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The Luna Abandoned By The Frostfang Wolf Alpha HD
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00:00My sister Serafini ran away from the wedding, and I was forced to become the maid of Serafine's
00:05fiance. I destroyed the ceremony in fury. I even struck Kale Vorn across the face in front of
00:14Elber of the Pack. Yet this male, the Alpha of Alphers, the Frostfang Wolf King, didn't unleash
00:21his wrath. Instead, he knelt before me and brushed the shattered ceremonial glass from my heel with
00:26his own hands. No matter how enraged you are, you are not permitted to harm yourself. It would break
00:30my heart. One sentence. That was all it took to make my heart stutter. For an entire year after
00:36that, I reigned in my wild heart. I tried to learn to handle the affairs of the wolf pack and
00:41to become
00:41a worthy Luna. Until Serafini Ashdown came back from abroad. We were kidnapped. The howling sea wind
00:50tore at my scalp as we stood at the cliff's edge. The rogue wolf was still snarling in madness.
00:56At Kale Vorn, it's your turn. Two Fimmins, one life. Which one will you save?
01:05Beside me, Serafine's heart-wrenching sobs filled the air.
01:09Kale, save me! Please, you have to save me!
01:15Without a word, I let my hand drift down to Restomach. There, a tiny life was growing,
01:20a pup two months along. I had just discovered it. The pack healer let me sense the pup's
01:25essence. Exceptionally strong and steady. Kale had been called to an emergency council and missed
01:32the news. When I tried to share it that night, Serafini had just been brought back to the
01:36territory, and then came this ambush. I should have reached my hand toward Kale and screamed
01:41that I carried his air. But before I came and opened my mouth, Kale pointed at Serafini without a shred
01:47of hesitation. Kale didn't give me time to react before I plummeted from high up into the icy water,
01:55agaping, bloodthirsty maw of darkness and ice swallowed me whole. My body felt as though it
02:01had been shattered and reassembled in reverse. The bond mark on my neck burned white hot.
02:05Then went terrifyingly cold. Something deeply important. Irreversibly. Irretrievably slipped
02:12out from my womb. I slowly closed my eyes. In that instant, I regretted ever accepting the mark of
02:17Kale Vorn. When I opened my eyes again, I saw the stark white healing ward and Kale. Gripping my hand,
02:26his silver wolf eyes brimming with anguish. You were carrying my cup. Why didn't you tell me?
02:35I thought about the moment he faced the rogue's wolf. The moment he chose Serafini without a flicker
02:40of hesitation. I was about to pull my hand away when Serafini rushed in and pointed at me.
02:45Ira, you knew you carried his pup, yet you refused to speak a single word. You deliberately made Kyle
02:53choose me, didn't you? So we'd be saddered with a death for the rest of our lives. I know you
02:57despise
02:58me, but that was Kale's pup too. The heir to the Frostdale pack. Using your own flesh and blood for
03:03a
03:03scheme. How could you be so cruel? Every word was absurd, yet she delivered them through choked sobs.
03:09I opened my mouth to argue back. But Kale's hand, gripping mine, tightened sharply. His alpha aura
03:16flared with barely contained wrath. Is that true?
03:23So Evolve's instincts really can be blind to this degree. The alpha who marked me who swore a mate bond
03:29that was supposed to transcend all things had never truly trusted me. Before I could even react,
03:36Kale seized my collar and forced me to look at him. His irises bled from silver to gold. He was
03:42utterly furious.
03:43I never imagined you could be this cruel, trying to trade our pup for my guilt! You disgust me!
03:50With that, he flung me off the bed onto the floor. And my back slammed hard against the wall.
03:56The healing for lying scattered everywhere. The white floor was stained with my blood, my leg,
04:01already splinted, twisted into a horrifying angle from the impact. Yet the hand that should have been
04:07reaching to help me up was firmly planted in front of Serafini. Shielding her, his silver eyes were filled
04:13with warning, directed at me. Kale actually thought I was going to attack Serafini.
04:23A bitter smile tugged at the corner of my mouth. I looked at him with eyes completely devoid of emotion.
04:32This pup. The tragedy was being conceived in my womb, only to have a sire like you.
04:39Kale's pupils contracted, the hand-shielding Serafini froze in midter. For a split second,
04:44his wolf recoiled, as if my words had pierced something deeper than flesh.
04:50Maybe it was the desolation in my eyes that struck him. He instinctively moved to help me up.
04:56But Serafini clutched his sleeve, tears streaming down her face.
05:01Every night since that day, I've been having nightmares. Kale, it hurts so much. I keep seeing her fall.
05:09Keep hearing the splash. Serafini's weeping was pitiful, but I saw through it,
05:15malice glinted in her eyes. As if she were saying, losing one pup is nowhere near enough.
05:24Kale turned a cold gaze toward me.
05:27Ira, you've frightened Serafin. Apologize to her.
05:32There I was, crumpled on the floor, pierced by the frost in his eyes.
05:37I'm like this and you still want me to apologize to her? I'm the one who lost our pup, not
05:43her!
05:44Not Serafina! Serafini only wept louder.
05:47Kale, I know. Hila blames me for making her lose the pup. I'll kneel and apologize to her myself!
05:53Kale couldn't bear the thought of Serafini kneeling. He turned to his pack enforcers and ordered them.
05:59Hold the luna down. Make her apologize to Miss Ashtheod.
06:04I shrieked at him.
06:06Kale Vorn, do you even have a heart beneath that wolf's hide?
06:10But there was no room for struggle. The enforcers forced my head down and
06:14slammed it hard against the stone floor. Once, twice, three times. Blood stained my forehead red.
06:21My vision went dark. With every knock, searing pain shot through my entire body through the bond.
06:27I felt nothing from Kale's end but cold, unyielding judgment.
06:32By the time Kale snapped out of it, I had almost passed out from the blows.
06:38Kale Vorn, the alpha's brow furrowed. He moved to summon the healers.
06:43At just the right moment, Serafini conveniently collapsed in his arms,
06:47so the words that reached his lips became.
06:50Kale Vorn, Seraphine, what's wrong? Every healer, now!
06:54All to attend to Serafini, whose breathing was steady. Heart rate was normal,
06:59her eyelids were still twitching erratically from her inexperience at fainting unconsciousness.
07:04Meanwhile, I, the luna, covered in blood, was discarded on the cold floor like carrion.
07:11Eventually, I gathered a sliver of strength and struggled to climb back into the healing bed.
07:16My phone rang. I answered. Serafini must have accidentally triggered a call while fainting.
07:23From… The other end came her theatrically choked sobs.
07:27Kale, I was just too young back then. The thought of the ceremony terrified me, so I fled. Will you
07:33forgive me?
07:35How could I ever blame you?
07:37Kale's voice was warm and gentle. A tone I had once believed was reserved for me alone.
07:42But you marked at Ira, without a single objection. And at the ceremony, you indulged her every whim.
07:49I thought maybe… The alpha seemed to let out a low, rumbling laugh.
07:54Foolish girl. I claimed her only to cover your shame and salvage your family's name among the packs.
08:00As for letting her run wild at the ceremony, that was to deflect the gossip away from you.
08:05So that when you finished wandering and came back, you'd still be spotless,
08:09And no pack elder could point a claw at you. I promised I would always protect you.
08:15The call cut off. My vision blurred with wetness.
08:18I finally understood just how foolish I had been all these years.
08:22Because of one gentle look from an alpha. A few hollow words of protection.
08:27I had believed he truly loved me. What I thought was fate had been a lie from beginning to end.
08:35I laughed until my whole body trembled. The wounds split open. And I felt nothing. Not until an urgent
08:42voice called out beside my ear. Ira. Ira.
08:46I came back to myself. Uncle Harrison and Aunt Margo had arrived with the finest healers from the Valon
08:51family estate. Seeing the blood-soaked wreck I had become. My uncle, a beta male so gentle he had never
08:59raised his voice in his life. Turned red-eyed. Kale Vorn is utterly despicable. You're broken like
09:03this. He's still attending to another female. I knew it. Your father forcing you into that substitute
09:07mating. He never had good intentions. Animals. They're worse than beasts. Aunt Margo threw a
09:12reproachful look at him. Is now really the time? You'll only make Ila more distressed.
09:18She tenderly wiped away my tears. Ira. Why don't you come back to the Valon estate with us and recover
09:24for a
09:24while? If you truly cannot bear the separation from Kale, then at least let me stay here and tend
09:31to you. I lifted my head, my gaze resolute. No need. I've decided to sever the mate bond with Kale
09:41Vorn.
09:42As I spoke, I produced a blank bond severance decree bearing Kale Vorn's own signature,
09:48sealed with the Frostfang sigil. He had placed it in my hands solemnly on the night of our claiming
09:53ceremony. He said it was the greatest assurance an alpha could willingly give his mate a promise
09:59that, should he ever fail me, I would have the power to walk free. Those words had pulled me
10:04deeper and deeper. Until, in the end, I paid with my own pup's life. Now, I handed this one
10:11treasured gift to my uncle and aunt. They understood immediately and summoned a pack law keeper to draft
10:17the severance pact. The moment I pressed my blood signature at the bottom of that document, a breath
10:24of relief escaped me. The mate bond in my chest, already frayed to a single thread, went utterly
10:30silent. The law keeper gathered the scrolls. After the reverence is recorded, there will be a one moon
10:39cooling period. Once that moon passes, I will deliver the final dissolution decree.
10:48My voice was calm. Empty, but calm.
10:53My wounds had attended. I was just about to rest. Then the healing ward door was kicked open with brute
11:00force. A tall female swept in, Ilara Vorn. Kale's mother and high elder of the Frostfang pack.
11:08Without a word, she delivered a hard slap across my face. You knew you carried the Frostbell air,
11:13and you still insisted on going alone to that rogue-inflested territory? It's one thing for a
11:17low-blorn omega like you to get taken, but you killed the Vorn pack's first grandson.
11:21Today, I will teach you what it means to answer to the Elder Council.
11:25Faced with Alara's sudden fury, all I felt was absurdity. That day, it was Serafini who had forced
11:31her way into my vehicle and ordered the driver to change course toward the rogue borderlands.
11:36That was what gave the kidnappers their opening.
11:40I was co-porsed by Serafine into going to that territory.
11:43Alara looked half doubtful.
11:45No. Serafine would have no reason to do this.
11:49I insisted firmly.
11:51None of you have investigated! Why are you saying this?!
11:54Alara immediately summoned her enforcers.
11:56Go. I want to see who has been lying to the Elder Council.
12:03The ward door was pushed open again.
12:06Kale blocked the enforcers from leaving. His alpha presence filled the room like a winter storm.
12:12No need to investigate.
12:14Before I could even breathe a sigh of relief, the alpha's next words smashed me to the bottom of the
12:19abyss.
12:19All of this is Ella's fault. Out of jealousy, she dragged Serafine to the rogue borderlands.
12:28I jerked my head up, staring at Kale in disbelief. I had actually felt a flash of gratitude when he
12:34walked in. I thought he had come to defend me. I never imagined he would personally pin all.
12:40The blame on me. All to shield Serafine the real culprit.
12:45Fine. I have always known the Ashtone bloodline was diluted and unworthy, but I didn't realize it
12:51could produce such a lying, shameless creature. Enforcers, bring the Pact Discipline Rod!
12:57Alara's fury surpassed rage and turned to ice. My pupils trembled. The Frostfang Discipline Rod was
13:03notorious. Barbed silver alloy. Lethal to wolves, it was never invoked except for crimes of the gravest
13:10order. No! I'm not the one who lied! What right do you have to punish me?!
13:16I fought with everything I had, but Beta Enforcers pinned me hard against the floor.
13:21Then the barbed rod came smashing down onto my abdomen.
13:25A piercing scream tore through the healing ward corridor. Kale's brow furrowed instinctively.
13:32Mother.
13:32Alara's tone left no room for argument. You're not thinking of pleading for this Omega, are you?
13:41That was my first grandson! The Frosttail heir I waited decades for!
13:48Mother, you misunderstand. Kale turned his face away, his expression unreadable,
13:53but I caught the flicker of his wolf retreating behind ice.
13:56Ira has been far too willful this time. She deserves the punishment. But this entire matter
14:03has nothing to do with Seraphine. Please do not drag an innocent person into it, Mom.
14:08She deserves punishment. Do not drag an innocent person into this. As more than a dozen strikes of
14:14the silver rod smashed into my chest and back. Agony tore through every limb. Every nerve blood
14:20soaked through my hospital gown. The mate bond in my chest didn't just fray. It began to rot until I
14:26could bear no more. My vision went black. In the haze, I thought I heard someone howling my name.
14:33Ira! Ira, don't you dare surrender to the dark! I forbid you to die!
14:39When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw, unsurprisingly, was the anxious, worried faces of
14:45my uncle and aunt. Those damned Vorns! I swear on the Valon name, I'll get justice for you!
14:51My voice was barely a rasp. Please, don't. The Vorn pack's dominion over Northmore was now absolute.
14:59No wolf in the territory would willingly challenge them. Only then did I say what had been crystallizing
15:04in my mind since the moment I woke. Uncle, you've always said the territories overseed are more
15:10promising. That you wanted to relocate the Valon healing practice of fraud. Aunt Margo's eyes lit with
15:17cautious hope. Ira, you mean you're willing to come overseas with us? Seeing me nod, she finally
15:24broke into tears of relief. Good. Wonderful. If you're willing, then everything will be all right.
15:30But the words had barely faded before a burst of footsteps sounded outside. A deep male voice
15:35followed. Leave. Ira, where do you intend to go? To be safe, I sent my uncle and aunt away first.
15:45I was thinking of traveling to clear my mind. The healers recommended it. Kale exhaled invisible
15:51relief. He pulled me into his arms with the same possessive tenderness he had always wielded.
15:56That sounds wise. His scent enveloped me, cedar and frost. Once it had been my greatest comfort,
16:03now every breath of it made my stomach turn. About my mother holding you accountable.
16:09Ultimately, I failed to contain the situation. But I owe Seraphine too much. I must pay that debt.
16:17You're my mate. You understand me, don't you? After the horror of my pup's death,
16:23his tender words only sent ice through every inch of my body. But I no longer had the strength
16:29to demand what debt he meant. I simply pushed his large hands away and forced a stiff smile.
16:35Of course I understand. Feeling his empty embrace, Kale's brow furrowed,
16:40his wolf stirred uneasily. Something was wrong. But his wolf couldn't put finger on what was wrong.
16:48Seraphine chose that exact moment to enter. Carrying a thermal container,
16:52her face wore precisely the right amount of concerned sweetness.
16:57Ira, you're awake. I heard your injuries were very severe, so I specially prepared some
17:03restorative herb broth. Please, try it. I didn't want to drink it at all. My wolf recoiled instantly
17:10from the scent rising from the broth. You put Silverthorn in this? I'm deathly reactive to
17:16Silverthorn. Seraphine immediately covered her mouth in feigned innocence.
17:22I had no idea. I didn't believe her for one second, back in the Ashdown household. One of her
17:28favorite tricks was accidentally mixing Silverthorn powder into my food. Then, watching with barely
17:34concealed glee as my body broke out in burns. But Kale believed her. Not only did he believe her,
17:40but he was displeased by my reaction. Seraphine was only trying to be kind. There's no need to be
17:47so dramatic. Seraphine pitifully clutched his sleeve. But if Ira refuses to drink it,
17:52the pack outside will tear me to pieces. She pointed outside the ward. Her eyes rimmed red.
17:57I already told them that Ira and I have a wonderful bond. If she won't even take one sip,
18:02they'll definitely think I'm lying. In the blink of an eye, the pack swarmed inside.
18:09Luna era. Was the rogue ambush arranged because your sister wanted you thrown off the cliff,
18:14while you carried the air? We've heard you were subjected to the Frosthen Discipline rod,
18:18also because of your sister. Every single question was aimed at Seraphine,
18:22but every single word filled me with dread. I turned my head and met. Kale's ice-cold silver
18:28gaze. His lips moved soundlessly. Drink it, or else the lives of your family. As if my
18:34Volf had been ripped from my body, I numbly swallowed the silver thorn-laced broth.
18:39Seraphine leaned in close. Smug. Her voice low enough for only my ears.
18:44So pathetic. Just as useless as your weak-blooded mother who died young.
18:50A full bowl went down. I nearly lost consciousness on the spot. Fiery burns spread like wildfire across
18:57my entire body, until my vision went black. And I lost all awareness.
19:05When I woke, the ward was empty, not a single soul had stayed to watch over me. The healing
19:11fur had back flowed more than halfway. Full with blood. I don't know where I found the strength
19:16to press the call button. A healer finally rushed in.
19:22Didn't I tell your alpha ages ago? Your complications are severe. You need 24-hour monitoring?
19:27The line nearly drained you dry and no one noticed. Where is he? Don't tell me he's off
19:32comforting your sister again. I glanced at the lunar calendar on the wall. I had been unconscious for over
19:37two weeks. But there was less than a week left until the bonding severance moon ended.
19:43A small, hollow smile tugged at my lips. Soon he won't be my mate.
19:49What?
19:50I said, soon he won't be my mate anymore. So, could you help me find a caretaker?
19:56Someone from outside the Vorn pack. Under the caretaker's attention, I recovered steadily.
20:02Though occasionally, I still received messages from Serafini.
20:05Kale has always wanted me. You're nothing but a paid holder. If you know what's good for you,
20:10renounce the alpha mate title now. I calmly turned off the phone screen.
20:16The day I was discharged, Kale finally appeared. Serafini was at his side,
20:22her hand resting possessively on his arm. I caught a faint coppery tongue in the air.
20:27Blood beneath it. The unmistakable scent of my uncle's family. But I had no time to dwell on it.
20:34The first words out of Kale's mouth were...
20:37Neil, apologize to Serafina.
20:41On what grounds?
20:42Uncontainable fury churned in my chest. Kale's expression hardened, his alpha aura pressing down.
20:49On the grounds that you spread false rumors and destroyed Serafian's reputation across every pack
20:55in the territory.
20:57I didn't do any of that. I've been in the healing wad the entire time. If you use your resources
21:02to verify...
21:05No need.
21:06The alpha cut me off, his voice flat and absolute.
21:10Serafine says it was you. So it was you.
21:13It felt like an invisible claw had seized my heart and was squeezing. A bitter, suffocating ache spread
21:19like poison to every limb. Serafini tugged at Kale's sleeve.
21:24Aera is still my little sister after all. If she doesn't want to, forget it.
21:32It's not like this is the first time I've been treated this way by her back in the Ashdown house.
21:38Serafini tugged at Kale's sleeve.
21:41Aera is still my little sister after all. If she doesn't want to, forget it.
21:48It's not like this is the first time I've been treated this way by her back in the Ashdown house.
21:53Each teardrop hit the floor as though it were striking Kale directly in the chest. His face
21:58hardened to granite.
21:58I always knew you were willful, Aera. But I never imagined you dared bully Serafina even in her own
22:06den. And she was still merciful enough to plead for you. Pushing back this apology again and again
22:12because you hadn't recovered. Yet you're this ungrateful. Do not blame me for what comes next.
22:21He merely crooked a finger. Pack enforcers surged forward and kicked hard against the backs of my
22:27knees. I collapsed face down onto the stone floor then they seized my hair and slammed my forehead
22:33against the ground. The crack of my skull hitting stone. My blood streaked face. Both made Kale's
22:39wolf lurch inside his chest. He was struck by a sudden. Unwelcome memory. Right after the miscarriage,
22:46I had been treated exactly like this. The same brutal grip. The same cold floor.
22:52A flicker of something. Regret. Protectiveness. Stirred inside Kale's chest. He was just about
22:58to call a halt when Serafina threw herself into his arms. Aera is more or less getting what she
23:03deserves. I just hope that after this she'll stop targeting me. The fledgling softness in Kale's
23:08heart turned back to ice. By now, my world had dissolved into a sea of crimson. The only thing keeping
23:14me upright was a message my uncle and aunt had sent. Tomorrow is the day we finalize your severance.
23:20We're coming to collect you now. And we're bringing little Leo with us. Just endure until
23:25my family arrives. Then everything will finally be over. That was what I told myself. Until a
23:32document was shoved in front of my face. This is the apology, Sroll. Sign your blood name. Now.
23:38But my eye caught what was tucked inside. I pulled it out, and my vision nearly shattered.
23:47A letter of forgiveness? My mind instantly flew to the faint blood scent on Serafina and then to the
23:53message my uncle and aunt had sent. By timing alone, they should have arrived long ago.
24:00A flicker of something, regret, protectiveness, stirred inside Kale's chest. He was just about
24:06to call a halt when Serafina threw herself into his arms. Ira is more or less getting what she
24:11deserves. I just hope that after this she'll stop targeting me. The fledgling softness in Kale's
24:16heart turned back to ice. By now, my world had dissolved into a sea of crimson. The only thing keeping
24:22me upright was a message my uncle and aunt had sent. Tomorrow is the day we finalize your severance.
24:28We're coming to collect you now. And we're bringing little Leo with us. Just endure until
24:33my family arrives. Then everything will finally be over. That was what I told myself. Until a
24:40document was shoved in front of my face. This is the apology, Sroll. Sign your blood name. Now.
24:46But my eye caught what was tucked inside. I pulled it out, and my vision nearly shattered.
24:55A letter of forgiveness? My mind instantly flew to the faint blood scent on Serafina,
25:01and then to the message my uncle and aunt had sent. By timing alone, they should have arrived long ago.
25:08In the footage, my uncle's family still lay at the attack site. Aunt Margo was the only one conscious,
25:15with an arm grotesquely twisted. She clutched little Leo, his chest nearly torn through.
25:21She knelt on the ground, kowtowing over and over. My pup is dying. Please, I'm begging you. Let us reach
25:30the healers. You. My voice shook uncontrollably. Kale's expression remained utterly. Indifferent,
25:41the three lives in that footage seemed to mean less to him than a single tear from Serafini.
25:48You sign. I save them. Otherwise? The unspoken threat hung heavy in the air.
25:56I finally broke. I lifted my head and fixed him with a stare so desolate, so utterly hollow,
26:03that Kale himself froze for an instant. No. She wasn't supposed to look at him like that.
26:08I took the blood pen from his hand and, with immense effort, signed my name. A single tear fell
26:14onto the document, bleeding into a crimson ripple.
26:20Kale, Vorne. I hate you. Kale moved to summon the healers, but Serafini urged frantically beside him.
26:29If we don't deliver the forgiveness letter now, the pack enforcers will come for me.
26:35So the vehicle roared off, leaving me crumpled on the ground, gritting my teeth. I hauled myself up.
26:41I hailed transport after transport before one finally agreed to take me to the attack site.
26:47I kept vigil outside the operating chamber through an entire night until my tears ran dry and finally,
26:53those words from the head healer. They're out of immediate danger.
26:57At daybreak, the law keeper delivered the bonding severance decree. My grandparents arrived at the
27:03same moment. I thought they would blame me. That they would look at me and see only the fool who
27:08had brought ruin to our family. Our little Ira has suffered so much.
27:13But the two elderly wolves simply held me in their arms.
27:17Outside the healing ward, transport was already waiting. A message from Kale appeared on my phone.
27:24I've already summoned the best healers for you. Your family will be fine. Serafini was quite shaken.
27:31I'm taking her away from the territory for a while to help her recover. I'll bring you back a gift.
27:36I glanced at the message once, felt the last frayed thread of the bond finally snap,
27:41then blocked his number, boarded the transport, and never looked back.
27:49Three months later. The far coast, a territory untouched by the Frostfang pack's influence,
27:55by day, I refined our ancestral healing formulas. By night, I studied pack medicine texts. Every hour
28:02in the laboratory was an hour I didn't spend remembering. I had changed. Everyone around me
28:08knew it. The Ira who once lived for a single. Alpha's smile was gone. In her place stood someone
28:14quieter. Harder. Someone. Who no longer flinched at shadows but no longer believed in fairy tales.
28:20My Volf, too, had changed. She was still there, but retreated deep. Curled up in some quiet corner of my
28:27soul. The severance had not killed her, but it had wounded her profoundly. She no longer strained toward
28:34the bond that wasn't there. She no longer howled for an Alpha who had never truly wanted us. We were
28:39healing. Slowly. But healing. The door chimed, and I looked up from my workbench. The male who walked in
28:47was tall, lean, with dark brown hair falling across warm amber eyes. There was a gentleness to his face,
28:58but beneath it, a quiet strength that didn't need to announce itself. Ira, lately? You've been so
29:05focused on work. Are you really alright? Julian's voice was smooth, carrying a faint accent I couldn't
29:12quite place. I set down my notes. I had been pressing my quill too hard. The paper was scored.
29:18I'm fine. I just... don't know how to be anyone else anymore. Julian didn't push. He never pushed.
29:26Instead, he glanced at my workbench and smiled. The Blackwood Pack sent me to coordinate with your
29:31family's practice. I blinked. I was expecting someone... older. No offense.
29:38None taken. Everyone expects my father, but he's semi-retired now, spends most of his time in his
29:47greenhouse talking to his herbs. Something about the way he said it, fond and faintly exasperated,
29:54pulled an unexpected smile from me. It was the first time I had smiled at anyone in three months.
30:00Julian, I would learn. Was an alpha. But unlike any alpha I had ever met,
30:06the Blackwood Pack's most gifted healer. Patient beyond measure.
30:13Over the following weeks, Julian never pushed. Never pried, when I went quiet mid-conversation.
30:20He simply waited, when I flinched at sudden movements, he pretended not to notice.
30:24When I snapped at him once, unfairly, unkindly, a lash of temper born of pain rather than anger,
30:32he merely nodded. You're right. I should have asked before touching your equipment.
30:39I'm sorry. I apologized later, mortified. He shrugged.
30:44You've been through something. I don't know what, and you don't owe me the story.
30:48But I've treated enough wounded wolves to recognize the signs.
30:52His amber eyes met mine, steady and undemanding.
30:56Take whatever time you need, Ira. I'm not going anywhere.
30:59Julian also personally performed the operations on my uncle's family. He devised a meticulous
31:04rehabilitation plan that had little Leo, the most critically injured, transferred to a standard
31:10ward within a single week. He even represented the Blackwood Pack and signed a partnership.
31:16Agreement with our family. The terms were exceedingly fair,
31:20without even a whisper of exploitation. So I truly meant it when I turned to him.
31:28For everything. But after everything that had happened, something inside me had fractured.
31:34I couldn't interact normally with people anymore. Even expressing gratitude left me stiff and awkward.
31:41Julian, as if he hadn't noticed a thing, simply drew closer, his warm palm rested briefly against my forehead,
31:48checking my temperature with a healer's practice touch.
31:52Your pulse is still too fast. You're pushing yourself too hard again.
31:56I know. I let my hand fall.
32:02I just… every time I slow down, I start remembering. And I don't want to remember.
32:10Julian continued tending to a cut on my arm with gentle efficiency.
32:14Don't worry. Your wounds will heal very soon.
32:17He coaxed me the way one would soothe a frightened pup.
32:21Because… I'm the best healer there is.
32:23I found myself nodding, almost against my will. And for the first time in months,
32:28the tight knot in my chest loosened, just a little.
32:32Meanwhile, across the ocean, the Vorn Pack Council had ground to a complete halt,
32:37all because of Kale's obsessive drive to find me. Through every sleepless night,
32:41he replayed every detail of my disappearance. If he had known about the pup, how could he possibly
32:47not have chosen me? He hurled another bottle against the wall.
32:53Just because I made one wrong choice, you would leave me so completely? It's not fair!
33:01When his pack lieutenant pushed open the door, Kale surged to his feet.
33:10Did you find my mate? The lieutenant shook his head.
33:13All we found was a single clip of the Alpha mate boarding a charter flight. As for where that flight
33:18was headed, the trail goes cold. Someone with considerable resources has buried it.
33:23The light in Kale's eyes extinguished instantly. His towering body collapsed into a pile of shattered
33:29glass. His shirt bloomed crimson. His wolf wind.
33:34Alpha. The surveillance trail is truly dead. But perhaps, you might visit the Ashter home-owned in
33:42person. The Alpha mate is, by blood, still a daughter of that house.
33:49In truth, Kale had torn through the Ashdown estate the very day I went missing, and found nothing. He set
33:56off for the Ashdown residence at once, in the past, whenever he visited. The Ashdowns would line up at the
34:03gate to welcome him, but today he had come to hastily, without any advance notice. The servants
34:09didn't recognize him at first, by the time they realized who he was. He had already stormed into
34:15the Great Hall, and in the moment he pushed open the inner door, he caught a fragment of a name,
34:20my name.
34:23Inside, Seraphine, who had once again received a packed tribunal summons, was raging.
34:29That wretched actually dared to bring charges against me! I should've finished her off too, right then and there!
34:36Kale's entire body went rigid. The Seraphine in his memory had always been. Gentle and fragile.
34:42How could she use such vicious language against her own blood? And what did she mean?
34:47Finished her off too. Suddenly fragments resurfaced. My uncle's family. Run down deliberately. The silver
34:54thorn in the broth. The driver who lied, and why was her bedroom several times finer than mine.
34:59She claimed her upbringing had been worse than a dog's, but I frequently cast her out. But the more
35:05Kale thought about it, the more things refused to add up. Then, from inside the room, came the voice of
35:13Mr. Ashdown. The most important thing right now is to find Kale and beg for his intervention. By the way,
35:20he still believes you're the one who saved his life, correct? In an instant, every drop of blood in
35:25Kale's veins turned to ice. Inside the chamber, Seraphine was still basking in self-satisfaction.
35:34Kale Vaughn. He might be the most powerful alpha in three territories. But all it took were a few
35:40well-placed tears and he swallowed every lie I fed him. He'll go his whole life never knowing the one
35:46who saved him wasn't me at all. It was that pathetic little Omega. Era. Just thinking about it makes me
35:54giddy. So what if Ela saved his life? I stole all the credit. She knew all along she'd never surpass
36:01me
36:01in Kale's heart. That's why, the day of the ambush, she didn't even dare tell him she carried his pup.
36:07She just stood there and watched him choose me, and couldn't even save her own heir. It's honestly
36:13hilarious. After the brief, stunned paralysis, a rage unlike anything Kale had ever known surged through
36:20him. His wolf surged. His eyes blazed molten gold. Frost began to crystallize along the walls.
36:27The chamber door exploded inward, torn clean off its hinges.
36:34Alpha Vaughn, what brings you here? Kale, I can't believe Era hates me this much. Please,
36:41you have to protect me.
36:43This time, Kale seized her by the shoulders. His eyes held nothing but endless, frozen contempt.
36:50The tribunal is too merciful for a lying venomous snake like you. You deserve to be cast out of
36:56every pack under the moon. Seraphine's face drained of all color. Kale issued a single command to his
37:03lieutenant. In less than half an hour, the lieutenant arrived with a thick dossier of documents.
37:09From start to finish, Seraphine had been weaving lies. The one who had suffered ceaseless misery in
37:15the Ashdown household, who was frequently locked out, had always been me.
37:22One bitter winter night, I had once again been driven from the house. I fled to a narrow alley to
37:28take shelter. That was when I stumbled upon a group of rogue wolves about to silence their hostage.
37:33A boy my age. The young alpha heir of the Vorn pack. In desperation, I signaled the pack enforcers
37:42with a forbidden distress call. Then I threw stones at the rogues. Grabbed Kale's hand, and ran with all
37:48my might. The enforcers arrived in time. The rogues scattered. But halfway through our desperate flight,
37:57Kale and I were separated by a collapsing wall of debris. He had searched for me for so many years.
38:07He never imagined he had ended up finding the wrong female.
38:15And yet, stealing credit for his rescue was only Seraphine's opening act. The
38:20vehicular attack on my uncle's family was entirely deliberate on her part. She had meant to silence
38:25them forever.
38:30The pack outside my ward. The wave of public condemnation, all orchestrated by Seraphine my
38:36miscarriage. Seraphine had deliberately leaked the news to Ilara so that the High Elder would
38:42discipline me with the silver rod.
38:45And even the rogue Volf ambush itself, arranged by Seraphine in collusion with exiled wolves.
38:57Why?! Why did you do all this?!
39:01Kale's roar was almost feral.
39:05Serafine trembled violently.
39:08Kale, I just wanted you to see your own heart clearly. You chose to save me. That proves I'm the
39:15one you truly love. Now that Ira has stepped aside, we can finally be together.
39:23Whatever Ira could give you, I can give you too. Even more. Wasn't I the one you wanted to claim
39:30from
39:30the very beginning?
39:37Kale's lips curled into a smile of ice and death. The one I have loved, from the moment I first
39:43drew
39:43breath as a wolf, is Ira. If you hadn't stolen her life-saving grace, I wouldn't have wasted a
39:49single glance on you. He had once believed that finding his rescuer was the greatest gift the moon
39:55goddess could bestow. Now he understood. It had all been poison, dressed as honor.
40:01Word reached me across the ocean. Seraphine, Ashdown had been arrested, the PAC tribunal
40:06found her guilty on 17 counts. Conspiracy to murder. Deliberate endangerment of a PAC heir.
40:13Fraud against the Alphar's blood oath. The sentence was exile. Permanent, irrevocable exile,
40:19a mark burned into her wolf that would cause any Alpha in any territory to reject her on sight.
40:24She, would live the rest of her days as a rogue. I read the news on my phone. Sitting by
40:30the window
40:30of my small apartment overlooking the foreign coastline. The sea here was warmer, greener,
40:35softer. I waited to feel something, satisfaction, vindication, relief. Instead, I felt nothing.
40:43A vast, quiet nothing. Seraphine's punishment didn't bring back my pup.
40:50Julian said, glancing up. The product launch, in a couple of days, are you ready?
40:57My family's transition overseas had been built around a core healing patent,
41:01a formula my grandfather had spent 30 years refining. I had taken that foundation and elevated it,
41:08merging ancient wolf remedies with modern medical techniques.
41:12Even before the official launch, it had earned unanimous praise, everyone knew. Once this new
41:18treatment was unveiled, it would transform PAC medicine. I had been deeply uncertain about
41:24attending the launch in person. I worried my wolf, still so quiet and withdrawn, would falter under the
41:30spotlight. Julian, what if I'm not ready? What if I freeze up there? It didn't heal the scars on my
41:38body
41:38where the silver rod had bitten deepest. It didn't restore the years I had spent loving a male who
41:43had never once chosen me. I set the phone down and went back to my work. Julian found me there
41:48hours
41:49later. Still hunched over my notes. He didn't ask about the news. He simply placed a cup of herbal tea
41:55beside my elbow. Chamomile and moon petal my favorite blend.
42:03We worked in companionable silence until the sun dipped below the horizon. That was the thing about
42:09Julian. He never demanded. He simply was there. Steady as the tide.
42:19Julian's amber eyes held mine, steady and sure. You froze? The same at Ira, who just spent three
42:26hours arguing with the council about dosage protocols? That's different. That's just...
42:34work. No. That's you. The real you. The one who's still in there. You have to take the first step
42:41to
42:42keep moving forward, don't you? Julian leaned forward, his voice soft but certain. In that moment,
42:47my long hesitation simply dissolved. The product launch arrived as scheduled, and taking that first step,
42:54it truly wasn't as hard as I had feared. The moment the spotlight hit, my voice was steady. My hands
43:00didn't shake, wave after wave of applause rose from the gathered pack representatives, that bright,
43:05fearless, unstoppable version of myself. The one I thought I'd lost forever, came rushing back.
43:13As I stepped down from the stage, a figure moved to block my path. Kale Vorn. He was wearing the
43:20dark,
43:20sharp cut coat. I had once loved on him, at his collar gleamed the obsidian pin I had personally
43:26selected for our claiming ceremony. His eyes betrayed him. The silver was shadowed. Haunted,
43:32gone was the condescending arrogance. In its place was something raw, almost desperate.
43:41Ira, you were magnificent up there. Perhaps it was the glow of success,
43:45but my expression softened, slightly. Thank you. No deliberate frost, no hostility,
43:53but it was that very courtesy, that polite, impenetrable distance, that pierced Kale like a
43:59silver blade. I've uncovered everything. Can you forgive me? Just once? I truly know I was wrong.
44:07His voice was strained, threaded with fear. From the very first moment my wolf sensed you,
44:12I couldn't control what I felt on the night of our ceremony. When I saw it was you,
44:20walking towards me under the full moon, you have no idea how complete I felt. A single syllable,
44:27and I stopped everything he wanted to say. But I don't care anymore.
44:34I severed our bond of my own free will. I think the meaning behind that should be clear.
44:44From this day forward, I want no connection with you whatsoever.
44:49Kale's eyes bled instantly to gold, his wolf surging with anguish.
44:53Why? You clearly loved me. Why can't you give me one chance? I swear on my wolf's life. I will
44:59cherish you, guard you with every breath. No one will ever be placed above you again. We can have
45:03another pup. The word pup stabbed through me like a silver shard. My voice dropped to ice.
45:09Enough. Did I not make myself clear, or do you simply refuse to understand?
45:15You and I are finished. The bond is dead. There is not even the faintest possibility between us anymore.
45:30My eyes brightened, following my gaze. Julian was making his way toward us through the crowd.
45:36The way we looked at each other drove Kale's wolf to the brink of. Madness. It shouldn't be like this.
45:43Kale opened his mouth to speak. But an unnatural groan sounded from above the
45:48enormous crystal chandelier came plummeting straight down toward me.
45:55Two male voices rang out at the same instant.
46:00Kale lunged forward to pull me to safety. But before he could even touch me,
46:04he watched me stretch my hand toward Julian. Kale was closer. Reaching for Kale would have been faster.
46:11A single grab and I'd be clear. But I didn't spare him a single glance. I placed all my trust.
46:17All my hope. In another male as if, from start to finish. I had never once expected Kale to save
46:24me.
46:24But I trusted Julian absolutely. It was only in this moment that Kale finally, truly understood,
46:31back on that cliff. When I watched him choose Serafini without hesitation. What I must have felt,
46:36the absolute desolation. The death of hope. In the end, a deafening crash shook the hall.
46:43Kale threw himself forward. Not to be chosen. But to shield me with his own body. He was crushed
46:49beneath the massive chandelier. I, meanwhile, was wrapped safely in Julian's arms. Pulled clear in the
46:56final heartbeat. This time, I had chosen correctly. But Kale, staring up through an endless sea of red,
47:03understood one final truth. He would never be chosen again. Not by me. Not ever.
47:10In the depths of agony. Kale's fading consciousness slipped into a dream. In the dream. The scene was
47:17still that cliff. The rogue waff was demanding he choose one life. This time, I screamed that I
47:23carried his pup. His air. His blood. So, at the very last moment. He chose me. It was the outcome
47:30he
47:30had longed for. Wished for. A thousand times over. But what followed, he could not believe. Because in the
47:37dream. Under the pretense of protecting the air. He confined me to the healing ward. In the dream's
47:43cruelest turn. Everyone I loved died. He brought Serafini back. He brought Serafini to the delivery
47:49room. Intending to bestow upon me a single act of mercy. To let me give birth to his heir. He
47:55knew how
47:56desperately I had wanted this pup. Once the child was born. We would share a permanent bond. I would
48:02never be able to leave. He never expected. As soon as he entered the ward. The
48:07monitors erupted in shrill alarms. The pup had died in the womb. And I, in a final abyss of despair,
48:14picked up a surgical blade and drove it into my own heart.
48:19In reality, the monitors in the emergency chamber screamed the same piercing alarm.
48:27Critical! Alpha Vorne's life signs are crashing! Heart rate collapsing!
48:32Kale Vorne was dead. He had died from massive internal hemorrhaging. The chandelier had crushed
48:38organs beyond even the accelerated healing of an alpha. During the resuscitation attempts, he had
48:44shown not a single shred of will to live. I can't claim I felt nothing. Something in my chest gave
48:50a
48:50single, faint pulse. Then it was gone. The law keeper placed into my hands a decree. Kale Vorne's last
48:57will transferring every asset of the Frostfang pack. Unconditionally, to me, along with a single
49:03line in his own handwriting. This was always yours. I was simply too blind to say it. I stared at
49:09those
49:09words for a long time. Julian was waiting. A bouquet of fresh moonflowers in his hands. His amber eyes
49:16met mine. Warm and steady. There was no possession in his gaze, only quiet, unwavering certainty.
49:23Congratulations. On your new life. I took the flowers. Their scent. Clean. Sweet. Hopeful.
49:32Filled the space between us. My wolf stirred. Not wounded. Not hiding. Simply ready.
49:38Filled the space between us.çš„æµ·mek
49:39Filled the
49:39space between us. ebenfalls Theッ
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