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He realized he loved her only AFTER he pushed her away... 🙄 Audrey survived 5 years of a cold, toxic marriage, ignored by Harrison and constantly targeted by his mistress. But when she finally snaps, fights back against all the slander, and walks away for good, the ultimate payback begins in "Love Has No Turning Back"! 💅 Will Harrison ever win her back, or is it truly too late? Drop a 💔 in the comments if you are on Audrey's side!
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✨What’s the Vibe?
He realized he loved her only AFTER he pushed her away... 🙄 Audrey survived 5 years of a cold, toxic marriage, ignored by Harrison and constantly targeted by his mistress. But when she finally snaps, fights back against all the slander, and walks away for good, the ultimate payback begins in "Love Has No Turning Back"! 💅 Will Harrison ever win her back, or is it truly too late? Drop a 💔 in the comments if you are on Audrey's side!
⭐GENRE: Female, Romance, Toxic Romance, Hidden Feelings, All-Too-Late, Caught Cheating
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00:00:05on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly
00:00:10taken photo caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was
00:00:16not an ordinary breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance meeting contract
00:00:20between two ancient packs once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the
00:00:26rejection right five years between me and the coal family would be raced for good brother your ex-luna
00:00:32looks like a movie star ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read a word about it
00:00:39harrison
00:00:40stared at the woman on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately
00:00:45called kenzie oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for
00:00:53you it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:01:02harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:01:05i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we
00:01:11never
00:01:11truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed
00:01:1617 stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that kenzie
00:01:23had been replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him
00:01:27his most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all
00:01:34his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
00:01:39after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
00:01:44message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
00:01:53a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time long enough
00:02:01for
00:02:01the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never truly been mates
00:02:07no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:02:19in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
00:02:25the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
00:02:29waited for the day he would truly accept me
00:02:32halfway through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency
00:02:37contact again and again but every call went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart
00:02:42while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been
00:02:47updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake
00:02:52with candles spelling 900 the caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect partner
00:02:58for these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a joke
00:03:03from
00:03:03beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate the mate
00:03:10contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter
00:03:14the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar show typing
00:03:21i blocked him directly then i called another number
00:03:26nathaniel what you promised me before does it still stand of course it does good i do not just
00:03:33want to leave him i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed
00:03:40mate documents on his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination
00:03:45process of an alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the
00:03:50alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to
00:03:55make the elder council the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him
00:03:59when do you plan to strike
00:04:04soon
00:04:10but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:04:15after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:04:21military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:04:27before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:04:33impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:04:39what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you
00:04:44today marks 900 days since kenzie and i met is that what this is about
00:04:50only then did i understand
00:04:52to him terminating our mate contract was just me throwing a tantrum
00:04:57i am not throwing a tantrum
00:05:01the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:05:07stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:05:10i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:05:16so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone
00:05:21all of it was just drama to him he left soon after
00:05:32hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message
00:05:37audrey harrison never even changed his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him
00:05:42do you think he will regret it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own
00:05:46hand
00:05:47i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer and officially started the process
00:05:54late that night taylor's call jolted me awake
00:05:58audrey get downtown now something happened fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking
00:06:04werewolf members club at dupont circle kenzie truth or dare do you have any secrets you have been
00:06:13hiding from your commander of course i do harrison and i slept together a long time ago
00:06:24the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone
00:06:31call had been arranged by her on purpose
00:06:35she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:06:40in
00:06:40front of our people worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy they
00:06:45were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony
00:06:50she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity i had
00:06:55left
00:06:55as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were
00:07:01close friends audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison he never knows when to stop
00:07:09every time he leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let me go can you teach me
00:07:14how to handle
00:07:15him i raised my hand and slapped her heart across the face caught off guard she fell beside the coffee
00:07:21table audrey are you insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i
00:07:28stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me my side slammed against the marble counter so hard my
00:07:33vision went black but i still straightened up then i took out my phone and played a recording kenzie's
00:07:38laughter with another man came through clearly aren't you afraid harrison will find out find out what
00:07:43in bed he is nowhere near you once that boring almost luna of his is finally kicked out we can
00:07:50the recording cut off the color drained from kenzie's face how how do you have that did you really
00:07:57think you covered your tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no longer simple rage it was as
00:08:03if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him harrison this is the pure little beta
00:08:08you said was like a sister to you the men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited
00:08:13to the
00:08:14one in that recording do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the pack council for
00:08:19verification and filing oh and by the way she has been looking through your email your private
00:08:24information and your mate contract documents what she signed without authorization was not some
00:08:29meaningless scrap of paper it was an official pack document entered into the council record
00:08:33powerful enough to sever the alliance mating contract between two major werewolf families
00:08:37and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying lying then let's call the man from the recording
00:08:43here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he can be here in 10 minutes i picked up the
00:08:47half glass
00:08:47of martini from the table and slowly walked up to kenzie this drink is for the child we lost i
00:08:54splashed
00:08:54the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank back his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together
00:08:59security harrison shouted almost on instinct but this time he did not move he did not help her up
00:09:05he did not immediately shield her behind him like before he stood there his adam's apple working hard
00:09:11as if a silent earthquake had torn through him harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get
00:09:19her face treated you are not coming with me harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait
00:09:29that recording was it real you can keep believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever
00:09:35mattered to you when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the
00:09:42entrance
00:09:44my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
00:09:52next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely improved
00:10:00i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in the courtyard on
00:10:05a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence of a werewolf elder
00:10:10she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile vanished like a mask being
00:10:15removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still want to give you one piece of
00:10:20advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community their sense blend their instincts
00:10:25move together that bond is something you can never compare to you are too dull too lacking in charm
00:10:33instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn from her learn how to please an alpha at home
00:10:39my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was seriously advising me to learn from the woman
00:10:43interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband she knew i was still the future luna of
00:10:48the
00:10:48cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating contract was still recorded between the two bloodlines
00:10:52but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an identity to
00:10:59be respected and protected it was merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at
00:11:04any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are already ending things aunt eleanor kenzie came jogging
00:11:10in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as she affectionately brushed her cheek
00:11:14against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered something oh my god i almost forgot
00:11:19tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military industrial alliance every high-ranking
00:11:24east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the alpha heir of the cole family harrison
00:11:27has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need to hurry over after saying that she
00:11:31turned
00:11:32to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are here too about what happened
00:11:36at the
00:11:37club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight i will explain all the misunderstandings
00:11:41in front of every pack leader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent she could not hide the greedy
00:11:44vicious aura of a predator lying weight of course i knew she was setting a trap but i also remembered
00:11:48what
00:11:49nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls give her the stage
00:11:55sure
00:12:00the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real purpose nearly
00:12:05every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as their julie
00:12:09every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained to
00:12:14perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all
00:12:18kenzie meanwhile had changed into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and
00:12:24the nape of her neck as if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot
00:12:29to tell you there was a dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had
00:12:33already
00:12:33started looking over some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of
00:12:37people waiting for a show kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people
00:12:42didn't you i looked at her my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear
00:12:46her eyes turned red almost instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively
00:12:49stepped in front of her his protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison
00:12:55i only wanted to make up for last time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at
00:12:59the club there really had been a crack in the way he looked at kenzie but in the end he
00:13:03still chose
00:13:03to stand on her side he locked his hand around my wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd
00:13:08and
00:13:08end this ugly confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying
00:13:1350 things his hand moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was
00:13:18cold his alpha pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the man's wrist and
00:13:23squeezed until the man screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few crude things
00:13:28go be with audrey do not let her misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her
00:13:33and led her away audrey what did i ever do to offend you you actually paid off a man like
00:13:38this to
00:13:38humiliate me in public there were elder council agents present as well as witnesses from various
00:13:43packs by throwing out that line she was not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the
00:13:48words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record audrey when did you become this vicious i did
00:13:53not do it but since you have already decided it was me what is the point of explaining so what
00:13:58do you
00:13:59want me to do kneel in public and beg her forgiveness
00:14:09fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to apologize to
00:14:18kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable
00:14:24that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse
00:14:28i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings
00:14:33inside our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine
00:14:38since that is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my
00:14:43strength
00:14:43she screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard
00:14:48the expensive evening gown tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved
00:14:56hard in the back it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck
00:15:00the base of a roman column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as
00:15:05if
00:15:05something icy had pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering
00:15:09body grew cold the wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again
00:15:14have you caused enough trouble straighten her two guards in black immediately stepped forward and
00:15:19clamped down on both my arms i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged
00:15:24me outside but the instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my
00:15:29t-shirt
00:15:29tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were
00:15:34exposed directly under the gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away
00:15:39elf clutched my chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera
00:15:44flashes burst one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless
00:15:50hands pinning me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall
00:15:54crushed together until i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his expression
00:15:59was not shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it proved i
00:16:04was out
00:16:04of control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law
00:16:09allowing outsiders to publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair
00:16:15i finally could not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me
00:16:20whole the doors of the banquet hall were pushed open
00:16:41on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly taken photo
00:16:46caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was not an ordinary
00:16:52breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance meeting contract between two ancient packs
00:16:58once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the rejection right five years
00:17:03between me and the cole family would be raised for good brother your ex-luna looks like a movie star
00:17:11ending the mate bond is huge how did you not read the word about it harrison stared at the woman
00:17:16on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
00:17:24oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
00:17:29it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:17:37harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:17:41i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years
00:17:45but in those five years we never truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would
00:17:50treat a complete stranger when i needed 17 stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words
00:17:56noted only later did i learn that kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all these years
00:18:01he said kenzie was half born with him his most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood
00:18:07he was not cold he had simply given all his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb
00:18:12could not
00:18:13be saved because of bloodline complications after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on
00:18:18the operating table and sent him one last message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved
00:18:24the
00:18:25surgery is about to begin a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for
00:18:35a long
00:18:35time long enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never
00:18:42truly been mates no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:18:55in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
00:19:00the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
00:19:05waited for the day he would truly accept me
00:19:08half way through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency
00:19:13contact again and again but every call went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart
00:19:17while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been
00:19:22updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake with
00:19:28candles spelling 900 the caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect partner for
00:19:34these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a joke from
00:19:39beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate the mate
00:19:45contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter
00:19:50the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar show typing
00:19:57i blocked him directly then i called another number nathaniel what you promised me before
00:20:04does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want to leave him
00:20:11i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate documents
00:20:17on his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination process of an
00:20:21alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha heir of a major
00:20:26pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to make the elder council
00:20:31the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you plan to strike
00:20:40soon
00:20:45but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:20:51after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:20:56military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:21:03before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:21:08impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:21:15what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
00:21:22and i met
00:21:22is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract
00:21:30was just me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
00:21:37the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:21:43stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:21:46i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:21:52so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone all of it was just drama to him
00:22:00he left soon after
00:22:07hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message audrey harrison never even
00:22:14changed his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him do you think
00:22:18you will regret it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own hand
00:22:22i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer and officially started the process
00:22:30late that night taylor's call jolted me awake audrey get downtown now something happened
00:22:37fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members club at dupont circle
00:22:44kenzie truth or dare do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander
00:22:51of course i do harrison and i slept together a long time ago
00:23:00the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once
00:23:06that phone call had been arranged by her on purpose
00:23:11she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:23:16in
00:23:16front of our people worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy they
00:23:21were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony
00:23:26she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity i had
00:23:31left as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took my hand
00:23:36like we were close friends audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison
00:23:42he never knows when to stop every time he leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let
00:23:48me go
00:23:49can you teach me how to handle him i raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face
00:23:54caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you insane harrison shot to his feet
00:24:01grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me my side slammed
00:24:07against the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still straightened up then i took out
00:24:12my phone and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly aren't you
00:24:16afraid harrison will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere near you once that boring almost luna
00:24:23of
00:24:23his is finally kicked out we can the recording cut off the color drained from kenzie's face how how do
00:24:30you
00:24:31have that did you really think you covered your tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no
00:24:37longer simple rage it was as if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him
00:24:42harrison this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister to you the men she has been
00:24:47meeting
00:24:48behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording do you want me to submit the full
00:24:53list
00:24:53and evidence to the pack council for verification and filing oh and by the way she has been looking
00:24:58through your email your private information and your mate contract documents what she signed without
00:25:03authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper it was an official pack document entered into
00:25:08the council record powerful enough to sever the alliance mating contract between two major werewolf
00:25:13families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying lying then let's call the man from the
00:25:18recording here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he can be here in 10 minutes i picked up
00:25:23the
00:25:23half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked up to kenzie this drink is for the child
00:25:29we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank back his makeup tears and alcohol
00:25:34smeared together security harrison shouted almost on instinct but this time he did not move he did not
00:25:40help her up he did not immediately shield her behind him like before he stood there his adam's apple
00:25:46working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn through him harrison what are you standing there
00:25:52for take kenzie to get her face treated you are not coming with me harrison did not answer i turned
00:26:01and
00:26:02left audrey wait that recording was it real you can keep believing her after all these years nothing i say
00:26:10has ever mattered to you when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting
00:26:17at
00:26:18the entrance my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly
00:26:26where i wanted next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries
00:26:34had barely improved i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was
00:26:40sitting in the courtyard on a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady
00:26:44dignified presence of a werewolf elder she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up
00:26:49that smile vanished like a mask being removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your
00:26:53elder i still want to give you one piece of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf
00:26:58community their sense blend their instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to
00:27:05you are too dull too lacking in charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn
00:27:11from her learn how to please an alpha at home my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was seriously
00:27:17advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband
00:27:21she knew i was still the future luna of the cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating
00:27:26contract
00:27:26was still recorded between the two bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of werewolf
00:27:32dignity and pack honor was never an identity to be respected and protected it was merely a decorative
00:27:37prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are
00:27:42already ending things kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as
00:27:49she affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered
00:27:53something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military
00:27:58industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the
00:28:02alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need
00:28:05to hurry over
00:28:05after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are
00:28:11here too
00:28:11about what happened at the club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight i will explain
00:28:15all the misunderstandings in front of every pack reader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent she could
00:28:19not hide the greedy vicious aura of a predator lying weight of course i knew she was setting a trap
00:28:23but i also
00:28:24remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls give her the
00:28:29stage sure the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real purpose
00:28:40nearly every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as their julie every
00:28:45gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained to perfection
00:28:50and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie meanwhile had changed
00:28:56into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck as if
00:29:01deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to tell you there was a dress
00:29:06code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already started looking over some with
00:29:10contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show kenzie you did
00:29:15this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people didn't you i looked at her my voice was
00:29:19calm but just
00:29:20loud enough for several people nearby to hear her eyes turned red almost instantly harrison walked
00:29:24over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her his protective alpha aura spread out
00:29:27at once unmistakably biased harrison i only wanted to make up for last time harrison looked at her
00:29:33then at me after that night at the club there really had been a crack in the way he looked
00:29:37at kenzie
00:29:37but in the end he still chose to stand on her side he locked his hand around my wrist trying
00:29:42to drag
00:29:42me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked
00:29:47up to kenzie saying filthy things his hand moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette
00:29:52harrison's face was cold his alpha pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the
00:29:58man's wrist and squeezed until the man screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few
00:30:01crude
00:30:02things go be with audrey do not let her misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her
00:30:09and led her away audrey what did i ever do to offend you you actually paid off a man like
00:30:14this to
00:30:14humiliate me in public there were elder council agents present as well as witnesses from various
00:30:19packs by throwing out that line she was not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the
00:30:23words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record audrey when did you become this vicious i did not
00:30:29do it but since you have already decided it was me what is the point of explaining so what do
00:30:34you want
00:30:34me to do kneel in public and beg her forgiveness fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what
00:30:51kind of attitude is that you need to apologize to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells
00:30:58me your emotions have always been unstable that you overreact because of our working relationship
00:31:02i know you only acted on impulse i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most
00:31:07humiliating most private feelings inside our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned
00:31:12all the way through fine since that is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across
00:31:18the face with all my strength she screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the
00:31:22collar
00:31:23and pulled hard the expensive evening gown tore with a sharp rib help harrison save me the next second i
00:31:31was
00:31:31shoved hard in the back it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head
00:31:35struck the base of a roman column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that
00:31:40instant as if something icy had pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still
00:31:44recovering body grew cold the wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me
00:31:48again have you caused enough trouble straight two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped
00:31:55down on both my arms i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me
00:32:00outside but the instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t
00:32:05-shirt
00:32:05tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap
00:32:10were exposed directly under the gaze of washington's political and business elites
00:32:13do not touch me get away
00:32:15elf clutched my chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera flashes burst
00:32:21one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless hands pinning
00:32:26me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall crushed together
00:32:31until i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his expression was not
00:32:35shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it proved i was out
00:32:40of
00:32:40control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law allowing outsider
00:32:46stoke publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair i finally could
00:32:52not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole the doors
00:32:57of the banquet hall were pushed open
00:33:16on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly taken photo
00:33:22caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was not an ordinary
00:33:28breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance meeting contract between two ancient packs
00:33:34once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the rejection right five years between
00:33:39me and the cole family would be raised for good brother your ex luna looks like a movie star
00:33:46ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read the word about it harrison stared at the woman
00:33:52on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
00:34:00oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
00:34:05it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:34:13harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:34:17i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we
00:34:22never
00:34:23truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed 17
00:34:28stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that kenzie had
00:34:34been replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him his
00:34:39most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all
00:34:45his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
00:34:50after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
00:34:56message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
00:35:04a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time long enough
00:35:12for
00:35:12the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never truly been mates
00:35:19no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:35:31in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
00:35:36the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
00:35:40waited for the day he would truly accept me
00:35:44halfway through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging
00:35:47the healer called my emergency contact again and again but every call went to voicemail
00:35:51that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was
00:35:56empty but harrison's profile had just been updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his
00:36:01shoulder in front of them was a cake with candles spelling 900 the caption read life is short so grateful
00:36:08to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so
00:36:13these
00:36:14five years had been a joke from beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact
00:36:20the
00:36:20lawyer and terminate the mate contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for
00:36:25the rejection right to enter the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar show typing
00:36:33i blocked him directly then i called another number nathaniel what you promised me before
00:36:39does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want to leave him
00:36:47i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate documents on his
00:36:52behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination process of an alliance mating
00:36:57contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a
00:37:03beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to make the elder council the pack registry
00:37:08and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you plan to strike
00:37:15soon
00:37:21but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:37:26after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:37:32military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:37:38before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:37:44impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:37:50what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
00:37:58and i
00:37:58met is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract
00:38:06was just me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
00:38:12the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:38:18stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:38:21i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:38:27so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone all of it was just drama to him
00:38:36he left soon after
00:38:43hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message audrey harrison never even changed his
00:38:50cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him do you think he will regret it when
00:38:55he
00:38:55realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own hand i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer
00:39:01and officially started the process
00:39:06late that night taylor's call jolted me awake audrey get downtown now something happened
00:39:13fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members club at dupont circle
00:39:19kenzie truth or dare do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander of course i do
00:39:27you have any secrets you have been hiding from her to the high-ranking werewolf members
00:39:36the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone
00:39:42call had been arranged by her on purpose
00:39:47she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:39:51in
00:39:51front of our people
00:39:52worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy they were core leaders
00:39:57from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony she was not only
00:40:02trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity i had left as the unrecognized
00:40:08future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were close friends
00:40:13audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison he never knows when to stop every time he
00:40:21leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let me go can you teach me how to handle
00:40:26him i raised my
00:40:28hand and slapped her hard across the face caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you
00:40:34insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket
00:40:40stand
00:40:41behind me my side slammed against the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still
00:40:46straightened up then i took out my phone and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another
00:40:50man came through clearly aren't you afraid harrison will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere
00:40:56near you once that boring almost luna of his is finally kicked out we can the recording cut off
00:41:02the color drained from kenzie's face how how do you have that did you really think you covered your
00:41:09tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no longer simple rage it was as if something he
00:41:15believed had been smashed right in front of him harrison this is the pure little beta you said was like
00:41:20a sister to you the men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in
00:41:25that recording
00:41:27do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the pack council for verification and filing
00:41:31oh and by the way she has been looking through your email your private information and your
00:41:36make contract documents what she signed without authorization was not some meaningless scrap of
00:41:41paper it was an official pack document entered into the council record powerful enough to sever the
00:41:46alliance meeting contract between two major werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you
00:41:51are lying lying then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him he lives near dupont
00:41:56circle he can be here in 10 minutes i picked up the half glass of martini from the table and
00:42:00slowly
00:42:00walked up to kenzie this drink is for the child we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she
00:42:07screamed and shrank back his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together security harrison shouted almost
00:42:13on instinct but this time he did not move he did not help her up he did not immediately shield
00:42:18her
00:42:18behind him like before he stood there his adam's apple working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn
00:42:24through him harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get her face treated you are not
00:42:33coming with me harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait that recording was it real you can
00:42:42keep believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever mattered to you
00:42:50when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the entrance
00:42:55my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
00:43:03next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely
00:43:10improved i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in the
00:43:16courtyard on a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence
00:43:21of a werewolf elder she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile
00:43:25vanished like a mask being removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still
00:43:30want to give you one piece of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community
00:43:35their sense blend their instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to
00:43:41you are too dull too lacking in charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn
00:43:46from her learn how to please an alpha at home my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was
00:43:53seriously advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage to learn how to please
00:43:56my husband she knew i was still the future luna of the cole family in name and she knew the
00:44:01alliance
00:44:01mating contract was still recorded between the two bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of
00:44:07werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an identity to be respected and protected it was
00:44:12merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at any time do not bother
00:44:16eleanor harrison and i are already ending things kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent
00:44:23was soft and obedient as she affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she
00:44:28had only just remembered something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for
00:44:33the military industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be
00:44:37there as the alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side
00:44:40so i need
00:44:41to hurry over after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there
00:44:45audrey you
00:44:46are here too about what happened at the club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight
00:44:50i will explain all the misunderstandings in front of every pack reader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent
00:44:54she could not hide the greedy vicious aura of a predator lying weight of course i knew she was setting
00:44:58a trap
00:44:59but i also remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls
00:45:04give her the stage the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real
00:45:15purpose nearly every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as their
00:45:20jewelry every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained
00:45:25perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie meanwhile had
00:45:31changed into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck as
00:45:36if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to tell you there was a
00:45:41dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already started looking over
00:45:45some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show
00:45:49kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people didn't you i looked at her
00:45:54my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear her eyes turned red almost
00:45:58instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her his
00:46:02protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison i only wanted to
00:46:07make up for last time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at the club there really
00:46:11had
00:46:11been a crack in the way he looked at kenzie but in the end he still chose to stand on
00:46:15her side
00:46:16he locked his hand around my wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly
00:46:20confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying filthy things his
00:46:25hand moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was cold his alpha
00:46:30pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the man's wrist and squeezed until the man
00:46:35screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few crude things go be with audrey do
00:46:40not let her
00:46:41misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her and led her away audrey what did i ever do
00:46:47to offend you you actually paid off a man like this to humiliate me in public there were elder council
00:46:52agents present as well as witnesses from various packs by throwing out that line she was not just
00:46:57trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record
00:47:02audrey when did you become this vicious i did not do it but since you have already decided it was
00:47:07me
00:47:07what is the point of explaining so what do you want me to do kneel in public and beg her
00:47:13forgiveness
00:47:20fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to apologize
00:47:29to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable
00:47:35that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse
00:47:39i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings inside
00:47:44our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine since that
00:47:50is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my strength she
00:47:55screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard the expensive
00:48:00evening gown tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved hard in the
00:48:07back
00:48:08it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck the base of a
00:48:12roman
00:48:12column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as if something icy had
00:48:17pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering body grew cold the
00:48:21wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again have you caused enough
00:48:26trouble strainer two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms
00:48:32i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside but the instant he
00:48:37let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t-shirt tearing the entire piece
00:48:42of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were exposed directly under the
00:48:47gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away elp clutched my chest
00:48:52tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera flashes burst one
00:48:57after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless hands pinning me in
00:49:02place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall crushed together until
00:49:06i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his expression was not shock not
00:49:12regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it proved i was out of control
00:49:16madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law allowing outsider still
00:49:22publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hare i finally could not stop
00:49:28myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole the doors of the
00:49:33banquet hall were pushed open
00:49:52on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport
00:49:56one secretly taken photo caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups
00:50:01no one knew this was not an ordinary breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance mating
00:50:07contract between two ancient packs once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed
00:50:13the rejection right five years between me and the cole family would be raised for good brother your ex-luna
00:50:19looks
00:50:19like a movie star ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read a word about it harrison
00:50:27stared at the
00:50:27woman on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
00:50:35oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
00:50:41it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:50:49harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:50:52i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we
00:50:58never
00:50:58truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed
00:51:03seventeen stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that
00:51:10kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him
00:51:14his most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all
00:51:21his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
00:51:26after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
00:51:31message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
00:51:40a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time long enough
00:51:48for
00:51:48the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never truly been mates
00:51:54no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:52:06in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna the ridiculous part was
00:52:13that i had waited five years waited for the day he would truly accept me halfway through the surgery
00:52:21i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency contact again and again but every call
00:52:26went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while i was under anesthesia when i
00:52:30woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been updated beside a campfire kenzie
00:52:36leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake with candles spelling 900 the
00:52:41caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days
00:52:46i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a joke from beginning to end
00:52:51i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate the mate contract if you do
00:52:58not
00:52:58replied before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the registry process
00:53:03not until 11 59 did the status bar showed typing
00:53:08i blocked him directly then i called another number
00:53:13nathaniel what you promised me before does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want
00:53:20to
00:53:20leave him i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate
00:53:27documents on his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination
00:53:31process of an alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha
00:53:37heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to
00:53:41make the elder council the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you
00:53:47plan to strike soon
00:53:56but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:54:02after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:54:08military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:54:14before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:54:20impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:54:26what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
00:54:33and i met
00:54:34is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract
00:54:42was just me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
00:54:48the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:54:54stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:54:57i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:55:03so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone all of it was just drama to him
00:55:12he left soon after
00:55:19hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message audrey harrison never even changed
00:55:26his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him do you think you will regret it
00:55:30when
00:55:30he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own hand i forwarded the receipt straight to the
00:55:36lawyer and officially started the process
00:55:41late that night taylor's call jolted me awake
00:55:45audrey get downtown now something happened fighting through the pain i rushed to the
00:55:50high-ranking werewolf members club at dupont circle kenzie truth or dare
00:55:58do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander of course i do
00:56:05harrison and i slept together a long time ago
00:56:11the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone
00:56:18call had been arranged by her on purpose she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted
00:56:25me stripped
00:56:25of every last shred of dignity in front of our people worse every person in that private room was
00:56:31no ordinary drinking buddy they were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become
00:56:36valid internal testimony she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the
00:56:41last bit of dignity i had left as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family
00:56:45kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were close friends audrey you finally came
00:56:51you really need to control harrison he never knows when to stop every time he leaves me unable
00:56:58to stand and he still will not let me go can you teach me how to handle him i raised
00:57:03my hand and
00:57:04slapped her hard across the face caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you
00:57:10insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket
00:57:16stand behind me my side slammed against the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still
00:57:21straightened up then i took out my phone and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another man came
00:57:26through clearly aren't you afraid harrison will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere near you
00:57:32once that boring almost luna of his is finally kicked out we can the recording cut off the color
00:57:39drained from kenzie's face how how do you have that did you really think you covered your tracks
00:57:45i turned to harrison his expression was no longer simple rage it was as if something he believed had
00:57:51been smashed right in front of him harrison this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister
00:57:56to you
00:57:58the men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording
00:58:02do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the pack council for verification and filing
00:58:07oh and by the way she has been looking through your email your private information and your mate
00:58:12contract documents what she signed without authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper
00:58:17it was an official pack document entered into the council record powerful enough to sever the alliance
00:58:22mating contract between two major werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying
00:58:28lying then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he
00:58:32can be here in 10 minutes i picked up the half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked
00:58:36up to
00:58:37kenzie this drink is for the child we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank
00:58:44back
00:58:44his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together security harrison shouted almost on instinct but
00:58:49this time he did not move he did not help her up he did not immediately shield her behind him
00:58:54like before
00:58:55he stood there his adam's apple working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn through him
00:59:01harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get her face treated you are not coming with me
00:59:11harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait that recording was it real you can keep
00:59:18believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever mattered to you
00:59:25when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the entrance
00:59:31my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
00:59:39next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely
00:59:46improved i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in
00:59:51the courtyard on a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence
00:59:57of a werewolf elder she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile
01:00:01vanished like a mask being removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still
01:00:05want to give you one piece of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community
01:00:10their sense blend their instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to
01:00:17you are too dull too lacking in charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn
01:00:22from her learn how to please an alpha at home my fingertips weren't cold harrison's mother was
01:00:28seriously advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband
01:00:33she knew i was still the future luna of the cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating
01:00:37contract was still recorded between the two bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of
01:00:43werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an identity to be respected and protected it was merely a decorative
01:00:48prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are
01:00:53already ending things kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as she
01:01:00affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered
01:01:04something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military
01:01:09industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the
01:01:13alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need
01:01:16to hurry over
01:01:17after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are
01:01:22here too
01:01:22about what happened at the club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight i will explain
01:01:27all
01:01:27the misunderstandings in front every pack leader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent she could
01:01:30not hide the greedy vicious aura of a predator lying wait of course i knew she was setting a trap
01:01:34but i
01:01:35also remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls give her the
01:01:40stage sure the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real purpose nearly
01:01:52every female guest wore couture with polished makeup scents as carefully refined as their julie every
01:01:57gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained to
01:02:01perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie meanwhile had
01:02:07changed into a deep v-backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck as
01:02:12if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to tell you there was a
01:02:17dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already started looking over
01:02:21some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show
01:02:25kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people didn't you i looked at her
01:02:30my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear her eyes turned red almost
01:02:34instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her his
01:02:37protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison i only wanted to make up for last
01:02:43time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at the club there really had been a crack
01:02:47in the
01:02:48way he looked at kenzie but in the end he still chose to stand on her side he locked his
01:02:52hand around my
01:02:52wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly confrontation by force just then a
01:02:58drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying filthy things his hand moved too close violating the
01:03:02boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was cold his alpha pressure surged instantly pinning the
01:03:07man in place he seized the man's wrist and squeezed until the man screamed i am fine he just drank
01:03:12too much
01:03:12and said a few crude things go be with audrey do not let her misunderstand again with a dark expression
01:03:19harrison protected her and led her away audrey what did i ever do to offend you you actually paid off
01:03:24a man like this to humiliate me in public there were elder council agents present as well as witnesses
01:03:29from various packs by throwing out that line she was not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to
01:03:34nail the words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record audrey when did you become this vicious
01:03:39i did not do it but since you have already decided it was me what is the point of explaining
01:03:45so what do you want me to do kneel in public and beg her forgiveness
01:03:56fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to apologize
01:04:05to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable
01:04:10that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse
01:04:15i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings
01:04:20inside our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine
01:04:25since that is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my
01:04:30strength
01:04:30she screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard the expensive
01:04:36evening gown tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved hard in the
01:04:43back it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck the base of
01:04:47a roman
01:04:48column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as if something icy had
01:04:52pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering body grew cold the wolf
01:04:57state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again have you caused enough trouble
01:05:03strength two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms
01:05:08i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside but the
01:05:13instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t-shirt tearing the
01:05:17entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were exposed directly
01:05:22under the gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away elf clutched my
01:05:27chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera
01:05:31flashes burst one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like
01:05:36countless hands pinning me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf
01:05:41in the hall crushed together until i could barely breathe parison stood two steps away and looked at me
01:05:45his expression was not shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it
01:05:51proved i was out of control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law
01:05:56allowing outsider stoke publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair
01:06:02i finally could not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me
01:06:07whole the doors of the banquet hall were pushed open
01:06:28on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly taken photo
01:06:33caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was not an ordinary
01:06:39breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance mating contract between two ancient packs
01:06:45once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the rejection right five years
01:06:50between me and the coal family would be raised for good brother your ex-luna looks like a movie star
01:06:58ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read the word about it harrison stared at the woman
01:07:03on the
01:07:04screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
01:07:11oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
01:07:16it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
01:07:24harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs i carried the
01:07:29title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we never truly completed
01:07:35the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed 17 stitches
01:07:40after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that kenzie had been
01:07:46replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him his most capable
01:07:51beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all his warmth
01:07:57to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
01:08:02after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
01:08:07message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
01:08:16a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time
01:08:23long enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison
01:08:28and i had never truly been mates no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one
01:08:35formal mating oath
01:08:42in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
01:08:47the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
01:08:52waited for the day he would truly accept me
01:08:55halfway through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency
01:08:59contact again and again but every call went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart
01:09:04while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been
01:09:09updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake
01:09:14with candles spelling 900. the caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect
01:09:20partner for these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a
01:09:26joke from beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate
01:09:32the mate contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection
01:09:36right to enter the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar showed typing
01:09:44i blocked him directly then i called another number nathaniel what you promised me before
01:09:51does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want to leave him
01:09:58i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate documents on
01:10:04his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination process of an
01:10:08alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha heir of a major
01:10:13pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to make the elder council
01:10:18the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you plan to strike
01:10:26soon
01:10:32but before that i need to play along with her one last time
01:10:38after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
01:10:43military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital
01:10:47what happened this time before i could speak his phone rang
01:10:53kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison impatiently declined the call what were you
01:10:57about to say nothing
01:11:01what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
01:11:09and i met
01:11:09what is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract was just
01:11:18me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
01:11:24the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
01:11:29stop threatening to leave every time something happens i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with
01:11:35you stop being so dramatic so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone
01:11:43all of it was just drama to him he left soon after
01:11:54hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message
01:12:00audrey harrison never even changed his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him
01:12:04do you think he will regret it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own
01:12:09hand
01:12:10i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer and officially started the process
01:12:17late that night taylor's call jolted me awake
01:12:21audrey get downtown now something happened fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking
01:12:26werewolf members club at dupont circle kenzie truth or dare
01:12:34do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander of course i do
01:12:41harrison and i slept together a long time ago
01:12:47the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone call
01:12:54had been arranged by her on purpose
01:12:58she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of
01:13:02dignity in front of our people worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking
01:13:07buddy they were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal
01:13:12testimony she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit
01:13:17of dignity i had left as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took
01:13:22my hand like we were close friends audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison
01:13:30he never knows when to stop every time he leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let
01:13:35me go
01:13:35can you teach me how to handle him i raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face
01:13:41caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my
01:13:48wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me my side slammed against
01:13:54the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still straightened up then i took out my phone
01:13:59and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly aren't you afraid harrison
01:14:04will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere near you once that boring almost luna of his
01:14:10is finally
01:14:11kicked out we can the recording cut off the color drained from kenzie's face how how do you have
01:14:18that did you really think you covered your tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no longer
01:14:24simple rage it was as if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him harrison this is
01:14:30the pure little beta you said was like a sister to you the men she has been meeting behind your
01:14:35back
01:14:35are not limited to the one in that recording do you want me to submit the full list and evidence
01:14:40to
01:14:40the pack council for verification and filing oh and by the way she has been looking through your
01:14:45email your private information and your mate contract documents what she signed without
01:14:50authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper it was an official pack document entered
01:14:55into the council record powerful enough to sever the alliance meeting contract between two major
01:14:59werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying lying then let's call the man
01:15:05from the recording here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he can be here in 10 minutes
01:15:09i picked up the half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked up to kenzie
01:15:14this drink is for the child we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank back
01:15:19his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together security harrison shouted almost on instinct but this time
01:15:25he did not move he did not help her up he did not immediately shield her behind him like before
01:15:31he stood there his adam's apple working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn through him
01:15:36harrison harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get her face treated
01:15:43you are not coming with me harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait that recording was it
01:15:53real you can keep believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever mattered to you
01:16:01when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the entrance
01:16:06my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
01:16:14next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely improved
01:16:22i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in the courtyard on
01:16:28a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence of a werewolf elder
01:16:33she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile vanished like a mask being
01:16:38removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still want to give you one piece
01:16:42of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community their sense blend their
01:16:47instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to you are too dull too lacking in
01:16:55charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn from her learn how to please an alpha at
01:17:00home my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was seriously advising me to learn from the woman
01:17:06interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband she knew i was still the future luna of
01:17:10the cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating contract was still recorded between the two
01:17:14bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an
01:17:21identity to be respected and protected it was merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere
01:17:25and replaced at any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are already ending things
01:17:30aunt eleanor kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as she
01:17:36affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered
01:17:40something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military
01:17:44industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the
01:17:49alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need
01:17:52to hurry over
01:17:52after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are
01:17:58here too
01:17:58about what happened at the club i drank too much and talked nonsense come with me tonight i will
01:18:02explain all the misunderstandings in front of every pack reader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent
01:18:06she could not hide the greedy vicious aura of a creditor lying weight of course i knew she was
01:18:09setting a trap but i also remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she
01:18:15falls give her the stage the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's
01:18:26real purpose nearly every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as
01:18:31their julie every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power
01:18:36restrained to perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie
01:18:41meanwhile had changed into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the
01:18:46nape of her neck as if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to
01:18:52tell you there was a dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already
01:18:55started looking over some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of
01:18:59people waiting for a show kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people
01:19:04didn't you i looked at her my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear
01:19:08her eyes turned red almost instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped
01:19:12in front of her his protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison i only
01:19:18wanted to make up for last time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at the club
01:19:22there
01:19:22really had been a crack in the way he looked at kenzie but in the end he still chose to
01:19:26stand on her side
01:19:27he locked his hand around my wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly
01:19:31confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying filthy things his hand
01:19:36moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was cold his alpha
01:19:41pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the man's wrist and squeezed until
01:19:46the man screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few crude things go be with
01:19:51audrey do not
01:19:52let her misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her and led her away audrey what did
01:19:58i ever do to offend you you actually paid off a man like this to humiliate me in public there
01:20:03were elder
01:20:03council agents present as well as witnesses from various packs by throwing out that line she was
01:20:08not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the words unfit almost luna into tonight's
01:20:13council record audrey when did you become this vicious i did not do it but since you have already
01:20:17decided it was me what is the point of explaining so what do you want me to do kneel in
01:20:23public and beg her
01:20:30forgiveness fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to
01:20:40apologize to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been
01:20:46unstable that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse i forgive
01:20:51you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings inside our
01:20:56marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine since that is what
01:21:02you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my strength she screamed and
01:21:07fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard the expensive evening gown
01:21:12tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved hard in the back it
01:21:19was harrison's
01:21:20hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck the base of a roman column and
01:21:24my
01:21:24vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as if something icy had pressed her
01:21:28into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering body grew cold the wolf state
01:21:33collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again have you caused enough trouble
01:21:39strainer two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms
01:21:43i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside
01:21:48but the instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t-shirt
01:21:52tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were exposed
01:21:57directly under the gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away el
01:22:02clutched my chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera
01:22:07flashes burst one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless hands
01:22:13pinning me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall
01:22:17crushed together until i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his
01:22:21expression was not shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it
01:22:26proved i was out of control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law
01:22:32allowing outsider still publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair
01:22:38i finally could not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole
01:22:43the
01:22:43doors of the banquet hall were pushed open
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