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00:11To be continued...
00:30The royal grounds made me pave a road of atonement, said I could never return to court.
00:34That night, he pointed at Rue's grave marker and said,
00:36She was carrying my pup when she died.
00:39If your Stormfreak tribe weren't so powerful, why would I have married you?
00:43Rue would still be alive, and so would my child.
00:48You don't deserve to have offspring.
00:50Spend the rest of your life moving stones.
00:53Atone for Rue and her pup.
00:55Within a year, my father and brother were framed for colluding with vampires.
00:59The entire Stormfang tribe was slaughtered.
01:01I coughed up blood and died.
01:03Then I opened my eyes.
01:04I was back the day I was marrying into the royal court.
01:07Outside, the wolves were howling at the moon.
01:10The sound of Alpha Cain kicking the wedding carriage axle snapped me fully awake.
01:15I was reborn.
01:16I clenched my fists.
01:18My heart pounded.
01:19If the moon goddess was giving me a second chance, I wasn't going to waste it.
01:23The Stormflag tribe wouldn't die in vain.
01:26I would live this time.
01:27And I would make him pay for every drop of blood he spilled in my past life.
01:31Cain led me into the ritual circle.
01:34Freya, my handmaiden, steadied my arm.
01:36As she leaned in, I whispered a few quick words.
01:39Freya's eyes flickered.
01:41She was a warrior raised by the Stormfling tribe.
01:43She'd been by my side since childhood.
01:46A handmaiden in name.
01:47A bodyguard in truth.
01:48I trusted her completely.
01:49The wedding between Alpha Cain and the daughter of Stormfang, every chieftain in the northern
01:53territories had come with their mates.
01:55It was the biggest union the north had seen in years.
01:58The daughter of Stormfang was about to become the luna of the royal court.
02:02The ritual circle was alive with noise.
02:04In the name of the moon goddess, bind by blood.
02:07Then a young servant from Rue's room came running in, stumbling over herself.
02:11Alpha!
02:12Rue tried to kill herself!
02:16Tears streaming down her face.
02:17She dropped to her knees, forehead hitting the ground.
02:21Rue grew up with the Alpha!
02:23Please, Alpha, save her!
02:25Why would she do something so stupid?
02:27I told her I'd give her a title after the wedding.
02:29He caught himself mid-sentence and shut his mouth.
02:32He turned to run, remembered it was his wedding day.
02:34Every chieftain in the north was watching.
02:37If he left now, by tomorrow, his father's desk would be buried in letters demanding his head.
02:41Leora, I need to check on Rue.
02:44I'll come back and finish the blood covenant.
02:46The wedding's set.
02:47What's the hurry?
02:48I widened my eyes, made my voice small and pitiful.
02:51Alpha, this is a matter of life and death.
02:54Why don't I come with you?
02:56A luna should handle household affairs after all.
03:00Kane looked relieved.
03:01Yes, yes, of course.
03:02So the Alpha and his bride-to-be left the ritual circle halfway through the ceremony to visit a wet
03:07nurse's daughter.
03:08The crowd whispered behind us.
03:10They couldn't believe it.
03:11Inside the wooden house, Rue was wearing a moonlight gown, the kind a bride was supposed to wear for the
03:15blood covenant.
03:15She'd dyed cheap burlap white herself.
03:18The stitches were crooked.
03:19Her half-shifted claws were pressed against her own throat.
03:22Her fingertips had already broken skin.
03:24Blood trickled down her neck, dripping onto the white dress.
03:27She saw Kane walk in, burst into tears.
03:32Threw herself at him.
03:34Alpha, I didn't mean to.
03:36I just want to be with you.
03:37I...
03:39I know I'm low-born.
03:41This entity, I can never be your luna.
03:45But I wanted, just once, to wear a moonlight gown and complete the blood covenant with you.
03:53You know I've wanted to be your mate, since we were children.
03:57Kane pulled her close.
03:59His face was twisted with pain.
04:01Why are you so stupid?
04:02Why are you stupid?
04:04I told you I'd give you a title after the luna moved in.
04:10Why would you do this?
04:12If anything happened to you, how could I go on?
04:16Are you trying to rip my heart out?
04:18Rue took his hand, placed it gently over her stomach.
04:22Alpha, the healer came a few days ago.
04:24I'm carrying your pup.
04:27Two months.
04:27I didn't want my child to be born low-win.
04:31To be mocked and called bastard.
04:37That's why I...
04:38Really?
04:41Really?
04:43You're carrying my pup?
04:47Yes, Alpha.
04:50We're having a child.
04:52They held each other.
04:53Everyone else just stared.
04:55No way.
04:56The Alpha knocked up a wet mater's daughter?
05:01On his wedding day.
05:02And she chose today to make a scene.
05:05Look at them.
05:05This is bad.
05:07Leora must be devastated.
05:08She's the future Luna.
05:10This is a slap in Stormfing's face.
05:12Alpha Kane.
05:13I thought she was just a servant.
05:15Now you're telling me she's pregnant with your pup?
05:17Leora, she's my wet nurse's daughter.
05:20We grew up together.
05:21She's the woman I love.
05:23So you're in love.
05:24You've been meeting in secret.
05:25And now there's a child.
05:31Roos scrambled off the bed.
05:33Dropped to the floor in a full submission kneel.
05:36Forehead to the ground.
05:37Hands spread wide.
05:39Throat bared.
05:42Luna, it's not the Alpha's fault.
05:44Luna, it's not myself.
05:46It's mine.
05:48I couldn't control myself.
05:55My palm connected with her cheek.
06:03How dare you.
06:05I'm the legitimate daughter of Stormfun.
06:08I was raised with discipline.
06:10I will not be slander.
06:12I met the Alpha two times before the engagement.
06:15Always with elders present.
06:17Never alone.
06:18So don't drag my name through the mud.
06:21Just to make yourself look less disgusting.
06:26Roos sobbed.
06:27Shook her head.
06:31It's my fault, Luna.
06:34Forgive me.
06:36Then she half-shifted and dragged her own claws down her face.
06:40Three gashes from forehead to cheekbone.
06:43Blood poured down her cheeks.
06:45Pain grabbed her arms.
06:47Stop.
06:50He looked at me.
06:52I not, you renounced to bent.
06:54His voice was sharp with blame.
06:56This isn't Rue's fault.
06:58That's baking at you it.
06:59You were.
07:00That's the only difference.
07:03Without your father's wolves.
07:07Would I want you as Luna?
07:09Rue tried to kill herself today because of you.
07:13She's carrying my pup!
07:15Now you're married in.
07:17Rue is my consort.
07:19I won't leave her or my child without a title.
07:22I laughed at him.
07:23Luna?
07:24The Lycan King himself had approved this match.
07:26If it weren't for this engagement,
07:28Kane wouldn't even be sitting in the Alpha's seat.
07:30I lifted my chin.
07:32The Luna position was granted by the Lycan King himself.
07:37How you've behaved today on our wedding day.
07:40Insults not only Stormfig, but also the king.
07:43If you loved Rue, why not call the engagement?
07:46You wanted my family's army.
07:48And your lover.
07:50Did you think I'd refuse you a consort?
07:54And you?
07:56You've known about the pregnancy.
07:58You waited until wedding day to make a scene.
08:01Are you really not doing this on purpose?
08:05I heard a servant say,
08:07You make consorts drink sterilization tonic.
08:10I was afraid for my pup.
08:13Sterilization tonic.
08:14Which servant?
08:15My people just arrived.
08:17They don't even know where the wooden houses are.
08:19Why would they gossip about me?
08:21Do you think the servants of Stormburn are as undisciplined as yours?
08:24Go on.
08:25Name the servant.
08:26Let's have a face-to-face confrontation.
08:29Rue's face went red, then pale.
08:32Finally, she whispered,
08:34Oh, I don't know, maybe I misheard.
08:37Everyone understood.
08:38It was pathetic.
08:40Just a whore.
08:41Using her belly to cause trouble on a wedding day.
08:43She thought a noble bride would be too ashamed to fight back.
08:47Leora must be so humiliated.
08:49She's a Stormhome.
08:50The future Luna.
08:52Then Kane's wet nade,
08:53Rue's mother came rushing in.
08:56Dropped to her knees in full submission pose.
08:59Luna.
09:00Luna.
09:01Praise the alpha.
09:03Give Rue a title.
09:04Or the king and queen will kill her.
09:08Get up.
09:11You're my Luna,
09:12and you're making her kneel?
09:14This is how Stormfin treats elders?
09:18I loved Rue before you.
09:20I accepted you as Luna.
09:23But if you're this jealous and petty,
09:25how can you be mate to a future Lycan king?
09:31I remembered what he'd done to my family in my past life.
09:34The blood rushed to my head.
09:39This time,
09:40I would not let history repeat.
09:44Kane and Rue clung to each other.
09:46I stepped back
09:47and pulled off my wolfing necklace.
09:52Your love is so touching.
09:54I won't stand between you.
09:55We haven't completed the blood covenant.
09:58Technically, we aren't mates.
10:00And Rue is already wearing her moonlight gown.
10:02Why don't you two complete the ritual together?
10:09The engagement is over.
10:10I'm not marrying you.
10:14The chieftains behind me erupted.
10:17No way.
10:19The Lycan king himself
10:20approved this match.
10:24The alpha slapped Stormfin in the face.
10:27Rannar Stormfin won't let this go.
10:28Lyora is a Stormfog princess.
10:30She doesn't have to take this.
10:31She'd rather lose the Luna position
10:33than tolerate a servant's bastard child.
10:38Kane stared at me,
10:39stunned.
10:40You're breaking off the engagement?
10:42This is treason.
10:43My father approved this marriage.
10:46Alpha, don't fight with the Luna
10:47because of me.
10:49I'll give up everything.
10:50Go complete the blood covenant.
10:52Don't make the Lion King angry.
10:54Don't break father and son apart.
10:57You're always thinking of me.
10:59My good Rue.
11:01I won't fail you.
11:03Are you sure your father and brother
11:05will agree to this?
11:06Can Stormfog really give up
11:07this kind of power?
11:08Stormfog can.
11:19Stormfog can.
11:20It was my father.
11:22Behind him stood my brother.
11:24Ragnar Stormfin,
11:25this marriage was approved
11:26by the Lion King.
11:29Your daughter cannot simply throw away
11:31a Royal Convovenant.
11:33He humiliated you in front of every tribe.
11:36Hold.
11:37My daughter has spoken.
11:39Stormfin stands with her.
11:42This covenant is broken.
11:44You dare defy the King's order.
11:46Tomorrow, I'll go to court myself.
11:49You dare!
11:50Leora, if you leave the royal court today,
11:53don't think you can ever come back.
11:54Don't worry, Alpha.
11:56I will never set foot in this court again.
12:03My father and brother brought me home.
12:06My mother had already heard the news.
12:08My Leora, you've been wronged.
12:11Her eyes were red as she came out to meet us.
12:14Because it was my wedding day,
12:16our tribe's relatives and friends were all there.
12:18Everyone was already here.
12:20Don't worry.
12:21You'll find someone better.
12:22He's not worth it.
12:24I laughed through my tears.
12:25This time, my family and tribe were alive.
12:28I would protect them.
12:29My mother held my hand.
12:31I leaned into her,
12:32feigning girlish neediness.
12:34Father, you and Mother have to stand up for me.
12:37That Alpha humiliated me.
12:38He disrespected Father too.
12:41Don't worry.
12:42The Alpha's out of line.
12:45We're not the only ones
12:46who will be writing letters of complaint.
12:48The next morning...
12:50Miss, you're awake.
12:52Something huge happened.
12:54You'll be so happy.
12:56It turned out that after I left the wedding,
12:59the servants had spread the news
13:00all the way to the Lion King and Queen.
13:05The Queen had smashed a cup of wine in fury.
13:08Rue Morrow.
13:09Of all the people to offend,
13:11he chose Stormfane?
13:12That bitch.
13:14I knew her.
13:16A servant girl.
13:17I never took her seriously.
13:19Now she's carrying his pup?
13:22She thought Liara would just accept it quietly?
13:25On her wedding day?
13:26Does she even know who Liara is?
13:29Stormberg's only daughter.
13:30Raised by the Luna herself.
13:32I picked Liara for Kane.
13:33I spent years arranging this match.
13:37And they ruined it.
13:39All for a half-grown pup.
13:41She thinks she can marry into the royal court
13:43because she's got a lump of flesh in her belly.
13:46This court has never lacked for pups.
13:48Bring Rue Moran to the moon goddess altar.
13:50Make her kneel and reflect on her mistakes.
13:53When the Queen's female warriors
13:55dragged Rue out of her wooden house,
13:57she was still screaming.
13:59How dare you!
14:01I'm carrying the Lycan royal family's pup!
14:06When Alpha Cain finds out,
14:09he'll have you executed!
14:11The warriors were calm.
14:12Let me go!
14:13The Queen's orders.
14:15No!
14:18Kneel at the moon goddess altar.
14:20When you understand your mistake,
14:21you can get up.
14:23Impossible!
14:24I'm carrying a future royal pup!
14:26The Queen can't do this to me!
14:28I'm the Alpha's future consort!
14:31The Queen's personal attendant
14:33stood to the side, expressionless.
14:34Miss,
14:35the Queen has made herself clear.
14:38You ruined the Alpha's engagement.
14:41The punishment for that
14:43is death.
14:45If you don't kneel and reflect,
14:47you can reflect in the dungeon instead.
14:50Rue's face went white.
14:51She didn't say another word.
14:53She spent the moonless night
14:54on her knees
14:55at the moon goddess altar,
14:57hands bound behind her back,
14:58an iron chain around her neck.
15:01Noble women passing by whispered,
15:03This is the servant girl
15:05from yesterday.
15:06She's not a servant.
15:07She's the wet nurse's daughter.
15:09Her mother was claimed
15:10by a servant.
15:11She was born a slave.
15:13She grew up with the Alpha.
15:16I think she can seduce
15:17her way to the top.
15:19Disgusting.
15:20I heard Ragnar Stormvin
15:21went to court today
15:22to ask for the engagement
15:23to be formally arrived.
15:24If that happens,
15:26the Queen is going
15:27to flay her alive.
15:29Rue broke out
15:30in a cold sweat.
15:31She looked like
15:32she might collapse.
15:35My father and brother
15:36knelt before the Lycan king.
15:38Your majesty,
15:39we spoiled our daughter.
15:40She's not fit
15:40to marry the Alpha.
15:42Leora heard that the Alpha
15:43loved someone else.
15:44That woman is pregnant.
15:45Leora didn't want
15:46to come between them.
15:47She asked to annul
15:48the engagement.
15:49Please,
15:49your majesty,
15:50understand.
15:51The king's face was dark.
15:52Cain,
15:53what do you say?
15:54Cain lifted his chin.
15:55Ragnar Stormfern,
15:57were the women of Stormfern
15:58never taught basic manners?
15:59I'm going to be Lion King.
16:01So what if I have
16:02another woman?
16:03She calls off
16:04the engagement over that?
16:05Spoiled.
16:07Completely spoiled.
16:08My brother raised his head.
16:09Alpha,
16:09this isn't worth it.
16:10A single woman?
16:12You'd ruin an alliance
16:13over one woman?
16:14You sit at the highest
16:15seat of power.
16:16You're supposed
16:17to set an example.
16:18Plenty of other women
16:19want to be my Luna.
16:20If your daughter
16:20doesn't want the position,
16:22fine.
16:23Engagement annulled.
16:24Your majesty,
16:25the Alpha has agreed.
16:27Please issue the decree.
16:29My father pressed
16:29his forehead to the ground.
16:31The Lion King
16:32looked at his son
16:32with disappointment.
16:34You are my heir,
16:35and yet you behave like this.
16:36Fine.
16:37If you insist
16:38on breaking this engagement,
16:40I will give you
16:41what you want.
16:42My father and brother
16:43left the court,
16:44beaming.
16:44Meanwhile,
16:45on Cain's side,
16:46he barely stepped out
16:47of the hall
16:48when a servant
16:48came running.
16:49Your highness,
16:51Rue,
16:51the queen,
16:53locked her in the tower.
16:54at the moon goddess altar.
16:56Cain rushed over.
16:58Rue was pale as death
16:59from kneeling.
17:00She saw him
17:00and collapsed
17:01into his arms.
17:04Alpha, save me.
17:06Cain carried her
17:07into the hall.
17:08The queen rose
17:09to her feet,
17:10incandescent.
17:11Cain,
17:12you defied
17:13your father's order
17:13for her.
17:14You defied
17:15my order.
17:16Are you trying
17:17to bring the whole
17:18court down?
17:19Cain set Rue down,
17:21knelt before the queen.
17:23Mother,
17:24Rue is carrying
17:24my first pup.
17:26Your grandchild.
17:28The queen smashed
17:29her cup.
17:30One pup?
17:32Against the entire
17:33Stormflow tribe?
17:34Do you understand
17:35what you've lost?
17:36Stormflow's wolves,
17:37the strongest warriors
17:38in the north.
17:40Gone!
17:40Cain raised his head.
17:42Stormfling is a loyal
17:43subject of my father.
17:44Whether his daughter
17:45is my Luna or not,
17:47he will serve the king.
17:49I'm not afraid.
17:50If I can't protect
17:52the woman I love,
17:53what kind of alpha
17:54am I?
17:55Not giving Rue
17:56the Luna position
17:56is already
17:57my biggest concession.
17:59Leora disrespected me.
18:01If I'd let her
18:02into this court,
18:03it would have been
18:03endless trouble.
18:04The queen stared at him.
18:06For a long moment,
18:07she said nothing.
18:08Then she waved her hand.
18:10Years of teaching.
18:12All wasted.
18:15Fine.
18:16Have it your way.
18:18Leave.
18:18The news spread
18:19through the court.
18:21Cain had fought
18:21with the queen
18:22over Rue.
18:24Some saw opportunity.
18:26If Rue would be
18:27the alpha's consort,
18:28it was worth
18:29with currying favor.
18:31Noble women
18:32began visiting her.
18:39The queen announced
18:40she would be selecting
18:41a new Luna for Cain.
18:43There was a banquet
18:44for the arrival
18:45of the southern Emsays.
18:46The queen invited
18:47all the noble daughters
18:48to keep them company.
18:50After the banquet,
18:51we walked through
18:52the moon goddess garden
18:54toward the spring pool.
18:56Rue was sitting
18:56in one of the poolside chairs,
18:58wearing a dark red dress.
19:00Several servants
19:00stood around her.
19:01She smiled
19:02when she saw us.
19:03Leora,
19:04long time.
19:05Too bad the alpha
19:06isn't here today.
19:07We could have caught up.
19:09I heard you
19:09isn't engaged yet.
19:10Still waiting for the alpha?
19:12Oh, but the queen
19:13is going to pick
19:13a new Luna for him soon.
19:15I bet you're
19:16regretting leaving now.
19:17I sat down
19:18across from her.
19:19I heard today
19:20was about choosing
19:20the alpha's Luna.
19:21Oh, but Rue,
19:22you're pregnant.
19:23I can't just call you
19:24by name.
19:25But you haven't been
19:26officially named
19:27a consort yet,
19:27have you?
19:29I heard today
19:30was about choosing
19:30the alpha's Luna.
19:32But you haven't been
19:32officially named
19:33a consort yet,
19:34have you?
19:35I'm not sure
19:36what to call you.
19:36That servant's bastard?
19:38The queen seems
19:39to really like
19:40the southern princess.
19:42the Luna selection
19:44is probably settled.
19:45The queen might pick
19:46a Luna,
19:46but the alpha says
19:47I'm the only one
19:48he loves.
19:48He'll bring in other women,
19:49but they'll just be
19:50decorations.
19:51I'm not worried.
19:52Whoever comes
19:53into this court,
19:53they'll answer to me.
19:54The Luna?
19:55The Luna is a joke.
19:56You all seem to be
19:57having such an
19:57interesting conversation.
19:59Mind if I join?
20:00I didn't see this
20:01young lady at the banquet.
20:02Who is she?
20:03Princess!
20:04This is the alpha's
20:05wet nerther's daughter.
20:07One of the noble
20:07women's explained.
20:08The one who caused
20:09a scene at his wedding.
20:11She's the alpha's favorite.
20:13None of us dare cross her.
20:15A wet mercer's daughter?
20:18So, a servant?
20:19And she doesn't even
20:20have a title?
20:21Then why are you sitting?
20:23We outrank you.
20:24Are you going to stand
20:26and bow?
20:27Is this how things
20:28are done in the north?
20:29Someone teach her
20:30some manners.
20:31Pick her up.
20:32Rue screamed
20:32as the guards
20:33stepped forward.
20:36Don't touch me!
20:37I'm carrying
20:38the alpha's part!
20:39You're a servant.
20:40Teaching you manners
20:40is doing you a favor.
20:42How is that
20:42a death sentence?
20:43Rue's voice
20:44turned strilly.
20:46The alpha and I
20:47grew up together!
20:48We love each other!
20:51Touch me
20:52and see what happens,
20:55princess!
20:56I said,
20:57do it.
20:58The princess
20:59raised her voice.
21:02The guards
21:03grabbed Rue
21:04and forced her
21:05to her knees.
21:06The alpha
21:07will have you
21:07all killed!
21:09Rue struggled.
21:10Hit her.
21:12The guards
21:13slapped Rue
21:13across the face.
21:14Her cheeks swelled.
21:18Rue let out
21:19a high-pitched scream,
21:20shoved the guards
21:21away,
21:22and half-shifted.
21:23Bitch!
21:24She lunged
21:25at the princess.
21:26The princess reacted
21:27just a second
21:28too late.
21:29Something cut
21:30through the stillness
21:30and left its mark.
21:32I lunged forward,
21:33grabbed Rue,
21:34and shoved her back.
21:35She tripped over
21:36a tent rope.
21:37She screamed,
21:38but she held on
21:39and pulled me with her.
21:40We both fell
21:40into the pool.
21:41I could swim,
21:42but Rue panicked
21:43and latched onto me.
21:45We sank together.
21:47Before I lost
21:48consciousness,
21:49someone dove in.
21:50They pulled Rue
21:51off me,
21:52dragged me to shore.
21:54Brother,
21:54give Leora your cloak!
21:56She saved me,
21:56brother!
21:57Help her!
22:00The healers
22:00pounded my back.
22:02Finally,
22:02I could breathe.
22:03Alpha Cain,
22:05Lyra told that
22:05southern savage
22:06to hit me,
22:07and she pushed me
22:08into the water.
22:09She tried to kill
22:09my pup.
22:10The queen is here.
22:11The queen and her
22:12party arrived
22:13at the pool.
22:15Rue threw herself
22:15at the queen's feet.
22:17Your majesty,
22:19Leora tried to murder
22:20a royal pup.
22:21She should be executed
22:22on the spot.
22:23I stood up,
22:24wiped my mouth.
22:26Kill a chieftain's
22:27daughter on the spot?
22:28You have a lot of nerve.
22:30I fell in because
22:31you dragged me.
22:33Everyone saw.
22:34The southern princess
22:35pressed a cloth
22:36to her face.
22:37Her voice was loud
22:38and furious.
22:39Your majesty,
22:40I don't know
22:41the customs here,
22:42but in the south,
22:44attempting to
22:45assassinate a princess
22:46means execution
22:47for the assassin's
22:48entire family.
22:49She tried to kill me.
22:51Everyone saw.
22:52She clawed my face.
22:54Cain rushed forward
22:55and put himself
22:55between the princess
22:56and Rue.
22:57That's just your
22:58side of story.
22:58Rue is timid.
22:59She would never...
23:00Leora,
23:01you were the one
23:02who didn't want
23:02to be my Luna.
23:03If you're having regrets,
23:05don't take it out on Rue.
23:06Pushing her into the water
23:08with my pup inside her?
23:09That's a capital crime.
23:11A man stepped forward.
23:12Alpha Cain,
23:14are you saying
23:14my sister is lying?
23:16He wore southern
23:17royal robes,
23:18sharp features.
23:19He was Soren
23:19Mourningshide,
23:20third prince of the south.
23:21I happened to see
23:22everything in the pool.
23:23The prince is protective
23:24of his sister.
23:26Understandable,
23:26but you shouldn't
23:27make false accusations.
23:28Soren pulled the prince's
23:29hand away from her face,
23:31looked at the bloody gash.
23:33Are you saying
23:34the southern princess
23:35clawed her own face
23:37just to frame
23:37a servant girl?
23:38I wasn't the only one
23:39watching.
23:40Your northern chieftains
23:41were there.
23:42The law keepers were there.
23:43Are they lying too?
23:44Standing nearby
23:45were the chieftains
23:46and justices.
23:47They were all looking
23:48at Cain
23:49with cold expressions.
23:50Cain,
23:51your woman
23:52tried to assassinate
23:53a southern princess.
23:54Cain's expression
23:55darkened.
23:56He turned
23:57and slapped Rue
23:58across the face.
24:01You lying bitch.
24:04You tried to frame
24:05the princess
24:05and Leora?
24:07Apologize.
24:08Now!
24:10Rue clutched
24:11her face,
24:12staring at him
24:13in disbelief.
24:14You hit me?
24:16For her?
24:17Cain leaned in,
24:18voice low
24:19and threatening.
24:20Apologize.
24:22Unless you want
24:23my father
24:24to execute you.
24:25Now.
24:26Then he hurried
24:27to Soren's side,
24:28trying to smooth
24:28things over.
24:29The southern princess
24:30wasn't calming down.
24:32I walked over to Rue.
24:34Leaned down,
24:35spoke only loud enough
24:37for her to hear.
24:38The south is here
24:39to make an alliance.
24:41Do you really think
24:42the alpha will take
24:43your side over theirs?
24:44I could crush you
24:45like an insect.
24:46You're nothing.
24:47A servant's bastard.
24:57Sauron caught my wrist.
24:59The moment he touched me,
25:01he went completely still.
25:03Mate.
25:05The word was low and rough,
25:07dragged up from somewhere deep.
25:08I froze.
25:09Before I could process it,
25:11he let go,
25:12closed his eyes briefly,
25:13collected himself.
25:14When he opened them again,
25:16his voice was cold and hard.
25:18Alpha Cain,
25:19you don't give my sister justice.
25:21I'll take it myself.
25:23Rue's face twisted.
25:24She pointed at Sauron.
25:26You're defending Lyora?
25:28You don't know
25:28what kind of slut she is!
25:30She's jealous of me!
25:31She's hated me
25:32ever since Cain chose me!
25:34You think she likes you?
25:35Don't be pathetic.
25:37Rue,
25:38not everyone is
25:39as small-minded as you.
25:40I'm never marrying Cain.
25:42And I'm never being Luna.
25:44You can stop worrying.
25:45Rue clutched her stomach.
25:46You noble girls.
25:48So fake.
25:49You think I don't know
25:50you're just playing hard to get?
25:51You want Cain to come crawling back?
25:53You talk too much.
25:57The Princess Silver Whip
25:59lashed across Rue's face.
26:01She clawed my face.
26:02I'll take a hundred times that.
26:04Arrest her.
26:05One hundred flashes.
26:06The whip came down again and again.
26:09Rue screamed.
26:10Riled.
26:11Every lash left a burning wound.
26:14Cain tried to rush forward,
26:15but the Queen grabbed his arm.
26:17Cain,
26:19do you want to start a war
26:20with the South by the 20th lash?
26:22Cain couldn't take it anymore.
26:24He shoved the executioner aside.
26:26The Princess stepped forward to argue,
26:29but Sorin stopped her.
26:30A servant attacks royalty.
26:32The Master must answer for her.
26:34The Lyman King is the Master here.
26:36I've already sent word to our father.
26:38This will be handled properly.
26:39You think I'm like the noble girls here?
26:41I don't make idle threats.
26:43If I see your face again,
26:44I'll kill you.
26:46Rue was carried away,
26:48soaped in blood.
26:49Cain stood in silence,
26:51head down.
26:52Behave yourself.
26:53Cain opened his mouth.
26:55Stay in line,
26:56if you still want to be Alpha.
26:58The Queen cut him off.
26:59Rue miscarried it that night.
27:01She cried out all night.
27:02No one came,
27:03not even Cain.
27:04Before dawn,
27:05Cain's steward came.
27:07He moved Rue and her mother
27:08out of the court
27:09to a small house
27:10on the northern border.
27:11The Alpha is merciful,
27:12leaving before sunrise.
27:14He'll report you dead.
27:15You'll be brought back to court
27:17as his consort
27:17once you've recovered.
27:19She waited.
27:20He never came.
27:22She heard that Cain
27:23was taking a new Luna.
27:25Rue ran out of the wooden house.
27:26In the distance,
27:28the court blazed with bonfires.
27:30Cain rode a giant wolf
27:31at the head of the procession.
27:32The Luna's carriage followed,
27:34the whole territory
27:35was celebrating.
27:36Cain!
27:37She screamed.
27:38Cain!
27:39I'm Rue!
27:41I'm the woman you love!
27:43Don't you remember?
27:44Don't you remember?
27:47The drums and the howls
27:48drowned her out.
27:50People shoved past her.
27:51She couldn't get close.
27:53She followed as far as the gates.
27:55A warrior blocked her.
27:57No entry.
27:59I'm Rue!
28:00The Alphas!
28:02Concord!
28:04The warrior pushed her back.
28:06The Alpha has no consort.
28:09Leave.
28:10Keep causing trouble.
28:12And we won't be nice.
28:13She went back to the wooden house
28:15in a daze.
28:18Cain's steward was there.
28:20With an unfamiliar old woman.
28:24The Alpha gives you these coins.
28:26You and your mother
28:27leave the North tonight.
28:29I don't believe you.
28:31The steward snapped his fingers.
28:33Coins or Wolfaban juice.
28:35A servant brought out a small bottle.
28:37Choose.
28:39She collapsed onto the floor.
28:41How did this happen?
28:42He loved me.
28:44The steward laughed.
28:46Miss,
28:46the Alpha is the future Lion King.
28:49He was infatuated.
28:50But the other princes are moving up.
28:53Now Cain knows.
28:54Power matters more than love.
28:56Rue asked.
28:57Who's the Luna?
28:58Is it Leora?
28:59The old woman snarted.
29:00Our Luna is a chieftain's daughter
29:02from the North.
29:03I heard Leora's engagement
29:05has been settled.
29:07She's marrying into the South.
29:09Didn't you know?
29:10Rue stared blankly.
29:14Then she started laughing.
29:16Hysterical.
29:17Tears running down her face.
29:20Stupid.
29:21I was so stupid.
29:23All that scheming.
29:25For nothing.
29:26She looked at her hands.
29:28At the full moon rising outside the window.
29:33My mother was right.
29:35And Omega's life means nothing.
29:37She poured the Wolf's Bane juice
29:39down her throat.
29:41Sorin asked the Lycan King for my hand.
29:43The King agreed.
29:44The engagement was announced.
29:46Sorin was already the Southern King's heir.
29:48With the alliance sealed,
29:50the Southern King publicly named him Crown Prince.
29:53I married into the South.
29:54I would be the future Queen.
29:56Sorin and I lived in harmony.
29:59Two years later,
30:00I gave birth to a son.
30:03News came from the North.
30:05Alpha Cain had been deposed for incompetence.
30:08His younger brother was named heir in his place.
30:11I held my son.
30:13I looked at the Northern Sky.
30:16Look.
30:17That's where your mother comes from.
30:22It's time to go home.
30:25Two years later,
30:27I returned to the North.
30:28Not as Alpha Cain's discarded wife,
30:30but as the Crown Princess of the South.
30:32Sorin rode beside my carriage,
30:34his hand never far from the door.
30:35The royal court gates opened.
30:37Cain's black wolf crest was gone.
30:39In its place flew the silver banner
30:40of his younger brother,
30:41Rowan,
30:42the new heir of the North.
30:44The Lycan King and Queen stood at the top of the steps.
30:46And behind them,
30:47my father,
30:48my mother,
30:49and my brother.
30:50Alive.
30:50My throat tightened.
30:52Sorin reached into the carriage and held my hand.
30:55The Lycan King stepped forward.
30:56Princess Leora,
30:58the North owes you justice.
31:00Bring him out.
31:01A man was dragged forward in chains.
31:03Cain.
31:04His hair was unkempt.
31:06His face was thin.
31:07His once proud shoulders were bent.
31:09He looked up.
31:10The moment he saw me holding my son,
31:12his eyes turned red.
31:14Leora.
31:16Sorin's hand moved to his sword.
31:18Then,
31:18before the entire Northern court,
31:20the former Alpha dropped to his knees.
31:23Cain knelt on the stone steps.
31:25In my past life,
31:26he had made me kneel in the quarry until I died.
31:30Leora.
31:31I was wrong.
31:33The words came too late.
31:35Cain has been stripped of his title.
31:36He is no longer Alpha.
31:38He begged to apologize before the South-North Alliance ceremony.
31:41Cain looked at my son.
31:43Is he yours?
31:45Sorin's face darkened.
31:49Of course he is.
31:50I stepped out of the carriage.
31:52Sorin helped me down.
31:54Cain reached toward my hen,
31:55but stopped before touching me.
31:57I thought Rue loved me.
31:59I thought you were arrogant, spoiled, and cold.
32:01I looked down at him.
32:03No.
32:04You thought power meant never having to earn love.
32:06Rue left something before she died.
32:08Cain lowered his head.
32:09The steward stepped forward with a sealed leather pouch.
32:12Cain's voice shook.
32:13It names the people who helped her.
32:16My brother's expression changed.
32:18Helped her do what?
32:19Cain looked at the Lycan king.
32:21Then at me.
32:23Frame Stormhawk.
32:24The courtyard went silent.
32:26My father's face turned cold.
32:27In my past life,
32:28Stormfang had been accused of colluding with vampires.
32:31Now the same knife had appeared again.
32:32The Lycan king broke the seal and read Rue's final confession.
32:35Before the wedding,
32:36Lady Marwyn promised me that if I forced Leora out,
32:39I would become Cain's only woman.
32:41A murmur swept through the court.
32:42Lady Marwyn,
32:43the noblewoman whose daughter later became Cain's Luna.
32:46The king continued.
32:47Lady Marwyn said Stormfin was too powerful.
32:49If Learla married Cain,
32:50the queen would favor her,
32:51and Cain would become useless.
32:53The queen's face darted.
32:54She said once Stormfine withdrawn,
32:56evidence would appear proving Ravnar Stormfine
32:57had exchanged letters with vampires.
32:59My brother stepped forward,
33:01furious.
33:04I didn't know.
33:05You didn't want to know.
33:07A dead servant's words prove nothing.
33:09Then you won't mind if the south examines your letters.
33:12A southern guard entered and kneeled.
33:14Your highness,
33:15we found a hidden raven tube in Lady Marwyn's carriage.
33:18He opened a silver case.
33:19Inside were three blood-sealed letters.
33:21The seal belonged to the vampires.
33:24Lady Marwyn tried to run.
33:28My brother slammed her to the ground
33:30before she reached the steps.
33:32Keep her alive.
33:33Keep her alive.
33:34The Lycan king opened one of the letters.
33:36His face grew colder.
33:37The vampires promised troops on the eastern border.
33:40In exchange,
33:41Lady Marwyn would deliver Stormflun patrol routes.
33:43Those routes are known only to the royal court
33:45and Stormflun commanders.
33:46The queen looked at Cain.
33:48Cain went pale.
33:49His own household had leaked them.
33:51Lady Marwyn laughed through the blood in her mouth.
33:54Stormbend was too strong.
33:56The queen favored Leora.
33:58If that girl entered the royal court,
34:00my daughter would never rise.
34:01Rue was stupid.
34:03You were stupider.
34:04I only pushed you where you already wanted to go.
34:06Cain froze.
34:08I walked to Lady Marwyn and crouched before her.
34:11In another life, your plan worked.
34:13My father died.
34:15My brother died.
34:18Stormfen burned.
34:20For my father.
34:23For my brother.
34:25For Stormfen.
34:28The Lycan king raised his hand.
34:30Arrest Lady Marwak and her household.
34:32At that moment,
34:33a horn sounded from the eastern wall.
34:35A scout rushed in.
34:37Your majesty!
34:38Vampire riders have crossed the border!
34:40The conspiracy had failed,
34:42so the war began.
34:43The northern court erupted.
34:46My father began issuing orders.
34:48Stormfling riders to the eastern pass!
34:51Send word to Frostheak and Ironclaw!
34:53Sora stepped forward.
34:55The southern escort rides with Stormfling.
34:57The Lion King looked at him.
34:58This is a northern war.
35:00My wife is northern.
35:02My son has northern blood.
35:04That makes it mine.
35:06Cain struggled against his chains.
35:09Let me fight!
35:11Let me fight!
35:14No.
35:16Lyora.
35:17I know the eastern pass.
35:18I can help.
35:19I remembered the quarry.
35:21The stones.
35:22The blood.
35:23Then,
35:24I looked at my father.
35:26He said nothing.
35:28The choice was mine.
35:29I walk toward Cain.
35:31If I let you fight,
35:32it is not forgiveness.
35:34I know.
35:35If you run,
35:37my brother will hunt you down.
35:39I know.
35:40If you betray Stormflag,
35:41I will kill you myself.
35:43Cain lowered his head.
35:44Yes.
35:45I turned to the Lion King.
35:46Unchain him.
35:47Put him under Stormflag command.
35:49My brother stared at me.
35:50Sister.
35:50We need every wolf.
35:52The eastern war bell sounded again.
35:54This time,
35:54close.
35:55We rad for the eastern pass
35:56before sunset.
35:57My son stayed behind
35:59with my mother and the queen.
36:00He kissed his forehead and left.
36:03The eastern pass was burning
36:05when we arrived.
36:07Vampire arrows fell like rain.
36:08Stormfloth warriors held the ridge.
36:10But the enemy had silver chains
36:12and fire oil.
36:14My father shifted first!
36:16A massive arrayed wolf
36:17charged down the slope.
36:19The Stormfig line follows.
36:23Zoran drew his sword.
36:26Stay where I can see you.
36:28Better.
36:28The battle swallowed us.
36:30A vampire lunged at me.
36:32I drove my dagger into his ribs.
36:34Another came from the side.
36:36Cain slammed into him
36:37and tore him down
36:38for one second.
36:39We looked at each other.
36:40No gratitude.
36:42No forgiveness.
36:43Only war.
36:45Then someone screamed.
36:46Lord Ragnar!
36:48Across the ridge,
36:49my father had been caught
36:50in silver nets.
36:51Three vampires surrounded him.
36:53My brother rushed in
36:54and took a blade
36:55through his shoulder.
36:56Father!
36:58The blade went through him.
37:00My world went cold.
37:05Again.
37:07Not this time.
37:09Before any crown,
37:10I was Stormbone.
37:11I tore through the battlefield
37:12toward my father and brother.
37:14The vampire who stabbed my brother
37:16turned to throat.
37:17I hit him with my full weight
37:19and ripped out his too late.
37:21My brother stared at me.
37:23Sister.
37:26Your dress.
37:27My southern silk gown
37:28was shredded and soaked in blood.
37:31Mother will scold me later.
37:34Sorin cut through the silver net
37:35around my father.
37:36Cain helped him.
37:37For a moment,
37:38the former northern heir
37:39and the southern crown prince
37:40fought side by side.
37:42My father rose,
37:43wounded but alive.
37:44Line formation!
37:46The vampires began to fall back.
37:48Too easily,
37:49Sorin noticed it too.
37:50They wanted us to chase.
37:51I turned toward the smoke.
37:52A smaller vampire unit
37:54was moving west,
37:54toward the royal court.
37:55Toward my son.
37:56The main attack was a distraction.
37:58I know the old hunting tunnels.
37:59They lead back under the court.
38:01No.
38:03Sorin's eyes hardened.
38:06Cain lowered his head.
38:08I won't ask you to trust me.
38:11But the main road is too slow.
38:13I pointed my dagger
38:14at Cain's throat.
38:15This is a trap.
38:16You die first.
38:20Cain nodded.
38:21I know.
38:23Then we ran into the dark.
38:25The hunting tunnels
38:26were narrow and cold.
38:28Cain led the way with a torch.
38:29I followed with two Stormfung warriors.
38:32At the split,
38:33he stopped.
38:33This way leads to the queen's inner hall.
38:35That way leads to the nursery wing.
38:37The nursery.
38:38We ran.
38:39The tunnel opened
38:40behind an old stone wall.
38:42The nursery corridor
38:42was filled with smoke.
38:44Dead guards lay on the floor.
38:45My mother's shawl
38:46was torn near the doorway.
38:47Then I heard my son cry.
38:49A vampire stood inside the nursery.
38:51My mother lay injured on the floor.
38:53The vampire smiled.
38:54Stormfung blood
38:55and southern royal blood
38:55in one child.
38:56The perfect hostage.
38:58Put my son down.
38:59He laughed.
39:00Then the queen moved behind him.
39:01She drove a silver hairpin
39:03into his neck.
39:04My son fell.
39:05I dove and caught him.
39:07Cain rushed in
39:08and killed the vampire.
39:09My son cried in my arms.
39:11My mother touched my shoulder.
39:13He's safe.
39:14The queen staggered.
39:15Cain caught her.
39:16She looked at him
39:17and whispered.
39:18You finally protected
39:19something that mattered.
39:20Then another scream
39:21rose outside.
39:22The vampires had breached
39:24the inner court.
39:25I handed my son
39:25to my mother.
39:26Take him to the altar chamber.
39:28Seal the doors.
39:29My mother looked at me.
39:30Then nodded.
39:31The queen stood
39:32despite her wound.
39:33I am still queen.
39:35Together,
39:36we entered
39:36the inner courtyard.
39:37Lady Marwen's daughter
39:38stood beside
39:39the vampire commander.
39:40Cain's new Luna.
39:41She smiled at Cain.
39:43You were supposed
39:43to stay locked away.
39:45Cain stared at her.
39:46You opened the gates.
39:47She lifted her chin.
39:48My mother promised me
39:49a throne.
39:50Instead,
39:50I got a deposed husband
39:51and a dying court.
39:52It was always you.
39:53Even after you left,
39:54everyone talked about Leora.
39:56I handed my cloak
39:56to Freya,
39:57who appeared beside me.
39:58Then stopped hiding
39:59in my shadow.
40:00The traitor Luna
40:00shifted and lunged.
40:02Freya intercepted her.
40:03Steel flashed
40:04against claws.
40:05North wolves!
40:07Protect the children!
40:09Hold the altar!
40:10Cain attacked
40:11the vampire commander.
40:12For once,
40:13he fought without pride.
40:14Only atonement.
40:15While he held
40:16the commander back,
40:17I saw the opening.
40:18I picked up
40:18the queen's silver spear
40:20and threw it
40:21straight through
40:21the vampire's heart.
40:23By dawn,
40:24the royal court
40:24was silent.
40:25The eastern pass held.
40:27Sorin returned
40:27before sunrise
40:28with my father and brother,
40:30both wounded,
40:31both alive.
40:32When Sorin saw me
40:33holding our son,
40:34he crossed the courtyard
40:35and pulled us
40:36into his arms.
40:36Lady Marwen's daughter
40:37was captured.
40:38Lady Marwen confessed
40:39before execution.
40:40The vampire letters
40:41were read before
40:41every northern chieflin.
40:42Stormflin was cleared
40:43before the accusation
40:44could ever be borne.
40:45The Lycan king
40:46issued three decrees.
40:47Second,
40:48the South-North alliance
40:49would be sealed
40:49by blood oath.
40:50Third,
40:51Cain would be sent
40:52to the border quarry.
40:53The same quarry
40:54where he had once
40:55condemned me
40:55in my past life.
40:57When the guards came,
40:59Cain did not resist.
41:01He looked at me
41:02one last time.
41:03I know you won't
41:04forgive me.
41:05No.
41:05He nodded.
41:06Then his eyes
41:07moved to my son.
41:09Protect him
41:10becoming like me.
41:11Sorin's arm
41:12tightened around I.
41:13He has a father.
41:15He won't.
41:16I answered coldly.
41:19Cain lowered his head.
41:21The guards
41:21led him away.
41:22The North has lost an heir.
41:24The Lycan king
41:24looked at Sorin.
41:25No.
41:26The North has found
41:27something better.
41:27He took my hand
41:28and raised it
41:28before the court.
41:29A queen who knows
41:30what it costs
41:30to lose a kingdom.
41:31The northern wolves
41:32lowered their heads
41:33one by one
41:34to me.
41:35My son laughed
41:36in my arms,
41:37reaching toward
41:38the rising sun.
41:39In my past life,
41:40I died under
41:41the weight of stones.
41:42In this life,
41:43I came home
41:44carrying a crown
41:45and this time,
41:46no one would
41:47take my family
41:48from me again.
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