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