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00:00:06On our wedding day, my chosen mate Cole left and took my illegitimate sister Alara from her wedding

00:00:11because he didn't want her to marry the pack's infamous playboy, Alpha King Ronan.

00:00:15They became mates that same night.

00:00:18Cole lost control and fucked her 99 times straight.

00:00:22Alira's moans and screams ringing out through the pack.

00:00:24The whole pack was waiting to watch me and Ronan become a joke.

00:00:28A general's daughter and an Alpha King both rejected on the same night.

00:00:32But the next day, Ronan came to my door, dragging chests of gold and jewels behind him.

00:00:37A debt is a debt.

00:00:39Cole stole my bride, so he owes me his.

00:00:42I want you as my mate.

00:00:44That's fair, isn't it?

00:00:46I'll marry you.

00:00:47He clearly hadn't expected me to agree to something so absurd.

00:00:53That's what you said.

00:00:54I'll come for you in three days.

00:00:56Don't you dare change your mind.

00:01:03He wasn't nearly as reckless as the rumors claimed.

00:01:05If anything, he was a little endearing.

00:01:08Not long after Ronan left, I went back to Cole's home to pack my things and move out.

00:01:14Halfway through, Cole came back.

00:01:16He was holding Alara, and this time she didn't bother hiding it.

00:01:20She lifted her dress to show off her six-month pregnant belly.

00:01:25So they'd been sneaking around behind my back for at least six months.

00:01:29Disgusting.

00:01:31Cole, you're standing here with your six-month pregnant mate.

00:01:35What could you possibly want now?

00:01:37Nova, I didn't want it to be this way, but Alara is gentle, and she's my fated mate.

00:01:42She's carrying my child.

00:01:43I couldn't just watch her get thrown to that reckless playboy of an alpha king.

00:01:50I'm a strong alpha.

00:01:52How could I let my fainted mate suffer a marriage like that?

00:01:55And yet he could watch me, and the entire Draven family become the pack's laughingstock without blinking.

00:02:00The moment he stormed that ceremony, whatever we had was already over.

00:02:04Then that settles it.

00:02:05Our wedding is off.

00:02:09Nova, don't be like this.

00:02:11Even if I marry her, it won't change anything between us.

00:02:13I've already decided.

00:02:14You'll marry me too.

00:02:16You'll be my Luna as well.

00:02:17Two Lunas?

00:02:18Since when has our pack ever allowed that?

00:02:22You swore to the Moon Goddessy.

00:02:24You said you would be loyal to me.

00:02:26And only me.

00:02:27I did.

00:02:28I chose you as my mate because I needed someone fit to be my Luna.

00:02:32You were never more than my chosen mate, Nova.

00:02:34But when I met Alara, I realized she's my fated mate.

00:02:39Nothing in this world compares to her.

00:02:41I looked at Alara, who was still stroking her belly, making sure everyone saw it.

00:02:46You knew he already had a mate.

00:02:49So why did you run from your own wedding?

00:02:51Why choose to be someone's mistress instead?

00:02:53Alara's eyes welled up instantly.

00:02:58You're so harsh with me.

00:03:00Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.

00:03:02That's all he did.

00:03:03He saved me.

00:03:05Are you...

00:03:05Are you just jealous?

00:03:08Alpha Cole already said you could be his Luna too.

00:03:13An illegitimate daughter really doesn't know how to carry herself in front of others, does she?

00:03:19Alara's face crumbled instantly.

00:03:20She burst into tears, burying herself against Cole's chest.

00:03:26Nova, how could you say something like that to her?

00:03:29Look what you've done.

00:03:30You've made her cry.

00:03:31He held Alara tighter, glaring at me, as if I were the one in the wrong.

00:03:35Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:03:38Once you marry in, she won't make things hard for you.

00:03:41I know it's a step down, but you'll just have to accept being my second Luna for now.

00:03:45You and Alara will both be my Lunas.

00:03:47As long as you fulfill your duties, I won't play favorites.

00:03:51Oh, and what exactly are these duties?

00:03:55You'll raise our children, and you'll still manage the pack's daily affairs.

00:03:59Your standing in the pack won't be affected at all.

00:04:01So you want two Lunas?

00:04:02One to sleep beside you?

00:04:04And one to obediently raise your children and handle your chores?

00:04:07A general's daughter, reduced to a second Luna.

00:04:10I almost admired him for having the nerve to say it out loud.

00:04:15I'd advise you to cherish what's already been arranged for you.

00:04:18This is already the best outcome you're going to get.

00:04:20Cole stepped forward, his tone softening, as if he were doing me a favor.

00:04:25Nova, Alara has already sacrificed so much.

00:04:28Just agree to be Luna alongside her.

00:04:33She doesn't need to sacrifice anything at all, because I will never agree.

00:04:38We're done.

00:04:40What?

00:04:41What did you just say?

00:04:42The pack members were already whispering among themselves.

00:04:45Is she out of her mind?

00:04:46She actually wants to leave Alpha Cole?

00:04:48If she leaves the pack, she won't survive a week out there.

00:04:54You're really making this difficult for me, Nova.

00:04:57I almost laughed.

00:04:58Who exactly stormed a wedding ceremony and claimed another woman as his mate the night before ours?

00:05:03Who turned me into the pack's laughingstock?

00:05:05And now he had the nerve to say I was the one making things difficult.

00:05:11I told you, I will never be your second Luna.

00:05:14He raised his hand and struck me hard across the face.

00:05:17Nova, you're being completely unreasonable.

00:05:20Everyone knows you've clung to me since childhood.

00:05:22I've had my fill of you for years.

00:05:24Do you really think anyone else would want you now?

00:05:27Get out of my house!

00:05:30Good. Let her go.

00:05:32Don't let her take a single thing with her.

00:05:34So you want me dead?

00:05:35And you want to take everything I own?

00:05:37My whole body was shaking with fury.

00:05:39Behind me, Cole's pack members roared in unison.

00:05:41Reject that bitch!

00:05:44Rotten vegetables and eggs flew through the air, striking my back, my shoulders, the ground at my feet.

00:05:49I knew, in that moment, that the Cole who once looked at me like I was the center of his

00:05:53world, the one who couldn't bear to see me suffer even the smallest slight, was already dead.

00:05:58What stood in front of me now was nothing more than Alara's mate.

00:06:01But it doesn't matter.

00:06:02Luckily, I already have a new, much better mate who could crush them in seconds.

00:06:06And soon, we would be married.

00:06:08Ronan didn't give me any time to change my mind.

00:06:11The very next day, the Draven family came to formally propose, carrying 108 chests of betrothal gifts, filling my room

00:06:19to the brim.

00:06:20I was just about to have the servants move everything into storage, when Cole walked in, Alara trailing behind him.

00:06:28Seeing the chests piled everywhere, the two of them clearly jumped to their own conclusion.

00:06:33Sister, is this all your dowry?

00:06:35I knew it, you're marrying Alpha Cole after all, and you're even throwing in all of this on top of

00:06:40it.

00:06:41See, and you kept saying you weren't.

00:06:43Oh, Nova, you really are in love with me.

00:06:45I frowned, denying it immediately.

00:06:47Not what you think!

00:06:48Stop pretending.

00:06:49Yesterday, you said you weren't marrying me, and now you've already got your dowry ready.

00:06:54That's right, Nova.

00:06:55Once you marry in, we'll all be one family.

00:06:59Alpha Cole, didn't you also prepare a gift for Nova?

00:07:02Hurry, give it to me.

00:07:03As she reached for him, something caught the light and flickered past my eyes.

00:07:07A necklace, resting against her collarbone.

00:07:09The Cole family kept an heirloom necklace, passed down for generations, always meant for the family's future Luna.

00:07:15I had hinted at it, asked about it, more times than I could count over the years.

00:07:18He always found some excuse to avoid the subject, never once willing to give it to me.

00:07:23Cole scowled and dug something out from inside his coat.

00:07:26A worn, cracked leather bracelet and tossed it at me.

00:07:31Here, this is for you.

00:07:33Alara wore it until it fell apart, but you can still use it.

00:07:37What goes around comes around, doesn't it, sister?

00:07:40You used to look down on me.

00:07:41Now, all you get to have is what I've already worn out.

00:07:45The moment brought me back to the first time we ever met, at a family banquet.

00:07:49Because she was nothing more than an legitimate daughter.

00:07:52My family, even the servants, treated her like a maid.

00:07:55When she accidentally spilled wine on someone, she was struck across the face without a second thought.

00:08:00Cole couldn't stand watching it happen, and stepped in to help her.

00:08:03After that, afraid she'd be mistreated again, he started looking out for her,

00:08:07always saving the best food, the best gifts, for her first.

00:08:11I just feel bad for her, that's all. I only want to help her.

00:08:13At first, I believed him. I thought it really was just pity.

00:08:16Not until the day Alara was forced to marry Ronan,

00:08:19and Cole stormed the ceremony to steal her away.

00:08:21That was when I finally understood.

00:08:23Somewhere along the way, without my ever noticing,

00:08:26Alara had already carved out a place in his heart.

00:08:30So generous with Alaya, so stingy with me.

00:08:34No need.

00:08:35Something this precious should stay with your Alaya.

00:08:39Cole's face darkened instantly.

00:08:42Humiliated, he snatched the bracelet out of my hand and hurled it out the window.

00:08:48Fine. If you don't want it, then it's trash.

00:08:50And don't you dare think you're taking a single thing from me when you get married.

00:08:54I told you. Our wedding has already been called off.

00:08:57Say that again?

00:09:02Huh. Leave Alpha Cole, and nobody's ever going to want you.

00:09:06You'll come crawling back, begging him not to let you go.

00:09:10I didn't even bother explaining anymore.

00:09:13If the two of you have nothing else, please leave.

00:09:16But clearly, neither of them took my words seriously.

00:09:20Nova, don't say things like that out of anger.

00:09:23I know you're upset with me.

00:09:25If it makes you feel better, why don't you hit me a couple times?

00:09:30Get off. Don't touch me.

00:09:32The moment my hand left her arm, Alara let herself go loom, collapsing softly into Cole's chest as if struck.

00:09:37Cole's eyes flared red.

00:09:38Do not touch her. She is carrying my child.

00:09:41His fingers began to shift.

00:09:42Claws tearing through skin, dark and sharp.

00:09:45He struck.

00:09:47In all the years Cole and I had known each other, grown up together, he had never once shifted his

00:09:52claws against me.

00:09:53Not once.

00:09:54And the first time he finally did, it was for another woman.

00:09:57For a moment, Cole hesitated.

00:10:00He looked down at the blood running down my arm.

00:10:03But Alara saw her chance.

00:10:07She let out a sharp, sudden cry, clutching her belly, and begged him to take her away immediately.

00:10:13After a moment of hesitation, Cole scooped her up into his arms and walked out without looking back.

00:10:20Alara glanced back over his shoulder.

00:10:25Die alone? Funny.

00:10:27I was getting married in three days.

00:10:30The day before my wedding fell on the moon festival, the one day a year I had always loved the

00:10:35most.

00:10:36Every year before this one, Cole had always come with me to buy crystal lanterns.

00:10:40This year, for the first time, I went alone.

00:10:42When I stepped into Silvermoon City, the entire street stood empty.

00:10:46Every vendor had been pushed aside.

00:10:48Their tolves cleared to the edges of the road.

00:10:50Confused, I slowed my steps and caught the voices of two young women nearby.

00:10:54I heard Alpha Cole bought out every single crystal lantern on this street just to make his mate happy.

00:10:59That's not even half of it.

00:11:00He went against the entire Elder Council for her.

00:11:02Exactly.

00:11:03He even angered the young lord and forced his own nova into being a concuboon, just for her.

00:11:07I'd howl at the moon alone for a year for someone that devoted.

00:11:10I turned to leave, having no reason to stay any longer.

00:11:13Nova?

00:11:14I turned instinctively, and there they were.

00:11:17Cole and Alara, standing not far away.

00:11:22Nova, are you here to buy crystal lanterns too?

00:11:27How's your shoulder?

00:11:28I pushed his hand away, without a shred of warmth in my voice.

00:11:31It's fine.

00:11:32Alara held the lantern out towards me.

00:11:34I'm sorry, Nova.

00:11:36Alpha Cole bought out every lantern on this street.

00:11:38Here, why don't you take this one?

00:11:40No, thank you.

00:11:42I stepped back.

00:11:43I never made a habit of using anything someone else had already touched.

00:11:46Not objects.

00:11:47Not people.

00:11:48But Alara wouldn't let it go.

00:11:50She kept crowding closer, refusing to back off.

00:11:53I only meant to push her away, barely any force behind it at all.

00:11:56But Alara clutched at her dress and threw herself backward, dramatically, collapsing onto the ground.

00:12:01Cole!

00:12:02Nova's trying to kill our baby!

00:12:04Cole's face twisted with fury, the instant he saw her on the ground.

00:12:08He shoved me, hard, without a second of hesitation.

00:12:11How dare you do this!

00:12:13Kneel down and apologize to her, right now!

00:12:15It happened too fast.

00:12:17I had no chance to brace myself before I hit the ground, forced down onto my knees.

00:12:23And then, a voice, low, deep, carrying and pressed down on the entire street, cut through the air behind me.

00:12:30Who dares touch my mate?

00:12:32I turned around.

00:12:33A massive black wolf shadow hung suspended in the air above the street.

00:12:36Its presence so overwhelming it seemed to swallow the light around it whole.

00:13:08That's... that's the Alpha King's nightfall wolf.

00:13:10To a narrow alley.

00:13:11I tensed instantly, already bracing to fight back.

00:13:13I looked up.

00:13:14It was Ronin.

00:13:14I followed you the whole way.

00:13:16Watching you get pushed around like that, it put me in a foul mood.

00:13:20And why did you follow me?

00:13:23I... I'm marrying you tomorrow.

00:13:24I was too excited to sleep at all.

00:13:27I'm nothing but a rejected Luna, you know.

00:13:29A general's daughter who's never even had a wolf of her own, let alone a fated mate.

00:13:33Just don't come to regret this.

00:13:36I won't.

00:13:37He pulled me closer, gently drawing me toward the curve of his neck.

00:13:41As I leaned in, close enough to feel the warmth of his skin, something strange stirred inside me.

00:13:46A scent, faint, unfamiliar, and yet impossibly familiar all at once, wrapped around me.

00:13:53Why... why was his scent pulling at me like this?

00:13:55Why couldn't I resist it?

00:13:57I pulled back sharply, staring at him, my heart pounding for reasons I couldn't explain.

00:14:02Are you my...

00:14:04Ronin seemed thrown off by the way I was staring at him.

00:14:08I'll see you tomorrow, my Luna.

00:14:11The next morning, the maids woked me early, dressing me, styling my hair,

00:14:16wrapping me in my wedding gown.

00:14:17That was when it finally felt real.

00:14:19I was really getting married.

00:14:21Only this time, the groom waiting for me wasn't Cole,

00:14:24the childhood companion I had spent years hoping for.

00:14:26It was Alpha King Ronin.

00:14:28When the wedding procession finally arrived, I froze.

00:14:31Leading it was Cole.

00:14:32He saw me standing there, in my full wedding attire,

00:14:35and his expression twisted instantly.

00:14:39How dare you dress more beautiful than Alara did on her wedding day?

00:14:42You're nothing but a chosen mate!

00:14:44I'm here today to take my second Luna.

00:14:46Go change.

00:14:48Right now.

00:14:48I didn't back down for a second.

00:14:50I've told you this more than once.

00:14:52Our wedding is off.

00:14:53The man I'm marrying today isn't you.

00:14:57Don't throw a fight over this.

00:14:58Isn't it just because I made a lemur a Luna too?

00:15:01You're both my Lunas.

00:15:02I'll treat you equally.

00:15:03Come with me, okay?

00:15:08Ronin rode in at the head of the procession,

00:15:10an endless line of carriages trailing behind him,

00:15:13each one loaded with gold, jewels, treasures beyond counting.

00:15:16His gaze landed on Cole,

00:15:17and on the pitiful procession behind him,

00:15:19fewer than 20 people in total.

00:15:23Well, well, Alpha Cole.

00:15:25Trying to steal my wife again?

00:15:34On our wedding day,

00:15:35my chosen mate Cole left

00:15:36and took my illegitimate sister Alara from her wedding

00:15:39because he didn't want her to marry the pack's infamous playboy,

00:15:42Alpha King Ronin.

00:15:43They became mates that same night.

00:15:46Cole lost control

00:15:47and fucked her 99 times straight.

00:15:50Alira's moans and screams ringing out through the pack.

00:15:52The whole pack was waiting

00:15:54to watch me and Ronin become a joke.

00:15:56A general's daughter and an Alpha King

00:15:58both rejected on the same night.

00:16:00But the next day,

00:16:01Ronin came to my door,

00:16:02dragging chests of gold and jewels behind him.

00:16:06A debt is a debt.

00:16:07Cole stole my bride,

00:16:09so he owes me his.

00:16:10I want you as my mate.

00:16:12That's fair, isn't it?

00:16:14I'll marry you.

00:16:15He clearly hadn't expected me

00:16:16to agree to something so absurd.

00:16:21That's what you said.

00:16:22I'll come for you in three days.

00:16:24Don't you dare change your mind.

00:16:31He wasn't nearly as reckless as the rumors claimed.

00:16:33If anything,

00:16:34he was a little endearing.

00:16:36Not long after Ronin left,

00:16:38I went back to Cole's home

00:16:39to pack my things and move out.

00:16:42Halfway through,

00:16:43Cole came back.

00:16:44He was holding Alara,

00:16:46and this time,

00:16:47she didn't bother hiding it.

00:16:48She lifted her dress

00:16:49to show off her six-month pregnant belly.

00:16:53So they'd been sneaking around

00:16:54behind my back

00:16:55for at least six months.

00:16:57Disgusting.

00:16:59Cole,

00:16:59you're standing here

00:17:00with your six-month pregnant mate.

00:17:03What could you possibly want now?

00:17:05Nova,

00:17:05I didn't want it to be this way,

00:17:07but Alara is gentle,

00:17:08and she's my fated mate.

00:17:10She's carrying my child.

00:17:11I couldn't just watch her get thrown

00:17:13to that reckless playboy of an alpha king.

00:17:18I'm a strong alpha.

00:17:20How could I let my fainted mate

00:17:21suffer a marriage like that?

00:17:23And yet he could watch me

00:17:24and the entire Draven family

00:17:26become the pack's laughingstock

00:17:27without blinking.

00:17:28The moment he stormed that ceremony,

00:17:30whatever we had was already over.

00:17:32Then that settles it.

00:17:33Our wedding is off.

00:17:37Nova,

00:17:38don't be like this.

00:17:38Even if I marry her,

00:17:40it won't change anything between us.

00:17:41I've already decided.

00:17:42You'll marry me too.

00:17:44You'll be my Luna as well.

00:17:45Two Lunas?

00:17:46Since when has our pack

00:17:47ever allowed that?

00:17:50You swore to the moon goddessy.

00:17:52You said you would be loyal to me.

00:17:54And only me.

00:17:55I did.

00:17:56I chose you as my mate

00:17:58because I needed someone

00:17:59fit to be my Luna.

00:18:00You were never more

00:18:01than my chosen mate, Nova.

00:18:03But when I met Alara,

00:18:04I realized

00:18:05she's my fated mate.

00:18:07Nothing in this world

00:18:08compares to her.

00:18:09I looked at Alara,

00:18:10who was still stroking her belly,

00:18:12making sure everyone saw it.

00:18:14You knew he already had a mate.

00:18:17So why did you run

00:18:18from your own wedding?

00:18:19Why choose to be

00:18:20someone's mistress instead?

00:18:21Alara's eyes welled up instantly.

00:18:26You're so harsh with me.

00:18:28Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.

00:18:30That's all he did.

00:18:31He saved me.

00:18:33Are you...

00:18:33Are you just jealous?

00:18:36Alpha Cole already said

00:18:37you could be his Luna too.

00:18:41An illegitimate daughter

00:18:42really doesn't know

00:18:43how to carry herself

00:18:44in front of others,

00:18:45does she?

00:18:47Alara's face crumbled instantly.

00:18:48She burst into tears,

00:18:50burying herself

00:18:50against Cole's chest.

00:18:54Nova,

00:18:55how could you say

00:18:56something like that to her?

00:18:57Look what you've done.

00:18:58You've made her cry.

00:18:59He held Alara tighter,

00:19:01glaring at me

00:19:01as if I were the one

00:19:02in the wrong.

00:19:03Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:19:06Once you marry in,

00:19:07she won't make things hard for you.

00:19:09I know it's a step down,

00:19:10but you'll just have to accept

00:19:11being my second Luna for now.

00:19:13You and Alara

00:19:14will both be my Lunas.

00:19:15As long as you fulfill your duties,

00:19:17I won't play favorites.

00:19:19Oh,

00:19:20and what exactly are these duties?

00:19:23You'll raise our children,

00:19:24and you'll still manage

00:19:25the pack's daily affairs.

00:19:27Your standing in the pack

00:19:28won't be affected at all.

00:19:29So you want two Lunas?

00:19:30One to sleep beside you,

00:19:32and one to obediently

00:19:33raise your children

00:19:34and handle your chores?

00:19:35A general's daughter,

00:19:36reduced to a second Luna.

00:19:38I almost admired him

00:19:39for having the nerve

00:19:40to say it out loud.

00:19:43I'd advise you to cherish

00:19:45what's already been arranged for you.

00:19:46This is already the best outcome

00:19:47you're going to get.

00:19:48Cole stepped forward,

00:19:50his tone softening,

00:19:51as if he were doing me a favor.

00:19:53Nova,

00:19:54Alara has already sacrificed so much.

00:19:56Just agree to be Luna

00:19:58alongside her.

00:20:01She doesn't need to sacrifice

00:20:03anything at all,

00:20:04because I will never agree.

00:20:06We're done.

00:20:08What?

00:20:09What did you just say?

00:20:10The pack members

00:20:11were already whispering

00:20:12among themselves.

00:20:13Is she out of her mind?

00:20:14She actually wants

00:20:15to leave Alpha Cole?

00:20:16If she leaves the pack,

00:20:18she won't survive

00:20:19a week out there.

00:20:22You're really making this

00:20:23difficult for me, Nova.

00:20:25I almost laughed.

00:20:26Who exactly stormed

00:20:28a wedding ceremony

00:20:28and claimed another woman

00:20:29as his mate

00:20:30the night before ours?

00:20:31Who turned me

00:20:32into the pack's laughing stock?

00:20:34And now he had the nerve

00:20:35to say I was the one

00:20:36making things difficult.

00:20:39I told you,

00:20:40I will never be

00:20:41your second Luna.

00:20:42He raised his hand

00:20:43and struck me hard

00:20:44across the face.

00:20:45Nova,

00:20:46you're being

00:20:47completely unreasonable.

00:20:48Everyone knows

00:20:49you've clung to me

00:20:49since childhood.

00:20:50I've had my fill

00:20:51of you for years.

00:20:52Do you really think

00:20:53anyone else would want

00:20:54you now?

00:20:55Get out of my house!

00:20:58Good.

00:20:59Let her go.

00:21:00Don't let her

00:21:00take a single thing

00:21:01with her.

00:21:02So you want me dead?

00:21:03And you want to take

00:21:04everything I own?

00:21:05My whole body

00:21:06was shaking with fury.

00:21:07Behind me,

00:21:08Cole's pack members

00:21:08roared in unison.

00:21:09Reject that bitch!

00:21:12Rotten vegetables

00:21:13and eggs

00:21:14flew through the air,

00:21:15striking my back,

00:21:16my shoulders,

00:21:16the ground at my feet.

00:21:17I knew,

00:21:18in that moment,

00:21:19that the Cole

00:21:20who once looked at me

00:21:20like I was the center

00:21:21of his world,

00:21:22the one who couldn't bear

00:21:23to see me suffer

00:21:24even the smallest slight,

00:21:25was already dead.

00:21:26What stood in front of me now

00:21:27was nothing more

00:21:28than Alara's mate.

00:21:29But it doesn't matter.

00:21:30Luckily,

00:21:31I already have a new,

00:21:32much better mate

00:21:32who could crush them

00:21:33in seconds.

00:21:34And soon,

00:21:35we would be married.

00:21:36Ronan didn't give me

00:21:37any time to change my mind.

00:21:39The very next day,

00:21:40the Draven family

00:21:41came to formally propose,

00:21:43carrying 108 chests

00:21:45of betrothal gifts,

00:21:46filling my room

00:21:47to the brim.

00:21:48I was just about

00:21:49to have the servants

00:21:50move everything

00:21:50into storage

00:21:51when Cole walked in,

00:21:53Alara trailing behind him.

00:21:56Seeing the chests

00:21:57piled everywhere,

00:21:58the two of them

00:21:59clearly jumped

00:21:59to their own conclusion.

00:22:01Sister,

00:22:02is this all your dowry?

00:22:03I knew it.

00:22:04You're marrying Alpha Cole

00:22:05after all,

00:22:06and you're even throwing

00:22:07in all of this

00:22:07on top of it.

00:22:09See,

00:22:09and you kept saying

00:22:10you weren't.

00:22:11Oh, Nova,

00:22:11you really are

00:22:13in love with me.

00:22:13I frowned,

00:22:14denying it immediately.

00:22:15Not what you think.

00:22:16Stop pretending.

00:22:17Yesterday,

00:22:18you said you weren't

00:22:19marrying me,

00:22:19and now you've already

00:22:20got your dowry ready.

00:22:22That's right, Nova.

00:22:23Once you marry in,

00:22:24we'll all be one family.

00:22:27Alpha Cole,

00:22:28didn't you also

00:22:29prepare a gift for Nova?

00:22:30Hurry, give it to me.

00:22:31As she reached for him,

00:22:32something caught the light

00:22:33and flickered past my eyes.

00:22:35A necklace,

00:22:36resting against her collarbone.

00:22:37The Cole family

00:22:38kept an heirloom necklace,

00:22:39passed down for generations,

00:22:41always meant

00:22:41for the family's future Luna.

00:22:43I had hinted at it,

00:22:44asked about it,

00:22:45more times than I could

00:22:46count over the years.

00:22:47He always found

00:22:47some excuse

00:22:48to avoid the subject,

00:22:49never once willing

00:22:50to give it to me.

00:22:51Cole scowled

00:22:52and dug something out

00:22:53from inside his coat,

00:22:54a worn,

00:22:54cracked leather bracelet

00:22:56and tossed it at me.

00:22:59Here,

00:23:00this is for you.

00:23:01Alara wore it

00:23:02until it fell apart,

00:23:03but you can still use it.

00:23:05What goes around

00:23:06comes around,

00:23:07doesn't it, sister?

00:23:08You used to look down on me.

00:23:10Now,

00:23:10all you get to have

00:23:11is what I've already worn out.

00:23:13The moment brought me back

00:23:14to the first time

00:23:15we ever met

00:23:16at a family banquet

00:23:17because she was nothing more

00:23:18than an legitimate daughter.

00:23:20My family,

00:23:21even the servants,

00:23:22treated her like a maid.

00:23:23When she accidentally spilled wine

00:23:24on someone,

00:23:25she was struck across the face

00:23:27without a second thought.

00:23:28Cole couldn't stand

00:23:29watching it happen

00:23:30and stepped in to help her.

00:23:31After that,

00:23:32afraid she'd be mistreated again,

00:23:34he started looking out for her,

00:23:35always saving the best food,

00:23:37the best gifts,

00:23:38for her first.

00:23:38I just feel bad for her,

00:23:40that's all.

00:23:40I only want to help her.

00:23:41At first,

00:23:42I believed him.

00:23:42I thought it really was just pity.

00:23:44Not until the day

00:23:45Alara was forced to marry Ronan

00:23:47and Cole stormed the ceremony

00:23:48to steal her away.

00:23:49That was when I finally understood.

00:23:51Somewhere along the way,

00:23:53without my ever noticing,

00:23:54Alara had already carved out

00:23:55a place in his heart.

00:23:58So generous with Alaya,

00:24:00so stingy with me.

00:24:02No need.

00:24:03Something this precious

00:24:04should stay with your Alaya.

00:24:07Cole's face darkened instantly.

00:24:10Humiliated,

00:24:11he snatched the bracelet

00:24:12out of my hand

00:24:12and hurled it out the window.

00:24:16Fine.

00:24:17If you don't want it,

00:24:18then it's trash.

00:24:18And don't you dare think

00:24:20you're taking a single thing

00:24:21from me when you get married.

00:24:22I told you.

00:24:23Our wedding has already

00:24:24been called off.

00:24:25Say that again?

00:24:30Huh.

00:24:31Leave Alpha Cole

00:24:32and nobody's ever going to want you.

00:24:34You'll come crawling back,

00:24:36begging him not to let you go.

00:24:38I didn't even bother

00:24:40explaining anymore.

00:24:41If the two of you

00:24:42have nothing else,

00:24:43please leave.

00:24:44But clearly,

00:24:45neither of them

00:24:46took my words seriously.

00:24:48Nova,

00:24:49don't say things like that

00:24:50out of anger.

00:24:51I know you're upset with me.

00:24:53If it makes you feel better,

00:24:55why don't you hit me

00:24:55a couple times?

00:24:58Get off.

00:24:59Don't touch me.

00:25:00The moment my hand

00:25:00left her arm,

00:25:01Alara let herself go loom,

00:25:02collapsing softly

00:25:03into Cole's chest

00:25:04as if struck.

00:25:05Cole's eyes flared red.

00:25:06Do not touch her.

00:25:07She is carrying my child.

00:25:09His fingers began to shift,

00:25:11claws tearing through skin,

00:25:12dark and sharp.

00:25:13He struck.

00:25:15In all the years

00:25:16Cole and I

00:25:17had known each other,

00:25:18grown up together,

00:25:19he had never once

00:25:19shifted his claws

00:25:20against me.

00:25:21Not once.

00:25:22And the first time

00:25:23he finally did,

00:25:24it was for another woman.

00:25:26For a moment,

00:25:27Cole hesitated.

00:25:27He looked down

00:25:29at the blood

00:25:29running down my arm.

00:25:31But Alara saw her chance.

00:25:35She let out a sharp,

00:25:37sudden cry,

00:25:37clutching her belly

00:25:38and begged him

00:25:39to take her away immediately.

00:25:41After a moment

00:25:42of hesitation,

00:25:43Cole scooped her up

00:25:44into his arms

00:25:46and walked out

00:25:47without looking back.

00:25:48Alara glanced back

00:25:49over his shoulder.

00:25:53Die alone?

00:25:54Funny.

00:25:55I was getting married

00:25:56in three days.

00:25:58The day before my wedding

00:25:59fell on the moon festival,

00:26:01the one day a year

00:26:02I had always loved the most.

00:26:04Every year before this one,

00:26:05Cole had always come with me

00:26:06to buy crystal lanterns.

00:26:08This year,

00:26:09for the first time,

00:26:09I went alone.

00:26:10When I stepped into

00:26:11Silvermoon City,

00:26:12the entire street stood empty.

00:26:14Every vendor

00:26:15had been pushed aside,

00:26:16their tolves cleared

00:26:17to the edges of the road.

00:26:18Confused,

00:26:19I slowed my steps

00:26:20and caught the voices

00:26:21of two young women nearby.

00:26:22I heard Alpha Cole

00:26:23bought out every single

00:26:24crystal lantern on this street

00:26:26just to make his mate happy.

00:26:27That's not even half of it.

00:26:28He went against the entire

00:26:29Elder Council for her.

00:26:30Exactly.

00:26:31He even angered

00:26:32the young lord

00:26:32and forced his own Nova

00:26:33into being a concuboon

00:26:34just for her.

00:26:35I'd howl at the moon alone

00:26:36for a year

00:26:37for someone that devoted.

00:26:38I turned to leave,

00:26:39having no reason

00:26:40to stay any longer.

00:26:41Nova?

00:26:42I turned instinctively

00:26:43and there they were,

00:26:45Cole and Alara,

00:26:46standing not far away.

00:26:50Nova,

00:26:51are you here to buy

00:26:51crystal lanterns too?

00:26:55How's your shoulder?

00:26:56I pushed his hand away

00:26:57without a shred of warmth

00:26:58in my voice.

00:26:59It's fine.

00:27:01Alara held the lantern

00:27:02out towards me.

00:27:02I'm sorry, Nova.

00:27:04Alpha Cole bought out

00:27:05every lantern on this street.

00:27:06Here,

00:27:07why don't you take this one?

00:27:08No, thank you.

00:27:10I stepped back.

00:27:11I never made a habit

00:27:12of using anything

00:27:13someone else

00:27:13had already touched.

00:27:14Not objects.

00:27:15Not people.

00:27:16But Alara wouldn't let it go.

00:27:18She kept crowding closer,

00:27:20refusing to back off.

00:27:21I only meant to push her away,

00:27:22barely any force

00:27:23behind it at all.

00:27:24But Alara clutched

00:27:25at her dress

00:27:26and threw herself backward,

00:27:27dramatically,

00:27:28collapsing onto the ground.

00:27:30Cole!

00:27:30Nova's trying to kill our baby!

00:27:32Cole's face twisted with fury

00:27:34the instant he saw her

00:27:35on the ground.

00:27:36He shoved me,

00:27:37hard,

00:27:37without a second

00:27:38of hesitation.

00:27:39How dare you do this!

00:27:41Kneel down

00:27:41and apologize to her,

00:27:42right now!

00:27:43It happened too fast.

00:27:45I had no chance

00:27:46to brace myself

00:27:46before I hit the ground,

00:27:47forced down onto my knees.

00:27:51And then,

00:27:52a voice,

00:27:53low,

00:27:54deep,

00:27:54carrying and pressed down

00:27:55on the entire street,

00:27:57cut through the air

00:27:57behind me.

00:27:58Who dares touch my mate?

00:28:00I turned around.

00:28:01A massive black wolf shadow

00:28:02hung suspended

00:28:03in the air above the street,

00:28:05its presence so overwhelming

00:28:06it seemed to swallow

00:28:07the light around it whole.

00:28:10That's the Alpha King's

00:28:11nightfall wolf.

00:28:12Why is it here?

00:28:13The black shadow

00:28:14slowly faded,

00:28:15dissolving into the night air

00:28:16until it was gone completely.

00:28:17Cole and Elyra stood there

00:28:18for a moment,

00:28:19trying to comfort each other.

00:28:22You don't think

00:28:23he's come back for you,

00:28:24do you?

00:28:24Elyra's face drained

00:28:25of color instantly,

00:28:26panic flooding her eyes.

00:28:28Confidence they'd carried

00:28:29a moment Begore was gone.

00:28:30The two of them

00:28:31slipped away quickly.

00:28:33I kept walking alone,

00:28:34the mood of the night

00:28:35thoroughly ruined.

00:28:36Without warning,

00:28:37a hand grabbed me

00:28:37and pulled me

00:28:38into a narrow alley.

00:28:39I tensed instantly,

00:28:40already bracing to fight back.

00:28:41I looked up.

00:28:42It was Ronan.

00:28:42I followed you the whole way.

00:28:44Watching you get pushed around

00:28:45like that,

00:28:46it put me in a foul mood.

00:28:48And why did you follow me?

00:28:50I,

00:28:51I'm marrying you tomorrow.

00:28:53I was too excited

00:28:53to sleep at all.

00:28:55I'm nothing but

00:28:56a rejected Luna,

00:28:57you know.

00:28:57A general's daughter

00:28:58who's never even had

00:28:59a wolf of her own,

00:29:00let alone a faded mate.

00:29:01Just don't come

00:29:02to regret this.

00:29:04I won't.

00:29:05He pulled me closer,

00:29:07gently drawing me

00:29:08toward the curve of his neck.

00:29:09As I leaned in,

00:29:10close enough to feel

00:29:11the warmth of his skin,

00:29:12something strange

00:29:13stirred inside me.

00:29:14A scent,

00:29:15faint,

00:29:16unfamiliar,

00:29:16and yet impossibly familiar

00:29:18all at once

00:29:18wrapped around me.

00:29:20Why,

00:29:21why was his scent

00:29:22pulling at me like this?

00:29:23Why couldn't I resist it?

00:29:25I pulled back sharply,

00:29:26staring at him,

00:29:27my heart pounding

00:29:28for reasons I couldn't explain.

00:29:30Are you my...

00:29:32Ronan seemed thrown off

00:29:33by the way I was staring at him.

00:29:36I'll see you tomorrow,

00:29:37my Luna.

00:29:39The next morning,

00:29:40the maids woked me early,

00:29:42dressing me,

00:29:42styling my hair,

00:29:44wrapping me in my wedding gown.

00:29:45That was when it finally felt real.

00:29:47I was really getting married.

00:29:49Only this time,

00:29:50the groom waiting for me

00:29:51wasn't Cole,

00:29:52the childhood companion

00:29:53I had spent years hoping for.

00:29:54It was Alpha King Ronan.

00:29:56When the wedding procession

00:29:57finally arrived,

00:29:58I froze.

00:29:59Leading it was Cole.

00:30:00He saw me standing there,

00:30:02in my full wedding attire,

00:30:03and his expression

00:30:04twisted instantly.

00:30:07How dare you dress more beautiful

00:30:09than Alara did on her wedding day.

00:30:11You're nothing but a chosen mate.

00:30:12I'm here today

00:30:13to take my second Luna.

00:30:14Go change.

00:30:16Right now.

00:30:16I didn't back down for a second.

00:30:18I've told you this more than once.

00:30:20Our wedding is off.

00:30:21The man I'm marrying today

00:30:22isn't you.

00:30:25Don't throw a fight over this.

00:30:26Isn't it just because

00:30:27I made a lemur a Luna too?

00:30:29You're both my Lunas.

00:30:30I'll treat you equally.

00:30:31Come with me, okay?

00:30:36Ronan rode in

00:30:37at the head of the procession,

00:30:38an endless line of carriages

00:30:39trailing behind him,

00:30:41each one loaded with gold,

00:30:42jewels,

00:30:43treasures beyond counting.

00:30:44His gaze landed on Cole

00:30:45and on the pitiful procession

00:30:47behind him,

00:30:47fewer than 20 people in total.

00:30:51Well, well, Alpha Cole.

00:30:53Trying to steal my wife again?

00:31:06On our wedding day,

00:31:08my chosen mate Cole left

00:31:09and took my illegitimate sister Alara

00:31:11from her wedding

00:31:12because he didn't want her

00:31:13to marry the pack's infamous playboy,

00:31:15Alpha King Ronan.

00:31:16They became mates that same night.

00:31:18Cole lost control

00:31:20and fucked her 99 times straight.

00:31:23Alira's moans and screams

00:31:24ringing out through the pack.

00:31:25The whole pack was waiting

00:31:26to watch me and Ronan

00:31:28become a joke.

00:31:28A general's daughter

00:31:30and an Alpha King

00:31:31both rejected on the same night.

00:31:32But the next day,

00:31:34Ronan came to my door,

00:31:35dragging chests of gold

00:31:36and jewels behind him.

00:31:38A debt is a debt.

00:31:40Cole stole my bride,

00:31:41so he owes me his.

00:31:43I want you as my mate.

00:31:45That's fair, isn't it?

00:31:46I'll marry you.

00:31:47He clearly hadn't expected me

00:31:49to agree to something so absurd.

00:31:52You, you,

00:31:53that's what you said.

00:31:55I'll come for you in three days.

00:31:57Don't you dare change your mind.

00:32:03He wasn't nearly as reckless

00:32:05as the rumors claimed.

00:32:06If anything,

00:32:07he was a little endearing.

00:32:09Not long after Ronan left,

00:32:11I went back to Cole's home

00:32:12to pack my things and move out.

00:32:15Halfway through,

00:32:16Cole came back.

00:32:17He was holding Alara,

00:32:18and this time,

00:32:19she didn't bother hiding it.

00:32:20She lifted her dress

00:32:21to show off her six-month

00:32:22pregnant belly.

00:32:25So they'd been sneaking around

00:32:27behind my back

00:32:27for at least six months.

00:32:29Disgusting.

00:32:31Cole,

00:32:32you're standing here

00:32:33with your six-month

00:32:34pregnant mate.

00:32:35What could you possibly want now?

00:32:37Nova,

00:32:38I didn't want it to be this way,

00:32:39but Alara is gentle,

00:32:41and she's my fated mate.

00:32:42She's carrying my child.

00:32:44I couldn't just watch her

00:32:45get thrown to that

00:32:46reckless playboy

00:32:47of an alpha king.

00:32:51I'm a strong alpha.

00:32:53How could I let my fainted mate

00:32:54suffer a marriage like that?

00:32:56And yet he could watch me

00:32:57and the entire Draven family

00:32:58become the pack's laughingstock

00:33:00without blinking.

00:33:01The moment he stormed

00:33:02that ceremony,

00:33:02whatever we had

00:33:03was already over.

00:33:04Then that settles it.

00:33:06Our wedding is off.

00:33:10Nova,

00:33:10don't be like this.

00:33:11Even if I marry her,

00:33:12it won't change anything

00:33:13between us.

00:33:14I've already decided

00:33:15you'll marry me too.

00:33:16You'll be my Luna as well.

00:33:18Two Lunas?

00:33:19Since when has our pack

00:33:20ever allowed that?

00:33:22You swore to the moon goddessy.

00:33:24You said you would be loyal to me

00:33:26and only me.

00:33:28I did.

00:33:29I chose you as my mate

00:33:30because I needed someone

00:33:31fit to be my Luna.

00:33:33You were never more

00:33:33than my chosen mate,

00:33:35Nova.

00:33:35But when I met Alara,

00:33:37I realized

00:33:38she's my fated mate.

00:33:40Nothing in this world

00:33:41compares to her.

00:33:42I looked at Alara,

00:33:43who was still stroking her belly,

00:33:45making sure everyone saw it.

00:33:47You knew

00:33:48he already had a mate.

00:33:49So why did you run

00:33:50from your own wedding?

00:33:52Why choose to be

00:33:52someone's mistress instead?

00:33:54Alara's eyes welled up instantly.

00:33:58You're so harsh with me.

00:34:01Alpha Cole just didn't want me to suffer.

00:34:03That's all he did.

00:34:04He saved me.

00:34:05Are you...

00:34:06Are you just jealous?

00:34:08Alpha Cole already said

00:34:10you could be his Luna too.

00:34:14An illegitimate daughter

00:34:15really doesn't know

00:34:16how to carry herself

00:34:17in front of others,

00:34:18does she?

00:34:19Alara's face crumbled instantly.

00:34:21She burst into tears,

00:34:22burying herself

00:34:23against Cole's chest.

00:34:26Nova,

00:34:27how could you say

00:34:28something like that to her?

00:34:30Look what you've done.

00:34:31You've made her cry.

00:34:31He held Alara tighter,

00:34:33glaring at me,

00:34:34as if I were the one in the wrong.

00:34:36Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:34:39Once you marry in,

00:34:40she won't make things hard for you.

00:34:41I know it's a step down,

00:34:43but you'll just have to accept

00:34:44being my second Luna for now.

00:34:46You and Alara will both be my Lunas.

00:34:48As long as you fulfill your duties,

00:34:50I won't play favorites.

00:34:52Oh,

00:34:53and what exactly are these duties?

00:34:56You'll raise our children,

00:34:57and you'll still manage

00:34:58the pack's daily affairs.

00:34:59Your standing in the pack

00:35:00won't be affected at all.

00:35:01So you want two Lunas?

00:35:03One to sleep beside you?

00:35:04And one to obediently

00:35:06raise your children

00:35:06and handle your chores?

00:35:08A general's daughter,

00:35:09reduced to a second Luna.

00:35:11I almost admired him

00:35:12for having the nerve

00:35:12to say it out loud.

00:35:16I'd advise you to cherish

00:35:17what's already been arranged for you.

00:35:19This is already the best outcome

00:35:20you're going to get.

00:35:21Cole stepped forward,

00:35:22his tone softening,

00:35:24as if he were doing me a favor.

00:35:26Nova,

00:35:27Alara has already sacrificed so much.

00:35:29Just agreed to be Luna

00:35:30alongside her.

00:35:34She doesn't need

00:35:35to sacrifice anything at all,

00:35:36because I will never agree.

00:35:38We're done.

00:35:40What?

00:35:41What did you just say?

00:35:43The pack members

00:35:44were already whispering

00:35:44among themselves.

00:35:45Is she out of her mind?

00:35:47She actually wants

00:35:47to leave Alpha Cole?

00:35:49If she leaves the pack,

00:35:50she won't survive

00:35:51a week out there.

00:35:55You're really making

00:35:56this difficult for me, Nova.

00:35:58I almost laughed.

00:35:59Who exactly stormed

00:36:00a wedding ceremony

00:36:01and claimed another woman

00:36:02as his mate

00:36:03the night before ours?

00:36:04Who turned me

00:36:05into the pack's laughing stock?

00:36:06And now he had the nerve

00:36:07to say I was the one

00:36:08making things difficult.

00:36:11I told you,

00:36:13I will never be

00:36:14your second Luna.

00:36:15He raised his hand

00:36:16and struck me hard

00:36:17across the face.

00:36:18Nova,

00:36:19you're being

00:36:19completely unreasonable.

00:36:21Everyone knows

00:36:21you've clung to me

00:36:22since childhood.

00:36:23I've had my fill of you

00:36:24for years.

00:36:25Do you really think

00:36:26anyone else would

00:36:26want you now?

00:36:27Get out of my house!

00:36:31Good.

00:36:31Let her go.

00:36:32Don't let her take

00:36:33a single thing with her.

00:36:34So you want me dead?

00:36:36And you want to take

00:36:36everything I own?

00:36:37My whole body

00:36:38was shaking with fury.

00:36:40Behind me,

00:36:40Cole's pack members

00:36:41roared in unison.

00:36:42Reject that bitch!

00:36:45Rotten vegetables

00:36:46and eggs

00:36:46flew through the air,

00:36:47striking my back,

00:36:48my shoulders,

00:36:49the ground at my feet.

00:36:50I knew,

00:36:51in that moment,

00:36:52that the Cole

00:36:52who once looked at me

00:36:53like I was the center

00:36:54of his world,

00:36:55the one who couldn't bear

00:36:56to see me suffer

00:36:56even the smallest light,

00:36:58was already dead.

00:36:59What stood in front of me now

00:37:00was nothing more

00:37:01than Alara's mate.

00:37:02But it doesn't matter.

00:37:03Luckily,

00:37:03I already have a new,

00:37:04much better mate

00:37:05who could crush them

00:37:06in seconds.

00:37:07And soon,

00:37:07we would be married.

00:37:09Ronan didn't give me

00:37:10any time to change my mind.

00:37:11The very next day,

00:37:13the Draven family

00:37:14came to formally propose,

00:37:16carrying 108 chests

00:37:17of betrothal gifts,

00:37:18filling my room

00:37:19to the brim.

00:37:21I was just about

00:37:22to have the servants

00:37:22move everything

00:37:23into storage

00:37:24when Cole walked in,

00:37:26Alara trailing behind him.

00:37:29Seeing the chests

00:37:30piled everywhere,

00:37:31the two of them

00:37:31clearly jumped

00:37:32to their own conclusion.

00:37:33Sister,

00:37:34is this all your dowry?

00:37:36I knew it.

00:37:37You're marrying Alpha Cole

00:37:38after all,

00:37:38and you're even throwing in

00:37:40all of this on top of it.

00:37:41See,

00:37:42and you kept saying

00:37:43you weren't.

00:37:43Oh, Nova,

00:37:44you really are

00:37:45in love with me.

00:37:46I frowned,

00:37:47denying it immediately.

00:37:48Not what you think.

00:37:48Stop pretending.

00:37:50Yesterday,

00:37:50you said you weren't

00:37:51marrying me,

00:37:52and now you've already

00:37:53got your dowry ready.

00:37:54That's right, Nova.

00:37:56Once you marry in,

00:37:57we'll all be one family.

00:37:59Alpha Cole,

00:38:00didn't you also

00:38:01prepare a gift for Nova?

00:38:03Hurry, give it to me.

00:38:04As she reached for him,

00:38:05something caught the light

00:38:06and flickered past my eyes.

00:38:07A necklace,

00:38:08resting against her collarbone.

00:38:10The Cole family

00:38:10kept an heirloom necklace,

00:38:12passed down for generations,

00:38:13always meant for the family's

00:38:15future Luna.

00:38:15I had hinted at it,

00:38:17asked about it,

00:38:17more times than I could

00:38:18count over the years.

00:38:19He always found some excuse

00:38:21to avoid the subject,

00:38:22never once willing

00:38:23to give it to me.

00:38:24Cole scowled

00:38:24and dug something out

00:38:25from inside his coat,

00:38:26a worn,

00:38:27cracked leather bracelet,

00:38:28and tossed it at me.

00:38:32Here, this is for you.

00:38:34Alara wore it

00:38:34until it fell apart,

00:38:35but you can still use it.

00:38:38What goes around

00:38:38comes around,

00:38:39doesn't it, sister?

00:38:40You used to look down on me.

00:38:42Now, all you get to have

00:38:44is what I've already worn out.

00:38:46The moment brought me back

00:38:47to the first time

00:38:48we ever met

00:38:48at a family banquet,

00:38:50because she was nothing more

00:38:51than an legitimate daughter.

00:38:52My family,

00:38:53even the servants,

00:38:54treated her like a maid.

00:38:55When she accidentally

00:38:56spilled wine on someone,

00:38:58she was struck across the face

00:38:59without a second thought.

00:39:01Cole couldn't stand

00:39:01watching it happen

00:39:02and stepped in to help her.

00:39:04After that,

00:39:05afraid she'd be mistreated again,

00:39:06he started looking out for her,

00:39:08always saving the best food,

00:39:09the best gifts,

00:39:10for her first.

00:39:11I just feel bad for her,

00:39:13that's all.

00:39:13I only want to help her.

00:39:14At first, I believed him.

00:39:15I thought it really was just pity.

00:39:17Not until the day

00:39:18Alara was forced

00:39:18to marry Ronan

00:39:19and Cole stormed the ceremony

00:39:21to steal her away.

00:39:22That was when

00:39:23I finally understood.

00:39:24Somewhere along the way,

00:39:25without my ever noticing,

00:39:27Alara had already

00:39:27carved out a place

00:39:28in his heart.

00:39:31So generous with Alaya,

00:39:33so stingy with me.

00:39:35No need.

00:39:36Something this precious

00:39:37should stay with your Alaya.

00:39:40Cole's face darkened

00:39:41and instantly.

00:39:43Humiliated,

00:39:44he snatched the bracelet

00:39:44out of my hand

00:39:45and hurled it out the window.

00:39:48Fine.

00:39:49If you don't want it,

00:39:50then it's trash.

00:39:51And don't you dare think

00:39:52you're taking a single thing

00:39:53from me when you get married.

00:39:54I told you.

00:39:56Our wedding has already

00:39:57been called off.

00:39:58Say that again?

00:40:02Huh.

00:40:04Leave Alpha Cole

00:40:05and nobody's ever

00:40:06going to want you.

00:40:07You'll come crawling back,

00:40:09begging him not to let you go.

00:40:11I didn't even bother

00:40:12explaining anymore.

00:40:14If the two of you

00:40:15have nothing else,

00:40:16please leave.

00:40:17But clearly,

00:40:18neither of them

00:40:18took my words seriously.

00:40:21Nova,

00:40:22don't say things like that

00:40:23out of anger.

00:40:24I know you're upset with me.

00:40:26If it makes you feel better,

00:40:27why don't you hit me

00:40:28a couple times?

00:40:30Get off.

00:40:31Don't touch me.

00:40:32The moment my hand

00:40:33left her arm,

00:40:34Alara let herself go loom,

00:40:35collapsing softly

00:40:36into Cole's chest

00:40:37as if struck.

00:40:38Cole's eyes flared red.

00:40:39Do not touch her.

00:40:40She is carrying my child.

00:40:41His fingers began to shift,

00:40:43claws tearing through skin,

00:40:45dark and sharp.

00:40:46He struck.

00:40:48In all the years

00:40:49Cole and I

00:40:50had known each other,

00:40:50grown up together,

00:40:51he had never once

00:40:52shifted his claws

00:40:53against me.

00:40:54Not once.

00:40:55And the first time

00:40:56he finally did,

00:40:57it was for another woman.

00:40:58For a moment,

00:40:59Cole hesitated.

00:41:00He looked down

00:41:01at the blood

00:41:02running down my arm.

00:41:03But Alara saw her chance.

00:41:08She let out a sharp,

00:41:09sudden cry,

00:41:10clutching her belly

00:41:11and begged him

00:41:12to take her away immediately.

00:41:14After a moment of hesitation,

00:41:16Cole scooped her up

00:41:17into his arms

00:41:18and walked out

00:41:19without looking back.

00:41:21Alara glanced back

00:41:22over his shoulder.

00:41:26Die alone?

00:41:27Funny.

00:41:28I was getting married

00:41:29in three days.

00:41:30The day before my wedding

00:41:32fell on the moon festival,

00:41:34the one day a year

00:41:35I had always loved the most.

00:41:36Every year before this one,

00:41:38Cole had always come with me

00:41:39to buy crystal lanterns.

00:41:41This year,

00:41:41for the first time,

00:41:42I went alone.

00:41:43When I stepped into

00:41:44Silvermoon City,

00:41:45the entire street

00:41:46stood empty.

00:41:47Every vendor

00:41:47had been pushed aside,

00:41:49their tolves cleared

00:41:49to the edges of the road.

00:41:51Confused,

00:41:51I slowed my steps

00:41:52and caught the voices

00:41:53of two young women nearby.

00:41:55I heard Alpha Cole

00:41:56bought out

00:41:56every single crystal lantern

00:41:58on this street

00:41:58just to make his mate happy.

00:42:00That's not even half of it.

00:42:01He went against

00:42:01the entire elder council

00:42:02for her.

00:42:03Exactly.

00:42:04He even angered

00:42:04the young lord

00:42:05and forced his own Nova

00:42:06into being a concuboon

00:42:07just for her.

00:42:08I'd howl at the moon alone

00:42:09for a year

00:42:10for someone that devoted.

00:42:11I turned to leave,

00:42:12having no reason

00:42:13to stay any longer.

00:42:14Nova?

00:42:14I turned instinctively

00:42:16and there they were.

00:42:17Cole and Alara

00:42:18standing not far away.

00:42:22Nova,

00:42:23are you here

00:42:24to buy crystal lanterns too?

00:42:28How's your shoulder?

00:42:29I pushed his hand away

00:42:30without a shred

00:42:31of warmth in my voice.

00:42:32It's fine.

00:42:33Alara held the lantern

00:42:34out towards me.

00:42:35I'm sorry, Nova.

00:42:36Alpha Cole bought out

00:42:37every lantern

00:42:38on this street.

00:42:39Here,

00:42:39why don't you take this one?

00:42:41No, thank you.

00:42:42I stepped back.

00:42:43I never made a habit

00:42:45of using anything

00:42:45someone else

00:42:46had already touched.

00:42:47Not objects.

00:42:48Not people.

00:42:49But Alara wouldn't let it go.

00:42:51She kept crowding closer,

00:42:52refusing to back off.

00:42:53I only meant to push her away,

00:42:55barely any force

00:42:56behind it at all.

00:42:57But Alara clutched

00:42:58at her dress

00:42:58and threw herself backward,

00:42:59dramatically,

00:43:00collapsing onto the ground.

00:43:02Cole!

00:43:03Nova's trying

00:43:04to kill our baby!

00:43:05Cole's face twisted

00:43:06with fury

00:43:07the instant he saw her

00:43:08on the ground.

00:43:08He shoved me,

00:43:10hard,

00:43:10without a second

00:43:11of hesitation.

00:43:12How dare you do this?

00:43:13Kneel down

00:43:14and apologize to her,

00:43:15right now!

00:43:16It happened too fast.

00:43:17I had no chance

00:43:18to brace myself

00:43:19before I hit the ground,

00:43:20forced down

00:43:21onto my knees.

00:43:24And then,

00:43:25a voice,

00:43:26low,

00:43:26deep,

00:43:27carrying and pressed down

00:43:28on the entire street,

00:43:29cut through the air

00:43:30behind me.

00:43:31Who dares touch my mate?

00:43:32I turned around.

00:43:33A massive black wolf shadow

00:43:35hung suspended

00:43:36in the air

00:43:36above the street,

00:43:37its presence

00:43:38so overwhelming

00:43:39it seemed

00:43:39to swallow

00:43:39the light

00:43:40around it whole.

00:43:42That's the Alpha

00:43:43King's nightfall wolf.

00:43:44Why is it here?

00:43:45The black shadow

00:43:46slowly faded,

00:43:47dissolving into the night air

00:43:48until it was gone completely.

00:43:50Cole and Elyra

00:43:51stood there for a moment,

00:43:52trying to comfort each other.

00:43:55You don't think

00:43:56he's come back for you,

00:43:56do you?

00:43:57Elyra's face

00:43:57drained of color instantly,

00:43:59panic flooding her eyes.

00:44:00Confidence they'd carried

00:44:01a moment Bagor

00:44:02was gone.

00:44:02The two of them

00:44:03slipped away quickly.

00:44:05I kept walking alone,

00:44:07the mood of the night

00:44:07thoroughly ruined.

00:44:09Without warning,

00:44:09a hand grabbed me

00:44:10and pulled me

00:44:10into a narrow alley.

00:44:11I tensed instantly,

00:44:12already bracing to fight back.

00:44:13I looked up.

00:44:14It was Ronan.

00:44:15I followed you

00:44:16the whole way.

00:44:17Watching you get

00:44:17pushed around like that,

00:44:18it put me in a foul mood.

00:44:21And why did you follow me?

00:44:23I...

00:44:24I'm marrying you tomorrow.

00:44:25I was too excited

00:44:26to sleep at all.

00:44:28I'm nothing but

00:44:29a rejected Luna,

00:44:30you know.

00:44:30A general's daughter

00:44:31who's never even

00:44:31had a wolf of her own.

00:44:32Let alone a faded mate.

00:44:34Just don't come

00:44:34to regret this.

00:44:37I won't.

00:44:38He pulled me closer,

00:44:39gently drawing me

00:44:40toward the curve

00:44:41of his neck.

00:44:42As I leaned in,

00:44:43close enough to feel

00:44:44the warmth of his skin,

00:44:45something strange

00:44:46stirred inside me.

00:44:47A scent,

00:44:48faint,

00:44:48unfamiliar,

00:44:49and yet impossibly familiar

00:44:50all at once,

00:44:51wrapped around me.

00:44:53Why...

00:44:54Why was his scent

00:44:55pulling at me like this?

00:44:56Why couldn't I resist it?

00:44:57I pulled back sharply,

00:44:59staring at him,

00:44:59my heart pounding

00:45:00for reasons I couldn't explain.

00:45:03Are you my...

00:45:05Ronan seemed thrown off

00:45:06by the way I was staring at him.

00:45:09I'll see you tomorrow,

00:45:10my Luna.

00:45:11The next morning,

00:45:13the maids woke me early,

00:45:14dressing me,

00:45:15styling my hair,

00:45:16wrapping me in my wedding gown.

00:45:18That was when it finally felt real.

00:45:20I was really getting married.

00:45:22Only this time,

00:45:23the groom waiting for me

00:45:24wasn't Cole,

00:45:24the childhood companion

00:45:25I had spent years hoping for.

00:45:27It was Alpha King Ronan.

00:45:28When the wedding procession

00:45:29finally arrived,

00:45:30I froze.

00:45:32Leading it was Cole.

00:45:33He saw me standing there,

00:45:34in my full wedding attire,

00:45:36and his expression

00:45:36twisted instantly.

00:45:39How dare you dress

00:45:41more beautiful

00:45:41than Alara did

00:45:42on her wedding day?

00:45:43You're nothing

00:45:44but a chosen mate!

00:45:45I'm here today

00:45:46to take my second Luna.

00:45:47Go change.

00:45:48Right now.

00:45:49I didn't back down

00:45:50for a second.

00:45:51I've told you this

00:45:51more than once.

00:45:52Our wedding is off.

00:45:53The man I'm marrying today

00:45:55isn't you.

00:45:57Don't throw a fight

00:45:58over this.

00:45:59Isn't it just because

00:46:00I made a lemur a Luna too?

00:46:01You're both my Lunas.

00:46:03I'll treat you equally.

00:46:04Come with me, okay?

00:46:09Ronan rode in

00:46:09at the head of the procession,

00:46:11an endless line of carriages

00:46:12trailing behind him,

00:46:13each one loaded with gold,

00:46:15jewels,

00:46:15treasures beyond counting.

00:46:16His gaze landed on Cole,

00:46:18and on the pitiful procession

00:46:19behind him,

00:46:20fewer than 20 people in total.

00:46:24Well, well,

00:46:25Alpha Cole,

00:46:26trying to steal my wife again?

00:46:39On our wedding day,

00:46:40my chosen mate Cole left

00:46:42and took my illegitimate sister

00:46:43Alara from her wedding

00:46:44because he didn't want her

00:46:46to marry the pack's

00:46:46infamous playboy,

00:46:48Alpha King Ronan.

00:46:49They became mates

00:46:50that same night.

00:46:51Cole lost control

00:46:52and fucked her

00:46:5399 times straight.

00:46:55Alara's moans and screams

00:46:57ringing out through the pack.

00:46:58The whole pack was waiting

00:46:59to watch me and Ronan

00:47:00become a joke.

00:47:01A general's daughter

00:47:02and an Alpha King

00:47:03both rejected

00:47:04on the same night.

00:47:05But the next day,

00:47:06Ronan came to my door,

00:47:08dragging chests of gold

00:47:09and jewels behind him.

00:47:11A debt is a debt.

00:47:12Cole stole my bride,

00:47:14so he owes me his.

00:47:15I want you as my mate.

00:47:17That's fair,

00:47:18isn't it?

00:47:18I'll marry you.

00:47:20He clearly hadn't expected me

00:47:21to agree to something

00:47:22so absurd.

00:47:25You, you,

00:47:26that's what you said.

00:47:28I'll come for you

00:47:28in three days.

00:47:30Don't you dare

00:47:30change your mind.

00:47:36He wasn't nearly

00:47:37as reckless

00:47:37as the rumors claimed.

00:47:39If anything,

00:47:40he was a little endearing.

00:47:41Not long after Ronan left,

00:47:43I went back to Cole's home

00:47:45to pack my things

00:47:46and move out.

00:47:47Halfway through,

00:47:49Cole came back.

00:47:50He was holding Alara,

00:47:51and this time,

00:47:52she didn't bother hiding it.

00:47:53She lifted her dress

00:47:54to show off

00:47:55her six-month pregnant belly.

00:47:58So they'd been sneaking

00:47:59around behind my back

00:48:00for at least six months.

00:48:02Disgusting.

00:48:04Cole,

00:48:05you're standing here

00:48:06with your six-month

00:48:07pregnant mate.

00:48:07What could you

00:48:09possibly want now?

00:48:10Nova,

00:48:11I didn't want it

00:48:11to be this way,

00:48:12but Alara is gentle,

00:48:13and she's my fated mate.

00:48:15She's carrying my child.

00:48:17I couldn't just watch her

00:48:18get thrown to that

00:48:18reckless playboy

00:48:19of an alpha king.

00:48:24I'm a strong alpha.

00:48:25How could I let my

00:48:26fainted mate

00:48:27suffer a marriage like that?

00:48:28And yet he could watch me

00:48:29and the entire Draven family

00:48:31become the pack's

00:48:32laughingstock

00:48:32without blinking.

00:48:33The moment he stormed

00:48:34that ceremony,

00:48:35whatever we had

00:48:36was already over.

00:48:37Then that settles it.

00:48:38Our wedding is off.

00:48:42Nova,

00:48:43don't be like this.

00:48:44Even if I marry her,

00:48:45it won't change

00:48:45anything between us.

00:48:47I've already decided

00:48:47you'll marry me too.

00:48:49You'll be my Luna as well.

00:48:50Two Lunas?

00:48:52Since when has our pack

00:48:53ever allowed that?

00:48:55You swore to the moon goddessy.

00:48:57You said you would be

00:48:58loyal to me

00:48:59and only me.

00:49:01I did.

00:49:02I chose you as my mate

00:49:03because I needed someone

00:49:04fit to be my Luna.

00:49:05You were never more

00:49:06than my chosen mate,

00:49:07Nova.

00:49:08But when I met Alara,

00:49:09I realized

00:49:10she's my fated mate.

00:49:12Nothing in this world

00:49:13compares to her.

00:49:14I looked at Alara,

00:49:16who was still stroking

00:49:17her belly,

00:49:18making sure everyone

00:49:19saw it.

00:49:20You knew

00:49:20he already had a mate.

00:49:22So why did you run

00:49:23from your own wedding?

00:49:24Why choose to be

00:49:25someone's mistress instead?

00:49:26Alara's eyes

00:49:27welled up instantly.

00:49:31You're so harsh with me.

00:49:33Alpha Cole just didn't

00:49:34want me to suffer.

00:49:36That's all he did.

00:49:37He saved me.

00:49:38Are you...

00:49:39Are you just jealous?

00:49:41Alpha Cole already said

00:49:42you could be his Luna too.

00:49:46An illegitimate daughter

00:49:48really doesn't know

00:49:49how to carry herself

00:49:50in front of others,

00:49:51does she?

00:49:52Alara's face

00:49:53crumbled instantly.

00:49:53She burst into tears,

00:49:55burying herself

00:49:56against Cole's chest.

00:49:59Nova,

00:50:00how could you say

00:50:01something like that

00:50:02to her?

00:50:02Look what you've done,

00:50:03you've made her cry.

00:50:04He held Alara tighter,

00:50:06glaring at me,

00:50:07as if I were the one

00:50:08in the wrong.

00:50:08Alara is so kind-hearted.

00:50:12Once you marry in,

00:50:13she won't make things

00:50:13hard for you.

00:50:14I know it's a step down,

00:50:15but you'll just have to

00:50:16accept being my second

00:50:17Luna for now.

00:50:18You and Alara

00:50:19will both be my Lunas.

00:50:21As long as you

00:50:21fulfill your duties,

00:50:23I won't play favorites.

00:50:24Oh.

00:50:25And what exactly

00:50:26are these duties?

00:50:28You'll raise our children,

00:50:30and you'll still manage

00:50:31the pack's daily affairs.

00:50:32Your standing in the pack

00:50:33won't be affected at all.

00:50:34So you want two Lunas?

00:50:36One to sleep beside you,

00:50:37and one to obediently

00:50:38raise your children

00:50:39and handle your chores?

00:50:41A general's daughter,

00:50:42reduced to a second Luna.

00:50:43I almost admired him

00:50:44for having the nerve

00:50:45to say it out loud.

00:50:49I'd advise you to cherish

00:50:50what's already been

00:50:51arranged for you.

00:50:51This is already the best

00:50:52outcome you're going to get.

00:50:54Cole stepped forward,

00:50:55his tone softening,

00:50:56as if he were doing me

00:50:57a favor.

00:50:58Nova,

00:50:59Alara has already

00:51:00sacrificed so much.

00:51:02Just agreed to be

00:51:03Lunar alongside her.

00:51:07She doesn't need to

00:51:08sacrifice anything at all,

00:51:09because I will never agree.

00:51:11We're done.

00:51:13What?

00:51:14What did you just say?

00:51:15The pack members

00:51:16were already whispering

00:51:17among themselves.

00:51:18Is she out of her mind?

00:51:19She actually wants

00:51:20to leave Alpha Cole?

00:51:22If she leaves the pack,

00:51:23she won't survive

00:51:24a week out there.

00:51:27You're really making

00:51:28this difficult for me, Nova.

00:51:30I almost laughed.

00:51:32Who exactly stormed

00:51:33a wedding ceremony

00:51:34and claimed another woman

00:51:35as his mate

00:51:35the night before ours?

00:51:37Who turned me

00:51:37into the pack's laughing stock?

00:51:39And now he had the nerve

00:51:40to say I was the one

00:51:41making things difficult.

00:51:44I told you,

00:51:45I will never be

00:51:46your second Luna.

00:51:47He raised his hand

00:51:48and struck me hard

00:51:49across the face.

00:51:50Nova,

00:51:51you're being

00:51:52completely unreasonable.

00:51:53Everyone knows

00:51:54you've clung to me

00:51:55since childhood.

00:51:56I've had my fill

00:51:57of you for years.

00:51:58Do you really think

00:51:58anyone else would

00:51:59want you now?

00:52:00Get out of my house!

00:52:03Good.

00:52:04Let her go.

00:52:05Don't let her

00:52:06take a single thing

00:52:06with her.

00:52:07So you want me dead?

00:52:08And you want to

00:52:09take everything I own?

00:52:10My whole body

00:52:11was shaking with fury.

00:52:12Behind me,

00:52:13Cole's pack members

00:52:14roared in unison.

00:52:15Reject that bitch!

00:52:18Rotten vegetables

00:52:18and eggs

00:52:19flew through the air,

00:52:20striking my back,

00:52:21my shoulders,

00:52:22the ground at my feet.

00:52:23I knew,

00:52:23in that moment,

00:52:24that the Cole

00:52:25who once looked at me

00:52:26like I was the center

00:52:26of his world,

00:52:27the one who couldn't bear

00:52:28to see me suffer

00:52:29even the smallest light,

00:52:30was already dead.

00:52:31What stood in front of me now

00:52:33was nothing more

00:52:33than Alara's mate.

00:52:34But it doesn't matter.

00:52:35Luckily,

00:52:36I already have a new,

00:52:37much better mate

00:52:38who could crush them

00:52:39in seconds.

00:52:39And soon,

00:52:40we would be married.

00:52:41Ronan didn't give me

00:52:42any time to change my mind.

00:52:44The very next day,

00:52:45the Draven family

00:52:47came to formally propose,

00:52:48carrying 108 chests

00:52:50of betrothal gifts,

00:52:51filling my room

00:52:52to the brim.

00:52:53I was just about

00:52:54to have the servants

00:52:55move everything

00:52:56into storage

00:52:56when Cole walked in,

00:52:58Alara trailing behind him.

00:53:01Seeing the chests

00:53:02piled everywhere,

00:53:03the two of them

00:53:04clearly jumped

00:53:05to their own conclusion.

00:53:06Sister,

00:53:07is this all your dowry?

00:53:09I knew it.

00:53:10You're marrying Alpha Cole

00:53:10after all,

00:53:11and you're even throwing

00:53:12in all of this

00:53:13on top of it.

00:53:14See,

00:53:15and you kept saying

00:53:15you weren't.

00:53:16Oh, Nova,

00:53:17you really are

00:53:18in love with me.

00:53:19I frowned,

00:53:19denying it immediately.

00:53:20It's not what you think.

00:53:21Stop pretending.

00:53:23Yesterday,

00:53:23you said you weren't

00:53:24marrying me,

00:53:24and now you've already

00:53:25got your dowry ready.

00:53:27That's right, Nova.

00:53:29Once you marry in,

00:53:30we'll all be one family.

00:53:32Alpha Cole,

00:53:33didn't you also

00:53:34prepare a gift for Nova?

00:53:35Hurry,

00:53:36give it to me.

00:53:36As she reached for him,

00:53:38something caught the light

00:53:38and flickered past my eyes.

00:53:40A necklace,

00:53:41resting against her collarbone.

00:53:42The Cole family

00:53:43kept an heirloom necklace,

00:53:45passed down for generations,

00:53:46always meant

00:53:47for the family's future Luna.

00:53:48I had hinted at it,

00:53:49asked about it,

00:53:50more times than I could

00:53:51count over the years.

00:53:52He always found some excuse

00:53:53to avoid the subject,

00:53:55never once willing

00:53:55to give it to me.

00:53:56Cole scowled

00:53:57and dug something out

00:53:58from inside his coat.

00:53:59A worn,

00:54:00cracked leather bracelet

00:54:01and tossed it at me.

00:54:04Here,

00:54:05this is for you.

00:54:07Alara wore it

00:54:07until it fell apart,

00:54:08but you can still use it.

00:54:10What goes around

00:54:11comes around,

00:54:12doesn't it, sister?

00:54:13You used to look down on me.

00:54:15Now,

00:54:16all you get to have

00:54:17is what I've already worn out.

00:54:18The moment brought me back

00:54:20to the first time

00:54:20we ever met

00:54:21at a family banquet

00:54:22because she was nothing more

00:54:24than an legitimate daughter.

00:54:25My family,

00:54:26even the servants,

00:54:27treated her like a maid.

00:54:28When she accidentally

00:54:29spilled wine on someone,

00:54:30she was struck across the face

00:54:32without a second thought.

00:54:33Cole couldn't stand

00:54:34watching it happen

00:54:35and stepped in to help her.

00:54:37After that,

00:54:37afraid she'd be mistreated again,

00:54:39he started looking out for her,

00:54:41always saving the best food,

00:54:42the best gifts,

00:54:43for her first.

00:54:44I just feel bad for her,

00:54:45that's all.

00:54:46I only want to help her.

00:54:47At first,

00:54:47I believed him.

00:54:48I thought it really was just pity.

00:54:49Not until the day

00:54:50Alara was forced to marry Ronan

00:54:52and Cole stormed the ceremony

00:54:53to steal her away.

00:54:54That was when I finally understood.

00:54:57Somewhere along the way,

00:54:58without my ever noticing,

00:54:59Alara had already carved out

00:55:00a place in his heart.

00:55:03So generous with Alaya,

00:55:05so stingy with me.

00:55:07No need.

00:55:09Something this precious

00:55:10should stay with your Alaya.

00:55:12Cole's face darkened instantly.

00:55:15Humiliated,

00:55:16he snatched the bracelet

00:55:17out of my hand

00:55:18and hurled it out the window.

00:55:21Fine.

00:55:22If you don't want it,

00:55:23then it's trash.

00:55:23And don't you dare think

00:55:25you're taking a single thing

00:55:26from me when you get married.

00:55:27I told you.

00:55:28Our wedding has already

00:55:29been called off.

00:55:30Say that again?

00:55:35Huh.

00:55:36Leave Alpha Cole

00:55:37and nobody's ever going

00:55:39to want you.

00:55:40You'll come crawling back,

00:55:41begging him not to let you go.

00:55:44I didn't even bother

00:55:45explaining anymore.

00:55:46If the two of you

00:55:47have nothing else,

00:55:48please leave.

00:55:49But clearly,

00:55:51neither of them

00:55:51took my words seriously.

00:55:53Nova,

00:55:54don't say things like that

00:55:55out of anger.

00:55:56I know you're upset with me.

00:55:58If it makes you feel better,

00:56:00why don't you hit me

00:56:01a couple times?

00:56:03Get off.

00:56:04Don't touch me.

00:56:05The moment my hand

00:56:06left her arm,

00:56:06Alara let herself go loom,

00:56:08collapsing softly

00:56:09into Cole's chest

00:56:09as if struck.

00:56:10Cole's eyes flared red.

00:56:12Do not touch her.

00:56:12She is carrying my child.

00:56:14His fingers began to shift,

00:56:16claws tearing through skin,

00:56:17dark and sharp.

00:56:18He struck.

00:56:21In all the years

00:56:22Cole and I had known each other,

00:56:23grown up together,

00:56:24he had never once

00:56:25shifted his claws against me.

00:56:26Not once.

00:56:27And the first time

00:56:28he finally did,

00:56:29it was for another woman.

00:56:31For a moment,

00:56:32Cole hesitated.

00:56:33He looked down

00:56:34at the blood

00:56:34running down my arm.

00:56:36But Alara saw her chance.

00:56:40She let out a sharp,

00:56:42sudden cry,

00:56:43clutching her belly,

00:56:44and begged him

00:56:44to take her away immediately.

00:56:46After a moment of hesitation,

00:56:49Cole scooped her up

00:56:49into his arms

00:56:51and walked out

00:56:52without looking back.

00:56:53Alara glanced back

00:56:54over his shoulder.

00:56:58Die alone?

00:57:00Funny.

00:57:01I was getting married

00:57:02in three days.

00:57:03The day before my wedding

00:57:04fell on the moon festival,

00:57:06the one day a year

00:57:07I had always loved the most.

00:57:09Every year before this one,

00:57:11Cole had always come with me

00:57:12to buy crystal lanterns.

00:57:13This year,

00:57:14for the first time,

00:57:15I went alone.

00:57:16When I stepped into

00:57:17Silvermoon City,

00:57:18the entire street stood empty.

00:57:20Every vendor

00:57:20had been pushed aside,

00:57:21their tolves cleared

00:57:22to the edges of the road.

00:57:23Confused,

00:57:24I slowed my steps

00:57:25and caught the voices

00:57:26of two young women nearby.

00:57:28I heard Alpha Cole

00:57:29bought out

00:57:29every single crystal lantern

00:57:30on this street

00:57:31just to make his mate happy.

00:57:32That's not even half of it.

00:57:34He went against

00:57:34the entire Elder Council for her.

00:57:36Exactly.

00:57:36He even angered

00:57:37the young lord

00:57:38and forced his own nova

00:57:39into being a concuboon

00:57:40just for her.

00:57:41I'd howl at the moon alone

00:57:42for a year

00:57:42for someone that devoted.

00:57:43I turned to leave,

00:57:45having no reason

00:57:45to stay any longer.

00:57:46Nova?

00:57:47I turned instinctively

00:57:48and there they were,

00:57:50Cole and Alara,

00:57:51standing not far away.

00:57:55Nova,

00:57:56are you here

00:57:56to buy crystal lanterns too?

00:58:00How's your shoulder?

00:58:01I pushed his hand away

00:58:02without a shred

00:58:03of warmth in my voice.

00:58:05It's fine.

00:58:06Alara held the lantern

00:58:07out towards me.

00:58:08I'm sorry, Nova.

00:58:09Alpha Cole bought out

00:58:10every lantern

00:58:11on this street.

00:58:12Here,

00:58:12why don't you take this one?

00:58:14No, thank you.

00:58:15I stepped back.

00:58:16I never made a habit

00:58:17of using anything

00:58:18someone else had already touched.

00:58:20Not objects.

00:58:21Not people.

00:58:22But Alara wouldn't let it go.

00:58:23She kept crowding closer,

00:58:25refusing to back off.

00:58:26I only meant to push her away,

00:58:28barely any force

00:58:28behind it at all.

00:58:29But Alara clutched

00:58:30at her dress

00:58:31and threw herself backward,

00:58:32dramatically,

00:58:33collapsing onto the ground.

00:58:35Cole!

00:58:36Nova's trying to kill our baby!

00:58:38Cole's face twisted with fury

00:58:39the instant he saw her

00:58:41on the ground.

00:58:41He shoved me,

00:58:42hard,

00:58:43without a second of hesitation.

00:58:44How dare you do this!

00:58:46Kneel down and apologize to her,

00:58:48right now!

00:58:49It happened too fast.

00:58:50I had no chance

00:58:51to brace myself

00:58:51before I hit the ground,

00:58:53forced down onto my knees.

00:58:57And then,

00:58:58a voice,

00:58:58low,

00:58:59deep,

00:59:00carrying and pressed down

00:59:01on the entire street,

00:59:02cut through the air behind me.

00:59:03Who dares touch my mate?

00:59:05I turned around.

00:59:06A massive black wolf shadow

00:59:08hung suspended

00:59:08in the air above the street,

00:59:10its presence so overwhelming

00:59:11it seemed to swallow

00:59:12the light around it whole.

00:59:15That's the Alpha King's

00:59:16nightfall wolf.

00:59:17Why is it here?

00:59:18The black shadow

00:59:19slowly faded,

00:59:20dissolving into the night air

00:59:21until it was gone completely.

00:59:23Cole and Alara

00:59:23stood there for a moment,

00:59:24trying to comfort each other.

00:59:28You don't think

00:59:28he's come back for you,

00:59:29do you?

00:59:29Alara's face drained

00:59:30of color instantly,

00:59:31panic flooding her eyes.

00:59:33Confidence they'd carried

00:59:34a moment Begore was gone.

00:59:35The two of them

00:59:36slipped away quickly.

00:59:38I kept walking alone,

00:59:39the mood of the night

00:59:40thoroughly ruined.

00:59:41Without warning,

00:59:42a hand grabbed me

00:59:43and pulled me

00:59:43into a narrow alley.

00:59:44I tensed instantly,

00:59:45already bracing to fight back.

00:59:46I looked up.

00:59:47It was Ronan.

00:59:48I followed you the whole way.

00:59:49Watching you get pushed around

00:59:50like that,

00:59:51it put me in a foul mood.

00:59:54And why did you follow me?

00:59:56I,

00:59:56I'm marrying you tomorrow.

00:59:58I was too excited

00:59:58to sleep at all.

01:00:00I'm nothing but

01:00:01a rejected Luna,

01:00:02you know.

01:00:03A general's daughter

01:00:04who's never even had

01:00:04a wolf of her own,

01:00:05let alone a faded mate.

01:00:07Just don't come

01:00:07to regret this.

01:00:09I won't.

01:00:11He pulled me closer,

01:00:12gently drawing me

01:00:13toward the curve

01:00:14of his neck.

01:00:14As I leaned in,

01:00:16close enough to feel

01:00:16the warmth of his skin,

01:00:18something strange

01:00:18stirred inside me.

01:00:19A scent,

01:00:20faint,

01:00:21unfamiliar,

01:00:22and yet impossibly familiar

01:00:23all at once,

01:00:24wrapped around me.

01:00:26Why,

01:00:26why was his scent

01:00:27pulling at me like this?

01:00:29Why couldn't I resist it?

01:00:30I pulled back sharply,

01:00:31staring at him,

01:00:32my heart pounding

01:00:33for reasons I couldn't explain.

01:00:35Are you my...

01:00:37Ronan seemed thrown off

01:00:39by the way I was staring at him.

01:00:41I'll see you tomorrow,

01:00:42my Luna.

01:00:44The next morning,

01:00:45the maids woked me early,

01:00:47dressing me,

01:00:48styling my hair,

01:00:49wrapping me in my wedding gown.

01:00:51That was when it finally felt real.

01:00:52I was really getting married.

01:00:54Only this time,

01:00:55the groom waiting for me

01:00:56wasn't Cole,

01:00:57the childhood companion

01:00:58I had spent years hoping for.

01:00:59It was Alpha King Ronan.

01:01:01When the wedding procession

01:01:02finally arrived,

01:01:03I froze.

01:01:04Leading it was Cole.

01:01:05He saw me standing there,

01:01:07in my full wedding attire,

01:01:08and his expression

01:01:09twisted instantly.

01:01:12How dare you dress

01:01:13more beautiful

01:01:14than Alara did

01:01:15on her wedding day.

01:01:16You're nothing

01:01:16but a chosen mate.

01:01:17I'm here today

01:01:18to take my second Luna.

01:01:20Go change.

01:01:21Right now.

01:01:22I didn't back down

01:01:23for a second.

01:01:23I've told you this

01:01:24more than once.

01:01:25Our wedding is off.

01:01:26The man I'm marrying today

01:01:27isn't you.

01:01:30Don't throw a fight over this.

01:01:32Isn't it just because

01:01:33I made a lemur a Luna too?

01:01:34You're both my Lunas.

01:01:35I'll treat you equally.

01:01:37Come with me, okay?

01:01:41Ronan rode in at the head

01:01:42of the procession,

01:01:43an endless line of carriages

01:01:45trailing behind him,

01:01:46each one loaded with gold,

01:01:47jewels, treasures beyond counting.

01:01:49His gaze landed on Cole

01:01:50and on the pitiful procession

01:01:52behind him,

01:01:53fewer than 20 people in total.

01:01:56Well, well, Alpha Cole.

01:01:58Trying to steal my wife again?

01:02:00And we'll be right back.

01:02:00I'm sorry.

01:02:00No, I'm going to show you

01:02:01what it is.

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