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00:00Ten minutes before the binding ceremony began, my own brother, Rowan, crossed my name off the list.
00:05He filled in my mate bond with someone else's name.
00:07Kale.
00:08The Alpha King's disgraced eldest son.
00:11Three years ago, after the border war, his wolf's hole had been damaged.
00:16Ever since then, he had been plagued by sickness and pain,
00:19and his temper had turned so violent that no one dared get close to him.
00:23Everyone in the kingdom called him a madman.
00:25Across the entire northern kingdom, not a single she-wolf was willing to marry him.
00:30I looked at the name on the parchment.
00:33The black ink had not even dried.
00:35Rowan, I'm asking you one last time.
00:38Are you sure you want to do this?
00:42Selina, Mira cried all night.
00:45She was raised to be the future Luna Queen.
00:47Then you came back, and suddenly the marriage alliance that was supposed to be hers had to go to you
00:51instead.
00:52Do the sensible thing. Let her have this.
00:54Mom, Dad, and I will find you a more suitable mate later.
00:58I almost laughed.
01:00A more suitable mate.
01:02So in his eyes, the king's sick, violent eldest son was just a lesson they could throw me into until
01:08Mira stopped crying.
01:10Fine.
01:10But you'll regret this.
01:16The bell in the hall rang.
01:18The bonding ceremony began.
01:23I followed Rowan into the royal hall.
01:26Mira sat beside Damon in an ice-white gown, her eyes red, as if she had just suffered the greatest
01:32wrong in the world.
01:34When she saw me, she bit her lip lightly and leaned closer to Damon.
01:38Damon lifted a hand to shield her.
01:42The way he looked at me made me feel like a problem that should never have existed.
01:46I walked down the red carpet and knelt on one knee before the ceremonial platform.
01:50The royal elder's voice fell over my head.
01:53Selina, daughter of the Alpha of Moonstone Pack, willingly accepts Kale, the king's eldest son, as her mate.
01:59For one breath, the entire hall went dead silent.
02:03Then the whispers spread like a tide.
02:06Kale?
02:07The madman from Pinewood residence?
02:09Rowan is ruthless.
02:11He actually sent his own sister to that kind of man.
02:13I heard Kale even attacks physicians when he loses control.
02:16How many days can she survive?
02:18Under everyone's gaze, I accepted the bonding crown.
02:24I accept.
02:27The pitiful look on Mira's face frozen.
02:30Rowan finally panicked.
02:32He stepped forward and lowered his voice.
02:35Selina, stop making trouble.
02:36I only wanted to cheer Mira up.
02:39Are you crazy?
02:40How could you actually agree to it?
02:45I did not look at him.
02:48On the high seat, the Alpha King frowned.
02:55Selina, the marriage alliance between Moonstone Pack and the royal family has stood for years.
02:59Today's change to the list was only an accident.
03:02You are the heir of Moonstone Pack.
03:04You should complete the mate bond with Damon.
03:06Before he could finish, Damon had already risen to his feet.
03:08Father, I will not marry her.
03:10The hall went quiet.
03:11Damon took Mira's hand and looked at me without the slightest shame.
03:14How could I possibly take an untrained country bumper as my mate?
03:18Damon, don't say that.
03:20Selina will be hurt.
03:23I'm only telling the truth.
03:25Then he turned to me as if you were tossing scraps to a stray dog.
03:29Selina, out of pity, I can allow you into the palace.
03:33You won't be my mate, but you can stay by Mira's side as a lowly maid.
03:40Serve her.
03:41Serve me too.
03:43Rowan visibly relaxed.
03:45My parents looked as if they had finally found a way out.
03:51Everyone thought I would accept that so-called mercy.
03:57No.
04:00What did you say?
04:05I said no.
04:11Selina, I know you hate me, but Damon only wanted to give you a way out.
04:16Why do you have to make this so ugly?
04:18I'm not the ugly one here.
04:19I looked at the ice-white gown she was wearing.
04:22A stolen position doesn't become yours just because you dress it up.
04:26Enough!
04:27Apologize to Mira!
04:27Mira!
04:29Don't force me to humiliate you here.
04:33You already have.
04:36Rowan's face went pale.
04:38My mother finally could not hold back anymore.
04:40She stood up.
04:41Selina, you've only been back in Moonpenpack for two years,
04:43and you're already tearing this family apart!
04:47Mira is our adopted daughter.
04:48Her father died fighting for the pack.
04:50We owe her!
04:51Why do you have to fight her over everything?
04:54Did I fight her?
04:58You were the ones who brought me back and told me I was the heir of Moonstone Pack.
05:04You were also the ones who said,
05:06The royal marriage alliance had to be completed by the heir.
05:09Now Mira cries, and suddenly I'm the one who came back too soon.
05:12No one in the hall spoke.
05:13Your majesty, Selina accepted the bonding crown in public.
05:16Under royal law, a pledge made before the court cannot be taken back on a whim.
05:25Then let her marry Kale.
05:28When he scares her until she comes crawling back on her knees, we can talk.
05:33Selina, don't be stubborn.
05:35Kale is truly terrifying.
05:37I heard that last month, a physician merely touched his medicine bowl,
05:41and he grabbed the man by the throat and threw him out.
05:44Her voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone nearby to hear.
05:50The whispers rose again.
05:52I only asked Rowan one question.
05:55Is this the result you wanted?
05:59It's just a lesson.
06:01Once you learn what fear feels like,
06:03you'll understand that we're doing this for your own good.
06:08For my own good?
06:10Then don't regret it.
06:14After we returned to the Moonstone Pack residence,
06:16my mother ordered the doors shut.
06:18Then she raised her hand and slapped me.
06:22My ears rang.
06:24Do you know how many people laughed at Mira because of you today?
06:29I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth.
06:34You should ask him why he changed the list.
06:40You're still trying to push this onto me?
06:43Enough!
06:45Tomorrow morning, you will go to Pinewood residence.
06:49After you marry Kale,
06:50don't come back and disgrace Moonstone Pack again.
06:53Selina, if you admit you are wrong now,
06:56I can plead for you.
06:58I ignored her.
06:59Damon's ceremony to name his future Lunar Queen is coming up.
07:04Since you don't want to be his lowly maid,
07:06you should at least come and watch.
07:09After all,
07:10that was supposed to be your place.
07:16At dawn the next day,
07:18I was sent to Pinewood residence.
07:20When the butler led me into the front hall,
07:23a physician had just retreated from inside.
07:25There were red marks on his neck,
07:27his medical case had fallen open
07:29and bottles were rolling all over the floor.
07:31Miss Selina,
07:32don't go near His Highness's medication
07:34and don't touch him.
07:36I had not come here to comfort Kale
07:38and I certainly had not come to clean up another man's mess.
07:42But the person behind the door suddenly spoke,
07:44his voice hurried and cold.
07:46She's here.
07:48Let her in.
07:51Let her in.
08:02You're the she-wolf who agreed in public to marry me?
08:05Yes.
08:09Do you regret it?
08:11Not yet.
08:12The corner of his mouth moved almost like a smile,
08:15yet not quite.
08:16The whole kingdom avoids me.
08:18You're bold.
08:19I'm not bold.
08:20I just don't want to go back and serve Damon and Mira
08:23as a lowly maid.
08:24Only then did Kale truly look at me.
08:28So you're using me as your way out?
08:30You can think of it that way.
08:35I smelled that sharp, bitter herb.
08:38It was not medicine meant to heal him.
08:40It was an herb used to suppress a wolf soul.
08:43I glanced at it, but said nothing.
08:46Moonstone Pack has sent something for Miss Selina.
08:49Just then,
08:50a maid's voice came from outside the door.
08:57Miss Mira said tomorrow is the ceremony
08:59for her to become the future Luna Queen.
09:02Since Miss Selina has never learned Royal Edict,
09:04you should begin with the simplest task.
09:07Please wear this uniform,
09:09hand her cloak to her in public,
09:10and then read this blessing.
09:12I unrolled the parchment.
09:14It was not a blessing.
09:16It was a declaration giving up my inheritance.
09:19At the bottom,
09:20someone had already signed my name for me.
09:23In the witness column,
09:25the name written there was Rowan.
09:28Who told you to bring this?
09:31Naturally, Miss Mira.
09:35Then tell her this.
09:36Tomorrow at the ceremony,
09:37I'll read it myself.
09:42They're trying to force you to validate
09:44a forged declaration in public.
09:48Do you need me to stop the ceremony for you?
09:51No.
09:52If she wants that seat,
09:53let her sit on it.
09:55The higher she climbs,
09:56the harder she'll fall.
10:00The next day,
10:01the Royal Hall was even livelier
10:02than it had been during the binding ceremony.
10:04When I walked in wearing my own black dress,
10:06the whispers beneath the platform
10:07stopped for a moment.
10:08Someone laughed.
10:09Why isn't she wearing the maid uniform?
10:11Selina,
10:12I thought you would be a little more obedient.
10:14After all,
10:15today is very important to me.
10:16The fact that you're allowed to appear here
10:18is already proof of Miraov's kindness.
10:21Don't make trouble again.
10:22I ignored him
10:23and walked straight onto the platform.
10:24The Royal Elder was about to read
10:26the ceremonial vows
10:27when Mira suddenly reached out
10:29and grabbed my wrist.
10:31Selina,
10:32yesterday you said you would read
10:33the blessing yourself.
10:35Everyone is waiting.
10:37Below the platform,
10:38Rowan stood beside our parents.
10:40The moment he saw the declaration,
10:41he visibly relaxed.
10:42He thought I would be afraid.
10:44Afraid of tearing everything open public.
10:45Afraid of disappointing my parents.
10:47Afraid of Damon's disgust.
10:49I, Selina,
10:50daughter of the Alpha of Moonstone Pack,
10:52voluntarily give up my stasis as heir
10:54and acknowledge that Mira is better suited
10:56to become the future Luna Queen.
10:58Soft gasps sounded throughout the hall.
11:01Mira lowered her eyes
11:02as if my generosity
11:03had moved her beyond words.
11:05Damon's expression also eased
11:07and I am willing to serve Mira and Damon
11:09for life as a lowerly maid.
11:11I continued reading.
11:12That's too cruel.
11:14She really signed it?
11:15At last,
11:16someone could not help whispering.
11:18Selina,
11:18thank you for letting me have this.
11:20Don't rush.
11:24The bottom of this declaration there is my name.
11:28I looked at Rowan
11:30and yours.
11:32Rowan,
11:33as the witness,
11:35do you confirm
11:36that I signed this voluntarily?
11:39Every gaze in the hall fell on him.
11:43Selina,
11:43stop throwing a tantrum here.
11:45didn't you already agree last night?
11:47Last night?
11:48I was at Pinewood Residence last night.
11:52I never saw you.
11:54A little color drained of Rowan's face.
11:57Maybe the messenger got it wrong.
12:00Selina,
12:01don't blame Rowan.
12:02The messenger is outside.
12:12The moment the maid saw so many people,
12:15her legs nearly gave up.
12:17Who gave you this declaration yesterday?
12:21She did not dare look at Mira.
12:23Instead,
12:24she looked at Rowan.
12:27Why are you looking at me?
12:29With a thought,
12:30the maid fell to her knees.
12:31It was Mr. Rowan.
12:33He said that as long as Miss Celia read it at the ceremony,
12:37Miss Mira would smoothly become the future Luna Queen.
12:40The entire hall erupted.
12:42Mira's face went completely white.
12:47Mira began to cry.
12:49This time,
12:49her tears came faster than ever.
12:51I didn't know.
12:52I really didn't know.
12:53Rowan said was so willing to help me,
12:55so I believed him.
12:56She threw herself toward Damon,
12:57trying to grab his sleeve.
12:59Damon stepped back.
13:00It was only one small step,
13:01but everyone saw it.
13:02Mira's hand froze in mid-air.
13:07Mira,
13:08how can you say that?
13:10Last night,
13:11you were the one who said that.
13:12As long as Selina read the declaration,
13:14Damon would officially acknowledge you.
13:15I was only too scared!
13:17The moment Selina came back,
13:20everyone said she was the real heir of Moonstone Pack.
13:24I had nothing left.
13:27I only wanted to keep Damon.
13:29My mother took a step forward,
13:31clearly aching for her.
13:32Mira.
13:34Are you going to plead for her?
13:36So many Pack representatives were watching.
13:38No matter how bebiased she was,
13:40she did not dare say that forging a declaration was not wrong.
13:46Rowan, did you do this?
13:48Rowan looked as if he had been cornered.
13:50I only wanted Mira to feel less upset.
13:53Selina has already married Kale.
13:55What use does she have for the heir's title now?
13:59So in his eyes,
14:01after I had been sent to Kale,
14:03a man everyone avoided,
14:05I no longer deserve to own anything.
14:10Forging a declaration to force the heir to surrender her status
14:14and reduce the Alpha's daughter to a maid
14:16is an insult to the old Alliance.
14:20Damon finally spoke.
14:21This has nothing to do with me.
14:23Mira snapped her head toward him.
14:25Damon did not look at her.
14:27I did not know the declaration was forged.
14:29If I had known,
14:30I would never have allowed such a thing to appear at the ceremony.
14:34Mira looked at him as if she were seeing him for the first time.
14:37Damon, that isn't what you said yesterday.
14:44Shut up.
14:48The ceremony was forced to stop.
14:51Damon turned to leave,
14:52but I stepped into his path.
14:55Apologize.
14:57What did you say?
14:59You said I had never received proper training.
15:02You called me a country brumpen.
15:04You said I was only fit to be a lowly maid.
15:08Now apologize.
15:11Selina, don't push your luck.
15:13Then let the royal elder write it down.
15:16The royal heir refused to apologize
15:18after humiliating the heir of Moonstone Pack.
15:21The elder really lifted his pen.
15:23Damon's expression changed.
15:24Mira wanted to speak,
15:25but he glared at her so fiercely that she froze.
15:28In the end,
15:28he clenched his draw
15:29and forced out a sentence between his teeth.
15:31I'm sorry.
15:32To whom?
15:35The veins on the back of Damon's hand stood out,
15:38was terrifyingly quiet.
15:39At last, he lowered his head.
15:44To Selina.
15:46It was the first time he had ever bowed his head to me in front of everyone.
15:49I did not accept it.
15:50I only picked up the forged declaration,
15:53tore it in half,
15:54and threw it at Mira's feet.
15:56Next time you try to steal my place,
15:58remember to find someone smarter to help you.
16:01Just then,
16:02a suppressed cough came from outside the doors.
16:05Kale stood at the entrance,
16:06wrapped in a black coat.
16:07His face was pale,
16:08but his eyes were cold enough to make people shrink back.
16:11He was clearly very ill,
16:13yet he had still forced himself to come.
16:15He looked at Damon.
16:16Even your apology has to be forced out of you.
16:20And you think you're fit to be the royal heir?
16:26Kale,
16:27can your body even handle this?
16:29Don't lose control here.
16:31Mira,
16:31as if she had finally found an opening,
16:33immediately retreated behind Damon.
16:35His Highness Kale looks very unwell.
16:37Selina,
16:38why did you bring him out?
16:39What if he loses control and hurts someone?
16:41Her voice was not loud,
16:42but the she-wolves in the hall all began backing away.
16:44Kale's rumors were too terrifying.
16:46Everyone feared him.
16:48I looked at Mira.
16:49You were just crying and claiming you knew nothing.
16:52Now you still have the energy to worry about whether he'll lose control?
16:55Mira's gaze flickered.
16:56Very soon,
16:57her maid came over carrying a cup of medisicated wine.
16:59Your Highness,
17:00the Luna Queen asked the physician to send this.
17:03She said it would help stabilize your wolf soul.
17:05I smelled that familiar herbal bitterness.
17:07It was the same scent as the medicine bowl at Pinewood Residence.
17:10Selina,
17:11didn't you say you understood medicine?
17:13Then you should let Kale drink it.
17:15You can't expect everyone here to risk themselves with him.
17:17She made it sound so reasonable.
17:19If Kale refused to drink,
17:20then he was dangerous.
17:21If Kale drank and lost control,
17:23they could still blame it on his madness.
17:25What are you trying to do now?
17:28If this medicine stabilizes a wolf soul,
17:31anyone can drink it, right?
17:34I handed the cup to the guard standing behind Daemon.
17:38You,
17:39drink it.
17:40That is for Kale.
17:43So no one else can drink it.
17:46Then what is it exactly?
17:48Medicine or
17:50something that only works on Kale?
17:53Mira's lips turned pale.
17:58The people below the platform heard the flaw in Mira's logic too.
18:01Daemon was cornered,
18:02so he could only give the guard a nod.
18:04The guard drank the medicated wine.
18:06At first,
18:07he only frowned.
18:08Soon,
18:08his eyes went bloodshot,
18:10his claws extended uncontrollably,
18:11and a pain and growl tore from his throat.
18:13The next second,
18:14he lunged at a nearby attendant.
18:17Screams eblooded.
18:19A serving tray crashed to the floor,
18:21and wine splashed across the red carpet.
18:24Several guards rushed forward and barely managed to pin him down.
18:33Explain.
18:35Mira's face changed completely.
18:38I don't know.
18:40I didn't prepare that.
18:41Your maid delivered it.
18:43She was bought by you!
18:47Was the maid who delivered the Forge declaration yesterday bought by me too?
18:52Mira had no answer.
18:54The way Daemon looked at her had already changed.
18:56He finally realized that if he continued protecting her today,
19:00he would also be drained to discuss Desmet at a Jew.
19:03Daemon turned to Mira.
19:04Mira,
19:06you've disappointed me.
19:08Mira looked as if someone had slapped her in public.
19:10Daemon,
19:11you can't do this to me.
19:13The medicated wine wasn't only my idea.
19:15Daemon shook her off.
19:17Take her away.
19:17The pleading in Mira's eyes turned into terror.
19:21You're pushing me out as the scapegoat?
19:26By the time Mira was dragged into the side hall of the royal city,
19:29the hem of her gown was already filthy.
19:31She struggled and cried Daemon's name.
19:33Daemon finally came,
19:34but he had not come to save her.
19:36Admit that you prepared the medicated wine.
19:39As long as you confess,
19:40I'll keep you alive.
19:42You want me to take the blame alone?
19:44Daemon did not answer.
19:46Silence was his answer.
19:47Mira suddenly laughed.
19:49She laughed until tears fell from her eyes.
19:51Daemon,
19:52you're ruthless.
19:53Yesterday,
19:53you said that once I became the future Luna Queen,
19:56Selina would only be able to kneel at my feet.
20:00Now that something has happened,
20:02do you want me to confess alone?
20:04Stop talking nonsense.
20:07Nonsense.
20:08Mira lifted her hand and wiped away her tears.
20:11At last, there was no more weakness in her eyes.
20:15That cup of medicated wine was sent by your mother's people.
20:18She said that as long as Kale lost control in front of everyone,
20:22you could lock him back inside Pinewood Residation for good.
20:26By then,
20:27who would dare say he had once been more suited to inherit than you?
20:31Shut up!
20:33You knew too.
20:34You always knew.
20:35Mira's face flushed from lack of air,
20:37but she was still laughing.
20:40Footsteps came from outside the door.
20:42Daemon froze.
20:44The side door of the hall was pushed open.
20:49The Alpha King stood at the entrance.
20:51Behind him was the reigning Luna Queen,
20:53her face paper white.
20:54Kale stood on the other side,
20:55one hand braced against the doorpane,
20:57his lips almost bloodless.
20:58He had not appeared by accident.
21:00The moment the medicated jaw caused trouble in the hall,
21:02he had asked the butler to summon the Alpha King.
21:05Daemon's hand was still around Mira's throat.
21:08And Mira had just personally named the reigning Luna Queen
21:10as the source of the wine.
21:13Every explanation came too late.
21:15The Alpha King's gaze settled on Daemon.
21:19Let go.
21:24Your Majesty,
21:26Mira is agitated and speaking nonsense.
21:28She was jealous of Selina and wanted to harm Kale.
21:32This has nothing to do with Daemon.
21:34Mira looked up at her.
21:36In that instant,
21:37she finally understood that she had been completely abandoned.
21:40She pulled a stack of crumpled letters from her clothes
21:42and hurled them onto the floor.
21:44Nothing to do with Daemon?
21:45Who gave me these prescriptions?
21:47Who told me to send medicine into Pinewood resident?
21:50Who said that as long as Kale stayed sick forever,
21:52Daemon's position would never be shaken?
21:55The papers scattered everywhere.
21:56The reigning Luna Queen's face went corpse pole.
21:59Daemon still wanted to speak,
22:01but Mira had already lunged over and grabbed his collar.
22:03You're saying you didn't know now?
22:05When you held me and called Selina a country bumper,
22:07and why didn't you say you didn't know?
22:10Daemon shoved her away.
22:12Do you all see it now?
22:13This is the royal heir you chose.
22:16Mira fell to the floor,
22:17blood bursting from the corner of her forehead.
22:22The side hall was so quiet that only Mira's breathing remained.
22:26The Alpha King bent down and picked up one of the letters.
22:29He only glanced at it once before his face turned terrifyingly dark.
22:32The letter contained more than a prescription.
22:35It also contained a single line.
22:37As long as Kale's wolf soul remains unstable,
22:41Daemon's sixth position remains secure.
22:44The reigning Luna Queen finally panicked.
22:46I only did it for the stability of the kingdom.
22:49Kale had already lost control back then.
22:51Everyone feared him.
22:52He was not fit to inherit the throne.
22:55Kale coughed once.
22:57He did not rage.
22:58He did not lunge forward to question her.
23:01So you drugged me for three years.
23:04The reigning Luna Queen's lips moved.
23:07No words came out.
23:08The Alpha King looked at her.
23:10You told me it was medicine to heal him.
23:13I had no choice.
23:15Daemon is my son.
23:17I couldn't watch him spend his whole life beneath Kale's shadow.
23:21The moment those words came out,
23:23Daemon's face became even uglier because she was not saving him.
23:26She was admitting in public that his position had been secured by poison.
23:31Father, I didn't know anything about this.
23:34I was kept in the dark too.
23:37You didn't know?
23:39Then why did you tell me to confess just now instead of saying we should investigate?
23:45You were only afraid I would drag you down with me!
23:49Shut up!
23:58Shut up!
24:01You should be the one shutting up.
24:04It was the first time I spoke.
24:08Everyone looked at me.
24:09You say you didn't know about the drug.
24:11What about this declaration?
24:13Did you not know about this either?
24:15Daemon's face stiffened.
24:16You waited during the ceremony for me to read it.
24:20You waited for me to admit with my own mouth that I deserved to be a lowly maid.
24:24You didn't know it was forged, but you knew it would destroy me.
24:29I turned to the Alpha King.
24:33Your Majesty, this is Daemon's so-called ceremony for the future Lunar Queen.
24:38A forged declaration of succession.
24:41An heir forced into servitude.
24:43Medicated wine meant to provoke the king's eldest son into losing control.
24:48Can a royal heir like this truly command the loyalty of the Pax?
24:52Selina!
24:53I did not look at him.
24:55The Alpha King closed his eyes.
24:56When he opened them again, his voice was cold enough to carry no warmth at all.
25:01From this day forward, Daemon is stripped of his status as royal heir.
25:05Daemon looked as if lightning had struck him.
25:07Father!
25:12Take him away.
25:13The guard stepped forward.
25:15Daemon suddenly pointed at Meera.
25:16It was her!
25:17It was all her!
25:19She wanted to be the future Lunar Queen!
25:22She was jealous of Selina.
25:24She sent the Medicaid wine to Kale.
25:26Meera's eyes widened.
25:27I was deceived by her!
25:28The next second, she lunged at him and bit his arm.
25:31Now you say I deceived you?
25:33When you held me and cursed Selina, why didn't you say you were deceived then?
25:40The two of them tore at each other inside the side hall.
25:43Daemon shoved Meera away.
25:49Meera fell to the floor, then crawled up again and clawed at his face.
25:53The royal heir and the future Luna Queen everyone had once envied.
25:58When Rowan and my parents arrived, they happened to see that scene.
26:03Meera's hair was disrevelled, and she was being held down by the guards.
26:08When she saw my mother, she cried.
26:10Mother, save me!
26:12You said I was your daughter!
26:15My mother instinctively took a step forward.
26:19My father grabbed her hard and held her back.
26:22The forged declaration, the changed list, the maid uniform.
26:28None of them could wash their hands of it.
26:30Rowan's face was deathly pale.
26:33At last, he looked at me.
26:39Selina, I only wanted to make Meera happy for a little while.
26:46Was she happy?
26:47Happiness at the expense of someone else's suffering isn't happiness.
26:51It's just spite.
26:54Vicious.
26:55Ugly spite.
26:57And it makes me sick.
26:59Rowan fell silent.
27:01He just stared at me,
27:02finally seeing that I was no longer the person he'd expected me to be.
27:07Damon had been the royal heir since childhood.
27:11Everyone who saw him had always lowered their heads.
27:14But that day, his hands were bound,
27:16his shoulders were pinned down by guards,
27:18and his wolf soul was suppressed so completely
27:20that he could not even break free.
27:21When Damon saw me, he suddenly stopped.
27:25Selina.
27:31The guards urged Damon to move,
27:32but he stared at me.
27:34I can restore your status.
27:35You were meant to stand beside me.
27:37As long as you speak up now,
27:38I'll have Father reconsider.
27:39He still had that tone,
27:40as if I were only throwing a tantrum,
27:42as if the moment he reached out,
27:44I should return to him with Grative.
27:46I looked at him.
27:46Damon, do you still not understand?
27:48I'm not refusing to marry you because of Kale.
27:51I'm refusing because you are not good enough for me.
27:53Damon's face went pale inch by inch.
27:55Kale stood at my side.
27:57His face was still pale,
27:58but his fingers held my wrist steadily.
28:00Damon stared at his hand and suddenly lost control.
28:02Kale has been crippled for three years!
28:04What gives him the right to return?
28:08Because you poisoned me for three years
28:11and still couldn't kill me.
28:13After that, no one in the hall dared speak for Damon again.
28:16The guards dragged him forward.
28:20Damon looked back once,
28:21but no one bowed to him anymore.
28:23The pack representatives who had once praised him
28:26now stepped aside as if he were something dirty.
28:29For the first time,
28:31Damon saw the court from below.
28:34When Mira was dragged out,
28:36she looked as if her soul had been emptied.
28:38Mother, save me!
28:39You said that whether or not I was your biological daughter,
28:42I was still your daughter!
28:44My mother instinctively took one step forward.
28:46My father seized her arm.
28:48The representatives from every pack were watching.
28:50If they protected Mira now,
28:52Moonstone Pack would be dragged into the scandal
28:55of poisoning the king's eldest son.
28:57At last, my mother stopped.
28:59Mira understood.
29:00The pleading in her eyes turned into hatred.
29:03Now you don't want me anymore?
29:05Weren't you the ones who put the ceremonial crown on my head?
29:08Weren't you the ones who let me sit but decide, Damon?
29:10Every time I cried,
29:11didn't you all say I was more like your real daughter?
29:14Shut up!
29:16You're afraid too!
29:17She was dragged away by the guards,
29:20her nails scraping across the floor with an ear-punching sound.
29:23Rowan stood nearby, his face ashen.
29:27When you crossed my name off the list,
29:28did you ever think about what would happen to me?
29:31He could not answer,
29:32so I answered for him.
29:34No.
29:35You only wanted Mira to be happy.
29:41Rowan's lips moved,
29:43but the words never came out.
29:45Three days later,
29:47Moonstone Pack held an elders' meeting.
29:49I did not attend.
29:51The butler told me the news.
29:52Rowan's name had been crossed off the succession list.
29:56That list was hung in the most visible place in the ceremonial hall.
29:59Every member of Moonstone Pack could see it.
30:02He had once crossed out my name with his own hand.
30:05Now,
30:06he knew what it felt like to be crossed out.
30:09Rowan,
30:10By changing the royal bonding list without authority
30:13and witnessing a Forge declaration,
30:16you have damaged Moonstone Pack's honor before the kingdom.
30:21Rowan stood beneath the list.
30:23His face had no color.
30:26I only wanted to calm Mira down.
30:28I never meant for it to become this serious.
30:30You did not think it was serious.
30:33Because Selina was the one paying the price.
30:36The elders did not kill him.
30:38He was sent to the coldest patrol line outside the royal city.
30:41The wind there was fierce.
30:43The nights were long.
30:44And in winter,
30:45out-of-control wild wolves often approached the border.
30:49On his first night on duty,
30:51heavy snow fell.
30:52He stood in the wind,
30:53his fingers turning purple from the cold.
30:56But he did not dare take even half a step away.
31:01The patrol captain looked him up and down.
31:04You're no longer the heir of Moonstone Pack.
31:08Stop acting like you matter.
31:10No one here will indulge you.
31:13Rowan lowered his head.
31:14For the first time,
31:16there was no one around to excuse him.
31:21By the third day after Damon was taken away,
31:24the royal city was still talking about that farce.
31:27Some said that if he had not been so eager to trample on me,
31:30he might have at least preserved one last scrap of dignity.
31:33Others said that no matter how beautifully Mira cried,
31:36she had never been the heir of Moonstone Pack.
31:39When those words reached Pinewood residence,
31:41Mira was washing bloody linens in the back courtyard.
31:44What she used to fear most was hearing people say
31:47she had no rightful status.
31:49Now, every person who passed by her
31:51chewed those words up and spit them back in her face.
31:53An injured wolf walked past and looked down at her.
31:58I heard you used to be the future Luna Queen.
32:02Someone beside him laughed.
32:04The future Luna Queen?
32:06What a joke!
32:12Mira buried her head very low,
32:14but those words still drilled into her ears,
32:17every single one of them.
32:18That night, she secretly ran to the front hall
32:21and knelt outside, wanting to beg me.
32:23Selina, I was wrong.
32:25Can you make them let me go?
32:28I don't want Damon anymore.
32:29I don't want the Luna Queen's position either.
32:32I stood inside the door
32:33and watched her shivering in the cold.
32:35Through her tears, she said,
32:37We grew up together.
32:40I smiled.
32:43I was only brought back two years ago.
32:47Mira's sobs stopped for a moment.
32:49In these two years, you framed me,
32:52stole my marriage alliance,
32:53tried to force me to read a declaration
32:55giving up my inheritance,
32:57and even tried to make Kale lose control.
33:00Isn't it a little late to talk about
33:02growing up together now?
33:06She could not say another word.
33:10The butler dragged her back to the rear courtyard.
33:15After Kale stopped taking those drugs,
33:17his condition worsened for a while.
33:19A wolf soul that had been suppressed for three years
33:21could not recover overnight.
33:23Sometimes at night,
33:25he would hurt so bad that his whole body trembled,
33:27his fingers digging deep into the edge of the bed.
33:30Everyone in Pinewood residence feared he might lose control.
33:33Only I stayed beside him.
33:35The butler stood outside the door,
33:36his voice low with worry.
33:38Miss Selina, you should step back.
33:42His heightness may not recognize anyone when the pain rises.
33:45Kale's breathing was rough.
33:46His claws had pressed marks into the wood,
33:48but he never reached for me.
33:50I dipped a cloth into cold water
33:52and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
33:55Kale panted and asked me,
33:57Aren't you afraid?
33:59I am.
34:00He looked at me.
34:01I changed the cloth,
34:02then pressed it gently against his wrist
34:04where the pulse was beating too fast.
34:05But I hate letting them win even more.
34:07Kale gave a low laugh.
34:09That was the first time I saw him truly smile.
34:11His smile was faint and exhausted,
34:13but it made the room feel less like a sick room.
34:16You chose a difficult road.
34:18No.
34:18They chose it for me.
34:20I looked towards from the closed door.
34:21I'm just making sure it leads somewhere better
34:23than the place they wanted to bury me.
34:25For the first time since I arrived at Pinewood residence,
34:28the so-called madman fell asleep without breaking anything.
34:32Half a month later,
34:33the Alpha King officially restored Kale's status as royal heir.
34:36That day, the royal city held an oath ceremony.
34:41Kale walked onto the platform in a black ceremonial's cloak.
34:46His face was still pale, but his back was straight.
34:50The old ministers who had avoided mentioning his name for three years,
34:54finally lowered their heads.
34:57Kale, eldest son of the royal bloodline has endured false treatment
35:03and unlawful suppression.
35:05From this day forward,
35:08his status as royal heir is restored.
35:13The packs below the platform knelt.
35:17We honor his highness Kale!
35:24Kale's gaze did not move to the crowd first.
35:29It found me.
35:32I stood beneath the platform and watched him take back what had been stolen.
35:37Damon had no right to attend.
35:39He had been locked in the northern prison.
35:44It was damp and cold there.
35:46And every day,
35:48he could only see a small piece of grey-white sky through a narrow window.
35:53Whenever the bells of the royal city reached him,
35:56he would slam himself against the door like a madman.
35:59Open the door!
36:01I am the royal heir!
36:08The guard outside laughed, laughed coldly.
36:11Stop slamming yourself against it.
36:14Stop slamming yourself against it.
36:20Today is the day.
36:23His highness Kale is restored as royal heir.
36:29Daemon froze.
36:30The guard added,
36:34Miss Selina is there too.
36:36I heard the Alpha King has already agreed.
36:40But she will become the future Lunar Queen.
36:49This time,
36:50Daemon did not roar again.
36:54He leaned against the wall and slowly slid down.
37:00All of this was supposed to be his.
37:04After that day,
37:05the reigning Lunar Queen was stripped of her honors
37:07and imprisoned in the highest tower of the royal city.
37:09That tower faced Pinewood residents.
37:12Every day,
37:13she could see Kale's carriages coming and going.
37:15She could see the old ministers bowing to him again.
37:18She could see Daemon's place being erased piece by piece.
37:20That was more painful than killing her.
37:22The first morning after she was locked inside,
37:24she still tried to stand like a queen.
37:26Tell his majesty I demand to see him.
37:29I acted for Daemon and for the stability of the kingdom.
37:32The tower guard did not bow.
37:33You have no audience rights left.
37:36She gripped the iron bars.
37:38I am the Lunar Queen!
37:40Not anymore.
37:41Outside the tower,
37:42the bells rang for Kale's restored oath.
37:44Every sound struck the stone room like a sentence.
37:46Belogh stepped out of his carriage,
37:47the minister who once avoided Pine Gent Low before him.
37:48Your Highness,
37:49the border reports are ready.
37:51He did not need to have to shout.
37:52Kale accepted the file with it not looking to origin words.
37:54His return alone was enough.
37:56Behind the iron bars,
37:58the woman who had poisoned him for three years
38:01watched her own son's future disappear.
38:04Piece by piece,
38:05from a window she could not leave.
38:10After the oath ceremony ended,
38:12my parents and Rowan knelt outside the royal city,
38:15begging to see me.
38:18When I walked out,
38:20my mother seemed to have aged greatly.
38:26Selina,
38:27we know we were wrong.
38:31Your father is in poor health,
38:33and Rowan has been punished.
38:35Can you,
38:36for the ale of our blood kinds,
38:38ask Kale
38:39to put in one word for Moonstone Pack?
38:43Selina,
38:44I'm your brother.
38:45I looked at his cracked hands.
38:47When you crossed my name off the list,
38:48did you remember I was your sister?
38:54His face went white.
38:56I looked at my mother again.
39:00Two years ago,
39:01when I had just been brought back,
39:04Mira said I pushed her into the water,
39:06and you made me kneel for an entire night.
39:09I was confused.
39:12Mira cried so hard,
39:14I thought you were stronger.
39:16So because I didn't cry,
39:17I deserved less?
39:20She could not answer.
39:21My father lowered his head.
39:24Moonstone Pack cannot survive
39:26if the royal family keeps punishing us.
39:28Moonstone Pack survived
39:30when you sacrificed me.
39:31I did not soften.
39:33You didn't lose me.
39:36I finally stopped choosing you.
39:40I turned and walked back to Kale's side.
39:43Kale did not speak for me.
39:44He only stood beside me,
39:46letting them understand that this time,
39:48I had someone behind me
39:49who would not hand me away.
39:53When the coronation bells rang,
39:55every wolf in the royal city
39:57lowered their heads.
39:57Kale stood on the high platform.
40:02His face was still pale,
40:04but his eyes were calm
40:06and sharp.
40:08The Alpha King
40:09placed the crown
40:11of the future Luna Queen before me.
40:14Below the platform,
40:15the people who had once mocked me
40:16no longer dared lift their heads.
40:18I saw Rowan standing
40:19in the very last row.
40:22The wind and snow
40:23had roughened his face
40:25and his shoulders
40:26were no longer straight.
40:28He wanted to look at me,
40:29but he did not dare
40:31look for too long.
40:32I also saw my parents.
40:34They wore the plainest formal clothes
40:36and had been placed
40:37as far from the platform
40:38as possible.
40:38My mother's hands
40:39clutched Gert tightly,
40:41her eyes painfully red.
40:43Once,
40:43she had said Mir
40:44was more like her daughter.
40:46Now,
40:46she finally knew
40:47what she had thrown away
40:48with her own hands.
40:49The Alpha King's voice
40:50echoed across the square.
40:53Selina of Moonstone Pack
40:54stood before this court
40:56when Truth was buried
40:57and she exposed
40:59a false ceremony,
41:00a forged declaration,
41:02and a crime
41:02against the royal bloodline.
41:04From today forward,
41:06she will stand aside Kale
41:07as the future Luna Queen.
41:11The crown glowed
41:13under the winter light.
41:15Kale turned slightly
41:16and looked at me.
41:17You don't have to accept
41:18because of me.
41:19I'm not accepting
41:20because of you.
41:21I looked down at the court.
41:22All this time,
41:23I was waiting for a day
41:24when I'd rise high enough
41:25to make my own choices
41:26and when I'd finally
41:27stop living beneath
41:28the gaze of people
41:29who had no love
41:29to give me.
41:33Mira was not qualified
41:34to enter the hall.
41:36She was in the back
41:36cat yard of Pinewood residents,
41:38holding a basin
41:39of the bloody water.
41:41When the bells rang,
41:43her hands shook
41:43and the dirty water
41:44splashed all over
41:45her skirt.
41:46The steward frowned.
41:51Hurry up.
41:52Do you think you're still
41:54the future Luna Queen?
41:57Mira lowered her head
41:59and her tears fell
42:00one by one
42:01into the blood-blind water.
42:03She had once wanted me
42:04to wear a maid's uniform
42:05and hand her cloak
42:06to her in public.
42:07Now,
42:08she was the one
42:08standing in a back
42:09ackyard
42:09no guest would ever see.
42:11Damon heard the bells
42:12inside the northern prison.
42:14He asked the guard,
42:15What day is it?
42:16The new royal heir
42:17and the future Luna Queen
42:18are accepting the oaths
42:19of the Pax.
42:20Damon pounded on the door
42:21until the back
42:21of his hand bled.
42:22I should have been
42:23the one standing there!
42:25No one paid him
42:25any attention.
42:26In the highest tower,
42:28the reigning Luna Queen
42:29also heard the bells.
42:31She threw herself
42:32toward the window
42:33and looked through
42:34the iron bars
42:35at the royal city.
42:35There was Kale
42:38and there was me.
42:39No.
42:41No,
42:42this should have been
42:43Damon's day.
42:44The tower guard
42:44closed the viewing slit
42:46halfway.
42:46You may watch quietly
42:47or you may watch nothing.
42:49At last,
42:50she broke down
42:50and sobbed.
42:55On the platform,
42:57Kale took my hand.
42:58His hand was still
42:59a little cold.
43:01But it was
43:02much steadier
43:03than when we first met.
43:05Will you regret it?
43:07And it was the first
43:08step took towards
43:09the throne.
43:11I looked back at Kale.
43:13No.
43:15Kale's fingers
43:16tightened around mine.
43:18Then accept the oaths!
43:23One by one,
43:24the Pax representative
43:25stepped forward.
43:27The same people
43:28who had whispered
43:29that I would not
43:30survive Kale
43:31now lowered their heads
43:32and offered loyalty.
43:34We honor the future
43:35Luna Queen.
43:36We honor His Highness Kale.
43:38I did not feel the need
43:39to look back
43:40at my family again.
43:41The crown before me
43:42was not a gift from Kale.
43:43This is my own choice
43:45and the place
43:45I was always meant to stand.
43:48This time,
43:49no one could cross out
43:51my name.
43:55After the oath,
43:56the royal elder
43:57brought out
43:57the new alliance record.
43:58The portrait was laid
43:59on a stone table
44:00before the entire court.
44:02The future lunar queen's name
44:04must be entered
44:06into the royal register
44:07before the Pax dispass.
44:12For a moment,
44:14I remembered another pen.
44:16Rowan's pen.
44:18The one that had
44:19crossed my name
44:20off the bonding list
44:21ten minutes before
44:22the ceremony began.
44:23that one stroke
44:24had been meant
44:25to send me into ruin.
44:26Now another stroke
44:28would seal my return.
44:30Selina of Moonstone Pack,
44:33mate of His Highness Kale,
44:35future Luna Queen
44:36of the Northern Kingdom.
44:40Your Highness Kale,
44:42Moonstone Pack
44:42honors the royal decision.
44:44I knew what he really wanted.
44:49He wanted me to soften.
44:51This record will not be altered
44:52without Selina's consent.
44:54The royal elder nodded once.
44:56By order of the royal court,
44:58no one may replace her name,
45:00speak for her,
45:01or surrender her status
45:03on her behalf.
45:04The court heard every word.
45:07So did Moonstone Pack.
45:11My name had once
45:13been crossed out in secret.
45:15Now it was written back in public,
45:18where everyone could see.
45:24The next day,
45:25Daemon was brought
45:26before the royal hearing hall.
45:29He no longer wore
45:30royal air's cloak.
45:32His wrists were bound,
45:34and the guards
45:35did not lower their heads
45:36when they pushed him forward.
45:38Daemon looked first
45:39at the Alpha King,
45:40then at Kale,
45:41and finally at me.
45:43Father,
45:44this is unnecessary.
45:45I have already lost my title.
45:47You lost your title
45:48because you were unworthy.
45:50Today the packs
45:50will hear why.
45:56The royal elder
45:57opened the record
45:58and read each charge.
46:00Public humiliation
46:00of the rightful
46:01Moonstone heir.
46:03Acceptance of a forged
46:04succession declaration.
46:06Attempted use of
46:06poisoned,
46:07mediclated wine
46:08to provoke
46:09His Highness Kale.
46:10Concealment of evidence
46:11regarding the long-term
46:12suppression
46:13of His Highness
46:14Wolf's soul.
46:15Kale looked at him
46:16coldly.
46:20But you plan
46:21to benefit
46:22from it.
46:28Daemon's eyes
46:29flicked toward me.
46:30Selina,
46:30tell them I never
46:31wanted you dead.
46:32I only wanted you
46:33to learn your place.
46:34The hearing hall
46:35went silent.
46:38I stood up.
46:40That is exactly
46:41why you deserve
46:42this judgment.
46:45Daemon stared at me.
46:47You thought
46:47my place was
46:48beneath you.
46:49Beneath Meera.
46:51Beneath whatever lie
46:52made you comfortable.
46:53Now your place
46:54is the one
46:54the court gives you.
46:55The Alpha King
46:56struck the stone
46:57armrest once.
46:58Daemon is stripped
46:59of all royal privileges,
47:01inheritance rights,
47:02military command,
47:03and access
47:04to the palace.
47:05He will remain
47:06in the northern prison
47:07until the court
47:08decides his
47:09labor sentence.
47:10Daemon's face
47:11finally cracked.
47:12Labor sentence?
47:14You will repair
47:15the same border walls
47:17Kale bled to defend.
47:26Daemon was led away.
47:28I stood beside Kale
47:29on the high platform,
47:31facing the packs
47:31of the northern kingdom.
47:33Kale's hand
47:34was still cooler
47:34than most people's,
47:35but his grip was steady.
47:37From today onward,
47:38no one speaks
47:39over you.
47:39Not Moonstone Pack,
47:41not the royal court,
47:42not me.
47:45I looked at him
47:47and no one hides
47:48poison behind concern again.
47:50A faint smile
47:51touched his mouth.
47:52Never again.
47:54He took my hand
47:55and led me out.
47:56From this day forward,
47:58no one would dare
47:59change my name
48:00on the list again.
48:01No one would hand me
48:03a maid's uniform.
48:04No one would presume
48:05to write for me.
48:07And no one
48:08would ever ask me
48:09to step aside again.
48:15I sat in the courtyard,
48:17letting the feeling
48:17of freedom wash over me.
48:19Kale came up behind me
48:21and wrapped his arms
48:22around me.
48:22What are you thinking about?
48:24I was wondering
48:25what would have happened
48:26if I hadn't taken
48:27that crown back then?
48:28If I hadn't chosen you?
48:30Suit one sat down
48:31beside me.
48:32With or without me,
48:33you would have become
48:34free on your own.
48:35Why do you say that?
48:36Because you're brave
48:37and clever.
48:38You would never let yourself
48:39be someone else's
48:39second option.
48:41Even without me,
48:42you would have found
48:42your way out.
48:43I just got lucky.
48:45Lucky enough
48:45to earn your favor.
48:48That's my honor.
48:53It was the first time
48:54anyone had ever said
48:55that being chosen by me
48:57was their honor.
49:02Meeting you
49:03is my honor too.
49:07My dear Luna,
49:09may we go without
49:10a condom tonight?
49:13Father was urging me
49:15today to produce an heir.
49:16His erect cock
49:17pressed against my pussy
49:18and I quickly grew wet.
49:21Okay.
49:22As his thick cock
49:23slid into me,
49:24I thought with satisfaction.
49:26I'm so glad I chose him.
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