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Digging My Grave
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00:02I'm strapped to a cold metal bed in the Pax Infirmary, staring at water stains on the ceiling.
00:07This medical wing sits at the crossroads of several territories.
00:10Wolves constantly passing through, yet no one stops for me.
00:15Through the thin wall, I can hear Ryan's gentle voice comforting Vivian in the next room.
00:20I promise her everything will be alright.
00:21My insides feel like molten fire as the wolfbane ravages my system.
00:25My wolf spirit severed our bond hours ago, and her agony is far more intense than mine.
00:31The only cure that could save us was just taken next door.
00:34My breathing grows shallow, each inhale more difficult than the last.
00:38My extremities have gone cold. Eventually, I lose even the strength to blink.
00:42And my heart stutters to a stop.
00:45The last sound I register is cheering from the adjacent room.
00:49Vivian has recovered from the wolf-bapen faction.
00:51At the cost of my life, it's ending.
00:54Something, perhaps the moon goddess herself, tears my spirit from my body.
00:59I become a ghost.
01:03Unseen by the living, able to move through solid objects.
01:06Though I no longer have a physical form, the pain of betrayal cuts through me like silver.
01:11He was my mate, my alpha, my destined other half.
01:15I want to scream, to ask if he spared even a moment to worry about me while I fought for
01:20my life mere steps away.
01:22The answer is obvious in his every action.
01:24Ryan! Welcome!
01:25Ryan had mobilized nearly our entire pack searching for the antidote to save Vivian.
01:30In the end, I was the one who found it, risking my life to venture into forbidden territory.
01:37My hands were torn by thorns, my legs were streaked with mud and blood, and the wolf failed already burned
01:42inside my veins when I returned with the herb clutched against my chest.
01:45To ensure I wouldn't interfere with Vivian's treatment, Ryan ordered his enforcers to confiscate the herbs and lock me away.
01:51Ryan! Please! Just examine me! Just once!
01:55Enough! Your jealousy has already gone too far.
01:59An alpha's command is absolute. I had no power against his will.
02:04Please believe me!
02:06He refused to listen to a single word I said.
02:10He believed I had fabricated my poisoning to withhold Vivian's cure and watch her die.
02:15As the wolf vice spread, I railed in agony while my wolf trembled within me.
02:20I had failed to protect her.
02:21All I could do was beg through our mind clock, begging the mate who had once promised to be my
02:26shelter.
02:27The mate who swore to protect me, now only sees me as a liar.
02:33I reached for Ryan through our mind link with the last of my strength.
02:36The bond between mates should have been warm, sacred, impossible to ignore.
02:40Yet when my mind touched Viv, all I felt was his impatience, his anger, and the cold wall he had
02:45built against me.
02:45I swallowed my pride as Luna and begged like a dying stray.
02:49Ryan, I won't fight you anymore. Whatever you say is right.
02:52Just please give me a small portion of the antidote.
02:54I can find more. Without it, I'll die.
02:56Enough lies. You conspired with the healers to harm Vivian.
02:59As long as I live, you won't escape punishment.
03:01I thought that if I completely submitted, acknowledged whatever sins he accused me of,
03:05he might show mercy for the three years I'd been his Luna.
03:07I was wrong.
03:09You're only saying this to avoid consequences.
03:11Even if you did find the herb that saved Vivian, it doesn't erase your crimes.
03:14You've tormented her for years.
03:16My lips parted helplessly.
03:17Once she recovers, you'll answer for everything.
03:19You tricked Ezra for years.
03:20Once she recovers, you'll answer for save you.
03:23You'll only die when Vivian forgives you, if she ever does.
03:25The wolf bay was attacking my nervous system.
03:28Soon, it would destroy me completely.
03:32Three years of devotion.
03:34In his eyes, it's all just torment and lies.
03:40No matter how many times I reached for him through our link, Ryan never responded again.
03:44The room fell silent.
03:45I heard my bones cracking as the poison took its toll.
03:48And just like that, my love for Ryan shattered like ice beneath summer sun.
03:52He cut the link between us.
03:53He looked at me now with the same contempt one would give a rabid stray.
03:59Yet I still remembered our wedding day with painful clarity.
04:02The ceremony had been grand.
04:03The silver moon pack had spared no expense for their alpha's marking ceremony.
04:07Lanterns illuminated the sacred clearing as pack members gathered in their finest attire.
04:10I wore a gown of silver silk that caught the moonlight, with white moonflowers woven through my hair.
04:14Ryan had seemed entranced that night, his eyes rarely leaving mine as we performed the ancient lunar binding ritual.
04:19When he pulled me close to complete our marking, his touch was gentle, reverent.
04:22You are the most beautiful she-wolf I've ever seen.
04:24The moon goddess herself brought you to me.
04:25You'll be my luna until the end of time.
04:27Then I will stand beside you until the end of time.
04:29I believed every word.
04:30What I didn't know then was how many pack members viewed our union with contempt.
04:35It should have been Vivian standing there.
04:37Give it time, Vivian will return, and this little nobody will see her true place.
04:44That night set the pattern for all that followed.
04:47The sweetest vows were just empty words.
04:53After the ceremony, I had retreated silently.
04:55Heartbreaking even on what should have been the happiest night of my life.
04:58When I returned to Ryan's side, he seemed distracted.
05:00His eyes scanning the crowd as if searching for someone who wasn't that rare.
05:04Luna Tiana, you should smile more.
05:05And Alpha doesn't like a gloomy bride.
05:07Of course, I only needed some air.
05:08Where did you go? I was looking for you.
05:09Were you? Or were you looking for someone else?
05:21You disgust me.
05:21Back then, I was too afraid of losing him.
05:30That night set the pattern for all that followed.
05:32Moments of perfect bliss shattered by the reality that I was never truly accepted to be his first choice.
05:38If only I had recognized the signs from the beginning.
05:40Perhaps I wouldn't be lying here now, dying while he saves another.
05:43You disgust me.
05:44Back in the infirmary, Rhino words still echoed in my mind.
05:46The bond dimmed like a dying ember.
05:48The wolf who once called me his moon-given mate had turned me into a criminal in his eyes.
05:52I wanted to hate him, but death came faster than hatred.
05:59Vivian's room erupted in relieved voices.
06:02Pack members rushed in and out with warm blankets, fresh water, and tears of joy.
06:07Ryan stood beside her bed like a victorious Alpha who had conquered death itself.
06:11His hands, the same hands that had taken the antidote from me, now held Vivian's with careful tenderness.
06:16Ryan, I was so scared.
06:18I thought I would never see it again.
06:19Don't say that.
06:20I would tear the world apart before letting you die.
06:22What about Tiana?
06:23She must be angry.
06:25Let her be angry.
06:26She needs to learn consequences.
06:31I floated beside him, staring at the mate who had just sentenced me to death and believed himself righteous.
06:36My body lay in the next room, eyes half open.
06:39No one checked on me.
06:40No one noticed the clues whilst the Luna of Silver Moon pack had stopped breathing.
06:44The enforcers were at Vivian's door.
06:45Ryan's attention was wholly fixed on the woman he had chosen.
06:48And I finally understood the ugliest truth of my life.
06:51I had not died because there was no cure.
06:53I had died because my mate decided I was not worth saving.
06:56I didn't die from the poison.
06:58I died because he chose her over me.
07:08Ryan stumbled back and cursed.
07:11But Leo couldn't hear anything.
07:13His amber eyes were fixed on the bed behind Ryan, on the body no one had bothered to cover properly.
07:21He reached out to touch my hand but flinched back from the icy coldness.
07:25Tiana, why are you lying here all alone?
07:30Why didn't you become my Luna when you had the chance?
07:34I would never have let you suffer like this!
07:37Tears must be contagious.
07:39I'd been surprisingly numb since my death, but seeing Leo cry made my own essence ache.
07:44If he'd arrived this quickly, he must have crossed dangerous territories without hesitation.
07:48Too bad he was still too late.
07:50I'm sorry, I'll take you home. Back to our home.
07:52He wrapped my body carefully in his cloak and lifted me as if I were something sacred.
07:59Wait! Who is that you're carrying?
08:01This is my Luna.
08:11Both Ryan and I froze.
08:13Ryan knew Leo loved me.
08:15He had even enjoyed flaunting our relationship in front of him, until Leo eventually stopped visiting.
08:21Now he stared at the body in Leo's arms, unable to connect the silent, rapt figure with the Luna he
08:26had locked away.
08:27Perhaps his arrogance refused to let him imagine he could be wrong.
08:29When did you take a Luna?
08:30Who is she?
08:31Why wasn't I informed?
08:32What business is it of yours?
08:33And here I thought you loved Tina so deeply.
08:35Turns out you've already moved on.
08:37So much for your so-called devotion.
08:38Leo took a deep breath, his gaze turning icy.
08:41He looked at Ryan with such disgust that even I, already dead, felt the force of it.
08:45Oh please.
08:46Is there any Alpha in this world who loves his Luna more than you love yours?
08:49With that he turned and left, carrying me away from the place where I had died invisible.
08:55I knew Leo had said that for me.
08:57Ryan knew the truth of his own feelings.
09:00I watched shame and rage twist Ryan's handsome features.
09:02For the first time, he looked ugly to me.
09:04I placed a spherical hand over where my heart once beat.
09:07I realized I didn't love him quite as much anymore.
09:11I was an orphan, taken in by the former Alpha of Shadow Ridge, Leo's father, Victor Ravenwood, who raised me
09:18alongside Leo as his ward.
09:19Leo hadn't liked me at first.
09:21He used to call me Runt in Street Fort constantly, tumbling through the training yard like two half-wild pups,
09:26both too proud to admit loneliness.
09:28Move, Rutt. This is my father's training ground.
09:30Then ask your father to stop feeding me, and I'll leave.
09:33You're impossible.
09:34So are you.
09:36But later, something changed.
09:40Every time someone mocked my origins, he was the first to bare his fangs and claws in my defense.
09:47I left Shadow Ridge because of Ryan.
09:50Victor had taken me in for political leverage, a gift to offer other packs for alliances.
09:54I knew Leo cared for me, but I also knew Victor would never permit us to be together.
09:58Leaving was the better choice.
09:59Leo understood this too, which explained why he'd covered for me when I escaped Shadow Ridge.
10:04Run! Run faster! Don't look back, Tiana!
10:08The wind had carried his voice to my ears.
10:11That day, I thought I was running toward freedom.
10:14But in the end, I still needed Leo to collect my corpse.
10:18The realization settled over me like cold ash.
10:21The person I left behind had been the only one who came back for me.
10:25I ran towards love, but what I found was death.
10:29The one I left behind was my only true shelter.
10:34After a month of recovery in the infirmatory, it was Ryan who came to escort Vivian home.
10:39Vivian's friends and family crowded the room, their eyes widening with excitement the moment Ryan arrived.
10:43I drifted by the doorway, watching the scene with hollow disbelief.
10:47They acted as if Vivian had risen from a battlefield and Ryan were the devoted hero who saved her.
10:54It's the Alpha of Silver Moonpack.
10:56He must truly care for Vivian to arrive so early.
10:59When will she become his Luna? I can't wait.
11:02Ryan already has a Luna.
11:04Don't say such things, or she'll be upset with me again.
11:06Ryan loves you kind, if she hadn't the intruder.
11:08She's been targeting you since day one.
11:10Why hasn't she given up?
11:12She's petty and unfit to be Luna.
11:14They say I was too wild, too reckless, a danger to the pack.
11:17It was Ryan who found me first, recognizing our mate bond immediately.
11:20He was the one who requested to mark me, who pleaded with me to be his Luna.
11:24If I made a mistake, it was loving Ryan.
11:27And yet he allowed them to slander me while buzzing himself with Vivian's belongings, trying to appear attentive.
11:32Everyone in this territory still treated me as Ryan's Luna, while Ryan carried another woman upstairs in front of my
11:38eyes.
11:39He made me his Luna, only to let everyone spit on my name.
11:47He hesitated, shifting forward slightly as if to create distance.
11:52Ryan, I know you've held it against me that I left back then, but I had no choice.
11:56My father was dying. The Northern Alpha threatened to withhold the medicine he needed, and I was forced to comply.
12:03Even then, I refused his marking. My heart has always been yours.
12:06Please forgive me.
12:07With the perfect touch of tragedy, she painted herself as the most unfortunate werewolf alive.
12:12Kind and brave, yet plagued by suffering.
12:15Was that why he could never let her go?
12:17I thought you left because the Northern Alpha was stronger than me.
12:19You never asked for my help. You simply vanished.
12:22Vivian skipped.
12:38Ryan chuckled and answered with unexpected frankness.
12:50I see. So that's what you think of me.
12:52You hate me, so you allow Tiana to torment me.
12:56Even when she secretly contacted rogue wolves to attack me.
12:59Even when she hid my medicine while I was ill.
13:01Hoping I'd die, you did nothing, did you?
13:03Lies.
13:04Nothing but lies.
13:05I spent every waking moment fulfilling Luna duties for the pack.
13:08I had neither means nor motivation to contact rogue wolves.
13:12And I didn't hand over the antidote for one simple reason.
13:15I needed it to survive.
13:17I wasn't selfless enough to die just to save me.
13:20None of her claims had evidence.
13:22A simple investigation would have cleared my name.
13:27But Ryan believed every word.
13:30You are venomous. Wicked. Guilty.
13:32Before the entire pack. Guilty.
13:34Then he went further, contacting the dragon and the very rogues.
13:37She claimed I'd hired.
13:39I'll get in your dart for us.
13:40He watched as they claw at me and humiliated me.
13:42Arthur Ryan.
13:42Why are you doing this to me?
13:43These wounds are proof of your Vivian again.
13:45I'll ensure everyone knows what you've done.
13:47He never told Vivian what he had done to me.
13:53Can't we leave the past behind and start anew?
13:56Ryan.
13:57I don't mind that you took Luna before me.
13:59Just as I hope you won't hold it against me that I once left you.
14:02We both know this was never betrayal.
14:03We love each other.
14:05We were always meant to be together.
14:07In comparison, no matter how carefully I chose my words to calm his anger.
14:10He never paid attention.
14:11It was clear where his heart truly resented it.
14:14Yet I had clinged to the rare moments of tenderness he'd shown me.
14:17Only to finally see his true nature.
14:19This isn't the time to discuss this.
14:21You should rest.
14:21Vivian lowered head obediently.
14:23But I saw the flash of resentment in her eyes.
14:25She hated that even after my death.
14:27Even after everything.
14:28Ryan still had not publicly made her Luna.
14:30She wanted the title.
14:31The power.
14:33The respect I once carried.
14:35Vivian waited until Ryan turned away.
14:37Then looked into the polished window as if it were a mirror.
14:40Rest?
14:41Fine.
14:42But one day.
14:43Every wolf in this pack will call me Luna.
14:46The softness vanished from her face so quickly that no living person caught it.
14:51But I did.
14:52Death.
14:53Had made me invisible.
14:55Not blind.
14:58She never loved him.
15:00Only the Luna title.
15:04Ryan returned to the house we once shared.
15:06Now shrouded in darkness.
15:08Since becoming Luna, no matter how late he returned,
15:10I always left a light burning for him.
15:12A symbol that this place was home.
15:14My scent had faded.
15:16Replaced by the stale smell of dust.
15:18He stood motionless for a moment before storming toward my room.
15:22Tiana, are you throwing a tantrum?
15:24Giving the antidote to Vivian was your duty!
15:27If you hadn't schemed against her first, she wouldn't have been poisoned!
15:30You brought this on yourself!
15:32You deserve this!
15:34Even now, his voice contained nothing but disgust and accusations.
15:38Three years.
15:39I had lived with him for three years and been his Luna through it all,
15:42yet he still believed the fabricated version of me created by others.
15:45Today, he stole the herbs I risked my life to find.
15:48Tomorrow, he wouldn't hesitate to take my heart piece by piece until there was nothing left of me.
15:53Fortunately, I was already dead.
15:54The endless days of waiting and despair were finally...
15:57The only thing he discovered was the meal I had prepared for him a month ago.
16:02It had rottened beyond recognition, and even I couldn't remember what it had been.
16:08All I remembered about that day was the sudden entrosion of warriors busting in and binding my limbs.
16:20That day was supposed to be our marking anniversary.
16:25Instead, it became the day I died.
16:26And it was also the day Vivian was reborn, finally free of wolf bait.
16:29While I was being dragged away, struggling against clawed hands,
16:32Ryan was probably holding Vivian's hand, assuring her not to be afraid.
16:35He called my name repeatedly and even closed his eyes to reach out through our mind link.
16:39But this time, his patience was wasted.
16:40His eyes darkened, his wolf momentarily taking control.
16:43Sensing something was wrong, but he quickly suppressed his unease.
16:46Ryan, may Luya turn and come long to go into such filthiness.
16:49Yet, ma'am, running away won't solve anything.
16:51No, it won't hesitate to reject you.
16:53He summoned a pack member to deliver the letter.
16:57Alpha, Miss Vivian left something at the infirmary.
17:00She wants you to retrieve it for her.
17:01I'll go now.
17:01He hesitated at the Threld, glancing back at the empty house.
17:04But that brief pause wasn't enough to change anything.
17:06He still left.
17:07Anniversary became my funeral day.
17:09His hesitation was never for me.
17:15Now you remember your dead, Luna?
17:17Her body's already been claimed.
17:19No need to trouble yourself collecting it.
17:22Ryan froze.
17:24Who did you say is dead?
17:26His eyes widened before locking onto the healer.
17:30Of course, if you've already rejected her, just pretend I never spoke.
17:36The healer's assistant was still somewhat afraid of Ryan.
17:39But the anger in his eyes was stronger than fear.
17:42He had watched me die.
17:47He had watched an alpha ignore the truth because a weaker woman cried prettier.
17:51Her wolf vine had reached her bones!
17:53And you still took away the antidote she risked her life to find!
17:58If you wanted a new mate, you could have simply said so instead of going this far.
18:02After speaking those words, he quickly departed.
18:05Ryan remained rooted to the spot, too stunned to even react to the assistant's disrespect.
18:10Perhaps he suddenly recalled the mind link I had desperately initiated, begging him for help.
18:15Ryan, please. Just give me a small portion. I can find more. Without it, I'll die.
18:21Who knew?
18:30A long time passed before Ryan finally bolted from the infirmary.
18:34But his destination was Vivian's residence.
18:37I was wrong again.
18:38I thought he would at least feel guilty.
18:40But even my death couldn't make him forget about Vivian for a single moment.
18:52Her door was slightly auger, and clear voices carried from inside.
18:55I already gave you what you wanted! Stop bothering me! I'll call the enforcer!
18:57Who doesn't know that everything you've given us was just scraps you tricked out of Ryan?
19:01Ryan intimately moved to rush in and protect her, but the next words froze him in place.
19:05I... I don't have that kind of money!
19:06Using your own blood to infect the Luna with Wolf Spade, staging scenes over and over.
19:11If you don't pay up, we'll go straight to Ryan and expose everything you've done.
19:15Ryan and I both appeared stunned to see that the speakers were the same rogue wolves Vivian had once claimed
19:20had tried to assault her.
19:21The sweet angel was the one who poisoned me all along.
19:27This is Moon Crystal. It should be enough for you to enjoy yourselves for months.
19:30Take it and disappear from Silver Moon territory.
19:32You used to brag about how much he loves you, yet all you could manage was this pathetic amount of
19:36Moon Crystal.
19:36You'd have been better off staying with that Northern Alpha. At least he was generous.
19:40You don't understand. Everything I'm doing is worth it.
19:43Once I become Luna, Silver Moon pack is far wealthier.
19:46Vivian's face darkened, so she wanted everything like...
19:50Panic-stricken, they instantly shifted into their wolf forms and fled with tails between their legs.
19:56Vivian failed to mask her terror.
19:58Alpha Ryan, you saw it!
20:00Tiana is still using rogue wolves to Mornesh me just because I used the herbs she found.
20:04I'm so frightened. I need your protection.
20:11Tiana is dead. How could she possibly be summoning rogue wolves to harass you?
20:17Even lies have limits. Don't take me for a fool.
20:22He knew everything now.
20:24You think I wouldn't find out?
20:31I love you, Ryan! Everything I did was for you!
20:34You call me a liar, but what about you?
20:36I was only gone for a short while, and you found a new Luna!
20:38I had been Luna for years, and not once had I raised my voice again.
20:41You basked in Tiana's devotion while still clinging to me!
20:44You're the one who's figgle and unfaithful and sad!
20:49And yet, the words that should have come from my mouth were now spoken by Vivian instead.
21:02His claws slashed across her arm.
21:05I've never struck a she-wolf before, but you deserve a hundred times worse!
21:08I failed to see through your lies, but I won't tolerate someone like you in my pack.
21:12Leave, or I'll have your spine ripped out to accompany Tiana in the afterlife.
21:15She knew exactly how merciless Ryan could be towards someone he didn't love.
21:19I had been proof of that.
21:20He had never personally harmed me, but he had allowed others to torment me.
21:24He excelled at breaking spirits while keeping his own hands clean.
21:28Vivian didn't even have time to pack.
21:30What have I done?
21:31Ryan remained behind, pressing his hands against his face as he sank to his knees.
21:45You used us, Miss Vivian. Now pay us properly.
21:51Ryan will kill you for touching me!
21:53Ryan threw you away first. Didn't you hear?
21:56Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
22:03Her screams echoed for a long time.
22:07Vivian was dead.
22:08When I heard the news, I felt little satisfaction.
22:10All the cruel things she had done were merely her way of displaying Ryan's love for her.
22:13But he didn't truly love either of us. He only loved himself.
22:16He barely acknowledged Vivian's death and didn't even mention arranging a burial.
22:20He was too consumed with discovering where my body had gone.
22:22He finally remembered the corpse Leo had carried that day.
22:25This is my Luna.
22:28He sent messengers to inquire where I had been buried.
22:31His regret is only for himself.
22:33Never for the love he wasted.
22:44Leo's letter.
22:46I'm pleased.
22:47You finally used that walnut-sized brain of yours to remember Tiana.
22:51Back then, you didn't even try to stop me from taking her away.
22:54What's the point of searching for her now?
22:57Tiana doesn't want to see you.
22:58Go back to your precious first love.
23:01Isn't that more fulfilling?
23:02Leo's words shattered Ryan.
23:04He knew every accusation was true.
23:07The undeniable truth made his pain even worse.
23:10Leo was right.
23:11I didn't want Ryan anywhere near my grave.
23:14After all, he had ignored my peaceful help and chosen to comfort another woman in the next room as if
23:20I were less than a stranger.
23:22Tiana!
23:24But regret that comes too late is the cheapest thing in the world.
23:28Nothing he felt could stir my emotions anymore.
23:31I had loved him to death.
23:34I had loved him enough.
23:37Tiana.
23:42I once believed he would love me forever, so I kept forgiving him no matter how cruel he was.
23:48Our first meeting had felt like destiny.
23:49That day, I had been reprimanded by my adoptive father and left Shadow Ridge to clear my thoughts.
23:55As I walked, I lost my way.
23:57The moment I saw him, my heart raced, and warmth flooded my body.
24:00What are you doing out here so late?
24:01It's dangerous.
24:02You should go home.
24:03I got lost.
24:04Then I'll take you to my pack first.
24:05I'm Ryan Silverstone, son of the Silvermoon Packs Alpha.
24:08What's your name?
24:08Tiana.
24:09From that day forward, his name was carved into my heart.
24:12We spent more and more time together, and I even invited him to visit Shadow Ridge.
24:16He never once mentioned Vivian.
24:17I was so entranced by the joy of finding my mate that I believed we only had each other.
24:22But after our wedding, after I became Silvermoon Packs Luna, Vivian returned.
24:27Our meeting was written in the stars.
24:33But our ending was written in his indifference.
24:43From the beginning, I sensed something unusual between them.
24:48Ryan, do you remember how you used to braid flowers into my hair?
24:52That was years ago.
24:54Years ago, but not forgotten.
24:56Some bonds don't disappear just because time passes.
24:59Right, Tiana?
25:01A true bond doesn't need to be reminded in front of others.
25:05Ryan frowned at me then, as if I had embarrassed him by defending myself.
25:12Vivian has suffered too much, and I should be kinder.
25:14I believed him.
25:15I told myself Aluna should be generous, that my mate bond was real,
25:18that no childhood affection could threaten what the moon goddess had chosen.
25:21Looking back as a ghost, I wanted to shake that younger version of myself awake.
25:25A mate bond could point two souls towards each other, but it could not force a selfish heart to be
25:29loyal.
25:30Ryan's first betrayal was not Vivian's return.
25:32It was the first time he saw my hurt and still asked me to swallow it for her comfort.
25:46I felt my spirit growing even lighter.
25:49I failed my Luna.
25:51I ignored evidence, abused Alpha authority, and allowed an innocent wolf to die.
25:54I am no longer worthy of leading Silver Moon Pack.
25:57Alpha Ryan, the pack still needs stability.
26:00Then choose someone who knows the difference between justice and pride, I don't.
26:04His voice was Horky, his face gone, his once commanding presence hollowed out by sleepless nights.
26:10I... I can no longer lead you.
26:13Some wolves wept, others lowered their heads in shame.
26:17I watched them all without emotion.
26:27Power had once been the thing that made him untouchable.
26:31Now he dropped it like a corpse at his feet.
26:35But even an Alpha title thrown away could not weigh the same as a life.
26:43My life.
26:48Ryan spent his days secluded in the house we once shared, doing nothing but drinking.
26:53Alcohol dulled his senses and allowed him to see the one person he wanted but could never reach.
26:57Whenever he closed his eyes, he murmured my name.
27:00Tiana. Tiana. My love, Tiana.
27:03And when he was occasionally sober, he would try to recreate the life we once had, preparing my favorite meals
27:09and setting the table.
27:10I sat quietly across from him, watching as he placed food on the plate before an empty chair.
27:15Tiana. Taste this.
27:17I burned it again. You used to laugh when I ruined the onions.
27:21Say something, please.
27:22I knew then that he had truly lost his mind.
27:25When I was alive and loved him, he treated me with disdain.
27:29Now that I was dead, he acted as if he couldn't breathe without me.
27:34Time couldn't be rewind, and the dead couldn't return.
27:37I was wrong, Tiana.
27:39The first time I saw you, you reminded me of Vivian.
27:42She was heartless, but I couldn't let her go.
27:44But the longer I was with you, the more I realized how different you were.
27:48You were too good. I couldn't even tell who I truly loved anymore.
27:51By the time I figured it out, it was too late.
27:53I was wrong, Tiana. Please come back to me.
27:56I said nothing.
27:59He cried for himself, but it didn't move me.
28:02If he had told me from the beginning that he only saw Vivian's shadow in me,
28:05I would have preferred to spend my life alone rather than letting him mark me.
28:09It was beyond disrespectful. It was disgusting.
28:12But now, I had no choices left.
28:15If you come back, I swear I'll believe every word you say.
28:17I swear I'll never look at Vivian again.
28:19You are swearing to a ghost, Ryan.
28:20You are swearing after the grave has closed.
28:23Of course, he couldn't hear me.
28:24My voice drifted through the room like dust and moonlight.
28:26He looked at the empty chair across from him, as if he could still see me sitting there.
28:29Blood dripped from his fingers onto the table.
28:31Slow, dark red drop. I turned away expressionlessly, unwilling to look at him any longer.
28:36His regret, his confessions, his imagined future with me, none of it mattered.
28:41All I felt towards him now was quiet exhaustion.
28:44Love had once made me forgive everything.
28:50Death finally taught me I did not have to forgive anything at all.
29:02Ryan remained in this pitiful state for many weeks, until he began leaving the house frequently, returning only after several
29:09hours.
29:09My spherical form had weakened so much that I could no longer withstand direct sunlight.
29:14During daylight hours, I couldn't follow him.
29:16So I waited until one night when he woke from a nightmare and slipped out.
29:20No, that wasn't her.
29:21Leo lied.
29:22Tiana can't be buried in Shadow Ridge.
29:24She is my Luna.
29:25She belongs with me.
29:26His words made my spirit recoil.
29:27Even now, he spoke of me like something to be claimed.
29:30Death had not cured his possessiveness.
29:31Regret had only twisted it into another cage.
29:34He visited the abandoned infirmary first.
29:36He stood before the bed where I had died, and pressed his hand to the cold metal rail.
29:39For a moment, the scene overlapped with my final hours.
29:42I saw him as he should have been, rushing in, lifting me, begging the healers to save me.
29:45Then the illusion shattered.
29:46The real Ryan had never come.
29:47He knelt beside the bed and lowered his forehead to the stained sheet.
29:51I should have known.
29:51I should have smelled the wolf bay on you.
29:53I should have torn the door down.
29:54His claws scraped the floor until sparks flew.
29:56But the bed remained empty, and the dead Luna he mourned was standing right beside him, unmoved.
30:08No! This is wrong!
30:10Tiana was not his Luna!
30:12She was mine!
30:13The moon goddess gave her to me!
30:15And you gave me to death.
30:17Standing before my grave, I finally felt a sense of peace and acceptance.
30:21I liked the cemetery's location.
30:23It overlooked a glittering lake, the same one where I used to stare at my reflection as a pup.
30:28Only Leo would think to bury me somewhere I would have loved.
30:31You will always be my Luna.
30:33I will always stand by your side.
30:36Vivian is back.
30:38Everything has changed.
30:39At first I couldn't understand, thinking I hadn't done well enough.
30:52I tried to be kinder to everyone, yet they grew to dislike me for no reason.
30:58I didn't understand.
30:59I was confused and lost, until my life came to an end.
31:09What was he doing?
31:11He had never let me rest when I was alive, and even in death he wouldn't leave me in peace.
31:16I lunged forward, trying to stop him, but my hands passed through his body without even stirring the air.
31:23He was a monster.
31:24I hated him.
31:26You bastard, Ryan.
31:28His appearance was haggard.
31:30Stubble covered his face, and dark circles shadowed his eyes.
31:33Ryan coughed blood from the blow, but refused to admit wrongdoing.
31:35Get out of my way, Leo.
31:36You canizing thief, always coveting what belongs to others.
31:39Tiana was my Luna.
31:41How dare you claim her as yours?
31:55Kaurus!
32:04Stop laughing!
32:08You?
32:21None.
32:25by the time they were too exhausted to continue fighting they both lay on the ground wounded
32:29staring up at the moon leo bared his teeth at ryan panting heavily as if he wanted nothing more than
32:34to tear out his throat she just wanted to rest in peace not be your possession even in death
32:38how dare you come to tiana's grave she was my luna she was my luna even in death she should
32:45be buried with me you have no right to think of her as yours think of her as mine we
32:48weren't blood
32:49relatives but we were the closest people in each other's lives leo's voice trembled with hatred
32:55you're the filthy one who betrayed her with vivian don't you dare insult tiana with your hypocrisy
32:59she can hear i wanted to tell leo to save his breath ryan was rotten to the core and there
33:04was no point
33:05in wasting anger on him it wasn't worth it the wounds from their fight hadn't fazed ryan but
33:08leo's word struck deep tears slipped from his eyes as he muttered can tiana really hear me does that
33:13mean she can hear my repentance i would rather be the one in the ground if it meant she could
33:16live
33:17again then why isn't you before departing leo warned ryan to risk restore my grave immediately
33:24or shadow ridge would declare war on silver moon pack
33:32tiana i'm sorry i thought i was saving her but i only brought her more pain as the first light
33:39of
33:39dawn approaches the wolves howl mourning the loss of one of their own a tear for the lost
33:43a debt to be paid he offered his penance not for forgiveness but for the weight of his sins the
33:49dawn did not bring redemption it only began the reckoning show near me hang your days and so he
33:54walked into the light a sinner seeking his absolution
33:59leo left shadow ridge's burial guards surrounded the graves from the distance not advancing ryan was
34:05forced to reshare the tumor with his own hands i heard him more he fixed it the more he broke
34:10don't
34:11make her wait in death the guard's words struck harder than leo's claws ryan lowered his head
34:16shoulders shaking he had no authority no title could protect him from what he had done
34:21he lifted the fallen tombstone with both arms the stone was heavy but not as heavy as the truth carved
34:29into
34:29it you should have been buried beside me no i should have been alive for the first time i saw
34:36him
34:37understand the difference he did not lose a possession he destroyed a life he knelt in the dirt
34:45the hands that had once commanded the entire silver moon pack now could only scoop soil back into the grave
34:51handful by handful as the first pale edge of dawn appeared ryan pressed his bloody forehead against the
34:58restored stone and whispered my name again and again i looked at the lake beyond him and felt
35:04nothing not pity not anger only distance
35:14the next day ryan returned to silver moon covered in dried blood and grave dirt the new alpha and pack
35:20elders were already waiting in the council house no one rose to greet him once every wolf lowered their
35:25head when ryan entered now they looked at him as if he were a dangerous relic that had finally lost
35:29its crown himself he brought us with wolves against lunatics do you deny any of it no you stripped an
35:35honest hero you staged a public trial without evidence you delivered your luna to rogues you took
35:41her antidote and left her to die yes the simplicity of his answers made the hall colder wolves who had
35:48been there when i screamed my innocence some had laughed when vivian cried now their shame had nowhere to
35:52hide ryan looked at them then at the empty luna seat beside the alpha chair record every crime under
35:57my name restore tiana's title in silver moon's history she was innocent she was the only rightful
36:03luna i ever had history can be corrected the dead count good some truth should hurt forever
36:11i'm sorry tiana
36:15history can be corrected the dead cannot
36:22that evening ryan returned to the infirmary the metal bed had been cleaned but wolf fame left a scent
36:27that even water and herbs could not erase tell me how she died every detail don't spare me why so
36:33you
36:34can perform grief properly you don't need to know because i need to know what i did but since luna
36:37tiana
36:38never received mercy i won't give you any eye the wolf's fate burned through her veins how my wolf
36:44severed the connection to protect herself how my breathing slowed how i kept moving my lips even
36:49after no sound came out ryan's face turned gray he gripped the bed rail so hard it bent was she
36:56calling
36:57me until the end ryan staggered back as if struck
37:03then he did something absurd don't pretend pain is repayment she needed help not your punishment
37:10then what am i supposed to do live knowing she died because you chose not to listen
37:18i'm sorry
37:23on the eve of the new moon ryan gathered the entire pack in the central square the former healer stood
37:28beside the new alpha restored to his position wolves filled the square in uneasy silence many avoided
37:34looking at the empty space where luna should have stood i was wrong rogues who attacked tiana were
37:39summits because i believed a lie alpha we didn't know because you didn't want to know neither did i
37:44a she-wolf who had mocked me on my wedding night began to sob you said vivian should have been
37:49luna
37:49you said tiana was a nobody from shadow ridge say it now say it in front of the pack luna
37:53tiana
37:53deserved better she did from all of us especially for me camera again ever recorded her title is luna
37:58will be spoken with full honor this is not mercy this is truth i watched the apologies fell like late
38:04rain on burned ground sorry luna tiana they sounded sincere they changed nothing tiana ravenfield is
38:10hereby declared innocent of all charges her name shall be spoken with honor and silver moon for all
38:14generations let this day be a reminder justice delayed is still justice but the dead do not
38:20return the public shame ryan endured might have satisfied the living but i was already beyond the
38:26reach of justice my name was cleansed but my body was still under the earth
38:37ryan came to shadow ridge's border three nights later with wagons of medicine moon crystal and
38:42territorial concessions it looked like tribute it looked like guilt wrapped in wealth these are for
38:46shadow ridge for the trouble i caused for tiana's burial and for everything he laughed once sharp the
38:51night she cried alone can you pay for the moment she realized her mate chose another woman can you
38:55pay for the breath she couldn't take because you stole her cure no then take it back shadow ridge
38:59doesn't sell its dead at least let me visit her grave you already violated it once if tanya wanted
39:04you there the moon goddess would have let you hear her answer you hear nothing because she owes you
39:08nothing the border wind moved through the trees ryan stood there like a wolf barred from his own den
39:13i floated beside leo grateful beyond words that someone finally said no for me for three years
39:18ryan's commands had decided my life if any of your wolves cross this line i will treat it as an
39:23act
39:32in death leo guarded my silence like a sacred law
39:41ryan stayed away for several days then one moonless night he crossed into shadow ridge alone he moved
39:46like a thief through the trees avoiding patrol routes he had clearly studied i should have been angry
39:51instead i felt tired bern reached my grave and did not touch the tombstone this time he knelt at a
39:56distance as if afraid the soil itself that is not my burden anymore he placed no flowers no gifts
40:03only a small silver bagger lay between his hands one he had given me on our first anniversary to
40:08protect myself i remembered laughing then telling him i already had an outfit he had kissed my forehead
40:13and said he would always be my shield what a cruel jokes did that mean you loved me until the
40:19end
40:19yes i had loved him until the end that was not beautiful that was tragic and it was finally ending
40:32tiana
40:35goodbye ryan
40:39she's gone isn't she
40:43don't come back she's not here anymore
40:53a cloud moved away from the moon pale light spilled across the grave and for one impossible second
40:58ryan's eyes lifted directly toward me i realized the moonlight had thinned the veil between the living
41:03and the dead the sound of my name broke open something ancient and exhausted inside did not
41:07answer he crawled forward on his knees face twisted with hope so desperate it was almost ugly
41:12i saw you moon goddess i saw you tiana if you're here give me one sign hate me curse me
41:18anything i
41:19wanted to turn away but the moon held me there ryan pressed the silver dagger against his palm until
41:24blood ran over the inscription if death is the only place you exist now then i should have gone there
41:29first leo was right why wasn't it me fear stirred in me not for him but for what he might
41:35do to my
41:35grave again he was still selfish enough to mistake reunion for atonement ryan looked at the broken edge of
41:40the earth he had once dug and smiled faintly as if he had finally found a path i knew then
41:45he had made a terrible decision
41:51don't
41:56ryan lay on the ground for a long time the moonlight washing over his handsome face
42:00suddenly i remembered we had once lain together like this by the lake on our first date
42:04that night the moon had been even brighter ryan had intertwined his fingers with mine turned to face
42:09me and asked me to be his luna but it had only taken three years for that love to dissolve
42:13ryan's
42:13fingers twitched and i knew he was recalling the same moment
42:22this time no one will separate us not vivian not leo not death you still don't understand
42:31a satisfied smile crossed his lips as he injected himself with a lethal dose of wolf bites
42:37his pupils contracted sharply under the poison's effects i couldn't help but frown
42:44tiana is that you i can finally see you if i had known this was the only way to find
42:49you
42:49i wouldn't have made you wait so long you still don't understand
42:58i wanted to tell him i hadn't been waiting for him at all i had simply died too tragically with
43:03too
43:04much resentment to move on but i didn't feel like speaking to him so i just regarded him indifferently
43:09even the sound of my name on his clips felt foreign now soon i would forget fatted him entirely
43:14you must still blame me i did terrible things to you and just your death did you know there's
43:18nothing standing between us anymore i love you tiana he reached toward me but his arm soon fell
43:23limply he was dying the same poison that took me now burned through him and only then did he
43:28understood a fraction of my pain tiana after everything do you hate me i looked at the wolf who
43:32had once been my whole world loving ryan had been exhausting i don't hate you but i don't love you
43:37anymore either i don't want to meet you in our next life he let out a bitter laugh
43:53with endless regret in his eyes he closed them for the last time
44:01all the emotions inside me scattered like moonlight on water until i could barely feel my own existence
44:06the moonlight intensified and i dissolved into it in the distance i devorned you with sincere debout
44:12no longer the fierce alpha who had torn into ryan at my grave but the boy who once shouted for
44:17me to
44:17run faster moon goddess please grant tiana whatever her heart desires let her rest let her be free if
44:23she cannot return then at least let her never suffer again the new moon ceremony time for prayers
44:28had occurred just before my death that was why i had remained as a spirit witnessing everything unfold
44:33and i had seen it all i had wanted to see ryan's regret the old man had only wished for
44:38a single
44:39happy life but to the moon goddess that wasn't a wish worthy of granting so now i gave my final
44:45wish
44:45to leo i wished that in the days after i was gone he would care for himself find a mate
44:52who loved him as
44:53much as he loved them and live his life as a cherished alpha leo thank you thank you for always
45:00being
45:00good to me thank you for giving me a place to rest in peace and thank you for showing me
45:04what it truly
45:05feels like to be loved the moonlight swallowed me whole this time i did not look back
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