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La loba blanca destinada al rey licántropo
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00:03Bailey had everything I didn't.
00:05She stole Caleb.
00:08Then she made him reject me in public.
00:11She lured me to the old equipment room.
00:14She and her friends cornered me in the dark.
00:19Then she saw the moonstone around my neck.
00:22Bailey ripped it off.
00:23She smashed it on the floor.
00:25She ground it to dust under her heel.
00:27No! Don't touch it!
00:30I screamed.
00:31She just laughed.
00:34She didn't know that stone was the only thing keeping the real me asleep.
00:38She didn't know she just set me free.
00:41My childhood friend Alpha Caleb gave me an unforgettable surprise
00:45at his 18th birthday ascension ceremony.
00:48When I was 10 years old, I saved Caleb from a deadly hunter's trap.
00:58And my wolf soul was completely shattered in the process.
01:04Since then, I couldn't shift and became the wolf-less one
01:07that everyone in the Dark Moon pack mocked.
01:10But Caleb had promised me...
01:14Avery, don't be afraid.
01:15When I come of age and become Alpha, you'll be my Luna.
01:21I believed him wholeheartedly.
01:24For eight years, I helped him with tactical planning,
01:27cleaned up his messes,
01:28and followed behind him like an invisible shadow.
01:31I thought that was love.
01:33Until tonight, his 18th birthday.
01:37I stood below the stage, watching him with anticipation.
01:41Caleb took a deep breath,
01:43his gaze cutting precisely through the crowd and locking onto me.
01:47His pupils suddenly dilated vertically.
01:50I knew the Moon Goddess had bound us together.
01:53We were destined mates.
01:55He looked at me.
01:56Come up here, Avery.
01:58I've prepared a surprise for you.
02:01He looked at me.
02:06My heart raced uncontrollably.
02:08Was he going to announce to the entire pack that he'd keep his promise?
02:14I had just stepped onto the platform
02:16when Caleb's hand clamped down on my shoulder like a steel vise.
02:19I couldn't move.
02:21The next second,
02:22a blonde, blue-eyed girl with a killer figure
02:25strutted out from the shadows on high heels,
02:27playing with scissors coated in silver dust.
02:29It was Bailey,
02:30the neighboring Alpha's daughter and head cheerleader
02:32at Skula Mediocre Sheevolve with nothing but looks.
02:38Caleb, is this the welcome gift you mentioned?
02:40Bailey giggled into the microphone.
02:43Your way of proving to me
02:44that you're completely severing ties with your past burden?
02:51Caleb, what are you doing?
02:54Let me go.
02:55I whispered,
02:56my body trembling with fear and humiliation.
02:59He chuckled low in my ear.
03:03Avery,
03:04even if the moon goddess bound us together,
03:07so what?
03:08Do you think a cripple who can't even shift
03:10deserves to be Luna of the Dark Moon Pack?
03:13I'm sick of dragging around this dead weight.
03:16Do it, Bailey.
03:17She deserves this.
03:20Caleb ordered coldly.
03:24Snip dot silver dust grazed my neck,
03:26instantly burning a red mark.
03:28A strand of dark brown hair fluttered down.
03:31The crowd below erupted in thunderous laughter.
03:34They raised their phones.
03:36Camera flashes going crazy,
03:38recording this wolf-less girl's miserable state.
03:40I bit my teeth and looked up at Caleb.
03:44Why?
03:45My voice trembled.
03:46You said you'd protect me.
03:48Protect?
03:49Bailey laughed delightfully,
03:51snatching the microphone.
03:52Her voice echoed through the massive gymnasium.
03:55Avery,
03:56do you know how he complains about you every night in my bed?
04:00Bailey contemptuously lifted my chin.
04:02He says seeing your pathetic, submissive face every day,
04:05unable to even shift,
04:07makes him sick.
04:08Watching you follow him around like a dog
04:11has been our favorite joke.
04:13I felt ice cold all over,
04:15staring at Caleb in disbelief.
04:17I hoped he'd refute it,
04:18even just one word of denial.
04:22But Caleb just looked down at me
04:23with complete indifference in his eyes.
04:25Bailey's telling the truth.
04:27Caleb said coldly,
04:29Avery,
04:30you think I kept you around because of love?
04:33No, it was pity.
04:34He stepped forward,
04:35speaking in a voice only we could hear.
04:37Eight years.
04:38The whole pack says I owe you my life.
04:42I've had this damn life debt
04:43hanging over my head
04:45for eight long years!
04:47Should I be dragged down by a cripple my whole life?
04:51Don't I deserve a strong Luna
04:53who can stand beside me as an equal?
04:57If this is how it has to be,
04:59I wish you'd never saved me.
05:03My heart felt like it was being crushed
05:05by a spiked iron fist,
05:07so the life debt I'd paid for
05:09with everything in his eyes,
05:10it was just humiliating moral blackmail.
05:14Bailey stepped forward
05:15and roughly tore off my dark cloak,
05:17throwing it to the ground.
05:19I cried out in shock,
05:20hugging my body in shame.
05:24The early winter wind
05:25mixed with mocking laughter
05:26and camera shutters
05:27cut into me like knives.
05:29Caleb looked at my exposed body
05:31and said as if granting charity,
05:33Avery,
05:33just kneel down today
05:35and acknowledge as Bailey or Luna
05:36and swear to be her servant forever.
05:39I'll be merciful
05:40and let you stay in the dark moon pack.
05:45I'm doing this for your own good.
05:48I have to let's much for your own good.
05:50After all,
05:52a wolf-less
05:52can't survive three days
05:54outside pack territory.
05:58As long as you obey,
06:00I'll still take care of you.
06:02I knelt on the cold floor,
06:03trembling all over.
06:05Eight and years of devotion
06:06had earned me a public execution
06:08to please his new lover.
06:09How pathetic I was.
06:18Caleb walked over to Bailey
06:20and took her blood-stained hand.
06:22He looked down at my wretched state
06:24with contempt
06:25and used his alpha authority
06:26to declare loudly,
06:29I, Caleb Bennett,
06:31future alpha of the dark moon pack,
06:33formally reject you,
06:35Avery Ross,
06:36as my destined mate.
06:45The agonizing pain
06:46of having the mate bond
06:47forcibly severed
06:48swept through my entire body
06:50like a tsunami.
06:51My knees buckled
06:52and I collapsed heavily
06:53to the ground,
06:54the pain almost suffocating me.
06:59Get lost, Avery.
07:02Don't dirty my coronation ceremony.
07:05Caleb looked at me coldly
07:06as if viewing a pile
07:08of stinking garbage.
07:12Amid piercing laughter,
07:13I fled from Caleb's coronation
07:16back in my empty dorm room.
07:21I stood before the full-length mirror
07:23looking at my hair
07:24that looked like it had been chewed
07:25by a dog
07:26and the horrific red mark
07:28burned into my neck
07:28by the pure silver scissors.
07:31Tears fell.
07:35Don't cry, Avery.
07:37I dragged my suitcase
07:38from under the bed
07:39and swept all my belongings
07:40into it.
07:44My phone screen lit up
07:45on the desk.
07:48It was an eye message
07:50from Caleb.
07:51Avery, come to the equipment room
07:53behind the school.
07:54We need to talk.
07:55One last time.
07:56My broken heart
07:57gave a traitorous pang of pain.
07:59Even though logic told me
08:01I should block him immediately.
08:06Eighteen years of emotional habit
08:08still drove me to grab my jacket
08:09and rush into the cold night.
08:15The old field house
08:16had no lights.
08:18I pushed open the rusty iron door.
08:20Caleb?
08:21Bang.
08:22The door was kicked shut
08:23behind me and locked.
08:24Blinding flashlight beams
08:25hit my face.
08:27Bailey and several
08:28high-ranking she-wolves
08:29who usually terrorized
08:30the school surrounded me
08:31with baseball bats
08:32looking at me like prey.
08:34Look who it is.
08:37A stray dog
08:39following her master's scent
08:40with her tail wagging.
08:42Bailey played with her phone
08:43that text had been sent
08:44from Caleb's phone.
08:47What do you want?
08:48I stepped back
08:49staring at her coldly.
08:51What do I want?
08:53Bailey suddenly rushed forward
08:55grabbing my collar
08:56and slamming me hard
08:57against the cold lockers.
09:00Did you really think
09:01Caleb would come see you?
09:04I just wanted to give you
09:05one last lesson
09:07about knowing your place.
09:09Bailey's gaze suddenly fixed
09:10on the faintly glowing
09:11moonstone hanging around my neck.
09:16This was what Caleb
09:17had personally put on me
09:18after my wolf soul
09:19was destroyed.
09:20He said this stone
09:21contained a trace
09:22of his wolf soul's essence
09:23and as long as I wore it,
09:25his wolf would always
09:26recognize and protect me.
09:28This had been my only
09:29spiritual support
09:30through eight years
09:30of endless mockery.
09:32No!
09:32Don't touch it!
09:34I struggled in panic
09:35but two strong
09:36she-wolves pinned my arms.
09:38Bailey extended her long,
09:40sharp nails
09:41and tore off
09:41the leather cord,
09:42snatching the moonstone away.
09:44Bailey looked at the stone
09:45with disgust.
09:46Tut.
09:46A cripple still keeping
09:47love tokes?
09:49Avery,
09:50stay away from Caleb
09:51from now on.
09:52Don't look at him
09:52with those disgusting eyes.
09:54He's mine now.
09:57She smashed the moonstone
09:58hard on the cement floor
10:00and ground it to pieces
10:00under her heel.
10:04No!
10:06I screamed hysterically,
10:08tears finally breaking free.
10:09I desperately broke away
10:10and fell to the ground.
10:12Trying to gather the powder
10:13with my hands,
10:14my fingers cut bloody
10:14by the sharp fragments.
10:16The door opened
10:17and Caleb walked in.
10:18He glanced at the crushed stone,
10:20then at my miserable state
10:21and frowned with annoyance.
10:22He pulled Bailey lovingly
10:24into his arms,
10:25his voice gentle.
10:26Babe,
10:27didn't I tell you
10:28not to come to
10:28dirty places like this?
10:30Your dress is covered in dust.
10:32Bailey knuckled
10:32against him pitifully.
10:34Caleb,
10:35I just wanted her
10:36to return your things,
10:37but she tried to threaten me
10:39with that broken stone.
10:40Caleb said coldly,
10:42You scared Bailey.
10:43I already rejected you.
10:45You should have
10:45some self-awareness
10:46and stop trying
10:47these childish tricks
10:48to get my attention.
10:50I suddenly found it absurd.
10:52Before trash like this,
10:53I'd lost my wolf soul
10:54and endured eight years
10:55of humiliation
10:56when despair reaches its peak.
10:58It transforms
10:58into deadly emptiness.
11:00I released my grip
11:01on the crushed stone.
11:02I didn't want it anymore,
11:03Caleb.
11:04The dark moon pack,
11:05my 18 years of bonsai
11:06didn't want any of it.
11:12I struggled to stand
11:13and wipe the blood
11:14from my hands.
11:15Calmly,
11:16I spoke the formal words
11:17of Severance.
11:18I,
11:19Avery Ross,
11:21accept Caleb Bennett's rejection.
11:26The last fragile thread
11:27of our bond
11:28shattered completely
11:29at that very moment.
11:30The corner of my soul
11:31that had been like dead ruins
11:32suddenly trembled.
11:36An ancient,
11:37majestic voice
11:37echoed clearly
11:38in my mind.
11:40Finally willing
11:41to throw away
11:42this garbage,
11:43my little wolf cub?
11:44Those blind fools
11:46have no idea
11:47what they've awakened.
11:48I jerked my head up sharply.
11:50In the depths
11:51of my brown pupils,
11:52a brilliant silver gleam
11:53flashed.
11:55The smugness
11:56froze on Caleb's face
11:57for a second.
11:58He shouted at me
11:59unnaturally.
12:00That's right.
12:00Stay here
12:01and reflect properly.
12:03Don't let me see you
12:03bullying Bailey again.
12:06The equipment room door
12:08was locked
12:08with malicious intent,
12:09leaving me alone
12:10in the darkness.
12:16Click.
12:17The snick
12:18of a metal lighter closing.
12:19I turned alertly.
12:20A man in a
12:21black hoodie emerged
12:22from the shadows.
12:23He had clearly witnessed
12:24everything that just happened.
12:27In the moonlight
12:28through the window,
12:28I saw those eyes black
12:30as the abyss,
12:31the dangerous aura
12:31of an apex predator.
12:33What a night
12:34full of surprises.
12:35The man's voice
12:36carried dangerous amusement.
12:37So,
12:38abandoned little white wolf?
12:40Ready to burn
12:41this hypocritical
12:42school to ash?
12:50None of your business.
12:52The man paused,
12:53then chuckled low.
12:54Stubborn.
12:55He murmured.
12:58I like that.
12:59He stepped forward
13:00and slipped a pure black card
13:01into my jacket pocket.
13:03I like your eyes,
13:04little white wolf.
13:06If you run into trouble,
13:07or
13:08if you want someone
13:09to help you get revenge,
13:10you can find me.
13:14Then he turned
13:14toward the locked
13:15rusty iron door
13:16and casually
13:16snapped his fingers.
13:18Boom!
13:19A deafening explosion.
13:20The heavy iron door
13:21along with half the brick wall
13:23crumbled and collapsed,
13:24sending dust
13:25throughout the hallway.
13:26See you around, Avery.
13:28The man vanished
13:29like a ghost
13:30melting into the night.
13:31I pulled out
13:32the black card,
13:33only a phone number
13:34and a name,
13:35Kalen Blackwood.
13:39The crown prince
13:40of the blood fang
13:41and pack,
13:42famous throughout
13:42Supernatural America
13:44as a worthless playboy.
13:45Why would he be here?
13:46But it didn't concern me.
13:49I closed my eyes
13:51and took a deep breath,
13:52channeling that
13:52ancient white wolf
13:53power within me.
13:54I violently severed
13:55the pack link
13:56that bound me
13:56to the darkening pack.
14:00Sharp pain
14:01flashed through me,
14:02but what followed
14:03was unprecedented freedom.
14:06The next morning,
14:07I threw my suitcase
14:08into the back
14:09of my black jeep.
14:11Avery!
14:12A furious roar
14:13came from behind.
14:14Caleb rushed over
14:15and grabbed my car door.
14:18He had deep dark circles
14:19under his eyes
14:20and reeked of cheap alcohol
14:21mixed with Bailey's
14:22nauseating perfume.
14:23Where are you going?
14:25He stared at me intensely.
14:27Home.
14:27I didn't even look at him
14:28and tried to close the door.
14:31Home?
14:31Are you insane?
14:33I can't sense you
14:34through the mental link anymore.
14:35You forcibly severed
14:37the pack bond?
14:41Do you know how this
14:42makes me look to other packs?
14:44Caleb's voice shot up.
14:49They'll say I'm ungrateful?
14:51That I drove away
14:52someone who saved my life?
14:53I'm officially becoming
14:55Alpha next month.
14:56You had to embarrass me
14:57at this crucial moment?
14:59His panic wasn't
15:00because he'd hurt me
15:01but because my leaving
15:02would ruin his image.
15:04My voice was ice cold.
15:06Move, Caleb.
15:08I won't!
15:09Immediately renew
15:10your loyalty oath to me!
15:13Avery,
15:14our years of friendship,
15:15you'd throw it all away
15:16over last night's
15:17little incident?
15:19Wham!
15:20Before he could finish,
15:21I swung my hand
15:22and Caleb flew like a rag doll,
15:24crashing hard into the lawn
15:25and spitting blood.
15:29He looked up at me
15:30in shock.
15:30A soon-to-be Alpha
15:31had just been slapped away
15:32by this wolf-less girl.
15:41How is that possible?
15:42He stammered,
15:44fear finally flickering
15:45in his eyes
15:46at the unknown.
15:47Our 18 years of grudges
15:49were settled last night.
15:51Don't provoke me again.
15:53Otherwise,
15:53next time I'll crush
15:54your throat directly.
15:57I got in the driver's seat
15:58and started the engine.
16:02He screamed hysterically
16:04behind me
16:04trying to use
16:05his last card.
16:07Avery,
16:08you can't leave!
16:10Your father is our
16:11PAX lead enforcer,
16:13running off to be a rogue
16:14is treason
16:14punable by death!
16:16How will your father
16:17explain this to mine?
16:19I rolled up the window,
16:21shutting out
16:21his impotent rage.
16:23The jeep drove away,
16:24leaving the cage
16:25that had once trapped me
16:26far behind
16:27in the rearview mirror.
16:30When I pushed open
16:31the living room door
16:32with my disheveled hair
16:33and the burn mark
16:33on my neck,
16:35Avery!
16:35Mom gasped.
16:36Your hair!
16:37Who did this?
16:40Dad shot up
16:41from the couch,
16:42radiating murderous intent.
16:47I looked at them,
16:48my voice surprisingly calm.
16:51Caleb.
16:52He rejected me
16:53at the coronation ceremony,
16:55then lured me
16:56to the old field house
16:57and had Bailey crush
16:58my moonstone.
16:59I paused.
17:02I've unilaterally
17:03severed my mental link
17:04with Dark Moon.
17:05From now on,
17:06I'm a rogue.
17:09Sirach,
17:10Dad punched through
17:11the heavy wooden
17:11coffee table,
17:12his eyes instantly
17:14turning blood red.
17:16Just then,
17:17the sound of aggressive
17:17breaking came from outside.
17:19The door burst open
17:20as Caleb and his father
17:21the current.
17:21Dark Moon Alpha
17:22stormed in furiously.
17:24Marcus!
17:25Control your daughter!
17:26The current Alpha
17:26immediately tried to
17:27assert dominance.
17:28This was just some
17:29overexcited prank
17:30between young wolves
17:30competing for mates.
17:32Avery actually dared
17:32to sever her pack bonds?
17:34Make her renew
17:34her loyalty oath
17:35immediately
17:35and I'll pretend
17:36this never happened.
17:44Caleb stood behind
17:45his father,
17:46pale-faced,
17:46not daring to look
17:47at the scar on my neck.
17:50Avery,
17:51you can't gamble
17:52with the pack's honor.
17:53I'm about to
17:54become Alpha.
17:55Your defection
17:56at this critical moment
17:57makes me look weak
17:59to neighboring territories.
18:00A prank?
18:01Dad suppressed his fury.
18:03Your son
18:04held down my daughter
18:05while a foreign
18:06she-wolf cut off
18:07her hair
18:08and publicly rejected
18:09their mate bond.
18:10With each word,
18:12Dad's intimidating
18:12presence intensified.
18:14You call that
18:15a prank?
18:17Marcus!
18:18Watch your tone!
18:19I am your Alpha!
18:21The current Alpha
18:23flew into a rage,
18:24releasing the absolute
18:25dominance of an Alpha command.
18:27But my father
18:28didn't retreat an inch.
18:29He laughed coldly
18:30and tore the black
18:30iron wolf fang
18:31insignia representing
18:32Darkmoon's supreme
18:33command in his chest,
18:35throwing it hard
18:35at the current Alpha's feet.
18:38As of now,
18:39I quit.
18:41Dad's voice
18:41rang with finality.
18:45Your son
18:46can defend
18:46his own throne.
18:51But my daughter's
18:53dignity
18:53is our family's
18:55life.
18:56Caleb panicked
18:56completely.
18:58Mr. Ross,
18:59you can't leave.
19:01Without your
19:02border defense systems
19:03and elite guard units,
19:05Darkmoon's defenses
19:06won't last three months.
19:08Then pray to the
19:09moon goddess
19:09for protection.
19:10Dad shielded
19:11Mom and me
19:12behind him
19:12and issued
19:13an eviction notice.
19:14Get out.
19:16We'll be completely
19:17gone from
19:18Darkmoon-terity
19:18before sunrise tomorrow.
19:20The current
19:20Alpha's face
19:21turned ashen.
19:22He finally realized
19:23what his stupid
19:24son had done.
19:25You'll regret this!
19:26You won't survive
19:27a month in the wild!
19:29He cursed
19:29through gritted teeth,
19:31dragging the
19:31trembling Caleb away
19:32in humiliation.
19:34I watched
19:34their retreating figures
19:35and laughed
19:36mockingly.
19:37Regret.
19:38Soon they'd learned
19:39that losing
19:39an ancient white wolf
19:40and their chief,
19:41weapons officer
19:42had given the
19:43Darkmoon pack
19:43a death sentence.
19:46On my first day
19:47free from the
19:48Darkmoon pack,
19:48I went to a salon.
19:51I told the stylist,
19:52sitting before the mirror,
19:54Cut it all off.
19:55Half an hour later,
19:57I looked at myself
19:58in the mirror,
19:58an extremely sharp
19:59pixie cut that
20:00completely revealed
20:01my naturally fierce
20:02jawline and cold eyes.
20:04The girl in the mirror
20:05was no longer
20:06the submissive wolfless
20:07who had followed
20:08behind Caleb.
20:09In the depths
20:09of those brown eyes
20:10lurked an ancient beast.
20:12That had just awakened.
20:14This was the real me.
20:15I didn't wallow
20:16in past pain.
20:17I spent the next
20:18several months
20:18in extremely disciplined
20:19physical and tactical
20:20training.
20:22I could feel
20:23the white wolf power
20:24within me awakening,
20:25though I still
20:26couldn't fully shift.
20:27My speed,
20:28strength,
20:29and perception
20:30far exceeded
20:30ordinary high-ranking
20:31werewolves.
20:32Using the perfect
20:33tactical analyzes
20:35I'd ghostwritten
20:35for Caleb over
20:36eight years,
20:37plus my demonstrated
20:38strategic genius.
20:40I received
20:41an acceptance letter
20:42from North America's
20:43most prestigious
20:44institution Apex
20:45Royal Academy
20:46with straight
20:47A's that crushed
20:48all competition.
20:51My first class
20:53was the highly selective
20:54advanced combat strategy
20:55with holographic
20:56combat simulation.
20:58The lecture hall
20:59at Apex Royal Academy
21:00reeked of various
21:01alpha pheromones,
21:03aggressive,
21:03arrogant scents
21:04mixed with territorial
21:05pine or cigar smells
21:07that were suffocating.
21:08But I didn't even frown.
21:09I sat in the back
21:11corner by the window,
21:12adjusting the holographic
21:13tactical tablet
21:14on my desk.
21:15One minute before
21:16class started,
21:17the previously noisy
21:19classroom fell eerily
21:20quiet for a few seconds.
21:24Completely different scent
21:25forced its way
21:26into my senses.
21:28Arctic glacier
21:28mixed with cold
21:29black pine,
21:30carrying an abyss-like
21:32darkness that made
21:33people tremble.
21:34The instant I smelled it,
21:36the white wolf
21:36still sleeping within me
21:37suddenly opened her eyes
21:39and let out a possessive
21:40growl in my consciousness.
21:41I suppressed my shock
21:43and looked up
21:43Picky L.N. Blackwood,
21:45wearing the same
21:46black hoodie as before,
21:47winked at me.
21:51We meet again,
21:52little she-wolf.
21:56He ignored several
21:58flirting she-wolves
21:59and walked straight
22:00through the aisle,
22:01pulling out the chair
22:02next to me.
22:03Then he took
22:04black-rimmed glasses
22:05from his pocket
22:06and put them on,
22:07looking like a total nerd,
22:08but that glacial scent
22:10from his body
22:10dominantly filled
22:11the space around me.
22:13You're crossing
22:14boundaries, Blackwood.
22:16What?
22:18Is the former,
22:19future Luna
22:20of Darkmoon Pack
22:21now afraid to let
22:22someone sit next to her?
22:23He tilted his head
22:24with a wicked smile.
22:25His words hit
22:27precisely on my scars.
22:28But I didn't get angry,
22:30just sneered.
22:31I'm only afraid
22:32stupidity is contagious.
22:36On the platform,
22:38the professor began
22:39projecting today's
22:40advanced topic.
22:41Blood Moon
22:42Canyon Defense Battle.
22:44I ignored him
22:45and picked up my stylus,
22:46quickly building
22:47defensive matrices
22:48on the tablet.
22:49Three crossfire points
22:51perfectly sealing
22:52the canyon entrance
22:53as simple as
22:54breathing for me.
22:55Suddenly a hand
22:56reached over
22:57and unceremoniously
22:58gripped my hand
22:59holding the stylus.
23:00The instant his skin
23:01touched mine,
23:02an electric current
23:03sensation shot
23:04through my skin
23:05straight to my brain
23:06like high voltage
23:07electricity.
23:08My heart skipped a beat
23:09and my breathing stopped.
23:11This,
23:11this was the spark
23:12only mates could feel.
23:14I whipped my head
23:15around to look at him.
23:16Kellan's movements
23:17also froze.
23:19A flash of dark gold
23:21light passed through
23:22his deep black eyes.
23:23The next second,
23:24he pulled my stylus
23:25away with extremely
23:26bad casual tone
23:28covering his loss
23:29of control.
23:30Too conservative,
23:31pixie.
23:31He drew a huge
23:32red X over my
23:33defensive line
23:34and pulled out
23:35a red line
23:35diving deep
23:36behind enemy lines.
23:37He leaned over,
23:39his warm breath
23:40freely spraying
23:41against my ear,
23:42voice husking.
23:45Bite the opposing
23:46alpha's throat
23:46directly.
23:48Isn't that better
23:49than cowering
23:50in the back
23:50waiting to die?
23:54I forced down
23:55the inexplicable heat
23:57from being too close
23:58and deliberately
23:58jabbed my elbow
23:59hard into his ribs.
24:01Decapitation without
24:02bait is suicide.
24:03I kept my face cold,
24:05adding decoy squads
24:06next to his red line.
24:08You think everyone
24:10is like you,
24:11able to charge
24:11blindly on battlefields
24:13thanks to blood flag
24:14pack backing?
24:15Kellan's smile
24:16disappeared.
24:17He suddenly took
24:18off his glasses
24:19and carelessly
24:19tossed them
24:20on the desk.
24:21Turning to get
24:22in my face,
24:23to close eye
24:24could see his
24:24long eyelashes.
24:26You're trembling,
24:28Avery Ross.
24:28Is it from fear?
24:30Or because your body
24:32actually enjoys
24:33me touching you?
24:34This definitely
24:35wasn't the look
24:36a worthless playboy
24:37should have.
24:38But I,
24:39Avery Ross,
24:40had never been
24:41afraid of beasts.
24:42I leaned toward him
24:43proactively,
24:44my red lips
24:45almost brushing
24:46his jaw,
24:47every muscle
24:47in his body
24:48tensed like
24:48steel in that
24:49instant.
24:50I'm trembling
24:51because I can't
24:52wait to crush
24:52your stupid
24:53decapitation tactics
24:54along with your
24:55arrogant bones
24:55under my feet
24:56in next period's
24:57combat class.
25:00The bell rang
25:01at the perfect
25:01moment.
25:02I grabbed my
25:03backpack,
25:04stood up,
25:05and ruthlessly
25:06knocked his shoulder
25:07aside as I strode
25:08out of the classroom.
25:09Behind me came
25:10Kellan's low,
25:11husky laughter
25:12that carried
25:13a certain sick
25:13pleasure.
25:14I'm looking forward
25:15to it,
25:15my little pixie.
25:19Apex Royal
25:21Academy's
25:21underground
25:22combat arena,
25:23wearing sleek
25:24combat gear
25:24with fighting
25:25wraps on my
25:26hands.
25:26I felt
25:27fantastic.
25:28First match,
25:29Avery Ross
25:30versus
25:31Jax.
25:32The iron-blooded
25:33instructor marked
25:34his electronic
25:34board and barked
25:35roughly.
25:37A nearly
25:38two-meter
25:39tall,
25:39muscle-bound
25:40gray wolf
25:40alpha cracked
25:41his neck
25:42as he stepped
25:42onto the
25:43fighting platform.
25:43He looked
25:44at me like
25:45a rabbit
25:45that had
25:46wandered
25:47into a wolf
25:47pack.
25:48Instructor,
25:49you sure
25:49you want
25:49me fighting
25:50this wolfless?
25:51Jax
25:51mocked with bared
25:52fangs.
25:53I'm afraid
25:54if I accidentally
25:54release my pheromones,
25:55she'll
25:56be so scared. She
25:57pisses herself kneeling
25:58on the
25:58ground. Harsh
26:00laughter erupted
26:01around us, Kialin
26:02leaned against
26:03the chain-link
26:03fence,
26:04looking like he was
26:05waiting for
26:06my humiliation, or
26:07for me to
26:08beg for
26:08help.
26:09I crooked my
26:10finger at Jax.
26:11Too much talk.
26:12Come here.
26:15Jax was
26:16completely
26:16enraged
26:17by my
26:17dismissal.
26:18He roared,
26:20charging
26:20straight for
26:21my throat.
26:29In my
26:30partially awakened
26:31light bulb
26:31vision,
26:32his movements
26:33were painfully
26:33slow.
26:35He
26:35went.
26:45just as he
26:46lunged,
26:46I dropped
26:47low in a
26:48sliding step
26:48to avoid
26:49him.
26:50Then my
26:50right foot
26:51explosively
26:51pushed off
26:52the ground
26:52in a vicious
26:53high kick
26:54that landed
26:54solidly on
26:55his vulnerable
26:55net.
26:56Jax crashed
26:57heavily onto
26:58the rubber
26:58mats.
26:59The entire
27:00arena fell
27:01silent.
27:05Jax clutched
27:06his neck
27:06and released
27:07his full
27:07alpha pressure
27:08in humiliated
27:09fury,
27:09trying to
27:10dominate me
27:10with bloodline
27:11suppression.
27:12A wave
27:13of nauseating
27:14stench hit me.
27:15I strode
27:16over and
27:16planted my
27:17foot firmly
27:17on Jax's
27:18chest,
27:19leaning down.
27:20This is
27:21your proud
27:21bloodline?
27:23Pathetic.
27:25Submit,
27:25or I'll
27:26crush your
27:26ribs.
27:27Jax
27:27carefully
27:27slapped the
27:28floor.
27:31The crowd
27:32automatically
27:32parted as
27:33Kalen slowly
27:34walked onto
27:35the fighting
27:35platform.
27:36That arctic
27:37glacier and
27:38black pine scent
27:39instantly enveloped
27:40the entire
27:41space,
27:41dominantly
27:42dispelling
27:43Jax's
27:43lingering stench.
27:45But beating
27:46dumb brutes
27:46like that
27:47doesn't prove
27:48how brilliant
27:49your bait
27:49tactics are.
27:50He pulled
27:51off his hoodie,
27:52leaving only a
27:53tight black
27:53t-shirt that
27:54outlined his
27:55explosively
27:55powerful muscle
27:56definition.
27:57Let me be
27:58your opponent.
27:59Before he
28:00finished speaking,
28:01a black
28:02blur flashed
28:03past.
28:03I instinctively
28:04raised both
28:05arms to
28:05block as
28:06tremendous
28:06force made
28:07me slide
28:08back half
28:08a meter.
28:09But what
28:10shocked me
28:10more was
28:11that the
28:11moment our
28:12skin touched,
28:13it felt like
28:14fire shooting
28:14straight from
28:15my arms to
28:16my heart.
28:16His attacking
28:17movement showed
28:18a moment's
28:19hesitation.
28:19I immediately
28:20used the
28:21backward momentum
28:22for a fierce
28:22spinning kick
28:23straight at his
28:24face.
28:24Kalen dodged
28:25by tilting his
28:26head while
28:27grabbing my
28:27ankle and
28:28yanking me
28:28toward him.
28:29I lost
28:30balance completely
28:31as he used
28:32his other hand
28:32to wrap around
28:33my waist,
28:34locking me firmly
28:35in his ice and
28:36snow-scented
28:36embrace,
28:37our chests
28:38pressed tightly
28:38together.
28:39His warm lips
28:40almost brushed
28:41my earlobe.
28:43Got you.
28:47The instant he
28:48relaxed, my hand
28:49shot up to grip
28:50his shoulders as
28:51my knee drove up
28:52hard toward his
28:53abdomen.
28:53Kalen grunted
28:54and instinctively
28:55loosened his
28:56grip.
28:56My body moved
28:57like a flexible
28:58viper, instantly
28:59circling behind
29:00him to lock
29:01my arm around
29:02his throat.
29:02Then I used
29:03my thigh to
29:04pressure his
29:04knee joint and
29:05violently flipped
29:06his entire body
29:07to the ground.
29:08I straddled his
29:09waist, chest
29:10heaving dramatically
29:11as sweat dripped
29:12from my jaw
29:13onto his eye
29:13corner.
29:15Decapitation
29:15without bait
29:16is suicide.
29:18I looked down
29:19at him returning
29:19his classroom words
29:21verbatim.
29:21Do you understand
29:22now, Blackwood?
29:23The entire
29:24training ground
29:25fell dead silent.
29:26Everyone thought
29:27I was dead meat
29:28for daring to
29:29pin down and
29:29provoke this
29:30notoriously volatile
29:31mad dog.
29:32Kalen stared
29:33at me intently,
29:34then suddenly
29:35curved his lips
29:36in an extremely
29:37low, sexy
29:38laugh.
29:38He raised his
29:39long fingered
29:40hand and gently
29:41covered mine that
29:42was locked around
29:43his throat.
29:44Point taken,
29:45my queen.
29:46With his husky
29:47whisper, that
29:48deadly electric
29:49current sensation
29:50exploded wildly
29:51between our
29:52touching skin
29:52again.
29:53I looked at
29:54the undisguised
29:55dark gold
29:56vertical pupils
29:57in his eyes
29:58and my heart
29:58completely skipped
29:59a beat.
30:01After my fight
30:02with Kalen,
30:03I went from
30:04invisible to
30:04the center of
30:05attention.
30:06So during the
30:07month-end
30:07blood moon
30:08combat assessment,
30:09I faced even
30:10more challenges.
30:11In two hours,
30:12I had already
30:13consecutively eliminated
30:14five high-ranking
30:15alpha students who
30:16had fallen into
30:17blood moon
30:18frenzy.
30:18Damn it!
30:20How can this
30:20wolf list list be
30:21so fast?
30:22A werewolf whose
30:23ribs I'd broken
30:24with one kick lay
30:25in the mud cursing
30:26in disbelief.
30:27I ignored him and
30:28prepared to move to
30:29my next target.
30:30Just then, an eerie
30:31cold wind scattered
30:32the clouds overhead,
30:34a beam of blood
30:35dark red moonlight
30:36shone directly on
30:37me.
30:37My heart suddenly
30:38constricted as if
30:39gripped by an
30:40invisible giant hand
30:41blood.
30:42Moons easily made
30:43werewolves lose
30:44reason and become
30:45killing beasts.
30:47I collapsed
30:48painfully to the
30:49ground.
30:49My ancient white
30:50wolf was awakening,
30:52but my human shell
30:53had been dormant
30:54too long to
30:54withstand this
30:55power.
30:56Every bone in my
30:57body was fracturing,
30:58blood seeping
30:58through my skin as
30:59if I'd be torn
31:00apart by this force
31:01at any moment.
31:02Just as I was
31:02about to fall into
31:03darkness, a cold
31:04pine scent surrounded
31:05me.
31:06Avery!
31:07A black figure
31:07burst through the
31:08Mayago.
31:09It was Kalen.
31:12His usually
31:13playfully cynical
31:14black eyes had been
31:15completely replaced
31:15by the dark gold
31:16vertical pupils unique
31:18to pure blood
31:18Lylan kings.
31:19The moment he
31:20approached me, both
31:21our souls erupted in
31:22simultaneous thunderous
31:23roars.
31:24True mate, this bond
31:25was 10,000 times
31:26stronger than the weak
31:27attraction between
31:28Kalen, but extreme
31:29fear appeared in
31:30Kalen's eyes.
31:31Seeing my blood
31:32covered state, his
31:33breathing became
31:34extremely rapid.
31:35No, not like this.
31:37Kalen seemed trapped
31:38in some terrible
31:39nightmare.
31:40Don't leave me.
31:41I can't do this.
31:42I can't go through
31:43this again.
31:44I later learned his
31:45father's betrayal had
31:46caused his mother's
31:47mate mark to shatter.
31:49Young Kalen had
31:50watched his mother give
31:51up her will to live and
31:52die vomiting blood in
31:54extreme pain and
31:55despair.
31:59Since then, he'd been
32:00extremely averse to
32:01mate bonds.
32:02He believed giving away
32:03his heart meant
32:04surrendering his life.
32:05Now fate played the
32:06cruelest joke.
32:07Just as he recognized
32:08his destined mate, he
32:09had to watch her die from
32:10blood replash before his
32:11eyes.
32:12Get away!
32:13Stay away from me!
32:15Kalen closed his eyes in
32:17agony.
32:17He wanted to sever this
32:18fatal bond.
32:19He was afraid to
32:20experience that
32:21abandonment despair again.
32:23He wanted to run.
32:24He was a coward trapped
32:25by trauma.
32:28But I wouldn't allow my
32:30mate to be a coward.
32:31I gripped Kalen's arm with
32:33deadly force.
32:34My nails pierced his
32:35skin.
32:35Come back.
32:40Look at me, Kalen
32:41Blackwood.
32:45I'm not one of those
32:46weaklings who gives up
32:48life over a little pain.
32:49Nothing can make me
32:51submit.
32:51Not even this damn
32:53bloodline.
32:55I won't die.
32:57And I absolutely won't
32:58let you run.
32:59He looked at me and the
33:01Eternal Queen's wildfire in
33:02my eyes.
33:03In that moment, he
33:04finally understood I
33:05wasn't his mother who
33:07abandoned life over
33:08heartbreak.
33:09I was Avery Ross, a
33:10lunatic who dared grab
33:11death and fate by the
33:12throat.
33:13Damn it.
33:14Kalen suddenly cursed
33:15low.
33:16The fear in his eyes
33:17instantly receded.
33:18He yanked me forcefully
33:20into his burning embrace.
33:21He said through gritted
33:22teeth, voice hoarse like
33:24a voe.
33:25Since you provoked me,
33:26Avery, even if you go
33:28to hell, I'll drag you
33:30back.
33:31Kalen stopped
33:32suppressing himself,
33:33terrifying pure blood
33:35lichen king pressure
33:36exploded like a nuclear
33:37bomb, instantly snapping
33:39every tree within a
33:41hundred meters.
33:42Without hesitation, he
33:44raised his wrist and
33:45pierced his artery with
33:46sharp canines.
33:47He gripped my chin and
33:49forcefully fed me the
33:50pure, lichen king blood
33:52radiating powerful life
33:53force.
33:54Accept it.
33:56Let your wolf out.
34:00He roared in my ear, the
34:02pain disappeared, replaced
34:04by absolute power that
34:05controlled everything.
34:10In his arms, I threw
34:12back my head and
34:13released my first howl in
34:14eight years.
34:15Under the blood-dread
34:16moonlight, my body was
34:18wrapped in brilliant
34:19silver-white radiance.
34:21When the light faded, a
34:24massive wolf with fur
34:25pure as polar ice and
34:27eyes sharp as cold
34:28moonlight stood proudly
34:30atop the black forest
34:31ruins.
34:32The ancient white wolf had
34:34fully defended.
34:35Light flashed as Kalen also
34:37transformed into a black
34:38gold giant wolf even
34:40larger than me.
34:42Those dark gold eyes looked
34:43at me with complete
34:44devotion, then this pure
34:46blood, lichen king lowered his
34:48noble head to me and gently
34:50nuzzled my neck fur, a king
34:52swearing fealty to his king,
34:54a shattered soul finding
34:56eternal home.
34:57That night, dual royal
34:59howls echoed through Apex
35:01Academy's black forest,
35:02carrying unmatched
35:04dominance.
35:05Meanwhile, my former
35:07homeland, the dark moon
35:08pack teetered on
35:09extinction.
35:10Without my father's
35:11protection and military
35:12strength, dark moon
35:13territory became fat prey
35:15for rogue wolf packs.
35:17Caleb, as the soon-to-be
35:19alpha, took his perfect
35:20Luna Bailey to the
35:21battlefield.
35:25Facing crazed rogues, the
35:27usually arrogant head
35:28cheerleader, Bailey screamed
35:30and hid behind trees, even
35:32pushing a young guard toward
35:33enemy claws to save herself.
35:35Only after losing everything
35:37did Caleb realize in terror
35:39that his ability to be a
35:40stable genius alpha had
35:42entirely depended on having a
35:44wolf-less girl handling all
35:46tactical planning and crisis
35:48management behind the scenes.
35:49Now the person he'd
35:50considered dead weight had
35:52been pushed away by his own
35:53hands.
35:54A month later, one
35:56afternoon, Caleb found me at
35:57school.
35:58He looked haggard, but his gaze
35:59still held that ingrained
36:01arrogance.
36:02He blocked my path.
36:04Avery, had enough of this
36:06tantrum?
36:07Come back with me.
36:08I stopped and looked at him
36:10like viewing a corpse.
36:12Are you out of your mind?
36:14Dark Moon is in trouble now.
36:16Rogues are attacking our
36:17borders.
36:17I know you're angry at me, and
36:19I admit Bailey was useless on
36:21the battlefield, but you were
36:22raised by Dark Moon.
36:24Do you want to watch your former
36:25home get destroyed?
36:29He took a deep breath as if
36:31making some huge sacrifice.
36:35Just come back with me now and
36:37convince your father to
36:39reactivate the defense systems.
36:41I can retract my previous
36:42rejection.
36:43You can be my first mate with
36:45Bailey ranking below you.
36:46You should be satisfied with
36:48that, right?
36:50I couldn't help laughing out
36:52loud.
36:53Caleb, both your vows and
36:55charity are garbage to me.
36:57Now get lost immediately.
36:59You!
36:59Caleb flew into a rage.
37:01Don't be ungrateful!
37:03Without me, you'll never hold
37:05your head up in werewolf
37:06society.
37:06He suddenly reached out,
37:08releasing his pathetically
37:09weak alpha pressure while
37:10trying to forcibly drag me
37:12away by the arm, just as his
37:14fingers were about to touch
37:16me.
37:16Take your filthy hands off,
37:18my mate.
37:20Terrifying, dark, bold
37:21pressure swept from behind me
37:23like a tsunami.
37:25Wham!
37:25Before Caleb even saw who it
37:27was, that overwhelming force
37:29pressed him to his knees on the
37:31hard cement.
37:32Kalen Blackwood slowly emerged
37:34from the hallway shadows.
37:35His pupils burned with the dark
37:37old divine fire of vertical.
37:40Slits, the mark of a pure blood
37:42like in pain.
37:44Kalen Blackwood?
37:46That worthless playboy?
37:47Caleb's face showed complete disbelief.
37:50In his understanding, Kalen was just
37:52waste living off family background.
37:55Kalen walked to my side and naturally
37:57wrapped his arm around my waist.
37:59So you're the trash who cut my
38:01queen's hair.
38:02With each step Kalen took closer,
38:05the cement under Caleb's feet cracked
38:07with terrifying fissures.
38:11You...
38:12You're lichen?
38:14Caleb's face went deathly pale.
38:17He finally understood
38:18why this supposed playboy
38:20could run wild at America's top
38:22academy without even high-ranking
38:24instructors daring to control him.
38:27Originally, I planned to spare you
38:28for Avery's sake.
38:30But now I've changed my mind.
38:32Caleb trembled all over,
38:34desperately pleading.
38:35Avery, save me.
38:37I didn't know he was Lithen.
38:39For old times' sake, make him stop!
38:41I pushed away Kalen's arm
38:43and stepped forward.
38:44The ancient, white vault's
38:46sacred pressure flattened him
38:48to the ground,
38:49making him cough up blood.
38:51You personally severed the bond
38:53that protected you?
38:54I knelt down and whispered my decree.
38:58Now take your arrogance
38:59back to your ruins and wait to die.
39:02Kalen waved his hand.
39:04Two royal guards appeared like
39:05ghosts and dragged the unconscious
39:07Caleb out of the academy
39:09like a dead dog.
39:10Three years later,
39:11at the finals of the Interpac tournament,
39:14the entire canyon was drowned
39:16in countless werewolves'
39:18frenzied cheers.
39:19I stood on the victory podium,
39:20my silver-blonde hair
39:22catching the sun.
39:23I wore the ivory-laced
39:25coronation gown,
39:27crowned with silver,
39:28the black gem pendant marking me
39:30as the pack's true king.
39:31Below me on the steps
39:33knelt the tribal leaders who had
39:35once mocked me as wolf-less.
39:37Now they all bowed their proud heads
39:39in unison,
39:40placing right hands over left chests.
39:43Hail Queen Avery!
39:46Kalen stood beside me.
39:48He wore the black-gold formal attire
39:50symbolizing bloodfang
39:51packed supreme power.
39:53His massive,
39:54pure-blood lichen king presence
39:55enveloped the entire arena,
39:57intimidating every beast
39:59that dared challenge royal authority.
40:01He gripped my hand tightly,
40:03gently placed a crown forged
40:05from meteorite
40:06and black diamonds
40:07atop my head.
40:08Satisfied, my Luna?
40:09I looked toward distant mountains.
40:12I'd heard that in the rogue refugee camps
40:14lived a low-ranking werewolf
40:16with broken legs
40:18who survived by scavenging garbage.
40:20He would rant to anyone
40:22who'd listen that
40:23the mighty white wolf queen
40:25had once been his mate.
40:26But each time,
40:28he only earned more brutal beatings
40:30and mockery from his own kind.
40:32All betrayals,
40:33all humiliations
40:34had met their ultimate reckoning
40:36before absolute power.
40:37I turned back
40:38and kissed Kalen's lips passionately.
40:41I'm very satisfied, my king.
40:43In the sky above,
40:44massive white wolf
40:46and black gold lichen king phantoms
40:48intertwined,
40:50releasing roars
40:51that shattered the headless.
40:54Our era had only just begun.
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