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My Alpha Forgot Me; Then I Ran With His Pup
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00:00:03I was born a wolfless Omega, weak, unwanted, and always half a beat behind everyone else.
00:00:09Dominic Blackwood was the ruthless Alpha of our pack, and he was my fated mate.
00:00:15But he looked down on me for being a wolfless Omega.
00:00:18He never marked me, never claimed me in front of his people.
00:00:21He only kept me hidden for three years.
00:00:24Every time I tried to run, he dragged me straight back to his bed.
00:00:28Tick by tick, I learned to stand from the dark with shaking hands.
00:00:35Then the healer told me I was carrying his pup.
00:00:37A pup from an Alpha everyone believed was infertile.
00:00:40An impossible heir.
00:00:42Before I could tell him, rogues attacked.
00:00:45Wolfsbane stole his memory, and he forgot everything about me.
00:00:49His childhood sweetheart, Vanessa Hale, slapped me across the face.
00:00:54He forgot you.
00:00:55A wolfless Omega like you should crawl away and disappear.
00:01:01Three years later, I walked back into his life with the son he never knew he had.
00:01:16Alpha Dominic threw me onto the bed, locked my wrists to the headboard with black leather restraints, and pinned me
00:01:22down with his full weight.
00:01:24Rough, dominant, completely in control.
00:01:27He bit down on my neck, hard enough to draw blood, then grabbed my jaw and forced me to look
00:01:32straight into those feral gold eyes.
00:01:33A wolf, you should be grateful.
00:01:35You're my fated mate.
00:01:37Hazel, a weak Omega with no wolf, wouldn't even deserve to kneel beside my bed.
00:02:11My lashes trembled.
00:02:12You're going to know what you are to me.
00:02:14He kissed me until I couldn't think, taking everything, leaving nothing.
00:02:18You're mine.
00:02:24You're mine.
00:02:27No!
00:02:28No!
00:02:29No!
00:02:29No!
00:02:32No!
00:02:33When it was finally over, he fastened a heavy black pendant around my throat.
00:02:38Wear it.
00:02:39Without my scent, rogues will tear you apart.
00:02:42An alpha fang talisman.
00:02:44His essence.
00:02:45His way of tracking me wherever I went.
00:02:49Then today, I went to the pack healer and found out I was pregnant.
00:02:52The healers had always sworn Dominic was sterile.
00:02:55But the report was right there in my hands.
00:02:58His pup inside me.
00:02:59My first thought was to find him and tell him.
00:03:02But when I reached the recovery ward, Dominic wasn't there waiting for me.
00:03:06Vanessa was.
00:03:07She was still crying when she saw me.
00:03:09The second her eyes locked onto mine, she crossed the room fast.
00:03:13Tears still wet on her face.
00:03:15Something vicious rising in her expression.
00:03:23You bitch.
00:03:25The slap landed hard across my face.
00:03:28This is your fault.
00:03:30Alpha Dominic is in a coma with wolf bait poisoning because of you.
00:03:37If you had never existed,
00:03:41none of this would have happened.
00:03:49I shoved the door open and the smell of blood hit me first.
00:03:53Dominic lay on the bed, his face bone white, black veins of poison crawling across half his chest.
00:03:59The toxin had torn through his soul and taken his memories with it.
00:04:03He had forgotten everyone.
00:04:04He could not even recognize my scent in the air.
00:04:07Vanessa threw herself beside him, like a guard dog, and screamed at me.
00:04:12You worthless, wolfless bitch!
00:04:15You were walking around the borderlands, reeking of Dominic's alpha scent.
00:04:20That is how the rogues tracked us.
00:04:22That is how they ambushed Alpha Dominic!
00:04:26He was cleaning up your mess, and now look at him.
00:04:30You are a damn curse.
00:04:33I stood there, my eyes red and wet, still holding onto a trace of hope that Dominic would be alright.
00:04:40That seemed to irritate Vanessa even more.
00:04:42She stepped forward and shoved me hard.
00:04:44I lost my balance and stomped straight Dominic's mother, Luna Margaret.
00:04:49Margaret's face darkened instantly.
00:04:51Before I could steady myself, she lifted her foot and kicked me down.
00:04:57Pathetic.
00:04:58You come in here with your tears and your desperate little face, like any of us owe you something.
00:05:04You are nothing to this family.
00:05:06You have never been anything.
00:05:07I tried to get up.
00:05:08My hands were shaking.
00:05:10Stay down.
00:05:10When Dominic opens his eyes, the last thing he needs to see is you.
00:05:14A broken, wolf-less mistake his soft heart took pity of.
00:05:17That ends today.
00:05:18They ordered me out, but as the guards dragged me away, Dominic's fingers clawed into the stone bed.
00:05:25Even unconscious, he let out a white, jagged grime.
00:05:31Do not take it.
00:05:34Do not let her leave.
00:05:36His voice was wrecked.
00:05:38Vanessa threw herself over him, pressing her body against his chest to block his line of sight.
00:05:44Then she leaned close to his ear, her breath warm.
00:05:48Dominic, I am right here.
00:05:51I will never leave you.
00:05:54The guards dragged me out.
00:05:56Only then did I touch my neck and feel the fang talisman still there.
00:06:01I turned around and walked right back.
00:06:04I stretched my neck toward them.
00:06:06If you want me gone, take this off.
00:06:08As long as I wear it, Dominic can still sense where I am.
00:06:15The healer sneered and brought out silver shears.
00:06:18The leather cords snapped.
00:06:20Then they scrubbed my skin raw with moon water until every trace of Dominic's scent was gone.
00:06:26The moment the talisman broke, Dominic's body seized in the next room.
00:06:30He coughed up black blood, as if something had been carved straight out of his soul.
00:06:35Vanessa kicked the fang into the fire, but her fingers closed around a single shard and hid it in her
00:06:40palm.
00:06:40Richard threw a bag of money at me and forced me to swear a blood oath, never to speak of
00:06:44the past.
00:06:45I left alone, barely steady on my feet.
00:06:48Slowly, I touched my stomach.
00:06:51I forgot to tell them again.
00:06:53Dominic was not infertile.
00:06:55He already had a child.
00:06:59Three years later, in a border town where humans and wolves lived side by side,
00:07:03I gave birth to Eli Reed alone in a basement clinic.
00:07:07He looked exactly like Dominic.
00:07:10Today, the pup training camp opened house.
00:07:12Every other little wolf had a father standing behind them.
00:07:16Beside Eli, there was only empty space.
00:07:18A heavy-set pup shoved Eli to the ground.
00:07:21No dad, no wolf, no place here.
00:07:24Your mom is a wolfless Omega, and a worthless piece of trash.
00:07:30Eli got up by himself and stepped in front of me.
00:07:33I have my mom.
00:07:34That is enough.
00:07:35I will protect her.
00:07:37The werewolf parents laughed.
00:07:39Then someone stared at Eli's face a little too long.
00:07:43Wait, doesn't that kid look a little like Alpha Dominic from Blackwood?
00:07:49With her?
00:07:51Please.
00:07:51She was just some hidden Omega no one claimed.
00:07:55Who knows where that bastard came from?
00:07:58Eli's flashed dark gold, and he tackled the boy to the ground.
00:08:02The boy's father charged forward, grabbed Eli by the collar, and slapped him hard.
00:08:07A nobody little bastard thinks he can touch my kid?
00:08:13Eli's face went pale with pain, but he did not cry.
00:08:16Something snapped in me.
00:08:17I lunged forward and sank my teeth into that man's wrist.
00:08:22Then I grabbed Eli's and ran.
00:08:25That night, Eli started burning up.
00:08:27Gold flickered in his eyes.
00:08:29I could not find anyone who could treat a wolf pup, so I carried him to the Blackwood Border Clinic.
00:08:34The moment I stepped inside, a wave of perfume hit me.
00:08:37Vanessa stood there with a little boy at her side.
00:08:40He was dressed in air ceremonial robes.
00:08:42I stared at that child.
00:08:47Vanessa recognized me.
00:08:49Her face stiffened.
00:08:51Then, twisted into a sneer.
00:08:54Hazel?
00:08:55Getting thrown out three years ago?
00:08:58Was not humiliating enough?
00:09:00Now you crawl back here with some bastard, trying to squeeze money out of the Blackwoods?
00:09:07I held Eli tighter.
00:09:09He was burning up, barely conscious.
00:09:11I did not come here for you.
00:09:13He has a fever.
00:09:14Please, just let the healer see him.
00:09:17Vanessa planted herself right in front of the door.
00:09:22Why should I?
00:09:23My child scraped his hand, and even that matters more than your bastard's whole life.
00:09:29The little boy at her side lifted his chin and looked at Eli.
00:09:34Mommy, is that the bastard with no dad?
00:09:38Vanessa stroked his hair, her voice soft as poison.
00:09:42Do not go near them.
00:09:44Low-born Omega trash could be carrying anything.
00:09:49Eli could barely open his eyes, but he still lifted his head.
00:09:58Do not talk about my mom like that.
00:10:01The little boy reached out and hit him.
00:10:04I am the Blackwood heir.
00:10:06You are just some stray nobody.
00:10:09Eli stumbled back.
00:10:11Then he tore out of my arms, lunged forward, and bit the boy's wrist.
00:10:15The little boy screamed.
00:10:21Vanessa's face twisted, and she raised her hand to strike Eli.
00:10:25I yanked him back just in time.
00:10:27She missed, and that only made her angrier.
00:10:30Her fingers went to the silver mark on her temple, as she opened a mind link.
00:10:36Dominic, someone is threatening our child.
00:10:39A low-born Mega dragged her bastard into the clinic, and he just bit our son.
00:10:44A cold voice, cut through the air.
00:10:48Who touched my child?
00:10:50I am coming.
00:10:54Vanessa's eyes lit up when she heard his answer.
00:10:57Did you hear that?
00:10:59Dominic is coming.
00:11:00His voice made my chest lock up.
00:11:02Three years ago, he knew I was his fated mate, but he still refused to mark me or claim me.
00:11:07He despised my rank, and let everyone treat me like a shameful little secret.
00:11:12Now Vanessa only had to say our child was being threatened, and he came running.
00:11:16He would always choose her, never me.
00:11:19I held Eli tighter.
00:11:20I could swallow the humiliation, but I would not let them hurt my child.
00:11:24Eli's face was pale with pain, but his little fingers still clutched my collar.
00:11:31Mommy, don't be scared.
00:11:34Vanessa sneered.
00:11:36Look at him.
00:11:37A fatherless mutt acting like a little alpha.
00:11:40What a joke.
00:11:42She motioned to the guards.
00:11:43Hold them down.
00:11:44When Dominic gets here, he can see exactly what kind of trash crawled back into his territory.
00:11:51I tried to run, but my wolf had never awakened.
00:11:53The pressure alone made my legs buckle.
00:11:56Just as the guards reached for Eli, the clinic door slammed open.
00:12:00Every wolf in the room lowered their head.
00:12:03Dominic was here.
00:12:04He was paler than he had been three years ago.
00:12:06And Black Wolf's vein veins still coiled up his neck.
00:12:09But the force of a dominant alpha still crushed the room into silence.
00:12:13Vanessa rushed to his side.
00:12:15Dominic, it's her.
00:12:18She let her bastard bite our son and tried to steal the exam room.
00:12:23Dominic glanced at the boy.
00:12:25Then, looked at me.
00:12:27At first, his eyes were cold and empty.
00:12:30Then my scent reached him.
00:12:31His whole body went rigid, and his gold eyes ignited.
00:12:35He walked toward me like his own wolf was dragging him forward.
00:12:38His breathing heavier with every step.
00:12:40I backed into the wall with Eli in my arms.
00:12:43Dominic grabbed my chin and forced my face up.
00:12:46His voice was rough and unsteady.
00:12:56I was forced to look up at him.
00:12:59That familiar alpha presence bore down on me.
00:13:01And my mind went blank for a beat.
00:13:03Hazel.
00:13:04The moment he heard that name, his pupils contracted and his chest started heaving.
00:13:09But his eyes stayed empty.
00:13:11He didn't remember me.
00:13:12It was just his body reacting.
00:13:14His wolf recoiling at the sound of my name.
00:13:17Like it had been struck by something it couldn't understand.
00:13:20Vanessa's voice sliced through the silence.
00:13:23Dominic!
00:13:24She's faking!
00:13:25These low omegas know exactly how to use scent to manipulate people.
00:13:30Then Eli curled up in my arms and cried out in pain.
00:13:34Mommy, it hurts.
00:13:35I clutched him tighter, but somehow, with what little strength he had left, he reached toward Dominic.
00:13:41His face was burning red, and his voice came out barely a whisper.
00:13:45Daddy.
00:13:47The whole clinic went dead silent.
00:13:49I froze too.
00:13:51Eli had no idea who he was calling to.
00:13:53He was just in too much pain, reaching for the strongest alpha near him on pure instinct.
00:13:58Like a dying cub, Dominic stared at that tiny hand.
00:14:02His face went even paler.
00:14:04Eli grabbed the edge of his shirt and drew in a small breath.
00:14:07And the violent gold light in his eyes slowly began to dim.
00:14:12When I'm close to you, it doesn't hurt so much.
00:14:15The healer rushed forward, his expression shifting to shock.
00:14:19This is bloodline preservation.
00:14:20He's a dominant alpha pup, too young and never blessed by the territory.
00:14:25His awakening is forcing him to seek out a source alpha's core energy.
00:14:29Vanessa's face went white.
00:14:31That's impossible.
00:14:33He's just a bastard.
00:14:34The healer looked at Eli, then at Dominic, his voice shaking.
00:14:39No ordinary alpha could stabilize him that fast.
00:14:42For him to calm down this quickly, it has to be a direct blood connection.
00:14:47Dominic said nothing.
00:14:48He bent down and lifted Eli into his arms.
00:14:51Eli pressed against his chest, and his pained little face finally relaxed.
00:14:56But Dominic let out a rough grunt, like something was being ripped out of him.
00:14:59And the healer stumbled back.
00:15:01He's draining your alpha energy.
00:15:03Vanessa screamed.
00:15:07He cannot be Dominic's child!
00:15:09Dominic lifted his eyes, and his voice was ice.
00:15:14Save him first.
00:15:18Eli was rushed into the treatment room, and his breathing finally steadied.
00:15:22I had just started to exhale, and Dominic grabbed my wrist and dragged me out.
00:15:27He kicked open the door to the next wound.
00:15:29A wounded wolf was inside, pulled him off the bed, and shoved him toward the door.
00:15:37The wolf scrambled away.
00:15:39Vanessa screamed and tried to force her way in, but Dominic's alpha pressure slammed her back.
00:15:44The door shut in her face.
00:15:46He turned on me and threw me onto the bed.
00:15:48Silver restraint straps hung from the sides, and he grabbed them.
00:15:51Binding my wrists to the bed frame.
00:15:54Dominic, have you lost your mind?
00:15:56Let me go!
00:15:58He came down over me.
00:16:00His chest burned against mine, and his thigh forced its way between my legs.
00:16:04The black veins of wolfsbane twisted under his skin, driven wild by desire and pain.
00:16:09He tore at my clothes, his fingers digging into my waist.
00:16:13Why does my body want to rip you apart right now?
00:16:17He pinned me down harder.
00:16:19Then he dropped his head and sank his fangs into the side of my neck.
00:16:23Hot blood spilled over my skin.
00:16:26His canines landed exactly on the old scar from three years ago.
00:16:30The mark left behind when they cut his fang callusman off my throat.
00:16:33I cried out through clenched teeth, but he was already drinking from me, wild and desperate.
00:16:39His palm dragging up my side.
00:16:42His blood-stained fingers grabbed my chin and forced me to look straight into those shattered gold eyes.
00:16:48Hazel, who the hell are you?
00:16:50Tell me!
00:16:54I could not answer.
00:16:55The blood oath from three years ago locked around my throat like a cage, and all I could do was
00:17:00stare up at him.
00:17:01Helpless.
00:17:03Dominic looked at my pale face.
00:17:07And the hunger and fury in his eyes burned even darker.
00:17:10He crushed his mouth against mine, rough, desperate, and punishing.
00:17:14He swallowed every broken sound I made.
00:17:16One hand clamped hard around my waist, as if he needed proof that I was real and not some fever
00:17:21dream.
00:17:22He bit my swollen lip, and his voice came out wrecked.
00:17:28My wolf is losing its mind.
00:17:30It says you are mine.
00:17:32Only mine.
00:17:34Then why do I not remember you?
00:17:38Why can I not remember anything?
00:17:40Right then, screams broke out from the next room.
00:17:44His bloodline is going out of control again!
00:17:47Dominic's eyes snapped clear.
00:17:49He tore himself away from me and charged into the treatment room, slamming his palm over Ellie's tiny chest.
00:17:55Golden light poured out of Ellie and straight into Dominic's body.
00:17:58Dominic let out a raw grunt of pain as the black veins crawled past his ears and across his cheeks.
00:18:03But when Eli's face finally relaxed, he still did not let go.
00:18:08Eli went still.
00:18:11Dominic collapsed toward me as I ran in after him, his forehead hitting my shoulder.
00:18:17Do not go.
00:18:19Those words froze me.
00:18:20They were the same words he had said three years ago when they cut his talisman from my throat.
00:18:25Do not let her leave.
00:18:25Then his eyes went empty, and he passed out against me.
00:18:31The door burst open.
00:18:33Vanessa rushed in with Richard and Margaret right behind her.
00:18:36She saw my torn clothes, the blood on my neck, the fresh bite marks, and Dominic unconscious in my arms.
00:18:44Pure hatred lit up her face.
00:18:49This filthy Omega used her scent to trap him.
00:18:53She and that bastard drained his alpha energy.
00:18:57She is trying to kill him.
00:18:59Richard's face turned murderous.
00:19:01He looked at the pack enforcers behind him.
00:19:04Take her away.
00:19:05I will not let some discarded Omega destroy Dominic.
00:19:11Vanessa pulled a silver knife from her coat and stepped toward me, smiling like she had already won.
00:19:22Start with her face, ruin it, then throw her into the lowest cell.
00:19:27When Dominic wakes up, he will not even want to look at her.
00:19:34The Enforcer shoved me harder into the mattress.
00:19:37The leather dug into my wrists, and I could not move.
00:19:41Richard stood nearby, cold and detached, ready to bury me under fabricated charges of espionage and attempted murder of an
00:19:48alpha.
00:19:49Vanessa grinned and pressed the cold silver blade against my cheek.
00:19:54Don't worry.
00:19:56I'll cut deep.
00:19:57When Dominic gets his memories back and sees that ruined face,
00:20:03he'll be sick just looking at you.
00:20:06I closed my eyes as a tear slipped down my cheek.
00:20:09Margaret watched without a flicker of emotion.
00:20:11In the Blackwood pack, bloodline and honor meant everything.
00:20:14A weak wolf's life meant nothing.
00:20:17Just as the blade was about to split my skin,
00:20:19a deafening boom shook the underground chamber.
00:20:22The stone door was blasted off its hinges by a pure wave of alpha energy.
00:20:27Three-year-old Eli had thrown two high-ranking guards aside and charged in like a fully-awakened alpha pup.
00:20:33Golden light blazed around his tiny body fierce and terrifying.
00:20:36He hurled himself straight at Margaret.
00:20:39Margaret staggered back under the force of that wild bloodline power.
00:20:43She opened her mouth to snarl.
00:20:44But the moment she looked down at his face, the sound died in her throat.
00:20:48The brows, the nose, those fierce gold eyes.
00:20:57He looked exactly like Dominic as a child, down to the smallest detail.
00:21:01Richard's cane clattered to the floor.
00:21:08Child, who is your father?
00:21:10Eli's lip wobbled.
00:21:11He wiped his face with his sleeve and shouted through his tears.
00:21:17I don't have a dad!
00:21:19Just my mom!
00:21:20So stop hurting her!
00:21:24The moment Eli threw his arms out in front of me,
00:21:27the underground chamber fell silent.
00:21:30Margaret stared at his face as if she had forgotten how to breathe.
00:21:34Richard's cane struck the floor with a sharp crack.
00:21:36Put the knife down.
00:21:37Now.
00:21:38Vanessa gripped the silver blade tighter, refusing to back down.
00:21:42He only looks like him.
00:21:43This weak Omega is lying!
00:21:45She must have drugged the child to fake his bloodline!
00:21:48Eli's face was smeared with blood, but he kept his arms spread wide, shielding me.
00:21:54You don't get to hurt my mom!
00:21:56She raised me all by herself, and it was hard enough already.
00:22:00Tears blurred my eyes.
00:22:01My three-year-old boy was still burning with fever, and he stood there like a wolf pup,
00:22:05jaw clenched, refusing to give an inch.
00:22:08From the next room came a raw, broken snarl.
00:22:10Dominic, still unconscious, black veins of wolf's bane crawling up his neck.
00:22:15But that sound was an answer to Eli's bloodline.
00:22:18The healer rushed in, and his face went pale.
00:22:21The alpha's wolf is reacting to the child.
00:22:26When the boy is close, the wolf bane weakens.
00:22:29Richard's expression finally cracked.
00:22:33No one touches the mother or the child until Dominic wakes.
00:22:39They did not kill us, but they did not free us either.
00:22:42Richard put us in the lowest omega quarters, at the edge of Blackwood territory.
00:22:46Two guards at the door, patrol wolves outside the window.
00:22:50This is custody, not charity.
00:22:53Until the bloodline is verified, neither of you leave Blackwood land.
00:22:57Vanessa stood beside him, and tossed a grey servant's dress at my feet.
00:23:01Blackwood does not feed useless mouths.
00:23:04Starting today, you work for my mating ceremony.
00:23:06Dominic and I will be married as planned.
00:23:09You'll take care of my dress, polish the altar, and prepare the marriage chamber.
00:23:13Oh, and our bed.
00:23:15You'll make that with your own hands.
00:23:17Eli grabbed the hem of my skirt.
00:23:19His little face was still pale from the fever.
00:23:22Mommy, didn't we come here to see a doctor?
00:23:25Why do you have to work for her?
00:23:27Vanessa bent down, and pinched his cheek hard enough to leave a mark.
00:23:32Because your mother is a low-born omega, she gets to breathe on Blackwood land only because
00:23:36she is useful on her knees.
00:23:38I pulled Eli into my arms and pressed his face against my chest.
00:23:42Three years ago, Dominic refused to claim me as his mate.
00:23:46Three years later, I would prepare his mating ceremony to another woman with my own hands.
00:23:53Eli's fever came back that night.
00:23:54He curled up in my arms, gold flickering wildly in his eyes.
00:23:59Small animal sounds of pain scraping from his throat.
00:24:02I tried to go find the healer, but the guard blocked the door.
00:24:07No orders.
00:24:09Low omegas do not wander around the main house.
00:24:12I knelt at the doorway.
00:24:13He cannot hold on much longer.
00:24:15Please, just let me get a healer.
00:24:17The guard kicked my hand aside.
00:24:19A bastard dying saves everyone the trouble.
00:24:23Eli heard him.
00:24:25He was shaking from the pain, but he still reached out and grabbed my hand.
00:24:29Mommy, don't beg them.
00:24:31I can take it.
00:24:32My eyes went red.
00:24:33Margaret walked past at the end of the hall.
00:24:35She was going to keep walking.
00:24:37Then she heard the stifled sounds of Eli's pain, and her steps stopped.
00:24:41She looked at me, face still cold.
00:24:43Bring the healer.
00:24:44The guard froze.
00:24:46I said, bring the healer.
00:24:49The healer came when he saw the gold markings surfacing on Eli's back, his face drained of color.
00:24:57An alpha pup of the highest bloodline.
00:24:59He cannot take any more stress, or the backlog will reach his heart.
00:25:02Margaret watched Eli's maul fingers, gripping my collar.
00:25:05For the first time, she didn't curse at me.
00:25:10The next day, I was summoned to the hall.
00:25:14Vanessa's gown hung on a silver rack, layers of white fabric spilling down like snow.
00:25:18She sat in her cushioned chair and made me kneel on the floor, smoothing the hemage by inch.
00:25:25Careful.
00:25:26Dominic himself approved this luna gown.
00:25:29I pressed down the folds, my fingers rigid.
00:25:32She lifted her foot and slammed her heel onto my hand.
00:25:36Oh, I didn't see your hand there.
00:25:38The maids around us snickered.
00:25:40Vanessa leaned down, her voice dropping low.
00:25:43Hazel, do you really think giving birth to a child who looks like him changes anything?
00:25:48Do not flatter yourself.
00:25:51Blackwood already has an heir.
00:25:52I looked up.
00:25:53The little boy at her side was lifting his chin.
00:25:56A silver heir's crest pinned to his chest.
00:25:58Then I heard two maids whispering in the hallway outside.
00:26:01He is not even Vanessa's birth child.
00:26:04He was adopted from a Hale Branch family.
00:26:06Quiet.
00:26:07The elder adopted him from a Hale Branch after the alpha was declared infertile.
00:26:11My whole body went rigid.
00:26:13She didn't give Dominic a child.
00:26:15They would rather adopt a stranger's bloodline than turn to me.
00:26:18And ask what I was holding in my hand that day.
00:26:23The day we prepared the marriage chamber, Vanessa brought me to the master bedroom.
00:26:27She pointed to the bed, draped in silver wolf fur.
00:26:31The first silver wolf Dominic ever hunted?
00:26:34On our mating night, we'll lie here together.
00:26:37She threw the sheets into my arms.
00:26:43Smooth them flat.
00:26:44Dominic hates wrinkles.
00:26:45I knelt beside the bed and pressed out every crease.
00:26:49The faint alpha scent still clung to the fur and it hit my chest like a fist.
00:26:54Three years ago, Dominic pinned me to this same bed and told me I wouldn't survive a night without his
00:27:00scent.
00:27:01Now, I was dressing another woman's marriage bed.
00:27:07Dominic stood there, held up by the healer, still barely conscious.
00:27:11His face was white.
00:27:13Wolfsbane marks veined up his neck.
00:27:15His eyes landed on me, kneeling.
00:27:17His pupils contracted.
00:27:19Vanessa moved against him immediately.
00:27:21Dominic, she is helping us prepare the marriage bed.
00:27:25Dominic did not answer.
00:27:26He stared at me, breathing harder and harder, like something was clawing its way out of his memory and getting
00:27:32ripped apart on the way up.
00:27:33He grabbed his head and coughed out a mouthful of black blood.
00:27:40Word spread fast through the territory.
00:27:43Dominic was awake.
00:27:44But when he opened his eyes, the first person he saw was Vanessa.
00:27:48She sat at his bedside holding his hand, tears sliding down at exactly the right angle.
00:27:53You're finally awake.
00:27:55That weak Omega and her bastard nearly got you killed.
00:27:59I stood outside the door with Eli in my arms and heard every word.
00:28:03It felt like a needle sliding under my ribs.
00:28:05The healer tried to let me in.
00:28:07Vanessa blocked the doorway.
00:28:10He just woke up.
00:28:11He can't handle your filthy scent.
00:28:14Then, Dominic's voice came from inside.
00:28:17Hoarse and cold.
00:28:18Let her in.
00:28:19I froze and walked in with Eli.
00:28:22Dominic leaned against the headboard, his gold eyes scanning me like a stranger.
00:28:27The moment Eli came near, the wolf's bane marks on Dominic's neck faded, slightly.
00:28:32The healer spoke low.
00:28:34Alpha, the child's bloodline is distressing your wolf's bane.
00:28:37Vanessa's face shifted.
00:28:39Dominic looked at Eli, his eyes hard.
00:28:42Bring him to the master chamber tonight.
00:28:44This is medical, nothing more.
00:28:46Before I could speak, he looked at me again, voice even colder.
00:28:51And do not misunderstand me.
00:28:53A low-born Omega is not worth remembering.
00:28:58That night, I carried Eli to the master chamber.
00:29:02Dominic sat at the edge of the bed, his face paper white.
00:29:06Eli was half asleep, but he reached for Dominic anyway, pure instinct.
00:29:11Mister, when I'm near you, it doesn't hurt.
00:29:14Dominic's fingers stiffened, but in the end, he laid his hand on Eli's chest.
00:29:19Gold light streamed from his palm into Eli's body.
00:29:22Eli's pinched brow slowly relaxed.
00:29:25But Dominic's breathing got heavier, the black marks crawling higher up his neck.
00:29:30I couldn't stay quiet.
00:29:31That's enough.
00:29:32He will drain your alpha energy.
00:29:34Dominic's gaze stayed on me, heavy and burning, like he couldn't quite look away.
00:29:40Are you worried about me, or is it something else?
00:29:43We've barely met, and yet you look like you care too much.
00:29:47Barely met.
00:29:48The words cut straight through my chest.
00:29:51Vanessa burst in.
00:29:52She saw Eli and me at the bedside, and her face twisted.
00:29:56Who let you into the master chamber?
00:29:58She lunged and grabbed my hair.
00:30:00Eli jolted awake and bit her hand.
00:30:02Vanessa raised her palm as well come, and Dominic's head snapped up.
00:30:07Stop.
00:30:08Vanessa froze.
00:30:09I told them to come.
00:30:11Get out.
00:30:13She retreated, eyes burning, with the kind of hatred that will not cool.
00:30:20The next day, Vanessa cornered me in the hall with everyone watching.
00:30:24She shoved me into the center of the room, her voice sharp as a blade.
00:30:29This filthy Omega crawled into the master chamber last night while Dominic was weak from wolf's fate.
00:30:34She brought her bastard with her.
00:30:35She's trying to destroy my ceremony.
00:30:37Every servant and guard stared.
00:30:39Vanessa pointed at the wolf clan council, rug on the floor.
00:30:43Neil, apologize to me.
00:30:46I sank to my knees.
00:30:48The stone hit hard, and my vision went dark at the edges.
00:30:52I'm sorry.
00:30:53Vanessa slapped me across the face.
00:30:57Lauda, let every soul in this hall hear what you are.
00:31:01Dominic's used and discarded little wolf.
00:31:04I bit my lip and said nothing.
00:31:06The blood oath sealed my throat.
00:31:08I couldn't speak a single word of the past.
00:31:10As she raised her hand to hit me again, the moon lamps above us detonated.
00:31:15A violent alpha pressure crushed down, and every person in the hall hit the floor.
00:31:20Dominic stood in the doorway.
00:31:22His gold eyes were blazing red.
00:31:24That's enough.
00:31:26Vanessa's face went white.
00:31:28Dominic glanced at me, his voice frozen over.
00:31:31She doesn't get to die yet.
00:31:33Until Eli's bloodline is confirmed, no one touches her.
00:31:39She does not get to die yet.
00:31:42Those four words cut deeper than Vanessa's slap.
00:31:44He wasn't protecting me.
00:31:46He was just making sure the child's bloodline could still be tested.
00:31:50Dominic turned to leave, and then stopped.
00:31:52His eyes landed on my swollen cheek, and his fingers curled at his side.
00:31:57Vanessa caught the hesitation.
00:31:59She threw herself at him, sobbing.
00:32:02Dominic, you're going to humiliate me over a lowborn servant?
00:32:05Have you forgotten we're getting married?
00:32:08Dominic was quiet for a moment.
00:32:11The mating ceremony proceeds as planned.
00:32:13My heart hit the floor.
00:32:15Vanessa turned to me, victorious.
00:32:17You hear that, Hazel?
00:32:19Tomorrow, you're back on chamber duty.
00:32:21I want you to watch, with your own eyes, how he makes me his.
00:32:27That night, Eli sat on the bed in our cramped room and touched my face, so gentle.
00:32:32Does it hurt, Mommy?
00:32:35I shook my head.
00:32:36He dropped his gaze.
00:32:40When I grow up, I won't let anyone hit you.
00:32:43His little fists were trembling.
00:32:47Outside the door, Dominic had been standing there.
00:32:50Nobody knew for how long.
00:32:52He didn't come in.
00:32:53He just set a jar of salve on the doorstep and walked away.
00:33:03I was summoned to the marriage chamber again.
00:33:06Vanessa sat to the side, trying on rings.
00:33:09She tossed the ring box at my feet.
00:33:15Pick it up.
00:33:16Polish it.
00:33:18On the mating day, you will hand it to Dominic yourself.
00:33:23I bent down to reach for it.
00:33:25The door crashed open.
00:33:27Dominic staggered and clutching his head.
00:33:29Wolfsbane had him.
00:33:30Black veins crawled across half his face.
00:33:32He saw me kneeling beside the marriage bed, and his expression shattered.
00:33:36Why?
00:33:37Vanessa rushed toward him.
00:33:39Your wolfbane is acting up again.
00:33:40Let me take you back.
00:33:42Dominic threw off her hand and walked straight to me.
00:33:45He yanked me up from the floor.
00:33:47Why does seeing you here make me feel like this bed was always supposed to be yours?
00:33:51Pain slammed through my chest.
00:33:54Let me go.
00:33:55He pressed me against the edge of the bed, his breath scorching.
00:33:59His face so close, he was almost kissing me.
00:34:03What did I forget?
00:34:05Vanessa stood at the door, her face bloodless.
00:34:08She turned and ran.
00:34:09I knew exactly where she was going.
00:34:11Richard and Margaret.
00:34:15It took them minutes.
00:34:17Richard and Margaret stormed into the marriage chamber.
00:34:19My collar was torn.
00:34:21My wrist still in Dominic's grip.
00:34:23Vanessa stood behind them, weeping like a wounded angel.
00:34:27I saw it with my own eyes.
00:34:30She waited until his wolfsbane flared, and then she crawled onto our marriage bed.
00:34:34Margaret's face iced over.
00:34:37Hazel, your depresity really has no bottom.
00:34:40I tried to explain.
00:34:42The blood oath clamped down on my throat, and I couldn't force out a single syllable.
00:34:47Dominic was still pressing his temples, clearly in agony.
00:34:50He looked at me.
00:34:51Then, at Vanessa, his eyes lost.
00:34:53Richard's voice was a hammer.
00:34:55Lock her up.
00:34:56She is not to come near the main quarters or the marriage chamber before the ceremony.
00:35:04Guard seized my arms.
00:35:05Eli tore through the doorway and wrapped himself around my legs.
00:35:08Don't take my mom!
00:35:11Vanessa sneered.
00:35:13Little bastard.
00:35:14Your mother tried to steal someone else's husband.
00:35:17She earned this.
00:35:19Gold light exploded from Eli's eyes.
00:35:21Half the lamps in the room shattered.
00:35:23Dominic's head snapped up and his chest heamed.
00:35:26A rough, agonized sound tore from his throat.
00:35:29He stared at Eli, and his voice came out wrecked.
00:35:33Don't touch the child.
00:35:37They locked me in the side room for three days.
00:35:40Eli was left outside.
00:35:42Vanessa's adopted boy, Leo, came for him with a pack of pups.
00:35:45They shoved him into a mud pit and threw training belts at his face.
00:35:50Bastard.
00:35:51Your mom's locked up.
00:35:53Why don't you just crawl away and die?
00:35:55Eli climbed out of the mud and wiped the dirty water off his face.
00:35:59I'm not leaving.
00:36:00I'm waiting for my mom.
00:36:02Leo stomped on his hand.
00:36:04I'm the Blackwood heir.
00:36:05You're worth less than the dirt under my boot.
00:36:08Eli didn't cry.
00:36:09He just clenched his jaw so hard his whole body shook.
00:36:12Margaret saw all of it.
00:36:14She stood at the end of the hallway, her brow tight, but she didn't step in.
00:36:18Not yet.
00:36:18Then Leo raised his foot to kick Eli in the stomach.
00:36:21Margaret's voice cut through.
00:36:23Enough!
00:36:25Leo froze.
00:36:26Margaret walked over and looked down at Eli.
00:36:29Covered in mud.
00:36:30Why didn't you fight back?
00:36:32Eli looked up and answered very quietly.
00:36:36My mom said we can't cause trouble in someone else's home.
00:36:40She's already so tired.
00:36:42Margaret's face changed.
00:36:44That night, a basin of warm water and a clean little coat appeared outside our door.
00:36:52When they let me out, I was sent straight back to ceremony preparations.
00:36:57Vanessa tossed me her Luna ceremonial necklace.
00:37:01Put it on so I can check the length.
00:37:03A weak Omega like you will never wear anything like this in her life.
00:37:08The least you can do is model it for me.
00:37:11I stiffened, but clasped it around my neck.
00:37:13The moonstone settled against my throat.
00:37:16Right over the old scar from the fang talisman.
00:37:21Dominic walked in and saw me.
00:37:23His face changed instantly.
00:37:27Who told you to wear that?
00:37:28Vanessa hurried over, all smiles.
00:37:31I just had her try it for length.
00:37:32But Dominic was staring at my neck, his voice getting rougher.
00:37:36You wore something else before.
00:37:38Something black, like a fang.
00:37:41Pain stabbed through my chest, and blood seeped from the corner of my mouth.
00:37:45Vanessa's face went rigid, and she swung at me.
00:37:48You stained my necklace?
00:37:50Dominic caught her wrist.
00:37:51Why is she bleeding?
00:37:54Vanessa panicked.
00:37:56She's faking it.
00:37:57These low Omegas always put on a show.
00:37:58Dominic didn't let go of her wrist.
00:38:01For the first time, his gold eyes held suspicion.
00:38:06That night, Dominic cornered me in the gown room.
00:38:08He locked the door behind him.
00:38:10Outside, the musicians were rehearsing.
00:38:12Inside, nothing but his heavy breathing.
00:38:15Every time I ask about the past, you bleed.
00:38:18He walked toward me, step by step.
00:38:21Hazel, who sealed your mouth?
00:38:23I backed into a rack of dresses.
00:38:26Behind me was all the white silt Vanessa would wear tomorrow.
00:38:32I can't say it.
00:38:34The moment those three words left my lips,
00:38:36the blood oath tore through my chest like a silver knife.
00:38:39I doubled over, and blood from my mouth dripped onto the white gown.
00:38:43Dominic's eyes changed completely.
00:38:44He reached out to steady me.
00:38:47But the second my scent hit him, his fingers clamped down.
00:38:51I'm supposed to marry her.
00:38:53He pressed his forehead against the curve of my neck.
00:38:56His voice wrecked.
00:38:57But my wolf just wants to hide you away.
00:39:00Anyone who touches you, I want to kill them.
00:39:03I was shaking all over.
00:39:05I pushed against his chest.
00:39:06Get a hold of yourself.
00:39:08He kissed me, fierce and wild and desperate.
00:39:11Then he yanked himself back, stumbling half a step.
00:39:16His eyes full of pain.
00:39:19What did I owe you?
00:39:23The day before the ceremony, they shut Eli out of the training grounds.
00:39:27The guard closed the gate in front of all the pups.
00:39:30Air training grounds don't accept nameless bastards.
00:39:33Leo strutted out in his new training uniform and swung his belt at Eli's shoulder.
00:39:39Pick it up.
00:39:42People like you will spend your whole life holding things for people like me.
00:39:46Eli looked at the belt on the ground for a long time and then set it back down.
00:39:52I do not want your things.
00:39:54I just want them to stop hurting my mom.
00:39:57I crouched and pulled him into my arms, fighting back tears.
00:40:02Dominic walked out of the training hall.
00:40:04He bent down and picked up the belt.
00:40:06He held it out to Eli.
00:40:08Tomorrow, you go inside.
00:40:10Leo's face dropped.
00:40:12Vanessa rushed over, her voice shrill.
00:40:15Dominic!
00:40:17His bloodline hasn't been confirmed!
00:40:20Dominic looked down at Eli, his tone cold but absolute.
00:40:24A pup who can blast through a stone door has earned the right to touch a training stone.
00:40:30Eli looked up at him and said very softly,
00:40:33Thank you, mister.
00:40:35Dominic's throat moved.
00:40:37For one moment, his eyes held a pain.
00:40:40He couldn't name.
00:40:44The next day, Eli walked into the training grounds for the first time.
00:40:49Every pup stared.
00:40:51Leo went first and pressed his hand to the testing stone.
00:40:55Pale gold light flickered, and the elders nodded in approval.
00:41:01When it was Eli's turn, Vanessa sneered.
00:41:06Careful.
00:41:07Do not cry if the stone knocks you down.
00:41:11Eli looked at me.
00:41:13I nodded.
00:41:15He placed his small hand on the stone.
00:41:19The stone detonated.
00:41:23Gold energy blasted upward.
00:41:26And every moon array in the training grounds roared in resonance.
00:41:29Several high-ranked wolves were forced to one knee.
00:41:33The old healer's voice shook the wrecked bloodline of a dominant alpha.
00:41:37Silence swallowed the room.
00:41:40Vanessa's smile shattered.
00:41:42Impossible!
00:41:44He cheated somehow!
00:41:47Leo shudder.
00:41:48Eli.
00:41:52Bastard!
00:41:53You're stealing my place!
00:41:55Eli stumbled back, but didn't fight back.
00:41:58Dominic reached out and pulled Eli behind him.
00:42:01The results are sealed.
00:42:02Anyone who speaks of this outside these grounds will be punished for treason.
00:42:06He said sealed.
00:42:08But everyone saw it.
00:42:09The way he moved to shield Eli was faster than thought.
00:42:13I stood at the back of the crowd, my chest aching.
00:42:18Margaret started coming to see Eli more often.
00:42:21She still didn't like me.
00:42:22Every time she looked at me, her face turned cold.
00:42:25But she brought warm medicine and little coat-sized for a pup.
00:42:30Eli didn't understand why she came.
00:42:32He just called her politely.
00:42:33Hello, Grandma.
00:42:34Then, he clapped his hand over his mouth.
00:42:37Sorry.
00:42:38I said it wrong.
00:42:39I don't have a grandma.
00:42:41Margaret's hands visibly stopped.
00:42:43During the silver moon ceremony preparations, Leo was running around with silver relics and
00:42:48knocked over a candlestick.
00:42:49A shard of silver sliced Margaret's wrist open.
00:42:52The old wound reacted to the silver poison, and her face went white.
00:42:56She collapsed where she stood.
00:42:58Everyone panicked.
00:43:00Vanessa only grabbed Leo, terrified he'd be blamed.
00:43:03Eli pushed through the crowd.
00:43:05He knelt in front of Margaret and pressed his small hands over her bleeding wound.
00:43:09Dark gold light flowed from his palms.
00:43:11Margaret's convulsing arm slowly relaxed.
00:43:14The healer arrived, and his voice shook.
00:43:18A dominant alpha pup's healing instinct only activates to protect close bloodlines.
00:43:22Margaret looked at Eli.
00:43:28Her eyes went red for the first time.
00:43:32That night, Margaret came to our side room.
00:43:35She stood outside the door for a long time before she spoke.
00:43:38Has he always been like this, even when he was little?
00:43:41I tucked Eli blanket around him and answered quietly.
00:43:44He never had a father and he never had a pack.
00:43:46Protecting me was the first thing he learned how to do.
00:43:49Margaret's expression tightened.
00:43:51Eli stirred and opened his eyes, still half asleep.
00:43:54Grandma, does your hand still hurt?
00:43:56Margaret didn't answer right away.
00:43:57Eli thought he had called her the wrong thing again and hurried to apologize.
00:44:01Sorry, I just think you smell like family.
00:44:04Margaret turned her face away, and her voice came out, rough.
00:44:07Go back to sleep.
00:44:09Before she left, she set a small blackwood wolf crest button on the table.
00:44:14That was from Dominic's cloak when he was a child, for the boy to calm his spirit.
00:44:19I stared at it.
00:44:20She didn't look at me.
00:44:22She just said, very low.
00:44:24I don't like you.
00:44:28But the child has done nothing wrong.
00:44:30The door closed.
00:44:31I looked at that old button, and the tears fell without sound.
00:44:40Eli really did it.
00:44:42He brought back the compassion I begged for and never received.
00:44:52Vanessa was panicking.
00:44:54She called a council of elders and demanded the mating ceremony be moved up.
00:44:58Dominic's wolfbane hasn't cleared.
00:45:00Territory rumors are spreading.
00:45:02Blackwood needs a luna ceremony to stabilize.
00:45:05Richard was silent for a long time.
00:45:08Then he nodded.
00:45:09Dominic didn't object.
00:45:10He sat at the head of the table, face pale, and his eyes landed on me before shifting
00:45:15quickly away.
00:45:16I heard the news while I was polishing the altar.
00:45:19Vanessa dropped the ring box in front of me.
00:45:22Polish it.
00:45:23Tomorrow you present it with your own hands.
00:45:25I picked up the box.
00:45:27My fingers were shaking.
00:45:29Vanessa leaned in, her smile venomous.
00:45:31Look closely, Hazel.
00:45:32He might lose his mind around you.
00:45:34But the person he marries at the end of all this will still be me.
00:45:39Eli stepped forward and lifted his chin.
00:45:43My mom doesn't want to watch.
00:45:45Vanessa's face darkened.
00:45:47Nobody asked you!
00:45:49She raised her arm to hit him.
00:45:51Alpha pressure swept through the room.
00:45:54Dominic stood at the altar doorway, his eyes cold on her.
00:45:59No more scandals before the mating ceremony.
00:46:05I knelt to fasten the last silver clasp.
00:46:08The night before the ceremony, I was forced into the dressing chamber to fasten Vanessa's
00:46:12gown.
00:46:13She stood in front of the mirror, admiring herself.
00:46:16Tomorrow Dominic will kiss me in front of the entire pack.
00:46:19You'll be standing at the very back.
00:46:22Watch carefully.
00:46:23I knelt to fasten the last silver clasp.
00:46:25My fingers had gone numb.
00:46:28The door swung open.
00:46:29Dominic stood in the doorway.
00:46:31He saw me on my knees at Vanessa's feet.
00:46:33And his gold eyes contracted hard.
00:46:36Vanessa moved toward him.
00:46:38Perfect timing.
00:46:39Tell me how I look.
00:46:40Dominic didn't look at her.
00:46:41His gaze was locked on my bent back.
00:46:43And his breathing turned ragged.
00:46:45Get up.
00:46:46I froze.
00:46:47She's just a servant.
00:46:49I said, get her up.
00:46:51Vanessa's smile stiffened.
00:46:53Dominic's voice dropped lower.
00:46:55I rose slowly.
00:46:58The wolf's bane flared as if something had triggered it.
00:47:00And he grabbed his head, swaying.
00:47:03Vanessa reached for him.
00:47:05He dodged her hand without thinking.
00:47:08And seized my wrist instead.
00:47:11Everyone saw.
00:47:13Vanessa's eyes curdled with venom.
00:47:18Late that night, Dominic dragged me into the gown room.
00:47:21He locked the door.
00:47:22Outside.
00:47:23The musicians were still rehearsing.
00:47:25Inside.
00:47:26Only his ragged breathing.
00:47:27He backed me against the racks of dresses, his fangs grazing my throat.
00:47:32Tomorrow I marry her.
00:47:34His hands clamped around my waist.
00:47:37Hard enough to leave bruises.
00:47:39But my wolf has been screaming your name all night.
00:47:42I tried to push him away.
00:47:44He caught my wrists.
00:47:46Hazel.
00:47:46Curse me.
00:47:47Hate me.
00:47:48Just say something.
00:47:51I looked at him.
00:47:53The blood oath was an iron band around my throat.
00:47:55I couldn't say a word.
00:47:57He kissed me.
00:47:59Fierce.
00:48:00Chaotic.
00:48:00Like he was trying to pull three lost years out of my breath somehow.
00:48:04My eyes burned.
00:48:05And I wrenched my face away.
00:48:06If you're going to marry her...
00:48:09Then don't touch me.
00:48:11Those words froze him completely.
00:48:13Dominic.
00:48:14Let me go slowly.
00:48:16His eyes were shattered.
00:48:18I know what I am.
00:48:19I just can't remember why I became this.
00:48:24He stepped back.
00:48:25His voice raw.
00:48:26Tomorrow.
00:48:27If I actually put that ring on her finger.
00:48:30Take Eli and leave.
00:48:34Ceremony day.
00:48:35The entire Blackwood territory was draped in silver banners.
00:48:38I stood at the very back in my gray servant's dress.
00:48:40Holding the ring box.
00:48:41Vanessa walked down the aisle in the Luna gown I had fastened with my own hands.
00:48:45Dominic stood at the end of the altar.
00:48:47His face was blank.
00:48:48The priest finished the vows.
00:48:50Let the Alpha place the ring on his future Luna.
00:48:54I lowered my head and walked forward.
00:48:58I handed the ring box to Dominic.
00:49:02The moment his fingers touched it, his whole body locked.
00:49:09The ring slipped out and hit the altar with a clean, sharp sound.
00:49:15The entire pack gasped.
00:49:18Vanessa forced a smile and picked it up.
00:49:20Pressing it back into his hand.
00:49:24The wolf's back is affecting you.
00:49:26Just put it on and it'll be fine.
00:49:29Dominic stared at me.
00:49:31Agony twisting behind his eyes.
00:49:35This is wrong.
00:49:37Vanessa's face went white.
00:49:39Dominic stepped back slowly.
00:49:41The person standing beside me.
00:49:43It shouldn't be you.
00:49:44Vanessa screamed.
00:49:46Dominic!
00:49:48Right then, Eli clutched his chest below the altar.
00:49:52His face went pale.
00:49:53The bloodline backlash triggered the altar's power.
00:49:55Exploded outward in the wave of gold energy.
00:49:58The Luna Oath fire went out.
00:50:03The ceremony dissolved into chaos.
00:50:08Eli collapsed.
00:50:09Curled in pain.
00:50:13I lunged toward him, but the altar pressure knocked me to my knees.
00:50:17Dominic moved faster than anyone.
00:50:19He shoved through the circle of elders and dropped to one knee beside Eli, slamming his palm over the child's
00:50:24chest.
00:50:24Gold light poured into him in a violent rush.
00:50:27Dominic's face went white and the wolf's vein marks climbed his cheeks.
00:50:30He clenched his jaw and did not let go.
00:50:32Eli slowly calmed.
00:50:33Nobody spoke.
00:50:34The healer's voice trembled.
00:50:36The Luna Oath fire was snuffed out by a direct air's bloodline.
00:50:41No force other than same source.
00:50:44Vanessa's voice went shrill.
00:50:46He's fake!
00:50:47He's a monster bred on forbidden drugs!
00:50:50Dominic looked up at her.
00:50:53His eyes were ice.
00:50:55Then let's test him.
00:50:57Right now.
00:50:59Richard's face was a storm.
00:51:02Activate the bloodline array.
00:51:03Vanessa stepped back.
00:51:05For the first time, panic was real on her face.
00:51:09I held Eli and watched the gold light rise again over the altar.
00:51:13My heart beat so hard, I thought it might break through my ribs.
00:51:16The truth I had carried for three years was finally being dragged into the light.
00:51:22The bloodline array unfolded at the center of the altar.
00:51:26Dominic cut his fingertip.
00:51:27The healer drew a drop from Eli.
00:51:30Both drops fell into the heart of the array and gold light blasted into the sky.
00:51:34The blood thread spiraled and fused into one.
00:51:37The healer dropped to his knees, his voice cracking.
00:51:41Direct bloodline.
00:51:43Father and son.
00:51:45Confirmed.
00:51:45Silence swallowed everything.
00:51:48Margaret pressed her hand to her mouth and tears spilled over.
00:51:51Richard's cane slammed against the floor and his face turned gray.
00:51:55Vanessa lunged forward.
00:51:57Impossible!
00:51:59The last test was contaminated.
00:52:01He was bred on drugs.
00:52:03It's a lie!
00:52:05Dominic looked at her coldly.
00:52:07The last test was contaminated.
00:52:09How do you know that?
00:52:10Vanessa went rigid.
00:52:11Right then, Leo doubled over below the altar, clutching his stomach, convulsing on the ground.
00:52:17The healer rushed to him and pushed up his sleeve.
00:52:20Needle marks.
00:52:21Dozens of them, exposed in front of everyone.
00:52:24Bloodlines stimulant injections.
00:52:26Long-term use like this destroys a pup's foundation.
00:52:29Leo sobbed.
00:52:30His voice, breaking.
00:52:32Mom, I don't want any more needles!
00:52:35All the blood drained from Vanessa's face.
00:52:40Every pair of eyes in the hall locked onto Vanessa.
00:52:44She wrapped her arms around Leo, her voice shrill and shaking.
00:52:49I just wanted to make him stronger!
00:52:52I did it for Blackwood!
00:52:54Richard roared.
00:52:57For Blackwood?
00:53:00Or for your seat as Luna?
00:53:03Vanessa's head snapped up, her eyes wild.
00:53:07If you hadn't told me three years ago that Dominic was infertile, would I have needed to adopt this child?
00:53:14If Hazel had never come back, I would already be Luna!
00:53:19She yanked a thin chain from inside her collar.
00:53:23Dangling from it was a charred shard of wolf fang.
00:53:27Dominic, look!
00:53:29This is what you gave me three years ago!
00:53:33She stole my place!
00:53:34The moment I saw that shard, the blood oath flared.
00:53:37It was like silver hooks tearing through my throat.
00:53:41Blood spilled from the corner of my mouth.
00:53:43Dominic's pupils contracted violently.
00:53:46He looked at me, then at the shard.
00:53:49Why does she bleed?
00:53:51Every time you pull that out.
00:53:55Vanessa stumbled backward.
00:53:59She's faking it!
00:54:01Dominic walked toward her.
00:54:03Give it to me.
00:54:07Vanessa clutched the shard, refusing to let go.
00:54:10Dominic seized her wrist and pried her fingers open.
00:54:13The moment the fang shard landed in his path, the ancient array blazed to life.
00:54:18Silver and black images unfurled in my neck.
00:54:21Three years ago, Dominic fastening the full fang talisman around my neck.
00:54:25Wear it.
00:54:27Without my scent, rogues will tear you apart.
00:54:30The scene shifted.
00:54:31Richard forcing me to swear the blood oath.
00:54:34The healer cutting the talisman with silver shears.
00:54:39Dominic on the sick, bed coughing, black blood, snarling in his coma.
00:54:45Do not take it.
00:54:47Do not let her leave.
00:54:50Then, the last image appeared.
00:54:52Vanessa slipping the broken shard from beside the fire and hiding it in her palm.
00:54:57Dead silence.
00:54:58I was on my knees, blood dripping from my mouth.
00:55:02The blood oath was still ripping through me because the truth had finally been revealed.
00:55:06Not by my voice, but by the talisman itself.
00:55:10Dominic turned to me, his face, bone, white.
00:55:13They drove you out.
00:55:16You were carrying my child.
00:55:19I opened my mouth, and the blood oath clamped down one last time.
00:55:24Yes.
00:55:25The word escaped, and the blood oath shattered.
00:55:31The moment the blood oath broke, my body gave out.
00:55:35Dominic caught me before I hit the ground.
00:55:38His arms were shaking so hard he could barely hold me.
00:55:41Memory fragments detonated behind his eyes.
00:55:44Restraints on the headboard.
00:55:45The fanged talisman.
00:55:47Me kneeling beside his sickbed, trying to tell him about the pregnancy while they dragged me out.
00:55:51Him reaching for me in his coma.
00:55:53Fingers grasping at nothing.
00:55:55A sound like a wounded animal told me from Dominic's clint.
00:55:59Hazel.
00:56:01I remember.
00:56:02I looked up at him.
00:56:03My voice so faint.
00:56:05It was barely there.
00:56:06Then you must also remember that you never marked me.
00:56:09You never claimed me.
00:56:10You told me I didn't even deserve to kneel at your bed.
00:56:13Dominic's whole body went rigid.
00:56:15Those words cut harder than all of Vanessa's crimes put together.
00:56:19Because every single one of them came from his own mouth.
00:56:23Eli threw himself beside me, sobbing, grabbing my hand.
00:56:27Mommy, can we go home now?
00:56:29Dominic looked at Eli, and his eyes slowly reddened.
00:56:33Eli.
00:56:34Eli lifted his chin.
00:56:36His eyes were fierce.
00:56:38Do not call me like that.
00:56:40You didn't protect my mom before.
00:56:42That one sentence silenced the entire altar.
00:56:49The trial began quickly.
00:56:51Vanessa knelt in the center of the council hall.
00:56:53The fang shard, the contaminated blood samples,
00:56:56the stimulant needles from Leo's arms were all laid out in front of him.
00:57:00Dominic sat above her, his face frighteningly pale,
00:57:03his gold eyes frozen.
00:57:05Vanessa tried to cry.
00:57:06I love you, Dominic.
00:57:07I was just scared this weak Omega would destroy you.
00:57:10Dominic cut her off.
00:57:12You weren't scared I'd be destroyed.
00:57:14You were scared that the moment I remembered the first person I'd look for wouldn't be you.
00:57:18Every trace of color drained from her face.
00:57:21Richard was questioned by the elders.
00:57:23He sat in silence for a long time before admitting that he had forced me into a blood oath
00:57:27and adopted Leo as heir to secure Blackwood's future.
00:57:33Margaret stood up, her voice raw.
00:57:35I'm guilty too.
00:57:37I looked down on her rank.
00:57:38I let them throw her out.
00:57:39She walked to me and looked down at Eli.
00:57:43Child.
00:57:46I'm sorry.
00:57:47Eli stayed behind me.
00:57:49He didn't forgive her right away.
00:57:51Margaret's eyes went red, but she didn't push him.
00:57:55Vanessa was stripped of her Luna candidacy and thrown into the black cells.
00:58:00Leo was taken to the medical ward for treatment.
00:58:02Before they led him away, he looked at Eli, crying.
00:58:06I won't call you a bastard anymore.
00:58:08Eli watched him for a moment and said, quietly.
00:58:12You weren't a bad kid.
00:58:15She just taught you wrong.
00:58:16When Margaret heard that, the tears finally fell.
00:58:20Dominic stood before the entire pack and declared Eli his direct heir.
00:58:25Eli Reed is my son.
00:58:28The pack dropped to their knees, but Eli didn't walk toward him.
00:58:32He pressed himself against my leg and held on tight.
00:58:36Dominic watched this and the pain in his eyes was unmistakable.
00:58:40He turned to me and dropped to one knee.
00:58:44Hazel, what I owe you can't be repaid with a title.
00:58:48He took the Alpha Crest from his own chest and set it in front of Eli.
00:58:55From this day forward, no one will ever call you a bastard again.
00:58:59Eli looked at the crest, but didn't pick it up.
00:59:03Will you protect my mom first?
00:59:06From now on?
00:59:07Dominic's voice nearly broke.
00:59:10Yes, with my life.
00:59:15Everyone thought I would stay.
00:59:17Dominic had his memories back.
00:59:19Eli was recognized.
00:59:21Vanessa was in a black cell.
00:59:23Even Margaret had bowed her head and apologized to me.
00:59:25But I just took Eli's hand.
00:59:28Dominic stood in front of me, his face whiter than it had ever been during the worst of the Wolfsbane.
00:59:33Hazel, don't go.
00:59:35Give me a chance to make this right.
00:59:37I looked at him, the nights locked to the headboard.
00:59:40The humiliation of being treated like a possession.
00:59:43That pregnancy report, I never got to show anyone as they threw me out.
00:59:48It all surged up in my chest.
00:59:50You can be Eli's father, but I'm not something you lost and found.
00:59:54His eyes went red.
00:59:55His throat moved violently.
00:59:57But he didn't try to stop me.
00:59:59Eli looked up at him.
01:00:01Daddy, you need to learn how to wait for mom to want to come back.
01:00:06Dominic crouched down and, for the first time, held him gently.
01:00:10I'll wait.
01:00:12I led Eli out of the Blackwood Council Hall.
01:00:14The sun hit my face.
01:00:16I was finally not someone's weak Omega, someone's secret mate, or someone's servant.
01:00:21I was Hazel Reed, Eli's mother, and the one who could finally choose for herself whether to stay or go.
01:00:26This time, I'll be the one waiting for you.
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