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00:00My husband had never slept with me, yet I was pregnant.
00:03But for every time we had sex, he blindfolded me himself.
00:07The man who entered my body was always his subordinate.
00:10Beta Cain?
00:14My husband Adrian was the alpha of Blackridge Pac.
00:18He never allowed me into his private study.
00:21Three minutes ago my pregnancy tests turned positive.
00:24I happily ran to the study door.
00:26I started recording to capture Adrian's reaction to becoming a father.
00:30Before I could knock, I heard Cain's mocking laugh.
00:32Your wife has an incredible body. Every risk was worth it.
00:36If she's pregnant, the baby is yours. I never slept with her.
00:39The Pac will believe it's your child.
00:42I'll release the access logs from every visit to her bedroom.
00:45Everyone will think she seduced you.
00:47When will Claire get the Luna title?
00:49After Willow looks like she willingly slept with you.
00:52I stood there, cold all over.
00:54Six months earlier, I met Adrian for the first time.
00:57I fell from him when he caught me.
01:00He helped me stand steady, then let go.
01:02I instinctively covered the left side of my face.
01:05A palm-sized, dark brown birthmark stretched from below my left eye to my mouth.
01:09I had no wolf, and the birthmark ruined my face.
01:12Everyone treated me like trash.
01:14Stop hiding it.
01:15You're beautiful exactly as you are.
01:18Later he took me to Blackridge Pac's bonfire dinner.
01:21When the music started, he patiently taught me a slow dance.
01:24He said I could refuse anything and still be safe.
01:27I mistook his calculated kindness for love.
01:33I returned to my room on shaking legs.
01:36I cut apart the bracelet we braided at the bonfire dinner.
01:41I copied the recording to a hidden USB drive, then wiped my phone.
01:47Adrian entered before I could hide the final bracelet piece.
01:51You were near my private study.
01:52What did you hear?
01:54I heard nothing.
01:58What are you hiding?
02:01I opened my palm and dropped a cut piece of the bracelet.
02:04The USB drive was already hidden in my sleeve.
02:07Why did you destroy it?
02:08I wanted barbecue from town, but you never replied.
02:11Adrian studied me carefully, then reached for his coat.
02:13I'll buy it now.
02:15His guilt made it easy to get him out.
02:17After he left, I hid the pregnancy test and recording separately.
02:20Adrian had put a tracker inside my wedding ring.
02:22I left it there so he wouldn't know I was planning to escape.
02:25I hired a cash-only driver to wait beyond the eastern boundary.
02:30I'll wait there when the full moon rises.
02:32Don't leave unless I'm inside the car.
02:34Before Adrian returned, I visited Dr. Nora Halle.
02:37You're seven weeks pregnant.
02:39Adrian can't know I'm pregnant.
02:41I'll keep it secret.
02:42You're very weak.
02:44Cold or impact could cause a miscarriage.
02:46I had to protect my baby and escape before Adrian found out.
02:50On my way home, I saw his truck beside a lakeside cabin.
02:54Claire Bell met him outside and kissed him first.
02:57She was his former lover and had saved him during a rogue attack.
03:00Adrian gripped her waist and pulled her closer.
03:03You promised I'd become Luna.
03:05I'm tired of hiding.
03:06Willow's family has major influence on the council.
03:09If I drive her away now, I may lose my alpha position.
03:11Then bring me to live at Pack House tonight.
03:14She kissed him again, then they entered the cabin together.
03:17I watched the light in their bedroom come on.
03:20Minutes later, Adrian's message appeared in the family group chat.
03:23Prepare a room for Claire.
03:25She's coming home with me.
03:29Claire arrived at Pack House before breakfast.
03:32Adrian introduced her as the new community outreach assistant.
03:36Claire needs a fresh start.
03:39Everyone must treat her fairly.
03:42Claire was wearing his coat when he gave the order.
03:45She gave me a smug smile inside my own home.
03:49At noon, she entered the lakeside memorial garden Adrian and I built.
03:54We planted 100 western red cedar saplings for wolves killed protecting our territory.
04:00A metal memorial plaque engraved with a name stood beside each tree.
04:05Claire pulled out every sapling and threw every plaque into the frozen lake.
04:11How could a wolf-less, disfigured loser deserve to be Luna?
04:16You won't need these after Adrian replaces you.
04:20Those names belong to families who lost loved ones.
04:23Then they can fish them out themselves.
04:27I slapped her after she laughed.
04:29She grabbed my sleeve, deliberately fell backward, and broke the railing.
04:34Claire fell into the lake while screaming for Adrian.
04:36Adrian!
04:40Adrian pulled Claire out and wrapped her in his coat.
04:44Willow pushed me because you brought me home.
04:47She destroyed the memorial and jumped.
04:49Check the cameras.
04:50Adrian stared at me coldly and held Claire tighter.
04:52Retrieve every plaque.
04:54Nora warned me to avoid the cold.
04:55I don't feel well.
04:56Stop using weakness to escape consequences.
04:59He ordered two guards to block the shore.
05:01I entered the lake because resisting them would expose my escape plan.
05:04The freezing water numbed my hands before I found the first plaque.
05:09Claire held Adrian's hand while I searched beneath the ice.
05:12By the 20th plaque, I couldn't feel my legs.
05:15A violent cramp pulled me underwater.
05:17I struggled to the surface while Adrian stood motionless and watched.
05:21Then dark red blood spread through the lake around me.
05:31Maya was the only friend I trusted inside Pack House.
05:34Minutes later, she pulled me from the lake and called Nora.
05:41I woke in my bedroom with blood soaking the sheets.
05:45You lost the baby because of the cold and trauma.
05:48I'm sorry.
05:49Does Adrian know?
05:51I won't tell him without your permission.
05:53Please keep it secret.
06:00Adrian never asked why I had collapsed.
06:03Six days later, Claire deliberately ate walnuts despite knowing she was allergic.
06:07After the rash appeared, she insisted cookies from my kitchen caused her allergy.
06:11Willow poisoned me because she wanted Adrian back!
06:21Apologize to Claire now, and I'll keep this quiet for you.
06:24If I say I didn't do it, will you believe me?
06:27Your jealousy is becoming uglier than that birthmark!
06:32He locked me in an unheated room and forced me to sign a confession.
06:38I refused to sign it.
06:41That evening, he finally released me and took me to Victoria's founder's dinner.
06:46Victoria Blackwood was Adrian's mother.
06:48She also chaired the Blackridge Disciplinary Council.
06:50But Adrian still made the final decision on every pack punishment.
06:54Years before my marriage, rival wolves attacked Victoria and she lost a child.
06:58The enemy hid wolfsbane inside a silver brooch.
07:00After that, anyone sending the same brooch was openly threatening her life.
07:10Victoria opened my gift box and found an identical silver brooch inside.
07:14Council Investigator Elena Reyes picked up the box.
07:17Its seal had been torn and reglued.
07:18The seal was re-glued.
07:20Find out who tampered with it before sentencing anyone.
07:23Claire touched the box after it left my room.
07:27Adrian stood between Claire and the pack guards.
07:29The box stayed with Willow the whole time.
07:31Claire never touched it.
07:33I saw Claire take the box while Adrian watched beside her.
07:41I demand 80 lashes.
07:44Adrian, you must personally approve 80 lashes.
07:47Do it.
07:49All 80 lashes.
07:51Not one fewer.
08:02Start counting.
08:06Nobody stops before 80 lashes.
08:10The first lash split my skin before I could react.
08:13Maya knelt beside the platform, begging Adrian to stop.
08:16She nearly died in the lake.
08:18This punishment will kill her.
08:21Continue.
08:22She's Luna, but she still must obey pack law.
08:25Adrian watched each lash reopen my back wounds.
08:28He didn't stop it until all 80 lashes were complete.
08:30Enough!
08:31Nobody may touch my wife again!
08:34He carried me home, but one fact remained.
08:36He personally approved those 80 lashes.
08:39Everyone believed I had no wolf.
08:41My lash wounds healed slower than other wolves.
08:44Nora worked until morning, stopping my bleeding and barely stabilizing me.
08:48Adrian returned with excuses instead of an apology.
08:51She still has to care for her sick mother.
08:54Punishing her would also hurt her mother.
08:56Whether I lived or died, give Claire the Luna title.
09:00Blackridge still needs your family's influence in the werewolf council.
09:04Stop testing my limits.
09:05I felt nothing but disgust.
09:07You need my last name.
09:09You never wanted me.
09:10Claire called.
09:11Adrian left without answering me.
09:13Using a small knife, I opened my wedding ring and removed its tracker.
09:18I left both on the desk.
09:19I slipped my farewell letter into Adrian's monthly files.
09:23My mother said a seal had suppressed me since childhood.
09:26The seal hid my true face and wolf scent.
09:29It also suppressed my wolf and healing.
09:31My first full moon after turning 21 would break it.
09:34That moon was tonight.
09:36I gave Maya my savings and grabbed my packed bag.
09:39The driver is waiting beyond the eastern boundary.
09:41Don't tell Adrian before I leave.
09:43Passing the Alpha's private study, I heard Claire's voice.
09:46Tell me you never loved Willow.
09:48Adrian paused for several seconds.
09:50I didn't stop or wait for his answer.
09:52Tonight, I'd escape Blackridge and leave Adrian forever.
09:54At moonrise, I'd shift for the first time.
09:57Once outside, I snapped my access card.
09:59Before I reached the boundary, Claire sent Adrian's fabricated bedroom records to the entire pack.
10:04The records made everyone think I had seduced Kane.
10:06A store owner recognized me and refused to sell me clothes.
10:09We don't serve women who betray their Alpha.
10:11More people gathered, calling me a tramp and blocking the street.
10:15Rotten vegetables and trash hit me.
10:16The wounds on my back split open again.
10:18A stone thrown by a man split my forehead.
10:20Two pack guards stood nearby and did nothing.
10:23Your face disgusted, Adrian!
10:25That's why you begged his beta to sleep with you!
10:27They knew nothing but believed Adrian's lies and kept attacking me.
10:30As the full moon ceremony approached, guards began clearing people from the street.
10:34My reopened wounds soaked through my clothes.
10:36At moonrise, my mother's seal shattered beneath my skin.
10:39My wolf finally awakened, and I shifted for the first time.
10:42In wolf form, my fur was snow white.
10:44Even faint sounds painfully pierced my ears.
10:47My healing began closing the lash wounds quickly, but several remained.
10:50When I became human again, the birthmark vanished.
10:52My true face had returned.
10:54My eyes turned silver.
10:55Rain and bonfire smoke covered the scent of my blood.
10:58Another wolf bumped into me while I crossed the festival.
11:00Before I fell, Adrian grabbed my bare waist.
11:02His grip tightened when he saw my silver eyes.
11:05My body instinctively shuddered at his touch, but disgust immediately overpowered the reaction.
11:09I broke free from his hand and entered the waiting SUV.
11:13Where are we going?
11:14Go to Rheinhaven.
11:16Don't look back.
11:16The SUV was far away, but my sharp hearing caught Adrian's order behind us.
11:21Find that silver-eyed woman.
11:22Bring her to me.
11:26Maya sent Blackridge PAC security footage and hidden audio through our encrypted channel.
11:31The footage showed Adrian searching for the silver-eyed stranger until sunrise.
11:35Rain erased my scent, and the cameras never captured my transformed face from the front.
11:44Finally, Claire forced him back to PAC house.
11:47Willow hates Kraut.
11:48She's probably waiting in her room.
11:51He chose to believe I was still waiting there.
11:53Then he could think he controlled everything.
11:56Kane was waiting outside the Alpha's private study when they returned.
12:00When can I speak with Willow?
12:04You'll never enter her room again.
12:07You gave the order.
12:08I obeyed every time.
12:10Willow never consented to sex with either of us.
12:15You touched what belonged to me.
12:17She never belonged to either of us.
12:19Kane's words exposed Adrian.
12:20He only wanted to possess me.
12:22It was never love.
12:23After hearing that, Claire immediately saw me as a threat.
12:26If you love Willow, I'll leave tonight.
12:29I don't love her.
12:30Then announce our engagement before she returns.
12:33That morning, Victoria used the fabricated affair to suspend my Luna duties.
12:38Adrian thought I'd publicly oppose the decision.
12:42But Maya stopped him outside my bedroom.
12:44Willow asked me to return her Luna crest.
12:47She wants me to panic, so I'll chase her.
12:49She even transferred away all her savings.
12:51The PAC is waiting for our engagement announcement.
12:54Willow can wait.
12:55She's always waited for me.
12:58That turn gave me another full day to get farther from him.
13:03Maya kept sending me hallway footage and secret recordings from PAC house.
13:09My door never opened, but Adrian didn't care.
13:12He announced his engagement to Claire.
13:14He appointed Claire acting Luna without council approval.
13:18Under PAC law, marriage, PAC oath, Luna title, and mate mark were four separate things.
13:23A mate mark only created a bond.
13:24It didn't automatically make anyone Luna.
13:27The council still had authority to remove a Luna.
13:29During the celebration, Claire swept her hair aside and exposed her neck.
13:33Mark me tonight.
13:34Then Willow can't take you back.
13:36Adrian touched her neck, but he didn't bite.
13:38Even if I mark you, Willow and I won't automatically divorce.
13:41She also won't get PAC release papers.
13:43Leaving the PAC required a formal application and council approval.
13:46But Adrian submitted no application and sent no paperwork for approval.
13:50Claire smiled at the crowd, but her face was tight with anger.
13:52Maybe Willow's beta lover already took her away.
13:56Adrian silenced the hecklers, but didn't end the celebration.
13:59Willow will return and apologize.
14:02Until then, Claire remains acting Luna.
14:04Maya tried to interrupt him, but the music covered her voice.
14:08Maya's hallway footage showed Claire leaving Adrian's room every morning.
14:11The recording captured them arguing through the bedroom door.
14:14You called Willow's name in bed.
14:15You promised she meant nothing to you.
14:17Go back to sleep.
14:21He finally crossed the courtyard and opened my bedroom door.
14:24My clothes, books, and toiletries were already gone.
14:28Only my wedding ring, tracking chip, and Luna Crest remained.
14:31The three items sat together on my empty desk.
14:35Maya, where is Willow?
14:37I tried to tell you before the engagement that she'd left.
14:41When did she leave?
14:43She crossed the boundary days ago.
14:45Adrian ordered every guard to search for my former appearance.
14:49The search notice described a palm-sized brown birthmark on the left side of my face.
14:54They were still searching for the birthmarked version of me.
14:58That woman no longer existed.
15:01Later, Elena sent me Maya's findings and Kane's recording.
15:07Adrian searched border records, highway cameras, and every local private car service record.
15:14Footage showed heavy rain and crowds.
15:17It only caught a hooded woman nearing the border.
15:22No camera captured my face clearly.
15:25The search teams continued using my old file.
15:29The pack archive held birthmark photos and an old garment carrying my scent.
15:34But it only held the scent suppressed by my mother's seal.
15:37They still searched by that birthmark.
15:40Unaware it had vanished with the seal.
15:42Before dawn, Adrian locked himself in the Alpha's private study.
15:46He repeatedly drew my old face with the birthmark.
15:49He stopped while drawing the dark brown birth heart covering the left side of my face.
15:53He had said the birth heart never bothered him.
15:56Yet every portrait still showed that long-vanished birthmark.
16:00Kane entered the private study while Adrian drew the last portrait.
16:05You lost her and only noticed three days later?
16:11She is my wife.
16:13Then why didn't you notice her room was empty for three days?
16:18I will find her and bring her home.
16:20She doesn't belong to you.
16:22You have no right to force her to go with you.
16:24Whoever finds her first gets to make one demand.
16:27She is not a prize.
16:29Then sign her pack release if I find her first.
16:33With a pack release, Adrian could no longer control me with Alpha commands.
16:38But it was not a divorce.
16:39I still needed a separate civil divorce.
16:42You also cannot keep blocking her divorce.
16:45Adrian agreed because he still believed I would return.
16:48Traffic cameras tracked my SUV toward Oregon's southern coast.
16:52That road led to six rainy towns, including Rheinehaven.
16:58To search teams left Blackridge with portraits of my old face.
17:04We start with Rheinehaven.
17:08Before leaving, Adrian opened the safe for his council pass.
17:12He found my farewell letter behind those documents.
17:14I had hidden it there before I left.
17:17You chose Claire, so I chose freedom.
17:19Do not look for me.
17:21We will never meet again.
17:22He finally understood I had planned to leave before disappearing.
17:25Claire withheld Maya's.
17:26Pay enforced her to clear silver traps along the border barehanded.
17:29The next morning, Adrian opened his door.
17:32Maya lay outside with silver burns across both hands.
17:35Your ankle is injured.
17:36Why are you still working outside?
17:38Claire said anyone who betrays her deserves to suffer.
17:42Adrian entered my old room and immediately smelled smoke gap.
17:45Claire was burning our wedding photos.
17:47She also threw in dried jasmine from the bonfire dinner.
17:50A cheating Luna does not deserve these keepsakes.
17:54You started that cheating rumor yourself.
17:57Elena confirmed Claire posted anonymously.
17:59The payment records also led to her.
18:02But Adrian had fabricated the so-called bedroom records Claire released.
18:05Claire only spread the lie.
18:07Adrian was the one who created it.
18:08Starting today, you are no longer acting Luna.
18:12A council hearing must decide her punishment.
18:15Before the hearing, Adrian confined Claire to her quarters.
18:18But no punishment could erase what she had already done to me.
18:21My driver took cash and left no passenger record.
18:24The trail ended there.
18:25Adrian could not find me for months.
18:27He searched every coastal town without finding one reliable sighting.
18:30An unmarked council vehicle followed his convoy the entire time.
18:34Its plates belong to Lucien's regional guard.
18:37Adrian and his men never noticed the vehicle following me.
18:40Lucien was using Adrian to find me, then using me to find Serena.
18:45For three months, every search team used wrong portraits.
18:48And my old scent sample.
18:49Nobody recognized me.
18:51Their failure to find me gave me time to start living my own life.
18:54I changed my name and built a normal life in Rhinehaven.
18:57Rhinehaven lay on Oregon's rainy coast.
18:59Outside Blackridge's control, Martha Collins was a retired botanist who rented me a cottage.
19:04The cottage stood behind her greenhouse near the weekend farmer's market.
19:07Before Martha officially hired me at Wild Bloom, I sold plants at the weekend market.
19:11I placed white jasmine beside the market register.
19:14A customer carefully studied my face.
19:16Now free of the birthmark while choosing roses.
19:19You're beautiful.
19:20White jasmine really suits you.
19:23Nobody has ever said that to me before.
19:25Before anyone calling me beautiful was mocking me or wanted something,
19:29my mother's letter for my 21st birthday contained a clue.
19:32Her letter described a healing formula and mentioned a closed inland clinic.
19:35She tied yarrow, feverfew, and cedar tips together with blue thread.
19:39I found fresh herb bundles tied with the same blue thread inside that clinic.
19:43Serena had worked there just a few days earlier.
19:46The Blackridge trackers entered the market carrying.
19:48Adrian's sketch of my old face.
19:50They also carried a blurry border security photo.
19:52Neither image resembled.
19:54The woman standing before them, the seal had hidden my true scent for 21 years.
19:58After the seal broke, my true scent returned.
20:00It no longer matched their old sample.
20:03Have you seen this missing woman?
20:04They recognized neither my changed face nor my newly restored scent.
20:08I have never seen her.
20:10That evening, Adrian followed the same search route to Wild Bloom.
20:14I was closing when heavy rain shut down the highway.
20:17Have we met before?
20:20I fought to keep my hands from shaking when Adrian asked if we had met.
20:24We have not met, and I am closing now.
20:26Adrian ordered a bouquet of white jasmine for delivery to Blackridge.
20:29I told him Wild Bloom did not deliver outside Rinehaven.
20:32He refused to leave while I finished the remaining orders.
20:35Hearing my voice made him study me more closely.
20:38Your voice sounds exactly like my wife's.
20:41You never really listened to her.
20:44Of course, many women's voices sound alike.
20:47I counted the change with my left hand and closed the register.
20:50Then I tied his bouquet with my usual backward knot.
20:53I placed the finished bouquet beside the register.
20:55He had seen these habits countless times during our six months together.
20:59He never noticed.
20:59Now those movements made him increasingly suspicious.
21:03My restored scent was unfamiliar to him.
21:06But he recognized my habits.
21:08We were not fated mates, and he had never marked me.
21:11So he could not identify me by scent alone.
21:13He waited until I turned toward the work table before speaking.
21:17Willow, look at me.
21:19I turned around instinctively before I could stop myself.
21:23The moment I turned around.
21:24His eyes changed.
21:26He had deliberately tested me.
21:28That name is very common.
21:30I only turned because I heard someone call it.
21:32Your voice, nodding technique, and left-handed habits exactly match my wife's.
21:37He showed me the portrait he had drawn from memory.
21:39A dark brown birthmark covered half the woman's face in the portrait.
21:42Your portrait proves nothing.
21:44Leave my store.
21:45I searched for you for three months.
21:48You should have seen me when I stood beside you.
21:50He stepped closer, but I kept the work table between us.
21:52Do not touch me or follow me.
21:55Take another step and I will call the police.
21:57He placed the portrait face down and left without saying a word.
22:03The next morning, he waited outside with my still-insigned pack release.
22:06You are Willow Vale.
22:09I opened the flower shop door and slapped my divorce papers down before him.
22:13Divorce does not require your consent.
22:15Sign my pack release, then stay away from me.
22:17Claire never replaced you.
22:19You are still my wife and Luna.
22:22Every time you sent Kane to impersonate you in my bed, you betrayed me.
22:26Adrian grabbed my forearm and dragged me toward the SUV waiting outside.
22:29Come home with me.
22:30We can discuss our issues there.
22:32Kane punched Adrian in the jaw and forced him to release me.
22:35Kane used his beta access to retrieve Adrian's vehicle records.
22:39He followed the latest record to Rhinehaven, arriving minutes after Adrian.
22:42She already said no.
22:43Do not touch her again.
22:44You lost our bet.
22:46Stay away from her.
22:48Your bet cannot make me anyone's property.
22:50I consented to sleeping with my husband.
22:52I never consented to sleeping with you.
22:54Adrian gave the order, but I chose to obey every time.
22:58You never chose me.
23:00Every time was your choice.
23:01Do you think I am a plaything?
23:03Your love disgust me.
23:04Both of you disgust me.
23:06Adrian used an alpha command.
23:07That was the voice I feared most throughout our marriage.
23:10Come home with me.
23:11Now.
23:12I had not officially left the pack.
23:13My oath remained active.
23:15His alpha command instantly seized my body before my white wolf could resist.
23:18I had already taken one step.
23:20Fighting it made my whole body tremble with pain.
23:22I still could not break his command.
23:24I stopped myself before taking a second step and stayed beside the counter.
23:27You just proved why I will never return.
23:29Council vehicles blocked both ends of the street.
23:32Their captain showed a forged arrest warrant bearing Lucian's council seal.
23:36Guards aimed rifles loaded with silver bullets before either man could shift.
23:40Wolfsbane soaked darts weak in them.
23:42Guards twisted their arms behind their backs.
23:44Thank you, Adrian.
23:45You led us to Lucian's white wolf.
23:48Another guard fastened a Wolfsbane-lined steel collar around my neck.
23:54The Regional Guard marched me into Lucian's heavily guarded council compound.
23:58The Wolfsbane-lined steel collar prevented my shift and suppressed my white wolf.
24:02Lucian was the Regional High Alpha and Adrian's biological father.
24:05Lucian and several council members were waiting inside.
24:08I tried to mark your mother 21 years ago.
24:11Her white wolf could have made every pack accept my rule.
24:16Before you die...
24:18Lucian moved behind me and brushed my hair away from my neck.
24:20Your mother will accept my mark.
24:22A forced mark will never make her choose you.
24:25Only wolves bound by council oaths were subject to his command as Regional High Alpha.
24:29Before my pack release became final, my Luna oath still bound me.
24:33Kneel!
24:34Every oath-bound guard and official dropped to both knees.
24:36Before my white wolf could resist, my right knee slammed into the floor.
24:39My white wolf's resistance slowed my body but could not break his command.
24:42The collar burned my skin as I forced myself upright again.
24:45Your mother was difficult enough.
24:46Now I have you to deal with too.
24:50Then you should fear both of us.
24:53He handed me a phone and ordered me to call Serena.
24:55I smashed it before he could use an Alpha command to force me to speak.
25:01She has already sacrificed enough.
25:03I will not bring her here.
25:05Lucian wrapped one hand around my throat and slowly tightened his grip.
25:08My vision darkened but I refused to reveal her location.
25:10He released me just before I lost consciousness.
25:22He ordered the guards to announce my public execution on every pack network.
25:26The notice read, execution tomorrow at moonrise.
25:28Beside it was a photo of a silver execution axe.
25:32Tomorrow, Serena will watch her daughter die.
25:35Then she will come here and become mine.
25:39Later, Serena told me she saw my execution notice within minutes of its posting.
25:44My mother immediately understood Lucian was using my life to force her out of hiding.
25:47She packed my childhood photo, her medical bag, and old council records.
25:51Then she drove toward the council compound alone.
25:53From my underground cell, I knew nothing about her journey.
25:56The cell bars were inlaid with silver, and my collar was lined with wolf's bane.
26:00Both materials prevented me from healing or shifting normally.
26:05I could hear workers building the execution platform above me.
26:09For the first time, I prayed my mother would abandon me.
26:11If she stayed away, she would remain free.
26:13Martha and Elena later told me what happened after my abduction.
26:16The abductors left Adrian and Kane tied up.
26:18Rinehaven officers freed them and confirmed the arrest warrant was forged.
26:22Adrian and Kane reached the council gate before midnight.
26:25Lucian's guards denied them entry and threatened them with silver bullets.
26:29Adrian gave Elena every Blackridge file documenting my punishments.
26:33Those files recorded Claire's lies, Victoria's orders, and Adrian's approvals.
26:38These records can help us fight Lucian, but we still need council support.
26:42Take everything.
26:43Just stop the execution.
26:46Add my confession, too.
26:48The forged warrant let Elena enter the council compound for an emergency investigation.
26:53Victoria tried to shut down Blackridge's servers before Elena could copy the records.
26:57Fortunately, Maya had backed up every punishment record in the council archive.
27:01One runaway Luna cannot destroy this family.
27:06Your own records have already destroyed it.
27:11Elena applied to enter the council compound.
27:14Serena had already crossed the regional border.
27:17My cell door opened before dawn.
27:19I expected another guard.
27:21Instead, Gideon Vale stood outside, wearing a council elder's pin.
27:24He held a signed contract bearing Serena's name.
27:30Your mother was always worth more than you.
27:32My biological father personally brought the contract that sold my mother.
27:37Gideon Vale, my biological father, was among the council's most powerful.
27:41The contract gave Serena to Lucian for Gideon's council seat.
27:44I chose the stronger side and protected our family.
27:48You sold two women and called it protection.
27:51He recently gave Lucian Serena's coastal clinic location.
27:54Serena had already moved, so Lucian used me as bait.
27:57The cover bore a council file number in Gideon's seal.
27:59I repeated each digit until I memorized it.
28:02Lucian entered while Gideon displayed the contract.
28:04You'll die at moon rest unless Serena resurrenders.
28:07If she appears, I'll publicly mark her at dawn.
28:10Before moon rise, Serena had to trade her freedom for my life.
28:12You cannot force anyone to choose you.
28:15Choice does not matter when every pack sees my mark.
28:19He approved the live stream to lure Serena out.
28:21Pack law allowed me a council witness before execution.
28:24I chose Elena.
28:25Lucian agreed because her presence added legitimacy.
28:28Meeting room cameras ran.
28:30Two guards waited outside.
28:32If Lucian tries to stop the broadcast, block him.
28:34Don't let the feed cut out.
28:36Two independent packs, each sent a team.
28:38Both wait outside the council compound.
28:40Both packs challenged Lucian's warrant abuse for years.
28:42If Serena appears, keep every camera running
28:44and prepare the emergency vote immediately.
28:47I will act on your signal.
28:50A guard removed Elena once I shared the file number.
28:54While the stream stayed live,
28:55I had witnesses, evidence, and reinforcements ready outside.
28:58Elena secured permission for Adrian and Kane
29:00to witness the execution under armed guard.
29:02Guards marched me through onlookers
29:04toward the platform before moon rise.
29:06Pack members called me a plaything,
29:07throwing mud, rotten food, and stones.
29:10Armed guards held Adrian and Kane behind separate barriers.
29:13Lucian locked my collar beneath the raised silver axe.
29:15I searched the crowd desperately,
29:17but Serena was nowhere in sight.
29:19Your mother chose herself instead of you.
29:21The silver axe began falling before I answered.
29:24The falling axe blade missed my neck.
29:26As the blade fell,
29:27Elena opened the barriers on both sides.
29:29Adrian Kane and a hooded woman
29:31rushed onto the execution platform together.
29:33Adrian slammed the axe handle.
29:35Kane tackled the executioner.
29:36The hooded woman grabbed my shoulders
29:38and yanked me from the chopping block.
29:40The blade veered and sank deep into my shoulder.
29:42The silver axe blade lodged in the wound,
29:44instantly stopping my healing.
29:46Blood kept pouring from my torn shoulder.
29:47The woman tore off her hood.
29:49My mother had come to save me.
29:51Take me!
29:58Take me instead!
30:00Lucian gave an alpha command to the guards sworn to him.
30:03Lucian's guards charged all three rescuers at once.
30:06Adrian shielded me while Kane fought two armed guards.
30:09They restrained Adrian with silver-cated chains.
30:12A guard struck Kane down with a wolf's spain-soaked baton
30:15beside the chopping block.
30:16Even on the ground, he still reached for me.
30:19Serena raised both hands
30:20and stepped onto the execution platform.
30:22Members from every pack
30:23watched Serena walk straight into Lucian's trap.
30:26He staged this execution to force her surrender.
30:35Release, Willow, and I'll accept your mark.
30:38Mom, don't give him your body or your freedom!
30:40I've already missed 21 years with you.
30:42I can't lose you again.
30:44This isn't consent.
30:45You're using my daughter to force me.
30:47Your consent changes nothing.
30:49Every pack will see my mark.
30:50The council witness recorded every word Lucian said.
30:53Release Willow.
30:54Take Serena away.
30:56At dawn, I'll mark her myself.
30:58After Serena was forced to accept the deal,
31:00Elena unlocked my collar.
31:02Guards dragged Serena toward the council marking room,
31:05where cameras were already set up.
31:06I desperately fought Elena's hold,
31:08but could only watch my mother disappear behind steel doors.
31:11Lucian will forcibly mark her at dawn.
31:13You have six hours.
31:14I stopped struggling and stared into the council's camera.
31:18Then I'll make his Alpha Command stop working for good
31:21before he touches her.
31:24Only six hours remained before Lucian forcibly marked my mother at dawn.
31:28Elena moved me to a council safe room.
31:30Nora removed the silver shard from my shoulder.
31:32My body began healing, but Wolfsbane still suppressed my wolf.
31:36I spread Lucian's compound map across the table.
31:41We'll break his Alpha Command first,
31:43then rescue my mother.
31:45Most council elders must see the evidence first.
31:47The vote could suspend his authority and break its blood oath control.
31:51Then we can call an emergency vote.
31:53Elena knew the compound passages and current guard shifts.
31:56Kane had already provided a map of the service tunnels.
31:59Elena copied the public execution stream before Lucian deleted it.
32:03Nora held my collar burn report and Wolfsbane test results.
32:06I traced the service tunnel on the paper map with my finger.
32:09I sent Lucian's forged arrest warrant across every council channel.
32:12The video showed him trying to execute me illegally.
32:15It also showed him forcing my mother to trade herself for me.
32:19Keep the cameras live.
32:20He can't hide any more crimes.
32:23Next, I had our allies fake a rogue wolf breach at the border.
32:27Scouts from allied packs triggered alarms with empty vehicles and remote speakers.
32:30No scouts entered Blackridge pack territory.
32:33Nobody carried live ammunition.
32:35Lucian would recognize the emergency code he wrote into his security manual.
32:39He would redeploy one western unit, leaving the service tunnel unguarded.
32:44How do you know he'll take that exact route?
32:47The duty logs showed his deployment habits.
32:51Kane confirmed them.
32:52Adrian wanted to join the rescue.
32:54You must obey Elena.
32:55Once my mother is safe, you withdraw immediately.
32:58Understood.
32:59I only agreed if he served under Elena's command.
33:02Kane gave Elena the access code, then returned to the holding area.
33:06When the council stream began, the false border alarm sounded.
33:10As expected, Lucian redeployed one western unit.
33:13Elena immediately called an emergency vote to break Lucian's alpha command.
33:20Then the stream showed Lucian entering the marking room where Serena was held.
33:27He bared his fangs and approached her exposed neck.
33:31Vote now or everyone will watch him forcibly mark her.
33:37As Lucian's fangs neared Serena's neck, the council vote began.
33:41Before he bit Serena, the vote passed.
33:44The alpha command granted by his office, immediately failed.
33:50Guards, kill the intruders!
33:53Seize every council witness!
33:55The guards heard him, but his alpha command had failed.
33:57It could no longer force obedience.
33:59Several guards lowered their weapons.
34:01After seeing the live stream evidence,
34:03others remained loyal to Lucian and sealed the interior passages.
34:07Elena put Adrian in charge of a rescue team, under her command.
34:11Adrian's mission would end, once Serena crossed the estate boundary.
34:18The wolfbane is gone.
34:20You can shift safely now.
34:22My bones began changing, and my white wolf broke free.
34:25Elena's people opened the service tunnel from inside.
34:29Adrian led the team against Lucian's loyal guards.
34:32I followed the lower passage to the marking room.
34:36Lucian pinned Serena to the chair, and bared his fangs.
34:40Touch her again, and every pack will see it!
34:43He didn't answer.
34:44I rammed him away before his fangs.
34:46Touched her neck.
34:47Serena kicked Lucian away while I tore through the chair restraints.
34:50The collar key hung from Lucian's belt.
34:53I ripped it free and unlocked my mother's wolfsbane collar.
34:56Her breathing steadied as we held the marking room doorway.
34:59Once the wolfsbane fully cleared, Serena shifted beside me.
35:03Together, we drove Lucian farther from the open passage.
35:07Elena's guards restrained him with silver-plated, wolfsbane-soaked restraints.
35:11Lucian tried another alpha command, but nobody moved.
35:14Serena and I crossed the estate boundary together.
35:17Elena immediately ordered Adrian to withdraw.
35:23I trust you.
35:28Later, Adrian found me outside Nora's treatment room.
35:31He stopped several steps away.
35:35If the council confirms me as High Alpha, will you become High Luna?
35:41No.
35:42Adrian stared at me, but I didn't change my answer or soften my tone.
35:45No title can repair everything you chose to destroy.
35:49Without my consent, you gave my body to another man.
35:53I know what I did is unforgivable.
35:56You still think a higher title makes your apology worth more?
36:00Serena joined me outside Nora's treatment room.
36:02My mother held my hand.
36:03I finally revealed the last truth.
36:04I was seven weeks pregnant then.
36:06You forced me into the frozen lake to retrieve the memorial plaque.
36:09Adrian went silent.
36:10You were pregnant then?
36:12That baby was never yours.
36:14Cain waited nearby under council guard.
36:16Cain understood first.
36:17That baby was mine!
36:19That baby was mine!
36:20Neither of you have any right to claim that baby!
36:22Your deception caused that pregnancy.
36:24I miscarried after you forced me to retrieve the memorial plaque from the frozen lake.
36:29My grief belonged to neither of them.
36:31I played the recording I'd copied before escaping.
36:33If Willow gets pregnant, the baby is yours.
36:37Every time you sent me, I got into bed with her.
36:40Their messages proved every word in the recording was true.
36:43In those messages, Adrian ordered Cain to blindfold me every time and stay silent.
36:47Entry logs proved Cain entered my bedroom every time.
36:49Cain admitted knowing I always thought he was Adrian.
36:52Neither could blame the Alpha Command, fate, or a mate bond.
36:56I placed two documents before Adrian.
36:58I'd already filed for no-fault divorce in county court.
37:00The second was my Blackridge PAC release.
37:03Sign the PAC release.
37:05Then never claim I belong to you again.
37:07Adrian signed without asking for another chance.
37:10Elena immediately certified the PAC release on behalf of the council.
37:13Council records would now state one rule clearly.
37:16Marriage, Luna status, and PAC vows never replace sexual consent.
37:19Officers took the two men to separate holding rooms.
37:21The council chamber doors opened behind them.
37:26Claire, Victoria, Gideon, and Lucien waited under armed guard.
37:31The council trial begins now.
37:34Bring in every accomplice.
37:37Elders free from Lucien's control formed the tribunal.
37:40The entire trial was live-streamed.
37:41Messages, testimony, and medical reports exposed all their actions.
37:45Adrian's messages proved he arranged for Cain to impersonate him every time.
37:48Cain admitted willingly participating every time.
37:51Payment records proved Claire paid to spread rumors.
37:53Victoria's signed documents proved she authorized the whipping.
37:56Gideon signed the contract that sold Serena.
37:58Lucien's footage captured his full attempt to forcibly mark her.
38:01I consented to sex with Adrian, not Cain.
38:05They exploited my trust.
38:08The evidence proves they each knew exactly what they were doing.
38:13Guards! Arrest these tribunal members!
38:16His command seal went dark on every council screen.
38:19Not one guard obeyed him.
38:21An officer removed Lucien's badge.
38:24Adrian lost his alpha title and every council privilege his family gave him.
38:28Cain lost his beta rank and could never serve as a guard again.
38:30Officers tore Claire's fake Lunar Crest from her clothes.
38:34Victoria and Gideon lost their council seats.
38:36Adrian promised the Lunar Crest was mine!
38:40Every power he promised you was stolen from me.
38:45You destroyed Blackridge PAC.
38:47Your own orders destroyed it.
38:50Serena, tell them I protected our family.
38:53You sold us.
38:55You'll never speak for us again.
38:57The tribunal froze their assets and referred the criminal cases to court.
39:00Later, all six of them received prison sentences after separate trials.
39:04Maya received her unpaid wages and damages from the frozen assets.
39:08I received my official Blackridge PAC release and requested a permanent no-contact order.
39:13Serena refused every position on the council.
39:15I only want my daughter and garden back.
39:20Prison could punish them, but it couldn't bring back my lost baby.
39:23The years stolen from my mother could never be recovered.
39:26Adrian and Cain could never interfere with our new life at Wild Bloom again.
39:29We prepared to return there together.
39:31Before Cain's prison transfer, Elena approached me privately.
39:34Cain requested five supervised minutes with you to say goodbye.
39:37I looked at my mother, then made my final decision.
39:40Give him five minutes.
39:42He gets nothing else.
39:45Before his prison transfer, Cain received five supervised minutes with me.
39:49Elena kept him cuffed beside the council transport vehicle.
39:52I won't blame Adrian or the Alpha Command.
39:54I won't use my feelings as an excuse.
39:56I knew you hadn't chosen me, but I did it again and again.
40:00You deceived me into sacks every time.
40:02Helping me later doesn't erase what you did.
40:04I know. I'm not asking you to forgive me.
40:08Goodbye, Cain.
40:09He lowered his head and boarded the transport without another request.
40:12I watched the transport door close without any lingering attachment.
40:18Then Serena and I drove west toward Wild Bloom.
40:21Martha had protected the shop while we were gone.
40:23Nora opened a small treatment room behind the greenhouse.
40:26When we arrived, Maya waited beside the repaired front window.
40:29This will always be your home if you want it.
40:31Serena stopped beneath the Wild Bloom sign.
40:33She touched the doorframe before stepping inside.
40:36While I was hiding, I always imagined us having a home like this.
40:39You never have to hide again.
40:42That afternoon, we reopened the greenhouse together.
40:45Serena checked the medicinal herbs while I cleared the broken planters.
40:48Maya brought compensation forms for former Blackridge PAC employees.
40:51Nora listed patients needing treatment who refused to seek a PAC leader's approval.
40:55First, we'd offer practical help instead of taking another council title.
40:58My mother could finally choose where she lived.
41:00No one tracked my location anymore.
41:03That evening, Elena called before I closed the shop.
41:06Before Adrian's transfer, he wants to give you something himself.
41:09It will be fully supervised.
41:11He stays outside the property line.
41:12I'll answer only once.
41:14Minutes later, Martha stopped beside the window.
41:16Willow, Adrian is here.
41:17I turned and saw a council vehicle behind him.
41:19He held a sealed letter but didn't cross the property line.
41:23Under council supervision, Adrian stayed outside the property line.
41:27After seeing me, the escorts would take him straight to prison.
41:29I walked to the doorway but stayed inside Wild Bloom.
41:32I wrote down everything I should have admitted long ago.
41:36I shook my head before he could hand it to me.
41:38Your confession and regret have nothing to do with me.
41:41Adrian raised the sealed letter without approaching me.
41:45I'm not asking you to forgive me.
41:48Then respect my answer and leave.
41:50This time, Adrian neither argued nor came closer.
41:53He could only give the letter to Elena.
41:54I hope you get the life I once refused to give you.
41:58My future no longer needs your permission.
42:01The escorts returned him to the council vehicle.
42:03He looked back once but I didn't follow.
42:06Elena asked whether I'd accept the letter.
42:08I refused without opening it.
42:09Return it unopened.
42:11Don't contact me again.
42:12Elena wrote refused on the envelope then finalized the no contact order.
42:16I didn't want to know how Adrian would explain himself.
42:19Every choice he'd made had already explained everything.
42:22Serena waited by the greenhouse sink with two cups of coffee.
42:27She didn't ask whether I still loved him.
42:29She asked whether I needed the door locked again.
42:32No.
42:33I'm not afraid of Adrian anymore.
42:36We spent that evening arranging flowers for tomorrow's reopening.
42:40I checked every emergency contact record.
42:42And deleted Adrian's name from each one.
42:45Then I renewed Wild Bloom's lease under my own name.
42:49Only my name appeared with no alpha, husband, or council member beside it.
42:53Serena studied my signature and squeezed my hand.
42:57Do you regret leaving him?
42:59Her question deserved an honest answer.
43:02I already knew exactly what I'd say.
43:06No.
43:07I only regret waiting so long to leave.
43:09I almost lost myself.
43:12Serena nodded and placed the flowers we'd arranged beside the front window.
43:16I'd once loved Adrian.
43:17But love could never excuse his choices.
43:20Leaving him couldn't erase my grief.
43:22But after I left, he could no longer control my life.
43:27Adrian never returned to Wild Bloom.
43:29I never let him back into my life.
43:32Serena and I ran Wild Bloom together.
43:34She grew medicinal herbs and trained young healers.
43:38Nora treated patients without reporting to any alpha.
43:41Maya managed emergency housing and finally earned a fair salary.
43:44Martha handled permits, suppliers, and inspections by human authorities.
43:48I used my white wolf only to protect others.
43:51I never used it to force obedience or control anyone.
43:55Months later, our treatment room became a small sanctuary clinic.
44:03Wolves could heal there and leave whenever they wanted, without surrendering their freedom.
44:08No pack or alpha controlled it.
44:10We provided safe housing and treatment.
44:12They made informed choices for themselves.
44:16One winter night, headlights stopped outside the greenhouse.
44:19A young woman got out with two terrified children.
44:22Bruises covered her wrists and a binding collar locked around her neck.
44:26Nora removed the silver-lined collar with insulated cutters.
44:30I shared your address with other families escaping their packs.
44:33We'll protect you here.
44:34You decide what happens next.
44:36More vehicles came down the road behind her.
44:39Each carried someone fleeing an alpha, mate, or family.
44:42Maya studied our packed housing board, visibly worried.
44:46We don't have enough rooms tonight.
44:48Serena opened the clinic doors while Nora prepared clean beds.
44:52I watched the families waiting beyond our gate.
44:54They stood outside, afraid to enter.
44:56They seemed to wait for a leader to decide whether they deserved safety.
45:00Let them in.
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