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00:00:02On the day of my wedding, my mother tore my wedding gown apart in front of every noble present.

00:00:07Raising the moon goddess Seppler high, she brought it crashing down toward me, sending me sprawling across the ground.

00:00:15Selina is not worthy of becoming the new Alpha King's bride.

00:00:19A deathly silence fell over the hall. I was the rejected silver-eyed daughter of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:00:23Today, as long as I completed the blood oath with the newly-crowned Alpha King, Ryan, I would become his

00:00:29Luna, the queen of all werewolves.

00:00:30But my biological mother, Hera, the most revered high priestess of the Temple of Light, publicly declared,

00:00:38Last night, she seduced Karen, the Shadow Pletha clan's holy knight, and her sister Elena's fiancée.

00:00:45The crowd instantly erupted.

00:00:47I knew those silver eyes were filthy.

00:00:50She actually dared to betray the Alpha King?

00:00:53Drive her out of the Silvermoon Pack!

00:00:56A chill spread through my entire body as I stared at my mother.

00:01:02What are you talking about?

00:01:04Last night, she had personally handed me a cup of blessed potion.

00:01:09She had smiled and said,

00:01:10Drink this, and the moon goddess will bless you and Ryan with a bond that can never be broken.

00:01:17But when I woke up, the man lying beside me wasn't Ryan.

00:01:20It was at Karen.

00:01:21Both of us had been drugged.

00:01:23I wanted to explain, but Karen had already thrown on his cloak.

00:01:26His eyes were filled with nothing but disgust.

00:01:30Selina, I've never met a woman as shameless as you.

00:01:32You'd even go after your own sister's fiancée!

00:01:34Then Karen staggered backward until he reached Elena's side.

00:01:38His eyes were red as he looked at her.

00:01:41I've been tainted.

00:01:43You're so pure.

00:01:44You're so pure.

00:01:46I no longer deserve to marry you.

00:01:48Below the altar, Ryan stood motionless.

00:01:51He had once told me that even if the entire world despised my silver eyes, he would still marry me.

00:01:58But now, the way he looked at me was no different from looking at something filthy.

00:02:04I rushed down from the altar and grabbed his hand.

00:02:08Ryan, someone set me up.

00:02:09There was something wrong with that potion.

00:02:11It was Mother!

00:02:12Enough!

00:02:14He shook me off, his voice horsey.

00:02:18Selina and I used to think you were just unlucky.

00:02:21Now I realize you genuinely disgust me.

00:02:28I froze where I stood.

00:02:32Elena burst into tears and buried herself in our mother's arms.

00:02:35She had a pair of noble golden eyes.

00:02:38Pale, delicate, and fragile.

00:02:40She looked like the most innocent, sainty continent.

00:02:43Sister, I know you've always been jealous of me, but Karen is my fiancée.

00:02:47My mother gently wiped away her tears before walking over to me.

00:02:50Then, with her own hands, she removed the silver moon crest pinned to my chest.

00:02:54It was the symbol of a wolf bride's status.

00:02:56And in all fifteen years of my life, it was the only thing that had ever truly acknowledged my existence.

00:03:01I stared at her.

00:03:03Why?

00:03:03She leaned close to my ear, her voice so low that only I could hear it.

00:03:08Because Elena is far more suitable to be Luna.

00:03:11Luna, she has golden eyes.

00:03:14You're nothing but a stain.

00:03:18In that moment, I finally understood.

00:03:21This wasn't an accident.

00:03:23It wasn't a misunderstanding.

00:03:24It was a trap they had prepared long ago.

00:03:27That moment, Elena suddenly wiped away her tears and stepped forward.

00:03:30Position of Luna of the silver moon wolf pack cannot remain vacant.

00:03:34It would only make us the laughingstock of everyone.

00:03:36Since my sister committed such a disgraceful offense, let me atone for her sins in her place.

00:03:40Ryan, if you're willing, I can complete this blood oath in my sister's stead.

00:03:44Ryan turned around and placed the blood crown, the symbol of the queen, upon Elena's head.

00:03:50The entire hall erupted in cheers.

00:03:53My sister wore my wedding gown, held my Grimm's hand, and stood in the place that should have been mine.

00:03:59And I was publicly sentenced by my own mother.

00:04:02At Selina, silver eyes has defiled the blood oath.

00:04:04Strip her of the wolf crest and exiled her to the forbidden rift.

00:04:07She shall never return.

00:04:08As the temple knights dragged me down from the altar, Elinina glanced at me, tears still linguined on her face.

00:04:13But the corners of her lips slowly curled forward.

00:04:17Fifteen years later, at the inheritance bankery of the Sacred Dominion Conforge,

00:04:21nables and power holders from all twelve clans gathered withneath one roof.

00:04:24They knelt before my dragonbone throne, competing to present moon-tear crystal mines,

00:04:28territorial deeds, and bloodline oves as tribute.

00:04:31None of them knew that the Empress of the Sacred Dominion,

00:04:34the woman who controlled eighty percent of the continent's moon-tear crystal mines,

00:04:40was the same silver-eyed outcast they had once trampled into the mud.

00:04:46Until my adopted son, Kyaris,

00:04:49walked into the Grand Hall holding a young woman's hand.

00:04:52She wore a silver-white formal gown.

00:04:54Her golden eyes shunned brightly,

00:04:57and pride radiated from her face.

00:04:59Her name was Ivy, Elinina's daughter,

00:05:01and she bore the exact same face her mother had fifteen years ago.

00:05:05Kaio stopped before me, his tone unwavering.

00:05:07Mother, Ivy will become my blood oath mate.

00:05:10If you approve, we'll announce our engagement tonight.

00:05:12Every guest in the hall held their breath.

00:05:15Ivy lifted her chin slightly,

00:05:17waiting for me to bestow that honor upon her.

00:05:19She was the golden-eyed Saint-Cris of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,

00:05:23Ryan's most cherished daughter and Hera's favorite granddaughter.

00:05:26She was used to people lowering their heads the moment they saw her,

00:05:30but she had forgotten one thing.

00:05:31This was not the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:05:34This was the sacred dominion before me.

00:05:36This was the throne I had clawed my way towards for fifteen years,

00:05:40inch by inch,

00:05:42through the bones and corpses of the forbidden rift.

00:05:45I looked at that face and remembered the wedding gown

00:05:47that had been torn apart fifteen years ago.

00:05:49I remembered the poison my mother had handed me.

00:05:52I remembered the cold look in Ryan's eyes.

00:05:54Then I set down my wine glass.

00:05:56The bass struck the dragonbone armrest.

00:05:58The sound was not loud,

00:06:00yet the entire hall fell silence in an instant.

00:06:02I do not approve.

00:06:03I said, Kairos froze.

00:06:05Mother?

00:06:06The smile on Ivy's face stiffened.

00:06:08I raised my eyes to her.

00:06:10You will never become the mate of the sacred dominion's heir,

00:06:12not in this lifetime.

00:06:14The crowd instantly exploded into an uproar.

00:06:17Ivy's eyes reddened at once.

00:06:19Why?

00:06:19What makes me unworthy?

00:06:22I looked at her and smiled.

00:06:24Because the thing your mother stole fifteen years ago

00:06:27is finally going to be returned today.

00:06:31Ivy's face went completely pale.

00:06:34Kairos stepped in front of her,

00:06:35his brows drawn tightly together.

00:06:37Mother, Ivy didn't do anything wrong.

00:06:39The grudges of the previous generation

00:06:41shouldn't fall on her shoulders.

00:06:43I looked at him.

00:06:44Do you even know what happened fifteen years ago?

00:06:46Ivy spoke before he-

00:06:48My mother told me everything.

00:06:49Fifteen years ago,

00:06:50you betrayed Alpha King Ryan

00:06:52and seduced Karen,

00:06:53my mother's fiancée.

00:06:54You were exiled because you committed a crime.

00:06:56She bit her lip,

00:06:57looking as though I were the one bullying her.

00:06:59But my mother always defended you.

00:07:01She said you were just too jealous of her.

00:07:04Muted whispers spread throughout the hall.

00:07:07Some of the older nobles lowered their heads.

00:07:10Back then,

00:07:10they had all stood

00:07:11with you at the moon goddess's altar.

00:07:13They had watched my wedding gown

00:07:14in being torn apart,

00:07:15and they had watched Elena

00:07:16put on my bridal dress.

00:07:18They knew about that scant,

00:07:19but they had never cared about the truth,

00:07:21because the stories written by the victors

00:07:23were always clean and respectable.

00:07:25Before I could speak,

00:07:26the doors of the hall

00:07:26were suddenly pushed open.

00:07:28Ivy wasn't wrong.

00:07:30Everyone turned around.

00:07:31Elena had arrived.

00:07:32Fifteen years had passed,

00:07:33yet she was still

00:07:34breathtakingly beautiful

00:07:35in that fragile way of hers.

00:07:37Her golden hair was pinned up

00:07:38behind her head,

00:07:38and the royal crest

00:07:39of the Silvermoon Wolfpax Luna

00:07:41was embroidered on her white cloak.

00:07:43Behind her stood Alpha King Ryan

00:07:44and Karen,

00:07:45the holy knight

00:07:46of the Shadow Leopard clan.

00:07:47Every person who had destroyed

00:07:49my life fifteen years ago

00:07:50had finally appeared

00:07:51before me once again.

00:07:53Elena's eyes stiffened

00:07:54for a certain second

00:07:55the moment she saw me.

00:07:56Sister,

00:07:58I never imagined

00:07:59the Empress of the Sacred Dominion

00:08:01would turn out to be you.

00:08:03She called me sister,

00:08:05but her tone

00:08:06sounded more like a reminder

00:08:08to everyone present

00:08:09that I had once been

00:08:10nothing more than

00:08:11the filthy,

00:08:12silver-eyed outcast

00:08:13of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:08:16Caius frowned.

00:08:17Mother,

00:08:18you know them?

00:08:20I didn't answer.

00:08:21Ryan stepped forward.

00:08:22He still carried

00:08:23the same arrogance

00:08:24of an Alpha King,

00:08:25though the sharpness

00:08:26in his golden eyes

00:08:27was no longer

00:08:27what it had been.

00:08:29He looked at me

00:08:30and remained silent

00:08:31for a long moment.

00:08:33Selena.

00:08:38Hearing that name

00:08:39come from his lips

00:08:39almost made me laugh.

00:08:42Fifteen years ago

00:08:43he had used that name

00:08:44when he told me

00:08:44he loved me.

00:08:45Later,

00:08:46he had used the same voice

00:08:47to say that I disgusted him.

00:08:48And now he wanted

00:08:49to use that name again,

00:08:50pretending there were still

00:08:51unresolved feelings

00:08:52between us.

00:08:53I spoke calmly.

00:08:55Your Majesty,

00:08:56this is a private banquet

00:08:57of the Sacred Dominion

00:08:59consortium.

00:09:00You were not invited.

00:09:08Sister,

00:09:09if you're angry with me,

00:09:10then take it out on me.

00:09:12Why make things

00:09:13difficult for Ivy?

00:09:15She simply fell

00:09:16in love with Kairos.

00:09:18How interesting.

00:09:19I looked at her.

00:09:22Fifteen years ago,

00:09:23you also claimed

00:09:24that you had simply

00:09:25fallen in love with Ryan.

00:09:27Karen suddenly spoke,

00:09:29his voice called,

00:09:30Selina,

00:09:31what happened back then

00:09:32is already in the past.

00:09:33I turned to him.

00:09:35Of course it is.

00:09:36For you.

00:09:37After you woke up,

00:09:38all you had to do

00:09:39was call me shameless.

00:09:41But I had to spend

00:09:42fifteen years

00:09:43in the Forbibben Rift,

00:09:44carrying the crime

00:09:45you all forced onto me.

00:09:47Karen's throat bobbed.

00:09:48There was something

00:09:49complicated in his eyes.

00:09:51Pain,

00:09:51conflict,

00:09:52and a belated trace

00:09:53of doubt.

00:09:54But I didn't need it.

00:09:56Belated doubt

00:09:56was just like belated love.

00:09:58Both were worthless.

00:10:00Ryan took a deep breath.

00:10:02We didn't come here today

00:10:03to dig up the past.

00:10:05Ivy and Kaidas

00:10:06love each other.

00:10:07An alliance between

00:10:08our two clans

00:10:09would benefit

00:10:10the sacred dimension

00:10:11as well.

00:10:12Selina,

00:10:13don't let personal grudges

00:10:14interfere with

00:10:15the bigger picture.

00:10:16I gently set down

00:10:17my wine glass.

00:10:18You're lecturing me

00:10:18about the bigger picture?

00:10:20Ryan frowned.

00:10:21I lifted a hand

00:10:22and the attendant behind me

00:10:24unfurled a black

00:10:25and gold contract scroll.

00:10:26It was covered

00:10:27with the markings

00:10:28of moon-tier crystal veins.

00:10:30My voice wasn't loud.

00:10:31Everyone heard it clearly.

00:10:33The sacred dominion

00:10:34comodum controls

00:10:3580% of the continent's

00:10:36moon-tier crystal mines.

00:10:38Last year,

00:10:3870% of the silver moon

00:10:39wolf pack's

00:10:40military supplies,

00:10:41potions,

00:10:41and room array maintenance

00:10:42came from

00:10:43sacred dominion resources.

00:10:46Ryan,

00:10:47you're standing

00:10:48on my territory,

00:10:49living off my mines,

00:10:51and still expecting me

00:10:53to prioritize

00:10:54your bigger picture.

00:11:01Ryan's expression

00:11:02instantly dartened.

00:11:03For the first time,

00:11:04panic flashed

00:11:05across Dot Ivy's face.

00:11:06She grabbed

00:11:07Kyos' hand.

00:11:08Kyos,

00:11:09say something!

00:11:10Mother,

00:11:10do you really have

00:11:11to do this?

00:11:12Kyros looked at me,

00:11:13and for the first time,

00:11:14there was anger

00:11:15in his eyes.

00:11:16Do what?

00:11:17I asked.

00:11:19Expose the truth

00:11:20in front of everyone?

00:11:22Or refuse to hand over

00:11:23the life's work

00:11:24I've built

00:11:24to my enemy's daughter?

00:11:26Kyros lowered his voice.

00:11:29Ivy isn't her mother.

00:11:31Neither are you me.

00:11:32You don't have the right

00:11:33to forgive them

00:11:34on my behalf.

00:11:35I fixed my gaze on him.

00:11:36The moment those words

00:11:37left my mouth,

00:11:38the last trace of hesitation

00:11:39vanished from Kyros' face.

00:11:41He took Ivy's hand

00:11:41and turned to face the guests.

00:11:43If Mother refuses

00:11:43to give us her blessing,

00:11:44then I'll make

00:11:45the announcement myself!

00:11:46I, Kyros,

00:11:47as the heir of the

00:11:47sacred Dimangian,

00:11:48choose Ivy

00:11:49as my blood oath mate.

00:11:50From this night forward,

00:11:51anyone who humiliates her

00:11:52becomes my enemy.

00:11:53The entire hall fell silent.

00:11:54A flash of triumph

00:11:55crossed Elena's eyes.

00:11:56Even Ryan slowly

00:11:57looked pleased.

00:11:58Kyros, I knew

00:11:58you wouldn't abandon me!

00:11:59Crying,

00:12:00Ivy threw herself

00:12:01into Kyros' arms.

00:12:02I watched them

00:12:02and suddenly felt tired.

00:12:04Not heartbroken,

00:12:05just tired of it all.

00:12:07I raised my hand.

00:12:09Bring me the blood oath scroll.

00:12:11Hope lit up

00:12:11in at Kyros' eyes.

00:12:13Mother, you agree?

00:12:14I smiled.

00:12:16Of course.

00:12:16Before Ivy

00:12:17could even breathe

00:12:18a sigh of relief,

00:12:19I finished the sentence.

00:12:20I agree to sever

00:12:21the blood oath

00:12:22between us

00:12:22as mother and son.

00:12:24The smile on

00:12:25Kyata's face frozen.

00:12:26What did you say?

00:12:27An attendant

00:12:28brought over

00:12:29a black parchment scroll.

00:12:30It was no ordinary contract.

00:12:33Someone recognized it,

00:12:34their voice trembling.

00:12:38The soul-severation

00:12:39blood oath.

00:12:40Once it's signed,

00:12:41blood ties,

00:12:42inheritance rights,

00:12:42and family protection

00:12:43are all permanently cut off.

00:12:59On the day of my wedding,

00:13:01my mother tore my wedding gown apart

00:13:02in front of every noble present.

00:13:04Raising the moon goddess

00:13:06Seppler high,

00:13:07she brought it crashing down

00:13:08toward me,

00:13:09sending me sprawling

00:13:10across the ground.

00:13:12Selina is not worthy

00:13:13of becoming

00:13:14the new Alpha King's bride.

00:13:16A deathly silence

00:13:16fell over the hall.

00:13:17I was the rejected

00:13:18silver-eyed daughter

00:13:19of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:13:21Today,

00:13:21as long as I completed

00:13:22the blood oath

00:13:23with the newly crowned

00:13:24Alpha King Ryan,

00:13:25I would become his Luna,

00:13:26the queen of all werewolves.

00:13:27But my biological mother,

00:13:29Hera,

00:13:30the most revered

00:13:31high priestess

00:13:32of the Temple of Light,

00:13:33publicly declared,

00:13:34Last night,

00:13:36she seduced Karen,

00:13:38the Shadow Pletha clan's

00:13:39holy knight,

00:13:40and her sister Elena's fiancée.

00:13:42The crowd instantly erupted.

00:13:44I knew those silver eyes

00:13:46were filthy.

00:13:47She actually dared

00:13:48to betray the Alpha King?

00:13:50Drive her out

00:13:51of the Silvermoon Pack!

00:13:53A chill spread through

00:13:55my entire body

00:13:56as I stared at my mother.

00:13:59What are you talking about?

00:14:01Last night,

00:14:02she had personally

00:14:03handed me a cup

00:14:04of blessed potion.

00:14:06She had smiled and said,

00:14:08Drink this,

00:14:09and the Moon Goddess

00:14:10will bless you and Ryan

00:14:11with a bond

00:14:12that can never be broken.

00:14:14But when I woke up,

00:14:15the man lying beside me

00:14:16wasn't Ryan.

00:14:17It was at Karen.

00:14:19Both of us had been drugged.

00:14:20I wanted to explain,

00:14:21but Karen had already

00:14:22thrown on his cloak.

00:14:23His eyes were filled

00:14:24with nothing but disgust.

00:14:27Selina,

00:14:27I've never met a woman

00:14:28as shameless as you.

00:14:29You'd even go after

00:14:30your own sister's fiancée?

00:14:31Then Karen staggered backward

00:14:33until he reached

00:14:34Elena's side.

00:14:35His eyes were red

00:14:36as he looked at her.

00:14:38I've been tainted.

00:14:40You're so pure.

00:14:43I no longer deserve

00:14:44to marry you.

00:14:45Below the altar,

00:14:46Ryan stood motionless.

00:14:48He had once told me

00:14:49that even if the entire world

00:14:51despised my silver eyes,

00:14:52he would still marry me.

00:14:55But now,

00:14:56the way he looked at me

00:14:57was no different

00:14:58from looking at something filthy.

00:15:01I rushed down from the altar

00:15:02and grabbed his hand.

00:15:04Ryan,

00:15:05someone set me up.

00:15:06There was something wrong

00:15:07with that potion.

00:15:08It was Mother!

00:15:09Enough!

00:15:11He shook me off,

00:15:13his voice horsey.

00:15:15Selina and I used to think

00:15:16you were just unlucky.

00:15:18Now I realize

00:15:19you genuinely disgust me.

00:15:25I froze where I stood.

00:15:29Elena burst into tears

00:15:30and buried herself

00:15:31in our mother's arms.

00:15:32She had a pair

00:15:33of noble golden eyes.

00:15:35Pale,

00:15:35delicate,

00:15:36and fragile.

00:15:37She looked like

00:15:38the most innocent

00:15:38sainty continent.

00:15:40Sister,

00:15:41I know you've always

00:15:41been jealous of me,

00:15:42but Karen is my fiancé.

00:15:44My mother gently

00:15:45wiped away her tears

00:15:46before walking over to me.

00:15:47Then,

00:15:48with her own hands,

00:15:48she removed

00:15:49the silver moon crest

00:15:50pinned to my chest.

00:15:51It was the symbol

00:15:52of a wolf bride's status,

00:15:53and in all 15 years

00:15:54of my life,

00:15:55it was the only thing

00:15:56that had ever truly

00:15:57acknowledged my existence.

00:15:58I stared at her.

00:16:00Why?

00:16:00She leaned close

00:16:01to my ear,

00:16:02her voice so low

00:16:03that only I could hear it.

00:16:05Because Elena

00:16:06is far more suitable

00:16:08to be Luna.

00:16:09She has golden eyes.

00:16:11You're nothing

00:16:12but a stain.

00:16:15In that moment,

00:16:16I finally understood

00:16:18this wasn't an accident.

00:16:20It wasn't a misunderstanding.

00:16:21It was a trap

00:16:22they had prepared

00:16:23long ago.

00:16:24That moment,

00:16:25Elena suddenly wiped

00:16:26away her tears

00:16:26and stepped forward.

00:16:27The position of Luna

00:16:28of the silver moon wolf pack

00:16:29cannot remain vacant.

00:16:31It would only make us

00:16:32the laughingstock

00:16:32of everyone.

00:16:33Since my sister committed

00:16:34such a disgraceful offense,

00:16:35let me atone

00:16:36for her sins

00:16:37in her place.

00:16:37Ryan,

00:16:38if you're willing,

00:16:39I can complete this

00:16:40blood oath

00:16:40in my sister's stead.

00:16:41Ryan turned around

00:16:43and placed the blood crown,

00:16:44the symbol of the queen,

00:16:46upon Elena's head.

00:16:47The entire hall

00:16:48erupted in cheers.

00:16:50My sister wore

00:16:51my wedding gown,

00:16:52held my Grimm's hand,

00:16:54and stood in the place

00:16:55that should have been mine.

00:16:56And I was publicly

00:16:57sentenced by my own mother.

00:16:59At Selina,

00:16:59silver eyes

00:17:00has defiled the blood oath,

00:17:01stripped her of the wolf crest,

00:17:02and exiled her

00:17:03to the forbidden rift.

00:17:04She shall never return.

00:17:05As the temple knights

00:17:06dragged me down

00:17:06from the altar,

00:17:07Elena glanced at me,

00:17:08tears still lingued

00:17:09on her face,

00:17:10but the corners of her lips

00:17:10slowly curled forward.

00:17:14Fifteen years later,

00:17:15at the inheritance bankry

00:17:16of the Sacred Dominion

00:17:17Conforge,

00:17:18navels and power holders

00:17:19from all twelve clans

00:17:20gathered withneath one roof.

00:17:21They knelt before

00:17:22my dragonbone throne,

00:17:23competing to present

00:17:24moon tear crystal mines,

00:17:25territorial deeds,

00:17:26and bloodline oves

00:17:27as tribute.

00:17:28None of them knew

00:17:29that the Empress

00:17:30of the Sacred Dominion,

00:17:32the woman who controlled

00:17:3380% of the continent's

00:17:35moon tear crystal mines,

00:17:37was the same silver-eyed outcast

00:17:40they had once trampled

00:17:41into the mud.

00:17:43Until my adopted son,

00:17:45Kyaris,

00:17:46walked into the grand hall

00:17:47holding a young woman's hand.

00:17:49She wore a silver-white

00:17:50formal gown.

00:17:51Her golden eyes

00:17:53shunned brightly,

00:17:54and pride radiated

00:17:55from her face.

00:17:56Her name was Ivy,

00:17:58Elena's daughter,

00:17:59and she bore the exact same face

00:18:00her mother had

00:18:01fifteen years ago.

00:18:02Kaio stopped before me,

00:18:03his tone unwavering.

00:18:04Mother,

00:18:05Ivy will become

00:18:06my blood oath, mate.

00:18:07If you approve,

00:18:08we'll announce

00:18:08our engagement tonight.

00:18:09Every guest in the hall

00:18:11held their breath.

00:18:12Ivy lifted her chin slightly,

00:18:14waiting for me

00:18:15to bestow that honor upon her.

00:18:16She was the golden-eyed

00:18:17saint-gross

00:18:18of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,

00:18:20Ryan's most cherished daughter

00:18:21and Hera's

00:18:22favorite granddaughter.

00:18:23She was used to people

00:18:24lowering their heads

00:18:25the moment they saw her,

00:18:27but she had forgotten

00:18:28one thing.

00:18:29This was not

00:18:29the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:18:31This was the sacred

00:18:31Dominion conforming.

00:18:33This was the throne

00:18:34I had clawed my way

00:18:35towards for fifteen years,

00:18:37inch by inch,

00:18:39through the bones

00:18:40and corpses

00:18:40of the Forbidden Rift.

00:18:42I looked at that face

00:18:43and remembered

00:18:44the wedding gown

00:18:44that had been torn apart

00:18:45fifteen years ago.

00:18:46I remembered the poison

00:18:48my mother had handed me.

00:18:49I remembered the cold look

00:18:50in Ryan's eyes.

00:18:52Then I set down

00:18:52my wine glass.

00:18:53The bass struck

00:18:54the Dragonbone armrest.

00:18:55The sound was not loud,

00:18:57yet the entire hall

00:18:57fell silence

00:18:58in an instant.

00:18:59I do not approve.

00:19:01I said,

00:19:01Kairos froze.

00:19:02Mother?

00:19:03The smile on Ivy's face

00:19:05stiffened.

00:19:06I raised my eyes to her.

00:19:07You will never become

00:19:08the mate of the

00:19:08Sacred Dominion's heir,

00:19:09not in this lifetime.

00:19:11The crowd instantly

00:19:12exploded into an uproar.

00:19:14Ivy's eyes reddened

00:19:14at once.

00:19:16Why?

00:19:16What makes me unworthy?

00:19:19I looked at her

00:19:20and smiled.

00:19:21Because the thing

00:19:22your mother stole

00:19:23fifteen years ago

00:19:24is finally going

00:19:25to be returned today.

00:19:28Ivy's face

00:19:29went completely pale.

00:19:31Kairos stepped

00:19:31in front of her,

00:19:32his brows drawn

00:19:33tightly together.

00:19:34Mother,

00:19:35Ivy didn't do

00:19:36anything wrong.

00:19:36The grudges

00:19:37of the previous generation

00:19:38shouldn't fall

00:19:39on her shoulders.

00:19:39I looked at him.

00:19:41Do you even know

00:19:42what happened

00:19:42fifteen years ago?

00:19:43Ivy spoke before he-

00:19:45My mother told me

00:19:46everything!

00:19:46Fifteen years ago

00:19:47you betrayed

00:19:48Alpha King Ryan

00:19:49and seduced Karen,

00:19:50my mother's fiancé.

00:19:51You were exiled

00:19:52because you committed

00:19:52a crime!

00:19:53She bit her lip,

00:19:54looking as though

00:19:55I were the one

00:19:55bullying her.

00:19:56But my mother

00:19:57always defended you.

00:19:58She said you were

00:19:59just too jealous of her.

00:20:01Muted whispers

00:20:02spread throughout the hall.

00:20:04Some of the older nobles

00:20:05lowered their heads.

00:20:07Back then,

00:20:07they had all stood

00:20:08with the moon goddess's altar.

00:20:10They had watched

00:20:10my wedding gown

00:20:11in green torn apart

00:20:12and they had watched

00:20:13Elena put on

00:20:13my bridal dress.

00:20:15They knew about that scant,

00:20:16but they had never

00:20:17cared about the truth

00:20:18because the stories

00:20:19written by the victors

00:20:20were always clean

00:20:21and respectable.

00:20:22Before I could speak,

00:20:23the doors of the hall

00:20:23were suddenly pushed open.

00:20:24Ivy wasn't wrong.

00:20:26Everyone turned around.

00:20:28Elena had arrived.

00:20:29Fifteen years had passed

00:20:30yet she was still

00:20:31breathtakingly beautiful

00:20:32in that fragile way of hers.

00:20:34Her golden hair

00:20:34was pinned up

00:20:35behind her head

00:20:36and the royal crest

00:20:36of the silver moon

00:20:37wolf pack's luna

00:20:38was embroidered

00:20:39on her white cloak.

00:20:40Behind her stood

00:20:41Alpha King Ryan

00:20:41and Karen,

00:20:42the holy knight

00:20:43of the shadow leopard clan.

00:20:44Every person

00:20:45who had destroyed

00:20:46my life fifteen years ago

00:20:47had finally appeared

00:20:48before me once again.

00:20:50Elena's eyes stiffened

00:20:51for a certain second

00:20:52the moment she saw me.

00:20:54Sister,

00:20:55I never imagined

00:20:56the Empress

00:20:57of the Sacred Dominion

00:20:58would turn out

00:20:59to be you.

00:21:00She called me sister,

00:21:02but her tone

00:21:03sounded more like

00:21:04a reminder

00:21:05to everyone present

00:21:06that I had once

00:21:07been nothing more

00:21:08than the filthy,

00:21:09silver-eyed outcast

00:21:10of the silver moon

00:21:11wolf pack.

00:21:13Caius frowned.

00:21:14Mother,

00:21:15you know them?

00:21:16I didn't answer.

00:21:18Ryan stepped forward.

00:21:19He still carried

00:21:20the same arrogance

00:21:21of an Alpha King,

00:21:22though the sharpness

00:21:23in his golden eyes

00:21:24was no longer

00:21:24what it had been.

00:21:26He looked at me

00:21:27and remained silent

00:21:28for a long moment.

00:21:31Selena.

00:21:35Hearing that name

00:21:36come from his lips

00:21:36almost made me laugh.

00:21:39Fifteen years ago,

00:21:40he had used that name

00:21:41when he told me

00:21:41he loved me.

00:21:42Later,

00:21:43he had used the same voice

00:21:44to say that I disgusted him.

00:21:45And now he wanted

00:21:46to use that name again,

00:21:47pretending there were still

00:21:48unresolved feelings

00:21:49between us.

00:21:50I spoke calmly.

00:21:52Your Majesty,

00:21:53this is a private banquet

00:21:54of the Sacred Domainian

00:21:56Consortium.

00:21:57You were not invited.

00:22:05Sister,

00:22:05if you're angry with me,

00:22:07then take it out on me.

00:22:09Why make things

00:22:10difficult for Ivy?

00:22:12She simply fell in love

00:22:13with Kairus.

00:22:15How interesting.

00:22:17I looked at her.

00:22:19Fifteen years ago,

00:22:20you also claimed

00:22:21that you had simply

00:22:22fallen in love with Ryan.

00:22:24Karen suddenly spoke,

00:22:26his voice called.

00:22:27Selena,

00:22:28what happened back then

00:22:29is already in the past.

00:22:30I turned to him.

00:22:32Of course it is.

00:22:33For you.

00:22:34After you woke up,

00:22:35all you had to do

00:22:36was call me shameless.

00:22:38But I had to spend

00:22:39fifteen years

00:22:40in the Forbibbon Rift,

00:22:41carrying the crime

00:22:42you all forced onto me.

00:22:44Karen's throat bobbed.

00:22:45There was something

00:22:46complicated in his eyes.

00:22:48Pain,

00:22:48conflict,

00:22:49and a belated trace of doubt.

00:22:51But I didn't need it.

00:22:52Belated doubt

00:22:53was just like belated love.

00:22:55Both were worthless.

00:22:57Ryan took a deep breath.

00:22:59We didn't come here today

00:23:00to dig up the past.

00:23:02Ivy and Kai-itis

00:23:03love each other.

00:23:04An alliance between

00:23:05our two clans

00:23:06would benefit

00:23:07the Sacred Dimension

00:23:08as well.

00:23:09Selena,

00:23:10don't let personal grudges

00:23:11interfere with the bigger picture.

00:23:12I gently set down

00:23:14my wine glass.

00:23:15You're lecturing me

00:23:15about the bigger picture?

00:23:17Ryan frowned.

00:23:18I lifted a hand

00:23:19and the attendant behind me

00:23:21unfurled a black

00:23:22and gold contract scroll.

00:23:23It was covered

00:23:24with the markings

00:23:25of moon-tier crystal veins.

00:23:27My voice wasn't loud.

00:23:28Everyone heard it clearly.

00:23:30The Sacred Dominion

00:23:31Commodum controls

00:23:32eighty percent

00:23:32of the continent's

00:23:33moon-tier crystal mines.

00:23:34Last year,

00:23:35seventy percent

00:23:36of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's

00:23:37military supplies,

00:23:38potions,

00:23:38and room array maintenance

00:23:39came from

00:23:40Sacred Dominion resources.

00:23:43Ryan,

00:23:44you're standing

00:23:45on my territory,

00:23:46living off my mines,

00:23:48and still expecting me

00:23:50to prioritize

00:23:51your bigger picture.

00:23:57Ryan's expression

00:23:59instantly dartened.

00:24:00For the first time,

00:24:01panic flashed

00:24:02across Dot Ivy's face.

00:24:03She grabbed Kai-os' hand.

00:24:05Kai-os,

00:24:06say something!

00:24:07Mother,

00:24:07do you really

00:24:08have to do this?

00:24:09Kai-os looked at me,

00:24:10and for the first time,

00:24:11there was anger

00:24:12in his eyes.

00:24:13Do what?

00:24:15I asked.

00:24:16Expose the truth

00:24:17in front of everyone?

00:24:19Or refuse to hand over

00:24:20the life's work

00:24:21I've built

00:24:21to my enemy's daughter?

00:24:23Kai-os lowered his voice.

00:24:26Ivy isn't her mother.

00:24:28Neither are you me.

00:24:29You don't have the right

00:24:30to forgive them

00:24:31on my behalf.

00:24:31I fixed my gaze on him.

00:24:33The moment those words

00:24:34left my mouth,

00:24:35the last trace of hesitation

00:24:36vanished from Kai-os' face.

00:24:38He took Ivy's hand

00:24:38and turned to face the guests.

00:24:40If Mother refuses

00:24:40to give us her blessing,

00:24:41then I'll make

00:24:42the announcement myself!

00:24:43I, Kai-os,

00:24:44as the heir of the sacred

00:24:45Dimangin,

00:24:45choose Ivy

00:24:46as my blood oath mate.

00:24:47From this night forward,

00:24:48anyone who humiliates her

00:24:49becomes my enemy.

00:24:50The entire hall fell silent.

00:24:51A flash of triumph

00:24:52crossed Elena's eyes.

00:24:53Even Ryan slowly

00:24:54looked pleased.

00:24:55Kai-os,

00:24:55I knew you wouldn't

00:24:55abandon me!

00:24:56Crying,

00:24:57Ivy threw herself

00:24:58into Kai-os' arms.

00:24:59I watched them

00:24:59and suddenly felt tired.

00:25:01Not heartbroken,

00:25:03just tired of it all.

00:25:04I raised my hand.

00:25:05Bring me the blood oath scroll.

00:25:08Hope lit up

00:25:08in At-Kai-os' eyes.

00:25:10Mother, you agree?

00:25:11I smiled.

00:25:13Of course.

00:25:14Before Ivy could even

00:25:15breathe a sigh of relief,

00:25:16I finished the sentence.

00:25:17I agree to sever the blood oath

00:25:19between us

00:25:19as mother and son.

00:25:21The smile on Kai-os' face

00:25:22frozen.

00:25:23What did you say?

00:25:24An attendant brought over

00:25:26a black parchment scroll.

00:25:27It was no ordinary contract.

00:25:30Someone recognized it,

00:25:31their voice trembling.

00:25:35The soul-severation blood oath.

00:25:37Once it's signed,

00:25:38blood ties,

00:25:39inheritance rights,

00:25:39and family protection

00:25:40are all permanently cut off.

00:25:56On the day of my wedding,

00:25:58my mother tore my wedding gown apart

00:25:59in front of every noble present.

00:26:01Raising the moon goddess

00:26:03Seppler high,

00:26:03she brought it crashing down

00:26:05toward me,

00:26:06sending me sprawling

00:26:07across the ground.

00:26:09Selina is not worthy

00:26:10of becoming

00:26:11the new Alpha King's bride.

00:26:12A deathly silence

00:26:13fell over the hall.

00:26:14I was the rejected

00:26:15silver-eyed daughter

00:26:16of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:26:18Today,

00:26:18as long as I completed

00:26:19the blood oath

00:26:20with the newly crowned

00:26:21Alpha King, Ryan,

00:26:22I would become his Luna,

00:26:23the queen of all werewolves.

00:26:25But my biological mother,

00:26:26Hera,

00:26:27the most revered

00:26:28high priestess

00:26:29of the Temple of Light,

00:26:30publicly declared,

00:26:31Last night,

00:26:33she seduced Karen,

00:26:35the Shadow Pletha clan's

00:26:36holy knight,

00:26:37and her sister Elena's fiancée.

00:26:39The crowd instantly erupted.

00:26:41I knew those silver eyes

00:26:43were filthy.

00:26:44She actually dared

00:26:45to betray the Alpha King?

00:26:47Drive her out

00:26:48of the Silvermoon Pack!

00:26:50A chill spread through

00:26:52my entire body

00:26:53as I stared at my mother.

00:26:56What are you talking about?

00:26:58Last night,

00:26:59she had personally

00:27:00handed me a cup

00:27:01of blessed potion.

00:27:03She had smiled and said,

00:27:05Drink this,

00:27:06and the Moon Goddess

00:27:07will bless you and Ryan

00:27:08with a bond

00:27:09that can never be broken.

00:27:11But when I woke up,

00:27:12the man lying beside me

00:27:13wasn't Ryan.

00:27:14It was at Karen.

00:27:16Both of us had been drugged.

00:27:17I wanted to explain,

00:27:18but Karen had already

00:27:19thrown on his cloak.

00:27:20His eyes were filled

00:27:21with nothing but disgust.

00:27:24Selina,

00:27:24I've never met a woman

00:27:25as shameless as you.

00:27:26You'd even go after

00:27:27your own sister's fiancée?

00:27:28Then Karen staggered backward

00:27:30until he reached

00:27:31Elena's side.

00:27:32His eyes were red

00:27:33as he looked at her.

00:27:35I've been tainted.

00:27:37You're so pure.

00:27:40I no longer deserve

00:27:41to marry you.

00:27:42Below the altar,

00:27:43Ryan stood motionless.

00:27:45He had once told me

00:27:46that even if the entire world

00:27:48despised my silver eyes,

00:27:49he would still marry me.

00:27:52But now,

00:27:53the way he looked at me

00:27:54was no different

00:27:55from looking at something filthy.

00:27:58I rushed down from the altar

00:27:59and grabbed his hand.

00:28:01Ryan,

00:28:02someone set me up.

00:28:03There was something wrong

00:28:04with that potion.

00:28:05It was Mother!

00:28:06Enough!

00:28:08He shook me off,

00:28:10his voice horsey.

00:28:12Selina and I used to think

00:28:13you were just unlucky.

00:28:15Now I realize

00:28:16you genuinely disgust me.

00:28:22I froze where I stood.

00:28:26Elena burst into tears

00:28:27and buried herself

00:28:28in our mother's arms.

00:28:29She had a pair

00:28:30of noble golden eyes.

00:28:32Pale,

00:28:32delicate,

00:28:33and fragile.

00:28:34She looked like

00:28:35the most innocent

00:28:35saintly continent.

00:28:37Sister,

00:28:38I know you've always

00:28:38been jealous of me,

00:28:39but Karen is my fiancé.

00:28:41My mother gently wiped away

00:28:42her tears before

00:28:43walking over to me.

00:28:44Then with her own hands,

00:28:46she removed the silver moon crest

00:28:47pinned to my chest.

00:28:48It was the symbol

00:28:49of a wolf bride's status,

00:28:50and in all 15 years

00:28:51of my life,

00:28:52it was the only thing

00:28:53that had ever truly

00:28:54acknowledged my existence.

00:28:55I stared at her.

00:28:57Why?

00:28:57She leaned close to my ear,

00:28:59her voice so low

00:29:00that only I could hear it.

00:29:02Because Elena

00:29:03is far more suitable

00:29:05to be Luna.

00:29:06She has golden eyes.

00:29:08You're nothing but a stain.

00:29:12In that moment,

00:29:13I finally understood

00:29:15this wasn't an accident.

00:29:16It wasn't a misunderstanding.

00:29:18It was a trap

00:29:19they had prepared long ago.

00:29:21That moment,

00:29:22Elena suddenly wiped away

00:29:23her tears

00:29:23and stepped forward.

00:29:24The position of Luna

00:29:25of the silver moon wolf pack

00:29:26cannot remain vacant.

00:29:28It would only make us

00:29:29the laughingstock of everyone.

00:29:30Since my sister committed

00:29:31such a disgraceful offense,

00:29:32let me atone

00:29:33for her sins in her place.

00:29:34Ryan,

00:29:35if you're willing,

00:29:36I can complete this blood oath

00:29:37in my sister's stead.

00:29:38Ryan turned around

00:29:40and placed the blood crown,

00:29:41the symbol of the queen,

00:29:43upon Elena's head.

00:29:44The entire hall erupted

00:29:46in cheers.

00:29:47My sister wore my wedding gown,

00:29:49held my Grimm's hand,

00:29:51and stood in the place

00:29:52that should have been mine.

00:29:53And I was publicly sentenced

00:29:55by my own mother.

00:29:56At Selina,

00:29:56silver eyes has defiled

00:29:57the blood oath,

00:29:58stripped her of the wolf crest,

00:29:59and exiled her

00:30:00to the forbidden rift.

00:30:01She shall never return.

00:30:02As the temple knights

00:30:03dragged me down

00:30:03from the altar,

00:30:04Elena glanced at me,

00:30:05tears still lingued on her face,

00:30:07but the corners of her lips

00:30:07slowly curled forward.

00:30:11Fifteen years later,

00:30:12at the inheritance bankry

00:30:13of the Sacred Dominion Conforge,

00:30:15navels and power holders

00:30:16from all twelve clans

00:30:17gathered withneath one roof.

00:30:18They knelt before

00:30:19my dragon bone throne,

00:30:20competing to present

00:30:21moon tear crystal mines,

00:30:22territorial deeds,

00:30:23and bloodline oves

00:30:24as tribute.

00:30:25None of them knew

00:30:26that the Empress

00:30:27of the Sacred Dominion,

00:30:29the woman who controlled

00:30:3080% of the continent's

00:30:32moon tear crystal mines,

00:30:34was the same silver-eyed outcast

00:30:37they had once trampled

00:30:38into the mud.

00:30:40Until my adopted son,

00:30:42Kyaris,

00:30:43walked into the grand hall

00:30:44holding a young woman's hand.

00:30:46She wore a silver-white

00:30:47formal gown.

00:30:49Her golden eyes

00:30:50shunned brightly,

00:30:50and pride radiated

00:30:52from her face.

00:30:53Her name was Ivy,

00:30:55Elena's daughter,

00:30:56and she bore the exact same face

00:30:57her mother had 15 years ago.

00:30:59Kaio stopped before me,

00:31:00his tone unwavering.

00:31:01Mother,

00:31:02Ivy will become

00:31:03my blood oath mate.

00:31:04If you approve,

00:31:05we'll announce

00:31:05our engagement tonight.

00:31:06Every guest in the hall

00:31:08held their breath.

00:31:09Ivy lifted her chin slightly,

00:31:11waiting for me

00:31:12to bestow that honor upon her.

00:31:13She was the golden-eyed

00:31:14Saint Chris

00:31:15of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,

00:31:17Ryan's most cherished daughter

00:31:18and Hera's favorite

00:31:19granddaughter.

00:31:20She was used to people

00:31:21lowering their heads

00:31:22the moment they saw her,

00:31:24but she had forgotten

00:31:25one thing.

00:31:26This was not

00:31:26the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:31:28This was the sacred

00:31:28dominion conforming.

00:31:30This was the throne

00:31:31I had clawed my way

00:31:32towards for 15 years,

00:31:34inch by inch,

00:31:36through the bones

00:31:37and corpses

00:31:37of the Forbidden Rift.

00:31:39I looked at that face

00:31:40and remembered

00:31:41the wedding gown

00:31:41that had been torn apart

00:31:4215 years ago.

00:31:44I remembered the poison

00:31:45my mother had handed me.

00:31:46I remembered the cold look

00:31:47in Ryan's eyes.

00:31:49Then I set down

00:31:49my wine glass.

00:31:50The bass struck

00:31:51the Dragonbone armrest.

00:31:52The sound was not loud,

00:31:54yet the entire hall

00:31:54fell silence in an instant.

00:31:56I do not approve.

00:31:57I said,

00:31:58Kairos froze.

00:31:59Mother?

00:32:00The smile on Ivy's face

00:32:02stiffened.

00:32:02I raised my eyes to her.

00:32:04You will never become

00:32:05the mate of the sacred

00:32:06dominion's heir,

00:32:06not in this lifetime.

00:32:08The crowd instantly

00:32:09exploded into an uproar.

00:32:11Ivy's eyes reddened

00:32:11at once.

00:32:13Why?

00:32:13What makes me unworthy?

00:32:16I looked at her

00:32:17and smiled.

00:32:18Because the thing

00:32:19your mother stole

00:32:2015 years ago

00:32:21is finally going

00:32:22to be returned today.

00:32:25Ivy's face

00:32:26went completely pale.

00:32:28Kairos stepped

00:32:28in front of her,

00:32:29his brows drawn

00:32:30tightly together.

00:32:31Mother,

00:32:32Ivy didn't do

00:32:33anything wrong.

00:32:34The grudges

00:32:34of the previous

00:32:35generation

00:32:35shouldn't fall

00:32:36on her shoulders.

00:32:37I looked at him.

00:32:38Do you even know

00:32:39what happened

00:32:3915 years ago?

00:32:40Ivy spoke before he-

00:32:42My mother told me

00:32:43everything!

00:32:4315 years ago

00:32:44you betrayed

00:32:45Alpha King Ryan

00:32:46and seduced Karen,

00:32:47my mother's fiancée.

00:32:48You were exiled

00:32:49because you committed

00:32:49a crime!

00:32:50She bit her lip,

00:32:51looking as though

00:32:52I were the one

00:32:52bullying her.

00:32:53But my mother

00:32:54always defended you.

00:32:55She said you were

00:32:56just too jealous of her.

00:32:58Muted whispers

00:32:59spread throughout the hall.

00:33:01Some of the older nobles

00:33:02lowered their heads.

00:33:04Back then,

00:33:04they had all stood

00:33:05with you at the moon

00:33:06goddess's altar.

00:33:07They had watched my

00:33:07wedding gown in green

00:33:08torn apart,

00:33:09and they had watched

00:33:10Elena put on my

00:33:11bridal dress.

00:33:12They knew about that

00:33:13scanned,

00:33:13but they had never

00:33:14cared about the truth,

00:33:15because the stories

00:33:16written by the victors

00:33:17were always clean

00:33:18and respectable.

00:33:19Before I could speak,

00:33:20the doors of the hall

00:33:20were suddenly pushed open.

00:33:22Ivy wasn't wrong.

00:33:23Everyone turned around.

00:33:25Elena had arrived.

00:33:26Fifteen years had passed,

00:33:27yet she was still

00:33:28breathtakingly beautiful

00:33:29in that fragile way

00:33:30of hers.

00:33:31Her golden hair

00:33:31was pinned up

00:33:32behind her head,

00:33:33and the royal crest

00:33:33of the silver moon

00:33:34wolf Pax Luna

00:33:35was embroidered

00:33:36on her white cloak.

00:33:37Behind her stood

00:33:38Alpha King Ryan,

00:33:39and Karen,

00:33:39the holy knight

00:33:40of the shadow leopard clan.

00:33:41Every person who

00:33:42had destroyed my life

00:33:43fifteen years ago

00:33:44had finally appeared

00:33:45before me once again.

00:33:47Elena's eyes stiffened

00:33:48for a sudden second

00:33:49the moment she saw me.

00:33:50Sister,

00:33:52I never imagined

00:33:53the Empress

00:33:54of the Sacred Dominion

00:33:55would turn out

00:33:56to be you.

00:33:57She called me sister,

00:33:59but her tone

00:34:00sounded more like

00:34:01a reminder

00:34:02to everyone present

00:34:03that I had once

00:34:04been nothing more

00:34:05than the filthy,

00:34:06silver-eyed outcast

00:34:07of the silver moon

00:34:08wolf Pax.

00:34:10Caius frowned.

00:34:11Mother,

00:34:12you know them?

00:34:13I didn't answer.

00:34:15Ryan stepped forward.

00:34:16He still carried

00:34:17the same arrogance

00:34:18of an Alpha King,

00:34:19though the sharpness

00:34:20in his golden eyes

00:34:21was no longer

00:34:21what it had been.

00:34:23He looked at me

00:34:24and remained silent

00:34:25for a long moment.

00:34:28Selena.

00:34:32Hearing that name

00:34:33come from his lips

00:34:33almost made me laugh.

00:34:36Fifteen years ago

00:34:37he had used that name

00:34:38when he told me

00:34:38he loved me.

00:34:39Later,

00:34:40he had used the same voice

00:34:41to say that I disgusted him.

00:34:42And now he wanted

00:34:43to use that name again,

00:34:44pretending there were

00:34:45still unresolved feelings

00:34:46between us.

00:34:47I spoke calmly.

00:34:49Your Majesty,

00:34:50this is a private banquet

00:34:51of the Sacred

00:34:52Domanian Consortium.

00:34:54You were not invited.

00:35:02Sister,

00:35:02if you're angry with me,

00:35:04then take it out on me.

00:35:06Why make things

00:35:07difficult for Ivy?

00:35:09She simply fell in love

00:35:10with Kairus.

00:35:12How interesting.

00:35:13I looked at her.

00:35:16Fifteen years ago,

00:35:17you also claimed

00:35:18that you had simply

00:35:19fallen in love with Ryan.

00:35:21Karen suddenly spoke.

00:35:23His voice called.

00:35:24Selena,

00:35:25what happened back then

00:35:26is already in the past.

00:35:27I turned to him.

00:35:29Of course it is.

00:35:30For you.

00:35:31After you woke up,

00:35:32all you had to do

00:35:33was call me shameless.

00:35:35But I had to spend

00:35:36fifteen years

00:35:37in the Forbibbon Rift,

00:35:38carrying the crime

00:35:39you all forced onto me.

00:35:41Karen's throat bobbed.

00:35:42There was something

00:35:43complicated in his eyes.

00:35:45Pain,

00:35:45conflict,

00:35:46and a belated trace of doubt.

00:35:48But I didn't need it.

00:35:49Belated doubt

00:35:50was just like belated love.

00:35:52Both were worthless.

00:35:54Ryan took a deep breath.

00:35:56We didn't come here today

00:35:57to dig up the past.

00:35:59Ivy and Ki-itis

00:36:00love each other.

00:36:01An alliance between

00:36:02our two clans

00:36:03would benefit

00:36:04the sacred dimension as well.

00:36:06Selena,

00:36:07don't let personal grudges

00:36:08interfere with the bigger picture.

00:36:09I gently set down

00:36:11my wine glass.

00:36:12You're lecturing me

00:36:12about the bigger picture?

00:36:14Ryan frowned.

00:36:15I lifted a hand

00:36:16and the attendant behind me

00:36:18unfurled a black

00:36:19and gold contract scroll.

00:36:20It was covered

00:36:21with the markings

00:36:22of moon-tier crystal veins.

00:36:24My voice wasn't loud.

00:36:25Everyone heard it clearly.

00:36:27The Sacred Dominion Commodum

00:36:28controls 80%

00:36:29of the continent's

00:36:30moon-tier crystal mines.

00:36:31Last year,

00:36:3270% of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's

00:36:34military supplies,

00:36:35potions,

00:36:35and room array maintenance

00:36:36came from

00:36:37Sacred Dominion resources.

00:36:40Ryan,

00:36:41you're standing

00:36:42on my territory,

00:36:43living off my mines,

00:36:45and still expecting me

00:36:47to prioritize

00:36:48your bigger picture.

00:36:54Ryan's expression

00:36:56instantly dartened.

00:36:57For the first time,

00:36:58panic flashed

00:36:59across Dot Ivy's face.

00:37:00She grabbed

00:37:01Kyos' hand.

00:37:02Kyos,

00:37:03say something!

00:37:04Mother,

00:37:04do you really have to do this?

00:37:06Kyos looked at me,

00:37:07and for the first time,

00:37:08there was anger

00:37:09in his eyes.

00:37:10Do what?

00:37:12I asked.

00:37:13Expose the truth

00:37:14in front of everyone?

00:37:16Or refuse to hand over

00:37:17the life's work

00:37:18I've built

00:37:18to my enemy's daughter?

00:37:20Kyos lowered his voice.

00:37:23Ivy isn't her mother.

00:37:25Neither are you me.

00:37:26You don't have the right

00:37:27to forgive them

00:37:28on my behalf.

00:37:28I fixed my gaze on him.

00:37:30The moment those words

00:37:31left my mouth,

00:37:32the last trace of hesitation

00:37:33vanished from Kyos' face.

00:37:34He took Ivy's hand

00:37:35and turned to face the guests.

00:37:37If Mother refuses

00:37:37to give us her blessing,

00:37:38then I'll make

00:37:39the announcement myself.

00:37:40I, Kyos,

00:37:41as the heir of the sacred

00:37:42Dimangin,

00:37:42choose Ivy

00:37:43as my blood oath mate.

00:37:44From this night forward,

00:37:45anyone who humiliates her

00:37:46becomes my enemy.

00:37:47The entire hall fell silent.

00:37:48A flash of triumph

00:37:49crossed Elena's eyes.

00:37:50Even Ryan slowly

00:37:51looked pleased.

00:37:52Kyos,

00:37:52I knew you wouldn't

00:37:52abandon me.

00:37:53Crying,

00:37:54Ivy threw herself

00:37:55into Kyos' arms.

00:37:56I watched them

00:37:56and suddenly felt tired,

00:37:58not heartbroken,

00:37:59just tired of it all.

00:38:01I raised my hand.

00:38:03Bring me the blood oath scroll.

00:38:04Hope lit up

00:38:05in At Kairos' eyes.

00:38:07Mother,

00:38:07you agree?

00:38:08I smiled.

00:38:10Of course.

00:38:11Before Ivy

00:38:11could even breathe

00:38:12a sigh of relief,

00:38:13I finished the sentence.

00:38:14I agree to sever

00:38:15the blood oath

00:38:16between us

00:38:16as mother and son.

00:38:18The smile on

00:38:19Kyota's face frozen.

00:38:20What did you say?

00:38:21An attendant

00:38:22brought over

00:38:23a black parchment scroll.

00:38:24It was no ordinary contract.

00:38:27Someone recognized it,

00:38:28their voice trembling.

00:38:32The soul-severation

00:38:33blood oath.

00:38:34Once it's signed,

00:38:35blood ties,

00:38:36inheritance rights,

00:38:37and family protection

00:38:37are all permanently

00:38:38cut off.

00:38:53On the day of my wedding,

00:38:55my mother tore my wedding gown apart

00:38:56in front of every noble present.

00:38:58Raising the moon goddess

00:39:00Seppler high,

00:39:00she brought it crashing down

00:39:02toward me,

00:39:03sending me sprawling

00:39:04across the ground.

00:39:05Selina is not worthy

00:39:07of becoming

00:39:08the new Alpha King's bride.

00:39:09A deathly silence

00:39:10fell over the hall.

00:39:11I was the rejected

00:39:12silver-eyed daughter

00:39:13of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:39:15Today,

00:39:15as long as I completed

00:39:16the blood oath

00:39:17with the newly crowned

00:39:18Alpha King Ryan,

00:39:19I would become his Luna,

00:39:20the queen of all werewolves.

00:39:22But my biological mother,

00:39:23Hera,

00:39:24the most revered

00:39:25High Priestress

00:39:26of the Temple of Light,

00:39:27publicly declared,

00:39:29Last night,

00:39:30she seduced Karen,

00:39:32the Shadow Pletha clan's

00:39:33holy knight,

00:39:34and her sister Elena's fiancée.

00:39:36The crowd instantly erupted.

00:39:38I knew those silver eyes

00:39:40were filthy.

00:39:41She actually dared

00:39:42to betray the Alpha King?

00:39:44Drive her out

00:39:45of the Silvermoon Pack!

00:39:47A chill spread through

00:39:49my entire body

00:39:50as I stared at my mother.

00:39:53What are you talking about?

00:39:55Last night,

00:39:56she had personally handed me

00:39:58a cup of blessed potion.

00:40:00She had smiled and said,

00:40:02Drink this,

00:40:03and the Moon Goddess

00:40:04will bless you and Ryan

00:40:05with a bond

00:40:06that can never be broken.

00:40:08But when I woke up,

00:40:09the man lying beside me

00:40:10wasn't Ryan.

00:40:11It was at Karen.

00:40:13Both of us

00:40:13had been drugged.

00:40:14I wanted to explain,

00:40:15but Karen had already

00:40:16thrown on his cloak.

00:40:17His eyes were filled

00:40:18with nothing but disgust.

00:40:21Selina,

00:40:21I've never met a woman

00:40:22as shameless as you.

00:40:23You'd even go after

00:40:24your own sister's fiancée!

00:40:25Then Karen staggered backward

00:40:27until he reached

00:40:28Elena's side.

00:40:29His eyes were red

00:40:30as he looked at her.

00:40:32I've been tainted.

00:40:34You're so pure.

00:40:36I no longer deserve

00:40:38to marry you.

00:40:39Below the altar,

00:40:40Ryan stood motionless.

00:40:42He had once told me

00:40:43that even if the entire world

00:40:45despised my silver eyes,

00:40:46he would still marry me.

00:40:49But now,

00:40:50the way he looked at me

00:40:51was no different

00:40:52from looking at something filthy.

00:40:55I rushed down

00:40:56from the altar

00:40:56and grabbed his hand.

00:40:58Ryan,

00:40:59someone set me up.

00:41:00There was something wrong

00:41:01with that potion.

00:41:02It was Mother!

00:41:03Enough!

00:41:05He shook me off,

00:41:07his voice horsey.

00:41:09Selina and I used to think

00:41:10you were just unlucky.

00:41:12Now I realize

00:41:13you genuinely disgust me.

00:41:19I froze where I stood.

00:41:23Elena burst into tears

00:41:24and buried herself

00:41:25in our mother's arms.

00:41:26She had a pair of

00:41:27noble golden eyes.

00:41:29Pale,

00:41:29delicate,

00:41:30and fragile.

00:41:31She looked like

00:41:32the most innocent

00:41:32sainty continent.

00:41:34Sister,

00:41:34I know you've always

00:41:35been jealous of me,

00:41:36but Karen is my fiancé.

00:41:38My mother gently wiped away

00:41:39her tears before

00:41:40walking over to me.

00:41:41Then,

00:41:42with her own hands,

00:41:43she removed the

00:41:43silver moon crest

00:41:44pinned to my chest.

00:41:45It was the symbol

00:41:46of a wolf bride's status,

00:41:47and in all 15 years

00:41:48of my life,

00:41:49it was the only thing

00:41:50that had ever truly

00:41:51acknowledged my existence.

00:41:52I stared at her.

00:41:54Why?

00:41:54She leaned close

00:41:55to my ear,

00:41:56her voice so low

00:41:57that only I could hear it.

00:41:59Because Elena

00:42:00is far more suitable

00:42:02to be Luna.

00:42:03She has golden eyes.

00:42:05You're nothing

00:42:06but a stain.

00:42:09In that moment,

00:42:10I finally understood

00:42:12this wasn't an accident.

00:42:13It wasn't a misunderstanding.

00:42:15It was a trap

00:42:16they had prepared

00:42:17long ago.

00:42:18That moment,

00:42:19Elena suddenly wiped

00:42:20away her tears

00:42:20and stepped forward.

00:42:21The position of Luna

00:42:22of the silver moon wolf pack

00:42:23cannot remain vacant.

00:42:25It would only make us

00:42:26the laughingstock of everyone.

00:42:27Since my sister committed

00:42:28such a disgraceful offense,

00:42:29let me atone for her sins

00:42:31in her place.

00:42:32Ryan,

00:42:32if you're willing,

00:42:33I can complete this blood oath

00:42:34in my sister's stead.

00:42:35Ryan turned around

00:42:37and placed the blood crown,

00:42:38the symbol of the queen,

00:42:40upon Elena's head.

00:42:41The entire hall

00:42:42erupted in cheers.

00:42:44My sister wore my wedding gown,

00:42:46held my Grimm's hand

00:42:47and stood in the place

00:42:49that should have been mine.

00:42:50And I was publicly sentenced

00:42:52by my own mother.

00:42:53At Selina,

00:42:53silver eyes has defiled

00:42:54the blood oath,

00:42:55strip her of the wolf crest

00:42:56and exiled her

00:42:57to the forbidden rift.

00:42:58She shall never return.

00:42:59As the temple knights

00:43:00dragged me down

00:43:00from the altar,

00:43:01Elena glanced at me,

00:43:02tears still lingued

00:43:03on her face,

00:43:04but the corners of her lips

00:43:04slowly curled forward.

00:43:08Fifteen years later,

00:43:09at the inheritance bankery

00:43:10of the sacred dominion

00:43:11Conforge,

00:43:12Nabals and power holders

00:43:13from all twelve clans

00:43:14gathered withneath one roof.

00:43:15They knelt before

00:43:16my dragonbone throne

00:43:17competing to present

00:43:18moon tear crystal mines,

00:43:19territorial deeds

00:43:20and bloodline oaths

00:43:21as tribute.

00:43:22None of them knew

00:43:23that the empress

00:43:24of the sacred dominion,

00:43:26the woman who controlled

00:43:27eighty percent

00:43:28of the continent's

00:43:29moon tear crystal mines,

00:43:31was the same

00:43:32silver-eyed outcast

00:43:34they had once

00:43:34trampled into the mud.

00:43:37Until my adopted son,

00:43:39Kyaris,

00:43:40walked into the grand hall

00:43:41holding a young woman's hand.

00:43:43She wore a silver-white

00:43:44formal gown.

00:43:45Her golden eyes

00:43:46shunned brightly,

00:43:48and pride radiated

00:43:49from her face.

00:43:50Her name was Ivy,

00:43:52Elena's daughter,

00:43:53and she bore the exact

00:43:54same face her mother

00:43:54had fifteen years ago.

00:43:56Kyos stopped before me,

00:43:57his tone unwavering.

00:43:58Mother,

00:43:59Ivy will become

00:44:00my blood oath mate.

00:44:01If you approve,

00:44:02we'll announce

00:44:02our engagement tonight.

00:44:03Every guest in the hall

00:44:05held their breath.

00:44:06Ivy lifted her chin

00:44:07slightly,

00:44:08waiting for me

00:44:09to bestow that honor

00:44:10upon her.

00:44:10She was the golden-eyed

00:44:11saint-cress

00:44:12of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,

00:44:14Ryan's most cherished

00:44:15daughter and

00:44:16Hera's favorite

00:44:16granddaughter.

00:44:17She was used to people

00:44:18lowering their heads

00:44:19the moment they saw her,

00:44:21but she had forgotten

00:44:22one thing.

00:44:22This was not the

00:44:23Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:44:25This was the

00:44:25sacred dominion

00:44:26conformity.

00:44:27This was the throne

00:44:28I had clawed my way

00:44:29towards for fifteen years,

00:44:31inch by inch,

00:44:33through the bones

00:44:34and corpses

00:44:34of the forbidden rift.

00:44:36I looked at that face

00:44:37and remembered the

00:44:38wedding gown that had been

00:44:39torn apart fifteen years ago.

00:44:41I remembered the poison

00:44:42my mother had handed me.

00:44:43I remembered the cold look

00:44:44in Ryan's eyes.

00:44:46Then I set down

00:44:46my wine glass.

00:44:47The bass struck

00:44:48the dragonbone armrest.

00:44:49The sound was not loud,

00:44:51yet the entire hall

00:44:51fell silence in an instant.

00:44:53I do not approve.

00:44:55I said,

00:44:55Kairos froze.

00:44:56Mother?

00:44:57The smile on Ivy's face

00:44:59stiffened.

00:44:59I raised my eyes to her.

00:45:01You will never become

00:45:02the mate of the

00:45:02sacred dominion's heir,

00:45:03not in this lifetime.

00:45:05The crowd instantly

00:45:06exploded into an uproar.

00:45:07Ivy's eyes reddened

00:45:09at once.

00:45:10Why?

00:45:10What makes me unworthy?

00:45:13I looked at her

00:45:14and smiled.

00:45:15Because the thing

00:45:16your mother stole

00:45:17fifteen years ago

00:45:18is finally going

00:45:19to be returned today.

00:45:22Ivy's face

00:45:23went completely pale.

00:45:25Kairos stepped

00:45:25in front of her,

00:45:26his brows drawn

00:45:27tightly together.

00:45:28Mother,

00:45:29Ivy didn't do

00:45:30anything wrong.

00:45:30The grudges of

00:45:31the previous generation

00:45:32shouldn't fall

00:45:33on her shoulders.

00:45:33I looked at him.

00:45:35Do you even know

00:45:36what happened

00:45:36fifteen years ago?

00:45:37Ivy spoke before he-

00:45:39My mother told me

00:45:40everything!

00:45:40Fifteen years ago

00:45:41you betrayed

00:45:42Alpha King Ryan

00:45:43and seduced Karen,

00:45:44my mother's fiancée.

00:45:45You were exiled

00:45:46because you committed

00:45:46a crime!

00:45:47She bit her lip,

00:45:48looking as though

00:45:49I were the one

00:45:49bullying her.

00:45:50But my mother

00:45:51always defended you.

00:45:52She said you were

00:45:53just too jealous of her.

00:45:55Muted whispers

00:45:56spread throughout the hall.

00:45:58Some of the older

00:45:59nobles lowered their heads.

00:46:00Back then,

00:46:01they had all stood

00:46:02with you at the

00:46:02moon goddess's altar.

00:46:04They had watched

00:46:04my wedding gown

00:46:05in being torn apart

00:46:06and they had watched

00:46:07Elena put on

00:46:07my bridal dress.

00:46:09They knew about

00:46:09that scant,

00:46:10but they had never

00:46:11cared about the truth

00:46:12because the stories

00:46:13written by the victors

00:46:14were always clean

00:46:15and respectable.

00:46:16Before I could speak,

00:46:17the doors of the hall

00:46:17were suddenly pushed open.

00:46:19Ivy wasn't wrong.

00:46:21Everyone turned around.

00:46:22Elena had arrived.

00:46:23Fifteen years had passed,

00:46:24yet she was still

00:46:25breathtakingly beautiful

00:46:26in that fragile way of hers.

00:46:28Her golden hair

00:46:28was pinned up

00:46:29behind her head

00:46:29and the royal crest

00:46:30of the silver moon

00:46:31wolf pack's luna

00:46:32was embroidered

00:46:33on her white cloak.

00:46:34Behind her stood

00:46:35Alpha King Ryan

00:46:35and Karen,

00:46:36the holy knight

00:46:37of the Shadow Leopard clan.

00:46:38Every person

00:46:39who had destroyed

00:46:40my life fifteen years ago

00:46:41had finally appeared

00:46:42before me once again.

00:46:44Elena's eyes stiffened

00:46:45for a certain second

00:46:46the moment she saw me.

00:46:47Sister,

00:46:49I never imagined

00:46:50the Empress

00:46:51of the Sacred Dominion

00:46:52would turn out to be you.

00:46:54She called me sister,

00:46:56but her tone

00:46:57sounded more like

00:46:58a reminder

00:46:59to everyone present

00:47:00that I had once

00:47:01been nothing more

00:47:02than the filthy

00:47:03silver-eyed outcast

00:47:04of the Silver Moon

00:47:05wolf pack.

00:47:07Caius frowned.

00:47:08Mother,

00:47:09you know them?

00:47:10I didn't answer.

00:47:12Ryan stepped forward.

00:47:13He still carried

00:47:14the same arrogance

00:47:15of an Alpha King,

00:47:16though the sharpness

00:47:17in his golden eyes

00:47:18was no longer

00:47:18what it had been.

00:47:20He looked at me

00:47:21and remained silent

00:47:22for a long moment.

00:47:25Selene.

00:47:29hearing that name

00:47:30come from his lips

00:47:30almost made me laugh.

00:47:33Fifteen years ago

00:47:34he had used that name

00:47:35when he told me

00:47:35he loved me.

00:47:36Later,

00:47:37he had used the same voice

00:47:38to say that I disgusted him.

00:47:39And now he wanted

00:47:40to use that name again,

00:47:41pretending there were still

00:47:42unresolved feelings

00:47:43between us.

00:47:44I spoke calmly.

00:47:46Your Majesty,

00:47:47this is a private banquet

00:47:48of the Sacred Dominion

00:47:50consortium.

00:47:51You were not invited.

00:47:59Sister,

00:48:00if you're angry with me,

00:48:01then take it out on me.

00:48:03Why make things

00:48:04difficult for Ivy?

00:48:06She simply fell in love

00:48:07with Kairos.

00:48:09How interesting.

00:48:10I looked at her.

00:48:13Fifteen years ago,

00:48:14you also claimed

00:48:15that you had simply

00:48:16fallen in love with Ryan.

00:48:18Karen suddenly spoke,

00:48:20his voice called,

00:48:21Selina,

00:48:22what happened back then

00:48:23is already in the past.

00:48:24I turned to him.

00:48:26Of course it is.

00:48:27For you.

00:48:28After you woke up,

00:48:29all you had to do

00:48:30was call me shameless.

00:48:32But I had to spend

00:48:33fifteen years

00:48:34in the Forbibbon Rift,

00:48:35carrying the crime

00:48:36you all forced onto me.

00:48:38Karen's throat bobbed.

00:48:39There was something

00:48:40complicated in his eyes.

00:48:42Pain,

00:48:42conflict,

00:48:43and a belated trace

00:48:44of doubt.

00:48:45But I didn't need it.

00:48:46Belated doubt

00:48:47was just like belated love.

00:48:49Both were worthless.

00:48:51Ryan took a deep breath.

00:48:53We didn't come here today

00:48:54to dig up the past.

00:48:56Ivy and Kaidas

00:48:57love each other.

00:48:58An alliance between

00:48:59our two clans

00:49:00would benefit

00:49:01the sacred dimension

00:49:02as well.

00:49:03Selina,

00:49:04don't let personal grudges

00:49:05interfere with

00:49:06the bigger picture.

00:49:07I gently set down

00:49:08my wine glass.

00:49:09You're lecturing me

00:49:09about the bigger picture?

00:49:11Ryan frowned.

00:49:12I lifted a hand

00:49:13and the attendant behind me

00:49:15unfurled a black

00:49:16and gold contract scroll.

00:49:17It was covered

00:49:18with the markings

00:49:19of moon-tier crystal veins.

00:49:21My voice wasn't loud.

00:49:22Everyone heard it clearly.

00:49:24The sacred dominion

00:49:25comodum controls

00:49:2680% of the continent's

00:49:27moon-tier crystal mines.

00:49:29Last year,

00:49:2970% of the silver moon

00:49:30wolf pack's

00:49:31military supplies,

00:49:32potions,

00:49:32and room array maintenance

00:49:33came from

00:49:34sacred dominion resources.

00:49:37Ryan,

00:49:38you're standing

00:49:39on my territory,

00:49:40living off my mines,

00:49:42and still expecting me

00:49:44to prioritize

00:49:45your bigger picture.

00:49:52Ryan's expression

00:49:53instantly dartened.

00:49:54For the first time,

00:49:55panic flashed

00:49:56Kostot Ivy's face.

00:49:57She grabbed

00:49:58Kyos' hand.

00:49:59Kyos,

00:50:00say something!

00:50:01Mother,

00:50:01do you really

00:50:02have to do this?

00:50:03Kyros looked at me,

00:50:04and for the first time,

00:50:05there was anger

00:50:06in his eyes.

00:50:07Do what?

00:50:08I asked.

00:50:10Expose the truth

00:50:11in front of everyone?

00:50:13Or refuse to hand over

00:50:14the life's work

00:50:15I've built

00:50:15to my enemy's daughter?

00:50:17Kyros lowered his voice.

00:50:20Ivy isn't her mother.

00:50:22Neither are you me.

00:50:23You don't have the right

00:50:24to forgive them

00:50:25on my behalf.

00:50:26I fixed my gaze on him.

00:50:27The moment those words

00:50:28left my mouth,

00:50:29the last trace of hesitation

00:50:30vanished from Kyros' face.

00:50:32He took Ivy's hand

00:50:32and turned to face the guests.

00:50:34If Mother refuses

00:50:34to give us her blessing,

00:50:35then I'll make

00:50:36the announcement myself.

00:50:37I, Kyros,

00:50:38as the heir of the sacred

00:50:39Dimangin,

00:50:39choose Ivy

00:50:40as my blood oath mate.

00:50:41From this night forward,

00:50:42anyone who humiliates her

00:50:43becomes my enemy.

00:50:44The entire hall fell silent.

00:50:45A flash of triumph

00:50:46crossed Elena's eyes.

00:50:47Even Ryan slowly

00:50:48looked pleased.

00:50:49Kyros, I knew

00:50:49you wouldn't abandon me.

00:50:50Crying,

00:50:51Ivy threw herself

00:50:52into Kyros' arms.

00:50:53I watched them

00:50:53and suddenly felt tired.

00:50:55Not heartbroken,

00:50:56just tired of it all.

00:50:58I raised my hand.

00:51:00Bring me the blood oath scroll.

00:51:02Hope lit up

00:51:02and at Kyros' eyes.

00:51:04Mother, you agree?

00:51:05I smiled.

00:51:07Of course.

00:51:08Before Ivy could even

00:51:09breathe a sigh of relief,

00:51:10I finished the sentence.

00:51:11I agree to sever

00:51:12the blood oath

00:51:13between us

00:51:13as mother and son.

00:51:15The smile on Kayata's face frozen.

00:51:17What did you say?

00:51:18An attendant brought over

00:51:20a black parchment scroll.

00:51:21It was no ordinary contract.

00:51:24Someone recognized it,

00:51:25their voice trembling.

00:51:29The soul-severation blood oath.

00:51:31Once it's signed,

00:51:32blood ties,

00:51:33inheritance rights,

00:51:34and family protection

00:51:34are all permanently cut off.

00:51:37The soul-severation blood oath.

00:51:50On the day of my wedding,

00:51:52my mother tore my wedding gown apart

00:51:53in front of every noble present.

00:51:55Raising the moon goddess

00:51:56sepulir high,

00:51:58she brought it crashing down

00:51:59toward me,

00:52:00sending me sprawling

00:52:01across the ground.

00:52:03Selina is not worthy

00:52:04of becoming the new

00:52:05alpha king's bride.

00:52:06A deathly silence

00:52:07fell over the hall.

00:52:08I was the rejected silver-eyed daughter

00:52:10of the silver moon wolf pack.

00:52:11Today,

00:52:12as long as I completed

00:52:13the blood oath

00:52:14with the newly crowned

00:52:15alpha king, Ryan,

00:52:16I would become his Luna,

00:52:17the queen of all werewolves.

00:52:18But my biological mother,

00:52:20Hera,

00:52:21the most revered

00:52:22high priestess

00:52:23of the Temple of Light,

00:52:24publicly declared,

00:52:26Last night,

00:52:27she seduced Karen,

00:52:29the Shadow Pletha clan's

00:52:30holy knight,

00:52:31and her sister

00:52:32Elena's fiancée.

00:52:33The crowd instantly erupted.

00:52:35I knew those silver eyes

00:52:37were filthy.

00:52:37She actually dared

00:52:39to betray the alpha king?

00:52:41Drive her out

00:52:42of the silver moon pack!

00:52:44A chill spread

00:52:45through my entire body

00:52:47as I stared

00:52:48at my mother.

00:52:50What are you talking about?

00:52:52Last night,

00:52:53she had personally

00:52:54handed me a cup

00:52:55of blessed potion.

00:52:57She had smiled

00:52:58and said,

00:52:59Drink this,

00:53:00and the moon goddess

00:53:01will bless you

00:53:02and Ryan

00:53:02with a bond

00:53:03that can never

00:53:04be broken.

00:53:05But when I woke up,

00:53:06the man lying beside me

00:53:07wasn't Ryan.

00:53:08It was at Karen.

00:53:10Both of us

00:53:10had been drugged.

00:53:11I wanted to explain,

00:53:12but Karen had already

00:53:13thrown on his cloak.

00:53:14His eyes were filled

00:53:15with nothing but disgust.

00:53:18Selina,

00:53:18I've never met a woman

00:53:19as shameless as you.

00:53:20You'd even go after

00:53:21your own sister's fiancée!

00:53:22Then Karen staggered backward

00:53:24until he reached

00:53:25Elena's side.

00:53:26His eyes were red

00:53:27as he looked at her.

00:53:29I've been tainted.

00:53:31You're so pure.

00:53:33I no longer deserve

00:53:35to marry you.

00:53:36Below the altar,

00:53:37Ryan stood motionless.

00:53:39He had once told me

00:53:40that even if the entire world

00:53:42despised my silver eyes,

00:53:43he would still marry me.

00:53:46But now,

00:53:47the way he looked at me

00:53:48was no different

00:53:49from looking at

00:53:50something filthy.

00:53:52I rushed down from the altar

00:53:53and grabbed his hand.

00:53:55Ryan,

00:53:56someone set me up.

00:53:57There was something wrong

00:53:58with that potion.

00:53:59It was Mother!

00:54:00Enough!

00:54:02He shook me off,

00:54:04his voice horsey.

00:54:06Selina and I used to think

00:54:07you were just unlucky.

00:54:09Now I realize

00:54:10you genuinely disgust me.

00:54:16I froze where I stood.

00:54:20Elena burst into tears

00:54:21and buried herself

00:54:22in our mother's arms.

00:54:23She had a pair of

00:54:24noble golden eyes.

00:54:26Pale,

00:54:26delicate,

00:54:27and fragile.

00:54:28She looked like

00:54:29the most innocent

00:54:29sainty continent.

00:54:31Sister,

00:54:31I know you've always

00:54:32been jealous of me,

00:54:33but Karen is my fiancée.

00:54:35My mother gently

00:54:36wiped away her tears

00:54:37before walking over to me.

00:54:38Then,

00:54:39with her own hands,

00:54:40she removed the

00:54:40silver moon crest

00:54:41pinned to my chest.

00:54:42It was the symbol

00:54:43of a wolf bride's status.

00:54:44And in all 15 years

00:54:45of my life,

00:54:46it was the only thing

00:54:47that had ever truly

00:54:48acknowledged my existence.

00:54:49I stared at her.

00:54:51Why?

00:54:51She leaned close

00:54:52to my ear,

00:54:53her voice so low

00:54:54that only I could hear it.

00:54:56Because Elena

00:54:57is far more suitable

00:54:59to be Luna.

00:55:00She has golden eyes.

00:55:02You're nothing

00:55:03but a stain.

00:55:06In that moment,

00:55:07I finally understood

00:55:09this wasn't an accident.

00:55:11It wasn't a misunderstanding.

00:55:12It was a trap

00:55:13they had prepared

00:55:14long ago.

00:55:15That moment,

00:55:16Elena suddenly wiped away

00:55:17her tears

00:55:17and stepped forward.

00:55:18The position of Luna

00:55:19of the silver moon wolf pack

00:55:20cannot remain vacant.

00:55:22It would only make us

00:55:23the laughingstock

00:55:23of everyone.

00:55:24Since my sister

00:55:25committed such a disgraceful offense,

00:55:26let me atone

00:55:27for her sins in her place.

00:55:28Ryan,

00:55:29if you're willing,

00:55:30I can complete this blood oath

00:55:31in my sister's stead.

00:55:33Ryan turned around

00:55:34and placed the blood crown,

00:55:35the symbol of the queen,

00:55:37upon Elena's head.

00:55:38The entire hall

00:55:39erupted in cheers.

00:55:41My sister wore

00:55:42my wedding gown,

00:55:43held my Grimm's hand,

00:55:44and stood in the place

00:55:46that should have been mine.

00:55:47And I was publicly sentenced

00:55:49by my own mother.

00:55:50At Selina,

00:55:50silver eyes

00:55:51has defiled the blood oath.

00:55:52Strip her of the wolf crest

00:55:53and exiled her

00:55:54to the forbidden rift.

00:55:55She shall never return.

00:55:56As the temple knights

00:55:57dragged me down

00:55:57from the altar,

00:55:58Elena glanced at me,

00:55:59tears still lingued

00:56:00on her face,

00:56:01but the corners of her lips

00:56:01slowly curled forward.

00:56:05Fifteen years later,

00:56:06at the inheritance bankery

00:56:07of the sacred dominion

00:56:08Conforge,

00:56:09Nabals and power holders

00:56:10from all twelve clans

00:56:11gathered withneath

00:56:11one roof.

00:56:12They knelt before

00:56:13my dragonbone throne

00:56:14competing to present

00:56:15moon tear crystal mines,

00:56:16territorial deeds,

00:56:17and bloodline oves

00:56:18as tribute.

00:56:19None of them knew

00:56:20that the empress

00:56:21of the sacred dominion,

00:56:22the woman who controlled

00:56:24eighty percent

00:56:25of the continent's

00:56:25moon tear crystal mines,

00:56:28was the same

00:56:29silver-eyed outcast

00:56:31they had once

00:56:31trampled into the mud.

00:56:34Until my adopted son,

00:56:36Kyaris,

00:56:36walked into the grand hall

00:56:38holding a young woman's hand.

00:56:40She wore a silver-white

00:56:41formal gown.

00:56:42Her golden eyes

00:56:43shunned brightly,

00:56:45and pride radiated

00:56:46from her face.

00:56:47Her name was Ivy,

00:56:49Elena's daughter,

00:56:50and she bore the exact

00:56:51same face her mother

00:56:51had fifteen years ago.

00:56:53Kyio stopped before me,

00:56:54his tone unwavering.

00:56:55Mother,

00:56:56Ivy will become

00:56:57my blood oath mate.

00:56:58If you approve,

00:56:59we'll announce

00:56:59our engagement tonight.

00:57:00Every guest in the hall

00:57:02held their breath.

00:57:03Ivy lifted her chin

00:57:04slightly,

00:57:05waiting for me

00:57:06to bestow that honor

00:57:07upon her.

00:57:07She was the golden-eyed

00:57:08Saint-Cris of the

00:57:09Silvermoon Wolfpack,

00:57:11Ryan's most cherished

00:57:12daughter and

00:57:13Hera's favorite

00:57:13granddaughter.

00:57:14She was used to people

00:57:15lowering their heads

00:57:16the moment they saw her,

00:57:18but she had forgotten

00:57:19one thing.

00:57:19This was not the

00:57:20Silvermoon Wolfpack.

00:57:22This was the

00:57:22sacred dominion

00:57:23conforming.

00:57:24This was the throne

00:57:25I had clawed my way

00:57:26towards for fifteen years,

00:57:28inch by inch,

00:57:30through the bones

00:57:31and corpses

00:57:31of the forbidden rift.

00:57:33I looked at that face

00:57:34and remembered the

00:57:35wedding gown that had

00:57:36been torn apart

00:57:36fifteen years ago.

00:57:37I remembered the poison

00:57:39my mother had handed me.

00:57:40I remembered the cold

00:57:41look in Ryan's eyes.

00:57:43Then I set down

00:57:43my wine glass.

00:57:44The bass struck

00:57:45the dragonbone armrest.

00:57:46The sound was not loud,

00:57:48yet the entire hall

00:57:48fell silence in an instant.

00:57:50I do not approve.

00:57:51I said,

00:57:52Kairos froze.

00:57:53Mother?

00:57:54The smile on Ivy's

00:57:56face stiffened.

00:57:57I raised my eyes to her.

00:57:58You will never become

00:57:59the mate of the

00:57:59sacred dominion's heir,

00:58:00not in this lifetime.

00:58:02The crowd instantly

00:58:03exploded into an uproar.

00:58:05Ivy's eyes reddened

00:58:05at once.

00:58:07Why?

00:58:07What makes me

00:58:08unworthy?

00:58:10I looked at her

00:58:11and smiled.

00:58:12Because the thing

00:58:13your mother stole

00:58:14fifteen years ago

00:58:15is finally going

00:58:16to be returned today.

00:58:19Ivy's face

00:58:20went completely pale.

00:58:22Kairos stepped

00:58:22in front of her,

00:58:23his brows drawn

00:58:24tightly together.

00:58:25Mother,

00:58:26Ivy didn't do

00:58:27anything wrong.

00:58:27The grudges of

00:58:28the previous generation

00:58:29shouldn't fall

00:58:30on her shoulders.

00:58:31I looked at him.

00:58:32Do you even know

00:58:33what happened

00:58:33fifteen years ago?

00:58:34Ivy spoke before

00:58:36my mother

00:58:36told me

00:58:37everything.

00:58:37Fifteen years ago

00:58:38you betrayed

00:58:39Alpha King Ryan

00:58:40and seduced

00:58:40Karen,

00:58:41my mother's

00:58:41fiancée.

00:58:42You were exiled

00:58:43because you

00:58:43committed a crime.

00:58:44She bit her lip

00:58:45looking as though

00:58:46I were the one

00:58:46bullying her.

00:58:47But my mother

00:58:48always defended you.

00:58:49She said you were

00:58:50just too jealous

00:58:51of her.

00:58:52Muted whispers

00:58:53spread throughout

00:58:54the hall.

00:58:55Some of the

00:58:55older nobles

00:58:56lowered their heads.

00:58:58Back then,

00:58:58they had all

00:58:59stood with you

00:58:59at the moon

00:59:00goddess's altar.

00:59:01They had watched

00:59:01my wedding gown

00:59:02and been torn apart

00:59:03and they had

00:59:03watched Elena

00:59:04put on my

00:59:05bridal dress.

00:59:06They knew about

00:59:06that scant,

00:59:07but they had

00:59:08never cared

00:59:08about the truth

00:59:09because the stories

00:59:10written by the

00:59:11victors were

00:59:11always clean

00:59:12and respectable.

00:59:13Before I could

00:59:13speak,

00:59:14the doors of

00:59:14the hall

00:59:14were suddenly

00:59:15pushed open.

00:59:16Ivy wasn't

00:59:16wrong.

00:59:18Everyone turned

00:59:18around.

00:59:19Elena had

00:59:20arrived.

00:59:20Fifteen years

00:59:21had passed

00:59:21yet she was

00:59:22still breathtakingly

00:59:23beautiful in

00:59:23that fragile way

00:59:24of hers.

00:59:25Her golden hair

00:59:25was pinned up

00:59:26behind her head

00:59:26and the royal crest

00:59:27of the silver moon

00:59:28wolf pack's

00:59:29Luna was embroidered

00:59:30on her white cloak.

00:59:30Behind her stood

00:59:32Alpha King Ryan

00:59:32and Karen the

00:59:33holy knight of

00:59:34the Shadow Leopard

00:59:35clan.

00:59:35Every person who

00:59:36had destroyed my

00:59:37life fifteen years

00:59:38ago had finally

00:59:39appeared before me

00:59:39once again.

00:59:41Elena's eyes

00:59:41stiffened for a

00:59:42certain second

00:59:43the moment she

00:59:43saw me.

00:59:44Sister,

00:59:46I never imagined

00:59:47the Empress of

00:59:48the Sacred Dominion

00:59:49would turn out

00:59:50to be you.

00:59:51She called me

00:59:52sister,

00:59:53but her tone

00:59:54sounded more like

00:59:55a reminder to

00:59:56everyone present

00:59:57that I had once

00:59:58been nothing more

00:59:59than the filthy

01:00:00silver-eyed

01:00:01outcast of the

01:00:02Silver Moon

01:00:02wolf pack.

01:00:04Caius frowned.

01:00:06Mother,

01:00:06you know them?

01:00:07I didn't answer.

01:00:09Ryan stepped forward.

01:00:10He still carried

01:00:11the same arrogance

01:00:12of an Alpha King,

01:00:13though the sharpness

01:00:14in his golden eyes

01:00:15was no longer

01:00:15what it had been.

01:00:17He looked at me

01:00:18and remained silent

01:00:19for a long moment.

01:00:22Selina.

01:00:26Hearing that name

01:00:27come from his lips

01:00:27almost made me laugh.

01:00:30Fifteen years ago,

01:00:31he had used that name

01:00:32when he told me

01:00:32he loved me.

01:00:33Later,

01:00:34he had used the same

01:00:35voice to say

01:00:35that I disgusted him.

01:00:36And now he wanted

01:00:37to use that name again,

01:00:38pretending there were

01:00:39still unresolved feelings

01:00:40between us.

01:00:41I spoke calmly.

01:00:43Your Majesty,

01:00:44this is a private banquet

01:00:45of the Sacred

01:00:46Dominion Consortium.

01:00:48You are not invited.

01:00:56Sister,

01:00:57if you're angry with me,

01:00:58then take it out on me.

01:01:00Why make things

01:01:01difficult for Ivy?

01:01:03She simply fell in love

01:01:04with Kairos.

01:01:06How interesting.

01:01:07I looked at her.

01:01:10Fifteen years ago,

01:01:11you also claimed

01:01:12that you had simply

01:01:13fallen in love with Ryan.

01:01:15Karen suddenly spoke,

01:01:17his voice called,

01:01:18Selina.

01:01:18What happened back then

01:01:20is already in the past.

01:01:21I turned to him.

01:01:23Of course it is.

01:01:24For you.

01:01:25After you woke up,

01:01:26all you had to do

01:01:27was call me shameless.

01:01:29But I had to spend

01:01:30fifteen years

01:01:31in the Forbibben Rift,

01:01:32carrying the crime

01:01:33you all forced onto me.

01:01:35Karen's throat bobbed.

01:01:36There was something

01:01:37complicated in his eyes.

01:01:39Pain,

01:01:39conflict,

01:01:40and a belated

01:01:41trace of doubt.

01:01:42But I didn't need it.

01:01:43Belated doubt

01:01:44was just like belated love.

01:01:46Both were worthless.

01:01:48Ryan took a deep breath.

01:01:50We didn't come here today

01:01:51to dig up the past.

01:01:53Ivy and Kyaitis

01:01:54love each other.

01:01:55An alliance between

01:01:56our two clans

01:01:57would benefit

01:01:58the sacred dimension

01:01:59as well.

01:02:00Selina,

01:02:01don't let personal grudges

01:02:02interfere with the

01:02:03bigger picture.

01:02:04I gently set down

01:02:05my wine glass.

01:02:06You're lecturing me

01:02:06about the bigger picture?

01:02:08Ryan frowned.

01:02:09I lifted a hand

01:02:10and the attendant behind me

01:02:12unfurled a black

01:02:13and gold contract scroll.

01:02:14It was covered

01:02:15with the markings

01:02:16of moon-tier crystal veins.

01:02:18My voice wasn't loud.

01:02:19Everyone heard it clearly.

01:02:21The Sacred Dominion

01:02:22Commodum controls

01:02:2380% of the continent's

01:02:24moon-tier crystal mines.

01:02:26Last year,

01:02:2670% of the Silvermoon

01:02:27Wolfpack's

01:02:28military supplies,

01:02:29potions,

01:02:29and room array

01:02:30maintenance

01:02:30came from

01:02:31Sacred Dominion resources.

01:02:34Ryan,

01:02:35you're standing

01:02:36on my territory,

01:02:37living off my mines,

01:02:39and still expecting

01:02:41me to prioritize

01:02:42your bigger picture.

01:02:49Ryan's expression

01:02:50instantly dartened.

01:02:51For the first time,

01:02:52panic flashed

01:02:53across Dot Ivy's face.

01:02:54She grabbed

01:02:55Kyos' hand.

01:02:56Kyos,

01:02:57say something!

01:02:58Mother,

01:02:58do you really

01:02:59have to do this?

01:03:00Kyrus looked at me,

01:03:01and for the first time,

01:03:02there was anger

01:03:03in his eyes.

01:03:04Do what?

01:03:06I asked.

01:03:07Expose the truth

01:03:08in front of everyone?

01:03:10Or refuse to hand over

01:03:11the life's work

01:03:12I've built

01:03:12to my enemy's daughter?

01:03:14Kyos lowered his voice.

01:03:17Ivy isn't her mother.

01:03:19Neither are you me.

01:03:20You don't have the right

01:03:21to forgive them

01:03:22on my behalf.

01:03:23I fixed my gaze on him.

01:03:24The moment those words

01:03:25left my mouth,

01:03:26the last trace of hesitation

01:03:27vanished from Kyos' face.

01:03:29He took Ivy's hand

01:03:29and turned to face the guests.

01:03:31If Mother refuses

01:03:31to give us her blessing,

01:03:32then I'll make

01:03:33the announcement myself.

01:03:34I, Kyos,

01:03:35as the heir of the sacred

01:03:36Dimangin,

01:03:36choose Ivy

01:03:37as my blood oath mate.

01:03:38From this night forward,

01:03:39anyone who humiliates her

01:03:40becomes my enemy.

01:03:41The entire hall fell silent.

01:03:42A flash of triumph

01:03:43crossed Elena's eyes.

01:03:44Even Ryan slowly

01:03:45looked pleased.

01:03:46Kyos,

01:03:46I knew you wouldn't

01:03:46abandon me.

01:03:47Crying,

01:03:48Ivy threw herself

01:03:49into Kyos' arms.

01:03:50I watched them

01:03:50and suddenly felt tired,

01:03:52not heartbroken,

01:03:53just tired of it all.

01:03:55I raised my hand.

01:03:57Bring me the blood oath scroll.

01:03:59Hope lit up

01:03:59than at Kyos' eyes.

01:04:01Mother,

01:04:01you agree?

01:04:02I smiled.

01:04:04Of course.

01:04:05Before Ivy could even

01:04:06breathe a sigh of relief,

01:04:07I finished the sentence.

01:04:08I agree to sever the blood oath

01:04:10between us as mother and son.

01:04:12The smile on Kyota's face frozen.

01:04:14What did you say?

01:04:15An attendant brought over

01:04:17a black parchment scroll.

01:04:18It was no ordinary contract.

01:04:21Someone recognized it,

01:04:22their voice trembling.

01:04:26The soul-severation blood oath.

01:04:28Once it's signed,

01:04:29blood ties,

01:04:30inheritance rights,

01:04:30and family protection

01:04:31are all permanently cut off.

01:04:47On the day of my wedding,

01:04:49my mother tore my wedding gown apart

01:04:50in front of every noble present.

01:04:52Raising the moon goddess

01:04:54Seppler high,

01:04:55she brought it crashing down

01:04:56toward me,

01:04:57sending me sprawling

01:04:58across the ground.

01:05:00Selina is not worthy

01:05:01of becoming

01:05:02the new Alpha King's bride.

01:05:04A deathly silence

01:05:04fell over the hall.

01:05:05I was the rejected

01:05:06silver-eyed daughter

01:05:07of the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

01:05:09Today,

01:05:09as long as I completed

01:05:10the blood oath

01:05:11with the newly crowned

01:05:12Alpha King, Ryan,

01:05:13I would become his Luna,

01:05:14the queen of all werewolves.

01:05:16But my biological mother,

01:05:17Hera,

01:05:18the most revered

01:05:19High Priestess

01:05:20of the Temple of Light,

01:05:21publicly declared,

01:05:23Last night,

01:05:24she seduced Karen,

01:05:26the Shadow Pletha clan's

01:05:27holy knight,

01:05:28and her sister Elena's fiancée.

01:05:30The crowd instantly erupted.

01:05:32I knew those silver eyes

01:05:34were filthy.

01:05:35She actually dared

01:05:36to betray the Alpha King?

01:05:38Drive her out

01:05:39of the Silvermoon Pack!

01:05:41A chill spread through

01:05:43my entire body

01:05:44as I stared at my mother.

01:05:47What are you talking about?

01:05:49Last night,

01:05:50she had personally handed me

01:05:52a cup of blessed potion.

01:05:54She had smiled and said,

01:05:56Drink this,

01:05:57and the Moon Goddess

01:05:58will bless you and Ryan

01:05:59with a bond

01:06:00that can never be broken.

01:06:02But when I woke up,

01:06:03the man lying beside me

01:06:04wasn't Ryan.

01:06:05It was at Karen.

01:06:07Both of us

01:06:07had been drugged.

01:06:08I wanted to explain,

01:06:09but Karen had already

01:06:10thrown on his cloak.

01:06:11His eyes were filled

01:06:12with nothing but disgust.

01:06:15Selina,

01:06:15I've never met a woman

01:06:16as shameless as you.

01:06:17You'd even go after

01:06:18your own sister's fiancée!

01:06:19Then Karen staggered backward

01:06:21until he reached

01:06:22Elena's side.

01:06:23His eyes were red

01:06:24as he looked at her.

01:06:26I've been tainted.

01:06:28You're so pure.

01:06:31I no longer deserve

01:06:32to marry you.

01:06:33Below the altar,

01:06:34Ryan stood motionless.

01:06:36He had once told me

01:06:37that even if the entire world

01:06:39despised my silver eyes,

01:06:40he would still marry me.

01:06:43But now,

01:06:44the way he looked at me

01:06:45was no different

01:06:46from looking at

01:06:47something filthy.

01:06:49I rushed down

01:06:50from the altar

01:06:50and grabbed his hand.

01:06:52Ryan,

01:06:53someone set me up.

01:06:54There was something wrong

01:06:55with that potion.

01:06:56It was Mother!

01:06:57Enough!

01:06:59He shook me off,

01:07:01his voice horsey.

01:07:03Selina and I used to think

01:07:04you were just unlucky.

01:07:06Now I realize

01:07:07you genuinely disgust me.

01:07:13I froze where I stood.

01:07:17Elena burst into tears

01:07:18and buried herself

01:07:19in our mother's arms.

01:07:20She had a pair of

01:07:21noble golden eyes.

01:07:23Pale,

01:07:23delicate,

01:07:24and fragile.

01:07:25She looked like

01:07:26the most innocent

01:07:26sainty continent.

01:07:28Sister,

01:07:28I know you've always

01:07:29been jealous of me,

01:07:30but Karen is my fiancé.

01:07:32My mother gently wiped away

01:07:33her tears before

01:07:34walking over to me.

01:07:35Then with her own hands,

01:07:37she removed the

01:07:37silver moon crest

01:07:38pinned to my chest.

01:07:39It was the symbol

01:07:40of a wolf bride's status.

01:07:41And in all 15 years

01:07:42of my life,

01:07:43it was the only thing

01:07:44that had ever truly

01:07:45acknowledged my existence.

01:07:46I stared at her.

01:07:48Why?

01:07:48She leaned close

01:07:49to my ear,

01:07:50her voice so low

01:07:51that only I could hear it.

01:07:53Because Elena

01:07:54is far more suitable

01:07:56to be Luna.

01:07:57She has golden eyes.

01:07:59You're nothing

01:08:00but a stain.

01:08:03In that moment,

01:08:04I finally understood

01:08:06this wasn't an accident.

01:08:07It wasn't a misunderstanding.

01:08:09It was a trap

01:08:10they had prepared

01:08:11long ago.

01:08:12That moment,

01:08:13Elena suddenly wiped

01:08:14away her tears

01:08:14and stepped forward.

01:08:15The position of Luna

01:08:16of the silver moon wolf pack

01:08:17cannot remain vacant.

01:08:19It would only make us

01:08:20the laughingstock

01:08:20of everyone.

01:08:21Since my sister

01:08:22committed such

01:08:22a disgraceful offense,

01:08:23let me atone

01:08:24for her sins

01:08:25in her place.

01:08:25Ryan,

01:08:26if you're willing,

01:08:27I can complete

01:08:28this blood oath

01:08:28in my sister's stead.

01:08:29Ryan turned around

01:08:31and placed the blood crown,

01:08:32the symbol of the queen,

01:08:34upon Elena's head.

01:08:35The entire hall

01:08:36erupted in cheers.

01:08:38My sister wore

01:08:39my wedding gown,

01:08:40held my Grimm's hand,

01:08:42and stood in the place

01:08:43that should have been mine.

01:08:44And I was publicly

01:08:45sentenced by my own mother.

01:08:47At Selina,

01:08:47silver eyes has defiled

01:08:48the blood oath.

01:08:49Strip her of the wolf crest

01:08:50and exiled her

01:08:51to the forbidden rift.

01:08:52She shall never return.

01:08:53As the temple knights

01:08:54dragged me down

01:08:54from the altar,

01:08:55Elena glanced at me,

01:08:56tears still lingued

01:08:57on her face.

01:08:58But the corners of her lips

01:08:58slowly curled forward.

01:09:02Fifteen years later,

01:09:03at the inheritance bankry

01:09:04of the Sacred Dominion

01:09:05Conforge,

01:09:06navels and power holders

01:09:07from all twelve clans

01:09:08gathered withneath one roof.

01:09:09They knelt before

01:09:10my dragonbone throne,

01:09:11competing to present

01:09:12moon tear crystal mines,

01:09:13territorial deeds,

01:09:14and bloodline oves

01:09:15as tribute.

01:09:16None of them knew

01:09:17that the Empress

01:09:18of the Sacred Dominion,

01:09:20the woman who controlled

01:09:21eighty percent

01:09:22of the continent's

01:09:22moon tear crystal mines,

01:09:25was the same

01:09:26silver-eyed outcast

01:09:28they had once

01:09:28trampled into the mud.

01:09:31Until my adopted son,

01:09:33Kiaris,

01:09:34walked into the grand hall

01:09:35holding a young woman's hand.

01:09:37She wore a silver-white

01:09:38formal gown.

01:09:39Her golden eyes

01:09:40shunned brightly,

01:09:42and pride radiated

01:09:43from her face.

01:09:44Her name was Ivy,

01:09:46Elena's daughter,

01:09:47and she bore

01:09:47the exact same face

01:09:48her mother had

01:09:49fifteen years ago.

01:09:50Kio stopped before me,

01:09:51his tone unwavering.

01:09:52Mother,

01:09:53Ivy will become

01:09:54my blood oath mate.

01:09:55If you approve,

01:09:56we'll announce

01:09:56our engagement tonight.

01:09:57Every guest in the hall

01:09:59held their breath.

01:10:00Ivy lifted her chin slightly,

01:10:02waiting for me

01:10:03to bestow that honor

01:10:04upon her.

01:10:04She was the golden-eyed

01:10:05saint-christ

01:10:06of the Silvermoon Wolfpack,

01:10:08Ryan's most cherished

01:10:09daughter and

01:10:10Hera's favorite

01:10:10granddaughter.

01:10:11She was used to people

01:10:12lowering their heads

01:10:13the moment they saw her,

01:10:15but she had forgotten

01:10:16one thing.

01:10:17This was not

01:10:17the Silvermoon Wolfpack.

01:10:19This was the sacred

01:10:19Dominion from Fortham.

01:10:21This was the throne

01:10:22I had clawed my way

01:10:23towards for fifteen years,

01:10:25inch by inch,

01:10:27through the bones

01:10:28and corpses

01:10:28of the Forbidden Rift.

01:10:30I looked at that face

01:10:31and remembered

01:10:32the wedding gown

01:10:32that had been torn apart

01:10:33fifteen years ago.

01:10:35I remembered the poison

01:10:36my mother had handed me.

01:10:37I remembered the cold look

01:10:38in Ryan's eyes.

01:10:40Then I set down

01:10:40my wine glass.

01:10:41The bass struck

01:10:42the Dragonbone armrest.

01:10:43The sound was not loud,

01:10:45yet the entire hall

01:10:45fell silence

01:10:46in an instant.

01:10:47I do not approve.

01:10:49I said,

01:10:49Kairos froze.

01:10:51Mother?

01:10:51The smile on Ivy's face

01:10:53stiffened.

01:10:54I raised my eyes to her.

01:10:55You will never become

01:10:56the mate of the sacred

01:10:57Dominion's heir,

01:10:57not in this lifetime.

01:10:59The crowd instantly

01:11:00exploded into an uproar.

01:11:02Ivy's eyes reddened

01:11:02at once.

01:11:04Why?

01:11:04What makes me unworthy?

01:11:07I looked at her

01:11:08and smiled.

01:11:09Because the thing

01:11:10your mother stole

01:11:11fifteen years ago

01:11:12is finally going

01:11:13to be returned today.

01:11:16Ivy's face went

01:11:17completely pale.

01:11:19Kairos stepped

01:11:19in front of her,

01:11:20his brows drawn

01:11:21tightly together.

01:11:22Mother,

01:11:23Ivy didn't do

01:11:24anything wrong.

01:11:24The grudges of

01:11:25the previous generation

01:11:26shouldn't fall

01:11:27on her shoulders.

01:11:27I looked at him.

01:11:29Do you even know

01:11:30what happened

01:11:30fifteen years ago?

01:11:31Ivy spoke before he-

01:11:33My mother told me

01:11:34everything!

01:11:34Fifteen years ago

01:11:35you betrayed

01:11:36Alpha King Ryan

01:11:37and seduced Karen,

01:11:38my mother's fiancée.

01:11:39You were exiled

01:11:40because you committed

01:11:40a crime!

01:11:41She bit her lip,

01:11:42looking as though

01:11:43I were the one

01:11:43bullying her.

01:11:44But my mother

01:11:45always defended you.

01:11:46She said you were

01:11:47just too jealous of her.

01:11:49Muted whispers

01:11:50spread throughout the hall.

01:11:52Some of the older nobles

01:11:53lowered their heads.

01:11:55Back then,

01:11:55they had all stood

01:11:56with you at the moon

01:11:57goddess's altar.

01:11:58They had watched

01:11:58my wedding gown

01:11:59in being torn apart

01:12:00and they had watched

01:12:01Elena put on

01:12:01my bridal dress.

01:12:03They knew about that

01:12:04scandal,

01:12:04but they had never

01:12:05cared about the truth

01:12:06because the stories

01:12:07written by the victors

01:12:08were always clean

01:12:09and respectable.

01:12:10Before I could speak,

01:12:11the doors of the hall

01:12:11were suddenly pushed open.

01:12:13Ivy wasn't wrong.

01:12:14Everyone turned around.

01:12:16Elena had arrived.

01:12:17Fifteen years had passed

01:12:18yet she was still

01:12:19breathtakingly beautiful

01:12:20in that fragile way of hers.

01:12:22Her golden hair

01:12:22was pinned up

01:12:23behind her head

01:12:23and the royal crest

01:12:24of the silver moon

01:12:25wolf pack's luna

01:12:26was embroidered

01:12:27on her white cloak.

01:12:28Behind her stood

01:12:29Alpha King Ryan

01:12:29and Karen,

01:12:30the holy knight

01:12:31of the shadow leopard clan.

01:12:32Every person

01:12:33who had destroyed

01:12:34my life fifteen years ago

01:12:35had finally appeared

01:12:36before me once again.

01:12:38Elena's eyes stiffened

01:12:39for a certain second

01:12:40the moment she saw me.

01:12:41Sister,

01:12:43I never imagined

01:12:44the Empress

01:12:45of the Sacred Dominion

01:12:46would turn out

01:12:47to be you.

01:12:48She called me sister,

01:12:50but her tone

01:12:51sounded more like

01:12:52a reminder

01:12:53to everyone present

01:12:54that I had once

01:12:55been nothing more

01:12:56than the filthy,

01:12:57silver-eyed outcast

01:12:58of the silver moon

01:12:59wolf pack.

01:13:01Caius frowned.

01:13:02Mother,

01:13:03you know them?

01:13:04I didn't answer.

01:13:06Ryan stepped forward.

01:13:07He still carried

01:13:08the same arrogance

01:13:09of an Alpha King,

01:13:10though the sharpness

01:13:11in his golden eyes

01:13:12was no longer

01:13:12what it had been.

01:13:14He looked at me

01:13:15and remained silent

01:13:16for a long moment.

01:13:19Selena.

01:13:23Hearing that name

01:13:24come from his lips

01:13:24almost made me laugh.

01:13:27Fifteen years ago

01:13:28he had used that name

01:13:29when he told me

01:13:29he loved me.

01:13:30Later,

01:13:31he had used the same voice

01:13:32to say that I disgusted him.

01:13:33And now he wanted

01:13:34to use that name again,

01:13:35pretending there were

01:13:36still unresolved feelings

01:13:37between us.

01:13:38I spoke calmly.

01:13:40Your Majesty,

01:13:41this is a private banquet

01:13:42of the Sacred Domainian

01:13:44Consortium.

01:13:45You were not invited.

01:13:53Sister,

01:13:53if you're angry with me,

01:13:55then take it out on me.

01:13:57Why make things

01:13:58difficult for Ivy?

01:14:00She simply fell in love

01:14:01with Kairus.

01:14:03How interesting.

01:14:05I looked at her.

01:14:07Fifteen years ago,

01:14:08you also claimed

01:14:09that you had simply

01:14:10fallen in love with Ryan.

01:14:12Karen suddenly spoke,

01:14:14his voice called.

01:14:15Selena,

01:14:16what happened back then

01:14:17is already in the past.

01:14:18I turned to him.

01:14:20Of course it is.

01:14:21For you.

01:14:22After you woke up,

01:14:23all you had to do

01:14:24was call me shameless.

01:14:26But I had to spend

01:14:27fifteen years

01:14:28in the Forbibben Rift,

01:14:29carrying the crime

01:14:30you all forced onto me.

01:14:32Karen's throat barbed.

01:14:33There was something

01:14:34complicated in his eyes.

01:14:36Pain,

01:14:36conflict,

01:14:37and a belated trace of doubt.

01:14:39But I didn't need it.

01:14:40Belated doubt

01:14:41was just like belated love.

01:14:43Both were worthless.

01:14:45Ryan took a deep breath.

01:14:47We didn't come here today

01:14:48to dig up the past.

01:14:50Ivy and Kai-itis

01:14:51love each other.

01:14:52An alliance between

01:14:53our two clans

01:14:54would benefit

01:14:55the sacred dimension

01:14:56as well.

01:14:57Selena,

01:14:58don't let personal grudges

01:14:59interfere with the bigger picture.

01:15:00I gently set down

01:15:02my wine glass.

01:15:03You're lecturing me

01:15:03about the bigger picture?

01:15:05Ryan frowned.

01:15:06I lifted a hand

01:15:07and the attendant behind me

01:15:09unfurled a black

01:15:10and gold contract scroll.

01:15:11It was covered

01:15:12with the markings

01:15:13of moon-tier crystal veins.

01:15:15My voice wasn't loud.

01:15:16Everyone heard it clearly.

01:15:18The Sacred Dominion

01:15:19Commodum controls

01:15:20eighty percent

01:15:20of the continent's

01:15:21moon-tier crystal mines.

01:15:22Last year,

01:15:23seventy percent

01:15:24of the Silvermoon Wolfpack's

01:15:25military supplies,

01:15:26potions,

01:15:26and room array maintenance

01:15:27came from

01:15:28Sacred Dominion resources.

01:15:31Ryan,

01:15:32you're standing

01:15:33on my territory,

01:15:34living off my mines,

01:15:36and still expecting me

01:15:38to prioritize

01:15:39your bigger picture.

01:15:45Ryan's expression

01:15:47instantly dartened.

01:15:48For the first time,

01:15:49panic flashed

01:15:50Kostot Ivy's face.

01:15:51She grabbed Kai-os' hand.

01:15:53Kai-os,

01:15:54say something!

01:15:55Mother,

01:15:55do you really

01:15:56have to do this?

01:15:57Kairos looked at me,

01:15:58and for the first time,

01:15:59there was anger

01:16:00in his eyes.

01:16:01Do what?

01:16:03I asked.

01:16:04Expose the truth

01:16:05in front of everyone?

01:16:07Or refuse to hand over

01:16:08the life's work

01:16:09I've built

01:16:09to my enemy's daughter?

01:16:11Kairos lowered his voice.

01:16:14Ivy isn't her mother.

01:16:16Neither are you me.

01:16:17You don't have the right

01:16:18to forgive them

01:16:19on my behalf.

01:16:19I fixed my gaze on him.

01:16:21The moment those words

01:16:22left my mouth,

01:16:23the last trace of hesitation

01:16:24vanished from Kairos' face.

01:16:26He took Ivy's hand

01:16:26and turned to face the guests.

01:16:28If Mother refuses

01:16:28to give us her blessing,

01:16:29then I'll make

01:16:30the announcement myself.

01:16:31I, Kairos,

01:16:32as the heir of the sacred

01:16:33Dimangin,

01:16:33choose Ivy

01:16:34as my blood oath mate.

01:16:35From this night forward,

01:16:36anyone who humiliates her

01:16:37becomes my enemy.

01:16:38The entire hall fell silent.

01:16:39A flash of triumph

01:16:40crossed Elena's eyes.

01:16:41Even Ryan slowly

01:16:42looked pleased.

01:16:43Kairos,

01:16:43I knew you wouldn't

01:16:43abandon me.

01:16:44Crying,

01:16:45Ivy threw herself

01:16:46into Kairos' arms.

01:16:47I watched them

01:16:47and suddenly felt tired,

01:16:49not heartbroken,

01:16:51just tired of it all.

01:16:52I raised my hand.

01:16:54Bring me the blood oath scroll.

01:16:56Hope lit up

01:16:56in At Kairos' eyes.

01:16:58Mother,

01:16:58you agree?

01:16:59I smiled.

01:17:01Of course.

01:17:02Before Ivy

01:17:02could even breathe

01:17:03a sigh of relief,

01:17:04I finished the sentence.

01:17:05I agree to sever

01:17:06the blood oath

01:17:07between us

01:17:07as mother and son.

01:17:09The smile on

01:17:10Kairos' face frozen.

01:17:11What did you say?

01:17:12An attendant brought over

01:17:14a black parchment scroll.

01:17:15It was no ordinary contract.

01:17:18Someone recognized it,

01:17:19their voice trembling.

01:17:23The soul-severation

01:17:24blood oath.

01:17:25Once it's signed,

01:17:26blood ties,

01:17:27inheritance rights,

01:17:27and family protection

01:17:28are all permanently cut off.

01:17:30The soul-severation

01:17:32The soul-severation

01:17:35The soul-severation

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