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00:00Inside the Moonspring Birthing House, a woman lay on a wooden bed, groaning in agony as she gave birth.
00:06The woman clenched her fists and pushed hard.
00:08A baby's cry rang out, the moment my sister gave birth-thift to the pup.
00:12She shoved him into my arms and fled through a forbidden teleportation circle.
00:16My mother dropped to her knees and gripped my hand tightly.
00:19Ella, claim him. Please, your sister's life will be ruined if this comes out.
00:24I lowered my head and looked at the baby in my arms.
00:26He was still covered in blood, tiny and fragile, like a little life freshly lifted from the snow.
00:31But on his forehead glowed a silver crescent moon.
00:34It wasn't the mark of an ordinary wolf pup.
00:37It was a blood mark belonging only to the Silvermoon Alpha Bloodsleen.
00:41A chill ran through me.
00:44Who's the father? My mother trembled as she cried.
00:47Koli Darkhan.
00:49I froze.
00:50Koli Darkhorn, Alpha of the Silvermoon Pack and the most powerful werewolf lord in the Northern Territory.
00:55Rumor had it he was cold-blooded and ruthless.
00:57He even hung traitor's bones in the snowy forest as a warning to others.
01:01Lowering her voice, my mother said,
01:03Your sister stole his bloodline.
01:05She used Moonheat Incense.
01:07Moonheat Incense.
01:09The werewolf's forbidden drug.
01:11For a short time, it could mimic the scent of a fated mate and drive an Alpha out of control.
01:16My mother's voice grew even softer.
01:19She thought having his pup would make her the Alpha's Luna.
01:22But when Cole woke up, he immediately started searching for the woman from that night.
01:27If Kyle finds out the truth, he'll kill her.
01:30I laughed.
01:31So she can't die.
01:33But I can spend my life raising her child?
01:36My mother shook her head.
01:38Ella, you've always been the one who could handle anything.
01:41You've never deceived Cole, but your sister can't survive his wrath.
01:44That line again.
01:49I could handle it.
01:52Which meant I was the one expected to be sacrificed.
01:57Holding the baby tighter, I turned and walked into the snowstorm.
02:00This child was too dangerous.
02:02He wouldn't just attract Cole, he would attract Cole's enemies as well.
02:05I couldn't afford to raise him, and I certainly couldn't protect him.
02:08Besides, I wasn't going to spend the rest of my life paying for Celia's sins.
02:14I would take him to the person who should be responsible for him.
02:17The next day, in Moon Howell Hall, wolf guards in black armor lined both sides of the grand staircase.
02:24Every eye in the hall was fixed on me.
02:26A low-ranked she-wolf from a remote border hunting village.
02:29Cole Dark Harp sat upon his throne.
02:31Short hair rests upon his black battle cloak, and his dark gold eyes were as cold as blades.
02:36He glanced at me once.
02:38The crushing aura of a supreme alpha descended upon the hole.
02:41People dropped to their knees one after another.
02:43I didn't.
02:44At last, Cole raised his eyes.
02:46Who gave you permission to enter?
02:48I stepped forward and placed the baby on the black stone table before him.
02:51As if sensing something, the child suddenly opened his eyes.
02:54Dark gold eyes.
02:55Exactly the same as Cole's.
02:57Silence engulfed the entire hall.
02:59I pushed the blood oath stone in front of him.
03:01Cecily ran.
03:02This is the pup she gave birth to.
03:04He bears the silver moon blood mark on his forehead, and his eyes are dark gold.
03:08I stared at him and spoke each word clearly.
03:10Silver moon alpha, leave your blood mark.
03:13Your pup, take him back.
03:15Cole didn't move.
03:17Beside him, the high priestess, Melina, turned pale.
03:21My lord, the silver moon blood mark cannot be forged.
03:24If the pup truly carries the Darkhorn bloodline, he must be entered into the blood registry.
03:30Cole cut his fingertip, and a drop of blood fell onto the blood oath stone.
03:34Silver light exploded outward.
03:36A line of text appeared green on the stone.
03:38Leo dark hole, silver moon bloodline.
03:41The entire hall dropped to its knees.
03:45I picked the child back up and turned to leave.
03:48Cole's voice rang out, cold and commanding.
03:51Stop.
03:53I looked back.
03:55I've returned your child.
03:57I'm going back to the border hunting village.
04:00The pup stays.
04:01His gaze settled on me.
04:04So do you.
04:07I laughed.
04:10Why?
04:11Cole's eyes shifted to Leo's hand.
04:13I lowered my head and realized that the baby who had been crying moments ago had somehow gone quiet.
04:17His tiny hand was clenched tightly around my collar.
04:20His forehead rests against my chest, and the silver moon blood mark was gradually warming.
04:24Because he only recognizes you.
04:28I was confined to the coldest side chamber in Silvermoon Castle.
04:31They called it a side chamber, but it was larger than the elder's house back in the hunting village.
04:36Silver wolf pelts hung from the stone walls, blue moon fire burned in the hearth, and four wolf guards stood
04:42watch outside the door.
04:43I sat on the edge of the bed with Leo in my arms.
04:46He had finally fallen asleep.
04:49I, however, hadn't closed my eyes all night.
04:52Not because I was afraid of Cole.
04:54Because I knew what came after dawn would be even harder.
04:59Sure enough, as soon as the morning bell rang, Melina entered with two attendants carrying a silver basin and a
05:05bloodmark needle.
05:07Miss Ella, the Alpha has ordered me to test Leo's bloodline.
05:11The Blood Oath Stone already confirmed it last night.
05:14The Blood Oath Stone confirms bloodlines, not birth mothers.
05:18We need to determine whether Leo has been harmed by forbidden magic.
05:23I let out a cold laugh.
05:25You don't dare go after Cecily.
05:28So you're going to stick a needle into a newborn instead?
05:31A bloodline test won't require a needle.
05:34He stepped inside.
05:35Snow still clung to his black cloak.
05:38His silver hair was tied back, and his expression was colder than the ice beyond the window.
05:43We'll use the Moonspring Blood Reflection.
05:46Melina stiffened.
05:47My lord, my lord, the Moonspring Blood Reflection is a ritual used only by those of the Silver Moon Bloodline.
05:54Cole looked at the child.
05:57Isn't he Silver Moon Blood?
06:05At the Moonspring, Cole let a drop of blood fall into the water.
06:10The spring instantly turned dark gold.
06:14The Silver Moon Blood Mark on Leo's forehead flared brightly, and every priest in attendance dropped to their knees.
06:21Melina's voice trembled.
06:23Blessed by the Moon Goddess, he truly carries the Silver Moon Bloodline.
06:28Before I could breathe a sigh of relief, a black raven suddenly slammed into a stone pillar beside the spring.
06:36The raven burst into a cloud of blood mist, revealing Cecily's image.
06:41She wore a red cloak, showing none of the weakness of a woman who had just given birth.
06:46She smiled at me.
06:49Ella, you really did bring him to Cole.
06:55A chill swept through me.
06:57She hadn't been running for her life.
06:59This had all been intentional.
07:00Cecily's voice drifted from the blood mist.
07:02Take good care of him for me.
07:05When I return, I'll personally come for my son.
07:08The blood mist dissipated.
07:10Leo burst into tears.
07:14Cole seized my wrist, his eyes dark with a frightening intensity.
07:18What exactly is your sister planning?
07:21I stared at the shattered remains of the raven.
07:23Only one thought filled my mind.
07:26Cecily had never intended to abandon her child.
07:28She had only dumped him on me temporarily.
07:31Once Co acknowledged Leo's bloodline, she went back and take him.
07:36After we returned to the side chamber, Leo cried so hard that no one could calm him.
07:41An attendant brought a silver feeding horn filled with milk, but he refused it.
07:46They switched him to a softer blanket, but he cried even harder.
07:50Melina was so anxious that sweat beaded across her forehead.
07:54Cole endured it for a moment before saying in a low voice,
07:58Make him quiet.
08:00I'd had enough.
08:02I took Leo back into my arms, padded his back, and whispered,
08:08It's okay.
08:10I'm here.
08:11The crying immediately softened.
08:14Three more gentle pads, and he let out a little hiccup.
08:17Then he buried his face in the kirk of my neck and stopped crying altogether.
08:22Everyone in the room stared at me.
08:24Cole's gaze settled on my hands.
08:27How did you do that?
08:28By holding a baby, not interrogating a prisoner.
08:32He looked at me coldly.
08:33I met his eyes without flinching.
08:36A pup that young doesn't understand orders.
08:38You can't intimidate him.
08:40You'll only scare him into crying.
08:42Outside the door, even the wolf guards seemed to stop breathing.
08:46I knew that sentence could have gotten me killed.
08:49But Cole didn't get angry.
08:51He only looked at the child in my arms and remained silent for a long time.
08:58From today on, you'll take care of him for the time being.
09:01I almost laughed.
09:03For the time being, how long?
09:05Until a suitable wet mather is found.
09:07And once you find one, I can leave?
09:10If the child no longer needs you.
09:12The words pierced my chest like a thorn.
09:15Of course I wanted to leave.
09:17But I looked down at Leo, who had finally fallen asleep in my arms.
09:21He knew nothing.
09:23Didn't know his birth mother had treated him like a bargaining chip.
09:26He didn't know his father had nearly handed him over to rules and protocol just moments ago.
09:31He only knew that I had held him.
09:33I closed my eyes briefly.
09:36Fine.
09:38But I have conditions.
09:40Cole said.
09:42Speak.
09:43First, I'm not a servant.
09:44Your people aren't allowed to order me to kneel.
09:47Second, when it comes to feeding him, putting him to sleep, or changing his cloths, I make the decisions.
09:51Third, Ceasley is the one who ran.
09:53Go find her.
09:54Don't put all her debts on me.
09:55Cole stared at me for a long moment.
09:58Are you telling me how to do my job?
09:59I'm reminding you not to be stupid.
10:01This time, even Milena lowered her head.
10:05Cole stepped closer.
10:06His scent carried the cold, metallic edge of a snowy night.
10:10Ella, didn't anyone in that border-hunting village teach you to lower your head when speaking to the Silver Moon
10:17Alpha?
10:18Holding Leo in my arms, I didn't retreat even a single step.
10:24They did.
10:25Then why don't you?
10:28Because if I lower my head, no one will be left to protect him.
10:33For a brief moment, something in Cole's eyes deepened.
10:36That night, Leo developed a fever.
10:39Not an ordinary fever.
10:41The moon mark on his forehead burned as if it had been set on fire.
10:45His tiny body curled up beneath the blanket, soft whimpers escaping his throat like a distressed wolf pup.
10:51I carried him to the door.
10:54Get a priest!
10:55The wolf guard standing watch hesitated.
10:58The Alpha ordered that no one is to leave without permission.
11:01I slammed my foot against the door.
11:04If he doesn't get here now, the child will die!
11:07Half a quarter hour later, Cole and Melina arrived at the same time.
11:13Melina took one look at Leo, and all color drained from her face.
11:18His moon mark awakened too early.
11:22Cole's expression hardened.
11:24What does that mean?
11:26The Silver Moon bloodline inside him is too powerful.
11:29He's too young to withstand it.
11:31He needs someone with the same bloodline to stabilize him.
11:35Cole reached out to take the child.
11:37The moment Leo touched his fingertips, silver light exploded.
11:41His cries turned sharp and piercing, as though he were being torn apart.
11:46Terrified, I snatched Leo back into my arms.
11:48Don't touch him!
11:50Cole's hand froze in midair.
11:52Melina spoke urgently.
11:53My lord, your bloodline is too powerful.
11:56It's overwhelming him.
11:57We need someone he trusts to act as a buffer.
12:00Cole looked at me.
12:01My heart sank.
12:02Me?
12:03Leo recognizes your scent.
12:05Hold him while I channel the bloodline power into you.
12:07Then you'll pass it on to soothe him.
12:09I knew it was going to hurt.
12:11But Leo's cries had already grown weak from exhaustion, and his tiny hand still clung to me.
12:16I gritted my teeth.
12:18Do it.
12:19Cole took my hand.
12:20The next instant, an icy, dominating force surged into my palm and raced through my veins.
12:26It shot up my arm and into my shoulder, like countless tiny blades scraping against my bones.
12:32Pain darkened my vision, but I held Leo tightly and kept soothing him over and over.
12:38Leo, it's okay.
12:39I'm here.
12:41At last, the silver light gradually receded.
12:45The crying stopped.
12:46Then a sudden burning sensation flared at the back of my neck.
12:51Melina gasped.
12:52Her moon mark!
12:54I dropped to my knees.
12:55The taste of blood rose in my throat.
12:57Melina examined the back of my neck, her voice trembling.
13:00Kola, this isn't a low-grade moon mark.
13:03There's a bloodline seal on her.
13:05Cole's eyes instantly turned cold.
13:07Who placed it?
13:09Of course I knew.
13:11My mother.
13:12Ever since I was little, she had told me that my moon mark was weak.
13:15That I would never become a powerful wolf.
13:18She told me not to compete.
13:20Not to fight.
13:21Not to stand out.
13:23So I hadn't been born weak.
13:25I'd been sealed.
13:29Cole ordered his guards to bring my mother to the side chamber.
13:33She knelt there, not dare to meet my eyes.
13:35I asked.
13:37Was it you who placed the bloodline seal on me?
13:39Tears streamed down my mother's face.
13:42Ella, I did it for your own good.
13:44I had heard those words for 24 years.
13:46And every single time, they were followed by a demand that I sacrifice something.
13:51Holdingly, I pushed myself to my feet.
13:53My body still trembling.
13:55For my own good?
13:57So you sealed my moon mark?
13:59My mother shook her head.
14:01You awakened when you were little.
14:03You were too powerful.
14:05You almost hurt Cecily.
14:07I was afraid people would see you as a monster.
14:10And I was afraid your sister would come to hate you.
14:13I laughed.
14:15So to protect her, you turned me into a cripple?
14:18My mother cried too hard to answer.
14:21Coley's voice turned cold.
14:23Did Cecia know about this?
14:24My mother froze.
14:26Her silence was answer enough.
14:29At last, I understood.
14:31Cecily hadn't left the child with me just because I had a soft heart.
14:34She knew my blood could soothe Leo.
14:36She had calculated that I would take the child into my arms.
14:40And she had calculated that the child would become dependent on me.
14:43I looked at my mother and asked one word at a time.
14:48You believed everything she told you.
14:50When she said I should claim the child, you believed her.
14:54When she said Cole was someone we couldn't afford to offend, you believed her too.
15:01Mother, was there ever a single time you believed in me?
15:04My mother opened her mouth.
15:07But no words came out.
15:09An urgent report suddenly arrived from outside the hall.
15:13My lord!
15:14A Black Raven message.
15:15Cecily has appeared at the Dark Moon camp.
15:17The rebel leader, Varro, is with her.
15:20Coley took the message.
15:22There was only one sentence written on it.
15:24Before the next full moon, I will come for my son.
15:30I tightened my hold on Leo.
15:32My hands and feet turned ice cold.
15:35She was coming back.
15:38From that night on, I no longer stayed in the side chamber.
15:42Cole moved Leo and me into the Silver Wolf Tower.
15:45The entire Silver Moon territory was talking about it.
15:48A low-ranked she-wolf from the Borderlands had somehow moved into the Alpha's inner tower
15:52with a child of the Silver Moon bloodline.
15:54Trouble arrived on the very first day.
15:56The visitor was Lydia of the White Feather Pack.
15:59She was the Alliance bride the Elders had chosen for Cole.
16:02Dressed in a snow-white gown and followed by six attendants,
16:06she walked in without sparing me so much as a glance.
16:09I heard the child is wary of strangers.
16:12She looked toward Leo's cradle.
16:13I came to see him.
16:15I stepped in front of the cradle.
16:16He just fell asleep.
16:17Lydia smiled gently, but her words were sharp as needles.
16:20Miss Ella, you're only looking after Leo temporarily.
16:23Don't forget your place.
16:24I remember my place perfectly well.
16:26I said, his mother dumped him on me, his father won't let me leave.
16:31And now you're here reminding me not to think too highly of myself.
16:34One of the attendants snapped.
16:35How dare you?
16:36Miss Lydia will be the future Luna of the Silver Moon territory.
16:39I nodded.
16:40Then she can start giving me orders when she actually becomes one.
16:43For a moment, Lydia's composure cracked.
16:46She walked to the cradle and reached down to pick up Leo.
16:49I didn't stop her.
16:50The instant her fingertips brushed the swaddling cloth, Leo's eyes flew open.
16:55A low growl, startlingly wolfish for an infant, rumbled from his throat.
16:59In the next second, a burst of silver light threw Lydia backward.
17:02She staggered three-step.
17:06A crescent-shaped burn appearing across the back of her hand.
17:10The attendants cried out in alarm.
17:12Miss Lydia!
17:12Leo turned his head toward me instead.
17:15His little mouth trembled, and he began to cry miserably.
17:19I quickly scooped him up.
17:21The moment he settled into my arms, he quieted down.
17:25Footsteps sounded from the doorway.
17:27Cole had arrived.
17:28Lydia's eyes immediately reddened.
17:30Cole, Leo rejects me because this woman taught him to.
17:32Cole glanced at her injured hand.
17:35Leo isn't even seven days old.
17:36He can't understand a single word.
17:38Lydia's expression darkened.
17:39Then Cole added,
17:40Without my permission, don't touch him again.
17:46I'm your Alliance bride.
17:48That was the final blow to her composure.
17:51That was only the Elder's proposal.
17:54The White Feather Pack has already prepared the betrothal gifts!
17:57Then send them back.
17:58At last, resentment surfed openly in Lydia's eyes.
18:02As she passed by me, she lowered her voice and said,
18:05Ella, you can't protect her.
18:08Cecil has already sold the information to the Dark Moon Rebels.
18:12The entire Northern Territory knows now that the Silver Moon Alpha has an heir.
18:17I held Leo in my arms, my heart sinking.
18:20That alone was enough.
18:21There was no need for some ancient temple or a complicated prophecy.
18:25Leo was just a newborn child.
18:27But because he was Cole's son, people already wanted to take him, use him, or kill him.
18:32That night, Cole convened a council of his commanders.
18:36Originally, I wasn't allowed to attend.
18:38I stood at the doorway with Leo in my arms.
18:41You're discussing his life.
18:43Why shouldn't I be allowed to hear it?
18:45Cole glanced at me.
18:46Come in.
18:47Inside the council chamber sat seven Wolfgard commanders, three priests, and several elders.
18:54One of them frowned.
18:55My lord, this is a military council.
18:59Cole replied calmly.
19:01She stays.
19:02The Dark Moon Rebels were gathering along the northern border, and Cecilie was traveling with Varro.
19:10One elder proposed sending Leo to the Sanctuary Ciori of the Sacred Spring, where the priests could take custody of
19:17him.
19:17I asked coldly, custody or confinement?
19:21Every eye in the room turned toward me.
19:23I continued.
19:24The moment you move him out of the Silver Wolf Tower, you'll be tossing meat into a pack of starving
19:28wolves.
19:29An elder from the White Feather Pack frowned.
19:32Your words are too harsh.
19:35I looked at him.
19:36What you're proposing is even uglier.
19:39He slammed a hand onto the table.
19:40Your Borderland Girl.
19:42Leo suddenly started crying.
19:44The moon mark on his forehead flared to life.
19:47Frost instantly spread across the entire council table.
19:52The White Feather Elder's hand froze solid against the tabletop.
19:57Cole made no move to help him.
19:59He merely looked down at Leo, his voice noticeably softer.
20:03Let go.
20:08Leo, of course, couldn't understand him.
20:12He only cried harder.
20:13I sighed.
20:17You can't comfort a baby with the same voice you used to interrogate prisoners.
20:21Gore fell silent.
20:22I lifted Leo and gently patted his back.
20:24There, there.
20:25I know.
20:27You don't like him.
20:28The Frost gradually retreated.
20:30The White Feather Elder awkwardly yanked his hand free.
20:33Cole swept his gaze across the room.
20:36From this day forward, no one is permitted to approach Leo under the pretense of caring for him.
20:44Anyone who disobeys will be treated as a traitor.
20:48This time, no one dared object.
20:50In the middle of the night, Leo started crying again.
20:53The wet nurse couldn't soothe him.
20:55The priests couldn't soothe him.
20:57Even I couldn't soothe him while holding him.
21:00After examining him, Melina turned to Cole with a complicated expression.
21:05Leo needs comfort from a matching wolf form.
21:07Cole, he frowned.
21:08Explain.
21:11He needs to sleep against your wolf form.
21:14The room fell silent.
21:16I looked at Cole.
21:18Cole looked at me.
21:19After a long pause, I fought back a smile.
21:22My lord, maybe you should shift.
21:25Of course, Cole refused.
21:27He was the Silver Moon Alpha.
21:29The most powerful werewolf ruler in the Northern Territory.
21:33Asking him to turn into a giant wolf so a baby could use him as a mattress
21:38was harder than asking him to admit defeat in public.
21:42In the end, Cole walked to the center of the thick rug with a dark expression.
21:45A flash of silver light filled the room.
21:47A massive black and silver wolf appeared before me.
21:50His shoulders were as high as a small hill,
21:52silver fur cascading to the floor,
21:53while dark gold wolf eyes stared at me coldly.
21:56I carried Leo over.
21:57The moment Leo caught his scent, he stopped crying.
22:00His tiny hand even reached up and grabbed the tip of the giant wolf's ear.
22:05Cole's entire body went rigid.
22:07I bit back a laugh.
22:08Don't move.
22:09He just calmed down.
22:10The giant wolf glared at me.
22:12I gently laid out between his front paws.
22:15Curled against the warm fur,
22:17the little one quickly fell asleep.
22:19That night became the most peaceful sleep Leo had had since the day he was born.
22:25The next morning, Leo woke up clutching a small tuft of silver fur.
22:29I glanced at the patch near Kaur Temple, which seemed noticeably thinner.
22:33You shed.
22:34Kaur expression darkened.
22:36Be quiet.
22:37I tucked the tuft of fur into a small cloth pouch.
22:41If he cries when you're not around, maybe this will work.
22:43After a brief silence, Kaur said,
22:45He's not a puppy.
22:47But you looked a lot like one last night.
22:49Outside the door, the wolf guard suddenly erupted into a fit of coughing.
22:53Those peaceful days didn't last long.
22:55On the day of the Moonspring Blessing Ceremony,
22:58the elders demanded that Leo publicly receive the Bloodline Blessing
23:01to prove he was the future heir of the Silvermoon Pack.
23:05Kaur originally intended to refuse.
23:07I said instead,
23:08We're going.
23:09He looked at me.
23:10Do you realize how many eyes will be on him?
23:11I do.
23:12Holding Leo in my arms, I continued.
23:15But he can't stay hidden in the tower forever.
23:20The people who want to hurt him will reveal themselves sooner or later.
23:24So we brought Leo to the Moonspring High Platform.
23:27A fierce snowstorm swept across the ceremony that day.
23:30The banners of the various wolf packs snapped loudly in the wind.
23:33I stood beside Cole with Leo in my arms.
23:37Countless eyes settled on me.
23:39Some were filled with contempt.
23:41Some with scrutiny.
23:43Some with jealousy.
23:44And some with naked greed.
23:47Leo's bloodline is noble, but his mother's background remains uncertain.
23:51If Cecily returns, then according to the ancient laws, she has the right to reclaim her child.
23:55She abandoned him the moment she gave birth.
23:57What right does she have to take him back?
23:59She is still his birth mother.
24:01At that moment, the sky suddenly darkened.
24:04A black raven fell onto the center of the high platform and burst into a pool of blood.
24:10A figure emerged from the swirling blood mist.
24:12It was Cecily.
24:13Her gaze settled on Leo in my arms.
24:16And she smiled gently.
24:18Sister, give me back my child.
24:21The entire platform erupted into chaos.
24:24Wolf guards drew their blaves.
24:26The priests formed protective circles.
24:29People hurriedly backed away.
24:31Only I remained where I was.
24:33Holding Leo and staring at Selina's figure in the blood mist.
24:37She wore her red cloak.
24:39And her complexion looked even better than when she had left.
24:44She didn't look like a mother on the run.
24:48She looked like a hunter returning to claim her prize.
24:51I asked.
24:55You still remember he's your child?
24:58Cecily's eyes locked onto Leo, shining with an unsettling intensity.
25:03Of course.
25:04I gave birth to him.
25:05You abandoned him the moment he was born and dumped him on me.
25:08Ella, I didn't have a choice.
25:10You've always been stronger than me.
25:12You could handle it.
25:14That phrase again.
25:16You could handle it.
25:18Which was why everyone handed me the knife and expected me to drive it into my own heart.
25:22My voice turned cold.
25:23I'm not your shield.
25:25Cecily looked toward Cole.
25:27Her tone softening.
25:30Core, I know you hate me for deceiving you.
25:32But Leo is our child.
25:34Are you really going to let an outsider hold him while standing between us?
25:39You don't deserve to say his name.
25:41The smile on Cecily's face stiffened.
25:43Whatever mistakes that Cecile made, she is still the birth mother.
25:47According to the ancient laws, she has the right to petition the Moonspring for a recognition rile.
25:53Then I understood.
25:54This so-called blessing ceremony had been paving the way for Cecile all along.
25:58You don't have to accept.
26:00The white feather elder scoffed.
26:02Is the silver moon alpha afraid?
26:05Whispers immediately spread through the crowd.
26:08I looked down at Leo.
26:09He was still too young to understand schemes and manipulation.
26:13But Cecily had given birth to him.
26:15The pull of blood could not simply be erased.
26:17I raised my head.
26:18Fine.
26:19Cole frowned.
26:21Ella.
26:22I didn't look at him.
26:23My eyes stayed fixed on Cecily.
26:25But I have one condition.
26:29If Leo doesn't recognize you, you'll admit before everyone that you willingly abandoned him.
26:36Cecily smiled.
26:37And if he does recognize me, I tightened my hold on Leo.
26:42I'll hand him over to you.
26:45Cole immediately grabbed my wrist.
26:46Lowering my voice, I said,
26:48I won't lose.
26:50What makes you so certain?
26:52I looked at Leo in my arms.
26:56Because she's never held him.
26:58The moonspring recognition reet began.
27:01The sacred spring transformed into a silver mirror.
27:04On the opposite side stood at Cecily's blood shadow.
27:08Her hand outstretched toward Leo.
27:10Come to mommy, sweetheart.
27:13Leo opened his dark gold eyes and looked at her quietly.
27:17The entire crowd held its breath.
27:19His tiny hand triched.
27:22A victorious smile spread across Cecily's face.
27:26Then, in the very next instant, Leo turned away.
27:29He grabbed my collar with all his strength and buried his face against my chest.
27:34The mirrored surface of the sacred spring shattered with a thunderous crack.
27:39Melina's voice trembled with excitement.
27:41The moonspring has acknowledged the guardian bond between Miss Ella and Leo.
27:46Blood cannot be changed, but Leo has made his choice.
27:50Cecily's expression twisted.
27:51Impossible!
27:52I gave birth to him!
27:53I looked at her.
27:55But he's afraid of you.
27:56The words hit her like a slap across the face.
28:00Ella, do you think you've won?
28:03Cecily glared at me with naked hatred.
28:07I'll come back myself.
28:08And when I do, I'll take back my child.
28:11Along with everything you owe me.
28:14The blood mist dispersed.
28:15The white feather elder tried to slip away amid the confusion.
28:19Cole lifted a hand.
28:20The wolf guards immediately surrounded him.
28:24Cole's voice was as cold as falling snow.
28:27The white feather pack collude with Cecily.
28:29Detain him.
28:30The white feather elder shouted angrily.
28:32You have no proof!
28:34I bent down and picked up a lens of red thread left behind by the black raven.
28:39Stamped on the end of the thread was the feather sigil of the white feather pack.
28:45Now you do.
28:47Silence fell over the entire platform.
28:50But I felt no relief.
28:52Because I knew Cecily would never let this end here.
28:56She had already lost her child once.
28:59The next time, she wouldn't try to persuade him.
29:03She would come to take him by force.
29:08Cecily came back far sooner than anyone expected.
29:11There was no moon that night.
29:12I was changing Leo's swaddling cloth when a war horn suddenly sounded in the distance.
29:16Firelight blazed beyond the silver wolf tower, and a maid came running in, screaming.
29:21The dark moon rebels have breached the outer wall!
29:23I scooped at Leo into my arms and grabbed the short dagger Cole had given me.
29:27Where's Cole?
29:28The alpha is fighting at the north wall.
29:30My heart sank.
29:31The rebels had chosen to attack the inner tower while he was occupied elsewhere.
29:35Their goal wasn't victory.
29:37It was at Leo.
29:38Melina rushed in and shoved a silver talism into my hand.
29:41Come with me.
29:42There's a secret passage beneath the tower.
29:44We had barely reached the staircase when the wall exploded inward.
29:47Three wolf soldiers in black armor charged through the breach, their eyes glowing blood red.
29:51I thrust Leo into the maid's arms and drew my dagger.
29:54I didn't know noble swordmanship.
29:56I only knew the survival tricks taught in a border hunting village.
29:59Avoid the throat.
30:00Get inside the ribs.
30:02Drive the blade where the flesh is soft.
30:04The first wolf soldier screamed and crashed into the stone wall.
30:07The second lunged toward the maid.
30:09Leo suddenly started crying.
30:12Silver light erupted.
30:14The wolf soldier was thrown backward as if struck by a battering ram.
30:20The third seized my hair and slammed me hard onto the floor.
30:23Planting a boot on my wrist, he grinned viciously.
30:26Ceci said you were pathetically weak.
30:27I grin at my teeth.
30:28Then she remembered wrong.
30:29I drove my knee into his grain, grabbed a shattered silver lamp, and plunged it into his eye.
30:34Blood splattered across my face.
30:35Even a weak wolf from the Borderlands knows this.
30:37The prey that talks too much dies first.
30:39The secret passage had already been blocked by falling rubble.
30:41Outside, the sound of approaching footsteps grew closer and closer.
30:44I strapped at Leo securely against my chest and prepared to jump from the tower window.
30:48Then I heard Cole's voice behind me.
30:49Ella.
30:51I turned around.
30:53Cole stood beside the shattered wall.
30:55His black battle armor was drenched in blood.
30:57None of it was his.
30:59His eyes had partially shifted, dark gold swirling with savage fury.
31:03When he saw the bruised finger marks around my neck, his expression turned utterly cold.
31:07In the next instant, a wolf's tower shattered the snow piled atop the tower.
31:10Cole shifted into a massive black and silver wolf and charged back into the battle.
31:14This wasn't the wolf form that comforted Leo.
31:17This was the Silver Moon Alpha of the battlefield.
31:20Armor split beneath his claws.
31:22Throats shattered between his fangs.
31:26No one who approached the Silver Wolf Tower walked away alive.
31:30By dawn, the Dark Moon rebels had retreated, but they had taken my mother with them.
31:34She had been imprisoned in the outer tower.
31:36Before withdrawing, the rebels abducted her and left behind only a black bone token.
31:41Carved into it were Cecily's words.
31:44Trade Ella for her.
31:45I stared at the message.
31:46Surprisingly, it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would.
31:49My mother had sacrificed me for Cecily.
31:51And now Cecily had taken her for herself.
31:54It felt like a circle of retribution finally closing.
31:57I'll send people to rescue her.
31:58I shook my head.
31:59They want me.
31:59They won't kill her easily.
32:01You want to go?
32:03I want to end this.
32:06No.
32:07You're staying here.
32:09Holding Leo, I looked at the scorched tower walls.
32:14They're after me.
32:16If I keep hiding behind you, more people will die in my place.
32:19Kohli's jaw tightened.
32:21You've never been trained for war.
32:22I survived 24 years on the border.
32:24I looked directly at him.
32:26Kohli, I'm not your weakness.
32:27I'm someone who can stand beside you and tear out an enemy's throat.
32:35He stared at me for a long time without speaking.
32:38That evening, as the sun set, Kohli personally taught me how to hold a blade.
32:41Not the elegant techniques favored by nobles.
32:44The shortest, fastest, most ruthless ways to kill.
32:47He stood behind me.
32:48One hand wrapped around my wrist.
32:50His voice low, beside my ear.
32:52Don't watch the blade.
32:54Watch the enemy's shoulders.
32:55The moment the shoulders move, you'll already know where the strike is coming from.
32:59I followed his instruction.
33:01One slice opened the wooden target's throat.
33:06Good.
33:07Leo, lying in the cradle nearby, suddenly made a small sound.
33:12Kohli immediately released me, as if he'd been caught doing something.
33:16I noticed the brief stiffness that flashed across his face and couldn't help laughing.
33:22My lord, are you afraid of him?
33:24He should be asleep.
33:25He's only a few days old.
33:27Even a few days old, he shouldn't be looking around at everything.
33:30I went anyway.
33:31Just not alone.
33:33Kohli brought twelve of his most elite wolfguards,
33:36while Melina inscribed concealment runes on me to hide my scent.
33:41Leo remained in the Silver Wolf Tower under the protection of three squads of wolfguards and a circle of priests.
33:47The dark moon camp was hidden beneath a cliff in a forest of black pines.
33:51At the center of the camp stood a black altar.
33:54My mother was bound to a wooden post, her face pale and lifeless.
33:59Cecily stood before her.
34:01Hidden in the shadows, I heard my mother ask through tears,
34:07Cecily, what are you trying to do?
34:10That's your child.
34:12A child.
34:14Do you still think I gave birth to him because I wanted to be a mother?
34:20Cecily ran her fingers over the wolf bones arranged on the altar.
34:24I got pregnant because I wanted to become the mistress of the Silver Moon Territory.
34:30But Cole never intended to marry me.
34:32If he found out I deceived him, he would have killed me!
34:36So I needed Ella.
34:40My fingernails dug into my palms.
34:43Cecily continued.
34:44She's always been stupid.
34:47You told her to give things up.
34:49And she gave them up.
34:50You told her to endure.
34:51And she endured.
34:53She's the easiest person in the world to use.
34:56My mother wept.
34:57She's your sister.
34:58Cecily slapped her across the face.
35:00Sister?
35:01What gives her the right to be my sister?
35:04How could someone who never fought for anything always have people protecting her?
35:08My mother broke down completely.
35:10I was wrong.
35:11I never should have made her give everything up for you.
35:14Cecily snurred.
35:15It's a little late for that now.
35:17She drew a pale bone knife.
35:20Call her.
35:21My mother shook her head through her tears.
35:23I already sent a letter telling her not to come.
35:26Cecily's expression turned cold in an instant.
35:29Then you're useless.
35:31The bone knife rose.
35:33I couldn't hold back any longer.
35:36Cecily!
35:37I charged out of hiding.
35:38She looked at me without the slightest surprise.
35:41You really came.
35:43At that same instant, blood red formations ignited throughout the black pine forest.
35:48Cole and the wolf guards were cut off outside the barrier.
35:51Cecily had never wanted my mother.
35:53She wanted me.
35:55Dark markings of the blood formation coiled around my ankles.
35:58Cecily walked toward me.
35:59Madness blazing in her eyes.
36:02Do you know what I've always hated most about you?
36:05I looked at her coldly.
36:07That I didn't die cleaning up one of the disasters you created?
36:11Her expression twisted.
36:13I hate that you always act so clear-headed.
36:16What gives you the right to be the sane one?
36:18You should have kept taking responsibility for me, just like you always did!
36:22I drove my blade toward her, but she dodged.
36:25Her bone knife flicked across of my arm.
36:28Blood dripped onto the formation, and the silver light suddenly flared.
36:33Cecily's eyes lit up with manic joy.
36:36Just as I thought, your blood can still stabilize the silver moon bloodline.
36:41As long as I have you, Leo will obey me.
36:48Outside the barrier, Cole shifted into his wolf form and slammed violently against the seal.
36:53Cecily glanced at him, smiling even more triumphantly.
36:56Cole, you're getting anxious too?
36:58I thought you were supposed to be co-blooded.
37:00Cole's voice came out like it was being ground.
37:03If you touch her, I'll wipe your entire bloodline off this world.
37:06No graves, no remnants.
37:07Cecily grabbed my wrist and tried to force my blood onto the altar.
37:11At that moment, my mother suddenly threw herself forward and knocked Cecily aside.
37:16The bone knife stabbed into my mother's abdomen.
37:19My mind went blank.
37:20Mother!
37:21She collapsed into my arms, blood quickly soaking through her clothes.
37:25Trembling, she reached into her chest and pulled out a frost-colored bone pendant, pressing it into my paw.
37:31Your father left this for you.
37:32I never should have hidden it.
37:34Ella, you're not weak.
37:35It was your mother who was wrong.
37:37Give me the pendant!
37:38Cecily screamed and lunged.
37:40I clenched it tightly in my hand.
37:41The next instant, a felt as a fire had erupted at the back of my neck.
37:45The seal that had bound me for 24 years shattered.
37:47Silver-white frost pattern spread from the neck down to my wrist and the blood formation backfired violently,
37:51blasting Cecius backward.
37:53Cole broke through the barrier and rushed to my side.
37:55My mother raised a trembling hand, trying to touch my face, but she couldn't reach it.
37:59Don't live for anyone else anymore.
38:01Her hand fell.
38:03Cecily crawled up from the ground,
38:04hair disheveled laughing.
38:06Good.
38:07She deserved to die a long time ago.
38:09I rose to my feet, gripping the short blade.
38:11Frostlight gathered along the blade, shimmering silver.
38:14For the first time, Cecily's face showed fear.
38:17Ella, what are you going to do?
38:19Step by step, I walked toward her.
38:21You said I was useful, didn't you?
38:23I lifted the blade, but I'm not useful anymore.
38:28I didn't kill Cecily.
38:30Not because I softened.
38:32Because Cole stopped me.
38:34His hand closed around the blade, blood dripping down the silver runes etched along his skin.
38:39She can't die yet.
38:41Let go!
38:43The Dark Moon Rebels are still out there.
38:46If she's alive, we can force Varro to show himself.
38:50I don't care!
38:51I do!
38:54Cole looked at me, his gaze as deep and heavy as a dark sea at night.
38:58Ella, I won't let you trade Leo's life for a moment of satisfaction.
39:03Leo?
39:05That name made my hand hesitate.
39:07Cecily lay on the ground and suddenly laughed.
39:11Look at you, little sister.
39:13You're still tied down by a child.
39:16Cole stomped down on her wrist.
39:18A sharp crack of bone echoed through the hall.
39:21Cecily screamed.
39:23One more word, and I'll break the other hand.
39:27She finally went silent.
39:30We took her back to Moonhall Hall as a prisoner, along with my mother's body.
39:37That night, I stayed by Leo's side and by my mother's coffin.
39:43Before dawn, Cole entered and placed a white cloak in my hands.
39:47In the Northern Territory, funerals are held in white.
39:53He set an old record file in front of me.
39:56My father's name was written inside.
40:00He had been the strongest border guard in the Silver Moon Territory.
40:04Killed by Dark Moon Rebels while protecting pups.
40:07My mother had sealed my Moon Mark because she feared I would be targeted after awakening.
40:12And she also feared Cecile's jealousy.
40:14So she raised us in hiding under false identities.
40:18I closed my eyes.
40:20Everything suddenly made sense.
40:22My mother favored Cecily because of guilt.
40:28She sealed my power because of fear.
40:32But no matter the reason, I was always the one sacrificed.
40:37After the funeral, Cole took me to the dungeon to see Cecily.
40:41She was bound in silver chains, pale-faced, but her eyes still refused to yield.
40:46I asked her, did you ever, even once, think of Leo as your child?
40:54For a brief moment, her expression went blank.
40:58Then she laughed.
40:59What use is a child?
41:02Only the weak use children to prove they're loved.
41:08I see.
41:11See what?
41:13That you don't deserve to hear him ask.
41:16When he grows up.
41:18Why his birth mother didn't want him.
41:22Cecily's expression finally changed.
41:25I turned to leave.
41:26Ella!
41:27You think Cole really loves you?
41:29He just needs you to stabilize the child!
41:31You and I are the same!
41:32We're both just tools!
41:34We're different.
41:35When I protect Leo, I at least know he can feel pain.
41:38You only know he's useful.
41:40When I left the dungeon, Cole was waiting outside.
41:44Do you need me because Leo needs me?
41:47He didn't answer right away.
41:49My heart went cold.
41:51At first, yes.
41:53Later, no.
41:54Then what is it now?
41:55Cole looked at me like he was facing a confession harder than any war.
41:59Later, I realized something.
42:00When you walk into the snowstorm, you never once think about who might come to save you.
42:04Ella, I want to be the one who comes.
42:07I froze.
42:09But you don't need saving.
42:11So I want to stand beside you instead.
42:14I didn't know how to respond.
42:16At that moment, urgent bells rang out from the direction of the Silver Wolf Tower.
42:20Melina rushed into the corridor, her face pale.
42:24The dungeon's been breached.
42:26Cecily has been rescued by the Dark Moon Rebels.
42:28And Leo is gone too!
42:31In that moment, I couldn't hear anything at all.
42:34All I saw was Cole's eyes shifting into beast form.
42:37The next second, he transformed into a massive wolf and charged out of Moonhall Hall.
42:41The Silver Wolf Tower was in ruins.
42:44Guards lay scattered across the floor.
42:45The priest's silver formation had been stained and shattered by blood.
42:50The cradle was empty.
42:51Only Leo's soft blanket remained.
42:54Torn at one corner, laying on the ground.
42:57It was Cecily!
42:58She used her own blood to bypass Leo's sensing bond.
43:05The Dark Moon Rebels are heading toward the Ice Lake!
43:13Ice Lake lay at the far edge of the Northern Territory.
43:16Beyond it was Dark Moon Wolf Territory.
43:19Coley didn't say a word.
43:20He lowered his head and sniffed the blanket.
43:22The next instant, the giant wolf burst into the snowstorm.
43:25I mounted a snow stab brought by the wolf guards and chased after him.
43:29At Ice Lake, the blizzard nearly erased all visibility.
43:31On a black altar in the distance, Cecily stood holding Leo,
43:35her hair disseveled like she had gone mad.
43:38Raro stood beside her with Dark Moon Wolf soldiers behind him.
43:42Leo's cries were already hoarse.
43:43It felt like my chest had been torn open.
43:45Cecily!
43:46She turned and saw me.
43:48Her smile twisted.
43:50You got here fast.
43:52I walked toward her step by step.
43:54Give me the child.
43:55Why would I?
43:57She clutched Leo tighter.
43:59He's my son.
44:00You gave birth to him.
44:01But you never loved him.
44:03Her expression changed instantly.
44:05Varo let out a cold laugh.
44:07Enough talk.
44:08Hand over the child.
44:09The Silver Moon Territory will fall into chaos.
44:12Without an heir, Coley's line ends, and the North will eventually be mine.
44:17Only then did I understand.
44:19Cecily had never come here to be a mother.
44:21She was using Leo as a bargaining chip for her escape route.
44:24She looked at Cole, fear and hatred mixing in her eyes.
44:28I just want to live!
44:29Why are all of you forcing me?
44:32I said coldly, nobody forced you to abandon your child.
44:36Nobody forced you to hurt my mother.
44:38Nobody forced you to hand your own son over to rebels.
44:42Cecily screamed.
44:43Shut up!
44:43Leo cried even harder, terrified by her voice.
44:47Cole stepped forward.
44:48Varo immediately pressed a blade against the edge of Leo's swaddling cloth.
44:52One more step and your son bleeds.
44:54Cole stopped.
44:55I saw his hand tremble.
44:56The Silver Moon Alpha, who had never once bowed his head, found his fatal weakness seized for the very first
45:02time.
45:05I slowly lowered my short blade.
45:08Cecily, what do you want?
45:09She stared at me.
45:10I want Cole to acknowledge me as Leo's mother.
45:13I want to become the mistress of the Silver Moon Territory.
45:16I want everyone to know I didn't lose to you.
45:18I looked at her.
45:19You never lost to me.
45:21She froze.
45:22I said, from the beginning, how much did I even keep from giving you?
45:27Clothes, food, mother, even my moon mark, I gave it all to you.
45:31But it was never enough.
45:33Because what you wanted was never what I had.
45:36What you wanted was someone else to take responsibility for your life.
45:40Cecily's face turned paler and paler.
45:43But this time, it doesn't work.
45:46I met her eyes.
45:47Leo isn't your escape route.
45:49He's a child who feels pain.
45:51Who cries.
45:52Who is afraid.
45:54Cecily's grip on Leo loosened slightly.
45:56In that instant, Leo suddenly reached out.
45:59He looked, crying and grabbing toward me.
46:01He couldn't speak.
46:03But I knew he was looking for me.
46:08I lunged forward.
46:10Varro reacted instantly, swinging his blade down.
46:13Coley transformed into a black and silver giant wolf and slammed into Vargo, knocking him away.
46:18The two wolves tore into each other across the ice, the frozen surface cracking and widening fractures.
46:24Cecily stumbled backward while holding Leo, slipping toward a widening crack in the ice.
46:28I threw myself forward and grabbed Leo's swiddling.
46:31Cecily clung tightly, refusing to let go.
46:34He's mine!
46:35You don't deserve him!
46:36The swaddle tore.
46:38Leo slipped from her arms.
46:40I caught him at once, but the force carried me toward the breaking ice.
46:45Co turned back and saw it.
46:46His beast pupils contracted sharply.
46:49Ella!
46:51He abandoned Varro and lunged forward, buying down on my cloak.
46:58The ice gave way completely.
47:01Cecily screamed as she fell, still reaching for Leo.
47:05I held the child tightly and kicked her hand away.
47:08This time, I won't let you take anything from me again.
47:16Cecily plunged into the black water.
47:27The blizzard finally stopped.
47:29I knelt on the ice, holding Leo.
47:32My hands shaking so badly, I could barely keep him in my arms.
47:37His face was red from crying, but the moment he was in my embrace, his cries slowly faded.
47:46Cole shifted back into human form.
47:49His arm was mangled and blooded from Varro's bite.
47:53Does it hurt?
47:56It's fine.
47:58Leo suddenly grabbed his injured finger.
48:00Cole stiffened, but forced himself not to pull away.
48:06I looked at him.
48:08You can say it hurts now.
48:10You don't have to be the alpha with me.
48:12He stayed silent for a long time.
48:15It hurts.
48:16And then at Leo smiled.
48:18It was the first real smile since he was born.
48:21Light, soft, like the first beam of sunlight rising at the edge of a frozen world.
48:29Cecily didn't die.
48:30She was swept ashore by the icy undercurrent of the lake.
48:33By the time she was pulled out, her wolf mark had vanished.
48:36She could no longer shift.
48:37Cole didn't kill her.
48:38He exiled her to the northernmost frost cliffs.
48:41No teleportation arrayas.
48:42No one left to carry her burdens for her.
48:44The White Feather Wolf Clan was stripped of its border garrison for colluding with the rebels.
48:49The Dark Moon insurgents were expelled from the north.
48:52I returned to the border hunting village with Leo and carved my mother's name into a white stone grave myself.
48:59I didn't forgive everything she had done, but I accepted her final apology.
49:04After we returned to the Silver Moon territory, Cola started learning how to be a father.
49:09The first time he changed Leo's swaddle, he managed to shut both of the baby's legs into the same opening.
49:15I stared for a long moment.
49:17Are you swaddling a baby or binding a prisoner?
49:21He kept kicking.
49:22He's an infant, not an enemy soldier.
49:26Enemy soldiers are easier to handle than him.
49:31After that, everyone in the north came to know this.
49:34The Silver Moon Alpha could tear through Dark Moon rebels without mercy.
49:38But in a war council meeting, he could be immobilized by his own son grabbing his drawer, not daring to
49:44move an inch.
49:45On Leo's full moon celebration, Melina held a blessing ritual for him by the moonspring.
49:52By the water's edge, Coley stood beside me.
49:55Ella.
49:56Yeah?
49:57Stay in the Silver Moon territory.
50:01Wasn't I already staying?
50:03Not because of Leo.
50:05I turned to look at him.
50:07Under the moonlight, his gaze was far gentler than the first time I had ever seen him.
50:11Because of me?
50:12He held out his hand.
50:14In his palm was a black and silver ring.
50:17Carved into it were the Silver Moon and Wolf sigmels.
50:20I won't ask you to be my mate.
50:22I won't ask you to stand beside a throne.
50:24I only ask,
50:26Will you stay?
50:28And help me turn this place into somewhere Leo can grow up safe.
50:32Leo stirred in my arms and slapped his tiny hand right onto the ring.
50:36As if making the decision for me.
50:39Your son already stamped it.
50:40How am I supposed to refuse?
50:42I took the ring and slipped it onto my finger myself.
50:47Coley Darkhorn.
50:49I'm not staying because I have nowhere else to go.
50:52I'm staying because I chose this place.
50:58I chose Leo.
51:02And I chose you.
51:06Much later, all the Northern Wolf clans knew this.
51:10The Silver Moon Alpha had two weaknesses.
51:13One was a pup born with the Silver Moon mark.
51:16The other was a Border Wolf woman who dared to walk into Moon Hall with a child in her arms.
51:21And force him to acknowledge his blood bond.
51:23They also knew this.
51:25Those two weaknesses were never his downfall.
51:28They were the home he finally chose to defend.
51:30They were the home he finally chose to defend.
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