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Reborn as the Shadow Luna
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00:00Gareth's legs are ruined. There's no wolf pack in North America that can heal them.
00:04When I said this, the entire Blood Moon manor went silent.
00:08Trapped in the Blackwood chair, Gareth Thorne suddenly lifted his head, his pupils burning with fury.
00:15Shut that cursed mouth of yours! Get out of my territory!
00:18With a crash, the wine glass in his hand shattered at my feet.
00:22Looking at his frenzied state, I didn't feel anger, but instead, an unexpected sense of satisfaction.
00:28I was the last white wolf of the Vance family, with the rare healer bloodline.
00:34My blood could purify all dark magic, even neutralize deadly silver poison.
00:40In my previous life, after I used my healing blood to cure Gareth Thorne, the heir to the Blood Moon
00:47pack of his paralyzed legs,
00:49I learned that the Blood Moon pack had publicly declared,
00:54Whoever heals Gareth will become the future Luna of the pack.
00:58Gareth was forced to bond with me as his mate.
01:01Meanwhile, Serena Locke, the half-baked Hedge Witch who had once been connected to him,
01:06fell into despair and ultimately died in hopelessness.
01:09Gareth pressed a silver knife hard against my wrist, his eyes bloodshot.
01:15If it weren't for you forcing me to marry you under the guise of healing me, Serena wouldn't have died
01:20in despair.
01:21We could have completed the bonding ceremony and become evaded mates.
01:24It was you, selfish, cruel she-wolf, who killed her!
01:29You deserve to die.
01:32He stood there coldly, watching, Nastbud to Lila.
01:41Watching as I took my last breath.
01:46When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day when Vivian, the former Luna of the Blood
01:51Moon pack, had asked me to heal Gareth.
01:54This was the second chance Moon Goddess had granted me, after hearing my prayers just before death, during a lunar
02:01eclipse.
02:02This time, the Vance family's white wolf would not waste a drop of blood on this devil.
02:07Get out!
02:08Gareth's pale neck bulged with veins as he pointed toward the door, roaring.
02:13Throw this liar and deceiver out!
02:15What? What kind of healer are you?
02:17Just a worthless she-wolf who can't even find a mate, daring to speak nonsense here.
02:24When Serena brews the potion, I'll make you beg me on your knees to lick my boots.
02:30I brushed off my coat and laughed, mocking you.
02:33Gareth, a true alpha, commands a pack through strength and pressure, not by throwing tantrums like a whimpering pup.
02:39I looked down at him. Since you've placed all your hopes in a third-rate witch and a vial of
02:44suspicious potion,
02:45I hope you rot on this useless iron chair for the rest of your life.
02:48Don't worry. Soon the whole Silver Pine Valley will know that the heir to the Blood Moon pack is nothing
02:54but dead weight.
02:55I'll rip your throat out!
02:58Gareth coughed violently. A black bloodstain at the corner of his mouth.
03:06Just then, a figure rushed into the hall.
03:09Gareth!
03:11Serena cried out, her eyes full of concern as she rushed to him,
03:15tightly embracing the man gasping for breath in the iron chair.
03:26She wiped the black blood from Gareth's lips with a handkerchief,
03:30then suddenly turned her head, shooting a venomous glare at me.
03:34Allura!
03:35How can you be so cold-hearted and vicious?
03:38Gareth is the heir to the Blood Moon pack.
03:41You watched him die and did nothing to help.
03:45You're not worthy of the healer bloodline.
03:51I sneered.
03:53Since you're so concerned about your alpha,
03:56why don't you use that great hedge witch magic of yours to save him?
04:00Don't come here shouting at me. I'm not buying it.
04:04You think he can't survive without you?
04:06Serena bit her lip.
04:08Let me tell you, I already know the way to fully heal Garry.
04:15Once I brew that potion and get him back on his feet,
04:18I'll make sure to smash that arrogant face of yours in front of the whole pack.
04:22An amateur witch who can't even properly cast a healing spell?
04:26She thinks she can cure the nerve damage caused by advanced wolf poison?
04:30That's pure fantasy.
04:33Is that so?
04:34If you really had a solution,
04:35he wouldn't be coughing like he's about to cough up his lungs.
04:41Serena straightened up, lifting her chin defiantly.
04:44Don't believe me?
04:46Then let's make a bet.
04:48If I heal Garry,
04:50I want you kneeling in front of the Blood Moon Manor,
04:54apologizing and begging for mercy.
05:03A bet?
05:04I shook my head without hesitation.
05:06I refuse.
05:07Before Serena could show her mocking face,
05:09I adjusted the hem of my coat and spoke calmly.
05:12There's no need for a bet.
05:14With your amateur tricks,
05:15Gareth's only fate in this life is to sit comfortably in that chair,
05:19waiting to die.
05:20You cruel, heartless monster!
05:22Get out!
05:23Allura, you'll pay for your arrogance today!
05:25You'll regret this!
05:26Now!
05:27As their insults echoed behind me,
05:29I didn't stop,
05:30wrapping my coat tighter around me.
05:34I strode out of the manor.
05:36I gripped the steering wheel,
05:38my gaze fixed on the dark forest ahead.
05:41There,
05:42in the heart of the land,
05:44stood the most mysterious place on the continent,
05:47Shadowcrest Fortress.
05:49In my previous life,
05:52poisoned,
05:52he was on the brink of death.
05:54Back then,
05:55I stood by,
05:56too afraid to get involved in the pack's struggles,
05:59and I watched silently as the Alpha,
06:01who should have ruled the East Coast,
06:04perished in that long,
06:05torturing agony.
06:07This time,
06:08I wouldn't stand by and do nothing.
06:16I turned the car around,
06:18slammed my foot on the gas,
06:20and sped toward the Shadow Territory.
06:25When I reached the gates of Shadowcrest Fortress,
06:28the atmosphere was suffocating.
06:31The guards had red-rimmed eyes,
06:33vigilantly scanning every corner.
06:40Two werewolves blocked my path.
06:43Stop!
06:44This is Shadow Territory.
06:46No outsiders are allowed near.
06:48I'm Elora Vance.
06:50I've come to save your leader.
06:52I opened the car door and stepped out.
06:54Perhaps it was the certainty in my voice that intimidated them.
06:58They exchanged glances before stepping aside to let me through.
07:02Inside the fortress,
07:04chaos reigned.
07:06Lower-ranking wolves huddled in the hall,
07:09softly sobbing,
07:11while several core elders argued loudly around a physician.
07:16Useless!
07:17We've had so many doctors try and fail.
07:21What good are you?
07:23Marcus, Julian's lieutenant,
07:25roared out in the wall.
07:27Lord Marcus.
07:28The physician shook his head in despair.
07:30The poison contains high-purity silver flakes
07:33and dark magic.
07:35It's already infiltrated the leader's cardiovascular system.
07:38Unless the moon goddess herself intervenes...
07:41Then move aside.
07:42My voice cut through the hole.
07:44Sharp and sudden.
07:46Instantly, all conversation ceased.
07:49On the massive bed,
07:51Julian lay with his eyes shut tight,
07:53his complexion pale as paper.
07:55Deep, purple veins of poison spread from his neck to his cheek.
07:59Who are you?
08:00Who allowed you in here?
08:02Marcus snapped, turning toward me.
08:04I'm the one who can keep him alive.
08:06I turned to face him,
08:08speaking each word deliberately.
08:10I'm taking responsibility for Julian's life.
08:13If you want him to live,
08:15shut up and get out.
08:18Go prepare hot water and clean bandages.
08:24I pricked my fingertip,
08:26slowly injecting the special serum,
08:28infused with the blood of a white wolf,
08:31into Julian's veins.
08:34The deep purple poison lines began to fade from his chest.
08:39And the powerful alpha's self-healing mechanism slowly ticked back into action.
08:44For an entire month,
08:46Gareth kept his eyes tightly shut.
08:49But both Marcus and the healers of the Shadow Pack
08:52knew that the various medical readings were steadily rising.
08:56Their king was silently coming back to life.
08:59One month later,
09:03an invitation arrived at my apartment.
09:06The blood moon pack was hosting a grand full moon celebration
09:10to witness Gareth Thorne's rebirth.
09:14I entered the banquet hall as promised.
09:17As soon as I stepped through the door,
09:19I saw Gareth sitting in a blackwood iron chair,
09:22with Serena perched on his lap.
09:23The two of them were kissing each other without a care in the world.
09:27Look who's here!
09:28Our famous Vance fraud!
09:30Gareth shoved the woman off his lap,
09:32his eyes filled with mockery and malice.
09:34What's the matter?
09:35Has the Shadow Pack finally kicked your little charlatan self out?
09:38I heard that poor Julian is still lying there like a corpse,
09:42kept alive only by machines.
09:46Several elder wolves around us erupted into loud, mocking laughter.
09:51Gareth raised an eyebrow dismissively.
09:53Allura,
09:54there's no such thing as a white wolf healer myth in this world.
09:58The Vance family has just been peddling false legends.
10:02I've invited you here today so you can see for yourself
10:07what really has the power to get me back on my feet.
10:14Serena smugly presented a gift box,
10:17inside which was a crystal vial emitting a strange, enchanting fragrance.
10:22With all eyes on him,
10:24Gareth tilted his head back
10:25and drank the contents of the vial in one swift motion.
10:28In the blink of an eye,
10:30the bulging veins on his head quickly flattened
10:33and a powerful alpha energy erupted from within him.
10:37He pushed the metal armrests aside
10:39and amid gasps of astonishment,
10:41stood up straight.
10:43He even stretched his shoulders
10:45and his face instantly lit up
10:47with the unmistakable red glow of a top-tier alpha.
10:51Goddess above,
10:52he really stood up!
10:53Someone gasped.
10:54Praise the goddess!
10:56Miss Locke's potion really has such miraculous effects!
10:59Another exclaimed.
11:01Serena strutted up to me,
11:03her eyes filled with arrogance.
11:05Did you see that, Allura?
11:07This is the power I brought to Gareth.
11:11She covered her mouth and laughed coquettishly,
11:14mocking me without mercy.
11:15Look at you, Allura.
11:17You spent all that effort
11:19using your so-called noble healing blood
11:21to treat Julian,
11:22and yet he lay there for a month
11:23without even blinking.
11:25Meanwhile,
11:26my Gareth just drank a potion
11:28and instantly returned to peak condition.
11:32Gareth stepped toward me,
11:34looking down at me with cold eyes.
11:36The truth is,
11:37Serena is my salvation.
11:39You, on the other hand,
11:41are just a pathetic parasite.
11:42Now that you see my healthy body,
11:45do you have any last words, you fraud?
11:50Faced with Gareth's arrogant challenge,
11:52I didn't panic like they expected.
11:55Instead,
11:56I picked up a glass of champagne
11:58from a nearby waiter's tray,
12:00elegantly taking a sip.
12:01I chuckled softly.
12:03Last words?
12:04No, Gareth.
12:05I'm simply offering you
12:07some free end-of-life care,
12:08as any professional healer would.
12:10At those words,
12:12Serena shrieked in fury.
12:14Allura, you're still talking back!
12:15You vile woman!
12:17You can't stand seeing Gareth thriving!
12:19He's strong enough to rip you apart now!
12:21And you think some curses
12:22can cover up your incompetence?
12:24Miss Locke,
12:25if I were you,
12:27I wouldn't be putting my hands
12:28on his waist right now.
12:30I looked at her with pity,
12:32my eyes full of derision.
12:35Can't you smell that?
12:36It's not the pure alpha pheromones
12:38he's emitting.
12:39It's the rancid stench of decay,
12:42like a dead rat rotting in a swamp.
12:44That's the scent of his muscle cells
12:46rapidly deteriorating,
12:48Gareth's face contorted with fury.
12:50He took a menacing step toward me,
12:52trying to use his intimidating presence
12:54to force me into submission.
12:56Shut your filthy mouth!
12:57You're just jealous!
12:59I feel powerful now,
13:00blood boiling in my veins,
13:02my body brimming with strength!
13:03As for that mutt,
13:05Julian rotting away in Shadowhuck Fortress.
13:08He'll never open his eyes again.
13:10He'll just lie there like trash,
13:12with tubes shoved into every orasis
13:14until he decays!
13:19Julian is in a dormant state,
13:21allowing the wolf spirit to heal himself
13:22and receive the moon goddess blessing.
13:24I said, unwavering,
13:26staring directly into Gareth's eyes,
13:29a smile playing at the corner of my lips.
13:32And you, Gareth?
13:33You can't seriously believe
13:35that a bowl of mysterious black liquid
13:36can defy the laws of nature
13:38and instantly cure nerve damage,
13:40can you?
13:41I pointed at his neck.
13:42Go take a look in the mirror.
13:44Look at the veins in your neck.
13:45That's not healthy blood color,
13:47that's the black line of toxins
13:49flowing backwards.
13:50What you drank wasn't some miraculous potion.
13:52It's a neurostimulant from the black market,
13:55designed to drain the last bits of life force.
14:26Right now, it's blocking your pain
14:27false strength.
14:28When the backlash of the drug
14:30bursts through your veins,
14:31you'll be writhing on the ground
14:33like a pitiful maggot.
14:35Gareth roared, raising his arm.
14:38You're dead today!
14:41However, just as he took his second step,
14:43the fury on his face froze.
14:46A chilling, crack, crack,
14:48sound came from his knees.
14:51No!
14:52My legs!
14:53Why can't I feel my legs?
14:56Gareth crashed to the floor.
14:58The more he struggled,
15:00the stronger the putrid stench became,
15:02with pus seeping from his suit pants,
15:05staining the floor with a disgusting,
15:07foul mark.
15:08Gareth!
15:09Gareth!
15:10This can't be,
15:10this can't be happening!
15:12Serena screamed in horror.
15:15She frantically waved her hands,
15:18trying to cast a healing spell
15:20with her hedgewitch magic.
15:21But the faint green light vanished
15:23the moment it touched Gareth's rotting skin.
15:26The elders of the pack backed away,
15:28holding their noses.
15:29I told you,
15:30I said.
15:31I stood calmly in the center of the chaos,
15:33looking down at Gareth.
15:35I finished the last sip of my champagne,
15:37then gently set the glass down
15:39and clapped my hands together.
15:42Now that the Blood Moon Pack so-called miracle is over,
15:46it's time to show you what real healing looks like.
15:49With a sharp click,
15:50the double doors at the end of the hall were kicked open.
15:53Amid the gasps of the crowd,
15:55a tall, powerful figure stepped into the room,
15:59silhouetted against the light.
16:00Julian?
16:02Julian Blackwood?
16:03The entire room erupted in shock.
16:05Julian's muscles were firm and strong,
16:08and the oppressive presence of a top-tier alpha
16:10made even some of the elders in the room struggle to breathe.
16:16Julian walked through the crowd without acknowledging anyone,
16:19heading straight to my side.
16:22He placed his hand on my shoulder.
16:25He leaned down slightly.
16:28Sorry, Allura.
16:29It took a bit longer to deal with those traitors in the shadow pack.
16:32I'm late.
16:33He turned his head,
16:35his piercing gaze landing on Serena,
16:37who was pale and trembling,
16:39and a sneer curled at the corner of his lips.
16:42I couldn't help but overhear.
16:44Someone was questioning Allura's medical skills?
16:47Julian took my hand
16:48and gently traced the pad of his finger over my palm.
16:52Allura, thank you.
16:56You gave me a second life.
16:59Not only did you cure the wolf poison in my body,
17:02but you also reshaped my bloodline.
17:04Gareth stared at Julian's legs,
17:06his blood-blackened mouth oozing more poison
17:09before his eyes rolled back,
17:11and he collapsed unconscious.
17:14Serena, now lying on the ground,
17:16couldn't even summon the courage to look at Julian.
17:19After that disastrous full moon celebration,
17:22Gareth's messenger almost wore out the door to my apartment.
17:25From threats and bribes
17:27to boxes of blood-moon-packed magical potions
17:30and territorial contracts,
17:32he even sent a handwritten letter of apology.
17:34I didn't even bother opening the envelope.
17:37I had Marcus throw the garbage straight into the fireplace.
17:40That evening,
17:41I drove alone,
17:43heading to meet Julian for dinner.
17:44However,
17:45as I pulled into a driveway,
17:47two cars suddenly emerged from the shadows
17:50and blocked my path.
17:53The doors opened,
17:55and several blood-moon wolves,
17:57their faces ashen,
17:59stepped out.
18:00With their heads bowed,
18:01they lifted a black metal wheelchair
18:03from the back seat.
18:05Gareth Thorne,
18:06the once unstoppable top-tier alpha,
18:09was slumped in the wheelchair,
18:11his condition a mere shadow of his former self.
18:14I stepped out of the car
18:16and surveyed the man before me with cold eyes.
18:19His long legs were completely severed from the thighs.
18:22His face had withered,
18:23his eyes sunken,
18:25and there was no trace left of the former alpha's strength.
18:29Laura.
18:30The moment he saw me,
18:32Gareth's clouded eyes flashed with a crazed light.
18:36He desperately twisted the metal wheels of the chair
18:39to roll closer to me,
18:40but his forceful movements almost caused him to topple over.
18:44You're finally willing to see me.
18:46I knew you wouldn't be so heartless.
18:49I took a step back,
18:50avoiding his dirty hand as it reached for the hem of my coat.
18:54Gareth, are you insane?
18:55For a moment,
18:57Gareth's expression twisted,
18:58but he swallowed his emotions and tilted his head back,
19:01pleading with an utterly humbling posture.
19:04No, no, no!
19:05I'm here to apologize!
19:08Elora, please!
19:09Save me!
19:10His voice was frantic
19:12as he clutched the cold metal armrest.
19:15My amputated wounds are still rotting,
19:18and no ordinary doctor can stop the spread of the dark magic toxins.
19:24Only you,
19:25only your healing blood can save me,
19:28can make my legs grow back!
19:30If you heal me,
19:31everything in the blood moon pack will be yours.
19:34I swear I will be loyal to you alone from now on!
19:41Grow back your legs?
19:43Gareth,
19:44it seems that the wolf poison from the black market
19:47not only corroded your body,
19:49but also fried your brain.
19:51I look down at him coldly.
19:53Healing blood isn't a wish-granting pool,
19:55and I don't have the power to create something from nothing.
19:58You should go beg your true love,
20:01not block my path here.
20:03She's not a true love!
20:04She's a complete fraud!
20:06A scoundrel who belongs in hell!
20:09Gareth suddenly let out a heart-ranking scream,
20:11and with a violent gesture,
20:12he shouted at the guards behind him.
20:14Drag that woman here!
20:16Let Elora see my sincerity!
20:20With the sound of heavy chains dragging,
20:23a blooded woman was pulled from the trunk by two tall wolves
20:28and thrown onto the gravel-covered asphalt with a harsh thud.
20:32It was Serena.
20:34Her red dress was torn into ragged strips,
20:36and her exposed skin was covered in brutal burns and claw marks.
20:41She lay there, barely alive,
20:43only able to gasp for breath,
20:45too weak even to scream.
20:47Do you see, Elora?
20:49Gareth pointed at Serena,
20:52his face contorted with hatred.
20:55This is all because of this vicious liar!
20:59She bought the poison from the black market!
21:01She blinded me with her lies!
21:05I was deceived by her,
21:08and that's why I did those terrible things to you!
21:14Gareth even struggled to lean forward in the chair,
21:17grabbing Serena's hair with difficulty.
21:20I've figured it out!
21:21She doesn't make healing potions!
21:24She's been trading poison
21:25through her hedge-witch connections on the black market!
21:29She destroyed my pride
21:31and almost ruined our relationship!
21:36Gareth looked at me desperately.
21:38I've already punished her for you!
21:40I've broken her bones,
21:42piece by piece!
21:43Just say the word,
21:45and I'll snap her neck myself!
21:47Myself to avenge you!
21:49Elora, forgive me, please!
21:51If you heal me,
21:52we can start over!
21:53Gareth,
21:54Do you really think
21:56that by shifting all the blame
21:57onto a woman you've tortured into this state,
22:00you can wash away your own stupidity and cowardness?
22:04I looked at him coldly,
22:05my eyes filled with contempt.
22:08Gareth froze,
22:09opening his mouth as if to argue.
22:13Elora, I was really deceived by her.
22:16Shut up!
22:18I cut him off sharply.
22:20It wasn't her who deceived you,
22:21it was your own pathetic arrogance and pride
22:23that blinded you.
22:24You chose to believe her
22:26not because of some so-called love,
22:27but because you arrogantly believed
22:29that anything you chose must be the best.
22:31You never loved anyone, Gareth Thorne.
22:33You only loved that high and mighty version of yourself.
22:36Gareth's face turned pale instantly.
22:38I took a step forward,
22:40looking down at the man
22:42who once stood as the world's strongest alpha.
22:44Each word I spoke was a sentence to his fate.
22:49Listen closely, Thorne.
22:50Even if your blood drains drop by drop,
22:53even if your flesh rots in the mud of Silver Pine Valley,
22:56I will never waste another drop of healer's blood on you.
23:00Take your greed and your mess
23:02and suffer in the hell you created for yourself.
23:05With those words,
23:06I didn't spare him another glance.
23:08I ignored the feeble Serena on the ground
23:11and turned without condition
23:12to get into my car.
23:14No!
23:15Elora!
23:16You can't just leave!
23:17Come back!
23:20The roar of the engine drowned out Gareth's desperate scream.
23:24He flung himself at my car's rear,
23:27but in his frantic attempt,
23:29he and his chair tumbled into the muddy ditch
23:32by the side of the road.
23:34I pressed the accelerator,
23:37leaving his desperate cries far behind.
23:40Half an hour later,
23:41my car came to a stop at the edge of a redwood forest criff
23:45in Silver Pine Valley.
23:47There, Julian Blackwood had been waiting for some time.
23:50He had set up a candlelit dinner,
23:52even lighting a bonfire nearby to war off the chill.
23:57Hearing the car,
23:58he turned,
23:59his deep gray wolf eyes,
24:01soft and full of warmth.
24:04But just as I drew near,
24:07his sharp alpha senses made him frown slightly.
24:11You carry the stench of the blood moon pack
24:14and an overwhelming sense of despair.
24:17Julian said as he quickly walked over,
24:20pulling me into his embraces
24:21with a protective fierceness.
24:24His eyes hardened in anger.
24:27Did Gareth,
24:28that useless fool,
24:29bother you?
24:30I'll have Marcus take his head off right now.
24:34No need to dirty the shadow pack's hands.
24:37I leaned against his broad,
24:39warm chest,
24:40feeling the strength of his heartbeat.
24:42My tightly wound nerves
24:44finally began to relax.
24:45I looked up at him
24:47and gave a small smile.
24:48He's just garbage,
24:50already consumed by the abyss.
24:53Every second he lives is torture,
24:55and for him,
24:56death would be a relief.
24:59Julian looked down at me,
25:00his fingers gently brushing a strand of hair
25:02from my face as he whispered,
25:04As long as you're okay,
25:06I won't allow anyone
25:07to make you suffer again.
25:09In the months that followed,
25:11Julian and I grew even closer.
25:13With the blood moon pack
25:14no longer interfering,
25:16the shadow pack,
25:17under Julian's leadership,
25:19rapidly expanded
25:20and became the undisputed ruler
25:21of the East Coast.
25:22And he,
25:23the iron-fisted leader
25:25who struck fear
25:26into the supernatural world,
25:27always put aside his sharp edge
25:29in front of me,
25:30showing me only his softest tenderness
25:32and affection.
25:34That was until the first snow
25:36of early winter fell
25:37in Silver Pine Valley.
25:39We stood at the top
25:40of Shadowcrest Fortress,
25:42overlooking the vast territory below.
25:45Julian suddenly wrapped his arms
25:47tightly around me from behind,
25:49resting his chin lightly on my neck.
25:51His alpha scent,
25:53mixed with the smell of fir trees,
25:55completely enveloped me.
25:57Elora.
25:58His voice was deep and smooth,
26:00tinged with a barely noticeable
26:02hint of nervousness.
26:03I was once a lone wolf,
26:05fighting in the darkness,
26:06thinking I would only ever be surrounded
26:08by blood and power.
26:09You took my life
26:10from the hands of death.
26:12And you,
26:13you gave this cold body
26:15a soul again.
26:18He gently turned me to face him,
26:21kneeling on one knee.
26:22From his coat pocket,
26:24he pulled out a moonstone antique ring.
26:26I don't need fangs and claws
26:27to conquer you.
26:28I offer you all my loyalty
26:30and my life.
26:31Julian looked at me
26:32with unwavering sincerity,
26:33his tone as solemn as a vow.
26:36Be my mate,
26:36be the luna of the Shadow Pack.
26:38Let me spend my life protecting you.
26:40Looking into the depth
26:41of his affection,
26:42warmth spread through my chest.
26:45The pain and betrayal
26:46of my past life
26:47were finally healed
26:48in this moment.
26:49I was moved to tears,
26:52just opening my mouth
26:53to say,
26:54I do.
26:56She doesn't want to!
27:00A scream rang out
27:01from the darkness.
27:04Several low-ranking wolves,
27:06pushing the heavy
27:06Blackwood Iron Chair,
27:08came up the tower ramp.
27:10Gareth's eyes
27:11were bloodshot with madness
27:12as he locked his gaze onto me.
27:15Ellora!
27:16You can't say yes to him!
27:17Just as the moonstone ring's
27:19soft glow flickered,
27:21Gareth's pupils
27:21suddenly dilated.
27:23I remember now!
27:24This ring!
27:25I remember everything!
27:27In our past life,
27:28we were a pair!
27:29It's my fault!
27:30I was blinded
27:31by that bitch Serena!
27:33I know now
27:33you are my true
27:34fated mate!
27:35Please,
27:36come back to me!
27:37I stared at him
27:38in disbelief.
27:40I couldn't believe it.
27:41When he touched
27:42the moonstone ring,
27:43blessed by the moon goddess,
27:45Gareth was forced
27:46to awaken the memories
27:47of our past life.
27:49This was the moon goddess's
27:51cruelest punishment.
27:53Not only had she let
27:54Gareth's body rot,
27:55but she also forced him
27:57to relive every moment
27:58of how he had tormented me
28:00in the past life,
28:01only to lose everything
28:03in the end.
28:06Julian immediately
28:07stepped in front of me,
28:08his massive alpha aura
28:10bursting forth,
28:11his eyes cold as steel.
28:13Gareth,
28:14are you completely
28:14out of your mind?
28:15You dare stir trouble
28:16in my territory?
28:17Today,
28:18I'll snap your neck
28:19for good.
28:19Gareth ignored everything,
28:21his eyes filled
28:22with a sickly,
28:23greedy gaze
28:24fixed on me.
28:24Elora,
28:26I know you've been
28:26reborn too.
28:28There's no way
28:29you would just stand by
28:30and watch me die
28:30in this life
28:31if you didn't.
28:32You hate me
28:33because in the last life
28:35I drained your blood.
28:37It's all my fault!
28:40But I regret it.
28:41I truly regret it.
28:43I swear I fell in love
28:45with you long ago.
28:46Give me another chance,
28:47please.
28:47If you give me your blood
28:49and heal my legs,
28:50I'll take everything back.
28:52We can start over!
28:54I stepped out
28:55from behind Julian,
28:56looking at him
28:57with disgust.
28:58Gareth Thorne,
28:59what are you even
28:59dreaming about?
29:00This pitiful,
29:01abandoned state
29:02you're in right now?
29:02Doesn't it match exactly
29:03what you desperately
29:04chased in our past life?
29:05I've only made sure
29:06you're getting the end
29:07you deserve
29:08and stopped using
29:09the word love
29:09to nauseate me.
29:11I squeezed Julian's hand
29:12and turned to leave
29:14without hesitation.
29:17No!
29:19Elora!
29:20You can't do this to me!
29:22Gareth's frantic hands
29:23pushed the heavy metal wheels
29:25of the chair,
29:26but his weak arms
29:27couldn't control the direction.
29:29The wheels got stuck
29:30in the cracks of the stone,
29:31and the chair,
29:32along with him,
29:34toppled heavily
29:34onto the cold ground.
29:36He struggled in the snow,
29:38desperately reaching
29:39his hand out toward me.
29:43Please,
29:44give me your blood.
29:48give me another chance.
29:51I didn't even glance back,
29:53quickening my pace
29:53as I walked back
29:54to the warmth
29:55of the inner chambers.
29:57Back at Shadowhest Fortress,
29:59I told Julian everything
30:01about the hellish experience
30:02of my past life.
30:04After hearing everything,
30:05Julian slammed his fist
30:06onto the wooden table,
30:08causing it to splinter instantly.
30:11Elora!
30:11He pulled me tightly
30:12into his embrace,
30:13his voice hozzy from fury.
30:15What he did to you
30:16in the past life,
30:17I'll make him pay
30:18a thousand times over.
30:19However,
30:20before Julian could launch
30:21a full retaliation
30:23against the Blood Moon Pack,
30:25the completely unhinged Gareth
30:27used a black market
30:28transaction token
30:29he had secretly held onto,
30:34hiring a few rogue wolves.
30:37That day,
30:38in order to prepare
30:38a special healing potion
30:40for the Shadow Pack,
30:41I insisted on going alone
30:42to pick some rare moonlight grass.
30:45Unfortunately,
30:45I got out of the guard's sight
30:47and was kidnapped by them
30:48with a tranquilizer.
30:50When I woke up,
30:51I found myself bound
30:52in an abandoned slaughterhouse.
30:54My limbs were chained
30:56with thick iron links
30:57containing silver flakes,
30:59burning so badly
31:00that I couldn't gather any strength.
31:02Be good, Elora.
31:03Gareth sat in the old iron chair,
31:05holding a surgical knife
31:06that glinted coldly
31:07in the dim light.
31:08His expression was twisted,
31:10sick,
31:11and depraved.
31:12Why are you
31:13with that bastard Julian?
31:16You know how much I hate him!
31:18You actually used
31:19your precious healing blood
31:20to save him.
31:22Yet you watched me
31:24have my legs amputated!
31:28He cursed as he slowly
31:30moved closer to me,
31:31his eyes gleaming
31:32with a sickly light.
31:33But it's okay.
31:33I'm not angry at you.
31:35Because I love you so much,
31:37I'll punish you accordingly.
31:39This time,
31:40I'll lock you in a basement
31:42where no one will find you.
31:44Just like in our past life,
31:47you'll only belong to me.
31:49As long as your blood drains dry,
31:51I'll grow new legs.
31:52Once I become
31:54the strongest alpha again,
31:55I'll make you my slave.
31:57Branding you with a mark
31:58that will never be erased,
32:01we'll have many pure blood children.
32:04I looked at the knife in his hand,
32:06a chill running down my spine,
32:09struggling desperately.
32:11Gareth, wake up!
32:14You're insane!
32:16The nerves in your legs
32:17are completely dead!
32:19Even if you drain my blood,
32:20you won't grow new legs.
32:24Healing magic doesn't work like that!
32:27Let me go!
32:28Julian is coming for you
32:29and you'll die without a trace!
32:30But he was completely immersed
32:32in his delusion,
32:33unable to hear any reason.
32:35Allura,
32:36it will hurt a little.
32:37Bear with it.
32:39Soon,
32:39we'll be together forever.
32:41Just as he raised the sharp knife,
32:43preparing to cut open
32:44my carotid artery,
32:46the heavy iron door
32:48of the slaughterhouse
32:48was kicked open
32:49with terrifying force.
32:54Julian,
32:55in a half-wolf state,
32:56leapt through the air.
32:57With one powerful kick,
32:59he sent Gareth
33:00on his chair flying,
33:01slamming into a brick wall
33:03on the other side.
33:07Allura!
33:09Seeing me chained
33:10with silver links,
33:11the murderless intent
33:12in Julia's eyes
33:13became almost tangible.
33:14He tore the chains apart
33:16with his bare hands
33:17and pulled my weakened body
33:19tightly into his arms.
33:24I'm sorry.
33:26I'm late.
33:28Don't be afraid.
33:29I'm here now.
33:36I couldn't hold back any longer
33:38and broke down,
33:39sobbing uncontrollably.
33:43Gareth lay in a pool
33:44of his own blood,
33:45watching us embrace.
33:47A wild, desperate,
33:48and jealous scream
33:49tore from his throat.
33:53somehow, he found the strength.
33:56While Julian had his backs turned
33:58comfortingly,
34:00Gatha used the last of his strength
34:01to hurl the silver poison knife
34:03at Julian's back.
34:05Julian grunt,
34:06his sharp alpha instincts kicking in.
34:08He swiftly sidestepped,
34:10catching the flying blade with ease.
34:15off balance from his own force,
34:18Gathrath desperately fell
34:19into the blooded floor,
34:21unable to react in time.
34:23Go to hell
34:24and stay with your ambitions,
34:26Thorn.
34:28Julian's voice was cold as ice.
34:32Without hesitation,
34:35Julian threw the sharp blade back,
34:37piercing Gathen's heart with precision.
34:42By the time the blood moon pack arrived,
34:45Gareth's body had already cooled.
34:47His wide, terrified eyes
34:50remained frozen
34:51in a look of permanent fear and regret.
34:54After all of this,
34:55Mrs. Vivian,
34:56heartbroken,
34:57disbanded the blood moon pack.
34:59She handed the management of the territory
35:01over to the werewolf council
35:03and exiled herself
35:04to the remote Alaskan wilds
35:06to live out her remaining years.
35:11Julian took over
35:12the blood moon pack's territory
35:14with relentless efficiency.
35:16The shadow pack rose to become
35:18the most powerful supernatural force
35:20on the east coast.
35:27Months later,
35:28on a night when the moon shone brightest,
35:31Julian held a bonding ceremony for me,
35:34one that made waves
35:35across the entire
35:36North American supernatural community.
35:41In our past life,
35:43Gareth had looked down
35:44on my bloodline,
35:45refusing to even give me
35:47a simple wedding.
35:48Everyone mocked me
35:49as nothing more
35:50than a blood bag.
35:56But in this life,
35:58I wore a custom-made wedding dress
36:00and,
36:00surrounded by the entire pack,
36:03accepted the eternal mark of loyalty
36:05from the strongest alpha.
36:07I became the Luna
36:08that every wolf pack girl dreamed of.
36:12Fireworks lit up the night sky.
36:14Julian gently cupped my face
36:16and placed a deep,
36:18loving kiss on my lips.
36:29life after marriage
36:30was peaceful and fulfilling.
36:33In the shadow pack,
36:35I was no longer
36:36the healing machine
36:37who could be sacrificed
36:38at any moment
36:39to have my blood drained
36:41on the altar.
36:44Julian built a supernatural
36:46medical center
36:46inside the fortress
36:48just for me.
36:53Here,
36:54I didn't have to cut open veins anymore.
36:56Instead,
36:57I used the ancient knowledge
36:58of the Vance family,
37:00combined with modern medicine,
37:02to teach young werewolf physicians
37:04how to prepare herbs
37:06and treat wounds.
37:07I earned the genuine admiration
37:09of the entire pack.
37:11This respect wasn't because
37:13I was an alpha's accessory,
37:15but because I was a Laura Vance.
37:24Every afternoon,
37:25the terrifying top-tier alpha
37:27who made the entire
37:28East Coast tremble,
37:30would walk through the doors
37:32of the medical center
37:33without fail.
37:36He ignored the guard's
37:37awe-filled gazes
37:38as he carried
37:39the specially prepared
37:40nutritious lunch
37:41from the kitchen,
37:42heading straight
37:43to my office.
37:44Julian,
37:45you keep skipping
37:46your alpha duties
37:47and running off
37:48to the medical room.
37:49Marcus is going to pull
37:50all his hair out
37:51over the piles of paperwork.
37:53I teased,
37:55laughing as I took off
37:56my lab coat.
37:58Julian raised
37:59an eyebrow indifferently,
38:00stroding over
38:01to pull me into his arms,
38:02planting a gentle kiss
38:03on my lips.
38:05Let him suffer.
38:06If an alpha can't even
38:08make sure his mate
38:08eats lunch on time,
38:10he shouldn't be the leader
38:11of the shadow pack.
38:12As night fell
38:13and a full moon
38:14hung over the redwood forest,
38:16it marked our favorite
38:17time of the day.
38:18With two long
38:19and loud howls,
38:21we shifted under
38:22the moonlight.
38:22A massive dire wolf
38:24and a small,
38:25snow-white wolf
38:26ran side by side
38:27through the redwood forest.
38:29We played by a moonlit stream,
38:31where he always slowed down
38:32on purpose
38:33to let me catch up,
38:34then gently knocked me
38:36onto a large rock,
38:37nuzzling my cheek
38:38with his wet nose
38:39in affectionate play.
38:41When we shifted back
38:43into human form
38:44at the edge of a cliff,
38:45the sharp night air
38:46brushed past us.
38:48Julian walked up
38:49behind me,
38:49wrapping his large,
38:50dark coat around me
38:51to shield me
38:52from the cold.
38:53Allura, look.
38:55His long fingers
38:56pointed to silver pine valley
38:58below us,
38:59his voice low and solemn.
39:00No betrayal,
39:02no conspiracy.
39:03This is our territory,
39:05our home.
39:06I took his hand
39:07that was wrapped
39:08around my waist,
39:09gently stroking
39:10the moonstone wedding ring
39:12on his finger.
39:13Yes, Julian.
39:15I leaned against his chest,
39:17gazing at the starry sky
39:18in the distance,
39:19the happiest smile
39:20spreading across my face.
39:22Our future,
39:24it's just beginning.
39:25It's just beginning.
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