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00:00The Riverwood Pack lived by one unbreakable rule, no werewolf mates a human.
00:04But my alpha, Ethan, broke that rule for me.
00:07He knelt before the moon goddess for three days and three nights,
00:11begging for her blessing so his pack would be forced to accept me as his mate.
00:14But in my fourth year as his Luna, I was caught cheating for the third time.
00:18The beta she-wolf at his side smirked, her voice dripping with malice.
00:22Luna, the mate agreement is clear.
00:25Three betrayals, and you're exiled.
00:28You lose all rights to the pup.
00:30Ethan's eyes burned with anger and disappointment.
00:33What's your excuse this time?
00:34That you don't know him?
00:36Or that you were drugged again?
00:38But this time, I didn't panic.
00:40I didn't burst into tears, begging him to listen or forgive me for our pup's sake.
00:45I calmly accepted the dissolution of our bond and even offered to never see our pup again.
00:49For four years, everyone said a plain human like me was never good enough for an alpha like him.
00:55And now, I was just tired.
00:57But when I finally vanished from his world, he tore it apart looking for me.
01:01I pressed my thumbprint onto the agreement to dissolve our bond.
01:05I'll move out of the river pack's territory as soon as I can.
01:07I'll take my grandmother with me.
01:10As for Leo...
01:11You don't deserve to be his mother.
01:13You are never to see him again.
01:15I didn't flinch.
01:16I just smiled.
01:18I was about to say the same thing.
01:21I won't be seeing him anymore.
01:23Ethan's brow furrowed.
01:24He wasn't used to me being so final.
01:27For the last four years, our pup was my entire world.
01:31In every fight, he'd always threaten to keep Leo from me.
01:34And every time, I was the one who'd bow my head, apologize, and beg him to let me see my
01:39son.
01:40This wasn't like me at all.
01:42Selene's smirk widened, and she covered her mouth in mock surprise.
01:46Corrine, how can you say such a thing?
01:49He's your own flesh and blood.
01:51I ignored her.
01:52I was used to her, always at Ethan's side, acting more like his mate than I ever was.
01:57All while finding new ways to drive a wedge between us.
02:00Ethan sneered at my calm expression.
02:02Ethan, faithless to the core, giving up your own flesh and blood for some mutt outside?
02:08Corrine, you truly are something else.
02:12His words were daggers, slicing at my heart, but I was numb.
02:17I'd endured this kind of humiliation for four years.
02:19The first time I was caught, the so-called lover vanished before Ethan arrived.
02:24The security camera only caught a blurry figure.
02:26I tried to explain, to prove my innocence, but as a human, I couldn't form a mind link with him.
02:32I had no way to make him feel the truth in my heart.
02:35Ethan, please believe me, I don't know that man.
02:39I'd cried, begging him.
02:41He didn't listen.
02:43Selene was right there, adding fuel to the fire.
02:46Maybe Corrine just prefers being with human men.
02:49They are their own kind, after all.
02:53From then on, as punishment, I was forced to schedule visits with my own son through Selene,
02:58a week in advance.
02:59Watched by pack guards the entire time, it was like a prisoner's visitation hour.
03:04The second time was worse.
03:06I was locked in the basement for a month.
03:08I saw no one, not even a sliver of sunlight.
03:12I developed severe claustrophobia.
03:14It took me a full week after they let me out before I could speak to Kiko normally.
03:18When Leo saw me, he burst into tears.
03:21I was so thin, I looked like a ghost.
03:23Now, the third time, I was done with this sick game, so I let go.
03:29I've signed it.
03:30Is there anything else?
03:31If not, please leave.
03:34Corrine, you'd better not regret this.
03:37Don't come crawling back to me, because I won't be merciful again.
03:40He turned and walked toward the door.
03:42My mind went back five years, to when I found Ethan, injured, and nursed him back to health.
03:47During that time, we fell in love.
03:49He would press his hand over his heart and tell me again and again,
03:53You are the most special woman I have ever known.
03:55My heart, my wolf, they're yours.
04:00Until he finally confessed the truth.
04:02He was a werewolf.
04:04I hesitated.
04:05I couldn't see myself as the Luna his pack needed,
04:08and I never believed he could break their sacred laws for me.
04:11But he was relentless, chasing me for an entire year until he finally knelt at the moon goddess's temple for
04:16three days and nights,
04:17begging her to bless our union.
04:18When a pale, exhausted Ethan told me he'd secured the elder's approval, my resolve shattered.
04:24I truly believed our love was strong enough to bridge the divide between our worlds.
04:28But just six months after I became his mate, I was found with another man.
04:32The frame-up was sloppy, obvious even, but it didn't matter.
04:36Something in his eyes changed that day.
04:38Watching his back as he left, I felt my heart turn to stone.
04:42I had trusted him, and I had been wrong.
04:45I would not make that mistake again.
04:47Selene paused at the door, turning back to give me a fake smile.
04:51Enjoy yourself, Kareem.
04:52You and your...kind are better suited for each other, aren't you?
04:56Her words were laced with venom, but I no longer cared.
04:59After they left, the room fell into a dead silence.
05:02I turned to the man still passed out on the bed, and a wave of nausea rolled in my stomach.
05:07I'd been awake for a while.
05:09As the drug's effects wore off and I realized I'd been set up again,
05:12I could have run, only to be dragged back for an even crueler punishment.
05:16But this time, I chose to stay.
05:18I waited for them, for this whole drama to play out,
05:21just to end this disgusting game for good.
05:23That evening, I returned to the River Pax estate, my former home.
05:27When I pushed open the door to the master bedroom, I found it empty.
05:31My clothes, my books, even the jasmine plant I'd potted myself, all gone.
05:36A werewolf maid saw me and bowed her head awkwardly.
05:39Mrs. Kareem, your things have been packed.
05:42They're in the storage room.
05:44Miss Selene said the master bedroom needs to be prepared for the new Luna.
05:47The new Luna.
05:49I let out a bitter laugh.
05:51Selene certainly worked fast.
05:53The storage room was next to the basement,
05:55a dark, damp space filled with old furniture and junk.
05:58My suitcases were tossed in a corner,
06:00one of them broken open,
06:01my clothes spilling onto the dusty floor.
06:04I knelt and started digging through the mess.
06:06I didn't care about the expensive clothes or jewelry.
06:09Those were gifts from Ethan, or rather,
06:12gifts for the Luna he wanted me to be.
06:14I was looking for only one thing,
06:16the emerald necklace my grandmother had given me.
06:18It was the only treasure that was truly mine.
06:21Finally, in a broken jewelry box,
06:23I found it.
06:26Hey!
06:26A small voice came from behind me.
06:29I turned to see four-year-old Leo standing in the doorway,
06:32looking down at me.
06:33At some point, he'd stopped calling me mom.
06:36Now, it was just hey.
06:38Auntie Selene said you're not part of our family anymore.
06:40You're an outsider.
06:42You can't take anything from the pack.
06:44My heart clenched.
06:46Leo, these are my things, not the packs.
06:50No!
06:51Auntie Selene says all lonely humans are thieves.
06:54You can't take anything!
06:55He lunged for the necklace in my hand,
06:58his small fingers yanking hard on the chain.
07:00Leo, let go!
07:01This was from your great-grandmother!
07:03I tried to protect it,
07:05but even a four-year-old pup had unnatural strength.
07:08In the struggle,
07:09the necklace snapped and fell to the floor.
07:11The crack of the emerald shattering
07:13was deafening in the small, silent room.
07:15I stared at the broken pieces on the ground,
07:18my heart turning to ash.
07:20The stone that held all of my grandmother's love
07:22was shattered.
07:23It's your fault for not letting go!
07:26Leo!
07:26Leo,
07:27do you have any idea what you just broke?
07:30That was from my great-grandmother.
07:33Do you even know she's in a nursing home because of you?
07:37I don't have a great-grandmother.
07:39I just know about some burden
07:41who's draining our pack's medical resources.
07:43Auntie Selene said she should have died a long time ago.
07:47Then Dad wouldn't have to waste so much money on her.
07:51Auntie Selene said that,
07:52for a lowly human,
07:54she doesn't deserve to be in our pack.
07:56Say that again.
07:58Lowly?
07:58Doesn't deserve?
07:59My expression terrified him.
08:02He bit his lip,
08:03then found his courage.
08:05A lowly old woman.
08:07What?
08:07I couldn't take it.
08:09I shoved him.
08:10I couldn't stand hearing those vile words from his mouth.
08:13Caught off guard,
08:14he fell backward and let out a pained cry.
08:16Dad!
08:17Mommy hit me!
08:19Leo wailed from the floor.
08:23Leo, what's wrong?
08:27Dad, she hit me.
08:28Make her leave.
08:29I want Auntie Selene.
08:32Ethan's furious glare landed on me.
08:34Are you insane?
08:36Attacking your own pup?
08:38I stood in the corner,
08:39watching the father and son,
08:41feeling nothing.
08:43I didn't hit him.
08:45I was fulfilling my final duty as his mother.
08:48Teaching him some manners.
08:51Teaching him what he should and shouldn't say.
08:54Manners?
08:57You call shoving a four-year-old pup manners?
08:59Leo sobbed in his father's arms,
09:01but still managed to repeat his earlier words.
09:04Dad!
09:05Auntie Selene was right!
09:07That old woman is just wasting your money!
09:10She should have died a long time ago!
09:13Hearing it again from my own son's lips
09:15was like a knife twisting in my heart.
09:17But what broke me was Ethan's reaction.
09:19He just frowned.
09:20He didn't scold Leo.
09:22Instead, he defended Selene.
09:25Selene was just stating a fact
09:27from the perspective of PAC resources.
09:29Don't make a big deal out of it.
09:30Her medical bills are a significant expense.
09:33I stared at him in disbelief.
09:35After four years together,
09:37he thought caring for my sick grandmother
09:39was an unnecessary expense.
09:41Ethan, do you hear yourself?
09:43Enough!
09:44I brought Leo here so you two could talk
09:46about the situation.
09:49Don't tell him yet.
09:50He's young.
09:52He needs time to adjust.
09:53He meant the bond dissolution.
09:55I almost laughed.
09:57In the last four years,
09:59the total time I'd spent talking to Leo
10:00was probably less than half the time
10:02he'd spent alone with Selene.
10:04And now he wanted us to talk?
10:05I bent down and gathered
10:07the shattered pieces of the emerald,
10:09not even flinching as a sharp edge
10:11sliced my finger.
10:17I'm leaving.
10:19In the living room,
10:21Selene was lounging elegantly
10:22on the sofa with a cup of tea,
10:24as if she owned the place.
10:26She gave me a perfect smile
10:27as I walked out.
10:28I ignored her and headed straight
10:30for the main entrance.
10:31Stop!
10:36You can't go!
10:37You didn't say sorry to me!
10:39Used to being the center
10:40of everyone's world,
10:41Leo couldn't handle my indifference.
10:43When I didn't immediately kneel
10:45to hug and soothe him,
10:46he started wailing.
10:47The sound was shrill
10:49and piercing down
10:49why coldness finally made Ethan snap.
10:51The full force of his alpha command
10:53crashed down on me,
10:54making it hard to breathe.
10:55Stop!
10:57Apologize to Leo!
10:58Now!
10:59The alpha's command
11:00was an invisible chain,
11:01binding my body.
11:03To end it all,
11:04I mechanically knelt
11:05and looked at the crying boy.
11:07I'm sorry, Leo.
11:09Mommy shouldn't have pushed you.
11:11Leo stopped crying.
11:12He glared at me
11:13with swollen, red eyes.
11:15Then suddenly swung
11:16his little hand dot AT4.
11:17Leo could already partially shift.
11:19His nails lengthened,
11:21sharpening into claws.
11:22Blood welled up instantly
11:23from three deep gashes
11:24on my arm.
11:24Lowly human!
11:26You deserved it!
11:28You reek of another male.
11:31Even a pup can scent it.
11:33This is the punishment
11:34you deserve.
11:36Ethan,
11:36I shot to my feet.
11:38My shot fell in my eyes,
11:40blazing with fury.
11:41You say I reek of another male?
11:43What about you?
11:44For four years,
11:45you and Sueline
11:46have been disperable.
11:47You even sent our son
11:48to stay at her house.
11:49So you tell me,
11:51whose scent is more disgusting?
11:52Corin!
11:53How dare you?
11:54The Alpha and I are innocent.
11:56I was merely performing
11:58my duties as a beta,
11:59helping manage pack affairs.
12:01Innocent?
12:03You know exactly
12:04what's in your heart.
12:06You!
12:07Enough!
12:09Corin,
12:10you have completely
12:11and utterly disappointed me.
12:13Since you seem to think
12:14we're not so innocent,
12:15I'll show you
12:16what real betrayal looks like.
12:17Ethan ordered the nanny
12:19to take Leo away.
12:20Then he grabbed my wrist
12:21and dragged me back
12:22into the bathroom.
12:23Ethan, let me go!
12:24I struggled,
12:25but a human's strength
12:26is nothing against a werewolf's.
12:28The door slammed shut.
12:29He bound my wrists
12:30with a coarse rope
12:31and threw me to the floor.
12:33Tonight,
12:33you're going to watch.
12:36That hurts!
12:37Hurt?
12:38You think this hurts?
12:40Do you have any idea
12:41how much it hurt
12:41when I found you with him?
12:43He turned,
12:43pulled Celine into his arms,
12:45and crushed his lips
12:46against hers.
12:47The kiss was passionate,
12:48fiery,
12:49as if they were true mates.
12:50The sight made me
12:51want to vomit.
12:52Ethan!
12:53We dissolved the bond!
12:55You can't humiliate me
12:57like this!
12:57He didn't listen,
12:59deepening the kiss.
13:00Celine let out
13:01a soft moan,
13:02her hand slowly tracing
13:03the skin over his heart.
13:04There,
13:04tattooed in black ink,
13:06was my name.
13:07The mate's mark of loyalty.
13:08Now,
13:09Celine's fingers
13:10were stroking those letters.
13:11Alpha,
13:12this tattoo,
13:13can you change it
13:14to my name?
13:15I closed my eyes,
13:16silent tears
13:17streaming down my face.
13:18Of course,
13:19Selena.
13:20A faithless mate
13:21doesn't deserve
13:22a place on my skin.
13:24Faithless.
13:25The irony was suffocating.
13:27He believed every flimsy
13:28set up against me,
13:29yet here he was,
13:30kissing and touching
13:31another woman
13:32right in front of my eyes.
13:33Just as my heart
13:34went completely numb,
13:35my phone rang,
13:36I struggled to reach it
13:37and answered.
13:37A nurse's trembling voice
13:39came from the other end.
13:40I'm a nurse
13:42at St. Mary's Hospital.
13:43Your grandmother,
13:44there's been an emergency.
13:47What?
13:48What happened to her?
13:49Your grandmother
13:50heard the news
13:50that you were being exiled
13:51from the pack this afternoon
13:52and she became
13:53very distressed.
13:54During our evening rounds,
13:55we found she had swallowed
13:56a large number
13:57of sleeping pills.
13:58We're working on her now,
13:59but her will to live
14:00is very weak.
14:01Miss Corrine,
14:02can you get here right away?
14:03She really needs you.
14:04How could she know?
14:05I collapsed.
14:06The world spinning.
14:07I never told her.
14:09I scrambled to my feet.
14:12Ethan, please!
14:13Let me go to the hospital!
14:15My grandmother,
14:16something happened to her!
14:17What a performance, Corrine.
14:19Are you really willing
14:20to stoop this low
14:21just to escape your punishment?
14:23It's not an act!
14:25It's real!
14:26My grandmother is in trouble!
14:29Alpha,
14:30don't let her fool you.
14:32This is just a pathetic
14:33attempt to run away.
14:35I'm not lying!
14:35She's really in the emergency room!
14:37Please believe me!
14:38Enough!
14:42We just signed the agreement.
14:43How would your grandmother know?
14:45You knew she couldn't
14:46handle the shock
14:47and you still had to tell her.
14:49Who's to blame for that?
14:51I didn't tell her!
14:52Just let me go!
14:53There might still be time!
14:55She was only injured
14:56because she saved Leo
14:58from a rogue wolf.
14:59Please don't treat her life
15:01like a joke!
15:03Corrine!
15:04You use your grandmother
15:06to get sympathy
15:06every single time.
15:08I'm sick of it!
15:10Alpha,
15:11forget about her.
15:12Come here.
15:13In a final,
15:14desperate surge,
15:15I fought to my head
15:17but with my hands tied,
15:18I lost my balance
15:19and my head slammed
15:20hard against the door.
15:22Grandma!
15:23I have to save Grandma!
15:25My actions finally
15:26pushed Ethan over the edge.
15:28He strode over,
15:29grabbed my shoulder,
15:30and dragged me
15:30to the storage closet
15:31in the corner of the room.
15:33Since you love lying
15:34and performing so much,
15:35you can stay in here
15:36and reflect on it!
15:37The closet was small
15:38and dark.
15:39No!
15:40Don't lock me in here!
15:42You know I have claustrophobia!
15:44Ethan, please!
15:45Stay in there and watch!
15:47The closet door slammed shut,
15:49plunging me
15:50into total darkness.
15:51The sounds of their coupling,
15:53grunts and moans,
15:54echoed in the suffocating blackness,
15:55amplified and inescapable.
15:57The next morning,
15:58Ethan came downstairs
15:59and called out by habit.
16:01Corrine, make breakfast!
16:02There was no answer.
16:04The nanny reported timidly.
16:05Alpha,
16:06the young master
16:07won't stop crying.
16:08He spiked a fever last night,
16:10102 degrees,
16:11and just kept crying
16:12for his mommy.
16:13Just then,
16:13the living room phone rang.
16:15Ethan answered it.
16:17A stranger's voice
16:18was on the line.
16:19Hello, am I speaking
16:20to a relative of Miss Corrine?
16:21This is St. Mary's Hospital.
16:23We're calling about
16:24her grandmother's
16:25final arrangements.
16:26The woman passed away
16:27during the night.
16:28We were unable to revive her,
16:30but no family
16:30has come to claim the body.
16:32He suddenly remembered
16:33last night.
16:34The phone call
16:35he had dismissed as a lie.
16:36His face went pale.
16:38He turned and bolted
16:39up the stairs.
16:40With a trembling hand,
16:42he wrenched open
16:43the closet door.
16:44The moment the door
16:45swung open,
16:45he froze.
16:46The locker was empty.
16:48Nothing but a few bloodstains
16:50and a broken rope.
16:51She got out on her own?
16:53She's really selling it.
16:54Ethan muttered to himself.
16:56Even bled for the part.
16:57He was convinced
16:58this was all
16:59an elaborate act.
17:00A sob story cooked up
17:01by Corinne and her grandmother.
17:03The goal was obvious,
17:04to make him take back
17:05his decision to reject her,
17:06to welcome the unfaithful woman
17:08back into his arms.
17:09He truly underestimated
17:11a human's cunning.
17:12Ethan picked up his spare phone
17:13and dialed Corinne's number.
17:17The number you have dialed
17:18has been switched off.
17:20Switched off.
17:21So she's going all the way
17:22with this act.
17:23He gave a cold smirk
17:24and decided to drive
17:25to the hospital himself
17:26to see what kind of game
17:27they were playing.
17:28Half an hour later,
17:29Ethan stood at the entrance
17:30to St. Mary's Hospital in Lork.
17:32The sharp sting of disinfectant
17:33couldn't mask
17:34the cloying scent of death.
17:35He wrinkled his nose.
17:37Alpha,
17:37what are you doing here?
17:39The doctor rushed over
17:40as soon as he saw him.
17:41You called earlier
17:42about Corinne's grandmother.
17:44The doctor sighed.
17:45A sudden,
17:46dark premonition
17:47washed over Ethan.
17:49Last night,
17:50the old woman heard
17:50that Corinne was going
17:51to be expelled from the pack.
17:53She became hysterical,
17:55crying and repeating things like,
17:57I'm dragging Corinne down
17:58and I shouldn't be alive.
18:00Ethan's voice was calm.
18:01And?
18:02And then we found her.
18:05She'd swallowed a massive dose
18:07of sleeping pills
18:08when the nurse wasn't looking.
18:11We worked on her
18:12for four straight hours.
18:14We almost had her stabilized,
18:15but her will to live
18:16was just gone.
18:20She just kept calling
18:21Miss Corinne's name.
18:22If Corinne had been here,
18:23then maybe...
18:24Maybe what?
18:25Maybe we could have saved her.
18:27The doctor said,
18:28shaking his head with regret.
18:30Ethan's fingers
18:31curled into fists.
18:32He remembered
18:33smashing Corinne's phone
18:34on the floor last night.
18:35He remembered locking her
18:37in that cramped,
18:38dark locker.
18:39Are you sure she's gone?
18:40Of course, we're sure.
18:42The death certificate
18:42has already been issued.
18:44We need the family
18:45to handle the arrangements
18:45and claim the body.
18:47Ethan felt a wave of dizziness
18:48so strong he had to brace himself
18:50against the wall
18:50to keep from falling.
18:52If her grandmother
18:52was really dead,
18:53then that phone call last night.
18:56Alpha, please tell Corinne
18:57this for me.
18:59Before her grandmother,
19:00she kept saying,
19:02don't blame Corinna.
19:04It's all my fault
19:05for holding her back.
19:07When I'm dead,
19:08she'll finally be free.
19:10It felt like a fist
19:11had closed around
19:11Ethan's heart,
19:12squeezing tight.
19:14Who?
19:15Who told her grandmother
19:16about the expulsion?
19:18Only one person
19:19has visited her
19:20these past few days.
19:22Your beta,
19:23Selina.
19:24Selene.
19:25So she was here.
19:27No wonder it felt so wrong.
19:29Corinne would never have told
19:30her ailing grandmother
19:31something so devastating.
19:33He staggered back a step.
19:35Suddenly,
19:35he heard Curran's desperate cries
19:37from the night before.
19:38She was injured
19:39by a rogue wolf
19:41to save Leo!
19:43His mind flashed back
19:45to that night two years ago.
19:46Leo had playfully
19:47snuck out of the manor,
19:49only to run into
19:50a vicious rogue wolf.
19:51It was Curran's grandmother
19:52who had thrown herself
19:53in front of the child,
19:54taking the claws
19:55to her stomach.
19:56The attack had damaged
19:57her internal organs,
19:58leaving her bedridden
19:59and frail ever since.
20:01Corinne had been heartbroken,
20:02and he had held her hand,
20:04swearing he would treat
20:05her grandmother
20:05like his own family
20:06from that day on.
20:07He had broken his promise.
20:09He had let the woman
20:10who saved his son
20:11die alone and in despair.
20:13A wave of fear and guilt,
20:14stronger than anything
20:15he had ever felt,
20:17crashed over him.
20:18Alpha, are you alright?
20:19The doctor asked,
20:20looking with concern
20:21at Ethan's pale face.
20:22Ethan didn't answer.
20:24He just turned
20:24and bolted from the morgue.
20:26He had to get home.
20:27When he sped back
20:28to the villa,
20:29he found Leo crying
20:30at the top of the stairs.
20:31The four-year-old's face
20:33was flushed with fever
20:33as he sat helplessly
20:35on the floor.
20:36Mommy, I want my mommy.
20:38Leo's sobs were heart-wrenching.
20:40The nanny stood beside him,
20:41wringing her hands.
20:43The young master
20:43keeps asking for his mother.
20:45He won't even take his medicine.
20:46The moment Leo saw Ethan,
20:48he ran to him.
20:49Daddy, where's mommy?
20:50Why isn't she back?
20:52Looking at Leo's
20:53fever-flushed face,
20:54a storm of emotions
20:55churned inside Ethan.
20:57I want mommy.
20:58Where is she?
21:00Mommy.
21:02Mommy had to go out
21:03for a bit.
21:04She'll be back soon.
21:05Ethan said,
21:07the words feeling
21:08like ash in his mouth.
21:09In that moment,
21:10he didn't know
21:11if he was lying to Leo
21:12or to himself.
21:13He didn't even know
21:14where Corinne was.
21:15Hearing this,
21:16Leo suddenly
21:17balled his small fists
21:18in anger.
21:19It's all because she's human.
21:20It's all her fault.
21:21If only she wasn't a human.
21:23But as soon as
21:24the words were out,
21:25the little boy
21:25broke into choked sobs again.
21:27But, but I want my mommy.
21:29Daddy, when is mommy
21:30coming back?
21:31Does she not want me anymore?
21:33He remembered a time
21:34when Corinne would dissolve
21:35into tears at the first sign
21:37of a sniffle from Leo.
21:38She'd hold vigil
21:39by his crib all night,
21:40no matter how exhausted
21:41she was.
21:42Back when he was
21:43just a toddler,
21:44Leo had been her little shadow,
21:46clinging to her leg
21:46and crying for mommy
21:47if she was out of his sight
21:48for even a second.
21:50Mom!
21:51But somewhere along the line,
21:52everything had changed.
21:54Leo began to treat her love
21:55like a meal he craved,
21:57yet was disgusted by.
21:58I wish Auntie Celia
21:59was my mommy.
22:01Corinne had just
22:02broken.
22:03Tears streamed down her face,
22:05silent and unending.
22:06And he,
22:07lost in his own fog
22:08of perceived betrayal,
22:09had offered no comfort.
22:10He'd twisted the knife.
22:11Compared to Celia,
22:13you're not fit
22:14to be his mother anyway.
22:15After that,
22:16as Leo's cruel words
22:18became more frequent,
22:19Corinne's heartbreak
22:20slowly hardened
22:20into a quiet numbness.
22:22The barbs
22:22stopped hurting her.
22:24Now,
22:25remembering the ghost
22:26of those tears
22:26in Corinne's eyes
22:27and seeing that
22:27same awful conflict
22:28mirrored in his own son,
22:30Ethan's heart felt
22:31like it was being torn in two.
22:32Who the hell
22:32had poisoned a four-year-old's
22:34heart to twist love
22:35into such hateful knots?
22:36He handed Leo over
22:37to a maid
22:38and walked into his study alone.
22:39The maid rejection papers
22:41were still on his desk.
22:43Corinne's handprint
22:43was a glaring red stain
22:45on the page.
22:46The space for the Alpha's
22:47signature was still empty.
22:48He had never intended
22:50to sign them.
22:51He thought Corinne
22:52was just throwing a tantrum,
22:53that in a few days
22:54she'd be back on her knees,
22:55crying and begging him
22:56for forgiveness
22:56like she always did.
22:58But this time,
22:59she had actually left.
23:00She'd left so cleanly,
23:02as if their four years together
23:03had been nothing.
23:05The thought filled Ethan
23:06with anger,
23:06but underneath it,
23:07something else was stirring,
23:09panic.
23:09He picked up his phone
23:11and sent Corinne a text.
23:12I've had someone handle
23:13your grandmother's
23:14funeral arrangements.
23:16No reply.
23:17He sent another.
23:18Leo has a fever.
23:20He won't stop crying for you.
23:22Still nothing.
23:23The minutes ticked by.
23:25Ethan sat in his study,
23:27staring at the phone screen,
23:28a feeling of desperate urgency
23:30growing inside him.
23:31He had never waited this anxiously
23:33for a message from anyone.
23:34Just then,
23:35a terrified scream
23:36came from outside.
23:38Alpha!
23:39The young master
23:40has collapsed!
23:42Ethan shot out of the study
23:43and saw Leo lying limply
23:44on the floor,
23:45his small face crimson,
23:46his eyes closed.
23:47He was unconscious.
23:49He roared,
23:50scooping his son up.
23:51Quick!
23:52Get the pack, doctor!
23:53The heat radiating
23:54from the boy's body
23:55sent a fresh wave
23:55of terror through him.
23:57Auntie Selina said,
23:59Mommy's a lowly human.
24:00While they waited
24:01for the doctor,
24:02Leo started muttering
24:03in his sleep
24:04that grandma's a burden.
24:06She said,
24:08if I scratch mommy,
24:10she'll get sent away
24:11and I can have
24:12a new werewolf mommy.
24:14The little boy's voice
24:15was weak and broken.
24:16She said,
24:18the other cubs laugh at me
24:20because my mom's a human,
24:21that she's an embarrassment
24:23to our family.
24:24If mommy leaves,
24:26no one will laugh
24:28at me anymore.
24:29Ethan's hands clenched
24:30into fists,
24:31his nails digging
24:32into his palms.
24:33Every word was a hammer
24:34blow to Ethan's heart.
24:35So that was it.
24:37Selina had orchestrated
24:38all of it.
24:39But,
24:39but grandma isn't a burden.
24:42Grandma was nice to me.
24:44She made me cookies.
24:46Mommy,
24:47mommy,
24:47I'm sorry.
24:48Please don't leave me.
24:51I won't ever say
24:52you're a bad human again.
24:53Please come back.
24:54Anki Selina lied to me.
24:56She said a new mommy
24:57would love me more.
24:59But I only want my mommy.
25:01Ethan's eyes burned.
25:02He finally understood
25:03why Leo had acted
25:04so strangely toward Corinne.
25:06A child not even
25:07five years old,
25:08manipulated by an adult's malice.
25:10Forced to choose
25:11between loving his mother
25:12and despising her.
25:13And he,
25:14the boy's father,
25:15had not only failed
25:15to protect his son
25:16and his mate,
25:17but had allowed it all
25:18to happen.
25:19Daddy,
25:19why doesn't mommy
25:20want me anymore?
25:21Is it because I scratched her
25:23with my claws?
25:24It must have hurt a lot.
25:26I'll never do it again.
25:28Mommy,
25:29come back.
25:29I'll forget all the bad things
25:31Auntie Selina told me to say.
25:33He finally understood
25:34why Corinne had been
25:35so resolute
25:36about not wanting Leo
25:37that day.
25:37Because she had lost
25:38all hope in her son,
25:40too.
25:40That's why even now,
25:41with Leo so sick,
25:43it wouldn't be enough
25:43to bring her back.
25:44Ethan couldn't help
25:45but wonder,
25:46what about him?
25:47Had Corinne given up
25:48on him completely,
25:49too?
25:50The pack doctor arrived
25:51quickly and began
25:52treating Leo.
25:56Alpha,
25:57I heard Leo was sick.
25:58How is he?
25:59Is it serious?
26:00She said,
26:01trying to step closer.
26:02Ethan took a step back.
26:03Selina,
26:04tell me,
26:05what did you teach Leo?
26:06Selina's eyes flickered
26:07with panic.
26:08Alpha,
26:08I don't understand
26:09what you mean.
26:10You don't understand?
26:11Ethan stared at her
26:12deceitful face,
26:13his rage finally boiling over.
26:15Lowly human.
26:16A burden of a grandmother
26:18who taught
26:19a four-year-old child
26:20words like that.
26:22Selina stammered,
26:23trying to find an excuse.
26:25I was only...
26:25Only what?
26:26Ethan stalked toward her.
26:29Only encouraging a cub
26:31not yet five years old
26:32to attack his own mother
26:33with his claws?
26:34Only telling him
26:35that if he hurt his mother,
26:37she'd be cast out
26:38so he could have
26:38a better whale wolf stepmother?
26:41Alpha,
26:42I did it for Leo's own good.
26:44A human is not fit
26:45to be the luna
26:46of a wolf pack.
26:47For Leo's good?
26:48You twisted him up
26:49with so much guilt
26:50and longing
26:50that he passed out
26:51crying for his mother
26:52in his sleep.
26:53You call that
26:53for his own good?
26:54Ethan,
26:55please let me explain.
26:56I truly love you.
26:57I only want to...
26:57Get out.
26:58As of this moment,
26:59you are no longer my beta
27:00and don't you ever
27:01let me see you again.
27:02Selina stared at him
27:03in disbelief.
27:03You're casting me out?
27:05For that human?
27:06Ethan,
27:07I've given so many years
27:08to the river pack.
27:09Your contributions?
27:10Your contributions
27:11were to destroy my family,
27:12manipulate my child
27:13and drive my mate's grandmother
27:15to her death?
27:15Get out!
27:16Selina stumbled backward,
27:18her eyes filled
27:19with a toxic mix
27:19of disbelief and resentment.
27:21But against the absolute
27:22authority of an alpha,
27:24she had no choice
27:25but to turn and leave.
27:26Ethan leaned weakly
27:27against the wall.
27:28He thought about
27:28the night before,
27:29how he'd been so provoked
27:31by Corinne's words
27:31that he had impulsively
27:32slept with Selina.
27:33Looking back now,
27:34he realized he hadn't
27:36been punishing Corinne.
27:37He had only defiled himself.
27:39He immediately dialed
27:40the number of his
27:40most trusted subordinate.
27:42Marcus,
27:42I need you to reinvestigate
27:44at every detail
27:44of Corinne's
27:45three past infidelities.
27:46Find those three men.
27:47I want to know
27:47exactly what happened.
27:49Alpha,
27:49you suspect.
27:50I suspect I've been
27:51played for a fool
27:52for four years.
27:55If Selina was capable
27:56of doing this to Leo,
27:57then none of the evidence
27:58she provided can be trusted.
27:59Get on it now.
28:00I want the truth.
28:01After hanging up,
28:03he sent another text
28:04to Corinne,
28:05his fingers shaking.
28:06Corinne,
28:07I'm sorry.
28:08He waited 10 minutes.
28:09No reply.
28:10He sent another.
28:12Leo won't stop
28:12calling for you.
28:13Please,
28:14just come back
28:14and see him.
28:15Ethan slid to the floor,
28:17finally realizing
28:18that he might have
28:18lost her forever.
28:19A short while later,
28:21Marcus called back.
28:24Alpha,
28:25we have the
28:25preliminary results.
28:27We haven't tracked
28:28down the first man yet,
28:29but the men
28:30from the second
28:30and third incidences
28:32both received
28:33large wire transfers
28:34from the same account
28:35right before the events
28:37took place.
28:38What?
28:40Now it's clear.
28:41Furthermore,
28:42after Corinne lost consciousness,
28:44neither man
28:45actually touched her.
28:46Surveillance footage
28:47shows they just
28:48lay down next to her
28:49and waited for you
28:50to arrive.
28:51And Alpha,
28:52that bank account.
28:54We're still tracing it,
28:55but our initial theory is...
28:56Spit it out!
28:58Alpha,
28:58is it possible
29:00that all three
29:01of those infidelity
29:02scenes were staged?
29:04If it was all fake,
29:05then what had he done
29:06to Corinne
29:06for the past four years?
29:08Ethan remembered
29:08the look on Corinne's face
29:10the first time
29:10he'd caught her.
29:11It wasn't guilt.
29:12It was confusion
29:13and terror.
29:14She had cried,
29:15saying she didn't
29:16remember anything,
29:17that she had just
29:18woken up next
29:18to a strange man.
29:19And he,
29:20he had dismissed it
29:21as a pathetic excuse.
29:23The second time,
29:24it was the same
29:24bewildered expression,
29:26the same desperate
29:26explanation.
29:27She had begged him
29:28to believe her,
29:29sworn she had never
29:30betrayed him,
29:31that she loved him.
29:32And what had he done?
29:34In truth,
29:34a part of him
29:35had wanted to believe her.
29:36But he had let
29:37Selene investigate,
29:38and then used the evidence
29:39Selene provided
29:40to condemn her again
29:41and again,
29:42trampling all over
29:43her dignity.
29:44The person who had
29:45orchestrated those
29:46three disgusting setups
29:47was the one
29:47he trusted most.
29:48Marcus,
29:50detain Selene
29:50immediately on the charge
29:51of harming the Luna.
29:53Put your best people
29:54on this,
29:54I want to know everything.
29:55Yes, Alpha.
29:57After ending the call,
29:58Ethan collapsed
29:59into a chair.
30:00He picked up his phone
30:01and sent another message.
30:03I know I was wrong.
30:04I'm begging you,
30:04please come back.
30:06Silence.
30:07He let the phone drop,
30:09a gaping hole
30:10opening in his chest.
30:11The next few days
30:12were a blur of anxiety.
30:13Ethan stayed by Leo's side,
30:15waiting for any word
30:16from Corinne.
30:17He sent men to search
30:18every place she might have gone,
30:19but it was as if
30:20she'd vanished off
30:21the face of the earth,
30:22leaving no trace behind.
30:23Leo's fever broke,
30:24but he became quiet
30:25and withdrawn.
30:26He wasn't the lively boy
30:28he used to be.
30:29He refused to get close
30:30to anyone,
30:31and more alarmingly,
30:32he refused to shift
30:33into his wolf form.
30:34For a cub to refuse to shift
30:35was a serious issue,
30:37one that could affect
30:38his development
30:38for the rest of his life.
30:40Ethan hired a therapist
30:41specializing in childhood trauma
30:43to come to the villa.
30:44Leo,
30:44can you tell me
30:45why you don't want
30:46to become a little wolf anymore?
30:47I don't want to be
30:48a wolf anymore.
30:49Why is that?
30:51Because I scratched mommy
30:52with my claws!
30:54Selina said if I hurt her,
30:55she'd get sent away
30:56and I could have
30:57a new werewolf mommy.
30:58But I don't want
30:59a new mommy,
31:00I just want my mommy.
31:02And now she's really gone,
31:03she's not coming back.
31:05Is it because I become
31:06a wolf that I hurt her?
31:08If I stop being a wolf,
31:09will she come back?
31:11I'm never shifting again.
31:13I'm scared I'll scratch
31:15her with my claws again.
31:16Standing outside the door,
31:17Ethan pressed himself
31:18against the wall,
31:20silent tears streaming
31:20down his face
31:21as he listened to his son.
31:22His son,
31:23so consumed by guilt
31:25and self-loathing
31:25that he wanted to renounce
31:26his own wolf nature.
31:28A cub not even five years old,
31:30carrying such a heavy burden.
31:31And it was all his fault.
31:33Two weeks later,
31:34the trial was over.
31:36For slandering
31:36and framing the Luna,
31:38and for manipulating the cub
31:39to harm his mother,
31:40among other crimes,
31:41Selina was sentenced
31:42to life in prison.
31:43Her entire family
31:44was expelled from the river pack.
31:46As the guards
31:47let her away,
31:47Selina threw her head back
31:49and laughed maniacally
31:50at Ethan.
31:52Ethan!
31:53You think locking me up
31:55will fix anything?
31:56She will never forgive you
31:58for that!
31:59You will never,
32:00ever find her!
32:02Ethan stood outside
32:03the courthouse,
32:04watching the car drive away,
32:05feeling no satisfaction,
32:06only a cold,
32:07hollowing emptiness.
32:09Selina was right,
32:10but what did it matter now?
32:11He opened his phone
32:12and scrolled through
32:13the hundreds of messages
32:14he'd sent to Corinne.
32:15Not a single reply.
32:17They had started as apologies,
32:19shifted to please,
32:20and finally devolved
32:21into desperate confessions
32:22of love.
32:23But she was just,
32:24gone.
32:25When he got home,
32:26Leo crept up to him,
32:28tugging on the hem
32:28of his pants
32:29with a small hand.
32:30Daddy,
32:30the bad person is gone now,
32:32does that mean
32:33Mommy will come back?
32:34A tiny flicker of hope
32:36still shone in the boy's eyes.
32:37Ethan looked down
32:38at his son's expectant face.
32:40He wanted to say yes,
32:42to give his son
32:42that one small piece of hope.
32:44But he opened his mouth
32:45and all that came out
32:46was a pained,
32:47defeated whisper.
32:48I don't know.
32:49Watching the light fade
32:50from Leo's eyes,
32:51eyes so much like Corinne's,
32:52was a fresh twist
32:53of the knife in Ethan's gut.
32:54He remembered the night
32:55he first met her.
32:57He'd been wounded
32:58while hunting a traitor,
32:59left for dead
33:00in a rain-slip alley.
33:01It was Corinne who found him,
33:03who brought him back
33:03to her small apartment
33:04without a hint of fear
33:05and nursed him back
33:06the house for a solid month.
33:08She didn't know
33:08he was a werewolf,
33:10just that he was
33:11an injured man.
33:12She changed his bandages,
33:13cooked for him,
33:14and talked to him every day.
33:16Her clear eyes filled
33:16not with fear,
33:17but with gentleness.
33:18By the time he healed,
33:20he was hopelessly
33:21in love with her.
33:22The pack elders
33:23were vehemently opposed.
33:24A human could not be Luna.
33:26But he didn't care.
33:28He would have her,
33:29or he would die trying.
33:30When she hesitated,
33:32torn by the divide
33:33between their worlds,
33:34he had knelt before
33:35the statue of the moon goddess
33:36for three days
33:37and three nights,
33:38praying through tears
33:38for her blessing.
33:39On the night of the full moon,
33:41the goddess's blessing
33:42had truly descended.
33:43That night,
33:44Corinne had thrown herself
33:46into his arms,
33:47crying.
33:49Ethan, you fool.
33:51I'll marry you.
33:52I'll marry you.
33:54In that moment,
33:55he felt like he owned
33:56the entire world.
33:57But after they were married,
33:58a seed of insecurity
34:00had taken root
34:00in his heart.
34:01He was always afraid
34:02that her love for him
34:03wasn't as deep as his for her,
34:05that she had only accepted him
34:06because she was moved
34:07by his devotion.
34:08Every time she glanced
34:09at another man,
34:10every time her affection
34:11seemed less than passionate,
34:13he grew paranoid,
34:14wondering if she regretted
34:15marrying him.
34:16Until the first time
34:17he caught her being unfaithful.
34:19It felt like his deepest fear
34:20had been confirmed.
34:22She didn't love him enough.
34:23She would betray him.
34:24So he treated her coldly.
34:26He was deliberately intimate
34:28with Celine in front of her.
34:29It was all his fault.
34:31Four years of mistakes.
34:33And now,
34:34it was too late.
34:35Time passed quickly.
34:37Three years flew by.
34:38With the help of his therapist,
34:40Leo slowly improved,
34:41but he was far more introverted
34:43than before.
34:44He still asked
34:45when his mother was coming home,
34:46only to be met
34:47with Ethan's heavy silence.
34:48One day,
34:50Caleb,
34:50the alpha
34:51of the neighboring Amber Pack,
34:52invited them
34:53to his son's
34:54second birthday party.
34:55The party was a lively affair,
34:57with wolf cubs
34:57running and playing everywhere.
34:59As usual,
35:00Leo stayed close
35:01to Ethan's side,
35:02too shy to join
35:03the other children.
35:04And then,
35:04Ethan saw a familiar figure
35:06in the garden.
35:07His breath caught
35:08in his throat.
35:09Corinne.
35:10She was wearing
35:10a pale blue dress.
35:12She looked fuller
35:13than she had
35:13three years ago,
35:14her cheeks rosy
35:15with health.
35:16He had been searching
35:17for her for three years.
35:18He had never given up,
35:20sending out more
35:20and more men,
35:21expanding the search
35:22wider and wider.
35:23He hadn't found
35:24a single trace of her.
35:26And now,
35:27she was standing
35:27not ten steps away.
35:28She was holding
35:29a small boy,
35:30about two years old,
35:31gently wiping cream
35:32from the corner
35:33of the child's mouth.
35:34Ethan wanted to move,
35:35but his legs felt
35:36like they were filled
35:37with lead.
35:38Leo saw her,
35:38too.
35:39His small body trembled,
35:41and then he shot forward
35:42like an arrow.
35:43Mommy!
35:43Mommy!
35:46Mommy, you're back!
35:47I missed you so much!
35:49I'll never scratch you again!
35:51Please don't go, okay?
35:53Corinne looked down
35:54at the boy clinging to her,
35:55his face streaked
35:56with tears.
35:57Her expression
35:58was a mask
35:59of cold indifference.
36:01Let go.
36:02You're scaring my son.
36:03The little boy
36:04in her arms,
36:05startled by Leo's cries,
36:06began to squirm.
36:08Corinne gently
36:08patted his back.
36:09It's okay, baby.
36:11Don't be scared.
36:12The boy let out
36:13a small, milky cry.
36:14Mama!
36:15That one word
36:16struck Leo
36:16like a lightning bolt.
36:18He froze,
36:19his hands dropping
36:20from Corinne's leg.
36:21Corinne,
36:22holding her new child,
36:23looked down
36:23at the firstborn son
36:24she'd left behind
36:25and said in a light,
36:26dismissive tone,
36:28I don't know you,
36:28and I don't want
36:29to be your mother.
36:30Leo stood frozen,
36:31tears still clinging
36:32to his lashes,
36:33too stunned
36:34to even cry.
36:35He stared up at Corinne,
36:36as if he couldn't
36:37comprehend that the mother
36:38who had once loved him
36:39more than anything
36:40could say such a thing.
36:42Corinne!
36:43He was breathless
36:44by the time he reached her.
36:45His gaze shot
36:46from the child
36:47in her arms to her face,
36:48his voice trembling.
36:51How could you do this
36:52to Leo?
36:53How could you say
36:54that to him?
36:55Corinne met his eyes,
36:57her own avoid of emotion.
36:58Why not?
36:59She glanced down
37:00at the docile boy
37:01in her arms,
37:02her fingers gently
37:03stroking his back
37:03as if he were
37:04a fragile treasure.
37:05I only have one son.
37:07Another woman's child
37:08has nothing to do with me.
37:11Another woman's child?
37:13He's your son!
37:15Seeing her still
37:15indifferent expression,
37:17Ethan desperately
37:17reached for her hand.
37:19Just then,
37:20an imposing man
37:21walked over
37:21from the other end
37:22of the garden.
37:23It was Caleb,
37:24the alpha
37:25of the powerful
37:25amber pack.
37:26He moved to Corinne's side,
37:28smoothly and naturally
37:29shielding her behind him.
37:30Ethan,
37:31this is my Luna.
37:33I suggest you
37:34show some respect.
37:35Ethan froze,
37:36feeling as though
37:37a bucket of ice water
37:38had been dumped
37:38over his head.
37:39You're
37:40Luna?
37:41He repeated,
37:42barely able to believe
37:43his own ears.
37:45Take the Luna
37:46and the young master
37:47to the lounge.
37:48Yes, alpha.
37:49Without another glance
37:50at Ethan,
37:51Corinne turned to leave,
37:53murmuring softly
37:53to the child
37:54in her arms.
37:55Corinne, stop!
37:59That's enough.
38:01She doesn't want
38:02to see you.
38:04She is my mate.
38:06What right
38:07do you have
38:07to take her?
38:10Your mate?
38:12Still haven't
38:13figured it out,
38:13Ethan?
38:14Those words
38:14sent a chill
38:15down Ethan's spine.
38:16He suddenly thought
38:17back over the past
38:18three years,
38:19the business deals
38:19that inexplicably
38:20fell through,
38:21the key partnerships
38:22that collapsed,
38:23the way his pack's
38:23territory was constantly
38:24being chipped away at.
38:26Every time,
38:27he'd assumed
38:28it was just pack rivalries
38:29or hostile challenges,
38:30but every investigation
38:31he ran eventually
38:32led back to faint,
38:33untraceable links
38:34to the amber pack.
38:35He had thought
38:36Caleb was just
38:36overly ambitious,
38:38deliberately antagonizing him.
38:39But what if,
38:40what if Corinne
38:41was behind it all?
38:42She had been
38:43by his side for years.
38:44She knew the inner
38:45workings of his businesses,
38:47the lifelines
38:47of the river pack.
38:48If she truly
38:49wanted revenge,
38:50she had all the weapons
38:51she needed.
38:52The world spun.
38:53Ethan staggered,
38:55barely able
38:55to stay on his feet.
38:56He had thought
38:57she couldn't let go
38:58of their son.
38:59He thought
38:59she couldn't live
39:00without him.
39:01But she had already
39:02built a new life
39:03somewhere far away
39:04from them,
39:04with a new child
39:05and a new mate.
39:06And she had been
39:07systematically trying
39:08to destroy his pack.
39:09As Corinne was
39:10escorted away,
39:11she never once
39:12lived back.
39:13But Ethan clung
39:14to one last,
39:15desperate threat
39:15of hope.
39:16He knew he had
39:17to see her one more time.
39:19He sent a message
39:20to her.
39:20The rejection papers
39:21they'd signed
39:22required one last thing,
39:23a final,
39:24official ceremony
39:25before the moon goddess.
39:26He was betting
39:27she would show.
39:28Three days later,
39:29at the pack's
39:30sacred ground,
39:31when Ethan walked in,
39:32he saw Corinne standing
39:33before the statue
39:34of the moon goddess.
39:35She was dressed in black,
39:37her hair pinned up,
39:38her expression serene.
39:39He swallowed hard.
39:41I never sign the papers.
39:43Corinne didn't even
39:44flicker her gaze.
39:45So?
39:46So we haven't
39:46officially broken the bond.
39:48Corinne,
39:48come back with me.
39:49Don't you see?
39:50Caleb is ambitious.
39:52He'll never be
39:52truly good to you.
39:53You set up
39:54those three affairs,
39:55didn't you?
39:56This is the result
39:57you wanted.
39:58Her tone deceptively light.
40:00Ethan's eyes widened.
40:01What are you talking about?
40:03The first man.
40:05It was him.
40:06He was drunk
40:07and came into my room.
40:08Wasn't that your plan?
40:10Ethan stared at her,
40:11his mind reeling.
40:12The man who had gotten away.
40:14It was Caleb.
40:15No.
40:16Corinne,
40:17I didn't set that up.
40:18Why would I ever
40:19push you towards another man?
40:20Then couldn't you see it?
40:22She stared directly
40:23into his eyes.
40:24Three times,
40:24Ethan.
40:25Three whole times.
40:27Three whole times.
40:29Did it never once occur
40:31to you to try
40:31and prove my innocence?
40:32Ethan's lips moved,
40:33but no sound came out.
40:35Even if you didn't plan it,
40:36you were an accomplice,
40:38Corinne said,
40:38her voice soft.
40:39Otherwise,
40:39it never would have happened
40:40three times.
40:42Ethan's head dropped
40:43in shame.
40:44Corinne.
40:44His voice was hoarse,
40:46his eyes turning red.
40:47Corinne,
40:48I'm so sorry
40:48for what I did to you
40:50and to your grandmother.
40:53I'm so,
40:54so sorry.
40:56It's too late.
40:57Let's just get this over with.
40:58He never imagined
40:59he would one day stand
41:00before her
41:00and cry so pathetically.
41:02The ceremony began.
41:04The parchment
41:04with their mating agreement
41:05was tossed
41:06into the sacred fire,
41:07burning until
41:08it was nothing but ash.
41:09As the last ember died,
41:11a look of profound relief
41:12washed over Corinne's face.
41:14Leo,
41:14who had been standing
41:15at the back,
41:16was sobbing so hard
41:17he could barely breathe.
41:19Mommy,
41:19don't go!
41:20Mom!
41:20He stumbled forward,
41:21trying to run to her,
41:22but was blocked
41:23by the guards.
41:24He could only scream,
41:25his voice tearing.
41:26Mommy,
41:27I'm sorry!
41:28Please don't leave me!
41:30But Corinne's steps
41:31never faltered.
41:32With the searing,
41:33desperate gazes
41:34of a father and son
41:34burning into her back,
41:36she walked out
41:36of the sacred grounds.
41:38Once outside,
41:39Corinne took out her phone,
41:40her voice cold as steel.
41:43It's done,
41:44spread the word.
41:45All the plans we prepared
41:46to attack the river pack
41:48can be set in motion now.
41:49She paused,
41:50a sliver of icy hatred
41:51finally surfacing in her eyes.
41:53I want him to lose everything.
41:56Those three years
41:57were just a warm-up.
41:58From the day she left,
42:00she had sworn an oath.
42:01She would have vengeance
42:02for herself
42:03and for her grandmother.
42:05Corinne's fingers
42:05closed around the necklace
42:06at her throat,
42:07the one he had smashed.
42:09Now painstakingly repaired.
42:11Grandma,
42:12don't you worry.
42:13From this day on,
42:15I will never let myself
42:16be wrong it again.
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