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00:00I would promise that I would be his only mate and his only love for the rest of his life.
00:06Emma, my beloved.
00:07Say it again.
00:08You're my only mate, my only love, forever.
00:11I believe you.
00:13Tonight, we are holding our seventh marking ceremony.
00:17Darcy is feeling busy tonight.
00:20Let's suppress our bond, Emma.
00:22We can have our marking ceremony some other day.
00:26Those were the exact words he spit when I called him.
00:33It was the seventh time he asked me to suppress the sacred bond between us for his childhood sweetheart.
00:41The first time he suppressed it was because Darcy's packed and he wanted to be by her side.
00:51Darcy is fighting for her survival and you want me to be pulled by our fated bond?
00:56Don't make me believe you are this selfish Emma.
01:00The third time he suppressed it, he said...
01:03Darcy's having a fever. I can't leave her alone.
01:07By the sixth time, he didn't bother explaining why.
01:12He had the witch suppress our bond in the most brutal way possible.
01:18Because he was in a hurry to go meet Darcy.
01:21So, when the seventh time, he refused to mock me and came home to suppress our bond.
01:28To be with Darcy.
01:30I had already packed my clothes.
01:32It will be the last time.
01:34He suppresses our bond because...
01:36The next time, there will be no bond between us to suppress.
01:45Call Bonnie. I'm ready.
01:47He had his Pax Witch, Bonnie, suppress our bond so many times that it was barely visible now.
01:53I could see the guilt and remorse flickered through his eyes as he walked closer.
01:57It will be the last time, Emma.
02:01I promise.
02:02Once Darcy was stable and didn't need me around her, you won't have to go through this searing pain.
02:08I had believed him.
02:10Seven times.
02:12But now, I was done chasing the shadow I would never be able to catch up.
02:17Every time he went to take care of Darcy, he would have Bonnie suppress our bond.
02:21Being an Omega, the suppression would leave him in so much pain, I wouldn't get up in bed for weeks.
02:29While I would be moaning in pain and cold,
02:33he would stay by Darcy's side, comforting her for what?
02:37A fever or a scratch she probably caused while cutting her fangs?
02:40I replied, my voice indifferent.
02:43Okay.
02:44You can call Belly now, in case you get late because of me and blame me for it.
02:51The last time he suppressed our bond, I completely lost my strength and fainted.
02:59He stayed with me for half an hour before he finally left.
03:03The next day, he blamed me for holding him and refused to come back for the next three months.
03:08What's that supposed to mean?
03:10The last time it's because you didn't eat well.
03:13Didn't eat well?
03:15Do you think that's why I fainted?
03:19You are an Alpha, Edward.
03:21You don't understand.
03:22You don't have to go through the pain.
03:24It's I who suffers.
03:25For whom?
03:26For Darcy.
03:27I feel disgusted even looking at the Alpha I blindly followed all these years.
03:31But he chased after me.
03:34If you want, I can stay by your side tonight.
03:37I'll leave only when you are stable.
03:40No need.
03:43I can handle it like I always did.
03:46One last time.
03:48I can bear it.
03:50I said in my mind.
03:51Half an hour later, Bonnie stood before my eyes.
03:54Her silver hair braided tight against her scalp.
03:56Her eyes filled with a weary pity that I hated more than Edward's guilt.
03:59She carried her satchel of herbs and stones, the tools of my torture.
04:03Emma, you're already weak.
04:05Your lunar cycle is peaking.
04:07If we suppress it now.
04:15Do it.
04:16He has a promise to keep, doesn't he?
04:18Darcy is waiting.
04:20Edward winched at the venom in my tone.
04:24Bonnie, just make it quick.
04:26I'll stay with her until the initial shock passes.
04:31What?
04:32That's serious?
04:33I'm coming right now.
04:35He was still on the call when he had already crossed the room, completely forgetting his initial promise to him.
04:42The next full moon, it will be our marking ceremony.
04:46Next full moon, what I pity, Edward.
04:49That's the day I have chosen to completely leave you.
04:54The silence after the door slam shut was heavier than the suppression call itself.
04:58As the silver light of her magic seared through my veins, dulling the golden thread that connected my soul to
05:04Edward's, I didn't scream.
05:06I simply watched the scene, counting the seconds until I was finally blissfully known.
05:10Bonnie didn't say a word.
05:11The pity in her eyes had curdled into a somber respect.
05:14Don't you regret severing?
05:16Your bond with Edward.
05:19He is, after all, an alpha.
05:22And he has never refused to mark you.
05:31Never marked me as well.
05:36The silence was deafening before she sighed.
05:40Since he is an alpha, he would not realize the bond between you two is already broken.
05:45Not until the next full moon.
05:48I'll keep my mouth shut by then.
05:50But I hope you have figured out what you are going to do after that.
05:56You are his fated mate.
05:58Edward would not like to lose the power he gets by bonding with his fated mate.
06:02Don't worry.
06:03I have thought through this.
06:06Thank you for keeping it a secret for me, Bonnie.
06:09It would be impossible to get Edward break our bond.
06:12If you hadn't helped me secretly.
06:16Your mother saved my life years ago.
06:20I'm indebted to her daughter.
06:26By the next morning, the weeks of bed rest Edward expected of me weren't going to happen.
06:31I had a deadline, and it didn't involve waiting for a marking ceremony that was never going to take place.
06:38My best friend, Sarah, whispered as she tucked a stray hair behind my ear.
06:43You look like a ghost, Em.
06:45We were sitting at the Howl, a small cafe on the edge of the pack territory.
06:51Far enough away to avoid the main barracks, or so I thought.
06:55I feel like one, I admitted, swirling the cooling tea in my mug.
06:59But ghosts are hard to catch, aren't they?
07:02That's the plan.
07:04Sarah squeezed my hand.
07:05I still can't believe he left you mid-spell because Darcy had a crisis.
07:10I heard from the scouts that she just had a nightmare.
07:13A nightmare, Emma.
07:18Had a nightmare.
07:20I'm really scared right now.
07:21Can you come stay with me?
07:22Emma, I'm busy.
07:24Don't be so childish and bother me over such trivial things.
07:30To Edward, Darcy's bad dreams are more important than my reality.
07:34But it's fine.
07:35Let him have his shadows.
07:36I'm finding the sun.
07:38That's my girl.
07:39Now drink up.
07:40We're gonna browse that vintage shop you like.
07:42No pack talk, no alpha talk.
07:44Just...
07:44Sarah's voice cut off abruptly.
07:46Her gaze shifted to the door, her posture stiffening into a defensive crouch.
07:53I didn't have to turn around to know who it was.
07:55The air in the room suddenly felt thick, charged with the scent of pine and rain,
08:00and the clogging, sweet smell of Darcy's expensive perfume.
08:04Edward walked in, his arm draped protectively around Darcy's shoulders.
08:08He looked triumphant, relaxed, surrounded by a handful of his high-ranking wolves.
08:13He didn't notice me at first, too busy laughing at something one of his friends said.
08:18Oh, look.
08:19Sneered Jax, one of Edward's closest fingers, pointing a finger toward our table.
08:23The Omega is actually out of bed.
08:26I thought the suppression spell usually kept you horizontal for a month, Emma.
08:30You finally learned how to toughen up?
08:32The group stopped.
08:33Edward's laughter died instantly as his eyes met mine.
08:36He looked startled, almost offended to see me upright and dressed.
08:40Emma?
08:40Edward stepped forward, his brow frowling.
08:43What are you doing here?
08:43You should be resting.
08:44Bonnie said your levels were dangerously low.
08:46Darcy pouted, tightening her grip on Edward's waist.
08:49Maybe she just wanted attention, Eddie.
08:51You know how sensitive Omegas can be when they feel... overlooked.
08:54His friends chuckled.
08:56Careful, Darcy.
08:57Another called out.
08:59If you breathe too hard on her, she might faint again and keep the alpha from his real duties.
09:07Sarah slams her hands on the table, her chair screeching back as she stood up.
09:11You arrogant bottom-feeding Sarah!
09:13I reached out, my voice calm and terrifyingly level.
09:17I caught her wrist, pulling her back.
09:19Don't.
09:20Emma, they're mocking you!
09:22He's standing right there, letting them!
09:24Sarah hissed, her eyes glowing a faint amber.
09:28I stood up slowly.
09:31I didn't look at Jack's.
09:32I didn't look at those on-lookers.
09:34I looked directly at Edward.
09:36He looked uncomfortable, his fingers restless as if he wanted to reach for me,
09:40but the weight of Darcy's presence held him in place.
09:43It's okay, I said to Sarah, though I kept my eyes on the man who was supposed to be my
09:48mate.
09:49They're right.
09:50I've spent far too much time being sensitive.
09:53It's amazing how much clarity you get when you realize you're fighting for a seat at a table that doesn't
09:57even have a chair for you.
09:59Emma, wait.
10:01Edward started, taking a step toward me.
10:04About last night.
10:09I didn't give him the satisfaction of an argument.
10:13I didn't scream about the pain or the broken promises.
10:16I simply picked up my coat and flung it over my shoulder.
10:21Enjoy your coffee, Edward.
10:23I said, offering a small, polite smile that didn't reach my eyes.
10:28And Darcy, I hope the nightmares stay away.
10:31It would be a shame to interrupt the Alpha's busy schedule again.
10:36I turned on my heel and walked out the door, my head held high.
10:40I didn't look back to see the stunned silence that had fallen over them,
10:44or the way Edward's face had gone pale as he realized, perhaps for the first time,
10:48that the bond he kept suppressing was no longer holding me back.
10:52It was letting me go.
10:55After Edward suppressed our bond, he would not contact me for a week and spend this time with Darcy.
11:01I thought this time would be the same.
11:07But surprisingly, he texted me that night.
11:14I read the text and tossed my phone aside, not in a mood to entertain him.
11:20But my phone rang.
11:22It was Edward.
11:25Emma, are you mad at me?
11:27He asked as soon as I picked up the call.
11:29His voice sounded horny.
11:32Why do you care?
11:33I asked instead.
11:34Gone were the days I used to melt on a few words he would speak to me softly.
11:39Why won't I?
11:40You are my mate, my Luna.
11:42Of course I care.
11:44If you cared, you would have been by my side.
11:47And not by Darcy's Edward.
11:49I blurted out.
11:50If you cared, you wouldn't let me go through this pain.
11:54While comforting her a nightmare.
11:56Emma.
11:58Emma.
11:58It will be the last time, I promise.
12:00I'll make it up to you.
12:03How about we go shopping tomorrow?
12:04Just you and me.
12:05It's your birthday as well.
12:07No.
12:08He proposed, and before I could refuse him, he hung up.
12:15I don't know why I did not call him back to cancel our meeting, and instead got ready
12:19the next day.
12:20Perhaps it was going to be our last day together.
12:23I wanted to have one good memory with him before finally leaving.
12:26But as I stood before the villa he had gifted me on the day we first discovered we were fated
12:30mates, his car stopped right before me.
12:32I walked ahead and opened the passenger seat, but Darcy had already occupied that seat.
12:39I looked into Edward's eyes and said, I remember you said just you and me.
12:44A moment of hesitation flickered through his eyes before he finally managed to speak.
12:49Darcy happened to buy something as well, so I brought her along.
12:53While I waited for a good moment for Darcy to leave my spot, Edward's voice made my chest
12:58crawl.
12:59Emma, do you mind sitting in the back?
13:02Darcy gets carsick if she isn't in the front.
13:05You understand, right?
13:07I didn't answer.
13:08I simply closed the door and climbed in the back seat.
13:13As we drove, I watched them through the rearview mirror, Edward's hand occasionally resting on
13:20the center console, close enough for Darcy to brush her fingers against his.
13:32I was a ghost in my own birthday celebration.
13:37The mall was a blur of high-end boutiques and painful realizations.
13:44Edward didn't hold my hand.
13:47He didn't ask which dress I liked.
13:54Instead, he walked behind Darcy.
14:04I'm going to try these on.
14:06Edward, come tell me which color suits my skin tone.
14:15I'll be right back, Emma.
14:16Just stay here.
14:1810 minutes passed, then 15.
14:23The sales associates began to give me pitying looks.
14:27The future Luna of the pack, standing alone on her birthday, while her mate vanished into
14:34the fitting rooms with another woman.
14:43I walked toward the back of the store, my heart hammering against my ribs.
14:48I told myself I was just going to check on them.
14:50But as I approached the heavy velvet curtains of the VIP fitting area, I heard it.
14:55The sound of a low, familiar groan.
15:00I pushed the curtain slightly, in the reflection of the three-way mirror.
15:04I saw them.
15:05Darcy was pressed against Aurora, her legs wrapped around Edward's waist.
15:09Look.
15:09And his head was buried in the crook of her neck.
15:11He pushed Darcy away and haunted under his back.
15:13Dammit, why are you here?
15:14After that, I ignored them both.
15:20I didn't scream.
15:22I didn't even cry.
15:24Something inside me simply snapped.
15:30The last breath for one good name I wanted to save had just been incinerated.
15:39I walked out of the store, the bright mall light suddenly feeling like a spotlight.
15:44On my stupidity.
15:47I heard Edward's voice from behind, calling my name desperately.
15:51Emma!
15:51Emma!
15:52I ignored it.
15:53I pulled out my phone.
15:55My finger steady as I dialed Sarah's number.
15:57Sarah?
15:58Emma!
15:58I thought you were enjoying the day with your alpha.
16:07Is there a bar open to tonight?
16:10A loud one?
16:11One where nobody cares about lunas or faded mates?
16:15Emma, what happened?
16:19It's my birthday, Sarah.
16:21And I want to celebrate the fact that I'm finally done.
16:27Pick me up in 20 minutes.
16:30Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the reflection in that three-way mirror.
16:34The way his hands, the same hands that had once traced the mark on my neck,
16:38beheld her with a desperate, hungry possessiveness.
16:45The obsidian lounge, it's loud, it's dark, and alphas usually find it beneath them.
16:50You okay?
16:51I've never been better.
16:54I lied.
16:55The hollow space in my chest felt like an open wound, but for the first time, it didn't hurt.
17:02It was just none.
17:13The club was a sensory assault.
17:15Bass thrummed through the floorboards.
17:17I downed three shots of tequila in rapid succession.
17:25I wanted to burn the taste of Edward's lies out of my throat.
17:29I was leaning against the bar, watching the crowd when my phone vibrated in my pocket.
17:34Emma, where did you go?
17:35We were just talking.
17:36Darcy felt faint and I had to catch her.
17:38It wasn't what you think.
17:44I let out a harsh, jagged laugh that was swallowed by the music, talking.
17:50He thought I was blind as well as empathetic.
17:54Another.
17:56I signaled to the bartender.
17:58Emma, stop.
18:00Sarah grabbed my wrist.
18:05Just then, my phone rang.
18:07It was Edward.
18:07Edward, I tossed my phone aside, but Sarah picked it up.
18:12What the hell did you do to Emma?
18:15That she is wasted like this?
18:17She spit, showing the camera towards me.
18:20Edward frowned, his eyes reflecting genuine care.
18:24I was too afraid to believe.
18:27Give the phone to Emma.
18:29He commanded from the other side.
18:32His voice laced us with alpha dominance.
18:36You are pathetic, Edward.
18:38Sarah snapped back as she threw the phone in my hands.
18:44Emma, it's not what you are thinking.
18:47I'm coming to find you.
18:49Wait for me.
18:51The Obsidian Lounge it is, right?
18:53We will celebrate your birthday together.
18:56You don't have to...
18:57You hung up before I could tell him not to.
19:00I did not want to see his face right now.
19:04But, I stayed there the whole night.
19:07It's because I did not want to go back to the home that was filled with the memories of him.
19:13Also because part of me did not have the last memory of Edward kissing another woman before my eyes.
19:19I wanted him to explain.
19:21Even if it would be a delusional thought,
19:23I did not want to leave with a memory that was going to haunt me forever.
19:26I waited there like a fool.
19:29But, he did not arrive.
19:31He ghosted me on my very birthday.
19:36His text only arrives the next morning.
19:39Darcy went on heat last night.
19:41She needed me to soothe her wolf.
19:43Sorry, darling.
19:44I'll make it up to you at our marking ceremony.
19:46It's on the next full moon.
19:48Don't forget the date.
19:49She was lying on Edward's chest.
19:51Their bodies entangled into each other.
19:53Wrapped by a white blanket.
19:54Finally found.
19:55The caption read, finally found.
19:58The phone rang.
19:59Sarah's name flashed on the screen.
20:01I answered.
20:02Emma, I saw the post.
20:04Are you okay?
20:05Sarah asked.
20:06Her voice filled with urgency.
20:08He should re-wear humping to the truth.
20:10You have refused them to know.
20:16I've never been better.
20:18We're over.
20:24I had already broken my bond with Edward, with Edward.
20:28And now, whatever he does, whoever he sleeps with, has nothing to do with me.
20:34I grabbed my phone and left the bar.
20:38But, I did not go home.
20:40Instead, I barged at Sarah's place.
20:43Emma, you look like hell.
20:45What happened?
20:46I got the bond.
20:48For good.
20:50Oh, God.
20:51You finally come to your senses.
20:52The rest of the days passed in a frowning disdain.
20:56In a fraction of time.
20:58Edward never contact acted me until the day of the full moon.
21:03My phone has ringing since morning.
21:05But, I ignored it.
21:08As I reached the airport, I shot a last glance at my phone.
21:13Ten missed calls from Edward and countless messages.
21:18Emma, why are you not at home?
21:20Why are you not picking up my calls?
21:25Is it about Darcy's post?
21:27Is it about Darcy's post?
21:27It's a misunderstanding, Emma.
21:29I'll explain it to you.
21:31Tonight is our meeting ceremony, Emma.
21:33Don't forget it.
21:34I'll be waiting for you at the altar at 7 p.m.
21:47Goodbye, Edward.
21:49There is nothing left between us to explain.
22:04The places that are coming to mind.
22:21I'll be waiting for you at the altar at 7 p.m.
22:22She's just being dramatic.
22:24You know how Emma is.
22:26She wants you to beg because of that silly photo.
22:30Silence, Darcy!
22:31Edward snapped, his voice a low growl that made her flinch.
22:35He pulled his phone from his pocket.
22:37Still nothing.
22:37He pulled up their chat history, his thumb hovering over her name.
22:41I'll be waiting for you at the altar at 7 p.m.
22:48At 8 p.m., the moon reached its zenith.
22:51The silver light flooding through the skylit, intended to bless a union that wasn't happening.
22:57His father, the great alpha, stepped forward, his voice heavy with disappointment.
23:02Edward, the window is closing.
23:04If your mate is not here, we must dismiss the guests.
23:06This is an embarrassment to our pack.
23:07He's coming!
23:12His wolf, usually a disciplined shadow within his mind,
23:17was pacing frankly, clawing at his ribs.
23:21Where is she?
23:23Where is the bond?
23:32Why could he not feel her anymore?
23:35What's wrong?
23:38Emma, where are you?
23:40He turned on his heel, ignoring the gasps of the pack,
23:44going toward the exit.
23:45He didn't take the limousine.
23:47He shifted mid-stride, his clothes tearing as his massive midnight black wolf tore across
23:52the manicured lawns towards Emma's small apartment on the edge of the territory.
23:56Since he hadn't marked her, she had never shifted to Alpha House.
24:00He shifted back on her porch, shivering not from the cold, but from an icy dread settling
24:07in his gut.
24:08He didn't knock.
24:09He kicked the door off.
24:13Emma!
24:14The apartment was silent.
24:15It didn't just look empty.
24:16It looked dead.
24:18No.
24:19No, no, no, no.
24:21He ran to the bedroom.
24:22The closet doors were flung wide.
24:24Her favorite sweaters, gone.
24:26He moved to the bedside table, desperate for any scent, any trace of her.
24:34He found her, the velvet box containing the night-showed heirloom ring he had given her
24:40months ago.
24:41He picked up the ring.
24:42It was cold.
24:44What have I done?
24:46Then as if someone ripped his heart apart, he felt a steering pain for a fraction of a
24:50second, and his wolf screamed.
24:52She has broken the bond.
24:55He shouted in despair.
25:00She wouldn't.
25:01She's an Omega.
25:02She has no one.
25:03She needs the protection of the pack.
25:06She needs me.
25:07Find her.
25:08Check the train and flight records, the border patrols.
25:11Use the scent hounds.
25:12If she's on this continent, I want her back by sunrise!
25:17Alpha, we've already checked the local grid.
25:19Luna's car was spotted at the airport two hours ago.
25:24Which flight?
25:25Where did she go?
25:26She didn't book under her name.
25:29And, Alpha?
25:30There's something else.
25:34He looked like a king who had realized his crown was made of ash.
25:38Edward grabbed his clothes and dialed his head of security with trembling hands.
25:42Speak!
25:43Speak!
25:43The tracker's usually placed on her car and phone.
25:46They're all dead.
25:57Edward sank onto the edge of the bed, clutching the ring so hard, the metal bit into his palm.
26:07For the first time in his life, the alpha dominance that had always served him felt useless.
26:14He had the power to command armies, but he couldn't command a girl who no longer cared to listen.
26:19The moonlight through the window felt like a spotlight on his failure.
26:22He stared at the empty room, the silence finally answering the question he had been been too arrogant to ask.
26:27She wasn't hiding.
26:29She wasn't playing a game.
26:30She was gone.
26:32Edward didn't sleep that night.
26:33He stood in his study.
26:35The air-steering room stood tightly into his palm.
26:38Maps of the continent were scrolled across his mahogany desk.
26:45Marked with a frantic red ink, it failed me.
26:48The heart was banished.
26:49Edward hissed.
26:50His voice a sandpaper rash.
26:51And Omega doesn't have the resources to bypass a high-level pack encryption.
26:55Someone help him.
26:57The door creaked open and a familiar scent filled his nostrils, making his pupils relaxed momentarily as he turned to
27:04look at the intruder excitedly.
27:09Emma.
27:10He whispered.
27:12His however, his eyes turned dark the moment his gaze landed at the intruder.
27:16It was Darcy.
27:17She had changed out of her ceremonial silk into a sheer, lavender nightgown that he had gifted to Emma the
27:23last month.
27:24It was her favorite and still had her scent left in them.
27:27Darcy carried a crystal decanager of amber liquid and two glasses.
27:31Her steps practiced in feline as she crossed the rug.
27:34Her voice dripping with a synthetic sweetness that made his stomach churn.
27:37You've been staring at those maps for six hours.
27:40The sun is coming up.
27:41If she wanted to be found, she'd be here.
27:43Don't worry about her.
27:44In a few days, she will be crawling back to you.
27:48In the meantime, let's spend a few more days together.
27:52Edward didn't look up at her.
27:54His gaze remained fixed on the clothing she had worn.
27:57Meanwhile, she continued.
28:00The pack is talking.
28:02She set the tray down on the desk, sliding a glass over the map of the airport.
28:06They see an alpha who has been abandoned.
28:09It makes the nightshane look weak.
28:11Vulnerable.
28:12She moved behind him, her cool fingers reaching up to massage his rigid shoulders.
28:16The elders are already suggesting that the moon goddess made a mistake.
28:20That perhaps...
28:22Your true match was standing right, right next to you all along.
28:27Edward's wolf let out a warning snarl.
28:29A vibration that shook his chest.
28:34Darcy whispered, leaning down so her breath brushed his ear.
28:37The bond is broken, Edward.
28:38I can feel your pain and I can take it away.
28:42Mark me tonight.
28:43By morning, the pack will have a new Luna.
28:45And Emma will be nothing more than a bad dream.
29:00Give me the ring, Edward.
29:01Let's put it where it belongs.
29:03In a blur of motion, too fast for the human eye to follow, Edward pivoted.
29:06His hand clamped around Darcy's throat, slamming her backward onto the desk.
29:10The decander shattered, soaking the maps in expensive bourbon.
29:13The glass shards flying like shrapnel.
29:15How dare you stand before me wearing my Luna's clothes?
29:19You think...
29:24Because she's gone, you can replace her?
29:28Replace an Omega?
29:30Oh, please, Edward.
29:32Why would I want to take an Omega's place?
29:36Rejected and unloved by her Alpha?
29:38She was to be pitiful, not envious.
29:48What is that supposed to mean?
29:50He asked, his eyes darkening.
29:53I loved her.
29:54Still do.
29:56She is my Luna, my faded mate.
29:59Stop talking nonsense.
30:00His grip loosened over her neck, and she quickly freed herself and laughed.
30:08Stop lying to yourself, Edward.
30:10You don't love her.
30:12You only use her for the power you get with the faded bond between you two.
30:16You love me.
30:17Only me.
30:22Shut up!
30:24He yelled.
30:25If it weren't for you, you using dirty strips to keep me closer, I would never have let her suffer.
30:31I know it was you who sent her those photos.
30:33I know it was your voice in her ear telling her she wasn't enough.
30:36You lied to me of suffocating in the trial room and needing oxygen.
30:40It's always been me.
30:42Did I force you to suppress the bond with Emma, leaving her in agony for weeks?
30:46Darcy's remark sent chills down Edward's spine,
30:49whereas she leaned closer and her hands moved on his chest.
30:57Admit it, Edward.
30:59You have always loved me.
31:03Deep in your heart, you knew I was lying,
31:06making excuses to be with you, yet you let Emma suffer to comfort me.
31:10If it's not love, what else is it?
31:12Whose alpha leaves Luna in agony?
31:15To be with another woman, if not out love with his Luna.
31:18She then pushed her hair off her shoulder.
31:20While getting closer to his lips, she added,
31:22Mark me, Edward.
31:23Emma is gone.
31:24The bond is severed.
31:25Now we can finally be together.
31:26Emma is my soul.
31:28Even with the bond severed, she is the only Luna this pack will ever have.
31:31You, you are a stain.
31:33He hoisted her up and threw her toward the door.
31:36She crashed into the hallway, landing in a heap of torn lace and bruised pride.
31:39The elders, who had been hovering in the corridor, gasped and resoiled.
31:42Beta, send her to the Blackwood pack and tell the alpha.
31:46I have sent him a gift to end our long-standing rivalry.
31:49He can trade her for land or use her in a red light district.
31:53She is pretty skillful.
31:55And, if she ever sets foot with 10 miles of our pack again, she will be executed on sight.
32:06Edward, no!
32:07You can't!
32:09The alpha Blackwood pack hates my bloodline to the core!
32:12He is a monster!
32:15Darcy wailed, reaching out a trembling hand.
32:18Edward said, his voice dropping to a deadly whisper.
32:21Be grateful I'm letting you keep your life.
32:22Because if I find out you had one more hand in Emma's disappearance than I already suspect,
32:26I will hunt you down myself.
32:31He slammed the heavy oak doors, the sound echoing like a guillotine.
32:39The altitude change always made my ears pop.
32:43But this time, it felt like a physical shedding of my past.
32:48As the plane touched down in the hidden valley of Oak Harvin,
32:52the heavy, suffocating mantle of Edward's Omega finally fell away.
32:56I wasn't just just an ignored mate anymore.
33:00I was coming home.
33:01The iron gates of the Silverthorne estate croaked open as my taxi seat pulled up.
33:08This wasn't the suburban townhouse Edward had tucked me away in.
33:11This was a fortress.
33:19The scent of cedar and ozon hit me.
33:21The signature scent of the Aura Mamagas.
33:23Standard Wolves books say Omegas are the weakest link.
33:26They don't mention the Aura language.
33:28A group so powerful their influence can stabilize entire packs
33:31or bring alphas to their knees with a single command.
33:34I was the one who broke the chain and betrayed the whole group
33:36because I blindly thought Edward was different from others.
33:39How stupid.
33:40They don't mention the Aura lineage.
33:42A group so powerful their influence can stabilize entire packs
33:46or bring alphas to their knees with a single command.
33:48You're late for dinner, Em.
33:50Voice was identical to the one that followed it.
33:52Standing on the porch were Caleb and Cassian.
33:55My twin brothers.
34:03They looked like mirrors of each other.
34:05Tall, lean, and radiating a quiet, terrifying calm
34:10that would make a prime alpha sweat.
34:13I'm home.
34:15I whispered, my voice cracking.
34:18In an instant, I was enveloped.
34:22They didn't care about the designer dress I was wearing.
34:25The one Edward had picked out for a ceremony that never happened.
34:29They just smelled the heartbreak on me and tightened their hold.
34:33We moved into the study.
34:35The walls lined with ancient texts on Omega lore.
34:39I sat on the leather sofa, trembling.
34:44I broke the law.
34:45I suppressed my scent.
34:47I hid my lineage, and I chose an alpha who didn't even see me, I thought.
34:51I thought if I played the part of an ordinary, submissive Omega,
34:55Edward would love me for me, not for my power.
34:58Cassian's jaw tightened.
35:01And instead, he treated you like a nuff-note in his own story.
35:05I might comment, and that's going to make me wear his smile.
35:10He doesn't know.
35:12He thinks I'm a runaway stray.
35:14He thinks I'm currently crying in some motel because he chose Darcy Heat over our ceremony.
35:19He has no idea that the girl he ghosted is one of the three pillars of the Aura Council.
35:25The guilt gnawed at me.
35:42To be with Edward, I had abandoned my duties to my brothers and our people for two years.
35:48Weakened our circle for a man who used his alpha dominance
35:52to command me to wait at an altar he never intended to show up to.
35:57I broke the law, and I should have set examples for our people
36:00by defying the fated bond just to maintain our lineage.
36:03I let the love cloud my judgment.
36:07I'm sorry.
36:08I choked out.
36:09I left you both.
36:10I failed the group.
36:16Caleb knelt in front of me, taking my hands.
36:20Emma, look at us.
36:26The law exists to protect us from alphas who would cage us.
36:30You didn't break the law out of malice.
36:32You did it for love.
36:34The fact that he was unworthy is his failure, not yours.
36:40We felt your bond snap two weeks ago.
36:42Cassian added, leaning against the mahogany desk.
36:44We were ready to burn his Jorna territory to the ground.
36:47The only reason his pack still stands is because we sensed you wanted to walk away on your own terms.
36:53I'm done being ordinary.
36:55I said, my voice finally finding its steel.
36:59Caleb grinned.
37:00A sharp, predatory look that proved Ongas were never meant to be prey.
37:05Good.
37:06Because the council has been a mess without you, and I'm tired of doing your paperwork.
37:12I felt the first real smile in years touch my face.
37:23The hollow space in my chest was filling, not with the phantom warmth of a mate, but with
37:28the raw, surging power of my own bloodline.
37:32Edward wanted an Omega who would wait.
37:35I was the Omega who reigned.
37:37For three weeks, my brothers had treated me like a returning queen.
37:45Though their idea of recovering involved a wardrobe overhaul and a sudden, suspicious interest
37:51in my Friday night plans.
37:53It's just a dinner, Emma.
37:56Caleb said, adjusting his cufflinks.
37:59He looked far too smug for a man who claimed to be helping.
38:02The council needs to see that you're back.
38:05What better way than a formal meeting with the Supreme?
38:08I countered, smoothing the silk of my midnight blue gown.
38:11It wasn't a dress someone would choose for an official meeting.
38:14It was backless, sharp-edged, and shimmered like moonlight on oil.
38:18The Supreme doesn't do dinners, Caleb.
38:21He does declarations and decrees.
38:23Well, well.
38:27Cassian from the doorway.
38:31He requested this specifically.
38:36I rolled my eyes, thinking it was a political play.
38:39The Aura Council was led by a man shrouded in more legend than fact, loopy and vain, a wolf
38:45whose power was said to be so dense it could still the hearts of an entire battalion.
38:49When I arrived at the Obsidian Hearth, the most exclusive restaurant in Oak Haven, I expected
38:55a boardroom atmosphere.
38:56Instead, I was led to a private rooftop terrace draped in wisteria and silence.
39:06A man stood at the railing.
39:08He didn't turn immediately, but the air around him hummed.
39:13It wasn't the aggressive, look-at-me pressure of an alpha.
39:16It was the gravitational pull of a star.
39:23Emma, he said.
39:26His voice was like velvet over gravel.
39:29When he turned, I froze.
39:31Lucian Vane didn't look like a politician.
39:33He was devastatingly handsome, with silver-flicked eyes that seemed to read my entire history in
39:38a heartbeat.
39:40Hi, Warren Vane.
39:41He was across the floor before I could, his hand gently catching my elbow.
39:44None of that.
39:45Not with me.
39:48He looked at me with an intensity that made my previous bond with Edward feel like a flickering
39:53candle next to a wildfire.
39:57I've waited two years for you to realize that a puddle...
40:08I...
40:08I don't understand.
40:10Lucian stepped closer.
40:11His scent.
40:12Saldawood and ancient rain enveloping me.
40:15You thought you were hiding your power from the world.
40:21But I felt you leave.
40:23I felt every day you spent dimming your light.
40:27If you needed a mere spent dimming light for a man who was beneath your notice.
40:33He reached out, his thumb grazing my jawline.
40:37I didn't let your brothers bring you back for a council meeting.
40:43I brought you here because I have loved you.
40:47Since the moment your aura first bloomed, I waited because I knew you had to see the truth
40:54of alphas for yourself.
40:57But you are done with shadows, Emma.
41:02You are mine.
41:04By choice and by blood.
41:06My heart hammered against my ribs.
41:08It wasn't fear.
41:10It was a recognition.
41:12So deep, it made my soul ache.
41:17You...
41:19You...
41:19You love me.
41:21I adore you.
41:23He whispered, his eyes burning.
41:25And I will spend eternity making you forget you ever had to bow.
41:33Emma!
41:34The roar shattered the piece of the terrace.
41:38The heavy glass doors swung open, and there stood Edward.
41:43He looked disheveled, his eyes bloodshot.
41:46His alpha scent spiked, with a desperate, toxic aggression.
41:57I knew you'd run to some backwater town.
42:00Edward sneezed meared, ignoring the man standing inches from me.
42:04He marched forward, his hand outstretched to grab my wrist.
42:08Enough of this tantrum.
42:10You're my mate.
42:14I've had to deal with the council's questions for three days, because you vanished.
42:19You're coming home.
42:21Now.
42:32He tried to use it.
42:35The Alpha Command.
42:36That low, vibrating frequency designed to make an Omega's knees buckle and their mind go blank.
42:45I felt the ripple of his command hit me.
42:50In the past, it would have crushed me.
42:59You have no power here, Edward.
43:02I said, my voice projecting with a resonance that made the wine glasses on the table's crack.
43:10You spent two years looking at me, and seeing nothing.
43:14Now, you're looking at me, and seeing a possession you lost.
43:20Don't test me, Emma.
43:22You're an Omega.
43:23You belong at my side, by the law of the pack.
43:27I am an Aura Omega.
43:31I corrected.
43:32My voice dropping to a dangerous, melodic whisper.
43:36I let my scent explode.
43:39No longer suppressed.
43:40No longer hidden.
43:42It hit Edward like a physical blow.
43:44A golden wave of pure, unadulterated power that forced him back.
43:53I am the law.
43:58I raised a hand, and with a flick of my fingers.
44:05The air around Edward's hand.
44:10Pinning him against the terrace wall.
44:15He looked up at me with a mixture of terror and realization.
44:19In that moment, he realized he could not command me.
44:23His alpha's dominance would not work for me.
44:29You are my mate, Emma.
44:30I have been looking for you like crazy.
44:32You can't do this to me.
44:33I love you.
44:34The thing that followed Edward's confession
44:35was heavier than the command he had tried to use moments before.
44:37He looked small, painted against the stone.
44:39A fading echo man I had once thought was my entire world.
44:41You don't love me.
44:42I remember him steady.
44:43Devoid of the jagged pain that had defined my last two years.
44:46You love the way I made you feel powerful.
44:49You love the reflection of your self-self you saw in my submission.
44:55I lowered my hand, releasing the invisible weight pressing against his chest.
45:00Edward slumped to his knees, gasping for air,
45:03his eyes searching mine for a flicker of the girl who used to apologize for breathing too loudly.
45:09He found nothing but the cold, brilliant clarity of the moon.
45:13That's not true!
45:15I could see the genuine hurt in his eyes
45:18as he stared at his refused hands in a dilemma
45:24before he finally spoke.
45:26Is it about Darcy?
45:27Emma, I swear I would not meet her again.
45:31That post, it was fake.
45:34I didn't sleep with her.
45:36The kiss you saw, I was just helping her breathe.
45:42She tricked me, Emma.
45:44Believe me.
45:49She tricked you.
45:50I raised my eyebrows.
45:52Tell me what trick she pulled to make you suppress our bond
45:55and leave me in agony in our bed.
45:58I guess it was her telling, telling.
46:00I'm feeling uncomfortable, Ed.
46:03My words silent him.
46:04He knew I wasn't going to buy his words.
46:08Seeing nothing could defend his actions,
46:10he knelt down before me.
46:16Emma.
46:18Are you talking about the bond that got so weak
46:21by continuous suppression that it broke
46:23without you even realizing it?
46:25It itself proves that even goddesses can make mistakes.
46:29And you and Emma,
46:31you two were never fainted.
46:33Go back to your pack, he said,
46:35turning his back on him.
46:36Tell them the Silverthorne lineage has reclaimed its own.
46:40And if you ever set foot in Oakhaven again,
46:44you won't be facing an Omega.
46:46You'll be facing the Council.
46:54Emma, please.
46:56I'm begging you.
46:57Don't leave me like this.
46:59Don't be ridiculous, Edward.
47:01We ended a long time ago.
47:03Lucian didn't need to move his hands on him.
47:05His mere presence acted as a wall Edward couldn't scale.
47:08With a final, broken look,
47:09Edward sank into his knees and burst into tears.
47:12For the first time in my life,
47:13I heard an Alpha sobbing over his Ooga.
47:15But I felt nothing.
47:17To me, Edward didn't matter anymore.
47:19I didn't feel anything for him.
47:20Neither love nor hate.
47:24Seeing him crying and regretting,
47:27I felt watching a stranger crying over his bad decisions.
47:31As we walked past Edward and stopped by where my Lucian's car was standing,
47:35I turned back to Lucian,
47:37my chest heaving.
47:38The golden glow in my eyes slowly faded away.
47:41There was no driver.
47:42He unlocked the door himself and turned to me.
47:45Where were we?
47:55I believe you were telling me how much you adore me.
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