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Have you ever given everything to someone who only gave you coldness in return? 🌧️
For Audrey in "Love Has No Turning Back", a five-year agreement brought nothing but pain and public humiliation.
What happens when a woman loses everything and decides to fight back?
🔹 She finds an ally in Nathaniel.
🔹 She gathers the tampered records.
🔹 She shatters the Cole family's lies!
Watch Harrison realize his massive mistake when the dissolution papers are already filed. Some lines, once crossed, can never be uncrossed. 🚪
⭐GENRE: Hidden Feelings, All-Too-Late, Romance, Female
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Have you ever given everything to someone who only gave you coldness in return? 🌧️
For Audrey in "Love Has No Turning Back", a five-year agreement brought nothing but pain and public humiliation.
What happens when a woman loses everything and decides to fight back?
🔹 She finds an ally in Nathaniel.
🔹 She gathers the tampered records.
🔹 She shatters the Cole family's lies!
Watch Harrison realize his massive mistake when the dissolution papers are already filed. Some lines, once crossed, can never be uncrossed. 🚪
⭐GENRE: Hidden Feelings, All-Too-Late, Romance, Female
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00:00:04Audrey, you finally came.
00:00:07You really need to control Harrison.
00:00:10He never knows when to stop.
00:00:12Every time, he leaves me unable to stand, and he still will not let me go.
00:00:16Can you teach me how to handle him?
00:00:18I raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face.
00:00:21Caught off guard, she fell beside the coffee table.
00:00:24Audrey, are you insane?
00:00:26Harrison shot to his feet, grabbed my wrist, and yanked me back hard.
00:00:31I stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me.
00:00:33My side slammed against the marble counter so hard my vision went black, but I still straightened up.
00:00:38Then I took out my phone and played a recording.
00:00:41Kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly.
00:00:43Aren't you afraid Harrison will find out?
00:00:45Find out what?
00:00:46In bed, he is nowhere near you.
00:00:49Once that boring, almost luna of his is finally kicked out, we can...
00:00:52Shh!
00:00:53The recording cut off.
00:00:54The color drained from Kenzie's face.
00:00:56How...
00:00:57How do you have that?
00:00:59Did you really think you covered your tracks?
00:01:01I turned to Harrison.
00:01:03His expression was no longer simple rage.
00:01:05It was as if something he believed had been smashed right in front of him.
00:01:09Harrison, this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister to you?
00:01:14The men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording.
00:01:18Do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the PAC Council for verification and filing?
00:01:23Oh, and by the way, she has been looking through your email, your private information, and your make contract documents.
00:01:29What she signed without authorization was not some meaningless scrap of paper.
00:01:33It was an official PAC document entered into the Council record, powerful enough to sever the alliance-mating contract between
00:01:39two major werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines.
00:01:42You are lying!
00:01:43You are lying!
00:01:44Lying?
00:01:44Then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him.
00:01:47He lives near Dupont Circle.
00:01:48He can be here in ten minutes.
00:01:49I picked up the half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked up to Kenzie.
00:01:54This drink is for the child we lost.
00:01:56I splashed the liquor into her face.
00:01:58She screamed and shrank back his makeup, tears and alcohol smeared together.
00:02:02Security!
00:02:03Harrison shouted almost on instinct, but this time, he did not move.
00:02:07He did not help her up.
00:02:08He did not immediately shield her behind him like before.
00:02:11He stood there, his Adam's apple working hard, as if a silent earthquake had torn through him.
00:02:17Harrison!
00:02:18What are you standing there for?
00:02:20Take Kenzie to get her face treated.
00:02:23When I woke up, the ward was empty, but Harrison's profile had just been updated.
00:02:28Beside a campfire, Kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder.
00:02:31In front of them was a cape with candles spelling 900.
00:02:34The caption read,
00:02:35Life is short.
00:02:36So grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days.
00:02:40I stared at that photo and finally laughed.
00:02:42So these five years have been a joke from beginning to end.
00:02:45I sent him one last message.
00:02:48I am tired.
00:02:49Contact the lawyer and terminate the May contract.
00:02:51If you do not reply before midnight, I will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the
00:02:55registry process.
00:02:56Not until 1159 did the status bar show typing.
00:03:02I blocked him directly, then I called another number.
00:03:07Nathaniel, what you promised me before, does it still stand?
00:03:10Of course it does.
00:03:12Good.
00:03:13I do not just want to leave him.
00:03:16I want them ruined.
00:03:18In three days, I'll come to your territory myself.
00:03:20Kenzie signed mate documents on his behalf, stole private mate communications,
00:03:24and interfered with the termination process of an alliance mating contract.
00:03:27I have organized all the evidence.
00:03:29As for Harrison, the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future Luna.
00:03:34That is enough to make the Elder Council, the Pact Registry, and the Disciplinary Office all turn their eyes on
00:03:39him.
00:03:40When do you plan to strike?
00:03:42I have last case.
00:03:45Soon.
00:03:50But before that, I need to play along with her one last time.
00:03:56On the day I ended our mate contract, I showed up at the International Airport.
00:04:01One secretly taken photo caused an uppour among several major East Coast Pact spouse groups.
00:04:06No one knew this was not an ordinary breakup.
00:04:08This was the first step toward ending the alliance mating contract between two ancient Pact.
00:04:14Once the receipt entered the Pact Registry and the elders witnessed the rejection right,
00:04:18five years between me and the Cole family would be raced for good.
00:04:22Brother, your ex Luna looks like a movie star.
00:04:26Ending a mate bond is huge.
00:04:28How did you not breathe a word about it?
00:04:31Harrison stared at the woman on the screen as she walked away with her luggage.
00:04:34His face changed.
00:04:36He immediately called Kenzie.
00:04:39Oh, the termination papers?
00:04:42I logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you.
00:04:45It is not like you ever treated her as your real contractor, right?
00:04:53Harrison and I were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs.
00:04:57I carried the title of Future Luna and waited for him for five years.
00:05:01But in those five years, we never truly completed the mate bond.
00:05:04He treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger.
00:05:07When I needed 17 stitches after a car accident, he replied with only one words, noted.
00:05:13Only later did I learn that Kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all those years.
00:05:17He said Kenzie was half warm with him, his most capable lady.
00:05:20That was the moment I finally understood him.
00:05:23He was not cold.
00:05:24He had simply given all his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be
00:05:28saved because of bloodline complications.
00:05:30After the healer wing gave the final diagnosis, I lay on the operating table and sent him one
00:05:35last message.
00:05:36I am at the healer wing.
00:05:38Our pup cannot be saved.
00:05:40The surgery is about to begin.
00:05:44A reply came back quickly.
00:05:46One word, noted.
00:05:48I stared at that one word for a long time.
00:05:51Long enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold.
00:05:55Strictly speaking, Harrison and I had never truly been mates.
00:05:59No Luna ceremony.
00:06:00No elder witness.
00:06:01No claiming bite.
00:06:03Not even one formal mating oath.
00:06:11In the pack registry, I was only his pending confirmation future Luna.
00:06:16The ridiculous part was that I had waited five years.
00:06:20Waited for the day he would truly accept me.
00:06:24Halfway through the surgery, I suddenly began hemorrhaging.
00:06:27The healer called my emergency contact again and again, but every call went to voicemail.
00:06:31That fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while I was under anesthesia.
00:06:34When I woke up, the ward was empty, but Harrison's profile had just been updated.
00:06:39Beside a campfire, Kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder.
00:06:42In front of them was a cape with candles spelling 900.
00:06:45The caption read,
00:06:46Life is short.
00:06:47So grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days.
00:06:51I stared at that photo and finally laughed.
00:06:53So these five years had been a joke from beginning to end.
00:06:56I sent him one last message.
00:06:58I am tired.
00:06:59Contact the lawyer and terminate the mate contract.
00:07:01If you do not reply before midnight, I will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the
00:07:06registry process.
00:07:07Not until 1159 did the status bar show typing.
00:07:12I blocked him directly, then I called another number.
00:07:17Nathaniel, what you promised me before, does it still stand?
00:07:21Of course it does.
00:07:22Good.
00:07:23I do not just want to leave him.
00:07:27I want them ruined.
00:07:28In three days, I'll come to your territory myself.
00:07:31Kenzie signed mate documents on his behalf,
00:07:33stole private mate communications,
00:07:34and interfered with the termination process of an alliance mating contract.
00:07:38I have organized all the evidence.
00:07:39As for Harrison,
00:07:40the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future lunar.
00:07:45That is enough to make the Elder Council,
00:07:47the pack registry,
00:07:48and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him.
00:07:50When do you plan to strike?
00:07:52I will not be able to leave.
00:07:54I will not be able to leave.
00:07:55I will not be able to leave.
00:07:55I will not be able to leave.
00:07:56I will not be able to leave.
00:07:57I will not be able to leave.
00:07:57I will not be able to leave.
00:08:01But before that,
00:08:02I need to play along with her one last time.
00:08:06After I was discharged,
00:08:08I returned to the house in Alexandria.
00:08:10Harrison sat on the sofa,
00:08:11reading a military brief.
00:08:13He barely looked up.
00:08:14Kenzie said you went to the hospital.
00:08:16What happened this time?
00:08:18Before I could speak,
00:08:19his phone rang.
00:08:21Kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen.
00:08:23Harrison impatiently declined the call.
00:08:25What were you about to say?
00:08:26Nothing.
00:08:30What is it now?
00:08:32Because I did not go to the hospital with you?
00:08:35Today marks 900 days since Kenzie and I met.
00:08:38Is that what this is about?
00:08:41Only then did I understand.
00:08:43To him,
00:08:45terminating our mate contract
00:08:46was just me throwing a tantrum.
00:08:48I am not throwing a tantrum.
00:08:52The lawyer will send the termination papers to your email.
00:08:55The receipt will be synced to the PAC registry.
00:08:58Stop threatening to leave every time something happens.
00:09:01I canceled drinks just to come home and be with you.
00:09:05Stop being so dramatic.
00:09:07So the miscarriage,
00:09:09the stitches,
00:09:10signing surgical consent papers alone,
00:09:12all of it was just drama to him.
00:09:15He left soon after.
00:09:23Hours later,
00:09:24Kenzie sent over the signed receipt
00:09:26and a voice message.
00:09:28Audrey,
00:09:29Harrison never even changed his cloud password.
00:09:31The lawyer kept pushing,
00:09:32so I signed it for him.
00:09:33Do you think you will regret it
00:09:34when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife
00:09:37with his own hand?
00:09:38I forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer
00:09:40and officially started the process.
00:09:46Late that night,
00:09:47Taylor's call jolted me awake.
00:09:50Audrey,
00:09:50get downtown now.
00:09:51Something happens.
00:09:53Fighting through the pain,
00:09:54I rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members club
00:09:56at DuPont Circuit.
00:09:58Kenzie,
00:10:00truth or dare?
00:10:02Do you have any secrets
00:10:04you have been hiding from your commander?
00:10:06Of course I do.
00:10:10Harrison and I slept together
00:10:11a long time ago.
00:10:16The music stopped dead.
00:10:17The room went silent.
00:10:18Every eye landed on me.
00:10:20I understood at once.
00:10:22That phone call had been arranged by her on purpose.
00:10:26She wanted me to hear it with my own ears.
00:10:29She wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:10:31in front of our people.
00:10:33Worse,
00:10:33every person in that private room
00:10:35was no ordinary drinking buddy.
00:10:36They were core leaders from major packs
00:10:38and every word they heard
00:10:40could become valid internal testimony.
00:10:42She was not only trying to ruin my reputation,
00:10:44she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity
00:10:46I had left as the unrecognized future Luna
00:10:48of the Cole family.
00:10:50Kenzie walked toward me
00:10:51and took my hand like we were close friends.
00:10:53Audrey,
00:10:54you finally came.
00:10:56You really need to control Harrison.
00:10:58He never knows when to stop.
00:11:00Every time he leaves me unable to stand
00:11:03and he still will not let me go.
00:11:04Can you teach me how to handle him?
00:11:07I raised my hand
00:11:08and slapped her hard across the face.
00:11:10Caught off guard,
00:11:11she fell beside the coffee table.
00:11:13Audrey,
00:11:14are you insane?
00:11:15Harrison shot to his feet,
00:11:17grabbed my wrist
00:11:17and yanked me back hard.
00:11:19I stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me.
00:11:21My side slammed against the marble counter
00:11:23so hard my vision went black,
00:11:25but I still straightened up.
00:11:27Then I took out my phone
00:11:28and played a recording.
00:11:29Kenzie's laughter with another man
00:11:30came through clearly.
00:11:32Aren't you afraid Harrison will find out?
00:11:33Find out what?
00:11:34In bed,
00:11:35he is nowhere near you.
00:11:37Once that boring,
00:11:38almost Luna of his
00:11:39is finally kicked out,
00:11:40we can...
00:11:41Shh!
00:11:41The recording cut off.
00:11:43The color drained from Kenzie's face.
00:11:45How...
00:11:45How do you have that?
00:11:47Did you really think you covered your tracks?
00:11:50I turned to Harrison.
00:11:51His expression was no longer simple rage.
00:11:54It was as if something he believed
00:11:55had been smashed right in front of him.
00:11:57Harrison,
00:11:58this is the pure little beta
00:12:00you said was like a sister to you?
00:12:02The men she has been meeting behind your back
00:12:04are not limited to the one in that recording.
00:12:07Do you want me to submit the full list
00:12:08and evidence to the PAC council
00:12:10for verification and filing?
00:12:12Oh, and by the way,
00:12:13she has been looking through your email,
00:12:15your private information,
00:12:15and your make contract documents.
00:12:18What she signed without authorization
00:12:19was not from a meaningless scrap of paper.
00:12:22It was an official PAC document
00:12:23entered into the council record
00:12:24powerful enough to sever
00:12:26the alliance-vading contract
00:12:27between two major werewolf families
00:12:29and alter the fate of both bloodlines.
00:12:30You are lying!
00:12:32Lying?
00:12:33Then let's call the man
00:12:33from the recording here
00:12:34and confront him.
00:12:35He lives near DuPont Circle.
00:12:36He can be here in ten minutes.
00:12:37I picked up the half glass of martini
00:12:39from the table
00:12:40and slowly walked up to Kenzie.
00:12:43This drink is for the child we lost.
00:12:45I splashed the liquor into her face.
00:12:47She screamed and shrank back his makeup,
00:12:48tears and alcohol smeared together.
00:12:50Security!
00:12:51Harrison shouted almost on instinct,
00:12:53but this time,
00:12:54he did not move.
00:12:55He did not help her up.
00:12:56He did not immediately shield her
00:12:58behind him like before.
00:12:59He stood there,
00:13:01his Adam's apple working hard,
00:13:02as if a silent earthquake
00:13:04had torn through him.
00:13:05Harrison!
00:13:06What are you standing there for?
00:13:09Take Kenzie to get her face treated.
00:13:12You are not coming with me?
00:13:15Harrison did not answer.
00:13:17I turned and left.
00:13:18Audrey!
00:13:19Wait!
00:13:20That recording,
00:13:21was it real?
00:13:22You can keep believing her.
00:13:24After all these years,
00:13:25nothing I say
00:13:25has ever mattered to you.
00:13:29When I walked out of the club,
00:13:31the car I had called
00:13:32was already waiting at the entrance.
00:13:35My phone buzzed.
00:13:36Nathaniel had sent a message.
00:13:38How did the recording land?
00:13:40It hit exactly where I wanted.
00:13:43Next step.
00:13:44The banquet.
00:13:46A few days later,
00:13:48at a private estate in Maryland,
00:13:49my injuries had barely improved.
00:13:51I came here to say a final goodbye
00:13:53to Harrison's mother, Eleanor.
00:13:55She was sitting in the courtyard
00:13:56on a video call with Kenzie,
00:13:58smiling warmly,
00:13:59surrounded by the steady,
00:14:00dignified presence
00:14:01of a werewolf elder.
00:14:02She played the generous,
00:14:03kind senior perfectly.
00:14:04After she hung up,
00:14:05that smile vanished
00:14:06like a mask being removed,
00:14:07revealing her usual lofty scrutiny.
00:14:08Audrey, as your elder,
00:14:09I still want to give you
00:14:10one piece of advice.
00:14:11Kenzie and Harrison
00:14:13grew up together
00:14:13in the werewolf community.
00:14:15Their scents blend,
00:14:16their instincts move together.
00:14:18That bond is something
00:14:18you can never compare to.
00:14:21You are too dull,
00:14:23too lacking in charm.
00:14:24Instead of clinging
00:14:25to that useless pride,
00:14:26you should learn from her.
00:14:27Learn how to please
00:14:28an alpha at home.
00:14:30My fingertips are cold.
00:14:32Harrison's mother
00:14:32was seriously advising me
00:14:34to learn from a woman
00:14:34interfering in my marriage,
00:14:36to learn how to please
00:14:36my husband.
00:14:37She knew I was still
00:14:38the future Luna
00:14:39of the Cole family in name,
00:14:40and she knew
00:14:41the Alliance mating contract
00:14:42was still recorded
00:14:43between the two bloodlines.
00:14:44But in her eyes,
00:14:45this Luna title,
00:14:46a symbol of werewolf dignity
00:14:48and pack honor,
00:14:49was never an identity
00:14:50to be respected and protected.
00:14:51It was merely
00:14:52a decorative prop
00:14:53that could be placed anywhere
00:14:54and replaced at any time.
00:14:56Do not bother, Eleanor.
00:14:57Harrison and I
00:14:58are already ending things.
00:14:59Yes, Eleanor!
00:15:00Kenzie came jogging in
00:15:01with a pastry box.
00:15:02Her beta scent was soft
00:15:03and obedient
00:15:04as she affectionately
00:15:05brushed her cheek
00:15:05against Eleanor's,
00:15:06then cried out
00:15:07as if she had only
00:15:08just remembered something.
00:15:09Oh my God,
00:15:10I almost forgot.
00:15:11Tonight is the
00:15:11defense appreciation banquet
00:15:12for the military-industrial alliance.
00:15:14Every high-ranking
00:15:15East Coast werewolf
00:15:16and military leader
00:15:16will be there.
00:15:17As the alpha heir
00:15:18of the Cole family,
00:15:18Harrison has to attend.
00:15:19He needs a date by his side,
00:15:20so I need to hurry over.
00:15:21After saying that,
00:15:22she turned to me
00:15:23as if she had only
00:15:24just noticed I was there.
00:15:25Audrey,
00:15:26you are here too.
00:15:27About what happened
00:15:27at the club,
00:15:28I drank too much
00:15:29and talked nonsense.
00:15:30Come with me tonight.
00:15:30I will explain
00:15:31all the misunderstandings
00:15:32on every pack leader, okay?
00:15:33Beneath her soft,
00:15:34docile beta scent,
00:15:35she could not hide
00:15:35the greedy,
00:15:36vicious aura
00:15:36of a predator lying weight.
00:15:37Of course I knew
00:15:38she was setting a trap.
00:15:39But I also remembered
00:15:40what Nathaniel had told me before.
00:15:41The higher she jumps,
00:15:43the harder she falls.
00:15:44Give her the stage.
00:15:46Sure.
00:15:51The moment I walked
00:15:52into the banquet hall
00:15:53that night,
00:15:54I understood
00:15:54Kenzie's real purpose.
00:15:56Nearly every female guest
00:15:57wore couture
00:15:58with polished makeup,
00:15:59scents as carefully refined
00:16:00as their jewelry.
00:16:01Every gesture
00:16:01held the proper
00:16:02elegance of werewolf
00:16:03high society.
00:16:04Even their wolf power
00:16:05restrained to perfection.
00:16:06And I was wearing
00:16:07only a faded t-shirt
00:16:08and jeans
00:16:08with no makeup at all.
00:16:10Kenzie, meanwhile,
00:16:11had changed
00:16:11into a deep beat
00:16:12backless Chanel evening gown,
00:16:14exposing her collarbones
00:16:15and the nape of her neck
00:16:16as if deliberately
00:16:17showing off
00:16:17the alpha scent she carried.
00:16:19Oh, goddess,
00:16:20I forgot to tell you
00:16:21there was a dress code tonight.
00:16:22Audrey,
00:16:22you do not mind, do you?
00:16:23People around us
00:16:24had already started looking over,
00:16:25some with contempt,
00:16:26some with curiosity,
00:16:27and some with the silent patience
00:16:28of people waiting for a show.
00:16:29Kenzie,
00:16:30you did this on purpose
00:16:31to embarrass me
00:16:32in front of these people,
00:16:33didn't you?
00:16:33I looked at her.
00:16:34My voice was calm,
00:16:35but just loud enough
00:16:36for several people nearby to hear.
00:16:37Her eyes turned red
00:16:38almost instantly.
00:16:39Harrison walked over with champagne
00:16:40and instinctively stepped in front of her.
00:16:41His protective alpha aura
00:16:43spread out at once,
00:16:44unmistakably biased.
00:16:45Harrison,
00:16:46I only wanted to make up
00:16:47for last time.
00:16:47Harrison looked at her,
00:16:49then at me.
00:16:49After that night at the club,
00:16:51there really had been a crack
00:16:52in the way he looked at Kenzie.
00:16:53But in the end,
00:16:54he still chose to stand on her side.
00:16:56He locked his hand around my wrist,
00:16:57trying to drag me deeper into the crowd
00:16:59and end this ugly confrontation by force.
00:17:01Just then,
00:17:02a drunk, red-faced man
00:17:03walked up to Kenzie,
00:17:04saying filthy things.
00:17:05His hand moved too close,
00:17:06violating the boundaries of pack,
00:17:07etiquette.
00:17:08Harrison's face went cold.
00:17:09His alpha pressure surged,
00:17:11instantly pinning the man in place.
00:17:12He seized the man's wrist stand,
00:17:14squeezed until the man screamed.
00:17:15I am fine,
00:17:16he just drank too much
00:17:16and said a few crude things.
00:17:19Go be with Audrey.
00:17:20Do not let her misunderstand again.
00:17:21With a dark expression,
00:17:23Harrison protected her
00:17:24and led her away.
00:17:25Audrey,
00:17:26what did I ever do to offend you?
00:17:28You actually paid off a man like this
00:17:29to humiliate me in public?
00:17:31There were Elder Council agents present,
00:17:33as well as witnesses from various packs.
00:17:35By throwing out that line,
00:17:36she was not just trying to embarrass me,
00:17:38she was trying to nail the words
00:17:39unfit, almost,
00:17:40Luna into tonight's Council record.
00:17:42Audrey,
00:17:42when did you become this vicious?
00:17:44I did not do it.
00:17:45But since you have already decided it was me,
00:17:47what is the point of explaining?
00:17:49So what do you want me to do?
00:17:51kneel in public
00:17:52and beg her forgiveness?
00:17:59Fine.
00:18:01I'm sorry.
00:18:02Is that what you wanted?
00:18:05Audrey,
00:18:06what kind of attitude is that?
00:18:08You need to apologize to Kenzie
00:18:09and to everyone here.
00:18:12Audrey,
00:18:12Harrison often tells me
00:18:13your emotions have always been unstable,
00:18:15that you overreact
00:18:16because of our working relationship.
00:18:18I know you only acted on impulse.
00:18:19I forgive you.
00:18:20So he had even told another woman
00:18:22about the most humiliating,
00:18:23most private feelings
00:18:24inside our marriage.
00:18:25In that moment,
00:18:26the fire in my chest
00:18:27finally burned
00:18:28all the way through.
00:18:29Fine.
00:18:29Since that is what you all think.
00:18:31I raised my hand
00:18:32and slapped Kenzie across the face
00:18:34with all my strength.
00:18:35She screamed and fell to the floor.
00:18:36I bent down,
00:18:37grabbed her by the collar
00:18:38and pulled hard.
00:18:39The expensive evening gown
00:18:41tore with a sharp rib.
00:18:43Help!
00:18:44Harrison, save me!
00:18:45The next second,
00:18:46I was shoved hard in the back.
00:18:48It was Harrison's hand.
00:18:49I crashed onto the marble floor.
00:18:50The back of my head
00:18:51struck the base of a Roman column
00:18:52and my vision darkened and waved.
00:18:54My wolf sank violently in that instant
00:18:55as if something icy
00:18:56had pressed her into deep water,
00:18:58even making breathing feel slow.
00:18:59My still recovering body grew cold.
00:19:01The wolf's state collapse
00:19:02the healer had warned me about
00:19:03began to overwhelm me again.
00:19:05Have you caused enough trouble?
00:19:07Be great.
00:19:08Two guards in black
00:19:09immediately stepped forward
00:19:10and clamped down on both my arms.
00:19:12I struggled desperately,
00:19:13but Harrison personally
00:19:14grabbed my wrist
00:19:15and dragged me outside.
00:19:16But the instant he let go,
00:19:18the strap of his military watch
00:19:19caught on the collar of my T-shirt,
00:19:21tearing the entire piece of fabric
00:19:22from my shoulder.
00:19:23A large expanse of skin
00:19:25and my bra strap
00:19:25were exposed directly
00:19:26under the gaze of Washington's
00:19:27political and business limits.
00:19:29Do not touch me!
00:19:30Get away!
00:19:31Elf clutched my chest tightly,
00:19:33but it was already too late.
00:19:34People around us raised their phones.
00:19:35Camera flashes burst one after another.
00:19:37Those judging, curious, contemptuous,
00:19:40gloating eyes were like
00:19:41countless hands pinning me in place,
00:19:42ripping me apart inch by inch.
00:19:44The scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall
00:19:45crushed together until I could barely breathe.
00:19:48Harrison stood two steps away
00:19:49and looked at me.
00:19:50His expression was not shock,
00:19:51not regret,
00:19:52but deeper disgust.
00:19:53As if the more wretched I looked,
00:19:54the more it proved I was out of control,
00:19:57Madwoman claimed I was.
00:19:58As if he had completely forgotten
00:20:00that under pack law,
00:20:01allowing outsiders to publicly
00:20:02humiliate one still bound,
00:20:04Nate was the ugliest failure
00:20:06of an alpha hare.
00:20:06I finally could not stop myself
00:20:08from crying,
00:20:09just as the flashes and laughter
00:20:10were about to swallow me whole.
00:20:12The doors of the banquet hall
00:20:13were pushed open.
00:20:22Audrey, you finally came.
00:20:25You really need to control Harrison.
00:20:28He never knows when to stop.
00:20:30Every time he leaves me unable to stand
00:20:32and he still will not let me go.
00:20:34Can you teach me how to handle him?
00:20:36I raised my hand
00:20:37and slapped her hard across the face.
00:20:40Caught off guard,
00:20:41she fell beside the coffee table.
00:20:42Audrey, are you insane?
00:20:45Harrison shot to his feet,
00:20:46grabbed my wrist
00:20:47and yanked me back hard.
00:20:49I stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me.
00:20:51My side slammed against the marble counter
00:20:53so hard my vision went black,
00:20:55but I still straightened up.
00:20:56Then I took out my phone
00:20:57and played a recording.
00:20:59Kenzie's laughter with another man
00:21:00came through clearly.
00:21:01Aren't you afraid Harrison will find out?
00:21:03Find out what?
00:21:04In bed, he is nowhere near you.
00:21:06Once that boring, almost luna of his
00:21:09is finally kicked out,
00:21:10we can-
00:21:11The recording cut off.
00:21:12The color drained from Kenzie's face.
00:21:15How do you have that?
00:21:17Did you really think you covered your tracks?
00:21:19I turned to Harrison.
00:21:21His expression was no longer simple rage.
00:21:23It was as if something he believed
00:21:25had been smashed right in front of him.
00:21:27Harrison,
00:21:28this is the pure little beta
00:21:29you said was like a sister to you?
00:21:32The men she has been meeting behind your back
00:21:34are not limited to the one in that recording.
00:21:36Do you want me to submit the full list
00:21:38and evidence to the PAC Council
00:21:39for verification and filing?
00:21:41Oh, and by the way,
00:21:42she has been looking through your email,
00:21:44your private information,
00:21:45and your mate contract documents.
00:21:47What she signed without authorization
00:21:49was not some meaningless scrap of paper.
00:21:51It was an official PAC document
00:21:53entered into the Council record,
00:21:54powerful enough to sever the Alliance
00:21:56meeting contract between two major werewolf families
00:21:58and alter the fate of both bloodlines.
00:22:00You are lying!
00:22:02Lying?
00:22:02Then let's call the man from the recording here
00:22:04and confront him.
00:22:05He lives near DuPont Circle.
00:22:06He can be here in ten minutes.
00:22:07I picked up the half glass of martini from the table
00:22:09and slowly walked up to Kenzie.
00:22:12This drink is for the child we lost.
00:22:14I splashed the liquor into her face.
00:22:16She screamed and shrank back his makeup,
00:22:18tears and alcohol smeared together.
00:22:20Security!
00:22:21Harrison shouted almost on instinct,
00:22:23but this time he did not move.
00:22:25He did not help her up.
00:22:26He did not immediately shield her behind him like before.
00:22:29He stood there,
00:22:31his Adam's apple working hard,
00:22:32as if a silent earthquake had torn through him.
00:22:35Harrison!
00:22:36What are you standing there for?
00:22:38Take Kenzie to get her face treated.
00:22:41When I woke up,
00:22:43the ward was empty,
00:22:44but Harrison's profile had just been updated.
00:22:46Beside a campfire,
00:22:47Kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder.
00:22:49In front of them was a cake with candles spelling 900.
00:22:52The caption read,
00:22:53life is short,
00:22:54so grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days.
00:22:58I stared at that photo and finally laughed.
00:23:00So these five years had been a joke from beginning to end.
00:23:03I sent him one last message.
00:23:06I am tired.
00:23:07Contact the lawyer and terminate the main contract.
00:23:09If you do not reply before midnight,
00:23:11I will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the registry process.
00:23:14Not until 1159 did the status bar show typing.
00:23:20I blocked him directly.
00:23:22Then I called another number.
00:23:25Nathaniel,
00:23:25what you promised me before,
00:23:27does it still stand?
00:23:28Of course it does.
00:23:30Good.
00:23:31I do not just want to leave him.
00:23:34I want them ruined.
00:23:36In three days,
00:23:37I'll come to your territory myself.
00:23:38Kenzie signed mate documents on his behalf,
00:23:40stole private mate communications,
00:23:42and interfered with the termination process of an alliance mating contract.
00:23:45I have organized all the evidence.
00:23:47As for Harrison,
00:23:48the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future Luna.
00:23:52That is enough to make the Elder Council,
00:23:54the pack registry,
00:23:55and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him.
00:23:58When do you plan to strike?
00:24:00I have lost patience.
00:24:03Soon.
00:24:08But before that,
00:24:09I need to play along with her one last time.
00:24:14On the day I ended our mate contract,
00:24:17I showed up at the international airport.
00:24:19One secretly taken photo caused an uppour among several major East Coast PAX spouse groups.
00:24:24No one knew this was not an ordinary breakup.
00:24:26This was the first step toward ending the alliance mating contract between two ancient PAX.
00:24:32Once the receipt entered the PAX registry and the elders witnessed the rejection rite,
00:24:36five rules between me and the Cole family would be raced for good.
00:24:39Brother,
00:24:40your ex Luna looks like a movie star.
00:24:44Ending a mate bond is huge.
00:24:46How did you not breathe a word about it?
00:24:49Harrison stared at the woman on the screen as she walked away with her luggage.
00:24:52His face changed.
00:24:54He immediately called Kenzie.
00:24:58Oh, the termination papers?
00:25:00I logged into your cloud account and clicked approve for you.
00:25:03It is not like you ever treated her as your real contractor, right?
00:25:11Harrison and I were bound together by an alliance between two ancient werewolf packs.
00:25:14I carried the title of future Luna and waited for him for five years.
00:25:19But in those five years, we never truly completed the mate bond.
00:25:22He treated me colder than he would treat a complete stranger.
00:25:25When I needed 17 stitches after a car accident, he replied with only one word, noted.
00:25:31Only later did I learn that Kenzie had been replying to my messages for him all these years.
00:25:35He said Kenzie's pack-on with him is most capable data.
00:25:38That was the moment I finally understood him.
00:25:41He was not cold.
00:25:42He had simply given all his warmth to another woman
00:25:45until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline complications.
00:25:49After the healer wing gave the final diagnosis,
00:25:51I lay on the operating table and sent him one last message.
00:25:54I am at the healer wing.
00:25:56Our pup cannot be saved.
00:25:58The surgery is about to begin.
00:26:02A reply came back quickly.
00:26:04One word, noted.
00:26:06I stared at that one word for a long time.
00:26:09Long enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold.
00:26:13Strictly speaking, Harrison and I had never truly been mates.
00:26:17No Luna ceremony.
00:26:18No elder witness.
00:26:19No claiming bite.
00:26:21Not even one formal mating oath.
00:26:29In the pack registry, I was only his pending confirmation future Luna.
00:26:34The ridiculous part was that I had waited five years.
00:26:38Waited for the day he would truly accept me.
00:26:42Halfway through the surgery, I suddenly began hemorrhaging.
00:26:45The healer called my emergency contact again and again,
00:26:47but every call went to voicemail.
00:26:49That fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while I was under anesthesia.
00:26:52When I woke up, the ward was empty.
00:26:54But Harrison's profile had just been updated.
00:26:57Beside a campfire, Kenzie leaned intimately against his shoulder.
00:27:00In front of them was a cape with candles spelling 900.
00:27:03The caption read,
00:27:04Life is short.
00:27:05So grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days.
00:27:09I stared at that photo and finally laughed.
00:27:11So these five years had been a joke from beginning to end.
00:27:14I sent him one last message.
00:27:16I am tired.
00:27:18Contact the lawyer and terminate the mate contract.
00:27:20If you do not reply before midnight,
00:27:21I will take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the registry process.
00:27:24Not until 1159 did the status bar show typing.
00:27:30I blocked him directly.
00:27:32Then I called another number.
00:27:35Nathaniel, what you promised me before,
00:27:38does it still stand?
00:27:39Of course it does.
00:27:40Good.
00:27:41I do not just want to leave him.
00:27:45I want them ruined.
00:27:47In three days, I'll come to your territory myself.
00:27:49Kenzie signed mate documents on his behalf,
00:27:51stole private mate communications,
00:27:53and interfered with the termination process of an alliance mating contract.
00:27:56I have organized all the evidence.
00:27:58As for Harrison,
00:27:59the alpha heir of a major pack allowed a beta to overstep and humiliate his future Luna.
00:28:03That is enough to make the Elder Council,
00:28:05the pack registry,
00:28:06and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on him.
00:28:09When do you plan to strike?
00:28:10I will not be able to leave him.
00:28:13Soon.
00:28:19But before that,
00:28:20I need to play along with her one last time.
00:28:24After I was discharged,
00:28:26I returned to the house in Alexandria.
00:28:28Harrison sat on the sofa,
00:28:29reading a military brief.
00:28:31He barely looked up.
00:28:32Kenzie said you went to the hospital.
00:28:34What happened this time?
00:28:36Before I could speak,
00:28:38his phone rang.
00:28:39Kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen.
00:28:41Harrison impatiently declined the call.
00:28:43What were you about to say?
00:28:44Nothing.
00:28:48What is it now?
00:28:50Because I did not go to the hospital with you?
00:28:53Today marks 900 days since Kenzie and I met.
00:28:56Is that what this is about?
00:28:59Only then did I understand.
00:29:01To him,
00:29:03terminating our mate contract
00:29:04was just me throwing a tantrum.
00:29:06I am not throwing a tantrum.
00:29:10The lawyer will send the termination papers to your email.
00:29:13The receipt will be synced to the pack registry.
00:29:16Stop threatening to leave every time something happens.
00:29:19I canceled drinks just to come home and be with you.
00:29:23Stop being so dramatic.
00:29:25So the miscarriage,
00:29:27the stitches,
00:29:28signing surgical consent papers alone,
00:29:30all of it was just drama to him.
00:29:34He left soon after.
00:29:41Hours later,
00:29:42Kenzie sent over the signed receipt
00:29:44and a voice message.
00:29:46Audrey,
00:29:47Harrison never even changed his cloud password.
00:29:49The lawyer kept pushing,
00:29:50so I signed it for him.
00:29:51Do you think he will regret it
00:29:52when he realizes he gave up
00:29:54such a beautiful wife with his own hand?
00:29:56I forwarded the receipt straight to the lawyer
00:29:58and officially started the process.
00:30:04Late that night,
00:30:05Taylor's call jolted me awake.
00:30:08Audrey,
00:30:08get downtown now.
00:30:09Something happened.
00:30:11Fighting through the pain,
00:30:12I rushed to the high-ranking werewolf members club
00:30:14at DuPont Circa.
00:30:16Kenzie,
00:30:18truth or dare,
00:30:21do you have any secrets
00:30:22you have been hiding from your commander?
00:30:24Of course I do.
00:30:28Harrison and I slept together
00:30:29a long time ago.
00:30:34The music stopped dead.
00:30:35The room went silent.
00:30:37Every eye landed on me.
00:30:38I understood at once.
00:30:39That phone call had been arranged by her on purpose.
00:30:44She wanted me to hear it with my own ears.
00:30:47She wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity
00:30:49in front of our people.
00:30:51Worse,
00:30:51every person in that private room
00:30:53was no ordinary drinking buddy.
00:30:54They were core leaders from major packs
00:30:56and every word they heard
00:30:58could become valid internal testimony.
00:30:59She was not only trying to ruin my reputation,
00:31:02she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity
00:31:04I had left as the unrecognized future Luna
00:31:06of the Cole family.
00:31:08Kenzie walked toward me
00:31:09and took my hand like we were close friends.
00:31:11Audrey,
00:31:12you finally came.
00:31:14You really need to control Harrison.
00:31:16He never knows when to stop.
00:31:18Every time he leaves me unable to stand
00:31:21and he still will not let me go.
00:31:22Can you teach me how to handle him?
00:31:24I raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face.
00:31:28Caught off guard,
00:31:29she fell beside the coffee table.
00:31:30Audrey,
00:31:32are you insane?
00:31:33Harrison shot to his feet,
00:31:34grabbed my wrist
00:31:35and yanked me back hard.
00:31:37I stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me.
00:31:39My side slammed against the marble counter
00:31:41so hard my vision went black,
00:31:43but I still straightened up.
00:31:45Then I took out my phone
00:31:46and played a recording.
00:31:47Kenzie's laughter with another man
00:31:48came through clearly.
00:31:50Aren't you afraid Harrison will find out?
00:31:52Find out what?
00:31:53In bed,
00:31:53he is nowhere near you.
00:31:55Once that boring,
00:31:56almost Luna of his
00:31:57is finally kicked out,
00:31:58we can...
00:31:59Shh.
00:31:59The recording cut off.
00:32:01The color drained from Kenzie's face.
00:32:03How...
00:32:03How do you have that?
00:32:05Did you really think you covered your tracks?
00:32:08I turned to Harrison.
00:32:09His expression was no longer simple rage.
00:32:12It was as if something he believed
00:32:13had been smashed right in front of him.
00:32:15Harrison,
00:32:16this is the pure little beta
00:32:18you said was like a sister to you?
00:32:20The men she has been meeting behind your back
00:32:22are not limited to the one in that recording.
00:32:25Do you want me to submit the full list
00:32:26and evidence to the PAC Council
00:32:28for verification and filing?
00:32:30Oh, and by the way,
00:32:31she has been looking through your email,
00:32:33your private information,
00:32:34and your make contract documents.
00:32:36What she signed without authorization
00:32:37was not some meaningless scrap of paper.
00:32:40It was an official PAC document
00:32:41entered into the Council record,
00:32:43powerful enough to sever the alliance-vading contract
00:32:45between two major werewolf families
00:32:47and alter the fate of both bloodlines.
00:32:48You are lying!
00:32:50Lying?
00:32:51Then let's call the man from the recording here
00:32:52and confront him.
00:32:53He lives near DuPont Circle.
00:32:54He can be here in ten minutes.
00:32:56I picked up the half glass of martini from the table
00:32:58and he slowly walked up to Kenzie.
00:33:01This drink is for the child we lost.
00:33:03I splashed the liquor into her face.
00:33:05She screamed and shrank back his makeup,
00:33:07tears and alcohol smeared together.
00:33:08Security!
00:33:09Harrison shouted almost on instinct,
00:33:11but this time,
00:33:12he did not move.
00:33:13He did not help her up.
00:33:15He did not immediately shield her behind him like before.
00:33:18He stood there,
00:33:19his Adam's apple working hard,
00:33:20as if a silent earthquake had torn through him.
00:33:23Harrison!
00:33:24What are you standing there for?
00:33:27Take Kenzie to get her face treated.
00:33:30You are not coming with me?
00:33:33Harrison did not answer.
00:33:34I turned and left.
00:33:36Audrey!
00:33:37Wait!
00:33:38That recording,
00:33:39was it real?
00:33:40You can keep believing her.
00:33:42After all these years,
00:33:43nothing I say has ever mattered to you.
00:33:48When I walked out of the club,
00:33:49the car I had called
00:33:50was already waiting at the entrance.
00:33:53My phone buzzed.
00:33:54Nathaniel had sent a message.
00:33:56How did the reporting land?
00:33:58It hit exactly where I wanted.
00:34:01Next step.
00:34:02The banquet.
00:34:04A few days later,
00:34:06at a private estate in Maryland,
00:34:07my injuries had barely improved.
00:34:09I came here to say a final goodbye
00:34:11to Harrison's mother,
00:34:12Eleanor.
00:34:13She was sitting in the courtyard
00:34:14on a video call with Kenzie,
00:34:16smiling warmly,
00:34:17surrounded by the steady,
00:34:18dignified presence of a werewolf elder.
00:34:20She played the generous,
00:34:21kind senior perfectly.
00:34:22After she hung up,
00:34:23that smile vanished like a mask being removed,
00:34:25revealing her usual lofty scrutiny.
00:34:26Audrey, as your elder,
00:34:27I still want to give you one piece of advice.
00:34:30Kenzie and Harrison grew up together
00:34:31in the werewolf community.
00:34:33Their sense blend.
00:34:34Their instincts move together.
00:34:36That bond is something you can never compare to.
00:34:39You are too dull.
00:34:40Too lacking in charm.
00:34:42Instead of clinging to that useless pride,
00:34:44you should learn from her.
00:34:45Learn how to please an alpha at home.
00:34:48My fingertips were open.
00:34:50Harrison's mother was seriously advising me
00:34:52to learn from the woman interfering in my marriage,
00:34:54to learn how to please my husband.
00:34:55She knew I was still the future Luna of the Cole family in name,
00:34:58and she knew the Alliance mating contract
00:35:00was still recorded between the two bloodlines.
00:35:02But in her eyes,
00:35:03this Luna title,
00:35:04a symbol of werewolf dignity and pack honor,
00:35:07was never an identity to be respected and protected.
00:35:09It was merely a decorative prop that could be placed anywhere
00:35:12and replaced at any time.
00:35:14Do not bother, Eleanor.
00:35:15Harrison and I are already ending things.
00:35:17Is Eleanor?
00:35:18Kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box.
00:35:20Her beta scent was soft and obedient
00:35:22as she affectionately brushed her cheek against Eleanor's.
00:35:25Then cried out as if she had only just remembered something.
00:35:27Oh my God, I almost forgot.
00:35:29Tonight is the defense appreciation banquet
00:35:30for the Military-Industrial Alliance.
00:35:32Every high-ranking East Coast werewolf
00:35:34and military leader will be there.
00:35:35As the alpha heir of the Cole family,
00:35:36Harrison has to attend.
00:35:37He needs a date by his side,
00:35:38so I need to hurry over.
00:35:39After saying that,
00:35:40she turned to me as if she had only just noticed I was there.
00:35:43Audrey, you are here too.
00:35:45About what happened at the club,
00:35:46I drank too much and talked nonsense.
00:35:48Come with me tonight.
00:35:48I will explain all the misunderstandings
00:35:50in front of every pack reader, okay?
00:35:51Beneath her soft, docile beta scent,
00:35:53she could not hide the greedy, vicious aura
00:35:54of a predator lying awake.
00:35:55Of course I knew she was setting a trap.
00:35:57But I also remembered what Nathaniel had told me before.
00:35:59The higher she jumps, the harder she falls.
00:36:02Give her the stage.
00:36:04Sure.
00:36:09The moment I walked into the banquet hall that night,
00:36:12I understood Kenzie's real purpose.
00:36:14Nearly every female guest wore couture.
00:36:16With polished makeup,
00:36:17scents as carefully refined as their jewelry,
00:36:19every gesture held the proper elegance
00:36:21of werewolf high society.
00:36:22Even their wolf power restrained to perfection.
00:36:24And I was wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans
00:36:26with no makeup at all.
00:36:28Kenzie, meanwhile,
00:36:29had changed into a deep V-backless Chanel evening gown,
00:36:32exposing her collarbones
00:36:33and the nape of her neck,
00:36:34as if deliberately showing off
00:36:35the alpha scent she carried.
00:36:37Oh, goddess.
00:36:38I forgot to tell you there was a dress code tonight.
00:36:40Audrey, you do not mind, do you?
00:36:41People around us had already started looking over,
00:36:43some with contempt,
00:36:44some with curiosity,
00:36:45and some with the silent patience
00:36:46of people waiting for a show.
00:36:47Kenzie,
00:36:48you did this on purpose
00:36:49to embarrass me in front of these people,
00:36:51didn't you?
00:36:51I looked at her.
00:36:52My voice was calm,
00:36:53but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear.
00:36:55Her eyes turned red almost instantly.
00:36:57Harrison walked over with champagne
00:36:58and instinctively stepped in front of her.
00:36:59His protective alpha aura spread out at once,
00:37:02unmistakably biased.
00:37:03Harrison,
00:37:04I only wanted to make up for last time.
00:37:06Harrison looked at her,
00:37:07then at me.
00:37:07After that night at the club,
00:37:09there really had been a crack
00:37:10in the way he looked at Kenzie.
00:37:11But in the end,
00:37:12he still chose to stand on her side.
00:37:13He locked his hand around my wrist,
00:37:15trying to drag me deeper into the crowd
00:37:17and end this ugly confrontation by force.
00:37:19Just then,
00:37:20a drunk, red-faced man walked up to Kenzie,
00:37:22saying filthy things.
00:37:23His hand moved too close,
00:37:24violating the boundaries of pack, etiquette.
00:37:26Harrison's face was cold.
00:37:27His alpha pressure surged,
00:37:29instantly pinning the man in place.
00:37:30He seized the man's wrist stand,
00:37:32squeezed until the man screamed.
00:37:33I am fine,
00:37:34he just drank too much
00:37:34and said a few crude things.
00:37:37Go be with Audrey.
00:37:38Do not let her misunderstand again.
00:37:40With a dark expression,
00:37:41Harrison protected her
00:37:42and led her away.
00:37:43Audrey,
00:37:44what did I ever do to offend you?
00:37:46You actually paid off a man like this
00:37:47to humiliate me in public?
00:37:49There were Elder Council agents present,
00:37:51as well as witnesses from various packs.
00:37:53By throwing out that line,
00:37:54she was not just trying to embarrass me.
00:37:56She was trying to nail the words,
00:37:57unfit, almost,
00:37:58Luna into tonight's Council record.
00:38:00Audrey,
00:38:01when did you become this vicious?
00:38:02I did not do it.
00:38:03But since you have already decided it was me,
00:38:05what is the point of explaining?
00:38:07So what do you want me to do?
00:38:09Kneel in public and beg her forgiveness?
00:38:11Do you want me to do this?
00:38:17Fine.
00:38:19I'm sorry.
00:38:20Is that what you wanted?
00:38:23Audrey?
00:38:24What kind of attitude is that?
00:38:26You need to apologize to Kenzie
00:38:28and to everyone here.
00:38:29Audrey,
00:38:30Harrison often tells me
00:38:31your emotions have always been unstable,
00:38:33that you overreact
00:38:34because of our working relationship.
00:38:36I know you only acted on impulse.
00:38:37I forgive you.
00:38:38So he had even told another woman
00:38:40about the most humiliating,
00:38:41most private feelings
00:38:42inside our marriage.
00:38:43In that moment,
00:38:44the fire in my chest
00:38:45finally burned all the way through.
00:38:47Fine.
00:38:47Since that is what you all think.
00:38:49I raised my hand
00:38:50and slapped Kenzie across the face
00:38:52with all my strength.
00:38:53She screamed and fell to the floor.
00:38:54I bent down,
00:38:55grabbed her by the collar
00:38:56and pulled hard.
00:38:57The expensive evening gown
00:38:59tore with a sharp ring.
00:39:01Help!
00:39:02Harrison, save me!
00:39:03The next second,
00:39:04I was shoved hard in the back.
00:39:06It was Harrison's hand.
00:39:07I crashed onto the marble floor.
00:39:08The back of my head
00:39:09struck the base of a Roman column
00:39:10and my vision darkened and waved.
00:39:12My wolf sank violently in that instant
00:39:13as if something icy
00:39:14had pressed her into deep water,
00:39:16even making breathing feel slow.
00:39:17My still recovering body grew cold.
00:39:19The wolf state collapse
00:39:20the healer had warned me about
00:39:21began to overwhelm me again.
00:39:23Have you caused enough trouble?
00:39:25Straight.
00:39:26Two guards in black
00:39:27immediately stepped forward
00:39:28and clamped down on both my arms.
00:39:30I struggled desperately,
00:39:31but Harrison personally grabbed my wrist
00:39:33and dragged me outside.
00:39:34But the instant he let go,
00:39:36the strap of his military watch
00:39:37caught on the collar of my T-shirt,
00:39:39tearing the entire piece of fabric
00:39:40from my shoulder.
00:39:41A large expanse of skin
00:39:43and my bra strap were exposed
00:39:44directly under the gaze
00:39:45of Washington's political indisances.
00:39:47Do not touch me!
00:39:48Get away!
00:39:49Elk clutched my chest tightly,
00:39:51but it was already too late.
00:39:52People around us raised their phones.
00:39:53Camera flashes burst one after another.
00:39:56Those judging, curious, contemptuous.
00:39:58Gloating eyes were like
00:39:59countless hands pinning me in place,
00:40:00ripping me apart inch by inch.
00:40:02The scrutiny of every werewolf in the hall
00:40:03crushed together
00:40:04into like a very new reveal.
00:40:06Harrison stood two steps away
00:40:07and looked at me.
00:40:08His expression was not shock,
00:40:09not regret,
00:40:10but deeper disgust.
00:40:11As if the more wretched I looked,
00:40:12the more it proved I was out of control,
00:40:15Madwoman claimed I was.
00:40:16As if he had completely forgotten
00:40:18that under Pac-Law,
00:40:19allowing outsider Stoke publicly
00:40:21humiliate one still bound,
00:40:22mate was the ugliest failure
00:40:24of an alpha hare.
00:40:25I finally could not stop myself
00:40:26from crying,
00:40:27just as the flashes and laughter
00:40:29were about to swallow me whole.
00:40:30The doors of the banquet hall
00:40:31were pushed open.
00:40:40Audrey,
00:40:41you finally came.
00:40:43You really need to control Harrison.
00:40:46He never knows when to stop.
00:40:48Every time,
00:40:49he leaves me unable to stand
00:40:50and he still will not let me go.
00:40:52Can you teach me how to handle him?
00:40:54I raised my hand
00:40:55and slapped her hard across the face.
00:40:58Caught off guard,
00:40:58she fell beside the coffee table.
00:41:00Audrey,
00:41:01are you insane?
00:41:03Harrison shot to his feet,
00:41:04grabbed my wrist,
00:41:05and yanked me back hard.
00:41:06I stumbled into the ice bucket stand
00:41:08behind me.
00:41:09My side slammed against
00:41:10the marble counter so hard
00:41:12my vision went black,
00:41:13but I still straightened up.
00:41:14Then I took out my phone
00:41:15and played a recording.
00:41:17Kenzie's laughter with another man
00:41:18came through clearly.
00:41:19Aren't you afraid Harrison
00:41:20will find out?
00:41:21Find out what?
00:41:22In bed,
00:41:23he is nowhere near you.
00:41:25Once that boring,
00:41:26almost Luna of his
00:41:27is finally kicked out,
00:41:29the recording cut off.
00:41:30The color drained
00:41:31from Kenzie's face.
00:41:32How,
00:41:33how do you have that?
00:41:35Did you really think
00:41:36you covered your tracks?
00:41:37I turned to Harrison.
00:41:39His expression
00:41:39was no longer simple rage.
00:41:41It was as if something
00:41:42he believed had been smashed
00:41:43right in front of him.
00:41:45Harrison,
00:41:46this is the pure little beta
00:41:47you said was like
00:41:48a sister to you?
00:41:50The men she has been
00:41:51meeting behind your back
00:41:52are not limited
00:41:52to the one in that recording.
00:41:54Do you want me to submit
00:41:55the full list and evidence
00:41:57to the PAC council
00:41:57for verification and filing?
00:41:59Oh,
00:42:00and by the way,
00:42:00she has been looking
00:42:01through your email,
00:42:02your private information,
00:42:03and your mate contract documents.
00:42:05What she signed
00:42:06without authorization
00:42:07was not some
00:42:08meaningless scrap of paper.
00:42:09It was an official
00:42:10PAC document
00:42:11entered into the council record
00:42:12powerful enough
00:42:13to sever the alliance
00:42:14meeting contract
00:42:15between two major
00:42:16werewolf families
00:42:16and alter the fate
00:42:17of both bloodlines.
00:42:18You are lying!
00:42:20Lying?
00:42:20Then let's call the man
00:42:21from the recording here
00:42:22and confront him.
00:42:23He lives near DuPont Circle.
00:42:24He can be here in ten minutes.
00:42:25I picked up the half glass
00:42:26of martini from the table
00:42:27and slowly walked up to Kenzie.
00:42:30This drink is for the child we lost.
00:42:32I splashed the liquor
00:42:33into her face.
00:42:34She screamed and shrank
00:42:35back his makeup,
00:42:36tears and alcohol
00:42:37smeared together.
00:42:38Security!
00:42:39Harrison shouted
00:42:40almost on instinct,
00:42:41but this time
00:42:42he did not move.
00:42:43He did not help her up.
00:42:44He did not immediately
00:42:45shield her behind him
00:42:46like before.
00:42:47He stood there,
00:42:49his Adam's apple
00:42:49working hard
00:42:50as if a silent earthquake
00:42:51had torn through him.
00:42:53Harrison!
00:42:54What are you standing there for?
00:42:56Take Kenzie
00:42:57to get her face treated.
00:42:59When I woke up,
00:43:01the ward was empty,
00:43:02but Harrison's profile
00:43:03had just been updated.
00:43:04Beside a campfire,
00:43:05Kenzie leaned intimately
00:43:06against his shoulder.
00:43:07In front of them
00:43:08was a cape with candles
00:43:09spelling 900.
00:43:10The caption read,
00:43:11Life is short.
00:43:12So grateful to have you
00:43:13as my perfect partner
00:43:14for these 900 days.
00:43:16I stared at that photo
00:43:17and finally laughed.
00:43:18So these five years
00:43:19have been a joke
00:43:20from beginning to end.
00:43:21I sent him one last message.
00:43:24I am tired.
00:43:25Contact the lawyer
00:43:26and terminate the mate contract.
00:43:27If you do not reply
00:43:28before midnight,
00:43:29I will take it as consent
00:43:30for the rejection right
00:43:31to enter the registry process.
00:43:32Not until 1159
00:43:34did the status bar
00:43:35show typing.
00:43:38I blocked him directly,
00:43:39then I called another number.
00:43:43Nathaniel,
00:43:43what you promised me before,
00:43:45does it still stand?
00:43:46Of course it does.
00:43:48Good.
00:43:49I do not just want to leave him.
00:43:52I want them ruined.
00:43:54In three days,
00:43:55I'll come to your territory myself.
00:43:56Kenzie signed mate documents
00:43:58on his behalf,
00:43:58stole private mate communications,
00:44:00and interfered with the termination process
00:44:02of an alliance mating contract.
00:44:03I have organized all the evidence.
00:44:05As for Harrison,
00:44:06the alpha heir of a major pack
00:44:08allowed a beta to overstep
00:44:09and humiliate his future Luna.
00:44:10That is enough to make
00:44:11the Elder Council,
00:44:12the pack registry,
00:44:13and the disciplinary office
00:44:14all turn their eyes on him.
00:44:16When do you plan to strike?
00:44:21Soon.
00:44:26But before that,
00:44:27I need to play along
00:44:28with her one last time.
00:44:33On the day I ended
00:44:34our mate contract,
00:44:34I showed up at the
00:44:35International Airport.
00:44:37One secretly taken photo
00:44:38caused an uppour
00:44:39among several major
00:44:40East Coast pack spouse groups.
00:44:42No one knew this was not
00:44:43an ordinary breakup.
00:44:44This was the first step
00:44:46toward ending the alliance
00:44:47mating contract
00:44:47between two ancient packs.
00:44:50Once the receipt
00:44:51entered the pack registry
00:44:52and the elders witnessed
00:44:53the rejection right,
00:44:55five years between me
00:44:56and the coal family
00:44:56would be raised for good.
00:44:58Brother,
00:44:58your ex Luna looks like
00:45:00a movie star.
00:45:02Ending a mate bond is huge.
00:45:05How did you not breathe
00:45:05a word about it?
00:45:07Harrison stared at the woman
00:45:08on the screen
00:45:09as she walked away
00:45:09with her luggage.
00:45:11His face changed.
00:45:12He immediately called Kenzie.
00:45:16Oh, the termination papers?
00:45:18I logged into your cloud account
00:45:19and clicked approve for you.
00:45:21It is not like you ever
00:45:22treated her as your real
00:45:23contract mate, right?
00:45:25Oh, yeah.
00:45:26Oh, yeah.
00:45:27Oh, yeah.
00:45:28Oh, yeah.
00:45:28Oh, yeah.
00:45:28Oh, yeah.
00:45:29Oh, yeah.
00:45:29Oh, yeah.
00:45:30Oh, yeah.
00:45:30Oh, yeah.
00:45:30Oh, yeah.
00:45:33And I had to be very
00:45:33aware of the title of Future Luna
00:45:34and waited for him
00:45:36for five years.
00:45:37But in those five years,
00:45:38we never truly completed
00:45:39the Mait Bont.
00:45:40He treated me colder
00:45:41than he would treat
00:45:42a complete stranger.
00:45:43When I needed 17 stitches
00:45:44after a car accident,
00:45:46he replied with only one word,
00:45:48noted.
00:45:49Only later did I learn
00:45:50that Kenzie had been replying
00:45:51to my messages for him
00:45:52all those years.
00:45:53He said Kenzie was
00:45:54packed for him,
00:45:55his most capable beta.
00:45:56That was the moment
00:45:57I finally understood him.
00:45:59He was not cold.
00:46:00He had simply given
00:46:01all his warmth to another woman until the pup in my womb could not be saved because of bloodline
00:46:05complications after the healer wing gave the final diagnosis i lay on the operating table
00:46:10and sent him one last message i am at the healer wing our pup cannot be saved the surgery is
00:46:17about
00:46:17to begin a reply came back quickly one word noted i stared at that one word for a long time
00:46:27long
00:46:28enough for the unfinished marking on my neck to grow cold strictly speaking harrison and i had
00:46:33never truly been mates no luna ceremony no elder witness no claiming bite not even one formal mating
00:46:40in the pack registry i was only his pending confirmation feature luna
00:46:52the ridiculous part was that i had waited five years
00:46:56waited for the day he would truly accept me halfway through the surgery i suddenly began
00:47:02hemorrhaging the healer called my emergency contact again and again but every call went to voicemail
00:47:07that fragile mate bond slowly broke apart while i was under anesthesia when i woke up the ward was
00:47:12empty but harrison's profile had just been updated beside a campfire kenzie leaned intimately against
00:47:17his shoulder in front of them was a cake with candles spelling 900 the caption read life is short so
00:47:23grateful to have you as my perfect partner for these 900 days i stared at that photo and finally
00:47:28laughed so these five years have been a joke from beginning to end i sent him one last message
00:47:34i am tired contact the lawyer and terminate the mate contract if you do not reply before midnight i will
00:47:40take it as consent for the rejection right to enter the registry process not until 11 59 did the status
00:47:45bar
00:47:46show typing i blocked him directly then i called another number nathaniel what you promised me before
00:47:56does it still stand of course it does good i do not just want to leave him
00:48:03i want them ruined in three days i'll come to your territory myself kenzie signed mate documents on his
00:48:08behalf stole private mate communications and interfered with the termination process of an alliance
00:48:13mating contract i have organized all the evidence as for harrison the alpha heir of a major pack allowed
00:48:18a beta to overstep and humiliate his future luna that is enough to make the elder council the pack
00:48:23registry and the disciplinary office all turn their eyes on it when do you plan to strike
00:48:31soon
00:48:37but before that i need to play along with her one last time
00:48:42after i was discharged i returned to the house in alexandria harrison sat on the sofa reading a
00:48:48military brief he barely looked up kenzie said you went to the hospital what happened this time
00:48:54before i could speak his phone rang kenzie's profile picture lit up on the screen harrison
00:49:00impatiently declined the call what were you about to say nothing
00:49:06what is it now because i did not go to the hospital with you today marks 900 days since kenzie
00:49:14and i
00:49:14met is that what this is about only then did i understand to him terminating our mate contract
00:49:22was just me throwing a tantrum i am not throwing a tantrum
00:49:28the lawyer will send the termination papers to your email the receipt will be synced to the pack
00:49:33registry stop threatening to leave every time something happens i cancelled drinks just to come
00:49:39home and be with you stop being so dramatic so the miscarriage the stitches signing surgical
00:49:47consent papers alone all of it was just drama to him he left soon after
00:49:59hours later kenzie sent over the signed receipt and a voice message audrey harrison never even
00:50:06changed his loud password the lawyer kept pushing so i signed it for him do you think he will regret
00:50:10it when he realizes he gave up such a beautiful wife with his own hand i forwarded the receipt straight
00:50:16to the lawyer and officially started the process late that night taylor's call jolted me awake
00:50:26audrey get downtown now something happened fighting through the pain i rushed to the high-ranking
00:50:31werewolf members club at dupont circle kenzie truth or dare do you have any secrets you have been hiding
00:50:41from your commander of course i do harrison and i slept together a long time ago
00:50:52the music stopped dead the room went silent every eye landed on me
00:50:56i understood at once that phone call had been arranged by her on purpose
00:51:02she wanted me to hear it with my own ears
00:51:04she wanted me stripped of every last shred of dignity in front of our people
00:51:09worse every person in that private room was no ordinary drinking buddy they were core leaders from
00:51:14major packs and every word they heard could become valid internal testimony she was not only trying to
00:51:19ruin my reputation she wanted to destroy the last bit of dignity i had left as the unrecognized future
00:51:24luna of the cole family kenzie walked toward me and took my hand like we were close friends
00:51:28audrey you finally came you really need to control harrison he never knows when to stop
00:51:36every time he leaves me unable to stand and he still will not let me go can you teach me
00:51:41how to
00:51:42handle him i raised my hand and slapped her hard across the face caught off guard she fell beside the
00:51:48coffee table audrey are you insane harrison shot to his feet grabbed my wrist and yanked me back hard
00:51:55i stumbled into the ice bucket stand behind me my side slammed against the marble counter so hard
00:52:00my vision went black but i still straightened up then i took out my phone and played a recording
00:52:05kenzie's laughter with another man came through clearly aren't you afraid harrison will find out
00:52:09find out what in bed he is nowhere near you once that boring almost luna of his is finally kicked
00:52:16out
00:52:17the recording cut off the color drained from kenzie's face
00:52:20how how do you have that did you really think you covered your tracks
00:52:26i turned to harrison his expression was no longer simple rage it was as if something he believed had
00:52:31been smashed right in front of him harrison this is the pure little beta you said was like a sister
00:52:37to
00:52:37you the men she has been meeting behind your back are not limited to the one in that recording
00:52:43do you want me to submit the full list and evidence to the pack council for verification and filing
00:52:47oh and by the way she has been looking through your email your private information and your mate
00:52:52contract documents what she signed without authorization was not some meaningless scrap of
00:52:57paper it was an official pack document entered into the council record powerful enough to sever the
00:53:02alliance meeting contract between two major werewolf families and alter the fate of both bloodlines you are
00:53:07lying lying then let's call the man from the recording here and confront him he lives near dupont circle he
00:53:12can
00:53:13be here in ten minutes i picked up the half glass of martini from the table and slowly walked up
00:53:17to kenzie
00:53:19this drink is for the child who lost i splashed the liquor into her face she screamed and shrank back
00:53:24his makeup tears and alcohol smeared together security harrison shouted almost on instinct but this time
00:53:30he did not move he did not help her up he did not immediately shield her behind him like before
00:53:36he stood there his adam's apple working hard as if a silent earthquake had torn through him harrison
00:53:42what are you standing there for take kenzie to get her face treated you are not coming with me harrison
00:53:52did not answer i turned and left audrey wait that recording was it real you can keep believing her
00:53:59after all these years nothing i say has ever mattered to you
00:54:06when i walked out of the club the car i had called was already waiting at the entrance
00:54:11my phone buzzed nathaniel had sent a message how did the recording land it hit exactly where i wanted
00:54:19next step the banquet a few days later at a private estate in maryland my injuries had barely
00:54:26improved i came here to say a final goodbye to harrison's mother eleanor she was sitting in the
00:54:32courtyard on a video call with kenzie smiling warmly surrounded by the steady dignified presence of
00:54:37a werewolf elder she played the generous kind senior perfectly after she hung up that smile vanished
00:54:42like a mask being removed revealing her usual lofty scrutiny audrey as your elder i still want to give
00:54:46you one piece of advice kenzie and harrison grew up together in the werewolf community their
00:54:51sense blend their instincts move together that bond is something you can never compare to you are too
00:54:58dull too lacking in child instead of clinging to that useless pride you should learn from her learn
00:55:04how to please an alpha at home my fingertips are cold harrison's mother was seriously advising me to
00:55:10learn from the woman interfering in my marriage to learn how to please my husband she knew i was still
00:55:14the future luna of the cole family in name and she knew the alliance mating contract was still recorded
00:55:19between the two bloodlines but in her eyes this luna title a symbol of werewolf dignity and pack honor
00:55:25was never an identity to be respected and protected it was merely a decorative prop that could be placed
00:55:30anywhere and replaced at any time do not bother eleanor harrison and i are already ending things
00:55:36kenzie came jogging in with a pastry box her beta scent was soft and obedient as she affectionately brushed
00:55:41her cheek against ellenor's then cried out as if she had only just remembered something oh my god i almost
00:55:46forgot tonight is the defense appreciation banquet for the military industrial alliance every high
00:55:51ranking person was werewolf and military leader would be there as the alpha heir of the cole family
00:55:54harrison has to attend he needs a date by his side so i need to hurry over after saying that
00:55:58she
00:55:59turned to me as if she had only just noticed i was there audrey you are here too about what
00:56:03happened
00:56:04at the club i drank too much and talked nonsense come with me tonight i will explain all the
00:56:07misunderstandings from every pack leader okay beneath her soft docile beta scent she could not hide the
00:56:11greedy vicious aura of a predator lying away of course i knew she was setting a trap but i also
00:56:15remembered what nathaniel had told me before the higher she jumps the harder she falls give her the stage
00:56:27the moment i walked into the banquet hall that night i understood kenzie's real purpose nearly every
00:56:32female guest or couture with polished makeup sense as carefully refined as their jewelry every gesture held the
00:56:38proper elegance of werewolf high society even their wolf power restrained to perfection and i was
00:56:42wearing only a faded t-shirt and jeans with no makeup at all kenzie meanwhile had changed into a deep
00:56:48beat backless chanel evening gown exposing her collarbones and the nape of her neck as if deliberately
00:56:53showing off the alpha scent she carried oh goddess i forgot to tell you there was a dress code tonight
00:56:58audrey you do not mind do you people around us had already started looking over some with contempt
00:57:02some with curiosity and some with the silent patience of people waiting for a show kenzie you did
00:57:07this on purpose to embarrass me in front of these people didn't you i looked at her my voice was
00:57:11calm but just loud enough for several people nearby to hear her eyes turned red almost instantly harrison
00:57:15walked over with champagne and instinctively stepped in front of her his protective alpha aura
00:57:19spread out at once unmistakably biased harrison i only wanted to make up for last time harrison
00:57:24looked at her then at me after that night at the club there really had been a crack in the
00:57:28way he
00:57:28looked at kenzie but in the end he still chose to stand on her side he locked his hand around
00:57:33my
00:57:33wrist trying to drag me deeper into the crowd and end this ugly confrontation by force just then a
00:57:38drunk red-faced man walked up to kenzie saying filthy things his hand moved too close violating
00:57:42the boundaries of pack etiquette harrison's face was cold his alpha pressure surged instantly pinning
00:57:48the man in place he sees the man's wrist and squeezed until the man screamed i am fine he just
00:57:52drank too much and said a few crude things go be with audrey do not let her misunderstand again
00:57:57with a dark expression harrison protected her and led her away audrey what did i ever do to offend
00:58:03you you actually paid off a man like this to humiliate me in public there were elder council
00:58:08agents present as well as witnesses from various packs by throwing out that line she was not just
00:58:13trying to embarrass me she was trying to nail the words unfit almost luna into tonight's council
00:58:18record audrey when did you become this vicious i did not do it but since you have already decided it
00:58:23me what is the point of explaining so what do you want me to do kneel in public and beg
00:58:28her forgiveness
00:58:36fine i'm sorry is that what you wanted
00:58:41audrey what kind of attitude is that you need to apologize to kenzie and to everyone here audrey harrison
00:58:49often tells me your emotions have always been unstable that you overreact because of our working
00:58:53relationship i know you only acted on impulse i forgive you so he had even told another woman
00:58:58about the most humiliating most private feelings inside our marriage in that moment the fire in my
00:59:03chest finally burned all the way through fine since that is what you all think i raised my hand and
00:59:08slapped kenzie across the face with all my strength she screamed and fell to the floor i bent down grabbed
00:59:14her by the collar and pulled hard the expensive evening gown tore with a sharp rib help harrison
00:59:20save me the next second i was shoved hard in the back it was harrison's hand i crashed onto the
00:59:26marble
00:59:26floor the back of my head struck the base of a roman column and my vision darkened and waved my
00:59:30wolf
00:59:30sank violently in that instant as if something icy had pressed her into deep water even making breathing
00:59:34feel slow my still recovering body grew cold the wolf state collapse the healer had warned me about
00:59:39began to overwhelm me again have you caused enough trouble straight two guards in black immediately
00:59:45stepped forward and clamped down on both my arms i struggled desperately but harrison personally grabbed
00:59:51my wrist and dragged me outside but the instant he let go the strap of his military watch caught on
00:59:56the collar of my t-shirt tearing the entire piece of fabric from my shoulder a large expanse of skin
01:00:01and my bra strap were exposed directly under the gaze of washington's political business do not touch me get
01:00:06away elf clutched my chest tightly but it was already too late people around us raised their phones
01:00:11camera flashes burst one after another those judging curious contemptuous gloating eyes were like
01:00:17countless hands pinning me in place ripping me apart inch by inch the scrutiny of every werewolf in
01:00:21the hall crushed together into like a barely breather parison stood two steps away and looked at me
01:00:26his expression was not shock not regret but deeper disgust as if the more wretched i looked the more
01:00:31it proved i was out of control madman claimed i was as if he had completely forgotten that
01:00:36under pack lock allowing outsider stoke publicly humiliate one still bound mate was the ugliest failure
01:00:42of an alpha hare i finally could not stop myself from crying just as the flashes and laughter were
01:00:47about to swallow me whole the doors of the banquet hall were pushed open
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