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The Moon Has Scars
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00:00:06Mating with me was your ladder to power, wasn't it, Roderick?
00:00:10Oh, spare me, Lyric. I can barely stand the sight of you. How could I possibly bring you to Alpha
00:00:15meetings?
00:00:18My name is Lyric Harper. Roderick Fletcher's discarded mate, branded the ugly wolf of the pack.
00:00:24Today, I finally found the courage to confront him.
00:00:27But I didn't give this scar to myself. You promised you'd take me to the best doctors.
00:00:32Even your own family doesn't care enough to help you. Why would I? Stop dreaming, Lyric, and get out of
00:00:36my pack.
00:00:36You ugly creep! Get out of our pack!
00:00:39You don't deserve the title of Luna!
00:00:41My own mate, in front of everyone, ended it completely.
00:00:49I went to the Faceless Bar, the only place no one could see me cry.
00:01:00A stranger sat down beside me.
00:01:04A refill for the princess, please.
00:01:07He wore an elegant mask. I couldn't see his face, but everything about him screamed one word.
00:01:14Power.
00:01:15He called me princess.
00:01:17Why don't we make a deal, princess?
00:01:20Have fun tonight, and go our separate ways by morning.
00:01:23A one-night offer.
00:01:25He couldn't see my face.
00:01:28He didn't know how ugly I was.
00:01:33But...
00:01:34But you don't even know me.
00:01:41I don't need to. It's simply for fun.
00:01:48Although I should warn you.
00:01:50It'll be a long night.
00:01:59He couldn't climax.
00:02:01And I had never been touched.
00:02:07Can we...
00:02:08Keep our masks on?
00:02:10Of course.
00:02:11Your wish is my command, princess.
00:02:19It was the best night of my life.
00:02:22He made love to me in the gentlest way.
00:02:26And then...
00:02:27The impossible happened.
00:02:29That...
00:02:30That was strange.
00:02:31He climaxed it inside me.
00:02:34Who are you?
00:02:37He took off his mask.
00:02:39He was the most stunning man I had ever seen.
00:02:42You were a virgin.
00:02:44You should have told me at the bar.
00:02:47He said he wanted one more day.
00:02:49Just one more day with me.
00:02:52But by morning, he was gone.
00:03:02Five years passed.
00:03:04I buried the memory of that night.
00:03:06But fate wasn't done with me yet.
00:03:08I need you, Laric.
00:03:09Our pack owes a debt to Darkspire.
00:03:12They're calling it in.
00:03:14What does that have to do with me?
00:03:15They need a Luna.
00:03:17A woman from our family.
00:03:19For one year.
00:03:20Darkspire.
00:03:21Jairus Dreadmore.
00:03:22They said he was more terrifying than death itself.
00:03:25You want to sacrifice me to a monster?
00:03:27It's our only way out.
00:03:29And your scar is gone.
00:03:31It's like fate itself approved.
00:03:34So here I stand with Isolde, his mother, in the Darkspire's meeting room, waiting to meet the monster.
00:03:40Jairus will be joining us shortly.
00:03:42I waited an hour.
00:03:44Then another.
00:03:47And then, the doors finally opened.
00:03:50The man who walked in was the man who held me in that bar five years ago.
00:03:54I'm so in love with you.
00:03:57Jairus Dreadmore.
00:03:58The man who abandoned me.
00:04:00The man who was about to become my mate.
00:04:02Jairus Dreadmore walked right past me.
00:04:05Didn't even spare me a glance.
00:04:09Jairus, we've been waiting for over an hour.
00:04:13I have no interest in bonding with someone I feel nothing for.
00:04:21He left.
00:04:23Just like five years ago.
00:04:26I went to the restroom.
00:04:28When I came back, I got lost in the corridor.
00:04:31Then, a tiny hand grabbed mine.
00:04:35Miss, can you help my brother?
00:04:40Your brother?
00:04:41What's wrong?
00:04:43He's really sick.
00:04:45I don't know any other adults.
00:04:50Please.
00:04:52She led me to a room.
00:04:55The boy on the bed was convulsing, burning up like fire.
00:04:59My goodness.
00:05:01Get me warm water and towels, quickly.
00:05:04My hands moved as if guided.
00:05:09Minutes later, he was calm.
00:05:12You saved him.
00:05:14Even faster than mommy.
00:05:17And then mommy appeared.
00:05:21Who are you?
00:05:22Why are you touching my son?
00:05:25Get out.
00:05:26Mark to Monroe.
00:05:28The mother of his children.
00:05:30The woman who looked at me like I was garbage.
00:05:39Is this a joke?
00:05:40You just touched him?
00:05:43It's true, mommy.
00:05:44Mommy, she touched Zylon and he stopped shaking, even faster than you.
00:05:49It was just a coincidence.
00:05:51Don't either of you let this woman touch my children again.
00:05:54Her glare told me I wasn't a savior.
00:05:56I was a threat.
00:05:57But Yisold clearly had other plans.
00:06:01Her ability is exactly what we need.
00:06:05Then the contract.
00:06:07The deal stands.
00:06:08She heals Zylon and your debt is clear.
00:06:11One year only.
00:06:13One year.
00:06:14The shelf life of a tool.
00:06:21Remember, you're here as a tool, not his lover.
00:06:27I thought Roderick would vanish from my life.
00:06:30I was wrong.
00:06:31Lyric, we need to talk.
00:06:34There's nothing to talk about.
00:06:37Take me to the temple and sever the bond.
00:06:41No.
00:06:43I think we should start over.
00:06:45He was actually smiling, as if those words were some kind of sweet confession.
00:06:51What did you say?
00:06:53I was wrong, okay?
00:06:54I was an asshole.
00:06:56But you're beautiful now, Lyric.
00:06:58I can give you everything you deserve now.
00:07:02You disgust me.
00:07:03It's over, Roderick.
00:07:05We haven't cut the ribbon at the temple yet.
00:07:08As long as that ribbon remains,
00:07:13you're still legally my mate.
00:07:15If Jairus Dreadmoe finds out his bride is still mated to another man,
00:07:20do you think he'd still want you?
00:07:24You're threatening me.
00:07:25It's love, darling.
00:07:27I'll give you time.
00:07:32I was out of time.
00:07:35Jairus's patience was wearing thin.
00:07:38Alpha Jairus is waiting for you.
00:07:41He led me to an office.
00:07:44Jairus was seated behind a desk,
00:07:46a gun resting in his hand.
00:07:49Your father tells me you've been having second thoughts about our arrangement.
00:07:54No, it's just...
00:07:55There's a complication.
00:07:58What kind of complication?
00:08:00I opened my mouth, but nothing came out.
00:08:03How could I say it?
00:08:04That I was still bound to another man?
00:08:06You don't want to marry me?
00:08:10It's not what you think.
00:08:12His finger slid onto the trigger,
00:08:15not pointed at me,
00:08:17at my father's car outside the window.
00:08:20Your father's debt is triple what he owns.
00:08:22If you want to back out,
00:08:24I can reclaim everything right now.
00:08:29He fired.
00:08:31The sound of shattering glass pierced through my skull like a blade.
00:08:36Stop!
00:08:38Enough!
00:08:39I'll sign.
00:08:40I'll go with you.
00:08:42That's better.
00:08:43Remember,
00:08:44you don't have a choice, Leric Harper.
00:08:47The Alpha King's funeral was held at the Silver Citadel.
00:08:50It was my first public appearance as Jairus's Luna.
00:08:54No one cared about the dead king.
00:08:57All the whispers were about who would become the next Alpha King.
00:09:01Stay by my side.
00:09:02Don't speak to anyone.
00:09:04I understand.
00:09:06But Roderick didn't disappear.
00:09:08He was there in the funeral crowd, a festering thorn.
00:09:11We're not finished, Lilac.
00:09:13Don't touch me.
00:09:15We're done.
00:09:17Roderick,
00:09:18are you harassing my Luna?
00:09:20Your Luna.
00:09:22She still carries a mate bond with me.
00:09:24You're just picking up my leftovers.
00:09:25Jairus's eyes shifted.
00:09:27Not anger.
00:09:28Something much colder.
00:09:29Leave now.
00:09:30Or your pack will be short one Alpha.
00:09:35I couldn't wait any longer.
00:09:37Roderick,
00:09:38this tumor had to be removed.
00:09:39Otherwise,
00:09:40I'd never stand by Jairus's side with a clear conscience.
00:09:43I told Jairus everything.
00:09:45His reaction was calmer than I expected.
00:09:47Kale, Narion.
00:09:48Get the car.
00:09:50We're going to Roderick's territory.
00:09:52What are you going to do?
00:09:56End this.
00:09:58He stormed into Roderick's estate.
00:10:01Jairus,
00:10:02you can't just barge in here.
00:10:06Temple,
00:10:07now,
00:10:08you're coming with me.
00:10:09You think you can force me?
00:10:11I'm an Alpha.
00:10:13You're an Alpha?
00:10:15Then you should know,
00:10:17in my world,
00:10:18you're less than a servant.
00:10:20Jairus's claws pierced Roderick's shoulder.
00:10:23Blood dripped down his arm.
00:10:29Cut the robin,
00:10:31or I'll rip out your heart and cut it myself.
00:10:33Your choice.
00:10:35Stop.
00:10:35Stop.
00:10:36I'll cut it.
00:10:37I'll cut it.
00:10:56The scissors sniffed.
00:10:58Something that had been locked inside me for years finally broke.
00:11:03I felt as light as a feather.
00:11:06Marta lured me to the garden under the guise of discussing the children.
00:11:09I know we got off on the wrong foot.
00:11:11But your help with Silen,
00:11:12I'm truly grateful.
00:11:14I just did what I could.
00:11:16Have some of this.
00:11:17My own blend.
00:11:18It's good for your health.
00:11:22I drank.
00:11:24It tasted strange.
00:11:26Then,
00:11:27the world began to melt.
00:11:33I saw Jairus walking into the garden.
00:11:37His silver eyes gazed at me tenderly.
00:11:42I reached out his hand.
00:11:45Come with me, Lyric.
00:11:52I followed him into a room.
00:11:57I kissed him.
00:12:02When I woke,
00:12:03I was alone on the garden table.
00:12:06Marta was gone.
00:12:07So was the Jairus.
00:12:11I thought it was just a strange dream.
00:12:14I had no idea that KISS had been recorded and sent to the real Jairus.
00:12:23That night,
00:12:24Jairus returned to the estate.
00:12:27His eyes weren't their usual cold steel.
00:12:30They were burning crimson.
00:12:33Who did you see today?
00:12:35I went to the garden.
00:12:37Had tea with Marta.
00:12:38Then I came back.
00:12:40That's it?
00:12:41No one else?
00:12:43No.
00:12:44What's going on?
00:12:46Liar.
00:12:47He threw his phone at me.
00:12:49On the screen,
00:12:51I was in Zarin's arms,
00:12:52kissing him.
00:12:53It's not what it looks like!
00:12:55Marta drugged my tea!
00:12:56I thought it was you!
00:12:58Enough.
00:13:00You disgust me.
00:13:02I thought you were different.
00:13:04But you're even cheaper.
00:13:07Please, just...
00:13:08Listen!
00:13:10I don't want to hear your excuses.
00:13:12Know your place.
00:13:13You're a tool.
00:13:15Don't ever think you're a real lumen.
00:13:17He laughed.
00:13:18Every word of my defense bounced off him like stones on rock.
00:13:21He didn't believe a single syllable.
00:13:23On our mating ceremony day,
00:13:25I stood alone in the temple hall in the gown he sent.
00:13:28One hour.
00:13:29Two.
00:13:30Guests began to whisper,
00:13:31then rise and leave.
00:13:32This is a disgrace to Darkspire.
00:13:40Just wait a little longer.
00:13:42He'll come.
00:13:44Three hours later,
00:13:46the doors finally opened.
00:13:48He walked in,
00:13:49no trace of apology on his face.
00:13:52Jarrus Dreadmore,
00:13:54do you accept Lyric Harper as your mate?
00:13:57I do.
00:13:58Lyric Harper,
00:14:00do you accept Jarrus Dreadmore as your mate?
00:14:04I...
00:14:04I do.
00:14:06After the ceremony,
00:14:07he leaned in and whispered in my ear.
00:14:09Stay away from me.
00:14:11Don't ever come near me.
00:14:19I can't believe I'm doing this,
00:14:21but I have to see him.
00:14:26Our wedding night,
00:14:27he went to Marta's room.
00:14:30The days after our mating were colder than I ever imagined.
00:14:34He never looked at me.
00:14:36Never spoke to me.
00:14:39Marta, on the other hand,
00:14:41was thoroughly enjoying the situation.
00:14:43You delivered breakfast to the Alpha's room?
00:14:46Who told you to do that?
00:14:47You don't even have the right to go near him.
00:14:50I was just trying to do my duty as Luna.
00:14:55Luna, you?
00:14:56Don't make me laugh.
00:14:57You're just a tool.
00:14:59When this year ends,
00:15:00you'll be kicked out.
00:15:06I went back to my room
00:15:07and stared at myself in the mirror.
00:15:10Inside me,
00:15:11there was already a child.
00:15:13Jarrus' child.
00:15:15But I couldn't tell him.
00:15:20Not now.
00:15:22Not when he hated me this much.
00:15:28Maddie was Jarrus' sister,
00:15:30locked in an asylum for years.
00:15:32The day she escaped and came home,
00:15:34the air in the entire estate went still.
00:15:37She looked innocent and sweet,
00:15:39but something inside those silver eyes was broken.
00:15:43So you're my brother's new toy?
00:15:45You're pretty.
00:15:46Has he told you his secrets yet?
00:15:48What secrets?
00:15:49Like how he killed our father?
00:15:50How he imprisoned our brother?
00:15:52How he's nothing but a starving beast in human skin?
00:15:55As she spoke,
00:15:56she was playing with a dagger.
00:15:58You murderer.
00:16:02The next second,
00:16:03she lunged at Jarrus,
00:16:04who had just walked in.
00:16:06The blade sank into Jarrus' chest.
00:16:08Blood soaked through his shirt.
00:16:09Maddie was dragged away,
00:16:10but her manic laughter echoed through the hallway.
00:16:15Jarrus was brought to the infirmary.
00:16:17Kale specifically ordered me to tend to his wound.
00:16:20It was the first time I was this close to him.
00:16:23His shirt was cut open,
00:16:24revealing his solid chest.
00:16:25But those savage wounds made my heart clench.
00:16:29The blade was poisoned.
00:16:30I need to clean it first,
00:16:32then stitch.
00:16:33Then do it.
00:16:34My hands pressed against his skin.
00:16:37You were scared earlier.
00:16:38I can feed every single breath he took.
00:16:41Not of her,
00:16:41of me dying.
00:16:42He was right.
00:16:43The moment I saw him collapse and bleed,
00:16:46my heart nearly stopped.
00:16:47Listen,
00:16:48about what happened before,
00:16:49the video with Zurok.
00:16:51I may have overreacted.
00:16:53Maybe you should.
00:16:55Focus on healing first.
00:16:57We'll talk about the rest later.
00:16:59He closed his eyes.
00:17:01I caught the faintest curve at the corner of his lips.
00:17:05Jarrus' wound was healing.
00:17:07Our relationship seemed to be thawing just a little.
00:17:15But Marta would never allow that.
00:17:19You think you can crawl into his heart while he's injured?
00:17:21Don't dream, Lyric.
00:17:23He's just using you for healing.
00:17:25I wasn't thinking anything like that.
00:17:28Let me warn you,
00:17:29he's not someone you can aspire to.
00:17:30You're just a transitional tool.
00:17:32When this year ends,
00:17:33you'll be discarded.
00:17:37Maddie was confined to her room,
00:17:39but every time I passed by,
00:17:41I could hear her singing.
00:17:43That song was about a forgotten pack.
00:17:46I didn't know that a greater storm was brewing outside Darkspire.
00:17:50It was on his way,
00:17:52and its target was me.
00:17:56Jarrus recovered quickly.
00:17:59His attitude toward me began to quietly shift.
00:18:06They started inviting me to accompany him to various events.
00:18:17The twin Zylans and Zyla's birthday was approaching.
00:18:21Jarrus asked me to help plan the party.
00:18:24Lyric,
00:18:24will you come to our party?
00:18:26Of course I will.
00:18:27What gifts do you want?
00:18:29We don't want anything.
00:18:30Just play games with us.
00:18:35On the day of the party,
00:18:37I wore my favorite dress.
00:18:38At least for one day,
00:18:40I wanted to look like a person,
00:18:42not a tool.
00:18:43But I had no idea.
00:18:45The party was about to swallow everything.
00:18:48The twins' birthday party
00:18:50was Darkspire's biggest event of the year.
00:18:52This time,
00:18:53all the nobles and alphas came.
00:18:56Don't you dare go near my children today.
00:18:59I won't allow a woman of ruined reputation to touch them.
00:19:03I won't appear in front of them.
00:19:07But the children spotted me.
00:19:11They ran over,
00:19:12and Zyla grabbed my hand.
00:19:14Lyric!
00:19:15Come play with us!
00:19:18You promised.
00:19:21I couldn't refuse them.
00:19:25These children knew nothing thing of politics.
00:19:29They only knew that I loved them.
00:19:33Jairus stood in the distance,
00:19:34watching me laugh with the twins.
00:19:37His eyes held a softness I'd never seen before.
00:19:43The party music was still playing.
00:19:46But at my feet lay a corpse.
00:19:49The body of Executioner Lucy.
00:19:52Ten minutes ago,
00:19:53she was threatening me.
00:19:54She said my secret wouldn't stay hidden.
00:19:56Now she was dead.
00:19:58Killed by my own power.
00:20:03I hid her body in the corner of the powder room,
00:20:05covering her face with a gown.
00:20:07Lyric!
00:20:08The host is calling for you!
00:20:09You're coming on stage to play the game with me!
00:20:14Sure, sweetheart.
00:20:16I will be right there.
00:20:21I tucked my bloodstained hand into the folds of my skirt,
00:20:24and walked onto the stage, smiling.
00:20:36Executioners in black uniforms streamed in like sharks scenting blood.
00:20:41Everyone stay where you are.
00:20:43No one leaves the hall.
00:20:45A murder has been committed.
00:20:49Cole, leader of the Executioners.
00:20:52The victim was one of ours, Lucy.
00:20:55The killer is a psycho.
00:20:59Siphon.
00:21:00The word exploded through the hall.
00:21:02Everyone's face changed.
00:21:04Siphon was a curse.
00:21:06And I was that very curse.
00:21:08Cole, this is private territory.
00:21:09You have no authority to conduct a public interrogation here.
00:21:12The Alpha King is dead, Jairus.
00:21:14The rules have changed.
00:21:16On what grounds are you interrogating everyone?
00:21:19This is trespassing!
00:21:20You're always on edge.
00:21:22What secrets are the two of you hiding?
00:21:24Jace's fists were clenched.
00:21:26I knew he might charge at any moment.
00:21:28Jace, enough.
00:21:37I'll answer them myself.
00:21:39Luna Lyric.
00:21:41Did you know the victim?
00:21:45Cole stared at me.
00:21:46His eyes were like a snake's.
00:21:50She approached me.
00:21:52At the start of the party,
00:21:53she said some strange things.
00:21:55What kind of things?
00:21:58She asked if I knew a girl with a scar on her face.
00:22:01I said no.
00:22:04Then, she left.
00:22:07That's all?
00:22:09That's all.
00:22:12You're lying, Luna Lyric.
00:22:14She must have discovered something.
00:22:17Discovered that you're a siphon.
00:22:20The hall erupted.
00:22:23Every gaze stabbed into me.
00:22:29I'm not lying.
00:22:32Then let us verify.
00:22:36Hold out your hand.
00:22:41After a siphon uses their power,
00:22:43a special scent lingers under their nails.
00:22:46Enough.
00:22:47Jairus stepped in front of me.
00:22:50She is my Luna.
00:22:53No one touches her without my permission.
00:22:56You're making an enemy of the executioners, Jairus.
00:23:03I don't care.
00:23:08Jairus pulled me out of the hall.
00:23:10His strides were fast.
00:23:11His grip on my hand almost painful.
00:23:14I need you to tell me.
00:23:16Did you kill her?
00:23:18Yes.
00:23:19But I didn't mean to.
00:23:21She threatened me.
00:23:22I looked into his eyes.
00:23:23She said if I was the siphon,
00:23:25she'd kill me herself.
00:23:26Do you have proof that she threatened you first?
00:23:29No.
00:23:31Just my word.
00:23:34He was silent for a long time.
00:23:36I'll handle this.
00:23:38But you can't use your ability on your own anymore,
00:23:40under any circumstances.
00:23:45You're not turning me over to them?
00:23:48I never give up what's mine.
00:23:51Jairus' words gave me a sense of reassurance.
00:23:54But I knew the storm outside wasn't over.
00:23:59Marta wouldn't let me survive this crisis.
00:24:02Her next move was already in play.
00:24:05Jairus managed to suppress the executioner's investigation for now.
00:24:09But Marta's revenge came even faster.
00:24:11That day, I went to work at Central Hospital as usual.
00:24:14Guinevere, my supervisor, came rushing towards to me.
00:24:17Lyric.
00:24:18Emergency.
00:24:19Four patients went into critical condition at the same time.
00:24:21What?
00:24:21I checked them this morning.
00:24:23They were all fine.
00:24:24Theolax was found in their bloodstream.
00:24:26It was the injection you gave them this morning.
00:24:30Theolax.
00:24:31Potent enough to kill weakened wolves.
00:24:33I ran to the cabinet.
00:24:35The bottle I had taken was still there.
00:24:37But at the bottom of the bottle,
00:24:39there was a tiny scratch mark.
00:24:41Almost invisible.
00:24:43Someone had switched the labels.
00:24:46Marta stood at the end of the corridor.
00:24:47Lyric Harper, you are suspended effective immediately.
00:24:52It wasn't me.
00:24:54Someone...
00:24:54Leave this hospital.
00:25:00I lost my job.
00:25:01My reputation.
00:25:03The only thing I had left was Jairus.
00:25:05But on my way home,
00:25:06an even bigger nightmare struck.
00:25:10My car was forced off the road.
00:25:12Two masked men dragged me out.
00:25:15I struggled, screamed,
00:25:17but no one heard me.
00:25:19Stop screaming, Lyric.
00:25:21No one's coming to save you.
00:25:22Caden Dreadmore.
00:25:25Jairus' brother.
00:25:26The man who was supposedly imprisoned in the endless abyss.
00:25:30He was free.
00:25:32I need your power to take back everything that's mine.
00:25:35But first, let's go pick up children.
00:25:37My dear nephew and niece.
00:25:39Xylon and Xyla.
00:25:41Who kidnapped them.
00:25:42Caden took me to an abandoned underground cell.
00:25:45Please, release the children.
00:25:48They are innocent.
00:25:49I promised him anything,
00:25:51as long as he didn't hurt Xylon and Xyla.
00:25:53Anything?
00:25:54How noble.
00:25:55But I don't need your promises, Lyric.
00:25:58His claws raped it across my face.
00:26:00I need your pain.
00:26:02Not ordinary strength.
00:26:04The poisonous claws of a hexed wolf.
00:26:06The wounds burned as if seared by lava.
00:26:08You think Jairus cares about you?
00:26:10He's just using your power to consolidate his rule.
00:26:13Like all tools,
00:26:14you'll be discarded when you're no longer useful.
00:26:16He's not what you say.
00:26:19You're carrying his child, aren't you?
00:26:21Yet he won't even look at you.
00:26:24That's your master.
00:26:28The door was kicked open.
00:26:29Debris flew.
00:26:31Firelight burst in.
00:26:33Jairus stood in the doorway.
00:26:34Drenched in blood.
00:26:36Like a god of vengeance crawled out of hell.
00:26:39Little brother.
00:26:41You came.
00:26:42A bit slower than I expected.
00:26:45Release her!
00:26:45What?
00:26:46You're starting to care about this woman?
00:26:49Cut off the shit.
00:26:51Return her to you?
00:26:52Of course.
00:26:54All you have to do is give up the throne.
00:26:56The alpha trials withdraw.
00:26:59The throne isn't mine to give.
00:27:01It's what you'll never have.
00:27:03But she is mine.
00:27:05And I'm taking her.
00:27:07He lunged at Caden like a provoked beast.
00:27:30Two hex wolves tore into each other in that cramped cell.
00:27:34Caden lost.
00:27:36He was too arrogant and underestimated Jairus' fury.
00:27:41This wasn't over.
00:27:43Caden escaped through the back door.
00:27:45And Jairus ignored him.
00:27:49Lyric.
00:27:52Look at me.
00:27:54Look at me.
00:27:54His fingers were trembling.
00:27:57He was afraid to touch my wounds.
00:27:59Afraid of hurting me.
00:28:03I swear it.
00:28:04No one will ever hurt you again.
00:28:09Ever.
00:28:14Jairus didn't take me straight back to the estate.
00:28:17He drove to a secluded lakeside cabin.
00:28:33You need to heal.
00:28:34Here.
00:28:35No one can find us.
00:28:45What about the children?
00:28:47Xylon and Xyla?
00:28:54They're safe.
00:28:56Caden just used them to threaten me.
00:28:58But it's over now.
00:29:03He just sat by the bed, watching me.
00:29:06Something in those silver eyes had changed.
00:29:12I thought I'd lost you.
00:29:20I'm here.
00:29:21I'm still alive.
00:29:28The child.
00:29:30You're carrying my child.
00:29:33Why didn't you tell me?
00:29:35He knew.
00:29:36I lowered my eyes.
00:29:38Unable to look at him.
00:29:41I thought...
00:29:44You wouldn't want it.
00:29:47I want it.
00:29:49I want you.
00:29:50I want this child.
00:29:55I want you.
00:29:57I was just too scared to admit it.
00:30:02Don't lie to me, Jairus.
00:30:04If you say it, I'll take it as the truth.
00:30:10I'm not lying.
00:30:14You're mine.
00:30:18Forever.
00:30:26We spent three days at the lakeside cabin.
00:30:29The most peaceful three days of my life.
00:30:33Jairus treated my wound.
00:30:36Made soup.
00:30:43Walked with me by the lake.
00:30:47Zarek asked Jairus to meet him.
00:30:52About the bed.
00:30:55The video was Marta's setup.
00:30:56She drugged the wine.
00:31:00Lyric had no idea it was me.
00:31:02She thought it was you.
00:31:05What did you say?
00:31:06She kept calling your name.
00:31:08The entire time.
00:31:10I was an asshole for recording it and sending it to you.
00:31:14But she was never unfaithful.
00:31:16Never.
00:31:20Why are you telling me this now?
00:31:22What you two have, it's real.
00:31:25I just don't want to be the one standing in the way anymore.
00:31:36When Jairus returned to the cabin, it was already dark.
00:31:40He stood at the door.
00:31:42Not coming in.
00:31:51In the dim light, I saw his eyes were red.
00:31:54He had been crying.
00:31:59I'm sorry.
00:32:00I didn't believe you.
00:32:08I should have trusted you.
00:32:09I walked over and wrapped my arms around him.
00:32:18It's in the past.
00:32:20From now on, we face everything together.
00:32:23Jairus' apology was like a key.
00:32:26Unlocking a door in my heart that had been sealed for too long.
00:32:30But the cracks between us needed more than words to mend.
00:32:34What are you thinking about?
00:32:38I was thinking.
00:32:40You once said you can't climax with any woman.
00:32:44Except me.
00:32:47That's a fact.
00:32:50I know why.
00:32:52He raised an eyebrow.
00:32:54I'm a siphon.
00:32:56My ability isn't just healing.
00:32:58It can sense and channel energy.
00:33:01Including yours.
00:33:04Your beast resists.
00:33:06It refuses to let its guard down in front of anyone.
00:33:10Then why with you?
00:33:12Because my siphon ability can bypass it, defense.
00:33:15Reach directly to your core.
00:33:20So you're my cure.
00:33:23I am.
00:33:25If you're willing, I can try to help you.
00:33:28Will it hurt you?
00:33:29It only requires you to trust me.
00:33:32I trust you.
00:33:33He said it too quickly.
00:33:35So quickly even he seemed surprised.
00:33:37That night, for the first time, I touched his core with my siphon ability.
00:33:43I closed my eyes, letting the energy flow.
00:33:47His hands gripped the bedsheets, knuckles whiting.
00:33:51It's fighting you.
00:33:53I know.
00:33:54Don't resist.
00:33:56Let it fuel me.
00:33:58Jairus forcefully pulled me into his arms.
00:34:03Don't ever leave me again.
00:34:05I won't.
00:34:07That night, for the first time, he truly fell asleep beside me.
00:34:12Jairus' apology changed everything.
00:34:15But I still had one secret.
00:34:17One I had to tell him myself.
00:34:22Jairus.
00:34:24There's something I need to tell you.
00:34:26What is it?
00:34:30Five years ago, the girl you met at the Faceless Bar.
00:34:34How do you know about her?
00:34:35Because that was me.
00:34:37The scar was from a silver branding iron.
00:34:43He reached out and gently stroked my hairline, where a faint scare still remained from Caden's attack.
00:34:49So the woman I searched for five years was right beside me the whole time and I treated you like
00:34:55that?
00:34:55But that night was the only time someone made me feel like I wasn't ugly.
00:35:02I was too stupid to recognize her.
00:35:10That night, he didn't avoid my eyes anymore.
00:35:14He looked at me as if trying to reclaim every second of the five years he had lost.
00:35:22Jairus, he wanted to reveal my identity to the entire clan.
00:35:26Jairus convened all the Alphas and the Council of Elders.
00:35:29You asked us to gather here.
00:35:31What important matter is at hand?
00:35:33My Luna, Lyric Dreadmore.
00:35:35Today I'm telling you formally.
00:35:36She is a siphon.
00:35:37The entire hall erupted.
00:35:38The elders were shocked.
00:35:40Some angry.
00:35:40Some rising to their feet.
00:35:42A siphon is forbidden!
00:35:43For centuries are long!
00:35:45Then the laws should be re-examined.
00:35:47He clapped his hands.
00:35:48Dozens of people walked in from the side door.
00:35:50My patients and their families.
00:35:52Some held babies.
00:35:54Some leaned on crutches.
00:35:55They stood behind me like a silent wall.
00:35:58She saved my grandson's life.
00:36:00Without her, he wouldn't have lived a month.
00:36:02So what if she's a siphon?
00:36:04She's our savior!
00:36:09Jairus stood beside me, his hand resting gently on my shoulder.
00:36:13Siphons aren't born a curse.
00:36:14My Luna has never hurt an innocent.
00:36:16Today I propose repealing the ban on siphons.
00:36:19Those who agree, stay.
00:36:21Those who don't, you may leave now.
00:36:23The voting lasted the entire afternoon.
00:36:26I sat in the quarter outside, my palms drenched with sweat.
00:36:32Nervous?
00:36:33If they vote against it, the executioners can legally execute me by tomorrow.
00:36:39They'll agree.
00:36:41Jairus won't let them oppose it.
00:36:46By nightfall, the council announced the result.
00:36:51From this day forward, siphons are no longer forbidden.
00:36:54Lyric Dredmor, you are free.
00:36:59I held Jairus as if holding the weight of the entire world.
00:37:04Tonight, for the first time,
00:37:07I allowed my energy to truly flow through Jairus.
00:37:11The way Jairus held me had changed.
00:37:15Not out of protection or possession, but dependence.
00:37:20Like a man who had walked the desert too long before finding water.
00:37:26I feel it.
00:37:27After all these years, the first time I felt whole.
00:37:33You should have told me earlier.
00:37:35I didn't want you to come near me out of pity.
00:37:38But now, I want you.
00:37:40Just you.
00:37:41He kissed me.
00:37:42This time without restraint.
00:37:43Without regret.
00:37:44Only the rawest emotions and reliance between just the two of us.
00:37:47But the world outside Darkspire wasn't as blissful as we were.
00:37:51Yisole, Jairus' mother, never approved of me.
00:37:53And Caden had escaped captivity once again.
00:37:57The news came while he was in a meeting.
00:38:11Caden and his feeders had attacked a patrol.
00:38:14Five wolves were killed.
00:38:17Bite marks on the bodies.
00:38:19Blood completely drained.
00:38:22This is retaliation.
00:38:24Because you refused him last time.
00:38:27So now he's provoking you.
00:38:30He wants me to come out and fight.
00:38:34I won't sit back and watch.
00:38:36I watched Jairus put on his battle armor.
00:38:43His eyes regained that cold sharpness from before.
00:38:46I will come back.
00:38:48For you.
00:38:50He glanced back at me.
00:38:52That glance seemed to say,
00:38:54I will come back.
00:38:55For you.
00:39:01While Jairus was away dealing with Caden,
00:39:04Jace burst into my lounge.
00:39:07His expression,
00:39:08like he had just seen a ghost.
00:39:12Lyric!
00:39:13Marta is a fraud.
00:39:15She's not the twin's mother at all.
00:39:19What are you talking about?
00:39:23She never gave birth, Lyric.
00:39:27She was never pregnant!
00:39:32Six years ago,
00:39:33I ran into hair in another country.
00:39:35She was supposed to be eight months pregnant.
00:39:39But her stomach was flat as a board.
00:39:42Then whose children are Zylon and Zyla?
00:39:46I don't know.
00:39:48But they're definitely not Marta's.
00:39:50She fabricated the entire thing to trap Jairus.
00:39:54My mind flashed to Zylon's warm gaze.
00:39:56Every time he called me Lyric.
00:39:58That instinctive closeness.
00:40:05Penelope.
00:40:09What?
00:40:10The woman who delivered my babies six years ago.
00:40:16I have to find her.
00:40:18Jace publicly accused Marta before the council.
00:40:21She demanded a DNA test to prove her innocence.
00:40:24This is slander!
00:40:25I'm the Luna of Darkspire!
00:40:28How dare you make such an accusation against me!
00:40:30Then take the test!
00:40:32Let the facts speak for themselves!
00:40:37The test results came back.
00:40:40DNA showed the twins were indeed Jairus' children.
00:40:44Marta's lie was confirmed.
00:40:47Jace was imprisoned for false accusation.
00:40:50But that night Marta came to me.
00:40:54The triumph on her face was too naked.
00:40:57You thought you could take my place?
00:40:59Thought Jairus would love you because you healed him once?
00:41:02Stop dreaming, Lyric.
00:41:04In this house, you'll always be nothing but a servant.
00:41:07The DNA says they're Jairus' children.
00:41:10But that doesn't prove you're their mother.
00:41:12Her triumph frozen for a split second.
00:41:15I have no idea what you're talking about.
00:41:19Now stay away from my children.
00:41:22Or you'll regret it.
00:41:28She left.
00:41:29But I knew.
00:41:30The answer lay with Penelope.
00:41:32And Jace was in jail because of me.
00:41:34I had to get him out.
00:41:36The twins still came to play with me every day.
00:41:39Their mother had warned them to stay away.
00:41:42But they always sneaked over.
00:41:45Lyric, Mom says you're a bad person.
00:41:47But I don't think so.
00:41:49Why?
00:41:50Because when you healed me, your hands were warm.
00:41:53Bad people should feel cold.
00:41:55His words nearly brought me to tears right in front of them.
00:42:01Lyric, Daddy says you'll be with us forever.
00:42:04Is that true?
00:42:07If I can, I'll stay with you forever.
00:42:10Then you're our mom.
00:42:11Not the fake one.
00:42:15When the word fake came out of Zylan's mouth, my heart nearly skipped a beat.
00:42:20How could a five-year-old realize something like that?
00:42:25But that same day, Cole the Executioner returned to the estate.
00:42:29Lyric Dreadmore, we're now formally arresting you for murder.
00:42:36Cole stood right in front of me, handcuffs in his grip.
00:42:40His eyes were like cold iron nails, piercing straight into me.
00:42:44Lyric Dreadmore, the bite marks on your wrist match Lucy's teeth.
00:42:49Exactly.
00:42:50I'm now formally arresting you for murder.
00:42:53Don't take Lyric.
00:42:54She's a good person.
00:42:56Take the children away.
00:42:57This isn't something they should see.
00:43:01The servants pulled Zylan and Zyla away.
00:43:04Zyla was screaming.
00:43:08Zyla clung to the doorframe, refusing to let go.
00:43:11And me.
00:43:12I had no strength left to fight.
00:43:15I didn't kill her.
00:43:17At least not intentionally.
00:43:19She wanted to expose me.
00:43:21So now you're confessing?
00:43:23She's not confessing to anything.
00:43:28Jairus's voice came from behind me.
00:43:32He strode forward and stood in front of me, shielding me with his body.
00:43:37Cole, your warrant has no power here.
00:43:40You don't have sufficient evidence.
00:43:42My Luna is not going with you.
00:43:45Jairus.
00:43:46You're obstructing justice.
00:43:48Then report me.
00:43:50But until you get higher authorization,
00:43:52you're not stepping through this door to take anyone.
00:43:56Cole's face twisted for a moment.
00:44:00I'll be back.
00:44:01Just you wait.
00:44:03But Jairus outranked him.
00:44:05All he could do was grit his teeth and back off.
00:44:09The door slammed shut.
00:44:11Jairus turned around and held my shoulders.
00:44:13His palms were warm, but his eyes were heavy.
00:44:16That night, I knelt by the bed and told him everything.
00:44:19I didn't kill that executioner on purpose.
00:44:21She cornered me in the dressing room.
00:44:23She said if I didn't confess to being a siphon,
00:44:25she'd tear my heart out with her own hands.
00:44:27I was too scared.
00:44:28My power erupted on its own.
00:44:30When I came to, she was already gone.
00:44:32He was silent for a long time.
00:44:35So long, I thought he would stand up and leave the room.
00:44:39You could have told me earlier.
00:44:41I was too scared.
00:44:43Back then, you hated me.
00:44:47I didn't hate you.
00:44:49I just didn't know how to trust anyone.
00:44:53He pulled me into his arms.
00:44:57I'll protect you, whatever the cost.
00:45:28The final round of the Alpha King Trials.
00:45:29Jairus dodged, blocked, then counter-attacked.
00:45:32His moves had no unnecessary flourishes.
00:45:35Each one was fatally efficient.
00:45:37Zarek slashed his own arm with his claws, blood spilling everywhere.
00:45:42He wanted to provoke Jairus' beast into losing control.
00:45:45Jairus' pupils flickered with red light.
00:45:47The audience below held their breath.
00:45:51Jairus!
00:45:51Look into my eyes!
00:45:54He looked at me.
00:45:56He only looked at me.
00:45:59The red light extinguished.
00:46:02He turned back, seized Zarek by the throat, and slammed him down onto the platform.
00:46:08Zarek is unable to continue.
00:46:11Jairus Dreadmort, victory!
00:46:14At the coronation ceremony, he knelt on one knee.
00:46:19Not to receive the crown, but to propose to me.
00:46:23Lyric Harper, this marriage began as just a contract.
00:46:27I want to spend my life with you, but now it's no longer that.
00:46:31Not as a contractual mate, but as your husband.
00:46:37Will you marry me?
00:46:39The entire hall heard it.
00:46:41Marta's face froze like a statue.
00:46:44Ysald closed her eyes.
00:46:47I will.
00:46:49I've been willing since the very first time I saw you.
00:46:54He kissed me.
00:46:55He donned the crown.
00:46:57I stood beside him.
00:47:00No longer as a tool, but as his mate.
00:47:03His Luna.
00:47:05His princess.
00:47:06The days after becoming Grand Luna were busier than I ever imagined.
00:47:11Endless documents to review.
00:47:13Countless visitors to receive.
00:47:15Two months later, my health deteriorated significantly.
00:47:18And my pregnancy symptoms became much more severe.
00:47:23He started becoming overly protective.
00:47:25Won't let me stand for too long.
00:47:27Won't let me walk too far.
00:47:30Even Kale teased that I had become my full-time nanny.
00:47:34Ignore them.
00:47:35You're not alone right now.
00:47:37I need to keep you safe.
00:47:39But safety was an illusion.
00:47:41During a routine checkup, the doctor, Erica, pulled me aside privately.
00:47:46Your body is deteriorating.
00:47:48If you keep using your ability, not only will you lose the baby, you'll die.
00:47:53I tried to hide the dull ache in my abdomen.
00:47:57Used foundation to cover my pale complexion every day.
00:48:01But Jairus still sensed something was off.
00:48:04Last night you got up in the middle of the night and stayed in the bathroom a long time.
00:48:09Were you throwing up?
00:48:11Just pregnancy symptoms.
00:48:13The doctor says it's normal.
00:48:15His eyes stared straight into mine.
00:48:20Leric, you're hiding something.
00:48:22I should tell him.
00:48:23But I saw the look of hope on his face towards this child.
00:48:27I just couldn't do it.
00:48:30I'm just a little tired.
00:48:32Don't worry.
00:48:33He stopped asking.
00:48:34But that night, for the first time, he didn't hold me while we slept.
00:48:38He faced away from me, silent for a long time.
00:48:42He was suspicious.
00:48:43Not that I was unfaithful, but that I regretted being with him.
00:48:48An even heavier truth was about to crash down.
00:48:51Penelope had been found.
00:48:53Penelope.
00:48:54The woman who delivered my babies six years ago.
00:48:58Jace spent a full three months searching before she finally helped me find her.
00:49:03She was locked in a run-down cottage.
00:49:05The moment she saw me, she burst into tears.
00:49:08Leric, I'm sorry.
00:49:10I know I don't deserve your forgiveness.
00:49:12Your children.
00:49:14They didn't die.
00:49:16They're alive.
00:49:18Where are they?
00:49:19Who did you give them to?
00:49:21Marta Munro.
00:49:23She needed children to trap Jairus.
00:49:25I took her money and gave your twins to her.
00:49:29My children, Zylon and Zila, they had been calling me Leric all this time.
00:49:36And I was their mother.
00:49:38They were born healthy.
00:49:40I lied and told you they died because I had to give Marta what she wanted.
00:49:46That same day, I called the children to me.
00:49:50Zylon, Zila, I have something to tell you.
00:49:53What is it, Leric?
00:49:56I'm not just Leric.
00:50:02I'm your mother.
00:50:05Your real mother.
00:50:07When Marta was being arrested, she shouted her final curse at me and the children.
00:50:11You think you've won?
00:50:13I curse you, Leric Dreadmoor.
00:50:16Your bloodline will be seen as an omen of misfortune by every pack.
00:50:20I didn't believe in curses, but Jairus' political enemies heard her.
00:50:24They started spreading rumors in the shadows.
00:50:26Wars is still.
00:50:27My body had reached its limit.
00:50:29At the small ceremony we held to celebrate reuniting with the children.
00:50:35I collapsed in front of all the guests.
00:50:37Mom!
00:50:38Mom!
00:50:39What's wrong?
00:50:41Leric!
00:50:42Get a doctor!
00:50:44Now!
00:50:45I lay on the ground, everything before me starting to blur.
00:50:49Hold on.
00:50:50Look at me.
00:50:51Don't close your eyes.
00:50:52I wanted to tell him I was fine, but I couldn't even move my lips.
00:50:57Before I completely sank into darkness, the last thing I saw was his expression.
00:51:02Not anger, but fear.
00:51:04When I woke up, I was already in the Royal Medical Chamber.
00:51:08The doctors say your siphon power is turning against you.
00:51:12Why didn't you tell me before?
00:51:14I didn't want you to suffer another loss.
00:51:18You've already lost so much.
00:51:20You're wrong.
00:51:21If you leave like this, I'll never forgive you for the rest of my life.
00:51:25His voice was trembling.
00:51:31The next day, he walked into the ward holding an ancient tongue.
00:51:38This book records one method.
00:51:40The only thing that can save a siphon from backlash is pure blood.
00:51:44An alpha with the most untainted bloodline can use his own blood as a conduit
00:51:49to cleanse the deteriorating power within a siphon.
00:51:53What's the price?
00:51:56Doesn't matter.
00:51:58Jarrus!
00:51:59Tell me the price!
00:52:03He didn't answer.
00:52:04He closed the book.
00:52:09But when I secretly asked the doctor, she told me the truth.
00:52:13The one who gives the pure blood won't live more than a year.
00:52:21He wanted to trade his life for mine.
00:52:28I had Kale help me search through ancient texts.
00:52:32We combed through every forbidden scroll, looking for a second method beyond pure blood.
00:52:38Greta, one of the inheritors of the original siphon bloodline.
00:52:41She was said to be the only one who could wield siphon power without backlash.
00:52:46Where is she?
00:52:49She's been missing for years.
00:52:51The last recorded information places her in an asylum.
00:52:59Jarrus had already started preparing his sacrifice plan.
00:53:03Late at night, I hugged him from behind.
00:53:06Jarrus, if you die to save me, I will never live on alone.
00:53:12He didn't pull away, but his entire body was trembling slightly.
00:53:17You're insane.
00:53:18Then we're both insane.
00:53:21But there's a second way.
00:53:23Greta is still alive.
00:53:25The next morning, he cancelled all core meetings.
00:53:30We took an unmarked carriage toward the asylum.
00:53:40The asylum was built on the edge of a cliff.
00:53:52They led us through three iron gates, into a room without a single window.
00:54:02And there, I saw Greta.
00:54:05Don't come closer.
00:54:06Don't touch me.
00:54:08Every time they touch me, it hurts.
00:54:09Her hands had been amputated.
00:54:11Without hands, she couldn't use her siphon ability.
00:54:15Greta, I won't hurt you.
00:54:18I'm Lyric.
00:54:20I'm a siphon, too.
00:54:22You, too?
00:54:23They'll cut off your hands, too?
00:54:26Run!
00:54:27Run away!
00:54:29Her eyes suddenly focused.
00:54:31The key is in a box.
00:54:34A bloodwood box.
00:54:37Find it.
00:54:39Find it.
00:54:40And you'll live.
00:54:41What box?
00:54:42Where is it?
00:54:43They sold it.
00:54:44A black market collector.
00:54:45Go.
00:54:45Go find it.
00:54:47It's what the first siphon left behind.
00:54:49The only thing that can reverse the backlash.
00:54:52After saying those words, she shrank back into the corner.
00:54:55The bloodwood box.
00:54:57A name that had surfaced a few times in ancient texts.
00:55:01Its last known appearance was on a black market collector's auction list.
00:55:06I wanted to go, but Jarrus firmly refused me.
00:55:09I had an argument with him.
00:55:11I'll go.
00:55:12Both you and Jarrus are being watched right now.
00:55:14It's inconvenient for you to show your faces.
00:55:17I'm coming with you.
00:55:20Three days later, they returned with a dark red box covered with strange woodgrain patterns.
00:55:26The collector didn't want to sell.
00:55:28Until Kale pinned him against the wall.
00:55:30He was rude first.
00:55:32I held the box in my hands.
00:55:34It was cold, but something inside seemed to pulse faintly.
00:55:39Like a heartbeat that had been sealed away, but refused to stop.
00:55:44Erica studied the box for an entire day.
00:55:47When she finally looked up, her face held a worry I'd never seen before.
00:55:52The box holds soul fragments of the original siphon.
00:55:56If you want to reverse the backlash within you, you have to merge with it.
00:55:59What happens after the merge?
00:56:01Your power will reach an unprecedented level.
00:56:04The backlash will vanish.
00:56:06But your memories, your emotions, even your personality, they could be overridden by the original soul.
00:56:13You may no longer be Lyric.
00:56:15You may no longer be you.
00:56:17Those words echoed in the room for a long time.
00:56:20I touched my belly, where a tiny life still grew.
00:56:26I've decided.
00:56:28I'll merge with it.
00:56:30I had promised Jairus I wouldn't leave him.
00:56:34But if I didn't do this, even that promise couldn't be kept.
00:56:38Lyric!
00:56:39Not for power.
00:56:41So I can keep living.
00:56:43And stay with them.
00:56:45Jairus found out.
00:56:47He stormed into my laboratory like a wounded beast.
00:56:52You're merging with that thing?
00:56:54You could lose all your memories.
00:56:56You could forget me!
00:56:59You forget the children!
00:57:01This is suicide!
00:57:07What do you think I would do?
00:57:09Watch you slit your own wrists and trade your life for mine?
00:57:13He froze.
00:57:15It was the first time I saw Jairus Dredmore pushed back by my voice.
00:57:20Not out of fear, but because he cared so much.
00:57:24He didn't dare say another word to hurt me.
00:57:28At least let me go in with you.
00:57:29You can't touch me once the ritual begins.
00:57:34Then I'll stand outside the boundary.
00:57:36I'll call your name when it hurts.
00:57:39If you can hear me, hold on.
00:57:43The ritual was performed under the full moon.
00:57:46I sat at the center of the array.
00:57:48The bloodwood box opened.
00:57:50And crimson light burrowed into my chest like a living thing.
00:57:54Pain.
00:57:55Worse than anything I had ever endured.
00:58:03Like someone was scraping my bones, peeling away my blood vessels.
00:58:10I could hear Jairus calling my name.
00:58:13Lyric!
00:58:14Hold on!
00:58:15Look at my eyes!
00:58:18He couldn't enter.
00:58:19But his voice was there.
00:58:21Outside the boundary.
00:58:23Over and over.
00:58:24Anchoring me like a lifeline.
00:58:27When I was about to give up, an arm broke through the boundary.
00:58:32It was Jairus.
00:58:33He had charged in recklessly and pulled me into his arms.
00:58:37If you're going to forget, then let's both forget together.
00:58:41If you're going to die, then let's both die together.
00:58:48His forehead pressed against mine.
00:58:51The red light began to envelop us both.
00:58:55The merge succeeded.
00:58:57Her consciousness, it wasn't overwritten.
00:59:01Jairus protected her mind.
00:59:03He used his sheer will to pull me back into this world.
00:59:14When I woke, he was kneeling beside me, his face covered in tears.
00:59:23After the merge, my power stopped its backlash.
00:59:27I walked through the lands of Darkspire, and the dead grass beneath my feet turned green again.
00:59:34The darkness that had had eroded these lands for years, dissolved into whisks of smoke under my hands.
00:59:41The Luna has blessed us!
00:59:43The evil has been driven out!
00:59:47It's really gone!
00:59:49Jairus stood behind me.
00:59:50He just quietly paped a cloak over my shoulders.
00:59:54Tired?
00:59:55A little.
00:59:57But it's worth it.
01:00:00There's something I've owed you for a long time.
01:00:06Inside the purified temple,
01:00:09he dressed me in wedding robes once again.
01:00:14Lyric Dreadmoor.
01:00:16From this day forward,
01:00:19you are no longer just my Luna.
01:00:22You are my only mate.
01:00:23A ruler equal to the throne.
01:00:26Under everyone's watchful eyes,
01:00:28he knelt on one knee and slid a new ring of sovereignty onto my finger.
01:00:33Married life wasn't all a fairy tale.
01:00:36The children still argued.
01:00:38Xyla once broke Xylon's model to pieces.
01:00:41I didn't mean it.
01:00:42I just wanted to see what was inside.
01:00:44You say that every time.
01:00:47But we had a peace we had never known before.
01:00:50Then, Roderick's remnant forces tried to kidnap Xylon.
01:00:54They struck when the child was alone in the garden.
01:00:58But Xylon didn't cry.
01:01:00He bit one man's arm.
01:01:01And then released his newly awakened wolf spirit.
01:01:05When I arrived,
01:01:06Xylon stood before that man.
01:01:08His tiny fists clenched white.
01:01:15I siphoned the attacker's consciousness immediately.
01:01:19Later, he found Roderick.
01:01:22No one ever learned what passed between them.
01:01:27Only that from that day on,
01:01:29the name Roderick vanished from every record.
01:01:32The day our youngest daughter was born,
01:01:34the sky was purple.
01:01:35Her eyes were heterochromatic.
01:01:36One silver, one deep violet.
01:01:38The mark of siphon and alpha bloodlines fused together.
01:01:41What's her name?
01:01:43Lumina.
01:01:44It means light.
01:01:45Because she's the first dawn we've seen
01:01:48after all this long darkness.
01:01:50Years passed.
01:01:52The children chased butterflies in the courtyard.
01:02:02Jace and Kale's wedding was held in early summer.
01:02:06Jace wore a light gray tailcoat.
01:02:09Kale still had his cold expression.
01:02:12But when he slid the ring onto Jace's finger,
01:02:16his hand trembled.
01:02:21You trembled.
01:02:24Shut up.
01:02:27You trembled for me.
01:02:28I'll say it one more time.
01:02:30Shut up.
01:02:31Then he kissed him.
01:02:34Everyone cheered.
01:02:35I leaned on Jace's shoulder.
01:02:38He didn't say anything.
01:02:40But he held my hand tighter than ever before.
01:02:43I'll say it one more time.
01:02:43I'll say it one more time.
01:02:43I'll say it one more time.
01:02:43I'll say it one more time.
01:02:44I'll say it one more time.
01:02:44I'll say it one more time.
01:02:44I'll say it one more time.
01:02:44I'll say it one more time.
01:02:45I'll say it one more time.
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