After 7 Alpha Rejections I Became Queen | She Was Rejected by Seven Alphas, but Chosen by Fate─影片 Dailymotion

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00:00:04When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist,

00:00:07his first love was sitting on my throne, wearing my Luna dress.

00:00:10The entire Blackwood pack was watching.

00:00:13The guards and witnesses of the Moon Goddess Council all remained silent.

00:00:16Salit reached out and touched my corona, smiling innocently.

00:00:20Lena, don't blame Damien.

00:00:22Just sign the Luna Severance Agreement already.

00:00:25I looked at Damien.

00:00:28Seven years ago, he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon and said I was his only mate.

00:00:33Seven years later, he threw an agreement in front of me.

00:00:36Luna Suspension Accord.

00:00:38Temporarily severed the Luna Bond.

00:00:41Thirty days later, the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.

00:00:44Choose again.

00:00:45I've heard those two words six times already.

00:00:47The first time, he took my Luna ring at my birthday party,

00:00:50saying that Celeste had just returned to North America and couldn't be ruined by rumors.

00:00:54The third time, he drained my healing wolf blood to save her.

00:00:57Leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for seven days.

00:00:59The sixth time, he asked me to move out of the master bedroom.

00:01:02Because Celeste said she couldn't stand my scent.

00:01:06Now, for the seventh time, he didn't even bother to comfort me.

00:01:10Signed.

00:01:11I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.

00:01:13Why did it have to be today?

00:01:18Celeste's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

00:01:22Lena, tonight is my bloodline hearing.

00:01:25The Council stipulates that bloodline candidates under the public protection of an Alpha

00:01:31cannot be involved in mate disputes.

00:01:33If you keep the Luna title, the Council will cancel my hearing

00:01:38and brand me a homewrecker who interfered with an Alpha's mate bond.

00:01:42I understood.

00:01:43The bloodline hearing is the highest level of bloodline certification in the North American sanctuary.

00:01:48Once approved, candidates gain noble status, council protection,

00:01:52eligibility for pack marriage, and even become legitimate Luna candidates.

00:01:56Celeste wanted to transform from Damien's first love into a noble woman recognized by the Moon Goddess Council.

00:02:01And I was her only obstacle.

00:02:03I looked at Damien.

00:02:05So, you want to kick me out of Luna's position first,

00:02:07just so she can pass the review with a clean record?

00:02:10Damien frowned.

00:02:11It's only temporary.

00:02:12Celeste may be a distant branch of the lost royal family.

00:02:15If she passes the hearing, Blackwood will gain new leverage in the Council.

00:02:18Lena, you should think about the pack.

00:02:21I see.

00:02:22He wanted both my protection and the title for Celeste.

00:02:25He still thought I would never leave.

00:02:27The silver blade pressed into my wrist, and blood dripped onto the agreement.

00:02:30Just 30 days.

00:02:32I will choose you again.

00:02:35I would have believed him in the past.

00:02:37I would have cried, begged, and kneeled at his feet, pleading with him not to reject me again.

00:02:42But this time, I picked up the pen and calmly signed my name.

00:02:48Lena Ashburn.

00:02:51For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.

00:02:55Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.

00:02:57Ashburn.

00:02:58There wasn't a single werewolf in the North American Sanctuary who didn't know this surname.

00:03:0320 years ago, a civil war tore through the Ashburn royal family.

00:03:06The moon crown disappeared, and it was rumored that the main tree went extinct.

00:03:10Since then, no one dared to use that surname.

00:03:13Impersonating a royal bloodline meant execution by the moon goddess council.

00:03:17Damien stared tently at my signature.

00:03:22Lena, do you know what this surname means?

00:03:25I put down my pen.

00:03:27I know.

00:03:28He sneered.

00:03:29Ashburn is long gone.

00:03:31You dare to use the name of a lost royal family just to spine me?

00:03:34I looked up at him.

00:03:35Who told you Ashburn was gone?

00:03:39I personally unclasped the mate bond necklace from the back of my neck.

00:03:43Damien, I accept your rejection.

00:03:45The moment the mate bond severed, the excruciating pain felt like silver flames burning through my bones.

00:03:51Damien groaned, his face going deathly pale.

00:03:56I took a step back.

00:03:58The seventh time, and the last time, my phone screen lit up.

00:04:01Ashbone royal rights revivigation order.

00:04:0372-hour countdown begins.

00:04:06Damien was unaware.

00:04:07Tonight, he wasn't rejecting a wife who couldn't live without him.

00:04:10He was rejecting the crown that had sustained the Blackwood family for seven years.

00:04:17As I left the main Blackwood estate, terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.

00:04:22The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.

00:04:28But not one of them dared to look up at me.

00:04:32Damien chased after me.

00:04:35Lena, stop!

00:04:36He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.

00:04:39Blood seeped out again.

00:04:41I looked at his hand.

00:04:43Let go.

00:04:45He paused for a moment.

00:04:47I used to soften whenever he touched me.

00:04:50Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.

00:04:54But right now, all I felt was pain.

00:04:58Damien, you're hurting me.

00:05:01He let go as if he had been burned.

00:05:04Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,

00:05:12Lena, he's just worried about you.

00:05:14I raised my bleeding wrist.

00:05:17Forcing me to sign with a silver blade is your idea of worrying.

00:05:21Celeste's face paled for a moment.

00:05:23Damien immediately stepped in front of her.

00:05:25Don't take your anger out on her.

00:05:27It was always like this.

00:05:29If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.

00:05:33Seven years ago, when I married Damien, my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.

00:05:40Lena, the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.

00:05:45I didn't understand back then.

00:05:48All I knew was that I loved Damien.

00:05:54So I concealed my moon crown bloodline, gave up my right to inherit the royal throne, and stood by his

00:06:01side as Lady Blackwood.

00:06:03Taking him from nothing to the top of the North American sanctuary.

00:06:09He believed that Blackwood's rise was due to his own abilities.

00:06:15But what he didn't know was that it was the Ashburn royal credit

00:06:21that truly opened the doors of the financial world for him.

00:06:29It was Ashburn's proxy vote that suppressed the elders' impeachment against him.

00:06:34What calmed his feral wolf instincts was the last drop of the moon crown royal blood in my veins.

00:06:42Celeste wanted a bloodline hearing, not just to clear her name.

00:06:46She had fabricated a bloodline of a lost royal collateral branch.

00:06:50If the hearing passed, she would receive council certification and legitimatize herself.

00:06:56At that time, she would be qualified to stand beside Damien

00:07:00and qualified to replace me as the new Luna.

00:07:04Therefore, she had to force Damien to publicly sever our bond.

00:07:08What she wanted wasn't innocence.

00:07:11What she wanted was my position.

00:07:14Damien softened his tone when he saw my silence.

00:07:18I will restore your Luna title in 30 days.

00:07:21Go stay in the city for a few days and avoid any further conflict with Celeste.

00:07:26I nodded.

00:07:27I won't have any more conflicts with her.

00:07:30He visibly breathed a sigh of relief because I'm done with you.

00:07:37What did you say?

00:07:40Don't you understand?

00:07:44I'm done with you.

00:07:47Lena, you can't live without me.

00:07:49You said the same thing last time, but didn't you still come back?

00:07:53I got into the car and took one last look at them before closing the door.

00:07:58Then you'd better pray that I'll come back this time.

00:08:02The car drove away from the estate.

00:08:04In the rearview mirror, Damien was still standing in the rain looking down from his high horse.

00:08:10He didn't know.

00:08:11Seventy-two hours later, he'd be begging me on his knees not to take everything back.

00:08:15In those final seventy-two hours, I gave Damien a chance.

00:08:19If he truly chose me just once, the Ashburn Rite's revocation order would be cancelled.

00:08:25I had even prepared a graceful out for him, if only he came to the night of the moon's coronation.

00:08:31If only he said in front of the council, Lena is my Luna.

00:08:37I would have given these seven years a dignified ending, but fifteen minutes before the ceremony began, Damien didn't show.

00:08:45The moon priestess looked at me, his voice low.

00:08:48Miss Ashburn, are you sure you want to wait?

00:08:52I didn't answer.

00:08:53He glanced at the moonstone in the center of the temple.

00:08:58Tonight is the night of the moon's coronation, and also Blackwood's annual sanctuary ceremony.

00:09:04According to the council's decree, alphas must personally confirm their Luna.

00:09:09Only a confirmed Luna is qualified to light the moonstone for their pact.

00:09:13I gripped the moon crown separate tightly.

00:09:17What if he doesn't show up?

00:09:19The priestess was silent for a moment.

00:09:21Then the protection you grant won't be attributed to Blackwood.

00:09:24Blackwood's moon goddess barrier, council seat, and alpha privileges will all expire after midnight.

00:09:30The credit guaranteed behind all their business projects will also be frozen simultaneously.

00:09:34I lowered my eyes.

00:09:36It all came down to just one sentence from him.

00:09:39If only he said one thing, Laina is my Luna.

00:09:44I could still extend Blackwood's protection for another year as their Luna.

00:09:48My phone vibrated at that exact moment.

00:09:51Celeste sent a photo.

00:09:52On a private jet, she was leaning against Damien.

00:09:55His coat draped over her shoulders.

00:09:57The caption was only one sentence.

00:09:59Before the hearing began, he chose me first.

00:10:14When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist, his first love was sitting on my throne, wearing my Luna

00:10:19dress.

00:10:20The entire Blackwood pack was watching.

00:10:22The guards and witnesses of the moon goddess council all remained silent.

00:10:26Celeste reached out and touched my corona, smiling innocently.

00:10:30Laina, don't blame Damien.

00:10:32Just sign the Luna severance agreement already.

00:10:35I looked at Damien.

00:10:37Seven years ago, he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon and said I was his only mate.

00:10:42Seven years later, he threw an agreement in front of me.

00:10:45Luna suspension accord.

00:10:48Temporarily severed the Luna bond.

00:10:50Thirty days later, the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.

00:10:54Choose again.

00:10:55I've heard those two words six times already.

00:10:57The first time, he took my Luna ring at my birthday party, saying that Celeste had just returned to North

00:11:01America and couldn't be ruined by rumors.

00:11:03The third time, he drained my healing wolf blood to save her, leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for

00:11:08seven days.

00:11:09The sixth time, he asked me to move out of the master bedroom, because Celeste said she couldn't stand my

00:11:14scent.

00:11:15Now, for the seventh time, he didn't even bother to comfort me.

00:11:20Signed.

00:11:20I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.

00:11:23Why did it have to be today?

00:11:28Celeste's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

00:11:32Lena, tonight is my bloodline hearing.

00:11:34The council stipulates that bloodline candidates under the public protection of an Alpha cannot be involved in mate disputes.

00:11:43If you keep the Luna title, the council will cancel my hearing and brand me a homewrecker who interfered with

00:11:50an Alpha's mate bond.

00:11:52I understood.

00:11:53The bloodline hearing is the highest level of bloodline certification in the North American sanctuary.

00:11:57Once approved, candidates gain noble status, council protection, eligibility for pack marriage, and even become legitimate Luna candidates.

00:12:06Celeste wanted to transform from Damien's first love into a noblewoman recognized by the Moon Goddess Council.

00:12:11And I was her only obstacle.

00:12:13I looked at Damien.

00:12:14So, you want to kick me out of Luna's position first, just so she can pass the review with a

00:12:19clean record?

00:12:19Damien frowned.

00:12:20It's only temporary.

00:12:21Celeste may be a distant branch of the lost royal family.

00:12:24If she passes the hearing, Blackwood will gain new leverage in the council.

00:12:28Lena, you should think about the pack.

00:12:30I see.

00:12:31He wanted both my protection and the title for Celeste.

00:12:34He still thought I would never leave.

00:12:36The silver blade pressed into my wrist, and blood dripped onto the agreement.

00:12:40Just 30 days.

00:12:42I will choose you again.

00:12:44I would have believed him in the past.

00:12:46I would have cried, begged, and kneeled at his feet, pleading with him not to reject me again.

00:12:51But this time, I picked up the pen and calmly signed my name.

00:12:57Lena Ashburn.

00:13:01For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.

00:13:04Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.

00:13:07Ashburn.

00:13:07There wasn't a single werewolf in the North American sanctuary who didn't know this surname.

00:13:1220 years ago, a civil war tore through the Ashburn royal family.

00:13:16The Moon Crown disappeared, and it was rumored that the main tree went extinct.

00:13:19Since then, no one dared to use that surname.

00:13:22Impersonating a royal bloodline meant execution by the Moon Goddess Council.

00:13:27Damien stared tently at my signature.

00:13:31Lena, do you know what this surname means?

00:13:34I put down my pen.

00:13:37I know.

00:13:37He sneered.

00:13:38Ashburn is long gone.

00:13:40You dare to use the name of a lost royal family just to spine me?

00:13:44I looked up at him.

00:13:45Who told you Ashburn was gone?

00:13:49I personally unclasped the Mate Bond necklace from the back of my neck.

00:13:52Damien, I accept your rejection.

00:13:54The moment the Mate Bond severed, the excruciating pain felt like silver flames burning through my bones.

00:14:00Damien groaned, his face going deathly pale.

00:14:06I took a step back.

00:14:07The seventh time, and the last time, my phone screen lit up.

00:14:11Ashbone royal rights revivigation order.

00:14:1372-hour countdown begins.

00:14:15Damien was unaware.

00:14:17Tonight, he wasn't rejecting a wife who couldn't live without him.

00:14:19He was rejecting the crown that had sustained the Blackwood family for seven years.

00:14:27As I left the main Blackwood estate, terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.

00:14:32The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.

00:14:38But not one of them dared to look up at me.

00:14:41Damien chased after me.

00:14:44Lena, stop!

00:14:45He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.

00:14:49Blood seeped out again.

00:14:51I looked at his hand.

00:14:53Let go.

00:14:54He paused for a moment.

00:14:57I used to soften whenever he touched me.

00:14:59Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.

00:15:03But right now, all I felt was pain.

00:15:07Damien, you're hurting me.

00:15:10He let go as if he had been burned.

00:15:14Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,

00:15:21Lena, he's just worried about you.

00:15:23I raised my bleeding wrist.

00:15:27Forcing me to sign with a silver blade is your idea of worrying.

00:15:30Celeste's face paled for a moment.

00:15:32Damien immediately stepped in front of her.

00:15:34Don't take your anger out on her.

00:15:36It was always like this.

00:15:38If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.

00:15:42Seven years ago, when I married Damien, my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.

00:15:49Lena, the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.

00:15:55I didn't understand back then.

00:15:57All I knew was that I loved Damien.

00:16:03So I concealed my moon crown bloodline, gave up my right to inherit the royal throne, and stood by his

00:16:11side as Lady Blackwood.

00:16:13Taking him from nothing to the top of the North American sanctuary.

00:16:19He believed that Blackwood's rise was due to his own abilities.

00:16:25But what he didn't know was that it was the Ashburn royal credit

00:16:31that truly opened the doors of the financial world for him.

00:16:38It was Ashburn's proxy vote that suppressed the elders' impeachment against him.

00:16:44What calmed his feral wolf instincts was the last drop of the moon crown royal blood in my veins.

00:16:51Celeste wanted a bloodline hearing, not just to clear her name.

00:16:55She had fabricated a bloodline of a lost royal collateral branch.

00:17:00If the hearing passed, she would receive council certification and legitimatize herself.

00:17:05At that time, she would be qualified to stand beside Damien

00:17:09and qualified to replace me as the new Luna.

00:17:13Therefore, she had to force Damien to publicly sever our bond.

00:17:17What she wanted wasn't innocence.

00:17:20What she wanted was my position.

00:17:24Damien softened his tone when he saw my silence.

00:17:27I will restore your Luna title in 30 days.

00:17:30Go stay in the city for a few days and avoid any further conflict with Celeste.

00:17:35I nodded.

00:17:37I won't have any more conflicts with her.

00:17:40He visibly breathed a sigh of relief because I'm done with you.

00:17:46What did you say?

00:17:50Don't you understand?

00:17:53I'm done with you.

00:17:56Lena, you can't live without me.

00:17:59You said the same thing last time, but didn't you still come back?

00:18:02I got into the car and took one last look at them before closing the door.

00:18:07Then you'd better pray that I'll come back this time.

00:18:11The car drove away from the estate.

00:18:14In the rearview mirror, Damien was still standing in the rain looking down from his high horse.

00:18:19He didn't know, 72 hours later, he'd be begging me on his knees not to take everything back.

00:18:25In those final 72 hours, I gave Damien a chance.

00:18:28If he truly chose me just once, the Ashburn Rite's revocation order would be cancelled.

00:18:34I had even prepared a graceful out for him, if only he came to the night of the moon's coronation.

00:18:41If only he said in front of the council, Lena is my Luna.

00:18:46I would have given these seven years a dignified ending.

00:18:50But 15 minutes before the ceremony began, Damien didn't show.

00:18:54The moon priestess looked at me, his voice low.

00:18:58Miss Ashburn, are you sure you want to wait?

00:19:01I didn't answer.

00:19:03He glanced at the moon stone in the center of the temple.

00:19:07Tonight is the night of the moon's coronation, and also Blackwood's annual sanctuary ceremony.

00:19:14According to the council's decree, alphas must personally confirm their Luna.

00:19:18Only a confirmed Luna is qualified to light the moon stone for their pact.

00:19:23I gripped the moon crown separate tightly.

00:19:27What if he doesn't show up?

00:19:28The priestess was silent for a moment.

00:19:30Then the protection you grant won't be attributed to Blackwood.

00:19:34Blackwood's moon goddess barrier, council seat, and alpha privileges will all expire after midnight.

00:19:39The credit guarantees behind all their business projects will also be frozen simultaneously.

00:19:44I lowered my eyes.

00:19:45It all came down to just one sentence from him.

00:19:49If only he said one thing.

00:19:51Lena is my Luna.

00:19:53I could still extend Blackwood's protection for another year as their Luna.

00:19:58My phone vibrated at that exact moment.

00:20:00Celeste sent a photo.

00:20:02On a private jet, she was leaning against Damien.

00:20:04His coat draped over her shoulders.

00:20:06The caption was only one sentence.

00:20:08Before the hearing began, he chose me first.

00:20:23When Damien pressed the silver blade against my wrist, his first love was sitting on my throne, wearing my Luna

00:20:29dress.

00:20:29The entire Blackwood pack was watching.

00:20:32The guards and witnesses of the moon goddess council all remained silent.

00:20:35Celeste reached out and touched my corona, smiling innocently.

00:20:39Lena, don't blame Damien.

00:20:41Just sign the Luna severance agreement already.

00:20:45I looked at Damien.

00:20:47Seven years ago, he held my hand at the Temple of the Moon and said I was his only mate.

00:20:52Seven years later, he threw an agreement in front of me.

00:20:55Luna suspension accord.

00:20:57Temporarily severed the Luna bond.

00:21:00Thirty days later, the Alpha will have the option to renew the mate bond.

00:21:03Choose again.

00:21:04I've heard those two words six times already.

00:21:06The first time, he took my Luna ring at my birthday party, saying that Celeste had just returned to North

00:21:11America and couldn't be ruined by rumors.

00:21:13The third time, he drained my healing wolf blood to save her, leaving me unconscious in the medical pod for

00:21:17seven days.

00:21:18The sixth time, he asked me to move out of the master bedroom, because Celeste said she couldn't stand my

00:21:23scent.

00:21:25Now, for the seventh time, he didn't even bother to comfort me.

00:21:29Signed.

00:21:30I looked at the agreement and suddenly smiled.

00:21:32Why did it have to be today?

00:21:37Celeste's eyes immediately welled up with tears.

00:21:41Lena, tonight is my bloodline hearing.

00:21:44The Council stipulates that bloodline candidates under the public protection of an Alpha cannot be involved in mate disputes.

00:21:52If you keep the Luna title, the Council will cancel my hearing.

00:21:57And brand me a homewrecker who interfered with an Alpha's mate bond.

00:22:02I understood.

00:22:02The bloodline hearing is the highest level of bloodline certification in the North American sanctuary.

00:22:07Once approved, candidates gain noble status, council protection, eligibility for pack marriage, and even become legitimate Luna candidates.

00:22:15Celeste wanted to transform from Damien's first love into a noblewoman recognized by the Moon Goddess Council.

00:22:21And I was her only obstacle.

00:22:22I looked at Damien.

00:22:23So, you want to kick me out of Luna's position first, just so she can pass the review with a

00:22:28clean record?

00:22:29Damien frowned.

00:22:30It's only temporary.

00:22:31Celeste may be a distant branch of the lost royal family.

00:22:34If she passes the hearing, Blackwood will gain new leverage in the Council.

00:22:37Lena, you should think about the pack.

00:22:40I see.

00:22:41He wanted both my protection and the title for Celeste.

00:22:44He still thought I would never leave.

00:22:46The silver blade pressed into my wrist, and blood dripped onto the agreement.

00:22:50Just 30 days.

00:22:52I will choose you again.

00:22:54I would have believed him in the past.

00:22:56I would have cried, begged, and kneeled at his feet, pleading with him not to reject me again.

00:23:01But this time, I picked up the pen and calmly signed my name.

00:23:07Lena Ashburn.

00:23:10For a moment, the entire hall seemed to freeze.

00:23:14Damien's pupils suddenly contracted.

00:23:16Ashburn.

00:23:17There wasn't a single werewolf in the North American Sanctuary who didn't know this surname.

00:23:2220 years ago, a civil war tore through the Ashburn royal family.

00:23:25The moon crown disappeared, and it was rumored that the main tree went extinct.

00:23:29Since then, no one dared to use that surname.

00:23:32Impersonating a royal bloodline meant execution by the moon goddess council.

00:23:36Damien stared tently at my signature.

00:23:41Lena, do you know what this surname means?

00:23:44I put down my pen.

00:23:46I know.

00:23:47He sneered.

00:23:48Ashburn is long gone.

00:23:50You dare to use the name of a lost royal family just to spine me?

00:23:53I looked up at him.

00:23:54Who told you Ashburn was gone?

00:23:58I personally unclasped the mate bond necklace from the back of my neck.

00:24:02Damien, I accept your rejection.

00:24:04The moment the mate bond severed, the excruciating pain felt like silver flames burning through my bones.

00:24:10Damien groaned, his face going deathly pale.

00:24:15I took a step back.

00:24:17The seventh time, and the last time, my phone screen lit up.

00:24:20Ashbone royal rights revivigation order.

00:24:2272 hour countdown begins.

00:24:25Damien was unaware.

00:24:26Tonight, he wasn't rejecting a wife who couldn't live without him.

00:24:29He was rejecting the crown that had sustained the Blackwood family for seven years.

00:24:36As I left the main Blackwood estate, terrestrial rain pounded on the steps.

00:24:41The pack members who had sworn allegiance to me before the crest of the moon goddess stood in two rows.

00:24:47But not one of them dared to look up at me.

00:24:51Damien chased after me.

00:24:54Lena, stop!

00:24:56He grabbed my wrist and pressed right onto the wound.

00:24:58Blood seeped out again.

00:25:00I looked at his hand.

00:25:02Let go.

00:25:04He paused for a moment.

00:25:06I used to soften whenever he touched me.

00:25:09Even if just a second ago, he had humiliated me for Celeste's sake.

00:25:13But right now, all I felt was pain.

00:25:17Damien, you're hurting me.

00:25:20He let go as if he had been burned.

00:25:23Celeste, wearing his coat, stood in the doorway and said softly,

00:25:30Lena, he's just worried about you.

00:25:33I raised my bleeding wrist.

00:25:36Forcing me to sign with a silver blade is your idea of worrying.

00:25:39Celeste's face paled for a moment.

00:25:42Damien immediately stepped in front of her.

00:25:44Don't take your anger out on her.

00:25:46It was always like this.

00:25:48If she cried, the whole world was supposed to make way for her.

00:25:52Seven years ago, when I married Damien, my mother told me to keep my true surname a secret.

00:25:59Lena, the name Ashburn brings both crowns and bloodshed.

00:26:04I didn't understand back then.

00:26:07All I knew was that I loved Damien.

00:26:13So I concealed my moon crown bloodline,

00:26:16gave up my right to inherit the royal throne,

00:26:19and stood by his side as Lady Blackwood,

00:26:22taking him from nothing

00:26:25to the top of the North American sanctuary.

00:26:28He believed that Blackwood's rise was due to his own abilities.

00:26:34But what he didn't know was that it was the Ashburn royal credit

00:26:40that truly opened the doors of the financial world for him.

00:26:48It was Ashburn's proxy vote that suppressed the elders' impeachment against him.

00:26:53What calmed his feral wolf instincts

00:26:56was the last drop of the moon crown royal blood in my veins.

00:27:01Celeste wanted a bloodline hearing,

00:27:03not just to clear her name.

00:27:05She had fabricated a bloodline of a lost royal collateral branch.

00:27:09If the hearing passed,

00:27:11she would receive council certification and legitimatize herself.

00:27:15At that time,

00:27:16she would be qualified to stand beside Damien

00:27:19and qualified to replace me as the new Luna.

00:27:23Therefore, she had to force Damien to publicly sever our bond.

00:27:26What she wanted wasn't innocence.

00:27:29What she wanted was my position.

00:27:33Damien softened his tone when he saw my silence.

00:27:37I will restore your Luna title in 30 days.

00:27:40Go stay in the city for a few days

00:27:42and avoid any further conflict with Celeste.

00:27:45I nodded.

00:27:46I won't have any more conflicts with her.

00:27:49He visibly breathed a sigh of relief

00:27:51because I'm done with you.

00:27:56What did you say?

00:27:59Don't you understand?

00:28:03I'm done with you.

00:28:05Lena,

00:28:06you can't live without me.

00:28:08You said the same thing last time,

00:28:10but didn't you still come back?

00:28:12I got into the car

00:28:13and took one last look at them

00:28:14before closing the door.

00:28:17Then you'd better pray that I'll come back this time.

00:28:21The car drove away from the estate.

00:28:23In the rearview mirror,

00:28:25Damien was still standing in the rain

00:28:27looking down from his high horse.

00:28:28He didn't know.

00:28:3072 hours later,

00:28:31he'd be begging me on his knees

00:28:33not to take everything back.

00:28:34In those final 72 hours,

00:28:36I gave Damien a chance.

00:28:37If he truly chose me just once,

00:28:40the Ashburn Rite's revocation order

00:28:42would be cancelled.

00:28:43I had even prepared

00:28:45a graceful out for him

00:28:46if only he came

00:28:48to the night of the moon's coronation.

00:28:50If only he said

00:28:52in front of the council,

00:28:53Lena is my Luna.

00:28:56I would have given

00:28:57these seven years

00:28:58a dignified ending,

00:28:59but 15 minutes

00:29:00before the ceremony began,

00:29:02Damien didn't show.

00:29:04The moon priestess

00:29:05looked at me,

00:29:06his voice low.

00:29:07Miss Ashburn,

00:29:08are you sure you want to wait?

00:29:11I didn't answer.

00:29:13He glanced at the moon stone

00:29:14in the center of the temple.

00:29:17Tonight is the night

00:29:18of the moon's coronation

00:29:20and also Blackwood's

00:29:21annual sanctuary ceremony.

00:29:23According to the council's decree,

00:29:25alphas must personally

00:29:26confirm their Luna.

00:29:28Only a confirmed Luna

00:29:29is qualified to light

00:29:30the moon stone

00:29:31for their pact.

00:29:33I gripped the moon crown

00:29:34separate tightly.

00:29:36What if he doesn't show up?

00:29:38The priestess

00:29:39was silent for a moment.

00:29:40Then the protection

00:29:41you grant

00:29:41won't be attributed

00:29:42to Blackwood.

00:29:43Blackwood's moon goddess barrier,

00:29:45council seat,

00:29:46and alpha privileges

00:29:47will all expire

00:29:48after midnight.

00:29:49The credit guaranteed

00:29:49behind all their business projects

00:29:51will also be frozen

00:29:52simultaneously.

00:29:53I lowered my eyes.

00:29:55It all came down

00:29:56to just one sentences

00:29:57from him.

00:29:58If only he said

00:29:59one thing,

00:30:01Lena is my Luna.

00:30:03I could still extend

00:30:04Blackwood's protection

00:30:05for another year

00:30:06as their Luna.

00:30:07My phone vibrated

00:30:09at that exact moment.

00:30:10Celeste sent a photo.

00:30:11On a private jet,

00:30:12she was leaning

00:30:13against Damien.

00:30:14His coat draped

00:30:15over her shoulders.

00:30:16The caption was only

00:30:17one sentence.

00:30:18Before the hearing began,

00:30:19he chose me first.

00:30:33When Damien pressed the silver blade

00:30:35against my wrist,

00:30:36his first love

00:30:36was sitting on my throne,

00:30:38wearing my Luna dress.

00:30:39The entire Blackwood pack

00:30:40was watching.

00:30:41The guards and witnesses

00:30:42of the moon goddess council

00:30:43all remained silent.

00:30:45Celeste reached out

00:30:46and touched my corona,

00:30:47smiling innocently.

00:30:49Lena, don't blame Damien.

00:30:51Just sign the Luna severance

00:30:53agreement already.

00:30:54I looked at Damien.

00:30:56Seven years ago,

00:30:57he held my hand

00:30:58at the temple of the moon

00:30:59and said I was his only mate.

00:31:01Seven years later,

00:31:02he threw an agreement

00:31:03in front of me.

00:31:05Luna suspension accord.

00:31:07Temporarily severed

00:31:07the Luna bond.

00:31:0930 days later,

00:31:10the Alpha will have the option

00:31:12to renew the mate bond.

00:31:13Choose again.

00:31:14I've heard those two words

00:31:15six times already.

00:31:16The first time,

00:31:17he took my Luna ring

00:31:18at my birthday party,

00:31:19saying that Celeste

00:31:19had just returned to North America

00:31:21and couldn't be ruined by rumors.

00:31:22The third time,

00:31:23he drained my healing wolf blood

00:31:24to save her,

00:31:25leaving me unconscious

00:31:26in the medical pod

00:31:27for seven days.

00:31:28The sixth time,

00:31:29he asked me to move

00:31:30out of the master bedroom

00:31:31because Celeste said

00:31:32she couldn't stand my scent.

00:31:34Now,

00:31:35for the seventh time,

00:31:36he didn't even bother

00:31:37to comfort me.

00:31:39Signed.

00:31:39I looked at the agreement

00:31:41and suddenly smiled.

00:31:42Why did it have to be today?

00:31:47Celeste's eyes immediately

00:31:48welled up with tears.

00:31:51Lena,

00:31:52tonight is my bloodline hearing.

00:31:54The council stipulates

00:31:56that bloodline candidates

00:31:57under the public protection

00:31:58of an Alpha

00:31:59cannot be involved

00:32:00in mate disputes.

00:32:02If you keep the Luna title,

00:32:04the council will cancel my hearing

00:32:07and brand me a homewrecker

00:32:08who interfered

00:32:09with an Alpha's mate bond.

00:32:11I understood.

00:32:12The bloodline hearing

00:32:13is the highest level

00:32:14of bloodline certification

00:32:15in the North American sanctuary.

00:32:17Once approved,

00:32:18candidates gain noble status,

00:32:19council protection,

00:32:21eligibility for PAC marriage,

00:32:22and even become

00:32:23legitimate Luna candidates.

00:32:25Celeste wanted to transform

00:32:26from Damien's first love

00:32:27into a noble woman

00:32:28recognized by the Moon Goddess Council.

00:32:30And I was her only obstacle.

00:32:32I looked at Damien.

00:32:33So,

00:32:34you want to kick me out

00:32:35of Luna's position first

00:32:36just so she can pass the review

00:32:37with a clean record?

00:32:38Damien frowned.

00:32:39It's only temporary.

00:32:41Celeste may be a distant branch

00:32:42of the lost royal family.

00:32:43If she passes the hearing,

00:32:45Blackwood will gain new leverage

00:32:46in the council.

00:32:47Lena,

00:32:47you should think about the PAC.

00:32:49I see.

00:32:50He wanted both my protection

00:32:52and the title for Celeste.

00:32:53He still thought

00:32:54I would never leave.

00:32:55The silver blade

00:32:56pressed into my wrist

00:32:57and blood dripped

00:32:58onto the agreement.

00:32:59Just 30 days.

00:33:01I will choose you again.

00:33:03I would have believed him

00:33:04in the past.

00:33:05I would have cried,

00:33:07begged,

00:33:07and kneeled at his feet,

00:33:08pleading with him

00:33:09not to reject me again.

00:33:10But this time,

00:33:11I picked up the pen

00:33:12and calmly signed my name.

00:33:16Lena Ashburn.

00:33:20For a moment,

00:33:21the entire hall

00:33:22seemed to freeze.

00:33:23Damien's pupils

00:33:24suddenly contracted.

00:33:26Ashburn.

00:33:26There wasn't a single werewolf

00:33:28in the North American sanctuary

00:33:29who didn't know this surname.

00:33:3120 years ago,

00:33:32a civil war

00:33:33tore through

00:33:33the Ashburn royal family.

00:33:35the moon crown disappeared

00:33:36and it was rumored

00:33:37that the main tree

00:33:38went extinct.

00:33:39Since then,

00:33:39no one dared

00:33:40to use that surname.

00:33:41Impersonating a royal bloodline

00:33:43meant execution

00:33:44by the moon goddess council.

00:33:46Damien stared

00:33:47tently at my signature.

00:33:50Lena,

00:33:51do you know

00:33:51what this surname means?

00:33:53I put down my pen.

00:33:56I know.

00:33:56He sneered.

00:33:57Ashburn is long gone.

00:33:59You dare to use

00:34:00the name of a lost royal family

00:34:01just to spine me?

00:34:03I looked up at him.

00:34:04Who told you

00:34:05Ashburn was gone?

00:34:08I personally unclasped

00:34:09the Matebond necklace

00:34:10from the back of my neck.

00:34:11Damien,

00:34:12I accept your rejection.

00:34:13The moment

00:34:14the Matebond severed,

00:34:15the excruciating pain

00:34:17felt like silver flames

00:34:18burning through my bones.

00:34:19Damien groaned,

00:34:21his face going

00:34:21deathly pale.

00:34:25I took a step back.

00:34:26The seventh time

00:34:27and the last time,

00:34:28my phone screen lit up.

00:34:30Ashbone royal rights

00:34:31revivigation order.

00:34:3272-hour countdown begins.

00:34:34Damien was unaware.

00:34:36Tonight,

00:34:36he wasn't rejecting

00:34:37a wife who couldn't

00:34:38live without him.

00:34:38He was rejecting

00:34:40the crown that had

00:34:40sustained the Blackwood family

00:34:42for seven years.

00:34:46As I left

00:34:47the main Blackwood estate,

00:34:49terrestrial rain

00:34:49pounded on the steps.

00:34:51The pack members

00:34:52who had sworn allegiance

00:34:53to me before the crest

00:34:54of the moon goddess

00:34:55stood in two rows.

00:34:57But not one of them

00:34:58dared to look up at me.

00:35:00Damien chased after me.

00:35:03Lena, stop!

00:35:05He grabbed my wrist

00:35:06and pressed right

00:35:07onto the wound.

00:35:08Blood seeped out again.

00:35:10I looked at his hand.

00:35:12Let go.

00:35:13He paused for a moment.

00:35:16I used to soften

00:35:17whenever he touched me.

00:35:18Even if just a second ago,

00:35:20he had humiliated me

00:35:21for Celeste's sake.

00:35:22But right now,

00:35:23all I felt was pain.

00:35:26Damien,

00:35:27you're hurting me.

00:35:30He let go

00:35:31as if he had been burned.

00:35:33Celeste,

00:35:33wearing his coat,

00:35:34stood in the doorway

00:35:35and said softly,

00:35:39Lena,

00:35:40he's just worried

00:35:42about you.

00:35:42I raised my bleeding wrist,

00:35:46forcing me to sign

00:35:47with a silver blade

00:35:48as your idea of worrying.

00:35:49Celeste's face paled

00:35:50for a moment.

00:35:51Damien immediately

00:35:52stepped in front of her.

00:35:53Don't take your anger

00:35:54out on her.

00:35:55It was always like this.

00:35:57If she cried,

00:35:59the whole world

00:36:00was supposed to make way

00:36:01for her.

00:36:01Seven years ago,

00:36:02when I married Damien,

00:36:04my mother told me

00:36:05to keep my true surname

00:36:06a secret.

00:36:09Lena,

00:36:10the name Ashburn

00:36:11brings both crowns

00:36:12and bloodshed.

00:36:14I didn't understand

00:36:15back then.

00:36:16All I knew

00:36:17was that I loved Damien.

00:36:22So I concealed

00:36:23my moon crown bloodline,

00:36:25gave up my right

00:36:27to inherit

00:36:27the royal throne

00:36:28and stood by his side

00:36:30as Lady Blackwood,

00:36:32taking him from nothing

00:36:34to the top

00:36:36of the North American sanctuary.

00:36:38He believed

00:36:39that Blackwood's rise

00:36:40was due to his own abilities.

00:36:43But what he didn't know

00:36:45was that it was

00:36:46the Ashburn royal credit.

00:36:49that truly opened

00:36:51the doors

00:36:52of the financial world

00:36:53for him.

00:36:57It was Ashburn's

00:36:58proxy vote

00:36:59that suppressed

00:37:00the elders'

00:37:01impeachment against him.

00:37:03What calmed

00:37:04his feral wolf instincts

00:37:05was the last drop

00:37:06of the moon crown royal blood

00:37:08in my veins.

00:37:10Celeste wanted

00:37:11a bloodline hearing,

00:37:12not just to clear

00:37:14her name.

00:37:14She had fabricated

00:37:16a bloodline

00:37:16of a lost royal

00:37:17collateral branch.

00:37:19If the hearing passed,

00:37:20she would receive

00:37:21council certification

00:37:22and legitimatize

00:37:23herself.

00:37:24At that time,

00:37:26she would be qualified

00:37:27to stand beside Damien

00:37:28and qualified

00:37:29to replace me

00:37:30as the new Luna.

00:37:32Therefore,

00:37:33she had to force Damien

00:37:34to publicly

00:37:35sever our bond.

00:37:36What she wanted

00:37:38wasn't innocence.

00:37:39What she wanted

00:37:40was my position.

00:37:43Damien softened

00:37:44his tone

00:37:44when he saw

00:37:45my silence.

00:37:46I will restore

00:37:47your Luna title

00:37:48in 30 days.

00:37:49Go stay in the city

00:37:51for a few days

00:37:51and avoid

00:37:52any further conflict

00:37:53with Celeste.

00:37:54I nodded.

00:37:56I won't have

00:37:57any more conflicts

00:37:58with her.

00:37:59He visibly

00:38:00breathed a sigh

00:38:00of relief

00:38:01because I'm done

00:38:02with you.

00:38:05What did you say?

00:38:09Don't you understand?

00:38:12I'm done

00:38:13with you.

00:38:14Lena,

00:38:16you can't live

00:38:17without me.

00:38:18You said the same

00:38:19thing last time,

00:38:20but didn't you still

00:38:21come back?

00:38:21I got into the car

00:38:22and took one last

00:38:23look at them

00:38:24before closing the door.

00:38:26Then you'd better

00:38:27pray that I'll

00:38:28come back this time.

00:38:30The car drove away

00:38:32from the estate.

00:38:33In the rearview mirror,

00:38:34Damien was still

00:38:35standing in the rain

00:38:36looking down

00:38:37from his high horse.

00:38:38He didn't know.

00:38:3972 hours later,

00:38:40he'd be begging me

00:38:42on his knees

00:38:42not to take

00:38:43everything back.

00:38:44In those final

00:38:4572 hours,

00:38:46I gave Damien a chance.

00:38:47If he truly chose

00:38:48me just once,

00:38:50the Ashburn

00:38:50Rite's revocation

00:38:51order would be

00:38:52cancelled.

00:38:53I had even

00:38:54prepared a graceful

00:38:55out for him.

00:38:56If only he came

00:38:57to the night

00:38:58of the moon's

00:38:58coronation.

00:39:00If only he said

00:39:01in front of the council,

00:39:02Lena is my Luna.

00:39:05I would have given

00:39:06these seven years

00:39:07a dignified ending,

00:39:08but 15 minutes

00:39:10before the ceremony

00:39:11began,

00:39:12Damien didn't show.

00:39:13The moon priestess

00:39:15looked at me,

00:39:15his voice low.

00:39:17Miss Ashburn,

00:39:18are you sure

00:39:19you want to wait?

00:39:20I didn't answer.

00:39:22He glanced

00:39:23at the moonstone

00:39:24in the center

00:39:25of the temple.

00:39:26Tonight is the night

00:39:28of the moon's

00:39:28coronation

00:39:29and also

00:39:30Blackwood's

00:39:31annual sanctuary

00:39:32ceremony.

00:39:33According to

00:39:33the council's

00:39:34decree,

00:39:35Alphas must

00:39:36personally confirm

00:39:36their Luna.

00:39:37Only a confirmed

00:39:38Luna is qualified

00:39:39to light the

00:39:40moonstone

00:39:40for their pack.

00:39:42I gripped the

00:39:43moon crown

00:39:43separate tightly.

00:39:46What if he

00:39:46doesn't show up?

00:39:47The priestess

00:39:48was silent

00:39:49for a moment.

00:39:50Then the protection

00:39:50you grant

00:39:51won't be attributed

00:39:52to Blackwood.

00:39:53Blackwood's

00:39:53moon goddess

00:39:54barrier,

00:39:54council seat,

00:39:55and alpha

00:39:56privileges

00:39:56will all expire

00:39:57after midnight.

00:39:58The credit

00:39:58guaranteed

00:39:59behind all

00:39:59their business

00:40:00projects

00:40:01will also be

00:40:02frozen

00:40:02simultaneously.

00:40:03I lowered

00:40:03my eyes.

00:40:04It all came

00:40:05down to just

00:40:06one sentences

00:40:06from him.

00:40:08If only he

00:40:09said one

00:40:09thing,

00:40:10Lena is

00:40:11my Luna.

00:40:12I could

00:40:13still extend

00:40:14Blackwood's

00:40:14protection for

00:40:15another year

00:40:15as their Luna.

00:40:17My phone

00:40:18vibrated at

00:40:18that exact

00:40:19moment.

00:40:20Celeste sent

00:40:20a photo.

00:40:21On a private

00:40:21jet, she was

00:40:22leaning against

00:40:23Damien, his

00:40:24coat draped

00:40:24over her

00:40:25shoulders.

00:40:25The caption

00:40:26was only one

00:40:27sentence.

00:40:28Before the

00:40:28hearing began,

00:40:29he chose

00:40:30me first.

00:40:42When Damien

00:40:43pressed the

00:40:44silver blade

00:40:44against my

00:40:45wrist, his

00:40:45first love

00:40:46was sitting

00:40:46on my

00:40:47throne, wearing

00:40:47my Luna

00:40:48dress.

00:40:48The entire

00:40:49Blackwood

00:40:49pack was

00:40:50watching.

00:40:51The guards

00:40:51and witnesses

00:40:52of the

00:40:52Moon Goddess

00:40:52Council all

00:40:53remained silent.

00:40:54Celete reached

00:40:55out and

00:40:55touched my

00:40:56corona, smiling

00:40:57innocently.

00:40:58Lena, don't

00:40:59blame Damien.

00:41:00Just sign the

00:41:01Luna Severance

00:41:02Agreement already.

00:41:03I looked at

00:41:04Damien.

00:41:06Seven years

00:41:06ago, he

00:41:07held my

00:41:07hand at

00:41:08the Temple

00:41:08of the

00:41:09Moon and

00:41:09said I

00:41:09was his

00:41:10only mate.

00:41:11Seven years

00:41:11later, he

00:41:12threw an

00:41:12agreement in

00:41:13front of

00:41:13me.

00:41:14Luna

00:41:14suspension

00:41:15accord.

00:41:16Temporarily

00:41:16severed the

00:41:17Luna bond.

00:41:19Thirty days

00:41:19later, the

00:41:20Alpha will

00:41:20have the

00:41:21option to

00:41:21renew the

00:41:22mate bond.

00:41:22Choose

00:41:23again.

00:41:23I've

00:41:23heard those

00:41:24two words

00:41:24six times

00:41:25already.

00:41:25The

00:41:26first time,

00:41:26he took

00:41:26my Luna

00:41:27ring at

00:41:27my birthday

00:41:28party, saying

00:41:28that Celeste

00:41:29had just

00:41:29returned to

00:41:30North America

00:41:30and couldn't

00:41:31be ruined

00:41:31by rumors.

00:41:32the third

00:41:32time, he

00:41:33drained my

00:41:33healing wolf

00:41:34blood to

00:41:34save her,

00:41:35leaving me

00:41:35unconscious in

00:41:36the medical

00:41:36pod for

00:41:36seven days.

00:41:37The sixth

00:41:38time, he

00:41:38asked me to

00:41:39move out of

00:41:39the master

00:41:40bedroom, because

00:41:41Celeste said

00:41:42she couldn't

00:41:42stand my

00:41:42scent.

00:41:44Now, for

00:41:45the seventh

00:41:45time, he

00:41:46didn't even

00:41:46bother to

00:41:47comfort me.

00:41:48Signed.

00:41:49I looked at

00:41:50the agreement

00:41:50and suddenly

00:41:51smiled.

00:41:51Why did

00:41:52it have to

00:41:52be today?

00:41:56Celeste's

00:41:57eyes immediately

00:41:57welled up with

00:41:58tears.

00:42:00Lena,

00:42:01tonight is

00:42:02my bloodline

00:42:03hearing.

00:42:03The council

00:42:04stipulates that

00:42:05bloodline

00:42:06candidates under

00:42:07the public

00:42:07protection of

00:42:08an alpha

00:42:09cannot be

00:42:09involved in

00:42:10mate disputes.

00:42:11If you

00:42:12keep the

00:42:12Luna title,

00:42:13the council

00:42:14will cancel

00:42:14my hearing

00:42:16and brand

00:42:17me a

00:42:17homewrecker

00:42:18who interfered

00:42:19with an

00:42:19alpha's

00:42:20mate bond.

00:42:20I understood.

00:42:21The bloodline

00:42:22hearing is the

00:42:23highest level of

00:42:23bloodline

00:42:24certification in

00:42:25the North

00:42:25American

00:42:25sanctuary.

00:42:26Once approved,

00:42:27candidates gain

00:42:28noble status,

00:42:29council protection,

00:42:30eligibility for

00:42:31pack marriage,

00:42:32and even become

00:42:32legitimate Luna

00:42:33candidates.

00:42:34Celeste wanted to

00:42:35transform from

00:42:36Damien's first

00:42:36love into a

00:42:37noble woman

00:42:38recognized by the

00:42:38moon goddess

00:42:39council.

00:42:40And I was her

00:42:40only obstacle.

00:42:41I looked at

00:42:42Damien.

00:42:43So, you want to

00:42:43kick me out of

00:42:44Luna's position

00:42:45first, just so she

00:42:46can pass the

00:42:46review with a

00:42:47clean record?

00:42:48Damien frowned.

00:42:49It's only

00:42:49temporary.

00:42:50Celeste may be a

00:42:51distant branch of

00:42:51the lost royal

00:42:52family.

00:42:53If she passes the

00:42:54hearing, Blackwood

00:42:55will gain new

00:42:55leverage in the

00:42:56council.

00:42:56Lena, you

00:42:57should think

00:42:57about the

00:42:58pack.

00:42:59I see.

00:42:59He wanted both

00:43:00my protection and

00:43:01the title for

00:43:02Celeste.

00:43:03He still thought

00:43:03I would never

00:43:04leave.

00:43:05The silver blade

00:43:05pressed into my

00:43:06wrist and blood

00:43:07dripped onto the

00:43:08agreement.

00:43:09Just 30 days.

00:43:11I will choose you

00:43:12again.

00:43:13I would have

00:43:13believed him in

00:43:14the past.

00:43:15I would have

00:43:15cried, begged,

00:43:17and kneeled at

00:43:17his feet, pleading

00:43:18with him not to

00:43:19reject me again.

00:43:20But this time, I

00:43:21picked up the pen

00:43:22and calmly signed

00:43:23my name.

00:43:26Lena Ashburn.

00:43:29For a moment, the

00:43:31entire hall seemed

00:43:32to freeze.

00:43:33Damien's pupils

00:43:34suddenly contracted.

00:43:35Ashburn.

00:43:36There wasn't a

00:43:36single werewolf in

00:43:38the North American

00:43:38sanctuary who didn't

00:43:39know this surname.

00:43:41Twenty years ago, a

00:43:42civil war tore through

00:43:43the Ashburn royal

00:43:44family.

00:43:44The moon crown

00:43:45disappeared, and it

00:43:46was rumored that the

00:43:47main tree went

00:43:48extinct.

00:43:48Since then, no one

00:43:49dared to use that

00:43:50surname.

00:43:51Impersonating a royal

00:43:52bloodline meant

00:43:52execution by the

00:43:53moon goddess council.

00:43:55Damien stared

00:43:56tently at my

00:43:57signature.

00:44:00Lena, do you know

00:44:01what this surname

00:44:02means?

00:44:03I put down my pen.

00:44:05I know.

00:44:06He sneered.

00:44:07Ashburn is long

00:44:08gone.

00:44:09You dare to use the

00:44:10name of a lost royal

00:44:10family just to spine

00:44:12me?

00:44:12I looked up at him.

00:44:13Who told you

00:44:14Ashburn was gone?

00:44:17I personally

00:44:18unclasped the

00:44:19mate bond necklace

00:44:19from the back of

00:44:20my neck.

00:44:21Damien, I accept

00:44:22your rejection.

00:44:23The moment the

00:44:24mate bond severed,

00:44:25the excruciating pain

00:44:26felt like silver

00:44:27flames burning

00:44:28through my bones.

00:44:29Damien groaned,

00:44:30his face going

00:44:31deathly pale.

00:44:34I took a step

00:44:35back.

00:44:36The seventh time,

00:44:36and the last time,

00:44:37my phone screen

00:44:38lit up.

00:44:39Ashbone royal

00:44:40rights revivigation

00:44:41order, 72-hour

00:44:42countdown begins.

00:44:44Damien was

00:44:44unaware.

00:44:45Tonight, he

00:44:46wasn't rejecting a

00:44:47wife who couldn't

00:44:47live without him.

00:44:48He was rejecting

00:44:49the crown that

00:44:50had sustained the

00:44:50Blackwood family

00:44:51for seven years.

00:44:55As I left the

00:44:56main Blackwood

00:44:57estate,

00:44:58terrestrial rain

00:44:59pounded on the

00:45:00steps.

00:45:00The pack members

00:45:01who had sworn

00:45:02allegiance to me

00:45:03before the crest

00:45:03of the moon

00:45:04goddess stood in

00:45:05two rows,

00:45:06eyes, but not

00:45:07one of them

00:45:07dared to look

00:45:08up at me.

00:45:10Damien chased

00:45:11after me.

00:45:13Lena, stop!

00:45:14He grabbed my

00:45:15wrist and pressed

00:45:16right onto the

00:45:17wound.

00:45:17Blood seeped out

00:45:18again.

00:45:19I looked at his

00:45:20hand.

00:45:21Let go.

00:45:23He paused for a

00:45:24moment.

00:45:25I used to soften

00:45:26whenever he touched

00:45:27me, even if just a

00:45:29second ago, he had

00:45:30humiliated me for

00:45:31Celeste's sake.

00:45:32But right now, all I

00:45:33felt was pain.

00:45:35Damien, you're

00:45:37hurting me.

00:45:39He let go as if he

00:45:41had been burned.

00:45:42Celeste, wearing his

00:45:43coat, stood in the

00:45:44doorway and said

00:45:45softly,

00:45:49Lena, he's just

00:45:51worried about you.

00:45:52I raised my

00:45:53bleeding wrist,

00:45:55forcing me to sign

00:45:56with a silver blade

00:45:57as your idea of

00:45:58worrying.

00:45:59Celeste's face paled

00:46:00for a moment.

00:46:01Damien immediately

00:46:01stepped in front of

00:46:02her.

00:46:03Don't take your

00:46:03anger out on her.

00:46:05It was always like

00:46:06this.

00:46:07If she cried, the

00:46:09whole world was

00:46:09supposed to make

00:46:10way for her.

00:46:11Seven years ago, when

00:46:12I married Damien, my

00:46:14mother told me to

00:46:15keep my true surname

00:46:16a secret.

00:46:18Lena, the name

00:46:20Ashburn brings both

00:46:21crowns and bloodshed.

00:46:24I didn't understand

00:46:25back then.

00:46:26All I knew was that

00:46:27that I loved Damien.

00:46:32So I concealed my moon

00:46:34crown bloodline, gave up

00:46:36my right to inherit the

00:46:37royal throne, and stood

00:46:39by his side as Lady

00:46:40Blackwood, taking him

00:46:42from nothing to the top

00:46:45of the North American

00:46:46sanctuary.

00:46:47He believed that

00:46:49Blackwood's rise was due

00:46:50to his own abilities.

00:46:53But what he didn't know

00:46:54was that it was the

00:46:55Ashburn royal credit

00:46:59that truly opened the

00:47:01doors of the financial

00:47:02world for him.

00:47:07It was Ashburn's proxy

00:47:08vote that suppressed the

00:47:10elders' impeachment

00:47:11against him.

00:47:13What calmed his feral

00:47:14wolf instincts was the

00:47:15last drop of the moon

00:47:16crown royal blood in my

00:47:18veins.

00:47:20Celeste wanted a

00:47:21bloodline hearing, not

00:47:23just to clear her name.

00:47:24She had fabricated a

00:47:25bloodline of a lost

00:47:27royal collateral branch.

00:47:28If the hearing passed,

00:47:30she would receive

00:47:31council certification and

00:47:32legitimatize herself.

00:47:34At that time, she would

00:47:36be qualified to stand

00:47:37beside Damien, and

00:47:38qualified to replace me

00:47:40as the new Luna.

00:47:42Therefore, she had to

00:47:43force Damien to publicly

00:47:44sever our bond.

00:47:46What she wanted wasn't

00:47:47innocence.

00:47:49What she wanted was my

00:47:50position.

00:47:52Damien softened his tone

00:47:54when he saw my silence.

00:47:56I will restore your Luna

00:47:57title in 30 days.

00:47:59Go stay in the city for a

00:48:00few days and avoid any

00:48:02further conflict with

00:48:03Celeste.

00:48:04I nodded.

00:48:05I won't have any more

00:48:07conflicts with her.

00:48:08He visibly breathed a

00:48:10sigh of relief because I'm

00:48:11done with you.

00:48:15What did you say?

00:48:18Don't you understand?

00:48:21I'm done with you.

00:48:24Lena, you can't live

00:48:26without me.

00:48:27You said the same thing

00:48:29last time, but didn't you

00:48:30still come back?

00:48:31I got into the car and

00:48:32took one last look at them

00:48:33before closing the door.

00:48:36Then you'd better pray that

00:48:37I'll come back this time.

00:48:40The car drove away from the

00:48:42estate.

00:48:42In the rearview mirror,

00:48:44Damien was still standing in

00:48:45the rain looking down from

00:48:46his high horse.

00:48:48He didn't know.

00:48:4972 hours later, he'd be

00:48:51begging me on his knees not

00:48:52to take everything back.

00:48:53In those final 72 hours, I

00:48:55gave Damien a chance.

00:48:57If he truly chose me just

00:48:58once, the Ashburn Rite's

00:49:00revocation order would be

00:49:02canceled.

00:49:03I had even prepared a

00:49:04graceful out for him.

00:49:05If only he came to the

00:49:07night of the moon's

00:49:08coronation.

00:49:09If only he said in front of

00:49:11the council, Lena is my

00:49:13Luna.

00:49:15I would have given these

00:49:16seven years a dignified

00:49:17ending.

00:49:18But 15 minutes before the

00:49:20ceremony began, Damien

00:49:21didn't show.

00:49:23The moon priestess looked

00:49:24at me, his voice low.

00:49:27Miss Ashburn, are you

00:49:29sure you want to wait?

00:49:30I didn't answer.

00:49:31He glanced at the

00:49:33moonstone in the center

00:49:34of the temple.

00:49:36Tonight is the night of

00:49:37the moon's coronation and

00:49:39also Blackwood's annual

00:49:41sanctuary ceremony.

00:49:42According to the council's

00:49:43decree, Alphas must

00:49:45personally confirm their

00:49:46Luna.

00:49:47Only a confirmed Luna is

00:49:48qualified to light the

00:49:49moonstone for their pack.

00:49:52I gripped the moon crown

00:49:53separate tightly.

00:49:55What if he doesn't show

00:49:56up?

00:49:57The priestess was silent for

00:49:58a moment.

00:49:59Then the protection you

00:50:00grant won't be attributed

00:50:01to Blackwood.

00:50:02Blackwood's moon goddess

00:50:03barrier, council seat, and

00:50:05alpha privileges will all

00:50:06expire after midnight.

00:50:08The credit guarantees

00:50:08behind all their business

00:50:10projects will also be

00:50:11frozen simultaneously.

00:50:12I lowered my eyes.

00:50:14It all came down to just

00:50:15one sentences from him.

00:50:17If only he said one

00:50:19thing, Lena is my Luna.

00:50:22I could still extend

00:50:23Blackwood's protection for

00:50:24another year as their

00:50:25Luna.

00:50:26My phone vibrated at that

00:50:28exact moment.

00:50:29Celeste sent a photo.

00:50:30On a private jet, she was

00:50:32leaning against Damien.

00:50:33His coat draped over her

00:50:34shoulders.

00:50:35The caption was only one

00:50:36sentence.

00:50:37Before the hearing began,

00:50:39he chose me first.

00:50:52When Damien pressed the

00:50:53silver blade against my

00:50:54wrist, his first love was

00:50:56sitting on my throne,

00:50:57wearing my Luna dress.

00:50:58The entire Blackwood pack

00:50:59was watching.

00:51:00The guards and witnesses

00:51:01of the moon goddess

00:51:02council all remained

00:51:03silent.

00:51:04Celeste reached out and

00:51:05touched my corona,

00:51:06smiling innocently.

00:51:08Lena, don't blame Damien.

00:51:10Just sign the Luna

00:51:11severance agreement

00:51:12already.

00:51:13I looked at Damien.

00:51:15Seven years ago, he held

00:51:17my hand at the temple of

00:51:18the moon and said I was

00:51:19his only mate.

00:51:20Seven years later, he

00:51:21threw an agreement in

00:51:22front of me.

00:51:23Luna suspension accord.

00:51:25Temporarily severed the

00:51:27Luna bond.

00:51:28Thirty days later, the

00:51:29Alpha will have the

00:51:30option to renew the

00:51:31mate bond.

00:51:32Choose again.

00:51:33I've heard those two

00:51:34words six times already.

00:51:35The first time, he took

00:51:36my Luna ring at my

00:51:37birthday party, saying

00:51:38that Celeste had just

00:51:39returned to North America

00:51:40and couldn't be ruined

00:51:41by rumors.

00:51:41The third time, he

00:51:42drained my healing

00:51:43wolf blood to save her,

00:51:44leaving me unconscious in

00:51:45the medical pod for seven

00:51:46days.

00:51:47The sixth time, he asked

00:51:48me to move out of the

00:51:49master bedroom, because

00:51:50Celeste said she couldn't

00:51:52stand my scent.

00:51:53Now, for the seventh

00:51:55time, he didn't even

00:51:56bother to comfort me.

00:51:58Signed.

00:51:58I looked at the

00:51:59agreement and suddenly

00:52:00smiled.

00:52:01Why did it have to be

00:52:02today?

00:52:06Celeste's eyes immediately

00:52:07welled up with tears.

00:52:10Lena, tonight is my

00:52:12bloodline hearing.

00:52:13The council stipulates

00:52:15that bloodline candidates

00:52:16under the public

00:52:17protection of an Alpha

00:52:18cannot be involved in

00:52:20mate disputes.

00:52:21If you keep the Luna

00:52:22title, the council will

00:52:24cancel my hearing and

00:52:26brand me a homewrecker who

00:52:28interfered with an Alpha's

00:52:29mate bond.

00:52:30I understood.

00:52:31The bloodline hearing is

00:52:32the highest level of

00:52:33bloodline certification in

00:52:34the North American

00:52:35sanctuary.

00:52:36Once approved, candidates

00:52:37gain noble status, council

00:52:39protection, eligibility for

00:52:40pack marriage, and even

00:52:42become legitimate Luna

00:52:43candidates.

00:52:44Celeste wanted to transform

00:52:45from Damien's first love

00:52:46into a noble woman recognized

00:52:48by the Moon Goddess

00:52:48council.

00:52:49And I was her only

00:52:50obstacle.

00:52:51I looked at Damien.

00:52:52So, you want to kick me out

00:52:54of Luna's position first, just

00:52:55so she can pass the review

00:52:56with a clean record?

00:52:57Damien frowned.

00:52:58It's only temporary.

00:52:59Celeste may be a distant

00:53:00branch of the lost royal

00:53:01family.

00:53:02If she passes the hearing,

00:53:04Blackwood will gain new

00:53:05leverage in the council.

00:53:06Lena, you should think

00:53:07about the pack.

00:53:08I see.

00:53:09He wanted both my protection

00:53:11and the title for Celeste.

00:53:12He still thought I would

00:53:13never leave.

00:53:14The silver blade pressed

00:53:15into my wrist, and blood

00:53:17dripped onto the agreement.

00:53:18Just thirty days.

00:53:20I will choose you again.

00:53:22I would have believed him

00:53:23in the past.

00:53:24I would have cried, begged,

00:53:26and kneeled at his feet,

00:53:27pleading with him not to

00:53:28reject me again.

00:53:29But this time,

00:53:30I picked up the pen

00:53:31and calmly signed my name.

00:53:35Lena Ashburn.

00:53:39For a moment,

00:53:40the entire hall seemed

00:53:41to freeze.

00:53:42Damien's pupils

00:53:43suddenly contracted.

00:53:45Ashburn?

00:53:45There wasn't a single

00:53:46werewolf in the North

00:53:47American sanctuary

00:53:48who didn't know

00:53:49this surname.

00:53:50Twenty years ago,

00:53:51a civil war tore

00:53:52through the Ashburn

00:53:53royal family.

00:53:54The moon crown

00:53:55disappeared,

00:53:55and it was rumored

00:53:56that the main tree

00:53:57went extinct.

00:53:58Since then,

00:53:58no one dared

00:53:59to use that surname.

00:54:00Impersonating a royal bloodline

00:54:02meant execution

00:54:03by the moon goddess council.

00:54:05Damien stared

00:54:06tently at my signature.

00:54:09Lena, do you know

00:54:10what this surname means?

00:54:12I put down my pen.

00:54:15I know.

00:54:15He sneered.

00:54:16Ashburn is long gone.

00:54:18You dare to use

00:54:19the name of a lost

00:54:20royal family

00:54:20just to spine me?

00:54:22I looked up at him.

00:54:23Who told you

00:54:24Ashburn was gone?

00:54:27I personally unclasped

00:54:28the mate bond necklace

00:54:29from the back of my neck.

00:54:30Damien,

00:54:31I accept your rejection.

00:54:32The moment the mate bond

00:54:33severed,

00:54:34the excruciating pain

00:54:36felt like silver flames

00:54:37burning through my bones.

00:54:38Damien groaned,

00:54:39his face going

00:54:40deathly pale.

00:54:44I took a step back.

00:54:45The seventh time,

00:54:46and the last time,

00:54:47my phone screen lit up.

00:54:49Ashbone royal rights

00:54:50revivigation order.

00:54:5172-hour countdown begins.

00:54:53Damien was unaware.

00:54:54Tonight,

00:54:55he wasn't rejecting a wife

00:54:56who couldn't live without him.

00:54:58He was rejecting the crown

00:54:59that had sustained

00:55:00the Blackwood family

00:55:01for seven years.

00:55:05As I left the main

00:55:06Blackwood estate,

00:55:08terrestrial rain

00:55:08pounded on the steps.

00:55:10The pack members

00:55:11who had sworn allegiance

00:55:12to me before the crest

00:55:13of the moon goddess

00:55:14stood in two rows.

00:55:16But not one of them

00:55:17dared to look up at me.

00:55:19Damien chased after me.

00:55:22Lena, stop!

00:55:24He grabbed my wrist

00:55:25and pressed right

00:55:26onto the wound.

00:55:27Blood seeped out again.

00:55:29I looked at his hand.

00:55:31Let go.

00:55:32He paused for a moment.

00:55:35I used to soften

00:55:36whenever he touched me.

00:55:37Even if just a second ago,

00:55:39he had humiliated me

00:55:40for Celeste's sake.

00:55:41But right now,

00:55:42all I felt was pain.

00:55:45Damien,

00:55:46you're hurting me.

00:55:49He let go

00:55:50as if he had been burned.

00:55:52Celeste,

00:55:52wearing his coat,

00:55:53stood in the doorway

00:55:54and said softly,

00:55:58Lena,

00:55:59he's just worried

00:56:01about you.

00:56:01I raised my bleeding wrist,

00:56:05forcing me to sign

00:56:06with a silver blade

00:56:07as your idea of worrying.

00:56:08Celeste's face paled

00:56:09for a moment.

00:56:10Damien immediately

00:56:11stepped in front of her.

00:56:12Don't take your anger

00:56:13out on her.

00:56:14It was always like this.

00:56:16If she cried,

00:56:18the whole world

00:56:19was supposed to make way

00:56:20for her.

00:56:20Seven years ago,

00:56:21when I married Damien,

00:56:23my mother told me

00:56:24to keep my true surname

00:56:25a secret.

00:56:28Lena,

00:56:29the name Ashburn

00:56:30brings both crowns

00:56:31and bloodshed.

00:56:33I didn't understand

00:56:34back then.

00:56:35All I knew

00:56:36was that I loved Damien.

00:56:41So I concealed

00:56:42my moon crown bloodline,

00:56:44gave up my right

00:56:46to inherit

00:56:46the royal throne

00:56:47and stood by his side

00:56:49as Lady Blackwood,

00:56:51taking him from nothing

00:56:53to the top

00:56:55of the North American sanctuary.

00:56:57He believed

00:56:58that Blackwood's rise

00:56:59was due to his own abilities.

00:57:02But what he didn't know

00:57:04was that it was

00:57:05the Ashburn royal credit.

00:57:08that truly opened

00:57:10the doors

00:57:11of the financial world

00:57:12for him.

00:57:16It was Ashburn's

00:57:17proxy vote

00:57:18that suppressed

00:57:19the elders'

00:57:20impeachment against him.

00:57:22What calmed

00:57:23his feral wolf instincts

00:57:24was the last drop

00:57:25of the moon crown royal blood

00:57:27in my veins.

00:57:29Celeste wanted

00:57:30a bloodline hearing,

00:57:31not just to clear

00:57:33her name.

00:57:33She had fabricated

00:57:35a bloodline

00:57:35of a lost royal

00:57:36collateral branch.

00:57:38If the hearing passed,

00:57:40she would receive

00:57:40council certification

00:57:41and legitimatize herself.

00:57:43At that time,

00:57:45she would be qualified

00:57:46to stand beside Damien

00:57:47and qualified

00:57:48to replace me

00:57:49as the new Luna.

00:57:51Therefore,

00:57:52she had to force Damien

00:57:53to publicly sever our bond.

00:57:55What she wanted

00:57:57wasn't innocence.

00:57:58What she wanted

00:57:59was my position.

00:58:02Damien softened his tone

00:58:03when he saw my silence.

00:58:05I will restore

00:58:06your Luna title

00:58:07in 30 days.

00:58:08Go stay in the city

00:58:10for a few days

00:58:10and avoid any further

00:58:11conflict with Celeste.

00:58:13I nodded.

00:58:15I won't have

00:58:16any more conflicts

00:58:17with her.

00:58:18He visibly breathed

00:58:19a sigh of relief

00:58:20because I'm done

00:58:21with you.

00:58:24What did you say?

00:58:28Don't you understand?

00:58:31I'm done with you.

00:58:33Lena.

00:58:35You can't live

00:58:36without me.

00:58:37You said the same thing

00:58:38last time,

00:58:39but didn't you still

00:58:40come back?

00:58:40I got into the car

00:58:41and took one last look

00:58:43at them before

00:58:43closing the door.

00:58:45Then you'd better pray

00:58:47that I'll come back

00:58:47this time.

00:58:49The car drove away

00:58:51from the estate.

00:58:52In the rearview mirror,

00:58:53Damien was still

00:58:54standing in the rain

00:58:55looking down

00:58:56from his high horse.

00:58:57He didn't know.

00:58:5872 hours later,

00:59:00he'd be begging me

00:59:01on his knees

00:59:01not to take everything back.

00:59:03In those final 72 hours,

00:59:05I gave Damien a chance.

00:59:06If he truly chose me

00:59:08just once,

00:59:09the Ashburn Rite's

00:59:10revocation order

00:59:11would be cancelled.

00:59:12I had even prepared

00:59:14a graceful out for him.

00:59:15If only he came

00:59:16to the night

00:59:17of the moon's coronation.

00:59:19If only he said

00:59:20in front of the council,

00:59:21Lena is my Luna.

00:59:24I would have given

00:59:25these seven years

00:59:26a dignified ending.

00:59:28But 15 minutes

00:59:29before the ceremony began,

00:59:31Damien didn't show.

00:59:32The moon priestess

00:59:34looked at me,

00:59:34his voice low.

00:59:36Miss Ashburn,

00:59:37are you sure

00:59:38you want to wait?

00:59:39I didn't answer.

00:59:41He glanced at the

00:59:42moonstone

00:59:43in the center

00:59:44of the temple.

00:59:45Tonight is the night

00:59:47of the moon's

00:59:47coronation

00:59:48and also

00:59:49Blackwood's annual

00:59:50sanctuary ceremony.

00:59:52According to the

00:59:52council's decree,

00:59:54Alphas must personally

00:59:55confirm their Luna.

00:59:56Only a confirmed Luna

00:59:57is qualified to light

00:59:59the moonstone

00:59:59for their pack.

01:00:01I gripped the moon

01:00:02crown separate tightly.

01:00:05What if he doesn't

01:00:06show up?

01:00:06The priestess

01:00:07was silent for a moment.

01:00:09Then the protection

01:00:09you grant

01:00:10won't be attributed

01:00:11to Blackwood.

01:00:12Blackwood's moon

01:00:12goddess barrier,

01:00:13council seat,

01:00:14and alpha privileges

01:00:15will all expire

01:00:16after midnight.

01:00:17The credit guaranteed

01:00:18behind all their

01:00:19business projects

01:00:20will also be frozen

01:00:21simultaneously.

01:00:22I lowered my eyes.

01:00:23It all came down

01:00:24to just one sentences

01:00:25from him.

01:00:27If only he said

01:00:28one thing,

01:00:29Lena is my Luna.

01:00:31I could still extend

01:00:33Blackwood's protection

01:00:34for another year

01:00:34as their Luna.

01:00:36My phone vibrated

01:00:37at that exact moment.

01:00:39Celeste sent a photo.

01:00:40On a private jet,

01:00:41she was leaning

01:00:41against Damien.

01:00:42His coat draped

01:00:43over her shoulders.

01:00:44The caption was

01:00:45only one sentence.

01:00:47Before the hearing began,

01:00:48he chose me first.

01:01:01When Damien pressed

01:01:02the silver blade

01:01:03against my wrist,

01:01:04his first love

01:01:05was sitting on my throne

01:01:06wearing my Luna dress.

01:01:07The entire Blackwood pack

01:01:09was watching.

01:01:10The guards and witnesses

01:01:11of the moon goddess council

01:01:12all remained silent.

01:01:13Celeste reached out

01:01:14and touched my corona,

01:01:15smiling innocently.

01:01:17Lena, don't blame Damien.

01:01:19Just sign the Luna

01:01:21severance agreement

01:01:22already.

01:01:22I looked at Damien.

01:01:25Seven years ago,

01:01:26he held my hand

01:01:27at the Temple of the Moon

01:01:28and said I was

01:01:28his only mate.

01:01:30Seven years later,

01:01:31he threw an agreement

01:01:31in front of me.

01:01:33Luna suspension accord.

01:01:35Temporarily severed

01:01:36the Luna bond.

01:01:38Thirty days later,

01:01:39the Alpha will have

01:01:40the option to renew

01:01:40the mate bond.

01:01:41Choose again.

01:01:42I've heard those two words

01:01:43six times already.

01:01:44The first time,

01:01:45he took my Luna ring

01:01:46at my birthday party

01:01:47saying that Celeste

01:01:48had just returned

01:01:48to North America

01:01:49and couldn't be ruined

01:01:50by rumors.

01:01:51The third time,

01:01:52he drained my

01:01:52healing wolf blood

01:01:53to save her.

01:01:54Leaving me unconscious

01:01:54in the medical pod

01:01:55for seven days.

01:01:56The sixth time,

01:01:57he asked me to move

01:01:58out of the master bedroom

01:01:59because Celeste said

01:02:01she couldn't stand my scent.

01:02:03Now,

01:02:03for the seventh time,

01:02:05he didn't even bother

01:02:06to comfort me.

01:02:07Signed.

01:02:08I looked at the agreement

01:02:09and suddenly smiled.

01:02:10Why did it have

01:02:11to be today?

01:02:15Celeste's eyes

01:02:16immediately welled up

01:02:17with tears.

01:02:19Lena,

01:02:20tonight is my bloodline

01:02:22hearing.

01:02:22The council stipulates

01:02:24that bloodline candidates

01:02:25under the public protection

01:02:27of an alpha

01:02:28cannot be involved

01:02:29in mate disputes.

01:02:30If you keep the Luna title,

01:02:32the council will cancel

01:02:33my hearing

01:02:35and brand me

01:02:36a homewrecker

01:02:37who interfered

01:02:38with an alpha's mate bond.

01:02:39I understood.

01:02:40The bloodline hearing

01:02:41is the highest level

01:02:42of bloodline certification

01:02:43in the North American sanctuary.

01:02:45Once approved,

01:02:46candidates gain noble status,

01:02:48council protection,

01:02:49eligibility for pack marriage,

01:02:51and even become

01:02:51legitimate Luna candidates.

01:02:53Celeste wanted to transform

01:02:55from Damien's first love

01:02:56into a noblewoman

01:02:57recognized by the

01:02:57Moon Goddess Council.

01:02:59And I was her only obstacle.

01:03:00I looked at Damien.

01:03:02So,

01:03:02you want to kick me out

01:03:03of Luna's position first

01:03:04just so she can pass

01:03:05the review with a clean record?

01:03:07Damien frowned.

01:03:08It's only temporary.

01:03:09Celeste may be a distant branch

01:03:10of the lost royal family.

01:03:12If she passes the hearing,

01:03:13Blackwood will gain new leverage

01:03:14in the council.

01:03:15Lena,

01:03:16you should think about the pack.

01:03:18I see.

01:03:19He wanted both my protection

01:03:20and the title for Celeste.

01:03:22He still thought

01:03:22I would never leave.

01:03:24The silver blade

01:03:24pressed into my wrist

01:03:26and blood dripped

01:03:26onto the agreement.

01:03:28Just 30 days.

01:03:29I will choose you again.

01:03:32I would have believed him

01:03:33in the past.

01:03:34I would have cried,

01:03:35begged,

01:03:36and kneeled at his feet,

01:03:37pleading with him

01:03:37not to reject me again.

01:03:39But this time,

01:03:40I picked up the pen

01:03:41and calmly signed my name.

01:03:45Lena Ashburn.

01:03:48For a moment,

01:03:50the entire hall

01:03:50seemed to freeze.

01:03:52Damien's pupils

01:03:53suddenly contracted.

01:03:54Ashburn.

01:03:55There wasn't a single werewolf

01:03:56in the North American sanctuary

01:03:58who didn't know this surname.

01:04:0020 years ago,

01:04:01a civil war tore

01:04:02through the Ashburn royal family.

01:04:03The moon crown disappeared,

01:04:05and it was rumored

01:04:06that the main tree

01:04:06went extinct.

01:04:07Since then,

01:04:08no one dared

01:04:08to use that surname.

01:04:10Impersonating a royal bloodline

01:04:11meant execution

01:04:12by the moon goddess council.

01:04:14Damien stared

01:04:15tently at my signature.

01:04:19Lena,

01:04:19do you know

01:04:20what this surname means?

01:04:22I put down my pen.

01:04:24I know.

01:04:25He sneered.

01:04:26Ashburn is long gone.

01:04:28You dare to use

01:04:29the name of a lost royal family

01:04:30just to spine me?

01:04:31I looked up at him.

01:04:33Who told you

01:04:33Ashburn was gone?

01:04:36I personally unclasped

01:04:38the mate bond necklace

01:04:38from the back of my neck.

01:04:40Damien,

01:04:40I accept your rejection.

01:04:42The moment the mate bond severed,

01:04:44the excruciating pain

01:04:45felt like silver flames

01:04:46burning through my bones.

01:04:48Damien groaned,

01:04:49his face going deathly pale.

01:04:53I took a step back.

01:04:55The seventh time,

01:04:55and the last time,

01:04:56my phone screen lit up.

01:04:58Ashbone royal rights

01:04:59revivigation order.

01:05:0072 hour countdown begins.

01:05:03Damien was unaware.

01:05:04Tonight,

01:05:05he wasn't rejecting a wife

01:05:06who couldn't live without him.

01:05:07He was rejecting the crown

01:05:08that had sustained

01:05:09the Blackwood family

01:05:10for seven years.

01:05:14As I left the main

01:05:16Blackwood estate,

01:05:17terrestrial rain

01:05:18pounded on the steps.

01:05:19The pack members

01:05:20who had sworn allegiance to me

01:05:22before the crest

01:05:22of the moon goddess

01:05:23stood in two rows.

01:05:25But not one of them

01:05:26dared to look up at me.

01:05:29Damien chased after me.

01:05:32Lena, stop!

01:05:33He grabbed my wrist

01:05:35and pressed right

01:05:35onto the wound.

01:05:36Blood seeped out again.

01:05:38I looked at his hand.

01:05:40Let go.

01:05:42He paused for a moment.

01:05:44I used to soften

01:05:45whenever he touched me.

01:05:47Even if just a second ago,

01:05:48he had humiliated me

01:05:50for Celeste's sake.

01:05:51But right now,

01:05:52all I felt was pain.

01:05:54Damien,

01:05:55you're hurting me.

01:05:58He let go

01:05:59as if he had been burned.

01:06:01Celeste,

01:06:02wearing his coat,

01:06:03stood in the doorway

01:06:04and said softly,

01:06:08Lena,

01:06:09he's just worried

01:06:10about you.

01:06:11I raised my bleeding wrist,

01:06:14forcing me to sign

01:06:15with a silver blade

01:06:16as your idea of worrying.

01:06:18Celeste's face paled

01:06:19for a moment.

01:06:20Damien immediately

01:06:20stepped in front of her.

01:06:22Don't take your anger

01:06:23out on her.

01:06:24It was always like this.

01:06:26If she cried,

01:06:27the whole world

01:06:28was supposed to make way

01:06:29for her.

01:06:30Seven years ago,

01:06:31when I married Damien,

01:06:32my mother told me

01:06:33to keep my true surname

01:06:35a secret.

01:06:37Lena,

01:06:38the name Ashburn

01:06:39brings both crowns

01:06:41and bloodshed.

01:06:42I didn't understand

01:06:44back then.

01:06:45All I knew

01:06:45was that I loved Damien.

01:06:51So I concealed

01:06:52my moon crown bloodline,

01:06:54gave up my right

01:06:55to inherit

01:06:56the royal throne

01:06:57and stood by his side

01:06:58as Lady Blackwood,

01:07:00taking him from nothing

01:07:03to the top

01:07:04of the North American sanctuary.

01:07:06He believed

01:07:07that Blackwood's rise

01:07:09was due

01:07:09to his own abilities.

01:07:12But what he didn't know

01:07:13was that it was

01:07:14the Ashburn royal credit

01:07:18that truly opened

01:07:20the doors

01:07:20of the financial world

01:07:21for him.

01:07:26It was Ashburn's proxy vote

01:07:28that suppressed

01:07:28the elders'

01:07:29impeachment against him.

01:07:31What calmed

01:07:32his feral wolf instincts

01:07:34was the last drop

01:07:35of the moon crown royal blood

01:07:36in my veins.

01:07:39Celeste wanted

01:07:40a bloodline hearing,

01:07:41not just to clear

01:07:42her name.

01:07:43She had fabricated

01:07:44a bloodline

01:07:45of a lost royal

01:07:46collateral branch.

01:07:47If the hearing passed,

01:07:49she would receive

01:07:50council certification

01:07:51and legitimatize herself.

01:07:53At that time,

01:07:54she would be qualified

01:07:55to stand beside Damien

01:07:57and qualified

01:07:58to replace me

01:07:59as the new Luna.

01:08:01Therefore,

01:08:02she had to force Damien

01:08:03to publicly sever our bond.

01:08:05What she wanted

01:08:06wasn't innocence.

01:08:07What she wanted

01:08:09was my position.

01:08:11Damien softened his tone

01:08:13when he saw my silence.

01:08:15I will restore

01:08:16your Luna title

01:08:17in 30 days.

01:08:18Go stay in the city

01:08:19for a few days

01:08:20and avoid any further

01:08:21conflict with Celeste.

01:08:23I nodded.

01:08:24I won't have

01:08:25any more conflicts

01:08:26with her.

01:08:27He visibly breathed

01:08:28a sigh of relief

01:08:29because I'm done

01:08:30with you.

01:08:34What did you say?

01:08:37Don't you understand?

01:08:40I'm done with you.

01:08:43Lena.

01:08:44You can't live

01:08:45without me.

01:08:46You said the same thing

01:08:48last time,

01:08:48but didn't you still

01:08:49come back?

01:08:50I got into the car

01:08:51and took one last look

01:08:52at them before

01:08:53closing the door.

01:08:55Then you'd better pray

01:08:56that I'll come back

01:08:57this time.

01:08:59The car drove away

01:09:00from the estate.

01:09:01In the rearview mirror,

01:09:03Damien was still

01:09:04standing in the rain

01:09:05looking down

01:09:05from his high horse.

01:09:07He didn't know.

01:09:0872 hours later,

01:09:09he'd be begging me

01:09:10on his knees

01:09:11not to take everything back.

01:09:12In those final 72 hours,

01:09:14I gave Damien a chance.

01:09:16If he truly chose me

01:09:17just once,

01:09:18the Ashburn Rite's

01:09:19revocation order

01:09:20would be cancelled.

01:09:22I had even prepared

01:09:23a graceful out for him.

01:09:24If only he came

01:09:26to the night

01:09:26of the moon's coronation.

01:09:28If only he said

01:09:30in front of the council,

01:09:31Lena is my Luna.

01:09:34I would have given

01:09:35these seven years

01:09:36a dignified ending.

01:09:37But 15 minutes

01:09:38before the ceremony began,

01:09:40Damien didn't show.

01:09:42The moon priestess

01:09:43looked at me,

01:09:44his voice low.

01:09:46Miss Ashburn,

01:09:47are you sure

01:09:48you want to wait?

01:09:49I didn't answer.

01:09:50He glanced

01:09:51at the moonstone

01:09:52in the center

01:09:53of the temple.

01:09:55Tonight is the night

01:09:56of the moon's

01:09:57coronation

01:09:58and also

01:09:59Blackwood's annual

01:10:00sanctuary ceremony.

01:10:01According to the

01:10:02council's decree,

01:10:03alphas must personally

01:10:04confirm their Luna.

01:10:06Only a confirmed Luna

01:10:07is qualified

01:10:08to light the moonstone

01:10:09for their pack.

01:10:10I gripped the moon crown

01:10:12separate tightly.

01:10:14What if he doesn't show up?

01:10:16The priestess

01:10:17was silent for a moment.

01:10:18Then the protection

01:10:19you grant

01:10:19won't be attributed

01:10:20to Blackwood.

01:10:21Blackwood's moon goddess

01:10:22barrier,

01:10:23council seat,

01:10:24and alpha privileges

01:10:25will all expire

01:10:26after midnight.

01:10:27The credit guarantees

01:10:27behind all their

01:10:28business projects

01:10:29will also be frozen

01:10:30simultaneously.

01:10:31I lowered my eyes.

01:10:33It all came down

01:10:34to just one sentences

01:10:35from him.

01:10:36If only he said

01:10:37one thing,

01:10:39Lena is my Luna.

01:10:41I could still extend

01:10:42Blackwood's protection

01:10:43for another year

01:10:44as their Luna.

01:10:45My phone vibrated

01:10:47at that exact moment.

01:10:48Celeste sent a photo.

01:10:49On a private jet,

01:10:50she was leaning

01:10:51against Damien.

01:10:52His coat draped

01:10:53over her shoulders.

01:10:54The caption was

01:10:55only one sentence.

01:10:56Before the hearing began,

01:10:58he chose me first.

01:11:11When Damien pressed

01:11:12the silver blade

01:11:13against my wrist,

01:11:14his first love

01:11:14was sitting on my throne,

01:11:16wearing my Luna dress.

01:11:17The entire Blackwood pack

01:11:18was watching.

01:11:19The guards and witnesses

01:11:20of the moon goddess council

01:11:21all remained silent.

01:11:23Celeste reached out

01:11:24and touched my corona,

01:11:25smiling innocently.

01:11:27Lena, don't blame Damien.

01:11:29Just sign the Luna

01:11:30severance agreement already.

01:11:32I looked at Damien.

01:11:34Seven years ago,

01:11:35he held my hand

01:11:36at the Temple of the Moon

01:11:37and said I was his only mate.

01:11:39Seven years later,

01:11:40he threw an agreement

01:11:41in front of me.

01:11:42Luna suspension accord.

01:11:44Temporarily severed

01:11:45the Luna bond.

01:11:47Thirty days later,

01:11:48the Alpha will have the option

01:11:50to renew the mate bond.

01:11:51Choose again.

01:11:52I've heard those two words

01:11:53six times already.

01:11:54The first time,

01:11:55he took my Luna ring

01:11:56at my birthday party

01:11:57saying that Celeste

01:11:57had just returned

01:11:58to North America

01:11:59and couldn't be ruined

01:12:00by rumors.

01:12:00The third time,

01:12:01he drained my healing wolf blood

01:12:02to save her,

01:12:03leaving me unconscious

01:12:04in the medical pod

01:12:05for seven days.

01:12:06The sixth time,

01:12:07he asked me to move out

01:12:08of the master bedroom

01:12:09because Celeste said

01:12:10she couldn't stand my scent.

01:12:12Now,

01:12:13for the seventh time,

01:12:14he didn't even bother

01:12:15to comfort me.

01:12:17Signed.

01:12:17I looked at the agreement

01:12:19and suddenly smiled.

01:12:20Why did it have to be today?

01:12:25Celeste's eyes

01:12:26immediately welled up

01:12:26with tears.

01:12:29Lena,

01:12:30tonight is my bloodline hearing.

01:12:32The council stipulates

01:12:34that bloodline candidates

01:12:35under the public protection

01:12:36of an Alpha

01:12:37cannot be involved

01:12:38in mate disputes.

01:12:40If you keep the Luna title,

01:12:42the council will cancel

01:12:43my hearing

01:12:45and brand me a homewrecker

01:12:46who interfered

01:12:47with an Alpha's mate bond.

01:12:49I understood.

01:12:50The bloodline hearing

01:12:51is the highest level

01:12:52of bloodline certification

01:12:53in the North American sanctuary.

01:12:54Once approved,

01:12:56candidates gain noble status,

01:12:57council protection,

01:12:59eligibility for pack marriage,

01:13:00and even become

01:13:01legitimate Luna candidates.

01:13:03Celeste wanted to transform

01:13:04from Damien's first love

01:13:05into a noblewoman

01:13:06recognized by the

01:13:07Moon Goddess Council.

01:13:08And I was her only obstacle.

01:13:10I looked at Damien.

01:13:11So,

01:13:12you want to kick me out

01:13:13of Luna's position first

01:13:14just so she can pass

01:13:15the review with a clean record?

01:13:16Damien frowned.

01:13:17It's only temporary.

01:13:19Celeste may be a distant branch

01:13:20of the lost royal family.

01:13:21If she passes the hearing,

01:13:22Blackwood will gain new leverage

01:13:24in the council.

01:13:25Lena,

01:13:25you should think about the pack.

01:13:27I see.

01:13:28He wanted both my protection

01:13:30and the title for Celeste.

01:13:31He still thought

01:13:32I would never leave.

01:13:33The silver blade

01:13:34pressed into my wrist

01:13:35and blood dripped

01:13:36onto the agreement.

01:13:37Just 30 days.

01:13:39I will choose you again.

01:13:41I would have believed him

01:13:42in the past.

01:13:43I would have cried,

01:13:45begged,

01:13:45and kneeled at his feet,

01:13:46pleading with him

01:13:47not to reject me again.

01:13:48But this time,

01:13:49I picked up the pen

01:13:50and calmly signed my name.

01:13:54Lena Ashburn.

01:13:58For a moment,

01:13:59the entire hall

01:14:00seemed to freeze.

01:14:01Damien's pupils

01:14:02suddenly contracted.

01:14:04Ashburn?

01:14:04There wasn't a single werewolf

01:14:06in the North American sanctuary

01:14:07who didn't know this surname.

01:14:0920 years ago,

01:14:10a civil war tore

01:14:11through the Ashburn royal family.

01:14:13The moon crown disappeared,

01:14:14and it was rumored

01:14:15that the main tree

01:14:16went extinct.

01:14:17Since then,

01:14:17no one dared

01:14:18to use that surname.

01:14:19Impersonating a royal bloodline

01:14:21meant execution

01:14:22by the moon goddess council.

01:14:24Damien stared tently

01:14:25at my signature.

01:14:28Lena,

01:14:29do you know

01:14:29what this surname means?

01:14:31I put down my pen.

01:14:34I know.

01:14:34He sneered.

01:14:35Ashburn is long gone.

01:14:37You dare to use

01:14:38the name of a lost royal family

01:14:39just to spine me?

01:14:41I looked up at him.

01:14:42Who told you

01:14:43Ashburn was gone?

01:14:46I personally unclasped

01:14:47the mate bond necklace

01:14:48from the back of my neck.

01:14:49Damien,

01:14:50I accept your rejection.

01:14:51The moment the mate bond severed,

01:14:53the excruciating pain

01:14:55felt like silver flames

01:14:56burning through my bones.

01:14:57Damien groaned,

01:14:59his face going deathly pale.

01:15:03I took a step back.

01:15:04The seventh time,

01:15:05and the last time,

01:15:06my phone screen lit up.

01:15:08Ashbone royal rights

01:15:09revivigation order.

01:15:1072-hour countdown begins.

01:15:12Damien was unaware.

01:15:14Tonight,

01:15:14he wasn't rejecting a wife

01:15:15who couldn't live without him.

01:15:17He was rejecting the crown

01:15:18that had sustained

01:15:19the Blackwood family

01:15:20for seven years.

01:15:24As I left the main

01:15:25Blackwood estate,

01:15:27terrestrial rain

01:15:27pounded on the steps.

01:15:29The pack members

01:15:30who had sworn allegiance

01:15:31to me before the crest

01:15:32of the moon goddess

01:15:33stood in two rows,

01:15:35but not one of them

01:15:36dared to look up at me.

01:15:38Damien chased after me.

01:15:41Lena, stop!

01:15:42He grabbed my wrist

01:15:44and pressed right

01:15:45onto the wound.

01:15:46Blood seeped out again.

01:15:48I looked at his hand.

01:15:50Let go.

01:15:51He paused for a moment.

01:15:54I used to soften

01:15:55whenever he touched me.

01:15:56Even if just a second ago,

01:15:58he had humiliated me

01:15:59for Celeste's sake.

01:16:00But right now,

01:16:01all I felt was pain.

01:16:04Damien,

01:16:05you're hurting me.

01:16:07He let go

01:16:09as if he had been burned.

01:16:11Celeste,

01:16:11wearing his coat,

01:16:12stood in the doorway

01:16:13and said softly,

01:16:17Lena,

01:16:18he's just worried about you.

01:16:20I raised my bleeding wrist,

01:16:24forcing me to sign

01:16:25with a silver blade

01:16:25as your idea of worrying.

01:16:27Celeste's face paled

01:16:28for a moment.

01:16:29Damien immediately

01:16:30stepped in front of her.

01:16:31Don't take your anger

01:16:32out on her.

01:16:33It was always like this.

01:16:35If she cried,

01:16:37the whole world

01:16:38was supposed to make way

01:16:39for her.

01:16:39Seven years ago,

01:16:40when I married Damien,

01:16:42my mother told me

01:16:43to keep my true surname

01:16:44a secret.

01:16:47Lena,

01:16:48the name Ashburn

01:16:49brings both crowns

01:16:50and bloodshed.

01:16:52I didn't understand

01:16:53back then.

01:16:54All I knew

01:16:55was that I loved Damien.

01:17:00So I concealed

01:17:01my moon crown bloodline,

01:17:03gave up my right

01:17:04to inherit

01:17:05the royal throne,

01:17:06and stood by his side

01:17:08as Lady Blackwood,

01:17:10taking him from nothing

01:17:12to the top

01:17:14of the North American sanctuary.

01:17:16He believed

01:17:17that Blackwood's rise

01:17:18was due

01:17:19to his own abilities.

01:17:21But what he didn't know

01:17:23was that it was

01:17:24the Ashburn royal credit

01:17:27that truly opened

01:17:29the doors

01:17:30of the financial world

01:17:31for him.

01:17:35It was Ashburn's

01:17:36proxy vote

01:17:37that suppressed

01:17:38the elders'

01:17:39impeachment

01:17:39against him.

01:17:41What calmed

01:17:42his feral wolf instincts

01:17:43was the last drop

01:17:44of the moon crown

01:17:45royal blood

01:17:46in my veins.

01:17:48Celeste wanted

01:17:49a bloodline hearing,

01:17:50not just to clear

01:17:52her name.

01:17:52She had fabricated

01:17:54a bloodline

01:17:54of a lost

01:17:55royal collateral branch.

01:17:57If the hearing passed,

01:17:58she would receive

01:17:59council certification

01:18:00and legitimatize herself.

01:18:02At that time,

01:18:04she would be qualified

01:18:05to stand beside Damien

01:18:06and qualified

01:18:07to replace me

01:18:08as the new Luna.

01:18:10Therefore,

01:18:11she had to force Damien

01:18:12to publicly sever

01:18:13our bond.

01:18:15What she wanted

01:18:16wasn't innocence.

01:18:17What she wanted

01:18:18was my position.

01:18:21Damien softened

01:18:22his tone

01:18:22when he saw

01:18:23my silence.

01:18:24I will restore

01:18:25your Luna title

01:18:26in 30 days.

01:18:27Go stay in the city

01:18:29for a few days

01:18:29and avoid

01:18:30any further

01:18:30conflict with Celeste.

01:18:32I nodded.

01:18:34I won't have

01:18:35any more conflicts

01:18:36with her.

01:18:37He visibly

01:18:38breathed a sigh

01:18:38of relief

01:18:39because I'm

01:18:39done with you.

01:18:43What did you say?

01:18:47Don't you understand?

01:18:50I'm done with you.

01:18:52Lena,

01:18:54you can't live

01:18:55without me.

01:18:56You said the same

01:18:57thing last time

01:18:58but didn't you

01:18:58still come back?

01:18:59I got into the car

01:19:00and took one last

01:19:01look at them

01:19:02before closing the door.

01:19:04Then you'd better

01:19:05pray that I'll

01:19:06come back this time.

01:19:08The car drove away

01:19:10from the estate.

01:19:11In the rear view mirror,

01:19:12Damien was still

01:19:13standing in the rain

01:19:14looking down

01:19:15from his high horse.

01:19:16He didn't know.

01:19:1772 hours later,

01:19:19he'd be begging me

01:19:20on his knees

01:19:20not to take

01:19:21everything back.

01:19:22In those final 72 hours,

01:19:24I gave Damien a chance.

01:19:25If he truly chose me

01:19:27just once,

01:19:28the Ashburn Rite's

01:19:29revocation order

01:19:30would be cancelled.

01:19:31I had even prepared

01:19:33a graceful out for him.

01:19:34If only he came

01:19:35to the night

01:19:36of the moon's coronation.

01:19:38If only he said

01:19:39in front of the council,

01:19:40Lena is my Luna.

01:19:43I would have given

01:19:44these seven years

01:19:45a dignified ending.

01:19:47But 15 minutes

01:19:48before the ceremony began,

01:19:50Damien didn't show.

01:19:51The moon priestess

01:19:53looked at me,

01:19:53his voice low.

01:19:55Miss Ashburn,

01:19:56are you sure

01:19:57you want to wait?

01:19:58I didn't answer.

01:20:00He glanced at the

01:20:01moon stone

01:20:02in the center

01:20:03of the temple.

01:20:04Tonight is the night

01:20:06of the moon's

01:20:06coronation

01:20:07and also Blackwood's

01:20:09annual sanctuary

01:20:10ceremony.

01:20:11According to the

01:20:11council's decree,

01:20:13Alphas must personally

01:20:14confirm their Luna.

01:20:15Only a confirmed Luna

01:20:16is qualified to light

01:20:18the moon stone

01:20:18for their pack.

01:20:20I gripped the moon

01:20:21crown separate tightly.

01:20:24What if he doesn't

01:20:25show up?

01:20:25The priestess

01:20:26was silent for a moment.

01:20:28Then the protection

01:20:28you grant

01:20:29won't be attributed

01:20:30to Blackwood.

01:20:31Blackwood's moon

01:20:31goddess barrier,

01:20:32council seat,

01:20:33and alpha privileges

01:20:34will all expire

01:20:35after midnight.

01:20:36The credit guaranteed

01:20:37behind all their

01:20:38business projects

01:20:38will also be

01:20:39frozen simultaneously.

01:20:41I lowered my eyes.

01:20:42It all came down

01:20:43to just one

01:20:44sentences from him.

01:20:46If only he said

01:20:47one thing,

01:20:48Lena is my Luna.

01:20:50I could still

01:20:51extend Blackwood's

01:20:52protection for another

01:20:53year as their Luna.

01:20:55My phone vibrated

01:20:56at that exact moment.

01:20:58Celeste sent a photo.

01:20:59On a private jet,

01:21:00she was leaning

01:21:00against Damien.

01:21:01His coat draped

01:21:02over her shoulders.

01:21:03The caption was

01:21:04only one sentence.

01:21:05Before the hearing

01:21:06began,

01:21:07he chose me first.

01:21:20When Damien pressed

01:21:21the silver blade

01:21:22against my wrist,

01:21:23his first love

01:21:24was sitting on my throne,

01:21:25wearing my Luna dress.

01:21:26The entire Blackwood pack

01:21:28was watching.

01:21:28The guards and witnesses

01:21:30of the moon goddess council

01:21:31all remained silent.

01:21:32Celeste reached out

01:21:33and touched my corona,

01:21:34smiling innocently.

01:21:36Lena, don't blame Damien.

01:21:38Just sign the Luna

01:21:40severance agreement

01:21:41already.

01:21:41I looked at Damien.

01:21:44Seven years ago,

01:21:45he held my hand

01:21:46at the temple of the moon

01:21:47and said I was his only mate.

01:21:49Seven years later,

01:21:50he threw an agreement

01:21:50in front of me.

01:21:52Luna suspension accord.

01:21:54Temporarily severed

01:21:55the Luna bond.

01:21:5730 days later,

01:21:58the alpha will have the option

01:21:59to renew the mate bond.

01:22:00Choose again.

01:22:01I've heard those two words

01:22:02six times already.

01:22:03The first time,

01:22:04he took my Luna ring

01:22:05at my birthday party

01:22:06saying that Celeste

01:22:07had just returned

01:22:07to North America

01:22:08and couldn't be ruined

01:22:09by rumors.

01:22:10The third time,

01:22:11he drained my healing wolf blood

01:22:12to save her,

01:22:13leaving me unconscious

01:22:13in the medical pod

01:22:14for seven days.

01:22:15The sixth time,

01:22:16he asked me to move

01:22:17out of the master bedroom

01:22:18because Celeste said

01:22:20she couldn't stand my scent.

01:22:21Now,

01:22:22for the seventh time,

01:22:24he didn't even bother

01:22:25to comfort me.

01:22:26Signed.

01:22:27I looked at the agreement

01:22:28and suddenly smiled.

01:22:29Why did it have to be today?

01:22:34Celeste's eyes

01:22:35immediately welled up

01:22:36with tears.

01:22:38Lena,

01:22:39tonight is my bloodline hearing.

01:22:42The council stipulates

01:22:43that bloodline candidates

01:22:44under the public protection

01:22:46of an alpha

01:22:47cannot be involved

01:22:48in mate disputes.

01:22:49If you keep the Luna title,

01:22:51the council will cancel

01:22:52my hearing

01:22:54and brand me a homewrecker

01:22:56who interfered

01:22:57with an alpha's mate bond.

01:22:58I understood.

01:22:59The bloodline hearing

01:23:00is the highest level

01:23:01of bloodline certification

01:23:02in the North American sanctuary.

01:23:04Once approved,

01:23:05candidates gain noble status,

01:23:07council protection,

01:23:08eligibility for PAC marriage,

01:23:09and even become

01:23:10legitimate Luna candidates.

01:23:12Celeste wanted to transform

01:23:13from Damien's first love

01:23:15into a noblewoman

01:23:16recognized by the

01:23:16Moon Goddess Council.

01:23:18And I was her only obstacle.

01:23:19I looked at Damien.

01:23:21So,

01:23:21you want to kick me out

01:23:22of Luna's position first,

01:23:23just so she can pass the review

01:23:25with a clean record?

01:23:26Damien frowned.

01:23:27It's only temporary.

01:23:28Celeste may be a distant branch

01:23:29of the lost royal family.

01:23:31If she passes the hearing,

01:23:32Blackwood will gain new leverage

01:23:33in the council.

01:23:34Lena,

01:23:35you should think about the PAC.

01:23:37I see.

01:23:37He wanted both my protection

01:23:39and the title for Celeste.

01:23:41He still thought

01:23:41I would never leave.

01:23:43The silver blade

01:23:43pressed into my wrist

01:23:45and blood dripped

01:23:45onto the agreement.

01:23:47Just 30 days.

01:23:48I will choose you again.

01:23:51I would have believed him

01:23:52in the past.

01:23:53I would have cried,

01:23:54begged,

01:23:55and kneeled at his feet,

01:23:56pleading with him

01:23:56not to reject me again.

01:23:58But this time,

01:23:59I picked up the pen

01:24:00and calmly signed my name.

01:24:04Lena Ashburn.

01:24:07For a moment,

01:24:09the entire hall

01:24:09seemed to freeze.

01:24:11Damien's pupils

01:24:12suddenly contracted.

01:24:13Ashburn.

01:24:14There wasn't a single werewolf

01:24:15in the North American sanctuary

01:24:17who didn't know this surname.

01:24:1920 years ago,

01:24:20a civil war tore

01:24:21through the Ashburn royal family.

01:24:22The moon crown disappeared,

01:24:24and it was rumored

01:24:25that the main tree

01:24:25went extinct.

01:24:26Since then,

01:24:27no one dared

01:24:27to use that surname.

01:24:29Impersonating a royal bloodline

01:24:30meant execution

01:24:31by the moon goddess council.

01:24:33Damien stared tently

01:24:34at my signature.

01:24:38Lina,

01:24:38do you know

01:24:39what this surname means?

01:24:41I put down my pen.

01:24:43I know.

01:24:44He sneered.

01:24:45Ashburn is long gone.

01:24:47You dare to use

01:24:48the name of a lost royal family

01:24:49just to spine me?

01:24:50I looked up at him.

01:24:51Who told you

01:24:52Ashburn was gone?

01:24:55I personally unclasped

01:24:57the mate bond necklace

01:24:57from the back of my neck.

01:24:59Damien,

01:24:59I accept your rejection.

01:25:01The moment the mate bond severed,

01:25:03the excruciating pain

01:25:04felt like silver flames

01:25:05burning through my bones.

01:25:07Damien groaned,

01:25:08his face going deathly pale.

01:25:12I took a step back.

01:25:14The seventh time

01:25:14and the last time

01:25:15my phone screen lit up.

01:25:17Ashbone Royal Rights

01:25:18Revivigation Order

01:25:1972-hour countdown begins.

01:25:22Damien was unaware.

01:25:23Tonight,

01:25:24he wasn't rejecting a wife

01:25:25who couldn't live without him.

01:25:26He was rejecting the crown

01:25:27that had sustained

01:25:28the Blackwood family

01:25:29for seven years.

01:25:33As I left the main

01:25:35Blackwood estate,

01:25:36terrestrial rain

01:25:37pounded on the steps.

01:25:38The pack members

01:25:39who had sworn allegiance to me

01:25:41before the crest

01:25:41of the moon goddess

01:25:42stood in two rows.

01:25:44But not one of them

01:25:45dared to look up at me.

01:25:48Damien chased after me.

01:25:51Lena, stop!

01:25:52He grabbed my wrist

01:25:54and pressed right onto the wound.

01:25:55Blood seeped out again.

01:25:57I looked at his hand.

01:25:59Let go.

01:26:01He paused for a moment.

01:26:03I used to soften

01:26:04whenever he touched me.

01:26:06Even if just a second ago,

01:26:07he had humiliated me

01:26:09for Celeste's sake.

01:26:10But right now,

01:26:11all I felt was pain.

01:26:13Damien,

01:26:14you're hurting me.

01:26:17He let go

01:26:18as if he had been burned.

01:26:20Celeste, wearing his coat,

01:26:22stood in the doorway

01:26:23and said softly,

01:26:27Lena,

01:26:28he's just worried about you.

01:26:30I raised my bleeding wrist,

01:26:33forcing me to sign

01:26:34with a silver blade

01:26:35as your idea of worrying.

01:26:37Celeste's face paled

01:26:38for a moment.

01:26:39Damien immediately

01:26:39stepped in front of her.

01:26:41Don't take your anger

01:26:42out on her.

01:26:43It was always like this.

01:26:45If she cried,

01:26:46the whole world

01:26:47was supposed to make way for her.

01:26:49Seven years ago,

01:26:50when I married Damien,

01:26:52my mother told me

01:26:52to keep my true surname

01:26:54a secret.

01:26:56Lena,

01:26:57the name Ashburn

01:26:58brings both crowns

01:27:00and bloodshed.

01:27:01I didn't understand

01:27:03back then.

01:27:04All I knew

01:27:04was that I loved Damien.

01:27:10So I concealed

01:27:11my moon crown bloodline,

01:27:13gave up my right

01:27:14to inherit the royal throne,

01:27:16and stood by his side

01:27:17as Lady Blackwood,

01:27:19taking him from nothing

01:27:22to the top

01:27:23of the North American sanctuary.

01:27:25He believed that Blackwood's rise

01:27:28was due to his own abilities.

01:27:31But what he didn't know

01:27:32was that it was

01:27:33the Ashburn royal credit

01:27:37that truly opened

01:27:39the doors

01:27:39of the financial world

01:27:40for him.

01:27:45It was Ashburn's proxy vote

01:27:47that suppressed

01:27:47the elders'

01:27:48impeachment

01:27:49against him.

01:27:50What calmed

01:27:51his feral wolf instincts

01:27:53was the last drop

01:27:54of the moon crown royal blood

01:27:55in my veins.

01:27:58Celeste wanted

01:27:59a bloodline hearing,

01:28:00not just to clear her name.

01:28:02She had fabricated

01:28:03a bloodline

01:28:04of a lost

01:28:04royal collateral branch.

01:28:06If the hearing passed,

01:28:08she would receive

01:28:09council certification

01:28:10and legitimatize herself.

01:28:12At that time,

01:28:13she would be qualified

01:28:14to stand beside Damien

01:28:16and qualified

01:28:17to replace me

01:28:18as the new Luna.

01:28:20Therefore,

01:28:21she had to force Damien

01:28:22to publicly sever our bond.

01:28:24What she wanted

01:28:25wasn't innocence,

01:28:27what she wanted

01:28:28was my position.

01:28:30Damien softened

01:28:31his tone

01:28:32when he saw

01:28:33my silence.

01:28:34I will restore

01:28:35your Luna title

01:28:36in 30 days.

01:28:37Go stay in the city

01:28:38for a few days

01:28:39and avoid any further

01:28:40conflict with Celeste.

01:28:42I nodded.

01:28:43I won't have

01:28:44any more conflicts

01:28:45with her.

01:28:46He visibly breathed

01:28:47a sigh of relief

01:28:48because I'm done

01:28:49with you.

01:28:50I don't know.

01:28:51I don't know.

01:28:52I don't know.

After 7 Alpha Rejections I Became Queen | She Was Rejected by Seven Alphas, but Chosen by Fate

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