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00:00Seven years of marriage, and Lucian never once marked me.
00:03He never wanted me as his Luna.
00:05Then I finally gave up and decided to leave, and a voice came from behind me.
00:09Don't get in the car! Don't go!
00:12What? Something else?
00:14No, but when I turned around, that voice was back.
00:17Should I beg her to stay?
00:20I was thinking...
00:22Thinking what? About staying, right? Just say you'll stay!
00:25Same voice. I knew it was Lucian's.
00:28But he was standing right there, lips not moving at all.
00:31Wait, can I hear what he's thinking?
00:33To test it, I spoke again.
00:35I can't remember. Is there anything else you want to say to me?
00:40I... never mind. I can't take her freedom away.
00:43It's real. I can actually hear his heart.
00:46I was about to push a little more, but Sergrafina walked over.
00:49She's the Morvain Pack Alpha's daughter, and the best werewolf doctor alive.
00:53The annual wolf moon was three days away, and Alpha's senses, hunger, all of it goes through the roof.
00:59For six years, Sergrafina was the one keeping an eye on Lucian.
01:03Go on. Don't worry. I'll take good care of Lucian during the wolf moon.
01:07Her. Again.
01:08Last year, she screamed outside my door all night.
01:10The wolf moon didn't kill me. She nearly did.
01:13Lucian, you can't just tough it out alone again this year.
01:16Aren't there suppresses?
01:18Six years straight on suppresses.
01:20Your body's built up a tolerance.
01:22This year, you have to bond with someone who can handle an Alpha's power.
01:25It's the only way you'll survive.
01:27She paused, glanced at me, like she was weighing something.
01:31If someone really has to stay, I can help you.
01:33At least I'm a werewolf.
01:35Eleanor has no wolf in her.
01:37She'd never survive a feral Alpha.
01:40Bring the suppresses, as usual.
01:42Who asked her for help?
01:44Six years guarding my door, and she thinks she's my Luna already?
01:47If she dares walk in, I'll throw her out myself.
01:50For seven years, I was sure this man hated me.
01:53Sure he'd make Serafina his Luna sooner or later.
01:56Everyone said Lucian and I were just a loveless marriage between two packs,
01:59and I took after my human mother.
02:01I never shifted.
02:02Not once.
02:03But if Serafina had never even been inside his bedroom,
02:07how much else did I get wrong?
02:10Take my bags back inside.
02:11I'm not leaving today.
02:13Suit yourself.
02:14My Eleanor's staying.
02:15No lying awake all night missing her.
02:17The next morning, I went to the tallest shelf,
02:21hoping to find something on mind reading.
02:23I reached for the ladder,
02:25and that familiar voice slipped into my ears.
02:28A ladder?
02:29Did you forget you have a husband to order around?
02:31I looked at Lucian, same ice-cold face,
02:34eyes glued to his book.
02:36Lucian?
02:37Speak.
02:38Get me that book on the top shelf.
02:40You called me over for that?
02:43She called for me.
02:44Slow down.
02:45Don't walk too fast.
02:46It'll look obvious.
02:47The shelf was three steps away.
02:49He walked like he was patrolling his territory.
02:52He handed me the book.
02:53I didn't take it.
02:54I reached up and brushed the hair off his forehead.
02:58Something else?
02:59Touch me again.
03:01Just once.
03:02I bit back a smile,
03:03pulled my hand away,
03:05and took the book.
03:05Your hair was a mess.
03:07And thank you.
03:10That is it.
03:11I should move the books higher.
03:13Then she'd have to call me again.
03:15Never mind.
03:15I'll read it tomorrow.
03:17I'll get the ladder myself from now on.
03:19I won't keep bothering you.
03:20Suit yourself.
03:21That ladder is so high.
03:23What if she falls?
03:24It won't kill you to say my name.
03:26Fighting a green,
03:27I handed the book back to him.
03:29Then,
03:31put it back for me.
03:33So much trouble.
03:35Tomorrow,
03:36I am moving the whole row to the top too high
03:38for any ladder.
03:39By now,
03:40I was almost certain.
03:41My husband,
03:42who hadn't touched me in seven years,
03:44had a lot more going on in his head than I thought.
03:47That night,
03:48the Ashbury Estate held its annual charity gala.
03:51The band had barely started
03:52when Serafina walked up to Lucien
03:54and held out her hand.
03:56Lucien,
03:57dance with me.
03:59Everyone was waiting for him to take it.
04:01He looked right past her,
04:02at me.
04:03Still sitting there?
04:04She's stealing your husband in front of everyone,
04:07and you're still drinking?
04:08I took a slow sip on purpose.
04:11Eleanor,
04:12just try giving me away to her.
04:14I nearly choked on it.
04:15For seven years,
04:16I thought I was the unwanted one in this marriage.
04:18But now it looked like Lucien cared more than I did
04:21about whether I cared at all.
04:23I set down my glass and walked up to them.
04:26Serafina's hand was still out.
04:27Her smile full of confidence.
04:29Everyone was waiting to watch
04:31the trophy wife humiliate herself.
04:33I held out my hand to him.
04:34May I have this dance?
04:36With my husband?
04:37Serafina's hand was still hanging in the air.
04:40Lucien walked right past her and took mine.
04:42Yes.
04:43She actually came to me.
04:45Stay calm, Lucien.
04:46Don't screw this up.
04:47He led me onto the dance floor.
04:50One hand on my waist,
04:51one holding mine.
04:52He never once looked Serafina's way.
04:55She had to grab a glass off a waiter's tray
04:57to hide her empty hand.
04:59My Eleanor smells so good.
05:00She is gorgeous tonight.
05:02Is her neckline lower than usual?
05:04Don't look.
05:05Okay, one more look.
05:07Hiding a smile,
05:08I used a turn to lean a little closer into him.
05:11Careful.
05:12That was close.
05:13I almost kissed her.
05:14If she leans in again,
05:16I won't sleep tonight.
05:17I looked up
05:18and leaned in even closer.
05:21Feeling hot?
05:23Hmm.
05:24The wolf moon's coming.
05:25Hold it together.
05:26Seven years.
05:27Don't blow it over one dance.
05:29So he didn't want to keep his hands off me.
05:31He was barely holding on.
05:33After the gala,
05:34Serafina came after us fast.
05:36Lucien had turned her down,
05:37but she didn't look embarrassed at all.
05:39To her one scrap of dignity from my husband
05:41didn't change the fact that I wasn't wanted.
05:45It was one dance.
05:46You don't actually think it means anything.
05:49I never said it did.
05:51The wolf mine is in two days.
05:53And Alpha's instincts don't hide.
05:56And this year especially,
05:57he has to bond with a partner.
06:00You don't even have a wolf.
06:02When it comes down to it,
06:03do you really think Lucien will let you into his bedroom?
06:06She laughed as she said it.
06:08For six years,
06:09Lucien picked suppresses over ever touching his own wife.
06:11Everyone believed he simply didn't want me.
06:13So Serafina was sure
06:15she'd be the one bonding with him that night.
06:17That confidence on Serafina's face,
06:19I'd seen it many times before.
06:22Lucien used to bring Serafina to werewolf family dinners.
06:25I thought he was reminding me of my place.
06:27So I told him,
06:29Sincerely,
06:29Serafina grew up with you,
06:30and she's a werewolf doctor.
06:32She really is a better fit for your Luna.
06:34Back then, that memory just made me cringe.
06:37Tonight, I heard the other side of it.
06:38What did she say to Eleanor this time?
06:40Why isn't Ellen even a little jealous?
06:42I brought Serafina those dinners just to make her jealous,
06:45and she goes and says we're a great match.
06:47A great match!
06:48She and I are the match,
06:49but she only married me to seal a pack alliance.
06:52That night, seven years ago,
06:54she saw my wolf eyes and fangs,
06:55and went pale.
06:56The second I touched her,
06:57she flinched.
06:58She must not like me.
07:00I froze.
07:01Seven years ago,
07:01I only pulled back because he got too rough,
07:03and it hurt.
07:04After that,
07:04I assumed Lucien regretted touching me.
07:06All these years,
07:07I waited for him to come closer,
07:09and he thought I was afraid of him.
07:10I smiled at Serafina.
07:12Then good luck on Wolf Moon Knight.
07:14Don't worry.
07:15No one knows better than me
07:17what a feral alpha needs.
07:19In Serafina's mind,
07:20if Lucien chose her that night,
07:22the Luna seat would be hers soon enough.
07:24Too bad Lucien had no plan to grant her wish.
07:27Where does she get the nerve?
07:28All I think about is getting into my wife's bed.
07:31Problem is,
07:32Eleanor probably doesn't even want me.
07:33How do I get her to stay in my room
07:35on Wolf Moon Knight?
07:36That night,
07:37Lucien was worse than anyone expected.
07:39Serafina barely opened his bedroom door
07:41before he threw her out.
07:43Get out!
07:44The drugs aren't holding anymore, Lucien.
07:47Let me help you.
07:48I said,
07:49get out.
07:50Serafina backed out,
07:51face dark,
07:52and then Lucien saw me.
07:54Eleanor,
07:55what are you doing here?
07:56Go back.
07:57I just came to check on you.
07:58You've checked.
07:59Now leave.
08:00He was so harsh,
08:01my temper flared.
08:02I turned to go.
08:03Don't come back.
08:04I can't control it.
08:06I'll hurt her.
08:07She is really leaving.
08:08Fine.
08:09At least she won't get hurt.
08:10I stopped.
08:11Why does she always do as she is told,
08:13same as seven years ago?
08:14I let go once,
08:15and she never came back.
08:17I turned and walked back.
08:19Serafina blocked me.
08:20He just told you to leave.
08:22He hates you.
08:24That's between me and my husband.
08:25I pushed the bedroom door open.
08:27Everyone in the outer room turned to stare.
08:29To them,
08:29I was the wife who got kicked out
08:31and came crawling back anyway.
08:32They were all waiting to see
08:33how Lucian would humiliate me.
08:35Lucian's eyes had gone fully gold.
08:38Why did you come back?
08:39Do you really want me to go?
08:41Eleanor,
08:41if you stay,
08:42you could get hurt.
08:43Tell her to go.
08:44If she says no,
08:45I'll let her walk out.
08:46I walked up to him
08:47and put his hand on my waist.
08:49His hand tightened in instantly.
08:51I'm not leaving.
08:54Are you sure you can still walk away?
08:58I'm sure.
08:59A second or later,
09:00he leaned down,
09:02about to kiss me.
09:03His arms were rigid,
09:04but every time his grip on my waist tightened,
09:07he pulled it back.
09:10Push me away if it hurts.
09:12Slow down.
09:13She isn't a wolf.
09:14I scared her off once already.
09:15Don't hurt her again.
09:17He was even afraid I'd push him away.
09:19I held his face so he'd hear me clearly.
09:23Lucian,
09:23I'm not staying out of pity or duty.
09:25Then why?
09:26Because I want to be with my husband.
09:29He stared at me for a few seconds,
09:30hand frozen at my waist.
09:32She wants me.
09:33Does she really want me?
09:34I stopped letting him guess.
09:36I tilted my head up and kissed him.
09:38His kisses moved from my mouth to my throat.
09:40His fangs touched skin,
09:42then stopped.
09:43No mate mark tonight.
09:45You don't want to.
09:46I do, so badly.
09:47It is driving me crazy.
09:48Staying tonight,
09:49part of that is the wolf moon talking.
09:51A mate bond is forever.
09:52I want you to choose it clear-headed and willing.
09:55Then no mark.
09:56But everything else is fine.
09:58Eleanor,
09:58you better know what you're saying.
10:00You talk too much.
10:01I pulled him back down and kissed him.
10:03Seven years late,
10:04but we finally had our wedding night.
10:06At dawn,
10:07I coughed once,
10:08and Lucian woke beside me.
10:10He got up,
10:11poured warm water,
10:12and held it to my lips.
10:14Easy.
10:15Does anything hurt?
10:16Let me see.
10:20He lifted the blanket for one look,
10:22then fumbled it back down,
10:23ears burning red.
10:24Damn,
10:25marks all over her waist.
10:26I should have been gentler.
10:28Not my fault.
10:29She sounds so sexy saying my name.
10:31Stop thinking about it.
10:32Keep this up,
10:33and neither of us leaves this bed.
10:35I nearly choked on the water laughing.
10:38Serafina's voice rose outside the door,
10:41complaining to the pack members and elders who'd just arrived.
10:44Last night she insisted on going in.
10:45I couldn't stop her.
10:46Who knows what went on in there?
10:48Lucian hates her.
10:49What if his wolf took over and he hurt Eleanor?
10:51I'm going in to check.
10:53Serafina had called everyone here on purpose,
10:55to watch me fall on my face.
10:57Before she could touch the door,
10:59Lucian was the first to slip on his coat and open the door.
11:02I stretched leisurely,
11:03slow and easy.
11:05Serafina's eyes landed on the marks on my collarbone.
11:07Her tray tipped,
11:09bottles everywhere.
11:10Why is she in your bed?
11:11My wife in my bed.
11:13Problem?
11:13I couldn't hold in a cough.
11:15Lucian spun around to pat my back.
11:17Then let me run your post-wolf moon exam.
11:19It's always been me.
11:21Anything you need,
11:21say it at the clinic.
11:23This is Eleanor's in my bedroom.
11:25Don't bring a crowd to our door again without an invitation.
11:28Serafina's smile slipped.
11:29She looked to the butler,
11:31who had already stepped aside to clear the hall.
11:33She forced the corner of her mouth up
11:35and had no choice but to follow.
11:37I went to my room to change.
11:40Lucian followed.
11:41She is changing.
11:42Should I leave?
11:44Then again,
11:45I saw everything last night anyway.
11:47Lucan,
11:48grab me a hair tie from the nightstand.
11:49He crouched down to look.
11:51The second he opened the drawer,
11:53a signed document slid out.
11:55Divorce papers?
11:57I'd signed them the day I planned to leave.
11:59But then came his thoughts,
12:00the wolf moon,
12:01the gala,
12:02and I forgot all about them.
12:04Weren't you just going back to Rosendale for a few days?
12:06I was.
12:07I wasn't planning on coming back.
12:09And now,
12:10do you still want to divorce?
12:12So,
12:13she really was done with me.
12:14I don't regret last night.
12:16I was happy.
12:17But that doesn't erase seven years of being ignored.
12:19Or seven years of everyone laughing at me.
12:22Ignored?
12:22When did I ever...
12:23And in that moment it hit him.
12:25He'd been hurting me for seven years without knowing it.
12:28I told him,
12:30one by one,
12:30the worst moments of those seven years.
12:33The disgusted looks from everyone in the estate.
12:36Seraphine on his arm at galas,
12:38smiling like the lady of the house.
12:40He opened his mouth and found nothing to say.
12:43I thought you hated those events.
12:45I thought you liked the quiet.
12:46Did you ever ask me?
12:48Lucan went silent.
12:49It was always I thought.
12:51He never once asked what I wanted.
12:53Lucan,
12:53a marriage can't run on guesswork.
12:56If you didn't love me,
12:57you should have told me seven years ago.
12:59Not left me here as the joke everyone could trample.
13:01On our wedding night,
13:02you hurt me.
13:03I flinched once,
13:04and you moved to the study
13:05and never touched me again.
13:06So I believed you regretted marrying me.
13:09That you hated me.
13:11No.
13:12I thought you were scared of me.
13:13I was afraid if I got closer,
13:14you'd hate me more.
13:16So I just...
13:17He stopped mid-sentence.
13:18He heard it too.
13:20There it was again,
13:20I thought.
13:21The divorce papers crest in his hand.
13:24His eyes slowly went red.
13:26Then suddenly he pulled me in,
13:28held me tight,
13:29chin on my shoulder,
13:30and didn't move for a long time.
13:32I'm sorry, Edelyn.
13:34I'm sorry.
13:35I left her alone and miserable for seven years.
13:39I felt a spot of damp on my shoulder,
13:42the most feared Alpha in the North,
13:44holding his wife one morning,
13:45crying like a child.
13:47I raised my hand and patted Lucian's back.
13:50When we pulled apart,
13:52he'd wiped it away.
13:53Only his voice was still rough.
13:55If you still want the divorce,
13:56I'll sign.
13:58Money, land,
13:59I'll give you everything.
14:00That's what you want to say.
14:01No.
14:02I want to beg you to stay.
14:05Say it.
14:06Is one sentence really that hard?
14:08So much in his head,
14:09and not one honest word for me.
14:12I was crushed and about to walk out,
14:14when he caught my wrist.
14:17Can you give me a little more time?
14:19To do what?
14:20Ask you every question I never asked.
14:22Take you everywhere I never took you.
14:25I want to keep you.
14:26If you still want to leave at the end,
14:28I'll sign.
14:29Best case,
14:30she tears those stupid papers up herself.
14:33I looked at him.
14:34This man had probably never bowed to anyone in his life.
14:39Okay.
14:40Breakfast wasn't even over
14:41when a lawyer from Rosenville
14:43delivered an official letter.
14:44Before I left,
14:46I hadn't just signed divorce papers,
14:48I'd also authorized a filing
14:49to dissolve the PAC Alliance.
14:53Under PAC Alliance rules,
14:54once a filing is accepted,
14:56there's a 15-day withdrawal window.
14:58If I don't withdraw within 15 days,
15:01the Alliance dissolves on its own,
15:03even without a signed divorce.
15:05Lucian read the letter top to bottom,
15:07and stopped on the date.
15:08The clock's already running.
15:10Today's day one.
15:12Can I withdraw it?
15:13Only I can.
15:15I thought he'd at least say the rule was unfair.
15:19Instead, he poured me a glass of milk.
15:21His hand was shaking.
15:25Then let's eat breakfast first.
15:2715 days.
15:28I have to make it up to her.
15:30Make her want to stay.
15:31He didn't look at me when he said it,
15:33just stared at the milk like he was declaring war.
15:36I looked down at my eggs,
15:38fighting a smile I couldn't hide.
15:40Fine, Lucian.
15:42I'll give you 15 days.
15:43He just asked where I wanted to go that afternoon,
15:47when a name I hadn't heard in years came from the doorway.
15:50Ellie.
15:51Theodore stood in the doorway,
15:53still cold from the road.
15:54He's the Blackwood Pack Alpha,
15:56and the friend I grew up with.
15:57My father knew the withdrawal window had opened,
15:59so he sent him to come get me.
16:01He set a key down in front of me.
16:03Your father got you a new house.
16:05When are you leaving?
16:06I'll drive you.
16:07I haven't even started winning her back.
16:09And someone's here to steal my wife.
16:11And who gave him the right to call her Ellie?
16:13I never have.
16:14I want to stay a few more days.
16:16Okay.
16:17Then can I stay with you a few days?
16:19He paused and looked at Lucian.
16:21Mr. Lucian, is that all right?
16:23If not, I'll take a hotel.
16:25Be my guest.
16:26We have plenty of rooms.
16:28It's not all right.
16:29Not even close.
16:31What are you grinning at my wife for?
16:32Got nice teeth?
16:34Down the hall,
16:35Serafina caught the tension between the three of us.
16:38Butler, who is that man?
16:40A childhood friend of the lady.
16:42She didn't push further.
16:44She picked up the landline
16:45and called the Morvain family steward.
16:50Look into Theodore for me.
16:52What was he to Eleanor before?
16:55At lunch, Theodore picked the olives out of his plate
16:57and gave them to me one by one.
16:59You used to steal mine when we were kids.
17:01Never touched your own.
17:02She likes olives.
17:04Seven years married and I never knew.
17:06Remember this.
17:07Remember all of it.
17:09Lucian glanced at his salad and swapped the whole plate to me.
17:12My heart went soft,
17:13so I picked up his coffee and sipped from the exact spot his lips had touched.
17:17That is my cup.
17:19Does she know?
17:20I put it back and turned the rim toward him on purpose.
17:23He looked at me, then bent down and drank from the same spot.
17:26She absolutely did that on purpose.
17:29Theodore pretended not to notice
17:30and mentioned he'd take me to pick up what my father ordered.
17:33I'll drive you.
17:34Aren't you busy?
17:35Not today.
17:36My wife's about to leave.
17:37Who cares about busy?
17:39As we were heading out,
17:41Serafina showed up.
17:43So this is Theodore.
17:45I only just heard
17:46Eleanor wrote you a love letter at 17.
17:48A love letter?
17:50She never told you?
17:51Well, it was ages ago.
17:53You don't mind, do you?
17:54They grew up together.
17:56Being close is only natural.
17:57She covered her mouth like she'd slipped.
17:59A perfectly innocent past
18:01twisted into some dirty secret.
18:03That letter was returned the same day.
18:06Theodore didn't think a wolfless girl fit his pack.
18:08Please tell the rest of it, too.
18:10That was my mistake back then.
18:12What happened at 17 isn't worth minding.
18:14I suppose.
18:15No explosion from Lucien.
18:17Serafina nodded, deflated, and watched us leave.
18:21Theodore held the door for me and moved toward the back seat.
18:24But Lucien's hand was already on the other side.
18:27Mr. Theodore, the front seat has a better view.
18:30The back seat is mine.
18:32So is the person next to it.
18:34Sorry, force of habit.
18:36Ellie and I used to whisper back here as kids.
18:39I get it.
18:40But my wife likes leaning on me.
18:42She'd be uncomfortable with anyone else.
18:44Theodore looked at him for two seconds,
18:46laughed, and got in the front without a word.
18:50Lucien sat close to me
18:52and stared at the same page of a document the whole way.
18:55I pulled a necklace from my bag and held it up to him.
18:59Honey, put this on me.
19:02The paper slid right off his lap.
19:05What did she just call me?
19:07Say it again.
19:09No, necklace first.
19:11Don't let your hands shake.
19:12He fastened the clasp.
19:14His fingers lingered at the back of my neck,
19:16so close to where a mate mark goes.
19:18Still empty here.
19:19In 15 days, will it still be mine?
19:23When we got back,
19:24the butler was waiting in the hall with an invitation.
19:27The Ashford Pack's core dinner was in three days.
19:30For seven years,
19:31those invitations only ever went to Lucien and Serafina.
19:34Sir, the invitation,
19:36should I address it like last year to you
19:38and the second one goes to Eleanor?
19:39The butler blinked,
19:40then handed it to me.
19:42I held the invitation
19:43and thought of the gown buried in my closet,
19:46waiting seven years,
19:47worn zero times.
19:49Will you come with me, m'lady?
19:51I'd love to.
19:54That evening,
19:56Theodore brought up the old letter in the garden.
19:59Eleanor,
20:00I owe you an apology.
20:02Back then I believed an Alpha's Luna had to have a wolf.
20:04You had none.
20:06I was afraid my father would object,
20:07afraid the pack would say I chose wrong,
20:10so I turned you down.
20:11It was years ago.
20:12For you,
20:13not for me.
20:14If in 15 days you still decide to leave Lucien,
20:17I want to try again,
20:19court you properly.
20:20Behind us,
20:22a door clicked softly.
20:24Lucien stood behind the doorway,
20:26holding the shawl I'd left on the sofa.
20:28Lucien didn't stay to hear the rest,
20:30or maybe he didn't dare.
20:33I found him in the study,
20:34hunched over a page.
20:36When he saw me,
20:37he fumbled it into a ball.
20:38Then he pretended to be busy.
20:40Where's my pen?
20:41In your hand.
20:42He froze,
20:43looked at the pen,
20:44and turned red from his ears down to his neck.
20:47About what he said,
20:48what do you think?
20:49You heard it,
20:50didn't you?
20:50Only the last line.
20:52Of course,
20:52it had to be that one.
20:54I couldn't help laughing.
20:55Laughing again?
20:56Lately,
20:57every time I think something,
20:59she seems to know.
21:00I pretended not to hear,
21:01and tidied his desk.
21:03Eleanor,
21:03if you can really hear me,
21:05touch your wedding ring.
21:07My fingers found the ring before I could stop them.
21:10By the time I pulled back,
21:11it was too late.
21:13The study went dead quiet.
21:16Lucien stared at me.
21:18Confusion,
21:18then disbelief,
21:20then the stiffness of a man about to die.
21:22You can hear my thoughts.
21:24I can.
21:25Since when?
21:26The day I packed my bags to leave.
21:28He shut his eyes and covered half his face.
21:31Then everything I said,
21:33in the study,
21:33at the gala,
21:34on wolf moon night.
21:36Not a single word missed.
21:38I'm done for.
21:40That one too.
21:42His ears went scarlet.
21:44I was holding it in,
21:45but the look on his face broke me.
21:47I burst out laughing.
21:48He peeked through his fingers and just gave up.
21:51Can I request
21:52that you forget a few parts?
21:54Which parts?
21:56He opened his mouth.
21:57Nothing came out.
21:58All those thoughts about clinging to me,
22:01begging to be touched,
22:02he couldn't say a single one out loud.
22:04I smoothed out the crumpled page on his desk.
22:07A half-written letter.
22:09Messy,
22:10crossed out,
22:11rewritten.
22:12It was a love letter.
22:14Enough sweet words to fill seven years
22:16and a plea for me to stay.
22:18By the end,
22:19my nose stung.
22:20It is not finished yet.
22:21Don't throw this one away.
22:22It's mine.
22:24He was quiet for a long while.
22:26Then looked at me.
22:27Come a little closer.
22:30I took a step.
22:32Closer?
22:33One more step.
22:34Right beside his chair.
22:36So that
22:37is how you get her to come.
22:39If I want to kiss her right now,
22:41does she know that too?
22:42I do.
22:43But the important things
22:44you have to say out loud.
22:46He took my hand
22:47and pulled me onto his lap,
22:49thumb rubbing slow across my fingers.
22:51Ellida,
22:53may I kiss you?
22:54You may.
22:56Serafina had tried every trick
22:58to drive a wedge
22:59between Lucien and E.
23:00But we only grew closer.
23:02So she took two vials
23:03from the locked medicine cabinet.
23:05The label read,
23:07Crimson Moon,
23:08a banned drug stronger
23:09than any aphrodisiac.
23:12The next evening,
23:14a maid brought a note
23:15signed by Theodore.
23:16My father had sent
23:17an old document
23:18and I should come get it.
23:19I told Lucien
23:21I'd be back in ten minutes.
23:22But when I opened the door,
23:24Theodore looked more shocked
23:25than I did.
23:27Ellie,
23:27you're okay.
23:29Of course I'm okay.
23:30Didn't you tell me
23:31to come get the files?
23:33Didn't you send me a note
23:34saying you felt sick
23:35asking me to come?
23:36We each pulled out our note.
23:38Same paper,
23:40same wax seal.
23:41Only the signatures
23:42were swapped.
23:43Let's get out first.
23:44He tried the door.
23:45It was locked from the outside.
23:47Someone had locked us
23:48in together on purpose.
23:50Before long,
23:51my chest started to burn.
23:52Even my collar
23:53brushing my skin
23:54felt unbearable.
23:56Theodore changed too.
23:57Sweat on his temples,
23:59veins bulging on his hands,
24:01breathing heavier
24:01by the second.
24:02Theodore,
24:04I'm burning up.
24:05What did you drink
24:06before you came in?
24:07A maid brought me lemon water.
24:08I drank mine too.
24:09He pushed up his sleeve.
24:11The Crimson Moon mark
24:12was on his arm.
24:13I rolled up mine.
24:15Same mark.
24:16Crimson Moon?
24:17What?
24:18An aphrodisiac werewolves
24:19used to bond.
24:20It magnifies desire,
24:22scent,
24:23and the urge to mark.
24:25Crimson Moon hits fast.
24:27Theodore ran into the bathroom
24:29and doused himself
24:29in cold water.
24:31Even then,
24:31he stayed at the far end
24:32of the room.
24:33He yanked off his belt,
24:34grabbed a strap
24:35from the foot of the bed,
24:36and tied his wrists
24:37to the iron post.
24:39Theodore,
24:39you don't have to.
24:40I do.
24:41I hurt you once
24:42when I was 17.
24:43There won't be
24:44a second time.
24:45I backed to the window,
24:47putting as much space
24:48between us as I could.
24:49But the alpha scent
24:50grew thicker.
24:51I knew it was Theodore,
24:53and still my body burned,
24:54dragged along by the drug.
24:56Ten minutes was up
24:57long ago.
24:58Lucian,
24:58come find me.
24:59The drug got worse.
25:01I curled up in the corner,
25:02burning hot.
25:04An alpha was right there
25:05in front of me.
25:06But all I could think about
25:07was Lucian.
25:08Then finally,
25:09someone pounded on the door.
25:11Eleanor!
25:11My throat was too dry
25:13to call back.
25:13I knocked a vase
25:14off the table.
25:15The second the porcelain shattered,
25:17Lucian broke the lock.
25:19Eleanor!
25:20Wait!
25:22That smell isn't right.
25:23We've both been dosed
25:24with Crimson Moon.
25:25Someone locked us in here
25:26on purpose.
25:29Butler,
25:29take Theodore to the east wing.
25:31Send a doctor,
25:32not anyone from the clinic.
25:33The butler untied Theodore
25:34from the bedbone.
25:36Theodore's legs were still weak
25:37when he stood,
25:38but he looked at me first.
25:39It'll hit her harder
25:40before it passes.
25:41Take care of her.
25:43I know.
25:45Theodore nodded
25:46and followed the butler out.
25:48Then it was just us.
25:49My hand stayed clenched
25:50on his sleeve.
25:51He tried to sit me down steady.
25:53I leaned up his arm instead.
25:55Look at me.
25:56Who am I?
25:57Lucian.
25:59My husband.
26:00The moment his alpha scent
26:02got close,
26:02the Crimson Moon
26:03found its outlet.
26:05The heat burned hotter
26:06than before.
26:07Closer.
26:08Don't tempt me.
26:10You're drugged.
26:11He told me to stay away
26:13while his arms
26:14held me up the whole time.
26:15I tipped my head up
26:16and kissed him.
26:17He froze for a second,
26:19then kissed me back.
26:20Don't touch me again,
26:22or I won't be able to stop.
26:23Then don't stop.
26:25I want you
26:27to mark me.
26:28Do you know what you're saying?
26:30Stop testing me!
26:31It made me hot and annoyed.
26:33I pulled him back down.
26:34His words stayed restrained,
26:35but his body
26:36was already at its limit.
26:38He kissed me,
26:39fangs grazing my throat
26:40again and again,
26:41but he never bit down.
26:43Will you regret this?
26:44Never.
26:45A mate bond
26:46lasts a lifetime.
26:47Say one more word
26:48and I'll go find Theodore.
26:50That did it.
26:51He yanked me into his arms,
26:52pinned me to the bed,
26:53and kissed me
26:54like a man possessed.
26:55No, you have me.
26:56You are mine.
26:57And only mine.
26:59Eleanor, say it again.
27:00Let me mark you.
27:01I held his face.
27:03My eyes were clear now.
27:04Lucen,
27:05being locked in
27:06with Theodore hurt too.
27:08But only with you
27:09do I feel desire.
27:11Only with you
27:12do I want to be marked.
27:14Lucen,
27:15I will only ever choose you.
27:17He couldn't hold back
27:18any longer.
27:19His fangs sank
27:20into my throat.
27:22Seven years late,
27:23he finally completed
27:24the mate mark.
27:25Warmth spread
27:26from my throat.
27:27Then something deep
27:28inside me slammed hard.
27:30Lucen frowned too.
27:31It was the bond
27:32answering back.
27:33Except,
27:34I don't have a wolf.
27:36I barely had time
27:37to wonder.
27:38Footsteps came down
27:39the hall.
27:40Serafina arrived
27:41with Elder Arthur
27:42and a few core pack members.
27:44She looked certain
27:45of herself.
27:45That woman dared
27:46to betray the Alpha.
27:48Elevans wanted Theodore
27:49for years.
27:51Lucen neglects her.
27:52Of course she'd find
27:53comfort elsewhere.
27:54And with that,
27:55she pushed the door
27:56open herself.
27:57Everyone stalled.
27:59Theodore wasn't there
28:00at all.
28:00Lucien sat on the edge
28:01of the bed,
28:02me curled against him
28:03in his coat,
28:04the fresh mate mark
28:05on my throat
28:06plain as day.
28:07Serafina's smile
28:08died.
28:09You,
28:10you completed
28:11the mark?
28:14Where's Theodore?
28:15He's the one
28:16who should have
28:16marked you.
28:17She said it
28:17with too much certainty
28:18and hurt herself.
28:20Her face changed.
28:21Why are you so sure
28:22Theodore should be here?
28:24Because I saw them
28:24come in together.
28:25I was worried.
28:26Worried about what?
28:27That the drug
28:27already made them
28:28do something?
28:29Serafina had no answer.
28:30Lucien wrapped his coat
28:31tighter around me
28:32and stepped in front
28:33of the bed.
28:34Butler,
28:35search the clinic.
28:36Start with the drug inventory.
28:37You suspect me?
28:39People come and go here
28:40all day.
28:41Anyone could have done it.
28:43Crimson Moon isn't easy
28:44to get hold of.
28:45Maybe it's a misunderstanding.
28:46How do you know
28:47it was Crimson Moon?
28:49Too late,
28:50Serafina realized
28:51she'd been led into it.
28:52She scrambled
28:53for an excuse.
28:54I smelled it,
28:55obviously.
28:56Smelled it?
28:57I remember Crimson Moon
28:59being colorless
29:00and odorless.
29:02I...
29:04You brought all
29:05these people here
29:06and every word
29:07was steering them
29:07to suspect something
29:08between Theodore and E.
29:10Serafina,
29:11aren't you trying
29:11a little too hard?
29:12The butler's people
29:13confirmed it fast.
29:15The water Theodore
29:16and I drank
29:16had been dosed
29:17with Crimson Moon,
29:18but no Crimson Moon
29:19turned up in Serafina's clinic.
29:21See?
29:22It couldn't have been me.
29:23Need a reminder?
29:24Last month you signed
29:25two vials of Crimson Moon
29:26out of the council's stores
29:27for research.
29:29Where are they?
29:30How would you know that?
29:31That was...
29:31What made you think
29:32I wouldn't find out?
29:34Serafina's composure
29:35cracked apart.
29:35She stared at the
29:36mark on my neck,
29:38jealousness burning brighter.
29:39You did this.
29:40Why?
29:41Because I want Lucen
29:42to see you don't deserve
29:43to stand beside him.
29:44I've loved him
29:45since I was a child.
29:46I sat through
29:47every Wolf Moon
29:48with him.
29:49Then you showed up
29:50and ruined everything.
29:52Even in those
29:53seven years
29:54he ignored you,
29:54his eyes always
29:55went to you.
29:57You can't do anything.
29:59You can't even shift.
30:01What gives you the right?
30:03Because she's her.
30:04The Luna I chose
30:05the moment I first saw her.
30:07Seraflina's face
30:08got uglier by the second.
30:10Her eyes were nailed
30:11to the mate mark
30:12on my throat.
30:12So what if you marked her?
30:14You chose your wife.
30:15But the Luna
30:16represents the whole pack.
30:18Eleanor,
30:18you're a half-blood
30:19who can't even shift.
30:20You don't deserve that seat.
30:22No one deserves it more.
30:24At the core dinner,
30:25I'll ask her to be my Luna.
30:26Seraflina's medical privileges
30:27were suspended.
30:29At the core dinner
30:30two days later,
30:31her case would be heard
30:32in the open.
30:33With the Morvain family
30:34as guaranteed,
30:35she had to attend.
30:36Even when the dinner began,
30:38pack members still grumbled.
30:39Why should a woman
30:40without a wolf
30:41be Luna?
30:42The day I married Edelar,
30:43I knew she was my Luna.
30:45Wolf or no wolf,
30:46that doesn't change.
30:47Being a wife
30:47and being a Luna
30:48are different.
30:49With no wolf,
30:50how does she help
30:50the Alpha run the pack?
30:52Right.
30:53Eleanor holding the title
30:54of Lady is one thing,
30:55but Luna,
30:56she's not suited.
30:57Who told you
30:58my daughter has no wolf?
31:00Father.
31:01My father's voice
31:01came from the doorway,
31:03Theodore behind him,
31:04back to normal.
31:05He walked up to me
31:06and looked at the mate mark
31:07on my throat.
31:08Does it still hurt?
31:09Not anymore.
31:11Sure I was fine.
31:12He turned to the room
31:13and held up
31:13a silver gray stone.
31:15Eleanor has shifted before.
31:17She was three.
31:18Why don't I remember
31:19any of it?
31:20Because after it,
31:22a fever put you
31:23in a coma for two days.
31:24Your wolf was too strong
31:26for a three-year-old's body.
31:28The doctor said
31:28if it kept waking,
31:29you wouldn't live to grow up.
31:31He placed the stone
31:32in my palm.
31:33So your mother and I
31:34sealed it.
31:35She wanted you
31:35to grow up safe first.
31:37Study,
31:38fall in love,
31:39live the life you wanted.
31:40And I didn't want
31:41any pack using your bloodline
31:42to turn you
31:43into a bargaining chip.
31:44But the seal's
31:45been loosening lately.
31:46You must have noticed
31:47something strange.
31:48Then I understood.
31:50Hearing Lucian's thoughts
31:51was the sleeping wolf
31:52answering the mate
31:53it had chosen.
31:54I looked at my palm
31:55and felt a power
31:56I'd never known
31:57tear through me.
31:57Then a thin crack
31:59split the seal stone
32:00down the middle.
32:00The room went silent.
32:02The crack raced
32:03across the stone.
32:05My nails sharpened.
32:06Every scent in the room
32:07turned unbearably clear.
32:09Impossible.
32:10She's a half-blood
32:11with no wolf.
32:12Serafina's smile vanished.
32:14I looked up.
32:15My eyes were gold.
32:17Twenty-odd years of pressure
32:18burst up my spine.
32:20The room dropped away.
32:21Silver-white fur
32:22covered my limbs.
32:24For the first time
32:25I saw my wolf.
32:27The wolves nearby
32:27stepped back by instinct.
32:29Arthur went pale
32:30then led the pack
32:31to their knees
32:32voice shaking.
32:33The silver moon wolf.
32:35The oldest bloodline of all.
32:37Lucian felt the pressure too.
32:38He didn't step back once
32:39just looked at me.
32:40So beautiful.
32:42You're thinking about that
32:43right now?
32:43Sorry.
32:44Couldn't help it.
32:47Half-blood is half-blood.
32:49I'm the pure one.
32:50The moment she finished
32:51the wolf she was
32:52proudest reaction of
32:54bowed its head to me first.
32:56No.
32:58How can you overpower me?
33:00The wolf retreated.
33:01I shifted back.
33:02Everyone was still staring.
33:03Lucian was checking me
33:04head to top.
33:05Does anything hurt?
33:06No.
33:07Scared me to death.
33:08Beautiful shore.
33:10But next time
33:10could you warn me?
33:11What if you've gotten hurt?
33:13I smiled and took his hand.
33:15Arthur set the lunar document
33:17in front of me.
33:18His voice still unsteady.
33:19The objection to your lunar title.
33:21I see no reason
33:22to discuss it further.
33:24The silver moon bloodline
33:25is the oldest there is.
33:26Your lunar seat
33:28is the Ashburn Pax Honor.
33:30With or without that wolf
33:31there's nothing to discuss.
33:33I looked at Lucian.
33:34His eyes were overflowing
33:36with love and respect.
33:38Then he went down
33:39on one knee.
33:41Eleanor.
33:42I know the 15 days
33:43aren't up.
33:44But I don't want
33:45to wait anymore.
33:47Will you be my Luna?
33:49No bloodline.
33:50No wolf.
33:51None of that matters.
33:53And if I say no?
33:54Then I'll ask tomorrow.
33:56And the day after.
33:58Until you say yes.
34:00Yes.
34:01I will.
34:03What did she say?
34:04Did I hear that right?
34:05You heard right.
34:06The lunar seat
34:07I accept.
34:09I thought everything
34:10was settled.
34:11Then Seprafina broke.
34:12How?
34:13It's not fair.
34:14You can't be a silver moon wolf.
34:16I'm the noble one.
34:17Lucian is mine.
34:19Her eyes went gold.
34:20She lunged at me.
34:22Claws out.
34:23Lucian pulled me clear.
34:24And she swung wildly
34:25with no control.
34:27Serafina aimed
34:28a killing blow at me.
34:29I only raised a hand.
34:31Her own power
34:31turned on her
34:32and slammed her
34:33a dozen yards away.
34:36You still don't get it.
34:38I didn't ruin you.
34:39Your own jealousy did.
34:41Take her away.
34:42The council will handle it.
34:44Yes, sir.
34:45After that day,
34:46Selafina was driven
34:47off pack lands.
34:48I heard she rounded up
34:49rogues to attack
34:50the Ashburn pack,
34:51got torn apart instead,
34:53and vanished.
34:54But that's a story
34:55for later.
34:56Whether she lived
34:56or died,
34:57I never cared.
34:59Ten days later,
35:00Lucian and I
35:00went to the pack alliance
35:02and withdraw the filing.
35:03As I reached for the pen,
35:05he caught my hand.
35:06Are you sure?
35:08Once it's withdrawn,
35:09you're mine for life.
35:11I'm sure.
35:12My alpha.
35:14Back home,
35:15I dug out the divorce papers
35:17he'd put away
35:17and never touched again,
35:19creased all over.
35:20No guessing needed.
35:21Lucian had taken them out
35:22to read,
35:23over and over.
35:24But he respected me
35:26too much to ever
35:26do anything about them.
35:28So I tore them up
35:29in front of him,
35:30clear and quick.
35:31She tore them.
35:32She actually tore them.
35:34Sunlight poured
35:35through the window
35:36onto him.
35:36The man who walked away
35:38on our wedding night
35:39seven years ago,
35:40who buried every feeling
35:41he had.
35:42Right now,
35:42he looked like a kid.
35:43I thought of the day
35:44I first heard his thoughts.
35:45Standing on the steps,
35:47face cold,
35:48heart panicking.
35:49Lucian,
35:51the day I was leaving
35:52with my suitcase.
35:53What did you say
35:54in your head?
35:55Say it again.
35:57Lucian's ears went red.
35:58He opened his mouth.
35:59And for the first time
36:00in seven years,
36:02that ice cold face
36:03looked lost.
36:04I just watched him.
36:05Didn't push.
36:06Didn't laugh.
36:07He stood,
36:08walked over,
36:08took my shoulders,
36:09and said out loud
36:10what he'd only ever
36:11dared to think.
36:12Don't go.
36:13Elyton,
36:14I love you.
36:15Tomorrow,
36:16the day after,
36:17every day after that,
36:18I want them all with you.
36:19I rose on my toes
36:20and kissed him.
36:23Approved.
36:24The day we saw Theodore off,
36:26Lucian held my hand
36:27the entire time.
36:28Theodore looked at our hands
36:30and smiled.
36:31Guess I'm out of chances.
36:32Theodore,
36:33you'll meet someone
36:34who truly loves you.
36:36Obviously.
36:37I'm heading back.
36:38Be happy, Ellie.
36:40You too.
36:41Two weeks later,
36:42Lucian and I
36:43went back to Rosenville
36:44to stay with my father.
36:45The moment we got out
36:46of the car,
36:47Lucian took the suitcase
36:48from my hand.
36:50I've got it.
36:52Aren't you a guest?
36:53Does a husband
36:54count as a guest?
36:55Please, please
36:56don't give us two rooms.
36:58If they do,
36:58I'll just have to knock
36:59on her door at night.
37:00And then what?
37:02I'd hold you
37:04and say...
37:04Say what?
37:06I missed you, wife.
37:08He pulled me into his arms
37:09and kissed the corner
37:10of my mouth.
37:11I laughed so hard,
37:13I doubled over.
37:14Can I ask you something?
37:16Mm-hmm?
37:16You're so strong now.
37:18Hardly anyone can hurt you.
37:20So, if I make you mad,
37:21will you hit me?
37:22Depends on your behavior.
37:23Great.
37:24So much for being
37:24the most feared alpha
37:26in the north.