Too Late! I Chose the Wrong Alpha in My Past Life—This Time, I Picked His Twin Brother🐺─影片 Dailymotion

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00:00:00The day the Royal Academy's screening results came out,

00:00:02the twin alpha hairs, Julian and Damien, stood in front of me.

00:00:05Have you decided whose name you're putting on that form?

00:00:08Each of them was holding an application form.

00:00:11In my previous life, I chose Julian for love.

00:00:15I choose you.

00:00:24I gave up my direct admission to the Royal Academy

00:00:27and stayed behind in the pack with in Celeste, his childhood friend Omega,

00:00:30who'd failed the screening, to help him train for another year.

00:00:33I thought that was what it meant to go through hardship together.

00:00:36That was love.

00:00:39Ivy, I'm so glad I have you with me.

00:00:43But the pack laughed at Celeta,

00:00:45an Omega who thought she could get into the combat track at the Royal Academy.

00:00:49She couldn't stand the gossip, ran off alone,

00:00:53and was killed by rogue wolves.

00:00:55Julian threw me into the silver pit,

00:00:58the pit our pack used to execute traitors.

00:01:01If you hadn't been so desperate to cling to me,

00:01:03I could have focused on protecting Celeste.

00:01:04She wouldn't be dead!

00:01:06Ivy Hale,

00:01:07all of this is your fault.

00:01:09You ruined us!

00:01:11Silver burns a wolf's flesh like acid.

00:01:15He poured silver down my throat.

00:01:18I died thrashling in agony.

00:01:21When I opened my eyes again,

00:01:23I was back on the day the screening results were announced.

00:01:26This time, I slipped my arm through Damien's

00:01:28and gave the brightest smile I had.

00:01:31Let's apply to the Royal Academy together.

00:01:33Julian let out a quiet, relieved breath

00:01:35and turned to go find his Omega.

00:01:37He didn't see the way Damien's hand tighten around mine.

00:01:40You're mine.

00:01:41Or the obsession and ambition he couldn't quite hide behind his eyes.

00:01:45Are you really going to stoop to fighting an Omega that fragile for attention?

00:01:49Ivy,

00:01:50this whole playing hard-to-get routine is pathetic.

00:01:57You think picking Damien,

00:01:59that useless nothing of a brother,

00:02:01is going to force me to give up Celeste?

00:02:04He strode up to me.

00:02:08Celeste didn't pass the screening.

00:02:14She's falling apart right now.

00:02:18You're a warrior.

00:02:20Are you really going to stoop to fighting an Omega that fragile for attention?

00:02:24The burning pain of the silver pit from my previous life

00:02:27still lived in my skin.

00:02:29I could still see Julia's face at the edge of that pit.

00:02:33No hesitation.

00:02:34No pity.

00:02:35Just annoyance.

00:02:37I didn't cry.

00:02:38I didn't argue.

00:02:39Think whatever you want.

00:02:41I just tightened my grip on Damien's arm a little more.

00:02:44Julian's eyes flicked down to my hand on Damien.

00:02:47For a second,

00:02:47I saw the rage and jealousy there.

00:02:50Remember this.

00:02:51The Luna position is yours.

00:02:54That's enough.

00:02:55Then he pulled a mint out of his pocket.

00:02:57I always ate these when I was nervous.

00:02:59He grabbed my hand,

00:03:00pressed the candy into my palm,

00:03:02and his voice softened.

00:03:03Eat it.

00:03:03You always want one when you're nervous.

00:03:05Let me help Celeste through this year of training.

00:03:07Then I'll take you up north for a holiday.

00:03:08Stop making a scene.

00:03:10I lowered my eyes

00:03:12and looked at the mint in my hand.

00:03:13In my previous life,

00:03:15it was exactly these little gestures,

00:03:17the slap,

00:03:17then the sweet,

00:03:18that fooled me into thinking he actually cared.

00:03:20The older brother, Julian,

00:03:22was a natural-born alpha.

00:03:24I raised my hand,

00:03:26and right in front of him,

00:03:28I dropped the mint on the ground.

00:03:36Julian's face went white with rage,

00:03:39he stared at me,

00:03:41jaw clenched.

00:03:43Ivy,

00:03:44enough.

00:03:45How much longer are you going to drag this out?

00:03:48Damien,

00:03:49silent the whole time,

00:03:51suddenly laughed.

00:03:52He caught my wrist

00:03:52and pulled me back against his chest.

00:03:57Julian,

00:03:58are you deaf

00:03:59or do you just not speak human?

00:04:01Damien's voice was rough

00:04:03and his eyes were ice.

00:04:05Ivy said it.

00:04:06She's going to the Royal Academy with me.

00:04:09She picked me as her mate.

00:04:11Julian scoffed like he'd heard the joke of the century.

00:04:15Damien,

00:04:15you can't even fully shift into your wolf form.

00:04:18You think you get to pick up my leftovers?

00:04:21Worthless.

00:04:21That was the label that had followed Damien since he was a child.

00:04:24Eighteen years ago,

00:04:25at the twins' naming ceremony,

00:04:27the pack's old witch had declared in front of everyone,

00:04:29The younger brother, Damien,

00:04:32was born weak,

00:04:34his bloodline failing.

00:04:38The older brother, Julian,

00:04:41was a natural-born alpha.

00:04:45My husband is under my protection from now on.

00:04:48You don't get to talk about him behind his back

00:04:51or to his face.

00:04:55Julian was taken aback for a moment,

00:04:57then a knowing look crossed his face

00:04:59as if he already had the outcome in hand.

00:05:01Ivy,

00:05:02the application closes tomorrow at sunset.

00:05:05I'm giving you one night to cool off.

00:05:10Just then,

00:05:12from behind one of the garden columnans

00:05:14came a delicate, tearful whimper.

00:05:16Celeste was standing there in a little white dress,

00:05:18eyes rimmed red.

00:05:19Julian,

00:05:20did I make Ivy upset again?

00:05:27I'm sorry,

00:05:28it's my fault.

00:05:30I'm just so weak.

00:05:31I couldn't even pass the screening.

00:05:34I'll go.

00:05:35I don't want to be a burden.

00:05:36She covered her face

00:05:38and made to run off.

00:05:40Julian's expression snapped.

00:05:42He shot me a vicious look.

00:05:44If anything happens to Celeste,

00:05:47that's on you.

00:05:49He turned and went after her at a run,

00:05:51leaving only his retreating back.

00:05:54On his way out,

00:05:55he stepped right on that mint.

00:05:56He didn't even look.

00:06:04In my previous life,

00:06:06that exact view of his back

00:06:07broke my heart for a full year.

00:06:09This time it just seemed absurd.

00:06:11If you're upset,

00:06:12I can have him tied up

00:06:13and brought back to you.

00:06:16What?

00:06:17This time?

00:06:18I only want you.

00:06:20A strong arm tightened around my waist.

00:06:23Damien's warm thumb

00:06:25was rubbing circles into my side,

00:06:27harder than it needed to be.

00:06:35He rested his chin

00:06:37in the cruff of my neck.

00:06:39His breath was hot against my ear.

00:06:44Ivy,

00:06:46what you said just now

00:06:47about going to the Royal Academy with me?

00:06:50Was it real?

00:06:52Or were you just trying to piss him off?

00:06:56I turned my head

00:06:57and met the obsession

00:06:59and possessiveness in his eyes.

00:07:01I reached up

00:07:02and gently smoothed the crease

00:07:04between his brows.

00:07:06Of course it was real.

00:07:08This time,

00:07:10I only want you.

00:07:12Something dark flittered

00:07:13in Damien's eyes.

00:07:14He stared at me for a long moment,

00:07:16then leaned down

00:07:17and bit my earlobe.

00:07:19Good.

00:07:20You said it.

00:07:22Remember that.

00:07:23If you lie to me, Ivy,

00:07:25I'll drag you down to hell with me.

00:07:29The edge in his voice

00:07:30sent a shiver through me,

00:07:32but I smiled anyway.

00:07:35Tomorrow morning,

00:07:37nine o'clock,

00:07:37we'll go submit our application

00:07:38at the admission center.

00:07:41See you there.

00:07:44Can't we just stay together forever?

00:07:51I snatched the teacup

00:07:52from Serafina's hand.

00:07:54See you tomorrow.

00:07:56Tomorrow.

00:08:04The next morning,

00:08:06I'd just finished washing up

00:08:07and walked out of my room

00:08:09and found the living room

00:08:10full of people.

00:08:11My mother,

00:08:12the Luna of the Thorn Pack,

00:08:14Julian's mother,

00:08:15Serafina,

00:08:16and Celeste,

00:08:17with swollen,

00:08:18red-rimmed eyes.

00:08:20Julian was lounging

00:08:21in an armchair.

00:08:24Ivy, you're up.

00:08:25Come sit.

00:08:26Serafina spoke first.

00:08:28I walked over

00:08:28and sat in the farthest chair

00:08:30from them.

00:08:31Luna, Serafina,

00:08:33something you need this early?

00:08:34Serafina took a sip of her tea.

00:08:36There was a kind of charity

00:08:38in her gaze.

00:08:39It's like this, Ivy.

00:08:41Celeste didn't do well

00:08:42in the screening.

00:08:43Her combat score came up short.

00:08:45She didn't make the cutoff.

00:08:46We were thinking,

00:08:47you still hold a direct admission slot

00:08:49to the Royal Academy,

00:08:50don't you?

00:08:50I narrowed my eyes.

00:08:52Celeste's mother and mine

00:08:53both served the thorns.

00:08:55My direct admission

00:08:55came from clearing rogues

00:08:57on the border.

00:08:58I still carry three scars from it,

00:09:00runs across my collarbone,

00:09:02left by an alpha-rank rogue.

00:09:05That wolf nearly tore my artery open.

00:09:08With that admission slot,

00:09:10getting into the Royal Academy

00:09:11was already a done deal for me.

00:09:13I never imagined anyone

00:09:14could be so shameless

00:09:15as to try and trade

00:09:16a few sweet words

00:09:17for the admission slot

00:09:18I'd fought for with my life.

00:09:19I'm good friends with your mother.

00:09:20Besides,

00:09:22you don't really need

00:09:22that admission slot anyway.

00:09:24Just give it to Celeste.

00:09:26I snatched the teacup

00:09:27from Serafina's hand

00:09:28and threw its contents

00:09:30all over her.

00:09:33Wake up!

00:09:35Ivy, please help me!

00:09:37In my previous life,

00:09:39I sat right here

00:09:41and they took turns

00:09:42working me over with guilt.

00:09:51In the end,

00:09:52to prove my love for Julian,

00:09:54I gave the slot to Celeste it.

00:10:03Celeste used it

00:10:04to walk into the academy

00:10:05and climbed her way up

00:10:06by attaching herself

00:10:07to high-ranking alphas.

00:10:08And I stayed behind

00:10:10in the packhouse

00:10:10to train with Julian,

00:10:11who finally shoved me

00:10:13into the silver pit.

00:10:14I let out a cold laugh.

00:10:17Impossible.

00:10:18Celeste's tears fell instantly.

00:10:20She dropped to her knees

00:10:21in front of me

00:10:21and clutched

00:10:22at the leg of my pants.

00:10:23Ivy, please help me!

00:10:26Everyone in the pack

00:10:27is laughing at me.

00:10:28If I don't get into the academy,

00:10:29my father's a gambler.

00:10:30He'll sell me to rogues

00:10:32to pay off his debts.

00:10:33You're such a strong fighter.

00:10:35Even without the slot,

00:10:36you could retake the screening

00:10:37and still pass.

00:10:39But I'm not you!

00:10:41This slot is my only way out!

00:10:43Her tears just kept coming.

00:10:45My mother softened at the sight

00:10:46and rushed over

00:10:47to help her up.

00:10:48Ivy, please,

00:10:50help Celeste.

00:10:52You two grew up together.

00:10:54When did you become

00:10:55so heartless?

00:10:56I looked at my mother.

00:10:58Mom, are you going to help them

00:11:00take what's mine too?

00:11:04Ivy.

00:11:06That slot nearly cost me my life.

00:11:09You know how I got these scars?

00:11:11What makes her two rounds of crying

00:11:13worth more than that?

00:11:14I tugged my collar down

00:11:15and showed her the jagged scar

00:11:17across my collarbone.

00:11:18My mother's face stiffened

00:11:19for a second.

00:11:20Then she looked away.

00:11:21Serafina's expression went cold.

00:11:23Ivy,

00:11:24that's not how you talk.

00:11:26Once you form the mate bond

00:11:27with Julian,

00:11:28you'll be the Luna of this pack.

00:11:31Isn't protecting the pack's

00:11:33ohm rings exactly a Luna's duty?

00:11:35The sheer audacity of it

00:11:37made me laugh.

00:11:38Who said I was forming

00:11:40a mate bond with Julian?

00:11:41The room went dead silent.

00:11:43Julian, in his chair,

00:11:44tugged at his collar.

00:11:45There was a flicker

00:11:46of irritation in his eyes.

00:11:48Ivy,

00:11:49are you still sulking

00:11:51about yesterday?

00:11:51He stood up and came over.

00:11:54I told you.

00:11:56Celeste is unstable right now.

00:11:58She can't take any more.

00:12:00The thorn pack has already

00:12:01pulled the right strings.

00:12:03All you have to do today

00:12:04is go to the admissions center,

00:12:05stand in front of the administrator,

00:12:08voluntarily give up

00:12:08your direct admission,

00:12:09and sign a transfer statement.

00:12:11Then we can have Celeste

00:12:13take your combat record

00:12:14and enter in your place.

00:12:15Just think of it

00:12:16as a good deed.

00:12:17Once we're at the academy,

00:12:18I'll formally announce

00:12:19your status as Luna candidate

00:12:21to everyone.

00:12:22Isn't that enough?

00:12:22I looked at him

00:12:24and felt my stomach turn.

00:12:27Julian,

00:12:28have you lost your mind?

00:12:30Dragging Damien into this,

00:12:32that was meant to me jealous,

00:12:33wasn't it?

00:12:34If you feel so sorry for her,

00:12:36why don't you stay behind

00:12:37and train with her yourself?

00:12:39Using my future

00:12:41to fund your devotion.

00:12:43What kind of alpha air

00:12:45does that make you?

00:12:47Julian's face changed.

00:12:48He grabbed my wrist,

00:12:50hard.

00:12:53Ivy,

00:12:54watch your mouth.

00:12:57He dropped his voice.

00:12:58It had gone icy.

00:13:00Don't think I don't know

00:13:02what you're playing at.

00:13:04Dragging Damien into this,

00:13:05that was meant to make me jealous,

00:13:07wasn't it?

00:13:15I'm telling you to stop.

00:13:17Push me too far,

00:13:19and you won't even get

00:13:20to be Luna.

00:13:21I yanked my wrist

00:13:22out of his grip.

00:13:23It was already ringed in red.

00:13:27The Luna position?

00:13:28Save it for your

00:13:29precious little Celesta.

00:13:30I turned and walked

00:13:31toward the door.

00:13:32I don't want it.

00:13:33Celesta burst into

00:13:34louder sobs behind me.

00:13:35Julian's furious roar

00:13:36echoed through the room.

00:13:38Ivy!

00:13:38Walk out that door today,

00:13:39and don't expect me

00:13:40to speak to you again!

00:13:42He turned to look

00:13:44at my mother again.

00:13:46Madam,

00:13:47are you really going to

00:13:48let your daughter

00:13:48behave this way?

00:13:49My mother was caught

00:13:50in a dilemma.

00:13:51I...

00:13:52Just then,

00:13:53a deep voice

00:13:55came from the doorway.

00:13:56Why should my fiancé

00:13:58have to speak to you?

00:14:06The front door slowly

00:14:08swung open.

00:14:10Damien stood there

00:14:11in a black trench coat.

00:14:13Sunlight poured in

00:14:14behind him,

00:14:15framing him

00:14:15in a halo of gold.

00:14:17The entire living room

00:14:18fell silent.

00:14:21Julian's face darkened.

00:14:24Damien?

00:14:27Even Serafina froze.

00:14:29What are you doing here?

00:14:31Damien didn't spare

00:14:33either of them a glance.

00:14:35He walked straight

00:14:36to my side,

00:14:37naturally taking

00:14:38my hand in his.

00:14:51I came to pick up

00:14:53my fiancé.

00:14:55A smile curved

00:14:57my lips.

00:15:02You came at the

00:15:04perfect time.

00:15:05Our fingers

00:15:06intertined.

00:15:07Everyone else's

00:15:07expressions changed

00:15:08instantly.

00:15:10Julian's eyes

00:15:10turned bloodshot.

00:15:12He took a furious

00:15:13step toward us.

00:15:14Let go

00:15:15of her!

00:15:16Then he whipped

00:15:17around to glare at me.

00:15:19Happy now?

00:15:21Celeste's eyes

00:15:22reddened at once.

00:15:23She pressed a hand

00:15:25to her chest

00:15:25and spoke

00:15:26in a trembling voice.

00:15:31Ivy,

00:15:33I know you hate me,

00:15:35but why would you

00:15:36drag Damien into this

00:15:37just to put on a show?

00:15:43Julian's already

00:15:44hurting enough.

00:15:45The more she spoke,

00:15:46the harder she cried.

00:15:51will you only be

00:15:53satisfied if I die?

00:15:55With that,

00:15:56she suddenly

00:15:57stumbled sideways

00:15:58as though she were

00:15:59about to collapse.

00:16:00Celeste!

00:16:02Julian lungered

00:16:03forward

00:16:04and caught her

00:16:05in his arms.

00:16:08Then he whipped

00:16:09around to glare

00:16:10at me.

00:16:12Ivy!

00:16:13Happy now?

00:16:15No!

00:16:19You've pushed

00:16:20her this far.

00:16:20Is this what

00:16:21you wanted?

00:16:23I couldn't even

00:16:24be bothered

00:16:25to explain.

00:16:28She's acting.

00:16:30Julian let out

00:16:31a cold laugh.

00:16:33Acting?

00:16:39Ivy.

00:16:43With tears

00:16:44streaming down

00:16:45her face,

00:16:46Celeste slowly

00:16:47got to her feet.

00:16:49She walked

00:16:50toward me,

00:16:52one shaky

00:16:53step at a time.

00:16:55Ivy,

00:16:56if beating me

00:16:57will make you

00:16:57feel better,

00:16:59then go ahead.

00:17:00As she spoke,

00:17:01she reached

00:17:02for my hand.

00:17:02But the instant

00:17:03she got close,

00:17:04a flash of silver

00:17:05shot from her sleeve.

00:17:06A thin needle

00:17:06stabbed straight

00:17:07toward my wrist.

00:17:08My pupils

00:17:08contracted.

00:17:09Years of combat

00:17:10took over

00:17:11before I could

00:17:11think.

00:17:12I struck back

00:17:12with one clean

00:17:13palm.

00:17:19Celeste

00:17:19flew backward.

00:17:21She slammed

00:17:22onto the floor.

00:17:27A streak

00:17:28of blood

00:17:28trickled

00:17:29from the corner

00:17:29of her mouth.

00:17:30The living room

00:17:31fell deathly silent.

00:17:32My mother

00:17:33covered her mouth

00:17:34in shock.

00:17:36Ivy!

00:17:40She's just

00:17:40an Omega.

00:17:41How could you

00:17:42hit her that hard?

00:17:43Celeste clutched

00:17:44her chest

00:17:44and burst

00:17:45into tears.

00:17:46I'm sorry.

00:17:48It's all my fault,

00:17:49Ivy.

00:17:50I only wanted

00:17:51to apologize.

00:17:52Why did you

00:17:53have to hit me?

00:17:54She cried

00:17:54so pitifully

00:17:55that anyone

00:17:55watching would

00:17:56think she'd

00:17:56been terribly

00:17:57wronged.

00:17:57Julian rushed

00:17:58over and

00:17:58pulled her

00:17:59into his arms.

00:18:00Then he glared

00:18:01at me.

00:18:02Ivy,

00:18:04she's just

00:18:05an Omega.

00:18:06How could

00:18:06you hit her

00:18:07that hard?

00:18:08I met

00:18:08his gaze

00:18:08without emotion.

00:18:11She attacked

00:18:12me first.

00:18:13Celeste

00:18:14shook her

00:18:14head

00:18:14desperately.

00:18:15No!

00:18:17I just

00:18:18wanted to

00:18:18hold your

00:18:18hand.

00:18:19Is this

00:18:20because of

00:18:20the Royal

00:18:20Academy

00:18:21recommendation?

00:18:23Have you

00:18:23hated me

00:18:24this whole

00:18:24time?

00:18:29If you

00:18:29really can't

00:18:30bear to

00:18:30give it

00:18:30up,

00:18:32then I

00:18:33don't want

00:18:33it anymore.

00:18:34Tears rolled

00:18:35endlessly down

00:18:36her cheeks.

00:18:37Julian only

00:18:37thought you're

00:18:38strong enough

00:18:38to pass the

00:18:39screening again,

00:18:40even without

00:18:40it.

00:18:42He was only

00:18:43trying to

00:18:43help me.

00:18:46Why do

00:18:46you always

00:18:47assume the

00:18:47worst about

00:18:48us?

00:18:49With a few

00:18:50tearful words,

00:18:50she shifted

00:18:51everyone's

00:18:52attention back

00:18:52to the

00:18:53recommendation.

00:18:59Julian looked

00:19:00at me with

00:19:00open contempt

00:19:01once again.

00:19:02Thank you

00:19:03so much for

00:19:04not blaming

00:19:04me.

00:19:05Julian's

00:19:05expression

00:19:06turned

00:19:06completely

00:19:07cold.

00:19:08He slowly

00:19:08rose to

00:19:09his feet

00:19:09and looked

00:19:10down at

00:19:10me.

00:19:13Did you

00:19:13hear that?

00:19:14Celeste would

00:19:15rather give

00:19:16up the

00:19:16recommendation

00:19:17than blame

00:19:17you.

00:19:18And you.

00:19:20Hidden

00:19:21Omega.

00:19:22Ivy,

00:19:22apologize.

00:19:26I laughed.

00:19:28You want me

00:19:29to apologize?

00:19:36That is

00:19:37right.

00:19:38Julian's

00:19:39voice was

00:19:39icy.

00:19:40Otherwise,

00:19:42this doesn't

00:19:43end today.

00:19:45Celeste

00:19:46immediately shook

00:19:47her head

00:19:47through her

00:19:48tears.

00:19:51Julian,

00:19:53forget it.

00:19:54As long as

00:19:55Ivy gives me

00:19:56the Royal Academy

00:19:57recommendation,

00:19:58I won't

00:19:59blame her.

00:20:00I couldn't

00:20:01help applauding

00:20:01her flawless

00:20:02performance.

00:20:03Wow.

00:20:04How generous

00:20:05of you.

00:20:08Thank you

00:20:09so much

00:20:10for not

00:20:10blaming me.

00:20:12Now,

00:20:13do you still

00:20:13want me to

00:20:14apologize?

00:20:15I walked

00:20:15toward Celeste

00:20:16one slow

00:20:17step at a

00:20:18time.

00:20:19Stopping

00:20:20right in front

00:20:20of her,

00:20:21I suddenly

00:20:22reached for

00:20:23her hand.

00:20:24everyone

00:20:25thought I

00:20:26was finally

00:20:26giving in.

00:20:30Instead,

00:20:31I grabbed

00:20:31her wrist

00:20:31and twisted

00:20:32it lightly.

00:20:33A silver

00:20:34needle slipped

00:20:35from her

00:20:35sleeve and

00:20:36hit the

00:20:37floor.

00:20:39Every face

00:20:40in the room

00:20:40changed.

00:20:41I bent

00:20:42down,

00:20:42picked up

00:20:43the needle,

00:20:43and held

00:20:44it up.

00:20:46So,

00:20:49now do you

00:20:50still want me

00:20:51to apologize?

00:20:52Celeste's

00:20:53face drained

00:20:53of color.

00:20:55I don't

00:20:56know where

00:20:56that came

00:20:57from.

00:20:57It isn't

00:20:58mine.

00:21:03I let

00:21:04out a

00:21:04cold

00:21:04laugh.

00:21:06The tip

00:21:07is coated

00:21:07with a

00:21:08paralysetic

00:21:08powder.

00:21:10It's

00:21:11designed

00:21:11specifically

00:21:12for

00:21:12ambushing

00:21:13warriors.

00:21:17If my

00:21:18instincts

00:21:19had been

00:21:19even a

00:21:20fraction

00:21:20slower,

00:21:21I'd be

00:21:22the one

00:21:22lying on

00:21:22the floor

00:21:23right now.

00:21:24Julian

00:21:25froze.

00:21:32For the

00:21:32first time,

00:21:33he had

00:21:34nothing to

00:21:35say.

00:21:37Enough!

00:21:39Damien

00:21:40calmly

00:21:40stepped

00:21:40forward.

00:21:42I

00:21:45took

00:21:46the

00:21:46silver

00:21:47needle

00:21:47from

00:21:47my

00:21:47hand.

00:21:52He

00:21:52merely

00:21:53lifted

00:21:53it to

00:21:53his

00:21:54nose

00:21:54and

00:21:54gave

00:21:54it

00:21:54a

00:21:54faint

00:21:55sniff.

00:21:57Northern

00:21:58shadow

00:21:58weed

00:21:58toxin.

00:22:01Three

00:22:02hundred

00:22:02gold

00:22:02coins

00:22:02per

00:22:03gram

00:22:03on

00:22:03the

00:22:03black

00:22:03market.

00:22:07Not

00:22:08something

00:22:08an

00:22:08ordinary

00:22:08person

00:22:09can

00:22:09buy.

00:22:10He

00:22:10slowly

00:22:10raised

00:22:11his

00:22:11eyes.

00:22:11His

00:22:12icy gaze

00:22:13settled

00:22:13on

00:22:13Celeste.

00:22:15It

00:22:15seems

00:22:16you

00:22:17prepared

00:22:18quite

00:22:18thoroughly

00:22:18just

00:22:20to

00:22:20steal

00:22:20Ivy's

00:22:21Royal

00:22:21Academy

00:22:21recommendation.

00:22:23Celeste's

00:22:23face

00:22:24turned

00:22:24ghostly

00:22:24pale.

00:22:26No,

00:22:28it

00:22:28wasn't

00:22:28me.

00:22:30Julian

00:22:30immediately

00:22:30stepped

00:22:31in front

00:22:31of her.

00:22:34Enough!

00:22:37Even

00:22:38if it

00:22:38was her,

00:22:39she was

00:22:39only terrified

00:22:39of losing

00:22:40her chance

00:22:40to enter

00:22:40the Royal

00:22:41Academy.

00:22:42Ivy

00:22:43Damien

00:22:43smiled.

00:22:44The

00:22:44temperature

00:22:44in the

00:22:45room

00:22:45seemed

00:22:46to

00:22:46drop

00:22:46with

00:22:46it.

00:22:46So,

00:22:48as long

00:22:48as she

00:22:49failed,

00:22:49that makes

00:22:49it

00:22:50innocent?

00:22:50He

00:22:50took

00:22:51my

00:22:51hand

00:22:51and

00:22:51gently

00:22:52pulled

00:22:52me

00:22:52behind

00:22:52him.

00:22:53Then

00:22:53his

00:22:53freezing

00:22:54gaze

00:22:54swept

00:22:55across

00:22:55everyone

00:22:55present.

00:22:57From

00:22:58this

00:22:58moment

00:22:58on,

00:22:59anyone

00:22:59who

00:22:59dares

00:23:00covet

00:23:00my

00:23:00fianque's

00:23:01Royal

00:23:01Academy

00:23:02recommendation

00:23:02will

00:23:03lose

00:23:03far

00:23:04more

00:23:04than

00:23:04a

00:23:04single

00:23:04admission

00:23:05slot.

00:23:08What's

00:23:09wrong with

00:23:09the

00:23:09admissions

00:23:10center

00:23:10hall?

00:23:13I

00:23:13sat at

00:23:14the

00:23:14verification

00:23:14desk

00:23:15and

00:23:15slid

00:23:15my

00:23:15wrist

00:23:16into

00:23:16the

00:23:16scanner.

00:23:18The

00:23:19scanner

00:23:19would

00:23:20draw a

00:23:20single

00:23:20drop

00:23:21of

00:23:21my

00:23:21blood

00:23:21and

00:23:22match

00:23:22it

00:23:22against

00:23:22the

00:23:23blood

00:23:23seal

00:23:23on

00:23:23record

00:23:24with

00:23:24Royal

00:23:24Academy

00:23:24Central,

00:23:25the

00:23:26Royal

00:23:26Academy's

00:23:27biometric

00:23:27lock

00:23:28keyed

00:23:28to a

00:23:29single

00:23:29applicant.

00:23:30A

00:23:31match

00:23:31would

00:23:31finalize

00:23:32my

00:23:32application.

00:23:35Damien

00:23:35sat

00:23:36next

00:23:36to me

00:23:36flipping a

00:23:37coin

00:23:37between

00:23:37his

00:23:38fingers

00:23:38looking

00:23:38bored.

00:23:45But I

00:23:45knew his

00:23:46attention

00:23:46hadn't

00:23:46left my

00:23:47screen.

00:23:48The

00:23:49scanner

00:23:49hummed

00:23:49and lit

00:23:50up

00:23:50blue.

00:23:51Then a

00:23:52line of

00:23:52red text

00:23:53flashed

00:23:53across the

00:23:53screen.

00:23:54Authentication

00:23:55failed.

00:23:56This

00:23:56blood

00:23:56seal was

00:23:57already

00:23:57used

00:23:57at

00:23:572

00:23:58AM

00:23:58today.

00:23:59Each

00:23:59applicant's

00:23:59blood

00:24:00seal may

00:24:00only be

00:24:01used

00:24:01once.

00:24:02My

00:24:02brow

00:24:03tightened.

00:24:05I

00:24:06put my

00:24:06finger back

00:24:07in.

00:24:11same

00:24:11message.

00:24:14My

00:24:15stomach

00:24:15dropped.

00:24:17What's

00:24:18wrong?

00:24:19Damien

00:24:20stopped

00:24:20flipping

00:24:20the

00:24:20coin

00:24:21and

00:24:21leaned

00:24:22in

00:24:22to

00:24:22read

00:24:22the

00:24:22screen.

00:24:24Your

00:24:25blood

00:24:26seal's

00:24:26already

00:24:26been

00:24:27used?

00:24:33I

00:24:33bit

00:24:34my

00:24:34lip.

00:24:35My

00:24:35fingers

00:24:36were

00:24:36trembling

00:24:36a

00:24:36little.

00:24:40That's

00:24:41not

00:24:41possible.

00:24:44Only I

00:24:45can

00:24:45activate

00:24:46my

00:24:46blood

00:24:46seal.

00:24:48Unless

00:24:48someone

00:24:50had

00:24:50gotten

00:24:50hold

00:24:50of

00:24:51my

00:24:51blood.

00:24:51Damien's

00:24:52eyes

00:24:52went

00:24:52dark.

00:24:54My

00:24:55heart

00:24:55sank.

00:24:58Three

00:24:59days

00:24:59ago,

00:25:00Julian

00:25:00had

00:25:00taken

00:25:01me

00:25:01to

00:25:01a

00:25:01checkup.

00:25:02He

00:25:02said

00:25:02he

00:25:03was

00:25:03worried

00:25:03about

00:25:03my

00:25:03health.

00:25:04In

00:25:05my

00:25:05previous

00:25:05life,

00:25:06I

00:25:06didn't

00:25:06suspect

00:25:07a

00:25:07thing.

00:25:08That

00:25:08was

00:25:08when

00:25:09he

00:25:09got

00:25:09it.

00:25:11I

00:25:11stood

00:25:11up so

00:25:12fast,

00:25:12the

00:25:13chair

00:25:13scraped.

00:25:18It

00:25:19was

00:25:19Julian.

00:25:20He

00:25:21stole

00:25:21my

00:25:21blood

00:25:22sample.

00:25:23Damien

00:25:23pulled

00:25:23me

00:25:23gently

00:25:24back

00:25:24down

00:25:25by

00:25:25the

00:25:25wrist.

00:25:28Easy.

00:25:28If he

00:25:29pulled a

00:25:29stunt

00:25:29like

00:25:29this,

00:25:30he's

00:25:30going

00:25:30to

00:25:30come

00:25:30to

00:25:30you.

00:25:32Right

00:25:32on cue,

00:25:33my

00:25:33phone

00:25:33buzzed.

00:25:35Julian's

00:25:36name

00:25:36on the

00:25:36screen.

00:25:37I

00:25:38took a

00:25:38breath

00:25:38and

00:25:39answered.

00:25:40Julian's

00:25:40lazy

00:25:40voice

00:25:41came

00:25:41through.

00:25:42Ivy,

00:25:42you

00:25:43at the

00:25:43admission

00:25:43center?

00:25:44Authentication

00:25:44failed,

00:25:45huh?

00:25:45Panicking

00:25:46a little?

00:25:46I

00:25:46gripped

00:25:46the

00:25:46phone.

00:25:47My

00:25:47nails

00:25:47bit

00:25:48into

00:25:48my

00:25:48palm.

00:25:48Julian,

00:25:49what

00:25:49do

00:25:49you

00:25:50want?

00:25:54He

00:25:55laughed.

00:25:56I

00:25:56told

00:25:56you.

00:25:59Celeste

00:26:00is

00:26:00getting

00:26:00that

00:26:01slot.

00:26:04Here's

00:26:04what's

00:26:05going

00:26:05to

00:26:05happen.

00:26:05You

00:26:06go

00:26:06home

00:26:06right

00:26:07now,

00:26:07stand

00:26:08in

00:26:08front

00:26:08of

00:26:09the

00:26:09administrator,

00:26:10voluntarily

00:26:11give up

00:26:11your

00:26:12direct

00:26:12admission,

00:26:13and publicly

00:26:13announce

00:26:14that Celeste

00:26:14is taking

00:26:15over your

00:26:15combat

00:26:15record.

00:26:16Then

00:26:17I'll

00:26:17unlock

00:26:18your

00:26:18blood

00:26:18seal.

00:26:19You

00:26:20can

00:26:20resubmit

00:26:20tonight

00:26:21through

00:26:21the

00:26:21retake

00:26:21channel.

00:26:23Otherwise,

00:26:25the

00:26:25application

00:26:26closes

00:26:26tomorrow

00:26:27at

00:26:27sunset,

00:26:27and

00:26:28you're

00:26:28staying

00:26:28behind

00:26:29to

00:26:29train

00:26:29for

00:26:29a

00:26:29year.

00:26:30He

00:26:30used

00:26:30the

00:26:31gentlest

00:26:31voice

00:26:31to

00:26:32deliver

00:26:32the

00:26:32cruelest

00:26:33threat.

00:26:35Julian,

00:26:35this

00:26:35is a

00:26:36crime!

00:26:37I

00:26:37was

00:26:38shaking.

00:26:39A

00:26:40crime?

00:26:40He

00:26:41laughed

00:26:41under

00:26:41his

00:26:41breath.

00:26:42So

00:26:43report

00:26:43me.

00:26:45Who

00:26:45do

00:26:46you

00:26:46think

00:26:46the

00:26:46elders

00:26:46will

00:26:47believe?

00:26:48Some

00:26:48hysterical

00:26:50little

00:26:50warrior?

00:26:51Or

00:26:51the

00:26:51thorn

00:26:51pack

00:26:52alpha

00:26:52hair?

00:26:53Ivy,

00:26:54stop

00:26:54struggling.

00:26:56You

00:26:56can't

00:26:57win

00:26:57this.

00:26:59Be a

00:27:00good

00:27:00girl.

00:27:03Tonight

00:27:04I'll

00:27:04take you

00:27:04to that

00:27:04steakhouse

00:27:05you

00:27:05love.

00:27:10The

00:27:11slap

00:27:11and

00:27:11sugar

00:27:12routine.

00:27:13He'd

00:27:13refined

00:27:13it to

00:27:14an

00:27:14art.

00:27:14I

00:27:14closed

00:27:15my

00:27:15eyes.

00:27:16I

00:27:16was

00:27:16fighting

00:27:16the

00:27:17urge

00:27:17to

00:27:17reach

00:27:17through

00:27:18the

00:27:18phone

00:27:18and

00:27:19strangle

00:27:19him.

00:27:25And

00:27:25if

00:27:26I

00:27:26don't?

00:27:28Two

00:27:29seconds

00:27:29of

00:27:29silence

00:27:30on the

00:27:30other

00:27:30end.

00:27:31Then

00:27:31Celeste's

00:27:32voice.

00:27:33Julianne,

00:27:34who are you

00:27:35on the

00:27:35phone with?

00:27:36My

00:27:37ice cream's

00:27:37melting.

00:27:39Julianne's

00:27:40tone went

00:27:40instantly

00:27:41soft.

00:27:41Coming.

00:27:42Then

00:27:42cold again.

00:27:44For

00:27:44me.

00:27:45Ivy,

00:27:46my

00:27:46patience

00:27:47has

00:27:47limits

00:27:48tonight.

00:27:49Eight

00:27:49o'clock.

00:27:50The

00:27:50steakhouse.

00:27:51My

00:27:52usual

00:27:52seat.

00:27:54I

00:27:54won't

00:27:55wait.

00:27:57He

00:27:57hung up.

00:27:58The

00:27:58dial tone

00:27:58droned

00:27:59in my

00:27:59ear.

00:27:59I

00:27:59let

00:28:00the

00:28:00phone

00:28:00drop

00:28:00into

00:28:01my

00:28:01lap.

00:28:01My

00:28:01eyes

00:28:02were

00:28:02stinging.

00:28:03Not

00:28:03because

00:28:03I

00:28:03was

00:28:03upset.

00:28:04Because

00:28:04that

00:28:05feeling

00:28:05of

00:28:05having

00:28:05your

00:28:06agency

00:28:06ripped

00:28:06away

00:28:07from

00:28:07you

00:28:07was

00:28:07suffocating.

00:28:08A

00:28:08warm,

00:28:09heavy

00:28:09hand

00:28:09came to

00:28:10rest

00:28:10on

00:28:10my

00:28:10head.

00:28:11It

00:28:11ruffled

00:28:11my

00:28:12hair

00:28:12gently.

00:28:18Damien's

00:28:19voice

00:28:19was

00:28:19low

00:28:20and

00:28:20rough

00:28:20with

00:28:20a

00:28:21strange

00:28:21steadying

00:28:22pull

00:28:22to

00:28:22it.

00:28:22He

00:28:23turned

00:28:23my

00:28:23chair

00:28:23so

00:28:24I

00:28:24was

00:28:24facing

00:28:24him.

00:28:25His

00:28:25mouth

00:28:25lifted

00:28:25at

00:28:26the

00:28:26corner.

00:28:26He

00:28:26pulled

00:28:27a

00:28:27card

00:28:27from

00:28:27the

00:28:27inside

00:28:28of

00:28:28his

00:28:28jacket.

00:28:29The

00:28:29card

00:28:29was

00:28:29pure

00:28:29black.

00:28:30No

00:28:30text.

00:28:31Just

00:28:31one

00:28:32small

00:28:32mark.

00:28:33A

00:28:33winged

00:28:33wolf

00:28:34carrying

00:28:34a

00:28:34crescent

00:28:35moon

00:28:35in

00:28:35its

00:28:35jaws.

00:28:36The

00:28:36personal

00:28:36seal

00:28:37of

00:28:37the

00:28:37alpha

00:28:37king.

00:28:38The

00:28:38supreme

00:28:42world

00:28:42fewer

00:28:43than

00:28:43ten

00:28:43people

00:28:44were

00:28:44allowed

00:28:44to

00:28:44carry

00:28:45that

00:28:45card.

00:28:47He

00:28:48pressed

00:28:48it

00:28:49to

00:28:49the

00:28:49scanner.

00:28:51The

00:28:51blue

00:28:52light

00:28:52flashed

00:28:53gold.

00:28:53Identity

00:28:54confirmed.

00:28:55Green

00:28:55channel

00:28:55activated.

00:28:56Applicant

00:28:57Ivy

00:28:57hail

00:28:58authentication

00:28:58bypassed.

00:28:59Application

00:29:00submitted.

00:29:01Admission

00:29:01status

00:29:02approved

00:29:02by the

00:29:03alpha

00:29:03king's

00:29:03royal

00:29:04academy.

00:29:04I

00:29:05stared.

00:29:05I

00:29:06looked up

00:29:06at

00:29:07him.

00:29:07Damien,

00:29:08how

00:29:09did

00:29:09you

00:29:09do

00:29:09that?

00:29:09He

00:29:10looked

00:29:10down

00:29:10at

00:29:10me

00:29:10smiling

00:29:11lazily.

00:29:12Give

00:29:12me

00:29:12ten

00:29:12minutes.

00:29:13I'm

00:29:14going

00:29:14to

00:29:14turn

00:29:14Julian's

00:29:15application

00:29:15into

00:29:16scrap

00:29:16paper.

00:29:17Consider

00:29:17this

00:29:18your

00:29:18compensation.

00:29:19Latest

00:29:19moonstone

00:29:20necklace.

00:29:21Eight

00:29:21that

00:29:22evening,

00:29:22the

00:29:23steakhouse.

00:29:24I

00:29:25pushed

00:29:25the

00:29:25door

00:29:25open

00:29:26and

00:29:26walked

00:29:26in.

00:29:30Julian

00:29:31was

00:29:31sitting

00:29:31at

00:29:32the

00:29:32head

00:29:32of

00:29:32the

00:29:32long

00:29:33table,

00:29:34cutting

00:29:35into

00:29:35a

00:29:35plate

00:29:35of

00:29:36venison

00:29:36hunted

00:29:37after

00:29:37the

00:29:37last

00:29:38patrol.

00:29:40Celeste

00:29:40sat

00:29:41beside him

00:29:41sipping

00:29:42from a

00:29:42bowl

00:29:42of

00:29:43broth.

00:29:44When he

00:29:44saw me

00:29:45come in,

00:29:46Julian didn't

00:29:46even lift

00:29:47his eyes.

00:29:49Five minutes

00:29:49late.

00:29:51He set

00:29:52down his

00:29:52knife and

00:29:53fork and

00:29:53dabbed his

00:29:54mouth with

00:29:54his napkin.

00:29:57But seeing as

00:29:58you've finally

00:29:58come to your

00:29:59senses,

00:29:59I'll forgive

00:29:59the rudeness.

00:30:03he

00:30:04snapped

00:30:04his

00:30:04fingers.

00:30:06A

00:30:07servant

00:30:07immediately

00:30:07brought

00:30:08out a

00:30:08plate

00:30:08of

00:30:09roast

00:30:09lamb

00:30:09chops.

00:30:10My

00:30:10favorite.

00:30:12Eat.

00:30:12When

00:30:13you're

00:30:13done,

00:30:14we'll

00:30:14go to

00:30:14the

00:30:14admission

00:30:15center

00:30:15and

00:30:15you'll

00:30:15hand

00:30:16over

00:30:16the

00:30:16slot.

00:30:17Once

00:30:17that's

00:30:17done,

00:30:17I'll

00:30:18release

00:30:18the

00:30:18lock-on

00:30:18on

00:30:18your

00:30:19blood

00:30:19seal.

00:30:21He

00:30:21slid

00:30:22a

00:30:22pre-printed

00:30:22transfer

00:30:23statement

00:30:23across

00:30:24the

00:30:24table.

00:30:24Next

00:30:25to it,

00:30:25a

00:30:26jewelry

00:30:26box.

00:30:27Consider

00:30:27this

00:30:28your

00:30:28compensation.

00:30:28latest

00:30:29moonstone

00:30:30necklace.

00:30:30You've

00:30:31been

00:30:31eyeing

00:30:31it

00:30:31for

00:30:31a

00:30:32while,

00:30:32haven't

00:30:32you?

00:30:33He

00:30:33leaned

00:30:33back,

00:30:34hands

00:30:34folded

00:30:35across

00:30:35his

00:30:35stomach.

00:30:36Pure

00:30:36confidence

00:30:37in

00:30:37every

00:30:37line

00:30:37of

00:30:37his

00:30:38face.

00:30:38He

00:30:38thought

00:30:38the

00:30:38game

00:30:39was

00:30:39over.

00:30:39He

00:30:39thought

00:30:40I'd

00:30:40fold

00:30:40in

00:30:40the

00:30:40end,

00:30:41just

00:30:41like

00:30:41last

00:30:41life.

00:30:42I

00:30:42didn't

00:30:42look

00:30:42at

00:30:42the

00:30:42necklace.

00:30:43I

00:30:43didn't

00:30:43look

00:30:43at

00:30:43the

00:30:44transfer

00:30:44statement.

00:30:45I

00:30:45pulled

00:30:45out

00:30:45a

00:30:45chair,

00:30:46sat

00:30:46down,

00:30:47and

00:30:47looked

00:30:59up.

00:30:59that

00:30:59what

00:31:00you

00:31:00call

00:31:00devotion?

00:31:01You're

00:31:01just

00:31:02a

00:31:02goddamn

00:31:02fool.

00:31:04Celeste

00:31:05went

00:31:05red

00:31:05around

00:31:05the

00:31:05eyes

00:31:06the

00:31:06moment

00:31:06she

00:31:06heard

00:31:07Omega

00:31:07bitch.

00:31:09Ivy,

00:31:10how can

00:31:10you say

00:31:11that about

00:31:11me?

00:31:12I

00:31:12never

00:31:13wanted

00:31:13to

00:31:13take

00:31:13anything

00:31:14from

00:31:14you.

00:31:14Julian's

00:31:15just

00:31:15being

00:31:15kind.

00:31:16Shut

00:31:16up.

00:31:17I

00:31:18cut

00:31:18her

00:31:18off,

00:31:19cold.

00:31:20Nobody

00:31:21asked

00:31:21you.

00:31:23Julian's

00:31:24face

00:31:24darkened

00:31:24instantly.

00:31:25He

00:31:26slammed

00:31:26the

00:31:27table.

00:31:28The

00:31:28wine

00:31:29in

00:31:29the

00:31:29glasses

00:31:29shivered.

00:31:32Ivy,

00:31:33watch

00:31:33yourself.

00:31:34I'm

00:31:34giving

00:31:35you

00:31:35a

00:31:35way

00:31:35out

00:31:35because

00:31:36of

00:31:36what

00:31:36we

00:31:36used

00:31:36to

00:31:37have.

00:31:37You

00:31:38really

00:31:38think

00:31:38I

00:31:38can't

00:31:38live

00:31:39without

00:31:39you?

00:31:39That

00:31:40slot.

00:31:41You're

00:31:41handing

00:31:41it

00:31:41over

00:31:42tonight,

00:31:42whether

00:31:42you

00:31:42want

00:31:43to

00:31:43or

00:31:43not.

00:31:44Otherwise

00:31:44you'll

00:31:45never

00:31:45set

00:31:45foot

00:31:45in

00:31:45the

00:31:45Royal

00:31:46Academy

00:31:46for

00:31:46the

00:31:46rest

00:31:47of

00:31:47your

00:31:47life.

00:31:47He

00:31:48stood

00:31:48up

00:31:48and

00:31:49jabbed

00:31:49a

00:31:49finger

00:31:49at

00:31:49me.

00:31:50I

00:31:50watched

00:31:51him

00:31:51lose

00:31:51it

00:31:51and

00:31:52then

00:31:52I

00:31:52laughed.

00:31:53A

00:31:53bitter,

00:31:54mocking

00:31:55smile.

00:31:56Julian

00:31:56Thorne,

00:31:57don't

00:31:58you

00:31:58think

00:31:58a

00:31:58little

00:31:59too

00:31:59high

00:31:59of

00:31:59yourself?

00:32:00I

00:32:00pulled

00:32:01out

00:32:01my

00:32:01phone

00:32:01and

00:32:02opened

00:32:02an

00:32:02email,

00:32:03then

00:32:04turned

00:32:04the

00:32:04screen

00:32:05around

00:32:05and

00:32:06slid

00:32:06it

00:32:06across

00:32:06to

00:32:07him.

00:32:08Read

00:32:08that.

00:32:11Julian

00:32:11gave

00:32:12the

00:32:12screen

00:32:12a

00:32:12contemptuous

00:32:13glance,

00:32:14and

00:32:14then

00:32:14his

00:32:15whole

00:32:15face

00:32:16frozen.

00:32:18Julian's

00:32:18wine

00:32:19glass

00:32:19slammed

00:32:19down

00:32:20on

00:32:20the

00:32:20table.

00:32:21was

00:32:21an

00:32:21admission

00:32:22lotus

00:32:22from

00:32:22Royal

00:32:23Academy

00:32:23Central.

00:32:24Crystal

00:32:25clear.

00:32:25Applicant.

00:32:27Ivy

00:32:28Hole.

00:32:29Admission

00:32:30status

00:32:30approved.

00:32:32Track

00:32:32assignment.

00:32:33Tactical

00:32:33command.

00:32:34Top

00:32:35ranking

00:32:35candidate.

00:32:36And

00:32:37just

00:32:37below

00:32:37my

00:32:38name,

00:32:38another

00:32:38entry.

00:32:41Applicant.

00:32:42Damian

00:32:43Thorne.

00:32:44Admission

00:32:44status

00:32:45approved.

00:32:46Track

00:32:46assignment.

00:32:47Classified.

00:32:48by

00:32:49direct

00:32:50selection

00:32:50of the

00:32:51Alpha

00:32:51King.

00:32:51The

00:32:52word

00:32:52classified

00:32:52was

00:32:53printed

00:32:53in

00:32:53gold.

00:32:55In

00:32:56the

00:32:56entire

00:32:57werewolf

00:32:57world,

00:33:00only

00:33:01one

00:33:02kind of

00:33:02result

00:33:02printed

00:33:03in

00:33:03gold.

00:33:03The

00:33:04Alpha

00:33:04King's

00:33:05personal

00:33:05pick.

00:33:06Julian's

00:33:06wine

00:33:06glass

00:33:07slammed

00:33:07down

00:33:07on

00:33:08the

00:33:08table.

00:33:09The

00:33:10base

00:33:10cracked.

00:33:11Wine

00:33:12bled

00:33:12out of

00:33:13the

00:33:13fracture

00:33:14across

00:33:15his

00:33:15hand.

00:33:17His

00:33:18face

00:33:18twisted

00:33:18with

00:33:19fury.

00:33:20His

00:33:20eyes

00:33:21were

00:33:21blood

00:33:21shut.

00:33:24This

00:33:25is

00:33:25impossible!

00:33:28And

00:33:29Damian,

00:33:29there is

00:33:30no way

00:33:30he's

00:33:31the

00:33:31Alpha

00:33:31King's

00:33:31pick!

00:33:33He

00:33:33grabbed

00:33:34my

00:33:34phone

00:33:34like

00:33:35a

00:33:35man

00:33:35possessed

00:33:35staring

00:33:36at

00:33:36the

00:33:36text.

00:33:40I

00:33:41used

00:33:41your

00:33:42blood.

00:33:42I

00:33:43completed

00:33:43the

00:33:44authentication

00:33:44before

00:33:45you

00:33:45did.

00:33:49There

00:33:50is

00:33:50no

00:33:50way

00:33:51you

00:33:51got

00:33:51through!

00:33:59And

00:34:00Damian,

00:34:01there is

00:34:01no way

00:34:02he's

00:34:02the

00:34:02Alpha

00:34:02King's

00:34:03pick!

00:34:04I

00:34:05stood

00:34:05up and

00:34:06smoothed

00:34:06the

00:34:06wrinkles

00:34:07from

00:34:07my

00:34:07clothes.

00:34:13I

00:34:13looked

00:34:14down

00:34:14at

00:34:14the

00:34:14state

00:34:15of

00:34:15him.

00:34:17Surprised?

00:34:20You

00:34:21thought

00:34:21you

00:34:21had

00:34:21everything

00:34:22under

00:34:22control?

00:34:24You're

00:34:25just

00:34:25a

00:34:25clown.

00:34:26I

00:34:27leaned

00:34:27in

00:34:27toward

00:34:28his

00:34:28ear

00:34:28and

00:34:29I

00:34:29said

00:34:29it

00:34:29slowly,

00:34:30word

00:34:31by

00:34:31word.

00:34:33Damian

00:34:34was

00:34:34never

00:34:35the

00:34:35useless

00:34:35nothing

00:34:36you

00:34:36all

00:34:36thought

00:34:36he

00:34:37was.

00:34:37That

00:34:37prophecy

00:34:38from

00:34:38years

00:34:39ago

00:34:39was

00:34:39a

00:34:39lie.

00:34:42The

00:34:43weak

00:34:43little

00:34:43brother

00:34:43you

00:34:44kept

00:34:44mocking?

00:34:44He's

00:34:45been

00:34:45the

00:34:45Alpha

00:34:46King's

00:34:46personal

00:34:47preche

00:34:47for

00:34:47years.

00:34:52All

00:34:53your

00:34:53forms

00:34:53were

00:34:54left

00:34:54blank.

00:34:55You

00:34:56watched

00:34:56him

00:34:56fumble

00:34:57around

00:34:57training,

00:34:58goof

00:34:58off.

00:34:59You

00:35:00never

00:35:00knew

00:35:00that

00:35:01every

00:35:01time

00:35:01he

00:35:02disappeared

00:35:02the

00:35:04Alpha

00:35:04King

00:35:04was

00:35:05the

00:35:05one

00:35:05calling

00:35:05him

00:35:06away.

00:35:10He

00:35:11didn't

00:35:11just

00:35:11get

00:35:11me

00:35:11around

00:35:12the

00:35:12blood

00:35:12seal.

00:35:14He

00:35:15took

00:35:15a

00:35:15look

00:35:15at

00:35:16the

00:35:16application

00:35:16records

00:35:17while

00:35:17he

00:35:17was

00:35:17at

00:35:17it.

00:35:22At

00:35:22yours.

00:35:24Want

00:35:25to guess

00:35:25what he

00:35:25found?

00:35:26Julian's

00:35:27pupils

00:35:27shrank.

00:35:28He

00:35:28lunged

00:35:29and grabbed

00:35:29me by

00:35:29the

00:35:30collar.

00:35:30What?

00:35:32What did

00:35:33he find?

00:35:34What did

00:35:34you do?

00:35:37His

00:35:38voice cracked

00:35:38with

00:35:39panic.

00:35:39I

00:35:40pulled

00:35:40his

00:35:40hands

00:35:41off

00:35:41and

00:35:41wiped

00:35:41the

00:35:42spot

00:35:42he

00:35:42touched

00:35:42like

00:35:43it

00:35:43disgusted

00:35:43me.

00:35:48Nothing

00:35:49much.

00:35:50Just

00:35:51that while

00:35:51you were

00:35:52so busy

00:35:52staying

00:35:52behind

00:35:53to train

00:35:55with

00:35:55Celeste,

00:35:57you

00:35:57didn't

00:35:58apply to

00:35:58the

00:35:59Royal

00:35:59Academy.

00:36:01And

00:36:02you

00:36:02didn't

00:36:02apply to

00:36:03any of

00:36:03the

00:36:03backup

00:36:03academies

00:36:04either.

00:36:05All

00:36:06your

00:36:06forms

00:36:06were

00:36:07left

00:36:07blank.

00:36:07His

00:36:08face

00:36:09went

00:36:09the

00:36:09color

00:36:09of

00:36:10bone.

00:36:10My

00:36:11smile

00:36:11widened.

00:36:12Julian,

00:36:13you're

00:36:13so

00:36:13very

00:36:14devoted.

00:36:15So

00:36:16stay.

00:36:17Stay

00:36:18in the

00:36:18pack

00:36:18and

00:36:19train.

00:36:22He

00:36:23looked like

00:36:24he'd been

00:36:24struck by

00:36:24lightning.

00:36:25He

00:36:25staggered

00:36:26back and

00:36:26knocked

00:36:26over the

00:36:27chair

00:36:27behind him.

00:36:28No,

00:36:29that's

00:36:29not,

00:36:29that

00:36:30can't

00:36:30be.

00:36:36He

00:36:36yanked

00:36:37his

00:36:37phone

00:36:37out

00:36:37with

00:36:37shaking

00:36:38hands

00:36:38and

00:36:38jabbed

00:36:39at

00:36:39the

00:36:39screen,

00:36:41trying

00:36:41to

00:36:42log

00:36:42in

00:36:42to

00:36:42his

00:36:42application

00:36:43account.

00:36:45No

00:36:46matter

00:36:46what

00:36:46he

00:36:47did,

00:36:47it

00:36:47kept

00:36:47flashing,

00:36:48account

00:36:49locked.

00:36:51Damien!

00:36:52This

00:36:53is

00:36:53Damien's

00:36:54doing!

00:36:55He

00:36:55flung

00:36:55the

00:36:56phone

00:36:56against

00:36:56the

00:36:56wall.

00:36:56It

00:36:57shattered.

00:37:03Celeste

00:37:03huddled

00:37:04into

00:37:04the

00:37:04corner,

00:37:05shaking.

00:37:05She

00:37:06didn't

00:37:06even

00:37:06dare

00:37:07sob.

00:37:15Ivy!

00:37:16You

00:37:17set

00:37:17me

00:37:18up!

00:37:23Julian's

00:37:24eyes

00:37:24were

00:37:25bloodshot.

00:37:25He

00:37:26lunged

00:37:26at me,

00:37:27his

00:37:27hand

00:37:27came

00:37:27up

00:37:27to

00:37:28strength.

00:37:28In

00:37:28the

00:37:29split

00:37:29second

00:37:29before

00:37:30it

00:37:30landed,

00:37:30someone

00:37:31kicked

00:37:31the

00:37:31dining

00:37:31hall

00:37:32door

00:37:32open

00:37:32from

00:37:33the

00:37:33outside.

00:37:33Damien,

00:37:34you

00:37:34dare

00:37:35hit

00:37:35me!

00:37:36The

00:37:36slam

00:37:37of

00:37:37it

00:37:37shook

00:37:37the

00:37:37room.

00:37:39Damien

00:37:40walked

00:37:40in.

00:37:41He

00:37:41caught

00:37:41Julian's

00:37:42raise.

00:37:42Damien

00:37:42looked

00:37:43down

00:37:43at

00:37:43him.

00:37:43His

00:37:44eyes

00:37:44had

00:37:44gone

00:37:44glacial.

00:37:45Touch

00:37:45her

00:37:46again.

00:37:47Try

00:37:47it.

00:37:48His

00:37:48foot

00:37:49and

00:37:49kicked

00:37:49the

00:37:49back

00:37:50of

00:37:50Julian's

00:37:50knee.

00:37:51Julian

00:37:51went

00:37:52down

00:37:52with

00:37:52a

00:37:52muffled

00:37:53head

00:37:53flat

00:37:53on the

00:37:54floor.

00:37:58Damien,

00:37:58you

00:37:59dare

00:37:59hit

00:38:00me!

00:38:01Julian

00:38:02struggled

00:38:03to get

00:38:03up.

00:38:04Damien

00:38:04pinned

00:38:05the

00:38:05back

00:38:05of

00:38:05his

00:38:05neck

00:38:06and

00:38:06held

00:38:06him

00:38:06there.

00:38:07Damien's

00:38:08laugh

00:38:08was

00:38:08soft

00:38:09and

00:38:09dangerous.

00:38:10What

00:38:10about

00:38:10it?

00:38:12Julian,

00:38:13you've

00:38:14played

00:38:14air

00:38:14for so

00:38:15long.

00:38:16You

00:38:17actually

00:38:17think

00:38:17you're

00:38:18untouchable?

00:38:20You

00:38:20want

00:38:20to

00:38:21fight?

00:38:21We

00:38:22go

00:38:22down

00:38:22together.

00:38:25He

00:38:25crouched

00:38:26down and

00:38:26patted

00:38:27Julian's

00:38:27cold,

00:38:28sweating

00:38:28cheek.

00:38:28You

00:38:29thought

00:38:30you

00:38:30could

00:38:30control

00:38:30Ivy

00:38:31by

00:38:31stealing

00:38:31her

00:38:31blood?

00:38:34Damien's

00:38:34eyes

00:38:34turned

00:38:35dark

00:38:35and

00:38:35cruel.

00:38:37You

00:38:37thought

00:38:37you'd

00:38:38move

00:38:38heaven

00:38:38and

00:38:38earth

00:38:39by

00:38:39leaving

00:38:39your

00:38:39applications

00:38:40blank.

00:38:41Father

00:38:42passed

00:38:42a new

00:38:42rule

00:38:43at the

00:38:43elder

00:38:43council

00:38:43last

00:38:44night.

00:38:48Whoever

00:38:49gets

00:38:49into the

00:38:49royal

00:38:49academy

00:38:50becomes

00:38:50the

00:38:51sole

00:38:51heir

00:38:51of

00:38:51the

00:38:51thorn

00:38:52pack.

00:38:52You

00:38:53were

00:38:53too

00:38:53busy

00:38:53buying

00:38:54Celeste

00:38:54her

00:38:54dessert

00:38:55to

00:38:55show

00:38:55up.

00:38:56So

00:38:57of

00:38:57course

00:38:57you

00:38:57don't

00:38:58know.

00:38:59Father

00:39:00has

00:39:00completely

00:39:01writ you

00:39:01off.

00:39:05Also,

00:39:06Julian,

00:39:07don't even

00:39:08think about

00:39:08reporting me

00:39:09for touching

00:39:09the application

00:39:10system.

00:39:14Damien's

00:39:14voice dropped.

00:39:15There was

00:39:16pleasure in

00:39:16it now.

00:39:17I already

00:39:17handed the

00:39:18evidence to

00:39:18father and

00:39:19the elder

00:39:19council.

00:39:20Evidence

00:39:21that you

00:39:21scyfage silver

00:39:22from the

00:39:23thorn war

00:39:23reserve to

00:39:24buy Celeste

00:39:25see that

00:39:25rare

00:39:25moonstone

00:39:26jewelry.

00:39:29You

00:39:29want to

00:39:29fight?

00:39:30We

00:39:31go down

00:39:31together.

00:39:32You're

00:39:33not just

00:39:33a failed

00:39:33applicator

00:39:34now.

00:39:36Julian's

00:39:37body

00:39:37locked

00:39:38up.

00:39:38The

00:39:38war

00:39:39reserve

00:39:39was

00:39:39the

00:39:39fund

00:39:40that

00:39:40paid

00:39:40for

00:39:40the

00:39:40pack's

00:39:41defense

00:39:41against

00:39:42black

00:39:42market

00:39:43traders

00:39:43and

00:39:43rogues.

00:39:48Siphoning

00:39:48from it

00:39:49was a

00:39:49death

00:39:49sentence

00:39:50offense

00:39:50in

00:39:51any

00:39:51pack.

00:39:51He

00:39:52lifted

00:39:52his

00:39:52head

00:39:52unable

00:39:53to

00:39:53believe

00:39:53it

00:39:53and

00:39:53stared

00:39:54at

00:39:54Damien.

00:39:55You

00:39:56what did

00:39:57you just

00:39:57say?

00:39:58Damien

00:39:59straightened

00:40:00up and

00:40:00adjusted

00:40:00his

00:40:01cuff.

00:40:01A pity

00:40:02Julian.

00:40:10You're

00:40:10not just

00:40:11a failed

00:40:11applicator

00:40:12now.

00:40:15You're

00:40:16a piece

00:40:16of

00:40:17garbage

00:40:17the

00:40:18family

00:40:19has

00:40:20completely

00:40:21discarded.

00:40:25he

00:40:25turned

00:40:25his

00:40:26head

00:40:26towards

00:40:26Celeste

00:40:27curled

00:40:27up

00:40:28in

00:40:28the

00:40:28corner.

00:40:31His

00:40:31mouth

00:40:32curled.

00:40:32As

00:40:32for

00:40:33Celeste

00:40:35want to

00:40:35guess

00:40:36whether

00:40:36she'll

00:40:37stand

00:40:37by you

00:40:37through

00:40:38thick

00:40:38and

00:40:38din

00:40:38once

00:40:38she

00:40:38finds

00:40:39out

00:40:39you

00:40:39have

00:40:39nothing.

00:40:42Celeste's

00:40:43face

00:40:43drained

00:40:44white.

00:40:45She

00:40:45stared

00:40:45at

00:40:45Julian

00:40:46on

00:40:46the

00:40:46floor

00:40:46and

00:40:47I

00:40:47watched

00:40:47disgust

00:40:48flicker

00:40:48across

00:40:49her

00:40:49face.

00:40:49Julian

00:40:52is

00:40:52it

00:40:52true

00:40:52you

00:40:53really

00:40:53didn't

00:40:54pass

00:40:55you

00:40:55really

00:40:56lost

00:40:56your

00:40:56inheritance

00:40:57rights

00:40:57Julian

00:40:58bit

00:40:58down

00:40:58on

00:40:58his

00:40:59teeth

00:40:59the

00:40:59veins

00:40:59stood

00:41:00out

00:41:00on

00:41:00his

00:41:00forehead

00:41:01he

00:41:01was

00:41:01trying

00:41:01in

00:41:02front

00:41:02of

00:41:02Celeste

00:41:02to

00:41:03hold

00:41:03on

00:41:03to

00:41:03the

00:41:03last

00:41:04shred

00:41:04of

00:41:04his

00:41:04dignity

00:41:05Celeste

00:41:05don't

00:41:05listen

00:41:06to

00:41:06him

00:41:06even

00:41:06if

00:41:07I

00:41:07stay

00:41:07and

00:41:07train

00:41:07another

00:41:07year

00:41:08I'm

00:41:08a

00:41:08strong

00:41:08fighter

00:41:08I'll

00:41:09pass

00:41:09next

00:41:09year

00:41:09I'll

00:41:09take

00:41:09the

00:41:10inheritance

00:41:10back

00:41:13I'll

00:41:13for

00:41:14the

00:41:14hem

00:41:14of

00:41:14her

00:41:14dress

00:41:15Celeste

00:41:15took

00:41:15a

00:41:16big

00:41:16step

00:41:16back

00:41:16she

00:41:17pulled

00:41:17out

00:41:17of

00:41:17reach

00:41:18don't

00:41:18touch

00:41:19me

00:41:19she

00:41:20screamed

00:41:20there

00:41:21was

00:41:21nothing

00:41:22fragile

00:41:22left

00:41:22in

00:41:23her

00:41:23voice

00:41:23now

00:41:23Julian

00:41:25have

00:41:26you

00:41:26lost

00:41:26your

00:41:26mind

00:41:27you

00:41:27want

00:41:28to

00:41:28train

00:41:28fine

00:41:29why

00:41:30does

00:41:30that

00:41:30mean

00:41:30I

00:41:30have

00:41:30to

00:41:31suffer

00:41:31with

00:41:31you

00:41:32do

00:41:33you

00:41:33know

00:41:33how

00:41:33the

00:41:33pack

00:41:33laughs

00:41:34at

00:41:34omegas

00:41:34like

00:41:35me

00:41:35I've

00:41:35been

00:41:35clawing

00:41:36my

00:41:36way

00:41:36up

00:41:37trying

00:41:37to

00:41:38become

00:41:43my

00:41:44gambler

00:41:44of

00:41:44a

00:41:44father

00:41:45will

00:41:45sell

00:41:45me

00:41:45to

00:41:45rogues

00:41:46then

00:41:46she

00:41:46wheeled

00:41:47around

00:41:47and

00:41:47threw

00:41:47herself

00:41:48at

00:41:48Damien

00:41:49Damien

00:41:49please

00:41:50help

00:41:50me

00:41:55you

00:41:55got

00:41:55Ivy

00:41:56through

00:41:56the

00:41:57blood

00:41:57seal

00:41:58you

00:41:58can

00:41:59open

00:41:59a

00:41:59green

00:41:59channel

00:41:59for

00:42:00me

00:42:00too

00:42:00can't

00:42:00you

00:42:01if

00:42:02you

00:42:02get

00:42:02me

00:42:02into

00:42:02the

00:42:02academy

00:42:03I'll

00:42:03do

00:42:03anything

00:42:03you

00:42:04say

00:42:06anything

00:42:08she

00:42:09reached

00:42:09out

00:42:09to grab

00:42:09his

00:42:10arm

00:42:10her

00:42:10eyes

00:42:10pleading

00:42:11and

00:42:11a

00:42:11button

00:42:11had

00:42:12at

00:42:12some

00:42:12point

00:42:13come

00:42:13ungun

00:42:13at

00:42:13her

00:42:13collar

00:42:14Damien

00:42:14stepped

00:42:14sideways

00:42:15cold

00:42:15faced

00:42:16Celeste

00:42:16fell

00:42:16on

00:42:17empty

00:42:17air

00:42:17and

00:42:17hit

00:42:18the

00:42:18floor

00:42:18get

00:42:18away

00:42:19Damien's

00:42:19eyes

00:42:20were

00:42:20ice

00:42:20don't

00:42:21touch

00:42:21me

00:42:21with

00:42:21those

00:42:22filthy

00:42:22hands

00:42:22you

00:42:23disgust

00:42:23me

00:42:23from

00:42:24the

00:42:24floor

00:42:24Julian

00:42:24watched

00:42:25the

00:42:25Omega

00:42:25he'd

00:42:25fought

00:42:26the

00:42:26world

00:42:26to

00:42:26protect

00:42:26degraising

00:42:27herself

00:42:27for

00:42:27another

00:42:28man

00:42:28something

00:42:28inside

00:42:28him

00:42:29caved

00:42:29in

00:42:29Celeste

00:42:31what

00:42:32did

00:42:32you

00:42:32just

00:42:32say

00:42:33his

00:42:33voice

00:42:33was

00:42:34shaking

00:42:34you'll

00:42:35do

00:42:36anything

00:42:37he says

00:42:38Celeste

00:42:39stood up

00:42:39and looked

00:42:40down at

00:42:40him

00:42:40cold

00:42:41Julian

00:42:43don't

00:42:43call

00:42:43me

00:42:43heartless

00:42:44you

00:42:44can't

00:42:45even

00:42:45protect

00:42:45yourself

00:42:45right

00:42:46now

00:42:46what

00:42:46are

00:42:46you

00:42:46going

00:42:46to

00:42:46protect

00:42:46me

00:42:47with

00:42:47all

00:42:48I

00:42:48want

00:42:48is a

00:42:48way

00:42:48out

00:42:48you

00:42:49can't

00:42:49give

00:42:49me

00:42:49one

00:42:50so

00:42:50get

00:42:50out

00:42:50of

00:42:50my

00:42:50way

00:42:52she

00:42:52turned

00:42:53and ran

00:42:53out

00:42:53of

00:42:53the

00:42:53hall

00:42:54without

00:42:54looking

00:42:54back

00:42:54her

00:42:55heels

00:42:55clicking

00:42:56down

00:42:56the

00:42:56corridor

00:42:57fading

00:42:57those

00:42:58shoes

00:42:58were

00:42:58custom

00:42:59made

00:42:59Julian

00:43:00had

00:43:00paid

00:43:00for

00:43:01them

00:43:01yesterday

00:43:02one

00:43:02pair

00:43:03was

00:43:03worth

00:43:03half

00:43:03a

00:43:04year's

00:43:04wages

00:43:04for

00:43:05a

00:43:05regular

00:43:05warrior

00:43:05the

00:43:06hall

00:43:06went

00:43:07silent

00:43:07only

00:43:08Julian's

00:43:08ragged

00:43:09breathing

00:43:09filled

00:43:09the air

00:43:10slowly

00:43:10he

00:43:11lifted

00:43:11his

00:43:11head

00:43:11and

00:43:11looked

00:43:12at

00:43:12me

00:43:12his

00:43:12eyes

00:43:13were

00:43:13blood

00:43:13shot

00:43:13his

00:43:15voice

00:43:15cracked

00:43:16there

00:43:17was

00:43:17the

00:43:17faintest

00:43:18plea

00:43:18in

00:43:18it

00:43:18you

00:43:19were

00:43:19just

00:43:19angry

00:43:20at

00:43:20me

00:43:21right

00:43:21you

00:43:22didn't

00:43:23really

00:43:23leave

00:43:23me

00:43:24you're

00:43:25just

00:43:25upset

00:43:25just

00:43:27send

00:43:27Damien

00:43:27away

00:43:28right

00:43:28now

00:43:28I

00:43:30swear

00:43:30I'll

00:43:31never

00:43:31touch

00:43:31the

00:43:32lot

00:43:32again

00:43:33we'll

00:43:34go

00:43:34back

00:43:34to

00:43:34how

00:43:35we

00:43:35were

00:43:35please

00:43:41his

00:43:42tone

00:43:42was

00:43:42exactly

00:43:43the

00:43:43same

00:43:43as

00:43:43last

00:43:43life

00:43:44in

00:43:45my

00:43:45previous

00:43:45life

00:43:46this

00:43:46was

00:43:46how

00:43:47he

00:43:47reeled

00:43:47me

00:43:47back

00:43:47in

00:43:49again

00:43:50and

00:43:50again

00:43:55he'd

00:43:55play

00:43:55pitiful

00:43:56he'd

00:43:57cry

00:43:57he'd

00:43:58promise

00:43:58never

00:43:58again

00:44:00then

00:44:01he'd

00:44:01turn

00:44:01around

00:44:01and

00:44:02go

00:44:02walk

00:44:02through

00:44:02fire

00:44:02for

00:44:03Celeste

00:44:08he

00:44:08never

00:44:09actually

00:44:09had

00:44:09me

00:44:10in

00:44:10his

00:44:10heart

00:44:11he

00:44:11just

00:44:12didn't

00:44:12want

00:44:12to

00:44:12lose

00:44:13someone

00:44:13who'd

00:44:14love

00:44:14him

00:44:14without

00:44:14conditions

00:44:18I

00:44:19looked

00:44:19down

00:44:19at

00:44:19him

00:44:19groveling

00:44:20in

00:44:20the

00:44:20dirt

00:44:21and

00:44:21I

00:44:21just

00:44:21felt

00:44:21sorry

00:44:22for

00:44:22him

00:44:22in

00:44:23the

00:44:23saddest

00:44:23possible

00:44:24way

00:44:24Julian

00:44:25the

00:44:26game

00:44:26is

00:44:26over

00:44:26I

00:44:27tucked

00:44:27my

00:44:27arm

00:44:27through

00:44:28Damien's

00:44:28and

00:44:28gave

00:44:29him

00:44:29one

00:44:29last

00:44:29look

00:44:30in

00:44:30my

00:44:31previous

00:44:31life

00:44:31you

00:44:32owed

00:44:32me

00:44:32my

00:44:32life

00:44:33this

00:44:33time

00:44:33you

00:44:33pay

00:44:34with

00:44:34your

00:44:34future

00:44:34and

00:44:35your

00:44:35inheritance

00:44:35we're

00:44:36even

00:44:38I

00:44:38didn't

00:44:38give

00:44:38him

00:44:39a

00:44:39chance

00:44:39to

00:44:39speak

00:44:39again

00:44:43I

00:44:43turned

00:44:44and

00:44:44walked

00:44:44out

00:44:44with

00:44:44Damien

00:44:45at

00:44:46the

00:44:46doorway

00:44:46I

00:44:46looked

00:44:47back

00:44:47one

00:44:47last

00:44:47time

00:44:48Julian

00:44:49was

00:44:49still

00:44:49kneeling

00:44:50there

00:44:50the

00:44:51boy

00:44:51I'd

00:44:51once

00:44:51loved

00:44:52he

00:44:52was

00:44:52never

00:44:52real

00:44:53I'd

00:44:53invented

00:44:54him

00:44:55I

00:44:55turned

00:44:55my

00:44:55head

00:44:56and

00:44:56didn't

00:44:56look

00:44:56again

00:44:56the

00:44:57news

00:44:58went

00:44:58through

00:44:58the

00:44:58pack

00:44:58faster

00:44:59than

00:44:59I'd

00:44:59expected

00:45:00the

00:45:01pride

00:45:01of

00:45:02the

00:45:02thorn

00:45:02pack

00:45:02heir

00:45:03Julian

00:45:04gave

00:45:04up

00:45:05the

00:45:05royal

00:45:05academy

00:45:05for

00:45:06an

00:45:06omega

00:45:06and

00:45:06chose

00:45:07of

00:45:08his

00:45:08own

00:45:08free

00:45:09will

00:45:09to

00:45:09stay

00:45:10behind

00:45:10and

00:45:10train

00:45:11for

00:45:11a

00:45:11year

00:45:11the

00:45:12entire

00:45:12werewolf

00:45:13world

00:45:13lit

00:45:13up

00:45:14overnight

00:45:14the

00:45:15formidable

00:45:15alpha

00:45:15aired

00:45:15of

00:45:16the

00:45:16thorn

00:45:16pack

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Too Late! I Chose the Wrong Alpha in My Past Life—This Time, I Picked His Twin Brother🐺

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