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00:00:03I was born a wolfless Omega, weak, unwanted, and always half a beat behind everyone else.
00:00:09Dominic Blackwood was the ruthless alpha of our pack, and he was my fated mate.
00:00:15But he looked down on me for being a wolfless Omega.
00:00:18He never marked me, never claimed me in front of his people.
00:00:21He only kept me hidden for three years.
00:00:24Every time I tried to run, he dragged me straight back to his bed.
00:00:28Tick by tick, I learned to stand from the dark with shaking hands.
00:00:35Then the healer told me I was carrying his pup.
00:00:37A pup from an alpha everyone believed was infertile.
00:00:40An impossible heir.
00:00:42Before I could tell him, rogues attacked.
00:00:45Wolfsbane stole his memory, and he forgot everything about me.
00:00:49His childhood sweetheart, Vanessa Hale, slapped me across the face.
00:00:54He forgot you.
00:00:55A wolfless Omega like you should crawl away and disappear.
00:01:01Three years later, I walked back into his life with the son he never knew he had.
00:01:16Alpha Dominic threw me onto the bed, locked my wrists to the headboard with black leather restraints,
00:01:21and pinned me down with his full weight.
00:01:24Rough, dominant, completely in control.
00:01:27He bit down on my neck, hard enough to draw blood,
00:01:29then grabbed my jaw and forced me to look straight into those feral gold eyes.
00:01:33You should be grateful.
00:01:35You're my fated mate, Hazel.
00:01:38A weak Omega, with no wolf, wouldn't even deserve to kneel beside my bed.
00:01:46My lashes trembled.
00:01:48I just stared at him, dazed and silent.
00:01:51He looked down on me like I was nothing.
00:01:53The entire Blackwood pack looked down on me.
00:01:57But Dominic was the cruelest.
00:01:59He despised my wrath, yet he still refused to let me go.
00:02:02Don't look at me like that.
00:02:07I'm not marking you.
00:02:11And no one is ever going to know what you are to me.
00:02:14He kissed me until I couldn't think.
00:02:16Taking everything, leaving nothing.
00:02:18You're mine.
00:02:22You're mine.
00:02:34When it was finally over, he fastened a heavy black pendant around my throat.
00:02:38Wear it.
00:02:39Without my scent, rogues will tear you apart.
00:02:42An alpha fang talisman.
00:02:44His essence.
00:02:45His way of tracking me wherever I went.
00:02:49Then today, I went to the pack healer and found out I was pregnant.
00:02:53The healers had always sworn Dominic was sterile.
00:02:55But the report was right there in my hands.
00:02:58His pup inside me.
00:02:59My first thought was to find him and tell him.
00:03:01But when I reached the recovery ward, Dominic wasn't there waiting for me.
00:03:06Vanessa was.
00:03:07She was still crying when she saw me.
00:03:09The second her eyes locked onto mine, she crossed the room fast.
00:03:13Tears still wet on her face.
00:03:15Something vicious rising in her expression.
00:03:23You bitch.
00:03:25The slap landed hard across my face.
00:03:28This is your fault.
00:03:30Alpha Dominic is in a coma with wolf-bade poisoning because of you.
00:03:37If you had never existed,
00:03:42none of this would have happened.
00:03:49I shoved the door open and the smell of blood hit me first.
00:03:53Dominic lay on the bed, his face bone white,
00:03:56black veins of poison crawling across half his chest.
00:04:00The toxin had torn through his soul and taken his memories with it.
00:04:03He had forgotten everyone.
00:04:05He could not even recognize my scent in the air.
00:04:07Vanessa threw herself beside him, like a guard dog, and screamed at me.
00:04:12You worthless, wolf-less bitch!
00:04:15You were walking around the borderlands,
00:04:17reeking of Dominic's alpha scent.
00:04:20That is how the rogues tracked us.
00:04:23That is how they ambushed Alpha Dominic!
00:04:26He was cleaning up your mess, and now look at him.
00:04:30You are a damn curse.
00:04:33I stood there, my eyes red and wet,
00:04:36still holding onto a trace of hope that Dominic would be alright.
00:04:40That seemed to irritate Vanessa even more.
00:04:42She stepped forward and shoved me hard.
00:04:45I lost my balance and stumbled straight Dominic's mother, Luna Margaret.
00:04:49Margaret's face darkened instantly.
00:04:52Before I could steady myself,
00:04:53she lifted her foot and kicked me down.
00:04:57Pathetic.
00:04:59You come in here with your tears and your desperate little face,
00:05:02like any of us owe you something.
00:05:04You are nothing to this family.
00:05:06You have never been anything.
00:05:07I tried to get up.
00:05:08My hands were shaking.
00:05:10Stay down.
00:05:10When Dominic opens his eyes,
00:05:12the last thing he needs to see is you,
00:05:14a broken, wolf-less mistake his soft heart took pity of.
00:05:17That ends today.
00:05:18They ordered me out,
00:05:19but as the guards dragged me away,
00:05:22Dominic's fingers clawed into the stone bed.
00:05:25Even unconscious,
00:05:27he let out a little jagged grime.
00:05:32Do not take it.
00:05:33Do not let her leave.
00:05:36His voice was wrecked.
00:05:39Vanessa threw herself over him,
00:05:41pressing her body against his chest
00:05:42to block his line of sight.
00:05:44Then she leaned close to his ear,
00:05:47her breath warm.
00:05:48Dominic,
00:05:49I am right here.
00:05:51I will never leave you.
00:05:54The guards dragged me out.
00:05:56Only then did I touch my neck
00:05:58and feel the Fang Talisman still there.
00:06:01I turned around and walked right back.
00:06:04I stretched my neck toward them.
00:06:06If you want me gone,
00:06:07take this off.
00:06:08As long as I wear it,
00:06:10Dominic can still sense where I am.
00:06:15The healer sneered
00:06:17and brought out silver shears.
00:06:18The leather cords snapped.
00:06:20Then they scrubbed my skin raw with moon water
00:06:23until every trace of Dominic's scent was gone.
00:06:26The moment the talisman broke,
00:06:28Dominic's body seized in the next room.
00:06:30He coughed up black blood,
00:06:32as if something had been carved
00:06:33straight out of his soul.
00:06:35Vanessa kicked the Fang into the fire,
00:06:37but her fingers closed around a single shard
00:06:39and hid it in her palm.
00:06:40Richard threw a bag of money at me
00:06:42and forced me to swear a blood oath
00:06:44never to speak of the past.
00:06:46I left alone,
00:06:47barely steady on my feet.
00:06:48Slowly,
00:06:49I touched my stomach.
00:06:51I forgot to tell them again.
00:06:53Dominic was not infertile.
00:06:55He already had a child.
00:06:59Three years later,
00:07:01in a border town
00:07:01where humans and wolves lived side by side,
00:07:04I gave birth to Eli Reed alone
00:07:05in a basement clinic.
00:07:07He looked exactly like Dominic.
00:07:10Today,
00:07:10the pup training camp opened house.
00:07:12Every other little wolf
00:07:14had a father standing behind them.
00:07:16Beside Eli,
00:07:17there was only empty space.
00:07:18A heavyset pup
00:07:20shoved Eli to the ground.
00:07:21No dad,
00:07:22no wolf,
00:07:23no place here.
00:07:24Your mom
00:07:25is a wolf-less Omega
00:07:27and a worthless piece of trash.
00:07:30Eli got up by himself
00:07:31and stepped in front of me.
00:07:33I have my mom.
00:07:34That is enough.
00:07:35I will protect her.
00:07:37The werewolf parents laughed.
00:07:39Then someone stared
00:07:41at Eli's face
00:07:42a little too long.
00:07:43Wait.
00:07:44Doesn't that kid look a little like
00:07:46Alpha Dominic from Blackwood?
00:07:49With her?
00:07:51Please.
00:07:52She was just some hidden Omega
00:07:54no one claimed.
00:07:55Who knows where that bastard
00:07:57came from?
00:07:58Eli's flashed dark gold
00:07:59and he tackled the boy
00:08:01to the ground.
00:08:02The boy's father
00:08:03charged forward,
00:08:04grabbed Eli by the collar
00:08:05and slapped him hard.
00:08:07A nobody little bastard
00:08:09thinks he can touch
00:08:11my kid?
00:08:13Eli's face went pale with pain
00:08:14but he did not cry.
00:08:16Something snapped in me.
00:08:17I lunged forward
00:08:19and sank my teeth
00:08:20into that man's wrist.
00:08:22Then I grabbed Eli's
00:08:23and ran.
00:08:25That night,
00:08:26Eli started burning up.
00:08:27Gold flickered in his eyes.
00:08:29I could not find anyone
00:08:30who could treat a wolf pup
00:08:31so I carried him
00:08:32to the Blackwood Border Clinic.
00:08:34The moment I stepped inside,
00:08:35a wave of perfume hit me.
00:08:38Vanessa stood there
00:08:39with a little boy
00:08:39at her side.
00:08:40He was dressed
00:08:41in air ceremonial robes.
00:08:42I stared at that child.
00:08:47Vanessa recognized me.
00:08:49Her face stiffened.
00:08:51Then,
00:08:52twisted into a sneer.
00:08:54Hazel?
00:08:55Getting thrown out
00:08:57three years ago?
00:08:58Was not humiliating enough?
00:09:00Now you crawl back here
00:09:02with some bastard?
00:09:04Trying to squeeze money
00:09:06out of the Blackwoods?
00:09:07I held Eli tighter.
00:09:09He was burning up,
00:09:10barely conscious.
00:09:11I did not come here for you.
00:09:13He has a fever.
00:09:15Please,
00:09:15just let the healer see him.
00:09:17Vanessa planted herself
00:09:19right in front of the door.
00:09:22Why should I?
00:09:24My child scraped his hand
00:09:26and even that matters more
00:09:28than your bastard's whole life.
00:09:29The little boy at her side
00:09:31lifted his chin
00:09:32and looked at Eli.
00:09:34Mommy,
00:09:35is that the bastard
00:09:36with no dad?
00:09:38Vanessa stroked his hair,
00:09:40her voice soft as poison.
00:09:42Do not go near them.
00:09:44Low-born Omega trash
00:09:47could be carrying anything.
00:09:50Eli could barely open his eyes,
00:09:52but he still lifted his head.
00:09:58Do not talk about my mom like that.
00:10:01The little boy reached out
00:10:03and hit him.
00:10:04I am the Blackwood heir.
00:10:06You are just some stray nobody.
00:10:09Eli stumbled back.
00:10:11Then he tore out of my arms,
00:10:13lunged forward,
00:10:14and bit the boy's wrist.
00:10:15The little boy screamed.
00:10:21Vanessa's face twisted
00:10:23and she raised her hand
00:10:24to strike Eli.
00:10:25I yanked him back
00:10:26just in time.
00:10:27She missed
00:10:28and that only made her angrier.
00:10:30Her fingers went
00:10:31to the silver mark
00:10:32on her temple
00:10:33as she opened
00:10:34a mind link.
00:10:36Dominic,
00:10:36someone is threatening
00:10:38our child.
00:10:39A low-born Mega
00:10:40dragged her bastard
00:10:42into the clinic
00:10:42and he just bit
00:10:44our son.
00:10:45A cold voice
00:10:46cut through the air.
00:10:48Who touched
00:10:48my child?
00:10:50I am coming.
00:10:54Vanessa's eyes lit up
00:10:55when she heard
00:10:56his answer.
00:10:57Did you hear that?
00:10:59Dominic is coming.
00:11:00His voice made
00:11:00my chest lock up.
00:11:02Three years ago,
00:11:03he knew I was
00:11:04his fated mate,
00:11:04but he still refused
00:11:06to mark me
00:11:06or claim me.
00:11:07He despised my rank
00:11:08and let everyone
00:11:09treat me
00:11:10like a shameful
00:11:11little secret.
00:11:12Now Vanessa
00:11:12only had to say
00:11:13our child
00:11:14was being threatened
00:11:15and he came running.
00:11:16He would always
00:11:17choose her,
00:11:18never me.
00:11:19I held Eli tighter.
00:11:20I could swallow
00:11:21the humiliation,
00:11:22but I would not
00:11:23let them hurt my child.
00:11:25Eli's face
00:11:25was pale with pain,
00:11:27but his little fingers
00:11:28still clutched
00:11:29my collar.
00:11:32Mommy,
00:11:32don't be scared.
00:11:34Vanessa sneered.
00:11:36Look at him.
00:11:37A fatherless mutt
00:11:39acting like a little alpha.
00:11:40What a joke.
00:11:42She motioned
00:11:42to the guards.
00:11:43Hold them down.
00:11:44When Dominic gets here,
00:11:46he can see exactly
00:11:48what kind of trash
00:11:49crawled back
00:11:49into his territory.
00:11:50I tried to run,
00:11:52but my wolf
00:11:52had never awakened.
00:11:54The pressure alone
00:11:54made my legs buckle.
00:11:56Just as the guards
00:11:57reached for Eli,
00:11:58the clinic door
00:11:59slammed open.
00:12:00Every wolf in the room
00:12:01lowered their head.
00:12:03Dominic was here.
00:12:04He was paler
00:12:05than he had been
00:12:05three years ago.
00:12:06And Black Wolf's
00:12:07vein veins
00:12:08still coiled up his neck.
00:12:09But the force of a dominant alpha
00:12:11still crushed the room
00:12:12into silence.
00:12:13Vanessa rushed to his side.
00:12:15Dominic,
00:12:16it's her.
00:12:18She let her bastard
00:12:19bite our son
00:12:20and tried to steal
00:12:21the exam room.
00:12:23Dominic glanced
00:12:24at the boy,
00:12:25then looked at me.
00:12:27At first,
00:12:28his eyes were cold
00:12:29and empty.
00:12:30Then my scent
00:12:31reached him.
00:12:32His whole body
00:12:32went rigid
00:12:33and his gold eyes ignited.
00:12:35He walked toward me
00:12:36like his own wolf
00:12:37was dragging him forward,
00:12:38his breathing heavier
00:12:39with every step.
00:12:41I backed into the wall
00:12:42with Eli in my arms.
00:12:43Dominic grabbed my chin
00:12:45and forced my face up.
00:12:46His voice was rough
00:12:47and unsteady.
00:12:49You look familiar to me.
00:12:53What is your name?
00:12:57I was forced
00:12:58to look up at him.
00:12:58That familiar alpha presence
00:13:00bore down on me
00:13:01and my mind
00:13:02went blank for a beat.
00:13:03Hazel.
00:13:04The moment he heard
00:13:05that name,
00:13:06his pupils contracted
00:13:07and his chest
00:13:08started heaving,
00:13:09but his eyes
00:13:10stayed empty.
00:13:11He didn't remember me.
00:13:12It was just
00:13:13his body reacting,
00:13:14his wolf recoiling
00:13:15at the sound of my name,
00:13:17like it had been
00:13:18struck by something
00:13:18it couldn't understand.
00:13:21Vanessa's voice
00:13:21sliced through the silence.
00:13:23Dominic,
00:13:24she's faking.
00:13:26These low omegas
00:13:27know exactly
00:13:28how to use scent
00:13:29to manipulate people.
00:13:30Then,
00:13:31Eli curled up in my arms
00:13:32and cried out in pain.
00:13:34Mommy,
00:13:34it hurts.
00:13:35I clutched him tighter,
00:13:36but somehow,
00:13:37with what little strength
00:13:38he had left,
00:13:39he reached toward Dominic.
00:13:41His face was burning red
00:13:42and his voice
00:13:43came out barely a whisper.
00:13:45Daddy.
00:13:47The whole clinic
00:13:48went dead silent.
00:13:49I froze too.
00:13:51Eli had no idea
00:13:52who he was calling to.
00:13:53He was just in too much pain,
00:13:55reaching for the strongest alpha
00:13:57near him on pure instinct,
00:13:58like a dying cub.
00:14:00Dominic stared
00:14:01at that tiny hand.
00:14:02His face went even paler.
00:14:04Eli grabbed the edge
00:14:05of his shirt
00:14:05and drew in a small breath,
00:14:07and the violent gold light
00:14:08in his eyes
00:14:09slowly began to dim.
00:14:12When I'm close to you,
00:14:13it doesn't hurt so much.
00:14:15The healer rushed forward,
00:14:17his expression
00:14:17shifting to shock.
00:14:19This is bloodline preservation.
00:14:21He's a dominant alpha pup,
00:14:23too young
00:14:23and never blessed
00:14:24by the territory.
00:14:25His awakening
00:14:25is forcing him
00:14:26to seek out
00:14:27a source alpha's
00:14:28core energy.
00:14:29Vanessa's face
00:14:30went white.
00:14:31That's impossible.
00:14:33He's just a bastard.
00:14:35The healer
00:14:35looked at Eli,
00:14:36then at Dominic,
00:14:38his voice shaking.
00:14:39No ordinary alpha
00:14:40could stabilize him
00:14:41that fast.
00:14:42For him to calm down
00:14:44this quickly,
00:14:45it has to be
00:14:46a direct blood connection.
00:14:47Dominic said nothing.
00:14:49He bent down
00:14:49and lifted Eli
00:14:50into his arms.
00:14:51Eli pressed against his chest
00:14:53and his pained little face
00:14:55finally relaxed.
00:14:56But Dominic let out
00:14:57a rough grunt,
00:14:58like something was being
00:14:59ripped out of him
00:14:59and the healer stumbled back.
00:15:01He's draining
00:15:02your alpha energy.
00:15:03Vanessa screamed.
00:15:07He cannot be Dominic's child!
00:15:09Dominic lifted his eyes
00:15:11and his voice
00:15:12was ice.
00:15:15Save him first.
00:15:18Eli was rushed
00:15:20into the treatment room
00:15:21and his breathing
00:15:22finally steadied.
00:15:23I had just started
00:15:23to exhale
00:15:24when Dominic grabbed my wrist
00:15:26and dragged me out.
00:15:27He kicked open the door
00:15:28to the next ward.
00:15:30A wounded wolf
00:15:30was inside,
00:15:31held him off the bed
00:15:32and shoved him
00:15:33toward the door.
00:15:37The wolf scrambled away.
00:15:39Vanessa screamed
00:15:40and tried to force her right in,
00:15:42but Dominic's alpha pressure
00:15:43slammed her back.
00:15:44The door shut in her face.
00:15:46He turned on me
00:15:47and threw me onto the bed.
00:15:48Silver restraint straps
00:15:50hung from the sides
00:15:51and he grabbed them,
00:15:52binding my wrists
00:15:53to the bed frame.
00:15:55Dominic,
00:15:55have you lost your mind?
00:15:56Let me go!
00:15:58He came down over me.
00:16:00His chest burned against mine
00:16:01and his thigh forced its way
00:16:03between my legs.
00:16:04The black veins of wolfsbane
00:16:05twisted under his skin,
00:16:07driven wild by desire and pain.
00:16:09He tore at my clothes,
00:16:11his fingers digging into my waist.
00:16:13Wide is my body.
00:16:15I want to rip you apart right now.
00:16:18He pinned me down harder.
00:16:19Then he dropped his head
00:16:20and sank his fangs
00:16:22into the side of my neck.
00:16:23Hot blood spilled over my skin.
00:16:26His canines landed exactly
00:16:27on the old scar
00:16:28from three years ago.
00:16:30The mark left behind
00:16:31when they cut his fang talism
00:16:33off my throat.
00:16:34I cried out through clenched teeth,
00:16:36but he was already drinking from me,
00:16:38wild and desperate.
00:16:40His palm dragging up my side,
00:16:42his blood-stained fingers,
00:16:44grabbed my chin
00:16:44and forced me to look straight
00:16:46into those shattered gold eyes.
00:16:48Hazel, who the hell are you?
00:16:50Tell me!
00:16:54I could not answer.
00:16:55The blood oath from three years ago
00:16:57locked around my throat like a cage,
00:16:58and all I could do
00:17:00was stare up at him.
00:17:01Helpless.
00:17:03Dominic looked at my pale face,
00:17:07and the hunger and fury
00:17:09in his eyes burned even darker.
00:17:10He crushed his mouth against mine,
00:17:12rough, desperate, and punishing.
00:17:14He swallowed every broken sound I made.
00:17:16One hand clamped hard around my waist,
00:17:18as if he needed proof
00:17:19that I was real
00:17:20and not some fever dream.
00:17:23He bit my swollen lip,
00:17:24and his voice came out wrecked.
00:17:28My wolf is losing its mind.
00:17:30It says you are mine.
00:17:32Only mine.
00:17:34Then why do I not remember you?
00:17:38Why can I not remember anything?
00:17:41Right then,
00:17:42screams broke out from the next room.
00:17:44His bloodline is going out of control again!
00:17:47Dominic's eyes snapped clear.
00:17:49He tore himself away from me
00:17:50and charged into the treatment room,
00:17:52slamming his palm over Ellie's tiny chest.
00:17:55Golden light poured out of Ellie
00:17:56and straight into Dominic's body.
00:17:58Dominic let out a raw grunt of pain
00:18:00as the black veins crawled past his ears
00:18:02and across his cheeks.
00:18:04But when Eli's face finally relaxed,
00:18:06he still did not let go.
00:18:08Eli went still.
00:18:11Dominic collapsed toward me
00:18:13as I ran in after him,
00:18:14his forehead hitting my shoulder.
00:18:17Do not go.
00:18:19Those words froze me.
00:18:20They were the same words he had said
00:18:22three years ago
00:18:23when they cut his talisman from my throat.
00:18:25Then his eyes went empty,
00:18:27and he passed out against me.
00:18:31The door burst open.
00:18:33Vanessa rushed in
00:18:34with Richard and Margaret right behind her.
00:18:36She saw my torn clothes,
00:18:38the blood on my neck,
00:18:40the fresh bite marks,
00:18:41and Dominic unconscious in my arms.
00:18:44Pure hatred lit up her face.
00:18:49This filthy Omega used her scent to trap him.
00:18:53She and that bastard drained his alpha energy.
00:18:57She is trying to kill him.
00:18:59Richard's face turned murderous.
00:19:01He looked at the pack enforcers behind him.
00:19:04Take her away.
00:19:05I will not let some discarded Omega
00:19:08destroy Dominic.
00:19:11Vanessa pulled a silver knife from her coat
00:19:13and stepped toward me,
00:19:15smiling like she had already won.
00:19:23Start with her face,
00:19:24ruin it,
00:19:25then throw her into the lowest cell.
00:19:27When Dominic wakes up,
00:19:29he will not even want to look at her.
00:19:34The enforcer shoved me harder into the mattress.
00:19:37The leather dug into my wrists,
00:19:39and I could not move.
00:19:41Richard stood nearby,
00:19:42cold and detached,
00:19:44ready to bury me
00:19:44under fabricated charges of espionage
00:19:46and attempted murder of an alpha.
00:19:49Vanessa grinned
00:19:50and pressed the cold silver blade
00:19:52against my cheek.
00:19:54Don't worry.
00:19:56I'll cut deep.
00:19:57When Dominic gets his memories back
00:20:00and sees that ruined face,
00:20:04he'll be sick just looking at you.
00:20:06I closed my eyes
00:20:07as a tear slipped down my cheek.
00:20:09Margaret watched
00:20:10without a flicker of emotion
00:20:11in the Blackwood pack.
00:20:13Bloodline and honor meant everything.
00:20:15A weak wolf's life meant nothing.
00:20:17Just as the blade
00:20:18was about to split my skin,
00:20:19a deafening boom
00:20:20shook the underground chamber.
00:20:22The stone door
00:20:23was blasted off its hinges
00:20:24by a pure wave of alpha energy.
00:20:27Three-year-old Eli
00:20:28had thrown two
00:20:29high-ranking guards aside
00:20:31and charged in
00:20:31like a fully awakened alpha pup.
00:20:33Golden light blazed around
00:20:34his tiny body
00:20:35fierce and terrifying.
00:20:37He hurled himself
00:20:38straight at Margaret.
00:20:39Margaret staggered back
00:20:40under the force
00:20:41of that wild bloodline power.
00:20:43She opened her mouth
00:20:44to snore,
00:20:44but the moment she looked
00:20:45down at his face,
00:20:47the sound died in her throat.
00:20:49That face.
00:20:50No.
00:20:52That's impossible.
00:20:53The brows,
00:20:54the nose,
00:20:55those fierce gold eyes.
00:20:57He looked exactly like Dominic
00:20:59as a child,
00:21:00down to the smallest detail.
00:21:01Richard's cane clattered
00:21:02to the floor.
00:21:07Child,
00:21:08who is your father?
00:21:10Eli's lip wobbled.
00:21:11He wiped his face
00:21:13with his sleeve
00:21:13and shouted through his tears.
00:21:17I don't have a dad!
00:21:19Just my mom!
00:21:20So stop hurting her!
00:21:24The moment Eli
00:21:25threw his arms out
00:21:26in front of me,
00:21:27the underground chamber
00:21:29fell silent.
00:21:30Margaret stared at his face
00:21:31as if she had forgotten
00:21:33how to breathe.
00:21:34Richard's cane
00:21:34struck the floor
00:21:35with a sharp crack.
00:21:36Put the knife down.
00:21:37Now.
00:21:38Vanessa gripped
00:21:39the silver blade tighter,
00:21:40refusing to back down.
00:21:42He only looks like him.
00:21:43This weak Omega
00:21:44is lying!
00:21:45She must have drugged
00:21:46the child to fake
00:21:47his bloodline!
00:21:48Eli's face
00:21:49was smeared with blood,
00:21:50but he kept his arms
00:21:51spread wide,
00:21:52shielding me.
00:21:54You don't get
00:21:55to hurt my mom!
00:21:56She raised me
00:21:57all by herself,
00:21:58and it was hard
00:21:59enough already.
00:22:00Tears blurred my eyes.
00:22:01My three-year-old boy
00:22:02was still burning
00:22:03with fever,
00:22:04and he stood there
00:22:04like a wolf pup,
00:22:05jaw clenched,
00:22:06refusing to give an inch.
00:22:08From the next room
00:22:09came a raw,
00:22:09broken snarl.
00:22:10Dominic,
00:22:11still unconscious,
00:22:12black veins of wolf's bane
00:22:14crawling up his neck.
00:22:15But that sound
00:22:16was an answer
00:22:17to Eli's bloodline.
00:22:18The healer rushed in,
00:22:19and his face went pale.
00:22:21The alpha's wolf
00:22:22is reacting to the child.
00:22:26When the boy is close,
00:22:27the wolf bane weakens.
00:22:29Richard's expression
00:22:30finally cracked.
00:22:33No one touches
00:22:34the mother or the child
00:22:35until Dominic wakes.
00:22:39They did not kill us,
00:22:40but they did not
00:22:41free us either.
00:22:42Richard put us
00:22:43in the lowest
00:22:43omega quarters
00:22:44at the edge
00:22:45of Blackwood territory.
00:22:46Two guards
00:22:47at the door
00:22:47patrol wolves
00:22:49outside the window.
00:22:50This is custody,
00:22:51not charity.
00:22:53Until the bloodline
00:22:54is verified,
00:22:55neither of you
00:22:56leave Blackwood land.
00:22:57Vanessa stood
00:22:58beside him
00:22:58and tossed
00:22:59a gray servant's dress
00:23:00at my feet.
00:23:01Blackwood does not
00:23:02feed useless mouths.
00:23:04Starting today,
00:23:04you work for
00:23:05my mating ceremony.
00:23:06Dominic and I
00:23:07will be married
00:23:08as planned.
00:23:09You'll take care
00:23:09of my dress,
00:23:10polish the altar,
00:23:11and prepare
00:23:12the marriage chamber.
00:23:13Oh, and our bed.
00:23:15You'll make that
00:23:16with your own hands.
00:23:17Eli grabbed the hem
00:23:18of my skirt.
00:23:19His little face
00:23:20was still pale
00:23:21from the fever.
00:23:22Mommy, didn't we
00:23:23come here to see a doctor?
00:23:25Why do you have
00:23:26to work for her?
00:23:27Vanessa bent down
00:23:28and pinched his cheek
00:23:30hard enough
00:23:30to leave a mark.
00:23:32Because your mother
00:23:33is a low-born omega,
00:23:34she gets to breathe
00:23:35on Blackwood land
00:23:36only because she is
00:23:37useful on her knees.
00:23:38I pulled Eli
00:23:39into my arms
00:23:40and pressed his face
00:23:41against my chest.
00:23:42Three years ago,
00:23:43Dominic refused
00:23:44to claim me
00:23:45as his mate.
00:23:46Three years later,
00:23:47I would prepare
00:23:47his mating ceremony
00:23:48to another woman
00:23:49with my own hands.
00:23:53Eli's fever
00:23:53came back that night.
00:23:55He curled up
00:23:55in my arms,
00:23:56gold flickering wildly
00:23:58in his eyes.
00:23:59Small animal sounds
00:24:00of pain scraping
00:24:01from his throat.
00:24:01I tried to go
00:24:03find the healer,
00:24:04but the guard
00:24:05blocked the door.
00:24:07No orders.
00:24:09Low omegas do not
00:24:10wander around
00:24:11the main house.
00:24:12I knelt
00:24:12at the doorway.
00:24:13He cannot hold
00:24:14on much longer.
00:24:15Please,
00:24:15just let me get
00:24:16a healer.
00:24:17The guard kicked
00:24:18my hand aside.
00:24:19A bastard dying
00:24:20saves everyone
00:24:21the trouble.
00:24:23Eli heard him.
00:24:25He was shaking
00:24:25from the pain,
00:24:26but he still reached
00:24:27out and grabbed
00:24:28my hand.
00:24:29Mommy,
00:24:29don't beg them.
00:24:31I can take it.
00:24:32My eyes went red.
00:24:33Margaret walked past
00:24:34at the end of the hall.
00:24:35She was going
00:24:36to keep walking.
00:24:37Then she heard
00:24:38the stifled sounds
00:24:39of Eli's pain
00:24:39and her steps stopped.
00:24:41She looked at me,
00:24:42face still cold.
00:24:43Bring the healer.
00:24:44The guard froze.
00:24:46I said,
00:24:47bring the healer.
00:24:49The healer came
00:24:50when he saw
00:24:51the gold markings
00:24:52surfacing on
00:24:52Ellie's back,
00:24:53his face
00:24:54drained of color.
00:24:57An alpha pup
00:24:58of the highest bloodline.
00:24:59He cannot take
00:25:00any more stress
00:25:01or the backlight
00:25:01will reach his heart.
00:25:02Margaret watched
00:25:03Eli's maul fingers
00:25:04gripping my collar.
00:25:05For the first time,
00:25:06she didn't curse at me.
00:25:10The next day,
00:25:12I was summoned
00:25:12to the hall.
00:25:14Vanessa's gown
00:25:14hung on a silver rack,
00:25:16layers of white fabric
00:25:17spilling down like snow.
00:25:19She sat in her
00:25:20cushioned chair
00:25:20and made me kneel
00:25:21on the floor,
00:25:22smoothing the hemage
00:25:23by inch.
00:25:24Careful.
00:25:26Dominic himself
00:25:27approved this
00:25:28luna gown.
00:25:29I pressed down
00:25:30the folds,
00:25:31my fingers rigid.
00:25:32She lifted her foot
00:25:33and slammed her heel
00:25:34onto my hand.
00:25:36Oh,
00:25:37I didn't see
00:25:37your hand there.
00:25:38The maids around us
00:25:39snickered.
00:25:40Vanessa leaned down,
00:25:42her voice dropping low.
00:25:43Hazel,
00:25:44do you really think
00:25:45giving birth
00:25:46to a child
00:25:46who looks like him
00:25:47changes anything?
00:25:48Do not flatter yourself.
00:25:50Blackwood already
00:25:51has an heir.
00:25:52I looked up,
00:25:53the little boy
00:25:54at her side
00:25:55was lifting his chin,
00:25:56a silver heir's crest
00:25:57pinned to his chest.
00:25:58Then I heard two maids
00:26:00whispering in the hallway
00:26:01outside.
00:26:01He is not even
00:26:02Vanessa's birth child.
00:26:04He was adopted
00:26:04from a Hale Branch family.
00:26:06Quiet.
00:26:07The elder adopted him
00:26:09from a Hale Branch
00:26:09after the alpha
00:26:10was declared infertile.
00:26:11My whole body
00:26:12went rigid.
00:26:13She didn't give Dominic
00:26:14a child.
00:26:15They would rather adopt
00:26:16a stranger's bloodline
00:26:17than turn to me
00:26:18and ask what I was
00:26:19holding in my hand
00:26:20that day.
00:26:23The day we prepared
00:26:24the marriage chamber,
00:26:25Vanessa brought me
00:26:26to the master bedroom.
00:26:28She pointed to the bed
00:26:29draped in silver wolf fur.
00:26:31The first silver wolf
00:26:32Dominic ever hunted?
00:26:34On our mating night,
00:26:35we'll lie here together.
00:26:37She threw the sheets
00:26:38into my arms.
00:26:43Smooth them flat,
00:26:44Dominic hates wrinkles.
00:26:46I knelt beside the bed
00:26:47and pressed out
00:26:48every crease.
00:26:49The faint alpha scent
00:26:50still clung to the fur
00:26:52and it hit my chest
00:26:53like a fist.
00:26:54Three years ago,
00:26:55Dominic pinned me
00:26:56to this same bed
00:26:57and told me I wouldn't
00:26:59survive a night
00:26:59without his scent.
00:27:01Now, I was dressing
00:27:02another woman's
00:27:03marriage bed.
00:27:04The room at the door
00:27:05went quiet.
00:27:06I looked up.
00:27:07Dominic stood there,
00:27:08held up by the healer,
00:27:10still barely conscious.
00:27:11His face was white.
00:27:13Wolfsbane marks
00:27:14veined up his neck.
00:27:15His eyes landed on me,
00:27:17kneeling.
00:27:17His pupils contracted.
00:27:19Vanessa moved
00:27:20against him immediately.
00:27:21Dominic,
00:27:22she is helping us
00:27:23prepare the marriage bed.
00:27:25Dominic did not answer.
00:27:27He stared at me,
00:27:28breathing harder
00:27:28and harder,
00:27:29like something was
00:27:30clawing its way
00:27:31out of his memory
00:27:31and getting ripped apart
00:27:33on the way up.
00:27:33He grabbed his head
00:27:34and coughed out
00:27:35a mouthful of black blood.
00:27:40Word spread fast
00:27:42through the territory.
00:27:43Dominic was awake.
00:27:45But when he opened
00:27:45his eyes,
00:27:46the first person
00:27:47he saw was Vanessa.
00:27:48She sat at his bedside
00:27:50holding his hand,
00:27:51tears sliding down
00:27:52at exactly the right angle.
00:27:54You're finally awake.
00:27:56That weak Omega
00:27:57and her bastard
00:27:57nearly got you killed.
00:27:59I stood outside the door
00:28:00with Eli in my arms
00:28:01and heard every word.
00:28:03It felt like a needle
00:28:04sliding under my ribs.
00:28:06The healer
00:28:06tried to let me in.
00:28:07Vanessa blocked
00:28:08the doorway.
00:28:10He just woke up.
00:28:11He can't handle
00:28:12your filthy scent.
00:28:14Then,
00:28:14Dominic's voice
00:28:15came from inside.
00:28:17Hoarse
00:28:17and cold.
00:28:18Let her in.
00:28:20I froze
00:28:20and walked in
00:28:21with Eli.
00:28:22Dominic leaned
00:28:23against the headboard,
00:28:24his gold eyes
00:28:25scanning me
00:28:26like a stranger.
00:28:27The moment
00:28:28Eli came near,
00:28:29the wolf's bane
00:28:30marks on Dominic's neck
00:28:31faded slightly.
00:28:32The healer
00:28:33spoke low.
00:28:34Alpha,
00:28:35the child's bloodline
00:28:36is distressing
00:28:36your wolf's bane.
00:28:37Vanessa's face shifted.
00:28:39Dominic looked at Eli,
00:28:40his eyes hard.
00:28:42Bring him to the
00:28:43master chamber tonight.
00:28:45This is medical,
00:28:46nothing more.
00:28:47Before I could speak,
00:28:48he looked at me again,
00:28:50voice even colder.
00:28:51And do not misunderstand me.
00:28:53A low-born Omega
00:28:55is not worth remembering.
00:28:58That night,
00:28:59I carried Eli
00:29:00to the master chamber.
00:29:02Dominic sat at the edge
00:29:03of the bed,
00:29:04his face paper white.
00:29:06Eli was half asleep,
00:29:07but he reached
00:29:08for Dominic anyway,
00:29:09pure instinct.
00:29:11Mister,
00:29:12when I'm near you,
00:29:13it doesn't hurt.
00:29:15Dominic's fingers stiffened,
00:29:16but in the end,
00:29:17he laid his hand
00:29:18on Eli's chest.
00:29:19Gold light streamed
00:29:20from his palm
00:29:21into Eli's body.
00:29:22Eli's pinched brow
00:29:23slowly relaxed,
00:29:25but Dominic's breathing
00:29:26got heavier,
00:29:27the black marks
00:29:28crawling higher up his neck.
00:29:30I couldn't stay quiet.
00:29:31That's enough.
00:29:32He will drain
00:29:33your alpha energy.
00:29:34Dominic's gaze
00:29:35stayed on me,
00:29:37heavy and burning,
00:29:38like he couldn't
00:29:39quite look away.
00:29:40Are you worried about me
00:29:41or is it something else?
00:29:43We've barely met,
00:29:45and yet you look like
00:29:46you care too much.
00:29:47Barely met,
00:29:48the words cut straight
00:29:49through my chest.
00:29:51Vanessa burst in.
00:29:52She saw Eli and me
00:29:54at the bedside,
00:29:55and her face twisted.
00:29:56Who let you
00:29:57into the master chamber?
00:29:58She lunged and grabbed
00:29:59my hair.
00:30:00Eli jolted awake
00:30:01and bit her hand.
00:30:02Vanessa raised her palm
00:30:03and straightened,
00:30:04and Dominic's head
00:30:05snapped up.
00:30:07Stop.
00:30:08Vanessa froze.
00:30:09I told them to come.
00:30:11Get out.
00:30:12She retreated,
00:30:14eyes burning,
00:30:15with the kind of hatred
00:30:16that will not cool.
00:30:20The next day,
00:30:21Vanessa cornered me
00:30:22in the hall
00:30:22with everyone watching.
00:30:24She shoved me
00:30:25into the center of the room,
00:30:27her voice sharp as a blade.
00:30:29This filthy Omega
00:30:30crawled into the master chamber
00:30:31last night
00:30:32while Dominic was weak
00:30:33from wolf's fate.
00:30:34She brought her bastard with her.
00:30:35She's trying to destroy
00:30:36my ceremony.
00:30:37Every servant
00:30:38and guard stared.
00:30:39Vanessa pointed
00:30:40at the wolf clan council,
00:30:42rug on the floor.
00:30:43Neil,
00:30:44apologize to me.
00:30:46I sank to my knees.
00:30:48The stone hit hard,
00:30:49and my vision went dark
00:30:51at the edges.
00:30:52I'm sorry.
00:30:54Vanessa slapped me
00:30:55across the face.
00:30:57Lauda,
00:30:57let every soul in this hall
00:30:59hear what you are.
00:31:01Dominic's used
00:31:02and discarded little wolf.
00:31:04I bit my lip
00:31:05and said nothing.
00:31:06The blood oath
00:31:07sealed my throat.
00:31:08I couldn't speak
00:31:09a single word of the past.
00:31:10As she raised her hand
00:31:11to hit me again,
00:31:12the moon lamps above us
00:31:14detonated.
00:31:15A violent alpha pressure
00:31:17crushed down,
00:31:17and every person
00:31:18in the hall
00:31:19hit the floor.
00:31:20Dominic stood
00:31:21in the doorway.
00:31:21His gold eyes
00:31:22were blazing red.
00:31:24That's enough.
00:31:26Vanessa's face
00:31:27went white.
00:31:28Dominic glanced at me,
00:31:29his voice
00:31:30frozen over.
00:31:31She doesn't get
00:31:32to die yet.
00:31:33Until Eli's bloodline
00:31:35is confirmed,
00:31:36no one touches her.
00:31:39She does not get
00:31:41to die yet.
00:31:42Those four words
00:31:42cut deeper
00:31:43than Vanessa's slap.
00:31:44He wasn't protecting me.
00:31:46He was just making sure
00:31:47the child's bloodline
00:31:48could still be tested.
00:31:50Dominic turned to leave
00:31:51and then stopped.
00:31:52His eyes landed
00:31:53on my swollen cheek
00:31:55and his fingers
00:31:55curled at his side.
00:31:57Vanessa caught
00:31:58the hesitation.
00:31:59She threw herself
00:32:00at him,
00:32:00sobbing.
00:32:02Dominic,
00:32:03you're going to humiliate me
00:32:04over a lowborn servant?
00:32:05Have you forgotten
00:32:07we're getting married?
00:32:08Dominic was quiet
00:32:10for a moment.
00:32:11The mating ceremony
00:32:12proceeds as planned.
00:32:14My heart hit the floor.
00:32:15Vanessa turned to me,
00:32:16victorious.
00:32:17You hear that, Hazel?
00:32:19Tomorrow,
00:32:19you're back
00:32:20on chamber duty.
00:32:21I want you to watch
00:32:23with your own eyes
00:32:25how he makes me his.
00:32:27That night,
00:32:28Eli sat on the bed
00:32:29in our cramped room
00:32:30and touched my face
00:32:31so gentle.
00:32:32Does it hurt, Mommy?
00:32:35I shook my head.
00:32:36He dropped his gaze.
00:32:40When I grow up,
00:32:41I won't let anyone
00:32:42hit you.
00:32:43His little fists
00:32:45were trembling.
00:32:47Outside the door,
00:32:48Dominic had been
00:32:49standing there.
00:32:50Nobody knew
00:32:51for how long.
00:32:52He didn't come in.
00:32:53He just set a jar of salve
00:32:55on the doorstep
00:32:55and walked away.
00:33:03I was summoned
00:33:04to the marriage chamber again.
00:33:06Vanessa sat to the side,
00:33:07trying on rings.
00:33:09She tossed the ring box
00:33:10at my feet.
00:33:15Pick it up.
00:33:17Polish it.
00:33:18On the mating day,
00:33:19you will hand it
00:33:20to Dominic yourself.
00:33:23I bent down
00:33:24to reach for it.
00:33:25The door crashed open.
00:33:27Dominic staggered
00:33:28and clutching his head.
00:33:29Wolfsbane had him.
00:33:30Black veins
00:33:31crawled across
00:33:31half his face.
00:33:32He saw me kneeling
00:33:33beside the marriage bed
00:33:35and his expression shattered.
00:33:36Why?
00:33:37Vanessa rushed
00:33:38toward him.
00:33:39Your wolfsbane
00:33:39is acting up again.
00:33:40Let me take you back.
00:33:42Dominic threw off
00:33:43her hand
00:33:43and walked straight to me.
00:33:45He yanked me up
00:33:46from the floor.
00:33:47Why does seeing you here
00:33:48make me feel like
00:33:49this bed was always
00:33:50supposed to be yours?
00:33:51Pain slammed
00:33:53through my chest.
00:33:54Let me go.
00:33:55He pressed me
00:33:56against the edge
00:33:56of the bed,
00:33:57his breath scorching,
00:33:59his face so close
00:34:00he was almost
00:34:01kissing me.
00:34:03What did I forget?
00:34:05Vanessa stood
00:34:05at the door,
00:34:06her face bloodless.
00:34:08She turned
00:34:08and ran.
00:34:09I knew exactly
00:34:10where she was going.
00:34:11Richard and Margaret.
00:34:15It took them minutes.
00:34:17Richard and Margaret
00:34:18stormed
00:34:18into the marriage chamber.
00:34:19My collar was torn,
00:34:21my wrist
00:34:21still in Dominic's grip.
00:34:23Vanessa stood behind them,
00:34:25weeping like a wounded angel.
00:34:27I saw it with my own eyes.
00:34:30She waited
00:34:31until his wolf's bane flared
00:34:32and then she crawled
00:34:33onto our marriage bed.
00:34:34Margaret's face
00:34:35iced over.
00:34:37Hazel,
00:34:38your depracity
00:34:39really has no bottom.
00:34:40I tried to explain.
00:34:42The blood oath
00:34:43clamped down on my throat
00:34:44and I couldn't force out
00:34:46a single syllable.
00:34:47Dominic was still
00:34:47pressing his temples,
00:34:48clearly in agony.
00:34:49He looked at me.
00:34:51Then,
00:34:52at Vanessa,
00:34:53his eyes lost.
00:34:54Richard's voice
00:34:54was a hammer.
00:34:55Lock her up.
00:34:56She is not to come
00:34:57near the main quarters
00:34:58or the marriage chamber
00:35:00before the ceremony.
00:35:04Guard seized my arms.
00:35:06Eli tore through the doorway
00:35:07and wrapped himself
00:35:08around my legs.
00:35:09Don't take my mom!
00:35:11Vanessa sneered.
00:35:13Little bastard,
00:35:14your mother tried
00:35:15to steal
00:35:16someone else's husband.
00:35:18She earned this!
00:35:19Gold light exploded
00:35:20from Eli's eyes.
00:35:21Half the lamps
00:35:22in the room shadowed.
00:35:23Dominic's head snapped up
00:35:24and his chest heamed.
00:35:26A rough, agonized
00:35:27sound tore from his throat.
00:35:29He stared at Eli
00:35:30and his voice
00:35:31came out wrecked.
00:35:33Don't touch the child.
00:35:37They locked me
00:35:38in the side room
00:35:38for three days.
00:35:40Eli was left outside.
00:35:42Vanessa's adopted boy,
00:35:43Leo,
00:35:43came for him
00:35:44with a pack of pups.
00:35:45They shoved him
00:35:46into a mud pit
00:35:47and threw training belts
00:35:48at his face.
00:35:50Bastard.
00:35:51Your mom's locked up.
00:35:53Why don't you just
00:35:54crawl away and die?
00:35:55Eli climbed out of the mud
00:35:57and wiped
00:35:57the dirty water
00:35:58off his face.
00:35:59I'm not leaving.
00:36:00I'm waiting for my mom.
00:36:02Leo stomped
00:36:03on his hand.
00:36:04I'm the Blackwood heir.
00:36:05You're worth less
00:36:06than the dirt
00:36:07under my boot.
00:36:08Eli didn't cry.
00:36:09He just clenched his jaw
00:36:10so hard
00:36:11his whole body shook.
00:36:12Margaret saw all of it.
00:36:14She stood at the end
00:36:15of the hallway,
00:36:16her brow tight,
00:36:16but she didn't step in.
00:36:18Not yet.
00:36:18Then Leo raised his foot
00:36:19to kick Eli in the stomach.
00:36:21Margaret's voice
00:36:22cut through.
00:36:23Enough!
00:36:25Leo froze.
00:36:26Margaret walked over
00:36:27and looked down
00:36:28at Eli,
00:36:29covered in mud.
00:36:30Why didn't you fight back?
00:36:32Eli looked up
00:36:33and answered
00:36:35very quietly.
00:36:36My mom said
00:36:37we can't cause trouble
00:36:38in someone else's home.
00:36:40She's already so tired.
00:36:42Margaret's face changed.
00:36:44That night,
00:36:45a basin of warm water
00:36:46and a clean little coat
00:36:47appeared outside our door.
00:36:52When they let me out,
00:36:53I was sent straight back
00:36:55to ceremony preparations.
00:36:57Vanessa tossed me
00:36:58her Luna ceremonial necklace.
00:37:01Put it on
00:37:01so I can check the length.
00:37:03A weak Omega like you
00:37:04will never wear anything
00:37:06like this in her life.
00:37:08The least you can do
00:37:10is model it for me.
00:37:11I stiffened
00:37:11but clasped it
00:37:12around my neck.
00:37:13The moonstone
00:37:15settled against my throat,
00:37:16right over the old scar
00:37:17from the Fang talisman.
00:37:21Dominic walked in
00:37:22and saw me.
00:37:23His face changed
00:37:25instantly.
00:37:27Who told you to wear that?
00:37:28Vanessa hurried over,
00:37:29all smiles.
00:37:31I just had her
00:37:31try it for length.
00:37:32But Dominic
00:37:33was staring at my neck,
00:37:35his voice
00:37:35getting rougher.
00:37:36You wore something else before.
00:37:38Something black,
00:37:39like a fang.
00:37:41Pain stabbed
00:37:42through my chest
00:37:42and blood
00:37:43seeped from the corner
00:37:44of my mouth.
00:37:45Vanessa's face
00:37:46went rigid
00:37:47and she swung at me.
00:37:49You stained my necklace?
00:37:50Dominic caught
00:37:51her wrist.
00:37:52Why is she bleeding?
00:37:54Vanessa panicked.
00:37:56She's faking it.
00:37:57These low omegas
00:37:57always put on a show.
00:37:59Dominic didn't let go
00:38:00of her wrist
00:38:00for the first time.
00:38:02His gold eyes
00:38:03held suspicious.
00:38:06That night,
00:38:07Dominic cornered me
00:38:08in the gown room.
00:38:08He locked the door
00:38:09behind him.
00:38:10Outside,
00:38:11the musicians
00:38:11were rehearsing.
00:38:13Inside,
00:38:13nothing but his
00:38:14heavy breathing.
00:38:15Every time I ask
00:38:16about the past,
00:38:17you bleed.
00:38:18He walked toward me,
00:38:20step by step.
00:38:21Hazel,
00:38:22who sealed your mouth?
00:38:23I backed into
00:38:24a rack of dresses.
00:38:26Behind me
00:38:27was all the white silt
00:38:28Vanessa would wear tomorrow.
00:38:32I can't say it.
00:38:34The moment those
00:38:35three words left my lips,
00:38:37the blood oath
00:38:37tore through my chest
00:38:38like a silver knife.
00:38:39I doubled over
00:38:40and blood from my mouth
00:38:41dripped onto the white gown.
00:38:43Dominic's eyes
00:38:43changed completely.
00:38:44He reached out
00:38:45to steady me.
00:38:47But the second
00:38:48my scent hit him,
00:38:49his fingers clamped down.
00:38:51I'm supposed to marry her.
00:38:53He pressed his forehead
00:38:54against the curve of my neck.
00:38:56His voice wrecked.
00:38:57But my wolf just wants
00:38:58to hide you away.
00:39:00Anyone who touches you,
00:39:02I want to kill them.
00:39:03I was shaking all over.
00:39:05I pushed against his chest.
00:39:06Get a hold of yourself.
00:39:08He kissed me,
00:39:09fierce and wild
00:39:10and desperate.
00:39:12Then he yanked himself back,
00:39:14stumbling half a step,
00:39:16his eyes full of pain.
00:39:19What did I owe you?
00:39:23The day before the ceremony,
00:39:25they shut Eli
00:39:26out of the training ground.
00:39:27The guard closed the gate
00:39:29in front of all the pups.
00:39:30Air training grounds
00:39:31don't accept nameless bastards.
00:39:34Leo strutted out
00:39:35in his new training uniform
00:39:36and swung his belt
00:39:37at Eli's shoulder.
00:39:39Pick it up.
00:39:42People like you
00:39:43will spend your whole life
00:39:44holding things
00:39:45for people like me.
00:39:46Eli looked at the belt
00:39:47on the ground
00:39:48for a long time
00:39:49and then
00:39:50set it back down.
00:39:52I do not want
00:39:53your things.
00:39:54I just want them
00:39:55to stop hurting my mom.
00:39:57I crouched
00:39:58and pulled him
00:39:58into my arms,
00:39:59fighting back tears.
00:40:02Dominic walked out
00:40:03of the training hall.
00:40:04He bent down
00:40:04and picked up the belt.
00:40:06He held it out
00:40:07to Eli.
00:40:08Tomorrow,
00:40:09you go inside.
00:40:10Leo's face dropped.
00:40:12Vanessa rushed over,
00:40:13her voice shrill.
00:40:15Dominic!
00:40:17His bloodline
00:40:18hasn't been confirmed!
00:40:20Dominic looked down
00:40:21at Eli,
00:40:22his tone cold,
00:40:23but absolute.
00:40:24A pup who can blast
00:40:25through a stone door
00:40:26has earned the right
00:40:27to touch a training stone.
00:40:30Eli looked up at him
00:40:31and said
00:40:32very softly,
00:40:33Thank you, mister.
00:40:35Dominic's throat moved.
00:40:37For one moment,
00:40:39his eyes held a pain
00:40:40he couldn't name.
00:40:44The next day,
00:40:46Eli walked into
00:40:47the training grounds
00:40:47for the first time.
00:40:49Every pup stared.
00:40:51Leo went first
00:40:52and pressed his hand
00:40:53to the testing stone.
00:40:55Pale gold light flickered
00:40:57and the elders
00:40:58nodded in approval.
00:41:01When it was Eli's turn,
00:41:03Vanessa sneered.
00:41:06Careful.
00:41:07Do not cry
00:41:08if the stone
00:41:09knocks you down.
00:41:12Eli looked at me.
00:41:14I nodded.
00:41:15He placed his small hand
00:41:17on the stone.
00:41:19The stone detonated.
00:41:23Gold energy
00:41:24blasted upward
00:41:26and every moon ray
00:41:27in the training grounds
00:41:28roared in resonance.
00:41:30Several high-ranked wolves
00:41:31were forced to one knee.
00:41:33The old healer's voice
00:41:34shut the red bloodline
00:41:36of a dominant alpha.
00:41:37Silence swallowed the room.
00:41:40Vanessa's smile shattered.
00:41:42Impossible!
00:41:43He cheated somehow!
00:41:47Leah shoved
00:41:48Eli.
00:41:52Bastard!
00:41:53You're stealing my place!
00:41:55Eli stumbled back
00:41:57but didn't fight back.
00:41:58Dominic reached out
00:41:59and pulled Eli
00:42:00behind him.
00:42:01The results are sealed.
00:42:02Anyone who speaks
00:42:03of this outside these grounds
00:42:04will be punished
00:42:05for treason.
00:42:06He said sealed
00:42:08but everyone saw it.
00:42:10The way he moved
00:42:10to shield Eli
00:42:11was faster than thought.
00:42:13I stood at the back
00:42:14of the crowd
00:42:14my chest aching.
00:42:18Margaret started coming
00:42:19to see Eli more often.
00:42:21She still didn't like me.
00:42:23Every time she looked at me
00:42:24her face turned cold
00:42:25but she brought warm medicine
00:42:27and little coats
00:42:28sized for a pup.
00:42:30Eli didn't understand
00:42:31why she came.
00:42:32He just called her politely.
00:42:33Hello grandma.
00:42:34Then he clapped his hand
00:42:36over his mouth.
00:42:37Sorry.
00:42:38I said it wrong.
00:42:39I don't have a grandma.
00:42:41Margaret's hands
00:42:42visibly stopped.
00:42:43During the silver moon
00:42:44ceremony preparations
00:42:45Leo was running around
00:42:47with silver relics
00:42:48and knocked over
00:42:48a candlestick.
00:42:49A shard of silver
00:42:50sliced Margaret's wrist open.
00:42:52The old wound reacted
00:42:53to the silver poison
00:42:54and her face went white.
00:42:56She collapsed
00:42:56where she stood.
00:42:58Everyone panicked.
00:43:00Vanessa only grabbed Leo
00:43:01terrified he'd be blamed.
00:43:03Eli pushed
00:43:04through the crowd.
00:43:05He knelt in front of Margaret
00:43:06and pressed his small hands
00:43:08over her bleeding wound.
00:43:09dark gold light
00:43:10flowed from his palms.
00:43:11Margaret's convulsing
00:43:12arm slowly relaxed.
00:43:14The healer arrived
00:43:16and his voice shook.
00:43:18A dominant alpha pup's
00:43:19healing instinct
00:43:20only activates
00:43:21to protect close bloodlines.
00:43:22Margaret looked at Eli.
00:43:28Her eyes went red
00:43:29for the first time.
00:43:32That night
00:43:33Margaret came to our side room.
00:43:35She stood outside the door
00:43:36for a long time
00:43:37before she spoke.
00:43:38Has he always been like this?
00:43:40Even when he was little?
00:43:41I tucked Eli blanket around him
00:43:43and answered quietly.
00:43:44He never had a father
00:43:45and he never had a pack.
00:43:46Protecting me
00:43:47was the first thing
00:43:48he learned how to do.
00:43:49Margaret's expression tightened.
00:43:51Eli stirred
00:43:52and opened his eyes
00:43:53still half asleep.
00:43:54Grandma
00:43:54does your hand still hurt?
00:43:56Margaret didn't answer
00:43:57right away.
00:43:58Eli thought he had called her
00:43:59the wrong thing again
00:44:00and hurried to apologize.
00:44:01Sorry
00:44:02I just think you smell
00:44:03like family.
00:44:04Margaret turned her face away
00:44:05and her voice came out
00:44:06rough.
00:44:07Go back to sleep.
00:44:09Before she left
00:44:10she set
00:44:11a small blackwood
00:44:12wolf crest button
00:44:13on the table.
00:44:14That was from Dominic's cloak
00:44:15when he was a child
00:44:16for the boy
00:44:17to calm his spirit.
00:44:19I stared at it.
00:44:20She didn't look at me.
00:44:22She just said
00:44:22very low.
00:44:24I don't like you.
00:44:28But the child
00:44:29has done nothing wrong.
00:44:30The door closed.
00:44:32I looked at that old button
00:44:33and the tears
00:44:34fell without sound.
00:44:40Eli really did it.
00:44:42He brought back
00:44:43the compassion
00:44:44I begged for
00:44:45and never received.
00:44:52Vanessa was panicking.
00:44:54She called a council
00:44:55of elders
00:44:56and demanded
00:44:57the mating ceremony
00:44:58be moved up.
00:44:58Dominic's wolfbane
00:44:59hasn't cleared.
00:45:00Territory rumors
00:45:01are spreading.
00:45:02Blackwood needs
00:45:03a luna ceremony
00:45:04to stabilize.
00:45:05Richard was silent
00:45:06for a long time.
00:45:08Then he nodded.
00:45:09Dominic didn't object.
00:45:11He sat at the head
00:45:12of the table
00:45:12face pale
00:45:13and his eyes
00:45:14landed on me
00:45:14before shifting
00:45:15quickly away.
00:45:16I heard the news
00:45:17while I was polishing
00:45:18the altar.
00:45:19Vanessa dropped
00:45:20the ring box
00:45:20in front of me.
00:45:22Polish it.
00:45:23Tomorrow you present
00:45:24it with your own hands.
00:45:25I picked up
00:45:26the box.
00:45:27My fingers
00:45:28were shaking.
00:45:29Vanessa leaned in
00:45:30her smile venomous.
00:45:31Look closely,
00:45:32Hazel.
00:45:33He might lose
00:45:33his mind around you
00:45:34but the person
00:45:35he marries
00:45:36at the end of all this
00:45:37will still be me.
00:45:40Eli stepped forward
00:45:41and lifted his chin.
00:45:43My mom doesn't
00:45:44want to watch.
00:45:45Vanessa's face
00:45:46darkened.
00:45:47Nobody asked you!
00:45:49She raised her arm
00:45:50to hit him.
00:45:51Alpha pressure
00:45:52swept through the room.
00:45:54Dominic stood
00:45:55at the altar doorway
00:45:56his eyes
00:45:57cold on her.
00:45:59No more scandals
00:46:01before the mating ceremony.
00:46:05I knelt to fasten
00:46:06the last silver clasp.
00:46:08The night before
00:46:08the ceremony
00:46:09I was forced
00:46:10into the dressing chamber
00:46:11to fasten
00:46:12Vanessa's gown.
00:46:13She stood in front
00:46:14of the mirror
00:46:15admiring herself.
00:46:16Tomorrow Dominic
00:46:17will kiss me
00:46:18in front of the entire pack.
00:46:19You'll be standing
00:46:20at the very back.
00:46:22Watch carefully.
00:46:23I knelt to fasten
00:46:24the last silver clasp.
00:46:25My fingers had gone numb.
00:46:28The door swung open.
00:46:30Dominic stood
00:46:30in the doorway.
00:46:31He saw me on my knees
00:46:32at Vanessa's feet
00:46:33and his gold eyes
00:46:35contracted hard.
00:46:36Vanessa moved toward him.
00:46:38Perfect timing.
00:46:39Tell me how I look.
00:46:40Dominic didn't look at her.
00:46:41His gaze was locked
00:46:42on my bent back
00:46:43and his breathing
00:46:44turned ragged.
00:46:45Get up.
00:46:46I froze.
00:46:47She's just a servant.
00:46:49I said
00:46:50get her up.
00:46:52Vanessa's smile
00:46:52stiffened.
00:46:53Dominic's voice
00:46:54dropped lower.
00:46:56I rose slowly.
00:46:58The wolf's bane flared
00:46:59as if something
00:47:00had triggered it
00:47:00and he grabbed
00:47:01his head swaying.
00:47:03Vanessa reached for him.
00:47:05He dodged her hand
00:47:07without thinking
00:47:07and seized my wrist instead.
00:47:11Everyone saw.
00:47:13Vanessa's eyes
00:47:14curdled with venom.
00:47:18Late that night
00:47:19Dominic dragged me
00:47:20into the gown room.
00:47:21He locked the door
00:47:22outside.
00:47:23The musicians
00:47:24were still rehearsing.
00:47:25Inside
00:47:26only his ragged breathing.
00:47:27He backed me
00:47:28against the racks of dresses
00:47:29his fangs grazing my throat.
00:47:32Tomorrow I marry her.
00:47:35His hands clamped
00:47:36around my waist
00:47:37hard enough
00:47:37to leave bruises.
00:47:39But my wolf
00:47:39has been screaming
00:47:40your name all night.
00:47:41I tried to push him away.
00:47:44He caught my wrists.
00:47:46Hazel
00:47:46curse me
00:47:47hate me
00:47:48just say something.
00:47:51I looked at him.
00:47:53The blood oath
00:47:54was an iron band
00:47:55around my throat.
00:47:56I couldn't say a word.
00:47:57He kissed me.
00:47:59Fierce
00:47:59chaotic
00:48:00like he was trying
00:48:01to pull three lost years
00:48:02out of my breath somehow.
00:48:04My eyes burned
00:48:04and I wrenched
00:48:05my face away.
00:48:07If you're going
00:48:07to marry her
00:48:09then don't touch me.
00:48:11Those words
00:48:12froze him completely.
00:48:13Dominic
00:48:14let me go slowly.
00:48:16His eyes
00:48:17were shattered.
00:48:18I know what I am.
00:48:20I just can't remember
00:48:22why I became this.
00:48:24He stepped back
00:48:24his voice
00:48:25raw.
00:48:26Tomorrow
00:48:27if I actually
00:48:28put that ring
00:48:29on her finger
00:48:29take Eli
00:48:31and leave.
00:48:34Ceremony day
00:48:35the entire
00:48:35Blackwood territory
00:48:36was draped
00:48:37in silver banners.
00:48:38I stood at the very back
00:48:39in my gray servant's dress
00:48:40holding the ring box.
00:48:41Vanessa walked down
00:48:42the aisle
00:48:43in the Luna gown
00:48:43I had fastened
00:48:44with my own hands.
00:48:45Dominic stood
00:48:46at the end of the altar.
00:48:47His face was blank.
00:48:48The priest
00:48:49finished the vows.
00:48:50Let the Alpha
00:48:51place the ring
00:48:52on his future Luna.
00:48:54I lowered my head
00:48:55and walked forward.
00:48:59I handed the ring box
00:49:00to Dominic.
00:49:02The moment his fingers
00:49:03touched it
00:49:04his whole body locked.
00:49:09The ring slipped out
00:49:10and hit the altar
00:49:11with a clean
00:49:12sharp sound.
00:49:15The entire pack
00:49:16gasped.
00:49:18Vanessa forced a smile
00:49:19and picked it up
00:49:20pressing it back
00:49:21into his hand.
00:49:24The wolf's back
00:49:25is affecting you.
00:49:26Just put it on
00:49:27and it'll be fine.
00:49:29Dominic stared at me
00:49:31agony
00:49:32twisting
00:49:33behind his eyes.
00:49:35This is wrong.
00:49:36Vanessa's face
00:49:37went white.
00:49:39Dominic stepped
00:49:40back slowly.
00:49:41The person
00:49:42standing beside me
00:49:43it shouldn't be you.
00:49:44Vanessa screamed.
00:49:46Dominic!
00:49:49Right then
00:49:49Ellie clutched
00:49:50his chest
00:49:51below the altar.
00:49:52His face went pale.
00:49:53The bloodline backlash
00:49:54triggered the altar's power
00:49:55exploded outward
00:49:56in a wave of gold energy.
00:49:58The Luna Oath
00:49:59fire went out.
00:50:03The ceremony
00:50:04dissolved into chaos.
00:50:07Eli collapsed
00:50:09curled in pain.
00:50:13I lunged toward him
00:50:14but the altar pressure
00:50:15knocked me to my knees.
00:50:17Dominic moved
00:50:17faster than anyone.
00:50:19He shoved through
00:50:19the circle of elders
00:50:20and dropped to one knee
00:50:21beside Eli
00:50:22slamming his palm
00:50:23over the child's chest.
00:50:24Gold light poured
00:50:25into him in a violent rush.
00:50:27Dominic's face
00:50:27went white
00:50:28and the wolf's vein marks
00:50:29climbed his cheeks.
00:50:30He clenched his jaw
00:50:31and did not let go.
00:50:32Eli slowly calmed.
00:50:33Nobody spoke.
00:50:34The healer's voice
00:50:35trembled.
00:50:36The Luna Oath fire
00:50:38was snuffed out
00:50:39by a direct
00:50:40air's bloodline.
00:50:42No force
00:50:42other than
00:50:42same source.
00:50:44Vanessa's voice
00:50:45went shrill.
00:50:46He's fake!
00:50:47He's a monster
00:50:48bred on forbidden drugs!
00:50:50Dominic looked up
00:50:51at her.
00:50:53His eyes
00:50:54were ice.
00:50:55Then let's test him.
00:50:57Right now.
00:50:59Richard's face
00:51:00was a storm.
00:51:02Activate the bloodline array.
00:51:03Vanessa stepped back.
00:51:05For the first time
00:51:06panic was real
00:51:07on her face.
00:51:09I held Eli
00:51:10and watched
00:51:10the gold light rise again
00:51:11over the altar.
00:51:13My heart beat so hard
00:51:15I thought it might
00:51:15break through my ribs.
00:51:17The truth I had carried
00:51:18for three years
00:51:18was finally being dragged
00:51:20into the light.
00:51:22The bloodline array
00:51:23unfolded at the center
00:51:24of the altar.
00:51:25Dominic cut
00:51:26his fingertip.
00:51:28The healer drew
00:51:28a drop from Eli.
00:51:30Both drops
00:51:31fell into the heart
00:51:31of the array
00:51:32and gold light
00:51:33blasted into the sky.
00:51:34The blood thread
00:51:35spiraled
00:51:36and fused
00:51:36into one.
00:51:37The healer
00:51:38dropped to his knees
00:51:39his voice cracking.
00:51:41Direct bloodline
00:51:42father and son
00:51:44confirmed.
00:51:46Silence
00:51:46swallowed everything.
00:51:48Margaret pressed
00:51:49her hand to her mouth
00:51:50and tears spilled over.
00:51:51Richard's cane
00:51:52slammed against the floor
00:51:53and his face
00:51:54turned gray.
00:51:55Vanessa lunged forward.
00:51:57Impossible!
00:51:59The last test
00:52:00was contaminated.
00:52:01He was bred on drugs.
00:52:03It's a lie!
00:52:05Dominic
00:52:05looked at her
00:52:06coldly.
00:52:07The last test
00:52:08was contaminated.
00:52:09How do you know that?
00:52:10Vanessa went rigid.
00:52:12Right then,
00:52:13Leo doubled
00:52:14over below the altar
00:52:15clutching his stomach
00:52:16convulsing on the ground.
00:52:17The healer rushed
00:52:18to him
00:52:19and pushed up
00:52:19his sleeve.
00:52:20Needle marks
00:52:21dozens of them
00:52:22exposed in front
00:52:23of everyone.
00:52:24Bloodlines
00:52:24stimulant injections.
00:52:26Long-term use
00:52:27like this
00:52:27destroys a pup's
00:52:28foundation.
00:52:29Leo sobbed,
00:52:30his voice
00:52:31breaking.
00:52:33Mom,
00:52:33I don't want
00:52:34any more needles!
00:52:35All the blood
00:52:36drained
00:52:36from Vanessa's face.
00:52:40Every pair of eyes
00:52:41in the hall
00:52:42locked onto Vanessa.
00:52:44She wrapped her arms
00:52:45around Leo,
00:52:46her voice
00:52:47shrill
00:52:48and shaking.
00:52:49I just wanted
00:52:50to make him stronger!
00:52:52I did it for Blackwood!
00:52:54Richard
00:52:55roared.
00:52:58For Blackwood?
00:53:00Or for your seat
00:53:02as Luna?
00:53:03Vanessa's head
00:53:03snapped up,
00:53:05her eyes
00:53:06wild.
00:53:07If you hadn't
00:53:08told me
00:53:08three years ago
00:53:09that Dominic
00:53:10was infertile,
00:53:11would I have needed
00:53:12to adopt this
00:53:13child?
00:53:14If Hazel
00:53:15had never
00:53:16come back,
00:53:17I would already
00:53:19be Luna!
00:53:20She yanked
00:53:21a thin chain
00:53:21from inside
00:53:22her collar.
00:53:23Dangling from it
00:53:25was a charred
00:53:25shard of wolf fang.
00:53:27Dominic,
00:53:28look!
00:53:29This is what
00:53:30you gave me
00:53:31three years ago!
00:53:33She stole
00:53:34my place!
00:53:34The moment
00:53:35I saw that shard,
00:53:36the blood oath
00:53:37flared.
00:53:37It was like
00:53:38silver hooks
00:53:39tearing through
00:53:40my throat.
00:53:41Blood spilled
00:53:42from the corner
00:53:42of my mouth.
00:53:43Dominic's pupils
00:53:44contracted violently.
00:53:46He looked at me,
00:53:48then at the shard.
00:53:49Why does she bleed
00:53:51every time
00:53:52you pull that out?
00:53:55Vanessa
00:53:55stumbled
00:53:56backward.
00:53:58She's faking it!
00:54:01Dominic
00:54:01walked toward her.
00:54:03Give it to me.
00:54:07Vanessa clutched
00:54:08the shard,
00:54:08refusing to let go.
00:54:10Dominic seized
00:54:11her wrist
00:54:11and pried her fingers
00:54:12open.
00:54:13The moment
00:54:14the fang shard
00:54:15landed in his path,
00:54:16the ancient array
00:54:17blazed to life.
00:54:18Silver and black
00:54:19images unfurled
00:54:20in my neck.
00:54:21Three years ago,
00:54:23Dominic fastening
00:54:23the full fang talisman
00:54:24around my neck.
00:54:25Wear it.
00:54:27Without my scent,
00:54:28rogues will tear you
00:54:29apart.
00:54:30The scene shifted,
00:54:31Richard forcing me
00:54:33to swear the blood oath,
00:54:34the healer cutting
00:54:35the talisman
00:54:36with silver shears.
00:54:39Dominic on the sick,
00:54:41bed coughing,
00:54:42black blood,
00:54:43snarling in his coma.
00:54:45Do not take it.
00:54:47Do not let her leave.
00:54:50Then,
00:54:50the last image appeared,
00:54:52Vanessa slipping
00:54:53the broken shard
00:54:54from beside the fire
00:54:55and hiding it
00:54:56in her palm.
00:54:57Dead silence.
00:54:58I was on my knees,
00:55:00blood dripping
00:55:00from my mouth.
00:55:02The blood oath
00:55:03was still ripping
00:55:03through me
00:55:04because the truth
00:55:05had finally been revealed.
00:55:06Not by my voice,
00:55:07but by the talisman
00:55:09of itself.
00:55:10Dominic turned to me,
00:55:11his face,
00:55:12bone,
00:55:13white.
00:55:14They drove you out.
00:55:16You were carrying
00:55:17my child.
00:55:19I opened my mouth
00:55:20and the blood oath
00:55:22clamped down
00:55:23one last time.
00:55:24Yes.
00:55:25The word escaped
00:55:26and the blood oath
00:55:28shattered.
00:55:31The moment the blood oath
00:55:33broke,
00:55:33my body gave out.
00:55:35Dominic caught me
00:55:35before I hit the ground.
00:55:38His arms were shaking
00:55:39so hard he could
00:55:40barely hold me.
00:55:41Memory fragments
00:55:42detonated behind his eyes,
00:55:44restraints on the headboard.
00:55:45The fanged talisman,
00:55:47me kneeling beside his sickbed,
00:55:48trying to tell him
00:55:49about the pregnancy
00:55:50while they dragged me out.
00:55:51Him reaching for me
00:55:52in his coma,
00:55:53fingers grasping at nothing.
00:55:55A sound like a wounded
00:55:57animal tore
00:55:57from Dominic's clit.
00:55:59Hazel!
00:56:01I remember.
00:56:02I looked up at him,
00:56:03my voice so faint,
00:56:05it was barely there.
00:56:06Then you must also remember
00:56:07that you never marked me.
00:56:09You never claimed me.
00:56:10You told me I didn't even
00:56:11deserve to kneel
00:56:12at your bed.
00:56:13Dominic's whole body
00:56:14went rigid.
00:56:15Those words cut harder
00:56:17than all of Vanessa's crimes
00:56:18put together,
00:56:19because every single one of them
00:56:21came from his own mouth.
00:56:23Eli threw himself
00:56:24beside me,
00:56:25sobbing,
00:56:26grabbing my hand.
00:56:27Mommy,
00:56:27can we go home now?
00:56:29Dominic looked at Eli,
00:56:31and his eyes
00:56:32slowly reddened.
00:56:34Eli.
00:56:34Eli lifted his chin.
00:56:36His eyes were fierce.
00:56:38Do not call me like that.
00:56:40You didn't protect
00:56:41my mom before.
00:56:42That one sentence
00:56:44silenced
00:56:45the entire altar.
00:56:49The trial began quickly.
00:56:51Vanessa knelt
00:56:52in the center
00:56:52of the council hall.
00:56:53The fang shard,
00:56:54the contaminated blood samples,
00:56:56the stimulant needles
00:56:57from Leo's arms
00:56:58were all laid out
00:56:58in front of him.
00:57:00Dominic sat above her,
00:57:01his face frighteningly pale,
00:57:03his gold eyes
00:57:03frozen over.
00:57:05Vanessa tried to cry.
00:57:06I love you, Dominic.
00:57:07I was just scared
00:57:08this weak Omega
00:57:09would destroy you.
00:57:11Dominic cut her off.
00:57:12You weren't scared
00:57:13I'd be destroyed.
00:57:14You were scared
00:57:15that the moment
00:57:16I remembered
00:57:16the first person
00:57:17I'd look for
00:57:17wouldn't be you.
00:57:18Every trace of color
00:57:19drained from her face.
00:57:21Richard was questioned
00:57:22by the elders.
00:57:23He sat in silence
00:57:24for a long time
00:57:25before admitting
00:57:26that he had forced me
00:57:27into a blood oath
00:57:27and adopted Leo
00:57:29as heir to secure
00:57:30Blackwood's future.
00:57:33Margaret stood up,
00:57:34her voice raw.
00:57:35I'm guilty too.
00:57:37I look down on her rank.
00:57:38I let them throw her out.
00:57:39She walked to me
00:57:40and looked down
00:57:41at Eli.
00:57:43Child,
00:57:46I'm sorry.
00:57:47Eli stayed behind me.
00:57:49He didn't forgive her
00:57:50right away.
00:57:51Margaret's eyes went red
00:57:52but she didn't push him.
00:57:56Vanessa was stripped
00:57:57of her Luna candidacy
00:57:58and thrown into
00:57:58the black cells.
00:58:00Leo was taken
00:58:00to the medical ward
00:58:01for treatment.
00:58:02Before they led him away,
00:58:04he looked at Eli,
00:58:05crying.
00:58:06I won't call you
00:58:07a bastard anymore.
00:58:08Eli watched him
00:58:09for a moment
00:58:10and said,
00:58:11quietly,
00:58:11You weren't a bad kid.
00:58:15She just taught you wrong.
00:58:17When Margaret heard that,
00:58:18the tears finally fell.
00:58:20Dominic stood before
00:58:21the entire pack
00:58:22and declared Eli
00:58:23his direct heir.
00:58:25Eli Reed
00:58:26is my son.
00:58:28The pack dropped
00:58:29to their knees
00:58:29but Eli didn't walk
00:58:31toward him.
00:58:32He pressed himself
00:58:33against my leg
00:58:34and held on tight.
00:58:36Dominic watched this
00:58:37and the pain in his eyes
00:58:38and the pain in his eyes
00:58:39was unmistakable.
00:58:40He turned to me
00:58:41and dropped to one knee.
00:58:43Hazel,
00:58:44what I owe you
00:58:46can't be repaid
00:58:47with a title.
00:58:48He took the alpha crest
00:58:50from his own chest
00:58:51and said it
00:58:52in front of Eli.
00:58:55From this day forward,
00:58:56no one will ever
00:58:58call you a bastard again.
00:58:59Eli looked at the crest
00:59:01but didn't pick it up.
00:59:03Will you protect my mom first?
00:59:06From now on?
00:59:07Dominic's voice
00:59:08nearly broke.
00:59:10Yes,
00:59:11with my life.
00:59:15Everyone thought
00:59:16I would stay.
00:59:17Dominic had his memories back.
00:59:19Eli was recognized.
00:59:21Vanessa was in a black cell.
00:59:23Even Margaret
00:59:23had bowed her head
00:59:24and apologized to me.
00:59:25But I just took Eli's hand.
00:59:28Dominic stood in front of me,
00:59:29his face whiter
00:59:30than it had ever been
00:59:31during the worst
00:59:32of the Wolfsbane.
00:59:33Hazel,
00:59:34don't go.
00:59:35Give me a chance
00:59:36to make this right.
00:59:37I looked at him,
00:59:38the knights locked
00:59:39to the headboard,
00:59:40the humiliation
00:59:41of being treated
00:59:42like a possession.
00:59:43That pregnancy report,
00:59:45I never got to show anyone
00:59:47as they threw me out.
00:59:48It all surged up
00:59:49in my chest.
00:59:50You can be Eli's father,
00:59:52but I'm not something
00:59:53you lost and found.
00:59:54His eyes went red,
00:59:55his throat moved violently,
00:59:57but he didn't try
00:59:58to stop me.
00:59:59Eli looked up at him.
01:00:01Daddy,
01:00:02you need to learn
01:00:03how to wait
01:00:04for Mom
01:00:05to want to come back.
01:00:07Dominic crouched down
01:00:08and,
01:00:08for the first time,
01:00:09held him gently.
01:00:10I'll wait.
01:00:12I led Eli
01:00:13out of the Blackwood
01:00:14Council Hall.
01:00:15The sun hit my face.
01:00:16I was finally
01:00:17not someone's weak Omega,
01:00:18someone's secret mate,
01:00:19or someone's servant.
01:00:21I was Hazel Reed,
01:00:22Eli's mother,
01:00:23and the one
01:00:24who could finally
01:00:24choose for herself
01:00:25whether to stay
01:00:26or go.
01:00:26This time,
01:00:28I'll be the one
01:00:29waiting for you.
01:00:31I'll be the one
01:00:31for you.
01:00:32I'll be the one
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