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00:00:02The day I found out I was pregnant with twins, I saw my mate, Alpha Vigo, bringing another she-wolf
00:00:08to her prenatal checkup.
00:00:10I froze on the spot, the pregnancy report crumpling in my fist.
00:00:14That night, at the PAX feast, he made demands of me in front of everyone.
00:00:17She's carrying my pup. Her wolf is unstable. You will brew her calming tonics every single day.
00:00:23She's sensitive. She can't sleep without my scent.
00:00:26So move your things to the West Wing. Make room for her.
00:00:29The huge villa fell deathly silent. My wolf howled, a sharp, wounded cry.
00:00:33Pain from our mate bond ripped through my soul, but I didn't shed a single tear.
00:00:37I just calmly grabbed the suitcase I'd already packed and walked toward the door.
00:00:41The guards tried to stop me, but Vigo didn't even glance up.
00:00:44She'll be back, he said, swirling the wine in his glass. His alpha arrogance on full display.
00:00:50Three days, that's all she'll last. Her wolf will drive her mad without my touch. She'll come crawling back begging.
00:00:55The clansmen and allies who'd come to our feast burst into loud laughter.
00:00:59A few of them even made a bet right in front of me, waging a million dollar Aurora iron mine.
00:01:04She doesn't look like a luna at all, scurrying around like a stray dog.
00:01:07Let me guess how long Nysa can hold out. Lone wolves without a mate don't fare well out in the
00:01:10wild.
00:01:10I bet two days.
00:01:11No, not even two days. She'll be begging Vigro to take her back before midnight.
00:01:14Tears streaming down her face.
00:01:16But they had no idea. My birth father had already secretly sent our family token.
00:01:21I am the heir to Dawncrest, the most powerful park in the south.
00:01:25I would leave at once.
00:01:27This time, I would shatter our bond for good.
00:01:38Vigro, I'm the one leaving you this time.
00:01:43The chief healer grazed at the ultrasound, his voice filled with awe.
00:01:47The pups are very strong, Luna.
00:01:49Their power signature is astonishing.
00:01:52They are without question the strongest airs I have ever seen.
00:01:55I listened in silence, my fingers clenching the fabric of my dress.
00:01:59Healer, can I get rid of them?
00:02:01The healer stared at me, his eye with wings.
00:02:03Luna, have you lost your mind? These are the alpha's airs.
00:02:06Is this the pregnancy sickness talking?
00:02:09Perhaps you should bring the alpha with me.
00:02:11My mouth twisted in a bitter smile.
00:02:14Bring him here?
00:02:15He was probably at another woman's side right now.
00:02:18I laid a hand on my still flat stomach,
00:02:20feeling the two faint but resilient sparks of left life within me.
00:02:23My heart clenched pain in the end.
00:02:25I couldn't bring myself to destroy my own flesh and blood.
00:02:28I turned and left the healer's office in silence.
00:02:30The moment I returned to the pack manor,
00:02:32which was alive with preparations for the full moon feast,
00:02:35I ran right into Vigro.
00:02:36Nice year. Perfect timing.
00:02:38Take off that bracelet. Give it to Odette.
00:02:40I instinctively covered the moon heart stone bracelet on my wrist.
00:02:43It was my mother's last gift to me.
00:02:45When I was a child, dying,
00:02:47she spent 99 days on her knees in the moon temple,
00:02:51praying for this divine stone to save me.
00:02:53It was the only thing that could calm my unstable wolf.
00:02:57I hadn't taken it off since I was seven.
00:02:59On the night of our mating ceremony,
00:03:01Vingro had kissed this very bracelet and made a promise.
00:03:04I will stay by your side forever, just like this stone.
00:03:09Vingro, this is...
00:03:10I heard my own strained voice.
00:03:12I know what it is.
00:03:14He cut me off, his tone chillingly casual.
00:03:16But Odell is just an Omega.
00:03:18The pregnancy is hard on her.
00:03:22She needs the moon heart stone far more than you do.
00:03:27I clenched my fists, searching his face.
00:03:30The mate bond flared with pain again as he focused on Odette's needs.
00:03:34That's when I knew he was serious.
00:03:36He saw me clutch my chest in agony.
00:03:38His gaze faltered.
00:03:39For a heartbeat,
00:03:40I saw a flicker of regret in his dark eyes.
00:03:43But just as quickly,
00:03:44the cold mask of cruelty slammed back into place.
00:03:46He looked straight at me.
00:03:47There are plenty of jewels in the pack vault I can give you as compensation.
00:03:51You're a beta.
00:03:52Your wolf is strong.
00:03:54Let her have it.
00:03:55Let her have it.
00:03:55Those many words.
00:03:56Again.
00:03:57I'd lost count of how many times I'd heard them.
00:03:59I remembered the last time my wolf was acting up.
00:04:02I forced myself to attend an alliance banquet.
00:04:04Vago, I don't feel well.
00:04:06I need you.
00:04:06On the way back,
00:04:07Vago left me in the snow 50 kilometers from our territory.
00:04:10Just because Odette whined that she was feeling unwell
00:04:13and wanted him with her immediately.
00:04:15Get out.
00:04:16Odette needs me.
00:04:17But...
00:04:18I said, get out.
00:04:21That night,
00:04:22I walked for eight hours in a blizzard.
00:04:25My feet went numb.
00:04:27Every breath I took tasted like blood.
00:04:30And him?
00:04:31He was in a warm bed,
00:04:33whispering comforts to his new favorite.
00:04:35Thinking of that,
00:04:36I gave in.
00:04:38No matter what I did,
00:04:39he would always choose her if she just said the word, wouldn't he?
00:04:42I glanced down at my belly.
00:04:44I was carrying his pups too.
00:04:47Fine.
00:04:48Fine.
00:04:48I said, walking toward Odette.
00:04:50My voice was soft.
00:04:51I hope it protects you and the baby.
00:04:53My hands trembled as I undid the clasp.
00:04:56The moon heart stone glowed with a soft silver light under the crystal chandeliers.
00:05:01The moment I fastened the bracelet on Odette's wrist,
00:05:05Vago smiled, satisfied.
00:05:08See?
00:05:09If you just listened...
00:05:11Before he could finish, the chain, always so strong, suddenly snapped.
00:05:17The moon heart stone hit the floor and shattered into a dozen pieces.
00:05:21The broken crystals wished a chaotic storm of energy.
00:05:24A stinging silver light filled the air.
00:05:28It hurts.
00:05:30My wolf, our pup.
00:05:31Odette!
00:05:32Heal her now!
00:05:35Vigo lunged forward, pulling her into a protective embrace.
00:05:39He whipped his head around to face me, his eyes blazing of furious, beastly gold.
00:05:43He glared at me as if I were a traitor.
00:05:46Despite his coldness, I remembered him holding me just like that when I was sick,
00:05:50staying by my bedside for three days and three nights.
00:05:53Now, our pack members and allies,
00:05:55the people I once considered fam just stood there watching indifferently
00:05:58as their luna was publicly cast aside by her alpha.
00:06:01I couldn't take it anymore.
00:06:03I grabbed my suitcase and turned to leave.
00:06:05But in the next second,
00:06:07a crushing alpha command froze me in place.
00:06:10An invisible force dragged me back toward the broken shards.
00:06:13Use your blood to calm her out-of-control wolf.
00:06:17Before I could react,
00:06:18Vigo slammed my palm down onto the sharpest spread of the Moonheart stone.
00:06:23Does it hurt?
00:06:25You deserve this.
00:06:30Agony ripped through me.
00:06:32Blood gushed from the wound, dripping onto the broken crystals.
00:06:36Miraculously, my blood did soothe the chaotic energy.
00:06:40Odette's pained whimpers began to subside.
00:06:43Vigo stared down at me.
00:06:44Only when he felt the pain from my wolf and saw my blooded hand
00:06:47did his own fingers twit at his side.
00:06:50He finally let go.
00:06:52Don't pretend to be generous if you're not going to.
00:06:54You pulled this little stunt.
00:06:56Don't you think you should apologize?
00:06:58In that moment,
00:07:00I remembered all the humiliating apologies from the past year.
00:07:05Apologizing for interrupting their dates.
00:07:08Apologizing because the calming tonic I brewed didn't suit Odette's taste.
00:07:17Apologizing for walking in on on her kissing him in his office.
00:07:27Every single time, the mate bond would flare with agony.
00:07:30And every single time, the result was the same.
00:07:33I was forced to submit.
00:07:35I fought back the whine of my wolf,
00:07:37clenching my fists until blood filled my palm,
00:07:40letting the pain replace the urge to cry.
00:07:42Then, I straightened my spide bind and I bowed.
00:07:46Three times.
00:07:47A complete, humiliating submission to an Omega.
00:07:50Is that enough?
00:07:51I lifted my head.
00:07:52A numb smile stretched across my pale face.
00:07:57He looked into my empty eyes and his chest tightened.
00:08:01He let go of my hand and grabbed my chin as if to hide his reaction.
00:08:06You're all alone now.
00:08:07Who else do you have but me?
00:08:09Who are you trying to impress with this arrogant act?
00:08:13Then he shoved me away and turned to lift Odletha,
00:08:17carrying her toward the medical wing.
00:08:20He stepped right over the pool of my blood.
00:08:26I slowly got to my feet,
00:08:29looking at the bleeding wound on my palm.
00:08:34My mother's moon heart stone was shattered beyond repair.
00:08:38Just like our ten years together,
00:08:40I walked to the main door,
00:08:43step by step, stopping by the trash can.
00:08:47From my pocket,
00:08:49I pulled out the silk handkerchief soaked in my blood.
00:08:52His initials were still embroidered on it.
00:08:56I opened my fingers,
00:08:58the handkerchief fluttered into the trash.
00:09:00Just like him.
00:09:02Just like the love I once had for him.
00:09:04Garbage.
00:09:05Viggo,
00:09:06I don't want you anymore.
00:09:16I didn't make it out of the territory.
00:09:18Just before I could reach the guards sent to retrieve me,
00:09:21Viggo's men dragged me like captured prey
00:09:23to the dark, underground ritual chamber.
00:09:26Let go of me!
00:09:29What are you going to do to me?
00:09:33The cold stone altar,
00:09:35the ancient runes,
00:09:36the chilling ceremonial tools.
00:09:39They bound me tightly to the altar.
00:09:41Silver chains, cold as ice,
00:09:43shackled my wrists and ankles.
00:09:45Every time I struggled,
00:09:46the silver seared angry red marks into my skin.
00:09:49Let me go!
00:09:50Viggo!
00:09:52The door opened.
00:09:54Viggo strode in,
00:09:56followed by the pack's healer.
00:10:01The white-haired old man trembled
00:10:03as he examined my wounds,
00:10:05then turned to Vig.
00:10:07Alpha,
00:10:08the pup in Odette's womb
00:10:10is very unstable from the energy blast.
00:10:13The healer said,
00:10:15his voice filled with worry.
00:10:17It needs to be nourished with life force and the Luna.
00:10:20She is the only option.
00:10:22Then begin.
00:10:23Viggo said,
00:10:25his face a blank mask.
00:10:29What?
00:10:30The healer said cautiously,
00:10:33this kind of forced life-draining ritual
00:10:36is extremely harmful to the giver.
00:10:39It could permanently damage the Luna's wolf.
00:10:44My blood ran cold.
00:10:47Permanently damaged my wolf?
00:10:48I knew exactly what that meant.
00:10:51It meant I would be stripped of my wolf.
00:10:53I would become a shell.
00:10:56Powerless.
00:10:58Lower than an Omega.
00:11:00You said it could.
00:11:02That means it's not a certainty.
00:11:04Viggo said coldly.
00:11:06She was protected by the Moonheart Stone for years.
00:11:09She'll be fine.
00:11:11Prepare the ritual.
00:11:15No, Viggo, you can't.
00:11:22My wolf thrasked inside me,
00:11:25howling in despair.
00:11:26I couldn't believe it.
00:11:28The man who once swore to protect me with his life
00:11:31was now about to destroy everything I was.
00:11:36Seeing the shock on my face,
00:11:38Viggo walked to the altar.
00:11:40He reached out and stroked my cold cheek.
00:11:43His rough thumb trembled just for a second.
00:11:46His voice was almost gentle.
00:11:49Just bear it for a little while.
00:11:51It'll be over soon.
00:11:52The words of a butcher coaxing a lamb to the slaughter.
00:11:55The ritual began.
00:11:57Ancient runes around me lit up,
00:11:59their blood-red glow stinging my eyes.
00:12:01I felt my life force being siphoned away.
00:12:05Fred, my painful Fred,
00:12:07feeding the woman in the next room.
00:12:09My wolf fought violently.
00:12:11The mate bond screamed with a pain that tore me apart.
00:12:15I couldn't stop a groan of agony.
00:12:18Endure it.
00:12:20For my heir.
00:12:21I desperately told myself to accept it.
00:12:24This was the final price for our ten-year bond.
00:12:27And then, I sent a silent, frastic prayer to the moon goddess.
00:12:32My twins.
00:12:34My pups.
00:12:35They could not be harmed.
00:12:37Halfway through the ritual,
00:12:38my body started to go cold and convult.
00:12:41I could barely breathe.
00:12:43I felt the drain of my life force slowing.
00:12:47And I thought the cruel ritual was finally ending.
00:12:50But just then,
00:12:52a weak moan came from the next room.
00:12:55Viggo,
00:12:56Am I going to die?
00:12:59It hurts?
00:13:01My pup?
00:13:03Viggo's movement to embrace me stopped.
00:13:07His hand froze in midair.
00:13:10He turned and ordered the healer.
00:13:13Continue the ritual.
00:13:15Strengthen the transfer.
00:13:16The healer's eyes went wide with shock.
00:13:19Alpha, any more will kill her!
00:13:21She is carrying my heir.
00:13:24Viggo's voice was a blade of ice.
00:13:29She is the priority.
00:13:31My voice came out as a raw whisper.
00:13:34Do, do, do as he says.
00:13:39As long as this could all be over.
00:13:41As long as he would let me go.
00:13:42After this, let me go.
00:13:47Viggo's face changed.
00:13:48The guilt and connection in his eyes vanished, replaced by a hard coldness.
00:13:54The insecurity hidden beneath his arrogance erupted.
00:13:59Enough!
00:14:00He snored.
00:14:02Stop threatening to leave me.
00:14:03You know you can't live without me.
00:14:06Your life, your wolf, it all belongs to me.
00:14:11Behave, and I'll make it up to you.
00:14:13Before my weak body could respond, Odetch's call came again.
00:14:18Viggo, I'm scared.
00:14:23He turned and left without a second thought, going to his Omega's side, leaving me to endure this lethal pain
00:14:29alone.
00:14:33In my agony, I remembered that inspection tour at the mines a few years ago.
00:14:41I was gravely injured by an energy blast, on the brink of death, and Viggo heard the news.
00:14:47He immediately abandoned an important alliance meeting and rushed back.
00:14:51He never left my side, watching over me for three days and three nights without sleep.
00:14:56Nysa, wake up, please.
00:14:58When I finally woke up, healed, he was so thrilled he rewarded every healer who had helped me,
00:15:04and announced the good news to the entire pack.
00:15:08Late that night, when it was just the two of us, he couldn't hold back any longer.
00:15:13He pressed me into the bed, kissing me over and over.
00:15:18Promise me you'll never leave, okay?
00:15:20He stroked the mating mark on my neck and entered me.
00:15:23His love so deep it threatened to consume me.
00:15:26Back then, I thought that love would last forever.
00:15:29But everything changed when he found the agreement.
00:15:32The agreement my pack had signed with his father.
00:15:35Me, the Luna empowered by the Moonheart Stone, traded for ten vital mining territories that saved my pack.
00:15:45He was furious.
00:15:46He believed all my past affection for him had been a lie.
00:15:49It didn't matter how many times I explained, I knew nothing about it.
00:15:54It didn't matter that I told him both I and my wolf truly loved him.
00:15:58All that was left in his eyes was suspicion and indifference.
00:16:01All the love vanished in an instant.
00:16:04And now, as my life force drained away faster and faster,
00:16:08I sank into darkness and passed out.
00:16:11Finally, am I paying you back for everything?
00:16:15I'm so tired.
00:16:18Viga, we're even now.
00:16:26Two days later, I woke up in the medical center.
00:16:30I could feel my wolf was now just a faint whisper inside me.
00:16:35I couldn't stop coughing, even just sitting up.
00:16:40Tears streamed down my face, beyond my control.
00:16:43I could never be a warrior again.
00:16:46My beta strength was gone.
00:16:48Then the next second, I felt it.
00:16:51A faint flutter of life from deep within my belly.
00:16:54Relief washed over me.
00:16:56My pups are still here.
00:16:58Thank the goddess.
00:16:59You're still protecting your mama.
00:17:04You're awake.
00:17:05Vigo walked in with a bowl of warm brew.
00:17:10Drink this.
00:17:12Get your strength back.
00:17:13Are you uncomfortable anywhere else?
00:17:15But I had no energy left to respond to his half-hearted concern.
00:17:20I fought back the wave of Nasa that came with the pregnancy.
00:17:24And stared at him, my eyes blank.
00:17:28Like he was a complete stranger.
00:17:31Hand me my phone.
00:17:33My voice was polite and distant.
00:17:36He hesitated for a second, then did as I asked.
00:17:41The screen showed dozens of unread messages, all from the same unknown encrypted channel.
00:17:46Maybe my attitude was starting to make him panic.
00:17:49For the first time in ages, he actually showed interest in my affairs.
00:17:53Who is this?
00:17:54He asked with a frown.
00:17:56Someone you don't know.
00:17:57I said flatly.
00:17:59Nasa!
00:18:00He snared, grabbing my chin.
00:18:02How long will you keep up this cold act?
00:18:04I'm feeding you myself.
00:18:06What more could you possibly want?
00:18:13A dull ache started in my chest, but I looked away.
00:18:19This rage of his was so familiar.
00:18:23Before, whenever he got angry, I would frantically try to soothe him.
00:18:27But now, my weakened wolf left me exhausted and in pain.
00:18:32I didn't have any energy left to care about his feelings.
00:18:35Just then, through our still solid mate bond, I felt Odette calling for him.
00:18:40I closed my eyes and spoke softly.
00:18:44Your omega is looking for you, Alpha.
00:18:47Vigo froze.
00:18:48The fire in his eyes vanished, replaced by a flash of stung embarrassment.
00:18:54Then, he got up and left the room to answer the mind link.
00:19:00I watched him go and picked up my phone.
00:19:03The voice on the other end was frantic.
00:19:06Nylia, you promised you were coming back.
00:19:08Our people were waiting, but you never showed.
00:19:10Don't you want to return to the pack?
00:19:12I've prepared everything for you.
00:19:13Please, just come back for a short visit.
00:19:16Is that okay?
00:19:17Listening to his anxious concern, my voice became warmer than it had been in years.
00:19:21There was a little accident.
00:19:23Don't worry.
00:19:24Give me a few more days.
00:19:25I'll be there soon.
00:19:29When Vigo walked back in, the ghost of a smile from my call was still on my lips.
00:19:34He stopped.
00:19:36His deep, gray eyes stared at me, as if trying to burn the expression into his memory.
00:19:41I hadn't smiled like that, so genuinely happy in front of him for a very long time.
00:19:47And this smile wasn't for him.
00:19:49His lips tightened.
00:19:51He looked like he wanted to ask something.
00:19:53But in the end, he just picked up the medical report from the table.
00:19:57Rest well.
00:19:58His voice was a bit stiff.
00:20:00You are still the luna of this pack.
00:20:03Then he turned and left without another glance.
00:20:07After all, the pup he had to care for was waiting for him.
00:20:10For the next four days, Vigar didn't come back.
00:20:16Instead, my phone buzzed constantly with notifications from the pack's social feed.
00:20:22Video after video.
00:20:23Vigo taking Odetta to various alliance dinners.
00:20:28He even scented her in public, pressing his glane to her neck to claim her.
00:20:33A possessive act reserved only for a true mate.
00:20:36His arm was wrapped around her waist as he introduced her to other alphas.
00:20:41He draped his jacket over her shoulders and nuzzled her neck.
00:20:45The entire pack was buzzing.
00:20:47Vigro and Odell share such a deep, loving bond.
00:20:50I'm so envious of their love.
00:20:52The day I was discharged, Viggy posted nine photos online.
00:20:55On his private jet, his suit jacket was draped on Odella's shoulders as they held hands looking down at the
00:21:01city lights.
00:21:02The caption was simple.
00:21:04The future is bright.
00:21:06I left a comment.
00:21:08Congratulations to the Alpha and his future Luna.
00:21:11May you bring glory to the pack.
00:21:17After posting, I turned off my phone.
00:21:19Ten minutes later, it started vibrating like crazy.
00:21:25Call after call from Vigo.
00:21:27I didn't answer a single one.
00:21:30After finishing my discharge paperwork,
00:21:32I was passing the Pup Rating Center when I heard familiar voices.
00:21:36Through the half-open door,
00:21:38I saw Vigar and Odetta getting a routine checkup.
00:21:41The Alpha is so considerate.
00:21:44He even carries you everywhere.
00:21:48I heard he rushes to your side the moment you feel the slightest disfeminced.
00:21:52A true model mate.
00:21:54I didn't have the strength to correct them.
00:21:57Odette wasn't his official mate yet.
00:22:00But she would be soon, wouldn't she?
00:22:04Without thinking, my hand drifted to rest on my stomach.
00:22:09My pups, they don't need a father like him, do they?
00:22:14I was about to slip away when a voice behind me cut through the air.
00:22:19What are you doing here?
00:22:28I turned.
00:22:30Vigo was staring at me, his eyes sharp,
00:22:33as if interrogating an intruder with bad intentions.
00:22:39I knew what he was really asking.
00:22:41Why didn't I answer his calls?
00:22:44Why did I leave that comment?
00:22:46But I didn't want to explain anymore.
00:22:49I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be here.
00:22:51I instinctively lowered my head.
00:22:53I was just passing by.
00:22:55I wasn't following you.
00:22:57It was a habit.
00:22:58A submissive posture herned over nine years of shame.
00:23:03I started to turn away, but his cold voice stopped me.
00:23:08Wait.
00:23:09I stopped.
00:23:11Odette peeked her head out of the examine room.
00:23:14When she saw me, a flash of dark triumph crossed her eyes.
00:23:18It was immediately replaced by a gentle expression.
00:23:22Nyaza?
00:23:23Oh, good.
00:23:24I'm so glad I ran into you.
00:23:25She leaned weakly against the doorframe.
00:23:27Why don't you come back to the main house with us?
00:23:30I've been wanting to thank you in person.
00:23:32She gently stroked her stomach, her voice filled with gratitude.
00:23:36If you hadn't transferred your life force to me and the pup,
00:23:39I don't know what would have happened to us.
00:23:40Then she turned to Vigo, her eyes pleading.
00:23:44Vigo, can Nyra come back with us?
00:23:47I'd love to host her properly.
00:23:50As if she was the true lady of the house.
00:23:56Vigo nodded.
00:23:59Even though a dull ache spread through my chest, I didn't refuse.
00:24:03It was perfect, actually.
00:24:06I needed to go back and pack the rest of my things.
00:24:09In the car, I took my usual seat in the far corner.
00:24:13Odette leaned against Vigo's shoulder,
00:24:15the two of them whispering to each other.
00:24:18I stared out the window at the passing scenery,
00:24:21the warm voice from my phone call replaying in my mind.
00:24:24After a few minutes, my foot hit something.
00:24:27Something hard.
00:24:28I looked down.
00:24:29A suppression collar.
00:24:31The kind used during an Omega's heat.
00:24:33It reeked of her sickeningly sweet scent,
00:24:35and it was covered in bite marks.
00:24:39Oh my goodness!
00:24:41Odette suddenly gasped dramatically,
00:24:43playfully tapping Vigo's chest.
00:24:45How could you not put something so private away?
00:24:47Honestly.
00:24:48Her tone was full of flirty at teasing,
00:24:50like a new wife who'd Gus discovered her husband's cellt Mimi.
00:24:53I took a deep breath,
00:24:55forcing myself to ignore what I'd just seen
00:24:57and the bile rising in my throat from the biological repulsion.
00:25:02I just forgot.
00:25:07But I could feel his eyes on me,
00:25:10secretly watching my reaction.
00:25:11He wanted to see if I was shocked,
00:25:13angry,
00:25:14or jealous.
00:25:15I lifted my head and met his gaze,
00:25:17my face a blank mask,
00:25:19no emotion at all.
00:25:20He was the one who reacted.
00:25:22The moment our eyes met,
00:25:23a flicker of awkwardness crossed his face,
00:25:25quickly replaced by the irritation of a hunter
00:25:27whose prey has slipped its leash.
00:25:29His smile froze for a second,
00:25:30as if his little performance hadn't gotten the reaction he wanted,
00:25:34and he suddenly lost interest.
00:25:35Halfway through the drive,
00:25:36he turned to me,
00:25:38his voice sharp with annoyance.
00:25:39What are you staring at?
00:25:41Can't you just sit still?
00:25:42It's nothing,
00:25:43I answered calmly.
00:25:44I was just in the hospital for two days.
00:25:46I wanted to catch up on any PAC or Alliance Nashus.
00:25:49That official-sounding answer made Vigo's face harden instantly.
00:25:52He reached out,
00:25:54natched my phone,
00:25:54and unlocked it effortlessly with his own face.
00:25:57He did it so naturally,
00:25:58as if it was his own property.
00:26:00We both froze.
00:26:01I remembered when I was deeply in love with him.
00:26:04I gave him everything.
00:26:05I told him there should be no secrets between mates,
00:26:08so he could always look through my phone.
00:26:10Back then,
00:26:11I thought that was the honesty a mate chond required.
00:26:13Now it just seemed foolish.
00:26:15It seemed he remembered.
00:26:16He shoved the phone back at me.
00:26:19Don't get any ideas about crossing the line.
00:26:22Of course not,
00:26:23I said,
00:26:24taking the phone,
00:26:25my voice flat.
00:26:27I won't interfere in the Alpha's business.
00:26:31That only seemed to make him angrier.
00:26:34Just then,
00:26:35Odette sensed the tension in the car
00:26:37and immediately threw herself into Vigo's arms.
00:26:40Vigo,
00:26:41I feel the pup's life force fluctuating.
00:26:43She whined,
00:26:44guiding his hand to her stomach.
00:26:46I think he misses his daddy.
00:26:50Vigo's attention was instantly diverted.
00:26:52He gently stroked her belly.
00:26:54I turned my head away,
00:26:56refusing to look at them.
00:26:57When we arrived,
00:26:59Vigo carefully helped Odette out of the car,
00:27:02coddling her as he walked her to her room.
00:27:04He casually called out to the butler,
00:27:07Make Odette something she likes,
00:27:09something to calm the pup.
00:27:11He paused.
00:27:12Then his voice dropped so low,
00:27:14he probably thought I couldn't hear.
00:27:16And the freshest roasted venison with moon wine.
00:27:19My feet froze for a second.
00:27:21Roasted venison and moon wine,
00:27:23my old favorites.
00:27:24Ever since we were first mated,
00:27:26whenever I was feeling down,
00:27:27he would have the chefs prepare those two things for me.
00:27:29But what was he doing now?
00:27:31After everything he'd done,
00:27:33was this his idea of kindness,
00:27:34a pathetic attempt to prove he still cared?
00:27:37After everything that had happened,
00:27:38how was I supposed to face him?
00:27:39I dragged my heavy feet back to my room in the west wing.
00:27:43The moment I pushed open the door,
00:27:44I froze.
00:27:45My room had been ransacked.
00:27:47My suitcase was ripped open,
00:27:49its contents destroyed.
00:27:52It was filthy,
00:27:54soaked in the foul coppery stench
00:27:56of some kind of beast's blood.
00:27:58My dresses,
00:27:59torn to shreds,
00:28:00my jewelry crushed underfoot,
00:28:02even my undergarmalt stained and defiled.
00:28:05Luckily,
00:28:05the token from my birth father was well hidden
00:28:07and hadn't been found.
00:28:08I was about to start cleaning up the mess
00:28:10and leave quietly when the door was pushed open.
00:28:14Odell walked in,
00:28:15her eyes filled with smug mockery.
00:28:17You're so stubborn,
00:28:19so shameless.
00:28:21After all that,
00:28:22you still won't step down and leave on your own?
00:28:24She walked right up to me,
00:28:25her voice soft but laced with venom.
00:28:29By the way,
00:28:30do you know why Vigo couldn't make it back
00:28:32when your mother died three months ago?
00:28:36My entire body went ragged,
00:28:39because he was with me.
00:28:41On a private island,
00:28:43Odette perped.
00:28:44He said your mother was sick for years.
00:28:47A waste of pack resources,
00:28:48he called it,
00:28:49trying to save her.
00:28:54Shut up!
00:28:55I couldn't hold back anymore.
00:28:57I slapped her across the face.
00:29:00The sharp crack echoed in the room.
00:29:03Odette clutched her cheek.
00:29:05Instead of getting angry,
00:29:07she burst into crazed laughter.
00:29:13Finally lost your temper,
00:29:14did you?
00:29:15She pulled several high concentration,
00:29:17silver,
00:29:18dust fire,
00:29:19starters from her pocket,
00:29:20mixed with wolfsbane crystals.
00:29:22Thank you for the life force you gave me,
00:29:24Nylia.
00:29:24Not only can I control this energy now,
00:29:27but Vigor also gave me access
00:29:29to all the pack vaults.
00:29:30Since you won't leave revealingly,
00:29:32I'll just add a little margin fire.
00:29:35What are you doing?
00:29:37I realized the danger
00:29:38and tried to stop her,
00:29:39but it was too late.
00:29:42Odette hurled the silver dust fire-siders.
00:29:44A massive explosion engulfed the entire room.
00:29:47A large section of the west wing collapsed.
00:29:51Greenish flames,
00:29:52laced with silver,
00:29:53shot into the sky.
00:29:55Huge chunks of stone and burning beams
00:29:57rained down from above.
00:29:58I was pinned under a collapsed wall.
00:30:01Blood streamed from a gash on my head
00:30:04and my vision blurred.
00:30:08Odette's scream came from the other side of the rubble.
00:30:13Seconds later,
00:30:14I heard familiar footsteps.
00:30:16Vigo charged into the ruins.
00:30:19It's okay.
00:30:20I'm here.
00:30:21He soothed her gently.
00:30:23Then he turned
00:30:24and looked in my direction.
00:30:26Our eyes met across the ruins.
00:30:28I saw the panic bloom in his gaze.
00:30:30The hesitation.
00:30:31It lasted only a second.
00:30:32He was probably sure my constitution was strong enough to survive a fire,
00:30:37but he underestimated how deadly silver-laced wolfbane fire is to a crippled wolf.
00:30:41Then he set his draw,
00:30:42turned his back on me,
00:30:43and carried Odette from the flames.
00:30:45He abandoned me to the fire and smoke.
00:30:48Just as darkness was taking me,
00:30:50the life inside me suddenly surged,
00:30:52shielding me from a fatal blow.
00:30:54The agony of the mate bond vanished.
00:30:56I unleashed a surprising burst of strength
00:30:59and shoved the wreckage off my body.
00:31:01My pups.
00:31:02They were protecting me.
00:31:04I crawled toward a secret passage
00:31:06that only I knew
00:31:07and pulled myself out,
00:31:09inch by painful inch.
00:31:10The silver-laced smoke burned my weakened wolf,
00:31:13but I bit down hard on my own arm,
00:31:15forcing myself to keep crawling,
00:31:17to get out.
00:31:17When I finally collapsed outside the estate,
00:31:20covered in blood,
00:31:21I was smiling with pure freedom.
00:31:25It's all over.
00:31:29The guards sent to get me arrived quickly,
00:31:32helping me onto the waiting, private plane.
00:31:35Just as the plane took off,
00:31:37Figo's voice roared in my mind,
00:31:39furious,
00:31:40with an unmistakable tremor of panic.
00:31:43Nysta!
00:31:44Where are you?
00:31:45Get back here, no now!
00:31:47You will apologize to Odette for this stunt!
00:31:50I closed my eyes
00:31:51and severed the mind link,
00:31:53cutting off all contact.
00:31:54I motioned for the guards
00:31:56to erase every trace of my scent
00:31:58from the territory.
00:32:02The plane climbed into the clouds.
00:32:04I watched out the window
00:32:06as the estate shrank
00:32:07to a tiny speck of light below.
00:32:09Figo and I,
00:32:10we were over.
00:32:11For good.
00:32:13Shortly after my plane
00:32:14pierced the clouds
00:32:15outside the emergency room
00:32:16of the pup,
00:32:17rearing center.
00:32:19Vigo was pacing.
00:32:20Odette was inside,
00:32:22receiving emergency care.
00:32:24Unable to reach me,
00:32:26he'd crushed his phone
00:32:27in a fit of rage.
00:32:28He snarled at his guards.
00:32:30Nysta is being infuriating.
00:32:32Odette is pregnant.
00:32:33She's been terrified.
00:32:34And what does her Luna do?
00:32:35Instead of helping,
00:32:36she runs off
00:32:37to throw a childish tantrum!
00:32:39As the words left his mouth,
00:32:41the pack's head healer,
00:32:42just back from a trip,
00:32:44hurried down the corridor,
00:32:45a stack of medical files
00:32:47in his arms.
00:32:48Seeing Vigo,
00:32:49the healer's face lit up.
00:32:51Alpha!
00:32:52Perfect timing!
00:32:53I assume you're here
00:32:54for Luna Nice's
00:32:55follow-up appointment?
00:32:56It should be right around
00:32:57this time.
00:33:00After all,
00:33:01she's carrying twins.
00:33:02The hospital corridor
00:33:04fell deathly silent.
00:33:06Vigo froze.
00:33:10The raw fury
00:33:11on his face
00:33:11drained away,
00:33:12leaving it a ghostly white.
00:33:15What did you say?
00:33:17Twins?
00:33:18Vigo launched,
00:33:19grabbing the doctor
00:33:19by the collar,
00:33:20his eyes blazing red.
00:33:22The doctor stammered,
00:33:23terrified by his sudden rage.
00:33:25Yes, Alpha.
00:33:27Luna Nice is
00:33:27carrying your twins.
00:33:29She's over three months along,
00:33:30and their power signature
00:33:31is incredible.
00:33:32They are without a doubt
00:33:32the strongest,
00:33:33purest airs
00:33:34I have ever seen.
00:33:35His body rigid with shock,
00:33:36and he'd lost
00:33:37his heirs,
00:33:37the strongest,
00:33:38purest twins
00:33:39his bloodline
00:33:39had ever known.
00:33:40No.
00:33:42Impossible.
00:33:45Vigo!
00:33:46Wait!
00:33:47It's okay!
00:33:48We still have our pup!
00:33:50The one I'm bringing
00:33:51is your heir, too!
00:33:53She cried,
00:33:54grabbing his arm.
00:33:55Vigo violently
00:33:56threw her off,
00:33:57his eyes filled
00:33:58with disgust.
00:33:59Who the hell
00:34:00do you think you are?
00:34:01His voice was
00:34:02a blade of ice.
00:34:03My Luna's pups
00:34:05are my only true heirs.
00:34:07Anything from an Omega
00:34:08like you
00:34:08is just a bastard.
00:34:12Odette's face
00:34:13went pale.
00:34:14She staggered back,
00:34:15but Vigo
00:34:16was already gone,
00:34:17storming out
00:34:18of the medical center.
00:34:19He rushed straight back
00:34:20to the pack manor
00:34:21and frantically searched
00:34:22for every trace
00:34:23I had left behind.
00:34:24But my scent
00:34:25was gone,
00:34:26completely,
00:34:27as if I had never lived
00:34:28in this manor at all.
00:34:29A raw,
00:34:30unfamiliar panic
00:34:32began to eat him alive.
00:34:33Find her!
00:34:38Tear this place apart
00:34:40if you have to,
00:34:41but find her!
00:34:42He roared at his guards.
00:34:45Alpha,
00:34:46we've searched everywhere.
00:34:48Then search wider!
00:34:52The Allied packs,
00:34:54the neutral lands,
00:34:55even the human cities!
00:34:57Vigo's eyes were wild,
00:34:59his voice a raw growl.
00:35:05She took my heirs!
00:35:09I won't let her get away!
00:35:12But a full week passed,
00:35:13and there was still
00:35:14no trace of me.
00:35:16A new terror
00:35:17gripped him.
00:35:20His father,
00:35:21the former Alpha Marcus,
00:35:23was returning
00:35:24from his tour.
00:35:25If his father found out
00:35:27his Luna was missing
00:35:28right after the grand
00:35:29celebration
00:35:29that he'd lost
00:35:31his twin heirs,
00:35:32the consequences
00:35:33were unthinkable.
00:35:35Driven by panic,
00:35:36Vigil made a desperate move.
00:35:38He ignored the
00:35:39Council of Elders
00:35:40and used his ultimate
00:35:41Alpha authority
00:35:42to issue an Alpha decree,
00:35:44the Winter Celestus
00:35:45Concreation.
00:35:46It was the largest
00:35:46burring of packs
00:35:47in a century.
00:35:48All Alphas and Lunas
00:35:49were required to attend,
00:35:51no exceptions.
00:35:52And in the summons,
00:35:53he named me directly.
00:35:56My Luna,
00:35:56Nysa,
00:35:58must be in attendance.
00:35:59He was trying to make
00:36:00a public declaration
00:36:01of his claim
00:36:01to the entire werewolf world
00:36:02to force whoever
00:36:04was hiding me
00:36:04to give me up.
00:36:05The last line
00:36:06of the decree
00:36:07was written
00:36:07in what looked like
00:36:08blood-red ink.
00:36:11Any pack
00:36:12who dares
00:36:13to shelter my mate
00:36:14will face
00:36:15the full wrath
00:36:16of the Black Roach Pack.
00:36:20The news sent shockwaves
00:36:22through the werewolf world.
00:36:23Has Viggo gone mad?
00:36:24The other Alphas muttered,
00:36:26All this for a missing Luna?
00:36:27I heard she was just an orphan.
00:36:29What's so special about her?
00:36:30But no one dared
00:36:31to ignore a threat
00:36:32from the Black Ridge Pack.
00:36:34On the day of the gala,
00:36:35the Great Moon Hall
00:36:36was filled with every Alpha
00:36:37and Luna from the North.
00:36:39Crystal chandeliers
00:36:40cast a brilliant light,
00:36:41but they couldn't pierce
00:36:42the storm raging
00:36:43on Vagro's face.
00:36:44He sat on his throne,
00:36:46his gaze sharp as a hawk's,
00:36:47scanning every face,
00:36:49searching for me.
00:36:50But I was not there.
00:36:51With every passing second,
00:36:53his panic deepened.
00:36:55He was terrified.
00:36:57If I really didn't show up,
00:36:58he'd be the laughingstock
00:37:00of every pack.
00:37:01Worse,
00:37:02he'd have to face
00:37:02his father's fury.
00:37:05Just then,
00:37:06the great doors swung open.
00:37:09The former Alpha,
00:37:11Marcus,
00:37:12walked in slowly,
00:37:13leaning on a silver-tipped cane.
00:37:15His commanding gaze
00:37:16swept over the hall,
00:37:17finally landing on Viggo.
00:37:19The room fell silent.
00:37:20Marcus slammed his cane
00:37:22on the floor.
00:37:23The sharp crack echoed
00:37:24in the dead silence.
00:37:25His voice was like thunder
00:37:27wrapped in ice.
00:37:28Your Luna,
00:37:29and your heirs,
00:37:31where are they,
00:37:32Vigro?
00:37:36Faced with his father's
00:37:37thunderous question,
00:37:38Viggo's mouth opened,
00:37:40but no words came out.
00:37:42Cold sweat dripped
00:37:43down his forehead,
00:37:44his hands trembling.
00:37:45He could only pray
00:37:47that the pressure
00:37:47would force me to appear.
00:37:49The hall was trapped
00:37:50in a deathly silence.
00:37:51Every eye was on him,
00:37:53waiting.
00:37:53Suddenly,
00:37:54the doors opened again.
00:37:56A stranger in a dark cloak
00:37:58walked in.
00:37:59On his chest
00:38:00was an ancient sigil
00:38:01burned onto the leather.
00:38:02The crest of the southern
00:38:04Dawncrest Pack.
00:38:05A collective gasp
00:38:07went through the crowd.
00:38:09The Dawncrest Pack,
00:38:11a legendary ancient bloodline
00:38:13thought to have vanished
00:38:14decades ago.
00:38:18The emissary strode to the center
00:38:20of the hall
00:38:21and tossed an ancient,
00:38:23black box at Viggo's feet.
00:38:25It landed with a dull thud.
00:38:29What is this?
00:38:30Viggo scowled.
00:38:31The emissary didn't answer,
00:38:33just stared at him coldly.
00:38:35Viggo bent down
00:38:35to pick up the box.
00:38:37The moment his fingers
00:38:38touched it,
00:38:38a white,
00:38:39hot agony
00:38:40seared through his very soul.
00:38:44Viggo screamed,
00:38:45collapsing to his knees.
00:38:47He clutched his chest,
00:38:48his body convulsing
00:38:50as if his heart
00:38:51was being ripped in two.
00:38:52It wasn't a physical wound,
00:38:54but a tearing deep
00:38:55within his soul.
00:38:56Every wolf in the hall
00:38:57felt it,
00:38:58a surge of sacred power,
00:39:00the severing of a mate bond.
00:39:04No.
00:39:05Impossible.
00:39:06Viggo curled on the floor,
00:39:08gasping in agony.
00:39:09This can't be.
00:39:17Over his pained breaths,
00:39:19the emissary opened
00:39:20the black box.
00:39:22Inside lay all the
00:39:23traditional courting gifts
00:39:25from Viggo's pack
00:39:26to their luna.
00:39:27The rings,
00:39:28the necklaces,
00:39:29even the first gift
00:39:31he'd ever given her.
00:39:32Every item was a silent testament
00:39:33to a relationship
00:39:34that was now over.
00:39:35The emissary looked down
00:39:37at Viggo,
00:39:37who was writhing
00:39:38on the floor.
00:39:39His voice was ice.
00:39:41From this moment on,
00:39:43Nyxodon Crossed
00:39:44has no connection to you.
00:39:46She is free.
00:39:47The hall erupted,
00:39:49an alpha,
00:39:50publicly rejected
00:39:51by his own luna.
00:39:52It was the ultimate humiliation.
00:39:54Marcus's face
00:39:55was ashen with rage.
00:39:57Seeing his son
00:39:58trembling on the floor,
00:39:59his soul torn apart,
00:40:01he felt a shame
00:40:03he'd never known.
00:40:04Dirt legs, fool!
00:40:06He roared,
00:40:07raising his silver cane
00:40:09and bringing it down hard
00:40:10on Viggo's back.
00:40:12You have brought
00:40:13nothing but disgrace
00:40:15to this pack
00:40:16and our family!
00:40:24Again and again,
00:40:26the cane fell,
00:40:27but Viggo couldn't feel it.
00:40:28The agony of his ripped soul
00:40:30drowned out everything else.
00:40:33Father,
00:40:35I...
00:40:36He tried to explain.
00:40:39Silence, son!
00:40:41Marcus bellowed.
00:40:43Do you have any idea
00:40:45the shame you've brought us?
00:40:49The other alpha
00:40:50started whispering,
00:40:51the Blackridge pack
00:40:52is finished.
00:40:53To be rejected
00:40:55by his own luna like this?
00:40:56It's unheard of.
00:40:58I heard she took
00:40:59the twin airs with her, too.
00:41:02Every word
00:41:03was a knife
00:41:04in Viggo's heart.
00:41:05He had gone
00:41:06from a revered alpha
00:41:07to a pathetic creature
00:41:08abandoned by his mate.
00:41:10The Dawncrest emissary,
00:41:11having seen enough,
00:41:13turned to leave.
00:41:14He glanced back
00:41:15before exiting
00:41:16and spoke.
00:41:16Lady Nyoxa Dawncrest
00:41:18asked me to give you
00:41:19a final message.
00:41:20From now on,
00:41:22you are strangers.
00:41:24The gala
00:41:25ended in disaster.
00:41:26The pack leaders left,
00:41:28leaving behind chaos
00:41:29and endless humiliation.
00:41:31Viggo sat on the floor,
00:41:32clutching the box
00:41:33full of memories.
00:41:34The hole where his mate bond
00:41:35used to be
00:41:36was a raw,
00:41:36festering wound
00:41:37in his soul,
00:41:38driving him mad.
00:41:39Late that night,
00:41:40he drove wildly
00:41:41to the small,
00:41:42shabby wing
00:41:43where he had sent me
00:41:44to be ignored.
00:41:45He stood outside
00:41:46the dark,
00:41:47lifeless house
00:41:48like a ghost.
00:41:50He stood there
00:41:51but all night,
00:41:52as if his presence
00:41:53could deny
00:41:53what had happened.
00:41:57As if I would
00:41:58simply walk
00:41:58through the door
00:42:00just like she
00:42:01always had.
00:42:03As if we could
00:42:04start over.
00:42:04When the first light
00:42:05of dawn broke,
00:42:07the house
00:42:08remained silent.
00:42:09Why did this happen?
00:42:17A suffocating fear
00:42:18seized Vigor.
00:42:19After that night
00:42:21outside the empty house,
00:42:22he threw all his power
00:42:24into finding me.
00:42:26The dawn crest pack.
00:42:28What was my connection
00:42:29to them?
00:42:30Where was I?
00:42:32Three days later,
00:42:33he got a lead.
00:42:35I was in
00:42:36dawnlight city.
00:42:38A sliver of manic
00:42:39hope shot through him.
00:42:41He raced straight
00:42:42for the airport.
00:42:44Vigo!
00:42:45Wait for me!
00:42:47She stumbled
00:42:48after him.
00:42:51You can't just
00:42:53leave us!
00:42:57Vigo stopped
00:42:58and turned slowly.
00:43:00He looked at her
00:43:01with a weary,
00:43:02contemptuous gaze
00:43:03as if she were
00:43:04something disposable
00:43:05she no longer needed.
00:43:06I've arranged
00:43:07a new place for you.
00:43:08His voice was void
00:43:09of all emotion.
00:43:11Raise the pup
00:43:11quietly
00:43:12and never show
00:43:13your face to me again.
00:43:15Odette's eyes
00:43:16widened in disbelief.
00:43:17But our pup!
00:43:19Your pup.
00:43:20Vigo corrected her,
00:43:21his voice cold
00:43:22as steel.
00:43:23It's only yours.
00:43:24My mate
00:43:25and my Luna
00:43:25is and always
00:43:26will be
00:43:27Nyla.
00:43:32With that,
00:43:33he turned
00:43:34and walked
00:43:34toward the gate.
00:43:35Odette's sobs
00:43:36followed him,
00:43:37but he never
00:43:38glanced back.
00:43:39Before boarding,
00:43:41Vigo made
00:43:41another mad decision.
00:43:43He returned
00:43:44to the pack manor
00:43:45and broke
00:43:45into the forbidden
00:43:46underground vault.
00:43:47He had one target,
00:43:49the chains
00:43:50of paternal dominion.
00:43:51It was a dark
00:43:53and domineering relic
00:43:54that could brand
00:43:54his paternal claim
00:43:55directly onto
00:43:56his unborn pup souls.
00:43:57bypassing the mother
00:43:59entirely.
00:44:03It could even
00:44:04be used to
00:44:05forcibly rebind
00:44:05a severed mate bond.
00:44:09As his hand
00:44:10closed around
00:44:11the ancient
00:44:12silver chain,
00:44:13a malevolent power
00:44:14seeped into his soul.
00:44:16Pain shot through him,
00:44:18but he gritted
00:44:18his teeth
00:44:19and held on.
00:44:20This is my last chance.
00:44:23My last chance
00:44:25to get my pups back.
00:44:27To win Nixia back.
00:44:38Hours later,
00:44:39he stood before
00:44:40the largest flower shop
00:44:41in Dawnlight City.
00:44:42He bought
00:44:43every single red rose,
00:44:44filling the rented
00:44:45sports car
00:44:46to the brim.
00:44:47Just like their first date,
00:44:48he would use
00:44:49these flowers
00:44:50and this dark artifact
00:44:51to prove
00:44:52that I still belong
00:44:53to him.
00:44:56As the sun set
00:44:58over the Dawncrest estate,
00:45:00Viggo walked
00:45:00through the gates,
00:45:01his arms full of roses.
00:45:03But when he rounded
00:45:04the final corner,
00:45:06the sight before him
00:45:06made him freeze.
00:45:08There,
00:45:08in the golden sunset,
00:45:10was I.
00:45:11I was nestled
00:45:12in the arms
00:45:12of another alpha-tall
00:45:14and handsome.
00:45:15With a gentle smile,
00:45:16he was stroking
00:45:17my hair softly,
00:45:19and I was smiling
00:45:20a sweet,
00:45:20genuine smile
00:45:21he had never seen before.
00:45:23It was pure,
00:45:25free,
00:45:26unguarded,
00:45:28a smile he had
00:45:29never earned.
00:45:30The roses slipped
00:45:31from his arms,
00:45:32scattering on the ground.
00:45:34The chain grew cold
00:45:35against his chest,
00:45:36a reminder
00:45:37of his mission.
00:45:38But now,
00:45:40his plan felt meaningless.
00:45:42Rage,
00:45:43jealousy,
00:45:44despair,
00:45:44the all crashed
00:45:45over him.
00:45:46His eyes turned bloodshot
00:45:47as he rasped out
00:45:48my name.
00:45:50Nyster!
00:45:54The alpha
00:45:55holding me turned,
00:45:56pulling me protectively
00:45:57behind him,
00:45:58and I looked at
00:45:59the other alpha
00:46:00not with surprise
00:46:01or longing,
00:46:02but with a strange,
00:46:04unnerring calm,
00:46:05as if I were looking
00:46:06at a complete stranger.
00:46:08Vigo felt his heart
00:46:09shatter.
00:46:10He stared at the man
00:46:11holding me,
00:46:12his voice trembling
00:46:13with rage.
00:46:17Who is he?
00:46:19Rowan kept me shielded
00:46:20behind him,
00:46:21a defiant smirk
00:46:22on his face.
00:46:23I'm Rowan Blackwood.
00:46:25Nyera's intended.
00:46:27The words hit Vigo
00:46:28like a physical blow.
00:46:30Mate?
00:46:31His voice shook.
00:46:33No.
00:46:35Impossible.
00:46:36He unleashed
00:46:37his alpha command,
00:46:38his voice cracking
00:46:40with desperation.
00:46:41Get over here!
00:46:42You are my mate!
00:46:44You're coming back
00:46:45with me!
00:46:46But I just stood
00:46:47silently behind Rowan.
00:46:49My calm indifference
00:46:50was more brutal
00:46:51than any words.
00:46:53Vigo's sanity
00:46:53finally snapped.
00:46:54He pulled the dark,
00:46:56sinister chains
00:46:57of paternal dominion
00:46:58from his coat,
00:46:59his eyes glinting
00:47:01with madness.
00:47:02If you won't come back,
00:47:03then I'll take back
00:47:04what's mine!
00:47:06He raised the chain
00:47:07and began chanting
00:47:08an ancient,
00:47:09profane chant.
00:47:11Black energy
00:47:12coiled out from it,
00:47:14shooting toward
00:47:15my stomach.
00:47:17Stop!
00:47:21Rowan lunged forward,
00:47:23but the dark energy
00:47:24formed a barrier
00:47:25that threw him
00:47:25back violently.
00:47:27What are you doing?
00:47:28I finally spoke,
00:47:30my voice laced
00:47:30with fury.
00:47:31I'm claiming my pups!
00:47:33Vigo laughed,
00:47:34a crazed sound.
00:47:36This chain
00:47:36will force a link
00:47:37to my bloodline.
00:47:39Whether you want it
00:47:40or not,
00:47:40they will always
00:47:41belong to me!
00:47:42The runes on the chain
00:47:43began to glow
00:47:44as the evil power
00:47:45sermed toward me.
00:47:46In that split second,
00:47:48a silver light
00:47:48flashed in my eyes.
00:47:50I felt the twins
00:47:51inside me
00:47:51stir violently.
00:47:53The two pups,
00:47:54heirs to the purest
00:47:55and most powerful
00:47:56bull Donruss bloodline,
00:47:57sensed the dark malice
00:47:58from their father.
00:47:59Their instinct
00:48:00to protect their mother
00:48:01ignited.
00:48:02A rage
00:48:03rose from deep
00:48:04within me.
00:48:05You dare harm
00:48:07my pups?
00:48:08My voice
00:48:09was soft,
00:48:11but the power
00:48:12in it
00:48:12made the very air
00:48:13tremble.
00:48:14The ultimate power
00:48:15of the Donruss bloodline,
00:48:17resonating with the
00:48:18immense life force
00:48:19of my twins,
00:48:20awakened completely.
00:48:21A torrent of pure,
00:48:23dominant energy,
00:48:24gold and silver
00:48:25intertwined,
00:48:26erupted from my womb
00:48:27and merged with
00:48:27my own spirit.
00:48:28This power,
00:48:29carrying the stunning
00:48:30force of the twins
00:48:31themselves,
00:48:32slammed directly
00:48:33into the chains
00:48:33of paternal
00:48:34dimmonen.
00:48:35Impossible!
00:48:38Vigo stared
00:48:39in disbelief.
00:48:41He finally understood
00:48:43what the doctor
00:48:44meant by the strongest
00:48:45airs.
00:48:45There was a
00:48:46deafening crack.
00:48:47The dark artifact,
00:48:48a relic passed down
00:48:49for centuries,
00:48:51shattered into pieces
00:48:51before the brilliant
00:48:52bloodline power.
00:48:54Silver light flooded
00:48:55the courtyard,
00:48:55banishing all darkness.
00:48:57Vigro felt a terror
00:48:58he had never known,
00:48:59not just because
00:48:59the artifact was destroyed,
00:49:00but because he felt
00:49:01like he was truly
00:49:02seeing me for the
00:49:02first time.
00:49:03I stood there,
00:49:04bathed in a silver glow,
00:49:05like a moon goddess
00:49:06given flesh.
00:49:07Powerful,
00:49:08beautiful,
00:49:08untouchable.
00:49:09It was the first
00:49:10true awakening of my
00:49:10power as a
00:49:11Dawncrest heir.
00:49:12At the same time,
00:49:13the artifact's
00:49:13destruction sent a
00:49:14violent backlash
00:49:15through Vigo.
00:49:16It was a schism
00:49:17in his soul,
00:49:18a pain beyond
00:49:19any physical torture.
00:49:20That pain,
00:49:21combined with
00:49:21the pure rejection
00:49:22and disgust
00:49:23he now felt from me
00:49:24through their broken
00:49:25bond,
00:49:25was too much to bear.
00:49:29He let out a
00:49:30final agonished
00:49:31scream and collapsed,
00:49:33clutching his chest.
00:49:34A ripping pain
00:49:35tore through his heart
00:49:36as if it were being
00:49:37shredded by a
00:49:37thousand blades.
00:49:39His vision blurred,
00:49:40his breathing
00:49:41grew rabid.
00:49:42In the last moment
00:49:43before he lost
00:49:43consciousness,
00:49:44he saw my eyes,
00:49:45cold and indifferent.
00:49:47There was no pity
00:49:48in them,
00:49:48no mercy,
00:49:50only absolute
00:49:50disgust and finality.
00:49:52And behind me,
00:49:53Rowan was looking
00:49:54down on him
00:49:54with utter contempt,
00:49:55like he was
00:49:56a pathetic insect.
00:49:59He managed to
00:50:01gasp with his
00:50:01last breath,
00:50:02but the only answer
00:50:03was cold,
00:50:05unforgiving silence.
00:50:09When Vigo
00:50:10opened his eyes again,
00:50:11he was in a
00:50:12lavish guest room,
00:50:13but the windows
00:50:14were sealed
00:50:15with an invisible
00:50:16energy barrier.
00:50:17He was a prisoner.
00:50:19He struggled
00:50:20to sit up,
00:50:21but a spasm
00:50:22of agony
00:50:22from his
00:50:23torn soul
00:50:24cried out.
00:50:25The severed mate
00:50:27bond left
00:50:27a gaping,
00:50:28bleeding hole
00:50:29where half
00:50:30his soul
00:50:30used to be.
00:50:31He staggered
00:50:32to the window
00:50:33and saw a sight
00:50:34that made
00:50:34his heart stop.
00:50:37In the moonlit
00:50:38garden below,
00:50:39I was in
00:50:40Rosen's arms.
00:50:41The man stroked
00:50:42my hair,
00:50:43then slowly
00:50:43lowered his head.
00:50:44We kissed,
00:50:45a deep,
00:50:46passionate kiss
00:50:47under the silver moon.
00:50:49Vigo roared,
00:50:50throwing himself
00:50:51at the balcony door,
00:50:52trying to get out,
00:50:53but the invisible barrier
00:50:54threw him back hard.
00:50:56He was a wolf
00:50:56in a cage,
00:50:57declawed and defamed.
00:50:59He slammed his
00:50:59bloody fists
00:51:00against the barrier,
00:51:01his eyes blazing red.
00:51:03Niska!
00:51:04You're mine!
00:51:05You can't do this to me!
00:51:09But his voice
00:51:10was trapped.
00:51:11He could only watch
00:51:12as the tender kiss
00:51:13went on and on,
00:51:15watching his mate
00:51:16melt in another's arms
00:51:17from behind
00:51:18a cold wall of glass.
00:51:20Had enough of a show?
00:51:21A powerful voice
00:51:23broomed behind him.
00:51:24Vigo spun around
00:51:25as a terrifying wave
00:51:27of alpha power
00:51:28crashed down on him,
00:51:29making his own wolf spirit
00:51:30whine in pain.
00:51:32The man looked
00:51:33to be in his 50s,
00:51:34with silver-gray hair
00:51:35and deep, piercing eyes.
00:51:37The era of command
00:51:38rolling off him
00:51:39was stronger than
00:51:40anyone Vigo had ever met,
00:51:42including his own father.
00:51:43Who are you?
00:51:44Vigo's voice
00:51:45trembled with fear.
00:51:47I am Aldric Dawncrest,
00:51:49Nerea's father,
00:51:50the Alpha King of the South.
00:51:52The name struck Vigo
00:51:53like lightning.
00:51:54Aldric Dawncrost,
00:51:56the legendary Alpha King,
00:51:57ruler of the entire
00:51:58Southern Collective.
00:51:59Vigo collapsed to the floor.
00:52:01Impossible.
00:52:02Nylia,
00:52:03she's just a common beta.
00:52:05common?
00:52:06My father scoffed.
00:52:08Do you have any idea
00:52:09how many years
00:52:10I spent looking for her?
00:52:14Years ago,
00:52:15a web of lies
00:52:16tore her mother from me.
00:52:18I was told
00:52:20they were both dead.
00:52:22The pup,
00:52:22gone.
00:52:25I believed those lies
00:52:27and spent over 20 years
00:52:28in grief.
00:52:29My father turned,
00:52:30his gaze like a blade.
00:52:31Only recently
00:52:33did I learn
00:52:34I had a daughter.
00:52:35A daughter
00:52:36forced into exile
00:52:37who suffered
00:52:38nothing but humiliation.
00:52:40He walked toward Viggin,
00:52:41each step crushing him
00:52:42with overwhelming pressure.
00:52:44And you,
00:52:46you are the one
00:52:47who caused my daughter
00:52:48so much pain.
00:52:50Vigo couldn't breathe.
00:52:51The Alpha King's aura
00:52:52was going to break him.
00:52:54I,
00:52:54I didn't know.
00:52:56My father's voice
00:52:57turned dangerous.
00:52:58Didn't know?
00:53:00Do you have any idea
00:53:01how many years
00:53:02I spent looking for her?
00:53:06Every word
00:53:07was a whiplash
00:53:08against Vigro's soul.
00:53:09She is my long lost treasure
00:53:11and you threw
00:53:12that treasure away
00:53:13like trash.
00:53:14He stood over Vigro,
00:53:16looking down at him.
00:53:18This is your only warning.
00:53:20Dawnlight City
00:53:21is not for you.
00:53:22Any attempt
00:53:23to approach Nyxa
00:53:24or her unborn cups
00:53:25will be considered
00:53:25an act of war
00:53:26against the entire
00:53:27Southern collection.
00:53:27Viggo wanted to argue,
00:53:28but in front of this
00:53:29legendary Alpha,
00:53:30all his power and status
00:53:31meant nothing.
00:53:32You think your Black Ridge pack
00:53:34is strong?
00:53:35My father sneered.
00:53:36Before me,
00:53:37your entire pack
00:53:38is nothing but insects.
00:53:40If you dare harm
00:53:41a single hair
00:53:41on my daughter's head again,
00:53:43I will wipe your pack
00:53:44from existence.
00:53:45It wasn't a threat.
00:53:46It was a statement of fact.
00:53:47Fear and despair
00:53:48like nothing he'd ever known
00:53:50washed over him.
00:53:52He had gone
00:53:53from a supreme Alpha
00:53:54to a pathetic prisoner,
00:53:56forced to watch
00:53:57the love of his life
00:53:58find happiness
00:53:59with someone else.
00:54:02He asked,
00:54:03his voice shaking.
00:54:05Why didn't you tell me
00:54:06who she was sooner?
00:54:09Because she doesn't need
00:54:11a title to prove her worth.
00:54:12My father said coldly,
00:54:14someone who truly loved her
00:54:15wouldn't have cared
00:54:16about her origins.
00:54:18And you clearly
00:54:19are not that person.
00:54:22My father turned to leave.
00:54:24At the door,
00:54:24he stopped.
00:54:26She and Rowan
00:54:27will have their bonding
00:54:28ceremony tomorrow.
00:54:30If you have any sanity
00:54:31left,
00:54:32you won't be there.
00:54:33The door closed,
00:54:34leaving Vigro alone.
00:54:35The moonlight outside
00:54:36was bright,
00:54:37but the garden
00:54:38was empty now.
00:54:39Vigro slumped to the floor,
00:54:40staring out into the night,
00:54:42gasping for breath
00:54:43as tears and blood
00:54:44mixed on his face.
00:54:45He had lost everything.
00:54:47But even facing
00:54:47the threat of war,
00:54:49even knowing
00:54:49he had nothing left,
00:54:51he haunted the window,
00:54:53obsessively watching
00:54:54Nyjah's every move
00:54:55from the shadows.
00:54:56Nyjah,
00:54:57you're mine.
00:55:00Three days later,
00:55:02after the elders intervened,
00:55:04Vigro was given
00:55:04one chance.
00:55:06Under the guise
00:55:06of a final negotiation,
00:55:08he was allowed to meet me
00:55:09in a neutral territory.
00:55:11That night,
00:55:11in a desolate valley,
00:55:13Vigro arrived early.
00:55:14He carefully set his track.
00:55:16Closing his eyes,
00:55:17he focused all his
00:55:18spiritual energy,
00:55:19creating the illusion
00:55:20of a massive,
00:55:21blood-red moon in the sky.
00:55:23It was the same moon
00:55:24from the night
00:55:24we first confirmed
00:55:25our bond.
00:55:27Under a moon
00:55:28just like this one,
00:55:29we had exchanged vows,
00:55:31and I had accepted
00:55:32his mark with reverence.
00:55:34He would use that memory
00:55:36to break my heart.
00:55:37Soon,
00:55:37I and Rowan
00:55:38appeared at the valley's entrance.
00:55:40My expression didn't change
00:55:41at the sight of the blood moon.
00:55:43Rowan, however,
00:55:44had a flash of fury
00:55:46in his eyes.
00:55:47What kind of trick is this?
00:55:49Rowan demanded,
00:55:50stepping in front of me.
00:55:52Vigro emerged
00:55:52from the shadows,
00:55:53his face a mask
00:55:55of pained devotion.
00:55:57Nyssa,
00:55:57don't you remember?
00:55:58Nine years ago,
00:56:00under a moon
00:56:00just like this,
00:56:01we...
00:56:01Enough!
00:56:02That's all in the past.
00:56:03My indifference
00:56:04was crueler
00:56:05than any rage.
00:56:07Vigro's heart tore,
00:56:08but he didn't give up.
00:56:09I know I hurt you,
00:56:10but the memories
00:56:11we shared.
00:56:16Memories.
00:56:17Rowan sneered.
00:56:19You think you can move her
00:56:21with some fake illusion?
00:56:22He saw right through
00:56:23Vigro's ploy
00:56:24and charged,
00:56:25enraged.
00:56:26In an instant,
00:56:27they both shifted,
00:56:28two wolves fighting violently
00:56:29under the blood moon.
00:56:31Vigro deliberately
00:56:32left an opening,
00:56:33letting Rowan's claws
00:56:34tear three deep gashes
00:56:35across his chest.
00:56:36Blood matted his fur.
00:56:38Enough!
00:56:38The neutral elders,
00:56:40alerted by the fight,
00:56:41rushed to intervene.
00:56:43Stop it!
00:56:43This is a neutral zone!
00:56:45They were forced apart
00:56:46and shifted back.
00:56:47Vigro clutched
00:56:48his bleeding chest.
00:56:49As guards moved
00:56:50to separate them,
00:56:52Vigro spoke weakly.
00:56:53I...
00:56:54I just want a moment
00:56:55alone with Nithra
00:56:56as a...
00:56:57final goodbye.
00:56:59His voice was faint,
00:57:01as if he were
00:57:01on the verge of death.
00:57:03I looked at the deep wounds
00:57:05on his chest
00:57:06and finally nodded.
00:57:09Five minutes.
00:57:13In the infirmary,
00:57:14they were alone.
00:57:16Vigro sat on the cod,
00:57:17letting blood soak
00:57:18through his bandages.
00:57:19He spoke,
00:57:20his voice trembling.
00:57:21Nithra,
00:57:21I know I don't have
00:57:22the right to love you anymore.
00:57:24You're right.
00:57:25I said from the doorway,
00:57:27my voice ice.
00:57:28You don't.
00:57:29Just then,
00:57:30Vigro took out his phone
00:57:31and dialed a number.
00:57:32Begin.
00:57:33He said into the phone,
00:57:35then put it on speeder.
00:57:36A blood-curdling scream
00:57:38came from the other end.
00:57:39Vigro,
00:57:40please!
00:57:40Spare my pup!
00:57:42I froze.
00:57:42I recognized Odella's voice.
00:57:44What are you doing?
00:57:45I stared at him in horror.
00:57:47Vigro didn't answer,
00:57:49just listened.
00:57:50A sick smile
00:57:51playing on his lips.
00:57:53Alpha,
00:57:53the pup expulsion ritual
00:57:55has begun.
00:57:56A cold voice
00:57:56reported from the phone.
00:57:58We are purging
00:57:58the pup from her womb.
00:58:00No!
00:58:01Odette's screams
00:58:02grew more desperate.
00:58:04My baby!
00:58:06My baby!
00:58:08I felt sick
00:58:09to her stomach.
00:58:10Vigro,
00:58:11are you insane?
00:58:12He finally looked up,
00:58:14his eyes shining
00:58:14with a twisted,
00:58:15obsessive fever.
00:58:17I'm cleansing myself
00:58:18for you.
00:58:21The herbs
00:58:22have been administered.
00:58:23The voice
00:58:24on the phone
00:58:25continued.
00:58:25Her womb
00:58:26has been destroyed.
00:58:27She will never
00:58:28be able to conceive
00:58:29again.
00:58:30Odette's screams
00:58:31faded into
00:58:32hopeless sobs.
00:58:34Viggo hung up,
00:58:35satisfied.
00:58:36He struggled
00:58:37to his feet,
00:58:38covered in his own blood,
00:58:39and staggered
00:58:40toward me.
00:58:41Now,
00:58:42I am pure.
00:58:43That Omega
00:58:44and her pup
00:58:44will never come
00:58:45between us again.
00:58:46He grabbed my hand
00:58:47and pressed it
00:58:48to his cheek,
00:58:49his posture
00:58:49one of pathetic
00:58:50desperation,
00:58:51his voice shaking
00:58:52with despair.
00:58:53Now,
00:58:54I'm clean.
00:58:55Can you,
00:58:56can you forgive me
00:58:57just a little?
00:58:58Listening to Odette's
00:58:59screams,
00:58:59I felt bile rise
00:59:00in my throat.
00:59:01I ripped my hand away
00:59:02as if I'd been touched
00:59:04by something filthy.
00:59:05You are a monster.
00:59:07The hope
00:59:08in Viggo's eyes
00:59:08shattered,
00:59:09replaced by
00:59:10an even deeper
00:59:11despair.
00:59:12Nielsa,
00:59:13I did all of this
00:59:14for you.
00:59:15For me?
00:59:16I laughed,
00:59:16a cold,
00:59:17sharp sound.
00:59:18You murdered
00:59:19an innocent pup
00:59:19for me?
00:59:20You destroyed
00:59:21a woman's ability
00:59:22to have pups
00:59:23for me?
00:59:23I was just
00:59:24clearing away
00:59:24the obstacles.
00:59:25You were just
00:59:26satisfying your own
00:59:27twisted need
00:59:27for possession.
00:59:28I cut him off,
00:59:29my voice like
00:59:30a razor's edge.
00:59:31You always have.
00:59:33I turned and walked
00:59:34out of the infirmary
00:59:35without a second glance.
00:59:39Three weeks later,
00:59:41I stood in the
00:59:42moon goddess
00:59:42sanctuary of the
00:59:43Dawncrest Pack
00:59:44for my binding
00:59:45ceremony with Rowan.
00:59:47It was also a
00:59:48sacred blessing
00:59:49for the twins
00:59:49in my womb.
00:59:50Sunlight filtered
00:59:51through the branches
00:59:52of the great holy tree
00:59:53onto the ancient altar.
00:59:54I wore a long
00:59:55white dress,
00:59:56my belly showing
00:59:57a gentle curve.
00:59:59My father watched me,
01:00:00his eyes full of pride.
01:00:02In the sight
01:00:03of the moon goddess,
01:00:04two ancient souls
01:00:05will entwine
01:00:06their fates as one.
01:00:08Niza Dawncrest,
01:00:09do you take
01:00:10Rowan Blackwood
01:00:11as your mate
01:00:11to cherish
01:00:12for all your days?
01:00:14I do.
01:00:15Just as the priestess
01:00:16was about to declare
01:00:17the rite complete,
01:00:19the sanctuary's
01:00:20great thorn gates
01:00:21were smashed open.
01:00:23Vigo stumbled in,
01:00:24covered in blood,
01:00:25his eyes wild
01:00:26filled with madness.
01:00:27Everyone stared
01:00:28at the intruder.
01:00:30Niza!
01:00:31He collapsed
01:00:32onto the ceremonial rug,
01:00:33this once proud alpha,
01:00:35begging like a stray dog.
01:00:37Don't leave me.
01:00:38Please.
01:00:41The guards moved
01:00:42to restrain him,
01:00:43but I held up a hand.
01:00:45You have no right
01:00:46to interfere
01:00:47with this ceremony.
01:00:48Vigo,
01:00:49weeping,
01:00:50ripped open his collar,
01:00:52pointing to the mating bite
01:00:53on his neck.
01:00:54Look,
01:00:55my neck still has your mark.
01:00:57But when his collar tore away,
01:00:59it revealed only martled,
01:01:00corrupted flesh.
01:01:01The sacred mark
01:01:02of their bond
01:01:03was gone,
01:01:03replaced by a flustering,
01:01:05black scar.
01:01:06I couldn't help it.
01:01:07I started laughing.
01:01:08The sound echoed
01:01:10off the altar,
01:01:11cold and merciless.
01:01:12A true mate bond
01:01:13is held together
01:01:14by loyalty
01:01:15and love.
01:01:16The moment you first
01:01:17held that omega,
01:01:18the moment you got her pregnant,
01:01:19the moment you drained
01:01:21my life force for her
01:01:23and left me to die
01:01:24in a fire,
01:01:25that mark began to fade.
01:01:27I looked at his bloodless face,
01:01:29my voice like ice.
01:01:30You say you love me,
01:01:32but you never once cared
01:01:33how much pain I was in.
01:01:34For nine years,
01:01:36you never cared
01:01:37about my soul.
01:01:38You loved the idea of me.
01:01:40You loved a possession,
01:01:41an obedient thing
01:01:42that fed your ego.
01:01:43You were never worthy.
01:01:44Those words
01:01:45were the final blow.
01:01:47As Rowan slid
01:01:48the silver bonding bracelet
01:01:49onto my wrist,
01:01:51Viggo let out
01:01:51an inhuman roar.
01:01:53His body began
01:01:54to shake uncontrollably,
01:01:55the last of his reason gone.
01:01:57If I can't have you,
01:01:59no one can!
01:02:03He began to shift
01:02:04into his crazed wolf form,
01:02:06ready to take everyone
01:02:07down with him.
01:02:09The moment he lunged for me,
01:02:11I felt the twins inside me
01:02:13jolt again.
01:02:14My pups,
01:02:15with the most powerful
01:02:16Dawncrest blood,
01:02:17sensed the mortal threat
01:02:18to their mother
01:02:18and unleashed
01:02:19their staggering power.
01:02:21A shield of pure golden energy
01:02:23erupted from my abdomen.
01:02:24The force of their bloodline
01:02:26slammed into him,
01:02:27throwing him back
01:02:27several meters.
01:02:29He crashed to the ground.
01:02:30His insides ruptured.
01:02:32It was only a moment,
01:02:33but it was enough.
01:02:34The guards,
01:02:35already in position,
01:02:36took their chance.
01:02:37A soft crack,
01:02:39a specially made
01:02:40silver core bullet
01:02:41hit him square in the heart.
01:02:43Ego collapsed
01:02:44in a pool of blood.
01:02:45With his last breaths,
01:02:46he looked at me,
01:02:47whispering over and over,
01:02:49Neistar.
01:02:50I love you.
01:02:52Neistar.
01:02:53I walked slowly to his side
01:02:55and looked down at him.
01:02:56In the final second
01:02:57before his eyes
01:02:58closed forever,
01:03:00I leaned in
01:03:01and whispered in his ear,
01:03:02that wasn't love,
01:03:04Viggo.
01:03:04It was possession.
01:03:06A final flicker of regret
01:03:08and agony
01:03:09crossed his face,
01:03:10and then the light
01:03:11went out of his eyes
01:03:12for good.
01:03:13I stood up
01:03:14and took Rowan's warm hand.
01:03:16Surrounded by the blessings
01:03:18of our people,
01:03:19we walked out
01:03:20of the sanctuary.
01:03:21The sun was bright outside,
01:03:23its warmth falling on us.
01:03:24I gently touched my stomach,
01:03:27feeling the calm,
01:03:27steady heartbeats
01:03:28of my twins.
01:03:29I was finally free
01:03:31of the past,
01:03:32walking towards
01:03:33a future of my own making,
01:03:34a future of happiness
01:03:36for me and my pups.
01:03:38As for Viggo,
01:03:39he was nothing more
01:03:41than a ghost of the past.
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