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00:00To test her mate, Alpha Princess Maeve disguised herself as a wolfless butcher, funding his warrior trial with her blood.
00:06But the second he succeeded, he brought a mistress home and threatened to reject her.
00:11He thought he was discarding a helpless beggar.
00:13He didn't know he had just failed the ultimate test.
00:17Shattering her disguise, the princess bears her true fangs.
00:24She buys his mistress as a witness, exposes his stolen rank, and ruins his life in a single strike.
00:31Standing beside the lethal northern warlord, the true queen looks down at her weeping ex in the freezing mud.
00:36A quick death is too merciful.
00:38You will rot in the ice caverns for eternity while I rule the empire.
00:41I hid my Alpha King bloodline to test if a mate would choose our sole bond over power.
00:46My mate, Ronan, was a low-rank wolf desperate for status.
00:48I disguised myself as a wolfless scavenger to fund his ambition.
00:52Gutted dire beast carcasses in the freezing mud for three.
00:55Trading their valuable pelts and fangs for silver.
00:59The heavy skinning blade slipped from my blood-stained fingers.
01:02It hit the floorboards with a sharp metallic clang.
01:05Ronan kicked our front door open.
01:07He pulled Sylvie closer as her cheap rose perfume choked the room.
01:15Accept Sylvia as my favored lady.
01:18Or pack your things.
01:20I calmly wiped the thick beast blood from my hands.
01:24I paid for your warrior, Grank, with my blood.
01:28Today you bring a rogue here?
01:30Ronan sneered.
01:31I am a warrior now.
01:32I deserve a real she-wolf.
01:34He had just failed the test.
01:36I stared directly into his amber eyes.
01:39Then have her.
01:40I, Maeve, reject you, Ronan.
01:43As my mate, I violently pushed against our soul bond.
01:46A sharp pain pierced my chest.
01:48But I refused to break eye contact.
01:50Ronan didn't feel the magical severance.
01:52He threw his head back and laughed.
01:53A wolfless beggar cannot sever a bond.
01:57Your rejection means nothing.
01:59I stepped forward and wiped my bloody fingers directly onto his pristine warrior tunic.
02:03He froze in shock and disgust.
02:05Keep the empty bond then.
02:06But I am keeping my silver.
02:09I skinned the last direbears this morning.
02:13Let us see how your new she-wolf funds your trial.
02:17I turned and kicked the wooden door wide open.
02:25I pushed through our heavy yard gate into the freezing wind.
02:28The muddy village.
02:28Road was already blocked by nosy neighbors.
02:30They stared at my blood-stained clothes with blatant disgust.
02:33Think twice, Maeve.
02:34A warrior can take as many she-wolves as he wants.
02:37You are just a wolfless butcher.
02:39Go back inside and beg for his forgiveness.
02:42I didn't slow my pace.
02:43I am not begging.
02:45I just rejected him.
02:47Old Hilda lunged out of the crowd.
02:49She dug her bony fingers into my forearm to stop me.
02:51Don't talk crazy.
02:52A rejection is incomplete until he accepts it.
02:55You are still his.
02:58Apologize before he officially severs the bond and ruins you.
03:01I stared coldly down at her filthy hand.
03:04He already threatened to sever our bond three times.
03:07The first time he told me to swallow my pride.
03:10The second time he ordered me to stop crying over his infidelity.
03:14Today was his third strike.
03:16I violently slapped Hilda's grip off my skin.
03:20Low-born wolves only respect absolute power.
03:24Keep your dirty hands off me.
03:28A man in the crowd doubled over laughing.
03:36He didn't accept it!
03:38A wolfless has no spirit to break a contract anyway!
03:42He was a fool.
03:43Normal wolves needed mutual consent to sever a mate bond.
03:46But I carried the Alpha King's blood.
03:48The Moon Goddess granted my royal lineage the absolute power to unilaterally sever any bond.
03:53My rejection was already final, but his insult infuriated my suppressed wolf.
03:57Selene violently slammed against.
03:59The scent veil, phantom claws scraped against the inside of my ribs, desperate to teach them respect.
04:04I swallowed the metallic taste of blood, forcing my Alpha aura back down.
04:09I met the villagers' mocking gaze without flinching.
04:12A wolfless cannot reject a mate.
04:15But I can.
04:20Who do you think you view to are?
04:23The Alpha King's daughter!
04:25That is exactly what I...
04:27Heavy boots stomped through the freezing mud behind me.
04:29Ronan clamped his massive fingers around my wrist.
04:34Enough!
04:36Stop embarrassing me in front of the pack!
04:40I turned to face him.
04:42Sylvie stepped out from behind his broad shoulders.
04:44She clutched his new warrior tunic and played the fragile victim.
04:48Mayef, please don't be angry.
04:51Love isn't our fault.
04:53Let me serve him together with you.
04:55I will do all the dirty work.
04:58The villagers murmured their approval of Sylvie's fake humility.
05:01Bile rose in my throat.
05:03I pointed directly at Ronan's chest.
05:05You promised me one mate, one bond.
05:08You swore to take me to the Capital Keep once you earned your local rank.
05:11Ronan scoffed, tightening his grip on my wrist.
05:14I am a warrior now.
05:15The Capital Keep will never accept a wolfless beggar as a Luna.
05:18He tried to crush my bones to force my submission.
05:20I did not flinch.
05:21Stared directly into his amber eyes with absolute disdain.
05:24Keep your fake title.
05:25I wouldn't share a bond with a liar anyway.
05:26Sylvie immediately dropped to her knees in the freezing mud.
05:29I will forage herbs and do the hard labor.
05:31You can keep the Luna title.
05:32Ronan jerked her up by her arm.
05:34He glared at me with pure disgust.
05:36She offers everything.
05:37You offer nothing.
05:38I violently ripped my wrist from his grip.
05:40Then she can have you.
05:41I turned to leave.
05:41Ronan lunged forward and seized my shoulder.
05:43I did not accept your rejection.
05:45You belong to me.
05:46I slowly looked down at his hand.
05:47Peeled his fingers off my coat.
05:49One by one.
05:52I need no permission from the parasite.
05:54You spent our last silver on her.
05:57How exactly are you funding your journey to the Capital Elite trial?
06:02I tossed his hand aside like garbage.
06:04He blinked rapidly, forcing a stiff smile.
06:06We still have 15 Durbeast carcasses in the yard.
06:11You will skin them for travel silver.
06:13I pointed at the empty wooden meat hooks behind him.
06:15I skinned the last one this morning.
06:18You have zero silver left.
06:19His face went completely pale.
06:21He bolted to the storage shed.
06:22A feral howl ripped from his throat when he saw the empty hooks.
06:30I tilted my head toward Sylvie.
06:34Didn't she just promise to do hard labor for you?
06:37Good luck.
06:38I turned to walk away.
06:40Ronan grabbed a fistful of my hair.
06:42He yanked my head back with brutal force.
06:46My scalp burned as he dragged me back into the yard.
06:48He slammed my spine against the wooden table.
06:53You belong to me!
06:56You will hunt beasts until I reach the capital!
07:01Sylvie stepped forward, feigning innocent shock.
07:05No way!
07:06Has she been sneaking around with another wolf to get money?
07:11She smirked at my humiliation.
07:14My patience finally snapped.
07:16Selene roared against my ribs with explosive force.
07:19The scent veil shattered.
07:25The scent veil shattered inside my chest.
07:27Selene finally broke free.
07:28Silver claws slid from my bare fingertips.
07:30My irises snapped into glowing silver blue wool eyes.
07:33Ronan stared at my claws in pure terror.
07:34I grabbed his wrist still tangled in my hair.
07:36Twisted it downward.
07:37He dropped me and stumbled backward against the fence.
07:40You have a wolf spirit?
07:43You are not wolf-less?
07:44Sylvie pointed a trembling finger at me.
07:48She must have stolen a magic relic!
07:50She is faking it!
07:52I retracted my claws.
07:54I don't need relics.
07:56I am leaving.
07:57I turned toward the village gate.
08:02Ronan lunged forward to save his warrior pride.
08:04He slapped my face hard.
08:07You dirty butcher!
08:09Stop acting like you are above me!
08:11I tasted blood.
08:12Spit it directly onto his boots.
08:14I swung my arm and slapped him twice as hard.
08:17His head snapped to the side.
08:19Blood dripped from his split lip.
08:20I am the Alpha King's daughter.
08:23You are nothing.
08:26Gasps echoed through the freezing yard.
08:28Old Hilda grabbed my shoulder and shook me.
08:31Shut your mouth!
08:33Do you want to get us all in Descid for treason?
08:36I shoved her hand off my coat.
08:40I am telling the truth.
08:42I am the Alpha King's daughter.
08:44Sylvie stepped out from behind Ronan and giggled loudly.
08:51The Alpha King's daughter is royalty.
08:55She wouldn't be gutting beasts in the mud.
08:58The villagers quickly joined in her mocking laughter.
09:01You finally lost your mind, Maeve.
09:04You picked the Alpha King for your lie?
09:09Sylvie nudged a young villager standing near the gate.
09:12She whispered sharply into his ear.
09:14Go fetch the pack enforcer.
09:16Tell him the butcher is committing treason.
09:19Ronan grabbed my arm, completely furious.
09:22You are making up this insane lie
09:26just to force me to accept your rejection.
09:33Get inside the house
09:34before you ruin my warrior trial.
09:37I ripped my arm.
09:38I projected my voice
09:39so the entire village could hear me.
09:45I am the Alpha King's daughter.
09:48Anyone who touches me answers to the crown.
09:52The crowd erupted into utter laughter.
09:54If you want to die, Maeve,
09:55just pick a rope!
09:58The laughter suddenly stopped.
10:00The crowd parted with terrified shrieks.
10:02Three armored wolves pushed through the dirt path.
10:04Make way!
10:05Pack enforcers!
10:08The villagers instantly fell silent.
10:10Ronan hit his knees in the freezing mud.
10:13Sylvie pointed a trembling finger at me.
10:18Sir!
10:19She is the one!
10:21She claimed royal alpha blood!
10:23Ronan scrambled backward.
10:27Sir, she is insane!
10:29Punish her, but spare me!
10:31I stared down at the armored men.
10:33I am the Alpha King's daughter.
10:37Touch me,
10:38and you lose your head.
10:40The lead enforcer drew his heavy iron baton.
10:47Treason!
10:48Throw this butcher in the holding cell!
10:51Two guards lunged for my arms.
10:53A massive black carriage rolled through the village gate's iron.
10:56Wheels ground over the mud.
10:57Giant silver crest gleamed on the wooden doors.
11:00A suffocating pressure hit the yard.
11:02The enforcers dropped their weapons.
11:03Every wolf collapsed face down into the freezing mud,
11:06their bodies completely paralyzed by the king's presence.
11:09The carriage door swung open.
11:11King Aldrich stepped out.
11:12I bowed my head to him.
11:14I bowed my head to him.
11:17Father.
11:20He failed the test.
11:22My lunar trial is over.
11:25The lead enforcer trembled violently in the mud.
11:28Alpha King!
11:31I was only protecting the pack!
11:34King Aldrich walked forward.
11:35His heavy boots crushed the icy mud.
11:40Council law requires blood verification
11:43before arresting anyone claiming royal lineage.
11:47You bypass the law.
11:49Strip him of his raise rank.
11:52Throw him in his own holding cell.
11:54The royal guards grab the enforcer by his armor.
11:56Enforcer went to desperately at Sylvie.
11:57She made me do it!
11:59She sent for me!
12:00She paid me with her body
12:02at the guard post last month
12:04to secure my protection!
12:05Sylvie's face drained of all color.
12:08Don't spread lies!
12:09I never touched you!
12:11The enforcer spit directly at her feet.
12:17You are a dirty rogue!
12:19Everyone knows your price!
12:21Ronan remained frozen on his knees.
12:23He stared at Sylvie with absolute horror.
12:25He had thrown away a royal princess for a used rogue.
12:29King Aldrich extended his hand to help me up.
12:32His golden eyes dropped to my wrists.
12:33Dark purple bruises stained my skin wear.
12:35Ronan had grabbed me.
12:36His pupils instantly contracted into lethal vertical slits.
12:39He pulled me tightly against his chest
12:40to calm his inner wolf.
12:41You survived your trial.
12:43What is your command for these traitors?
12:45I turned to look at Ronan and Sylvie.
12:47Ronan reeked of urine.
12:49His face buried deep in the mud.
12:50Sylvie shivered uncontrollably with pure terror.
12:53A quick death is a mercy they do not deserve.
12:55Leave them alive.
12:56Strip them of all hunting bounties.
12:57Let us see how long his warrior rank lasts
12:59when starvation sets in.
13:00The villagers finally realized the magnitude of their mistake.
13:04They slammed their foreheads against the frozen ground.
13:09Alpha King!
13:10Forgive us!
13:13We didn't know she was your blood!
13:15I ignored their pathetic apologies completely.
13:23Ronan suddenly lifted his head from the mud.
13:25A pathetic, desperate smile crept onto his bruised face.
13:29You spared my life.
13:31You still care about me.
13:32If you had told me your true identity,
13:34we could have gone to the capital together.
13:36I would have never looked at Sylvie.
13:39He reached out to grab my hand.
13:42I stepped back.
13:44His dirty fingers hit the frozen dirt.
13:50If I had told you earlier,
13:53how would I know you were a traitor?
13:56I spared you because I want to watch you suffer.
13:59I looked down at Sylvie's trembling shoulders.
14:02When his travel silver runs out,
14:03he will turn on you.
14:04I turned and stepped into the black royal carriage.
14:07Take me home, father.
14:09The heavy carriage doors slammed shut.
14:11The iron wheels ground against the dirt,
14:12leaving the village behind.
14:15A freezing wind howled through the ruined roadside temple.
14:19Sylvie violently threw her stale,
14:20rock-hard bread into the dirt.
14:24I cannot eat this trash!
14:26The wooden cart bruised my back,
14:28and now you feed me garbage?!
14:30Ronan stared at his last three silver coins
14:33resting in his filthy palm.
14:34His amber eyes were
14:36bloodshot from exhaustion and extreme hunger.
14:39He suddenly kicked the campfire ashes
14:41directly into her face.
14:42Stalite!
14:43Your mouth!
14:45I am rationing our travel silver
14:47for the capital elite trial!
14:50Sylvie shrank back,
14:51tears streaming down her dirty cheeks.
14:57You promised me a good life!
15:00I gave you everything I had!
15:03Ronan grabbed her by the throat
15:04and slammed her hard against the stone wall.
15:07When Maeve was here,
15:09one dire beast
15:10paid for months of my training!
15:13You just drained my silver
15:15for cheap rose perfumes!
15:18He swung his arm
15:19and backhanded her brutally across the face.
15:21She collapsed into the frozen dirt,
15:23sobbing uncontrollably.
15:26Sylvie trembled on the frozen ground.
15:28Shielding her bruised face,
15:30Ronan suddenly knelt beside her in the
15:32dirt,
15:32he gently wiped the blood
15:34from her split lip with his thumb.
15:36I am sorry, Sylvie.
15:38The stress of the elite trial
15:40is breaking my mind.
15:41Sylvie leaned into his touch,
15:43desperately seeking any comfort.
15:44We will find a way, Ronan!
15:46I promise I will help you!
15:48Ronan stroked her tangled hair,
15:50his voice turning dangerously soft.
15:53You said you would do anything
15:54to fund my trial, right?
15:56Sylvie froze instantly,
15:58her amber eyes widening in pure panic.
16:00The slave caravan heading north
16:02pays very well for pretty she-wolves.
16:04Go serve them for a few months.
16:06Send me your wages.
16:08Once I pass the elite trial,
16:09I will come by you back.
16:11He grabbed her arm
16:12and dragged her violently
16:13toward the main road.
16:14Sylvie screamed,
16:15digging her nails deeply into the mud.
16:20No, Ronan, please!
16:23I will do hard labor!
16:25Do not sell me!
16:28Ronan shoved.
16:30Sylvie violently into the iron cage
16:32of the slave caravan.
16:33He snatched a pouch of 15 silver coins
16:36from the fat trader.
16:38Sylvie gripped the thick iron bars.
16:40Sobbing uncontrollably as the cage locked,
16:43Ronan didn't even look back
16:44at her bleeding hands.
16:49He turned away
16:50and spat directly into the mud
16:52outside the camp.
16:58If you hadn't seduced me,
16:59I would be
17:00a royal prince right now.
17:02He completely blamed her
17:03for his own greed.
17:04Miles away,
17:05inside the capital keep,
17:07Wren pushed through
17:07my heavy oak doors
17:08and slammed a spy report
17:09onto my table.
17:13Princess!
17:14He actually sold her
17:15to the slave caravan
17:16for 15 silver!
17:18I stood up
17:18and grabbed my heavy
17:19white fur cloak.
17:22Ronan just destroyed
17:24his own backup plan.
17:26Now,
17:26I am going to buy
17:28myself a weapon.
17:30Wren's eyes lit up
17:31with fierce excitement.
17:33We are going
17:34to the slave camp?
17:39Yes.
17:40It is time to acquire
17:42the physical evidence
17:43of his stolen rank.
17:46Ronan was traveling
17:47to the capital,
17:48unaware of his impending doom.
17:52Inside the keep,
17:54King Aldric summoned me
17:55to the Grand Hall.
17:57Your trial left scars,
17:59Maeve.
18:01But the realm
18:02needs a strong
18:03royal hair.
18:04Several high-ranking
18:05alpha heirs stood in a line,
18:07bowing their heads.
18:09I stared blankly
18:10at them,
18:12feeling absolutely nothing.
18:14Suddenly,
18:15heavy armored boots
18:16echoed across the stone floor.
18:17A massive wolf
18:18shoved past the royal guards
18:20without asking permission.
18:21He stepped,
18:22directly into my
18:23personal space.
18:24His broad chest
18:25almost brushed
18:26against my royal cloak.
18:28My suppressed
18:29wolf, Seleni,
18:30violently slammed
18:31against my ribs.
18:35His name was Theron,
18:36the northern pack
18:37alpha heir.
18:38He stared down at me
18:39with piercing blue eyes.
18:40I heard you gutted
18:41direbees in them
18:42for three years.
18:45For three years.
18:48The other alphas
18:49gasped at his
18:49brutal lack of manners.
18:52Theron didn't blink.
18:58It takes true
18:59alpha blood
19:00to survive
19:01that kind of filth.
19:03I respect it.
19:05I tilted my head back,
19:06meeting his intense gaze.
19:08I didn't just
19:09survive the mud.
19:12I owned it.
19:15And soon,
19:16I will own
19:18the throne.
19:19Theron slowly rested
19:20his calloused hand
19:21on the hilt
19:21of his broadsword.
19:22A lethal,
19:23approving smile
19:24crossed his face.
19:30Then point me
19:31at your enemies,
19:31my queen.
19:34Theron's vow
19:35still hung
19:35in the silent air.
19:36Wren suddenly burst
19:37through the grand hall doors.
19:38She sprinted
19:39past the shocked
19:40alpha heirs
19:41shoved a rolled
19:41spy report
19:42directly into my hand.
19:44Princess,
19:45Ronan sold Sylvie
19:46to a slave caravan
19:46for travel silver.
19:47I crushed the paper
19:48in my fist,
19:49looked up into
19:50Theron's expectant
19:51blue eyes.
19:54You asked
19:55for my enemies.
19:57Follow me.
19:58We rode straight
19:58to the filthy slave camp
20:00outside the capital walls.
20:01Sylvie sat shivering
20:02inside a rusted iron.
20:04Cage,
20:04her red hair
20:05was matted
20:05with freezing mud.
20:08The fat trader
20:09cracked his heavy
20:10leather whip
20:10against the iron bars.
20:14Stop crying,
20:15rogue!
20:16You serve me
20:17tonight
20:17or you starve!
20:23I kicked
20:24a wooden stool aside,
20:25threw a heavy bag
20:26of gold coins
20:27onto the table.
20:29Unlock it!
20:30That she-wolf
20:31belongs to me!
20:35The trader
20:36saw the royal crest
20:37on my belt
20:37and dropped
20:38to his knees.
20:42The trader
20:43frantically
20:44unlocked
20:44the heavy iron door.
20:46Sylvie crawled
20:46out of the cage,
20:47shielding her bruised face.
20:49She realized
20:50I was not going
20:50to strike her.
20:53Princess,
20:55you bought
20:56my freedom.
20:57I owe you.
20:58She wiped
20:58the mud
20:59from her eyes,
21:00her gaze hardening
21:00with pure hatred.
21:06But I need
21:07safe passage south
21:08and silver
21:09to start a new life.
21:11Even beaten
21:12and sold,
21:12she knew
21:13how to negotiate.
21:14I raised
21:14an eyebrow.
21:20And what exactly
21:21are you offering
21:22in return?
21:23A secret
21:24that will
21:24completely destroy
21:25his warrior rank.
21:26I stepped closer.
21:27My interest
21:28peaked.
21:29I am listening.
21:29He got drunk
21:30and bragged about
21:31using a substitute
21:32for his local trial.
21:33I found the original
21:34combat scrolls
21:35hidden under
21:36his floorboards.
21:37This was the exact
21:38weapon I needed.
21:38I looked back
21:39at Theron.
21:40Done.
21:41Theron,
21:41send your enforcers
21:43to retrieve those scrolls.
21:44Theron gave a sharp nod,
21:45his blue eyes flashing
21:46with lethal anticipation.
21:48The Capital Elite
21:50trial begins tomorrow.
21:51He is a dead wolf
21:53walking.
21:54The Capital Elite
21:56trial officially began
21:57in the Grand Royal Arena.
21:58Ronan strode
21:59into the center
22:00of the testing hall.
22:01He jingled
22:02Sylvie's 15 silver coins
22:03in his pouch.
22:04He wore a confident,
22:05arrogant smirk,
22:07thinking he had
22:07finally won.
22:08I sat silently
22:09behind a heavy
22:10wooden partition,
22:11holding his death warrant.
22:13Theron stood
22:13right behind my chair,
22:14his hand resting
22:15on his sword hilt.
22:17The Chief Examiner
22:18sat at the high table.
22:19He violently slammed
22:20his hand down
22:21on Ronan's file.
22:22Ronan's smirk
22:23vanished instantly.
22:27Sir,
22:29is there a problem
22:30with my record?
22:31The Examiner's voice
22:32echoed through
22:32the silent hall.
22:34Your fighting style
22:35today contradicts
22:37the records
22:37you submitted
22:38three years ago.
22:39Ronan's temple
22:40throbbed
22:40with sudden cold sweat.
22:44Explain yourself,
22:45Candidate!
22:46Ronan swallowed hard,
22:47desperately trying
22:48to maintain
22:49his warrior facade.
22:54Perhaps my combat style
22:55simply evolved
22:56over three years, sir.
22:57Did it evolve?
22:59Or did it never
23:00belong to you?
23:02I stepped out
23:03from behind
23:04the wooden partition.
23:05Theron flanked
23:06my right side,
23:06his massive frame
23:07casting a terrifying shadow.
23:09Ronan's eyes flickered
23:11with wild desperation
23:12when he saw me.
23:13He noticed my royal clothes,
23:14but his arrogant brain
23:15couldn't process the truth.
23:17May!
23:17You came to watch me!
23:19You can bounce
23:19from my skills!
23:21I ignored his pathetic
23:22food.
23:23I walked straight
23:24to the Examiner's table.
23:26Three years ago,
23:27a wolf named Bram
23:28took the local trial
23:29in Ashford Village.
23:31You know him,
23:32don't you, Ronan?
23:33His amber eyes
23:34went completely wild
23:35with terror.
23:43I don't know
23:44anyone named Bram!
23:45I slammed the thick stack
23:47of hidden scrolls
23:47onto the table.
23:49These are Bram's
23:50original combat scrolls.
23:52The signatures
23:53perfectly match
23:53your local rank.
23:55Yet Bram's files
23:56match your clumsy
23:57fighting style today.
23:59Another wolf
23:59fought in your place.
24:02Ronan's chest heaved
24:03as he stared
24:04at the undeniable proof.
24:05He pointed a trembling
24:06finger at me,
24:07his voice cracking.
24:08You are lying!
24:10If Bram could pass
24:12the trial,
24:12why would he switch
24:13identities with me?
24:15I smiled,
24:16a cold,
24:16humorless expression.
24:18Because you exploited
24:20his grief.
24:24His mother died
24:25before the trial.
24:26He had absolutely
24:28no silver
24:29for a proper burial.
24:30I looked around
24:30the silent hall,
24:31ensuring every elite
24:32candidate heard the truth.
24:34You knew his combat skills
24:36were superior to yours.
24:39So you offered him
24:40a deal.
24:41Fight in your place
24:42and you would pay
24:43for two graves.
24:44He got his burial silver.
24:46You stole his warrior rank.
24:48Ronan shattered completely.
24:50He violently flipped
24:51the heavy examination table.
24:58You think wearing nice clothes
25:00means you can fabricate lies?
25:01Where is your witness?
25:06I nodded toward
25:07the heavy oak doors
25:08at the back of the hall.
25:14Bring her in.
25:17Ren led Sylvie
25:18into the center
25:19of the testing hall.
25:20Sylvie wore a clean
25:21gray dress,
25:22her bruises still visible
25:23on her neck.
25:26Ronan's jaw dropped open
25:28in absolute disbelief.
25:33How are you out?
25:34You should be
25:35in the slave camp
25:36earning my silver.
25:38Sylvie pointed her finger
25:39directly at his face
25:40and laughed bitterly.
25:41When you beat me
25:42and sold me
25:43for 15 silver pounds,
25:45did you ever think
25:46this day would come?
25:48The hall erupted
25:49in furious mutters.
25:50These elite candidates
25:51had trained four years
25:52in blood and sweat.
25:53They had nothing
25:54but pure contempt
25:55for a fraud
25:55who bought his rank.
25:56A traitor!
25:57He corrupts
25:58the entire warrior system!
25:59Stolen valor!
26:00Under council law
26:02his crime is death!
26:03Ronan spun around
26:04screaming at him
26:05like a madman.
26:06You filthy rogue!
26:09You stole the scrolls
26:10from my floorboards!
26:11He turned to me,
26:13his eyes filled with venom
26:14and misplaced blame.
26:16You helped the she-wolf
26:17who stole your mate?
26:19Are you insane?
26:21I stared down at him
26:22with pure ice
26:22in my veins.
26:24She handed me
26:25the exact weapon
26:26I needed to execute you.
26:30Ronan finally realized
26:32he was completely trapped.
26:33He dropped to his knees,
26:35his arrogant pride
26:36breaking under
26:36the weight of the truth.
26:39Maeve!
26:40You were the royal princess
26:42this whole time!
26:45If you had just given me
26:47a royal guard position,
26:48I would have never cheated!
26:51He was still blaming me
26:52for his own weakness.
26:53I laughed out loud.
26:57A wolf like you
26:58does not deserve
26:58the mercy
26:59of a quick execution.
27:01Stripping of signal.
27:03Permanent exile
27:04to the Northern Territory.
27:05Hard labor in the silver mine
27:07for the rest
27:07of his miserable life.
27:09Two massive royal guards
27:10dragged him up
27:10by his armpits.
27:13He kicked and screamed
27:14as they hauled him
27:15toward the exit.
27:17No!
27:17Maeve!
27:18You cannot do this!
27:19I am your mate!
27:20Sylvie knelt silently
27:22on the stone floor
27:23and cowed out
27:23three times to me.
27:25I nodded to Ren,
27:26who handed Sylvie
27:26a heavy pouch of silver.
27:28This world is brutal
27:29to she-wolves.
27:30She had earned
27:31her second chance.
27:32My luna trial
27:33was finally complete.
27:36Ronan's pathetic screams
27:37finally faded
27:38into the freezing wind
27:39outside the arena.
27:40The suffocating weight
27:41of the past three years
27:42vanished with him.
27:43A heavy, warm fur cloak
27:44suddenly draped
27:45over my shoulders.
27:46Theron stepped up
27:46close behind me.
27:47His intense, familiar presence
27:49instantly grounded
27:50my senses.
27:50He gently took my hand,
27:52his callous thumb
27:52tracing over my faded
27:53bond scar.
27:54Your trial is over,
27:55my queen.
27:56It is time to claim
27:57your throne.
27:57Days later,
27:58moonlight poured
27:59through the moon
27:59temple's stone arches.
28:00I stood before
28:01the sacred flame
28:02with Theron.
28:02The moon elder
28:03chanted the ancient rites,
28:04sealing our
28:05second chance bond.
28:06The peaceful silence
28:07shattered when a royal
28:08enforcer burst
28:08through the heavy
28:09temple doors.
28:10Border rebellion!
28:11Feral rogues
28:11are attacking the north!
28:12King Aldric
28:13immediately handed Theron
28:14a blood-forged
28:15broadsword.
28:21I crown you
28:22the northern alpha.
28:24Take the enforcers
28:26and crush them.
28:27Theron strapped
28:28the massive heavy
28:29blade to his
28:30armored back.
28:33The north is brutal,
28:34Maeve.
28:35Stay safely in the camp.
28:37I grabbed his
28:38heavy fur cloak
28:39and draped it
28:39over his broad
28:40shoulders.
28:42I gutted Diabeus
28:43in the mud
28:44for three years.
28:45I am your
28:46ruling partner.
28:47I march with you.
28:50Savage wine spattered
28:51our heavy canvas
28:52military tent
28:53in the northern territory.
28:54Theron pushed
28:55through the tent flaps,
28:56bringing the freezing
28:57storm inside.
28:58His black heavy armor
28:59was slick with fresh
29:00rogue blood.
29:01I grabbed a warm
29:02wet cloth and wiped
29:03the gore directly
29:04from his chest plate.
29:05He caught my wrist,
29:06his piercing blue eyes
29:07softening instantly.
29:11You do not have
29:12to clean my blood.
29:14You are a royal princess.
29:16I squeezed his
29:17massive, calloused hand.
29:21My hands are used
29:22to blood.
29:24I am your equal.
29:27The rebellion
29:28is completely crushed,
29:29but the silver mine
29:30behind the ridge
29:31is a living nightmare.
29:32The corrupt overseers
29:33are starving the configs.
29:34They are killing each other
29:35over rotting food.
29:37My hands paused
29:38on his cold armor.
29:39The silver mine,
29:41the exact place
29:42I exiled Ronan.
29:43I turned toward
29:44the tent flap,
29:45looking out
29:45into the raging blizzard.
29:50Prepare the supply wagons.
29:52We inspect
29:53the silver mine tomorrow.
29:56Heavy iron gates
29:57groaned open
29:58against the frozen mountain.
29:59Black soot
30:00covered the jagged
30:00stone walls.
30:02Skeleton-thin convicts
30:03dragged massive
30:04or carts
30:04through the freezing mud.
30:06Theron kept
30:06his massive body
30:07positioned between me
30:08and the desperate prisoners.
30:10Royal enforcers
30:11dragged barrels
30:11of hot herb soup
30:12into the courtyard.
30:13Form a line!
30:15Anyone who fights
30:16gets nothing!
30:17Starving convicts
30:18swarmed the barrels
30:18like feral dogs.
30:20A violent brawl
30:21broke out near the back
30:22of the desperate crowd.
30:23Two large wolves
30:24viciously kicked
30:25a crippled convict
30:26into the mud.
30:28Stay down, fraud!
30:30You don't deserve the meat!
30:32The crippled wolf
30:33clutched his bleeding stomach
30:34and screamed.
30:34I recognized that pathetic,
30:36cowardly scream instantly.
30:37I pushed past
30:38the heavily armed
30:39royal enforcers,
30:40walked straight toward
30:40the bleeding convict
30:41rolling in the freezing mud.
30:43I stopped right
30:44at the edge of the puddle.
30:45My pristine white fur cloak
30:46brushed against
30:47his filthy,
30:48frostbitten fingers.
30:50The crippled wolf
30:51froze the second
30:52he saw the alpha king's
30:53crest on my leather boot.
30:54He slowly lifted
30:55his heavy head
30:56from the mud.
30:56His face was covered
30:57in deep,
30:58rotting silver burns,
30:59but those cowardly
31:00amber eyes
31:00were unmistakable.
31:01Ronan.
31:02His inner wolf
31:02Cyrus winned in recognition
31:04and tried to submit
31:05to my presence.
31:06Ronan violently
31:06choked his wolf down,
31:07coughing up bloody water.
31:09He stared blankly
31:09at my pristine
31:10white fur cloak.
31:11Then he looked up
31:12at Theron,
31:13the massive northern alpha
31:14standing beside me
31:15like a god of war.
31:16Ronan's entire
31:17broken body
31:18began to shake
31:18uncontrollably.
31:21Maeve.
31:22A royal enforcer
31:23immediately stomped
31:24his heavy boot
31:25directly onto Ronan's
31:26ribs.
31:31Insolent scum,
31:32do not speak
31:34the royal hair's name.
31:35Ronan spit out
31:36broken teeth
31:37into the bloody snow.
31:38He frantically reached
31:39his ruined hand
31:40toward me again,
31:41weeping pathetically.
31:42I was wrong!
31:45Save me!
31:47We were mates once!
31:48I looked down at him
31:49with absolute,
31:50terrifying emptiness.
31:52I don't know you.
32:00Ronan went completely white.
32:02He looked at Theron's
32:03sharp jawline
32:03and heavy broadsword.
32:05Beside the northern alpha,
32:06Ronan was literally
32:07nothing but dirt.
32:11I was blind!
32:12I was a fool!
32:14If I hadn't chased Sylvie,
32:15I would be standing
32:16next to you right now!
32:17Sylvie ruined my life!
32:19He was at the absolute
32:20edge of death,
32:20yet he still blamed others.
32:22Theron's blue eyes
32:22turned hard as ice.
32:23He looked down at Ronan
32:24the way a wolf
32:25looks at dead prey.
32:26Fifty laps
32:26with the silver whip.
32:27Ronan threw himself
32:28forward,
32:29smashing his bleeding
32:30forehead against
32:31the frozen ground.
32:33No!
32:34Maeve!
32:35You warmed my wine
32:36in the winter!
32:37You skinned beasts
32:39for me!
32:40Your heart remembers
32:41our time!
32:42Please!
32:42I raised my hand,
32:43stopping the enforcer
32:44from drawing the whip.
32:45Ronan's ruined eyes
32:46lit up with a sudden,
32:47pathetic glimmer of hope.
32:48He actually thought
32:49I had softened.
32:49I raised my hand,
32:50stopping the enforcer
32:51from drawing the whip.
32:52Ronan's ruined eyes
32:53lit up with a sudden,
32:54pathetic glimmer of hope.
32:55He actually thought
32:56I had softened.
32:56I turned to the
32:57terrified mine overseer.
33:00Lashes are too quick.
33:03Throw him into
33:04the deepest ice cavern.
33:06He works there alone.
33:09The overseer bowed deeply,
33:11a cruel grin spreading
33:12across his face.
33:16Understood, my queen.
33:18I will make sure
33:19he never stops digging.
33:21The ice cavern
33:22was a literal death sentence.
33:24The silver or in the walls
33:25burned wolf skin on contact.
33:26The cold was so deep
33:27it split bones
33:28and guaranteed
33:29permanent frostbite.
33:30A guard's heavy boot
33:31crushed.
33:31Ronan's jaw
33:32against the mud,
33:33muffled.
33:33Desperate whimpers
33:34escaped his bleeding lips.
33:35I stared down
33:36at his struggling body
33:37one last time.
33:38As long as he draws breath,
33:40he does not stop working.
33:42He does not get the mercy
33:43of an easy death.
33:45Ronan's muffled screams
33:46dissolved completely
33:47into the howling wind.
33:48I didn't look at him again.
33:49I turned and placed my hand
33:50inside Theron's warm,
33:52calloused palm.
33:53It's getting cold.
33:55Take me back to camp.
33:56Theron wrapped his heavy cloak
33:57entirely around my shoulders.
33:58Let's go.
33:59I will warm your hands.
34:02Months of heavy snow
34:03finally ceased.
34:04The Northern Territory
34:05campaign ended
34:06under Theron's iron command.
34:07The camp erupted
34:08in massive bonfires
34:09and howls of absolute victory.
34:11I sat closely beside Theron,
34:13drinking fruit wine
34:14he had warmed by the fire.
34:15Wren stepped into the firelight
34:17and leaned close to my ear.
34:20Princess,
34:21the ice cavern overseer
34:23just sent word.
34:24Ronan died last night.
34:26My hand paused briefly
34:27on my warm cup.
34:28His hands and feet
34:29were completely rotted through
34:30from the silver burns.
34:32He was still muttering
34:33crazy delusions
34:34about being a royal prince
34:36when his heart stopped.
34:37I took a slow,
34:39deliberate sip
34:39of the sweet wine.
34:40His life was a sick joke
34:41born of his own greed.
34:42The wolf who had promised me
34:43one bond,
34:44one life,
34:45died the moment
34:45he wrote that first threat.
34:46The thing that died
34:47in the ice cavern
34:48was just a parasite.
34:52Throw his body
34:53in the common grave.
34:56Do not mention
34:57his name again.
35:02Spring melted the thick
35:03northern ice.
35:04Our victorious garrison
35:05marched through
35:06the capital keep's
35:07grand gates.
35:09King Aldric waited
35:10at the palace steps,
35:11extending his arms to us.
35:13He looked proudly
35:13at our intertwined hands.
35:15Maeve,
35:16you won more than
35:17a lunar trial.
35:18You won your own empire.
35:21And you chose
35:22the perfect partner
35:23to share it.
35:24Theron and I smiled
35:25at each other
35:26and raised our victory cups.
35:27Three years of hiding
35:28my bloodline.
35:29Three years of gutting
35:30beasts in silence
35:31while a traitor
35:32drained my silver.
35:34Never again.
35:35I touched the heavy
35:36royal crest resting
35:37on my chest.
35:38This was exactly
35:39who I was born to be.
35:41Three peaceful years
35:42passed in the blink
35:43of an eye.
35:43I gave birth
35:44to healthy twins,
35:45a boy and a girl.
35:47By autumn,
35:48King Aldric granted us
35:49leave to travel
35:50the southern borders.
35:51Our royal carriage
35:52rolled smoothly
35:53down the familiar
35:53autumn roads.
35:58We passed through
35:59the outer edges
35:59of Ashford Village.
36:01The local officials
36:02had forced the villagers
36:03to kneel along
36:04the muddy road.
36:05I lifted the velvet
36:06carriage curtain
36:07a fraction.
36:08A small shocked voice
36:09gasped from the crowd.
36:13Is that...
36:14Maeve?
36:15It was old Hilda,
36:16the same woman
36:17who had told me
36:17to beg for Ronan's mercy.
36:19She was kneeling
36:19deep in the mud.
36:20She stared wildly
36:21at the Alpha King's crest
36:22glowing on my carriage door.
36:24Then she saw Theron's
36:25terrifying northern Alpha armor.
36:26All the color
36:27instantly drained
36:28from her wrinkled face.
36:29A royal guard
36:29barked at the crowd.
36:30Show respect!
36:32Bow to the royal princess
36:34and the northern Alpha!
36:35Hilda's head slammed
36:36violently into the dirt.
36:38Her eyes were filled
36:38with absolute terror
36:39and bitter regret.
36:44The villagers trembled
36:46in the mud,
36:46finally realizing
36:47their fatal mistake.
36:48I didn't order
36:49the guards
36:50to punish them.
36:51I simply let
36:52the velvet curtain
36:53fall shut.
36:57They worshipped
36:58the mud.
36:59Let them stay in it.
37:01Further south,
37:02we passed a small,
37:03bustling herb shop.
37:05Sylvie stood in the doorway
37:06wearing a plain grey dress.
37:07She handed a free bowl
37:09of medicine
37:09to a crippled old wolf.
37:10She had used my silver
37:12to build an honest life.
37:14Theron placed his warm hand
37:16on the small of my back.
37:17Do you want to stop
37:18and greet her?
37:18I leaned back
37:19against his solid,
37:20armored chest.
37:24No.
37:25She found her peace
37:26and I found mine.
37:28Take us home.
37:29Theron pulled me close,
37:30kissing the top of my head
37:31as the carriage rolled forward.
37:33I had survived the freezing mud
37:34and I had claimed my throne.
37:35This life was exactly
37:36what I was born to rule.
37:37Theron pulled me close,
37:38kissing the top of my head
37:39as the carriage rolled forward.
37:41I had survived the freezing mud
37:42and I had claimed my throne.
37:43This life was exactly
37:44what I was born to rule.
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