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The Alpha Rejected Me. The Moon Chose Me
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00:00Alpha Cassius, after eight years of love, tonight I will become his rightful Luma.
00:07My heartbeat resonating with the solemn drums, yet the figure that should be walking towards me
00:13veers from his path to the viewing seats, towards my sister, Helia.
00:20Cassius, what are you doing?
00:30Selene, your moon-blessed Black Wolf blood is Helia's only cure. Thank you for these past eight years.
00:38You are my only Luna, Selene.
00:41All lies, like a sudden avalanche completely burying and crushing eight years of my devotion, trust, and sacrifice.
00:48If that's the case, Cassius Auraria, I demand the immediate dissolution of this absurd mate bond.
00:57Dissoleration, you think you have the power to choose.
01:02Did I give you permission to leave?
01:04Since the ceremony has begun, something should be left behind.
01:08Fangs not belonging to my Alpha pierce my skin without mercy, forcibly branding his mark, power, and scent into my
01:15bloodline.
01:16Along with the tearing pain and crushing humiliation comes the irresistible physiological pleasure of the marking itself.
01:21It burns through my body like wildfire.
01:25Assaulting my sanity, my wolf-soul trembles and wails in anguish within my consciousness, yet is forcibly soothed and bound
01:33by this power.
01:35After marking Helia, he forcibly marked me as well.
01:38This isn't love, isn't acknowledgement.
01:41It's naked humiliation, a claim of ownership more degrading than abandonment.
01:45Helia will be my only Luna, and you, Selina, are my personal property that belongs to me alone.
01:54Don't you dare think you can bind me with this filthy bond.
01:58I am the Alpha!
01:59You should obey me!
02:01No.
02:03Sister, shouldn't the Nocta family's moonline bracelet be returned to its rightful owner?
02:09Sister, you want it?
02:14I'll give it to you.
02:23Selina!
02:24What did you do to her?
02:25Alpha, I merely followed your request to return it to its rightful owner.
02:30It seems the bracelet sees more clearly than you who is unworthy.
02:36Kneel!
02:38Either you kneel yourself, or I make you.
02:44No.
02:44Throw her in the dungeon.
02:46No one releases her without my command.
02:49Yes, Alpha.
03:03Selina, the Alpha wants to see you.
03:05Healing Hall.
03:06Tell Cassia we have nothing left to discuss.
03:10In Shadow Territory, the Alpha's will supersedes everything.
03:15Your blood can purify the magical toxins in her system.
03:19I need two pints.
03:20That's ridiculous.
03:22Alpha, Selina's condition may not be suitable for...
03:25That bracelet nearly killed Helia.
03:28Cassia, this is the price she must pay.
03:30I refuse.
03:32You have no choice.
03:35The guards pressed me onto the cold metal cable, restraints biting into my wrists.
03:40I struggled desperately, but Cassia's strength crushed me, and my wolf soul was weak from the forcibly branded mark.
03:48The needle hit my vein, and the scar under my left shoulder burned eight years ago.
03:54I took a silver blade for him there.
03:56Now it felt torn open all over again.
03:59Back then, he held me tight, his gold and violet eyes full of pain.
04:04He swore he'd spend the rest of his life making it up to me.
04:07But now he has forgotten every bit of our past.
04:11I gasped, cold sweat beating on my forehead.
04:14Cassius's gaze swept across my agonized expression, hesitating for just a moment.
04:19Then Helia coughed softly.
04:21He immediately pressed down Linden's hand, preparing to remove the needle.
04:26Draw another pint.
04:27Alpha, Selina's heart can't take it.
04:31Control the flow rate, but take the full amount.
04:33She can handle it.
04:35I clenched my teeth, cold sweat on my temples, suppressing the moan nearly escaping my lips.
04:42Blood pressure plummeting, heart rate erratic like out-of-control drums.
04:47The monitor tracking my vitals shrieked an alarm.
04:50Alpha, her heart can't take anymore!
04:54Keep going.
04:55My vision blurred, and I could feel my life force draining away with my blood,
04:59while Helia's breathing gradually stabled.
05:02Cassius, you're trading my life for hers.
05:06You attacked her first.
05:07This is your deserved price.
05:09You called this a price.
05:12Suddenly, I just felt the room spin completely.
05:15Darkness surging in like a tide.
05:18Alpha, she's failing!
05:20Continue.
05:27When I woke, I lay in a crystal chamber filled with barrier spells.
05:31Three pints.
05:32Your bloodline is truly exceptional.
05:34Lyndon says three days to recover fully.
05:36Helia.
05:37She's safe.
05:38The child is safe too.
05:40Child.
05:41That word stabbed into my heart like a knife.
05:44Drink this.
05:45It's good for you.
05:48My communication stone.
05:50Give it back.
05:51Why?
05:52Who are you contacting?
05:53None of your concern.
05:55You took my blood, got what you wanted, now return my belongings.
05:59Fury rolled in his eyes, but he still ordered someone to retrieve the stone.
06:04Seeing the unread messages flashing on the screen, his expression turned ice cold.
06:09Who's looking for you?
06:11Someone who actually cares if I live or die.
06:14Enough, Selina.
06:16Don't test my patience.
06:18You're Helia's calling.
06:20Stay put.
06:21You know my limits.
06:25Didn't see you at the north gate.
06:27Should I move now?
06:28The troops are already...
06:29Unexpected delay.
06:30Give me three days.
06:32Before then, there was a debt to settle.
06:34Three days later, just as I passed through the medical wing corridor, I encountered them again.
06:40Alpha, can you feel it?
06:41Our child is so strong.
06:44The Alpha is so attentive to the Luna.
06:47I heard Luna even warms the coupling gale by hand before her examinations.
06:52That's Selina.
06:53Nearly killed the Luna.
06:54She really should be properly disciplined.
06:57Each comment was a silver needle piercing my heart.
07:01In their narrative, I'd become a dark presence, an appendage forcibly marked.
07:05I quickened my pace, but Helia's voice pursued me.
07:09Selina!
07:16Thank you for saving me.
07:17Thanks to your blood, the child and I are safe.
07:20The blood was taken by force.
07:22No thanks necessary.
07:23Alpha, let Selina come back with us.
07:26She looks like she needs someone to care for her.
07:28Follow.
07:29Don't make me repeat myself.
07:30On the way back, Helia naturally took the passenger seat, while I silently slipped into the back.
07:36You know Selina?
07:38The Alpha and I got matching tattoos here.
07:41Sun and Moon intertwined.
07:43He said it symbolizes our eternal love.
07:46That location, exactly where I'd taken the silver blade for Cassius.
07:50But he put a matching wolf tattoo with another woman, right over that scar.
07:55Suddenly, I spotted something pink in the seat gap from the corner of my eye.
08:00Then I pulled it out.
08:01A pair of pink lace panties, still clinging to Heria's scent.
08:05Oh my, those are mine from yesterday, all because you were so impatient.
08:11You clingy little wild wolf.
08:13Cassius, you're always so passionate.
08:16Sometimes we can't even wait for the bedroom.
08:19Stop, Helia.
08:20What?
08:21Isn't this normal between mate?
08:23Sister should understand best, right?
08:26Understand what?
08:28They actually did it in this car while I was fighting for my life.
08:31Selina, return to your room.
08:34When you learn obedience...
08:36Did you hear what I said?
08:39What should I do?
08:41Kneel and beg?
08:42Cry and apologize?
08:44Then continue as Helia's blood bag?
08:46You need more lessons.
08:47Let me tell you something.
08:50My obedience was drained along with my blood.
08:53Cassius Ubarco.
08:54I, Selina,
08:56in the name of the last Moonlight Wolf bloodline,
08:59Hereby unilaterally dissolve the mark you forced upon me.
09:04Take it back!
09:05Never.
09:07Your mark, your rules, your betrayal,
09:10I want none of it anymore.
09:14You think a mark can be dissolved just because you say so?
09:18Then hold the Silvermoon Severation Ritual.
09:21Let Moonlight judge who's unworthy of this bond.
09:25As you wish.
09:27Prepare the Silvermoon Severation Ritual tomorrow at sunset at the Moonlight Altar.
09:32I'll personally watch you repent under Moonlight
09:35for every word you spoke today.
09:44At sunset,
09:45silver flames ignited on the Moonlight Altar,
09:48illuminating the entire arena like daylight.
09:51I stood at the center of the altar as Cassius strode towards me,
09:56surrounded by the pack.
09:57His gold-violet eyes were smug with certainty,
10:01like he'd already seen Neil.
10:03Helia nestled at his side,
10:05a subtle smile playing at her lips,
10:07fingers unconsciously cracing her slightly rounded belly.
10:11Masked elders lined both sides,
10:13ancient ritual relics in hand.
10:15The air was thick with incense,
10:17and even thicker with tension.
10:20The Silvermoon Severation Ritual begins.
10:26It's not too late to admit my fault.
10:28Silvermoon Severment pain can shatter even the strongest wolf souls.
10:32Just kneel and apologize,
10:34and I'll stop the ritual.
10:35Begin, Alpha.
10:38Show me what else you can take from me.
10:41As you wish.
10:45Marked desolation, begin.
10:47Four elders snimiously raised their instruments.
10:50Silver chains rose from the ground,
10:53wrapping around my limbs.
10:54Ancient runes on the chains began glowing,
10:57scorching my skin.
10:59The mark on my body erupted in agony,
11:02like countless silver needles coursing through my bloodstream.
11:06I felt my soul being torn apart,
11:09cold sweat soaked through my clothes,
11:11but I clenched my teeth,
11:13refusing to let a single moan escape.
11:15Beg me.
11:16Just ask,
11:17and I'll stop it immediately.
11:19Cassius,
11:20I will never submit to you.
11:22I'd rather die than lose my freedom.
11:25The pain intensified,
11:26my vision blurting,
11:27just as I thought I'd collapse.
11:29Something changed.
11:30My blood suddenly glowed silver,
11:33ancient moonlight runes surfacing beneath my skin.
11:36These long-lost marks flowed around me,
11:39emanating pure lunar radiance.
11:41The chain's runes resonated with them,
11:44producing a melodious hum.
11:46This is Moonlight Wolf Clan bloodline marks impossible.
11:50The silver light grew brighter,
11:52the entire altar trembling.
11:53I felt something awakening inside me,
11:55a power that had always been suppressed,
11:58the true inheritance of the Moonlight Wolf Clan.
12:03Panic finally appeared in Cassius's omber violet eyes.
12:07In this moment,
12:09he realized what he was about to lose.
12:19To be a true moon goddess descendant.
12:20I command you to stop!
12:24Too late, Cassius.
12:26When you chose to treat me as a blood bank,
12:28you should have anticipated this day.
12:32You think the Moonlight bloodline is just legend?
12:35Today, let you witness what it means
12:38to be a true moon goddess descendant.
12:43The moment, a silver storm erupted on the altar.
12:47Wind whipped through my long hair,
12:49Moonlight encasing me like armor.
12:51I heard Halea's scream,
12:53saw the Elder's ferrified expressions.
12:56Most shocking was Calasius.
12:58The mental bond connecting us was violently severed.
13:02For the first time,
13:04he tasted complete loss.
13:05Someone! Stop her!
13:07It's too late, Calasius.
13:11Adonius Vitis, why have you come?
13:15I came for Selina and take her away.
13:19No way! Stop him!
13:23Give me your hand.
13:25Selina! Dare to leave and see what happens!
13:30Goodbye, Cassius.
13:31May you always remember today's choice.
13:39Selina!
13:40Don't ever think you can escape me!
13:43Even if I level the north,
13:44I'll drag you back!
13:53When Cassius discovered the communication stone
13:56could no longer connect to Selina's channel,
13:59he tasted loss of control for the first time.
14:02Every message sank without trace,
14:04that name that had always lit up for him
14:06now showed only dead.
14:08Grey silence.
14:10Keep trying!
14:11Use tracking runes,
14:13blood resonance,
14:14every method available.
14:15You have to reach her!
14:18We've tried everything, Alpha.
14:20Selina severed all connections.
14:25Alpha,
14:25I prepared your favorite honey-glazed meat.
14:30Get out.
14:33But...
14:35I said get out
14:37and stop imitating her dress.
14:40You're not worthy.
14:43I'm not worthy, Cassius!
14:45I'm carrying your heir!
14:46Don't forget!
14:48Selina publicly humiliated you
14:50and abandoned you.
14:56Who gave you permission to slander her?
14:58Watch your words.
15:07Permission?
15:08When you spent nights in my bed,
15:10when you said you'd make me moon goddess,
15:12you didn't ask for permission then.
15:14You promised
15:15to give us mother and child status.
15:18But now,
15:19your head is full of that woman
15:21who abandoned you!
15:23That's no excuse for your transgression.
15:27Prepare new quarters for Helia
15:28and the North Wing.
15:29Have her move by end of day.
15:32You're driving me away
15:33just because she left!
15:35You're taking your anger out on me,
15:36Cassius!
15:37Our child is innocent!
15:38If Seema truly loved you as you said,
15:41she shouldn't have run away!
15:43She made the entire Shadow Wolflam
15:44a laughingstock!
15:46It's all her fault!
15:47Silence!
15:48Who gave you the right to judge her?
15:50I thought you were smart enough
15:51enough to know your place.
15:53Mark my words.
15:55Whether you birth a son or daughter,
15:57Selina is the only moon goddess
15:58I acknowledge.
16:00Remember,
16:00take all your belongings when you move.
16:02I don't want Selim to smell anything
16:04that doesn't belong here
16:05when she returns.
16:07Returns?
16:07You drained her blood,
16:09forced her to mark,
16:10publicly humiliated her.
16:12You think she'll come back?
16:14The office returned to silence,
16:15broken only by the communication stone
16:17soft hum of failed transmissions.
16:22Wherever you are, Selina,
16:24I will find you.
16:33Alpha.
16:35What's wrong?
16:38This,
16:40there's a medical record
16:41I think you should know about.
16:43What medical record?
16:45A pregnancy test report.
16:47Positive.
16:48From Miss Selina.
16:50She was carrying my child,
16:52no.
16:53That's impossible.
16:54She never told me.
16:56She came alone.
16:58During that week,
16:59you were away with Miss Helia.
17:01Later,
17:01she hemorrhaged
17:02and was brought back.
17:03What?
17:05Hemorrhaged?
17:06I performed a D&C procedure.
17:09She didn't want anyone to know,
17:11begged us not to record it,
17:12said,
17:13said the Alpha
17:13already had too much
17:14to worry about.
17:16What caused it?
17:18Tell me!
17:19Miss Helia
17:20accidentally used
17:21concentrated silver
17:23leaf vine extract.
17:24That drug is safe
17:25for ordinary wolves,
17:26but highly toxic
17:28to pregnant ones.
17:33I warned her about dosage,
17:35but she insisted
17:37on giving it to Selina,
17:39saying after you quarreled,
17:40Selina needed help
17:41calming her emotions.
17:45Memories stabbed like blades
17:47into Callison's mind.
17:49That night,
17:50he'd made excuses
17:51about patrols
17:52while meeting Helania privately.
17:55Selina's reddened eyes
17:56when he returned,
17:57her hesitant expression.
17:59He'd turned a blind eye
18:00to all of it.
18:01Countless ignored moments
18:03flashed before his eyes,
18:04Selina tenderly touching
18:06her belly in moonlight.
18:08Her pale face one morning,
18:10those nights of unspoken words.
18:13God, what had I done?
18:15At the marking ceremony
18:17that should have been
18:18her coronation,
18:19I publicly marked her sister,
18:23destroying her dignity
18:24in the cruelest way.
18:27When Selina wanted to preserve
18:29her last shred of dignity
18:30and leave,
18:31I forcibly marked her,
18:33trampling her pride.
18:34For Helia's sake,
18:36I drained her blood,
18:37nearly becoming
18:39her executioner.
18:40Even at the end,
18:41I watched coldly
18:42as she endured
18:43Silvermoon's separation pain
18:44just to force her submission.
18:47I'm truly going to lose her.
18:51Actually,
18:51there's one more thing
18:53about that rainy night
18:54eight years ago.
18:56The one who brought you
18:57back from the border.
18:58What are you trying to say?
19:00Speak clearly!
19:01It wasn't Miss Helia.
19:02It was Miss Selina.
19:04She carried you
19:05ten miles on her back.
19:08The silver blade poison
19:09nearly killed her.
19:12So it was her.
19:13She was covered in blood
19:14when she brought you
19:15to the medical room,
19:16then collapsed from
19:17exhaustion at the door.
19:18When Miss Helia arrived,
19:20she claimed all the credit.
19:22So that rainy night
19:24eight years ago,
19:25those hands holding me,
19:26that gentle scent,
19:27it was her.
19:29It was her.
19:29It was her.
19:33It was her.
19:36Cassius,
19:37I'm willing to share
19:38every sunrise with you.
19:40That was the first time
19:41I set aside Alpha Pride,
19:43kneeling on one knee
19:44to ask to become your mate.
19:46Now all I want
19:47is for you to forgive me.
19:51Come in.
19:54Alpha,
19:55we found Miss Selina's trail
19:57on the road towards the north.
20:00Prepare the vehicle.
20:02Come in.
20:04This time,
20:05no matter the cost,
20:06I will bring her back myself.
20:08The Steel Fortress Banquet Hall
20:10blazed with light.
20:12I stood beside Vitus,
20:14watching him place the ring
20:15symbolizing Steel Wolf Clan Alliance
20:17on my finger.
20:19I,
20:20Adonius Vitus,
20:22hereby swear...
20:24Selina.
20:26Selina!
20:27Don't marry him!
20:29Cassius Urbano,
20:30you're not welcome here.
20:31Eight years ago,
20:33on that rainy night,
20:35you were the one
20:36who saved me.
20:37Hilaria stole your credit,
20:38and I believed her lies
20:40like a fool.
20:41She didn't just steal
20:42your achievement,
20:43she also killed
20:45our child!
20:48Don't be afraid.
20:49I won't let him
20:50lay a finger on you.
20:52Come back with me,
20:53Selina.
20:53I'll make amends
20:54for everything.
20:56Hilaria's been exiled.
20:57The elders...
20:58Enough.
20:59What's the point
21:00of saying this now?
21:02It matters!
21:03I know I was terribly wrong,
21:05but I'm willing to spend
21:07my life making amends!
21:15Your so-called amends
21:17mean barging into
21:19my engagement ceremony
21:20to cause a scene?
21:21Cassius,
21:22you only ever think
21:23of yourself.
21:24I won't let you
21:25marry him.
21:27That's hardly
21:27your decision,
21:28Urbano.
21:29You think
21:30you can stop me?
21:33Silver fire bombs
21:34buried around
21:35the castle perimeter.
21:37One word from me
21:38and Steel Fortress
21:38becomes ash.
21:42What?
21:43Silver fire bombs?
21:44Silence!
21:47Evacuate everyone!
21:50Useless.
21:51Silver fire spreads
21:52too fast.
21:53No one escapes.
21:55Unless...
21:56you come with me.
21:59You're insane!
22:01Yes,
22:02I'm insane.
22:03I went insane
22:04the moment I realized
22:05I'd lost you.
22:06Selina,
22:07don't agree to this.
22:08We have ways
22:09to respond.
22:11I knew
22:11silver fire's power.
22:13That was
22:13Shadow Wolf Clan's
22:14most dangerous
22:15secret art.
22:16Once detonated,
22:17everyone present
22:18would die.
22:19Looked at this
22:19once invincible
22:20Kaleas.
22:21Now like a gambler
22:22who'd lost everything,
22:24using the most
22:25extreme methods
22:26to try reclaiming
22:27what was already gone.
22:29I finally understanding
22:30if I didn't agree today,
22:32he truly would make
22:34everyone pay
22:34with their lives.
22:36All right.
22:37I'll go with you.
22:39No!
22:40I don't agree!
22:43One week only.
22:45After that,
22:45regardless of outcome,
22:47I return here
22:47to complete my
22:48engagement ceremony
22:49with Vitus.
22:50Deal.
22:52Selene.
22:53Trust me.
22:56One week,
22:57not a day more.
22:58When time's up,
22:59I'm bringing you back,
23:00even if I have to
23:01burn the Shadow Wolf
23:02pack to the ground.
23:04Remember, Cassius,
23:06this week isn't
23:06a chance for you.
23:07It's closure for me.
23:10One week is enough.
23:11I'll make you remember
23:12everything we once had.
23:24When I pushed open
23:25the door to the room
23:26Cassius had prepared
23:27for me,
23:28my breath caught.
23:29This room was
23:30unmistakably
23:31an exact replica
23:32of the bedroom
23:33I had lived in
23:33as a child.
23:34Even the dent
23:35from when I was
23:36seven years old
23:37had been reproduced.
23:38Do you like it?
23:39I consulted your
23:40childhood nanny,
23:41recreated every detail.
23:42How thoughtful.
23:44Too bad no matter
23:45how perfect the recreation,
23:46we can't return
23:47to the past.
23:48At dinner,
23:49the long table
23:50overflowed with dishes
23:51I'd once loved.
23:52Rose honey roast chicken,
23:54bay leaf stew,
23:56those delicate
23:56Pritz Stardust sugar cooks,
23:58all foods he'd had
23:59often prepared
24:00during our
24:00passionate period.
24:01Remember?
24:03Our first dinner together,
24:04you said you wanted
24:05to make me
24:06your moon goddess.
24:07And do you remember
24:08last winter
24:09on my mother's
24:10death anniversary?
24:10You promised to
24:11accompany me
24:12to sweep her grave?
24:13Instead,
24:14you were dating
24:14Helia at
24:15Moonlight Lake.
24:16I waited for you
24:17at the graveside
24:18all day.
24:19And the day
24:20I miscarried it,
24:21where were you?
24:22In Helia's bed
24:24or in her new carriage?
24:26Selene.
24:27Oh, and that painting.
24:30My mother's
24:31Moonlight Forest
24:32painting.
24:33You said it was
24:34too gloomy
24:34so you stored it away.
24:37Later,
24:37Helia's portrait
24:38hung there instead.
24:39I know.
24:40I owe you too much.
24:42Oh.
24:43Cassius,
24:44do you know what I thought
24:44lying on that medical bed
24:45after the miscarriage?
24:48I thought if only
24:50you could come
24:50be with me.
24:52But I didn't want
24:53to make you sad.
24:54The truth is
24:55that night
24:56you were stargazing
24:57with Helia
24:58at Moonlight Lake
24:59while I endured
25:00losing our child alone.
25:03I know I messed up.
25:04Forgive me.
25:05Don't touch me.
25:08Selene!
25:11Why?
25:11Why can't you
25:12forgive me, Selene?
25:15What are you doing?
25:19We're paying the debt.
25:33This blade
25:34for our child.
25:38This blade
25:39for your eight years
25:41of grievance.
25:45This blade
25:46for your life-saving grace.
25:48No!
25:50Are you insane?
25:52Yes, I'm insane.
25:54I went insane
25:56when I lost you.
25:59Selene,
26:01I love you.
26:05It's too late
26:06to say you love me now.
26:12Cassian!
26:18Why did you stay
26:19with me?
26:20You still had me
26:21in your heart
26:22back then,
26:22didn't you?
26:23Watching you die
26:24would be too easy.
26:25I want you to live
26:27and bear all this.
26:28You're still so stubborn.
26:30And you're still
26:31so selfish.
26:32Using self-harm
26:33to gain sympathy.
26:35Hurting yourself
26:35to emotionally
26:36blackmail me.
26:38Cassius,
26:39you never learned
26:40how to truly love someone.
26:45I just wanted
26:46to prove-
26:47Prove what?
26:48That you're suffering
26:48more than me?
26:49Seeing you
26:50in that pool of blood,
26:51I did feel soft-hearted.
26:52But that's not love.
26:53It's pity.
26:54I'll change, Selene.
26:56Give me a chance.
26:57I'll become someone
26:58worthy of your love.
27:00Don't you understand?
27:02The problem
27:03isn't whether you'll change.
27:04It's that
27:06I don't care anymore.
27:15I will change.
27:17Please,
27:18give me one chance, Selene.
27:20I hope we can
27:21become an alpha
27:22worthy of you.
27:30Too late.
27:32No matter what you say
27:33or do now,
27:34it still doesn't erase
27:34the harm you caused me.
27:37It's not like that.
27:39It is exactly like that.
27:41You can't bear losing,
27:43not truly caring
27:44about my feelings.
27:46If you really wanted
27:47to give everything
27:48as you claim,
27:49you'd let me go.
27:50No!
27:51I can't do that!
27:53See?
27:54That's your so-called love.
27:57You're right.
27:58I'm not worthy of you.
28:00This is yours.
28:02Back then,
28:03your eyes held stars.
28:05I still look forward
28:06to the future,
28:06just not with you in it.
28:08Letting go is liberation.
28:09For you,
28:10for me,
28:10both.
28:11I can't do it.
28:13At least,
28:14tell me how to stop
28:15hurting like this.
28:16Learn to live
28:17in a world without me,
28:18just like I learned
28:19to survive these eight years
28:20in a world without your love.
28:22Goodbye, Cassius.
28:27Goodbye, my love.
28:31Two weeks later,
28:32I stood before the altar,
28:34Vitus' warm palm
28:35gently holding my fingertips.
28:37This time,
28:38no coercion,
28:39no calculation,
28:41just two souls
28:42willingly forging a covenant.
28:44Seleni,
28:45I vow with Steel's body
28:46to guard your moonlight.
28:50I...
29:01Wait!
29:03Out of my way!
29:05Continue the ceremony.
29:10Seleni,
29:11I have something
29:12to say to you.
29:14Cassius,
29:14I thought we made
29:15everything clear.
29:16I'm here to bless you both,
29:18but I must finish
29:19what needs to be said.
29:21Don't stop him.
29:25These eight years,
29:27I betrayed your love,
29:28betrayed your trust,
29:30nearly took your life.
29:31I don't deserve forgiveness.
29:33Then why you come?
29:35I'm here to set you free.
29:36What?
29:38No!
29:41Look,
29:42I carved your name
29:43into my heart.
29:45Now it bleeds
29:45with every heartbeat.
29:48Get the physician!
29:49Restrain him!
29:49Treat her well.
29:50She deserves
29:51the purest devotion
29:52in this world.
29:53Even if you hadn't said it,
29:55I would have.
29:55Now let's get your injuries treated.
29:57Let me finish!
29:59I spent eight years
30:00hurting you,
30:01thinking one week
30:02could fix it.
30:03How absurd.
30:05Now,
30:05I'm letting go.
30:06Not because I stopped
30:08loving you,
30:08but because I finally
30:09learned how to love.
30:14quick to the medical room.
30:18Selene,
30:19should we go check on him?
30:21No.
30:23Continue the ceremony.
30:24I watched them
30:25carry Casius away,
30:27his chest wound
30:28still pumping blood,
30:29dragging a glaring red trail
30:31across the floor.
30:32Only then did I realize
30:33my face was covered in tears.
30:35Not for romance,
30:37but for a soul's
30:38final awakening.
30:39This time,
30:40the vows completed smoothly.
30:41When the moonstone ring
30:42returned to my finger,
30:44Steel Wolf Clan's cheers
30:45erupted outside the sanctuary.
30:46But I couldn't hear
30:48those sounds.
30:48My thoughts remained
30:49on the moment
30:50Casius fell
30:51on that final
30:51liberated smile.
30:52The morning after
30:53the ceremony,
30:54Vetus gently placed
30:55a letter in my hands.
30:57Cassius was saved.
30:58This is the letter
30:59he left for you.
31:01Selene,
31:02please forgive
31:02yesterday's intrusion.
31:03That blade severed
31:05not life,
31:06but eight years
31:07of obsession.
31:08By the time you read this,
31:09I'll be en route
31:10to the border outpost.
31:12Shadow Clan
31:12owes Moonlight Clang
31:13a blood debt.
31:15I'll spend my life
31:16repaying it.
31:18Cassia,
31:18the Elder Council
31:19passed the
31:20Mate Protection Act.
31:21This is the first thing
31:22I can do for all
31:23clan women,
31:23wishing you
31:24and Vetus happiness.
31:25A sinner who
31:26learned to let go.
31:28Northern Dawn
31:28was rising beautifully,
31:30and that man
31:31who once made me
31:32want to die from pain
31:33was finally welcoming
31:34his own rebirth
31:35on the path
31:36of redemption
31:36he'd chosen.
31:37The End
31:38that's going to get from
31:39the
31:39Caleb
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