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Love Has No Turning Back is one of the most emotionally layered revenge romances I've seen on ReelShort.
Audrey was bound to Harrison for five years by a mate contract between their families. She endured the neglect. She endured McKenzie's constant interference. She lost her child. And when the dissolution papers were signed on her behalf and she was publicly humiliated, she finally stopped waiting.
✨ What actually worked for me:
- Audrey's quiet strength – she doesn't scream, she gathers evidence
- The legal and pack procedures – she fights back with facts, not tears
- Nathaniel's help – a true ally, not a savior
- Harrison's all-too-late realization – he only understands what he lost after she's gone
- The ending – Audrey doesn't need his apology, she's already built her own life
If you love stories where the overlooked wife finally takes back her power, where the hero realizes his mistake too late, and where the heroine's growth matters more than revenge, this one's for you. Audrey doesn't burn the house down. She walks out the front door with proof in her hand.
Who else is proud of Audrey? 👑
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Love Has No Turning Back is one of the most emotionally layered revenge romances I've seen on ReelShort.
Audrey was bound to Harrison for five years by a mate contract between their families. She endured the neglect. She endured McKenzie's constant interference. She lost her child. And when the dissolution papers were signed on her behalf and she was publicly humiliated, she finally stopped waiting.
✨ What actually worked for me:
- Audrey's quiet strength – she doesn't scream, she gathers evidence
- The legal and pack procedures – she fights back with facts, not tears
- Nathaniel's help – a true ally, not a savior
- Harrison's all-too-late realization – he only understands what he lost after she's gone
- The ending – Audrey doesn't need his apology, she's already built her own life
If you love stories where the overlooked wife finally takes back her power, where the hero realizes his mistake too late, and where the heroine's growth matters more than revenge, this one's for you. Audrey doesn't burn the house down. She walks out the front door with proof in her hand.
Who else is proud of Audrey? 👑
— RSR, your go-to for the good stuff ✨
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00:05Fine. I'm sorry. Is that what you wanted?
00:10Audrey? What kind of attitude is that?
00:13You need to apologize to Kenzie and to everyone here.
00:17Audrey, Harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable.
00:20That you overreact because of our working relationship.
00:23I know you only acted on impulse. I forgive you.
00:25So he had even told another woman about the most humiliating, most private feelings inside our marriage.
00:30In that moment, the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through.
00:34But fine, since that is what you all think.
00:36I raised my hand and slapped Kenzie across her face with all my strength.
00:40She screamed and fell to the floor.
00:42I bent down, grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard.
00:44The expensive hanging gown tore with a sharp rib.
00:48Help! Harrison, save me!
00:50The next second, I was shoved hard in the back.
00:53It was Harrison's hand. I crashed onto the marble floor.
00:55The back of my head struck the base of a Roman column, and my vision darkened and waved.
00:59My wolf sank violently in that instant, as if something icy had pressed her into deep water, even making breathing
01:04feel slow.
01:04My still-recovering body grew cold.
01:06The wolf-state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again.
01:10Have you caused enough trouble?
01:13Strength.
01:13Two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms.
01:17I struggled desperately, but Harrison furtively grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside.
01:21But the instant he let go, the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t-shirt,
01:26tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder.
01:28A large expanse of skin in my bra strap were closed directly under the gaze of Washington's political indisciplines.
01:34Do not touch me! Get away!
01:36Elle clutched my chest tightly, but it was already too late.
01:39People around us raised their phones.
01:41Camera flashes burst one after another.
01:43Those judging, curious, contemptuous.
01:45Loading eyes were like helpless hands.
01:47Pending me in place, ripping me apart inch by inch.
01:49The scrutiny of every werewolf in the front flushed together, seemed like a barely breathe.
01:53Harrison stood two steps away and looked at me.
01:55His expression was not shock, not regret, but deeper disgust.
01:58As if the more wretched I looked, the more it proved I was out of control, Madwoman claimed I was.
02:03As if he had completely forgotten that under pack law, allowing outsiders to publicly humiliate one still bound,
02:09mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hare.
02:12I finally could not stop myself from crying, just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole.
02:17The doors of the banquet hall were pushed open.
02:22On the day I ended our mate contract, I showed up at the international airport.
02:26One secretly taken photo caused an uppour among several major East Coast pack spouse groups.
02:32No one knew this was not an ordinary breakup.
02:34This was the first step toward ending the alliance meeting contract between two ancient packets.
02:40Once the receipt entered the pack registry, the elders witnessed the rejection pact.
02:44Five million in the coal family could be raised for good.
02:47Brother, your ex-luna looks like a movie star.
02:52Peter, you're fine.
02:54How did you work with me?
02:56Harrison stared at the woman on the screen as she walked away with her leverage.
03:00His face changed.
03:01He immediately called Casey.
03:05Oh, the termination papers.
03:08Are logged into the cloud character.
03:11It is not like you have treated her as your real contract, right?
03:19Harrison and I were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs.
03:22I carried the title of future Luna and waited for him for five years.
03:27But in those five years, we never truly completed a mate bond.
03:30He treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger.
03:33When I needed 17 stitches after a car accident, he replied with only one word, noted.
03:38Only later did I learn that Kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all those years.
03:43He said Kenzie was half warm with him, his most capable beta.
03:46That was the moment I finally understood.
03:49He was not cold.
03:50He had simply given all his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be
03:54saved because of bloodline complications.
03:56After the healer wing gave the final diagnosis, I lay on the operating table and sent him one
04:01last message.
04:02I am at the healer wing.
04:04Our pup cannot be saved.
04:05The surgery is about to begin.
04:10A reply came back quickly.
04:12One word, noted.
04:14I stared at that one word for a long time.
04:17Long enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold.
04:21Strictly speaking, Harrison and I had never truly been mates.
04:25No Luna ceremony.
04:26No elder witness.
04:27No claiming bite.
04:29Not even one formal mating oath.
04:36In the pack registry, I was only his pending confirmation future Luna.
04:42The ridiculous part was that I had waited five years.
04:46Waited for the day he would truly accept me.
04:50Halfway through the surgery, I suddenly began hemorrhaging.
04:53The healer called my emergency contact again and again, but every call went to voicemail.
04:57That fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while I was under anesthesia.
05:00When I woke up, the ward was empty.
05:02But Harrison's profile had just been updated.
05:05Beside a campfire, Kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder.
05:08In front of them was a cape with candles spelling 900.
05:10The caption read,
05:12Life is short.
05:13So grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days.
05:16I stared at that photo and finally laughed.
05:19So these five years had been a joke from beginning to end.
05:21I sent him one last message.
05:24I am tired.
05:25Contact the lawyer and terminate the contract.
05:27If you do not reply before midnight, I will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the
05:31registry process.
05:33Not until 1159 did the status barge and type you.
05:38I blocked you directly.
05:40Then I called another lawyer.
05:43Daniel, what you promised me before, does it still stand?
05:47You're supposed to be good.
05:49I did not just make it.
05:53I want them ruined.
05:54In three days, I'll come to your territory myself.
05:57Kenzie signed mate documents on his behalf,
05:59stole private mate communications,
06:00and interfered with the termination process of an alliance mating contract.
06:04I have organized all the evidence.
06:05As for Harrison,
06:06the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future Luna.
06:11That is enough to make the Elder Council,
06:13the pack registry,
06:14and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him.
06:16When do you plan to strike?
06:18I have last patience.
06:21Soon.
06:27But before that,
06:28I need to play along with her one last time.
06:32After I was discharged,
06:34I returned to the house in Alexandria.
06:36Harrison sat on the sofa,
06:37leading the military.
06:38He barely looked up.
06:40Kenzie said you went to the hospital.
06:42We're having this time.
06:44Before I could speak,
06:45his phone rang.
06:47Kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen.
06:49Harrison impatiently declined the call.
06:51What are you about to say?
06:52Nothing.
06:56What is it now?
06:58Because I did not go to the hospital with you.
07:01Today marks 900 days since Kenzie's right met.
07:04Is that what this is about?
07:07Only then did I understand.
07:09To him terminating our mate contract
07:12who's just me throwing a tantrum.
07:14I am not throwing a tantrum.
07:18The lawyer will send the termination papers to you again.
07:21The receipt will be synced to the pack registry.
07:24Stop threatening to leave every time something happens.
07:27I canceled drinks just to come home and be with you.
07:30Stop being so dramatic.
07:33So the miscarriage,
07:34the stitches,
07:36signing surgical consent papers alone,
07:38all of it was just drama to him.
07:41He left soon after.
07:49Hours later,
07:50Kenzie sent over the signed receipt
07:51and a voice message.
07:54Audrey,
07:55Harrison never even changed his cloud password.
07:57The lawyer kept pushing,
07:58so I signed it for him.
07:59Do you think you will regret it
08:00when he realizes he gave up
08:02such a beautiful wife with his own hand?
08:03I forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer
08:06and officially started the process.
08:11Late that night,
08:13Taylor's call jolted me awake.
08:15Audrey,
08:16get downtown now.
08:17Something happened.
08:19Fighting through the pain,
08:20I rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members club
08:22at DuPont Circle.
08:24Kenzie,
08:26truth or dare?
08:28Do you have any secrets
08:30you have been hiding from your commander?
08:32Of course I do.
08:35Harrison and I slept together
08:37a long time ago.
08:41The music stopped dead.
08:43The room went silent.
08:44Every eye landed on me.
08:46I understood at once.
08:47That phone call had been arranged by her on purpose.
08:52She wanted me to hear it with my own ears.
08:55She wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
08:57in front of our people.
08:58Worse,
08:59every person in that private room
09:01was no ordinary drinking buddy.
09:02They were core leaders from major packs,
09:04and every word they heard
09:05could become valid internal testimony.
09:07She was not only trying to ruin my reputation.
09:10She wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity
09:12I had left as the unrecognized future Luna
09:14of the Cole family.
09:15Kenzie walked toward me
09:16and took my hand like we were close friends.
09:18Audrey,
09:20Audrey,
09:20you finally came.
09:21You really need to control Harrison.
09:24He never knows when to stop.
09:26Every time,
09:27he leaves me unable to stand
09:28and he still will not let me go.
09:30Can you teach me how to handle him?
09:32I raised my hand
09:34and slapped her hard across the face.
09:36Caught off guard,
09:37she fell beside the coffee table.
09:39Audrey,
09:40are you insane?
09:40Harrison shot to his feet,
09:42grabbed my wrist,
09:43and yanked me back hard.
09:45I stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me.
09:47My side slammed against the marble counter
09:49so hard my vision went black.
09:51But I still straightened up.
09:52Then I took out my phone
09:53and played a recording.
09:55Kenzie's laughter with another man
09:56came through clearly.
09:57Aren't you afraid Harrison will find out?
09:59Find out what?
10:00In bed,
10:01he is nowhere near you.
10:03Once that boring,
10:04almost Luna of his
10:05is finally kicked out,
10:06we can-
10:06Shh!
10:07The recording cut off.
10:08The color drained from Kenzie's face.
10:11How-
10:11How do you have that?
10:13Did you really think you covered your tracks?
10:16I turned to Harrison.
10:17His expression was no longer simple rage.
10:19It was as if something he believed
10:21had been smashed right in front of him.
10:23Harrison,
10:24this is the pure little beta
10:25you said was like a sister to you?
10:28The men she has been meeting behind your back
10:30are not limited to the one in that recording.
10:32Do you want me to submit the full list
10:34and evidence to the PAC Council for verification?
10:37Oh, and by the way,
10:38she has been looking through your email
10:40and your private information
10:41and your mate contract documents.
10:43What she signed without authorization
10:45was not something we need to scrap the paper.
10:47It was an official PAC document
10:49entered into the Council record.
10:51Powerful enough to sever the Alliance
10:52and a contract between two major wearable families
10:55watching the fade of real-through elements.
10:56You are lying!
10:58You're lying?
10:59Then let's call the man
10:59who were pulling her in front of him.
11:01He lives to enter the hospital
11:02for the care and deafness.
11:03I picked up the half-blast of Martina
11:05and the three days.
11:06Scobie walked up to Kenzie.
11:09This drink is for the child we lost.
11:11I splashed the paper into her face.
11:13She screamed and shrank back his makeup,
11:14tears and alcohol smeared together.
11:16Security!
11:17Harrison shouted almost all instant.
11:19But this time,
11:20he did not move.
11:21He did not help her up.
11:22He did not immediately shield her
11:24behind him like before.
11:25He stood there,
11:27his Adam's apple working hard,
11:28as if the silent earthquake had torn through me.
11:31Harrison!
11:32Harrison!
11:32What are you standing there for?
11:34Take Kenzie to get her face treated.
11:38You are not coming with me?
11:41Harrison did not answer.
11:42I turned and left.
11:43Audrey!
11:45Wait!
11:46That recording,
11:47was it real?
11:48You can keep believing her.
11:50After all these years,
11:51nothing I say has ever mattered to you.
11:55When I walked out of the club,
11:57the car I had called
11:58was already waiting at the entrance.
12:01My phone buzzed.
12:02Nathaniel had sent a message.
12:04How did the recording land?
12:06It hit exactly where I wanted.
12:09Next step.
12:10The banquet.
12:12A few days later,
12:13at a private estate in Maryland,
12:15my injuries had barely improved.
12:17I came here to say a final goodbye
12:18to Harrison's mother, Eleanor.
12:20She was sitting in the courtyard
12:22on a video call with Kenzie,
12:24smiling warmly,
12:25surrounded by the steady,
12:26dignified presence of a werewolf elder.
12:28She played the generous,
12:29kind senior perfectly.
12:30After she hung up,
12:31that smile vanished like a mask being removed,
12:33revealing her usual lofty scrutiny.
12:34Audrey, as your elder,
12:35I still want to give you one piece of advice.
12:37Kenzie and Harrison grew up together
12:39in a werewolf community.
12:41Their scents blend.
12:42Their instincts move together.
12:43That bond is something
12:44you can never compare to.
12:47You were too dark.
12:48Too lucky and charl.
12:50Instead of clinging to that useless pride,
12:52you should learn from her.
12:53Learn how to please an alpha at home.
12:56My fingertips were cold.
12:58Harrison's mother was seriously advising me
12:59to learn from the woman
13:00interfering in my marriage,
13:01to learn how to please my husband.
13:03She knew I was still the future Luna
13:04of the Cole family in Maine,
13:06and she knew the alliance mating contract
13:08was still recorded between the two bloodlines.
13:10But in her eyes,
13:11this Luna title,
13:12a symbol of werewolf dignity,
13:14and pack honor,
13:15was never an identity
13:16to be respected and protected.
13:17It was merely a decorative crop
13:19that could be placed anywhere,
13:20and replaced at any time.
13:21Do not bother,
13:22ever.
13:23Harrison and I are already in defense.
13:24Yes, Eleanor!
13:26Kenzie came jogging in
13:27with a pastry box.
13:28Her beta scent was soft and obedient,
13:30as she affectionately brushed
13:31her cheek against our powers.
13:32Then cried out
13:33as if she had only just remembered something.
13:35Oh my god,
13:36I almost forgot.
13:37Tonight is the defense
13:37appreciation banquet
13:38for the military industrial alliance.
13:40Every high-ranking piece of this
13:41werewolf in the military
13:42will be there.
13:43As the alpha heir of the whole family,
13:44Harrison has to attend.
13:45He needs to eat by his side,
13:46so I need to hurry over.
13:47After saying that,
13:48she turned to me
13:49as if she had only just noticed
13:50I was there.
13:51Audrey!
13:52You are here too!
13:53About what happened at the club,
13:54I drank too much
13:55and talked nonsense.
13:55Come with me tonight.
13:56I will explain all the misunderstandings
13:58in front of every pack reader, okay?
13:59Beneath her soft,
13:59docile beta scent,
14:00she could not hide the greedy,
14:01vicious aura
14:02of a predator lying in weight.
14:03Of course I knew
14:03she was setting a trap.
14:05But I also remembered
14:05what Nathaniel had told me before.
14:07The higher she jumps,
14:08the harder she falls.
14:10Give her the stage.
14:12Sure.
14:17The moment I walked
14:18into the banquet hall that night,
14:19I understood Kenzie's real purpose.
14:22Nearly every female guest
14:23wore couture
14:23with polished makeup,
14:25scents as carefully refined
14:26as their jewelry.
14:27Every gesture
14:27held the proper elegance
14:28of werewolf high society.
14:30Even their wolf power
14:31restrained to perfection.
14:32And I was wearing
14:32only a faded t-shirt and jeans
14:34with no makeup at all.
14:35Kenzie, meanwhile,
14:37had changed into a deep
14:38backless Chanelian gag,
14:39exposing her collarbones
14:41and the naked eye
14:41as if delivered a show
14:43off the alpha section.
14:44Oh, God.
14:46It's not a real purpose.
14:46It's not a real purpose.
14:47It's not a real purpose.
14:48It's not a real purpose.
14:49It's not a real purpose.
14:55It's not a real purpose.
15:11People around us
15:11Harrison, I really wanted
15:12to look up to last night.
15:13Harrison looked at her,
15:14then at me.
15:15After that night at the club,
15:16there really had been a crack
15:17in the way he looked at Kenzie.
15:19But in the end,
15:20he still chose to stand
15:21on her side.
15:21He locked his hand
15:22around my wrist,
15:23trying to drag me deeper
15:24into the crowd
15:25and end this ugly confrontation
15:26by force.
15:27Just then,
15:28a drunk, red-faced man
15:29walked up to Kenzie,
15:29saying filthy things.
15:30His hand moved too close,
15:32violating the boundaries
15:33of peck, etiquette.
15:34Harrison's face was cold.
15:35His alpha pressure surged,
15:37instantly pinning the man
15:38in one place.
15:38He seized the man's wrist
15:39and squeezed
15:40until the man screamed.
15:41I am fine.
15:42He just drank too much
15:42and said a few crude things.
15:45Go be with Audrey.
15:46Do not let her misunderstand again.
15:48With a dark expression,
15:49Harrison protected her
15:50and led her away.
15:51Audrey,
15:51what did I ever do
15:53to offend you?
15:53You actually paid off
15:55a man like this
15:55to humiliate me in public?
15:57There were elder council
15:58agents present,
15:59as well as witnesses
15:59from various packs.
16:01By throwing out that line,
16:02she was not just
16:03trying to embarrass me.
16:04She was trying to nail
16:05the words,
16:05unfit, almost.
16:06Luna into tonight's
16:07council record.
16:08Audrey,
16:08when did you become
16:09this vicious?
16:10I did not do it.
16:11But since you have already
16:12decided it was me,
16:13what is the point
16:13of explaining?
16:15So what do you want me to do?
16:17Kneel in public
16:18and beg her forgiveness?
16:25Fine.
16:26I'm sorry.
16:28Is that what you wanted?
16:31Audrey?
16:32What kind of attitude is that?
16:34You need to apologize
16:35to Kenzie
16:36and to everyone here.
16:38Audrey,
16:38Harrison often tells me
16:39your emotions
16:40have always been unstable,
16:41that you overreact
16:42because of our
16:42working relationship.
16:43I know you only acted
16:44on impulse.
16:45I forgive you.
16:46So he had even told
16:47another woman about
16:48the most humiliating,
16:49most private feelings
16:50inside our marriage.
16:51In that moment,
16:52the fire in my chest
16:53finally burned
16:54all the way through.
16:54Fine.
16:55Since that is what
16:56you all think.
16:57I raised my hand
16:58and slapped Kenzie
16:59across the face
16:59with all my strength.
17:00She screamed
17:01and fell to the floor.
17:02I bent down,
17:03grabbed her by the collar
17:04and pulled hard.
17:05The expensive evening gown
17:07tore with a sharp grip.
17:08Help!
17:10Harrison, save me!
17:11The next second,
17:12I was shoved hard
17:13in the back.
17:13It was Harrison's hand.
17:15I crashed onto
17:15the marble floor.
17:16The back of my head
17:17struck the base
17:17of a Roman column
17:18and my vision darkened
17:19and waved.
17:20My wolf sank violently
17:21in that instant,
17:22as if something icy
17:22had pressed her
17:23into deep water,
17:24even making breathing
17:24feel slow.
17:25My still recovering body
17:26grew cold.
17:27The wolf state collapse
17:27the healer had warned me about
17:29began to overwhelm me again.
17:31Have you caused
17:32enough trouble?
17:33I'm strong.
17:34Two guards in black
17:35immediately stepped forward
17:36and clamped down
17:36on both my arms.
17:38I struggled desperately,
17:39but Harrison personally
17:40grabbed my wrist
17:41and dragged me outside.
17:42But the instant he let go,
17:44the strap of his military watch
17:45caught on the collar
17:46of my T-shirt,
17:47tearing the entire
17:47piece of fabric
17:48from my shoulder.
17:49A large expanse of skin
17:50and my bra strap
17:51were exposed directly
17:52under the gaze
17:53of Washington's
17:53political and business elites.
17:55Do not touch me!
17:56Get away!
17:57Elk clutched my chest
17:58tightly,
17:58but it was already too late.
18:00People around us
18:00raised their phones.
18:01Camera flashes burst
18:02one after another.
18:03Those judging,
18:04curious, contemptuous.
18:05Gloating eyes were like
18:06countless hands
18:07pinning me in place,
18:08ripping me apart
18:09inch by inch.
18:09The scrutiny of every
18:10werewolf in the hall
18:11crushed together
18:12until I could barely breathe.
18:14Harrison stood
18:14two steps away
18:15and looked at me.
18:16His expression was not shock,
18:17not regret,
18:18but deeper disgust.
18:19As if the more wretched
18:20I looked,
18:20the more it proved
18:21I was out of control.
18:22Madwoman claimed I was.
18:24as if he had
18:25completely forgotten
18:26that under Pac-Law,
18:27allowing Outsider Stoke
18:28publicly humiliate
18:29one still bound.
18:30Mate was the ugliest
18:31failure of an alpha hare.
18:32I finally could not
18:33stop myself from crying
18:35just as the flashes
18:36and laughter
18:36were about to swallow
18:37the very doors
18:38and the big
18:39all of her story.
18:48Fine.
18:49I'm sorry.
18:51Is that what you wanted?
18:53Audrey,
18:55what kind of attitude
18:56is that?
18:56You need to apologize
18:58to Kenzie
18:58and to everyone
19:00and to everyone.
19:00Audrey,
19:01Harrison often tells
19:02my emotions
19:02have always been unstable.
19:04That you overreact
19:05because of our
19:05working relationship.
19:06I know you only
19:07acted on impulse.
19:08I forgive him.
19:09So he had even told
19:10another woman
19:11about the most humiliating,
19:12most private feelings
19:13inside our marriage.
19:14In that moment,
19:15the fire in my chest
19:16finally burned
19:17all the way through.
19:17But fine,
19:18since that is what
19:19you all think.
19:20I raised my hand
19:21and slapped Kenzie
19:22across the face
19:22with all my strength.
19:24She screamed
19:24and fell to the floor.
19:25I bent down,
19:26grabbed her by the collar
19:27and pulled hard.
19:28The expensive
19:29evening gap
19:29tore with a sharp wound.
19:31Help!
19:33Harrison, save me!
19:34The next second,
19:35I was shoved hard
19:36in the back.
19:36It was Harrison's hand.
19:38I crashed onto
19:38the marble floor.
19:39The back of my head
19:40struck the base
19:40of a rowing column
19:41and my vision
19:42darkened in a wave.
19:43My wolf sank
19:43violently in that instant
19:44as if something icy
19:45had pressed her
19:46into deep water,
19:47even making breathing
19:47feel slow.
19:48My still recovering body
19:49grew cold.
19:50The wolf state collapse
19:50the healer had warned me
19:51about began to overwhelm me
19:52again.
19:54Have you caused
19:55enough trouble?
19:56Straighten her.
19:57Two guards in black
19:58immediately stepped forward
19:59and clamped down
19:59on both my arms.
20:01I struggled desperately,
20:02but Harrison personally
20:03grabbed my wrist
20:04and dragged me outside.
20:05But the instant he let go,
20:07the strap of his military watch
20:08caught on the collar
20:09of my t-shirt,
20:10tearing the entire piece
20:11of fabric from my shoulder.
20:12A large expanse of skin
20:13and my bra strap
20:14were exposed directly
20:15under the gaze
20:16of Washington's political
20:17and business leaders.
20:18Do not touch me!
20:19Get away!
20:20Elk clutched my chest
20:21tightly,
20:21but it was already too late.
20:23People around us
20:23raised their phones.
20:24Camera flashes burst
20:25one after another.
20:26Those judging,
20:27curious,
20:28contemptuous,
20:28gloating eyes
20:29were like countless hands
20:30pinning me in place,
20:31ripping me apart
20:32inch by inch.
20:33The scrutiny of every
20:33werewolf in the hall
20:34crushed together
20:35until I could barely breathe.
20:36Harrison stood two steps away
20:38and looked at me.
20:39His expression was not shock,
20:40not regret,
20:41but deeper disgust.
20:42As if the more wretched
20:43I looked,
20:43the more it proved
20:44I was out of control.
20:45Madwoman claimed I was.
20:47As if he had completely
20:48forgotten that under-pack law.
20:50Allowing outsiders
20:51to publicly humiliate
20:52one still bound,
20:53mate was the ugliest failure
20:54of an alpha hare.
20:55I finally could not
20:56stop myself from crying
20:58just as the flashes
20:59and laughter
20:59were about to swallow me.
21:01The doors of the banquet hall
21:02were pushed open.
21:06On the day I ended
21:07our mate contract,
21:08I showed up
21:09at the international airport.
21:10One secretly taken photo
21:11caused an uppour
21:12among several major
21:13East Coast Pax spouse groups.
21:15No one knew
21:16this was not
21:16an ordinary breakup.
21:18This was the first step
21:19toward ending
21:20the alliance mating contract
21:21between two ancient Pax.
21:23Once the receipt
21:24entered the Pax registry
21:26and the elders
21:26witnessed the rejection right,
21:28five years between me
21:29and the Cole family
21:30would be raced for good.
21:31Brother,
21:32your ex-Luna
21:33looks like a movie star.
21:36Ending a mate bond
21:37is huge.
21:38How did you not
21:39really learn about it?
21:40Harrison stared
21:41at the woman on the screen
21:42as she walked away
21:43with her luggage.
21:44His face changed.
21:45He immediately
21:46called cancel.
21:49Oh,
21:50the termination papers.
21:51I logged into
21:52your Cloud account
21:53and clicked approve
21:53for you.
21:54It is not like
21:55you ever treated her
21:56as your real contract
21:57mate, right?
21:58Yes.
21:59Yes.
21:59Yes.
22:00Yes.
22:00Yes.
22:00Yes.
22:01Yes.
22:02Harrison and I
22:03were bound together
22:04by an alliance
22:04between two ancient
22:05werewolf packs.
22:06I carried the title
22:07of Future Luna
22:08and waited for him
22:09for five years.
22:10But in those five years,
22:12we never truly completed
22:13the mate bond.
22:14He treated me colder
22:14than he would treat
22:15a complete stranger.
22:16When I needed 17 stitches
22:18after a car accident,
22:19he replied with only one words,
22:21noted.
22:22Only later did I learn
22:23that Kenzie had been
22:24replying to my messages
22:25for him all these years.
22:26He said Kenzie
22:27was pack-born with him,
22:28his most capable beta.
22:29That was the moment
22:31I finally understood.
22:32He was not cold.
22:34He had simply given
22:34all his warmth
22:35to another one
22:36until the pup in my mirror
22:37cannot be saved
22:38because of bloodline complications.
22:40After the helioling
22:41gave the final diagnosis,
22:43I lay on the operating table
22:44and sent him
22:45one last message.
22:46I am in the helioling.
22:48Our pup cannot be saved.
22:49The surgery is about to begin.
22:52I am in the helioling.
22:55I am in the helioling.
22:56One word.
22:58I stared at that one word
22:59for a long time.
23:01I am in the helioling.
23:03I am in the helioling.
23:05Strictly speaking,
23:06Harrison and I have
23:06no true beliefs,
23:08no unicero,
23:09no elder witness,
23:11no claim to the left,
23:12not even one
23:13formulated oath.
23:20In the pack registry, I was only his pending confirmation future.
23:26The ridiculous part was that I had waited five years.
23:30Waited for the day he would truly accept me.
23:33Halfway through the surgery, I suddenly began hemorrhaging.
23:36The healer called my emergency contact again and again, but every call went to voice him.
23:40That fragile may bond slowly broke apart while I was under anesthesia.
23:44When I woke up, the ward was empty, but Harrison's profile had just been updated.
23:48Beside a campfire, Kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder.
23:51In front of them was a cape with candles spelling 900.
23:54The caption read, life is short, so grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days.
24:00I stared at that photo and finally laughed.
24:02So these five years have been a joke from beginning to end.
24:05I sent him one last message.
24:08I am tired. Contact the lawyer and terminate the mate contract.
24:11If you do not reply before midnight, I will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the
24:15registry process.
24:16Not until 1159 did the status bar show typing.
24:22I blocked him directly, then I called another number.
24:27Nathaniel, what you promised me before, does it still stand?
24:30Of course it does.
24:31Good.
24:33I do not just want to leave my room.
24:36I want the moment.
24:38In three days, I'll come to your territory myself.
24:40Kenzie signed mate documents on his behalf, stole quite a mate communications,
24:44and interfered with the termination process of an alliance-mated contract.
24:47I have organized all the evidence.
24:49As for Harrison, the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future Lumina.
24:54That is enough to make the Elder Council, the PAC Registry, and the Disciplinary Office all turn their eyes on
24:59you.
25:00When do you plan to strike?
25:05Soon.
25:10But before that, I need to play along with her one last time.
25:16After I was discharged, I returned to the house in Alexandria.
25:20Harrison sat on the sofa, reading a military brief.
25:22He barely looked up.
25:23Kenzie said you went to the hospital.
25:26What happened this time?
25:28Before I could speak, his phone rang.
25:31Kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen.
25:33Harrison impatiently declined the call.
25:35What were you about to say?
25:36Nothing.
25:40What is it now?
25:42Because I did not go to the hospital with you?
25:45Today marks 900 days since Kenzie and I met.
25:48Is that what this is about?
25:51Only then did I understand.
25:53To him, terminating our mate contract was just me throwing a tantrum.
25:58I am not throwing a tantrum.
26:02The lawyer will send the termination papers to your email.
26:04The receipt will be synced to the PAC Registry.
26:08Stop threatening to leave every time something happens.
26:11I canceled drinks just to come home and be with you.
26:14Stop being so dramatic.
26:17So the miscarriage, the stitches, signing surgical consent papers alone, all of it was just drama to him.
26:25He left soon after.
26:32Hours later, Kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message.
26:37Audrey, Harrison never even changed his cloud password.
26:40The lawyer kept fishing, so I signed it for him.
26:43Do you think he will regret it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife?
26:47I forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer.
26:50He officially started the process.
26:55Late that night, Taylor's call jolted in the lake.
26:59Audrey, get downtown now.
27:01Don't be happy.
27:02Fighting to leave, I rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members' club at the concert.
27:08Kenzie, truth or dare, do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander?
27:16Of course I do.
27:19Harrison and I slept again a long time ago.
27:25The music stopped dead.
27:27The room went silent.
27:28Every eye landed on me.
27:29I understood at once.
27:31That phone call had been arranged by her on purpose.
27:36She wanted me to hear it with my own ears.
27:38She wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity in front of our people.
27:42Worse, every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy.
27:46They were core leaders from major packs,
27:48and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony.
27:51She was not only trying to ruin my reputation.
27:53She wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity I had left
27:56as the unrecognized future Luna of the Cole family.
27:59Kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were close friends.
28:02Audrey, you finally came.
28:05You really need to control Harrison.
28:07He never knows when to stop.
28:10Every time, he leaves me unable to stand, and he still will not let me go.
28:14Can you teach me how to handle him?
28:16I raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face.
28:19Caught off guard, she fell beside the coffee table.
28:22Audrey, are you insane?
28:24Harrison shot to his feet, grabbed my wrist, and yanked me back hard.
28:28I stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me.
28:31My side slammed against the marble counter so hard my vision went black,
28:35but I still straightened up.
28:36Then I took out my phone and played a recording.
28:38Kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly.
28:41Aren't you afraid Harrison will find out?
28:43Find out what?
28:44In bed, he is nowhere near you.
28:46Once that boring, almost Luna of his is finally kicked out, he can...
28:50The recording cut off.
28:52The color drained from Kenzie's face.
28:54How...
28:55How do you have that?
28:57Did you really think you covered your tracks?
28:59I turned to Harrison.
29:01His expression was no longer simple rage.
29:03It was as if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him.
29:07Harrison, this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister to you?
29:12The men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording.
29:16Do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the PAC Council for verification and filing?
29:21Oh, and by the way, she has been looking through your email, your private information, and your mate contract documents.
29:27What she signed without authorization does not some meaningless scrap of paper.
29:31It was an official PAC document entered into the Council record,
29:34powerful enough to sever the alliance-gating contract between two major werewolf families
29:38and alter the fate of both bloodlines.
29:40You are lying!
29:41Lying?
29:42Then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him.
29:44He lives near Deponsor, all he can be here in ten minutes.
29:47I picked up the half-blast of Martina and was where he slowly walked out of cancer.
29:52This drink is for the child we lost.
29:54I splashed the liquor into her face.
29:56She screamed and shrank back his makeup, tears and alcohol smeared together.
30:00Security!
30:01Harrison shouted almost on instinct, but this time, he did not move.
30:05He did not help her up.
30:06He did not immediately shield her behind him like before.
30:09He stood there, his Adam's apple working hard, as if a silent earthquake had torn through him.
30:14Harrison!
30:15What are you standing there for?
30:18Take Kenzie to get her face treated.
30:21You are not coming with me?
30:25Harrison did not answer.
30:26I turned and left.
30:27Audrey!
30:28Wait!
30:29That recording, was it real?
30:31You can keep believing her.
30:33After all these years, nothing I say has ever mattered to her.
30:38When I walked out of the car, the car I had called was already real.
30:43My phone first.
30:45Then he sent a message.
30:48How did you report it?
30:50It hit exactly where I wanted it to be.
30:52Next step.
30:54The bank went to the car.
30:56Three days later, I tried to stay with her.
30:59My injuries were very well.
31:00I came to the car, and I came to the car, and I found Harrison's mother, and I fell out
31:04of it.
31:04She was sitting in the courtyard, and you know how, and he was looking for a smile in the car.
31:08She was surrounded by the scent of dating by her cousin's mother, and she played the generous kind of son.
31:13After she hung up, that smile vanished like masculine, completely like unusual about her story.
31:18Audrey, as your elder, I still want to give you one piece of advice.
31:21Kenzie and Harrison grew up together in the werewolf community.
31:24Their scents blend, their instincts move together.
31:27That bond is something you've never happened to.
31:30You are too dull.
31:32Too lacking in charm.
31:33Instead of clinging to that useless pride, you should learn from her.
31:37Learn how to please an Alfred.
31:39My fingertips are cold.
31:41Harrison's mother was seriously advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage,
31:45to learn how to please my husband.
31:47She knew I was still the future Luna of the Cole family in name,
31:49and she knew the Alliance mating contract was still recorded between the two bloodlines.
31:53But in her eyes, this Luna title, a symbol of werewolf dignity and pack honor,
31:58was never an identity to be respected and protected.
32:01It was merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere, and replaced at any time.
32:05Do not bother, Eleanor.
32:06Harrison and I are already ending things.
32:08Aunt Eleanor?
32:09Kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box.
32:12Her beta scent was soft and obedient,
32:13as she affectionately brushed her cheek against Eleanor's.
32:16Then cried out as if she had only just remembered something.
32:19Oh my god, I almost forgot.
32:20Tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military-industrial alliance.
32:24Every high-ranking person, this werewolf and military leader will be there.
32:26As the alpha heir of the Cole family, Harrison has to attend.
32:29He needs a date by his side, so I need to hurry over.
32:30After saying that, she turned to me as if she had only just noticed I was there.
32:35Audrey, you are here too.
32:36About what happened at the club, I drank too much and talked nonsense.
32:39Come with me tonight.
32:40I will explain all the misunderstandings of whatever happened here, okay?
32:42Beneath herself, docile beta scent.
32:44She could not hide between the vicious aura and the predator mind.
32:46Of course I knew she was setting a trap.
32:48But I also remembered what Nathaniel had told me before.
32:51The higher she jumps, the harder she falls.
32:54Give her the stage.
32:55Sure.
33:01The moment I walked into the banquet hall that night, I understood Kenzie's real purpose.
33:05Nearly every female guest wore couture.
33:07With polished makeup, scents as carefully refined as their jewelry.
33:10Every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society.
33:13Even their wolf power restrained to perfection.
33:15And I was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans.
33:18No makeup at all.
33:19Kenzie, meanwhile, had changed into a deep beat backless Chanel evening gown.
33:23Exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck.
33:25As if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried.
33:28Oh, goddess.
33:30I forgot to tell you there was a dress code to it.
33:31Audrey, you do not mind?
33:33People around us had already started looking over.
33:34Some with contempt, some with curiosity, and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show.
33:39Kenzie, you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of those people, didn't you?
33:43I looked at her.
33:44My voice was calm, but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear.
33:46Her eyes turned red almost instantly.
33:48Harrison walked over with champagne and he was thinking he stepped in front of her.
33:51His protective alpha aura spread out at once.
33:54Unmistakably biased.
33:55Harrison, I only wanted to make up for last time.
33:57Harrison looked at her, then at me.
33:59After that night at the club, there really had been a crack in the way he looked at Kenzie.
34:02But in the end, he still chose to stand on her side.
34:05He locked his hand around my wrist, trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly confrontation
34:10by force.
34:11Just then, a drunk, red-faced man walked up to Kenzie, saying filthy things.
34:14His hand moved too close, violating the boundaries of pack, etiquette.
34:18Harrison's face was cold.
34:19His alpha pressure surged, instantly pinning the man in place.
34:22He seized the man's wristband, squeezed until the man screamed.
34:25I am fine.
34:25He just drank too much and said a few crude things.
34:28Go be with Audrey.
34:30Do not let her misunderstand again.
34:31With a dark expression, Harrison protected her and led her away.
34:35Audrey, what did I ever do to defend her?
34:37You actually paid off a man like this to humiliate me in public?
34:41There were elder council agents present, as well as witnesses from various packs.
34:44I'm throwing him at the bathroom.
34:46She was not just trying to forgive us.
34:47She was trying to nail the words and fit, almost.
34:50We know it to tonight's council rectum.
34:52Audrey, where did you become as vicious?
34:53I did not do it.
34:55Because you already decided it was worse.
34:57I think it was better.
34:59So what do you want me to do again?
35:01Kneel in public and invite your forgiveness.
35:09Fine.
35:10I'm sorry.
35:11Is that what you wanted?
35:14Audrey, what kind of attitude is that?
35:17You need to apologize to Kenzie and to everyone here.
35:21Audrey, Harrison often tells you your emotions have always been unstable.
35:24That you overreact because of our working relationship.
35:27I know you only acted on impulse.
35:29I forgive you.
35:30So he had even told another woman about the most humiliating, most private feelings inside our marriage.
35:35In that moment, the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through.
35:38Or fine, since that is what you all think.
35:41I raised my hand and slapped Kenzie across the face with all my strength.
35:44She screamed and fell to the floor.
35:46I bent down, grabbed her by the collar, and pulled hard.
35:49The expensive evening gown tore with a sharp rip.
35:52Help!
35:53Harrison, save me!
35:55The next second, I was shoved hard in the back.
35:57It was Harrison's hand.
35:58I crashed onto the marble floor.
36:00The back of my head struck the base of a Roman column.
36:02And my vision darkened and waved.
36:03My wolf sank violently in that instant, as if something icy had pressed her into deep water, even making breathing
36:08feel slow.
36:08My still recovering body grew cold.
36:10The wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again.
36:14Have you caused enough trouble?
36:17Straight.
36:18Two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms.
36:21I struggled desperately, but Harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside.
36:26But the instant he let go, the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my T-shirt,
36:30tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder.
36:32A large expanse of scale in my bra strap was exposed directly under the gaze of Washington's political business leaders.
36:38Do not touch me, get away!
36:40Elf clutched my chest, tightly, but it was already too late.
36:43People around us raised their phones.
36:45Camera flashes burst one after another.
36:47Those judging, curious, contemptuous, gloating eyes were like countless hands pinning me in place, ripping me apart inch by inch.
36:53The scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall crushed together until I could barely breathe.
36:57Harrison stood two steps away and looked at me.
36:59His expression was not shock, not regret, but deeper disgust.
37:02As if the more wretched I looked, the more it proved I was out of control.
37:06Madwoman claimed I was.
37:08As if he had completely forgotten that under PAC law, allowing outsiders to publicly humiliate one still bound.
37:14Mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hare.
37:16I finally could not stop myself from crying.
37:19Just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow the whole, the doors of the banquet hall were pushed
37:23open.
37:32You could mad at a reward.
37:33I'm sorry.
37:34Is that what you wanted?
37:37Audrey?
37:38What kind of attitude is that?
37:40You need to apologize to Kenzie and to everyone here.
37:44Audrey, Harrison often tells you your emotions have always been unstable.
37:47that you overreact because of our working relationship.
37:50I know you only acted on impulse.
37:52I forgive you.
37:53So he had even told another woman about the most humiliating,
37:56most private feelings inside our marriage.
37:57In that moment, the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through.
38:01Fine, since that is what you all think.
38:03I raised my hand and slapped Kensie across the face with all my strength.
38:07She screamed and fell to the floor.
38:09I bent down, grabbed her by the collar, and pulled hard.
38:12The expensive evening gown tore with a sharp rib.
38:16Help! Harrison, save me!
38:18The next second, I was shoved hard in the back.
38:20It was Harrison's hand.
38:21I crashed onto the marble floor.
38:23The back of my head struck the base of a Roman column,
38:25and my vision darkened and waved.
38:26My wolf sank violently in that instant,
38:28as if something icy had pressed her into deep water,
38:30even making breathing feel slow.
38:32My still-recovering body grew cold.
38:33The wolf's state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again.
38:37Have you caused enough trouble?
38:40Two guards in black immediately stepped forward and camped out on their front arms.
38:44We struggled desperately.
38:46Harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside.
38:49With the instant we let go,
38:50the strap of his military launch caught him a collar on my t-shirt,
38:53tearing the entire wrist of fabric from my shoulder.
38:56A large advance of skipper and my raw sign exposed directly,
38:59and the gaze of watching it as a bulletproof system.
39:01You're lying, I'm leaving you nowhere.
39:03Elk flushed my chest.
39:05Titan holds all of the children.
39:06People around us raised their friends.
39:08Camera flashes burst one after another.
39:10Close judging.
39:11Curious.
39:12Intemptious.
39:12Floating eyes were like how the fans were in the place, ripping me apart inch by inch.
39:16The scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall, crushed together until I could barely believe it.
39:20Harrison stood two steps away and looked at me.
39:22His expression was not shock, not regret, but deeper disgust.
39:25As if the more wretched I looked, the more it proved I was out of control.
39:29Madwoman claimed I was.
39:31As if he had completely forgotten that under PAC law,
39:33allowing outsiders to publicly humiliate one still bound,
39:37mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hare.
39:39I finally could not stop myself from crying,
39:41just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole.
39:44The doors of the banquet hall were pushed open.
39:49On the day I ended our mate contract,
39:52I showed up at the international airport.
39:54One secretly taken photo caused an uppour among several major East Coast PAC spouse groups.
39:59No one knew this was not an ordinary breakup.
40:02This was the first step toward ending the alliance mating contract
40:04between two ancient PACs.
40:07Once the receipt entered the PAC registry
40:09and the elders witnessed the rejection rite,
40:12five years between me and the Cole family would be raced for good.
40:14Brother, your ex Luna looks like a movie star.
40:20Ending a mate bond is huge.
40:22How did you not breathe a word about her?
40:24Harrison stared at the woman on the screen
40:26as she walked away with her luggage.
40:27His face changed.
40:29He immediately called Kenzie.
40:33Oh, the termination papers?
40:35I logged into your Cloud account and clicked a clue for you.
40:38It is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate, right?
40:46Harrison and I were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf PACs.
40:50I carried the title of Future Luna
40:51and waited for him for five years.
40:54But in those five years, we never truly completed the mate bond.
40:57He treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger.
41:00When I needed 17 stitches after a car accident,
41:03he replied with only one word, noted.
41:05Only later did I learn that Kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all these years.
41:10He said Kenzie was half one of him, his most capable beta.
41:13That was the moment I finally understood.
41:16He was not cold.
41:17He had simply given all his warmth to another woman
41:20until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications.
41:24After the healer ring gave the final diagnosis,
41:26I lay on the operating table and sent him one last message.
41:29I am at the healer ring.
41:31Our pup cannot be saved.
41:33The surgery is about to begin.
41:37A reply came back quickly.
41:39One word, noted.
41:41I stared at that one word for a long time.
41:45Long enough, the others were working for a man.
41:48Strictly speaking, heresy and I had never truly been mates.
41:52No Luna ceremony.
41:53No Elder Witness.
41:54No claiming bite.
41:56Not even one formal mating oath.
42:04In the pack registry, I was only his pending confirmation future Luna.
42:09The ridiculous part was that I had waited five years.
42:13Waited for the day he would truly accept me.
42:17Halfway through the surgery, I suddenly began hemorrhaging.
42:20The healer called my emergency contact again and again,
42:22but every call went to voicemail.
42:24That fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while I was under anesthesia.
42:27When I woke up, the ward was empty.
42:29But Harrison's profile had just been updated.
42:32Beside a campfire, Kenzie leaned into me against his shoulder.
42:35In front of my music, he had a spell of 980.
42:38I had a caption for everything that life was short.
42:40He was so grateful to have me as my perfect partner for his 980s.
42:43I stand here.
42:45I'm a cat.
42:46Three years five years.
42:47I don't joke, I'm a tattoo.
42:49I sent one last message.
42:51I'm a tie-in.
42:53Contact me all later.
42:54I need your trust.
42:55You do not apply for the license.
42:57I was a consent.
42:58I johnnie mentioned it.
42:59I don't register the process.
43:00I don't feel like to be in a statement.
43:02Sometimes you should talk about it.
43:04I held back a seat.
43:05I held it to a mu.
43:07And I think it's time for me.
43:10I can't remember what it was before.
43:12This is destined.
43:14Of course it is.
43:15But I don't know.
43:17I do not just want to.
43:20I'm not going to work.
43:22Three days on the territory of the Senate,
43:24Mackenzie signed made documents on the map,
43:26stole private paper communications,
43:28and interfered with the germination process
43:29and the clients made in private.
43:31I have organized all the evidence.
43:33As for Harrison,
43:34the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep,
43:36and humiliate his future leaders.
43:38That is enough to make the Elder Council,
43:40the PAC Registry,
43:41and the Disciplinary Office all turn their eyes on them.
43:44When do you plan to strike?
43:48Soon.
43:54But before that,
43:55I need to play along with her one last time.
44:00After I was discharged,
44:01I returned to the house in Alexandria.
44:03Harrison sat on the sofa reading a military brief.
44:06He barely looked up.
44:07Kenzie said you went to the hospital.
44:09What happened this time?
44:11Before I could speak,
44:13his phone rang.
44:14Kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen.
44:17Harrison impatiently declined the call.
44:18What were you about to say?
44:20Nothing.
44:23What is it now?
44:25Because I did not go to the hospital with you?
44:28Today marks 900 days since Kenzie and I met.
44:31Is that what this is about?
44:34Only then did I understand.
44:37To him,
44:37terminating our mate contract
44:39was just me throwing a tantrum.
44:41I am not throwing a tantrum.
44:45The lawyer will send the termination papers to your email.
44:48The receipt will be synced to the PAC registry.
44:51Stop threatening to leave every time something happens.
44:54I cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you.
44:58Stop being so dramatic.
45:00So the miscarriage,
45:02the stitches,
45:03signing surgical consent papers alone,
45:05all of it was just drama to him.
45:09He left soon after.
45:16Hours later,
45:17Kenzie sent over the signed receipt
45:19and a voice message.
45:21Audrey,
45:22Harrison never even changed his cloud password.
45:24The lawyer kept pushing,
45:25so I signed it for him.
45:26Do you think he will regret it
45:27when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful life
45:30with his own hand?
45:31I forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer
45:33and officially started the process.
45:39Late that night,
45:40Taylor's call jolted me awake.
45:43Audrey,
45:44get downtown now.
45:45Something happens.
45:46Fighting through the pain,
45:47I rushed to the high ranking werewolf
45:49members of our head to Mon Circle.
45:52Kenzie,
45:53truth or dare?
45:56Do you have any secrets
45:57you have been hiding from your commander?
45:59Of course I do.
46:03Harrison and I slept together.
46:05A long time ago.
46:09The music stopped dead.
46:10The room went silent.
46:12Every eye landed on me.
46:13I understood at once.
46:15That phone call had been arranged by her on purpose.
46:20She wanted me to hear it with my own ears.
46:21She wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity in front of our people.
46:26Worse,
46:26every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy.
46:30They were core leaders from major packs,
46:31and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony.
46:34She was not only trying to improve my reputation.
46:37She wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity I had left as the unrecognized future would have
46:41the cold for me.
46:43Kenzie walked toward me and took my hand and broke the loose ones.
46:46Audrey,
46:47you finally came.
46:49You really need to control Harrison.
46:51He never knows when to stop.
46:53Every time,
46:54he leaves me unable to stand,
46:56he still will not let me go.
46:58Can you teach me how to handle him?
46:59I raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face.
47:03Caught off guard,
47:04she fell beside the coffee table.
47:06Audrey,
47:07are you insane?
47:08Harrison shot to his feet,
47:10grabbed my wrist,
47:11and yanked me back hard.
47:12I stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me.
47:15My side slammed against the marble counter so hard my vision went black,
47:18but I still straightened up.
47:20Then I took out my phone and played a recording.
47:22Kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly.
47:25Are you afraid Harrison will find out?
47:27Find out what?
47:27In bed,
47:28he is nowhere near you.
47:30Once that boring,
47:31almost luna of his is finally kicked out,
47:33the recording cut off.
47:36The color drained from Kenzie's face.
47:38How?
47:39How do you have that?
47:40Did you really think you covered your tracks?
47:43I turned to Harrison.
47:44His expression was no longer simple rage.
47:47It was as if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him.
47:50Harrison,
47:51this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister to you?
47:55The men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording.
48:00Do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the PAC Council for verification and filing?
48:05Oh, and by the way, she has been looking through your email, your private information, and your mate contract documents.
48:10What she signed without authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper.
48:15It was an official PAC document entered into the council record,
48:18powerful enough to sever the alliance meeting contract between two major werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines.
48:23You are lying!
48:25Lying?
48:26Then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him.
48:28He lives near Dupont Circle. He can be here in ten minutes.
48:31I picked up the half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked up to Kenzie.
48:36This drink is for the child we lost.
48:38I splashed the liquor into her face.
48:40She screamed and shrank back his makeup, tears and alcohol smeared together.
48:44Security!
48:44Harrison shouted almost on instant.
48:46But this time, he did not move.
48:48He did not help her up.
48:49He did not immediately shield her behind him like before.
48:53He stood there, his Adam's apple working hard, as if a silent earthquake had torn through him.
48:58Harrison!
48:59What are you standing there for?
49:02Take Kenzie to get her face treated.
49:05You are not coming with me?
49:08Harrison did not answer.
49:10I turned and left.
49:11Audrey!
49:12Wait!
49:13That recording, was it real?
49:15You can keep believing her.
49:17After all these years, nothing I say has ever mattered to you.
49:23When I walked out of the club, the car I had called was already waiting at the entrance.
49:28My phone buzzed.
49:29Nathaniel had sent a message.
49:31How did the recording hit?
49:33It hit exactly where I wanted.
49:36Next step.
49:38The banquet.
49:39A few days later, at a private estate in Maryland, my injuries have barely improved.
49:44I came here to say a final reply to Harrison's mother.
49:47Hello.
49:48She was sitting in the corner.
49:49Video call with Kenzie, smiling warmly, surrounded by the steady, dignified presence of a werewolf elder.
49:55She played the generous, kind senior perfectly.
49:57After she hung up, that smile vanished like a mask being removed, revealing her usual lofty scrutiny.
50:01Audrey, as your elder, I still want to give you one piece of advice.
50:05Kenzie and Harrison grew up together in the werewolf community.
50:08Their sense blend.
50:09Their instincts move together.
50:10That bond is something you can never compare to.
50:14You are too dull.
50:16Too lacking in charm.
50:17Instead of clinging to that useless pride, you should learn from her.
50:20Learn how to please an alpha at home.
50:23My fingertips weren't cold.
50:25Harrison's mother was seriously advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage.
50:29To learn how to please my husband.
50:30She knew I was still the future Luna of the Cole family in name.
50:33And she knew the Alliance made a contract that was still important to each other.
50:37But in her eyes, this Una Tiger, the symbol of her identity.
50:41Pack on her.
50:42There was never an identity to be respected or a deity.
50:44It was merely a decorative dog that could be placed under her.
50:47It was nice to have a teller.
50:48Do not bother her.
50:50Harrison and I are always waiting for her to swear.
50:52I can't take a job again.
50:54I need to promise.
50:55Her beta set was soft and obedient.
50:57She affectionately rushed her cheek and had still a nurse.
51:00Then cried out as if she had ever adjusted for her days.
51:02Oh my god.
51:03I almost forgot.
51:04Tonight is the time for initiation to walk away from the military industrial clients.
51:07Every hybrid choice seems to realize I'm going to be able to be there.
51:10As the alpha heir of the whole family, Harrison has to attack.
51:12He needs a date by his side, so I need to hurry over.
51:14After saying that, she turned to me as if she had only just noticed that.
51:18Audrey!
51:19You are here too!
51:20About what happened at the club, I drank too much of talk nonsense.
51:23Come with me tonight.
51:23I will explain all misunderstandings of whatever happened.
51:26Okay?
51:26Beneath her soft, docile innocent.
51:28She could not hide the vision, vicious warrior, and incredible body.
51:30Of course I knew she was saying the trap.
51:32But I also remembered what Nathaniel had told me before.
51:34The higher she jumps, the harder she falls.
51:37Give her the stairs.
51:39Sure.
51:44The moment I walked into the banquet hall that night, I understood Kenzie's real purpose.
51:49Nearly every female guest wore couture.
51:51With polished makeup, scents as carefully refined as their jewelry.
51:54Every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society.
51:57Even their wolf power restrained to perfection.
51:59And I was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans, with no makeup at all.
52:03Kenzie, meanwhile, had changed into a deep V-backless Chanel evening gown, exposing her collarbones
52:08and the nape of her neck, as if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried.
52:12Oh, goddess.
52:13I forgot to tell you there was a dress code tonight.
52:15Audrey, do not mind you?
52:16People around us had already started looking over.
52:18Some with contempt, some with curiosity, and some with the silent patience of people waiting
52:22for a show.
52:22Kenzie, you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people, didn't you?
52:27I looked at her.
52:27My voice was calm, but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear.
52:30Her eyes turned red almost instantly.
52:32Harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her.
52:35His protective alpha aura spread out at once, unmistakably biased.
52:39Harrison, I only wanted to make up for last time.
52:41Harrison looked at her, then at me.
52:42After that night at the club, there really had been a crack in the way he looked at Kenzie.
52:46But in the end, he still chose to stand on her side.
52:49He locked his hand around my wrist, trying to drag me deeper into the crowd, and end
52:53this ugly confrontation by force.
52:54Just then, a drunk, red-faced man walked up to Kenzie, saying flippy things.
52:58His hand moved too close, violating the boundaries of pack, etiquette.
53:01Harrison's face was cold.
53:03His alpha pressure surged, instantly pinning the man in place.
53:05He seized the man's wrist end, squeezed until the man screamed.
53:08I am fine, he just drank too much and said a few crude things.
53:12Go be with Audrey.
53:13Do not let her misunderstand again.
53:15With a dark expression, Harrison protected her and led her away.
53:18Audrey, what did I ever do to offend you?
53:21You actually paid off a man like this to humiliate me in public?
53:24There were elder council agents present, as well as witnesses from various packs.
53:28By throwing out that line, she was not just trying to embarrass me.
53:31She was trying to nail the words, unfit, almost, Luna into tonight's council record.
53:35Audrey, when did you become this vicious?
53:37I did not do it.
53:38Since you have already decided it was me, what is the point of explaining?
53:42So what do you want me to do?
53:44Kneel in public and beg her forgiveness?
53:53Fine.
53:54I'm sorry.
53:55Is that what you wanted?
53:58Audrey?
53:59What kind of attitude is that?
54:01You need to apologize to Kenzie, and to everyone here.
54:05Audrey, Harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable.
54:08That you overreact because of our working relationship.
54:11I know you only acted on impulse.
54:12I forgive you.
54:14So he had even told another woman about the most humiliating, most private feelings inside
54:17our marriage.
54:18In that moment, the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through.
54:22Fine.
54:22Since that is what you all think.
54:24I raised my hand and slapped Kenzie across the face with all my strength.
54:28She screamed and fell to the floor.
54:30I bent down, grabbed her by the collar, and pulled hard.
54:32The expensive evening gown tore on the sharp wound.
54:36Help!
54:37Harrison, save me!
54:38The next second, I was shoved hard in the back.
54:41It was Harrison's hand.
54:42I crashed onto the marble floor.
54:43The back of my head struck the face of the wealthy collar.
54:46When my vision darkened away, my wolf sank violently in that instant.
54:49As if something icy and clustering within the water didn't make my breathing feel slow.
54:52I was still recovering body of the collar.
54:54The wolf's state collapsed the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again.
54:58Shhh.
54:58I haven't caused enough trouble.
55:01Two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms.
55:05I struggled dustingly.
55:07The Harrison personally dragged my wrist and dragged my side.
55:09But the instant he let go, the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my patient.
55:14Tearing the entire piece of fabric on my shoulder.
55:16A large expanse of skin in my wall struck me closed directly into the gaze of Washington's political and business
55:21owners.
55:22Do not touch me! Get away!
55:24Elk clutched my chest.
55:25Tightened but it was already too late.
55:27People around us raised their phones.
55:28Camera flashes burst one after another.
55:31Those judging were curious.
55:32Contemptuous.
55:33Gloating eyes were like countless hands.
55:34Bleeding me in place.
55:35Ripping me apart inch by inch.
55:37The scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall.
55:39Crushed together until I could barely agree with you.
55:41Harrison stood two steps away and looked at me.
55:43His expression was not shock, not regret, but deeper disgust.
55:46As if the more wretched I looked, the more it proved I was out of control.
55:50Madwoman claimed I was.
55:51As if he had completely forgotten that under pack law.
55:54Allowing outsiders to publicly humiliate ones still bound.
55:57Mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hare.
56:00I finally could not stop myself from crying.
56:02Just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole.
56:05The doors of the banquet hall were pushed open.
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