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The Alpha's Rejected Breeder
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00:00Created, thrown into the breeding court, I was declared a warpless breeder by the alpha king, who was supposed to
00:06be my mate.
00:07But no one knew, was that my blood carried a power older than every pack, and when I rises, every
00:13alpha who looked down on me, will either bow, or burn.
00:17On my 18th birthday, my fated mage rejected me.
00:21I, Kale Blackwood, reject you, Iris Thorn, as my mate, and Luna.
00:27The bond in my chest snapped like a bone breaking.
00:31Did you really think an alpha king would mate with a wolfless breeder?
00:36The word hid me like a slap, breeder.
00:38In our pack, females who couldn't shift were given one purpose.
00:42To bear pups for unmated warriors.
00:47We had no rank, no rights, no future.
00:50I was the only daughter of the former baiter.
00:53But when my wolf never emerged, my father's legacy meant nothing.
00:59Take her to the breeding quarters.
01:01She'll serve the pack as her kind was meant to.
01:04Two guards grabbed my arms and dragged me toward the door.
01:10You will regret this!
01:14Regret rejecting a defective wolf?
01:17I don't think so, little breeder.
01:18The guards threw me into a stone cell that smelled of mold and despair.
01:24I lay on the cold floor, feeling the phantom pain of our severed bond pulsing through my body.
01:31Defective, wolfless, breeder.
01:33I had heard these words my entire life.
01:35But tonight, something was different.
01:38Deep inside me, something stirred.
01:42Dark ancient.
01:43And very, very angry.
01:45They will be in.
01:47A voice whispered in my mind.
01:49Every single one of them.
01:51For 18 years, I thought I was wolfless.
01:55I was wrong.
02:02The breeding quarters were in the basement of the pack house.
02:05Far from the grand halls.
02:0812 cells lined the kore.
02:1011 were occupied by women like me.
02:12Wolfless females.
02:14Deemed useful.
02:14Only for reproduction.
02:16New blood.
02:19The warriors will be pleased.
02:21Fresh breeders are always popular.
02:23I sat in the darkness, my back against the damp wall.
02:27And tried to make sense of what I had felt.
02:30Who are you?
02:31No answer.
02:32Hours passed through the small barred window.
02:35I watched the moon rise.
02:37My skin began to burn.
02:39I bit my lick to keep from screaming as fire spread through my veins.
02:44My vision blurred, then sharpened until I could see every crack in the stone walls.
02:49This was what shifting felt like.
02:51But I wasn't shifting.
02:53The power coiled inside me, building and building until I thought I would explode.
02:57Then just as suddenly it stopped.
02:59I lay on the floor panting, covered in sweat.
03:02My hands were shaking.
03:03When I finally looked up, the iron bars of my cell door had melted, not broken, melted.
03:11What the hell?
03:12You are not wolf-less.
03:15You are not wolf-less.
03:17You are something far more dangerous.
03:19Before I could respond, footsteps echoed in the core.
03:25The footsteps stopped outside my cell.
03:31So, the prophecy awakens at last.
03:36Who are you?
03:38I am Mira, the Pax Oracle.
03:41And I have been waiting for you for a very long time, Iris Thorn.
03:46She reached out and touched my forehead.
03:49Images flooded my mind.
03:51My white wolf, larger than any I had ever seen.
03:54A throne made of bones.
03:55A crown of moonlight.
03:57And Kael the Alpha, who had rejected me, kneeling at my feet with blood on his hands.
04:04What is this?
04:06This is your future, child.
04:08You are not a breeder.
04:11You are the last of the Silver Bloods.
04:13True rulers of all wolves.
04:15The Blackwood Pack destroyed your bloodline 20 years ago.
04:20But your mother hid you.
04:23She gave her life to keep you secret.
04:27And when the wolf inside you, Silver Bloods fully awakens.
04:34Every Alpha in the world will bow, or they will burn.
04:41Guards are coming.
04:42I must go.
04:43But remember this, Iris.
04:45Trust no one.
04:46Not yet.
04:47She vanished into the shadows as if she had never been there.
04:51Get up, breeder.
04:52Alpha Kyle wants to see you.
04:56The guard dragged me through the packhouse.
04:58Past the servants who averted their eye.
05:00And the warriors who watched with hungry smithes.
05:03I kept my head down, playing the role they expect.
05:06But inside, the fire was still burned.
05:08Kael was waiting in his private study.
05:11Serena sat on his lard.
05:12There she is.
05:14The little breach.
05:16Kael's silver eyes swept over me with cold in dicks.
05:20The mate bond was truly severed.
05:23I felt nutty.
05:25I'm moving the claiming ceremony to tomorrow.
05:27Serena will be announced as my Luna at the full moon celebration.
05:31Iris, I wanted you to know that I won.
05:33Everything you dreamed of, it's all mine now.
05:36I looked at her.
05:37Serena Vale.
05:38The daughter of our pack's most powerful elder.
05:41She wasn't just gloating.
05:43She was trying to convince herself.
05:46Congratulations.
05:49Serena's smile faltered.
05:51That's all you have to say?
05:53That's all you have to say?
05:54What else is there to say?
05:56You got what you wanted.
05:58Kael leaned forward, studying me with new interest.
06:00You've changed, Irish.
06:02Where's the girl who used to follow me around like a lost puppy?
06:05She died when you rejected her.
06:07Something flickered in his eyes.
06:09Doubt.
06:10Then it was gone.
06:13Take her back to the breeding quarters.
06:15The guard grabbed my arm.
06:17Oh, and Iris.
06:19I'm wearing your mother's moonstone pendant to the ceremony.
06:22Kael gave it to me as an engagement gift.
06:25My blood turned to ice.
06:26My mother's pendant.
06:28The only thing I had left of her.
06:30Control.
06:31The voice inside me warned.
06:33Not yet.
06:33Not here.
06:35I forced myself to keep walking.
06:37But I made a promise to myself in that moan.
06:40Serena would pay for every cruelty.
06:43And I would take back what was mine.
06:45All of it.
06:48That night.
06:49I didn't sleep.
06:51I sat in my cell watching the moon.
06:53Letting the power inside me grow.
06:56Mira's words echoed in my mind.
06:58Silver blood.
06:59True rulers.
07:01Every alpha will bow or burn.
07:02I didn't understand what I was yet.
07:05But I knew one thing for certain.
07:07I was done being averred.
07:10The voice inside me stirred.
07:12You're ready to listen now.
07:15Yes.
07:17Pain exploded through my body.
07:19I collapsed to the floor, biting my tongue to keep from screaming.
07:23My bones cracked.
07:24My skin burned.
07:29And then, I was standing in a forest made of silver moonlight.
07:35Before me was the most beautiful wolf I'd ever seen.
07:40Her fur was pure white.
07:43Her eyes burning with silver fire.
07:46She was massive.
07:47Larger than any alpha.
07:49Larger than any wolf in legend.
07:51I am Lunara.
07:53I am the wolf they tried to destroy.
07:57I am the power they fear.
08:00And I am you.
08:03Why didn't you come before?
08:06Why did you let them hurt me?
08:09Because you weren't ready.
08:11Because the pain made you strong.
08:15And because...
08:18The moment I revealed myself.
08:21Every alpha in the world would have sensed it.
08:24They would have killed you.
08:26Before you could defend yourself.
08:28And now?
08:30Now, you are strong enough to survive.
08:33Tomorrow, at the ceremony.
08:35Everything will change.
08:38I woke on the floor of my cell.
08:41Gasping for air.
08:44Outside, the sun was rising.
08:47The ceremony was today.
08:53The guards came for me at noon.
08:56They dressed me in a simple white shift.
08:59Traditional clothing of breeders being presented to the pack.
09:03The great hall was packed.
09:05Everyone came to watch their new Lunar take her throne.
09:08I was dragged to the front.
09:10And falls to my knees.
09:12Serena was wearing a gown of silver silk.
09:15There she was wearing my mother's pendant.
09:17The last piece I had left.
09:19The pendant glowed.
09:21I felt Lunar awake inside me.
09:23Angry and ready.
09:25Soon.
09:27Very soon.
09:28The pack elder began the Ceridome.
09:31We gather today to witness the sacred bond between Alpha Kale Blackwood and his chosen Luna, Serena Vale.
09:40The crowd cheered.
09:41If any wolf objects, speak now or be silent forever.
09:48The hall went silent.
09:49They all thought no one dared to stand against them.
09:53Now, Lunar said, stand up.
09:56I rose to my feet.
09:59Three hundred wolves turned to stare at me.
10:02I object.
10:04You have no right to speak here, breeder.
10:07You're not even a real wolf.
10:10Am I not?
10:12The power I had been holding back all night surged to me.
10:16The moonstone pendant around Serena's neck exploded with light.
10:20Put that!
10:21Serena screamed.
10:23The crowd erupted in chaos, but I wasn't finned.
10:28Show them.
10:29Show them who you really are.
10:32I let the ship take me.
10:35My eyes began to glow.
10:37Not the gold of a normal wolf, but pure blazing silver.
10:42A massive snow-white wolf with silver fire burning in my eyes.
10:46The great hall fell completely sighed.
10:53Kale stumbled backward, his face pale with shock.
11:02I shifted back to human form.
11:05The pendant finally, where it belonged, on my neck.
11:09Kale, you called me disfective.
11:12Wolfless.
11:15A breeder.
11:16You were wrong.
11:20The silence lasted exactly three set.
11:23Then chaos erupted.
11:25Warriors shifted.
11:27Elders shouted.
11:28Women screamed and fled.
11:29But none of them could move.
11:32Lunara's power radiated from me in waves pressing down on every wolf.
11:36They were frozen, paralyzed by an authority that predated their entire bloodline.
11:43Silverblood.
11:44The prophecy is true.
11:46Kale was still staring at me.
11:47His face a mask of shock.
11:49And something else.
11:50Something that looked almost like fear.
11:52This is impossible.
11:55The silverbloods were hunted to extinction.
11:57My grandfather made sure of it.
11:59Your grandfather missed one.
12:01I stepped toward the platform.
12:03And the crowd parted before me like water.
12:05Serena was cowering behind Kale.
12:07Her face twisted with tear.
12:10Kill her!
12:11She's a monster!
12:12Kill her now!
12:13Kill her now!
12:15Kale didn't move his wolf.
12:16I could feel it now.
12:18Was doing something I had never seen before.
12:20It was submit.
12:22Your wolf knows what I am.
12:25Even if you don't want to accept it.
12:30What do you want?
12:31I considered the question.
12:3324 hours ago, I would have begged.
12:35But that girl was dead.
12:36I want nothing from you, Kale Blackwood.
12:40Not anymore.
12:42I turned to address the crowd.
12:44My mother's pendant glowing bright against my chest.
12:47I am Iris Thorn.
12:49Blast of the silver bloodline.
12:50By ancient law, I claim the right to leave this pack without pen.
12:54Any wolf who tries to stop me will learn exactly what a silver blood can do.
12:59No one moved.
12:59I walked toward the great doors of the hall, my bare feet silent on the stained floor.
13:05Serena had pulled free from Kale's grip.
13:07She was stalking toward me, her eyes glowing gold.
13:12I don't care what kind of freak you are.
13:14You're still nothing.
13:15A breeder.
13:16A reject.
13:17The girl nobody wanted.
13:18She lunged at me.
13:19Claws extend.
13:20I didn't move.
13:21I didn't need tie.
13:23Silver fire erupted from my body.
13:26She flew back, slamming into the stone wall with a sickening crack.
13:31Serena lay crumpled on the floor.
13:33Her gown was burned.
13:34Her skin covered in welts.
13:36She was alive.
13:37But she would carry those scars forever.
13:39No!
13:41Anyone else?
13:44The hall remained sigh.
13:46I walked out into the night, leaving behind everything I had ever known.
13:54I ran for three days.
13:56Lunara guided me through territories I had never seen, past pack borders I had never crossed.
14:01On the third night, where are we going?
14:04The Shadowmere Pack.
14:05I had heard of Shadowmere.
14:07A pack of outcasts, ruled by the most feared alpha in the northern territories.
14:11Daemon Vos, the Shadow King.
14:13He had never been defeated.
14:15He killed anyone who entered his territory uninvied.
14:18Daemon Vos is the only alpha strong enough to protect you.
14:22And?
14:24But, before she could answer, I heard the...
14:27Wolves.
14:29At least a dozen.
14:30I shifted and ran, pushing my body to its limb.
14:34Faster.
14:35The border is close.
14:36I burst through a line of ancient oes.
14:38The Shadowmere bore.
14:40I crossed it without storm.
14:42My pursuers skidded to a halt.
14:44None of them dared to fall.
14:45I collapsed on the forest floor.
14:47My sides heaving safe.
14:49For now.
14:50Well, well.
14:51A voice came from the shadows.
14:52Deep cold.
14:53Dangerous.
14:54I scrambled to my feet.
14:56Shifting back to human fawn.
14:58A man emerged from the darkness between the trees.
15:01Tall black hair.
15:02Eyes the color of mid.
15:03He was beautiful in the way a blade was beautiful.
15:06Sharp, lethal, a silver blood.
15:08A silver blood.
15:10I thought your kind was extinct.
15:14I thought your kind didn't let strangers into your territory.
15:18I don't.
15:20Usually.
15:21He stepped closer.
15:22I felt the weight of his presence like a physical fall.
15:26But you're not a stranger, are you, Iris Thorne?
15:29How do you know my name?
15:31Because I've been waiting for you.
15:33He reached out and touched the moonstone pendant in my throat,
15:36where his fingers brushed my skin.
15:39Heat bloomed.
15:41Your mother was my father's mate.
15:45Before she was taken by the Blackwood Pack,
15:48she was forced to breed with your father to hide what you really were.
15:54The world tilted.
15:55That makes you my stepsister, little wolf.
16:01And that makes this very complicated.
16:09I jerked away from him, my heart pound.
16:12That's not possible.
16:14My mother was a servant.
16:15She had no connection to any alpha.
16:18Your mother was Helena Vos.
16:20My father's fated mate.
16:22The last female silver blood before you.
16:26The Blackwood Pack kidnapped her when she was pregnant with you.
16:30They killed her after you were born.
16:32My legs gave out.
16:33I sank to the forest floor.
16:35Everything I knew about my life was a lie.
16:39Why?
16:39Why would they do that?
16:40Because silver bloods are a threat to every alpha bloodline.
16:44Your ancestors ruled all wolves for a thousand years.
16:48My father searched for your mother for years.
16:51When he found out what happened, it destroyed him.
16:54He died of grief three years later.
16:57I'm sorry.
16:58Don't be.
16:59His death made me alpha.
17:01And it led me to you.
17:03He stood and held out his hand.
17:05Come.
17:05You need food, rest, and training.
17:08In that order.
17:08I'm a stranger.
17:11Why would you help me?
17:13I'm a stranger.
17:14Your family.
17:15And the Blackwood Pack owes a bloodbed that's long overdue.
17:18I took his hand.
17:21The Shadow Mare Pack compound was built into the mountain itself.
17:25Stone corridors twisted through natural caves.
17:28Moonlight filtered through crystal formations in the sea.
17:31Damon led me through the Laberjind.
17:33You'll stay in the east wing.
17:35My chambers are in the west.
17:36The training grounds are in the valley below.
17:39Wolves watched us from the shadows as we passed.
17:43They were different.
17:44Harder.
17:45Leaner.
17:46With a wildness.
17:47None of them looked at me with contempt.
17:50None whispered beater.
17:52They looked at me with curiosity.
17:54And something that might have been horror.
17:56They know what you are.
17:59Many of them lost family to the Silverblood Purges.
18:02To them you represent justice.
18:05I don't even know how to control my powers yet.
18:09That's why you're here.
18:11He stopped before a heavy wooden door.
18:14Rest tonight.
18:16Tomorrow your training begins.
18:17He turned to leave.
18:18Then paused.
18:19Iris.
18:20The bond between Silverbloods and Alphas is complicated.
18:24You may feel things in the coming days that confuse you.
18:27Don't fight them.
18:29And don't run from them.
18:31Before I could ask, he was gone.
18:33I pushed open the door and found a chamber that stole my bray.
18:37The room was carved from white stone.
18:39A fire crackled.
18:41Through an arched window, the moon rose over snow-capped peace.
18:46On the bed lay a simple dress and a no.
18:49Welcome home, sister.
18:51Deming for the first time since my rejection.
18:53I felt something crack open in my chest.
18:56Something dangerously close to hope.
19:01I woke to the sound of howling for a moment.
19:04I was back in the Blackwood breeding course.
19:06Then I remembered Shadowmere Damon, my mom.
19:10I dressed quickly and followed the sound of howling.
19:13The training grounds were carved into a natural amphitheater.
19:16Hundreds of wolves had gapped.
19:18Damon stood at the center, shirtless.
19:20His body was covered in scars.
19:22When he saw me, he raised a hand.
19:24The howling stopped instantly.
19:29Today, we welcome a new member to our pack.
19:32Iris Thorn.
19:33Last of the Silver Bloods.
19:35Murmurs rippled through the crowd.
19:37Some of you doubt her.
19:39Some of you fear what she represents.
19:42Good.
19:43Fear keeps you sharp.
19:45But know this.
19:47Anyone who harms her answers to me.
19:50Are you ready to learn what you are?
19:52Yes.
19:53I closed my eyes and reached for Luna.
19:55When I ose eagerly, flooding my body with Silver Phi.
19:59When I opened my eyes, I was looking up a daemon from four feet lower.
20:03He circled me slowly, assessing.
20:07Beautiful.
20:09But beauty isn't enough.
20:11Can you fight?
20:12Before I could react, he shifted.
20:15His wolf was massive, black as minute.
20:18And he was attacked.
20:19I dodged his first lunge on pure instinct.
20:23Don't think.
20:25Feel.
20:26Let me guide you.
20:29My body moved with impossible speed.
20:32Silver fire crackled along my fur.
20:34He caught me with a shoulder check.
20:36Sent me tumbling across the arena.
20:38His massive paw pinned me to the ground.
20:40Submit.
20:41His wolf's presence demanded.
20:43Never.
20:44We bow to no one.
20:48Never.
20:49We bow to no one.
20:51Silver fire exploded from my body.
20:54Daemon flew backward, shifting to human form mid-air.
20:58He landed in a crouch, his chest heaving.
21:00I shifted to, standing naked and defiant before the entire pack.
21:05Impressive.
21:06Your wolf has spirit.
21:08But spirit alone won't defeat your enemies.
21:10He straightened and walked toward me.
21:12He stopped inches away.
21:14You have power, Iris.
21:16More than you know.
21:18But it's wild.
21:20Uncontrolled.
21:21I'm gonna teach you to wield it like a weapon.
21:25And if, if I don't want to be a weapon?
21:27Then you'll die.
21:29The Blackwood Pack is hunting you.
21:32Kale won't stop until you're dead or claimed.
21:36Claimed?
21:37A rejected mate can challenge the rejection within one moon cycle.
21:44If Kale claims you before the cycle ends, you will be bound to him forever.
21:49A slave to his will.
21:51He rejected me.
21:53Why would he want to claim me now?
21:55Because you're a silver blood.
21:58The rarest, most powerful wolf alive.
22:02Whoever claims you controls the future of all packs.
22:06He reached out and tilted my chin up, forcing me to meet his eye.
22:09I won't let happen.
22:11But you have to trust me, Iris.
22:13Can you do that?
22:14Yes.
22:15Something shifted between us.
22:17The air grew thick, charged with LX-D.
22:20Damon's thumb traced my lower lid.
22:23Dangerous answer, little wolf.
22:28The next two weeks were the hardest of my lie.
22:31Damon trained me from dawn until dawn.
22:35Combat, strategy, control.
22:38He pushed me past every limit I thought I had.
22:41And every night I dreamed of him.
22:44His hands on my skin.
22:46His lips against my throat.
22:48His dark voice whispering my name.
22:50I woke each morning tangled in silver furs.
22:53My body aching with a need I didn't understand.
22:57The bond is forming.
22:58Lunara explained.
23:00Damon is compatible with our bloodline.
23:02His wolf, Wolk, recognizes us as a potential mate.
23:07But he's my stepbrother.
23:10Wolves don't care about human labels.
23:14And neither does fate.
23:16But every time Damon touched me, fire raced through my vein.
23:20He felt it too.
23:21I could see it in the way his eyes darkened.
23:23The way his hands lingered.
23:24The way he pulled away like I had burned him.
23:26He growled one evening.
23:28This is a bad idea.
23:30What is?
23:32You know what?
23:34He stalked away before I could respond.
23:37That night, I couldn't sleep.
23:40I wandered through the compound.
23:42I found myself at the edge of a moonlit pool.
23:45Steam rose from the wall.
23:46I stripped off my clothes and slipped into the warm.
23:50I closed my eyes and let myself float.
23:54Couldn't sleep either.
23:55My eyes flew away.
24:00I didn't know anyone was here.
24:03This is my private spring.
24:04No one else knows about it.
24:08I'll go.
24:09Stay.
24:12This is my private spring.
24:14No one else knows about it.
24:17I'll go.
24:18Stay.
24:21He stepped into the water.
24:24My heart hammered as he moved closer.
24:28Within moments, he was close enough to toss.
24:34We shouldn't do this.
24:37I know.
24:38You're my stepsister.
24:40You're under my protection.
24:42I know.
24:44He reached out and cupped my face in his hands.
24:47Tell me to stop, Iris.
24:49Tell me, and I will.
24:51I should have said the words instead.
24:53I pressed my lips to his.
24:55The kiss ignited something primal.
24:58Damon groaned and pulled me against him.
25:00His hands slid down, my back gripping my hits.
25:04I wrapped my legs around his waist.
25:07His lips trailed down my throat,
25:09teeth grazing the spot where a claiming mark would go.
25:13I want you.
25:15More than I've ever wanted anything.
25:18But if we do this...
25:25We broke apart instantly.
25:29The Border Patrol just reported.
25:31Blackwood Wolves have crossed into our territory.
25:36How many?
25:38At least 50.
25:39And Alpha.
25:40Kale Blackwood is leading them himself.
25:47I had imagined facing Kale again a thousand times.
25:51In my fantasies, I was always strong, powerful in control.
25:55But standing on the Shadowmere border, watching his wolves emerge from the treeline,
26:00I felt 18 years old again.
26:02Small afraid.
26:03Rejected.
26:04No.
26:05We are not that girl anymore.
26:08I straightened my spine.
26:10Kale looked different.
26:11Harder.
26:12Dark circles under his silver eyes.
26:14Rough stubble.
26:15Iris.
26:16Come home.
26:17I am home.
26:19This isn't your home.
26:21These outkarts.
26:22This Shadow King.
26:24They're using you.
26:26They want your power.
26:28And you didn't?
26:29He flinched.
26:31Daemon stepped forward, positioning himself between me and Kale.
26:35The two Alphas faced each other, their wolves pressing against the Cerm.
26:39She's under my protection, Blackwood.
26:42Leave now.
26:44Or leave in pieces.
26:45She's my mate.
26:48You rejected her.
26:49She's no longer yours to claim.
26:53The rejection isn't complete.
26:56Kale's eyes found mine over Daemon's shoulder.
26:59I never accepted your rejection of me, Iris.
27:02The bond is still there.
27:04I can feel it.
27:05My blood ran cold.
27:06He was right.
27:07The bond.
27:08Weak, damaged, but present.
27:10Still pulsed in my child.
27:11All I have to do is claim you before the moon cycle ends.
27:14Then you'll be mine.
27:16Forever.
27:18She'll never be yours.
27:20Won't she?
27:21Tell me, Shadow King.
27:23Have you claimed her yet?
27:25Have you marked her throat, bound her wolf to yours?
27:32She'll never be yours.
27:34Won't she?
27:35Tell me, Shadow King.
27:37Have you claimed her yet?
27:39Have you marked her throat, bound her wolf to yours?
27:43Daemon didn't answer.
27:44I didn't think so.
27:46You're too careful.
27:47You won't claim her without her consent, and she's too damaged to trust anyone.
27:52He stepped closer.
27:54But I don't need her consent.
27:55The original bond gives me the right.
27:58All I have to do is get close enough to complete the claim.
28:01You'll have to go through me first.
28:06I was hoping you'd say that.
28:07Kale shifted.
28:09Kale shifted.
28:10He launched himself at Daemon with a speed that blurred.
28:12The two alphas glided in a clash of fur and fangs around us, their wolves engaged.
28:18The border erupted into chaos.
28:20I wanted to help.
28:22I wanted to help.
28:22Wanted to fight.
28:23Not yet.
28:24Watch.
28:25Watch.
28:26Learn.
28:29I watched Daemon fight with savage grace.
28:32He was faster than Kale, more precise, but Kale was fighting with desperate fear.
28:37Then Kale got lucky.
28:39Kale got lucky.
28:40His jaws clamped around Daemon's hind leg with a sickening crunch.
28:43Daemon howled and stumped him.
28:47He shifted back to human form and pulled a silver blade from his bell.
28:52He pressed the blade to Daemon's throat.
28:54I didn't want to do this, but you gave me no choice.
28:57He looked at me.
28:59Come with me now, Iris.
29:01Or watch him die.
29:06Time stopped.
29:07Daemon lay bleeding on the ground.
29:09A silver blade at his throat.
29:11Kale's wolves had overpowered the Shadowmere Fice.
29:13Everything I had built in the past two weeks was crumbling.
29:18Now, it's time.
29:21I can't.
29:23I'm not strong enough.
29:25You are stronger than you know.
29:27Trust me.
29:29Trust yourself.
29:31I closed my eyes and reached deep inside myself.
29:35Past the fear.
29:37Past the doubt.
29:38Past the broken girl who had spent 18 years believing she was worthless Min.
29:43I found the fire.
29:45It erupted from my core like a supernova.
29:49When I opened my eyes, the world had turned silver.
29:52I saw everything.
29:53Every wolf.
29:55Every heartbeat.
29:56Every thread of power.
29:57Put down the knife, Kale.
29:59Kale's hand shook.
30:00Cook.
30:03What?
30:04What are you doing?
30:06I'm choosing.
30:07I walked toward him.
30:09Silver fire dancing along my skin.
30:11The blackwood wall scrambled backward, whimpering.
30:15I choose to reject you.
30:17Completely.
30:18Permanently.
30:18By the authority of my blood and the power of the moon, I sever the bond between us.
30:23Pain exploded through my chest.
30:25As the last thread connecting us, snacked.
30:29Kale screamed.
30:30No.
30:31No, you can't.
30:32The prophecy said you're supposed to be mine.
30:35I was never yours.
30:37I was always meant for something greater.
30:40I turned to Daemon, placed my hand over his heart.
30:45Daemon Vass, I choose you.
30:49Are you sure?
30:50Once we complete the bond-
30:52I've never been more sure of anything.
30:54I kissed him.
30:56Power surged between us, his darkness meeting my light, his strength merging with mine.
31:02I felt our wolves intertwine, felt our souls bind together.
31:07When we finally pulled apart, Daemon's wounds were healed.
31:11And on my throat, blowing with silver light, was his claiming?
31:15Mine.
31:17Yours.
31:18And your mine.
31:19We turned to face Kale to Guy.
31:22You'll regret this.
31:23The silver blood belongs to the blackwood line.
31:26My grandfather-
31:27Your grandfather murdered my mother.
31:28He tried to destroy my bloodline and he failed.
31:31I stepped forward, and Kale flinched.
31:34Go home, Kale.
31:35Tell your pack what happened here.
31:37Tell them the silver blood has returned.
31:39And she has chosen her mate.
31:41I raised my hand, and a wall of silver fire erupted between us.
31:46Kale and his wolves stumbled backward across the ball.
31:50If you ever come near my pack again, I will burn you all.
31:56One month later, the Shadowmere compound was transformed.
32:00Word of my existence had spread like wildfire.
32:03Alphas from every pack had sent envoys.
32:06The Northern Packs offer their allegiance.
32:08The Eastern Coalition requests a formal treaty.
32:11The Southern terrorists wish to discuss marriage arrangements for their Alpha's son.
32:16I felt Daemon's possessive growl vibrate through our bond.
32:20Tell the Southern territories that I'm already mated.
32:23And very happily so.
32:25The envoy paled and retreated when the hall finally ended.
32:30Daemon pulled me against him.
32:32Marriage arrangements.
32:34I should have ripped his throat out.
32:37Jealous that he doesn't suit you, Alpha.
32:40Everything suits me when it comes to you.
32:43He kissed me deeply, his hands tangling in my hair.
32:47We had completed the mating bond three weeks ago.
32:49Under the full moon.
32:51With the entire pack as witnessed.
32:53It had been the most intense, overwhelming, beautiful experience of my life.
33:00And every day since had been better than the last.
33:05I have something for you.
33:06He reached into his pocket and withdrew a small velvet bod.
33:09Inside was a ring.
33:10A band of silver set.
33:12With a moons toe.
33:14It was hers.
33:15My father gave it to her when they completed their bond.
33:19She was wearing it when the blackwood pack took her.
33:21Tears pricked my eye.
33:25How did you get it?
33:27I've had it for years.
33:28I was saving it.
33:30For you.
33:31He slipped the ring onto my fin.
33:33My father loved your mother until the day he died.
33:35I intend to love you even longer.
33:37I looked at the ring.
33:39Then at the man who had given me everything.
33:42I love you.
33:47I know.
33:48I love you too, little wolf.
33:51The bottle shattered against the wall.
33:53Spraying whiskey across the stone.
33:55I didn't care.
33:57I reached for another.
33:58Brother.
33:59You need to stop this.
34:03Leave me alone.
34:05The pack is falling apart.
34:08The elders are talking about replacing you.
34:12The warriors have lost respect.
34:14I said leave me alone.
34:17She flinched but didn't retreat.
34:21Is this about her?
34:23The breeder you rejected?
34:25I laughed and the sound was broken.
34:28The breeder I rejected.
34:31The silver blood I threw away.
34:35The woman I...
34:36Lydia sat down across from me.
34:40I loved her.
34:42I didn't know it then.
34:44I was so focused on what she wasn't.
34:47Powerful.
34:48Dominant.
34:48Impressive.
34:49That I never saw what she was.
34:52Which was?
34:53Everything.
34:55She was everything.
34:57Then fight for her.
34:59It's too late.
35:01She's mated.
35:03Claimed.
35:04She's carrying his children.
35:07Then move on.
35:09You're an alpha, Kale.
35:11You have a duty to this pack.
35:14Wallowing in self-pity won't bring her back.
35:17I don't want to move on.
35:19Then you don't deserve to be alpha.
35:22She stood and walked to the door.
35:25The door slammed behind her.
35:27I sat alone in the darkness, surrounded by broken glass and shattered dream.
35:32I reached for the bottle again.
35:33Then I stopped.
35:35Iris had been broken too.
35:36And she had risen.
35:37If she could do it, maybe I could too.
35:39I said down the bod.
35:41I stood and walked to the window.
35:44In the distance, toward the north, I could almost imagine I saw the Shadowmere mound.
35:49I'm sorry, Iris.
35:52For everything.
35:54The wind carried my words away.
35:56And somewhere, in a stone compound carved into a mountain, a white wolf raised her head
36:02from her mate's chest and smiled in her sleep.
36:09Five years later, I looked up from my book.
36:12Mama, mama, watch me!
36:15I'm watching, baby.
36:16She closed her eyes and silver fire erupted along her small bar.
36:21A moment later, a tiny white wolf stood in her place.
36:24Amazing!
36:25Beside Luna, her twin brother Orion was attempting the same transformation.
36:30His shift was slower, his wolf darker, black like his father's, with my silver eyes.
36:36Don't rush it.
36:38Don't rush it.
36:39Daemon calls.
36:40Feel the change.
36:42Don't force it.
36:43Orion nodded seriously and tried again.
36:46I watched my family and felt a peace I had never thought pot to pass.
36:51Luna of Shadowfella.
36:54I turned to find Mira, the old oracle, standing behind me.
36:59Mira, you shouldn't sneak up on pregnant women.
37:01She smiled, her milky eyes twinkling.
37:05Third child.
37:06Another girl.
37:07She'll have your fire and his shadows.
37:09I touched my belly, still barely showing.
37:13You saw this.
37:15I see many things.
37:17Her smile fade-eye.
37:18I also see trouble coming.
37:20The old powers are stirring.
37:23The peace you've built, it won't last forever.
37:28It never does.
37:31You're not afraid.
37:32I spent 18 years being afraid.
37:35Afraid of rejection.
37:37Afraid of pain.
37:38Afraid of my own power.
37:39I'm not afraid anymore.
37:41Because I have everything to fight for.
37:44Then you are ready for what comes next.
37:49What did she want?
37:51To be cryptic and ominous.
37:52The usual.
37:56Come.
37:57The children want to show you something.
38:02Damon led me to the training grounds,
38:04where Luna and Orion stood proudly in their wolf forms.
38:09Show me.
38:12The twins looked at each of.
38:14Then, in perfect synchronization,
38:16they howled.
38:18Silver fire erupted from Luna.
38:20Shadow flames burst from Orion.
38:23The two powers met in the air,
38:25intertwining into a spiral of light and darkness
38:28that climbed toward the sky.
38:29It was beautiful.
38:31It was powerful.
38:33It was them.
38:35They're going to change the world.
38:38They already have.
38:39I pulled my mate close and kissed him.
38:42Under the light of our children's magic,
38:44five years ago,
38:46I was a rejected breeder with no hope and no future.
38:49Now I was Luna of the most powerful pack in existence.
38:53Mother to the next generation of legends.
38:56I love you.
38:57I know.
38:59I love you too.
39:02Forever.
39:02Above us,
39:03our children's magic painted the sky with silver and shadow.
39:07And somewhere in the distance,
39:09in a crumbling pack house,
39:10an alpha who had once rejected me,
39:12raised his glass in a silent toad.
39:15To the one who got away.
39:17To the one who became everything.
39:19Everything.
39:21To me.
39:23To me.
39:25Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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