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She is asked to give up a title. She agrees, and then signs with a name nobody in that pack has ever attached to her: Lena Ashburn, heir to a bloodline they believed was extinct.
That is not a flourish. A signature is the one place a person states who they are under their own authority. For seven years she was Damian's Luna — a role, granted, revocable. On that line she becomes a claim he has no standing over.
He thought he was taking something from her. He was giving her a reason to stop using his paperwork.
✨ What worked for me:
- Nobody reads the name until it is too late.
- She never announces it out loud.
✨ Bottom line: the document he demanded destroyed him.
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hidden detail post on After 7 Alpha Rejections, I Became Queen, and the whole ending is in one signature.
She is asked to give up a title. She agrees, and then signs with a name nobody in that pack has ever attached to her: Lena Ashburn, heir to a bloodline they believed was extinct.
That is not a flourish. A signature is the one place a person states who they are under their own authority. For seven years she was Damian's Luna — a role, granted, revocable. On that line she becomes a claim he has no standing over.
He thought he was taking something from her. He was giving her a reason to stop using his paperwork.
✨ What worked for me:
- Nobody reads the name until it is too late.
- She never announces it out loud.
✨ Bottom line: the document he demanded destroyed him.
What name would you have signed?
— UL, the stories others overlook 🔓
#AlphaRejections, #HiddenDetail, #IdentityReveal, #RoyalBloodline, #ReelShort
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00:02As I left the main Blackwood estate, terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
00:07The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
00:13But not one of them dared to look up at me.
00:17Damien chased after me.
00:20Lena, stop!
00:21He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
00:24Blood seeped out again.
00:26I looked at his hand.
00:28Let go.
00:30He paused for a moment.
00:32I used to soften whenever he touched me.
00:35Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
00:39But right now, all I felt was pain.
00:43Damien, you're hurting me.
00:46He let go as if he had been burned.
00:49Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,
00:56Lena, he's just worried about you.
00:59I raised my bleeding wrist.
01:02Forcing me to sign with a silver blade is your idea of worrying.
01:06Celeste's face paled for a moment.
01:08Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
01:10Don't take your anger out on her.
01:12It was always like this.
01:14If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
01:18Seven years ago, when I married Damien, my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
01:25Lena, the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.
01:31I didn't understand back then.
01:33All I knew was that I loved Damien.
01:39When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist,
01:42his first love was sitting on my throne, wearing my Luna dress.
01:45The entire Blackwood pack was watching.
01:47The guards and witnesses of the Moon Goddess Council all remained silent.
01:51Celeste reached out and touched my corona, smiling innocently.
01:55Lena, don't blame Damien.
01:57Just sign the Luna severance agreement already.
02:00I looked at Damien.
02:02Seven years ago, he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon and said I was his only mate.
02:07Seven years later, he threw an agreement in front of me.
02:10Luna suspension accord.
02:13Temporarily severed the Luna bond.
02:15Thirty days later, the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.
02:19Choose again.
02:20I've heard those two words six times already.
02:22The first time, he took my Luna ring at my birthday party,
02:25saying that Celeste had just returned to North America and couldn't be ruined by rumors.
02:28The third time, he drained my healing wolf blood to save her,
02:31leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for seven days.
02:34The sixth time, he asked me to move out of the master bedroom,
02:37because Celeste said she couldn't stand my scent.
02:40Now, for the seventh time, he didn't even bother to comfort me.
02:45Sorry.
02:45I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.
02:48Why did it have to be today?
02:53Celeste's eyes immediately looked at me.
02:57Lena, tonight is my bloodline hearing.
03:00The council stipulates that bloodline candidates under the public protection of an Alpha
03:05cannot be involved in mate disputes.
03:08If you keep the Luna title, the council will cancel my hearing
03:13and brand me a homewrecker who interfered with an Alpha's mate bond.
03:17I understand.
03:18The bloodline hearing is the highest level of bloodline certification in the North American sanctuary.
03:23Once approved, candidates gain noble status, council protection,
03:27eligibility for half marriage, and even become legitimate new candidates.
03:31Celeste wanted to transform from Damien's first love
03:33into a noblewoman recognized by the Moon Goddess Council.
03:36And I was her only obstacle.
03:38I looked at Damien.
03:39So, you want to kick me out of Luna's position first,
03:42just so she can pass the review with a clean record?
03:44Damien frowned.
03:45It's only temporary.
03:46Celeste may be a distant branch of the lost royal family.
03:49If she passes the hearing, Blackwood will gain new leverage in the council.
03:53Lena, you should think about the pack.
03:55I see.
03:56He wanted both my protection and the title for Celeste.
03:59He still thought I would never leave.
04:01The silver blade pressed into my wrist, and blood dripped onto the agreement.
04:05Just 30 days.
04:07I will choose you again.
04:09I would have believed him in the past.
04:11I would have cried, begged, and kneeled at his feet,
04:14pleading with him not to reject me again.
04:16But this time, I picked up the pen and calmly signed my name.
04:22Lena Ashburn.
04:26For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.
04:29Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.
04:32Ashburn.
04:32There wasn't a single werewolf in the North American sanctuary who didn't know this surname.
04:3720 years ago, a civil war tore for the Ashburn royal family.
04:41The moon crown disappeared, and it was rumored that the main tree went extinct.
04:45Since then, no one dared to use that surname.
04:47Impersonating a royal bloodline meant execution by the moon goddess council.
04:52Damien stared tently at my signature.
04:56Lena, do you know what this surname means?
04:59I put down my pen.
05:02I know.
05:02He sneered.
05:03Ashburn is long gone.
05:05You dare to use the name of a lost royal family just to spine me?
05:09I looked up at him.
05:10Who told you Ashburn was gone?
05:14I personally unclossed the mate bond necklace from the back of my neck.
05:17Damien, I accept your rejection.
05:19The moment the mate bond severed, the excruciating pain felt like silver flames burning through my bones.
05:25Damien groaned, his face going deathly pale.
05:31I took a step back.
05:32The seventh time, and the last time, my phone screen lit up.
05:36Ashburn royal rights revivigation order.
05:3872-hour countdown begins.
05:40Damien was unaware.
05:42Tonight, he wasn't rejecting a wife who couldn't live without him.
05:44He was rejecting the crown that had sustained the Blackwood family for seven years.
05:52As I left the main Blackwood estate, terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
05:57The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
06:03But not one of them dared to look up at me.
06:06Damien chased after me.
06:09Lena, stop!
06:10He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
06:14Blood seeped out again.
06:16I looked at his hand.
06:18Let go.
06:19He paused for a moment.
06:22I used to soften whenever he touched me.
06:24Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
06:28But right now, all I felt was pain.
06:32Damien, you're hurting me.
06:35He let go as if he had been burned.
06:39Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,
06:46Lena, he's just worried about you.
06:49I raised my bleeding wrist.
06:52Forcing me to sign with a silver blade as your idea of worry.
06:55Celeste's face paled for a moment.
06:57Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
06:59Don't take your anger out on me now.
07:01It was always like this.
07:03If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
07:07Seven years ago, when I married Damien, my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
07:15Lena.
07:16The name Ashburn raised both my rounds and my bloodshed.
07:20I didn't understand both of them.
07:22All I knew was that I loved Damien.
07:28So I concealed my moon-found bloodline, gave up my right to inherit the royal throne, and stood by his
07:36side as Lady Blackwood.
07:38Taking him from nothing to the top of the North American sanctuary.
07:44He believed that Blackwood's rise was due to his own abilities.
07:49But what he didn't know was that it was the Ashburn royal credit
07:55that truly opened the doors of the financial world for him.
08:03It was Ashburn's proxy vote that suppressed the Elders' impeachment against him.
08:09What calmed his feral wolf instincts was the last drop of the moon-crown royal blood in my veins.
08:16Celeste wanted a bloodline hearing.
08:18Not just to clear her name.
08:20She had fabricated a bloodline of a lost royal collateral branch.
08:25If the hearing passed, she would receive council certification and legitimatize herself.
08:31At that time, she would be qualified to stand beside Damien
08:34and qualified to replace me as the new Luna.
08:38Therefore, she had to force Damien to publicly sever our bond.
08:43What she wanted was innocence.
08:45What she wanted was my position.
08:49Damien softened his tone when he saw my silence.
08:53I will restore your Luna title in 30 days.
08:55Go stay in the city for a few days and avoid any further conflict with Celeste.
09:00I nodded.
09:02I won't have any more conflicts with her.
09:05He visibly breathed a sigh of relief because I'm done with you.
09:11What did you say?
09:15Don't you understand?
09:18I'm done with you.
09:21Lena, you can't live without me.
09:24You said the same thing last time, but didn't you still come back?
09:27I got into the car and took one last look at them before closing the door.
09:32Then you'd better pray that I'll come back this time.
09:36The car drove away from the estate.
09:38In the rearview mirror, Damien was still standing in the rain, looking down from his high horse.
09:44He didn't know.
09:4572 hours later, he'd be begging me on his knees not to take everything back.
09:50In those final 72 hours, I gave Damien a chance.
09:53If he truly chose me just once, the Ashburn Rite's revocation order would be cancelled.
09:59I had even prepared a graceful out for him.
10:02If only he came to the night of the moon's coronation.
10:06If only he said in front of the council, Lena is my Luna.
10:11I would have given these seven years a dignified ending.
10:15But 15 minutes before the ceremony began, Damien didn't show.
10:19The moon priestess looked at me, his voice low.
10:23Miss Ashburn, are you sure you want to wait?
10:26I didn't answer.
10:28He glanced at the moonstone in the center of the temple.
10:32Tonight is the night of the moon's coronation, and also Blackwood's annual sanctuary ceremony.
10:39According to the council's decree, Albus was first to have confirmed their moon.
10:43Only a confirmed lunar is qualified to light the moonstone through their path.
10:48I gripped the moon crown, Sartre Titan.
10:52What if he doesn't show you?
10:53The priestess was silent for the moment.
10:56Then the protection in France, both the attributed to Blackwood.
10:59Blackwood's moon goddess, Baron, the house is seated.
11:01Albus witnesses that all inspire our commitment,
11:04very guaranteed behind all their business projects,
11:07will also be closed in Sartre Titan.
11:09I lowered my eyes.
11:10It all came down to just one sentence from him.
11:14If only he said one thing.
11:16Lena is my Luna.
11:18I could still extend Blackwood's protection for another year as their Luna.
11:23My phone vibrated at that exact moment.
11:26Celeste sent a photo.
11:27On a private jet, she was leaning against Damien.
11:29His coat draped over her shoulders.
11:31The caption was only one sentence.
11:33Before the hearing began, he chose me first.
11:44As I left the main Blackwood estate,
11:47terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
11:49The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me
11:52before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
11:55But not one of them dared to look up at me.
11:59Damien chased after me.
12:02Lena, stop!
12:03He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
12:07Blood seeped out again.
12:08Damien, I looked at his hand.
12:10Let go.
12:12He paused for a moment.
12:14I used to soften whenever he touched me.
12:17Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
12:21But right now, all I felt was pain.
12:25Damien, you're hurting me.
12:28He let go as if he had been burned.
12:31Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,
12:39Lena, he's just worried about you.
12:41I raised my bleeding wrist,
12:44forcing me to sign with a silver blade as your idea of worrying.
12:48Celeste's face paled for a moment.
12:50Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
12:52Don't take your anger out on her.
12:54It was always like this.
12:56If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
13:00Seven years ago, when I married Damien,
13:03my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
13:07Lena, the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.
13:13I didn't understand back then.
13:15All I knew was that I loved Damien.
13:21When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist,
13:24his first love was sitting on my throne, wearing my Luna dress.
13:27The entire Blackwood pack was watching.
13:29The guards and witnesses of the Moon Goddess Council all remained silent.
13:33Celeste reached out and touched my corona, smiling innocently.
13:37Lena, don't blame Damien.
13:39Just sign the Luna Severance Agreement already.
13:42I looked at Damien.
13:44Seven years ago, he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon
13:47and said I was his only mate.
13:49Seven years later, he threw an agreement in front of me.
13:53Luna Suspension Accord.
13:55Temporarily severed the Luna Bond.
13:57Thirty days later, the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.
14:01Choose again.
14:02I've heard those two words six times already.
14:04The first time, he took my Luna ring at my birthday party,
14:07saying that Celeste had just returned to North America
14:09and couldn't be ruined by rumors.
14:10The third time, he drained my healing wolf blood to save her.
14:13Leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for seven days.
14:16The sixth time, he asked me to move out of the master bedroom
14:19because Celeste said she couldn't stand my scent.
14:22Now, for the seventh time, he didn't even bother to comfort me.
14:27Signed.
14:27I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.
14:30Why did it have to be today?
14:35Celeste's eyes immediately rolled out to you.
14:37I'm sorry.
14:39Lena, tonight is my bloodline hearing.
14:42The council stipulates that bloodline candidates
14:45under the public protection of an Alpha
14:47cannot be involved in mate disputes.
14:50If you keep moving the title,
14:52the council will cancel my hearing.
14:55And grant me a home record to interfere with an Alpha's mate bond.
14:59I understood.
15:00The bloodline hearing is the highest level of bloodline certification
15:03in North America's section.
15:04Once approved, candidates gain noble status,
15:07council retention,
15:09eligibility for coffee match,
15:10and even become legitimate women candidates.
15:13Celeste wanted to transform from Damien's first love
15:15into a noblewoman recognized by the moon goddess council.
15:18And I was her only obstacle.
15:20I looked at Dame.
15:21So, you want to kick me out of Luna's position first,
15:24just so she can pass the review with a clean record.
15:26Damien found.
15:27It's only temporary.
15:29Celeste may be a distant branch of the lost royal family.
15:31If she passes the hearing,
15:33Blackwood will gain new leverage in the council.
15:35Lena, you should think about the pack.
15:37I see.
15:38He wanted both my protection and the title for Celeste.
15:41He still thought I would never leave.
15:43The silver blade pressed into my wrist,
15:45and blood dripped onto the agreement.
15:47Just thirty days.
15:49I will choose you again.
15:51I would have believed him in the past.
15:53I would have cried, begged, and kneeled at his feet,
15:56pleading with him not to reject me again.
15:58But this time,
15:59I picked up the pen and calmly signed my name.
16:04Lena Ashburn.
16:08For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.
16:11Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.
16:14Ashburn.
16:14There wasn't a single werewolf in the North American sanctuary
16:17who didn't know this surname.
16:19Twenty years ago,
16:20a civil war tore through the Ashburn royal family.
16:23The moon crown disappeared,
16:24and it was rumored that the main tree went extinct.
16:27Since then, no one dared to use that surname.
16:29Impersonating a royal bloodline
16:31meant execution by the moon goddess council.
16:34Damien stared tentatively at my signature.
16:38Lena, do you know what this surname means?
16:41I put down my pen.
16:44I know.
16:44He sneered.
16:45Ashburn is long gone.
16:47You dare to use the name of a lost royal family just to spine me?
16:51I looked up at him.
16:52Who told you Ashburn was gone?
16:56I personally unclossed the mate bond necklace from the back of my neck.
16:59Damien, I accept your rejection.
17:02The moment the mate bond severed,
17:03the excruciating pain felt like silver flames burning through my bones.
17:07Damien groaned,
17:08his face going deathly pale.
17:13I took a step back.
17:14The seventh time,
17:15and the last time,
17:16my phone screen lit up.
17:18Ashbone royal rights revivigation order.
17:2072-hour countdown begins.
17:22Damien was unaware.
17:24Tonight, he wasn't rejecting a wife who couldn't live without him.
17:27He was rejecting the crown that had sustained the Blackwood family for seven years.
17:34As I left the main Blackwood estate,
17:37terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
17:39The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess
17:43stood in two rows.
17:45But not one of them dared to look up at me.
17:49Damien chased after me.
17:51Lena, stop!
17:53He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
17:56Blood seeped out again.
17:58I looked at his hand.
18:00Let go.
18:01He paused for a moment.
18:04I used to soften whenever he touched me.
18:06Even if just a second ago,
18:08he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
18:10But right now,
18:11all I felt was pain.
18:14Damien,
18:15you're hurting me.
18:18He let go as if he had been burned.
18:21Celeste, wearing his coat,
18:22stood in the doorway and said softly,
18:27Lena,
18:29he's just worried about you.
18:31I raised my bleeding wrist.
18:34Forcing me to sign with a silver blade is your idea of worry.
18:37Celeste's face peeled for a moment.
18:39Damien immediately stepped in front of me.
18:41Don't take your anger out on me.
18:43It was always like this.
18:45If she cried,
18:47the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
18:49Seven years ago,
18:51when I married Damien,
18:52my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
18:57Me.
19:01I didn't understand why, but all I knew was that I loved Damien.
19:10So I concealed my moon crown bloodline,
19:13gave up my right to inherit the royal throne and stood by his side as Lady Blackwood,
19:20taking him from nothing to the top of the North American sanctuary.
19:26He believed that Blackwood's rise was due to his own abilities.
19:32But what he didn't know was that it was the Ashburn royal credit
19:36that truly opened the doors of the financial world for him.
19:45It was Ashburn's proxy vote that suppressed the elders' impeachment against him.
19:51What calmed his feral wolf instincts was the last drop of the moon crown royal blood in my veins.
19:58Celeste wanted a bloodline hearing,
20:01not just to clear her name.
20:02She had fabricated a bloodline of a lost royal collateral branch.
20:07If the hearing passed,
20:08she would receive council certification and legitimize herself.
20:13At that time,
20:14she would be qualified to stand beside Damien
20:16and qualified to replace me as the new Luna.
20:21Therefore, she had to force Damien to publicly sever our bond.
20:25What she wanted wasn't innocence.
20:27What she wanted was my position.
20:31Damien softened his tone when he saw my silence.
20:34I will restore your Luna title in 30 days.
20:38Go stay in the city for a few days and avoid any further conflict with Celeste.
20:42I nodded.
20:44I won't have any more conflicts with her.
20:47He visibly breathed a sigh of relief because I'm done with you.
20:53What did you say?
20:57Don't you understand?
21:00I'm done with you.
21:03Lena,
21:04you can't live without me.
21:06You said the same thing last time,
21:08but didn't you still come back?
21:09I got into the car and took one last look at them before closing the door.
21:14Then you'd better pray that I'll come back this time.
21:18The car drove away from the estate.
21:21In the rearview mirror, Damien was still standing in the rain, looking down from his high horse.
21:26He didn't know.
21:2772 hours later, he'd be begging me on his knees not to take everything back.
21:32In those final 72 hours, I gave Damien a chance.
21:35If he truly chose me just once, the Ashburn Rites' revocation order would be cancelled.
21:41I had even prepared a graceful out for him.
21:44If only he came to the night of the moon's coronation.
21:48If only he said in front of the council,
21:50Lena is my Luna.
21:54I would have given these seven years a dignified ending.
21:57But 15 minutes before the ceremony began, Damien didn't show.
22:01The moon priestess looked at me, his voice low.
22:05Miss Ashburn,
22:06Are you sure you want to wait?
22:08I didn't answer.
22:10He glanced at the moon stone in the center of the temple.
22:14Tonight is the night of the moon's coronation.
22:17And also Blackwood's annual sanctuary ceremony.
22:21According to the council's decree,
22:23Alphas must personally confirm their Luna.
22:25Only a confirmed Luna is qualified to light the moon stone for their pack.
22:30I gripped the moon crown separate tightly.
22:34What if he doesn't show up?
22:35The priestess was silent for a moment.
22:38Then the protection you grant won't be attributed to Blackwood.
22:41Blackwood's moon, God, Esfari, Council, C, and Alpha,
22:44Rippinities will all expire after a minute.
22:46The credit guaranteed behind all their business projects
22:49will also be closed and simultaneous.
22:51I lowered my eyes.
22:52It all came down to just one sentence as well.
22:56If only he said one thing,
22:58Lena is my Luna.
23:00I could still extend Blackwood's protection
23:03for another year as they were in love.
23:05My phone vibrated at that exact moment.
23:08Celeste sent a photo.
23:09On a private jet, she was leaning against Damien.
23:12His coat draped over her shoulders.
23:13The caption was only one sentence.
23:16Before the hearing began,
23:17he chose me first.
23:27As I left the main Blackwood estate,
23:29terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.
23:32The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me
23:34before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.
23:37But not one of them dared to look up at me.
23:41Damien chased after me.
23:44Lena, stop!
23:45He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.
23:49Blood seeped out again.
23:50I looked at his hand.
23:53Let go.
23:54He paused for a moment.
23:56I used to soften whenever he touched me.
23:59Even if just a second ago,
24:01he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.
24:03But right now, all I felt was pain.
24:06Damien,
24:08you're hurting me.
24:10He let go as if he had been burned.
24:13Celeste, wearing his coat,
24:15stood in the doorway and said softly,
24:20Lena,
24:21he's just worried about you.
24:23I raised my bleeding wrist.
24:26Forcing me to sign with a silver blade
24:28is your idea of worrying.
24:30Celeste's face paled for a moment.
24:32Damien immediately stepped in front of her.
24:34Don't take your anger out on her.
24:36It was always like this.
24:38If she cried,
24:39the whole world was supposed to make way for her.
24:42Seven years ago,
24:43when I married Damien,
24:45my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.
24:49Lena,
24:50the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.
24:55I didn't understand back then.
24:57All I knew was that I loved Damien.
25:03When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist,
25:06his first love was sitting on my throne,
25:08wearing my Luna dress.
25:09The entire Blackwood pack was watching.
25:11The guards and witnesses of the Moon Goddess Council
25:13all remained silent.
25:15Celeste reached out and touched my corona,
25:17smiling innocently.
25:19Lena,
25:19don't blame Damien.
25:21Just sign the Luna Severance Agreement already.
25:24I looked at Damien.
25:26Seven years ago,
25:27he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon
25:29and said I was his only mate.
25:31Seven years later,
25:32he threw an agreement in front of me.
25:34Luna suspension accord.
25:37Temporarily severed the Luna bond.
25:39Thirty days later,
25:40the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.
25:43Choose again.
25:44I've heard those two words six times already.
25:46The first time,
25:47he took my Luna ring at my birthday party,
25:49saying that Celeste had just returned to North America
25:51and couldn't be ruined by rumors.
25:53The third time,
25:53he drained my healing wolf blood to save her,
25:55leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for seven days.
25:58The sixth time,
25:59he asked me to move out of the master bedroom
26:01because Celeste said she couldn't stand my scent.
26:04Now,
26:05for the seventh time,
26:06he didn't even bother to comfort me.
26:09Signed.
26:09I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.
26:12Why did it have to be today?
26:17Celeste's eyes immediately welled up with tears.
26:21Lena,
26:22tonight is my bloodline hearing.
26:24The council stipulates that bloodline candidates
26:27under the public protection of an Alpha
26:29cannot be involved in mate disputes.
26:32If you keep the Luna title,
26:34the council will cancel my hearing.
26:37I'd rent me a home record interview
26:39with an Alpha's mate bond.
26:41I understood.
26:42The bloodline hearing is the highest level
26:44of bloodline certification
26:45in the North Moon Concessional.
26:47Once approved,
26:48candidates gain noble status,
26:50council protection,
26:51eligibility for pathology,
26:52and even become legitimate human candidates.
26:55Celeste wanted to transform
26:56from Damien's first love
26:57into a noble woman recognized
26:59by the moon goddess Hanson.
27:00And I was her only obstacle,
27:02and I was her only obstacle,
27:02and the hope of Damien's first.
27:04You want to kick me out of Luna's position first,
27:06just so she can pass the review
27:07and the main record of Damien's first.
27:09It's only to her.
27:11Celeste may be a distant range
27:12of the lost royal family.
27:13If she passes the hearing,
27:15Blackwood will gain new leverage
27:16on the council.
27:17Lena,
27:18you should think about the pack.
27:19I see.
27:20He wanted both my protection
27:22and the title for Celeste.
27:23He still thought I would never leave.
27:25The silver blade pressed into my wrist,
27:27and blood dripped onto the agreement.
27:29In just three days,
27:31I will choose you again.
27:33I would have believed him in the past.
27:35I would have cried,
27:37begged,
27:37and kneeled at his feet,
27:38pleading with him not to reject him again.
27:41But this time,
27:41I picked up the pen
27:43and calmly signed my name.
27:46Lena Ashburn.
27:50For a moment,
27:51the entire hall seemed to freeze.
27:53Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.
27:56Ashburn.
27:56There wasn't a single werewolf
27:58in the North American sanctuary
27:59who didn't know this surname.
28:01Twenty years ago,
28:02a civil war tore through
28:03the Ashburn royal family.
28:05The moon crown disappeared,
28:06and it was rumored
28:07that the main tree went extinct.
28:09Since then,
28:09no one dared to use that surname.
28:11Impersonating a royal bloodline
28:13meant execution
28:14by the moon goddess council.
28:16Damien stared tently
28:17at my signature.
28:21Lena,
28:21do you know
28:21what this surname means?
28:23I put down my pen.
28:26I know.
28:27He sneered.
28:28Ashburn is long gone.
28:29You dare to use the name
28:30of a lost royal family
28:31just to spine me?
28:33I looked up at him.
28:34Who told you Ashburn was gone?
28:38I personally unclasped
28:39the Matebond necklace
28:40from the back of my neck.
28:41Damien,
28:42I accept your rejection.
28:44The moment the Matebond severed,
28:45the excruciating pain
28:47felt like silver flames
28:48burning through my bones.
28:49Damien groaned,
28:51his face going deathly pale.
28:55I took a step back.
28:56The seventh time
28:57and the last time
28:58my phone screen lit up.
29:00Ashbone Royal Rights
29:01Revivigation Order
29:0272-hour countdown begins.
29:04Damien was unaware.
29:06Tonight,
29:06he wasn't rejecting a wife
29:07who couldn't live without him.
29:09He was rejecting the crown
29:10that had sustained
29:11the Blackwood family
29:12for seven years.
29:16As I left the main
29:17Blackwood estate,
29:19terrestrial rain
29:19and pounded on the steps.
29:21The pack members
29:22who had sworn allegiance to me
29:23before the crest
29:24of the moon goddess
29:25stood in two rows.
29:27But not one of them
29:28dared to look up at me.
29:31Damien chased after me.
29:33Lena, stop!
29:35He grabbed my wrist
29:36and pressed right onto the wound.
29:38Blood seeped out again.
29:40I looked at his hand.
29:42Let go.
29:44He paused for a moment.
29:46I used to soften
29:47whenever he touched me.
29:48Even if just a second
29:49ago,
29:50he had humiliated me
29:51for Celeste's sake.
29:52But right now,
29:53all I felt was pain.
29:56Damien,
29:57you're hurting me.
30:00He let go
30:01as if he had been burned.
30:03Celeste,
30:03wearing his coat,
30:05stood in the doorway
30:05and said softly,
30:09Lena,
30:11he's just worried about you.
30:13I raised my bleeding wrist.
30:16Forcing me to sign
30:17with a silver blade
30:18is your idea of worrying.
30:19Celeste's face paled
30:20for a moment.
30:21Damien immediately
30:22stepped in front of her.
30:23Don't take your anger
30:24out on her.
30:26It was always like this.
30:28If she cried,
30:29the whole world
30:30was supposed to make way
30:31for her.
30:32Seven years ago,
30:33when I married Damien,
30:34my mother told me
30:35to keep my true surname
30:36to see it.
30:44I didn't understand that.
30:46All I knew
30:47was that I loved Damien.
30:52So I concealed
30:54my moon-bound bloodline,
30:56gave up my right
30:57to inherit the royal throne,
30:58and stood by his side
31:00as Lady Blackfield,
31:02taking him from nothing
31:05to the top
31:06of the North American sanctuary.
31:08He believed that Blackfield's rise
31:10was due to his own abilities.
31:14But what he didn't know
31:15was that it was
31:16the Ash Room royal credit
31:20that truly opened the doors
31:22of the financial world for him.
31:27It was Ashburn's proxy vote
31:29that suppressed
31:30the Elder's engagement
31:31against him.
31:33What calmed
31:34his feral wolf instincts
31:35was the last drop
31:37of the moon-crown royal blood
31:38in my veins.
31:40Celeste wanted
31:41a bloodline hearing,
31:43not just to clear her name.
31:44She had fabricated
31:46a bloodline
31:46of a lost royal
31:48collateral branch.
31:49If the hearing passed,
31:51she would receive
31:51council certification
31:52and legitimize herself.
31:54At that time,
31:56she would be qualified
31:57to stand beside Damien
31:58and qualified
31:59to replace me
32:00as the new Luna.
32:03Therefore,
32:03she had to force Damien
32:04to publicly sever our bond.
32:07What she wanted
32:08wasn't innocence.
32:09What she wanted
32:10was my position.
32:13Damien softened his tone
32:15when he saw my silence.
32:16I will restore your Luna title
32:18in 30 days.
32:20Go stay in the city
32:21for a few days
32:22and avoid any further
32:23conflict with Celeste.
32:24I nodded.
32:26I won't have any more
32:27conflicts with her.
32:29He visibly breathed
32:30a sigh of relief
32:31because I'm done with you.
32:35What did you say?
32:39Don't you understand?
32:42I'm done with you.
32:45Lena,
32:46you can't live without me.
32:48You said the same thing
32:49last time,
32:50but didn't you still come back?
32:51I got into the car
32:53and took one last look
32:54at them
32:54before closing the door.
32:57Then you'd better pray
32:58that I'll come back
32:59this time.
33:00The car drove away
33:02from the estate.
33:03In the rearview mirror,
33:04Damien was still
33:05standing in the rain
33:06looking down
33:07from his high horse.
33:08He didn't know.
33:0972 hours later,
33:11he'd be begging me
33:12on his knees
33:12not to take everything back.
33:14In those final 72 hours,
33:16I gave Damien a chance.
33:17If he truly chose me
33:19just once,
33:20the Ashburn Rite's
33:21revocation order
33:22would be cancelled.
33:23I had even prepared
33:25a graceful out for him.
33:26If only he came
33:27to the night of the moon's
33:28coronation.
33:30If only he said
33:31in front of the council,
33:33Lena is my Luna.
33:36I would have given
33:37these seven years
33:37a dignified ending,
33:39but 15 minutes
33:40before the ceremony began,
33:42Damien didn't show.
33:43The moon priestess
33:45looked at me
33:45with void flow.
33:47Miss Ashburn,
33:49are you sure
33:50you want to wait?
33:50I didn't answer.
33:52He glanced at the moonstone
33:54in the center of the temple.
33:56Tonight is the end
33:57of the night
33:58of the moon's coronation
33:59and also Blackwood's
34:01annual sanctuary ceremony.
34:03According to the council's decree,
34:05alphas must personally
34:06confirm their Luna.
34:07Only a confirmed Luna
34:09is qualified
34:09to light the moonstone
34:11for their pact.
34:12I gripped the moon crown
34:14separate tightly.
34:16What if he doesn't show up?
34:18The priestess
34:18was silent for a moment.
34:20Then the protection
34:20you grant
34:21won't be attributed
34:22to Blackwood.
34:23Blackwood's moon
34:23goddess barrier,
34:25councilor sea,
34:25and alpha privileges
34:26will all expire
34:27after midnight.
34:28The credit guarantees
34:29behind all their business projects
34:31will also be frozen simultaneously.
34:33I lowered my eyes.
34:34It all came down
34:35to just one sentence
34:36as we heard.
34:38If only he said
34:39one thing,
34:40Lena is my Luna.
34:42I could still extend
34:44Blackwood's protection
34:45for another year as the Luna.
34:47My phone vibrated
34:48at that exact moment.
34:50Celeste sent a photo.
34:51On a private jet,
34:52she was leaning
34:53against Damien.
34:54His coat draped
34:54over her shoulders.
34:56The caption
34:56was only one sentence.
34:58Before the hearing began,
34:59he chose me first.
35:09As I left
35:09the main Blackwood estate,
35:11terrestrial rain
35:12pounded on the steps.
35:14The pack members
35:14who had sworn allegiance
35:15to me before the crest
35:17of the moon goddess
35:17stood in two rows.
35:19But not one of them
35:21dared to look up at me.
35:23Damien chased after me.
35:26Lena, stop!
35:27He grabbed my wrist
35:29and pressed right
35:30onto the wound.
35:31Blood seeped out again.
35:32I looked at his hand.
35:35Let go.
35:36He paused for a moment.
35:38I used to soften
35:40whenever he touched me.
35:41Even if just a second ago,
35:43he had humiliated me
35:44for Celeste's sake.
35:45But right now,
35:46all I felt was pain.
35:48Damien,
35:50you're hurting me.
35:52He let go
35:53as if he had been burned.
35:55Celeste,
35:56wearing his coat,
35:57stood in the doorway
35:58and said softly,
36:02Lena,
36:03he's just worried
36:04about you.
36:05I raised my bleeding wrist.
36:08Forcing me to sign
36:09with a silver blade
36:10is your idea of worrying.
36:12Celeste's face paled
36:13for a moment.
36:14Damien immediately
36:15stepped in front of her.
36:16Don't take your anger
36:17out on her.
36:18It was always like this.
36:20If she cried,
36:21the whole world
36:22was supposed to make way
36:23for her.
36:24Seven years ago,
36:25when I married Damien,
36:26my mother told me
36:28to keep my true surname
36:29a secret.
36:31Lena,
36:32the name Ashburn
36:34brings both crowns
36:35and bloodshed.
36:37I didn't understand
36:38back then.
36:39All I knew
36:40was that I loved
36:41Damien.
36:45When Damien pressed
36:46the silver blade
36:47against my wrist,
36:48his first love
36:49was sitting on my throne
36:50wearing my Luna dress.
36:51The entire Blackwood pack
36:52was watching.
36:53The guards and witnesses
36:54of the Moon Goddess Council
36:55all remained silent.
36:57Celeste reached out
36:58and touched my corona,
36:59smiling innocently.
37:01Lena,
37:01don't blame Damien.
37:03Just sign the Luna
37:04severance agreement
37:05already.
37:06I looked at Damien.
37:08Seven years ago,
37:10he held my hand
37:10at the Temple of the Moon
37:11and said I was
37:12his only mate.
37:13Seven years later,
37:14he threw an agreement
37:15in front of me.
37:17Luna suspension accord.
37:19Temporarily sever
37:19the Luna bond.
37:21Thirty days later,
37:22the Alpha will have
37:23the option
37:24to renew the mate bond.
37:25Choose again.
37:26I've heard those two words
37:27six times already.
37:28The first time,
37:29he took my Luna ring
37:30at my birthday party
37:31saying that Celeste
37:32had just returned
37:32to North America
37:33and couldn't be ruined
37:34by rumors.
37:35The third time,
37:35he drained my
37:36healing wolf blood
37:37to save her,
37:37leaving me unconscious
37:38in the medical pod
37:39for seven days.
37:40The sixth time,
37:41he asked me to move
37:42out of the master bedroom
37:43because Celeste said
37:44she couldn't stand my scent.
37:46Now,
37:47for the seventh time,
37:49he didn't even bother
37:49to comfort me.
37:51Signed.
37:52I looked at the agreement
37:53and suddenly smiled.
37:54Why did it have to be today?
37:59Celeste's eyes
38:00immediately welled up
38:01with tears.
38:03Lena,
38:04tonight is my
38:05bloodline hearing.
38:06The council stipulates
38:08that bloodline candidates
38:09under the public protection
38:11of an alpha
38:11cannot be involved
38:13in mate disputes.
38:14If you keep the Luna title,
38:16the council will cancel
38:17my hearing
38:19and brand me
38:20a homewrecker
38:21who interfered
38:21with an alpha's mate bond.
38:23I understood.
38:24The bloodline hearing
38:25is the highest level
38:26of bloodline certification
38:27in the North American sanctuary.
38:29Once approved,
38:30candidates gain
38:31noble status,
38:32council protection,
38:32eligibility for pack marriage,
38:34and even become
38:35legitimate Luna candidates.
38:37Celeste wanted to transform
38:38from Damien's first love
38:39into a noble woman
38:40recognized by the moon
38:41goddess council.
38:42And I was her only obstacle.
38:44I looked at Damien.
38:45So,
38:46you want to kick me out
38:47of Luna's position first
38:48just so she can pass
38:49to the moon.
38:50I looked at Damien's first love.
38:51It was only 10 minutes.
38:53Celeste made me a distant branch
38:54of the lost royal family.
38:55If she passes the hearing,
38:57Blackwood will gain new leverage
38:58but you also will believe it.
38:59We shall think about the path.
39:02Recently,
39:02he wanted both my protection
39:04and the title for Celeste.
39:05I still thought
39:06I'd never leave.
39:07The silver blade
39:08pressed into my wrist
39:09and blood dripped
39:10onto the opening.
39:11Just 30 days.
39:13I will choose you again.
39:15I would have believed him
39:17in the past.
39:17I would have cried,
39:19begged and kneeled
39:20at his feet,
39:21pleading with him
39:21not to reject me again.
39:23But this time,
39:24I picked up the pen
39:25and calmly signed my name.
39:28Lena Ashburn.
39:32For a moment,
39:33the entire hall
39:34seemed to freeze.
39:35Damien's pupils
39:36suddenly contracted.
39:38Ashburn.
39:38There wasn't a single werewolf
39:40in the North American sanctuary
39:41who didn't know this surname.
39:4320 years ago,
39:44a civil war
39:45toured for the Ashburn royal family.
39:47The moon crown disappeared
39:48and it was rumored
39:49that the main tree
39:50went extinct.
39:51Since then,
39:51no one dared
39:52to use that surname.
39:53Impersonating a royal bloodline
39:55meant execution
39:56by the moon goddess council.
39:58Damien stared
39:59tently at my signature.
40:03Lena,
40:03do you know
40:04what this surname means?
40:05I put down my pen.
40:08I know.
40:09He sneered.
40:10Ashburn is long gone.
40:11You dare to use
40:12the name of a lost royal family
40:14just to spine me?
40:15I looked up at him.
40:17Who told you
40:17Ashburn was gone?
40:20I personally unclasped
40:21the Matebond necklace
40:22from the back of my neck.
40:23Damien,
40:24I accept your rejection.
40:26The moment
40:26the Matebond severed,
40:27the excruciating pain
40:29felt like silver flames
40:30burning through my bones.
40:31Damien groaned,
40:32his face going deathly pale.
40:37I took a step back.
40:38The seventh time
40:39and the last time
40:40my phone screen lit up.
40:42Ashbone royal rights
40:43revivigation order.
40:4472 hour countdown begins.
40:47Damien was unaware.
40:48Tonight,
40:48he wasn't rejecting a wife
40:49who couldn't live without him.
40:51He was rejecting the crown
40:52that had sustained
40:53the Blackwood family
40:54for seven years.
40:58As I left the main
40:59Blackwood estate,
41:01terrestrial rain
41:02pounded on the steps.
41:03The pack members
41:04who had sworn allegiance to me
41:05before the crest
41:06of the moon goddess
41:07stood in two rows.
41:09But not one of them
41:10dared to look up at me.
41:13Damien chased after me.
41:15Lena, stop!
41:17He grabbed my wrist
41:18and pressed right onto the wound.
41:20Blood seeped out again.
41:22I looked at his hand.
41:24Let go.
41:26He paused for a moment.
41:28I used to soften
41:29whenever he touched me.
41:31Even if just a second ago,
41:32he had humiliated me
41:33for Celeste's sake.
41:35But right now,
41:36all I felt was pain.
41:38Damien,
41:39you're hurting me.
41:42He let go
41:43as if he had been burned.
41:45Celeste, wearing his coat,
41:46stood in the doorway
41:47and said softly,
41:51Lena,
41:53he's just worried about you.
41:55I raised my bleeding wrist,
41:58forcing me to sign
41:59with a silver blade
42:00as your idea of worrying.
42:01Celeste's face paled
42:02for a moment.
42:03Damien immediately
42:04stepped in front of her.
42:05Don't take your anger
42:06out on her.
42:08It was always like this.
42:10If she cried,
42:11the whole world
42:12was supposed to make way
42:13for her.
42:13Seven years ago,
42:15when I married Damien,
42:16my mother told me
42:17to keep my true surname
42:18a secret.
42:21Lena,
42:22the name Ashburn
42:23brings both crowns
42:24and bloodshed.
42:26I didn't understand
42:28back then.
42:29All I knew
42:29was that I loved Damien.
42:34So I concealed
42:36my newly crowned
42:37blood in me,
42:38gave up my right
42:39to inherit
42:39the royal throne,
42:41and stood by his side
42:42as Lady Blackwood,
42:44taking him for nothing.
42:47to the top
42:48of the North American
42:49sexual.
42:50He believed that Blackwood's
42:52rise was due
42:53to his own abilities.
42:56But what he didn't
42:57remember was that
42:58it was the Ashburn
42:59royal life
43:02that truly opened
43:03the doors
43:04of the financial world.
43:09It was Ashburn's
43:11cross and road
43:11that suppressed
43:12the elders
43:13in the beach
43:13and against him.
43:15What calmed
43:16his feral wolf
43:17instincts
43:17was the last drop
43:19of the moon crown
43:19royal blood
43:20in my veins.
43:23Celeste wanted
43:23a bloodline hearing,
43:25not just to clear
43:26her name.
43:26She had fabricated
43:28a bloodline
43:28of a lost royal
43:30collateral branch.
43:31If the hearing
43:32passed,
43:33she would receive
43:33council certification
43:34and legitimize
43:35herself.
43:37At that time,
43:38she would be qualified
43:39to stand beside Damien
43:40and qualified
43:41to replace me
43:42as the new Luna.
43:45Therefore,
43:45she had to force
43:46Damien to publicly
43:47sever our bond.
43:49What she wanted
43:50wasn't innocence.
43:51What she wanted
43:52was my position.
43:55Damien softened
43:56his tone
43:57when he saw
43:57my silence.
43:59I will restore
44:00your Luna title
44:00in 30 days.
44:02Go stay in the city
44:03for a few days
44:04and avoid
44:04any further
44:05conflict with Celeste.
44:06I nodded.
44:08I won't have
44:09any more conflicts
44:10with her.
44:11He visibly
44:12breathed a sigh
44:12of relief
44:13because I'm
44:14done with you.
44:17What did you say?
44:21Don't you understand?
44:24I'm done with you.
44:27Lena,
44:28you can't live
44:29without me.
44:30You said the same
44:31thing last time,
44:32but didn't you
44:33still come back?
44:33I got into the car
44:35and took one last
44:36look at them
44:36before closing the door.
44:39Then you'd better
44:39pray that I'll
44:40come back this time.
44:42The car drove away
44:44from the estate.
44:45In the rearview mirror,
44:46Damien was still
44:47standing in the rain
44:48looking down
44:49from his high horse.
44:50He didn't know.
44:5172 hours later,
44:53he'd be begging me
44:54on his knees
44:55not to take
44:55everything back.
44:56In those final
44:5772 hours,
44:58I gave Damien a chance.
44:59If he truly
45:00chose me just once,
45:02the Ashburn
45:03writes,
45:03revocation order
45:04would be cancelled.
45:06I had even prepared
45:07a graceful out
45:08for him.
45:08If only he came
45:09to the night
45:10of the moon's
45:10coronation.
45:12If only he said
45:13in front of the council,
45:15Lena is my Luna.
45:18I would have given
45:19these seven years
45:20a dignified ending,
45:21but 15 minutes
45:22before the ceremony
45:23began,
45:24Damien didn't show.
45:25The moon priestess
45:27looked at me
45:27his voice low.
45:29Miss Ashburn,
45:30are you sure
45:32you want to wait?
45:33I didn't answer.
45:34He glanced at the
45:36moon stone
45:36in the center
45:37of the temple.
45:39Tonight is the night
45:40of the moon's
45:41coronation,
45:41and also Blackwood's
45:43annual sanctuary ceremony.
45:45According to the
45:46council's decree,
45:47Alphas must personally
45:48confirm their Luna.
45:49Only a confirmed Luna
45:51is qualified to light
45:52the moon stone
45:53for their pack.
45:54I gripped the moon
45:55crown separate tightly.
45:58What if he doesn't
45:59show up?
46:00The priestess
46:00was silent for a moment.
46:02Then the protection
46:02you grant won't be
46:04attributed to Blackwood.
46:05Blackwood's moon
46:06goddess barrier,
46:07council seat,
46:07and alpha privileges
46:08will all expire
46:09after midnight.
46:10The credit guarantees
46:11behind all their
46:12business projects
46:13will also be
46:14frozen simultaneously.
46:15I lowered my eyes.
46:16It all came down
46:17to just one
46:18sentences from him.
46:20If only he said
46:21one thing,
46:22Lena is my Luna.
46:25I could still extend
46:26Blackwood's protection
46:27for another year
46:28as their Luna.
46:29My phone vibrated
46:30at that exact moment.
46:32Celeste sent a photo.
46:33On a private jet,
46:34she was leaning
46:35against Damien.
46:36His coat draped
46:37over her shoulders.
46:38The caption was
46:38only one sentence.
46:40Before the hearing began,
46:41he chose me first.
46:51As I left the main
46:52Blackwood estate,
46:53terrestrial rain
46:54pounded on the steps.
46:56The pack members
46:56who had sworn allegiance
46:57to me before the crest
46:59of the moon goddess
46:59stood in two rows,
47:01but not one of them
47:03dared to look up at me.
47:05Damien chased after me.
47:08Lena, stop!
47:09He grabbed my wrist
47:11and pressed right
47:12onto the wound.
47:13Blood seeped out again.
47:14I looked at his hand.
47:17Let go.
47:18He paused for a moment.
47:21I used to soften
47:22whenever he touched me.
47:23Even if just a second ago,
47:25he had humiliated me
47:26for Celeste's sake.
47:27But right now,
47:28all I felt was pain.
47:30Damien,
47:32you're hurting me.
47:34He let go
47:35as if he had been burned.
47:37Celeste,
47:38wearing his coat,
47:39stood in the doorway
47:40and said softly,
47:44Lena,
47:45he's just worried about you.
47:47I raised my bleeding wrist,
47:50forcing me to sign
47:51with a silver blade
47:52as your idea of worrying.
47:54Celeste's face paled
47:55for a moment.
47:56Damien immediately
47:57stepped in front of her.
47:58Don't take your anger
47:59out on her.
48:00It was always like this.
48:02If she cried,
48:04the whole world
48:04was supposed to make way
48:05for her.
48:06Seven years ago,
48:07when I married Damien,
48:09my mother told me
48:10to keep my true surname
48:11a secret.
48:13Lena,
48:14the name Ashburn
48:16brings both crowns
48:17and bloodshed.
48:19I didn't understand
48:20back then.
48:21All I knew
48:22was that I loved Damien.
48:27When Damien pressed
48:28the silver blade
48:29against my wrist,
48:30his first love
48:31was sitting on my throne,
48:32wearing my Luna dress.
48:33The entire Blackwood pack
48:34was watching.
48:35The guards and witnesses
48:36of the Moon Goddess Council
48:38all remained silent.
48:39Celeste reached out
48:40and touched my corona,
48:41smiling innocently.
48:43Lena,
48:44don't blame Damien.
48:45Just sign the Luna
48:46severance agreement
48:47already.
48:48I looked at Damien.
48:51Seven years ago,
48:52he held my hand
48:53at the Temple of the Moon
48:53and said I was
48:54his only mate.
48:55Seven years later,
48:56he threw an agreement
48:57in front of me.
48:59Luna suspension accord.
49:01Temporarily sever
49:02the Luna bond.
49:03Thirty days later,
49:05the Alpha will have
49:05the option to renew
49:06the mate bond.
49:07Choose again.
49:08I've heard those two words
49:09six times already.
49:10The first time,
49:11he took my Luna ring
49:12at my birthday party,
49:13saying that Celeste
49:14had just returned
49:14to North America
49:15and couldn't be ruined
49:16by rumors.
49:17The third time,
49:18he drained my healing
49:18wolf blood to save her,
49:19leaving me unconscious
49:20in the medical pod
49:21for seven days.
49:22The sixth time,
49:23he asked me to move
49:24out of the master bedroom
49:25because Celeste
49:26said she couldn't
49:27stand my scent.
49:28Now, for the seventh time,
49:31he didn't even bother
49:31to comfort me.
49:33Signed.
49:34I looked at the agreement
49:35and suddenly smiled.
49:36Why did it have to be today?
49:41Celeste's eyes
49:42immediately filled up
49:43in tears.
49:45Lena, tonight is
49:47my bloodline hearing.
49:48The Council stipulates
49:50that bloodline candidates
49:51under the public protection
49:53of an Alpha
49:53cannot be involved
49:55in mate disputes.
49:56If you keep the Luna title,
49:58the Council
49:59will cancel my hearing
50:01and brand me
50:02a homewrecker
50:03who interfered
50:03with an Alpha's mate bond.
50:05I understood.
50:06The bloodline hearing
50:07is the highest level
50:08of bloodline certification
50:09in the North American sanctuary.
50:11Once approved,
50:12candidates gain
50:13noble status,
50:14council protection,
50:15eligibility for
50:16pack marriage,
50:16and even become
50:17legitimate Luna candidates.
50:19Celeste wanted to transform
50:20from Damien's first love
50:21into a noble woman
50:22recognized by
50:23the Moon Goddess Council.
50:24And I was her only obstacle.
50:26I looked at Damien.
50:28So, you want to kick me
50:29out of Luna's position first,
50:30just so she can pass
50:31the review with a clean record?
50:32Damien frowned.
50:34It's only temporary.
50:35Celeste may be a distinct range
50:36of the lost royal family.
50:37If she passes the new
50:39object,
50:39Blackwood will gain
50:40new leverage
50:40and the council.
50:41Meaning,
50:42you should think
50:42about the backpack.
50:43I still want to vote
50:45for protection
50:46and the title
50:47for Celeste.
50:48I still thought
50:48of the evidence.
50:49The silver blade
50:50pressed into my list
50:51and blood dripped
50:52onto the agreement.
50:53Just think of this one.
50:55I would choose
50:56to carry on.
50:57I would have believed
50:58him in the past.
51:00I would have cried,
51:01begged,
51:01and kneeled at his feet,
51:03pleading with him
51:03not to reject me again.
51:05But this time,
51:06I picked up the pill
51:07and calmly
51:07signed my name.
51:10Laying punishable.
51:14For a moment,
51:15the entire hall
51:16seemed to freeze.
51:18Damien's pupils
51:18suddenly contracted.
51:20Ashmore.
51:20There wasn't a single
51:22werewolf in the
51:22North American sanctuary
51:24who didn't know
51:24this surname.
51:25Twenty years ago,
51:26a civil war
51:27took over the
51:28Ashburn royal family.
51:29The moon crown
51:30disappeared,
51:30and it was rumored
51:31that the main tree
51:32went extinct.
51:33Since then,
51:34no one dared
51:34to use that surname.
51:36Impersonating a royal
51:36bloodline meant
51:37execution by the
51:38Moon Goddess Council.
51:40Damien stared
51:41tently at my signature.
51:45Lena,
51:45do you know
51:46what this surname means?
51:48I put down my pen.
51:50I know,
51:51he sneered.
51:52Ashburn is long gone.
51:53You dare to use
51:54the name of a
51:55lost royal family
51:56just to spine me?
51:57I looked up at him.
51:58Who told you
51:59Ashburn was gone?
52:02I personally
52:03unclasped the
52:04mate bond necklace
52:04from the back of my neck.
52:05Damien,
52:06I accept your rejection.
52:08The moment
52:08the mate bond severed,
52:09the excruciating pain
52:11felt like silver flames
52:12burning through my bones.
52:13Damien groaned,
52:15his face going
52:16deathly pale.
52:19I took a step back.
52:20The seventh time
52:21and the last time
52:22my phone screen lit up.
52:24Ashbone Royal
52:25Rights Revivigation Order
52:2672-hour countdown
52:27begins.
52:28Damien was unaware.
52:30Tonight,
52:30he wasn't rejecting
52:31a wife who couldn't
52:32live without him.
52:33He was rejecting
52:34the crown that had
52:35sustained the Blackwood
52:36family for seven years.
52:40As I left the main
52:41Blackwood estate,
52:43terrestrial rain
52:44pounded on the steps.
52:45The pack members
52:46who had sworn
52:47allegiance to me
52:47before the crest
52:48of the moon goddess
52:49stood in two rows.
52:51But not one of them
52:52dared to look up at me.
52:55Damien chased after me.
52:57Lena, stop!
52:59He grabbed my wrist
53:00and pressed right
53:01onto the wound.
53:02Blood seeped out again.
53:04I looked at his hand.
53:06Let go.
53:08He paused for a moment.
53:10I used to soften
53:11whenever he touched me.
53:13Even if just a second ago,
53:14he had humiliated me
53:15for Celeste's sake.
53:17But right now,
53:18all I felt was pain.
53:20Damien,
53:21you're hurting me.
53:24He let go
53:25as if he had been burned.
53:27Celeste,
53:28wearing his coat,
53:29stood in the doorway
53:29and said softly,
53:33Lena,
53:35he's just worried
53:36about you.
53:37I raised my bleeding wrist.
53:40Forcing me to sign
53:41with a silver blade
53:42is your idea of worrying.
53:43Celeste's face paled
53:44for a moment.
53:45Damien immediately
53:46stepped in front of her.
53:47Don't take your anger
53:48out on her.
53:50It was always like this.
53:52If she cried,
53:53the whole world
53:54was supposed to make way
53:55for her.
53:56Seven years ago,
53:57when I married Damien,
53:58my mother told me
53:59to keep my true surname
54:00a secret.
54:03Lena,
54:04the name Ashburn
54:05brings both crowns
54:06and bloodshed.
54:08I didn't understand
54:10back then.
54:11All I knew
54:11was that I loved Damien.
54:16So I concealed
54:18my moon crown bloodline,
54:20gave up my right
54:21to inherit
54:21the royal throne,
54:23and stood by his side
54:24as Lady Blackwood,
54:26taking him from nothing
54:29to the top
54:30of the North American sanctuary.
54:32He believed
54:33that Blackwood's rise
54:34was due
54:35to his own abilities.
54:38But what he didn't know
54:39was that it was
54:40the Ashburn royal credit
54:44that truly opened
54:45the doors
54:46of the financial
54:47blood for him.
54:51It was Ashburn's
54:53proxy vote
54:53that suppressed
54:54the elders
54:55in the future of Dunstan.
54:57What calmed
54:58his feral wolf
54:59instance
54:59was the last drop
55:01of moon crown
55:01royal blood
55:02in my veins.
55:05Celeste wanted
55:05a bloodline hearing,
55:07not just to clear
55:08the name.
55:09She had fabricated
55:10a bloodline
55:10of a lost
55:11royal collateral
55:12branch.
55:13As the hearing
55:14passed,
55:15she would receive
55:15council certification
55:16and legitimize
55:17herself.
55:19At that time,
55:20she would be
55:21qualified to stand
55:22beside Damien
55:22and qualified
55:23to replace me
55:25as the new
55:25Luna.
55:27Therefore,
55:28she had to force
55:28Damien to publicly
55:29sever our bond.
55:31What she wanted
55:32wasn't innocence.
55:33What she wanted
55:34was my position.
55:37Damien softened
55:38his tone
55:39when he saw
55:39my silence.
55:41I will restore
55:42your Luna title
55:42in 30 days.
55:44Go stay in the city
55:45for a few days
55:46and avoid any further
55:47conflict with Celeste.
55:48I nodded.
55:50I won't have
55:51any more conflicts
55:52with her.
55:53He visibly
55:54breathed a sigh
55:55of relief
55:55because I'm
55:56done with you.
55:59What did you say?
56:03Don't you understand?
56:06I'm done with you.
56:09Lena,
56:10you can't live
56:11without me.
56:12You said the same
56:13thing last time,
56:14but didn't you
56:15still come back?
56:15I got into the car
56:17and took one last
56:18look at them
56:18before closing the door.
56:21Then you'd better
56:22pray that I'll
56:22come back this time.
56:25The car drove away
56:26from the estate.
56:27In the rearview mirror,
56:28Damien was still
56:29standing in the rain
56:30looking down
56:31from his high horse.
56:32He didn't know.
56:3472 hours later,
56:35he'd be begging me
56:36on his knees
56:37not to take
56:37everything back.
56:38In those final
56:3972 hours,
56:40I gave Damien a chance.
56:41If he truly
56:42chose me just once,
56:44the Ashburn
56:45Wright's revocation
56:46order would be
56:47cancelled.
56:48I had even prepared
56:49a graceful out
56:50for him.
56:50If only he came
56:51to the night
56:52of the moon's
56:52coronation.
56:54If only he said
56:55in front of the
56:56council,
56:57Lena is my Luna.
57:00I would have given
57:01these seven years
57:02a dignified ending,
57:03but 15 minutes
57:04before the ceremony
57:05began,
57:06Damien didn't show.
57:08The moon priestess
57:09looked at me,
57:10his voice low.
57:11Miss Ashburn,
57:13are you sure
57:14you want to wait?
57:14I didn't answer.
57:16He glanced at the
57:18moonstone
57:18in the center
57:19of the temple.
57:21Tonight is the
57:22night of the moon's
57:23coronation,
57:23and also Blackwood's
57:25annual sanctuary
57:26ceremony.
57:27According to the
57:28council's decree,
57:29Alphas must personally
57:30confirm their Luna.
57:31Only a confirmed
57:32Luna is qualified
57:33to light the
57:34moonstone
57:35for their pack.
57:35Luna is my Luna.
57:36I gripped the
57:37moon crown
57:38separate tightly.
57:40What if he doesn't
57:41show up?
57:42The priestess
57:42was silent
57:43for a moment.
57:44Then the protection
57:44you grant
57:45won't be attributed
57:46to Blackwood.
57:47Blackwood's moon
57:48goddess
57:48Larian,
57:49LCC,
57:49and Alpha
57:50privileges
57:50will all expire
57:51after midnight.
57:52The credit
57:53guarantees behind
57:53all their business
57:54projects will also
57:56be frozen
57:56simultaneously.
57:57I lowered my
57:58eyes.
57:59It all came down
57:59to just one
58:00sentence from him.
58:02If only he said
58:03one thing,
58:05Laina is my Luna.
58:07I could still
58:08extend Blackwood's
58:08protection for
58:09another year as
58:10their Luna.
58:11My phone vibrated
58:12at that exact
58:13moment.
58:14Celeste sent a
58:15photo.
58:15On a private jet,
58:16she was leaning
58:17against Damien.
58:18His coat draped
58:19over her shoulders.
58:20The caption was
58:20only one sentence.
58:22Before the hearing
58:23began,
58:23he chose me first.