in the holding cell!
10:51Two guards lunged for my arms.
10:53A massive black carriage rolled through the village gate's iron.
10:56Wheels ground over the mud.
10:58Giant silver crest gleamed on the wooden doors.
11:00A suffocating pressure hit the yard.
11:02The enforcers dropped their weapons.
11:04Every wolf collapsed face down into the freezing mud,
11:06their bodies completely paralyzed by the King's presence.
11:09The carriage door swung open.
11:11King Aldric stepped out.
11:12I bowed my head to him.
11:17Father.
11:20He failed the test.
11:22My lunar trial is over.
11:25The lead enforcer trembled violently in the mud.
11:28Alpha King.
11:31I was only protecting the pack.
11:34King Aldric walked forward.
11:36His heavy boots crushed the icy mud.
11:40Council law requires blood verification
11:44before arresting anyone claiming royal lineage.
11:48You bypass the law.
11:50Strip him of his rise rank.
11:52Throw him in his own holding cell.
11:54The royal guards grabbed the enforcer by his armor.
11:56The enforcer went to desperately at Sylvie.
11:58She made me do it!
11:59She sent for me!
12:00She paid me with her body at the guard post last month
12:04to secure my protection!
12:06Sylvie's face drained of all color.
12:08Don't spread lies! I never touched you!
12:12The enforcer spit directly at her feet.
12:17You are a dirty rogue!
12:19Everyone knows your price!
12:21Ronan remained frozen on his knees.
12:23He stared at Sylvie with absolute horror.
12:25He had thrown away a royal princess for a used rogue.
12:30King Aldric extended his hand to help me up.
12:32His golden eyes dropped to my wrists.
12:33Dark purple bruises stained my skin wear.
12:35Ronan had grabbed me.
12:36His pupils instantly contracted into lethal vertical slits.
12:39He pulled me tightly against his chest to palm his inner wolf.
12:41You survived your trial.
12:43What is your command for these traitors?
12:46I turned to look at Ronan and Sylvie.
12:48Ronan reeked of urine.
12:49His face buried deep in the mud.
12:51Sylvie shivered uncontrollably with pure terror.
12:53A quick death is a mercy they do not deserve.
12:55Leave them alive.
12:56Strip them of all hunting bounties.
12:58Let us see how long his warrior rank lasts when starvation sets in.
13:01The villagers finally realized the magnitude of their mistake.
13:04They slammed their foreheads against the frozen ground.
13:09Alpha King, forgive us!
13:13We didn't know she was your blood!
13:16I ignored their pathetic apologies completely.
13:23Ronan suddenly lifted his head from the mud.
13:26A pathetic, desperate smile crept onto his bruised face.
13:29You spared my life.
13:31You still care about me.
13:33If you had told me your true identity, we could have gone to the capital together.
13:37I would have never looked at Sylvie.
13:39He reached out to grab my hand.
13:42I stepped back.
13:44His dirty fingers hit the frozen dirt.
13:50If I had told you earlier, how would I know you were a traitor?
13:57I spared you because I want to watch you suffer.
14:00I looked down at Sylvie's trembling shoulders.
14:02When his travel silver runs out, he will turn on you.
14:04I turned and stepped into the black royal carriage.
14:07Take me home, father.
14:09The heavy carriage doors slammed shut.
14:11The iron wheels ground against the dirt, leaving the village behind.
14:15A freezing wind howled through the ruined roadside temple.
14:19Sylvie violently threw her stale, rock-hard bread into the dirt.
14:24I cannot eat this trash!
14:26The wooden cart bruised my back, and now you feed me garbage?!
14:31Ronan stared at his last three silver coins resting in his filthy palm.
14:35His amber eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion and extreme hunger.
14:39He suddenly kicked the campfire ashes directly into her face.
14:42Stalate! Your mouth!
14:45I am rationing our travel silver for the capital elite trial!
14:50Sylvie shrank back, tears streaming down her dirty cheeks.
14:57You promised me a good life!
15:00I gave you everything I had!
15:03Ronan grabbed her by the throat and slammed her hard against the stone wall.
15:07When Maeve was here, one dire beast paid for months of my training!
15:14You just drained my silver for cheap rose perfumes!
15:18He swung his arm and backhanded her brutally across the face.
15:21She collapsed into the frozen dirt, sobbing uncontrollably.
15:26Sylvie trembled on the frozen ground.
15:29Shielding her bruised face, Ronan suddenly knelt beside her in the...
15:32Dirt, he gently wiped the blood from her split lip with his thumb.
15:36I am sorry, Sylvie.
15:38The stress of the elite trial is breaking my mind.
15:41Sylvie leaned into his touch, desperately seeking any comfort.
15:45We will find a way, Ronan! I promise I will help you!
15:49Ronan stroked her tangled hair, his voice turning dangerously soft.
15:53You said you would do anything to fund my trial, right?
15:56Sylvie froze instantly, her amber eyes widening in pure panic.
16:00The slave caravan heading north pays very well for pretty she-wolves.
16:04Go serve them for a few months.
16:06Send me your wages.
16:08Once I pass the elite trial, I will come by you back.
16:11He grabbed her arm and dragged her violently toward the main road.
16:14Sylvie screamed, digging her nails deeply into the mud.
16:21No! Ronan, please! I will do hard labor! Do not sell me!
16:28Ronan shoved.
16:30Sylvie violently into the iron cage of the slave caravan.
16:34He snatched a pouch of fifteen silver coins from the fat trader.
16:38Sylvie gripped the thick iron bars.
16:40Sobbing uncontrollably as the cage locked, Ronan didn't even look back at her bleeding hands.
16:50He turned away and spat directly into the mud outside the camp.
16:58If you hadn't seduced me, I would be a royal prince right now.
17:03He completely blamed her for his own greed.
17:05Miles away, inside the capital keep, Ren pushed through my heavy oak doors and slammed a spy report onto my
17:10table.
17:13Princess! He actually sold her to the slave caravan for fifteen silver!
17:18I stood up and grabbed my heavy white fur cloak.
17:23Ronan just destroyed his own backup plan.
17:26Now, I am going to buy myself a weapon.
17:30Ren's eyes lit up with fierce excitement.
17:33We are going to the slave camp?
17:39Yes.
17:41It is time to acquire the physical evidence of his stolen rank.
17:46Ronan was traveling to the capital, unaware of his impending doom.
17:52Inside the keep, King Aldric summoned me to the Grand Hall.
17:58Your trial left scars, Maeve.
18:01But the realm needs a strong royal hair.
18:05Several high-ranking alpha heirs stood in a line, bowing their heads.
18:09I stared blankly at them, feeling absolutely nothing.
18:14Suddenly, heavy armored boots echoed across the stone floor.
18:17A massive wolf shoved past the royal guards without asking permission.
18:21He stepped, directly into my personal space.
18:24His broad chest almost brushed against my royal cloak.
18:29My suppressed wolf, Selene, violently slammed against my ribs.
18:35His name was Theron, the northern pack alpha heir.
18:38He stared down at me with piercing blue eyes.
18:40I heard you gutted dire beast in them for three years.
18:45For three years.
18:48The other alphas gasped at his brutal lack of manners.
18:52Theron didn't blink.
18:58It takes true alpha blood to survive that kind of filth.
19:03I respect it.
19:05I tilted my head back, meeting his intense gaze.
19:08I didn't just survive the mud.
19:12I owned it.
19:15And soon, I will own the throne.
19:19Theron slowly rested his calloused hand on the hilt of his broadsword.
19:23A lethal, approving smile crossed his face.
19:30Then point me at your enemies, my queen.
19:34Theron's vow still hung in the silent air.
19:37Wren suddenly burst through the grand hall doors.
19:39She sprinted past the shocked.
19:40Alpha heirs shoved a rolled spy report directly into my hand.
19:44Princess, Ronan sold Sylvie to a slave caravan for travel silver.
19:48I crushed the paper in my fist.
19:49Looked up into Theron's expectant blue eyes.
19:54You asked for my enemies.
19:57Follow me.
19:58We rode straight to the filthy slave camp outside the Capitol walls.
20:01Sylvie sat shivering inside a rusted iron.
20:04Cage, her red hair was matted with freezing mud.
20:08The fat trader cracked his heavy leather whip against the iron bars.
20:14Stop crying, rogue!
20:16You serve me tonight or you starve!
20:23I kicked a wooden stool aside, threw a heavy bag of gold coins onto the table.
20:29Unlock it!
20:30That she-wolf belongs to me!
20:35The trader saw the royal crest on my belt and dropped to his knees.
20:43The trader frantically unlocked the heavy iron door.
20:46Sylvie crawled out of the cage.
20:47Shielding her bruised face, she realized I was not going to strike her.
20:54Princess, you bought my freedom.
20:57I owe you.
20:58She wiped the mud from her eyes, her gaze hardening with pure hatred.
21:06But I need safe passage south and silver to start a new life.
21:11Even beaten and sold, she knew how to negotiate.
21:14I raised an eyebrow.
21:20And what exactly are you offering in return?
21:23A secret that will completely destroy his warrior rank.
21:27I stepped closer.
21:28My interest peaked.
21:29I am listening.
21:30He got drunk and bragged about using a substitute for his local trial.
21:34I found the original combat scrolls hidden under his floorboards.
21:37This was the exact weapon I needed.
21:39I looked back at Theron.
21:40Done.
21:41Theron.
21:42Send your enforcers to retrieve those scrolls.
21:44Theron gave a sharp nod, his blue eyes flashing with lethal anticipation.
21:48The Capital Elite trial begins tomorrow.
21:51He is a dead wolf walking.
21:55The Capital Elite trial officially began in the Grand Royal Arena.
21:59Ronan strode into the center of the testing hall.
22:01He jingled Sylvie's 15 silver coins in his pouch.
22:04He wore a confident, arrogant smirk, thinking he had finally won.
22:08I sat silently behind a heavy wooden partition, holding his death warrant.
22:13Theron stood right behind my chair, his hand resting on his sword hilt.
22:17The Chief Examiner sat at the high table.
22:19He violently slammed his hand down on Ronan's file.
22:22Ronan's smirk vanished instantly.
22:28Sir, is there a problem with my record?
22:31The examiner's voice echoed through the silent hall.
22:34Your fighting style today contradicts the records you submitted three years ago.
22:39Ronan's temple throbbed with sudden cold sweat.
22:44Explain yourself, candidate!
22:46Ronan swallowed hard, desperately trying to maintain his warrior facade.
22:54Perhaps my combat style simply evolved over three years, sir.
22:58Did it evolve?
22:59Or did it never belong to you?
23:02I stepped out from behind the wooden partition.
23:05Theron flanked my right side, his massive frame casting a terrifying shadow.
23:10Ronan's eyes flickered with wild desperation when he saw me.
23:13He noticed my royal clothes, but his arrogant brain couldn't process the truth.
23:17May! You came to watch me! You can vouch for my skills!
23:21I ignored his pathetic food.
23:23I walked straight to the examiner's table.
23:26Three years ago, a wolf named Bram took the local trial in Ashford Village.
23:31You know him, don't you, Ronan?
23:33His amber eyes went completely wild with terror.
23:43I don't know anyone named Bram!
23:45I slammed the thick stack of hidden scrolls onto the table.
23:49These are Bram's original combat scrolls.
23:52The signatures perfectly match your local rank.
23:55Yet Bram's files match your clumsy fighting style today.
23:59Another wolf fought in your place.
24:02Ronan's chest heaved as he stared at the undeniable proof.
24:05He pointed a trembling finger at me, his voice cracking.
24:09You are lying!
24:10If Bram could pass the trial, why would he switch identities with me?
24:15I smiled, a cold, humorless expression.
24:19Because you exploited his grief.
24:24His mother died before the trial.
24:27He had absolutely no silver for a proper burial.
24:30I looked around the silent hall, ensuring every elite candidate heard the truth.
24:35You knew his combat skills were superior to yours.
24:39So you offered him a deal.
24:42Fight in your place, and you would pay for two graves.
24:45He got his burial silver.
24:46You stole his warrior rank.
24:49Ronan shattered completely.
24:50He violently flipped the heavy examination table.
24:58You think wearing nice clothes means you can fabricate lies?
25:02Where is your witness?
25:06I nodded toward the heavy oak doors at the back of the hall.
25:14Bring her in.
25:17Wren led Sylvie into the center of the testing hall.
25:20Sylvie wore a clean gray dress, her bruises still visible on her neck.
25:27Ronan's jaw dropped open in absolute disbelief.
25:33How are you out?
25:35You should be in the slave camp earning my silver!
25:38Sylvie pointed her finger directly at his face and laughed bitterly.
25:41When you beat me and sold me for 15 silver pounds,
25:45did you ever think this day would come?
25:48The hall erupted in furious mutters.
25:50These elite candidates had trained four years in blood and sweat.
25:54They had nothing but pure contempt for a fraud who bought his rank.
25:57A traitor!
25:57He corrupts the entire warrior system!
26:00Stolen valor!
26:01Under council law, his crime is death!
26:03Ronan spun around, screaming at him like a madman.
26:06You filthy rogue!
26:09You stole the scrolls from my floorboards!
26:12He turned to me, his eyes filled with venom and misplaced blame.
26:16You helped the she-wolf who stole your mate?!
26:19Are you insane?!
26:21I stared down at him with pure ice in my veins.
26:25She handed me the exact weapon I needed to execute you.
26:31Ronan finally realized he was completely trapped.
26:33He dropped to his knees, his arrogant pride breaking under the weight of the truth.
26:39Maiev!
26:41You were the royal princess this whole time!
26:45If you had just given me a royal guard position, I would have never cheated!
26:51He was still blaming me for his own weakness.
26:53I laughed out loud.
26:57A wolf like you does not deserve the mercy of a quick execution.
27:01Stripping of signal.
27:03Permanent exile to the Northern Territory.
27:05Hard labor in the silver mine for the rest of his miserable life.
27:09Two massive royal guards dragged him up by his armpits.
27:13He kicked and screamed as they hauled him toward the exit.
27:17No!
27:18Maiev!
27:18You cannot do this!
27:20I am your mate!
27:21Sylvie knelt silently on the stone floor and cowed out three times to me.
27:25I nodded to Ren, who handed Sylvie a heavy pouch of silver.
27:28This world is brutal to she-wolves.
27:30She had earned her second chance.
27:32My Luna trial was finally complete.
27:36Ronan's pathetic screams finally faded into the freezing wind outside the arena.
27:40The suffocating weight of the past three years vanished with him.
27:43A heavy, warm fur cloak suddenly draped over my shoulders.
27:46Theron stepped up close behind me.
27:47His intense, familiar presence instantly grounded my senses.
27:51He gently took my hand, his callous thumb tracing over my faded bond scar.
27:54Your trial is over my queen.
27:56It is time to claim your throne.
27:58Days later, moonlight poured through the Moon Temple's stone arches.
28:01I stood before the sacred flame with Theron.
28:03The Moon Elder chanted the ancient rites, sealing our second chance bond.
28:06The peaceful silence shattered when a royal enforcer burst through the heavy temple doors.
28:10Border Rebellion! Feral Rogues are attacking the North!
28:12King Aldric immediately handed Theron a blood-forged broadsword.
28:21I crown you the Northern Alpha.
28:25Take the enforcers and crush them.
28:28Theron strapped the massive, heavy blade to his armored back.
28:33The North is brutal, Maeve.
28:35Stay safe, we're in the king.
28:37I grabbed his heavy fur cloak and draped it over his broad shoulders.
28:42I gutted Diabeus in the mud for three years.
28:45I am your ruling partner.
28:47I march with you.
28:50Savage wine spattered our heavy canvas military tent in the Northern Territory.
28:55Theron pushed through the tent flaps, bringing the freezing storm inside.
28:58His black heavy armor was slick with fresh rogue blood.
29:01I grabbed a warm, wet cloth and wiped the gore directly from his chest plate.
29:05He caught my wrist, his piercing blue eyes softening instantly.
29:12You do not have to clean my blood.
29:15You are a royal princess.
29:16I squeezed his massive, calloused hand.
29:22My hands are used to blood.
29:25I am your equal.
29:27The rebellion is completely crushed.
29:29But the silver mine behind the ridge is a living nightmare.
29:32The corrupt overseers are starving the conflicts.
29:34They are killing each other over rotting food.
29:37My hands paused on his cold armor.
29:40The silver mine. The exact place I exiled Ronan.
29:43I turned toward the tent flap, looking out into the raging blizzard.
29:50Prepare the supply wagons.
29:52We inspect the silver mine tomorrow.
29:56Heavy iron gates groaned open against the frozen mountain.
29:59Black soot covered the jagged stone walls.
30:02Skeleton-thin convicts dragged massive or carts through the freezing mud.
30:06Theron kept his massive body positioned between me and the desperate prisoners.
30:10Royal enforcers dragged barrels of hot herb soup into the courtyard.
30:13Form a line!
30:14Anyone who fights gets nothing!
30:17The starving convicts swarmed the barrels like feral dogs.
30:20A violent brawl broke out near the back of the desperate crowd.
30:23Two large wolves viciously kicked a crippled convict into the mud.
30:29Stay down, fraud! You don't deserve the meat!
30:32The crippled wolf clutched his bleeding stomach and screamed.
30:35I recognized that pathetic, cowardly scream instantly.
30:37I pushed past the heavily armed royal enforcers.
30:40Walked straight toward the bleeding convict rolling in the freezing mud.
30:43I stopped right at the edge of the puddle.
30:45My pristine white fur cloak brushed against his filthy, frostbitten fingers.
30:50The crippled wolf froze the second he saw the Alpha King's crest on my leather boot.
30:54He slowly lifted his heavy head from the mud.
30:57His face was covered in deep, rotting silver burns.
30:59But those cowardly amber eyes were unmistakable.
31:01Ronan.
31:02His inner wolf Cyrus winned in recognition and tried to submit to my presence.
31:06Ronan violently choked his wolf down, coughing up bloody water.
31:09He stared blankly at my pristine white fur cloak.
31:11Then he looked up at Theron.
31:13The massive northern Alpha standing beside me like a god of war.
31:16Ronan's entire broken body began to shake uncontrollably.
31:22Maeve.
31:22A royal enforcer immediately stomped his heavy boot directly onto Ronan's ribs.
31:31Insolent scum!
31:32Do not speak the royal hair's name!
31:36Ronan spit out broken teeth into the bloody snow.
31:38He frantically reached his ruined hand toward me again, weeping pathetically.
31:42I was wrong!
31:45Save me!
31:47We were mates once!
31:49We looked down at him with absolute, terrifying emptiness.
31:53I don't know you.
32:00Ronan went completely white.
32:02He looked at Theron's sharp jawline and heavy broadsword.
32:05Beside the northern Alpha, Ronan was literally nothing but dirt.
32:11I was blind!
32:13I was a fool!
32:14If I hadn't chased Sylvie, I would be standing next to you right now!
32:17Sylvie ruined my life!
32:19He was at the absolute edge of death, yet he still blamed others.
32:22Theron's blue eyes turned hard as ice.
32:24He looked down at Ronan the way a wolf looks at dead prey.
32:26Fifty laps with a silver whip.
32:28Ronan threw himself forward, smashing his bleeding forehead against the frozen ground.
32:33No!
32:34No!
32:35Maiev!
32:35You warmed my wine in the winter!
32:38You skinned beasts for me!
32:40Your heart remembers our time!
32:42Please!
32:42Please!
32:43I raised my hand, stopping the enforcer from drawing the whip.
32:45Ronan's ruined eyes lit up with a sudden, pathetic glimmer of hope.
32:48He actually thought I had softened.
32:50I raised my hand, stopping the enforcer from drawing the whip.
32:52Ronan's ruined eyes lit up with a sudden, pathetic glimmer of hope.
32:55He actually thought I had soft.
32:57I turn to the terrified mine overseer.
33:00Lashes are too quick.
33:03Throw him into the deepest ice cavern.
33:06He works there alone.
33:09The overseer bowed deeply, a cruel grin spreading across his face.
33:16Understood, my queen.
33:18I will make sure he never stops digging.
33:22The ice cavern was a literal death sentence.
33:24The silver ore in the walls burned wolf skin on contact.
33:27The cold was so deep it split bones and guaranteed permanent frostbite.
33:30A guard's heavy boot crushed.
33:31Ronan's jaw against the mud.
33:33Muffled, desperate whimpers escaped his bleeding lips.
33:36I stared down at his struggling body one last time.
33:39As long as he draws breath, he does not stop working.
33:42He does not get the mercy of an easy death.
33:45Ronan's muffled screams dissolved completely into the howling wind.
33:48I didn't look at him again.
33:49I turned and placed my hand inside Theron's warm, calloused palm.
33:54It's getting cold.
33:55Take me back to camp.
33:56Theron wrapped his heavy cloak entirely around my shoulders.
33:59Let's go.
33:59I will warm your hands.
34:02Months of heavy snow finally ceased.
34:04The Northern Territory campaign ended under Theron's iron command.
34:08The camp erupted in massive bonfires and howls of absolute victory.
34:11I sat closely beside Theron, drinking fruit wine he had warmed by the fire.
34:16Wren stepped into the firelight and leaned close to my ear.
34:20Princess.
34:22The ice cavern overseer just sent word.
34:24Ronan died last night.
34:26My hand paused briefly on my warm cup.
34:28His hands and feet were completely rotted through from the silver burns.
34:33He was still muttering crazy delusions about being a royal prince when his heart stopped.
34:38I took a slow, deliberate sip of the sweet wine.
34:40His life was a sick joke born of his own greed.
34:43The wolf who had promised me one bond, one life, died the moment he wrote that first threat.
34:47The thing that died in the ice cavern was just a parasite.
34:52Throw his body in the common grave.
34:56Do not mention his name again.
35:02Spring melted the thick northern ice.
35:04Our victorious garrison marched through the capital keep's grand gates.
35:09King Aldric waited at the palace steps, extending his arms to us.
35:13He looked proudly at our intertwined hands.
35:15Maeve, you won more than a lunar trial.
35:18You won your own empire.
35:21And you chose the perfect partner to share it.
35:24Theron and I smiled at each other and raised our victory cups.
35:27Three years of hiding my bloodline.
35:29Three years of gutting beasts in silence while a traitor drained my silver.
35:34Never again.
35:35I touched the heavy royal crest resting on my chest.
35:38This was exactly who I was born to be.
35:41Three peaceful years passed in the blink of an eye.
35:44I gave birth to healthy twins, a boy and a girl.
35:47By autumn, King Aldric granted us leave to travel the southern borders.
35:51Our royal carriage rolled smoothly down the familiar autumn roads.
35:58We passed through the outer edges of Ashford Village.
36:01The local officials had forced the villagers to kneel along the muddy road.
36:05I lifted the velvet carriage curtain a fraction.
36:08A small, shocked voice gasped from the crowd.
36:13Is that...
36:15Maeve?
36:15It was old Hilda, the same woman who had told me to beg for Ronan's mercy.
36:19She was kneeling deep in the mud.
36:21She stared wildly at the Alpha King's crest glowing on my carriage door.
36:24Then she saw Theron's terrifying northern Alpha armor.
36:27All the color instantly drained from her wrinkled face.
36:29A royal guard barked at the crowd.
36:30Show respect!
36:32Bow to the royal princess and the northern Alpha!
36:36Hilda's head slammed violently into the dirt.
36:38Her eyes were filled with absolute terror and bitter regret.
36:44The villagers trembled in the mud, finally realizing their fatal mistake.
36:49I didn't order the guards to punish them.
36:51I simply let the velvet curtain fall shut.
36:57They worshipped the mud.
37:00Let them stay in it.
37:02Further south, we passed a small, bustling herb shop.
37:05Sylvie stood in the doorway wearing a plain grey dress.
37:08She handed a free bowl of medicine to a crippled old wolf.
37:11She had used my silver to build an honest life.
37:15Theron placed his warm hand on the small of my back.
37:17Do you want to stop and greet her?
37:19I leaned back against his solid, armored chest.
37:24No.
37:26She found her peace and I found mine.
37:28Take us home.
37:29Theron pulled me close, kissing the top of my head as the carriage rolled forward.
37:33I had survived the freezing mud and I had claimed my throne.
37:35This life was exactly what I was born to rule.
37:37Theron pulled me close, kissing the top of my head as the carriage rolled forward.
37:41I had survived the freezing mud and I had claimed my throne.
37:43This life was exactly what I was born to rule.
37:45You
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