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Suffering the agony of a broken engagement in front of the whole pack, Nova struggled to see a hopeful future. Step by step, Alpha King Ronan offers her safety, respect, and a throne to call her own. As her ex-fiancé's desperate pleas echo in the background, Nova discovers that true healing comes when you finally recognize who has loved you for twenty years.
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Suffering the agony of a broken engagement in front of the whole pack, Nova struggled to see a hopeful future. Step by step, Alpha King Ronan offers her safety, respect, and a throne to call her own. As her ex-fiancé's desperate pleas echo in the background, Nova discovers that true healing comes when you finally recognize who has loved you for twenty years.
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00:00:06On our wedding day, my chosen mate Cole left and took my illegitimate sister Alara from her wedding
00:00:11because he didn't want her to marry the pack's infamous playboy, Alpha King Ronan.
00:00:15They became mates that same night.
00:00:18Cole lost control and fucked her 99 times straight.
00:00:22Alira's moans and screams ringing out through the pack.
00:00:24The whole pack was waiting to watch me and Ronan become a joke.
00:00:28A general's daughter and an Alpha King both rejected on the same night.
00:00:32But the next day, Ronan came to my door, dragging chests of gold and jewels behind him.
00:00:37A debt is a debt.
00:00:39Cole stole my bride, so he owes me his.
00:00:42I want you as my mate.
00:00:44That's fair, isn't it?
00:00:46I'll marry you.
00:00:47He clearly hadn't expected me to agree to something so absurd.
00:00:53That's what you said.
00:00:54I'll come for you in three days.
00:00:56Don't you dare change your mind.
00:01:03He wasn't nearly as reckless as the rumors claimed.
00:01:05If anything, he was a little endearing.
00:01:08Not long after Ronan left, I went back to Cole's home to pack my things and move out.
00:01:14Halfway through, Cole came back.
00:01:16He was holding Alara, and this time she didn't bother hiding it.
00:01:20She lifted her dress to show off her six-month pregnant belly.
00:01:25So they'd been sneaking around behind my back for at least six months.
00:01:29Disgusting.
00:01:31Cole, you're standing here with your six-month pregnant mate.
00:01:35What could you possibly want now?
00:01:37Nova, I didn't want it to be this way.
00:01:39But Alara is gentle.
00:01:40And she's my fated mate.
00:01:42She's carrying my child.
00:01:43I couldn't just watch her get thrown to that reckless playboy of an alpha king.
00:01:50I'm a strong alpha.
00:01:52How could I let my fainted mate suffer a marriage like that?
00:01:55And yet he could watch me, and the entire Draven family become the pack's laughingstock without blinking.
00:02:00The moment he stormed that ceremony, whatever we had was already over.
00:02:04Then that settles it.
00:02:05Our wedding is off.
00:02:09Nova, don't be like this.
00:02:10Even if I marry her, it won't change anything between us.
00:02:13I've already decided.
00:02:14You'll marry me too.
00:02:16You'll be my Luna as well.
00:02:17Two Lunas?
00:02:18Since when has our pack ever allowed that?
00:02:22You swore to the Moon Goddessy.
00:02:24You said you would be loyal to me.
00:02:26And only me.
00:02:27I did.
00:02:28I chose you as my mate because I needed someone fit to be my Luna.
00:02:32You were never more than my chosen mate, Nova.
00:02:35But when I met Alara, I realized she's my fated mate.
00:02:39Nothing in this world compares to her.
00:02:41I looked at Alara, who was still stroking her belly, making sure everyone saw it.
00:02:46You knew he already had a mate.
00:02:49So why did you run from your own wedding?
00:02:51Why choose to be someone's mistress instead?
00:02:53Alara's eyes welled up instantly.
00:02:58You're so harsh with me.
00:03:00Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.
00:03:02That's all he did.
00:03:03He saved me.
00:03:05Are you...
00:03:05Are you just jealous?
00:03:07Alpha Cole already said you could be his Luna too.
00:03:13An illegitimate daughter really doesn't know how to carry herself in front of others, does she?
00:03:19Alara's face crumbled instantly.
00:03:20She burst into tears, burying herself against Cole's chest.
00:03:26Nova, how could you say something like that to her?
00:03:29Look what you've done.
00:03:30You've made her cry.
00:03:31He held Alara tighter, glaring at me, as if I were the one in the wrong.
00:03:35Alara is so kind-hearted.
00:03:38Once you marry in, she won't make things hard for you.
00:03:41I know it's a step down, but you'll just have to accept being my second Luna for now.
00:03:45You and Alara will both be my Lunas.
00:03:47As long as you fulfill your duties, I won't play favorites.
00:03:51Oh, and what exactly are these duties?
00:03:55You'll raise our children, and you'll still manage the pack's daily affairs.
00:03:59Your standing in the pack won't be affected at all.
00:04:01So you want two Lunas?
00:04:02One to sleep beside you, and one to obediently raise your children and handle your chores?
00:04:07A general's daughter, reduced to a second Luna.
00:04:10I almost admired him for having the nerve to say it out loud.
00:04:15I'd advise you to cherish what's already been arranged for you.
00:04:18This is already the best outcome you're going to get.
00:04:20Cole stepped forward, his tone softening, as if he were doing me a favor.
00:04:25Nova, Alara has already sacrificed so much.
00:04:28Just agree to be Luna alongside her.
00:04:33She doesn't need to sacrifice anything at all, because I will never agree.
00:04:38We're done.
00:04:40What?
00:04:41What did you just say?
00:04:42The pack members were already whispering among themselves.
00:04:45Is she out of her mind?
00:04:46She actually wants to leave Alpha Cole?
00:04:48If she leaves the pack, she won't survive a week out there.
00:04:54You're really making this difficult for me, Nova.
00:04:57I almost laughed.
00:04:58Who exactly stormed a wedding ceremony and claimed another woman as his mate the night before ours?
00:05:03Who turned me into the pack's laughing stock?
00:05:05And now he had the nerve to say I was the one making things difficult.
00:05:11I told you, I will never be your second Luna.
00:05:14He raised his hand and struck me hard across the face.
00:05:17Nova, you're being completely unreasonable.
00:05:20Everyone knows you've clung to me since childhood.
00:05:22I've had my fill of you for years.
00:05:24Do you really think anyone else would want you now?
00:05:27Get out of my house!
00:05:30Good, let her go.
00:05:32Don't let her take a single thing with her.
00:05:34So you want me dead?
00:05:35And you want to take everything I own?
00:05:37My whole body was shaking with fury.
00:05:39Behind me, Cole's pack members roared in unison.
00:05:41Reject that bitch!
00:05:44Rotten vegetables and eggs flew through the air, striking my back, my shoulders, the ground at my feet.
00:05:49I knew, in that moment, that the Cole who once looked at me like I was the center of his
00:05:53world,
00:05:54the one who couldn't bear to see me suffer even the smallest slight, was already dead.
00:05:58What stood in front of me now was nothing more than Alara's mate.
00:06:01But it doesn't matter.
00:06:02Luckily, I already have a new, much better mate who could crush them in seconds.
00:06:06And soon, we would be married.
00:06:08Ronan didn't give me any time to change my mind.
00:06:11The very next day, the Draven family came to formally propose,
00:06:15carrying 108 chests of betrothal gifts,
00:06:17filling my room to the brim.
00:06:20I was just about to have the servants move everything into storage
00:06:23when Cole walked in, Alara trailing behind him.
00:06:28Seeing the chests piled everywhere,
00:06:30the two of them clearly jumped to their own conclusion.
00:06:33Sister, is this all your dowry?
00:06:35I knew it. You're marrying Alpha Cole, after all.
00:06:38And you're even throwing in all of this on top of it.
00:06:41See, and you kept saying you weren't.
00:06:43Oh, Nova, you really are in love with me.
00:06:45I frowned, denying it immediately.
00:06:47It's not what you think.
00:06:48Stop pretending.
00:06:49Yesterday, you said you weren't marrying me,
00:06:51and now you've already got your dowry ready.
00:06:54That's right, Nova.
00:06:55Once you marry in, we'll all be one family.
00:06:59Alpha Cole, didn't you also prepare a gift for Nova?
00:07:02Hurry, give it to me.
00:07:03As she reached for him, something caught the light and flickered past my eyes.
00:07:07A necklace, resting against her collarbone.
00:07:09The Cole family kept an heirloom necklace, passed down for generations,
00:07:13always meant for the family's future Luna.
00:07:15I had hinted at it, asked about it, more times than I could count over the years.
00:07:19He always found some excuse to avoid the subject, never once willing to give it to me.
00:07:23Cole scowled and dug something out from inside his coat.
00:07:26A worn, cracked leather bracelet, and tossed it at me.
00:07:31Here, this is for you.
00:07:33Alara wore it until it fell apart, but you can still use it.
00:07:37What goes around comes around, doesn't it, sister?
00:07:40You used to look down on me.
00:07:42Now, all you get to have is what I've already worn out.
00:07:45The moment brought me back to the first time we ever met, at a family banquet.
00:07:49Because she was nothing more than an legitimate daughter.
00:07:52My family, even the servants, treated her like a maid.
00:07:55When she accidentally spilled wine on someone,
00:07:57she was struck across the face without a second thought.
00:08:00Cole couldn't stand watching it happen, and stepped in to help her.
00:08:03After that, afraid she'd be mistreated again,
00:08:06he started looking out for her, always saving the best food, the best gifts, for her first.
00:08:11I just feel bad for her, that's all. I only want to help her.
00:08:13At first, I believed him. I thought it really was just pity.
00:08:16Not until the day Alara was forced to marry Ronan,
00:08:19and Cole stormed the ceremony to steal her away.
00:08:21That was when I finally understood.
00:08:23Somewhere along the way, without my ever noticing,
00:08:26Alara had already carved out a place in his heart.
00:08:30So generous with Alaya, so stingy with me.
00:08:34No need.
00:08:35Something this precious should stay with your Alaya.
00:08:39Cole's face darkened instantly.
00:08:42Humiliated, he snatched the bracelet out of my hand and hurled it out the window.
00:08:48Fine. If you don't want it, then it's trash.
00:08:51And don't you dare think you're taking a single thing from me when you get married.
00:08:54I told you.
00:08:55Our wedding has already been called off.
00:08:57Say that again?
00:09:02Huh.
00:09:03Leave Alpha Cole, and nobody's ever going to want you.
00:09:06You'll come crawling back, begging him not to let you go.
00:09:10I didn't even bother explaining anymore.
00:09:13If the two of you have nothing else, please leave.
00:09:16But clearly, neither of them took my words seriously.
00:09:20Nova, don't say things like that out of anger.
00:09:23I know you're upset with me.
00:09:25If it makes you feel better, why don't you hit me a couple times?
00:09:30Get off. Don't touch me.
00:09:32The moment my hand left her arm, Alara let herself go loom, collapsing softly into Cole's chest as if struck.
00:09:37Cole's eyes flared red.
00:09:38Do not touch her. She is carrying my child.
00:09:41His fingers began to shift, claws tearing through skin, dark and sharp.
00:09:45He struck.
00:09:47In all the years Cole and I had known each other, grown up together, he had never once shifted his
00:09:52claws against me.
00:09:53Not once.
00:09:54And the first time he finally did, it was for another woman.
00:09:57For a moment, Cole hesitated.
00:10:00He looked down at the blood running down my arm.
00:10:03But Alara saw her chance.
00:10:07She let out a sharp, sudden cry, clutching her belly, and begged him to take her away immediately.
00:10:13After a moment of hesitation, Cole scooped her up into his arms and walked out without looking back.
00:10:20Alara glanced back over his shoulder.
00:10:25Die alone? Funny.
00:10:27I was getting married in three days.
00:10:30The day before my wedding fell on the moon festival, the one day a year I had always loved the
00:10:35most.
00:10:36Every year before this one, Cole had always come with me to buy crystal lanterns.
00:10:40This year, for the first time, I went alone.
00:10:42When I stepped into Silvermoon City, the entire street stood empty.
00:10:46Every vendor had been pushed aside.
00:10:48Their tolves cleared to the edges of the road.
00:10:50Confused, I slowed my steps and caught the voices of two young women nearby.
00:10:54I heard Alpha Cole bought out every single crystal lantern on this street just to make his mate happy.
00:10:59That's not even half of it.
00:11:00He went against the entire Elder Council for her.
00:11:02Exactly.
00:11:03He even angered the young lord and forced his own nova into being a concuboon, just for her.
00:11:07I'd howl at the moon alone for a year for someone that devoted.
00:11:10I turned to leave, having no reason to stay any longer.
00:11:13Nova?
00:11:14I turned instinctively, and there they were.
00:11:17Cole and Alara, standing not far away.
00:11:22Nova, are you here to buy crystal lanterns too?
00:11:27How's your shoulder?
00:11:28I pushed his hand away, without a shred of warmth in my voice.
00:11:31It's fine.
00:11:32Alara held the lantern out towards me.
00:11:34I'm sorry, Nova.
00:11:36Alpha Cole bought out every lantern on this street.
00:11:38Here, why don't you take this one?
00:11:40No, thank you.
00:11:42I stepped back.
00:11:43I never made a habit of using anything someone else had already touched.
00:11:46Not objects.
00:11:47Not people.
00:11:48But Alara wouldn't let it go.
00:11:50She kept crowding closer, refusing to back off.
00:11:53I only meant to push her away, barely any force behind it at all.
00:11:56But Alara clutched at her dress and threw herself backward, dramatically, collapsing onto the ground.
00:12:01Cole!
00:12:02Nova's trying to kill our baby!
00:12:04Cole's face twisted with fury, the instant he saw her on the ground.
00:12:08He shoved me, hard, without a second of hesitation.
00:12:11How dare you do this!
00:12:13Kneel down and apologize to her, right now!
00:12:15It happened too fast.
00:12:17I had no chance to brace myself before I hit the ground, forced down onto my knees.
00:12:23And then, a voice, low, deep, carrying and pressed down on the entire street, cut through the air behind me.
00:12:30Who dares touch my mate?
00:12:32I turned around.
00:12:33A massive black wolf shadow hung suspended in the air above the street, its presence so overwhelming it seemed to
00:12:38swallow the light around it whole.
00:13:08That's, that's the Alpha King's nightfall wolf.
00:13:10To a narrow alley, I tensed instantly, already bracing to fight back. I looked up. It was Ronin.
00:13:14I followed you the whole way. Watching you get pushed around like that, it put me in a foul mood.
00:13:20And why did you follow me?
00:13:23I, I'm marrying you tomorrow. I was too excited to sleep at all.
00:13:27I'm nothing but a rejected Luna, you know.
00:13:29A general's daughter who's never even had a wolf of her own, let alone a fated mate.
00:13:33Just don't come to regret this.
00:13:36I won't.
00:13:37He pulled me closer, gently drawing me toward the curve of his neck.
00:13:41As I leaned in, close enough to feel the warmth of his skin, something strange stirred inside me.
00:13:46A scent, faint, unfamiliar, and yet impossibly familiar all at once, wrapped around me.
00:13:53Why, why was his scent pulling at me like this? Why couldn't I resist it?
00:13:57I pulled back sharply, staring at him, my heart pounding for reasons I couldn't explain.
00:14:02Are you my...
00:14:04Ronin seemed thrown off by the way I was staring at him.
00:14:08I'll see you tomorrow, my Luna.
00:14:11The next morning, the maids woked me early, dressing me, styling my hair, wrapping me in my wedding gown.
00:14:17That was when it finally felt real. I was really getting married.
00:14:21Only this time, the groom waiting for me wasn't Cole, the childhood companion I had spent years hoping for.
00:14:26It was Alpha King Ronin.
00:14:28When the wedding procession finally arrived, I froze.
00:14:31Leading it was Cole.
00:14:32He saw me standing there, in my full wedding attire, and his expression twisted instantly.
00:14:39How dare you dress more beautiful than Alara did on her wedding day?
00:14:42You're nothing but a chosen mate!
00:14:44I'm here today to take my second Luna.
00:14:46Go change. Right now.
00:14:48I didn't back down for a second.
00:14:50I've told you this more than once.
00:14:52Our wedding is off.
00:14:53The man I'm marrying today isn't you.
00:14:57Don't throw a fight over this.
00:14:58Isn't it just because I made a lemur a Luna too?
00:15:01You're both my Lunas. I'll treat you equally.
00:15:03Come with me, okay?
00:15:08Ronin rode in at the head of the procession, an endless line of carriages trailing behind him,
00:15:13each one loaded with gold, jewels, treasures beyond counting.
00:15:16His gaze landed on Cole, and on the pitiful procession behind him, fewer than 20 people in total.
00:15:23Well, well. Alpha Cole.
00:15:25Trying to steal my wife again?
00:15:38On our wedding day, my chosen mate Cole left and took my illegitimate sister Alara from her wedding
00:15:44because he didn't want her to marry the pack's infamous playboy, Alpha King Ronin.
00:15:48They became mates that same night.
00:15:51Cole lost control and fucked her 99 times straight.
00:15:55Alira's moans and screams ringing out through the pack.
00:15:57The whole pack was waiting to watch me and Ronin become a joke.
00:16:00A general's daughter and an Alpha King, both rejected on the same night.
00:16:05But the next day, Ronin came to my door, dragging chests of gold and jewels behind him.
00:16:10A debt is a debt.
00:16:12Cole stole my bride, so he owes me his.
00:16:15I want you as my mate.
00:16:17That's fair, isn't it?
00:16:18I'll marry you.
00:16:19He clearly hadn't expected me to agree to something so absurd.
00:16:24You, you, that's what you said.
00:16:27I'll, I'll come for you in three days.
00:16:29Don't you dare change your mind.
00:16:35He wasn't nearly as reckless as the rumors claimed.
00:16:38If anything, he was a little endearing.
00:16:41Not long after Ronin left, I went back to Cole's home to pack my things and move out.
00:16:47Halfway through, Cole came back.
00:16:49He was holding Alara, and this time, she didn't bother hiding it.
00:16:53She lifted her dress to show off her six-month pregnant belly.
00:16:57So they'd been sneaking around behind my back for at least six months.
00:17:02Disgusting.
00:17:04Cole, you're standing here with your six-month pregnant mate.
00:17:07What could you possibly want now?
00:17:09Nova, I didn't want it to be this way.
00:17:12But Alara is gentle, and she's my fated mate.
00:17:15She's carrying my child.
00:17:16I couldn't just watch her get thrown to that reckless playboy of an alpha king.
00:17:23I'm a strong alpha.
00:17:25How could I let my fainted mate suffer a marriage like that?
00:17:28And yet he could watch me, and the entire Draven family become the pack's laughingstock without blinking.
00:17:33The moment he stormed that ceremony, whatever we had was already over.
00:17:37Then that settles it.
00:17:38Our wedding is off.
00:17:42Nova, don't be like this.
00:17:43Even if I marry her, it won't change anything between us.
00:17:46I've already decided.
00:17:47You'll marry me too.
00:17:49You'll be my Luna as well.
00:17:50Two Lunas?
00:17:51Since when has our pack ever allowed that?
00:17:54You swore to the Moon Goddessy.
00:17:57You said you would be loyal to me.
00:17:59And only me.
00:18:00I did.
00:18:01I chose you as my mate because I needed someone fit to be my Luna.
00:18:05You were never more than my chosen mate, Nova.
00:18:07But when I met Alara, I realized she's my fated mate.
00:18:12Nothing in this world compares to her.
00:18:14I looked at Alara, who was still stroking her belly, making sure everyone saw it.
00:18:19You knew he already had a mate.
00:18:22So why did you run from your own wedding?
00:18:24Why choose to be someone's mistress instead?
00:18:26Alara's eyes welled up instantly.
00:18:31You're so harsh with me.
00:18:33Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.
00:18:35That's all he did.
00:18:36He saved me.
00:18:38Are you...
00:18:38Are you just jealous?
00:18:40Alpha Cole already said you could be his Luna too.
00:18:46An illegitimate daughter really doesn't know how to carry herself in front of others, does she?
00:18:51Alara's face crumbled instantly.
00:18:53She burst into tears, burying herself against Cole's chest.
00:18:59Nova, how could you say something like that to her?
00:19:02Look what you've done, you've made her cry.
00:19:04He held Alara tighter, glaring at me, as if I were the one in the wrong.
00:19:08Alara is so kind-hearted.
00:19:11Once you marry in, she won't make things hard for you.
00:19:14I know it's a step down, but you'll just have to accept being my second Luna for now.
00:19:18You and Alara will both be my Lunas.
00:19:20As long as you fulfill your duties, I won't play favorites.
00:19:24Oh, and what exactly are these duties?
00:19:28You'll raise our children, and you'll still manage the pack's daily affairs.
00:19:31Your standing in the pack won't be affected at all.
00:19:34So you want two Lunas?
00:19:35One to sleep beside you, and one to obediently raise your children and handle your chores?
00:19:40A general's daughter, reduced to a second Luna.
00:19:43I almost admired him for having the nerve to say it out loud.
00:19:48I'd advise you to cherish what's already been arranged for you.
00:19:51This is already the best outcome you're going to get.
00:19:53Cole stepped forward, his tone softening, as if he were doing me a favor.
00:19:58Nova, Alara has already sacrificed so much.
00:20:01Just agree to be Luna alongside her.
00:20:06She doesn't need to sacrifice anything at all, because I will never agree.
00:20:11We're done.
00:20:13What did you just say?
00:20:15The pack members were already whispering among themselves.
00:20:18Is she out of her mind?
00:20:19She actually wants to leave Alpha Cole?
00:20:21If she leaves the pack, she won't survive a week out there.
00:20:27You're really making this difficult for me, Nova.
00:20:30I almost laughed.
00:20:31Who exactly stormed a wedding ceremony and claimed another woman as his mate the night before ours?
00:20:36Who turned me into the pack's laughingstock?
00:20:38And now he had the nerve to say I was the one making things difficult.
00:20:43I told you, I will never be your second Luna.
00:20:47He raised his hand and struck me hard across the face.
00:20:50Nova, you're being completely unreasonable.
00:20:53Everyone knows you've clung to me since childhood.
00:20:55I've had my fill of you for years.
00:20:57Do you really think anyone else would want you now?
00:20:59Get out of my house!
00:21:03Good.
00:21:04Let her go.
00:21:05Don't let her take a single thing with her.
00:21:07So you want me dead?
00:21:08And you want to take everything I own?
00:21:09My whole body was shaking with fury.
00:21:12Behind me, Cole's pack members roared in unison.
00:21:14Reject that bitch!
00:21:17Rotten vegetables and eggs flew through the air, striking my back, my shoulders, the ground at my feet.
00:21:22I knew, in that moment, that the Cole who once looked at me like I was the center of his
00:21:26world,
00:21:27the one who couldn't bear to see me suffer even the smallest slight, was already dead.
00:21:31What stood in front of me now was nothing more than Alara's mate.
00:21:34But it doesn't matter.
00:21:35Luckily, I already have a new, much better mate who could crush them in seconds.
00:21:39And soon, we would be married.
00:21:41Ronan didn't give me any time to change my mind.
00:21:44The very next day, the Draven family came to formally propose,
00:21:48carrying 108 chests of betrothal gifts, filling my room to the brim.
00:21:53I was just about to have the servants move everything into storage,
00:21:56when Cole walked in, Alara trailing behind him.
00:22:01Seeing the chests piled everywhere, the two of them clearly jumped to their own conclusion.
00:22:06Sister, is this all your dowry?
00:22:08I knew it. You're marrying Alpha Cole, after all.
00:22:11And you're even throwing in all of this on top of it.
00:22:14See, and you kept saying you weren't.
00:22:15Oh, Nova. You really are in love with me.
00:22:18I frowned, denying it immediately.
00:22:20It's not what you think.
00:22:21Stop pretending.
00:22:22Yesterday, you said you weren't marrying me, and now you've already got your dowry ready.
00:22:27That's right, Nova.
00:22:28Once you marry in, we'll all be one family.
00:22:31Alpha Cole, didn't you also prepare a gift for Nova?
00:22:35Hurry, give it to me.
00:22:36As she reached for him, something caught the light and flickered past my eyes.
00:22:39A necklace, resting against her collarbone.
00:22:42The Cole family kept an heirloom necklace, passed down for generations,
00:22:46always meant for the family's future Luna.
00:22:48I had hinted at it, asked about it, more times than I could count over the years.
00:22:52He always found some excuse to avoid the subject, never once willing to give it to me.
00:22:56Cole scowled and dug something out from inside his coat.
00:22:59A worn, cracked leather bracelet and tossed it at me.
00:23:04Here, this is for you.
00:23:06Alara wore it until it fell apart, but you can still use it.
00:23:10What goes around comes around, doesn't it, sister?
00:23:13You used to look down on me.
00:23:15Now, all you get to have is what I've already worn out.
00:23:18The moment brought me back to the first time we ever met at a family banquet.
00:23:22Because she was nothing more than an legitimate daughter, my family, even the servants, treated
00:23:27her like a maid.
00:23:28When she accidentally spilled wine on someone, she was struck across the face without a second
00:23:32thought.
00:23:33Cole couldn't stand watching it happen, and stepped in to help her.
00:23:36After that, afraid she'd be mistreated again, he started looking out for her, always saving
00:23:41the best food, the best gifts, for her first.
00:23:43I just feel bad for her, that's all.
00:23:45I only want to help her.
00:23:46At first I believed him.
00:23:47I thought it really was just pity.
00:23:49Not until the day Alara was forced to marry Ronan, and Cole stormed the ceremony to steal
00:23:53her away.
00:23:54That was when I finally understood.
00:23:56Somewhere along the way, without my ever noticing, Alara had already carved out a place
00:24:00in his heart.
00:24:03So generous with Alaya, so stingy with me.
00:24:07No need.
00:24:08Something this precious should stay with your Alaya.
00:24:12Cole's face darkened instantly.
00:24:15Humiliated, he snatched the bracelet out of my hand and hurled it out the window.
00:24:20Fine.
00:24:21If you don't want it, then it's trash.
00:24:23And don't you dare think you're taking a single thing from me when you get married.
00:24:27I told you.
00:24:28Our wedding has already been called off.
00:24:30Say that again?
00:24:35Huh.
00:24:36Leave Alpha Cole, and nobody's ever going to want you.
00:24:39You'll come crawling back, begging him not to let you go.
00:24:43I didn't even bother explaining anymore.
00:24:46If the two of you have nothing else, please leave.
00:24:49But clearly, neither of them took my words seriously.
00:24:53Nova, don't say things like that out of anger.
00:24:56I know you're upset with me.
00:24:58If it makes you feel better, why don't you hit me a couple times?
00:25:03Get off.
00:25:04Don't touch me.
00:25:05The moment my hand left her arm, Alara let herself go loom, collapsing softly into Cole's
00:25:09chest as if struck.
00:25:10Cole's eyes flared red.
00:25:11Do not touch her.
00:25:12She is carrying my child.
00:25:13His fingers began to shift, claws tearing through skin, dark and sharp.
00:25:18He struck.
00:25:20In all the years Cole and I had known each other, grown up together, he had never once
00:25:24shifted his claws against me.
00:25:26Not once.
00:25:27And the first time he finally did, it was for another woman.
00:25:30For a moment, Cole hesitated.
00:25:32He looked down at the blood running down my arm.
00:25:36But Alara saw her chance.
00:25:40She let out a sharp, sudden cry, clutching her belly, and begged him to take her away
00:25:44immediately.
00:25:46After a moment of hesitation, Cole scooped her up into his arms and walked out without
00:25:52looking back.
00:25:53Alara glanced back over his shoulder.
00:25:58Die alone?
00:25:59Funny.
00:26:00I was getting married in three days.
00:26:03The day before my wedding fell on the moon festival.
00:26:05The one day a year I had always loved the most.
00:26:08Every year before this one, Cole had always come with me to buy crystal lanterns.
00:26:13This year, for the first time, I went alone.
00:26:15When I stepped into Silvermoon City, the entire street stood empty.
00:26:19Every vendor had been pushed aside.
00:26:21Their tolves cleared to the edges of the road.
00:26:23Confused, I slowed my steps and caught the voices of two young women nearby.
00:26:27I heard Alpha Cole bought out every single crystal lantern on this street just to make his
00:26:31mate happy.
00:26:32That's not even half of it.
00:26:33He went against the entire Elder Council for her.
00:26:35Exactly.
00:26:36He even angered the young lord and forced his own Nova into being a concuboon, just for
00:26:40her.
00:26:40I'd howl at the moon alone for a year for someone that devoted.
00:26:43I turned to leave, having no reason to stay any longer.
00:26:46Nova?
00:26:47I turned instinctively, and there they were.
00:26:50Cole and Alara, standing not far away.
00:26:55Nova, are you here to buy crystal lanterns too?
00:27:00How's your shoulder?
00:27:01I pushed his hand away, without a shred of warmth in my voice.
00:27:04It's fine.
00:27:05Alara held the lantern out towards me.
00:27:07I'm sorry, Nova.
00:27:08Alpha Cole bought out every lantern on this street.
00:27:11Here, why don't you take this one?
00:27:13No, thank you.
00:27:14I stepped back.
00:27:16I never made a habit of using anything someone else had already touched.
00:27:19Not objects.
00:27:20Not people.
00:27:21But Alara wouldn't let it go.
00:27:23She kept crowding closer, refusing to back off.
00:27:25I only meant to push her away, barely any force behind it at all.
00:27:29But Alara clutched at her dress and threw herself backward, dramatically, collapsing onto
00:27:33the ground.
00:27:34Cole!
00:27:35Nova's trying to kill our baby!
00:27:37Cole's face twisted with fury the instant he saw her on the ground.
00:27:41He shoved me, hard, without a second of hesitation.
00:27:44How dare you do this!
00:27:45Kneel down and apologize to her, right now!
00:27:48It happened too fast.
00:27:49I had no chance to brace myself before I hit the ground, forced down onto my knees.
00:27:56And then, a voice, low, deep, carrying and pressed down on the entire street, cut through
00:28:02the air behind me.
00:28:03Who dares touch my mate?
00:28:05I turned around.
00:28:06A massive black wolf shadow hung suspended in the air above the street, its presence so
00:28:10overwhelming it seemed to swallow the light around it whole.
00:28:14That's the Alpha King's Nightfall Wolf.
00:28:16Why is it here?
00:28:18The black shadow slowly faded, dissolving into the night air until it was gone completely.
00:28:22Cole and Elyra stood there for a moment, trying to comfort each other.
00:28:27You don't think he's come back for you, do you?
00:28:29Elyra's face drained of color instantly, panic flooding her eyes.
00:28:33Confidence they'd carried a moment Bagor was gone.
00:28:35The two of them slipped away quickly.
00:28:37I kept walking alone, the mood of the night thoroughly ruined.
00:28:41Without warning, a hand grabbed me and pulled me into a narrow alley.
00:28:44I tensed instantly, already bracing to fight back.
00:28:46I looked up.
00:28:46It was Ronan.
00:28:47I followed you the whole way.
00:28:49Watching you get pushed around like that, it put me in a foul mood.
00:28:53And why did you follow me?
00:28:56I'm marrying you tomorrow.
00:28:57I was too excited to sleep at all.
00:29:00I'm nothing but a rejected Luna, you know.
00:29:02A general's daughter who's never even had a wolf of her own, let alone a fated mate.
00:29:06Just don't come to regret this.
00:29:09I won't.
00:29:10He pulled me closer, gently drawing me toward the curve of his neck.
00:29:14As I leaned in, close enough to feel the warmth of his skin, something strange stirred inside me.
00:29:19A scent, faint, unfamiliar, and yet impossibly familiar all at once, wrapped around me.
00:29:26Why was his scent pulling at me like this?
00:29:28Why couldn't I resist it?
00:29:30I pulled back sharply, staring at him, my heart pounding for reasons I couldn't explain.
00:29:35Are you my...
00:29:37Ronan seemed thrown off by the way I was staring at him.
00:29:41I'll see you tomorrow, my Luna.
00:29:44The next morning, the maids woke me early, dressing me, styling my hair, wrapping me in my wedding gown.
00:29:50That was when it finally felt real.
00:29:52I was really getting married.
00:29:54Only this time, the groom waiting for me wasn't Cole, the childhood companion I had spent years hoping for.
00:29:59It was Alpha King Ronan.
00:30:00When the wedding procession finally arrived, I froze.
00:30:04Leading it was Cole.
00:30:05He saw me standing there, in my full wedding attire, and his expression twisted instantly.
00:30:12How dare you dress more beautiful than Alara did on her wedding day?
00:30:15You're nothing but a chosen mate!
00:30:17I'm here today to take my second Luna.
00:30:19Go change.
00:30:20Right now.
00:30:21I didn't back down for a second.
00:30:23I've told you this more than once.
00:30:24Our wedding is off.
00:30:26The man I'm marrying today isn't you.
00:30:29Don't throw a fight over this.
00:30:31Isn't it just because I made a lemur a Luna too?
00:30:34You're both my Lunas.
00:30:35I'll treat you equally.
00:30:36Come with me, okay?
00:30:41Ronan rode in at the head of the procession, an endless line of carriages trailing behind
00:30:45him, each one loaded with gold, jewels, treasures beyond counting.
00:30:49His gaze landed on Cole, and on the pitiful procession behind him, fewer than 20 people
00:30:53in total.
00:30:56Well, well.
00:30:57Alpha Cole.
00:30:58Trying to steal my wife again?
00:31:01Okay.
00:31:11On our wedding day, my chosen mate Cole left, and took my illegitimate sister Alara from
00:31:16her wedding, because he didn't want her to marry the pack's infamous playboy, Alpha King
00:31:20Ronan.
00:31:21They became mates that same night.
00:31:23Cole lost control, and fucked her 99 times straight.
00:31:27Alira's moans and screams ringing out through the pack.
00:31:30The whole pack was waiting, to watch me and Ronan become a joke.
00:31:33A general's daughter and an Alpha King, both rejected on the same night.
00:31:37But the next day, Ronan came to my door, dragging chests of gold and jewels behind him.
00:31:43A debt is a debt.
00:31:45Cole stole my bride, so he owes me his.
00:31:48I want you as my mate.
00:31:49That's fair, isn't it?
00:31:51I'll marry you.
00:31:52He clearly hadn't expected me to agree to something so absurd.
00:31:57You, you, that's what you said.
00:32:00I'll, I'll come for you in three days.
00:32:02Don't you dare change your mind.
00:32:08He wasn't nearly as reckless as the rumors claimed.
00:32:11If anything, he was a little endearing.
00:32:14Not long after Ronan left, I went back to Cole's home, to pack my things and move out.
00:32:20Halfway through, Cole came back.
00:32:22He was holding Alara, and this time, she didn't bother hiding it.
00:32:25She lifted her dress to show off her six-month pregnant belly.
00:32:30So they'd been sneaking around behind my back for at least six months.
00:32:34Disgusting.
00:32:36Cole, you're standing here, with your six-month pregnant mate.
00:32:40What could you possibly want now?
00:32:42Nova, I didn't want it to be this way.
00:32:44But Alara is gentle, and she's my fated mate.
00:32:47She's carrying my child.
00:32:49I couldn't just watch her get thrown to that reckless playboy of an alpha king.
00:32:56I'm a strong alpha.
00:32:57How could I let my fainted mate suffer a marriage like that?
00:33:00And yet he could watch me, and the entire Draven family become the pack's laughingstock without blinking.
00:33:05The moment he stormed that ceremony, whatever we had was already over.
00:33:09Then that settles it.
00:33:10Our wedding is off.
00:33:14Nova, don't be like this.
00:33:16Even if I marry her, it won't change anything between us.
00:33:19I've already decided.
00:33:20You'll marry me too.
00:33:21You'll be my Luna as well.
00:33:22Two Lunas?
00:33:24Since when has our pack ever allowed that?
00:33:27You swore to the Moon Goddessy.
00:33:29You said you would be loyal to me.
00:33:31And only me.
00:33:33I did.
00:33:34I chose you as my mate because I needed someone fit to be my Luna.
00:33:38You were never more than my chosen mate, Nova.
00:33:40But when I met Alara, I realized she's my fated mate.
00:33:45Nothing in this world compares to her.
00:33:47I looked at Alara, who was still stroking her belly, making sure everyone saw it.
00:33:52You knew he already had a mate.
00:33:54So why did you run from your own wedding?
00:33:56Why choose to be someone's mistress instead?
00:33:59Alara's eyes welled up instantly.
00:34:03You're so harsh with me.
00:34:05Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.
00:34:08That's all he did.
00:34:09He saved me.
00:34:10Are you...
00:34:11Are you just jealous?
00:34:13Alpha Cole already said you could be his Luna too.
00:34:19An illegitimate daughter really doesn't know how to carry herself in front of others, does she?
00:34:24Alara's face crumbled instantly.
00:34:26She burst into tears, burying herself against Cole's chest.
00:34:32Nova, how could you say something like that to her?
00:34:35Look what you've done, you've made her cry.
00:34:37He held Alara tighter, glaring at me, as if I were the one in the wrong.
00:34:41Alara is so kind-hearted.
00:34:44Once you marry in, she won't make things hard for you.
00:34:46I know it's a step down, but you'll just have to accept being my second Luna for now.
00:34:50You and Alara will both be my Lunas.
00:34:53As long as you fulfill your duties, I won't play favorites.
00:34:56Oh, and what exactly are these duties?
00:35:01You'll raise our children, and you'll still manage the pack's daily affairs.
00:35:04Your standing in the pack won't be affected at all.
00:35:06So you want two Lunas?
00:35:08One to sleep beside you, and one to obediently raise your children and handle your chores?
00:35:13A general's daughter, reduced to a second Luna.
00:35:15I almost admired him for having the nerve to say it out loud.
00:35:21I'd advise you to cherish what's already been arranged for you.
00:35:24This is already the best outcome you're going to get.
00:35:26Cole stepped forward, his tone softening, as if he were doing me a favor.
00:35:30Nova, Alara has already sacrificed so much.
00:35:34Just agree to be Luna alongside her.
00:35:39She doesn't need to sacrifice anything at all, because I will never agree.
00:35:43We're done.
00:35:45What?
00:35:46What did you just say?
00:35:48The pack members were already whispering among themselves.
00:35:50Is she out of her mind?
00:35:52She actually wants to leave Alpha Cole?
00:35:54If she leaves the pack, she won't survive a week out there.
00:36:00You're really making this difficult for me, Nova.
00:36:02I almost laughed.
00:36:04Who exactly stormed a wedding ceremony and claimed another woman as his mate the night before ours?
00:36:09Who turned me into the pack's laughingstock?
00:36:11And now he had the nerve to say I was the one making things difficult.
00:36:16I told you, I will never be your second Luna.
00:36:20He raised his hand and struck me hard across the face.
00:36:23Nova, you're being completely unreasonable.
00:36:25Everyone knows you've clung to me since childhood.
00:36:28I've had my fill of you for years.
00:36:30Do you really think anyone else would want you now?
00:36:32Get out of my house!
00:36:36Good.
00:36:36Let her go.
00:36:37Don't let her take a single thing with her.
00:36:39So you want me dead?
00:36:40And you want to take everything I own?
00:36:42My whole body was shaking with fury.
00:36:44Behind me, Cole's pack members roared in unison.
00:36:47Reject that bitch!
00:36:50Rotten vegetables and eggs flew through the air,
00:36:52striking my back, my shoulders, the ground at my feet.
00:36:55I knew, in that moment, that the Cole who once looked at me like I was the center of his
00:36:59world,
00:36:59the one who couldn't bear to see me suffer even the smallest slight, was already dead.
00:37:04What stood in front of me now was nothing more than Alara's mate.
00:37:07But it doesn't matter.
00:37:08Luckily, I already have a new, much better mate who could crush them in seconds.
00:37:11And soon, we would be married.
00:37:14Ronan didn't give me any time to change my mind.
00:37:16The very next day, the Draven family came to formally propose,
00:37:20carrying 108 chests of betrothal gifts, filling my room to the brim.
00:37:25I was just about to have the servants move everything into storage,
00:37:29when Cole walked in, Alara trailing behind him.
00:37:33Seeing the chests piled everywhere, the two of them clearly jumped to their own conclusion.
00:37:38Sister, is this all your dowry?
00:37:41I knew it. You're marrying Alpha Cole, after all.
00:37:43And you're even throwing in all of this on top of it.
00:37:46See, and you kept saying you weren't.
00:37:48Oh, Nova. You really are in love with me.
00:37:51I frowned, denying it immediately.
00:37:53Not what you think!
00:37:53Stop pretending.
00:37:55Yesterday, you said you weren't marrying me,
00:37:57and now you've already got your dowry ready.
00:37:59That's right, Nova.
00:38:01Once you marry in, we'll all be one family.
00:38:04Alpha Cole, didn't you also prepare a gift for Nova?
00:38:08Hurry, give it to me.
00:38:09As she reached for him, something caught the light and flickered past my eyes.
00:38:12A necklace, resting against her collarbone.
00:38:14The Cole family kept an heirloom necklace, passed down for generations,
00:38:18always meant for the family's future Luna.
00:38:20I had hinted at it, asked about it, more times than I could count over the years.
00:38:24He always found some excuse to avoid the subject,
00:38:27never once willing to give it to me.
00:38:29Cole scowled and dug something out from inside his coat,
00:38:31a worn, cracked leather bracelet, and tossed it at me.
00:38:37Here, this is for you.
00:38:39Alara wore it until it fell apart, but you can still use it.
00:38:42What goes around comes around, doesn't it, sister?
00:38:45You used to look down on me.
00:38:47Now, all you get to have is what I've already worn out.
00:38:50The moment brought me back to the first time we ever met,
00:38:53at a family banquet, because she was nothing more than an legitimate daughter.
00:38:57My family, even the servants, treated her like a maid.
00:39:00When she accidentally spilled wine on someone,
00:39:03she was struck across the face without a second thought.
00:39:05Cole couldn't stand watching it happen, and stepped in to help her.
00:39:09After that, afraid she'd be mistreated again,
00:39:11he started looking out for her, always saving the best food,
00:39:14the best gifts, for her first.
00:39:16I just feel bad for her, that's all.
00:39:18I only want to help her.
00:39:19At first I believed him, I thought it really was just pity.
00:39:22Not until the day Alara was forced to marry Ronan,
00:39:24and Cole stormed the ceremony to steal her away.
00:39:27That was when I finally understood.
00:39:29Somewhere along the way, without my ever noticing,
00:39:31Alara had already carved out a place in his heart.
00:39:36So generous with Alaya, so stingy with me.
00:39:39No need.
00:39:41Something this precious should stay with your Alaya.
00:39:45Cole's face darkened instantly.
00:39:48Humiliated, he snatched the bracelet out of my hand
00:39:50and hurled it out the window.
00:39:53Fine.
00:39:54If you don't want it, then it's trash.
00:39:56And don't you dare think you're taking a single thing from me
00:39:59when you get married.
00:40:00I told you.
00:40:01Our wedding has already been called off.
00:40:03Say that again?
00:40:07Huh.
00:40:09Leave Alpha Cole,
00:40:10and nobody's ever going to want you.
00:40:12You'll come crawling back,
00:40:14begging him not to let you go.
00:40:16I didn't even bother explaining anymore.
00:40:19If the two of you have nothing else,
00:40:20please leave.
00:40:22But clearly,
00:40:23neither of them took my words seriously.
00:40:26Nova,
00:40:26don't say things like that out of anger.
00:40:29I know you're upset with me.
00:40:31If it makes you feel better,
00:40:32why don't you hit me a couple times?
00:40:35Get off.
00:40:36Don't touch me.
00:40:37The moment my hand left her arm,
00:40:39Alara let herself go loom,
00:40:40collapsing softly into Cole's chest as if struck.
00:40:42Cole's eyes flared red.
00:40:44Do not touch her.
00:40:45She is carrying my child.
00:40:46His fingers began to shift,
00:40:48claws tearing through skin,
00:40:50dark and sharp.
00:40:51He struck.
00:40:53In all the years Cole and I had known each other,
00:40:55grown up together,
00:40:56he had never once shifted his claws against me.
00:40:59Not once.
00:41:00And the first time he finally did,
00:41:02it was for another woman.
00:41:03For a moment,
00:41:04Cole hesitated.
00:41:05He looked down at the blood running down my arm.
00:41:08But Alara saw her chance.
00:41:13She let out a sharp,
00:41:14sudden cry,
00:41:15clutching her belly,
00:41:16and begged him to take her away immediately.
00:41:19After a moment of hesitation,
00:41:21Cole scooped her up into his arms
00:41:23and walked out without looking back.
00:41:26Alara glanced back over his shoulder.
00:41:31Die alone?
00:41:32Funny.
00:41:33I was getting married in three days.
00:41:35The day before my wedding fell on the moon festival,
00:41:38the one day a year I had always loved the most.
00:41:41Every year before this one,
00:41:43Cole had always come with me to buy crystal lanterns.
00:41:45This year, for the first time, I went alone.
00:41:48When I stepped into Silvermoon City,
00:41:50the entire street stood empty.
00:41:52Every vendor had been pushed aside,
00:41:53their tolves cleared to the edges of the road.
00:41:56Confused, I slowed my steps
00:41:57and caught the voices of two young women nearby.
00:42:00I heard Alpha Cole bought out
00:42:01every single crystal lantern on this street
00:42:03just to make his mate happy.
00:42:05That's not even half of it.
00:42:06He went against the entire Elder Council for her.
00:42:08Exactly.
00:42:08He even angered the young lord
00:42:10and forced his own Nova into being a concubine,
00:42:12just for her.
00:42:13I'd howl at the moon alone for a year
00:42:14for someone that devoted.
00:42:16I turned to leave,
00:42:17having no reason to stay any longer.
00:42:19Nova?
00:42:19I turned instinctively,
00:42:21and there they were,
00:42:22Cole and Alara,
00:42:24standing not far away.
00:42:27Nova,
00:42:28are you here to buy crystal lanterns too?
00:42:32How's your shoulder?
00:42:34I pushed his hand away,
00:42:35without a shred of warmth in my voice.
00:42:37It's fine.
00:42:38Alara held the lantern out towards me.
00:42:40I'm sorry, Nova.
00:42:41Alpha Cole bought out every lantern on this street.
00:42:44Here, why don't you take this one?
00:42:46No, thank you.
00:42:47I stepped back.
00:42:48I never made a habit of using anything
00:42:50someone else had already touched.
00:42:52Not objects.
00:42:53Not people.
00:42:54But Alara wouldn't let it go.
00:42:55She kept crowding closer,
00:42:57refusing to back off.
00:42:58I only meant to push her away,
00:43:00barely any force behind it at all.
00:43:02But Alara clutched at her dress
00:43:03and threw herself backward,
00:43:04dramatically,
00:43:05collapsing onto the ground.
00:43:07Cole!
00:43:08Nova's trying to kill our baby!
00:43:10Cole's face twisted with fury
00:43:12the instant he saw her on the ground.
00:43:13He shoved me,
00:43:14hard,
00:43:15without a second of hesitation.
00:43:16How dare you do this!
00:43:18Kneel down and apologize to her,
00:43:20right now!
00:43:21It happened too fast.
00:43:22I had no chance to brace myself
00:43:24before I hit the ground,
00:43:25forced down onto my knees.
00:43:29And then,
00:43:30a voice,
00:43:31low,
00:43:31deep,
00:43:32carrying and pressed down
00:43:33on the entire street,
00:43:34cut through the air behind me.
00:43:35Who dares touch my mate?
00:43:37I turned around.
00:43:38A massive black wolf shadow
00:43:40hung suspended in the air
00:43:41above the street,
00:43:42its presence so overwhelming
00:43:43it seemed to swallow the light
00:43:45around it whole.
00:43:47That's the Alpha King's Nightfall Wolf.
00:43:49Why is it here?
00:43:50The black shadow slowly faded,
00:43:52dissolving into the night air
00:43:53until it was gone completely.
00:43:55Cole and Elyra stood there
00:43:56for a moment,
00:43:57trying to comfort each other.
00:44:00You don't think he's come back
00:44:01for you, do you?
00:44:02Elyra's face drained of color
00:44:03instantly,
00:44:04panic flooding her eyes.
00:44:05Confidence they'd carried
00:44:06a moment Bagor was gone.
00:44:08The two of them
00:44:08slipped away quickly.
00:44:10I kept walking alone,
00:44:11the mood of the night
00:44:12thoroughly ruined.
00:44:13Without warning,
00:44:14a hand grabbed me
00:44:15and pulled me into a narrow alley.
00:44:16I tensed instantly,
00:44:17already bracing to fight back.
00:44:18I looked up.
00:44:19It was Ronan.
00:44:20I followed you the whole way.
00:44:21Watching you get pushed around
00:44:23like that,
00:44:23it put me in a foul mood.
00:44:26And why did you follow me?
00:44:28I,
00:44:29I'm marrying you tomorrow.
00:44:30I was too excited
00:44:31to sleep at all.
00:44:33I'm nothing but a rejected Luna,
00:44:34you know.
00:44:35A general's daughter
00:44:36who's never even had
00:44:36a wolf of her own,
00:44:37let alone a faded mate.
00:44:39Just don't come to regret this.
00:44:42I won't.
00:44:43He pulled me closer,
00:44:44gently drawing me
00:44:45toward the curve of his neck.
00:44:47As I leaned in,
00:44:48close enough to feel
00:44:48the warmth of his skin,
00:44:50something strange
00:44:50stirred inside me.
00:44:52A scent,
00:44:53faint,
00:44:53unfamiliar,
00:44:54and yet impossibly familiar
00:44:55all at once,
00:44:56wrapped around me.
00:44:58Why,
00:44:59why was his scent
00:45:00pulling at me like this?
00:45:01Why couldn't I resist it?
00:45:02I pulled back sharply,
00:45:04staring at him,
00:45:04my heart pounding
00:45:05for reasons I couldn't explain.
00:45:08Are you my...
00:45:09Ronan seemed thrown off
00:45:11by the way I was staring at him.
00:45:13I'll see you tomorrow,
00:45:15my Luna.
00:45:16The next morning,
00:45:17the maids woked me early,
00:45:19dressing me,
00:45:20styling my hair,
00:45:21wrapping me in my wedding gown.
00:45:23That was when it finally felt real.
00:45:25I was really getting married.
00:45:26Only this time,
00:45:27the groom waiting for me
00:45:28wasn't Cole,
00:45:29the childhood companion
00:45:30I had spent years hoping for.
00:45:32It was Alpha King Ronan.
00:45:33When the wedding procession
00:45:34finally arrived,
00:45:35I froze.
00:45:36Leading it was Cole.
00:45:38He saw me standing there,
00:45:39in my full wedding attire,
00:45:40and his expression
00:45:41twisted instantly.
00:45:44How dare you dress
00:45:45more beautiful
00:45:46than Alara did
00:45:47on her wedding day.
00:45:48You're nothing
00:45:48but a chosen mate.
00:45:50I'm here today
00:45:50to take my second Luna.
00:45:52Go change.
00:45:53Right now.
00:45:54I didn't back down
00:45:55for a second.
00:45:56I've told you this
00:45:56more than once.
00:45:57Our wedding is off.
00:45:58The man I'm marrying today
00:46:00isn't you.
00:46:02Don't throw a fight
00:46:03over this.
00:46:04Isn't it just because
00:46:05I made a lemur a Luna too?
00:46:06You're both my Lunas.
00:46:08I'll treat you equally.
00:46:09Come with me, okay?
00:46:13Ronan rode in
00:46:14at the head of the procession,
00:46:15an endless line of carriages
00:46:17trailing behind him,
00:46:18each one loaded with gold,
00:46:19jewels,
00:46:20treasures beyond counting.
00:46:21His gaze landed on Cole,
00:46:23and on the pitiful procession
00:46:24behind him,
00:46:25fewer than 20 people in total.
00:46:28Well, well, Alpha Cole.
00:46:30Trying to steal my wife again?
00:46:44On our wedding day,
00:46:45my chosen mate Cole left
00:46:46and took my illegitimate sister
00:46:48Alara from her wedding
00:46:49because he didn't want her
00:46:50to marry the pack's
00:46:51infamous playboy,
00:46:52Alpha King Ronan.
00:46:54They became mates
00:46:54that same night.
00:46:56Cole lost control
00:46:57and fucked her
00:46:5899 times straight.
00:47:00Alira's moans and screams
00:47:01ringing out through the pack.
00:47:03The whole pack was waiting
00:47:04to watch me and Ronan
00:47:05become a joke.
00:47:06A general's daughter
00:47:07and an Alpha King
00:47:08both rejected
00:47:09on the same night.
00:47:10But the next day,
00:47:11Ronan came to my door,
00:47:12dragging chests of gold
00:47:14and jewels behind him.
00:47:16A debt is a debt.
00:47:17Cole stole my bride,
00:47:19so he owes me his.
00:47:20I want you as my mate.
00:47:22That's fair, isn't it?
00:47:24I'll marry you.
00:47:25He clearly hadn't expected me
00:47:26to agree to something
00:47:27so absurd.
00:47:31That's what you said.
00:47:32I'll come for you
00:47:33in three days.
00:47:34Don't you dare
00:47:35change your mind.
00:47:41He wasn't nearly
00:47:42as reckless
00:47:42as the rumors claimed.
00:47:44If anything,
00:47:45he was a little endearing.
00:47:46Not long after Ronan left,
00:47:48I went back to Cole's home
00:47:49to pack my things
00:47:50and move out.
00:47:52Halfway through,
00:47:53Cole came back.
00:47:54He was holding Alara,
00:47:56and this time,
00:47:57she didn't bother hiding it.
00:47:58She lifted her dress
00:47:59to show off
00:47:59her six-month pregnant belly.
00:48:03So they'd been
00:48:04sneaking around
00:48:04behind my back
00:48:05for at least six months.
00:48:07Disgusting.
00:48:09Cole,
00:48:10you're standing here
00:48:11with your six-month
00:48:12pregnant mate.
00:48:13What could you
00:48:13possibly want now?
00:48:15Nova,
00:48:15I didn't want it
00:48:16to be this way,
00:48:17but Alara is gentle,
00:48:18and she's my fated mate.
00:48:20She's carrying my child.
00:48:21I couldn't just watch
00:48:22her get thrown
00:48:23to that reckless
00:48:24playboy of an alpha king.
00:48:28I'm a strong alpha.
00:48:30How could I let
00:48:31my fainted mate
00:48:31suffer a marriage
00:48:32like that?
00:48:33And yet he could
00:48:34watch me
00:48:34and the entire
00:48:35Draven family
00:48:36become the pack's
00:48:37laughingstock
00:48:37without blinking.
00:48:38The moment he stormed
00:48:39that ceremony,
00:48:40whatever we had
00:48:41was already over.
00:48:42Then that settles it.
00:48:43Our wedding is off.
00:48:47Nova,
00:48:48don't be like this.
00:48:49Even if I marry her,
00:48:50it won't change
00:48:50anything between us.
00:48:51I've already decided
00:48:52you'll marry me too.
00:48:54You'll be my Luna as well.
00:48:55Two Lunas?
00:48:56Since when has our pack
00:48:58ever allowed that?
00:49:00You swore to the moon goddessy.
00:49:02You said you would be
00:49:03loyal to me
00:49:04and only me.
00:49:05I did.
00:49:06I chose you as my mate
00:49:08because I needed someone
00:49:09fit to be my Luna.
00:49:10You were never more
00:49:11than my chosen mate,
00:49:12Nova.
00:49:13But when I met Alara,
00:49:14I realized
00:49:15she's my fated mate.
00:49:17Nothing in this world
00:49:18compares to her.
00:49:19I looked at Alara,
00:49:20who was still stroking
00:49:22her belly,
00:49:22making sure everyone saw it.
00:49:24you knew he already
00:49:26had a mate.
00:49:27So why did you run
00:49:28from your own wedding?
00:49:29Why choose to be
00:49:30someone's mistress instead?
00:49:31Alara's eyes
00:49:32welled up instantly.
00:49:36You're so harsh with me.
00:49:38Alpha Cole just didn't
00:49:39want me to suffer.
00:49:40That's all he did.
00:49:42He saved me.
00:49:43Are you...
00:49:44Are you just jealous?
00:49:46Alpha Cole already said
00:49:47you could be his Luna too.
00:49:51An illegitimate daughter
00:49:52really doesn't know
00:49:53how to carry herself
00:49:55in front of others,
00:49:56does she?
00:49:57Alara's face
00:49:57crumbled instantly.
00:49:58She burst into tears,
00:50:00burying herself
00:50:00against Cole's chest.
00:50:04Nova,
00:50:05how could you say
00:50:06something like that to her?
00:50:07Look what you've done,
00:50:08you've made her cry.
00:50:09He held Alara tighter,
00:50:11glaring at me,
00:50:11as if I were the one
00:50:12in the wrong.
00:50:13Alara is so kind-hearted.
00:50:16Once you marry in,
00:50:17she won't make things
00:50:18hard for you.
00:50:19I know it's a step down,
00:50:20but you'll just have to
00:50:21accept being my second
00:50:22Luna for now.
00:50:23You and Alara will both
00:50:24be my Lunas.
00:50:25As long as you fulfill
00:50:26your duties,
00:50:27I won't play favorites.
00:50:29Oh,
00:50:30and what exactly
00:50:31are these duties?
00:50:33You'll raise our children,
00:50:34and you'll still manage
00:50:35the pack's daily affairs.
00:50:37Your standing in the pack
00:50:38won't be affected at all.
00:50:39So you want two Lunas?
00:50:41One to sleep beside you,
00:50:42and one to obediently
00:50:43raise your children
00:50:44and handle your chores?
00:50:45A general's daughter,
00:50:47reduced to a second Luna,
00:50:48I almost admired him
00:50:49for having the nerve
00:50:50to say it out loud.
00:50:54I'd advise you to cherish
00:50:55what's already been
00:50:55arranged for you.
00:50:56This is already the best
00:50:57outcome you're going to get.
00:50:59Cole stepped forward,
00:51:00his tone softening,
00:51:01as if he were doing me
00:51:02a favor.
00:51:03Nova,
00:51:04Alara has already
00:51:05sacrificed so much.
00:51:07Just agree to be Luna
00:51:08alongside her.
00:51:11She doesn't need to
00:51:12sacrifice anything at all,
00:51:14because I will never agree.
00:51:16We're done.
00:51:18What?
00:51:19What did you just say?
00:51:20The pack members
00:51:21were already whispering
00:51:22among themselves.
00:51:23Is she out of her mind?
00:51:24She actually wants
00:51:25to leave Alpha Cole?
00:51:26If she leaves the pack,
00:51:28she won't survive
00:51:29a week out there.
00:51:32You're really making
00:51:33this difficult for me,
00:51:34Nova.
00:51:35I almost laughed.
00:51:36Who exactly stormed
00:51:38a wedding ceremony
00:51:38and claimed another woman
00:51:40as his mate
00:51:40the night before ours?
00:51:41Who turned me
00:51:42into the pack's
00:51:43laughingstock?
00:51:44And now he had
00:51:44the nerve to say
00:51:45I was the one
00:51:46making things difficult.
00:51:49I told you,
00:51:50I will never be
00:51:51your second Luna.
00:51:52He raised his hand
00:51:53and struck me hard
00:51:54across the face.
00:51:55Nova,
00:51:56you're being
00:51:57completely unreasonable.
00:51:58Everyone knows
00:51:59you've clung to me
00:52:00since childhood.
00:52:01I've had my fill
00:52:01of you for years.
00:52:03Do you really think
00:52:03anyone else would
00:52:04want you now?
00:52:05Get out of my house!
00:52:08Good.
00:52:09Let her go.
00:52:10Don't let her
00:52:10take a single thing
00:52:11with her.
00:52:12So you want me dead?
00:52:13And you want to take
00:52:14everything I own?
00:52:15My whole body
00:52:16was shaking with fury.
00:52:17Behind me,
00:52:18Cole's pack members
00:52:19roared in unison.
00:52:19Reject that bitch!
00:52:22Rotten vegetables
00:52:23and eggs
00:52:24flew through the air,
00:52:25striking my back,
00:52:26my shoulders,
00:52:26the ground at my feet.
00:52:27I knew,
00:52:28in that moment,
00:52:29that the Cole
00:52:30who once looked at me
00:52:30like I was the center
00:52:31of his world,
00:52:32the one who couldn't bear
00:52:33to see me suffer
00:52:34even the smallest slight,
00:52:35was already dead.
00:52:36What stood in front of me
00:52:37now was nothing more
00:52:38than Alara's mate.
00:52:39But it doesn't matter.
00:52:40Luckily,
00:52:41I already have a new,
00:52:42much better mate
00:52:43who could crush them
00:52:43in seconds.
00:52:44And soon,
00:52:45we would be married.
00:52:46Ronan didn't give me
00:52:47any time to change my mind.
00:52:49The very next day,
00:52:50the Draven family
00:52:51came to formally propose,
00:52:53carrying 108 chests
00:52:55of betrothal gifts,
00:52:56filling my room
00:52:57to the brim.
00:52:58I was just about
00:52:59to have the servants
00:53:00move everything
00:53:01into storage
00:53:01when Cole walked in,
00:53:03Alara trailing behind him.
00:53:06Seeing the chests
00:53:07piled everywhere,
00:53:08the two of them
00:53:09clearly jumped
00:53:10to their own conclusion.
00:53:11Sister,
00:53:12is this all your dowry?
00:53:14I knew it,
00:53:14you're marrying
00:53:15Alpha Cole after all,
00:53:16and you're even
00:53:17throwing in all of this
00:53:17on top of it.
00:53:19See,
00:53:19and you kept saying
00:53:20you weren't.
00:53:21Oh, Nova,
00:53:22you really are
00:53:23in love with me.
00:53:23I frowned,
00:53:24denying it immediately.
00:53:25It's not what you think.
00:53:26Stop pretending.
00:53:28Yesterday,
00:53:28you said you weren't
00:53:29marrying me,
00:53:29and now you've already
00:53:30got your dowry ready.
00:53:32That's right,
00:53:33Nova.
00:53:33Once you marry in,
00:53:35we'll all be one family.
00:53:37Alpha Cole,
00:53:38didn't you also
00:53:39prepare a gift for Nova?
00:53:40Hurry,
00:53:41give it to me.
00:53:41As she reached for him,
00:53:42something caught the light
00:53:43and flickered past my eyes.
00:53:45A necklace,
00:53:46resting against her collarbone.
00:53:47The Cole family
00:53:48kept an heirloom necklace,
00:53:49passed down for generations,
00:53:51always meant
00:53:51for the family's
00:53:52future Luna.
00:53:53I had hinted at it,
00:53:54asked about it,
00:53:55more times than I could
00:53:56count over the years.
00:53:57He always found
00:53:58some excuse to avoid
00:53:59the subject,
00:53:59never once willing
00:54:00to give it to me.
00:54:01Cole scowled
00:54:02and dug something out
00:54:03from inside his coat,
00:54:04a worn,
00:54:05cracked leather bracelet
00:54:06and tossed it at me.
00:54:09Here,
00:54:10this is for you.
00:54:11Alara wore it
00:54:12until it fell apart,
00:54:13but you can still use it.
00:54:15What goes around
00:54:16comes around,
00:54:17doesn't it, sister?
00:54:18You used to look down on me.
00:54:20Now,
00:54:20all you get to have
00:54:21is what I've already
00:54:22worn out.
00:54:23The moment brought me back
00:54:24to the first time
00:54:25we ever met
00:54:26at a family banquet,
00:54:27because she was nothing more
00:54:28than an legitimate daughter.
00:54:30My family,
00:54:31even the servants,
00:54:32treated her like a maid.
00:54:33When she accidentally
00:54:34spilled wine on someone,
00:54:35she was struck across the face
00:54:37without a second thought.
00:54:38Cole couldn't stand
00:54:39watching it happen
00:54:40and stepped in to help her.
00:54:41After that,
00:54:42afraid she'd be mistreated again,
00:54:44he started looking out for her,
00:54:45always saving the best food,
00:54:47the best gifts,
00:54:48for her first.
00:54:49I just feel bad for her,
00:54:50that's all.
00:54:50I only want to help her.
00:54:51At first,
00:54:52I believed him.
00:54:53I thought it really was just pity.
00:54:54Not until the day
00:54:55Alara was forced
00:54:56to marry Ronan,
00:54:57and Cole stormed the ceremony
00:54:58to steal her away.
00:55:00That was when
00:55:00I finally understood.
00:55:01Somewhere along the way,
00:55:03without my ever noticing,
00:55:04Alara had already
00:55:05carved out a place
00:55:05in his heart.
00:55:08So generous with Alaya,
00:55:10so stingy with me.
00:55:12No need.
00:55:13Something this precious
00:55:15should stay with your Alaya.
00:55:17Cole's face darkened
00:55:18and instantly.
00:55:20Humiliated,
00:55:21he snatched the bracelet
00:55:22out of my hand
00:55:23and hurled it out the window.
00:55:26Fine.
00:55:27If you don't want it,
00:55:28then it's trash.
00:55:29And don't you dare think
00:55:30you're taking a single thing
00:55:31from me when you get married.
00:55:32I told you.
00:55:33Our wedding has already
00:55:34been called off.
00:55:35Say that again?
00:55:40Huh.
00:55:41Leave Alpha Cole,
00:55:42and nobody's ever
00:55:43going to want you.
00:55:45You'll come crawling back,
00:55:46begging him not to let you go.
00:55:49I didn't even bother
00:55:50explaining anymore.
00:55:51If the two of you
00:55:52have nothing else,
00:55:53please leave.
00:55:54But clearly,
00:55:55neither of them
00:55:56took my words seriously.
00:55:58Nova,
00:55:59don't say things like that
00:56:00out of anger.
00:56:01I know you're upset with me.
00:56:03If it makes you feel better,
00:56:05why don't you hit me
00:56:05a couple times?
00:56:08Get off.
00:56:09Don't touch me.
00:56:10The moment my hand
00:56:11left her arm,
00:56:11Alara let herself go loom,
00:56:13collapsing softly
00:56:13into Cole's chest
00:56:14as if struck.
00:56:15Cole's eyes flared red.
00:56:16Do not touch her.
00:56:17She is carrying my child.
00:56:19His fingers began to shift.
00:56:21Claws tearing through skin,
00:56:22dark and sharp.
00:56:23He struck.
00:56:26In all the years
00:56:27Cole and I had known each other,
00:56:28grown up together,
00:56:29he had never once
00:56:30shifted his claws against me.
00:56:31Not once.
00:56:32And the first time
00:56:33he finally did,
00:56:34it was for another woman.
00:56:36For a moment,
00:56:37Cole hesitated.
00:56:38He looked down
00:56:39at the blood
00:56:39running down my arm.
00:56:41But Alara saw her chance.
00:56:45She let out a sharp,
00:56:47sudden cry,
00:56:47clutching her belly,
00:56:48and begged him
00:56:49to take her away immediately.
00:56:51After a moment of hesitation,
00:56:53Cole scooped her up
00:56:54into his arms
00:56:56and walked out
00:56:57without looking back.
00:56:58Alara glanced back
00:56:59over his shoulder.
00:57:03Die alone?
00:57:04Funny.
00:57:05I was getting married
00:57:07in three days.
00:57:08The day before my wedding
00:57:09fell on the moon festival,
00:57:11the one day a year
00:57:12I had always loved the most.
00:57:14Every year before this one,
00:57:15Cole had always come with me
00:57:16to buy crystal lanterns.
00:57:18This year,
00:57:19for the first time,
00:57:20I went alone.
00:57:20When I stepped into
00:57:21Silvermoon City,
00:57:22the entire street stood empty.
00:57:24Every vendor had been pushed aside,
00:57:26their tolves cleared
00:57:27to the edges of the road.
00:57:28Confused,
00:57:29I slowed my steps
00:57:30and caught the voices
00:57:31of two young women nearby.
00:57:32I heard Alpha Cole
00:57:33bought out
00:57:34every single crystal lantern
00:57:35on this street
00:57:36just to make his mate happy.
00:57:37That's not even half of it.
00:57:38He went against
00:57:39the entire Elder Council for her.
00:57:40Exactly.
00:57:41He even angered
00:57:42the young lord
00:57:42and forced his own Nova
00:57:43into being a concuboon
00:57:44just for her.
00:57:45I'd howl at the moon alone
00:57:46for a year
00:57:47for someone that devoted.
00:57:48I turned to leave,
00:57:50having no reason
00:57:50to stay any longer.
00:57:51Nova?
00:57:52I turned instinctively
00:57:53and there they were,
00:57:55Cole and Alara,
00:57:56standing not far away.
00:58:00Nova,
00:58:01are you here
00:58:01to buy crystal lanterns too?
00:58:05How's your shoulder?
00:58:06I pushed his hand away
00:58:07without a shred of warmth
00:58:08in my voice.
00:58:09It's fine.
00:58:11Alara held the lantern
00:58:12out towards me.
00:58:13I'm sorry, Nova.
00:58:14Alpha Cole bought out
00:58:15every lantern on this street.
00:58:16Here,
00:58:17why don't you take this one?
00:58:19No, thank you.
00:58:20I stepped back.
00:58:21I never made a habit
00:58:22of using anything
00:58:23someone else
00:58:23had already touched.
00:58:24Not objects.
00:58:26Not people.
00:58:26But Alara wouldn't let it go.
00:58:28She kept crowding closer,
00:58:30refusing to back off.
00:58:31I only meant to push her away,
00:58:33barely any force
00:58:33behind it at all.
00:58:34But Alara clutched
00:58:35at her dress
00:58:36and threw herself backward,
00:58:37dramatically,
00:58:38collapsing onto the ground.
00:58:40Cole!
00:58:41Nova's trying to kill our baby!
00:58:43Cole's face twisted
00:58:44with fury
00:58:44the instant he saw her
00:58:45on the ground.
00:58:46He shoved me,
00:58:47hard,
00:58:48without a second of hesitation.
00:58:49How dare you do this!
00:58:51Kneel down
00:58:51and apologize to her,
00:58:53right now!
00:58:53It happened too fast.
00:58:55I had no chance
00:58:56to brace myself
00:58:56before I hit the ground,
00:58:57forced down onto my knees.
00:59:02And then,
00:59:02a voice,
00:59:03low,
00:59:04deep,
00:59:04carrying and pressed down
00:59:06on the entire street,
00:59:07cut through the air behind me.
00:59:08Who dares touch my mate?
00:59:10I turned around.
00:59:11A massive black wolf shadow
00:59:12hung suspended
00:59:13in the air above the street,
00:59:15its presence so overwhelming
00:59:16it seemed to swallow
00:59:17the light around it whole.
00:59:20That's the Alpha King's
00:59:21nightfall wolf.
00:59:22Why is it here?
00:59:23The black shadow
00:59:24slowly faded,
00:59:25dissolving into the night air
00:59:26until it was gone completely.
00:59:27Cole and Elyra
00:59:28stood there for a moment,
00:59:29trying to comfort each other.
00:59:32You don't think
00:59:33he's come back for you,
00:59:34do you?
00:59:34Elyra's face
00:59:35drained of color instantly,
00:59:36panic flooding her eyes.
00:59:38Confidence they'd carried
00:59:39a moment
00:59:39Begore was gone.
00:59:40The two of them
00:59:41slipped away quickly.
00:59:43I kept walking alone,
00:59:44the mood of the night
00:59:45thoroughly ruined.
00:59:46Without warning,
00:59:47a hand grabbed me
00:59:47and pulled me
00:59:48into a narrow alley.
00:59:49I tensed instantly,
00:59:50already bracing to fight back.
00:59:51I looked up.
00:59:52It was Ronan.
00:59:53I followed you
00:59:53the whole way.
00:59:54Watching you get
00:59:55pushed around like that,
00:59:56it put me in a foul mood.
00:59:58And why did you follow me?
01:00:01I...
01:00:01I'm marrying you tomorrow.
01:00:03I was too excited
01:00:03to sleep at all.
01:00:05I'm nothing but
01:00:06a rejected Luna, you know.
01:00:07A general's daughter
01:00:08who's never even had
01:00:09a wolf of her own,
01:00:10let alone a fated mate.
01:00:11Just don't come
01:00:12to regret this.
01:00:14I won't.
01:00:15He pulled me closer,
01:00:17gently drawing me
01:00:18toward the curve
01:00:18of his neck.
01:00:19As I leaned in,
01:00:20close enough to feel
01:00:21the warmth of his skin,
01:00:22something strange
01:00:23stirred inside me.
01:00:24A scent,
01:00:25faint,
01:00:26unfamiliar,
01:00:27and yet impossibly familiar
01:00:28all at once,
01:00:29wrapped around me.
01:00:31Why...
01:00:31Why was his scent
01:00:32pulling at me like this?
01:00:33Why couldn't I resist it?
01:00:35I pulled back sharply,
01:00:36staring at him,
01:00:37my heart pounding
01:00:38for reasons
01:00:38I couldn't explain.
01:00:40Are you my...
01:00:42Ronan seemed thrown off
01:00:43by the way
01:00:44I was staring at him.
01:00:46I'll see you tomorrow,
01:00:47my Luna.
01:00:49The next morning,
01:00:50the maids woke me early,
01:00:52dressing me,
01:00:53styling my hair,
01:00:54wrapping me
01:00:54in my wedding gown.
01:00:55That was when
01:00:56it finally felt real.
01:00:58I was really getting married.
01:00:59Only this time,
01:01:00the groom waiting for me
01:01:01wasn't Cole,
01:01:02the childhood companion
01:01:03I had spent years
01:01:03hoping for.
01:01:04It was Alpha King Ronan.
01:01:05When the wedding procession
01:01:07finally arrived,
01:01:08I froze.
01:01:09Leading it was Cole.
01:01:10He saw me standing there,
01:01:12in my full wedding attire,
01:01:13and his expression
01:01:14twisted instantly.
01:01:17How dare you dress
01:01:18more beautiful
01:01:19than Alara did
01:01:20on her wedding day.
01:01:21You're nothing
01:01:21but a chosen mate.
01:01:22I'm here today
01:01:23to take my second Luna.
01:01:25Go change.
01:01:26Right now.
01:01:27I didn't back down
01:01:27for a second.
01:01:28I've told you this
01:01:29more than once.
01:01:30Our wedding is off.
01:01:31The man I'm marrying today
01:01:32isn't you.
01:01:35Don't throw a fight
01:01:36over this.
01:01:37Isn't it just because
01:01:37I made a lemur a Luna too?
01:01:39You're both my Lunas.
01:01:40I'll treat you equally.
01:01:41Come with me, okay?
01:01:46Ronan rode in
01:01:47at the head
01:01:47of the procession,
01:01:48an endless line
01:01:49of carriages
01:01:49trailing behind him,
01:01:51each one loaded
01:01:51with gold, jewels,
01:01:53treasures beyond counting.
01:01:54His gaze landed on Cole
01:01:55and on the pitiful
01:01:56procession behind him,
01:01:57fewer than 20 people
01:01:59in total.
01:02:01Well, well.
01:02:02Alpha Cole.
01:02:03Trying to steal
01:02:04my wife again?