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My Alpha Has A New Love
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00:00and betrayed me. Emotionally, if not physically. He didn't deny it. His voice shook with a fevered
00:06honesty I had never heard before. Aurora, I've fallen in love with her. I love her so much it's
00:11hopeless. I'm not going to dissolve our bond, and I won't touch her. I just want you to accept that
00:17she'll have a place in my heart. I didn't scream like some heartbroken women. I just looked at my
00:22alpha, calm and clear. It's her or me. You can't have both. That night, Jackson, who never touched
00:31hard liquor, drank whiskey until dawn. Eventually, he relented. I'll buy her a ticket to Europe. You
00:39pick the destination. I won't ask questions. But in the month before she was supposed to leave,
00:45he spent every waking moment with Chloe. He canceled all Teton Pack meetings. He took her
00:51hiking, camping through the Grand Trayon National Park, often not coming home until long after
00:56midnight. Nothing happened. I just, I want to spend a little more time with her. That month
01:02contained my birthday, our mating anniversary, and the anniversary of my mother's death. No
01:08matter how many times I called out to him through our pack bond, he didn't come back to me. But
01:14Jackson doesn't know that plane ticket wasn't for her. It was for me.
01:23Every year on my birthday, Jackson would go to that famous bakery downtown and order a custom
01:29strawberry cream cake just for me. He'd bring home a huge bouquet of red roses and be at our
01:35doorst by eight, like clockwork. Now, it was past ten. The hallway was silent. I posted a quiet
01:41birthday story on Instagram, then tossed the cold dinner into the trash, and turned off the lights to
01:47go to bed. At eleven, someone knocked on the door. I ignored. Then a message from Jackson lit up my
01:53phone. Chloe's birthday is tomorrow. Her last wish was to welcome midnight with me. I promise, I'll make
02:00it up to you next year. Jackson wasn't like other men who cheated in the shadows. He was brutally
02:05honest. So honest that every shred of his obsession with Chloe was laid bare before me, raw and
02:11unfiltered. When Chloe's pack report had errors, he sat beside her line by line, helping her revise
02:17it. She's new. She'll learn. When she wasn't feeling well, he went to her apartment to brew sage tea,
02:23warming her stomach with his alpha hands. Back then, Jackson would always explain things to me in
02:27detail. Chloe came to Jackson Hill alone. It's tough. If I don't take care of her, who will? When she
02:34closed her first deal, he bought her that silver spur necklace she'd been eyeing. She's had her eye on it
02:39for months. She's proud. Wouldn't take a gift without earning it. To love deeply is to show
02:46restraint. And honestly, I would have preferred if Jackson had just been tempted by her youth and
02:51beauty. Instead, he repressed every alpha instinct. He didn't touch her. That is exactly how I knew his
02:57feelings were real. Before midnight, Chloe posted a picture on Instagram under the big Ferris wheel at
03:03Jackson Fair. Their figures huddled close together. Birthday wish already granted. Thank you,
03:08Mr. J. That glowing Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel from our only fair at 18 burned through me.
03:15Jackson, you promised me that ride when we were broke teenagers. You swore you'd bring me back
03:19when you made it. And now, you took her. I couldn't stay silent. I sent him a message. Come home
03:25now,
03:26or we dissolve the bond. In the seven years we'd been mated, Jackson had never taken me outside
03:31Jackson Hole, always citing PAC duties. When we were still in high school, he'd scraped enough money to
03:36take me to that fair once. We stood on under the Ferris wheel, staring up at the lights.
03:42Even then, a single ticket was a stretch.
03:47Aurora, one day, when I'm strong enough, I'll bring you back here and make your dream come true.
03:53Well, Jackson, you got strong.
03:56And then you forgot all about the girl who waded through it all.
03:59Still, ten years of love doesn't vanish overnight.
04:08As soon as he got my message, he raced home. But when he saw the raspberry mousse cake melting
04:13on the table, something shifted in his expression.
04:16Chloe likes raspberry. Maybe the bakery got it wrong.
04:20I gave a hollow laugh.
04:22Are you showing off now, Jackson?
04:24Showing me how deeply he knew her.
04:27So deeply, he forgot I'm deathly allergic to raspberries.
04:30For once, irritation bled into his voice.
04:34Didn't I promise to send her away by the end of the month?
04:41It's just a cake. I'll reorder.
04:43That sentence shattered the last image I had of him.
04:46The alpha I loved never treated my needs as just anything.
04:50And he didn't come home alone.
04:52Chloe was in the passenger seat, waiting.
04:56Go to bed.
04:58I'm taking Chloe to see the fireworks at the square.
05:02He didn't even glance back as he left.
05:04Outside, the night air was sharp.
05:06But Chloe leaned against the window, waiting with that smug little smile.
05:11Jackson frowned, said something to her.
05:14Maybe scolding, maybe not.
05:16But then he took off his scarf and gently wrapped it around her.
05:19Watching him look at her like that, I finally believed him.
05:22He had really fallen, just like when we were 18, when he first saw me cheering on the football field
05:28and couldn't look away.
05:30Ten years later, that same look, intense, captivated, was now for another girl.
05:36Chloe was young and beautiful, full of ambition.
05:39When she joined the pack, she announced she'd make it to the core leadership team within a year.
05:44Her fiery energy.
05:46It reminded me of myself in high school, leading the cheer squad.
05:49And maybe that's why it hurt so much.
05:52Because watching him care for her like that, I finally knew.
05:56We were over.
05:58Completely.
06:05The next morning, the Teagon Pack headquarters was unusually lively.
06:09Chloe walked around the office, glowing with excitement, handing out chocolates to everyone.
06:13It's my birthday tonight.
06:15Alpha Jax is taking us all out to dinner.
06:17Don't be shy.
06:18Come celebrate.
06:19When she spotted me walking in, she lifted her chin and held out a chocolate with a smile.
06:23You should come too, Aurora.
06:25My alpha threw his mistress a birthday party I think I'll pass.
06:31Who are you calling a mistress?
06:35Chloe landed a big deal for the pack last week.
06:38The dinner's being paid from the communal account.
06:41Can we not twist this?
06:43He reached for my shoulder, trying to soothe me.
06:46She's leaving in a few days.
06:48Just think of it as a farewell party from the pack.
06:52I stared at his pleading expression and said nothing.
06:56Why does she get to talk to me like that?
06:58I haven't done anything wrong.
07:00Just because I'm younger, prettier, and more capable.
07:05Around us, the pack members shifted uncomfortably.
07:08They didn't dare comfort her with me around.
07:12You were so innocent, and yet you lured him to the Ferris wheel on my birthday.
07:18So innocent, but you let him come to your place to rub your belly during your cycle.
07:23So innocent, and you just happened to accept a Silver Spur necklace worth tens of thousands of dollars?
07:30Don't forget, every dollar Jackson spent on you came from the Teton pack's shared assets.
07:37As Luna, I have full authority to demand it back.
07:41But since you won his attention with your youth, let's call it a gift from your big sister.
07:49You may be young and pretty now, but don't forget, when I bonded with him, I was ten times the
07:58woman you are.
08:01I first met Jackson at a high school football game back at Jackson Hill High.
08:05I was a freshman, captain of the cheer squad.
08:08He was a tall, striking quarterback, the star of the team.
08:12He stole the spotlight instantly during the season opener.
08:16Every girl was watching him.
08:18At halftime, my squad took the field.
08:20I danced like fire under the Friday night lights.
08:24Jackson couldn't take his eyes off me.
08:27Hey, captain! You got a boyfriend?
08:30When I didn't answer, he grinned wide.
08:34If not, how about giving me a chance?
08:37You want me? Prove it.
08:39He laughed, loud and unashamed.
08:42Jackson chased me relentlessly after that.
08:44He showed up with hot cocoa when it snowed, waited outside my classes, ran errands for me.
08:50I was a rich girl with a well-known family.
08:52He came from a struggling background ound, raised by a pack that barely scraped by.
08:58Everyone warned us.
08:59Give it up. You two come from different worlds.
09:02But Jackson never backed down.
09:04Aurora, I've made up my mind.
09:07You're my mate.
09:08He worked part-time for weeks just to take me to the movies.
09:12He scrubbed dishes on weekends to buy me birthday gifts.
09:15Once, I teased, win the championship this season, and maybe I'll be all considerate.
09:20He gave every game his all.
09:21Aurora, will you be my girlfriend now?
09:25It took him three years.
09:27By senior year, I finally said yes.
09:30That night, he cried in the locker room like he'd won the Super Bowl.
09:34But when my father heard, he was furious.
09:37Jackson's pack wasn't good enough for our family.
09:39Stay away from him.
09:41But we didn't give up.
09:43He dropped football in college and launched his business from scratch,
09:47just to become someone worthy of me.
09:51And I gave up my dream of attending Grand Teton Dance Academy in Paris.
09:56I cut ties with my family for him.
09:58We were reckless, young, madly in love.
10:04But love, forged in fire, doesn't always survive the cold of real life.
10:10That night, the entire pack went to Chloe's birthday dinner.
10:14Just as I was packing up, my assistant Riley called me.
10:31By the time I rushed to St. John's Hospital, Jackson was already there, his face stormy.
10:38You knew how proud she is.
10:40Why would you say something like that in front of everyone?
10:43I never crossed a line with her.
10:45What more do you want from me?
10:48I stared at him, stunned.
10:51In ten years together, he had never raised his voice at me.
10:55Now, for her, he yelled,
10:58She came at me first.
11:01What are you now, 18 again?
11:04Still chasing petty victories with words?
11:07Just go.
11:09Chloe doesn't want to see you.
11:11I'll be with her for a while.
11:12Don't wait up.
11:16Jax didn't show his face for an entire week,
11:18but he forgot the last day of the month was my mother's death anniversary.
11:22My mother, Beatrice Harlan, had never been strong.
11:26Her health kept getting worse since I chose Jax,
11:29defying my father's wishes.
11:32The day she passed, Wyatt Harlan,
11:35proud, reserved,
11:37never one to beg,
11:39called me himself.
11:40Aurora, come home before it was too late.
11:48But I was in Seattle,
11:50closing a deal that would finally lift the Titan pack out of debt.
11:54One signature,
11:55and Jax could walk into my parents' manor with his head held high.
11:58Mother had been hospitalized before.
12:01Our private medical team was the best money could buy.
12:03I gambled.
12:05I stayed.
12:08By the time I rushed back to Jackson Hole,
12:11she was already gone.
12:11My father looked ten years older overnight.
12:15He didn't yell,
12:16didn't strike me,
12:18just stared at the floor and whispered,
12:20Aurora,
12:22how long has it been since you last saw your mother?
12:34Her death carved a hollow in my chest I'd never fill.
12:38Jax carried guilt like a second skin.
12:42Every year since,
12:43he brought white lilies to her grave
12:45and stood beside me in silence.
12:49This year,
12:50though,
12:50he'd be absent.
12:52I bought the lilies myself
12:54and walked alone through St. John's Cemetery.
12:59Mom,
13:01do you hate me for this?
13:03Do you think it's funny
13:04how far I've fallen?
13:07Jax didn't mean to hurt me.
13:08He just stopped loving me.
13:12I stayed until dusk,
13:14whispering secrets only she would understand.
13:16When I finally left the cemetery,
13:18I found Jax waiting outside our apartment at Tegon Trail.
13:23Jax,
13:24I haven't seen you play football in years.
13:26Will you play for me?
13:28Just once more.
13:30It's my last request.
13:32Please.
13:33I promise Chloe tonight.
13:36It's our last evening together.
13:38After this,
13:39I swear,
13:40I'll never see her again.
13:44Please,
13:44Aurora,
13:45just this once.
13:46I studied his hopeful expression,
13:49the same one he used to wear
13:50when begging me to say yes
13:51back in high school.
13:52I nodded silently.
13:56His face lit up
13:57like he'd just won the state championship.
14:00He hurried inside,
14:02showered,
14:02shaved,
14:03and emerged in a crisp,
14:05srammule suit,
14:06clutching a bouquet of deep red,
14:08Bulgarian roses.
14:10I watched him adjust the stems.
14:12When was the last time
14:13he'd brought me flowers?
14:14I couldn't remember.
14:16Maybe love,
14:17like roses,
14:18always fades.
14:19He left.
14:20There was joy in his steps,
14:22but also sorrow.
14:24After he left,
14:25I pulled out my old
14:26Jackson Hoare High cheer uniform
14:27from the back of my closet.
14:30The fabric still smelled faintly
14:31of sage tea
14:32and Friday night bonfires.
14:35I drove to the refurbished football field
14:37where everything began.
14:40The grass was newer,
14:42the bleachers shinier,
14:44just like Jack's heart
14:46refurbished for someone else.
14:49I queued up our old
14:50Hall Time song
14:51on my phone and danced.
14:54Jacks, do you remember?
14:56Right here,
14:58you told your teammates
14:59you'd marry
15:00the prettiest cheer captain
15:01in Wyoming?
15:02Every routine I ever performed
15:04after that was for you.
15:06This final dance?
15:07Still yours.
15:08But the sidelines were empty.
15:10No Jacks grinning like a fool,
15:12no wolf whistles
15:13from his friends.
15:17No proud shouts
15:19of,
15:19that's my girl.
15:23When the music died,
15:25I collapsed onto the turf.
15:27I never doubted true love,
15:29but truth changes
15:30faster than seasons.
15:34My flight to Paris
15:35left at 5 a.m.
15:37I waited at home
15:38until 3 a.m.
15:39No knock,
15:40no call,
15:42no Jacks.
15:44I didn't dial him,
15:46just grabbed my suitcase
15:47and walked out.
15:49Goodbye, Jacks.
15:53For good.
16:01I left while Jackson
16:02was tangled up
16:03on Chloe Summers' sofa,
16:05kissing her
16:05with feverish intensity.
16:07Alpha.
16:09Call me Jacks.
16:12Jacks,
16:13don't go tonight, okay?
16:15He was seconds
16:16from losing control.
16:18Just as Chloe reached
16:20for the buttons
16:21of his shirt,
16:22his mind flashed
16:23to my words.
16:24Jacks,
16:25I haven't seen you
16:26play football in years.
16:27Will you play for me?
16:29It hit him,
16:3018-year-old Jacks,
16:31grinning under
16:32Friday night lights.
16:33I swear I'd marry
16:34the prettiest cheer captain
16:35in Wyoming.
16:36The memory hit him
16:37like a slap.
16:38No,
16:39I promised Aurora
16:40I wouldn't sleep with you.
16:41Chloe blinked,
16:42stunned.
16:43But,
16:44don't.
16:45I won't betray
16:46my Luna.
16:49Time's up.
16:50I'll drive you
16:51to the airport.
16:52She opened her mouth
16:53to protest,
16:54but he was already
16:55out the door.
16:56All the way
16:57to Jackson Hole Airport,
16:58Chloe sulked in silence.
17:00For once,
17:01Jacks didn't coddle her.
17:03He watched her
17:04board the flight
17:04to Europe,
17:05then exhaled,
17:06a strange mix
17:08of relief
17:08and guilt
17:09washing over him.
17:11The woman
17:11who'd turned his head
17:13was gone,
17:14and part of him
17:14was glad the complication
17:16had vanished.
17:17Men were like that,
17:18always chasing
17:19what they couldn't have.
17:20Once the thrill faded,
17:21everything returned
17:22to dull routine.
17:23By dawn,
17:24Jacks was at the market,
17:26loading his cart
17:26with my favorite groceries.
17:28He ordered a bouquet
17:29of deep red roses
17:30and typed a message.
17:32Aurora,
17:33I sent her away.
17:34From now on,
17:35it's just you and me.
17:37He cooked like
17:37a devoted husband.
17:39Mid-week or not,
17:40he knew I'd be working late,
17:41so he left voice notes.
17:43Stop working.
17:45Come home for dinner.
17:46He even snapped a photo
17:47of the roses
17:47beside a mango cake.
17:49He carefully avoided raspberry,
17:50knowing my allergy,
17:52and sent it off.
17:53I read it all mid-flight
17:54over Montana,
17:55then blocked his number.
17:56From the moment
17:57he admitted Chloe
17:58had crept into his heart,
17:59I'd been packing my life away.
18:01After tasting
18:02an alpha's undivided devotion,
18:03how could I settle
18:04for leftovers?
18:05It was laughable
18:06how he thought
18:07he could stray,
18:08return unscathed,
18:09and expect me
18:10to welcome him back
18:10like nothing happened.
18:12Dinner grew cold.
18:13No reply came.
18:15Frowning,
18:16Jack styled,
18:17but failed.
18:18He stormed into our bedroom
18:20at Tee on Trail Apartments.
18:24On the nightstand
18:25lay a signed document,
18:27mating disabilation agreement.
18:35Aurora!
18:36I did what you asked!
18:38Why are you still mad?
18:48For ten years,
18:50three courting,
18:51seven mated,
18:52he'd treated me like glass.
18:53We rarely fought.
18:55When we did,
18:56he always apologized first.
18:59His loyalty had shielded me
19:01from the petty dramas
19:02other Omegas endured.
19:03I'd never given him reason
19:05to doubt my trust.
19:06Until now.
19:08In his mind,
19:09this was just jealousy.
19:11He scrolled through
19:13yesterday's calendar
19:14and saw it.
19:15My mother's death anniversary.
19:18He borrowed Riley Tate's phone,
19:20flooding my inbox
19:21with explanations.
19:22I didn't read a single one.
19:24I was finalizing my enrollment
19:26at the Grand Tione Dance Academy
19:28when Chloe showed up.
19:30Dancing had been my passion
19:31since childhood,
19:32something I was good at,
19:34something I'd worked hard for.
19:36But after mating with Jackson,
19:38my family cut me off financially.
19:40The Academy's tuition
19:41became impossible to afford.
19:45So I buried my dreams
19:46and studied finance instead,
19:49helping him build his empire
19:50from the ground up.
19:51And in the end,
19:52it still fell apart.
19:54On my first day back,
19:56I ran into Chloe Summers.
19:58I wasn't surprised.
20:00Not really.
20:01Her eyes locked onto mine
20:03like I'd personally ruined her life.
20:07You!
20:08What did you say to Jax?
20:09Are you so terrified
20:10he'll sleep with me
20:11that I'll steal his soul?
20:15If you had real power over him,
20:17would an alpha truly walk away
20:19before even touching you?
20:24He would have chosen me
20:25if you hadn't threatened him.
20:27Threatened him?
20:30I didn't ask for shares in the pack.
20:32Didn't demand money.
20:33What exactly did I hold over him?
20:37I looked her up and down.
20:39Soft features,
20:40wide eyes,
20:41the kind of youth
20:42that fades fast.
20:43You were just a distraction.
20:45A bit of novelty
20:46in his routine.
20:48Did you really think
20:49he fell for you?
20:50You're wrong!
20:52He cared about
20:53everything I did!
20:54Took me under his wing!
20:56Brought me into
20:57pack operations!
20:58Even...
21:00He courted me
21:01for three years
21:02before I agreed
21:02to be his Luna.
21:03You threw yourself
21:04at him in under
21:04three months.
21:06There's a difference.
21:07Men these days
21:08made their calculations
21:09too obvious.
21:12Jax had once loved
21:13with a tenderness
21:14few alphas possessed.
21:16That was what made
21:17this whole mess
21:18so bitterly ironic.
21:20Who are you calling desperate?
21:22We were in love!
21:24Then why are you here?
21:25If you two were
21:26so perfectly matched,
21:27you wouldn't need
21:27to chase me down.
21:30It's because you
21:31forced him to send me away!
21:32He only listened to you
21:34because you threatened
21:34to dissolve the bond!
21:36If you mattered that much,
21:37go find him again.
21:38See how he treats you now.
21:41The moment Jax handed me
21:42that one-way ticket,
21:43I knew I was leaving.
21:45Not just him,
21:46but everything that came
21:48with being his Luna.
21:49As for Chloe,
21:50I never wanted to touch her.
21:52The betrayal belonged
21:53to Jax alone.
21:55Without her,
21:56there would have been
21:57someone else.
21:58All she'd gotten
21:59was a transfer order,
22:00an overseas assignment
22:02disguised as opportunity.
22:03I walked past her
22:05toward my apartment,
22:06dance bag in hand.
22:08Just before stepping inside,
22:10something felt off.
22:12I paused.
22:13How long have you
22:13been following me?
22:19A man stopped behind me,
22:21then chuckled softly.
22:22Sorry.
22:23Didn't mean to start at you.
22:26A man.
22:27Tall,
22:28sharp-featured,
22:29unmistakably East Asian,
22:31but with a presence
22:32carved like stone.
22:34Saw a fellow countryman
22:35and thought I'd
22:35introduce myself.
22:37You looked upset.
22:40Didn't want to scare you.
22:43You creeping behind me
22:44like a stalker
22:45is far more frightening.
22:47And I just broke off
22:48my mating bond,
22:50not in the mood
22:50for new friends.
22:52Wait.
22:55exactly when you
22:57should be making them.
22:59Heard that,
23:00I hesitated.
23:02I was new here,
23:04knew no one.
23:06And Paris,
23:07no,
23:08Jackson Hills,
23:10could feel lonely
23:11even in a crowd.
23:13That night,
23:14Dylan Riewold's
23:15took me to a quiet
23:16bistro downtown.
23:17I sat stiffly,
23:19arms crossed.
23:21He nodded
23:22toward the ceiling.
23:24See that camera
23:26above the bar?
23:26Paris has
23:27excellent security.
23:29If I tried anything,
23:30the police would
23:31haul me off
23:31before I finished
23:32my sentence.
23:33His tone was calm,
23:36reassuring.
23:38Nothing like
23:39the possessive heat
23:40I'd grown used to.
23:44For the first time
23:45in weeks,
23:46I let my shoulders
23:47relax.
23:47I'd known Jackson
23:49for over ten years.
23:51We'd been mated
23:52for seven.
23:53He'd held me
23:54like something
23:55precious for a decade.
23:59To say I wasn't
24:00heartbroken after
24:00our sudden separation
24:01would be a lie.
24:02I left him
24:03on sheer pride alone.
24:05But in the quiet
24:06hours of the night,
24:07I'd bury my face
24:09in the pillow
24:10and cry until
24:10I couldn't breathe.
24:12Tonight,
24:13with this wine in hand,
24:14I buried every ounce
24:16of that pain.
24:17Dylan proved himself
24:18a true gentleman.
24:20He sat with me
24:21all evening,
24:23drinking quietly,
24:24never prying,
24:25never pressing.
24:27When I passed out
24:28from too much wine,
24:29he carried me home
24:30and slept in the armchair
24:31in my living room
24:32all night.
24:39That was the night
24:40our friendship
24:41truly began.
24:48Since arriving
24:49in Jackson Hole,
24:50no, not Paris,
24:52I'd returned
24:52to the Grand Tyro
24:53Dance Academy.
24:57I spent my days
24:58in class
24:58and my evenings
24:59exploring the town
25:00with Dylan.
25:01He knew which bakery
25:02made the best
25:03huckleberry pancakes,
25:04where to find
25:05the richest bison stew,
25:06and which fry bread
25:07fender tucked away
25:08in the old quarter
25:08had the crispiest edges.
25:10I took a bite
25:11of the warm fry bread
25:12and Dylan just grinned at me.
25:13I've been to Seattle
25:14a few times.
25:15How come I never
25:16ran into you?
25:18Seattle's huge.
25:19What made you think
25:20you'd just bump into me?
25:24And yet,
25:25in a place this big,
25:26I spotted you
25:27the moment I walked
25:27into that dance studio.
25:30You should focus
25:31more on your fry bread.
25:36Jackson had been frantic
25:37since I cut him off.
25:43Texts, calls,
25:45voice messages,
25:46never let up.
25:47All met with silence.
25:55He'd even gone to my father,
25:57desperate.
26:02My father hadn't spared him
26:04an ounce of mercy.
26:09I gave you my daughter.
26:12Was this how you intended
26:13to treat her?
26:17Sir, I didn't mean
26:18for any of this.
26:20I know I messed up.
26:22Just tell me
26:23where Aurora is.
26:27She doesn't want
26:28to see you.
26:31If you truly care about her,
26:32sign the dissolution papers
26:33and let her go.
26:39Jackson left our house
26:40looking like a ghost.
26:48Back at Teagan Pack HQ,
26:50he found Chloe waiting.
26:53She rushed toward him.
26:54Radiant.
26:56Jax!
26:59What are you doing here?
27:02I'm back from my assignment.
27:06Assignment?
27:07Aurora sent you overseas.
27:11You were exiled.
27:13No, Luna just arranged
27:15a transfer for me.
27:16She even said
27:17she wished us well.
27:20Wished you what?
27:22Aurora is my Luna.
27:28What did you say to her?
27:30Where is she?
27:34You told me you loved me.
27:37That you wanted to be with me.
27:40Now that she's gone.
27:44Where is she?
27:50Fine!
27:57Fine.
27:57Fine.
27:58She's moved on.
28:00Look for yourself!
28:03She thrust her phone
28:05in his face.
28:06A photo taken through
28:07the window
28:08of a downtown bistro.
28:10He flushed from wine,
28:11leaning against Dylan's shoulder
28:13as he listened intently.
28:15Jackson went utterly still.
28:23Jackson went utterly still.
28:28She's been with him since Paris.
28:30She planned this.
28:32She wanted you to feel guilty
28:34while she played the victim
28:36and you fell for it like a fool!
28:39You're lying.
28:40Aurora would never betray me.
28:42But then it hit him.
28:43Paris.
28:44The Grand Dawn Dance Academy
28:45had offered her a spot months ago.
28:47I'd mentioned it over dinner.
28:50While he'd been distracted,
28:52half listening,
28:53already planning Chloe's birthday weekend
28:55at the lodge.
29:02When I make it,
29:03I'll send you to Juliavard.
29:05Or Paris.
29:07Anywhere your feet want to go.
29:09He'd forgotten,
29:10and I'd stopped asking.
29:12Jax bought a ticket
29:13the moment he heard I'd left.
29:15He barked into his phone
29:17before boarding the plane.
29:18Find out where she is!
29:20He arrived in Jackson Hole
29:22restless and frantic.
29:23He didn't even check into the hotel.
29:26First thing he did
29:27was dig up my whole class schedule
29:29at the Jackson Dance Academy.
29:32Hey!
29:32Can you go any faster?
29:36I was in class when he showed up.
29:42Mid-combination,
29:43I twisted my ankle.
29:48From the back of the room,
29:50Dylan was on his feet in an instant.
29:51Without hesitation,
29:53he scooped me up
29:54and carried me towards
29:55the medical wing.
29:59Right past Jax in the hallway.
30:02The doctor ran all the tests,
30:04then said it was just a sprain.
30:07Ice it regularly.
30:09No dancing for at least five days.
30:12Don't risk re-injury.
30:13Dylan listened intently,
30:16nodding along.
30:17He murmured in Mandarin,
30:25Could you be any more eco-friendly?
30:29Jax stood frozen in the doorway,
30:31watching us laugh
30:33like we'd known each other forever.
30:36The doctor handed Dylan an ice pack.
30:38He took it without thinking,
30:40until Jax stepped forward.
30:42I'll do it.
30:45And you are...
30:52her mate.
30:55Ex-mate.
30:57We haven't dissolved the bond yet.
31:01Sir,
31:03your level of familiarity
31:05with my fiancé is inappropriate.
31:08Dylan, go ahead.
31:10I'll be fine.
31:12At the sound of his name,
31:14Jax visibly stirfend.
31:15Fiancé.
31:19Since when?
31:30Since it stopped being any of your business,
31:34guilt flickered across his face.
31:38Jax sat on the edge of the cot
31:40and gently wrapped the ice pack
31:41around my ankle.
31:43His hands,
31:44steady,
31:45practiced.
31:46For a heartbeat,
31:47I was back in high school,
31:49cheer-steeding practice.
31:50Another twisted ankle.
31:53Jax striding over from football drills,
31:56arms full of ice bags,
31:58scowdling as he knelt beside me.
32:00Such pretty legs.
32:01Might as well chop them off.
32:02I'd kick him,
32:04then yelp in pain
32:04when it made things worse.
32:06I smiled at the memory.
32:08So did he.
32:11That kind of love,
32:13the raw,
32:13reckless kind,
32:14was real.
32:16We'd built everything together.
32:18Fought everyone who said
32:20we wouldn't last.
32:21Survived poverty,
32:23loss,
32:24doubt.
32:24And now this?
32:27Same old moves,
32:28that softness I ain't felt in ages.
32:30Doesn't do squat for a heart
32:32that's already frozen solid.
32:34Aurora,
32:36let's pretend none of it happened.
32:39You stay here at the academy.
32:41I'll move in with you.
32:43Support you the way you supported me.
32:47I looked down at his hands,
32:49still craddling my injured foot
32:51like it mattered.
32:52But I can't forget the way you looked
32:54when you told me you loved her.
32:58Like it was beyond your control.
33:02I can't forget you asking me
33:04to make room in your heart
33:05for someone else.
33:07As if I were just...
33:10optional.
33:12I can't forget how quickly
33:13everything became whatever.
33:20I pulled my foot away.
33:22Jax, you pushed me
33:23into this new life.
33:25And I'm living it.
33:27I have friends.
33:29A future.
33:30Just not with you.
33:36I haven't signed
33:37the dissuulsion papers.
33:39You're still my Luna.
33:41Stubborn as ever,
33:42he rented the apartment
33:43directly across from mine.
33:48I hadn't taken a dime
33:49from my father.
33:51Hadn't touched
33:51our shared accounts.
33:54Just found a modest unit
33:55in the old quarter.
33:56A one-bedroom
33:57in a three-flat building.
33:59Barely better
33:59than our early days.
34:03So I nearly choked
34:04when I saw Dylan
34:05moving in next door.
34:08You?
34:10Playing poor boy now,
34:11young master?
34:13He grinned,
34:15balancing a box
34:15labeled books
34:16and regrets.
34:18Says the girl
34:19living two doors down
34:20from her ex
34:21like it's a rom-com.
34:25Dylan's arrival
34:26in my life
34:26felt like Chloe's
34:27had in Jax's.
34:29A sudden,
34:30bright disruption.
34:33Fresh blood
34:34always catches the eye.
34:37But here was
34:38the difference.
34:39I wouldn't change
34:40Jack to me
34:41while making room
34:41in my heart
34:42for someone else.
34:44Not like he'd done.
34:48Jax refused
34:49to sign
34:49the disillization papers,
34:50so I had no choice
34:52but to wait out
34:52the mandatory
34:53two-month cooling-off period
34:54mandated by
34:55the Tigon Elder Council.
34:59Meanwhile,
35:00Chloe grew desperate.
35:02She bombarded Jax
35:03with calls
35:03and messages,
35:05spiraling into
35:05threats of suicide.
35:07Frustrated and overwhelmed,
35:09he sent her
35:10a large sum of money,
35:11enough to disappear
35:13quietly.
35:16She didn't take it.
35:18Instead,
35:18she announced
35:19to the entire pack
35:20that she was pregnant
35:21with his child.
35:26I never touched you.
35:28How could you
35:28possibly be carrying
35:29my child?
35:30She posted
35:31the pregnancy test results
35:32and later,
35:34an ultrasound
35:35to the pack's
35:35private's
35:36private group chat.
35:39Cornered,
35:40Jax flew back
35:41to Jackson Hill
35:42for a DNA test.
35:44The results
35:45confirmed it.
35:45The child
35:46was biologically his.
35:48He stared
35:48at the report,
35:50stunned.
35:50How is this
35:51even possible?
35:52You said
35:53you wanted us
35:53to be together,
35:54Jax?
36:01My father
36:02seized the moment.
36:04His lawyers
36:05presented the evidence
36:06to the Elder Council.
36:07They demanded
36:08immediate termination
36:10of our mating bond
36:11on grounds
36:12of emotional betrayal
36:13and breach
36:14of Luna trust.
36:16The ruling
36:17came swiftly.
36:2080% of Jax's
36:22assets,
36:23including the company
36:24he'd built
36:24from nothing,
36:25were awarded
36:26to me.
36:28Chloe erupted.
36:30Why does she
36:31get almost everything?
36:32What about me
36:33and the baby?
36:34That was when
36:35Jax finally saw
36:36her clearly.
36:37The greed
36:38beneath the tears.
36:39The manipulation
36:40masked as devotion.
36:45You're not having
36:46that child
36:48and you won't
36:49see a single
36:50dollar from me.
36:54As they wheeled
36:55her towards
36:56the procedure room,
36:57Chloe broke.
36:58I'll talk!
37:00I'll tell you
37:00everything!
37:08She confessed.
37:09She'd stolen
37:10a sample
37:11of his genetic
37:11material
37:12during a routine
37:13medical checkup
37:14months earlier.
37:15And she used
37:17an underground clinic
37:18to conceive
37:19without his knowledge
37:20or consent.
37:23The pack
37:24exiled her
37:25immediately.
37:25She left
37:26Jackson Hill
37:27in disgrace,
37:28tail between
37:28her legs.
37:34The pregnancy
37:35was terminated.
37:37In the end,
37:38Jackson was left
37:38sitting alone
37:39in that empty
37:40apartment.
37:41We could have
37:42had a quiet,
37:43happy life.
37:44Instead,
37:45he'd shattered
37:45himself.
37:46He showed up
37:47in Paris weeks
37:48later,
37:48eyes hollow.
37:50Aurora,
37:52do you remember?
37:54You told me
37:55if I won
37:56the whole season,
37:56you'd be mine.
37:58Give me one
37:59more chance.
38:00Jax,
38:01your body
38:01can't handle
38:02football anymore.
38:05You know that.
38:09He wouldn't
38:10listen.
38:12Stubborn to the end,
38:13he signed up
38:14for an amateur league,
38:15out of practice
38:16and past his prime.
38:17He struggled
38:18from the first game.
38:20They lost badly.
38:23He played a second,
38:24then a third.
38:26During a match,
38:27an opponent
38:28deliberately rammed
38:29into his leg.
38:32The tackle
38:33was brutal,
38:34illegal even.
38:36His knee
38:37gave out
38:37completely.
38:38The doctor said
38:39he'd never play again.
38:42I visited him
38:43in the hospital.
38:47Jax,
38:48I chose you
38:49because I believed
38:50you'd never hurt me.
38:51I was wrong.
38:54Aurora.
38:55Don't apologize.
38:59For three years,
39:00you chased me
39:01like I was the only star
39:02in your sky,
39:02and for seven more,
39:04you held me
39:04like I still was.
39:08But the way
39:09you looked at Chloe,
39:10that told me everything.
39:15Your heart changed,
39:16and now
39:18so has our path.
39:22Let go, Jax.
39:26Ten years.
39:28A lifetime of love,
39:32loyalty,
39:33and shared dreams.
39:35All of it
39:36undone.
39:38I walked away
39:40from the hospital.
39:44Away from him.
39:47Towards Dylan.
39:50Towards my new life.
39:51A lifetime of love.
39:53A lifetime of love.
39:56Let go, Jax.
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