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00:00I managed a weak smile, and reached out to pat her hand,
00:04dictating for her to calm down.
00:07After all these years, she was still as blunt and loud as before,
00:11and though she was clearly worried about me,
00:13she masked it with an angry, questioning tone.
00:16Other people in the hospital room glanced over curiously,
00:20probably thinking we were fighting.
00:22I opened my mouth to speak,
00:25but my vocal cords had already been eaten away by the decay
00:29and were too damaged to make a sound.
00:34Your wolf was so strong.
00:37How could you get wolf soul decay syndrome?
00:40Why didn't you tell me sooner?
00:42She wept so sorrowfully she could barely catch her breath.
00:46As I reached up to wipe the tears from her face,
00:49a strange calmness settled over me.
00:51I was glad that I wasn't going to die a lonely death after all.
00:55I had my best friend by my side.
01:00I pointed weakly at my back,
01:03which held a letter inside.
01:09Maya broke into tears once again after reading it.
01:17Evelina, I won't let you die.
01:18I won't allow it.
01:19Get up!
01:20I'm taking you to another pack.
01:22I'm sure they have a way to cure you.
01:23Come on, get up!
01:24She grabbed my hand, sobbing uncontrollably.
01:28My phone buzzed with a countdown alert.
01:45In another 120 minutes,
01:48I would leave the world.
01:52The next second,
01:53my phone vibrate again.
01:54Megan, it was a call from Mom.
02:01Still not dead yet?
02:02I thought you'd be gone by now.
02:05Megan's voice came through breast,
02:08dripping with venom.
02:11Megan, you bitch!
02:13You're the one who's killing Evie!
02:15I hope you rot in hell!
02:18Say what you want.
02:19It won't change the fact
02:20that your best friend is dying.
02:21Evelina, just die already.
02:23Your parents, your brother, and your mate,
02:24they're all mine now.
02:26After all these years of fighting,
02:27think it's clear to see who won.
02:29Megan said it was a laugh then.
02:34Footsteps approached on the other end.
02:36Megan's stem instantly shifted.
02:38Eve, when are you coming home?
02:40Mom and Dad are really worried about you
02:41because you keep running away from home like this.
02:49Don't pay any attention to her.
02:51He was so sensible and well-behaved yesterday,
02:53and now she's make a scene again.
02:55Honestly, she never lets us have a moment's peace.
03:01The line went dead
03:02as Mom snatched the phone and hung up.
03:05Maya immediately tried calling back,
03:08but all she got was a flat tone,
03:11indicating that my number had been blocked.
03:13That disgusting bitch!
03:15I swear I'll skin her alive!
03:18If I ever see her!
03:21With the very last of my strength,
03:24I traced the words I'm sorry
03:25into the palm of Maya's hand.
03:33Back then, after my parents adopted Megan,
03:36Maya had told me she thought Megan
03:38was manipulative and fake,
03:40and that I should stay away
03:42or even have her sent back to the orphanage.
03:45But at the time,
03:46I hadn't listened.
03:48I merely thought she was overreacting.
03:51I treated Megan like a real sister.
03:54She was always so sweet
03:56and was very popular at school.
03:58But as time went on,
04:00my classmates began to isolate me for some reason.
04:04The boys I'd grown up with
04:06began to stay away from me
04:07and started hanging around Megan instead.
04:10I became the one left out.
04:12By the time I realized what was happening,
04:14I was already in college.
04:16My parents and Alarak grew more and more critical of me,
04:20picking at every flaw.
04:22By then, it was too late for me
04:24to do anything to fix things.
04:27It's okay.
04:29I forgive you.
04:31Just don't die, Evelina.
04:34Please don't die.
04:54The countdown is down to the last few minutes now.
04:59Then, my phone buzzed again.
05:11Evelina, open your eyes.
05:13It's a message from your fiancé.
05:15Look.
05:23Maya held up my phone
05:25to show me the message from Kenneth.
05:26The words on the screen seem
05:28seem to cut like a sharp blade,
05:30making my eyes sting.
05:32I lay on the hospital bed,
05:35my thin, frail fingers
05:37brushing wakely over the screen
05:39as a faint, bitter smile
05:41touched my lips.
05:48Hang in there, Evelina!
05:52My ass grace echo in my ears,
05:55sounding as if they came from
05:58somewhere far, far away.
06:03I tried to force my eyes open
06:06to tell her not to cry,
06:08but my eyelids felt weighed down
06:11by an impossible weight,
06:13impossible to lift
06:14no matter how hard I tried.
06:20The pain in my body
06:22grew distant and numb
06:23as death drew near.
06:30I felt as if I were floating
06:32in an endless void,
06:34just vast emptiness
06:37with nothing
06:38and no one around.
06:41My final thought
06:42cut through the darkness,
06:44clear and unyielding.
06:55If there was a next life,
06:57I never wanted to meet
06:59the Sinclairs
07:00or Kenneth again.
07:11After I died,
07:13my soul lingered.
07:15On the day of the marking ceremony,
07:17the Grand Hall was elegantly decorated
07:19with pure white jasmines.
07:21Megan glided through the crowd
07:22in my gown,
07:23a long trail sweeping
07:24the floor behind her.
07:25She kept lifting her hand
07:27to touch her bare neck,
07:28where my sapphire necklace
07:29should have been.
07:36Ken,
07:38why isn't Evna here yet?
07:40She asked softly,
07:42though her voice
07:43carried just far enough
07:45for the nearby guests to hear.
07:48Is she really not bringing
07:50the sapphire jewelry
07:51without it,
07:52the ceremony?
07:53She trailed off,
07:54her eyes instantly glistening
07:56with tears.
07:57She turned a pitiful
07:59gaze toward Mom,
08:00Dad,
08:01and Kenneth.
08:02Is Evie still upset with me?
08:04Is that why she's hiding
08:06the jewelry so that
08:07I can't go through
08:07with the ceremony properly?
08:10Her voice cracked,
08:12and her fingers twisted
08:13the fabric of her dress
08:14as though she had suffered
08:15the deepest injustice.
08:20My parents' faces darkened
08:22at once,
08:23looking like two volcanoes
08:25on the verge
08:26of an eruption.
08:37Alaric's brows
08:38were minched tightly together
08:39as he pulled out his phone
08:41and dialed my number angrily.
08:42Why is she throwing
08:44a tantrum again now?
08:45How can she be so willful
08:47and be absent
08:47on such an important day?
08:49Mom stamped her foot,
08:51causing the carefully styled curls
08:53on her head to shake.
08:54Dad snit coldly,
08:56his eyes full of disapproval.
08:58She's probably still sulking
08:59over what happened before.
09:01How immature.
09:05Kenneth gripped his phone
09:07so hard his knuckles
09:08turned white,
09:09but he said nothing.
09:11His expression
09:11only grew darker.
09:13Megan lowered her head.
09:15For a fleeting second,
09:16the corner of her mouth
09:18lifted slightly
09:19in a snake-like smile.
09:21The moment the call connected,
09:23Maya's frosty voice
09:25came through.
09:25What do you want?
09:27Alaric's brow deepened.
09:29He barked into the phone
09:30in a hostile tone.
09:31Where's Eveline?
09:33Put her on the phone.
09:34She hasn't been home
09:35for ten days,
09:36and now she's deliberately
09:38hiding the jewelry
09:39to ruin Meg's ceremony?
09:40What is she playing at?
09:42Dad snatched the phone
09:43from Alaric's hand
09:45and roared into it.
09:46Evelana, you've gone too far.
09:48Bring the jewelry right now,
09:49or we'll go straight
09:50to the council
09:51and formally shiver
09:52our parental ties.
09:53I refuse to have
09:54such a rebellious daughter.
09:56There was a pause
09:57on the other end,
09:58followed by Maya's
09:59bitter laugh.
10:00It was one full of mockery
10:02and raw grief.
10:03She can't send it over,
10:05and she's never coming back.
10:07Evelina is dead.
10:09She died ten days ago.
10:11Alaric's eyes flew wide open,
10:14disbelief twisting his features.
10:16What?
10:17Stop talking nonsense.
10:19Is this some kind of sick joke?
10:21Quit playing games.
10:23Tell her to come home
10:24right now.
10:29Dad, this is the first time
10:31you're not kicking me out.
10:33Pity it's too late.
10:34Maya answered in a trembling voice.
10:36I'm not lying.
10:37Evelina is really dead,
10:39and you all of you
10:40were the ones who killed her.
10:42The previously lively
10:43marking ceremony
10:44fell into a dead silence.
10:46Kenneth's face darkened
10:48like a storm cloud,
10:49and he raised a hand sharply.
10:51Stop the ceremony!
10:53The guests exchanged
10:55uneasy glances.
10:57A flicker of panic
10:59splashed in Megan's eyes,
11:00but she quickly masked it,
11:02slipping back into her
11:03fragile, pitiful expression.
11:06Back at home,
11:08Megan's eyes brimmed with tears,
11:09her voice trembling with a sob.
11:11Evie must really be
11:12furious with me this time
11:13for her to joke about
11:14something as serious
11:15as her own life.
11:16In the past,
11:17Mom would have immediately
11:18rushed to comfort her,
11:19but this time,
11:20surprisingly,
11:21she didn't respond.
11:22Instead,
11:23she paced back and forth uneasily.
11:32Evie has never stayed away
11:34from home this long.
11:35Could something really
11:36have happened to her?
11:40As for Kenneth,
11:41he kept staring at his phone,
11:43at the message thread
11:44that I hadn't replied to for days.
11:46His expression grew complicated
11:47as he muttered under his breath.
11:50Have I neglected her
11:51too much lately?
11:53Is that why she's throwing
11:54such a huge tantrum?
11:55Alaric stood with his arms crossed,
11:57letting out a cold snort,
11:58but the complex expression
12:00he wore on the day
12:01I left the hospital room
12:02appeared on his face again,
12:03and his heart lurged violently.
12:07Forget it.
12:08Let's go find Maya.
12:09If this is some trick
12:10she's pulling,
12:11I'll make sure she regrets it.
12:18Dad sat on the couch silently,
12:20his expression grim.
12:21His fingers drummed restlessly
12:23against the armrest
12:24as if deep in thought.
12:26All right, Alaric,
12:27let's go.
12:31The group piled into the car
12:33and set off with a mixture
12:34of doubt and unease.
12:41Inside the vehicle,
12:42the atmosphere was so heavy
12:43it felt suffocating.
12:45No one spoke.
12:46Only the low roar of the engine
12:48filled the silence.
12:50Mom kept mummering the whole way.
12:53Evie couldn't have really met
12:54with something bad, could she?
12:56Just moments ago,
12:57he had quietly unblocked
12:58the soul link he shared with me
13:00only to be met with a void.
13:01A deafening silence,
13:03followed by a sharp, piercing pain.
13:06It was the understakable sensation
13:07of losing a blood relative,
13:09but he dared not believe it.
13:11He kept convincing himself
13:13this was all another one of my schemes.
13:15He couldn't quite understand
13:16how I could possibly be dead now,
13:18when I'd been just fine
13:19in my last life.
13:20Hurry up!
13:25When they finally arrived at the hospital,
13:28Maya was already waiting outside.
13:30She gave the group one cold glance
13:33and said nothing,
13:34simply turning to lead the way.
13:36They followed her in heavy silence,
13:38footsteps dragging,
13:40until they reached the morgue.
13:41A staff member slowly pulled off
13:43in the drawer
13:44of the morgue refrigerator.
13:51Revealing my gaunt,
13:53pale,
13:54and lifeless body.
13:56In that instant,
13:58everyone froze.
14:12Kenneth's eyes widened,
14:13and his body began to tremble
14:15untrollably.
14:16Dad stared in horror,
14:17as though he had witnessed
14:18the most terrifying thing
14:19in the world.
14:20His legs buckled slightly,
14:22and all the strength
14:23seemed to drain from him
14:24in a single moment.
14:25He couldn't even speak.
14:27Mom clapped a hand over her mouth,
14:28a raw,
14:30anguished wail
14:30tore through the quiet corridor.
14:35Alaric stood to the side,
14:37his neck stiff with denial.
14:38This has to be a prop, Trent!
14:40He couldn't quite believe
14:41what he was seeing,
14:42but even as he shouted,
14:43his voice faltered.
14:45Tears streamed down his face
14:46against his will.
14:47He reached out with a shaking hand,
14:48desperate to prove
14:49this was just one of my cruel pranks.
14:51But the moment his fingers
14:52touched my cold, stiff ones,
14:54he jolted as if struck by lightning.
14:56He shook uncontrollably,
14:57his eyes filled
14:58with utter disbelief.
14:59This, this can't be.
15:01Kenneth staggered forward
15:02like a madman.
15:03He gripped the edge
15:04of the drawer tightly
15:05with both hands
15:06and called out
15:07Evie repeatedly.
15:10Evie.
15:12Evie.
15:13His voice was harry
15:14and broken,
15:15and tears poured down his face,
15:17soaking the front of his shirt.
15:18He reached out
15:19to touch my cheek,
15:20but his hand stopped midair.
15:23Evie, wake up.
15:25Please don't scare me like this.
15:26As if afraid
15:27I would shitter
15:28with his touch.
15:32Maya stood off
15:33to the side,
15:34her gaze sliding over them
15:36like blades of ice.
15:37A bitter sneer
15:38twisted her lips.
15:39What's this?
15:40Putting on a show
15:41of grief now?
15:42Who exactly is it for?
15:44Where were all of you
15:45when it mattered?
15:46Mom,
15:47who had collapsed
15:47to the floor
15:48sobbing uncontrollably,
15:50jerked her head up
15:51and looked up
15:51through her tears
15:52when she heard
15:53Maya's words.
15:55We...
15:56We just thought
15:57she was throwing
15:58a tantrum.
16:00A tantrum?
16:02Maya let out
16:03a harsh,
16:04mocking laugh.
16:05Where were you
16:06when she was sick?
16:07Where were you
16:08when Megan bullied her?
16:10You only ever
16:11had eyes for Megan!
16:14When was there
16:15ever room for Evelina?
16:17Alaric clenched
16:17his fists,
16:18his face etched
16:19with regret.
16:21It's all my fault.
16:23All of it.
16:28I should have
16:29stopped her
16:29when she left
16:30the hospital that day.
16:32Crocodile tears!
16:34Maya snapped,
16:35fixing a sharp gaze
16:36on him.
16:37You're the ones
16:38who pushed her
16:39to the edge.
16:42What's the use
16:42of crying now?
16:47Mom clutched
16:48at Maya's arm
16:48like it was
16:49her last lifeline.
16:50Tears streaming
16:51down her face
16:51as her voice
16:52cracked with desperation.
16:53Maya,
16:53how exactly
16:55did Evie die?
16:56Hasn't she
16:56always been healthy?
16:57Maya's eyes
16:58blazed with disgust
16:59and she roughly
17:00shook off Mom's hand.
17:02Then,
17:03she reached
17:03into her bag,
17:04pulled out
17:05a thick stack
17:05of printed chat records
17:07and flung them
17:07violently onto
17:08the floor
17:09in front of them.
17:13See for yourselves.
17:16The sheets of paper
17:17scattered in the air,
17:18falling like snowflakes.
17:21Mom scrambled
17:22to pick up
17:23several sheets
17:24and as she read,
17:26her entire body
17:27began to tremble
17:28controllably.
17:34Kenneth snatched up
17:35a few pages
17:36as well.
17:40This is proof
17:41that Megan
17:42colluded with your
17:43family doctor
17:44to forge
17:44Evie's medical report.
17:46Maya pointed
17:46at the chat records
17:47and said loudly,
17:48Serafina stares
17:49fixically at the records
17:50in her hands,
17:51tears streaming
17:52down her face.
17:53Megan faked an illness
17:54to win your favor
17:55while claiming
17:56Evie was perfectly healthy
17:57and every single one
17:58of you blindly
17:59believed her lies.
18:00You're supposed
18:01to be aristocratic
18:01wolves of the
18:02star moon pack,
18:03pack nobility
18:04with centuries
18:04of bloodline heritage.
18:05Can't any of you
18:06even sense
18:07when your own
18:07family member
18:07is suffering?
18:08Alaric's eyes
18:09widened in disbelief.
18:10He bent down slowly,
18:11gathered the pages
18:12and flipped through
18:13them one by one.
18:13As he flipped through
18:14them,
18:15his grip tightened
18:15until his knuckles
18:16turned white,
18:17his face as the paper
18:18in his hands.
18:20This can't be.
18:22Meg wouldn't do
18:23something like this.
18:23He muttered hoarsely,
18:24but the solid proof,
18:26complete with familiar
18:27profile pictures,
18:28left him with no room
18:29for denial.
18:31He jerked his head up,
18:33his eyes filled with agony
18:35and regret,
18:36unable to believe
18:37that the sister
18:38he had always doted for
18:39could be so vicious.
18:45He couldn't help thinking
18:47if he hadn't been reborn,
18:50if she had managed
18:51to take the moonviolet serum
18:53like she did
18:54in her last life.
18:57Maya's eyes were cold.
19:00She took out a voice recorder
19:01from her pocket
19:05and deliberately pressed
19:06the play button hard.
19:08In an instant,
19:09Megan's shrilk,
19:11venomous voice
19:12echoed clearly
19:13through the morgue.
19:14Evelina,
19:15just die already.
19:18Your parents,
19:19your brother,
19:20and your mate,
19:21they're all mine now!
19:22So what if I faked
19:23being sick?
19:24Only when I'm sick
19:25do they all revolve
19:26around me.
19:27No one ever cared
19:28about that idiot Eva anyway.
19:30The whole family
19:31despises her now.
19:32They even blocked
19:33the soul link
19:34they share with her.
19:35No one would notice
19:36even if she died!
19:37Alaric staggered
19:38as though he'd been struck
19:40by a sledgehammer.
19:46His eyes turned
19:47bloodshuck.
19:54How could you, Megan?
19:57I was truly blind.
20:06Back at the Sinclair residence,
20:09the air was so thick
20:10with tension
20:11it felt impossible
20:12to breathe.
20:16Mom stared coldly
20:18at Megan,
20:18her gaze sharp
20:20as a blight.
20:21Why didn't you come
20:22to the hospital with us?
20:26Megan couldn't bring
20:27herself to meet
20:28Mom's stare,
20:28so her eyes darted
20:30around.
20:30She stammered.
20:32I...
20:34I was busy
20:35with Company Matters.
20:40Dad's brows
20:41furrowed deeply
20:42and his voice
20:43came out low
20:44and cold.
20:46And how's
20:47your recovery
20:48proceeding?
20:51Megan forced
20:52a stiff smile
20:53trying to sound
20:54convincing.
20:55The healer said
20:56I'm recovering well.
20:59Recovering well?
21:01Alaric could
21:02no longer
21:02contain his rage.
21:05His eyes blazing,
21:07he lunged forward
21:08and delivered
21:09a resounding slap
21:10across her face,
21:11sending her
21:12collapsing to the floor.
21:16He roared.
21:18Does your recovery
21:19come from sucking
21:20the life out of Evie?
21:22Megan lay sprawled
21:23on the ground,
21:24stunned,
21:24her cheek burning.
21:26She tried
21:27to feign innocence,
21:28tears welling
21:29in her eyes
21:30as she whimpered
21:31pitifully.
21:33Rick,
21:33what are you
21:34talking about?
21:35I don't understand.
21:36Dad trembled
21:37with fury
21:38and his eyes
21:39were wide
21:39with anger.
21:40He yanked
21:41the voice recorder
21:42from his pocket
21:42and hurled it
21:44at her.
21:45It fell to the floor
21:47with a thud.
21:48Dad,
21:48consumed by rage,
21:50shouted,
21:50How dare you
21:51keep pretending?
21:52We know everything!
21:53Every disgusting
21:55thing you've done
21:55we know it all!
21:57She scrambled up,
21:58throwing herself
21:59at Mom's legs,
22:00sobbing hysterically.
22:02Mom,
22:03I didn't mean to!
22:04I just wanted
22:05your love so badly
22:07and wanted you
22:08to love me
22:08a little more!
22:11I've envied Evie
22:13since I was little.
22:15She had everything!
22:18And she was the center
22:20of all your attention!
22:23But Mom recoiled
22:25as though burned.
22:30She shook Megan off,
22:32trembling violently
22:33with rage and grief.
22:35Tears poured down her face
22:37as she asked.
22:39You would kill Evie
22:41just to get
22:41a little more love?
22:43How could you
22:44be so vicious?
22:46Evie was your sister!
22:48How could you
22:49bring yourself
22:50to do that?
22:51When her pleas
22:52fell on deaf ears,
22:54Megan tore off
22:55the last shred
22:56of pretense.
22:56She shot to her feet,
22:58eyes blazing
22:59with hatred.
23:00She screamed.
23:02Even if I did wrong,
23:04are you saying
23:04her death
23:05has nothing
23:05to do with you?
23:06If you'd paid
23:07even a little
23:08attention to her,
23:09if you'd believed
23:10her even once,
23:11would things have
23:12ended like this?
23:13You're all
23:13murderers too!
23:14Dad trembled
23:15with rage
23:16and his face
23:17turned scarlet
23:18with fury.
23:20Get lost!
23:21I want you to get
23:23out of the Sinclair family
23:24and never come back!
23:27The Sinclaas
23:28have no daughter
23:28like you!
23:30After being cast
23:31out of the Sinclair family,
23:32Megan was left
23:33with nothing
23:34to her name.
23:35In her desperation,
23:37she thought of Kenneth.
23:39She rushed
23:39to his company building,
23:41shoved past
23:42the security guards
23:43who tried to block her
23:44and burst into his office.
23:50Dropping heavily
23:51to her knees
23:51in front of him,
23:52she begged,
23:53I really love you, Ken!
23:56Please help me!
23:58Kenneth,
23:59seated in his
23:59swivel chair,
24:01looked down at her.
24:02His gaze was icy,
24:04a mocking smile
24:06playing on his lips.
24:07Fine.
24:08I'll take you away.
24:10A spark of ecstatic relief
24:13lit up Megan's eyes.
24:14She thought she had
24:16finally found a lifeline.
24:17So,
24:18when Kenneth
24:19brought her to a mansion
24:20in a deserted area,
24:23Megan followed him
24:24inside readily,
24:25full of anticipation.
24:28Unexpectedly,
24:29what awaited her
24:30was a pitch-black,
24:31windowless cellar.
24:35Kenneth shoved her
24:36into the cold,
24:37damp space
24:38and shut the heavy metal door
24:40behind her
24:41with a deafening clang.
24:49From today onward,
24:51you're not going anywhere.
24:53Megan pounded frankly
24:54on the metal in terror,
24:55screaming hysterically.
24:56Let me out, Ken!
24:58Let me out!
24:59But the only answer
25:00was an endless silence.
25:02Every day,
25:03a meager ration
25:04of dirty water
25:05and scraps
25:06of leftover food
25:07was slid through
25:08a narrow gap
25:08under the door.
25:12Starving and dizzy,
25:14Megan had no choice
25:15but to crawl
25:16across the cold floor
25:18and lap up
25:19the meager
25:20scraps like an animal.
25:23Kenneth even went
25:24as far as bringing
25:25in a witch
25:25to poison her wolf.
25:30Her wolf howled
25:31in agony
25:32and she herself
25:34endured
25:34bone-deep pain
25:35day and night.
25:37She felt as though
25:38countless ants
25:39were gnawing
25:40at her flesh
25:40from within.
25:42Down on all fours,
25:43she pleaded in anguish.
25:46Ken, please!
25:48Let me go!
25:49I know I was wrong!
25:52Kenneth stood
25:53just outside
25:54the metal door,
25:55watching her
25:56with utter indifference.
25:59He spoke slowly,
26:00each word deliberate.
26:02This is what you deserve.
26:04You killed Evie.
26:10A week later,
26:12even the sunlight
26:13seemed heavy with grief
26:14as Maya held my funeral.
26:16The atmosphere
26:18was stifling,
26:19like the calm
26:20before a storm.
26:23The Sinclairs
26:24arrived harmedly,
26:25their faces
26:27etched with guilt
26:28and sorrow.
26:33Maya stood
26:34before my grave,
26:36her gaze on them
26:36like sharpened blades.
26:45She thrust out her arm,
26:47blocking their path
26:48with fierce determination.
26:50You don't deserve
26:51to be here.
26:52When Evie was alive,
26:54you treated her
26:55with cold cruelty.
26:57Now that she's gone,
26:58you have no right
26:59to stand at her grave.
27:01Don't you dare
27:02silly,
27:03her resting place.
27:04My parents' faces
27:06turned ashen.
27:08They opened their mouths,
27:10but no words came.
27:13Defeated,
27:13they turned
27:14and shuffled away
27:15in disgrace.
27:17Kenneth came, too.
27:19He lingered
27:20far off in the corner,
27:21watching the scene
27:22with a complicated expression,
27:24but he never found
27:25the courage
27:26to step closer.
27:33Dad's hair turned
27:34white overnight
27:35and his health
27:36deteriorated rapidly.
27:38He took to his bed
27:40and never rose again.
27:41A deep,
27:42unmovable despair
27:43filled his eyes.
27:44Mom lost her sanity.
27:46Day after day,
27:47she clutched
27:48my photograph,
27:49laughing and crying
27:50in the same breath,
27:52whispering over and over,
27:53I'm sorry,
27:55Evie.
27:55I'm so sorry.
27:59Alarek became
28:00a shadow of himself.
28:03Down in the cellar,
28:05Megan was driven
28:06completely mad
28:08under Kenneth's
28:08relentless torment.
28:10Her eyes grew wild
28:12and unfocused,
28:13and her hair
28:14hung in filthy tangles.
28:17One day,
28:18when the person
28:19delivering her scraps
28:20wasn't paying attention,
28:21she saw her chance.
28:25She lunged,
28:27shoved them aside,
28:28and scrambled out
28:29in a frantic crawl.
28:31She somehow found a knife
28:32and staggered
28:33through the mansion.
28:41She screamed
28:42at the top of her lungs.
28:44Kenneth!
28:46I'm taking you
28:47down with me!
28:49Looking at the wretched state
28:51she was in,
28:52Kenneth felt no fear.
28:54Instead,
28:55all he felt
28:56was profound disgust.
28:59They instantly
29:00locked in a gripple.
29:02Megan slashed wildly
29:04with the knife
29:04while Kenneth dodged
29:06and fought back.
29:07In the chaos,
29:08she stumbled,
29:10lost her balance,
29:11and lurched
29:12toward the balcony.
29:13Her eyes widened
29:14in terror
29:15as she tried
29:15to grab onto something,
29:16but it was too late.
29:19Kenneth murdered inaudibly.
29:22Evie,
29:24I've avenged you.
29:27On a bright sunlit day,
29:30Maya visited my grave
29:32with my favorite lilies.
29:37She gently laid
29:38the flowers down
29:39and said softly,
29:42Evie,
29:43I've been doing well lately,
29:44so don't worry about me.
29:47I'll come visit you often.
29:57A gentle breeze stirred,
30:00lifting the petals
30:01in a soft flutter,
30:03as though,
30:04somewhere beyond,
30:05I was answering her.
30:07Instead,
30:09she paced
30:09back and forth uneasily.
30:18Evie has never
30:19stayed away
30:19from home this long.
30:20Could something
30:21really have happened
30:22to her?
30:26As for Kenneth,
30:27he kept staring
30:27at his phone,
30:28at the message thread
30:29that I hadn't replied
30:30to for days.
30:31His expression
30:32grew complicated
30:33as he muttered
30:34under his breath,
30:35Have I neglected
30:36her too much lately?
30:38Is that why
30:39she's throwing
30:40such a huge tantrum?
30:41Alaric stood
30:41with his arms crossed,
30:43letting out a cold snort,
30:44but the complex expression
30:45he wore on the day
30:46I left the hospital room
30:47appeared on his face again,
30:49and his heart
30:49lurged violently.
30:52Forget it.
30:53Let's go find Maya.
30:55If this is some trick
30:56she's pulling,
30:56I'll make sure
30:56she regrets it.
31:03Dad sat on the couch
31:05silently,
31:05his expression grim.
31:07His fingers
31:08drummed restlessly
31:09against the armrest
31:10as if deep in thought.
31:12All right, Alaric,
31:13let's go.
31:16The group piled
31:17into the car
31:18and set off
31:19with a mixture
31:20of doubt
31:20and unease.
31:26Inside the vehicle,
31:27the atmosphere
31:28was so heavy
31:29it felt suffocating.
31:30No one spoke.
31:32Only the low roar
31:33of the engine
31:33filled the silence.
31:35Mom kept mummering
31:37the whole way.
31:38Evie couldn't have
31:39really met
31:40with something bad,
31:41could she?
31:41Just moments ago,
31:42he had quietly
31:43unblocked the soul link
31:44he shared with me
31:45only to be met
31:46with a void,
31:47a deafening silence,
31:49followed by a sharp,
31:50piercing pain.
31:51It was the
31:52understakable sensation
31:53of losing a blood relative,
31:54but he dared not believe it.
31:56He kept convincing himself
31:58this was all another
31:59one of my schemes.
32:00He couldn't quite understand
32:01how I could possibly
32:02be dead now
32:03when I'd been just fine
32:04in my last life.
32:06Hurry up!
32:11When they finally arrived
32:12at the hospital,
32:13Maya was already
32:14waiting outside.
32:16She gave the group
32:17one cold glance
32:18and said nothing,
32:19simply turning
32:20to lead the way.
32:21They followed her
32:22in heavy silence,
32:24footsteps dragging,
32:25until they reached
32:26the morgue.
32:27A staff member
32:28slowly pulled off
32:29in the drawer
32:30of the morgue
32:31of the refrigerator.
32:36Revealing my gaunt,
32:39pale,
32:40and lifeless body.
32:41In that instant,
32:43everyone froze.
32:57Kenneth's eyes widened
32:58and his body
32:59began to tremble
33:00untrollably.
33:01Dad stared in horror,
33:02as though he had
33:03witnessed the most
33:04terrifying thing
33:05in the world.
33:06His legs buckled
33:07slightly,
33:07and all the strength
33:08seemed to drain
33:09from him
33:09in a single moment.
33:11He couldn't even speak.
33:12Mom clapped a hand
33:13over her mouth.
33:14A raw,
33:15anguished wail
33:16tore through
33:17the quiet corridor.
33:21Alaric stood to the side,
33:22his neck stiff
33:23with denial.
33:24This has to be
33:25a prop!
33:25He couldn't quite
33:26believe what he was
33:27seeing,
33:28but even as he shouted,
33:29his voice faltered.
33:30Tears streamed down
33:31his face against
33:31his will.
33:32He reached out
33:32with a shaking hand,
33:33desperate to prove
33:34this was just
33:35one of my cruel pranks.
33:36But the moment
33:37his fingers touched
33:37my cold,
33:38stiff ones,
33:39he jolted
33:40as if struck
33:40by lightning.
33:41He shook
33:42uncontrollably,
33:43his eyes filled
33:43with utter disbelief.
33:45This,
33:45this can't be.
33:47Kenneth staggered
33:47forward like a madman.
33:49He gripped the edge
33:49of the drawer tightly
33:50with both hands
33:51and called out
33:52Evie repeatedly.
33:56Evie.
33:57Evie.
33:58His voice was
33:59haury and broken
34:00and tears poured
34:01down his face
34:02soaking the front
34:03of his shirt.
34:04He reached out
34:05to touch my cheek,
34:06but his hands
34:07stopped midair.
34:09Evie, wake up.
34:10Please don't scare
34:11me like this.
34:12As if afraid
34:12I would shitter
34:13with his touch.
34:18Maya stood off
34:19to the side,
34:19her gaze sliding
34:21over them
34:21like blades of ice.
34:22A bitter sneer
34:23twisted her lips.
34:25What's this?
34:25Putting on a show
34:26of grief now?
34:27Who exactly
34:28is it for?
34:29Where were all of you
34:30when it mattered?
34:32Mom,
34:32who had collapsed
34:33to the floor
34:33sobbing uncontrollably,
34:35jerked her head up
34:36and looked up
34:37through her tears
34:38when she heard
34:38Maya's words.
34:40We,
34:41we just thought
34:42she was throwing
34:43a tantrum.
34:46A tantrum?
34:48Maya let out
34:49a harsh,
34:49mocking laugh.
34:51Where were you
34:52when she was sick?
34:53Where were you
34:54when Megan bullied her?
34:55You only ever
34:56had eyes for Megan!
35:00When was there
35:01ever room
35:01for Evelina?
35:02Alaric clenched
35:03his fists,
35:04his face etched
35:05with regret.
35:07It's all my fault.
35:09All of it.
35:13I should have
35:14stopped her
35:15when she left
35:16the hospital
35:16that day.
35:18Crocodile tears!
35:19Maya snapped,
35:21fixing a sharp
35:21gaze on him.
35:23You're the ones
35:23who pushed her
35:24to the edge.
35:27What's the use
35:28of crying now?
35:32Mom clutched
35:33at Maya's arm
35:34like it was
35:34her last lifeline,
35:35tears streaming
35:36down her face
35:37as her voice
35:37cracked with desperation.
35:38Maya, how exactly
35:40did Evie die?
35:41Hasn't she always
35:42been healthy?
35:43Maya's eyes blazed
35:44with disgust
35:45and she roughly
35:45shook off Mom's hand.
35:47Then, she reached
35:49into her bag,
35:50pulled out a thick
35:50stack of printed
35:51chat records
35:52and flung them
35:53and flung them
35:53violently onto
35:54the floor
35:54in front of them.
35:58See for yourselves.
36:01The sheets of paper
36:02scattered in the air,
36:04falling like snowflakes.
36:07Mom scrambled
36:08to pick up
36:08several sheets
36:09and as she read,
36:11her entire body
36:12began to tremble
36:13controllably.
36:19Kenneth snatched
36:20up a few pages
36:21as well.
36:26This is proof
36:27that Megan colluded
36:28with your family doctor
36:29to forge
36:30Evie's medical report.
36:31Maya pointed
36:32at the chat records
36:33and said loudly,
36:34Serafina stares
36:35fixically at the records
36:36in her hands,
36:37tears streaming
36:38down her face.
36:39Megan faked an illness
36:40to win your favor
36:40while claiming Evie
36:42was perfectly healthy
36:43and every single one
36:44of you blindly
36:44believed her lies.
36:45You're supposed
36:46to be aristocratic
36:47wolves of the
36:47star moon pack,
36:48pack nobility
36:49with centuries
36:50of bloodline heritage.
36:51Can't any of you
36:52even sense
36:52when your own
36:52family member
36:53is suffering?
36:54Alaric's eyes
36:54widened in disbelief.
36:56He bent down slowly,
36:57gathered the pages
36:57and flipped through
36:58them one by one.
36:59As he flipped
37:00through them,
37:00his grip tightened
37:01until his knuckles
37:02turned white,
37:02his face as the paper
37:03in his hands.
37:06This can't be.
37:07Meg wouldn't do
37:08something like this.
37:09He muttered hoarsely,
37:10but the solid proof,
37:11complete with familiar
37:12profile pictures
37:13left him with no room
37:14for denying.
37:17He jerked his head up,
37:19his eyes filled
37:19with agony and regret,
37:22unable to believe
37:23that the sister
37:23he had always doted for
37:25could be so vicious.
37:31He couldn't help thinking
37:33if he hadn't been reborn,
37:36if she had managed
37:37to take the moon violet serum
37:39like she did
37:39in her last life.
37:43Maya's eyes were cold.
37:45She took out a voice recorder
37:47from her pocket
37:50and deliberately pressed
37:52the play button hard.
37:53In an instant,
37:55Megan's shrilk,
37:56venomous voice echoed
37:58clearly through the morgue.
38:00Evelina,
38:01just die already.
38:03Your parents,
38:05your brother,
38:05and your mate,
38:06they're all mine now.
38:08So what if I faked
38:09being sick?
38:10Only when I'm sick
38:11do they all revolve
38:12around me.
38:12No one ever cared
38:13about that idiot Eva anyway.
38:15The whole family
38:16despises her now.
38:17They even blocked
38:18the soul link
38:19they share with her.
38:20No one would notice
38:21even if she died.
38:23Alaric staggered
38:24as though he'd been
38:25struck by a sledgehammer.
38:31His eyes turned
38:33bloodshuck.
38:39How could you, Megan?
38:42I was truly blind.
38:52Back at the Sinclair residence,
38:54the air was so thick
38:56with tension
38:56it felt impossible
38:57to breathe.
39:02Mom stared coldly
39:03at Megan,
39:04her gaze sharp
39:05as a blight.
39:07Why didn't you come
39:08to the hospital
39:08with us?
39:11Megan couldn't bring
39:12herself to meet
39:13Mom's stare,
39:14so her eyes darted
39:15around.
39:16She stammered.
39:18I...
39:19I was busy
39:21with company matters.
39:25Dad's brows
39:26furrowed deeply
39:27and his voice
39:28came out
39:29low and cold.
39:32And how's
39:33your recovery
39:33proceeding?
39:37Megan forced
39:38a stiff smile
39:39trying to sound
39:39convincing.
39:41The healer said
39:42I'm recovering well.
39:44Recovering well?
39:46Alaric could no longer
39:48contain his rage.
39:51His eyes blazing,
39:52he lunged forward
39:53and delivered
39:54a resounding slap
39:55across her face,
39:57sending her
39:57collapsing to the floor.
40:02He roared.
40:04Does your recovery
40:05come from sucking
40:06the life out of Evie?
40:07Megan lay sprawled
40:08on the ground,
40:09stunned,
40:10her cheek burning.
40:12She tried
40:13to feign innocence,
40:14tears welling
40:15in her eyes
40:16as she whimpered
40:16pitifully.
40:18Rick,
40:19what are you
40:19talking about?
40:20I don't understand.
40:22Dad trembled
40:23with fury
40:23and his eyes
40:24were wide
40:25with anger.
40:26He yanked
40:26the voice recorder
40:27from his pocket
40:28and hurled it
40:29at her.
40:31It fell to the floor
40:32with a thud.
40:33Dad,
40:34consumed by rage,
40:35shouted,
40:36How dare you
40:36keep pretending?
40:37We know everything!
40:39Every disgusting
40:40thing you've done!
40:41We know it all!
40:42She scrambled up,
40:43throwing herself
40:44at Mom's legs,
40:46sobbing hysterically.
40:48Mom,
40:48I didn't mean to!
40:50I just wanted
40:51your love so badly
40:52and wanted you
40:53to love me
40:54a little more!
40:57I've envied Evie
40:58since I was little.
41:00She had everything!
41:04And she was the center
41:05of all your attention!
41:09But Mom recoiled
41:10as though burned.
41:16She shook Megan off,
41:18trembling violently
41:18with rage and grief.
41:21Tears poured down
41:22her face
41:23as she asked,
41:24You would kill Evie
41:26just to get
41:27a little more love?
41:29How could you
41:30be so vicious?
41:31Evie was your sister!
41:34How could you
41:35bring yourself
41:35to do that?
41:36When her pleas
41:37fell on deaf ears,
41:39Megan tore off
41:40the last shred
41:41of pretense.
41:42She shot to her feet,
41:44eyes blazing
41:45with hatred.
41:46She screamed,
41:48Even if I did wrong,
41:49are you saying
41:50her death
41:50has nothing
41:51to do with you?
41:52If you'd paid
41:53even a little
41:53attention to her,
41:55if you'd believed
41:55her even once,
41:56would things have
41:57ended like this?
41:58You're all
41:59murderers too!
42:00Dad trembled
42:01with rage
42:01and his face
42:02turned scarlet
42:03with fury.
42:05Get lost!
42:07I want you
42:08to get out
42:08of the Sinclair family
42:09and never
42:11come back!
42:12The Sinclaas
42:13have no daughter
42:14like you!
42:15After being cast
42:16out of the Sinclair family,
42:18Megan was left
42:19with nothing
42:19to her name.
42:20In her desperation,
42:22she thought
42:23of Kenneth.
42:24She rushed
42:25to his company
42:26building,
42:26shoved past
42:27the security guards
42:28who tried to block
42:29her and burst
42:30into his office.
42:35Dropping heavily
42:36to her knees
42:37in front of him,
42:38she begged,
42:38I really love you,
42:40Ken!
42:41Please help me!
42:43Kenneth,
42:44seated in his
42:45swivel chair,
42:46looked down at her.
42:48His gaze was icy,
42:50a mocking smile
42:51playing on his lips.
42:53Fine.
42:54I'll take you away.
42:55A spark
42:57of ecstatic relief
42:58lit up Megan's eyes.
43:00She thought
43:01she had finally
43:02found a lifeline.
43:03So,
43:03when Kenneth
43:04brought her
43:05to a mansion
43:05in a deserted area,
43:08Megan followed him
43:09inside readily,
43:11full of anticipation.
43:14Unexpectedly,
43:15what awaited her
43:16was a pitch-black,
43:17windowless cellar.
43:21Kenneth shoved her
43:22into the cold,
43:23damp space
43:24and shut the heavy metal
43:25door behind her
43:26with a deafening clang.
43:35From today onward,
43:36you're not going anywhere.
43:38Megan pounded frankly
43:39on the metal in terror,
43:40screaming hysterically.
43:42Let me out, Ken!
43:43Let me out!
43:44But the only answer
43:45was an endless silence.
43:47Every day,
43:48a meager ration
43:50of dirty water
43:51and scraps
43:51of leftover food
43:52was slid through
43:53a narrow gap
43:54under the door.
43:58Starving and dizzy,
44:00Megan had no choice
44:01but to crawl
44:02across the cold floor
44:04and lap up
44:05the meager
44:05scraps like an animal.
44:08Kenneth even went
44:10as far as bringing
44:10in a witch
44:11to poison her wolf.
44:15Her wolf howled
44:17in agony
44:18and she herself
44:19endured bone-deep pain
44:21day and night.
44:22She felt as though
44:24countless ants
44:25were gnawing
44:25at her flesh
44:26from within.
44:27Down on all fours,
44:29she pleaded in anguish.
44:31Ken,
44:32please,
44:33let me go!
44:34I know I was wrong!
44:38Kenneth stood
44:39just outside
44:40the metal door,
44:41watching her
44:41with utter indifference.
44:44He spoke slowly,
44:46each word deliberate.
44:48This is what you deserve.
44:50You killed Evie.
44:56A week later,
44:57even the sunlight
44:58seemed heavy with grief
45:00as Maya held my funeral.
45:02The atmosphere
45:03was stifling,
45:04like the calm
45:05before a storm.
45:08The Sinclairs
45:10arrived harmedly,
45:11their faces
45:12etched with guilt
45:13and sorrow.
45:19Maya stood
45:20before my grave,
45:21her gaze on them
45:22like sharpened blades.
45:31She thrust out
45:32her arm,
45:33blocking their path
45:34with fierce determination.
45:36You don't deserve
45:37to be here.
45:38When Evie was alive,
45:40you treated her
45:40with cold cruelty.
45:42Now that she's gone,
45:44you have no right
45:45to stand at her grave.
45:46Don't you dare
45:47silly her resting place.
45:50My parents' faces
45:51turned ashen.
45:53They opened their mouths,
45:55but no words came.
45:58Defeated,
45:59they turned
46:00and shuffled away
46:01in disgrace.
46:02Kenneth came,
46:04Kenneth came too.
46:04He lingered far off
46:06in the corner,
46:07watching the scene
46:08with a complicated expression,
46:10but he never found
46:11the courage
46:11to step closer.
46:19Dad's hair turned white
46:20overnight,
46:21and his health
46:22deteriorated rapidly.
46:24He took to his bed
46:25and never rose again.
46:26A deep,
46:27unmovable despair
46:29filled his eyes.
46:30Mom lost her sanity.
46:32Day after day,
46:33she clutched my photograph,
46:35laughing and crying
46:36in the same breath,
46:37whispering over and over,
46:39I'm sorry, Evie.
46:41I'm so sorry.
46:45Alarek became a shadow
46:46of himself.
46:49Down in the cellar,
46:51Megan was driven
46:52completely mad
46:53under Kenneth's
46:54relentless torment.
46:56Her eyes grew wild
46:57and unfocused,
46:58and her hair
46:59hung in filthy tangles.
47:03One day,
47:04when the person
47:05delivering her scraps
47:06wasn't paying attention,
47:07she saw her chance.
47:10She lunged,
47:12shoved them aside,
47:13and scrambled out
47:14in a frantic crawl.
47:16She somehow found a knife
47:18and staggered
47:18through the mansion.
47:27She screamed
47:28at the top of her lungs.
47:30Kenneth!
47:32I'm taking you down with me!
47:35Looking at the wretched state
47:36she was in,
47:37Kenneth felt no fear.
47:40Instead,
47:41all he felt
47:41was profound disgust.
47:45They instantly locked
47:46in a gripple.
47:47Megan slashed wildly
47:49with the knife
47:50while Kenneth dodged
47:51and fought back.
47:53In the chaos,
47:54she stumbled,
47:55lost her balance,
47:57and lurched
47:58toward the balcony.
47:59Her eyes widened
48:00in terror
48:00as she tried
48:01to grab onto something,
48:02but it was too late.
48:05Kenneth murdered
48:06inaudibly.
48:08Evie,
48:10I've avenged you.
48:13On a bright,
48:14sunlit day,
48:16Maya visited my grave
48:17with my favorite lilies.
48:22She gently laid
48:23the flowers down
48:24and said softly,
48:27Evie,
48:28I've been doing well lately,
48:30so don't worry about me.
48:32I'll come visit you often.
48:43A gentle breeze stirred,
48:45lifting the petals
48:47in a soft flutter,
48:48as though,
48:49somewhere beyond,
48:51I was answering her.
48:52with you
48:53and the grace
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