Betrayal and Rebirth is a gripping short drama filled with rebirth, revenge, forbidden love, and supernatural secrets. After suffering a heartbreaking betrayal, a young woman is given a second chance to rewrite her fate. As hidden identities, werewolf clans, and dangerous rivalries unfold, she must decide whether to seek revenge or embrace the love that destiny has prepared for her.
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00:07My father's eyes blazed with a terrifying golden light as he barked the command.
00:13The Alpha Command crushed down on my knees, driving me hard into the mud.
00:18My mother gazed down at me.
00:21Selina is an Omega.
00:22If her wolf enters Silvermoon prison, the Silver will torture her to death.
00:28Lyra, you're the older sister. You go.
00:32My adopted younger sister, an Omega, drove drunk and killed a human.
00:37Yet, my parents wanted me to take the fall.
00:41You killed a human. You must go to prison.
00:45My biological father pinned every ounce of guilt onto me.
00:51I couldn't hold back the tears.
00:52No, I won't. I didn't kill anyone.
00:57Why should I go to prison? I'm your real daughter.
01:00My father's fury erupted.
01:02You don't have a choice!
01:08The pure silver shackles locked tight around my wrists.
01:12My skin sizzled and burned where the metal touched it, searing pain drilling straight into the bones.
01:21Deathly, I looked Kaelin.
01:23He was the strongest Alpha in the pack, the top-ranked dominant and my fated mate.
01:29He only stared down at me with a cold gaze.
01:37Lyra, go.
01:38When you come out, we'll complete the mate bond.
01:41He reached out and stroked my face.
01:44These seven years, just bear it.
01:47Just this once.
01:51I collapsed into despair, screaming.
02:04Seven years later.
02:06Lyra, now that you're leaving Silvermoon Prison, keep your wolf under control.
02:10Don't look back.
02:15Dragging my ruined leg, I limped out through the Iron Gate.
02:19A car was waiting just beyond the territory boundary.
02:23The window rolled down, and Kaelin's face emerged.
02:28Lyra.
02:30Seven years, and he hadn't changed at all.
02:33I dragged my crippled leg into the car.
02:37In the rearview mirror, I saw my face.
02:40A map of scars seared into the skin by silver.
02:44You've suffered these seven years.
02:45I'll keep my promise.
02:47At the next full moon, I'll mark you formally.
02:51You'll become my Luna.
02:53Kaelin reached over and laid his hand over my rough, scarred knuckles.
02:58I looked into his gold-green eyes and slowly pulled my hand away.
03:04The wolf inside me couldn't even summon a whimper.
03:10Seven years in Silvermoon Prison had shown me exactly who Kaelin was.
03:17Who my family was.
03:19You don't have a choice!
03:22They had never loved me.
03:25And I no longer had any desire to be his mate.
03:29Sensing my indifference, Kaelin grew irritated.
03:32Selina knew you were coming back today.
03:34Her stress disorder flared up again.
03:36Your whole family is at the Territory Hospital, soothing her.
03:40I closed my eyes.
03:42The SUV drove into the heart of the Crescent Moon Pax territory.
03:47An hour later, we arrived at my home.
03:50Only a Beta housekeeper and a few Omega servants were in the main house.
03:53They caught the inferior scent clinging to me.
03:56And didn't bother to hide their disgust.
03:59The Beta housekeeper offered Kaelin a respectful salute before finally turning to me.
04:05Miss Lyra, the Luna says that now you're back, you're to stay inside your own scent circle.
04:10Don't wander around.
04:11Don't bring shame to the pack.
04:13Shame.
04:14I'd endured seven years of silver burning my flesh in Selina's place.
04:18And somehow I was the shame.
04:21But I'd stopped expecting anything from them seven years ago, on that night of thunder and rain.
04:27Understood.
04:29I turned toward the side door.
04:32Kaelin received a mind link.
04:33His pupils snapped vertically.
04:35Lyra, Selina's vital signs are weak.
04:37She needs me.
04:38I'll go check on her.
04:39Get some rest.
04:42With that, he turned and disappeared into the room.
04:50Tonight later, I went back to my assigned space.
04:53A storage closet.
04:55And curled up on the narrow wooden cot.
05:00Late at night, drifting between sleep and waking.
05:03I heard Chloe, the Beta's younger sister, speaking downstairs.
05:08Alpha father, Luna mother, Selina's mental state is terrible.
05:12Why don't we move Lyra out of the main house?
05:14Otherwise, Selina will have an episode every time she catches Lyra's scent.
05:17My father sighed, but said nothing.
05:19My mother said,
05:22She carries our blood.
05:24If we throw her out the moment she's released from prison,
05:27what will the other packs say?
05:29Then what do we do?
05:30Chloe paced anxiously.
05:35My father spoke.
05:37When Selina comes back,
05:39order Lyra to suppress all her scent signatures.
05:42She's forbidden from appearing in front of Selina.
05:44She's not allowed to take a single step out of her room.
05:47My eyes were closed,
05:49but a searing acidic burn spread deep in their sockets.
05:53Just then,
05:54my specialized communicator vibrated.
05:57An encrypted email.
05:59Miss Lyra, congratulations.
06:01You have passed the assessment for the Institute of Paranormal Confidential Research.
06:06Upon acceptance of the contract,
06:08you will depart for the sacred grounds of Domica Island under a new identity on the night of the full
06:13moon,
06:13seven days from now.
06:15Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
06:18No contact with the outside world for five years.
06:22Without a flicker of hesitation,
06:23I signed my name.
06:25Lyra.
06:26I had passed the Institute's assessment seven years ago,
06:29right before I was thrown into prison instead of joining.
06:32As my release approached,
06:33I'd applied again.
06:34I'd passed again,
06:35without surprise.
06:37Seven days.
06:38I only had to endure seven more days.
06:41Then I would sever the pack bond completely and leave forever.
06:48The next morning,
06:49I walked into the living room.
06:51A thick,
06:52clying sweetness hit me.
06:53Omega scent,
06:54heavy and dense.
06:56Selena was back.
06:57She sat at the center of the sofa in a pure white dress.
07:01Everyone crowded around her.
07:03The beta housekeeper brought out a cake.
07:05The family spoke in practiced unison.
07:09Happy birthday,
07:10Selena.
07:12Selena smiled and thanked everyone,
07:14lifting her chin.
07:15I just left the hospital.
07:17Do you have anything special for me?
07:18My parents and sister stepped forward one by one,
07:21offering expensive treasures.
07:25Kaelin was about to present his gift,
07:27when he caught sight of me standing in the shadows.
07:30Lyra,
07:31you're awake.
07:32Come,
07:33celebrate Selene's birthday with us.
07:35Selena turned to me.
07:38Sister,
07:38I'm sorry.
07:39My stress disorder flared up yesterday.
07:41I couldn't go pick you up.
07:43You're not angry,
07:44are you?
07:45Before I could open my mouth,
07:47Kaelin answered for me.
07:49Lyra isn't that petty.
07:51She won't hold it against you.
07:53Selena took that as permission.
07:55Boldly,
07:56she looped her arm throughs and looked straight at me.
07:58Sister,
08:00give me a gift too.
08:02I want Kaelin as my mate.
08:05Mate stealing was taboo among the wolves,
08:07yet she declared it openly,
08:09and not a single wolf in the room spoke a word against it.
08:13Rage boiled in my blood.
08:15I clenched my fists.
08:16And if I refuse?
08:22Selena's expression stiffened.
08:24She switched to the old wolf tongue,
08:26reserved for pure-blood aristocrats.
08:28I was only joking.
08:29I didn't expect my sister's wolf to be so savage.
08:32My Luna mother responded in the same old tongue,
08:35her tone soothing.
08:36Don't be afraid,
08:37Selena.
08:38Lyra has been wandering outside too long.
08:40Her bloodline is degraded.
08:41My Atva father released a calming pinewood scent.
08:43Blood ties don't matter.
08:45Your mother and I only recognize you as our daughter.
08:47Right, Selena, you're my only sister.
08:49I forced the bitterness down
08:51and pretended I couldn't understand a word of the old tongue.
08:54I turned to Kaelin.
08:55What are they saying?
08:57Kaelin's throat bobbed.
08:59Selena said it was just a joke.
09:00Everyone's telling you not to be so sensitive.
09:03The air reeked of lies.
09:05They had no idea.
09:06I understood every single word.
09:09My mother came from a noble, pure-blood line.
09:12My father ruled over this entire territory.
09:15From the moment they brought me back from the orphanage,
09:19they'd despise me for carrying too much of the stray's wildness.
09:23Every resource, every drop of love,
09:25they'd poured it all into at Selena.
09:28Ten years ago,
09:29Selena awakened a rare healing-type omega gift.
09:33The entire pack howled at the moon in ecstasy.
09:38What they didn't know was that I'd already passed the blood moon trial by then
09:43and had taught myself the most obscure dialect of the old wolf tongue.
09:47But none of that mattered anymore.
09:50Soon, very soon,
09:51I would escape this territory for good.
09:53I just got out of Silvermoon Prison.
09:55I want to go beyond the territory boundary.
09:57Get some air.
09:58You all carry on.
09:59Under their contemptuous stares,
10:01I dragged my ruined leg towards the door.
10:04Their mockery trailed behind me.
10:07Today was my birthday, too.
10:14Beyond the territory,
10:15I suppressed my wolf's scent signature
10:17and took a bus to the lower district of Seattle.
10:19Because of my Silvermoon prison record,
10:21the pack had erased all my files.
10:23Combined with my crippled leg,
10:25the only work I could find was washing dishes in a run-down roadside diner.
10:29Just enough to survive the next ten days.
10:31At half-past eleven at night,
10:33I finished scrubbing the last plate.
10:35As I stepped out of the diner,
10:36a man climbed out of his car and strode toward me.
10:42Lyra,
10:43why have you been away from the territory so long?
10:45He grabbed my wrist and pulled me toward the vehicle.
10:48The door opened.
10:49On the back seat sat a cake.
10:51Lyra,
10:53happy birthday.
10:55Kaelin's pack and mine shared a tight border.
10:58He and I,
10:59the top-ranked Alpha and I,
11:01had been bound by a mate contract since we were pups.
11:05I still remembered the first moment I saw him
11:08after returning to the territory.
11:10He stood in the sunlight,
11:12radiating brilliance.
11:14In that hostile territory,
11:16Kaelin was the only one who never scorned my wild scent.
11:21He would release his Alpha dominance to shield me.
11:24He brought me gifts on holidays.
11:27He was the only soul in that entire forest who was good to me.
11:31And in the end,
11:33he was the one who personally sent me to Silvermoon Prison.
11:39Lyra?
11:40What's wrong?
11:41Did you think I forgot your birthday?
11:43Kaelin's voice pulled me back.
11:44I answered evenly.
11:47He produced another box.
11:48I lifted the lid.
11:50Inside lay a red dress.
11:52Remember when you were little?
11:54You said you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed the mate bond.
11:57I had it made in advance.
12:00Do you like it?
12:03Alpha,
12:05you're remembering wrong.
12:06I hate red.
12:07When I was lost as a child,
12:09I'd been wearing a red dress.
12:12Ever since I could form memories,
12:14every full moon night,
12:15I put on red,
12:16hoping my pack could track my visual scent
12:18and bring me home.
12:19Kaelin's pupils contracted.
12:21He ruffled my hair.
12:25I'm sorry.
12:26I remembered wrong.
12:28Come on,
12:28I'll take you to a restaurant to celebrate.
12:30On the drive back,
12:31Kaelin gripped my hand tightly.
12:36Lyra,
12:37why is your scent so faint?
12:39Why are you thinner than you were seven years ago?
12:42And your leg...
12:43Before he could finish,
12:44the phone rang.
12:45The screen flashed a single word.
12:48Selena.
12:51Kaelin answered.
12:53His voice dropped into a frantic grail.
12:55Turn around!
12:56Back to the territory!
13:00The whole way,
13:01he soothed Selena through the communicator.
13:03By the time we burst back into the main house,
13:06I looked up.
13:08Selena stood on the roof's edge of the villa,
13:10still in her white dress.
13:12She looked at us.
13:14Sister's back.
13:15It's time for a defective Omega like me
13:18to step aside.
13:20Goodbye.
13:21Without another word,
13:22she jumped.
13:23The drop from roof to ground was maybe 10 meters.
13:25But when Selena fell,
13:26every single one of my family
13:28lunged forward on pure instinct.
13:31That night,
13:32ambulance sirens wailed over the territory.
13:37They all went to the hospital.
13:38I went back to my storage closet,
13:41collapsed onto the hard plank bed,
13:42and checked my communicator.
13:4512.20 a.m.
13:46The top-ranked Alpha had broken his promise.
13:49He hadn't stayed to celebrate my birthday.
13:52But my wolf didn't howl in pain.
13:54All I felt was a vast,
13:56barren emptiness.
13:58I closed my eyes and sank into sleep.
14:01The next five days,
14:02I worked at the diner.
14:04My family stayed at the hospital,
14:07rapping at Selena in thick layers of protective scent.
14:10Not one of them set foot back in the territory.
14:14Until that day,
14:15the restaurant TV broadcast the news.
14:18Alpha Kaelin and Selena of the Crescent Moon Pack
14:21announced their binding ceremony.
14:23My pupils snapped into vertical slits.
14:27That night,
14:29I pushed open the wooden door
14:30and walked back into the territory.
14:32They were all there.
14:34At Kaelin's scent,
14:35saturated the living room.
14:37My Luna mother caught the smell of Earth on me
14:40and opened her mouth to scold me.
14:42My Alpha father silenced her with a look.
14:45Lyra,
14:46you're finally back.
14:48Selene's Omega Depression is getting worse.
14:50So we've already made the decision for you.
14:53We're transferring your mate bond to Selene.
14:56You have no objections, I trust?
14:58They'd already used their authority to sever my bond.
15:02Now they stood there asking for my opinion
15:04as if it meant something.
15:06Alpha,
15:08you agreed to this too?
15:12Kaelin crossed the room in a few strides
15:15and seized my cold hand.
15:16Selene's only obsession right now
15:18is completing the binding ceremony with me.
15:20Don't worry, little wolf.
15:21I won't betray you.
15:23I'm just playing along,
15:24going through the motions.
15:26He was about to mark another she-wolf
15:28and he expected me to believe he wouldn't betray me?
15:30I wrenched my hand from his grip.
15:33Fine.
15:35Do whatever you want.
15:38Something tightened in At Kaelin's chest.
15:41He reached for me again.
15:44Out Selene suddenly released a dense wave
15:47of sorrowful pheromones.
15:51Sister, if you're not willing,
15:52then forget it.
15:54Through her sobs,
15:55she dug her nails into the back of her own hand.
15:58Chloe rushed to stop the self-harm,
16:00then spun around and bared her fangs at me with a snarl.
16:04Lyra!
16:05Can't you smell how sick she is?
16:08Do you need the whole family to kneel before you before you'll give in?
16:13My blood sister.
16:17Brainwashed completely by this twisted pack.
16:22Her roar dragged me back to the early days after I'd returned to the territory.
16:27At first, they forced me to give Selene the best den.
16:31Then, seven years ago, Selene broke the iron law.
16:34The memories ignited my rage past the breaking point.
16:37I met at Chloe's hostile glares and let out a cold laugh.
16:41Fine.
16:42If all of you kneel and submit to me,
16:43I'll agree to hand over my mate bond to Selene.
16:47The living room fell silent.
16:49None of them had expected such rebellion from me.
16:52I retreated to my cramped den.
16:54Late at night,
16:56my communicator buzzed.
16:57Kaylin.
16:58Lyra, Selene once saved my life.
17:00She gave me her kidney.
17:02The primal vitality of her wolf.
17:04That's why I have to complete this binding ceremony with her.
17:07Alpha,
17:08when you were gravely wounded,
17:10it was me who saved you.
17:12I'm the one who gave you my kidney.
17:15Silence on the other end.
17:17Then,
17:17Kaylin's cold laugh.
17:19Lyra, since when did you learn to lie?
17:21Selene was the one who saved me.
17:23Your own parents can swear it on the pack's name.
17:25You've disappointed me deeply.
17:26I lay on the freezing count,
17:28unable to speak.
17:29Eight years ago,
17:31Kaylin was ambushed and critically injured.
17:33I didn't hesitate.
17:34I went through the matching.
17:35I cut away a piece of myself and gave it to him.
17:38Now my sacrifice had been stolen by that Omega,
17:41and I wasn't even allowed to prove it was mine.
17:44After a long silence,
17:45I whispered,
17:46If you don't believe me, forget it.
17:48I'd already decided to abandon you completely anyway.
17:51I cut the connection,
17:52closed my eyes,
17:53slept.
17:57The second to last day.
17:58After my final shift,
18:00I stepped out of the diner.
18:01That familiar car was parked outside the shopping center.
18:05Above Shibon Commercial Street,
18:08fireworks suddenly burst across the sky.
18:10Alpha Kaylin loves Lyra forever.
18:12I tilted my head back,
18:14staring at the night sky,
18:15lost for a long moment.
18:18Kaylin trod toward me,
18:20his voice low and soft.
18:22Yesterday was my fault,
18:23but you have to believe me.
18:24The one I truly love is you,
18:26so you don't have to lie.
18:29How did he do it?
18:32How did he join forces with my family again and again,
18:36tear into me while pinning to the ground,
18:38and still say he loved me with a straight face?
18:40He pinched my hollow cheek.
18:42You really are too thin.
18:44Why aren't you eating properly?
18:46I snapped my gaze up.
18:48I spent seven years surviving Silvermoon Prison,
18:50a place saturated with silver.
18:53My wolf fought just to stay alive.
18:56Did you think I'd have the luxury of growing a full, healthy coat?
19:00A violent shover ran through Kaylin's massive frame.
19:03Maybe just in that second,
19:05it hit him.
19:06He was the one who had personally sent me into that hell.
19:09He opened his mouth to speak.
19:10The car door swung open.
19:12Selina's voice drifted out.
19:14Alpha Kaylin,
19:15Sister,
19:16don't stand out there.
19:18The cold wind will damage your wolves.
19:22The last trace of warmth inside me died.
19:25Kaylin explained.
19:26Selina followed our scent to come see you.
19:29She says she wants to thank you for your generosity,
19:32for being willing to step aside.
19:33He bundled me into the car.
19:36In the enclosed space,
19:38Selina's gaze fell on my grease-stained thread-bake uniform.
19:42Sister,
19:44don't mother and father have the steward send you supplies every month?
19:47Why are you still doing menial labor in a human diner?
19:50It damages the pack's dignity.
19:52She slipped a gemstone bracelet off her wrist
19:55and held it out to me.
19:58If you're short on survival resources,
20:01this bracelet is worth three million dollars.
20:04It should buy you a few good meals.
20:09Three million dollars.
20:10A random toy thrust to an omega was worth three million dollars.
20:14I still remembered when I'd first returned to the territory
20:17and wanted to attend a human high school.
20:19The tuition was only three thousand dollars.
20:21I begged my Luna mother.
20:22Lyra, do I owe you something?
20:24I gave you life.
20:26You should be grateful.
20:28Why are you always so ungrateful?
20:30After that,
20:31I never asked this territory for a single scrap of meat again.
20:34The so-called steward supplies were nothing but a lie.
20:37They tilted their hearts to the extreme long ago.
20:40Look at your glossy, perfect coat.
20:42Now look at me,
20:43covered in scars.
20:45I smacked the Offerford bracelet away.
20:49Reign in your omega pheromones.
20:51Stop putting on an act in front of me.
20:53I'm not that naive fifteen-year-old pup anymore.
20:56At fifteen,
20:57I'd yearned desperately for a pack bond with Aunt Selina.
21:00She framed me instead.
21:02Every cruel thing she did,
21:03she pinned on me.
21:04By the time I realized what was happening,
21:06the entire pack had branded me an outsider.
21:09My rebuke sent tears rolling down Selina's cheeks.
21:13The air filled with a heartbreaking, pleading scent.
21:16The moment Aunt Kaylin smelled it,
21:18he pulled Selina under the shelter of his chest
21:21and snared at me.
21:22Lyra!
21:23Selina meant well.
21:24It's fine if you don't want the bracelet.
21:26There's no need to say something so vicious.
21:29Right.
21:29This was the male who claimed he loved me
21:32from the deepest part of his soul.
21:34The moment there was any friction between me and Selina,
21:37he always took her side.
21:39Every single time.
21:40Alpha,
21:41if someone throws a piece of rotting meat
21:42at a starving wolf as charity,
21:44must the wolf swallow it
21:45and wag its bait in gratitude?
21:47Even crushed beneath your feet,
21:49my wolf has pride worth dying for.
21:52Kaylin was struck silence.
21:54Beside him,
21:55Selina's breathing suddenly grew rapid and shallow.
21:58She let out a fragile whimmer.
22:00I'm sorry.
22:01It's my fault.
22:03Don't blame sister.
22:05Kaylin barked at the driver.
22:06Quick!
22:07Turn around.
22:08Get to the Territory Hospital.
22:09Lyra, your wolf showed too much savagery just now.
22:12You can walk back on your own.
22:15The car door shut in my face.
22:17I was left discarded on the freezing street.
22:20I watched the taillights vanish
22:22and my heart felt nothing.
22:23No pain of being abandoned by my mate.
22:26Nothing at all.
22:28I dragged my ruined leg
22:30back to the Territory main house.
22:33The villa was unusually lively.
22:35My Luna mother laughed.
22:39The night after tomorrow's full moon,
22:42Selina's binding ceremony.
22:44I looked at them.
22:45Sorrow welled up from deep inside me.
22:47They had truly given every scrap of love
22:50to that Omega.
22:51Tomorrow night at 9 o'clock,
22:52the extraction vehicle would arrive.
22:54After that, I'd have no need
22:56for any blood plines ever again.
22:58The night after tomorrow
22:59was Selina and Kaylin's binding day.
23:01Chloe threw them a wild pre-celebration party.
23:03The next morning,
23:04since my storage closet had no water source,
23:06I had to drag my leg out to wash up.
23:09Passing the living room,
23:10I saw the young wolves playing a game.
23:12Selina and Kaylin sat in the center of it all.
23:15Alpha, you lost!
23:17Truth or dare?
23:18Kaylin leaned back lazily.
23:19Dare.
23:20Kiss Selina in front of everyone
23:22one full minute!
23:24The young Alpha suddenly caught sight of me
23:26at the edge of the room.
23:27His grin widened.
23:29How about this?
23:30Pick any she-wolf in this room
23:31and kiss her for one minute.
23:33Lyra!
23:34Weren't you the one
23:35who was most obsessed with the Alpha?
23:37He's about to mark someone else.
23:39Why not share one last kiss with him?
23:41One last desperate memory to cling to?
23:44Kaylin stood up.
23:45Step by step,
23:46he walked toward me.
23:47Kaylin!
23:49There are too many people here.
23:50I'm about to make Selina my Luna.
23:52I can't humiliate her.
23:54You understand, don't you?
23:55I made a quiet sound of assent
23:57and turned toward the washroom.
23:58Behind me,
23:59I heard the wet sounds
24:00of Kaylin and Selina's mouths meeting
24:02and the wolves excited howls.
24:05In this game where I was always
24:06the option to be discarded,
24:08I truly had to thank him
24:09for finally letting me go.
24:13Night fell.
24:15Kaylin lit up the entire territory sky
24:17with fireworks for Selina.
24:19He tracked my scent
24:20and called me into the shadows.
24:23Lyra,
24:24once the full moon comes tomorrow
24:25and Selina and I finish
24:26the false binding ceremony,
24:27we can finally be together properly.
24:31I opened my dry throat.
24:35I'm sorry.
24:37I won't.
24:38Before I could finish,
24:39At-Chloe came running,
24:40howling.
24:41Kaylin!
24:42Come quick!
24:43Game time!
24:45Kaylin called back
24:46an acknowledgement
24:47then turned to me.
24:48What were you saying?
24:50You want what?
24:52I gave a bitter smile.
24:55Nothing.
24:56Go.
24:58Revel with your pack.
24:59Kaylin squeezed
25:01my ice-cold fingers.
25:03Once tomorrow's ceremony is over,
25:05all of this will be over.
25:07He turned and strode back
25:09toward the clammishest light.
25:11I watched his back in silence.
25:13Yes.
25:14All ties were over.
25:18All the wolves flocked
25:19to Selina's lavish room.
25:21Alone,
25:22I slipped into the shadows
25:23of the main house
25:24and checked my communicator.
25:267.15pm.
25:28One hour and 45 minutes left.
25:31I washed my body
25:33with cold water,
25:34scrubbing every last trace
25:35of the territory's scent
25:37from my fur.
25:38The mirror reflected
25:39a body mapped with
25:40burn scars and whip marks
25:42from Silver Moon Prison.
25:44I put on the cleanest clothes
25:45I'd managed to keep
25:46all these years.
25:47Then I waited.
25:49The last hour.
25:50I looked around the den
25:51that had trapped me
25:52for so many years.
25:53A few ragged clothes,
25:55one thin blanket,
25:59a diary and a photo frame
26:00on the desk.
26:01I threw away
26:03every old belonging.
26:04I picked up the photo frame.
26:07Inside was a group portrait
26:09of two families
26:10taken 12 years ago,
26:11just after I'd returned
26:13to the territory.
26:14That photo
26:15had once held
26:17every desperate hope
26:18I'd had for this pack.
26:19Now I tore it to pieces
26:21and dropped it in the trash.
26:23Finally,
26:23I opened the diary.
26:26December 6, 2016.
26:28Sunny.
26:30I returned to the territory today.
26:32I met my Alpha and Luna.
26:34I have a home now.
26:35I'm not a stray anymore.
26:39April 1, 2017.
26:41Overcast.
26:42No food or money
26:44was allocated to me.
26:46I have to hunt for myself.
26:48July 7,
26:49Twaineed,
26:502018.
26:51Sunny.
26:52I traded my prey
26:54for a necklace.
26:55My little sister
26:56didn't like it.
26:57I need to earn more.
26:59Buy her something better
27:00next time.
27:02I turned to the last entry.
27:05Written the night
27:05before I was sent to prison.
27:07Only one line.
27:09This pack doesn't love me.
27:10Not at all.
27:14A long-forgotten burn
27:16rose behind my eyes.
27:18I picked up a pen
27:20and,
27:20using the old wolf tongue,
27:22wrote my final words.
27:25I'm leaving, Alpha.
27:27Luna.
27:30Before I go,
27:32my wolf truly cannot understand.
27:34If you despised my so much,
27:36why did you search for me
27:38in the forest
27:38all those years ago?
27:41When other strays
27:43find their birth parents,
27:44they're met with
27:45endless acceptance and love.
27:47But for me,
27:48the moment you found me
27:50was the moment you found me
27:52wasn't I truly lost my parents.
27:55Chloe,
27:56you said you only
27:57recognized Salima
27:59as your sister.
28:00Today,
28:01I grant you that wish.
28:04Kaylin,
28:05you said after the false
28:07binding ceremony
28:08we could be together again.
28:09I'm sorry.
28:11My wolf is already dead.
28:13I won't wait for you anymore.
28:16May your bond
28:17prove unbreakable.
28:18I am abandoning
28:19this territory forever.
28:21Through I-Grease
28:22per hour's mensley,
28:23we will never see
28:24each other again.
28:26I finished writing,
28:28laid the diary flat
28:29on the desk,
28:30and pulled the prison
28:31medical records
28:32from my bag.
28:36I set them down
28:38on top of the diary.
28:39The scan image
28:40was unmistakable.
28:42My body contained
28:43only one kidney.
28:44The clock struck nine.
28:47I grabbed my canvas bag
28:49and limped out
28:50of the territory.
28:51Behind me,
28:53lights blazed
28:54and the pack's revelry
28:55shook the ground.
28:56Ahead of me,
28:58several matte black
28:59military armored vehicles
29:00crouched silently
29:02in the dark.
29:03Without a flicker
29:04of hesitation,
29:05I stepped across
29:06the territory boundary
29:07and walked
29:08towards my new life.
29:12Engines roared to light.
29:14The convoy
29:15pulled away swiftly,
29:17swallowing me
29:17into the boundless night.
29:22The next day,
29:23to the sound of long,
29:24drawn-out wolf howls,
29:29Selina and Kaylin's
29:29mating ceremony
29:30officially began.
29:35My Luna mother
29:36swept her gaze around
29:37and couldn't pick up
29:38Lyra's scent.
29:39She frowned and growled,
29:41Chloe,
29:42where is Lyra
29:42if she's absent?
29:43The other packs
29:44will talk.
29:45Go!
29:46Drag Lyra out here.
29:48I'll get her.
29:51Which den
29:52is she sleeping in?
29:54The storage closet.
29:56Every dominant wolf
29:57present went still.
29:59My alpha father's
30:00brown frontaled
30:01in confusion.
30:02Why would Lyra
30:04sleep in a storage closet?
30:05The servant shook.
30:08When Miss Lyra was first
30:10brought back,
30:11there was no suitable den.
30:13The Luna said she would
30:15stay in the storage closet
30:16temporarily.
30:17That temporarily
30:18had lasted 12 years.
30:21An ugly flush rose
30:22on my Luna mother's face.
30:25She masked her guilt
30:26with a surge of dominance.
30:29Selina,
30:30dressed in pure white silk
30:31ceremonial robes,
30:32released a clining wave
30:34of pheromones.
30:35Our storage closet
30:36is still better
30:36than fighting wild dogs
30:38for scraps in the forest
30:39like she used to.
30:41Sister shouldn't feel
30:42too wronged,
30:43should she?
30:44A thread of dissonance
30:46flickered through
30:46at Chloe's heart.
30:49frowning,
30:50she walked toward
30:51the renecked corner
30:52at the end of the corridor.
30:55The heavy wooden door
30:57creaked open.
30:58No warm scent
31:00of packmates.
31:02Only dust
31:03and mildew.
31:05Lyra's bed
31:05was pushed against
31:06a row of rusted shelving.
31:08Beside it
31:09sat an abandoned
31:10water tank.
31:12Topped with a
31:13battered desk lamp,
31:15a yellow diary,
31:16and a stack
31:17of medical documents.
31:23Lyra wasn't there.
31:25Chloe's heart
31:26began to pound.
31:27She walked
31:28to the water tank.
31:30With trembling hands,
31:31she picked up
31:32the diary
31:32and the medical reports.
31:35Alpha Father!
31:38Luna Mother!
31:40Sister isn't
31:41in the territory,
31:42but she left
31:42these behind!
31:44Alpha Father
31:45moved to investigate,
31:47but the sound
31:48of an SUV engine
31:49and the crushing weight
31:50of a top-plea
31:51Alpha's dominance
31:51rolled in
31:52from outside.
31:56Kaylin had arrived.
31:58My Luna Mother
31:59spoke first.
32:00She's probably
32:01just throwing a tantrum
32:02and ran off
32:03to the boundary.
32:06Chloe!
32:07Put those things down
32:09and come out.
32:10The Alpha
32:11is here for Selina.
32:15Alpha Father
32:16hesitated,
32:17then suppressed
32:18his unease
32:19and turned
32:19to go out.
32:22The main hall.
32:24At Kaylin
32:24stood in the center,
32:26holding a bouquet.
32:27His face
32:27showed no trace
32:28of joy.
32:29His optory senses
32:31were filtering
32:31the air
32:32with frantic intensity.
32:34Nothing.
32:35No trace
32:35of Lyra's scent.
32:37His brow
32:38furled hard.
32:41Where is Lyra?
32:43Jealousy
32:44flashed
32:44through Lina's eyes.
32:46Kaylin,
32:47sister probably
32:48couldn't handle
32:49the stimulation.
32:50She ran out
32:51of the territory.
32:52My Luna Mother
32:53echoed her.
32:54Alpha,
32:55we failed
32:56to domesticate
32:57Lyra's wildness.
32:58Forgive us.
33:00Kaylin's wolf
33:01growled in agitation.
33:02He pulled out
33:03his communicator
33:04and messaged Lyra.
33:05Why is your wolf
33:07still so childish?
33:07Where the hell
33:09did you run off to?
33:10No response.
33:12Not through
33:13Mind Link.
33:14Not through
33:15the communicator.
33:16Chloe emerged,
33:17clutching the diary
33:18and the medical reports.
33:20She'd only glanced
33:21at the report
33:21but what she saw
33:22made her blood
33:23run cold.
33:24Why was Lyra's body
33:26in such terrible condition?
33:28Why did she only
33:29have one kidney?
33:33She had already
33:34ordered her deputy
33:35to launch a full
33:36investigation
33:37into Lyra's
33:38seven years
33:38in Silvermoon prison.
33:41Selina broke
33:42the silence,
33:43looping her arm
33:44through Kaylin's.
33:45Alpha,
33:46our mating ceremony
33:47is about to start.
33:49Sister left.
33:50So she left.
33:51Chloe and Alpha
33:52father both frowned
33:53Selina didn't care
33:54in the slightest
33:55whether Lyra lived
33:56or died.
33:59A false finding ceremony
34:01doesn't need
34:01to go that far.
34:03You just wanted
34:03to wear the wedding dress
34:04and walk into the moon temple.
34:06Kaylin's voice was cold.
34:08Let's go.
34:08Get it done.
34:11He pulled his arm free
34:12and strode out
34:13of the main house
34:14carrying a freezing
34:15area with him.
34:19Because it was
34:20a false ceremony,
34:21Kaylin had invited
34:23no guests.
34:24The temple stood empty
34:26except for the Alpha family
34:27and an elder
34:28to officiate.
34:29Selina finally shattered.
34:35This isn't what
34:36I wanted at all!
34:42Lyra left,
34:43so what?
34:44You still have me!
34:47Am I so inferior
34:49to that stray wild wolf?
34:51She's been to prison!
34:52How could she possibly
34:54be worthy of you?
34:56Selina.
34:57You threatened
34:58to kill yourself.
34:59You jumped off the roof!
35:01That's the only reason
35:02I agreed to this
35:03sham of a ceremony.
35:06Now we've done
35:07what you asked,
35:07I'm going to find Lyra.
35:15He fixed his eyes
35:16on her hard.
35:17And don't you forget,
35:19Lyra went to
35:19Silvermoon Prison
35:20in your place.
35:22Every wolf present
35:23turned to stone.
35:25Selina let out
35:26a piercing shriek.
35:28From somewhere
35:29on her person,
35:30she drew a silver-coated
35:32blade and pressed it
35:33to her own throat.
35:35I don't care!
35:37What makes Lyra
35:38better than me?
35:39When you were dying
35:41from your wounds
35:42all those years ago,
35:43I was the one
35:44who gave you
35:45my kidney!
35:50My Luna mother
35:51lunged to grab
35:52the knife.
35:52Selina,
35:53don't do anything reckless!
35:55Stay back!
35:59Kaylin is the only
36:00mate I want.
36:01Why can't I have him?
36:03It's all Lyra's fault.
36:05She deserves to die!
36:08Her hysterical curses
36:09echoed through the temple.
36:10The scene spiraled
36:12completely out of control.
36:19It ended with an ambulance.
36:20His palm was severely
36:22burned from wrestling
36:22the blade from her grip
36:23barehanded.
36:26He sat in the ambulance,
36:28calling and messaging
36:29Lyra like a man possessed.
36:30Lyra,
36:31the false binding ceremony
36:32is over.
36:33Where are you?
36:34Don't let anger
36:34cloud your reason.
36:35Let me come find you,
36:36alright?
36:37But Lyra's message
36:38and her face
36:39remained dead silent.
36:42Territory Hospital.
36:43Outside the operating room,
36:45ignoring the blood
36:45still seeping
36:46from her own wound,
36:47my Luna mother
36:48anxiously instructed
36:49the healer,
36:50My daughter is a
36:51fragile omega.
36:52She has depression.
36:53She's missing a kidney.
36:55Be gentle
36:55when you stitch her wound.
36:57Ma'am,
36:57we've done a full body scan.
36:59Her body is
37:01perfectly healthy.
37:02She is not
37:03missing a kidney.
37:04What did you say?
37:11My Alpha father
37:12unleashed a crushing
37:13wave of dominance.
37:14The nurse,
37:15pinned by the pressure,
37:17repeated every word.
37:18Both Alpha and Luna
37:20stared,
37:20stunned,
37:21and disbelieving.
37:23At that moment,
37:24Chloe was staring
37:25at the data
37:25her deputy had sent,
37:27medical records
37:28matching the ones
37:29Lyra had left behind,
37:30along with two segments
37:32of blurry surveillance footage.
37:34The first cliff,
37:36Lyra and Kaelin
37:37wheeled side by side
37:38into the operating room,
37:39an organ transplant.
37:40The second cliff,
37:42the dim interior
37:42of Silvermoon Prison,
37:44Lyra being servidually
37:45torn into,
37:46beaten and tormented
37:47by a group
37:48of powerful she-wolves.
37:49How dare they do this
37:51to the blood daughter
37:52of the Alpha!
37:54Alpha father gave orders!
37:56Kaelin sent supplies!
37:58How could this have happened?
38:04The mastermind behind it all
38:06was Selene.
38:10She couldn't hold it in
38:11any longer,
38:12but her parents
38:12had already vanished
38:13from sight.
38:14Gripping the diary,
38:15she ran frantically
38:16through the hospital.
38:17She found Selene's room
38:18and shoved the door open.
38:19Alpha father,
38:20Luna mother,
38:20please,
38:21read what your eldest daughter
38:22left behind first.
38:23She flipped to the final pages.
38:25Lyra has always understood
38:26the old wolf tongue.
38:27Every word we used
38:27to exclude her,
38:28she heard and understood
38:29every single one.
38:30The blood in both Alpha
38:31and Luna
38:32seemed to freeze solid.
38:35Alpha father
38:35snatched the diary.
38:37He read it,
38:38word by word,
38:40his breathing
38:40growing heavier
38:41and more ragged.
38:43Chloe turned a cold stare
38:45on Selene.
38:46Selene,
38:46the person who gave
38:47Kaelin her kidney
38:48all those years ago?
38:49It was never you,
38:50was it?
38:51Selene went sorged.
38:53The guilt that flink
38:54across her face
38:54made the last shred
38:55of hope in E.
38:56Chloe's heart
38:57collapse into rubble.
38:58Why did you cut off
38:59the survival supplies
39:00mother and father
39:01sent to Lyra?
39:03Why did you bribe
39:04the prison guards
39:05to torture her
39:06inside the prison?
39:07Selene released
39:08a weak pulse of pheromones,
39:10fainting bewilderment.
39:11What are you talking about?
39:14The two Alpha and Luna,
39:15having finished the ginery,
39:16walked over.
39:17Chloe gave the order
39:18to her deputy.
39:20Bring them in.
39:24Five minutes later,
39:26the deputy entered
39:27with the prison guard,
39:28a financial official,
39:29and a heavyset,
39:31brutal-looking
39:31she-wolf convict.
39:41At the same moment,
39:43he stepped into the room,
39:44radiating a frigid,
39:46sharp,
39:46fear-forest scent.
39:48His face was a frozen
39:50mask of slaughter.
39:52His piercing gaze
39:54pinned her pale face
39:55in place.
39:56As Lyra's mate,
39:58I also have the absolute
39:59right to send out
40:00the truth behind
40:01all of this.
40:02Selene turned ghost white.
40:05Kaelin,
40:07what truth?
40:08I don't understand
40:09a single thing
40:10you're all saying.
40:11Selene,
40:12you're still trying
40:13to deceive us,
40:13even now?
40:14How many times
40:15over the years
40:16have you slandered Lyra?
40:18Chloe's voice
40:19rose sharply.
40:20Do I need to sniff out
40:21every filthy thing
40:22you've done?
40:23Right here in front
40:24of the Alpha?
40:25Selene collapsed
40:26to the floor,
40:27eyes red.
40:29Chloe,
40:30I'm your real sister.
40:32How can you speak
40:33to me like this?
40:34Chloe's laugh
40:34was ice.
40:35Then have you forgotten?
40:37Lyra is the eldest sister
40:38who shares the same
40:39blood as me!
40:40Selene began
40:41to hyperhentilate,
40:42putting on the full
40:43performance of a
40:44stress-induced episode.
40:45My Luna Mother's
40:47blind,
40:48protective instinct
40:49surge again.
40:50Enough!
40:51Are you trying
40:51to drive your sister
40:53to her death?
40:58Mom,
40:59you're still defending her?
41:01Do you even know
41:02who your real pup is
41:03anymore?
41:04But Chloe grabbed
41:05the medical records
41:06and records.
41:07Lyra has only one kidney
41:08inside her body.
41:10She's the one
41:11who truly saved
41:12Kaelin's life.
41:14Lyra's near-death
41:15reports from
41:16Silvermoon Prison,
41:17all of it
41:17was caused
41:18by deliberate,
41:20malicious assault!
41:23She lived in this
41:24territory for 12 years.
41:26We never gave her
41:27a drop of love.
41:28Instead,
41:29we despised her
41:30and exiled her
41:31because of Selene's lies.
41:33Selene's depression
41:34is a complete fabrication.
41:39She laid down
41:40the most damning
41:41evidence,
41:42the scan showing
41:43Selene's two
41:44perfectly healthy kidneys
41:45and a psychological
41:47report confirming
41:48she was mentally
41:49stable with
41:50antisocial
41:51personality tendencies.
41:53The silent
41:54Kaelin
41:54finally moved.
41:56He unleashed
41:58a terrifying
41:58wave
41:59of alpha
42:00dominance.
42:03Chloe,
42:05give me
42:06Lyra's reports.
42:08critical condition
42:09notices,
42:10x-rays,
42:11blood-stained
42:12medical photographs.
42:13He turned them
42:14over one by one.
42:15When he reached
42:16the full-body
42:17injury chart,
42:18her arms,
42:19her stomach,
42:20her back,
42:21her thighs,
42:21barely a patch
42:22of unbroken skin,
42:23every inch
42:24covered in bite marks
42:25and silver-burned scars.
42:27The top-the-earth
42:28held rationality spot.
42:29He lunged at
42:30Atzelena,
42:31towering over her.
42:38Tell me,
42:39what did you do
42:40to my mate?
42:41Selina,
42:42how dare you
42:43torture her
42:43like this?
42:44With no more
42:45room to hide,
42:47Selina laughed,
42:49twisted.
42:52She looked at
42:53my Luna mother.
42:59Chloe threw herself
43:00in front of their
43:01mother.
43:02Stop your
43:03performance!
43:04For all these
43:04years,
43:05you used our
43:06sympathy.
43:06You used our
43:07mother's love
43:08and turned her
43:09into a blade,
43:10stabbing it over
43:11and over into
43:11her own
43:12biological daughter's
43:13heart.
43:13Selina,
43:14you're vicious
43:14beyond comprehension.
43:15Don't you
43:17understand?
43:18What you've done
43:19will leave this
43:19family drowning
43:20in irredeemable
43:21regret for the
43:22rest of our
43:23lives!
43:24Selina turned
43:24to Alpha
43:25Father.
43:26Daddy,
43:28you've always
43:29loved me the
43:30most.
43:30Alpha Father
43:31clutched the
43:32diary so hard
43:33it crumpled.
43:34In agony,
43:35he averted his
43:35eyes.
43:36In that moment,
43:37Selina lost
43:38every chip she
43:39had left.
43:40Her gaze went
43:41hollow.
43:41She breathed
43:42out the words,
43:43light as ash.
43:44I just wanted
43:44Lyra to die.
43:45that's all.
43:46Nothing more.
43:48Selina!
43:50Kaelin's voice
43:51sounded like it
43:52was ripped from
43:52a torn throat.
43:55Confess
43:56every single
43:57one of your
43:58crimes.
43:59Every word.
44:01Now.
44:03Alpha Father
44:03spoke,
44:05his voice
44:06heavy with
44:06grief.
44:09Kaelin,
44:11I will give
44:12you an
44:13accounting,
44:14but before
44:14that,
44:15you should
44:16read what
44:16Lyra
44:16left for
44:17you.
44:17What she
44:18wrote at
44:18the end.
44:19Numbly,
44:20Kaelin took
44:21the diary.
44:22He turned
44:22to the
44:23last page,
44:23so,
44:24the day
44:25he kissed
44:26Selina in
44:26front of
44:27everyone,
44:28that was
44:28when Lyra
44:29had already
44:30given up
44:30completely,
44:32and he
44:32had arrogantly
44:33believed
44:33that after
44:35the false
44:35binding
44:35ceremony,
44:36he could
44:37still have
44:38her.
44:41Kaelin
44:42pressed the
44:42diary hard
44:43against his
44:43chest.
44:44Under the
44:44eyes of
44:45everyone
44:45present,
44:46the coldest,
44:47most ruthless
44:48top-tier
44:48alpha finally
44:50showed a
44:50face of
44:51utter
44:51devastation.
44:52A tear
44:53of remorse
44:53slipped silently
44:54from his
44:55eye.
44:56Selina was
44:56still crying.
44:58I didn't
44:59mean it.
45:00I was
45:01just scared
45:01of losing
45:02you.
45:03No.
45:03Kaelin
45:03said,
45:04his eyes
45:05held no
45:05mercy,
45:06only deathly
45:07stillness.
45:08You didn't
45:09mean it?
45:10Then who
45:11did?
45:12Lyra,
45:13who you
45:13framed and
45:14sent to
45:14prison.
45:16Or me,
45:17who you
45:18played like
45:18a puppet
45:19in your
45:19palm.
45:21Selina,
45:23you had
45:23everything.
45:24The alpha
45:25and luna
45:26doted on
45:26you.
45:26The entire
45:27pack treated
45:28you like
45:29a treasure.
45:30Lyra's return
45:30never once
45:31shook your
45:31position.
45:32Then what
45:33about you?
45:34Selina tore
45:35off her mask
45:36completely.
45:37Did her
45:37existence never
45:38shake my
45:39place in
45:40your heart?
45:40The question
45:42made Kaelin's
45:43breath stop
45:43cold.
45:47See?
45:49Your wolf
45:50already answered
45:51for you.
45:53Selina's lips
45:54curled in
45:55bitter mockery.
45:57after Lyra
45:57came back
45:58you changed.
45:59The way
46:00you looked
46:00at her
46:00it was
46:01pure
46:01possessiveness.
46:03How could
46:03I not
46:03be jealous?
46:05How could
46:05I not
46:06hate her
46:06to the
46:07marrow
46:07of my
46:07bones?
46:09So I
46:09had to
46:10make her
46:10disappear.
46:15I had
46:16to make
46:17her rot
46:18in that
46:19filthy
46:20prison
46:21until
46:21nothing
46:22was
46:22left!
46:24Kaelin
46:25stared at
46:26this
46:26stranger
46:26wearing
46:27an
46:27Omega's
46:27face.
46:29All that
46:29remained in
46:30his eyes
46:30was despair.
46:33Selina
46:33laughed and
46:34sobbed in the
46:35same breath.
46:36It's all
46:37that bitch
46:37Lyra's fault
46:38anyway!
46:39Why did
46:40she have to
46:41come back?
46:44Her very
46:46existence
46:46kept reminding
46:48me
46:48I'm
46:49nothing
46:49but a
46:50cheap
46:50counterfeit!
46:54A violent
46:55slap
46:55exploded
46:56through the
46:56room.
46:57Selina
46:58clutched
46:58her swollen
46:58cheek,
46:59staring in
47:00disbelief at
47:01the Alpha
47:01Father who
47:02had once
47:02treasured
47:03her above
47:03all else.
47:05Alpha
47:05Father's
47:06face was
47:06dark.
47:07A tidal
47:07wave of
47:08regret
47:08crashed
47:09over him.
47:10Alpha
47:10Father!
47:13Selina
47:13tried to
47:14stir
47:14whatever
47:14pity
47:15remained.
47:18You are
47:19no longer
47:19worthy of
47:20using that
47:20title to
47:22defile the
47:22honor of
47:23an Alpha.
47:24Alpha
47:24Father's
47:25eyes were
47:26rimmed red.
47:26What we
47:27owe Lyra
47:27we will
47:28repay.
47:29What you
47:30owe her
47:30you will
47:31repay in
47:32blood.
47:33Kaylin
47:34I...
47:35Selina
47:35turned to
47:36him.
47:37Shut
47:37your mouth.
47:38You're
47:38not worthy
47:38of calling
47:39me that
47:39anymore.
47:41Is there
47:41truly no
47:42mercy left?
47:44You still
47:45think this
47:46is just
47:46a small
47:46matter?
47:47Kaylin's
47:48laugh was
47:48colder than
47:49death.
47:53Isn't
47:53it?
47:54Lyra only
47:54spent seven
47:55years in
47:56prison!
47:56She's not
47:57even dead!
47:58Selina
47:58shrieked.
48:04her entire
48:06body is
48:07covered in
48:08scars from
48:09the wolves
48:09you paid
48:09to tear
48:10into her!
48:11Kaylin
48:11roared.
48:15So what?
48:16She
48:17deserved
48:17it!
48:23The sound
48:24of breaking
48:25bone was
48:25stark and
48:26piercing in
48:27the room.
48:28Kaylin's
48:29wolf claws
48:29closed around
48:30at Selina's
48:31wrist.
48:31With
48:32horrifying
48:32force,
48:33he crushed
48:33the bones.
48:39At the
48:39same moment,
48:40aboard a
48:41plane bound
48:41for Dominica.
48:43I stared
48:43blankly out
48:44the window
48:44into the
48:45pitch-black
48:45sky.
48:46Those
48:47grey
48:47Myothams
48:48had all
48:48become the
48:49dust behind
48:50me.
48:55This
48:56aircraft is
48:57scheduled to
48:57arrive in
48:58Dominica in
48:59five minutes.
49:00The
49:01announcement
49:01echoed through
49:02the cabin.
49:04I cast the
49:05past away
49:06completely.
49:07Looking at
49:08the brightening
49:08coastline,
49:09the corner of
49:10my mouth
49:10curved into
49:11a wild,
49:12free arc.
49:18Dominica,
49:19I had
49:19arrived.
49:20I was
49:21about to
49:21meet my
49:22new life.
49:23Six years
49:23passed in
49:24the blink
49:24in an eye.
49:25Kaylin and
49:25the crescent
49:26moon pack
49:27still hadn't
49:28found a
49:28single trace
49:29of me.
49:31When a
49:31soul resolves
49:32to vanish
49:33from the
49:33territory,
49:34even the
49:35moon goddess
49:35herself struggles
49:36to track
49:37it.
49:39Kaylin had
49:40wasted away,
49:41visibly.
49:42The
49:43communicator on
49:44his desk
49:44buzzed.
49:47He rubbed
49:48his exhausted
49:48brow and
49:49answered.
49:55Alpha,
49:56Selena's
49:57mental state
49:57has collapsed
49:58completely.
49:59Every day she
50:00tears into
50:00herself like a
50:01rabid animal.
50:03Her wolf
50:04has gone
50:04feral.
50:05The doctors
50:06recommend
50:06transferring her
50:07to a psychiatric
50:08institution.
50:09This time,
50:10is it real
50:11or another
50:13performance?
50:15Kaylin's voice
50:16was frozen
50:17steel.
50:19It's real.
50:21Her wolf
50:21spirit has
50:22attrifiated
50:22from prolonged
50:23terror.
50:24Fine.
50:25I'll send
50:26the transport.
50:29Kaylin cut
50:30the call
50:30without mercy.
50:31Over these
50:32six years,
50:33he had
50:33arranged for
50:34Selena to
50:35receive special
50:36attention inside
50:37the prison.
50:37every single
50:39agony I had
50:39endured in
50:40Silver Moon
50:40prison.
50:42She had
50:43tasted every
50:43one of them
50:44in full
50:44measure.
50:46The Crescent
50:47Moon Pack
50:47had maintained
50:48a deathly
50:49silence about
50:49it.
50:50Kaylin dropped
50:51his gaze to
50:52the photo on
50:52his desk,
50:53the photo of
50:54me just after
50:54my release.
50:56Gone,
50:56skeletal,
50:58expressionless.
50:58Which forest
50:59are you hiding
51:00in, Lyra?
51:02He traced
51:02the brow
51:03and eyes
51:03in the
51:03photograph.
51:04Infinite
51:05regret
51:05soaked his
51:06voice.
51:06I know
51:07that making
51:07everyone who
51:08hurt you
51:08taste the
51:09same pain
51:09is the
51:09only true
51:10apology.
51:11But if you
51:12never come
51:12back,
51:13how do I
51:14return the
51:14soul I owe
51:15you?
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