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00:00:01my name was Sophia Drake I was 18 a senior in high school and I'd been
00:00:07dragged like an extra suitcase by my mother and her new husband all the way
00:00:11from California to this godforsaken place called Georgia Lauren never let me
00:00:17call her mom to her I was just a stain on her perfect life and her husband
00:00:23Darren he ignored me when sober and when he was drunk he became a nightmare
00:00:33I lived in this house like a ghost careful not to make a sound my only hope
00:00:38was to pack up my things leave and never come back Lauren couldn't wait to dump
00:00:43me in the local public school just to get me out of her sight first day at a new
00:00:47school I was looking down on my schedules when I slammed into a wall no not a wall
00:00:52two boys two boys who looked like they had just stepped off a magazine cover dark
00:00:58hair dark eyes with chiseled features the entire hallway went silent the impact
00:01:03knocked me to the floor before I could even apologize a sharp voice cut through
00:01:07the air like a knife what the hell is wrong with her eyes I looked up and saw her a
00:01:12blonde girl her eyes full of disdain she was talking about my eyes one light blue
00:01:17one dark brown the most glaring label of my otherness fucking freak watch where
00:01:23you're going next time before I could retort they were gone the two dark-haired
00:01:29boys didn't even say a word but their eyes were cold a freezing as if they were
00:01:35dissecting me I should have been afraid but my heart was beating
00:01:38controllably later I learned their names Kieran and Ethan Ashfield the princes of
00:01:43this town and the most dangerous intoxicating creatures I had ever seen I saw
00:01:49Karen and Ethan as a disaster I had to avoid Kieran and Ethan they're twins
00:01:55rich as sin and they sleep around a lot I wouldn't mess with them if I were you I
00:02:02nodded promising myself I'd stay far away from them but it seemed God loved
00:02:07playing jokes on me Sophia go take that empty seat at the back table with the
00:02:16Ashford brothers it felt like a perfectly laid trap I walked towards them under the
00:02:24gaze of the whole class I chose to sit next to Ethan because Kyvan seemed more
00:02:30serious and scarier oh look Kieran it's the little girl with the strange eyes
00:02:40Ethan's voice was teasing I pretended not to hear staring at the blackboard I
00:02:46glanced at Kieran across the table his eyes like burning coals staring at me I
00:02:53needed money so after school I worked its place called Little Italy cat got me this job it was
00:03:04probably the only bit of kindness this town had shown me then they walked in
00:03:13when I saw Kieran and Ethan my stomach cramped I grabbed my tray and walked to them
00:03:22Kieran in a black sweater and Ethan in a leather jacket they looked even more
00:03:27lethal than they did at school hi can I start you off with some drinks I'll take
00:03:34water but I'll need something stronger if I have to look at your freaky eyes for too
00:03:40long I kept a stiff smile it was waitressing 101 but when I set down Kieran's drink
00:03:51his fingers gave a little flick and the whole glass of soda spilled across the table don't be shy
00:03:56sweetheart you made the mess I leaned across the table to clean up his mess
00:04:01humiliation and an excitement I couldn't explain clashed wildly in my veins that meal felt like a
00:04:10century when they finally stood to leave I felt like I was going to collapse
00:04:30then I picked up the check a $70 bill they left a $54 tip nearly the full amount but what
00:04:36truly made my heart stop was the messy handwriting at the bottom of the receipt
00:04:40see you soon doll E and K in that moment I knew my troubles were only just beginning
00:04:46when I got home from work it wasn't warmth that greeted me but the smell of whiskey and danger in
00:04:53the air
00:05:02where the fuck have you been you were out whoring around like your fucking mother his words hit me like
00:05:10fists I was used to it but when he stumbled up and grabbed my wrist with his filthy hands the
00:05:16fear still drowned me in an instant
00:05:18get off me Darren I kicked him with all my might and while he was doubled over I ran upstairs
00:05:25without looking back and locked myself in my room listening to him smash things and curse downstairs I could only
00:05:33curl up on the bed and tremble I told myself to hold on
00:05:37just a few more months once I graduated I'd be free to leave the next day I hid the bruises
00:05:43under my long sleeved uniform same class same table I had to sit next to them this time I sat
00:05:50by Ethan
00:05:50Kieran across the table but his eyes were like a hawks fixed on me
00:05:56where's that feisty little attitude doll his voice was low and playful before I could react his hand was on
00:06:02the move
00:06:03his fingers first danced on my collarbone tracing teasing circles then boldly he placed his hand on my thigh
00:06:10my body went rigid it wasn't fear but an electric current I couldn't control
00:06:15stop why don't you make me stop doll I bit my lip powerless
00:06:20I pretended to watch the blackboard but out of the corner of my eye
00:06:24I saw Kieran staring intently at us no at Ethan
00:06:28the raw possessiveness and jealousy in his eyes almost set the air on fire
00:06:34for these two class was just another game about me
00:06:37then came gym class Jesse turned every group activity into her own personal hunt
00:06:43heads up freak that volleyball flew straight for my face
00:06:47I hit the ground my head exploding with pain
00:06:50shit Sophia you okay Lillian pulled me up but the whole world was shaking
00:06:56Kieran and Ethan had stopped their basketball game standing their muscles tense
00:07:00they looked at the snickering Jesse with a murderous intent I'd never seen before
00:07:05I wondered if they were angry for me
00:07:12the final bell had rung and the hallway was empty
00:07:17my head was still throbbing that was when I was trapped
00:07:22Ethan appeared on one side Kieran on the other their scent a mix of sweat and cologne closed in around
00:07:27me
00:07:28I felt like prey cornered by two beasts
00:07:30poor little doll is hurt
00:07:32how's your head sweetheart
00:07:33Kieran lifted my chin his action was gentle but carried an undeniable force
00:07:38his other hand touched my wound I flinched from the pain only to back into Ethan's chest
00:07:42I was firmly trapped between them
00:07:43we'll make you feel better sweetheart
00:07:45then he kissed me
00:07:47his lips landed on my neck
00:07:49on the bruise
00:07:50Ethan's hand was holding my waist tightly
00:07:52it wasn't healing
00:07:54it was a brand
00:07:57a brand that hurt
00:07:58yet sent tingles through my body
00:08:01that night I was plagued by nightmares
00:08:03their touches from hours ago replayed in my dreams
00:08:08a thunderstorm woke me
00:08:09I went to the window to get some air
00:08:12then I saw something I shouldn't have
00:08:15two enormous black wolves just standing at the edge of the woods staring straight at my window
00:08:20they were bigger than any normal wolf
00:08:22their eyes gleaming with an intelligence that didn't belong to a wild animal
00:08:27I didn't know what they were
00:08:29but I could feel they were guarding something
00:08:32the next day I skipped school by pretending to be sick
00:08:35but by afternoon I still had to go to work at the restaurant
00:08:41Kat told me the twins had come again
00:08:45I hid in the kitchen in advance
00:08:47but they asked for me by name
00:08:51I took a deep breath and walked to their table
00:08:55Kiran's eyes locked onto me like a radar
00:08:57specifically on the yellowing bruise under my sleeve
00:09:00that hadn't yet faded
00:09:01what the fuck is this?
00:09:03he grabbed my wrist with shocking force
00:09:05he stared at the bruise
00:09:06his expression switching from sinisazimu to cold fury in an instant
00:09:09who did this to you doll?
00:09:11his voice was soft
00:09:12I tried to pull my hand back
00:09:13but I couldn't break free
00:09:14it's none of your business
00:09:15let me go
00:09:16sweetheart
00:09:16you are most definitely our business
00:09:18you belong to us Sophia
00:09:20and you always will
00:09:22he said it in the restaurant
00:09:23in front of everyone
00:09:24I should have been furious
00:09:25being proclaimed as property by two almost strangers
00:09:28was the ultimate insult
00:09:30but my body
00:09:31inside and out
00:09:32was burning at his words
00:09:34I don't belong to anyone
00:09:35I'm leaving the moment I graduate
00:09:38you might be done with us
00:09:39but we aren't done with you beautiful
00:09:41I couldn't argue
00:09:42because deep down
00:09:43a small part of me desperately wanted it to be true
00:09:45I walked into the house with heavy steps
00:09:48Lauren was standing in the middle of the living room
00:09:50staring at me with a look I had never seen before
00:09:54it wasn't concern
00:09:55it was pure rage
00:09:57what the fuck did you do?
00:09:59I just got a phone call
00:10:00your check isn't coming
00:10:01I froze for a second
00:10:03then it all clicked
00:10:04the child support from my biological father
00:10:06the one who'd been absent for 17 years
00:10:08had been stopped by my meddling social worker
00:10:10because the money never reached me
00:10:11it all went straight into Lauren's pocket
00:10:14she'd been stealing my support for 17 years
00:10:16and now she had the nerve to be angry at me
00:10:19did you steal my child support?
00:10:21your pathetic fucking father ditched me
00:10:22and I got stuck with you
00:10:23I deserve the money more than you ever will
00:10:25her voice was as sharp as a needle
00:10:27but my heart was terrifyingly calm
00:10:29the woman standing before me wasn't a mother
00:10:31she was just a stranger
00:10:32who had been stealing from her own daughter to survive
00:10:34even if you say so
00:10:36that won't change anything
00:10:37I turned and went upstairs
00:10:38leaving her incoherent screams behind
00:10:41the moment I shut my door
00:10:42only one sentence echoed in my mind
00:10:44you belong to us Sophia
00:10:46Jessie and her followers
00:10:47their entire existence was a reminder
00:10:49of how much I didn't fit in
00:10:53such a shame
00:10:54the little freak actually showed up today
00:10:57I was hoping something happened to her
00:11:00I rolled my eyes at her
00:11:01what was that freak
00:11:03she rushed at me like a tornado
00:11:05why don't you leave her alone
00:11:08I don't think Ethan would like
00:11:09how you're talking to Sophia
00:11:10the whole classroom went dead silent
00:11:12everyone's gaze shot to a corner
00:11:14Ethan sat there in silence
00:11:16then slowly lifted his head
00:11:17he looked at Jessie
00:11:19the exact same ice cold look he had
00:11:21when he saw the bruise Darren left on my arm
00:11:22and the arrogance on Jessie's face crumbled
00:11:26she turned around
00:11:27and shuffled silently back to her seat
00:11:29after school the hallways were empty
00:11:32a hand suddenly grabbed me from behind
00:11:35covered my mouth
00:11:35and dragged me into an empty classroom
00:11:38my heart stopped
00:11:39until I saw Ethan's smirking face
00:11:41and Kieran
00:11:42leaning against the teacher's desk behind him
00:11:46relax doll
00:11:47no need to freak out
00:11:48you dragged me into a locked classroom
00:11:50and you're telling me not to freak out
00:11:52then why aren't you putting up a fight now
00:11:54I
00:11:56my back hit Kieran's chest
00:11:58no escape
00:12:00and my body
00:12:01it damn well betrayed me
00:12:02it wasn't trembling
00:12:03it was just anticipating
00:12:05you can't possibly think
00:12:07we would hurt you sweetheart
00:12:08you belong to us
00:12:10I don't belong to anyone
00:12:12especially not to arrogant jerks like you
00:12:14are you afraid of us
00:12:15or are you craving us
00:12:17you're both sick
00:12:20Ethan's fingers gripped my chin
00:12:22forcing me to look at him
00:12:24Kieran's breath was right behind my ear
00:12:26hot
00:12:27each exhale sending shivers down my spine
00:12:31I was pinned between them
00:12:33like a rabbit cornered by two wolves
00:12:35those perfect little lips say stop
00:12:37but your body is saying something else entirely
00:12:41Kieran don't
00:12:43he kissed me
00:12:44not a gentle exploration
00:12:46but direct
00:12:47forceful
00:12:48with no room for refusal
00:12:50he just took my first kiss
00:12:52and my hands
00:12:53they forgot how to push him away
00:12:59open your mouth sweetheart
00:13:00Kieran's lips crushed down on mine
00:13:02behind me Ethan's hot breath was on my neck
00:13:04his hands roaming all over me
00:13:05I shook my head
00:13:06clamping my lips shut
00:13:07but he just tugged my hair
00:13:08Ethan's teeth sank into the soft flesh of my neck
00:13:10I gasped from the pain
00:13:11my mouth involuntarily opening
00:13:13Kieran's tongue slid right in
00:13:14free her lip
00:13:15Kieran
00:13:16I want to hear her
00:13:20stop
00:13:21begging will only make us enjoy this more
00:13:24Kieran's fingers were tangled in my hair
00:13:26controlling my head
00:13:27Ethan's hand was below
00:13:29berazinly sliding up my inner thigh
00:13:33so wet for us little doll
00:13:35do you like having your body played with sweetheart?
00:13:39no
00:13:40don't
00:13:41but my legs parted on their own
00:13:43his hand went deeper
00:13:47answer my brother
00:13:49yes
00:13:49when that word slipped out of my mouth
00:13:51I barely recognized my own voice
00:13:53I want to watch you come undone all over my fingers doll
00:13:56let me see that pretty little face
00:13:58his finger slid inside
00:14:00his thumb ground against that swollen little nub
00:14:02and a pressure unlike anything I'd ever felt
00:14:04exploded inside me
00:14:06then I heard my own moan
00:14:09fuck
00:14:10she's fucking perfect
00:14:11they were gone
00:14:12I was left alone
00:14:15slumped on that cold desk
00:14:16my clothes disheveled
00:14:18my body still trembling
00:14:20my body had completely betrayed me
00:14:22that night Lauren wasn't home
00:14:24just me and Darren
00:14:26the beast
00:14:27you a liar now girl?
00:14:28he staggered into my room
00:14:29reeking of stale beer
00:14:30I knew the social worker's call had enraged him
00:14:33I had cut down his money tree
00:14:34you told the social worker
00:14:36that you hadn't received a single check
00:14:37fucking liar
00:14:38I'm not lying Darren
00:14:40he threw a punch
00:14:41I ducked on instinct
00:14:42but his fist caught my face
00:14:43my head slammed against the bathtub
00:14:44the pain nearly knocking me out
00:14:46but I couldn't pass out
00:14:47to pass out here was to die
00:14:48I took advantage of his drunken slowness
00:14:50ducked under his arm
00:14:51ran to my room
00:14:52and locked the door
00:14:54he pounded on it furiously
00:14:58I opened the window and climbed out
00:15:01when I jumped from the roof
00:15:02a sharp pain shot through my ankle
00:15:04I didn't look back
00:15:06I limped to the gas station
00:15:07I needed water
00:15:08food
00:15:09a place to sit down
00:15:13Sophia?
00:15:14what are you doing here?
00:15:15you look like crap
00:15:15it was Lillian
00:15:16a girl from school
00:15:17her eyes scanned my swollen cheek
00:15:20but she didn't ask
00:15:21Jessie's been insufferable today
00:15:22she and Kieran got back together
00:15:24she and Kieran were back together
00:15:25my heart
00:15:26the one I thought life had already crushed
00:15:28gave a painful lurch
00:15:30I was such a fool
00:15:31I actually believed what they said in the restaurant
00:15:34when Kat picked me up
00:15:36my face was already starting to swell
00:15:39I thought we were going into town
00:15:40but she drove deep into the woods
00:15:43I kind of didn't tell you something
00:15:45I actually live next door to Kieran and Ethan
00:15:48my brain short-circuited
00:15:50I tried to piece the clues together
00:15:52a hidden town in the woods
00:15:55Kat's mysterious family
00:15:58and the two black wolves that were always near my house
00:16:01Kat's house was beautiful
00:16:02and at the end of the cul-de-sac
00:16:03was an even bigger sky-blue house
00:16:05that looked like it came out of a fairy tale
00:16:07that was where Kieran and Ethan lived
00:16:10I had just gotten out of the car
00:16:11barely on my feet
00:16:14when a jeep screeched to a halt in front of us
00:16:17Kieran and Ethan jumped out
00:16:20shit, what happened?
00:16:21is she alright?
00:16:23she hurt her ankle
00:16:24I'm taking her to see my dad
00:16:25he's a doctor
00:16:26we'll take her
00:16:27not a chance
00:16:29Ethan completely ignored me
00:16:31he scooped me up in a bridal carry
00:16:33Kat just shrugged helplessly
00:16:35as if to say she couldn't reason with these two alphas
00:16:40Kat's father was the only doctor in this small town
00:16:43his eyes were gentle when he looked at me
00:16:45there's a small fracture in your ankle
00:16:47as for the bruises on your face
00:16:49do you need me to contact someone?
00:16:51no
00:16:51I really just fell
00:16:53but the moment the words left my mouth
00:16:55I heard a low, suppressed growl from outside the door
00:16:58it was Kieran
00:16:59I waited inside while Kat got my medicine
00:17:01through the thin door
00:17:02their voices drifted in
00:17:04they thought I couldn't hear
00:17:05Sophia is your mate, isn't she?
00:17:08mate?
00:17:09that word exploded in my head like a bomb
00:17:11in those werewolf legends
00:17:12it meant a soul's other half
00:17:14it meant inseparable until death
00:17:16it covered my mouth and swallowed a gasp back into my throat
00:17:20she is both of your mates
00:17:21that's never happened before
00:17:22she is
00:17:23and we'd appreciate it if you kept it to yourself
00:17:26at least until we can safely tell her the truth
00:17:29I should have felt betrayed
00:17:30but my hands only gripped the exam bed harder
00:17:34and my body
00:17:35before my brain could even catch up
00:17:37was already responding to that word
00:17:38my heart raced
00:17:40my blood ran hot
00:17:44when I came out of the clinic
00:17:45the twins were waiting outside
00:17:47leaning against their jeep like two silent statues
00:17:51thanks for bringing me here
00:17:52but I can handle this myself
00:17:58you plan to handle this yourself?
00:18:00and this?
00:18:00he pointed to my foot
00:18:01then to my face
00:18:02we know, Sophia
00:18:04we know you didn't fall
00:18:06we know what Darren did
00:18:07my heart skipped a beat
00:18:09how did they know?
00:18:10we're not going after him because you care
00:18:12but you need to understand
00:18:14that leaving after graduation
00:18:15that's not happening
00:18:17you are ours, Sophia
00:18:18always will be
00:18:19they stood before me
00:18:20one on each side
00:18:21and each pressed a soft kiss to my forehead
00:18:23it was more than a kiss
00:18:25it was a seal
00:18:28Lillian told me about a party on Saturday
00:18:30she said Kat would be there
00:18:32so I said yes
00:18:34I got there and found out Kat wasn't even invited
00:18:39I finished the drink Calvin handed me
00:18:41without a second thought
00:18:44so careless of me
00:18:48when a sliver of consciousness returned
00:18:50I was lying on a strange bed
00:18:54the ceiling was spinning
00:18:55my limbs filled with cement
00:18:58poor little Sophia
00:18:59you moved to the wrong town
00:19:02and messed with the wrong girl
00:19:04I've never done anything to you
00:19:06you think Kieran and Ethan
00:19:08see something in you?
00:19:09they see an easy little bitch
00:19:11who can't say no
00:19:13when they see their new toy again
00:19:15you'll be a used
00:19:17broken piece of trash
00:19:26she kicked pretty hard
00:19:27but that's fine
00:19:28her struggling makes it more fun
00:19:30Calvin's figure loomed over me
00:19:32his hands tore at the button of my jeans
00:19:34a whimper squeezed from my throat
00:19:38then I heard it
00:19:42a growl
00:19:44not from the room
00:19:45from inside my skull
00:19:49fight Sophia
00:19:50I can only do so much
00:19:52if you don't let me in
00:19:55a power
00:19:56wild
00:19:57primal
00:19:57not of this world
00:19:58exploded from my chest
00:20:00like magma
00:20:00my pupils shrank to pinpricks
00:20:03my fingernails
00:20:04pierced my own palms
00:20:06my hand moved on its own
00:20:07it grabbed the lamp
00:20:09on the nightstand
00:20:10and with that power
00:20:11that wasn't mine
00:20:12I smashed it into his skull
00:20:14blood burst from his head
00:20:16bones cracked
00:20:17he groaned
00:20:18and then went still
00:20:20their eyes were filled
00:20:22with fear of me
00:20:23at this moment
00:20:24I was like a bloodthirsty monster
00:20:27my eyes glowing red
00:20:29a low grumbling
00:20:31from my throat
00:20:31like a wild beast
00:20:32I didn't look back
00:20:34I yanked the door open
00:20:35and plunged
00:20:37into the darkness
00:20:39I ran without stopping
00:20:41the pain in my foot
00:20:42excruciating
00:20:43but I couldn't stop
00:20:45when I saw two figures
00:20:46walking towards me
00:20:47I practically slammed
00:20:48into them
00:20:53Sophia
00:20:55what happened?
00:20:56your face
00:20:56your clothes
00:20:58who did this?
00:21:00I opened my mouth
00:21:02but Jesse's words
00:21:03coiled around my throat
00:21:04like a viper
00:21:06would they be disgusted
00:21:07by me?
00:21:08would they think
00:21:09I was dirty?
00:21:10get away from me
00:21:11please
00:21:11just leave me alone
00:21:13Sophia
00:21:14we're not going to hurt you
00:21:15tell us who did this
00:21:17I can't
00:21:18you won't want to be near me
00:21:20after this
00:21:21what are you talking about?
00:21:22whatever happened
00:21:23we're not leaving you
00:21:27I pushed their reaching hands away
00:21:29and dove into the nearby woods
00:21:31I heard them calling my name
00:21:33behind me
00:21:33but I didn't look back
00:21:35I couldn't
00:21:37those Ashford twins
00:21:38are asking for you again
00:21:39they told me to give you this
00:21:41you planning to keep hiding forever?
00:21:45I don't need to hide
00:21:46I'm leaving Friday
00:21:47leaving this godforsaken place for good
00:21:50the note had just one line
00:21:52quit avoiding us Sophia
00:21:54we need to talk
00:21:55E and K
00:21:56I glanced at it
00:21:57crumpled it
00:21:58and threw it in the trash
00:21:59before I left
00:22:01I wanted to go back
00:22:03to those woods
00:22:03one more time
00:22:05then
00:22:06a branch snapped
00:22:07two black wolves
00:22:08emerged from the shadows
00:22:09bigger than any animal
00:22:11I'd ever seen
00:22:12the same ones
00:22:13from my window
00:22:15their eyes locked on me
00:22:16but I wasn't afraid
00:22:18are you two going to eat me or not?
00:22:21they sat down
00:22:22like two giant dogs
00:22:23waiting for my command
00:22:24one tilted its head
00:22:26the other made a low
00:22:27rumbling sound
00:22:29fine
00:22:30you're not planning to leave
00:22:31are you?
00:22:32I reached out
00:22:33the one that tilted its head
00:22:35pressed its nose to my hand
00:22:37wet
00:22:38warm
00:22:39its fur slid through my fingers
00:22:41like silk
00:22:42what are you two?
00:22:44the other wolf
00:22:45stepped forward
00:22:45and rubbed its head
00:22:47against my leg
00:22:47like an answer
00:22:50but I didn't understand it
00:22:52I got home
00:22:53my heart still racing
00:22:54then
00:22:55I saw a stranger
00:22:56standing in my living room
00:22:58a tall man in a bespoke suit
00:23:00perfect hair
00:23:01radiating absolute authority
00:23:04then I saw his eyes
00:23:06one blue
00:23:07one brown
00:23:08exactly like mine
00:23:11Sophia
00:23:12Sophia I am your father
00:23:13Sebastian Drake
00:23:14I want you to come live with me
00:23:17no
00:23:18he'd been absent for 17 years
00:23:20and now he shows up wanting to control my life
00:23:22who did he think he was?
00:23:25I don't want anything from you
00:23:26I don't know you
00:23:28Sophia
00:23:29I wasn't asking
00:23:30you are coming with me
00:23:32I was furious
00:23:33but before I could retort
00:23:35the voice in my head spoke again
00:23:37now's not the time
00:23:38for your first shift
00:23:39we need Ethan and Kieran
00:23:41what?
00:23:42what shift?
00:23:43I needed the Ashford twins?
00:23:44this made no sense
00:23:45Seba Staffan insisted on taking me to that restaurant for dinner
00:23:48to play good dad
00:23:50they walked in
00:23:51Keevan and Ethan
00:23:54my stomach cramped
00:23:55Karen and Ethan were staring intensely at Sebastian beside me
00:23:58their eyes filled with hostility and vigilance
00:24:02friends of yours?
00:24:03no
00:24:03not friends
00:24:05boyfriends?
00:24:06no
00:24:07not boyfriends
00:24:07just
00:24:08people from school
00:24:09I denied it
00:24:11loud enough for the whole restaurant to hear
00:24:13I saw Kieran's jaw tighten
00:24:15Ethan's eyes dimmed
00:24:17in that moment
00:24:18I wanted the earth to swallow me whole
00:24:22I finally left with Sebastian
00:24:25I didn't want to
00:24:26but I had no choice
00:24:28the moment I stepped inside that house
00:24:30the voice in my head became clear
00:24:32my name is Silver
00:24:33I'm your wolf
00:24:35and I've been putting up with you for a long time Sophia
00:24:37what wolf?
00:24:39what are you talking about?
00:24:40I must be going crazy
00:24:41a voice in my head telling me she's my wolf?
00:24:43this was ridiculous
00:24:44listen
00:24:46Sebastian's telling the truth
00:24:47you're a werewolf
00:24:48and your first shift is going to be excruciating
00:24:51we need Ethan and Kieran
00:24:53or we could die
00:24:54before I could process this whole conversation with Silver
00:24:56I met my new family
00:24:57Sebastian's wife
00:24:59Olivia and his daughter Crystal
00:25:00Olivia looked at me like I was trash
00:25:02and Crystal
00:25:03she just had pure disgust written all over her face
00:25:06so you actually brought her here
00:25:08she's nothing
00:25:09a pathetic fucking half-breed
00:25:11what does half-breed mean?
00:25:13aren't we all human beings?
00:25:16Sophia
00:25:17I'll talk to you later
00:25:18Sophia
00:25:19our lineage
00:25:20is unique
00:25:21my side of the family are werewolves
00:25:24I thought he was joking
00:25:26I even burst out laughing
00:25:29Harry howling at the full moon monsters
00:25:31this was the bombshell news he brought back after 17 years?
00:25:35cut it out
00:25:36you might need to see a doctor
00:25:38believe it or not
00:25:39you will be forced to face reality soon
00:25:42and when that time comes
00:25:43I hope you survive
00:25:44I walked out of Sebastian's study
00:25:46my mind a mess
00:25:48then I bumped into Crystal again
00:25:51just because you were born first
00:25:53you're his heir
00:25:54and I'm just a spare
00:25:55you shouldn't even exist
00:25:57a pathetic fucking half-breed
00:26:00I turned and walked away
00:26:02shutting the door on her
00:26:03and her dagger-like gaze
00:26:04tomorrow was the last day
00:26:06I was giving myself to go to school
00:26:08then I'd leave
00:26:09whether what Sebastian said
00:26:10was true or not
00:26:11whether Crystal hated me or not
00:26:15nothing in this place
00:26:16had anything to do with me
00:26:17tonight I'd be gone
00:26:19but before that
00:26:20I was going to make sure
00:26:22Kieran and Ethan remembered me
00:26:24who was that man at the restaurant with you?
00:26:27Sebastian
00:26:28my father
00:26:29and now he's back
00:26:30trying to control me
00:26:32you could come with us
00:26:34you don't need him
00:26:36he reached for my face
00:26:37I pulled away
00:26:38not yet
00:26:40not until I'd done what I came to do
00:26:42after school
00:26:43I grabbed Kieran by the wrist
00:26:45and pulled him into an empty classroom
00:26:47Ethan followed
00:26:48and locked the door behind us
00:26:50what are you
00:26:51don't talk
00:26:52I grabbed his collar
00:26:53yanked him down
00:26:54and sealed his mouth with mine
00:26:56he froze for a second
00:26:57then his hand fisted in my hair
00:26:59and he took over
00:27:00his tongue thrust in
00:27:01and I bit his lower lip
00:27:04you've got some nerve today
00:27:06I'm not done
00:27:07I turned
00:27:08Ethan was behind me
00:27:09leaning against the door
00:27:10watching like it was a show
00:27:12I grabbed the zipper
00:27:13of his leather jacket
00:27:14and dragged him to me
00:27:16his lips were softer
00:27:17than Kieran's
00:27:18his fingers slid under
00:27:20the back of my dress
00:27:21flat against my skin
00:27:23you're very different today
00:27:24doll
00:27:25because this was the last time
00:27:26I'd ever see you
00:27:28I pulled them both close
00:27:30until I could feel
00:27:31the rush of their breath
00:27:32I pressed my forehead
00:27:34to Kieran's first
00:27:35then to Ethan's
00:27:37remember this
00:27:38remember my scent
00:27:40remember my lips
00:27:41remember this moment
00:27:42I let them go
00:27:44and walked to the door
00:27:45I didn't look back
00:27:48I was afraid if I did
00:27:50I'd never be able to leave
00:27:53Kat if I left
00:27:54without saying goodbye
00:27:55would you hate me?
00:27:57what are you talking about?
00:27:58where are you going?
00:27:59tonight
00:28:00I have to go
00:28:01and I need to tell you something
00:28:03it was Jesse
00:28:04who had Calvin drug me
00:28:05I'm going to tell
00:28:06Ethan and Kieran
00:28:07no!
00:28:08you have to promise me
00:28:10you'll wait until morning
00:28:11to tell anyone
00:28:12by then
00:28:13I'll be gone
00:28:14my bags were already packed
00:28:16at the door
00:28:17I ran into Crystal
00:28:18where are you going?
00:28:20you don't want to know
00:28:20dad's in his study
00:28:22you have about 15 minutes
00:28:24you're helping me?
00:28:25I'm not helping you
00:28:26I'm helping myself
00:28:27once you're gone
00:28:28I'll be his only heir again
00:28:31her eyes shifted away
00:28:32what she said was the truth
00:28:34but not the whole truth
00:28:37I got on the bus
00:28:38heading for Atlanta
00:28:39outside the window
00:28:40was pitch black
00:28:41so was my heart
00:28:43I won't help you do this
00:28:45Sophia
00:28:45you'll be on your own
00:28:47I've always been on my own
00:28:48it's time I made
00:28:49my own decisions
00:28:51I flew to Missouri
00:28:52only because it was
00:28:53the soonest flight out
00:28:54I checked into
00:28:55a run-down motel
00:28:56with peeling wallpaper
00:28:58and a sagging mattress
00:28:59but it was the best
00:29:01I could afford
00:29:01while wandering the town
00:29:03I caught the scent
00:29:04of buttercream
00:29:05and cinnamon
00:29:06it led me to a bakery
00:29:10what can I get
00:29:11for you sweetheart?
00:29:12you're new around here
00:29:13haven't seen you before
00:29:14actually
00:29:15I'm looking for a job
00:29:17are you hiring?
00:29:18you know how to bake?
00:29:20no
00:29:20but I can learn
00:29:22fast
00:29:24my name is Sarah
00:29:25I'm not a bad person
00:29:27you don't have a phone number
00:29:30you're staying at a motel
00:29:32it took you a second
00:29:34to tell us your name
00:29:35you're hiding from something
00:29:36you came all this way
00:29:37just to look for a job
00:29:39I have nowhere else to go
00:29:43be here at 6 every morning
00:29:45to help me open
00:29:46if you can do that
00:29:47you've got the job
00:29:51thank you
00:29:52I won't let you down
00:29:53Ethan and Kieran told me later
00:29:55how they found Jessie that night
00:29:57Kat had talked
00:29:58but before they could even
00:29:59lay a hand on her
00:30:00Jessie was already smiling
00:30:02it was only a matter of time
00:30:04she never belonged here
00:30:07what did you do to her?
00:30:08I didn't do anything
00:30:10she wanted to leave
00:30:12she'd been planning it forever
00:30:13even saved up enough money
00:30:16couldn't wait to get away
00:30:17from you both
00:30:20you're lying
00:30:21you'll never find her
00:30:23she doesn't want to be found
00:30:25Kieran's fist slammed
00:30:26into the wall beside her head
00:30:28and her not even blinking
00:30:29the only lead
00:30:31Ethan and Kieran
00:30:32got from Jessie
00:30:33led them straight
00:30:34to Sebastian's house
00:30:35you break into my home
00:30:37at this hour
00:30:38for my daughter
00:30:39where is she?
00:30:42she's in her room
00:30:43sleeping
00:30:44where else would she be?
00:30:47she's not
00:30:48she's gone
00:30:51Sebastian shoved past them
00:30:52and ran upstairs
00:30:57he opened the door
00:30:59to my empty room
00:31:01silence
00:31:03when he came back down
00:31:04his face was grey
00:31:09you can't take our mate
00:31:11you have no claim on her
00:31:13none
00:31:15ever
00:31:16I'd been working at this bakery
00:31:18for a week
00:31:18Bea taught me the basics
00:31:20Brian ran the register
00:31:22and always snuck bites
00:31:23nobody asked my real name
00:31:25nobody asked where I came from
00:31:27for once
00:31:28being invisible
00:31:29felt good
00:31:30Sarah
00:31:31pipe the cream
00:31:33into the puffs
00:31:33don't make a mess
00:31:34like last time
00:31:38she's talking about
00:31:39your cream explosion
00:31:40last week
00:31:41that was an accident
00:31:42the tube cracked
00:31:44seriously though
00:31:45you're doing good
00:31:46because I have the best teacher
00:31:48Sophia
00:31:49I mean Sarah
00:31:50stop going back
00:31:51to that dump
00:31:52of a motel
00:31:52after work
00:31:53stay at my place
00:31:54I won't charge you rent
00:31:56what did you just call me?
00:31:57your real name
00:31:58I know it's not Sarah
00:31:59I knew from day one
00:32:01then why did you hire me?
00:32:03because I needed help
00:32:04and you looked like
00:32:05you needed a chance
00:32:06so why not you?
00:32:07I walked home from work
00:32:09to my run down rental
00:32:10the small town night
00:32:11was too quiet
00:32:12quiet enough
00:32:13to hear three sets
00:32:14of footsteps
00:32:15closing in from behind
00:32:17that's her
00:32:18the runaway half-breed
00:32:20run Sophia
00:32:21they're werewolves
00:32:22I ran
00:32:23but human legs
00:32:24can't outrun wolves
00:32:26a claw clamped
00:32:27into my shoulder
00:32:28piercing through flesh
00:32:29I was lifted
00:32:30and slammed to the ground
00:32:31gravel tore into my back
00:32:33a hand sealed
00:32:34over my mouth
00:32:35I couldn't breathe
00:32:36hold her down
00:32:38don't let her
00:32:38make a sound
00:32:40my vision
00:32:41start to blur
00:32:42then I heard a growl
00:32:44not theirs
00:32:45from inside me
00:32:47brace yourself Sophia
00:32:48this is going to hurt
00:32:50like hell
00:32:50but you'll survive
00:32:51then my spine snapped
00:32:53bones cracked
00:32:54and reshaped
00:32:55skin tore
00:32:56then reformed
00:32:57my screen pierced
00:32:59the night
00:32:59then turned into a howl
00:33:00when it was over
00:33:02I looked at my reflection
00:33:03in the water
00:33:03it wasn't the brown-eyed
00:33:05brown-haired girl anymore
00:33:07it was a wolf
00:33:08its fur was as white
00:33:09as fresh snow
00:33:10she's white
00:33:11a white wolf
00:33:13the first in 500 years
00:33:15don't kill her
00:33:16the boss wants her alive
00:33:17all three of them saw it
00:33:19a snow white wolf
00:33:20under the moon
00:33:20standing before them
00:33:21fear twisted their faces
00:33:23their claws loosened
00:33:24they took a step back
00:33:27now we charge
00:33:29I lunged through them
00:33:31into the dark
00:33:32the moon chased my white fur
00:33:34I couldn't remember
00:33:36how long I ran
00:33:37the burning faded
00:33:38into numbness
00:33:38I collapsed at a farmhouse
00:33:40my legs gave out
00:33:42an old woman with white hair
00:33:43gazed down at me
00:33:46I was back in human form
00:33:48naked
00:33:49shivering
00:33:50freezing
00:33:55the old woman
00:33:57put clothes on me
00:33:58poor child
00:33:59you're a white wolf
00:34:02I...
00:34:03I'm a...
00:34:04white wolf?
00:34:05yes
00:34:06just like me
00:34:07the first one besides me
00:34:09in over 500 years
00:34:12you're...
00:34:12my name is Marcella
00:34:13this is Pedro
00:34:15my son
00:34:15I'm the only survivor
00:34:17of the dark moon pack massacre
00:34:19the only one
00:34:20why?
00:34:21why did they master you?
00:34:22because we have power
00:34:23they can't control
00:34:24white wolves
00:34:26are keepers of magic
00:34:27our rarity
00:34:28makes us targets
00:34:29hunted
00:34:30enslaved
00:34:30used as weapons
00:34:31and you have that power
00:34:33dangerous power
00:34:34Marcella had white wolf
00:34:36abilities too
00:34:37she could control nature
00:34:39make flowers
00:34:40bloom in her hands
00:34:42I don't want this power
00:34:43I don't want to be a monster
00:34:46power is often given to those
00:34:48who don't want it
00:34:50it's how you use it
00:34:51that matters
00:34:52not rejecting it
00:34:54do you have mates?
00:34:56yes
00:34:57two
00:34:58they're twins
00:34:59they must be near you
00:35:01especially for your first shift
00:35:02without them
00:35:04you could die
00:35:04they're your mates
00:35:06your soul chose them
00:35:08fighting them
00:35:09will only bring you pain
00:35:10she's right
00:35:12I've been trying to tell you
00:35:14they belong to us
00:35:16just as we belong to them
00:35:18they're close
00:35:19I can feel them
00:35:21they've come for us
00:35:22your mates will be here soon
00:35:24they're clever
00:35:25tracking you through the bomb
00:35:26so quickly
00:35:27rare for mates
00:35:28but
00:35:28I ran
00:35:29I abandoned them
00:35:31how could they ever forgive me?
00:35:32tell yourself why you left
00:35:34tell them your reasons
00:35:36they will forgive you
00:35:37I promise
00:35:38a tapping sound rang out
00:35:45she's here Alphas
00:35:46you may come inside
00:35:49the door opened
00:35:51Ethan
00:35:52then Kieran
00:35:54they stood in the doorway
00:35:56deep shadows under their eyes
00:35:59exhausted and broken
00:36:00I threw myself at them
00:36:02I slammed into their chests
00:36:04and almost knocked them over
00:36:06my hands clawed at their shirts
00:36:08my face
00:36:09buried in their chests
00:36:11I heard a sob
00:36:13it was my own voice
00:36:14we found you
00:36:16you're okay
00:36:17you're okay
00:36:18don't ever do that again
00:36:20don't ever leave us again
00:36:22I won't
00:36:23I swear
00:36:23I made a mistake once
00:36:25I won't ever make it a second time
00:36:27I slept between them
00:36:28Kieran's arm around my waist
00:36:31Ethan's breath in my hair
00:36:33I hadn't felt this safe before
00:36:37in the morning
00:36:39Marcella cooked us a farewell feast
00:36:42eat more child
00:36:44your journey ahead is long
00:36:46you're not coming with us
00:36:48you could leave this hiding place
00:36:50my destiny is to hide
00:36:52I've known this since the day
00:36:54my family was killed
00:36:55but you are different
00:36:57your destiny is to fight
00:36:59I'm scared
00:37:02I'm afraid I can't do it
00:37:03everyone is afraid
00:37:05when they are asked to fight
00:37:06fear is not weakness
00:37:08giving up is
00:37:09you won't give up
00:37:11how can you be so sure
00:37:13because I've seen your future
00:37:15white wolves appear in this world
00:37:18for a reason
00:37:20you were born to change it
00:37:27that man across the street
00:37:28the one on the phone
00:37:30I met him on the bus
00:37:31when I was running
00:37:32his name was
00:37:33Josh
00:37:34the guy who talked to me
00:37:35for hours on the bus
00:37:38he was on his phone
00:37:39and his eyes met mine
00:37:40then his scent
00:37:41hit my nose
00:37:42the exact same scent
00:37:44from the night
00:37:44I was attacked
00:37:46he's one of them
00:37:47he tried to kidnap me
00:37:48Kieran charged
00:37:49across the street
00:37:50like a black wind
00:37:51the man turned and ran
00:37:53but Kieran was faster
00:37:55he pinned him down
00:37:56fist raised to strike
00:37:58Ethan grabbed him
00:37:59before he could kill
00:38:00the man on the spot
00:38:05Ethan and I picked up
00:38:07the phone
00:38:07Josh had dropped
00:38:08it rang
00:38:09caller ID
00:38:10unknown number
00:38:14did you find her
00:38:15no
00:38:16we never will
00:38:17but we will find you
00:38:20and you will regret
00:38:21ever laying a hand
00:38:22on what belongs to us
00:38:24we've got Josh
00:38:25now take him back
00:38:26I want to know
00:38:27who sent him
00:38:28they'll pay
00:38:30every single one of them
00:38:33we'll make sure of it
00:38:34are you scared
00:38:36of the way we handle
00:38:37people who try to hurt you
00:38:38no
00:38:38I'm not
00:38:40if they're gonna hurt me
00:38:41if they're gonna stop me
00:38:42they have to go through you
00:38:44you're my line
00:38:45and I won't apologize
00:38:47for that
00:38:48I came home
00:38:49to the twins territory
00:38:51to the little wolf town
00:38:52hidden in the forest
00:38:53for the first time
00:38:54I felt like
00:38:55I belonged somewhere
00:38:56I met their parents
00:38:57Seth was a carbon copy
00:38:58of Ethan and Kieran
00:38:59same dark hair
00:39:00same deep eyes
00:39:01Cassie was slim
00:39:02blonde
00:39:03bright blue eyes
00:39:04she smiled at me
00:39:05a warm welcoming smile
00:39:06you must be Sophia
00:39:07Ethan and Kieran
00:39:09have told us
00:39:09so much about you
00:39:10come in
00:39:11dinner's almost ready
00:39:12thank you for having me
00:39:14you're our future
00:39:15daughter-in-law
00:39:17our home is yours
00:39:19at dinner
00:39:20Sebastian came knocking
00:39:31Sophia
00:39:31are you telling them
00:39:32you're not staying with me
00:39:33if you want a place
00:39:35in my life
00:39:35you'll have to wait
00:39:37until I decide
00:39:38to give you one
00:39:39Sophia is welcome
00:39:41to live with us
00:39:42she's staying here
00:39:43to see his face
00:39:45the man who'd been
00:39:46absent
00:39:4617 years
00:39:48finally shut out
00:39:49and by my own words
00:39:51that felt more freeing
00:39:52than any escape
00:39:53I'd ever made
00:39:54after Sebastian left
00:39:56Cassie sighed
00:39:57like she'd just
00:39:58shooed away
00:39:58a pesky fly
00:39:59Seth was still
00:40:00glaring at the doorway
00:40:01as if Sebastian's shadow
00:40:03was still standing there
00:40:05I meant what I said
00:40:06Sophia
00:40:07you're more than
00:40:08welcome to live here
00:40:09it sounds like you
00:40:10don't have anywhere
00:40:11else to go
00:40:13I don't
00:40:14Lauren and Darren
00:40:15they're not an option
00:40:16the guest room
00:40:18at the end of the hall
00:40:18has the biggest bed
00:40:19you three take it
00:40:21it's normal for mates
00:40:22to share a room
00:40:23just use protection
00:40:25mom
00:40:26we get it
00:40:27I nearly choked
00:40:28on my chicken
00:40:30Kieran squished
00:40:31my knee under the table
00:40:32the corner of his mouth
00:40:34twitching
00:40:34Ethan waggled
00:40:35his eyebrows at me
00:40:36Sophia's quite the bed hog
00:40:38kicks in her sleep
00:40:39my knee's still bruised
00:40:40you two are triple my size
00:40:42if anyone's hogging the bed
00:40:43it's you
00:40:44you might want to get
00:40:44your thoughts under control
00:40:46doll
00:40:46what thoughts
00:40:48werewolves can smell
00:40:49the arousal of a female
00:40:52this time I did choke
00:40:53Kieran slid my water glass over
00:40:55his eyes said
00:40:57I was not getting away tonight
00:40:58we went upstairs
00:41:00the sweet Cassie gave us
00:41:02had a bathtub
00:41:02I'd only ever seen
00:41:04in magazines
00:41:04I stared for three seconds
00:41:07your bath is ready
00:41:08it's floral
00:41:09towels on the rack
00:41:10call if you need us
00:41:12his thumb brushed
00:41:13the back of my hand
00:41:14before he let go
00:41:15the door clicked shut
00:41:17I sunk into the bubbles
00:41:19and heat
00:41:20those two men
00:41:21were waiting for me
00:41:22on the other side
00:41:23of the carpet
00:41:23Cassie left me a t-shirt
00:41:26Ethan's
00:41:28Kieran's shorts
00:41:28were too big
00:41:29and they slipped right off
00:41:30the moment I let go
00:41:32I decided not to bother
00:41:33I climbed onto the huge bed
00:41:35and curled up in the middle
00:41:38Ethan's warmth
00:41:39against my back
00:41:40Kieran's breath
00:41:41on my forehead
00:41:42I thought I wouldn't
00:41:43be able to sleep
00:41:44I was wrong
00:41:45I don't know what time
00:41:46it was
00:41:46I just remember a hand
00:41:48sliding over my waist
00:41:49and stopping somewhere
00:41:51it shouldn't
00:41:51why aren't you wearing
00:41:52any pants doll
00:41:53the shorts were too big
00:41:55I didn't bother
00:41:56you're trying to torture us
00:41:59she's not asleep
00:42:00can you two stop
00:42:01discussing me like
00:42:02I'm not here
00:42:04then tell us
00:42:05what do you want
00:42:06I looked at them
00:42:07two men with the same
00:42:08dark eyes
00:42:09my hands made the decision
00:42:11one hooked around
00:42:12Ethan's neck
00:42:12the other grabbed
00:42:13Kieran's wrist
00:42:14both of you
00:42:15now neither of you
00:42:17leave
00:42:17Ethan's fingers
00:42:18entered me first
00:42:20curving against my walls
00:42:21a scream lodged
00:42:23in my throat
00:42:25Kieran clamped my chin
00:42:26and turned my face
00:42:27to his
00:42:27open your mouth
00:42:29sweetheart
00:42:30I'm
00:42:31not to talk
00:42:31to take me in
00:42:33she's so wet
00:42:34Kieran you should
00:42:35see her right now
00:42:36I can see her face
00:42:37just fine
00:42:38she's shaking
00:42:39I'd never lost
00:42:40control like this
00:42:41but right now
00:42:42my body
00:42:42my heart
00:42:43the wall in my head
00:42:44all of it shattered
00:42:46the next day
00:42:47the twins said
00:42:48they were taking me
00:42:49to Sebastian's
00:42:49to get my things
00:42:50two more guys
00:42:51were in the car
00:42:52one with sandy hair
00:42:53one ginger
00:42:55Kieran said
00:42:56they were their betas
00:42:57second in command
00:42:58Jake
00:42:58Justin
00:42:59her orders
00:43:00are our orders
00:43:00from now on
00:43:01her life is worth
00:43:02more than ours
00:43:02your eyes are badass
00:43:04one blue
00:43:05one brown
00:43:05bet you're one
00:43:06tough little wolf
00:43:07he also bet 50 bucks
00:43:08on whether you're
00:43:09a white wolf
00:43:09he won
00:43:10she's our mate
00:43:12and a white wolf
00:43:13you don't breathe
00:43:14a word of this
00:43:15to anyone
00:43:15we won't
00:43:17she's our Luna
00:43:18we'll keep her secret
00:43:19so the legends
00:43:20are true
00:43:21when a white wolf
00:43:22appears
00:43:22the world is about
00:43:23to change
00:43:23Jake and Justin
00:43:25bantered like
00:43:26two overgrown kids
00:43:27but even as they
00:43:28laughed
00:43:28their eyes were
00:43:29scanning every blind
00:43:30spot outside the
00:43:31window
00:43:31not carelessness
00:43:32trained instinct
00:43:34the car pulled up
00:43:35to Sebastian's
00:43:36cold
00:43:36sterile mansion
00:43:37I took a deep
00:43:38breath
00:43:39I would just
00:43:40grab my stuff
00:43:40no need to
00:43:42interact with
00:43:42anyone here
00:43:43we grab your
00:43:44things and we
00:43:45leave
00:43:46no need to
00:43:47spend an extra
00:43:47second in this
00:43:48place
00:43:49my thoughts
00:43:50exactly
00:43:52it's good to
00:43:53finally meet my
00:43:54niece
00:43:54a stranger's
00:43:55voice
00:43:55he was leaning
00:43:56against the
00:43:57living room
00:43:57doorframe
00:43:58dark shirt
00:43:59a crooked
00:44:00smile
00:44:01he was as
00:44:02tall as
00:44:02Sebastian
00:44:03but his eyes
00:44:04were wilder
00:44:05and more
00:44:05tired
00:44:06who are you
00:44:10Williams
00:44:11what the fuck
00:44:12are you doing
00:44:12here
00:44:14meeting my
00:44:15family
00:44:16since you
00:44:17know I'm
00:44:17still alive
00:44:18and all
00:44:19I'm her
00:44:19uncle
00:44:20your half
00:44:21brother
00:44:22I'm the
00:44:23bastard
00:44:23they hid
00:44:23away
00:44:24just like
00:44:25you
00:44:25I invited
00:44:26Sebastian
00:44:27and Williams
00:44:27to dinner
00:44:28I didn't
00:44:29trust them
00:44:29but I needed
00:44:30to know
00:44:31what these
00:44:31two men
00:44:32who called
00:44:33themselves
00:44:33my father
00:44:34and uncle
00:44:35actually wanted
00:44:36from me
00:44:36you invited
00:44:37Williams to
00:44:38you're testing
00:44:39me
00:44:40I need to know
00:44:41if either of
00:44:41you is worth
00:44:42my trust
00:44:42after all
00:44:43one of you
00:44:44abandoned me
00:44:45for 17 years
00:44:46the other
00:44:47never even
00:44:47existed
00:44:48fair point
00:44:50but trust
00:44:51isn't built
00:44:51on words
00:44:52you can distrust
00:44:53me but I have
00:44:54to tell you
00:44:54this
00:44:54your father
00:44:55and I
00:44:57have been
00:44:57preparing for
00:44:58the same
00:44:58thing
00:44:58what thing
00:44:59protecting you
00:45:01and your
00:45:02abilities
00:45:02why do you
00:45:04think I only
00:45:04showed up
00:45:04after you
00:45:05were drugged
00:45:05wait
00:45:06you knew
00:45:07about the
00:45:07party
00:45:08my informants
00:45:09told me
00:45:09they were
00:45:10trying to
00:45:11take you
00:45:11alive
00:45:12those three
00:45:13wolves
00:45:13were my
00:45:14men
00:45:14I sent
00:45:15them to
00:45:15retrieve
00:45:16you
00:45:16not attack
00:45:17you
00:45:18your men
00:45:19poisoned me
00:45:20with wolf's
00:45:20bane
00:45:21I almost
00:45:21died in
00:45:22their hands
00:45:23that's not
00:45:24what he
00:45:24meant
00:45:25Williams
00:45:25you really
00:45:26fucked this
00:45:27up
00:45:27I know
00:45:27my mistake
00:45:28I didn't
00:45:29count on you
00:45:30having two
00:45:30alpha mates
00:45:31but I did
00:45:31it so you
00:45:32wouldn't have
00:45:32to shift
00:45:32alone
00:45:33like I
00:45:34did
00:45:34Williams
00:45:35said when
00:45:35he shifted
00:45:36he was
00:45:36alone
00:45:36no pack
00:45:37no family
00:45:39nearly died
00:45:40a dozen
00:45:40times
00:45:41in his eyes
00:45:42were decades
00:45:43of unhealed
00:45:44wounds
00:45:45next time
00:45:46don't send
00:45:47men to
00:45:48kidnap me
00:45:48after Williams
00:45:49and Sebastian
00:45:50left
00:45:50I went to
00:45:51the park
00:45:52alone
00:45:52I turned
00:45:53and saw
00:45:53that fiery
00:45:54red hair
00:45:56you're
00:45:56back
00:45:57cat
00:45:58I
00:45:59I was
00:46:00wrong
00:46:01I
00:46:01shouldn't
00:46:02have
00:46:02left
00:46:02without
00:46:02a
00:46:02word
00:46:04shouldn't
00:46:04have
00:46:04left
00:46:04you
00:46:05in
00:46:05the
00:46:05dark
00:46:05I
00:46:06understand
00:46:06why
00:46:07you
00:46:07left
00:46:08but
00:46:09understanding
00:46:09doesn't
00:46:10mean
00:46:10it
00:46:10didn't
00:46:10hurt
00:46:12I
00:46:12thought
00:46:12we
00:46:12were
00:46:13friends
00:46:13Sophia
00:46:14I
00:46:15thought
00:46:15you
00:46:15trusted
00:46:15me
00:46:16there
00:46:16were
00:46:16tears
00:46:16in her
00:46:17eyes
00:46:17in mine
00:46:18too
00:46:18next
00:46:19time
00:46:19you
00:46:19pull
00:46:19something
00:46:20like
00:46:20this
00:46:20I'll
00:46:20come
00:46:21find
00:46:21you
00:46:21no
00:46:22matter
00:46:22where
00:46:22you
00:46:23go
00:46:23you
00:46:23can't
00:46:23run
00:46:24from
00:46:24me
00:46:25you
00:46:26really
00:46:26don't
00:46:26know
00:46:26anything
00:46:27about
00:46:27werewolf
00:46:28customs
00:46:28do
00:46:28you
00:46:29what
00:46:29do
00:46:29you
00:46:29think
00:46:30they've
00:46:30been
00:46:30teaching
00:46:30me
00:46:30all
00:46:31right
00:46:32listen
00:46:32up
00:46:33step
00:46:33one
00:46:33you
00:46:34mark
00:46:34each
00:46:34other
00:46:35that's
00:46:36biting
00:46:36each
00:46:36other
00:46:36on
00:46:36the
00:46:36neck
00:46:37his
00:46:37teeth
00:46:38sink
00:46:38into
00:46:39that
00:46:39spot
00:46:39between
00:46:40your
00:46:41shoulder
00:46:41and
00:46:42neck
00:46:42then
00:46:43you
00:46:43bite
00:46:43him
00:46:43back
00:46:44they
00:46:44leave
00:46:44a
00:46:45scar
00:46:45not
00:46:45a
00:46:45scar
00:46:46a
00:46:47mark
00:46:48unique
00:46:48to
00:46:49each
00:46:49pair
00:46:49it
00:46:50tells
00:46:50every
00:46:50other
00:46:50horny
00:46:51wolf
00:46:51out
00:46:51there
00:46:52to
00:46:52back
00:46:52the
00:46:53hell
00:46:53off
00:46:53but
00:46:54i
00:46:54have
00:46:54two
00:46:54mates
00:46:55will
00:46:56they
00:46:56each
00:46:56bite
00:46:56one
00:46:56side
00:46:57probably
00:46:58no one's
00:46:59ever had
00:46:59two alpha
00:47:00mates
00:47:00before
00:47:00you're the
00:47:02first in
00:47:02history
00:47:03what else
00:47:04after marking
00:47:06you complete
00:47:07it
00:47:07you know
00:47:09sleep
00:47:09together
00:47:10you mean
00:47:12yeah
00:47:13sex
00:47:14and not just
00:47:15any sex
00:47:17the kind
00:47:18that
00:47:18binds
00:47:19your souls
00:47:20together
00:47:21forever
00:47:24so
00:47:24i have
00:47:25to do
00:47:25it
00:47:25with
00:47:25both
00:47:25of
00:47:26them
00:47:26um
00:47:29you know
00:47:29you mean
00:47:30at the
00:47:31same
00:47:31time
00:47:32both
00:47:32of
00:47:32them
00:47:33in
00:47:33cat
00:47:34don't
00:47:35say
00:47:35it
00:47:35out
00:47:35loud
00:47:35your
00:47:36face
00:47:36is
00:47:36literally
00:47:37the
00:47:37same
00:47:37color
00:47:37as
00:47:38my
00:47:38hair
00:47:40fine
00:47:40fine
00:47:40i won't
00:47:41say
00:47:41it
00:47:42on the
00:47:42way
00:47:42home
00:47:43cat's
00:47:43words
00:47:43were
00:47:44on
00:47:44loop
00:47:44in
00:47:44my
00:47:44head
00:47:44i
00:47:45pushed
00:47:45open
00:47:45the
00:47:45bathroom
00:47:45door
00:47:46they
00:47:46were
00:47:46already
00:47:46inside
00:47:47kian
00:47:47shirtless
00:47:48was
00:47:48adjusting
00:47:49the
00:47:49water
00:47:49ethan
00:47:49leaned
00:47:50against
00:47:50the
00:47:50door
00:47:50frame
00:47:51arms
00:47:51crossed
00:47:52if
00:47:52we
00:47:52want
00:47:52to
00:47:53save
00:47:53time
00:47:53we
00:47:54could
00:47:54shower
00:47:54together
00:47:54together
00:47:55i think
00:47:56that would
00:47:56take
00:47:56even
00:47:57longer
00:47:57i leaned
00:47:58against
00:47:58the
00:47:58tiled
00:47:59wall
00:47:59arms
00:47:59crossed
00:48:00both
00:48:00of
00:48:00them
00:48:01staring
00:48:01at
00:48:01me
00:48:01like
00:48:01wolves
00:48:02who'd
00:48:02already
00:48:02locked
00:48:02onto
00:48:03their
00:48:03prey
00:48:03my
00:48:04heart
00:48:04was
00:48:04hammering
00:48:04behind
00:48:05my
00:48:05ribs
00:48:06but
00:48:06i
00:48:06didn't
00:48:06look
00:48:06away
00:48:07you
00:48:07two
00:48:07shower
00:48:08together
00:48:08i don't
00:48:09mind
00:48:09watching
00:48:09the
00:48:10show
00:48:10what
00:48:11did
00:48:11you
00:48:11say
00:48:12she
00:48:13said
00:48:13she
00:48:13wants
00:48:20kieran
00:48:21and
00:48:21ethan
00:48:21exchanged
00:48:22a
00:48:22glance
00:48:22then
00:48:23they
00:48:23started
00:48:23undressing
00:48:24right
00:48:25in front
00:48:25of
00:48:25me
00:48:25no
00:48:26flinching
00:48:26no
00:48:27shame
00:48:27you
00:48:28said
00:48:28you
00:48:28wanted
00:48:28a
00:48:28show
00:48:28watch
00:48:29closely
00:48:30don't
00:48:30look
00:48:30away
00:48:32i
00:48:33wasn't
00:48:33planning
00:48:33to
00:48:33she's
00:48:34really
00:48:35not
00:48:35looking
00:48:35away
00:48:37then
00:48:37we
00:48:37can't
00:48:38disappoint
00:48:38her
00:48:38shower
00:48:39steam
00:48:39wrapped
00:48:39their
00:48:40bodies
00:48:40muscles
00:48:41scars
00:48:42shapes
00:48:42i'd
00:48:43already
00:48:43touched
00:48:43and
00:48:43tasted
00:48:44they
00:48:44stepped
00:48:45into
00:48:45the
00:48:45water
00:48:45droplets
00:48:46rolled
00:48:46off
00:48:46kieran's
00:48:47shoulder
00:48:47blades
00:48:47ethan's
00:48:48head
00:48:50down
00:48:50his
00:48:50abdomen
00:48:51is
00:48:51it
00:48:51even
00:48:52legal
00:48:52for
00:48:52you
00:48:52two
00:48:52to
00:48:52look
00:48:53this
00:48:53good
00:48:53the
00:48:54next
00:48:54evening
00:48:54was
00:48:54sebastian's
00:48:55formal
00:48:55family
00:48:55dinner
00:48:56i came
00:48:57to
00:48:57figure
00:48:57out
00:48:57what
00:48:57these
00:48:58people
00:48:58actually
00:48:58wanted
00:48:59from
00:48:59me
00:48:59at
00:49:00the
00:49:00table
00:49:00olivia
00:49:01his
00:49:02wife
00:49:02my
00:49:03stepmother
00:49:03had
00:49:03been
00:49:03nailing
00:49:04me
00:49:04with
00:49:04her
00:49:04eyes
00:49:04since
00:49:05i
00:49:05walked
00:49:05in
00:49:05so
00:49:06you're
00:49:06the
00:49:06bastard
00:49:07child
00:49:07he
00:49:08couldn't
00:49:08stop
00:49:08talking
00:49:09about
00:49:09mom
00:49:10don't
00:49:10it's
00:49:11not
00:49:11her
00:49:11fault
00:49:11the
00:49:12moment
00:49:12she
00:49:13arrived
00:49:13your
00:49:14father
00:49:14handed
00:49:14her
00:49:14the
00:49:15inheritance
00:49:15and
00:49:16you
00:49:16you're
00:49:17our
00:49:17legitimate
00:49:18child
00:49:18pushed
00:49:19aside
00:49:19is
00:49:20that
00:49:20fair
00:49:23i
00:49:23never
00:49:24wanted
00:49:24his
00:49:24pack
00:49:24or
00:49:25your
00:49:25home
00:49:26i
00:49:26just
00:49:26came
00:49:26to
00:49:26find
00:49:27out
00:49:27what
00:49:27exactly
00:49:27you
00:49:28all
00:49:28want
00:49:28from
00:49:28me
00:49:29william
00:49:29set
00:49:29down
00:49:30his
00:49:30fork
00:49:30and
00:49:30leaned
00:49:31back
00:49:31then
00:49:32let
00:49:32me
00:49:32tell
00:49:33you
00:49:33not
00:49:34just
00:49:34your
00:49:34father's
00:49:35pack
00:49:35you'll
00:49:36inherit
00:49:36mine
00:49:36as
00:49:37well
00:49:37you're
00:49:38my
00:49:38closest
00:49:38relative
00:49:39and
00:49:40i
00:49:40can't
00:49:41have
00:49:41children
00:49:41by
00:49:42our
00:49:42law
00:49:43my
00:49:43pack
00:49:43is
00:49:44yours
00:49:45so
00:49:45this
00:49:46bastard
00:49:46child
00:49:46not
00:49:47only
00:49:47inherits
00:49:48his
00:49:48pack
00:49:48but
00:49:48yours
00:49:49too
00:49:50she'll
00:49:51become
00:49:51the
00:49:51most
00:49:51powerful
00:49:52wolf
00:49:52in
00:49:53the
00:49:53country
00:49:55you
00:49:55got
00:49:56that
00:49:56right
00:49:56i
00:49:57got
00:49:57home
00:49:57my
00:49:58head
00:49:58was
00:49:59still
00:49:59buzzing
00:50:00three
00:50:01packs
00:50:02i'd
00:50:03be
00:50:03luna
00:50:03of
00:50:03the
00:50:03largest
00:50:04pack
00:50:04in
00:50:05the
00:50:05country
00:50:05a
00:50:06target
00:50:07for
00:50:07everyone
00:50:09what
00:50:10are you
00:50:10thinking
00:50:11i'm
00:50:11thinking
00:50:12my
00:50:12world
00:50:12used
00:50:12to
00:50:12be
00:50:13so
00:50:13small
00:50:13now
00:50:14everything's
00:50:15bigger
00:50:15big
00:50:16enough
00:50:16to
00:50:16explode
00:50:17any
00:50:17second
00:50:18but
00:50:19i'm
00:50:19not
00:50:19afraid
00:50:19you're
00:50:20ready
00:50:20for
00:50:20this
00:50:20i'm
00:50:21ready
00:50:22for
00:50:22all
00:50:23of
00:50:23it
00:50:23that
00:50:24night
00:50:24i pulled
00:50:25down
00:50:26my
00:50:26own
00:50:26collar
00:50:26bearing
00:50:27my
00:50:28neck
00:50:28i brushed
00:50:28my
00:50:29hair
00:50:29to
00:50:29the
00:50:29side
00:50:31mark
00:50:32me
00:50:32now
00:50:33kieran
00:50:33bit
00:50:34first
00:50:34ethan
00:50:34followed
00:50:35two
00:50:36bursts
00:50:36of
00:50:36pain
00:50:36two
00:50:37streams
00:50:38of
00:50:38heat
00:50:38pouring
00:50:38down
00:50:39my
00:50:39spine
00:50:40burning
00:50:41all the
00:50:41way
00:50:41into
00:50:42my
00:50:42heart
00:50:43then
00:50:43i heard
00:50:44their
00:50:45voices
00:50:45not in
00:50:46my
00:50:46ears
00:50:46in
00:50:47my
00:50:47head
00:50:47their
00:50:48heartbeat
00:50:49their
00:50:50fear
00:50:50and
00:50:50love
00:50:51my
00:50:51world
00:50:52from
00:50:52then
00:50:52on
00:50:53was
00:50:53a
00:50:53chorus
00:50:53of
00:50:54three
00:50:54i love
00:50:55you
00:50:55both
00:50:56of
00:50:56you
00:50:56after
00:50:57the
00:50:57marking
00:50:58i could
00:50:59feel
00:50:59their
00:50:59desire
00:51:00it
00:51:00was
00:51:00no
00:51:00longer
00:51:01a
00:51:01force
00:51:01from
00:51:02outside
00:51:02it
00:51:03was
00:51:03my
00:51:03own
00:51:03i sat
00:51:04on the
00:51:04edge
00:51:04of
00:51:05the
00:51:05tub
00:51:05watching
00:51:06them
00:51:06undress
00:51:06i padded
00:51:07the space
00:51:08next to
00:51:08me
00:51:09not so
00:51:10fast
00:51:10one at
00:51:11a time
00:51:12you're
00:51:12calling
00:51:12the shots
00:51:13now
00:51:13i always
00:51:14have
00:51:14been
00:51:15you're
00:51:15just
00:51:16listening
00:51:16now
00:51:20later
00:51:21we
00:51:21tumbled
00:51:22onto
00:51:22the
00:51:22bed
00:51:22still
00:51:23wet
00:51:23from
00:51:23the
00:51:23bath
00:51:24ethan's
00:51:24fingers
00:51:24slipped
00:51:25in
00:51:25from
00:51:25behind
00:51:26while
00:51:26kieran's
00:51:27lips
00:51:27sealed
00:51:27over
00:51:28my
00:51:28collarbone
00:51:28from
00:51:29the
00:51:29front
00:51:29then
00:51:30what
00:51:30do
00:51:31you
00:51:31want
00:51:31us
00:51:31to
00:51:31do
00:51:32stop
00:51:33holding
00:51:33back
00:51:34both
00:51:34of
00:51:35you
00:51:35now
00:51:35you
00:51:36sure
00:51:36both
00:51:37of
00:51:37us
00:51:37at
00:51:38once
00:51:42i've
00:51:42never
00:51:42been
00:51:42more
00:51:43sure
00:51:43of
00:51:43anything
00:51:45i'll go
00:51:46first
00:51:46you ready
00:51:47yes
00:51:48ethan
00:51:49entered
00:51:49me
00:51:49from
00:51:49behind
00:51:50kieran
00:51:50from
00:51:50the
00:51:50front
00:51:51i could
00:51:51feel
00:51:51them
00:51:51both
00:51:52inside
00:51:52me
00:51:52at
00:51:52once
00:51:53separated
00:51:53by
00:51:54that
00:51:54thin
00:51:54wall
00:51:54my
00:51:55nails
00:51:55dug
00:51:56into
00:51:56kieran's
00:51:56back
00:51:56my
00:51:57scream
00:51:57branded
00:51:58itself
00:51:58into
00:51:58his
00:51:58collarbone
00:52:00fuck
00:52:01ethan
00:52:01i can
00:52:01feel
00:52:02you
00:52:02inside
00:52:02her
00:52:02i can
00:52:03feel
00:52:03you
00:52:04too
00:52:04she's
00:52:05squeezing
00:52:05us
00:52:05both
00:52:05one
00:52:06of
00:52:06you
00:52:06just
00:52:06move
00:52:07please
00:52:07you'll
00:52:08get
00:52:08more
00:52:08used
00:52:09to
00:52:09this
00:52:09sweetheart
00:52:10we've
00:52:10got
00:52:13other
00:52:13pushed
00:52:14in
00:52:14i'd
00:52:15never
00:52:15given
00:52:15myself
00:52:15to
00:52:16two
00:52:16at
00:52:16once
00:52:16just
00:52:17their
00:52:17heat
00:52:17their
00:52:18rhythm
00:52:18the
00:52:18shape
00:52:19of
00:52:19them
00:52:19inside
00:52:19me
00:52:20we
00:52:20were
00:52:20completely
00:52:21irrevocably
00:52:22one
00:52:22but tonight
00:52:23i gave
00:52:23everything
00:52:24the next
00:52:24morning
00:52:25my body
00:52:26was still
00:52:26weak
00:52:27every
00:52:28second
00:52:28of last
00:52:29night
00:52:29was branded
00:52:29on my
00:52:30skin
00:52:30like cooling
00:52:31candle wax
00:52:34stop
00:52:34smiling
00:52:35your face
00:52:36is way
00:52:36too
00:52:36obvious
00:52:39how many
00:52:39times
00:52:40last night
00:52:41i lost
00:52:42count
00:52:43at some
00:52:43point
00:52:44i just
00:52:44stopped
00:52:45keeping
00:52:46track
00:52:48you're
00:52:49unbelievable
00:52:49how are
00:52:50you still
00:52:50walking
00:52:53i don't
00:52:54know
00:52:54but i
00:52:55feel
00:52:55whole
00:52:57like i'd
00:52:58been broken
00:52:58before
00:52:59and i only
00:53:00just got
00:53:01put back
00:53:01together
00:53:01that's what
00:53:02being loved
00:53:03feels like
00:53:03actually
00:53:04loved
00:53:05congratulations
00:53:07she was
00:53:08right
00:53:08it wasn't
00:53:09the marking
00:53:09it wasn't
00:53:10the desire
00:53:11it was
00:53:11the way
00:53:12they looked
00:53:13at me
00:53:13like they
00:53:14were afraid
00:53:14i might
00:53:15disappear
00:53:15that night
00:53:16kieran led
00:53:18me deep
00:53:18into the
00:53:18woods
00:53:19in his
00:53:20hand was
00:53:20a strip
00:53:20of black
00:53:21cloth
00:53:23what's
00:53:24this
00:53:24a test
00:53:27do you
00:53:27trust
00:53:27do you trust
00:53:28sweetheart
00:53:28i trust
00:53:29you
00:53:29then hold
00:53:30still
00:53:31close your
00:53:32eyes
00:53:33he tied
00:53:33the cloth
00:53:34over my
00:53:34eyes
00:53:35darkness
00:53:35swallowed
00:53:36everything
00:53:36but i
00:53:37heard it
00:53:37a stream
00:53:38a nightingale
00:53:39wind through
00:53:39flowers
00:53:40my nose
00:53:40caught wild
00:53:41roses and
00:53:41wet moss
00:53:42his hand
00:53:42held mine
00:53:43ethan's breath
00:53:44on the back
00:53:44of my neck
00:53:47i think you
00:53:48should leave
00:53:48it on
00:53:49for now
00:53:50at least
00:53:51are you
00:53:52gonna kill
00:53:52me or
00:53:52something
00:53:56close
00:53:57my heartbeat
00:53:58hammered in
00:53:59my ears
00:54:00not from
00:54:01fear
00:54:01from anticipation
00:54:03they brought
00:54:04me here
00:54:04for a reason
00:54:05and i didn't
00:54:06care about
00:54:07the blindfold
00:54:07anymore
00:54:08i just
00:54:09cared that
00:54:09they didn't
00:54:10let go
00:54:15ethan and
00:54:15kieran laid
00:54:16me down
00:54:16on a soft
00:54:17blanket
00:54:17i could smell
00:54:18wildflowers
00:54:18and running
00:54:19water
00:54:19the blindfold
00:54:20sent my
00:54:20other senses
00:54:21into overdrive
00:54:21then the
00:54:22blindfold
00:54:22came off
00:54:23i blinked
00:54:23little fairy
00:54:24lights strung
00:54:24in the trees
00:54:25wildflowers
00:54:26everywhere
00:54:26a waterfall
00:54:27a small lake
00:54:28you were made
00:54:29for us
00:54:30just as we
00:54:31were made
00:54:31for you
00:54:31you are the
00:54:32most important
00:54:33thing
00:54:33more than
00:54:34the pack
00:54:35more than
00:54:36family
00:54:36you are
00:54:37everything
00:54:38we were
00:54:39wrapped together
00:54:40in a blanket
00:54:40they were
00:54:41about to
00:54:41teach me
00:54:42how to
00:54:42shift
00:54:43then
00:54:43kieran
00:54:44froze
00:54:45what
00:54:46attack
00:54:47large scale
00:54:48just outside
00:54:49our perimeter
00:54:50ethan was
00:54:50already calling
00:54:51jake and
00:54:51justin
00:54:52through the
00:54:52bond
00:54:52in half a
00:54:54minute
00:54:54they burst
00:54:54through the
00:54:55tree shadows
00:54:55in full
00:54:56black tactical
00:54:56gear
00:54:57jake was
00:54:58still catching
00:54:58his breath
00:54:58when he
00:54:59started talking
00:54:59they're coming
00:55:00from the east
00:55:00bypass the
00:55:01main patrol
00:55:02line
00:55:02at least
00:55:0240
00:55:03they know
00:55:03exactly where
00:55:04we are
00:55:04take her to
00:55:05the safe
00:55:05house
00:55:06don't stop
00:55:06don't look
00:55:07back
00:55:07wait
00:55:08i'm not
00:55:08going
00:55:09i'm fighting
00:55:09with you
00:55:10no
00:55:11you're
00:55:12you're
00:55:12untrained
00:55:13you don't
00:55:13know
00:55:14how to
00:55:14control
00:55:14i don't
00:55:15care
00:55:16that's
00:55:16your
00:55:17pack
00:55:17that's
00:55:18my
00:55:18pack
00:55:18too
00:55:18our
00:55:19pack
00:55:20i can't
00:55:21just
00:55:21hide
00:55:21while they
00:55:22die
00:55:22for me
00:55:25we can
00:55:25only
00:55:26fight
00:55:26if we
00:55:27know
00:55:27you're
00:55:27safe
00:55:27if you
00:55:28get hurt
00:55:29out there
00:55:29if you
00:55:30die
00:55:30we die
00:55:31too
00:55:31so you
00:55:32are
00:55:33going
00:55:33his fingers
00:55:34were shaking
00:55:34not with
00:55:35rage
00:55:35with fear
00:55:36they were
00:55:36afraid of
00:55:37losing me
00:55:37promise me
00:55:38you'll come
00:55:39back alive
00:55:39you promise
00:55:40jake
00:55:41justin
00:55:42take her
00:55:43if anything
00:55:43happens to
00:55:44her
00:55:44i'll
00:55:44execute
00:55:45you
00:55:45myself
00:55:48jake
00:55:49shifted
00:55:49into his
00:55:50wolf
00:55:50form
00:55:50i rode
00:55:51on his
00:55:51back
00:55:52my
00:55:52fingers
00:55:53were
00:55:53buried
00:55:53in
00:55:53his
00:55:53thick
00:55:54sandy
00:55:54fur
00:55:54knuckles
00:55:55bone
00:55:56white
00:55:56wind
00:55:57knifed
00:55:57through
00:55:57my
00:55:57ears
00:55:58branches
00:55:58whipped
00:55:59my
00:55:59face
00:55:59a red
00:56:00slash
00:56:00across
00:56:01my
00:56:01cheekbone
00:56:01then
00:56:02the
00:56:02pain
00:56:02came
00:56:03not
00:56:03pain
00:56:03from
00:56:04my
00:56:04body
00:56:04kiren's
00:56:06a
00:56:07bullet
00:56:07tore
00:56:08through
00:56:08the
00:56:08flesh
00:56:08of
00:56:08his
00:56:09chest
00:56:09my
00:56:09lungs
00:56:10stopped
00:56:10something's
00:56:12wrong
00:56:13kiren's
00:56:14been
00:56:14shot
00:56:16what
00:56:16how
00:56:17do
00:56:17you
00:56:17luna
00:56:18hold
00:56:19on
00:56:19we
00:56:19can't
00:56:20stop
00:56:21he's
00:56:22bleeding
00:56:22i can
00:56:23feel
00:56:23it
00:56:23he's
00:56:24going
00:56:24down
00:56:26that's
00:56:27alpha
00:56:27kiren
00:56:27he'll
00:56:28be
00:56:28fine
00:56:28you
00:56:29have
00:56:29to
00:56:29stay
00:56:29on
00:56:30my
00:56:30fingers
00:56:30let
00:56:31go
00:56:31i
00:56:32slid
00:56:32off
00:56:32jake's
00:56:32back
00:56:33and
00:56:33hit
00:56:33the
00:56:33ground
00:56:33rocks
00:56:34slipped
00:56:35into
00:56:35my
00:56:35knees
00:56:35blood
00:56:36running
00:56:36down
00:56:36my
00:56:36shin
00:56:37i
00:56:38shook
00:56:38justin's
00:56:39paw
00:56:39off
00:56:39my
00:56:40arm
00:56:40luna
00:56:40stop
00:56:41you
00:56:41can't
00:56:42they're
00:56:42dying
00:56:43my
00:56:44mates
00:56:44are
00:56:44dying
00:56:45then i
00:56:45felt
00:56:45it
00:56:46spine
00:56:46splitting
00:56:47skin
00:56:47burning
00:56:48through
00:56:48from the
00:56:48inside
00:56:49needles
00:56:49of white
00:56:50fur
00:56:50punching
00:56:50out of
00:56:51my
00:56:51flesh
00:56:51my fingers
00:56:52curved
00:56:52into
00:56:53claws
00:56:53my skin
00:56:54rotted
00:56:55in my
00:56:55throat
00:56:55and came
00:56:56out a
00:56:56wolf
00:56:56snarl
00:56:58fuck
00:56:58she's
00:56:59shifted
00:57:00justin
00:57:01after her
00:57:02my body
00:57:02was white
00:57:03the moonlight
00:57:04was white
00:57:04i crashed
00:57:05through the
00:57:05underbrush
00:57:06plunging
00:57:06into the
00:57:06darkness
00:57:07not toward
00:57:07the safe
00:57:08house
00:57:08not toward
00:57:09shelter
00:57:09but towards
00:57:10my mates
00:57:13i burst
00:57:14into the
00:57:14clearing
00:57:15every
00:57:16head
00:57:16turned
00:57:17human
00:57:18wolf
00:57:19enemy
00:57:19ally
00:57:20white
00:57:21wolf
00:57:21it's the
00:57:22white
00:57:23wolf
00:57:23get
00:57:25her
00:57:26control it
00:57:27sophia
00:57:28for ethan
00:57:29for kira
00:57:30make them
00:57:31feel you
00:57:31they lunged
00:57:32claws
00:57:33fangs
00:57:33ropes
00:57:34then i
00:57:34opened
00:57:35my mouth
00:57:35not a
00:57:36ground
00:57:36a
00:57:36howl
00:57:36the
00:57:37sound
00:57:37exploded
00:57:38from the
00:57:38base
00:57:38of my
00:57:38spine
00:57:39shot out
00:57:39tips
00:57:40of every
00:57:40white
00:57:40hair
00:57:40the air
00:57:41tore
00:57:41into
00:57:41strips
00:57:42gravel
00:57:42jumped
00:57:43off the
00:57:43ground
00:57:43birds died
00:57:44in their
00:57:44sleep
00:57:45and dropped
00:57:45from the
00:57:45trees
00:57:46no
00:57:46stop
00:57:47my head
00:57:48is splitting
00:57:48make it
00:57:49stop
00:57:49please
00:57:50make it
00:57:50stop
00:57:51that's
00:57:51the
00:57:51luna
00:57:52that's
00:57:53her
00:57:53power
00:57:53sophia
00:57:54that's
00:57:55enough
00:57:55i poured
00:57:56every wound
00:57:56into them
00:57:57fear
00:57:57rage
00:57:58jesse's
00:57:59volleyball
00:57:59smashing
00:58:00into my
00:58:00face
00:58:00darren's
00:58:01fists
00:58:01the years
00:58:02lauren stole
00:58:03every drop
00:58:03of blood
00:58:04my pack
00:58:04had shed
00:58:05for me
00:58:05i poured
00:58:06it all
00:58:06back
00:58:06stop
00:58:07you'll
00:58:07burn
00:58:08yourself
00:58:08out
00:58:09sophia
00:58:09then i
00:58:10fell
00:58:10the grass
00:58:11flipped up
00:58:12the sky
00:58:13tilted
00:58:13we've got
00:58:14you
00:58:14breathe
00:58:15breathe
00:58:16i've never
00:58:18seen power
00:58:18like that
00:58:19in my life
00:58:20she took
00:58:21out over
00:58:21thirty of
00:58:21them
00:58:22alone
00:58:22a white
00:58:23wolf
00:58:24from the
00:58:25legends
00:58:26she's real
00:58:27kieran
00:58:28is she
00:58:29okay
00:58:29i heard
00:58:30that howl
00:58:31the whole
00:58:31forest was
00:58:31shaking
00:58:33kieran
00:58:34held me
00:58:35and looked
00:58:35at all
00:58:35the warriors
00:58:37she's fine
00:58:39she's gonna
00:58:39be fine
00:58:40i woke
00:58:40with my skull
00:58:41splitting
00:58:42the first
00:58:42voice was
00:58:43sebastian's
00:58:43not worried
00:58:44furious
00:58:45he stood
00:58:45by my
00:58:46bed
00:58:46suit
00:58:47cuffs
00:58:47still
00:58:47caked
00:58:47with mud
00:58:48like he'd
00:58:48come
00:58:49straight
00:58:49from the
00:58:49battlefield
00:58:50you two
00:58:51were supposed
00:58:51to protect
00:58:52her
00:58:52she almost
00:58:53died out
00:58:54there
00:58:54she just
00:58:55learned to
00:58:56shift
00:58:56we pulled
00:58:57her out
00:58:57from between
00:58:58thirty rogues
00:58:59we took
00:59:00bullets for
00:59:00her
00:59:01claws for
00:59:02her
00:59:02what did
00:59:03you do
00:59:04you stand
00:59:04here blaming
00:59:05us
00:59:05do not
00:59:06overstep
00:59:07sebastian
00:59:07you're in
00:59:08our territory
00:59:09she survived
00:59:10seventeen
00:59:11years without
00:59:11a father
00:59:12she doesn't
00:59:13need you
00:59:13pretending
00:59:13now
00:59:14i
00:59:14enough
00:59:15all of
00:59:15you
00:59:15shut up
00:59:16this girl
00:59:17just woke
00:59:17up and
00:59:17you're fighting
00:59:18at her
00:59:18bedside
00:59:19they're going
00:59:19to come
00:59:20for me
00:59:20aren't
00:59:20they
00:59:22because of
00:59:22what i did
00:59:23today
00:59:25the high
00:59:26the high table
00:59:35consists of
00:59:36the five
00:59:36most powerful
00:59:37alphas
00:59:37they've
00:59:38governed
00:59:38our kind
00:59:39for centuries
00:59:40if you
00:59:41inherit
00:59:42three packs
00:59:42you'll be
00:59:43the most
00:59:44powerful wolf
00:59:44leader in
00:59:45our history
00:59:45but they'll
00:59:47never let a
00:59:47woman sit
00:59:48at that
00:59:48table
00:59:48it's never
00:59:49happened
00:59:50they'll want
00:59:51your mates
00:59:51to take
00:59:51your place
00:59:52hide you
00:59:53behind them
00:59:53that seat
00:59:55is mine
00:59:56not ethan's
00:59:57not kieran's
00:59:59i bled for
01:00:00it
01:00:00i took it
01:00:02with my own
01:00:02hands on
01:00:03that battlefield
01:00:04if you refuse
01:00:05to show
01:00:06they'll declare
01:00:07war
01:00:08three packs
01:00:09against five
01:00:09if you show
01:00:11they'll try
01:00:12to control
01:00:12you
01:00:13then let
01:00:14them try
01:00:15but before
01:00:16that i want
01:00:17to train
01:00:18starting today
01:00:20every day
01:00:22i'm not
01:00:23running anymore
01:00:25no one else
01:00:26takes a bullet
01:00:26for me
01:00:27i sat up
01:00:28in bed
01:00:28my hands
01:00:29were still
01:00:29shaking
01:00:30but my voice
01:00:31didn't waver
01:00:31ethan and kieran
01:00:33stood behind me
01:00:33hands on my
01:00:34shoulders
01:00:35they didn't
01:00:36say a word
01:00:36but their
01:00:37body
01:00:37spoke for
01:00:38them
01:00:38early next
01:00:39morning
01:00:40someone yanked
01:00:41my entire
01:00:41comforter off
01:00:42cold air
01:00:44slammed my
01:00:44skin
01:00:44i opened
01:00:46my eyes
01:00:46cat stood
01:00:47by the bed
01:00:48one foot
01:00:48on the mattress
01:00:49my blanket
01:00:50in her fist
01:00:51get up
01:00:51luna
01:00:51your two husbands
01:00:53left for a meeting
01:00:54before sunrise
01:00:55today you're mine
01:00:56get up before
01:00:58i step on you
01:00:59five more minutes
01:01:00i'm waiting
01:01:01downstairs
01:01:04by the way
01:01:05i heard you
01:01:06last night
01:01:06pretty loud
01:01:08through a whole
01:01:09floor
01:01:12cat
01:01:13the gym was
01:01:14three times
01:01:15bigger than
01:01:15i expected
01:01:17luna
01:01:18sophia
01:01:18it's an honor
01:01:19to have you
01:01:19here
01:01:19all facilities
01:01:20are at your
01:01:21disposal
01:01:21your trainer
01:01:22is waiting
01:01:23upstairs
01:01:23in the private
01:01:23room
01:01:24sophia
01:01:25is fine
01:01:26no need
01:01:26for luna
01:01:27of course
01:01:28luna
01:01:28sophia
01:01:28right this
01:01:29way
01:01:32elevator
01:01:32on the
01:01:33right
01:01:33luna
01:01:34every time
01:01:34i heard it
01:01:35my spine
01:01:35stiffened
01:01:36but everyone
01:01:37in this gym
01:01:37from the janitor
01:01:38to the guys
01:01:39lifting weights
01:01:40looked at me
01:01:40like royalty
01:01:41not afraid
01:01:42of me
01:01:42expecting something
01:01:43from me
01:01:44the training room
01:01:45had weapons
01:01:45mounted on white
01:01:46walls
01:01:46an old man
01:01:48with white hair
01:01:48stood in the
01:01:49center
01:01:50when he turned
01:01:51his eyes were
01:01:52blue
01:01:52so pale
01:01:53they were
01:01:53almost transparent
01:01:54so you're
01:01:55the white wolf
01:01:56who's been
01:01:57giving my nephew
01:01:57headaches
01:01:58i'm chad
01:02:00your grandfather's
01:02:01brother
01:02:02you're going
01:02:03to teach me
01:02:03to use
01:02:04my abilities
01:02:05first i'll
01:02:06teach you
01:02:06not to get
01:02:07killed
01:02:07by a single
01:02:08punch
01:02:09abilities
01:02:09come later
01:02:11stretch for
01:02:11ten minutes
01:02:12your human
01:02:13body can't
01:02:13keep up
01:02:14with your
01:02:14wolf
01:02:26after training
01:02:26i collapsed
01:02:27on the mat
01:02:28drenched in
01:02:28sweat
01:02:29every muscle
01:02:29was screaming
01:02:30and i couldn't
01:02:31even lift
01:02:31my fingers
01:02:32then the door
01:02:32opened
01:02:33ethan leaned
01:02:34against the
01:02:34frame
01:02:34holding a
01:02:35bottle of
01:02:35ice water
01:02:36looks like
01:02:36training worked
01:02:38can you even
01:02:38stand
01:02:40do i look
01:02:41like i can
01:02:42stand
01:02:42then i'll
01:02:43carry you
01:02:44i like this
01:02:45training outfit
01:02:46looks even
01:02:47better soaked
01:02:48kieran and i
01:02:49talked last night
01:02:50we're making
01:02:50sure someone
01:02:51picks you up
01:02:51after every
01:02:52training a session
01:02:52me or him
01:02:53we'll rotate
01:02:53no one gets
01:02:54near you
01:02:54you're monitoring
01:02:55me
01:02:57it's loving
01:02:57you
01:02:57i love you
01:02:59doll
01:02:59i love you
01:02:59so much
01:03:00i love you
01:03:01too
01:03:01more than
01:03:02anything
01:03:02the moment
01:03:04we walked
01:03:04in
01:03:04kieran was
01:03:05in the kitchen
01:03:06pouring coffee
01:03:06he turned
01:03:07the cup stopped
01:03:09midair
01:03:09he smelled
01:03:10me
01:03:11you smell like
01:03:12ethan
01:03:12hair neck
01:03:13chest
01:03:14everywhere
01:03:15i was going
01:03:16i was going to
01:03:16shower first
01:03:17don't
01:03:17i like it
01:03:19it's better than
01:03:20any perfume
01:03:23he set down his
01:03:24cup one stride
01:03:25and he had me
01:03:26pressed against
01:03:26the kitchen island
01:03:27the stainless steel
01:03:29was so cold
01:03:29i gasped
01:03:30his body heat
01:03:31pressing down
01:03:32instantly
01:03:33ethan leaned
01:03:34against the fridge
01:03:35twisting open a
01:03:36water bottle like
01:03:37he was watching a
01:03:37game
01:03:38i want to taste
01:03:39you sweetheart
01:03:40you always taste
01:03:41different after he's
01:03:42had you
01:03:43my face was hot
01:03:44enough to fry an
01:03:45egg
01:03:46but my knees were
01:03:47already weak
01:03:48his hand was sliding
01:03:50up my thigh
01:03:51kieran filled the
01:03:52whole tub
01:03:53bubble bath
01:03:54rose petals floating
01:03:55on the surface
01:03:56this man
01:03:57i'd seen him tear a
01:03:59rogue's throat open
01:04:00with his bare hands
01:04:01was sprinkling rose
01:04:02petals around a
01:04:03bathtub
01:04:09get on your knees
01:04:10hold the edge of
01:04:11the tub
01:04:13when did you even
01:04:14buy rose petals
01:04:15ethan's idea
01:04:16said you like floral
01:04:17scents
01:04:18i ordered them from
01:04:19the florist in town
01:04:21don't change the
01:04:22subject
01:04:25on your knees
01:04:27he entered me from
01:04:28behind
01:04:28my nails screeched
01:04:29on porcelain
01:04:31his breath was buried
01:04:32in the back of my neck
01:04:33growling
01:04:34incoherent
01:04:34the water slapped
01:04:35against the tub
01:04:36walls like a heartbeat
01:04:37how do you feel
01:04:42different
01:04:44but really good
01:04:45only one image
01:04:46was in my head
01:04:48both of them
01:04:48inside me
01:04:49i might have been
01:04:50insane
01:04:51but i said it
01:04:53next time
01:04:55can you both
01:04:55fuck me
01:04:56at the same time
01:05:00kieran picked up
01:05:01the phone on the
01:05:02wash stand
01:05:04ethan
01:05:04ethan
01:05:04you hear that
01:05:05our little mate
01:05:06just asked a question
01:05:07next time she wants
01:05:08both of us at once
01:05:10ethan's voice came
01:05:11from the other end
01:05:12of the phone
01:05:12fuck
01:05:13whatever she wants
01:05:14she calls a shot
01:05:15the next day
01:05:15the next day
01:05:16we all crammed
01:05:16into the study
01:05:17sebastian spread a stack
01:05:19of handwritten notes
01:05:20across the table
01:05:21the pages were yellowed
01:05:23he called it
01:05:24white wolf ability
01:05:25classification
01:05:26the highest tier
01:05:27the highest tier is called
01:05:27an emotional leech
01:05:29able to feel
01:05:30manipulate
01:05:31and consume
01:05:32the emotions
01:05:33of others
01:05:33sofia
01:05:34that's what you did
01:05:35at the party
01:05:36emotional leech
01:05:37what a disgusting name
01:05:39just because she can feel
01:05:41others emotions
01:05:42she's called a leech
01:05:43the men who named
01:05:44this centuries ago
01:05:45never imagined a woman
01:05:47would have this power
01:05:48i didn't name it
01:05:49i'm just reporting
01:05:51what i found
01:05:51whatever you call it
01:05:53this power terrifies
01:05:55the other alphas
01:05:55power corrupts
01:05:57absolute power
01:05:58corrupts absolutely
01:06:00sofia won't be corrupted
01:06:02none of you know her
01:06:04she spent 17 years
01:06:06unloved
01:06:07and now she has
01:06:08ethan and kieran
01:06:09and me
01:06:10she's not going to become
01:06:12the monster
01:06:13you're all afraid of
01:06:15i watched cat
01:06:16she was spreading her arms
01:06:18in front of me
01:06:19like she was shielding me
01:06:21from every doubt
01:06:22i suddenly felt
01:06:24maybe i really could do this
01:06:26after one week of training
01:06:28my body was harder
01:06:29when cat locked my neck
01:06:30from behind
01:06:31i reversed her wrist
01:06:33by instinct
01:06:34and threw her right
01:06:35over my shoulder
01:06:36she hit the mat
01:06:37chin pointed at the selling
01:06:39fuck
01:06:40when did you learn that
01:06:42just now
01:06:44my body just did it
01:06:47you two done rough housing
01:06:49we've got a gift for you
01:06:50sofia
01:06:53don't ask what it is
01:06:55get in the car
01:06:56blindfold on
01:06:57blindfold again
01:07:00we'll carry you
01:07:01the whole way
01:07:02you just feel it
01:07:04the car stopped
01:07:06kieran's arm slid under my knees
01:07:08and back
01:07:09i smelled it
01:07:10water
01:07:11pine sap
01:07:12wet wood
01:07:13he carried me a while
01:07:15set me down
01:07:16and untied the blindfold
01:07:17the cabin
01:07:19one whole wall was glass
01:07:21a wooden dock reached
01:07:23into the center of the lake
01:07:24the water was still
01:07:26mountains upside down in it
01:07:28like another world reversed
01:07:30whose place is this
01:07:32ours
01:07:33at least for the weekend
01:07:34you said you wanted to
01:07:36catch your breath
01:07:36we're here
01:07:38now we have all the time
01:07:39in the world
01:07:40kieran pushed me upstairs
01:07:42said there was a surprise
01:07:43in the bedroom
01:07:44he opened the closet
01:07:46then cat jumped out
01:07:47a plastic hanger hook
01:07:48still caught in her hair
01:07:50surprise
01:07:52your two husbands
01:07:53stashed me here
01:07:54said you needed
01:07:55best friend time
01:07:56i ate half a bag of chips
01:07:57in there
01:07:58pretty comfortable
01:07:59little dark
01:08:00my heart is still
01:08:02in my throat
01:08:05that's the third time
01:08:06you've scared me
01:08:07i know
01:08:08it's funny every time
01:08:12cat sprawled on a lounge chair
01:08:14mozzarella stringing off
01:08:16her fingers
01:08:17then she made a very
01:08:18crude hand gesture
01:08:19you've been glowing lately
01:08:20your face is literally radiant
01:08:22it's from being well serviced
01:08:24your two husbands have been
01:08:25putting in the work lately
01:08:26what are you talking about
01:08:29when i got in
01:08:30my bikini top came undone
01:08:31it was floating in the middle
01:08:33of the pool
01:08:33a lone blue flower
01:08:35before i could reach it
01:08:36i heard footsteps
01:08:38oh shit
01:08:39they've got that look like
01:08:41they're about to devour you
01:08:41right here
01:08:44i'm going
01:08:45you three enjoy your night
01:08:46see you tomorrow
01:08:47you're just leaving
01:08:48not gonna help me get
01:08:50my bikini back
01:08:50nope
01:08:51that's their job now
01:08:52bye
01:08:54kieran jumped in fully clothed
01:08:56jeans and all
01:08:57water splashed my face
01:08:59so cold i gasped
01:09:00ethan
01:09:01slid in without a sound
01:09:03and the water didn't even ripple
01:09:05they had me pinned
01:09:06my back to kieran's wet chest
01:09:10ethan's fingers wiping water off my lashes
01:09:13you going pantless tonight
01:09:15almost made me lose it in the car
01:09:18same
01:09:19that image was all i could think about
01:09:21the entire drive
01:09:22do you two ever think about anything else
01:09:25yes
01:09:27but right now
01:09:28it's this
01:09:31there's something we've been meaning to discuss
01:09:33doll
01:09:34what
01:09:34the marking
01:09:36not the marking
01:09:37that part is already done
01:09:40then what is it
01:09:42the pack link
01:09:43before you become luna
01:09:44the pack must recognize you
01:09:46i'll hear them
01:09:47yes
01:09:48fear
01:09:49doubt
01:09:50loyalty
01:09:51all of it will rush in
01:09:52if it gets too much
01:09:54hold on to us
01:09:56i touched the old marks on my neck
01:09:58they were the answer they had left on me
01:10:01i'm already your mates
01:10:02now let them know
01:10:03who i am
01:10:05kieran took my left hand
01:10:06and ethan took my right
01:10:08they didn't bite me again
01:10:10they only kissed the old marks
01:10:12the next second
01:10:13countless heartbeats flooded my mind
01:10:15it's too much
01:10:19don't be afraid
01:10:20hold them
01:10:21let them hear you
01:10:23i closed my eyes
01:10:24and pushed my voice
01:10:25into that tide of heartbeats
01:10:27i am sophia
01:10:29i am your luna
01:10:31those heartbeats slowly lowered
01:10:33not from fear
01:10:34but from recognition
01:10:35they heard you
01:10:36they accepted you
01:10:38then remember me
01:10:39i won't bow
01:10:41the next morning
01:10:43birdsong woke me
01:10:44i felt drained
01:10:46but happy
01:10:46because the pack members
01:10:48had accepted me
01:10:49when i dragged myself
01:10:51out of the room
01:10:52i found my mates
01:10:53busy in the kitchen
01:10:57here's some pancakes
01:10:58and bacon
01:10:59eat
01:10:59you burned a lot of calories
01:11:01last night
01:11:05i broke one flipping it
01:11:07making a new omelet
01:11:14the doorbell rang
01:11:16kieran answered
01:11:17ethan and i walked out
01:11:19after drying our hands
01:11:21outside stood a man
01:11:22blonde
01:11:23blue eyes
01:11:24impeccable suit
01:11:26face like a sculpture
01:11:27eyes so cold
01:11:28they didn't seem alive
01:11:30who are you
01:11:31zach bilford
01:11:33future alpha
01:11:34of the christen moon pack
01:11:35heir to the first seat
01:11:36on the high table
01:11:37might i step inside
01:11:39i've traveled a very long way
01:11:41and i would hate to leave
01:11:42without what i came for
01:11:43your father sent you
01:11:45my father doesn't send people
01:11:47he commands
01:11:50and i happen to be
01:11:52his most obedient son
01:11:55i only need a few minutes
01:12:01let him in
01:12:01i want to hear what he has to say
01:12:05you won't be permitted to speak
01:12:07at the high table meeting
01:12:09a meeting about whether i get to live
01:12:11and i can't speak
01:12:12you came all this way to tell us that
01:12:14i came to observe
01:12:16to report back to my father
01:12:17tell him whether you're worth keeping alive
01:12:20or whether you're too dangerous to be controlled
01:12:22my rage shot out of my chest
01:12:24like an ice sphere
01:12:25the power lashed at him on its own
01:12:27not my control
01:12:28just instant
01:12:29it hit something clear
01:12:30like a shield
01:12:31the barrier shimmered once
01:12:33and deflected all my energy
01:12:35i froze
01:12:36you can't hurt me
01:12:37my family keeps a white wolf
01:12:39her ability
01:12:40is creating shields
01:12:42specifically for someone like you
01:12:44your father keeps a white wolf
01:12:46like a pet
01:12:47not like a pet
01:12:48like a weapon
01:12:49like what he wants to turn you into
01:12:51but you have some time
01:12:53he already knows what you are
01:12:55he calls it soul eater
01:12:56tell your people to search for that term
01:12:58we decided to forget zach for now
01:13:01he'd given us enough information
01:13:03water crashed down from a 10 foot cliff
01:13:06freezing
01:13:07kieran snuck up behind me
01:13:09and pulled me to the rock crevice
01:13:10behind the falls
01:13:12ethan's laugh drowned out the water
01:13:16shift
01:13:16let's race
01:13:18you lose every time
01:13:19that was before
01:13:21now i've got silver
01:13:23silver can't beat me
01:13:25but you can
01:13:26late at night
01:13:27we came back from the waterfall
01:13:29still damp
01:13:30half my dress clung to my thighs
01:13:32making me shiver
01:13:33cold?
01:13:35a little
01:13:36ethan didn't answer
01:13:38he only carried me to the bed
01:13:42kieran came up behind me
01:13:44and brushed my wet hair aside
01:13:45their kisses landed on the marks
01:13:47on both sides of my neck
01:13:49under their touch
01:13:50they burned like fire
01:13:51don't bite me again
01:13:52i'm already yours
01:13:55we know
01:13:57we just needed to feel that you're still here
01:13:59kieran's hand locked around my waist
01:14:01ethan's fingertips brushed over my collarbone
01:14:03in the cold damp air
01:14:05their heat nearly made my knees weak
01:14:06you always do this
01:14:08do what?
01:14:10make me forget what i was going to say
01:14:12ethan gave a low laugh
01:14:13his kiss trailing from my collarbone
01:14:15to just above my heart
01:14:16kieran pressed against my ear
01:14:17his voice low enough to feel like a spell
01:14:19then don't say
01:14:20i heard their heartbeats
01:14:21and i heard the answer inside my own chest
01:14:23the marks would never fade
01:14:24they only kept reminding me
01:14:26that we had already been bound together
01:14:27then hold me tight
01:14:29don't let go tonight
01:14:31never
01:14:33neither of us will
01:14:34the next morning
01:14:35we put our bags in the trunk
01:14:37kat texted
01:14:38she was waiting for us in neutral territory
01:14:40the high table meeting countdown had begun
01:14:43how dangerous is neutral territory?
01:14:46there are rogues and bounty hunters
01:14:48the kind that specialize in capturing white wolves like you
01:14:51we booked the whole hotel floor
01:14:54guards at every stairwell
01:14:55eyes on you at all times
01:14:59we drove late into the night
01:15:02after meeting kat and the security team
01:15:06i collapsed onto the mattress
01:15:12kieran's arm was around my waist
01:15:14ethan's chest against my back
01:15:17then i heard pounding
01:15:18it sounded
01:15:19like the door was being smashed with a hammer
01:15:21kat's shrill voice came from outside
01:15:24open the door
01:15:25sophia
01:15:26something's wrong
01:15:28i shot out of bed
01:15:29got tangled in the sheets
01:15:30and fell
01:15:32ethan yanked open the door
01:15:33kate's face was pale
01:15:38what happened
01:15:40the guards are all gone
01:15:42every single one
01:15:43there's gas
01:15:44they're using gas
01:15:47fuck
01:15:48it's high tables nerve gas
01:15:50contains silver particles
01:15:51small doses cause hallucinations
01:15:53big ones knock you out cold
01:15:55they're already on this floor
01:15:57we have to go now
01:15:59what about sebastian and williams
01:16:01your parents
01:16:02we can't help them right now
01:16:03this chaos is their doing
01:16:05kat sofia the window
01:16:07now
01:16:09i shoved open the window
01:16:10four stories
01:16:11the concrete below looked like a gray mouth
01:16:14then the door exploded
01:16:15ethan hit the floor
01:16:17kieran grabbed my wrist
01:16:18kat was already out the window
01:16:20jump
01:16:23kieran's back hit the ground
01:16:24my body on top of his
01:16:26then i fainted
01:16:27the gas swallowed me into darkness
01:16:30when i woke up
01:16:32i felt blood in my mouth
01:16:33only keelan was next to me
01:16:36his face was covered in small cuts
01:16:38my fingers dug into his arm
01:16:40where are ethan and kate
01:16:41i don't know
01:16:42we got separated
01:16:47we have to find them
01:16:49now
01:16:50go back
01:16:52we can't go back
01:16:57our enemies are still in there
01:16:59we're unarmed
01:17:01i don't care
01:17:02ethan was unconscious
01:17:04kat was alone
01:17:06we just left them
01:17:07we didn't leave them
01:17:09they were still there when we jumped
01:17:12ethan's alive
01:17:14i can feel him
01:17:15could i feel ethan
01:17:17i closed my eyes and felt for that thread
01:17:19still there
01:17:20thin
01:17:20weighed down by something
01:17:22but not broken
01:17:22a friend of sebastian's drove us back to the hotel
01:17:25ethan and kat are both alright
01:17:28sebastian and williams too
01:17:32you were clearly the target
01:17:33we think they took ethan and kat after you slipped away
01:17:39the meeting was postponed a few hours
01:17:41why
01:17:41it was put to a vote
01:17:43initiated by maverick billford
01:17:45said his son zach billford was running late
01:17:48zach billford was the one who had shown up at our cabin
01:17:52he had warned us about the soul eater
01:17:54he was running late
01:17:55the same night my mate and my best friend were abducted
01:18:01zach was running late
01:18:02that's too convenient
01:18:04i don't believe in coincidences
01:18:06you
01:18:06you
01:18:07you
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