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Elara spent years loving the five Alpha brothers she was destined to choose from. But after endless humiliation and betrayal, she shocks the entire pack by rejecting all five of them and walking away.
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00:00:02Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.
00:00:05My younger sister, Selina, a delicate omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the
00:00:11human territory border.
00:00:12My alpha father, my luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:00:18Selina is an omega. She's too fragile for prison.
00:00:21If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:00:24Lyra, take her place.
00:00:26I refused.
00:00:27But on a stormy night of rope of thunder, my father used absolute alpha command.
00:00:32He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.
00:00:36My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:00:41to me,
00:00:42Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:00:45Endure these seven years for now.
00:00:49Seven years later.
00:00:50Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:00:56I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates, dragging the leg
00:01:01that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
00:01:03A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:01:06The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:01:09Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:01:12The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.
00:01:14Lyra.
00:01:15Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:01:18In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:01:21Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
00:01:25You've suffered these past seven years.
00:01:27I'll keep my promise.
00:01:28Kaylin said.
00:01:29At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:01:33He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:01:35There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
00:01:38I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and slowly pulled my hand
00:01:43away.
00:01:44Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:01:47Okay.
00:01:49Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:01:512,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:01:54Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:01:57They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:01:59Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:02:02Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:02:04Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:02:07Your parents and your sister are all at Pack Medical Center calming her down.
00:02:11I closed my eyes.
00:02:12The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:02:16An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:02:18Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:02:21They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:02:26My parents loved only Selina.
00:02:28To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:02:31The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:02:34Only then did he turn to me.
00:02:35Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:02:40Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:02:42Disgrace.
00:02:43I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.
00:02:46How had I become the shameful one?
00:02:48But my expectations had died seven years ago.
00:02:51On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.
00:02:55I understand.
00:02:55I turned toward the side entrance.
00:02:57Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
00:03:00His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:03:02Lyra, Selene's scent is weakening.
00:03:05She needs me.
00:03:06Go rest.
00:03:07He did not wait for a reply.
00:03:08He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:03:11I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:03:18Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:03:24It was my beta sister, Chloe.
00:03:26Alpha father, Luna mother.
00:03:28Selene is in terrible shape mentally.
00:03:30Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:03:32If Selene catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:03:35My father sighed but said nothing.
00:03:37My mother answered first.
00:03:38She carries our blood.
00:03:39If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?
00:03:42Then what are we supposed to do?
00:03:43Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:03:46My father finally spoke.
00:03:48When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:03:53She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:03:55She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:03:57My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:04:00Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:04:04An encrypted message.
00:04:05Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:04:07You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:04:11Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:04:16under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:04:19Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:04:21You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:04:24I did not hesitate.
00:04:26On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:04:29Lyra.
00:04:30I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:04:33Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silver Moon Penitentiary.
00:04:38Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:04:40As expected, I passed.
00:04:42Ten days.
00:04:43If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:04:50The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:04:55A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:04:58Selene was back.
00:04:59Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:05:06My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:05:11world.
00:05:12The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:05:15In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:05:18Happy awakening day, Selene.
00:05:19Selene smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:05:22Then she lifted her chin.
00:05:23I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:05:26Did anyone get me something special?
00:05:27My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:05:31Kaylin was reaching for his own.
00:05:34When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:05:38Lyra, you're awake.
00:05:39Come here, celebrate with us.
00:05:41Selene turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:05:44Sorry, sis.
00:05:45My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:05:48You're not mad, are you?
00:05:50Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.
00:05:52Lyra isn't petty.
00:05:54She wouldn't blame you.
00:05:55At that, Selene boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:05:59Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
00:06:03She smiled.
00:06:04I want Kaylin as my mate.
00:06:05Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:06:09Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:06:12Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:06:14Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:06:18My surrender.
00:06:19Rage surged through my blood.
00:06:21I clenched my fists.
00:06:22And if I say no?
00:06:25Selene froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:06:29I was only joking.
00:06:31I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:06:34My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:06:37Don't be afraid, Selene.
00:06:39Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:06:41Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:06:43My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:06:46Blood means nothing.
00:06:47Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:06:50Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:06:51That's right, Selene.
00:06:52You're my only sister.
00:06:54I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:06:58And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:07:00What are they saying?
00:07:01His throat tightened before he answered.
00:07:04Selene said she was joking.
00:07:06Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:07:08The room reeked of lies.
00:07:10What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:07:13My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:07:16My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:07:18But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving
00:07:23on my own.
00:07:24Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selene.
00:07:28Ten years ago, when Selene was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.
00:07:33What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:07:37I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:07:40None of it mattered now.
00:07:41Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:07:43I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:07:45I want some air outside the territory.
00:07:47You all enjoy the party.
00:07:48Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:07:52Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:07:55Not one of them remembered.
00:07:57Today was my awakening day, too.
00:07:58Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:08:03Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:08:07With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:08:11It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:08:15The irony was almost funny.
00:08:17Ever since they brought me back at 15, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selene and
00:08:21cut me off completely.
00:08:23I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:08:26At 11.30 that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:08:30When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:08:33Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:08:35Cold fur.
00:08:37Powerful.
00:08:37A top-tier alpha.
00:08:39Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:08:42Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:08:45He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:08:48The rear door was already open.
00:08:50Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:08:52The words hit me like a blow.
00:08:54I stood there, frozen.
00:08:56Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.
00:08:59Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us
00:09:04was born.
00:09:05Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I
00:09:10was 15, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.
00:09:15I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
00:09:19He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same
00:09:25time.
00:09:26In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:09:31He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:09:34He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:09:37He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:09:41And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left greatly wounded, I gave him an echidna.
00:09:46I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:09:50Yet in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with
00:09:56his own hands.
00:09:57Lyra, what is it?
00:09:59Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:10:01Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:10:03I answered evenly, thank you.
00:10:05Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:10:07When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.
00:10:13Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:10:17mate bond?
00:10:18I had it made early.
00:10:20Do you like it?
00:10:21Bitterness filled my throat.
00:10:24Alpha, you remembered wrong.
00:10:25I don't like wedding dresses, and I hate red.
00:10:29The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:10:33At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:10:36After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
00:10:42wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.
00:10:48Kalen's eyes tightened.
00:10:49Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:10:52I'm sorry.
00:10:53I remembered wrong.
00:10:54Come on.
00:10:54I'll take you to dinner.
00:10:56On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:11:00Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
00:11:02Why are you thinner than before?
00:11:03And your leg, he never finished.
00:11:06A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:11:08The screen flashed one name, Selina.
00:11:11The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.
00:11:14Turn around.
00:11:15Now, back to the territory.
00:11:16The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan nonstop, trying to soothe her.
00:11:20When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.
00:11:24Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.
00:11:28The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.
00:11:31Her face was pale as paper.
00:11:33My sister is back, she whispered.
00:11:35A worthless omega like me should step aside now.
00:11:39Goodbye?
00:11:39Then she jumped.
00:11:41The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:11:43The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:11:45But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:11:48My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.
00:11:51All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.
00:11:53That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
00:12:11Seven years ago, my parents' adopted daughter.
00:12:14My younger sister, Selina, a delicate omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood
00:12:19spilled across the human territory border.
00:12:21My alpha father, my luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same
00:12:26patronizing plea.
00:12:27Selina is an omega.
00:12:29She's too fragile for prison.
00:12:30If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:12:33Lyra, take her place.
00:12:36I refused.
00:12:37But on a stormy night, it broke the thunder.
00:12:39My father used absolute alpha command.
00:12:41He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.
00:12:45My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf
00:12:50era and said to me,
00:12:51Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:12:54Endure these seven years for now.
00:12:58Seven years later.
00:12:59Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:13:05I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand
00:13:08and limped through the iron gates, dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver
00:13:12shackles.
00:13:13A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:13:16The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:13:18Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:13:21The suffocating pressure of a top-tier alpha still radiated from him.
00:13:24Lyra.
00:13:24Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:13:27In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:13:30Pale.
00:13:30Gaunt.
00:13:31My neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
00:13:34You've suffered these past seven years.
00:13:36I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.
00:13:38At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:13:42He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:13:45There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
00:13:47I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at him
00:13:51and slowly pulled my hand away.
00:13:53Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:13:56Okay.
00:13:58Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:14:002,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:14:03Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:14:06They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:14:08Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:14:11Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:14:13Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:14:16Your parents and your sister are all at PAC Medical Center calming her down.
00:14:20I closed my eyes.
00:14:22The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:14:25An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:14:27Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:14:31They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me,
00:14:33and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:14:35My parents loved only Selina.
00:14:37To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:14:41The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:14:43Only then did he turn to me.
00:14:45Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned,
00:14:47you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:14:49Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:14:51Disgrace.
00:14:52I had endured seven years of silver burns in Selu's place.
00:14:55How had I become the shameful one?
00:14:57But my expectations had died seven years ago.
00:15:00On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.
00:15:04I understand.
00:15:05I turned toward the side entrance.
00:15:06Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
00:15:09His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:15:12Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.
00:15:14She needs me.
00:15:15Go rest.
00:15:16He did not wait for a reply.
00:15:17He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:15:20I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:15:27Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:15:34It was my Beta sister, Chloe.
00:15:36Alpha father.
00:15:36Luna mother.
00:15:37Selina is in terrible shape mentally.
00:15:40Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:15:41If Selah catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:15:44My father sighed, but said nothing.
00:15:46My mother answered first.
00:15:47She carries our blood.
00:15:48If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?
00:15:51Then what are we supposed to do?
00:15:53Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:15:55My father finally spoke.
00:15:57When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:16:02She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:16:04She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:16:05My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:16:09Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:16:13An encrypted message.
00:16:14Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:16:16You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:16:21Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:16:25under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:16:28Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:16:30You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:16:33I did not hesitate.
00:16:35On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:16:38Lyra.
00:16:39I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:16:42Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:16:47Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:16:49As expected, I passed.
00:16:51Ten days.
00:16:52If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:17:00The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:17:04A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:17:07Selina was back.
00:17:09Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:17:14My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaelin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:17:21world.
00:17:22The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:17:24In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:17:27Happy awakening day, Selina.
00:17:29Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:17:31Then she lifted her chin.
00:17:32I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:17:35Did anyone get me something special?
00:17:37My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:17:40Kaelin was reaching for his own.
00:17:43When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:17:47Lyra, you're awake.
00:17:49Come here, celebrate with us.
00:17:50Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:17:53Sorry, sis.
00:17:54My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:17:57You're not mad, are you?
00:17:59Before I could answer, Kaelin spoke for me.
00:18:01Lyra isn't petty.
00:18:03She wouldn't blame you.
00:18:04At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:18:08Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
00:18:11She smiled.
00:18:13I want Kaelin as my mate.
00:18:14Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:18:18Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:18:21Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:18:23Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:18:27My surrender.
00:18:28Rage surged through my blood.
00:18:30I clenched my fists.
00:18:31And if I say no?
00:18:34Selina froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:18:38I was only joking.
00:18:40I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:18:44My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:18:47Don't be afraid, Selina.
00:18:48Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:18:50Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:18:52My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:18:55Blood means nothing.
00:18:56Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:18:59Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:19:01That's right, Selina.
00:19:02You're my only sister.
00:19:03I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:19:07And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:19:09What are they saying?
00:19:10His throat tightened before he answered.
00:19:13Selina said she was joking.
00:19:15Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:19:17The room reeked of lies.
00:19:19What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:19:22My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:19:25My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:19:27But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving
00:19:32on my own.
00:19:33Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selina.
00:19:38Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.
00:19:42What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:19:46I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:19:49None of it mattered now.
00:19:50Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:19:53I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:19:54I want some air outside the territory.
00:19:56You all enjoy the party.
00:19:57Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:20:01Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:20:04Not one of them remembered.
00:20:06Today was my awakening day, too.
00:20:08Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:20:12Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:20:17With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:20:21It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:20:24The irony was almost funny.
00:20:26Ever since they brought me back at fifteen, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selena and
00:20:31cut me off completely.
00:20:32I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:20:36At eleven thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:20:39When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:20:42Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:20:45Cold fur.
00:20:46Powerful.
00:20:46A top-tier alpha.
00:20:48Kaelin stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:20:52Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:20:55He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:20:57The rear door was already open.
00:21:00Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:21:02The words hit me like a blow.
00:21:03I stood there, frozen.
00:21:05Kaelin's pack and mine had been alive for generations.
00:21:08Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us
00:21:13was born.
00:21:14Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I
00:21:19was fifteen, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.
00:21:24I still remember the first time I saw Kaelin after I was brought back.
00:21:28He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same
00:21:34time.
00:21:35In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:21:41He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:21:43He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:21:46He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:21:50And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left gravely empty, I gave him an echidna.
00:21:55I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:21:59Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Pennipotentiary with
00:22:05his own hands.
00:22:06Lyra, what is it?
00:22:08Kaelin's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:22:10Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:22:12I answered evenly, thank you.
00:22:14Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:22:17When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding rite.
00:22:22Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:22:26mate bond?
00:22:27I had it made early.
00:22:29Do you like it?
00:22:31Bitterness filled my throat.
00:22:33Alpha, you remembered wrong.
00:22:35I don't like wedding dresses.
00:22:36And I hate red.
00:22:38The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:22:42At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:22:45After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct.
00:22:52Wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature and bring me home.
00:22:57Kaelin's eyes tightened.
00:22:58Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:23:01I'm sorry.
00:23:02I remembered wrong.
00:23:03Come on.
00:23:04I'll take you to dinner.
00:23:05On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:23:09Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
00:23:11Why are you thinner than before?
00:23:12And your leg, he never finished.
00:23:14A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:23:17The screen flashed one name, Selina.
00:23:20The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.
00:23:23Turn around.
00:23:24Now, back to the territory.
00:23:25The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan non-stop, trying to soothe her.
00:23:29When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.
00:23:34Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.
00:23:37The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.
00:23:40Her face was pale as paper.
00:23:42My sister is back, she whispered.
00:23:44A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.
00:23:48Goodbye?
00:23:49Then she jumped.
00:23:50The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:23:52The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:23:54But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:23:57My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.
00:24:00All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.
00:24:03That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
00:24:20Seven years ago, my parents adopted daughter.
00:24:23My younger sister, Selina, a delicate Omega, got drunk, caused a hit and run, and left blood spilled across the
00:24:29human territory border.
00:24:30My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:24:37Selina is an Omega.
00:24:38She's too fragile for prison.
00:24:39If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:24:43Lyra, take her place.
00:24:45I refused.
00:24:46But on a stormy night ago, my father used absolute Alpha command.
00:24:50He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transport.
00:24:54My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:25:00to me,
00:25:00Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:25:03Endure these seven years for now.
00:25:07Seven years later.
00:25:09Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:25:14I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates,
00:25:19dragging the leg that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
00:25:22A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:25:25The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:25:27Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:25:30The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.
00:25:33Lyra.
00:25:33Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:25:36In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:25:39Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by Silverweapon.
00:25:43You've suffered these past seven years.
00:25:45I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.
00:25:47At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:25:51He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:25:54There was no spot, no shiver, no bond.
00:25:56I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at me and slowly pulled my hand
00:26:02away.
00:26:03Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:26:06Okay.
00:26:07Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:26:102,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:26:13Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:26:15They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:26:17Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:26:20Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:26:22Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:26:25Your parents and your sister are all at PAC Medical Center calming her down.
00:26:29I closed my eyes.
00:26:31The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:26:34An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:26:37Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:26:40They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:26:45My parents loved only Selina.
00:26:46To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:26:50The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:26:52Only then did he turn to me.
00:26:54Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:26:58Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:27:00Disgrace.
00:27:01I had endured seven years of silver burns in Selu's place.
00:27:04How had I become the shameful one?
00:27:06But my expectations had died seven years ago, on that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force
00:27:12my confession.
00:27:13I understand.
00:27:13I turned toward the side entrance.
00:27:16Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind link.
00:27:19His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:27:21Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening.
00:27:23She needs me.
00:27:24Go rest.
00:27:25He did not wait for a reply.
00:27:27He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:27:29I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:27:36Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion, I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:27:43It was my Beta sister, Chloe.
00:27:45Alpha father.
00:27:46Luna mother.
00:27:47Selina is in terrible shape mentally.
00:27:49Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:27:51If Selah catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:27:53My father sighed, but said nothing.
00:27:55My mother answered first.
00:27:56She carries our blood.
00:27:57If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other pack say?
00:28:00Then what are we supposed to do?
00:28:02Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:28:05My father finally spoke.
00:28:06When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:28:11She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:28:13She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:28:15My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:28:19Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:28:22An encrypted message.
00:28:24Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:28:25You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:28:30Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:28:34under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:28:37Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:28:40You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:28:42I did not hesitate.
00:28:44On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:28:47Lyra.
00:28:48I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:28:51Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:28:56Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:28:59As expected, I passed.
00:29:00Ten days.
00:29:01If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:29:09The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:29:13A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:29:17Selina was back.
00:29:18Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:29:24My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:29:30world.
00:29:31The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:29:33In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:29:36Happy awakening day, Selina.
00:29:38Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:29:40Then she lifted her chin.
00:29:42I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:29:44Did anyone get me something special?
00:29:46My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:29:50Kaylin was reaching for his own.
00:29:52When his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:29:56Lyra, you're awake.
00:29:58Come here.
00:29:58Celebrate with us.
00:29:59Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:30:02Sorry, sis.
00:30:03My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:30:07You're not mad, are you?
00:30:08Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.
00:30:10Lyra isn't petty.
00:30:12She wouldn't blame you.
00:30:13At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:30:17Since it's my awakening day, give me a present too.
00:30:21She smiled.
00:30:22I want Kaylin as my mate.
00:30:24Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:30:27Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:30:30Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:30:32Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:30:36My surrender.
00:30:37Rage surged through my blood.
00:30:39I clenched my fists.
00:30:40And if I say no?
00:30:43Selina froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:30:47I was only joking.
00:30:49I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:30:53My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:30:56Don't be afraid, Selina.
00:30:57Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:30:59Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:31:01My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:31:04Blood means nothing.
00:31:06Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:31:08Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:31:09That's right, Selina.
00:31:11You're my only sister.
00:31:12I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:31:16And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:31:18What are they saying?
00:31:19His throat tightened before he answered.
00:31:22Selina said she was joking.
00:31:24Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:31:26The room reeked of lies.
00:31:28What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:31:32My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:31:34My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:31:36But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home, they despised the habits I had picked up surviving
00:31:42on my own.
00:31:43Every resource.
00:31:44Every ounce of love.
00:31:45They gave it all to Selina.
00:31:47Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy, the entire pack celebrated her.
00:31:51What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:31:55I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:31:58None of it mattered now.
00:32:00Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:32:02I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:32:04I want some air outside the territory.
00:32:05You all enjoy the party.
00:32:06Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:32:10Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:32:14Not one of them remembered.
00:32:15Today was my awakening day, too.
00:32:17Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:32:21Because of my prison record, the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:32:26With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:32:30It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:32:33The irony was almost funny.
00:32:35Ever since they brought me back at 15, they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selina and
00:32:40cut me off completely.
00:32:41I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:32:45At 11.30 that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:32:49When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:32:52Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:32:54Cold fur.
00:32:55Powerful.
00:32:56A top-tier alpha.
00:32:57Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:33:01Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:33:04He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:33:06The rear door was already open.
00:33:09Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:33:11The words hit me like a blow.
00:33:12I stood there, frozen.
00:33:14Kalen's pack and mine had been allied for generations.
00:33:17Our territories shared a border, and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us
00:33:23was born.
00:33:23Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two and was not found again until I
00:33:28was 15, bruised and scarred, that ancient agreement never changed.
00:33:34I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
00:33:37He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt, powerful enough to command submission, yet somehow warm at the same
00:33:44time.
00:33:44In that cold territory, he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:33:50He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:33:52He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:33:55He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:34:00And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left Graveland, I gave him an echidna.
00:34:04I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:34:08Yet, in the end, he was also the one who used alpha authority to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with
00:34:14his own hands.
00:34:15Lyra, what is it?
00:34:17Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:34:19Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:34:22I answered evenly, thank you.
00:34:23Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:34:26When I opened it, I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding rite.
00:34:31Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:34:35mate bond?
00:34:36I had it made early.
00:34:39Do you like it?
00:34:40Bitterness filled my throat.
00:34:42Alpha, you remembered wrong.
00:34:44I don't like wedding dresses.
00:34:46And I hate red.
00:34:47The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:34:51At the time, I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:34:55After I was old enough to remember, every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
00:35:01wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent of signature and bring me home.
00:35:06Kalen's eyes tightened.
00:35:07Just like he had years ago, he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:35:11I'm sorry.
00:35:11I remembered wrong.
00:35:12Come on.
00:35:13I'll take you to dinner.
00:35:14On the drive back, he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:35:18Lyra, why is your scent so faint?
00:35:20Why are you thinner than before?
00:35:22And your leg, he never finished.
00:35:24A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:35:26The screen flashed one name, Selina.
00:35:29The moment he answered, panic flooded his face.
00:35:32Turn around.
00:35:33Now, back to the territory.
00:35:34The whole drive back, he spoke into the comdibeshan non-stop, trying to soothe her.
00:35:38When we rushed into the manor grounds, I looked up.
00:35:43Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress, swaying at the edge.
00:35:47The moment she caught our scent, Selina looked down at us from above.
00:35:50Her face was pale as paper.
00:35:51My sister is back, she whispered.
00:35:54A worthless Omega like me should step aside now.
00:35:57Goodbye?
00:35:58Then she jumped.
00:35:59The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:36:01The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:36:03But when Selina fell, every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:36:07My father, my mother, Chloe, even Kaylin.
00:36:09All of them lodged forward in a frenzy to save the weaker wolf.
00:36:12That night, the scream of ambulance sirens echoed over the territory.
00:36:30Seven years ago, my parents' adopted daughter, my younger sister Selina, a delicate Omega, got drunk, caused a hit and
00:36:36run, and left blood spilled across the human territory border.
00:36:39My Alpha father, my Luna mother, and my biological younger sister all came to me with the same patronizing plea.
00:36:46Selina is an Omega.
00:36:47She's too fragile for prison.
00:36:48If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary, her wolf won't survive it.
00:36:52Lyra, take her place.
00:36:54I refused.
00:36:55But on a stormy night, he wrote befriended.
00:36:57My father used absolute Alpha command.
00:36:59He crushed my will, took control of my mind, and personally delivered me to the prison transplant.
00:37:03My fiancé, my fated mate, Kaylin, the strongest Alpha in the pack, held back his raging wolf era and said
00:37:09to me,
00:37:10Lyra, when you get out, we'll complete the mate bond.
00:37:12Endure these seven years for now.
00:37:16Seven years later.
00:37:18Lyra, once you leave Silvermoon Penitentiary, keep your wolf under control and do not look back.
00:37:23I took the mold-smelling canvas bag from the guard's hand and limped through the iron gates, dragging the leg
00:37:29that had been ruined by four silver shackles.
00:37:31A black military SUV waited outside the territory.
00:37:34The window rolled down revealed Kaylin's sharp, striking face.
00:37:37Seven years had passed, and he looked exactly the same.
00:37:39The suffocating pressure of a top-tier Alpha still radiated from him.
00:37:42Lyra.
00:37:42Instinctively, I shrunk back before forcing myself in the passenger seat.
00:37:46In the rearview mirror, I caught sight of my own reflection.
00:37:48Pale, gaunt, my neck covered in burn scars left by silver weapon.
00:37:52You've suffered these past seven years.
00:37:54I'll keep my promise, Kaylin said.
00:37:57At the next full moon night, I'll officially mark you and make you my Luna.
00:38:00He reached over and covered my rough hand with his.
00:38:03There was no spark, no shiver, no bond.
00:38:06I looked into his golden-green eyes, where my withered reflection stared back at him and slowly pulled my hand
00:38:11away.
00:38:12Even the wolf inside me could not be bothered to whimper.
00:38:15Okay.
00:38:17Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:38:192,557 days soaked in blood and violence.
00:38:22Long enough to see Kaylin and my family for what they truly were.
00:38:24They had never loved me, and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:38:27Sensing my indifference, Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:38:29Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:38:31Her trauma response disorder is acting up again.
00:38:34Your parents and your sister are all at Pact Medical Center calming her down.
00:38:38I closed my eyes.
00:38:40The SUV drove into the heart of Crescent Moon Pact territory.
00:38:43An hour later, we arrived at my home.
00:38:46Only the Beta Butler and a few Omega Solvents were inside the manor.
00:38:49They caught the cheap, sour prison smelt clinging to me, and the disgust in their eyes was impossible to hide.
00:38:54My parents loved only Selina.
00:38:56To the servants, I had never been the eldest daughter of this house.
00:38:59The Beta Butler bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:39:02Only then did he turn to me.
00:39:03Miss Lyra, Luna says that now you've returned, you are to stay inside your own scent circle.
00:39:07Do not wander around and disgrace the pack.
00:39:09Disgrace.
00:39:10I had endured seven years of silver burns in Salud's place.
00:39:13How had I become the shameful one?
00:39:15But my expectations had died seven years ago.
00:39:18On that storm-filled night when they used Alpha Command to force my confession.
00:39:22I understand. I turned toward the side entrance.
00:39:25Then Kaylin stiffened, receiving an urgent mind-link.
00:39:28His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:39:30Lyra, Selen's scent is weakening. She needs me. Go rest.
00:39:34He did not wait for a reply.
00:39:36He turned at once and disappeared into the night.
00:39:39I limped back to the storage room that belonged to me and curled up on the narrow wooden bed.
00:39:45Late that night, drifting between sleep and exhaustion,
00:39:49I heard voices downstairs in the living room.
00:39:52It was my beta sister, Chloe.
00:39:54Alpha father, Luna mother.
00:39:56Selen is in terrible shape mentally.
00:39:58Shouldn't we move Lyra out of the manor?
00:40:00If Selah catches her scent, she'll have another episode.
00:40:03My father sighed, but said nothing.
00:40:04My mother answered first.
00:40:05She carries our blood.
00:40:06If we throw her out the moment she gets back from prison, what will the other packs say?
00:40:10Then what are we supposed to do?
00:40:11Chloe paced the room, agitation sharp in her voice.
00:40:14My father finally spoke.
00:40:15When Selene returns, order Lyra to suppress every trace of her scent.
00:40:20She is not to appear in front of Selene.
00:40:22She is not to leave her room for any reason.
00:40:24My eyes stayed shut, but a burning ache rose behind them.
00:40:28Then the custom comm device hidden beneath my pillow began to vibrate.
00:40:32An encrypted message.
00:40:32Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:40:34You have passed the evaluation for the Global Institute for Werewolf and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:40:39Once you accept the contract, you will depart in ten days, on the night of the full moon,
00:40:43under a new identity for Sanctum Isle on Dominica Island.
00:40:46Your pack identity will be permanently erased.
00:40:49You may not contact any outside wolves for five years.
00:40:52I did not hesitate.
00:40:53On the holographic display, I signed my name.
00:40:56Lyra.
00:40:57I had passed the Institute's selection process seven years ago.
00:41:00Before I could take the oath and join, my parents sent me to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:41:05Shortly before my release, I applied again.
00:41:08As expected, I passed.
00:41:10Ten days.
00:41:10If I could endure ten more days, I would sever the pack bond tying me to this frozen family forever.
00:41:18The next morning, I washed up and pushed open the warped door.
00:41:22A rich, sugary omega scent flooded the hallway.
00:41:26Selina was back.
00:41:27Dressed in a flowing white gown, she sat in the center of the leather sofa like a princess on display.
00:41:33My alpha father, my luna mother, Chloe, and Kaylin all surrounded her as if she was the center of their
00:41:39world.
00:41:40The beta butler set down an elegant cake.
00:41:43In perfect unison, everyone said,
00:41:45Happy Awakening Day, Selina.
00:41:47Selina smiled sweetly and thanked them all.
00:41:49Then she lifted her chin.
00:41:50I just got out of the sterile recovery room.
00:41:53Did anyone get me something special?
00:41:55My parents and Chloe each presented expensive gifts.
00:41:59Kaylin was reaching for his own when his sharp gaze found me standing in the shadows.
00:42:05Lyra, you're awake.
00:42:07Come here.
00:42:08Celebrate with us.
00:42:08Selina turned toward me, releasing a cloud of innocent pheromones.
00:42:11Sorry, sis.
00:42:12My nerve pain flared up yesterday so I couldn't come pick you up.
00:42:16You're not mad, are you?
00:42:17Before I could answer, Kaylin spoke for me.
00:42:19Lyra isn't petty.
00:42:21She wouldn't blame you.
00:42:23At that, Selina boldly slipped her arm through his and looked straight at me.
00:42:27Since it's my Awakening Day, give me a present too.
00:42:30She smiled.
00:42:31I want Kaylin as my mate.
00:42:33Stealing another wolf's mate was one of the greatest taboons in pack law.
00:42:36Yet after she said it openly, no one in the room object.
00:42:39Every wolf there stayed silent.
00:42:42Their status, their pressure, their authority all pushed toward one thing.
00:42:45My surrender.
00:42:46Rage surged through my blood.
00:42:48I clenched my fists.
00:42:50And if I say no?
00:42:52Selina froze for half a second, then switched to French and whimpered dramatically.
00:42:57I was only joking.
00:42:58I didn't realize my sister's feral instinct was this savage.
00:43:02My Luna mother answered her in the same flawless French.
00:43:05Don't be afraid, Selina.
00:43:06Lyra spent too long out in the wild.
00:43:08Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:43:10My alpha father released the calming scent of pine.
00:43:13Blood means nothing.
00:43:15Your mother and I have only one true daughter.
00:43:17Chloe joined in without hesitation.
00:43:19That's right, Selina.
00:43:20You're my only sister.
00:43:21I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and pretended not to understand a word.
00:43:25And instead, I turned to Kaylin.
00:43:27What are they saying?
00:43:28His throat tightened before he answered.
00:43:31Selina said she was joking.
00:43:33Everyone just thinks you're being too sensitive.
00:43:35The room reeked of lies.
00:43:38What none of them knew was that I had understood every word.
00:43:40My Luna mother was a world-renowned painter.
00:43:43My alpha father had once ruled the business world.
00:43:46But ever since they brought me back from St. Mary's home,
00:43:48they despised the habits I had picked up surviving on my own.
00:43:52Every resource, every ounce of love, they gave it all to Selina.
00:43:56Ten years ago, when Selina was accepted into Elite Art Academy,
00:43:59the entire pack celebrated her.
00:44:01What they never knew was that I had been admitted to the most prestigious university in the country.
00:44:05I had also taught myself French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:44:07None of it mattered now.
00:44:08Soon, I would be gone from this territory for good.
00:44:11I just got out of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:44:13I want some air outside the territory.
00:44:15You all enjoy the party.
00:44:16Under their contemptuous stares, I dragged my damaged leg towards the door.
00:44:19Behind me, their laughter and French mockery tangled together.
00:44:23Not one of them remembered.
00:44:24Today was my awakening day, too.
00:44:26Once I left the territory, I suppressed my wolf aura and took a bus to downtown Seattle.
00:44:30Because of my prison record,
00:44:32the pack had erased my education and every official file tied to my name.
00:44:35With a ruined leg and no history, I could only find work at a run-down roadside diner.
00:44:39It would be enough to survive the next ten days.
00:44:42The irony was almost funny.
00:44:44Ever since they brought me back at fifteen,
00:44:46they had resented me for not being as accomplished as Selina and cut me off completely.
00:44:50I had paid for school, food, and survival by working in the human world.
00:44:54At eleven-thirty that night, I finished washing the last dish.
00:44:57When I stepped outside, freezing rain hit my face.
00:45:01Then another scent cut through the storm.
00:45:03Cold fur.
00:45:04Powerful.
00:45:05A top-tier alpha.
00:45:06Kalen stepped out of a black SUV and strode straight toward me.
00:45:10Lyra, why have you been gone so long?
00:45:13He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the car.
00:45:15The rear door was already open.
00:45:18Lyra, happy awakening day.
00:45:20The words hit me like a blow.
00:45:21I stood there, frozen.
00:45:23Kalen's pack and mine had been alive for generations.
00:45:26Our territories shared a border,
00:45:28and our families had been bound by an old promise long before either of us was born.
00:45:32Even after I went missing in Blackwood Forest at the age of two
00:45:35and was not found again until I was fifteen,
00:45:38bruised and scarred,
00:45:40that ancient agreement never changed.
00:45:43I still remember the first time I saw Kalen after I was brought back.
00:45:46He stood in the sunlight wearing a white shirt,
00:45:49powerful enough to command submission,
00:45:51yet somehow warm at the same time.
00:45:53In that cold territory,
00:45:55he was the only one who never recoiled from the wild scent clinging to me.
00:45:59He used his alpha pressure to shield me.
00:46:02He brought me prey and gifts on holidays.
00:46:04He was the only person in that steel and stone world who had ever been kind to me.
00:46:09And when he was ambushed by a rival pack and left greatly wounded,
00:46:12I gave him my kidney.
00:46:13I poured the core of my wolf vitality into him without hesitation.
00:46:17Yet, in the end,
00:46:18he was also the one who used alpha authority
00:46:21to send me to Silvermoon Penipotentiary with his own hands.
00:46:24Lyra, what is it?
00:46:26Kalen's deep voice pulled me back to the present.
00:46:29Did you think I forgot your awakenation day?
00:46:31I answered evenly,
00:46:32Then he handed me another beautifully wrapped box.
00:46:35When I opened it,
00:46:36I found a custom-made red wedding gown for a bonding right.
00:46:41Do you remember telling me as a child that you wanted to wear a red dress when we completed our
00:46:45mate bond?
00:46:45I had it made early.
00:46:48Do you like it?
00:46:49Bitterness filled my throat.
00:46:51Alpha,
00:46:52you remembered wrong.
00:46:53I don't like wedding dresses.
00:46:55And I hate red.
00:46:56The headmistress at St. Mary's home once told me she had found me abandoned outside a bridal shop.
00:47:01At the time,
00:47:01I had been wearing an expensive red dress.
00:47:04After I was old enough to remember,
00:47:06every full moon night I would return to bridal shop windows by instinct,
00:47:10wearing red clothes so my people could follow my scent signature
00:47:14and bring me home.
00:47:15Kalen's eyes tightened.
00:47:17Just like he had years ago,
00:47:18he reached over and ruffled my hair.
00:47:20I'm sorry.
00:47:20I remembered wrong.
00:47:22Come on.
00:47:22I'll take you to dinner.
00:47:23On the drive back,
00:47:24he kept my hand clasped tightly in his.
00:47:27Lyra,
00:47:28why is your scent so faint?
00:47:29Why are you thinner than before?
00:47:31And your leg,
00:47:32he never finished.
00:47:33A shrink ringtone cut through the car.
00:47:35The screen flashed one name,
00:47:37Selina.
00:47:38The moment he answered,
00:47:40panic flooded his face.
00:47:41Turn around.
00:47:42Now,
00:47:43back to the territory.
00:47:44The whole drive back,
00:47:45he spoke into the Kham Dibeshan non-stop,
00:47:47trying to soothe her.
00:47:48When we rushed into the manor grounds,
00:47:50I looked up.
00:47:52Selina stood on the rooftop in a white dress,
00:47:55swaying at the edge.
00:47:56The moment she caught our scent,
00:47:57Selina looked down at us from above.
00:47:59Her face was pale as paper.
00:48:00My sister is back,
00:48:02she whispered.
00:48:03A worthless Omega like me
00:48:04should step aside now.
00:48:07Goodbye?
00:48:07Then she jumped.
00:48:08The Pac-Manon was only one story high.
00:48:10The roof was barely 30 feet above the ground.
00:48:12But when Selina fell,
00:48:13every one of my so-called family moved on instinct.
00:48:16My father,
00:48:16my mother,
00:48:17Chloe,
00:48:17even Kaylin.
00:48:18All of them lodged forward in a frenzy
00:48:20to save the weaker wolf.
00:48:21That night,
00:48:22the scream of ambulance sirens
00:48:23echoed over the territory.
00:48:39Seven years ago,
00:48:40my parents adopted daughter.
00:48:42My younger sister,
00:48:43Selina,
00:48:43a delicate Omega,
00:48:44got drunk,
00:48:45caused a hit and run,
00:48:46and left blood spilled
00:48:47across the human territory border.
00:48:49My Alpha father,
00:48:50my Luna mother,
00:48:51and my biological younger sister
00:48:52all came to me
00:48:53with the same patronizing plea.
00:48:55Selina is an Omega.
00:48:56She's too fragile for prison.
00:48:57If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,
00:48:59her wolf won't survive it.
00:49:01Lyra,
00:49:02take her place.
00:49:03I refused,
00:49:04but on a stormy night ago,
00:49:06my father used absolute Alpha command.
00:49:08He crushed my will,
00:49:10took control of my mind,
00:49:11and personally delivered me
00:49:12to the prison transport.
00:49:13My fiancé,
00:49:14my fated mate,
00:49:14Kaylin,
00:49:15the strongest Alpha in the pack,
00:49:16held back his raging wolf era
00:49:18and said to me,
00:49:19Lyra,
00:49:19when you get out,
00:49:20we'll complete the mate bond.
00:49:22Endure these seven years
00:49:24for now.
00:49:25Seven years later,
00:49:27Lyra,
00:49:28once you leave
00:49:29Silvermoon Penitentiary,
00:49:30keep your wolf under control
00:49:31and do not look back.
00:49:33I took the mold-smelling canvas bag
00:49:35from the guard's hand
00:49:36and limped through the iron gates,
00:49:38dragging the leg
00:49:38that had been ruined
00:49:39by four silver shackles.
00:49:40A black military SUV
00:49:41waited outside the territory.
00:49:43The window rolled down
00:49:44revealed Kaylin's sharp,
00:49:45striking face.
00:49:46Seven years had passed,
00:49:47and he looked exactly the same.
00:49:48The suffocating pressure
00:49:49of a top-tier Alpha
00:49:50still radiated from him.
00:49:51Lyra,
00:49:52instinctively I shrunk back
00:49:53before forcing myself
00:49:54in the passenger seat.
00:49:55In the rearview mirror,
00:49:56I caught sight of my own reflection,
00:49:57pale,
00:49:58gaunt,
00:49:59my neck covered in burn scars
00:50:00left by silver weapon.
00:50:01You've suffered these past seven years.
00:50:04I'll keep my promise,
00:50:05Kaylin said.
00:50:06At the next full moon night,
00:50:07I'll officially mark you
00:50:08and make you my Luna.
00:50:09He reached over
00:50:10and covered my rough hand with his.
00:50:12There was no spark,
00:50:13no shiver,
00:50:14no bond.
00:50:15I looked into his golden-green eyes,
00:50:17where my withered reflection
00:50:18stared back at me
00:50:19and slowly pulled my hand away.
00:50:21Even the wolf inside me
00:50:22could not be bothered to whimper.
00:50:24Okay.
00:50:26Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary,
00:50:282,557 days soaked in blood and violence,
00:50:31long enough to see Kaylin and my family
00:50:32for what they truly were.
00:50:33They had never loved me,
00:50:34and I no longer wanted to be his mate.
00:50:36Sensing my indifference,
00:50:37Kaylin let out a low, irritated sound.
00:50:38Selina knows you're coming back today.
00:50:40Her trauma response disorder
00:50:42is acting up again.
00:50:44Your parents and your sister
00:50:45are all at Pack Medical Center
00:50:47calming her down.
00:50:48I closed my eyes.
00:50:49The SUV drove into the heart
00:50:51of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
00:50:53An hour later,
00:50:53we arrived at my home.
00:50:55Only the Beta Butler
00:50:56and a few Omega Solvents
00:50:57were inside the manor.
00:50:58They caught the cheap,
00:50:59sour prison smell clinging to me,
00:51:00and the disgust in their eyes
00:51:02was impossible to hide.
00:51:03My parents loved only Selina.
00:51:05To the servants,
00:51:06I had never been the eldest daughter
00:51:07of this house.
00:51:08The Beta Butler
00:51:09bowed respectfully to Kaylin first.
00:51:11Only then did he turn to me.
00:51:13Miss Lyra,
00:51:13Luna says that now you've returned,
00:51:14you are to stay inside
00:51:15your own scent circle.
00:51:16Do not wander around
00:51:17and disgrace the pack.
00:51:18Disgrace.
00:51:19I had endured seven years
00:51:21of silver burns in Salud's place.
00:51:23How had I become
00:51:24the shameful one?
00:51:25But my expectations
00:51:26had died seven years ago.
00:51:27On that storm-filled night
00:51:29when they used Alpha Command
00:51:30to force my confession,
00:51:31I understand.
00:51:32I turned toward the side entrance.
00:51:34Then Kaylin stiffened,
00:51:35receiving an urgent mind link.
00:51:37His pupils sharpened into slits.
00:51:39Lyra,
00:51:40Selen's scent is weakening.
00:51:42She needs me.
00:51:43Go rest.
00:51:43He did not wait for a reply.
00:51:45He turned at once
00:51:46and disappeared into the night.
00:51:48I limped back to the storage room
00:51:49that belonged to me
00:51:51and curled up
00:51:52on the narrow wooden bed.
00:51:55Late that night,
00:51:56drifting between sleep
00:51:57and exhaustion,
00:51:58I heard voices downstairs
00:52:00in the living room.
00:52:01It was my beta sister,
00:52:03Chloe.
00:52:03Alpha father,
00:52:04Luna mother.
00:52:05Selenna is in terrible shape
00:52:06mentally.
00:52:07Shouldn't we move Lyra
00:52:08out of the manor?
00:52:09If Selenna catches her scent,
00:52:10she'll have another episode.
00:52:12My father sighed
00:52:13but said nothing.
00:52:13My mother answered first.
00:52:14She carries our blood.
00:52:16If we throw her out
00:52:16the moment she gets back from prison,
00:52:18what will the other packs say?
00:52:19Then what are we supposed to do?
00:52:20Chloe paced the room,
00:52:21agitation sharp in her voice.
00:52:23My father finally spoke.
00:52:25When Selenna returns,
00:52:26order Lyra to suppress
00:52:27every trace of her scent.
00:52:29She is not to appear
00:52:30in front of Selen.
00:52:31She is not to leave her room
00:52:32for any reason.
00:52:33My eyes stayed shut
00:52:34but a burning ache
00:52:36rose behind them.
00:52:37Then the custom comm device
00:52:39hidden beneath my pillow
00:52:40began to vibrate.
00:52:41An encrypted message.
00:52:42Miss Lyra, congratulations.
00:52:44You have passed the evaluation
00:52:45for the Global Institute
00:52:46for Werewolf
00:52:47and Supernatural Secrecy.
00:52:48Once you accept the contract,
00:52:49you will depart in ten days
00:52:51on the night of the full moon
00:52:52under a new identity
00:52:53for Sanctum Isle
00:52:54on Dominica Island.
00:52:55Your pack identity
00:52:56will be permanently erased.
00:52:58You may not contact
00:52:59any outside wolves
00:53:00for five years.
00:53:01I did not hesitate.
00:53:02On the holographic display,
00:53:04I signed my name.
00:53:06Lyra.
00:53:06I had passed the Institute's
00:53:08selection process
00:53:09seven years ago.
00:53:10Before I could take the oath
00:53:11and join,
00:53:12my parents sent me
00:53:13to Silver Moon Penitentiary.
00:53:14Shortly before my release,
00:53:16I applied again.
00:53:17As expected,
00:53:18I passed.
00:53:19Ten days.
00:53:20If I could endure
00:53:21ten more days,
00:53:22I would sever the pack bond
00:53:23tying me to this
00:53:24frozen family forever.
00:53:27The next morning,
00:53:28I washed up
00:53:29and pushed open
00:53:30the warped door.
00:53:31A rich,
00:53:33sugary Omega scent
00:53:34flooded the hallway.
00:53:35Selena was back.
00:53:36Dressed in a flowing
00:53:37white gown,
00:53:38she sat in the center
00:53:39of the leather sofa
00:53:40like a princess on display.
00:53:42My alpha father,
00:53:44my luna mother,
00:53:45Chloe,
00:53:45and Kaylin
00:53:46all surrounded her
00:53:47as if she was
00:53:47the center of their world.
00:53:49The beta butler
00:53:50set down an elegant cake.
00:53:52In perfect unison,
00:53:53everyone said,
00:53:54Happy Awakening Day, Selena.
00:53:56Selena smiled sweetly
00:53:57and thanked them all.
00:53:58Then she lifted her chin.
00:54:00I just got out
00:54:01of the sterile recovery room.
00:54:02Did anyone get me
00:54:03something special?
00:54:04My parents and Chloe
00:54:05each presented
00:54:06expensive gifts.
00:54:08Kaylin was reaching
00:54:09for his own.
00:54:10when his sharp gaze
00:54:12found me standing
00:54:13in the shadows.
00:54:14Lyra,
00:54:15you're awake.
00:54:16Come here.
00:54:17Celebrate with us.
00:54:18Selena turned toward me,
00:54:19releasing a cloud
00:54:19of innocent pheromones.
00:54:20Sorry, sis.
00:54:22My nerve pain
00:54:23flared up yesterday
00:54:23so I couldn't come
00:54:24pick you up.
00:54:25You're not mad, are you?
00:54:26Before I could answer,
00:54:27Kaylin spoke for me.
00:54:29Lyra isn't petty.
00:54:30She wouldn't blame you.
00:54:32At that,
00:54:32Selena boldly slipped
00:54:33her arm through his
00:54:34and looked straight at me.
00:54:36Since it's my
00:54:37awakening day,
00:54:38give me a present too.
00:54:39She smiled.
00:54:40I want Kaylin
00:54:41as my mate.
00:54:42Stealing another wolf's mate
00:54:43was one of the greatest
00:54:44taboons in pack law.
00:54:46Yet after she said it openly,
00:54:47no one in the room object.
00:54:49Every wolf there
00:54:50stayed silent.
00:54:51Their status,
00:54:51their pressure,
00:54:52their authority
00:54:53all pushed toward one thing.
00:54:54My surrender.
00:54:55Rage surged
00:54:56through my blood.
00:54:57I clenched my fists.
00:54:59And if I say no?
00:55:01Selena froze
00:55:02for half a second,
00:55:03then switched to French
00:55:04and whimpered dramatically.
00:55:05I was only joking.
00:55:07I didn't realize
00:55:08my sister's feral instinct
00:55:10was this savage.
00:55:11My Luna mother answered her
00:55:12in the same flawless French.
00:55:14Don't be afraid,
00:55:15Selena.
00:55:16Lyra spent too long
00:55:17out in the wild.
00:55:18Her bloodline is beneath yours.
00:55:19My alpha father released
00:55:21the calming scent of pine.
00:55:23Blood means nothing.
00:55:24Your mother and I
00:55:25have only one true daughter.
00:55:26Chloe joined in
00:55:27without hesitation.
00:55:28That's right,
00:55:29Selena.
00:55:29You're my only sister.
00:55:30I forced down the bitterness
00:55:31rising in my chest
00:55:33and pretended not to
00:55:34understand a word.
00:55:35And instead,
00:55:35I turned to Kaylin.
00:55:36What are they saying?
00:55:38His throat tightened
00:55:39before he answered.
00:55:41Selena said she was joking.
00:55:42Everyone just thinks
00:55:43you're being too sensitive.
00:55:45The room reeked of lies.
00:55:47What none of them knew
00:55:48was that I had understood
00:55:49every word.
00:55:50My Luna mother
00:55:51was a world-renowned painter.
00:55:52My alpha father
00:55:53had once ruled
00:55:54the business world.
00:55:55But ever since they brought me
00:55:56back from St. Mary's home,
00:55:58they despised the habits
00:55:59I had picked up
00:56:00surviving on my own.
00:56:01Every resource,
00:56:02every ounce of love,
00:56:04they gave it all to Selene.
00:56:05Ten years ago,
00:56:06when Selena was accepted
00:56:07into Elite Art Academy,
00:56:08the entire pack celebrated her.
00:56:10What they never knew
00:56:11was that I had been admitted
00:56:11to the most prestigious
00:56:12university in the country.
00:56:14I had also taught myself
00:56:15French, Italian, and Spanish.
00:56:17None of it mattered now.
00:56:18Soon, I would be gone
00:56:19from this territory for good.
00:56:20I just got out
00:56:21of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
00:56:22I want some air
00:56:23outside the territory.
00:56:24You all enjoy the party.
00:56:25Under their contemptuous stairs,
00:56:26I dragged my damaged leg
00:56:27towards the door.
00:56:28Behind me,
00:56:29their laughter
00:56:30and French mockery
00:56:31tangled together.
00:56:32Not one of them remembered.
00:56:33Today was my awakening day, too.
00:56:35Once I left the territory,
00:56:36I suppressed my wolf aura
00:56:38and took a bus
00:56:38to downtown Seattle.
00:56:39Because of my prison record,
00:56:41the pack had erased
00:56:41my education
00:56:42and every official file
00:56:43tied to my name.
00:56:44With a ruined leg
00:56:45and no history,
00:56:46I could only find work
00:56:47at a run-down roadside diner.
00:56:48It would be enough
00:56:49to survive the next ten days.
00:56:51The irony was almost funny.
00:56:53Ever since they brought me
00:56:54back at 15,
00:56:55they had resented me
00:56:56for not being as accomplished
00:56:57as Selina
00:56:58and cut me off completely.
00:56:59I had paid for school,
00:57:01food,
00:57:01and survival
00:57:02by working in the human world.
00:57:03At 11.30 that night,
00:57:05I finished washing
00:57:06the last dish.
00:57:07When I stepped outside,
00:57:08freezing rain hit my face.
00:57:10Then another scent
00:57:11cut through the storm.
00:57:12Cold fur.
00:57:13Powerful.
00:57:14A top-tier alpha.
00:57:16Kalen stepped out
00:57:16of a black SUV
00:57:17and strode straight toward me.
00:57:19Lyra,
00:57:20why have you been gone so long?
00:57:22He grabbed my wrist
00:57:23and pulled me to the car.
00:57:24The rear door
00:57:25was already open.
00:57:27Lyra,
00:57:28happy awakening day.
00:57:29The words hit me like a blow.
00:57:31I stood there,
00:57:31frozen.
00:57:33Kalen's pack and mine
00:57:34had been alive
00:57:34for generations.
00:57:35Our territories
00:57:36shared a border
00:57:37and our families
00:57:38had been bound
00:57:39by an old promise
00:57:40long before
00:57:40either of us was born.
00:57:42Even after I went missing
00:57:43in Blackwood Forest
00:57:44at the age of two
00:57:45and was not found again
00:57:46until I was 15,
00:57:48bruised and scarred,
00:57:49that ancient agreement
00:57:50never changed.
00:57:52I still remember
00:57:53the first time
00:57:53I saw Kalen
00:57:54after I was brought back.
00:57:56He stood in the sunlight
00:57:57wearing a white shirt,
00:57:58powerful enough
00:57:59to command submission,
00:58:00yet somehow warm
00:58:01at the same time.
00:58:02In that cold territory,
00:58:04he was the only one
00:58:05who never recoiled
00:58:06from the wild scent
00:58:07clinging to me.
00:58:08He used his alpha pressure
00:58:10to shield me.
00:58:11He brought me prey
00:58:12and gifts on holidays.
00:58:13He was the only person
00:58:15in that steel and stone world
00:58:16who had ever been kind to me.
00:58:18And when he was ambushed
00:58:19by a rival pack
00:58:20and left gravely empty,
00:58:21I gave him an echidna.
00:58:23I poured the core
00:58:24of my wolf vitality
00:58:25into him without hesitation.
00:58:26Yet in the end,
00:58:27he was also the one
00:58:28who used alpha authority
00:58:30to send me to Silvermoon
00:58:31and Penipotentiary
00:58:32with his own hands.
00:58:34Lyra, what is it?
00:58:35Kalen's deep voice
00:58:36pulled me back
00:58:37to the present.
00:58:38Did you think I forgot
00:58:39your awakening day?
00:58:40I answered evenly,
00:58:41thank you.
00:58:42Then he handed me
00:58:42another beautifully wrapped box.
00:58:44When I opened it,
00:58:45I found a custom-made
00:58:46red wedding gown
00:58:47for a bonding rite.
00:58:50Do you remember
00:58:51telling me as a child
00:58:52that you wanted to wear
00:58:52a red dress
00:58:53when we completed
00:58:54our mate bond?
00:58:54I had it made early.
00:58:57Do you like it?
00:58:58Bitterness filled my throat.
00:59:00Alpha,
00:59:01you remembered wrong.
00:59:02I don't like wedding dresses
00:59:04and I hate red.
00:59:05The headmistress
00:59:06at St. Mary's home
00:59:07once told me
00:59:08she had found me
00:59:08abandoned outside
00:59:09a bridal shop.
00:59:10At the time,
00:59:11I had been wearing
00:59:11an expensive red dress.
00:59:13After I was old enough
00:59:14to remember,
00:59:15every full moon night
00:59:16I would return
00:59:17to bridal shop windows
00:59:18by instinct.
00:59:19Wearing red clothes
00:59:20so my people
00:59:21could follow my scent
00:59:22signature
00:59:23and bring me home.
00:59:25Halen's eyes tightened.
00:59:26Just like he had years ago,
00:59:27he reached over
00:59:28and ruffled my hair.
00:59:29I'm sorry.
00:59:30I remembered wrong.
00:59:31Come on.
00:59:31I'll take you to dinner.
00:59:33On the drive back,
00:59:34he kept my hand
00:59:35clasped tightly in his.
00:59:36Lyra,
00:59:37why is your scent so faint?
00:59:38Why are you thinner than before?
00:59:40And your leg,
00:59:41he never finished.
00:59:42A shrink ringtone
00:59:43cut through the car.
00:59:45The screen flashed
00:59:46one name,
00:59:47Selina.
00:59:47The moment he answered,
00:59:49panic flooded his face.
00:59:50Turn around.
00:59:51Now,
00:59:52back to the territory.
00:59:53The whole drive back,
00:59:54he spoke into the
00:59:54comdibeshan non-stop,
00:59:56trying to soothe her.
00:59:57When we rushed
00:59:57into the manor grounds,
00:59:59I looked up.
01:00:01Selina stood on the rooftop
01:00:02in a white dress,
01:00:04swaying at the edge.
01:00:05The moment she caught our scent,
01:00:06Selina looked down
01:00:07at us from above.
01:00:08Her face was pale as paper.
01:00:10My sister is back,
01:00:11she whispered.
01:00:12A worthless Omega like me
01:00:14should step aside now.
01:00:16Goodbye?
01:00:16Then she jumped.
01:00:17The Pac-Manon was only
01:00:18one story high.
01:00:19The roof was barely
01:00:2030 feet above the ground.
01:00:21But when Selina fell,
01:00:23every one of my so-called family
01:00:24moved on instinct.
01:00:25My father,
01:00:26my mother,
01:00:26Chloe,
01:00:27even Kaylin.
01:00:27All of them lodged forward
01:00:28in a frenzy
01:00:29to save the weaker wolf.
01:00:30That night,
01:00:31the scream of ambulance sirens
01:00:32echoed over the territory.
01:00:48Seven years ago,
01:00:49my parents adopted daughter.
01:00:51My younger sister,
01:00:52Selina,
01:00:52a delicate Omega,
01:00:53got drunk,
01:00:54caused a hit and run,
01:00:55and left blood spilled
01:00:56across the human territory border.
01:00:58My alpha father,
01:00:59my Luna mother,
01:01:00and my biological younger sister
01:01:01all came to me
01:01:02with the same patronizing plea.
01:01:04Selina is an Omega.
01:01:05She's too fragile for prison.
01:01:07If she goes to
01:01:07Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:01:09her wolf won't survive it.
01:01:10Lyra,
01:01:11take her place.
01:01:12I refused,
01:01:13but on a stormy night
01:01:14of rope refunded,
01:01:15my father used
01:01:16absolute alpha command.
01:01:18He crushed my will,
01:01:19took control of my mind,
01:01:20and personally delivered me
01:01:21to the prison transport.
01:01:22My fiancé,
01:01:23my fated mate,
01:01:24Kaylin,
01:01:24the strongest alpha in the pack,
01:01:26held back his raging wolf era
01:01:27and said to me,
01:01:28Lyra,
01:01:29when you get out,
01:01:29we'll complete the mate bond.
01:01:31Endure
01:01:31these seven years
01:01:33for now.
01:01:34Seven years later.
01:01:36Lyra,
01:01:37once you leave
01:01:38Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:01:39keep your wolf under control
01:01:40and do not look back.
01:01:42I took the mold-smelling canvas bag
01:01:44from the guard's hand
01:01:45and limped through the iron gates,
01:01:47dragging the leg
01:01:47that had been ruined
01:01:48by four silver shackles.
01:01:49A black military SUV
01:01:51waited outside the territory.
01:01:52The window rolled down
01:01:53revealed Kaylin's
01:01:54sharp, striking face.
01:01:55Seven years had passed,
01:01:56and he looked exactly the same.
01:01:57The suffocating pressure
01:01:58of a top-tier alpha
01:01:59still radiated from him.
01:02:00Lyra,
01:02:01instinctively,
01:02:01I shrunk back
01:02:02before forcing myself
01:02:03in the passenger seat.
01:02:04In the rearview mirror,
01:02:05I caught sight of my own reflection,
01:02:07pale,
01:02:07gaunt,
01:02:08my neck covered in burn scars
01:02:09left by silver weapon.
01:02:10You've suffered
01:02:11these past seven years.
01:02:13I'll keep my promise,
01:02:14Kaylin said.
01:02:15At the next full moon night,
01:02:16I'll officially mark you
01:02:17and make you my Luna.
01:02:19He reached over
01:02:20and covered my rough hand
01:02:21with his.
01:02:21There was no spark,
01:02:23no shiver,
01:02:23no bond.
01:02:24I looked into his
01:02:25golden green eyes,
01:02:26where my withered reflection
01:02:27stared back at me
01:02:28and slowly pulled my hand away.
01:02:30Even the wolf inside me
01:02:31could not be bothered
01:02:32to whimper.
01:02:33Okay.
01:02:35Seven years in Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:02:372,557 days soaked in blood
01:02:39and violence,
01:02:40long enough to see Kaylin
01:02:41and my family
01:02:41for what they truly were.
01:02:42They had never loved me
01:02:43and I no longer wanted
01:02:44to be his mate.
01:02:45Sensing my indifference,
01:02:46Kaylin let out
01:02:46a low, irritated sound.
01:02:48Selina knows you're
01:02:48coming back today.
01:02:50Her trauma response disorder
01:02:51is acting up again.
01:02:53Your parents and your sister
01:02:54are all at
01:02:55Pack Medical Center
01:02:56calming her down.
01:02:57I closed my eyes.
01:02:58The SUV drove into the heart
01:03:00of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
01:03:01An hour later,
01:03:03we arrived at my home.
01:03:04Only the Beta Butler
01:03:05and a few Omega Solvents
01:03:06were inside the manor.
01:03:07They caught the cheap
01:03:08sour prison smelt
01:03:09clinging to me
01:03:10and the disgust in their eyes
01:03:11was impossible to hide.
01:03:12My parents loved only Selina.
01:03:14To the servants,
01:03:15I had never been
01:03:16the eldest daughter
01:03:16of this house.
01:03:17The Beta Butler
01:03:18bowed respectfully
01:03:19to Kaylin first.
01:03:20Only then did he turn to me.
01:03:22Miss Lyra,
01:03:22Luna says that now
01:03:23you've returned
01:03:24you are to stay
01:03:24inside your own scent circle.
01:03:25Do not wander around
01:03:26and disgrace the pack.
01:03:28Disgrace.
01:03:28I had endured
01:03:29seven years of Silverburns
01:03:31in Salud's place.
01:03:32How had I become
01:03:33the shameful one?
01:03:34But my expectations
01:03:35had died seven years ago.
01:03:37On that storm-filled night
01:03:38when they used Alpha Command
01:03:39to force my confession,
01:03:40I understand.
01:03:41I turned toward
01:03:42the side entrance.
01:03:43Then Kaylin stiffened,
01:03:45receiving an urgent mind link.
01:03:46His pupils sharpened
01:03:47into slits.
01:03:48Lyra,
01:03:50Selen's scent is weakening.
01:03:51She needs me.
01:03:52Go rest.
01:03:53He did not wait
01:03:54for a reply.
01:03:54He turned at once
01:03:55and disappeared
01:03:56into the night.
01:03:57I limped back
01:03:58to the storage room
01:03:59that belonged to me
01:04:00and curled up
01:04:01on the narrow wooden bed.
01:04:04Late that night,
01:04:05drifting between sleep
01:04:06and exhaustion,
01:04:08I heard voices
01:04:09downstairs in the living room.
01:04:10It was my beta sister,
01:04:12Chloe.
01:04:12Alpha father,
01:04:13Luna mother.
01:04:14Selenna is in terrible
01:04:15shape mentally.
01:04:16Shouldn't we move
01:04:17Lyra out of the manor?
01:04:18If Selenna catches her scent,
01:04:20she'll have another episode.
01:04:21My father sighed
01:04:22but said nothing.
01:04:22My mother answered first.
01:04:23She carries our blood.
01:04:25If we throw her out
01:04:25the moment she gets back
01:04:26from prison,
01:04:27what will the other pack say?
01:04:28Then what are we supposed to do?
01:04:29Chloe paced the room,
01:04:31agitation sharp in her voice.
01:04:32My father finally spoke.
01:04:34When Selenna returns,
01:04:35order Lyra to suppress
01:04:36every trace of her scent.
01:04:38She is not to appear
01:04:40in front of Selen.
01:04:40She is not to leave
01:04:41her room for any reason.
01:04:42My eyes stayed shut
01:04:43but a burning ache
01:04:45rose behind them.
01:04:46Then the custom comm device
01:04:48hidden beneath my pillow
01:04:49began to vibrate.
01:04:50An encrypted message.
01:04:51Miss Lyra,
01:04:52congratulations.
01:04:52you have passed
01:04:53the evaluation
01:04:54for the Global Institute
01:04:55for Werewolf
01:04:56and Supernatural Secrecy.
01:04:57Once you accept
01:04:58the contract,
01:04:59you will depart
01:04:59in ten days
01:05:00on the night
01:05:01of the full moon
01:05:01under a new identity
01:05:03for Sanctum Isle
01:05:03on Dominica Island.
01:05:05Your pack identity
01:05:05will be permanently erased.
01:05:07You may not contact
01:05:08any outside wolves
01:05:09for five years.
01:05:10I did not hesitate.
01:05:11On the holographic display,
01:05:13I signed my name.
01:05:15Lyra.
01:05:16I had passed
01:05:16the Institute's
01:05:17selection process
01:05:18seven years ago.
01:05:19Before I could take
01:05:20the oath and join,
01:05:21my parents sent me
01:05:22to Silvermoon Penitentiary.
01:05:23Shortly before my release,
01:05:25I applied again.
01:05:26As expected,
01:05:27I passed.
01:05:28Ten days.
01:05:29If I could endure
01:05:30ten more days,
01:05:31I would sever the pack bond
01:05:32tying me to this
01:05:33frozen family forever.
01:05:36The next morning,
01:05:38I washed up
01:05:39and pushed open
01:05:39the warped door.
01:05:40A rich,
01:05:42sugary Omega scent
01:05:43flooded the hallway.
01:05:44Selina was back.
01:05:45Dressed in a flowing
01:05:47white gown,
01:05:47she sat in the center
01:05:48of the leather sofa
01:05:49like a princess on display.
01:05:51My alpha father,
01:05:53my luna mother,
01:05:54Chloe,
01:05:54and Kaylin
01:05:55all surrounded her
01:05:56as if she was
01:05:57the center of their world.
01:05:58The beta butler
01:05:59set down an elegant cake.
01:06:01In perfect unison,
01:06:02everyone said,
01:06:03Happy Awakening Day, Selina.
01:06:05Selina smiled sweetly
01:06:07and thanked them all.
01:06:08Then she lifted her chin.
01:06:09I just got out
01:06:10of the sterile recovery room.
01:06:12Did anyone get me
01:06:12something special?
01:06:13My parents and Chloe
01:06:15each presented
01:06:15expensive gifts.
01:06:17Kaylin was reaching
01:06:18for his own
01:06:19when his sharp gaze
01:06:21found me standing
01:06:22in the shadows.
01:06:23Lyra,
01:06:24you're awake.
01:06:25Come here,
01:06:26celebrate with us.
01:06:27Selina turned toward me,
01:06:28releasing a cloud
01:06:28of innocent pheromones.
01:06:29Sorry, sis.
01:06:31My nerve pain
01:06:32flared up yesterday
01:06:33so I couldn't come
01:06:33pick you up.
01:06:34You're not mad, are you?
01:06:35Before I could answer,
01:06:37Kaylin spoke for me.
01:06:38Lyra isn't petty.
01:06:39She wouldn't blame you.
01:06:41At that,
01:06:42Selina boldly slipped
01:06:43her arm through his
01:06:44and looked straight at me.
01:06:45Since it's my awakening day,
01:06:47give me a present too.
01:06:48She smiled.
01:06:49I want Kaylin as my mate.
01:06:51Stealing another wolf's mate
01:06:52was one of the greatest
01:06:53taboons in pack law.
01:06:55Yet after she said it openly,
01:06:56no one in the room object.
01:06:58Every wolf there
01:06:59stayed silent.
01:07:00Their status,
01:07:01their pressure,
01:07:01their authority
01:07:02all pushed toward one thing.
01:07:03My surrender.
01:07:05Rage surged through my blood.
01:07:06I clenched my fists.
01:07:08And if I say no?
01:07:11Selina froze for half a second,
01:07:12then switched to French
01:07:13and whimpered dramatically.
01:07:15I was only joking.
01:07:16I didn't realize
01:07:18my sister's feral instinct
01:07:19was this savage.
01:07:20My Luna mother answered her
01:07:22in the same flawless French.
01:07:23Don't be afraid, Selina.
01:07:25Lyra spent too long
01:07:26out in the wild.
01:07:27Her bloodline
01:07:27is beneath yours.
01:07:29My alpha father
01:07:30released the calming
01:07:31scent of pine.
01:07:32Blood means nothing.
01:07:33Your mother and I
01:07:34have only one true daughter.
01:07:35Chloe joined in
01:07:36without hesitation.
01:07:37That's right, Selina.
01:07:38You're my only sister.
01:07:40I forced down the bitterness
01:07:41rising in my chest
01:07:42and pretended not
01:07:43to understand a word.
01:07:44And instead,
01:07:45I turned to Kaylin.
01:07:45What are they saying?
01:07:47His throat tightened
01:07:48before he answered.
01:07:50Selina said she was joking.
01:07:52Everyone just thinks
01:07:52you're being too sensitive.
01:07:54The room reeked of lies.
01:07:56What none of them knew
01:07:57was that I had understood
01:07:58every word.
01:07:59My Luna mother
01:08:00was a world-renowned painter.
01:08:01My alpha father
01:08:02had once ruled
01:08:03the business world.
01:08:04But ever since they brought me
01:08:05back from St. Mary's home,
01:08:07they despised the habits
01:08:08I had picked up
01:08:09surviving on my own.
01:08:10Every resource,
01:08:11every ounce of love,
01:08:13they gave it all to Selina.
01:08:14Ten years ago,
01:08:15when Selina was accepted
01:08:16into Elite Art Academy,
01:08:17the entire pack celebrated her.
01:08:19What they never knew
01:08:20was that I had been admitted
01:08:21to the most prestigious
01:08:21university in the country.
01:08:23I had also taught myself
01:08:24French, Italian, and Spanish.
01:08:26None of it mattered now.
01:08:27Soon, I would be gone
01:08:28from this territory for good.
01:08:29I just got out
01:08:30of Silvermoon Penitentiary.
01:08:31I want some air
01:08:32outside the territory.
01:08:33You all enjoy the party.
01:08:34Under their contemptuous stares,
01:08:35I dragged my damaged leg
01:08:37towards the door.
01:08:37Behind me,
01:08:38their laughter
01:08:39and French mockery
01:08:40tangled together.
01:08:41Not one of them remembered.
01:08:43Today was my awakening day too.
01:08:44Once I left the territory,
01:08:46I suppressed my wolf aura
01:08:47and took a bus
01:08:47to downtown Seattle.
01:08:49Because of my prison record,
01:08:50the pack had erased
01:08:51my education
01:08:51and every official file
01:08:52tied to my name.
01:08:53With a ruined leg
01:08:54and no history,
01:08:55I could only find work
01:08:56at a run-down roadside diner.
01:08:57It would be enough
01:08:58to survive the next ten days.
01:09:00The irony was almost funny.
01:09:02Ever since they brought me
01:09:04back at fifteen,
01:09:05they had resented me
01:09:05for not being as accomplished
01:09:06as Selena
01:09:07and cut me off completely.
01:09:09I had paid for school,
01:09:10food,
01:09:10and survival
01:09:11by working in the human world.
01:09:12At eleven-thirty that night,
01:09:14I finished washing
01:09:15the last dish.
01:09:16When I stepped outside,
01:09:18freezing rain hit my face.
01:09:19Then another scent
01:09:20cut through the storm.
01:09:21Cold fur.
01:09:22Powerful.
01:09:23A top-tier alpha.
01:09:25Kaylin stepped out
01:09:25of a black SUV
01:09:26and strode straight toward me.
01:09:28Lyra,
01:09:29why have you been gone so long?
01:09:31He grabbed my wrist
01:09:32and pulled me to the car.
01:09:34The rear door
01:09:35was already open.
01:09:36Lyra,
01:09:37happy awakening day.
01:09:38The words hit me like a blow.
01:09:40I stood there,
01:09:41frozen.
01:09:42Kaylin's pack and mine
01:09:43had been alive
01:09:43for generations.
01:09:45Our territories
01:09:46shared a border,
01:09:46and our families
01:09:47had been bound
01:09:48by an old promise
01:09:49long before
01:09:49either of us was born.
01:09:51Even after I went missing
01:09:52in Blackwood Forest
01:09:53at the age of two
01:09:54and was not found again
01:09:55until I was fifteen,
01:09:57bruised and scarred,
01:09:58that ancient agreement
01:09:59never changed.
01:10:01I still remember
01:10:02the first time
01:10:03I saw Kaylin
01:10:03after I was brought back.
01:10:05He stood in the sunlight
01:10:06wearing a white shirt,
01:10:07powerful enough
01:10:08to command submission,
01:10:09yet somehow warm
01:10:11at the same time.
01:10:12In that cold territory,
01:10:14he was the only one
01:10:15who never recoiled
01:10:16from the wild scent
01:10:17clinging to me.
01:10:18He used his alpha pressure
01:10:19to shield me.
01:10:20He brought me prey
01:10:21and gifts on holidays.
01:10:22He was the only person
01:10:24in that steel and stone world
01:10:25who had ever been kind to me.
01:10:27And when he was ambushed
01:10:28by a rival pack
01:10:29and left gravely empty,
01:10:30I gave him an echidna.
01:10:32I poured the core
01:10:33of my wolf vitality
01:10:34into him without hesitation.
01:10:35Yet in the end,
01:10:37he was also the one
01:10:38who used alpha authority
01:10:39to send me to silver moon
01:10:41penipetentiary
01:10:41with his own hands.
01:10:43Lyra, what is it?
01:10:44Kaylin's deep voice
01:10:45pulled me back
01:10:46to the present.
01:10:47Did you think I forgot
01:10:48your awakenation day?
01:10:49I answered evenly,
01:10:50thank you.
01:10:51Then he handed me
01:10:52another beautifully wrapped box.
01:10:53When I opened it,
01:10:54I found a custom-made
01:10:55red wedding gown
01:10:56for a bonding right.
01:10:59Do you remember
01:11:00telling me as a child
01:11:01that you wanted
01:11:01to wear a red dress
01:11:02when we completed
01:11:03our mate bond?
01:11:04I had it made early.
01:11:06Do you like it?
01:11:07Bitterness filled my throat.
01:11:09Alpha,
01:11:10you remembered wrong.
01:11:12I don't like wedding dresses
01:11:13and I hate red.
01:11:14The headmistress
01:11:15at St. Mary's home
01:11:16once told me
01:11:17she had found me
01:11:17abandoned outside
01:11:18a bridal shop.
01:11:19At the time,
01:11:20I had been wearing
01:11:21an expensive red dress.
01:11:22After I was old enough
01:11:23to remember,
01:11:24every full moon night
01:11:25I would return
01:11:26to bridal shop windows
01:11:27by instinct,
01:11:28wearing red clothes
01:11:30so my people
01:11:30could follow my scent
01:11:31signature
01:11:32and bring me home.
01:11:34Halen's eyes tightened.
01:11:35Just like he had years ago,
01:11:36he reached over
01:11:37and ruffled my hair.
01:11:38I'm sorry.
01:11:39I remembered wrong.
01:11:40Come on.
01:11:40I'll take you to dinner.
01:11:42On the drive back,
01:11:43he kept my hand
01:11:44clasped tightly in his.
01:11:45Lyra,
01:11:46why is your scent so faint?
01:11:48Why are you thinner
01:11:48than before?
01:11:49And your leg,
01:11:50he never finished.
01:11:51A shrink ringtone
01:11:53cut through the car.
01:11:54The screen flashed
01:11:55one name,
01:11:56Selina.
01:11:57The moment he answered,
01:11:58panic flooded his face.
01:12:00Turn around.
01:12:00Now,
01:12:01back to the territory.
01:12:02The whole drive back,
01:12:03he spoke into the
01:12:04comdibeshan non-stop,
01:12:05trying to soothe her.
01:12:06When we rushed
01:12:07into the manor grounds,
01:12:08I looked up.
01:12:10Selina stood on the rooftop
01:12:12in a white dress,
01:12:13swaying at the edge.
01:12:14The moment she caught
01:12:15our scent,
01:12:16Selina looked down
01:12:16at us from above.
01:12:17Her face was pale as paper.
01:12:19My sister is back,
01:12:20she whispered.
01:12:21A worthless Omega like me
01:12:23should step aside now.
01:12:25Goodbye?
01:12:26Then she jumped.
01:12:27The Pac-Manon
01:12:27was only one story high.
01:12:29The roof was barely
01:12:2930 feet above the ground.
01:12:31But when Selina fell,
01:12:32every one of my
01:12:32so-called family
01:12:33moved on instinct.
01:12:34My father,
01:12:35my mother,
01:12:35Chloe,
01:12:36even Kaylin.
01:12:36All of them lodged forward
01:12:37in a frenzy
01:12:38to save the weaker wolf.
01:12:39That night,
01:12:40the scream of ambulance sirens
01:12:42echoed over the territory.
01:12:57Seven years ago,
01:12:58my parents adopted daughter.
01:13:00My younger sister,
01:13:01Selina,
01:13:01a delicate Omega,
01:13:02got drunk,
01:13:03caused a hit and run,
01:13:04and left blood spilled
01:13:05across the human territory border.
01:13:07My alpha father,
01:13:08my Luna mother,
01:13:09and my biological younger sister
01:13:11all came to me
01:13:11with the same patronizing plea.
01:13:13Selina is an Omega.
01:13:14She's too fragile for prison.
01:13:16If she goes to Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:13:18her wolf won't survive it.
01:13:19Lyra,
01:13:20take her place.
01:13:22I refused,
01:13:23but on a stormy night
01:13:24he hoped her thunder.
01:13:25My father used
01:13:25absolute alpha command.
01:13:27He crushed my will,
01:13:28took control of my mind,
01:13:29and personally delivered me
01:13:30to the prison transport.
01:13:31My fiancé,
01:13:32my fated mate,
01:13:33Kaylin,
01:13:33the strongest alpha in the pack,
01:13:35held back his raging wolf era
01:13:36and said to me,
01:13:37Lyra,
01:13:38when you get out,
01:13:39we'll complete the mate bond.
01:13:40Endure
01:13:40these seven years
01:13:42for now.
01:13:43Seven years later.
01:13:45Lyra,
01:13:46once you leave
01:13:47Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:13:48keep your wolf under control
01:13:49and do not look back.
01:13:51I took the mold-smelling
01:13:52canvas bag
01:13:53from the guard's hand
01:13:54and limped through
01:13:55the iron gates,
01:13:56dragging the leg
01:13:56that had been ruined
01:13:57by four silver shackles.
01:13:58A black military SUV
01:14:00waited outside the territory.
01:14:01The window rolled down
01:14:02revealed Kaylin's
01:14:03sharp, striking face.
01:14:04Seven years had passed,
01:14:05and he looked exactly the same.
01:14:07The suffocating pressure
01:14:07of a top-tier alpha
01:14:08still radiated from him.
01:14:09Lyra,
01:14:10instinctively I shrunk back
01:14:11before forcing myself
01:14:12in the passenger seat.
01:14:13In the rearview mirror,
01:14:14I caught sight
01:14:15of my own reflection,
01:14:16pale, gaunt,
01:14:17my neck covered in burn scars
01:14:18left by silver weapon.
01:14:20You've suffered
01:14:20these past seven years.
01:14:22I'll keep my promise,
01:14:23Kaylin said.
01:14:24At the next full moon night,
01:14:26I'll officially mark you
01:14:27and make you my Luna.
01:14:28He reached over
01:14:29and covered my rough hand
01:14:30with his.
01:14:31There was no spark,
01:14:32no shiver,
01:14:33no bond.
01:14:33I looked into his
01:14:34golden-green eyes,
01:14:35where my withered reflection
01:14:36stared back at me
01:14:37and slowly pulled my hand away.
01:14:39Even the wolf inside me
01:14:40could not be bothered
01:14:41to whoopie.
01:14:42Okay.
01:14:44Seven years in
01:14:45Silvermoon Penitentiary,
01:14:462,557 days soaked
01:14:48in blood and violence,
01:14:49long enough to see Kaylin
01:14:50and my family for what
01:14:51they truly were.
01:14:52They had never loved me,
01:14:52and I no longer wanted
01:14:53to be his mate.
01:14:54Sensing my indifference,
01:14:55Kaylin let out a low,
01:14:56irritated sound.
01:14:57Selina knows you're coming
01:14:58back today.
01:14:59Her trauma response disorder
01:15:00is acting up again.
01:15:02Your parents and your sister
01:15:03are all at Pack Medical Center
01:15:05calming her down.
01:15:06I closed my eyes.
01:15:07The SUV drove into the heart
01:15:09of Crescent Moon Pack territory.
01:15:11An hour later,
01:15:12we arrived at my home.
01:15:13Only the Beta Butler
01:15:14and a few Omega Solvents
01:15:15were inside the manor.
01:15:16They caught the cheap,
01:15:17sour prison smelt
01:15:18clinging to me,
01:15:19and the disgust in their eyes
01:15:20was impossible to hide.
01:15:21My parents loved only Selina.
01:15:23To the servants,
01:15:24I had never been the eldest daughter
01:15:25of this house.
01:15:26The Beta Butler bowed respectfully
01:15:28to Kaylin first.
01:15:29Only then did he turn to me.
01:15:31Miss Lyra,
01:15:31Luna says that now you've returned.
01:15:33You are to stay inside
01:15:33your own scent circle.
01:15:35Do not wander around
01:15:36and disgrace the pack.
01:15:37Disgrace.
01:15:37I had endured seven years
01:15:39of silver burns
01:15:40in Selu's place.
01:15:41How had I become
01:15:42the shameful one?
01:15:43But my expectations
01:15:44had died seven years ago.
01:15:46On that storm-filled night
01:15:47when they used Alpha Command
01:15:48to force my confession,
01:15:50I understand.
01:15:50I turned toward
01:15:51the side entrance.
01:15:52Then Kaylin stiffened,
01:15:54receiving an urgent mind link.
01:15:55His pupils sharpened
01:15:56into slits.
01:15:57Lyra,
01:15:59Selen's scent is weakening.
01:16:00She needs me.
01:16:01Go rest.
01:16:02He did not wait for a reply.
01:16:04He turned at once
01:16:04and disappeared
01:16:05into the night.
01:16:06I limped back
01:16:07to the storage room
01:16:08that belonged to me
01:16:09and curled up
01:16:10on the narrow wooden bed.
01:16:13Late that night,
01:16:14drifting between sleep
01:16:16and exhaustion,
01:16:17I heard voices
01:16:18downstairs in the living room.
01:16:19It was my Beta sister,
01:16:21Chloe.
01:16:21Alpha father,
01:16:22Luna mother.
01:16:23Selina is in terrible shape
01:16:25mentally.
01:16:25Shouldn't we move Lyra
01:16:26out of the manor?
01:16:27If Selina catches her scent,
01:16:29she'll have another episode.
01:16:30My father sighed
01:16:31but said nothing.
01:16:32My mother answered first.
01:16:33She carries our blood.
01:16:34If we throw her out
01:16:35the moment she gets back
01:16:35from prison,
01:16:36what will the other packs say?
01:16:37Then what are we supposed to do?
01:16:38Chloe paced the room,
01:16:40agitation sharp in her voice.
01:16:41My father finally spoke.
01:16:43When Selene returns,
01:16:45order Lyra to suppress
01:16:46every trace of her scent.
01:16:48She is not to appear
01:16:49in front of Selene.
01:16:50She is not to leave
01:16:50her room for any reason.
01:16:51My eyes stayed shut
01:16:53but a burning ache
01:16:54rose behind them.
01:16:55Then the custom comm device
01:16:57hidden beneath my pillow
01:16:58began to vibrate.
01:16:59An encrypted message.
01:17:00Miss Lyra, congratulations.
01:17:02You have passed the evaluation
01:17:03for the Global Institute
01:17:04for Werewolf
01:17:05and Supernatural Secrecy.
01:17:06Once you accept the contract,
01:17:08you will depart in ten days
01:17:09on the night of the full moon
01:17:11under a new identity
01:17:12for Sanctum Isle
01:17:13on Dominica Island.
01:17:14Your pack identity
01:17:15will be permanently erased.
01:17:16You may not contact
01:17:17any outside wolves
01:17:18for five years.
01:17:19I did not hesitate.
01:17:21On the holographic display,
01:17:23I signed my name.
01:17:24Lyra.
01:17:25I had passed the Institute
01:17:26selection process
01:17:27seven years ago.
01:17:28Before I could take
01:17:29the oath and join,
01:17:30my parents sent me
01:17:31to Silver Moon Penitentiary.
01:17:33Shortly before my release,
01:17:34I applied again.
01:17:35As expected,
01:17:36I passed.
01:17:37Ten days.
01:17:38If I could endure
01:17:39ten more days,
01:17:40I would sever the pack bond
01:17:41tying me to this
01:17:42frozen family forever.
01:17:45The next morning,
01:17:47I washed up
01:17:48and pushed open
01:17:48the warped door.
01:17:50A rich,
01:17:51sugary omega scent
01:17:52flooded the hallway.
01:17:53Selina was back.
01:17:55Dressed in a flowing
01:17:56white gown,
01:17:57she sat in the center
01:17:58of the leather sofa
01:17:59like a princess on display.
01:18:00My alpha father,
01:18:02my luna mother,
01:18:03Chloe,
01:18:03and Kaylin
01:18:04all surrounded her
01:18:05as if she was
01:18:06the center of their world.
01:18:07The beta butler
01:18:08set down an elegant cake.
01:18:10In perfect unison,
01:18:12everyone said,
01:18:13Happy awakening day, Selina.
01:18:14Selina smiled sweetly
01:18:16and thanked them all.
01:18:17Then she lifted her chin.
01:18:18I just got out
01:18:19of the sterile recovery room.
01:18:21Did anyone get me
01:18:22something special?
01:18:23My parents and Chloe
01:18:24each presented
01:18:25expensive gifts.
01:18:26Kaylin was reaching
01:18:28for his own
01:18:28when his sharp gaze
01:18:30found me standing
01:18:31in the shadows.
01:18:33Lyra,
01:18:33you're awake.
01:18:34Come here,
01:18:35celebrate with us.
01:18:36Selina turned toward me,
01:18:37releasing a cloud
01:18:37of innocent pheromones.
01:18:39Sorry, sis.
01:18:40My nerve pain
01:18:41flared up yesterday
01:18:42so I couldn't come
01:18:42pick you up.
01:18:43You're not mad,
01:18:44are you?
01:18:45Before I could answer,
01:18:46Kaylin spoke for me.
01:18:47Lyra isn't petty.
01:18:49She wouldn't blame you.
01:18:50At that,
01:18:51Selina boldly slipped
01:18:52her arm through his
01:18:53and looked straight at me.
01:18:54Since it's my awakening day,
01:18:56give me a present too.
01:18:58She smiled.
01:18:59I want Kaylin as my mate.
01:19:00Stealing another wolf's mate
01:19:02was one of the greatest
01:19:02taboons in pack law.
01:19:04Yet after she said it openly,
01:19:06no one in the room object.
01:19:07Every wolf there
01:19:08stayed silent.
01:19:09Their status,
01:19:10their pressure,
01:19:10their authority
01:19:11all pushed toward one thing.
01:19:13My surrender.
01:19:13Rage surged
01:19:15through my blood.
01:19:15I clenched my fists.
01:19:17And if I say no?
01:19:20Selina froze
01:19:21for half a second,
01:19:21then switched to French
01:19:23and whimpered dramatically.
01:19:24I was only joking.
01:19:26I didn't realize
01:19:27my sister's
01:19:27feral instinct
01:19:28was this savage.
01:19:29My Luna mother
01:19:30answered her
01:19:31in the same
01:19:31flawless French.
01:19:32Don't be afraid,
01:19:33Selina.
01:19:34Lyra spent too long
01:19:35out in the wild.
01:19:36Her bloodline
01:19:37is beneath yours.
01:19:38My alpha father
01:19:39released the calming
01:19:40scent of pine.
01:19:41Blood means nothing.
01:19:42Your mother and I
01:19:43have only one true daughter.
01:19:45Chloe joined in
01:19:45without hesitation.
01:19:46That's right, Selina.
01:19:47You're my only sister.
01:19:49I forced down
01:19:49the bitterness
01:19:50rising in my chest
01:19:51and pretended not
01:19:52to understand a word.
01:19:53And instead,
01:19:54I turned to Kaylin.
01:19:55What are they saying?
01:19:56His throat tightened
01:19:57before he answered.
01:19:59Selina said she was joking.
01:20:01Everyone just thinks
01:20:02you're being too sensitive.
01:20:03The room reeked of lies.
01:20:05What none of them knew
01:20:06was that I had understood
01:20:07every word.
01:20:08My Luna mother
01:20:09was a world-renowned painter.
01:20:11My alpha father
01:20:12had once ruled
01:20:12the business world.
01:20:13But ever since
01:20:14they brought me back
01:20:15from St. Mary's home,
01:20:16they despised the habits
01:20:17I had picked up
01:20:18surviving on my own.
01:20:19Every resource,
01:20:21every ounce of love,
01:20:22they gave it all to Selina.
01:20:23Ten years ago,
01:20:24when Selina was accepted
01:20:25into Elite Art Academy,
01:20:26the entire pack celebrated her.
01:20:28What they never knew
01:20:29was that I had been admitted
01:20:30to the most prestigious
01:20:31university in the country.
01:20:32I had also taught myself
01:20:33French, Italian, and Spanish.
01:20:35None of it mattered now.
01:20:36Soon, I would be gone
01:20:37from this territory for good.
01:20:38I just got out of
01:20:39Silvermoon Penitentiary.
01:20:40I want some air
01:20:41outside the territory.
01:20:42You all enjoy the party.
01:20:43Under their contemptuous stares,
01:20:45I dragged my damaged leg
01:20:46towards the door.
01:20:47Behind me,
01:20:47their laughter
01:20:48and French mockery
01:20:49tangled together.
01:20:50Not one of them remembered.
01:20:52Today was my awakening day, too.
01:20:53Once I left the territory,
01:20:55I suppressed my wolf aura
01:20:56and took a bus
01:20:57to downtown Seattle.
01:20:58Because of my prison record,
01:20:59the pack had erased
01:21:00my education
01:21:00and every official file
01:21:01tied to my name.
01:21:02With a ruined leg
01:21:03and no history,
01:21:04I could only find work
01:21:05at a run-down roadside diner.
01:21:06It would be enough
01:21:07to survive the next 10 days.
01:21:09The irony was almost funny.
01:21:12Ever since they brought me
01:21:13back at 15,
01:21:14they had resented me
01:21:14for not being as accomplished
01:21:16as Selena
01:21:16and cut me off completely.
01:21:18I had paid for school,
01:21:19food, and survival
01:21:20by working in the human world.
01:21:22At 11.30 that night,
01:21:23I finished washing
01:21:24the last dish.
01:21:25When I stepped outside,
01:21:27freezing rain hit my face.
01:21:28Then another scent
01:21:29cut through the storm.
01:21:31Cold fur.
01:21:32Powerful.
01:21:32A top-tier alpha.
01:21:33Kaelin stepped out
01:21:35of a black SUV
01:21:36and strode straight toward me.
01:21:38Lyra,
01:21:38why have you been gone so long?
01:21:40He grabbed my wrist
01:21:41and pulled me to the car.
01:21:43The rear door
01:21:44was already open.
01:21:45Lyra,
01:21:46happy awakening day.
01:21:47The words hit me like a blow.
01:21:49I stood there,
01:21:50frozen.
01:21:51Kaelin's pack and mine
01:21:52had been alive
01:21:53for generations.
01:21:54Our territories
01:21:55shared a border,
01:21:56and our families
01:21:56had been bound
01:21:57by an old promise
01:21:58long before either of us
01:21:59was born.
01:22:00Even after I went missing
01:22:01in Blackwood Forest
01:22:02at the age of two
01:22:03and was not found again
01:22:04until I was 15.
01:22:06Bruised and scarred,
01:22:07that ancient agreement
01:22:09never changed.
01:22:10I still remember
01:22:11the first time
01:22:12I saw Kaelin
01:22:13after I was brought back.
01:22:14He stood in the sunlight
01:22:15wearing a white shirt,
01:22:16powerful enough
01:22:17to command submission,
01:22:19yet somehow warm
01:22:20at the same time.
01:22:21In that cold territory,
01:22:23he was the only one
01:22:24who never recoiled
01:22:25from the wild scent
01:22:26clinging to me.
01:22:27He used his alpha pressure
01:22:28to shield me.
01:22:29He brought me prey
01:22:30and gifts on holidays.
01:22:32He was the only person
01:22:33in that steel and stone world
01:22:34who had ever been kind to me.
01:22:36And when he was ambushed
01:22:38by a rival pack
01:22:38and left gravely wounded,
01:22:40I gave him an acidna.
01:22:41I poured the core
01:22:42of my wolf vitality
01:22:43into him
01:22:43without hesitation.
01:22:45Yet in the end,
01:22:46he was also the one
01:22:47who used alpha authority
01:22:48to send me to silver moon
01:22:50penipotentiary
01:22:51with his own hands.
01:22:52Lyra, what is it?
01:22:54Kaelin's deep voice
01:22:55pulled me back
01:22:55to the present.
01:22:56Did you think
01:22:57I forgot your
01:22:57awakenation day?
01:22:58I answered evenly,
01:22:59thank you.
01:23:00Then he handed me
01:23:01another beautifully
01:23:01wrapped box.
01:23:02When I opened it,
01:23:03I found a custom-made
01:23:05red wedding gown
01:23:05for a bonding right.
01:23:08Do you remember
01:23:09telling me as a child
01:23:10that you wanted
01:23:10to wear a red dress
01:23:11when we completed
01:23:12our mate bond?
01:23:13I had it made early.
01:23:15Do you like it?
01:23:16Bitterness filled my throat.
01:23:18Alpha,
01:23:19you remembered wrong.
01:23:21I don't like wedding dresses
01:23:22and I hate red.
01:23:23The headmistress
01:23:24at St. Mary's home
01:23:25once told me
01:23:26she had found me
01:23:26abandoned outside
01:23:27a bridal shop.
01:23:28At the time,
01:23:29I had been wearing
01:23:30an expensive red dress.
01:23:31After I was old enough
01:23:32to remember,
01:23:33every full moon night
01:23:34I would return
01:23:35to bridal shop windows
01:23:36by instinct,
01:23:37wearing red clothes
01:23:39so my people
01:23:40could follow my scent
01:23:41signature
01:23:41and bring me home.
01:23:43Kaelin's eyes tightened.
01:23:44Just like he had years ago,
01:23:45he reached over
01:23:46and ruffled my hair.
01:23:47I'm sorry.
01:23:48I remembered wrong.
01:23:49Come on.
01:23:50I'll take you to dinner.
01:23:51On the drive back,
01:23:52he kept my hand
01:23:53clasped tightly in his.
01:23:55Lyra,
01:23:55why is your scent
01:23:56so faint?
01:23:57Why are you thinner
01:23:57than before?
01:23:58And your leg,
01:23:59he never finished.
01:24:01A shrink ringtone
01:24:02cut through the car.
01:24:03The screen flashed
01:24:04one name,
01:24:05Selina.
01:24:06The moment he answered,
01:24:07panic flooded his face.
01:24:09Turn around.
01:24:09Now,
01:24:10back to the territory.
01:24:11The whole drive back,
01:24:12he spoke into the
01:24:13comdibeshan non-stop,
01:24:14trying to soothe her.
01:24:15When we rushed
01:24:16into the manor grounds,
01:24:17I looked up.
01:24:19Selina stood on the rooftop
01:24:21in a white dress,
01:24:22swaying at the edge.
01:24:23The moment she caught
01:24:24our scent,
01:24:25Selina looked down
01:24:25at us from above.
01:24:26Her face was pale as paper.
01:24:28My sister is back,
01:24:29she whispered.
01:24:30A worthless Omega like me
01:24:32should step aside now.
01:24:34Goodbye?
01:24:35Then she jumped.
01:24:36The Pac-Manon
01:24:36was only one story high.
01:24:38The roof was barely
01:24:3830 feet above the ground.
01:24:40But when Selina fell,
01:24:41every one of my
01:24:42so-called family
01:24:42moved on instinct.
01:24:43My father,
01:24:44my mother,
01:24:44Chloe,
01:24:45even Kaylin.
01:24:46All of them lodged forward
01:24:47in a frenzy
01:24:47to save the weaker wolf.
01:24:48That night,
01:24:49the scream of ambulance siren
01:24:51echoed over the territory.
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