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00:00Kale, how I want to sever the mate for you.
00:04Since she has returned, this bond was always meant to be hers.
00:08I am giving it back.
00:10Kale's eyes widened, staring at me on display.
00:14My sister fled on the day of her bonding ceremony.
00:18I was forced to marry the Lycan king, known for his brutality.
00:24Six years later, she returned.
00:27Still as bold and brazen as ever, she pressed a crimson kiss against Kale's cholerite,
00:35in front of the entire Council of Elders.
00:38Kale went rigid.
00:40Then she turned to me, her eyes gleaming with mockery.
00:46Little sister, thank you for keeping my throne warm all these years.
00:52Now that I'm back, it's time you gave me back my place as Luna Queen.
00:59Silence swallowed the whole.
01:02Everyone remembered what happened when she ran away.
01:06Kale had nearly slaughtered half-arrival territory in his rage.
01:10So now, I wondered too, would this unpredictable, brutal king lose his mind for her once again?
01:23Kale stripped off the road, bearing her lipstick mark.
01:27I said nothing.
01:28Only gathered the wool blanket I had used for six years, and turned toward the side chamber.
01:35Kale blocked my path.
01:38Where are you going?
01:41I paused, thinking that after six years of sharing my bed, he was simply attached to the blanket.
01:49I laid it gently back on the edge of the mattress.
01:53Don't worry, my king.
01:55I remember our agreement.
01:59I never dared to dream of replacing my sister.
02:03I kept my voice steady, but it still came out rough.
02:07Since she's back, the position of Luna Queen should be returned to her.
02:15We had agreed on this six years ago.
02:18But saying it aloud still felt like a needle piercing my heart.
02:24Don't worry, I will keep my limits.
02:28And never appear before you again.
02:34Six years ago, after crushing the rival pats, Kale returned victorious.
02:42His first act was to petition the Council of Elders to arrange a bonding ceremony with my sister, Ellara.
02:50But on the day of the ceremony, she fled.
02:54She ran off with a rogue wolf.
02:57Father panicked.
02:58That night, he sent me to the altar in her place.
03:02On our wedding night, Kale was devastated.
03:06To preserve the pack's dignity, he drank himself into oblivion and completed the bond with me.
03:12Ellara.
03:14Ellara.
03:18I could only respond to him by crying.
03:21For six years, I gave everything.
03:25The title of Luna Queen looked glorious.
03:30But I walked on shattered glass.
03:33While Ellara wandered the world without a care,
03:36I navigated pack politics.
03:39Managed the great families.
03:41And took arrows meant for him in the dark.
03:46His enemies once captured me to learn his whereabouts.
03:49They tortured me with silver chains.
03:52I never spoke a word.
03:57Tell me where he is and I will let you go.
04:00I gritted my teeth and persevered.
04:08I don't know where he is.
04:10Liar!
04:11You are his.
04:12Luna.
04:14He tightened the silver chain.
04:17I screamed in pain and desperately tried to call Kale through the link.
04:21But he didn't respond to me not once.
04:25I crawled back to the pack hall with broken ribs and third-degree burns on my wrists.
04:33Kale was in the war room.
04:35I waited outside his door for three hours.
04:39Finally, he walked out of the war room and caught sight of me, covered in wounds.
04:46He walked right past me.
04:48He walked right past me.
05:02He didn't ask where I'd been.
05:04I was eight weeks pregnant.
05:05I fought with the guards until Kale's reinforcements arrived.
05:09Help!
05:11Help!
05:12Help!
05:12Someone!
05:13Anyone!
05:13Anyone!
05:16But as pain tore through my abdomen and I curled on the floor of the side chamber, bleeding,
05:21every single healer had been summoned away, to the master chamber, to revive a pot of silver-edged lilies, it
05:31was the only thing Alara had left behind.
05:33It was dying, and Kale had ordered everyone to save it.
05:41Fix it.
05:43Whatever it costs.
05:45Please.
05:46My baby.
05:48Please.
05:50Luna.
05:51Luna, I don't know what to do.
05:53Luna.
05:54The only person with me was a maid who knew nothing of childbirth.
06:00By the time a healer was dragged through the door, the bleeding wouldn't stop.
06:07Luna, I am sorry.
06:08I am so sorry.
06:10No.
06:10No, please.
06:11Try.
06:14Just try.
06:15I can't.
06:16The damage is too deep.
06:18The child is already...
06:21The child, not yet formed, was gone.
06:26I lay in a pool of blood.
06:28My heart turned to ash.
06:31Seeing my grief, he visited every sacred altar in the territory.
06:40He built a shrine for our child and lit eternal flames.
06:46Before the moon goddess, he braided strands of our hair into the wick of a ritual candle,
06:54swearing to continue the bond we had never finished.
07:00From that day, he seized absolute power over the pack with ruthless precision, unstoppable in his rise.
07:09Not long ago, he had personally petitioned the council to bestow their highest honor upon me.
07:16But before the ink on that decree had dried, Elara returned.
07:22As for that place beyond this month in Kale's love, she can take it if she wants.
07:28I don't want anything of it.
07:30I looked at the ring on my finger, slowly removed it, and tossed it into the nearby fireplace.
07:39Thinking of the child who had left without ever opening their eyes, my chest hurt so badly I could barely
07:45breathe.
07:47Kale noticed my expression and immediately signaled for Mother to remove Elara.
07:54Then he took my hand.
07:57Isla, Elara has lived away for so long.
08:00She doesn't know the full story.
08:02She has a simple nature and speaks bluntly.
08:05Don't take it to heart.
08:06I gently withdrew my hand and lowered my lashes.
08:13My king, you act strangely today.
08:17You never involve yourself in disputes among the pack's women.
08:21Yet the moment Elara appears, you change.
08:25Such devotion.
08:29Kale's gaze darkened, pain flooding his eyes.
08:37Is that truly what you think of me?
08:40Isla.
08:43You still blame me for what happened, don't you?
08:46He thought I blamed him for not arriving in time.
08:49But that wasn't what I blamed him for.
08:52It was the night of the attack.
08:55When Kale returned, I didn't tend to my injuries first.
09:00I forced myself to the Master Chamber.
09:02I wanted to see that he was safe.
09:05But he didn't look at me.
09:07He carried the pot of silver-edged lilies straight into the inner chamber.
09:13It was the only thing Elara had left behind.
09:16He summoned every healer to study how to revive its dead roots.
09:26I curled on the couch in the side chamber, waiting for someone to treat my cramping stomach.
09:32The lilies sat on the windowsill of the master chamber, only a few steps away.
09:40Later, I learned that the roots of the silver-edged lily release a silver-tainted scent harmful to pregnant women.
09:49I had lain too close that night.
09:53The bleeding became unstoppable.
09:56In that moment, it felt as though someone had reached into my chest and ripped out my heart.
10:01All those years of sacrifice became a cruel joke.
10:07The air in the room grew suffocating.
10:11He stood.
10:15I need air.
10:17But outside the door, a maid was already waiting.
10:24Miss Elara has asked to see you, my king.
10:28She wishes to catch up.
10:32Their voices weren't loud.
10:35But the courtyard was too quiet.
10:38I heard every word.
10:40The door wasn't fully closed.
10:43I could see Kale pause, saying nothing.
10:47His back was to me.
10:49I couldn't see his face, but I knew he would go.
10:53A man is forever trapped by what he could never have in his youth.
10:58Besides, he had loved her so deeply.
11:02As expected, he turned back toward the room, wanting to say something.
11:10Isla, I...
11:12But I cut him off first.
11:16My king, you owe me no explanation.
11:21I had heard too many lies in my life.
11:24Today, I was too tired to listen to whatever absurd reason he had fabricated for Elara.
11:33The distance in my words hung naked in the air.
11:39Kale stiffened, his brows snapping together.
11:44Isla, do you hate me so much?
11:48The moment your sister returns, you can't wait to push me away?
11:52His chest heaved, a storm raging in his eyes.
11:56He grabbed his robe and slammed the door as he left.
12:00How ridiculous.
12:02He was the one who crossed the line first.
12:05Yet now I was the heartless one.
12:08Tears spilled over before I could stop them.
12:11I wiped them away fiercely.
12:14Then Mother slipped in and took my hand.
12:19Isla, I have no eloquence.
12:22I couldn't talk sensence into your sister, so I asked the king to comfort her.
12:26Can you bear with her a little longer?
12:32She is stubborn, but kind-hearted.
12:36She will understand eventually.
12:41I lowered my eyes.
12:43A bitter smile tugging at my lips.
12:47Kind-hearted?
12:48When she fled six years ago,
12:51did she ever consider that a bonding ceremony is the pack's highest right?
12:56One misstep, and our entire bloodline would have been destroyed.
13:02I gently pulled my hand free.
13:04My voice dropping like ice.
13:08Mother, after all these years, you still indulge her every whim without question.
13:16In your heart, was there ever a place for me?
13:23Ilara and I shared the same mother.
13:26But because I had been frail since childhood,
13:29I was sent to live in the countryside.
13:32I was only brought back the year I came of age.
13:36But Ilara, who had monopolized our parents' love,
13:40despised me.
13:42She framed me.
13:44Tormented me.
13:45Never stopped.
13:46I cried.
13:48I defended myself.
13:51But every time, father and mother punished me without asking right from wrong.
13:56No matter how clumsy her excuse is, they believed her unconditionally.
14:01They even locked me in the cold cellar for days.
14:05It wasn't until Ilara ran away that they remembered me.
14:09Barely breathing in that cellar.
14:11In truth, we had only lived together for half a year.
14:19Isla, in your heart, is there truly no affection for me at all?
14:23Pain filled mother's eyes.
14:25I was stunned.
14:27So the cold distance we both understood without words in their eyes.
14:33It was something that needed to be questioned.
14:37Did six years without Ilara make everyone forget that I had only ever been a replacement?
14:44A spare part brought in to fill the gap.
14:48Mother.
14:50Please let me go back. I need to sleep.
14:53I stopped looking at her.
14:56Dawn broke, and Kale still had not returned to the bedchamber.
15:01It gave me the quiet I needed to finish drafting the severance of our mate Bond.
15:07By the time the maid came to call me for breakfast, the ink was dry.
15:13I folded the paper carefully and slipped it into my sleeve.
15:17My whole life, it seemed, I had lived for other people.
15:22Sent away as a child.
15:24Brought back when I came of age.
15:27Forced into a marriage that was never meant to be mine.
15:31But once this document was sealed, the road ahead would finally be my own.
15:37I had barely stepped into the front hall when I saw Kale seated there.
15:42Ilara beside him, smiling as if she already owned the room.
15:48Ila, last night I...
15:54He never finished.
15:56Ilara picked up a honeyed fruit and pressed it gently between his lips.
16:02The sight burned behind my eyes.
16:04I have no appetite. I'll return to my rooms.
16:08I turned and left before he could say another word.
16:12Whatever he had meant to say, I was done listening.
16:17Ila, must you treat me this way?
16:22My steps faltered.
16:23But then, Ilara pressed her handkerchief to her face and began to weep.
16:32Kale, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have come back.
16:36I've made Ila feel like I'm trying to take her place.
16:40If my presence distresses her,
16:44I'll leave.
16:46I would never cause trouble for you both.
16:48Don't speak nonsense.
16:51No one is sending you anywhere.
16:54Kale's voice was low and soft as he comforted her.
16:59Then, he turned to me.
17:02Ilara has just returned.
17:06I'm holding a feast in her honor.
17:08I hope he'll join us.
17:12Yes, sister, do come.
17:14We're family, after all.
17:16Ilara agreed in that same gentle tone.
17:20The sight stung my eyes.
17:22I didn't answer.
17:24I simply walked away.
17:26Of course I would go.
17:28This was my pack.
17:31I was the rightful Luna Queen.
17:33What did I have to fear?
17:36I returned to my chamber
17:38and summoned the most skilled maid.
17:41High chignon.
17:43Painted forehead ornament.
17:45Silk robes.
17:47Incense.
17:49Two hours later,
17:50I entered the Great Hall
17:52in a gown of silver-threaded gold,
17:55woven with the wolf crest.
17:58Ilara, meanwhile,
17:59lounged at ease in the same plain dress
18:02she had arrived in.
18:03Leaning against our parents and Kale,
18:07laughing freely.
18:11Ilara blinked at my attire,
18:13then laughed.
18:16Iya, it's only a family dinner.
18:19Why such grandeur?
18:21Is your need to compete truly so desperate?
18:25I paused, my nails digging into my palm.
18:28But my face revealed nothing.
18:31You've lived in the wilds too long, sister.
18:34You may not understand.
18:37I am the Luna of this pack.
18:39Every word, every gesture reflects its honor.
18:42How could I appear before guests in disarray?
18:46You!
18:48Ilara swayed,
18:50clutching her chest,
18:51her face a mask of wounded fragility.
18:55You're nothing but a replacement!
18:58You stole my life!
19:02Took my place!
19:05All of this was meant to be mine!
19:09Absurd.
19:10Hadn't she been the one to throw all of this away?
19:13The hall fell silent.
19:15I lowered my eyes,
19:17my voice barely audible.
19:20Sister, you speak such interesting words.
19:24What did I steal?
19:26You were the one who found the throne too fragile.
19:29You handed it to me with both hands.
19:32You walked away so easily,
19:34unwilling to bear the burden.
19:36Why should I have spent six years holding your place?
19:40Facing what you refused to face?
19:42Kale's voice cracked like a whip.
19:45My love!
19:48Must you make your words so ugly?
19:50Does marrying me fill you with such bitterness?
19:55Kale looked beyond furious.
19:58His eyes were bloodshot.
20:00Before the words had left his mouth,
20:02his alpha presence crashed over me like an avalanche.
20:06Gasps rippled through the hall.
20:09I didn't flinch.
20:11If you mean to strike, then strike.
20:13I am tired.
20:16Kyle!
20:17Ilara threw her arms around him.
20:20When he didn't move,
20:21she pressed a slow kiss to his cheek.
20:24A touch, then gone.
20:26Last night I learned your true heart.
20:29I am content.
20:33If I have caused strife between you,
20:35I will carry the guilt forever.
20:37What true heart?
20:40And why hadn't he pulled away from her kiss?
20:43Could it be?
20:45My mind went blank.
20:46I looked at the hand he had settled against her waist,
20:50and spoke softly.
20:53Kale.
20:54So you do know how to be gentle.
20:58Just not with me.
21:00A crystal goblet on the side table exploded under the weight of his rage,
21:04shards scattering across the marble.
21:07Kale stared at me,
21:09his own eyes red,
21:11as if he were bleeding for me,
21:13or perhaps for himself.
21:15Is that what you believe?
21:17I stepped back,
21:18and withdrew the paper from my sleeve,
21:21laying it on the table.
21:22Kale.
21:24I want to sever the mate bond.
21:27Since she has returned,
21:28this bond was always meant to be hers.
21:31I am giving it back.
21:33Kale's eyes widened,
21:35staring at me in disbelief.
21:37Kale.
21:38Kale.
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