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She Left And The Alpha Lost His Mind
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00:00I was dying because my alpha boyfriend refused to mark me.
00:04Everyone knew it.
00:05An omega had to complete a mate bond before turning 30.
00:08Otherwise, the moon goddess's mark inside her body would begin to rot.
00:12Every full moon would bring agony that felt like her bones were being crushed.
00:15The curse would slowly consume her life.
00:17And today, there were only 7 days left until my 30th birthday.
00:20Yet Damien Blackwood, the alpha I'd been with for 5 years, still showed no intention of becoming my mate.
00:25If you don't mark her soon, she's really going to die.
00:27In a few more days, her moon mark will start to decay.
00:30If you still refuse to complete the mate bond with her, you might lose her forever.
00:33Funny.
00:34When she's lying in my bed every night, she doesn't look like someone who's dying.
00:38The terrorists simply erupt with laughter.
00:41If she wants to stay alive that badly, she can always find another alpha.
00:45If she wants to leave, she's free to go anytime.
00:49That night, I finally gave up on him completely.
00:52I ended the relationship, blocked his number, erased every trace of him from my life.
00:56Three years later, we ran into each other at a market.
01:01He tossed a box of condoms into my shopping cart.
01:04Long time no see.
01:06Got a minute?
01:07No.
01:08I just had a baby.
01:10Damien's eyes landed on the diapers.
01:13You...
01:13You completed a mate bond?
01:16He couldn't understand how, in just 3 years,
01:19I had gone from being his ex-girlfriend to someone else's mate,
01:22and even had a child.
01:24Well, why else would I be shopping in the baby aisle?
01:26I tossed the diapers into my cart,
01:28then grabbed two boxes of nursing caps and added them on top.
01:31His gaze swept across the growing pile of baby supplies.
01:35Something unreadable flickered in his eyes.
01:37You move fast.
01:39Met him on a dating app?
01:40Back when we were together,
01:42I had reminded him again and again.
01:44Damien, I don't have much time left.
01:47Will you mark me?
01:49Will you make me your Luna?
01:50But every single time, he brushed the question aside with effortless ease.
01:55He knew perfectly well that what terrified me was never turning 30.
01:58It was never being chosen by him.
02:00I ignored his question.
02:02Instead, I bent down and pulled the box of condoms from beneath the pile of diapers.
02:06Here, you can have this back.
02:08He stared at my hand for a moment before finally reaching for it.
02:12The instant his fingers brushed against the ring on my left ring neck,
02:15he froze, a silver ring engraved with a crescent moon rest there.
02:19It was the most common wedding ring worn by married she-wolves,
02:22and it was a ring Damien knew all too well.
02:26Three years earlier, at my best friend Sophia's mate ceremony,
02:29when it was time to toss the moon goddess boucane,
02:32I deliberately stood at the very back of the crowd,
02:34as far away as possible.
02:36It didn't help.
02:37Somehow, Sophia managed to throw the boucane straight into my arms.
02:41The entire ballroom erupted into cheers.
02:43Before I could even react,
02:45Sophia had already grabbed my shoulders and pushed me toward Damien.
02:47Well, we've got the venue, we've got the moon goddess as our witness,
02:50why not complete the mate bond while we're at it?
02:51The hoping to witness a march ceremony.
02:53Everyone was hoping Damien would finally become my alpha,
02:56except Damien.
02:56He stood there in silence.
02:57I didn't bring a bond ring.
02:59Let's do it another time.
03:01Sophia clearly wasn't about to let him off the hook.
03:03Without hesitation, she slipped off her own bond ring
03:06and shoved it into Damien's hand.
03:09Use mine.
03:09You can get another one later.
03:13I was a jewelry designer.
03:15Back in college, Sophia and I had made a promise.
03:18One day, we would each design their own bond ring.
03:21And the ring she had just handed him was the one I had designed.
03:24See?
03:25Now you've got a venue.
03:26You've got a bond ring.
03:26So what exactly are you waiting for?
03:28No one wanted me to be happy more than Sophia did.
03:30But standing beside Damien,
03:31I could clearly see the impatience growing on his face.
03:34Then, in the very next second,
03:35he did something I would never forget.
03:37He threw the bond ring across the ballroom.
03:39The entire room fell silent.
03:40A moment later, a beta wolf caught it.
03:42Laughing, he walked over to his girlfriend,
03:44dropped to one knee, and proposed.
03:46Cheers immediately exploded through the ballroom once again.
03:49Tears streamed down the girl's face as she said yes.
03:52The couple kissed to the sound of thunderous applause.
03:54I wish that was you.
03:56I looked at the happy couple.
03:57My eyes burned.
03:58She hadn't caught the bouquet.
03:59And he hadn't planned to propose.
04:01There had been no preparations.
04:02No perfect timing.
04:03Yet somehow, everything had happened so naturally.
04:05And in that moment, I finally understood.
04:06The problem between Damien and me had never been timing.
04:09Damien simply had never wanted to become my alpha.
04:13If she wants to stay alive that badly, she can find another alpha.
04:17I'm not stopping her.
04:19As if she'd ever leave you.
04:21Everyone knows she's crazy about you.
04:23Give it another five.
04:23Every groomsman take turns offering Damien a drink.
04:26Damien knew exactly what she was doing.
04:28Even so, he accepted every glass.
04:29By midnight, the tips of his ears were faintly red.
04:32He left the ballroom with a few friends and headed up to the rooftop terrace of the hotel.
04:35As I walked past, the terrace door was standing open.
04:39Their conversation drifted clearly into my ears.
04:42Seriously, man.
04:43When Arya caught the moon goddess Bafoot earlier, I thought you were finally going to mark her.
04:46You really left her hanging in front of everyone?
04:51Do you have any idea how many ways she's tried to get me to complete a mate bond over the
04:55years?
04:55If I don't want a bond, what exactly is she supposed to do?
04:58Drag me to the moon goddess altar and force me through the ceremony?
05:01But she's almost 30.
05:03If this keeps up, you're going to lose her sooner or later.
05:05The curse wasn't my idea.
05:09When she's lying in my every night, she doesn't look like someone who's dying.
05:13The terrace instantly exploded with laughter.
05:15The sound felt like a blade driving straight into my chest.
05:19My eyes said in Damien's had had to drink.
05:21I only knew that every word he spoke felt like a public humiliation.
05:24My waiting, my love, my life.
05:26None of it meant anything to him.
05:28If she wants to stay alive that badly, she can find another alpha.
05:31I'm not stopping her.
05:33As if she'd ever leave you.
05:35Everyone knows she's crazy about you.
05:37Give it another fives.
05:38Even if the curse starts killing her, she'll still stay by yourself.
05:40Damien didn't argue.
05:41Didn't deny it either.
05:43He simply lowered his head and smiled.
05:45Everyone believed that there was no room in my heart for anyone except Damien.
05:48Everyone believed that whenever he finally decided to mark me, I would accept with tears of gratitude.
05:53But they didn't know.
05:55Many I turned 30, I'd made hadn't found my fated mate, then I would go back to him.
06:02That night, I broke up with Damien.
06:04His reaction was as calm as ever.
06:06There was even a hint of amusement in his eyes.
06:08Five years.
06:09He had long since grown accustomed to my tears.
06:11Accustomed to my compromises.
06:12He knew that eventually fact that after I always came back.
06:15And before then, he had been right.
06:16Which was why he had never took my leaving serious.
06:18Breaking up again?
06:20Just because I didn't mark you tonight?
06:22Come on, Aria.
06:24Sophia practically turned the entire moon goddess ceremony into a public marriage proposal.
06:27Was I supposed to play along?
06:29I couldn't even be bothered to explain that it hadn't been my idea.
06:32Sophia only knew that I was running out of time.
06:34There were only seven days left before the moon goddess's curse would begin.
06:37But none of that mattered anymore.
06:39I turned and walked into the bedroom, starting to pack my things.
06:42Damien followed me inside and leaned against the doorframe,
06:45watching me with casual indifference, as though I were a child throwing a tantrum.
06:48But when I actually zipped up my suitcase, his expression finally changed.
06:52A flicker of irritation crossed his eyes.
06:54Aria, I'm tired of this breakup and makeup game.
06:56If you walk out that door tonight, don't ever come back asking me to mark you.
07:00Later, I really didn't go back.
07:02And that night became the last time we ever saw each other.
07:07When I reached the parking garage, I stopped outside the shopping mall entrance and waited.
07:11A black Mercedes slowly pulled up beside me.
07:14The driver's door opened.
07:15Damon stepped out.
07:16His gaze immediately swept over me from head to toe.
07:19No shopping bags.
07:20No baby supplies.
07:21Just the handbag hanging from my shoulder.
07:23One eyebrow arched.
07:24So where did all the baby stuff go?
07:26What happened?
07:27Put everything back after I left?
07:28He thought I had never completed a mate bond.
07:30He thought I didn't have a child.
07:32He assumed the little performance in the supermarket had been staged just for him.
07:35Just another attempt to make him jealous.
07:37Damien Blackwood was still the same arrogant, self-assured man he had always been.
07:41Three years had changed nothing.
07:43Whether we were together back then or standing here after years apart, he always needed to
07:47have the upper hand.
07:48My husband took the bags to get the car.
07:50The amusement in his eyes deepened.
07:54Aria, you've always been a terrible liar.
07:56I let out a quiet sigh.
07:58Partly amused.
07:59Partly exhausted.
08:01He pulled open the passenger side door.
08:03Get in.
08:04We need to talk.
08:05I had no idea what there was left to talk about after three years apart.
08:09I had just opened my mouth to refuse when another car slowly pulled into the lane behind
08:14Damien's Mercedes.
08:16Area.
08:16Hop in.
08:19I looked up.
08:21Ethan Walker was sitting behind the wheel.
08:23Damien's entire expression darkened instantly.
08:26I walked around him and headed toward Ethan's car.
08:28But just as I was about to leave, Damien grabbed my wrist.
08:31His grip tightened.
08:32His eyes locked onto Ethan, then shifted back to me.
08:36A bitter smile appeared on his face.
08:38Tell me, Aria.
08:39How does it feel to get back with your old flame?
08:42Behind me, the car door flew open with a sharp thun.
08:45Ethan was already moving to get out.
08:46The last thing I wanted was for two alphas to face off in the middle of a parking garage.
08:50I immediately yanked my wrist free from Damien's grasp.
08:53Without looking back, I got straight into Ethan's passenger seat.
08:56Ethan turned to check on me first, making sure I wasn't hurt.
08:59Only then did he lift his gaze towards Damien.
09:02The two alphas locked eyes.
09:04The air between them tightened instantly.
09:06Neither said a word.
09:07A few moments later, Ethan settled back into the driver's seat and lightly tapped the horn,
09:12signaling for the cars ahead to move.
09:14With a grim expression, Damien climbed back into his Mercedes.
09:17Once his car started moving, he deliberately slowed down.
09:20Driving at a painfully leisurely pace, we had no choice but to crawl along behind him.
09:24Only when we reached an intersection did Damien finally turn off onto another road.
09:28His taillights gradually disappeared into the distance.
09:31The Seattle sunset painted half the sky crimson.
09:34Ethan glanced at the rearview mirror, watching the departing car.
09:37A faint smile touched his lips.
09:39You know, I still remember the first time I met him and all the promises he made back then.
09:45Ethan was my first love.
09:47We met during our sophomore year at the university.
09:49For two whole years, we were nearly inseparable.
09:52Life back then and beautiful.
09:53We studied together in the library, pretending to focus on our books while secretly making each other laugh.
09:58Sometimes we'd slip between the bookshelves and end up wrapped in each other's arms, stealing kisses we couldn't resist.
10:04We shared most of our meals, too.
10:05He always remembered how much I loved French fries.
10:07Every time he'd slide his entire cervive onto my tray.
10:10In the evenings, we'd walk through campus together, talking about our dreams, our careers, our future.
10:15No matter the topic, we never seemed to run out of things to say.
10:17But graduation arrived, and reality pulled us apart in the end.
10:21Ethan received a job offer in Chicago while I chose to stay and build my life in Seattle.
10:25Neither of us could abandon the future we'd worked so hard to build.
10:28In the end, we had no choice but to let each other go.
10:30The day we broke up, everything felt strangely calm.
10:34Ethan took me to my favorite Japanese restaurant.
10:36After dinner, we sat together in a quiet booth.
10:39Neither of us spoke for a long time.
10:41When we finally shared our last kiss, I tasted salt on our lips.
10:44I couldn't tell whether it was his tears or mine.
10:47Promise me something.
10:48Find an alpha who's worthy of you.
10:50He has to be better than I am.
10:51What if I never do?
10:52If you reach 30 and you still haven't completed a mate bond, come back to me.
10:56Buried against the warmth of his chest, I nodded through my tears.
10:59That breakup nearly destroyed me.
11:02It took me a long time to heal.
11:04Later, I met Damien.
11:06One night, about three months into our relationship, he drove me back to my apartment.
11:10We were still deep in the honeymoon phase.
11:12Neither of us wanted to say goodbye.
11:14We stayed in the car, kissing, for what felt like forever.
11:17Eventually, I forced myself to get out.
11:18But the moment I looked up, I saw Ethan standing outside my apartment built.
11:22The promise we'd made about turning 30 was never supposed to come so soon.
11:26But we stayed in the car, kissing, for what felt like forever.
11:30Eventually, I forced myself to get out.
11:31But the moment I looked up, I saw Ethan standing outside my apartment built.
11:35The promise we'd made about turning 30 was never supposed to come so soon.
11:39But after our breakup, Ethan had never stopped looking for me.
11:45I invited Ethan upstairs for a cup of coffee.
11:48Damien followed us in.
11:50Without hesitation, my former Elf and my current Elf sat across from one another.
11:55The living room dot fell into a suffocating silence.
11:59Confused, I turned toward Damien.
12:02There was still a faint smear of my lipstick at the corner of his mouth.
12:06Quietly, I handed him a tissue.
12:09Damien glanced at it, then ignored it completely.
12:12A cup of coffee, Ethan, finally broke the silence.
12:14I want us to get back together.
12:17I stared at him in shock.
12:19Damien's head snapped up as well.
12:21If you'll have me, I'll move back to Seattle immediately.
12:24We can start over.
12:26We can complete a mate bond.
12:27I hadn't even processed what he'd said.
12:29Damien shot to his feet and threw a punch.
12:32It happened too fast for anyone to react.
12:35By the time I finally managed to pull them apart.
12:38Ethan, what we had ended a long time ago.
12:41I already have a mate.
12:42Then I walked over to Damien dot and carefully began treating the torn skin across his knuckles.
12:48Does he truly love you?
12:50Can he give you everything you deserve?
12:52With a bitter smile.
12:53He rose to his feet and headed toward the door.
12:56Before leaving, he looked back at me one last time.
12:59If he ever hurts you, you can always come back to me.
13:02I don't care what your status is.
13:04I would Janj.
13:05He'll never get that chance.
13:07I would never hurt you.
13:09And you'll never need someone else as a backup plan.
13:12Years later,
13:14Ethan still remembered the promises Damien had made that day.
13:18So did I.
13:19I still remembered the heat of his hand wrapped around me.
13:24He'll never get that chance.
13:26I would never hurt you.
13:28And you'll never need someone else as a backup plan.
13:31Years later,
13:32Ethan still remembered the promises Damien had made that day.
13:36So did I.
13:37I still remembered the heat of his hand wrapped around mine.
13:40But time changes everything.
13:42The one who had sworn.
13:43Those promises most fears fear.
13:45The one who forgot them first.
13:48I thought our encounter at the supermarket had been nothing more than a brief interruption.
13:54I never expected Damien to show up at my jewelry studio the very next morning.
14:00Mr. Blackwood is here to commission a custom ring.
14:02I had worked at this studio for years.
14:04I'd met countless clients who came through our doors carrying stories they wanted immortalized in jewelry.
14:10But I had never imagined that one day I would be sitting across from Dainey.
14:13Will this ring be for everyday wear or for a mate bond ceremony?
14:17Damien lounged back on the sofa.
14:19Dottie picked up the coffee on the table and took a casual sip.
14:23It's for a proposal.
14:25A strange sense of irony washed over me, Dot, yesterday.
14:28He had tossed a box of condoms into my shopping cart.
14:30Today, he was sitting across from me, calmly ordering a bond ring.
14:34Then again, that was classic Damien.
14:37Impulsive.
14:37Unrestrained.
14:38Always doing exactly what he wanted.
14:40I found myself wondering which lucky woman had finally captured his attention.
14:45His gaze remained fixed on me.
14:47Then let me be the first to congratulate you.
14:49I hope your bonding ceremony goes perfectly.
14:55Among wolves, the ring exchanged during a bonding ceremony symbolizes commitment, loyalty, and an unbreakable connection.
15:04I opened my design sketchbook and began asking about their history together and her personal preferences.
15:11She really loves a movie called About Time.
15:14The male lead can travel through time.
15:17He spends years trying to fix his mistakes, doing everything he can to hold on to the woman he loves
15:23and recover everything he lost.
15:25The pencil froze in my hand.
15:28Something tightened painfully in my chest.
15:30Years ago, I had begged Damien over and over to watch that movie with me.
15:35Every single time, he brushed me off.
15:37Said it was unrealistic.
15:39Boring.
15:40Not worth his time.
15:41He had never watched it with me once.
15:43And yet now, with someone else beside him, he could remember every detail.
15:47I know the film.
15:49I'll incorporate its themes into the design.
15:52One more thing.
15:53I'll need her ring size.
15:55That's a problem.
15:57The proposal is supposed to be a surprise.
16:00I can't exactly bring her in to be measured.
16:03I measured her finger while she was asleep.
16:05She's about half a size larger than you.
16:09When it came time to select the center stone, I pulled up the studio's gemstone inventory database.
16:15We currently have more than 600 certified natural gemstones available.
16:20If none of these fit your vision, we can source additional diamonds through our international partners.
16:27No need.
16:28I brought my own.
16:32Of course.
16:34Then I'll need to inspect the stone and add it to our records.
16:40I removed the diamond from the pouch dot and froze.
16:47I knew this diamond.
16:51Five years earlier, I had dragged Damien to Manhattan's annual international jewelry exhibition.
16:57A crowd had gathered around one particular display.
17:00Inside the glass showcase rested a breathtaking 1.5 carat fancy vivid blue diamond.
17:06Its color was impossibly deep.
17:08Under the exhibition lights, blue fire danced across every facet.
17:12As a jewelry designer, I had seen extraordinary gemstones before, but this one still stole my breath away.
17:19Of course, beauty came at a price.
17:21The diamond belonged to a European collector.
17:24That the asking price was $300,000.
17:27At the time, his company had just completed its Series A funding round.
17:31It's beautiful, but it's not really my style.
17:35I just didn't want to become another expense on his balance sheet.
17:38And yet somehow, years later, he had bought the very stone I'd once fallen in love with.
17:43Every flash of light felt like a reminder.
17:45Even after all this time, Damien still knew exactly where to stick the knife to make it hurt the most.
17:50I almost regretted being so sensible back then.
17:53Maybe I should have let him buy the damn diamond.
17:55At least then, I wouldn't be staring at it now, wondering who would be the one wearing it.
18:03After the inspection was finished, Damien signed the gemstone custody agreement.
18:07Before leaving, he pulled out his phone.
18:09A QR code appeared on the screen.
18:12Let's exchange contact informations.
18:14It'll make communication easier.
18:15Custom design work involved endless details and revisions.
18:18Frequent communication was unavoidable.
18:21I had no objection.
18:22I opened my phone and scanned the code.
18:24His profile popped up immediately.
18:26Then I noticed the message at the bottom of the screen.
18:29Only then did I remember.
18:30After our breakup, I had blocked every way he could possibly reach me.
18:35Right.
18:35I almost forgot you blocked me.
18:37I ignored the sarcasm.
18:39Removed him from my blacklist.
18:41I'll send you the designs when they're ready.
18:44He nodded and left.
18:45Not long afterward, Sophia stopped by the studio for lunch.
18:50Aria, guess who I just saw downstairs?
18:52I swear I just saw Damien.
18:53He was here.
18:55He's commissioning a bond ring.
18:56Wait, you're telling me Damien Blackboard came to your studio and hired you to design the ring?
19:01Has he completely lost it?
19:04I gave Sophia a brief rundown of everything that had happened.
19:08By the time I finished, she looked ready to commit a felony.
19:12What the hell is wrong with him?
19:14He brings the exact diamond you fell in love with years ago and asks you to design a ring for
19:18his future mate?
19:19What is he trying to prove?
19:21You stood by him through the hardest years of his startup.
19:23Five whole years.
19:24You never left his side.
19:25And now he's one of the most powerful alphas in the wolf territories.
19:27He has money.
19:28He has status.
19:29He has everything.
19:29And now he's turning around and making a mate bond with somebody else?
19:32What a bastard.
19:33My husband told me his business is one of the biggest in the Seattle wolf territories now.
19:37He's finally made it.
19:38And now he's promising forever to another Omega.
19:41Enough.
19:42It's over.
19:43Do you really mean that?
19:45I lowered my head and slipped the diamond certificate into my desk drawer.
19:50At least you won once.
19:52I raised and hived the supermarket.
19:54You told him you'd already completed a mate bond with another alpha and that you'd had a pup.
19:58He absolutely hated that.
19:59He saw with his own eyes that you'd moved on.
20:01He saw that you didn't need him anymore.
20:03Trust me.
20:04We won that round.
20:05I couldn't help smiling.
20:06Maybe she was right.
20:07At the very least, when we met again, I hadn't looked like the one who lost.
20:12After lunch, Sophia and I were leaving the restaurant when a woman suddenly stopped us.
20:16She was pushing a stroller with one hand and clutching her stomach with the other.
20:20Her face was flushed with discomfort.
20:22She rolled the stroller toward us.
20:23She explained that she suddenly needed to use the restroom and begged us to watch her baby for a few
20:28minutes.
20:29Neither of us had the heart to refuse.
20:30So we stayed near the restroom entrance, keeping an eye on the stroller.
20:34The woman had only been gone a short when the baby started crying loud loudly.
20:38Panicking, I scooped the child into my arms and tried to soothe him.
20:43Then I looked up and froze.
20:45Damien was walking toward us.
20:47Beside him stood an elegant-looking Omega.
20:50For a moment, no one spoke.
20:53Damien's gaze shifted from me to the child in my arms.
20:56I thought you said you just had a baby.
20:58This kid doesn't exactly look newborn.
21:00Apparently, he thought he'd caught me in a lie.
21:02Or worse, that I've been seeing someone else before we broke up.
21:05Well, whose fault is that?
21:07If someone had completed the mate bond when the opportunity was practically handed to him,
21:11then maybe the kid would have been older than this one by now.
21:13Damien's expression cooled.
21:15His eyes swept across my face.
21:18Good thing I didn't.
21:20Otherwise, I might have ended up raising someone else's child.
21:24Damien!
21:25The sudden shout startled the toddler, who immediately burst into tears again.
21:28I quickly grabbed Sophia's arm, stopping her before things escalated.
21:32The woman standing beside Damien touched his sleeve.
21:35She murmured something quietly.
21:36He glanced at her and gave a brief nod.
21:39Then, without another word, he turned around and walked away.
21:44A week passed.
21:45I sent the first draft of the ring designed to Damien.
21:48Less than ten minutes later, his response arrived.
21:52I wasn't surprised.
21:54Revisiations were part of the job.
21:58But the project quickly turned into a nightmare.
22:02Every version I sent came back covered in criticism.
22:14By the time the twelfth design was rejected, I finally lost my patient.
22:19Mr. Blackheld, the differences between these versions are practically unexistent.
22:23The finished rings would look almost identical.
22:26His reply appeared almost instantly.
22:28This is a bond ring for a mate bond ceremony.
22:30It has to be perfect.
22:32I stared at the message.
22:35Speechless.
22:35After all, the studio owner had already warned me.
22:38Damien was paying triple our standard custom design fee.
22:41No matter how demanding he was, we were expected to accommodate him.
22:47I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
22:49Then reopened my design software.
22:52Fine.
22:53I'd keep revising it until he was satisfied.
22:58Several weeks later, Damien was having dinner with a few alpha friends at an upscale Japanese
23:04restaurant in downtown Seattle.
23:06Halfway through the meal, he stepped outside to take a phone call.
23:10On his way back, the door to a private dining room nearby wasn't completely closed.
23:15He saw Ethan.
23:16Ethan was seated across for a woman.
23:18Every now and then, Ethan reached across the table and placed food onto her plate.
23:22Aria, is this the man you married?
23:24He remained there for a long moment.
23:26His jaw tightened.
23:27Then he turned and walked to his own private room.
23:30The moment he sat down, he poured himself a large glass of sake.
23:34Poured himself a large glass of sake.
23:36Then another.
23:37And another.
23:38His friends were talking.
23:39He didn't hear a single word.
23:42Suddenly, he shot to his feet.
23:43Then kicked open the door to Ethan's private room.
23:46The crash echoed through the restaurant.
23:48What the hell are you doing?
23:49You're bonded to Aria.
23:51You have a pup together.
23:52You swore you'd do anything for her.
23:55By the time Damien's friends rushed in, Ethan had already been knocked to the floor.
24:00You idiot.
24:01Aria never completed a mate bond with me.
24:04When I proposed to her, she turned me down.
24:06That same night, I sent Damien another revised ring design drawing.
24:11For the first time ever, his reply came back immediately.
24:15Perfect.
24:16No further changes needed.
24:19Two months later, the ring was finally finished.
24:21I contacted Damien.
24:22He showed up at the studio that very afternoon.
24:24The completed ring rested inside a black velvet box.
24:27He studied it for a moment, then slid the box across the desk.
24:29Try it on for me.
24:30Let's see how it looks.
24:31After a brief hesitation, I opened the box and slipped the ring on my left ring finger.
24:36It fit perfectly.
24:37Summer always made fingers swell slightly.
24:39The ring had originally been made half a size larger than mine.
24:42And yet somehow, it fit me exactly.
24:44Happy now?
24:45He didn't answer.
24:46Just kept staring at the ring on my finger.
24:48For so long that I started feeling uncomfortable.
24:51Do you like it?
24:52You should be asking your girlfriend that.
24:54I began twisting the ring, preparing to remove it.
24:59Don't.
25:00You don't have to take it off.
25:02What?
25:03Because it was never made for someone else.
25:06For a moment, neither of us moved.
25:08I deliberately made it half a size larger, so it would still fit you during the summer.
25:14I never had another Omega.
25:16The woman you saw was just a project manager from one of our partner companies.
25:22I stared at him, my thoughts spinning.
25:24Damien, what are you trying to say?
25:26When Ethan proposed to you, why didn't you say yes?
25:30Three years ago, Ethan heard from Sophia that she was struggling and I had broken up.
25:34He learned about the moon goddess's curse hanging over me.
25:37Learned that I was facing it alone.
25:40Without hesitation, he came to Seattle.
25:43He appeared before me, dropped to one knee, and proposed.
25:48For a moment, I truly wavered.
25:51Ethan had been the great love of my youth.
25:53Kind, steady, everything anyone could ask for in a mate.
25:56He knew about the five years I'd spent with Damien.
25:59He knew my moon mark was slowly decaying.
26:02He knew the curse could kill me, and none of it mattered to him.
26:06But love cannot be forced.
26:07The years had changed us both.
26:09The feelings we'd once shared belonged to another lifetime.
26:12The tenderness, the excitement.
26:13None of it could ever return exactly as it had been.
26:16I couldn't accept a proposal simply because I was afraid.
26:19I couldn't choose the partner I'd spend the rest of my life with just to escape a curse.
26:23I knelt down, gently closed the ring box he was holding,
26:26and turned him down, softly but firmly.
26:31I didn't want to use a love that had already ended as a convenient answer to fate,
26:36or as an excuse to settle for a life that wasn't truly mine.
26:47Why are you wearing a ring?
26:49And why did you lie to me that day at the supermarket?
26:51Because I didn't want to stay tangled up with you anymore.
26:54I was a jewelry designer.
26:55If I wanted a ring, I could make one for myself.
26:58And that was exactly what I'd done.
27:00Years ago, Sophia and I had promised each other that one day we'd wear rings we designed ourselves.
27:07She fulfilled that promise through her mate bond.
27:10And I fulfilled it on my own.
27:12I didn't need someone else anymore to write the ending of my story.
27:16Damien, if you're doing all this because you're angry,
27:19it's time to let it go.
27:21I explained what had really happened at the supermarket.
27:24That day, Ethan and I had simply been visiting his sister after she gave birth to a pup.
27:29Running into Damien had been pure coincidence.
27:31The story about a mate bond.
27:32The story about having a child.
27:34It had all been a lie meant to close the door on the past once and for all.
27:37Ethan had understood exactly what I was trying to do, and played along.
27:41I thought that would finally create the distance I needed.
27:44Instead, Damien had gone out and found the blue diamond.
27:47Then asked me to design a bond ring for his so-called soulmate.
27:50You really think I did all of this to get back at you?
27:54I removed the blue diamond ring from my finger and placed it back into the velvet box.
27:59Didn't you?
28:00You brought me the diamond I wanted years ago.
28:03And asked me to design a bond ring for another woman.
28:06For the first time, his expression cracked.
28:09At first, maybe.
28:11When I saw you with Ethan in that parking garage, I thought he was the reason you never came back.
28:21But Arya, I've been waiting for you for three years.
28:25One year after we broke up, I tracked down the dealer from that jewelry exhibition.
28:29But the original blue diamond was gone.
28:32I searched everywhere for one like it.
28:36It took me months to find this one.
28:40This isn't the same diamond.
28:42The laser inscription doesn't match the original certificate.
28:46Damien.
28:47The original diamond is gone.
28:50Just like we are.
28:52I had waited for him.
28:54Year after year.
28:55Waiting for him to choose a mate bond.
28:57Waiting for a bond ring.
28:58Waiting for a future before the curse found me.
29:01But somewhere along the way, the love I'd been waiting for disappeared.
29:04The night he threw Sophia's bond ring across the ballroom he threw away our future too.
29:09There are no tunnels through time.
29:11Not in real life.
29:12Some things, once they're lost, are gone forever.
29:18Damien refused to take the ring back.
29:20So I had my assistant ship it to his office.
29:22The next day, it came back.
29:24I sent it again.
29:26It came back again.
29:27After the third attempt, I gave up.
29:29Sophia stood by the floor-to-sleeling windows in my office.
29:33Looking down at the familiar black Sadie's window below.
29:36This is unbelievable.
29:38At my mate ceremony, he tossed my bond ring halfway across the ballroom.
29:42Without a second thought.
29:44And now?
29:45Now he's practically camping outside your studio just to make sure you keep this one.
29:49What the hell is wrong with Damien Blackwood?
29:52I didn't answer.
29:54Sophia walked over to my desk and picked up the velvet box.
29:57She flipped it open and examined the ring beneath the light.
30:00Then she frowned.
30:01Wait.
30:02There's an inscription inside.
30:04She brought the ring closer to her eyes.
30:08What language is that?
30:10Greek?
30:10Latin.
30:11The ancient common language of the wolf clans.
30:14What does it mean?
30:25Come back to me.
30:26That's all.
30:27We'll be right back to you next week.
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30:28What does it mean?
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