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