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Reborn The Crown Prince Regrets Losing Her
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00:00On the day of my wedding to the Lycan prince, his childhood sweetheart, the wet nurse's daughter Rui, committed suicide.
00:07Cain knocked over the Blood Covenant cup.
00:09Give the wet maid some gold coins for her retirement. Bury Rui properly.
00:13Then he went back to completing the Blood Covenant ritual with me, as if nothing had happened.
00:18Five years later, the night before Cain's coronation as Lycan king, the elders examined me and declared I was barren,
00:24would never bear children.
00:27He had his warriors drag me to the stone quarry behind the royal grounds, made me pave a road of
00:31atonement, and said I could never return to court.
00:37She was carrying my pup when she died. If your Stormfin tribe weren't so powerful, why would I have married
00:41you? Rui would still be alive, and so would my child.
00:42You don't deserve to have offspring. Spend the rest of your life moving stones. Atone for Rui and her pup.
00:50Within a year, my father and brother were framed for colluding with vampires. The entire Stormfang tribe was slaughtered.
00:59I coughed up blood and died.
01:02Then I opened my eyes. I was back, the day I was marrying into the royal court.
01:09Outside, the wolves were howling at the moon. The sound of Alpha Cain kicking the wedding carriage axle snapped me
01:15fully awake.
01:18I was reborn. I clenched my fists. My heart pounded. If the moon goddess was giving me a second chance,
01:23I wasn't going to waste it.
01:25The Stormfang tribe wouldn't die in vain. I would live this time, and I would make Cain pay for every
01:29drop of blood he spilled in my past life.
01:31Cain led me into the ritual circle. Freya, my handmaiden, steadied my arm. As she leaned in, I whispered a
01:37few quick words.
01:38She slipped away without a sound.
01:40She was a warrior raised by the Stormfang tribe. She'd been by my side since childhood. A handmaiden in vain.
01:46A bodyguard in truth. I trusted her completely.
01:49The wedding between Alpha Cain and the daughter of Stormfang, every chieftain in the Northern Territories had come with their
01:55mates.
01:56It was the biggest union the North had seen in years. The daughter of Stormfang was about to become the
02:01luna of the royal court.
02:02In the name of the moon goddess. Bind by blood.
02:06Then a young servant from Rue's room came running in.
02:08Alpha! Rue tried to kill herself.
02:13Tears streaming down her face, she dropped to her knees, forehead hitting the ground.
02:16Alpha! Rue tried to kill herself. Rue grew up with the Alpha. Please, Alpha, save her.
02:23Why would she do something so stupid?
02:26I told her I'd give her a title after the wedding.
02:29He turned to run. Nearly tripped on the ritual circle steps. Remembered it was his wedding day.
02:34He turned to run. Nearly tripped on the ritual circle steps. Remembered it was his wedding day.
02:39So he stopped. Looked at me.
02:41Leora, I need to check on Rue. I'll come back and finish the blood covenant. The wedding's set. What's the
02:45hurry?
02:47Alpha, this is a matter of life and death. Why don't I come with you?
02:50A luna should handle household affairs after all.
02:53Yes, yes, of course.
02:55So the Alpha and his bride-to-be left the ritual circle halfway through the ceremony to visit a wet
03:00nurse's daughter.
03:00The crowd whispered behind us. They couldn't believe it.
03:04Inside the wooden house, Rue was wearing a moonlight gown, the kind a bride was supposed to wear for the
03:08blood covenant.
03:10She dyed cheap burlap white herself. The stitches were crooked.
03:15Her half-shifted claws were pressed against her own throat.
03:18Her fingertips had already broken skin. Blood trickled down her neck, dripping onto the white dress.
03:25She saw Cain walk in, burst into tears, threw herself at him.
03:30Alpha, I didn't mean to. I just want to be with you.
03:33I know I'm Lohan. I can never be your luna.
03:35But I wanted just once to wear a moonlight gown and complete the blood covenant.
03:43Be your mate since we were children.
03:48Why are you so stupid? I told you I'd give you a title after the luna moved in.
03:53Why would you do this?
03:55If anything happened to you, how could I go on?
03:58Are you trying to rip my heart out?
03:59Rue took his hand, placed it gently over her stomach.
04:05Alpha, the healer, came a few days ago.
04:07I'm carrying your pup. Two months.
04:10I didn't want my child to be born low-lid.
04:13To be mocked and called bastard. That's why I...
04:16Really? You're carrying my pup?
04:23Yes, Alpha.
04:25We're having a child.
04:26They held each other. Everyone else just stared.
04:29Everyone else just stared.
04:31No way. The Alpha knocked up a wetmaid's daughter?
04:34On his wedding day and she chose today to make a scene?
04:36Look at them. This is bad.
04:38Leora must be devastated. She's the future luna.
04:40This is a slap in Stormhand's face.
04:42I let my face go pale.
04:44Let the betrothal wolf fang slip from my fingers.
04:47It hit the ground with a clatter.
04:49I staggered back into my old nurse's arms.
04:56Alpha Cain.
04:57I thought she was just a servant.
04:58Now you're telling me she's pregnant with your pup?
05:01Cain looked at me, uncomfortable.
05:03Leora, she's my wet nurse's daughter.
05:05We grew up together.
05:07She's the woman I love.
05:10So you're in love.
05:11You've been meeting in secret.
05:13And now there's a child.
05:14Question after question.
05:16He didn't answer any of them.
05:17Rue scrambled off the bed.
05:19Dropped to the floor in a full submission meal.
05:21Forehead to the ground.
05:21Hands spread wide.
05:22Throat bared.
05:25Luna, it's not the Alpha's fault.
05:27It's mine.
05:28I couldn't control myself.
05:29I wanted to give the Alpha a pup.
05:31He drank too much that night.
05:33He thought I was you.
05:36My palm connected with her cheek.
05:42How dare you?
05:43I'm the legitimate daughter of Stormfung.
05:45I was raised with discipline.
05:47I will not be slander.
05:50I met the Alpha two times before the engagement.
05:53Always with elders present.
05:54Never alone.
05:55So don't drag my name through the mud
05:57just to make yourself look less disgusting.
06:00It's my fault, Luna.
06:05Forgive me.
06:06Then she half shifted
06:07and dragged her own claws down her face.
06:09Three gashes from forehead to cheekbone.
06:12Blood poured down her cheeks.
06:15Stop.
06:20This isn't Rue's fault.
06:22She wasn't born powerful.
06:24You were.
06:25That's the only difference.
06:28Without your father's wolves
06:29would I want you as Luna?
06:32Rue tried to kill herself today
06:33because of you.
06:34She's carrying my pup.
06:37Now you're married in.
06:39Rue is my consort.
06:42I won't leave her or my child
06:44without a title.
06:46Luna?
06:47The Lycan King himself
06:49had approved this match.
06:50If it weren't for this engagement
06:51Cain wouldn't even be sitting
06:52in the Alpha's seat.
06:54The Luna position was granted
06:55by the Lycan King himself.
06:57How you've behaved today
06:59on our wedding day.
07:01Insults not only Stormfig
07:02but also the king.
07:05Then I turn to Rue.
07:07And you.
07:09You've known about the pregnancy.
07:11You wait until wedding day
07:13to make a scene.
07:14Are you really not doing this on purpose?
07:17I heard a servant say
07:19you make consorts drink
07:20sterilization tonic.
07:21I was afraid for my pup.
07:27Sterifization tonic?
07:32Which servant?
07:33My people just arrived.
07:34They don't even know
07:35where the wooden houses are.
07:36Why would they gossip about me?
07:38Do you think the servants
07:39of Stormfurgr
07:39are as undisciplined as yours?
07:43Go on.
07:44Name the servant.
07:46I don't know.
07:47Maybe I misheard.
07:49I don't know.
07:50Maybe I misheard.
07:53Just a whore.
07:54Using her belly
07:55to cause trouble
07:56on a wedding day.
07:57She thought a noble bride
07:58would be too ashamed
07:59to fight back.
08:00Lyora must be so humiliated.
08:02She's a Stormfurgr.
08:03The future Luna.
08:07Then Cain's wet nurse,
08:08Rue's father,
08:08came rushing in,
08:09dropped to her knees
08:10in full submission pose.
08:11Luna,
08:12I raised the alpha.
08:14Please give Rue a title
08:17or the king and queen
08:18will kill her.
08:22Get up.
08:28You're my Luna
08:29and you're making her kneel?
08:30This is how Stormfane
08:31treats elders?
08:32I loved Rue before you.
08:34I accepted you as Luna.
08:36But if you're this jealous
08:37and petty,
08:38how can you be mate
08:39to a future Lycan king?
08:40I remembered what he'd done
08:41to my family
08:42in my house.
08:43The blood rushed to my head.
08:45This time,
08:46I would not let history repeat.
08:49Cain and Rue clung to each other.
08:50I stepped back
08:51and pulled off
08:52my wolf fang necklace.
08:53Your love is so touching.
08:55I won't stand between you.
08:58We haven't completed
09:00the blood covenant.
09:01Technically,
09:01we aren't mates.
09:03And Rue is already
09:04wearing her moonlight gown.
09:06Why don't you two
09:07complete the ritual together?
09:11The engagement is over.
09:14I'm not marrying you.
09:17No way!
09:18The Lycan king himself
09:19approved this match.
09:21The alpha slapped Stormfin
09:22in the face.
09:23Ragnar Stormfin
09:24won't let this go.
09:26Leora is a Stormak princess.
09:28She doesn't have to take this.
09:30She'd rather lose
09:30the lunar position
09:31than tolerate
09:32a servant's bastard child?
09:36You're breaking off
09:37the engagement?
09:38This is treason.
09:40My father approved
09:41this marriage.
09:44Rue still
09:45buried in Cain's chest
09:46hid a small smile.
09:48She tugged his robe.
09:49Alpha, don't fight
09:50with the Luna
09:50because of me.
09:51I'll give up everything.
09:53Go complete
09:54the blood covenant.
09:55Don't make the Lycan king angry.
09:57Don't break
09:58father and son apart.
10:00You're always thinking of me.
10:03My good Rue.
10:04I won't fail you.
10:07Are you sure
10:08your father and brother
10:09will agree to this?
10:10Can Stormbag really
10:11give up this kind of power?
10:17Stormfling can.
10:19It was my father.
10:20Behind him stood
10:21my brother and Freya,
10:22the one I'd sent
10:23to deliver my message.
10:25Ragnar Stormfine
10:26has fought for the Lycan king
10:27for decades.
10:28Loyalty is my duty.
10:29But I will not let
10:30my daughter be humiliated.
10:32Leora is the daughter
10:33of Stormfine,
10:34the future Luna.
10:35She is not livestock
10:36to be treated like this.
10:38The Alpha takes
10:39a wet maid's daughter
10:40to bed on his wedding day,
10:41gets her pregnant,
10:42humiliates my daughter
10:43in public.
10:45You want a Luna?
10:46Find someone else.
10:47My daughter will not
10:48be the wife of this Alpha.
10:52You dare defy
10:53the king's order?
10:57Tomorrow I'll go
10:58to court myself.
10:59I'll tell the Lyman king
11:01your son is too noble
11:02for my daughter.
11:03My daughter simply
11:04couldn't live up
11:04to the role of Luna.
11:06What are you waiting for?
11:08Escort my sister home!
11:10Pack up everything
11:11the bride brought!
11:12We're not marrying
11:13into this family!
11:14Yes, sir!
11:16I threw myself
11:17into my father's arms.
11:19In my past life,
11:20he and my brother
11:21had fought and died
11:22trying to protect
11:22my position as Luna.
11:24They'd been framed
11:24for polluting vampires.
11:26The Stormfang tribe
11:27had been completely destroyed.
11:29To see them alive again...
11:32Father...
11:34I'm not marrying him.
11:36I want to go home.
11:38I miss Mother.
11:42Fuck the Luna position!
11:45Sister,
11:45let's go home.
11:48You dare.
11:50If you leave
11:51the royal court today,
11:52don't think you can
11:53ever come back!
11:54Don't worry, Alpha.
11:56I will never set foot
11:57in this court again.
12:01My father and brother
12:02brought me home.
12:03My mother had already
12:04heard the news.
12:05Her eyes were red
12:06as she came out
12:07to meet us.
12:09My Liara,
12:11you've been wronged.
12:13Because it was
12:13my wedding day,
12:14our tribe's relatives
12:15and friends were all there.
12:16My brothers and sisters
12:18came up to comfort me.
12:19Don't worry.
12:20Forget that, Alpha.
12:21You'll find a better one.
12:22Exactly!
12:23Getting tangled
12:24with a wet-maid
12:25his daughter
12:25before the wedding,
12:26he's not worth it.
12:27This time,
12:28my family and tribe
12:29were alive.
12:29I would protect them.
12:31Mother,
12:31you and Father
12:32have to stand up for me.
12:34That Alpha humiliated me.
12:37He disrespected Father too.
12:40Don't worry.
12:41The Alpha's out of line.
12:42We're not the only ones
12:44who'll be writing
12:44letters of complaint.
12:52Miss, you're awake!
12:54Something huge happened.
12:56You'll be so happy.
12:58And, and, and,
12:59Elizabeth?
13:00It turned out
13:00that after I left the wedding,
13:02the servants had spread the news
13:03all the way
13:04to the Lichen King scene.
13:05The Queen had smashed
13:06a cup of wine in fury.
13:08Of all the people to offend,
13:10he chose Stormfin?
13:14That bitch.
13:15I knew her.
13:17A servant girl.
13:18I never took her seriously.
13:20Now she's carrying his pup.
13:22She thought Liara
13:23would just accept it quietly
13:24on her wedding day?
13:25Does she even know
13:26who Liara is?
13:27Ragnar Stormberg's
13:28only daughter.
13:29Raised by the Luna herself.
13:31I picked Liara for Cain.
13:33I spent years
13:33arranging this match.
13:35And they ruined it.
13:36All for a half-grown pup.
13:39She thinks she can marry
13:40into the royal court
13:41because she's got
13:42a lump of flesh
13:43in her belly.
13:44This court has never
13:46lacked for pups.
13:48Bring Rue Morrow
13:50to the Moon Goddess altar.
13:52Make her kneel
13:53and reflect on her mistakes.
14:07How dare you!
14:09I'm carrying the Lycan
14:10royal family's pup!
14:13When Alpha Cain finds out
14:15he'll have you executed!
14:17The Queen's orders.
14:19Kneel at the Moon Goddess altar.
14:21When you understand your mistake
14:22you can get up.
14:25Impossible!
14:26I'm carrying a future royal pup!
14:29The Queen can't do this to me!
14:31I'm the Alpha's future consort!
14:34Miss,
14:35the Queen has made Alpha's self clear.
14:36You ruined the Alpha's engagement.
14:39The punishment for that is death.
14:42If you don't kneel and reflect
14:43you can reflect in the dungeon instead.
14:46Rue's face went white.
14:47She didn't say another word.
14:48She spent the moonless night
14:50on her knees
14:50at the Moon Goddess altar
14:51hands bound behind her back
14:53and iron chain around her neck.
14:56Noble women passing by
14:58whispered,
14:58This is the servant girl
15:00from yesterday.
15:01She's not a servant
15:02she's the Wetmaetha's daughter.
15:03Her mother was claimed
15:04by a servant.
15:05She was born a slave.
15:06She grew up with the Alpha.
15:07Think she can seduce
15:08her way to the top.
15:09Disgusting.
15:09I heard Ragnar Stormfling
15:10went to court today
15:11to ask for the engagement
15:12to be formally annulled.
15:13If that happens
15:14the Queen is going to
15:14flay her alive.
15:15Rue broke out in a cold sweat.
15:17She looked like she might collapse.
15:19My father and brother
15:20knelt before the Lycan king.
15:21Your Majesty
15:23we spoiled our daughter.
15:25She's not fit
15:25to marry the Alpha.
15:27Lyra heard that the Alpha
15:28loved someone else.
15:30That woman is pregnant.
15:31Lyra didn't want to
15:32come between them.
15:32She asked to annul
15:33the engagement.
15:34Please, Your Majesty
15:35understand.
15:39Cain.
15:40What do you say?
15:43Ragnar Stormfowl.
15:45Were the women of Stormfowl
15:46never taught basic manners?
15:48I'm going to be
15:49Lion King.
15:50So what if I have
15:50another woman?
15:51She calls off
15:52the engagement over that?
15:53Spoiled.
15:54Completely spoiled.
15:57Alpha, this isn't worth it.
15:59A single woman?
16:00You'd ruin an alliance
16:02over one woman?
16:03You sit at the
16:04highest seat of power.
16:05You're supposed to
16:06set an example.
16:08Plenty of other women
16:09want to be my Luna.
16:10If your daughter
16:10doesn't want the position,
16:11fine.
16:12Engagement annulled.
16:15Your Majesty,
16:16the Alpha has agreed.
16:18Please issue the decree.
16:20The Lycan king
16:21looked at his son
16:22with disappointment.
16:23You are my heir
16:24and yet you behave
16:25like this.
16:27You leave me no choice.
16:29Fine.
16:30If you insist on
16:31breaking this engagement,
16:32I will give you
16:33what you want.
16:34My father and brother
16:35left the court beaming.
16:42Your Highness!
16:43Rue!
16:43The Queen locked her
16:44in the tower
16:45at the Moon Goddess altar.
16:49Kain rushed over.
16:50Rue was pale as death
16:51from the moon.
16:52She saw him
16:53and collapsed
16:53into his arms.
16:55Alpha, save me!
17:04Kain carried her
17:05into the hall.
17:06The Queen rose
17:06to her feet,
17:07incandescent.
17:08Kain,
17:09you defied
17:10your father's order
17:11for her.
17:13You defied
17:14my order!
17:14Are you trying
17:15to bring
17:15the whole court down?
17:21Mother,
17:23Rue is carrying
17:23my first pup.
17:24Your grandchild.
17:30One pup?
17:32Against the entire
17:33Stormbell tribe?
17:34Do you understand
17:35what you've lost?
17:36Stormbell's wolves!
17:37The strongest warriors
17:39in the north!
17:39Gone!
17:40Stormfin is a loyal subject
17:42of my father.
17:42Whether his daughter
17:44is my Luna or not,
17:45he will serve the king.
17:47I'm not afraid.
17:48If I can't protect
17:49the woman I love,
17:50what kind of Alpha am I?
17:52Not giving Rue
17:52the Luna position
17:53is already my biggest
17:54concession.
17:55Leora disrespected me.
17:57If I'd let her
17:58into this court,
17:58it would have been
17:59endless trouble.
18:00The Queen stared at him.
18:01For a long moment,
18:02she said nothing.
18:03Then she waved her hand.
18:04Years of teaching.
18:05All wasted.
18:06Fine.
18:07Have it your way.
18:08Leave.
18:11The news spread
18:12through the court.
18:13Cain had fought
18:13with the Queen over Rue.
18:14Some saw opportunity.
18:16If Rue would be
18:16the Alpha's consort,
18:17it was worth
18:18currying favor.
18:19Noble women
18:19began visiting her.
18:21The Queen announced
18:22she would be selecting
18:23a new Luna for Cain.
18:25By the Queen's command,
18:27a new moon goddess
18:28will be chosen
18:29for Alpha Cain.
18:31Alpha!
18:32There was a banquet
18:33for the arrival
18:34of the southern envoys.
18:35The Queen invited
18:36all the noble daughters
18:37to keep them company.
18:38After the banquet,
18:39we walked through
18:40the moon goddess garden
18:41toward the spring pool.
18:42Rue was sitting
18:43in one of the poolside chairs,
18:44wearing a dark red dress.
18:46Several servants
18:46stood around her.
18:47She smiled
18:48when she saw us.
18:49Leora.
18:50Long time.
18:52Too bad the Alpha
18:53isn't here today.
18:54We could have caught up.
18:55I heard Leora
18:56isn't engaged yet.
18:57Still waiting for the Alpha?
18:59Oh, but the Queen
19:00is going to pick
19:00a new Luna for him soon.
19:02I bet you're regretting
19:03leaving now.
19:04I heard today
19:05was about choosing
19:06the Alpha's Luna.
19:07Oh, but Rue,
19:08you're pregnant.
19:09I can't just call you
19:10by name.
19:11But you haven't been
19:12officially named
19:13a consort yet,
19:13have you?
19:14I'm not sure
19:15what to call you.
19:16That servant's bastard.
19:19The Queen seems
19:21to really like
19:22the southern princess.
19:23The Luna selection
19:24is probably settled.
19:26The Queen might pick
19:27a Luna,
19:27but the Alpha says
19:28I'm the only one
19:29he loves.
19:30He'll bring in
19:30other women,
19:31but they'll just
19:32be decorations.
19:32I'm not worried.
19:34Whoever comes
19:34into this court,
19:35they'll answer to me.
19:36The Luna?
19:37The Luna is a joke.
19:39Princess Alara
19:40Morningshade sat down,
19:41silver whip in hand.
19:46You all seem to be
19:47having such an
19:48interesting conversation.
19:49Mind if I join?
19:50I didn't see this
19:51young lady at the banquet.
19:53Who is she?
19:55Princess,
19:56this is the Alpha's
19:57wet nurse's daughter,
19:58the one who caused
19:59a scene at his wedding.
20:01She's the Alpha's
20:01favorite.
20:02None of us dare
20:03cross her.
20:04A wet nurse's daughter.
20:06So, a servant.
20:07And she doesn't
20:08even have a title?
20:09Then why are you
20:10sitting?
20:11We outrank you.
20:12Are you going to
20:13stand and bow?
20:14Is this how things
20:15are done in the North?
20:16Someone teach her
20:17some manners.
20:18Pick her up.
20:28Don't touch me!
20:29I'm carrying the
20:30Alpha's pup!
20:34You're a servant.
20:36Teaching you manners
20:37is doing you a favor.
20:39How is that a
20:41death sentence?
20:44The Alpha and I
20:45grew up together.
20:46We love each other.
20:48Touch me and see
20:49what happens,
20:49princess.
20:51I said,
20:52do it!
20:53Guards grasped
20:54and crossed her
20:55to her knees.
21:04The Alpha will have
21:05you all killed!
21:06Hit her.
21:08The guard slapped
21:09Rue across the face.
21:10Her cheek swelled.
21:18The princess didn't
21:20dodge fast enough.
21:21Rue's claws raked
21:22across her face.
21:23The princess didn't
21:24dodge fast enough.
21:25Rue's claws raked
21:26across her face.
21:27I lunged forward,
21:28grabbed Rue,
21:28and shoved her back.
21:30She tripped over
21:30at the top.
21:31She came up
21:32and she screamed.
21:33I grabbed for her
21:33hand.
21:34She held on
21:35and pulled her
21:35back.
21:35We both fell
21:36into the pool.
21:39Someone fell
21:40in the water!
21:42I could swim,
21:44but Rue panicked
21:45and latched onto me.
21:46We sank together.
21:49Before I lost
21:50consciousness,
21:51someone dove in.
21:51They pulled Rue
21:52off me,
21:52dragged me to shore.
21:58Brother,
21:59give Liora your cloak!
22:01She saved me!
22:02Brother,
22:02help her!
22:03Princess Alara's
22:04works.
22:04I coughed up
22:05water.
22:06The healers
22:06pounded my back.
22:07Finally,
22:07I could breathe.
22:08Before I could
22:09smoke,
22:09Rue was screaming
22:10again.
22:11Alpha Cain!
22:12Liora told that
22:13southern savage
22:14to hit me!
22:14And she pushed
22:15me into the water!
22:17She tried to
22:17kill my pup!
22:18The queen is here!
22:22Your majesty,
22:24Liora tried to
22:24murder a royal pup.
22:26She should be
22:27executed on the
22:28spot!
22:30I stood up,
22:31wiped my mouth,
22:32curtsied to the
22:33queen.
22:37Kill a chieftain's
22:39daughter on the
22:39spot?
22:40You have a lot
22:41of nerve.
22:42I fell in because
22:43you dragged me.
22:44Everyone saw.
22:46Your majesty,
22:48I don't know the
22:49customs here,
22:50but in the south,
22:51attempting to
22:51assassinate a princess
22:52means execution for
22:54the assassin's
22:55entire family.
22:57She tried to
22:58kill me.
22:59Everyone saw.
22:59She clawed my face.
23:00If Likida hadn't
23:01pushed her away
23:02and pulled me
23:02back, I'd be
23:03dead.
23:06That's just your
23:07side of the
23:07story.
23:11Rue is timid.
23:12She would
23:13never...
23:14Liora, you were
23:15the one who didn't
23:15want to be my
23:16Luna.
23:17If you're having
23:17regrets, don't
23:18take it out on
23:18Rue.
23:19Pushing her into
23:20the water, with
23:21my pup inside
23:21her, that's a
23:22capital crime.
23:24A man stepped
23:24forward.
23:28Alpha Cain, are
23:30you saying my
23:31sister is lying?
23:34He wore southern
23:35royal robes, sharp
23:36features, standing
23:37beside the princess.
23:39He was Soren
23:39Morningshade, third
23:40prince of the
23:41south.
23:41sister is lying?
23:42I happen to see
23:44everything in the
23:44pool.
23:46The prince is
23:47protective of his
23:48sister.
23:49Understandable, but
23:50you shouldn't make
23:51false accusations.
23:55Are you saying
23:56the southern
23:57princess clawed
23:58her own face
23:58just to frame
23:59a servant
23:59girl?
24:01I wasn't the
24:02only one watching.
24:03Your northern
24:04chieftains were
24:04there.
24:05The law
24:06keepers were
24:06there.
24:07Are they lying
24:07too?
24:09Cain, your
24:10woman tried to
24:11assassinate a
24:12southern princess.
24:13Are you declaring
24:14war on the
24:14south?
24:17You lying
24:18bitch!
24:19You tried to
24:20frame the
24:20princess and
24:21Liora?
24:22Apologize!
24:23Now!
24:26You hit
24:27me?
24:27For her?
24:29Apologize.
24:30Unless you
24:31want my father
24:31to execute
24:32you.
24:32Now.
24:35Then he
24:35hurried to
24:36Soren's side,
24:36trying to smooth
24:37things over.
24:38The southern
24:38princess wasn't
24:39calming down.
24:40I walked
24:40over to
24:41Rue,
24:41leaned down,
24:42spoke only
24:43loud enough
24:43for her
24:44to hear.
24:44The south
24:45is here
24:45to make
24:45an alliance.
24:46Do you
24:47really think
24:47the alpha
24:47will take
24:48your side
24:48over theirs?
24:49I could
24:50crush you
24:50like an
24:51insect.
24:52You're
24:52nothing.
24:53A
24:53servant's
24:53bastard.
24:54Rue
24:55snapped,
24:55shoved
24:56me
24:56hard.
24:56From the
24:56outside,
24:57it looked
24:57like I'd
24:58tried to
24:58soothe her
24:59and she'd
24:59shoved
24:59me for
25:00no reason.
25:00I stumbled
25:01back toward
25:01the pool.
25:02Soren caught
25:02my wrist.
25:03The moment
25:03he touched
25:04me,
25:04he went
25:04completely
25:05still.
25:06I froze.
25:07Before I
25:08could process
25:08it,
25:09he let
25:09go,
25:09closed
25:09his eyes
25:10briefly,
25:10collected
25:11himself.
25:11When
25:11he opened
25:12them again,
25:13his voice
25:13was cold
25:14and hard.
25:15Alpha
25:15Cain,
25:16you don't
25:16give my sister
25:17justice?
25:18I'll
25:18take it
25:19myself.
25:21You're
25:21defending
25:22Leora?
25:22You don't
25:23know what
25:23kind of
25:23slut she is.
25:24She's
25:24jealous of
25:25me.
25:25She's
25:26hated me
25:26ever since
25:26Cain
25:27chose me.
25:27You think
25:27she likes
25:28you?
25:28Don't
25:29be
25:29pathetic.
25:30Rue,
25:30not everyone
25:30is as
25:31small-minded
25:31as you.
25:32I'm never
25:32marrying
25:32Cain,
25:33and I'm
25:33never
25:33being
25:34Luna.
25:34You
25:34can
25:34stop
25:35worrying.
25:37You
25:38noble
25:38girls,
25:39so
25:39fake.
25:40You
25:41think I
25:41don't
25:41know
25:41you're
25:41just
25:41playing
25:42hard
25:42to
25:42get?
25:43You
25:43want
25:43Cain
25:44to
25:44come
25:44crawling
25:44back?
25:47You
25:48talk
25:48too
25:48much.
25:49She
25:49clawed
25:49my
25:50face.
25:51I'll
25:51take
25:52a hundred
25:52times
25:53that.
25:54Arrest
25:54her.
25:56One
25:56hundred
25:56slashes.
25:58The
25:59whip
25:59came
25:59down
25:59again
26:00and
26:00again.
26:00Rue
26:01screamed,
26:01writhed,
26:02every lash
26:03left a
26:03burning
26:03welt.
26:04Cain
26:04tried
26:04to
26:04rush
26:04forward,
26:05but
26:05the
26:05queen
26:05grabbed
26:05his
26:06arm.
26:07Cain,
26:09do you
26:09want
26:10to
26:10start
26:10a
26:11war
26:11with
26:11the
26:11south?
26:25A
26:25servant
26:25attacks
26:26royalty.
26:27The
26:27master
26:27must
26:28answer
26:28for
26:28her.
26:29The
26:29Lycan
26:29king
26:30is
26:30the
26:30master
26:30here.
26:31I've
26:32already
26:32sent
26:32word
26:32to
26:33our
26:33father.
26:34This
26:34will
26:35be
26:35handled
26:35properly.
26:36You
26:36think
26:36I'm
26:36like
26:36the
26:36noble
26:37girls
26:37here?
26:38I
26:38don't
26:39make
26:39idle
26:39threats.
26:40If I
26:41see your
26:41face again,
26:42I'll
26:42kill you.
26:44Then she
26:45left.
26:45Soren
26:45went with
26:46her.
26:47Rue
26:47was carried
26:47away,
26:48soaked in
26:48blood.
26:49Cain
26:49stood in
26:50silence,
26:50head
26:50down.
26:52Behave
26:53yourself.
26:53Stay
26:54in line,
26:54if you
26:55still want
26:55to be
26:56alpha.
27:00Rue
27:00miscarried
27:01that night.
27:02She cried
27:02out all
27:02night.
27:03No one
27:03came,
27:03not even
27:04Cain.
27:05Before
27:06dawn,
27:07Cain's
27:07steward
27:07came.
27:08He
27:08moved
27:09Rue
27:09and her
27:09mother out
27:10of the
27:10court to
27:10a small
27:10house on
27:11the northern
27:11border.
27:15The alpha
27:16is merciful.
27:18Leaving
27:18before sunrise,
27:20he'll report
27:20you dead.
27:21If you don't
27:22like that,
27:22we can make
27:22it real.
27:25You'll be
27:26brought back
27:26to court
27:27as his
27:27consort
27:27once you've
27:28recovered.
27:30She waited.
27:31He never
27:31came.
27:35She heard
27:36that Cain
27:36was taking
27:36a new
27:37Luna.
27:38Rue ran
27:38out of
27:39the wooden
27:39house.
27:40In the
27:40distance,
27:40the court
27:41blazed
27:41with bonfires.
27:43Cain rode
27:43a giant
27:44wolf at
27:44the head
27:44of the
27:45procession.
27:45The
27:46Luna's
27:46carriage
27:46followed.
27:47The
27:47whole
27:48territory
27:48was
27:49celebrating.
27:50Cain!
27:53Cain,
27:54I'm
27:54Rue!
27:55I'm
27:55the
27:55woman
27:55you
27:56love!
27:56Don't
27:56you
27:56remember?
27:58The
27:58drums
27:59and the
27:59howls
27:59drowned
28:00out.
28:01People
28:01shall
28:01cast
28:02her
28:02to
28:02keep
28:02the
28:02place
28:03to
28:03follow
28:03as
28:04far
28:04as
28:04the
28:04ghost.
28:08No
28:09entry.
28:09I'm
28:10Rue,
28:11the
28:11alpha's
28:12consort.
28:15The
28:15alpha has
28:16no
28:16consort.
28:17Leave.
28:18Keep
28:18causing
28:19trouble
28:19and we
28:20won't
28:20she
28:21went
28:21back
28:21to
28:21the
28:21wooden
28:22house
28:22in
28:22a
28:22daze.
28:25The
28:25alpha
28:25gives
28:26you
28:26these
28:26coins.
28:27You
28:27and
28:27your
28:27mother
28:27leave
28:28the
28:28north
28:28tonight.
28:32I
28:32don't
28:32believe
28:33you.
28:40Coins
28:41or wolf
28:41babe
28:41juice?
28:43Choose.
28:45She
28:45collapsed
28:46on
28:46the
28:46floor.
28:47How
28:48did
28:48this
28:48happen?
28:48He
28:49loved
28:50me.
28:50Miss,
28:51the
28:51alpha
28:51is the
28:52future
28:52Lycan
28:53king.
28:53He
28:53was
28:53infatuated,
28:54but the
28:55other
28:55princes
28:55are
28:56moving
28:56up.
28:57Now
28:57Cain
28:57knows
28:57power
28:58matters
28:58more
28:59than
28:59love.
29:01Who's
29:01the
29:01Luna?
29:02Is
29:02it
29:02Leora?
29:04Our
29:04Luna is
29:05a
29:05chieftain's
29:05daughter
29:06from the
29:06north.
29:07I
29:07heard
29:07Lyra's
29:08engagement
29:08has
29:08been
29:08settled.
29:09She's
29:09marrying
29:10into
29:10the
29:10south.
29:11Didn't
29:11you
29:11know?
29:13Rue
29:14stared at
29:14length.
29:15Then she
29:15started
29:16laughing,
29:16hysterical,
29:17tears
29:17running
29:17down
29:18her
29:18face.
29:19Stupid.
29:20I was
29:21so stupid.
29:22All that
29:22scheming for
29:24nothing.
29:24She looked at
29:25her hands,
29:26at the
29:26full moon
29:27rising outside
29:27the window.
29:29My mother
29:29was right.
29:31An Omega's
29:32life means
29:32nothing.
29:34She poured
29:35the wolf's
29:35spain juice
29:35down her
29:36throat.
29:40Soren
29:40asked the
29:41lichen king
29:41for my
29:41hand.
29:42The king
29:42agreed.
29:43The
29:43engagement
29:44was
29:44announced.
29:45Soren
29:45was already
29:46the
29:46southern
29:46king's
29:47heir.
29:48With
29:48the
29:48alliance
29:49sealed,
29:49the
29:50southern
29:50king
29:50publicly
29:51named
29:51him
29:51crown
29:52prince.
29:54I
29:55married
29:55into
29:55the
29:56south.
29:56I
29:56would
29:56be
29:57the
29:57future
29:57queen.
29:59Soren
30:00and I
30:00lived
30:00in
30:00harmony.
30:04Two
30:05years
30:05later,
30:05we
30:05gave
30:06birth
30:06to
30:06a
30:06son.
30:09News
30:09came
30:09from
30:09the
30:10north.
30:10Alpha
30:10kane
30:11had
30:11been
30:11deposed
30:11for
30:11incompetence.
30:12His
30:12younger
30:13brother
30:13was
30:13named
30:13bear
30:14in
30:14his
30:14place.
30:15Alpha
30:15kane
30:15had
30:15deposed
30:16for
30:16no
30:16offense.
30:17His
30:18younger
30:18brother.
30:20I
30:20held
30:20my
30:21son,
30:21looked
30:21at
30:21the
30:22northern
30:22side.
30:23Look,
30:25that's
30:25where
30:25your
30:25mother
30:26comes
30:26from.
30:27It's
30:27time
30:28to
30:28go
30:28home.
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