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00:00Edward promised that I would be his only mate and his only love for the rest of his life.
00:06Emma, my beloved.
00:07Say it again.
00:08You're my only mate, my only love, forever.
00:11I believe you.
00:13Tonight, we are holding our seventh marking ceremony.
00:17Darcy is feeling busy tonight.
00:20Let's suppress our bond, Emma.
00:22We can have our marking ceremony some other day.
00:25Those were the exact words he spit when I called him.
00:33It was the seventh time he asked me to suppress the sacred bond between us, his childhood sweetheart.
00:41The first time he suppressed it was because Darcy's pact and he wanted to be by her side.
00:51Darcy is fighting for her survival and you want me to be pulled by our fated bond?
00:56Don't make me believe you are!
00:58This selfish Emma.
01:00The third time he suppressed it, he said...
01:02Darcy's having a fever. I can't leave her alone.
01:07By the sixth time, he didn't bother explaining why.
01:12He had the witch suppress our bond in the most brutal way possible.
01:18Because he was in a hurry to go meet Darcy.
01:21So, when the seventh time...
01:23So, when the seventh time...
01:24He refused to mock me...
01:25And came home to suppress our bond.
01:28To be with Darcy.
01:29I had already packed my clothes.
01:31It will be the last time.
01:34He suppresses our bond because...
01:36The next time, there will be no bond between us to suppress.
01:45Call Bonnie. I'm ready.
01:47He had his Pax Witch, Bonnie, suppress our bond so many times that it was barely visible now.
01:53I could see the guilt and remorse flickered through his eyes as he walked closer.
01:57It will be the last time, Emma.
02:00I promise.
02:02Once Darcy was stable and didn't need me around her, you won't have to go through this searing pain.
02:08I had believed him.
02:10Seven times.
02:12But now, I was done chasing the shadow I would never be able to catch up.
02:17Every time he went to take care of Darcy, he would have Bonnie suppress our bond.
02:21Being an Omega, the suppression would leave him in so much pain, I wouldn't get up from bed for weeks.
02:29While I would be moaning in pain and cold...
02:33He would stay by Darcy's side.
02:36Comforting her for what?
02:37A fever or a scratch she probably caused while cutting her fangs?
02:40I replied, my voice indifferent.
02:43Okay.
02:44You can call Belly now, in case you get late because of me and blame me for it.
02:51The last time he suppressed our bond, I completely lost my strength and fainted.
02:59He stayed with me for half an hour before he finally left.
03:03The next day, he blamed me for holding him and refused to come back for the next three days.
03:07The last time, I was like, I don't know.
03:07What's that supposed to mean?
03:10The last time, it's because you didn't eat well.
03:13Didn't eat well?
03:15Do you think that's why I fainted?
03:19You are an alpha, Edward.
03:21You don't understand.
03:22You don't have to go through the pain.
03:24It's I who suffers.
03:25For whom?
03:26For Darcy.
03:27I feel disgusted even looking at the alpha I blindly followed all these years.
03:31But he chased after me.
03:33If you want, I can stay by your side tonight.
03:37I'll leave only when you are stable.
03:40No need.
03:43I can handle it like I always did.
03:46One last time.
03:48I can bear it.
03:50I said in my mind.
03:51Half an hour later, Bonnie stood before my eyes.
03:54Her silver hair braided tight against her scalp.
03:56Her eyes filled with a weary pity that I hated more than Edward's guilt.
03:59She carried her satchel of herbs and stones, the tools of my torture.
04:03Emma, you're already weak.
04:05Your lunar cycle is peaking.
04:07If we suppress it now.
04:14Do it.
04:16He has a promise to keep, doesn't he?
04:18Darcy is waiting.
04:20Edward winched at the venom in my tone.
04:24Bonnie, just make it quick.
04:26I'll stay with her until the initial shock passes.
04:35He was still on the call when he had already crossed the room.
04:39Completely forgetting his initial promise to him.
04:42The next full moon.
04:44It will be our marking ceremony.
04:46Next full moon what I pity, Edward.
04:49That's the day I have chosen.
04:50To completely leave you.
04:54The silence after the door slammed shut was heavier than the suppression of her itself.
04:58As the silver light of her magic seared through my veins, dulling the golden thread that connected
05:03my soul to Edward's, I didn't scream.
05:05I simply watched the scene, counting the seconds until I was finally, blissfully known.
05:10Bonnie didn't say a word.
05:11The pity in her eyes had curdled into a somber respect.
05:14Don't you regret severing?
05:16You're bond with Edward.
05:19He is, after all, an alpha.
05:21And he has never refused to mark you.
05:31Never marked me as well.
05:35The silence was deafening before she sighed.
05:40Since he is an alpha, he would not realize the bond between you two is already broken.
05:44Not until the next full moon.
05:48I'll keep my mouth shut by then.
05:50But I hope you have figured out what you are going to do after that.
05:56You are his fated mate.
05:58Edward would not like to lose the power he gets by bonding with his fated mate.
06:02Don't worry.
06:03I have thought through this.
06:06Thank you for keeping it a secret for me, Bonnie.
06:09It would be impossible to get Edward break our bond.
06:12If you hadn't helped me secretly.
06:16Your mother saved my life years ago.
06:20I'm indebted to her daughter.
06:26By the next morning, the weeks of bed rest Edward expected of me weren't going to happen.
06:31I had a deadline, and it didn't involve waiting for a marking ceremony that was never going to take place.
06:38My best friend, Sarah, whispered as she tucked a stray hair behind my ear.
06:43You look like a ghost, Em.
06:45We were sitting at the Howl, a small cafe on the edge of the pack territory.
06:50Far enough away to avoid the main barracks, or so I thought.
06:55I feel like one, I admitted, swirling the cooling tea in my mug.
06:59But ghosts are hard to catch, aren't they?
07:02That's the plan.
07:04Sarah squeezed my hand.
07:06I still can't believe he left you mid-spell because Darcy had a crisis.
07:10I heard from the scouts that she just had a nightmare.
07:13A nightmare, Emma.
07:18I had a nightmare.
07:19I'm really scared right now.
07:21Can you come stay with me?
07:22Emma, I'm busy.
07:24Don't be so childish and bother me over such trivial things.
07:30To Edward, Darcy's bad dreams are more important than my reality.
07:34But it's fine.
07:35Let him have his shadows.
07:36I'm finding the sun.
07:38That's my girl.
07:39Now drink up.
07:40We're going to browse that vintage shop you like.
07:42No pack talk, no alpha talk.
07:44Just Sarah's voice cut off abruptly.
07:46Her gaze shifted to the door, her posture stiffening into a defensive crouch.
07:53I didn't have to turn around to know who it was.
07:56The air in the room suddenly felt thick, charged with the scent of pine and rain, and the clogging, sweet
08:01smell of Darcy's expensive perfume.
08:04Edward walked in, his arm draped protectively around Darcy's shoulders.
08:08He looked triumphant, relaxed, surrounded by a handful of his high-ranking wolves.
08:13He didn't notice me at first, too busy laughing at something one of his friends said.
08:18Oh, look.
08:18Sneered Jax, one of Edward's closest fingers, pointing a finger toward our table.
08:23The Omega is actually out of bed.
08:26I thought the suppression spell usually kept you horizontal for a month, Emma.
08:30You finally learned how to toughen up?
08:32The group stopped.
08:33Edward's laughter died instantly as his eyes met mine.
08:36He looked startled, almost offended to see me upright and dressed.
08:40Emma?
08:40Edward stepped forward, his brow frowling.
08:42What are you doing here?
08:43You should be resting.
08:44Bonnie said your levels were dangerously low.
08:46Darcy pouted, tightening her grip on Edward's waist.
08:49Maybe she just wanted attention, Eddie.
08:50You know how sensitive Omegas can be when they feel overlooked?
08:54His friends chuckled.
08:56Careful, Darcy.
08:57Another called out.
08:59If you breathe too hard on her, she might faint again and keep the alpha from his real duties.
09:07Sarah slamped her hands on the table, her chair screeching back as she stood up.
09:11You arrogant, bottom-feeding Sarah!
09:14I reached out, my voice calm and terrifyingly level.
09:17I caught her wrist, pulling her back.
09:19Don't.
09:20Emma, they're mocking you!
09:22He's standing right there, letting them!
09:24Sarah hissed, her eyes glowing a faint amber.
09:28I stood up slowly.
09:30I didn't look at Jax.
09:32I didn't look at those onlookers.
09:34I looked directly at Edward.
09:36He looked uncomfortable, his fingers restless as if he wanted to reach for me,
09:40but the weight of Darcy's presence held him in place.
09:43It's okay, I said to Sarah, though I kept my eyes on the man who was supposed to be my
09:48mate.
09:49They're right.
09:50I've spent far too much time being sensitive.
09:53It's amazing how much clarity you get when you realize you're fighting for a seat at a table that doesn't
09:57even have a chair for you.
09:59Emma, wait.
10:01Edward started, taking a step toward me.
10:04About last night.
10:09I didn't give him the satisfaction of an argument.
10:13I didn't scream about the pain or the broken promises.
10:16I simply picked up my coat and flung it over my shoulder.
10:21Enjoy your coffee, Edward, I said, offering a small, polite smile that didn't reach my eyes.
10:27And Darcy, I hope the nightmares stay away.
10:31It would be a shame to interrupt the Alpha's busy schedule again.
10:35I turned on my heel and walked out the door, my head held high.
10:39I didn't look back to see the stunned silence that had fallen over them, or the way Edward's face had
10:45gone pale as he realized, perhaps for the first time, that the bond he kept suppressing was no longer holding
10:51me back.
10:52It was letting me go.
10:54After Edward suppressed our bond, he would not contact me for a week and spend this time with Darcy.
11:01I thought this time would be the same.
11:07But surprisingly, he texted me that night.
11:14I read the text and tossed my phone aside, not in a mood to entertain him.
11:20But my phone rang.
11:22It was Edward.
11:25Emma, are you mad at me?
11:26He asked as soon as I picked up the call.
11:28His voice sounded horny.
11:31Why do you care?
11:33I asked instead.
11:34Gone were the days I used to melt on a few words he would speak to me softly.
11:39Why won't I?
11:40You are my mate, my Luna.
11:42Of course I care.
11:44If you cared, you would have been by my side.
11:46And not by Darcy's Edward.
11:49I blurted out.
11:50If you cared, you wouldn't let me go through this pain.
11:54While comforting her a nightmare.
11:56Emma.
11:57Emma.
11:58It will be the last time, I promise.
12:00I'll make it up to you.
12:03How about we go shopping tomorrow?
12:04Just you and me.
12:05It's your birthday as well.
12:07No.
12:08He proposed, and before I could refuse him, he hung up.
12:15I don't know why I did not call him back to cancel our meeting, and instead got ready the next
12:19day.
12:20Perhaps it was going to be our last day together.
12:22I wanted to have one good memory with him before finally leaving.
12:26But as I stood before the villa he had gifted me on the day we first discovered we were fated
12:30mates, his car stopped right before me.
12:32I walked ahead and opened the passenger seat, but Darcy had already occupied that seat.
12:39I looked into Edward's eyes and said, I remember you said just you and me.
12:43A moment of hesitation flickered through his eyes before he finally managed to speak.
12:49Darcy happened to buy something as well, so I brought her along.
12:53While I waited for a good moment for Darcy to leave my spot, Edward's voice made my chest crawl.
12:59Emma, do you mind sitting in the back?
13:02Darcy gets carsick if she isn't in the front.
13:05You understand, right?
13:07I didn't answer.
13:08I simply closed the door and climbed in the back seat.
13:13As we drove, I watched them through the rearview mirror.
13:17Edward's hand occasionally resting on the center console, close enough for Darcy to brush her fingers against his head.
13:32I was a ghost in my own birthday celebration.
13:37The mall was a blur of high-end boutiques and painful realizations.
13:44Edward didn't hold my hand.
13:47He didn't ask which dress I liked.
13:54Instead, he walked behind Darcy.
14:04I'm going to try these on.
14:05Edward, come tell me which color suits my skin tone.
14:15I'll be right back, Emma.
14:16Just stay here.
14:18Ten minutes passed, then 15.
14:23The sales associates began to give me pitying looks.
14:27The future Luna of the pack, standing alone on her birthday, while her mate vanished into the fitting rooms with
14:35another woman.
14:43I walked toward the back of the store, my heart hammering against my ribs.
14:47I told myself I was just going to check on them.
14:50But as I approached the heavy velvet curtains of the VIP fitting area, I heard it.
14:55The sound of a low, familiar groan.
15:00I pushed the curtain slightly, in the reflection of the three-way mirror.
15:04I saw them.
15:05Darcy was pressed against a wall.
15:07Her legs wrapped around Edward's wings.
15:09Look.
15:09And his head was buried in the thick of her neck.
15:11He pushed Darcy away and nodded under his breath.
15:13Dammit, why are you here?
15:14After that, I ignored them both.
15:20I didn't scream.
15:22I didn't even cry.
15:25Something inside me simply...
15:27snapped.
15:29The last breath of the one good name I wanted to save had just been incinerated.
15:39I walked out of the store, the bright mall light suddenly feeling like a spotlight.
15:43On my stupidity.
15:47I heard Edward's voice from behind, calling my name desperately.
15:51Emma!
15:51Emma!
15:52I ignored it.
15:53I pulled out my phone.
15:54My finger steady as I dialed Sarah's number.
15:57Sarah?
15:58Emma!
15:58I thought you were enjoying the day with your alpha.
16:07Is there a bar open for tonight?
16:09A loud one?
16:11One where nobody cares about lunas or faded mates?
16:15Emma, what happened?
16:19It's my birthday, Sarah.
16:21And I want to celebrate the fact that I'm finally done.
16:27Pick me up in 20 minutes.
16:30Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the reflection in that three-way mirror.
16:33The way his hands, the same hands that had once traced the mark on my neck, held her with a
16:38desperate, hungry possessiveness.
16:45The obsidian lounge, the obsidian lounge, it's loud, it's dark, and alphas usually find it beneath them.
16:50You okay?
16:51I've never been better.
16:54I've never been better.
16:55I lied.
16:55The hollow space in my chest felt like an open wound, but for the first time, it didn't hurt.
17:02It was just none.
17:12The club was a sensory assault.
17:15Bass thrummed through the floorboards.
17:18I downed three shots of tequila in rapid succession.
17:24I wanted to burn the taste of Edward's lies out of my throat.
17:29I was leaning against the bar, watching the crowd when my phone vibrated in my pocket.
17:33Emma, where did you go?
17:35We were just talking.
17:36Darcy felt faint and I had to catch her.
17:38It wasn't what you think.
17:44I let out a harsh, jagged laugh that was swallowed by the music, talking.
17:50He thought I was blind as well as pathetic.
17:54Another.
17:56I signaled to the bartender.
17:58Emma, stop.
18:00Sarah grabbed my wrist.
18:04Just then, my phone rang.
18:06It was Edward.
18:07I tossed my phone aside, but Sarah picked it up.
18:12What the hell did you do to Emma?
18:14That she is wasted like this?
18:17She spit, showing the camera towards me.
18:20Edward frowned, his eyes reflecting genuine care.
18:24I was too afraid to believe.
18:27Give the phone to Emma.
18:29He commanded from the other side.
18:32His voice laced us with alpha dominance.
18:36You are pathetic.
18:37Edward, Sarah snapped back as she threw the phone in my hands.
18:44Emma, it's not what you are thinking.
18:47I'm coming to find you.
18:49Wait for me.
18:51The Obsidian Lounge it is, right?
18:53We will celebrate your birthday together.
18:55You don't have to...
18:57He hung up before I could tell him not to.
19:00I did not want to see his face right now.
19:04But, I stayed there the whole night.
19:07It's because I did not want to go back to the home that was filled with the memories of him.
19:13Also because part of me did not have the last memory of Edward kissing another woman before my eyes.
19:19I wanted him to explain.
19:21Even if it would be a delusional thought, I did not want to leave with a memory that was going
19:25to haunt me forever.
19:26I waited there like a fool, but he did not arrive.
19:31He ghosted me on my very birthday.
19:36His text only arrived the next morning.
19:39Darcy went on heat last night.
19:41She needed me to soothe her wolf.
19:43Sorry, darling.
19:44I'll make it up to you at our marking ceremony.
19:46It's on the next full moon.
19:48Don't forget the date.
19:49She was lying on Edward's chest.
19:51Their bodies entangled into each other,
19:53wrapped by a white blanket.
19:54Finally found!
19:55The caption read, finally found.
19:58The phone rang.
19:59Sarah's name flashed on the screen.
20:01I answered.
20:02Emma, I saw the post.
20:04Are you okay?
20:04Sarah asked.
20:06Her voice filled with urgency.
20:08He should re-wear humbing to that she had refused him to know.
20:15I've never been better.
20:18We're over.
20:24I had already broken my bond with Edward, with Edward.
20:27And now whatever he does, whoever he sleeps with, has nothing to do with me.
20:34I grabbed my phone and left the bar.
20:38But I did not go home.
20:40Instead, I barged at Sarah's place.
20:43Emma, you look like hell.
20:45What happened?
20:45And I got the bond.
20:48And I got the bond.
20:48For good.
20:50Oh, God.
20:50You've finally come to your senses.
20:52The rest of the days passed in a frowning design.
20:56In a fraction of time.
20:58Edward never contact acted me until the day of the full moon.
21:02My phone has ringing since morning.
21:05But I ignored it.
21:07As I reached the airport, shot a last glance at my phone.
21:13Ten missed calls from Edward and countless messages.
21:18Emma, why are you not at home?
21:20Why are you not picking up my calls?
21:25Is it about Darcy's post?
21:27It's a misunderstanding, Emma.
21:29I'll explain it to you.
21:31Tonight is our meeting ceremony, Emma.
21:33Don't forget it.
21:34I'll be waiting for you at the altar at 7 p.m.
21:47Goodbye, Edward.
21:49There is nothing left between us to explain.
22:05I'll be waiting for you at the altar at 7 p.m.
22:22She's just being dramatic.
22:24You know how Emma is.
22:26She wants you to beg because of that silly photo.
22:30Silence, Darcy!
22:31Edward snapped, his voice a low growl that made her flinch.
22:34He pulled his phone from his pocket.
22:37Still nothing.
22:37He pulled up their chat history, his thumb hovering over her name.
22:41I'll be waiting for you at the altar at 7 p.m.
22:48At 8 p.m., the moon reached its zenith.
22:51The silver light flooding through the skylit, intended to bless a union that wasn't happening.
22:56His father, the great alpha, stepped forward, his voice heavy with disappointment.
23:02Edward, the window is closing.
23:04If your mate is not here, we must dismiss the guests.
23:06This is an embarrassment to our pack.
23:07He's coming!
23:12His wolf, usually a disciplined shadow within his mind,
23:17was pacing frankly, clawing at his ribs.
23:21Where is she?
23:23Where is the bond?
23:32Why could he not feel her anymore?
23:35What's wrong?
23:38Emma, where are you?
23:40He turned on his heel, ignoring the gasps of the pack,
23:44going toward the exit.
23:45He didn't take the limousine.
23:47He shifted mid-stride,
23:49his clothes tearing as his massive midnight black wolf
23:51tore across the manicured lawns
23:53towards Emma's small apartment on the edge of the territory.
23:56Since he hadn't marked her,
23:58she had never shifted to Alpha House.
24:01He shifted back on her porch,
24:03shivering not from the cold,
24:05but from an icy dread settling in his gut.
24:07He didn't knock.
24:09He kicked the door off.
24:13Emma!
24:14The apartment was silent.
24:15It didn't just look empty.
24:16It looked dead.
24:18No.
24:19No, no, no, no.
24:21He ran to the bedroom.
24:22The closet doors were flung wide,
24:24her favorite sweaters, gone.
24:26He moved to the bedside table,
24:28desperate for any scent,
24:30any trace of her.
24:34He found her,
24:35the velvet box containing the night-showed heirloom ring.
24:39He had given her months ago.
24:41He picked up the ring.
24:42It was cold.
24:44What have I done?
24:46Then as if someone ripped his heart apart,
24:48he felt a steering pain for a fraction of a second,
24:50and his wolf screamed.
24:52She has broken the bond.
24:54He shouted in despair.
25:00She wouldn't.
25:00She's an Omega.
25:02She has no one.
25:03She needs the protection of the pack.
25:06She needs me.
25:07Find her.
25:08Check the train and flight records,
25:09the border patrols.
25:11Use the scent hounds.
25:12If she's on this continent,
25:13I want her back by sunrise!
25:17Alpha, we've already checked the local grid.
25:19Luna's car was spotted at the airport two hours ago.
25:24Which flight?
25:25Where did she go?
25:26She didn't book under her name.
25:28And, Alpha, there's something else.
25:33He looked like a king who had realized his crown was made of ash.
25:38Edward grabbed his clothes and dialed his head of security with trembling hands.
25:41Speak!
25:43The tracker's usually placed on her car and phone.
25:46They're all dead.
25:47She didn't just leave, sir.
25:51She erased herself.
25:57Edward sank onto the edge of the bed,
25:59clutching the ring so hard,
26:01the metal bit into his palm.
26:06For the first time in his life,
26:09the Alpha dominance that had always served him felt useless.
26:14He had the power to command armies,
26:16but he couldn't command a girl who no longer cared to listen.
26:19The moonlight through the window felt like a spotlight on his failure.
26:22He stared at the empty room,
26:24the silence finally answering the question he had been too arrogant to ask.
26:27She wasn't hiding.
26:29She wasn't playing a game.
26:30She was gone.
26:32Edward didn't sleep that night.
26:33He stood in his study.
26:35The air still remained still tightly into his palm.
26:38Maps of the continent were scrolled across his mahogany desk.
26:45Marked with a frantic red ink,
26:47failed me.
26:48The heart was banished.
26:49Edward hissed.
26:50His voice as sandpaper rash.
26:51And Omega doesn't have the resources to bypass a high-level pack encryption.
26:55Someone help him.
26:57The door creaked open and a familiar scent filled his nostrils,
27:01making his pupils relaxed momentarily as he turned to look at the intruder excitedly.
27:09Emma.
27:10He whispered.
27:12His however,
27:12his eyes turned dark the moment his gaze landed at the intruder.
27:16It was Darcy.
27:17She had changed out of her ceremonial silk into a sheer lavender nightgown that he had gifted to Emma the
27:23last month.
27:24It was her favorite and still had her scent left in them.
27:27Darcy carried a crystal decanager of amber liquid and two glasses.
27:31Her steps practiced in feline as she crossed the rug,
27:33her voice dripping with a synthetic sweetness that made his stomach churn.
27:37You've been staring at those maps for six hours.
27:39The sun is coming up.
27:41If she wanted to be found,
27:42she'd be here.
27:43Don't worry about her.
27:45In a few days,
27:46she will be crawling back to you.
27:48In the meantime,
27:50let's spend a few more days together.
27:52Edward didn't look up at her.
27:54His gaze remained fixed on the clothing she had worn.
27:56Meanwhile,
27:57she continued.
28:00The pack is talking.
28:02She set the tray down on the desk,
28:04sliding a glass over the map of the airport.
28:06They see an alpha who has been abandoned.
28:09It makes the nightshane look weak,
28:11vulnerable.
28:12She moved behind him,
28:13her cool fingers reaching up to massage his rigid shoulders.
28:16The elders are already suggesting that the moon goddess made a mistake.
28:20That perhaps...
28:21your true match was standing right,
28:25right next to you all along.
28:27Edward's wolf let out a warning snarl,
28:29a vibration that shook his chest.
28:33Darcy whispered,
28:35leaning down so her breath brushed his ear.
28:37The bond is broken,
28:38Edward.
28:38I can feel your pain,
28:40and I can take it away.
28:42Mark me tonight.
28:43By morning,
28:44the pack will have a new Luna,
28:45and Emma
28:46will be nothing more than a bad dream.
29:00Give me the ring,
29:01Edward.
29:01Let's put it where it belongs.
29:03In a blur of motion,
29:04too fast for the human eye to follow,
29:05Edward pivoted.
29:06His hand clamped around Darcy's throat,
29:08slamming her backward onto the desk.
29:10The decander shattered,
29:11soaking the maps in expensive bourbon,
29:12the glass shards flying like shrapnel.
29:15How dare you stand before me
29:17wearing my Luna's clothes?
29:19You think...
29:24Because she's gone,
29:26you can replace her?
29:28Replace an Omega?
29:30Oh, please, Edward.
29:32Why would I want to take an Omega's place?
29:36Rejected and unloved by her Alpha,
29:38she...
29:39was to be pitiful,
29:42not envious.
29:48What is that supposed to mean?
29:50He asked,
29:51his eyes darkening.
29:52I loved her.
29:54Still do.
29:55She is my Luna,
29:57my faded mate.
29:59Stop talking nonsense.
30:00His grip loosened over her neck,
30:02and she quickly freed herself and laughed.
30:08Stop lying to yourself, Edward.
30:10You don't love her.
30:11You only use her for the power you get
30:13with the faded bond between you two.
30:15You love me.
30:17Only me.
30:22Shut up!
30:24He yelled.
30:25If it weren't for you,
30:26you using dirty strips to keep me closer,
30:28I would never have let her suffer.
30:30I know it was you who sent her those photos.
30:32I know it was your voice in her ear
30:34telling her she wasn't enough.
30:36You lied to me of suffocating in the trial room
30:39and needing oxygen.
30:40It's always been me.
30:41Did I force you to suppress the bond with Emma,
30:44leaving her in agony for weeks?
30:46Darcy's remark sent chills down Edward's spine,
30:49whereas she leaned closer
30:51and her hands moved on his chest.
30:57Admit it, Edward.
30:59You have always loved me.
31:03Deep in your heart,
31:04you knew I was lying,
31:06making excuses to be with you,
31:08yet you let Emma suffer to comfort me.
31:10If it's not love, what else is it?
31:12Whose alpha leaves Luna in agony
31:14to be with another woman,
31:16if not out love with his Luna?
31:18She then pushed her hair off her shoulder.
31:20While getting closer to his lips,
31:21she added,
31:22Mark me, Edward.
31:23Emma is gone.
31:24The bond is severed.
31:25Now we can finally be together.
31:26Emma is my soul.
31:28Even with the bond severed,
31:29she is the only Luna this pack will ever have.
31:31You, you are a stain.
31:33He hoisted her up and threw her toward the door.
31:35She crashed into the hallway,
31:37landing in a heap of torn lace and bruised pride.
31:39The elders, who had been hovering in the corridor,
31:41gasped and resoiled.
31:42Beta, send her to the Blackwood pack
31:45and tell the alpha,
31:46I have sent him a gift
31:47to end our long-standing rivalry.
31:49He can trade her for land
31:50or use her in a red-light district.
31:53She is pretty skillful.
31:55And,
31:56if she ever sets foot
31:58with 10 miles
31:59of our pack again,
32:01she will be executed on sight.
32:06Edward, no!
32:07You can't!
32:09The alpha Blackwood pack
32:10hates my bloodline to the core!
32:12He is a monster!
32:13Monster!
32:15Darcy wailed,
32:16reaching out a trembling hand.
32:17Edward said,
32:18his voice dropping to a deadly whisper.
32:21Be grateful I'm letting you keep your life.
32:22Because if I find out
32:23you had one more hand
32:24in Emma's disappearance
32:25than I already suspect,
32:26I will hunt you down myself.
32:31He slammed the heavy oak doors,
32:33the sound echoing like a guillotine.
32:39The altitude change
32:40always made my ears pop.
32:43But this time,
32:44it felt like a physical shedding
32:45of my past.
32:48As the plane touched down
32:49in the hidden valley of Oak Harvin,
32:51the heavy, suffocating mantle
32:53of Edward's Omega
32:54finally fell away.
32:56I wasn't just just
32:58an ignored mate anymore.
33:00I was coming home.
33:02The iron gates
33:02of the Silverthorne estate
33:04croaked open
33:04as my taxi seat pulled up.
33:07This wasn't the suburban townhouse
33:09Edward had tucked me away in.
33:11This was a fortress.
33:19The scent of cedar and ozon hippie.
33:21The signature scent
33:22of the Aura Mamagas.
33:23Standard Wolves books
33:24say Omegas are the weakest link.
33:26They don't mention the Aura lineage.
33:28A group so powerful
33:29influence can stabilize entire packs
33:31or bring alphas to their knees
33:32with a single command.
33:34I was the one
33:34who broke the chain
33:35and betrayed the whole group
33:36because I blindly thought
33:37Edward was different from others.
33:39How stupid.
33:40They don't mention the Aura lineage.
33:42A group so powerful
33:43their influence
33:44can stabilize entire packs
33:45or bring alphas to their knees
33:47with a single command.
33:48You're late for dinner, Em.
33:50Voice was identical
33:50to the one that followed it.
33:52Standing on the porch
33:53were Caleb and Cassian.
33:55My twin brothers.
34:03They looked like mirrors of each other.
34:05Tall, lean
34:07and radiating a quiet,
34:08terrifying calm
34:09that would make a prime alpha sweat.
34:13I'm home.
34:15I whispered,
34:16my voice cracking.
34:18In an instant,
34:19I was enveloped.
34:21They didn't care
34:23about the designer dress
34:24I was wearing.
34:25The one Edward had picked out
34:26for a ceremony
34:27that never happened.
34:29They just smelled
34:30the heartbreak on me
34:31and tightened their hold.
34:33We moved into the study.
34:35The walls lined
34:37with ancient texts
34:38on Omega lore.
34:39I sat on the leather sofa,
34:41trembling.
34:43I broke the law.
34:45I suppressed my scent.
34:47I hid my lineage
34:48and I chose an alpha
34:49who didn't even see me,
34:50I thought.
34:51I thought if I played the part
34:52of an ordinary submissive Omega,
34:54Edward would love me for me,
34:56not for my power.
34:57Cassian's jaw tightened.
35:01And instead,
35:02he treated you
35:03like a nuff note
35:03in his own story.
35:05I might come.
35:06I might come.
35:07And that's
35:07him ignore his soul.
35:10He doesn't know.
35:12He thinks I'm
35:13a runaway stray.
35:14He thinks I'm currently
35:15crying in some motel
35:16because he chose
35:17Darcy Heat
35:18over our ceremony.
35:19He has no idea
35:20that the girl
35:20who ghost
35:21is one of the three pillars
35:23of the Aura Council.
35:24The guilt
35:25gnawed at me.
35:42To be with Edward,
35:43I had abandoned my duties
35:45to my brothers
35:45and our people
35:46for two years.
35:48Weakened our circle
35:49for a man
35:50who used his alpha dominance
35:52to command me
35:53to wait at an altar
35:55he never intended
35:56to show up to.
35:57I broke the law
35:58and I should have
35:58set examples
35:59for our people
36:00by defying the fated bond
36:01just to maintain
36:02our lineage.
36:03I let the love
36:04cloud my judgment.
36:06I'm sorry.
36:08I choked out.
36:09I left you both.
36:10I failed the group.
36:16Caleb knelt in front of me,
36:18taking my hands.
36:20Emma, look at us.
36:26The law exists
36:27to protect us
36:28from alphas
36:28who would cage us.
36:30You didn't break the law
36:31out of malice.
36:32You did it for love.
36:34The fact that he was unworthy
36:35is his failure,
36:37not yours.
36:40We felt your bond
36:41snap two weeks ago.
36:42Cassian added,
36:42leaning against
36:43the mahogany desk.
36:44We were ready
36:45to burn his Jernah territory
36:46to the ground.
36:47The only reason
36:47his pack still stands
36:48is because we sensed
36:49you wanted to walk away
36:50on your own terms.
36:53I'm done being ordinary.
36:55I said,
36:56my voice finally
36:57finding its steel.
36:59Caleb grinned,
37:01a sharp,
37:01predatory look
37:02that proved
37:03Ongas were never
37:03meant to be prey.
37:05Good.
37:06Because the council
37:07has been a mess
37:07without you,
37:08and I'm tired
37:09of doing your paperwork.
37:12I felt the first
37:13real smile
37:14in years
37:15touch my face.
37:22The hollow space
37:24in my chest
37:24was filling,
37:25not with the
37:26phantom warmth
37:27of a mate,
37:28but with the raw,
37:29surging power
37:30of my own bloodline.
37:32Edward wanted
37:33an Omega
37:34who would wait.
37:35I was the Omega
37:36who reigned.
37:37For three weeks,
37:39my brothers
37:39had treated me
37:40like a returning queen.
37:45Though their idea
37:46of recovering
37:47involved a wardrobe
37:48overhaul
37:48and a sudden,
37:49suspicious interest
37:50in my Friday night plans.
37:53It's just a dinner,
37:54Emma.
37:56Caleb said,
37:57adjusting his cufflinks.
37:59He looked far too smug
38:00for a man
38:01who claimed
38:01to be helping.
38:02The council needs
38:03to see that you're back.
38:05What better way
38:06than a formal meeting
38:07with the Supreme?
38:08I countered,
38:09smoothing the silk
38:10of my midnight blue gown.
38:11It wasn't a dress
38:12someone would choose
38:13for an official meeting.
38:14It was backless,
38:15sharp-edged,
38:16and shimmered
38:16like moonlight on oil.
38:18The Supreme
38:19doesn't do dinners,
38:20Caleb.
38:20He does declarations,
38:22and decrees.
38:23Well, well.
38:27Cassian from the doorway.
38:31He requested
38:32this specifically.
38:36I rolled my eyes,
38:37thinking it was
38:38a political play.
38:39The aura council
38:40was led by a man
38:41shrouded in more legend
38:43than fact,
38:44lupian vein,
38:45a wolf whose power
38:45was said to be so dense
38:47it could still the hearts
38:48of an entire battalion.
38:49When I arrived
38:50at the obsidian hearth,
38:51the most exclusive
38:52restaurant in Oakhaven,
38:54I expected a boardroom atmosphere.
38:56Instead,
38:57I was led to a private
38:58rooftop terrace
38:59draped in wisteria
39:00and silence.
39:05A man stood at the railing.
39:08He didn't turn immediately,
39:10but the air around him
39:11hummed.
39:12It wasn't the aggressive,
39:14look-at-me pressure
39:15of an alpha.
39:16It was the gravitational pull
39:18of a star.
39:23Emma,
39:24he said.
39:26His voice was like velvet
39:28over gravel.
39:28When he turned,
39:30I froze.
39:31Lucian Vane didn't look
39:32like a politician.
39:33He was devastatingly handsome,
39:35with silver-flicked eyes
39:36that seemed to read
39:37my entire history
39:38in a heartbeat.
39:40High wear in vain.
39:41He was across the floor
39:42before I could,
39:42his hand gently
39:43catching my elbow.
39:44None of that.
39:45Not with me.
39:48He looked at me
39:49with an intensity
39:50that made my previous bond
39:51with Edward
39:52feel like a flickering candle
39:53next to a wildfire.
39:57I've waited two years
39:59for you to realize
40:00that a puddle...
40:07I...
40:08I don't understand.
40:10Lucian stepped closer.
40:11His scent.
40:12Saldorwood and ancient...
40:13Rain enveloping me.
40:15You thought you were hiding
40:17your power from the world.
40:21But I felt you leave.
40:23I felt every day
40:24you spent dimming your light.
40:27If you needed a Mia
40:28spent dimming light
40:29for a man who was
40:30beneath your notice.
40:32He reached out,
40:34his thumb grazing my jawline.
40:37I didn't let your brothers
40:38bring you back
40:39for a council meeting.
40:42I brought you here
40:43because I have loved you.
40:47Since the moment
40:48your aura
40:49first bloomed,
40:51I waited because
40:52I knew you had to see
40:53the truth of alphas
40:54for yourself.
40:57But you are done
40:58with shadows, Emma.
41:02You are mine.
41:04By choice
41:05and by blood.
41:06My heart hammered
41:07against my ribs.
41:08It wasn't fear.
41:10It was a recognition
41:12so deep
41:13it made my soul ache.
41:17You...
41:19You...
41:19You love me.
41:21I adore you.
41:23He whispered,
41:24his eyes burning.
41:25And I will spend
41:26eternity
41:27making you forget
41:28you ever had to bow.
41:33Emma!
41:34The roar
41:34shattered the peace
41:35of the terrace.
41:38The heavy glass door
41:40swung open
41:40and there stood
41:42Edward.
41:43He looked disheveled,
41:45his eyes bloodshot.
41:46His alpha scent
41:47spiked
41:48with a desperate,
41:50toxic aggression.
41:57I knew you'd run
41:58to some backwater town.
42:00Edward sneezed
42:01neared,
42:02ignoring the man
42:02standing inches from me.
42:04He marched forward,
42:05his hand outstretched
42:07to grab my wrist.
42:08Enough of this tantrum.
42:10You're my mate.
42:14I've had to deal
42:15with the council's questions
42:16for three days
42:17because you vanished.
42:19You're coming home.
42:21Now.
42:32He tried to use it.
42:34The alpha command.
42:36That low,
42:38vibrating frequency
42:39designed to make
42:40an omega's knees buckle
42:41and their mind go blank.
42:45I felt the ripple
42:46of his command
42:48hit me.
42:50In the past,
42:51it would have
42:52crushed me.
42:59You have no power
43:01here, Edward.
43:02I said,
43:03my voice projecting
43:05with a resonance
43:05that made the wine glasses
43:07on the table's crack.
43:10You spent two years
43:11looking at me
43:12and seeing nothing.
43:14Now,
43:14you're looking at me
43:16and seeing a possession
43:18you lost.
43:20Don't test me, Emma.
43:21You're an omega.
43:22You belong at my side
43:24by the law of the pack.
43:26I am an aura omega.
43:30I corrected,
43:32my voice dropping
43:33to a dangerous,
43:35melodic whisper.
43:36I let my scent
43:37explode.
43:38No longer suppressed,
43:40no longer hidden.
43:42It hit Edward
43:43like a physical blow,
43:44a golden wave
43:45of pure,
43:46unadulterated power
43:47that forced him
43:48back.
43:53I am the law.
43:57I raised a hand
43:59and with a flick
44:00of my fingers,
44:05the air around
44:06Edward shippened,
44:09pinning him
44:10against the terrace wall.
44:15He looked up at me
44:16with a mixture of terror
44:17and realization.
44:19In that moment,
44:20he realized
44:21he could not command me.
44:23His alpha's dominance
44:24would not work for me.
44:28You are my mate, Emma.
44:30I have been looking
44:31for you like crazy.
44:32You can't do this to me.
44:33I love you.
44:34The thing that followed
44:34Edward's confession
44:35was heavier than the command
44:36he had tried to use
44:37moments before.
44:37He looked small,
44:38pinned against the stone,
44:39a fading echo man
44:40I had once thought
44:40was my entire world.
44:41You don't know
44:41if I am going to be steady,
44:43devoid of the jagged pain
44:44that had defined
44:44my last two years.
44:45You love the way
44:46I made you feel powerful.
44:49You love the reflection
44:50of your self-self
44:51you saw in my submission.
44:55I lowered my hand,
44:57releasing the invisible weight
44:58pressing against his chest.
45:00Edward slumped to his knees,
45:02gasping for air,
45:03his eyes searching mine
45:04for a flicker of the girl
45:06who used to apologize
45:07for breathing too loudly.
45:08He found nothing
45:10but the cold,
45:11brilliant clarity
45:11of the moon.
45:13That's not true!
45:15I could see
45:16the genuine hurt
45:17in his eyes
45:18as he stared
45:19at his refused hands
45:20in a dilemma
45:24before he finally spoke.
45:26Is it about Darcy?
45:27Emma,
45:28I swear I would not
45:29meet her again.
45:31That post,
45:32it was fake.
45:34I didn't sleep with her.
45:36the kiss you saw.
45:38I was just helping her breathe.
45:42She tricked me,
45:43Emma.
45:44Believe me.
45:48She tricked you.
45:50I raised my eyebrows.
45:52Tell me what trick
45:53she pulled
45:54to make you suppress
45:54our bond
45:55and leave me
45:56in agony in our bed.
45:58I guess it was her
45:59telling, telling.
46:00I'm feeling uncomfortable, Ed.
46:02My words silent him.
46:04He knew I wasn't
46:06going to buy his words.
46:08Seeing nothing
46:09could defend his actions,
46:10he knelt down before me.
46:16Emma.
46:18Are you talking about
46:19the bond that got so weak
46:21by continuous suppression
46:22that it broke
46:23without you even realizing it?
46:25It itself proves
46:26that even goddesses
46:27can make mistakes.
46:29And you and Emma,
46:30you two were never fainted.
46:33Go back to your pack,
46:34he said,
46:35turning his back on him.
46:36Tell them the Silverthorne lineage
46:38has reclaimed its own.
46:39And if you ever set foot
46:41in Oakhaven again,
46:43you won't be facing
46:45an Omega.
46:46You'll be facing
46:47the Council.
46:54Emma, please.
46:56I'm begging you.
46:57Don't leave me like this.
46:59Don't be ridiculous, Edward.
47:01We ended a long time ago.
47:03Lucian didn't need
47:03to move his hands on him.
47:05His mere presence
47:05acted as a wall
47:06Edward couldn't scale.
47:08With a final,
47:08broken look,
47:09Edward sank into his knees
47:11and burst into tears.
47:12For the first time in my life,
47:13I heard an Alpha
47:14sobbing over his Ooga.
47:15But I felt nothing.
47:17To me,
47:17Edward didn't matter anymore.
47:19I didn't feel anything for him.
47:20Neither love nor hate.
47:24Seeing him crying
47:26and regretting,
47:27I felt watching
47:28a stranger crying
47:29over his bad decisions.
47:31As we walked past Edward
47:33and stopped by
47:33where my Lucian's car
47:34was standing,
47:35I turned back to Lucian,
47:37my chest heaving.
47:38The golden glow in my eyes
47:39slowly faded away.
47:41There was no driver.
47:42He unlocked the door himself
47:43and turned to me.
47:45Where were we?
47:55I believe
47:57you were telling me
47:58how much you adore me.
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