O Alfa dos Meus Sonhos é um emocionante drama urbano que mistura romance de lobisomem, destino, paixão e segredos. Quando uma jovem encontra o Alfa que sempre apareceu em seus sonhos, ela descobre que o amor verdadeiro pode ser tão perigoso quanto irresistível. Assista ao filme completo com reviravoltas emocionantes, romance sobrenatural e uma história inesquecível.
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00:00Por seis meses, eu criei de surrendering a um wolf cada noite.
00:04Ele era um alfa, na verdade.
00:05Nós nos perdemos em paz no dia depois do dia.
00:08Eu não tinha um wolf, mas eu senti como eu estava bondado com ele.
00:11Depois de ter um jovem, ele whispered em meu ear,
00:14Break up com ele, will você?
00:16Eu não queria refusar, mas entre as moas, eu forçava a palavra.
00:20Não.
00:20Mas cada dawn, eu despertava sem lembrar o nome dele.
00:24Seis meses depois, eu finalmente encontrei ele.
00:26Good news, ele é apenas como brilhante como em meus sonhos.
00:29Bad news, ele é meu alfa brother, o ruthless hockey captain.
00:34Julian Blackwood me disse para ir com ele para conhecer o pack.
00:37Quando ele me disse que, ele não pediu para minha opinião.
00:39Dress nice, algo sexy.
00:42É winter, sexy não acontece.
00:46Você tem um problema com isso?
00:48Então, nós podemos romper?
00:49Ele gritou, como se ele não me importava com ele.
00:51Ele sabia que eu nunca ia romper com ele.
00:54Eu não tenho dinheiro para o novo roupa.
00:56Isso é.
00:57Ele transferiu R$50,000 para minha conta.
01:00Take o dinheiro.
01:01Eu vou para a parte.
01:02Não me importava.
01:02Então, ele me disse para ir como um fly.
01:04Outside o seu próprio locker room,
01:06Julian já estava brincando com os seus equipamentos de hockey.
01:09E aí, eu acho que ela ia morrer.
01:24Eu acho que Chloe deve ter perdido ela.
01:27Eu acho que eu gostaria de ir embora.
01:39A month ago, Julian Blackwood, the school's dream boy, suddenly asked me to be his girlfriend.
01:44Everyone knew Julian had just broken up with his cheerleader girlfriend.
01:48Coming to me now meant one of two things, rebound or entertainment.
01:53Either way, he has no sincere feelings for me at all.
01:56But I still said yes because I needed the money.
01:59To cover my mother's surgery costs, I'd been working hard.
02:02Then her condition got worse and I couldn't wait anymore.
02:06And right at that moment, Julian confessed me to be with him.
02:09The Blackwood Pack ran half the state.
02:12Old money, old bloodline, and a dynasty built on sports.
02:16I heard that Julian's older brother was the alpha heir.
02:19Right after he graduated, he was made captain of the Ridgemont Wolves,
02:23America's top-ranked state hockey team.
02:25If they snag the Stanley Cup this year, it'll be a three-peat.
02:29Julian played hockey too, but only in the uni.
02:32But I never cared about hockey.
02:33I cared about money.
02:35A wealthy playboy like Julian, whose routine was blowing through motorcycles and after-game parties,
02:41just picking up the loose change he threw around would cover mom's entire surgery bill.
02:45But Julian didn't know any of that.
02:47He thought I was crazy about him.
02:49Julian booked first class.
02:50The moment we boarded, he slammed on his noise-canceling headphones.
02:54He forbade me from disturbing him.
02:56Fine by me, and I was asleep in minutes.
02:59Then something shifted.
03:00I was pressed against a man's chest, my skin burning hot.
03:04His hands rubbed my thigh.
03:06The dream again?
03:07How many times this month?
03:08Still not enough?
03:09You look beautiful today.
03:11Where are you going?
03:13To my boyfriend's pack.
03:15He went quiet for a long moment.
03:17I looked up and caught the dark current moving behind his eyes.
03:20You have a boyfriend?
03:21Yes.
03:22This man was an incredibly impressive man.
03:24Cold features, massive chest, broad shoulders, and a sharply tapered waist.
03:29A pure alpha.
03:30No wonder I kept indulging in this dream.
03:33Break up with him, will you?
03:34His voice was low and magnetic, laced with a hint of coaxing.
03:37Break up with him, will you?
03:39No.
03:41Why?
03:42Where did I fall short?
03:44Enough.
03:44More than enough.
03:45But who stays forever with a man from a dream?
03:50When you wake up, there's nothing left.
03:52Whether those words had stung him or not, he fell silent.
03:55The landing jolt pulled me back.
03:57Julian was staring at me, frowning.
03:59Aurora, are you feeling hot?
04:01I wiped the thin sweat from my forehead.
04:03I'm fine.
04:04That dream again.
04:05It had started about six months ago.
04:07About six months ago, this man began appearing in my dreams out of thin air.
04:12At first, they were ordinary dreams.
04:14Until one night, he appeared naked in my dreams.
04:17Perfect body.
04:18Exactly my type.
04:19And I could no longer hold back my desires.
04:22From that night on, we tangled together in my dreams, night after night.
04:26Every time I tried to ask his name, it would all slip my mind the second I woke up.
04:30All I knew was that there's only thing drew me to the stranger.
04:34Like we were bonded.
04:35But that's impossible.
04:37I didn't have a wolf.
04:38I'd quietly seen the campus healer about it.
04:40It's just dreaming.
04:42Young wolves run hot, even unawakened ones.
04:46Perfectly normal.
04:47Fair enough.
04:48I had, after all, never so much as held a man's hand in real life.
04:51Your face is flushed.
04:53A little warm.
04:55Don't tell me you've never been on a plane.
04:57First time, actually.
04:58Thank you for the experience.
05:01I'm too honest.
05:02Julian's smirk died before it could form.
05:04A beat passed.
05:05Then, without thinking, he reached up and angled the air vent above my seat.
05:09Even he seemed startled by the gesture.
05:11Thanks.
05:12At baggage claim, Julian drifted away to take a call.
05:15Did you guys meet up with Chloe?
05:16Alright, we'll see her in a few days.
05:19Girlfriend?
05:20I'm breaking up with her right after.
05:21He spotted me coming closer and hung up fast.
05:24Aurora, a heads up.
05:26Yeah?
05:26In my family, mom and dad are easygoing.
05:30But be careful around my brother.
05:33Why?
05:34Is he scary?
05:35Julian looked at me strangely.
05:37I used to give him nothing but yeah and okay.
05:39Perfectly obedient.
05:40But I was almost at my goal now.
05:42I couldn't be bothered to act any longer.
05:44He's got a temper.
05:45Dominant.
05:45On the team, in the pack, what he says goes.
05:48My parents are actually a little scared of him.
05:49Just be careful.
05:50He hesitated, then added...
05:51And don't bring up the wolf-less thing.
05:52He's the strongest alpha in the West.
05:53Just a wolf-less girl like you, he'll kick you out.
05:56Julian only looked afraid and reverent at once when he talked about this brother.
05:59I had zero interest in the Blackwood pack politics.
06:01Julian frowned.
06:02Aren't you excited?
06:04Coming home with me?
06:07I said it with a completely blank face.
06:10Thrilled, a car met us and drove us to the Blackwood estate.
06:13Located on 280 acres of pine forest in the foothills outside the city with miles of packed territory stretching out
06:21beyond it.
06:21Julian's parents were warm.
06:23Exactly as he'd said.
06:25They fussed over me like I was already family.
06:27Until dinner, Cade came home.
06:30Julian's swagger died instantly.
06:32He stood rigid like a kid in trouble and murmured obediently.
06:35A voice deep and husky bringing me back to those hot dreams.
06:38Hey, rough trip?
06:40And devastatingly familiar.
06:42I turned around.
06:43My whole body froze.
06:45Mate.
06:45It's him.
06:46The man I dream of every night.
06:48My heart pounded and my wolf spoke for the first time.
06:53Cade, this is my girlfriend, Aurora.
06:55Welcome.
06:55Cade's gaze swept across my face.
06:57For half a second, his pupils dilated.
06:59He felt the bond too.
07:01Then nothing.
07:01He was exactly as I'd dreamed.
07:03Only in a hockey gear.
07:05Helmet tucked under his arm.
07:06Maybe he'd just free from training.
07:08Looking like a little mountain.
07:09But all I could picture was him naked.
07:12Muscles rippling.
07:13Body like a sculpture.
07:14By the time dinner started, he was wearing a white shirt.
07:17Droplets of water sliding from his wet hair down onto his chest.
07:20The damp fabric outlined the muscle beneath.
07:23Every voice in the room dropped a little lower.
07:25Julian became a different person entirely.
07:27During dinner, the conversation drifted to me.
07:29Aurora, Julian tells us you've never dated anyone before.
07:33That's right.
07:34Julian is my first.
07:36A girl as lovely as you and no one snatched you up?
07:39I don't believe it.
07:39I swallowed carefully and let my eyes drift toward Cade.
07:42He was cutting his steak as if he hadn't heard a thing.
07:45Of course he doesn't know me.
07:46It was only ever my dream.
07:47Maybe I once caught a glimpse of his photo on a sports highlight reel and wove him straight into my
07:52dreams.
07:52And who would ever want a wolfless girl as a baby?
07:55I could already picture him rejecting me.
07:57I steadied myself and leaned into the role.
08:00Honestly, I feel so lucky to meet Julia.
08:02He was amazing playing hockey.
08:04I've looked up to him ever since his freshman year.
08:07Our Julian has his rough edges, but he's got a good heart underneath.
08:10Would you take good care of him?
08:12Of course.
08:13I really do like him.
08:14No, I don't.
08:15I only care about the check you'll write at the end of this visit.
08:18Something brushed over me.
08:19A weight, like a gaze.
08:20I glanced up instinctively.
08:22Cade was on his phone, not even glancing at me.
08:24Had I imagined it?
08:25A few days passed at the Blackwood Estate, and I was almost used to it.
08:29Cade was rarely home.
08:30The team had two a days, even over break.
08:32When we did cross paths, he gave me a polite, distant nod.
08:35I grew more certain with every passing day.
08:38The dream was mine alone.
08:39What had happened the moment I'd first seen him?
08:41The awakening, the wolf stirring under my skin.
08:44I had pushed down hard.
08:45A fluke.
08:46The fever of the long flight.
08:48Anything.
08:48Wear this.
08:49The day to meet Chloe was approaching.
08:51Julian wasn't happy with what I'd prepared, so he had someone bring over a new outfit.
08:55A silk slip dress.
08:57Summer weight.
08:58He wanted me to wear those clothes and take photos with him, just to make his ex jealous.
09:02The estate had radiant floor heating, but I was still shivering.
09:06Julian didn't notice.
09:07He insisted on taking perfect couple photos to make his first love jealous.
09:11The next morning, I woke up with a full fever.
09:14Julian sniffed.
09:15Something smells sweet.
09:16Did you put on perfume?
09:17Heat washed me over, and I couldn't even find the strength to reply.
09:21But Julian couldn't have cared less about me.
09:23He was long gone, off drinking with his teammates.
09:26As he left, I heard him on the phone.
09:28She has to get sick now?
09:29She better not embarrass me when I meet Chloe in a couple of days.
09:31You got any other girls to come with us?
09:33Just in case.
09:34I was half delirious.
09:35The line between dream and reality blurring into nothing.
09:39The fever felt unusual, stirring a strange desire low in my abdomen.
09:43Wet, dark, and shameful.
09:46My throat was raw, so I dragged myself up to get water.
09:49Across the hall, the study door was open.
09:52I looked up.
09:53Cade was inside.
09:55Julian was out.
09:56His parents were running errands.
09:57Cade was supposed to be at team practice.
09:59Why was he still at home?
10:00There was only one explanation.
10:03I'm dreaming again.
10:04If it's just a dream, then it's easy.
10:06I don't feel...
10:07I ran my hands all over him, slipping them under his tight white t-shirt.
10:11He gasped, a beat late, and asked...
10:13Did you take your medicine?
10:16Yes.
10:16Rest, then.
10:17But I shoved him onto the sofa bed.
10:19I met someone today.
10:20He looks exactly like you.
10:22The heat between us making it impossible to think.
10:25But I know he's not you.
10:27How did you know?
10:28The moment I see that mole on your collarbone, I know I'm asleep.
10:32I reached up and began undoing his shirt buttons.
10:35That mole was familiar to me.
10:37In dreams, I'd nodded countless times.
10:39Perched on his legs, I let my fingers brush over it.
10:43Naughty little wolf.
10:44You're not sick.
10:45Cade kissed me, pinning me down.
10:47You're in heat.
10:48His hands roamed under my dress.
10:49He began to enjoy me.
10:51His body rose and fell against me, fierce, fast, and hard in every way.
10:56After that, I was almost dizzy from the intensity.
10:59He moved over me relentlessly, and even when it was over, I wanted more.
11:03This one wasn't like any dream before.
11:05It felt real.
11:06Way too real.
11:07And insane.
11:09But Cade suddenly stopped my hand.
11:11Didn't you say you like him?
11:12What?
11:13You said you really liked Julian.
11:16How do you know Julian?
11:17My brain detonated.
11:18All the subtle tension between us froze in an instant.
11:21I dug my nails into my thigh, and the pain jolted me awake.
11:24This wasn't a dream.
11:26It's reality.
11:27The man I had just climbed on top of was the actual Cade.
11:30He said my name.
11:32Lo.
11:32The sound of it curled through me.
11:34The wolf I'd been pretending hadn't woken up pressed against my ribs again.
11:38Six months of asking in dreams, and I finally have it.
11:41Your name.
11:41That line froze me all over again.
11:44What did he mean?
11:45Did he dream about it too?
11:47Then, a knock at the door.
11:48Cade, have you seen Aurora?
11:51Julian?
11:53Why is he back?
11:55Cade?
11:56I thought I heard her voice.
11:57Are you in there?
11:58Nobody?
11:58All right, I'm coming in.
11:59My brain's short-circuiting.
12:01The handle turned.
12:03Julian stepped inside.
12:04Oh, hey.
12:05You're here.
12:07When did you get back?
12:09I felt bad leaving her alone.
12:11Hey, Cade.
12:12I checked the bedroom in Aurora.
12:14Wasn't there.
12:15You seen her?
12:16No?
12:16Cade's eyes dropped, calm as still water.
12:19Maybe the bathroom.
12:20I'll wait.
12:20At that exact moment, I was crouched beneath his desk, knees to my chest, my cheek almost
12:26pressed against the crease of his trousers, barely breathing.
12:29He'd barely opened his game when his nose wrinkled.
12:32Cade, why does your study smell like Aurora's perfume?
12:36Scented candle.
12:38What?
12:39You hate those.
12:40What happened to you?
12:42Julian still wasn't suspicious, but he stood up to look for it.
12:45He was almost around the desk.
12:49Cade's arm shot out.
12:52Leave.
12:53What?
12:53Take Nika to the groomer, he smells.
12:55That's Mrs. Wells' job.
12:57Cade looked up.
12:58One look.
12:59Unarguable.
13:00Are you going or not?
13:01Keep the change.
13:03Deal.
13:03He'll smell like a five-star hotel.
13:06Julian bounded downstairs.
13:08When the estate went quiet again, I crawled out from under the desk.
13:12Head still spinning, I cut straight to it.
13:14You had the same dream.
13:17It appears so.
13:18That's impossible.
13:19Can we compare timelines?
13:21First time, August 10th.
13:23You used me as your emotional garbage spizzle and talked for two hours.
13:26Sixth time, you said, hey, let me see the abs.
13:30Seventh time, September.
13:31Things shifted between us.
13:33We-
13:33Stop.
13:34I get it.
13:35The information overload, combined with the fever, made the wound tilt.
13:39The instant his skin brushed mine, my wolf surged forward again, almost knocked me sideways.
13:44You're awakened.
13:45I can feel your wolf now.
13:48Today.
13:49The minute I saw you.
13:51Don't think about it now.
13:52Rest.
13:53He carried me back to my room.
13:55In the hallway, we walked directly into Mrs. Wells.
13:58Her eyes went wide.
13:59She forgot to breathe.
14:00Alpha, is that-
14:02Is that Miss Aurora?
14:03I pressed both hands over my face.
14:05Cade said evenly-
14:06You know what to do.
14:07Polite tone.
14:08Absolute finality.
14:09Goodness.
14:10My eyes aren't what they used to be.
14:12Can't see a thing anymore.
14:13Mrs. Wells was already backing away.
14:15Mrs. Wells is discreet.
14:17She won't say a word.
14:18Get some rest.
14:19I was too exhausted to argue.
14:21That evening, Julian came back.
14:23Be functional in two days.
14:24I need you presentable when we see Chloe.
14:27He turned to go, then stopped.
14:29Wait.
14:30That smell.
14:31Cade's study has that same candle.
14:32I actually like it.
14:33Cade's on a road trip with the team.
14:36Away a tournament.
14:37Finally get a few days of breathing room.
14:40He left?
14:41Yeah.
14:42Around noon.
14:43Running from me, most likely.
14:45Cade didn't come back until the holiday break.
14:47When he did, he gave me the same distant, polite nod as always.
14:51As if nothing had happened.
14:52The good news was that now I have my wolf.
14:54A beautiful silver wolf.
14:56I like it.
14:57Then the day of the party came.
14:59Time for me to meet Cole.
15:01Julian dragged me to his team party.
15:03That's when I realized his team was really just his brother's second string squad, far behind his brother.
15:09Julian walked into any room like he owned it.
15:11That energy radiated outward.
15:13I was immediately swept into the spotlight with him.
15:16So this is the girl you brought to make Chloe jealous?
15:19Bro, are you blind?
15:20She's prettier than Chloe.
15:22You're the blind one.
15:24Don't compare them.
15:25A wolf-less nerd compared with a pure blood?
15:28Come on.
15:29Does she know Chloe might come after her tonight?
15:33Julian said easily.
15:35Why would I warn her?
15:37The harder Chloe comes for her, the more it proves she's still hung up on me.
15:40Nobody goes home sober tonight!
15:43Careful, Julian.
15:45Your brother finds out he'll bury you.
15:47Cade's got his own plans tonight.
15:49He's had a pack-arranged dinner with the Whitlock Airdis.
15:52My scattered thoughts suddenly sharpened.
15:54Of course, Cade.
15:56Captain of the Ridgemont Wolves.
15:58Heir to the Blackwood Pack.
16:00Powerful.
16:01Brilliant.
16:02The kind of elite the ordinary will never reach.
16:05The whole room leaned in.
16:07Julian was happy to deliver.
16:08He's been single forever.
16:09No idea what made him agree this time.
16:12Apparently she's gorgeous, and the packs are a perfect match.
16:15Does this mean we're getting a future Luna?
16:17The door to their private room swung open.
16:19Chloe's here!
16:20Welcome back, cheer captain!
16:22Julian's first love was stunning.
16:25Blonde hair, a tank top, and a tight mini skirt.
16:28And she despised me on sight.
16:30Surrounded by her cheer squad, she worked me into every conversation.
16:34Sideways, cutting.
16:35The tension thickened.
16:36I volunteered to go wash the fruit knives.
16:39While my hands were busy, my mind was running the numbers.
16:42Julian threw money around without thinking twice.
16:45I had never once asked him for anything directly.
16:47Just caught what fell through the cracks.
16:49And somehow, I had enough.
16:51The surgery was covered.
16:53Time to end this.
16:54I was still working out the words when Chloe and her squad materialized behind me.
16:58Did you just roll your eyes at me?
17:00She dropped the princess act entirely.
17:02No.
17:02Liar!
17:03We all saw it!
17:04You're imagining things.
17:06I couldn't even be bothered to look at you.
17:08Why would I roll my eyes?
17:10Chloe's face went scarlet.
17:11Her friends rushed me, grabbing at my dress, tearing at the hem.
17:15This dress screams Julian's charity case!
17:17His taste is tragically bad!
17:19Tonight, you're gonna find out exactly who you messed with!
17:22I've had enough.
17:23I'd had enough.
17:24Before they could ruin the fabric, I reached out and grabbed a fistful of Chloe's hair.
17:29Child's play.
17:30One smooth pivot, and I had her bent over the sink.
17:33Surprisingly easy.
17:35Now I see it.
17:37Julian really does have bad taste.
17:38I ran cold water directly onto her head.
17:41A little moment of clarity for her.
17:43Her squad stepped back.
17:44Go find Julian if you're upset.
17:46Don't come at me.
17:47Chloe gurgled something.
17:49Probably filthy.
17:50But the water was handling that too.
17:52Chloe switched from cursing to wailing.
17:55The bathroom was close to their room.
17:57Julian and the others came running.
17:59Chloe broke free, soaking wet, and hurled herself into Julian's arms.
18:03Your girlfriend attacked me!
18:05That doesn't sound like Aurea.
18:08Julian!
18:09You didn't see her hold me under the faucet?
18:11We all saw it!
18:12Your ex-girlfriend just got attacked and you're going to defend her?
18:14Under the pressure, Julian turned to me.
18:17His expression hardened.
18:20Aurora, apologize.
18:21Apologize.
18:23Hilarious.
18:25Apologize.
18:25Hilarious.
18:26I picked up the paring knife and walked toward Julian, one slow step at a time.
18:31The room went silent.
18:32Julian retreated until the back of his knees hit the couch and he dropped onto it.
18:36I planted one heel between his legs.
18:38My black stiletto was a millimeter from things he'd miss very much.
18:42Time to settle our tab, sweetheart.
18:44I dragged the flat of the blade across his cheek.
18:46He flinched, cold.
18:47You used me to make your ex jealous? Fine.
18:49I was using you too.
18:51We're even.
18:52But as of right now, we're done.
18:54Don't come near me again.
18:55Julian grabbed my ankle.
18:56What do you mean, using you too?
18:58It means exactly what it sounds like.
18:59Are you deaf?
19:00Aurora, do you not like me?
19:02Correct.
19:03I actively dislike you.
19:04In the dim light, something flickered across Julian's face.
19:07Confusion.
19:08Then something raw.
19:09That's impossible!
19:10I am the hockey captain!
19:12The school's dream god!
19:14You mean a bench water?
19:16I drove the knife down.
19:17Julian went rigid.
19:18A beat.
19:18He realized the blade was embedded in the couch cushion beside him, not in him.
19:22Even this trip, it was about your family's money.
19:25Stop flattering yourself.
19:26Something changed behind me.
19:27The air shifted.
19:28A pressure rolled into the room.
19:30Undeniable.
19:31The kind only one alpha in the country could carry.
19:33I turned.
19:34Cade Blackwood stood in the doorway.
19:36He had heard everything.
19:37The light was dim.
19:38I couldn't read his face.
19:39Cade walked in.
19:40First, he draped his jacket over my shoulders.
19:43My dress had been torn at the seam.
19:45Chloe and her squad had seen to that.
19:47Then he went to Julian.
19:48Helped him up.
19:49Julian looked stunned.
19:50Like he hadn't quite landed yet.
19:52Someone nearby explained.
19:53Cade's back.
19:54We're having dinner.
19:55We've been at the same hotel.
19:56Perfect timing.
19:58You're finished.
19:59Chloe hissed as she passed me.
20:00The alpha hates gold deckers.
20:02Every she-wolf who's ever thrown herself at him has regretted it.
20:05I laughed to myself.
20:06She didn't need to tell me to run.
20:08I already knew.
20:09I wasn't naive enough to think Cade would take my side here.
20:12The dream was a dream.
20:13Julian was his actual blood.
20:15I set his jacket on a chair and walked out.
20:18That night, I left my phone's SIM card behind and took the first train home.
20:22There was a lot left to do.
20:24Get mom into surgery.
20:25Pick up shifts.
20:26Start over.
20:27I stayed busy.
20:29Only one thing was different.
20:30I actually started watching hockey.
20:32In the June postseason, Cade led his team to defend their championship.
20:36An epic three-peat.
20:38And Cade was the highest scorer for three seasons straight.
20:41In July, a classmate told me that Julian had shown up at finals week looking for me and
20:45was told I'd taken the rest of the semester remote.
20:47Apparently, he'd looked completely lost.
20:50I didn't understand it.
20:51Some kind of masochism?
20:53It didn't matter.
20:53Our paths wouldn't cross again.
20:55As for Cade, I never dreamed of him again.
20:58Months passed.
20:59I stayed home, working remote shifts, caring for my mother.
21:02The days were quiet.
21:04Then one morning, the call came through.
21:05I'd gotten the team PR assistant position at the Ridgemont Athletic Department.
21:09Full work-study stipend.
21:11Housing supplement.
21:12Enough to keep mom in the best ward.
21:14The Blackwood Pack endowed half the program, but the athletic department was huge.
21:18I didn't think much about who I might run into until the rink corridor.
21:22I walked in on my first day.
21:23Cade Blackwood was already inside.
21:25He was surrounded by coaching staff.
21:27The entire supporting crew had come down to meet him.
21:30My wolf stirred.
21:32Mate.
21:32That face.
21:34Sharp.
21:35Unreadable.
21:35A face that had appeared in my dreams more times than I could count.
21:39Seeing it now felt like surfacing from a long, strange sleep.
21:42The corridor was packed.
21:44Stop hovering.
21:45Go get the next briefing ready.
21:47I was already stepping back when Cade's voice cut through the room.
21:50There's room.
21:51Come in.
21:52He pulled me out of the crowd toward him.
21:53I went still.
21:54The corridor fell into silence.
21:56I was pressed almost against Cade's side.
21:59Supervisor, suddenly all smiles bowed and nodded as he introduced me.
22:03Top of her year.
22:05She'll be running media and logistics for the season.
22:07Cade didn't respond to that.
22:08He looked down at me.
22:10You lost weight.
22:10The observation landed without warning.
22:12Every coach in the corridor blinked.
22:15At lunch, Cade demonstrated exactly how far the Blackwood resources could reach.
22:19Catered meals delivered for every player and staff member.
22:22I ate my rice and left the rest untouched.
22:25The food was too good.
22:27Ingredients I couldn't afford.
22:28I wrapped the sides carefully.
22:30I'd bring them home to my mother.
22:31By mid-afternoon, the period cramps hit.
22:34The moment the clock struck five, I was the first one out of the staff exit.
22:39A hand shot through the closing door before it sealed.
22:41Long fingers.
22:43Precise.
22:44Aurora heart.
22:45Can we talk?
22:46Cade stepped in.
22:47Fifteen minutes later, I stepped into his private locker room.
22:50It was so intimate.
22:51I was almost swallowed by his scent.
22:53His gaze flicked to the wrapped takeaway container in my lap.
22:56Food wasn't to your claimings?
22:58I didn't answer the question.
22:59Is there something you needed, Captain?
23:01If this is about Julian, about some kind of apology, that's never happening.
23:04Not what I said.
23:05I just think that two people who've shared the same dream for six months deserve one honest conversation.
23:10There's nothing to say.
23:12I'm a gold digger.
23:13You're the Blackwood, alpha-haired, we have nothing in common.
23:15I wouldn't be so sure.
23:17Cade smiled.
23:17He pressed me against the locker door behind him, his nose brushing mine.
23:21PR position you applied for.
23:23Three candidates.
23:24Better resumes.
23:25I overrode the panel.
23:26Ask yourself why.
23:27Before I could answer, a wave of pain bent me forward.
23:30I pressed a hand to my stomach.
23:32Said nothing.
23:32He took my hand.
23:33Do you need a hospital?
23:34No.
23:35He helped me sit on the bench and poured me a cup of hot water.
23:38Captain, that's your personal cup.
23:41I don't mind.
23:41Do you?
23:42The pain didn't soften my reflexes.
23:43So this is how you operate.
23:45A pack-arranged she-wolf lined up at the estate and a dream girl on the side for variety.
23:48I don't have a fiancé.
23:50You went on an arranged dinner.
23:51Is that what's bothering you?
23:52I looked away.
23:53Cade pressed his lips together and kept his voice even.
23:56The Widock girl has treaty ties to my pack.
23:58I had no choice.
23:59But the moment I sat down, I told her I was already in love with someone else.
24:02The entire dinner was about pack business.
24:04Nothing else.
24:05Cade?
24:06What is the point of this conversation?
24:08You like money.
24:08He looked at me.
24:09Something warm in his eyes.
24:11Something deliberate.
24:11I have more than Julian, and I'm cleaner than he is.
24:14I've never been in a relationship.
24:16Aurora, consider me.
24:17I was fairly certain Cade Blackwood had lost his mind.
24:20This kind of directness was not something I had prepared for.
24:23And dragging his own brother in the process?
24:25Half a year gone.
24:26And a confession before we'd even said hello properly.
24:29Who does that?
24:30I took a moment.
24:31He didn't rush me.
24:32I ran through my list.
24:33I love money.
24:34I think it's more reliable than feelings.
24:36Perfect.
24:37No one in other packs has more of it than I do.
24:38I need someone in good shape.
24:40Lean muscle.
24:41Not too much, not too little.
24:42I'm a hockey player.
24:43No need to mention the muscles.
24:45You've confirmed it yourself, repeatedly.
24:47In considerable detail.
24:48I had nothing to say.
24:49Cade brushed my face, his expression soft.
24:52And I know you felt it too.
24:53The bond.
24:55I guess that's why we ended up in the same dream.
24:57My wolf stirred, whispering in my mind.
24:59The moon goddess wills it.
25:01My cheeks burned.
25:02Cade added a few more things.
25:04He'd been standing in the doorway the night of the party.
25:06He heard everything when he realized Julian and I had been performing, that there were
25:11no real feelings between us.
25:12He felt something that surprised him.
25:14Relief.
25:15He'd planned to deal with Julian's mess first, then find me.
25:18But I was already gone when he turned around.
25:20He couldn't reach me.
25:21Neither could Julian.
25:22He spent months looking, quietly, carefully.
25:26He had the pack network and the resources, but he didn't want to come in like a force of
25:30nature and give me reason to disappear again.
25:33If she left, she had her reasons.
25:36I just have to make myself worth finding.
25:38He believed that.
25:39So he found me slowly.
25:41Then he asked again,
25:42Will you consider me?
25:44I didn't hesitate.
25:45Yes, but one condition.
25:46I wasn't ready to go public.
25:48I wanted to keep my position at the department my own.
25:51Built on work, not on who I was sleeping with.
25:54The moment people found out, everything I'd earned would be credited to him.
25:58Cade agreed to everything.
25:59He was remarkably easy to handle, in the dream too.
26:03But sometimes, this man was a problem.
26:05Like during the team-wide meeting, Cade sat at the head of the room, controlled, barely
26:10glancing at his phone, the very picture of restrained alpha authority.
26:14And yet, no one in that room knew he'd just sent me a photo, kneeling, in his full three-piece
26:19suit, blindfolded.
26:20He wrote,
26:20Took this last night.
26:21Thought you might like it.
26:22We are in the middle of a meeting.
26:24You don't like it?
26:25Oh, for the love of.
26:26Of course I liked it.
26:27Trouble came two weeks later.
26:29Someone knocked on my apartment door.
26:31I didn't check the peephole.
26:32I opened it.
26:33Julian Blackwood stood in the hall, holding an enormous bouquet.
26:37Aurora, I finally found you.
26:40The delight on his face was in direct proportion to my horror.
26:44I tracked down your middle school friend.
26:45She gave me your address.
26:48Is there something you need?
26:50Sheepish.
26:51A rare expression crossed Julian's usually careless face.
26:54I want us to start over.
26:55Almost shy.
26:57Before I could form a response, Cade appeared behind me in the doorway.
27:00Delivery?
27:01The brothers looked at each other.
27:02The world held its breath.
27:04Three seconds.
27:05Three very long seconds.
27:07Julian blinked.
27:08Cade, why are you here?
27:11Good question.
27:12Why was Cade here?
27:13Because he'd spent the night and enthusiastically demonstrated what the photo had only hinted at.
27:18But I didn't particularly want to share that.
27:20My mind moved fast.
27:22He's here to pick up some files.
27:24What?
27:25Captain Blackwood is overseeing the team.
27:27He needs game preparation documents, so he came in person.
27:30Where's his assistant?
27:31On leave.
27:32I delivered all of this completely deadpan.
27:34Cade looked at me.
27:36Something flickered in his expression.
27:37Faint.
27:38Wounded.
27:38I grabbed the empty folder off my desk and pushed it into his arms.
27:42Everything's in there.
27:43You can go now.
27:44And take your brother with you.
27:45Why do I feel like the trash being put out?
27:47Julian refused to leave.
27:49Naturally.
27:50He wedged himself in the doorway and launched into it.
27:52Aurora, I know I treated you badly.
27:54I've thought about it every day since you left.
27:56I cut things off with my ex.
27:58Completely.
27:58I want to do this properly this time.
28:00I swear.
28:00Give me one more chance.
28:01No.
28:02Why not?
28:04Because I never liked you.
28:05Julian showed up at the rink the next day.
28:07Within hours, the entire team knew he was there to win me back.
28:11He brought breakfast.
28:12He sent afternoon snacks.
28:13He stopped just short of offering to massage my shoulders at the bench.
28:17This was going to be a problem.
28:19At lunch, I pulled him into the equipment room and said it plainly.
28:22I want to work.
28:24Please stop disrupting my life.
28:25Julian wore the same team jersey as his brother.
28:28But he was clearly a size smaller.
28:30He didn't look nearly as solid.
28:32Okay.
28:33I'll tone it down.
28:34It's not about tone.
28:35Julian, live your life.
28:37Even if you stayed forever, my answer wouldn't change.
28:40I'm not leaving.
28:41Even if you don't want me, I'm staying.
28:43Something serious had settled into him.
28:45Aurora, after you left, I went through a long stretch of actually thinking about what I've done.
28:49I want to make it right.
28:50I'll be good to you.
28:51A shadow passed the equipment room doorway.
28:53The Alpha Captain was, apparently, not above eavesdropping.
28:56I don't need you to make anything right.
28:58Everything you're doing right now is stepping directly on every single nerve I have.
29:02It's making me dislike you more, not less.
29:04It's making me dislike you more, not less.
29:07Julian looked like he'd been struck.
29:08He shuffled out, visibly deflated.
29:10He didn't notice Cade slip in the moment he was gone.
29:13The door closed.
29:14Cade had me pressed against the wall before I finished turning around.
29:17The equipment room had no lock.
29:19Anyone could walk in.
29:20I pushed at his chest.
29:21We're at work.
29:24Auroras, I'm happy.
29:25I'm happy.
29:26His heart was hammering.
29:27The muscle under my palm was, admittedly, quite something.
29:31His heartbeat.
29:32Right.
29:32Sorry for the momentary distraction.
29:34After the equipment room conversation, Julian pulled back.
29:37He went quiet, haunted corners of the rink like a scolded golden retriever, stealing glances
29:42at me when he thought I wasn't looking.
29:44After a practice match for the backup squad, the team went out for a meal, and they invited
29:49me too.
29:49Cade came.
29:50Everyone assumed it was to babysit Julian.
29:52Someone suggested truth or dare.
29:55Julian picked dare.
29:56The room clamored to make him drink a toast with me, cheek to cheek.
29:59Cade's expression closed like a shutting door.
30:01He was on his feet before anyone could process it.
30:04Aurora.
30:05Sponsor wants to compare design boards.
30:07Right now?
30:08At the party?
30:09One sweep of his gaze, and every voice in the room extinguished itself.
30:14Beside the party hall, there was a small lounge section curtained off in red.
30:17The moment we were inside, Cade pulled me against him from behind.
30:21His breath was warm against my neck, distracting.
30:24Go public.
30:25Aurora, I can't keep doing this.
30:27Be good.
30:29Let me finish this campaign.
30:30I had my own plan.
30:31When the season launch campaign wrapped, the program had hinted at a permanent senior role.
30:36Then when everyone found out about us, they'd know I'd earned it, not stumbled into it.
30:39I wasn't going to be someone's trophy.
30:41My mother had fought through illness to put me through school, not for me to be a footnote
30:45in someone else's success story.
30:47I like my work.
30:48Give me a little time to make my work.
30:49Cade made a quiet sound of frustration and bit my ear in retaliation.
30:53A sequence of kisses that made breathing an afterthought.
30:56There was a small dressing mirror mounted in the alcove.
30:59He tilted my chin up.
31:00Why are you shy?
31:00Look.
31:01In the glass, my lips were deep red.
31:03My eyes were somewhere far away.
31:04Outside, the banquet noise rolled on.
31:07Julian's voice was getting closer.
31:09What's taking them so long?
31:10I'll go check.
31:11The curtain snapped open.
31:13Nothing to see here.
31:14I was bent over a tablet.
31:15Cade stood with one hand in his pocket.
31:17Hey, we're waiting you.
31:19Come eat.
31:20With everyone busy drinking, no one spotted the light lipstick stain on Cade's throat.
31:25When it ended, Julian offered to walk me home.
31:27I declined.
31:28Third time, I'd made myself clear.
31:30We were done.
31:31We were done.
31:32And this time, I should tell you.
31:34I'm seeing someone.
31:35Julian blinked.
31:36The sobering kind of blink.
31:37Who?
31:38What are they like?
31:39Can I meet them?
31:39It has nothing to do with you.
31:41Julian looked wounded all the way to the door.
31:43A few days later, I was at the hospital.
31:45My mother was resting.
31:46I stepped out to the hallway to fill her water bottle and found myself face to face with Cade.
31:51He looked genuinely surprised.
31:52A pack elder is admitted here.
31:54I came to visit.
31:55What are you?
31:56My mom's ward.
31:58She's been here long?
31:59Is it serious?
32:00Before I could answer, the woman in the next bed spoke up.
32:03That girl's been at her mother's side for years, bless her.
32:07Now that's a devoted daughter.
32:09Top university.
32:10Worked through school to cover her mother's surgery costs.
32:13Even now, she won't rest.
32:14Pays for the best nursing aid she can manage.
32:17Won't leave her mother alone.
32:18Another woman from across the board joined in.
32:20With barely enough to pay.
32:22Hiring a proper aid and still covering rent.
32:24She skips meals.
32:25That's what she does.
32:26You know those team catering boxes she brings in?
32:29She never eats them.
32:30Brings them home for her mom.
32:32Cade looked at me slowly.
32:33Shock moving through his face like weather.
32:35My mother was asleep.
32:36Cade and I stood at her bedside.
32:38When he finally did...
32:39That's why you needed the money.
32:42Yes.
32:43Your father?
32:44Not in the picture.
32:45It's always been just the two of us.
32:48She raised me through everything.
32:49It wasn't easy.
32:50You ate only rice and kept the rest for her.
32:54It's a good thing, actually.
32:55I owe you a thank you for the catering.
32:58No wonder.
32:59How did I not see this sooner?
33:02The hardest part is already behind us.
33:04After the night shift nurse arrived, we went downstairs.
33:06He made a few calls.
33:08His face was drawn.
33:09I looked into it.
33:09For her condition, the best course is a transfer to a specialist hospital in New York.
33:13Better care.
33:14Better outcomes.
33:15I know, but...
33:16I'll cover it.
33:17This wasn't pocket change.
33:18And I didn't want to owe anyone, even him, what I couldn't repay.
33:22Every arrangement I'd ever made, even with Julian, had been calculated.
33:26Cade read me before I could speak.
33:28What I'm about to say might be too much, too fast.
33:31And I know this isn't the right place for it.
33:33A pause.
33:36Aurora, be my mate.
33:38Run with me.
33:40Bond with me.
33:41All of it.
33:41I looked at him for a long, silent moment.
33:44He meant it.
33:45This was more sudden than the confession.
33:47Considerably more.
33:48You want to gamble your future on my mother's medical bills?
33:50Of course not.
33:51Because we're mates?
33:52Forget it.
33:52In a family as old as yours, blood comes first.
33:55I'm just an ordinary she-wolf.
33:57Cade was quiet and honest about it.
33:59I have my reasons.
34:00Selfish ones.
34:01Tell me.
34:02I'm in love with you.
34:03The kind that makes me want to keep you close out of everyone else's reach.
34:06I'll be honest.
34:07I've been thinking about it for weeks.
34:09If I claimed you, would Julian finally let go?
34:11I won't pretend it doesn't bother me.
34:12The way he looks at you.
34:13He's my brother, and I still want to rip it out of him.
34:15This was the first time Cade had said it outright.
34:17This possessiveness he'd been keeping on a short leash.
34:20I'd felt it before.
34:21In the careful way he watched me.
34:22In the way every show of control softened the moment he touched me.
34:25He wanted to win.
34:26Not against Julian, but for me, against everyone.
34:28Always.
34:29This is too big a decision to rush.
34:31Let me think.
34:32Take all the time you need.
34:33Extra nursing staff arrived at my mother's ward.
34:35Hired and arranged before I woke up.
34:37I quietly started seeing him less.
34:39I just didn't want him waiting on a decision I hadn't made yet.
34:42One evening, I came out of the hospital to find him at the street corner.
34:45He'd been waiting.
34:46I decided this was the moment.
34:47Six months of shared dreams isn't enough on its own.
34:50That can't be all of it.
34:51Cade thought for a moment.
34:53Because before I dreamed of you, I was certain I would spend my life alone.
34:57That's impossible.
34:58Your pack-arranged matches could circle the globe.
35:00Aurora, you have your struggles.
35:02So do I.
35:04I'm the eldest.
35:05Ever since I can remember, my only goal has been to be exceptional.
35:09To be the alpha the pack can rely on.
35:11Win the trophy.
35:12Carry the line.
35:13And?
35:14I don't know if you'll believe this, but I have spent my entire life performing for
35:17other people's expectations.
35:19Never once living for myself.
35:21I used to envy Julian.
35:22For what?
35:23His supercars?
35:24I've never raced.
35:25Barely touched drinks as a hockey player.
35:27I've never been reckless.
35:28Never.
35:29Before you, Aurora, I had never been in love.
35:31And before you, I had severe anxiety.
35:33I looked at him.
35:34He'd never said it out loud before.
35:36Not like this.
35:37No one in the family knew.
35:38There were stretches where I didn't sleep for days.
35:40My wolf wouldn't settle.
35:42He almost smiled.
35:43And then I started dreaming of you.
35:44You rambled about campus.
35:46A professor you didn't like.
35:47A stray cat that sat outside your dorm.
35:50Slowly, the anxiety began to loosen.
35:52I stopped needing the pills just to sleep.
35:54I started looking forward to nights, for the first time in years.
35:57The car had pulled into a parking structure.
35:59Engine off.
36:00Neither of us moved.
36:01And then, it became something more.
36:03I am, after all, an alpha with normal instincts.
36:06That made both of us quiet in a different way.
36:08The short version, Aurora.
36:09You gave me something to look forward to.
36:11You made me want a future.
36:12I blinked at him.
36:13So, how should you thank me?
36:15However you'd like.
36:21An hour later, we were straightening ourselves out.
36:24The back seat was a little chaotic.
36:26Someone rapped on the window.
36:28We looked up.
36:29Julian Blackwood.
36:31He couldn't see inside.
36:32The tinting was too dark.
36:34But he knew whose car this was.
36:36He seemed to know I was inside, too.
36:38He set his jaw and asked, through the glass,
36:42Aurora?
36:43Is he the one you're seeing?
36:44Cade lowered the window without hesitation.
36:46Both of us were in the back seat.
36:48Julian scanned the interior.
36:50His eyes went red at the edges almost immediately.
36:53How long?
36:54He sounded like he was pressing down
36:56on something about to break.
36:57Three months, at the least.
36:59And before that, longer than you'd like to know.
37:02You knew each other before?
37:05Technically speaking, you were the one who came after.
37:07Julian's hand went white-knuckled against the car door.
37:11You're both playing me.
37:14Not intentionally.
37:15Think of it this way.
37:17Cade and I met in the dreamscape first.
37:20Dreamscape?
37:21And I just conveniently brought you to him in person?
37:25More or less.
37:27Fantastic!
37:28Go to hell!
37:28Why did you just tell me?
37:30I did, Julia.
37:31I told you I was seeing someone.
37:35You didn't say it was Cade!
37:37Julian's fist hit the side of the car.
37:39Cade was already opening his mouth.
37:41I stopped him with a look.
37:43This is mine.
37:44Julian, I turned you down three times.
37:46Clearly, what gave you the right to know anything about my private life?
37:49My voice stayed quiet, but it landed.
37:52A year ago, you used me for a game you were playing with your ex.
37:56Did you tell me?
37:58The party.
37:59You knew Chloe would come for me.
38:02Did you say a word?
38:05When she and her friends tore my dress, what did you tell me to do?
38:09I let him sit with it.
38:10You told me to apologize to her.
38:13The words came back around, one after another.
38:18So no.
38:19You don't get to demand my transparency when you never gave me yours.
38:23Julian stood there, completely wrecked.
38:25Cade tossed him a set of bike key through the window.
38:28Race me.
38:28What?
38:30You want to race?
38:32Cade, you've never raced in your life.
38:35First time for everything.
38:37I understood then.
38:38The words between Julian and me were settled.
38:40What was left was something between brothers, and that wasn't mine to be part of.
38:44They brought me to some motorcycle track way out in the suburbs.
38:47I had no idea Blackwood even had one private track.
38:50Before they started, Julian said,
38:52If I win, you step back.
38:54Let Arona go.
38:56Cade didn't answer.
38:57The race started.
38:58Both of them floored it.
39:01The turn came fast.
39:03Their bikes were scraping the asphalt, almost grazing the ground.
39:07By the final lap, they were both practically half-shifted on their bikes.
39:11Cade was half a bike length behind Julian.
39:14But in the middle of the turn, Cade hit the throttle, lowering his body even more.
39:19His bike wobbled dangerously.
39:21It looked like he was about to crash.
39:22Julian broke first.
39:23You're going to kill yourself.
39:25Slow down.
39:25But Cade didn't.
39:26There was a flash of golden wolf light in his eyes.
39:30The next second, he shot past Julian through the turn.
39:33Julian panicked.
39:35His bike wobbled, and he went down.
39:36In a heartbeat, he shifted, landing on his feet just in time.
39:40He turned fully human and slammed his fists into the ground over and over.
39:44I'm lost.
39:44I completely lost.
39:47Cade walked over and hauled him to his feet.
39:51You asked me a question before we started.
39:54Here's my answer.
39:55He waited for Julian to look up.
39:58Everything else, I'd let you have it, but not her.
40:01Why?
40:04Because she's not a prize to give away.
40:07After that night, Julian disappeared.
40:09Word was he went back to New York.
40:11Kept to himself for a while.
40:13Then he stepped off the Ridgemont roster and enrolled in a graduate program abroad.
40:18He didn't actually like hockey.
40:20It was just one of his toys.
40:21He wanted it all, just like me, driven by the need to conquer.
40:26Maybe, finally, he'd figured out that those bikes and parties weren't going to make him into someone worth loving.
40:33Pack standing.
40:34Real skills.
40:35Those would.
40:37My mother transferred to a specialist hospital in New York.
40:41Better care.
40:42Better doctors.
40:43Better everything.
40:45Two years later, I went back to the Blackwood estate.
40:48This time, it was official, as Cade's mate.
40:50Edward and Carol Blackwood were not even slightly surprised.
40:54We had our suspicions.
40:56Julian never looked at you like a mate should.
40:59But Cade, he went very quiet those days.
41:03And he's always quiet, yes, but those days were different.
41:07I laughed, a little embarrassed.
41:09I'm sorry.
41:11For all of it.
41:12Don't be.
41:14Julian had to learn that lesson sooner or later.
41:17He needed to grow up.
41:18Carol took my hands in both of hers, and her eyes went soft.
41:22Aurora.
41:23Thank you.
41:24She didn't say more.
41:26They already knew.
41:27About the anxiety and the sleepless years.
41:30They knew what had changed.
41:32Holiday shopping.
41:34Downtown New York.
41:35We ran into Chloe.
41:37She spotted me and her expression curdled.
41:39You've got nerve showing your face.
41:41I heard the alpha hate she-wolves who chase money.
41:44Every one of them has ended up...
41:46Cade's arm came around my waist from behind.
41:48Baby.
41:49What's she saying?
41:50I blink, wide-eyed.
41:51She says you hate me.
41:52Is that true?
41:54Cade, I'm devastated.
41:55Look who learned to play sweet.
42:00Hate you?
42:01You're my one and only.
42:03Chloe glared for a moment.
42:05Stomped off and spun around.
42:07The arm around me didn't loosen.
42:10All right.
42:10I told him.
42:11Performance over.
42:12Cade pressed closer.
42:14Shameless.
42:14What did you just call me?
42:16Say it again.
42:16I stood on my toes, close to his ear.
42:20Mate.
42:20He smiled.
42:21Eyes softening into something I had only ever seen directed at me.
42:25After that, life settled into a busy but fulfilling rhythm.
42:29Cade's team tore through the regular season, finishing at the top of the standings and securing
42:34a spot in the playoffs the following evening.
42:36Cade was named the regular season MVP while I finally found my place at the club.
42:41The playoffs opened to a sold-out arena and a banner dropping from the Raptors.
42:45Three peak champions going for a fort.
42:48Every outlet in the country ran the same headline.
42:50Can the Ridgemont Wolves do it again?
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