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00:00by one unbreakable rule no werewolf mates a human but my alpha ethan broke that rule for me he knelt
00:06before the moon goddess for three days and three nights begging for her blessing so his pack would
00:11be forced to accept me as his mate but in my fourth year as his luna i was caught cheating
00:16for the third time the beta she-wolf at his side smirked her voice dripping with malice luna the
00:22mate agreement is clear three betrayals and you're exiled you lose all rights to the pup ethan's eyes
00:30burned with anger and disappointment what's your excuse this time that you don't know him or that
00:36you were drugged again but this time i didn't panic i didn't burst into tears begging him to listen or
00:42forgive me for our pup's sake i calmly accepted the dissolution of our bond and even offered to never
00:47see our pup again for four years everyone said a plain human like me was never good enough for an
00:52alpha like him and now i was just tired but when i finally vanished from his world he tore it
00:59apart
00:59looking for me i pressed my thumbprint onto the agreement to dissolve our bond i'll move out of
01:04the river packs territory as soon as i can i'll take my grandmother with me as for leo you don't
01:10deserve to be his mother you are never to see him again i didn't flinch i just smiled
01:16i was about to say the same thing i won't be seeing him anymore ethan's brow furrowed he wasn't
01:24used to me being so final for the last four years our pup was my entire world in every fight
01:30he'd always
01:31threatened to keep leo from me and every time i was the one who'd bow my head apologize and beg
01:37him to
01:37let me see my son this wasn't like me at all celine's smirk widened and she covered her mouth in
01:43mock
01:43surprise kareen how can you say such a thing he's your own flesh and blood i ignored her i was
01:51used
01:52to her always at ethan's side acting more like his mate than i ever was all while finding new ways
01:57to
01:57drive a wedge between us ethan sneered at my calm expression faithless to the core giving up your own
02:04flesh and blood for some mutt outside kareen you truly are something else his words were daggers
02:12slicing at my heart but i was numb i'd endured this kind of humiliation for four years the first time
02:19i
02:19was caught the so-called lover vanished before ethan arrived the security camera only caught a blurry
02:24figure i tried to explain to prove my innocence but as a human i couldn't form a mind link with
02:31him
02:31i had no way to make him feel the truth in my heart ethan please believe me i don't know
02:37that man
02:37i'd cried begging him he didn't listen celine was right there adding fuel to the fire maybe kareen
02:46just prefers being with human men they are their own kind after all from then on as punishment i was
02:54forced to schedule visits with my own son through celine a week in advance watched by pack guards the
02:59entire time it was like a prisoner's visitation hour the second time was worse i was locked in
03:06the basement for a month i saw no one not even a sliver of sunlight i developed severe claustrophobia
03:12it took me a full week after they let me out before i could speak to people normally when leo
03:17saw me
03:18he burst into tears i was so thin i looked like a ghost now the third time i was done
03:25with this sick
03:25game so i let go i've signed it is there anything else if not please leave corinne you'd better not
03:35regret this don't come crawling back to me because i won't be merciful again he turned and walked
03:40toward the door my mind went back five years to when i found ethan injured and nursed him back to
03:46health during that time we fell in love he would press his hand over his heart and tell me again
03:51and
03:52again you are the most special woman i have ever known my heart my wolf they're yours until he
04:00finally confessed the truth he was a werewolf i hesitated i couldn't see myself as the luna his
04:06pack needed and i never believed he could break their sacred laws for me but he was relentless chasing
04:11me for an entire year until he finally knelt at the moon goddess's temple for three days and nights
04:16begging her to bless our union when a pale exhausted ethan told me he'd secured the elder's approval my
04:22resolve shattered i truly believed our love was strong enough to bridge the divide between our
04:26worlds but just six months after i became his mate i was found with another man the frame up was
04:33sloppy
04:33obvious even but it didn't matter something in his eyes changed that day watching his back as he left i
04:40felt my heart turned to stone i had trusted him and i had been wrong i would not make that
04:45mistake
04:46again celine paused at the door turning back to give me a fake smile enjoy yourself kareen you and your
04:53kind are better suited for each other aren't you her words were laced with venom but i no longer cared
04:58after they left the room fell into a dead silence i turned to the man still passed out on the
05:04bed and a
05:05wave of nausea rolled in my stomach i'd been awake for a while as the drugs effects wore off and
05:10i
05:10realized i'd been set up again i could have run only to be dragged back for an even crueler punishment
05:15but this time i chose to stay i waited for them for this whole drama to play out just to
05:21end this
05:21disgusting game for good that evening i returned to the river pax estate my former home when i pushed
05:28open the door to the master bedroom i found it empty my clothes my books even the jasmine plant i'd
05:34potted
05:34myself all gone a werewolf maid saw me and bowed her head awkwardly mrs kareen your things have been
05:40packed they're in the storage room miss selena said the master bedroom needs to be prepared for the new
05:46luna the new luna i let out a bitter laugh selene certainly worked fast the storage room was next to
05:54the basement a dark damp space filled with old furniture and junk my suitcases were tossed in a
05:59corner one of them broken open my clothes spilling onto the dusty floor i knelt and started digging
06:05through the mess i didn't care about the expensive clothes or jewelry those were gifts from ethan or
06:11rather gifts for the luna he wanted me to be i was looking for only one thing the emerald necklace
06:16my
06:16grandmother had given me it was the only treasure that was truly mine finally in a broken jewelry box i
06:23found it hey a small voice came from behind me i turned to see four-year-old leo standing in
06:31the
06:31doorway looking down at me at some point he'd stopped calling me mom now it was just hey auntie selena
06:38said
06:38you're not part of our family anymore you're an outsider you can't take anything from the pack
06:44my heart clenched leo these are my things not the packs no auntie selena says all lonely humans are
06:53thieves you can't take anything he lunged for the necklace in my hand his small fingers yanking hard
06:59on the chain leo let go this was from your great grandmother i tried to protect it but even a
07:06four-year-old
07:06pop had unnatural strength in the struggle the necklace snapped and fell to the floor the crack of the
07:12emerald shattering was deafening in the small silent room i stared at the broken pieces on the
07:17ground my heart turning to ash the stone that held all of my grandmother's love was shattered
07:22it's your fault for not letting go leo do you have any idea what you just broke
07:30that was from my great grandmother do you even know she's in a nursing home because of you
07:37i don't have a great grandmother i just know about some burden who's draining our pack's medical
07:42resources auntie selena said she should have died a long time ago then dad wouldn't have to waste so
07:48much money on her auntie selena said that for a lowly human she doesn't deserve to be in our pack
07:56say that again lowly doesn't deserve my expression terrified him he bit his lip then found his courage
08:06a lowly old woman what i couldn't take i shoved him i couldn't stand hearing those vile words from
08:13his mouth caught off guard he fell backward and let out a pained cry leo wailed from the floor
08:23leo what's wrong
08:27dad she hit me make her leave i want auntie to leave ethan's furious glare landed on me
08:35are you insane attacking your own pup i stood in the corner watching the father and son feeling
08:42nothing i didn't hit him i was fulfilling my final duty as his mother teaching him some manners
08:51teaching him what he should and shouldn't say manners you call shoving a four-year-old pup manners leo
09:00sobbed in his father's arms but still managed to repeat his earlier words dad auntie selene was
09:07right that old woman is just wasting your money she should have died a long time ago hearing it again
09:14from my own son's lips was like a knife twisting in my heart but what broke me was ethan's reaction
09:19he
09:20just frowned he didn't scold leo instead he defended selene selene was just stating a fact from the perspective
09:28of pack resources don't make a big deal out of it her medical bills are a significant expense i stared
09:34at him in disbelief after four years together he thought caring for my sick grandmother was an
09:40unnecessary expense ethan do you hear yourself enough i brought leo here so you two could talk about the
09:49situation don't tell him yet he's young he needs time to adjust he meant the bond dissolution i almost
09:57laughed in the last four years the total time i'd spent talking to leo was probably less than half
10:02the time he'd spent alone with selene and now he wanted us to talk i bent down and gathered the
10:08shattered pieces of the emerald not even flinching as a sharp edge sliced my finger
10:18i'm leaving in the living room selene was lounging elegantly on the sofa with a cup of tea
10:24as if she owned the place she gave me a perfect smile as i walked out i ignored her and
10:30headed
10:30straight for the main entrance stop you can't go you didn't say sorry to me used to being the center
10:41of everyone's world leo couldn't handle my indifference when i didn't immediately kneel to
10:46hug and soothe him he started wailing the sound was shrill and piercing down my coldness finally
10:51made ethan snap the full force of his alpha command crashed down on me making it hard to breathe
10:56stop apologize to leo now the alpha's command was an invisible chain binding my body to end it all
11:05i mechanically knelt and looked at the crying boy i'm sorry leo mommy shouldn't have pushed you leo
11:12stopped crying he glared at me with swollen red eyes then suddenly swung his little hand at t4 leo
11:19could already partially shift his nails lengthened sharpening into claws blood rolled up instantly
11:24from three deep gashes on my arm lowly human you deserved it you reek of another male even a pup
11:33consented this is the punishment you deserve ethan i shot to my feet my shot fell in my eyes blazing
11:41with fury you say i reek of another male what about you for four years you and sueline have been
11:48inseparable you even sent our son to stay at her house so you tell me whose scent is more disgusting
11:54corin how dare you the alpha and i are innocent i was merely performing my duties as a beta helping
12:01manage pack affairs innocent you know exactly what's in your heart you enough corinne you have completely
12:12and utterly disappointed me since you seem to think we're not so innocent i'll show you what
12:17real betrayal looks like ethan ordered the nanny to take leo away then he grabbed my wrist and dragged
12:23me back into the bathroom ethan let me go i struggled but a human strength is nothing against a werewolf's
12:29the door slammed shut he bound my wrists with a coarse rope and threw me to the floor tonight you're
12:36going to
12:36watch that hurts hurt you think this hurts do you have any idea how much it hurt when i found
12:44you with
12:44him he turned pulled celine into his arms and crushed his lips against hers the kiss was passionate fiery
12:50as if they were true mates the sight made me want to vomit ethan we dissolved the bond you can't
12:58humiliate me like this he didn't listen deepening the kiss celine let out a soft moan her hand slowly
13:04tracing the skin over his heart there tattooed in black ink was my name the mate's mark of loyalty
13:10now celine's fingers were stroking those letters alpha this tattoo can you change it to my name
13:17i closed my eyes silent tears streaming down my face of course selena a faithless mate doesn't
13:23deserve a place on my skin faithless the irony was suffocating he believed every flimsy setup against me
13:31yet here he was kissing and touching another woman right in front of my eyes just as my heart went
13:36completely numb my phone ringed i struggled to reach it and answered a nurse's trembling voice came
13:41from the other end i'm a nurse at saint mary's hospital your grandmother there's been an emergency
13:50what what happened to her your grandmother heard the news that you were being exiled from the pack this
13:54afternoon and she became very distressed during our evening rounds we found she had swallowed a large
13:59number of sleeping pills we're working on her now but but her will to live is very weak miss corinne
14:04can you get here right away she really needs you how could she know i collapsed the world spinning
14:10i never told her i scrambled to my feet ethan please let me go to the hospital my grandmother something
14:18happened to her what a performance corinne are you really willing to stoop this low just to escape
14:24your punishment it's not an act it's real my grandmother is in trouble alpha don't let her fool
14:33you this is just a pathetic attempt to run away i'm not lying she's really in the emergency room please
14:39believe me enough we just signed the agreement how would your grandmother know you knew she couldn't
14:49handle the shock and you still had to tell her who's to blame for that i didn't tell her just
14:55let me go there might still be time she was only injured because she saved leo from a rogue wolf
15:01please don't treat her life like a joke corinne you use your grandmother to get sympathy every single
15:10time i'm sick of it alpha forget about her come here in a final desperate surge i fought to my
15:18but with my hands tied i lost my balance and my head slammed hard against the door
15:25grandma i have to save grandma my actions finally pushed ethan over the edge he strode over grabbed my
15:32shoulder and dragged me to the storage closet in the corner of the room since you love lying and
15:36performing so much you can stay in here and reflect on it the closet was small and dark
15:42no don't lock me in here you know i have claustrophobia ethan please stay in there and watch
15:50closet door slammed shut plunging me into total darkness the sounds of their coupling grunts and
15:56moans echoed in the suffocating blackness amplified and inescapable the next morning ethan came downstairs
16:02and called out by habit corinne make breakfast there was no answer the nanny reported timidly alpha
16:09the young master won't stop crying he spiked a fever last night 102 degrees and just kept crying for his
16:15mommy just then the living room phone rang ethan answered it a stranger's voice was on the line
16:21hello am i speaking to a relative of miss corinne this is saint mary's hospital we're calling about her
16:27grandmother's final arrangements the woman passed away during the night we were unable to revive her
16:32but no family has come to claim the body he suddenly remembered last night the phone call
16:37he had dismissed as a lie his face went pale he turned and bolted up the stairs with a trembling
16:44hand
16:44he wrenched open the closet door the moment the door swung open he froze the locker was empty
16:51nothing but a few bloodstains and a broken rope she got out on her own she's really selling it ethan
16:58muttered to himself even bled for the part he was convinced this was all an elaborate act a sob story
17:03cooked up by corinne and her grandmother the goal was obvious to make him take back his decision to
17:09reject her to welcome the unfaithful woman back into his arms he truly underestimated a human's cunning
17:15ethan picked up his spare phone and dialed corinne's number the number you have dialed has been switched
17:22off switched off so she's going all the way with this act he gave a cold smirk and decided to
17:28drive
17:28to the hospital himself to see what kind of game they were playing half an hour later ethan stood at
17:33the entrance to saint mary's hospital work the sharp sting of disinfectant couldn't mask the cloying
17:37scent of death he wrinkled his nose alpha what are you doing here the doctor rushed over as soon as
17:43he saw
17:43him you called earlier about corinne's grandmother the doctor sighed a sudden dark premonition washed
17:50over ethan last night the old woman heard that corinne was going to be expelled from the pack
17:56she became hysterical crying and repeating things like i'm dragging corinne down and i shouldn't be
18:03alive ethan's voice was calm and and then we found her she'd swallowed a massive dose of sleeping pills
18:12when the nurse wasn't looking we worked on her for four straight hours we almost had her stabilized
18:19but her will to live was just gone she just kept calling miss corinne's name if corinne had been here
18:27then maybe what maybe we could have saved her the doctor said shaking his head with regret ethan's
18:34fingers curled into fists he remembered smashing corinne's phone on the floor last night he remembered
18:40locking her in that cramped dark locker are you sure she's gone of course we're sure the death
18:45certificate has already been issued we need the family to handle the arrangements and claim the
18:50body ethan felt a wave of dizziness so strong he had to brace himself against the wall to keep from
18:54falling if her grandmother was really dead then that phone call last night alpha please tell corinne this for
19:01me before her grandmother she kept saying don't blame carina it's all my fault for holding her back
19:10when i'm dead she'll finally be free it felt like a fist had closed around ethan's heart squeezing tight
19:18who who told her grandmother about the expulsion only one person has visited her these past few days
19:25your beta selena selene so she was here no wonder it felt so wrong corinne would never have told her
19:34ailing grandmother something so devastating he staggered back a step suddenly he heard corinne's
19:40desperate cries from the night before she was injured by a rogue wolf to save leo his mind flashed back
19:49to
19:49that night two years ago leo had playfully snuck out of the manor only to run into a vicious rogue
19:54wolf
19:55it was corinne's grandmother who had thrown herself in front of the child taking the claws to her stomach
19:59the attack had damaged her internal organs leaving her bedridden and frail ever since corinne had been
20:05heartbroken and he had held her hand swearing he would treat her grandmother like his own family from
20:10that day on he had broken his promise he had let the woman who saved his son die alone and
20:16in despair
20:16a wave of fear and guilt stronger than anything he had ever felt crashed over him alpha are you
20:22all right the doctor asked looking with concern at ethan's pale face ethan didn't answer he just
20:28turned and bolted from the morgue he had to get home when he sped back to the villa he found
20:33leo
20:33crying at the top of the stairs the four-year-old's face was flushed with fever as he sat helplessly
20:38on
20:38the floor mommy i want my mommy leo's sobs were heart-wrenching the nanny stood beside him
20:45wringing her hands the young master keeps asking for his mother he won't even take his medicine
20:50the moment leo saw ethan he ran to him daddy where's mommy why isn't she back looking at leo's
20:57fever flushed face a storm of emotions churned inside ethan i want mommy where is she mommy mommy had to
21:07go
21:07for a bit she'll be back soon ethan said the words feeling like ash in his mouth in that moment
21:14he
21:14didn't know if he was lying to leo or to himself he didn't even know where corinne was hearing this
21:20leo suddenly balled his small fists in anger it's all because she's human it's all her fault if only
21:26she wasn't a human but as soon as the words were out the little boy broke into choked sobs again
21:31but
21:32i want my mommy daddy when is mommy coming back does she not want me anymore he remembered a time
21:39when corinne would dissolve into tears at the first sign of a sniffle from leo she'd hold vigil by his
21:43crib all night no matter how exhausted she was back when he was just a toddler leo had been her
21:49little
21:49shadow clinging to her leg and crying for mommy if she was out of his sight for even a second
21:53mom but
21:55somewhere along the line everything had changed leo began to treat her love like a meal he craved yet was
22:01disgusted by i wish auntie celia was my mommy corinne had just broken tears streamed down her
22:08face silent and unending and he lost in his own fog of perceived betrayal had offered no comfort
22:14he twisted the knife compared to celia you're not fit to be his mother anyway after that as leo's cruel
22:21words became more frequent current's heartbreak slowly hardened into a quiet numbness the barbs
22:27stopped hurting her now remembering the ghost of those tears in corinne's eyes and seeing that
22:31same awful conflict mirrored in his own son ethan's heart felt like it was being torn in two
22:36who the hell had poisoned a four-year-old's heart to twist love into such hateful knots
22:41he handed leo over to a maid and walked into his study alone the mate rejection papers were still on
22:46his desk corinne's handprint was a glaring red stain on the page the space for the alpha's signature was
22:52still empty he had never intended to sign them he thought corinne was just throwing a tantrum
22:57that in a few days she'd be back on her knees crying and begging him for forgiveness like she
23:02always did but this time she had actually left she'd left so cleanly as if their four years together
23:08had been nothing the thought filled ethan with anger but underneath it something else was stirring
23:13panic he picked up his phone and sent corinne a text i've had someone handle your grandmother's
23:19funeral arrangements no reply he sent another leo has a fever he won't stop crying for you
23:26still nothing the minutes ticked by ethan sat in his study staring at the phone screen a feeling of
23:34desperate urgency growing inside him he had never waited this anxiously for a message from anyone
23:39just then a terrified screen came from outside alpha the young master has collapsed
23:46ethan shot out of the study and saw leo lying limply on the floor his small face crimson his eyes
23:51closed he was unconscious he roared scooping his son up quick get the pack doctor the heat radiating
23:59from the boy's body sent a fresh wave of terror through him auntie selena said mommy's a lowly human
24:05while they waited for the doctor leo started muttering in his sleep that grandma's a burden
24:11she said if i scratch mommy she'll get sent away and i can have a new werewolf mommy
24:19the little boy's voice was weak and broken she said the other cubs laugh at me because my mom's a
24:26human
24:26that she's an embarrassment to our family if mommy leaves no one will laugh at me anymore
24:33ethan's hands clenched into fists his nails digging into his palms every word was a hammer blow to ethan's
24:40heart so that was it selene had orchestrated all of it but but grandma isn't a burden
24:47grandma was nice to me she made me cookies mommy mommy i'm sorry please don't leave me
24:56i won't ever say you're a bad human again please come back auntie selena lied to me she said a
25:02new
25:03mommy would love me more but i only want my mommy ethan's eyes burned he finally understood why leo
25:09had acted so strangely toward corinne a child not even five years old manipulated by an adult's malice
25:15forced to choose between loving his mother and despising her and he the boy's father had not
25:20only failed to protect his son and his mate but had allowed it all to happen daddy
25:24why doesn't mommy want me anymore is it because i scratched her with my claws it must have hurt a
25:31lot i'll never do it again mommy come back i'll forget all the bad things auntie selena told me to
25:38say he finally understood why corinne had been so resolute about not wanting leo that day because
25:43she had lost all hope in her son too that's why even now with leo so sick it wouldn't be
25:49enough to
25:49bring her back ethan couldn't help but wonder what about him had corinne given up on him completely
25:54two the pack doctor arrived quickly and began treating leo
26:02alpha i heard leo was sick how is he is it serious she said trying to step closer ethan took
26:08a step
26:09back selena tell me what did you teach leo selene's eyes flickered with panic alpha i don't understand
26:15what you mean you don't understand ethan stared at her deceitful face his rage finally boiling over
26:21lowly human a burden of a grandmother who taught a four-year-old child words like that
26:28selene stammered trying to find an excuse i was only only what ethan stalked toward her
26:36only encouraging a cub not yet five years old to attack his own mother with his claws only telling
26:41him that if he hurt his mother she'd be cast out so he could have a better whale wolf stepmother
26:47alpha i i did it for leo's own good a human is not fit to be the luna of a
26:52wolf pack for leo's
26:54good you twisted him up with so much guilt and longing that he passed out crying for his mother
26:58in his sleep you call that for his own good ethan please let me explain i truly love you i
27:03only want to
27:04get out as of this moment you are no longer my beta and don't you ever let me see you
27:07again
27:08selene stared at him in disbelief you're casting me out for that human ethan i've given so many years
27:15to the river pack your contributions your contributions were to destroy my family manipulate
27:19my child and drive my mate's grandmother to her death get out selene stumbled backward her eyes
27:25filled with a toxic mix of disbelief and resentment but against the absolute authority of an alpha
27:30she had no choice but to turn and leave ethan leaned weakly against the wall he thought about
27:35the night before how he'd been so provoked by corinne's words that he had impulsively slept with
27:39selene looking back now he realized he hadn't been punishing corinne he had only defiled himself he
27:45immediately dialed the number of his most trusted subordinate marcus i need you to reinvestigate at
27:50every detail of corinne's three past infidelities find those three men i want to know exactly what
27:55happened alpha you suspect i suspect i've been played for a fool for four years
28:02if selene was capable of doing this to leo then none of the evidence she provided can be
28:06trusted get on it now i want the truth after hanging up he sent another text to corinne his
28:12fingers shaking corinne i'm sorry he waited 10 minutes no reply he sent another leo won't
28:19stop calling for you please just come back and see him ethan slid to the floor finally realizing
28:25that he might have lost her forever a short while later marcus called back
28:31alpha we have the preliminary results we haven't tracked down the first man yet but the men from the
28:37second and third incidences both received large wire transfers from the same account right before the
28:44events took place what now clear furthermore after corinne lost consciousness neither man actually
28:53touched her surveillance footage shows they just lay down next to her and waited for you to arrive
28:58and alpha that bank account we're still tracing it but our initial theory is spit it out alpha is it
29:06possible that all three of those infidelity scenes were staged if it was all fake then what had he done
29:13to
29:13corinne for the past four years ethan remembered the look on corinne's face the first time he'd
29:18caught her it wasn't guilt it was confusion and terror she had cried saying she didn't remember
29:24anything that she had just woken up next to a strange man and he he had dismissed it as a
29:29pathetic
29:29excuse the second time it was the same bewildered expression the same desperate explanation she had
29:36begged him to believe her sworn she had never betrayed him that she loved him and what had he done
29:41in
29:42truth a part of him had wanted to believe her but he had let selene investigate and then used the
29:47evidence selene provided to condemn her again and again trampling all over her dignity the person
29:52who had orchestrated those three disgusting setups was the one he trusted most marcus detain
29:58selima immediately on the charge of harming the luna put your best people on this i want to know everything
30:03yes alpha after ending the call ethan collapsed into a chair he picked up his phone and sent another
30:10message i know i was wrong i'm begging you please come back silence he let the phone drop a gaping
30:17hole opening in his chest the next few days were a blur of anxiety ethan stayed by leo's side waiting
30:23for any word from corinne he sent men to search every place she might have gone but it was as
30:28if she'd
30:28vanished off the face of the earth leaving no trace behind leo's fever broke but he became quiet and
30:34withdrawn he wasn't the lively boy he used to be he refused to get close to anyone and more alarmingly
30:40he refused to shift into his wolf form for a cub to refuse to shift was a serious issue one
30:45that could
30:45affect his development for the rest of his life ethan hired a therapist specializing in childhood
30:50trauma to come to the villa leo can you tell me why you don't want to become a little wolf
30:54anymore
30:55i don't want to be a wolf anymore why is that because i scratched mommy with my claws selena said
31:03if i hurt her she'd get sent away and i could have a new werewolf mommy but but i don't
31:07want a new
31:08mommy i just want my mommy and now she's really gone she's not coming back is it because i become
31:14a
31:14wolf that i hurt her if i stop being a wolf will she come back i'm never shifting again i'm
31:22scared i'll
31:22scratch her with my claws again standing outside the door ethan pressed himself against the wall
31:27silent tears streaming down his face as he listened to his son his son so consumed by guilt and self
31:33loathing that he wanted to renounce his own wolf nature a cub not even five years old carrying such
31:38a heavy burden and it was all his fault two weeks later the trial was over for slandering and framing
31:45the luna and for manipulating how to harm his mother among other crimes selene was sentenced to life in
31:51prison her entire family was expelled from the river pack as the guards led her away
31:56selene threw her head back and laughed maniacally at ethan
32:01ethan you think locking me up will fix anything she will never forgive you for that you will never
32:08ever find her ethan stood outside the courthouse watching the car drive away feeling no satisfaction
32:15only a cold hollowing emptiness selene was right but what did it matter now he opened his phone and
32:21scrolled through the hundreds of messages he'd sent to corinne not a single reply they had started as
32:26apologies shifted to please and finally devolved into desperate confessions of love but she was just
32:33gone when he got home leo crept up to him tugging on the hem of his pants with a small
32:38hand daddy
32:38the bad person is gone now does that mean mommy will come back a tiny flicker of hope still shone
32:45in the boy's eyes ethan looked down at his son's expectant face he wanted to say yes to give his
32:51son
32:51that one small piece of hope but he opened his mouth and all that came out was a pained defeated
32:56whisper i don't know watching the light fade from leo's eyes eyes so much like corinne's was a fresh
33:01twist of the knife in ethan's gut he remembered the night he first met her he'd been wounded while
33:07hunting a traitor left for dead in a rain-slip alley it was corinne who found him who brought
33:12him back to her small apartment without a hint of fear and nursed him back to health for a solid
33:16month
33:16she didn't know he was a werewolf just that he was an injured man she changed his bandages
33:22cooked for him and talked to him every day her clear eyes filled not with fear but with gentleness
33:27by the time he healed he was hopelessly in love with her the pack elders were vehemently opposed
33:33a human could not be luna but he didn't care he would have her or he would die trying when
33:40she hesitated torn by the divide between their worlds he had knelt before the statue of the moon
33:45goddess for three days and three nights praying through tears for her blessing on the night of the
33:49full moon the goddess's blessing had truly descended that night corinne had thrown herself into his arms
33:57crying
33:58in that moment he felt like he owned the entire world but after they were married a seed of
34:08insecurity had taken root in his heart he was always afraid that her love for him wasn't as deep
34:13as his for her that she had only accepted him because she was moved by his devotion every time
34:17she glanced at another man every time her affection seemed less than passionate he grew paranoid wondering
34:23if she regretted marrying him until the first time he caught her being unfaithful it felt like his
34:29deepest fear had been confirmed she didn't love him enough she would betray him so he treated her
34:34coldly he was deliberately intimate with selene in front of her it was all his fault four years of
34:41mistakes and now it was too late time passed quickly three years flew by with the help of his therapist
34:49leo slowly improved but he was far more introverted than before he still asked when his mother was
34:55coming home only to be met with ethan's heavy silence one day caleb the alpha of the neighboring
35:01amber pack invited them to his son's second birthday party the party was a lively affair with wolf cubs
35:07running and playing everywhere as usual leo stayed close to ethan's side too shy to join the other
35:12children and then ethan saw a familiar figure in the garden his breath caught in his throat corinne
35:19she was wearing a pale blue dress she looked fuller than she had three years ago her cheeks rosy with
35:25health he had been searching for her for three years he had never given up sending out more and more
35:31men
35:31expanding the search wider and wider he hadn't found a single trace of her and now she was standing
35:37not ten steps away she was holding a small boy about two years old gently wiping cream from the
35:42corner of the child's mouth ethan wanted to move but his legs felt like they were filled with lead
35:47leo saw her too his small body trembled and then he shot forward like an arrow mommy mommy you're back
35:57i missed you so much i'll never scratch you again please don't go okay corinne looked down at the boy
36:04clinging to her his face streaked with tears her expression was a mask of cold indifference
36:10let go you're scaring my son the little boy in her arms startled by leo's cries began to squirm
36:17corinne gently patted his back it's okay baby don't be scared the boy let out a small milky cry
36:25that one word struck leo like a lightning bolt he froze his hands dropping from corinne's leg
36:31corinne holding her new child looked down at the firstborn son she'd left behind and said in a light
36:36dismissive tone i don't know you and i don't want to be your mother leo stood frozen tears still
36:42clinging to his lashes too stunned to even cry he stared up at corinne as if he couldn't comprehend
36:48that the mother who had once loved him more than anything could say such a thing
36:52corinne he was breathless by the time he reached her his gaze shot from the child in her arms to
36:58her
36:58face his voice trembling how could you do this to leo how could you say that to him corinne met
37:06his
37:06eyes her own a void of emotion why not she glanced down at the docile boy in her arms her
37:12fingers gently
37:13stroking his back as if he were a fragile treasure i only have one son another woman's child has nothing
37:19to
37:19do with me another woman's child he's your son seeing her still indifferent expression ethan
37:27desperately reached for her hand just then an imposing man walked over from the other end of
37:32the garden it was caleb the alpha of the powerful amber pack he moved to current side smoothly and
37:39naturally shielding her behind him ethan this is my luna i suggest you show some respect ethan froze
37:46feeling as though a bucket of ice water had been dumped over his head you're luna he repeated barely
37:53able to believe his own ears take the luna and the young master to the lounge yes alpha without
38:00another glance at ethan corinne turned to leave murmuring softly to the child in her arms green stop
38:09that's enough she doesn't want to see you she is my mate what right do you have to take her
38:21your mate still haven't figured it out ethan those words sent a chill down ethan's spine he suddenly
38:27thought back over the past three years the business deals that inexplicably fell through the key
38:32partnerships that collapsed the way his pack's territory was constantly being chipped away at
38:36every time he'd assumed it was just pack rivalries or hostile challenges but every investigation he
38:42ran eventually led back to faint untraceable links to the amber pack he had thought caleb was just
38:47overly ambitious deliberately antagonizing him but what if what if corinne was behind it all
38:52she had been by his side for years she knew the inner workings of his businesses the lifelines of the
38:58river pack if she truly wanted revenge she had all the weapons she needed the world spun ethan staggered
39:05barely able to stay on his feet he had thought she couldn't let go of their son he thought she
39:10couldn't live without him but she had already built a new life somewhere far away from them with a new
39:15child and a new mate and she had been systematically trying to destroy his pack as corinne was escorted
39:21away she never once looked back but ethan clung to one last desperate threat of hope
39:26he knew he had to see her one more time he sent a message to her the rejection papers they'd
39:32signed
39:32required one last thing a final official ceremony before the moon goddess he was betting she would
39:38show three days later at the pack's sacred ground when ethan walked in he saw corinne standing before
39:44the statue of the moon goddess she was dressed in black her hair pinned up her expression serene
39:49he swallowed hard i never signed the papers corinne didn't even flicker her gaze so so we haven't
39:57officially broken the bond corinne come back with me don't you see caleb is ambitious he'll never be
40:03truly good to you you set up those three affairs didn't you this is the result you wanted her tone
40:09deceptively light ethan's eyes widened what are you talking about the first man it was him he was drunk and
40:18came into my room wasn't that your plan ethan stared at her his mind reeling the man who had gotten
40:24away it was caleb no corinne i didn't set that up why would i ever push you towards another man
40:31then couldn't you see it she stared directly into his eyes three times ethan three whole times
40:38three whole times did it never once occur to you to try and prove my innocence ethan's lips moved
40:44but no sound came out even if you didn't plan it you were an accomplice corinne said her voice soft
40:50otherwise it never would have happened three times ethan's head dropped in shame corinne his voice was
40:56hoarse his eyes turning red corinne i'm so sorry for what i did to you and to your grandmother i'm
41:04so
41:04so sorry it's too late let's just get this over with he never imagined he would one day stand before
41:11her and cry so pathetically the ceremony began the parchment with their mating agreement was tossed
41:17into the sacred fire burning until it was nothing but ash as the last ember died a look of profound
41:22relief washed over current's face leo who had been standing at the back was sobbing so hard he could
41:28barely breathe he stumbled forward trying to run to her but was blocked by the guards he could only
41:35scream his voice tearing mommy i'm sorry please don't leave me but corinne's steps never faltered
41:42with the searing desperate gazes of a father and son burning into her back she walked out of the
41:48sacred grounds once outside corinne took out her phone her voice cold as steel it's done spread the word
41:56all the plans we prepared to attack the river pack can be set in motion now she paused a sliver
42:02of icy hatred finally surfacing in her eyes i want him to lose everything those three years were just
42:08a warm-up from the day she left she had sworn an oath she would have vengeance for herself and
42:14for
42:14her grandmother corinne's fingers closed around the necklace at her throat the one he had smashed
42:19now painstakingly repaired grandma don't you worry from this day on
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