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00:00:1510 years of being bullied, the day I turned 16, two wolf kings tearing each other apart,

00:00:23over me. And that? That's not even my biggest secret. My name's Leah, just an ordinary human girl.

00:00:33My parents never once really looked at me. When I was six, I made an enemy of Zane,

00:00:39the hottest, richest, most dangerous boy in town. I accidentally spilled a glass of orange juice on

00:00:46him. He never lays a hand on me himself. That's what the hounds are for.

00:00:53Their leader, Warner, rips my notes to shreds.

00:00:58Get on your knees and apologize. Five, four. I didn't do anything.

00:01:05You're breathing. That's enough. A crowd circles us. Not one person speaks up for me.

00:01:14Then a hand clamps down on Warner's wrist, a boy I've never seen before.

00:01:19Let her go. This isn't your business, new kid.

00:01:23I can't stand men who terrorize a girl and think it makes them tough.

00:01:27Warner takes a step back under his stare. The boy turns to me.

00:01:34Don't be scared. I've got you.

00:01:37Who are you?

00:01:39My name's Blake Walker.

00:01:41In that moment, he felt like my guardian angel.

00:01:45But at the back of the crowd, the way Zane looks at Blake shifts, like he's watching a wolf stroll

00:01:51into his territory.

00:01:53Warner, enough.

00:01:56Zane never steps in, but today, he called them off.

00:02:01After school, they stuff me into a locker and lock it, their way of punishing me for fighting back.

00:02:07Let me out! Let me out!

00:02:09But the hall's empty.

00:02:11Let me out!

00:02:11No one can hear me.

00:02:13I'm scared of the dark.

00:02:15And yet, in the pitch black, I can see everything.

00:02:19Every scratch, every screw, crystal clear.

00:02:23That's my second secret.

00:02:25Then I hear footsteps, getting closer.

00:02:29I brace for another beating.

00:02:31Worse this time.

00:02:33Who's there?

00:02:35Are you gonna-

00:02:36The door is pried open from the outside.

00:02:39It's Zane, of all people.

00:02:41You?

00:02:42Why would you-

00:02:43Don't talk.

00:02:44Get out.

00:02:46As he pulls me out, his fingertips brush mine, and a shiver runs through me.

00:02:50Hey, what are you playing at?

00:02:52He says nothing.

00:02:53Just looks at me once, then turns and walks away.

00:02:57Back home, lying in bed, it hits me.

00:03:00Today's my birthday.

00:03:01And Zane, we share the exact same birthday.

00:03:04That night, I have the dream again.

00:03:06The one I get every birthday.

00:03:11Under a blood moon, a silver wolf lowers its head to me.

00:03:16I don't know what it means.

00:03:18I only know I'm not like everyone else.

00:03:21Then, the window bursts open with a bang.

00:03:24I jolt awake.

00:03:25A massive wolf leaps into my room.

00:03:33I let out a scream.

00:03:34It steps up to my bed, leans in, and sniffs at my neck.

00:03:38A pair of blue eyes.

00:03:40It gives me one last look, then leaps back out the window.

00:03:44I don't dare sleep the whole night.

00:03:47Next morning, I've got dark circles down to my chin.

00:03:55Time to break out the makeup.

00:04:00Blake's taking me out tonight for my birthday.

00:04:05Just then, the window slides open from the outside.

00:04:10It's Zane.

00:04:11He climbs in and sits on the edge of my bed.

00:04:13How did you get in?

00:04:14This is my house.

00:04:15That wolf last night, it didn't scare you too bad, did it?

00:04:19How do you know about the wolf?

00:04:20I never told anyone.

00:04:22Take a guess.

00:04:26Your eyes.

00:04:28They're exactly like that wolf's.

00:04:31The door gets kicked open.

00:04:32It's Blake.

00:04:35I followed your scent all the way here.

00:04:37Sneaking into a room in the middle of the night.

00:04:38What are you after?

00:04:39Scent?

00:04:40What are you two even talking about?

00:04:42Since when is anything about her your business?

00:04:47The two of them lunge at each other.

00:04:49Chairs go flying.

00:04:50A glass shatters on the floor.

00:04:52Stop it!

00:04:53Both of you, stop!

00:04:54Zane takes hit after hit, but he keeps his eyes locked on me and never throws a single

00:05:01punch back.

00:05:02Finally, Blake drags him out the door, into the woods behind the house.

00:05:05The next day, in class, they act like nothing happened, not a scratch on their faces or hands,

00:05:12like that fight never took place.

00:05:14I look down and run my fingers over my own wrist.

00:05:18There have been countless wounds here too, gone by morning.

00:05:21That's my third secret.

00:05:23Every time they kicked and beat me, my wounds would heal, fast.

00:05:27So fast that I had to find ways to hide them.

00:05:29Wounds gone overnight.

00:05:31I know this all too well.

00:05:34Because that's exactly how I am.

00:05:37Could it be, they're the same as me?

00:05:44After school, the second I walk out the gate, I see Zane leaning against his car, waiting.

00:05:50I pretend not to notice and try to slip past him, but he opens the car door and blocks

00:05:54my way.

00:05:55Get in.

00:05:56Just this once, I won't hurt you.

00:05:57Why would I get in your car?

00:06:00Because there's something I want to give back to you.

00:06:05Give back to me?

00:06:07The car drives out of town, the view growing emptier by the mile.

00:06:12Where are you taking me?

00:06:13This isn't the way home.

00:06:14You'll see when we get there.

00:06:15I grip the seatbelt, my head full of the worst possibility.

00:06:18This is another one of your pranks.

00:06:20It's not.

00:06:20Not this time.

00:06:21The car stops in front of a huge house I've never seen before.

00:06:25It's dark inside.

00:06:26He raises a hand and gently covers my eyes.

00:06:29Keep them closed.

00:06:32The lights come on.

00:06:35Balloons everywhere.

00:06:36And on the cake, my name.

00:06:39This is...

00:06:39Ten years ago, your sixth birthday.

00:06:41I ruined it.

00:06:42You haven't had one since.

00:06:43So I didn't celebrate mine either.

00:06:45Not until I'd made yours right.

00:06:47That cup of orange juice.

00:06:49That humiliation in front of the whole school.

00:06:53He remembered all along.

00:06:56He hands me a box.

00:06:59I open it.

00:07:01It's a photo album.

00:07:03I turn the pages one by one.

00:07:05They're all of me.

00:07:07Me, head down in class.

00:07:09Me, eating alone in the corner of the yard.

00:07:11Me, fighting back tears as they shoved me around.

00:07:14Ten whole years.

00:07:15Not a single one missing.

00:07:19You've...

00:07:19been watching me this whole time?

00:07:22You thought no one saw you.

00:07:24But for ten years, I always did.

00:07:27You were never invisible.

00:07:29I hold back the tears.

00:07:31Then why did you never step in all those times I was bullied?

00:07:35Zane's face turns pain.

00:07:36Some things aren't what you think.

00:07:38I have my reasons.

00:07:39Reasons?

00:07:39Does it have something to do with you and Blake fighting?

00:07:42Don't go there, Leah.

00:07:43Just know this.

00:07:45I'll always protect you.

00:07:46As he says it, his eyes sweep the darkness outside the window,

00:07:50like he's on guard against something.

00:07:52I follow his gaze.

00:07:54Nothing there.

00:07:55But every hair on the back of my neck stands on out.

00:08:01That night, I barely slept.

00:08:05What on earth was Zane guarding against?

00:08:07The next day at school, I noticed things were different.

00:08:11Warner saw me from a distance and actually went out of his way to avoid me.

00:08:14The people who'd bullied me for ten years all lowered their heads when they saw me.

00:08:18That uneasy feeling in me only grew heavier.

00:08:20At lunch, I carried my tray toward my usual spot in the corner.

00:08:25Suddenly, the whole cafeteria went dead quiet in an instant.

00:08:28And the next second, the floor-to-ceiling window exploded with a deafening crash.

00:08:33Glass rained down like a storm.

00:08:35A black wolf, bigger than any animal I'd ever seen, stepped in over the broken glass.

00:08:40Its fur was carcouled black.

00:08:41Its eyes, red enough to drip blood.

00:08:44Screams tore through the air.

00:08:45Everyone stampeded toward the exits.

00:08:48I got knocked to the ground by the crowd.

00:08:50When I lifted my head, the black wolf was staring dead at me.

00:08:55It crouched low and launched.

00:08:58I didn't even have time to be afraid.

00:09:00I just threw up my arms, uselessly.

00:09:07At the last possible second, a figure threw itself in front of me.

00:09:11It was Zane.

00:09:12He didn't dodge.

00:09:14He charged straight at the wolf instead.

00:09:16And then, right in front of me, his body began to shake and contort violently.

00:09:21I heard bones snap and reset.

00:09:22Silver blue fur pushed out through his torn clothes.

00:09:25Seconds later, it wasn't Zane standing in front of me anymore.

00:09:28It was a massive, silver-blue wolf.

00:09:32It turned its head and looked at me.

00:09:34Those same blue eyes.

00:09:36I knew it.

00:09:37The wolf from a few nights ago.

00:09:38The one that broke into my room and leaned in at my neck.

00:09:41Zane really is a wolf.

00:09:43The two beasts tore into each other across the cafeteria.

00:09:46The red-eyed black wolf was no match for Zane in the end.

00:09:49It broke free and fled through the shattered window.

00:09:52I sat collapsed in the wreckage.

00:09:54The entire world I'd known for 16 years came crashing down in that one minute.

00:10:00Werewolves are real.

00:10:02And Zane, who bullied me for 10 years, then strangely got close to me, is one of them.

00:10:07Before I could pull myself together, Blake and a few others had surrounded me.

00:10:11Blake crouched down, blocking my view.

00:10:13Look at me.

00:10:14You have to stay calm.

00:10:16You can't breathe a word of what you saw to anyone.

00:10:20Not one word.

00:10:22It's not just your life on the line.

00:10:24I couldn't take in a single thing he said.

00:10:26I scrambled up off the floor, shoved past them, and ran without looking back.

00:10:32I don't know how I made it home.

00:10:33I burst into my room and locked the door behind me.

00:10:38Back against the cold door, I gasped for air.

00:10:42But when I looked up, Zane was sitting on my windowsill.

00:10:46Those blue eyes, glowing faintly in the dark, exactly like that wolf.

00:10:53I told you, I'll protect you.

00:10:54Back against the door, I stared hard at him on the windowsill.

00:10:57Those blue eyes, exactly like the wolves in the cafeteria.

00:11:00If I wanted to hurt you, I'd have done it 10 years ago.

00:11:03He climbed down from the sill, slowly.

00:11:05That wasn't makeup.

00:11:06It wasn't a magic trick.

00:11:08I saw you turn into a wolf with my own eyes.

00:11:10What are you?

00:11:11We're werewolves.

00:11:13We've lived hidden among humans for generations.

00:11:16We have our own packs, our own rules.

00:11:19We never harm the innocent.

00:11:20And I'm the next leader of this pack.

00:11:22The Alpha.

00:11:23The whole school saw it.

00:11:25How do you hide that?

00:11:27Tomorrow's news will call it a gas explosion.

00:11:31And the witnesses will forget what they shouldn't remember.

00:11:34That's how the pack handles things.

00:11:38I slid down the door until I was sitting on the floor.

00:11:42Werewolves.

00:11:43Alpha.

00:11:44Words straight out of a fantasy novel, and every one of them was real.

00:11:51He crouched down, level with my eyes, and said the thing that truly made my head spin.

00:11:58Leah, you're my fated mate.

00:12:02What?

00:12:04The one the moon goddess made for every wolf.

00:12:07The only other half we get.

00:12:09For life.

00:12:11It's why our fingertips spark the second they touch.

00:12:18Why I can pick out your scent in a hallway packed with people.

00:12:21From the moment you spilled that orange juice on me when you were six.

00:12:25I knew it was you.

00:12:27I couldn't get out a single word.

00:12:29So these ten years were never just bullying.

00:12:32This was the truth buried underneath.

00:12:34Just then, the door burst open again.

00:12:37It was Blake.

00:12:38He'd tracked my scent.

00:12:39Rushed in, and put himself between me and Zane.

00:12:45Then he turned and looked at me,

00:12:47and said the words that frozen the blood in my veins.

00:12:50Leah, you're not just his fated mate.

00:12:53Blake paused.

00:12:55You're mine, too.

00:12:58The room went dead silent.

00:13:00I looked at Zane, then at Blake.

00:13:05That's impossible.

00:13:07Even Zane's face changed.

00:13:09One person.

00:13:10The fated mate of two alphas at once.

00:13:13In a thousand years.

00:13:15Unheard of.

00:13:17And I was that unheard of?

00:13:20I looked at these two men fighting red-faced over me.

00:13:23A fury I didn't even know I had came rushing up.

00:13:26I pushed off the floor and stood up.

00:13:28Enough!

00:13:29I don't care about the moon goddess or fated mate.

00:13:32I'm a person, not a prize for you two to split between you.

00:13:35Who I love.

00:13:36And when?

00:13:37That's my choice.

00:13:39Not some goddess I've never even met deciding for me.

00:13:43Both men froze.

00:13:44But I was past caring.

00:13:46I shoved them both out the door.

00:13:48I sank to the floor, my chest still heaving.

00:13:51I looked around my pitch-dark room.

00:13:54Every outline of every piece of furniture.

00:13:57Unnaturally clear.

00:13:59I thought of the wounds that healed overnight, never leaving a scar.

00:14:03And the silver wolf under the blood moon, lowering its head to me, again and again.

00:14:08Am I really human at all?

00:14:12After that night, I did everything I could to avoid them both.

00:14:19But those two clung to me like shadows I couldn't shake.

00:14:25I started to suspect Blake.

00:14:28I went to find Zane.

00:14:31That black wolf in the cafeteria, the timing was too perfect.

00:14:34Right when he happened to be there.

00:14:36And it went for me, and only me.

00:14:39He was quiet for a moment, then laid out the truth.

00:14:43That rogue wolf, Blake lured it there on purpose.

00:14:47He wanted to play the hero who saves you,

00:14:49then use the moment to tell you the truth,

00:14:51and win you over completely.

00:14:53Fear crept over me.

00:14:54So it was all staged.

00:14:56He'd shoved me into danger just to earn a scrape of my trust.

00:15:00And what about you?

00:15:02If I'm supposedly your fated mate,

00:15:04why did you stand by and watch me get bullied for ten years?

00:15:09He was silent for a long time.

00:15:11Someone tried to set your hair on fire.

00:15:12I stopped it.

00:15:13And worse than that, I shut that down too.

00:15:19I couldn't make it too obvious,

00:15:21or I'd have exposed you to a far more dangerous enemy.

00:15:25Zayn offered to drive me home, but I waved him off.

00:15:29I didn't know who to trust.

00:15:31I wandered through the school grounds in a daze.

00:15:34That's when Sheila, one of Zayn's crew, cornered me.

00:15:38Don't think being the fated mate it makes you special.

00:15:42If you bring trouble to the pack,

00:15:45Zayn won't hesitate to eliminate any threat.

00:15:48Including those useless human friends of yours.

00:15:51I could feel the killing instinct behind her words.

00:15:54She meant Christy, my best friend, and my parents.

00:15:58In that moment, fear drowned out everything else.

00:16:00I couldn't let them get dragged, because of me,

00:16:03into a world where people turn into wolves and kill.

00:16:06I had to get as far away from all of it as I could.

00:16:09Back home, I locked the door and opened my laptop,

00:16:12searching like a madwoman how to get rid of werewolves.

00:16:15After a long while, I found a hidden page.

00:16:19An organization that called itself a werewolf hunting group.

00:16:22They were called The Order.

00:16:24I stared at the contact link.

00:16:26My finger hovered over the keyboard.

00:16:28That death threat had burned away my last shred of reason.

00:16:32I closed my eyes.

00:16:36And sent the message.

00:16:46After I sent that message, nothing happened.

00:16:49I figured it had sunk without a trace.

00:16:51Then, over the next few days,

00:16:54Zayn suddenly vanished.

00:16:56His whole crew disappeared from school with him.

00:17:01Instead of relief, I felt heavy, hollow, uneasy,

00:17:05like I'd lost something.

00:17:07Until he came back,

00:17:08with a girl I'd never seen tucked under his arm,

00:17:11laughing together,

00:17:12walking right past me.

00:17:13I felt a wave of misery.

00:17:16But even more,

00:17:17I was furious.

00:17:20I hid in a supply closet.

00:17:22He followed me in and prinsed me against the door.

00:17:25What do you think you're doing?

00:17:27Why are you hiding in here alone?

00:17:29I thought you didn't care about me.

00:17:31Who said I cared?

00:17:32I just, I just...

00:17:33Disappearing.

00:17:34The girl.

00:17:34All of it.

00:17:35It was all for you to see.

00:17:37I wanted you to taste what being away from your faded mate feels like.

00:17:41I was angry and hurt.

00:17:42And that's when, shaking,

00:17:44I told him about contacting the Order.

00:17:47His expression changed in an instant.

00:17:50You did what?

00:17:52The Order isn't some online joke.

00:17:56They're real.

00:17:57They hunt us with silver and wolf pipe.

00:18:00These days I've been gone.

00:18:02I was tracking the hunters who slipped into town.

00:18:04I'd caused a disaster.

00:18:06I was too eaten up with guilt to speak.

00:18:08But he just pulled me into his arms.

00:18:12It's not your fault.

00:18:13I'll take care of everything.

00:18:15Then, for the first time,

00:18:17he looked me dead in the eyes.

00:18:19I love you, Leah.

00:18:20I, I don't know.

00:18:22Zane just smiled.

00:18:23You'll understand one day

00:18:24how faded the mate bond really is.

00:18:30Before I could even answer that,

00:18:33disaster struck.

00:18:34After I left Zane,

00:18:35Blake stopped me in the hallway.

00:18:38Leah, please.

00:18:39Give me one chance to explain.

00:18:41I don't even know who to trust anymore.

00:18:44Here's a deal.

00:18:45Let me show you the real werewolf world

00:18:47to make it up to you.

00:18:48You'd better not take me anywhere weird.

00:18:50Leah, trust me just once.

00:18:52I won't hurt you.

00:18:59I nodded and agreed.

00:19:03At the restaurant,

00:19:04he was in the middle of saying something.

00:19:06When suddenly,

00:19:08a silver-tipped crossbow boat

00:19:10poured through his shoulder without warning.

00:19:12It's the order.

00:19:15Tables flipped,

00:19:16the crowd scattered screaming.

00:19:18I was shoved

00:19:19and fell into the chaos.

00:19:21A rogue wolf

00:19:22launched at me.

00:19:24Its poisoned claws

00:19:25ripped open my body.

00:19:27After the searing pain

00:19:28came a fast-spreading cold.

00:19:31Zane arrived in time

00:19:33with his people.

00:19:34But the world before my eyes

00:19:36was going dark

00:19:37bit by bit.

00:19:38I collapsed to the ground.

00:19:40The last thing I heard

00:19:42was Zane screaming my name.

00:19:46Then, in the darkness,

00:19:49the silver wolf appeared again.

00:19:54In the darkness,

00:19:55the silver wolf appeared again.

00:19:58A blood moon hung high in the sky.

00:20:00It didn't lunge at me.

00:20:03It just walked slowly up to me

00:20:05and lowered its head.

00:20:07Like it was waiting for me to follow,

00:20:09I followed it to the edge of a river.

00:20:11It gestured for me to look into the water.

00:20:14I leaned down.

00:20:15The reflection in the water wasn't me.

00:20:18It was a figure glowing all over

00:20:20with silver light.

00:20:21I wanted to see it more clearly.

00:20:23But a roar yanked me back.

00:20:26It was Zane's voice.

00:20:28I opened my eyes.

00:20:30The pack inferminary.

00:20:34Zane knelt by my bed.

00:20:36His eyes red.

00:20:37I found out later

00:20:38that the rogue wolf's claws

00:20:40had been laced with deadly poison.

00:20:41The pack healer said

00:20:43I couldn't be saved

00:20:44unless they turned me into a werewolf.

00:20:46But turning requires

00:20:47my own consent.

00:20:48And unconscious,

00:20:49no one had the right

00:20:49to make that choice for me.

00:20:53Zane didn't force it.

00:20:55He just gave me his blood

00:20:56over and over.

00:21:01Kneeling by the bed,

00:21:03praying to the moon goddess.

00:21:05Begging me to hold on.

00:21:08Begging me to come back to him.

00:21:11You're awake.

00:21:13His voice was shaking.

00:21:15Don't move.

00:21:16The poison just cleared your system.

00:21:18But the strange thing was

00:21:19I didn't feel the weakness

00:21:20of someone just off death's door.

00:21:22Instead,

00:21:23my whole body was filled

00:21:24with an unfamiliar strength.

00:21:26I could hear heartbeats

00:21:27in the next room.

00:21:29Smell the food cooking downstairs.

00:21:31See the tiniest speck of dust

00:21:34in the air.

00:21:36What did you do to me?

00:21:39I gave you my blood.

00:21:41Werewolf blood has healing power.

00:21:43But deep down I knew

00:21:44it wasn't just that.

00:21:45I thought of that river,

00:21:47of the silver glowing me

00:21:48in the water.

00:21:51Zane,

00:21:52while I was unconscious,

00:21:54I saw a silver wolf.

00:21:56Zane went still.

00:21:58It was just a dream.

00:21:59He said it too fast.

00:22:01Fast enough to be hiding something.

00:22:03I survived.

00:22:04But that silver glowing me

00:22:06in the river?

00:22:08Who was she,

00:22:09really?

00:22:12After that near fatal injury,

00:22:14Zane practically moved

00:22:15into my room.

00:22:17Every night,

00:22:17he'd climb in through the window,

00:22:19change my bandages,

00:22:20watch over me as I slept.

00:22:22I'd complain that he was a pain,

00:22:24but with him there,

00:22:25I slept soundly,

00:22:26somehow.

00:22:26My wounds healed frighteningly fast.

00:22:29In under three days,

00:22:30that poisoned claw wound

00:22:32was just a faint mark.

00:22:33A normal person needs

00:22:34a month to recover.

00:22:36You're not normal.

00:22:37You've known that

00:22:38for a while, haven't you?

00:22:39I didn't answer,

00:22:41because I had more secrets

00:22:42than he realized.

00:22:43Those days,

00:22:44I noticed I was changing.

00:22:46Through a wall,

00:22:47I could hear my parents talking.

00:22:49Without my glasses,

00:22:50I could lead words

00:22:51clear across the yard.

00:22:52I was becoming less

00:22:54and less human.

00:22:56But every time

00:22:57I tried to press him,

00:22:58Zane changed the subject.

00:23:00Until that night,

00:23:01when I pretended

00:23:02to be asleep

00:23:03and heard him at the window,

00:23:05on the phone,

00:23:06keeping his voice low.

00:23:07Found the hunter's hideout.

00:23:09Make it clean.

00:23:10Don't let Leah know.

00:23:12This kind of thing,

00:23:14it can't stain her hands.

00:23:17Tears welled up in my eyes,

00:23:18so he'd been keeping

00:23:19all the blood and violence

00:23:21somewhere I'd never see it.

00:23:22The next morning,

00:23:23he handed me breakfast

00:23:24like nothing had happened,

00:23:26as if nothing had happened

00:23:27at all.

00:23:28Sleep okay last night?

00:23:30Yeah, pretty well.

00:23:32I didn't call him out.

00:23:33I looked at the dark circles

00:23:34under his eyes

00:23:35and smiled softly.

00:23:37But the calm didn't last

00:23:38more than a few days.

00:23:40After school that day,

00:23:41Blake stopped me.

00:23:42His eyes were

00:23:43an unnatural red.

00:23:45Leah,

00:23:45you belong to me

00:23:46and me alone.

00:23:47If you won't choose,

00:23:49then I'll choose for you.

00:23:52He took me to the woods

00:23:54behind the school.

00:23:55What do you mean?

00:23:56You'll choose for me.

00:23:58Leah,

00:23:58Zane has been lying to you.

00:24:00You're the one

00:24:01who lied to me.

00:24:02That wolf that attacked me,

00:24:03you lured it in.

00:24:05His face darkened,

00:24:06little by little.

00:24:08That's because

00:24:08I couldn't wait any longer.

00:24:10You're my fated mate.

00:24:13You belong to me.

00:24:16I don't belong to anyone.

00:24:18I turned to leave.

00:24:19But he grabbed my wrist,

00:24:21his grip shockingly strong.

00:24:24That hypocrite Zane

00:24:25doesn't dare mark you.

00:24:30But I do.

00:24:31I looked back,

00:24:32those red eyes,

00:24:33deeper than last time.

00:24:35Once I bite down,

00:24:36you're mine forever.

00:24:38Not even the moon goddess

00:24:39could take you away.

00:24:41His fangs edged

00:24:43closer to my neck.

00:24:44Let go of me!

00:24:46Blake,

00:24:46you're insane!

00:24:48And that's when...

00:24:51A roar shook

00:24:52the entire forest.

00:24:54Zane came slamming in

00:24:55like a black fleur.

00:24:56One punch sent Blake flying.

00:24:59He put himself

00:25:00between me and Blake.

00:25:01You lay one hand on her.

00:25:03I'll tear you apart.

00:25:05I'd never heard

00:25:06Zane's voice so cold.

00:25:08Blake got up

00:25:09off the ground,

00:25:10blood at the corner

00:25:11of his mouth.

00:25:12Why does it get to be you?

00:25:14She's my fated mate too!

00:25:16I have the right!

00:25:17You have no right at all.

00:25:19A mark has to be willing.

00:25:23What you're trying to seize

00:25:24with fangs isn't a mate.

00:25:27It's a slave.

00:25:31The two wolves

00:25:32collided in the woods.

00:25:35Trees snapped at the root.

00:25:36Dirt flew everywhere.

00:25:42In the end,

00:25:43Zane pinned Blake down.

00:25:45His people arrived

00:25:47and dragged Blake away.

00:25:49Zane turned

00:25:50and pulled me

00:25:51into his arms.

00:25:53I was still shaking.

00:25:55What was he

00:25:56trying to do to me

00:25:58just now?

00:25:59Force a mark on you.

00:26:00What is that?

00:26:02A mark is the deepest bond

00:26:04between wolves.

00:26:05A willing mark

00:26:06links two souls together.

00:26:11But a forced mark

00:26:13He stopped

00:26:14like he couldn't bear

00:26:14to go on.

00:26:15Strips off all your will.

00:26:17You'd forget who you are.

00:26:19For the rest of your life,

00:26:20you'd trail after

00:26:21the one who marked you

00:26:22like a shadow.

00:26:24Never yourself again.

00:26:26The blood in my veins

00:26:27ran cold.

00:26:28Just now,

00:26:29I'd come this close

00:26:30to never being me again.

00:26:32Why won't you mark me?

00:26:34It slipped out

00:26:34before I could stop it.

00:26:36Zane looked at me

00:26:36for a long time.

00:26:37Because what I want

00:26:38is for you to come to me

00:26:39on your own,

00:26:40not someone I sank

00:26:41my teeth into.

00:26:42I hugged him

00:26:43gently.

00:26:53Zane left guards

00:26:54to watch my house.

00:26:58That night

00:26:59was a full moon.

00:27:00I leaned by the window

00:27:02looking at that

00:27:03big, round moon.

00:27:04I felt something

00:27:05deep inside me

00:27:06slowly waking up.

00:27:08I fell asleep

00:27:09with that flutter

00:27:10in my chest.

00:27:12But when I opened

00:27:13my eyes again,

00:27:15I wasn't in my bed.

00:27:17I was lying naked

00:27:19in a strange forest.

00:27:23I lay naked

00:27:24in a strange forest,

00:27:26shivering with cold.

00:27:27It wasn't dawn yet.

00:27:29But strangely,

00:27:30I could see

00:27:31everything around me

00:27:32crystal clear.

00:27:34The veins of every leaf,

00:27:36every insect

00:27:37crawling under

00:27:37the rotting leaves.

00:27:39All of it came

00:27:40to my eyes

00:27:40magnified,

00:27:41sharp.

00:27:42I followed instinct

00:27:43towards town.

00:27:44The gravel underfoot

00:27:45cut my soles open.

00:27:46I looked down,

00:27:47the wounds were closing,

00:27:48bit by bit.

00:27:49I wasn't even shocked

00:27:50by this kind of thing

00:27:51anymore.

00:27:52Just as I was about

00:27:53to give out,

00:27:54a pounding of footsteps

00:27:55came from deep

00:27:56in the woods.

00:27:57A huge,

00:27:58silver-blue wolf

00:27:59came crashing

00:28:00through the brush.

00:28:01It was Zane.

00:28:02He shifted back

00:28:03to healing in front of me,

00:28:05tore off his coat

00:28:06to wrap me up,

00:28:07and crushed me

00:28:08into his arms.

00:28:10I searched for you

00:28:11all night.

00:28:12How on earth

00:28:13did you end up

00:28:14out here?

00:28:15I don't know.

00:28:16I was asleep

00:28:17in my own bed,

00:28:18with your guards

00:28:19right outside the door.

00:28:20I closed my eyes,

00:28:22opened them again,

00:28:22and I was in these woods.

00:28:24The door never opened.

00:28:25The window wasn't broken.

00:28:27He stared at me,

00:28:28brow knotted tight.

00:28:29My people watched

00:28:30all night

00:28:31and saw nothing.

00:28:32Only a white light

00:28:33shooting out

00:28:34of your window,

00:28:35and then you were gone.

00:28:37A white light?

00:28:39How can a person

00:28:40turn into a beam of light?

00:28:41He opened his mouth,

00:28:42but in the end

00:28:43said nothing.

00:28:44But I could feel it plainly.

00:28:45He knew something,

00:28:47and just wouldn't tell me.

00:28:49In that moment,

00:28:50a thought I'd buried

00:28:51for 16 years

00:28:53finally broke loose.

00:28:55Back home,

00:28:56I cornered my parents

00:28:57on the spot.

00:28:58Mom,

00:28:59I'm gonna ask you

00:29:00one thing,

00:29:01and you have to

00:29:02answer me honestly.

00:29:03Am I actually

00:29:05your biological daughter?

00:29:06The cup in my mother's hand

00:29:08shattered on the floor.

00:29:09I could hear,

00:29:10clear as day,

00:29:11her heartbeat

00:29:12scramble into chaos.

00:29:13Why are you

00:29:14suddenly asking this?

00:29:15Don't change the subject.

00:29:18She froze in place,

00:29:20face drained white.

00:29:21My father was silent

00:29:22a long time,

00:29:23then finally sighed.

00:29:2416 years ago,

00:29:26on a rainy night.

00:29:27We opened the door,

00:29:29and on the step,

00:29:30we found you.

00:29:31Found me?

00:29:32You were lying

00:29:33in a basket.

00:29:35No note,

00:29:36no name.

00:29:38Just wrapped in a

00:29:40silver blanket.

00:29:41In the kitchen,

00:29:42it was quiet enough

00:29:44to hear the rain.

00:29:46Even who I am

00:29:47turned out to be a lie.

00:29:49The parents I'd called

00:29:50Mom and Dad

00:29:51for 16 years

00:29:53shared not a single

00:29:54drop of blood with me.

00:29:58The days after

00:29:59I learned I was abandoned,

00:30:01I moved through

00:30:02everything in a daze.

00:30:03Zane just held me,

00:30:05his chin resting

00:30:06on the top of my head.

00:30:07Being left behind

00:30:08wasn't your fault.

00:30:09I found you.

00:30:10That's enough.

00:30:11I didn't say anything.

00:30:13My head was full

00:30:14of that silver blanket

00:30:15and the silver wolf.

00:30:17Zane,

00:30:18you've known some things

00:30:19for a while now,

00:30:20haven't you?

00:30:20His hand paused.

00:30:23I have a guess.

00:30:24One I've sat on

00:30:25for a long time.

00:30:27Say it.

00:30:28Your wounds heal overnight.

00:30:30You can see in a

00:30:31pitch black room.

00:30:33He looked at me.

00:30:34You can vanish

00:30:35from under my guard's noses.

00:30:36Any one of those three,

00:30:37no human can do.

00:30:39Maybe

00:30:40it's a sign I'm about

00:30:41to become a werewolf?

00:30:43No.

00:30:44He shook his head.

00:30:47Turning requires

00:30:48being marked first,

00:30:49awakened by an alpha's blood.

00:30:52You've been through

00:30:53none of that.

00:30:54What you have,

00:30:55you were born with it.

00:30:56My breathing

00:30:57slowly came apart.

00:31:00You're saying

00:31:00I was never human

00:31:02from the day I was born?

00:31:04I don't know

00:31:05what you are,

00:31:06but I'm certain

00:31:06of one thing.

00:31:07You are anything

00:31:08but ordinary.

00:31:09I didn't argue

00:31:10because I'd said

00:31:11those exact words

00:31:12to myself

00:31:13countless times.

00:31:15Just then,

00:31:16the door pushed open.

00:31:17It was Blake.

00:31:19In front of everyone,

00:31:20he dropped straight

00:31:21to his knees.

00:31:22Sane stepped in front

00:31:23of me at once.

00:31:24What are you doing here?

00:31:26Earlier that day

00:31:27in the woods,

00:31:27I lost control.

00:31:29That wasn't the real me.

00:31:30The order drugged me.

00:31:32I scoffed.

00:31:33Drugged?

00:31:33You seemed plenty clear-headed

00:31:34when you were trying

00:31:35to mark me.

00:31:36I know you don't believe me.

00:31:39He lifted his head

00:31:40and stared me down.

00:31:43But there's one thing

00:31:44I'll swear on my life.

00:31:46The person the order wants,

00:31:47from the very start,

00:31:48it's been you.

00:31:49Why me?

00:31:51I don't know.

00:31:53But they've been

00:31:54investigating for a whole year.

00:31:56A whole town of werewolves

00:31:58to hunt,

00:31:58and they're fixated

00:31:59on you alone.

00:32:00Sane cut him off.

00:32:01Enough.

00:32:02Get out.

00:32:03Sane,

00:32:04you can protect her

00:32:05for now.

00:32:08Blake stood up

00:32:09and looked at me.

00:32:10But you don't even dare

00:32:11tell her what she is.

00:32:13Sane's face changed

00:32:15in an instant.

00:32:16So he really was

00:32:17hiding something from me.

00:32:18Those days,

00:32:19I started having

00:32:20the same dream

00:32:21over and over.

00:32:22No longer just

00:32:23the silver wolf

00:32:24lowering its head.

00:32:25Under a blood-red moon,

00:32:27tens of thousands

00:32:28of wolves,

00:32:29all of them,

00:32:30kneeling to me

00:32:31in unison.

00:32:32And I stood

00:32:33in the middle of them

00:32:34like a worshipped god.

00:32:37I jolted awake,

00:32:39cold sweats

00:32:40and are soaking my back.

00:32:41What was this dream

00:32:42trying to tell me?

00:32:43And that blood moon,

00:32:44when would it truly rise?

00:32:48That day,

00:32:49I dragged my best friend

00:32:50Christy to the burger place

00:32:51in town.

00:32:52You've been all

00:32:53secrety lately.

00:32:54You seeing someone?

00:32:57Something like that.

00:32:59Ooh,

00:32:59ooh,

00:33:00spill!

00:33:01I just opened my mouth.

00:33:03A gunshot

00:33:04shattered the glass.

00:33:05Amid the screams,

00:33:06the crowd surged

00:33:07toward the door.

00:33:08I got knocked

00:33:09to the floor.

00:33:10A bullet grazed my arm.

00:33:12Blood came pouring out.

00:33:14Leah!

00:33:14You're bleeding!

00:33:15But right there,

00:33:17under her palm,

00:33:18the wound closed.

00:33:20Fast enough to watch.

00:33:21The blood was still there

00:33:22but the wound was gone.

00:33:24She saw all of it.

00:33:25Just then,

00:33:26Blake shoved through

00:33:27the crowd

00:33:27and rushed in.

00:33:28He pulled me behind him,

00:33:30his green-gold eyes

00:33:31sweeping the room.

00:33:33Come with me,

00:33:34now.

00:33:34One of us

00:33:35in each hand,

00:33:36he dragged us

00:33:36out the back door.

00:33:38Gunfire cracked

00:33:39behind us

00:33:40but he kept his back

00:33:41between me

00:33:42and the bullets

00:33:43the whole way.

00:33:44Once we were safe,

00:33:45he locked the door

00:33:46behind us.

00:33:47That was the order.

00:33:49They've locked onto you.

00:33:51How do you know

00:33:52they came for me?

00:33:53Because I've been

00:33:53tracking them

00:33:54this whole time.

00:33:55He stared at me.

00:33:58Zane protects you.

00:33:59So do I.

00:34:02You can hate me

00:34:04but I won't watch you die.

00:34:06For a moment,

00:34:07I felt strangely

00:34:08off balance.

00:34:10Zane arrived fast.

00:34:12The second he was

00:34:13through the door,

00:34:14he pulled me behind him

00:34:15and glared danglets

00:34:16at Blake.

00:34:17What are you after

00:34:18this time?

00:34:19I saved her.

00:34:20You might not have

00:34:21been fast enough.

00:34:22Christy was standing

00:34:23in the corner,

00:34:24shaking all over.

00:34:25I walked over to her.

00:34:27First, promise me

00:34:28you won't be scared

00:34:29of me after you hear this.

00:34:31You go first.

00:34:33There are people

00:34:33in this world

00:34:34who turn into wolves.

00:34:35I lifted the arm

00:34:36that had been bleeding

00:34:37moments ago

00:34:38and I might be something

00:34:39even stranger

00:34:40than they are.

00:34:43She was stunned

00:34:44for a long time.

00:34:46Then,

00:34:47eyes rimmed red,

00:34:48she threw her arms

00:34:49around me.

00:34:50You carried this alone

00:34:51for ten whole years.

00:34:53Why wouldn't you

00:34:54just tell me

00:34:55those people

00:34:56with the guns,

00:34:57will they come back?

00:34:59Yes.

00:35:01So I have to go

00:35:02somewhere that

00:35:03can keep me safe.

00:35:05And you

00:35:06will be okay?

00:35:09I don't know.

00:35:10Behind me,

00:35:11Zane spoke,

00:35:12low.

00:35:14The blood moon

00:35:15is almost here.

00:35:16Before then,

00:35:17I have to get you hidden.

00:35:18I saw that even

00:35:19blank had gone pale.

00:35:22The day after

00:35:23the shooting,

00:35:25Zane was waiting

00:35:26at my door,

00:35:27his face grim.

00:35:28Pack your things.

00:35:30You can't stay

00:35:31in town anymore.

00:35:34Why?

00:35:36This is my home.

00:35:37That shot at the

00:35:38burger place

00:35:38was meant for you.

00:35:42The Order

00:35:43already knows

00:35:43where you live.

00:35:44Stay here

00:35:45and you're

00:35:47a sitting duck.

00:35:50Then where can I go?

00:35:52I'm taking you

00:35:53back to the pack.

00:35:57There are wards there

00:35:59and guards.

00:36:00It's the only place

00:36:01in the world

00:36:01that can protect you.

00:36:03I looked at the bloodshot

00:36:04in his eyes

00:36:05and nodded.

00:36:08He took me

00:36:09to meet his parents.

00:36:11The pack's

00:36:12former Alpha

00:36:13and his mate.

00:36:14My palms

00:36:14were sweating

00:36:15with nerves

00:36:15but the way

00:36:16they looked at me

00:36:17was full of warmth.

00:36:20Welcome, child.

00:36:22We've waited

00:36:22a long time

00:36:23for this day.

00:36:27Waited for me?

00:36:30But we've never

00:36:31even met.

00:36:33From the day

00:36:34Zane recognized you

00:36:36the whole pack

00:36:37has been waiting

00:36:38for his fated mate.

00:36:39Zane's mother smiled.

00:36:41From today on

00:36:42you are this pack's

00:36:43future Luna.

00:36:44Luna

00:36:45the Alpha's mate

00:36:47the queen

00:36:48of the pack

00:36:49me

00:36:50a foundling

00:36:51left on a doorstep

00:36:52and now

00:36:53I was to become

00:36:54the queen

00:36:54of a pack

00:36:55of werewolves.

00:36:56That night

00:36:56the pack

00:36:57threw a feast

00:36:58for me.

00:36:58For the first time

00:37:00I felt like

00:37:01I might belong

00:37:01somewhere.

00:37:02After the feast

00:37:04Zane walked me

00:37:05down to the lake

00:37:06behind the house.

00:37:08Thank you for today

00:37:09I said softly.

00:37:11Your mother

00:37:11was so kind to me.

00:37:13He looked at me.

00:37:14They could tell.

00:37:17How badly

00:37:18I want to keep you.

00:37:19My heart skipped a beat.

00:37:24Zane.

00:37:25Hmm?

00:37:27There's something

00:37:28I've wanted to ask you.

00:37:31You said

00:37:32fated mates

00:37:32are decided

00:37:33by the moon goddess.

00:37:35So if

00:37:37you set the goddess aside

00:37:39set all of this aside

00:37:42would you still like me?

00:37:44He was quiet

00:37:44for a moment.

00:37:45Then he reached out

00:37:47and gently tucked

00:37:47my loose hair

00:37:48behind my ear.

00:37:50Leah

00:37:51I watched over you

00:37:53for ten years.

00:37:54Not because a goddess

00:37:55told me you were

00:37:56my fated mate

00:37:57because I watched

00:37:58you get shoved

00:37:58and mocked

00:38:00and never once

00:38:01bow your head.

00:38:03Anyone else

00:38:04would have broken

00:38:05but you didn't.

00:38:07What I love

00:38:08is you.

00:38:09The person you are.

00:38:11The goddess

00:38:11has nothing to do with it.

00:38:13I looked down

00:38:14smiling shyly.

00:38:16So

00:38:16what are we now

00:38:18exactly?

00:38:20I'm formally asking

00:38:22you for an answer.

00:38:24He lowered his head

00:38:25resting his forehead

00:38:27against mine.

00:38:28Leah Snow

00:38:29be my girlfriend.

00:38:32Not a fated mate.

00:38:34Just

00:38:36my girlfriend.

00:38:42Okay.

00:38:45I stood on my toes

00:38:47and gently hugged him.

00:38:49It was the first time

00:38:50in sixteen years

00:38:51that I reached

00:38:52for someone

00:38:53on my own.

00:38:57That night

00:38:58under heavy guard

00:39:00I fell asleep

00:39:02with a peace

00:39:03I'd never known.

00:39:04But the next day

00:39:05once again

00:39:06I woke up

00:39:07in the wild

00:39:08naked

00:39:09soaked in dew.

00:39:12At first

00:39:13I thought

00:39:13it was like

00:39:14last time

00:39:16but when I

00:39:16pushed myself up

00:39:18I saw my hands

00:39:19my hands

00:39:20my body

00:39:20covered in blood.

00:39:23I froze.

00:39:24The blood

00:39:25wasn't mine.

00:39:27I followed

00:39:28the trail of it

00:39:29and turned my head.

00:39:31Beside me

00:39:32lay a corpse.

00:39:34A man

00:39:35I didn't know

00:39:35his throat

00:39:36torn open.

00:39:37No.

00:39:39It wasn't me.

00:39:40I stumbled backward

00:39:41and hit a tree.

00:39:42Was it me?

00:39:43Did I do this

00:39:44while I was blacked out?

00:39:47Zane and his people

00:39:48found me fast.

00:39:51Don't look.

00:39:52He pulled me

00:39:53into his arms

00:39:53blocking my view.

00:39:55Zane

00:39:55was it me?

00:39:57Did I kill him?

00:39:59No.

00:40:00How do you know

00:40:01it wasn't?

00:40:02That blood

00:40:02came off my hands.

00:40:04Calm down.

00:40:05He let go of me

00:40:06crouched beside the body

00:40:08and studied the wound

00:40:09closely.

00:40:10His face grew

00:40:11darker and darker.

00:40:15What is it?

00:40:16What do you see?

00:40:19Come look at this cut.

00:40:20The edges.

00:40:22Too clean.

00:40:25So what if they're clean?

00:40:27Real claws tear

00:40:28flesh ragged

00:40:29with hooks

00:40:30but this wound

00:40:31was sliced open

00:40:32with a blade

00:40:32then clawed

00:40:33to look like a scratch.

00:40:35My breath

00:40:35slowly stopped.

00:40:38You're saying

00:40:40someone did this

00:40:41on purpose?

00:40:42Someone killed him

00:40:43then arranged

00:40:44the body beside you.

00:40:48Zane stood fury

00:40:49pressed beneath

00:40:50his voice.

00:40:51Timed so you'd wake

00:40:52and see it

00:40:53with your own eyes.

00:40:55Why?

00:40:56Why would they

00:40:57do this to me?

00:40:58Because what they want

00:41:00isn't to kill you.

00:41:01He looked at me.

00:41:02It's to make you

00:41:03brand yourself a monster.

00:41:04Make you fear yourself.

00:41:06Hate yourself.

00:41:08Until you can

00:41:08never trust anyone again.

00:41:10I stood frozen

00:41:12cold all over.

00:41:13So ever since

00:41:14the day I first

00:41:15vanished

00:41:16someone had been

00:41:17scheming against me

00:41:19step by step

00:41:20from the shadows.

00:41:23But I'm nothing.

00:41:24I'm just a foundling

00:41:26left on a doorstep.

00:41:30What could they

00:41:31possibly want from me?

00:41:33Zane fell silent.

00:41:36You've gone quiet again.

00:41:37I grabbed him.

00:41:40What are you hiding

00:41:41from me?

00:41:42When you're ready

00:41:43I'll tell you everything.

00:41:46I want to know now!

00:41:49It's not time yet.

00:41:51He avoided my eyes.

00:41:53What am I really?

00:41:55Why would someone

00:41:56set up a scheme like this?

00:41:58Just to force me

00:42:00to destroy myself

00:42:01with my own hands?

00:42:04After the frame-up

00:42:06I couldn't sleep

00:42:07easy anymore.

00:42:09I stopped

00:42:10pressing Zane.

00:42:11I decided

00:42:12to look into it myself.

00:42:15That night

00:42:16I slipped into

00:42:17the PAX archive

00:42:18of old books.

00:42:19I didn't know

00:42:20what I was looking for.

00:42:21I just felt

00:42:22the answer was buried

00:42:23in these ancient texts.

00:42:25You shouldn't be here.

00:42:27A voice behind me.

00:42:28It was Blake.

00:42:29How did you even get in?

00:42:30I followed your scent.

00:42:32He glanced

00:42:33at the book

00:42:33in my hands.

00:42:35The origin of the wolves.

00:42:36What are you digging into?

00:42:38None of your business.

00:42:40Leah

00:42:40let me help you.

00:42:42Why would I trust you?

00:42:43Because I'm not like Zane.

00:42:45He hides everything

00:42:46from you.

00:42:47But me?

00:42:51I'm willing

00:42:52to tell you the truth.

00:42:53Then tell me

00:42:54what am I really?

00:42:57Blake opened his mouth.

00:42:58But just then

00:42:59the door pushed open.

00:43:00Zane stood in the doorway.

00:43:03His face like iron.

00:43:04Blake.

00:43:05Out.

00:43:06I put myself

00:43:07between them.

00:43:08Enough!

00:43:09I'm sick of you two

00:43:11treating me like a child.

00:43:12Zane, you keep saying

00:43:13it's not time yet.

00:43:15But the one being framed.

00:43:17Hunted.

00:43:18Who doesn't even know

00:43:19what she is.

00:43:20Is me.

00:43:23Zane was silent

00:43:25for a long time.

00:43:26You're right.

00:43:27He finally spoke.

00:43:29The old texts

00:43:31speak of a being.

00:43:32She isn't a wolf.

00:43:34Yet she is the source

00:43:35of all wolves.

00:43:36The source?

00:43:37What does that mean?

00:43:39Legend says

00:43:40the moon goddess

00:43:42had a

00:43:42lost daughter.

00:43:45She was cast

00:43:46into the human world

00:43:47and hidden away.

00:43:48And every sign

00:43:50He looked at me.

00:43:52Healing.

00:43:53Night vision.

00:43:54Vanishing into light.

00:43:55The dream of the blood moon

00:43:57and the kneeling wolves.

00:43:58All of it points

00:43:59to one person.

00:44:00My heart started pounding.

00:44:03You're saying

00:44:04that person is me?

00:44:06I can't be certain.

00:44:09But every single thing

00:44:10about you fits.

00:44:11And if

00:44:12if it really is me?

00:44:14Then the order's reason

00:44:15for hunting

00:44:16will make sense.

00:44:17Zane's voice

00:44:18was heavy.

00:44:19What they fear

00:44:20was never a foundling.

00:44:22It's a god.

00:44:25One who can command

00:44:26every wolf alive.

00:44:28I sank into the chair.

00:44:29A worthless girl

00:44:30left on a doorstep.

00:44:32Bullied for ten years.

00:44:34How could I be

00:44:35the daughter of a god?

00:44:36I don't believe it.

00:44:38It shook my head.

00:44:39I'm just

00:44:39an ordinary person.

00:44:40Ordinary people

00:44:41don't keep turning

00:44:42into light

00:44:43and vanishing

00:44:43as the blood moon nears.

00:44:45Zane crouched down

00:44:47and took my hands.

00:44:49Leah

00:44:50the blood moon

00:44:51is getting closer.

00:44:52That night

00:44:53the power in you

00:44:55may fully awaken.

00:44:57And after it wakes?

00:44:59I don't know.

00:45:01For the first time

00:45:02he showed fear

00:45:04in front of me.

00:45:08All I know is

00:45:10the order is waiting

00:45:11for that night too.

00:45:14Those few days

00:45:15strangely

00:45:16I got to live

00:45:17like a normal person.

00:45:18The people

00:45:19who used to bully me

00:45:20kept their heads down

00:45:21when they saw me.

00:45:22You know they're

00:45:23scared of me now, right?

00:45:24Zane murmured.

00:45:26I am your future Luna

00:45:27after all.

00:45:28He looked at me.

00:45:29You are.

00:45:31Theirs.

00:45:32And mine.

00:45:33Something had been

00:45:34nagging at me lately.

00:45:35Blake had disappeared.

00:45:37Not answering calls.

00:45:38Not showing up at school.

00:45:39Where did Blake go?

00:45:40I asked Zane.

00:45:42Don't worry about him.

00:45:43He frowned.

00:45:44One less person

00:45:45watching you?

00:45:46I sleep better.

00:45:47But I had a feeling

00:45:49it wasn't that simple.

00:45:50After school that day

00:45:51Zane dragged me

00:45:52to the library.

00:45:55He suddenly seemed

00:45:56a little awkward.

00:45:57Leah

00:45:58there's something

00:45:59I want to ask you.

00:46:00The lights dimmed.

00:46:02On a small stage

00:46:03golden fairy lights

00:46:04flickered on

00:46:05one by one.

00:46:06On a white board

00:46:07in his handwriting.

00:46:09He dropped to one knee

00:46:11and pulled a silver bracelet

00:46:12from his pocket.

00:46:17I know we've been

00:46:18through so much.

00:46:19Blood.

00:46:20Fights.

00:46:21You vanishing

00:46:22again and again.

00:46:24Getting hunted

00:46:25almost every week.

00:46:27But I want to give you

00:46:28one night

00:46:28a normal girl

00:46:29should have.

00:46:32Just one night

00:46:33where we don't think

00:46:34about any of it.

00:46:38Tears spilled over.

00:46:40I nodded

00:46:41and let him fasten

00:46:42the silver bracelet

00:46:43around my wrist.

00:46:45I said

00:46:45running my fingers

00:46:47over the chain

00:46:49Is there something

00:46:50special about it?

00:46:51Pack silver.

00:46:52He said.

00:46:52As long as you wear it

00:46:53I can sense where you are.

00:46:57In case

00:46:59you vanish out

00:47:00from under me again.

00:47:02That night

00:47:03I had the dream again

00:47:05but this time

00:47:07it was different.

00:47:08In a softly glowing forest

00:47:10stood three

00:47:11silver wolves.

00:47:12They didn't snarl

00:47:14or bare their teeth.

00:47:15They just watched me

00:47:16gently.

00:47:18The one in front

00:47:20slowly lowered

00:47:21its head to me.

00:47:22I heard myself ask

00:47:23Who

00:47:24are you?

00:47:26The silver wolves

00:47:27didn't answer.

00:47:28The night before

00:47:30prom

00:47:30Zane

00:47:31for once

00:47:32didn't climb in

00:47:33through my window.

00:47:34See you tomorrow night

00:47:35my Luna.

00:47:36I smiled

00:47:37sweet

00:47:38but then another

00:47:39message popped up.

00:47:40It was from Blake.

00:47:42Leah

00:47:42if one day

00:47:43I do something

00:47:44don't hate me

00:47:46I just love you

00:47:47too much.

00:47:50The school prom

00:47:52went ahead

00:47:52as planned.

00:47:53Zane fastened

00:47:54the strap

00:47:55of my dress.

00:47:56Tonight

00:47:57don't think

00:47:58about anything.

00:47:59Let's just be

00:48:00an ordinary couple.

00:48:02He was dressed

00:48:03especially sharp.

00:48:04In the middle

00:48:05of the dance floor

00:48:06he held me

00:48:06by the waist.

00:48:07When

00:48:08this is all over

00:48:10I'll take you

00:48:11to see the ocean.

00:48:12No more order

00:48:13no more blood moon

00:48:16just the two of us.

00:48:17I leaned on his shoulder

00:48:19close to tears

00:48:20but before a single

00:48:22dance was through

00:48:23his phone rang.

00:48:24The moment

00:48:25he answered

00:48:26his face

00:48:26changed.

00:48:27How many?

00:48:28Coming out of the woods?

00:48:32He hung up

00:48:33and cuffed

00:48:33my face.

00:48:35Something's

00:48:35happened at the

00:48:36pack house.

00:48:36I have to go back.

00:48:37I'm coming with you.

00:48:38No.

00:48:39He kissed

00:48:40my forehead.

00:48:43Stay here.

00:48:45Warner and Sheila

00:48:46will watch you.

00:48:47Don't leave the school.

00:48:49Zane.

00:48:51I'll come back.

00:48:54He turned

00:48:55and rushed

00:48:56into the night

00:48:56with Aax and Aaron.

00:49:00Leaving just me

00:49:01standing in the

00:49:03noisy crowd.

00:49:05Zane didn't come back.

00:49:06Warner stood beside me.

00:49:08He'll be fine.

00:49:09You know Zane.

00:49:10He never loses.

00:49:11Right.

00:49:13He's the alpha.

00:49:15He always wins.

00:49:17I hid in the

00:49:18restroom

00:49:19trying to

00:49:19calm myself

00:49:20down.

00:49:22And that's

00:49:23when

00:49:24the music

00:49:25suddenly blasted

00:49:26deafening.

00:49:28The restroom

00:49:29door pushed

00:49:30open.

00:49:32It was

00:49:33Blake.

00:49:34His eyes

00:49:35were blood red

00:49:36like a demon's

00:49:38and on the

00:49:39floor

00:49:39Sheila

00:49:40was already

00:49:41down.

00:49:42Come with

00:49:43me Leah.

00:49:47What did

00:49:48you do

00:49:48to her?

00:49:51Christy

00:49:51and I

00:49:52backed

00:49:52into the

00:49:52corner

00:49:53together.

00:49:54Blake

00:49:54advanced

00:49:55step by

00:49:56step.

00:49:57Move.

00:49:59Now.

00:50:00He

00:50:01threw me

00:50:01over his

00:50:02shoulder

00:50:02like I

00:50:02weighed

00:50:03nothing.

00:50:04Christy

00:50:06lunged

00:50:06and grabbed

00:50:07my ankle.

00:50:08Blake

00:50:09flung her

00:50:09off hard.

00:50:10She

00:50:11hit the

00:50:11wall

00:50:11with a

00:50:11dull

00:50:12thud.

00:50:12Christy

00:50:13I

00:50:14pounded

00:50:14on his

00:50:14back

00:50:15but the

00:50:16blaring

00:50:16music

00:50:16swallowed

00:50:17every

00:50:17cry

00:50:18for

00:50:18help.

00:50:20He

00:50:21took me

00:50:21behind

00:50:22the

00:50:22school.

00:50:25Blake

00:50:25let me

00:50:26go.

00:50:27You

00:50:27don't

00:50:27have to

00:50:27do

00:50:27this.

00:50:28You

00:50:28forced

00:50:28my

00:50:29hand

00:50:29Leah.

00:50:30His

00:50:30voice

00:50:31was

00:50:31shaking.

00:50:32You

00:50:32made

00:50:32your

00:50:32choice.

00:50:33You

00:50:33chose

00:50:34Zane.

00:50:35I

00:50:36just

00:50:36want

00:50:36you

00:50:36to

00:50:36be

00:50:36mine.

00:50:38His

00:50:38fangs

00:50:38pressed

00:50:39against

00:50:39my

00:50:39neck.

00:50:40Steering

00:50:41pain

00:50:42exploded

00:50:42from my

00:50:43throat.

00:50:43That

00:50:44wasn't

00:50:44what a

00:50:44mark

00:50:45should

00:50:45feel

00:50:45like.

00:50:46Zane

00:50:46had

00:50:46said

00:50:47a

00:50:47willing

00:50:47mark

00:50:48links

00:50:48two

00:50:48souls

00:50:49but

00:50:49this

00:50:50felt

00:50:50like

00:50:50something

00:50:51was

00:50:51ripped

00:50:51open

00:50:52and

00:50:52forced

00:50:52inside

00:50:53me.

00:50:54Inside

00:50:54me

00:50:54a

00:50:55voice

00:50:55was

00:50:55screaming

00:50:56in

00:50:56refusal.

00:50:57I

00:50:57wanted

00:50:57to

00:50:58call

00:50:58for

00:50:58Zane

00:50:58but

00:50:59my

00:50:59voice

00:50:59my

00:51:00strength

00:51:01draining

00:51:01away

00:51:02fast.

00:51:02I'm

00:51:04voice

00:51:04came

00:51:05from

00:51:05far

00:51:06away.

00:51:06I

00:51:07just

00:51:07loved

00:51:07you

00:51:07too

00:51:07much.

00:51:08The

00:51:08world

00:51:08in

00:51:09front

00:51:09of

00:51:09me

00:51:09sank

00:51:10bit

00:51:10by

00:51:10bit

00:51:11into

00:51:11darkness.

00:51:13Zane

00:51:14said

00:51:14you'd

00:51:14come

00:51:14back.

00:51:18Can

00:51:18you

00:51:19find

00:51:19me

00:51:20before

00:51:21I

00:51:21disappear

00:51:21completely?

00:51:24When

00:51:25I came

00:51:25to

00:51:25I

00:51:26thought

00:51:26I

00:51:26was

00:51:26dead.

00:51:27I

00:51:27opened

00:51:27my

00:51:28eyes

00:51:28but

00:51:28I

00:51:29wasn't

00:51:29in

00:51:29bed.

00:51:30I

00:51:30was

00:51:30in

00:51:30that

00:51:30red

00:51:30dress

00:51:31standing

00:51:32in

00:51:32a

00:51:32strange

00:51:32forest.

00:51:33The

00:51:33trees

00:51:34here

00:51:34were

00:51:35far

00:51:35older

00:51:35than

00:51:36the

00:51:36ones

00:51:36in

00:51:36town.

00:51:37The

00:51:37air

00:51:37smelled

00:51:38of

00:51:38rain

00:51:38yet

00:51:39the

00:51:39ground

00:51:39was

00:51:40dry

00:51:40like

00:51:41another

00:51:41time

00:51:41another

00:51:42world.

00:51:43I

00:51:44followed

00:51:44followed a

00:51:44low

00:51:44murmur

00:51:45deeper

00:51:45into

00:51:45the

00:51:45woods.

00:51:46A

00:51:47woman

00:51:47her

00:51:48back

00:51:48to

00:51:49me

00:51:49a

00:51:50baby

00:51:50in

00:51:50her

00:51:50arms

00:51:51her

00:51:52whole

00:51:52body

00:51:53wrapped

00:51:53in

00:51:53a

00:51:53faint

00:51:54silver

00:51:54glow.

00:51:55She

00:51:56walked

00:51:56up to

00:51:56a

00:51:56house

00:51:57and

00:51:57gently

00:51:58set

00:51:58the

00:51:58baby

00:51:58down

00:51:59on

00:51:59the

00:51:59doorstep.

00:52:00That

00:52:01house

00:52:01I

00:52:02knew

00:52:02it

00:52:03was

00:52:03my

00:52:03home

00:52:04that

00:52:05baby

00:52:05was

00:52:06me

00:52:09Who

00:52:10are

00:52:10you?

00:52:12I

00:52:13heard

00:52:13myself

00:52:14ask.

00:52:15She

00:52:15turned

00:52:15around.

00:52:16My

00:52:17child

00:52:17I'm

00:52:19sorry

00:52:19I

00:52:21couldn't

00:52:21keep

00:52:21you

00:52:22but

00:52:22one

00:52:23day

00:52:23you'll

00:52:24remember

00:52:24who

00:52:25you

00:52:25are.

00:52:26Her

00:52:27voice

00:52:28flowed

00:52:28into

00:52:28me

00:52:29like

00:52:29moonlight.

00:52:30I

00:52:31am

00:52:31Selene

00:52:31and

00:52:32you

00:52:33are

00:52:34the

00:52:34moon's

00:52:34lost

00:52:35daughter.

00:52:36a

00:52:36voice

00:52:37detonated

00:52:37in

00:52:38my

00:52:38mind

00:52:38like

00:52:39an

00:52:39ancient

00:52:39prophecy

00:52:40word

00:52:41by

00:52:41word

00:52:41marked

00:52:42by

00:52:43two

00:52:44bound

00:52:45by

00:52:46one.

00:52:47I

00:52:47jolted

00:52:48awake

00:52:48my

00:52:48whole

00:52:49body

00:52:49like

00:52:49it

00:52:49had

00:52:49been

00:52:50pierced

00:52:50by

00:52:50a

00:52:50thousand

00:52:51needles.

00:52:52Leah.

00:52:53It

00:52:54was

00:52:54Zane

00:52:54kneeling

00:52:55by

00:52:55my

00:52:55bed

00:52:56his

00:52:56hair

00:52:56a

00:52:57wet

00:52:57mess

00:52:57bare

00:52:58chested

00:52:58still

00:52:59bleeding.

00:53:00I

00:53:00asked

00:53:00urgently

00:53:01how

00:53:01are

00:53:01you

00:53:01hurt

00:53:02this

00:53:02badly?

00:53:02He

00:53:03opened

00:53:03his

00:53:03mouth

00:53:04but

00:53:04no

00:53:04words

00:53:05came.

00:53:05I

00:53:05touched

00:53:06my

00:53:06own

00:53:06neck.

00:53:07There

00:53:07it

00:53:07was.

00:53:08The

00:53:08mark

00:53:08Blake

00:53:09had

00:53:09bitten

00:53:09into

00:53:10me.

00:53:10He

00:53:10marked

00:53:11me.

00:53:13The

00:53:14strange

00:53:14thing

00:53:15was

00:53:15that

00:53:15memory

00:53:16was

00:53:16so

00:53:16violent

00:53:18yet

00:53:19I

00:53:19felt

00:53:19no

00:53:19pain

00:53:20and

00:53:21no

00:53:21hatred.

00:53:22How

00:53:22long

00:53:23was I

00:53:23out?

00:53:24I

00:53:24thought

00:53:25I

00:53:25was

00:53:25going

00:53:25to

00:53:25lose

00:53:25you.

00:53:26Zane's

00:53:26voice

00:53:26shook.

00:53:27You

00:53:27weren't

00:53:27breathing.

00:53:28Your

00:53:28pulse

00:53:28was

00:53:28a

00:53:29thread.

00:53:29The

00:53:29healer

00:53:30said

00:53:30your

00:53:30heart

00:53:30was

00:53:30rejecting

00:53:31Blake's

00:53:31mark

00:53:33because

00:53:34the

00:53:35one

00:53:35you

00:53:35love

00:53:35is

00:53:35me.

00:53:36I

00:53:36froze.

00:53:37She

00:53:37said

00:53:38you

00:53:38might

00:53:38wake

00:53:38in

00:53:38hours

00:53:39or

00:53:39days

00:53:39or

00:53:40years.

00:53:44I

00:53:44couldn't

00:53:44just

00:53:45sit

00:53:45there

00:53:45and

00:53:45watch

00:53:46you

00:53:46die

00:53:47so

00:53:47I

00:53:47made

00:53:48a

00:53:48decision.

00:53:49What

00:53:49decision?

00:53:50He

00:53:50closed

00:53:50his

00:53:51eyes.

00:53:53I

00:53:53bit

00:53:54you.

00:53:55I

00:53:55turned

00:53:55you

00:53:55into

00:53:56a

00:53:56werewolf.

00:53:57If

00:53:57you

00:53:57were

00:53:58going

00:53:58to

00:53:58die

00:53:58this

00:53:59way

00:53:59you

00:53:59could

00:53:59come

00:53:59back

00:54:00as

00:54:00a

00:54:00wolf.

00:54:01I

00:54:01know

00:54:01I

00:54:01had

00:54:01no

00:54:02right.

00:54:05You

00:54:06said

00:54:06no

00:54:06one

00:54:06gets

00:54:07to

00:54:07decide

00:54:07for

00:54:07you.

00:54:08So

00:54:09you

00:54:10can

00:54:10hate

00:54:10me

00:54:10for

00:54:10it.

00:54:12I

00:54:12looked

00:54:12at

00:54:13the

00:54:13wounds

00:54:13all

00:54:13over

00:54:14him.

00:54:14The

00:54:14pack

00:54:15army

00:54:15that

00:54:15had

00:54:15blocked

00:54:16the

00:54:16door

00:54:16of

00:54:16Blake's

00:54:17house.

00:54:18He

00:54:19cut

00:54:19through

00:54:19an

00:54:19entire

00:54:20pack

00:54:20to

00:54:21take

00:54:21me

00:54:21back.

00:54:23Saying

00:54:23I

00:54:24don't

00:54:24hate

00:54:24you

00:54:24I

00:54:25said

00:54:25softly

00:54:26you

00:54:26brought

00:54:27me

00:54:27back.

00:54:28Just

00:54:28now

00:54:29I

00:54:29saw

00:54:30my

00:54:30birth

00:54:30mother

00:54:30he

00:54:31went

00:54:31rigid

00:54:31her

00:54:32name

00:54:32is

00:54:33Selene.

00:54:34I

00:54:35saw

00:54:35her set

00:54:36me

00:54:36as

00:54:36a

00:54:36baby

00:54:36on

00:54:37my

00:54:37doorstep

00:54:38and

00:54:38I

00:54:39heard

00:54:39a

00:54:39line

00:54:40marked

00:54:41by

00:54:41two

00:54:41bound

00:54:42by

00:54:42one.

00:54:45Zane

00:54:45was

00:54:45silent

00:54:46for a

00:54:46long

00:54:46time.

00:54:47So

00:54:47the

00:54:49legend

00:54:49is

00:54:49true.

00:54:50He

00:54:50lifted

00:54:50his

00:54:51head

00:54:51an

00:54:52expression

00:54:52I'd

00:54:53never

00:54:53seen

00:54:53in

00:54:53his

00:54:53eyes.

00:54:55Awe.

00:54:56Leah

00:54:58you're

00:54:59not

00:54:59human.

00:55:00You're

00:55:00the

00:55:00moon

00:55:00goddess's

00:55:01lost

00:55:01daughter.

00:55:02The

00:55:02mother

00:55:02of

00:55:02all

00:55:03of

00:55:03us

00:55:03wolves.

00:55:05Outside

00:55:06the

00:55:06window

00:55:06the

00:55:07blood

00:55:07moon

00:55:07burned

00:55:08red.

00:55:09I

00:55:09looked

00:55:10down

00:55:10at

00:55:10my

00:55:10own

00:55:10hands.

00:55:11A

00:55:12faint

00:55:12thread

00:55:12of

00:55:13silver

00:55:13light

00:55:13curled

00:55:14around

00:55:14my

00:55:14fingertips.

00:55:16Sixteen

00:55:16years.

00:55:17The

00:55:18silver

00:55:18wolf,

00:55:19the

00:55:19white

00:55:19light,

00:55:20the

00:55:20wounds

00:55:20that

00:55:21healed

00:55:21overnight.

00:55:22All

00:55:23of it

00:55:23had

00:55:23been

00:55:23leading

00:55:23to

00:55:24this

00:55:24moment.

00:55:25I

00:55:25was

00:55:25no

00:55:25longer

00:55:26the

00:55:26worthless

00:55:26Leah,

00:55:27left

00:55:27on a

00:55:28doorstep

00:55:28and

00:55:28bullied

00:55:29for

00:55:29ten

00:55:29years.

00:55:30Zane

00:55:31drove

00:55:31me

00:55:31home.

00:55:32If

00:55:32I

00:55:32kept

00:55:32hiding

00:55:33at

00:55:33the

00:55:33pack

00:55:33house,

00:55:34my

00:55:34parents

00:55:34would

00:55:35get

00:55:35suspicious

00:55:35sooner

00:55:36or

00:55:36later.

00:55:36I've

00:55:37posted

00:55:37hidden

00:55:37guards

00:55:37all

00:55:38around

00:55:38your

00:55:38house.

00:55:39He

00:55:39said

00:55:40go

00:55:40stay

00:55:40with

00:55:40them

00:55:40a

00:55:41few

00:55:41days.

00:55:42Things

00:55:42have

00:55:42quieted

00:55:43down.

00:55:43I

00:55:43hid

00:55:44Blake's

00:55:44bite

00:55:44mark

00:55:44on

00:55:45my

00:55:45neck

00:55:45under

00:55:45my

00:55:45hair.

00:55:46If

00:55:47mom

00:55:47and

00:55:47dad

00:55:48ask...

00:55:49Don't

00:55:49be

00:55:49scared.

00:55:50Zane

00:55:50took

00:55:51my

00:55:51hand.

00:55:51It'll

00:55:52be

00:55:52fine.

00:55:55After

00:55:55the

00:55:55forced

00:55:56marking

00:55:56ordeal,

00:55:57I

00:55:57went to

00:55:57see

00:55:57Christy

00:55:58at

00:55:58the

00:55:58hospital.

00:55:59I'm

00:55:59sorry.

00:56:00It's

00:56:01all

00:56:01my

00:56:01fault.

00:56:02I

00:56:02held

00:56:02her

00:56:03hand.

00:56:04Don't

00:56:04be

00:56:04silly.

00:56:05You

00:56:06came.

00:56:06She

00:56:06smiled

00:56:06weakly.

00:56:07That's

00:56:07enough

00:56:07for

00:56:07me.

00:56:08I

00:56:08didn't

00:56:09dare

00:56:09tell

00:56:09her

00:56:09that

00:56:10the

00:56:10demon

00:56:10that

00:56:10night

00:56:10was

00:56:11Blake.

00:56:12That

00:56:13boy

00:56:13beside

00:56:13her

00:56:14Nathan

00:56:14was

00:56:14already

00:56:14asking

00:56:15questions.

00:56:16The

00:56:16hounds?

00:56:17Eyes

00:56:17gone

00:56:18all

00:56:18black?

00:56:19Was

00:56:19it

00:56:19a

00:56:19demon?

00:56:20Word

00:56:21would

00:56:21get

00:56:21out.

00:56:22Sooner

00:56:22or

00:56:22later.

00:56:23I

00:56:23could

00:56:23hide

00:56:24it

00:56:24from

00:56:24my

00:56:24parents,

00:56:25but

00:56:25not

00:56:30my

00:56:30bedroom

00:56:30door.

00:56:31Blake

00:56:31was

00:56:31sitting

00:56:32on

00:56:32my

00:56:32windowsill.

00:56:33His

00:56:33eyes

00:56:34read,

00:56:34Not a

00:56:35sound

00:56:35or

00:56:35I'll

00:56:36kill

00:56:36your

00:56:36parents.

00:56:37But

00:56:38this

00:56:38time,

00:56:39I

00:56:39wasn't

00:56:39afraid.

00:56:41Something

00:56:41scalding

00:56:42blazed

00:56:42up from

00:56:43my

00:56:43eyes.

00:56:44I

00:56:44saw

00:56:45myself

00:56:45in

00:56:45the

00:56:45mirror,

00:56:46hair

00:56:46turned

00:56:46silver

00:56:47white,

00:56:47eyes

00:56:48violet.

00:56:49Blake

00:56:50stumbled

00:56:50back,

00:56:51fear

00:56:51on his

00:56:51face

00:56:52for the

00:56:52first

00:56:52time.

00:56:53Show

00:56:53up

00:56:53one

00:56:54more

00:56:54time.

00:56:54I

00:56:54heard

00:56:55myself

00:56:55say,

00:56:56and

00:56:56I'll

00:56:56kill

00:56:56you.

00:56:59He

00:56:59ran.

00:57:00The

00:57:00next

00:57:01day,

00:57:01I

00:57:01told

00:57:01Zane

00:57:02everything.

00:57:02He's

00:57:03not

00:57:03my

00:57:03fated

00:57:03mate

00:57:04anymore,

00:57:04Zane.

00:57:07You

00:57:07said

00:57:07when

00:57:07the

00:57:07goddess

00:57:08decides

00:57:08two

00:57:08people

00:57:09shouldn't

00:57:09be,

00:57:09the

00:57:10bond

00:57:10breaks.

00:57:12I'm

00:57:12her

00:57:12daughter.

00:57:14How

00:57:14could

00:57:14she

00:57:14leave

00:57:14me

00:57:15bound

00:57:15to

00:57:15the

00:57:15man

00:57:15who

00:57:15forced

00:57:16us

00:57:16to

00:57:16mark

00:57:16on

00:57:16me?

00:57:17Zane

00:57:18was

00:57:18quiet

00:57:18for

00:57:18a

00:57:18moment.

00:57:21I

00:57:21thought

00:57:21the

00:57:21choice

00:57:22was

00:57:22yours

00:57:22to

00:57:22make.

00:57:22And

00:57:23I

00:57:23made

00:57:23it.

00:57:24Over

00:57:24and

00:57:25over.

00:57:26The

00:57:26instant

00:57:27he

00:57:27bit

00:57:27down,

00:57:27my

00:57:28body

00:57:28shut

00:57:28itself

00:57:29down

00:57:29instead.

00:57:29That

00:57:30was

00:57:30me,

00:57:31choosing

00:57:31you.

00:57:35It's

00:57:35different.

00:57:36It's

00:57:37fading.

00:57:37Zane's

00:57:37fingertips

00:57:38brushed

00:57:38lightly

00:57:39over the

00:57:39mark on

00:57:39my neck.

00:57:40He

00:57:40has no

00:57:41reason

00:57:41to

00:57:41stay

00:57:41here

00:57:41anymore.

00:57:42I

00:57:42told

00:57:43him,

00:57:43if

00:57:43I

00:57:44ever

00:57:44see

00:57:44him

00:57:44again,

00:57:44I'll

00:57:45kill

00:57:45him.

00:57:46Are

00:57:47you

00:57:47willing

00:57:47to

00:57:47train?

00:57:48Zane

00:57:48was

00:57:48quiet

00:57:48for

00:57:49a

00:57:49beat.

00:57:49Let's

00:57:50give

00:57:50it

00:57:50a

00:57:50shot.

00:57:53So

00:57:54what?

00:57:54Your

00:57:55silver

00:57:55hair,

00:57:56your

00:57:56eyes,

00:57:57that

00:57:57goddess

00:57:58aura

00:57:58you

00:57:58keep

00:57:58bottling

00:57:59up.

00:57:59It

00:57:59only

00:57:59happened

00:58:00once.

00:58:01I

00:58:01was

00:58:01furious

00:58:01that

00:58:02time.

00:58:02Then

00:58:02let's

00:58:03trigger

00:58:03an

00:58:03emotion

00:58:03just

00:58:04as

00:58:04strong.

00:58:04Trigger

00:58:05it

00:58:05how?

00:58:06Emotionally?

00:58:08You

00:58:08just want

00:58:09an excuse

00:58:09to flirt

00:58:09with me.

00:58:10Is

00:58:10it

00:58:10working?

00:58:11Your

00:58:11heart's

00:58:11already

00:58:11racing.

00:58:12Shut

00:58:13up.

00:58:13Close

00:58:14your

00:58:14eyes.

00:58:15Picture

00:58:15your

00:58:15claws

00:58:16pushing

00:58:16out

00:58:17through

00:58:17your

00:58:17skin

00:58:17bit

00:58:17by

00:58:18bit.

00:58:18I

00:58:18did

00:58:19as

00:58:19he

00:58:19said.

00:58:19A

00:58:20sliver

00:58:20of

00:58:20light

00:58:21glimmered

00:58:21between

00:58:21my

00:58:21fingers.

00:58:22But

00:58:23the

00:58:23next

00:58:23second

00:58:23the

00:58:24power

00:58:24spun

00:58:25out

00:58:25of

00:58:25control

00:58:25without

00:58:25warning.

00:58:26Too

00:58:26full,

00:58:27too

00:58:27hot.

00:58:28I

00:58:28couldn't

00:58:28hold

00:58:28it

00:58:28down.

00:58:29Silver

00:58:29light

00:58:29erupted

00:58:30from

00:58:30my

00:58:30whole

00:58:30body.

00:58:32Then

00:58:32everything

00:58:32went

00:58:33dark.

00:58:33When

00:58:33I

00:58:34woke

00:58:34I

00:58:34was

00:58:34in

00:58:34bed,

00:58:35my

00:58:35head

00:58:35pounding

00:58:36like

00:58:36I'd

00:58:36hit

00:58:36a

00:58:36wall.

00:58:37Zane

00:58:37was

00:58:37keeping

00:58:38watch

00:58:38beside

00:58:38me.

00:58:39Hey.

00:58:39Don't

00:58:40ever

00:58:40scare

00:58:40me

00:58:40like

00:58:41that

00:58:41again.

00:58:41Something

00:58:42hit

00:58:42me

00:58:42all

00:58:42at

00:58:42once.

00:58:43Zane,

00:58:44did

00:58:44I

00:58:44hurt

00:58:45you?

00:58:46No.

00:58:46Nothing

00:58:47happened.

00:58:48Show

00:58:48me

00:58:48your

00:58:49back.

00:58:49Leah,

00:58:50let

00:58:50it

00:58:50go.

00:58:51You're

00:58:51not

00:58:51healing?

00:58:52He

00:58:52glanced

00:58:52at

00:58:52the

00:58:52ceiling

00:58:53then

00:58:53said

00:58:53quietly,

00:58:55It'll

00:58:55heal.

00:58:56It's

00:58:56just

00:58:56been

00:58:57slow

00:58:57lately.

00:58:58I

00:58:58froze.

00:58:59A

00:58:59wolf's

00:59:00wounds

00:59:00never

00:59:00heal

00:59:01that

00:59:01slowly.

00:59:01Did

00:59:02I

00:59:02hurt

00:59:02him?

00:59:02Or

00:59:02was

00:59:02there

00:59:02something

00:59:03else

00:59:03he

00:59:03was

00:59:03hiding

00:59:04too?

00:59:04Something

00:59:04I

00:59:04still

00:59:05didn't

00:59:05know?

00:59:08Zane's

00:59:08wounds

00:59:09took

00:59:09two

00:59:09days

00:59:09to

00:59:10heal.

00:59:10He

00:59:11told

00:59:11me

00:59:11not

00:59:11to

00:59:11worry.

00:59:12He'd

00:59:13been

00:59:13careless,

00:59:14hadn't

00:59:14guarded

00:59:14himself.

00:59:16I

00:59:16half

00:59:16believed

00:59:17him,

00:59:18but I

00:59:18had

00:59:18no

00:59:19time

00:59:19to

00:59:19dwell

00:59:19on

00:59:19it.

00:59:20The

00:59:21blood

00:59:21moon

00:59:21was

00:59:21only

00:59:22a

00:59:22week

00:59:22away.

00:59:23Zane

00:59:23said

00:59:23that

00:59:24after

00:59:24it

00:59:24came

00:59:24there'd

00:59:24be

00:59:25war.

00:59:25He

00:59:26stopped

00:59:26making

00:59:26me

00:59:27hide

00:59:27and

00:59:28secretly

00:59:28took

00:59:28me

00:59:28to

00:59:29the

00:59:29woods

00:59:29to

00:59:29train

00:59:29every

00:59:30night.

00:59:31You

00:59:32took

00:59:32forever.

00:59:34Mom

00:59:34wouldn't

00:59:35go to

00:59:35sleep.

00:59:36Kept

00:59:36making

00:59:36me

00:59:37talk

00:59:37about

00:59:37you.

00:59:37That

00:59:38night

00:59:38I

00:59:39did

00:59:39something

00:59:39I'd

00:59:39never

00:59:40have

00:59:40dreamed

00:59:40of.

00:59:41I

00:59:42threw

00:59:42Zane

00:59:42to

00:59:42the

00:59:42ground.

00:59:43A

00:59:43fully

00:59:44trained

00:59:44alpha.

00:59:46You

00:59:47went

00:59:47easy

00:59:47on

00:59:47me.

00:59:48I

00:59:48didn't.

00:59:50You're

00:59:51stronger

00:59:51than

00:59:52anyone

00:59:52expected.

00:59:53That

00:59:53bespecacled,

00:59:54bullied,

00:59:54worthless

00:59:55Leah,

00:59:55it

00:59:55felt like

00:59:56she'd

00:59:56really

00:59:56died

00:59:56in

00:59:56the

00:59:57past.

00:59:57I

00:59:58could

00:59:58finally

00:59:58protect

00:59:58Zane,

00:59:59Christy,

00:59:59my

01:00:00parents.

01:00:00But

01:00:01the

01:00:01pride

01:00:01didn't

01:00:01survive

01:00:02to

01:00:02the

01:00:02next

01:00:02day.

01:00:03Christy

01:00:03and

01:00:03I

01:00:03were

01:00:04laughing

01:00:04in

01:00:04my

01:00:04room.

01:00:05The

01:00:05next

01:00:05second,

01:00:06silver

01:00:06light

01:00:06burst

01:00:07from

01:00:07my

01:00:07hand

01:00:07without

01:00:08warning.

01:00:08Christy

01:00:09jumped.

01:00:10Sorry,

01:00:10I didn't

01:00:11mean

01:00:11to.

01:00:13It's

01:00:14okay.

01:00:15I'm

01:00:15not

01:00:15scared,

01:00:16just

01:00:16a little

01:00:17surprised.

01:00:19I

01:00:19buried

01:00:20my face

01:00:20in my

01:00:20hands.

01:00:22That's

01:00:23the

01:00:23problem.

01:00:25I

01:00:25can't

01:00:26control

01:00:26it.

01:00:27I'm

01:00:27the

01:00:27daughter

01:00:28of a

01:00:28goddess.

01:00:29And

01:00:29I

01:00:29can't

01:00:30even

01:00:30keep

01:00:30from

01:00:30glowing

01:00:31in

01:00:31broad

01:00:32daylight.

01:00:33Then

01:00:33don't

01:00:33bottle

01:00:34it

01:00:34up

01:00:34alone.

01:00:35Let

01:00:35Zane

01:00:35teach

01:00:36you.

01:00:36The

01:00:36blood

01:00:37moon

01:00:37came

01:00:37early.

01:00:38The

01:00:38one

01:00:39who

01:00:39warned

01:00:39us

01:00:39was

01:00:39Blake.

01:00:40He

01:00:40sent

01:00:41a

01:00:41text

01:00:41to

01:00:41Ajax.

01:00:42At

01:00:43first

01:00:43the

01:00:43hounds

01:00:43didn't

01:00:44believe

01:00:44it.

01:00:44They

01:00:45even

01:00:45wanted

01:00:45to

01:00:45hunt

01:00:45him

01:00:46down

01:00:46and

01:00:46kill

01:00:46him.

01:00:47But

01:00:47Zane

01:00:48checked

01:00:48with

01:00:48someone

01:00:48who

01:00:48reads

01:00:49the

01:00:49sky.

01:00:50Blake

01:00:50wasn't

01:00:50lying.

01:00:52What's

01:00:52he

01:00:53doing

01:00:53back

01:00:53here

01:00:53now?

01:00:57I

01:00:58don't

01:00:58know.

01:00:58Go

01:00:59ask

01:00:59him.

01:01:02So

01:01:02I

01:01:02saw

01:01:02Blake

01:01:03again.

01:01:05My

01:01:05first

01:01:06instinct

01:01:06was to

01:01:06shift

01:01:07and

01:01:07kill

01:01:07him.

01:01:08I

01:01:09told

01:01:09you.

01:01:10See

01:01:10you

01:01:10again

01:01:11and

01:01:11I'll

01:01:12kill

01:01:12you.

01:01:12I

01:01:13know.

01:01:13But

01:01:14you

01:01:14need

01:01:14to

01:01:14hear

01:01:14me

01:01:14out.

01:01:18your

01:01:19lives

01:01:19depend

01:01:19on

01:01:20it.

01:01:20Zane

01:01:21stepped

01:01:21in

01:01:22front

01:01:22of

01:01:22me.

01:01:22Talk.

01:01:25On

01:01:25the

01:01:26night

01:01:26of

01:01:26the

01:01:26blood

01:01:26moon

01:01:26the

01:01:27order

01:01:27will

01:01:27come

01:01:27out

01:01:27in

01:01:28full

01:01:28force

01:01:29and

01:01:29all

01:01:29of

01:01:30it

01:01:30has

01:01:30to

01:01:30do

01:01:30with

01:01:30me.

01:01:33When

01:01:33I

01:01:33disappeared

01:01:34it

01:01:34wasn't

01:01:35by

01:01:35choice.

01:01:36I

01:01:37was

01:01:37abducted.

01:01:38A

01:01:38girl

01:01:39crying

01:01:40on

01:01:40the

01:01:40street

01:01:40said

01:01:41someone

01:01:41was

01:01:41following

01:01:42her

01:01:42begged

01:01:43me

01:01:43to

01:01:43walk

01:01:44her

01:01:44home.

01:01:46She

01:01:46looked

01:01:46so

01:01:46helpless.

01:01:48I

01:01:48believed

01:01:48her.

01:01:50We'd

01:01:50barely

01:01:51taken

01:01:51a few

01:01:51steps

01:01:52when

01:01:52she

01:01:52stuck

01:01:52a

01:01:52needle

01:01:53in

01:01:53me.

01:01:54I

01:01:54woke

01:01:54up

01:01:55chained

01:01:55inside

01:01:55the

01:01:56order's

01:01:56base

01:01:56full

01:01:57of

01:01:57poison.

01:02:00I

01:02:01broke

01:02:01free

01:02:01and

01:02:02tried

01:02:02to

01:02:02kill

01:02:02her

01:02:02but

01:02:03her

01:02:03superior

01:02:03held

01:02:04a

01:02:04gun

01:02:04on

01:02:04me.

01:02:05He

01:02:06said

01:02:06he

01:02:06could

01:02:06hand

01:02:06you

01:02:06over

01:02:07to

01:02:07me.

01:02:09The

01:02:09girl

01:02:09who

01:02:09tricked

01:02:10you

01:02:10she

01:02:10was

01:02:10with

01:02:10the

01:02:11order?

01:02:13Yes.

01:02:14a chill

01:02:15ran

01:02:15through

01:02:15me.

01:02:19So he

01:02:20planned

01:02:20the whole

01:02:20prom for

01:02:21me.

01:02:21The plan

01:02:22was just

01:02:22to take

01:02:22you,

01:02:23to draw

01:02:24Zane away

01:02:24so they

01:02:24could

01:02:24strike.

01:02:25But I

01:02:26did something

01:02:27far worse.

01:02:28In that

01:02:29time in the

01:02:29woods,

01:02:30there were

01:02:30never any

01:02:31drugs.

01:02:31I lost

01:02:32control all

01:02:33on my

01:02:33own.

01:02:34The

01:02:34order

01:02:34drugged

01:02:35me.

01:02:35That

01:02:35was a

01:02:35lie.

01:02:37And

01:02:38then

01:02:38the

01:02:39mate

01:02:39bond

01:02:39between

01:02:40us

01:02:40broke.

01:02:43Zane

01:02:44grabbed

01:02:44him

01:02:44by

01:02:44the

01:02:44collar

01:02:45and

01:02:45slammed

01:02:45him

01:02:46into

01:02:46the

01:02:46wall.

01:02:46You

01:02:46think

01:02:46you

01:02:47have

01:02:47any

01:02:47right

01:02:47to

01:02:47bring

01:02:48that

01:02:48up?

01:02:48Zane,

01:02:49let

01:02:50him

01:02:50finish.

01:02:54Blake

01:02:54caught

01:02:54his breath

01:02:55and looked

01:02:55at

01:02:56me.

01:03:01That

01:03:02night,

01:03:02the

01:03:03huntress

01:03:03who

01:03:03kidnapped

01:03:04me

01:03:04came

01:03:04to

01:03:04my

01:03:04place

01:03:05to

01:03:05mock

01:03:05me.

01:03:06I

01:03:06grabbed

01:03:06her

01:03:06by

01:03:07the

01:03:07throat

01:03:07and

01:03:08in

01:03:08that

01:03:08instant

01:03:09a

01:03:10jolt

01:03:10shat

01:03:11up

01:03:11my

01:03:11fingertip.

01:03:18She's

01:03:19my

01:03:19second

01:03:19fated

01:03:19mate.

01:03:23The

01:03:23room

01:03:23went

01:03:23silent

01:03:24for

01:03:24a

01:03:24moment.

01:03:25Her

01:03:25name

01:03:25is

01:03:26Caitlyn,

01:03:26an

01:03:27order

01:03:27soldier

01:03:28and

01:03:28ambitious.

01:03:29On

01:03:29the

01:03:30night

01:03:30of

01:03:30the

01:03:30blood

01:03:30moon,

01:03:31she'll

01:03:31be

01:03:31on

01:03:31the

01:03:31front

01:03:31lines.

01:03:32You

01:03:32fell

01:03:32for

01:03:32someone

01:03:33who

01:03:33wants

01:03:33Leah

01:03:34dead?

01:03:36I

01:03:37know I

01:03:37don't

01:03:37deserve

01:03:37another

01:03:38fated

01:03:38mate.

01:03:38Blake

01:03:39lowered

01:03:39his

01:03:39head.

01:03:40Especially

01:03:41after what

01:03:41I did

01:03:42to you.

01:03:45But I'm

01:03:46begging you for

01:03:46one thing,

01:03:47don't kill her.

01:03:48When the fighting

01:03:49starts, I'll get her out so she can't hurt anyone.

01:03:52Why should I trust you?

01:03:53Because I'm terrified of you, Leah.

01:03:56I've hurt you too many times.

01:03:58One more and you'll kill me for sure.

01:04:00You're not that powerless human anymore.

01:04:03I've seen what you are.

01:04:04I've heard the stories.

01:04:06You can bend a person's will.

01:04:08After Blake left, Zane said nothing for a long time.

01:04:11On the night of the blood moon, they'll come with everything they have.

01:04:14I looked at my own hands.

01:04:16Then I can't afford to keep losing control like this.

01:04:19If I can use it right, maybe this war never even has to happen.

01:04:23That day, Zane took me deep into the pack house, to the training room.

01:04:27The hounds were all there.

01:04:29Sheila stood with her arms crossed, watching me.

01:04:32Your power is called compulsion.

01:04:34The voice of the moon's lost daughter.

01:04:37No wolf can disobey it.

01:04:39Try it.

01:04:39Command me.

01:04:40I looked at him, heat rising from my chest to my eyes.

01:04:44Step back.

01:04:45Zane stepped backward, one step at a time.

01:04:48His face, blank.

01:04:51Like he was being pulled by an invisible string.

01:04:54Enough!

01:04:54He shook his head and came back to himself.

01:04:58That was so strange just now.

01:05:00Are you okay?

01:05:01I don't want to try anymore.

01:05:03Why?

01:05:04Because it felt...

01:05:07Wrong.

01:05:08My voice was shaking.

01:05:11Like I was tearing something out of you.

01:05:14Because you were.

01:05:17Compulsion isn't free.

01:05:18The harder you command, the more it takes from them.

01:05:21I stood frozen in place.

01:05:25The last night before the blood moon was unnaturally quiet.

01:05:29I lay against Zane's chest, listening to his heartbeat.

01:05:33What if I lose control?

01:05:35Turn into something you can't love anymore?

01:05:38Then I'll remind you who you are.

01:05:41Every single day.

01:05:43As long as I'm breathing.

01:05:46I curled in tighter against him.

01:05:50We're going to win.

01:05:56And after we do, nothing can stop us.

01:06:00I didn't answer.

01:06:02Before dawn, the roars erupted.

01:06:07They didn't wait for the blood moon.

01:06:10They moved early.

01:06:12They know that once it rises, it'll be too late.

01:06:16Zane grabbed my wrist and pulled me downstairs.

01:06:19The main hall was already in chaos.

01:06:23Warner had Belle pinned to the wall.

01:06:27Let him go!

01:06:29I invited him!

01:06:31We made a deal.

01:06:33He's not our enemy.

01:06:37But right then, with a deafening blast, the outer wall of the mansion was blown wide open.

01:06:43Rubble, fire, thick smoke, it swallowed everything.

01:06:47Walls had collapsed, the wounded everywhere.

01:06:54I need a healer!

01:06:56The wards!

01:06:57They dropped the second it blew.

01:07:00Silver nullifiers.

01:07:01Or someone shut them off from the inside.

01:07:05A traitor?

01:07:06I don't know.

01:07:08But this wasn't random.

01:07:10They knew exactly where to hit.

01:07:13I want to help.

01:07:15Leah!

01:07:16I can pull people out of the rubble.

01:07:18I can fight!

01:07:19I've got claws!

01:07:20I am not hiding in a corner while people are dying!

01:07:25He looked at me like he wanted to argue.

01:07:28But he knew he couldn't stop me.

01:07:32Then stay with Sheila.

01:07:34Don't go off alone.

01:07:36I won't.

01:07:38Hounds!

01:07:38With me!

01:07:40He shifted.

01:07:42A massive black wolf leaping over the rubble, charging into the smoke.

01:07:46I saw Zane in the thick of the fighting.

01:07:49And one of Blake's wolves backing him up from behind.

01:07:52I turned to help a kid with a broken arm.

01:07:54But the next second, another explosion threw me off my feet.

01:08:00When I got up, I'd lost everyone in the smoke.

01:08:07Zane!

01:08:08A figure stepped out of the smoke.

01:08:12Not a wolf.

01:08:14A woman.

01:08:16In combat gear, a gun raised, aimed dead at me.

01:08:19My feet wouldn't move.

01:08:22My claws wouldn't come out.

01:08:24My power failed me again.

01:08:27She was about to fire.

01:08:28A figure slammed into her from the side, knocking her flying.

01:08:32The two of them hit the ground hard.

01:08:34I recognized him.

01:08:36It was Blake, which meant the woman had to be Caitlyn.

01:08:41You betrayed us.

01:08:43You said your bond with her broke.

01:08:45And here you are, risking your life to save her.

01:08:49Blake didn't fire back.

01:08:50He just pinned her wrist down hard.

01:08:52Caitlyn.

01:08:53Stop.

01:08:56While the two of them grappled, I turned and ran into the smoke.

01:09:00Underfoot were splintered wood, and bodies I couldn't bear to look at.

01:09:04Suddenly, a searing pain tore through my thigh.

01:09:07I screamed and dropped to my knees, blood soaking through my pants in an instant.

01:09:12Out of the smoke, a figure walked toward me.

01:09:15Tall, broad-shouldered, the gun in his hand still smoking.

01:09:18Get up, Leah Snow.

01:09:21I tried to move, but my leg wouldn't obey.

01:09:25Unheartied, his finger curled around the trigger.

01:09:27Zane came tearing out of the smoke.

01:09:29He ripped his fangs clean through the commander's throat.

01:09:33You're okay. You're okay.

01:09:35I'm fine. You got him.

01:09:39I'm getting you out.

01:09:40Then I heard it. That click.

01:09:43Zane spun around.

01:09:44It was another soldier.

01:09:45The first shot hit Zane in the side.

01:09:49ZANE!

01:09:49He didn't go down.

01:09:51The second shot hit his chest.

01:09:53The third, his shoulder.

01:09:55Exploding rounds.

01:09:56Silver-forged, poison-soaked.

01:09:59Made for one thing.

01:10:00Killing werewolves.

01:10:01Run!

01:10:02No!

01:10:02I said run!

01:10:05The soldier fired again.

01:10:07This time, it hit his neck.

01:10:10Zane went down, slamming hard into the ground.

01:10:14No! No!

01:10:15Zane!

01:10:16Zane, get up!

01:10:19Zane wasn't breathing.

01:10:21His eyes were still open, looking at me, but they didn't blink anymore.

01:10:25Mission complete.

01:10:26The little alpha's dead.

01:10:28Died saving the girl.

01:10:29Take the body, too.

01:10:31Cut off the head, don't let him heal and wake up.

01:10:33I clenched the dirt beneath me.

01:10:34My nails sharpened, bit by bit.

01:10:36You can kill me, but you don't get to lay another hand on Zane.

01:10:39I rose to my feet, and then I screamed.

01:10:42The ground beneath me began to tremble, silver and violet light seeping from the cracks.

01:10:45A platform of stone lifted me and Zane, rising slowly.

01:10:50A platform of stone lifted me and Zane, rising slowly.

01:10:53And that's when the moon finally showed itself.

01:10:56The blood moon.

01:10:57Silver light split across my arms.

01:10:59Violet magic coiled up my spine.

01:11:01The pain in my leg vanished.

01:11:03The pain in my chest, gone too.

01:11:05I looked down at them below.

01:11:08Zane's wolves stopped fighting, and lowered themselves, one by one.

01:11:14Then Blake's pack.

01:11:16Then the rogue wolves the Order had enslaved and tortured.

01:11:20And then, even the humans knelt.

01:11:22The Order soldiers dropped their weapons, one after another.

01:11:25The commander who'd just ordered Zane's head cut off, walked through the crowd to the foot of the platform.

01:11:29His steps like they weren't their own to control.

01:11:30My goddess.

01:11:32Give the word.

01:11:33Say it, and every one of us will slit our own throats for you.

01:11:35I looked at him.

01:11:36At all of them.

01:11:37You all deserve to die.

01:11:39Every last one of you.

01:11:42But I looked down.

01:11:44At Zane.

01:11:47But I won't kill you.

01:11:50My Zane never fought for power.

01:11:54That's why they followed him.

01:11:58And why I loved him.

01:12:02He wouldn't want me to become this.

01:12:04All of you, go home.

01:12:07Never again raise a weapon against wolves, witches, or anything that lives and breathes.

01:12:13Try it one more time.

01:12:15And you'll slit your own throats before the thought even forms.

01:12:19Dead silence.

01:12:20Some ran.

01:12:21Some crawled.

01:12:22Not one of them looked back.

01:12:23And in that moment, a voice rang out across heaven and earth.

01:12:26It came from the sky, from the ground, from every tree.

01:12:29Marked by two.

01:12:30Bound by one.

01:12:31Her choice will decide the fate of all.

01:12:34The prophecy had come true.

01:12:36I always thought the choice was between Blake and Zane.

01:12:40It wasn't.

01:12:42The choice she gave me was always between cruelty and mercy.

01:12:50The hounds gathered close, but stopped a few steps away.

01:12:53They lowered their heads, letting out broken, grieving wimples.

01:12:56I knelt back down beside Zane and pressed my forehead to his.

01:13:00You should be here.

01:13:01You should see this.

01:13:02I did what you would have done.

01:13:03I held it together.

01:13:06I don't want any of this.

01:13:09I only want you.

01:13:12Come back to me, Zane.

01:13:17Please.

01:13:18Come back to me.

01:13:22I lay over Zane's cold chest.

01:13:25My tears soaked into his skin.

01:13:28I learned to control my power.

01:13:31But the whole world means nothing to me now.

01:13:35Without you, none of it is worth anything.

01:13:37The hounds gathered around, heads down, not saying a word.

01:13:42And that's when a faint breath brushed against my hair.

01:13:47I froze.

01:13:48I shouted to the hounds.

01:13:50I heard his heartbeat!

01:13:52The hounds lifted their heads.

01:13:55Faint.

01:13:56So slow.

01:13:57But it's there.

01:13:58It's really beating.

01:14:00I shot upright.

01:14:04Zane?

01:14:07I pressed my ear back to his chest.

01:14:09There it was.

01:14:11A pulse.

01:14:12Quiet.

01:14:13Almost too slow to hear.

01:14:15Zane!

01:14:16The hounds rushed over.

01:14:18Aaron, Ajax, and Warren shifted back to human and lifted him carefully.

01:14:22Sheila turned two, came toward me, then stopped, hesitating.

01:14:26Crying, I opened my arms.

01:14:29She rushed over, pulled me into her arms, and rubbed my back over and over.

01:14:33He'll be okay.

01:14:35He's alive, Laia.

01:14:36He'll be okay.

01:14:37We took Zane back to the PAX hospital.

01:14:40One night, half a week later, I heard his voice again.

01:14:48Hey, baby.

01:14:50Those blue eyes had their light back.

01:14:52Half his face wrapped in bandages, his hair shaved off, covered in wounds, an IV line in

01:14:58his arm.

01:14:59I'm back.

01:15:01I threw myself onto his chest and burst into tears again.

01:15:04He grunt in pain, but I couldn't stop.

01:15:08I hid him, sobbing.

01:15:12How dare you!

01:15:15How dare you die on me!

01:15:18You're a liar!

01:15:20You promised you'd never leave me!

01:15:22I didn't.

01:15:24He laid his banded hand on my hair.

01:15:26I'm still here.

01:15:28Only because I begged you!

01:15:31He managed crooked grin.

01:15:35I'll make you beg me again soon enough.

01:15:38Angry and crying, I buried my face in his chest, the one that rose and fell again.

01:15:46This time, it was real.

01:15:51His heart was beating.

01:15:55Zay got better, day by day.

01:15:57The bandages came off, his hair grew back.

01:15:59He turned back into the Zay who climbed through my window and traded jabs with me.

01:16:03That day, I threw myself into his arms.

01:16:05He scooped me up, his back hitting the mirror, laughing and yelling that it hurt.

01:16:10There's one last step left between us.

01:16:12What?

01:16:13The true mate bond.

01:16:14Two souls completely joined.

01:16:16From then on, you and me.

01:16:19Me and you.

01:16:20My heart started pounding.

01:16:22That night, the moonlight was beautiful.

01:16:25He leans down and kisses me.

01:16:27Deep, unhurried-y.

01:16:28The moonlight blurs.

01:16:29My heart is pounding out of my chest.

01:16:31But right then, Zayn suddenly went rajid.

01:16:33His eyes snapped back to blue.

01:16:35Like, for a second, he didn't know who I was.

01:16:38Zayn?

01:16:39He didn't answer.

01:16:40His skin was cold.

01:16:42Zayn?

01:16:43Why are you staring at me like that?

01:16:45That wasn't a look my Zayn would ever have.

01:16:48A few seconds later, he snapped out of it, breathing hard.

01:16:52Sorry.

01:16:53I just...

01:16:54Spaced out.

01:16:55You're lying.

01:16:56Just now, your eyes...

01:16:58It was like something else was looking at me from deep inside them.

01:17:03Leah-

01:17:03The way you looked just now, it scared me.

01:17:07I'm fine.

01:17:09Really.

01:17:11But the hand holding me was trembling.

01:17:13Just slightly.

01:17:15That night, for the first time, I felt it.

01:17:18The Zayn who came back from that battlefield didn't seem entirely like the man he used to be.

01:17:27Life slowly returned to normal.

01:17:29We went back to that burger place.

01:17:31The Howds crammed into our old booth, fighting over fries, chugging soda.

01:17:36Christy leaned on Nathan's shoulder and winked at me.

01:17:39The sun was warm, like nothing had ever happened.

01:17:43And Zayn would drive me to school and show up at my door with a little punch of yellow daisies.

01:17:50He'd coldly wave off any other girl who touched him.

01:17:54Hands off.

01:17:56Unless you want to lose them.

01:17:59You're still just as possessive when you're protecting me.

01:18:02I watched him, smiling.

01:18:05I almost let myself believe everything was fine, but only at night could I see the truth.

01:18:09That day I went to find him, the door was ajar.

01:18:13He lay alone on the bed, staring at the ceiling.

01:18:17That ceiling, blown apart on the night of the blood moon, long since repaired.

01:18:25What are you thinking about?

01:18:27He didn't turn around?

01:18:31Tell me, if a person dies once, can they really come back whole?

01:18:40You came back, didn't you?

01:18:42He finally looked at me.

01:18:44In those eyes was a wariness I'd never seen.

01:18:47Did I?

01:18:48This body out here, it got repaired.

01:18:52But I keep feeling like I left something behind on that battlefield.

01:18:58And when it came back...

01:19:01He stopped.

01:19:04It feels like more than just me came back.

01:19:09Panic began to rise in me.

01:19:14I keep thinking about your eyes that night we tried to bond.

01:19:19You know?

01:19:23You jolt awake in the night sometimes.

01:19:25I told myself you just needed time to heal.

01:19:30But now, what I'm afraid of is...

01:19:33Zane looked at me.

01:19:36I don't know.

01:19:38Tell me.

01:19:40Could I turn into a monster that isn't me anymore?

01:19:42I gently patted his head and soothed him.

01:19:45Get some sleep.

01:19:47It'll be better tomorrow.

01:19:48You'll always be my love.

01:19:50The one I fought to bring back.

01:19:52Was it really all of him?

01:19:54Or was it that, when he came back,

01:19:56something else came back with him?

01:19:58I'll be closer to the sun.

01:19:58Good question.

01:19:59Bye.

01:20:00Bye.

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