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00:00by one unbreakable rule no werewolf mates a human but my alpha ethan broke that rule for me
00:06he knelt before the moon goddess for three days and three nights begging for her blessing so his
00:11pack would be forced to accept me as his mate but in my fourth year as his luna i was
00:15caught cheating
00:16for the third time the beta she-wolf at his side smirked her voice dripping with malice luna the
00:22mate agreement is clear three betrayals and you're exiled you lose all rights to the pup
00:29ethan's eyes burned with anger and disappointment what's your excuse this time that you don't know
00:34him or that you were drugged again but this time i didn't panic i didn't burst into tears begging him
00:41to listen or forgive me for our pup's sake i calmly accepted the dissolution of our bond and even
00:46offered to never see our pup again for four years everyone said a plain human like me was never
00:52good enough for an alpha like him and now i was just tired but when i finally vanished from his
00:58world he tore it apart looking for me i pressed my thumbprint onto the agreement to dissolve our bond
01:03i'll move out of the river packs territory as soon as i can i'll take my grandmother with me
01:09as for leo you don't deserve to be his mother you are never to see him again i didn't flinch
01:15i just smiled i was about to say the same thing i won't be seeing him anymore
01:21ethan's brow furrowed he wasn't used to me being so final for the last four years our pup was my
01:29entire world in every fight he'd always threatened to keep leo from me and every time i was the one
01:35who'd bow my head apologize and beg him to let me see my son this wasn't like me at all
01:41selene's smirk widened and she covered her mouth in mock surprise kareen how can you say such a thing
01:47he's your own flesh and blood i ignored her i was used to her always at ethan's side acting more
01:54like his mate than i ever was all while finding new ways to drive a wedge between us ethan sneered
02:00at
02:00my calm expression faithless to the core giving up your own flesh and blood for some mutt outside
02:07kareen you truly are something else his words were daggers slicing at my heart but i was numb
02:15i'd endured this kind of humiliation for four years the first time i was caught the so-called
02:20lover vanished before ethan arrived the security camera only caught a blurry figure i tried to
02:26explain to prove my innocence but as a human i couldn't form a mind link with him i had no
02:32way
02:32to make him feel the truth in my heart ethan please believe me i don't know that man
02:37i'd cried begging him he didn't listen selene was right there adding fuel to the fire maybe kareen
02:46just prefers being with human men they are their own kind after all from then on as punishment i was
02:54forced to schedule visits with my own son through selene a week in advance watched by pack guards the
02:59entire time it was like a prisoner's visitation hour the second time was worse i was locked in the
03:06basement for a month i saw no one not even a sliver of sunlight i developed severe claustrophobia
03:13it took me a full week after they let me out before i could speak to people normally when leo
03:18saw me
03:18he burst into tears i was so thin i looked like a ghost now the third time i was done
03:25with this sick
03:25game so i let go i've signed it is there anything else if not please leave kareen you'd better not
03:35regret
03:35this don't come crawling back to me because i won't be merciful again he turned and walked toward
03:41the door my mind went back five years to when i found ethan injured and nursed him back to health
03:46during that time we fell in love he would press his hand over his heart and tell me again and
03:52again you
03:52are the most special woman i have ever known my heart my wolf they're yours until he finally confessed
04:01the truth he was a werewolf i hesitated i couldn't see myself as the luna his pack needed and i
04:07never
04:08believed he could break their sacred laws for me but he was relentless chasing me for an entire year
04:13until he finally knelt at the moon goddess's temple for three days and nights begging her to bless our
04:17union when a pale exhausted ethan told me he'd secured the elders approval my resolve shattered i truly
04:24believed our love was strong enough to bridge the divide between our worlds but just six months
04:28after i became his mate i was found with another man the frame up was sloppy obvious even but it
04:35didn't matter something in his eyes changed that day watching his back as he left i felt my heart
04:41turned to stone i had trusted him and i had been wrong i would not make that mistake again celine
04:47paused
04:47at the door turning back to give me a fake smile enjoy yourself kareen you and your kind are better
04:54suited for
04:55each other aren't you her words were laced with venom but i no longer cared after they left the
05:00room fell into a dead silence i turned to the man still passed out on the bed and a wave
05:05of nausea
05:05rolled in my stomach i'd been awake for a while as the drugs effects wore off and i realized i'd
05:11been
05:11set up again i could have run only to be dragged back for an even crueler punishment but this time
05:16i chose
05:17to stay i waited for them for this whole drama to play out just to end this disgusting game for
05:22good
05:23that evening i returned to the river pax estate my former home when i pushed open the door to
05:29the master bedroom i found it empty my clothes my books even the jasmine plant i'd potted myself
05:34all gone a werewolf maid saw me and bowed her head awkwardly mrs kareen your things have been packed
05:42they're in the storage room miss selena said the master bedroom needs to be prepared for
05:46the new luna the new luna i let out a bitter laugh selene certainly worked fast the storage room
05:53was next to the basement a dark damp space filled with old furniture and junk my suitcases were tossed
05:59in a corner one of them broken open my clothes spilling onto the dusty floor i knelt and started
06:05digging through the mess i didn't care about the expensive clothes or jewelry those were gifts from ethan
06:10or rather gifts for the luna he wanted me to be i was looking for only one thing the emerald
06:16necklace my grandmother had given me it was the only treasure that was truly mine finally in a broken
06:22jewelry box i found it hey a small voice came from behind me i turned to see four-year-old
06:30leo standing
06:31in the doorway looking down at me at some point he'd stopped calling me mom now it was just hey
06:37auntie selena said you're not part of our family anymore you're an outsider you can't take anything
06:43from the pack my heart clenched leo these are my things not the packs no auntie selena says all
06:52lonely humans are thieves you can't take anything he lunged for the necklace in my hand his small
06:59fingers yanking hard on the chain leo let go this was from your great-grandmother i tried to protect it
07:05but even a four-year-old pup had unnatural strength in the struggle the necklace snapped and fell to the
07:11floor the crack of the emerald shattering was deafening in the small silent room i stared at
07:16the broken pieces on the ground my heart turning to ash the stone that held all of my grandmother's
07:22love was shattered it's your fault for not letting go leo do you have any idea what you just broke
07:30that was from my great grandmother do you even know she's in a nursing home because of you
07:37i don't have a great grandmother i just know about some burden who's draining our pack's medical resources
07:43auntie selena said she should have died a long time ago
07:46then dad wouldn't have to waste so much money on her auntie selena said that for a lowly human she
07:54doesn't deserve to be in our pack say that again lowly doesn't deserve my expression terrified him
08:02he bit his lip then found his courage a lowly old woman what i couldn't take i shoved him i
08:11couldn't
08:11stand hearing those vile words from his mouth caught off guard he fell backward and let out a pain cry
08:17dad mommy hit me leo wailed from the floor leo what's wrong
08:27dad she hit me make her leave i want auntie to leave ethan's furious glare landed on me
08:35are you insane attacking your own pup i stood in the corner watching the father and son feeling nothing
08:44i didn't hit him i was fulfilling my final duty as his mother teaching him some manners teaching him
08:52what he should and shouldn't say manners you call shoving a four-year-old pup manners leo sobbed in
09:01his father's arms but still managed to repeat his earlier words dad auntie selena was right
09:08that old woman is just wasting your money she should have died a long time ago hearing it again
09:14from my own son's lips was like a knife twisting in my heart but what broke me was ethan's reaction
09:20he just frowned he didn't scold leo instead he defended selene selene was just stating a fact from
09:28the perspective of pack resources don't make a big deal out of it her medical bills are a significant
09:33expense i stared at him in disbelief after four years together he thought caring for my sick
09:39grandmother was an unnecessary expense ethan do you hear yourself enough i brought leo here so you
09:47two could talk about the situation don't tell him yet he's young he needs time to adjust he meant the
09:55bond dissolution i almost laughed in the last four years the total time i'd spent talking to leo was
10:01probably less than half the time he'd spent alone with selene and now he wanted us to talk i bent
10:07down
10:07and gathered the shattered pieces of the emerald not even flinching as a sharp edge sliced my finger
10:18i'm leaving in the living room selene was lounging elegantly on the sofa with a cup of tea as if
10:25she
10:25owned the place she gave me a perfect smile as i walked out i ignored her and headed straight for
10:31the main entrance stop you can't go you didn't say sorry to me used to being the center of everyone's
10:42world leo couldn't handle my indifference when i didn't immediately kneel to hug and soothe him
10:47he started wailing the sound was shrill and piercing down my coldness finally made ethan snap
10:52the full force of his alpha command crashed down on me making it hard to breathe stop apologize to leo
10:59now
11:00the alpha's command was an invisible chain binding my body to end it all i mechanically knelt and
11:07looked at the crying boy i'm sorry leo mommy shouldn't have pushed you leo stopped crying
11:13he glared at me with swollen red eyes then suddenly swung his little hand dot at4 leo could already
11:19partially shift his nails lengthened sharpening into claws blood rolled up instantly from three deep
11:25gashes on my arm lowly human you deserved it you reek of another male even a pup consented
11:35this is the punishment you deserve ethan i shot to my feet my shot fell in my eyes blazing with
11:42fury
11:42you say i reek of another male what about you for four years you and sualine have been
11:48disseparable you even sent our son to stay at her house so you tell me whose scent is more disgusting
11:54corin how dare you the alpha and i are innocent i was merely performing my duties as a beta helping
12:01manage pack affairs innocent you know exactly what's in your heart you enough corinne you have
12:12completely and utterly disappointed me since you seem to think we're not so innocent i'll show you
12:17what real betrayal looks like ethan ordered the nanny to take leo away then he grabbed my wrist and
12:23dragged me back into the bedroom ethan let me go i struggled but a human strength is nothing against
12:29a werewolf's the door slammed shut he bound my wrists with a coarse rope and threw me to the floor
12:34tonight you're going to watch that hurts hurt you think this hurts do you have any idea how much it
12:43hurt when i found you with him he turned pulled selene into his arms and crushed his lips against hers
12:49the kiss was passionate fiery as if they were true mates the sight made me want to vomit
12:54ethan we dissolved the bond you can't humiliate me like this he didn't listen deepening the kiss
13:02selene let out a soft moan her hand slowly tracing the skin over his heart there tattooed in black ink
13:07was my name the mate's mark of loyalty now selene's fingers were stroking those letters alpha this tattoo
13:15can you change it to my name i closed my eyes silent tears streaming down my face
13:21of course selena a faithless mate doesn't deserve a place on my skin
13:27faithless the irony was suffocating he believed every flimsy set up against me yet here he was
13:33kissing and touching another woman right in front of my eyes just as my heart went completely numb
13:37my phone ringed i struggled to reach it and answered a nurse's trembling voice came from the other end
13:42i'm a nurse at saint mary's hospital your grandmother there's been an emergency
13:50what what happened to her your grandmother heard the news that you were being exiled from the pack
13:54this afternoon and she became very distressed during our evening rounds we found she had swallowed
13:58a large number of sleeping pills we're working on her now but but her will to live is very weak
14:03miss corinne can you get here right away she really needs you how could she know i collapsed
14:08the world spinning i never told her i scrambled to my feet
14:14ethan please let me go to the hospital my grandmother something happened to her
14:20what a performance corinne are you really willing to stoop this low just to escape your punishment
14:25it's not an act it's real my grandmother is in trouble
14:32alpha don't let her fool you this is just a pathetic attempt to run away
14:37i'm not lying she's really in the emergency room please believe me enough
14:44we just signed the agreement how would your grandmother know you knew she couldn't handle
14:49the shock and you still had to tell her who's to blame for that i didn't tell her just let
14:55me go
14:56there might still be time she was only injured because she saved leo from a rogue wolf please don't
15:02treat her life like a joke corinne you use your grandmother to get sympathy every single time
15:11i'm sick of it alpha forget about her come here in a final desperate surge i fought to my
15:18but with my hands tied i lost my balance and my head slammed hard against the door
15:25grandma i have to save grandma my actions finally pushed ethan over the edge he strode over grabbed
15:32my shoulder and dragged me to the storage closet in the corner of the room since you love lying and
15:37performing so much you can stay in here and reflect on it the closet was small and dark
15:41no don't lock me in here you know i have claustrophobia ethan please stay in there and watch
15:50closet door slammed shut plunging me into total darkness the sounds of their coupling grunts and
15:56moans echoed in the suffocating blackness amplified and inescapable the next morning
16:01ethan came downstairs and called out by habit corinne make breakfast there was no answer the nanny
16:07reported timidly alpha the young master won't stop crying he spiked a fever last night 102 degrees
16:14and just kept crying for his mommy just then the living room phone rang ethan answered it a stranger's
16:20voice was on the line hello am i speaking to a relative of miss corinne this is saint mary's
16:25hospital we're calling about her grandmother's final arrangements the woman passed away during the
16:30night we were unable to revive her but no family has come to claim the body he suddenly remembered
16:36last night the phone call he had dismissed as a lie his face went pale he turned and bolted up
16:42the stairs with a trembling hand he wrenched open the closet door the moment the door swung open he
16:48froze the locker was empty nothing but a few bloodstains and a broken rope she got out on her own
16:56she's really selling it ethan muttered to himself even bled for the part he was convinced this was all
17:02an elaborate act a sob story cooked up by corinne and her grandmother the goal was obvious to make
17:07him take back his decision to reject her to welcome the unfaithful woman back into his arms he truly
17:13underestimated a human's cunning ethan picked up his spare phone and dialed corinne's number
17:20the number you have dialed has been switched off switched off so she's going all the way with this act
17:26he gave a cold smirk and decided to drive to the hospital himself to see what kind of game
17:30they were playing half an hour later ethan stood at the entrance to saint mary's hospital morgue
17:35the sharp sting of disinfectant couldn't mask the cloying scent of death he wrinkled his nose
17:40alpha what are you doing here the doctor rushed over as soon as he saw him you called earlier
17:46about corinne's grandmother the doctor sighed a sudden dark premonition washed over ethan
17:52last night the old woman heard that corinne was going to be expelled from the pack
17:56she became hysterical crying and repeating things like i'm dragging corinne down and
18:02i shouldn't be alive ethan's voice was calm and and then we found her
18:09she'd swallowed a massive dose of sleeping pills when the nurse wasn't looking
18:15we worked on her for four straight hours we almost had her stabilized but her will to live was just
18:23gone she just kept calling miss corinne's name if corinne had been here then maybe what
18:28maybe we could have saved her the doctor said shaking his head with regret ethan's fingers curled
18:35into fists he remembered smashing corinne's phone on the floor last night he remembered locking her in
18:40that cramped dark locker are you sure she's gone of course we're sure the death certificate has already
18:47been issued we need the family to handle the arrangements and claim the body ethan felt a wave
18:51of dizziness so strong he had to brace himself against the wall to keep from falling if her
18:56grandmother was really dead then that phone call last night alpha please tell corinne this for me
19:02before her grandmother she kept saying don't blame corina it's all my fault for holding her back
19:11when i'm dead she'll finally be free it felt like a fist had closed around ethan's heart squeezing
19:16tight who who told her grandmother about the expulsion only one person has visited her these past few days
19:26your beta selena selene so she was here no wonder it felt so wrong corinne would never have told her
19:34ailing grandmother something so devastating he staggered back a step suddenly he heard
19:40current's desperate cries from the night before she was injured by a rogue wolf to save leo
19:48his mind flashed back to that night two years ago leo had playfully snuck out of the manor only to
19:53run
19:53into a vicious rogue wolf it was current's grandmother who had thrown herself in front of the child
19:58taking the claws to her stomach the attack had damaged her internal organs leaving her bedridden and
20:03frail ever since corinne had been heartbroken and he had held her hand swearing he would treat her
20:09grandmother like his own family from that day on he had broken his promise he had let the woman who
20:14saved his son die alone and in despair a wave of fear and guilt stronger than anything he had ever
20:20felt
20:20crashed over him alpha are you all right the doctor asked looking with concern at ethan's pale face
20:26ethan didn't answer he just turned and bolted from the morgue he had to get home when he sped back
20:32to
20:32the villa he found leo crying at the top of the stairs the four-year-old's face was flushed with
20:37fever as he sat helplessly on the floor mommy i want my mommy leo's sobs were heart-wrenching
20:43the nanny stood beside him wringing her hands the young master keeps asking for his mother he won't
20:49even take his medicine the moment leo saw ethan he ran to him daddy where's mommy why isn't she back
20:56looking at leo's fever flushed face a storm of emotions churned inside ethan i want mommy where
21:03is she mommy mommy had to go out for a bit she'll be back soon ethan said the words feeling
21:12like ash in
21:13his mouth in that moment he didn't know if he was lying to leo or to himself he didn't even
21:18know where
21:18corinne was hearing this leo suddenly balled his small fists in anger it's all because she's human it's
21:25all her fault if only she wasn't a human but as soon as the words were out the little boy
21:30broke
21:30into choked sobs again but but i want my mommy daddy when is mommy coming back does she not want
21:37me anymore he remembered a time when corinne would dissolve into tears at the first sign of a sniffle
21:42from leo she'd hold vigil by his crib all night no matter how exhausted she was back when he was
21:48just
21:48a toddler leo had been her little shadow clinging to her leg and crying for mommy if she was out
21:52of his
21:53sight for even a second mom but somewhere along the line everything had changed leo began to treat
21:59her love like a meal he craved yet was disgusted by i wish auntie celia was my mommy corinne had
22:06just
22:06broken tears streamed down her face silent and unending and he lost in his own fog of perceived
22:13betrayal had offered no comfort he twisted the knife compared to celia you're not fit to be his mother
22:19anyway after that as leo's cruel words became more frequent current's heartbreak slowly hardened into
22:25a quiet numbness the barbs stopped hurting her now remembering the ghost of those tears in current's
22:31eyes and seeing that same awful conflict mirrored in his own son ethan's heart felt like it was being
22:35torn in two who the hell had poisoned a four-year-old's heart to twist love into such hateful knots
22:41he handed leo over to a maid and walked into his study alone the mate rejection papers were still on
22:47his desk corinne's handprint was a glaring red stain on the page the space for the alpha's
22:52signature was still empty he had never intended to sign them he thought corinne was just throwing
22:57a tantrum but in a few days she'd be back on her knees crying and begging him for forgiveness like
23:02she always did but this time she had actually left she'd left so cleanly as if their four years together
23:08had been nothing the thought filled ethan with anger but underneath it something else was stirring
23:13panic he picked up his phone and sent corinne a text i've had someone handle your grandmother's
23:19funeral arrangements no reply he sent another leo has a fever he won't stop crying for you still
23:27nothing the minutes ticked by ethan sat in his study staring at the phone screen a feeling of
23:34desperate urgency growing inside him he had never waited this anxiously for a message from anyone
23:39just then a terrified screen came from outside alpha the young master has collapsed ethan shot out
23:47of the study and saw leo lying limply on the floor his small face crimson his eyes closed he was
23:53unconscious he roared scooping his son up quick get the pack doctor the heat radiating from the
23:59boy's body sent a fresh wave of terror through him auntie selena said mommy's a lowly human while
24:06they waited for the doctor leo started muttering in his sleep that grandma's a burden she said if
24:13i scratch mommy she'll get sent away and i can have a new werewolf mommy the little boy's voice was
24:21weak
24:21and broken she said the other cubs laugh at me because my mom's a human that she's an embarrassment
24:28to our family if mommy leaves no one will laugh at me anymore ethan's hands clenched into fists his
24:36nails digging into his palms every word was a hammer blow to ethan's heart so that was it celine had
24:43orchestrated all of it but but grandma isn't a burden grandma was nice to me she made me cookies mommy
24:52mommy i'm sorry please don't leave me i won't ever say you're a bad human again please come back
24:59auntie selena lied to me she said a new mommy would love me more but i only want my mommy
25:06ethan's eyes
25:07burned he finally understood why leo had acted so strangely toward corinne a child not even five years
25:13old manipulated by an adult's malice forced to choose between loving his mother and despising her
25:18and he the boy's father had not only failed to protect his son and his mate but had allowed
25:23it all to happen daddy why doesn't mommy want me anymore is it because i scratched her with my
25:29claws it must have hurt a lot i'll never do it again mommy come back i'll forget all the bad
25:36things auntie selena told me to say he finally understood why corinne had been so resolute about
25:42not wanting leo that day because she had lost all hope in her son too that's why even now with
25:47leo so
25:48sick it wouldn't be enough to bring her back ethan couldn't help but wonder what about him had
25:53corinne given up on him completely too the pack doctor arrived quickly and began treating leo
26:02alpha i heard leo was sick how is he is it serious she said trying to step closer
26:08ethan took a step back selena tell me what did you teach leo selene's eyes flickered with panic
26:14alpha i don't understand what you mean you don't understand ethan stared at her deceitful face his
26:19rage finally boiling over lowly human a burden of a grandmother who taught a four-year-old child
26:27words like that selene stammered trying to find an excuse i was only only what ethan stalked toward her
26:36only encouraging a cub not yet five years old to attack his own mother with his claws only telling him
26:41that if he hurt his mother she'd be cast out so he could have a better whale wolf stepmother
26:47alpha i i did it for leo's own good a human is not fit to be the luna of a
26:52wolf pack for leo's good
26:54you twisted him up with so much guilt and longing that he passed out crying for his mother in his
26:59sleep
26:59you call that for his own good ethan please let me explain i truly love you i only want get
27:04out as of
27:05this moment you are no longer my beta and don't you ever let me see you again selene stared at
27:09him in
27:10disbelief you're casting me out for that human ethan i've given so many years to the river pack
27:16your contributions your contributions were to destroy my family manipulate my child and drive
27:21my mate's grandmother to her death get out selene stumbled backward her eyes filled with a toxic mix
27:26of disbelief and resentment but against the absolute authority of an alpha she had no choice but to turn
27:32and leave ethan leaned weakly against the wall he thought about the night before how he'd been so
27:37provoked by current words that he had impulsively slept with selene looking back now he realized he
27:42hadn't been punishing corinne he had only defiled himself he immediately dialed the number of his
27:47most trusted subordinate marcus i need you to reinvestigated every detail of corinne's three
27:52past infidelities find those three men i want to know exactly what happened alpha you suspect i suspect
27:58i've been played for a fool for four years
28:02if selene was capable of doing this to leo then none of the evidence she provided can be trusted
28:07get on it now i want the truth after hanging up he sent another text to corinne his fingers shaking
28:14corinne i'm sorry he waited 10 minutes no reply he sent another leo won't stop calling for you
28:20please just come back and see him ethan slid to the floor finally realizing that he might have lost her
28:26forever a short while later marcus called back alpha we have the preliminary results
28:35we haven't tracked down the first man yet but the men from the second and third incidences
28:40both received large wire transfers from the same account right before the events took place what
28:47now clear furthermore after corinne lost consciousness neither man actually touched her
28:53surveillance footage shows they just lay down next to her and waited for you to arrive
28:58and alpha that bank account we're still tracing it but our initial theory is spit it out alpha is it
29:07possible that all three of those infidelity scenes were staged if it was all fake then what had he
29:13done to corinne for the past four years ethan remembered the look on corinne's face the first
29:18time he caught her it wasn't guilt it was confusion and terror she had cried saying she didn't remember
29:24anything that she had just woken up next to a strange man and he he had dismissed it as a
29:29pathetic
29:30excuse the second time it was the same bewildered expression the same desperate explanation she had
29:36begged him to believe her sworn she had never betrayed him that she loved him and what had he done
29:41in truth a part of him had wanted to believe her but he had let selene investigate and then used
29:47the
29:47evidence selene provided to condemn her again and again trampling all over her dignity the person who
29:53had orchestrated those three disgusting setups was the one he trusted most marcus detain selima
29:58immediately on the charge of harming the luna put your best people on this i want to know everything
30:03yes alpha after ending the call ethan collapsed into a chair he picked up his phone and sent another
30:10message i know i was wrong i'm begging you please come back silence he let the phone drop a gaping
30:17hole opening in his chest the next few days were a blur of anxiety ethan stayed by leo's side waiting
30:24for any word from corinne he sent men to search every place she might have gone but it was as
30:28if she'd
30:28vanished off the face of the earth leaving no trace behind leo's fever broke but he became quiet and
30:34withdrawn he wasn't the lively boy he used to be he refused to get close to anyone and more alarmingly
30:40he refused to shift into his wolf form for a cub to refuse to shift was a serious issue one
30:45that
30:45could affect his development for the rest of his life even hired a therapist specializing in childhood
30:50trauma to come to the villa leo can you tell me why you don't want to become a little wolf
30:55anymore
30:55i don't want to be a wolf anymore why is that because i scratched mommy with my claws selena said
31:03if i hurt her she'd get sent away and i could have a new werewolf mummy but but i don't
31:07want a new
31:08mummy i just want my mummy and now she's really gone she's not coming back is it because i become
31:14a
31:14wolf that i hurt her if i stop being a wolf will she come back i'm never shifting again i'm
31:22scared i'll
31:23scratch her with my claws again standing outside the door ethan pressed himself against the wall
31:27silent tears streaming down his face as he listened to his son his son so consumed by guilt and self
31:33loathing that he wanted to renounce his own wolf nature a cub not even five years old carrying such
31:39a heavy burden and it was all his fault two weeks later the trial was over for slandering and framing
31:45the luna and for manipulating how to harm his mother among other crimes selene was sentenced to life in
31:51prison her entire family was expelled from the river pack as the guards led her away
31:56selene threw her head back and laughed maniacally at ethan
32:01ethan you think locking me up will fix anything she will never forgive you for that you will never
32:08ever find her ethan stood outside the courthouse watching the car drive away feeling no satisfaction
32:15only a cold hollowing emptiness selene was right but what did it matter now he opened his phone and
32:21scrolled through the hundreds of messages he'd sent to corinne not a single reply they had started as
32:26apologies shifted to please and finally devolved into desperate confessions of love but she was just
32:33gone when he got home leo crept up to him tugging on the hem of his pants with a small
32:38hand daddy the bad
32:40person is gone now does that mean mommy will come back a tiny flicker of hope still shone in the
32:45boy's
32:45eyes ethan looked down at his son's expectant face he wanted to say yes to give his son that one
32:51small
32:52piece of hope but he opened his mouth and all that came out was a pained defeated whisper i don't
32:57know
32:58watching the light fade from leo's eyes eyes so much like curran's was a fresh twist of the knife in
33:02ethan's gut he remembered the night he first met her he'd been wounded while hunting a traitor left
33:08for dead in a rain-slip alley it was corinne who found him who brought him back to her small
33:13apartment
33:13without a hint of fear and nursing back to health for a solid month she didn't know he was a
33:18werewolf
33:19just that he was an injured man she changed his bandages cooked for him and talked to him every day
33:24her clear eyes filled not with fear but with gentleness by the time he healed he was hopelessly in love
33:30with her the pack elders were vehemently opposed a human could not be luna but he didn't care he
33:37would have her or he would die trying when she hesitated torn by the divide between their worlds
33:43he had knelt before the statue of the moon goddess for three days and three nights praying through tears
33:47for her blessing on the night of the full moon the goddess's blessing had truly descended that night
33:53corinne had thrown herself into his arms crying
33:58ethan you fool i'll marry you i'll marry you in that moment he felt like he owned the entire world
34:06but after they were married a seed of insecurity had taken root in his heart he was always afraid
34:11that her love for him wasn't as deep as his for her that she had only accepted him because she
34:15was
34:16moved by his devotion every time she glanced at another man every time her affection seemed less
34:21than passionate he grew paranoid wondering if she regretted marrying him until the first time he
34:26caught her being unfaithful it felt like his deepest fear had been confirmed she didn't love him enough
34:32she would betray him so he treated her coldly he was deliberately intimate with selene in front of her
34:38it was all his fault four years of mistakes and now it was too late time passed quickly three years
34:47flew by with the help of his therapist leo slowly improved but he was far more introverted than
34:53before he still asked when his mother was coming home only to be met with ethan's heavy silence one
34:59day caleb the alpha of the neighboring amber pack invited them to his son's second birthday party the
35:05party was a lively affair with wolf cubs running and playing everywhere as usual leo stayed close to
35:11ethan's side too shy to join the other children and then ethan saw a familiar figure in the garden
35:16his breath caught in his throat corinne she was wearing a pale blue dress she looked fuller than
35:23she had three years ago her cheeks rosy with health he had been searching for her for three years he
35:29had never given up sending out more and more men expanding the search wider and wider he hadn't found
35:34a single trace of her and now she was standing not ten steps away she was holding a small boy
35:40about
35:40two years old gently wiping cream from the corner of the child's mouth ethan wanted to move but
35:45his legs felt like they were filled with lead leo saw her too his small body trembled and then he
35:51shot forward like an arrow mommy mommy you're back i missed you so much i'll never scratch you again
36:01please don't go okay corinne looked down at the boy clinging to her his face streaked with tears
36:07her expression was a mask of cold indifference let go you're scaring my son the little boy in her arms
36:15startled by leo's cries began to squirm corinne gently patted his back it's okay baby don't be scared the
36:22boy let out a small milky cry mama that one word struck leo like a lightning bolt he froze his
36:29hands
36:29dropping from corinne's leg corinne holding her new child looked down at the firstborn son she'd left
36:35behind and said in a light dismissive tone i don't know you and i don't want to be your mother
36:40leo
36:40stood frozen tears still clinging to his lashes too stunned to even cry he stared up at corinne as if
36:47he
36:47couldn't comprehend that the mother who had once loved him more than anything could say such a thing
36:53corinne he was breathless by the time he reached her his gaze shot from the child in her arms to
36:58her
36:58face his voice trembling how could you do this to leo how could you say that to him corinne met
37:06his eyes
37:07her own a void of emotion why not she glanced down at the docile boy in her arms her fingers
37:13gently
37:13stroking his back as if he were a fragile treasure i only have one son another woman's child has nothing
37:19to do with me another woman's child he is your son seeing her still indifferent expression ethan
37:27desperately reached for her hand just then an imposing man walked over from the other end of
37:32the garden it was caleb the alpha of the powerful amber pack he moved to current side smoothly and
37:39naturally shielding her behind him ethan this is my luna i suggest you show some respect ethan froze
37:46feeling as though a bucket of ice water had been dumped over his head your luna he repeated barely
37:53able to believe his own ears take the luna and the young master to the lounge yes alpha without
38:00another glance at ethan corinne turned to leave murmuring softly to the child in her arms corinne stop
38:10that's enough she doesn't want to see you she is my mate what right do you have to take her
38:21your mate still haven't figured it out ethan those words sent a chill down ethan's spine he suddenly
38:27thought back over the past three years the business deals that inexplicably fell through the key
38:32partnerships that collapsed the way his pack's territory was constantly being chipped away at
38:36every time he'd assumed it was just pack rivalries or hostile challenges but every investigation he
38:42ran eventually led back to faint untraceable links to the amber pack he had thought caleb was just overly
38:47ambitious deliberately antagonizing him but what if what if corinne was behind it all she had been by
38:54his side for years she knew the inner workings of his businesses the lifelines of the river pack
38:59if she truly wanted revenge she had all the weapons she needed the world spun ethan staggered barely able
39:06to stay on his feet he had thought she couldn't let go of their son he thought she couldn't live
39:11without him but she had already built a new life somewhere far away from them with a new child and
39:16a
39:16new mate and she had been systematically trying to destroy his pack as corinne was escorted away she
39:22never once looked back but ethan clung to one last desperate threat of hope he knew he had to
39:28see her one more time he sent a message to her the rejection papers they'd signed required one last
39:33thing a final official ceremony before the moon goddess he was betting she would show three days
39:39later at the pack's sacred ground when ethan walked in he saw corinne standing before the statue of the
39:45moon goddess she was dressed in black her hair pinned up her expression serene he swallowed hard
39:51i never signed the papers corinne didn't even flicker her gaze so so we haven't officially
39:58broken the bond corinne come back with me don't you see caleb is ambitious he'll never be truly good
40:04to you you set up those three affairs didn't you this is the result you wanted her tone deceptively
40:10light ethan's eyes widened what are you talking about the first man it was him he was drunk and came
40:18into my room wasn't that your plan ethan stared at her his mind reeling the man who had gotten away
40:25it was caleb no corinne i didn't set that up why would i ever push you towards another man then
40:31couldn't you see it she stared directly into his eyes three times ethan three whole times three whole
40:39times did it never once occur to you to try and prove my innocence ethan's lips moved but no sound
40:45came
40:45out even if you didn't plan it you were an accomplice corinne said her voice soft otherwise
40:50it never would have happened three times ethan's head dropped in shame coraine his voice was hoarse
40:56his eyes turning red corinne i'm so sorry for what i did to you and to your grandmother i'm so
41:04so sorry
41:07it's too late let's just get this over with he never imagined he would one day stand before her
41:11and cry so pathetically the ceremony began the parchment with their mating agreement was tossed
41:17into the sacred fire burning until it was nothing but ash as the last ember died a look of profound
41:23relief washed over corinne's face leo who had been standing at the back was sobbing so hard he could
41:28barely breathe he stumbled forward trying to run to her but was blocked by the guards he could only
41:35scream his voice tearing mommy i'm sorry please don't leave me but corinne's steps never faltered
41:43with the searing desperate gazes of a father and son burning into her back she walked out of the
41:48sacred grounds once outside corinne took out her phone her voice cold as steel it's done spread the
41:56word all the plans we prepared to attack the river pack can be set in motion now she paused a
42:01sliver
42:02of icy hatred finally surfacing in her eyes i want him to lose everything those three years were just
42:08a warm-up from the day she left she had sworn an oath she would have vengeance for herself and
42:14for
42:15her grandmother corinne's fingers closed around the necklace at her throat the one he had smashed
42:20now painstakingly repaired grandma don't you worry from this day on
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