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00:00Vigo, I don't want you anymore.
00:02The day I found out I was pregnant with twins,
00:05I saw my mate, Alpha Vigo, bringing another she-wolf to her prenatal checkup.
00:10I froze on the spot, the pregnancy report crumpling in my fist.
00:14That night, at the PAX feast, he made demands of me in front of everyone.
00:18She's carrying my pup. Her wolf is unstable.
00:20You will brew her calming tonics every single day.
00:23She's sensitive. She can't sleep without my scent.
00:26So move your things to the West Wing. Make room for her.
00:29The huge villa fell deathly silent.
00:31My wolf howled, a sharp, wounded cry.
00:34Pain from our mate bond ripped through my soul.
00:36But I didn't shed a single tear.
00:38I just calmly grabbed the suitcase I'd already packed and walked toward the door.
00:41The guards tried to stop me, but Vigo didn't even glance up.
00:45She'll be back, he said, swirling the wine in his glass.
00:48His alpha arrogance on full display.
00:50Three days, that's all she'll last.
00:52Her wolf will drive her mad without my touch.
00:54She'll come crawling back, begging.
00:55The clansmen and allies who'd come to our feast burst into loud laughter.
00:58A few of them even made a bet right in front of me, waging a million dollar Aurora iron mine.
01:04She doesn't look like a luna at all, scurrying around like a stray dog.
01:07Let me guess how long Nysa can hold out.
01:08Lone wolves without a mate don't fare well out in the wild.
01:10I bet two days.
01:11No, not even two days.
01:12She'll be begging Vigro to take her back before midnight.
01:14Tears streaming down her face.
01:17But they had no idea.
01:18My birth father had already secretly sent off Amri Token.
01:21I am the heir to Dawncrest, the most powerful park in the south.
01:25I would leave at once.
01:28This time, I would shatter our bond for good.
01:38Diggro, I'm the one leaving you this time.
01:40The chief healer grazed at the ultrasound, his voice filled with awe.
01:45The pups are very strong, Luna.
01:47Their power signature is astonishing.
01:49They are without question the strongest heirs I have ever seen.
01:53I listened in silence, my fingers clenching the fabric of my dress.
01:56Healer, can I get rid of them?
01:59The healer stared at me, his eye with weight.
02:00Luna, have you lost your mind?
02:02These are the Alpha's heirs.
02:03Is this the pregnancy sickness talking?
02:06Perhaps you should bring the Alpha with me.
02:09My mouth twisted in a bitter smile.
02:11Bring him here?
02:12He was probably at another woman's side right now.
02:15I laid a hand on my still flat stomach,
02:18feeling the two faint but resilient sparks of left life within me.
02:21My heart clenched pain in the end.
02:23I couldn't bring myself to destroy my own flesh and blood.
02:25I turned and left the healer's office in silence.
02:28The moment I returned to the pack manor,
02:30which was alive with preparations for the full moon feast,
02:32I ran right into Vigro.
02:34Nice here.
02:35Perfect timing.
02:36Take off that bracelet.
02:37Give it to Odette.
02:38I instinctively covered the moon heartstone bracelet on my wrist.
02:41It was my mother's last gift to me.
02:43When I was a child, dying,
02:45she spent 99 days on her knees in the moon temple,
02:48praying for this divine stone to save me.
02:51It was the only thing that could calm my unstable wolf.
02:54I hadn't taken it off since I was seven.
02:57On the night of our mating ceremony,
02:59Vingro had kissed this very bracelet and made a promise.
03:01I will stay by your side forever,
03:03just like this stone.
03:06Vingro, this is...
03:07I heard my own strained voice.
03:10I know what it is.
03:11He cut me off,
03:12his tone chillingly casual.
03:14But Odette is just an Omega.
03:16The pregnancy is hard on her.
03:19She needs the moon heartstone far more than you do.
03:22I clenched my fists,
03:24searching his face.
03:26The mate bond flared with pain again
03:28as he focused on Odette's needs.
03:29That's when I knew he was serious.
03:31He saw me clutch my chest in agony.
03:33His gaze faltered.
03:35For a heartbeat,
03:36I saw a flicker of regret in his dark eyes.
03:38But just as quickly,
03:39the cold mask of cruelty slammed back into place.
03:42He looked straight at me.
03:43There are plenty of jewels in the pack vault
03:45I can give you as compensation.
03:47You're a beta.
03:48Your wolf is strong.
03:49Let her have it.
03:50Let her have it.
03:51Those many words.
03:52Again.
03:53I'd lost count of how many times I'd heard them.
03:55I remembered the last time my wolf was acting up.
03:57I forced myself to attend an alliance banquet.
04:00Vago, I don't feel well.
04:01I need you.
04:02On the way back,
04:03Vago left me in the snow
04:0450 kilometers from our territory.
04:06Just because Odette whined
04:07that she was feeling unwell
04:09and wanted him with her immediately.
04:11Get out.
04:11Odette needs me.
04:13But...
04:13I said, get out!
04:17That night,
04:18I walked for eight hours in a blizzard.
04:21My feet went numb.
04:23Every breath I took tasted like blood.
04:25And him?
04:26He was in a warm bed,
04:28whispering comforts to his new favorite.
04:30Thinking of that,
04:32I gave in.
04:33No matter what I did,
04:35he would always choose her
04:36if she just said the word, wouldn't he?
04:38I glanced down at my belly.
04:40I was carrying his pups, too.
04:43Fine.
04:43I said, walking toward Odette.
04:46My voice was soft.
04:47I hope it protects you and the baby.
04:49My hands trembled as I undid the clasp.
04:51The moon heart stone glowed with a soft silver light
04:55under the crystal chandeliers.
04:57The moment I fastened the bracelet on Odette's wrist,
05:01Vago smiled, satisfied.
05:03See?
05:04If you just listened...
05:06Before he could finish,
05:08the chain, always so strong,
05:10suddenly snapped.
05:11The moon heart stone hit the floor
05:12and shattered into a dozen pieces.
05:14The broken crystals wished a chaotic storm of energy.
05:18A stinging silver light filled the air.
05:22It hurts!
05:23My wolf, our pup!
05:25Odette!
05:26Heal her now!
05:29Vigo lunged forward,
05:30pulling her into a protective embrace.
05:32He whipped his head around to face me,
05:34his eyes blazing of furious, beastly gold.
05:37He glared at me as if I were a traitor.
05:40Despite his coldness,
05:41I remembered him holding me just like that when I was sick,
05:44staying by my bedside for three days and three nights.
05:47Now, our pack members and allies,
05:49the people I once considered fam just stood there
05:51watching indifferently as their Luna
05:52was publicly cast aside by her alpha.
05:55I couldn't take it anymore.
05:56I grabbed my suitcase and turned to leave.
05:59But in the next second,
06:01a crushing alpha command froze me in place.
06:04An invisible force dragged me back toward the broken shards.
06:07Use your blood to calm her out-of-control wolf!
06:10Before I could react,
06:12Vigo slammed my palm down onto the sharpest spread
06:14of the moon heart stone.
06:17Does it hurt?
06:19You deserve this.
06:21Agony ripped through me.
06:23Blood gushed from the wound,
06:25dripping onto the broken crystals.
06:28Miraculously,
06:29my blood did soothe the chaotic energy.
06:31Odette's pained whimpers began to subside.
06:34Vigo stared down at me.
06:35Only when he felt the pain from my wolf
06:37and saw my blooded hand
06:39did his own fingers twit at his side.
06:41He finally let go.
06:43Don't pretend to be generous if you're not going to.
06:45You pulled this little stunt.
06:47Don't you think you should apologize?
06:48In that moment,
06:51I remembered all the humiliating apologies
06:53from the past year.
06:56Apologizing for interrupting their dates.
06:59Apologizing because the calming tonic I brewed
07:01didn't suit Odette's taste.
07:08Apologizing for walking in on her
07:10kissing him in his office.
07:18Every single time,
07:19the mate bond would flare with agony.
07:21And every single time,
07:23the result was the same.
07:24I was forced to submit.
07:26I fought back the whine of my wolf,
07:28clenching my fists
07:29until blood filled my palm,
07:31letting the pain replace the urge to cry.
07:33Then,
07:34I straightened my spide bind
07:36and I bowed.
07:37Three times.
07:38A complete,
07:39humiliating submission to an Omega.
07:41Is that enough?
07:42I lifted my head.
07:43A numb smile stretched across my pale face.
07:46He looked into my empty eyes
07:48and his chest tightened.
07:50He let go of my hand
07:51and grabbed my chin
07:52as if to hide his reaction.
07:54You're all alone now.
07:56Who else do you have but me?
07:58Who are you trying to impress
08:00with this arrogant act?
08:02Then he shoved me away
08:03and turned to lift Odletha,
08:06carrying her toward the medical wing.
08:09He stepped right over the pool
08:11of my blood.
08:15I slowly got to my feet,
08:17looking at the bleeding wound
08:19on my palm.
08:22My mother's moon heart stone
08:24was shattered beyond repair.
08:27Just like our ten years together,
08:29I walked to the main door,
08:32step by step,
08:33stopping by the trash can.
08:36From my pocket,
08:38I pulled out the silk handkerchief
08:40soaked in my blood.
08:41His initials were still embroidered on it.
08:45I opened my fingers,
08:46the handkerchief fluttered into the trash.
08:49Just like him.
08:51Just like the love I once had for him.
08:53Garbage.
08:54Vigo,
08:55I don't want you anymore.
09:05I didn't make it out of the territory.
09:07Just before I could reach the guard
09:09sent to retrieve me,
09:10Vigro's men dragged me like captured prey
09:12to the dark, underground ritual chamber.
09:15Let go of me!
09:18What are you going to do to me?
09:20The cold stone altar,
09:21the ancient runes,
09:23the chilling ceremonial tools.
09:25They bound me tightly to the altar.
09:27Silver chains,
09:28cold as ice,
09:29shackled my wrists and ankles.
09:31Every time I struggled,
09:32the silver seared angry red marks
09:34into my skin.
09:35Let me go!
09:36Vigro!
09:38The door opened.
09:40Vigo strode in,
09:42followed by the pack's healer.
09:48The white-haired old man trembled
09:50as he examined my wounds,
09:51then turned to Vig.
09:53Alpha,
09:54the pup in Odette's womb
09:56is very unstable
09:57from the energy blast.
09:59The healer said,
10:01his voice filled with worry.
10:03It needs to be nourished
10:05with life force and the Luna.
10:06She is the only option.
10:08Then begin.
10:09Vigro said,
10:11his face a blank mask.
10:15What?
10:16The healer said cautiously.
10:19This kind of forced,
10:21life-draining ritual
10:22is extremely harmful
10:24to the giver.
10:25It could permanently damage
10:27the Luna's wolf.
10:31My blood ran cold.
10:33Permanently damaged my wolf?
10:35I knew exactly what that meant.
10:37It meant I would be stripped
10:38of my wolf.
10:40I would become a shell.
10:42Powerless.
10:44Lower than an Omega.
10:47You said it could.
10:48That means it's not a certainty.
10:50Vigo said coldly.
10:52She was protected
10:53by the Moonheart Stone
10:54for years.
10:55She'll be fine.
10:57Prepare the ritual.
11:01No.
11:03Vigro.
11:04You can't.
11:06My wolf thrasked inside me,
11:09howling in despair.
11:10I couldn't believe it.
11:12The man who once swore
11:13to protect me
11:14with his life
11:15was now about
11:16to destroy everything I was.
11:20Seeing the shock
11:21on my face,
11:22Vigo walked to the altar.
11:24He reached out
11:25and stroked my cold cheek.
11:27His rough thumb trembled
11:29just for a second.
11:30His voice was almost gentle.
11:33Just bear it
11:33for a little while.
11:34It'll be over soon.
11:36The words of a butcher
11:37coaxing a lamb
11:38to the slaughter.
11:39The ritual began.
11:40Ancient runes
11:41around me lit up,
11:43their blood-red glow
11:44stinging my eyes.
11:45I felt my life force
11:47being siphoned away.
11:49Fred,
11:49my painful Fred,
11:51feeding the woman
11:52in the next room.
11:53My wolf fought violently.
11:55The mate bond screamed
11:57with a pain
11:57that tore me apart.
11:59I couldn't stop
12:00a groan of agony.
12:02Endure it
12:04for my heir.
12:05I desperately told myself
12:07to accept it.
12:08This was the final price
12:10for our ten-year bond.
12:11And then,
12:12I sent a silent,
12:14frastic prayer
12:15to the moon goddess.
12:16My twins,
12:18my pups,
12:19they could not be harmed.
12:21Halfway through the ritual,
12:22my body started
12:23to go cold and convult.
12:25I could barely breathe.
12:27I felt the drain
12:29of my life force slowing.
12:31And I thought
12:32the cruel ritual
12:32was finally ending.
12:34But just then,
12:35a weak moan
12:36came from the next room.
12:39Viggo,
12:40am I
12:41going to die?
12:43It hurts
12:44my pup?
12:47Viggo's movement
12:47to embrace me stopped.
12:49His hand
12:50froze in midair.
12:52He turned
12:53and ordered
12:53the healer.
12:55Continue the ritual.
12:56Strengthen the transfer.
12:58The healer's eyes
12:59went wide with shock.
13:00Alpha,
13:01any more
13:02will kill her!
13:03She is carrying
13:04my heir.
13:06Viggo's voice
13:07was a blade of ice.
13:10She is the priority.
13:13My voice came out
13:14as a raw
13:15whisper.
13:16Do,
13:17do,
13:18do as he says.
13:20As long as this
13:21could all be over.
13:23As long as he would
13:23let me go.
13:25After this,
13:27let me go.
13:28Viggo's face changed.
13:30The guilt
13:31and connection
13:31in his eyes
13:32vanished,
13:33replaced by
13:34a hard coldness.
13:35The insecurity
13:36hidden beneath
13:37his arrogance
13:38erupted.
13:40Enough!
13:41He snored.
13:44Stop threatening
13:44to leave me.
13:45You know you can't
13:46live without me.
13:48Your life,
13:49your wolf,
13:50it all belongs
13:51to me.
13:52Behave,
13:53and I'll make
13:54it up to you.
13:55Before my weak body
13:56could respond,
13:57Odetch's call
13:58came again.
13:59Viggo,
14:00I'm scared.
14:05He turned
14:06and left
14:06without a second
14:07thought,
14:08going to his
14:08Omega's side,
14:09leaving me to
14:10endure this
14:10lethal pain alone.
14:13In my agony,
14:14I remembered
14:15that inspection
14:16tour at the
14:16mines a few
14:17years ago.
14:21I was gravely
14:22injured by an
14:23energy blast
14:23on the brink
14:24of death.
14:25When Viggo
14:26heard the news,
14:27he immediately
14:28abandoned
14:28an important
14:29alliance meeting
14:30and rushed back.
14:31He never
14:31left my side,
14:32watching over me
14:33for three days
14:34and three nights
14:35without sleep.
14:36Nice,
14:36wake up,
14:37please.
14:38When I finally
14:39woke up,
14:40healed,
14:40he was so thrilled
14:41he rewarded
14:42every healer
14:43who had helped me
14:44and announced
14:45the good news
14:45to the entire
14:46path.
14:48Late that night,
14:49when it was just
14:50the two of us,
14:51he couldn't hold
14:51back any longer.
14:53He pressed me
14:54into the bed,
14:55kissing me over
14:56and over.
14:57Promise me
14:58you'll never leave,
14:59okay?
14:59He stroked the
15:00mating mark on my
15:01neck and entered me.
15:02His love so deep
15:04it threatened to
15:04consume me.
15:06Back then,
15:06I thought that love
15:07would last forever.
15:08But everything
15:09changed when he
15:10found the agreement.
15:12The agreement my
15:13pack had signed
15:14with his father.
15:15Me, the Luna
15:16empowered by the
15:17Moonheart Stone,
15:19traded for ten
15:20vital mining territories
15:22that saved my pack.
15:24He was furious.
15:25He believed all
15:27my past affection
15:28for him had been
15:28a lie.
15:29It didn't matter
15:30how many times
15:31I explained,
15:32I knew nothing
15:32about it.
15:33It didn't matter
15:34that I told him
15:35both I and my
15:36wolf truly loved
15:37him.
15:37All that was left
15:38in his eyes
15:39was suspicion
15:40and indifference.
15:41All the love
15:42vanished in an
15:43instant.
15:44And now,
15:45as my life force
15:46drained away
15:47faster and faster,
15:48I sank into
15:49darkness and
15:50passed out.
15:50Finally, am I
15:52paying you back
15:53for everything?
15:54I'm so tired.
15:58Viga, we're
15:59even now.
16:03Two days later,
16:05I woke up in
16:06the medical center.
16:07I could feel my
16:09wolf was now
16:10just a faint
16:10whisper inside me.
16:12I couldn't stop
16:13coughing, even
16:14just sitting up.
16:17Tears streamed
16:18down my face
16:19beyond my control.
16:21I could never
16:22be a warrior
16:22again.
16:23My beta
16:24strength was
16:25gone.
16:26Then the next
16:27second, I felt
16:28it, a faint
16:29flutter of life
16:29from deep
16:30within my belly.
16:32Relief washed
16:33over me.
16:33My pups are
16:34still here.
16:35Thank the
16:36goddess.
16:37You're still
16:37protecting your
16:38mama.
16:41You're awake.
16:42Vigo walked in
16:43with a bowl of
16:44warm brew.
16:44truth.
16:47Drink this.
16:49Get your
16:50strength back.
16:51Are you
16:51uncomfortable
16:52anywhere else?
16:53But I had no
16:54energy left to
16:55respond to his
16:56half-hearted
16:56concern.
16:57I fought back
16:58the wave of
16:59Nasa that came
17:00with the pregnancy
17:01and stared at
17:03him, my eyes
17:04blank, like he
17:06was a complete
17:07stranger.
17:09Hand me my
17:10phone.
17:11My voice was
17:12polite and
17:12distant.
17:13He hesitated for a
17:15second, then did
17:16as I asked.
17:18The screen showed
17:19dozens of unread
17:20messages, all from
17:21the same unknown
17:22encrypted channel.
17:23Maybe my attitude
17:25was starting to
17:25make him panic.
17:26For the first
17:27time in ages, he
17:28actually showed
17:29interest in my
17:30affairs.
17:31Who is this?
17:32He asked with a
17:33frown, someone you
17:34don't know.
17:35I said flatly,
17:37Nasa!
17:38He snared, grabbing
17:39my chin.
17:40How long will you
17:40keep up this cold
17:41act?
17:42I'm feeding you
17:43myself.
17:43What more could
17:45you possibly want?
17:48A dull ache
17:49started in my
17:50chest, but I
17:51looked away.
17:54This rage of his
17:55was so familiar
17:58Before, whenever
17:59he got angry, I
18:01would frantically
18:01try to soothe
18:02him.
18:03But now, my
18:04weakened wolf left
18:05me exhausted and
18:06in pain.
18:07I didn't have any
18:08energy left to care
18:09about his feelings.
18:10Just then, through
18:12our still-solid
18:13mate bond, I felt
18:14Odette calling for
18:15him.
18:15I closed my eyes
18:16and spoke softly.
18:19Your Omega is
18:20looking for you,
18:20Alpha.
18:21Vigo froze.
18:23The fire in his
18:24eyes vanished,
18:25replaced by a
18:26flash of stung
18:27embarrassment.
18:29Then, he got
18:30up and left the
18:31room to answer
18:32the mind link.
18:35I watched him go
18:36and picked up my
18:37phone.
18:38The voice on the
18:39other end was
18:40frantic.
18:41Nylia, you
18:41promised you were
18:42coming back.
18:43Our people were
18:44waiting, but you
18:44never showed.
18:45Don't you want to
18:46return to the pack?
18:47I've prepared
18:47everything for you.
18:48Please, just come
18:49back for a short
18:50visit.
18:50Is that okay?
18:51Listening to his
18:52anxious concern, my
18:53voice became warmer
18:54than it had been in
18:55years.
18:56There was a little
18:56accident.
18:58Don't worry, give me
18:59a few more days.
19:00I'll be there soon.
19:06Vigor, I feel the
19:07pup's life force
19:08fluctuating.
19:09She whined, guiding
19:10his hand to her
19:10stomach.
19:11I think he misses
19:13his daddy.
19:15Vigo's attention was
19:16instantly diverted.
19:18He gently stroked
19:19her belly.
19:20I turned my head
19:21away, refusing to
19:22look at them.
19:23When we arrived, Vigo
19:25carefully helped
19:25Odetti out of the
19:26car, coddling her
19:28as he walked her to
19:29her room.
19:30He casually called
19:31out to the butler.
19:32Make Odile something
19:33she likes, something
19:34to calm the pup.
19:36He paused.
19:37Then his voice
19:38dropped so low he
19:39probably thought I
19:40couldn't hear.
19:41And the freshest
19:42roasted venison
19:43with moon wine.
19:44My feet froze for a
19:46second, roasted
19:47venison and moon
19:48wine, my old
19:49favorites.
19:50Ever since we
19:50were first mated,
19:51whenever I was
19:52feeling down, he
19:52would have the
19:53chefs prepare those
19:53two things for me.
19:55But what was he
19:56doing now?
19:56After everything he'd
19:57done, was this his
19:58idea of kindness, a
19:59pathetic attempt to
20:00prove he still
20:01cared?
20:02After everything that
20:03had happened, how was
20:04I supposed to face
20:04him?
20:05I dragged my heavy
20:06feet back to my
20:07room in the west
20:07wing.
20:08The moment I pushed
20:09open the door, I
20:10froze.
20:10My room had been
20:11rancid.
20:12It was filthy.
20:13My suitcase was
20:13ripped open.
20:14A coppery
20:14staunch of some
20:15kind of beast's
20:16blood.
20:17My dresses, torn
20:18to shreds.
20:19My jewelry crushed
20:20underfoot.
20:21Even my undergarmalt
20:22stained and defiled.
20:23Luckily, the token
20:25from my birth
20:25father was well
20:26hidden and hadn't
20:27been found.
20:27I was about to
20:28start cleaning up
20:29the mess and leave
20:30quietly when the
20:31door was pushed
20:31open.
20:32Odell walked in, her
20:34eyes filled with
20:35smug mockery.
20:36You're so stubborn.
20:38So shameless.
20:39After all that, you
20:41still won't step
20:41down and leave on
20:42your own?
20:43She walked right
20:43up to me, her
20:44voice soft but
20:45laced with venom.
20:48By the way, do you
20:49know why Vigo
20:50couldn't make it
20:50back when your
20:51mother died three
20:52months ago?
20:55My entire body
20:56went rancid.
20:57Because he was
20:58with me.
21:00On a private
21:01island, Odette
21:02perped.
21:03He said your
21:04mother was sick
21:05for years.
21:06A waste of pack
21:07resources, he
21:07called it, trying
21:09to save her.
21:13Shut up!
21:14I couldn't hold
21:15back anymore.
21:16I slapped her
21:16across the face.
21:17The sharp crack
21:18echoed in the
21:19room.
21:20Odette clutched
21:21her cheek.
21:22Instead of getting
21:23angry, she burst
21:24into crazed
21:25laughter.
21:30Finally lost
21:31your temper, did
21:31you?
21:32She pulled
21:32several high
21:33concentration, silver,
21:35dust fire, starters
21:36from her pocket, mixed
21:37with wolf's fame
21:38crystals.
21:38Thank you for the
21:39life force you gave
21:40me, Nylia.
21:41Not only can I
21:42control this energy
21:43now, but vigor
21:44also gave me access
21:45to all the pack
21:46vaults.
21:47Since you won't
21:48leave revealingly,
21:49I'll just add a
21:50little margin fire.
21:52What are you doing?
21:54I realized the
21:55danger and tried
21:55to stop her, but
21:57it was too late.
21:58Odette hurled the
21:59silver dust fire
22:00sighters.
22:01A massive explosion
22:03engulfed the entire
22:04room.
22:04A large section of
22:06the west wing
22:06collapsed.
22:07Greenish flames,
22:08laced with silver,
22:10shot into the sky.
22:12Huge chunks of
22:13stone and burning
22:14beams rained down
22:14from above.
22:15I was pinned under
22:16a collapsed wall.
22:18Blood streamed from
22:19a gash on my head,
22:20and my vision blurred.
22:25Odette's scream came
22:26from the other side
22:27of the rubble.
22:28Seconds later, I
22:29heard familiar
22:29footsteps.
22:31Vigo charged into
22:32the ruins.
22:34It's okay.
22:35I'm here.
22:36He soothed her gently.
22:37Then he turned and
22:39looked in my direction.
22:40Our eyes met across
22:42the ruins.
22:42I saw the panic
22:43bloom in his gaze,
22:45the hesitation.
22:45It lasted only a
22:47second.
22:47He was probably sure
22:49my constitution was
22:50strong enough to
22:50survive a fire, but
22:51he underestimated how
22:52deadly silver-laced
22:53wolfbane fire is to
22:55a crippled wolf.
22:55Then he set his
22:56draw, turned his
22:57back on me, and
22:58carried Odette from
22:59the flames.
23:00He abandoned me to
23:01the fire and smoke.
23:03Just as darkness was
23:04taking me, the life
23:05inside me suddenly
23:06surged, shielding me
23:08from a fatal blow.
23:09The agony of the
23:10mate bond vanished.
23:11I unleashed a
23:12surprising burst of
23:13strength and shoved
23:14the wreckage off my
23:15body.
23:16My pups, they were
23:17protecting me.
23:18I crawled toward a
23:20secret passage that
23:21only I knew, and
23:22pulled myself out,
23:23inch by painful
23:24inch.
23:25The silver-laced
23:26smoke burned my
23:27weakened wolf, but I
23:28bit down hard on my
23:29own arm, forcing
23:30myself to keep
23:31crawling, to get
23:32out.
23:32When I finally
23:33collapsed outside the
23:34estate, covered in
23:35blood, I was smiling
23:37with pure freedom.
23:40It's all over.
23:42The guards sent to
23:43get me arrived quickly,
23:44helping me onto the
23:46waiting, private plane.
23:47Just as the plane took
23:48off, Vigo's voice
23:50roared in my mind,
23:51furious, with an
23:53unmistakable tremor of
23:54panic.
23:55Nysta!
23:56Where are you?
23:57Get back here, no
23:59now!
23:59You will apologize to
24:01Odette for this
24:01stunt!
24:02I closed my eyes and
24:04severed the mind
24:05link, cutting off all
24:06contact.
24:07I motioned for the
24:08guards to erase every
24:09trace of my scent from
24:10the territory.
24:14The plane climbed into
24:16the clouds.
24:17I watched out the
24:18window as the estate
24:19shrank to a tiny speck of
24:20light below.
24:21Vigo and I, we were
24:23over.
24:24For good.
24:25Shortly after my
24:26plane pierced the
24:27clouds outside the
24:28emergency room of the
24:29pup, rearing center,
24:31Vigo was pacing.
24:33Odette was inside,
24:35receiving emergency
24:36care.
24:37Unable to reach me,
24:38he'd crushed his
24:39phone in a fit of
24:40rage.
24:40He snarled at his
24:41guards.
24:42Nysta is being
24:43infuriating.
24:44Odette is pregnant.
24:45She's been terrified.
24:46And what does her
24:47Luna do?
24:48Instead of helping,
24:49she runs off to throw
24:50a childish tantrum!
24:51As the words left his
24:52mouth, the pack's head
24:54healer, just back from a
24:56trip, hurried down the
24:57corridor, a stack of
24:59medical files in his
25:00arms.
25:01Seeing Vigo, the healer's
25:03face lit up.
25:04Alpha, perfect timing.
25:06I assume you're here for
25:07Luna Nice's follow-up
25:08appointment?
25:09It should be right
25:10around this time.
25:12After all, she's
25:14carrying twins.
25:15The hospital corridor
25:16fell deathly silent.
25:18Vigo froze.
25:19The raw fury on his
25:21face drained away,
25:22leaving it a ghostly
25:23white.
25:25What did you say?
25:27Twins?
25:28Vigo launched, grabbing
25:29the doctor by the
25:30collar, his eyes blazing
25:31red.
25:32The doctor stammered,
25:33terrified by his
25:34sudden rage.
25:35Yes, Alpha.
25:37Luna Nice is carrying
25:38your twins.
25:39She's over three months
25:40along, and their power
25:41signature is incredible.
25:42They are without a
25:42doubt the strongest,
25:43purest heirs I have
25:44ever seen.
25:45His body rigid with
25:46shock, and he'd lost
25:47his heirs.
25:47The strongest, purest
25:49twins his bloodline
25:49had ever known.
25:50No.
25:52Impossible.
25:55Vigo!
25:56Wait!
25:57It's okay!
25:58We still have our
26:00pup!
26:00The one I'm bringing
26:01is your heir, too!
26:03She cried, grabbing
26:04his arm.
26:05Vigo violently
26:06threw her off, his
26:07eyes filled with
26:08disgust.
26:09Who the hell do you
26:10think you are?
26:11His voice was a
26:12blade of ice.
26:13My Luna's pups are
26:15my only true heirs.
26:17Anything from an
26:18Omega like you
26:18is just a bastard.
26:20Odette's face
26:21went pale.
26:22She staggered back,
26:23but Vigo was already
26:24gone, storming out
26:25of the medical center.
26:27He rushed straight
26:27back to the pack
26:28manor and frantically
26:29searched for every
26:30trace I had left
26:31behind.
26:32But my scent was
26:34gone, completely,
26:35as if I had never
26:36lived in this
26:37manor at all.
26:37A raw, unfamiliar
26:39panic began to
26:40eat him alive.
27:05Vigo's eyes were
27:07wild, his voice a raw
27:08growl.
27:13She took my
27:14heirs!
27:17I won't let her
27:18get away!
27:19But a full week
27:20passed, and there
27:22was still no trace
27:23of me.
27:23A new terror
27:25gripped him.
27:27His father, the
27:29former Alpha
27:30Marcus, was
27:31returning from his
27:32tour.
27:33If his father
27:34found out his Luna
27:35was missing right
27:36after the grand
27:37celebration, that he'd
27:38lost his twin
27:39heirs, the
27:40consequences were
27:41unthinkable.
27:43Driven by panic,
27:44Vigo made a
27:45desperate move.
27:46He ignored the
27:47Council of Elders and
27:48used his ultimate
27:49Alpha authority to
27:50issue an Alpha
27:51decree, the Winter
27:52Celestis
27:53Concreation.
27:54It was the largest
27:54burring of packs in
27:55a century.
27:56All Alphas and
27:57Lunas were required
27:58to attend, no
27:59exceptions.
28:00And in the
28:00summons, he named
28:02me directly.
28:03My Luna, Nysa,
28:06must be in
28:06attendance.
28:07He was trying to
28:08make a public
28:08declaration of his
28:09claim to the
28:09entire werewolf
28:10world, to force
28:11whoever was hiding
28:12me to give me
28:12up.
28:13The last line of
28:14the decree was
28:15written in what
28:16looked like blood
28:16red ink.
28:19Any pack who
28:20dares to shelter
28:21my mate will
28:23face the full
28:24wrath of the
28:25Black Roach
28:25pack.
28:26The news sent
28:27shockwaves through
28:28the werewolf
28:28world.
28:29Has Vigo gone
28:30mad?
28:30The other
28:30Alphas muttered,
28:31All this for a
28:32missing Luna?
28:33I heard she was
28:34just an orphan.
28:35What's so special
28:35about her?
28:36But no one
28:36dared to ignore a
28:37threat from the
28:38Black Ridge pack.
28:39On the day of the
28:40gala, the great
28:41moon hall was filled
28:42with every alpha
28:43and luna from the
28:44north.
28:45Crystal chandeliers
28:45cast a brilliant
28:46light, but they
28:47couldn't pierce the
28:48storm raging on
28:49Vigro's face.
28:50He sat on his
28:51throne, his gaze
28:52sharp as a hawk's,
28:53scanning every face,
28:54searching for me.
28:55But I was not
28:56there.
28:57With every passing
28:58second, his panic
29:00deepened.
29:00He was terrified.
29:02If I really didn't
29:03show up, he'd be the
29:05laughingstock of every
29:06pack.
29:07Worse, he'd have to
29:08face his father's
29:09fury.
29:11Just then, the
29:12great doors swung
29:13open.
29:15The former alpha,
29:16Marcus, walked in
29:18slowly, leaning on a
29:19silver-tipped cane.
29:20His commanding gaze
29:21swept over the hall,
29:23finally landing on
29:24Vigo.
29:24The room fell
29:25silent.
29:26Marcus slammed his
29:27cane on the floor.
29:28The sharp crack echoed
29:29in the dead silence.
29:31His voice was like
29:32thunder wrapped in
29:33ice.
29:34Your Luna, and your
29:36heirs, where are
29:38they, Vigro?
29:41Vigro.
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