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If you love a good "cheating husband grovels for forgiveness" trope, this short drama is exactly for YOU! 👀 All Audrey got from her 5-year marriage contract was heartbreak and a toxic husband. Now? She is taking her power back! ✨ Watch Harrison beg on his knees in "Love Has No Turning Back". Honestly? We love to see him suffer. 😂 Binge all episodes now for the ultimate satisfaction!

⭐GENRE: Female, Romance, Toxic Romance, Hidden Feelings, All-Too-Late, Caught Cheating
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00:00:05on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly
00:00:10taken photo caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was
00:00:16not an ordinary breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance meeting contract
00:00:20between two ancient packs once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the
00:00:26rejection right five years between me and the coal family would be raced for good brother your ex-luna
00:00:32looks like a movie star ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read a word about it
00:00:39harrison
00:00:40stared at the woman on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately
00:00:45called kenzie oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for
00:00:53you it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:01:02harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:01:05i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we
00:01:11never
00:01:11truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed
00:01:1617 stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that kenzie
00:01:23had been replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him
00:01:27his most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all
00:01:34his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
00:01:39after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
00:01:44message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
00:01:53a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time long enough
00:02:01for
00:02:01the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never truly been mates
00:02:07no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:02:19in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
00:02:25the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
00:02:29waited for the day he would truly accept me
00:02:32halfway through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency
00:02:37contact again and again but every call went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart
00:02:42while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been
00:02:47updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake
00:02:52with candles spelling 900 the caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect partner
00:02:58for these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a joke
00:03:03from
00:03:03beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate the mate
00:03:10contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter
00:03:14the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar show typing
00:03:21i blocked him directly then i called another number
00:03:26nathaniel what you promised me before does it still stand of course it does good i do not just
00:03:33want to leave him i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed
00:03:40mate documents on his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination
00:03:45process of an alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the
00:03:50alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to
00:03:55make the elder council the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him
00:03:59when do you plan to strike
00:04:04soon
00:04:10but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:04:15after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:04:21military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:04:27before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:04:33impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:04:39what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you
00:04:44today marks 900 days since kenzie and i met is that what this is about
00:04:50only then did i understand
00:04:52to him terminating our mate contract was just me throwing a tantrum
00:04:57i am not throwing a tantrum
00:05:01the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:05:07stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:05:10i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:05:16so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone
00:05:21all of it was just drama to him he left soon after
00:05:32hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message
00:05:37audrey harrison never even changed his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him
00:05:42do you think he will regret it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own
00:05:46hand
00:05:47i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer and officially started the process
00:05:54late that night taylor's call jolted me awake
00:05:58audrey get downtown now something happened fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking
00:06:04werewolf members club at dupont circle kenzie truth or dare do you have any secrets you have been
00:06:13hiding from your commander of course i do harrison and i slept together a long time ago
00:06:24the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone
00:06:31call had been arranged by her on purpose
00:06:35she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:06:40in
00:06:40front of our people worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy they
00:06:45were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony
00:06:50she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity i had
00:06:55left
00:06:55as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were
00:07:01close friends audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison he never knows when to stop
00:07:09every time he leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let me go can you teach me
00:07:14how to handle
00:07:15him i raised my hand and slapped her heart across the face caught off guard she fell beside the coffee
00:07:21table audrey are you insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i
00:07:28stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me my side slammed against the marble counter so hard my
00:07:33vision went black but i still straightened up then i took out my phone and played a recording kenzie's
00:07:38laughter with another man came through clearly aren't you afraid harrison will find out find out what
00:07:43in bed he is nowhere near you once that boring almost luna of his is finally kicked out we can
00:07:50the recording cut off the color drained from kenzie's face how how do you have that did you really
00:07:57think you covered your tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no longer simple rage it was as
00:08:03if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him harrison this is the pure little beta
00:08:08you said was like a sister to you the men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited
00:08:13to the
00:08:14one in that recording do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the pack council for
00:08:19verification and filing oh and by the way she has been looking through your email your private
00:08:24information and your mate contract documents what she signed without authorization was not some
00:08:29meaningless scrap of paper it was an official pack document entered into the council record
00:08:33powerful enough to sever the alliance mating contract between two major werewolf families
00:08:37and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying lying then let's call the man from the recording
00:08:43here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he can be here in 10 minutes i picked up the
00:08:47half glass
00:08:47of martini from the table and slowly walked up to kenzie this drink is for the child we lost i
00:08:54splashed
00:08:54the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank back his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together
00:08:59security harrison shouted almost on instinct but this time he did not move he did not help her up
00:09:05he did not immediately shield her behind him like before he stood there his adam's apple working hard
00:09:11as if a silent earthquake had torn through him harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get
00:09:19her face treated you are not coming with me harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait
00:09:29that recording was it real you can keep believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever
00:09:35mattered to you when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the
00:09:42entrance
00:09:44my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
00:09:52next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely improved
00:10:00i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in the courtyard on
00:10:05a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence of a werewolf elder
00:10:10she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile vanished like a mask being
00:10:15removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still want to give you one piece of
00:10:20advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community their sense blend their instincts
00:10:25move together that bond is something you can never compare to you are too dull too lacking in charm
00:10:33instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn from her learn how to please an alpha at home
00:10:39my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was seriously advising me to learn from the woman
00:10:43interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband she knew i was still the future luna of
00:10:48the
00:10:48cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating contract was still recorded between the two bloodlines
00:10:52but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an identity to
00:10:59be respected and protected it was merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at
00:11:04any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are already ending things aunt eleanor kenzie came jogging
00:11:10in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as she affectionately brushed her cheek
00:11:14against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered something oh my god i almost forgot
00:11:19tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military industrial alliance every high-ranking
00:11:24east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the alpha heir of the cole family harrison
00:11:27has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need to hurry over after saying that she
00:11:31turned
00:11:32to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are here too about what happened
00:11:36at the
00:11:37club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight i will explain all the misunderstandings
00:11:41in front of every pack leader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent she could not hide the greedy
00:11:44vicious aura of a predator lying weight of course i knew she was setting a trap but i also remembered
00:11:48what
00:11:49nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls give her the stage
00:11:55sure
00:12:00the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real purpose nearly
00:12:05every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as their julie
00:12:09every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained to
00:12:14perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all
00:12:18kenzie meanwhile had changed into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and
00:12:24the nape of her neck as if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot
00:12:29to tell you there was a dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had
00:12:33already
00:12:33started looking over some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of
00:12:37people waiting for a show kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people
00:12:42didn't you i looked at her my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear
00:12:46her eyes turned red almost instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively
00:12:49stepped in front of her his protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison
00:12:55i only wanted to make up for last time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at
00:12:59the club there really had been a crack in the way he looked at kenzie but in the end he
00:13:03still chose
00:13:03to stand on her side he locked his hand around my wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd
00:13:08and
00:13:08end this ugly confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying
00:13:1350 things his hand moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was
00:13:18cold his alpha pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the man's wrist and
00:13:23squeezed until the man screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few crude things
00:13:28go be with audrey do not let her misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her
00:13:33and led her away audrey what did i ever do to offend you you actually paid off a man like
00:13:38this to
00:13:38humiliate me in public there were elder council agents present as well as witnesses from various
00:13:43packs by throwing out that line she was not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the
00:13:48words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record audrey when did you become this vicious i did
00:13:53not do it but since you have already decided it was me what is the point of explaining so what
00:13:58do you
00:13:59want me to do kneel in public and beg her forgiveness
00:14:09fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to apologize to
00:14:18kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable
00:14:24that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse
00:14:28i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings
00:14:33inside our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine
00:14:38since that is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my
00:14:43strength
00:14:43she screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard
00:14:48the expensive evening gown tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved
00:14:56hard in the back it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck
00:15:00the base of a roman column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as
00:15:05if
00:15:05something icy had pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering
00:15:09body grew cold the wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again
00:15:14have you caused enough trouble straighten her two guards in black immediately stepped forward and
00:15:19clamped down on both my arms i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged
00:15:24me outside but the instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my
00:15:29t-shirt
00:15:29tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were
00:15:34exposed directly under the gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away
00:15:39elf clutched my chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera
00:15:44flashes burst one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless
00:15:50hands pinning me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall
00:15:54crushed together until i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his expression
00:15:59was not shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it proved i
00:16:04was out
00:16:04of control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law
00:16:09allowing outsiders to publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair
00:16:15i finally could not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me
00:16:20whole the doors of the banquet hall were pushed open
00:16:41on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly taken photo
00:16:46caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was not an ordinary
00:16:52breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance meeting contract between two ancient packs
00:16:58once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the rejection right five years
00:17:03between me and the cole family would be raised for good brother your ex-luna looks like a movie star
00:17:11ending the mate bond is huge how did you not read the word about it harrison stared at the woman
00:17:16on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
00:17:24oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
00:17:29it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:17:37harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:17:41i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years
00:17:45but in those five years we never truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would
00:17:50treat a complete stranger when i needed 17 stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words
00:17:56noted only later did i learn that kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all these years
00:18:01he said kenzie was half born with him his most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood
00:18:07he was not cold he had simply given all his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb
00:18:12could not
00:18:13be saved because of bloodline complications after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on
00:18:18the operating table and sent him one last message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved
00:18:24the
00:18:25surgery is about to begin a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for
00:18:35a long
00:18:35time long enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never
00:18:42truly been mates no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:18:55in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
00:19:00the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
00:19:05waited for the day he would truly accept me
00:19:08half way through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency
00:19:13contact again and again but every call went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart
00:19:17while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been
00:19:22updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake with
00:19:28candles spelling 900 the caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect partner for
00:19:34these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a joke from
00:19:39beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate the mate
00:19:45contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter
00:19:50the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar show typing
00:19:57i blocked him directly then i called another number nathaniel what you promised me before
00:20:04does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want to leave him
00:20:11i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate documents
00:20:17on his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination process of an
00:20:21alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha heir of a major
00:20:26pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to make the elder council
00:20:31the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you plan to strike
00:20:40soon
00:20:45but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:20:51after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:20:56military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:21:03before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:21:08impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:21:15what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
00:21:22and i met
00:21:22is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract
00:21:30was just me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
00:21:37the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:21:43stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:21:46i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:21:52so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone all of it was just drama to him
00:22:00he left soon after
00:22:07hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message audrey harrison never even
00:22:14changed his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him do you think
00:22:18you will regret it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own hand
00:22:22i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer and officially started the process
00:22:30late that night taylor's call jolted me awake audrey get downtown now something happened
00:22:37fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members club at dupont circle
00:22:44kenzie truth or dare do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander
00:22:51of course i do harrison and i slept together a long time ago
00:23:00the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once
00:23:06that phone call had been arranged by her on purpose
00:23:11she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:23:16in
00:23:16front of our people worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy they
00:23:21were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony
00:23:26she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity i had
00:23:31left as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took my hand
00:23:36like we were close friends audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison
00:23:42he never knows when to stop every time he leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let
00:23:48me go
00:23:49can you teach me how to handle him i raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face
00:23:54caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you insane harrison shot to his feet
00:24:01grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me my side slammed
00:24:07against the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still straightened up then i took out
00:24:12my phone and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly aren't you
00:24:16afraid harrison will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere near you once that boring almost luna
00:24:23of
00:24:23his is finally kicked out we can the recording cut off the color drained from kenzie's face how how do
00:24:30you
00:24:31have that did you really think you covered your tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no
00:24:37longer simple rage it was as if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him
00:24:42harrison this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister to you the men she has been
00:24:47meeting
00:24:48behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording do you want me to submit the full
00:24:53list
00:24:53and evidence to the pack council for verification and filing oh and by the way she has been looking
00:24:58through your email your private information and your mate contract documents what she signed without
00:25:03authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper it was an official pack document entered into
00:25:08the council record powerful enough to sever the alliance mating contract between two major werewolf
00:25:13families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying lying then let's call the man from the
00:25:18recording here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he can be here in 10 minutes i picked up
00:25:23the
00:25:23half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked up to kenzie this drink is for the child
00:25:29we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank back his makeup tears and alcohol
00:25:34smeared together security harrison shouted almost on instinct but this time he did not move he did not
00:25:40help her up he did not immediately shield her behind him like before he stood there his adam's apple
00:25:46working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn through him harrison what are you standing there
00:25:52for take kenzie to get her face treated you are not coming with me harrison did not answer i turned
00:26:01and
00:26:02left audrey wait that recording was it real you can keep believing her after all these years nothing i say
00:26:10has ever mattered to you when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting
00:26:17at
00:26:18the entrance my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly
00:26:26where i wanted next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries
00:26:34had barely improved i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was
00:26:40sitting in the courtyard on a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady
00:26:44dignified presence of a werewolf elder she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up
00:26:49that smile vanished like a mask being removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your
00:26:53elder i still want to give you one piece of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf
00:26:58community their sense blend their instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to
00:27:05you are too dull too lacking in charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn
00:27:11from her learn how to please an alpha at home my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was seriously
00:27:17advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband
00:27:21she knew i was still the future luna of the cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating
00:27:26contract
00:27:26was still recorded between the two bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of werewolf
00:27:32dignity and pack honor was never an identity to be respected and protected it was merely a decorative
00:27:37prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are
00:27:42already ending things kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as
00:27:49she affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered
00:27:53something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military
00:27:58industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the
00:28:02alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need
00:28:05to hurry over
00:28:05after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are
00:28:11here too
00:28:11about what happened at the club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight i will explain
00:28:15all the misunderstandings in front of every pack reader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent she could
00:28:19not hide the greedy vicious aura of a predator lying weight of course i knew she was setting a trap
00:28:23but i also
00:28:24remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls give her the
00:28:29stage sure the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real purpose
00:28:40nearly every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as their julie every
00:28:45gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained to perfection
00:28:50and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie meanwhile had changed
00:28:56into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck as if
00:29:01deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to tell you there was a dress
00:29:06code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already started looking over some with
00:29:10contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show kenzie you did
00:29:15this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people didn't you i looked at her my voice was
00:29:19calm but just
00:29:20loud enough for several people nearby to hear her eyes turned red almost instantly harrison walked
00:29:24over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her his protective alpha aura spread out
00:29:27at once unmistakably biased harrison i only wanted to make up for last time harrison looked at her
00:29:33then at me after that night at the club there really had been a crack in the way he looked
00:29:37at kenzie
00:29:37but in the end he still chose to stand on her side he locked his hand around my wrist trying
00:29:42to drag
00:29:42me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked
00:29:47up to kenzie saying filthy things his hand moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette
00:29:52harrison's face was cold his alpha pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the
00:29:58man's wrist and squeezed until the man screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few
00:30:01crude
00:30:02things go be with audrey do not let her misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her
00:30:09and led her away audrey what did i ever do to offend you you actually paid off a man like
00:30:14this to
00:30:14humiliate me in public there were elder council agents present as well as witnesses from various
00:30:19packs by throwing out that line she was not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the
00:30:23words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record audrey when did you become this vicious i did not
00:30:29do it but since you have already decided it was me what is the point of explaining so what do
00:30:34you want
00:30:34me to do kneel in public and beg her forgiveness fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what
00:30:51kind of attitude is that you need to apologize to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells
00:30:58me your emotions have always been unstable that you overreact because of our working relationship
00:31:02i know you only acted on impulse i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most
00:31:07humiliating most private feelings inside our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned
00:31:12all the way through fine since that is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across
00:31:18the face with all my strength she screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the
00:31:22collar
00:31:23and pulled hard the expensive evening gown tore with a sharp rib help harrison save me the next second i
00:31:31was
00:31:31shoved hard in the back it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head
00:31:35struck the base of a roman column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that
00:31:40instant as if something icy had pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still
00:31:44recovering body grew cold the wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me
00:31:48again have you caused enough trouble straight two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped
00:31:55down on both my arms i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me
00:32:00outside but the instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t
00:32:05-shirt
00:32:05tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap
00:32:10were exposed directly under the gaze of washington's political and business elites
00:32:13do not touch me get away
00:32:15elf clutched my chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera flashes burst
00:32:21one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless hands pinning
00:32:26me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall crushed together
00:32:31until i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his expression was not
00:32:35shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it proved i was out
00:32:40of
00:32:40control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law allowing outsider
00:32:46stoke publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair i finally could
00:32:52not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole the doors
00:32:57of the banquet hall were pushed open
00:33:16on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly taken photo
00:33:22caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was not an ordinary
00:33:28breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance meeting contract between two ancient packs
00:33:34once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the rejection right five years between
00:33:39me and the cole family would be raised for good brother your ex luna looks like a movie star
00:33:46ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read the word about it harrison stared at the woman
00:33:52on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
00:34:00oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
00:34:05it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:34:13harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:34:17i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we
00:34:22never
00:34:23truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed 17
00:34:28stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that kenzie had
00:34:34been replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him his
00:34:39most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all
00:34:45his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
00:34:50after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
00:34:56message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
00:35:04a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time long enough
00:35:12for
00:35:12the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never truly been mates
00:35:19no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:35:31in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
00:35:36the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
00:35:40waited for the day he would truly accept me
00:35:44halfway through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging
00:35:47the healer called my emergency contact again and again but every call went to voicemail
00:35:51that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was
00:35:56empty but harrison's profile had just been updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his
00:36:01shoulder in front of them was a cake with candles spelling 900 the caption read life is short so grateful
00:36:08to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so
00:36:13these
00:36:14five years had been a joke from beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact
00:36:20the
00:36:20lawyer and terminate the mate contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for
00:36:25the rejection right to enter the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar show typing
00:36:33i blocked him directly then i called another number nathaniel what you promised me before
00:36:39does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want to leave him
00:36:47i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate documents on his
00:36:52behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination process of an alliance mating
00:36:57contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a
00:37:03beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to make the elder council the pack registry
00:37:08and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you plan to strike
00:37:15soon
00:37:21but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:37:26after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:37:32military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:37:38before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:37:44impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:37:50what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
00:37:58and i
00:37:58met is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract
00:38:06was just me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
00:38:12the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:38:18stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:38:21i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:38:27so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone all of it was just drama to him
00:38:36he left soon after
00:38:43hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message audrey harrison never even changed his
00:38:50cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him do you think he will regret it when
00:38:55he
00:38:55realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own hand i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer
00:39:01and officially started the process
00:39:06late that night taylor's call jolted me awake audrey get downtown now something happened
00:39:13fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members club at dupont circle
00:39:19kenzie truth or dare do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander of course i do
00:39:27you have any secrets you have been hiding from her to the high-ranking werewolf members
00:39:36the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone
00:39:42call had been arranged by her on purpose
00:39:47she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:39:51in
00:39:51front of our people
00:39:52worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy they were core leaders
00:39:57from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony she was not only
00:40:02trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity i had left as the unrecognized
00:40:08future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were close friends
00:40:13audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison he never knows when to stop every time he
00:40:21leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let me go can you teach me how to handle
00:40:26him i raised my
00:40:28hand and slapped her hard across the face caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you
00:40:34insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket
00:40:40stand
00:40:41behind me my side slammed against the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still
00:40:46straightened up then i took out my phone and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another
00:40:50man came through clearly aren't you afraid harrison will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere
00:40:56near you once that boring almost luna of his is finally kicked out we can the recording cut off
00:41:02the color drained from kenzie's face how how do you have that did you really think you covered your
00:41:09tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no longer simple rage it was as if something he
00:41:15believed had been smashed right in front of him harrison this is the pure little beta you said was like
00:41:20a sister to you the men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in
00:41:25that recording
00:41:27do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the pack council for verification and filing
00:41:31oh and by the way she has been looking through your email your private information and your
00:41:36make contract documents what she signed without authorization was not some meaningless scrap of
00:41:41paper it was an official pack document entered into the council record powerful enough to sever the
00:41:46alliance meeting contract between two major werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you
00:41:51are lying lying then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him he lives near dupont
00:41:56circle he can be here in 10 minutes i picked up the half glass of martini from the table and
00:42:00slowly
00:42:00walked up to kenzie this drink is for the child we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she
00:42:07screamed and shrank back his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together security harrison shouted almost
00:42:13on instinct but this time he did not move he did not help her up he did not immediately shield
00:42:18her
00:42:18behind him like before he stood there his adam's apple working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn
00:42:24through him harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get her face treated you are not
00:42:33coming with me harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait that recording was it real you can
00:42:42keep believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever mattered to you
00:42:50when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the entrance
00:42:55my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
00:43:03next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely
00:43:10improved i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in the
00:43:16courtyard on a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence
00:43:21of a werewolf elder she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile
00:43:25vanished like a mask being removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still
00:43:30want to give you one piece of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community
00:43:35their sense blend their instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to
00:43:41you are too dull too lacking in charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn
00:43:46from her learn how to please an alpha at home my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was
00:43:53seriously advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage to learn how to please
00:43:56my husband she knew i was still the future luna of the cole family in name and she knew the
00:44:01alliance
00:44:01mating contract was still recorded between the two bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of
00:44:07werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an identity to be respected and protected it was
00:44:12merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at any time do not bother
00:44:16eleanor harrison and i are already ending things kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent
00:44:23was soft and obedient as she affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she
00:44:28had only just remembered something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for
00:44:33the military industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be
00:44:37there as the alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side
00:44:40so i need
00:44:41to hurry over after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there
00:44:45audrey you
00:44:46are here too about what happened at the club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight
00:44:50i will explain all the misunderstandings in front of every pack reader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent
00:44:54she could not hide the greedy vicious aura of a predator lying weight of course i knew she was setting
00:44:58a trap
00:44:59but i also remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls
00:45:04give her the stage the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real
00:45:15purpose nearly every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as their
00:45:20jewelry every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained
00:45:25perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie meanwhile had
00:45:31changed into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck as
00:45:36if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to tell you there was a
00:45:41dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already started looking over
00:45:45some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show
00:45:49kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people didn't you i looked at her
00:45:54my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear her eyes turned red almost
00:45:58instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her his
00:46:02protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison i only wanted to
00:46:07make up for last time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at the club there really
00:46:11had
00:46:11been a crack in the way he looked at kenzie but in the end he still chose to stand on
00:46:15her side
00:46:16he locked his hand around my wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly
00:46:20confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying filthy things his
00:46:25hand moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was cold his alpha
00:46:30pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the man's wrist and squeezed until the man
00:46:35screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few crude things go be with audrey do
00:46:40not let her
00:46:41misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her and led her away audrey what did i ever do
00:46:47to offend you you actually paid off a man like this to humiliate me in public there were elder council
00:46:52agents present as well as witnesses from various packs by throwing out that line she was not just
00:46:57trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record
00:47:02audrey when did you become this vicious i did not do it but since you have already decided it was
00:47:07me
00:47:07what is the point of explaining so what do you want me to do kneel in public and beg her
00:47:13forgiveness
00:47:20fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to apologize
00:47:29to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable
00:47:35that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse
00:47:39i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings inside
00:47:44our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine since that
00:47:50is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my strength she
00:47:55screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard the expensive
00:48:00evening gown tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved hard in the
00:48:07back
00:48:08it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck the base of a
00:48:12roman
00:48:12column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as if something icy had
00:48:17pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering body grew cold the
00:48:21wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again have you caused enough
00:48:26trouble strainer two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms
00:48:32i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside but the instant he
00:48:37let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t-shirt tearing the entire piece
00:48:42of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were exposed directly under the
00:48:47gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away elp clutched my chest
00:48:52tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera flashes burst one
00:48:57after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless hands pinning me in
00:49:02place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall crushed together until
00:49:06i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his expression was not shock not
00:49:12regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it proved i was out of control
00:49:16madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law allowing outsider still
00:49:22publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hare i finally could not stop
00:49:28myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole the doors of the
00:49:33banquet hall were pushed open
00:49:52on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport
00:49:56one secretly taken photo caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups
00:50:01no one knew this was not an ordinary breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance mating
00:50:07contract between two ancient packs once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed
00:50:13the rejection right five years between me and the cole family would be raised for good brother your ex-luna
00:50:19looks
00:50:19like a movie star ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read a word about it harrison
00:50:27stared at the
00:50:27woman on the screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
00:50:35oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
00:50:41it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
00:50:49harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs
00:50:52i carried the title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we
00:50:58never
00:50:58truly completed the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed
00:51:03seventeen stitches after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that
00:51:10kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him
00:51:14his most capable beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all
00:51:21his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
00:51:26after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
00:51:31message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
00:51:40a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time long enough
00:51:48for
00:51:48the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had never truly been mates
00:51:54no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating oath
00:52:06in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna the ridiculous part was
00:52:13that i had waited five years waited for the day he would truly accept me halfway through the surgery
00:52:21i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency contact again and again but every call
00:52:26went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while i was under anesthesia when i
00:52:30woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been updated beside a campfire kenzie
00:52:36leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake with candles spelling 900 the
00:52:41caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days
00:52:46i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a joke from beginning to end
00:52:51i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate the mate contract if you do
00:52:58not
00:52:58replied before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the registry process
00:53:03not until 11 59 did the status bar showed typing
00:53:08i blocked him directly then i called another number
00:53:13nathaniel what you promised me before does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want
00:53:20to
00:53:20leave him i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate
00:53:27documents on his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination
00:53:31process of an alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha
00:53:37heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to
00:53:41make the elder council the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you
00:53:47plan to strike soon
00:53:56but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:54:02after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:54:08military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:54:14before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:54:20impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:54:26what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
00:54:33and i met
00:54:34is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract
00:54:42was just me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
00:54:48the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
00:54:54stop threatening to leave every time something happens
00:54:57i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with you stop being so dramatic
00:55:03so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone all of it was just drama to him
00:55:12he left soon after
00:55:19hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message audrey harrison never even changed
00:55:26his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him do you think you will regret it
00:55:30when
00:55:30he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own hand i forwarded the receipt straight to the
00:55:36lawyer and officially started the process
00:55:41late that night taylor's call jolted me awake
00:55:45audrey get downtown now something happened fighting through the pain i rushed to the
00:55:50high-ranking werewolf members club at dupont circle kenzie truth or dare
00:55:58do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander of course i do
00:56:05harrison and i slept together a long time ago
00:56:11the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone
00:56:18call had been arranged by her on purpose she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted
00:56:25me stripped
00:56:25of every last shred of dignity in front of our people worse every person in that private room was
00:56:31no ordinary drinking buddy they were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become
00:56:36valid internal testimony she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the
00:56:41last bit of dignity i had left as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family
00:56:45kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were close friends audrey you finally came
00:56:51you really need to control harrison he never knows when to stop every time he leaves me unable
00:56:58to stand and he still will not let me go can you teach me how to handle him i raised
00:57:03my hand and
00:57:04slapped her hard across the face caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you
00:57:10insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket
00:57:16stand behind me my side slammed against the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still
00:57:21straightened up then i took out my phone and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another man came
00:57:26through clearly aren't you afraid harrison will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere near you
00:57:32once that boring almost luna of his is finally kicked out we can the recording cut off the color
00:57:39drained from kenzie's face how how do you have that did you really think you covered your tracks
00:57:45i turned to harrison his expression was no longer simple rage it was as if something he believed had
00:57:51been smashed right in front of him harrison this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister
00:57:56to you
00:57:58the men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording
00:58:02do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the pack council for verification and filing
00:58:07oh and by the way she has been looking through your email your private information and your mate
00:58:12contract documents what she signed without authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper
00:58:17it was an official pack document entered into the council record powerful enough to sever the alliance
00:58:22mating contract between two major werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying
00:58:28lying then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he
00:58:32can be here in 10 minutes i picked up the half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked
00:58:36up to
00:58:37kenzie this drink is for the child we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank
00:58:44back
00:58:44his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together security harrison shouted almost on instinct but
00:58:49this time he did not move he did not help her up he did not immediately shield her behind him
00:58:54like before
00:58:55he stood there his adam's apple working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn through him
00:59:01harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get her face treated you are not coming with me
00:59:11harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait that recording was it real you can keep
00:59:18believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever mattered to you
00:59:25when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the entrance
00:59:31my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
00:59:39next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely
00:59:46improved i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in
00:59:51the courtyard on a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence
00:59:57of a werewolf elder she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile
01:00:01vanished like a mask being removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still
01:00:05want to give you one piece of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community
01:00:10their sense blend their instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to
01:00:17you are too dull too lacking in charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn
01:00:22from her learn how to please an alpha at home my fingertips weren't cold harrison's mother was
01:00:28seriously advising me to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband
01:00:33she knew i was still the future luna of the cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating
01:00:37contract was still recorded between the two bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of
01:00:43werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an identity to be respected and protected it was merely a decorative
01:00:48prop that could be placed anywhere and replaced at any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are
01:00:53already ending things kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as she
01:01:00affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered
01:01:04something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military
01:01:09industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the
01:01:13alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need
01:01:16to hurry over
01:01:17after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are
01:01:22here too
01:01:22about what happened at the club i drank too much and talk nonsense come with me tonight i will explain
01:01:27all
01:01:27the misunderstandings in front every pack leader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent she could
01:01:30not hide the greedy vicious aura of a predator lying wait of course i knew she was setting a trap
01:01:34but i
01:01:35also remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls give her the
01:01:40stage sure the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real purpose nearly
01:01:52every female guest wore couture with polished makeup scents as carefully refined as their julie every
01:01:57gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained to
01:02:01perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie meanwhile had
01:02:07changed into a deep v-backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck as
01:02:12if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to tell you there was a
01:02:17dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already started looking over
01:02:21some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show
01:02:25kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people didn't you i looked at her
01:02:30my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear her eyes turned red almost
01:02:34instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her his
01:02:37protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison i only wanted to make up for last
01:02:43time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at the club there really had been a crack
01:02:47in the
01:02:48way he looked at kenzie but in the end he still chose to stand on her side he locked his
01:02:52hand around my
01:02:52wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly confrontation by force just then a
01:02:58drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying filthy things his hand moved too close violating the
01:03:02boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was cold his alpha pressure surged instantly pinning the
01:03:07man in place he seized the man's wrist and squeezed until the man screamed i am fine he just drank
01:03:12too much
01:03:12and said a few crude things go be with audrey do not let her misunderstand again with a dark expression
01:03:19harrison protected her and led her away audrey what did i ever do to offend you you actually paid off
01:03:24a man like this to humiliate me in public there were elder council agents present as well as witnesses
01:03:29from various packs by throwing out that line she was not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to
01:03:34nail the words unfit almost luna into tonight's council record audrey when did you become this vicious
01:03:39i did not do it but since you have already decided it was me what is the point of explaining
01:03:45so what do you want me to do kneel in public and beg her forgiveness
01:03:56fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to apologize
01:04:05to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been unstable
01:04:10that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse
01:04:15i forgive you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings
01:04:20inside our marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine
01:04:25since that is what you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my
01:04:30strength
01:04:30she screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard the expensive
01:04:36evening gown tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved hard in the
01:04:43back it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck the base of
01:04:47a roman
01:04:48column and my vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as if something icy had
01:04:52pressed her into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering body grew cold the wolf
01:04:57state collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again have you caused enough trouble
01:05:03strength two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms
01:05:08i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside but the
01:05:13instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t-shirt tearing the
01:05:17entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were exposed directly
01:05:22under the gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away elf clutched my
01:05:27chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera
01:05:31flashes burst one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like
01:05:36countless hands pinning me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf
01:05:41in the hall crushed together until i could barely breathe parison stood two steps away and looked at me
01:05:45his expression was not shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it
01:05:51proved i was out of control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law
01:05:56allowing outsider stoke publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair
01:06:02i finally could not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me
01:06:07whole the doors of the banquet hall were pushed open
01:06:28on the day i ended our mate contract i showed up at the international airport one secretly taken photo
01:06:33caused an uppour among several major east coast pack spouse groups no one knew this was not an ordinary
01:06:39breakup this was the first step toward ending the alliance mating contract between two ancient packs
01:06:45once the receipt entered the pack registry and the elders witnessed the rejection right five years
01:06:50between me and the coal family would be raised for good brother your ex-luna looks like a movie star
01:06:58ending a mate bond is huge how did you not read the word about it harrison stared at the woman
01:07:03on the
01:07:04screen as she walked away with her luggage his face changed he immediately called kenzie
01:07:11oh the termination papers i logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you
01:07:16it is not like you ever treated her as your real contract mate right
01:07:24harrison and i were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs i carried the
01:07:29title of future luna and waited for him for five years but in those five years we never truly completed
01:07:35the mate bond he treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger when i needed 17 stitches
01:07:40after a car accident he replied with only one words noted only later did i learn that kenzie had been
01:07:46replying to my messages for him all these years he said kenzie was half born with him his most capable
01:07:51beta that was the moment i finally understood he was not cold he had simply given all his warmth
01:07:57to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications
01:08:02after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table and sent him one last
01:08:07message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is about to begin
01:08:16a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time
01:08:23long enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison
01:08:28and i had never truly been mates no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one
01:08:35formal mating oath
01:08:42in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation future luna
01:08:47the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
01:08:52waited for the day he would truly accept me
01:08:55halfway through the surgery i suddenly began hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency
01:08:59contact again and again but every call went to voicemail that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart
01:09:04while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was empty but harrison's profile had just been
01:09:09updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder in front of them was a cake
01:09:14with candles spelling 900. the caption read life is short so grateful to have you as my perfect
01:09:20partner for these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally laughed so these five years had been a
01:09:26joke from beginning to end i sent him one last message i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate
01:09:32the mate contract if you do not reply before midnight i will take it as consent for the rejection
01:09:36right to enter the registry process not until 11 59 did the status bar showed typing
01:09:44i blocked him directly then i called another number nathaniel what you promised me before
01:09:51does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want to leave him
01:09:58i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate documents on
01:10:04his behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination process of an
01:10:08alliance mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha heir of a major
01:10:13pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to make the elder council
01:10:18the pack registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him when do you plan to strike
01:10:26soon
01:10:32but before that i need to play along with her one last time
01:10:38after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
01:10:43military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital
01:10:47what happened this time before i could speak his phone rang
01:10:53kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison impatiently declined the call what were you
01:10:57about to say nothing
01:11:01what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
01:11:09and i met
01:11:09what is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract was just
01:11:18me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
01:11:24the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack registry
01:11:29stop threatening to leave every time something happens i cancelled drinks just to come home and be with
01:11:35you stop being so dramatic so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical consent papers alone
01:11:43all of it was just drama to him he left soon after
01:11:54hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message
01:12:00audrey harrison never even changed his cloud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him
01:12:04do you think he will regret it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own
01:12:09hand
01:12:10i forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer and officially started the process
01:12:17late that night taylor's call jolted me awake
01:12:21audrey get downtown now something happened fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking
01:12:26werewolf members club at dupont circle kenzie truth or dare
01:12:34do you have any secrets you have been hiding from your commander of course i do
01:12:41harrison and i slept together a long time ago
01:12:47the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me i understood at once that phone call
01:12:54had been arranged by her on purpose
01:12:58she wanted me to hear it with my own ears she wanted me stripped of every last shred of
01:13:02dignity in front of our people worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking
01:13:07buddy they were core leaders from major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal
01:13:12testimony she was not only trying to ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit
01:13:17of dignity i had left as the unrecognized future luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took
01:13:22my hand like we were close friends audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison
01:13:30he never knows when to stop every time he leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let
01:13:35me go
01:13:35can you teach me how to handle him i raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face
01:13:41caught off guard she fell beside the coffee table audrey are you insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my
01:13:48wrist and yanked me back hard i stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me my side slammed against
01:13:54the marble counter so hard my vision went black but i still straightened up then i took out my phone
01:13:59and played a recording kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly aren't you afraid harrison
01:14:04will find out find out what in bed he is nowhere near you once that boring almost luna of his
01:14:10is finally
01:14:11kicked out we can the recording cut off the color drained from kenzie's face how how do you have
01:14:18that did you really think you covered your tracks i turned to harrison his expression was no longer
01:14:24simple rage it was as if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him harrison this is
01:14:30the pure little beta you said was like a sister to you the men she has been meeting behind your
01:14:35back
01:14:35are not limited to the one in that recording do you want me to submit the full list and evidence
01:14:40to
01:14:40the pack council for verification and filing oh and by the way she has been looking through your
01:14:45email your private information and your mate contract documents what she signed without
01:14:50authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper it was an official pack document entered
01:14:55into the council record powerful enough to sever the alliance meeting contract between two major
01:14:59werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are lying lying then let's call the man
01:15:05from the recording here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he can be here in 10 minutes
01:15:09i picked up the half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked up to kenzie
01:15:14this drink is for the child we lost i splashed the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank back
01:15:19his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together security harrison shouted almost on instinct but this time
01:15:25he did not move he did not help her up he did not immediately shield her behind him like before
01:15:31he stood there his adam's apple working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn through him
01:15:36harrison harrison what are you standing there for take kenzie to get her face treated
01:15:43you are not coming with me harrison did not answer i turned and left audrey wait that recording was it
01:15:53real you can keep believing her after all these years nothing i say has ever mattered to you
01:16:01when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the entrance
01:16:06my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
01:16:14next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely improved
01:16:22i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in the courtyard on
01:16:28a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence of a werewolf elder
01:16:33she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile vanished like a mask being
01:16:38removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still want to give you one piece
01:16:42of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community their sense blend their
01:16:47instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to you are too dull too lacking in
01:16:55charm instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn from her learn how to please an alpha at
01:17:00home my fingertips went cold harrison's mother was seriously advising me to learn from the woman
01:17:06interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband she knew i was still the future luna of
01:17:10the cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating contract was still recorded between the two
01:17:14bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of werewolf dignity and pack honor was never an
01:17:21identity to be respected and protected it was merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere
01:17:25and replaced at any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are already ending things
01:17:30aunt eleanor kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as she
01:17:36affectionately brushed her cheek against eleanor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered
01:17:40something oh my god i almost forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military
01:17:44industrial alliance every high-ranking east coast werewolf and military leader will be there as the
01:17:49alpha heir of the cole family harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need
01:17:52to hurry over
01:17:52after saying that she turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are
01:17:58here too
01:17:58about what happened at the club i drank too much and talked nonsense come with me tonight i will
01:18:02explain all the misunderstandings in front of every pack reader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent
01:18:06she could not hide the greedy vicious aura of a creditor lying weight of course i knew she was
01:18:09setting a trap but i also remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she
01:18:15falls give her the stage the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's
01:18:26real purpose nearly every female guest wore couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as
01:18:31their julie every gesture held the proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power
01:18:36restrained to perfection and i was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie
01:18:41meanwhile had changed into a deep v backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the
01:18:46nape of her neck as if deliberately showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to
01:18:52tell you there was a dress code tonight audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already
01:18:55started looking over some with contempt some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of
01:18:59people waiting for a show kenzie you did this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people
01:19:04didn't you i looked at her my voice was calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear
01:19:08her eyes turned red almost instantly harrison walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped
01:19:12in front of her his protective alpha aura spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison i only
01:19:18wanted to make up for last time harrison looked at her then at me after that night at the club
01:19:22there
01:19:22really had been a crack in the way he looked at kenzie but in the end he still chose to
01:19:26stand on her side
01:19:27he locked his hand around my wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly
01:19:31confrontation by force just then a drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying filthy things his hand
01:19:36moved too close violating the boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was cold his alpha
01:19:41pressure surged instantly pinning the man in place he seized the man's wrist and squeezed until
01:19:46the man screamed i am fine he just drank too much and said a few crude things go be with
01:19:51audrey do not
01:19:52let her misunderstand again with a dark expression harrison protected her and led her away audrey what did
01:19:58i ever do to offend you you actually paid off a man like this to humiliate me in public there
01:20:03were elder
01:20:03council agents present as well as witnesses from various packs by throwing out that line she was
01:20:08not just trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the words unfit almost luna into tonight's
01:20:13council record audrey when did you become this vicious i did not do it but since you have already
01:20:17decided it was me what is the point of explaining so what do you want me to do kneel in
01:20:23public and beg her
01:20:30forgiveness fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to
01:20:40apologize to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison often tells me your emotions have always been
01:20:46unstable that you overreact because of our working relationship i know you only acted on impulse i forgive
01:20:51you so he had even told another woman about the most humiliating most private feelings inside our
01:20:56marriage in that moment the fire in my chest finally burned all the way through fine since that is what
01:21:02you all think i raised my hand and slapped kensie across the face with all my strength she screamed and
01:21:07fell to the floor i bent down grabbed her by the collar and pulled hard the expensive evening gown
01:21:12tore with a sharp rip help harrison save me the next second i was shoved hard in the back it
01:21:19was harrison's
01:21:20hand i crashed onto the marble floor the back of my head struck the base of a roman column and
01:21:24my
01:21:24vision darkened in wave my wolf sank violently in that instant as if something icy had pressed her
01:21:28into deep water even making breathing feel slow my still recovering body grew cold the wolf state
01:21:33collapse the healer had warned me about began to overwhelm me again have you caused enough trouble
01:21:39strainer two guards in black immediately stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms
01:21:43i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed my wrist and dragged me outside
01:21:48but the instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on the collar of my t-shirt
01:21:52tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin and my bra strap were exposed
01:21:57directly under the gaze of washington's political and business elites do not touch me get away el
01:22:02clutched my chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones camera
01:22:07flashes burst one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like countless hands
01:22:13pinning me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall
01:22:17crushed together until i could barely breathe harrison stood two steps away and looked at me his
01:22:21expression was not shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more it
01:22:26proved i was out of control madwoman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that under pack law
01:22:32allowing outsider still publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure of an alpha hair
01:22:38i finally could not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were about to swallow me whole
01:22:43the
01:22:43doors of the banquet hall were pushed open
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